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US09918490B2	Plant for cold extraction of puree or juice from food of vegetable origin A plant (1) for cold extraction of puree, or juice, from a food product of vegetable origin, or animal includes a treating machine, for example a softening machine (20) downstream of which a machine is provided for extracting (30) in which it is obtained the extraction of juice, or puree, from a food product of vegetable origin. Upstream of the treating machine (20) a division machine is provided (40, 40′) in which a division means is arranged to divide the starting food product of vegetable origin into parts of predetermined size. More in detail, in case of fresh vegetables, i.e. preserved at a temperature set between about 2 and 4° C., a division means is provided (40) arranged to provide the division of the vegetable product (100) into parts (105) of size set between 50 mm and 130 mm, advantageously, set between 80 mm and 110 mm, for example about 100 mm, which is fed to the above described treating machine (20). Instead, in case of frozen food product of vegetable origin, the division means (40′) is arranged to provide the division of the frozen product (102) into parts (103) of size substantially equivalent to the single pieces contained in the block, or cake, (102).
US09918488B2	Method for sterilizing drinks contaminated with acetic acid bacteria Synergistically acting mixtures are introduced into drinks for sterilizing and subsequent preservation of drinks which have been contaminated with acetic acid bacteria.
US09918482B1	Ball-shaped food forming machine A ball-shaped food forming machine includes a casing, a pair of sheet-forming rollers, a sheet guide, a cutter roller, a cutter blade, a first ball-forming roller and a second ball-forming roller. The casing includes a receiving chamber. The sheet-forming rollers define a sheet-forming gap therebetween. The sheet guide has a cutting end. The cutter blade is disposed on the cutter roller and rotate along with the cutter roller. When the cutter blade rotated to a first position, a distal end of the cutter blade is right adjacent to the cutting end of the sheet guide. The first and second ball-forming rollers define a plurality of ball-forming gaps therebetween. The first ball-forming roller is closer to the cutter blade than the second ball-forming roller. Thereby, a food slug can be efficiently formed into ball-shaped food.
US09918476B2	Method for manufacturing a parasiticidal composition A method for manufacturing a parasiticidal composition comprising at least 40% of alkali metal bicarbonate and at least 1% of silica, wherein: at least 35% of the alkali metal bicarbonate of the composition is milled in the presence of silica in order to form a mixture of particles, and if necessary, the remainder of the alkali metal bicarbonate is added to the mixture of particles to form the parasiticidal composition, and wherein said parasiticidal composition has a particle size distribution such that at least 50% by weight of the particles have a diameter of less than 100 μm. A parasiticidal composition obtained by the present method and the use of the parasiticidal composition obtained by the present method in the form of a powder, a suspension or a gel.
US09918475B2	Anti-microbial coating and method to form same An anti-microbial coating formulation consisting essentially of triethanolamine and a silane.
US09918470B2	Pesticidal mixtures The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising a component A and a component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I) wherein B1, B2, B3, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, R5, R7, and R8 are as defined in claim 1 and component B is an insecticide. The present invention also relates to methods of using said mixtures for the control of plant pests.
US09918469B2	Herbicidal composition To provide a technology for controlling weeds and the like. A herbicidal composition comprising at least one compound selected from Group A, and dicamba N,N-bis-(3-aminopropyl)methylamine salt has a weed control effect:Group A:a group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen and a compound represented by the formula (I):
US09918464B2	Straw for the storage of a predetermined dose of a liquid-based substance, in particular a biological substance The straw comprises a tube (11) having a swelling plug (15) provided with a fibrous support agent and a swelling agent combined with the support agent and configured, at least close to a second end (18) of the swelling plug, after a liquid-based substance has come up against its second end, to be in a state of swelling constrained by said tube such that if a first part (26) of the swelling plug of length comprised between 2 mm and 3 mm starting from its second end has come out of the tube via a second end (14) of the tube, whereas a second part of the swelling plug remains in the tube, the first part of the swelling plug becomes decompacted and expands with the second end of the swelling plug which assumes a diameter (d) at least equal to one and a half times the inner diameter of the tube.
US09918462B2	Method for warming a tissue or organ for implantation Extracellular organ or tissue rinsing solution, comprising calcium, PEG with a molecular weight of 35 000 at a concentration of at least 4 g/l, and potassium at a concentration of greater than or equal to 1, but less than 10 mmol/l.
US09918457B2	Reel line spooler Apparatus and methods are described for spooling line on and off of a reel using a turnbuckle mechanism that is adapted to securely fit between two opposing handles on the reel and includes a power driver attachment for quickly turning the tumbuckle mechanism.
US09918455B2	Sparrow stop poultry feeder A poultry feeder that prevents sparrows or light-weighted birds from entering the feeding area is designed. The kernel of the poultry feeder is a feeding module or device that can be inserted into a wide variety of empty containers such as empty 5-gallon paint buckets, plastic containers, or card board boxes. The design may include a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) step for allowing a user to fit a plurality of feeding modules into a user-provided container.
US09918449B2	Device for stimulating an udder during milking The invention relates to a device for stimulating an udder during milking, made up of a housing with a first connection (350, 351) and a second connection (352, 353), which housing can be grasped by a hand. The first connection connects the housing to a pulsator and the second connection connects the housing to a teat cup. A throttle valve (305, 306) is interposed between the first connection and the second connection. A control device (309) is housed in the housing and is adapted to bring the throttle valve, after a defined duration, from a partially open to an open position.
US09918447B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH600926 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH600926. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH600926, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH600926 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH600926.
US09918441B2	Potato cultivar V11 A potato cultivar designated V11 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar V11, to the seeds of potato cultivar V11, to the plants of potato V11, to the plant parts of potato cultivar V11, to food products produced from potato cultivar V11, and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar V11 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety V11, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar V11 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid potato tubers, seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing potato cultivar V11 with another potato cultivar.
US09918439B2	Apparatus and system for delivering water and nutrients to crops, and method thereof The present invention relates to an apparatus for delivering water and nutrients to crops. The present invention also relates to a system comprising the apparatus of the present invention connected to a hose traveler device. Also disclosed is a method of delivering water and nutrients to the soil using the system of the present invention.
US09918438B2	Cylindrical drip irrigation emitter A system including: (a) a pipe having an aperture providing fluid communication between inner and outer pipe surfaces; (b) a cylindrical drip emitter disposed within the pipe, including: an emitter body having an outer facing having a generally convex contour adapted in generally complementary fashion to a concave contour of the inner pipe surface, the outer facing secured to the inner surface; a liquid inlet section adapted to receive a liquid from within the pipe, and to deliver the liquid, via the aperture, to the outer facing; a pressure-reducing section disposed in fluid communication with the liquid inlet section; functionally active sections including the pressure-reducing section, the liquid inlet section, the functionally active sections disposed within, and longitudinally defining, a position of a longitudinal segment of the body; and at least one functionally passive section, disposed on the outer facing, within the longitudinal segment; and (c) a liquid flow path fluidly connecting between the liquid inlet section and the passive section, via the pressure-reducing section, and between the passive section and an ambient environment, via the first aperture, wherein the first aperture is situated within longitudinal bounds of the longitudinal segment, and radially aligned with the functionally passive section disposed within the longitudinal segment.
US09918435B2	Tree shear capable of reducing opening degree of handles thereof A tree shear capable of reducing an opening degree of handles thereof, includes a shearing part, a first handle and a second handle. The shearing part includes a first blade and a second blade pivoted with each other. The first handle is connected with a first blade, the second handle has a front section and a rear section sleeved with each other, and the front section is connected with the second blade. A link rod has an end pivoted with the first handle and other end pivoted with the rear section of the second handle. While the two handles are opened, the link rod affects the front section of the second handle to move relative to the rear section of the second handle, so as to adjust a length of the second handle to reduce the opening degree of the two handles.
US09918432B2	Corn processing roll with chevron grooves Crop processing rolls are provided for operative use in forage harvesters wherein the crop processing rolls are formed with spiraled grooves that are oriented in opposing slopes extending from the opposite ends of the crop processing roll toward the center of the roll. The formation of these spiraled grooves defines teeth from the ridges created with the formation of horizontal grooves into the circumferential surface of the crop processing roll. In one configuration, the spiraled grooves meet at the center of the crop processing roll in a V-shaped intersection to provide a chevron shape to the spiraled grooves. In a second configuration, the spiraled grooves do not intersect at the center and form a semi-chevron pattern that does not form a short tooth that the chevron configuration creates at the V-shaped intersection.
US09918428B2	Rotating assembly for grass trimmer A rotating assembly for a grass trimmer includes a cutting element, a cutting head for mounting the cutting element and driving the cutting element to rotate about a rotating axis and a cover mounted on the cutting head. The cutting head includes a cutting head body and fan blades for generating an air flow when the cutting head being rotated, which are disposed on a top of the cutting head. The cover includes a cover body and protecting ribs for preventing the fan blades from wearing.
US09918423B2	Apparatus to move in tow farm implements An apparatus to move in-tow at least one farm implement. The apparatus is an elongated rectangular member that has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A movement transfer mechanism is connected between the elongated rectangular member's first end and the farm implement. The apparatus has a first wheel mounted on one side of the elongated rectangular member's first end and a second wheel mounted on the other side of the elongated rectangular member's first end. A third rotatable wheel is mounted adjacent to the second end of the elongated rectangular member. The wheels may, if desired, be ground engaging wheels.
US09918421B2	Spiker roller A spiker roller having (i) a roller assembly having a plurality of roller components each having a peripheral wall and a plurality of apertures in each wall and a centrally located hub or boss surrounding an opening; (ii) a multiplicity of spikes which are each releasably retained within a respective aperture of each roller component; and (iii) a support shaft which is insertable through each of the openings of each roller component wherein in operation each of the roller components rotate independently of each other.
US09924616B2	Shield can, electronic device, and manufacturing method thereof A shield can for electromagnetic shielding is provided. The shield can includes a shield cover having a bump protruding laterally therefrom, and a shield frame having a connecting part for selectively fixing the bump at a first height or a second height such that the shield frame is fastened to the shield cover. An electronic device includes a substrate, an internal device mounted on the substrate, and the shield can. The shield cover is located over the internal device, and the shield frame is formed vertically on the substrate to surround the internal device.
US09924614B2	Coolant supply unit, cooling unit, and electronic device A coolant supply unit includes a plurality of pumps, a casing that includes a coolant inlet port, a plurality of branch ports that respectively convey coolant to the plurality of pumps, a plurality of flow merging ports through which the coolant from the plurality of pumps merges, and a coolant outlet port; and a separating wall that is provided inside the casing and that separates the inside of the casing into a distribution chamber that is in communication with the inlet port and the branch ports, and a flow merging chamber that is in communication with the flow merging ports and the outlet port.
US09924612B2	Container data center A space-efficient container data center with cooling devices extending outside but which can be retracted for ease of container transport includes a cabinet and a function module. The cabinet includes a plurality of plates and a bottom. A first one of the plates defines a plurality of spaced openings. At least one door is rotatably attached to the side beside each opening. A support member is rotatably attached to the plates near a bottom edge of each opening. The door and the support members are rotated to open each opening and the support members are aligned with the bottom to allow the function modules to slide outwards to an extended working position on the bottom and the support members, or inwards for compactness.
US09924608B2	Circuit board assembly A circuit board assembly includes a main board, a daughter board, a metal bracket, and a conductive gasket. The daughter board includes a circuit board and an electronic module with a plurality of pins connected to the circuit board. The metal bracket clamps at one side of the circuit board and the electronic module to shield the plurality of pins. The metal bracket has a connection part connecting the main board. The conductive gasket is disposed between the metal bracket and the plurality of pins.
US09924604B2	Modular flexible convex display system and methods Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Systems are provided to support a plurality of flexible display modules in an adjustable convex arrangement. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to couple to and retain a support frame are provided. Flexible and durable weather resistance features are provided. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties.
US09924596B2	Structural body and method for manufacturing same The structural body related to the present disclosure includes a substrate having insulation properties arranged with a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a through hole passing through the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, and a through electrode including a conductive material arranged within the through hole, the through electrode conducting the first surface and the second surface of the substrate and including a projection part exposed from the second surface to the outside of the through hole, wherein at least a part of the through hole is gradually increasing in size approaching the second surface in a thickness direction of the substrate, and forming a depression part keeping a gap between the through hole and the through electrode.
US09924591B2	Tamper-respondent assemblies Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include a tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure. The tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure includes a tamper-respondent sensor. The tamper-respondent sensor includes, for instance, at least one flexible layer having opposite first and second sides, and circuit lines forming at least one resistive network. The circuit lines are disposed on at least one of the first or second side of the at least one flexible layer, and have a line width Wl≦200 μm, as well as a line-to-line spacing width Ws≦200 μm. In certain enhanced embodiments, the tamper-respondent sensor includes multiple flexible layers, with a first flexible layer having first circuit lines, and a second flexible layer having second circuit lines, where the first and second circuit lines may have different line widths, different line-to-line spacings, and/or be formed of different materials.
US09924590B2	Printed board and electronic apparatus A printed board includes: a base member; a recess portion provided in the base member; a heat dissipation member fitted into the recess portion; and a wiring pattern provided on an upper side of the base member and the heat dissipation member via an insulator. A contact portion in which an inner circumferential surface of the recess portion and an outer circumferential surface of the heat dissipation member contact each other and a separation portion in which those do contact each other are formed. A gap between the recess portion and the heat dissipation member is filled with thermosetting resin of the base member melted by heating. At least a partial portion in a width direction of the wiring pattern passes through a position vertically overlapping the separation portion while an entire portion thereof does not pass through a position vertically overlapping the contact portion.
US09924589B2	Circuit board A circuit board includes a first insulating layer having an upper surface on which mounting regions of electronic components and wiring patterns are provided, a metal core provided on the lower surface of the first insulating layer, in such a way as to vertically overlap with the mounting regions, and a second insulating layer provided on the lower surface of the first insulating layer, around the metal core. The lower surface of the metal core is exposed from the second insulating layer, the thermal conductivities of the first insulating layer and the metal core are higher than the thermal conductivity of the second insulating layer, and the hardness of the first insulating layer is higher than the hardness of the second insulating layer. Through holes that penetrate the insulating layers and that connect wiring patterns of the insulating layers are provided.
US09924585B2	Radiation source, metrology apparatus, lithographic system and device manufacturing method A radiation source apparatus comprising: a container (400) for being pressurized with a gaseous medium in which plasma which emits plasma emitted radiation is generated following excitation of the gaseous medium by a driving radiation (50), wherein said container is operable (66, 67) substantially to remove radiation with a wavelength of 10-400 nm from said plasma emitted radiation before said plasma emitted radiation exits said container as output radiation. In an embodiment the container comprises: an inlet radiation transmitting element (64) operable to transmit said driving radiation from outside said container to inside said container, and an outlet radiation transmitting element (65) operable to transmit at least some of said plasma emitted radiation from inside said container to outside said container as output radiation; wherein at least one of said inlet and outlet radiation transmitting elements comprises a plane parallel plate.
US09924584B2	Method and device capable of unique pattern control of pixel LEDs via smaller number of DMX control channels A method of pixel control which reduces the number of DMX control channels required for generation of artistic pixel patterns displayed on a large number of pixel LEDs is described. Further described are a set of control parameters which facilitate the introduction of pixel control and sophisticated pixel pattern generation without a costly DMX controller upgrade. Also described is a device for generating lighting effects. The device may be portable, battery-powered, radio-controlled and small enough to easily hide in most theatrical and film sets, set pieces, props, and practicals. The device may be configured to process DMX data for controlling and generating graphical patterns among pixel LEDs based on the set of one or more control parameters. The method and device relocate the processing of the DMX data from the DMX controller to one or more individual hardware drivers for the pixel LEDS.
US09924582B2	Luminaire dimming module uses 3 contact NEMA photocontrol socket An article and circuit that controllably dims a luminaire, for example without controlling a line power of the luminaire. The luminaire includes a traditional three-contact socket to receive a photocontroller, such as that used for street lights. The article uses a desired dimming control signal to provide an output control signal that controls whether the light source in the luminaire is turned ON or turned OFF to thereby effect the desired amount of dimming. The output control signal may be a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal with a duty cycle that is related to the desired level of illumination or dimming. The system may use a dimming signal from a five or seven contact dimming photocontroller to provide such an output control signal to control the light-level for the luminaire.
US09924581B1	System for autonomous commissioning and harvesting of functional wireless lighting groups An apparatus is provided for creating functional lighting groups. The apparatus includes a multimode wireless switch and a gateway. The multimode wireless switch is coupled to one or more wireless devices via a line voltage, and is configured to enter a grouping mode responsive to commands sent over a wireless network, and is configured to switch the line voltage off and then back on, where the one or more wireless devices send messages over the wireless network indicating that they have been power cycled. The gateway is coupled to the one or more wireless devices over the wireless network, and is configured to send the commands, and is configured to receive the messages and is configured to create a functional lighting group comprising the multimode wireless switch and the one or more wireless devices.
US09924578B2	Lighting system for a stadium A light system for a stadium, the light system comprising: at least one sensor configured to determine light intensity values for multiple locations within the stadium; at least one electronically controllable luminaire configured to generate light directed towards at least one location of the multiple locations within the stadium based on a received control parameter; a controller configured to receive the light intensity values from the at least one sensor, further configured to determine a light intensity difference based on the light intensity values from the multiple locations within the stadium, and configured to select the at least one electronically controllable luminaire and generate the control parameter for the least one electronically controllable luminaire based on the light intensity difference to attempt to reduce the light intensity difference.
US09924576B2	Methods, apparatuses, and systems for operating light emitting diodes at low temperature Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) generate light more efficiently than high-intensity discharge lamps or high-intensity fluorescent lamps. Driving a series of LEDs with a constant-voltage primary supply and a low-voltage LED driver keeps efficiency high. Unfortunately, LED forward voltage varies as a function of temperature: at low temperature, the forward voltage rises. Placing the LEDs in series magnifies the forward voltage increases. This makes it difficult to drive a series of LEDs at low temperature with a constant-voltage supply because the forward voltage can exceed the power supply voltage. To account for this behavior, an exemplary LED lighting fixture includes a “bypass” circuit that, when engaged, effectively removes at least one LED from each series string of LEDs to bring the total forward voltage below the power supply voltage. The low-voltage driver circuit monitors temperature, and engages the “bypass” circuit when necessary to ensure that DC voltage is not exceeded.
US09924575B2	Dimming circuit for digital control A dimming circuit for digital control includes two output terminals, a voltage sampling unit, an error amplifier unit, and an impedance transforming unit. The MCU voltage generating unit configured for setting the output voltage of the dimming circuit. The error amplifier unit is configured for comparing the voltage value between the two output terminals with the output voltage set by the MCU voltage generating unit. The impedance transforming is configured for adjusting the resistance value thereof according to the output of the error amplifier unit so as that the output voltage value of the dimming circuit for digital control is equal to the output voltage value set by the MCU voltage generating unit. While using the MCU voltage generating unit under programming of the user, the dimming circuit 100 can automatically perform the output of the LED lamp required by the user.
US09924571B2	Operating circuit for energizing a lamp, LED converter, and method for operating an operating circuit An operating circuit for energizing a lamp (5) comprising at least one light emitting diode (6) has a primary side (11) and a secondary side (12) that is electrically isolated from the primary side. The operating circuit comprises a clocked converter (14) that has a primary coil and a secondary coil (18). The operating circuit further comprises a detection device (20) for determining an output voltage (Vout) of the operating circuit; the detection device (20) comprises an inductor (21) which is located on the primary side (11) of the operating circuit and which is inductively coupled to the secondary coil (18).
US09924564B2	Heated mat and exhaust gas treatment device A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device, includes at least one layer comprising inorganic fibers and a heater in thermal communication with the layer. Also disclose is an exhaust gas treatment device comprising an outer housing, a fragile structure located in the housing and the mounting mat located between the housing and the fragile structure. A method is further disclosed for maintaining and/or increasing the temperature of a substrate of an exhaust gas treatment device comprising providing the mounting mat and transferring heat from the heater to the mounting mat in order to maintain and/or increase the temperature of the substrate and/or the exhaust gas treatment device during the battery mode of a hybrid gas/electric vehicle.
US09924559B2	System for providing intelligent network access selection for a mobile wireless device Systems and methods enable alternative network access implemented by a mobile wireless communication device. The method includes receiving information associated with a mobile device, the information comprises location information associated with the mobile device. Based on the information associated with the mobile device, identifying an access point available for providing connectivity services to the mobile device, the access point is not the computing device. Information is provided to the mobile device which is associated with the access point. The information can comprise at least one of usage terms, usage conditions, usage costs, access point characteristics, connection characteristics, access point capacity, and access point security access information.
US09924549B2	Method for connecting local communication and electronic device supporting the same A communication method performed at an electronic device includes receiving first identification information through an auxiliary device which is connectable with the electronic device, comparing the received first identification information with second identification information stored in the electronic device, and connecting with an external electronic device through local communication based on at least one of the first identification information or the second identification information, if the first identification information and the second identification information are different from each other. An electronic device includes a processor configured to control the display, the memory, or the communication module, and connect with an external electronic device through local communication based on at least one of first identification information received through the auxiliary device or second identification information stored in the memory.
US09924544B2	Method to report channel status Methods and apparatus are provided for a UE to send channel status reports (CSR) to a network entity. In one novel aspect, the CSR is generated at the MAC layer. In one embodiment, the UE detects one or more triggering event, obtains a value of channel status from the PHY layer, generates the CSR based on the value obtained from the PHY layer and transmits the channel status report to an eNB. In another embodiment, the UE starts a timer and waits for a UL grant to transmit the CSR. If no UL grant is received before the timer expires, the UE triggers either a dedicated SR or a random access SR. In another novel aspect, the channel status report is generated in a NAS message and sent to a NAS entity through the NAS layer. In one embodiment, the tracking-area-update procedure is used for the CSR.
US09924541B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting frame in wireless LAN Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a frame in a wireless LAN. The method for transmitting a frame in a wireless LAN may comprise: a step in which an AP transmits an RTS frame for protecting a medium to an STA; a step in which the AP receives a CTS frame from the STA in response to the RTS frame; and a step in which the AP transmits a data frame to the STA in response to the CTS frame, wherein the RTS frame is included in a first PPDU which is generated on the basis of a first IFFT size, the data frame is included in a second PPDU which is generated on the basis of a second IFFT size, the second IFFT size is greater than the first IFFT size, and the data frame can be transmitted on the basis of a transmission-range-determining parameter which is determined on the basis of the difference between the second IFFT size and the first IFFT size.
US09924540B2	Co-existence for spatial reuse in wireless local area networks An apparatus of a first high-efficiency (HE) access point (AP) or station for spatial reuse is the disclosed. The apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: decode a first portion of a first packet; and if the first portion indicates the first packet was transmitted by a second HE AP or station and that the first packet is an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) packet, then if a preamble detect energy is below a threshold, cause to be transmitted a second packet simultaneously with a portion of the first packet after the first portion. The processing circuitry may be configured to determine the first portion was transmitted by the second HE AP or station if a field in a physical (PRY) header or a second field in a media access control (MAC) header indicate the first packet was transmitted by the second HE AP or station.
US09924539B2	Device, system and method of OFDMA full-duplex communication An access point (AP), station (STA) and method of assigning sub-carriers to full-duplex links are generally described. The STAs transmit full-duplex capability to the AP. In response, after winning channel contention, the AP determines communication information including a bandwidth, transmit power and modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for each STA. The bandwidths are independently set by the AP such that a ratio of an expected transmission time of the amount of downlink data using a unit bandwidth to bandwidth is approximately the same for each STA. The AP transmits the communication information to the STAs in a trigger frame. The AP and STAs communicate using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) during a full-duplex communication session. The uplink and downlink communications terminate at substantially the same time. Acknowledgement packets are exchanged after the full-duplex communication session.
US09924534B2	Method and apparatus for controlling monitoring timing in wireless communication system A method for and apparatus for controlling monitoring timing in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device may acquire information including a monitoring subframe configuration, which is set for a first subframe in which at least one of control and reference signal is present, and a second subframe in which the control and reference signal are not present within a radio frame; determine monitoring subframes of a cell based on the information; and control to monitor the first subframe and the second subframe according to the monitoring subframes.
US09924528B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving feedback for cooperative communication system A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a feedback signal in a cellular mobile communication system is provided. The method of transmitting feedback in a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) system, includes receiving feedback set information including allocation information of a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) transmitted for estimating a channel of a User Equipment (TIE), receiving IDentification (ID) information for identifying a CoMP set including CSI-RS allocation information from a cell operating in a CoMP mode, extracting the CoMP set using the ID information and a feedback set, detecting a first feedback mode and first feedback timing with a first CSI-RS not included in the CoMP set among CSI-RSs included in the feedback set, and generating and transmitting feedback with respect to the first CSI-RS according to the detected first feedback mode and the first feedback timing.
US09924527B2	Multiple physical layer wi-fi radio system A monitoring station and method for increasing a frequency of wireless packet reception. The monitoring station includes a physical layer (PHY) having a plurality of radio frequency (RF) receivers, processing circuitry comprising a processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to control timing offsets of each of the plurality of RF receivers such that each of the plurality of RF receivers has a different timing offset with respect to each other. The monitoring station includes an RF signal router configured to receive an incoming RF signal and route the RF signal to the plurality of RF receivers, and vary at least one of signal gain and signal loss for the incoming RF signal across each of the plurality of RF receivers such that each of the plurality of RF receivers has a different effective noise figure with respect to each other.
US09924520B2	Bandwidth management in a wireless network A method for bandwidth management in a wireless network having wireless field devices (FDs) wirelessly coupled to a wireless access point associated to a wireless gateway. A first bandwidth usage percentage (BUP) consumed by the wireless access point and wireless router(s) is calculated from summed connected device weights. In response to a new FD or wireless router requesting to be connected to the network, a second BUP is calculated that would be consumed by the wireless access point and the wireless router(s) if the new FD or wireless router were connected to the wireless network. If the second BUP is not less than respective BUP thresholds, the new FD or router is prevented from being connected to the network. Disclosed bandwidth management can also be applied if an already connected FD in the network changes its path from one router or access point to another connected router or access point.
US09924511B2	Listen-before-talk for LTE direct on unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band Methods, systems, and devices are described for direct device-to-device (D2D) communications in a subframe on a channel in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. A user equipment (UE) may perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure on the channel in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The UE may identify a time period between a completion of the LBT procedure and a boundary of a second subframe. The UE may transmit a Wi-Fi preamble and a variable length message on the channel during the identified timer period. The variable length message may include a duration that is time aligned with the boundary of the second subframe.
US09924509B2	Techniques for configuring an adaptive frame structure for wireless communications using unlicensed radio frequency spectrum Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for configuring an adaptive frame structure for wireless communications systems using unlicensed radio frequency spectrum. A base station (BS) may determine whether another device is transmitting on a channel in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum or one or more other network conditions pertaining to the channel, determine a frame structure from a plurality of frame structures used for data communications based at least in part on the one or more network conditions, wherein each of the plurality of frame structures has a different frame duration, and communicate with a user equipment (UE) using the determined frame structure. A UE may determine a frame structure from a plurality of frame structures used for data communications, wherein each of the plurality of frame structures has a different frame duration, and communicate with a BS using the determined frame structure.
US09924506B2	Methods for inter-system carrier aggregation in advanced wireless communication systems There is provided a signalling method for use in an advanced wireless communication network (100) that supports a first duplex mode, a second duplex mode different to the first duplex mode, and carrier aggregation of the first second duplex modes. This method includes configuring a UE (104-106) for data communication with the network (100) through a first access node (101) as a PCell, on the first duplex mode and with a first transmission mode (TM) including one or more transport blocks (TBs). This method also includes configuring the UE (104-106) for data communication with the network (100) through a second access node (103) as a SCell, on the second duplex mode and with a second TM including one or more TBs. The second TM associated with the second access node (103) is configured independently of the first TM associated with the first access node (101).
US09924504B2	Joint PDCCH/PDSCH scheduling techniques to enhance PDSCH interference cancellation A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus configures a first downlink (DL) control channel for a user equipment (UE) being served by the first transmission point, the configuration facilitating decoding of the first DL control channel by at least one UE being served by a second transmission point, and transmits the first DL control channel.
US09924503B2	Method and apparatus for performing device-to-device communication in wireless communication system The present invention provides a method and an apparatus performing device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. More particularly, D2D terminals supporting D2D communication are identified, discovery groups are formed for the D2D terminals using the same application, and discovery timing is established depending on the discovery group such that D2D terminals belonging to the same discovery group are shifted to an active state during the discovery timing in order to transceive signals by using time and frequency resources designated for D2D discovery with the discovery timing having a variable value depending on the discovery group.
US09924500B2	Method in which a receiver transmits control information in a wireless communication system A method is provided for transmitting control information from a terminal in a wireless communication system. Physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) are received on a primary component carrier and PDSCHs are received on a secondary component carrier. The primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier are configured for the terminal. A first acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) feedback is transmitted for the received PDSCHs on a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource corresponding to a first antenna port and a second ACK/NACK feedback is transmitted for the received PDSCHs on a second PUCCH resource corresponding to a second antenna port. The first antenna port and the second antenna port are configured for the terminal. The first ACK/NACK feedback and the second ACK/NACK feedback are identical.
US09924492B2	Method and apparatuses for determining priority of a wireless terminal A method for determining a priority of a mobile subscriber in a cellular network. The method is performed in a radio network node and comprises the steps of: obtaining a temporary mobile subscriber identity, TMSI, associated with a priority affecting event; storing the TMSI associated with the event, as at least part of an indication of priority; receiving a connection request from a wireless terminal of the mobile subscriber, the connection request comprising a TMSI; and determining a priority of the wireless terminal based on whether the TMSI of the connection request matches a stored TMSI or not.
US09924489B2	Radio operation switch based on GPS mobility data Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a radio operation switch based on mobility data. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a current location of the mobile base station; a velocity module coupled to the output of the GPS module for determining a current velocity of the mobile base station; and a controller, the controller configured to perform steps comprising: determining the current velocity of the mobile base station using the velocity module; comparing the current velocity to a threshold; and switching, based on the comparison, from a first radio band to a second radio band.
US09924487B2	Method and system for concealing location information of a user The present disclosure relates to a method for concealing location information of a user. The method comprises receiving current location information of a mobile terminal associated with the user from a network server upon initiation of a call by telecom equipment with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is registered with the network server. The method further comprises retrieving privacy settings of the mobile terminal predefined in respect to the telecom equipment when the current location information of the mobile terminal is different from location information associated with the network server. The method further comprises routing the call to the network server for announcing pre-stored information in a predefined language to the telecom equipment based on the retrieved privacy settings for concealing the current location information of the user.
US09924485B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, program, information management apparatus and communication system Provided is a communication apparatus 40 including a positioning unit 421 that obtains position information of a local apparatus by measuring a position of the local apparatus based on signals received from satellites via a communication unit 410, a base station detection unit 422 that obtains base station identification information to identify a base station from the signal received from the base station via the communication unit 410, a history information registration unit 430 that registers first history information containing the position information obtained by the positioning unit 421 with a history information storage unit 440 and also registers second history information containing the base station identification information obtained by the base station detection unit 422 with the history information storage unit 440, and a transmission control unit 450 that transmits the first history information registered with the history information storage unit 440 to an information management apparatus 20 via the communication unit and also transmits the second history information registered with the history information storage unit 440 to the information management apparatus 20 via the communication unit 410.
US09924481B2	Indication of in/out of dual connectivity synchronized condition Various communication systems may benefit from indications of conditions existing within the system. For example, communication systems employing dual connectivity may benefit from an indication of whether or not a user equipment is in a dual connectivity synchronized condition. A method can include determining a dual connectivity synchronization condition for the user equipment with respect to at least two base stations. The method can also include reporting the dual connectivity synchronization condition to a network element.
US09924480B2	Apparatus and method for calibrating delay between signal paths Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a first terminal determines a delay offset value based on a first delay value of a first channel between the first terminal and an entity, and a second delay value of a second channel between the first terminal and the entity. The delay offset value is transmitted from the first terminal, to a second terminal. The second terminal uses the delay offset value to determine a third delay value of a third channel between the second terminal and the entity based on a fourth delay value of a fourth channel between the second terminal and the entity, the fourth delay value being determined by the second terminal.
US09924478B2	Method for transmitting sync signals for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a Device-to-Device Synchronization Signal (D2DSS) for D2D communication by a terminal in a wireless communication system and, more particularly, comprises a step of transmitting a D2DSS, wherein first root indexes associated with the D2DSS are set to be different from second root indexes associated with sync signals for a cellular communication, and the number of the first root indexes is less than the number of the second root indexes.
US09924477B2	Node and method for communication control A node includes a time difference measurement unit and a time setting unit. The time difference measurement unit measures a time difference between a first time based on latest received time information and a second time based on second-latest received time information. The time setting unit calculates an adjustment time difference when the time difference exceeds an allowable range of error that is smaller than an allowable range of maintainable communication, sets a time obtained by adding the adjustment time difference and the second time to the time of the node when the adjustment time difference is within the allowable range of maintainable communication, and sets a time obtained by adding a time difference corresponding to the allowable range of maintainable communication and the second time to the time of the node when the adjustment time difference exceeds the allowable range of maintainable communication.
US09924470B2	User-defined coverage of media-player devices on online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a media-player device, authentication information from a client system that is within range of at least one antenna of the media-player device. In response to receiving the authentication information, the media-player device may set a power level of each of the antennas to a maximum power level and may broadcast, by at least one antenna, broadcast signals. The media-player device may receive, from the client system, instructions to adjust a power level of each antenna. The instructions may be determined based on broadcast signals received at the client system and on the respective position of the client system that is associated with each received broadcast signal. The media-player device may adjust the power levels of each of the antennas of the plurality of antennas to define a range of broadcast based on the received instructions.
US09924469B2	Uplink power control in dual connectivity to first or second cell group based on first or second configuration A method for performing a power scaling, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) configured with dual connectivity and the method includes determining, by the UE, an uplink transmission power to a first cell group including a first cell; determining, by the UE, an uplink transmission power to a second cell group including a second cell; and performing, by the UE, a power scaling for at least one of the determined uplink transmission power of the first cell group and the second cell group, wherein the power scaling is performed for at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) including a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) signal or a scheduling request (SR).
US09924468B2	Antenna control system and method A subscriber unit, including an antenna array and an antenna array interface coupled to the antenna array, is described. Wireless transmissions, at least two of which are based on different directional transmissions from a transmitter, are received at the antenna array. Feedback messages are generated using the antenna array interface. The feedback messages are communicated using the antenna array to adjust settings of the transmitter.
US09924466B1	Dynamic flip-flop and multiplexer for sub-rate clock data serializer Methods and systems provide a multiplexing cell and a multiplexing cell system for data serialization. The multiplexing cell may be dynamic D-type flip flop having a single phase clock signal (CLK) and a select input (SEL). An input to the multiplexing cell may be passed to an output if CLK is high and SEL are both high. Otherwise, the output of each multiplexing cell may be in a high impedance state. A multiplexing cell system may include one or more of the multiplexing cells and be configured to provide serialization of input data at high data rates with reduced power consumption. Sub-rate clocks, which may be used by at least a portion of a serialization chain, may reduce power consumption allow for less complex clock generation and distribution circuitry. The multiplexing cell and/or multiplexing cell system find application in, among other things, equalization to offset effects of channel imperfections.
US09924464B2	Identifying at least one alternate power source for providing power to a portable electronic device A method, system, and computer program product for identifying at least one alternate power source to provide power to a portable device during an upcoming time period of use. The method includes monitoring power parameters associated with at least one battery of the portable device and determining, based on the power parameters, whether the at least one battery that is currently coupled to the portable device is capable of powering the portable device for an entirety of an upcoming time period of use. In response to determining the at least one battery is not capable of powering the portable device for the entirety of the upcoming time period of use, identifying at least one alternate power source that may provide power for use during the upcoming time period of use. The method then includes generating and outputting a power management strategy, which utilizes the at least one alternate power source.
US09924460B2	Network nodes, a user equipment and methods therein for handling a connection between the user equipment and a wireless communications network A method performed by a first network node for handling a connection between a wireless device and a wireless communications network. The wireless communications network comprises the first network node.The first network node stores (705) data related to the connection, and further stores an identifier of the wireless device for locating the stored data related to the connection later.The first network node further provides (706) the wireless device with a command to transition from a connected mode into a suspended mode, in which suspended mode the connection is suspended and the wireless device stores the data related to the connection, and further stores the identifier of the wireless device for locating the stored data later in order to resume the connection.
US09924454B2	Method, apparatus and system for establishing connection A method for establishing a connection is provided. The method includes the following steps. A mobility management entity generates a create bearer context request message and sends the message to a selected serving gateway. The create bearer context request message at least includes address information of at least one packet data network gateway and corresponding indication information of the protocol type of connection establishment. The serving gateway receives and analyzes the create bearer context request message, and determines the protocol type of the connection according to the indication information of the protocol type of connection establishment. The serving gateway processes the create bearer context request message with the determined protocol type of connection. A mobility management entity, a serving gateway, and a network system which are able to reduce time delay when connection is established are further provided.
US09924453B2	Method and device for determining cell identifier Disclosed are a method and a device for determining a cell identifier. A method for determining a cell identifier can comprise the steps of: a network control unit generating an Nth neighbor cell list which comprises information about a neighboring cell of a search cell; the network control unit receiving, from a search cell, information about a global cell identifier and a first PCI of an unknown cell; the network control unit determining whether or not the unknown cell is a moving cell on the basis of the global cell identifier; and, if the unknown cell is a moving cell and the first PCI and a second PCI of a neighbor cell that is comprised in the Nth neighbor cell list, the network control unit transmitting to the moving cell a PCI change signal that requests changing of the first PCI.
US09924452B2	Vehicle communications via wireless access vehicular environment Vehicle Communications using IEEE 802.1 lp WAVE functionality includes structure and method whereby a smart phone (SP) linked to an On Board Unit (OBU) having WAVE functionality, and incorporating Automotive Telemetry Protocol (ATP), has at least one processor to configure the SP as a GUI for the OBU, and to enable WAVE authentication of the SP through a networked Road Side Unit. Preferably, the OBU opens, after a command from an ATP Client, a virtual connection for streaming data between the vehicle data bus and a remote server providing an automotive scan tool. Also preferably, the SP uses either cellular or IEEE 802.11 control signals to trialaterate its geographic position with greater accuracy than GPS, and to hand off the geo-position fixes to the OBU. Preferably, accumulated geo-location information is reported to a remote server, providing a centralized geographic trend analysis of plural SPs operating with OBUs.
US09924445B2	Capability opening system, gateway, agent, and method of wireless network The present invention provides a capability opening system, a capability opening gateway, a capability opening agent, and a capability opening method of a wireless network. The capability opening system includes the capability opening gateway, a UE, and an application server, where the UE includes an application client and the capability opening agent; and the application client exchanges information of a service with the application server through a first interface, the application server exchanges capability information of the wireless network with the capability opening gateway through a second interface, and the capability opening agent exchanges related radio environment information with the capability opening gateway through a third interface. In embodiments of the present invention, a capability opening agent is added to a UE.
US09924443B2	Methods and apparatus for selecting femtocell access modes and operational parameters based on the presence of nearby macrocells Methods and apparatus are disclosed for configuring an access mode of a femtocell. The method includes determining whether a target channel is being used by a macrocell. The method includes, in response to the target channel being used by the macrocell, configuring the access mode to a closed access mode. The method includes in response to the target channel not being used by the macrocell, configuring the access mode to an open or hybrid access mode.
US09924437B2	Radio communication system and radio communication base station for permitting handover to a base station for which a predetermined measurement has not been performed In a radio communication system, based on a report from a connected base station, a radio communication terminal performs a predetermined measurement on other neighboring base stations and reports the result of the predetermined measurement to the base station. When a terminal performs a handover, the base station selects a base station, from among the other base stations, to be the target of the handover by the terminal based on the result of the predetermined measurement, and in predetermined circumstances, selects a base station, from among other base stations neighboring the base station, for which the predetermined measurement was not performed, to be the target of the handover by the terminal.
US09924436B2	Mobile devices with femto cell functionality Aspects describe communications environments in which femtocell capability is provided to devices within the communications network. A non-femto enabled device and/or a femto enabled device can communicate with a femto enabled device in the same geographical area for femto-enabled peer-to-peer communication. Two non-femto enabled devices can be provided femto functionality through utilization of a femto enabled device, which operates as a hub between the two devices. Other aspects relate to enhanced position determination, adaptive coverage enhancement, local mobile networks, open access femtocells without a backhaul, and local broadcast of media though utilization of femto enabled devices.
US09924435B1	Uplink-aware serving cell selection An example method comprises receiving an event notification from a cell in a current set of a user equipment, the event notification indicating an uplink signal strength from the user equipment to the cell relative to a threshold; and designating the cell as being either a viable candidate or not a viable candidate to be a serving cell based on the uplink signal strength relative to the threshold.
US09924432B2	Long-term evolution device-to-device discovery using control channel Device-to-device (D2D) communications between user equipment (UE) allows two UEs in a long-term evolution (LTE) network to communicate directly with each other without the need to first send their communications to a network (such as via an evolved node B). In order to communicate in a D2D mode, the UEs first need to discover each other. One method of allowing the UEs to discover each other involves the use of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). After a network determines that certain UEs would benefit from D2D communication, the UEs can be set up to send and receive discovery signals using the PUCCH.
US09924430B2	Heterogeneous network switching method, device and system Disclosed are a heterogeneous network switching method, device and system, relating to the technique of communication. When a network-side device such as a base station determines that a UE needs to be switched into a non-3GPP network, switch signaling carrying switch indication information is sent to the UE; the switch indication information is used for instructing the UE to switch some of or all of the bearers from a 3GPP network to a non-3GPP network, so that the UE can switch some of all of the bearers from a 3GPP network to a non-3GPP network according to the switch indication information, thus realizing heterogeneous network switching initiated by a network side.
US09924426B2	Apparatus, computer program, and method for criteria-based conditional cell reselection An apparatus, computer program, and method are provided for criteria-based conditional cell reselection. In operation, information is identified in connection with a mobile communication device being serviced by a first cell of a network utilizing a first frequency with a first priority. A determination is then made as to whether the information meets one or more criteria. Based on such determination, reselection is conditionally caused for the mobile communication device in connection with a second cell of the network utilizing a second frequency with a second priority.
US09924425B2	Wireless communications system and wireless communication device A first wireless communication device includes first wireless communication circuitry that selectively operates in one of a plurality of bands and first control circuitry that sets a band in which the first wireless communication circuitry operates. The first control circuitry switches bands such that the first wireless communication circuitry operates in all of the plurality of bands within a certain cycle time. A second wireless communication device includes second wireless communication circuitry that selectively operates in one of the plurality of bands and second control circuitry that sets a band in which the second wireless communication circuitry operates. The second control circuitry switches to a different band when the second wireless communication device has been unable to communicate with the first wireless communication device.
US09924422B2	Method and user equipment for performing measurement on cell According to an embodiment of the present specification, a method of performing a measurement on one or more of a serving cell and a neighboring cell is provided. The method may include: measuring signal quality for a neighboring node; scaling-down or scaling-up parameter values that trigger the transmission of a measurement report according to measurement results; and transmitting the measurement report.
US09924419B2	Method and apparatus for controlling waiting time for determination of radio link failure in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for controlling a waiting time related to determination of a radio link failure in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a message from a network, if a first timer for determination of the radio link failure is running and the message includes timer information related to the waiting time, starting a second timer related to the waiting time based on the timer information, and if the second timer expires before expiration of the first timer, determining a channel situation of a serving cell as a situation of the radio link failure.
US09924417B2	Method and apparatus of signaling and procedure for sequence hopping pattern change during handover A method and apparatus are provided for updating a sequence hopping (SH) pattern of an uplink channel during handover from a current cell having a current SH pattern. At least one downlink channel of each neighbor cell of the current cell is monitored. Information indicative of the monitored downlink channels of the neighbor cells is transmitted to the current cell. Prior to receiving a handover command from the current cell a target cell from among the neighbor cells is anticipated and a common downlink channel of the anticipated target cell is monitored to determine information representative of a target SH pattern of the target cell.
US09924414B2	Session transfer from a circuit switched network to a packet switched network The invention relates to methods and nodes for supporting a session transfer, for a user equipment, from a circuit switched network to a packets witched network. According to one aspect a method for operating a control node of a core network is provided. The method comprises the steps: requesting from a radio access network of the circuit switched network information on whether a capability of the user equipment related to the session transfer are compatible with a network configuration related to the session transfer; receiving from the radio access network an indication whether the capability of the user equipment and the network configuration are compatible; determining whether to indicate that the session transfer is supported by using the received compatibility indication; and setting an indication whether the session transfer is supported according to the determination.
US09924408B1	Methods and devices for interference cancellation in cell search A method and communication device adapted for interference cancellation in a cell search used in a communication device, including: correlating a signal received at the communication device with a template comprising one or more signal sequences associated with one or more corresponding cells to determine a metric for each of the signal sequences; and at least one iteration of: ranking the signal sequences based on the determined metrics, wherein the highest ranked signal sequence is designated as an aggressor sequence; performing an interference cancellation to generate a corrected metric for signal sequences based on their correlation with the aggressor sequence; and removing the aggressor sequence and setting priority to the cell associated with the aggressor sequence.
US09924405B2	Method for buffer status report in dual connectivity A method for buffer status report (BSR) in dual connectivity for a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises connecting to at least two base stations including a first base station and a second base station in the wireless communication system, receiving a BSR configuration from the first base station, wherein the BSR configuration indicates a calculation scheme for a BSR, and calculating buffer sizes indicated in a first BSR and a second BSR respectively for the first base station and the second base station according to the calculation scheme in the received BSR configuration, wherein at least a first logical channel of a first logical channel group reported by the first BSR and at least a second logical channel of a second logical channel group reported by the second BSR are mapped to the same split radio bearer.
US09924404B1	Privacy protection for evaluating call quality Apparatus and methods concerning simulation of call quality are disclosed. In an example embodiment, computing server is communicatively coupled to a VoIP server. The computing server includes a communication circuit configured to receive a first set of VoIP data including audio of a VoIP call routed by the VoIP server. The computing server also includes a processing circuit configured to characterize a post-transmission quality state of the first set of VoIP data. The processing circuit is also configured to generate a second set of VoIP data including audio that is different from the audio of the VoIP call and data including characteristics indicative of the post-transmission quality state of a first set of VoIP data. The processing circuitry may configured to use the second set of data to provide security, protect the confidentiality and privacy, and/or monitor changes of behavior/quality for different audio CODECs, encryption, bit-rate, etc.
US09924403B2	Apparatus and methods for a dynamic transmission window A communication system comprises a transmission controller configured to send transmissions to one or more transceivers; a device performance analyzer configured to receive feedback about the reception of transmissions at said transceivers, and to analyze such feedback to estimate the quality of communication with an existing ATW and to output a quality information; an ATW performance analyzer configured to receive the quality information of the device performance analyzer and to perform further analysis to estimate whether the ATW should be retained as in current operation or modified based on feedback received from said transceivers and to output an estimate information; or ATW feedback analyzer configured to receive feedback about the ATW from said other transceivers, and to estimate based on such feedback whether the ATW should be retained as in current operation or modified based on feedback received from said transceivers; and an ATW estimator configured to receive the estimate information of the ATW performance analyzer, to retain the current ATW unmodified if that is the estimate of the ATW performance analyzer and to communicate such retention to the transmission controller, and to modify the current ATW if that is the estimate information of the ATW performance analyzer and to communicate the modified ATW to a flow controller; wherein said flow controller is configured to receive the modified ATW from the ATW estimator, and to communicate the modified ATW to the transmission controller. The system id adapted to carry out respective methods.
US09924400B2	Enhanced power reduction in mesh networks An arrangement of a mesh network comprising a first station, a second station and one or more intermediate stations is disclosed. The first, second and one or more intermediate stations are configured to comprise a sleep mode wherein the first, second and one or more intermediate stations are idle, and an awake mode wherein the first, second and one or more intermediate stations are awake. The first, second and one or more intermediate stations are further configured to be in the awake mode during a duration of a discovery window—DW—and a mesh management window—MMW—and wherein first, second and one or more intermediate stations are configured to listen for a synchronization beacon during the DW and to transmit and/or listen for zero or more mesh path hybrid wireless mesh protocol—HWMP—frames during the MMW. A method of the arrangement, as well as a first station, an intermediate station, a second station, a method for a first station, a method for an intermediate station and a method for a second station is also disclosed.
US09924396B2	Terminal device, base station device, integrated circuit, and radio communication method A terminal apparatus which performs periodic channel state information reporting to a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including a reception unit that receives first information, second information, and index information indicating a value for reporting periodicity of the channel state information, from the base station apparatus, and a transmission control unit that determines the value for reporting periodicity of the channel state information on the basis of the index information, in which the applicable value is based on a certain UL-DL configuration, in which, in a case where the second information is not configured, the certain UL-DL configuration is a UL-DL configuration indicated by the first information, and in which, in a case where the second information is configured, the certain UL-DL configuration is a UL-DL configuration indicated by the second information. Consequently, in a radio communication system which employs dynamic TDD, interference with a downlink signal is avoided, and an uplink control signal is transmitted.
US09924390B2	Shielding flaw detection and measurement in quadrature amplitude modulated cable telecommunications environment Signal egress from a shielding flaw in a cable telecommunication system is detected, even where signals carried by the cable telecommunication system are quadrature amplitude modulated signals that statistically resemble broadband noise by generating a marker signal comprising a double side band, suppressed carrier signal in the fringes of contiguous frequency bands and at a power level which cannot cause perceptible interference with signals in those contiguous frequency bands. The separation of the sidebands comprising the marker signal can unambiguously identify the marker signal and can distinguish between different cable telecommunication systems installed in the same geographic area. The marker signal can be additionally coded by varying the frequency and/or amplitude of the modulating signal used to create the marker signal.
US09924383B2	Method and terminal for transmitting and receiving data according to a transmission speed of data A method of and an apparatus for transmitting first data to a plurality of receiver terminals connected to a transmitter terminal through the transmitter terminal and transmitting second data to the plurality of receiver terminals through the transmitter terminal is performed according to a transmission speed determined based on at least one selected from feedback information of a receiver terminal selected based on a data loss rate of the first data and variation information of data stored in a buffer of the transmitter terminal.
US09924382B2	Interfrequency and inter-technology neighbor planning on a self-organizing network In an example, a self-organizing network (SON) provides automated interfrequency load balancing for a base station such as a NodeB. The NodeB may provide a plurality of carriers, such as in a plurality of UARFCN frequencies, and the SON may provide configuration directives for increasing efficiency. For example, when one carrier becomes loaded, the SON may update neighbor associations to take advantage of relatively unloaded frequency carriers. A plurality of scenarios S may be provided, and a policy P may be defined for each. When the NodeB encounters a scenario S, SON may send configuration directives to implement policy P. Similar concept and policy could be applied in conjunction with INTER Technology Neighbor Definitions between LTE and UMTS and UMTS and GSM. Example if GSM Frequency Neighbors needs to be replaced with different Frequency Neighbors from UMTS based on Load or RF conditions.
US09924381B2	Enhancing uplink measurements for positioning by adaptively using multi-antenna systems Techniques and devices for improving uplink positioning techniques are described. An example method, implemented in a first node in a wireless communications network, begins with obtaining multi-antenna configuration information or multi-antenna capability data, or both, for a second node in the wireless communications network. The node carrying out the node may be a radio base station, a measuring node, or a wireless device to be positioned, in various embodiments. In some embodiments, the second node is a measuring node. In others, the second node is the wireless device to be positioned. The method continues with adapting a multi-antenna configuration of the wireless device for one or more transmissions to be measured for positioning purposes, or adapting a multi-antenna configuration of the measuring node for one or more positioning measurements, or both. The adapting is based on the obtained multi-antenna configuration information or multi-antenna capability data, or both.
US09924374B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting data. The apparatus for transmitting data includes a high frequency radio unit HFRU that is in a communication connection with a site, and a shift frequency radio unit SFRU that is in a communication connection with the HFRU and with a user equipment, where the HFRU includes a high frequency radio unit—indoor device unit HFRU-IDU and a high frequency radio unit—outdoor device unit HFRU-ODU that connects to the HFRU-IDU, and the SFRU includes a high frequency band transceiver and a wireless cellular band transceiver. By converting to-be-transmitted data into intermediate frequency signals for transmission, the method and apparatus for transmitting data according to the embodiments of the present invention can remarkably reduce a data transmission bandwidth, thereby saving bandwidth resources, reducing a data transmission cost, and reducing a device deployment cost.
US09924371B2	Wireless connectivity using white spaces Techniques for wireless connectivity using white spaces (e.g., television (TV) white spaces) are described. In at least some embodiments, movement of a device operating as a white space access point is monitored by local sensors within the device. Movement data that is gathered by the local sensors is used to determine an upper bound of distance traveled. When the upper bound reaches a threshold distance, various actions can be performed relating to the data transmission, such as to cease transmission or to utilize different portions of the radio spectrum.
US09924370B2	Policy control for transmissions on the unlicensed spectrum Systems, methods, and software for controlling transmissions of User Equipment (UE) on an unlicensed spectrum. In one embodiment, a base station communicates with the UE through radio communications on a licensed spectrum of a carrier. The base station transmits a query to a policy control element requesting spectrum selection criteria for the UE over a direct interface. The base station receives a response from the policy control element that includes the spectrum selection criteria for the UE, and processes the spectrum selection criteria to allocate resources for transmissions involving the UE on the licensed spectrum and on the unlicensed spectrum. The base station then provides a control message including the allocated resources towards the UE to enable the UE to perform the transmissions on the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or a combination of the two.
US09924363B2	Wireless security system for wireless audio device A wireless audio device includes one or more electroacoustic transducers and a first wireless transceiver. The device also includes a processor configured to (a) process audio signals received by the transceiver in a first received signal and communicate the processed audio signals to the transducer(s) to cause the transducer(s) to output sound pressure waves, (b) determine that a characteristic of a second received signal independent of the first received signal surpassed at least one threshold, and (c) change a state of the audio device based on the determining.
US09924357B2	Method for providing mobile communication provider information and device for performing same A method for providing mobile communication provider information and a device for performing the same are disclosed. A terminal having an eUICC receives data, in which mobile communication provider information is capsulized and included, and stores the received data in the eUICC. Therefore, the mobile communication provider information can be transferred by applying the highest security scheme, and duplication of the eUICC due to the exposure of an authentication key by external hacking attacks can be prevented.
US09924354B2	Key exchange method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a key exchange method and apparatus, which relate to the communications field, and can enable user equipments establishing a D2D link to share a set of keys, and further, information security can be achieved when a user equipment transmits service data or a signaling message through a Ud interface. A specific solution is that: a network device acquires a first key, and sends a message including the first key to a second user equipment, so that the second user equipment uses, when communicating with a first user equipment by using a D2D link, the first key to protect transmitted information. The present invention is applicable to an exchange process of keys for protecting data on a D2D link.
US09924353B2	Method for configuring and transmitting key The present application discloses a method for configuring and transmitting a key, which includes that: a) a serving cell (PCell) of UE determines a key (KeNB) used by a SCell and transmits the KeNB to the SCell; and b) the PCell transmits configuration information for configuring the SCell to the UE after receiving a response message from the SCell, and receives a response message from the UE. Or, the method includes that: a SCell of UE transmits a cell key request to a MME and receives key information from the MME; and the SCell transmits the key information received from the MME to the UE, and receives a response message from the UE. By the present application, data of the SCell is transmitted after being encrypted, so as to avoid a case that the data is decoded by other users, and further guarantee the security of the data.
US09924351B2	Accommodating hybrid IPv4v6 network support A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE comprises at least one component that is configured to detect an event of one of the UE changing routing area and the UE changing radio access technology from a long-term evolution (LTE) network to a global system for mobile communications enhanced data rates for GSM evolution radio access network (GERAN) or to a universal mobile telecommunication system terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) and, responsive to detecting the event, to deactivate one of a packet data protocol (PDP) context and an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer.
US09924350B2	Utilizing a plurality of uplink carriers and a plurality of downlink carriers for multi-cell communications A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may communicate on a primary cell and a secondary cell. A transceiver of the WTRU may receive a medium access control (MAC) message indicating activation or deactivation of the secondary cell. A processor of the WTRU may start a timer in response to the activation of the secondary cell. The WTRU may deactivate the secondary cell on a condition that the timer expires.
US09924349B2	Method, device, and system for dynamically binding a machine card A machine-card dynamic binding method is provided. An SIM card is provided with a first basic file and a second basic file, sets a PIN to be in a blocked status in an initialization process, indicates that an SIM service table supports an additional terminal profile to a terminal, receives a profile download instruction, sends a proactive PROVIDE LOCAL INFORMATION command to the terminal after determining that the terminal supports PROVIDE LOCAL INFORMATION command, receives a terminal response including an IMEI number of the terminal, matches the IMEI number with an IMEI number in the first basic file, determines that a binding check succeeds if matching succeeds, sets a status flag of a binding check success into the second basic file, and sets PIN to be in an unlocked status and a disable status after SIM card initialization is completed. A machine-card dynamic binding device and system are further provided.
US09924344B1	Method for providing roaming services in which the home network uses S8HR model for out-bound roaming while the visited network uses LBO model for in-bound roaming A roaming method that enables the home network (HPMN) to use S8 Home Routed (S8HR) model for out-bound roaming while the visited network (VPMN) uses Local Breakout (LBO) model for in-bound roaming. An IMS Roaming Gateway (IR-GW) establishes an IMS bearer between the IR-GW and the home network's Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW). The IR-GW replaces the source IP address on the SIP-Register message with the client IP address assigned to the UE by the HPMN P-GW. Upon receiving a SIP-Response message responsive to successful authentication of the UE with the HPMN, the IR-GW inserts its own IP address into the SIP-Response message and forwards it to the UE. IR-GW performs network address translation (NAT) between the source IP assigned to the UE by the VPMN and the client IP assigned to the UE by the HPMN.
US09924343B2	BLE beacon advertising a semantic label and IPv6 address A semantic signature serving as an index to a cataloged core semantic concept, and an IPv6 address associated with an entity labeled by a Bluetooth 4.0 Beacon are added to the Beacon's Generic Access Profile (GAP) advertisement enabling direct semantic discovery of the entity and facilitating data transactions relevant to it.
US09924342B2	Establishing a connection over a low power communication type Methods and systems for communicating messages with another electronic device via a characteristic-based communication. Communicating includes establishing a connection with the other electronic device over a low power wireless radio using a characteristic-based communication protocol and submitting a connection request message to the other device by writing a value to a first characteristic associated with the characteristic-based communication protocol. Communicating also includes subscribing to messages from the other electronic device by writing a value to a second characteristic associated with the characteristic-based communication protocol and communicating with the other electronic device by using the first characteristic to send messages to the remote device and the second characteristic to receive messages from the other electronic device.
US09924340B1	Toll-free data for a targeted geographic region A device may receive campaign information, that includes information identifying a targeted geographic region, for generating a toll-free data service campaign. The targeted geographic region may not coincide with a coverage area of a base station. The device may generate a campaign rule identifying one or more campaign conditions for updating an account of a campaign owner, associated with the toll-free data service campaign, for data used in association with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may receive a request, from a user device, to access a service, and may determine that one or more campaign conditions are satisfied, such as a condition to determine that the user device is located within the targeted geographic region. The device may provide an instruction to update the account, of the campaign owner, for data usage of the user device based on determining that the one or more campaign conditions are satisfied.
US09924333B2	Push-to-talk service features A device provides a user interface that includes a list of push-to-talk contacts, and receives, via the user interface, a gesture indicating a request to establish a push-to-talk call with a particular contact in the list of push-to-talk contacts. The device initiates the push-to-talk call with another device associated with the particular contact, and the push-to-talk call is initiated with the other device based on the gesture and directly from within the user interface. The device provides for display a visual indicator associated with the push-to-talk call.
US09924328B2	Geotargeted broadcast message aggregator/gateway system and method A geotargeted broadcast message system and method providing processing a plurality of broadcast message requests from a plurality of broadcast message origination systems, with each broadcast message request including a broadcast message and a geographically defined broadcast target area, including a broadcast message management system communicatively to the broadcast message origination systems, receiving broadcast message requests, storing a broadcast message jurisdiction authority for each broadcast message originating agent, verifying each broadcast message request to provide a verified broadcast message, with the verifying being a function of an authority of the broadcast message originating agent to send the broadcast message to the broadcast target area, and determining one or more of point-to-multipoint broadcast message transmission systems serving at least a portion of the broadcast target area for the broadcast message request, and transmitting the broadcast message and the broadcast target area to the determined broadcast message transmission systems.
US09924326B2	System for movement analysis over wireless signaling information The present invention is basically related to a system for retrieving movement (location) changes of the subscribers for a period of time. The said system comprises mobile station, network elements, location determination unit, location information database and a query unit.
US09924324B1	Locating multiple handheld devices An approach is disclosed that receives, from a number of mobile devices, time data with the timing data is based on an elapsed time from a timing signal and line-of-sight events directed to the mobile devices. A location of each of the mobile devices is determined based on the respective timing data received from each of the mobile devices. A portion of an overall image to display at each of the mobile devices is determined based on the identified location of the mobile devices, and the overall image is displayed by transmitting the determined portion to each of the plurality of mobile devices.
US09924322B2	Computing distances of devices Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking devices based on a distance from a merchant device. One of the methods includes displaying, in a point-of-sale system, a listing of buyers located proximate to the point-of-sale system, the buyers having indicated using their mobile devices a desire to pursue a financial transaction in association with the point-of-sale system. The point-of-sale system determines relative distances of the mobile devices of the buyers with respect to the point-of-sale system and arranges the displayed listing in the point-of-sale system based at least in part on the determined relative distances.
US09924318B2	Passive entry systems employing time of flight distance measurements Systems and methods employ ultra-wide band (UWB) time of flight (ToF) distance measurements for locating a portable device relative to a target. Performance and reliability of UWB ToF distance measurements for locating the portable device is improved by adjusting a communication retry strategy based on signal quality calculations. The quality of an UWB signal received by each satellite of a base station is assessed based on factors like signal strength, noise level, and ratio of first path signal power to total signal power. This data is used to direct the retry strategy to the satellites receiving the best signal quality for these satellites to conduct ToF distance measurements with the portable device and/or to add correction factors to calculated ToF distance measurements.
US09924317B1	Method and apparatus of modifying a device according to acquaintance information Disclosed are examples of modifying a current state of a mobile station based on the location of the mobile station with respect to a nearby acquaintance. The method may include detecting a presence of a mobile station in a predefined domain area identified by an application, the predefined domain area being associated with at least one acquaintance, and performing a modification to a current state of the mobile station based on a level associated with the at least one acquaintance.
US09924316B2	Apparatus, system and method of range estimation Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of range estimation. For example, a mobile device may include a radio to receive from an Access Point (AP) statistical channel information of a plurality of wireless communication channels in a region covered by the AP; a channel estimator to estimate, based on the statistical channel information, a time of arrival (ToA) of a wireless communication signal from the AP via a line of sight (LOS) channel between the AP and the mobile device; and a range estimator to estimate a range between the mobile device and the AP based on the ToA.
US09924314B2	Device and method for tracking a subject using satellite positioning data A device disposed on a subject to maintain the subject within a containment zone and track the subject if the subject exits the containment zone. The device includes a positioning unit for generating position data including satellite positioning data. There is a processor unit to determine from the position data if the subject is inside or outside of the containment zone. The processor unit operates in a containment mode when the subject is inside the containment zone and in a tracking mode when the subject exits the containment zone. A correction unit issues a stimulus when the subject exits the containment zone and terminates the stimulus when the processor unit enters the tracking mode from the containment mode. There is a communication unit which transmits an alert to an electronic device of an operator when the processor unit transitions from the containment to tracking mode.
US09924313B1	Location based generation of pertinent information Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating and delivering pertinent information to a user based on a user's location. Initially, a specific trigger and location of a device are identified. A specific action to perform is determined based on the location the computing device, a set of rules, and the identified specific trigger. The action is then performed.
US09924306B2	Inferential people matching method, system, and device An inferential people matching method, system, and device infers people's mutual interests in making contact with each other from usage behaviors associated with computer-implemented systems. The usage behaviors may comprise monitored geographic location information that is associated with portable processor-based devices. In accordance with the inference of mutual interest, recommendations of each of two people are generated for delivery to the other of the two people. Expressions of interest between the two people are determined based on usage behaviors exhibited by the two people in response to the recommendations. These post-recommendation usage behaviors may include gestures and physiological responses. A bilateral expression of interest is revealed to the two people if the bilateral expression of interest that is determined from the expressions of interest is sufficient.
US09924304B2	Interconnection method and system of networking of piconet based on bluetooth low energy and conventional bluetooth An interconnection method of networking of a Piconet based on Bluetooth low power and conventional Bluetooth is provided. Each of peripheral devices advertise service type information and service address information to the surroundings. The central device generates a peripheral device service list correspondingly according to the serve type information, so as to complete networking between the central device and the plurality of peripheral devices. The central device establishes a conventional Bluetooth connection between the central device and the peripheral device according to a service request, and establishes the Piconet correspondingly to allow any of two devices to be wirelessly connected according to the peripheral device service list.
US09924301B2	Method of controlling device and device thereof A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The method includes detecting a mobile device within a distance from the device, receiving user configuration information from the mobile device, and performing an operation of the device based on the user configuration information.
US09924300B2	Individualized short-range radio communication method, system and central device for the implementation thereof A short-range radio communication method is presented including the steps of defining a region by a first communication device, the first communication device in operable communication with a plurality of second communication devices, each of the plurality of second communication devices communicating with different technologies and different protocols and setting up individualized communication between the first communication device and each of the plurality of second communication devices detected within the region defined by the first communication device, and having the different technologies and the different protocols. The first communication device determines which of the different technologies and the different protocols of each of the plurality of second communication devices it is capable of communicating with.
US09924297B2	Timed and variable duration for multiple device synching A Bluetooth system is comprised of a Bluetooth device and multiple network devices connectable to the Bluetooth device. This Bluetooth device can selectively switch connection pairings with devices in the network based on some triggering event. The switching function automatically occurs between the Bluetooth and network devices without any user intervention. This pairing enables seamless collaboration between devices owned by an owner based on the power settings and usage of the system without needing the user's interaction.
US09924295B2	Universal smart device A computing device, such as a smartphone, can replace the hardware of various instruments to overcome the cost issue in designing universal smart instruments. Distinguished from traditional instruments, a universal smart instrument takes the maximum advantage of the latest smart phone or mobile computing devices. The instrument control panel is realized on the smartphone by applying the interactive graphical representation of control and indicator elements common in real instruments such as knobs, buttons, dials, graphs and the like. Universal smart instruments unify heterogeneous measurement probes on the market into a single device that can be readily modified or expanded when new technologies need to be added to the existing system or current measurement requirement change. Universal smart instruments also make use of the internet to publish and share data, which was unable to be achieved in conventional propriety instruments.
US09924288B2	Blockage detection for a microelectromechanical systems sensor Systems and techniques for detecting blockage associated with a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone of a device are presented. The device includes a MEMS acoustic sensor and a processor. The MEMS acoustic sensor is contained in a cavity within the device. The processor is configured to detect a blockage condition associated with an opening of the cavity that contains the MEMS acoustic sensor.
US09924287B2	Temperature sensing A circuit and method for determining an ambient temperature for an electronic device having a loudspeaker are described. An amplifier drives the loudspeaker and first circuitry is configure to determine an overall temperature of the loudspeaker or the amplifier. Second circuitry is configured to determine a change in temperature of the loudspeaker or the amplifier resulting from power dissipated in the loudspeaker or the amplifier. Third circuitry is configured to subtract a signal representative of the change in temperature from a signal representative of the overall temperature and output a signal representative of the ambient temperature for the electronic device.
US09924283B2	Enhanced dynamics processing of streaming audio by source separation and remixing This application relates to a systems and methods for enhanced dynamics processing of streaming audio by source separation and remixing for hearing assistance devices, according to one example. In one embodiment, an external streaming audio device processes sources isolated from an audio signal using source separation, and mixes the resulting signals back into the unprocessed audio signal to enhance individual sources while minimizing audible artifacts. Variations of the present system use source separation in a side chain to guide processing of a composite audio signal.
US09924281B2	Binaural hearing assistance system comprising two wireless interfaces The application relates to a binaural hearing assistance system comprising first and second hearing assistance devices adapted for being located at or in left and right ears of a user. The application further relates to a method of operating a binaural hearing assistance system. The object of the present application is to provide an improved binaural hearing assistance system. The problem is solved in that each of the first and second hearing assistance devices comprises a) a first wireless interface comprising first antenna and transceiver circuitry adapted for establishing a first communication link to the respective other hearing assistance device based on near-field communication; b) a second wireless interface comprising second antenna and transceiver circuitry adapted for establishing a second communication link to an auxiliary device based on far-field communication; c) a link control unit operatively coupled to the second antenna and transceiver circuitry and configured to repeatedly provide a second link quality measure indicative of a link quality of the second communication link; wherein the first and second hearing assistance devices are configured to exchange said respective second link quality measures between them via said first and/or second communication links. This has the advantage of providing a robust and flexible system. The invention may e.g. be used for binaural hearing assistance systems, e.g. binaural hearing aid systems, where audio quality and power consumption has to be mutually optimized.
US09924275B2	Loudspeaker having electrically conductive membrane transducers An improved loudspeaker having pump cards that include an array of electrically conductive membrane transducers (such as polyester-metal membrane pumps). The array of electrically conductive membrane transducers combine to generate the desired sound by the use of pressurized airflow. The array of electrically conductive membranes has a total membrane area that is at least five times larger than the face area of the loudspeaker. In some embodiments, the loudspeaker includes a dynamic DC bus controller that maintains the DC bus level slightly above the inverter output (audio signal).
US09924274B2	Inertial electroacoustic transducer unit An inertial electroacoustic transducer unit has a first exciter and a second exciter, the second exciter is disposed in overturned position on the first exciter. In a first configuration, the bases of the two cups face each other, or in a second configuration the cavities of the two cups face each other. The two exciters are fixed together or to a plane intended to be put into vibration in such manner that the axes of the cylindrical supports of the coils coincide. The ends of the coils of the two exciters are connected in counter-phase in such manner to obtain a consistent movement in the same direction as the magnetic units of the two exciters.
US09924273B2	Acoustic device configuration and method A suspension element coupled to a diaphragm and to a frame of an acoustic device. The suspension element includes a first surround element and a second surround element that are located adjacent to each other. At least one of the surround elements includes at least one or more openings. The at least one or more openings have features of being located at an edge of the at least one of the surround elements adjacent to the other surround element, or being located in both of the surround elements.
US09924271B2	Functional headwear An article of functional headwear is provided. The article of headwear including a material configured for surrounding at least a portion of an individual's head, an audio delivery device movably positioned within the material, and a microprocessor positioned within the material, the microprocessor being coupled to the audio delivery device.
US09924267B2	Device for controlling a loudspeaker The present invention relates to a device for controlling a loudspeaker (14) in an enclosure, comprising: an input for an audio signal (Saudio_ref) to be reproduced; an output for supplying an excitation signal from the loudspeaker; means (26, 36, 38, 70, 80, 90) for calculating the excitation signal of the loudspeaker (14) at each moment based on the audio signal (Saudio_ref). It comprises means (26, 36, 38, 70, 80, 90) for calculating the excitation signal, means (24, 25) for calculating a desired dynamic value (Aref) of the diaphragm of the loudspeaker based on the audio signal (Saudio_ref) to be reproduced and the structure of the enclosure, the means (25) for calculating the desired dynamic value (Aref) of the loudspeaker diaphragm being able to apply a correction that is different from the identity, and taking account of structural dynamic values (xo, vo) of the enclosure that are different from the only dynamic values relative to the loudspeaker diaphragm, and the means (26, 36, 38, 70, 80, 90) for calculating the excitation signal of the loudspeaker being able to calculate the excitation signal based on the desired dynamic value (Aref) of the loudspeaker diaphragm.
US09924263B2	Slim profile loudspeaker A narrow-profile balanced subwoofer or similar speaker includes a number of drivers placed side by side in the same lateral plane, with a first set of drivers facing one direction and second set of drivers facing the opposite direction. Their orientation is such that the sum of the forces from the first set of drivers is equal and opposite the sum of the forces from the second set of drivers, thus cancelling, and the sum of the moments from all of the drivers about a center or pivot point substantially equals zero. The speaker may include three or more drivers, symmetrically or asymmetrically spaced. The drivers may be of the same or different sizes, and the audio signal amplitudes may be adjusted to help balance the speaker. Each set of drivers may output sound into separate sound ducts, which may output sound from one or more apertures.
US09924262B2	Speaker frame and speaker having the same A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.
US09924260B2	Audio accessory including a headphone with separate sockets An audio accessory having headphones with at least one ear-cup and a connection cable for connecting the headphones to an audio device includes a separate connection cable with connection plugs at each of its two ends, whereby connections plugs of different types are provided at the respective ends of the connection cable. Separate sockets of the different types are further provided in the headphones for connection to a respective connection plug at an end of the connection cable. Alternative uses for the audio accessory as well as headphones and a connection cable are also provided.
US09924254B2	To detect the ambient temperature around the MEMS microphone A MEMS microphone is disclosed. The MEMS microphone includes an encapsulation structure provided with an accommodation space; a MEMS chip for detecting sound signal accommodated in the accommodation space; an ASIC chip received in the accommodation space. The ASIC chip includes a signal processing module connected to MEMS chip for processing the sound signal detected by the MEMS chip and outputting the processed sound signal. The MEMS microphone further includes a temperature detection module for detecting temperature signal and outputting the temperature signal.
US09924252B2	Loudspeaker arrangement with on-screen voice positioning for telepresence system A videoconferencing system has a plurality of displays arranged side-by-side. Top loudspeakers are arranged adjacent the tops of the displays, and bottom loudspeakers are arranged adjacent the bottoms of the displays. A control unit operatively coupled to the displays and the loudspeakers routes video to each of the displays and routes audio corresponding to each display to any of the top and bottom loudspeakers arranged adjacent the display. Thus, the top and bottom loudspeakers form a vertical pair of loudspeakers that output the corresponding audio for its respective display. In this way, the audio for the video of a given display is perceived by participants to originate from the center of the given display. If one of the loudspeakers is not provided, gain setting and mixing between adjacent sets of loudspeakers can produce a virtual loudspeaker for the one that is missing.
US09924249B2	Loudspeaker horn A horn for use with a loudspeaker may include an entrance disposed at a first axial end of the horn and configured to receive a driver. A mouth may be disposed at a second axial end of the horn opposite the entrance. A contoured surface may extend between the entrance and the mouth. A cross sectional shape of a coverage pattern of audible sound emitted by the loudspeaker coupled with the horn may be independent of a shape of the entrance and a shape of the mouth.
US09924246B2	Transition replacement for current leveling in a high-speed transmitter An illustrative driver embodiment supplies an electrical transmit signal to an emitter module in response to an input bit stream. The illustrative driver embodiment includes: a voltage supply node which may be powered via a parasitic series inductance; a transmit signal buffer that drives the electrical transmit signal with current from the voltage supply node, the electrical transmit signal including transitions at bit intervals as dictated by the input bit stream; and an auxiliary signal buffer that supplies an auxiliary signal with current from the voltage supply node to an auxiliary module having an input impedance matched to an input impedance of the emitter module, the auxiliary signal having a transition at every bit interval where the electrical transmit signal lacks a transition.
US09924241B2	Intelligent patching systems and methods using color identification tags and related equipment In one embodiment, a patch cord comprises: a communications cable that includes a first conductor and a second conductor that form a first differential pair, a third conductor and a fourth conductor that form a second differential pair; a fifth conductor and a sixth conductor that form a third differential pair, a seventh conductor and an eighth conductor that form a fourth differential pair; and a plug that is attached to a first end of the communications cable, the plug comprising: a plug housing that receives the communications cable; first through eighth plug contacts that each are at least partially within the housing and that are electrically connected to the respective first through eighth conductors; and a color identification tag that has a first color pattern that is a unique identifier for the patch cord.
US09924237B2	Network media information delivery controlling method, apparatus and system The present invention discloses a network media information delivery controlling method. In the method, a computing device obtains network media information after a pause operation for a video is detected, obtains social element data corresponding to the network media information according to a login state of a user, and displays the network media information and the social element data corresponding to the network media information on a pause interface of the video. According to the present disclosure, attention for pause network media information of a video is improved, and waste for machines and network resources are reduced.
US09924234B2	Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program A program guide in which a video layer includes a plurality of video objects including title objects, each title object having associated with it a channel and at least one time slot, the video layer being formed in response to a received video stream and a graphics layer comprising a plurality of graphics objects including title overlay objects, each of the title overlay objects selectively imparting at least a visual de-emphasis to a respective title object in the video layer, the visual de-emphasis being imparted to title objects not being associated with a desired time slot.
US09924233B2	Systems and methods for controlling a single-wire multiswitch device This disclosure relates to a devices and methods related to satellite information broadcasting. An embodiment may relate to a device that includes a plurality of respective tuning channels. The device includes a controller configured to transmit a registration query and receive a registration request from a client device. The registration request may include a client identifier and a tuner quantity. The tuner quantity may indicate the number of tuners associated with the client device. The controller may assign at least one tuning channel to the client device based on the tuner quantity. Furthermore, the controller may transmit a registration confirmation message to the client device. The registration confirmation message may include the respective tuning channel identifier of the at least one assigned tuning channel.
US09924229B2	Employment of multiple second displays to control IPTV content Disclosed are systems and methods to enable a multiple users browsing content offerings on multiple devices to have their selections played by a content playback device using its own authentication credentials. The users can then continue to browse the content offerings on their multiple second displays without interrupting the content that is playing on the main content playback device. The method is an architecture design and implementation that allows users to navigate, browse, and search content offerings on a second display such as a smart phone, PC, laptop, tablet, internet appliance, or any other device with a capability to couple to a network. Concurrently, while a user is using the content playback device, another user can perform browsing activities on a second display and send a media selection to a primary content playback device of the user's choice for queueing and/or playback.
US09924228B2	System and method for providing program recommendations through multimedia searching based on established viewer preferences A system and method is disclosed for processing viewer profiles and program metadata from a number of sources to provide viewing suggestions and recommendations to one or more viewers.
US09924227B2	Detecting and processing multiplexed closed caption data Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the detection of a closed caption standard and corresponding extraction of closed caption data according to the detected closed caption standard. A set-top box (STB) may receive content from multiple different networks and/or service providers, and closed caption data may be formatted differently in content received from the various networks and/or service providers. The STB may identify a relevant standard with which to process closed caption data in a received content stream based upon an identification of the network and/or provider from which the content stream is received, and the STB may extract and render closed caption data using a process associated with the identified network and/or provider.
US09924225B2	Method and system for distributing media content Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving from a communication system media content with metadata, recording the media content, detecting in the metadata a description of the media content correlating with a preference profile, presenting a first prompt requesting an acceptance or rejection of the media content, presenting a second prompt requesting a selection from a plurality of communication devices to direct in whole or in part the media content thereto, detecting the selection from the plurality of communication devices, and transmitting in whole or in part the media content to the selected communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09924222B2	Media channel identification with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on location Disclosed are methods and systems involving location-based disambiguation of media channel identification, in a scenario where a fingerprint of media content being rendered by a media presentation device matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different media channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match situation, a server or other entity will use a location of the media presentation device as a basis to disambiguate between the matching reference fingerprints and thus to determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving.
US09924221B2	Zone group control Method and systems are provided for detecting and handling, by a controller device, a loss of control of a playback queue of a zone group of a media playback system. Detection of loss of control of the playback queue of the zone group may involve one or more of determining (i) that the zone group no longer exists, (ii) that a queue identifier is no longer assigned to a playback queue of the zone group, and (iii) that the controller device is no longer in communication with the media playback system, among others. Handling of the loss of control may involve one or more of (i) unsubscribing from messages relating to the zone group, (ii) ceasing to send commands to the zone group, and (iii) updating a user interface to indicate that the controller device no longer has control of the playback queue of the zone group, among others.
US09924220B2	Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method of the digital broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal into which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting TPC signaling information and FIC signaling information from a data group in the received mobile service data, acquiring a program table defining a mapping relation between each of all ensembles transmitted at a physical frequency and at least one virtual channel corresponding to the ensemble, using the extracted FIC signaling information, and detecting IP address information required for channel tuning to the at least one virtual channel corresponding to the ensemble, using the acquired program table.
US09924217B1	Home screen recommendations determination A method for recommending audiovisual content includes receiving a signal transmitted by a remote control device at a content receiving device. Position information of the remote control device is obtained based on the signal transmitted by the remote control device. The position information can include a distance between the remote control device and the content receiving device, a direction of the remote control device with respect to the content receiving device, and coordinates of the remote control device. Viewing habits are obtained based on the position information of the remote control device. An audiovisual program is selected based on the viewing habits. The audiovisual program is recommended to a user by outputting data indicating the selected audiovisual program from the content receiving device.
US09924215B2	Digital media content management system and method A system and method is disclosed herein that provides a multi-device, multi-screen experience where original content, other content, and associated data can interact and flow between a primary display device and one or more secondary devices. More particularly, the system and method disclosed herein provides for the delivery and management of digital media content to an end user by providing the multi-device, multi-screen experience where original content, other content, and associated data can interact and flow between devices. The system and method enables an individual to create a virtually universal home commerce and monitoring ecosystem by integrating a device into their home Wi-Fi and content consumption systems.
US09924205B2	Video remote-commentary synchronization method and system, and terminal device To-be-commented video data is received by a terminal device, and a video sequence number of the to-be-commented video data is determined, which steps further include comprising, by the video data, a first correlation 2-tuple of a global base sequence number and the video sequence number, in which a sequence number of a live voice in the video data is the global base sequence number, and the video sequence number of the video data is determined according to the global base sequence number; and determining a video sequence number of the to-be-commented video data according to the first correlation 2-tuple. The to-be-commented video data is played, a commentary voice is acquired, and a correspondence between a voice sequence number of the commentary voice and the video sequence number is determined. The correspondence between the voice sequence number and the video sequence number is sent to a video playback end.
US09924198B2	Video encoding and decoding method and apparatus using the same The present invention is related to a method for moving the position of a base view from an arbitrary GOP (Group Of Pictures) start position to implement an efficient encoding structure in multi-view video encoding. The existing multi-view video encoding method exhibits low encoding efficiency when correlation between the base view and a dependent view is low, since the base view is assumed to be fixed. Moreover, in case the view in a live broadcasting program desired by a producer changes from the base view to another, the user has to consume more bit streams and decoder complexity than those consumed when decoding is performed with respect to the base view. Therefore, to alleviate the drawbacks of the existing multi-view video encoding method, the present invention provides a method for designing syntax elements by which the base view can be moved, thereby supporting an efficient encoding structure.
US09924197B2	Image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, image encoding program, and image decoding program An image encoding/decoding apparatus for performing encoding/decoding while predicting an image between different views using a reference image for a view different from a processing target image and a reference depth map which is a depth map for an object of the reference image when a multi-view image including images of a plurality of different views is encoded/decoded includes a reference depth region setting unit configured to set a reference depth region which is a corresponding region on the reference depth map for decoding target regions into which the processing target image is divided, and an inter-view prediction unit configured to generate an inter-view predicted image for the processing target region from the reference image using depth information in the reference depth region as depth information for the processing target region.
US09924192B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images using a motion vector of a previous block as a motion vector for the current block An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus for determining a motion vector of a current block based on a motion vector of at least one previously-encoded or previously-decoded block are provided. The decoding method includes: decoding information regarding a prediction direction from among a first direction, a second direction, and bi-directions, and information regarding pixel values of the current block; determining the prediction direction in which the current block is to be predicted, based on the decoded information regarding the prediction direction, and determining a motion vector for predicting the current block in the determined prediction direction; and restoring the current block, based on the determined motion vector and the decoded information regarding the pixel values, wherein the first direction is a direction from a current picture to a previous picture, and the second direction is a direction from the current picture to a subsequent picture.
US09924191B2	Filters for advanced residual prediction in video coding A video coder is configured to apply a separable bilinear interpolation filter when determining reference blocks as part of advanced residual prediction. Particularly, the video coder may determine, based on a motion vector of a current block in a current picture of video data, a location of a first reference block in a first reference picture. The video coder may also determine a location of a second reference block in a second reference picture. The video coder may apply a separable bilinear interpolation filter to samples of the second reference picture to determine samples of the second reference block. The video coder may apply the separable bilinear interpolation filter to samples of a third reference picture to determine samples of a third reference block. Each respective sample of a predictive block may be equal to a respective sample of the first reference block plus a respective residual predictor sample.
US09924189B2	Image processing device and method An image processing device including a reception section configured to receive an encoded stream set in syntax of the encoded stream in which motion vector (MV) range limit information is encoded in units in which image data have a hierarchical structure and the MV range limit information, the MV range limit information being information about a limit of a value of a vertical direction of an MV for referring to a view different from a view of a current block in an inter-view MV corresponding to the current block, and a decoding section configured to decode the encoded stream received by the reception section using the MV range limit information received by the reception section.
US09924187B2	Method for restoring an intra prediction mode Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.
US09924186B2	Method for encoding an intra prediction mode Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.
US09924185B2	Method for inducing a merge candidate block and device using same The present invention relates to a method for inducing a merge candidate block and a device using same. An image decoding method involves decoding motion estimation region (MER) related information; determining whether or not a predicted target block and a spatial merge candidate block are included in the same MER; and determining the spatial merge candidate block to be an unavailable merge candidate block when the predicted target block and the spatial merge candidate block are included in the same MER. Accordingly, by parallelly performing the method for inducing a merge candidate, parallel processing is enabled and the computation amount and implementation complexity are reduced.
US09924181B2	Method and apparatus of bi-directional prediction for scalable video coding A method and apparatus for inter-layer prediction for scalable video coding are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention utilize weighted prediction for scalable coding. The weighted prediction is based on the predicted texture data and the inter-layer Intra prediction data derived from BL reconstructed data. The inter-layer Intra prediction data corresponds to the BL reconstructed data or up-sampled BL reconstructed data. The predicted texture data corresponds to spatial Intra prediction data or motion-compensated prediction data based on the second EL video data in the same layer as the current EL picture. Embodiments of the present invention also utilize the reference picture list including an inter-layer reference picture (ILRP) corresponding to BL reconstructed texture frame or up-sampled BL reconstructed texture frame for Inter prediction of EL video data. The motion vector is limited to a range around (0,0) when the ILRP is selected as a reference picture.
US09924179B2	Method and apparatus for coding multilayer video, method and apparatus for decoding multilayer video Provided are a method and apparatus for decoding a multi-layer video, and a method and apparatus for encoding a multi-layer video. The method includes obtaining a NAL unit including encoding information and type information of a first layer picture and identifying a type of the first layer picture, obtaining a NAL unit including encoding information and type information of a second layer picture and identifying a type of the second layer picture that is set to be the same as the type of the first layer picture having a same POC as the second layer picture, and decoding the first layer picture and the second layer picture based on the identified first layer picture type and the identified second layer picture type.
US09924176B2	Hybrid block based compression A method and apparatus is provided for block based compression of a texture using hardware supported compression formats. The method comprises dividing a texture into a plurality of blocks, for each block, determining a transform for use with the block to minimize an error metric, encoding at least one characteristic of the transform into a plurality of bits otherwise available to represent reference component values, and compressing the block.
US09924175B2	Determining application of deblocking filtering to palette coded blocks in video coding Techniques are described for palette-based video coding. In palette-based coding, a video coder may form a so-called “palette” as a table of colors for representing video data of a given block of video data. Rather than coding actual pixel values or their residuals for the given block, the video coder may code index values for one or more of the pixels. The index values map the pixels to entries in the palette representing the colors of the pixels. Techniques are described for determining the application of deblocking filtering for pixels of palette coded blocks at a video encoder or a video decoder. In addition, techniques are described for determining quantization parameter (QP) values and delta QP values used to quantize escape pixel values of palette coded blocks at the video encoder or the video decoder.
US09924173B2	Decoding device, encoding device, method for decoding, method for encoding, and computer-readable recoding medium storing a program A coding device and a decoding device are configured to include an estimated prediction mode deciding section (122a) including: a reference block selecting section (1223a) for selecting a reference block for use in estimating an intra-prediction mode for a subject block; an estimating number deciding section (1222a) for deciding an estimating number of estimated values to be estimated for the intra-prediction mode; and an estimated prediction mode deriving section (1221a) for estimating, based on a reference block, the estimating number of estimated values of the prediction mode.
US09924172B2	Quantization control for variable bit depth The quantization parameter QP is well-known in digital video compression as an indication of picture quality. Digital symbols representing a moving image are quantized with a quantizing step that is a function QSN of the quantization parameter QP, which function QSN has been normalized to the most significant bit of the bit depth of the digital symbols. As a result, the effect of a given QP is essentially independent of bit depth a particular QP value has a standard effect on image quality, regardless of bit depth. The invention is useful, for example, in encoding and decoding at different bit depths, to generate compatible, bitstreams having different bit depths, and to allow different bit depths for different components of a video signal by compressing each with the same fidelity (i.e., the same QP).
US09924165B1	Interleaved video coding pipeline An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory may be configured to store video data. The video data includes a plurality of sections of one or more pictures that can be processed independently. The processor generally includes a hardware pipeline. The hardware pipeline implements a number of stages of a video coding process, such that each stage performs an associated task in a substantially similar time on a different one of said plurality of sections.
US09924161B2	System and method for video coding using adaptive segmentation A method for decoding compressed video information is disclosed. The video information can include a plurality of frames each having a plurality of blocks. The method reading, from the video information, a segment map associating at least some of the plurality of blocks in a first frame of the plurality of frames with at least one segment identifier, reading, from the video information, a current block to be decoded by a decoder, reading, from the segment map, a segment identifier that is associated with the current block, reading, from the video information, at least one segment parameter associated with the segment identifier that is associated with the current block and decoding the current block using the at least one segment parameter associated with the segment identifier that is associated with the current block.
US09924157B2	Image processing device, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium In an image processing device, an image transformation unit performs coordinate conversion on image data acquired by an image acquisition unit to perform a transformation process. A depth MAP generation unit generates information on a depth MAP from the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit. When an image is generated at an arbitrary viewpoint from images photographed at a plurality of viewpoints, a depth MAP transformation unit performs coordinate conversion on the depth MAP and performs a viewpoint changing process on the depth MAP. An αMAP generation unit generates an αMAP which is combination information using the depth MAP after the viewpoint changing process. An image combination unit sequentially performs processes of combining a plurality of images based on the αMAP to generate image data at the arbitrary viewpoint.
US09924156B2	Stereo panoramic images In one embodiment, range data is combined with an image in order to create a stereo image from the single collected image. An apparatus receives image data associated with a geographic location and range data associated with the geographic location. The range data may be a point cloud. At least one perspective image is formed based on the image data and the range data. The perspective image has a viewpoint different than single collected image. The apparatus generates a stereo image from the at least one perspective image. The stereo image appears to have depth. The at least one perspective image may include two images, each offset by a distance to estimate eye separation.
US09924155B2	Imaging apparatus and method for controlling same An imaging element includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that output an image signal for each pixel through a micro lens. An imaging signal processing circuit separates image signals output from the imaging element into a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal. An image combining circuit generates combined image data by performing arithmetic average processing for left-eye image data and right-eye image data. A recording medium control I/F unit controls to record left-eye image data and right-eye image data for use in 3D display and combined image data for use in 2D display in different regions in an image file.
US09924153B2	Parallel scaling engine for multi-view 3DTV display and method thereof A parallel synchronous scaling engine for multi-view 3D display and a method thereof are provided, wherein selection and combination calculation are provided to an interpolation pixel window, then interpolation calculation is provided to a combined interpolation pixel window of a combined view field, calculation results are directly displayed on a display terminal. That is to say, interpolation is originally provided before stereoscopic pixel rearrangement, which is now improved, in such a manner that screening and combination of pixel points is provided before interpolation calculation. According to the present invention, computation and memory resource is greatly saved. The method is suitable to be implemented by hardware, for satisfying various numbers of viewpoints and interpolation algorithm, and being compatible with multi-view 3D display with the integrated and floating-point pixel arrangement, wherein the computation resource does not need to be increased with increasing of the viewpoints.
US09924151B2	Transmitting apparatus for transmission of related information of image data Transmission of relating information of image data such as disparity information or the like is enabled to be performed favorably.A data packet made up of a header portion and content portion is generated. Related information of image data, for example disparity information or the like, is inserted into the content portion of the data packet herein. Identification information to identify the type of related information is inserted into the header portion of the data packet herein. The data packet herein is correlated to image data, and transmitted to an external device. The related information of the image data such as disparity information or the like can be efficiently transmitted to an external device.
US09924149B2	Video quality evaluation apparatus, method and program A video quality evaluation apparatus for evaluating a video quality that a user experiences for a service in which a 3D video is used, the video quality evaluation apparatus including: a 2D video quality derivation unit configured to derive, from input 3D video data, a left eye video quality that is a quality of a left eye video that is included in the 3D video data and a right eye video quality that is a quality of a right eye video that is included in the 3D video data; and a 3D video quality derivation unit configured to derive a quality of the 3D video from the left eye video quality and the right eye video quality.
US09924148B2	Highlight program An electronic device and a method for generating a highlight program are provided. The electronic device, for example, includes, but is not limited to a communication device, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication device, wherein the processor is configured to receive extraction settings, receive game data from the communication device, set an extraction point in the game data based upon the extraction settings, and create a highlight program including media from the game data based upon the extraction point.
US09924146B2	Conversion method and conversion apparatus A conversion method for converting luminance of a video, including a luminance value in a first luminance range, to be displayed on a display apparatus includes: acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a code value obtained by quantization of the luminance value of the video; and converting the code value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value determined based on a luminance range of the display apparatus, the second luminance value being compatible with a second luminance range with a maximum value smaller than a maximum value of the first luminance range and larger than 100 nit. This provides the conversion method capable of achieving further improvement.
US09924144B2	Light field illuminating method, device and system The invention provides a light field illuminating method, device and system. The method includes: determining, based on position and angle of rays emitted from a projector and focal length of a lens, position and angle of projection rays obtained after the emitted rays being transmitted through a lens array; determining, based on position and angle of projection rays and light probe array of sampled scene, brightness value of projection rays; converting, based on brightness transfer function of projector, brightness value of projection rays into pixel value of projection input image, generating projection input image based on pixel value of projected input image; and performing light field illumination on target object with projection input image. A projector and a lens array are adopted to achieve light field illumination, so that pixel-level accurate lighting control can be achieved, and various complicated light field environments can be simulated vividly in practical scenario.
US09924142B2	Camera array systems including at least one bayer type camera and associated methods A method for processing a plurality of images of a scene recorded from different vantage points, where the plurality of images includes a color reference image captured by a Bayer type camera and at least one additional image, the method including (a) registering at least a portion of the plurality of images, and (b) generating a unitary color image from the plurality of images, wherein color information of the unitary color image is determined exclusively from the color reference image.
US09924135B1	Rules-based systems and methods for video visitation Rules-based systems and methods for video visitation. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a request for a video visitation between a resident and a non-resident of a controlled-environment facility, identifying, among a plurality of predetermined rules, one or more rules that are applicable to the request, and evaluating the request based upon the one or more identified rules.
US09924130B2	Computer based training techniques for geographically distributed individuals Computer implemented techniques that involve captured, e.g., self-captured video for educational and other uses such as improving job performance of geographically distributed employees and incremental video optimizations and compressions are described.
US09924128B2	Identifying and tracking digital images with customized metadata A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata.
US09924119B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.
US09924115B2	Apparatus and method for three-dimensional infrared imaging of surfaces A scanner and method for using the same are disclosed. The scanner includes a stage, a MIR light source, an imaging system, and a controller. The stage is adapted to hold a specimen to be imaged and to move the specimen in a first direction and in a second direction that is orthogonal to the lateral direction. The imaging system forms an image plane of the specimen when the stage is positioned at a second direction distance, z, from a known point in the imaging system. The imaging system forms a plurality of different image planes of the specimen at the illumination wavelength. Each of the plurality of image planes is characterized by a different value of z, the controller determining a value of z for each of a plurality of points on the specimen at which the point on the specimen is in focus.
US09924114B2	Integrated radiation shield and radiation stop An apparatus includes a detector that measures radiation. The apparatus also includes a window that is relationally coupled to the detector and a shield, so that the window is in between the detector and the shield. The apparatus further includes the shield that emits substantially constant radiation, and substantially blocks radiation from a camera housing at least partially surrounding the shield, so that the detector measures radiation passing through an optical system and the shield.
US09924111B2	Image compositing apparatus A focal difference magnification calculation processor, a distortion correction magnification calculation processor, a magnification correction value calculation processor that calculates a magnification correction value that corrects a magnification of the plurality of images so that image heights of the plurality of images are consistent, and an area determination processor that determines an area used as an image for an image composition from among the plurality of images whose magnification was corrected by the magnification correction value are included, and the area determination processor determines an image that results in a minimum magnification correction value from among the plurality of images, and determines the area.
US09924105B2	System and method for individually inspecting objects in a stream of products and a sorting apparatus comprising such system A system and a method for inspecting a stream of products (3, 3′, 3″) is disclosed, comprising a scanning focused light beam (5) for scanning the product stream and a camera (7) for detecting light beams directly returned from the scanned product stream, whereby the scanning movement of the focused light beam is synchronized with the exposure time of the camera.
US09924100B2	Image-blur correction apparatus, tilt correction apparatus, method of controlling image-blur correction apparatus, and method of controlling tilt correction apparatus A tilt correction apparatus includes a manipulation unit configured to designate a level of an effect of first tilt correction of an imaging apparatus having an optical axis as a rotary axis and a level of an effect of second tilt correction of the imaging apparatus having an axis orthogonal to the optical axis as a rotary axis, an electronic correction unit configured to execute at least one of the first tilt correction and the second tilt correction by moving an image clipping range set within an imaging screen, and a calculation unit configured to vary a ratio of a first tilt-correctable range and a ratio of a second tilt-correctable range from the electronic correction unit according to the level of the effect of the first tilt correction and the level of the effect of the second tilt correction.
US09924097B2	Apparatus, method and recording medium for image stabilization An apparatus, a method, and a recording medium for image stabilization are provided. The image stabilization method includes receiving an image that is captured by a camera, detecting a motion of the image, predicting a motion of the image, using a Kalman filter, comparing the detected motion with the predicted motion, and updating a parameter of the Kalman filter based on a result of the comparing.
US09924096B2	Hall sensor device and optical image stabilization device A hall sensor device includes: an amplifier configured to amplify a detection signal of a hall sensor; and a current supplier configured to provide a compensation current to a feedback line of the amplifier according to an offset of the detection signal, to cancel the offset.
US09924095B2	Image-displaying device and method for controlling image-displaying device An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit capturing an image at a timing based on a first frame rate and outputs data corresponding to the image after a first period, an image data generation unit generating image data based on the output data and outputting the image data after a second period, a display unit displaying a display image based on the image data after the second period and at a timing based on a second frame rate, and a mode selecting unit selecting a first or second mode. The first mode prioritizes reduction in a display delay time. The second mode prioritizes image quality of the display image over reduction in the display delay time. A total period of the first and second periods is less than or equal to a first vertical synchronization period based on the first frame rate when the first mode is selected.
US09924087B2	Information terminal apparatus, information acquisition apparatus, information support method, and recording medium recording information support program An information terminal apparatus includes: a first image pickup section that obtains a first picked-up image; a first communication section that receives a second picked-up image obtained by a second image pickup section according to a first communication standard; a second communication section that performs communication according to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard; and a display control section that displays the first picked-up image during the communication of the second communication section when communication of the first communication section is not established. Cooperative display control with respect to a plurality of picked-up images from a plurality of image pickup sections reduces a waiting time period before the picked-up images are displayed.
US09924082B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an illumination unit, an imaging unit, an illumination control unit, a target detection unit, a radiation illuminance, and a comparison unit. The illumination unit emits infrared light. The imaging unit captures an image of an object. The illumination control unit controls an illumination intensity of the illumination unit for irradiating the object. The target detection unit detects at least a portion of a human body contained within an irradiation range of the illumination unit. The radiation illuminance calculation unit calculates a radiation illuminance of the illumination unit with respect to the portion of the human body detected by the target detection unit. The comparison unit compares the radiation illuminance calculated by the radiation illuminance calculation unit with a predetermined threshold value. The illumination control unit controls the illumination intensity of the illumination unit based on a comparison result of the comparison unit.
US09924081B2	Array lens module An array lens module includes a housing, an image sensor with photosensitive area and a lens module installed inside the housing. The lens module is formed by at least two pieces glass lens. The first lens with the first imaging area and the second lens with the second imaging area are molded on the lens module. The image processor is respectively capturing the first image area and the second image area by a certain length-width ratio in the first imaging area and the second imaging area. A parallax between image in the first image area and image in the second image area is accordingly generated. The lens module is all-glass structure with a high transmittance and excellent achromatization performances.
US09924076B2	Motion detection solid-state image capturing device and motion detection system An object is to provide a motion detection solid-state image-capturing device and a motion detection system having a reduced power consumption and an improved motion detection accuracy. One solution is to combine together signals of a longer exposure time for a plurality of pixels and signals of a shorter exposure time for a plurality of pixels, which signals are output from a motion detection image-capturing device, and to determine the presence/absence of a moving object based on a differential signal between the signals of a longer exposure time and the signals of a shorter exposure time, wherein if it is determined that there is no moving object, at least part of a circuit of a motion detection image processing device or a video management device is stopped, thereby improving the detection accuracy and conserving the electric power.
US09924075B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to control execution of monochromatic calibration and multi-color calibration, and a registration unit configured to register paper types of paper to be used at time of execution of the monochromatic calibration, a monochromatic target value set for each of the paper types used for the monochromatic calibration, paper types of paper to be used at time of execution of multi-color calibration, and a multi-color target value set for each of the paper types used for the multi-color calibration. The image processing apparatus executes the multi-color calibration, after executing the monochromatic calibration, via the control unit by using paper of a paper type selected from common paper types out of the registered paper types and the monochromatic target value and the multi-color target value set for the selected paper type.
US09924068B2	Converting image data for printing Based on the resolution of acquired image data and a target resolution, a first resolution higher than the resolution of the image data and closest to the resolution of the image data is decided out of divisors of the target resolution. The image data is converted into first image data having the first resolution. The first image data is processed using a filter configured to compensate for degradation in quality of an image represented by the image data, which can occur when the image data is processed. The first image data processed using the filter is converted into second image data having the target resolution.
US09924066B2	Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An operability of a user in an image processing apparatus such as a camera scanner is improved. For this purpose, the image processing apparatus has: a pickup image obtaining unit for obtaining a pickup image on a stage through an imaging unit; a distance image obtaining unit for obtaining a distance image on the stage through a solid measuring unit; a detecting unit for detecting the putting of an object on the stage based on the obtained pickup image; a projecting unit for projecting an operation display regarding the reading of the object onto the stage through a projector when the putting of the object is detected; a recognizing unit for recognizing a gesture of the user on the stage based on the obtained distance image; and a reading unit for obtaining a read image of the object in accordance with the gesture to the projected operation display.
US09924065B2	Lighting control circuit and image forming apparatus A lighting control circuit (1) controls lighting and extinguishing a plurality of light-emitting elements (D11 to D19, D21 to D29, and D31 to D39). The lighting control circuit (1) has: a first scanning circuit (10) that sequentially scans the light-emitting elements by a predetermined first unit number at a time; a second scanning circuit (20) that sequentially scans the light-emitting elements being scanned by the first scanning circuit (10) by a second unit number at a time, which is lower than the first unit number; and a control circuit (30) that controls lighting and extinguishing the individual light-emitting elements being scanned by the first and second scanning circuits (10, 20).
US09924059B2	Apparatus having power-saving function, method of processing information, and computer program product An apparatus having a power-saving function includes first circuitry to control a transition of a power control state of the apparatus between a power-saving mode and a normal operating mode, and a communication interface to connect with an operating device to receive a user instruction from the operating device. The operating device includes second circuitry to control a transition of a power control state of the operating device between the power-saving mode and the normal operating mode. The first circuitry determines whether a combination of the power control state of the apparatus and the power control state of the operating device indicates occurrence of a trouble to the apparatus, and sends a notification to the operating device based on a determination.
US09924055B1	Calibration method for tracking sensor A media tracking sensor (MTS) apparatus for performing a calibration procedure to determine a resolution calibration factor includes: a full sensor array including: a first virtual array, having a first width, for capturing a calibration reference image; and a second virtual array having a third width equal to the first width, for capturing a plurality of images and comparing the captured images with the calibration reference image. The MTS apparatus further includes a print media positioned below the full sensor array; and a host system for moving the print media below the full sensor array. When the first virtual array captures the calibration reference image, motion data of the full sensor array will be set to zero, and when an image captured by the second virtual array matches the calibration reference image, total motion data will be recorded and used to determine the resolution conversion factor.
US09924053B2	Setting method and setting apparatus of image forming apparatus In accordance with one embodiment, a setting method of an image forming apparatus including displaying character codes that the image forming apparatus supports in a case where the import of data to the image forming apparatus is instructed; receiving a selection of the character code of the data to be imported to the image forming apparatus from the displayed character codes; and importing, if the character code of the data to be imported is selected, the data to the image forming apparatus in the selected character code.
US09924051B2	Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium for performing printing based on collection settings A controller in an image forming apparatus, which stores print data generated based on a collection setting received from an external apparatus and performs printing in response to an instruction from a user, acquires information about the collection setting of the print data, uses information about the collection setting and coordinate information contained in each of drawing commands included in the print data to divide the drawing command for each page, and lays out, when an instruction to change the collection setting has been issued to the print data by the user, the divided drawing commands based on the instruction to change the collection setting.
US09924047B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An MFP receives destination information indicating a folder in a file server from a user and can register the destination information in an address book, and the MFP determines whether a connection with a file server using the destination information can be established after destination information is received but before the destination information is registered in the address book, and notifies a user of a determination result.
US09924039B1	Mobile care with a virtual queue An apparatus, a method, and a computer program receive a request message from a mobile device to connect with an agent and authenticate the request message and provisioning a database for enabled services and service location. A service provider is identified and selected from a plurality of service providers. As a result, the request message is transmitted to the service provider in order to determine availability of the service provider.
US09924038B2	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.
US09924032B1	Mobile voice self service system A Mobile Voice Self Service (MVSS) mobile system that includes an MVSS mobile device, on which a VoiceXML browser is implemented directly. The VoiceXML browser may request a VoiceXML application from a VoiceXML application server and process it. A client system may include the VoiceXML application server that the VoiceXML application is requested from. Upon request, the VoiceXML application may deliver the requested VoiceXML application to the VoiceXML application browser. A vendor media resource system may provide advanced Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) services, such as Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) or Text-To-Speech (TTS), to the VoiceXML application that is being processed by the VoiceXML application browser. A call data manager may also be implemented on the MVSS mobile device and may provide call data that, in conjunction with data from the VoiceXML application server, may authorize access to advanced Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) services.
US09924031B2	System and method for automatic call scheduling A computer system for connecting a user to a scheduled call, including a processor in communication with non-volatile memory and code for receiving a user phone number where the user may be contacted and information allowing access to the user's calendar or email, code for accessing the user's calendar or email and identifying the scheduled call in the user's calendar or email, the scheduled call having information including at least a scheduled call number and a scheduled call time, code for placing a call to the scheduled call number before the scheduled call time, code for placing a call to the user at the user phone number before the scheduled call time, code for confirming the user has answered the call to the user, and code for connecting the call to the user to the call to the scheduled call number.
US09924030B1	Virtual telephone extension The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for routing communications. A plurality of communication devices are coupled, via a shared common (interface) communication device, to a communications network. Each such communication device has a device identifier. A user-programmable database associates each of a plurality of user identifiers with a device identifier. A call-routing switch arrangement is coupled to the communication network through a portal communication device having a portal identifier. A user designates a destination user identifier when making a communication. The call-routing switches the call, directing the call to a destination device identifier responsive to the user-programmable database association between the destination user identifier and a device identifier. According to certain aspects, communications are directed to users and are routed to associated equipment, a user identifier serving as a virtual extension number. Users remotely program the database to direct their calls accordingly.
US09924026B2	Managing classroom attendance and student device usage Systems and methods presented herein can allow a teacher to manage student devices in a classroom setting to increase learning efficiency. The teacher device can receive peer-to-peer broadcasts from the student devices and track class attendance based on the broadcasts. The teacher device can also apply locks and lock profiles to the functionality of the student devices, such as restricting websites and document access, without impacting the functionality of the student device outside of the classroom and/or school setting. The locks on the student devices can be automatically unlocked at the end of a class or school day.
US09924025B2	Apparatus and method for sharing information through presence service in a communication network An apparatus is capable of sharing information through a presence service in a communication network and capable of providing presence information of a Mobile Station (MS). The apparatus extracts at least one of application information and contents indication information from an application in execution. Presence information is generated that includes at least one of the application information and the contents indication information, and transmitting the presence information to a presence server.
US09924020B2	Wearable electronic device and control method Disclosed is a wearable electronic device, including: an adjustment apparatus that adjusts a spatial form of the wearable device; and a control apparatus in communication with the adjustment apparatus, wherein the control apparatus drives, responsive to detection of an adjustment parameter, the adjustment apparatus to perform a spatial form adjustment for the wearable device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09924019B2	Automatic device pairing The description relates to device pairing. One example can involve a computing device (e.g., companion device) and a stylus. The companion device can have a display and be configured to communicate in accordance with a wireless protocol. The stylus can be configured to transmit proximity information to the computing device when a user brings a tip of the stylus proximate to the display and be configured to supply wireless protocol identification information with the proximity information. The computing device can be configured to pair with the stylus over the wireless protocol using the wireless protocol identification information without requiring any additional action from the user on the computing device or the stylus.
US09924018B2	Multi display method, storage medium, and electronic device A multi display method by a first electronic device is provided. The method includes executing first and second applications, transmitting screen data of the second application to a second electronic device, receiving an input via the second electronic device, changing the screen data of the second application based on the user input, and transmitting the changed screen data of the second application to the second electronic device.
US09924015B2	Method of displaying call information in mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal adapted to display call information Disclosed is a method of displaying call information in a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal adapted to display call information. The method includes the steps of checking the call information when a call occurs, updating and storing the call information according to a status of the call, and displaying the updated call information.
US09924012B2	Apparatus for answering a phone call when a recipient of the phone call decides that it is inappropriate to talk, and related method An apparatus for answering a phone call when a recipient of the phone call decides that it is inappropriate to talk, the apparatus including control means for sending a dedicated command, opening a voice conversation with a caller, putting the apparatus in a message mode and so answering the phone call, and typing a text message; a microphone that is muted after sending the dedicated command for the whole period that the apparatus is in the message mode; an earphone device for listening to the caller; a text-to-speech injection apparatus including a text-to-speech translation apparatus and a database of words for synthesizing the text message into a speech message and transmitting the speech message to the caller during the voice conversation; and a voice-message injection module for sending an alert voice message to the caller saying that the recipient is not talking, but is substituted by the text-to-speech injection apparatus.
US09924008B2	Information processing device and information processing method It is configured that, when an operation of selecting a type is accepted by an operation acceptance processing unit 8, an item re-selection unit 9 re-selects one or multiple information processing items from among information processing items that are included in a plurality of information processing items stored in an information-processing item storage unit 2, and are information processing items of the type for which the operation of selecting is accepted, except for an information processing item already displayed on a liquid-crystal display 6.
US09924006B2	Adaptable interface for a mobile computing device A mobile computing device may be configured to run more than one operating system. Each operating system may require one or more specialized buttons to perform or enable various functions. The layout, shape, and function corresponding the buttons for each operating system may be unique. Adapting the buttons for a particular operating system may be accomplished by using soft buttons displayed as part of the graphical user interface. Here, however, valuable display area must be dedicated to the buttons. Another adaptation approach requires reconfiguring the hardware. Both approaches have drawbacks. In the invention disclosed, two sets of hardware buttons are incorporated in the same touch panel. Enabling a button is based on the choice of operating system. Enabled buttons are visible and operable while not enabled buttons or not visible and not operable. In this way, the hardware buttons in the mobile computing device may be reconfigured without using display area and without requiring hardware disassembly.
US09924002B1	Managing stateless processes A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing stateless processes is disclosed. In some embodiments, a file system view request is sent to a process manager. A check is then made to ensure that a connection to the requested file system is available. A stateless process to interact with the file system is created and a stateless process to display the file system is also created. A plurality of operational requests to interact with the file system is sent to the process manager. For each operational request, a check is made to ensure that the request is valid. The valid requests are then performed. In some embodiments, software components are removed from the file system. In some embodiments, software components are added to the file system.
US09924000B2	Communication packet header data compression A data communication system compresses packet headers. A transmitter executes state machines to process a data packet and determine if a transmitter state machine is transferring Interdependent Machine Output (IMO) data. The transmitter generates an IMO vector that indicates if any IMO data is in the data packet. If IMO is present, then the transmitter augments the IMO vector to indicate the individual transmitter state machines that transferred the IMO data. The transmitter transfers the data packet with the IMO vector to a receiver. The receiver processes the IMO vector to determine if any IMO data is transferred in the data packet. If IMO data is transferred, then the receiver processes the augmented IMO vector to transfer the IMO data to individual receiver state machine that correspond to the transmitter state machines that transferred the IMO data.
US09923999B2	Frame formatting for communications within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications Frame formatting for communications within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A signal is processed within a communication device using at least two respective downclocking ratios (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal such as a frame or packet extracted there from, a second downclocking ratio applied to a second portion of the signal). Alternatively, a signal is divided into more than two respective portions, and different respective downclocking ratios are applied to those different respective portions (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal, and so on up to an n-th downclocking ratio applied to an n-th portion of the signal). Some implementations apply a singular or common downclocking ratio to more than one portion of the signal (which may be contiguous/adjacent or non-contiguous/non-adjacent within the signal).
US09923996B1	Methods, systems, and computer program products for sharing information for detecting an idle TCP connection Methods and systems are described for sharing information for detecting an idle connection. In one aspect, a second node receives a packet in a connection. A portion in the packet is detected identifying metadata for a period, detectable by a first node. The second node modifies a timeout associated with the connection based on the metadata. In another aspect, a first node receives information for detecting a period. A packet is generated including a portion identifying metadata for the period based on the information, and sent to the second node.
US09923994B1	Method and apparatus of providing thin client functionality An apparatus and method of adding thin client functionality are disclosed. One example method provides generating a call function directed to an electronic device and at least one peripheral device. The method also includes redirecting the call function to an auxiliary device, extracting payload data from information sent to the at least one peripheral device, discarding values outside a previously negotiated range from the extracted payload data, performing at least one of incrementing and decrementing the remaining values of the payload data to create a data subset, and redirecting the data subset to at least one other peripheral device resulting in output information being sent to the at least one other peripheral device.
US09923991B2	Automatic online registration based on data extracted from a digital image Techniques are provided for automatically creating online accounts based on digital images, such as digital images of business cards. In one technique, multiple data items that have been extracted from a digital image of a business card are identified. A particular data item is contact information of a user associated with (or identified by) the business card. A verification code is sent, based on the particular data item, to a computing device of the user. The verification code is received from the computing device of the user. In response to receiving the verification code an account is created for the user and the account is modified to include a least some of the multiple data items.
US09923990B2	User information widgets and methods for updating and retrieving user information User information is provided to web applications by embedding a widget in a web page served to a user's client from a web application server. The widget is a software component that is configured to retrieve user information from a user information web server repository in response to a request by a web application for user information. The widget is also configured to request user permission to retrieve user information from the repository and to request user verification of retrieved information prior to providing the retrieved information to the requesting web application. The user information widget is configured to authenticate a user prior to retrieving user information from the repository. The user information widget authenticates a user by requesting credentials from the user and verifying that the received credentials are valid for the user.
US09923988B2	Systems and methods for browser-based games Systems and methods are provided for browser-based games. For example, a data-loading request is received for acquiring resource data and user data related to operations of a next phase of a browser-based game; a present networking state is detected; in response to the present networking state corresponding to an online state, first resource data and first user data are requested from the network-side server; the browser-based game is loaded based on at least information associated with the first resource data and the first user data received from the network-side server; and the first resource data and the first user data are stored in a cache.
US09923977B2	Transferring cookie data to another domain Disclosed are various embodiments for transferring cookie data between different domains. A first network data request is obtained from a client through a first domain. The first network data request includes a first cookie set by the first domain. Data from the first cookie is received from a client device along with a unique identifier through a first domain. A second network data request, which presents the unique identifier, is received from the client through a second domain. A second cookie is set in the client through the second domain based at least in part on data from the first cookie.
US09923974B2	Method and device for identifying devices which can be targeted for the purpose of establishing a communication session Computer-based methods and devices for identifying devices and objects that can be targeted for the purpose of establishing a communication session are described. In an example embodiment, a mobile handset displays a visual indication of the location of devices in proximity relative to the location and orientation of the mobile handset. A mobile handset includes object recognition logic for determining when the mobile handset is targeting another device with which the mobile handset is authorized to communicate. In some cases, the targeted device may be a non-computing object serving as a proxy for another computing device.
US09923967B2	Storage management system for preserving consistency of remote copy data A storage control system adapted to operate as a remote copy pair by communicating between a primary and a secondary of the remote copy pair comprises a selector for selecting writes to be placed in a batch based on one or more criteria, a sequence number requester for requesting a sequence number for the batch, and a sequence number granter for granting a sequence number for the batch. The storage control system also comprises a batch transmitter for transmitting the batch to the secondary, a permission receiver for receiving a permission to write the batch from the secondary, and a write component responsive to the permission receiver to write the batch to completion, wherein the secondary is responsive to the completion to grant a further permission to write for a further batch.
US09923964B2	Method, system and computer-readable storage medium for cross-platform synchronization of contacts in a multi-platform environment A method for cross-platform synchronization of contacts in a multi-platform environment is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a contact to be associated with an account in a social platform; acquiring an account of a friend associated with the contact in the social platform, and binding a phone number of the contact with the associated account of the friend in the social platform; and uploading the phone number and the account in the social platform bound together to a server. When it needs to view social information of a contact, the above method can simplify user operation, reduce time spent for operation in the mobile terminal and increase the battery life of the mobile terminal. Furthermore, a device for cross-platform synchronization of contacts in a multi-platform environment is also disclosed.
US09923962B2	Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata.
US09923956B2	Message transfer system, method of transferring messages and software product A message transfer system includes an interface to a send agent, arranged to facilitate an input of an at least one message to the message transfer system, an interface to a delivery agent, arranged to facilitate an output of the at least one message from the message transfer system, a message queue, arranged to facilitate a processing of the at least one message through the message transfer system between the interface to a send agent and the interface to a delivery agent, and a message transfer node, arranged to include the message queue such that the message queue is arranged as distributed.
US09923954B2	Virtual fencing gradient to incrementally validate deployed applications directly in production cloud computing environment A method and a system for enabling resource consumption for one or more applications running in a virtual production environment within a production environment based on a testing analysis. The method and system includes generating a multi-stage virtual computing environment within a computing production environment. A software application can run in the virtual computing environment. The method and system provides access to resources in the computing production environment from the virtual computing environment. The method and system allows the software application access to the computing production environment based on a testing analysis and uses abstraction layers to control allocation of resources in the production environment.
US09923951B2	Placeshifting recommendations using geolocation and related systems and methods Methods and systems are provided for placeshifting data. An exemplary method of placeshifting a media program from a source device to a destination device over a network involves obtaining location information associated with the destination device, determining, by a server coupled to the network, one or more recommended media programs available for streaming from the source device in a manner that is influenced by the location information, and providing indication of the one or more recommended media programs to the destination device.
US09923947B2	Method and system for providing media programming A method of generating media programming includes the steps of providing by an aggregator to a client a list of feeds; receiving by the aggregator from the client a selection of one of the feeds; receiving by a publisher from the aggregator the feed selection; and providing to the client media programming based on a publisher-initiated feed responsive to the feed selection and including media elements selected and concatenated with the feed responsive to the client information.
US09923946B2	Moving a portion of a streaming application to a public cloud based on sensitive data A streams manager determines which portions of a streaming application process sensitive data, and when performance of the streaming application needs to be increased, selects based on the sensitive data which portion(s) of the streaming application can be moved to a public cloud. The streams manager then interacts with the public cloud manager to move the selected portion(s) of the streaming application to the public cloud. By taking sensitive data into account, the streams manager protects the integrity of sensitive data while still taking advantage of the additional resources available in a public cloud.
US09923944B2	System to communicate media A system for communicating media is disclosed. Such a system may include, for example, a media broken into a plurality of independent segment files that may represent sequential portions of the media. One of the segment files can be encoded to have a format that is different than the encoded format of another one of the segment files. The formats may be chosen to allow outputting of information in the segments at different rates. A list may include network addresses for the segment files, and a content delivery system may be deployed to distribute media content to remotely located requesting devices by sending the segment files in response to requests for the segment files.
US09923943B2	Low energy data streaming service A service may provide media content metadata describing available media content to reader devices, the service including a zeroth characteristic indicating a count of additional data characteristics of the service and a count of read cycles of the data characteristics to retrieve the metadata. Each of the data characteristics may include an indication of the read cycle of the data characteristic, a data element including a portion of the metadata, and an indication of a data offset of the data element into the media content metadata. Responsive to all subscribed reader devices downloading data from one of the data characteristics, including update data of a next read cycle in the characteristic.
US09923934B2	Method and apparatus for VOIP communication completion to a mobile device A system and method for establishing a voice over Internet protocol link to a called party's mobile telephony device utilizes push notifications to activate a communications application on the called party's mobile telephony communications device. When a request to establish a voice over Internet protocol link to a mobile device is received by an incoming proxy server of a voice over Internet protocol service provider, the service provider causes a push notification to be sent to the mobile device. The called party can respond to the push notification in a manner that causes a communications application on the mobile device to be activated. Once the push notification has caused the communications application to activate, the communications application sends a special registration request to an outbound proxy server. The special registration request causes the outbound proxy server to initiate messaging that is ultimately delivered to an inbound proxy server, the messaging identifying the outbound proxy server with which the communications application has registered. The inbound proxy server can then communicate with the outbound proxy server to obtain information that allows a voice over Internet protocol link to be established with the called party's mobile telephony device.
US09923933B2	Enhancing user experience for internet protocol multimedia core network subsystem based communication services User experience is enhanced for Internet Protocol Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) based rich communication services in telecommunication environments. A system receives, from a user equipment, a session initiation protocol invitation packet to commence a communication session, and as a function of the session initiation protocol invitation packet, displays an access network technology type used by the user equipment to access a network device associated with a multiple access communication network.
US09923932B2	Electronic messaging exchange A computer-implemented system and method for secure electronic message exchange including coupling a control platform to a workstation of a plurality of workstations via a communications medium, where the control platform includes one or more apparatuses for monitoring, controlling, conversion, and billing, related to messages exchanged between a plurality of local users and a plurality of remote users. The system prevents forwarding or copying of a message sent by a local user of the plurality of local users and received by a remote user of the plurality of remote users, to another party by the control platform. The system and method also provides for authenticating the remote user with the control platform.
US09923931B1	Systems and methods for identifying violation conditions from electronic communications Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for identifying potential violation conditions from electronic communications. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data associated with an electronic communication and detecting, from the received data, and using a trainable model, an indicator of a potential violation condition, where the violation condition is associated with an activity that is a violation of a predetermined standard. The method also includes, responsive to detecting the indicator of the potential violation condition, marking the electronic communication as being associated with a potential violation condition, and presenting the potential violation condition to a user for review. The method also includes receiving a decision from the user, based on the review, on whether the electronic communication is associated with a violation condition, and based on the decision, improving the model for detecting potential violation conditions in other electronic communications.
US09923923B1	Secure transport channel using multiple cipher suites Cipher suites and/or other parameters for cryptographic protection of communications are dynamically selected to more closely match the intended uses of the sessions. A server selects and/or determines, for a cryptographically protected communications session, a plurality of supported cipher suites that may be used for communications with the server over an established protected communications session. A selected cipher suites may be a cipher suite that are selected from a plurality of acceptable cipher suites provided to the server, either implicitly or explicitly. The selection of a cipher suite may further require that the cipher suite be mutually acceptable to the server and one or more parties participating in the cryptographically protected communications session such as a client.
US09923921B1	Disarming malware in digitally signed content Systems and methods for disarming malicious code in digitally-signed content are provided. An example method includes determining that content is associated with a first digital signature, modifying at least a portion of digital values of the content to disable any malicious code included in the content, thereby creating modified content, and signing the modified content with a second digital signature, thereby creating signed modified content, the signed modified content including a data element corresponding to the first digital signature.
US09923919B2	Safe intelligent content modification A computer-implemented method for deflecting abnormal computer interactions includes receiving, at a computer server system and from a client computer device that is remote from the computer server system, a request for web content; identifying, by computer analysis of mark-up code content that is responsive to the request, executable code that is separate from, but programmatically related to, the mark-up code content; generating groups of elements in the mark-up code content and the related executable code by determining that the elements within particular groups are programmatically related to each other; modifying elements within particular ones of the groups consistently so as to prevent third-party code written to interoperate with the elements from modifying from interoperating with the modified elements, while maintain an ability of the modified elements within each group to interoperate with each other; and recoding the mark-up code content and the executable code to include the modified elements.
US09923915B2	Systems and methods for providing cybersecurity analysis based on operational technologies and information technologies The disclosed technology can acquire a first set of data from a first group of data sources including a plurality of network components within an energy delivery network. A first metric indicating a likelihood that a particular network component, from the plurality of network components, is affected by cyber vulnerabilities can be generated based on the first set of data. A second set of data can be acquired from a second group of data sources including a collection of services associated with the energy delivery network. A second metric indicating a calculated impact on at least a portion of the energy delivery network when the cyber vulnerabilities affect the particular network component can be generated based on the second set of data. A third metric indicating an overall level of cybersecurity risk associated with the particular network component can be generated based on the first metric and the second metric.
US09923909B2	System and method for providing a self-monitoring, self-reporting, and self-repairing virtual asset configured for extrusion and intrusion detection and threat scoring in a cloud computing environment A trigger event monitoring system is provided in one or more virtual assets. One or more trigger parameters, including security threat patterns, are defined and trigger data is generated. The one or more trigger monitoring systems are used to monitor extrusion and intrusion capabilities and self-monitored trigger events that may harm or otherwise leave a virtual asset in a vulnerable state. In one embodiment, trigger events and monitoring of at least a portion of message traffic sent to, or sent from, the one or more virtual assets are initiated and/or performed to detect any message including one or more of the one or more of the trigger parameters. Any message meeting the one or more trigger parameters is identified as a potential security threat and is assigned a threat score, which is provided to the virtual asset. Various corrective actions may take place.
US09923904B1	Sharing document information The disclosure of the present document can be embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that cause one or more processors to perform various operations, including, receiving, from a first client device associated with a user account of a first user, a request for sharing a document. The document is associated with a credential of the first user, and the credential is associated with the user account of the first user. The operations include transmitting, in response to the request, a code associated with the document, and receiving, from a second client device, a request to access the document. The request to access the document includes the code associated with the document. The operations include determining, based on the request to access the document, that the second client device is authorized to access the document, and communicating, to the second client device, a message including information about the document.
US09923903B2	Method, a server and a client providing secured communication in a power distribution communication network A technique is provided that addresses how to provide secured communication in a power distribution communication network. Specifically, upon receipt of a request for an insertion of a new device to the power distribution communication network, checking a unique identifier of the new device received in the request against a list of stored new devices or suppliers stored in a data storage. Upon finding a matching entry, evaluating a predetermined device or supplier certificate against a certificate of the new device received in the request. Upon validation of the received certificate, checking to determine if the new device will fit into a predetermined network topology or relation table that indicates which messages are authorized messages. Configuring the power distribution communication network to include the new device in case the new device fits into the predetermined network topology or the relation table.
US09923899B2	Content access control in a social network Disclosed are systems and methods associated with a social network application. A plurality of posts associated with a client system user is displayed. First and second posts in the plurality of posts are respectively associated with first and second recipient groups. While the posts are displayed, a content item area is displayed. An input, comprising a content item, is received from the user in the content item area. An affordance is presented that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding distribution entities. The content item and the access control information are transmitted to a system whereupon access to the content item is restricted in accordance with the access control information.
US09923898B2	Resource management in a presentation environment A computer system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The processor is configured to collect context information for a presentation from a set of monitoring devices stationed in a presentation environment where the presentation is performed; determine, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group for the presentation; and generate a set of access rules for a set of network devices in the presentation environment based on the context information for the presentation. The processor is further configured to identify, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources relevant to the subject matter group; and restrict access of the set of network devices to resources not included in the first set of resources during performance of the presentation based on the set of access rules.
US09923893B2	Simplified IoT services for cloud environments Methods and systems provide management, monitoring, and onboarding of a device, a service, and/or an application in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). Data may be acquired data for IoT member devices for interpretation. Methods and systems support a variety of devices, including commodity hardware, various protocols, data formats, and data representation. A device adapter package may include a reusable portion and a device-specific portion. At least part of the device adapter package may be stored in a repository. A system may generate adapter code. A target device to be managed and/or on-boarded to an IoT may be configured using the adapter package and adapter code. The adapter code may be provided to the target device, facilitating authentication and registration of the device. The system may then register the device and generate credentials. Upon verification of the device, the device may be onboarded and managed.
US09923891B2	Human body communication device with secure access Systems, apparatuses, and methods may include a human body communication data storage device having at least first and second electrodes and a human body communication modem. A storage component communicating with the human body communication modem includes a first secure storage location provided with a user-specific authentication record and a second data storage location.
US09923887B2	Push notification activation A mobile computing device is operated to receive a trigger at a first instance. The trigger may be associated with a predefined condition or event or action. The mobile computing device may detect the predefined condition or event at a second instance. In response to detecting the predefined condition or event, a notification is activated on the mobile computing device that is based on the trigger.
US09923885B2	Systems and methods for using imaging to authenticate online users Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating an identity of an online user. One method includes receiving from the user, through a first device, a request to access a web page associated with the user's online account; transmitting to the user an image that contains a unique ID and a URL of an authentication server; and receiving from the user, through the first device, an authentication request containing the unique ID. The method also includes receiving from the user, through a second device, a log-in ID associated with the user and the unique ID; and authenticating the identity of the user to grant the user access, through the first device, to the web page associated with the user's online account.
US09923884B2	In-circuit security system and methods for controlling access to and use of sensitive data The invention disclosed herein is an in-circuit security system for electronic devices. The in-circuit security system incorporates identity credential verification, secure data and instruction storage, and secure data transmission capabilities. It comprises a single semiconductor chip, and is secured using industry-established mechanisms for preventing information tampering or eavesdropping, such as the addition of oxygen reactive layers. This invention also incorporates means for establishing security settings, profiles, and responses for the in-circuit security system and enrolled individuals. The in-circuit security system can be used in a variety of electronic devices, including handheld computers, secure facility keys, vehicle operation/ignition systems, and digital rights management.
US09923875B2	Operating method for sharing content in a home network and system thereof A system and method for enabling access of content in a home network are provided. The method includes receiving a content on a source device. Further, the method includes setting content sharing preferences by the source device. The content sharing preferences indicate whether a device is authorized to access the content. The method includes encrypting the content on the source device. Further, the method includes storing the encrypted content in a shared storage device. The method includes receiving a request from a device for decryption of the encrypted content. Further, the method includes decrypting the content by the source device based on the content sharing preferences. Furthermore, the method includes providing the decrypted content to the device, thereby enabling access of the content to the device.
US09923860B2	Annotating content with contextually relevant comments Automatically augmenting online content with contextually relevant comments. Online content and associated comments are received. The comments are classified as chit-chat or informative. For each informative comment, a portion of the online content to which the comment is most relevant is determined, and the comment is associated with a position in the online content that corresponds to the determined portion of the online content. A subset of the informative comments is selected for presentation.
US09923857B2	Symbolic variables within email addresses Embodiments of the disclosure relate to processing email having symbolic variables in the address. Aspects include receiving, by an email server, an email comprising an email address for an intended recipient and determining whether the email address includes a symbolic variable. Based on determining that the email address includes the symbolic variable, the symbolic variable from the email address are extracted, an email address for an additional recipient by querying a database based on the symbolic variable is identified, and the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient and the email address of the additional recipient. Based on determining that the email address does not include the symbolic variable, the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient.
US09923856B2	Deputizing agents to reduce a volume of event logs sent to a coordinator Systems and techniques to deputize agents in a system to reduce a number of event logs received by a coordinator are described. An agent belonging to a group of agents may receive a request to select a deputized agent. The agent may determine data associated with a component hosting the agent and send the data to a selection agent. The agent may receive a message from the selection agent indicating that the agent is to be the deputized agent. The deputized agent may receive one or more event logs from other agents in the group, determine that at least one event log has a high priority, and send the at least one event log to the coordinator. The deputized agent may store the one or more event logs in a storage device accessible to the hardware component.
US09923854B2	Microblog information publishing method, server and storage medium A microblog information publishing method, a server and a storage medium are described, which pertain to the technical field of networks. The method includes: acquiring information to be published of a first user, which includes information contents and an information notification object account; and publishing the information contents through the information notification object account. The server includes an acquiring module and a publishing module. A service for users to publish a message anonymously is provided, namely, the information is published through an anonymous account without displaying the original publisher, so that the privacy of the user is better protected and the microblog service becomes three-dimensional and diversified.
US09923852B2	Systems and methods for collation, translation, and analysis of passively created digital interaction and relationship data A computer readable medium containing executable instructions that when executed perform a method of generating relationship data, the method comprising: accessing an interaction database, wherein the interaction database comprises a record of exchanges between two or more users of a digital communication system, and wherein the exchanges occurred on the digital communication system; obtaining one or more characteristics of one or more exchanges of the two or more users, wherein the one or more characteristics are stored in the interaction database and wherein the data is obtained through a direct internet access protocol; and generating relationship data by analyzing the one or more characteristics.
US09923851B1	Content management features for messaging services Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing content management features in a messaging service. A messaging client receives a reference to a content item stored on a content management system and receives, from the content management system, a set of sharing options for the content item. The set of sharing options is presented to the user via the messaging client and a user selection of sharing options is received. The messaging client sends the user selection of sharing options to the content management system, wherein the content management system is configured to apply the user selection of sharing options to the content item.
US09923841B2	Bandwidth sharing Techniques are described for bandwidth sharing. In one embodiment, a computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium has program code embodied therewith. The program code is executable by a computing device to provide a first key to a first user, provide a second key to a second user, receive the second key from the first user and, responsive to receiving the second key from the first user, allocate an amount of bandwidth normally allocated to the first user to the second user.
US09923838B2	Accessing a dispersed storage network A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) receiving a DSN access request regarding at least one data segment of a data object. The method continues with the processing module performing a scoring function using one or more properties of the DSN access request and one or more properties of DSN memory of the DSN to produce a storage scoring resultant, where the DSN memory includes a plurality of storage units that are logically arranged into a plurality of storage pools. The method continues with the processing module utilizing the storage scoring resultant to identify a set of storage units of the plurality of storage units affiliated with a given storage pool of the plurality of storage pools. The method continues with the processing module sending a set of access requests to the set of storage units regarding the DSN access request.
US09923833B2	Network packet flow controller An intermediate node obtains a lead packet of a plurality of packets in a session having a unique session identifier, modifies the lead packet to identify at least the intermediate node, and then forwards the lead packet toward the destination node though an intermediate node electronic output interface to the IP network. The intermediate node also receives, through an intermediate node electronic input interface in communication with the IP network, a backward message from a next node having a next node identifier. The backward message includes the next node identifier and the session identifier. The intermediate node forms an association between the next node identifier and the session identifier, stores the association in memory to maintain state information for the session, and obtains (e.g., receives) additional packets of the session. Substantially all of the additional packets in the session are forwarded toward the next node using the stored association.
US09923830B2	Method and apparatus for controlling media delivery in multimedia transport network A method and an apparatus for controlling media delivery in a multimedia transport network. The method includes transmitting composition information (CI) on media assets within a media package to be transmitted, to a user equipment (UE), packetizing the media assets of the media package to packets, transmitting some of the packets to the UE, receiving a feedback message including information on an available bitrate determined by the UE from the UE while the some of the packets are transmitted, selecting media data, which can be transmitted according to the available bitrate, from the media package by using asset delivery characteristics (ADCs) of the media assets within the media package, and packetizing the selected media data to packets and transmitting the packets to the UE.
US09923826B2	Systems and methods for dynamic adaptation of network accelerators Systems and methods of the present solution provide a more optimal solution by dynamically and automatically reacting to changing network workload. A system that starts slowly, either by just examining traffic passively or by doing sub-optimal acceleration can learn over time, how many peer WAN optimizers are being serviced by an appliance, how much traffic is coming from each peer WAN optimizers, and the type of traffic being seen. Knowledge from this learning can serve to provide a better or improved baseline for the configuration of an appliance. In some embodiments, based on resources (e.g., CPU, Memory, Disk), the system from this knowledge may determine how many WAN optimization instances should be used and of what size, and how the load should be distributed across the instances of the WAN optimizer.
US09923824B2	Remotely controlled message queue Embodiments are directed to a computer system for managing data transfer. The computer system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a send component and a receive component having a message queue and a controller. A link interface communicatively couples the send component to the receive component. The link interface includes a mainline channel and a sideband channel, and the computer system is configured to perform a method. The method includes transmitting mainline channel messages over the mainline channel from the send component to the receive component. The method further includes transmitting sideband channel messages over the sideband channel from the send component to the message queue of the receive component. The method further includes utilizing the controller to control a flow of the sideband channel messages to the message queue without relying on sending feedback to the send component about the flow.
US09923822B2	Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink A method for wireless communication is provided. The method comprises transmitting a first wireless message comprising a request for a first user terminal to transmit uplink data and an indication of at least one requested operational parameter. The method also comprises receiving a second wireless message from an access point in response to the first wireless message, the second wireless message indicating whether a plurality of user terminals including the first user terminal is selected to transmit uplink data, the second wireless message indicating at least one operational parameter for transmission of uplink data based on the at least one requested operational parameter.
US09923821B2	Managing communication congestion for internet of things devices A method and apparatus are provided for controlling an internet of things (IoT) device based on a congestion level. An example method includes polling a sensor, writing a measurement to a file, parsing the file to create a message, and checking for a backpressure alert message. If a backpressure alert message is found the message is saved to a cache, and a polling interval is changed.
US09923816B2	Data-plane stateful processing units in packet processing pipelines A synchronous packet-processing pipeline whose data paths are populated with data-plane stateful processing units (DSPUs) is provided. A DSPU is a programmable processor whose operations are synchronous with the dataflow of the packet-processing pipeline. A DSPU performs every computation with fixed latency. Each DSPU is capable of maintaining a set of states and perform its computations based on its maintained set of states. The programming of a DSPU determines how and when the DSPU updates one of its maintained states. Such programming may configure the DSPU to update the state based on its received packet data, or to change the state regardless of the received packet data.
US09923814B2	Media access control address resolution using internet protocol addresses An address resolution method, comprising obtaining an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a destination network node, computing a Media Access Control (MAC) address for the destination network node using a mapping function and the IP address for the destination network node, and sending data traffic using the MAC address computed for the destination network node.
US09923813B2	Increasing packet processing rate in a network device In a method for processing packets in a network device, a first packet is received at a first port of the network device. A first set of bits, corresponding to a first set of bit locations in a header of the first packet, is extracted from the header of the first packet. A first set of processing operations is performed to process the first packet using the first set of bits. A second packet is received at a second port of the network device. A second set of bits, corresponding to a second set of bit locations in a header of the second packet, is extracted from the header of the second packet. A second set of processing operations is performed to process the second packet using the second set of bits.
US09923811B2	Logical routers and switches in a multi-datacenter environment A system provisions global logical entities that facilitate the operation of logical networks that span two or more datacenters. These global logical entities include global logical switches that provide L2 switching as well as global routers that provide L3 routing among network nodes in multiple datacenters. The global logical entities operate along side local logical entities that are for operating logical networks that are local within a datacenter.
US09923809B2	Data transmission apparatus, data reception apparatus, data transmission and reception system A data transmission and reception system may include: a data transmission apparatus configured to generate N Tx signals having discrete levels using N binary data, and output the N Tx signals to N single-ended signal lines, respectively, where N is a natural number equal to or larger than 2; and a data reception apparatus configured to receive the N Tx signals transmitted in parallel through the single-ended signal lines, and restore the N binary data by comparing the received N Tx signals to each other.
US09923808B2	System and method for real-time load balancing of network packets Internet protocol packets are statelessly identified as associated with a particular session-instance by identifying a key, or session-instance identifier, within the data (or payload) portion of a user plane packet. This identifier is specific to the session-instance and remains constant throughout the session-instance. Using this stateless identification, transmitted user plane packets are automatically routed at the transmission speed of the transmission link using a method that automatically balances the analysis processing load between network probes. The load is balanced by routing the user plane packet to a network probe that is either already analyzing the session-instance or by routing the user plane packet to a system that has processing capacity to analyze a new session-instance. The network probe then analyzes the user plane packet and the session-instance to measure the quality of the user experience of the session-instance and performance of the network.
US09923804B2	Multi-router IGP fate sharing A method for routing communication traffic in a network includes detecting that a link in a parallel link configuration has failed and, in response, adjusting one or more metrics associated with other links in the parallel link configuration to indicate that none of the links in the parallel configuration are available. A router connected to a direct link in a parallel link configuration including one or more other routers connected to one or more indirect links, respectively, includes a memory storing configuration parameters specifying a minimum number of links required to be operational in the parallel link configuration and an artificially high cost, and a link metric adjustment module operable to set a metric of the direct link to the artificially high cost until the minimum number of required links are operational after startup of the router or failure and reactivation of the direct link.
US09923802B2	System and method of utilizing a framework for information routing in large-scale distributed systems using swarm intelligence In some embodiments, the invention involves information routing in networks, and, more specifically, to defining a framework using swarm intelligence and utilization of the defined framework for routing information in the network, especially for cloud computing applications. In an embodiment, information about available information/services is pushed to network nodes using information packets (ants). Nodes requiring services send query packets (ants) and a node may send a response to a query ant when information is available. Ants may be forwarded throughout the network based on popularity of nodes, freshness of information/requests, routing table information, and requests or interest by consumer nodes captured in information routing table. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09923788B2	Method of selecting a composite service from a plurality of composite services Method, for use in a telecommunications network, of selecting from a plurality of composite services a composite service to be executed in response to a network event. Each composite service has associated therewith criteria including a Boolean expression determining whether or not the composite service may be executed in response to the network event. The method comprises composing, for the network event, for each composite service an indicator indicating a) whether or not the criteria for that composite service are met by the network event, and b) a measure of conformity of the network event with said criteria. The method further includes selecting the composite service having associated therewith the indicator indicating that the criteria are met, and indicating closest conformity.
US09923783B1	Hardware connection management Disclosed aspects relate to hardware connection management using a media access control (MAC) control frame. A MAC control frame may be generated by a hardware connection management engine. The MAC control frame may be routed from a first hardware port by the hardware connection management engine. The hardware connection management engine may determine whether a hardware switch exists between the first and second hardware ports based on whether a second hardware port receives the MAC control frame.
US09923780B2	Refresh of the binding tables between data-link-layer and network-layer addresses on mobility in a data center environment A method for assisting communication of a source host upon movement from a first Data center (DC) to a second DC is disclosed. The method includes identifying that the source host has moved from the first DC to the second DC, ensuring that packets identifying a source as the source host in the second DC are copied to a control plane network element, and, for a first destination host identified in a first packet copied to the control plane network element and identified as a host that is not in the second DC, updating an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)/Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) cache of the source host by sending, to the source host, a first ARP message/unsolicited neighbor advertisement specifying a Media Access Control (MAC) address of an edge router associated with the source host in the second DC as a destination MAC address for the first destination host.
US09923779B2	Configuration of a software defined network The present disclosure pertains to systems and method for configuration of communication flows in a software defined network (“SDN”). In one embodiment, a system is operable to configure a communication flow between a first host and a second host. A mode selection subsystem is configured to cause a plurality of network devices in a network connecting the first communication host and the second communication host to transition between an open mode and an SDN operating mode. In the open mode, the network devices may discover a communication path between the first host and the second host. An analysis subsystem may receive information from the plurality of network devices information about the discovered path, and a topology discovery subsystem may be configured to create a communication flow corresponding to the discovered path. The communication flow may allow communication between the first host and the second host in the SDN operating mode.
US09923778B2	Network management based on assessment of topological robustness and criticality of assets A system and method of managing a network that includes assets are described. The method includes modeling the network as a directed graph with each of the assets represented as a node and determining alternative paths to each node from each available corresponding source of the node. The method also includes computing upstream robustness of each node, computing upstream robustness of the network, and computing downstream criticality of each node. Managing the network and each asset of the network is based on the upstream robustness and the downstream criticality of each node.
US09923774B2	Audio/Video channel bonding configuration adaptations A data communication architecture delivers a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, to consumers. The architecture employs channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. In some implementations, the communication architecture communicates content according to an initial bonding configuration. The communication architecture may adjust the bonding configuration to adapt to bonding environment changes affecting the communication capabilities or requirements associated with transmitting the content.
US09923773B2	Dynamic, broker-based virtual service platform (VSP) engagement for computer networks In one embodiment, a device in a network determines one or more network metrics regarding operation of the network. The device determines one or more policy constraints regarding the routing of network traffic through a virtual service platform (VSP). The device generates a VSP usage policy based on the one or more network metrics and on the one or more policy constraints. The VSP usage policy is operable to cause traffic in the network to be routed through a particular VSP that is selected based on the VSP usage policy. The device causes the VSP usage policy to be implemented in the network.
US09923768B2	Replicating configuration between multiple geographically distributed servers using the rest layer, requiring minimal changes to existing service architecture Replicating configuration among distributed servers. A filter running on a server, the server being one of the distributed servers, intercepts a request from a client device to the server. The filter creates a unique identifier for the request and blocks the request from being processed at the server. A replicator running on the server sends the request with the unique identifier for synchronizing the request with one or more other requests received from one or more of the distributed servers. The replicator also receives an ordered list of one or more synchronized requests each annotated with a respective unique identifier. The server processes the ordered list of one or more synchronized requests having the respective unique identifier. The ordered list may include the request that is being blocked, wherein the blocked request is processed at the server responsive to receiving request as part of the ordered list.
US09923764B2	HealthCheck access point A wireless configuration network may be provided by a Wi-Fi hotspot active at the wireless access station. The Wi-Fi hotspot may be connected to by a wireless network-capable device, such as a tablet computer, e.g., an Apple iPad, or a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone, e.g., an Android or Apple iOS device. This allows a technician to stand on the ground below the wireless access station but still have access to various configuration features of the wireless access station. The wireless configuration network may also be referred to herein as a “debug SSID” or a “debug access point.”
US09923763B2	Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for communicating content files based on destination priority A method for communicating content files based on destination priority includes processing a content file to determine a plurality of destination sites to which the content file is to be transmitted, assigning priority levels to the plurality of destination sites, allocating a plurality of bandwidth portions on a communication link to the plurality of destination sites, respectively, based on the priority levels assigned to the plurality of destination sites, and transmitting the content file to the plurality of destination sites using the plurality of bandwidth portions allocated to the plurality of destination on the communication link, respectively.
US09923762B1	Upgrading an engine when a scenario is running A method includes receiving a request for modification of computer readable program code associated with a scenario being executed at a production server. The production server is configured to provide a computing service. Writing to a storage medium associated with the production server with respect to data specified by the protection scenario is suspended during the modification responsive to the request, such that synchronization of the data specified by the scenario is maintained between the production server and a standby server during the modification. Related systems and computer program products are also discussed.
US09923760B2	Reduction of churn in a network control system Some embodiments provide a network control system with techniques for handling failover of network controllers with minimal churn in the network state distributed to the forwarding elements of the network. Specifically, in some embodiments, the local controller designates a waiting period before computing output network state data entries based on the new version of the input network state data entries. Alternatively, or conjunctively, the local controller of some embodiments calculates the changes between the new version of input state data entries and its stored existing version of the input state data entries, and only generates new output network state data entries based on the calculated changes, in order to minimize unnecessary recalculations of the output network state data entries. The new output network state data entries may then be used by the local controller to provision its managed forwarding element.
US09923754B2	Data transmission method and apparatus A data sending method is provided. Media access control MAC payloads corresponding to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) are encapsulated in one MAC packet data unit PDU, where the MAC PDU includes a header, the MAC payloads and identification information of each UE in the plurality of UEs; and the header includes a plurality of subheaders, the plurality of subheaders is subheaders respectively corresponding to a MAC payload corresponding to each UE in the plurality of UEs, the MAC payload corresponding to each UE includes a MAC control element CE and/or a MAC service data unit SDU, and the identification information is used for identifying each UE. The MAC PDU is sent. Correspondingly, a data receiving method and apparatus are also provided. In the foregoing solutions, transmission of a MAC PDU during multi-user cooperated communication is implemented.
US09923753B2	Method for receiving downlink data in a wireless communication system supporting 256 QAM, and terminal therefor One disclosure of the present application provides a method for receiving downlink data in a wireless communication system supporting 256 QAM. The method for receiving downlink data in a wireless communication system supporting 256 QAM comprises the steps of: receiving setting information for power back-off; receiving downlink data transmitted on the basis of the setting information for power back-off; and demodulating the downlink data received on the basis of the setting information for power back-off, wherein the setting information for power back-off is information related to at least one of whether to apply the power back-off, a reduced amount of power of the downlink data by the power back-off, a frame index to which the power back-off is applied, a subframe index and a resource to which the power back-off is applied.
US09923752B2	Method for demodulation and demodulator A method is provided for demodulation of an analog receive signal carrying information, wherein a number of more than two analog signals is formed from the receive signal in separate channels such that the receive signal is multiplied in each case by a period function, the phase thereof respectively differing in the channels, and wherein the multiple signals are each low-pass filtered.
US09923747B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, encoding Data Pipe, DP, data according to a code rate, wherein the encoding further includes Low-Density Parity-Check, LDPC, encoding the DP data, Bit interleaving the LDPC encoded DP data, and mapping the bit interleaved DP data onto constellations; building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded DP data; and modulating data in the built signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, method and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09923746B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data, a time interleaver to interleave the encoded service data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, wherein the at least one signal frame includes a plurality of OFDM symbols, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09923743B2	Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals A broadcast signal transmitter is presented. The broadcast signal transmitter includes a Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoder configured to perform error correction processing on Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) data, a bit interleaver configured to bit-interleave the PLP data, a mapper configured to perform constellation mapping on the PLP data, a framer configured to generate a signal frame comprising the PLP data, and a waveform generator configured to generate a transmission signal comprising the signal frame. The signal frame of the transmission signal comprises a bootstrap, a preamble, and a data part. The bootstrap comprises preamble structure information about the preamble. The preamble comprises at least one preamble symbol. The at least preamble symbol carries Layer 1 (L1) signaling data for the signal frame. The first preamble symbol comprises preamble_symbol_number information, and the preamble_symbol_number information indicates a number of preamble symbols other than the first preamble symbol.
US09923742B2	Preamble design within wireless communications A wireless communication device (alternatively, device) includes a processor configured to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processor, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The device is configured to generate OFDM/A packet(s) that include a signal field (SIG) and a copy of that SIG (e.g., a repeat of the SIG, a repetition of the SIG, a duplicate of the SIG, etc.). In some examples, the copy of the SIG adjacently follows the SIG. Also, in some examples of a OFDM/A packet, the SIG and its copy are based on one communication protocol, standard, and/or recommended practice, and another field therein is based on another communication protocol, standard, and/or recommended practice.
US09923740B2	System aware transmitter adaptation for high speed serial interfaces A high-speed serial interface includes a transmitter having an output module with settings that select an output impedances of the output module and a tuning value for the output impedance, and a receiver having a plurality of compensation modules each to provide a selectable level of equalization to a data bitstream from the transmitter, and a control module that directs the transmitter to successively select each of the tuning values, that directs the compensation modules, for each tuning value, to successively select each of the levels of equalization, that evaluates an indication of a performance level of the receiver for each of the successively selected levels of equalization and for each of the tuning values, and that selects a particular tuning value based upon the indications of the performance level of the receiver.
US09923735B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for handling a legacy circuit switched communication Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for handling a legacy circuit switched communication. A method may include receiving a service request message at a network node on a packet switched network that does not support circuit switched fallback. The method may additionally include determining that the service request message includes a request for establishment of a communication requiring a circuit switched connection and having a user equipment connected to the packet switched network as an end point of the communication. The method may further include releasing the connection between the user equipment and the packet switched network in response to the determination. Corresponding systems and apparatuses are also provided.
US09923734B2	Home base station system and data access processing method thereof A home base station system and method for managing data caching. The home base station system includes: a plurality of home base stations used to provide wireless communication to at least one mobile terminal, wherein the plurality of home base stations are connected to a wide area network via a local area network, and wherein the plurality of home base stations are interconnected via a local area network; and a server, wherein the server is connected to the plurality of home base stations via the local area network, and wherein the server is used to manage caching of data in a home base station system.
US09923733B2	Network system and communication apparatus for performing communication among networks having different VLAN settings A network system that comprises a plurality of communication apparatuses, each of the communication apparatuses being capable of performing a VLAN setting by using a VLAN number set for a connection port, that sets a VLAN number for each of the communication apparatuses, and that performs communication among cars of a train, wherein in a case where a specific type of packet that disables a VLAN setting is a packet of a multicast address, when a distribution target apparatus is connected to a communication apparatus that has received the specific type of packet, the communication apparatus transfers the specific type of packet to the distribution target apparatus and, irrespective of a VLAN number set for another communication apparatus, regards a VLAN different from a VLAN of the communication apparatus as a same network and transfers the specific type of packet to the another communication apparatus.
US09923725B2	Automatically authenticating a host key via a dynamically generated certificate using an embedded cryptographic processor A network device initiates a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection to establish a TCP session with a management device, and performs, via the TCP session, a secure protocol client/server role reversal for the management device. The network device receives, from the management device, initiation of a secure connection over the TCP session in accordance with a secure protocol, and provides, to the management device, a trusted certificate with an embedded host key that is dynamically generated using a cryptographic processor of the network device, based on the initiation of the secure connection. The network device also establishes the secure connection with the management device based on an authentication of the host key by the management device via the trusted certificate.
US09923721B2	Key agreement and authentication for wireless communication Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods that can provide a key authentication and identity verification in a D2D communication regime. A method can include providing a first public key of a first D2D device to a second D2D device and receiving a second public key of the second D2D device, providing a connection request packet to the second D2D device including a first attested key and a third public key, the first attested key including the first public key signed using a private key of a public key attestation service (PAS), receiving a connection accept packet from the second D2D device including a second attested public key, and a fourth public key, the second attested public key including the second public key signed using the private key of the PAS, and verifying the identity of the second D2D device using the received keys.
US09923720B2	Network device configured to derive a shared key A network device (110) is provided which is configured to determine a shared cryptographic key of key length (b) bits shared with a second network device (120) from a polynomial and an identity number of the second network device. A reduction algorithm is used to evaluate the polynomial in the identity number of the second network device and reduce module a public modulus and modulo a key modulus. The reduction algorithm comprises an iteration over the terms of the polynomial. In at least the iteration which iteration is associated with a particular term of the polynomial are comprised a first and second multiplication. The first multiplication is between the identity number and a least significant part of the coefficient of the particular term obtained from the representation of the polynomial, the least significant part of the coefficient being formed by the key length least significant bits of the coefficient of the particular term. The second multiplication is between a second multiplication between the identity number and a further part of the coefficient of the particular term obtained from the representation of the polynomial, the further part of the coefficient being formed by bits of the coefficient of the particular term different from the key length least significant bits, the further part and the least significant part together forming strictly fewer bits than in the coefficient of the particular term of the polynomial.
US09923718B2	Authentication methods and apparatus using base points on an elliptic curve and other techniques In one aspect, a method comprises the steps of deriving a base point on an elliptic curve in a first processing device, generating authentication information in the first processing device utilizing the base point and a private key of the first processing device, and transmitting the authentication information from the first processing device to a second processing device. The base point on the elliptic curve may be derived, for example, by applying a one-way function to a current time value, or by computation based on a message to be signed.
US09923717B2	Refresh of shared cryptographic keys One of n≥2 servers, connectable via a network, implements a cryptographic protocol using a secret key K which is shared between the n servers, and includes first and second server compartments. The first is connectable to the network, adapted to implement the cryptographic protocol, and stores a current key share of the secret key K. The second is inaccessible from the network in the operation of the server, stores a set of master keys, and is adapted, for each of successive time periods, to unilaterally generate a new key share of the secret key K and to supply it to the first as the current key share for that time period. The new key share includes a random share of a predetermined value p which is shared between the n servers, and the random share includes a function of the set of master keys.
US09923709B2	Asymmetric TDD in flexible use spectrum A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes receiving and transmitting signals over an asymmetric time division duplex (TDD) communication path. Signals are sent over the asymmetric TDD communication path via a first portion of a first frequency band. The first frequency band is adjacent to a second frequency band and to a third frequency band. The first frequency band is different from the second frequency band and from the third frequency band. A synchronous time division duplex (TDD) communication path can be operable in the second frequency band. A frequency division duplex (FDD) communication path can be operable in the third frequency band. Signals are received over the asymmetric TDD communication path via a second portion of the first frequency band that is different from the first portion of the first frequency band.
US09923705B2	Full-duplex mesh networks Systems and methods relating to full duplex mesh networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mesh network comprising a plurality of transceiver nodes using a single frequency band may be disclosed, each transceiver node comprising: a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from a backhaul node on the single frequency band; and a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from an access node on the single frequency band, each transceiver of each transceiver node performing self-interference cancellation to send and receive full duplex data on the single frequency band at substantially the same time, thereby enabling the creation of a mesh network with at least one transceiver node having both access and backhaul using only the single frequency band.
US09923704B2	Flexible spectrum support in cellular wireless communications Systems and methods for flexible spectrum, or bandwidth, support in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base station for a cellular communications network is configured to transmit a non-standardized bandwidth carrier and information that identifies a standardized bandwidth and additional information that, together with the information that identifies the standardized bandwidth, defines a non-standardized bandwidth of the non-standardized bandwidth carrier. In one embodiment, the additional information defines a bandwidth adjustment for the standardized bandwidth that defines the non-standardized bandwidth. In one embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is a symmetric bandwidth restriction. In another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is an asymmetric bandwidth restriction. In yet another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is a symmetric bandwidth expansion. In yet another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is an asymmetric bandwidth expansion.
US09923703B2	Method, system and devices for reducing interferences in OFDMA wireless communication networks A system and method for reducing interferences in OFDM networks comprising generating (31) a set of pseudo-random coordination patterns {kin; i=0, . . . , N−1; n=0, . . . , M−1}, wherein kin are integers from 0 to M−1, M is the number of calls in a coordination cluster, N is the number of subcarriers, n is a cell identifier within the coordination cluster, and kin≠kim∀n≠m, i=0, . . . , N−1; generating a randomizing pattern common to all cells within the coordination cluster, comprising an invertible transformation in the time domain of the complex symbols for each subcarrier; spreading (32) the complex symbols over M TTIs: b ⁡ [ i , m ] = M ⁢ ∑ m = 0 T - 1 ⁢ ⁢ a ⁡ [ i , n ] ⁢ exp ⁡ [ - j2π ⁡ ( Mn + k i ) · m / ( M · T ) ] . wherein a[i,n] denotes the symbols prior to the spreading (32), b[i,m] denotes the symbols after the spreading (32), 0≤ki≤M−1, i=0, . . . , N−1, m=0, . . . , T·M−1; scrambling (34) the spread symbols b[i,m] to all the cells within the coordination cluster; and mapping (35) the scrambled symbols over all the N subcarriers in the frequency domain and M consecutive TTis in the time domain.
US09923702B2	Sectorization feedback and multi-sector transmission in wireless networks A method of downlink multi-sector transmission is provided. An initiator station first performs sector training by transmitting a plurality of sounding signals to a plurality of responder stations in a wireless network. The coverage associated with the initiator station is partitioned into a plurality of sectors, and each sector is covered by a sectorized beam. The initiator station then receives sector ID feedback information from each responder station in response to the sounding signals. The sector ID feedback information indicates preference to each of the sectors from each responder station. Next, the initiator station groups multiple spatially orthogonal responder stations together based on the sector ID feedback information. Finally, the initiator station performs multi-sector transmission by simultaneously transmitting data to the multiple responder stations in different sectors using corresponding sectorized beams.
US09923701B2	Method and apparatus for asynchronous OFDMA/SC-FDMA Various disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for communication in a wireless communication system. A method comprises receiving a signal corresponding to a plurality of modulated signals, each of the plurality of modulated signals corresponding to a unique electronic device. The method comprises filtering the received signal with a plurality of filters, each of which is matched to a corresponding filter in a respective electronic device to obtain a filtered signal for the respective electronic device. The method comprises performing a fast Fourier transform (FFT) operation on the filtered signal to obtain demodulated data corresponding to the respective electronic device.
US09923698B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative ACK (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation, and to an apparatus for the method. A method in which a terminal transmits ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation comprises the following steps: receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) indicated by the PDCCH; and transmitting ACK/NACK for the PDSCH via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A PUCCH format for transmitting ACK/NACK is selected by taking the number of aggregated carriers into account.
US09923695B2	Call processing method and apparatus for use in LTE system A method for performing robust header compression (ROHC) of request for comments (RFC) 3095 over a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer to compress and decompress voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) packets is provided. In the voice call operation, an evolved node B (eNB) receives an initialization and refresh (IR) packet transmitted by a user equipment (UE) and performs ROHC compression/decompression on the voice packet with a compressed header based on the information contained in the received IR packet. If the IR packet is lost, the eNB cannot establish the context for the voice packet, resulting in ROHC operation failure and a call drop problem. In order to maintain the voice call, the eNB sends the UE a static negative acknowledgement (SNACK) when a voice packet is received in the state where no context exists.
US09923692B2	Method and devices for configuring CSI resources The disclosure relates to a method performed in a network node of a communication system for configuring a communication device with channel state information, CSI, resources. The method comprises: configuring CSI resources for at least two sectors, the CSI resources comprising CSI reference signal, RS, resources and CSI interference measurements, IM, resources, such that the sectors are configured with same CSI IM resources, and such that each of the sectors is configured with CSI RS resources differing from the other sectors; and configuring the communication device to use a respective CSI resource configuration for each of at least two CSI processes, wherein each CSI resource configuration defines resources corresponding to resources of the configuring of a respective sector, whereby each CSI process specifies use of same CSI IM resources as the other CSI processes and CSI RS resources different from the other CSI processes.
US09923686B2	Method and apparatus of transmitting sounding reference signal in multiple antenna system A method and an apparatus of transmitting a sounding reference signal by a user equipment is provided. A user equipment transmits a first sounding reference signal through a first antenna, and transmits a second sounding reference signal through a second antenna. Resources for transmitting the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal are partially different.
US09923683B2	Method and apparatus for local data caching Methods and apparatus for local data caching are disclosed. Data may be stored in a local data storage connected to a base station or network nodes. The data flow may be split. The base station may coordinate with a cooperating base station for split-data transmission of locally cached data. Data may be split at different layers.
US09923678B2	Wireless communication system, and wireless communication method There is provided a wireless communication system which can improve throughputs in wireless communication by effectively using frequency resources. In the wireless communication system including a plurality of wireless communication stations which may operate as wireless communication terminals or wireless base stations, the wireless communication station includes an access right acquisition means of acquiring an access right upon generating transmitting data; a determination means of determining whether or not different data destined to a plurality of wireless communication stations can be transmitted on different channels according to OFDMA; and a data transmitting means of transmitting data to the receivable wireless communication stations using OFDMA when the determination means determines that different data destined to a plurality of wireless communication stations can be transmitted on different channels.
US09923674B2	Method for transmitting and receiving uplink/downlink data with MTC device A method is provided for transmitting uplink data. The method is performed by a machine type communication (MTC) device that transmits initially a bundle of repeated physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) including same uplink data to a base station on a plurality of uplink subframes, receives a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response signal from the base station in response to the bundle of repeated PUSCHs, receives an indication of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) repetition number from the base station, determines a repetition number of a PUSCH including the same uplink data based on the indication, when the HARQ response signal is a negative-acknowledgement (NACK), and retransmits the bundle of repeated PUSCHs according to the determined repetition number of the PUSCH on the plurality of uplink subframes, to the base station. The indication is included in a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
US09923664B2	Common-mode signaling for transition encoding A method for transmitting an input stream of data across a serial link including a serial channel. The method includes segmenting the stream of data into blocks of bits to form input blocks, and for each input block, calculating a measure of burst error probability, forming an output block and a modification signaling bit from the input block, transmitting the output block, and transmitting the modification signaling bit. The forming of the output block and the modification signaling bit from the input block includes, when the measure of burst error probability exceeds a set threshold: modifying the input block to form the output block, and asserting the modification signaling bit.
US09923658B2	Interference cancelation A method and system for interference cancellation in a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device can include an interference estimator configured to generate one or more filter weights based on a transmit signal. The one or more filter weights can be generated based on one or more kernels generated by the interference estimator. The interference estimator can be configured to perform recursive linear square (RLS) estimations based on the one or more kernels. The RLS estimations can include one or more independent RLS estimations, one or more parallel RLS estimations and/or one or more cascade RLS estimations. The interference estimator can be configured to perform one or more orthogonally transform one or more kernels.
US09923654B2	Vehicle media and communications access Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus relate to vehicle media and communications systems and/or providing communications network and/or satellite network access in a vehicle. Specifically, the disclosed methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus relate to providing access to data, communications and/or satellites using a modular vehicle media and communications system.
US09923652B2	Frequency band selection for multiple home networks A network-capable device is configured to: automatically detect the presence of a MoCA network (or other network, depending on the network protocol in the application environment), and configure itself for communication on that network at the appropriate communication frequencies. The network-capable device can be configured to create a new network (e.g., a new MoCA network) if there is no network broadcast signal within a band. Preferably, the network-capable device requires little or no user intervention to configure itself for operation at network operating frequencies or to create a new network where none is detected.
US09923649B2	Interference measurement method, network-side device and terminal device for improving the interference measurement effect and thus the demodulation performance of data and control channels An interference measurement method, a network side device and a terminal device are disclosed. The interference measurement method includes: a network side sending interference measurement indication information to a terminal, and indicating the terminal to perform interference measurement, wherein the interference measurement indication information is used for indicating one or more kinds of the following information to the terminal: interference measurement modes used for performing interference measurement; and parameter configuration information used for interference measurement.
US09923642B2	Light receiving device A light receiving device that receives a light signal includes: a plurality of avalanche photodiodes, in each of which receiving sensitivity is set in accordance with a bias signal that is provided; a plurality of level conversion units provided in association with the avalanche photodiodes, each of the level conversion units being configured to convert a level of a reference voltage for obtaining the bias signal so as to generate the bias signal and being configured to provide the bias signal to corresponding one of the avalanche photodiodes; and a control unit that generates a first control signal corresponding to a temperature of the light receiving device, and controls a level conversion amount of each of the level conversion units by using the first control signal.
US09923641B2	Signal processing device, optical communication system, and signal processing method An optical receiver (20) includes an electrical signal generation unit (200), a first phase compensation unit (101), a distortion compensation unit (102), and a first dispersion compensation unit (400). The electrical signal generation unit (200) generates an electrical signal on the basis of received signal light. The first phase compensation unit (101) performs a phase rotation compensation process on the electrical signal generated by the electrical signal generation unit (200). The distortion compensation unit (102) performs a dispersion compensation process and a phase rotation compensation process in this order, at least once, on the electrical signal after having compensation performed thereon by the first phase compensation unit. The electrical signal generation unit (200), the first phase compensation unit (101), and the distortion compensation unit (102) are incorporated into one semiconductor device.
US09923637B2	Burst optical signal transmission device and control method for burst optical signal transmission device A bias point of an external modulator is set to different values according to on and off of a burst control signal and an optical source is driven continuously in a burst optical signal transmission device. The burst optical signal transmission device avoid generation of transient fluctuation of a wavelength and a light amount at the time of burst signal rising.
US09923630B2	Analyzing optical networks In one embodiment, a system for analyzing optical networks includes a network analyzer optically coupled to a fiber optic network. The network analyzer may transmit a test signal to the fiber optic network, receive a reflected signal in response to transmitting the test signal, wherein the reflected signal is generated in response to the test signal interacting with a defect of the fiber optic network. The analyzer may then analyze a power of the reflected signal, wherein the power of the reflected signal corresponds to the defect in the fiber optic network, calculate a transmit time of the reflected signal, wherein the transmit time corresponds a location of the defect in the fiber optic network, identify a component of the fiber optic network corresponding to the defect and the location of the defect in the fiber optic network, and generate a maintenance report based on the analyzed reflected signal.
US09923629B2	Self-deploying and self-healing subsea data network and method of use A self-deploying and self-healing subsea network comprises one or more homing vehicles, one or more data repeaters, and one or more independent guidable homing systems configured to assist the homing vehicles in localization of and docking with the data repeaters. A plurality of data repeaters are deployed in a body of water and, at a predetermined time, a homing vehicle released from a first data repeater and instructed to transit to and dock with a predetermined second data repeater. After docking, a network cable is operatively placed into communication between the first data repeater and the second data repeater.
US09923628B2	System and method for relay node selection A method for recommending a relay node to which a user agent attaches. The method includes recommending the relay node based on a relay node selection rank.
US09923625B2	Satellite system that produces optical inter-satellite link (ISL) beam based on RF feeder uplink beam Described herein is a space based subsystem of a satellite, and methods for use therewith, for receiving an RF uplink feeder beam and in dependence thereon producing one or more optical ISL beams for transmission to one or more other satellites. The subsystem can include an antenna to receive an RF feeder uplink beam and produce an RF signal therefrom. The subsystem can also include, inter alia, RF components, local oscillator(s), lasers, EOMs, a WDM multiplexer, an optical amplifier and transmitter optics. Such components can be used to convert the RF signal to one or more ISL beams for transmission to one or more other satellites. Where RF frequencies of optical data signals output by the EOMs are within the same RF frequency range within which the other satellite(s) transmit RF service downlink beams, there is an elimination of any need for the other satellite(s) to perform frequency conversions.
US09923624B2	Communication system and method A communication system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the communication system includes a user node for receiving data from a remote application program, the data including message data for communication to a central application program operatively associated with the remote application program; plurality of geographically distributed gateway nodes; one or more access nodes for receiving the message data from the user node via a first communications interface, and communicating the message data via a second communications interface to one or more of the plurality of geographically distributed gateway nodes; and a hub for communicating with the one or more of the plurality of geographically distributed gateway nodes to receive the message data for communication to the central application.
US09923621B2	Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capable system is contemplated. The communication system may include a signal processor configured to separate an input stream into multiple signal paths to facilitate simultaneous transport through a communication medium. The capability to simultaneously transmit multiples signal paths may be beneficial in order to maximize throughput and/or minimize expense.
US09923617B2	Communication channel optimization systems and methods in multi-user communication systems Systems and methods of optimizing communication channels in multi-user communication systems are provided. Coding weights are determined based on communication channel state information for communication channels between a transmitter and multiple receivers. The coding weights are applied to communication signals to be transmitted from the transmitter to the receivers. Each receiver decodes received signals using inverses of the coding weights. Embodiments of the invention support multi-user MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) where each receiver has fewer antennas than the transmitter, and enhance system performance if the total number of antennas at all of the receivers exceeds the number of antennas at the transmitter.
US09923615B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting feedback signals Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating and transmitting feedback signals for a plurality of reference signals having different directionality, in a wireless communication system. A terminal may receive the plurality of reference signals having different directionality, and transmit, to a transmission end, a feedback signal including a beam index which indicates one of the plurality of reference signals.
US09923613B2	Reference signals extension for massive MIMO system Reference signals (RSs) transmission scheme for massive MIMO system is disclosed. For this, ‘M’ resource blocks (RBs) are grouped into a resource block group (M>1). One or more antenna ports are grouped into one antenna group, wherein each of the antenna ports corresponds to each of the multiple antennas. The reference signals of the one antenna group are mapped into only one RB within one resource block group.
US09923610B2	Selective usage of antennas for improved call performance An apparatus for selective usage of antennas for measurement purposes is provided. When the signal strength of the primary antenna is less than a signal strength threshold or the signal quality of the primary antenna is less than a signal quality threshold, the apparatus may determine at least one of whether a first difference between the signal strength of the primary antenna and the diversity antenna satisfies a first criteria or whether a second difference between the signal quality of the primary antenna and the diversity antenna satisfies a second criteria. When at least one of the first difference satisfies the first criteria or the second difference satisfies the second criteria, the apparatus may calculate the signal strength and signal quality of the diversity antenna for measurement evaluations and path-loss calculation based on the signal strength and signal quality of the primary antenna.
US09923607B2	Input/output apparatus having an identification terminal There is provided an input/output apparatus. Among information terminals of an input/output connector provided in an information terminal device, at least one information terminal of information terminals to switch an internal operation of the information terminal device is used also as an antenna input terminal.
US09923605B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes an antenna that wirelessly receives power; a power circuit that inputs power received by the antenna; a communication circuit that performs communication using the antenna; switches; and a resonant element that resonates with the antenna, wherein the resonant element is arranged between the antenna and one of the power circuit and the communication circuit, and wherein at least one of the switches is arranged between the resonant element and the one circuit, and at least one switch different from the switch is arranged between the other circuit and the antenna.
US09923603B2	Method for transferring wireless power This invention defines management protocols for wireless power transfer to multiple devices in Multi-device Wireless Power Management System. Various functions of Multi-device Wireless Power Management System are justified from this invention. The WPT frames and messages which work between the management block of a charger and the management block or the coupler block of a device, or the coupler block of a charger are defined as well to execute various functions. Also the procedures for each functionality are described based on its frames and messages.
US09923601B2	Subsea data communication interface unit A subsea data communication interface unit for enabling data communication over a subsea data transmission line is disclosed. The subsea data communication interface unit includes at least an electrical interface for providing an electrical connection to the subsea data transmission line and a transmitter adapted to generate a data signal corresponding to the data to be transmitted. To obtain stable, robust and reliable communication, it is proposed that the subsea data communication interface unit includes a first voltage amplifier connected between the transmitter and the electrical interface. The first voltage amplifier is configured to convert the data signal generated by the transmitter from a lower voltage signal to a higher voltage signal.
US09923599B1	Terahertz injection-locked radiator Systems and methods which provide injection-locked circuit configurations for radiating signals in the terahertz frequency range with improved phase noise and signal output power are described. Embodiments of the invention provide an injection-locked terahertz radiator system comprising a half-quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (HQVCO), a plurality of injection-locked frequency quadruplers (ILFQs), and antenna elements. In operation according to embodiments, injection-locking provided by the ILFQs may be utilized to facilitate individual optimization of the output power and the phase noise. Intrinsic-delay compensation and harmonic boosting techniques may be utilized in configurations of the foregoing injection-locked terahertz radiator system to optimize the phase noise of the HQVCO and the output power of the ILFQs, respectively. Embodiments of an injection-locked terahertz radiator system herein are implemented as a fully integrated solution with compact form factor, providing high reliability and low cost.
US09923595B2	Digital predistortion for dual-band power amplifiers A signal processing circuit arrangement may include a preamplifier circuit configured to map a first dimension input and a second dimension input to a first subset of a plurality of lookup table coefficients of a two-dimensional (2D) lookup table, wherein the first dimension input and the second dimension input each represent a signal level of one or more input signals, extrapolate from the first subset of the plurality of lookup table coefficients to generate a lookup table output, and apply the lookup table output to the one or more input signals to generate a predistorted input signal for an amplifier.
US09923593B2	Transmitter receiver leakage reduction in a full duplex system without the use of a duplexer A transceiver suitable for frequency duplex division communication is disclosed. The transceiver comprises a transmitter, wherein the transmitter comprises a power amplifier; a receiver; an auxiliary power amplifier which is arranged to provide a controllable phase shift and gain output; a first filter arranged at an output of the power amplifier arranged to attenuate frequencies at a receiving frequency of the receiver; a second filter arrangement at an output of the auxiliary power amplifier arranged to attenuate frequencies at a receiving frequency of the receiver; and a signal transmission arrangement. The signal transmission arrangement is arranged to transmit signals provided from the transmitter through its power amplifier to a radio frequency, RF, connecting point, receive signals from the RF connecting point and provide the signals to the receiver, and provide signals from the auxiliary amplifier towards an input of the receiver. The transceiver also comprises a controller, wherein the controller is arranged to control the auxiliary power amplifier output to provide a signal that has a phase and amplitude in relation to the output of the power amplifier of the transmitter such that the transmitter contribution to the signal at the input of the receiver is suppressed. A method of controlling the transceiver, a communication device and computer program are also disclosed.
US09923590B1	Pack assembly for a mobile device A wearable pack assembly includes a pack carried by a base of a harness. The pack includes an opening to a windowed pocket for receiving a mobile device, having a touchscreen and a camera, through the opening so as to juxtapose the touchscreen and the camera with the windowed pocket to enable the viewing and the touching of the touchscreen and the taking of pictures and video with the camera in the operation of the mobile device from the windowed pocket. The base is configured to be positioned against a chest of an upper torso of a wearer for holding the pack ahead of the chest of the upper torso of the wearer with the windowed pocket facing outwardly relative to the chest of the upper torso of the wearer, when the harness is worn by the upper torso of the wearer.
US09923589B2	Systems, methods, and devices for managing coexistence of multiple transceiver devices using bypass circuitry A communications apparatus includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The communications apparatus further includes a front end module (FEM) coupled between the first transceiver and the first antenna, and includes an amplifier for amplifying signals received by the first antenna. The FEM directly couples the first antenna to the first transceiver when the second transceiver is transmitting signals using the second antenna, so signals received via the first antenna are not amplified by the amplifier prior to being passed to the first transceiver. Furthermore, the FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the amplifier when the second transceiver is not transmitting signals using the second antenna, so signals received via the first antenna are amplified prior to being passed to the first transceiver.
US09923588B2	Wireless piezoelectric indicator An apparatus includes a piezoelectric sensor, a charge manager, a processor, and a transceiver. The piezoelectric sensor is configured to generate a first electrical signal upon detection of a vibration from a detector. The charge manager is configured to receive the first electrical signal and to generate a second electrical signal if it is determined that the first electrical signal is above a threshold. The processor is configured to receive the second electrical signal and to provide an instruction to transmit an alarm signal based at least in part on receipt of the second electrical signal. The transceiver is configured to receive the instruction and to transmit the alarm signal.
US09923585B2	Interference cancellation in microwave backhaul systems A first microwave backhaul assembly comprises a first antenna, a front-end circuit, an inter-backhaul-assembly interface circuit, and an interference cancellation circuit. The first antenna is operable to receive a first microwave signal. The front-end circuit is operable to convert the first microwave signal to a lower-frequency digital signal, wherein the lower-frequency digital signal has energy of a second microwave signal and energy of a third microwave signal. The inter-backhaul-assembly interface circuit is operable to receive information from a second microwave backhaul assembly. The interference cancellation circuit is operable to use the information received via the inter-backhaul-assembly interface circuit during processing of the lower-frequency digital signal to remove, from the first microwave signal, the energy of the third microwave signal. The information received via the inter-backhaul-assembly interface may comprise a signal having energy of the second microwave signal.
US09923584B2	Rectifiers for wireless power transfer with impedance inverting filters for reduced electromagnetic interference Resonant rectifier topologies are described for tuning the rectifier so that it performs from an electromagnetic interference (EMI) point of view, while maintaining the voltage regulation at the output that a series tuned rectifier would maintain. Examples include a an inductor of a receive coupler and a rectifier connectable to drive a load, along with first and second filter elements that are each configured to provide an impedance inversion function in a frequency band and that are connected in series between the inductor of a receive coupler and rectifier. In one set of examples, both filter elements are implemented as pair filters, while in other examples the first filter element includes the inductor of a receive coupler in parallel with a capacitance connected to ground.
US09923575B2	Compression of multidimensional sonic data Compression of multidimensional sonic data is disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to compress input multidimensional sonic data include decorrelating the input multidimensional sonic data to determine decorrelated multidimensional sonic data. In some such examples, the input multidimensional sonic data has a plurality of dimensions corresponding to a respective plurality of azimuthal directions from which the input multidimensional sonic data was obtained. In such examples, the decorrelated multidimensional sonic data is decorrelated among the plurality of dimensions of the input multidimensional sonic data. Such example methods also include processing the decorrelated multidimensional sonic data to determine compressed data representative of the input multidimensional sonic data.
US09923570B2	Time-based delay line analog-to-digital converter with variable resolution Embodiments of the present disclosure include a differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter (ADC), comprising differential digital delay lines including series coupled delay cells, wherein a delay time of a first delay line is controlled by a first input of the ADC and a delay time of a second delay line is controlled by a second input of the ADC. The ADC includes a pair of bypass multiplexers coupled at a predefined node location in the series coupled delay cells, latches each coupled with the series coupled delay cells, a converter circuit coupled with the plurality of latches configured to convert data from the latches into an output value of the ADC, and logic circuits configured to select data from the series coupled delay cells to the latches depending on a selected resolution of the differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter.
US09923567B2	Analog-to-digital converter protection circuit, method for controlling analog-to-digital converter protection circuit, and controller An analog-to-digital converter protection circuit, a method for controlling an analog-to-digital converter protection circuit, and a controller are disclosed. The analog-to-digital converter protection circuit includes: an analog switch, an analog-to-digital converter, a controller, and a series circuit including at least two resistors connected in series. The controller is configured to: when the digital voltage is greater than or equal to a preset voltage threshold, output a control signal to the analog switch, to trigger the analog switch to control to a second sampling end from a first sampling end to serve as the conduction sampling end to conduct to the output end of the analog switch, where an analog voltage sampled by the second sampling end is less than an analog voltage sampled by the first sampling end; and when the digital voltage is less than the preset voltage threshold, output the digital voltage.
US09923566B1	Spread spectrum clock generator A phase or frequency locked-loop circuit includes an oscillator configured to generate an output clock signal having a frequency set by an oscillator control signal. A modulator circuit receives a first signal and a second signal and is configured to generate a control signal having a value modulated in response to the first and second signals. A filter circuit generates the oscillator control signal by filtering the control signal. A delta-sigma modulator circuit operates to modulate the second signal in response to a modulation profile. As a result, the output clock signal is a spread spectrum clock signal.
US09923565B2	Differential phase-frequency detector A phase-frequency detector (PFD) is electrically coupled to a charge pump of a phase-locked-loop (PLL). The PFD includes a first differential latch electrically coupled to the charge pump. The first differential latch drives a differential pair of increment signals to the charge pump in response to differential pairs of both reference clock signals and reset signals. The PFD also includes a second differential latch electrically coupled to the charge pump. The second differential latch drives a differential pair of decrement signals to the charge pump in response to differential pairs of both feedback clock signals and reset signals. The PFD also includes a differential AND gate electrically coupled to both the first differential latch and the second differential latch. The differential AND gate drives the differential pair of reset signals to both of the differential latches in response to the differential pairs of both increment signals and decrement signals.
US09923564B2	Clock data recovery apparatus and method capable of reducing more noise as well as tracking larger frequency offsets A clock data recovery apparatus includes an oscillator, a sampler circuit, and a frequency control circuit. The oscillator generates a clock signal according to a bias voltage. The sampler circuit samples an input data signal to generate a sampling signal according to the clock signal. The frequency control circuit generates the bias voltage by performing integration calculation, digital-to-analog conversion, and low-pass filtering for the sampling signal.
US09923563B1	Deterministic jitter removal using a closed loop digital-analog mechanism A digital phase lock loop (DPLL) device or system can operate to analyze and estimate a deterministic jitter in the digital domain, while correcting for it in the analog domain. A reference oscillator can provide an analog reference signal to the DPLL via a reference path. A shaper of the reference path can process the analog reference signal and provide a digital signal to a doubler component that doubles the frequency for a digital reference signal. The doubler component itself can add deterministic jitter to the noise of the digital reference signal it provides to the DPLL. An estimation of the DPLL performs various calibration processes to determine the deterministic jitter in the digital domain and provide an analog bias signal to the signal shaper component to correct for the deterministic jitter, keeping it at around zero.
US09923562B1	Data storage device state detection on power loss Upon a first transition from a first state to a second state, a first bit in a memory unit comprising a plurality of bits is programmed. Upon a first transition from the second state to the first state, a second bit in the memory unit is programmed, the second bit being before the first bit in the sequence of the plurality of bits. Upon a second transition from the first state to the second state, a third bit in the memory unit is programmed, the third bit being subsequent to the first bit by at least two bits in the sequence of the plurality of bits. Upon a second transition from the second state to the first state, a fourth bit in the memory unit is programmed, the fourth bit being before the third bit in the sequence of the plurality of bits.
US09923559B2	Load driver A method for driving a load includes driving a load to an initial voltage within a voltage window, the voltage window based on an input voltage and an offset voltage, and driving the load to approximately the input voltage.
US09923557B2	Switching circuit and power conversion circuit A first switching element and a gate of a voltage-driven switching element are connected by a gate turn-on wiring through a first resistor. The gate of the voltage-driven switching element and a second switching element are connected by a gate turn-off wiring through a second resistor. A charge pump unit has a first capacitor, and a second capacitor configured to output a negative voltage. A resistor unit is arranged in at least one of a first wiring configured to connect the gate turn-on wiring and the first capacitor and a second wiring configured to connect the gate turn-off wiring and the first capacitor, and is configured to charge the first capacitor through the first wiring when the first switching element is turned on and to discharge the first capacitor through the second wiring when the second switching element is turned on.
US09923556B2	Power devices, structures, components, and methods using lateral drift, fixed net charge, and shield Lateral power devices where immobile electrostatic charge is emplaced in dielectric material adjoining the drift region. A shield gate is interposed between the gate electrode and the drain, to reduce the Miller charge. In some embodiments the gate electrode is a trench gate, and in such cases the shield electrode too is preferably vertically extended.
US09923552B2	Latch circuitry Circuitry is configured to store data in response to a phase transition of an input clock. The circuitry uses a master-slave latch configuration. Each of the master and slave latches includes respective feedback circuits, input circuits, and selection circuits. The feedback circuits drive outputs of the respective latches to values that are responsive to data stored in the latches. The input circuits drive the output of the respective latches to values that are responsive to data on an input of the latches. The selection circuits select between the feedback and input circuits based upon the phase of a clock signal.
US09923551B2	Method of performing real time decomposition of a signal into components The invention is a method that combines the following components: a high pass filter designed to have sufficiently small phase delay and roll-off value in transition band as well as sufficiently good attenuation; a distortion detection and reconstruction introduced by the application of the high pass filter by extraction the significant frequency components in relevant frequency band; a signal compensation that reshapes the output of the high pass filter by matching the filter's phase delay and attenuation characteristics so as to approximate low frequency component extraction that would be produced by an ideal filter (very sharp frequency transition and no delay); a time-domain detection and correction method that addresses special circumstances under which the compensation would be inaccurate to achieve real-time estimate in normal circumstances, and a time-domain correction method during and immediately after sudden changes in composite signal (spike) is detected.
US09923549B2	Discrete time polyphase channelizer There is provided a finite impulse response (FIR) filter for filtering an input voltage signal to generate an output current signal, the FIR filter including a plurality of sample and hold (SH) circuits configured to simultaneously receive the input voltage signal, to sample the input voltage signal at successive sample times according to a sample clock, and to generate a plurality of sampled voltage signals, and a plurality of programmable analog multipliers coupled to the plurality of SH circuits and configured to multiply the plurality of sampled voltage signals by a plurality of binary multiplication factors to generate the output current signal.
US09923546B2	High-pass filter circuit and band-pass filter circuit Two types of high-pass filter circuit and a band-pass filter circuit are provided. Both types of high-pass filter circuit include a capacitor configured to input an input signal, a resistor connected between an output terminal of the capacitor and a prescribed bias voltage, and a signal output circuit connected to the output terminal of the capacitor and configured to buffer-amplify the input signal for output. In one of the two types of high-pass filter circuits, the resistor is formed on an SOI semiconductor substrate and includes two PN junction diodes that are inversely connected to each other in parallel. In the other one of the high-pass filter circuits, the resistor is formed on an SOI semiconductor substrate and includes two MOS transistors that are inversely connected to each other in parallel.
US09923542B2	Radio-frequency module component A radio-frequency module component includes a splitter/combiner and a shield case. The splitter/combiner includes a multilayer body, a common input/output electrode, a low-band input/output electrode, a high-band input/output electrode, and outer ground electrodes. The multilayer body includes insulating layers and electrode patterns stacked on each other, and side surfaces opposed to each other. The common input/output electrode is disposed on one of the side surfaces and a bottom surface of the multilayer body. The low-band input/output electrode and the high-band input/output electrode are disposed on another of the side surfaces and the bottom surface of the multilayer body. An additional side surface of the multilayer body opposes a side surface of the shield case in the closest proximity to each other.
US09923541B2	Converting a symmetrical input signal of a magnetic resonance arrangement into an asymmetrical output signal A symmetrical input signal is converted into an asymmetrical output signal. A first conduction path and a second conduction path are arranged parallel to one another based on signal flow. The first conduction path and the second conduction path form a first stage and a second stage. The first conduction path includes a first high-pass element assigned to the first stage. The second conduction path includes a first low-pass element assigned to the first stage. The first conduction path and the second conduction path have a second high-pass element assigned to the second stage. The second conduction path includes a second low-pass element assigned to the second stage and arranged in a chain with the first low-pass element. Each high-pass element shifts the phase of a signal forward, and each low-pass element shifts the phase of a signal backward to generate the asymmetrical signal.
US09923537B2	Method and apparatus for processing a recording A method and apparatus for processing a recording is described. Analogue audio data is recorded and converted into digital audio data. The digital audio data is cached to a preset buffer. The digital audio data is called back from the buffer and is filtered according to a preset peak power threshold and an average power gradient threshold to obtain filtered audio data.
US09923532B2	System and method to directly couple to analog to digital converter having lower voltage reference A device includes a variable gain amplifier, a voltage shifter, a variable gain amplifier half replica module, and an analog to digital converter. The variable gain amplifier includes an input terminal to receive an input signal, an output terminal to provide a first output signal that is biased based on a first common-mode voltage reference. The voltage shifter circuit includes first and second input terminals, and an output terminal to provide, to the analog to digital converter, a third output signal that is biased based on a second common-mode voltage reference. The variable gain amplifier half replica module includes an output terminal coupled to the second input terminal of the voltage shifter circuit, the variable gain amplifier half replica module to control the third output signal of the voltage shifter circuit based on the first common-mode voltage reference and the second common-mode voltage reference.
US09923527B2	Method, apparatus and system for back gate biasing for FD-SOI devices At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed involves providing semiconductor device having transistors comprising back gates and front gates. The semiconductor device comprises a signal processing unit for processing an input signal to provide an output signal. The signal processing unit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first back gate electrically coupled to a first front gate. The signal processing unit also includes a second transistor operatively coupled to the first transistor. The second transistor includes a second back gate electrically coupled to a second front gate. The semiconductor device also includes a gain circuit for providing a gain upon the output signal. The semiconductor device also includes a bias circuit to provide a first bias signal to the first back gate and a second bias signal to the second back gate.
US09923526B1	Harmonic filter for RF amplifier An RF amplifier includes a harmonic filter with a plurality of shunt filter legs. The harmonic filter provides a suppressing frequency range for a harmonic frequency of a carrier frequency in a range of carrier frequencies. Each of the shunt filter legs includes capacitor, inductor, and a node coupled between the capacitor and inductor. Each node of the shunt filter leg is coupled to at least one other node of another shunt filter leg of the filter with a resistive element. The harmonic filter includes a first shunt filter leg that has a resonant frequency between the center frequency and (1/1.220) times the center frequency and a second shunt filter leg that has a resonant frequency between the center frequency and 1.220 times the center frequency.
US09923525B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, communication module, and smart meter A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a low-noise amplifier circuit, a transformer, and an ESD protection circuit. The low-noise amplifier circuit amplifies a radio signal that is supplied to an input terminal. The transformer includes a first winding and a second winding and functions as an input impedance matching circuit for the low-noise amplifier circuit, in which at least one end of the second winding is connected to the input terminal of the low-noise amplifier circuit. The ESD protection circuit is connected to a center tap of the first winding.
US09923520B1	Switching power supply for RF power amplifiers The present disclosure describes a synchronized switching power supply for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier. In some aspects, a synchronized power supply circuit comprises a first switch connected between a power rail and a first terminal of an inductor that is connected to an output of the circuit via its second terminal. The circuit also includes a second switch connected between a ground rail and the first terminal of the inductor, and respective gate drivers for the first and second switches. An amplifier of the circuit is connected to the power rail and has an output connected to the output of the circuit. A current sensor is connected between the output of the amplifier and the output of the circuit, with an output of the current sensor being connected to an input of a comparator. A delay circuit is connected between an output of the comparator and the first and second gate drivers, and may synchronize the power supply circuit.
US09923519B2	Power amplifier and phase correction method therefor A power amplifier apparatus may include an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and a delay transferring circuit connected between an input terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier, the delay transferring circuit configured to delay the input signal to transfer the delayed input signal to the output terminal of the amplifier.
US09923518B2	Phase-switched impedance modulation amplifier Described is a phase-switched phase-switched, impedance modulation amplifier (PSIM). The PSIM has an input that can be coupled to a source and an output that can be coupled to a load. The PSIM includes one or more phase-switched reactive elements and a controller. The controller provides a control signal to each of the one or more phase-switched reactive elements. In response to one or more control signals provided thereto, each phase-switched reactive element provides a corresponding selected reactance value such that an impedance presented to an input or output port of an RF amplifier may be varied.
US09923516B2	Photovoltaic panel circuitry Circuits integrated or integrable with a photovoltaic panel to provide built-in functionality to the photovoltaic panel including safety features such as arc detection and elimination, ground fault detection and elimination, reverse current protection, monitoring of the performance of the photovoltaic panel, transmission of the monitored parameters and theft prevention of the photovoltaic panel. The circuits may avoid power conversion, for instance DC/DC power conversion, may avoid performing maximum power tracking to include a minimum number of components and thereby increase overall reliability.
US09923514B1	Security and tracking systems including energy harvesting components for providing autonomous electrical power A system is provided that integrates a unique set of structural features for concealing self-powered sensor and communication devices in aesthetically neutral, or camouflaged, packages that include energy harvesting systems that provide autonomous electrical power to sensors, data processing and wireless communication components in the portable, self-contained packages. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.
US09923513B2	Cleaning mechanism having water spray function and photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment having same A cleaning mechanism having a water spray function adapted for cleaning photovoltaic panel is provided, which includes a cleaning rack, a cleaning member and a sweeping member. Cleaning rack includes several connecting rods detachably connected; Cleaning member is detachably mounted between the connecting rods and used for stripping off adhesive materials on photovoltaic panel; the sweeping member being detachably mounted on connecting rods and used for sweeping the adhesive materials away from the photovoltaic panel. A water spray device is detachably mounted on the cleaning rack used for wetting adhesive materials. The water spray device includes a water spray pipe and a water storage tank, and a spray nozzle atomizing water. A cleaning member power unit is detachably connected with the cleaning member and is used for driving the cleaning member to rotate; and the cleaning member power unit comprises a self-locking device used for preventing cleaning member from idling.
US09923512B2	Clamps for frameless solar modules The present disclosure provides clamps used to assemble photovoltaic (PV) arrays with frameless PV modules. The clamp includes a clamp cover configured to fit within a clamp grip such that when the clamp cover is fitted to the clamp grip pockets are formed to receive portions of PV modules. A base of the clamp cover may include one or more legs that act as a stop to prevent over tightening the clamp.
US09923511B2	Connecting solar modules A solar module connector connects a first solar module to a second solar module. A solar module connector top part includes a slot insert that fits within a frame slot of a first solar module frame of the first solar module. A solar module connector bottom part includes a slot insert that fits within a frame slot of a second solar module frame of the second solar module. A fastener securely fastens the solar module connector top part to the solar module connector bottom.
US09923500B1	Gate-driver circuit with improved common-mode transient immunity Techniques are described for providing, in a gate driver circuit, a compensation current to compensate for parasitic displacement current induced during the rising edge of an output voltage at an output gate of the gate driver circuit. In one example, the techniques of the disclosure include activating, by a bridge driver circuit for a direct-current (DC) motor, a driver of the bridge driver circuit and measuring, by the bridge driver circuit, a parasitic current of the driver during a rise time of an output gate voltage of the driver. In response to the measured parasitic current, generating, by the bridge driver circuit, a compensation current; and outputting, by the bridge driver circuit and to the output gate of the of the driver, the compensation current.
US09923499B2	Motor control device and motor control method Provided is a motor control device, including an acceleration command calculation unit configured to calculate an acceleration command directed to a motor, a torque command calculation unit configured to calculate a torque command directed to the motor based on the acceleration command and a predetermined moment-of-inertia value, a torque correction value calculation unit configured to estimate disturbance of the motor based on the torque command and at least one of a motor position or a motor speed, to thereby calculate a torque correction value for the torque command, and a moment-of-inertia value change unit configured to change the predetermined moment-of-inertia value based on an estimated moment-of-inertia ratio, which is a ratio of the torque correction value to the torque command.
US09923494B2	Brushless motor and wiper apparatus A brushless motor comprises: a stator 21 having armature coils 21a, 21b, and 21c; a rotor 22 which is rotated by a revolving magnetic field; and a switching element 30a, wherein the brushless motor has a rotation number control unit 33 which switches between low-speed and high-speed mode, wherein in the low-speed mode, the rotation number control unit 33 supplies current to the armature coils 21a, 21b, and 21c at predetermined energization timing and controls a duty ratio to control the rotation number of the rotor 22, and in the high-speed mode, the rotation number control unit 33 supplies current to the armature coils 21a, 21b, and 21c at energization timing advanced from the energization timing for the low-speed mode, thereby performing field weakening control of weakening the revolving magnetic field from that of the low-speed mode to control the rotation number of the rotor 22.
US09923493B2	Drive circuit for synchronous motor, synchronous motor driven by drive circuit, air blower including synchronous motor, air conditioner including air blower, and method of driving synchronous motor A drive circuit for a synchronous motor including a rotor having ten magnetic poles formed by a permanent magnet, and a stator in which a winding is wound in a concentrated manner around nine teeth facing the rotor, the drive circuit including: an inverter including a plurality of switching elements in bridge connection; and a control unit that controls the inverter in such a manner that a square-wave-shaped current flows to the winding, wherein the control unit operates in such a manner that an energization phase at which to pass the square-wave-shaped current falls within a range of electric angles of −10° to +5° from an energization phase at which the current is minimum when a target torque of the synchronous motor is generated.
US09923488B2	Soft switching technique for a grid-tied inverter A method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitate a soft switching technique for operating an inverter. In a full bridge inverter, a one of first set of transistors in the inverter may be rapidly activated and deactivated in pulses while one of a second set of transistor may be activated during a switching time period where the inverter matches the voltage and frequency of an AC grid. During a blanking time period between switching time periods, one of the second set of transistors may be primed before the other is activated during the next switching time period to prevent generating noise in the AC output of the inverter due to a hard switch.
US09923487B2	Hybrid power converter for renewable energy power plant A hybrid power converter system that comprises a first power bus connected to a DC power source, a second power bus connected to an AC load, and a third power bus connected to an energy storage device. One or more power converters are connected to the first power bus in parallel and are connected with the second and third power buses, each by a switch. The system includes a first switch for connecting or disconnecting a power converter to or from the second power bus and a second switch for connecting or disconnecting the power converter to or from the third power bus, to switch the source of power being provided to the AC load either from the DC power source or the energy storage device. With additional power converters connected into the system in a similar manner, several combinations of power supply are possible.
US09923485B2	Multi-channel inverter systems A system comprises a first T-type inverter connected to a dc power source, a second T-type inverter connected to the dc power source, wherein the second T-type inverter is configured to operate with a first phase shift from the first T-type inverter, a third T-type inverter connected to the dc power source, wherein the third T-type inverter is configured to operate with a second phase shift from the second T-type inverter, a coupled inductor having a first input, a second input and a third input connected to the first T-type inverter, the second T-type inverter and the third T-type inverter respectively and an output filter coupled to the output of the coupled inductor.
US09923482B2	System and method for a power inverter with controllable clamps A system and method for a power inverter with controllable clamps comprises a first voltage swing path, the first voltage swing path including a first plurality of power transistors, the first voltage swing path producing portions of a positive half-wave of an output signal when active; a second voltage swing path, the second voltage swing path including a second plurality of power transistors, the second voltage swing path producing portions of a negative half-wave of the output signal when active; a first clamping component coupled to the first voltage swing path, the first clamping component forming a freewheeling path for the first voltage swing path, the first clamping component comprising a control terminal, the first clamping component having a first stored charge when the control terminal is in a first state and a second stored charge when the control terminal is in a second state, the first stored charge being greater than the second stored charge; and a second clamping component coupled to the second voltage swing path, the second clamping component forming a freewheeling path for the second voltage swing path, the second clamping component comprising a control terminal, the second clamping component having the first stored charge when the control terminal is in the first state and the second stored charge when the control terminal is in the second state.
US09923480B2	DC-to-AC power converter with high efficiency A DC-to-AC power converter (1) includes: a current-type DC-to-AC converter (70) having a first DC input (80) and a first AC output (85), said first DC input (80) being connected in parallel to said main DC input (10) and said first AC output (85) being connected in parallel to said main AC output (20); and a controller (110) for: controlling said bidirectional voltage-type DC-to-AC converter (50) for delivering at said first AC output-input (65) a sinusoidal AC voltage of said fundamental frequency f0; controlling said current-type DC-to-AC converter (70) for delivering at said first AC output (85) a quasi square-type AC current of said fundamental frequency ID and in phase with said sinusoidal AC voltage; imposing that at least 70% of said rated current is provided by said current-type DC-to-AC converter (70).
US09923478B2	Capacitor arrangement and method for operating a capacitor arrangement The present invention provides a low-inductivity and mechanically stable connection between a DC link capacitor and a switching module for a power electronic system. To this end, the DC link capacitor and the switching module are connected to each other via an electrically conductive, flexible connection arrangement of electrically conductive strips or films. The individual strips or films are spaced from each other via suitable isolation media.
US09923476B2	Switching power supply and method for controlling switching power supply A switching power supply and a method for controlling the switching power supply, the switching power supply includes: an input power supply, a front-stage circuit which includes a first inductor and at least two switch devices, and a post-stage isolated circuit which includes a primary-side switch circuit, a transformer and a secondary-side rectification circuit. One end of the first switch device is connected to a positive electrode of the input power supply, one end of the second switch device and an input-end of the first inductor are jointly connected to another end of the first switch device, another end of the second switch device is connected to a negative electrode of the input power supply, an output-end of the first inductor is connected to the primary-side switch circuit of post-stage isolated circuit, and another end of the primary-side switch circuit is connected to another end of the second switch device.
US09923471B2	DC-DC converters having a half-bridge node, controllers therefor and methods of controlling the same There is disclosed a controller for a DC-DC converter comprising a series arrangement of a high-side switch and low-side switch with a half-bridge node therebetween, the controller comprising a high-side part for driving the high-side switch and configured to be powered, when the low-side switch is open, by a rechargeable power supply connected between the half-bridge node and a power supply node, the high-side part comprising a level shifter, driver, latch part comprising a latch having set and reset inputs and configured to latch the driver to either an on-state or an off-state, and a further circuit, wherein the latch part is configured and adapted to prevent the further circuit from drawing current from the power supply unless at least one of the set input is high and the driver is in the on-state. A DC-DC converter having such a controller is also disclosed, as are methods of operating a converter.
US09923470B2	High voltage pre-charge system The present disclosure includes a high voltage electrical system that may include a power source, a power source control module that may be electrically connected to the power source, and a controller. The power source control module may include a switch and a converter. The converter may be disposed electrically in parallel with the switch. The controller may be configured to control operation of the switch and the converter. The controller may be configured to selectively electrically connect the power source with an electrical load via the switch and the converter.
US09923457B2	Regulated power converter and method of operating the same An intellectual property (IP) block portion in an integrated circuit includes a first regulator, a first circuit, a power converter, and a second circuit. The first regulator is configured to receive a supply voltage and to generate a first output voltage. The first circuit is coupled with the first regulator and configured to receive the first output voltage. The power converter includes a charge pump configured to receive the supply voltage and to generate a pumped voltage; and a second regulator configured to receive the supply voltage or the pumped voltage and to generate a second output voltage. The second output voltage has a voltage level greater than a voltage level of the first output voltage. The second circuit is coupled with the power converter and configured to receive the second output voltage.
US09923456B2	Matrix convertor, power generation system, and method for controlling power factor A matrix convertor includes a power convertor and a controller. The power convertor is disposed between a power system and a rotating electric machine, and includes a plurality of bidirectional switches. The controller is configured to control an exciting current flowing from the power convertor to the rotating electric machine so as to control a power factor on a side of the power system.
US09923450B2	Switched mode power supply compensation loop There is provided a controller for controlling an output current of a switched mode power supply, SMPS. The controller comprises a sampling module arranged to sample a signal indicative of the output current of the SMPS at a frequency higher than a switching frequency of the SMPS, and a filter module arranged to filter out a ripple component of the sampled signal. The filter module comprises: a ripple component estimation module arranged to estimate the ripple component; a moving average calculation module arranged to calculate a moving average of the sampled signal; and a subtraction module arranged to generate a filtered signal by subtracting the estimated ripple component from the sampled signal and the calculated moving average. The controller also has a switching control module arranged to generate a control signal for controlling at least one of the switching frequency and a switching duty cycle of the SMPS based on the filtered signal.
US09923447B2	Power conversion device having improved noise characteristics, and control method thereof A power conversion device includes a carrier generating unit, a setting unit, a PWM signal generating unit, and a power conversion unit. The carrier generating unit generates a carrier of a particular set carrier frequency during a certain continuation time. The setting unit sets the continuation time to be random and sets one carrier frequency among a plurality of mutually-different carrier frequencies as the set carrier frequency. The PWM signal generating unit generates a PWM signal based on the carrier generated by the carrier generating unit. The power conversion unit executes a power conversion based on the PWM signal and supplies converted power to a load.
US09923446B2	Method of controlling the switching of a multilevel converter, a controller for a multilevel converter, and a computer program for controlling a converter A method of controlling a multilevel converter, a computer program and a controller for a converter is provided. The method includes determining a transition voltage from a control period to a following control period, analyzing the switching cells of each phase leg, selecting capacitors to provide the transition voltage and synthesize the output voltage for the following control period, and connecting the selected capacitors during the following control period. The analyzing of each switching cell includes analyzing a first switching leg and a second switching leg of the switching cell. The method includes determining whether a change of state of the first switching leg would contribute to the direction of the transition voltage, and determining whether a change of state of the second switching leg would contribute to the direction of the transition voltage, and determining the internal conditions of each of the first and the second switching leg that are determined as contributing to the transition. Thus, the two legs of the H-bridge are analyzed separately. The selecting of capacitors is performed by selecting the capacitors of the switching legs of the phase leg for the transition voltage on the basis of the determined internal conditions of the switching legs, including comparing the internal conditions of all the switching legs of the phase leg. A controller is configured to control the multilevel converter by performing the method.
US09923444B2	Linear motor system with powered curvilinear track sections A method for manufacturing a curvilinear track section including: forming a curvilinear track portion; cutting out a first slot grouping from an exterior edge of the curvilinear track portion, wherein the first slot grouping is at a first predetermined angle; cutting out a second slot grouping from the exterior edge of the curvilinear track portion, wherein the second slot grouping is at a second predetermined angle; and inserting motor units into the first and second slot groupings. A curvilinear track section having: a curvilinear track portion; a first slot grouping formed in an exterior edge of the curvilinear track portion, wherein the first slot grouping is at a predetermined angle relative to the exterior edge; a second slot grouping formed in the exterior edge of the curvilinear track portion, wherein the second slot grouping is at a second predetermined angle; and motor units inserted into the first and second slot groupings.
US09923442B2	Breathing assistance device with linear actuated gas regulating valve A breathing assistance device includes a gas regulating valve (1300). The gas regulating valve is operated by a linear actuator (1330). The linear actuator may include a movable member that moves an obstruction member between an open position and a closed position. The linear actuator is isolated from a gas flow path through the valve.
US09923441B2	Stator of linear compressor and fixing method thereof, linear motor, and linear compressor In one aspect of the present invention, a stator of a linear compressor comprises first stator pieces that are circumferentially and sequentially arranged about an axial direction and are radially disposed, second stator pieces that are provided between outer parts of the adjacent first stator pieces, and an outer side, away from a motor axis, of the second stator pieces assembled at an outer circumference of the stator. The stator can reduce the magnetic losses of the stator caused by the gap, and improve the efficiency of the motor. It can also improve the performance, stability, durability and reliability of the linear compressor. It can also reduce the bulk of the linear compressor.
US09923438B2	Method for manufacturing a rotary electric machine A stator core includes an inner ring core composed of a plurality of teeth arranged in the circumferential direction and a connection portion connecting inner circumferential portions of the plurality of teeth; and an outer ring core to be joined to an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring core. Slots of the stator core each have a circumferential direction width (a) on an inner circumference side smaller than a circumferential direction width (b) on an outer circumference side. A stator coil composed of conductive coils including a plurality of slot accommodated portions and a plurality of coil end portions connecting the slot accommodated portions is inserted and placed in the slots from an outer side in the radial direction of the inner ring core.
US09923436B2	Rotor for a rotary electric machine A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core which is formed by crimping laminated steel plates so as to be opposed to a stator, and has pairs of magnet housing holes disposed in a V shape, and pairs of magnets housed in the magnet housing holes. The rotor core has a crimped portion formed in a q axis core portion positioned between the two magnet poles, which are adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, a first flux barrier formed between the q axis core portion and the magnet, and a pair of second flux barriers which enlarges from an end positioned at a center side of the magnet pole of the magnet housing holes toward a central axis of the rotor core. The crimped portion is formed so that distances between the crimped portion and both the first and second flux barriers are equal.
US09923435B2	Laminated core, VR type resolver and production method for laminated core A production method for a rotor core for a VR type resolver has a structure in which one protrusion is formed on an inner edge thereof in which the rotor cores can be rotated and laminated without increasing cost. In a production method of a rotor core for a VR type resolver, a plurality of tabular rotor core pieces are laminated. In this case, in the rotor core pieces, four protrusions are simultaneously formed, one of them is left, the remainder thereof is removed, and rotating lamination is carried out.
US09923432B2	Electric motor for a motor vehicle with EMC measure An electric machine for a motor vehicle, includes a rotor, and a stator. The stator has a coil device for generating a magnetic rotary field for driving the rotor. the coil device has a soft magnetic flux-guiding device for guiding the rotary field, wherein the coil device is only partially arranged in the flux-guiding device, wherein at least one winding overhang of the coil device extends out of the flux guiding device into an environment of the stator. The electric also includes and an electrically conductive shielding element arranged on the at least one winding overhang and configured to electrically and/or electromagnetically shield the winding overhang against an environment, wherein the shielding element is connected to a frame potential connection of the electric machine.
US09923431B2	Variable speed drive arrangement A variable speed drive arrangement including: a load; a gearbox to supply mechanical drive to the load; a converter electrically coupled with a power grid. Also a primary electrical machine to supply mechanical power to the gearbox and to receive electrical power; and a secondary electrical machine mechanically coupled to the gearbox and electrically coupled to the converter. An electrical circuit breaker to selectively electrically couple the primary electrical machine to the secondary electrical machine or to the power grid; wherein the secondary electrical machine is adapted to supply or extract mechanical energy from the gearbox and to receive or deliver electrical energy to the converter. Also a control method for the arrangement including a starting mode and a running mode.
US09923425B2	Preformed coil to produce a self-supporting air gap winding, in particular oblique winding of a small electrical motor A preformed coil (20) to produce a self-supporting air-gap skewed winding of a small electric motor consisting of at least two preformed coils (20) positioned overlapping on a circumference of a winding (6) and a method and device for producing the coil. Two preformed coil sides (24a, 24b) lying in different radial planes are formed which are connected on their front ends (26a, 26b) by front connections. The front connections feature the radial plane offset from the winding offset sections (28) bridging the preformed coil sides (24a, 24b). The preformed coil sides (24a, 24b) are formed curved with a circular shape around a longitudinal axis (16), and the radius of curvature of the one radial outer preformed coil side (24a) is greater than the radius of curvature of the radial inner preformed coil side (24b).
US09923424B2	Radial gap type rotating electrical machine, blower, compressor, and air conditioner A radial gap type rotating electrical machine includes a field and an armature. The field includes a permanent magnet and a magnetic ring which serves as a back yoke of the permanent magnet. The magnetic ring is provided at a position farther from the armature than the permanent magnet, and includes a recess at a magnetic pole center. The magnetic pole center is a center of a magnetic pole in a circumferential direction with respect to a rotation axis. A thickness of the recess in the radial direction around the rotation axis as a center comes to locally thin.
US09923423B2	Radially embedded permanent magnet rotor and methods thereof In one embodiment, a permanent magnet rotor is provided. The permanent magnet rotor includes at least one permanent magnet and a substantially cylindrical rotor core including an outer edge and an inner edge defining a central opening. The rotor core includes a radius R, at least one pole, and at least one radial aperture extending radially though the rotor core from the outer edge to a predetermined depth less than the radius. The at least one radial aperture is configured to receive the at least one permanent magnet. The rotor further includes at least one protrusion extending into the at least one radial aperture, the at least one protrusion positioned substantially along a bottom of the at least one radial aperture and configured to facilitate retention of the at least one permanent magnet within the at least one radial aperture.
US09923409B2	Rectification and regulation circuit for a wireless power receiver A rectification and regulation circuit for a wireless power receiver includes a coil for magnetically coupling to a primary coil of a power transmitter, a full-wave rectifier circuit separate from the power transmitter and a control unit separate from the power transmitter. The full-wave rectifier has a first pair of controllable rectifiers including a first transistor connected to a first terminal of the coil and a second transistor connected to a second terminal of the coil. The control unit is operable to control switching of the transistors of the full-wave rectifier so that the full-wave rectifier (a) generates a rectified output for charging a battery of the wireless power receiver by rectifying current through the coil or voltage across the coil, and (b) regulates the rectified output.
US09923408B2	Method for deciding communication protocol between wireless power transmitter and wireless power receiver This specification provides a method for deciding a communication protocol between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver. To this end, a method for deciding a communication protocol by the wireless power receiver for data transmission or reception with the wireless power transmitter includes transmitting first communication protocol information indicating communication protocols supportable by the wireless power receiver itself to the wireless power transmitter, and deciding a communication protocol for the data transmission or data reception based on second communication protocol information, which indicates communication protocols selected based on the first communication protocol information, when the second communication protocol information is received from the wireless power transmitter.
US09923406B2	System and method for reducing leakage flux in wireless charging systems One innovation includes a system for reducing magnetic flux of a wireless charging field in a wireless power charging system. The system comprises a wireless power transmitter configured to generate the wireless charging field, the field comprising the magnetic flux and a collector comprising a ferromagnetic material and configured to reduce the magnetic flux. The collector is positioned between a first distance and a second distance at a third distance from the transmitter. The collector is configured to reduce the magnetic flux at a first level at the first distance, at a second level at the second distance, and at a third level at the third distance, the third level greater than each of the first and second levels.
US09923398B2	Electricity-storage system, monitoring device, and power control system An electricity-storage system 110a is configured to be able to charge and discharge by connecting a plug to an electrical outlet 140a. Power discharged from the electricity-storage system 110a is monitored by a reverse-power monitoring device 100 and discharge from the electricity-storage system 110a is executed according to instruction from the reverse-power monitoring device 100, in order to avoid reverse power flow to an electrical grid 150.
US09923397B2	Battery pack, apparatus having the same and method of controlling battery A battery pack includes a battery coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal and a battery manager configured to sense a state of charge of the battery; a load circuit coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal and configured to receive discharge power from the battery; a power generator coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal and configured to supply charge power to the battery; and a controller configured to control the battery pack and the power generator and to force discharging of the battery to make the state of charge of the battery equal to a reference value when a signal to initiate self-discharging is received from a user.
US09923396B2	USB charger, mobile terminal and charging method thereof A USB charger, a mobile terminal, and a charging method are provided. The USB charger for charging a mobile terminal, includes a first logic control unit through which bidirectional communication is established between the USB charger and the mobile terminal, wherein the first logic control unit is configured to: send, to the mobile terminal, a first signal which indicates a maximum output capability of the USB charger; receive, from the mobile terminal, a second signal which indicates magnitude of a voltage requested by the mobile terminal; adjust a voltage output from the USB charger to be consistent with the voltage requested by the mobile terminal; and transmit a clock signal between the mobile terminal. Accordingly, the USB charger and the mobile terminal can communicate through two single signal wires by way of pulse signals. Thus, the mobile terminal is charged in a fast, safe, and simply way.
US09923395B2	Method for charging a NIMH battery, a battery charger and a system comprising a battery charger and a hearing device The present invention provides a method for charging a NiMH battery, comprising estimating a state of charge of the battery (100), determining an end of charging time based on the estimated state of charge (200), applying a constant charging current with a rate in the range from 0.9 C to 2.1 C to the battery until a threshold voltage is reached (300), upon reaching the threshold voltage, applying a constant charging voltage substantially equal to the threshold voltage to the battery (400) and continuing applying the constant charging voltage to the battery until the end of charging time is reached (500). Furthermore, a battery charger adapted to perform such a method as well as a system comprising such a battery charger and a hearing device powered by a NiMH battery are given.
US09923394B2	Portable electrical power supply device A portable electrical power supply device includes a battery, cables and a female connector to which is attached a cover aimed at attaching the connector to the battery. This cover notably attaches the female connector and the battery as such. This gives a compact, consistent and rigid assembly. No separate handling operations need to be planned to insert the female connector into the male connector and insert the battery into its housing. Besides, in at least certain embodiments, the rigid cover is shaped so that it does not take up a volume greater than that of the battery without a cover.
US09923393B2	Energy storage and power supply system An energy storage and power supply system includes a body having a first end and an opposing second end, a battery pack disposed within the body, a first connector disposed at the first end of the body and electrically coupled to the battery pack, the first connector including a male connector configured to receive electrical power to charge the battery pack, a second connector disposed at the opposing second end of the body and electrically coupled to the battery pack, the second connector including a female connector configured to provide a power output from the battery pack, and a collar slidably coupled to the opposing second end of the body and movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The collar is configured to engage with and thereby retain an accessory when selectively reoriented into the extended position.
US09923389B2	Robot cleaner A robot cleaner including a driving unit configured to move the robot cleaner; a charging unit disposed on an upper surface of the robot cleaner, and configured to wirelessly charge a mobile terminal; and a control unit configured to control the driving unit to move the robot cleaner to a position of the mobile terminal corresponding to a sensed preset signal, control the robot cleaner to execute a wireless charging of the mobile terminal placed on the charging unit according to a charging command, and output a feedback signal when the wireless charging of the mobile terminal is completed.
US09923384B2	Method for performing efficiency optimization of an electronic device, and associated apparatus A method for performing efficiency optimization of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: performing at least one detection operation according to at least one signal of the electronic device to generate at least one detection result; and selecting a rectifier size of a plurality of rectifier sizes of a configurable rectifier within the electronic device according to the at least one detection result, to control the configurable rectifier to operate with the rectifier size, wherein the configurable rectifier is arranged for performing rectification operations, and the configurable rectifier is configurable to operate with at least one portion of the configurable rectifier being activated.
US09923381B2	Resonant tuning through rectifier time shifting A device includes support for wireless power transfer. The device may control the timing of switching devices in a rectifier circuit and implement resonant tuning techniques that facilitate the wireless power transfer, e.g., by purposefully introducing a real or complex impedance chosen to meet a current operating goal. The device may use the techniques in connection with wireless charging or wireless provision of power to run the device, as examples.
US09923380B2	Capacitive element coupling in wireless power Techniques of capacitive coupling in a wireless power system are described herein. The techniques may include forming a transmitting coil to be inductively coupled to a receiving coil of a device under charge (DUC). The techniques may include forming a capacitive element of the transmitting coil to be capacitively coupled to a conductive component of the DUC.
US09923376B2	Adaptable wireless power, light and automation system A power control unit and method of use thereof for varying the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus using a wireless communications link between a controller and the power control unit. The power control unit is adapted to alternatively communicate with the controller using a non-peer-to-peer communications standard or a peer-to-peer communications standard such as Wi-Fi Direct.
US09923374B2	Photovoltaic systems with local maximum power point tracking prevention and methods for operating same A photovoltaic system includes solar cells and an inverter configured to convert direct current generated by the solar cells to alternating current. The photovoltaic system includes a maximum power point (MPP) tracking module configured to perform MPP tracking for the photovoltaic system. The MPP tracking module is configured to detect shading of the solar cells and to modify its MPP tracking to prevent tracking of local MPPs. The MPP tracking module may be incorporated in the inverter.
US09923372B2	Energy management system A system includes energy modules configured to output power to an energy management bus based on load demands. A power storage device is configured to compensate for power transients at the energy management bus. The system also includes control circuitry configured to process sensor data to determine load sharing curves for the energy modules based on load demands, align the energy modules to output power based on the load sharing curves to the energy management bus, and provide power to one or more loads at one or more predetermined voltages.
US09923371B1	Shared resource system A ring bus Shared Resource electrical System (SRS) has at least an essential electrical power ring bus and a critical electrical power ring bus as well as multiple SRS electrical power distribution platforms. Each SRS distribution platform includes one or more interconnected essential switchboards and two or more interconnected critical switchboards. Each essential switchboard is coupled through the essential electrical power ring bus to essential switchboards of two other SRS distribution platforms, and each critical switchboard is coupled through the critical electrical power ring bus to critical switchboards of two other SRS distribution platforms. Each SRS distribution platform directs power to one nominal load group and as well is configured to distribute power to a load group nominally supplied by another SRS distribution platform. One or more controller in each SRS distribution platform synchronizes the output voltage of SRS distribution platforms.
US09923369B2	Multilevel power convertor Basic circuit of U phase includes first to fourth semiconductor elements (SU1.1 to SU1.4) connected between positive and negative ends of DC voltage source (DCC1), fifth semiconductor element (SU1.5) connected to a common connection point of the first and second semiconductor elements (SU1.1, SU1.2), and sixth semiconductor element (SU1.6) connected to a common connection point of the third and fourth semiconductor elements (SU1.3, SU1.4). Flying capacitor (FC1) is inserted between the fifth semiconductor element (SU1.5) and the sixth semiconductor element (SU1.6). Voltage selection circuits have the common connection points of the second and third semiconductor elements (SU1.2, SU1.3) of the respective basic circuits as input terminals, and includes semiconductor elements (SU1 to SU4) between the input terminals and output terminals (U, V, W). Consequently, it is possible to output arbitrary voltage in all phases in multilevel power convertor, and to simplify control for outputting arbitrary voltage level in all phases.
US09923366B2	Electrical protection using a semiconductor switch The subject matter disclosed herein relates to methods and devices for protecting a circuit against overcurrents. The device uses variable impedance properties of a semiconductor switch and includes closed-loop control for controlling the impedance of the switch as a function of the overcurrents to be corrected. The physical design stresses of an electrical circuit, linked to the protection against overcurrents, can therefore be limited.
US09923364B2	Load driving device, vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, and load short-circuit protection circuit The purpose of the present invention is to improve responsiveness to short-circuit detection and rapidly cut off power supply to a load when a short circuit occurs. When a short circuit occurs, voltage exceeding the reference voltage of a comparison circuit is inputted as an input signal from a voltage output circuit, and a high signal is outputted from the comparison circuit. An FET is turned on by the output of the comparison circuit changing to the high signal. Consequently, an electric charge stored between the gate and emitter of an IGBT is discharged through a resistor, gate voltage decreases, and thereby the IGBT is turned off. The high signal of the comparison signal is held for a predetermined period by a holding circuit, and the IGBT is maintained in the off state over this period.
US09923358B2	USB adapter protection This document discusses, among other things, a protection system and method configured to detect a parasitic impedance between first and second pins of a standard connector and to remove a current path between a power source and a supply pin of the standard connector if a low-impedance is detected, in certain examples, without adding a current sense resistance to a return path between a ground pin of the standard connector and the power source.
US09923357B2	Power supply system, distributed power source system, management apparatus, and power supply control method A power supply system comprises a plurality of distributed power source systems capable of supplying powers to loads 400 by performing an interconnection operation in parallel with grid 10 or an offline self-sustained operation. SOFC system 300 detects an abnormal state of the power supplied to loads 400. SOFC system 300 eases the abnormality detection conditions during the self-sustained operation than during the interconnection operation.
US09923356B2	Cable breakout with integrated strain relief A cable breakout assembly includes a protective housing with a series of cable cradles, each of which accommodates a cable or wire in the cable transition area. The cable cradles have inwardly facing stop surfaces and stop members are applied to the exterior surfaces of the cables proximate to the cable cradles. The stop members encircle the cables and define a shoulder or stop surface in opposition to the stop surfaces of the cable cradles. The two stop surfaces confront each other and are configured to help to provide an integrated strain relief to the cable transition area.
US09923351B2	Universal bracket and method A universal bracket for electronic device, electrical devices, and their cabling is made up of one or more interconnected bracket plates. Each bracket plate has a rectangular base having a first side and a second side. A number of standoff platforms are attached to the second side. The standoff platforms have a polygonal cross section with a number of sides. A hole extends through one of the sides. A number of screw holes are in the rectangular base. The universal bracket can be screwed or otherwise affixed to a mounting surface. A zip tie or other tie is used to hold electronic and electrical devices and associated wires semi-permanently to the universal bracket.
US09923346B2	Pliers The invention relates to a stripping tool (1) comprising at least one stripping jaw. A cutting element (10, 11) is exchangeably assembled with the stripping jaw under use of a mounting groove (56, 57). Preferably, mounting and dismounting is performed along mounting axes (58, 59) having an orientation perpendicular to a pivot plane of the pliers jaws (3, 4). The inventive stripping tool (1) comprises an exchange position in which the mounting and dismounting of the cutting elements (10, 11) is possible, in particular through a cutaway (62, 63) of a side wall (64, 65) of the pliers jaws (3, 4). If the exchange position is left a movement of the cutting element (10, 11) is blocked by a securing element (66) formed by the side wall (64, 65) so that a securing of the position of the cutting element (10, 11) is provided. In the exchange position it is easy to disassemble the cutting element (10, 11) and to assemble a new cutting element wherein no additional measures (as the release of a screwed connection, a dismounting of the stripping unit and the like) are required for disassembly.
US09923343B2	Distribution panel A distribution panel includes a cabinet having a space formed therein and an inner partition positioned within the cabinet and partitioning a front power transformer (PT) chamber and a rear cable chamber, wherein the inner partition includes: a partition body, on which a bushing is disposed in a penetrating manner, having openings allowing an arc to pass therethrough; and an inner cover rotatably coupled to the partition body to open and close the opening, and rotated by an arc pressure when an arc accident occurs in the front PT chamber, to open the opening. Since an arc from the front PT chamber is spread to the rear cable chamber, pressure of the front PT chamber may be lowered, and a phenomenon in which a PT door is forcibly opened at a high speed is minimized, minimizing an accident.
US09923335B1	Thermally compensating spot-size converter for an athermal laser A laser includes a reflective gain medium (RGM) comprising an optical gain material coupled with an associated reflector. The RGM is coupled to a spot-size converter (SSC), which optically couples the RGM to an optical reflector through a silicon waveguide. The SSC converts an optical mode-field size of the RGM to an optical mode-field size of the silicon waveguide. A negative thermo-optic coefficient (NTOC) waveguide is fabricated on top of the SSC. In this way, an optical signal, which originates from the RGM, passes into the SSC, is coupled into the NTOC waveguide, passes through the NTOC waveguide, and is coupled back into the SSC before passing into the silicon waveguide. During operation, the RGM, the spot-size converter, the NTOC waveguide, the silicon waveguide and the silicon mirror collectively form a lasing cavity for the athermal laser. Finally, a laser output is optically coupled to the lasing cavity.
US09923330B2	Pumping light systems for disc lasers This disclosure relates to pumping light systems and methods for using a disc laser. A focusing device with a reflecting surface focuses a pumping light beam onto a laser-active medium. A deflecting system deflects the pumping light beam between reflecting regions formed on the reflecting surface that are arranged in different angle regions around a central axis of the reflecting surface in at least a first annular region and a second annular region. The deflecting systems are configured to perform at least one deflection of the pumping light beam between two reflecting regions of the first annular region and at least one deflection between two reflecting regions of the second annular region.
US09923326B2	Lock mechanism and hand tool having the same The present invention relates to a lock mechanism for a hand tool having two handles, which comprises: a latch and a retainer for retaining the latch. The latch comprises: a disc and a shaft passing through and fixed with the disc. The shaft is coaxial with the disc. The lock mechanism is disposed within the hand tool.
US09923324B2	AC line filter and AC-to-DC rectifier module An AC Line Filter/Rectifier Module (ACLF/RM) has a metal housing and an outward appearance of a conventional AC line filter, but the ACLF/RM includes circuitry that performs both EMI filtering and line filtering as well as very efficient AC-to-DC rectification. Rectification circuitry within the ACLF/RM rectifies an AC voltage signal received onto AC input module terminals and outputs a rectified version of the AC voltage signal onto DC output module terminals. The rectification circuitry includes at least one low forward voltage rectifier, where the low forward voltage rectifier includes a bipolar transistor and a diode. Inductive components perform both EMI filtering and line filtering as well as current splitting required to drive the bipolar transistors of the low forward voltage rectifiers. Due to the use of the low forward voltage rectifiers, the AC-to-DC conversion is more efficient than would be case were a conventional diode bridge rectifier employed.
US09923323B2	Cable assemblies, systems, and methods for making the same Cable assemblies, systems, and methods for making the same are provided.
US09923319B2	Cable television cable tap device There is provided a cable television (CATV) cable tap device comprising a cable tap unit having a front section with electrical circuitry connected to a plurality of tap ports and a rear section connectable to a broadband network, wherein an amplifier unit is disposed between the front section and the rear section and is in electrical communication with both the front section and the rear section. The amplifier unit is a separate module and comprises one or more amplification circuits for upstream and/or downstream amplification of signals.
US09923314B2	Coaxial connector with axial and radial contact between outer conductors An assembly of mated coaxial connectors includes: a first connector with a first central conductor extension and a first outer conductor extension having a free end portion; and a second connector with a second central conductor extension and a second outer conductor extension having an outer body and an inner body with a gap therebetween. The first central conductor extension engages the second central conductor extension. The free end portion of the first outer conductor extension fits within the gap of the second outer conductor extension, such that the inner body applies radially outward pressure to the first outer conductor extension. At least one of the first outer conductor extension and the second outer conductor extension includes a flex member that deflects during axial engagement of the first and second connectors to apply axial pressure to the other of the first outer conductor extension and the second outer conductor extension.
US09923310B2	Electrical receptacle connector An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulation housing, upper-row plate terminals, and lower-row plate terminals. The metallic shell defines a receptacle cavity to receive the insulation housing. The insulation housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion. The tongue portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include upper-row contact segments at the upper surface for transmitting first signals. The lower-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include lower-row contact segments at the lower surface for transmitting second signals. The upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the receptacle cavity as the symmetrical center.
US09923307B2	Retaining frame for retaining plug-in connector modules It is proposed to design a retaining frame (1) for retaining plug-in connector modules (40) in such a way that retaining means (41) of the plug-in connector modules (40) can be retained in recesses (11) of the retaining frame (1) in a play-free manner. To this end, the retaining frame (1) is designed in two pieces, wherein a slot (2/3) between the two retaining frame pieces (2/3) extends through the recesses (11). By under-sizing the recesses (11) in relation to the dimension of the retaining means (41) of plug-in connector modules (40), a press-fit of the retaining means (41) in the recesses (11) is effected by the assembly of the retaining frame parts (2, 3).
US09923306B2	Interconnectable sensor system A sensor interconnect system is disclosed. The sensor interconnect system comprises a first connection component comprising a locking pin, a locating pin and a spring loaded electrical contact comprising at least one contact pin and a second connection component comprising an alignment feature, a locking feature, and a second electrical contact. The second connection component is coupled to a sensor located in a contained fluid sensing area. The locking pin interacts with the locking feature to maintain a lateral position of the first connection component relative to the second connection component and the locating pin interacts with the alignment feature to maintain a rotational position of the first connection component relative to the second connection component. The at least one contact pin of the spring loaded electrical contact is in electrical communication with the second electrical contact, when the system is assembled.
US09923300B2	Semi-rigid high-voltage extender An extender for connecting a high-voltage source to a spark plug has a conductive member, a tube having an interior passageway in which the conductive member is positioned therein, and a boot affixed over an exterior of the tube. The boot is formed of a material having a rigidity less than a rigidity of a material of the tube. The boot has a first end adapted to connect with the high-voltage source and a second end adapted to be connected to the spark plug such that the conductive member is in electrical connection with the spark plug and the high-voltage source. The conductive member includes a spring that is adapted to electrically connect with the high-voltage source and the spark plug.
US09923294B1	Electrical connector for a removable tailgate Systems and apparatus are disclosed for an electrical connector for a removable tailgate. An example connector for a vehicle tailgate includes a body, a hyperboloid socket and dielectric oil. The example body defines a chamber and a split line extending from the chamber. The split line facilitates penetration of a hyperboloid pin into the chamber. The example hyperboloid socket is disposed in the chamber and aligned with the split line. The example dielectric oil partially fills the chamber to coat the hyperboloid pin to provide corrosion resistance for the hyperboloid pin.
US09923291B2	Audio jack connector having compressive contacts An audio jack connector, assembled to a printed circuit board having a number of conductive pads, includes an insulative housing having a number of receiving grooves and a number of terminals received in the receiving grooves. Each audio terminal includes an elastic portion having a number of compressive contacts laterally. The elastic portion is pressed laterally by the printed circuit board so that the compressive contacts are contacted with the conductive pads.
US09923289B2	Battery clamp with endoskeleton design A clamp for coupling an electronic battery tester to a post of a storage battery. The clamp includes a first metal arm that extends from a first proximal end to a first distal end and a second metal arm that extends from a second proximal end to a second distal end. A first hinge portion on the first metal arm is positioned between the first proximal end and the first distal end. A second hinge portion is positioned on the second metal arm between the second proximal end and the second distal end. A pivot is configured to pivotally couple the first hinge portion to the second hinge portion. A first covering is overmolded on the first metal arm and a second covering is overmolded on the second metal arm.
US09923288B2	Ethernet cable connector An Ethernet cable assembly including a cable with nine elongated conductors, a first connector and a second connector located on opposing ends of the cable, and a coupler for electrically coupling with one or both of the connectors. The connectors may each include nine pin receptacles electrically coupled with one of the elongated conductors. The nine receptacles may be arranged with one center receptacle surrounded by eight outer receptacles, symmetrically arranged about a line of symmetry passing through the center receptacle, such that when identical first or second connectors of another cable faces one of the first and second connectors, complementary crossover pairs of the receptacles match up with positive receptacles matching positive receptacles and negative receptacles matching negative receptacles. To couple these identical Ethernet connectors with each other, the coupler may have pins simply passing from one side of the coupler housing to another, without any crossover hardware required therein.
US09923284B1	Extraordinary electromagnetic transmission by antenna arrays and frequency selective surfaces having compound unit cells with dissimilar elements The various embodiments presented herein relate to extraordinary electromagnetic transmission (EEMT) to enable multiple inefficient (un-matched) but coupled radiators and/or apertures to radiate and/or pass electromagnetic waves efficiently. EEMT can be utilized such that signal transmission from a plurality of antennas and/or apertures occurs at a transmission frequency different to transmission frequencies of the individual antennas and/or aperture elements. The plurality of antennas/apertures can comprise first antenna/aperture having a first radiating area and material(s) and second antenna/aperture having a second radiating area and material(s), whereby the first radiating/aperture area and second radiating/aperture area can be co-located in a periodic compound unit cell. Owing to mutual coupling between the respective antennas/apertures in their arrayed configuration, the transmission frequency of the array can be shifted from the transmission frequencies of the individual elements. EEMT can be utilized for an array of evanescent of inefficient radiators connected to a transmission line(s).
US09923279B2	Antenna system with small multi-band antennas Multi-band antennae used for television reception of at least two different frequency bands enable multi-band reception with an electrically small antenna. The designs are applicable to individual antenna elements, two dimensional arrays, three dimensional arrays, and arrays constructed for high volumetric efficiency. By using the multi-band element, greater frequency reception is achieved with greater density possible in the antenna arrays.
US09923278B2	Diversity antenna arrangement for WLAN, and WLAN communication unit having such a diversity antenna arrangement, and device having such a WLAN communication unit A diversity antenna arrangement, in particular a diversity radio antenna arrangement, for WLAN can have two or more antenna elements. In at least one implementation, the antenna elements are arranged in a manner spatially separate from one another on a printed circuit board.
US09923276B2	Dipole type radiator arrangement An improved dipole-type radiator arrangement is characterized, inter alia, by the following features: a second two-line system (21.1b; 21.2b) is provided for the at least one polarization plane (P1, P2), the second two-line feed system (21.1b; 21.2b) likewise comprises a feed by means of a signal line (27.1b; 27.2b) and by means of a ground line (25.1b; 25.2b), the second two-line feed system (21.1b; 21.2b) is provided opposite the first two-line feed system (21.1a; 21.2a) with regard to the two radiator halves (7.1a, 7.1b; 7.2a, 7.2b) such that the associated second signal line (27.1b; 27.2b) is galvanically or capacitively coupled to the first radiator half (11.1a; 11.2a), and the associated ground line (25.1b, 25.2b) is galvanically or capacitively coupled to the associated second radiator half or mount half (7.1b, 11.1b; 7.2b, 11.2b).
US09923273B2	System for manufacturing and tuning an NFC antenna A method for manufacturing and turning a near field communication antenna is provided. A method for manufacturing and tuning a near field communication antenna comprising loading one or more ferrite substrates onto a workstation, loading an antenna biscuit onto the workstation, the antenna biscuit comprising one or more interconnected antennas, stamping the antenna biscuit to form one or more individual antennas, applying the one or more individual antennas to the one or more ferrite substrates to form one or more antenna assemblies, and adjusting placement of the one or more individual antennas relative to the ferrite substrates to adjust functional properties of the one or more antenna assemblies.
US09923271B2	Antenna system having at least two apertures facilitating reduction of interfering signals Described embodiments include an antenna system and method. The antenna system includes at least two surface scattering antenna segments. Each segment includes a respective electromagnetic waveguide structure, and a respective plurality of electromagnetic wave scattering elements. The wave scattering elements are distributed along the waveguide structure, have an inter-element spacing substantially less than a free-space wavelength of a highest operating frequency of the antenna segment, have a respective activatable electromagnetic response to a propagating guided wave, and are operable in combination to produce a controllable radiation pattern. A gain definition circuit defines a series of at least two radiation patterns selected to facilitate a convergence on an antenna radiation pattern that maximizes a radiation performance metric. An antenna controller sequentially establishes each radiation pattern. A receiver receives the desired field of view signal and the undesired field of view signal.
US09923266B1	Antenna array with tilted conical helical antennas The invention is directed to an antenna array comprised of conical helical antennas with at least one of the antennas being a tilted conical helical antenna. In one embodiment, a tilted conical helical antenna in the array comprises an electrically conductive wire that follows a helical path on a frustum of an oblique elliptical cone in which the axis of the cone is tilted relative to the planar base surface of the cone (i.e., not perpendicular or parallel to the surface) in a plane defined by the axis and a phase center axis of the array. Each of the tilted conical helical antennas in an array is spaced from the phase center axis of the array. The degree of tilt increases the farther an antenna is located from phase center axis.
US09923257B2	Balun circuit The present disclosure is directed to a balun circuit adapted to operate at a frequency of between about 5 GHz to about 110 GHz. The balun circuit includes first and second output striplines and an input stripline formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a slotline formed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. The slotline has first and second ends, the first end overlapping the first output stripline and the second end overlapping the second output stripline, and the input stripline overlapping the slotline midway between the first end and the second end.
US09923256B2	Ridge loaded waveguide combiner/divider In an example embodiment, a waveguide combiner/divider comprises: a first waveguide including a first major ridge extending to a waveguide junction; a second waveguide including a second major ridge extending to the waveguide junction, the second major ridge connected to the first major ridge at a major ridge junction within the waveguide junction; and a third waveguide including a third major ridge extending to the waveguide junction, the third major ridge connected to the major ridge junction via a major ridge transition section, the major ridge transition section having a major ridge transition section height within the waveguide junction that is less than heights of the first major ridge and second major ridge.
US09923254B2	Radio-frequency blocking filter A radio-frequency filter comprises an input terminal and an output terminal. A signal line is galvanically connected or capacitively coupled firstly to the input terminal and secondly to the output terminal. The signal line, with the formation of a capacitive inner conductor and/or resonator coupling, runs past the relevant inner conductor through the resonators of the radio-frequency blocking filter. The signal line has at least one galvanic isolation location in the form of a capacitive isolation location. The capacitive isolation location is spaced apart from the inner conductors and capacitively coupled thereto. The resonators and/or the inner conductors capacitively coupled to the signal line.
US09923252B2	Battery pack with variable-conductance heat pipe (VCHP) cooling An apparatus including a battery pack comprising a plurality of individual batteries arranged around a battery cavity such that each individual battery is in thermal contact with at least one neighboring individual battery. A variable-conductance heat pipe (VCHP) having an evaporator end and a condenser end, is positioned so that at least part of the evaporator end being positioned in the battery cavity and in thermal contact with each of the plurality of individual batteries. The apparatus includes a thermally insulating cover having an inside and an outside, wherein the battery pack and the part of the VCHP evaporator end in the battery cavity are positioned inside the thermally insulating cover and at least part of the condenser end of the VCHP is outside the thermally insulating cover, and wherein the VCHP is substantially the only thermal path between the battery pack and the outside. Other implementations are disclosed and claimed.
US09923245B2	Fluorinated alkali ion electrolytes with urethane groups Perfluoropolyether electrolytes terminated with polar substituents such as dimethylurethanes show enhanced ionic conductivities when formulated with lithium bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide, making them useful as electrolytes for lithium cells.
US09923238B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery employing the same An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can improve the capacity deterioration and gas generation associated with the high-temperature storage of non-aqueous electrolyte batteries. A further object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte battery that uses this non-aqueous electrolyte solution. These objects can be achieved by using a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that incorporates, in prescribed contents, (A) a compound having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule and a compound having at least two cyano groups per molecule.
US09923237B2	Polymer composition with electrophilic groups for stabilization of lithium sulfur batteries A polymer to be used as a binder for sulfur-based cathodes in lithium batteries that includes in its composition electrophilic groups capable of reaction with and entrapment of polysulfide species. Beneficial effects include reductions in capacity loss and ionic resistance gain.
US09923235B2	Hybrid electrolyte A nanoparticulate organic hybrid material comprising inorganic nanoparticles covalently grafted with at least one anion of an organic sodium or lithium salt is provided. In addition, a process for preparing the nanoparticulate organic hybrid material and its use in the preparation of electrolytes suitable for lithium and sodium secondary batteries are provided.
US09923223B2	Electrolyte membrane, dispersion and method therefor A method of producing an electrolyte membrane includes providing a dispersion solution that has a crosslinked perfluorinated ionomer material and a linear perfluorinated ionomer material dispersed in a carrier fluid or mixture carrier fluids. The crosslinked perfluorinated ionomer material has an equivalent weight of 750 g/mol or less with respect to proton exchange acid groups. The linear perfluorinated ionomer material has an equivalent weight of 750 g/mol or more with respect to proton exchange as acid groups. At least a portion of the carrier fluid or fluids is removed from the dispersion solution to thereby form an electrolyte membrane with the crosslinked perfluorinated ionomer material and the linear perfluorinated ionomer material.
US09923219B2	Integrated operation of molten carbonate fuel cells In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for operating a molten carbonate fuel cell assembly at increased power density. This can be accomplished in part by performing an effective amount of an endothermic reaction within the fuel cell stack in an integrated manner. This can allow for increased power density while still maintaining a desired temperature differential within the fuel cell assembly.
US09923216B2	Humidifier for fuel cell A humidifier for a fuel cell includes a connection hose part connected to an air inlet of a fuel cell stack. A humidifier port part is coupled to an inner peripheral surface of the connection hose part and connects the connection hose part to an air outlet of a humidifier housing. A condensate collection part is coupled to an upper portion of the humidifier port part so that a condensate collection space is defined between an outer peripheral surface of the condensate collection part and the inner peripheral surface of the connection hose part.
US09923213B2	Solid oxide fuel cell and method for manufacturing same The present specification relates to a solid oxide fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same.
US09923208B2	Electrolyte membrane for liquid anode cell battery The invention relates to an electrolyte membrane for a liquid anode cell battery. In particular, the electrolyte membrane is coated with a coating protective against decomposition of the electrolyte membrane in contact with a liquid anode.
US09923206B2	Encapsulated phthalocyanine particles, high-capacity cathode containing these particles, and rechargeable lithium cell containing such a cathode Disclosed is an electrode material comprising a phthalocyanine compound encapsulated by a protective material, preferably in a core-shell structure with a phthalocyanine compound core and a protective material shell. Also disclosed is a rechargeable lithium cell comprising: (a) an anode; (b) a cathode comprising an encapsulated or protected phthalocyanine compound as a cathode active material; and (c) a porous separator disposed between the anode and the cathode and/or an electrolyte in ionic contact with the anode and the cathode. This secondary cell exhibits a long cycle life, the best cathode specific capacity, and best cell-level specific energy of all rechargeable lithium-ion cells ever reported.
US09923205B2	Oxidized carbon blacks and applications for lead acid batteries Disclosed herein are oxidized carbon blacks, which can be incorporated into electrode compositions for lead acid batteries. In some embodiments, the oxidized carbon blacks have a BET surface area ranging from 650 to 2100 m2/g; an oil absorption number (OAN) ranging from 35 to 500 mL/100 g; and a volatile content of at least 5.5 wt. % relative to the total weight of the oxidized carbon black, as determined by weight loss at 950° C.
US09923196B2	Conductive mat for battery electrode plate reinforcement and methods of use therefor According to one embodiment, a plate or electrode for a lead-acid battery includes a grid of lead alloy material, a paste of active material applied to the grid of lead alloy material, and a nonwoven fiber mat disposed at least partially within the paste of active material. The nonwoven fiber mat includes a plurality of fibers, a binder material that couples the plurality of fibers together, and a conductive material disposed at least partially within the nonwoven fiber mat so as to contact the paste of active material. In some embodiments, the nonwoven fiber mat may have an electrical resistant of less than about 100,000 ohms per square to enable electron flow on a surface of the nonwoven fiber mat.
US09923195B2	Lithium ion batteries with supplemental lithium Supplemental lithium can be used to stabilize lithium ion batteries with lithium rich metal oxides as the positive electrode active material. Dramatic improvements in the specific capacity at long cycling have been obtained. The supplemental lithium can be provided with the negative electrode, or alternatively as a sacrificial material that is subsequently driven into the negative electrode active material. The supplemental lithium can be provided to the negative electrode active material prior to assembly of the battery using electrochemical deposition. The positive electrode active materials can comprise a layered-layered structure comprising manganese as well as nickel and/or cobalt.
US09923194B2	Process for purifying N-alkylpyrrolidones Process for purifying N-alkylpyrrolidones which due to a previous use comprise at least one of the impurities of the formula I or II where R is hydrogen or a C1-C20-alkyl group, wherein a basic compound is added to the N-alkylpyrrolidone to be purified and the temperature of the mixture is at least 80° C. not more than 20 minutes after addition of the basic compound and N-alkylpyrrolidone is distilled off from the mixture obtained.
US09923188B2	Battery case and lithium secondary battery including two separated accommodation parts Disclosed is a battery case including a case part including a first accommodation part having an irreversible opening to irreversibly release a closed state and a second accommodation part separated from the first accommodation part, and a cover part installed at the case part.
US09923184B2	High-voltage energy storage module and method for producing the high-voltage energy storage module A high-voltage energy storage module for supplying a voltage, in particular to a motor vehicle, includes at least two storage cells and at least one electrically conductive connection between two poles of different storage cells. The individual connection consists of multiple adjacently arranged bonding wires, and each bonding wire is secured to the two poles by means of a wire bonding.
US09923183B2	Busbar module A busbar module connects a first cell and a second cell adjacent to the first cell, arranged in a first direction and each having first and second electrode terminals spaced apart in a second direction normal to the first direction. The busbar module includes a busbar that electrically connects a first electrode terminal of the first cell and a second electrode terminal of the second cell to each other, and an insulating portion that accommodates the busbar. The busbar includes a first recessed mounting portion, the first recessed mounting portion and a protruding shape of the first electrode terminal having interfitting shapes and a second recessed mounting portion, the second recessed mounting portion and a protruding shape of the second electrode terminal having interfitting shapes, the first and second mounting portions, being slideably coupleable with the first and second electrode terminals.
US09923181B2	Laminate, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator including the laminate, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the laminate Provided is a laminate which is capable of ensuring a high level of safety by preventing an internal short circuit due to, for example, breakage of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery while maintaining various performance capabilities of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A laminate (10) includes: a porous film containing polyolefin as a main component; and a porous layer containing fine particles; the porous layer being laminated to at least one side of the porous film, in an electrical conduction test by nail penetration in which test a displacement in a thickness direction of the laminate (10) during a period from when a dielectric breakdown occurs in the laminate (10) to when the laminate (10) is brought into electrical conduction is measured by use of a nail (2) of N50 specified in JIS A 5508 and under a condition in which the nail (2) descends at a descending speed of 50 μm/min, the displacement being not less than 20 μm and not more than 200 μm.
US09923176B2	Power unit using flexible conductive member An electronic device includes a flexible conductive member having a first length, and a battery substrate having a second length shorter or equal than the first length. There is an active battery on the battery substrate. An adhesive layer couples the active battery and the battery substrate to the flexible conductive member such that the active battery and the flexible conductive member are electrically coupled, and such that the flexible substrate encapsulates the active battery and the upper portion of the battery substrate without an intervening layer. The flexible conductive member includes an insulating flexible base layer having a conductive via formed therein. Upper and lower metallized layers are formed on the insulating flexible base layer and are electrically coupled to one another by the conductive via.
US09923170B2	Organic light emitting display device and fabricating method thereof An organic light emitting display device and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed, in which an organic light emitting diode or a cathode electrode may be prevented from being damaged by outgassing generated due to water remaining in a planarization film. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate; a thin film transistor layer provided on the lower substrate; a planarization film provided on the thin film transistor layer to planarize the thin film transistor layer; an anode line provided on the planarization film to partially expose the planarization film in a non-display area corresponding to a periphery area of a display area; and a water absorption organic film provided on the exposed portion of the planarization film to at least partially absorb outgassing from the planarization film.
US09923166B2	Transparent electrode and electronic device Provided is a transparent electrode having sufficient electrical conductivity and light transmissibility, as well as an electronic device and an organic electroluminescence element whose performance is improved by using such a transparent electrode. A transparent electrode (1) has an electrode layer (1b) composed of silver, wherein the film-thickness of the electrode layer (1b) is 12 nm or less at which sheet resistance is measurable, and wherein the circumferential length of apertures (a) obtained by processing a scanning electron microscope image of a surface region (S) with an area of 500 nm×500 nm of the electrode layer (1b) is, in sum total, 3000 nm or less.
US09923160B2	Method of assembling carbon nanotubes of a semiconductor device via fringing field assisted dielectrophoresis A method of arranging at least one carbon nanotube on a semiconductor substrate includes depositing the at least one carbon nanotube on a dielectric layer of the semiconductor device. The method further includes arranging the at least one carbon nanotube on the dielectric layer in response to applying a voltage potential to an electrically conductive electrode of the semiconductor device, and applying a ground potential to an electrically conductive semiconductor layer of the semiconductor device.
US09923151B2	Material for organic electroluminescent elements, and organic electroluminescent element using same A material for organic electroluminescence device having a specific structure, in which an aromatic ring of a dibenzofuran skeleton, a carbazole skeleton, or a dibenzothiophene skeleton has a nitrogen atom as a heteroatom, and an organic electroluminescence device including an organic thin film layer which includes one or more layers between a cathode and an anode. The organic thin film layer includes a light emitting layer which includes a phosphorescent emitting material. At least one layer of the organic thin film layer includes the material for organic electroluminescence device. The organic EL device employing the material for organic EL device has a high external quantum efficiency even when driving the device at low voltage and also has a long lifetime.
US09923147B2	Organic light emitting device An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes: a condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1; and at least one selected from a first compound represented by Formula 11, a second compound represented by Formula 12, and a third compound represented by Formula 13:
US09923143B2	Fullerene derivative, organic solar cell using same, and manufacturing method thereof The present specification relates to a fullerene derivative, an organic solar cell including the same, and a fabricating method thereof.
US09923140B2	Low power barrier modulated cell for storage class memory Systems and methods for providing a Barrier Modulated Cell (BMC) structure that may comprise a reversible resistance-switching memory element within a memory array are described. The BMC structure may include a barrier layer comprising a layer of amorphous germanium or amorphous silicon germanium paired with a conductive metal oxide, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), strontium titanate (SrTiO3), or a binary metal oxide. The BMC structure may include a conductive metal oxide in series with an amorphous layer of a low bandgap material. The low bandgap material may comprise a semiconductor material with a bandgap energy (Eg) less than 1.0 eV. The improved BMC structure may be used for providing multi-level memory elements within a three dimensional memory array.
US09923139B2	Conductive hard mask for memory device formation Methods, systems, and devices for memory arrays that use a conductive hard mask during formation and, in some cases, operation are described. A hard mask may be used to define features or components during the numerous material formation and removal steps used to create memory cells within a memory array. The hard mask may be an electrically conductive material, some or all of which may be retained during formation. A conductive line may be connected to each memory cell, and because the hard mask used in forming the cell may be conductive, the cell may be operable even if portions of the hard mask remain after formation.
US09923138B2	Magnetic memory device and method for manufacturing the same A memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction comprising a first free layer, a pinned layer, and a tunnel barrier layer disposed between the first free layer and the pinned layer, wherein the first free layer comprises a first free magnetic pattern adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer, and a second free magnetic pattern spaced apart from the tunnel barrier layer with the first free magnetic pattern interposed therebetween, wherein the second free magnetic pattern contacts the first free magnetic pattern, wherein the first and second free magnetic patterns include boron (B), wherein a boron content of the first free magnetic pattern is higher than a boron content of the second free magnetic pattern, and wherein the boron content of the first free magnetic pattern is in a range of about 25 at % to about 50 at %.
US09923136B2	High temperature sensors and transducers A high temperature piezoelectric sensor device such as a high temperature accelerometer, force sensor, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, acoustic sensor and/or acoustic transducer for use at temperatures up to 1000° C. The high temperature device includes a base, a piezoelectric element attached to the base and a pair of electrodes in electrical communication with the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element can have a d15 piezoelectric coefficient between 16.0-18.0 pC/N for all temperatures between 25 to 700° C., and a rotated d33 piezoelectric coefficient of 8.0-9.5 pC/N with zero face shear/thickness shear piezoelectric coefficients d34. d35 and d36 in the same temperature range. The piezoelectric element can also have an electromechanical coupling factor k15 variation of less than 7%, and d15 and rotated d33 piezoelectric coefficient variations of less than 5% for temperatures between 25 to 700° C. The piezoelectric element can have high electrical resistivity, being on the order of >107 Ω·cm at 600° C. The piezoelectric element can be an A2BC2O8 piezoelectric material with a Fresnoite structure and A=Ca, Sr, Ba, Mg; B=Ti, Zr, Hf, V; and C=Si, Ge, Sn.
US09923133B2	Structures and methods for testing printable integrated circuits A substrate includes an anchor area physically secured to a surface of the substrate and at least one printable electronic component. The at least one printable electronic component includes an active layer having one or more active elements thereon, and is suspended over the surface of the substrate by electrically conductive breakable tethers. The electrically conductive breakable tethers include an insulating layer and a conductive layer thereon that physically secure and electrically connect the at least one printable electronic component to the anchor area, and are configured to be preferentially fractured responsive to pressure applied thereto. Related methods of fabrication and testing are also discussed.
US09923132B2	Solid state lighting component package with conformal reflective coating A solid state lighting package is provided. The package comprising at least one LED element positioned on a top surface of a substrate and a conformal reflective layer of inorganic particles, whereby at least of portion of the light emitted by the LED element is reflected by the conformal reflective layer. A method of manufacturing a solid state lighting package comprising the distribution of inorganic particles, and a method of increasing the luminous flux thereof, is also provided.
US09923130B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor device An optoelectronic semiconductor component has at least one semiconductor chip for emitting electromagnetic radiation. The semiconductor chip has at least one side surface and wherein a part of the electromagnetic radiation exits through the side surface during operation of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor component additionally has at least one deflecting element that is formed to be transmissive to radiation. The deflecting element and the semiconductor chip are arranged one alongside another. The deflecting element is arranged at the side surface of the semiconductor chip. The deflecting element has a material, the index of refraction of which is greater than an average index of refraction of a semiconductor material of the semiconductor chip.
US09923129B2	Method for producing an LED module and LED module Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an LED module, including providing a housing implemented as a hollow body, having an opening on a light exit side of the LED module, wherein the housing has a base side, arranged opposite to the light exit side, arranging a circuit board having one LED on the base side of the housing, pouring in one first base layer made of a curable material in a non-cured state through the opening into the housing, and pouring in a scattering layer made of a curable material in a non-cured state through the opening into the housing. The scattering layer is poured in onto the first base layer. The first base layer is not cured during the pouring in of the scattering layer, and after the pouring in of the scattering layer, the one first base layer and the scattering layer are cured.
US09923128B2	Light emitting device package and backlight unit having the same Provided are a light emitting device package in which lens tilting is prevented to reduce luminance and color deviations and a backlight unit having the same. The light emitting device package includes an encapsulation material disposed on a substrate to surround a light emitting device and a guide member disposed on the encapsulation material to guide an assembly path of a lens. The guide member includes a first inclined surface having a first inclination to guide a light incident part of the lens and a second inclined surface having a second inclination greater than the first inclination to further guide the light incident part of the lens.
US09923127B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same An object of the present invention is to provide such a sealing structure that a material to be a deterioration factor such as water or oxygen is prevented from entering from external and sufficient reliability is obtained in a display using an organic or inorganic electroluminescent element. In view of the above object, focusing on permeability of an interlayer insulating film, deterioration of an electroluminescent element is suppressed and sufficient reliability is obtained by preventing water entry from an interlayer insulating film according to the present invention.
US09923121B2	Light-emitting diode and manufacturing method therefor A light-emitting diode and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The light-emitting diode comprises: a first conductive semiconductor layer; at least two light-emitting units arranged by being spaced from each other on the first conductive semiconductor layer, respectively including an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer, and including one or more contact holes through which the first conductive semiconductor layer is partially exposed; an additional contact area located between the light-emitting units; a second electrode making ohmic contact with the second conductive semiconductor layer; a lower insulation layer; and a first electrode making ohmic contact with the first conductive semiconductor layer through the contact holes of each of the light-emitting units and the additional contact area.
US09923115B2	Particle detector and method of making the same A particle detector includes a support member. A front electrode layer is disposed over the support member. A semiconductor heterojunction is disposed over the front electrode layer. The semiconductor heterojunction has at least a polycrystalline n-type layer and at least a polycrystalline p-type layer. A back electrode layer is disposed over the semiconductor heterojunction. The back electrode includes at least one removed portion that separates a first portion of the back electrode layer from a second portion of the back electrode layer. The particle detector also includes a first body of electrically insulating material which separates a first portion of the semiconductor heterojunction from a second portion of the semiconductor heterojunction. The first body of electrically insulating material also separates a first portion of the front electrode layer from a second portion of the front electrode layer.

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