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US09014338B2	Method for determining a 4D plan for carrying out intensity-modulated radiation therapy A method for determining a 4D plan for carrying out intensity-modulated radiation therapy of a target volume subject to irregular periodic motion, with a radiation therapy apparatus is provided. The method includes selecting positions of a radiation source. The number of positions is selected to be identical in all 3D radiation therapy plans. The method also includes selecting a number of respective aperture settings assigned to a respective position of the radiation source to be identical in all 3D radiation therapy plans. A geometrical, temporal, and/or dynamic restriction that restricts a change of the aperture from one aperture setting to another aperture setting is predetermined, and the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that the 3D radiation therapy plans fulfill predetermined restrictions for aperture settings in each case.
US09014334B2	Real-time, on-line and offline treatment dose tracking and feedback process for volumetric image guided adaptive radiotherapy A method of treating an object with radiation that includes generating volumetric image data of an area of interest of an object and emitting a therapeutic radiation beam towards the area of interest of the object in accordance with a reference plan. The method further includes evaluating the volumetric image data and at least one parameter of the therapeutic radiation beam to provide a real-time, on-line or off-line evaluation and on-line or off-line modification of the reference plan.
US09014333B2	Image reconstruction methods for differential phase contrast X-ray imaging An image reconstruction method for differential phase contrast imaging includes receiving data corresponding to a signal produced by an X-ray detector and corresponding to X-rays that passed through a subject and a grating system to reach the X-ray detector. The method also includes performing a fringe analysis on the received data. The fringe analysis includes a non-integer fringe fraction correction utilizing one or more adapted basis functions in the Fourier domain to determine one or more Fourier coefficients. A differential phase image of the subject is generated by utilizing the one or more Fourier coefficients.
US09014330B2	Radiation diagnostic apparatus and control method A radiation diagnostic apparatus includes a CT gantry apparatus, a PET gantry apparatus and a controller. The CT gantry apparatus includes an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector for reconstructing an X-ray CT image. The PET gantry apparatus includes a plurality of photodetectors for reconstructing nuclear medicine images and an FE circuit that is connected to the back of the photodetectors. The controller exerts control such that, when X-rays are radiated from the X-ray tube, the output from the photodetectors to the FE circuit is stopped or reduced.
US09014327B2	Thin film transistor threshold voltage offset compensation circuit, GOA circuit, and display An output thin film transistor threshold voltage offset compensation circuit, a GOA circuit, and a display. The circuit includes: a first capacitor, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected to the gate of an output thin film transistor and receiving a charge signal, the second electrode being connected to the drain of the output thin film transistor, the first capacitor being used for, under the action of the charge signal, making the first electrode and the second electrode have a same voltage, so that a voltage difference between the drain and the source of the output thin film transistor is equal to a threshold voltage thereof; a first switch unit, connected to the drain and the source of the output thin film transistor, and opening under the action of a first clock signal, so that a voltage difference between the gate and the source of the output thin film transistor is equal to the threshold voltage thereof.
US09014323B2	Clock synchronizer for aligning remote devices Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed apparatuses and methods including a first phase locked loop (PLL) circuit and a second PLL circuit. The first PLL circuit receives a carrier signal that is transmitted over a communications channel from a non-synchronous device, and generates a PLL-PLL control signal. The second PLL circuit receives a stable reference-oscillation signal, and, in response to the PLL-PLL control signal indicating a frequency offset, adjusts a fractional divider ratio of the second PLL circuit. The first PLL circuit and the second PLL circuit are configured to produce an output frequency signal that is synchronous to the carrier signal.
US09014322B2	Low power and compact area digital integrator for a digital phase detector In an example embodiment, a phase-locked loop circuit may include a first circuitry to receive a reference signal and a source signal. The first circuitry may generate a correction signal for demonstrating a difference in phase between the reference signal and the source signal. The phase-locked loop may include a second circuitry to receive the correction signal. The second circuitry may generate a digital signal for demonstrating a phase-to-digital conversion of the correction signal. The phase-locked loop may include a third circuitry to receive the digital signal. The third circuitry may generate a control signal for demonstrating a converted voltage of the digital signal. The phase-locked loop may include a fourth circuitry to receive the control signal. The fourth circuitry may generate the source signal in response to the control signal.
US09014318B2	Self-calibrating continuous-time equalization Embodiments of the invention comprise a continuous-time equalizer for reducing ISI in data received from a communication channel, and methods and circuitry for tuning or calibrating that equalizer. Selected coefficients for a transfer function of the equalizer circuit are fixed, while other coefficients are tuned by an adaptive algorithm. The adaptive algorithm minimizes errors associated with the tunable coefficients based on one or more training signals sent by the transmitter and received by the equalizer circuit at the receiver. The training signals allow for a variety of error terms to be calculated, from which the tunable coefficients are updated so as to iteratively minimize the error terms and simultaneously tune the equalizer to more accurately compensate for the degrading effects of the channel.
US09014302B2	Method and apparatus for mapping signals to subcarriers in MIMO wireless network A method for mapping signals to subcarriers in a sending means of a MIMO-based wireless telecommunication network and an apparatus for the same. It is characterized in that, controlling the mapping of the signals in an input signal sequence to the subcarriers, so that the signals sent by different antennas at the same time correspond to nonadjacent signals in the input signal sequence. With the aid of the present invention, burst error due to deep fading channel can be effectively avoided, and diversity gains can be also improved.
US09014300B2	Switched-mode high-linearity transmitter using pulse width modulation A QAM transmitter is disclosed that may reduce the frequency of local clock signals and/or reduce the switching frequency of driver circuits when generating a QAM output signal for transmission. The QAM transmitter may generate a number of PWM signals indicative of in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signal components, and then use one or more selected even-order harmonics of the PWM signals to generate the QAM output signal. Odd-order harmonics of the PWM signals may be suppressed by selectively combining the PWM signals, and any remaining unwanted even-order harmonics may be suppressed using filters.
US09014297B2	Data and/or command signal transmission device with antenna arrangements The data and/or command signal transmission device includes a first signal generator connected to a first antenna arrangement, a second signal generator connected to a second antenna arrangement, a third signal generator connected to a third antenna arrangement, and a synchronization circuit. The synchronization circuit performs data amplitude modulation by combining the signals transmitted by the antenna arrangements. The signals transmitted by the first and third antenna arrangements are in-phase in a first stable modulation state and 180° out of phase in a second stable modulation state. In a modulation state transition phase, the first and third signals delivered by the first and third generators are at a different frequency from the carrier frequency of the signals delivered by the second generator. The resonance frequency of the first and third antenna arrangements is also adapted in the transition phase.
US09014295B1	Methods and systems for power-efficient inductive chip-to-chip communications Digital information is communicated between stacked integrated circuit devices by inductive coupling between arrays of inductors formed from integrated circuit wiring layers. This can be done using a combination of push-pull drivers, common inductor return legs, and balanced sparse ternary encoding. Embodiments result in low power utilization and high pin efficiency.
US09014289B2	Transmission method for dual digital signal through single antenna, transmitter for dual digital signal through single antenna and receiving method for dual digital signal through single antenna Disclosed is a method of transmitting dual digital signals through a single antenna. The method includes receiving, by a transmitter, a first data stream and a second data stream which use the same carrier frequency, modulating, by the transmitter, each of the first data stream and the second data stream, lowering, by the transmitter, a power level of the modulated second data stream, combining, by the transmitter, the modulated first data stream and the second data stream with the lowered power level, and transmitting, by the transmitter, the added first data stream and second data stream to a single antenna in the same channel.
US09014288B2	Method and system for acquiring channel information A method and system for acquiring channel information are disclosed in the present document, wherein the method includes: a base station and a User Equipment (UE) jointly saving a first codebook and at least a second codebook, and the first codebook being used for channel information quantization in various scenarios; the UE performing feedback of at least 2 Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMIs) to the base station, wherein, one PMI corresponds to one code word in the first codebook, all the other PMIs respectively correspond to different code words in a second codebook used currently, and all the code words corresponding to the fed back PMIs are used for representing channel information of one or multiple or all subbands; and after receiving the PMIs fed back from the UE, the base station finding corresponding code words from the first codebook and the second codebook used currently, and acquiring the channel information.
US09014284B2	Peak-to-average power ratio (PAR) reduction based on active-set tone reservation In an embodiment, a transmitter includes first and second processing blocks, which may each include hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. The first processing block is operable to generate a first peak-reducing vector. And the a second first processing block is operable to receive a first data vector, the data vector comprising a plurality of samples, the first data vector having a first peak with a first index and a first magnitude, a second peak with a second index and a second magnitude that is less than the first magnitude, and a first peak-to-average power ratio, and to generate a second data vector having a second peak-to-average power ratio that is lower than the first peak-to-average power ratio by using the first peak-reducing vector.
US09014283B2	Communication system An ECU of a transmission side performs a first conversion of converting a single bit of original baseband data into a four-bit bit pattern, which indicates one of two kinds of “0” and “1” of the single bit, to thereby prepare after-conversion baseband data, and transmits the after-conversion baseband data as transmission data to a transmission line. An ECU of a reception side restores the original baseband data by performing a second conversion of the received transmission data. The second conversion is the reverse of the first conversion. The ECU of the transmission side transmits the transmission data that includes a training pattern, which indicates a bit period of the transmission data, in addition to the after-conversion baseband data. The ECU of the reception side specifies the bit period of the transmission data based on the training pattern in the received transmission data.
US09014282B2	Precision timing in a data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) system An accurate non-Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (non-DOCSIS) clock signal is generated at the downstream output of a DOCSIS network. In one example method, a downstream DOCSIS Timing Protocol (DTP) client in the DOCSIS network is frequency synchronized to an upstream DTP server in the DOCSIS network. DOCSIS timing information, along with one or more timing correction factors received at the DTP client, is used to time synchronize the DTP client to the DTP server. Based on the time and frequency synchronization between the DTP server and the DTP client, the clock signal is generated at the output of the DTP client in accordance with the non-DOCSIS timing protocol.
US09014275B2	Method and apparatus for multi-threaded video decoding A method and an apparatus for performing multi-threaded video decoding are disclosed. The method takes use of a multi-threaded scheme to process an encoded picture stream on a picture by picture basis. In the method, multiple threads are used for performing video decoding at the same time, such as one thread for the operation of parsing input bits into syntax elements of one picture implemented by the first thread, another thread for the operation of decoding the parsed syntax elements of another picture into pixel values implemented by the second thread, and the other threads for the operations of the non-reference picture, such as bidirectional predictive picture, including parsing input bits into syntax elements and the subsequent operation of decoding the parsed syntax elements into pixel values. Therefore, the decoding speed is substantially increased, and the decoding efficiency is enhanced.
US09014270B2	Method, apparatus and system for rapid motion search applied in template switching A method, an apparatus and a system for a rapid motion search applied in template matching are disclosed. The method includes: selecting motion vectors of blocks related to a current block as candidate motion vectors of the current block; after the uniqueness of a series of the candidate motion vectors of the current block is maintained, calculating the cost function of the candidate motion vectors in a corresponding template area of a reference frame, and obtaining the motion vector of the best matching template from the candidate motion vectors of the current block. In the embodiments of the present invention, there is no need to determine a large search range and no need to determine the corresponding search path template, and it is only necessary to perform a search in a smaller range.
US09014266B1	Decimated sliding windows for multi-reference prediction in video coding Decimated sliding windows for multi-reference prediction are disclosed. Reference frames for coding using motion prediction are stored in two or more buffers, which can be arranged as first-in-first-out stacks. As new reference frames are added to a first buffer, the least recently used reference frame is either moved to a second buffer or discarded depending upon a decimation factor. More than two buffers can be used, and each of the buffers can have the same or a different decimation factor. This permits both short duration and long duration availability of reference frames while minimizing memory usage and overhead in the encoded video bitstream.
US09014262B2	Method of generating reconstructed block Provided is a method that derives an intra prediction mode of a prediction unit, determines a size of a current block using transform size information, generates a prediction block of the current block according to the intra prediction mode, generating a residual block of the current block according to the intra prediction mode and generating a reconstructed block of the current block using the prediction block and the residual block. The sizes of the prediction block and the residual block are set equal to a size of a transform unit. Therefore, the distance of intra prediction becomes short, and the amount of coding bits of residual block is reduced by generating a prediction block very similar to original block. Also, the signaling bits required to signal intra prediction mode decrease by generating MPM group adaptively according to the neighboring intra prediction modes.
US09014261B2	Method and system for media file compression The present invention discloses a method for media file compression, which includes: extracting the encoding parameters from an input media file, separating and decoding the audio and video stream from the input media file, and extracting an original audio stream and an original video stream; computing the transcoding parameters required for compression according to the encoding parameters; encoding the original audio stream to output a new compressed audio stream, and encoding the original video stream to output a new compressed video stream according to the transcoding parameters; synthesizing the new compressed audio stream and the new compressed video stream to create a new media file. The present invention also provides a system for media file compression. By means of the method and system of the present invention, users can realize simple and rapid compression for media files of various formats without understanding media expertise, and the storage space can be saved, so that it is convenient to carry, transfer and share the media files.
US09014259B2	Apparatus and method for sequentially parsing bitstreams based on removal of emulation prevention byte An apparatus and method sequentially parses bitstreams based on a removal of an Emulation Prevention Byte (EPB). The apparatus and method may detect an EPB pattern from among sequentially input bitstreams, may store the bitstreams, may store a processed bitstream where the EPB pattern is removed, among the bitstreams, and may select an output of a register buffer based on an input of a buffer selection flag.
US09014257B2	Apparatus and method for wireless communications An apparatus and method for wireless communications are provided. The apparatus for wireless communications includes a receiving unit which receives a packet, which comprises a plurality of sub-packets, output from a transmitting device, and processes the received packet in a plurality of signal processing modes that correspond to a plurality of transmission modes applied to the received packet, and a media access control processing unit which acquires data from the sub-packets included in the processed packet.
US09014253B2	Apparatus and method for detecting communications from multiple sources A method, apparatus, and computer program for detecting sequences of digitally modulated symbols transmitted by multiple sources are provided. A real-domain representation that separately treats in-phase and quadrature components of a received vector, channel gains, and a transmitted vector transmitted by the multiple sources is determined. The real-domain representation is processed to obtain a triangular matrix. In addition, at least one of the following is performed: (i) hard decision detection of a transmitted sequence and demapping of corresponding bits based on a reduced complexity search of a number of transmit sequences, and (ii) generation of bit soft-output values based on the reduced complexity search of the number of transmit sequences. The reduced complexity search is based on the triangular matrix.
US09014247B2	Communication on a pilot wire Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating on a pilot wire between Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) and an Electric Vehicle (EV). In an example embodiment, a modem is coupled to the pilot wire that couples the EVSE and the EV. The modem transmits both pulse width modulation (PWM) command signals and power line communication (PLC) signals to a remote device via the pilot wire. The modem interleaves the PWM and PLC signals on the pilot wire so that latency requirements for the PWM signals are maintained. The modem supports parallel protocol stacks in which PLC signals are processed in a first path and PWM signals are processed in a second path that bypasses the first path and provides the PWM signals directly to a MAC layer. The modem may create a modified frame for the PLC signals to maintain the latency requirements.
US09014246B2	Multimode multicarrier modem system and method of communication over the same An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
US09014245B2	Method and apparatus for compensating for phase shift in a communication device A method and apparatus for compensating is described, in which a tuning network is electrically coupled to an antenna and to a phase shift network. A controller communicatively linked to the tuning network and to the phase shift network receives data regarding the state of a communication system. The controller changes the impedance of the tuning network, and changes the phase shift of the phase shift network based on the received data. The received data may include information regarding the channel, band, or sub-band on which a communication device is communicating; information regarding on the application state of the device; and the modem state of the device.
US09014238B2	Method of and apparatus for synchronization A method and apparatus of synchronizing pulsed wireless communication between a first transceiver and a second transceiver. It includes the steps of transmitting a pulse signal from a first transceiver to a second transceiver; transmitting a reflection signal from the second transceiver to the first transceiver if the transmitted pulse signal is received at the second transceiver within an active reception period of the second transceiver; and detecting the reflection pulse to determine synchronization between the first transceiver and the second transceiver. Embodiments of the invention also relate to an apparatus for carrying out the method. In one embodiment, the reflection signal is generated by a super-regenerative oscillator.
US09014236B2	Method, apparatus, receiver, computer program and storage medium for joint detection A method for performing joint detection includes adjusting a ranking order of codes in a matched filtering result, and a ranking order of column vectors in a system submatrix according to the power. The joint detection is performed using an adjusted matched filtering result and an adjusted system submatrix, and acquires demodulated signals corresponding to the codes. The codes that have high power will be demodulated first. This ensures accuracy of demodulation, inhibits erroneous propagation effect, and improves accuracy of the joint detection.
US09014234B2	Communication system and communication method A communication system comprises: a communication apparatus that is configured to transmit communication data, which includes a plurality of known synchronization symbols subjected to spread modulation with a spread code; and a communication apparatus that is configured to perform, when receiving the communication data, processing for detecting a synchronization timing, based on a correlation value between the received communication data and a reference signal. The communication apparatus comprises: a disturbing wave detection part configured to detect a period of a disturbing wave; a communication control part configured to set a transmission period of the synchronization symbol to be integer multiple of the period of the disturbing wave; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the communication data in which the transmission period of the synchronization symbol has been set by the communication control part.
US09014231B2	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser nanoscope for near-field applications A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) nanoscope is provided. The VCSEL nanoscope combines a VCSEL with a nano-scale aperture using a support member to separate the aperture from the VCSEL emission face. The resulting device is a useful near-field probe with a wide variety of applications.
US09014224B2	Compact, thermally stable multi-laser engine Various embodiments of a multi-laser system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the multi-laser system includes a plurality of lasers, a plurality of laser beams, a beam positioning system, a thermally stable enclosure, and a temperature controller. The thermally stable enclosure is substantially made of a material with high thermal conductivity such as at least 5 W/(m K). The thermally stable enclosure can help maintain alignment of the laser beams to a target object over a range of ambient temperatures.
US09014222B2	Discretely tunable laser device A discretely tunable laser device is provided. The discretely tunable laser device comprises: a laser comprising a plurality of discrete output modes; an optical filter for receiving output from the laser but otherwise optically isolated from the laser, the optical filter comprising a plurality of transmission peaks, each separated by a transmission spacing different from a spacing of the plurality of discrete output modes such that only one discrete output mode can predominantly align with one transmission peak when the plurality of discrete output modes are tuned; and, a control apparatus for tuning the discrete output modes of the laser to align a given output mode of the plurality of discrete output modes with a given transmission peak of the plurality of transmission peaks, such that the given output mode comprises a dominant output of the optical filter.
US09014221B2	Infrared laser Laser devices are presented in which a graphene saturable absorber and an optical amplifier are disposed in a resonant optical cavity with an optical or electrical pump providing energy to the optical amplifier.
US09014215B2	Systems and methods for synchronization of clock signals A terminal of an exemplary transmitting device is configured to receive an initial clock signal. A first phase lock loop is configured to lock a phase of an initial periodic signal with a phase of the initial clock signal. A transmitting data block interface is configured to provide the plurality of data blocks with samples of the initial periodic signal to a receiving device. An exemplary receiving device includes a receiving data block interface configured to receive the plurality of data blocks. A second phase lock loop is configured to recreate the initial periodic signal and lock a phase of the recreated periodic signal with a phase of the samples of the initial periodic signal. The clock signal generator is configured to recreate and provide the initial clock signal. The recreated clock signal is synchronized to the initial clock signal based on the phase of the recreated periodic signal.
US09014213B2	Method for supporting time synchronization relaying to neighboring nodes in wireless network Under a wireless communication environment in which nodes sharing a time reference communicate information with a frame having a predetermined structure, when a node that has failed to acquire synchronization, a protocol in which neighboring nodes relays synchronization to the synchronization acquisition failed node by using a preamble defined in the frame is provided.
US09014212B2	Method and apparatus for transceiving data in a MIMO system The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transceiving data. A method in which a transmitting terminal transmits data to a receiving terminal in a MIMO system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating a data field containing the data; generating a signal field containing information on the data field; generating a data frame containing the data field and the signal field; and transmitting the data frame to the receiving terminal. According to the present invention, an end of the frame being transmitted is accurately notified to the receiving terminal in a communication system in which the frame is transmitted using MIMO, thereby decoding the frame in a more efficient manner at the receiving terminal.
US09014208B2	Method of transmitting data The invention is related to a method of transmitting data whereby a transmission channel towards an access point (10) is shared among a plurality of users (12), the data being transmitted using the Contention Resolution Diversity Slotted ALOHA (CRDSA) method. According to the invention the number of copies (14a,14b, 14c; 16a, 16b, 16c; 18a,18b,18c) of data packet (14, 16, 18) transmitted simultaneously by a user (12) within one frame is varied.
US09014207B2	Opportunistic 40 MHz mode of transmission in wireless transmitters A system including a physical layer module and a control module. The physical layer module is configured to generate a first clear channel assessment for a first sub-channel of a communication channel and generate a second clear channel assessment for a second sub-channel of the communication channel. The first clear channel assessment indicates whether the first sub-channel is free or busy. The second clear channel assessment indicates whether the second sub-channel is free or busy. The control module is configured to, in response to the second sub-channel being busy, extend a duration of the second clear channel assessment by a predetermined period of time, and transmit data via (i) only the first sub-channel or (ii) both the first sub-channel and the second sub-channel based on (a) the first clear channel assessment, (b) the second clear channel assessment, and (c) the extended duration of the first clear channel assessment.
US09014199B2	Home cloud gateway apparatus for multi-service and method of providing service using the same A home cloud gateway apparatus that is connected to an indoor home network and that provides a service to a client that connects through the network includes an Internet interface unit, a phone exchange unit, a storage unit that stores a virtual computer module, and an authentication processor. The home cloud gateway apparatus provides a virtual computer service by activating the virtualization module that is stored at the storage unit, and provides a phone call service through the Internet and a phone call service through the Internet and a phone network using the Internet interface unit and the phone exchange unit.
US09014197B2	E911 implementation for IP phones A system including an application server, the application server communicatively coupled to a service bureau configured to store location information, and communicatively coupled to a communication device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the communication device configured to transmit to the application server a call request message in order to establish a voice communication session, and to transmit voice information during the voice communication session; wherein the application server is configured to associate the communication device with a first telephone number and a second number, and the second number is associated with the stored location information.
US09014190B2	Routing communications based on node availability A node receives information that is to be transmitted to a destination. Upon receipt of the information, the node may query a busy device list to determine an availability of one or more neighbor nodes. The node may then identify a neighbor node that, according to the busy device list, is available to receive transmissions and is capable of propagating the information to the destination. The node may then transmit the information to the identified neighbor node.
US09014185B2	State-based filtering on a packet switch appliance A packet switch appliance includes a plurality of ports. One of the plurality of ports is configured to operate as a network port connected to a packet-switching network. Another of the plurality of ports is configured to operate as a first instrument port connected to a network instrument. To filter packets, one or more packets or copies of packets received through the first network port are examined prior to the packets or copies of packets being sent out the first instrument port to determine a current state of a state-based protocol, which includes a plurality of potential states. A filter is created or modified for the first network port or the first instrument port based on the determined current state of the state-based protocol.
US09014184B2	System and method for identifying communication between virtual servers Under the environment that IP addresses of virtual machines overlap, it makes it possible to carry out a communication between the virtual machines and for a network manager to grasp in a communication flow condition in real time. Specifically, the physical server assigns a virtual machine ID to the virtual server under the management, and assigns a reception-side virtual machine ID and a transmission-side virtual machine ID to a bit space of a transmission packet in the form of TCP/IP packet, when a communicating between the virtual servers through a network. Then, the physical server transmits the transmission packet onto the network. A physical switch is provided on the network connecting between the physical servers, and identifies the transmission packet based on the virtual machine ID contained in a bit space other than data of the transmission packet under the environment that IP addresses of the virtual machines overlap on the network, and collects data showing a network condition.
US09014182B2	Generic bus de-multiplexer/port expander with inherent bus signals as selectors A circuit comprising: a device determiner configured to, in a first mode of operation, receive a device selection signal via at least one of: at least one control line and at least one signal line; and a device router configured to, in a second mode of operation, route signals between the at least one of: at least one control line and at least one signal line and at least one device dependent on the device selection signal.
US09014181B2	Softrouter separate control network An embodiment of the exemplary SoftRouter architecture includes two physically separate networks, a control plane network and a data plane network. The data plane network is one physical network for the data traffic, while the control plane network is another physical network for the control traffic. The topology of the data plane network is made up of interconnected forwarding elements (FEs). The topology of the control plane network is made up interconnected control elements (CEs). This physical independence of the control plane network from the data plane network provides for a secure mechanism to communicate among the CEs in the control plane network. In addition, this physical independence provides improved reliability and improved scalability, when compared to the traditional router architecture, where control plane message are in-band with the data plane.
US09014178B1	Telecommunication system A telecommunication system comprising a computer system comprising a store of representations of telecommunication actions and a store of representations of telecommunication rules. A URL is associated with each of the telecommunication actions. The computer system is configured to, at least in part, command the telecommunication actions. Each telecommunication action is carried out, at least in part, in a manner dependent on at least one of the telecommunication rules. In response to an electronic device accessing a URL associated with one of the telecommunication actions, the telecommunication action is carried out, at least in part, in a manner dependent on at least one of the telecommunication rules. The telecommunication system is configured to change the unique URL to a new unique URL in response to a telecommunication action and associate a different telecommunication action with the new unique URL and/or change a telecommunication action associated with the unique URL.
US09014175B2	Routing of voice internet protocol packets to a selected processor Methods and apparatuses for routing voice Internet Protocol (IP) packet to a selected processor are described herein. The methods may include initially receiving at a digital baseband receiver of a device a plurality of IP packets. After receiving the IP packets, the digital baseband receiver may determine whether the IP packets are voice or non-voice IP packets. If the IP packets are determined to be non-voice IP packets, the digital baseband receiver may route the non-voice IP packets to a first processor for processing. On the other hand, if the IP packets are determined to be voice IP packets, the digital baseband receiver may route the voice IP packets to a second processor for processing.
US09014172B2	High resolution wireless indoor positioning system for legacy standards-based narrowband mobile radios Two or more data packets transmitted through a wireless channel are received using a receiver device. The two or more data packets are a result of two or more transmissions that are made sequentially in time at different center frequencies in order to span a desired bandwidth. Each data packet of the two or more data packets is transmitted at a single center frequency. Time differences and/or carrier phase differences among the two or more transmissions are estimated. A time-of-arrival of one or more data packets of the two or more data packets is calculated using each data packet of the two or more data packets and one or more of the estimated time differences, the different center frequencies, and the estimated carrier phase differences.
US09014169B2	Cell search procedure for heterogeneous networks In a heterogeneous network, low power cells are detected by correlating a first and second signal originating from an unknown cell, such as synchronization signals, e.g., SSS received in a first and second time period (e.g., subframes 0 and 5 of a frame with corresponding sets of possible SSS signals. The cell identities for the candidate cells can be used to determine corresponding reference symbol sequences for the candidate cells. The final determination of the cell identity is then made by correlating a third signal originating from the unknown cell, such as a reference signal received in a third time period (e.g., an almost blank subframe or a broadcast subframe) with the set of reference signals for the candidate cells. The correct cell identity is determined to be the cell identity yielding the greatest correlation with its corresponding reference signal.
US09014166B2	Method for transmitting system information The present invention provides a method for transmitting system information, wherein the SIs are transmitted in their respective windows, and the windows do not overlap with each other, when the windows is equal to 1 millisecond, system information blocks are mapped into SIs and the number of the SIs is smaller than or equal to 5. Through this method, the initial wireless sub-frame of the transmitting window of the system information is configured to have offsets, so that the transmitting conflict between SI and SIB1 can be avoided.
US09014164B2	Method and apparatus for identifying channel information in a wireless network A method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, channel information in a wireless LAN system, the method comprising: receiving a beacon frame including the channel information, wherein the channel information includes information for a channel change, the information for the channel change includes a field for a operating class of a new channel, a field for a channel number of the new channel and a field for a maximum transmit power of the new channel; parsing the beacon frame; and changing to a new channel with the maximum transmit power.
US09014153B2	Method for enabling a terminal to efficiently detect and search for a femto base station A method for enabling a mobile station (MS) to efficiently detect and search for a femto base station is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a signal including information of a femto base station; and searching for the femto base station on the basis of the received information, wherein said received information is a sequence including at least one of the following: the entirety or a part of a femto base station ID (Identity), the entirety or a part of a cell ID, a sector ID, the entirety or a part of a CSG (Closed Subscriber Group) ID, and a frequency allocation index. In the step of receiving femto base station information, a preamble and data containing information on the femto base station are received. In the step of detecting the femto base station, the femto base station is separately detected on the basis of the received information. Here, the entirety or a part of the preamble sequence of the femto base station which is used for the separation of the femto base station is reused as a scrambling sequence for said data.
US09014152B2	Increasing capacity in wireless communications Techniques to increase capacity in a wireless communications system. Systematic non-transmission, or “blanking,” of minimal-rate frames transmitted in a communications system is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, eighth rate frames in a cdma2000 voice communications system are systematically substituted with null-rate frames carrying zero traffic bits. The receiver detects the presence of null rate or non-null rate transmissions and processes the received frames accordingly. Techniques for changing the pilot transmission gating pattern to assist the receiver in detecting null rate frames are provided. In another aspect, early termination of a signal transmission over a wireless communications link is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a base station (BS) transmits power control groups (PCG's) for a frame over a forward link (FL) to a mobile station (MS) until accurate reception of the frame is acknowledged by the MS over a reverse link (RL), possibly before all PCG's of the frame are received.
US09014151B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting low-rate traffic signal in optical transport network A method and apparatus for low-rate traffic signal transmission on Optical Transport Networks (OTN). The method includes: defining a frame format of the low-rate traffic optical channel data unit (ODU) signal for bearing the low-rate traffic signal; mapping the low-rate traffic signal to the low-rate traffic optical channel payload unit (OPU) of the low-rate traffic ODU signal, generating overhead bytes and filling the bytes in an overhead section of the low-rate traffic ODU to obtain the low-rate traffic ODU signal; multiplexing low-rate traffic ODU signals to an ODUk signal of which the rate matches the transmission rate rank of the OTN where the signal is transmitted, and transmitting the signal via the OTN. Based on this method, the invention provides an apparatus for the low-rate traffic signal transmission in the OTN as well. With this invention, the low-rate traffic signal transmission in the OTN can be implemented conveniently.
US09014149B2	Communication apparatus and base station apparatus There is provided a communication apparatus capable of effectively removing interference waves from a received signal while reducing the computation load. The communication apparatus includes a weight calculating unit. The weight calculating unit includes a calculating unit and a selecting unit. The calculating unit calculates a first weight and a second weight. The first weight is obtained, for a target known signal being an update target, by updating, using the target known signal, a weight of a first another known signal updated immediately before performing an update using the target known signal. The second weight is obtained, for a target known signal being an update target, by updating, using the target known signal, a weight of a second another known signal. The selecting unit selects one of the first weight and the second weight that has a lower estimation error.
US09014147B1	Techniques for establishing a communication handoff threshold using user feedback Examples are disclosed for acquiring user feedback and implementing statistical modeling techniques to enable a handoff profile for a dual-mode hybrid mobile device. In some examples communication link handoff logic may be executed by the processor component to receive user feedback during a voice call mediated by a call server, the voice call between a hybrid mobile device and another communication device, the user feedback pertaining to one or more Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication link parameters for the communication link between the hybrid mobile device and the call server. The VoIP communication link parameters are statistically modeled based on the user feedback and a handoff profile is established for the hybrid mobile devices, the handoff profile operative to establish criteria for switching the VoIP communication link to an alternate communication link.
US09014142B2	Cellular network mobility A method of providing for the transfer of an IP flow when a client is handed over from a first to a second radio layer node of a cellular communications network. The method comprises establishing said IP flow between a client and an application of a local service network within or connected to said first radio layer node, and sending said IP flow over a radio access bearer extending between the client and the first radio layer node, and maintaining within a mobility database a mapping between an identifier of the client, an IP address of said application, and an IP address of said local service network. Prior to or upon handover of the client from said first radio layer node to the second radio layer node, a request including the client identifier is sent from said second to said first radio layer node or to another node if the central mobility database is maintained in that other node. The client identifier contained in said request is used at said first radio layer node or said other node to identify said mapping in the mobility database, and the application and local service network IP addresses are sent from said first radio layer node or said other node, to said second radio layer node. The application and local service network IP addresses are received at said second radio layer node, and the received local service network IP address are used at said second radio layer node to establish a tunnel between the second radio layer node and said local service network. Said IP flow is switched from said radio access bearer to said tunnel for delivery to the client via said second radio layer node.
US09014141B2	Carrier-aggregation-based handover method Provided are a method for performing handover in a cellular mobile communication system that supports a carrier aggregation, and a user equipment and a node base (NodeB) using the method. A connection between the user equipment and the NodeB may be maintained and information may be exchanged using a plurality of serving carriers. Before performing the handover, the user equipment may perform measurement with respect to a neighboring NodeB supporting the carrier aggregation, and may provide parameter information to the NodeB in order to support a carrier aggregation function required for the handover. In a handover seamless environment, the continuity of a service may be provided and the performance of the service may be enhanced.
US09014135B2	Methods and apparatus for link adaptation for single user and multi-user MIMO Methods of performing link adaptation in a wireless communication system for simultaneous transmission of codewords include selecting initial modulation and coding scheme (MCS) levels for the codewords, estimating a size ratio of the codewords, determining a number of scheduling blocks (SB) for the codewords with the initial MCS levels, and determining revised MCS levels for the codewords in response to the determined number of SBs. Transport block sizes are computed for the codewords, and it is determined if there is a need to increase the number of scheduling blocks in at least one of the codewords. If there is a need to increase the number of scheduling blocks in a codeword, scheduling blocks are added to the codeword, and the transport block size for the codeword is recomputed. The codewords are then simultaneously transmitted over different multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) communication channels using the same time and frequency resources.
US09014134B2	Uplink access request in an OFDM communication environment The claimed subject matter relates to acquiring channel access in a wireless communication environment. A wireless terminal may transmit first and second sets of tones over respective first and second contiguous transmission periods. The first and second tone sets may be disjoint from each other and may each comprise a number of contiguous tones. The terminal may then refrain from transmitting during a third time period in order to receive a grant signal from a base station in response to the access request. The beginnings of the first time period and the second time period may be a function of a determined uplink transmission time.
US09014132B2	Communication apparatus and method for receiving a response signal A radio communication mobile station device reduces the number of blind decoding processes at a mobile station without increasing overhead by report information. The device includes a judgment unit which judges a particular PUCCH to which a response signal corresponding to the downstream line data is to be allocated among a plurality of PUCCH, according to a CCE occupied by PDCCH allocated to a particular search space corresponding to a CCE aggregation size of the PDCCH to which allocation information destined to the local station is allocated among search spaces changing in accordance with the CFI value; and a control unit which controls a cyclic shift amount of a ZAC sequence of the response signal and a block-wise spread code sequence according to a correspondence between CCE occupied by PDCCH allocated to a particular search space and a particular PUCCH resource, the correspondence changing in accordance with the CFI value.
US09014129B2	Mobile communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, and mobile communication method A mobile station (MS) receives in a sub-frame a first and second PDCCH, where the first PDCCH indicating a first PDSCH transmission on a first downlink component carrier (DCC) and the second PDCCH indicating a second PDSCH transmission on the second DCC, determines a first PUCCH resource based on a control channel element (CCE) of the first PDCCH and a second PUCCH resource based on a CCE of the second PDCCH when the first PDCCH and the second DCC are received in the sub-frame and transmits control information on HARQ using a single PUCCH resource (selected from the first and second PUCCH resource), where the first and second PUCCH resource are mapped on a single uplink component carrier corresponding to the first DCC, and the control information on HARQ includes information indicating an ACK or a NACK for each of downlink transport blocks transmitted on the first and second PDSCH.
US09014126B2	Method and unit for efficient reporting of scheduling information in a wireless telecommunications system A method in a wireless communication system for reporting buffer information includes selecting a format for a buffer report based on a number of radio bearer groups, k, for which data is available for transmission by a user equipment. The buffer report indicates a respective buffer fill level for one or more radio bearer groups associated with the user equipment. The method also include encoding a buffer fill level for one or more radio bearer groups in a buffer report in accordance with the selected format and transmitting the buffer report.
US09014122B2	Method and apparatus of converting TV channels into WLAN channels in a wireless local area network system A method of converting TV channels into WLAN channels in a wireless local area network system (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of converting TV channels into WLAN channels at an apparatus comprising receiving WSM including a list of available TV channels and finding out a center frequency of each of first WLAN channels which exist on frequency area of the available TV channels using TV channel bandwidth, WLAN channel bandwidth and a starting frequency of each of the available TV channels, wherein the TV channel bandwidth and the WLAN channel bandwidth are predetermined.
US09014121B2	Apparatus and method for acquisition of a common enhanced dedicated channel resource An apparatus, method and system for acquisition of an uplink communication resource in a communication system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a processor, and memory including computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to generate a first message indicating that data is ready for transmission on an uplink, initiate a procedure in a Layer 1 (L1) subsystem to acquire an uplink communication resource in response to the first message, receive a second message from the L1 subsystem indicating failure to acquire the uplink communication resource, and generate a third message for a radio link control (RLC) subsystem to proceed as if the RLC subsystem transmits an uplink RLC protocol data unit in response to the second message.
US09014118B2	Signaling for wireless communications A communication system, such as a wireless CDMA system, detects markers with fewer errors by having field units transmit the markers at different power levels (e.g., 9 dB for one marker and 11 dB for another marker). The difference in power levels of the markers allows the base station to identify the request markers using alternative criteria with a low probability of error, where the alternative criteria may include comparing the markers to respective energy level thresholds, monitoring occupancy of time slots, occupancy of mutually exclusive code channels, or combinations thereof. For example, in one particular embodiment, a request marker, which is generally a high priority marker, is transmitted with higher power, which improves the probability of detection and reduces the probability of false detection of the request marker.
US09014117B2	Resource allocation in wireless multi-hop relay networks Technologies that, among other things, provide resource allocation in multi-hop wireless networks with relay stations and can be used to supply information to link data packets with a respective resource allocation.
US09014116B2	Methods for congestion control in wireless networks A centralized self optimizing network and policy server is configured to control congestion within at least one cell in a wireless network by coordinating application of radio frequency congestion control mechanisms affecting all users within the cell and application of core network congestion control mechanisms associated with individual users within the cell.
US09014115B2	Method and apparatus for handling downlink reference signal interference to PDSCH in long term evolution coordinated multipoint transmission A communications system employing CoMP transmission to suppress interference comprises: a CoMP user equipment; and a plurality of base stations, one of the base stations being an associated base station of the CoMP user equipment to transmit data to the CoMP user equipment, the plurality of base stations including multiple CoMP base stations for the CoMP user equipment. The CoMP base stations for the CoMP user equipment transmit CoMP downlink data, including subframes which comprise physical resource blocks having a plurality of resource elements (REs) and cell-specific reference signal (CRS) resource element (RE) locations. PDSCH bit-level muting or puncturing information is determined, based on radio resource management measurement and the subframes sent from the multiple CoMP base stations, to identify PDSCH REs that suffer strong CRS interference transmission from within the multiple CoMP base stations and are to be subjected to one of bit-level muting or bit-level puncturing.
US09014109B2	Method and apparatus for bit-level PDSCH muting and/or receiver puncturing in LTE-advanced heterogeneous networks A base station (BS) comprises: an interface to receive radio resource management (RRM) measurement from user equipment on received reference signal (RS) strength for each BS of one or more other BSs in a surrounding area of the user equipment; an X2 interface to receive transmission information of almost blank subframes and corresponding cell-specific reference signal (CRS) resource element (RE) locations from the one or more other BSs; and a controller to manage bit-level PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) muting information, which includes identifying PDSCH resource elements (REs) that suffer the most from CRS interference arising from other BSs and that are to be subjected to bit-level muting, and allocating to the identified REs a number of bits less than the number of bits allocated to normal REs, and to transfer data with the two levels of bit allocations to various PDSCH REs to the user equipment.
US09014102B2	Mobile access node channel selection within a mesh network An apparatus and method of a mobile node selecting a transmission channel of a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes the mobile node detecting a quality of routing beacons received over a previously selected transmission channel. If the quality of the routing beacons is below a predetermined threshold, then the mobile node transmits probe requests on each of a plurality of available transmission channels. Responses to the probe request are collected from at least one upstream access nodes over at least one of the available transmission channels. A new transmission channel is selected based upon the responses received over the available transmission channels.
US09014099B2	Packet switched domain service processing method and device A packet switched domain service processing method and device. The method is applied to a mobile terminal and includes allocating a plurality of Packet Data Protocol (PDP) link resources to a plurality of Packet Switched (PS) domain services, and using a plurality of PS domain services transmitting data on the PDP link resources allocated thereto, in order to improve data transmission rate.
US09014096B1	System and method for data link layer handoffs in a wireless network A wireless device may establish a data connection with a 2G or 3G wireless network, which the wireless device can then use to engage in packet data communications with other devices on packet data networks. The wireless device may then roam from one wireless network to the other wireless network, such by roaming from the 2G wireless network to the 3G wireless network or vice versa. The wireless device may then transfer its data connection between the networks, thereby allowing the wireless device to continue in any established data sessions with other devices.
US09014095B2	Method and apparatus for saving energy in mobile communication system base station A method for achieving energy-saving in a mobile communication system base station, for application in an LTE system, comprising: determining the average value of a downlink sub-frame traffic load; determining, when the average value of the downlink sub-frame traffic load is below a threshold value therefore, an MBSFN downlink sub-frame which is not carrying multicast traffic; and closing the radio frequency channel corresponding to the multicast symbol in the MBSFN downlink sub-frame which is not carrying multicast traffic. By using the method, the number of downlink sub-frames required to meet the communication traffic needs of a current cell is judged according to changes in the traffic load observed by measuring the traffic load values in that cell; sub-frames which can be closed are set as MBSFN downlink sub-frames which do not send multicast traffic; radio frequency channels occupied by the multicast symbol are closed, thereby reducing energy consumption.
US09014092B2	Extension of location status event A processor in a mobile wireless device communicates detailed state information about attachments to a user identity module card embedded in the mobile wireless device. The processor detects a change in an attach state of the mobile wireless device for at least one of a plurality of attachment types. The processor determines the attach state of the mobile wireless device for each of the plurality of attachment types and sends a status message to the user identity module card indicating the determined attach states. The plurality of attachment types can include at least a circuit switched attachment and a packet switched attachment. The processor can wait until completion of circuit switched and packet switched attachments of the mobile wireless device to the wireless network prior to sending the status message.
US09014085B2	Internet protocol session persistence for mobile communications Providing for mobile communications incorporating Internet Protocol (IP) persistence is described herein. By way of example, IP persistence can be implemented for a mobile device receiving IP data content over a mobile network. Particularly, if the mobile device encounters a region of poor wireless coverage, the IP data content can be transmitted to the mobile device over a plurality of base stations concurrently. Thus, the IP persistence can comprise duplicating the IP data content and transmitting separate independent wireless transmissions of the content to the mobile device from separate cells or separate transmitters. The duplicate transmitting can be continued while the mobile device is within the region of poor wireless coverage, until a suitable quality of service or quality of experience parameter is met for a serving network, or the like.
US09014072B2	User equipment component carrier allocation A method for configuring at least one component carrier (CC) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method includes receiving a CC configuration using a signaling protocol, wherein the CC is assigned using a semi-static configuration. Also included is a user equipment (UE) comprising a processor configured to receive a CC configuration for at least one CC for a PDSCH using a signaling protocol, wherein the CC is assigned using a semi-static configuration. Also included is an access node comprising a processor configured to transmit a CC configuration for at least one CC for a PDSCH using a signaling protocol, wherein the CC is assigned using a semi-static configuration.
US09014070B2	Energy efficient operation for dense deployment of wireless access nodes Systems and methods are disclosed for providing energy efficient operation for wireless access nodes in a dense deployment of wireless access nodes in a cellular communication network. In one particular embodiment, wireless access nodes form a super dense network. In one embodiment, a wireless access node in a dense deployment of wireless access nodes in a cellular communication network includes a transmitter and a receiver that are operated according to a discontinuous transmit and a discontinuous receive mode of operation. The wireless access node controls one or more duty cycles for the discontinuous transmit and discontinuous receive mode of operation based on an alertness state of the wireless access node. In one embodiment, the one or more duty cycles increase as the alertness state of the wireless access node increases. In this manner, the wireless access node is operated in an energy efficient manner.
US09014065B2	Method for transmitting/receiving signal and device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising: setting a first cell having a first TDD UL-DL configuration and a second cell having a second TDD UL-DL configuration; receiving data through a DL subframe of the first cell; and transmitting reception response information on the data through a UL subframe of the second cell, wherein the relationship between the DL subframe and the UL subframe is determined by a parameter value set in a specific TDD UL-DL configuration, which is the TDD UL-DL configuration having the least number of DL subframes from TDD UL-DL configuration(s), in which subframes set as a DL in the first or second cell are all set as DLs.
US09014063B2	TDD wireless communication system and method for reporting HARQ-ACK A method for reporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) is provided. The method is applicable to a time-division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system and includes the following steps: receiving downlink information from a base station with multiple serving cells, calculating a report number of each serving cell, which is a number of subframes of the corresponding serving cell whose acknowledgements have to be reported, and providing report information to the base station in an uplink subframe of a serving cell specified by the base station. The multiple serving cells use multiple uplink-downlink configurations. The report number of at least one of the serving cells is determined according to a downlink association set of the uplink subframe of the serving cell specified by the base station. The report information includes the acknowledgements that have to be reported by each of the serving cells.
US09014062B2	Method for HARQ and link adaptation of device to device link in direct communication between user equipments and relaying by user equipment Provided is a method of processing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) and adaptive transmission of a device-to-device (D2D) link. In the method, an operation method of user equipment (UE) includes (a) receiving an initial transmission mode (TM) and transmission power for the D2D link from a base station, and performing data transmission through the D2D link, (b) determining, at the UE, a TM and transmission power of a succeeding subframe, or receiving a TM control value and a transmission power control value from counterpart UE of the D2D link and determining the TM and the transmission power of the succeeding subframe, and (c) performing the data transmission to the counterpart UE using the determined TM and transmission power. Here, (b) and (c) are repeated.
US09014059B2	Quality of service setup on a time reservation basis In a network having routing elements for routing information through the network, there is provided a method for providing an ability to set up a Quality of Service contract for a videoconference session between clients. A reservation is received for a time period for the videoconference session. Configuration information, for filtering real-time traffic corresponding to the videoconference session from other traffic traversing the network, is sent to at least one of the routing elements after the time period is reserved.
US09014055B2	Method for communicating with other devices, and communication device One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for communicating with other devices, performed by a communication device comprising a converged personal network service (CPNS) enabled entity. The communication method comprises a step in which the CPNS enabled entity operates in a personal network entity (PNE) mode to establish a connection to a first device, wherein the first device is established as a gateway and thus manages a first network. The communication method further comprises a step of activating a bridge function in cases where the communication device has moved into the coverage of a second network managed by a second device.
US09014054B2	Layer two over multiple sites An apparatus comprising a service network, and a plurality of Layer 2 sites connected by the service network via a plurality of gateways, wherein the gateways are configured to map a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of a plurality of hosts under a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs) in a plurality of Layer 2 sites to a plurality of addresses (e.g. MAC or others) of the corresponding gateways inform the other gateways in the other Layer 2 sites of the mapped IP addresses under each of the VLANs in the local Layer 2 sites, and forward data frames originated from the hosts in the local Layer 2 sites to the other gateways in the other Layer 2 sites when the data frames' destinations are residing in the other Layer 2 sites.
US09014052B2	Interceptor system for characterizing digital data in telecommunication system Certain aspects are directed to an interceptor system for characterizing digital data communicated between certain points in a telecommunication system. The interceptor system includes an interface device and a processing device. The interface device can retrieve data from at least one communication link between a radio frequency processing unit and a baseband processing unit of a telecommunication system. The data includes digital data communicated between the radio frequency processing unit and the baseband processing unit. The processing device can determine an interface link protocol for communicating with terminal equipment via the telecommunication system. The interface link protocol can be determined based on an organization of the data retrieved from the communication link.
US09014048B2	Dynamic bandwidth re-allocation A method and system for dynamic bandwidth re-allocation is provided. The method includes the steps of monitoring a video streams delivered by a server to a first client and a second client that have a same service level agreement and determining whether the first client is receiving a lower bitrate video stream compared to the second client. The method further includes the step of adjusting a parameter to allow the first client to receive a higher bitrate video stream. In an example, the monitoring, determining and adjusting steps are performed by a cable modem termination system (CMTS). In another example, the monitoring, determining and adjusting steps are performed by an optical line terminal (OLT).
US09014046B1	Network capacity forecasting and maintenance Media, systems, and methods for ensuring adequate data-processing capacity in a communications network are provided. An embodiment of the method includes identifying a communications resource to evaluate, determine a maximum capacity that the resource is capable of handling, projecting a capacity-exhaustion timeline, wherein the timeline includes time estimations that are adjusted by an adjusting factor that is based at least in part on an accuracy of prior projection estimates. Determining a more accurate capacity exhaustion timeline allows for more accurate comparison against a time required to add such capacity. Recommends to effect capacity additions can be provided.
US09014037B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in communication system Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system, including: a depacketizer configured to receive loss information on a data packet and congestion information on the channel from a terminal receiving the data packet through the channel; a frame assembly configured to confirm a congestion situation predictor from the congestion information and frame-aggregate data transmitted to the terminal according to the congestion situation predictor; a redundancy controller configured to confirm a data packet loss predictor from the loss information and generate redundancy data of the data according to the data packet loss predictor; and a packetizer configured to transmit the frame aggregated data and the redundancy data, with being included in the data packet.
US09014032B2	Implicit DRX cycle length adjustment control in LTE—ACTIVE mode A method for controlling discontinuous reception in a wireless transmit/receive unit includes defining a plurality of DRX levels, wherein each DRX level includes a respective DRX cycle length and transitioning between DRX levels based on a set of criteria. The transitioning may be triggered by implicit rules.
US09014029B1	Measuring network transit time Disclosed are various embodiments to determine network transit time for a packet. A request packet for determining a network transit time is received. A reply packet is transmitted to the requester in response to the request packet. A reply packet is transmitted to the requester. The reply packet includes information about a packet processing time. This packet processing time includes a time between the receiving of the request packet and the transmitting of the reply packet.
US09014024B2	Devices for determining a reference subframe and determining a mode A wireless communication device for determining a reference subframe is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The wireless communication device determines a reporting subframe n. The wireless communication device also determines a reference subframe n−nreference based on a limit and at least one limiting criterion. The wireless communication device further generates a report based on the reference subframe if the reference subframe is determined. The wireless communication device additionally sends the report during the reporting subframe if the reference subframe is determined.
US09014023B2	Mobile network services in 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 first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services based on the broken out data. A second service mechanism in the core network performs one or more mobile network services based on the network traffic remaining after the first service mechanism performs its breakout. An optional third service mechanism coupled to the core network provides one or more mobile network services in the mobile data network. An overlay network allows the first, second and third service mechanisms to communicate with each other. The overlay network is preferably a private virtual network.
US09014020B2	Methods and systems of wireless communication with remote radio heads A method for transmitting control information in a telecommunications cell is provided. The method includes a transmission point in the cell transmitting a unicast PDCCH intended only for a specific UE in the cell. The unicast PDCCH contains at least one resource element in each resource element group. The at least one resource element contains a UE-specific DMRS that can be used for decoding the unicast PDCCH without the cell-specific reference signal.
US09014018B2	Auto-aware dynamic control policy for energy efficiency An auto-aware dynamic control policy for energy efficiency. A discovery node in a network can be designed to transmit periodically discovery traffic to a plurality of other network nodes in the network. Responses to the discovery traffic can be used by the discovery node to ascertain real-time activity in the network. Measures of the real-time activity can be used to adjust a control policy in the discovery node.
US09014016B2	Techniques to manage presence information based on routing rules Techniques to manage presence information based on routing rules are described. An apparatus may comprise a presence management component operative to manage presence information for a presentity. The presence management component comprises a presence interface module operative to receive a routing rule for a communication event for a presentity node used by a presentity. The presence management component also comprises a presence control module communicatively coupled to the presence interface module, the presence control module operative to determine presence state information based on the routing rule. The presence management component further comprises a presence publish module communicatively coupled to the presence control module, the presence publish module operative to publish the presence state information to multiple watcher nodes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09014013B2	Packet tracing through control and data plane operations using SNMP trap commands Improved debugging capabilities for network packet path tracing. Embodiments trace both the control and data planes. During control plane operations each switch appends its identity to the payload, providing a full trace of the control plan path. SNMP Trap commands containing the forward path payload are provided back at each hop. The data plane is monitored by setting traps along the control plane path, with SNMP Trap commands at each hop being provided that indicate a given switch has been used.
US09014011B2	Systems and methods for layer-2 traffic polarization during failures in a virtual link trunking domain An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a first network switch configurable, the first network switch having a computer processor in communication with a plurality of ports for receiving and sending frames and a memory coupled to the computer processor and including a media access control (MAC) address table. The computer processor is configured to read frames, each frame having a header, and is also configured to associate a MAC address with a parent link aggregation group (LAG) except while a downstream link failure is detected. The computer processor is configured to associate the MAC address with a sub-LAG while a downstream link failure is detected. Methods for directing traffic through a virtual link trunking (VLT) domain during failure of a downstream link are also provided.
US09014008B2	Forward-looking probabilistic statistical routing for wireless ad-hoc networks with lossy links Techniques related to a localized routing approach are generally described where the number of transmissions, the maximum number of transmission per node, effective bandwidth, the latency, overall energy consumption, the maximum energy consumption, or other individual or composite objective in a wireless network may be optimized. The localized routing approach may use a metric that combines immediate progress benefit and expense with a statistics-based forward looking estimation of future routing properties and cost. The protocol may also employ a combination of probabilistic and deterministic mechanism to detect and escape local minima.
US09014003B2	Decoupled and concurrent packet processing and packet buffering for load-balancing router architecture A network component comprising a traffic manager (TM) configured to assign a unique identifier (ID) to a received packet, a splitter module configured to separate a header and a payload of the received packet, the splitter module further configured to attach the unique ID to each of the header and the payload, and a merger module configured to assemble an outgoing packet using the header and the payload.
US09013995B2	Congestion control in packet data networking A network element controls congestion in a link of a packet data network. A congested link is identified and a throttle rate is determined for one or more of the traffic groups traversing the congested link. The central controller determines the throttle rates using a weight of the group and the current traffic rate of the group through the link. The throttle rates are sent to switches to throttle traffic for each affected group.
US09013994B2	Distributed chassis architecture having integrated service appliances A distributed virtual chassis comprises scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) boxes. Each SFC box has fabric ports and a cell-based switch fabric for switching cells associated with a packet among the SFC fabric ports of that SFC box. Distributed line cards (DLCs) include switching DLCs and an appliance DLC (A-DLC). Each switching DLC has network ports. Each switching DLC and A-DLC has DLC fabric ports. Each switching DLC and A-DLC is connected to each of the SFC boxes. The A-DLC provides an upper layer service for packets arriving on the network ports of the switching DLCs. To forward a packet to the A-DLC, a switching DLC divides the packet into cells and distributes the cells among the SFC boxes. The SFC boxes forward the cells to the A-DLC, and the A-DLC reassembles the packet from the cells and provides the upper layer service to the packet.
US09013993B2	Virtualized open wireless services software architecture Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for virtualized open wireless services software architecture. A method includes, in a mobile network, monitoring hardware resources for utilization, receiving a request to instantiate a service, selecting a hardware resource that is underutilized, and mapping the service to the underutilized hardware resource.
US09013984B1	Method and apparatus for providing alternative link weights for failed network paths A data network wherein network links have an assigned service weight and a restoration weight that are used as factors for respectively determining an optimum primary data path and a back-up data path through the network. The restoration path is used in the event of a failure of the primary service path and a Dijkstra or similar algorithm may be used for determining these paths. Service weights may be assigned to the links to prioritize finding the shortest possible path, whereas restoration weights may be assigned to the links to find a path with the maximum available capacity.
US09013983B2	Proactive source-based reverse path validation in computer networks In one embodiment, a network device may receive an indication of a particular future message time, and determines a path validation time that is prior to the particular future message time by an amount at least long enough to detect and report a route change of a path from the network device to a source of the particular future message, wherein the source utilizes the path in reverse to reach the network device for the particular future message. Accordingly, the network device sends, at the path validation time, a keepalive message on the path, where in response to a failure of the keepalive message on the path, the network device repairs the path to the source with a particular route change, and reports the particular route change to the source, e.g., such that in response, the source may transmit the particular future message on the changed path in reverse.
US09013980B2	System and method for fail-safe communication across a compromised communication channel of a network device A system and method for providing communication over a compromised communication channel in a system having a first node and a second node connected via the communication channel is provided. For example, a signaling circuit may be provided. The signaling circuit includes a master signal electrically connected to first and second portions of the communication channel. The first and second portions of the communication channel are employed in the first node. The signaling circuit further includes a slave signal processor arrangement coupled to the master signal processor arrangement and electrically connected to third and fourth portions of the communication channel. The third and fourth portions of the communication channel are employed in the second node.
US09013974B2	MIMO WLAN system A multiple-access MIMO WLAN system that employs MIMO, OFDM, and TDD. The system (1) uses a channel structure with a number of configurable transport channels, (2) supports multiple rates and transmission modes, which are configurable based on channel conditions and user terminal capabilities, (3) employs a pilot structure with several types of pilot (e.g., beacon, MIMO, steered reference, and carrier pilots) for different functions, (4) implements rate, timing, and power control loops for proper system operation, and (5) employs random access for system access by the user terminals, fast acknowledgment, and quick resource assignments. Calibration may be performed to account for differences in the frequency responses of transmit/receive chains at the access point and user terminals. The spatial processing may then be simplified by taking advantage of the reciprocal nature of the downlink and uplink and the calibration.
US09013970B2	Method for copy protection A method for copy protection in which an audiovisual or audio data is divided into a plurality of portions. The plurality of portions is at least partly scrambled and prepared so as to be stored on a record carrier in the scrambled order. This is done so that a physical position on the record carrier, e.g., a sector of the record carrier, where a respective portions of the divided data is stored depends on the scrambled order.
US09013963B2	Flex circuit with dual sided interconnect structure A flex circuit including a dual sided interconnect structure to connect electrical components on a head or suspension assembly to head circuitry is described. The dual sided interconnect structure described has application for providing an electrical connection to one or more transducer elements on a slider and one or more elements of a heat assisted magnetic recording HAMR unit. In an illustrated embodiment, a flexible structure or insulating base layer includes one or more slider and heat assisted magnetic recording traces coupled to one or more slider or HAMR bond pads on an interconnect portion. As disclosed, the slider bond pads are on the obverse side of the flexible structure and the HAMR bond pads include a reverse side bonding surface to form reverse side bond pads to connect to one or more electrical or heating elements on the HAMR unit.
US09013962B2	Seismic vibratory acquisition method and apparatus A method and related apparatus are described for generating acoustic signals for use in a vibratory seismic survey, including at least two different sweep signals for the control of at least two different types of vibrators; and matching the phases of the different sweep signals at a transition frequency from one sweep signal to another.
US09013959B2	Long-range acoustical positioning system on continental shelf regions Methods and systems for determining a geophysical position of an object in an underwater channel are provided. Acoustic signals from at least two sources are received by a receiver of the object. The acoustic signals have a frequency corresponding to at least one waveguide mode associated with the underwater channel, where the acoustic signals are transmitted at predetermined transmission times. An arrival time for the at least one waveguide mode is determined from the received signals, based on the predetermined transmission times. The geophysical position is determined based on the arrival time and a modal group velocity for the at least one waveguide mode.
US09013955B2	Method and apparatus for echo-peak detection for circumferential borehole image logging Signals from an acoustic transducer used in a borehole include overlapping, ringing reflections from the casing walls, voids in the cement and the formation. By using the Hilbert transform, an envelope of the signals is determined and individual echoes are detected by using a Gauss-Laplace operator.
US09013954B2	Method for determining properties of a formation A method for determining properties of a formation comprises disposing at least one acoustic logging tool in a well and moving the logging tool along the well. An acoustic logging is performed during movement of the acoustic logging tool together with simultaneous thermal treatment of the formation. A temperature of a formation zone being thermally treated is measured as well as attenuation and velocity of the Stoneley waves excited by the acoustic logging tool. Based on the obtained dependencies of measured parameters as functions of the formation zone temperature formation relative phase permeabilities, formation fluid viscosity and viscous flow activation energy are determined.
US09013949B2	Memory access control system and method The present disclosure relates to a method and system for controlling memory access. In particular, a method for controlling memory access includes, in response to receiving a write request operative to write data to at least one memory cell of a plurality of memory cells, increasing a word line voltage above a nominal level after a predetermined delay following the receipt of the write request. A disclosed system includes a word line driver operative to increase a word line voltage above a nominal level during a write access after a predetermined delay in response to a write request.
US09013945B2	Token ring architecture based memory system and operating method to optimize current consumption A memory system includes first to third memory devices each having an input terminal for receiving a token signal and an output terminal for transmitting the token signal, wherein the input terminal of each of the first to third memory devices are connected to the output terminal of another memory device through a ring topology, a subset of the first to third memory devices substantially simultaneously perform an operation of consuming a peak current in response to any one of a plurality of token signals, and each of the first to third memory devices possesses only any one of the plurality of token signals and transmits the other token signals to another memory device.
US09013944B2	Auxiliary power device and user system including the same A user system is provided which includes a storage device and an auxiliary power device configured to supply a power to the storage device, wherein the auxiliary power device includes a first one direction device configured to supply a supply voltage from an external power supply to the storage device, a charging unit configured to be charged by the external power supply, a second one direction device configured to selectively supply an output voltage of the charging unit to the storage device, a voltage detector configured to detect a level of the output voltage of the charging unit and to output a first control signal to the storage device, and a switching unit connected between the charging unit and the second one direction device and configured to operate in response to a second control signal from the storage device.
US09013943B2	Static random access memory circuit with step regulator Implementations of the present disclosure involve a circuit and/or method for providing a static random access memory (SRAM) component of a very large scale integration (VLSI) design, such as a microprocessor design. In particular, the present disclosure provides for an SRAM circuit that includes a step voltage regulator coupled to the SRAM circuit and designed to maintain a fixed-value voltage drop across the regulator rather than a fixed voltage across the load of the SRAM circuit. The fixed-value drop across the regulator allows the SRAM circuit to be operated at a low retention voltage to reduce leakage of the SRAM circuit while maintaining the parasitic decoupling capacitance across the power supply from the SRAM circuit to reduce power signal fluctuations. In addition, the regulator circuit coupled to the SRAM circuit may include a switch circuit to control the various states of the SRAM circuit.
US09013939B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell connected to a word line and a bit line, for storing and holding data, a word line driver circuit connected to the word line, a bit line precharge circuit connected to the bit line, and a peripheral control circuit. First power supply VDD is connected to the memory cell and the peripheral control circuit, and first power supply VDD is connected to word line driver circuit and bit line precharge circuit through switching element controlled by first control signal PD.
US09013938B1	Systems and methods for discharging load capacitance circuits Circuits, systems, and methods for discharging loads are provided. One circuit includes a node coupled to a voltage source, a capacitor, a source-follower device coupled between the node and the capacitor, and a current source coupled to the capacitor. The source-follower device is configured to switchably couple the capacitor to the node to discharge the voltage source and the current source is configured to discharge the capacitor. One system includes the above circuit coupled to a memory device such that the circuit is configured to discharge voltage from the memory device. A method includes discharging, via a capacitor coupled to the memory device, a high voltage from the memory device and discharging, via a current source coupled to the capacitor, the high voltage from the capacitor. The capacitor is configured to discharge the high voltage within a predetermined range of time.
US09013936B2	Memory and memory system including the same A memory includes first to Nth word lines, first to Mth redundancy word lines configured to replace M number of word lines among the first to Nth word lines, and a control circuit configured to activate at least one adjacent word line adjacent to a Kth redundancy word line (1≦K≦M) in response to an active signal, in the case where a word line corresponding to an inputted address among the first to Nth word lines is replaced with the Kth redundancy word line among the first to Mth redundancy word lines in a first mode.
US09013933B2	Memory with redundant sense amplifier Embodiments of a memory are disclosed that may reduce the likelihood of a miss-read while reading a weak data storage cell. The memory may include a number of data storage cells, a column multiplexer, a first sense amplifier and a second sense amplifier, and an output circuit. The gain level of the first sense amplifier may be higher than the gain level of the second sense amplifier. The output circuit may include a multiplexer and the multiplexer may be operable to controllably select one of the outputs of the first and second sense amplifiers and pass the value of the selected sense amplifier. The output circuit may include a node that couples the outputs of the first and second sense amplifiers and the outputs of the first and second sense amplifiers may be able to be set to a high impedance state.
US09013925B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array, a staircase voltage generator, and a decode and level shift circuit. The memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of bit lines coupled to the plurality of memory cells. The staircase voltage generator generates a staircase voltage having a staircase waveform that varies in at least two steps. The decode and level shift circuit selects one of said plurality of bit lines and applies the staircase voltage as a program voltage to the selected bit line.
US09013923B2	Semiconductor device and operating method thereof A method of operating a semiconductor device includes programming one of a drain dummy cell and a source dummy cell which are included in a cell string; and coupling a bit line to the cell string in response to program states of the drain dummy cell and the source dummy cell and a voltage level applied to a drain dummy line coupled to a gate of the drain dummy cell and a source dummy line coupled to a gate of the source dummy cell.
US09013920B2	Systems and methods of write precompensation to extend life of a solid-state memory Write precomensation mechanisms for non-volatile solid-state memory are disclosed. In one embodiment, programming verify voltage levels are lowered from the default levels in the early life of the solid-state memory. As memory errors increase beyond an error threshold, programming verify voltage levels are increased by one or more voltage step sizes. This programming verify voltage level increase can be performed until default levels are reached or exceeded. As a result of lowered programming verify voltage levels in the early life of the solid-state memory device, solid-state memory experiences less wear and the operational life of the memory can be extended. Disclosed write precomensation mechanisms can be used for single-level cell (SLC) and multi-level cell (MLC) memory.
US09013918B2	Two-terminal memory cell and semiconductor memory device based on different states of stable current A two-terminal memory cell includes a first P-type semiconductor layer, a first N-type semiconductor layer, a second P-type semiconductor layer, and a second N-type semiconductor layer arranged in sequence. A first data state may be stored in the memory cell by applying a forward bias, which is larger than a punch-through voltage VBO, between the first P-type semiconductor layer and the second N-type semiconductor layer. A second data state may be stored in the memory cell by applying a reverse bias, which is approaching to the reverse breakdown region of the memory cell, between the first P-type semiconductor layer and the second N-type semiconductor layer. In this way, the memory cell may be effectively used for data storage.
US09013904B2	System and method for DC power transmission A power transmission system is provided. The power transmission system includes a power source for providing power. The system also includes a power conversion system comprising power converters coupled to receive the power and convert the power to DC power, wherein the power conversion system comprises a plurality of legs each configured for pulse width modulation. The system further includes a controller comprising an analysis module programmed for determining a number of legs for switching for minimizing a cost function based on operating conditions of the power conversion system. The controller also includes a switch control module programmed for using the number of legs determined by the analysis module for generating switching commands for the power conversion system. The system also includes a DC transmission bus coupled to receive the DC power and transmit the DC power.
US09013901B2	Modular voltage source converter A modular voltage source converter (100) comprises a plurality of cells conformal to a basic cell design comprising a first and a second terminal, a capacitor and at least two switches arranged in a half-bridge or full-bridge configuration. In the converter, a first group is formed by a number n of cells (101-k, k=1, n) connected serially at their terminals, and a second group is formed by an equal number n of cells (102-k, k=1, n) connected serially at their terminals. The terminals of the cells (101-k) in said first group are connected, via a resistive or inductive connection element (110-k), to the terminals of corresponding cells (102-k) in said second group.
US09013898B2	Synchronous rectifier controller, power converter using same, and method therefor In one form, a synchronous rectifier controller includes a drive clamp adjust terminal, a drive terminal, a clamp voltage generator circuit coupled to the drive clamp adjust terminal for measuring a signal at the drive clamp adjust terminal and providing a clamp voltage having a value determined by the signal, and a driver for providing a drive signal to the drive terminal at a voltage related to the clamp voltage during an active period of the drive signal. In an alternate form a power converter includes a rectifier transistor having a first current electrode, a control electrode for receiving a drive signal, and a second current electrode, and a synchronous rectifier controller having a first terminal coupled to the control electrode of the rectifier transistor for providing the drive signal alternately in an active state and an inactive state.
US09013886B2	Display apparatus and portable information apparatus comprising the same Disclosed are a display device and a portable information apparatus including the same, which do not use a front set cover necessary for producing the display device and thus can minimize a thickness and enhance a sense of beauty with an innovative design. The display device includes a set cover, a guide frame, a display unit, a circuit disposing part, a plurality of circuit films, a PCB, and a deco cover. The circuit disposing part is prepared between one side of the guide frame and one side wall of a set side wall. The PCB is connected to the circuit films, and disposed at the circuit disposing part. The deco cover covers the circuit disposing part.
US09013878B2	Electronic system for reflow soldering An electronic system includes an insulating structural element with a coupling surface configured for coupling the electronic system with at least one further electronic system. The electronic system further includes at least one conducting contact element at least partially exposed on the coupling surface. Each conducting contact element has a soldering surface supporting reflow soldering of the conducting contact element with a corresponding further contact element of the further electronic system. In addition, each conducting contact element has at least one lateral surface protruding from the insulating structural element. The soldering surface of the conducting contact element includes at least one channel having an opened end at the protruding lateral surface, the channel configured to facilitate dispersion of waste gas produced during reflow soldering.
US09013877B2	Power semiconductor device The purpose of the present invention is to provide a power semiconductor device which has a light weight, high heat dissipation efficiency, and high rigidity. The power semiconductor device including a base 1, semiconductor circuits 2 which are arranged on the base 1, and a cooling fin 3 which cools each of the semiconductor circuits 2, in which one or more protruding portions 1a, 1b are formed on the base 1, widths of the protruding portions 1a, 1b in a direction parallel to the base 1 surface being longer than a thickness of the base 1, thereby providing power semiconductor devices 100, 200, 300, 400 which have a light weight, high heat dissipation efficiency, and high rigidity.
US09013876B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a housing, a heat source in the housing, and a heat dissipation device in the housing and separated from the heat source by a distance. The heat dissipation device includes a casing. A heat dissipation material is disposed in the casing. The heat dissipation material includes 15 to 30 percent volume of multiple copper materials, 50 to 85 percent volume of a phase change material, and 15 to 20 percent volume of air. The heat dissipation device has a surface facing the heat source. A central area and an outer ring area are defined on the surface. The outer ring area surrounds the central area. A geometric midpoint of the central area overlaps that of the surface. An orthographic projection region on the surface is in the outer ring area. The heat dissipation device absorbs heat from the heat source through thermal radiation.
US09013873B2	Container data center A container data center includes a container and a server cabinet received in the container. The server cabinet includes a rack and a number of heat dissipation devices mounted to a rear side of the rack. Each heat dissipation device includes a case fixed to the rack, a fan mounted to an outer side of the case, and a heat dissipation plate received in the case and aligning with the fan. The heat dissipation plate defines a vent. The fan draws heat air through the vent of the heat dissipation plate from the rack, and the heat air is cooled by refrigerant received in the heat dissipation plate to become cool air. The cool air flows in the container, and circularly flows into the cabinet from a front side of the cabinet.
US09013869B2	Consolidated thermal module A low profile heat removal system suitable for removing excess heat generated by an integrated circuit operating in a compact computing environment is disclosed.
US09013867B2	Hinge for a handheld computing device A handheld computing device may include a first screen having a first display, a second screen having a second display, and a hinge connected to the first and second screens. The hinge may include a plurality of axes to enable the first and second screens to rotate about distinct axes. The hinge may include a hub having an internal passage configured to electrically couple the first and second screens.
US09013866B2	Driving mechanism for driving display module to move relative to host module and portable electronic device therewith A driving mechanism for driving a display module to move relative to a host module includes a display module fixing component disposed in the display module, a host module fixing component movably disposed in the host module, and a pivoting component. An end of the pivoting component is pivotally connected to the display module fixing component and another end of the pivoting component is fixed to the host module fixing component. The pivoting component drives the host module fixing component to move as being pivoted by the display module fixing component. The driving mechanism further includes at least one protruding structure disposed on the host module fixing component and capable of moving relative to an inner side of the host module in line contact manner or point contact manner as the pivoting component drives the host module fixing component to move.
US09013865B2	Electronic device and support mechanism thereof An electronic device is provided, including a main body and a support mechanism. The main body forms a U-shaped recess. The support mechanism includes a U-shaped support, two pivot members and an electrical connection port. The support forms two ends, and the pivot members rotatably connect the two ends to the main body. The electrical connection port is disposed on the support. When the support is in a closed angle position that is relative to the main body, the support is received in the recess and parallel to the main body, and the electrical connection port is covered by the main body. When the support is rotated relative to the main body and is released from the recess, the electronic device can stand on a surface by the support, and the electrical connection port is exposed to a surface of the support.
US09013864B2	Support for a flexible display A device includes: a first component and a second component coupled to one another by a pivot member and being movable relative to one another between an open position in which the first component and the second component are in the same plane and a folded position; a first slider coupled to the first component and a second slider coupled to the second component; and a flexible membrane coupled to the first slider and the second slider, the flexible membrane being exposed in the folded position; wherein the first component and the second component are coupled to one another to maintain the flexible membrane at a constant length when the flexible membrane is moved between the open position and the folded position.
US09013863B2	Protective sheath A protective sheath comprises a rear plate, a front plate and a wireless HMI device comprising a main portion embedded inside the rear plate, a human-machine interface embedded inside the front plate and a soft flat cable electrically connecting there-between. The front plate comprises a first folding plate, a holding component for holding a portable electronic device on the first folding plate, a position limiting hinge, and a second folding plate pivoted to the first folding plate via the position limiting hinge. Hence, the first and the second folding plates can cover a rear surface of the portable electronic device together by being relatively unfolded, and are maintained at a presetting pivoting angle by the position limiting hinge after being relatively folded. The front plate can be folded relative to the first folding plate to cover a display surface of the portable electronic device.
US09013862B2	Module assembly for the application-specific construction of power factor correction systems, filter systems, and absorption circuit systems A module assembly for the application-specific construction of power factor correction, filter, and absorption circuit systems in selectively non-choked, choked, protective or thyristor-connected design, comprising a busbar system, fuse holders, switch components, at least one choke, and power capacitors. A first module unit has a first section for receiving busbars, fuse holders, fuses, a busbar cover as protection against accidental contact with the busbar, and a second, trough-like section for receiving switch components that can be mechanically fixed and electrically contacted. A second module unit is designed to receive switchable capacitor winding blocks, enclosing the at least one winding block, insulating the same. The first and the second module unit each have a base region, wherein mechanical and/or electrical connections are led via apertures in the base regions, such that either a back-to-back assembly with direct docking of the first and second module units can be affected.
US09013858B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a multilayer body having a dielectric layer; and a plurality of internal electrode layers provided in the multilayer body, and having ends exposed to at least one face of the multilayer body, wherein, a ratio of T2 to T1 (T2/T1) ranges from 0.70 to 0.95, when T1 represents a thickness of a capacity formation portion formed by overlapping the plurality of internal electrode layers and T2 represents a distance between ends of outermost internal electrodes arranged on one face of the multilayer body to which the ends of the internal electrodes are exposed, and a thickness D1 of the multilayer body, in which the capacity formation portion is formed, is greater than a thickness D2 of a first side of the multilayer body to which the ends of the internal electrodes are exposed.
US09013857B2	Altering capacitance of MIM capacitor having reactive layer therein Embodiments of a method include forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode and an insulator layer between the first and second electrodes, the MIM capacitor also including a reactive layer; and altering the reactive layer to change a capacitive value of the MIM capacitor.
US09013856B2	Ignition exciter system and ignition exciter circuit An ignition circuit is provided and may include a dc-dc converter having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, an igniter plug having a first terminal and a second terminal, a first capacitor coupled to the positive terminal, a first diode coupled between the first capacitor and the negative terminal, a switching circuit coupled between the positive terminal, and the negative terminal, a second capacitor, a transformer having a primary and a secondary winding, the primary winding coupled between the negative terminal and the second capacitor and the secondary winding coupled between the negative terminal and the first terminal of igniter plug, and a second diode coupled between the first capacitor and the second terminal, wherein the second capacitor is coupled between the primary winding and the second diode, and wherein the first terminal is coupled to the secondary winding and the second terminal is connected to a ground.
US09013853B2	Direct current breaker and electrical power system comprising such direct current breaker A direct current breaker for a high voltage direct current application includes: two high voltage electron tubes arranged in an anti-parallel connection, and a control circuit for receiving, from a control system, infrared pulses including control information, the control circuit further including a device configured to convert the infrared pulses into electrical control signals, for controlling a switching status of the direct current breaker. An electrical power system includes such direct current breaker.
US09013847B2	Protection relay apparatus According to one embodiment, there is provided a protection relay apparatus that protects lines of a three-phase alternating current power system, the protection relay apparatus including a fault detector to detect a fault of the line, an opening unit to open a circuit breaker of a fault phase in which the fault has occurred through detection of the fault, a fault phase voltage measurement unit to measure a voltage of the fault phase after the circuit breaker is opened, a fault recovery determination unit to determine whether the fault is recovered or not based on the voltage, and a closing unit to close the circuit breaker when the fault recovery determination unit determines that the fault is recovered.
US09013842B2	Semiconductor ESD circuit and method In an embodiment, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit for providing protection between a first node and a second node includes a first MOS device having a first source/drain coupled to a first node, and a second source/drain coupled to an intermediate node. The ESD circuit also includes a first capacitor coupled between a gate of the first MOS device and the first node, a first resistor coupled between the gate of the first MOS device the intermediate node, a second MOS device having a first source/drain coupled to the intermediate node, and a second source/drain coupled to the second node, a second capacitor coupled between a gate of the second MOS device and the first node, and a second resistor coupled between the gate of the second MOS device and the second node.
US09013839B1	Vehicle high voltage wiring protection using contactor control A vehicle high voltage system may include contactors/relays, wires, a traction battery, electrical components, and at least one controller. The at least one controller may open the contactors to interrupt current flow to the components if anyone of a plurality of amp▪hour measurement associated with the traction battery exceeds a corresponding predetermined threshold value.
US09013834B2	Tolerance ring with discrete tolerance ring panels A tolerance ring for a hard disc drive assembly is disclosed and can include a plurality of discrete tolerance ring panels. Each tolerance ring panel can include an arcuate sidewall that can include an unformed portion and at least one projection extending from the arcuate sidewall. The projection can be surrounded by the unformed portion of the arcuate sidewall and the tolerance ring can be configured to be deployed in an interference fit between an inner component and an outer component to provide torque coupling between an inner component and an outer component.
US09013833B2	Non-circular feature for boss tower engagement A head stack assembly comprising an actuator arm having an aperture therein, a head suspension assembly comprising a load beam having a mounting region with a aperture therein, and a base plate adapted to attach the head suspension assembly to the actuator arm, with the base plate comprising a boss tower having an outside surface and a swaging hole. One of the actuator arm aperture, the boss tower outside surface or the swaging hole is non-circular to provide increased compression between the boss tower and the actuator arm aperture in the roll direction than in the pitch direction. Methods of making a boss tower are also provided.
US09013832B2	Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, an underlayer provided above the nonmagnetic substrate, and a perpendicular recording layer provided above the underlayer. The perpendicular recording layer includes a first magnetic layer including Co and Pt and having a granular structure, and a second magnetic layer having magnetic and ferroelectric properties.
US09013829B2	Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus A spindle motor includes an upper bearing portion and a lower bearing portion each of which is inclined with respect to a central axis. The upper bearing portion includes an upper dynamic pressure generating groove defined in at least one of an upper outer circumferential surface of a shaft portion and an upper inner circumferential surface of a sleeve. The lower bearing portion includes a lower dynamic pressure generating groove defined in at least one of a lower outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion and a lower inner circumferential surface of the sleeve. The radial distance between a lower end portion of the upper dynamic pressure generating groove and the central axis is shorter than the radial distance between an upper end portion of the lower dynamic pressure generating groove and the central axis.
US09013828B1	Bulk load cartridge access port for data storage library Utilities that increase the volume of media elements that can be simultaneously loaded and/or unloaded into or from a storage library, facilitate mounting of media element magazines into a storage library, and limit access to an interior of a storage library by users during operation of robotics assemblies of the storage library. One disclosed utility includes a cartridge access port for use with a storage library that has a storage container that is pivotable (e.g., swingable) between at least first and second positions. In the first position, the storage container is adjacent an opening in the housing of the library for loading and unloading of media elements by a user into or from the container via the opening. After the storage container has swung into the second position, the storage container is spaced from the opening and faces the interior of the library for access by a robotics assembly.
US09013821B1	Data storage device employing one-dimensional and two-dimensional channels A data storage device is disclosed comprising a disk comprising a plurality of data tracks. A first data track is read to generate a first read signal that is sampled to generate first signal samples. A second data track adjacent the first data track is read to generate a second read signal that is sampled to generate second signal samples. The first signal samples and the second signal samples are processed by a first two-dimensional (2D) to one-dimensional (1D) equalizer to generate a first 1D sequence of equalized samples, and by a 2D-to-2D equalizer to generate a 2D sequence of equalized samples. The first 1D sequence of equalized samples are processed using a first 1D detector to detect a first estimated data sequence, and the 2D sequence of equalized samples are processed using a 2D detector to detect a second estimated data sequence.
US09013814B2	Interferometer and optical assembly having beamsplitter securing apparatus and method of mounting same A frame for optics used in interferometers that may include different materials having substantially similar, identical, or as close as practicable coefficients of thermal expansion from the material(s) used to make the beamsplitter and/or compensator without warping, bending, tilting or distorting the optics. The beamsplitter and/or compensator are mounted onto the frame of the interferometer using a three-point method of mounting, preferably using three pins for each component. Preferably, the pins are made of the same material as the beamsplitter and compensator, and all three components are made of Potassium Bromide (“KBr”) or Calcium Fluoride (“CaF2”) such that the optic instrument can operate to scan into the mid or far infrared. Stability in optical alignment is therefore achieved without requiring the optic instrument include only one material. The invention provides stability in situations where it is not possible to utilize a single material for every component of the interferometer.
US09013811B2	Imaging lens and imaging apparatus using the same An imaging lens formed of 4 lenses, in which a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a biconvex positive second lens, a negative third lens having a concave surface on the image side, and a positive fourth lens having a convex surface on the object side, arranged in order from the object side, and the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions (1): L12/f<0.82; (2): 2.3
US09013808B2	Optical imaging system for pickup An optical imaging system for pickup, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power the sixth lens element made of plastic, the sixth lens with refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
US09013807B1	Imaging lens assembly, imaging device and mobile terminal An imaging lens assembly includes, 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, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both of the surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one of the surfaces thereof has at least one inflection point. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
US09013806B2	Imaging lens and imaging apparatus An imaging-lens substantially consists of a first-lens-group, a stop and a second-lens-group in this order from object-side. The first-lens-group substantially consists of three or less lenses including a negative-lens arranged closest to object-side and a positive-lens arranged on image-side of the negative-lens. The first-lens-group includes a negative-lens having a meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing object-side and a positive-lens cemented on the negative-lens in this order from object-side. The second-lens-group substantially consists of five or less lenses including a cemented-lens of two lenses of a positive-lens and a negative-lens and a single-lens having positive-refractive-power, and which is arranged on image-side of the cemented-lens. Conditional-formulas about a refractive-index and an Abbe-number of the negative-lens arranged closest to the object-side in the first-lens-group for d-line, Abbe-numbers of the positive-lens and the negative-lens constituting the cemented-lens in the second-lens-group for d-line, and a refractive-index of the single-lens constituting the second-lens-group for d-line are satisfied.
US09013804B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a negative power; and a second lens group having a refractive power, in this order from an object side. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional formulae: 1.0
US09013797B2	Two-stage optical object molding using pre-final form A lens, such as a lens for use in a wafer-level camera, is made by forming a polymeric material with at least one master to form a pre-final lens. The pre-final lens forms a majority of a final volume of the lens. The pre-final lens is allowed to harden, during which it may sag or shrink. An aliquot of polymeric material is added to the lens and formed with the same master with a spacer, or with a second master, to form a first surface layer that provides correction between the pre-final lens shape and a final desired lens shape. In an embodiment, the surface layer has similar or identical index of refraction to the pre-final lens. In an embodiment the lens is formed on a substrate. In an embodiment, a send master, or master pair, are used to form a lens having upper and lower curvature, with a second aliquot of polymeric material forming a second surface layer on a surface of the lens opposite to the first surface layer.
US09013793B2	Lightweight eyepiece for head mounted display An eyepiece includes an eyepiece frame, an in-coupling polarization beam splitter (“PBS”), an end reflector, and an out-coupling PBS. The eyepiece frame defines an air cavity and includes an illumination region for receiving computer generated image (“CGI”) light into the eyepiece frame and a viewing region to be aligned with an eye of a user. The in-coupling PBS is supported within the eyepiece frame at the illumination region to re-direct the CGI light to a forward propagation path extending along the air cavity towards the viewing region. The end reflector is disposed to reflect the CGI light back along a reverse propagation path within the eyepiece frame. The out-coupling PBS is supported at the viewing region to pass the CGI light traveling along the forward propagation path and to redirect the CGI light traveling along the reverse propagation path out of an eye-ward side of the eyepiece frame.
US09013791B2	Screen The invention realizes a screen in which the luminous intensity of scattered light emitted from the screen is made more uniform. The screen diffuses incident light that is irradiated from an incident surface and emits light from an emission surface that is opposite the incident surface. The screen is provided with: a first light-diffusing area (402) formed on the incident-surface side and provided with a mirror (403) that reflects a portion of the incident light (404), and a second light-diffusing area (401) formed on the emission-surface side and that scatters incident light that includes the light reflected from the mirror.
US09013786B2	High power parallel fiber arrays High power parallel fiber arrays for the amplification of high peak power pulses are described. Fiber arrays based on individual fiber amplifiers as well as fiber arrays based on multi-core fibers can be implemented. The optical phase between the individual fiber amplifier elements of the fiber array is measured and controlled using a variety of phase detection and compensation techniques. High power fiber array amplifiers can be used for EUV and X-ray generation as well as pumping of parametric amplifiers.
US09013785B2	Tunable multi-mode laser A widely tunable multi-mode semiconductor laser containing only two electrically active sections, being an optical gain section and a tunable distributed Bragg reflector section adapted to reflect at a plurality of wavelengths, wherein the gain section is bounded by the tunable distributed Bragg reflector section and a broadband facet reflector, and wherein the tunable distributed Bragg reflector section comprises a plurality of discrete segments capable of being selectively tuned, wherein the reflection spectra of one or more segments of the tunable distributed Bragg reflector section can be tuned lower in wavelength to reflect with the reflection spectrum of a further segment of the tunable distributed Bragg reflector section to provide a wavelength range of enhanced reflectivity. An optical transmitter comprising a light source that is such a widely tunable multi-mode semiconductor laser.
US09013784B2	Nanoparticle waveguide apparatus, system and method A nanoparticle waveguide apparatus, a nanoparticle waveguide photonic system and a method of photonic transmission employ a nearfield-coupled nanoparticle (NCN) waveguide to cooperatively propagate an optical signal. The nanoparticle waveguide apparatus includes a first optical waveguide adjacent to a second optical waveguide, the first optical waveguide comprising an NCN waveguide having a plurality of nanoparticles. The nanoparticle waveguide photonic system further includes a nearfield coupling (NC) modulator. The method includes providing the NCN waveguides and modulating a coupling between one or both of first and second NCN waveguides and adjacent nanoparticles within one or both of the first and second NCN waveguides.
US09013783B2	Color electrophoretic display The present invention is directed to a color display device wherein each of the display cells is filled with an electrophoretic fluid comprising two types of charged pigment particles dispersed in a colored medium. Multiple colors of high quality may be achieved by the present invention.
US09013779B2	Electrowetting display apparatus An electrowetting display apparatus includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate, and an electrowetting layer. The array substrate includes a base substrate having a plurality of pixel areas and a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively arranged in each of the pixel areas. The pixel electrodes in each pixel area are spaced apart from each other at regular intervals and each have an island pattern shape.
US09013776B2	Light modulator A light modulator includes a band-pass filter configured to select a wavelength of an incident light; a first layer; a second layer configured to include a trench with a bottom surface, a side surface, and a top surface; a thin metal film provided on the side surface of the trench of the second layer; and a dielectric layer provided between the first and second layers at the bottom and the top surfaces of the trench. An electric field is applied to the dielectric layer by using the first and second layers. The dielectric layer is provided between the thin metal film and the first layer at the side surface of the second layer so that the thin metal film has an anisotropic permittivity due to the electric field.
US09013773B2	Back light unit providing direction controllable collimated light beam and 3D display using the same A back light unit providing a direction controllable collimated light beam and a three-dimensional display using the same is described. A back light unit comprises: a light source for generating light; and a light direction controller for converting the light from the light source into a direction controlled collimated light beam having a refraction angle, the direction controlled collimated light beam emitted to a predetermined area to generate a three-dimensional holographic image. The back light unit can provide direction controllable collimation light having uniform brightness distribution over a large diagonal area of the spatial light modulator with thin and simple structure.
US09013771B2	Color temperature conversion method, medium, and apparatus converting a color temperature of a pixel based on brightness A color conversion method, medium, and apparatus, converting a color temperature of an image to a user-set color temperature, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, based on the brightness of each pixel of the image. The color temperature conversion method may include determining a first information associated with a conversion range, determining whether the color temperature of the input pixel needs to be converted by determining, based on the first information, whether the input pixel is within the conversion range, calculating color coordinates of a target point if the input pixel is within the conversion range, and converting the color temperature of the input pixel by moving, in the same direction as the reference point to the target point an amount proportional to the reference point displacement so that the input pixel can be automatically moved along with the reference point of the conversion range.
US09013769B1	Image reading device conveying original sheet through one of first path and second path In a conveyor of an image-reading device, a first path is defined by a path from the upper path to the lower path via the curved path. A second path is defined by a path from the upper path to the extension path. A first reading unit is disposed on the upper path and reads the first surface while the original sheet is on the upper path. A second reading unit is disposed on the upper path and reads the second surface while the original sheet is on the upper path. A third reading unit is disposed on the lower path and reads the second surface while the original sheet is on the lower path. When the reading section reads the original sheet, the conveyor conveys the original sheet through the first path or the second path.
US09013765B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a plurality of unit cell groups including a plurality of unit cells each including a plurality of light shielded optical black pixels, non-light shielded effective pixels and amplifying circuits for amplifying signals from the pixels; and holding capacitors each receiving a signal from corresponding unit cell, so that signals are transferred from all the pixels by a vertical transfer operation and a horizontal transfer operation, each of which is repeated by the number of times equal to the number of the unit cell groups, such that the signals from an optical black pixel and an effective pixel are respectively transferred by the vertical transfer operation and the signals transferred by the vertical transfer operation are successively read out by the horizontal transfer operation to reduce the degrading image quality due to artifact by properly removing an offset varying for each output if it occurs.
US09013763B2	Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus includes: a transmitting glass; and a step member that is located upstream of a reading position, at which an image of a conveyed document is read by a reading unit via a transmitting glass, in a conveying direction of the document, and has a document guiding surface at a position away from a surface of a transmitting glass by a prescribed distance and forms a step between the document guiding surface and the transmitting glass. The step member is provided with a protrusion protruding downstream in the conveying direction of the document to form space between the transmitting glass and a downstream part of the step member in the conveying direction of the document.
US09013760B1	Method and apparatus for using data compression techniques to increase a speed at which documents are scanned through a scanning device A scanner device includes a plurality of image sensor arrays and an image processing component. Each image sensor is configured to acquire a corresponding sequence of image slices, wherein the sequences of image slices are concurrently acquired, and wherein each sequence of image slices represents a contiguous partial scan of a target medium. The image processing component is configured to generate an image file representing the target medium based at least in part on the sequences of image slices.
US09013758B1	Scanned image calibration device and method thereof for adjusting a scan frequency A device for calibrating scanned image includes a scanning unit arranged in a paper transmitting path for capturing texts and images on a document and transferring into electrical signals, a set of transmitting device which includes at least a first transmitting roller arranged upstream to the scanning unit, and a second transmitting roller arranged downstream to the scanning unit. There is no other transmitting roller arranged between the first and the second transmitting rollers, the distance between the first and the second transmitting rollers is shorter than the length of the document, and the second transmitting roller is faster than the first transmitting roller. A paper sensor is arranged in the paper transmitting path for detecting the position and the velocity of the document, and a control unit is connected with the paper sensor and the scanning unit to adjust the scan frequency in response to the position and the velocity of the document.
US09013745B2	Communication apparatus, method of controlling the same and storage medium A communication apparatus operable to perform communication with a communication terminal, and a method of controlling the apparatus. When a transmission is instructed, whether or not communication in a wireless communication mode for communicating wirelessly with a communication terminal, either the communication terminal or the communication apparatus having become an access point, is in process is determined. In a case that it is determined that communication in the wireless communication mode is in progress, an address of the transmission is set to a partner of the communication that is in progress by making a use of an address book invalid.
US09013736B2	Image forming apparatus having a tag reader with reading range changed by a cover position A system and method for tracking consumables associated with an image forming device is described. An RFID reader is positioned to read RFID tags associated with the consumables when the consumables are inserted into, stationary in, or removed from the image forming device.
US09013734B2	Method and apparatus for controlling pauses in printing The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling pauses in printing. The method includes: transmitting imaging data to an imaging unit, and transmitting one printing signal while transmitting the imaging data of each page which are printed when the imaging unit receives the printing signal; generating a command of pausing printing when receiving a cause of pausing; stopping transmitting the printing signal to the imaging unit according to the command of pausing printing, printing the imaging data is stopped when the imaging unit cannot receive the printing signal.
US09013732B1	Using font information installed in an operating system to intercept text being printed Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for using font information installed in an operating system to intercept text being printed are provided herein. A method includes intercepting an item of glyph data directed to at least one of a printing device and a display device, wherein the item of glyph data comprises a font-specific representation of a text character associated with a device context of the at least one of the printing device and the display device, converting the item of glyph data to an item of text data based on one or more items of font-specific information, analyzing the item of text data to classify one or more aspects of content in the item of text data, and analyzing the one or more aspects of content in the item of text data against one or more data policies to determine eligibility of the item of text data for transmission to the at least one of a printing device and a display device.
US09013731B2	Control device and image forming apparatus reading and transmitting unit for reading and transmitting each data item stored in memory A control device includes an apparatus controller that is connected to at least one apparatus and includes a first memory which stores data for controlling the driving of the apparatus and data indicating a state of the apparatus and a reading and transmitting unit which reads each data item stored in the first memory and transmits the read data, a main controller that includes a central processing unit, a second memory, and a writing unit which writes the data transmitted from the apparatus controller to the second memory, and a full-duplex serial bus that connects the main controller and the apparatus controller. The reading and transmitting unit and the writing unit operate such that each data item stored in the first memory is read, transmitted, and stored in the second memory in a cycle equal to or less than a count cycle of a system timer.
US09013729B2	Mobile terminal apparatus and mobile print application Apparatuses, systems and methods that operate to print information and documents stored on a mobile terminal device.
US09013723B2	Image processing system, portable terminal, information processing apparatus, and display method When a portable terminal shoots a photo of a plurality of image processing apparatuses, a maintenance order is decided based on the respective states of a plurality of image processing apparatuses in a shooting range of the portable terminal. A tag representing the maintenance order is combined with the shot image and displayed on the portable terminal.
US09013717B2	Handheld imaging device with multi-core image processor integrating common bus interface and dedicated image sensor interface A handheld imaging device includes an image sensor for sensing an image; a multi-core processor for processing the sensed image; and a program memory provided external to the multi-core processor, and communicating therewith via a communication bus. The multi-core processor includes a bus interface for interfacing with the communication bus, and further includes an image sensor interface for interfacing with the image sensor separately from the communication bus and the bus interface. The multi-core processor includes a plurality of parallel processing units connected by a crossbar switch to form the multi-core.
US09013716B2	Positioning device for an optical triangulation sensor The invention provides a positioning device for locating a planar light beam emitted by an optical triangulation sensor across a diameter of a hole formed in a surface of an object. The positioning device has an adjustable guiding element which is capable of locating an optical triangulation sensor at the same distance away from holes have a range of diameters. The guiding element is movably mounted relative to a platform that is fixed to the optical triangulation sensor. The guiding element comprises a body which is insertable into the hole, the body having a pair of contact surfaces for contacting diametrically opposed portions of the hole, the pair of contact surfaces being opposed to each other in a direction orthogonal to the plane of the planar light beam.
US09013714B2	Method of analyzing video or image data of an absorbent article A method for determining the proper placement of an absorbent article on an undergarment is provided. The method includes receiving a still or video image of the absorbent article in the undergarment, determining a central axis, a longitudinal axis, and a central point for the undergarment, the absorbent article, and the stains. The distance between the absorbent article longitudinal axis and the stain longitudinal axis is determined. The distance between the absorbent article central axis and the stain central axis is determined. The absorbent article is adjusted on the undergarment according to the distances determined between the stain axis and the absorbent article axis so that the center point of the stain is less than about 20 mm from the center point of the absorbent article.
US09013710B2	Optical position-measuring device An optical position-measuring device for detecting the relative position of two objects includes a measuring standard connected to one object, and a scanning unit connected to the other object and including a light source, one or more grating(s), and a detector system. The detector system includes a plurality of detector element groups arranged in a detection plane, via which a plurality of position-dependent, phase-shifted scanning signals is able to be generated by scanning a periodic fringe pattern that results in the detection plane, the detector elements that have in-phase scanning signals forming a group in each case. The sum of the areas and the centroid of the detector elements of a group is identical to the sum of the areas and the centroid, respectively, of the detector elements of each other group. Periodic diaphragm structures are arranged in front of the light-sensitive areas of the detector elements.
US09013708B2	Optical apparatus and operating method thereof An optical apparatus includes a light source, an optical coupling module, a reference light reflection module, and a data processing module. The light source provides an incident light. The optical coupling module divides the incident light into a reference light and a detection light emitting to the reference light reflection module and the object respectively. The reference light reflection module reflects the reference light and rapidly change the optical path of the reference light. The optical coupling module receives a first reflected light generated by the reference light reflection module reflecting the reference light and a second reflected light generated by the object reflecting the detection light and it interferes the first reflected light and second reflected light to generate a light interference signal. The data processing module receives and analyzes the light interference signal to obtain an optical detection result related to the object.
US09013706B2	Optical detecting apparatus and operating method thereof An optical detecting apparatus and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The optical detecting apparatus includes a light path module, an actuating module, and a data processing module. The light path module is used to emit a light source to a substance and receive an optical signal generated by the substance reflecting the light source. The actuating module is used to actuate the substance to generate a vibration. The data processing module is used to record and analyze a detected result related to the material properties of the substance and adjust detecting parameters of the light path module and the actuating module respectively.
US09013705B2	Ultrafast chirped optical waveform recorder using a time microscope A new technique for capturing both the amplitude and phase of an optical waveform is presented. This technique can capture signals with many THz of bandwidths in a single shot (e.g., temporal resolution of about 44 fs), or be operated repetitively at a high rate. That is, each temporal window (or frame) is captured single shot, in real time, but the process may be run repeatedly or single-shot. By also including a variety of possible demultiplexing techniques, this process is scalable to recoding continuous signals.
US09013704B2	Surface plasmon resonance detection system A system for detecting the presence of an analyte in a moving substrate or sample handling device is disclosed, providing means (26,30) for integrated triggering of data acquisition with a detector means (28) and data acquisition with a detector means (28). In particular, a surface Plasmon resonance “lab on disk” reader system is disclosed.
US09013697B2	Band detection sensor and detection method therefor A band detection sensor includes LEDs configured to radiate detection light onto one side of a web, photodiodes configured to receive the detection light reflected by the web and output a detection signal corresponding to the detection light, and a discrimination section configured to discriminate bands on the web on the basis of the detection signal from the photodiodes, wherein the discrimination section includes a rise discriminating criterion indicating a rate of rise of the detection signal and generates a band signal indicative of the presence of a band when change of the detection signal fulfills the rise discriminating criterion.
US09013692B2	Flow cytometer apparatus for three dimensional difraction imaging and related methods A flow cytometer assembly includes a fluid controller configured to form a hydrodynamically focused flow stream including an outer sheath fluid and an inner core fluid. A coherent light source is configured to illuminate a particle in the inner core fluid. A detector is configured to detect a spatially coherent distribution of elastically scattered light from the particle excited by the coherent light source. An analyzing module configured to extract a three-dimensional morphology parameter of the particle from a spatially coherent distribution of the elastically scattered light.
US09013690B1	Highly sensitive detection of biomarkers for diagnostics This disclosure provides, among other things, a nanosensor comprising a substrate and one or a plurality of pillars extending from a surface of the substrate, where the pillars comprise a metallic dot structure, a metal disc, and a metallic back plane. The nanosensor comprises a molecular adhesion layer that covers at least a part of the metallic dot structure, the metal disc, and/or the metallic back plane and a capture agent bound to the molecular adhesion layer. The nanosensor amplifies a light signal from an analyte, when the analyte is specifically bound to the capture agent.
US09013687B2	Testing of optical devices The present disclosure describes techniques for testing optical devices in a manner that, in some implementations, simulates the environment in which the devices will be used when they are integrated into the end-product or system. For example, one aspect includes providing a transparent sheet that is positioned near the optical device in a manner that simulates at least some aspects of the environment when the device is incorporated into the end-product or system. The testing can be performed, for example, while the optical devices are in production or at some other time prior to their being integrated into an end-product or system.
US09013684B2	Method and device for monitoring multiple mirror arrays in an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Microlithographic illumination system includes individually drivable elements to variably illuminate a pupil surface of the system. Each element deviates an incident light beam based on a control signal applied to the element. The system also includes an instrument to provide a measurement signal, and a model-based state estimator configured to compute, for each element, an estimated state vector based on the measurement signal. The estimated state vector represents: a deviation of a light beam caused by the element; and a time derivative of the deviation. The illumination system further includes a regulator configured to receive, for each element: a) the estimated state vector; and b) target values for: i) the deviation of the light beam caused by the deviating element; and ii) the time derivative of the deviation.
US09013677B2	Imaging optics, microlithography projection exposure apparatus having same and related methods An imaging optics has a plurality of mirrors to image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. The imaging optics includes a first partial objective to image the object field onto an intermediate image, and the imaging optics includes a second partial objective to image the intermediate image onto the image field. The second partial objective includes a penultimate mirror in the beam path of imaging light between the object field and the image field, and the second partial objective includes a last mirror in the beam path. The penultimate mirror images the intermediate image onto a further intermediate image, and the last mirror images the further intermediate image onto the image field.
US09013674B2	Exposure apparatus including the exposure head and control method thereof According to example embodiments, a method of operating an exposure apparatus including a stage having a plurality of beam measurement devices, and an exposure head unit having a first set of exposure heads and a second set of exposure heads includes measuring a position of a first exposure head of the first set of exposure heads by moving the stage to coincide a first beam measurement device of the plurality of beam measurement devices with the first exposure head, setting the measured position of the first exposure head as a reference position, and measuring positions of the second set of exposure heads with respect to the reference position.
US09013667B2	Liquid crystal display device with larger cell gap formed outside display area A liquid crystal display device includes: a pair of substrates that are bonded together with a sealing member having a closed loop shape that is formed around a display region with a space maintained from the display region; and a liquid crystal layer that is disposed between the pair of substrates so as to maintain a cell gap of a predetermined thickness, wherein, between the display region and the sealing member, a cell thick area, in which a cell gap larger than the cell gap of the display region is formed, is formed.
US09013665B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a display device and a manufacturing method thereof capable of preventing aggregation of an alignment layer and maintaining uniformly a cell-gap. The display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and formed in the pixel area; a barrier layer formed on the pixel electrode; a roof layer formed on the barrier layer to be spaced apart from the barrier layer with a microcavity therebetween; and a liquid crystal formed to fill the microcavity.
US09013664B2	Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal mixture is provided. The first substrate includes a first base and a first electrode layer. The first base has a plurality of sub pixels each having at least one first asymmetric protrusion. The first electrode layer is disposed on the first asymmetric protrusion. The second substrate is assembled to the first substrate. The liquid crystal mixture is disposed between the first asymmetric protrusion and the second substrate.
US09013661B2	Liquid crystal display panel and display apparatus using the same The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a display apparatus using the same. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and quarter wave (λ/4) pattern retarder films. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate comprises a second electrode, wherein the second electrode comprises main pixel regions and sub-pixel regions. The λ/4 pattern retarder films are disposed between the first substrate and a first polarizer, and between the second substrate and a second polarizer, respectively. The present invention can improve the color shift problem and the transmittance of the LCD panel.
US09013660B2	Liquid crystal display device having electrodes with elongated apertures A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a first substrate formed with a first electrode, a second substrate formed with a second electrode and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two substrates. The LCD device includes at least one pixel area having at least one display unit. In the display unit, the first or second electrode is formed with a plurality of elongated apertures arranged in parallel and positioned outwardly one by one from the center of the display unit along at least four different directions. The plurality of elongated apertures forms solid or dotted edges around the circumference of the first or second electrode. The solid or dotted edges of the first electrode may be aligned with or extend outwardly more or less than the solid or dotted edges of the second electrode from the center of the display unit.
US09013657B2	Liquid crystal device, electronic device and projector with maximum-light-intensity direction inclined from the direction normal to the substrates A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules exhibiting a parallel alignment in an initial alignment state, and a polarizing plate disposed on either side of the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal molecules are inclined at a pretilt angle and aligned in a predetermined direction in planes of the substrates. The liquid crystal panel emits light entering through one of the polarizing plates toward the other. The liquid crystal panel emits light having the maximum intensity in a direction different from a direction normal to the substrates. The azimuth of the maximum-light-intensity direction projected onto the planes of the substrates is substantially parallel to the predetermined direction. The maximum-light-intensity direction is a direction inclined from the direction normal to the substrates toward a direction in which the maximum-light-intensity direction form a right angle with a longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal molecules inclined at the pretilt angle.
US09013647B2	Stereoscopic image display device comprising a gradient-refractive-index liquid-crystal lens having a plurality of electrode groups A stereoscopic image display device includes an image display unit including plural unit pixels each including pixels for left and right viewing fields; a gradient-refractive-index liquid-crystal lens; and a liquid-crystal lens drive circuit. The liquid-crystal lens includes a liquid-crystal cell, plural electrode groups each including plural stripe-shaped transparent electrodes corresponding to a column of the unit pixels, and a counter transparent electrode having a constant potential. The liquid-crystal lens drive circuit is configured to apply voltages to the transparent electrodes with forming a common voltage pattern for each of the electrode groups so as to make liquid crystal of the liquid-crystal cell work as plural lenses forming a predetermined refractive-index profile for each of the electrode groups, and is configured to shift the voltage pattern according to information of a viewpoint position of an observer so as to shift the refractive-index profile of each of the lenses.
US09013645B2	Polarizing panel and display device having the same A polarizing panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and an interposed first liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of spaced apart and segment electrodes and segments of a first light-blocking member disposed within interval areas between the segment electrodes. The second substrate faces the first substrate to include a common electrode facing the segment electrodes. The first liquid crystal layer is able to selectively apply a first polarizing effect to light rays passing therethrough when in a corresponding first state and to apply a different second polarizing effect to passing through light rays when in a corresponding second state, where the first and second states can be selectively chosen by voltages applied to the segment electrodes. The light-blocking member can reduce image crosstalk lights from being emitted from the interval areas between the segment electrodes, so that a crosstalk component of a formed 3D image may be prevented or reduced due to light-blocking effects.
US09013641B2	Projection type image display device To effectively suppress speckle noise generated when coherent light is used as a light source in a projection type image display device using an LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon). A projection type image display device according to the present invention includes: a light source that emits coherent light; an optical scanning section that scans the coherent light emitted from the light source; an LCOS that has an image formation area in which an image is formed; a projection optical system that projects an image formed on the image formation area on a screen; and a hologram that has polarization selectivity and diffuses scanning light scanned by the optical scanning section so as to allow diffusion light emitted from respective points thereof to illuminate the image formation area in an overlapping manner.
US09013636B2	Communication system, transmitter, receiver, communication method, program, and communication cable The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI (R) source performs bidirectional IP communication with an HDMI (R) sink using a CEC line and a signal line, a switching control unit controls a switch so that, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a converting unit and, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a receiver. When bidirectional communication is performed using only the CEC line, the switching control unit controls the switch so that the CEC signal output from the HDMI (R) source or the receiver is selected. The present invention is applicable to, for example, HDMI (R).
US09013633B2	Displaying data on lower resolution displays Data intended to be displayed on a higher resolution display such as a non-interlaced display used as a computer monitor may be converted for display on a lower resolution display such as an interlaced display. The conversion may be done in a way that preserves the intended frame format while enhancing readability. For example, in one embodiment, the frames intended for non-interlaced display may be preserved in size for display in the same frame format on a lower resolution interlaced display. Local magnification may be selectively implemented for particular regions to enhance the readability of those regions. Upon selection, such local magnification may provide pixel loss and color corrections in addition to local magnification. In this way the frame format may be preserved while enhancing readability.
US09013630B2	Method and system for enhanced modulation of video signals A method for encoding a carrier signal in a video signal, the video signal having one or more frames, the frames each having a first field and a second field, the first field and the second field of each frame having a plurality of scan lines, each having a plurality of pixels with an intensity value indicating brightness, the method comprising selectively designating the plurality of scan lines of the first field of the one or more frames as up lines or down lines, calculating an optimum amount of adjustment to the pixels of the up lines and the down lines, and selectively increasing the intensity value of pixels of the up lines and decreasing the intensity value of pixels of the down lines by the optimum amount of adjustment thereby modulating the video signal with a carrier signal and creating a modulated video signal.
US09013625B2	Control device, control method, and program There is provide a control device including an imaging element in which, as a plurality of light sensing elements that perform photoelectric conversion to convert incident light entering via a light collecting unit into electric signals, first light sensing elements that sense the incident light in a first light sensing amount and second light sensing elements that sense the incident light in a second light sensing amount that is smaller than the first light sensing amount are provided, an exposure information generation unit that generates exposure information for controlling exposure during imaging of a subject based on electric signals obtained from photoelectric conversion performed by the second light sensing elements, and an exposure control unit that controls exposure based on the exposure information.
US09013623B2	Color image sensor A color image sensor having a plurality of sensor elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein the sensor elements each include an optical filter whose transmission behavior is electrically adjustable, and wherein the color image sensor includes a control for controlling the optical filters.
US09013605B2	Apparatus and method for processing intensity of image in digital camera An apparatus for processing an image in a digital camera includes an image signal collection unit configured to process an image collected from a lens into image information using a CMOS image sensor (CIS), and an image correction unit configured to compensate for an intensity in response to a compensation curve corresponding to the image information collected by the image signal collection unit and output an image signal compensated depending on the intensity.
US09013601B2	Information data processing apparatus A signal processing apparatus of a configuration capable of requesting a transmission of an information file including the currently received information data in response to an instruction for starting a recording in the course of reception of information data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus and decoding of the information data by a decoder, and receiving the information file transmitted from the transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request, while suspending the decoding process by the decoder.
US09013599B2	Image pick-up and audio signal processing apparatus and method for controlling an image pick-up and audio signal processing apparatus A controller controls a first changing unit to intermittently drive an optical unit of an image pick-up unit, and while the image pick-up parameter is being changed, reduces the noise based on an audio signal obtained by a microphone unit in a period before or after a period the optical unit is being driven.
US09013598B2	Image data recording apparatus capable of recording still and moving images simultaneously A moving image data recording apparatus and method that records a moving image file and a still image file and associates them with each other in the same directory.
US09013597B2	Image pickup apparatus that carries out noise compensation, control method therefor, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus which is capable of accurately compensating for noise even when images are continuously taken at varying exposures. First and second image signals corresponding to the first and second exposures are output. The first and second image signals are subjected to a noise compensation process and then synthesized together to obtain a composite image signal. Data obtained in the first and second image signals when the noise compensation process was carried out on the first and second image signal is inherited, and a noise compensation process on the next first and second signals is carried out based on the data.
US09013596B2	Automatic illuminant estimation that incorporates apparatus setting and intrinsic color casting information An image apparatus (10) for providing an estimated final illuminant of a scene (12) and subsequently providing an adjusted image (218) of a scene (12) includes a capturing system (226) and a control system (232). The capturing system (226) captures information for an input image (416) of the scene (12) while at an apparatus setting. The input image (416) is defined by a plurality of input colors. The control system (226) can compare at least one of the input colors to an illuminant database (245) that includes an illuminant gamut of observable colors for a plurality of possible illuminants, and can evaluate the apparatus setting to select one of the possible illuminants to be the estimated final illuminant. Examples of possible apparatus settings include an aperture size and an exposure time. With this design, the present invention is better able to distinguish between some possible outdoor illuminants and some possible indoor illuminants with improved accuracy. Additionally, the control system (226) can evaluate a consistency matching error for the plurality of possible illuminants to determine if the scene (12) has intrinsic color casting.
US09013588B2	Camera-shake correction device A small size, low profile camera-shake correction device. A camera-shake correction device (10) corrects camera shake by moving the entire auto-focusing lens drive device (20) in a first direction (X) and a second direction (Y) which are perpendicular to the optical axis (O) and are perpendicular to each other, the auto-focusing lens drive device (20) being provided with a focusing coil (26) and a permanent magnet (28) which is disposed on the outside of the focusing coil. The camera-shake correction device (10) includes: a base (14) disposed so as to be spaced from the bottom surface of the auto-focusing lens drive device (20); suspension wires (16) which each have one end affixed to the outer peripheral section of the base, which extend along the optical axis (O), and which support the entire auto-focusing lens drive device (20) in such a manner that the auto-focusing lens drive device (20) is rockable in the first direction (X) and the second direction (Y); and a camera-shake correcting coil (18) disposed so as to face the permanent magnet (28).
US09013585B2	Image capture device An exemplary image capture device 100 includes: an image capturing section 270 configured to generate an image based on a subject image formed; a first sensor 260 configured to detect acceleration of gravity on the device 100 itself to output a first detection signal; a second sensor 250 configured to detect a variation in the device's own attitude to output a second detection signal; and a processor 290 configured to calculate a first magnitude of correction based on a frequency component in the first detection signal, which is equal to or lower than a first frequency, configured to calculate a second magnitude of correction based on a frequency component in the second detection signal, which is equal to or higher than a second frequency, and configured to correct, based on the calculated first and second magnitudes of correction, tilt of at least one of the subject image and the image.
US09013583B2	Image pickup apparatus and reproduction control apparatus Image pickup means is capable of picking up an image at a first frame rate and a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate. A highlight scene is detected by detection means. When detecting the highlight scene, image pickup operation is performed at a high speed mode and an image signal at high frame rate (240 fps) is produced for a period of predetermined time. When detecting no highlight scene, image pickup operation is performed at a normal mode and an image signal at normal frame rate (60 fps) is produced. It is possible to save time and labor for performing a switchover operation of a frame rate when imaging a highlight scene. It is also possible to save power consumption and a capacity of a storage medium.
US09013582B2	Television camera device The present invention displays the light transmission/reception level, the usable amount of remaining power of a utility, or the like, and by means of viewing the display, a user becomes able to easily make a determination, thus increasing the operability of a television camera device. The television camera device has: a camera head; a camera control unit that controls the camera head; and a cable that connects the camera head and the camera control unit. The camera head is provided with: a means for outputting a utility power source; a return video output means; and a prompt output means. The camera control unit is provided with a detection means that detects the power used by the television camera device. The camera head is provided with an output means that displays the power that the utility power source can output and the power detected by the detection means.
US09013581B2	Associating a work with a biometric indication of the identity of an author Storing biometric information regarding the identity of an author in association with an artistic work created by the author may assist in properly attributing ownership of rights to the artistic work. To facilitate the association, an apparatus used to create the work may be configured to include a component for capturing the biometric information regarding the identity of the author.
US09013579B2	Vehicle surrounding-area monitoring apparatus A vehicle surrounding-area monitoring apparatus that, when recognizing an obstacle, allows for easy determination of the positional relationship between the obstacle and scenery included in a video image of the area surrounding the vehicle, generates a narrow view-field region that is a part of the video image as a notable video image, and if an obstacle region that is a region of the recognized obstacle in the video image is located outside of the narrow view-field region and if the obstacle region is contained in an image region that is partially overlapping with the narrow view-field region and is a part of the video image, generates the image region as a notable obstacle image so as to generate a surrounding-area monitoring display image comprised of the notable video image and the notable obstacle image.
US09013577B2	Integrated antenna system for imaging microsatellites Examples of imaging microsatellites are described that have an imaging system and antenna system disposed within the microsatellite body when the microsatellite is in a non-deployed state. The properties of the antenna system can be adjusted such that the antenna system does not impact, contact, or displace the imaging system when the microsatellite is in the non-deployed state. The properties of the antenna system can be adjusted such that the antenna system does not contact or impact the body of the microsatellite or any other structure when the microsatellite transitions to a deployed state. The antenna system can be configured to achieve a desired gain and/or data transmission rate by adjusting properties of the antenna system based on the radiation pattern of an antenna feed and geometric constraints imposed by the imaging system. Examples of methods for designing such imaging microsatellites are provided.
US09013570B2	Microscope and area determination method Provided is a microscope including: dark field illumination and bright field illumination which illuminate a preparat where a sample mounted on a slide glass is covered with a cover glass and a mounting agent; an image capturing unit which acquires a dark field image by image-capturing the preparat illuminated by the dark field illumination and which acquires a bright field image by image-capturing the preparat illuminated by the bright field illumination; and a magnified portion image acquisition area determination unit which detects an edge of the cover glass in the preparat based on the dark field image and the bright field image acquired by the image capturing unit and determines an internal area of the detected edge of the cover glass as a magnified portion image acquisition area of the sample.
US09013566B2	Electronic endoscope apparatus A phase comparing unit compares a phase of an imaging-side synchronization signal with a phase of a display-side clock, and controls oscillation of a display-side clock generating unit based on a result of the comparison. A display timing adjusting unit receives a video signal output from an endoscope at a timing based on the imaging-side synchronization signal and adjusts a synchronization timing of the received video signal to a synchronization timing based on a display-side synchronization signal.
US09013565B2	Image display system, image display apparatus and shutter device An image display system includes an image display apparatus and a shutter device. The image display apparatus includes an image display section, a sync signal sending section which sends a sync signal for synchronizing display timings of the left-eye image and the right-eye image with the shutter device to the shutter device, and a protocol sending section which sends protocol information to the shutter device. The shutter device include a shutter section which transmits the left-eye image and the right-eye image, a shutter drive section which analyzes the sync signal received through a sync signal receiving section using the protocol information stored in a protocol storing section and drives the shutter section on the basis of the analysis result, and a protocol updating section which updates the protocol information stored in the protocol storing section.
US09013560B2	Viewing range notification method and TV receiver for implementing the same The present invention relates to a viewing range notification method for guiding a viewer to watch TV within an optimal viewing range by providing a guide message for advising the viewer to change his/her position if the viewer is out of the optimal viewing range and a TV receiver appropriate for implementing the guiding method. According to the present invention, the viewing range guiding method can be implemented by a three-dimensional TV receiver. The three-dimensional TV receiver determines whether the viewing range of the user is farther than a predetermined distance, and whether the viewing angle is within the predetermined angular range. Then, if the viewing range is nearer than the predetermined distance or the viewing angle is not within the predetermined angular range, the three-dimensional TV receiver provides a guide message for changing the viewing position.
US09013559B2	System, method and program for capturing images from a virtual viewpoint An objective of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of generating a virtual viewpoint image without causing any visually uncomfortable feeling. In order to achieve this objective, a first image obtained by being captured from a first viewpoint at a first image capture time, and a second image obtained by being captured at a second image capture time different from the first image capture time are acquired. To each of pixels in a non-image capture area corresponding to a portion of a subject not captured in the first image of a first virtual viewpoint image that is generated in a pseudo manner based upon the first image and can be acquired by being captured from a first virtual viewpoint different from the first viewpoint, a pixel value is added in accordance with the second image.
US09013553B2	Virtual advertising platform In embodiments, a virtual advertising platform may use a three-dimensional mapping algorithm to insert a virtual image within a digital video stream. The virtual advertising platform may apply a three-dimensional mapping algorithm to the virtual digital image, wherein the three-dimensional mapping algorithm causes the virtual digital image to be recomposited within a plurality of frames within a received two-dimensional digital data feed in place of a spatial region within the two-dimensional data feed. The mapping algorithm may enable application of analogous geometric changes to the virtual digital image that are present in the spatial region within the plurality of video frames within the two-dimensional digital video data feed, and may send the recomposited digital data feed for display to a user, wherein the recomposited digital data feed is a virtualized digital data feed that includes the virtual digital image in place of the spatial region.
US09013549B2	Depth map generation for conversion of two-dimensional image data into three-dimensional image data A method of depth map generation is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: scaling down a video unit and a previous video unit to generate a reduced video unit and a reduced previous video unit; dividing the reduced video unit into N1 portions and a buffer into N2 storing units; performing a motion estimation for a target pixel of the reduced video unit to obtain a motion vector based on pixels in a preset search window established in the reduced previous video unit; assigning a depth value to the target pixel according to the motion vector; storing the target pixel in one of the N2 storing units sequentially; and, repeating the steps of performing, assigning and storing until all pixels of the reduced video unit are processed to obtain a motion depth map.
US09013544B2	Image capture system and imaging optical system An optical system includes a first lens to focus incident light, a first prism including a reflection surface by which light having transmitted through the first lens is reflected, a second lens to focus incident light from a different direction from a direction of the incident light on the first lens, and a second prism including a reflection surface by which light having transmitted through the second lens is reflected, in which the reflection surface of the first prism and the reflection surface of the second prism oppose each other.
US09013538B2	IP-based conferencing in a telecommunications network Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. In one embodiment, the conferencing system may utilize Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to conduct the routing of the collaboration conferences within the telecommunications network. The SIP-based routing provides for the exchanging of information from one device of the conferencing system to another that is not available in non-IP based conferencing systems. Thus, through the use of IP-based telecommunication devices, the network provides beneficial features for collaboration conferencing.
US09013534B2	Apparatus and method for providing video telephony service in mobile communication terminal An apparatus and a method for providing a video telephony service in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus for providing the video telephony service in the mobile communication terminal includes a controlling unit for receiving preferred video format information from a peer mobile communication terminal during a signaling procedure with the peer mobile communication terminal for the video telephony service and for determining a video format to use in the video telephony service using the received preferred video format, and a video codec for encoding and decoding video data that is transmitted to and received from the peer mobile communication terminal, using the determined video format.
US09013530B2	Media processing device, printing device, and control method of a media processing device A printer 1 has a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of the media after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls cutting the media by an automatic paper cutter 60 when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media, and controls processing the media by a processing unit when a communication unit receives control data while in a standby mode waiting for detection of media displacement by the media orientation detection means 65.
US09013529B2	Thermal printer and method for detecting the winding direction of the ink ribbon According to one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a thermal printer having a feeding motor that rotates the feeding shaft forward/backward depending on the winding configuration of the ink ribbon attached to the printer, an input part allowing the winding direction of the ink ribbon to be designated, a thermal head for transferring ink from the ribbon to a print medium, a wind-up motor that rotates the wind-up shaft of the ink ribbon after printing, a storage part for storing target rotating quantities for the wind-up motor and other target rotating quantities for the feeding motor in each winding direction, and a control part that extracts a target rotating quantity for the direction of tension for an ink-surface-outward winding ink ribbon or an ink-surface-inward winding ink ribbon and controls each motor.
US09013528B2	Handheld printer This disclosure discloses a handheld printer comprising a battery power supply, a platen roller configured to feed the print-receiving paper, a thermal line head configured to perform desired printing on the print-receiving paper fed by the platen roller, a device main body comprising a battery storage chamber configured to store the battery power supply, and a battery chamber cover detachably configured to be mounted on the battery storage chamber.
US09013526B2	Display element, image display system, and method of controlling display element A display element includes a transmission/diffusion switching layer switched between a diffusion state of diffusing visible light and a transmission state of transmitting visible light by electrical switching, and a transmission/reflection switching layer switched between a reflection state of reflecting visible light and a transmission state of transmitting visible light by electrical switching, and the transmission/diffusion switching layer and the transmission/reflection switching layer overlap each other.
US09013525B2	Image brightness control system A brightness control system enhances a displayed image. The system selectively alters the brightness of a portion of the image to improve the clarity, noticeability, and intelligibility of information provided on the display. When used with a vehicle navigation system, the brightness adjustment system may emphasize vehicle or destination location display, driving directions, route planning information, or other information provided to the driver.
US09013513B2	Methods and apparatus to navigate electronic documents Example methods and apparatus to navigate electronic documents are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves first and second display portions by a demarcation line, to display first and second content in those display portions, based on receiving an input corresponding to a display coordinate. In an example, the method also includes overlaying an image of the first content portion on the first content portion, and allowing the image of the first content portion to scroll only in directions parallel to demarcation line.
US09013509B2	System and method for manipulating digital images on a computer display The present invention provides a user interface for manipulating digital images. The interface includes a display arranged to display at least one digital image. The at least one image has a front side and at least one opposing side displayable to a user, the front and each one of the opposing sides having at least one detection portion. The detection portion is arranged to detect a manipulation request by the user and, on detection of the request, initiate a routine whereby a displayed side is rotated from view and at least one opposing side is displayed.
US09013505B1	Mobile system representing virtual objects on live camera image A mobile data service is delivered to a mobile device having a camera for capturing a live scene, a GPS receiver for determining geographic coordinates of the mobile device, and a display for displaying the live scene. A wireless network exchanges data signals with the mobile device. A server stores a database of virtual objects defined within a geographic space. The server receives the geographic coordinates of the mobile device. The server identifies one or more virtual objects within a field of view in the geographic space determined in response to the geographic coordinates of the mobile device. The server transmits representation image data to the mobile device corresponding to the one or more virtual objects as would be seen according to the field of view. The mobile device generates a representation on the display in response to the representation image data.
US09013502B2	Method of viewing virtual display outputs A method for viewing a simulated light output generated for a first display on a second display includes a variety of steps. First, the simulated light output is generated based on qualities of the first display. Next, the simulated light output is compensated for color differences, temporal differences, luminance differences including gamma difference, and differences in viewing environment between the first and the second display, in real-time. Then, the simulated light output that has been compensated for the differences and for viewing environment is output for the second display.
US09013500B2	Real time intervisibility analysis A method comprises supplying textures and location information to a graphics processing unit. The textures represent elevation data of obstructions in an environment. The location information indicates locations of an object in the environment and a reference point. The method further comprises using a plurality of shader units of the graphics processing unit in parallel to process the texture to determine intervisibility between the object and the reference point.
US09013493B2	Low power display port with arbitrary link clock frequency Embodiments of an apparatus for implementing a display port interface are disclosed. The apparatus may include a source processor and a sink processor coupled through an interface. The source processor may be operable to select a frequency from a continuous range of frequencies, and transmit data to the sink processor at the selected frequency. A phase lock circuit may be included in the sink processor. The phase lock circuit may be configured to generate a signal at the selected frequency dependent upon the transmitted data. The generated signal may be in phase with the transmitted data.
US09013489B2	Generation of avatar reflecting player appearance Systems, methods, and computer media for generating an avatar reflecting a player's current appearance. Data describing the player's current appearance is received. The data includes a visible spectrum image of the player, a depth image including both the player and a current background, and skeletal data for the player. The skeletal data indicates an outline of the player's skeleton. Based at least in part on the received data, one or more of the following are captured: a facial appearance of the player; a hair appearance of the player; a clothing appearance of the player; and a skin color of the player. A 3D avatar resembling the player is generated by combining the captured facial appearance, hair appearance, clothing appearance, and/or skin color with predetermined avatar features.
US09013488B2	Grouping items in a folder User interface changes and file system operations related to grouping items in a destination folder are disclosed. A user can group multiple items displayed on a user interface into a destination folder using an input command. An animation can be presented in the user interface illustrating the creation of the destination folder and the movement of each selected item into the newly created folder. The movement of each selected item can be along a respective path starting from an initial location on the user interface and terminating at the destination folder, and initiation of the movement of each selected item can be asynchronous with respect to the other selected items. Implementations showing the animations in various types of user interfaces are also disclosed.
US09013486B2	Methods and systems of graphically conveying a strength of communication between users An exemplary method includes at least one physical computing device 1) determining a first strength of communication metric representative of a strength of communications initiated by a first user towards a second user during a time period and a second strength of communication metric representative of a strength of communications initiated by the second user towards the first user during the time period, 2) generating a strength of communication graphic that graphically represents the strength of the communications initiated by the first user towards the second user relative to the strength of the communications initiated by the second user towards first user, and 3) providing the graphic for display by an access device associated with the first user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09013485B2	Systems and methods for synthesizing high fidelity stroke data for lower dimension input strokes Systems and methods for synthesizing paintbrush strokes may use high fidelity pose data of reference strokes to supplement lower dimension stroke data. For example, 6DOF data representing reference strokes created by skilled artists may be captured and stored in a library of reference strokes. A query stroke made by a less skilled artist/user and/or made using input devices that do not provide 6DOF data may be processed by a stroke synthesis engine to produce an output stroke that follows the trajectory of the query stroke and includes pose data from one or more reference strokes. The stroke synthesis engine may construct feature vectors for samples of reference strokes and query strokes, select the best neighbor feature vector from the library for each query stroke sample, assign the pose data of the best neighbor to the query sample, and smooth the sequence of assigned poses to produce the synthesized output stroke.
US09013484B1	Progressive expectation-maximization for hierarchical volumetric photon mapping State-of-the-art density estimation methods for rendering participating media rely on a dense photon representation of the radiance distribution within a scene. A parametric density estimation technique is used to represent radiance using a hierarchical Gaussian mixture. Coefficients of this mixture are efficiently obtained for use in a progressive and accelerated form of the Expectation-Maximization algorithm. Noise-free renderings of high-frequency illumination are created using only a few thousand Gaussian terms, where millions of photons are traditionally required. Temporal coherence is trivially supported within this framework, and the compact footprint is also useful in the context of real-time visualization. A hierarchical ray tracing-based implementation is demonstrated, as well as a fast splatting approach that can interactively render animated volume caustics.
US09013483B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An object region detection unit (130) decides the region of a physical object of interest in a physical space image. An image manipulation unit (140) performs shading processing of an inclusion region including the decided region. A rendering unit (155) arranges a virtual object in virtual space at the position and orientation of the physical object of interest and generates a virtual space image based on the position and orientation of the user's viewpoint. A composition unit (160) generates a composite image by superimposing the virtual space image on the physical space image that has undergone the shading processing and outputs the generated composite image to an HMD (190).
US09013467B2	Controlled operation of a LED lighting system at a target output color A method for operating a LED lighting system has three or more LED emitters of different colors. The method allows finding the optimal drive setting for each LED emitter of the system, taking into account a specific target color. The method involves providing calibration data for each LED emitter at a plurality of values of drive setting and junction temperature, and executing a drive recursion loop calculating the drive setting of each emitter based on an input value for the temperature of each emitter and in view of the target output color and of the calibration data. Advantageously, this can be accomplished without measuring the color emitted by the LED lighting system, that is, no color feedback is required. A LED lighting system implementing the method is also disclosed.
US09013466B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and driving method thereof An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a plurality of OLED pixels, a gate driver, a source driver, and a voltage controller. Each of the OLED pixels includes a current control switch and an OLED. A first end of the current control switch is coupled to a first voltage source. A first end of the OLED is coupled to a second end of the current control switch, and a second end of the OLED is coupled to a second voltage source. The gate driver is configured to output scan signals to sequentially turn on the plurality of OLED pixels. The source driver is configured to output display voltages to the plurality of OLED pixels. The voltage controller is configured to adjust a voltage difference between the first voltage source and the second voltage source according to a maximum grey level value of display data of a frame.
US09013463B2	Organic light emitting display integrated with touch screen panel Embodiment of the present invention provide for an organic light emitting display with a touch screen panel, including a first substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; a plurality of signal lines and control lines on the first substrate and coupled to the pixels; a second substrate covering the first substrate; and first electrodes of a touch screen panel on the second substrate. Here, the control lines are second electrodes of the touch screen panel and are arranged in a direction that crosses the first electrodes.
US09013461B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a substrate main body; a driving circuit on the substrate main body; an organic light emitting element on the driving circuit; and a front substrate covering the organic light emitting element and coupled to the substrate main body, wherein the driving circuit includes a wire, the wire including a planar portion parallel to a surface of the substrate main body, and a connection portion connected to the planar portion and extending in a direction orthogonal to the substrate main body.
US09013457B2	Semiconductor device and method for driving semiconductor device By holding a voltage that depends on a video signal in a first capacitor, holding a voltage that depends on a threshold voltage of a transistor in a second capacitor, and then applying a total voltage of the voltage held in the first capacitor and the voltage held in the second capacitor between a source and a gate of the transistor, even when the threshold voltage varies, a current corresponding to the video signal can be supplied to a load. The voltage that depends on the video signal and the voltage that depends on the threshold voltage of the transistor are separately acquired.
US09013456B2	Scan driver and driving method thereof A scan driver includes a plurality of scan driving blocks including a sequential input terminal, a first clock signal input terminal, a second clock signal input terminal, and a signal output terminal. The scan driving blocks include: a first block receiving a frame start signal or an output signal of an adjacent scan driving block through the sequential input terminal, receiving a first clock signal through the first clock signal input terminal, receiving a second clock signal through the second clock signal input terminal so as to output a first output signal to the signal output terminal; and a second block receiving the first output signal through the sequential input terminal, receiving the second clock signal through the first clock signal input terminal, and receiving the first clock signal through the second clock signal input terminal so as to output a second output signal to the signal output terminal.
US09013454B2	Associating strokes with documents based on the document image A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for associating strokes with a document image. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing strokes written on a screen over a first document image while the document image is being displayed, associating captured stroke data of the captured strokes with underlying image patches of the document image being displayed, determining that a second document image is being displayed on the screen, determining whether one or more image patches of the second document image, or parts thereof, had previously been associated with captured stroke data, and drawing one or more previously captured strokes, or portions thereof, on image patches of the second document image based on results of determining whether one or more image patches of the second document image, or parts thereof, had previously been associated with captured stroke data.
US09013453B2	Electronic device with a touch sensitive panel, method for operating the electronic device, and display system An electronic device having a touch sensitive panel has an opened and a closed state, and comprises a sensor circuit, a touch simulation facility and a comparator. The sensor circuit is for generating a touch signal indicative for a position where a touch of the touch sensitive panel is detected. The touch simulation facility is for evoking a touch signal at a position of the touch sensitive panel, and comprises a touch simulation element which in the closed state of the electronic device is arranged opposite the touch sensitive panel. The comparator is for comparing the touch signal with a reference value corresponding to the touch simulation element and for generating a correction signal for adjusting a setting of the sensor circuit for compensation of a difference detected between the position where the touch signal is evoked and the position indicated by the touch signal.
US09013451B1	Through display ultrasonic touch-screen monitor A touch-screen monitor is described. The monitor includes an ultrasonic sensor for detecting motion of an object that is placed in contact with the monitor.
US09013450B1	IR touch A Photoelectric sensing array system with daughter boards daisy chained together so that varying size touch systems can be modularly constructed using the same electronics. The system also provides for increased touch resolution.
US09013448B2	Touch panel system and electronic device A touch sensor panel disclosed herein includes: a plurality of vertical electrodes (6); and a plurality of horizontal electrodes (7), the plurality of vertical electrodes (6) and the plurality of horizontal electrodes (7) (i) being so disposed that, as viewed in the direction perpendicular to a substrate, the plurality of vertical electrodes (6) include no segment coincident with the plurality of horizontal electrodes (7) and (ii) forming a uniform grid having no gap.
US09013447B2	Method and device for sensing capacitance change and recording medium in which program for executing method is recorded thereon, and method and device for sensing touch using method and recording medium in which program for executing method is recorded thereon Disclosed are an electrostatic capacity change sensing method and apparatus, and a recording medium in which a program executing the method is recorded, a touch sensing method and apparatus, and a recording medium in which a program executing the method is recorded. The electrostatic capacity change sensing method and apparatus are capable of sensing the change in the electrostatic capacity without using the sensing frequency. The touch sensing method and apparatus are capable of sensing touch without using the sensing frequency.
US09013442B2	SAR ADC with dynamic input scaling and offset adjustment An apparatus for generating an image of touch on or about a touch-sensitive surface comprising a touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel can include a plurality of touch sensors configured for detecting one or more touch events occurring at distinct locations at about the same time. Each touch event can comprise a touching of an object against the touch-sensitive surface. A plurality of receive channels can be coupled to the touch panel for generating values representative of detected touch events. The receive channels can include a charge redistribution successive approximation register digital-to-analog converter (SAR ADC) configured to convert an analog waveform into a digital representation via a binary search and outputting the digital representation to an output register. The SAR ADC architecture can be such that it the dynamic input range can be scaled and offset adjusted.
US09013441B2	Smart scanning for a capacitive sensing array A method and apparatus scan a plurality of scan groups in a capacitive sense array to generate signals corresponding to a mutual capacitance between the electrodes. Each of the plurality of scan groups is formed from a subset of the plurality of electrodes. A processing device identifies a scan group where the generated signal is affected by a presence of a conductive object. The processing device individually scans the subset of the plurality of sense elements in the identified scan group to determine a location of the conductive object.
US09013440B2	Ink control on tablet devices A method includes sensing two successive positional inputs input via a sensor display; determining a time difference between the two successive positional inputs; and rendering, to the sensor display, a graphic between the two successive positional inputs if the time difference does not exceed a time difference threshold. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09013436B2	Touch device A touch device includes a circuit board, a substrate and a touch-sensing layer. The touch-sensing layer including patterned electrode sets is disposed on the substrate. Each patterned electrode set includes a driving electrode connected to the circuit board and sensing electrodes having wiring lines connected to the circuit board. The wiring lines of each patterned electrode set include first and second groups. The length for one of the wiring lines in the first group is greater than the length for one of the wiring lines in the second group. Diameters of the wiring lines in the first group are greater than diameters of the wiring lines in the second group. The diameter of the longer wiring line is greater than the diameter of the shorter wiring line, in the first group. The diameters in the second group are identical. The total widths of the first and second groups are equal.
US09013433B2	Flexible display device and data displaying method thereof A flexible display device and a data displaying method thereof are disclosed. The device includes a touch sensor to generate touch events according to touch actions, a flexible sensor to generate a bend signal as one side of the device is bent, a storage unit to store a function table, and a controller to control the components of the device. The function table is configured to define control operations to reproduce currently output contents based on the touch events and the bend events.
US09013432B2	Flexible display device and data displaying method thereof A flexible display device and a data displaying method thereof are disclosed. The device includes a touch sensor to generate touch events according to touch actions, a flexible sensor to generate a bend signal as one side of the device is bent, a storage unit to store a function table, and a controller to control the components of the device. The function table is configured to define control operations to reproduce currently output contents based on the touch events and the bend events.
US09013427B2	Method and terminal of displaying contact list The present disclosure relates to communication technologies and discloses a method and terminal of displaying a contact list. The method of displaying a contact list is applied on an apparatus with a touch sensitive display, comprising: detecting a touch on the touch sensitive display, after receiving an instruction for opening a contact list; determining a touch position, when detecting the touch on the touch sensitive display; and determining a large contact group corresponding to the touch position, and displaying contacts in the large contact group by the touch sensitive display. With the present disclosure, a user can find out a contact quickly, and the user's experience can be improved.
US09013424B2	Method for encoded input and control by fingerprint The invention relates to a method for acquiring user inputs and for performing certain functions of an electronic device (1), in particular a computer and/or a mobile radio terminal, and to a device (1) to carry out this method, wherein the acquisition takes place by means of a touch-sensitive display surface (2), which is configured to register a fingerprint (3), wherein a touch of predetermined limited areas of the display surface (2) by a user is expected in order to activate and/or select functions. A touch of the display surface (2) in one or more predetermined areas with one or more predetermined fingers simultaneously or successively in a predetermined sequence is expected. The display surface (2) registers the fingerprints (3) of the user when it is touched, and a predetermined function of the device (1) is activated and/or performed depending on the touched area or areas of the display surface (2), the registered fingerprints (3) and the sequence.
US09013421B2	Driving method for touch-sensing display device and touch-sensing device thereof A driving method adapted to a touch-sensing display device is provided. The touch-sensing display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The driving method includes following steps. A plurality of first scan signals of the touch panel are sequentially received, so that a plurality of first data values are obtained. It is determined whether the first data values are less than a difference between a baseline value and a threshold value. When one of the first data values is less than the difference between the baseline value and the threshold value, reporting of a touch coordinate of the touch panel is terminated. Furthermore, a touch-sensing device is also provided.
US09013417B2	User interface system A user interface system including a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a first level fluid vessel arranged at a first level within the sheet and a second level fluid vessel arranged at a second level within the sheet, wherein both the first and second level fluid vessels are arranged underneath the surface; a first volume of fluid contained within the first level fluid vessel; a second volume of fluid contained within the second level fluid vessel; and a displacement device coupled to the first and second level fluid vessels that selectively manipulates the first and second volumes of fluid, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface to a first and second stage, respectively or deforming a first particular region and a second particular region of the surface, respectively.
US09013416B2	Multi-display type device interactions An electronic device including two or more display elements can provide enhanced functionality with improved rates of power consumption. A user can cause information that does not change rapidly to be provided or moved to a relatively static display element, such as an electronic ink display, which enables that information to be displayed for a period of time with little additional power consumption. Similarly, content (e.g., video) that changes rapidly can be displayed on a relatively dynamic display element, such as and LCD or OLED display. Each display can be touch sensitive, such that a user can move content between the displays by pressing on, or making a motion in contact with, at least one of the displays. Various modes can be activated which cause certain types of content to be displayed on the dynamic and/or static display element.
US09013412B2	User interface for a portable communicator for use in a process control environment A portable communicator for use in a process control system. The portable communicator includes a touchscreen configured to receive input from a user. The touchscreen may include a user interface that separate the scrolling functionality from the selection functionality. In one embodiment, the user interface includes a first portion and a second portion that is separate from the first portion. The first portion of the user interface includes multiple input fields associated with a multiple parameters of a field device. The first portion enables a user to scroll through the multiple input fields (e.g., via a grab-and-drag mechanism), and the second portion enables the user to select a value for at least one of the multiple input fields in the first portion.
US09013411B2	Touch panel device having an outer edge frame body, an electro-optical device using the same, and an electronic apparatus using the same A touch panel device includes a touch panel that includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is arranged so as to face the first substrate with a gap interposed therebetween, a extension outer edge portion that is arranged in the first substrate and is formed so as to be extends the outer side relative to an outer edge portion of the second substrate, and a position detecting structure that is arranged in an area in which the first substrate and the second substrate overlap each other and a frame body that includes an opening portion used for exposing the second substrate of the touch panel. An opening edge portion of the opening portion is overlapped with the extension outer edge portion, and the opening edge portion directly or indirectly supports the extension outer edge portion from the second substrate side.
US09013410B2	Portable terminal device and display control method A portable terminal device has enclosures with a movable portion, a display section that displays visible information showing an operation target area, and a touch sensor that detects a position on a display screen of the display section touched by a user's finger, or the like. A shape detection section detects a change in the shape of the enclosure; an input operation management section manages a position detected by the touch sensor and an operation target area of each of pieces of visible information displayed on the display section in an associated manner; and a display control section automatically makes a change to at least display positions of the respective pieces of visible information about the operation target displayed on the display section in accordance with a change in shape of the enclosure detected by the shape detection section.
US09013408B2	Game controller with clickable trackball An improved user input device is disclosed whereby the device is equipped with a trackball in addition to other control devices, such as an analog stick controller (e.g., thumbstick or joystick). The trackball is mounted in such a way that it projects both upwardly and downwardly from the device body in the vertical plane. The user is able to touch and use the trackball from both the upper and lower directions. In a preferred embodiment, the trackball is clickable, affording greater control and ease of use.
US09013406B2	Mouse key identification circuit, mouse key identification device and mouse The disclosure discloses a mouse key identification circuit, a mouse key identification device and a mouse. The mouse key identification circuit comprises: N keys, M collection ports, a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) driver circuit and a grounding terminal, wherein part or all of i keys in N keys are connected to the LED port of the LED driver circuit by one respective end, while the other end of the i keys is connected to i collection ports of the M collection ports respectively, wherein i is less than N and N is a natural number; the grounding terminal is connected to one respective end of N−i keys of the N keys, and the other end of the N−i keys is connected to N−i collection ports of the M collection ports respectively. With the disclosure, the number of signal collection ports can be reduced and the cost of a mouse can be lowered.
US09013404B2	Method and locating device for locating a pointing device A locating device is for locating a pointing device. The pointing device is configured to capture a plurality of images, to measure an angular rate of the pointing device, and to generate and output current coordinate data associated with an orientation of the pointing device when at least one of the images contains infrared light from a light source module. The locating device is configured to receive the current coordinate data and the angular rate from the pointing device, to generate a cursor signal based on one of the current coordinate data and the angular rate, and to transmit the cursor signal to a computing device, which is configured to move a cursor on a display unit, according to the cursor signal.
US09013401B2	Method and apparatus for measuring audience size for a digital sign Measuring audience size for a digital sign comprises generating a plurality of paths, one for each face detected in a first sequence of video frames captured by a camera proximate the digital sign, and generating a zone in the sequence of video frames through which passes a threshold number of the paths. Motion and direction of motion within the zone is then measured in a second sequence of video frames to calculate the audience size that passes through the zone in the second sequence of video frames.
US09013398B2	Control methods for a multi-function controller In control methods for a multi-function controller, which includes a sensor having a ring operation region, the position of an object on the sensor is detected for generating a position information, and the force applied to the sensor by the object is detected for generating a force information. When the sensor detects multiple successive position information, which indicate that the object is circling along the ring operation region, a rotation information may be generated additionally. The position information, the force information and the rotation information are used to perform operation in various functional modes.
US09013397B2	Portable terminal device and key arrangement control method A hold position detection unit for detecting a position held by an operator's hand is provided in at least both side portions of a terminal main body. And a display screen of a key group displayed on an operation display part is changed based on hold data indicating the position held by the operator's hand that is detected by the hold position detection unit.
US09013395B2	Minimizing power consumption in an electrophoretic display by discharging all the gate lines during the interval between the output of consecutive gate pulses of an image update period An electrophoresis display device that reduces power consumption of the device. The electrophoresis display device reduces power consumption by stopping the output of driving circuits that drive a display panel during a stabilization period following an image update period of the device.
US09013389B2	Display device A controller outputs a row rewriting control signal and a column rewriting control signal as well as a data signal. The row rewriting control signal is a signal selecting whether a selection signal is supplied to a first scan line, and the column rewriting control signal is a signal selecting whether a selection signal and a data signal are supplied to the second scan line and the signal line, respectively. The row rewriting control signal and the column rewriting control signal are thus output from the controller, which makes it possible to select whether a data signal is rewritten in each of a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix. Consequently, even in the case of displaying an image having a specific area, the display of which is often changed, a high-quality image can be displayed with reduced power consumption.
US09013387B2	Charge-sharing type pixel structure The present invention discloses a charge-sharing type pixel structure having a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel that each includes a transistor. The second sub-pixel further has a third transistor and a top-gate electrode. When the third transistor is switched on, original gray scale applied to a liquid crystal capacitor of the first sub-pixel varies due to charges being shared with other capacitors. The top-gate electrode change the threshold voltage of the third transistor according to biasing signal so as to further adjust the variation of the gray scale voltage applied to the liquid crystal capacitor of the first sub-pixel.
US09013385B2	Driving circuit of LCD panel, LCD panel, and LCD device The present disclosure discloses a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, an LCD panel, and an LCD device. The driving circuit of the LCD panel includes a compensation unit coupled with a scan line of the LCD panel and outputting N different driving voltages to different gate driver chips on a side of the panel. N is equal to a number of the gate driver chips arranged on the side of the LCD panel, as distance from the driving source of the driving voltages to the gate driver chip increases, absolute value of the driving voltage outputted by the compensation unit increases.
US09013381B2	Organic light emitting diode display comprising a dot that includes two blue pixels Disclosed is an organic light emitting device which includes a first pixel displaying red, a second pixel displaying green, a third pixel displaying blue, and a fourth pixel displaying blue and forming a dot along with the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel. The first to fourth pixels include a switching element and an organic light emitting element connected to the switching element, and the sum of the areas of the first to fourth pixels is substantially the same as the area of the dot.
US09013380B2	Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same An organic light emitting display is provided. The organic light emitting display includes a display unit coupled to scan lines and data lines and including pixels configured to receive first and second power sources, and a DC-DC converter for generating the first and second power sources. The DC-DC converter includes first and second power source generating units for generating the first and second power sources from an input power source and for outputting the first and second power sources to first and second output ends, a controller for controlling driving of the first and second power source generating units, and first and second short sensing units for outputting first and second short sensing signals to the controller when voltages of the first and/or second output ends are greater than or equal to corresponding first and second reference voltages.
US09013379B2	Pulse generator and organic light emitting display using the same A pulse generator that is capable of improving (e.g., increasing) the rising and falling speeds of its pulses. The pulse generator includes a third switch and a first diode serially coupled between a first power source and a data line; a fourth switch and a second diode serially coupled between the data line and a second power source configured to have a voltage lower than that of the first power source; a pulse controller for increasing a voltage of the data line to a voltage higher than that of the first power source or for reducing the voltage of the data line to a voltage lower than that of the second power source; and a first capacitor coupled between the pulse controller and the data line.
US09013377B2	Display device There is provided an active matrix EL display device that can display a clear multi gray-scale color display to reduce the shift in the potential caused by the potential drop due to the wiring resistance of a power source supply line, in order to decrease the unevenness in a display region. A plurality of drawing out ports of the power source supply line are arranged. Further, in the wiring resistance between the external input terminal and the pixel portion power source supply line, potential compensation is performed by supplying potential to the power source supply line by a feedback amplifier. Further, in addition to above structure, the power source supply line may be arranged in a matrix.
US09013376B2	Light emitting device, method of driving pixel circuit, and driving circuit A method of driving a pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element that emits light by receiving a driving current, a driving transistor that generates the driving current, and a light-emission control transistor of the same conductivity type as that of the driving transistor, the light-emission control transistor being arranged on a path through which the driving current flows from the driving transistor to the light emitting element. The method includes setting the gate potential of the light-emission control transistor so that the light-emission control transistor is turned on in the saturation region for a light emitting period during which the light emitting element is allowed to emit light.
US09013373B2	Image display device An image display device comprises a light emitting element; a driver which has a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, and which controls the current flowing between the first terminal and the second terminal by the voltage between the control terminal and the first terminal, to control the light emission of the light emitting element; a first capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected directly or indirectly to the control terminal of the driver, the second electrode being connected directly or indirectly to a signal line supplying the potential corresponding to an image data; and a second capacitor connected electrically in series to the first capacitor during a writing period while the image data is written to the first capacitor through the signal line.
US09013372B2	Display apparatus, driving method for display apparatus and electronic apparatus Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, a holding capacitor, and a second switching transistor; a first scanning section configured to drive the writing transistor in a unit of a row of the pixels; a second scanning section configured to drive the switching transistors in synchronism with scanning by the first scanning section; and a third scanning section configured to control the second switching transistors to a non-conducting state within a period after the image signal is written by the writing transistor until the signal writing period of the same row of the pixels ends but to a conducting state within any other period.
US09013371B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus including a light emitting body to improve external appearance thereof. The light emitting body is disposed inside a bezel to emit light. The bezel has a reflective surface to reflect light emitted from the light emitting body in front of the display apparatus. The bezel also has a light interruption groove to prevent light emitted from the light emitting body from affecting an image formed on the display module. The light emitting body is operatively connected to a user interface unit. A user manipulates a manipulation panel or a remote control to set an operation mode of the light emitting body from a menu item on an on screen display, and the light emitting body emits light in various forms based on the set mode.
US09013369B2	Remote desktop client peephole movement A method and apparatus for controlling a first display module is provided, the first display module associated with a client device in communication with a server enabled to generate data for display on a second display module having a screen size larger than a screen size of the first display module, the data having an active area. Data is received at the client device. The first display module is controlled to generate a representation of a first portion of the data including the active area, the representation of the first portion representative of a peephole superimposed on the second display module, the peephole less than or equal to a size of a screen of the first display module. Input indicative that the peephole is to be shifted to an edge of the active area is received. The first display module is controlled to generate a representation of a second portion of the data including the edge, such that the peephole is shifted to the edge of the active area.
US09013367B2	Flexible display A flexible display includes a plurality of pixel chips, chixels, provided on a flexible substrate. The chixels and the light emitters thereon may be shaped, sized and arranged to minimize chixel, pixel, and subpixel gaps and to provide a desired bend radius of the display. The flexible substrate may include light manipulators, such as filters, light convertors and the like to manipulate the light emitted from light emitters of the chixels. The light manipulators may be arranged to minimize chixel gaps between adjacent chixels.
US09013362B2	Outdoor antenna The outdoor antenna includes multiple directors located respectively on a main rod and two assistant rods, and an inner-swing arm and an outer-swing arm fixed on the main rod and coupled with two ends of the assistant rods. When the inner-swing arm and the outer-swing arm are expanded, the assistant rods are fixed on two sides of the main rod; when the inner-swing arm and the outer-swing arm are folded, the assistant rods are positioned in parallel with the main rod. In use, the inner-swing arm and the outer-swing arm are expanded to allow the assistant rods to move toward the two sides of the main rod and maintain in a certain spatial distance to receive as many radio signals as possible. During transportation and storage, the assistant rods can lean against two sides of the main rod, so that occupied space is reduced to achieve usability.
US09013358B2	Antenna assembly and wireless communication device provided with the same An antenna assembly includes a pair of antennas and an interconnecting portion. Each antenna includes a ground portion, a feed-in portion spaced apart from the ground portion and having a feed-in end that is configured to be fed with a RF signal, a short-circuit portion electrically connected to the ground portion and the feed-in portion, and a radiating portion electrically connected to the feed-in portion and spaced apart from the ground portion. The interconnecting portion is electrically connected between the short-circuit portions and between the ground portions of the pair of antennas, and is formed with a U-shaped main groove that has a pair of opposite ends adjacent to the pair of antennas, respectively.
US09013357B2	Mobile broadband device The present invention provides a mobile broadband device, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The mobile broadband device includes a casing, a Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), and an antenna. The antenna and the PCBA are both set in the casing, and the PCBA can be slidably pulled out or retracted back along the casing. The antenna is fixedly set on an inner side of the casing and forms a hollow space for accommodating the retracted PCBA, there is a contact point set on the antenna, and the contact point is electrically connected to a feed point of the PCBA. With the mobile broadband device, the antenna does not individually occupy part of space in the casing without affecting the performance of the antenna; therefore, the volume and length of the mobile broadband device are effectively reduced, and the portability of the mobile broadband device is effectively improved.
US09013355B1	L-shaped feed for a matching network for a microstrip antenna A microstrip patch antenna including a ground plane base, an L-shaped feed structure and a laminate structure is disclosed herein. A matching network is formed by a clearance member of the laminate structure around a pin and a stub of the L-shaped feed structure on the bottom surface in which the clearance member around the pin effectively decreases shunt inductance and reduces a series capacitance at a feed point to enable a 50 ohm wideband operation.
US09013350B2	Systems and methods for using a satellite positioning system to detect moved WLAN access points In one embodiment, an area in which a mobile device may be located is determined using a satellite-based positioning system (SPS). An area in which the mobile device may be located is determined using a wireless local area network based positioning system (WLAN-PS). The area determined using the SPS is compared to the area determined using the WLAN-PS. In response to the area determined using the SPS being remote from the area determined using the WLAN-PS, it is concluded that the one or more WLAN APs have been moved to be about the area determined using the SPS. One or more locations of the one or more WLAN APs are updated in the reference database.
US09013349B2	Dive computer with global positioning system receiver Dive computers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a mobile phone handset, including a microprocessor, a microphone connected to the microprocessor, a speaker connected to the microprocessor, a telephone transceiver connected to the microprocessor, memory, a display, and an external connector for communicating with external devices wherein the memory contains a software application, and a waterproof housing including a pressure transducer, where the mobile phone handset is located within the waterproof housing and connected to the pressure transducer via the external connector, and wherein the software application configures the mobile phone handset to create a dive log stored in memory, wherein the dive log comprises recorded information including depth of submersion information recorded from the pressure transducer and display the recorded information during the dive.
US09013347B2	Radar apparatus An embodiment of the present invention relates to a radar apparatus, wherein a distance to a target and a velocity of the target are measured by transmitting a digitally modulated transmitting signal using a digital code and receiving and demodulating an echo signal returned due to reflection of the transmitting signal from the target.
US09013346B2	Radar system comprising a switching mode power converter A radar system including a switching mode power converter. A pulse radar unit is configured to transmit RF pulses with a pulse repetition frequency. The power converter includes a switching controller that is configured to control at least one switching element. The switching controller is configured to receive a frequency modulated input signal. The modulation frequency of the input signal is configured to be derived from the pulse repetition frequency of the radar unit.
US09013341B2	Noise shaping for digital pulse-width modulators A circuit including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC is configured to receive an analog feedback signal and an analog input signal and generate a digital output. The circuit further includes a noise shaper. The noise shaper is configured to truncate the digital output and generate a noise shaper output having a lower number of bits than the digital output, and to shape quantization noise generated during truncation. The circuit further includes a pulse width modulation digital-to-analog converter (PWM DAC). The PWM DAC configured to process the truncated digital output of the noise shaper output and generate a PWM DAC output.
US09013340B1	Protection circuit for analog-to-digital converter, digital power supply, digital signal processing method, processing module, and circuit protection method A protection circuit includes: a first gain module, configured to receive a first input signal, scale the first input signal according to a first scaling factor, to obtain a first analog signal, receive a third scaling factor from a processing module, and scale the second input signal according to the third scaling factor, to obtain a second analog signal; an analog-to-digital converter, configured to convert the first analog signal into a first digital signal, and convert the second analog signal into a second digital signal; the processing module, configured to determine, according to a voltage value of the first digital signal and a preset scaling factor determining rule, the third scaling factor and a fourth scaling factor; and a second gain module, configured to scale the first digital signal according to a second scaling factor, and scale the second digital signal according to the fourth scaling factor.
US09013337B2	Data input/output device and system including the same A data input/output (I/O) device includes a plurality of data units and an I/O assembly. The plurality of data units is coupled to a global I/O (GIO) line through corresponding local I/O (LIO) lines and configured to receive or transmit a plurality of data groups through the corresponding LIO lines. At least one of the plurality of data units have a different operation speed. The I/O assembly performs serial/parallel conversion operations on the plurality of data groups including a high-speed data group and outputs results of the serial/parallel conversion operations. The high-speed data group is output from the at least one of the plurality of data units having the different operation speed.
US09013334B2	Notification systems and methods that permit change of quantity for delivery and/or pickup of goods and/or services Systems and methods are disclosed for automated computer-based notification systems. A representative method, among others that are disclosed herein, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: permitting a first one or more data transfers with a first personal communications device (PCD) for scheduling an order relating to arrival or departure of a mobile thing (MT) at a stop location and to pickup or delivery of a good or service at the stop location; during the first one or more data transfers, requesting and permitting input or selection of quantity information relating to the good and/or service; causing initiation of a second one or more data transfers with the first PCD or a second PCD designated during the first one or more data transfers, prior to completion of the pickup or delivery of the good or service at the stop location; during the second one or more data transfers, permitting a change to the quantity information of the good or service associated with the order that was established during the first one or more data transfers; and permitting the MT to arrive at or depart from the stop location to permit pickup or delivery of the good or service in accordance with the changed quantity information established during the second one or more data transfers. A representative system, among others, can be a computer system that has been programmed to perform the foregoing steps.
US09013333B2	Methods and systems related to time triggered geofencing Time Triggered Geo-fencing. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: receiving a set of variables related to a geo-fence to be established at repeating intervals lasting for a preset duration, each instance of the repeating intervals at a predetermined time; establishing the geo-fence at the predetermined time, the geo-fence established for the preset duration; receiving signals indicative of a location of a vehicle, the receiving by an onboard device coupled to the vehicle; determining if the vehicle has crossed the geo-fence within the preset duration; and if the vehicle has crossed the geo-fence within the preset duration sending an alert related to the location of the vehicle.
US09013332B2	Laser-based supercooled large drop icing condition detection system A method and apparatus for detecting icing conditions. An icing condition detection system comprises a number of sensors and an icing condition detector. The number of sensors is located in a number of locations on an aircraft. A sensor in the number of sensors is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation into drops of water in an environment around the aircraft. The sensor in the number of sensors is configured to detect responses to the electromagnetic radiation. The sensor in the number of sensors is configured to generate data from the responses. The icing condition detector is configured to monitor for the data from the number of sensors. The icing condition detector is further configured to detect a presence of a number of types of icing conditions for the aircraft using the data from the number of sensors.
US09013329B2	Lighting device for identifying and marking traffic areas of airports A lighting device, capable of identifying and marking traffic areas of airports, comprises at least one semiconductor lamp and an electronic control circuit, which is connectable to an electrical AC supply network with constant current feed. For controlling the operation of the semiconductor lamp, the control circuit has a rectifier, which is connectable without a transformer to the electrical AC supply network. It further has an internal power supply, which is connected to the rectifier, for supplying the semiconductor lamp with an electric direct current. Furthermore, the voltage supply device (3) having electronic power factor correction means, by means of which voltage and current can be kept in phase in all operating states of the lighting device (1). It furthermore re-adjusts the input voltage from the electrical AC supply network to allow the current predefined on the AC supply network to flow in the event of a small power demand of the electronic control circuit.
US09013328B2	Electrically activated latch for aircraft stowage bins An electrically activated latch for aircraft stowage bins includes an overhead stowage bin module having a stationary support structure and a movable stowage bin portion. An electrically operated stowage bin latch mechanism latches the movable stowage bin portion in a closed position and unlatches the movable stowage bin portion to an open position. An electrically operated stowage bin activation switch operates the stowage bin latch mechanism, allowing the aircraft stowage bins to be locked by independently controlling the overhead stowage bins through the aircraft cabin management system, or by control of the latch by the stowage bin activation switch.
US09013327B2	Method and apparatus for self-powered vehicular sensor node using magnetic sensor and radio transceiver The invention includes a vehicular sensor node, circuit apparatus and their operations. Power from power source is controlled for delivery to radio transceiver and magnetic sensor, based upon a task trigger and task identifier. The radio transceiver and the magnetic sensor are operated based upon the task identifier, when the task trigger is active. The power source, radio transceiver, magnetic sensor, and circuit apparatus are enclosed in vehicular sensor node, placed upon pavement and operating for at least five years without replacing the power source components. Magnetic sensor preferably uses the magnetic resistive effect to create magnetic sensor state. Radio transceiver preferably implements version of a wireless communications protocol. The circuit apparatus may further include light emitting structure to visibly communicate during installation and/or testing, and second light emitting structure used to visibly communicate with vehicle operators. Making filled shell and vehicular sensor node from circuit apparatus.
US09013326B2	Method and system for determining the occupation state of a parking space A method for determining the occupation state of a parking space, including the steps of: providing a first detection unit equipped with a frequency modulated continuous wave radar; preparing a decision unit and a second detection unit; transmitting via the radar a communication signal modulated on the basis of a first code, alternatively indicating the parking space or a vehicle; receiving the communication signal with the second detection unit; demodulating the first code with the second detection unit; transmitting the first code to the decision unit via the second detection unit; and determining, with the decision unit, the occupation state on the basis of the first code and the second code, alternatively indicating either a vehicle or the parking space.
US09013317B2	Optical smoke detector An optical smoke detector (110) is provided that comprises a housing (112) having a base (114) for attaching the detector to a surface and a cover (116) having a side wall (124) and a bottom wall (126) defining the interior of said cover. An optical sensor (131) is provided for generating a signal representative of the detected light and a control circuit (130) is provided for controlling operation of the detector. The control circuit (130) includes a plurality of temperature sensors (D1, D2) for sensing a rise in ambient temperature and generating a signal representative thereof. The temperature sensors (D1, D2) are located above an internal surface of said bottom wall (126) within the housing and are substantially equally spaced. The control circuit (30) is operable to compare said representative signal with a reference signal and generate an alarm signal in dependence thereon.
US09013311B2	Method and system for a RFID transponder with configurable feed point for RFID communications A Method and system for a RFID transponder with configurable feed point for RFID communications is provided. In this regard, an RFID transponder may receive RF signals via a leaky wave antenna and modulate an amplitude of a backscattered signal associated with the received RF signals by switching between a plurality of feed points of the leaky wave antenna to vary an input impedance of said RFID transponder. Each of the plurality of feed points may be located in a different position in the resonant cavity of the leaky wave antenna. The input impedance may be controlled by switching a load in and out of a receive path of the RFID transponder. The leaky wave antenna may be integrated within and/or on an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit package, or a combination thereof.
US09013309B2	System and method for tracking medical items and identifying item characteristics A system and method tracks medical articles and containers by providing a robust electromagnetic (EM) field within an enclosure in which the articles and containers are stored. Respective data carriers, such as RFID tags, attached to each article or container respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting unique identification data. A data base associates the data carrier identification data with data about the medical articles or containers including type of medicine, size of the dose, and expiration date. A processor notifies a pharmacy when a medical article is received and when removed. The processor also notifies the finance department regarding patient medical articles and administration to update the patient's Medication Administration Record. The processor also provides inventory level counts and expiration dates.
US09013308B2	Three dimensional RF signatures Method and systems to detect tampering in a physical article are described herein. A method includes receiving, at a first point in time, at least two response signals from at least one RF tag in a set of RF tags associated with the physical article; forming a first response signature for the physical article based on the received response signals; receiving a second response signal from at least one other RF tag in the set of RF tags associated with the physical article at a second point in time; assessing a relative spacing between the RF tags associated with the physical article has changed from the first point in time to the second point in time; and determining tampering of the physical article as a result of the spacing assessment.
US09013307B2	Self-contained RFID-enabled drawer module A self-contained RFID-enabling drawer module includes a probe antenna to introduce a robust EM field into a container within a Faraday cage to activate RFID tags within the container, regardless of the container's resonant frequency. A receiving antenna and reader read the data of the activated RFID tags, and a processor and communications module transmit the RFID tag data to a remote processor. The RFID-enabling module is self-contained in that it needs only power and a data connection with which to operate. Where an Ethernet is used, power is obtained by PoE. The RFID-enabling module may be used to retrofit existing medication drawers of a medication cabinet or may be used during the construction of a new cabinet. The RFID-enabling system includes auto tuning of the antenna to dynamically compensate for loading changes on the EM field. Assembly and testing costs are reduced and serviceability of the system is increased.
US09013304B2	Locating computer-controlled entities A beacon device is provided in proximity to said entity. A request to locate said entity is triggered on a central control unit. In response to the request to locate said entity, said control unit generates specification data for a unique radio signal identifier, sends an activation request and said specification data to said beacon device, and provides said specification data to a portable device and storing said specification data on the portable device. In response to receiving said activation request, said beacon device sends a radio signal identifier generated from said specification data. Signals are received on said portable device and compared with the specification data stored on the portable device. Based on the results of the comparison by said portable device, information is provided about at least one of a direction and distance to said entity. The location of said entity is detected using said direction information.
US09013303B2	Product management system One feature of the present invention is a product management system that includes a package body for packing a product attached with an ID tag, and a reader/writer. The ID tag includes a thin film integrated circuit portion and an antenna, the package body includes a resonance circuit portion having an antenna coil and a capacitor, and the resonance circuit portion can communicate with the reader/writer and the ID tag. Accordingly, the stability of communication between an ID tag attached to a product and an R/W can be secured, and management of products can be conducted simply and efficiently, even if a product is packed by a package body.
US09013301B2	Mobile lock with retractable cable A mobile lock with a retractable cable. The mobile lock includes an integral wireless locator system that can precisely locate the mobile device in real-time if stolen with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (i.e., a drone, etc.) The wireless locator system also automatically send messages (e.g., e-mail, text, instant messages, voice, etc.) and make automatic posts to social networking sites (e.g., FACEBOOK, TWITTER, etc.) and social shopping sites (CRAIG'S LIST, E-BAY, etc.) that the mobile device has been stolen.
US09013298B2	System and method for providing location-based training information Training information can be presented to a person based on that person's location. For example, a wireless device used by an employee or trainee can receive and present training information (such as an audio or video program) based on his or her location in an industrial facility or complex. The person's location can be tracked in any suitable manner, such as by using GPS, RFID, or other tracking technology. The person's location can also be determined at the wireless device or by an external system, such as the system providing the training information. When the person enters a particular area, such as a specified training area in an industrial facility or complex, the person's wireless device can receive training information tailored to that particular area of the industrial facility or complex.
US09013292B2	Vehicle regenerative deceleration actuator and indicator system and method An indicator system for regenerative slowing of a hybrid or electric vehicle includes at least one deceleration indicator positioned on the rear of a vehicle, a vehicle deceleration monitor configured to monitor deceleration and produce a control output signal if deceleration exceeds a predetermined level, a vehicle braking module configured to detect application of the conventional vehicle brakes, and an indicator control module configured to actuate the deceleration indicator when a vehicle deceleration output signal exceeding the predetermined level is received and conventional vehicle brakes are not applied. An independent driver-operated regen mode switch may provide for driver-initiated regen slowing independent of the conventional vehicle brakes or gears, with the deceleration indicator being on when regen mode is initiated by the driver without application of friction brakes, and the predetermined deceleration level is exceeded.
US09013291B2	Instrument panel and method for displaying a first symbol and a second symbol An automobile instrument panel includes display means with a display area. First and second symbols may be displayed in the display area to convey safety information. The duration of display of a symbol may be different depending upon whether it is an acute safety symbol or a normal safety symbol. An audible alarm may also be activated.
US09013289B2	Display device for work machine Disclosed is a display device 5 for a work machine having an engine 9, a hydraulic pump 10 driven by the engine, a boom cylinder 3d, an arm cylinder 3e, a bucket cylinder 3f, and other actuators driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump 10, and an operating device 6 for operating the actuators 3d, 3e, 3f. The display device 5 includes an idle state display section 50a for displaying an engine revolution speed N as no-manipulation period operating state information which is related to an engine load that is imposed while the operating device 6 is not manipulated. This makes it possible to inform an operator of the status of the engine load in an idle state for the purpose of prompting the operator to transition into a fuel-efficient state.
US09013287B2	Vehicle-induced roadway debris monitoring In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicles is provided, the method including: generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris, the debris report generated by a reporting vehicle; in a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle, updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident; and initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident.
US09013282B2	Object tracking apparatus and method, and sensor position designating method The apparatus for tracking an object and the method thereof and the method for locating a sensor are described. The subject object tracking apparatus comprises an interface receiving sensor information and object information from a sensor communicated with an object; a first storing part successively storing sensor information in chronological order; a second storing part storing a neighborhood graph displaying an object space; and a location determining part determining a location of an object using sensor information and a neighborhood graph. According to the present invention, an accessibility graph corresponding to a space is generated and a location of a sensor is determined on an accessibility graph, thereby effectively locating a sensor and tracking an object.
US09013279B2	Data access during wireless communication An apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for data accessing during wireless communication. The example embodiment comprises receiving, through a transceiver at an apparatus, a first wireless signal comprising payload data and one or more indications instructing write operation for the payload data (520), and powering down the transceiver at least partly while storing the received payload data into an associated memory (530) within the apparatus according to the one or more indications.
US09013278B2	System and method for responding to a request received at an object with an RFID device A method and system for responding to a request received at an object with a radio frequency identification (RFID) device is described. In one embodiment, a method for responding to a request received at an object with an RFID device is described. The method for responding to a request received at an object with an RFID device involves receiving a request at an RFID device, providing the request from the RFID device to a component of the object, and processing the request at the component of the object. Other embodiments are also described.
US09013275B2	Portable encoded information reading terminal configured to adjust transmit power level A system and method of adjusting the transmission strength emitted by an integrated RFID reading device by an EIR terminal. The EIR terminal scans a signal of decodable indicia, locates the decodable indicia within the signal, decodes the decodable indicia into a decoded message, which is an identifier for said physical object. The EIR terminal then makes contact with the physical object and stores the location of this contact as a point of origin and then, moves through three dimensional and receives values from its motion sensing device representing the location of said EIR terminal in three dimensional space relative to the point of origin. Then, the EIR terminal determines the distance of the RFID reading device from the point of origin and adjusts the power level of said RFID reading device relative to this distance.
US09013272B2	Security document with nano-optical display A security document is disclosed which includes an electrical circuit embedded in a document substrate, where the electrical circuit includes a power source with at least one electroactive polymer power generator, and an optical display including at least one electroluminescent display element and at least one nanohole array which forms a layer of the electroluminescent display element. Security features comprising nanohole arrays are also provided. A method of authenticating a security document is disclosed, including illuminating an encoded nanohole array in the security document with a focused light beam or laser light source emitting at least one defined wavelength of incident light, detecting a transmitted portion of the incident light transmitted through the nanohole array with an optoelectronic sensor, analyzing at least one wavelength of the transmitted portion of light to produce a detected signal, and comparing the detected signal with an authentication signal to authenticate the security document.
US09013269B2	Lock release apparatus A lock release apparatus in a vehicle includes a vehicle unit and a portable device, for an exchange of the first and second reference signals transmitted therebetween from the portable device through human body of the driver toward the right and left hands of the driver onto the first and second interfaces. The signals received by the interfaces are used to set the first and second determination conditions. At a time of a shift lever operation, an interface on a shift lever is used to receive the first determination signal for determining the first determination condition, together with the second determination signal from the other interface for releasing the lock of the shift lever.
US09013268B2	RFID reader Embodiments of the invention relate to the field of RFID (radio frequency identification). Some particularly preferred embodiments relate to a high-Q, so-called “full duplex” (FDX) RFID Reader. An RFID tag reader, the reader comprising: an electromagnetic (em) field generator for generating an electromagnetic (em) field for modulation by said tag, said modulation comprising modulated load of said em field by said tag; a detector system responsive to fluctuations in strength of said em field at said reader; a negative feedback system responsive to said detector system to provide a control signal for said em field generator for controlling said em field generator to reduce said detected fluctuations; and a demodulator responsive to said control of said em field to demodulate said em field modulation by said tag.
US09013267B2	Systems and methods for position-based loaning of electronic documents to electronic device users Systems and methods for position-based loaning of electronic documents to electronic device users are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include determining a position of an electronic device. The method may also include determining a registration status associated with the electronic device. Further, the method may include communicating a portion of an electronic document to the electronic device based on the position and the registration status.
US09013265B2	System and method for monitoring and controlling a target operating device of a process control system A method of monitoring and controlling a target operating device of a process control system. The method comprises: detecting activation of one or more parts of the target operating device with a sensor of a wireless latching unit; latching a switch of the wireless latching unit from an active state to an inactive state upon detecting the activation of the one or more parts; transmitting one or more active signals from the wireless latching unit to abuse station upon latching the switch to the active state; detecting deactivation of the one or more parts of the target operating device with the sensor of the wireless latching unit; ignoring the detected deactivation at the wireless latching unit; and continuing to transmit the one or more active signals from the wireless latching unit to the base station. A wireless monitoring and control system is also disclosed.
US09013262B2	Coil component A coil component includes: a bar-like core; and a winding part formed of a conducting wire that is wound in a plurality of layers around the outer periphery of the core according to a solenoidal winding method. Winding collapse preventing shifts D1 to D4 each corresponding to a plurality of turns between an end part of a lower winding layer and an end part of an upper winding layer are respectively set to both end parts in the winding width direction of winding layers of the winding part. In transitioning from the lower winding layer to the upper winding layer, the conducting wire is turned back from the end part of the lower winding layer, and is obliquely wound in a small number of turns across each winding collapse preventing shift corresponding to the plurality of turns, and dense winding of the upper winding layer is started.
US09013260B2	Cable and electromagnetic device comprising the same A cable for winding of an electromagnetic device. The cable includes a conductor, and a layer including a magnetic material having a relative permeability in the range 2 to 100000, wherein the layer at least partly surrounds the conductor.
US09013259B2	Powder core material coupled inductors and associated methods A multi-phase coupled inductor includes a magnetic core formed of a powder magnetic material and first, second, third, and fourth terminals. The coupled inductor further includes a first winding forming at least one turn and at least partially embedded in the core and a second winding forming at least one turn and at least partially embedded in the core. The first winding is electrically coupled between the first and second terminals, and the second winding electrically is coupled between the third and fourth terminals. The second winding is at least partially physically separated from the first winding within the magnetic core. The multi-phase coupled inductor is, for example, used in a power supply.
US09013258B2	Rectifier transformer A rectifier transformer including at least one secondary with windings, one pair of magnetic transductors per winding, one of the transductors having one or more first busbars and the other having one or more second busbars. All of the busbars of the pair of transductors are connected to the same winding. The or each first or second, busbar is connected to a single positive or negative, terminal (2w+) designed to be connected to a positive or negative, arm of the rectifier. All of the busbars of the pair of magnetic transductors form one or more groups that are encircled by at least one magnetic toroid and that comprise at least one first busbar and at least one second busbar, so that, when the terminals are short-circuited, the busbars of a group pass currents of opposite directions such that the sum of the currents in one direction is equal to the sum of the currents in the other direction.
US09013255B2	Method for adjusting MRI superconducting magnet A method of the present invention includes: a step of shimming an MRI superconducting magnet in consideration of the magnetic field atmosphere of a use place; a step of generating a rated magnetic field in the MRI superconducting magnet thus shimmed, under an environment in which the magnetic field atmosphere of the use place is realized; and a step of installing the MRI superconducting magnet in the use place after the step of generating the rated magnetic field. This reduces possibility of occurrence of quench and improves stability in the MRI superconducting magnet.
US09013254B2	Hermetically sealed manual disconnect A hermetically sealed, high voltage manual disconnect that can be manually operated from outside the disconnect to transition between connect and disconnect states. The disconnect comprises a hermetically sealed housing having internal components for changing the state of the disconnect. A gas can fill the housing to allow for reliable high voltage operation. Different embodiments of the manual disconnect can include electrical and electronic components so that the state of the disconnect can be changed in response to an electrical signal.
US09013250B2	Acoustic wave device and filter An acoustic wave device including: a substrate; a piezoelectric film formed on the substrate; an lower electrode provided on a first surface of the piezoelectric film; an upper electrode provided on a second surface of the piezoelectric film opposite to the first surface; and a mass loading film having a first pattern and a second pattern in a resonance portion in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other through the piezoelectric film, the first pattern having portions and the second pattern having portions interlinking the portions of the first pattern.
US09013241B2	Circuit for measuring the resonant frequency of nanoresonators The present disclosure relates to nanoresonator oscillators or NEMS (nanoelectromechanical system) oscillators. A circuit for measuring the oscillation frequency of a resonator is provided, comprising a first phase-locked feedback loop locking the frequency of a controlled oscillator at the resonant frequency of the resonator, this first loop comprising a first phase comparator. Furthermore, a second feedback loop is provided which searches for and stores the loop phase shift introduced by the resonator and its amplification circuit when they are locked at resonance by the first loop. The first and the second loops operate during a calibration phase. A third self-oscillation loop is set up during an operation phase. It directly links the output of the controllable phase shifter to the input of the resonator. The phase shifter receives the phase-shift control stored by the second loop.
US09013240B2	Circuit, device and method in a circuit A method in a circuit comprises providing a first clock by a resistor-capacitor (RC) oscillator; demodulating a plurality of input signals to form a plurality of demodulated input signals; discriminating frequency ranges of the plurality of demodulated input signals according to the first clock; determining whether a first predetermined number of consecutive demodulated input signals among the plurality of demodulated input signals fall into a first predetermined frequency range; triggering a crystal oscillator to provide a second clock to calibrate the first clock if the first predetermined number of consecutive input signals fall into the first predetermined frequency range.
US09013233B2	Interface for MEMS inertial sensors In a high-performance interface circuit for micro-electromechanical (MEMS) inertial sensors, an excitation signal (used to detect capacitance variation) is used to control the value of an actuation signal bit stream to allow the dynamic range of both actuation and detection paths to be maximized and to prevent folding of high frequency components of the actuation bit stream due to mixing with the excitation signal. In another aspect, the effects of coupling between actuation signals and detection signals may be overcome by performing a disable/reset of at least one of and preferably both of the detection circuitry and the MEMS detection electrodes during actuation signal transitions. In a still further aspect, to get a demodulated signal to have a low DC component, fine phase adjustment may be achieved by configuring filters within the sense and drive paths to have slightly different center frequencies and hence slightly different delays.
US09013231B1	Voltage reference with low sensitivity to package shift In a bandgap voltage reference with low package shift, a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) voltage is generated using a single diode biased at two different current levels at two different times. Using the same diode for both current density measurements removes the absolute value of the base-emitter junction voltage (Vbe) and any package shift in the PTAT voltage. The bandgap voltage reference can be implemented in a single or differential circuit topology. In some implementations, the bandgap voltage reference can include circuitry for curvature correction.
US09013223B2	Level conversion circuit and method for converting voltage level thereof A level conversion circuit including a first level shifter and a second level shifter is provided. The first level shifter converts a first control voltage into a second control voltage during a voltage conversion period. The second level shifter is coupled to the first level shifter. The second level shifter converts the second control voltage into a third control voltage during the voltage conversion period to control a next stage circuit. The first level shifter is configured to detect a voltage level of a power domain where the third control voltage operates and generate a plurality of middle voltages based on the detection result. The second level shifter is configured to generate the third control voltage based on the middle voltages. Furthermore, a voltage level conversion method is also provided.
US09013219B2	Filtered radiation hardened flip flop with reduced power consumption A flip flop circuit has a first stage and a second stage. The first stage and the second stage each have interleaved filters.
US09013217B2	Dual-port negative level sensitive data retention latch In an embodiment of the invention, a dual-port negative level sensitive data retention latch contains a clocked inverter and a dual-port latch. Data is clocked through the clocked inverter when clock signal CKT goes high, CLKZ goes low and retention control signal RET is low. The dual-port latch is configured to receive the output of the clocked inverter, a second data bit D2, the clock signals CKT and CLN, the retain control signals RET and the control signals SS and SSN. The signals CKT, CLKZ, RET, SS and SSN determine whether the output of the clocked inverter or the second data bit D2 is latched in the dual-port latch. Control signal RET determines when data is stored in the dual-port latch during retention mode.
US09013216B2	Digital phase-locked loop Disclosed is a digital phase-locked-loop including: a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to output a digital bit based on an input clock and a reference clock, in which the TDC includes: a first arbiter group configured to compensate for a phase difference between the input clock and the reference clock with a first average offset and output a first logic value; a second arbiter group configured to compensate for a phase difference between the input clock and the reference clock with a second average offset and output a second logic value; and a signal processor configured to output the digital bit based on the first and second logic values.
US09013215B2	Signal processing apparatus and associated method A signal processing apparatus includes: a signal conversion circuit, for performing a signal conversion operation on a reception signal to generate a first output signal according to a first clock signal, and performing the signal conversion operation on the reception signal according to a second clock signal to generate a second output signal; an amplitude adjustment circuit, coupled to the signal conversion circuit, for calculating an amplitude value of the reception signal according to the first output signal, and accordingly adjusting an amplitude of the reception signal; and a phase adjustment circuit, for adjusting a phase of the second clock signal according to the second output signal.
US09013213B2	Digital fractional frequency divider A digital fractional frequency divider for fractionally dividing a digital frequency signal can include a plurality of clock division counter modules, a plurality of sampling modules, and a summing module. The plurality of clock division counter modules can each receive an input clock signal that is phase-shifted from a remaining plurality of input clock signals. Each clock division counter module can generate a long periodic pulse from the received input clock signal. Each sampling module can couple to an output of one of the plurality of clock division counter modules and can generate a short periodic pulse from the long periodic pulse. The summing module can sum the plurality of short periodic pulses to generate a fractional frequency clock signal.
US09013207B2	Method and apparatus for chip self deactivation In some embodiments, provided is a processor chip including self deactivation logic to deactivate the processor chip after a threshold of qualified events have been monitored.
US09013204B2	Test system and test method for PCBA A test system is provided. A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a plurality of traces and at least one test point. A central processing unit (CPU) socket including a plurality of first pins and a memory module slot including a plurality of second pins are disposed on the PCB. Each of the second pins is coupled to the corresponding first pin of the CPU socket via the corresponding trace. A CPU interposer board is inserted into the CPU socket, and a memory interposer board is inserted into the memory module slot. The traces form a test loop via the CPU interposer board and the memory interposer board. When an automatic test equipment (ATE) provides a test signal to the test loop via the test point, the ATE determines whether the test loop is normal according to a reflectometry result of the test signal.
US09013202B2	Testing structure and method of using the testing structure A metal-to-metal leakage and breakdown testing structure for semiconductor structures and method of using the testing structure is disclosed. The testing structure includes plurality of resistor bridges connected to respective two terminal devices. The testing structure further includes a plurality of switches each having a voltage node provided between resistors of a respective one of the plurality of resistor bridges. The voltage node is read at a circuit pad when a respective one of the plurality of switches is in an on state. The testing structure further includes a device turning on and off each of the plurality of switches, individually.
US09013200B2	Circuitry for hot-swappable circuit boards Electronic circuits and methods are provided for use in hot-swappable circuit board applications. Circuitry detects an electrical ground connection and signals operation of a hot-swap controller. Detection of stable operating power causes a hierarchical startup of plural voltage regulators. Sensing stable output power from the last of the voltage regulators triggers the configuration of one or more programmable devices. Circuitry and other resources of a hot-swappable circuit board are protected against electrical transient-related damage by virtue of the present teachings.
US09013198B1	Systems and methods for testing components of a hard disk drive system A hard disk drive system including a controller and a plurality of slave testing modules located in respective components of the hard disk drive system. The controller is arranged on a printed circuit board of the hard disk drive system and is configured to transmit information from the hard disk drive system to a host device, receive information from the host device, and, using a master testing module located in the controller, provide test configuration data corresponding to the information received from the host device. Each of the plurality of slave testing modules is configured to receive the test configuration data from the master testing module and test operation of the respective component of the hard disk drive system using the test configuration data.
US09013196B2	Electric machine An electric machine includes a first active part, which has a plurality of active part segments disposed one behind the other in a direction of movement of the electric machine, with each of the active part segments including a position measuring device, and a second active part with a measuring device for identifying the respective position measuring device. Each position measuring device has at least one position measuring unit having a dielectric constant, wherein the dielectric constant of the position measuring unit in one of the active part segments is different than the dielectric constant in an adjacent one of the active part segments. The measuring device includes at least one measuring unit to determine the dielectric constant of the position measuring units.
US09013195B2	Mutual capacitance sensing circuits, methods and systems A capacitance sensing system may include a first selection circuit that couples N electrodes of a first electrode set to a capacitance sense circuit; and a second selection circuit that couples M electrodes of a second electrode set, substantially simultaneously, to a signal generator circuit as a group to induce current in the N electrodes by mutual capacitance between the M and N electrodes; wherein N is at least one, and M>N.
US09013191B2	Microwave cavity with dielectric region and method thereof A method and apparatus for obtaining dielectric constant and other measurements of a sample, comprising an open cavity resonator; a microwave energy generator for creating a resonating microwave in the open cavity resonator; a predetermined dielectric material having a high dielectric constant in the range of 2 to 100,000 substantially filling the region in which a microwave resonates; the dielectric material adapted to receive a sample for measurement of the dielectric properties of the sample; whereby during operation the resonating microwave beam is substantially immersed in the predetermined dielectric material such that the effective electrical spot size and beam cross-section along the cylindrical axis of the resonating microwave is reduced as a function of the inverse of the square root of the predetermined dielectric material dielectric constant. The dielectric constant or loss tangent of the sample may be determined based upon the change in the cavity's resonant frequency modes.
US09013182B2	Method for computing pharmacokinetic parameters in MRI The present invention relates to a method of dynamic contrast magnetic resonance imaging aimed to improve characterization of tissue image by improving accuracy of computed pharmacokinetic parameters such as Ktrans (transfer constant across capillary membrane; a pharmacokinetic parameter of tissue perfusion) using T1W Fast DCE-MRI technique to distinguish between malignant, benign and normal tissues. A phantom and a contrast agent are used in the proposed MRI system for computing accurate T1 value of a tissue after the contrast is injected based on an intrinsic T10 value the tissue, wherein the intrinsic T10 value is adjusted and/or normalized to improve accuracy of the T1 value computed, which in turn is used for computation of pharmacokinetic parameters at least one of Ktrans.
US09013179B2	Angle detecting device A VR resolver 120 and an MR sensor 114 are mounted to a shaft 103. The VR resolver 120 and the MR sensor 114 are formed so as to have a shaft angle multiplier of not less than 2. The difference of the shaft angle multiplier between the VR resolver 120 and the MR sensor 114 is made to be 1. An absolute angle of the shaft 103 is calculated based on a difference between an angle calculated from an output of the VR resolver 120 and an angle calculated from an output of the MR sensor 114. Since the VR resolver 120 and the MR sensor 114 have a different failure mode, redundancy against failure is reliably obtained.
US09013177B2	Programmable analog filter A programmable analog filter includes a crossbar array with a number of junction elements and a filter circuit being implemented within the crossbar array. At least a portion of the junction elements form reprogrammable components within the filter circuit. A method for using a programmable analog filter is also provided.
US09013174B2	Motorized electrical switch mechanism A bistable relay may include a pair of contact arms. Each contact arm is configured to have a first end and a second end, such that, when the relay is in the closed position, current flows from the first end to the second ends of each of the contact arms, and when the relay is in an open position, current does not flow from the first ends to the second ends of the contact arms. The relay further includes a motor, a pair of springs, a pair of cams driven by the motor, and a linearly actuating member configured to move the contact arms from the first configuration to the second configuration, the member including a cam follower surface.
US09013172B2	Apparatus and method for detecting frequency There are provided an apparatus and a method for detecting a frequency, the apparatus including a signal converting unit removing a high frequency component from an input signal and then converting the input signal into a digital signal, an edge detecting unit detecting an edge of the digital to thereby generate an edge detection signal having a predetermined magnitude, and a frequency estimating unit generating a pulse signal based on the edge detection signal and averaging the pulse signal at a predetermined interval to thereby estimate a frequency of the input signal.
US09013168B2	System for transferring energy from an energy source and method of making same A system for transferring energy from an energy source includes a first energy source, a DC link coupled to a DC load, a first DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the DC link, and a second DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy source. A controller is coupled to the first and second DC-to-DC voltage converters and configured to determine a voltage level of the first energy source and of the DC link. If the voltage level of the DC link is less than the voltage level of the first energy source, the controller controls the second DC-to-DC voltage converter to draw energy from the first energy source to cause the DC voltage output from the first energy source and supplied to the first DC-to-DC voltage converter to be below the DC load voltage supplied to the DC link via the first DC-to-DC voltage converter.
US09013167B2	Hall effect device having voltage based biasing for temperature compensation A Hall effect device includes a Hall element and a voltage regulator. The Hall element has first and second bias terminals, or nodes. The Hall effect device maintains, or regulates, a voltage at a point within the Hall element between the first and second bias terminals at about a constant voltage level, while generating a Hall effect voltage. In particular embodiments, the Hall effect voltage is, thus, prevented from substantially varying with the temperature of the Hall element.
US09013165B2	Switching regulator including a configurable multi-mode PWM controller implementing multiple control schemes A multi-mode pulse width modulation (PWM) controller for a buck switching regulator includes a multi-mode PWM control circuit where the PWM control circuit is configured to operate in one of multiple control schemes selectable by a mode select signal. In one embodiment, the multi-mode PWM control circuit incorporates a peak current mode control scheme, a voltage mode control scheme, and a valley current mode control scheme. In another embodiment, the multi-mode PWM control circuit further incorporates a constant ON-time control scheme.
US09013163B2	Buck converter threshold detection for automatic pulse skipping mode Circuits and methods to detect a threshold for entering and leaving a discontinuous current mode of a buck converter have been disclosed. A buck converter is switched to continuous mode if the filtered battery current has reached a defined threshold current Ithccm. In order to expedite the transition from DCM mode to CCM mode the time delay between two or more pulses of a current through an inductor is monitored and the buck converter is switched to CCM mode if this time delay is smaller than a defined threshold.
US09013162B2	Apparatus and method for supplying power to 300 PIN MSA 40 Gb transponder The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for supplying power to a 300 PIN MSA 40 Gb TRANSPONDER. The apparatus comprises a power control module (31), a second resistor (R2), a third resistor (R3) and a compensation circuit. The power control module (31) comprises an output terminal (311) and a reference voltage terminal (312). The output terminal (311) supplies power to the 300 PIN MSA 40 Gb TRANSPONDER through an Adaptable Power Supply (APS) Digital pin (33) of the 300 PIN MSA 40 Gb TRANSPONDER. The reference voltage terminal (312), one terminal of the second resistor (R2), one terminal of the third resistor (R3) and one terminal of the compensation circuit are connected with each other. The other terminal of the second resistor (R2) is connected with an APS Set pin (35) of the 300 PIN MSA 40 Gb TRANSPONDER. The other terminal of the third resistor (R3) is connected with an APS Sense pin (34) of the 300 PIN MSA 40 Gb TRANSPONDER. The other terminal of the compensation circuit is grounded. By virtue of the method and the apparatus, the selection range of the power control chip can be enlarged and the development cost can be reduced.
US09013158B2	Switched mode power supply and a method for operating a switched mode power supply A switched mode power supply provides a reduction of switching losses and increased efficiency. The switched mode power supply includes a first switch coupled to an input terminal configured to receive an input voltage, a second switch, an inductor and an output capacitor. The first switch and the second switch are coupled together at a node, the inductor is coupled between the node and an output terminal, and the output capacitor is coupled to the output terminal. The switched mode power supply further includes a transformer coupled between a control input of the first switch and the node and a pulse generator connected to a control input of the second switch. Further, the transformer includes at most two windings, in particular a primary winding and a secondary winding which are not directly connected to each other.
US09013157B2	Phase-fired control arrangement and method A method and arrangement for phase-fired control is provided, in which all controllable electric switching elements are linked by a common controller that has a first input for a first control signal. A set point value is pre-defined as a first input variable and assigned to a device for controlling the controllable electric switching elements. Current flowing through each switching element is measured and transmitted to the device for controlling the switching elements as a respective second input variable. The current value of the voltage in the load is measured and transmitted to the device for controlling the switching elements as a third input variable. The device for controlling the switching elements controls all switching elements in a targeted manner by use of the first, second and third input variables. A maximum of two switching elements are active at any one time.
US09013155B2	Energy storage devices including a solid multilayer electrolyte Energy storage devices that include a solid multilayer electrolyte are provided. In certain embodiments, the energy storage devices disclosed herein can exhibit behavior analogous to an electrochemical battery at lower voltages, but can transition to electrostatic capacitor behavior as voltages rise. The energy storage devices, methods, and systems disclosed herein can preferably be advantageous by providing a large total energy storage capacity.
US09013151B2	State-of-charge estimation apparatus A state-of-charge estimation apparatus connected to a power storage device having cell batteries, and estimating a state of charge of the power storage device, the apparatus including a first SOC computation unit computing a current integration value based on a total current from a current detector detecting the total current flowing to the storage device from a power conversion device using a previous SOC value as an initial value, and outputting the integration value as a first state-of-charge estimated value, and a second SOC computation unit estimating, after discharge suspension in the storage device, an open-circuit voltage based on a total voltage on a connection point between the conversion device and the storage device, a previous value of the total voltage, and a gain with time passage after discharge suspension in the storage device, and outputting the open-circuit voltage as a second state-of-charge estimated value.
US09013143B2	Method for charging a plug-in electric vehicle An exemplary charging system and method for controlling a fast charging process involving an external power source (e.g., a high-voltage charging station providing 10 kW-300 kW of power) and a plug-in electric vehicle. In one embodiment, the charging method uses a costing function to estimate the negative impact each fast charging session has on battery life. If the overall negative impact of past and/or present charging sessions has exceeded some threshold, then the charging method may reduce charging parameters (e.g., limit the charging amperage, voltage, power, duration, etc.) in an effort to avoid further diminishing the battery life. Thus, the charging system and method enable a user to frequently engage in fast charging sessions with an external power source, yet minimize the impact that such sessions have on the battery.
US09013141B2	Parasitic devices for wireless power transfer Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power transfer. A method may include wirelessly receiving power from a near field in a first near field coupling mode region with at least one parasitic antenna coupled to a housing having a chargeable device positioned therein. The method may further include generating an enhanced near field from the near field with the at least one parasitic antenna and wirelessly receiving power from the enhanced near field at an at least one receive antenna coupled to the chargeable device.
US09013140B2	Electrically chargeable energy store device and method of charging An electrically chargeable energy store includes a plurality of energy cells connected in series, a scanning device for the cell voltages of the energy cells, and a processing device for determining a setpoint charging current through the energy cells based on the scanned cell voltages. The processing device is equipped to determine the setpoint charging current as a function of differences between the scanned cell voltages. A method for charging an electrically chargeable energy store includes steps of scanning of the cell voltages of the energy cells, determining a setpoint charging current through the energy cells based on the differences of the scanned cell voltages, and limiting of a charging current flowing through the energy cells to the determined setpoint charging current.
US09013138B2	Charging apparatus for electric storage device, vehicle equipped with the charging apparatus, and method of controlling the charging apparatus A charging apparatus includes an electric power supply device and a control device. The control device that estimates a first region in which first charging power is supplied from the electric power supply device to a electric storage device; estimates a second region, in which second charging power that is smaller than the first charging power is supplied from the electric power supply device to the electric storage device, based on temperature of the electric storage device and a state-of-charge of the electric storage; estimates a first charging time that corresponds to the first region; estimates a second charging time that corresponds to the second region; estimates a total charging time by using the first charging time and the second charging time; obtains a charging completion time; and sets a charging start time based on the charging completion time and the total charging time.
US09013135B2	Power converting apparatus for electric motor vehicle propulsion A power converting apparatus for electric motor vehicle propulsion is provided that is suitable for a use in which power regeneration from an inverter unit to a power storing unit or power supply from the power storing unit to the inverter unit is frequently used. The apparatus includes a converter unit that receives input of a power supply voltage from the outside, converts the power supply voltage into a direct current of a predetermined value, and outputs the direct current, the inverter unit that is connected to an output side of the converter unit and drives an electric motor, and the power storing unit that is connected to the output side of the converter unit. A converter control unit included in the converter unit generates a current command for the converter unit and controls charging and discharge currents to and from the power storing unit based on this current command.
US09013134B2	Method for determing a commutation offset and for determining a compensation map for a stage A method for determining a commutation offset for a mover (250A) of a mover assembly (220C) that moves and positions a stage (220A) relative to a stage base (220B) includes controlling the mover assembly (220C) in a closed loop fashion to maintain the position of the stage (220A) along a first axis and along a second axis with the stage (220A) levitated above the stage base (220B). The method also includes the steps of (i) directing current to a coil array (240) of the mover assembly (220C) so that the mover assembly (220C) imparts a disturbance on the stage (220A); and (ii) evaluating one or more forces generated by the mover assembly (220C) as a result of the disturbance on the stage (220A) created by the mover (250A). Further, a method for generating a compensation map (1402) includes sequentially directing a plurality of excitation signals to the control of the mover assembly (220C) and determining the control commands that result from the plurality of excitation signals.
US09013131B2	Real-time servo motor controller based on a load weight The present disclosure relates to a real-time servo motor controller based on a load weight capable of not only adaptively controlling the servo motor even when load inertia varies in accordance with a weight of a load (material) but also controlling the servo motor in an optimum state regardless of the load weight by reflecting in real time various mechanical variables generated while transferring the load.
US09013129B2	Regenerative inverter device and inverter device using power cell unit An inverter device may include a converter unit configured to receive single phase AC power to output DC power; a capacitor unit configured to absorb the DC power; an inverter unit configured to synthesize the absorbed DC power to output the drive power of a load; and a converter controller configured to control the converter unit based on the AC power and the output DC power of the converter unit, wherein the converter controller includes a converter gate signal generator configured to control a plurality of gates contained in the converter unit; and an input line harmonic voltage generator configured to output converter additional power having a predetermined multiple of the frequency of the fundamental frequency component of the AC power with the same size as that of the fundamental frequency component of the AC power to an adder connected to the input side of the converter gate signal generator.
US09013124B2	Reverse current protection control for a motor A method is provided. A command to correspond to a target speed of a motor is received. A rotational speed of the motor is measured, and a brake-to-off ratio for a braking interval is calculated based at least in part on the rotation speed, the target speed, a braking parameter. An off state for an inverter that is coupled to motor is induced during an off portion of the braking interval, and a brake signal is applied to the inverter during a braking portion of the braking interval.
US09013122B2	Electric power steering control device and electric power steering control method Provided is an electric power steering control device which can realize a more appropriate countermeasure against heat in accordance with a thermal characteristic of a component used to supply a motor current. The electric power steering control device for assisting a steering force of a steering wheel of a vehicle including a control unit (10). The control unit (10) prestores a first overheat-protection characteristic corresponding to self-heating and a second overheat-protection characteristic corresponding to an ambient temperature for each component (12 to 15) mounted in the control unit as an overheat-protection characteristic specifying a correspondence relationship between a heat-source current value of the each component and an overheat-protection coefficient, and sequentially corrects a current upper-limit value obtained for the each component by using overheat-protection coefficients of both characteristics to continue current control in accordance with a smallest current upper-limit value of results of the correction.
US09013121B2	Transmission line autotensioner Various systems and methods are provided for autotensioning conductors of transmission lines. In one embodiment, among others, an autotensioner system includes tensioning assemblies coupled between a structure and corresponding conductors and a tension controller that controls a tensioning assembly to adjust a tension of the corresponding conductor to within a predefined tolerance of a corresponding tension setpoint. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving a current conductor tension for each of multiple conductors and adjusting the conductor tension of one of the conductors by remotely controlling a corresponding tensioning assembly. The adjustment may be based at least in part upon the current conductor tensions and a tension setpoint.
US09013119B2	LED light with thermoelectric generator An LED based light comprises at least one LED; and at least one thermoelectric generator having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is thermally coupled to the at least one LED such that heat generated by the at least one LED is passively conducted to the at least one thermoelectric generator, producing a temperature differential between the first side and second side, wherein the at least one thermoelectric generator is configured to produce electrical energy from the temperature differential.
US09013118B2	LED control system with a constant reference current One embodiment includes a light-emitting diode (LED) control system. The system includes an LED driver system configured to regulate a control voltage based on a substantially constant reference current and a feedback voltage at a feedback node. The system also includes a digital current source system comprising a plurality of unit current sources that are each coupled to an LED. The plurality of unit current sources can be selectively activated to each provide a given unit current through the LED and to each provide the feedback voltage as an interpolative feedback to the feedback node based on the unit current. The system further includes a current magnitude controller configured to selectively activate the plurality of unit current sources in response to a current magnitude signal.
US09013114B2	Power control system for an illumination system A power control system for an illumination system has a power source to supply any one of a range of AC or DC voltages, a power conversion stage, one or more light emitting device(s) for illumination and/or wireless communication, a controller controlling an output stage to receive and send information to regulate the power and/or current to the light emitting device(s), and a programmable voltage clamping or linear regulator arrangement contained within the output stage that can be controlled to increase a dynamic dimming ratio of current and/or power through the light emitting device(s) and to enable power or current modulation for wireless optical communication of light emitting device(s). The power control system enables current and power to be provided to one or more attached light emitting device(s) with a vastly extended dynamic dimming range such that different light emitting devices can be powered using the same driver output stage(s).
US09013112B2	Power efficient driving circuits of light source for projectors A system for driving current to the light source may include a first inductor to supply current to the light source, a power source to supply current to the inductor, a first switch SET to supply current to the inductor without supplying the current to the light source and a second switch SET to supply the current from the inductor to the light source. Also a system for driving current to light source may include two inductors or a transformer, to supply current to the light source by connecting the first inductor to the light source by a switch set, while the second inductor may be connected to the voltage source by another switch set. And this role can be exchanged between the two inductor alternately and in sequence, defined by time periods.
US09013111B2	Full-bridge electronic ballast having simplified continuous-conduction-mode charge pump PFC circuit The configurations of an electronic ballast are provided in the present invention. The proposed electronic ballast includes a filter circuit having a first and a second output terminals, a rectifier circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal coupled to the second output terminal of the filter circuit, and a first output terminal, and a continuous-conduction-mode charge pump PFC circuit including a first inductor having a first terminal coupled to the first input terminal and a second terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the filter circuit, a second inductor having a first terminal and a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first inductor and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second inductor.
US09013109B2	Light-emitting diode lighting device with adjustable current settings and switch voltages An LED lighting device includes a first luminescent device, a second luminescent device, a first current controller and a second current controller. The first current controller is coupled in parallel with the first luminescent device and configured to operate according to a first current setting, a switch-on voltage and a switch-off voltage. The second current controller is coupled in series to the second luminescent device and configured to operate according to a second current setting. The first current setting, the second current setting, the switch-on voltage and the switch-off voltage are adjusted by setting the mode selection pins of the first and second current controllers.
US09013107B2	Load driving apparatus relating to light-emitting-diodes A load driving apparatus relating to light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) is provided. In the invention, a compensation voltage on a compensation pin (CMP) of a control chip would not be changed in response to (or with) the variation (i.e. enabling and disabling) of a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal for dimming. In other words, the compensation voltage on the compensation pin (CMP) of the control chip would be maintained in unchanging regardless of whether the PWM signal for dimming is enabled or disabled. Therefore, an LED string at the current switching transient does not have the generation of over-shoot current.
US09013105B2	Headlamp light source lighting device and vehicle headlamp lighting system Right and left lighting devices 3-1 and 3-2 each include an abnormal event informing signal output circuit for outputting an abnormal event informing signal in response to an informing output of the control circuits 6-1 and 6-2. Each abnormal event informing signal output circuit has a circuit configuration that enables the abnormal event informing signal to be supplied to onboard equipment via a signal path common to the two devices.
US09013104B1	Periodic permanent magnet focused klystron A periodic permanent magnet (PPM) klystron has beam transport structures and RF cavity structures, each of which has permanent magnets placed substantially equidistant from a beam tunnel formed about the central axis, and which are also outside the extent of a cooling chamber. The RF cavity sections also have permanent magnets which are placed substantially equidistant from the beam tunnel, but which include an RF cavity coupling to the beam tunnel for enhancement of RF carried by an electron beam in the beam tunnel.
US09013102B1	Radiation detector with tiled substrates Tiled substrates containing hollow gas filled plasma-shells for radiation detecting or sensing. The gas filled plasma-shells are placed on or within the surface of a substrate which may be a printed circuit board. Multiple substrates containing plasma-shells are tiled together edge to edge to form a self-supporting structure such as a dome or hemisphere for radiation detection.
US09013098B1	Organic light emitting display panel and organic light emitting display device including the same Discussed is an organic light emitting display panel. The organic light emitting display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels which each include first to third sub-pixels having different colors. The plurality of unit pixels, which each include first to third driving transistors respectively connected to the first to third sub-pixels, a first contact hole that connects the first sub-pixel to the first driving transistor, a second contact hole that connects the second sub-pixel to the second driving transistor, and a third contact hole that connects the third sub-pixel to the third driving transistor, are arranged in a matrix type.
US09013097B2	Light-emitting module, lighting device, and lighting fixture A light-emitting module including: a first light source including a first light-emitting element and a wavelength converter and emitting visible light having a chromaticity within rectangle range ABCD, the wavelength converter changing a wavelength of a portion of light emitted by the first light-emitting element; and a second light source including a second light-emitting element and emitting red light. The light-emitting module emits white light by mixing the visible light and the red light, and satisfies conditions 2.0≦(SL−SH)/(FL−FH)≦3.0 and 0.01≦((xL−xH)2+(yL−yH)2)1/2≦0.02.
US09013092B2	Energy harvesting devices using carbon nanotube (CNT)-based electrodes Energy harvesting elements or membranes are provided that use a layer of electrodes with a mixture of carbon nanotubes (CNT). The energy harvesting device of this type can be used as in sensor-based system in which on application of a bending load, the energy harvesting device produces a voltage across the electrodes. The energy harvesting device may include an electrode coating including carbon nanotubes (CNT) substantially homogenously dispersed in epoxy resin system to form a CNT-epoxy electrode coating. The CNT-epoxy electrode can be realized by dispersing about 5% CNT (by weight) in an epoxy-resin system, followed by mixing the system to achieve a near-homogenous dispersion resulting in a CNT-epoxy mixture. The CNT-epoxy mixture can then be uniformly coated on surfaces of a polymer to form electrodes.
US09013085B2	Method for producing a stator winding of an electric machine, in particular an alternator A method is disclosed for producing a stator winding of an electric machine, in particular an alternator, the stator winding comprising at least one phase winding and the phase winding having a plurality of coils, the plurality of coils being wound in one direction, a given number of turns being wound and the coil having a plurality of coil sides, two coil sides of the coil transitioning integrally into coil connectors. The turns of the coil are subsequently moved relative to each other in such a way that the coil sides transitioning into coil connectors are outermost coil sides of the coil.
US09013083B2	Permanent magnet type rotary electric machine Provided is a permanent magnet type motor including: a rotor including a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets; a conducting circuit including a first electric conductor extending in an axial direction of the rotor and being disposed between permanent magnets in a circumferential direction of the rotor and a second electric conductor for connecting the first electric conductors electrically; and a stator disposed so as to be opposed to the rotor, including a stator core and an armature winding. A rotation angle is detected by measuring current flowing in the armature winding. The stator core is formed to have a shape in which, a slot pitch is defined by ρs=(2×π×Rs)/Ns, where an inner radius of the stator is represented by Rs and a number of slots is represented by Ns, a value Wsn obtained by dividing a slot opening width Ws by the slot pitch ρs satisfies “0.08≦Wsn”.
US09013082B2	Rotating machine and rotor thereof A rotating machine is provided, including a rotor and a stator set. The rotor rotates around an axis, wherein the rotor includes a first permanent magnet set and a second permanent magnet set, the first permanent magnet set is magnetized in a circumference direction of the axis, and the second permanent magnet set is magnetized in an axial direction of the axis. The stator set corresponds to the rotor, wherein the stator set includes a radial stator member and an axial stator member, the axial stator member corresponds to the rotor in the axial direction of the axis, and the radial stator member corresponds to the rotor in a radial direction of the axis.
US09013072B2	Internal voltage generator and operation method thereof An internal voltage generation circuit includes a plurality of active driving units configured to supply a plurality of active power supply voltages to a plurality of voltage terminals, respectively, in an active mode, and a common standby driving unit configured to commonly supply a standby power supply voltage to the plurality of voltage terminals in a standby mode.
US09013067B2	Method and apparatus for automatic network stabilization in electric power supply systems using at least one converter Method and apparatus for automatic stabilization of an electric power supply network system comprising a network and at least one converter adapted to exchange maximum transferrable power with the network by changing the real current through a stabilizing controller, whereby the necessary direction of current change is determined through real-time stability analysis.
US09013061B2	Multisource power system A multisource power system utilizing output isolated DC-DC converters in a serial input, parallel output arrangement provides uniform input voltage distribution and selective maximum power tracking wherein embodiments include maximum power tracking (“MPT”) with a single MPT controller, a battery dominated output voltage bus, and a regulated output voltage bus.
US09013054B1	Wind turbine with channels and roof air exhaust This wind turbine is enclosed in a housing structure with a bell shaped opening and a stack effect created on the roof. One side of the housing, facing the wind, opens up to receive air. The air that enters the housing is divided into multiple chambers. The chambers and turning vanes guide the air directly to the blades and help in minimizing air turbulence. The blades are angled to receive the maximum amount of the air. The air rotates the blades turning the rotor, converting mechanical rotation into electrical power. There is a horizontal rotor attached to vertical shaft which is used to generate electrical energy. The stack effect on the roof creates a negative air flow aiding in turning the rotor.
US09013045B2	MRAM with sidewall protection and method of fabrication BEOL memory cells are described that include one or more sidewall protection layers on the memory device (including, for example, an MTJ element) deposited prior to interconnect via etching to prevent the formation of electrical shorts between layers. One embodiment uses a single layer sidewall protection sleeve that is deposited after the memory device has been patterned. The layer material is vertically etched down to expose the upper surface of the top electrode while leaving a residual layer of protective material surrounding the rest of the memory device. The material for the protection layer is selected to resist the etchant used to remove the first dielectric material from the via in the subsequent interconnect process. A second embodiment uses dual-layer sidewall protection in which the first layer covers the memory element is preferably an oxygen-free dielectric and the second layer protects the first layer during via etching. In either the first or second embodiments a single layer or a dual layer etch stop layer structure can be deposited over the wafer after the sidewall protection sleeve has been formed and before the inter-layer dielectric (ILD) is deposited.
US09013044B2	Through wire interconnect (TWI) for semiconductor components having wire in via and bonded connection with substrate contact A through wire interconnect for a semiconductor substrate includes a via extending through the semiconductor substrate from the first side to the second side thereof; a wire in the via having a first end with a bonded connection to the substrate contact and a second end proximate to the second side of the semiconductor substrate; a dielectric material in the via configured to electrically insulate the wire from the semiconductor substrate; a bonding member bonded to the first end of the wire and to the substrate contact configured to secure the wire to the substrate contact; and a contact on the second end of the wire.
US09013040B1	Memory device with die stacking and heat dissipation A memory device with die stacking is provided. A plurality of substrates layers are stacked together into a stack. Each substrate layer may include a substrate having a plurality of cavities to receive integrated circuit components within the thickness of the substrate. A plurality of conductive spheres are arranged between at least two adjacent substrate layers and are electrically coupled to the integrated circuit components in at least one of the two adjacent substrates. The two adjacent substrate layers of the stack include: (a) a first substrate having a first plurality of cavities to receive integrated circuit components, and (b) a second substrate having a second plurality of cavities to receive integrated circuit components, wherein the first plurality of cavities is offset from a second plurality of cavities.
US09013038B2	Semiconductor device with post-passivation interconnect structure and method of forming the same A semiconductor device, including a protective layer overlying a contact pad and a dummy pad on a semiconductor substrate, an interconnect structure overlying the protective layer and contacting part of the dummy pad through a contact via passing through the protective layer, a bump overlying the interconnect structure positioned over the dummy pad.
US09013037B2	Semiconductor package with improved pillar bump process and structure A flip chip structure formed on a semiconductor substrate includes a first plurality of copper pillars positioned directly over, and in electrical contact with respective ones of a plurality of contact pads on the front face of the semiconductor substrate. A layer of molding compound is positioned on the front face of the substrate, surrounding and enclosing each of the first plurality of pillars and having a front face that is coplanar with front faces of each of the copper pillars. Each of a second plurality of copper pillars is positioned on the front face of one of the first plurality of copper pillars, and a solder bump is positioned on a front face of each of the second plurality of pillars.
US09013033B2	Multiple die face-down stacking for two or more die A microelectronic assembly can include a substrate having first and second surfaces each extending in first and second transverse directions, a peripheral edge extending in the second direction, first and second openings extending between the first and second surfaces, and a peripheral region of the second surface extending between the peripheral edge and one of the openings. The assembly can also include a first microelectronic element having a front surface facing the first surface, a rear surface opposite therefrom, and an edge extending between the front and rear surfaces. The assembly can also include a second microelectronic element having a front surface facing the rear surface of the first microelectronic element and projecting beyond the edge of the first microelectronic element. The assembly can also include a plurality of terminals exposed at the second surface, at least one of the terminals being disposed at least partially within the peripheral region.
US09013031B2	Semiconductor packages including heat diffusion vias and interconnection vias A semiconductor package includes a lower package including a lower semiconductor chip on a lower package substrate, an upper package on the lower package, and a heat interface material between the lower package and the upper package. The upper package includes an upper semiconductor chip on an upper package substrate including a center portion adjacent to the lower semiconductor chip and an edge portion. The heat interface material is in contact with a top surface of the lower semiconductor chip and the upper package substrate. The upper package substrate includes a heat diffusion via penetrating the center portion and an interconnection via penetrating the edge portion. The interconnection via is spaced apart from the heat diffusion via.
US09013027B2	Semiconductor device, a semiconductor wafer structure, and a method for forming a semiconductor wafer structure Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device, a semiconductor wafer structure, and a method for manufacturing or forming a semiconductor wafer structure. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with a first region having a first conductivity type and a second region having a second conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes an oxide structure with interrupted areas and a metal layer structure being in contact with the second region at least at the interrupted areas of the oxide.
US09013026B2	Group III nitride semiconductor crystal, group III nitride semiconductor substrate, group III nitride semiconductor freestanding substrate, nitride semiconductor device, and rectifier diode There is provided a group III nitride semiconductor crystal, containing a donor-type impurity and having a hydrogen concentration of 2.0E+16 cm−3 or less in a crystal.
US09013025B2	Inductor device and semiconductor device An inductor device includes an insulation layer, an inductor, fixed electrodes, and a movable electrode. The inductor is formed on the insulation layer. The fixed electrodes are provided in positions which do not overlap with the inductor in a planar view. The movable electrode overlaps with the inductor and the fixed electrodes in the planar view, and is separated from the inductor and the fixed electrodes. Further, the movable electrode includes first openings.
US09013024B2	Semiconductor structure and process thereof A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a recess and a material. The recess is located in the substrate, wherein the recess has an upper part and a lower part. The minimum width of the upper part is larger than the maximum width of the lower part. The material is located in the recess.
US09013020B2	Photodiode carrier and photo sensor using the same Disclosed is a photodiode carrier which can equalize the frequency response characteristics of a plurality of mounted photodiodes. A photodiode carrier as disclosed includes a diode array connection region, first and second signal side electrodes connected to the diode array connection region, first and second bias side electrodes connected to the diode array connection region, and first and second condensers connected between the electrode disposed on the way of the first and the second bias side electrodes and the ground electrode, wherein the electrodes disposed on the way of the first and the second bias side electrodes are located in the about equal distance from the diode array connection region 7 as a start point.
US09013019B2	Avalanche photodiode-type semiconductor structure and process for producing such a structure Avalanche diode-type semiconductor structure (1) intended to receive electromagnetic radiation in a given wavelength. The structure (1) comprises a semiconductor multiplication zone (310) including a majority carrier concentration, and delimitation means suitable for laterally delimiting the multiplication zone (310). The delimitation means comprise a semiconductor zone (410) surrounding the multiplication zone (310) and comprising a forbidden energy gap greater than the forbidden energy gap of the major part (320) of the multiplication zone (310), said zone (410) having a type of conductivity opposite that of the multiplication zone (310) with a majority carrier concentration at least 10 times greater than that of the multiplication zone (310). The invention also relates to a process for producing an avalanche photodiode-type semiconductor structure.
US09013010B2	Nanopore sensor device A pair of electrode plates can be provided by directional deposition and patterning of a conductive material on sidewalls of a template structure on a first dielectric layer. An electrode line straddling the center portion is formed. A dielectric spacer and a conformal conductive layer are subsequently formed. Peripheral electrodes laterally spaced from the electrode line are formed by pattering the conformal conductive layer. After deposition of a second dielectric material layer that encapsulates the template structure, the template structure is removed to provide a cavity that passes through the pair of electrode plates, the electrode line, and the peripheral electrodes. A nanoscale sensor thus formed can electrically characterize a nanoscale string by passing the nanoscale string through the cavity while electrical measurements are performed employing the various electrodes.
US09013009B2	Method for producing high-purity lanthanum, high-purity lanthanum, sputtering target formed from high-purity lanthanum, and metal gate film having highy-purity lanthanum as main component The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technique capable of efficiently and stably providing a method for producing high-purity lanthanum, the method characterized in that: a crude lanthanum oxide starting material having a purity of 2N-3N, excluding gas components, is used; the material is subjected to molten salt electrolysis at a bath temperature of 450-700° C. to produce lanthanum crystals; the lanthanum crystals are subsequently desalted: and electron beam melting is then performed to remove volatile substances. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a technique capable of efficiently and stably providing high-purity lanthanum, high-purity lanthanum itself, a sputtering target formed from high-purity material lanthanum; and a thin film for metal gates that has high purity lanthanum as the main component.
US09013006B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a field-effect transistor, including forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, forming a first insulating film in the trench, forming an intrinsic polycrystalline silicon film over the first insulating film, and introducing first conductive type impurities into the intrinsic polycrystalline silicon film to form a first conductive film. The first conductive film is etched to form a first gate electrode in the trench. Next, a second insulating film is formed in the trench above the first insulating film and the first gate electrode, anda first conductivity type doped polycrystalline silicon film, having higher impurity concentration than the first gate electrode is formed over the second insulating film. The doped polycrystalline silicon film, upper part of the trench ton form a second gate electrode.
US09013005B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor layer provided on a first semiconductor layer and including first pillars and second pillars. A first control electrode is provided in a trench of the second semiconductor layer and a second control electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer and connected to the first control electrode. A first semiconductor region is provided on a surface of the second semiconductor layer except for a portion under the second control electrode. A second semiconductor region is provided on a surface of the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region being apart from the portion under the second control electrode and a third semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. A first major electrode is connected electrically to the first semiconductor layer and a second major electrode is connected electrically to the second and the third semiconductor region.
US09012998B2	Gate depletion drain extended MOS transistor A drain extended MOS transistor configured to operate in a gate-depletion regime. Devices comprising such transistors are described together with fabrication processes for such devices and transistors.
US09012988B2	Semiconductor device with a step gate dielectric structure A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes an isolation structure formed in a substrate to define an active region of the substrate. The active region has a field plate region therein. A step gate dielectric structure is formed on the substrate in the field plate region. The step gate dielectric structure includes a first layer of a first dielectric material and a second layer of the dielectric material, laminated vertically to each other. The first and second layers of the first dielectric material are separated from each other by a second dielectric material layer. An etch rate of the second dielectric material layer to an etchant is different from that of the second layer of the first dielectric material. A method for forming a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US09012985B2	Semiconductor device having a trench whose upper width is wider than a lower width thereof, and a method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes: a trench disposed within a substrate, the trench comprising an upper trench part that is wider than a lower trench part in width; a gate disposed in the trench; an interlayer insulating layer pattern disposed above the gate in the upper trench part; a source region disposed within the substrate and contacting a sidewall of the upper trench part; a body region disposed below the source region in the substrate; and a contact trench disposed above the body region and filled with a conductive material.
US09012979B2	Semiconductor device having an isolation region separating a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) from a high voltage circuit region A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. A device can include an LDMOS region and a high side region on a semiconductor substrate. The device can further include an insulating region separating the LDMOS region from the high side region and the insulating region can include a plurality of second conductive type wells, a plurality of second conductive type buried layer patterns, or both.
US09012978B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory element, nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and method for operating nonvolatile semiconductor memory element According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nonvolatile semiconductor memory element including: a semiconductor substrate including: a source region; a drain region; and a channel region; a lower insulating film that is formed on the channel region; a charge storage film that is formed on the lower insulating film and that stores data; an upper insulating film that is formed on the charge storage film; and a control gate that is formed on the upper insulating film, wherein the upper insulating film includes: a first insulting film; and a second insulating film that is laminated with the first insulating film, and wherein the first insulating film is formed to have a trap level density larger than that of the second insulating film.
US09012969B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same A device isolation film has a first height in a first area and a second height higher than the first height in a second area. The first area includes a first end of a dummy memory transistor facing a memory string and a part of a device isolation film adjacent thereof. The second area includes a second end of the dummy memory transistor facing a select transistor and a part of the device isolation film adjacent thereof.
US09012966B2	Capacitor using middle of line (MOL) conductive layers A method for fabricating a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacito includes depositing a first middle of line (MOL) conductive layer over a shallow trench isolation (STI) region of a semiconductor substrate. The first MOL conductive layer provides a first plate of the MIM capacitor as well as a first set of local interconnects to source and drain regions of a semiconductor device. The method also includes depositing an insulator layer on the first MOL conductive layer as a dielectric layer of the MIM capacitor. The method further includes depositing a second MOL conductive layer on the insulator layer as a second plate of the MIM capacitor.
US09012959B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a field effect transistor having a semiconductor layer on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode; a P-type diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate and extending to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first N-type diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate and extending t the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first connection electrode connecting the P-type diffusion region to a grounding point; and a second connection electrode connecting the first N-type diffusion region to the gate electrode or the drain electrode. The P-type diffusion region and the first N-type diffusion region constitute a bidirectional lateral diode.
US09012956B2	Channel SiGe removal from PFET source/drain region for improved silicide formation in HKMG technologies without embedded SiGe When forming sophisticated P-channel transistors, a semiconductor alloy layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor layer including the transistor active region. When a metal silicide layer is formed contiguous to this semiconductor alloy layer, an agglomeration of the metal silicide layer into isolated clusters is observed. In order to solve this problem, the present invention proposes a method and a semiconductor device wherein the portion of the semiconductor alloy layer lying on the source and drain regions of the transistor is removed before formation of the metal silicide layer is performed. In this manner, the metal silicide layer is formed so as to be contiguous to the semiconductor layer, and not to the semiconductor alloy layer.
US09012955B2	MOS transistor on SOI protected against overvoltages A MOS transistor protected against overvoltages formed in an SOI-type semiconductor layer arranged on an insulating layer itself arranged on a semiconductor substrate including a lateral field-effect control thyristor formed in the substrate at least partly under the MOS transistor, a field-effect turn-on region of the thyristor extending under at least a portion of a main electrode of the MOS transistor and being separated therefrom by said insulating layer, the anode and the cathode of the thyristor being respectively connected to the drain and to the source of the MOS transistor, whereby the thyristor turns on in case of a positive overvoltage between the drain and the source of the MOS transistor.
US09012954B2	Adjustable field effect rectifier An Adjustable Field Effect Rectifier uses aspects of MOSFET structure together with an adjustment pocket or region to result in a device that functions reliably and efficiently at high voltages without significant negative resistance, while also permitting fast recovery and operation at high frequency without large electromagnetic interference.
US09012953B2	LED with improved injection efficiency A light emitting device and method for making the same is disclosed. The light-emitting device includes an active layer sandwiched between a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer. The active layer emits light when holes from the p-type semiconductor layer combine with electrons from the n-type semiconductor layer therein. The active layer includes a number of sub-layers and has a plurality of pits in which the side surfaces of a plurality of the sub-layers are in contact with the p-type semiconductor material such that holes from the p-type semiconductor material are injected into those sub-layers through the exposed side surfaces without passing through another sub-layer. The pits can be formed by utilizing dislocations in the n-type semiconductor layer and etching the active layer using an etching atmosphere in the same chamber used to deposit the semiconductor layers without removing the partially fabricated device.
US09012944B2	Light emitting device, light emitting device package and illumination system for reducing dislocation in semiconductor layer A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, an uneven part on the first semiconductor layer, a first nonconductive layer including a plurality of clusters on the uneven part, a first substrate layer on the nonconductive layer, and a light emitting structure layer. The light emitting structure layer includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the first substrate layer.
US09012942B2	Light-emitting device having patterned interface and the manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device having a patterned interface composed of a plurality of predetermined patterned structures mutually distinct, wherein the plurality of predetermined patterned structures are repeatedly arranged in the patterned interface such that any two neighboring patterned structures are different from each other. The present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of the light-emitting device. The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate, generating a random pattern arrangement by a computing simulation, forming a mask having the random pattern arrangement on the substrate, and removing a portion of the substrate thereby transferring the random pattern arrangement to the substrate.
US09012940B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor bodies having a reflective layer system An optoelectronic semiconductor body (1) having an active semiconductor layer sequence (10) and a reflective layer system (20) is described. The reflective layer system (20) comprises a first radiation-permeable layer (21), which adjoins the semiconductor layer sequence (10), and a metal layer (23) on the side of the first radiation-permeable layer (21) facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence (10). The first radiation-permeable layer (21) contains a first dielectric material. Between the first radiation-permeable layer (21) and the metal layer (23) there is disposed a second radiation-permeable layer (22) which contains an adhesion-improving material. The metal layer (23) is applied directly to the adhesion-improving material. The adhesion-improving material differs from the first dielectric material and is selected such that the adhesion of the metal layer (23) is improved in comparison with the adhesion on the first dielectric material.
US09012936B2	Sapphire substrate having triangular projections with portions extending in direction of substrate crystal axis The sapphire substrate has a principal surface for growing a nitride semiconductor to form a nitride semiconductor light emitting device and comprising a plurality of projections of the principal surface, wherein an outer periphery of a bottom surface of each of the projections has at least one depression. This depression is in the horizontal direction. The plurality of projections are arranged so that a straight line passes through the inside of at least any one of projections when the straight line is drawn at any position in any direction in a plane including the bottom surfaces of the plurality of projections.
US09012935B2	Vertically structured group III nitride semiconductor LED chip and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing vertically structured Group III nitride semiconductor LED chips includes a step of forming a light emitting laminate on a growth substrate; a step of forming a plurality of separate light emitting structures by partially removing the light emitting laminate to partially expose the growth substrate; a step of forming a conductive support on the plurality of light emitting structures; a step of lifting off the growth substrate from the plurality of light emitting structures; and a step of cutting the conductive support thereby singulating a plurality of LED chips each having the light emitting structure. The step of partially removing the light emitting laminate is performed such that each of the plurality of light emitting structures has a top view shape of a circle or a 4n-gon (“n” is a positive integer) having rounded corners.
US09012927B2	Display device Provided is a display device including: a substrate; and multiple pixels provided on the substrate, the pixels each having an organic EL element obtained by laminating a lower electrode provided on the substrate, an organic compound layer, and an upper electrode in the stated order, and the lower electrode including an electrode independently placed for each of the pixels, in which: the lower electrode is formed of a first lower electrode layer provided on the substrate and a second lower electrode layer provided on the first lower electrode layer; the organic compound layer and the upper electrode cover the first lower electrode layer and the second lower electrode layer; and charge injection property from the second lower electrode layer into the organic compound layer is larger than charge injection property from an end portion of the first lower electrode layer into the organic compound layer.
US09012926B2	Radiation-emitting semiconductor component A radiation-emitting semiconductor component includes a light-emitting diode chip with at least two emission regions that can be operated independently of each other and at least two differently designed conversion elements. During operation of the light-emitting diode chips each of the emission regions is provided for generating electromagnetic primary radiation. Each emission region has an emission surface by which at least part of the primary radiation is decoupled from the light-emitting diode chip. The conversion elements are provided for absorbing at least part of the primary radiation and for re-emitting secondary radiation. The differently designed conversion elements are disposed downstream of different emission surfaces. An electric resistance element is connected in series or parallel to at least one of the emission regions.
US09012922B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same A substrate is provided with a main surface having an off angle of 5° or smaller relative to a reference plane. The reference plane is a {000-1} plane in the case of hexagonal system and is a {111} plane in the case of cubic system. A silicon carbide layer is epitaxially formed on the main surface of the substrate. The silicon carbide layer is provided with a trench having first and second side walls opposite to each other. Each of the first and second side walls includes a channel region. Further, each of the first and second side walls substantially includes one of a {0-33-8} plane and a {01-1-4} plane in the case of the hexagonal system and substantially includes a {100} plane in the case of the cubic system.
US09012921B2	Light emitting devices having light coupling layers A light emitting device comprises a first layer of an n-type semiconductor material, a second layer of a p-type semiconductor material, and an active layer between the first layer and the second layer. A light coupling layer is disposed adjacent to one of the first layer and the second layer. In some cases, the light coupling layer is formed by roughening a buffer layer of the light emitting device. The light emitting device includes an electrode in electrical communication with one of the first layer and the second layer through a portion of the light coupling layer.
US09012920B2	Wafer level packaged GaN power semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a GaN (gallium nitride) compound power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The gallium nitride compound power semiconductor device includes: a gallium nitride compound element formed by being grown on a wafer; a contact pad including a source, a drain, and a gate connecting with the gallium nitride compound element; a module substrate to which the nitride gallium compound element is flip-chip bonded; a bonding pad formed on the module substrate; and a bump formed on the bonding pad of the module substrate so that the contact pad and the bonding pad are flip-chip bonded. By this configuration, it is possible to reduce the process costs by forming the bump on the substrate based on the wafer level, rapidly emit the heat generated from an AlGaN HEMT device by forming the sub source contact pad and the sub drain contact pad of the substrate in the active region, and efficiently emit the heat generated from the AlGaN HEMT device by forming a via hole on the substrate and filling the via hole with the conductive metal.
US09012918B2	Semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor The threshold voltage is shifted in a negative or positive direction in some cases by an unspecified factor in a manufacturing process of the thin film transistor. If the amount of shift from 0 V is large, driving voltage is increased, which results in an increase in power consumption of a semiconductor device. Thus, a resin layer having good flatness is formed as a first protective insulating film covering the oxide semiconductor layer, and then a second protective insulating film is formed by a sputtering method or a plasma CVD method under a low power condition over the resin layer. Further, in order to adjust the threshold voltage to a desired value, gate electrodes are provided over and below an oxide semiconductor layer.
US09012917B1	Method for bottom-up graphene sheet preparation and bandgap engineering A combination of a substrate selected from silicon, silicon carbide or a metal and a grapheme precursor having the following properties: (a) an aromatic structure that forms the basis of the graphene structure, said aromatic structure being selected from the group consisting of: benzene, naphthalene, pyrene, anthracene, chrysene, coronene, and phenanthrene, or a cyclic or acyclic structures which can be converted to aromatic structures and (b) functional groups that can react with each other to form additional aromatic structures.
US09012916B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus A method of manufacturing a polysilicon (poly-Si) layer, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus using the method, and an organic light-emitting display apparatus manufactured by using the method. The method includes forming an amorphous silicon (a-Si) layer on a substrate having first and second areas, thermally treating the a-Si layer to partially crystallize the a-Si layer into a partially crystallized Si layer, removing a thermal oxide layer through a thermal treatment, selectively irradiating the first areas with laser beams to crystallize the partially crystallized Si layer.
US09012915B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a buffer layer that is on a substrate and includes nanoparticles including nickel (Ni), a pixel electrode on the buffer layer, an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode on the organic emission layer. A method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display apparatus is provided.
US09012912B2	Wafers, panels, semiconductor devices, and glass treatment methods Glass treatment methods, wafer, panels, and semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of treating a glass substrate includes forming a first film on the glass substrate, the first film having a first porosity. The method includes forming a second film on the first film, the second film comprising an electrically insulating material and having a second porosity. The first porosity is lower than the second porosity.
US09012911B2	Protection of an integrated circuit against attacks An integrated circuit, including: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a plurality of regions of the first conductivity type vertically extending from the surface of the substrate, each of the regions being laterally delimited all along its periphery by a region of the second conductivity type; and a device for detecting a variation of the substrate resistance between each region of the first conductivity type and an area for biasing the substrate to a reference voltage.
US09012910B2	Semiconductor device, display device, and semiconductor device manufacturing method This semiconductor device (100) includes a substrate (1), a gate electrode (11), a gate insulating film (12), an oxide semiconductor layer (13), a source electrode (14), a drain electrode (15), and a protective film (16). The upper and side surfaces of the oxide semiconductor layer are covered with the source and drain electrodes and the protective film. When viewed along a normal to the substrate, the narrowest gap between the respective outer peripheries of a first contact region (13s) and the source electrode and the narrowest gap between the respective outer peripheries of a second contact region (13d) and the drain electrode both have a length of 1.5 μm to 4.5 μm.
US09012908B2	Semiconductor device with metal oxide film In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, a metal oxide film which has a function of preventing 1 electrification and covers a source electrode and a drain electrode is formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and then, heat treatment is performed. Through the heat treatment, impurities such as hydrogen, moisture, a hydroxyl group, or hydride are intentionally removed from the oxide semiconductor film, whereby the oxide semiconductor film is highly purified. By providing the metal oxide film, generation of a parasitic channel on the back channel side of the oxide semiconductor film in the transistor is prevented.
US09012906B2	Thin film transistor, array substrate, and display apparatus A thin film transistor disposed on a substrate is provided. The TFT includes a gate layer, an insulation layer, a carrier transmission layer, a passivation layer, a first source/drain layer, and a second source/drain layer. The gate layer is disposed on the substrate. The insulation layer is disposed on the gate layer. The carrier transmission layer is disposed on the insulation layer. The carrier transmission layer includes an active layer and a mobility enhancement layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the active layer. The first source/drain layer is disposed on the active layer. The second source/drain layer is disposed on the active layer. The mobility enhancement layer includes a first element. The active layer includes a second element. The electronegativity of the first element is smaller than that of the second element to enhance the carrier mobility of the active layer.
US09012902B2	Organic electroluminescent element Provided is an organic electroluminescent element superior in long-term durability and lifetime characteristics. The organic electroluminescent element has a structure where plurality of light-emitting layers formed via an intermediate layer are interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The intermediate layer has a mixed layer, a first layer, and a hole-injection layer which are formed in this order from the positive electrode to the negative electrode, the mixed layer containing an electron-donating substance and an electron-transporting organic material, and the first layer being made of an electron-transporting material. The first layer has a thickness in a range of 0.2 to 2.0 nm. The hole-injection layer consists of an electro-accepting organic material.
US09012901B2	Photoelectric conversion element A photoelectric conversion element having high photovoltaic conversion efficiency is provided.The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode, a second electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode, and an electron transport layer provided on a face of the first electrode, and the face is opposite to the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion element further includes a photosensitizer supported on the electron transport layer and a hole transport layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electron transport layer contains a perylene imide derivative of [Chemical Formula 1].
US09012896B2	Organic EL element In an organic EL element, a bank is formed on a hole injection layer so as to surround light-emitting layer. The hole injection layer is formed with a tungsten oxide thin film, and has, in an electronic state thereof, an occupied energy level 1.8 eV to 3.6 eV lower than the lowest energy level of a valence band of the hole injection layer. The hole injection layer has a recessed portion in an upper surface thereof. An inner surface of the recessed portion is in contact with a functional layer (light-emitting layer). the inner side surface of the recessed portion includes an upper edge that is one of aligned with part of a lower edge of the bank, the part being in contact with the functional layer, and in contact with a bottom surface of the bank.
US09012891B2	Hybrid organic-inorganic thin film and producing method of the same The present disclosure relates to a hybrid organic-inorganic thin film producing method including an interlayer connection between an inorganic cross-linked layer and an organic polymer through a molecular layer deposition (MLD) method, a hybrid organic-inorganic thin film produced by the producing method, and an organic electronic device and a thin film transistor containing the hybrid organic-inorganic thin film.
US09012887B2	Nanowire growth on dissimilar material The present invention relates to growth of III-V semiconductor nanowires (2) on a Si substrate (3). Controlled vertical nanowire growth is achieved by a step, to be taken prior to the growing of the nanowire, of providing group III or group V atoms to a (111) surface of the Si substrate to provide a group III or group V 5 surface termination (4). A nanostructured device including a plurality of aligned III-V semiconductor nanowires (2) grown on, and protruding from, a (111) surface of a Si substrate (3) in an ordered pattern in compliance with a predetermined device layout is also presented.
US09012878B1	MoOx based selector element In some embodiments, control elements that can be suitable for nonvolatile memory device applications are disclosed. The control element can have low leakage currents at low voltages to reduce sneak current paths for non selected devices, and high leakage currents at high voltages to minimize voltage drops during device switching. The control element can be based on multilayer dielectric stacks. The control element can include a zirconium oxide-molybdenum oxide-zirconium oxide multilayer stack. The control element can be based on multilayer dielectric stacks. The control element can include a molybdenum oxide-zirconium oxide-molybdenum oxide multilayer stack. The zirconium oxide in either of the two configurations can be replaced by at least one of hafnium oxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, or the lanthanide oxides.
US09012876B2	Germanium antimony telluride materials and devices incorporating same Germanium antimony telluride materials are described, e.g., material of the formula GexSbyTezCmNn, wherein x is about 0.1-0.6, y is about 0-0.7, z is about 0.2-0.9, m is about 0.02-0.20, and n is about 0.2-0.20. One specific composition includes from 0 to 50% Sb, from 50 to 80% Te, from 20 to 50% Ge, from 3 to 20% N and from 2 to 15% carbon, wherein all atomic percentages of all components of the film total to 100 atomic %. Another specific composition includes from 10 to 50% Sb, from 50 to 80% Te, from 10 to 50% Ge, from 3 to 20% N and from 3 to 20% carbon, and wherein all atomic percentages of all components of the film total to 100 atomic %. Material of such composition is useful to form phase change films, e.g., as conformally coated on a phase change memory device substrate to fabricate a phase change random access memory cell.
US09012875B2	Inspection method and an inspection system exhibiting speckle reduction characteristics A method and an inspection system that exhibiting speckle reduction characteristics includes a light source arranged to generate input light pulses, and diffuser-free speckle reduction optics that include a beam splitter, for splitting an input light pulse from the light source into multiple light pulses that are oriented at angles in relation to each other when exiting the beam splitter, and at least one optical element for directing the multiple light pulses to impinge on an inspected object at different angles.
US09012873B2	Treatment planning system, device for calculating a scanning path and particle therapy system In a particle therapy treatment planning system for creating treatment plan data, the movement of a target (patient's affected area) is extracted from plural tomography images of the target, and the direction of scanning is determined by projecting the extracted movement on a scanning plane scanned by scanning magnets. Irradiation positions are arranged on straight lines parallel with the scanning direction making it possible to calculate a scanning path for causing scanning to be made mainly along the direction of movement of the target. The treatment planning system can thereby realize dose distribution with improved uniformity.
US09012869B2	System, method, and luminescent marker for improved diffuse luminescent imaging or tomography in scattering media A method and system for luminescence molecular imaging or tomography of a region of interest in a scattering medium is disclosed. The system comprises a non-linear luminescent marker material arranged in the scattering medium. Contrast and resolution of the imaging or tomography is thus improved. The non-linear marker is for instance configured to upconvert incoming light of an illumination wavelength. The non-linear power dependence of the marker enables further improvement of the imaging by using images taken with two or more excitation beams simultaneously.
US09012868B2	Fluorescence microscopy methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus are provided concerning the control of photobleaching of fluorescent labels during the study of samples by fluorescence microscopy. A method is described for operating fluorescence microscopy apparatus to analyse a sample (114), the apparatus including input, processing, sample irradiating and detection arrangements (110, 112; 104; 100; 122), and the method including the steps of: receiving parameters in the processing arrangement via the input arrangement, wherein the parameters relate to an experiment to be conducted using the apparatus and include at least one parameter relating to a fluorescent label present in the sample; and determining with the processing arrangement an excitation procedure to be carried out during the experiment having regard to the inputted parameters and the rate of photobleaching of the fluorescent label desired during the experiment. Furthermore, confocal fluorescence microscopy apparatus is described which comprises an optical arrangement in the light path from an excitation energy source to a sample which acts to adjust the intensity profile of the light beam across its width so as to be more evenly distributed than a Gaussian profile and/or includes a spinning disk, wherein the rotational speed of the disk is variable under the control of a processing arrangement of the apparatus.
US09012865B2	Radiation detector system and method A radiation detector system and method that significantly reduces the cost of conventionally constructed radiation detectors is disclosed. The disclosed system generally comprises an injection molded detector body incorporating plastic material with embedded feed-thrus that are encapsulated within the detector body. This detector body is mated to a detector window assembly using a gasket or other means of sealing to inhibit gas leakage. The mating methodology between the detector body and the detector window assembly is by means of plastic snap-on tabs in these structures that permit semi-permanent mating while also allowing the structures to be easily disassembled for repair and maintenance. The present invention system/method permits a significant hardware cost reduction as compared to conventional prior art radiation detector construction methodologies.
US09012855B2	Radiation detector A radiation detector includes a scintillator crystal (2) in the form of a slab mounted to be rotated by a drive (4) in a housing (8). A photon detector (6) detects photons emitted by the crystal (2). The crystal (2) is rotated to a number of measurement angles and the radiation emitted by a radiation source determined by counting the photons detected by the photon detector. This is used to determine the direction towards the radiation source.
US09012853B2	Radiation measurement using timing-over-ethernet protocol A highly scalable platform for radiation measurement data collection with high precision time stamping and time measurements between the elements in the detection array uses IEEE 1588 with or without Synchronous Ethernet (timing over Ethernet) to synchronize the measurements. At a minimum, the system includes at least two radiation detector units, an IEEE 1588 and SyncE enabled Ethernet switch, and a computer for processing. The addition of timing over Ethernet and power over Ethernet (PoE) allows a radiation measurement system to operate with a single Ethernet cable, simplifying deployment of detectors using standardized technology with a multitude of configuration possibilities. This eliminates the need for an additional hardware for the timing measurements which simplifies the detection system, reduces the cost of the deployment, reduces the power consumption of the detection system and reduces the overall size of the system.
US09012849B2	Direct and quantitative broadband absorptance spectroscopy with multilayer cantilever probes A system for measuring the absorption spectrum of a sample is provided that includes a broadband light source that produces broadband light defined within a range of an absorptance spectrum. An interferometer modulates the intensity of the broadband light source for a range of modulation frequencies. A bi-layer cantilever probe arm is thermally connected to a sample arm having at most two layers of materials. The broadband light modulated by the interferometer is directed towards the sample and absorbed by the sample and converted into heat, which causes a temperature rise and bending of the bi-layer cantilever probe arm. A detector mechanism measures and records the deflection of the probe arm so as to obtain the absorptance spectrum of the sample.
US09012848B2	Laser power and energy sensor utilizing anisotropic thermoelectric material A laser-radiation sensor includes a copper substrate on which is grown an oriented polycrystalline buffer layer surmounted by an oriented polycrystalline sensor-element of an anisotropic transverse thermoelectric material. An absorber layer, thermally connected to the sensor-element, is heated by laser-radiation to be measured and communicates the heat to the sensor-element, causing a thermal gradient across the sensor-element. Spaced-apart electrodes in electrical contact with the sensor-element sense a voltage corresponding to the thermal gradient as a measure of the incident laser-radiation power.
US09012847B2	Switchable readout device A readout device is adapted for dual-band sensing, and includes an amplifier, two direct injection (DI) readout circuits to be respectively connected to two sensors, and a switching module. Through operation of the switching module, one of the DI readout circuits can be electrically connected to the amplifier, and cooperate with the other DI readout circuit to achieve a dual-band sensing feature.
US09012845B2	Passive detectors for imaging systems Passive detector structures for imaging systems are provided which implement unpowered, passive front-end detector structures with direct-to-digital measurement data output for detecting incident photonic radiation in various portions (e.g., thermal (IR), near IR, UV and visible light) of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US09012842B2	Charged particle beam device and inclined observation image display method A control device (50) for a charged particle beam device (100) tilts the irradiation axis of a primary electron beam (4) to the left, straight, or to the right via tilting coils (11, 12) each time the primary electron beam (4) scans the surface of a sample (15) over a single scanning line. When the irradiation axis is changed, the focal point of the primary electron beam (4) is adjusted by a focal point-adjusting coil (14) based on the tilt of the irradiation axis in order to take a left-tilted observation image, a non-tilted observation image or a right-tilted observation image of the surface of a sample (15) for each scanning line. The left-tilted observation images, non-tilted observation images and right-tilted observation images for the scanning lines obtained up to this point are simultaneously displayed on the same display device (31). In this way, focused non-tilted observation images and focused tilted observation images can be taken and displayed nearly simultaneously.
US09012841B2	Specimen holder for observing cross section of specimen and method for controlling the same A specimen holder and method for controlling the same, which can mount a specimen to allow observation of the specimen. The specimen holder includes: a body; a specimen mounting part formed at an end of the body; elasticity means located inside the body; and a stand detachably joined with the body. The stand includes: a base part; and a joining part protrudingly formed on an upper face of the base part and having a through hole to receive at least a part of the specimen mounting part. The specimen mounting part includes: a movable push rod connected with the elasticity means; a lever connected with the push rod and rotatable on a central shaft; a specimen pressing plate connected to an end portion of the lever for fixing one surface of the specimen; a lever spring connected to the lever; and a fixing jaw.
US09012840B2	Mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a first quadrupole rod set mass filter, a collision cell, an ion mobility spectrometer or separator, an ion guide or collision cell arranged downstream of the ion mobility spectrometer or separator, a second quadrupole rod set mass filter and an ion detector.
US09012836B2	Neutron logging tool with multiple detectors A neutron logging tool has multiple detectors spaced about the circumference of the tool. The detectors are shielded from each other such that each detector detects gamma rays from the area of the borehole and formation to which it is closest. The log readings from each detector can be associated with the orientation of that detector. The orientation-specific log readings can then be aggregated to form an azimuthal log which can be used to analyze pre-fractured and/or post-fractured formations.
US09012834B2	In-situ calibration system and method for radiation monitors By using a scintillation surveymeter with good calibration performance evaluation for a secondary standard radiation field, and a working standard part obtaining an ambient dose equivalent rate, in cooperation with a portable irradiator, and an irradiator lifter, a laser range finder and a laser locator of a relevant radiation source, in-situ calibration is capable of being performed on fixed, or large-scale, or continuous monitoring type radiation monitors to be calibrated stationed in nuclear power plants, nuclear medical departments, and other nuclear facility operating institutions. Moreover, a time-efficient and effective in-situ calibration method is further provided, which can be performed based upon a standard calibration field that is achieved using a portable 137Cs radiation source. The in-situ calibration method is capable of saving the trouble of delivering large-scale monitors, or monitors difficult to move, or monitors requiring continuous monitoring to calibration laboratories for scheduled calibration.
US09012830B2	Systems and methods for particle detection A particle detection system is provided. The particle detection system includes at least one tapered optical fiber, a light source configured to transmit light through the at least one tapered optical fiber, a photodetector configured to measure a characteristic of the light being transmitted through the at least one optical fiber, and a computing device coupled to the photodetector and configured to determine whether a nanoparticle is present within an evanescent field of the at least one tapered optical fiber based on the measured light characteristic.
US09012824B2	Low-heat-transfer interface between metal parts A low-heat-transfer coupling or assembly is configured to mechanically couple together a pair of mating parts, one of which may be in a heat-producing environment. By roughening at least part of the surface of one of the parts, the contact area between the mating parts can be reduced, while still maintaining the structural integrity of the connection. The roughening can be a knurling process of all or part of the mating surface on one of the parts. This can produce a series of recesses on the surface that are in contact with the other part. The recesses can be small enough, interspersed with non-etched areas of the contact surface, that structural integrity of the coupling between the parts is still maintained. The coupling may be between a leading edge of an aircraft control surface, such as a missile fin, and a body of the control surface.
US09012822B2	Missile guidance Missile guidance involving projection of laser light to define a Laser Information Field (LIF) is augmented by interposition of information pulses, interleaved between laser emissions establishing the LIF. Information pulses encode further information for receipt by a missile, such as an angle of roll of a missile launch platform from which the LIF is emitted.
US09012819B2	Bearing heater Improved induction heating of a rolling bearing without the risk of damaging or blocking the bearing is achieved by controlling the heating cycle as a function of the temperature difference between the inner and outer bearing rings and/or dividing the heating cycle into different portions using different power combinations of at least two induction coils.
US09012814B2	Cooking appliance, controlling system for cooking device and controlling method for cooking device Provided are a cooking appliance, and a system and method for controlling a cooking appliance. The system includes a RF tag and a cooking appliance. The RF tag stores food information about foods as integrants of a dish and the cooking appliance having a RF reader reads the food information stored in the RF tag. The cooking appliance includes a memory, a cooking appliance controller, and a display unit. The memory stores dish information about dishes that can be cooked using the food information. The cooking appliance controller reads dish information from the memory, and the display unit displays at least one of the dish information to a user.
US09012812B2	Seat heater A seat heater (10) that is provided on a seat (1) including a seat cushion (2) and a seat back (3) includes a first heating element (12U) provided in an upper section (3Lu) of a backrest (3L) in the seat back (3) and a second heating element (12L) provided in a lower section (3Ll) of the backrest (3L) in the seat back (3). In addition, a heat generation density of the first heating element (12U) is lower than a heat generation density of the second heating element (12L).
US09012810B2	Heating element for microfluidic and micromechanical applications An integrated heater formed as a field effect transistor in a semiconductor substrate, with the transistor having source and drain regions with a channel region extending therebetween to conduct current. The channel region has a resistance when conducting current to generate heat above a selected threshold. A dielectric layer is disposed on the channel region and a gate electrode is disposed on the dielectric layer to control the current of the channel region. A thermally insulating barrier is formed in the semiconductor material and may extend about the transistor. The object to be heated is positioned to receive the heat generated by the resistance of the channel region; the object may be a fluid chamber.
US09012807B2	Remote wire feeder using binary phase shift keying to modulate communications of command/control signals to be transmitted over a weld cable The present invention is directed to a system and method of remotely controlling a welding machine with command signals transmitted to the welding power source across a weld cable connecting the power source to a remote device, such a wire feeder. A transmitter transmits the control commands containing desired welding operational parameters to a receiver disposed in the power source across a weld cable also designed to carry welding power from the power source to the wire feeder.
US09012806B2	Pulse laser processing device Provide a pulse laser processing device which facilitates stable microfabrication of the surface of a large target processing material, and an increase in the speed of microfabrication. The pulse laser processing device includes a reference clock oscillating circuit which generates a clock signal, a laser oscillator which emits a pulse laser beam synchronized with the clock signal, a laser scanner which scans a pulse laser beam only in a one-dimensional direction in synchronization with the clock signal, a stage on which the target processing material can be placed and which moves in a direction orthogonal to the one-dimensional direction, and a pulse picker which is provided on an optical path between the laser oscillator and laser scanner and which switches pass and block of the pulse laser beam in synchronization with the clock signal.
US09012802B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for monitoring weld quality An arc welder including an integrated monitor is disclosed. The monitor is capable of monitoring variables during a welding process and weighting the variables accordingly, quantifying overall quality of a weld, obtaining and using data indicative of a good weld, improving production and quality control for an automated welding process, teaching proper welding techniques, identifying cost savings for a welding process, and deriving optimal welding settings to be used as pre-sets for different welding processes or applications.
US09012795B2	Stacked metal and elastomeric dome for key switch A low travel keyboard and methods of fabrication are described. The low-travel keyboard is suitable for a thin-profile computing device, such as a laptop computer, netbook computer, desktop computer, etc. The keyboard includes a key cap positioned over stacked elastomeric and metal domes. The quick force drop of the metal dome provides the crisp “snappy” feel for the user and the elastomeric dome provides the ability for longer travel than the metal dome alone. The metal dome also activates the switch circuitry of the membrane on printed circuit board. The stacking of the elastomeric metal domes takes advantage of the abrupt force drop in the metal dome buckling and applies it to the elastomeric dome force, making it possible to design a low-travel key while still maintaining or improving the tactile feeling of the key switch.
US09012794B2	Operating device An operating device includes a dial member that has a first engaging portion provided on a peripheral portion thereof, a rotated body that has a hollow portion at a center portion thereof and a second engaging portion which is engaged with the first engaging portion of the dial member, the second engaging portion being provided on a peripheral portion of the rotated body, and an electric equipment member that is inserted into the hollow portion of the rotated body. A rotation of the dial member is transmitted to the rotated body through an engagement of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion.
US09012792B2	Pin mounting for tension weighing module where the middle portion of the pins have arc-shapped retractable necks that couple with convex shaped portions of through holes in the sensing body A pull-type weighing module comprises a pull-type sensing body (1,210), a base plate (2,220), a pressure seat, a first pin (4,420), and a second pin (5,250), wherein the first pin (4,420) is parallel with the second pin (5,250). A left bracket (21,221) and a right bracket (22,222) are set on the base plate (2,220), and the first pin (4,240) is supported on the left bracket (21,221) and the right bracket (22,222). The left bracket (21,221) and the right bracket (22,222) are provided on the left side and the right side of the sensing body (1,210) respectively. A left supporting arm (31,231) and a right supporting arm (32,232) are set on the pressure seat, and the second pin (5,250) is supported on the left supporting arm (31,231) and the right supporting arm (32,232). The left supporting arm (31,231) and the right supporting arm (32,232) are provided on the left and right side of the sensing body (1,210) respectively. A first through-hole (11,211), which the first pin (4,240) passes through, is provided on the upper part of the sensing body (1,210). A second through-hole (12,212), which the second pin (5,250) passes through, is provided on the lower part of the sensing body (1,210).
US09012791B2	Split, non-metallic electrical insulating bushing A split, non-metallic electrical insulating bushing for placement on a terminating end of an electrical conduit, the bushing rotatable between a first open configuration and a second closed configuration and having first and second hemispherically shaped bushing portions. Both bushing portions have a first end and a second end. The first ends are dimensioned to rotate with respect to each other. The second end of the first bushing portion has a projecting clasp member with a hook portion, while the second end of the second bushing portion has a recess dimensioned for receipt of the projecting clasp member. The clasp member is angled relative to the recess so that the hook portion contacts the second bushing portion so as to align the first and second bushing portions as the clasp member enters the recess. The hook portion then extends through the recess to secure the bushing in its closed configuration.
US09012790B2	Secured broadband device Secured broadband devices and methods for providing broadband communication are provided. A broadband device may include a housing, at least one broadband component, and a securing mechanism. The at least one broadband component may be situated within the housing and configured to receive a broadband signal. Additionally, the at least one broadband component may be configured to output at least a portion of the broadband signal for receipt by one or more external devices. The securing mechanism configured to secure the housing to an electrical outlet.
US09012785B2	Flexible multilayer substrate A flexible multilayer substrate includes a multilayer body including a plurality of laminated resin layers. The multilayer body includes an innermost surface, which is a surface on an inner side when the substrate is bent, and an outermost surface, which is a surface on an outer side when the substrate is bent. Each of the plurality of resin layers includes a skin layer on one surface. Lamination of the multilayer body includes a skin layer joint plane at one location at a central portion in the thickness direction, and the skin layer and other surface come in contact with each other at another location along the central portion in the thickness direction. A skin layer joint plane is arranged on a side closer to the innermost surface than a central plane in the thickness direction of the multilayer body.
US09012781B2	Electrical transmission cables with composite cores The present invention discloses electrical cables containing a cable core and a plurality of conductive elements surrounding the cable core. The cable core contains at least one composite core, and each composite core contains a rod which contains a plurality of unidirectionally aligned fiber rovings embedded within a thermoplastic polymer matrix, and surrounded by a capping layer.
US09012778B2	Communication cable with improved electrical characteristics A communication cable with a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors and a matrix tape having conductive segments separated by gaps. In some embodiments, an insulating layer is placed between the twisted pairs of conductors and the matrix tape. In some embodiments, the insulating layer is an embossed or perforated film.
US09012775B2	Wire fixing structure and liquid crystal display device using the same A wire fixing structure and a liquid crystal display device using the same, wherein the wire fixing structure comprises a base and a clamping portion extended from the base, a wire fixing ring is formed by an enclosure of the clamping portion and the base for a wire to be inserted into. Thereby, the wire can be fixed in the liquid crystal display device conveniently and securely by the present technology.
US09012769B2	Photoelectric conversion device Provided is a photoelectric conversion device characterized by a lattice-shaped current-collection metal electrode and a depressed portion provided in opening regions of a lattice structured by the lattice-shaped current collection electrode. This structure results in the reduction in the area of a heterojunction containing a highly-doped semiconductor layer, which decreases the influence of carrier recombination promoted by the high concentration of an impurity and leads to the improved electric characteristic of the photoelectric conversion device. The lattice shape of the current collection electrode also makes it possible to exclude the use of a light-transmitting current collection electrode and allows a protective insulating layer having a high light-transmitting property to be formed over the current collection electrode, which contributes to the reduction of the light absorption loss.
US09012765B2	Reflective device for a photovoltaic module with bifacial cells The invention relates to a reflective device for a photovoltaic module formed by a plurality of bifacial photovoltaic cells or rows of said cells spaced apart from one another, each cell having an active front face and an active rear face that can capture photons from incident light rays falling on the front and rear faces. The device comprises at least one reflective module to be placed under the cells substantially in line with the gap(s) separating two adjacent cells or two rows of adjacent cells. The reflective module comprises: a first portion, of which the surfaces that are oriented towards the gap have a first curvature such as to send all or part of the incident photons towards the rear face of the cells; and a second portion mounted on the first portion, of which the surfaces oriented towards the gap have a second curvature such as to send all or part of the incident photons towards the rear face of the cells, the second curvature being different from the first curvature.

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