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US09002078B2	Method and system for shape-constrained aortic valve landmark detection A system and method for performing shape-constrained aortic valve landmark detection using 3D medical images is provided. A rigid global shape defining initial positions of a plurality of aortic valve landmarks is detected within a 3D image. Each of the plurality of aortic valve landmarks is detected based on the initial positions.
US09002076B2	Method and apparatus for optimal trajectory planning A system and method can increase confidence or other factors of a trajectory, path, etc. for a procedure. The system can use various weighting or determining factors to identify confidence of identified trajectories. The identified trajectories can be used for various purposes, such as diagnosis or treatment.
US09002075B2	Interpretation support system A medical image storage unit stores medical image. A medical image observation terminal adds interpretation information for medical image and the creator name for interpretation information to the supplementary information of medical image. A reference terminal obtains medical image from the medical image storage unit in order to display medical image. An evaluation management unit instructs the reference terminal to display an evaluation input screen for medical image to allow an evaluation to be entered if the interpretation information has been added to the supplementary information of medical image obtained in the reference terminal, and it then adds evaluation to the supplementary information of medical image stored in the medical image storage unit after receiving an input from the reference terminal and transmits evaluation to the destination for the evaluation that corresponds to the creator name added to the supplementary information of medical image.
US09002073B2	Mobile identity platform The present disclosure is directed towards a compact, mobile apparatus for iris image acquisition, adapted to address effects of ocular dominance in the subject and to guide positioning of the subject's iris for the image acquisition. The apparatus may include a sensor for acquiring an iris image from a subject. A compact mirror may be oriented relative to a dominant eye of the subject, and sized to present an image of a single iris to the subject when the apparatus is positioned at a suitable distance for image acquisition. The mirror may assist the subject in positioning the iris for iris image acquisition. The mirror may be positioned between the sensor and the iris during iris image acquisition, and transmit a portion of light reflected off the iris to the sensor.
US09002064B2	Visual tracking framework A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium includes instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method. The method includes identifying a frame of a video sequence, transforming a model into an initial guess for how the region appears in the frame, performing an exhaustive search of the frame, performing a plurality of optimization procedures, wherein at least one additional model parameter is taken into account as each subsequent optimization procedure is initiated. A system includes a computer readable storage medium, a graphical user interface, an input device, a model for texture and shape of the region, the model generated using the video sequence and stored in the computer readable storage medium, and a solver component.
US09002063B2	Method for identifying and defining basic patterns forming the tread pattern of a tyre A tire tread, having circumferentially juxtaposed elements separated from one another by identically shaped boundaries and having a least one basic pattern, is inspected by: producing an image of the tire tread; identifying tread wear indicators on the image; grouping together sub-sets of the indicators according to the basic pattern(s) included in the indicators; determining a characteristic point of each of the sub-sets of the indicators; determining a sequence of distances by computing distances between the characteristics points of each of the sub-sets of the indicators; comparing and the sequence of distances with a known sequence of distances between characteristic points of the basic pattern(s) to confirm coincidence thereof; and projecting a shape of a boundary between elements of the tire tread onto a surface to be inspected according to the known sequence of distances between characteristic points of the basic pattern(s).
US09002060B2	Object retrieval in video data using complementary detectors Automatic object retrieval from input video is based on learned, complementary detectors created for each of a plurality of different motionlet clusters. The motionlet clusters are partitioned from a dataset of training vehicle images as a function of determining that vehicles within each of the scenes of the images in each cluster share similar two-dimensional motion direction attributes within their scenes. To train the complementary detectors, a first detector is trained on motion blobs of vehicle objects detected and collected within each of the training dataset vehicle images within the motionlet cluster via a background modeling process; a second detector is trained on each of the training dataset vehicle images within the motionlet cluster that have motion blobs of the vehicle objects but are misclassified by the first detector; and the training repeats until all of the training dataset vehicle images have been eliminated as false positives or correctly classified.
US09002056B2	Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method includes segmenting a series of obtained images, calculating a central point of each segment, and obtaining a target object based on movement variance of the central points of segments in the series of images.
US09002037B2	MEMS structure with adjustable ventilation openings A MEMS structure includes a backplate, a membrane, and an adjustable ventilation opening configured to reduce a pressure difference between a first space contacting the membrane and a second space contacting an opposite side of the membrane. The adjustable ventilation opening is passively actuated as a function of the pressure difference between the first space and the second space.
US09002035B2	Graphical audio signal control Signal processing section of a terminal converts acquired audio signals of a plurality of channels into frequency spectra set, calculates sound image positions corresponding to individual frequency components, and displays, on a display screen, the calculated sound image positions results by use of a coordinate system having coordinate axes of the frequency components and sound image positions. User-designated partial region of the coordinate system is set as a designated region and an amplitude-level adjusting amount is set for the designated region, so that the signal processing section adjusts amplitude levels of frequency components included in the frequency spectra and in the designated region, converts the adjusted frequency components into audio signals and outputs the converted audio signals.
US09002033B2	Scaling a plurality of signals to prevent amplitude clipping Systems and methods for amplitude compressing a digital signal. An input signal is divided into frames having a first and second sets of samples. The samples in the second set are also in a subsequent frame. Peak values are determined for the first and second sets. One or more slopes are calculated based on the peak values. The slopes are used to define a scale factor which is applied to the first set to produce the output signal. For example, if the first peak value exceeds an amplitude threshold, first and last samples in the first set to exceed the amplitude threshold are found. Slopes are calculated for each of three regions of the first set demarcated by the first and last samples. In each region a slope is selected. These slopes along with an initial scale factor are used to calculate the scale factor.
US09002032B2	Parametric signal processing systems and methods A signal processing system for generating a parametric signal comprises an audio compressor, operable to compress a dynamic range of an audio input signal, and an equalization network, operable to equalize the audio signal. A low pass filter is operable to remove high portions of the audio signal and a high pass filter is operable to remove low portions of the audio signal. An oscillator circuit is operable to generate a carrier signal, and a modulation circuit is operable to combine the audio signal with the carrier signal to produce at least one modulated carrier signal.
US09002030B2	System and method for performing voice activity detection A Voice Activity Detection (VAD) algorithm provides a simple binary signal indicating the presence or absence of speech in a microphone signal. The VAD algorithm includes a first step of noise suppression which both estimates and removes (i.e., filters) ambient noise from the microphone signal to create a filtered signal. The magnitude of the filtered signal is then compared to a threshold in order to produce a VAD output signal. The threshold is dynamic and may be derived either from the filtered signal itself, or from a noise spectrum estimate calculated by the noise suppression step.
US09002029B2	Howling canceller A howling canceller applied to an acoustic system having a speaker and a microphone comprises: a filter insertion unit for inserting a notch filter at a frequency of an audio signal picked up by the microphone; a setting unit for setting the insertion time of the notch filter on the basis of the frequency at which the notch filter is inserted; and a releasing unit for, when the insertion time set by the setting unit has elapsed, releasing the notch filter, the insertion time of which has elapsed. The setting unit sets the insertion time of the notch filter to be shorter as the frequency at which the notch filter is inserted increases.
US09002028B2	Noisy environment communication enhancement system A communication system enhances communications in a noisy environment. Multiple input arrays convert a voiced or unvoiced signal into an analog signal. A converter receives the analog signal and generates digital signals. A digital signal processor determines temporal and spatial information from the digital signals. The processed signals are then converted to audible sound.
US09002023B2	In-ear audio device customization An in-ear audio device has a casing on which is disposed one or more bags are positioned to be filled with fillable material during a customization process in which a test sound is acoustically output into an ear canal by an acoustic driver of the in-ear audio device while the one or more bags are being filled, and a microphone acoustically coupled to the ear canal is employed to detect sounds within the ear canal that are indicative of the frequency response of the acoustic output of the acoustic driver to determine when the degree of sealing of the ear canal by the one or more bags is sufficient to achieve a desired quality of frequency response.
US09002022B1	Methods for non-destructive inspection of thick fiber-reinforced composite parts A fiber-reinforced composite part comprises structural fiber strands and linear electromagnetic-to-acoustic transducers embedded in a polymeric matrix. When these internal transducers are activated in sequence, the propagating acoustic waves are detected by an array of external acoustic-to-electric transducers acoustically coupled to external surfaces of the part. These external transducers convert impinging acoustic waves into electrical signals that carry information concerning acoustic wave amplitudes and phase shifts relative to the excitation of the internal transducers. The electrical signals are processed by a computer which is programmed to determine the location and orientation of each internal transducer and ultimately the structural integrity of the composition.
US09002014B2	On-die cryptographic apparatus in a secure microprocessor An apparatus providing for a secure execution environment, including a secure non-volatile memory and a microprocessor. The secure non-volatile memory stores a secure application program. The secure application program is encrypted according to a cryptographic algorithm. The microprocessor is coupled to the secure non-volatile memory via a private bus and to a system memory via a system bus. The microprocessor executes non-secure application programs and the secure application program. The non-secure application programs are accessed from the system memory via the system bus. Transactions over the private bus are isolated from the system bus and corresponding system bus resources within the microprocessor. The microprocessor has a cryptographic unit, disposed within execution logic. The cryptographic unit is configured to encrypt the secure application program for storage in the secure non-volatile memory, and is configured to decrypt the secure application program for execution by the microprocessor.
US09002013B2	System and apparatus for information display An apparatus for displaying information received from a communication apparatus including a key information producing unit configured to produce key information used to authenticate the communication apparatus; a key information distributing unit configured to distribute the key information; an authentication information receiving unit configured to receive authentication information; an authenticating unit configured to authenticate the communication apparatus by verifying whether or not the authentication information was formed based upon the key information; and a display information receiving unit configured to receive display information from the authenticated communication apparatus, wherein the authenticated communication apparatus has a distribution range during reception of the key information such that the outputted key information can be acquired.
US09002011B2	Method for generating consistent cryptographic key based on wireless channel features The present invention discloses a method for generating a consistent cryptographic key based on wireless channel features. First of all, channel estimated values ĥa, ĥb and channel estimate mean square error MSE are obtained through channel estimate, and then quantized channel eigenvectors {tilde over (h)}a and {tilde over (h)}b are obtained through quantization coding; next, inconsistency between {tilde over (h)}b and {tilde over (h)}a is equivalent to obtaining {tilde over (h)}b at end B through virtual channel noise adding the channel eigenvector {tilde over (h)}a sent by end A, and Signal-to-Noise ratio SNR Γ of the virtual channel is determined; a proper coding mode ENC is determined according to the virtual channel SNR Γ; both communication parties perform corresponding coding and decoding according to ENC and thereby obtain an estimated value {tilde over (ĥ)}a of {tilde over (h)}a; finally, a cryptographic key generating function is applied to {tilde over (h)}a and {tilde over (ĥ)}a, whereby a cryptographic key Kc is obtained. The present invention increases the validity of consistent dynamic cryptographic key generating and achieves information security and privacy at the physical layer.
US09002009B2	Quantum key distribution using card, base station and trusted authority Techniques and tools for quantum key distribution (“QKD”) between a quantum communication (“QC”) card, base station and trusted authority are described herein. In example implementations, a QC card contains a miniaturized QC transmitter and couples with a base station. The base station provides a network connection with the trusted authority and can also provide electric power to the QC card. When coupled to the base station, after authentication by the trusted authority, the QC card acquires keys through QKD with a trusted authority. The keys can be used to set up secure communication, for authentication, for access control, or for other purposes. The QC card can be implemented as part of a smart phone or other mobile computing device, or the QC card can be used as a fillgun for distribution of the keys.
US09002006B2	Efficient broadcast entitlement management message delivery mechanism using a scheduled delivery window Systems and methods include broadcasting an entitlement management message (EMM) in a communication system using a scheduled delivery window. The systems and methods including receiving a EMM broadcast window from a distribution system, listening for the EMM during the EMM broadcast window, and receiving the EMM from the distribution system during the EMM broadcast window.
US09002005B2	On-demand switched content encryption A number of encryption system types utilized by subscriber terminal devices currently requesting tuning to a particular switched digital video (SDV) content selection is determined in response to each change in a number of the subscriber terminals requesting tuning to the particular SDV content selection. SDV content associated with the particular SDV content selection is encrypted as either encrypted SDV content or multiply partially encrypted SDV content based upon the determined number of encryption system types beginning from a current play location indicated for the SDV content selection within an electronic program guide (EPG). Either the encrypted SDV content or the multiply partially encrypted SDV content is distributed as part of an outgoing SDV content stream to the subscriber terminals currently requesting tuning to the particular SDV content selection.
US09002001B1	Prime field elliptic curve cryptography processor A system including a processor, a field addition circuit, and a field multiplication circuit. The processor is configured to execute instructions for performing elliptic curve operations on data. The elliptic curve operations include field operations performed in a prime field. The field addition circuit is configured to perform a field addition on the data in the prime field in response to the instructions requiring the field addition. The field multiplication circuit is configured to perform a field multiplication on the data in the prime field in response to the instructions requiring the field multiplication.
US09001999B2	Updating stored passwords A device may include an authentication server and a server. The authentication server may receive a first form of a password from a client in accordance with an authentication protocol, and authenticate the client based on a comparison of the first form to a value derived from a second form of the password stored in a password database. The comparison fails when the first form is not comparable to a value derived from the second form. The server may establish a secure connection to the client, receive a plain-text password from the client over the secure connection, authenticate the client by comparing a value derived from the plain-text password with a value derived from the second form, and update the password database with a third form of the password that permits the authentication server to successfully authenticate the client when the authentication server receives the first form.
US09001997B2	Telephone with handsfree function An exemplary embodiment of a telephone with handsfree function includes a telephone set and a handset. Two metal pieces are fixed in the handset, and two electromagnetic valves are fixed in the telephone set. A processing circuit in the telephone set powers on the electromagnetic valves when the handsfree function of the telephone is enabled to generate an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic valves magnetically attract the metal pieces, such that the handset is firmly held on the telephone set.
US09001995B2	Telecommunications module with disconnection feature A telecommunications module (1) comprises at least one pair of contact elements (13, 15) each extending between opposed sides (7, 8) of the module and having contacts (9, 10) at each end to which connections can be made. Each contact element comprises first and second parts (17, 19), the first part being resiliently-biased into engagement with the second part at a disconnection point (21), and a separating member (23) is located between the disconnection points of the pair of contact elements. The separating member (23) is shaped to deflect a probe (29), inserted into the module from one of the opposed sides, towards the disconnection point of a selected one of the pair of contact elements to break the engagement between the first and second parts of that contact element.
US09001991B1	Conveying in-application behavior via a telephone In response to a user instruction, an electronic device contacts a representative associated with a software application (such as customer support or sales) using a telephone number of the representative. In addition, the electronic device provides an identifier via a telephone connection with the representative to specify the information about the user known to a provider of the software application to allow the representative to access the information. For example, the identifier may include a numerical value (such as an extension), and providing the identifier may involve appending the numerical value to the telephone number prior to the establishment of the telephone connection with the representative. Alternatively or additionally, the identifier may be provided after the telephone connection is established with the representative.
US09001988B1	Optional services provisioning systems and methods A system and method can respond to a network user request for information by offering optional services to the user. The system and method can obtain the user request and determine a response to the user request. Based on user information available from the network and the determined response, the system and method can determine the optional services available to the user. The system and method can provide the user with a listing or menu of the optional services available for selection by the user. Once the user has made a selection, the system and method can transfer the user to a platform appropriate for delivery of the selected service.
US09001986B2	System, method, and computer-readable storage medium for telecom billing outsourcing A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium for outsourcing telecom billing are disclosed for issuing one or more first billing statements and one or more second billing statements from a first telecom network; and transmitting at least the one or more first billing statements to a second telecom network. The one or more first billing statements may reflect one or more charges from the first telecom network to the second telecom network, and the one or more second billing statements may reflect one or more charges from the second telecom network to one or more customers thereof. The one or more charges of the first and second billing statements may reflect the same service(s).
US09001983B2	Digital photo frame with dial-a-tag functionality A method for communication using a digital photo frame, including rendering a digital photo with a plurality of different objects appearing in the photo, the digital photo having one or more name tags associated therewith, wherein a name tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the photo, receiving a user input phone call command for any selected one of the name tags associated with the rendered digital photo, and in response to the receiving: automatically determining a phone number for the object corresponding to the selected name tag, and automatically dialing the phone number for the object corresponding to the selected name tag.
US09001974B2	System for providing telephony and data services A telephone on-hook/off-hook state communication system. The system includes a first part, for example in the form of an In-Line Analog POTS presentation Adapter, which is operable to interconnect between a telephone apparatus and a pair of conductors, and a second part operable to interconnect between the pair of conductors and a telephone adapter unit, the first part including a variable impedance and means for changing the impedance of the variable impedance such that a property of the impedance at a predetermined frequency (f) greater than zero changes in response to the telephone apparatus transitioning between an on-hook state and an off-hook state, the second part including a detector for detecting the change in the impedance of the variable impedance of the first part via the pair of conductors.
US09001971B2	X-ray diagnostic apparatus and X-ray beam limiting control method According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray generation unit, X-ray detection unit, X-ray beam limiting unit, and X-ray beam limiting control unit. The X-ray generation unit generates X-rays. The X-ray detection unit detects the X-rays generated by the X-ray generation unit and transmitted through an object placed on a tabletop. The X-ray beam limiting unit includes a plurality of filters to harden radiation quality of the generated X-rays. The X-ray beam limiting control unit controls the X-ray beam limiting unit to place a filter between the X-ray generation unit and the object, which filter is specified from the plurality of filters based on the thickness of the object and the distance between the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection unit.
US09001965B2	Method for representing the radiation exposure of an examination area of an object caused by radiological imaging and corresponding imaging device A method for representing an exposure to radiation of an examination area of an object caused by radiological imaging is proposed. A 3D image of the examination area of the object being examined is acquired. Absorption coefficients of the examination area are determined. The radiation exposure of the examination area caused by radiological imaging is determined and is represented in the 3D image. A termination criterion is queried. The radiation exposure of the examination area is iteratively determined till the termination criterion is fulfilled.
US09001963B2	Method and apparatus for generating computed tomography images with offset detector geometries In accordance with one aspect of the invention a method and apparatus for generating complete scout scans with CT imaging devices having offset detector geometries is provided. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a method and apparatus for increasing the reconstructable field of view for CT imaging devices having offset detector geometries is provided. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a method and apparatus for image reconstruction for region of interest and full-body imaging with CT imaging devices having offset detector geometries is provided. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a combined x-ray and SPECT imaging system is provided.
US09001960B2	Method and apparatus for reducing noise-related imaging artifacts A method for reconstructing an image of an object includes acquiring a set of measured projection data, reconstructing the measured projection data using a first algorithm to generate a first reconstructed image dataset, reconstructing the measured projection data using a second algorithm to generate a second reconstructed image dataset, the second algorithm being utilized to improve the temporal resolution of the second reconstructed image dataset, and generating a final image dataset using both the first and second image datasets.
US09001959B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device that includes transistors having the same polarity consumes less power and can prevent a decrease in amplitude of a potential output. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring having a first potential, a second wiring having a second potential, a third wiring having a third potential, a first transistor and a second transistor having the same polarity, and a plurality of third transistors for selecting supply of the first potential to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor or supply of the third potential to the gates of the first transistor and the second transistor and for selecting whether to supply one potential to drain terminals of the first transistor and the second transistor. A source terminal of the first transistor is connected to the second wiring, and a source terminal of the second transistor is connected to the third wiring.
US09001953B2	Phase interpolation circuit and receiver circuit A phase interpolation circuit includes: a first circuit configured to generate a first intermediate signal by weighting first reference signals having different phases with a first ratio and combining weighed first reference signals; a second circuit configured to generate a second intermediate signal by weighing second reference signals having phases different from the phases of the first reference signals by a certain value with a second ratio equal to the first ratio and combining weighted second reference signals; and a third circuit configured to generate an output signal by combining the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal.
US09001949B2	Methods and QAM receiver for performing timing recovery A method in a QAM receiver (100) for performing timing recovery. The QAM receiver (100) is configured to receive a sequence of symbols. Each symbol is represented by a respective IQ pair comprising a respective inphase component I and a respective quadrature component Q. The QAM receiver (100) samples the respective I component and the respective Q component with a relative timing offset between the sampling of the respective I component and the respective Q component. The QAM receiver (100) establishes a first value associated to a quality of the I component samples, and a second value associated to a quality of the Q component samples, and compares the first value and second value to determine if the sampling timing should be advanced or delayed to improve the sample quality. The QAM receiver (100) adjusts subsequent sampling by advancing or delaying a sampling timing based on the comparison.
US09001948B2	Pulse shaping in a communication system A transmitter used in a communication system includes a raised cosine filter for transmit pulse shaping. A receiver in the communication system, designed to receive and demodulate transmissions from the transmitter, includes a root-raised cosine filter for receive pulse shaping. The use of a raised cosine filter in the transmitter enables reduction of peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of the output of a power amplifier used in the transmitter, enabling the power amplifier to be implemented to have relatively higher power efficiency than otherwise. In an embodiment, the transmitter and receiver employ π/2-shift binary phase-shift keying (π/2 BPSK), and the raised cosine filter in the transmitter is implemented to have a roll-off factor of 0.5 and a total length of four symbol periods. In an embodiment, the root-raised cosine filter is implemented to have a roll-of factor of 0.2 and a length of four symbol periods.
US09001947B2	Linearization of multi-antenna receivers with RF pre-distortion A receiver includes a first receiver chain configured to receive a first input signal and a second receiver chain configured to receive a second input signal. A first phase predistorter is provided in the first receiver chain and is configured to shift a phase of the first input signal by a first phase shift φ′A(f). A combiner is coupled to the first receiver chain and the second receiver chain and combines the first and second input signals. The first phase shift is selected to cause undesired signal components received in the first and second input signals to combine destructively.
US09001944B2	Inter-carrier interference reduction for multi-carrier signals In mobile wireless communication systems the channel between the transmitter and receiver varies during a transmission. This is often referred to as fading, of which different kinds exist—each resulting in different impairments with specific properties. A low complexity scheme is described to reduce the noise created by inter-carrier interference or ICI. The method makes use of the guard interval and assumes slow variation of the channel. It is not restricted to wireless communication and can be used in any environment with varying channels.
US09001943B2	Digital equalizer adaptation using on-die instrument Systems and methods are provided for adjusting gain of a receiver. Adaptation circuitry is operable to identify, based on a matrix representation of a receiver's output generated from horizontal and vertical sweeps of the receiver's output, an eye opening of the receiver's output. The adaptation circuitry is also operable to determine whether a size of the eye opening needs to be changed. When it is determined that the size of the eye opening needs to be changed, the adaptation circuitry is operable to generate a digital signal to change a gain setting of the receiver. When the signal at the receiver's output is under-equalized, the AC gain of the receiver is increased. When the signal at the receiver's output is over-equalized, the AC gain of the receiver is decreased.
US09001941B2	Method and apparatus to independently control front end gain and baseband gain The invention may provide a receiver including a front-end block to provide a front-end gain on a radio-frequency input signal. The front-end block may include a mixer to convert the radio-frequency input signal to a baseband signal. The receiver also may include a wide-band peak detector coupled to the front-end block and a baseband block to provide a baseband gain on the baseband signal. An analog-to-digital converter may convert the baseband signal to a digital signal. The receiver may further include narrow-band peak detector coupled to an output of the analog-to-digital converter. An automatic gain control circuit may independently control the front-end gain and the baseband gain based on outputs from the wide-band peak detector and narrowband peak detector.
US09001940B2	Frequency offset acquisition method and apparatus thereof A frequency offset acquisition method includes: receiving a specific sequence signal transmitted through a channel; shifting a frequency of the specific sequence signal at a plurality of different frequencies in frequency domain to thereby generate a plurality of shifted sequence signals respectively; and determining an estimated frequency offset value between a transmitter and a receiver according to the shifted sequence signals.
US09001929B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting symbol repeatedly in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for a transmitter to transmit data in a wireless communication system are provided. This method includes: generating a first signal field including at least one symbol; generating a second signal field configured by repeating at least one symbol of the first signal field; and transmitting a frame including the first signal field, the second signal field, and a data field and a first symbol of the second signal field is modulated through binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and symbols from a second symbol of the second signal field are modulated through Q-BPSK. According to the present invention, a service filed can be extended while maintaining compatibility with a wireless communication system in the related art by transmitting a frame using symbol repetition.
US09001926B2	Common mode signal reduction in powerline communication devices An active common mode current limiting mechanism limits common mode currents in a powerline communication device. A powerline coupler determines a common mode signal component of an output signal of the powerline communication device. The powerline coupler provides voltage estimates of the common mode signal component to a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit generates samples of the voltage estimates of the common mode signal component. The signal processing unit adjusts transmit voltage levels of the powerline communication device based on the samples of the voltage estimates of the common mode signal component to limit the common mode signal component of the output signal.
US09001924B1	Matrix inversion An apparatus relating generally to matrix inversion is disclosed. This apparatus includes a matrix inversion module coupled to receive matrix information and to provide an approximation of an inversion of the matrix information. The matrix inversion module comprises a decomposition block coupled to receive the matrix information and to decompose the matrix information into diagonal matrix information and off diagonal matrix information, and an expansion block. The expansion block is coupled to receive the diagonal matrix information and the off diagonal matrix information, and to invert a matrix sum of the diagonal matrix information and the off diagonal matrix information by generation of a portion of a series expansion.
US09001922B2	Power transmitter and wireless power transmission system A power transmitter 50 is usable in a wireless power transmission system for transmitting power wirelessly. The power transmitter 50 includes a power transmitting section 51 for transmitting power; a communication section 52 for communicating information, for controlling the transmission of the power, with the power receiver 60; and a control section 53 for controlling the power transmitting section 51 such that the power to be sent out by the power transmitting section 51 is higher while the communication section 52 is performing the communication.
US09001919B2	Communications system using adaptive frequency notching A communications system includes a receiver unit connected with a transmission channel. The receiver unit determines a signal power of a first communications signal received over the transmission channel. A transmitter unit is connected with the transmission channel and transmits a second communications signal, wherein a gain of the communications signal being output by the transmitter unit is controllable. A control unit controls the gain of the transmitter unit in response to the determined signal power. At the receiver unit, detection of broadcast signal ingress during data communication is improved and methods for avoiding disturbances between coexisting communications systems may become more reliable. Different distances between successive training symbols suitable for channel estimation may be provided to enhance the noise measurement.
US09001915B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, and transmitting device In MIMO communication, a communication device is provided that transmits a transfer rate request signal while reducing it and reducing the interference and power consumption when the transfer rate request signal is transmitted substantially without lowering the transmission efficiency. A modulation encoding unit encodes and modulates transmission data transmitted to a communication partner and the transfer rate request signal in the plurality of transmission antennas. A transmission unit and a transmission antenna transmit a signal from the modulation encoding unit. A transmission control unit controls transmission of a signal transmitted from the transmission antenna and transmits a transfer rate request signal of one transmission antenna via the transmission antenna according to a comparison result between a difference of the transfer rate request signal in the respective transmission antenna of the communication partner and a predetermined value.
US09001911B2	Discrete multi-tone systems for half-duplex IP links A DMT system for a half-duplex two-way link carries Internet protocol encoded video stream on a coaxial cable that also carries a baseband rendition of the same video stream. A plurality of downlink symbols modulated on a subband of subcarriers in a downlink signal are decoded. The symbols may carry data encoded on a subband using a constellation of QAM symbols assigned to the subband. Other subbands may be associated with different QAM constellations. Lower-order constellations of QAM symbols may be assigned to subbands that include higher-frequency subcarriers and higher-order constellations of QAM symbols may be assigned to subbands that include lower-frequency subcarriers. A block error correction decoder may be synchronized based on an identification of the first constellation of QAM symbols and information identifying boundaries between the plurality of downlink symbols.
US09001905B2	Distance estimation A method, comprising: periodically enabling reception of a signal at a receiver, every first time; transforming the received signal in order to determine data in the received signal; comparing the determined data with reference data; and using the difference between the determined data and the reference data to estimate a correction to a multiple of the first time in order to determine a distance between the receiver and an origin of the signal.
US09001903B2	Communication system, communication device, and method for operating communication system A communication system includes a first communication device and a second communication device for performing power line communication using a power line as a transmission line with the first communication device, and in the communication system, the first communication device includes a detection mechanism for detecting a zero crossing timing of a commercial power supply and transmitting mechanism for transmitting a transmission signal modulated in OFDM mode at the zero crossing timing, the transmitting mechanism first transmits a header signal having a preamble as the transmission signal when the power line communication is started, and the transmitting mechanism transmits a data signal having no preamble as the transmission signal after the header signal is transmitted, and the second communication device includes a receiving mechanism for performing a demodulation process on the transmission signal which is received, to thereby obtain receiving data.
US09001902B2	Transmission system A transmission system includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal; a receiver configured to receiver a second signal from the transmitter; and a bias circuit configured to regulate a direct current bias level of an input terminal of the receiver, wherein the transmitter includes a first amplitude converter configured to convert the first signal to the second signal having a smaller amplitude than an amplitude of the first signal, wherein the receiver includes a second amplitude converter configured to convert the second signal to a third signal having a larger amplitude than the amplitude of the second signal, and wherein the first amplitude converter includes a first capacitance that restricts an amount of charge to be supplied to the receiver.
US09001901B2	Receiver and semiconductor integrated circuit having the same A receiver includes a positive pulse determination circuit and a negative pulse determination circuit. The positive pulse determination circuit outputs a first L-level between when a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected and when neither a pulse signal having a positive amplitude nor a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected; otherwise a first H-level if a pulse signal having a positive amplitude is detected during another period. The negative pulse determination circuit outputs a second L-level between when a pulse signal having a positive amplitude is detected and when neither a pulse signal having a positive amplitude nor a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected; otherwise a second H-level is output if a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected during the other period.
US09001899B2	Video information processing system with selective chroma deblock filtering A video information processing system including a processing circuit and a deblocking filter. The processing circuit provides video information including a chroma component and a luma component. The deblocking filter has an input receiving the video information and an output providing filtered video information, and is configured to selectively disable chroma deblock filtering while luma deblock filtering is enabled. The processing circuit may include a video encoder or a video decoder. The processing circuit may further include control logic providing a control signal to disable chroma deblock filtering within either or both the encoder and decoder. The video encoder may incorporate control information in the output bitstream to control deblock filtering in the downstream decoder to maintain consistency between the encoder and the decoder.
US09001897B2	Video quality estimation apparatus, video quality estimation method, and program This invention provides a video quality estimation apparatus (1) including a packet analysis unit (10) that derives the bit rate of an encoded video packet contained in an input packet, and the bit amount of the encoded video packet for each encoded video frame type, a video subset frame characteristic estimation unit (11) that derives the frame characteristic of each video frame type from the bit rate derived by the packet analysis unit (10), and an encoding quality estimation unit (12) that derives, based on the bit rate and the bit amount of each video frame type, a video quality value quantitatively representing the quality of encoded video data that is affected by encoding degradation. The video quality estimation apparatus performs more accurate video quality estimation by taking account of the bit amount of each video frame type.
US09001896B2	Multistandard video decoder Methods and systems for processing video are disclosed. The method may include performing by one or more processors and/or circuits on a chip, receiving packetized data within an encoded video stream. An identifier may be determined within the received packetized data that defines one of a plurality of encoding types associated with packets in the encoded video stream. A decoding process may be selected from a plurality of decoding processes based on the determined identifier. The plurality of decoding processes may include a fixed length coding (FLC) process, a variable length coding (VLC) process and/or a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) process. At least a portion of the received packetized data in the encoded video stream may be decoded on the chip, utilizing the selected decoding process. A start code may be determined within the received packetized data that separates packets within the encoded video stream.
US09001895B2	Image display device and image processing device An image display device includes: an interpolation phase generator that generates an interpolation phase on the basis of downsampling frame information representing a downsampling timing at which at least one frame image of the image signal is thinned, and an interpolation frame generator that generates an interpolation frame image corresponding to the interpolation phase. The interpolation phase generator generates the interpolation phase such that a phase distance between a first interpolation frame image from among a plurality of interpolation frame images within one period of downsampling periods, and a second interpolation frame image that follows the first interpolation frame image becomes equal to a phase distance between mutually adjacent interpolation frame images obtained when phase distances between a plurality of interpolation frame images are equalized within one period of the downsampling periods.
US09001891B2	Moving picture coding apparatus and moving picture decoding apparatus A video encoder (70) for coding moving pictures comprising a buffer (16c) with a plurality of memory areas capable of storing frames composed of top fields and bottom fields, a motion estimation unit (19) operable to code, field by field, inputted pictures performing moving estimation and moving compensation by referring, field by field, to the picture data stored in a memory area, a motion compensation unit (16d), a subtractor (11), a transformation unit (13) and a quantization unit (14), a memory management unit (71) operable to manage, frame by frame, a plurality of memory areas, an inverse quantization unit (16a) and inverse discrete cosine transform unit (16b) operable to decode picture data in coded fields and store the picture data in the decoded field in any of the plurality of memory areas under the management by the memory management unit (71).
US09001889B2	Methods and apparatus for improved quantization rounding offset adjustment for video encoding and decoding There are provided methods and apparatus for improved quantization rounding offset adjustment for video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding an input coding unit by determining a residual for the input coding unit corresponding to a difference between the input coding unit and a reference coding unit, applying a transform to the residual to obtain at least one transform coefficient, and quantizing the at least one transform coefficient by selecting a particular quantization step size and a rounding offset.
US09001887B2	Double register array buffer for motion compensation Provided are a method and apparatus for buffering image data for motion compensation. One of two buffers of a double register array buffer, i.e., a first buffer, is selected as a buffer in which data corresponding to a row of a block of an image is to be written and the other of the double register array buffer is selected as a buffer from which data corresponding to another row of the block is to be read, thereby speeding up motion compensation processing when compared with the use of a single register array buffer.
US09001885B2	System and method for dynamically determining multimedia transmission based on communication bandwidth A system and method is provided for dynamically adjusting one or more characteristics of a multimedia transmission between a content provider and a content recipient. In one embodiment, the system responds to a change in available bandwidth between the content provider and the content recipient.
US09001882B2	System for entropy decoding of H.264 video for real time HDTV applications An embodiment relates to a decoder for decoding CABAC encoded video data in real time for HDTV applications. The decoder comprises a binary arithmetic decoder block for converting an input bit stream into a bin string, a context memory for storing a plurality of context values, and a plurality of finite state machines. Each of the finite state machines is adapted for decoding a particular one of the H.264 syntax elements by providing the binary arithmetic decoder block with an index of the relevant context value within the context memory and by converting the resulting bin stream into a value of the current syntax element. In this manner, a performance of one bin per cycle may be achieved.
US09001879B2	Apparatus, system and method of beam selection for beamformed diversity wireless communication Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of beam selection for beamformed communication. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a plurality of antenna subarrays to form a plurality of directional beams for communicating a beamformed diversity wireless transmission over a plurality of selected directional links, which are selected based on at least one predefined selection metric.
US09001878B2	Method and apparatus to determine time and distance between transceivers using phase measurements Systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for estimating a signal travel time, and thus distance between transceivers, in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. The signal travel time is measured between a transmit time (tT) and a receive window time (twindow) adjusted by the phase delay (TΦ). The phase delay (TΦ) is determined as a difference between a receive time (tR) and the receive window time (twindow). The receive time (tR) may be determined based on either an amplitude of the received signal at the receive window time (twindow) or when the received signal crosses a positive-negative axis. In synchronous systems, either a one-way time (OWT) or round-trip time (RTT) may be used for estimation. In asynchronous systems, an RTT is used for estimation.
US09001877B2	Signal processing for diversity combining radio receiver A signal processing device for a diversity combining radio receiver is disclosed. Said device comprises a plurality of receive branches and a joint detector adapted to determine a joint received symbol based on a combined signal. Said device also comprises a control unit adapted to determine a branch signal error based on the joint received symbol and the input signal of that receive branch. Each receive branch further comprises an adaptive filter. The control unit is adapted to update the coefficients of the adaptive filter of each receive branch based on a weighted signal error combination, wherein weight of the weighted signal error combination is selected based on channel conditions. A corresponding diversity combining radio receiver, a corresponding electronic apparatus, a corresponding method, a corresponding computer program product, and a corresponding computer readable medium are also disclosed.
US09001872B1	Flexible data transmission scheme adaptive to communication channel quality Methods and apparatus for transferring data along a link with a 10GBASE-T transceiver at a variable data rate are disclosed. One exemplary method includes detecting a link quality metric; and selecting a symbol transmission rate and a data modulation scheme based on the detected link quality metric. In many implementations, for a selected symbol transmission rate, if the detected link quality metric is less than a link quality threshold, then the selecting of the data modulation scheme is performed such that a data bit per symbol value represented by the selected data modulation scheme is decreased by at least ½ data bit per symbol. The selected symbol transmission rate and the selected modulation together represent a selectable data rate from a selection of data rates.
US09001868B2	Systems and methods for enhancing GNSS numerically controlled oscillators Systems and methods for enhancing numerically controlled oscillators are provided. In certain embodiments, a numerically controlled oscillator enhancer includes a desired rate interface configured to receive a desired numerically controlled oscillator rate from an external device and a closest quantized rate identifier configured to identify a closest quantization rate that is closest to the desired numerically controlled oscillator rate. Further, the numerically controlled oscillator enhancer includes a quantization rate corrector configured to identify the quantization rate correction that, when applied to the closest quantization rate, constrains an accumulated quantization error within an error range and a rate output configured to output a corrected quantized numerically controlled oscillator rate.
US09001856B1	Diode laser bar mounted on a copper heat-sink A diode-laser bar package includes a water cooled metal heat-sink. An electrical-insulator-plate is bonded to the heat-sink with a soft solder. A metal sub-mount and a first electrode are bonded, spaced apart, on the electrical-insulator-plate. A solder-bridge fills the space between the first electrode and the sub-mount. A diode-laser bar is bonded to the sub-mount. A second electrode is bonded to the first electrode with an electrically insulating bond. Electrical connection between the second electrode and the diode-laser bar is made by a plurality of wire-bond electrical leads.
US09001855B1	Methods and systems for reducing slow axis divergence in laser diodes A method, and systems to implement the method, for reducing slow axis divergence in a laser diode bar including tailoring a power deposition profile across the emitter so as to reduce thermal gradients, thereby resulting in a substantially (nearly) uniform temperature across the width of the emitter.
US09001844B2	Overlapping priority contention windows for G3 power line communications networks Embodiments of methods and systems for overlapping priority contention windows in G3-PLC networks are presented. In one embodiment, a Normal Priority Contention Window (NPCW) is allowed to overlap with a High Priority Contention Window (HPCW). The minimum contention window for the normal priority frames (i.e., NPCW) is equal to or longer than the contention window for high priority frames (i.e., HPCW). By making the NPCW longer than the HPCW, the high priority frames will have a better chance than normal priority frames to get access to the channel on transmission reattempts.
US09001842B2	Parallel receiver interface with receiver redundancy A communications parallel bus receiver interface having N data lines and method of operation. The parallel bus interface employs receiver redundancy at the bus level such that there are N+1 receiver devices. An input switching network is configured to receive and couple N parallel data signals along respective paths to corresponding parallel-configured bit receiver devices, and adapted to couple one received data signal to two adjacent bit receivers. A calibration device calibrates one of the two adjacent bit receivers, and a qualification device qualifies data decisions made during calibration processes performed by the calibration device. The method cycles through each of N+1 receivers to periodically recalibrate each receiver (one at a time) while N inputs are processed continuously and uninterrupted. The interface is configured such that another receiver is receiving the same data as the receiver that is being calibrated, and the qualifications for receiver calibration can be made with minimal circuit overhead.
US09001841B2	Communication control device, parallel computer system, and communication control method A communication control device includes a plurality of inputting units to which a packet is inputted a plurality of outputting units to which the packet is outputted a selector that selects an output packet to output from an identical outputting unit among a plurality of conflict packets having the identical outputting unit as a destination, the plurality of conflict packets being selected among a plurality of packets inputted to the plurality of inputting units, based on priority information set in each conflict packet and a processing unit that updates the respective priority information of unselected packets not selected as the output packet by the selector among the plurality of conflict packets based on weighting information in accordance with a packet size.
US09001838B2	Centralized broadband gateway for a wireless communication system A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a centralized broadband gateway for a wireless communication system, including: a router/gateway module which receives encoded compressed audio/video (A/V) streams and distributes the encoded compressed audio/video A/V streams; multiple audio/video decoders which receive the encoded compressed A/V streams from the a router/gateway module, decode the encoded compressed A/V streams, and output uncompressed A/V streams; and an integrated Wireless High Definition Multimedia Interface (WHDMI) which receives the uncompressed A/V streams from the multiple audio/video decoders and transmits the uncompressed A/V streams wirelessly to media devices, without deploying individual media processors at each media device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09001829B2	Techniques for routing data between network areas Techniques for routing data between network area are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for routing data between layer 2 network areas of backbone bridges comprising the steps of receiving data at a network element containing an internally terminated Network to Network Interface (NNI) for a plurality of network areas, identifying a destination address associated with the data, determining a network area of the plurality of network areas associated with the data, and performing one or more data flow treatments associated with the data using the internally terminated Network to Network Interface (NNI).
US09001828B2	Method and apparatus for pre-classifying packets The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that provides an intelligent port infrastructure for communication network devices. This is accomplished by incorporating a highly configurable pre-classifier module into the port infrastructure. This pre-classifier makes it possible to realign packet data to add a configurable number of bytes to the front of the packet, and also to select interesting data from incoming packets for further analysis. The selected data is sent into a configurable classification engine, which generates instructions that specify how to determine associated packet attributes. The packet attributes are then generated based on the instructions, and are forwarded along with the packet to downstream processing units.
US09001827B2	Methods for configuring network switches Network switches may be configured using flow tables. Flow table entries may contain header fields and associated actions. When a packet is received by a network switch, the network switch can compare fields in the packet to fields in the flow table entries and can take corresponding actions when matches are detected. A controller server can determine the topology of a network and can gather information on the capacities of network switches and other network switch capabilities. Based on this information and network configuration rules, the controller server can generate flow tables for the network switches that direct the switches to forward packets along desired paths through the network. The flow table entries for switches that are nearer the network core can be provided with more wildcarding than switches nearer the network edge. Traffic can be forwarded through encapsulation and deencapsulation engines to allow tunneling between isolated network domains.
US09001826B2	Method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for reliable low-bandwidth information delivery across mixed-mode unicast and multicast networks A system and method are provided wherein information is disseminated using a reliable IP multicast network implementation coupled with dynamically assigned proxy nodes serving as zonal aggregation points. These nodes share information with each other over the reliable IP multicast network, augmenting this function with a reliable point-to-point communication infrastructure between proxy nodes in those instances where IP multicast is not available or prone to error.
US09001824B2	Fabric formation for virtual cluster switching One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch system. The switch includes a port to couple to a second switch and a control mechanism configured. During operation, the control mechanism receives from the second switch a set of configuration information. Based on the received configuration information, the control mechanism invites the second switch to join a virtual cluster switch.
US09001823B2	Method and system for service clock transparent transmission in optical transport network A method and system for service clock transparent transmission in an optical transport network (OTN) are provided. The system includes a service accessing end and an OTN receiving end; the method includes the following steps: the OTN receiving end performs de-mapping operation to an OTN frame after receiving the OTN frame, and performs two-level buffering operation to the service data flow recovered therefrom, a first buffering unit performs a homogenization treatment to the service data flow and then outputs to a second buffering unit, which the second buffering unit outputs the service data flow according to the service clock after receiving the service data flow. After adopting the present invention, it is able to ensure that the quality of the recovered service clock is relatively higher, which meets the customer requirement on the related specification of the service clock.
US09001822B2	Method and system for utilizing a 10/100/1G/10G Base-T PHY device for single channel and shared channel networks Aspects of a method and system for utilizing a 10/100/1G/10GBase-T PHY device for single channel and shared channel networks are provided. In this regard, at least one switching element may be utilized to configure an Ethernet over twisted pair PHY device for communication over a single and/or shared channel. The switching element may enable switching between a transmitter being coupled to a shared channel and a receiver being coupled to a shared channel. Additionally, the switching elements may be based on whether the transmitter is connected to a standard 10/100/1G/10GBase-T network, or to a single and/or shared channel network, for example. In this manner, the configured PHY device may remain compatible with existing Ethernet networks. The PHY device may be configured externally and/or internally. The polarity of transmitted and/or received data may be configured based on a polarity of data received from a shared channel.
US09001817B2	Method and system for maintaining wireless links in a communication network A method of operating a communication system comprises sending a frame by an access node to a wireless device where the frame comprises a packet. A counter is initialized and a timer for each frame is initiated. The method continues with the access node determining if a response associated with the packet is received before the expiration of the timer. If the response is received prior to the expiration of the timer, the counter and the timer are reset. If a response is not received prior to the expiration of the timer, the counter is incremented. Upon the counter meeting a criteria of a certain quantity of lost packets, the access node performs a synchronization process.
US09001815B2	Method and apparatus for signaling transmission characteristics in a wireless communication network A wireless network uses an improved frame structure to increase timing acquisition capabilities as well as reduction of spectral lines. In one aspect, the frame packet can be used to communicate the different modes of operation under which the packet was created.
US09001814B2	Method for transmitting uplink signals A method for transmitting uplink signals, which include ACK/NACK signals, control signals other than the ACK/NACK signals, and data signals, is disclosed. The method comprises serially multiplexing the control signals and the data signals; sequentially mapping the multiplexed signals within a specific resource region in accordance with a time-first mapping method, the specific resource region including a plurality of symbols and a plurality of virtual subcarriers; and arranging the ACK/NACK signals at both symbols near symbols to which a reference signal of the plurality of symbols is transmitted. Thus, the uplink signals can be transmitted to improve receiving reliability of signals having high priority.
US09001813B2	Radio system with configurable links A system includes radio devices where radio links between the devices are configured by bringing the radio devices in close proximity for a few seconds. A proximity detector of a radio device detects the proximity of another radio device and an automatic registration process begins to configure a link between the devices. One-to-one or one-to-many links may be established. Links may be cancelled by repeating the process. The devices may include an indicator to indicate establishment of the link.
US09001804B2	Sharing multi description coded content utilizing proximate helpers An apparatus, system, and method utilizing multi-description coding (MDC) and one or more cooperative helper nodes to send streaming content on an uplink to a client over multiple paths. The client receives the multiple descriptions and aggregates them together to ideally obtain the original content at its original quality; however, if one or more of the descriptions is lost in the transmission, then the entire content can be generated from the remaining one or more descriptions that did arrive successfully.
US09001803B2	Method and system for switched beam antenna communications A system for processing an RF signal received via a plurality of antenna elements includes a connection arrangement for selecting a sub-set of a given number of RF signals received from the antenna elements as well as a processing arrangement for combining the received RF signals of the selected sub-set into a single RF signal for demodulation. The system includes an RF phasing circuit for producing selective combinations of the received RF signals by applying relative RF phase shift weights to the RF signals that are combined; each combination includes RF signals received from a number of adjacent antenna elements equal to the number of the RF signals in the sub-set to be selected. A radio performance estimator generates for each selective combination of RF signals at least one non-RF radio performance indicator representative of the quality of the RF signals in the combination. A decision block identifies the sub-set of received RF signals to be selected as a function of the one radio performance indicator generated for the selective combinations of the received RF signals.
US09001799B2	Method of transmitting and receiving signal in a distributed antenna system A method of transmitting a signal from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-node system comprises down-link-transmitting a signal at a first zone of a radio frame by using centralized antennas (CAs); and downlink-transmitting a signal at a second zone used for a backhaul link of a relay in the radio frame by using distributed nodes, wherein the first zone and the second zone are multiplexed by time division.
US09001796B2	Temporary medium handover A system and method are disclosed that reduce collisions on a wireless medium shared by devices associated with a wireless network, thereby improving throughput on the wireless medium. For some embodiments, a first device reserves access to the medium for a first interval, and then grants medium access to a second device for a remainder of the first interval. If the second device transmits data during the remainder of the first interval, medium access is maintained with the second device and then the second device is prevented from contending for medium access during a subsequent contention period. Otherwise, medium access is returned to the first device and the second device is allowed to contend for medium access during the contention period.
US09001795B2	Power control loop for a CDMA system In a method and a device improved power control for the inner loop of a CDMA system is provided. A model for the power coupling caused by the SIR target inner loop is provided. Hereby a decoupling function for the power coupling caused by the SIR target inner loop can be provided and used when controlling the power in the inner loop.
US09001794B2	Methods and devices for assigning a wireless communication device to a wireless coverage area based on early termination gain Methods and systems for assigning a wireless communication device (WCD) to a wireless coverage are a based on early termination gain (ETG) are presented. In particular, a RAN may receive a request, from a WCD, for an assignment to one of a plurality of wireless coverage areas. In response to receiving the request, the RAN may select a wireless coverage area of the plurality that has a highest ETG, and assign the WCD to the selected wireless coverage area. Prior to selecting this wireless coverage area, the RAN may optionally remove one or more wireless coverage areas with high utilization from consideration.
US09001793B2	Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method and computer program product A relay node (or relay station) assists in providing asymmetric communications with a mobile station. When resources are less than ideal for providing a direct uplink or downlink with the mobile station to a first base station, the relay station is employed to provide an uplink or downlink to a second base station. The mobile station may still maintain a direct downlink/uplink to the first base station when adequate resources are present. To assist in resource coordination the first and second base stations share scheduling information for the mobile station. This approach allows a second base station to server as a surrogate base station for a first base station, when inadequate resources are available for a direct uplink or downlink to the mobile station. The relay node makes it possible for the mobile station to maintain the uplink (or downlink) with the second base station, while remaining assigned to the first base station.
US09001790B2	Processing apparatus, mobile communication system, base station apparatus, method for switching connection of mobile station, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program A processing apparatus operates aiming to realize handover to each mobile station while reducing a failure rate of the handover even when PSC Confusion is generated. More specifically, when a connection of the mobile station is switched from a first base station to a second base station, the processing apparatus determines the second base station by selecting from a plurality of base stations according to connection history information indicating a success or a failure of past switching of the connection from the first base station to at least one of the plurality of base stations.
US09001787B1	System and method for implementing handover of a hybrid communications module A system and process for switching to or between multiple networks to optimize communication between an energy device, e.g., meter, in proximity to at least one of the multiple networks and a head end server to facilitate communication of energy-related data therebetween is described. The system includes a communications module associated with the energy device for controlling the switching between networks and/or the directing of energy-related data communications over different networks in accordance with data type.
US09001785B2	Access control method, access control apparatus and communication system An access control method, an access control apparatus and a communication system are disclosed, and a mechanism for processing Emergency Call (EMC) services is disclosed, and such mechanism ensures continuity of the EMC service while implementing the access control under a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) mechanism. The access control method includes: obtaining CSG area information of a target area; and controlling the access of a User Equipment (UE) to the target area according to the CSG area information of the target area and/or whether an EMC service exists on the UE. The present invention is applicable to the scenario in which the UE accesses a network.
US09001784B2	Handover of multimode user equipment between radio access technologies for reduced call setup time A communication system that employs Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWAN) of different Radio Access Technologies (RATs) ensures that simultaneous handover to 1×RTT and 1×EVDO is attempted only when warranted. The User Equipment (UE) that has multiple transceivers and is actively involved in a packet data session can be transferred from LTE to 1×EVDO. A criterion (e.g., cost, subscriber preference, operator preference, or network data traffic) can be used to determine when it is warranted to incur the setup delay time to perform simultaneous handover of both a voice connection and a packet data session. Conversely, if there is no active data session, generally the UE can be handed over only to 1×RTT for the voice/Short Message Service (SMS) call. In an aspect, the criterion can still dictate setting up simultaneously even for an active packet data session, such as for maintaining a time critical function of the device.
US09001783B2	Dual base stations for wireless communications systems A network apparatus comprises a controller to determine a first base station for transmitting data and to determine a second different base station for receiving data. In one embodiment, the network apparatus further comprises a transceiver to transmit data to the first base station while associated with the second base station. The transceiver is operable to receive data from the second base station while associated with the first base station.
US09001782B2	Concentrator for multiplexing access point to wireless network connections Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing communications from multiple downstream access points to one or more upstream access points. In particular, a concentrator component is provided that can establish a single transport layer connection with an upstream access point along with multiple application layer connections over the single transport layer connection for each of multiple downstream access points and/or related mobile devices. The downstream access points and/or mobile devices can provide identifiers to the concentrator component, which can utilize the identifiers to track communications with the upstream access points. In this regard, the upstream access points can additionally include identifiers received from the concentrator component in subsequent communications to facilitate identifying the appropriate downstream access point and/or mobile device.
US09001779B2	Method for transmitting pilot signal for machine to machine communication in wireless communication system and apparatus thereof A method for transmitting a pilot signal for machine to machine (M2M) communication in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of configuring a basic unit including a plurality of pilot resource elements (REs) and data resource elements; allocating pilot signal to the plurality of pilot resource elements to the basic unit; and transmitting the basic unit to a receiver in a subframe unit in accordance with a rule which is previously defined, wherein the resource elements are time-frequency resources defined by one symbol index and one subcarrier index, and the basic unit is transmitted at a subframe except for a subframe at which a control channel is transmitted.
US09001767B1	Selection of wireless backhaul links based on uptime factors Systems, methods, and software for providing a wireless local area network to user devices using a wireless access node are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless access node is provided. The method includes providing a wireless local area network for user devices, selecting a first wireless backhaul link for communications of the wireless local area network from among a plurality of wireless links provided by a plurality of wireless access nodes based on at least signal strengths of the wireless links, and selecting a second wireless backhaul link as a backup for the first wireless backhaul link from among the plurality of wireless links based on at least the signal strengths and uptime information of the wireless links.
US09001766B2	Method for re-direction of uplink access Disclosed are methods for prompt re-direction of uplink access of a specific user equipment and controlling random access. Specifically, for initial random access to a network, if a user equipment (UE) transmits a preamble (S201), which includes information related to random access, to a network node, the network node sends grant/rejection information of the preamble and re-direction information as a response message to the preamble (S203) to the UE.
US09001763B2	Wireless service access method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless service access method and apparatus. In the method, a group policy of a wireless access point AP and a group priority of a virtual access point VAP are configured, an access priority of a service access request of a user is determined according to the group policy of the AP and the group priority of the VAP, and a service access operation is executed according to the access priority. In the embodiments of the present invention, a differential QoS guarantee based on a user priority is provided, and QOS of a high priority user and a high priority service in a situation that wireless resources are constrained or environment is severe can be ensured.
US09001761B2	Method of transmitting and receiving signal in a distributed antenna system A method of transmitting a signal from a base station to a user equipment in a distributed antenna system (DAS) comprises equally broadcasting DA common broadcast information, which includes information required for initial access, into a cell through a plurality of DA groups of the base station; and independently broadcasting DA specific broadcast information, which includes information on the number of antennas of each DA group, through each DA group of the base station, wherein the DA group includes one or more DAs.
US09001758B2	Flexible bandwidth small cells Methods, systems, and devices for utilizing flexible bandwidth carriers for small cells are provided. Bandwidth scaling factor(s) for a small cell may be determined. A flexible bandwidth carrier may be generated for the small cell utilizing the bandwidth scaling factor. Some embodiments provide assistance with active hand-in due to more available PN offsets in the flexible bandwidth domain. Some embodiments enhance small cell discovery with high bandwidth scaling factor beacon-like small cells with little more power than that corresponding to the same power spectral density for normal bandwidth small cell. Some embodiments reduce the interference caused by small cell to macrocell users using an adaptive bandwidth scaling factor for small cells based on number of users supported and their traffic demand, to control the extent of overlap the macrocell has with small cell and the interference to macrocell mobiles. Some embodiments utilize self-configuration for small cells utilizing flexible bandwidth channels.
US09001757B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, computer program and communication system A communication apparatus to transmit a plurality of frames in a network, where each frame includes one or more symbols having a symbol length, includes a data processing unit. The data processing unit acquires an inter-frame space between two consecutive frames from the plurality of frames. The data processing unit further adjusts the inter-frame space between the two consecutive frames upon determination that the inter-frame space is not an integral multiple of the symbol length. The communication apparatus also includes a transmitter unit to transmit the adjusted consecutive frames.
US09001753B1	Assignment and use of wireless LAN channels in high station density environments An access point operates in a frequency spectrum which is divided into master channels, each master channel further having a plurality of sub-channels, each sub-channel capable of supporting a wireless LAN session independently of any other said sub-channel. The access point assigns one of the sub-channels within the master channel to a requesting station according to a maximum number of user assigned to the particular sub-channel, or alternatively, the access point makes the assignment of a particular sub-channel to a particular station according the bandwidth requirement bandwidth requirement.
US09001748B2	Method for scheduling traffic of home node, and applied to the same Disclosed are a method of scheduling traffic at a home node and an apparatus employing the same. The home node integrated with the femtocell function to interwork with a mobile phone, the home gateway function to control electronic devices, and a set-top box function schedules traffic data transmission according to the characteristics of available services, thereby ensuring the optimum QoS (Quality of Service) according to the service characteristics. Accordingly, the QoS of mobile communication services requiring real time is ensured independently from that of Internet application services. Priorities are assigned to Internet application services according to the characteristics thereof, so that data requirements are satisfied according to services.
US09001746B2	Network-initiated data transfer in a mobile network A method for IP [=Internet Protocol] communication to/from a mobile terminal via a network element in a mobile network. The mobile terminal uses an in-band trigger for establishing an IP connection. The network element uses an out-band trigger (3-8) for initiating IP connection establishment. The mobile terminal responding to the out-band trigger by using an in-band trigger for establishing the IP connection (3-10). After the data transfer (3-12), the mobile terminal and the network element maintain the IP connection for a predetermined time after the latest transaction (3-14).
US09001737B2	EMBMS service activation and maintenance procedure in multi-frequency networks A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives a user service description (USD) message. When a frequency indicated in the USD message is not a current frequency, the apparatus determines that a system information message is received, determines that the frequency indicated in the USD message is included in the system information message, determines that the frequency is a neighboring cell frequency, sets a priority of the frequency to a highest priority, and measures a signal strength of the frequency when the frequency is included in the system information message, performs a cell reselection determination procedure based on the signal strength of the frequency, performs cell reselection to the neighboring cell based on a result of the cell reselection determination procedure, and acquires the multicast service in the neighboring cell on the frequency.
US09001735B2	Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission In a data communication system capable of variable rate transmission, high rate packet data transmission improves utilization of the forward link and decreases the transmission delay. Data transmission on the forward link is time multiplexed and the base station transmits at the highest data rate supported by the forward link at each time slot to one mobile station. The data rate is determined by the largest C/I measurement of the forward link signals as measured at the mobile station. Upon determination of a data packet received in error, the mobile station transmits a NACK message back to the base station. The NACK message results in retransmission of the data packet received in error. The data packets can be transmitted out of sequence by the use of sequence number to identify each data unit within the data packets.
US09001734B2	Method and system for measurement report in coordinated multi-point transmission and reception system A method and system for measurement reporting in a Coordinated Multipoint transmission/reception (CoMP) system are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: according to a CoMP measurement configuration message sent by a serving cell, when a measurement event report triggering criterion is satisfied, a terminal reporting a measurement report to the serving cell; wherein, the measurement event report triggering criterion includes: a movement speed measurement value of the serving cell being lower than a preset first measurement threshold, and a ratio of a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement value of the serving cell to an RSRP measurement value of a measuring cell being lower than a preset second measurement threshold.
US09001733B2	Offloading running a needed edge application to a neighboring basestation in a mobile data network Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout component in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation connected to user equipment, and hosts edge applications that perform one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network. When a breakout component is not running a needed edge application, and the needed edge application is running in a neighboring basestation, the breakout component can route the request for the needed edge application to the neighboring basestation via the overlay network. The neighboring basestation processes the request using the needed edge application, then returns the data to the original basestation via the overlay network. The original basestation thus maintains the subscriber session with the user equipment while offloading the work of the needed application to a neighboring basestation.
US09001732B2	Packet radio network and method A packet radio network provides a facility for communicating internet packets to and/or from a mobile user equipment. In response to a packet data protocol activation request message requesting a common packet data protocol context, a serving support node is operable in combination with a gateway support node to establish a common packet data protocol context in association with a packet communications bearer. The common packet data protocol context is established to communicate internet protocol packets via the packet communications bearer according to an internet protocol version specified by the mobile user equipment for one or more communications sessions.
US09001730B2	Method and system for message routing in IMS and circuit switched networks Method and gateway unit for registering a user terminal (34) of a multimedia subscriber being a subscriber of a circuit switched network (32), in an IP multimedia system (IMS) network (31). Registration in the IMS network (31) of a first contact address associated with a circuit switched communication capability of the user terminal (34) for regular communication purposes is used, as well as registration in the IMS network (31) of a second contact address associated with a circuit switched communication capability of the user terminal (34) for messaging purposes.
US09001728B2	Data transmission across independent streams Various systems and methods are provided for transmission of related data components across independent streams. In one embodiment, among others, a transmitting device may separate transmission data into related data components and transmit each related data component in an associated transport stream. Each related data component includes a synchronization tag associated with synchronization of the related data component within the transmission data. In another embodiment, a receiving device may receive related data components transmitted in separate transport streams and decode the related data components based at least in part upon a synchronization tag included in each related data component. In another embodiment, among others, a method for includes receiving data components transmitted on a plurality of transport streams, separating related data components from unrelated data components in the transport streams based at least in part upon a synchronization tag of each related data component; and decoding the related data components.
US09001725B2	Multicast broadcast single frequency network data scheduling and handling A system is provided for scheduling for a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN). The system includes a central control configured to promote a plurality of enhanced node Bs (ENBs) transmitting one or more multicast traffic channels (MTCHs). The one or more MTCHs are provided during a variable scheduling period (SP) and include a data portion that contains MBSFN traffic content and a variable scheduling portion that contains scheduling information related to the MBSFN traffic content.
US09001722B2	Device for selection of bearer channel type for broadcasting contents to communication terminals A device is dedicated to selection of a type of bearer channel for broadcasting contents between a service platform adapted to set up point-to-point and point-to-multipoint type bearer channels and a terminal, each content being associated with at least one set of broadcast parameters defining at least the type of bearer channel for broadcasting it and the frequency channel on which it is broadcast on a bearer channel of the type. This device comprises: i) control module adapted, in case of selection of a content by the user of a communication terminal, to determine data representing at least one set of broadcast parameters associated with the selected content, and ii) selection module adapted, in the presence of a set that has been determined designating an accessible point-to-multipoint bearer channel, to communicate to the terminal the broadcast parameters of that set so that it can receive the selected content on the designated point-to-multipoint type bearer channel, and if not, to request the creation by the service platform of a point-to-point type bearer channel with the terminal so that it can receive the selected content on the point-to-point type bearer channel that has been created.
US09001721B2	Device, system and method of power management in a wireless area network Device, system, and method of power management. In some demonstrative embodiments, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit to a control point of a wireless area network an information request frame identifying at least one other wireless communication device in the wireless area network, wherein the wireless communication unit is to receive from the control point a response including wakeup information defining a wakeup schedule including at least one wakeup period of the other wireless communication device, and wherein, based on the wakeup information, the wireless communication unit is to transmit a wireless transmission directly to the other wireless communication device during the wakeup period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09001720B2	Power save with data fetch time, with end of data indication, and with more data acknowledgement A particular method includes receiving a power save polling frame from a station at an access point. The method also includes, in response to receiving the power save polling frame, transmitting a frame from the access point to the station indicating whether traffic associated with the station is buffered at the access point. Another particular method includes transmitting a frame from the station to the access point indicating that the station is to enter the power save mode and refraining from entering the power save mode until receipt of an end of data frame. Yet another particular method includes receiving a fetch trigger frame at an access point and refraining from transmitting one or more fetched data frames from the access point until a fetch time has elapsed or a delivery trigger frame is received. The access point is configured to communicate with other stations during the fetch time.
US09001718B2	Key storage and retrieval in a breakout component at the edge of a mobile data network Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout component in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may require the use of keys. Keys are stored and retrieved from a non-volatile key storage in a way that assures subsystems that need the keys have access to the keys. The keys retrieved from the non-volatile key storage are stored in a shared memory in the requesting subsystem, which allows any applications that requires access to the keys to directly access the keys in the shared memory.
US09001717B2	Method and apparatus of transmitting and receiving signal in a distributed antenna system A method of transmitting a signal from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-node system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of allocating a resource of a certain zone to each of nodes in accordance with a radio resource multiplexing scheme; and transmitting the signal to the user equipment by using a resource zone allocated to the node.
US09001711B2	Uplink feedback method, system and device There are disclosed a method of and system and apparatus for performing an uplink feedback, applicable to a dynamic sub-frame system, so as to avoid collision of ACK/NACK resources between a non-dynamic system and a dynamic system from occurring. The method includes: determining ACK/NACK resource for carrying ACK/NACK, corresponding to downlink data in a sub-frame n according to a set of sub-frames including a sub-frame in which the downlink data is received; and transmitting ACK/NACK information corresponding to the downlink data over the ACK/NACK resource in the sub-frame n, wherein the set of sub-frames includes a first set of sub-frames and/or a second set of sub-frames; the set of sub-frames is determined by obtained uplink/downlink sub-frame configuration information and flexible sub-frame information; the uplink/downlink sub-frame configuration information indicates the type of each sub-frame in a radio frame as an uplink sub-frame, a downlink sub-frame and a special sub-frame; and the flexible sub-frame information indicates the type of each sub-frame in a radio frame as an uplink sub-frame, a downlink sub-frame, a special sub-frame and a flexible sub-frame, wherein the flexible sub-frame can be used for transmission of uplink or downlink data.
US09001709B2	Method and apparatus for rebalancing the sizes of the downlink (DL) association sets for component carriers having different time division duplex subframe configurations Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for rebalancing the sizes of downlink (DL) association sets for component carriers having different time division duplex subframe configurations. A method is provided that includes determining DL subframes that are included in a DL association set for each of a plurality of component carriers. In an instance in which the number of acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) bits corresponding to the DL subframes included in the DL association sets for respective component carriers differ by at least a predetermined amount, the method modifies the number of ACK/NACK bits corresponding to the DL subframes that are included in the DL association sets for each of the respective component carriers. The method may also cause transmission of the ACK/NACK bits in accordance with the DL association sets, as modified, via the respective component carriers. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided.
US09001706B2	Method and apparatus for improved data communication in cellular access systems A method for use in a cellular access system is disclosed. The system comprises at least one Radio Base Station (RBS) and a User Equipment (UE), which can send and receive data blocks to and from each other, comprising sequence numbers. The method, performed by a reporting party, comprises sending a transmission comprising a report to the report receiving party, said report comprising information on whether or not data blocks have been received successfully. The method further comprises sending said report together with data to the report receiving party or to another party. The method further comprises attaching addresses for a recipient of the data blocks and for the report in the transmission. The method further comprises deciding the contents of the report using at least one of a list of priority rules which have been given an internal priority ranking.
US09001705B2	Mobile communication system and radio base station A mobile communication system according to the present invention is configured such that a relay node RN is configured to time-share a subframe for transmission and reception in a Un interface and a subframe for transmission and reception in a Uu interface, and a radio base station DeNB is configured to transmit SI, which is to be transmitted in a subordinate cell, to the relay node RN via individual signaling.
US09001704B2	Automatic gain control apparatus and method in a wireless communication system An apparatus and method for adaptively adjusting a target Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) for Automatic Gain Control (AGC) in a full-duplex relay apparatus with an interference cancellation function. A Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR) estimation block estimates an SIR based on an interference signal estimated from a received signal and an interference-cancelled signal determined by cancelling the estimated interference signal from the received signal. A target RSSI determination block determines a target RSSI according to the estimated SIR. An AGC block adjusts a gain for the received signal based on the determined target RSSI.
US09001703B2	Scalable broadband group call via unicast downlink traffic consolidation and local re-broadcast A method, system, and device consolidate unicast downlinks in a broadband radio access network (RAN) for a requested group call. A subset of subscriber devices of the group in sufficiently close proximity is detected, one subscriber device in the subset is selected to act as a subscriber device to subscriber device broadcast downlink repeater (SD-BDR), and group call data is transmitted to each subscriber not in a subset via a separate unicast downlink, and to each subset via a single outbound unicast link to the selected subscriber device. The selected SD-BDR in each subset then re-broadcasts the group call data to the other members of the subset, thereby reducing outbound broadband resource usage in the broadband RAN.
US09001701B1	Priority assignment and signaling of scalable video in a switch based system Techniques for assignment and signaling of the priority information within the scalable video bitstream in a switch-based conferencing system are provided. The assignment of the priority across layers is made that achieves improved user experiences in common use cases, and a signaling scheme is provided that allows the server to efficiently forward the bitstream to each receiver according to its service request and downlink conditions. The impact of uplink bandwidth changes is considered intelligently so that the server can run with very low cost/high capacity, which is important to cloud-based services. Bit fields are defined in the Real-Time Protocol (RTP) extension headers to carry the priority information.
US09001700B2	Scheduling and resourcing allocation across multiple domains A telepresence conferencing system is disclosed in which scheduling and resource and personnel reservations may be made across various entities (i.e.; domains). Additionally, each location that is part of the telepresence conference may selectively, and independently of the other locations, designate all or selected portions of its media stream be carried over a different network from the one used to setup, control, and reserve resources for the telepresence conference.
US09001696B2	Distributed dynamic virtual machine configuration service An approach is provided in which a local module receives a discovery message from a virtual network endpoint that is devoid of a corresponding virtual IP address. The local module sends one or more unicast network configuration messages to a dynamic configuration service and, in turn, the local module receives one or more unicast network configuration responses from the dynamic configuration service. One of the unicast network configuration responses includes one or more network configuration parameters. The local module configures the virtual network endpoint according to one or more of the network configuration parameters.
US09001693B2	Enhanced discovery procedures in peer-to-peer wireless local area networks (WLANs) Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally provide methods and apparatus for enhanced discovery procedures in peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless local area networks (WLANs). With these procedures, discovery duration may be decreased, battery power consumption may be reduced during discovery, provided services may be ascertained during the device discovery phase without performing a separate service discovery phase, and/or the discovery range may be extended in an effort to discover a greater number of devices.
US09001692B2	Route calculation apparatus and route calculation method A route calculation apparatus calculates an intra-domain route in a target domain assigned with the route calculation apparatus. The intra-domain route is a part of a route for a target path in a network divided into plural domains. Each of the plural domains includes at least one node device. The target path passes through transit domains out of the plural domains from a source node device included in a source domain to a destination node device included in a destination domain. The route calculation apparatus includes a calculator and a route calculation requester. The calculator calculates the intra-domain route in the target domain. The route calculation requester requests a first route calculation apparatus assigned to the destination domain to calculate an intra-domain route in the destination domain when the target domain is one of the plural domains except the destination domain and except domains adjacent to the destination domain.
US09001691B2	Messaging systems and methods Apparatus, methods, and machine-readable articles of manufacture improve reliability and scalability of a messaging system. In some embodiments, the system's configuration data and subscriber information are stored in a central repository of a core node, and replicated to one or more non-core nodes. Data replication may be performed in real-time or near real-time, periodically, sporadically, or otherwise. Nodes may rely on the replicated data to provide the system's subscribers and outside callers with services that do not involve updating of configuration or subscriber data. In this way, the non-core nodes may continue to process calls when the core node is unavailable. For example, the non-core nodes can route calls to the appropriate subscribers without relying on the core. As another example, die non-core nodes can take messages from callers when the core node is unavailable. The messages may be queued for posting and delivery when the core node becomes available.
US09001688B2	Dynamic balancing of a traffic mix for data center device testing There is disclosed a method for testing a network device comprising defining a traffic profile wherein the traffic profile defines a type of network traffic comprising a sequence of packets and wherein the traffic profile associates the network traffic with a communication axis. The method also comprises defining a traffic template wherein the traffic template comprises one or more traffic profiles, a relative weight to identify a weight of the profile within an overall traffic configuration, and a load rate that defines the maximum amount of packets that can be transmitted at a certain time. The method further comprises generating network traffic based on the traffic template, and transmitting the network traffic to a device under test wherein the relative weight of the traffic profile may be changed dynamically in real-time.
US09001687B2	Packet interception and timestamping for error estimation in active measurement protocols A method in a network device. The method is one of estimating a time delay between when a software timestamp is generated for an active measurement protocol test packet and when the active measurement protocol test packet is transmitted from the network device onto a link. The method includes generating an error estimation packet, generating a software timestamp (ts) for the error estimation packet, and transmitting the error estimation packet toward a network interface. The method also includes intercepting the error estimation packet before it is transmitted from the network device onto the link, and generating an interception timestamp (ti) for the error estimation packet after intercepting the error estimation packet. The time delay is estimated based on a difference between the interception timestamp and the software timestamp.
US09001685B1	Bi-directional real-time data connection troubleshooting A method of troubleshooting a communication service is disclosed. The method comprises creating an association between a customer premise equipment (CPE) in a customer network and a communication service provider router providing the communication service. The method also comprises determining a CPE configuration of the CPE in the customer network and a router configuration of the communication service provider router providing communication services to the CPE based on the association. The method also comprises determining CPE measurements associated with the CPE and router measurements associated with the router based on the association, and determining whether the CPE measurements and the router measurements are normal based on an analysis of the CPE configuration and the router configuration. The method then identifies a cause of the abnormal measurements, determines a corrective action for the identified cause, and issue a trouble ticket indicating the cause and the corrective action.
US09001684B2	Link supportability in a WCDMA communications system A method, computer program product, and system are provided for computing link supportability in a WCDMA communications system. For example, the method can be used to calculate link supportability of a transponder in satellite communications system (e.g. MUOS) in a user-to-base direction. This method can include expressing a carrier signal to noise ratio spectral density for a communication link of interest in terms of a transponder input power of the communication link of interest, a spectral overlap factor representative of one or more interfering communication links, and a transponder input power of the one or more interfering communication links. Assumptions and approximations can be made to simplify the spectral density expression in order to reduce a dimensionality of terms used in the computation of the expression. As such, in reducing dimensionality, the expression becomes a manageable computation for WCDMA communication systems to evaluate.
US09001676B2	Collecting power outage notifications in a frequency hopping communication network In one embodiment, a device in a frequency hopping communication network operate in a first mode according to a common broadcast schedule for the network that simultaneously overlays a first configured portion of all independently determined unicast listening schedules in the network. In response to determining a power outage condition, the device switches to operation in a power outage mode where the common broadcast schedule for the network in the power outage mode simultaneously overlays a second configured portion of all independently determined unicast listening schedules in the network, the second configured portion greater than the first configured portion. In one embodiment, the device broadcasts one or more power outage notifications (PONs) in response to determining the power outage condition as a reduction of a main power supply at the device. In another embodiment, the device receives a PON while powered as the power outage condition.
US09001665B2	Network control A method and network node for controlling operation of first and second wireless communication networks both operating in a predetermined frequency band. The first communication network is operable to communicate within a plurality of first network channels within the predetermined frequency band. The second communication network is operable to communicate within at least one second network channel within the predetermined frequency band. Each of the second network channels co-exist in a frequency range occupied by a plurality of the first network channels. The method comprises the steps of: determining that there may be data to be communicated within a network channel of one of the first and second wireless communication networks, transmitting a channel restriction message to another of the first and second wireless communications networks, the channel restriction message instructing prevention of communication within the another of the first and second wireless communications networks on at least one network channel in the another of the first and second wireless communications networks coexisting in a frequency range occupied by the network channel; and instructing communication within the one of said first and second wireless communication networks on said channel. Receiving an indication of quality of service of data traffic in said first and second wireless communication networks and scheduling transmission of said channel restriction message to minimize disruption to said data traffic in said first and second wireless communication networks.
US09001662B2	Control method, control device, and communication system A control method includes: acquiring information that indicates a predicted position of a mobile terminal that requests data that is able to be received from a first communication device; identifying, based on the acquired information, a second communication device that is able to communicate with the mobile terminal located at the predicted position; and causing, by a processor, the second communication device to start receiving the data from the first communication device before the identified second communication device becomes able to communicate with the mobile terminal, and to transmit the received data to the mobile terminal after the second communication device becomes able to communicate with the mobile terminal.
US09001658B2	Method for reducing energy consumption in packet processing linecards The present invention refers to a method for reducing energy consumption in a packet processing linecard of a packet transmission network, said packet processing linecard comprising a plurality of microprocessors aimed at processing packet traffic wherein the number of active microprocessors is dynamically adjusted as a function of the computation of a traffic estimator based on a recurrent estimation of at least two statistical parameters including the average and a parameter representative of the statistical distribution of the packet traffic.
US09001657B2	Mesh network node with multiple automatic repeat requesters A device may receive a packet, may identify a first packet characteristic associated with the packet, may identify a second packet characteristic associated with the packet, and may store information associated with the packet in a queue based on the first packet characteristic and the second packet characteristic. The device may service the packet from the queue based on an automatic repeat requester (“ARQ”) mechanism. The ARQ mechanism may specify a maximum quantity of times that the packet should be serviced before being dropped, when a packet acknowledgement is not received, may specify a time period between packet service attempts, and may be based on the first packet characteristic and the second packet characteristic.
US09001647B2	Distributed failure recovery in a routed ethernet network Link identifiers such as VIDs, selected from a defined range of values, are locally assigned by each node on a link state protocol controlled Ethernet network to each of its links or adjacencies. The link identifiers are assigned by the nodes such that each link or adjacency at the node is uniquely identified by a different link identifier. A link state protocol adjacency notification mechanism or other flooding mechanism is used to disseminate the locally assigned link identifiers to other nodes on the link state protocol controlled Ethernet network. The link identifiers are added by the nodes to their topology databases to enable detour routes to be locally calculated by the nodes on the network in a distributed manner. Upon occurrence of a failure, the link identifiers are used to source route traffic around the failure so that traffic may continue to traverse the link state protocol controlled Ethernet network.
US09001644B2	Ethernet virtual private network system for providing fast protection for access rings In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a first indication from a first source included in an Ethernet ring and obtaining a second indication from a second source associated with a provider edge (PE) node The method also includes determining when the first indication and the second indication are indicative of a direct failure of the PE node and determining when the first indication and the second indication are indicative of a ring partition failure associated with the Ethernet ring. The direct failure of the PE node is identified when it is determined that the first indication and the second indication are indicative of the direct failure of the PE node, and the ring partition failure associated with the Ethernet ring is identified when it is determined that the first indication and the second indication are indicative of the ring partition failure associated with the Ethernet ring.
US09001642B2	Selective downlink data encryption system for satellites A method and apparatus for a satellite system. A satellite system is comprised of a communications system in a satellite and a number of computers associated with the satellite. The communications system is configured to receive first information and transmit second information from the satellite to a remote platform over a number of communications links. The number of computers is configured to identify a block of information for encryption from instructions in the first information. The number of computers is further configured to generate a key from a portion of the block of information based on the instructions. The number of computers is further configured to perform an exclusive OR operation on the block of information using the key to form a block of encrypted information. The number of computers is further configured to transmit the block of encrypted information.
US09001640B1	Transmit diversity technique based on channel randomization for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems A physical layer device including a mapping module to map a plurality of data streams to a plurality of transmit antennas. Each transmit antenna is associated with a respective radio frequency channel. A first gain module communicates with a first transmit antenna, receives a first plurality of signals generated based on the plurality of data streams, and applies a first complex gain corresponding to the first transmit antenna to each of the first plurality of signals. A second gain module communicates with a second transmit antenna, receives a second plurality of signals generated based on the plurality of data streams, and applies a second complex gain corresponding to the second transmit antenna to each of the second plurality of signals. The second plurality of signals is different than the first plurality of signals. The second complex gain is different than the first complex gain.
US09001635B2	Optical element and optical head apparatus including the same An optical element having compatibility among two or more wavelengths and having an excellent converging performance for light with each wavelength, and an optical head apparatus using the optical element are provided. An optical element according to the present disclosure has a first region including an optical axis and a second region formed around the outer circumference of the first region. The first region and the second region respectively have a first diffraction structure and a second diffraction structure each cyclically formed on an aspheric surface and having a step-like cross section. In the first region, the number of steps included between top portions of the first diffraction structure is different from the number of steps included between the optical axis and a top portion that is closest to the optical axis in the first diffraction structure.
US09001631B2	Method and apparatus for offset and gain correction Aspects of the disclosure provide a signal processing circuit that has fast response time to sudden profile changes in an electrical signal. The signal processing circuit includes a processing path configured to process an electrical signal that is generated in response to reading data on a storage medium, and a feed-forward correction module. The feed-forward correction module is configured to detect a profile variation based the electrical signal in a time window, and correct the electrical signal in the time window based on the detected profile variation.
US09001630B1	Energy assisted magnetic recording medium capable of suppressing high DC readback noise A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) disk used in energy assisted magnetic recording drives is described. The PMR disk includes a substrate, a magnetic recording layer disposed above the substrate, an exchange coupling layer disposed above the magnetic recording layer, and a capping layer disposed above the exchange coupling layer. The capping layer has a Curie temperature greater than the Curie temperature of the magnetic recording layer.
US09001629B1	Systems and methods for suppressing background energy of a waveguide in an energy assisted magnetic recording system Systems and methods for suppressing the background energy of a waveguide in an EAMR system are provided. One such system includes a near field transducer having a disk section and a pin section extending from the disk section to an air bearing surface of a slider, a waveguide having a core and a cladding, where the waveguide is configured to couple light energy to the near field transducer, where the cladding is configured to substantially surround the core, and a recess portion positioned between the core and the air bearing surface.
US09001628B1	Assistant waveguides for evaluating main waveguide coupling efficiency and diode laser alignment tolerances for hard disk A heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) transducer on a slider and including first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first surface is aligned to an air bearing surface (ABS) of the slider and the second surface is aligned to a surface of the slider opposite the ABS, a target waveguide having an entrance at the second surface, the target waveguide being configured to direct energy provided by a light source from the entrance toward the first surface, wherein the target waveguide expands in cross-section area with distance from the entrance to form an inverse taper waveguide, a plurality of assistant waveguides each having an entrance at the second surface, wherein the plurality of assistant waveguides are configured to direct energy to the plurality of output devices.
US09001626B1	Piezoelectric acceleration timer A timer for measuring a time lapsed during an acceleration is disclosed. The timer may include a piezoelectric sensor, an energy storage device and a measurement module. The piezoelectric sensor includes a piezoelectric material for generating an electric potential in response to the acceleration. The energy storage device is electrically coupled to the piezoelectric sensor and is configured for receiving the electric potential generated by the piezoelectric sensor. The measurement module is electrically coupled to the energy storage device. The measurement module measures the electric potential received at the energy storage device and determines the time lapsed during the acceleration based on the electric potential received at the energy storage device.
US09001625B2	Wearable electronic device An analog wearable electronic device that is operationally coupleable to a transmitting device. The transmitting device includes means for viewing a simulation of a display provided on the wearable electronic device, changing information displayable on the simulated display and transmitting the changed information and/or information from which the changed information is derivable to the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes a receiver for receiving from the transmitting device the changed information and/or the information from which the changed information is derivable. A controller assembly processes the changed information and/or derives the changed information, and an actuation mechanism moves a display indicator based at least in part on the changed information. The changed information is thereafter reflected on the display of the wearable electronic device by the display indicator.
US09001620B2	Method for echo processing in a pulse-echo ranging system In a pulse-echo ranging system an energy pulse is transmitted to a target, echo pulses are received and converted into an echo signal that is processed to identify an echo from the target and to determine the distance from the propagation time of the identified echo, where the advanced stage of the processing is performed digitally. Instead of storing and processing the echo signal, the first derivative of the whole echo signal is stored in digital form and then processed to allow for storing as large a number of samples possible in a limited memory without reducing the resolution and without complicating the processing.
US09001618B2	Method of attenuating noise in marine seismic streamers utilizing varied sensor spacing and position-dependent band-pass filters The invention comprises a system for attenuating noise in seismic signals detected in a marine seismic streamer. In a particular implementation the system may comprise seismic detectors positioned in the streamer and interconnected to form a plurality of wavenumber filters, with each of the wavenumber filters attenuating signals within a range of wavenumbers. The output signals from the wavenumber filters are operatively connected to a plurality of band-pass filters, and the output signals of the band-pass filters are combined by summation means. The range of wavenumbers attenuated by the wavenumber filters and the passbands of the band-pass filters are selected so that in the output signal of the summation means, signals within a selected frequency range of interest propagating along the cable within a selected velocity range are attenuated and signals within the selected frequency range of interest having a velocity range outside the selected velocity range are preserved.
US09001615B2	Oscillating flared streamers The invention relates to a seismic acquisition process where the streamers are intentionally directed to follow an oscillating sweep pattern behind a tow vessel to counteract the effect of the large gaps between the streamers while acquire a wide sweep of data through each pass over the survey area.
US09001613B2	Tracking mechanisms A tracking circuit in a memory macro includes a data line, a first tracking cell, and a plurality of transistors. The first tracking cell is electrically coupled to the data line. The plurality of transistors is electrically coupled to the data line. The plurality of transistors is configured to cause a delay on a transition of a signal of the data line based on a delay current. The signal of the data line is configured for use in generating a signal of a control line of a memory cell of the memory macro.
US09001608B1	Coordinating power mode switching and refresh operations in a memory device Provided are a memory system, device, and method for determining to send a refresh command to a memory module according to a refresh rate and incrementing a postponed refresh count while the memory module is in an active mode in response to the determining to send the refresh command. The refresh command is not sent to the memory module when the postponed refresh count is incremented. A determination is made as to whether the postponed refresh count exceeds a count threshold. A refresh command is issued to the memory module to perform refresh in an active mode in response to determining that the postponed refresh count exceeds the count threshold.
US09001605B2	Method of overlapping interconnect signal lines for reducing capacitive coupling effects Described herein are various principles for designing, manufacturing, and operating integrated circuits having functional components and one or more metal interconnect layers, where the dimensions of signal lines of the metal interconnect layers are larger than dimensions of the functional components. In some embodiments, a signal line may have a width greater than a width of a terminal of a functional component to which the signal line is connected. In some embodiments, two functional components formed in a same functional layer of the integrated circuit may be connected to metal signal lines in different metal interconnect layers. Further, the metal signal lines of the different metal interconnect layers may overlap some distance.
US09001597B2	Memory system, semiconductor memory device, and wiring substrate, the semiconductor memory device including termination resistance circuit or control circuit A semiconductor device includes a first input terminal receiving a termination resistance control signal, and a termination resistance circuit that is able to be controlled to be turned on or off by the termination resistance control signal. The termination resistance circuit is turned off, irrespective of a level of said termination resistance control signal when the semiconductor device outputs data in response to a read command.
US09001596B2	Nonvolatile memory apparatus including sharing driver capable of performing both of read and write operation A nonvolatile memory apparatus includes a read/write control unit and a voltage generation unit and the memory cell. The read/write control circuit is configured to supply a bias voltage in response to a read control signal, a write control signal and data. The voltage generation unit is configured to compare a level of the bias voltage with a voltage level of a sensing node and drive the sensing node at voltage having a constant level based on a result of the comparison. The memory cell coupled with the sensing node and configured to receive the voltage having the constant level.
US09001594B2	Apparatuses and methods for adjusting a path delay of a command path Apparatuses and method for adjusting a path delay of a command path are disclosed. In an example apparatus, a command path configured to provide a command from an input to an output includes an adjustable delay. The adjustable delay is configured to add delay to the command path delay, wherein the delay of the adjustable delay is based at least in part on a phase relationship between a feedback signal responsive to the command propagating through the command path and a clock signal. An example method includes configuring a command path to add delay to a command path delay to provide an internal write command signal to perform a write operation on write data corresponding to the internal write command, and propagating the write data corresponding to the internal write command through a data path without further delaying the write data to match the command path delay.
US09001590B2	Method for operating a semiconductor structure A method for operating a semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first conductor extending in a first direction, a second conductor extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a dielectric layer between the first conductor and the second conductor. The method for operating the semiconductor structure comprises following steps. A current is provided to flow in the first direction in the first conductor.
US09001586B1	Semiconductor memory device capable of preventing degradation of memory cells and method for erasing the same A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells, a pass transistor group having normal pass transistors coupled between global word lines and local word lines to which the plurality of memory cells are coupled, and an address decoder coupled to the global word lines and a block word line to which gates of the normal pass transistors are coupled in common, wherein the address decoder gradually increases a voltage, obtained by subtracting a voltage of the global word lines from a voltage of the block word line, when an erase voltage is provided to a channel of the plurality of memory cells.
US09001583B2	On-chip HV and LV capacitors acting as the second back-up supplies for NVSRAM auto-store operation Two on-chip capacitors including one HV capacitor VPPcap and one LV VCC capacitor VCCcap are built over a NVSRAM memory chip as a back-up second power supplies for each NVSRAM cell, regardless of 1-poly, 2-poly, PMOS or NMOS flash cell structures therein. The on-chip HV and LV capacitors are preferably made from one or more MIM or MIP layers for achieving required capacitance. A simplified VCC power system circuit without a need of a State machine designed for performing only one NVSRAM Program operation without Erase operations is proposed for initiating NVSRAM's Auto-Store operation without using any off-chip Vbat and Vcap. During the Auto-Store operation, all HV pumps and oscillators associated with the two on-chip capacitors are shut off once VCC voltage drop is detected by a VCC detector to be below 80% of regular VDD level.
US09001582B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a column decoder with multiple data bus portions connected via a switch A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes memory cells arranged into memory strings with word lines each connected to a different memory cell of the memory strings. The device also includes bit lines each connected to a different memory string and a column decoder connected to the bit lines. The column decoder includes sense amplifiers, data latches, and a data bus connecting sense amplifiers and data latches. The data bus is divided into at least two portions and includes a first portion connected to a second portion by a switch.
US09001579B2	Semiconductor memory device for and method of applying temperature-compensated word line voltage during read operation A semiconductor memory device configured to apply a temperature-compensated word line voltage to a word line during a data read operation includes a memory cell array including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of non-volatile memory cells connected to the word lines, and a word line voltage application unit configured to apply a temperature-compensated read voltage to a selected word line and to apply a temperature-compensated pass voltage to at least one unselected word line during a read operation.
US09001574B2	Spin logic based on persistent spin helices A spin logic device which includes an electron confinement layer confining an electron gas in a two-dimensional area (2DEG) subtended by a direction x and a direction y, the latter perpendicular to the former. The spin logic device is configured for the 2DEG to support a persistent spin helix (PSH) formed therein with a given spin component oscillating with periodicity λ along direction x but not oscillating along direction y. Majority logic circuit of the spin logic device includes: at least one input device energizable to create respective local spin-polarizations of the 2DEG in first regions of the confinement layer. The input device is configured to detect in a second region of the confinement layer an average spin-polarization of the 2DEG diffused through resulting PSHs, wherein a projection of a distance between the second region and first regions onto direction x is equal to nλ/a, n integer, a equal to 2 or 4.
US09001573B1	Method and apparatuses for programming memory cells Methods and apparatus for programming memory cells in a memory array are disclosed. A most recent programming time is determined, the most recent programming time being a time when a most recent programming operation was applied to a reference memory cell in the memory array. A programming signal is then applied to a target memory cell in the memory array, the programming signal having a programming parameter which depends at least in part on the most recent programming time.
US09001570B1	Pseudo retention till access mode enabled memory A memory configurable to be used in an RTA mode includes an input latch configured to receive an input address bus and to generate a latched address bus that corresponds to a memory location. An address flop is configured to save the latched address and to generate a flopped address. A first block address pre-decoder stage is configured to generate a pre-decoded latched address to an RTA generation logic in response to the latched address bus; and a second block address pre-decoder configured to generate a pre-decoded flopped address to the RTA generation logic in response to the flopped address. The RTA generation logic generates an RTA enable signal one clock cycle before a memory block access, to activate a memory block corresponding to the memory location, such that an array supply voltage of the memory block starts charging one clock cycle before a memory block access.
US09001555B2	Small-grain three-dimensional memory The present invention discloses a small-grain three-dimensional memory (3D-MSG). Each of its memory cells comprises a thin-film diode with critical dimension no larger than 40 nm. The thin-film diode comprises at least a small-grain material, whose grain size G is substantially smaller than the diode size D. The small-grain material is preferably a nano-crystalline material or an amorphous material. The critical dimension f of the small-grain diode is smaller than the critical dimension F of the single-crystalline transistor.
US09001554B2	Resistive random access memory cell having three or more resistive states Provided are resistive random access memory (ReRAM) cells, each having three or more resistive states and being capable of storing multiple bits of data, as well as methods of fabricating and operating such ReRAM cells. Such ReRAM cells or, more specifically, their resistive switching layer have wide range of resistive states and are capable of being very conductive (e.g., about 1 kOhm) in one state and very resistive (e.g., about 1 MOhm) in another state. In some embodiments, a resistance ratio between resistive states may be between 10 and 1,000 even up to 10,000. The resistive switching layers also allow establishing stable and distinct intermediate resistive states that may be assigned different data values. These layers may be configured to switching between their resistive states using fewer programming pulses than conventional systems by using specific materials, switching pluses, and resistive state threshold.
US09001549B2	Semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device with high reliability in operation, in which data in a volatile memory can be saved to a non-volatile memory. For example, the semiconductor device includes an SRAM provided with first and second data storage portions and a non-volatile memory provided with third and fourth data storage portions. The first data storage portion is electrically connected to the fourth data storage portion through a transistor, and the second data storage portion is electrically connected to the third data storage portion through a transistor. The transistors are turned off when the SRAM operates, and the transistors are turned on when the SRAM does not operate, so that data in the SRAM is saved to the non-volatile memory. Precharge is performed when the SRAM is restored.
US09001548B2	Memory device interface methods, apparatus, and systems Apparatus and systems for memory system are provided. In an example, an interface chip can include a memory controller configured to couple to a processor and to couple to a plurality of stacked memory arrays using a data bus and a maintenance bus, wherein the data bus is separate from the maintenance bus, the plurality of stacked memory arrays forming two or more memory chips, the memory controller configured to control access to memory locations within the plurality of stacked memory arrays.
US09001541B2	Switch control circuit, power factor corrector including the same, and driving method of the power factor corrector The present invention relates to a switch control circuit, a power factor corrector including the same, and a driving method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a turn-on time of a power switch is controlled according to a zero crossing voltage to sense a voltage of both terminals of the power switch, and a turn-off time of the power switch is controlled according to a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage. At this time, the switching frequency of the power switch is sensed by the zero crossing voltage and the switching frequency is restricted by a predetermined threshold frequency.
US09001539B2	AC-DC resonant converter that provides high efficiency and high power density The disclosed embodiments provide an AC/DC power converter that converts an AC input voltage into a DC output voltage. This AC/DC power converter includes an input rectifier stage which rectifies an AC input voltage into a first rectified voltage of a first constant polarity and a first amplitude. The AC/DC power converter also includes a switching resonant stage which is directly coupled to the output of the input rectifier stage. This switching resonant stage converts the rectified voltage into a second rectified voltage of a second constant polarity and a second amplitude. The AC/DC power converter additionally includes an output rectifier stage coupled to the output of the switching resonant stage, wherein the output rectifier stage rectifies the second rectified voltage into a DC voltage output.
US09001534B2	Transformer driver circuit with IC protection circuitry A transformer driver circuit couples to a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a transformer tap that is connected to a first voltage source. The primary winding electrically connects at its ends to respective unipolar controllable current sinks that form part of an integrated circuit. The transformer driver circuit operates by each current sink selectively sinking current from the end of the primary winding to which it is connected so as to cause current to flow in the secondary winding in a push-pull fashion. The transformer driver circuit further includes a load electrically connected to the secondary winding and protection circuitry operative to protect the integrated circuit from input levels greater than it can withstand.
US09001530B2	Integrated circuit with voltage conversion An integrated circuit may include a signal generator configured to generate a switching signal and a switching unit coupled to the signal generator. The switching unit may be configured to generate a pulsed current based on the switching signal using a first voltage. The integrated circuit may also include an inductive unit coupled to the switching unit. The inductive unit may be configured to receive the pulsed current and to generate a second voltage different from the first voltage.
US09001523B2	Carrier device, arrangement comprising such a carrier device, and method for patterning a layer stack comprising at least one ceramic layer A method for patterning a layer stack with at least one ceramic layer includes providing the ceramic layer, which has at least one plated-through hole. An electrically conductive layer is applied above the ceramic layer, such that the electrically conductive layer is electrically coupled to the at least one plated-through hole. A further layer is deposited onto the electrically conductive layer in the region of the at least one plated-through hole, wherein the further layer includes nickel. The electrically conductive layer is removed outside the region of the at least one plated-through hole. A carrier device patterned in this way can be electrically and mechanically coupled to an electronic component.
US09001521B2	Substrate assembly provided with capacitive interconnections, and manufacturing method thereof An assembly including: a first substrate having a first surface and housing a first electrical-interconnection element and a second electrical-interconnection element in a position corresponding to the first surface; a second substrate having a second surface, housing a third electrical-interconnection element and a fourth electrical-interconnection element in a position corresponding to the second surface, and provided with a dielectric layer extending on top of the third interconnection element; and a first bump and a second bump made of conductive material, extending between the first electrical-interconnection element and the third electrical-interconnection element and, respectively, between the second electrical-interconnection element and the fourth electrical-interconnection element, at least partially aligned to the respective electrical-interconnection elements, the first bump being ohmically coupled to the first interconnection element and capacitively coupled to the third interconnection element, and the second bump being ohmically coupled to the second interconnection element and to the fourth interconnection element.
US09001518B2	Power module with press-fit clamps According to an exemplary embodiment, a bondwireless power module residing on a top surface of a substrate includes at least one input power pad providing power to the module and at least one output current pad providing output current from the module. At least one press-fit input power clamp engages a top side of the at least one input power pad, and engages a bottom surface of the substrate. Also, at least one press-fit output current clamp engages a top side of the at least one output current pad, and engages the bottom surface of the substrate. The at least one press-fit input power clamp can include at least one top prong and at least one bottom prong. Furthermore, the at least one bottom prong can press the input power pad into the at least one top prong.
US09001516B2	Electronic circuit unit to be mounted on automatic transmission for vehicle and manufacturing method thereof Provided is an electronic circuit unit to be mounted within a casing of an automatic transmission for a vehicle. An electronic circuit body including circuit-side terminals protruding in an outward direction from a main-body, connectors to be connected to the electronic circuit body, a cover, and a base member having a placing face on which the cover, the electronic circuit body and the connectors are placed. The cover is provided with a main-body covering part, fitting-portion covering parts and which cover a fitting-portion of the circuit-side terminals and fitting parts of the wire-side terminals from a side opposing to the placing face, and a restricting part for regulating the detachment of the connectors from the fitting position to the detached position.
US09001512B2	Heat spreader for electrical components A heat spreader for a resistive element is provided, the heat spreader having a body portion that is arranged over a top surface of the resistive element and electrically insulated from the resistive element. The heat spreader also includes one or more leg portion that extends from the body portion and are associated with the heat sink in a thermally conductive relationship.
US09001510B2	System and method for positioning a midplane within a computer chassis System and method for positioning a midplane within a computer chassis. In some embodiments, a computer system includes a chassis, a midplane disposed within the chassis, and a plunger pin coupled to the midplane. The plunger pin is selectably movable between a first position, wherein the midplane is immovable relative to the chassis, and a second position, wherein the midplane is moveable relative to the chassis.
US09001507B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal may include a window that at least partially covers the terminal body and is made of a light transmitting material, a non-transparent portion covering a portion of a surface of the window, a transparent portion provided within the non-transparent portion on the window to form a front image, and a front pattern plate mounted on a case of the mobile terminal to at least partially expose the pattern through the transparent portion.
US09001506B2	Battery ejection system for a portable computer Embodiments of the present invention disclose a battery ejection system for a portable computer. According to one embodiment, the system includes at least one foot pad formed on an underside of the portable computer and a battery unit configured to releasably attach to the portable computer. Furthermore, the foot pad is configured to release the battery unit from the portable computer.
US09001504B2	Moveable display portion of a computing device In one general aspect, a computing device can include a base portion including a keyboard, and a guide included in the base portion. The computing device can also include a display portion including a display and having a bottom portion coupled to the base portion via a hinge. The display portion can be configured to rotate about an axis using the hinge. The bottom portion of the display portion can be configured to slidably move along the guide over the keyboard of the base portion in a translational direction orthogonal to the axis.
US09001499B2	Jumper for electrically connecting electrical switching apparatus poles, and electrical switching apparatus including the same An electrical switching apparatus includes a plurality of poles, each of the poles including a terminal. The terminal of a first one of the poles is proximate the terminal of a second one of the poles. A jumper is electrically connected between the terminal of the first one of the poles and the terminal of the second one of the poles. The jumper includes a plurality of heat transfer members, each of the heat transfer members being separated from others of the heat transfer members.
US09001497B2	Electrode foil and capacitor using same An electrode foil includes a substrate and a coarse film layer having a void therein and formed on the substrate. The coarse film layer includes at least a first coarse film layer formed on the substrate. The first coarse film layer is composed of arrayed first columnar bodies. Each of the first columnar bodies is composed of metallic microparticles stacked on a surface of the substrate and extending in a curve from the surface of the substrate.
US09001495B2	High power and high energy electrodes using carbon nanotubes An electrode useful in an energy storage system, such as a capacitor, includes an electrode that includes at least one to a plurality of layers of compressed carbon nanotube aggregate. Methods of fabrication are provided. The resulting electrode exhibits superior electrical performance in terms of gravimetric and volumetric power density.
US09001491B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and circuit board with multilayer ceramic capacitor mounted thereon A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body having first and second main surfaces opposing one another, first and second lateral surfaces opposing one another, and first and second end surfaces opposing one another. First and second internal electrodes have an overlap region with lead out portions exposed to the first lateral surface of the ceramic body. An insulating layer is formed to cover the overlap region of the lead out portions exposed to the first lateral surface of the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes are formed on the first lateral surface of the ceramic body on which the insulating layer is formed and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes. Thicknesses of the insulating layer from the first lateral surface and the first and second external electrodes from the first lateral surface are specified.
US09001488B2	Static electricity dissipation drain and standoffs for by-pass conductors of floating roof tanks A bonding system for a tank battery containing a flammable or combustible product being stored or conveyed, including a bonding conductor, an electrically conductive base member mounted on the tank, the electrically-conductive base member electrically connected to the bonding conductor and to ground installed within each tank and also including a flexible conductive medium with an upper end and a lower end and a plurality of fine electrically-conductive metal wires each having a proximal end and a terminal end, the proximal ends of which are intertwined with the flexible conductive medium to be in electrical connection with the electrical conductive medium, the upper end of the flexible conductive medium electrically connected with the electrically conductive base member and a plurality of static drains located proximate to the highest points of the tank battery and electrically bonded to said bonding conductor.
US09001487B2	Ionizer An ionizer includes an electrode shaft, a fixing bar, a driver, and a controller. The electrode shaft includes first and second electrode rows, the first electrode row having a plurality of ionizer electrodes arranged in a first direction and the second electrode row having a plurality of ionizer electrodes arranged in the first direction and spaced apart from the first electrode row. The fixing bar includes a discharge area facing an object to be processed, and accommodates the electrode shaft so a single electrode row is disposed in the discharge area. The driver is inside the fixing bar so as to be coupled to both end portions of the electrode shaft, and controls a position of the electrode shaft. The controller controls the driver to replace the electrode row disposed in the discharge area with another electrode row according to a previously input replacement condition.
US09001480B2	Distributed energy resources control apparatus and distributed energy resources control method A distributed energy resources control apparatus for controlling power from a distributed energy resource in a system section separable from a power system includes a detecting unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit detects a fault of the power system. The receiving unit receives a signal indicating authorization for the distributed energy resource to perform independent operation as linking with the system section, when the system section is separated from the power system. The control unit controls a power converter converting power from the distributed energy resource and outputting to the system section, based on measurement results of a voltage and a frequency of the system section, when the fault is detected and the signal is received.
US09001479B2	ESD protection circuit An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. A first NMOS transistor is coupled to a power line. A second NMOS transistor is coupled between the first transistor and a ground. A detection unit provides a detection signal when an ESD event occurs at the power line. A trigger unit turns on the second NMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor in sequence in response to the detection signal, such that a discharge path is formed from the power line to the ground via the first and second NMOS transistors.
US09001473B1	TMR/CPP reader for narrow reader gap application The embodiments disclosed generally relate to a read head in a magnetic recording head. The read head utilizes a sensor structure having: a pinned magnetic structure recessed from a media facing surface; and a reader gap structure. The reader gap structure has a spacer layer recessed from the media facing surface and disposed on top of the pinned magnetic structure, a recessed first free layer partially recessed from the media facing surface and disposed on top of the barrier layer, a second free layer extending to the media facing surface an disposed on top of the barrier layer, and a cap layer extending to the media facing surface disposed atop the second free layer. The pinned magnetic structure, the spacer, and the first free layer have a common face which is on an angle relative to the media facing surface.
US09001472B2	Shield stabilization configuration with applied bias An apparatus includes a sensor stack, first and second shields positioned on opposite sides of the sensor stack, and a first shield stabilization structure adjacent to the first shield and applying a bias magnetic field to the first shield. A second shield stabilization structure can be positioned adjacent to the second shield.
US09001468B2	Advanced air bearing slider with modulation decreasing stiffness A data storage device may have at least a slider constructed with at least one feature positioned on an air bearing region and separated from a data transducer. The at least one feature can be configured to provide a slider stiffness that decreases modulation while the at least one feature is floating above or in contact with a data storage media.
US09001464B2	Read/write head with improved contact A read/write head is provided with a body having a body length and a support surface to support data storage media as the data storage media is conveyed longitudinally across the support surface. The support surface of the body is curved about an axis in a widthwise direction of the elongate body. The support surface of the body has a reduced longitudinal length relative to the body length only in an intermediate region. At least one read/write device is provided on the intermediate region of the support surface of the body to read and/or write data on the data storage media as the data storage media is conveyed across the support surface. A tape drive system is provided with the read/write head, the at least one read/write device, and a motor to drive the data storage tape.
US09001460B2	Spindle motor, and disk drive apparatus A spindle motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion includes a shaft, a first cup portion. The first cup portion includes a circular plate member and an annular member. The rotating portion includes an annular concave portion that accommodates at least a lower end portion of the annular member. A lubricant is interposed in a gap between a surface of a stationary portion and a surface of the rotating portion. The shaft, the rotating portion, and the lubricant define a fluid dynamic pressure bearing. A connection gap that reaches an inner side of the first cup portion from an outer circumferential surface of the first cup portion is configured between the circular plate member and the annular member. At least a portion of the connection gap is filled with an adhesive.
US09001459B2	Motor with stator teeth having an increased width and slanted portion A stator includes a stator core and a plurality of coils. The stator core includes a core-back and a plurality of teeth portions. Each of the teeth portions includes a coil winding portion, a tip end portion, and an increased width portion. The tip end portion has a circumferential width larger than a smallest width of the coil winding portion. The increased width portion has a circumferential width larger than the smallest width of the coil winding portion. The increased width portion includes a slanted portion extending radially outward and upward. An axial position of a magnetic center of the rotor magnet positioned radially outward of the stator overlaps with an axially extending range of the tip end portion. A thickness of the slanted portion in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the slanted portion is smaller than an axial thickness of the coil winding portion.
US09001456B2	Engaging test slots In general, a test slot is engaged with automated machinery to inhibit movement of the test slot, thereby inhibiting transmission of vibration from the test slot to its surroundings. While the automated machinery is engaged with the test slot, the automated machinery is actuated to insert a storage device into the test slot, or remove the storage device from the test slot.
US09001453B1	Data storage device calibrating fly height actuator based on read mode touchdown resistance of touchdown sensor A data storage device is disclosed comprising a disk, a head comprising a touchdown sensor, and a fly height actuator (FHA) configured to actuate the head vertically over the disk based on an FHA setting. The data storage device is configured into a read mode, and while in the read mode, the FHA setting is adjusted until the head contacts the disk and a touchdown read mode resistance of the touchdown sensor is measured. The data storage device is configured into a write mode and the FHA setting is adjusted so the head is not contacting the disk. While in the write mode, a non-touchdown write mode resistance of the touchdown sensor is measured, and a write touchdown FHA setting that will cause the head to contact the disk while in the write mode is estimated based on the touchdown read mode resistance and the non-touchdown write mode resistance.
US09001445B1	Multiple sync mark storage system A data processing system includes a number of analog to digital converters operable to sample analog signals obtained from a magnetic storage medium to yield digital signals, multiple sync mark detectors operable to search for a number of different sync marks in the digital signals, and a sync mark detector output comparator operable to compare an output of each of the sync mark detectors to identify detection errors.
US09001444B1	Implementing spin torque oscillator power-on oscillation checker for microwave-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drives A method, apparatus, and system are provided for implementing a power-on spin-torque oscillator (STO) oscillation checker to monitor STO resistance to identify STO oscillation with microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) hard disk drives (HDDs). An amplitude modulated write coil drive current is applied to the write coil in the presence of a DC bias current applied to the STO. The amplitude modulated write coil drive current modulates the STO resistance monitored using an amplifier circuit to identify STO oscillation, used to ensure stable MAMR HDD write operation.
US09001440B2	Macro lens system A macro lens system includes a positive first lens group, and a positive or negative second lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein at least the first lens group moves toward the object side when focusing on an object at infinity to an object at a close distance, wherein the second lens group includes a negative first sub-lens group and a positive second sub-lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein the following condition (1) is satisfied: −5.0
US09001438B2	Imaging lens and imaging device The present invention is to provide an imaging lens and an imaging device that achieve optical performance high enough for high-pixel imaging elements, and have the smallest possible sizes and thicknesses.A first lens having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens having positive or negative refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power are provided in this order from the object side, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied: (1) 0.80
US09001435B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes five lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, and the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein at least one inflection point formed on the image-side surface thereof, and the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric.
US09001427B2	Customized head-mounted display device A head-mounted display device includes a modular frame assembly including one or more different components. Each of the different components may be selected from a component set including at least two or more differently-sized versions of each different component. The head-mounted display device also includes a modular see-through display sub-assembly including one or more mountings for selectably coupling the modular see-through display sub-assembly to the modular frame assembly. The modular see-through display sub-assembly may be configured to couple to any combination of differently-sized versions of different components of the modular frame assembly.
US09001420B2	Microscope optical system and microscope system Provided is a microscope optical system in which the occurrence of flare due to unnecessary-order diffracted light exited from a diffractive optical element is suppressed. A microscope objective lens MS is configured by including an objective lens OL which has a diffractive optical element GD and converts light from an object into a substantially parallel light flux, and a second objective lens IL which forms an image of the object by focusing the substantially parallel light flux from the objective lens OL, and is configured such that, in case where an m-th order of diffracted light from the diffractive optical element GD is used for the image formation, the following expression is satisfied: \|θ\|>tan−1(0.06/D) when the light of a maximum NA emitted from the object located on an optical axis enters the diffractive optical element.
US09001411B2	Light control device and light control method A light control device 1 includes a light source 10, a prism 20, a spatial light modulator 30, a drive unit 31, a control unit 32, a lens 41, an aperture 42, and a lens 43. The spatial light modulator 30 is a phase modulating spatial light modulator, includes a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, is capable of phase modulation in each of these pixels in a range of 4π or more, and presents a phase pattern to modulate the phase of light in each of the pixels. This phase pattern is produced by superimposing a blazed grating pattern for light diffraction and a phase pattern having a predetermined phase modulation distribution, and with a phase modulation range of 2π or more.
US09001409B2	Electrically activatable light blocking cover for vehicle mirrors and method A cover for use in connection with a mirror of a vehicle is provided. The cover is provided with a lens having an electrically activatable material. The lens is positioned in front of the vehicle mirror. The electrically activatable material blocks visible light directed towards the vehicle mirror such that the electrically activatable material prevents the visible light from being reflected off of the vehicle mirror when the electrically activatable material is set to a light inhibiting state. A device that holds the lens is securable to the vehicle mirror. The electrically activatable material of the lens is configured to be switched to the light inhibiting state in response to user operation such that the lens prevents reflection of the visible light off of the vehicle mirror to reduce observability of the vehicle mirror.
US09001406B2	Reflective display utilizing luminescence A reflective color display pixel has a top surface for receiving ambient light, and a plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel has a broadband mirror and a luminescent layer disposed over the broadband mirror. The luminescent layer contains a luminescent material for absorbing a portion of the ambient light and emitting light of a first color, and a light-absorbing material for absorbing light of wavelengths longer than a wavelength of the first color.
US09001395B2	Image reading device with illumination movement based on sheet characteristics, and sheet handling apparatus including the same An image reading device includes an illuminating means for illuminating a reading position through which a sheet conveyed by conveying means passes, optical reading means for reading reflected light of the sheet illuminated by the illuminating means when the sheet passes the reading position, a white reference plate disposed opposite to the optical reading means with the reading position sandwiched therebetween, and moving structure means for moving a placement position of the illuminating means based on a placement position of the white reference plate, and storage means is included for storing information in a searchable manner.
US09001393B2	Program for reading characters, and character reader as well as method for reading characters A character reading method performed by a computer connected to an imaging unit includes repeating processing of recognizing the character included in one-frame image input latest in parallel to input of the moving image, performing matching of a recognition result obtained by every piece of recognition processing in units of characters along a time axis, fixing the recognition result appearing with an appearance ratio larger than a reference value previously decided in the recognition processing continuously performed at least predetermined times, and outputting the fixed recognition result.
US09001390B1	Device, system and method for identifying sections of documents A method for identifying sections of contracts. This method works well with documents that originated from scanned images, i.e., documents that could possibly include noise and misleading cues.
US09001389B2	Manufacturing a physical medium configured to store data A method of manufacturing a physical medium configured to store data. A layout design of visible information to be printed with visible ink in a book is generated, the visible information including an article. A layout design of invisible information to be printed with invisible ink in a book is generated, the invisible information including a Universal Resource Locator (URL) of an address of a web server at which additional information is located, the URL being encoded in a code within the invisible information, the additional information being associated with the article.
US09001388B2	Imaging forming apparatus to merge print data with a rendering image, method of image forming, and computer-readable recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a rendering image having a plurality of tones, a communication interface unit configured to receive print data, a rendering unit configured to render the received print data to a bitmap image, a mergence unit configured to merge the bitmap image and the rendering image into a single mergence image, a binary coding unit configured to perform halftoning for the generated mergence image to generate binary data, and a print engine unit configured to form an image on a paper by using the generated binary data.
US09001385B2	Printer driver and image forming apparatus A printer driver and an image forming apparatus for appropriately combining additional information (such as a stamp) and an original to print the combined image data. The printer driver according to one embodiment of the present invention, relates to a printer driver connected to a printer for registering form data transmitted from the printer driver, and for combining the registered form data and contents data. The printer driver transmits transparent data as form data and a command indicating that the form data is transparent data, to the printer.
US09001383B2	Image processing apparatus which performs image processing for correcting misregistration, control method of image processing apparatus, and storage medium Correction amounts of pixels in a sub-scanning direction for correcting misregistration of an image are determined based on interpolation using the correction amount in the sub-scanning direction corresponding to a first segment and the correction amount in the sub-scanning direction corresponding to a second segment, both of which are configured by pixels in the image.
US09001381B2	Image forming apparatus which processes printing data including a transparency pattern, printing control terminal apparatus, and image forming method thereof An image forming apparatus and a printing control terminal apparatus include an input unit to receive printing data, a rendering unit to transform the printing data into bitmap data, an image processor to determine whether the bitmap data includes a transparency pattern and if it is determined that the bitmap data includes the transparency pattern, perform smoothing processing with respect to the bitmap data; and an output unit to output the bitmap data processed by the image processor. Accordingly, an image quality of printing data including a transparency pattern can be improved. In addition, an image forming method includes receiving image data including a plurality of pixels, determining whether an area of pixels is a patterned area including a pattern, determining the patterned area is transparent when the pattern of the patterned area matches a pre-stored pattern, performing a smoothing process on the patterned area, and printing the image data after performing the smoothing.
US09001378B2	Print label producing apparatus, contents processing program, and contents processing method The disclosure discloses a print label producing apparatus. The apparatus includes a producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion to and from which a nonvolatile storage device can be attached and detached, an attachment determining portion configured to determine whether or not the storage device is attached to the producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion, a selection information write portion configured to write unique selection material information to the storage device in an attached state, and a contents acquisition portion configured to acquire contents stored in the storage device and corresponding to the selection material information when the attachment determining portion determines that the storage device is attached to the producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion.
US09001377B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus performs density correction. An image forming section forms a density detection image on a belt. A light source irradiates the image with light. A light receiving section receives light reflected from the image and outputs a plurality of intensity signals of the received light. An intensity obtaining section drives the belt and the light source, thereby illuminating the image a first number of times at intervals of a first distance as the belt runs, and the light receiving section receives the light reflected from the image, the first number of times being determined by at least the first distance and a second distance in which the first distance lies. A selecting section selects a second number of levels of light intensity from the plurality of intensity signals. A density correcting section performs print density correction using the second number of levels of light intensity.
US09001376B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, print order receiving apparatus, and print order receiving method An image processing apparatus includes a receiver which receives original image data from a terminal, a converter which converts the original image data to tone-changed image, a storing unit which stores parameter groups for converting the original image data, the parameter groups including a first parameter group for RGB components and a second parameter group for YMCK components, a print size selector, and a print controller which issues a print instruction for the converted image data. A display controller allows the terminal to display the converted image data obtained by using the first parameter group. The print controller issues a print instruction for the converted image data obtained by using the second parameter group.
US09001369B1	Print job tracking and policy enforcement Methods and apparatus enforce policy on print jobs and track them per users. A computing device has a layered service provider (LSP) and a spooler. The LSP determines whether data coining to it corresponds to print data or not. If so, it extracts user information and determines whether any imaging policies apply to the user. If policy applies, the LSP iteratively acknowledges to the spooler that data is being successfully transferred to an imaging device so the spooler will continue sending a remainder of the data corresponding to the print job. Upon receipt of an entire print job, the LSP enforces policy and notifies the user. It also notifies an accounting server to update its policies. Further embodiments note relationships between the LSP and spooler and their interaction with layers in a TCP/IP model.
US09001368B2	Image processing apparatus, operation standardization method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with operation standardization program with an application program that supports both a touch panel capable of detecting only one position and a touch panel capable of detecting a plurality of positions simultaneously An image processing apparatus includes a display portion, a touch panel, and a control portion. The control portion includes a touch event generating portion to output a touch event indicating a position detected by the touch panel, a gesture event determining portion to determine a gesture event on the basis of a set of touch events continuously output from the touch event generating portion, an application portion operable, when receiving process identification information, to perform a process corresponding to the process identification information, an association portion operable, at the stage when an application program is installed, to associate each of a plurality of types of processes determined by the application program with one of gesture events, a process specifying portion to specify the process associated with the gesture event determined, and an operation notification portion to output the process identification information of the specified process to the application portion.
US09001366B2	Control device A control device for a function execution apparatus includes: a determination unit which, when a target function is selected from the plurality of functions, determines whether the function execution apparatus can execute the target function by using first data, based on the target function; and a processing execution unit which, when the function execution apparatus can execute the target function by using the first data, executes first processing for enabling the function execution apparatus to execute the target function by using the first data, and when the function execution apparatus is unable to execute the target function by using the first data, executes second processing for supplying second data to the function execution apparatus for enabling the function execution apparatus to execute the target function by using the second data converted from the first data.
US09001364B2	Management system, image forming apparatus, management system control method, and image forming apparatus control method for migration of setting values of an application that operates in the image forimng apparatus An image forming apparatus receives at least one setting file including a first item for specifying an application and a second item for specifying an operation target setting content from a server apparatus. If a value specifying an application is set in the first item included in the received setting file, the image forming apparatus operates a setting value of the application according to a value set in the second item included in the received setting file. If a predetermined value defined for operating a setting value of the image forming apparatus is set in the first item included in the received setting file, the image forming apparatus operates the setting value of the image forming apparatus by using a value set in the second item included in the received setting file. The image forming apparatus transmits an operation result to the server apparatus.
US09001363B2	Printing control system, printing control method, and image processor A printing control system includes a transmission part configured to transmit data from an information terminal to an image processor; an analysis part configured to analyze the data received from the information terminal; a format determining part configured to determine the data format of the received data based on the analysis result of the analysis part; a conversion requesting part configured to, in response to the format determining part determining that the data format of the received data is convertible into print data printable in the image processor, transmit the received data to a data converter and request the data converter to convert the received data into the print data; and a printing control part configured to print the print data returned from the data converter in response to the request of the conversion requesting part.
US09001362B2	Repository-based print services An approach is provided for a service provider to identify documents to include in a client's repository and for the client to print the documents from the client's repository. In an embodiment, a computing device receives authentication information identifying a first user, receives first user information identifying a second user, receives information indicating selection of a one or more particular documents, from a set of one or more documents, and sends document information that at least identifies the one or more particular documents to a repository associated with the second user. A printing device receives second user information identifying the second user, and, in response to receiving the second user information, retrieves the one or more particular documents from the repository based, at least in part, on the second user information. The printing device processes at least one document of the one or more particular documents for printing.
US09001360B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus, which stores attribute data of a job executed by an image processing apparatus, and reference information of image data associated with the job in a storage device as a job log, saves image data corresponding to reference information in the storage device as cached data. Then, the apparatus acquires image data corresponding to reference information included in a job log from the cached data in the storage device, and outputs a job log appended with the acquired image data to an external system.
US09001359B2	Information processing apparatus capable of setting configuration information for use by an image processing apparatus, and control method and storage medium therefor An information processing apparatus capable of easily registering and deleting configuration information and providing excellent user-friendliness. An integrated application that operates on the information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus through a network sets configuration information for use by the image processing apparatus for data transmission, and instructs the image processing apparatus to display an icon corresponding to the configuration information on a touch panel of the image processing apparatus. When one of icons displayed on the touch panel is touched, data is transmitted from the image processing apparatus to a transmission destination represented by the confirmation information corresponding to the icon. If the data is successfully received by the transmission destination, the integrated application instructs the image processing apparatus to delete the configuration information corresponding to the touched icon.
US09001358B2	Image forming system A tandem-type image forming system comprises: a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected in series, the image forming apparatuses which respectively perform image formation on sides of a sheet, thereby performing a job, the image forming apparatuses including: a first image forming apparatus; and a second image forming apparatus provided upper than the first image forming apparatus in a sheet conveying direction, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes: a controlling section which controls transmission of image data generated based on printing data of the job received by the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus, and the second image forming apparatus includes: a controlling section which controls feeding of a sheet on which the image formation is performed based on the image data received from the first image forming apparatus.
US09001355B2	Methods and structure for simplified enterprise printing from mobile devices Methods and structure for flexible printing of documents from a mobile device in a printing enterprise. The mobile device is coupled with a remote print server through a public network and coupled with one or more printers of the enterprise through a private network. The mobile device serves as an intermediate device such that the printer is not connected directly to the remote print server. A user of the mobile device identifies a document to be printed and sends information relating to the identified document over the public network to the remote print server. The server renders the document and returns the rendered document to the mobile device that, in turn, transmits the rendered document to the printer over the private network to cause the document to be printed. Further, the user may select the printer by physically locating a preferred printer (in close proximity and/or equipped/configured as desired).
US09001351B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes first through third control units, with the first for processing input image information and each of the second and third for controlling an operation of an image forming unit by communication with the first. In a first mode, in which power is supplied to the first through third control units, the first and third control units communicate via the second control unit. In a second mode, in which the first control unit does not communicate with the second control unit, the first and third control units communicate via a communication line without communicating via the second control unit. The power consumption of the second mode is lower than that of the first mode. In the second mode, the first and third control units can transmit information for transition from the second mode to the first mode to each other via the communication line.
US09001350B2	Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium in which the load can be suppressed during a maintenance event Provided is an image processing apparatus that detects a maintenance event required for the maintenance thereof and displays video data on a screen by reproducing the video data which indicates a maintenance procedure for resolving the detected maintenance event. Then, the image processing apparatus displays a specific scene included in the video data on the screen after completion of reproduction of the video data.
US09001341B2	Printing apparatus, control method for printing apparatus, and storage medium A printing apparatus according to the present invention can change according to a type of a job whether to switch storage units within a group in accordance with an amount of sheets reaches a certain amount.
US09001338B2	Print control apparatus, print control method, and computer-readable recording medium for correcting print position An apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a controller. The acquisition unit is configured to, in a case of a recording medium having different thicknesses along a direction crossing a feeding direction in which the recording medium is fed by a feeding unit, acquire correction information that is set on the basis of an orientation of the recording medium in a case where the recording medium is fed by the feeding unit. The controller is configured to move a print start position of a print unit in the direction crossing the feeding direction on the basis of the correction information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US09001337B2	Etching monitor device An etching monitor device capable of high precision measurement in the presence of a mask region capable of producing interference. The device including an interference optical system which acquires reflected interference light containing three interference component signals, which are due respectively to optical path differences of reflected light between three sets of surfaces. The three interference component signals include a first interference based on an optical path between light reflected off of a mask surface and light reflected off of a top surface of the substrate, a second interference based on an optical path between the light reflected off of the top surface of the substrate and light reflected off of a surface to be etched, and a third interference based on an optical path between the light reflected off of the surface to be etched and the light reflected off of the mask surface.
US09001331B2	Arrangement adapted for spectral analysis of high concentrations of gas A device adapted for spectral analysis having a transmitting means adapted for electromagnetic radiation, a delimited space,in the form of a cavity, serving as a measuring cell and intended to be capable of defining an optical measuring distance, a sensing means of the electromagnetic radiation passing the optical measuring distance from said transmitting means, and a unit at any rate connected to the sensing means performing the spectral analysis, the sensing means for the electromagnetic radiation is opto-electrically adapted sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation, which is intended to fall within the spectral range whose chosen wavelength components or spectral elements are to become objects of an analysis in the unit performing the spectral analysis for determining in this unit, over calculations, the relative intensity of radiation of the spectral element.
US09001324B2	Optical fiber surface enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS) probe A surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) probe apparatus and a method of SERS probing employ Raman-active surfaces of a plurality of nanoscale field concentrator (NFC) structures at a terminal end of an optical fiber. The SERS probe apparatus includes an optical fiber having an optical path and a terminal end that terminates the optical path. The SERS probe apparatus further includes a plurality of NFC structures and nanoparticles on surfaces of the plurality of NFC structures. First ends of the NFC structures are adjacent to the terminal end of optical fiber. The nanoparticles are Raman active to an analyte.
US09001323B2	Method of fabricating gold nanostructures using electroless displacement plating The present invention provides a method of fabricating gold nanoparticles using electroless displacement plating, the method including the steps of: depositing on a substrate a metal having a reduction potential lower than that of gold to form a metal layer; and reacting a gold ion-containing plating solution with the metal layer. The invention also provides gold nanoparticles fabricated by the method. According to the method, gold nanostructures can be fabricated in a simple, cost-effective and efficient manner, and the fabricated gold nanoparticles can be used to measure surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal or fluorescence. In addition, the invention enables the development of an optical sensor including the gold nanostructures.
US09001321B2	Microscope and observation method Provided is a microscope and an observation method which can improve spatial resolution. A microscope according to an aspect of the invention includes a laser light source (10), an objective lens (16) that focuses light from the laser light source on a sample, and a detector (22) that detects the laser light as signal light from a sample (17) when the sample (17) is irradiated with the laser light. The light is applied to the sample with an intensity changed to obtain a nonlinear region where intensities of the light and the signal light have a nonlinear relation due to occurrence of saturation or nonlinear increase of the signal light when the light has a maximum intensity, and the detector (22) detects the signal light according to the intensity of the laser light to perform observation based on a saturation component or a nonlinear increase component of the signal light.
US09001317B2	Lighting devices with sensors for detecting one or more external conditions and networked system using such devices Exemplary lighting devices have sensors, intelligence in the form of programmed processors and communication capabilities. Such a device is configured to monitor one or more conditions external to a lighting device not directly related to operational performance of the respective lighting device. One or more such devices can work in a networked system, to support a variety of applications separate and in addition to the lighting related functions of the devices(s).
US09001313B2	Laser radar device, safe landing sensor for planetfall, docking sensor for space apparatus, space debris collection sensor, and vehicle-mounted collision avoidance sensor A laser radar device includes: a pulse laser that outputs transmission light to a target; an transmission optical system that makes the transmission light at a predetermined beam spread angle; a light-receiving element array that receives scattered light from the target and converts the light to an electric signal; an electric circuit array that detects a reception intensity and a reception time from the electric signal; a range/three-dimensional shape output unit that measures a range to the target or a three-dimensional shape of the target on the basis of the reception time; a determination unit that determines whether the beam spread angle is changed or not on the basis of the reception intensity and the reception time; and a control unit that changes the beam spread angle on the basis of a determination result.
US09001310B2	Lithographic systems and processes of making and using same A lithographic system includes a projection system for projecting an object field through a projection system's pupil onto an image field. The projection system includes an optical element located at the projection system's pupil. The projection system's pupil is manipulable with respect to normalized pupil heights by the optical element. Related processes are also disclosed.
US09001307B2	Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid supplied to an immersion area below the projection optical system. First and second movable members move below the projection optical system. The first movable member has a mount area that mounts a substrate located in a hole of an upper surface of the first movable member. The upper surface outside the hole can maintain at least a part of the immersion area outside the substrate mounted in the hole. A drive system drives the first and second movable members to move the first and second movable members below the projection optical system relative to the liquid immersion region to replace one member positioned below the projection optical system with the other member such that the liquid immersion area is maintained below the projection optical system.
US09001302B2	Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display includes: forming a thin film transistor on a first substrate; forming a color filter on the thin film transistor; forming a pixel electrode on the color filter; and forming a light blocking member including a column spacer protruded from the light blocking member on the color filter. The forming the light blocking member uses a mask including a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region passes light generated from a light exposer, the second region includes a blocking filter layer which selectively passes the light generated from the light exposer, and the third region blocks the light generated from the light exposer.
US09001300B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, gate and data lines formed on the substrate to define pixel areas, or collectively a display area. Gate signal interconnection wires are formed at a corner portion of the substrate outside the display area to transmit gate electrical signals, and provided with gate signal interconnection lines and first and second gate signal interconnection pads connected to both ends of the gate signal interconnection lines. A gate insulating layer, and a protective layer are further formed on the substrate, and provided with first and second contact holes exposing the first and second gate signal interconnection pads. Gate and data signal transmission films are attached to the substrate, and provided with first and second gate signal leads and first and second gate signal wires. The first and second gate signal leads are connected to the first and second gate signal interconnection pads through the first and second contact holes. The first or the second gate signal lead completely covers the first or the second contact hole at least in the longitudinal direction of the lead.
US09001299B2	Low resistance wiring structure and liquid crystal display device using the same A low-resistance wiring structure and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on the first substrate and formed of a gate wiring, a data wiring and a semiconductor layer; and a second substrate attached to the first substrate in a facing manner, wherein at least one of the gate wiring and the data wiring is formed as a first wiring made of copper, a second wiring made of a barrier metal preventing spreading of copper, and a metal oxide film pattern formed between the first and second wirings. A MO/Cu wiring structure is implemented by using pure molybdenum, so that the low-resistance wiring structure with high reliability can be formed at a low cost.
US09001294B2	Liquid-crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate with four or more color layers of different colors and a light shielding layer, each pixel including a repeating unit composed of the four or more color layers overlap overlapping the light shielding layer, the liquid crystal display panel having a region where color layers of the same color in different pixels are arranged in the same rows or the same columns, and a color layer of a color with higher brightness overlaps a portion of the light shielding layer positioned between the color layer and another color layer of the same color with an overlapping width smaller than that with which a color layer of a color with lower brightness overlaps a portion of the light shielding layer positioned between the color layer and another color layer of the same color.
US09001290B2	Polarizer, display panel having the same and method of manufacturing the same A polarizer includes a substrate, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer disposed on the substrate. The first metal layer includes a plurality of protrusions of a wire grid pattern. Each protrusion has a first width and adjacent protrusions are spaced apart by a second width. The second metal layer is disposed on each of the protrusions of the first metal layer, and includes molybdenum (Mo) and/or titanium (Ti).
US09001289B2	Polarizing layer of liquid crystal panel and manufacturing method for the same The present invention discloses a polarizing layer of a liquid crystal panel and manufacturing method thereof. A polarized ultraviolet (UV) light is irradiated on a UV reactive liquid crystal layer to form a polarized UV reactive liquid crystal layer having polarization properties, and it is used as the polarizing layer of the liquid crystal panel. The present invention has advantages of being thin in the thickness thereof, in addition to having high temperature resistance, as well as a simple manufacturing process, thereby reducing production costs.
US09001284B2	Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof A liquid crystal display includes a gate line formed on an insulation substrate. A data line, insulated from the gate line, crosses the gate line. A first pixel is connected to the gate line and the data line. The pixel includes a thin film transistor having a control terminal connected to the gate line and an input terminal connected to the data line. A first liquid crystal capacitor has one end connected to an output terminal of the thin film transistor. A second liquid crystal capacitor has one end connected to the other end of the first liquid crystal capacitor. The first liquid crystal capacitor includes a first liquid crystal layer formed in a first microcavity and the second liquid crystal capacitor includes a second liquid crystal layer formed in a second microcavity.
US09001283B2	Shutter panel and display device including the same Provided is a shutter panel including a first substrate on which a plurality of electric field forming electrodes are parallel to each other, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first and second substrates. Each of the electric field forming electrodes has both side surfaces facing the adjacent electric field forming electrodes, and both side surfaces are provided with protrusion parts protruding toward the adjacent electric field forming electrodes.
US09001282B2	Variable power optical element A variable power optical element is divided into cells which contain two liquid crystals mixed according to different proportions. The proportion of one of the liquid crystals in each cell increases on the basis of the radial distance between a central point of the optical element and said cell. An appropriate selection of the two liquid crystals results in a higher variation of the optical power between two control states of said optical element. More particularly, the optical element may consist of an ophthalmic lens which changes between a convergent lens state and a divergent lens state.
US09001278B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes a first optical modulation device and a second optical modulation device configured to emit linearly polarized lights whose polarization directions are perpendicular to each other, first pixels and second pixels are arranged in each of the first optical modulation device and second optical modulation device, retardation layers are disposed on the light emission side of the first pixels or second pixels, the retardation layers configured to convert one linearly polarized light of the linearly polarized lights into the other linearly polarized light. Either arrangements of the first pixels and the second pixels or arrangements of the retardation layers is set so as to be the same in the first optical modulation device and the second optical modulation device, and the other is set so as to be the reverse in the first optical modulation device and the second optical modulation device.
US09001277B2	Television apparatus, electronic apparatus, and lens An electronic apparatus includes, a printed wiring board, light emitting diodes provided on the printed wiring board and configured to emit light parallel to the printed wiring board, and a lens including light receiving parts corresponding to the light emitting diodes, respectively, and a display part configured to display light which has been emitted from the light emitting diodes and has entered through the light receiving parts. The lens is provided with a cutout portion extending from a position between the light receiving parts to the display part.
US09001274B2	Image processing method An image processing method for processing an input image is provided. The image processing method includes: performing a plurality of first imaging processing operations on the input image to generate a first image; and performing a plurality of second imaging processing operations on the first image. Each of the first imaging processing operations is along a first direction, and the plurality of first imaging processing operations include a first scaling operation for increasing resolution. Each of the second imaging processing operations is along a second direction different from the first direction, and the plurality of second imaging processing operations include a second scaling operation for increasing resolution.
US09001272B2	Image synthesizing device, coding device, program, and recording medium In order to prevent obstruction of a view of a subtitle due to synthesis of the subtitle onto an object area such as a person and display of the synthesized subtitle, an image synthesizing device includes: an image synthesizing unit which synthesizes a graphics object onto an image; and a display area detecting unit which outputs a display position of an area having the lowest spatial frequency; and a drawing control unit which causes the graphics object to be drawn at the display position.
US09001268B2	Auto-focus camera module with flexible printed circuit extension A compact camera module is coupled at an image sensor end to a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and an FPC extension segment and is configured such that, upon folding the FPC onto the housing, one or more electrical contact pads disposed on the subject side of the optical train are coupled electrically with contact pads on the FPC extension segment from which MEMS actuator control signals are transmittable directly from the FPC to the MEMS lens actuator.
US09001266B2	Imaging device and light emission amount control method of the same An imaging device performs control for changing evaluation values calculated for specific areas which are at least a portion of segment areas around a segment area where a brightness difference calculated by subtracting non-light emission image data from pre-light emission image data is negative or a segment area where a brightness difference calculated by subtracting the pre-light emission image data from the non-light emission image data is positive so that the evaluation values are reduced when the brightness difference is calculated by subtracting the non-light emission image data from the pre-light emission image data and an absolute value of the negative evaluation values are reduced when the brightness difference is calculated by subtracting the pre-light emission image data from the non-light emission image data, in a case where the brightness differences of all segment areas include negative and positive values together.
US09001264B2	Image pickup apparatus, accessory, and imaging system The present invention relates to a camera and an interchangeable lens capable of further improving the operational performance while supporting an old-type interchangeable lens using a communication method in the related art.The camera to which the interchangeable lens is detachably attached and which is capable of switching between a first communication mode and a second communication mode as a communication method between the camera and the lens includes a first terminal and a second terminal used to communicate with the lens. In the first communication mode, the camera outputs a clock signal through the first terminal and receives information about the lens through the second terminal on the basis of the clock signal. In the second communication mode, the camera receives information about the lens through the first terminal and the second terminal without outputting a clock signal through the first terminal.
US09001263B2	Driver circuit for a camera voice coil motor A driver circuit for a camera voice coil motor (VCM) is described. A first power switch selectively conducts current from a VCM node to a power supply node, and a second power switch selectively conducts current from the VCM node to a power return node. A pulse width modulation circuit controls the first and second power switches. In another embodiment, a switch mode current control circuit sources VCM current alternately from the power supply node and the power n node, into the VCM node. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09001262B2	Image sensor and image capturing apparatus An image sensor comprises a first imaging pixel and a second imaging pixel each of which detects an object image formed by a photographing optical system and generates a recording image. Each of the first imaging pixel and the second imaging pixel comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion units segmented in a first direction, the plurality of photoelectric conversion units have an ability of photoelectrically converting images formed by split light beams out of a light beam from the photographing optical system and outputting focus detection signals to be used to detect a phase difference. A base-line length of photoelectric conversion units to be used to detect the phase difference included in the first imaging pixel is longer than that of photoelectric conversion units to be used to detect the phase difference included in the second imaging pixel.
US09001260B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device having pairs of phase-difference pixels for detecting a phase difference; a position control section which changes the relative position of an imaging optical system and the solid-state imaging device; a control section which causes the solid-state imaging device to perform plural provisional imagings while changing the relative position; and a regular-imaging position determination section which determines one of the relative positions that are obtained when the provisional imagings are performed, as a relative position in regular imaging, on the basis of, among plural captured image signals which are obtained in the provisional imagings, output signals which correspond to a part or all of the pairs included in the solid-state imaging device, and which are obtained from pixels in areas including the pairs.
US09001254B2	Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same A digital photographing apparatus is provided that enlarges and displays one area of a subject to be photographed for a self-timer photographing standby time, as is a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus. The method includes: receiving a self-timer photographing input signal; enlarging and displaying one area of a displayed input image for a self-timer photographing standby time; and capturing the displayed input image after the self-timer photographing standby time elapses. The area of the subject to be photographed is enlarged and displayed for the self-timer photographing standby time so that a photographing state of the subject to be photographed may be checked and a desired image may be captured.
US09001252B2	Image matching to augment reality Technology for augmenting reality using image matching is described. The technology can receive a captured image, determine location information relating to the received image, and transmit the location information to a server computing device. The technology may then receive one or more tags from the server computing device, wherein each tag can include one or more patches and supplementary information corresponding to at least one of the patches and each patch can be associated with the location information. The technology can then determine using an image matching process whether at least one of the received one or more patches appears in the received image, and if a patch appears in the received image, render the supplementary information corresponding to the patch.
US09001249B2	Solid-state image sensor and camera A solid-state image sensor has a pixel array including pixel units and column signal lines. Each pixel unit includes a photoelectric converter and an amplifier transistor which outputs a signal to the column signal line. The sensor includes a cascode current source which supplies a current to the amplifier transistor and which includes cascode-connected first and second transistors, a first bias circuit which determines a voltage of a first node connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second bias circuit which determines a voltage of a second node connected to a gate of the second transistor.
US09001247B2	Imaging system and method for driving imaging system A method drives an imaging system including: a plurality of pixels; an amplifier having an input node connected to the plurality of pixels via an input capacitor, and an output node connected to the input node via a feedback capacitor; and a reset unit configured to reset the input node to a base potential. The method includes the steps of: causing the input capacitor to hold noise output from one of the plurality of pixels; adding signals output from the two or more pixels in the feedback capacitor; and obtaining a difference between a signal applying a gain to a base signal output from the amplifier according to the reset of the input node of the amplifier and the signal added in the feedback capacitor.
US09001234B2	Imager readout architecture utilizing A/D converters (ADC) The invention provides an imager readout architecture utilizing analog-to-digital converters (ADC), the architecture comprising a band-limited sigma delta modulator (SDM) ADC; and a serpentine readout, which can be configured to allow the band-limited SDM to multiplex between multiple columns by avoiding discontinuities at the edges of a row. SDM ADC image reconstruction artifacts are minimized using a modified serpentine read out methodology, the methodology comprising using primary and redundant slices with the serpentine read out in opposite directions and averaging the slices. Advantageously, the invention can be used to develop a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) for strained layer superlattice imagers (SLS) using sigma delta modulator (SDM) based analog to digital converters (SDM ADC).
US09001227B2	Combining data from multiple image sensors A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors. Each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate image data. The method also includes receiving synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors.
US09001226B1	Capturing and relighting images using multiple devices A system and method are provided for coordinating image capture using multiple devices, including for example multiple image capture devices (cameras), multiple lighting devices (flash), and/or the like. In at least one embodiment, the system of the present invention is configured to collect image information from multiple image capture devices, such as cameras, and/or to collect multiple images having different lighting configurations. The collected image data can be processed to generate various effects, such as relighting, parallax, refocusing, and/or three-dimensional effects, and/or to introduce interactivity into the image presentation. In at least one embodiment, the system of the present invention is implemented using any combination of any number of image capture device(s) and/or flash (lighting) device(s), which may be equipped to communicate with one another via any suitable means, such as wirelessly. A communication protocol is established for enabling such communication, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, or the like.
US09001225B2	Image capture apparatus and control method therefor An image capture apparatus comprises a first shake detection unit configured to detect a shake of the image capture apparatus, a rotational shake calculation unit configured to calculate a rotational shake amount, a second shake detection unit configured to detect the shake of the image capture apparatus, a translational shake calculation unit configured to calculate a translational shake amount, a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the rotational shake amount and the translational shake amount, a correction amount for correcting image blurring, and a correction unit configured to correct the image blurring, wherein the rotational shake calculation unit calculates a first translational motion component and perspective component, and wherein the correction amount calculation unit calculates a second translational motion component.
US09001222B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and program for image processing for correcting displacement between pictures obtained by temporally-continuous capturing An image processing device of the present invention includes: a motion amount estimating unit which estimates, using feature points extracted from each of a first picture and a second picture, a motion amount indicating an amount of displacement of the second picture with respect to the first picture, the second picture being captured temporally after the first picture; a determining unit which determines, using the feature points, whether or not correction is made using the motion amount estimated by the motion amount estimating unit; and a picture correcting unit which corrects the displacement of the second picture with respect to the first picture using the motion amount so as to correct the displacement between the pictures, in the case where the determining unit determines that the correction is made using the motion amount.
US09001221B2	Method and apparatus for using motion information and image data to correct blurred images Methods and apparatus for correcting blurred images captured by an imaging device. A method comprising recording image data and recording motion information, transmitting a portion of the image data and/or a portion of the motion information to a computer for processing. The computer may calculate an inverse filter from at least the motion information, and the computer may generate a corrected image by applying an inverse filter to the image data.
US09001220B2	Image sensor chip, method of obtaining image data based on a color sensor pixel and a motion sensor pixel in an image sensor chip, and system including the same A method of operating an image sensor chip, which includes a color sensor pixel and a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixel sensing a motion of an object, is provided. The method includes enabling one of the color sensor pixel and the DVS pixel according to a mode selection signal and processing a pixel signal output from the enabled pixel.
US09001218B2	Camera module and image capturing device having decreased distortion in the vicinity of the maximum image height A camera module (100) of the present invention includes: an optical section (1) including a lens section (11); and an OIS section (3) correcting misalignment of an optical axis. The lens section (11) has an image height-optical distortion curve in which an optical distortion is a positive maximum value in an intermediate image height region and the optical distortion gradually decreases from the maximum value as an image height approaches a maximum image height.
US09001215B2	Estimating shared image device operational capabilities or resources This disclosure describes a number of devices or techniques that can be capable of obtaining an operational capacity for a shared image device; estimating at least one operational resource to perform a transformation of one or more images based at least in part on the obtaining the operational capacity; and sharing the one or more images with at least one other shared image device in a manner that performs the transformation of the one or more images.
US09001213B2	Monitoring video waveforms A video signal waveform monitor is shown, which receives an input video signal composed of video lines. A video signal digitizer samples the input video signal at video sample points to generate a sequence of video pixel data, which is written into an acquisition framestore is organized into a video pixel array so as to represent a raster of the input video signal. A level analyzer reads the video pixel data row-by-row from segments of the video pixel array and increments video level data at addresses in cache memory in response to the serially-read video pixel data. This generates a sequence of video level data, which is written into an output framestore and which represents the level of the waveform of the input video signal. The segments of the video pixel array comprise at least one and less than all of the columns in the video pixel array.
US09001210B2	Surveillance camera system A surveillance camera system includes a first camera 5 having an angle of view θ1, a second camera 6 which is a combination of two camera modules 6a, 6b each having an angle of view θ2, a third camera 7 which is a combination of three camera modules 7a, 7b, 7c each having an angle of view θ3, and a local camera 8 having an angle of view θs. The first to third cameras 5 to 7 act as area surveillance cameras to which the optimum shooting distance is set, respectively. The local camera 8 takes a shot of a local area, which is set in a shooting area of the third camera 7, at the narrowest angle of view θs. The respective cameras take a shot individually under automatic exposure control.
US09001208B2	Imaging sensor based multi-dimensional remote controller with multiple input mode A method for generating a TV input command using a remote controller having an imaging sensor is presented. The method identifies the corners of a TV display screen from a graphical image captured by an imaging sensor of the remote controller. The method can then perform edge detection and segmentation of the graphical image using reference TV dimensions of the TV display screen to identify the pixel coordinates of the four corners of the TV display screen in the graphical image. The method can then map a camera center position in the pixel coordinates to virtual TV coordinates using a cross ratio algorithm, and then map a location of a cursor in the virtual TV coordinates to the coordinates of the TV display screen.
US09001207B1	Apparatus and method for motion detection in video A motion detection method of a video camera includes calculating differences for a sum of accumulated differences (ΔSAD) for corresponding macro blocks in successive frames of video. The method may include identifying motion-generative macroblocks and regions of connected macroblocks. Candidate-motion regions may be defined in a frame and a bounding box may be formed around each of the candidate-motion regions. If corresponding bounding boxes in a plurality of successive frames have substantially the same location, size, and shape in the plurality of successive frames, and if the plurality of successive frames are in a temporal window of successive frames, then the corresponding bounding boxes may indicate motion.
US09001206B2	Cascadable camera tampering detection transceiver module A cascadable camera tampering detection transceiver module has a processing unit and a storing unit, an information controlling module and an analyzing module. The storing unit stores a transceiving module. The detection module analyzes input video, detects camera tampering events, synthesizes the input video with the image of camera tampering result, and outputs the synthesized video. When the input video is an output from the detection module, the detection module separates the camera tampering result from the input video, and the result can be used to simplify or enhance the subsequent video analysis. Performing the existing analysis repeatedly may be avoided, and the user may re-define the detection conditions in this manner. When the camera tampering result is transmitted in the video channel, the detection module transmits the camera tampering result, and hence the detection module may be used in combination with surveillance devices having image output or input interfaces.
US09001205B2	System and methods for controlling a surveying device A system and methods are provided for controlling a surveying device. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a control screen including image data captured by a surveying device, detecting an input associated with the control screen, and determining a control command for the surveying device based on the input associated with the control screen. The method may further include controlling operation of the surveying device based on the control command, wherein the surveying device is configured to rotate in one more of a horizontal and vertical direction based on the control command. The device and methods may advantageously allow for precise pointing of a surveying device and translation of input position to surveying device commands.
US09001203B2	System and program for generating integrated database of imaged map A photography unit photographs a target, a control unit acquires distance data between a photography position and a target to be photographed of the photography unit, an azimuth angle and an elevation/depression angle of a photography direction of the photography unit together with the image information by an angle distance measurement unit synchronously or asynchronously to the shutter operation of the photography unit. The angle distance measurement unit has a configuration without using an axis fixed onto a mobile object. Coordinate information of the photography position of the photography unit is acquired from the coordinate measurement unit synchronously to asynchronously to the shutter operation. The control unit calculates coordinate information of a photographing target, based on the data of the acquired distance data, the azimuth, elevation and depression angles, and the coordinate information.
US09001201B2	Component mounting apparatus and component detection method A transfer pathway of mounting heads 10 in a component-mounting round during which the mounting head 10 moves back and forth between a component feeding unit 4 and a substrate conveyance mechanism 2 is derived by a transfer pathway calculation unit 25 for each component-mounting round from mounting program data 21a. On the basis of data pertaining to the thus-derived transfer pathway, image data output from a line sensor camera assigned to a head transfer range segment that the transfer pathway of the mounting head 10 crosses in each of component-mounting rounds are selected and captured by an image selection processing unit 24. The image data output from the line sensor camera whose focusing point substantially matches the imaging target can be used for detecting whether or not a component still exists.
US09001199B2	System and method for human detection and counting using background modeling, HOG and Haar features A system for adaptive learning based human detection for channel input of captured human image signals, the system comprising: a sensor for tracking real-time images of an environment of interest; a feature extraction and classifiers generation processor for extracting a plurality of features and classifying the features associated with time-space descriptors of image comprising background modeling, Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) and Haar like wavelet; a processor configured to process extracted feature classifiers associated with plurality of real-time images; combine the plurality of feature classifiers of time-space descriptors; evaluate a linear probability of human detection based on a predetermined threshold value of the feature classifiers in a time window having at least one image frame; a counter for counting the number of humans in the real-time images; and a transmission device configured to send the final human detection decision and number thereof to a storage device.
US09001195B2	Image display device, image display viewing system and image display method An image display device of present invention includes a signal control portion that receives input of an image signal, and outputs a signal that causes an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye to be displayed alternately, a display panel to which the signal converted by the signal control portion is input, and which alternately displays the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye, and a polarity reversing portion that performs polarity reversal of a drive voltage of the display panel due to the signal, at least every time both the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye are displayed.
US09001192B2	Storage medium having stored therein stereoscopic image display program, stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic image display system, and stereoscopic image display method A game device 10 displays an image on an upper LCD 22 capable of producing stereoscopic display using two images. Based on two captured images of a predetermined image-capture object captured respectively by two image-capturing devices, the game device 10 calculates a positional relationship between the predetermined image-capture object and each of the image-capturing devices. Then, the game device 10 determines a zero-parallax distance using at least one of the positional relationships so that it is a distance in accordance with a distance from the image-capturing device to the image-capture object, and determines display positions of the two captured images to be displayed on the upper LCD 22 in accordance with the zero-parallax distance. Moreover, the game device 10 produces two virtual images based on two virtual cameras which have been set using the positional relationships, and produces a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the virtual image with the captured image to display the image on the upper LCD 22.
US09001191B2	Calibration device, image display system and shutter glasses A calibration device including a communication section which communicates with a display device which displays images on a screen, a light sensor arranged in a position to receive transmitted light of a lens of shutter glasses, a signal processing section which processes an output signal of the light sensor, a processing section which determines a shutter opening/closing timing, and a shutter driving section which operates the opening and closing of shutters of shutter glasses in accordance with the shutter opening/closing timing determined by the processing section, where the communication section receives a standard pulse which shows a timing when images are switched from the display device, and the processing section determines an appropriate correction amount τ of the shutter opening/closing timing based on a change in the output of the light sensor when the shutter opening/closing timing is changed with regard to the standard pulse.
US09001187B2	Capsule imaging system having a folded optical axis An optical imaging system having a folded optical axis.
US09001184B2	Apparatus and method for taking image and conducting video communication A method and an apparatus for taking an image and conducting video communication are provided. The image-taking and video communication apparatus includes a transparent display, a front camera, and a controller. The front camera is positioned behind the transparent display and captures an image of an object in front of the transparent display through the transparent display. The controller synchronizes an image capture period of the front camera with a screen output period of the transparent display so that image capturing of the front camera alternates with screen output of the transparent display.
US09001180B2	Multiple-participant customer service conference Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for receiving input to initiate a video conference with a first participant from a user; initiating the video conference between the user and the first participant; receiving a request to add at least a second participant to the video conference from at least one of the user and the first participant, the request comprising credentials associated with the second participant; determining that the second participant is authorized to join the video conference based on the credentials; and connecting the second participant to the video conference.
US09001177B2	Enabling UE access domain selection for terminated speech/video calls There is discussed a method of selecting an access domain for receiving a speech and/or video call at a mobile station of a mobile communications network in which calls are routed via a central service control common to a plurality of access domains. The method comprises the central service control transmitting an invite to establish a call to the terminating mobile station; the mobile station deciding on an access domain for receiving the call taking into account the capabilities of the local access network, and transmitting the selected access domain to the central service control; and establishing the call in accordance with the selected access domain.
US09001176B2	Smart phone lens assembly A lens assembly for a smartphone and a method of use is disclosed. In a first aspect, a lens assembly comprises a rotatable wheel; wherein the wheel includes at least two lenses. The lens assembly includes a skin portion coupled to the rotatable wheel, wherein the skin portion is adjustable to cover a smartphone. The at least two lenses of the wheel are positioned such that when one of the lens of the assembly is properly positioned it covers the lens of a camera on the smartphone. In a second aspect the method comprises providing a lens assembly over a camera lens of a smartphone chassis. The lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses that are rotatable. The method includes ensuring that the center of the smartphone lens is congruent with the center of the selected lens of the plurality of lens by referencing at least two surfaces of the smartphone chassis.
US09001175B2	Optical scanning device and method for operating the same and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device comprising: a light source that emits a laser beam; and a driving unit connected to the light source and configured to drive the light source; the driving unit comprising: a first storage unit that stores in advance therein a setting value for controlling output of the laser beam; a second storage unit that stores temporally therein the setting value stored in the first storage unit; a storage controller connected to the first storage unit and the second storage unit; and a voltage detector connected to the storage controller and configured to detect a voltage value supplied to the driving unit, wherein the storage controller, upon the voltage detector detecting that the voltage supply is resumed, transfers the setting value stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit automatically.
US09001171B2	Double-sided receipt printing method and double-sided receipt printer A first printhead that prints on one side of the paper, a second printhead that prints on the other side of the paper, and a cutter are disposed to the paper conveyance path with a specific gap therebetween approaching the paper exit for the paper, and a conveyance unit that conveys the paper through the conveyance path in a device that prints duplex receipts. Based on reception of a transaction end statement, the printer prints part of the transaction information by the first printhead; prints the remaining part of the transaction information by the second printhead; prints store information, the length of which fits between the cutter and the first printhead, by the first printhead after printing the transaction information; and then cuts the paper by the cutter at a position between the area where the transaction information was printed and the area where the store information was printed.
US09001169B2	Printer and recording medium The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a storage device, a feeder, a printing head, an instruction input portion, a first control portion, a detection determining portion, and a second control portion. The printing head performs desired printing on the print-receiving medium fed in a forward direction along a transport direction by a feeder. The instruction input portion inputs an operation instruction for starting print processing. The first control portion controls the feeder so as to start feeding of the print-receiving medium in the forward direction. The detection determining portion determines whether or not a detecting device detects the identifier after feeding in the forward direction was started. The second control portion controls the feeder so as to feed the print-receiving medium in a reverse direction, and to position a position of the print-receiving medium in a predetermined first initial position.
US09001167B2	Display panel having crossover connections effecting dot inversion A display device having subpixel repeating groups is presented. Each subpixel repeating group has an even number of four or more subpixels and includes odd-numbered subpixels and even-numbered subpixels alternately arranged in a row direction, each subpixel having a color. A data driver is configured to provide data signals to the subpixels such that the odd-numbered subpixels have a polarity that is opposite that of the even-numbered subpixels in each of the subpixel repeating groups. A first subpixel repeating group and a second subpixel repeating group are adjacent in the row direction. The first subpixel of the first subpixel repeating group and the first subpixel of the second subpixel repeating group have the same color and opposite polarities.
US09001165B2	Method of operating an organic light emitting display device, and organic light emitting display device A method of operating an organic light emitting display device including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel, wherein a first gamma voltage for the red, green and blue sub-pixels and a second gamma voltage for the white pixel are adjusted such that a sum of maximum luminances of the red, green and blue sub-pixels is substantially equal to a luminance of a white color displayed by the organic light emitting display device. With respect to a white portion of input data, a ratio of first data of the red, green and blue sub-pixels to second data of the white sub-pixel is adjusted based on a first accumulated driving amount of the red, green and blue sub-pixels and a second accumulated driving amount of the white sub-pixel.
US09001164B2	Electro-optical device and electronic device A plurality of pixels are arranged corresponding to interconnection between a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of signal lines. A drive circuit alternately displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image on the plurality of pixels every display period. Specifically, the drive circuit sequentially selects the scan lines and supplies a preparation potential corresponding to given grayscale potential (for example, black grayscale) to each of the pixels corresponding to the scan line in a selection state, during a preparation of each of the display periods, and sequentially selects the scan lines and supplies grayscale potential that is in response to an assigned grayscale of the corresponding pixel to each of the pixels corresponding to the scan line in the selection state, during a drive period that starts before selecting the scan line during the preparation of each of the display periods.
US09001163B2	Method of driving image display device A method of driving an image display device including (A) an image display panel in which pixels each having first to fourth subpixels displaying first to third primary colors and fourth color, respectively are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and (B) a signal processor, in an i-th image display frame, in the signal processor, first to fourth subpixel output signals are obtained on the basis of at least first to fourth subpixel input signals and a corrected expansion coefficient α′i-0, and output to the first to fourth subpixels, respectively, the maximum value Vmax(S) of luminosity with saturation S in an HSV color space is obtained in the signal processor or stored in the signal processor, and in the i-th image display frame, in the signal processor, (a) saturation Si and luminosity Vi(S) in pixels are obtained, (b) an expansion coefficient αi-0 is obtained, and (c) the corrected expansion coefficient α′i-0 is determined.
US09001154B2	Method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises providing a virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, with first pose data on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server, taking an image of a real environment by a mobile device and providing second pose data as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken. The method further includes displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, accessing the virtual object in the database and positioning the virtual object in the image on the basis of the first and second pose data, manipulating the virtual object or adding a further virtual object, and providing the manipulated virtual object with modified first pose data or the further virtual object with third pose data in the database.
US09001153B2	System and apparatus for augmented reality display and controls An augmented reality system includes a vision output device for displaying virtual images. A sensing device captures an image within a reference frame. The vision output device is captured within the image. A processing unit identifies the vision output device within the reference frame of the captured image and localizes the vision output device within the reference frame of the captured image for identifying an absolute position and orientation of the vision output device within the reference frame of the captured image. The vision output device generates virtual displays to a user at respective locations based on the absolute position and orientation of the vision output device within reference frame of the captured image. The sensing device captures a user's selection of a virtual control. The processing unit identifies the selection of the virtual control within the captured image and enables a control action of a controllable device.
US09001149B2	Max mode A smartpad is provided that has various display modes.
US09001147B2	System and method for using an image to provide search results A system and method uses an image manipulating application to define in an object image a plurality of discrete cells. Predefined image information is substituted for image information in selected ones of the plurality of discrete cells to form a translated version of the object image. The translated version of the object image may then be provided to an image recognition capable search engine to obtain search results.
US09001145B2	Image display device and image display method An image display device has pixels each of which includes sub-pixels of four or more colors, and displays a high-definition image that has been subjected to sub-pixel-level filtering processing. The image display device includes a display panel in which color filters of sub-pixel colors including three principal colors of red, green, and blue as well as at least one color other than the three principal colors are arranged regularly; and an image processor that performs filtering processing with respect to an input image signal. The image processor includes: a principal color conversion section that generates sub-pixel signals corresponding to the sub-pixel colors, respectively, from the input image signals Rin, Bin, and Gin of the three principal colors; and a sub-pixel enhancement section that gives, to the sub-pixel signals, position information in accordance with an order of arrangement of the color filters of the sub-pixel colors in the display panel, and performs the filtering processing sub-pixel by sub-pixel.
US09001143B2	Color mapping A method may include receiving, from a user, information identifying a first color, and identifying a first item having the first color to be output to a display. The method may also include generating information associated with the first item, the generated information including at least one of a pattern, text, a graphical symbol or an icon that will be used to identify the first color. The method may further include outputting the generated information to the display.
US09001141B2	Method and apparatus for providing independent gamut remapping for multiple screen subsections An apparatus and method for providing display information generates, independently from an operating system, different screen subsections of a screen image using independent gamut remapping configurations to generate an output image in a target gamut space of a display. The method and apparatus also provides the generated output image for display or may display the generated output image.
US09001138B2	2-D gather instruction and a 2-D cache A processor may support a two-dimensional (2-D) gather instruction and a 2-D cache. The processor may perform the 2-D gather instruction to access one or more sub-blocks of data from a two-dimensional (2-D) image stored in a memory coupled to the processor. The two-dimensional (2-D) cache may store the sub-blocks of data in a multiple cache lines. Further, the 2-D cache may support access of more than one cache lines while preserving a two-dimensional structure of the 2-D image.
US09001134B2	Display balance / metering Method, apparatuses, and systems are presented for processing a sequence of images for display using a display device involving operating a plurality of graphics devices, including at least one first graphics device that processes certain ones of the sequence of images, including a first image, and at least one second graphics device that processes certain other ones of the sequence of images, including a second image, delaying processing of the second image by the at least one second graphics device, by a specified duration, relative to processing of the first image by the at least one first graphics device, to stagger pixel data output for the first image and pixel data output for the second image, and selectively providing output from the at least one first graphics device and the at least one second graphics device to the display device.
US09001132B1	Constraint scenarios for retargeting actor motion A computer-implemented method for providing retargeting of actor motion includes: receiving, in a computer system, an input generated by user selection of at least one of multiple real-time constraint scenarios, each real-time constraint scenario corresponding to a relationship between motion capture information from an actor and a position or movement of a character driven by the motion capture information; activating, based on the selected real-time constraint scenario, one or more of multiple limb solvers for the character which determines at least a first joint angle for a corresponding character limb; registering, for at least one character limb where the corresponding limb solver is not activated, a corresponding joint angle from the motion capture information as a second joint angle; and determining a root location for the character based on at least the first and second joint angles.
US09001128B2	Efficient method of producing an animated sequence of images A computer-based method of generating an animated sequence of images eliminates inefficiencies associated with a lighting process. The method begins with the provision of a frame for the animation sequence. The frame includes at least one asset, which may be a character, background, or other object. The frame is rendered to thereby produce a set of images each based upon a different lighting condition. The frame is then composited during which a subset of the images are selected from the set and then adjusted. Settings such as intensity and color balance are adjusted for each of the subset of images.
US09001124B2	Efficient determination of lighting effects in volume rendering A two-dimensional representation of an object using volume rendering, with a representation of the object being used in which values of a quantity characterizing the object are given at spatial points of the object, is provided. A blended color value for the representation as pixels on a screen is calculated using a volume rendering technique that does not use an illumination model or uses a local illumination model. At least one ray emanating from a surface of the object is simulated for the purpose of calculating the effect of shadows or the effect of ambient occlusion. A value for the effect of shadows or a value for the effect of ambient occlusion is calculated using the at least one ray. The blended color value and the calculated value are combined in order to obtain a blended color value that takes into account the effect of shadows or ambient occlusion.
US09001123B1	Forming a polygon mesh without shifting vertex positions A polygon mesh may have a plurality of vertices and a set of polygon faces. Each of the triangles defining candidate planes may include one of the vertices as an endpoint of each line segment. For each of the candidate planes, an area or a number of vertices, referred to as a point count, may be computed. The candidate planes may be ordered by decreasing area or by decreasing point count. A planar face may be selected in accordance with the ordering. The selected planar face may be added to a set of polygon faces for a modified polygon mesh. Non-selected ones of the candidate planes may be excluded, whenever the non-selected candidate plane overlaps in area with an already selected planar polygon face. The selecting and the excluding may be repeated until the modified polygon mesh is formed. The modified polygon mesh may be a tessellation in three dimensions.
US09001116B2	Method and system of generating a three-dimensional view of a real scene for military planning and operations Generation of views of a real scene is based on selection of view criteria and the content of multiple types of source data. The viewpoint and at least one other criterion area used to determine which texture to sue for each surface, or portion of a surface, of a three-dimensional model. Regions of the images of the scene are associated with at least one portion of at least one surface of the three-dimensional model of the scene, wherein at least one of the portions is associated with the regions of at least two of the images. View selection criteria includes a criterion other than viewpoint. Based on the view selection criteria, selecting at least one of the regions for at least one of the portions and rendering a multi-view using the selected regions in combination with the three-dimensional model of the scene.
US09001115B2	System and method for three-dimensional visualization of geographical data A method of using a computer to generate virtual autostereoscopic images from a three-dimensional digital data set is disclosed. The method includes establishing a first point of view and field of view of a subject volume including a region of interest. The method includes reading at least one scene parameter associated with the field of view of the subject volume. The method includes determining a second point of view offset some distance and along some vector from the first point of view based on a value derived from at least one scene parameter. The second point of view at least partially overlaps the first field of view. The first and second points of view each create a view plane with a view orthogonal to the subject volume.
US09001114B1	Parallel processing of object subtrees for multiprocessor systems A system may include a memory that stores instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to receive data for graphical rendering and distribute a first portion of the data to a first computation process. The processor may distribute a second portion of the data to a second computation process and create a first data structure via the first computation process using the first portion of the data. The processor may create a second data structure via the second computation process using the second portion of the data and assemble an object tree via a third computation process using the first data structure and the second data structure. The processor may provide the assembled object tree to a browser for rendering a graphical scene.
US09001110B2	Dual liquid crystal barrier, and stereoscopic image display device having the same A dual liquid crystal barrier includes a first substrate having space-division electrodes, the space-division electrodes including first electrodes and second electrodes, a second substrate having time-division electrodes, the time-division electrodes including third electrodes and fourth electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The dual liquid crystal barrier is configured to selectively operate as a space-division liquid crystal barrier based on the space-division electrodes, or a time-division liquid crystal barrier based on the time-division electrodes.
US09001107B2	Image pixel and image pixel control method An image pixel control method includes: performing an initialization process comprising initializing the light receiving unit; performing an excess value sampling process comprising sampling a voltage level corresponding to a quantity of photoelectrons in excess of a photoelectron accommodation capacity of the light receiving unit; performing an initialization level comprising sampling process sampling a voltage level applied to the light receiving unit when the light receiving unit is initialized; and performing a data level sampling process comprising sampling a voltage level corresponding to a quantity of photoelectrons accommodated in the light receiving unit.
US09001106B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines to display an image. The gate driver is configured to apply a gate signal to the gate lines and the data driver is configured to apply a data signal to the data lines. At least one intermediate voltage having a voltage level between a first voltage and a second voltage and a data voltage corresponding to a specific gray scale are sequentially applied to at least one pixel of the pixels as the data signal during a frame period.
US09001099B2	Image display and image display method An image display includes: a display panel in which a plurality of pixels including first display elements, respectively, are two-dimensionally arranged; a drive section deriving, from a plurality of pieces of still image data and display times of a plurality of still images based on the plurality of pieces of still image data, an accumulated display time of each first display element in each still image data when the plurality of still images are sequentially displayed from one to another, and deriving, from the accumulated display time of each first display element derived in each still image data and degradation characteristic data stored in a memory section, a correction amount of each still image data in each pixel, and further sequentially displaying a plurality of still images based on a plurality of pieces of still image data corrected with use of the obtained correction amount from one to another.
US09001093B2	Display device and method of driving the same A method of driving a display device includes: sub-sampling an original image signal; generating a sub-image signal; generating a sub-interpolated image signal from the sub-image signal; generating an interpolated frame by realigning the sub-interpolated image signal; and displaying an image having the interpolated frame.
US09001086B1	Display illumination with light-based touch sensing Some implementations include a light-based touch sensing system in which a first type of light is projected across a display surface for detection by one or more light sensors. When a user's finger blocks the light from being delivered to a light sensor, a location of the finger with respect to the display can be determined. At least one light source may be selectively operable to emit a second type of light, different from the first type of light, to illuminate the display surface with visible light. In some implementations, a dual-mode light source is selectively operable to emit the first type of light, the second type of light, or both the first type and second type of light. In other implementations, a first light source emits the first type of light and a second light source emits the second type of light through the same light guide.
US09001084B2	Position detecting device and display device A position detecting device usable with a display having a display-surface side and a rear-surface side opposite to the front side is provided. The position detecting device includes a position indicator, a detector, and a driving coil. The detector is provided on the display-surface side of the display and is configured to detect signals transmitted from the position indicator. The driving coil is provided on the rear-surface side of the display and is configured to supply electric current to the position indicator.
US09001083B2	Capacitive touch screen having dynamic capacitance control and improved touch sensing Methods and apparatus for improving the sensing performance of a capacitive touch screen sensing device. The electrical potential of conductive structures proximate capacitive touch pads of the sensing device is altered to compensate for the effect of parasitic capacitance, based on external conditions such as water on the touch screen or an intervening user worn glove. The compensation for parasitic capacitance improves the signal to noise ratio and therefore the sensing performance of the device.
US09001080B2	Touch-panel device A touch panel device includes a touch panel including first and second electrodes, an alternating-current (AC) signal source operable to input an AC signal into the first electrode, an inductive element electrically connected in series between the AC signal source and the first electrode, and a detection circuit operable to detect a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode upon a touch of an object on the touch panel, based on a change of a signal output from the second electrode. This touch panel device can enhance detection sensitivity with a simple configuration.
US09001079B2	Touch screen panel A touch screen panel provided in an image display device. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a first direction; a first insulating film on the first sensing patterns; a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating film and coupled to each other along a second direction, the first and second sensing patterns being alternately arranged not to overlap with each other; and a second insulating film on the second sensing patterns, wherein the first insulating film and the second insulating film are composed of materials having different optical refractive indexes.
US09001078B2	Input device and display device with input device When an ideal value of a width of each of a plurality of detecting electrodes (input-position detecting electrodes) in an X direction provided in an input device is defined as Wsmax [μm], an interval which is a center-to-center distance of adjacent detecting electrodes is defined as P [μm], and an effective inter-electrode distance represented by an inverse number of a value obtained by dividing a relative permittivity of an intermediate member by a thickness of the intermediate member is defined as D [μm], Wsmax is represented by a formula of: Wsmax=0.488×P-4.33×D-160. Also, a width of each of the plurality of detecting electrodes in the X direction falls within a range of not more than ±150 μm of a value of the Wsmax.
US09001076B2	Touch panel A capacitance-type touch panel includes an insulating layer, a first transparent conductive layer, a number of first electrodes, a second transparent conductive layer, and at least one second electrode. The first transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube film includes a number of carbon nanotube wires substantially parallel with each other and a number of carbon nanotube clusters located between the number of carbon nanotube wires. The carbon nanotube wires extend along an X direction and are spaced from each other along a Y direction. The carbon nanotube clusters between each adjacent two of the carbon nanotube wires are spaced from each other along the X direction. The X direction is intercrossed with the Y direction.
US09001074B2	Methods and apparatus to determine position of an input object A method and apparatus receive a plurality of signal values, the plurality of signal values responsive to an input object. The method and apparatus calculate at least one signal ratio value using the plurality of signal values and determine a position of the input object using the at least one signal ratio value.
US09001071B2	Energy-efficient touch panel device and related method An energy-efficient touch panel control device includes a touch panel, a buffer memory, an analog to digital conversion unit, for converting analog output voltage to digital trace data and storing the digital trace data in the buffer memory, and according to a control signal, switching an operating mode, an operation unit, generating a detecting result according to the digital trace data, switching the operating mode according to an interrupt signal, and including a mode control unit, for generating the control signal according to the interrupt signal, and a host interface unit.
US09001070B2	System and method for determining user input from occluded objects The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved input devices. In one embodiment, an input device is configured to determine if a sensed object includes an occluded portion using an image representative of sensor values, determine a portion of the image corresponding to the sensed object, and approximate a boundary representation of the sensed object wherein if the sensed object does include the occluded portion, the boundary representation encompasses at least part of the occluded portion of the sensed object and at least part of a non-occluded portion of the sensed object. The determination of a boundary representation corresponding to a sensed object facilitates improved characterization of the sensed object. For example, the determined boundary representation may be used to more accurately track changes in the position of the sensed object as the sensed object moves out of the sensing region.
US09001069B2	Technique for executing a combined operation in response to a single press and release of a sensor unit A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears.
US09001066B2	PAPR optimized OFDM touch engine with tone spaced windowed demodulation A touch-sensitive device includes a touch panel, drive unit, and measurement unit. A touch applied to a given node of the panel changes a mutual capacitive coupling between a given drive and sense electrode of the touch panel, or changes a self-capacitive coupling the between a given electrode and ground. The drive unit delivers to the drive electrodes of the touch panel or to the self-capacitance measurement amplifiers of all electrodes, subcarriers of a composites carrier modulated OFDM signal by using SSB or DSB modulation based up-conversion, and these subcarriers are complementary code sequence-based phase encoded for PAPR reduction of the OFDM signal. The measurement unit receives signals from the receive electrodes, or directly from local receiver amplifiers at each electrode, and analyzes the signal using FFT or maximum likelihood estimation to determine the mutual coupling capacitance between each of the drive and receive electrodes or the self-capacitance of each electrode. Time-windowing is applied inside the FFT window, and a tone skipping or nulling technique is adopted, when it is required to reject interferences at frequencies that are too close to that of the drive signal frequencies.
US09001060B2	Touch sensitive device A method of generating a keyboard switch haptic sensation in a coupled system comprising a touch-sensitive surface and a force exciter or actuator coupled to the touch-sensitive surface, the method comprising generating a carrier wave signal at frequencies within the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system, modulating the carrier wave signal with a modulation envelope so that the modulated carrier wave signal has a closely spaced pair of peaks, and driving the exciter or actuator with the modulated carrier wave signal to excite the touch-sensitive surface to provide a closely spaced pair of impulses whereby the keyboard switch haptic sensation is simulated to a user touching the touch-sensitive surface.
US09001056B2	Operating method of terminal based on multiple inputs and portable terminal supporting the same An operating method of a terminal based on multiple inputs and a portable terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The operating method includes: receiving a sensor signal in a state that a touch-down event having at least one touch point is being maintained, generating respective distinct commands according to at least one of a number of touch points of the touch-down event, and a type and a form of the certain sensor signal, activating one of a user function or controlling an operation of a currently activated user function according to the generated commands; and controlling variation in a screen output on a display panel according to the activation or the control of the user function.
US09001053B2	Display system for controlling a selector symbol within an image A display system for controlling a selector symbol within an image includes, but is not limited to, a display screen that is configured to detect a touch of an operator on a surface of the display screen and that is further configured to display a three-dimensional image. The display system further includes a processor that is operatively coupled to the touch screen. The processor is configured to command the display screen to display a three-dimensional selector symbol within the three-dimensional image, and to command the display screen to move the selector symbol within the three-dimensional image in a manner that corresponds with the touch of the operator.
US09001051B2	Information processing apparatus, display method, and display program An information processing apparatus includes a position detecting section that detects a touch position of a pointing object on a display screen of a display section, a region detecting section that detects a region on the display screen which is hidden by the pointing object, and a control section that displays information associated with the touch position outside the region detected by the region detecting section, when the touch position is detected by the position detecting section.
US09001044B2	Method for inputting user command and video apparatus employing the same A method of inputting a user command includes displaying a navigation window including letter key symbols corresponding to keys on a manipulator. If a first user command as to a specific key on the manipulator is input, a specific letter key symbol on the navigation window corresponding to the specific key is activated, and if a second user command as to the specific key is input, the letter corresponding to the activated specific letter key symbol is input. Accordingly, even if the manipulator is separated from the display on which a result of the manipulator is displayed, the user can input a user command by looking at the display only.
US09001042B2	Pointing device and wireless terminal for reducing power consumption by supplying power only when a contact is detected A pointing device includes a displacement detection section that detects an amount of displacement and a direction of displacement of the self-pointing device; a wireless communication section that transmits information of the amount of displacement and the direction of displacement which are detected by the displacement detection section as a radio signal; one or a plurality of contact detection sections that detect the presence or the absence of a contact; and a power source control section that, while at least one of the contact detection sections detects any contact, supplies electric power to the wireless communication section and the displacement detection section, and that, while none of the contact detection sections detects any contact, does not supply electric power to the wireless communication section and the displacement detection section.
US09001036B2	Systems and methods of camera-based fingertip tracking Systems and methods for camera-based fingertip tracking are disclosed. One such method includes identifying at least one location of a fingertip in at least one of the video frames, and mapping the location to a user input based on the location of the fingertip relative to a virtual user input device.
US09001035B2	Configured input display for communicating to computational apparatus According to various embodiments, an input device is provided for receiving one of a plurality of commands via the manipulation of one or more fingers of a user and sending output commands to a separate device based on the nature of the manipulation. According to one embodiment, the input device is a hand-held tablet and the separate device is a computer. In one embodiment, the system may be used for editing electronic video or audio content.
US09001034B2	Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing method According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit; and an image generation unit to generate a display image based on a distance between the imaging unit and an object, wherein the distance is detected by using a plurality of images obtained by the imaging unit at respective focus distances.
US09001033B2	Coordinate information updating device An object can be displayed on a screen of a two-dimensional coordinate system based on xyz-coordinate values of the object in a three-dimensional coordinate system, operation information of a two-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the object can be received from an input device, and whether the operation information is in accordance with a predetermined rule or not is determined. If the operation information is not in accordance with the predetermined rule, xy-coordinate values of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information. If the operation information is in accordance with the predetermined rule, a z-coordinate value of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information.
US09001026B2	Electrophoretic panel and driving method thereof An electrophoretic display includes an electrophoretic panel, a timing control circuit, a source driver, a gate driver, and a gate line enable circuit. The timing control circuit generates a timing control signal corresponding to a refresh area of a frame according to the refresh area. The gate driver generates output enable signals corresponding to the refresh area according to the timing control signal, and the gate line enable circuit transmits scan signals of first gate lines corresponding to the refresh area to second gate lines corresponding to the refresh area according to the enabled output enable signals. The source driver drives data lines corresponding to the refresh area according to the timing control signal to charge/discharge pixels corresponding to the refresh area.
US09001023B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus Adjustment of white balance based on a measurement result of light emission luminance of a backlight is allowed to be executed accurately and effectively. A backlight luminance detection portion detects light emission luminance of an LED backlight in a state where an optical shutter of a liquid crystal display panel is closed. A main control portion adjusts light emission luminance of the LED backlight according to light emission luminance detected by the backlight luminance detection portion. Here, the main control portion compares light emission luminance of LEDs of RGB detected by the backlight luminance detection portion with light emission luminance of RGB in white balance adjustment that is stored in advance in the storage portion, and adjusts, when an error occurs between the compared light emission luminance, the light emission luminance of each of the LEDs of RGB so as to eliminate the error.
US09001018B2	Liquid crystal display device for reducing power consumption and method of driving the same A liquid crystal display wherein power consumption of a gate drive circuit is reduced and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having pixel regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a timing controller to output a clock pulse selectively having a first voltage level, second voltage level and third voltage level of different voltage levels and a data control signal, a gate drive unit to drive the gate lines in response to the clock pulse, and a data drive unit to drive the data lines in response to the data control signal.
US09001015B2	Liquid crystal display device, display method, display program, and computer readable recording medium The liquid crystal display device (1) includes a liquid crystal panel (69) having, for each of pixels (60), a digital memory element (68) for holding an electric potential according to image data and a liquid crystal cell (64) for displaying an image by receiving the electric potential from the digital memory element (68); and a liquid crystal driver circuit (10) having an AC control section (22) for reversing a polarity of an AC voltage applied to the liquid crystal cell (64) on a given cycle and an image transmission control section (21) for issuing instruction on outputting of image data to the liquid crystal panel (69). In a case where an image data transmission period contains a period during which a voltage in the liquid crystal cell (64) is reversed in response to a polarity reversal of the AC voltage applied to the liquid crystal cell (64), the image transmission control section (21) causes image data to be outputted to the liquid crystal panel (69) after the polarity reversal of the voltage in the liquid crystal cell (64) is completed. This makes it possible to (i) prevent a decrease in reliability of liquid crystal, (ii) update, without rewriting data, an image to be displayed, and (iii) prevent a deterioration in quality of a displayed image.
US09001014B2	Display with black matrix An embodiment of the present invention provides a display including: a first substrate; gate lines and data lines defining a first color, second color, and third color pixel area; a first color, second color, and third color pixel transistor located in the first color, second color, and third color pixel area respectively; a second substrate; and a black matrix, wherein the black matrix has a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion extends from an edge of a first color pixel active layer for a first shading distance, the second portion extends from an edge of a third pixel active layer for a second shading distance larger than the first shading distance.
US09001012B2	Image display Herein disclosed an image display including: row scan lines configured to supply a control signal; column signal lines configured to supply a video signal; and pixel circuits configured to be disposed at intersections between the scan lines and the signal lines, wherein each of the pixel circuits has at least a drive transistor, a sampling transistor connected to a gate of the drive transistor, a capacitive part connected between the gate and a source of the drive transistor, and a light-emitting element connected to the source of the drive transistor.
US09001011B2	Electroluminescent display panel and electronic apparatus An electroluminescent display panel has pixel circuits for an active matrix driving system. At least one of the pixel circuits has a thin-film transistor in which a portion of a pattern of a metal wiring material above a channel layer of the thin-film transistor is disposed to shield the channel region of the thin-film transistor.
US09001010B2	Flexible display device and method of compensating for luminance of the flexible display device A flexible display device and a method of compensating for luminance of the flexible display device, the flexible display device including: a flexible display panel including a first display region and second display regions at opposite sides of the first display region and having a shape of a curved surface that is bent from a central axis of the flexible display panel at a angle; optical sensors disposed in each of the first display region and the second display regions and measuring amounts of light in the first display region and the second display regions; and a luminance compensation unit compensating luminance of the first display region and luminance of the second display regions based on the measured amounts of light.
US09001008B2	Display device Provided is a display device including: a display region in which a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element are arranged; a power supply unit provided outside the display region; a plurality of power supply lines connected to the power supply unit, for supplying power to the elements; and a light emission control unit (108) for determining a reference voltage applied to each of the plurality of pixels to display an image, based on information associated with the image and adjusting currents supplied from the plurality of power supply lines, in which the light emission control unit includes: a correction voltage setting unit (681) for discretely setting predetermined steps of correction voltages based on the information; and a reference voltage determining unit (682) for selecting one of the correction voltages set by the correction voltage setting unit, based on the information, to determine the reference voltage.
US09001007B2	Display panels A display panel includes: a first base substrate on which a plurality of pixel areas are defined; a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters respectively in the plurality of pixel areas of the first base substrate, where four color filters having different colors are respectively in four pixel areas adjacent to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes on the color filter layer, respectively in the plurality of pixel areas and electrically insulated from each other; a first area including a contact point at which the four adjacent pixel areas meet; a second base substrate which is combined with the first base substrate and faces the second base substrate; and a reference electrode on one of the first and second base substrates. At least one color filter among the four adjacent color filters includes a protruding part which overlaps the first area.
US09001004B2	Wireless communication device with multiple interwoven spiral antenna assembly A wireless communication device includes a receiver section, a transmitter section, an antenna interface, and an antenna assembly. The receiver section is operable to convert an inbound wireless signal into an inbound symbol stream. The transmitter section is operable to convert an outbound symbol stream into an outbound wireless signal. The antenna interface is operable to convert the outbound wireless signal into a plurality of phase-shifted outbound wireless signals and to convert a plurality of phase-shifted received wireless signals into the inbound wireless signal. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of interwoven spiral antenna units coupled together by a plurality of connection traces, wherein an interwoven spiral antenna unit of the plurality of interwoven spiral antenna units receives a corresponding one of the plurality of phase-shifted received wireless signals and transmits a corresponding one of the plurality of phase-shifted outbound wireless signals.
US09000995B2	Three-axis pedestal having motion platform and piggy back assemblies A rotationally-stabilizing tracking antenna system includes a three-axis pedestal, a drive assembly rotating a vertical support assembly relative to a base assembly, a cross-level driver pivoting a cross-level frame assembly relative to the vertical support assembly, and an elevation driver pivoting an elevation frame assembly relative to the cross-level frame assembly, a motion platform assembly affixed to the elevation frame assembly, three orthogonally mounted angular rate sensors disposed on the motion platform assembly sensing motion about X, Y and Z axes, a three-axis gravity accelerometer mounted on the motion platform assembly to determine a true-gravity zero reference, and a control unit determining the actual position of elevation frame assembly based upon sensed motion about X, Y, and Z axes and the true-gravity zero reference, and controlling the azimuth, cross-level and elevation drivers to position the elevation frame assembly in a desired position.
US09000994B2	Millimeter and sub-millimeter wave radar-radiometric imaging An antenna is provided that is configured to implement a combined radar and radiometric imaging method. The antenna comprises: a bearing device on which is rigidly mounted: rotating waveguide adapter which provides the output for the antenna; an electromechanical drive, the output shaft of which is defined as the main axis of rotation for the antenna and a position sensor. The antenna further comprises an antenna rotor, the rotation of which is configured to be controlled by the output shaft of the electromechanical drive of the bearing device. The antenna rotor comprises: at least one 2D diffraction grating; planar dielectric waveguide connected over a diffraction field to the 2D diffraction grating; a linear waveguide turn; and a feed adapter.
US09000991B2	Antenna assemblies including dipole elements and Vivaldi elements According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of antenna assemblies having dipole elements and Vivaldi elements. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly includes a plurality of dipole elements operable in at least a first frequency range and a plurality of Vivaldi elements operable in at least a second frequency range. The plurality of Vivaldi elements may be crossed or arranged relative to each other in a cruciform or a crossed Vivaldi arrangement.
US09000990B2	HF antenna assembly Antenna assembly for providing HF radio communication in two different operating modes. The antenna assembly includes a whip antenna and at least two antenna wire segments. The whip antenna establishes short range HF radio communication with a communication target, via ground wave or low-efficiency skywave propagation, allowing communication when the antenna assembly is in motion. The antenna wire segments are deployable to form an inverted-V antenna using the whip antenna as a center mast. The inverted-V antenna establishes short or medium range HF radio communication with a communication target, via NVIS or directional skywave propagation, allowing rapid deployment of the antenna wire segments when the antenna assembly is stationary. The antenna assembly may be mounted aboard a mobile platform, such as a vehicle.
US09000989B2	Test system with adjustable radio-frequency probe array Electronic device structures may be tested using a radio-frequency test system. The radio-frequency test system may include radio-frequency test equipment and an associated test fixture. The radio-frequency test equipment may be used in generating and measuring radio-frequency signals. The test fixture may contain adjustable structures that allow the positions of radio-frequency test probes to be adjusted. The test system may be configured to position radio-frequency probes in the test fixture so that some probe contacts form electrical connections with conductive antenna structures. The radio-frequency probes may contain other contacts that are positioned to form electrical connections with conductive electronic device housing structures. During radio-frequency testing, the test equipment in the test system may apply radio-frequency test signals to the device structures under test using the test probes. Corresponding radio-frequency test signals may be measured by the test equipment.
US09000982B2	Conformal array antenna Aspects of the disclosure provide an antenna array system. The antenna array system includes a plurality of antenna elements and phase-shift switching circuitry. The plurality of antenna elements are organized in an array and configured to form a non-planar shaped antenna array surface. Each of the plurality of antenna elements is switchable to one of a plurality of phase shift states. The phase-shift switching circuitry is configured to switch each of the plurality of antenna elements to one of the plurality of phase shift states based on phase control signals. In an example, the phase-shift switching circuitry switches a first set of antenna elements to a first phase shift state and switches at least a second set of antenna elements to a second phase shift state to steer an antenna beam in a direction.
US09000978B2	Method of determining navigation parameters for a carrier and hybridization device associated with Kalman filter bank A process for determination of navigation parameters of a carrier by a hybridisation device comprising a bank (3) of Kalman filters, each working out a hybrid navigation solution from inertial measurements calculated by a virtual platform (2) and raw measurements of signals emitted by a constellation of satellites supplied by a satellite-positioning system (GNSS), characterised in that it comprises the steps of: determination for each satellite of at least one probability ratio between a hypothetical breakdown of given type of the satellite and a hypothetical absence of breakdown of the satellite, declaration of a breakdown of given type on a satellite as a function of the probability ratio associated with this breakdown and of a threshold value, estimation of the impact of the breakdown declared on each hybrid navigation solution, and correction of hybrid navigation solutions as a function of the estimation of the impact of the breakdown declared.
US09000977B2	Indoor altitude measurement by GNSS receiver Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as the US GPS, the European GALILEO and the Russian GLONASS are very limited indoors, due to very low power levels and significant multipath. So, though hundreds of millions of people around the world use GPS receivers, particularly embedded in mobile devices, they cannot use these devices indoors, where they stay most of the time. Present art methods for augmenting or assisting GPS indoors, are mainly based on cellular or WLAN networks, and embedded sensors such as accelerometers and compasses, yet no integrated solution was launched. The present invention discloses a method that may contribute to GNSS indoors navigation, enabling a GNSS receiver to measure its elevation above sea level, indoors, to a floor resolution. The disclosed method is based on terrestrial infrastructure, yet possibly only one beacon per building.
US09000976B2	Positioning method for long-thin fleet The present invention provides a positioning method for long-thin fleet, which moves along a direction and has a motion track and a leading member. The leading member is in forefront of the motion track. The positioning method comprises the following steps: a positioning step and a transmitting step. The positioning step gets a positioning data through a GPS in a preset time. The transmitting step transmits a periodic signal to the members of the fleet through a wireless network system. The leading member proceeds the positioning and transmitting steps. The motion track is connected according to the positioning data.
US09000974B2	Systems and methods for frequency-modulation continuous-wave and pulse-compression transmission operation Systems and methods for allowing dual-mode radar operation. An exemplary transmission system includes a hybrid coupler that receives a signal produced by a synthesizer and couples the received signal to two output ports. A pulse transmitter receives a pulse transmit-activate signal from a controller, receives an input signal from the hybrid coupler and, if the activate signal has been received, amplifies the received signal based on a predefined desired pulse output transmission setting. A frequency-modulation continuous-wave (FMCW) transmitter receives an FMCW transmit-activate signal from the controller, receives an input signal from the hybrid coupler and, if the activate signal has been received, amplifies the received input signal based on a predefined desired FMCW output transmission setting. An isolator protects the pulse transmitter during FMCW operation and also the FMCW transmitter from receiving power reflected off of pulse transmitter components.
US09000970B2	Arrangement to measure the deflection of an object A reflector is arranged at a first position, which is assigned to a first end of the object. An antenna-system is arranged at a second position, which is assigned to a second end of the object. The antenna system contains a transmit antenna and a receive antenna, while the reflector and the antenna-system are coupled by a radio signal. The radio signal is sent from the transmit antenna via the reflector towards the receive antenna. The receive antenna is connected with an evaluation unit, which is prepared to measure the deflection between the first end of the object and the second end of the object based on the received radio signal.
US09000967B2	Apparatuses and methods for linear to discrete quantization conversion with reduced sampling variation errors Provided is an apparatus for converting a continuous-time, continuously variable signal into a sampled and quantized signal, which includes an input line for accepting an input signal, multiple processing branches coupled to the input line, and an adder coupled to outputs of the plurality of processing branches. Each of the processing branches includes a sampling/quantization circuit and a digital bandpass interpolation filter having an input coupled to an output of the sampling/quantization circuit. The digital bandpass interpolation filters in different ones of the processing branches have frequency responses that are centered at different frequencies. The digital bandpass interpolation filter in at least one of the processing branches includes: (i) a quadrature downconverter, (ii) a first lowpass filter and a second lowpass filter, (iii) a first interpolator and a second interpolator, each having an input for inputting a variable interpolant value, and (iv) a quadrature upconverter.
US09000965B2	Current-steering digital-to-analog converter with cancellation of dynamic distortion A digital to analog converter includes a first switch, a second switch, and a driver module. The first switch includes a first differential pair of transistors connected to first inputs to receive digital data for conversion to analog data based on a clock signal output by a clock, and first outputs to output the analog data. The second switch includes second and third differential pairs of transistors connected to second inputs and the first outputs. The driver module drives one of the second inputs based on the digital data and toggles the second switch during a first cycle of the clock signal if the first switch is not toggled during the first cycle of the clock signal.
US09000963B2	Circuit and method for skew correction The invention concerns a circuit comprising: a first transistor (102) having first and second main current nodes, and a gate node adapted to receive a first timing signal (CLK) for causing the first transistor to transition between conducting and non-conducting states; a biasing circuit (108) coupled to a further node of said first transistor; and a control circuit (110) adapted to control said biasing circuit to apply a first control voltage (VCTRL) to said further node to adjust the timing of at least one of said transitions.
US09000960B2	High-order and nested redundancies in time-interleaved ADCs Examples are provided for time-interleaved analog-to-digital conversion with redundancy. The redundancy may include high-order and nested redundancies. An apparatus may include multiple analog-to-digital converter (ADC) blocks coupled to one another to form a time-interleaved ADC. Each ADC block may include multiple ADC slices, wherein a count of the ADC blocks is M and some of the ADC slices may be redundant slices. A clock circuit may be configured to provide multiple clock signals. A portion N of M ADC blocks may be configured to be active, in a normal mode of operation, where N and M are integer numbers and N is smaller than M. A remaining portion of the M ADC blocks may be redundant ADC blocks, one or more of which may be selectively active, in a healing mode of operation, and be swapped for one or more failed ADC blocks using the plurality of clock signals.
US09000959B2	Turbo encoder apparatus A turbo encoder apparatus includes: a first element encoder for receiving an input of a bitstream of the data, encoding the input of the bitstream of the data, and generating a first output bitstream in an unit of plural bits; an internal interleaver for generating an interleaved input bitstream from the bitstream of the data; a second element encoder for receiving an input of the interleaved input bitstream in the unit of plural bits, encoding the input of the interleaved input bitstream, and generating a second output bitstream in an unit of plural bits; a trellis-termination-encoder for generating bits for trellis terminations of the first element encoder and the second element encoder; and a bitstream assembler for receiving the first output bitstream, the second output bitstream, and the bits for the trellis terminations and generating an input bitstream for a rate matching.
US09000953B2	Solar navigational light A solar powered navigational light including: a casing; at least one illuminated lenses on a front side of the casing; a battery compartment within the casing, where the battery compartment houses a rechargeable battery; and a solar panel array on a top side of the casing, where the solar panel array produces energy to charge the rechargeable battery. The solar panel array may function as a sensor to activate the illumination of the at least one illuminated lenses. In one particular embodiment, the illuminated lenses may emit a combination of red, green or white lights. The illuminated lenses may include a first lenses and a second lenses in combination.
US09000951B2	Aeronautical safety device An aeronautical safety device which seeks to improve landing and take-off operations of aircraft, having a simple device which, by means of light means and push buttons or actuators indicating the instructions received, allow reflecting the instructions received from the control tower on a panel or in any other enabled point or by the senior cabin crew members themselves. The device has a casing on which at least two display indicators are arranged. One of them would serve for indicating that permission for takeoff or landing has been received, while the other light indicator would exclusively serve to indicate that the cabin is secure. The display indicators indicating that the instruction to initiate takeoff or landing has been received can range from light indicators to simple hinged flaps.
US09000950B2	Managing vehicle detection A method, system or computer usable program product for a wireless unit of a first vehicle detecting and locating other nearby vehicles including emitting a first short range wireless signal with the first wireless unit, the first wireless signal including a first unique identifier and a first location of the first vehicle, detecting a second short range wireless signal of a second wireless unit of a second vehicle without the first wireless unit establishing a connection with the second wireless unit, the second wireless signal including a second unique identifier and a second location of the second vehicle, and computing a relative location of the second vehicle from the second wireless signal.
US09000949B2	Gen II meter system with multiple processors, multiple detection sensor types, fault tolerance methods, power sharing and multiple user interface methods A parking space monitoring system, with multiple microprocessors for handling various parking space management conditions, including at least one of the following conditions: (1) Space Occupancy (vehicle detection); (2) Parking Meter Status; (3) Display of Parking Policy to Motorists; (3) Motorist User Interactions; (4) Maintenance User Interactions; (5) Radio Communications with a Central management system and Network; and (6) Coordination of the operation between various ones of the microprocessors.
US09000941B2	Alternating frequency time domain approach to calculate the forced response of drill strings A method for estimating a steady state response of a drill string in a borehole includes calculating a first displacement of the drill string in a frequency domain for a first excitation force frequency and a number of multiples of this frequency using an equation of motion of the drill string. The equation of motion has a static force component, an excitation force component, and a non-linear force component with respect to at least one of a deflection and a derivative of the deflection of the drill string. The method further includes: transforming the first displacement from the frequency domain into a time domain; calculating a non-linear force in the time domain; calculating a frequency domain coefficient derived from the calculated non-linear force in the time domain; and calculating a second displacement of the drill string in the frequency domain using the equation of motion and the frequency domain coefficient.
US09000939B2	Mud powered inertia drive oscillating pulser A mud pulse telemetry tool is used in a drill string that has a drilling fluid flowing inside. The mud pulse telemetry tool may include a pulser disposed in the drill string and a drive system for driving the pulser. The pulser may include a non-rotating mud pulse stator and a mud pulse rotor disposed proximate to the stator. The drive system may include a turbine stator, a turbine rotor, and a rotatable inertial member magnetically coupled to the turbine rotor. The inertial member may be operatively connected at a first end to the mud pulse rotor. In the mud pulse telemetry tool, rotational energy may be transmitted from the turbine rotor to the rotatable inertial member by a magnetic coupling. The rotatable inertial member may be operatively connected to a supplemental motor that is adapted to supplement rotational energy imparted to the rotatable inertial member by the drive system.
US09000934B1	Apparatus, method, and system for determining end-of-life of a product Disclosed herein are apparatus, methods, and systems for assessing the life span of a product and/or system—particularly with respect to end-of-life conditions which are defined by a customer, owner, operator, or other person(s) associated with the product and/or system—and communicating the assessment to said customer, owner, operator, or other person(s). According to one aspect, end-of-life conditions are defined in terms of product life (e.g., anything that relates to how well and how long the product/system operates) and/or economic life (e.g., anything that relates to the cost of deriving a benefit from the product/system). In one particular example, the products or systems relate to lighting systems, particularly those utilizing LED (or other solid-state) light sources.
US09000932B2	Humidity sensing function for a display device An electric apparatus including a display and a process unit is provided. The display has an active area and a peripheral area. The display panel including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate opposite to the active device array substrate and a display medium between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate. The active device array substrate has a plurality of active devices disposed in the active area and a humidity sensor disposed in the peripheral area. The humidity sensor is a thin film transistor having a metal oxide semiconductor layer. The process unit is electrically connected to the humidity sensor. The process unit calculates a humidity value according to a sensing current from the humidity sensor.
US09000928B2	System and method for communicating information A system and method for effectively communicating information using at least one mode of communication is described, in which information recipients proximate to a communications device within a pre-determined space and during a pre-determined time period are identified, from whom physiological state information is obtained that, when coupled with other characteristics information, is used to select from a plurality of information elements at least one information element to better target the information elements. The information element is then provided to the communications device so that it may be provided to the information recipients in the pre-determined space in a manner that is sensed by the information recipients.
US09000927B2	System and method for monitoring biometric data A method and system for monitoring biometric data. The method includes authenticating a user and providing content to a user device associated with the user. Biometric data associated with the user is obtained and compared to one or more threshold values. A representation of the comparison is generated and provided to the user.
US09000926B2	Monitoring hand hygiene A method of monitoring hand washing by individuals comprises monitoring the movements of individuals in an area using one or more sensors, identifying the performance of an act by an individual that requires the hands of the individual to be washed and determining whether the hands of the individual are washed after the performance of the act, wherein the determining includes tracking the motion of that individual using the one or more sensors. Sensors comprising arrays of thermal detectors are preferred, but other types of sensor could be included.
US09000922B1	Honesty test system An honesty test system for immediately identifying a thief. The system features a decoy such as a book or magazine that presents a piece of money. Disposed inside the decoy is circuitry. As the money is removed from the decoy, the circuitry loop is completed, which activates a transmitter. The transmitter sends a signal to a receiver in a nearby alarm box, causing an alarm to sound.
US09000914B2	Personal area network pairing A method for automatically adding a first sensor device to a first personal area network in a healthcare application includes receiving a signal with out-of-band pairing data at the first sensor device. The first sensor device is disposed on a patient's body. The out-of-band pairing data is injected into the patient's body by a second sensor device disposed on the patient's body. Pairing data is extracted from the received signal at the first sensor device. Using the pairing data, the first sensor device is added to the first personal area.
US09000913B2	Wearable low pressure warning device with audio and visual indication Embodiments relate generally to low pressure warning devices which may be worn with encapsulated protective suits and hoods by a user and may provide audio and visual alerts. In an embodiment, a low pressure warning device may comprise an earpiece operable to be retained to the ear of a user, wherein the earpiece may comprise a control system operable to sense the pressure inside the encapsulated protective suit or hood and activate the audio and/or visual alerts when necessary. In an embodiment, the low pressure warning device may be equipped with short range wireless communication capabilities.
US09000911B2	System and method for location of mobile devices in confined environments A distributed antenna system includes a master unit and a plurality of remote units in communication with the master unit. A plurality of sensors are associated with the respective remote units and the sensors include receiver circuitry configured for capturing RF signals from mobile devices and a controller. The sensors are configured for using the RF signals from at least one mobile device captured by the receiver circuitry and determining position information for the at least one mobile device in the distributed antenna system. The receiver circuitry of the sensor includes an RF receiver integrated with a respective remote unit that is operable to receive RF signals from mobile devices for providing RF communications in the distributed antenna system.
US09000910B2	Multi-sense environmental monitoring device and method An environmental monitoring device for detecting and warning users of unhealthy levels of a given substance is disclosed having more than one sensor for each substance to be detected. Each sensor for each substance detected may be positioned in more than one plane or surface on the device. The device may be capable of auto or self calibration. Methods for reading substance levels and auto calibrating are also disclosed.
US09000909B2	System and method for generating protective obscuring haze A system and method of providing a protective cover to occupants of a room, which includes detecting an occurrence of a threatening event with a protection system deployed in the room, such as detecting gunfire with the protection system and/or receiving a transmitted command of the threatening event by the protection system, and emitting an obscuring haze into the room from a haze generator of the protection system in response to the detected occurrence of the gunfire. The emitted obscuring haze obscures the light of sight contact between a shooter and the occupants in the room, which provides a measure of cover for the occupants while other assistance is being organized. This reduces the chances that the shooter will be able to accurately shoot any victim, increasing the odds of victim survival.
US09000908B2	Vehicle fuse and brake light monitor The present invention relates to a device in a motor vehicle having a system for monitoring the active status of vehicle light bulbs such as brake light bulbs and the corresponding light fuse and reporting the status to a vehicle driver.
US09000894B2	Method and apparatus for improving reception of an RFID tag response A method and apparatus for improving reception of responsive RFID signals is provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of interrogation signals each having a different polarization to activate one or more RFID tags. Responsive signals from the RFID tags are analyzed for receive symbol quality data to select a transmit polarization subset. These polarizations are then used for transmitting further interrogation signals to the RFID tags. The apparatus includes a dual element orthogonal radiator coupled to a transmitter and receiver. A processor controls the transmitter and receiver to transmit a series of RFID interrogation signals each having a different polarization, and receive a series of responsive signals from one or more RFID tags. The responsive signals are analyzed to select a particular a transmit polarization subset that will improve reception of future responsive signals from the RFID tags.
US09000889B2	Method for determining spurious contacts on a contact detection sensor for a door handle of an automobile vehicle Method for determining spurious contacts on a contact detection sensor for a handle of an automobile door, the sensor defining a locking area and being connected to an onboard electronic locking and unlocking system, includes: a) detecting a contact on the locking area when, for an engagement time of the locking mechanism, the number of charge transfers from the sensor is less than a threshold number of charge transfers, b) evaluating the number of charge transfers, starting from the time of the minimum value of the number of measured charge transfers and for an evaluation time in order to distinguish detections of contacts made by the user from detections of spurious contacts, c) if the contact detections are spurious, matching the threshold number of charge transfers in order to be able to detect any next contact originating from the user on the locking area in the presence of spurious contacts.
US09000888B2	Control device of an operating element in a motor vehicle A receiver belongs to a control device of an operating element in a motor vehicle, which receiver is a component part of the operating element and into which signals are able to be inputted by a person. In order to be able to establish with great reliability a threshold for the decision ‘signal valid/signal invalid”, it is proposed defined in the invention that the receiver of the operating element has a first coupling-in element and a second coupling-in element, which are arranged at a defined distance from one another on an evaluation axis.
US09000887B2	Method and apparatus for communicating control information by a wearable device to control mobile and consumer electronic devices A method for communicating control information by a wearable device is disclosed. The method includes determining a first movement according to a first degree of freedom as being gesture-related and a second movement according to a second degree of freedom as being gesture-related; generating a first set of possibly performed gestures based on the first movement; generating a second set of possibly performed gestures based on the second movement; inferring, from the first and second sets, whether the first movement is representative of an intended command; and transmitting information based on the inference. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.
US09000886B2	Method, computer program product, and system for preventing inadvertent configuration of electronic devices provided with infrared data association interfaces The present invention relates to a method, computer program product, and system for preventing an inadvertent configuration of an electrical device provided with an infrared interface (30). The method, computer program product, and system include activation of one or more infrared buttons (31, 32, 33, or 34) provided on the infrared interface (30) in order to configure the electrical device. The method, computer program product, and system include a display (40) that indicates an infrared button sequence), wherein said button sequence is entered before the configuration occurs and includes activation of at least a first infrared button (31, 32, 33, or 34) and at least a second infrared button (31, 32, 33, or 34).
US09000884B2	Mode-based access control method and device Provided is a mode-based access control method that includes: making a security mode list which indicates security setting states of devices existing in a home network; setting a specific security mode selected from the modes on the security mode list; and making the devices perform functions thereof in the specific security mode. Also, provided is a mode-based access control device includes: an authentication unit which checks information on a user and authenticates the user; a mode configuration unit which makes a security mode list indicating the security setting state of devices forming a home network; a mode setting unit which sets a specific security mode selected from modes on the security mode list; and an operating unit which causes the devices to perform functions thereof in the specific security mode.
US09000881B2	Surface mountable over-current protection device A surface-mountable over-current protection device comprises a PTC material layer, first and second conductive layers, first and second electrodes, first and second electrically conductive connecting members. The PTC material layer has a resistivity less than 0.18 Ω-cm. The conductive layers are in contact with opposite surfaces of the PTC material layer. The first electrode comprises pair of first metal foils and is insulated from the second conductive layer. The second electrode comprises a pair of second metal foils and is insulated from the first conductive layer. The first electrically conductive connecting member connects to the first metal foils and conductive layer. The second electrically conductive connecting member connects to the second metal foils and conductive layer. The first electrically conductive connecting member comprises 40%-100% by area of the first lateral surface, and the second electrically conductive connecting member comprises 40%-100% by area of the second lateral surface.
US09000879B2	Electronic device and manufacturing method thereof An electronic device comprising a first magnetic powder; a second magnetic powder, wherein the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is larger than the mean particle diameter of the second magnetic powder, the Vicker's Hardness of the first magnetic powder is greater than the Vicker's Hardness of the second magnetic powder by a first hardness difference, and the first magnetic powder mixes with the second magnetic powder; and a conducting wire buried in the mixture of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder; wherein by means of the first hardness difference of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder, the mixture of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder and the conducting wire buried therein are combined to form an integral magnetic body at a temperature lower than the melting point of the conducting wire.
US09000875B2	Apparatus and method for mounting an overhead device An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor including a wire clamp that clamps to and secures the apparatus to the electrical conductor, a current transformer (“CT”) that clamps to the electrical conductor and collects power from the electrical conductor, and a housing including a cavity that encloses circuitry associated with the apparatus. According to various aspects, the circuitry may include one or more sensors and wireless communications circuitry, and the CT may include a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor.
US09000873B2	Inductive couplers for use in a downhole environment Inductive couplers for use in a downhole environment are described. An example inductive coupler for use in a downhole environment includes a body defining a cavity and magnetic material positioned in the cavity. The example inductive coupler also includes a coil adjacent the magnetic material, the coil formed with a number of turns of wire, and a first metal cover coupled to the body to enclose the cavity. The metal cover being electrically coupled to the body to form a substantially contiguous electrically conductive surface surrounding the cavity.
US09000869B2	Apparatus and method for broadband electromagnetic mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave packages A parallel plate waveguide structure may be configured to suppress spurious propagating modes by including a lossy frequency selective surface (FSS) formed from a resistive film. The electromagnetic material properties of individual layers disposed between the conductive plates of the waveguide may be engineered to extend the suppression band of the fundamental TE mode up to the cutoff frequency of the second TE mode, and to simultaneously create a multi-octave TM mode suppression band. Applications include, for example, cavity mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave assemblies at the board, package, and chip level.
US09000865B2	Power dividing and power combining circuits Power-dividing and/or power-combining circuits have inputs, outputs, at least three electrical pathways, and at least three electronic devices, such as amplifiers, with substantially equal input and output reflection At least one of the electronic devices is in each of the electrical pathways. In one embodiment, multiple phase shift components, such as delay lines, are electrically connected to the electronic devices in each of the electrical pathways. These phase shift components are selected so that a vector sum of the reflected signals from the electronic devices to the inputs and/or the outputs is substantially minimized. In another embodiment, a serial bus extends from the inputs/outputs and at least three pathways in the circuit. The serial bus includes serially-connected impedance-providing components positioned among at least three pathways with the impedance-providing components increasing in impedance from one end to the other end of the serial bus in an amount sufficient to produce a substantially equal amount of power to each of the electronic devices and to substantially minimize input and output reflections.
US09000861B2	Polarization coupler A polarization coupler includes: connector waveguide that connects circular waveguide with quadrangular waveguide arranged in an axial direction of circular waveguide and having short side shorter than an inner diameter of circular waveguide; flat conductor wall formed over connector and circular waveguides, and dividing the inside of connector and circular waveguides arranged parallel to an extending direction of long side of quadrangular waveguide; first inclined surface formed on inner wall of connector waveguide at a position facing one surface of conductor wall, and inclined toward conductor wall as coming closer to quadrangular waveguide; second inclined surface formed on the inner wall of connector waveguide at a position facing the other surface of conductor wall, and inclined toward conductor wall as coming closer to quadrangular waveguide; and coupling hole, formed in circular waveguide, for extracting one polarization-divided by conductor wall out of electromagnetic waves propagated through circular waveguide.
US09000858B2	Ultra-wide band frequency modulator An ultra-wide band frequency modulator is disclosed. The frequency modulator includes a direct modulation phase lock loop that receives a small component. The frequency modulator also includes a delay module that produces a plurality of delay lines. The frequency modulator further includes an edge selector that receives a large component and the plurality of delay lines.
US09000854B1	Timing oscillator having a non-linear MEMS resonator and related methods Oscillators including mechanical resonators are described, as are methods of operating the oscillators such that the mechanical resonator exhibits non-linear behavior. The non-linear behavior may include multiple stable states, for instance being bi-stable. The non-linear behavior may exhibit hysteresis. The mechanical resonator may be driven to operate in a desired portion of the non-linear operating regime.
US09000853B1	Packaged MEMS-based oscillator circuits that support frequency margining and methods of operating same Integrated circuit devices include a packaged MEMS-based oscillator circuit, which is configured to support bidirectional frequency margining of a periodic output signal. This bidirectional frequency margining is achieved using a first signal to synchronize changes in a frequency of the periodic output signal and a second signal to control whether the changes in the frequency of the periodic output signal are incremental or decremental. In particular, the oscillator circuit may be configured so that each change in the frequency of the periodic output signal is synchronized to a corresponding first voltage transition of the first signal and a voltage level of the second signal may be used to control whether the changes in the frequency of the periodic output signal are incremental or decremental.
US09000851B1	Cavity resonators integrated on MMIC and oscillators incorporating the same A cavity resonator integrated on a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) is provided. The cavity resonator includes a cavity defined by an upper metal surface and a lower metal surface embedded in a low conductivity semiconductor, and a plurality of discrete metal connections coupled between the upper and lower metal surfaces, and at least one port for coupling to the cavity electromagnetically.
US09000848B2	Noise reduction in MEMS oscillators and related apparatus and methods Mechanical resonating structures are used to generate signals having a target frequency with low noise. The mechanical resonating structures may generate output signals containing multiple frequencies which may be suitably combined with one or more additional signals to generate the target frequency with low noise. The mechanical resonating structures may be used to form oscillators.
US09000847B2	Digital tunable inter-stage matching circuit A tunable inter-stage matching circuit that can improve performance is described. In an exemplary design, an apparatus comprises a driver amplifier and a power amplifier. The apparatus may further include an inter-stage matching circuit tunable in discrete steps for matching impedances between the driver amplifier and the power amplifier. The tunable inter-stage matching circuit may include a bank of capacitors, each capacitor of the bank coupled in series with a switch for coupling the capacitor to a ground voltage.
US09000844B2	Power efficient transconductance amplifier apparatus and systems Embodiments and methods herein operate as two-stage voltage controlled current sources (i.e., dynamic current sources) operating in class AB mode. Phase-delayed current injection circuits are associated with first-stage bias, second-stage bias, or both. The current injection circuits operate to quickly re-charge inter-stage parasitic capacitance associated with the active side of the class AB dynamic current source shortly after that side becomes inactive. Doing so quickly dissipates an otherwise slowly-decaying residual drive signal to prevent the output stage from continuing to conduct after the associated side of the current source becomes inactive. Excessive current consumption and possible destructive operation of the output stage are mitigated as a result.
US09000843B2	Power management in transceivers Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses and methods to generate a first signal representing modulation data and a second signal representing an amplitude of the modulation data, the first signal and the second signal to depend on an output signal and vary a power supply voltage to a gain stage in proportion to the amplitude of the modulation data.
US09000838B2	Method and apparatus for reducing interference A method and apparatus is provided for reducing interference in circuits. A management strategy is provided to reduce reference spurs and interference in circuits. The management strategy uses a combination of one or more techniques which reduce the digital current, minimize mutual inductance, utilize field cancellation, prevent leakage current, and/or manage impedance. These techniques may be used alone, or preferably, used on combination with one another.
US09000833B2	Compensation of changes in MEMS capacitive transduction A method for compensating for strain on a MEMS device includes generating a signal indicative of a strain on the MEMS device in a first mode of operating a system including the MEMS device. The method includes compensating for the strain in a second mode of operating the system based on the signal. Generating the signal may include comparing an indicator of a resonant frequency of the MEMS device to a predetermined resonant frequency of the MEMS device. Generating the signal may include comparing a first output of a strain-sensitive device to a second output of a strain-insensitive device and generating an indicator thereof. Generating the signal may include sensing a first capacitive transduction of strain-sensitive electrodes of the MEMS device in the first mode and generating the signal based thereon. The strain-sensitive electrodes of the MEMS device may be disabled in the second mode.
US09000828B2	Multiplexing circuit A multiplexing circuit comprising an converter for converting an input voltage signal to an input current signal. A plurality of first current mirrors for mirroring the input current signal. A switching unit selectively switches each first current mirror to a corresponding output.
US09000826B2	Level shifting circuit with adaptive feedback An amplifier has a first pull-up path coupled between a voltage supply node and an output node, and a pull-down path coupled between the output node and a ground supply node. A second pull-up path is coupled between the voltage supply node and the output node. The second pull-up path is actuated by a feedback signal and biased by a biasing signal. An inverter circuit is operable to invert the signal at the amplifier output node to generate the feedback signal. A biasing circuit is configured to generate the biasing signal. The biasing circuit is configured to control a relative strength of the pull-down path to the second pull-up path, wherein the pull-down path is stronger than the second pull-up path in a manner that is consistently present over all PVT corners.
US09000825B2	Active diode circuit Various active diode circuits are described. In one example, there is provided an active diode circuit having an active diode and a control circuit. The active diode includes an anode terminal, a cathode terminal and a control terminal. The control circuit is configured to generate a control current of the active diode on the control terminal proportional to the diode current of the active diode. The control circuit is also configured to control the diode voltage of the active diode below a predetermined threshold.
US09000813B2	Waveform generation circuit Waveform generation circuits are provided. A waveform generation circuit includes a waveform generation block configured to generate a waveform signal corresponding to a driving control signal, and a control signal generation block configured to generate the driving control signal to compensate the waveform signal for an environmental factor affecting the waveform generation circuit.
US09000812B1	Current steering with independent biasing between bleed and steering circuitry An apparatus relating generally to a current steering cell includes a first bleeder circuit, a second bleeder circuit, a steering circuit, and an output circuit. The first bleeder circuit and the second bleeder circuit are coupled to receive a first current-source bias voltage. The steering circuit is coupled to receive a second current-source bias voltage independent from the first current-source bias voltage.
US09000808B2	Input pin state detection circuit and method therefor A state-detection circuit facilitates the detection of the state of an input pin relative to several different types of input circuits. According to an example embodiment, a state-detection circuit includes a plurality of comparators and circuit components, configured to provide a plurality of binary output signals that collectively indicate a state of an input pin to which the comparators are coupled. The state-detection circuit is configured to facilitate the detection of several different types of input circuits, based upon the binary output signals.
US09000802B2	Systems and methods for interfacing between hard logic and soft logic in a hybrid integrated device Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing between hard logic elements and soft logic elements implemented on an integrated device. In particular, a configurable interface is provided that includes interconnects between hard logic and soft logic, which enable signals to be selectively routed between the inputs and outputs of hard logic blocks and soft logic modules. The interconnects allow for certain hard logic blocks to be bypassed in favor of soft logic functionality. Moreover, the interconnects allow soft logic to augment the processing of hard logic blocks, e.g., by providing additional signals to the hard logic block.
US09000801B1	Implementation of related clocks An integrated circuit (IC) that includes multiple clock domains is provided. Each clock domain operates at a user specified data rate, and the data rates of at least two of the clock domains are related by a common base clock. The specified data rate of each clock domain is controlled by a modulating signal. Each clock domain includes reconfigurable circuits that operate on the common base clock, and the modulating signal controls the data rate of the clock domain by modulating reconfiguration of the reconfigurable circuits. The reconfigurable circuits reconfigure when the modulating signal enables the reconfiguration.
US09000800B1	System and method of eliminating on-board calibration resistor for on-die termination A system for calibrating impedance of an input/output (I/O) buffer on a semiconductor die includes: the I/O buffer; a temperature sensor on the semiconductor die; and a supply sensor on the semiconductor die. The temperature sensor is configured to acquire temperature information for calibrating the I/O buffer. The supply sensor is configured to acquire voltage information for calibrating the I/O buffer. The I/O buffer comprises: a memory component coupled to the temperature and supply sensors and configured to store the acquired temperature or voltage information; a logic component coupled to the memory component; and a driver with driver legs. The driver is coupled to the logic component. The logic component is configured to generate driver control signals representing an on/off configuration for the driver legs of the driver based at least in part on the acquired temperature information or the acquired voltage information stored in the memory component.
US09000799B1	Method to achieve true fail safe compliance and ultra low pin current during power-up sequencing for mobile interfaces An input/output (IO) circuit powered by an input/output (IO) supply voltage. The IO circuit includes a supply detector cell that detects a core supply voltage and generates a supply detect signal. A driver circuit is connected to a PAD and the driver circuit receives the supply detect signal. A failsafe circuit receives a PAD voltage. The failsafe circuit and the supply detector cell controls a leakage current from the PAD based on the IO supply voltage and the PAD voltage.
US09000798B2	Method of test probe alignment control A system and method for aligning a probe, such as a wafer-level test probe, with wafer contacts is disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving a wafer containing a plurality of alignment contacts and a probe card containing a plurality of probe points at a wafer test system. A historical offset correction is received. Based on the historical offset correct, an orientation value for the probe card relative to the wafer is determined. The probe card is aligned to the wafer using the orientation value in an attempt to bring a first probe point into contact with a first alignment contact. The connectivity of the first probe point and the first alignment contact is evaluated. An electrical test of the wafer is performed utilizing the aligned probe card, and the historical offset correction is updated based on the orientation value.
US09000797B2	TFT-LCD array substrate having a connecting device for testing twice and test method for the same A TFT-LCD array substrate includes a display area, a peripheral area located at a periphery of the display area, and a connecting device. Wherein, the display area includes a plurality of data lines and gate lines. The peripheral area provides with a first test short bar provided with a plurality of data test lines for transmitting a test signal for the data lines, and a second test short bar provided with a gate test line for transmitting a test signal for the gate lines. The connecting device includes a first connection layer and a second connection layer. The connecting device is disposed at a connection location between one of the data test lines and one of the data lines, or between the gate test line and one of the gate lines. A test method for testing the TFT-LCD array substrate is also provided.
US09000786B2	Methods and systems for defective phase identification and current sense calibration for multi-phase voltage regulator circuits Methods and systems are disclosed that may be implemented to complete individual phase current sense calibration of a multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) and/or to detect any and all individual bad phases of such a VR by utilizing the reconfiguration capability of a digital VR controller-based VR in conjunction with an improved test process. The disclosed systems and methods may be employed in one example to identify that all individual phases of the multi-phase VR are operational to contribute to the output of the multi-phase VR using a rotating single phase operation testing mode. Individual phase current sense calibration may also be additionally or alternatively completed while the VR is operating under the rotating single phase operation mode.
US09000783B2	Solid state sensor for metal ion detection and trapping in solution A device, apparatus and method for trapping metal ions and detecting metal ion contamination in a solution provide a semiconductor device formed on a semiconductor substrate and including an N-well formed over a P-type substrate and at least a contact portion of the N-well in electrical contact with the solution. When the semiconductor device is optically illuminated, a P/N junction is formed as a result of photovoltaic phenomena. Metal ions from the solution migrate to the contact area due to the voltage created at the P/N junction. The semiconductor device includes a conductive structure with conductive features separated by a gap and therefore in an initially electrically open state. When the ions migrate to the contact area, they precipitate, at least partially bridging the gap and creating conductance through the conductive structure. The conductance may be measured to determine the amount of metal ion contamination.
US09000780B2	Position detecting sensor, position detecting device, and position detecting method A position detecting sensor is configured by providing a dielectric member having flexibility between first conductors and second conductors and providing spacers for separating the first conductors or the second conductors from the dielectric member by a determined gap. When a pressing force is applied by an indicator (e.g., a finger or a pen) on the position detecting sensor, the first conductor and the second conductor come to abut each other, with the dielectric member interposed therebetween. Further, an abutting area (contact area) between the dielectric member and the conductor changes (e.g., increases) according to the pressing force applied by the indicator. Thus, capacitance of the capacitor formed between the first conductor and the second conductor is largely changed, to allow detection of a position indicated by the indicator as well as the pressing force applied at the indicated position with high sensitivity and high accuracy.
US09000779B2	Method of correcting the gain of a capacitive member, and a device for implementing the method A method of correcting the gain of a capacitive member having electrodes that are movable relative to each other including the steps of successively applying to one of the electrodes, reduced bias voltages having opposite signs and a common value below a threshold for which a remanent field generated by said reduced bias voltages can be measured, making corresponding measurements of the output signals from the capacitive member; taking an average, and correcting the gain of the capacitive member as a function of the measured output signal.
US09000776B1	Structure characteristic impedance estimator using current probe A method for estimating the characteristic impedance of a structure comprising the following steps: providing a current probe comprising a magnetic core having an aperture therein and a primary winding wrapped around the core; measuring, with a calibrated vector network analyzer (VNA), the impedance (Zop) of the current probe while in an open configuration wherein nothing but air occupies the aperture and the current probe is isolated from a ground; measuring, with the VNA, the impedance (Zsh) of the current probe while in a short configuration, wherein the current probe is electrically shorted; measuring, with the VNA, the impedance (Zin) of the current probe while the current probe is mounted to the structure such that the structure extends through the aperture; and calculating an estimated characteristic impedance (Z′mast) of the structure according to the following equation: Z′mast=(Zin−Zsh)(Zop−Zsh)/(Zop−Zin).
US09000774B2	Non-contact conductivity measurement A system for measuring the conductivity of a material-under-test includes a support structure, an upper magnet mounted to the support structure and a free-floating magnet below the fixed magnet. The system includes a diamagnet positioned between the fixed magnet and the free-floating magnet such that the free-floating magnet floats in the air beneath the diamagnet and a rotation detection assembly configured to detect a rotation rate of the free-floating magnet, where the rotation rate is based on a drag torque effect of a material-under-test on the free-floating magnet. The system also includes a conductivity calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of a conductivity or a resistivity of the material-under-test based on the detected rotation rate of the free-floating magnet.
US09000773B2	Method and apparatus for characterizing process control equipment integrity In a process plant, a first series of impedance measurements from a valve body are received. The first series of impedance measurements are stored. A second series of impedance measurements from the valve body are received. The second series of impedance measurements from the valve body are stored. The first series and second series of impedance measurements are compared. An indication of loss of integrity of the valve body is generated if the first series of impedance measurements deviates from the second series of impedance measurements.
US09000772B2	Insulated condition detector with fault detection and location If a charge voltage of a read capacitor Ca measured by a microcomputer 15 is zero, the microcomputer 15 measures a charge voltage of the read capacitor Ca after the read capacitor Ca is discharged and is charged by a charge supply circuit 17 to predetermined potential, measures the same when the read capacitor Ca is isolated thereafter from a discharger of a flying capacitor C1, and measures the same when the read capacitor Ca is charged thereafter with a discharge voltage of the flying capacitor C1 just after the start of discharge of the flying capacitor C1. Based on a pattern of the charge voltage values of the read capacitor Ca measured at the respective time points, a fault location of the insulated condition detector 10 is identified.
US09000765B2	Magnetic resonance method and system to determine the position of a slice relative to a region moving relative to the slice In a magnetic resonance method and system to determine a position of a slice relative to a region moving relative to the slice within a predetermined volume segment of an examination subject located in the magnetic resonance system, a physical property within the slice is detected with spatial resolution at multiple points in time, such that a time curve of the physical property is detected for at least one voxel of the slice. The position of the slice relative to the region is determined with respect to defined points in time, depending on the time curve.
US09000764B2	Method for the production of printed magnetic functional elements for resistive sensors and printed magnetic functional elements A method for producing printed magnetic functional elements for resistance sensors and printed magnetic functional elements. The invention refers to the field of electronics and relates to a method for producing resistance sensors, such as can be used, for example, in magnetic data storage for read sensors or in the automobile industry. The disclosure includes a simple and cost-effective production method and to obtain such printed magnetic functional elements with properties that can be adjusted as desire, in which a magnetic material is deposited onto a substrate as a film, is removed from the substrate and divided into several components and these components are applied on a substrate by means of printing technologies. Aspects are also directed to a printed magnetic functional element for resistance sensors of several components of a film, wherein at least 5% of the components of the functional element have a magnetoimpedance effect.
US09000763B2	3-D magnetic sensor One embodiment of the present invention relates to a magnetic field sensor comprising a squat soft-magnetic body disposed on a surface of a substrate comprising a magnetic sensor array having a plurality of spatially diverse magnetic sensor elements disposed in a predetermined configuration. In the presence of an external magnetic field the squat soft-magnetic body becomes magnetized to generate a reactionary magnetic field. The plurality of magnetic sensor elements are respectively configured to measure a magnetic field value of a superposition of the external magnetic field and the reactionary magnetic field along a first axis (e.g., a z-axis), resulting in a plurality of spatially diverse measurements of the magnetic field component along the first axis. The plurality of spatially diverse measurements may be used to compute magnetic field components of the external magnetic field along a plurality of axes (e.g., x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis).
US09000761B2	Hall-effect sensor isolator A coupler is disclosed that employs hall-effect sensing technology. Specifically, the coupler is configured to produce an output voltage by converting the magnetic field generated by a current conductor at an input side. The output and input sides may be electrically isolated from one another but may be coupled via the hall-effect sensing technology, such as a hall-effect sensor.
US09000758B2	Rotation angle detecting device Disclosed is a rotation angle detecting device wherein a filling member applied in a second housing section which houses an electromagnetic conversion element is prevented from entering a first housing section which houses a magnet. The rotation angle detecting device (1) is provided with: a rotating member (2); the magnet (3), which is fixed to the rotating member (2) and rotates with the rotation of the rotating member (2); a magnetism detecting package (4) that houses an electromagnetic conversion element (4a), which is disposed to face the magnet (3), and detects the intensity of the magnetic field of the magnet (3) by means of rotation of the magnet (3); a housing (5) having a first housing section (5b) that rotatably houses the rotating member (2), and a second housing section (5d) that houses the magnetism detecting package (4), with a partition (5f) as a reference; a filling member (10), with which the second housing section (5d) is filled such that the magnetism detection package (4) is hermetically housed and held; and a cylindrical metal member (11), which is provided in the first housing section (5b) such that the rotating member (2) is rotatably supported and a part (11a) of the metal member is exposed to the second housing section (5d).
US09000756B2	Steering position sensor and method for using the same A rotation sensor assembly includes a rotated component rotatably coupled with a base. The rotation sensor assembly includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is coupled with the base or the rotated component. The transmitter generates a magnetic field including a sinusoidally time-varying dipole near-field corresponding to an excitation signal having a first phase value. The receiver is coupled with the other of the rotated component or the base. The receiver detects the magnetic field and generates a reception signal based on the magnetic field with a second phase value corresponding to a rotation angle of the rotated component relative to the base. The receiver is mechanically isolated from the transmitter. A rotation angle module is coupled with the transmitter. The rotation angle module, for instance a phase detector, measures the rotation angle of the rotated component based on the phase difference in the first and second phase values.
US09000752B2	Multi-conductor cable current and voltage sensors A detachable current sensor provides an isolated and convenient device to measure current passing through a cable such as an AC power cable or non-metallic (NM) sheathed cable. Information about the magnitude and or phases of the currents passing through and/or voltages on the conductors is obtained by measuring the magnetic field at multiple circumferential positions around the cable using multiple semiconductor magnetic field sensors. A processing subsystem coupled to the multiple semiconductor magnetic field sensors determines information about the currents flowing in the conductors of the cable, including the current magnitude(s), and/or the phases and number of phases present in the cable, which can form part of a power measurement system that is used for energy monitoring, and/or for control purposes.
US09000750B2	Method and apparatus for temperature adjusted control of BATFET current sensing A method and apparatus for providing a temperature sensing loop used in connection with a current sensing component, such as a BATFET, in order to compensate for variations in the BATFET's resistance due to temperature variations. The temperature sensing loop detects a temperature of the BATFET and regulates the gate voltage of the BATFET based on the detected temperature in order to compensate for changes in the BATFET's resistance. The temperature sensing feedback loop maintains the BATFET at a constant resistance for current sensing through negative feedback control. The BATFET and temperature sensing loop can be provided as components of an on-chip fuel gauging application for a UE.
US09000747B2	Single supply amplifier with swing to ground An amplifier circuit has a voltage input terminal, for receiving Vin, and a voltage output terminal, for outputting Vout. A feedback circuit controls Vout to match Vin. A differential input stage receives Vin and Vout and generates a first output signal. An output stage comprises a pull down circuit for Vout. A main MOSFET is controlled by the first output signal to pull down Vout to match Vin when Vout is above a threshold voltage Vtrans. An auxiliary MOSFET, in parallel with the main MOSFET, is controlled by the first output signal to pull down Vout to match Vin when Vout is below Vtrans. The main MOSFET is turned substantially off when Vout is below Vtrans. A headroom generator coupled between the Vout terminal and a drain of the auxiliary MOSFET allows the auxiliary MOSFET to operate in its active region and pull Vout to ground.
US09000745B2	Switching regulator and method for operating the same A switching regulator includes a high side driver electrically coupled with a power line that is configured to provide a supply voltage. A low side driver is electrically coupled between the high side driver and ground. A regulator control circuit is electrically coupled with a gate of the high side driver and a gate of the low side driver. The regulator control circuit is configured to pre-charge a first node between the regulator control circuit and the gate of the high side driver to a first voltage level and to boost the first node to a second voltage level that is higher than the first voltage level to turn on the high side driver.
US09000744B2	Switch control device with zero-cross point estimation by edge detection, power supply device comprising the same, and switch control method with zero-cross point estimation by edge detection Provided are a switch control device, a switch control method, and a power supply device. The present invention generates power voltage required to operate the switch control device by using full-wave current rectification voltage generated by rectifying an AC input and detects a zero cross-point when a full-wave rectification voltage is zero voltage by using the edge of power voltage. The present invention generates a reference signal synchronized to the full-wave rectification voltage by using the detected zero cross-point and controls a switching operation of a power switch by comparing a reference signal with current which flows on the power switch.
US09000741B2	Multi-phase DC-DC converter and controlling method thereof A multi-phase DC-DC converter and a controlling method thereof are provided. The multi-phase DC-DC converter includes a plurality of output units, a sensing unit, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller. Each of the output units is coupled to one corresponding output inductance of a plurality of output inductances, and each of the output units and the corresponding output inductance have a phase node therebetween. The sensing unit is coupled to the phase nodes to acquire output currents of all phases and provide a plurality of difference voltages that respectively represent current differences of the phases, wherein a value of each of the difference voltages is not zero. The PWM controller adjusts a duty cycle of a PWM signal of the corresponding output unit according to each difference voltage.
US09000738B2	High-frequency supply of a load without impedance matching An energy supplying device for a load has a direct current source, a number of switching stages, and a control device. The switching stages are connected to the direct current source, the load, and the control device such that the control device can drive the switching stages to selectively connect the load to the direct current source. Each switching stage has a field effect transistor and a number of freewheeling diodes connected in opposition to the respective field effect transistor in parallel. The field effect transistors have a maximum operational threshold frequency. Each freewheeling diode has a recovery time. For each switching stage, the recovery times of the respective freewheeling diodes correspond with the reciprocal value of the threshold frequency of the respective field effect transistor. The control device controls the switching stages at least intermittently such that power is reflected back into the switching stages on the basis of a mismatch.
US09000735B2	DC-DC controller and operation method thereof A DC-DC controller and an operation method thereof are provided. The DC-DC controller is configured to connect an output stage. The DC-DC controller includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) calculation circuit, a load transient detection circuit, and an override time calculation circuit. The PWM calculation circuit provides a PWM signal to the output stage. The load transient detection circuit receives an input signal related to an output voltage of the output stage. The load transient detection circuit provides a control signal according to the input signal and a predetermined input signal. The override time calculation circuit provides an override control signal with a predetermined time to the PWM calculation circuit according to the control signal. The PWM calculation circuit adjusts a duty cycle of the PWM signal according to the override control signal.
US09000734B2	Method and arrangement for operating a wind turbine converter A method of operating a converter of a wind turbine for providing electric energy to a utility grid includes determining a grid voltage. If the grid voltage is between a nominal voltage and a first voltage threshold, i.e. higher than the nominal voltage, a normal procedure for lowering the grid voltage is performed. If the grid voltage is above the first voltage threshold, another procedure for keeping the wind turbine connected is performed, wherein the other procedure is different from the normal procedure. Further a corresponding arrangement is described.
US09000733B2	Electric actuator A most recent electrostatic capacitance value for a backup capacitor is measured periodically. Each time the most recent electrostatic capacitance value is measured, a charging voltage (a required charging voltage) that is required in order to cause a return operation of a valve from the setting opening at that time to an emergency opening/closing position (for example, the fully closed position) is calculated based on the electrostatic capacitance value that has been measured. If the required charging voltage that has been calculated is higher than the terminal voltage that has been detected, then a value for a charging current value is determined based on the actual degree of opening and the setting opening of the valve, and the backup capacitor is charged until the terminal voltage reaches the required charging voltage.
US09000731B2	Battery discharge system and method of operation thereof A battery based power supply assembly is disclosed. The system comprises a discharge initiating device and a plurality of battery modules electrically connected with one another. Each of the battery modules comprises a plurality of battery cells, a discharge load connected in series with the battery cells, a switch coupled between the battery cells and the discharge load, a temperature sensor, and a controller adapted for placing the switch in its electrically connected state upon being driven by the discharge initiating device. The invention further provides a safe method of draining the energy from the power supply assembly disclosed herein.
US09000728B2	Vehicular electric charge control apparatus and emergency notification system A charge control apparatus includes a main control unit and a power source control unit. The main control unit acquires time-divided temperature information, which corresponds to a predetermined period covering the present time, based on present time information and the time-divided temperature information indicating a location temperature of a backup battery in each predetermined period. The main control unit determines a charge/discharge amount of the backup battery based on the time-divided temperature information and a residual charge amount of the backup battery. The power source control unit controls the backup battery by charging and discharging in accordance with the determined charge/discharge amount.
US09000717B2	Electrical charging system An electrical charging system having a rectifier which is supplied with energy via an input. An inverter whose alternating voltage side is connected, via phase conductors, to windings of a rotating field machine and whose direct voltage side can be connected to an energy accumulator to be charged. A first current path section passes current, supplied by the rectifier, into the charging system via the plus terminal or pole of the rectifier and the rotating field machine to the inverter. The first current path section passes the current via phase windings of the rotating field machine, such that the first current path section comprises a first switch, which can selectively interrupt the first current path section. The charging system can operate, by the first switch and at least one phase winding in the first current path section, as a step-up and step-down converter in the direction toward an energy accumulator.
US09000715B2	Combined primary and secondary units A system has a primary unit (1) and a number of secondary units (16), which may be stored in receiving slots in the primary cleaning unit (1) or be coupled to the primary unit. The primary and secondary units are configured as movable cleaning or grounds maintenance units capable of performing at least one cleaning or grounds maintenance operation. The primary unit (1) is powered by a power source (2), which also powers the secondary unit (16) or charges a power source (17) in the secondary unit (16). Each unit has a communications module (13, 25) capable of communicating with each other and/or a remote location. At least one of the units (1, 16) may include one or more proximity or near-field sensors and/or one or more sensor for sensing the performance of the unit (1, 16).
US09000713B2	Alkali metal ion battery with bimetallic electrode Electrochemical cells having molten electrodes having an alkali metal provide receipt and delivery of power by transporting atoms of the alkali metal between electrode environments of disparate chemical potentials through an electrochemical pathway comprising a salt of the alkali metal. The chemical potential of the alkali metal is decreased when combined with one or more non-alkali metals, thus producing a voltage between an electrode comprising the molten the alkali metal and the electrode comprising the combined alkali/non-alkali metals.
US09000709B2	System and method for control and analysis of a prime mover in an electrical machine using calculated torque Apparatus for controlling and diagnosing a prime mover of a vehicle traction system includes an alternator having a rotor and coupled to a crankshaft of the prime mover, a source of electrical energy, a position sensor supplying a position signal representative of an angular position of the rotor, and a control computer. The computer supplies energy to the alternator to crank the prime mover at a controlled rate. In a diagnosis mode, the computer generates a condition signal indicative of a malfunction of the prime mover, from a compression signal derived from an acceleration signal which is derived from the position signal. In a barring-over mode, the computer also supplies energy to the alternator and monitors the position signal to place the crankshaft in a desired angular position in an operation separate from diagnosis mode.
US09000705B2	Power controller There is provided a power controller including a drive circuit connected to a DC power supply to apply a first voltage to the drive circuit and configured to supply power to an external load, a current detection circuit configured to detect a current flowing in the drive circuit by converting the current into a second voltage corresponding to the current, and a current-voltage control unit configured to generate a reference voltage corresponding to a limit value of the current flowing in the drive circuit when the first voltage is applied to the drive circuit, and configured to control the drive circuit to operate in a desired current according to the first voltage, based on a comparison result of the reference voltage and the second voltage.
US09000703B2	Back EMF detection in a brushless DC motor using a virtual center tap circuit A first input of a differential circuit is coupled to a coil tap for a first phase of a multi-phase brushless DC motor. The first phase is associated with an electrically floating coil. A second input of the differential circuit is coupled to a virtual center tap. A divider circuit is coupled between coil taps for other phases of the multi-phase brushless DC motor to define a virtual center tap. The other phases are phases actuated for motor operation when the first phase is electrically floating. The coil tap for the first phase is electrically isolated from the virtual center tap. The differential circuit performs a comparison of the voltage at the coil tap for the first phase to the voltage at the virtual center tap to generate a back EMF signal.
US09000699B2	Determination of magnetic flux and temperature of permanent magnets in washing machine motor According to one illustrative embodiment, a washing machine comprises a motor including a plurality of coils and one or more permanent magnets, an inverter configured to supply current to the plurality of coils and to measure a back electromotive force (BEMF) waveform from the plurality of coils, and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to (i) integrate the BEMF waveform to generate an integrated BEMF waveform, (ii) determine a magnetic flux of the one or more permanent magnets using an amplitude of the integrated BEMF waveform, and (iii) control the current supplied by the inverter based at least in part upon the determined magnetic flux.
US09000696B2	Circuit and method for sensorless control of a permanent magnet brushless motor during start-up The system discloses structure for synchronizing sequential phase switching in driving a set of stator windings of a multi-phase sensorless brushless permanent magnet DC motor. A drive voltage drives a plurality of the stator windings thereby producing a magnetic field. On an undriven stator winding among the stator windings, a voltage induced by the magnetic field is sampled. The induced voltage changes as a function of a magnetic rotor transitioning across a plurality of angular positions. A first value corresponding to the sampled voltage induced on the currentless winding is compared with a commutation threshold to determine a proper commutation point. The system is switched to a next drive configuration of the sequence when the first value surpasses the threshold.
US09000692B2	Linear electrodynamic-type motor, cryocooler including such a motor and method implementing such a motor A linear electrodynamic-type motor, for compressing a fluid circulating in a cryocooler notably using a Stirling cycle, includes a translationally movable induction coil; a power-supply circuit adapted to deliver, to at least one induction coil, an AC power-supply current; a movable mass adopting a translational movement; an induction coil arranged so as to move a respective movable mass between a first position and a second position where the movable mass can compress the fluid; and a secondary circuit arranged to connect the terminals of at least one induction coil in short-circuit. The secondary circuit comprises a compensation component for producing a phase shift between the power-supply voltage and the power-supply current, so as to reduce the phase difference that the inductance of the induction coil produces.
US09000691B2	Method of controlling vibration motor Provided is a method of controlling a vibration motor, in which there are provided: a unit that generates a drive signal for generating elliptic motion; a unit that switches the drive signal with a voltage from a power supply, and changes a pulse width of the drive signal; a unit that detects a current flowing in an electromechanical energy conversion element through the switching unit; a unit that detects a position and a velocity of an object to be driven; and a control unit that controls the respective units, and sets the velocity of the object to be driven. The control unit controls a frequency and the pulse width of the drive signal so as to exercise a maximum output characteristic with respect to a target velocity within a range in which the current detected by the current detection unit does not exceed a given limit value.
US09000683B2	Bleeder circuit having current sense with edge detection A bleeder circuit for use in a power converter of a lighting system includes a current sense circuit coupled between first and second terminals of an input of a driver circuit to be coupled to drive a load. The current sense circuit is coupled to output a current sense signal in response to an input current through an input of the power converter coupled to the input of the driver circuit. An edge detection circuit is coupled between the first and second terminals to output an edge detection signal in response to an input signal between the first and second terminals. A variable current circuit is coupled between the first and second terminals to conduct a bleeder current between the first and second terminals in response to current sense signal and further in response to the edge detection signal.
US09000677B2	Light emitting diode driving apparatus There is provided a light emitting diode driving apparatus, including: a power supplying unit converting input power into driving power according to a control and supplying the converted driving power to a light emitting diode channel; a driving unit controlling current flowing in the light emitting diode channel according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming signal from the outside; and a controlling unit comparing a reference level set by a duty of the PWM dimming signal with a detection voltage level of the light emitting diode channel and controlling a power converting operation of the power supplying unit according to the comparison result.
US09000676B2	LED circuit arrangement An arrangement includes a voltage input, a reactive element connected in series with the voltage input, and an LED light source. The LED light source includes a first LED unit and a second LED unit, each having at least one LED, a controllable switching device to connect the LED units with the reactive element in a low voltage mode and a high voltage mode, and a control unit. The LED light source has a first, higher, forward voltage in the low voltage mode and a second, lower, forward voltage in the high voltage mode. The control unit controls the current through the LED light source by setting the switching device to the low voltage mode when the current, supplied to the LED light source, corresponds to a first threshold value, and by setting the switching device to the high voltage mode when the current corresponds to a second threshold value.
US09000675B2	Transmitting and receiving digital and analog signals across an isolator Various embodiments of systems for transmitting and receiving digital and/or analog signals across a single isolator, solid state lighting systems, or DC/DC converter feedback regulation control systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first signal may be modulated into a first modulated signal. The first modulated signal is then modulated into a second modulated signal in accordance to a second signal. The second modulated signal is in turn, modulated into a third modulated signal in accordance to a third signal. At least some of the apparatuses, circuits, systems and methods disclosed herein may be implemented using conventional CMOS design and manufacturing techniques and processes to provide, for example, at least one or more integrated circuits.
US09000672B2	Connector with surge protection structure A connector (10) is provided that includes a housing supporting a plurality of individual connection blocks (30, 35, 40) each having a power source input and an electronics output. Surge protection structure (51-54) is embedded within the housing of the connector (10) and is electrically coupled to at least some of the individual connection blocks (30, 35, 40). The connector (10) may be implemented within a lighting fixture (100).
US09000669B2	Magnetron and microwave utilization device A magnetron includes an anode cylinder which has a cylindrical shape with both ends opened and which includes a plurality of vanes radially provided on an inner wall surface thereof, a pair of pole pieces positioned in openings of the both ends of the anode cylinder, and metal sleeves. The metal sleeves are positioned outside the pair of pole pieces and configured to air-tightly seal the anode cylinder. Each of the metal sleeves includes a cylinder part, a flange part continuous with the cylinder part, and a plurality of protrusions provided on a portion in which the cylinder part continues with the flange part.
US09000666B2	Flat panel display device with a sheet with a metal layer in between a base substrate and an encapsulation substrate A flat panel display device to protect a display unit against an external shock. The flat panel display device includes a base substrate on which a display unit is formed, an encapsulation substrate combined to the base substrate to cover the display unit, and a metal sheet disposed in a space between the base substrate and the encapsulation substrate and adhered to the base substrate and the encapsulation substrate without a gap. The flat panel display device having such a structure is able to suppress an external shock from being directly transmitted to the display unit, thereby preventing the display unit, which is a key element, from being damaged by the external shock.
US09000665B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate; an antireflection layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a metallic layer and an insulating layer; a driving element portion on the antireflection layer and including thin film transistors and metallic lines; and an organic light emitting portion driven by the driving element portion.
US09000663B2	Engineered-phosphor LED packages and related methods In accordance with certain embodiments, a phosphor element at least partially surrounding a light-emitting die is shaped to influence color-temperature divergence.
US09000661B2	Energy efficient light source comprising photoluminescent material and a selective mirror An energy efficient light source comprising photoluminescent material and a selective mirror is disclosed. In an embodiment, a first light source emanates light of a particular spectrum, a layer of photoluminescent material surrounding the first light source absorbs light of the spectrum emanated by the first light source and emanates light of a different spectrum, and a selective mirror surrounding the layer of photoluminescent material reflects light emanated by the first light source and transmits light emanated by the photoluminescent material.
US09000653B2	Ultrasound transducer arrays A transducer array of micromachined ultrasonic transducer elements is connected to a microbeamformer. Driver circuits of the microbeamformer have a first output coupled to a first electrode of a respective transducer element and a second output coupled to a second electrode of the respective transducer element. The driver circuits apply first and second time varying voltage signals to the electrodes, with one voltage signal being time inverted relative to the other. The peak-to-peak voltage applied to the transducer element is 1.75 to 2.0 times the peak-to-peak voltage of either the first or the second time varying voltage signal.
US09000642B2	Corrosion-resistant jacketed active magnetic bearing In a jacketed active magnetic bearing for a rotary machine having a rotor in contact with a process gas, there is provided a magnetic bearing comprising a bearing armature of laminated magnetic material secured to said rotor, a bearing stator protected by a first jacket of magnetic anti-corrosion material that co-operates with first housing portions to form a first leaktight housing enclosing the bearing stator, the first jacket being made of a ferritic stainless steel, and the first housing portions having insert parts that are also made of ferritic stainless steel, and that are connected by welds to a housing end-wall portion made of a magnetic anti-corrosion material, the laminated magnetic material forming the bearing armature and the detector armature also being a ferritic stainless steel.
US09000640B2	Electric motor with maximized active motive material An electric motor configured to maximize active motive material within a given motor size by having one or more phase lead exit holes configured to prevent unwanted outside contaminants from entering the motor, phase leads each having an integral strain relief, and two or more Wye terminations that are not electrically connected to each other.
US09000632B2	Electric motor for construction machinery, and cooling circuit for electric motor A cooling circuit for an electric motor for a construction machine includes a circulation line that includes a shaft-side line disposed in a rotor shaft of the electric motor, a pump that supplies cooling fluid to the circulation line, a first filter disposed between the pump and the shaft-side line in the circulation line, a first bypass line that bypasses the first filter so as to connect an upstream side and a downstream side of the first filter, and a first relief valve disposed in the first bypass line.
US09000629B2	Stator segment and motor A stator segment arranged to define a portion of an annular stator includes a core segment including a core back portion arranged to extend in a circumferential direction of the stator, and a tooth portion arranged to extend from the core back portion in a radial direction of the stator; a coil wound around the tooth portion and including a pair of coil wire terminals; an insulating layer arranged between the coil and the tooth portion; and a resin layer arranged to seal the entire coil except for the pair of coil wire terminals. Circumferential end walls of the resin layer are arranged circumferentially inward of circumferential end walls of the core back portion.
US09000628B1	Ball joint universal rotary motor, a manufacturing method and a working mechanism thereof Described herein is a ball joints universal rotary motor, a manufacturing method and a working mechanism thereof. The ball joints universal rotary motor comprises a housing, a spherical-cap shaped stator body, and a rotor body configured to be secured within the stator body. The stator body is made from a permanent magnet. The rotor body comprises multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers. The multiple layers of armatures are symmetrically distributed along the axis of the rotor body. A spacer layer is provided between two adjacent layers of armatures. The multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers are securely connected by a bolt. The bolt and the rotor body are axially connected. The rotor body is of a spherical shape. Each layer of the armatures is wound with two layers of coils: a first layer and a second layer. The motor as provided is configured to realize movement in multiple directions. The present disclosure provides an embodiment of a motor with a pump assembly, and another embodiment of a motor without a pump assembly. Examples of applications of the present disclosure include joints and areas of an intelligent bionic robot, various industrial devices, and household appliances.
US09000622B2	Vehicular power transmission device A vehicular power transmission device includes a power transmission unit which transmits electromagnetic waves to a mobile device to transmit power to a power reception unit of the mobile device, and a frequency changing unit which, when it is determined based on the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves to be transmitted from the power transmission unit to the mobile device and a reception frequency of a radio receiver that radio noise is generated by the power transmission unit, changes the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves of the power transmission unit, wherein the power transmission unit changes a transmission power of the electromagnetic waves based on an amount of change in the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves changed by the frequency changing unit.
US09000621B2	Power transmitting device, power receiving device, and power transmission system A power transmission system that includes a power transmitting device and a power receiving device. The power transmitting device includes a high-frequency voltage generator, a piezoelectric resonator, a power transmitting device side passive electrode, and a power transmitting device side active electrode. The power receiving device includes a piezoelectric resonator, a load, a power receiving device side passive electrode, and a power receiving device side active electrode. The active electrode of the power transmitting device and the active electrode of the power receiving device are in proximity with each other, whereby the power transmitting device and the power receiving device are capacitively coupled through the active electrodes and the surrounding dielectric medium.
US09000618B2	Transmission line driver and method for driving the same A transmission line driver and a method for driving the same are provided, in which a composite current source is provided as an input current source, such that an output voltage is fixed. The composite current source includes an internal current source and an external current source. The composite current source is supplied to a single-ended transmission line driver or a differential transmission line driver, such that the output voltage is fixed.
US09000616B2	Method and apparatus for high efficiency rectification for various loads An apparatus for converting power includes at least one impedance matching network which receives an electrical signal. The apparatus includes at least one AC to DC converter in communication with the impedance matching network. Also disclosed is a method for powering a load and an apparatus for converting power and additional embodiments of an apparatus for converting power.
US09000611B2	Protection techniques for an electric power system One embodiment of the present application is directed to a protection technique for an electric power generation system. In one or more implementations, an electric power generator, generator control circuitry, electrical output sensors to provide one or more corresponding signals, electrical switching equipment to selectively couple the generator to an electrical load, and electric power feeder or branch circuit conductors, to route electric power from the generator to the switching equipment, are provided. The control circuitry is responsive to the sensor signals to determine if a shutdown condition exists as a function of a protection profile determined for the system. This profile may account for damage thresholds of the generator, the feeder or branch circuit conductors, the electrical switching equipment for each of a number of different combinations of level and duration of electrical output as represented by the sensor signals.
US09000608B2	Power-supply unit and power supply A power-supply unit has an electric connection box operable to supply an electric power of a battery to loads and a power supply operable to control first voltage supplied from the battery and outputted through the electric connection box and supply second voltage into which the first voltage is controlled in the power supply to the loads through the electric connection box. The electric connection box includes an electric connection box side input terminal connectable to the battery and an electric connection box side output terminal connectable to the loads. The power supply includes a power supply side input terminal that is directly connected to the electric connection box side input terminal and a power supply side output terminal that is directly connected to the electric connection box side output terminal. The power supply is directly supported by and fixed to the electric connection box.
US09000604B2	Unidirectional hydro turbine with enhanced duct, blades and generator An apparatus is disclosed for a turbine for generating electrical power from fluid flow comprising a duct with an oblong elevation, intake hoods and vents, aft diffuser cutouts and an oblique face to optimize flow and therefore power characteristics. A unidirectional turbine generator apparatus is also disclosed comprising turbine blades with one or more raked and/or tapered sections, and optionally also with multiple beaded surface features to improve efficiency and performance of the turbine generator. A hydro turbine generator with a single-sided axial-flux magnetic generator is disclosed comprising a hybrid magnetic/anti-friction axial bearing assembly. A multiple turbine generator arrangement is also disclosed comprising multiple unidirectional turbine generators connected to a shore-based electrical distribution system.
US09000603B2	Wind power plant and method for the controlled shutdown of a wind power plant A wind power plant has a main controller and a set of condition parameters that are fed to the main controller. The main controller determines settings for the operation of the wind power plant from the condition parameters. A minimal controller and a monitoring module are further provided. The minimal controller determines a setting for the pitch angle and/or pitch speed from a subset of the condition parameters. In the event of an error in the processing of the main controller, the monitoring module transfers the control over the wind power plant to the minimal controller. The wind power plant can be shut down in a controlled manner by means of the minimal controller according to the invention if an error occurs in the main controller.
US09000596B2	Transistors having a gate comprising a titanium nitride layer A MOS transistor having a gate insulator including a dielectric of high permittivity and a conductive layer including a TiN layer, wherein the nitrogen composition in the TiN layer is sub-stoichiometric in its lower portion and progressively increases to a stoichiometric composition in its upper portion.
US09000595B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device having a reduced size and thickness while suppressing deterioration in reliability. After a semiconductor wafer is ground at a back surface thereof with a grinding material into a predetermined thickness, the resulting semiconductor wafer is diced along a cutting region to obtain a plurality of semiconductor chips. While leaving grinding grooves on the back surface of each of the semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chip is placed on the upper surface of a die island via a conductive resin paste so as to face the back surface of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die island each other. The die island has, on the upper surface thereof, a concave having a depth of from 3 μm to 10 μm from the edge of the concave to the bottom of the concave.
US09000589B2	Semiconductor device with redistributed contacts A surface mount semiconductor device is assembled by positioning an array of semiconductor dies with an array of metallic ground plane members between and beside the semiconductor dies. The arrays of dies and ground plane members are encapsulated in a molding compound. A redistribution layer is formed on the arrays of dies and ground plane members. The redistribution layer has an array of sets of redistribution conductors within a layer of insulating material. The redistribution conductors interconnect electrical contacts of the dies with external electrical contact elements of the device. As multiple devices are formed at the same time, adjacent devices are separated (singulated) by cutting along saw streets between the dies. The molding compound is interposed between tie bars of the ground plane members and the insulating material of the redistribution layer in the saw streets, and at the side surfaces of the singulated devices.
US09000586B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a semiconductor device including an interposer having a relatively thin thickness without a through silicon via and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interposer including a redistribution layer and a dielectric layer on a dummy substrate, connecting a semiconductor die to the redistribution layer facing an upper portion of the interposer, encapsulating the semiconductor die by using an encapsulation, removing the dummy substrate from the interposer, and connecting a bump to the redistribution layer facing a lower portion of the interposer.
US09000584B2	Packaged semiconductor device with a molding compound and a method of forming the same The mechanisms of forming a molding compound on a semiconductor device substrate to enable fan-out structures in wafer-level packaging (WLP) are provided. The mechanisms involve covering portions of surfaces of an insulating layer surrounding a contact pad. The mechanisms improve reliability of the package and process control of the packaging process. The mechanisms also reduce the risk of interfacial delamination, and excessive outgassing of the insulating layer during subsequent processing. The mechanisms further improve planarization end-point. By utilizing a protective layer between the contact pad and the insulating layer, copper out-diffusion can be reduced and the adhesion between the contact pad and the insulating layer may also be improved.
US09000580B2	Power semiconductor module with pressed baseplate and method for producing a power semiconductor module with pressed baseplate A power semiconductor module includes a baseplate having a top side, an underside, and a depression formed in the baseplate. The depression extends into the baseplate proceeding from the top side. A thickness of the baseplate is locally reduced in a region of the depression. The power semiconductor module further includes a circuit carrier arranged above the depression on the top side of the baseplate such that the depression is interposed between the circuit carrier and the underside of the baseplate.
US09000579B2	Integrated circuit package system with bonding in via An integrated circuit package system includes a substrate having an opening provided therein, forming a conductor in the opening having a closed end at the bottom, attaching an integrated circuit die over the substrate, and connecting a die interconnect to the integrated circuit die and the closed end of the conductor.
US09000577B2	Interlayer communications for 3D integrated circuit stack Some embodiments provide capacitive AC coupling inter-layer communications for 3D stacked modules.
US09000575B2	Semiconductor device having stacked substrates with protruding and recessed electrode connection A first substrate with a penetration electrode formed thereon is stacked on a second substrate with a protruding electrode formed thereon. The penetration electrode has a recessed portion. The substrates are stacked with the protruding electrode entered in the recessed portion. A distal width of the protruding electrode is smaller than an opening width of the recessed portion.
US09000573B2	Package on package structure and method for manufacturing same A package on package structure includes a connection substrate having a main body and electrically conductive posts, the main body includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, and each electrically conductive post passes through the first and second surfaces, and each end of the two ends of the electrically conductive post protrudes from the main body; a first package device arranged on a side of the first surface of the connection substrate; a package adhesive arranged on a side of the second surface of the connection substrate; and a second package device arranged on a side of the package adhesive furthest away from the first package device.
US09000572B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package substrate may include a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, plugs and interconnection terminals. The second semiconductor chip may be arranged on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip. The first and second semiconductor chips may have corresponding first regions and corresponding second regions. Conductive plugs may be built only in a first region of the first semiconductor chip. Circuitry of the second semiconductor chip may only be electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip through the conductive connectors corresponding to the first regions of the first and second semiconductor chips.
US09000569B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure includes a carrier, a first protective layer, a second protective layer, and a third protective layer. A first surface of the first protective layer comprises a first anti-stress zone. A first extension line from a first bottom edge intersects with a second extension line from a second bottom edge to form a first base point. A first projection line is formed on the first surface, an extension line of the first projection line intersects with the second bottom edge to form a first intersection point, a second projection line is formed on the first surface, and an extension line of the second projection line intersects with the first bottom edge to form a second intersection point. A zone by connecting the first base point, the first intersection point and the second intersection point is the first anti-stress zone.

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