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US09019728B2	Power converter output voltage clamp and supply terminal A secondary control circuit includes a voltage regulator circuit to be coupled to an output of a power converter to provide a regulated power supply. One or more switched loads is coupled between a first terminal to be coupled to the output of the power converter and an output ground terminal. One or more comparator circuits is coupled to a second terminal coupled to receive an output sense signal. Each one of the one or more comparator circuits is coupled to receive a respective one of one or more reference signals. Each respective one of the one or more reference signals is a scaled representation of a first one of the one or more reference signals. Each one of the one or more switched loads is coupled to be switched in response to an output of a respective one of the one or more comparator circuits.
US09019723B2	Electrical junction box An electrical junction box has fuse attachment portions arranged side by side and open to a lateral side of a box body. Recesses (88) are formed at opposite side edges of an L-shaped bend (78) of each of connecting terminals (48a-48c), and in a terminal support block (42) in which a plurality of terminal insertion holes (54a) to (54c) are formed and support pins (74) that lock the connecting terminals (48a) to (48c) are inserted, temporal retaining portions (68) are formed in respective opening ends (70) of the terminal insertion holes (54a-54c) on a terminal insertion side, the temporal retaining portions (68) temporarily positioning the connecting terminals (48a) to (48c) within the respective terminal insertion holes (54a-54c) by the recesses (88) of the connecting terminals (48a) to (48c) being fit into the temporal retaining portions (68).
US09019721B2	Connection port module and an electronic device incorporating the same A connection port module is mounted to a side wall of a housing of an electronic device. The electronic device includes a control circuit. The connection port module includes a rotating box, a circuit board, and at least one connection port. The rotating box is formed with at least one opening. The circuit board is electrically coupled to the control circuit. The connection port corresponds in number to the opening and is electrically coupled to the circuit board. The connection port is disposed correspondingly to the opening. The rotating box is pivotable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position.
US09019720B1	Height reduction in portable devices Components within a portable device are arranged around a perimeter of a display component to reduce the height of the portable device. Components such as a battery, a main logic board, a wireless networking interface, and so forth may be distributed around a display component such as an electrophoretic display. Distribution of components around the perimeter of the display component rather than behind the display component reduces the height. Furthermore, the placement of components in the perimeter provides a structure for a user to grip the portable device or for placement of user actuable controls.
US09019719B2	Electrical devices module for an avionics bay A module in the form of a pallet or a closed container includes a grouping together of the electrical devices in an avionics bay, in which the electrical devices are interconnected and attached so as to facilitate the mounting and thus limit the time it takes to mount the electrical devices in the avionics bay.
US09019718B2	Modular electronic building systems with magnetic interconnections and methods of using the same Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.
US09019714B2	Circuit component and method of making the same The present invention provides a circuit component that enables satisfactory connection between a substrate and an IC chip and a method of making the same. The circuit component includes an IC chip and a substrate connected to each other using an electrically conductive adhesive containing electrically conductive particles. Bump electrodes and a non-electrode surface are provided on a mounting surface of the IC chip. The non-electrode surface is a portion of the mounting surface other than a portion where the bump electrodes are formed. Electrically conductive particles are placed in a first state between the surfaces of the substrate and the non-electrode surface so as to be in contact with both surfaces. Electrically conductive particles are placed in a second state between the surfaces of both the substrate and the bump electrodes, so as to be more flattened than the first state and dig into the bump electrodes.
US09019709B2	Protective circuit module A protection circuit board is disclosed. The protection circuit board includes a main printed circuit board and an auxiliary printed circuit board. In the auxiliary printed circuit board, a thermistor is electrically interposed between an external electrode terminal and auxiliary electrodes.
US09019708B2	Apparatus and systems having storage devices in a side accessible drive sled Apparatus and systems for improved access to storage devices from the sides of sleds mounted in storage enclosures. Embodiments provide apparatus and systems for a sled in a storage enclosure that provides access to storage devices on either side of the sled when the sled is slid forward out of its enclosure. Multiple sleds may be enclosed within a single enclosure to permit access to a portion of the storage devices in the enclosure hence reducing the problems of instability of the rack if the enclosure is mounted near the top of the rack.
US09019707B2	Server system A server system includes a rack, at least one server, a power supply, a network switch device and a power cable and. The rack has a front side and a rear side disposed oppositely. The rack defines an upper area, a middle area and a lower area. The middle area is disposed between the upper and the lower area. The servers are detachably disposed in the upper or the lower area. Each server having a power input port. The power supply is disposed in the middle area and adjacent to the front side. The network switch device is disposed in the middle area and stacked with the power supply. A gap is disposed between the network switch device and the power supply. The power cable penetrates through the gap to the front side. The power supply converts an external alternating current from the power cable to the server.
US09019702B2	Portable terminal with support plate A portable terminal includes: a body having a display device provided on the front face thereof; a support plate pivotably installed on the rear face of the body, a receiving recess formed on the rear face of the body adapted to receive the support plate; and wherein the support plate can pivot from the position of being received in the receiving recess, to articulate to a position protruding from the rear face of the body. By being provided with the support plate capable of cradling the body slantingly, the portable terminal makes it needless to carry a separate cover or case for providing a cradle function, which can contribute to maintaining the miniaturized and slimmed appearance of the terminal that is easy to carry.
US09019692B2	Electronic apparatus Provided is an electronic apparatus equipped with a strap attaching member. The strap attaching member includes a first portion in which a fixing portion for the electronic apparatus, an upper surface, and first areas located at both sides of the upper surface are provided; a second portion in which a bottom surface and second areas located at both sides of the bottom surface are provided; and a joint portion that joins the first portion and the second portion together. The strap attaching member is formed by folding the joint portion so that the back of the upper surface and the bottom surface face each other and the first areas and the second areas lie on top of one another.
US09019691B1	Combined bezel and bumper In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a device may include a base and a display. The base may include a base enclosure formed to include internal circuitry, and the display may include a display enclosure formed to include an electronic visual display panel. The display enclosure may be pivotally coupled to the base and configured for movement between open and closed positions. The display enclosure may include a bezel coupled to a periphery of the display enclosure so as to overlap at least a portion of the electronic visual display panel. The bezel may be configured to cover the periphery of the display enclosure with the overlapped portion of the electronic visual display panel interposed between the display enclosure and the bezel. The bezel may include at least one bumper feature including a malleable coating that contacts the base enclosure when the display enclosure is in the closed position.
US09019688B2	Capacitance trimming with an integrated heater The present disclosure is directed to a device and a method for achieving a precise capacitance of a capacitor. The method includes trimming a first capacitance of the capacitor to a second capacitance, the capacitor having a first conductive layer separated from a second conductive layer by a dielectric layer. Changing a first dielectric constant of the dielectric layer to a second dielectric constant, where the first dielectric constant corresponding to the first capacitance and the second dielectric constant corresponding to the second dielectric constant includes heating the dielectric layer above a threshold temperature for a time period. The heat is provided by either one of the plates of the capacitor or from a separate heater.
US09019686B2	Variable capacitor tuned using laser micromachining A variable capacitor device is disclosed in which the capacitive tuning ratio and quality factor are increased to very high levels, and in which the capacitance value of the device is tuned and held to a desired value with a high level of accuracy and precision using a laser micromachining tuning process on suitably designed and fabricated capacitor devices. The tuning of the variable capacitor devices can be performed open-loop or closed-loop, depending on the precision of the eventual capacitor value needed or desired. Furthermore, the tuning to a pre-determined value can be performed before the variable capacitor device is connected to a circuit, or alternatively, the tuning to a desired value can be performed after the variable capacitor device has been connected into a circuit.
US09019682B2	Discharge apparatus for a wind turbine A discharge apparatus for a wind turbine is disclosed that enables electric charge to be discharged between a first and a second part of the wind turbine that are rotatable relative to each other. The discharge apparatus includes a charge transfer unit electrically connected to the first part, and an electrically conductive slideway electrically connected to the second part. The charge transfer unit includes an electrically insulative sliding member that maintains mechanical contact with the slideway, and a spark-gap electrode electrically connected to the first part and that moves in unison with the sliding member over the slideway. The spark-gap electrode and slideway form a spark gap having a spark-gap width controlled by the sliding member. The first and second parts are electrically isolated from each other in the absence of a spark, and discharge occurs by sparks bridging the spark gap.
US09019678B2	Protection component and protection device using the same A protection component includes: a package substrate; a first fuse unit disposed in the package substrate, having a first fusing region; a second fuse unit disposed in the package substrate, having a second fusing region which is close to the first fusing region; and a first buried cave disposed in the package substrate corresponding to the first and second fusing regions. When one of the first and second fusing regions is blown out, the first buried cave assists energy of fuse melting to break the other of the first and second fusing regions.
US09019674B2	Input power port protection component In one general aspect, an apparatus can include an overvoltage protection portion, and an overcurrent protection portion operably coupled to the overvoltage protection portion such that heat produced by the overcurrent protection portion at a current below a rated current of the overcurrent protection portion causes the overvoltage protection portion to change from a voltage regulation state to a shorted state.
US09019661B2	Apparatus with a plurality of heat sinks An apparatus comprises a write transducer comprising a write pole having a tip portion proximate a media-facing surface and a return pole spaced apart from the write pole in a downtrack direction. The apparatus further includes first and second heat sink portions. The first heat sink portion surrounds a first side of the tip portion that faces the return pole and extends outwards from the tip portion in a cross-track direction. The second heat sink portion comprises a first surface proximate the first heat sink portion and a second surface proximate the return pole and extends outwards in the cross-track direction further than the first heat sink portion.
US09019660B2	Magnetic recording head with spin torque oscillator having inverted current supply circuit According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to a recording layer of a recording medium, a spin torque oscillator adjacent to the main magnetic pole in a vicinity of a disk-facing surface confronting the recording medium, a recording coil configured to excite the main magnetic pole, a recording current control circuit configured to supply a recording current to the recording coil, a constant current supply circuit configured to supply a constant current to the spin torque oscillator, and an inverted current supply circuit configured to supply an inverted current having a polarity different from the constant current to the spin torque oscillator.
US09019658B1	Magnetic head with magnetic field closure for media storage devices Systems and methods that serve to limit the generation of stray magnetic fields by moving domain walls of magnetic shields of a magnetic head that would otherwise be received and interpreted as noise at the read sensor of the magnetic head. The utilities disclose use of first and second magnetic “closure” layers (e.g., soft magnetic layers) disposed about but spaced (i.e., magnetically isolated) from the first and second magnetic shields of the read portion of a magnetic head by first and second respective “closure” gaps (e.g., provided by any appropriate non-magnetic, high magnetic permeability material(s)). The closure layers create a magnetic environment for the shield edges that more closely resembles the interior of the shield, thereby minimizing or at least reducing the number of unstable edge domains and limiting subsequent domain wall movement.
US09019657B1	Coined VCM tab to limit cover deflection under pinch load A disk drive assembly including a disk drive enclosure including an enclosure main body forming an interior region, the interior region having a Voice Coil Motor (VCM) assembly receiving portion configured to hold a VCM assembly; and a cover member configured to engage the enclosure main body and cover the interior region of the enclosure main body, and expose at least a portion of the VCM Assembly receiving portion; and a VCM assembly disposed within the VCM assembly receiving portion of the enclosure main body, the VCM assembly comprising a cover supporting member configured to engage and support the cover member.
US09019654B2	Data storage tape with random access data Arrangements relate to a data storage system. The data storage system can include a data storage tape. The data storage tape can be arranged in a concertina format. In such a format, the data storage tape can include a plurality of tape segments. Each tape segment can be separated from a neighboring tape segment by a fold. In some arrangements, the data storage tape arranged in a concertina format can be received within a housing.
US09019653B2	High density timing based servo format for use with tilted transducer arrays A product, according to one embodiment, includes a magnetic recording tape having opposite ends, a longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape being defined between the ends. The magnetic recording tape has at least one servo track, the at least one servo track having a plurality of first magnetic bars and a plurality of third magnetic bars oriented to form chevron-like patterns with the first magnetic bars. The first magnetic bars each have a longitudinal axis oriented at a first angle between 2 and 88 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape. The third magnetic bars each have a longitudinal axis oriented at a second angle between 2 and 88 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape, the second angle having a different numerical absolute value than the first angle.
US09019652B1	Head position demodulating method and magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, a head position demodulating method and a magnetic disk device switch a demodulation window such that an amplitude of a fundamental wave component of a null-type burst pattern transitions from a decreasing direction to an increasing direction along with an increase in seek speed during demodulation of the null-type burst pattern recorded on a magnetic disk.
US09019647B2	Systems and methods for conditional positive feedback data decoding The present inventions are related to systems and methods for information data processing included selective decoder message determination. In one example, a data processing system is disclosed that includes a data decoder circuit operable to apply a conditional data decoding algorithm to a data set to yield a decoded output. The conditional decoding algorithm is operable to calculate node messages using an approach selected from a group consisting of: a first message determination mechanism, and a second message determination mechanism; where one of the first message determination mechanism and the second message determination mechanism is selected based upon a condition that includes a global iteration count applied to the data set.
US09019642B1	Synchronization mark detection for multi-dimensional magnetic recording A method for detecting an information pattern includes obtaining a first sample stream and a second sample stream. The first sample stream and the second sample stream are obtained by sensing recorded information at a target location of a storage medium using a first sensor and a second sensor, respectively. A first metric is computed by comparing the first sample stream to a reference pattern representative of a target information pattern to be detected. A second metric is computed by comparing the second sample stream to the reference pattern. A combined metric is computed by combining the first metric and second metric using a weighting function. The target information pattern is detected using the combined metric.
US09019640B2	Read channel throughput management An implementation of a system disclosed herein provides a method of deferring decoding of a data sector received at a read channel of a storage device, in response to determining that a data sector cannot be decoded by a first decoder and storing the data sector for further processing by a second decoder.
US09019639B2	Hierarchical control of tiered error recovery for storage devices A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform the following process. A data transfer operation is monitored for detecting one or more temps. A backhitch delay is set based at least in part on a post-recovery condition of a tape drive performing a portion of the data transfer operation. A backhitch is caused to be performed. At least one condition of the data transfer operation is altered after the backhitch delay.
US09019636B2	Lens alignment apparatus and method Lens alignment apparatuses, methods and optical devices are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments, a lens alignment apparatus may include at least one lens element positioned in a lens body. A lens alignment interface coupled to the lens element may be configured to permit the lens element to be angularly deflected relative to an axis of symmetry of the lens body. In other embodiments, a method of improving the resolution of an optical device may include translating a lens along an optical axis to maximize resolution at a first location, and determining a resolution in a second location in the imaging plane. The resolution in the second location may be improved by angularly deflecting the lens, and the position of the lens may then be fixed.
US09019633B2	Catadioptric system and image pickup apparatus The catadioptric system includes a first optical imaging system (catadioptric part) causing a light flux from an object to form an intermediate image and a second optical imaging system (dioptric part) causing the light flux from the intermediate image to form an image. In the first optical imaging system, the light flux sequentially passes a first transmissive portion, a second reflective portion, a first reflective portion and a second transmissive portion. In the second optical imaging system, consecutive four lens surfaces among plural lens surfaces placed between an aperture stop and an image surface have a negative combined refractive power, and a condition of −0.52<φ4n—max·Ymax<−0.14 is satisfied, φ4n—max represents a maximum value of the negative combined refractive power, and Ymax represents a maximum object height in a field-of-view of the catadioptric system at the object.
US09019632B2	Negatively-refractive focusing and sensing apparatus, methods, and systems Apparatus, methods, and systems provide negatively-refractive focusing and sensing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes providing an interior focusing region with an axial magnification substantially greater than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial.
US09019631B2	Optical lens assembly An optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element and a second lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex at a paraxial region and an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region. The second lens element with negative refractive power is made of plastic material and has an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region and being convex at a peripheral region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the second lens element are aspheric.
US09019622B2	Zoom lens, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing zoom lens Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group (G4) having positive refractive power. The first lens group (G1 includes only, in order from the object, a cemented lens of a negative lens (L11) and a positive lens (L12), and a positive meniscus lens (L13) having a convex surface facing the object, an aperture stop (S) for determining brightness is disposed to the object side of the third lens group (G3), and upon zooming, all of the four groups (G1 to G4) move and the aperture stop (S) moves together with the third lens group (G3), and the conditional expression νdp1>85.0 is satisfied, where νdp1 denotes an Abbe number of the positive lens (L12), which is disposed closest to the object in the first lens group (G1), at the d-line as a standard.
US09019618B2	Variable focal length lens system and image pickup apparatus Disclosed herein is a variable focal length lens system including: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a negative refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refracting power; all of the first to fifth lens groups moving, when a positional state of the variable focal length lens system changes from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state; the fifth lens group being configured from a first sub lens group and a second sub lens group; and the variable focal length lens system satisfying the following expression (1): 0.5
US09019616B2	Optical film, optical element, manufacturing method thereof, and photographic optical system An optical film includes a fluoride layer made of a fluoride containing at least Li element and at least one kind of element selected from Mg and Al. A method for manufacturing an optical film includes allowing at least Li metal, a metal acetate or a metal alkoxide of at least one kind of metal selected from Mg and Al, and trifluoroacetic acid to react in a solvent to obtain a fluorine-containing precursor containing a metal fluorocarboxylate, and, after coating the fluorine-containing precursor on a base material, heating the fluorine-containing precursor to form a fluoride layer made of a fluoride containing at least Li element and at least one kind of element selected from Mg and Al.
US09019615B2	Wide field-of-view virtual image projector A wide field-of-view virtual image projector includes a rod light guide that is embossed with at least a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating that is substantially parallel to the first diffraction grating. The first diffraction grating is configured to receive a first light ray, and to project first diffracted light rays from the rod light guide at a first range of angles. The second diffraction grating is configured to receive a second light ray, and to project second diffracted light rays from the rod light guide at a second range of angles. The virtual image projector further includes a slab light guide configured to receive the first diffracted light rays and the second diffracted light rays, and to diffract the first diffracted light rays and the second diffracted light rays out of the slab light guide to generate a virtual image with a wide field-of view.
US09019614B2	Display device with image depth simulation An optical system is provided with a transparent element having a proximal surface on one side and a distal surface on an opposite side. A plurality of light-scattering structures is formed in the distal surface. A positionally-corresponding plurality of surface lenses is provided on the proximal surface. The light-scattering structures and the surface lenses may be arranged in a slightly angled or offset square array relative to a side surface of the transparent element. A rastering, collimated light source, directs a beam of light roughly in the plane of the transparent element towards individual light-scattering structures. The light-scattering structures scatter at least a portion of the light towards the corresponding surface lenses, which may collect and collimate the light towards a viewing location. The optical system may be incorporated into a head-mounted display (HMD).
US09019607B2	Multilayer optical films suitable for bi-level internal patterning A reflective film includes a first optical stack that provides a first reflective characteristic and a second optical stack that provides a second reflective characteristic. The optical stacks also have first and second absorptive characteristics that are suitable to absorptively heat the respective stacks upon exposure to light including a write wavelength while maintaining the structural integrity of the stacks. The absorptive heating can change the first and second reflective characteristics to third and fourth reflective characteristics, respectively. A blocking layer that at least partially blocks light of the write wavelength may also be provided between the optical stacks to permit absorptive heating of any selected one of the optical stacks. The reflective characteristics of the optical stacks can thus be independently modified in any desired patterns by appropriate delivery of light beams that include the write wavelength.
US09019602B2	Scattering screen system, method of manufacture and application thereof There is provided a screen scattering system. The system has a transparent substrate forming a substrate layer, and wide band gap materials made of 0D, 1D and 3D elements forming a scattering layer. The 0D, 1D and 3D elements are in the form of nanostructures aligned uniformly on said substrate layer.
US09019599B2	Localized surface plasmon resonance based super resolved total internal reflection fluorescence imaging apparatus, and detection module therefor A total internal reflection fluorescence imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a metal nanostructure layer, which includes a metal thin film and a nanostructure formed over the metal thin film; a light source unit, which provides incident light such that the incident light is totally reflected off the metal nanostructure layer and an evanescent wave localized in a horizontal direction is created between the metal nanostructure layer and a specimen arranged over the metal nanostructure layer; and a fluorescence image extracting unit, which extracts and images a fluorescence signal generated by the specimen due to the evanescent wave localized in a horizontal direction.
US09019597B2	Device for short-distance projection at a reasonably large angle with zoom and focusing The invention proposes a short-distance front projection system, that is to say with a wide angle, occupying a small volume and offering a possibility of focusing as well a zoom function. It makes it possible to obtain images with a diagonal greater than 2 meters, the whole of the optical system being at least 50 cm from the plane of the image. This projector is constructed on the basis of three optical elements: an ocular, an afocal lens system and a final group forming an objective intended to form the intermediate image in front of the mirror.
US09019595B2	Resonator-enhanced optoelectronic devices and methods of making same Optical resonators that are enhanced with photoluminescent phosphors and are designed and configured to output light at one or more wavelengths based on input/pump light, and systems and devices made with such resonators. In some embodiments, the resonators contain multiple optical resonator cavities in combination with one or more photoluminescent phosphor layers or other structures. In other embodiments, the resonators are designed to simultaneously resonate at the input/pump and output wavelengths. The photoluminescent phosphors can be any suitable photoluminescent material, including semiconductor and other materials in quantum-confining structures, such as quantum wells and quantum dots, among others.
US09019584B2	Holographic image reproduction mechanism using ultraviolet light A holographic image display system comprises a screen, a first and a second light source, a scanning mechanism, and a controller. The screen includes a photochromic material arranged thereon. The photochromic material has light absorption characteristics which change depending on illumination with a wavelength of an ultraviolet light beam. The first light source directs a visible light beam with a sufficiently large diameter onto the screen, whereas the second light source directs an ultraviolet light beam onto the screen through the scanning mechanism. The controller controls emissions and scanning of the ultraviolet light beam based on a holographic signal so that the ultraviolet light beam can be scanned across the screen.
US09019583B2	Mobile terminals and methods for generating electronic documents for the same A method of generating an electronic document for mobile terminals is described. The method includes: obtaining a target image to be scanned and recognized; performing image and text scanning and recognition on the target image and obtaining a scanning and recognition result; generating an electronic document based on the scanning and recognition result. A mobile terminal is also described. According to the method, a user can generate electronic documents from information of interest to the user whenever and wherever, using a mobile terminal, thereby greatly enhancing the capability of the user to obtain information while traveling.
US09019581B2	Image processing apparatus and method An image processing apparatus includes an amplifying unit for, during a main scanning line period, amplifying an analog image signal input from a photoelectric conversion element and outputting the signal; an A/D converting unit for analog/digital-converting the signal to digital image data and outputting the data; and a digital offset correcting unit for performing a low-pass filter calculation based on the data to obtain an average value, calculating, based on the average value, a digital correction value used for correcting the data to obtain a desired black offset level, and performing correction on the data using the value. The digital offset correcting unit compares the value to a threshold, reduces the value to be equal to or less than the threshold if the value is equal to or greater than the threshold and updates the value to the reduced value, and performs the low-pass filter calculation and calculates the value.
US09019576B2	Scanning apparatus with patterned probe light A 3D scanner for recording the 3D topography of an object, the 3D scanner includes an illumination unit configured for providing probe light for illuminating the object, where the probe light includes a pattern of light rays; an image sensor for acquiring one or more 2D images of light rays returning from the illuminated object; an optical system including an optical element arranged such that the patterned probe light passes through it when propagating towards the object from the illumination unit along an optical path; and a device for changing the configuration of the optical system between a first and a second configuration, where the change in configuration comprises a change in orientation of the optical element between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the optical path of the probe light.
US09019573B2	Image forming apparatus, reading apparatus, and control method of reading In an image forming system including: an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet; a reading section configured to read the image formed on the sheet by the image forming section; and a control section configured to control image forming by the image forming section and reading by the reading section, the control section determines characteristics on reading of the image formed on the sheet by the reading section depending on an intended use of the image to be read by the reading section.
US09019572B2	Image-reading device, image-reading method and computer readable storage medium An image-reading device images each page of a book as a basic image and cuts out a predetermined area of the basic image. The device includes an initial-parameter specification unit, a final-parameter specification unit, a determination unit and a correction unit. The initial-parameter specification unit specifies a parameter for the predetermined area of a page around beginning of turning pages. The final-parameter specification unit specifies a parameter for the predetermined area of a page around an end of turning pages. The determination unit determines a parameter for a certain page of the book on the basis of the parameters specified by the initial-parameter specification unit and the final-parameter specification unit. The correction unit corrects an image of the certain page on the basis of the parameter determined by the determination unit.
US09019567B2	Methods and apparatuses for creating authenticatable printed articles and subsequently verifying them A printer with integral scanner obtains a digital signature from an article as it is printed. The integral scanner has a coherent source which directs a light beam to illuminate the article and a detector arrangement to collect data points from light scattered from many different parts of the article to collect a large number of independent data points. The digital signature derived from the data points is stored in a database with an image of what was printed on the article. The authenticity of an article purported to be the originally printed article can be verified by scanning the purported genuine article to obtain its digital signature. The database is then searched, to establish whether there is a match. If a match is found, the image is displayed with the matched digital signature to allow a further visual check that the article is genuine.
US09019566B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium containing image processing program An image processing apparatus of the present invention uses a spatial filter section or an enlarging/reducing section to perform a blur process on image processing data to be supplied to an image display device, thus allowing the image display device to display a preview without deterioration in image quality.
US09019565B2	Image scanning apparatus and method for image compensation An image scanning apparatus and method are provided. The image scanning apparatus includes a scanner that scans a manuscript to generate a scan image, an image processor that calculates a manuscript boundary on the generated scan image as an equation and compensates a distortion of the scan image using the calculated equation, and a storage member that stores the scan image of which the distortion has been compensated.
US09019564B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable medium An image processing apparatus, when correcting image data using correction information, corrects skew of the image in the sub-scanning direction that is formed by the image forming unit by correcting the image data also at an end portion of an area where an image forming unit forms the image.
US09019563B2	Halftone image generation device that generates a blended halftone image of an image by partially selecting and blending a first halftone image obtained by halftone processing the specific image using a first method and a second halftone image obtained by halftone processing the specific image using a second method, associated halftone image generation method, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program A halftone image generation device is provided that, by partially selecting and blending a first halftone image obtained by halftone processing a specific image using a first method and a second halftone image obtained by halftone processing the specific image using a second method different from the first method, generates a third halftone image of the specific image. The device includes a detector detecting, from the first halftone image, a dot pixel in which a dot is disposed, and a blender blending the first halftone image and the second halftone image by, when a dot is not disposed in any of neighboring pixels in the first halftone image that neighbor the dot pixel, employing, as binary values of isolated-point related pixels in the third halftone image that are in a same position as the dot pixel and the neighboring pixels, binary values of the dot pixel and the neighboring pixels.
US09019561B1	Profiling data spacing for different halftone states using a single tone reproduction curve Methods and devices calibrate a printing device to develop a single calibration tone reproduction curve associated with a first halftone state for the printing device, and calculate a primary color profile for the first halftone state and secondary color profiles for the secondary halftone states available with the printing device based on a previously calculated relationship between the first halftone state and the secondary halftone states. Subsequently, these methods and devices receive a print job and such methods identify the secondary halftone state of the print job. With this, the methods and devices can identify a secondary color profile from the secondary color profiles that corresponds to the secondary halftone state and raster image process the print job using the secondary color profile to produce rasterized output. Then, these methods and devices print the rasterized output on print media using a print engine of the printing device.
US09019559B2	Recording data generation apparatus, recording system, program, recording data generation method and image data display method Included are a display portion that displays image data; a selection portion that allows selection of a partial pixel from amongst the pixels of image data; a color range setting portion that allows setting a color range on the basis of a color of the partial pixel; a determination portion that determines whether or not an image pixel constituting falls within the color range; a determination practice portion that sequentially performs this determination until the pixel adjacent to a determination-completed pixel becomes a pixel not falling within the color range; a pixel designation portion that designates at least one pixel as falling within the color range; a color conversion portion that converts a color of each pixel designated by the pixel designation portion; and a recording data generation portion that generates recording data on the basis of image data resulting from the color conversion.
US09019556B2	Printing system and control method thereof A printing system for controlling to allow various settings by one job and reducing output of unnecessary printed materials is provided. To accomplish this, the present invention sets a post-process to be executed for a plurality of sheets that are printed by execution of a job as a first setting, sets a post-process to be executed for part of the sheets included in the plurality of sheets as a second setting, and causes a post-processing unit to execute post-processes according to the setting of the post-processes set as the first setting and the second setting.
US09019555B1	Automatically conforming printed labels Printer devices occasionally cause electronic documents to be automatically contracted prior to printing, in order to ensure that all of the content to be printed will fit within the dimensions of a page. Where the electronic document includes information having close tolerances, such as information to be printed on an address label or other defined region on a sheet, the automatic contraction may cause the information to be misaligned with respect to the label or other defined region. Automatically expanding the information within the electronic document prior to printing may counter this effect, and increase the likelihood that the information will be printed within the label or other defined region for which it is intended.
US09019553B2	Printing control apparatus, printing control method, and storage medium A method for controlling printing for causing a printing apparatus which can print on a sheet of paper having a size other than a predetermined size to print data generated by an application capable of allocating pages corresponding to a sheet of paper having the predetermined size to a printing area includes setting a first paper size to the application in which a predetermined printing area is determined, acquiring a second paper size corresponding to the predetermined printing area and setting the second paper size to the application based on page allocation of the first paper size to the predetermined printing area, and notifying a printer driver of the second paper size. Consequently, printing can be performed by a simple operation so that print data suitably fits into a page width of a sheet of paper, even when a printing area aspect ratio can be arbitrarily determined.
US09019552B2	Information processing apparatus, system and method for outputting data to a medium Provided is an information processing apparatus that processes document data including a plurality of objects. The information processing apparatus acquires a size of an output medium to which an image based on the document data is output, acquires an output condition of an image based on the document data, extracts an object to be output alone to the output medium from among the plurality of objects included in the document data on a basis of the acquired size and the acquired output condition, and generates, on a basis of the extracted object, output data for outputting an image of the extracted object alone to the output medium based on the extracted object.
US09019551B2	Image forming apparatus and image correction method that calculate correction amounts associated with a main scanning direction Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including, at least, an image data storage unit that stores image data; an inclination amount detection unit that detects a first inclination amount of a portion of the image data spanning from one end to the other end relative to a main scanning direction; an inclination amount storage unit that stores, when a gradient of the image data changes at a point in the main scanning direction, a second inclination amount of a portion of the image data spanning from the one end to the point or from the other end to the point; a correction amount calculation unit that calculates correction amounts associated with the main scanning direction by switching, at the point, whether the first inclination amount is increased or decreased by the second inclination amount; and an image correction unit that corrects an image based on the correction amounts.
US09019549B2	Exception page programming for banner sheets Job tickets with banner descriptions and document descriptions are automatically generated by a print shop's DMS. The banner descriptions and the document descriptions are composed of PDL instructions. Document descriptions can be managed and altered without necessarily affecting the job ticket. The banner page PDL instructions are specially designated so that banner pages cannot be managed without also managing the job ticket. Preserving the banner page within a job ticket prevents unwanted side effects from disturbing the print shop's work flow.
US09019547B2	Printing using a portable data storage device The present invention is directed to a system and user interface wherein a multifunction copier, equipped with a Universal Serial Bus port, accepts data directly from a USB-Data Storage Device (USB-DSD) for the purpose of printing, e-mailing, and faxing. The system contains a copier containing a computer-controller having at least one USB port interface. The controller has a service that can either be enabled or disabled by a system administrator. The service is capable of performing email, printing and facsimile functions. When a user inserts a USB-DSD into the USB port on the controller, the service presents the user with the three options stated above. Once the user selects the desired function, the service then invokes a document conversion utility, which scans the USB-DSD and displays the supported files found on the DSD. Each desired function will have multiple options for a user to choose. For example, when the printing option is selected, the service will present to the user on the display choices such as duplex, portrait/landscape, multipage, number of prints and the like.
US09019544B2	Image display device and printing method According to one embodiment, an image display device having a display portion and a deflection element array. The display portion displays a display image including element images arranged in a first direction. The first deflection element array opposes to the element images. Each element image has element pixels having a width W in the first direction. The element pixels are arranged in the first direction and composing N rows. Each N row includes a plurality of the element pixels and arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The element pixels of an i-th (1≦i≦N−1) row and the element pixels of an (i+1)th row are arranged such that a distance in the first direction between a first reference line along the second direction and a second reference line along the second direction is shifted by at least W/N.
US09019543B2	Image processing system and display control method An operation device receives information indicating an image processing job to be executed according to specific image processing settings and sends an execution check request to each one of a plurality of image processing apparatuses. The operation device displays, at a display, one or more image processing apparatuses capable of executing and currently available to perform the image processing job according to the specific image processing settings, based on responses respectively received from the plurality of image processing apparatuses.
US09019542B2	Management server and method for controlling the same There is provided a management server in which a print log analysis unit of a device management application analyzes a job log collected from an MFP device to detect a pair of reprint related jobs, determines whether a reprinted job is useless or useful for the detected pair of jobs, and a print log analysis result report generation unit generates an analysis result report based on a determination result to outputs the generated report. If a detection result includes a pair of jobs, in which one job has been printed based on default print settings and the other job has been reprinted based on changed print settings, it is determined that the job printed based on the default print settings is a useless job.
US09019541B2	Device and method for synchronization in digital printing The present invention provides a digital inkjet printing synchronous control device, which comprises: a storage unit, for storing data of various colored surfaces; a control unit, for controlling an interactive processing unit to perform data receiving, storage and sending as well as generation of a printing trigger signal; and the interactive processing unit, under the control of the control unit, for receiving from a front-end system of a digital inkjet printing apparatus the data of the colored surfaces, storing the received data into the storage unit, sending the stored data to a back-end system of the digital inkjet printing apparatus, generating, according to a signal from a peripheral encoder and/or color code sensor of the digital inkjet printing apparatus, printing trigger signals of the colored surfaces, and sending the printing trigger signals to the back-end system of the digital inkjet printing apparatus. Correspondingly, the present invention provides a digital inkjet printing synchronous control method. Therefore, continuous printing of pages having different sizes and multiple colored surfaces can be implemented.
US09019540B2	Changing speed of network connection depending upon sleep state of network controller A network controller includes a communication portion, a disconnection portion, a change portion, and a re-linking portion. The communication portion is capable of communicating with another network device via a network. The disconnection portion temporarily disconnects communication from the communication portion to the other network device when a sleep signal instructing a shift from a normal state to a sleep state is received. The change portion changes a speed of the disconnected communication from the communication portion to the other network device, to a communication speed lower than a communication speed in the normal state. The re-linking portion causes the communication portion to communicate with the other network device at the changed communication speed.
US09019539B2	Image data transmission apparatus, image data transmission method, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program configured to send image data to a plurality of destinations using separate methods An apparatus configured to execute a plurality of transmission tools is provided. The apparatus includes an option storing portion configured to store a plurality of options in each of which a destination to which image data is to be sent is associated with a tool identifier for identifying one of the transmission tools to be used to send the image data associated; a receiving portion configured to, when a user selects two or more options from among the options, receive a combination of the destination corresponding to each of the options selected and the transmission tool for the tool identifier corresponding to each of the options selected; and a transmission control portion configured to perform, for each of the combinations, a process for sending the image data to the destination corresponding to each of the combinations by using the transmission tool corresponding to each of the combinations.
US09019534B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method involving reuse function According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an authenticating section, a permitting section, and an input section. The authenticating section authenticates a user. The permitting section permits the user authenticated by the authenticating section to execute a new job using data associated with the user and stored concerning already-completed jobs. The input section enables the user to change at least one of conditions for execution of the new job with respect to the already-completed jobs permitted by the permitting section and input the condition.
US09019533B2	Printer rankings in cloud printing An approach is provided for ranking cloud printing devices. A printing device ranking service is configured to retrieve printing device information data that specifies one or more attributes of a plurality of printing devices and print job data that specifies one or more attributes of a plurality of print jobs that have been processed by the plurality of printing devices. The printing device ranking service determines, based at least upon the printing device information data and the print job data, rankings data for the plurality of printing devices, wherein the rankings data indicate a ranking of the printing devices from the plurality of printing devices.
US09019528B2	Restricting a screen transition instruction based on a status of execution of a job instructed by a web server With an information processing apparatus, if a user operates a “back” button of a web browser while a job is being executed, a script for controlling the job currently being executed is lost, and the job can no longer be controlled. An information processing apparatus of the present invention can communicate with a web server, and includes a web browser that displays an operation screen provided by the web server. This information processing apparatus manages the status of a job to be executed, and restricts acceptance of an instruction for screen transition from the user according to the managed status of the job while the job instructed by the web server is being executed.
US09019527B2	Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, program, and recording medium A disclosed image forming apparatus capable of delivering image data includes an image forming unit configured to read an image to generate image data, a workflow selection unit configured to receive selection of workflows each obtained by optionally combining input processing, image-conversion processing and output processing plug-ins for processing the generated image data, a storage unit configured to store data identification information for identifying desired electronic data, a data selection unit configured to receive selection of the desired electronic data, an electronic data acquisition unit configured to acquire the selected electronic data based on the corresponding data identification information, and a delivery processing unit configured to carry out delivery processing on the acquired electronic data and the generated image data based on a selected one of the workflows.
US09019523B2	Printing system, printing device and computer readable medium therefor A printing system comprising a printing device and a server configured to perform data communication with the printing device. The printing device comprises a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing sheet, an attachment unit to which a removable medium is removably attached, a first communication interface configured to communicate with the server, and a first controller configured to acquire at least part of data in the removable medium attached to the attachment unit, control the first communication interface to transmit the acquired data to the server, delete the data in the removable medium corresponding to the acquired data. The server comprises a second communication interface configured to communicate with the printing device, a server-side storage configured to store the acquired data, and a second controller configured to store the acquired data received by the second communication interface in the server-side storage.
US09019518B2	Image forming apparatus generating overwriting image data An image forming apparatus including: a conveyance path through which a recording material is conveyed to form an image on the recording material; a reading unit that reads a document conveyed to the conveyance path; and a control unit that controls an image forming unit to overwrite a document image with an image according to a result of the reading in which the document image on the document, which is conveyed to the conveyance path, is read by reading unit.
US09019513B2	Multi-dimensional data registration integrated circuit for driving array-arrangement devices The multi-dimensional data registration integrated circuit for driving array-arrangement devices, comprising: a plurality of the i-th hierarchy sets, each of the i-th hierarchy sets is divided into a plurality of the (i+1)-th hierarchy sets; a i-th hierarchy address selection circuit, comprising a signal generation unit and a multiplexing unit, wherein the former generates an enable signal, the latter is connected to the signal generating unit and shifts the input data based on the enable signal and a second timing signal to further generate n bits of address signals, the i-th hierarchy address selection circuit is used to scan the plurality of the i-th hierarchy sets and select at least one of the i-th hierarchy sets to function; and a data supply circuit to follow a scan sequence of a j-th hierarchy address selection circuit and write a plurality of data into the selected j-th hierarchy sets.
US09019512B2	Apparatus and method for in situ testing of microscale and nanoscale samples According to example embodiments of the invention, a microscale testing stage comprises a frame having first and second opposing ends and first and second side beams, at least one deformable force sensor beam, a first longitudinal beam having a free end, a second longitudinal beam having a facing free end, a support structure, and a pair of slots disposed at each of the free ends. In certain embodiments, a layer of a conductive material defines first and second conductive paths and an open circuit that can be closed by the specimen across the gap. In other embodiments, the stage is formed of a high melting temperature material.
US09019511B2	Optical probe for vision measurements A coordinate measurement machine having a feeler whose position is determined optically and a lens for use in such a machine and a method for making a lens for a coordinate measurement machine, having a flexible feeler having a sensing tip, positioned substantially at the focal point of the objective lens.
US09019510B2	Control method and apparatus for positioning a stage A plurality of laser positioning units are used to position an X-Y stage. In each laser positioning unit, a mirror constantly reflects laser beam to an optical position sensor, where the mirror is integrally mounted on a rotation unit which is integrally mounted on X-Y stage, where the laser diode is mounted on another rotation unit. Each rotation unit includes a fine rotation stage and a coarse rotation stage. When moving the X-Y stage, fine stages constantly rotate mirror or/and laser to reflect the laser beam onto the optical position sensor, the amount of rotations and geometry of position of laser and mirror gives precisely the position of moving stage. The fine stages and coarse stages in different laser positioning units work alternatively to position the stage, and the fine stages are calibrated if coarse stages moves.
US09019503B2	MEMS microdisplay optical imaging and sensor systems for underwater and other scattering environments A sensing system is provided that includes a transmitter assembly with a light source and a microdisplay device, wherein the transmitter assembly defines an optical beam transmission path to provide illumination of a substantially one-dimensional (1D) region of a target area, the microdisplay device comprising a plurality of controllable elements for causing the illumination to be a substantially 1D pattern of light along the 1D region. The system further includes a receiver assembly for defining a return optical signal transmission path from the 1D region and collecting return optical signals from the 1D region. The system also includes a processing component for generating sensor information associated with the 1D region by processing the return optical signals from the 1D region with return optical signals from adjacent 1D regions using a distributed compressive sensing (DCS) technique.
US09019502B1	Electronically conductive perovskite-based oxide nanoparticles and films for optical sensing applications The disclosure relates to a method of detecting a change in a chemical composition by contacting a electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide material with a monitored stream, illuminating the electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide with incident light, collecting exiting light, monitoring an optical signal based on a comparison of the incident light and the exiting light, and detecting a shift in the optical signal. The electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide has a perovskite-based crystal structure and an electronic conductivity of at least 10−1 S/cm, where parameters are specified at the gas stream temperature. The electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide has an empirical formula AxByO3-δ, where A is at least a first element at the A-site, B is at least a second element at the B-site, and where 0.8
US09019499B2	Tunable light source system and method having wavelength reference capability Tunable light source systems and methods with wavelength reference capability are disclosed. A method includes reference filtering a portion of a tunable light beam while the tunable center wavelength λC is tuned over a range by adjusting a wavelength tuning parameter x. The method also includes detecting the reference-filtered tunable light beam and generating therefrom at least one detected light spectrum as a function of the tunable center wavelength λC. The method further includes determining a reference wavelength tuning parameter xCR corresponding to a reference tunable center wavelength λCR based on a maximum value of the at least one detected light spectrum.
US09019498B2	Method for inspecting defects, inspected wafer or semiconductor device manufactured using the same, method for quality control of wafers or semiconductor devices and defect inspecting apparatus Light from a light source device is polarized through a polarizer and is caused to impinge obliquely onto an object to be inspected. The resulting scattered light is received by a CCD imaging device having an element for separating scattered polarized light disposed in a dark field. Component light intensities are worked out for an obtained P-polarized component image and an obtained S-polarized component image and a polarization direction is determined as a ratio of them. The component light intensities and the polarization directions are determined from images obtained by imaging of the light scattering entities in a state where static stress is not applied to the object to the inspected and in a state where static load is applied thereto so as to generate tensional stress on the side irradiated by light. The component light intensities and the polarization directions are compared with predetermined threshold values.
US09019497B2	Measurement of linear and circular diattenuation in optical elements A system for measuring linear or circular diattenuation in an optical element includes a sample rotation stage for securing an optical element sample; a light source module for generating a source light beam and a detector module. The light source module and detector module are arranged with the sample rotation stage between them, thereby permitting the source light beam to propagate through a sample that may be secured in the sample stage and to the detector module. Linear motion control of the light source module and the detector module, as well as tilt control of the light source module, the sample rotation stage and the detector module is provided, thereby to facilitate detection, by the detector module of the modulated light intensity information corresponding to a diattenuation characteristic of the optical sample secured in the sample stage.
US09019489B2	Method and system for optically inspecting parts A method and system for optically inspecting parts are provided wherein the system includes a part transfer subsystem including a transfer mechanism adapted to receive and support a part at a loading station and to transfer the supported part so that the part travels along a first path which extends from the loading station to an inspection station at which the part has a predetermined position and orientation for inspection. An illumination assembly simultaneously illuminates a plurality of exterior side surfaces of the part with a plurality of separate beams of radiation. A telecentric lens and detector assembly forms an optical image of at least a portion of each of the illuminated side surfaces of the part and detects the optical images. A processor processes the detected optical images to obtain a plurality of views of the part which are angularly spaced about the axis of the part.
US09019485B2	Apparatus and method for evaluation of optical elements An apparatus for measuring the optical performance characteristics and dimensions of an optical element comprising a low coherence interferometer and a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor comprising a light source, a plurality of lenslets, and a sensor array is disclosed. The low coherence interferometer is configured to direct a measurement beam along a central axis of the optical element, and to measure the thickness of the center of the optical element. The light source of the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor is configured to emit a waveform directed parallel to and surrounding the measurement beam of the interferometer, through the plurality of lenslets, and to the sensor array. A method for measuring the optical performance characteristics and dimensions of a lens using the apparatus is also disclosed.
US09019484B2	Combining normal-incidence reflectance and transmittance with non-normal-incidence reflectance for model-free characterization of single-layer films Optical systems and methods are described that provide greater solving power for thin-film measurements in general, and provide a unique model-free solution for single-layer films in particular.
US09019481B2	Colored noise reduction method and device for optical remote airflow measurement apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an optical remote airflow measurement apparatus with which even colored noise corresponding to an external environment of the apparatus can be reduced, thereby reducing measurement reliability deterioration and enabling long-distance measurement in a wide flying speed range. A colored noise reduction method according to the present invention includes: considering a signal strength of scattered light to be substantially non-existent in a remotest region and beyond; calculating a noise distribution by performing processing to average the signal strength in respective Doppler frequency components divided at intervals of a certain frequency in the remotest measurement region and beyond, and performing subtraction processing in each of the Doppler frequency components on all signal strength distributions of the measurement region, which are obtained by dividing the noise distribution at intervals of a certain distance.
US09019475B2	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.
US09019474B2	Optical unit, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An illumination optical apparatus has an optical unit. The optical unit has a light splitter to split an incident beam into two beams; a first spatial light modulator which can be arranged in an optical path of a first beam; a second spatial light modulator which can be arranged in an optical path of a second beam; and a light combiner which combines a beam having passed via the first spatial light modulator, with a beam having passed via the second spatial light modulator; each of the first spatial light modulator and the second spatial light modulator has a plurality of optical elements arranged two-dimensionally and controlled individually.
US09019470B2	Lithographic apparatus, and patterning device for use in a lithographic process The invention relates to a lithographic apparatus including an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a patterning device support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, a substrate support constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and an encoder-type measurement system configured to at least during projection of the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate continuously determine a position quantity of a patterning device supported on the patterning device support using a grid or grating provided on the patterning device.
US09019468B2	Interference projection exposure system and method of using same An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an interference projection exposure system comprising a beam-providing subsystem and an objective lens subsystem that can provide a plurality of light beams which intersect and interfere at an image plane to produce a high spatial frequency periodic optical-intensity distribution. The interference projection system can further comprise a pattern mask that can alter the periodic optical-intensity distribution so as to incorporate functional elements within the periodic optical-intensity distribution. The beam providing subsystem can comprise a beam generating subsystem, a beam conditioning subsystem and a beam directing subsystem. Another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides for a method of producing a high spatial frequency periodic optical-intensity distribution using a interference projection exposure system.
US09019466B2	Lithographic apparatus, reflective member and a method of irradiating the underside of a liquid supply system A lithographic apparatus that includes a reflector configured to reflect a cleaning beam of radiation projected through a projection system onto an underside of a liquid retrieval system. The construction of the reflector is also described as is a method for irradiating the underside of a liquid supply system for use in cleaning.
US09019462B2	Array substrate and method for manufacturing the same, and display device Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The method comprises: depositing a first transparent electrode layer on a base substrate, coating first photoresist on the transparent electrode layer, and performing exposure and development on the first photoresist to retain the first photoresist at a location where a first transparent electrode is to be formed, so that a first photoresist pattern is formed; etching the first transparent electrode layer with the first photoresist pattern, so as to form the first transparent electrode; and depositing a second transparent electrode layer on the base substrate after the etching, and then performing a photoresist lifting-off process on the first photoresist pattern to remove a part of the second transparent electrode layer on the first photoresist pattern so that a second transparent electrode is formed.
US09019461B2	Liquid crystal display apparatuses A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel which displays an image, a light guide plate, a backlight unit including a light source part which generates and supplies light, and a panel temperature adjusting member on a surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The panel temperature adjusting member includes a transparent resistor, and a power supply which supplies power to the transparent resistor. The transparent resistor emits a larger amount of heat to a region of the liquid crystal display panel, which is distant from the light source part, than to a region close to the light source part, such that the liquid crystal display panel has uniform temperature distribution.
US09019460B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device having an alignment layer stopper which is formed external to a display area to suppress the generation of an electric field between signal lines and the alignment layer stopper, wherein the alignment layer stopper includes a second conductive layer SP formed above the first substrate when the alignment layer stopper is formed by coating and a first conductive layer SH formed below the second conductive layer SP through an insulating film and arranged in such a manner that its marginal parts in the longitudinal direction of the second conductive layer SP are exposed when viewed from the plane direction from the second conductive layer SP, and the first conductive layer SH is formed in a thin film layer between signal lines arranged in the side parts of the display area and the second conductive layer SP.
US09019457B2	Liquid crystal display element A liquid crystal display element comprises a first and a second substrates, a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer, and a first and a second polarizers arranged to cross approximately their absorption axes and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules when no voltage is applied at almost 45 degrees. At least one of the electrodes comprises a polyline extending to an extending direction as a whole and having no straight line in parallel to the extending direction along an electrode edge, and the polyline is formed along an edge of at least one of the first and the second electrodes where the alignment directions when a voltage is applied and when no voltage is applied are opposite to each other if the polyline is a straight line along the extending direction.
US09019455B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer, first and second substrates, first and second electrodes, and a pixel region which includes first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains in which liquid crystal molecules are tilted in first, second, third and fourth directions, respectively. The first liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of an edge of the first electrode, the second liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of another edge of the first electrode, the third liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of still another edge of the first electrode, and the fourth liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of yet another edge of the first electrode.
US09019454B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is provided that includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a switching element disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the switching element; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and alignment aids in at least one of the liquid crystal layer and the alignment layer. The pixel electrode includes a first cutout, the common electrode includes a second cutout, and the first cutout and the second cutout are alternately arranged.
US09019452B2	Compensation system and liquid crystal display apparatus for liquid crystal panel The present invention discloses a compensation system and a liquid crystal display apparatus used for a liquid crystal panel. The compensation system comprises a first biaxial retardation film and a second biaxial retardation film respectively disposed on either side of the liquid crystal panel. An in-plane retardation value of the first biaxial retardation film at a wavelength of 550 nm is Ro1. An out-of-plane retardation value in a thickness direction is Rth1. An in-plane retardation value of the second biaxial retardation film at the wavelength of 550 nm is Ro2. An out-of-plane retardation value in a thickness direction is Rth2. Wherein: 30.8 nm≦Ro1≦91 nm; 70.4 nm≦Rth1≦208 nm; 21 nm≦Ro2≦93.8 nm; Y1≦Rth2≦Y2; Y1=0.00424817×Rth12−1.9854256×Rth1+277.7: Y2=−0.003333×Rth12−0.033459×Rth1+234.2. The present invention effectively reduces light leakage of the liquid crystal panel in dark mode by disposing the double-layered biaxial retardation films having reasonable retardation values.
US09019447B2	Liquid crystal display device with polarizing plates A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal cell including a quadrilateral display surface and a liquid crystal layer enclosed between glass substrates and controlling light entering from a second surface side and exiting to a first surface side; a first polarizing plate including a polarizer having an absorption axis and adhered to the first surface side with an adhesive layer; and a second polarizing plate including a polarizer having an absorption axis and adhered to the second surface side with an adhesive layer such that one of the polarizing plates including the polarizer with a larger maximum dimension in an absorption axis direction on the display surface is adhered to the glass substrate with an adhesive layer having higher adhesion strength to the glass substrate than the adhesive layer of other polarizing plates including the polarizer with a smaller maximum dimension in the absorption axis direction.
US09019445B2	Lighting device, display device, and television receiver Uneven brightness is less likely to occur in lighting devices at low cost. A backlight unit 12 includes LEDs 17, a chassis 14 having a bottom plate 14a and housing the LEDs 17, and an LED drive controller 24 controlling drive of the LEDs 17. The LEDs 17 are arranged in a matrix in row and column directions (X-axis direction and Y-axis direction) along the bottom plate 14a, forming respective LED groups 25 each along the row direction. The LED groups 25 include a middle LED group 28 and an end side LED group 29. The middle LED group 28 is located in a middle portion of the bottom plate 14a in the column direction group and the end side LED group 29 is located closer to an end of the bottom part from the middle portion group. The LED drive controller 24 controls light of at least one of the middle LED group 28 and the end side LED group 29 such that the end side LED group 29 has relatively high brightness and the middle LED group 28 has relatively low brightness.
US09019439B2	Liquid crystal display device According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first gate line and a second gate line, a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode electrically connected to the first gate line, a source electrode which contacts the semiconductor layer and which is electrically connected to a first source line, and a drain electrode including a first electrode portion which contacts the semiconductor layer, a second electrode portion which is connected to the first gate line side of the first electrode portion, and a third electrode portion which is connected to the second gate line side of the first electrode portion, a second substrate including a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09019438B2	Polarization system and three-dimensional image display apparatus having the same A 3D image display apparatus featuring a new polarization system is introduced which minimizes crosstalk between stereoimages. The polarization system includes a shutter panel that shifts the phase of an incident light, a polarizing film disposed between the shutter panel and an observer, a first retardation film disposed between the shutter panel and the polarizing film, a second retardation film disposed between the polarizing film and the first retardation film to correspond to the left eye of the observer, and a third retardation film disposed between the polarizing film and the first retardation film to correspond to the right eye of the observer.
US09019436B2	View prioritization for multi-machine control visualization A method and system for providing remote vision to a remote operator with respect to a plurality of machines includes a remote vision system with one or more display screens and a receiver for receiving video information and machine information from each of the one or more machines. A controller console is linked to the remote vision system and the receiver, and is configured to calculate a priority ranking of the plurality of machines based on the received machine data and to display the video information from each machine as one or more video displays on a display screen wherein at least one of the one or more video displays is modified in appearance and/or position or duration of placement based on the priority ranking.
US09019427B2	Method for stroboscopically examining repeating processes and arrangement for performing said method Apparatus for examining vocal folds and a method for operating said arrangement that avoid the large fluctuations in the image brightness of the camera system and thus the flickering, which is unpleasant for the user, is provided. The apparatus comprises a stroboscopic light source, a camera control unit having a camera head, a microphone, an optical waveguide, and an optical assembly, wherein the stroboscopic light source has a signal-conducting connection to the camera control unit, and the camera head is placed on the optical assembly, wherein the camera head and the microphone have signal-conducting connections to the camera control unit, and the optical assembly is connected to the light source by means of the optical waveguide.
US09019420B2	Image redirection system for mobile devices An image redirection system having a case that includes a body configured to removably attach to a mobile device, and an optical housing on the body, the optical housing configured to position one or more optical elements over the mobile device lens and flash unit when the case is attached to the mobile device. The optical housing is configured to enable one-handed operation such that a user can deploy and retract the optical housing with only one digit of a hand that holds the case and enable operation of the camera with another finger or thumb of the holding hand.
US09019417B2	Imaging system, imaging device and display device utilizing imaging conditions alterable according to display conditions An object is to provide an imaging system for taking an image of a subject with high reproducibility. It includes an imaging device for taking a picture in accordance with imaging conditions which are set values concerning imaging, a display device for displaying the image taken with the imaging device in accordance with display conditions which are set values concerning display, and an imaging condition decision unit for determining imaging conditions corresponding to the display conditions. When the display device alters the display conditions, the imaging condition decision unit determines the imaging conditions corresponding to the display conditions after the alteration, and the imaging device alters the imaging conditions stored in an imaging condition altering unit to the imaging conditions the imaging condition decision unit determines.
US09019416B2	Display device The present invention provides a display device which has a display unit on a main body, comprising a cover member that can be deformed into a first shape for covering the display unit and a second shape for forming a grip in order to solve the problems in the conventional cameras. The problem is such that the size of the camera becomes large by the size of the grip, which impairs portability of the camera because the conventional camera provides a fixed grip on the camera body on which a display unit with a large screen is mounted. In addition, another conventional camera has a space for accommodating the cover members within the grip, so that the size of the grip becomes accordingly large and thus the camera itself becomes large.
US09019415B2	Method and apparatus for dual camera shutter Described herein are methods and devices that employ a dual shutter button feature associated with an image capture device to recommend a capture mode to a user based on one or more parameters analyzed by the image capture system. As described, providing a primary shutter button and a secondary shutter button enables the user to capture in both a standard capture mode by using the primary shutter button and in an alternate mode by using a secondary shutter button.
US09019413B2	Method of image preview in a digital image pickup apparatus The present disclosure relates to a method of image preview in an image pickup apparatus. One embodiment is directed to a method that includes acquiring from an image sensor an image of a scene observed by an image sensor of the apparatus, generating a preview image obtained by applying to the acquired image a resolution reduction process to adapt it to the resolution of a display screen of a viewfinder of the image pickup apparatus, displaying the preview image on the display screen, generating an image of an area of the scene by extracting an area from the acquired image, and displaying the area image superimposed on the preview image or alternately with the preview image, the area image displayed having a resolution higher than that of the preview image and inferior or equal to that of the acquired image.
US09019411B2	Image sensors and methods with pipelined readout A pipelined readout method in an image sensor includes receiving one or more signals from a pixel of a row of a pixel array into a column storage at least partially during a time that a previously sampled amplified output of the column storage that is based on signals provided by a previous pixel of a previously read out row of the pixel array is converted from analog to digital by an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The method further includes performing, by the analog-to-digital conversion circuit, analog-to-digital conversion of a sampled amplified output of the column storage that is based on the one or more signals from the pixel at least partially during a time that the column storage receives at least one signal from a another pixel of a subsequently read out row of the pixel array.
US09019409B2	Image sensing device and method for operating the same An image sensing device includes, inter alia, a ramp signal generation unit generating a ramp signal that decreases during first and second periods for finding data values corresponding to a pixel signal and an offset value, respectively. The image sensing device also includes a comparison unit compares the pixel signal with the ramp signal during the first period, and compares the ramp signal with an internally generated offset value during the second period. A first counting unit is configured to perform a counting operation during the first period, and a second counting unit configured to latch a count value of the first counting unit as a data value in response to the result of the first comparison operation during the first period, perform a down-count operation from the latched data value in response to the result of the second comparison operation during the second period, and latch a counting result.
US09019406B2	Imaging apparatus and image processing program for correcting dark area gradation An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup unit generating image data, a selecting unit selecting any one of a first photographic mode that does not correct dark area gradation of the image data and a second photographic mode that corrects the dark area gradation of the image data, a gradation conversion processing unit performing a gradation conversion processing according to a first input-output characteristic when the first photographic mode is selected, and performing a gradation conversion processing according to a second input-output characteristic different from the first input-output characteristic when the second photographic mode is selected, and a correcting unit performing a correction of improving lightness of the dark area gradation of the image data when the second photographic mode is selected. Therefore, when correction of the dark area gradation is performed, the lightness of the whole image can be maintained while the contrast of a highlight area is improved.
US09019405B2	Method and apparatus for wavelength specific correction of distortion in digital images A method and apparatus for digital image correction in which a plurality of received color component arrays received from a digital camera are each corrected for distortion dependent upon the color associated with the array. Other corrections may also be applied, such as for sensitivity non-uniformity in the sensing array or illumination non-uniformity. The corrected color component arrays for each of the plurality of color components are combined to form a corrected digital image. The method and apparatus may be integrated with digital cameras in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, digital document imaging.
US09019404B2	Image processing apparatus and method for preventing image degradation Provided is an image processing apparatus and method which allows high-speed image processing and prevents the field-of-view rate from being degraded due to pixel reduction by the number of ring pixels.
US09019403B2	Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a lens retaining member retaining a lens group and having a retaining-side cam follower, a moving member being movable in an optical axis direction with respect to the lens retaining member and having a moving-side cam follower, a rotary barrel having a retaining-side cam groove and a moving-side cam groove and being configured to rotate, thereby giving the lens retaining member and the moving member moving force; an elastic member giving the lens retaining member and the moving member relatively pushing force in the optical axis direction, and a rotating load restraining mechanism retaining rotating load of the rotary barrel generated by the pushing force. The rotating load restraining mechanism includes the moving-side cam groove provided such that the angle made by the part on which the moving-side cam follower abuts and the plane orthogonal to the optical axis becomes small, in a sharply inclined area.
US09019401B2	System and method for creating an image with a wide dynamic range A system for creating an image with a wide dynamic range includes an imaging unit, a processing unit and a control unit operatively connected to each other. The imaging unit is configured to acquire a plurality of images of a scene at respective exposure times such that each of the respective exposure times are different from one another. The images are each represented by a set of pixels, each defining a respective pixel intensity. The processing unit is configured to combine the plurality of images to produce a combined image based at least in part on weighting factors assigned to each pixel and a mapping graph.
US09019400B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging method and computer-readable storage medium An imaging apparatus that includes: an imaging unit that generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image; an image processor that produces a visual effect on the image data in combination with a plurality of image processes to generate processed image data; a release input unit that accepts an input of a release signal of instructing the imaging apparatus to execute shooting; an image process controller that executes the plural kinds of special effect processes on one piece of image data generated after the acceptance of the input of the release signal and to generate plural pieces of processed image data; and a display controller that controls the display unit to display, for a predetermined time, one of an image corresponding to the piece of image data and at least one processed image corresponding to at least a part of the plural pieces of processed image data.
US09019399B2	Two-dimensional signal encoding device The device for encoding a Bayer pattern image includes a two-dimensional high-pass filtering means for calculating a GH coefficient which is a high-pass component corresponding to a space coordinate of a G1 pixel, from the value of the G1 pixel and the values of four G0 pixels in the neighborhood of the G1 pixel; a two-dimensional low-pass filtering means for calculating a GL coefficient which is a low-pass component corresponding to a space coordinate of a G0 pixel, from the value of the G0 pixel and the values of four GH coefficients in the neighborhood of the G0 pixel; a first encoding means for encoding a two-dimensional signal including the GH coefficient; and a second encoding means for encoding a two-dimensional signal including the GL coefficient.
US09019398B2	Communication apparatus capable of using a recording medium that has a communication function for communicating wirelessly with another apparatus and control method therefor There is provided a communication apparatus. The holding unit holds communication setting information for communicating wirelessly with an external apparatus. The communication unit communicates wirelessly with the external apparatus using the communication setting information held by the holding unit. The connection unit connects a recording medium. The determination unit determines whether or not the recording medium connected to the connection unit has a communication function for communicating wirelessly with an apparatus, which is different from the communication apparatus, using communication setting information that has been written into a specific recording region of the recording medium. The writing unit writes the communication setting information held by the holding unit into the specific recording region of the recording medium in a case where it has been determined that the recording medium connected to the connection unit has the communication function.
US09019394B2	Image forming optical system, image pickup apparatus using the same, and information processing apparatus An optical system includes, in order from the object side, an aperture, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the image side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. The optical system satisfies a certain condition.
US09019393B2	Video processing system and method Embodiments provide a video processing system that can include a video processor, a decompression component, and a demosaicing component. The video processing system can be configured to decompress and demosaic compressed raw video data such that the video data is substantially visually lossless.
US09019387B2	Imaging device and method of obtaining image An imaging device including an image sensor, includes an image obtaining control unit that obtains plural continuous images of an object taken by the image sensor; a size determining unit that determines an image size of reduced images based on photographing information of at least one of the images, and generates reduced images from the images obtained by the image obtaining control unit based on the determined image size; a motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector of the reduced images; and an image synthesis unit that synthesizes the images obtained by the image obtaining control unit based on the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit to obtain a synthesized image.
US09019386B2	Switching device Switching device (1) for the alternating connection of at least one television camera (2) to one of at least two television camera control units (3) or for the alternating connection of at least one television camera control unit (3) to one of at least two television cameras (2); with the switching device (1) having connectors (4, 5) for the television camera(s) (2) and the television camera control unit(s) (3); and each connector (4, 5) having electrical supply contacts (6, 7) for the power and voltage supply of the television camera (2) through the television camera control unit (3); and having at least one optical contact (8, 9) for the transmission of information over fiberoptic cables between the television camera (2) and the television camera control unit (3); and with the switching device (1) having at least one power supply line switch (10) and at least one optical switch (11) and at least one switching control unit (12) to actuate the power supply line switch (10) and to actuate the optical switch (11).
US09019384B2	Information processing apparatus and control method thereof An information processing apparatus obtains image data included in an image file stored in a storage medium of the digital camera and the updated time of the image file stored in the storage medium of the digital camera, and reads out the shooting time of the image data included in the header of the image file stored in the storage medium of the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus displays a first view that displays the image data in an order based on the obtained updated time, and a second view that displays the image data included in the image file stored in the storage medium of the information processing apparatus in an order based on the read out shooting time.
US09019383B2	Shared image devices A device comprising a first shared image device that captures at least one image representation. The first shared image device receives a request to share the at least one image representation to an at least one other shared image device. The first shared image device and the at least one other shared image device are each capable of capturing image representations. The first shared image device transmits the at least one image representation.
US09019381B2	Video tracking systems and methods employing cognitive vision Video tracking systems and methods include a peripheral master tracking process integrated with one or more tunnel tracking processes. The video tracking systems and methods utilize video data to detect and/or track separately several stationary or moving objects in a manner of tunnel vision. The video tracking system includes a master peripheral tracker for monitoring a scene and detecting an object, and a first tunnel tracker initiated by the master peripheral tracker, wherein the first tunnel tracker is dedicated to track one detected object.
US09019380B2	Detection of traffic violations In general, embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for detecting possible traffic violations of vehicles. For example, in one embodiment, this may include receiving an indication that a school bus has entered or is entering a stopped position. After receiving an indication that the school bus has entered or is entering the stopped position, an area proximate the school bus can be monitored to detect possible traffic violations.
US09019379B2	License plate image-pickup device and image exposure adjustment method thereof The present invention discloses a license plate image-pickup device and an image exposure adjustment method thereof. The license plate image-pickup device comprises an image-sensing module, a recognition module and a processing module. The license plate image-pickup device takes a scene. The image-sensing module senses the scene to produce an image. The recognition module detects a vehicle object. The processing module adjusts the exposure of the vehicle object to produce an exposure adjusted vehicle object, and then the recognition module detects a license plate object from the exposure adjusted vehicle object, and the processing module adjusts the exposure of the license plate object.
US09019371B2	Method and device for tele-viewing A method of tele-viewing in which a virtual image of a place to be viewed, obtained on the basis of old images of this place, is presented on the screen (9a) of a control device, the desired viewpoint is obtained by navigating around this virtual image, the desired viewpoint is confirmed, the field of vision of a picture-taking device is moved so that it is located according to the desired viewpoint and it is made to take at least one current image of the place to be viewed, and then this current image is transmitted to the control device and is displayed on its screen.
US09019368B2	Spatial phase shifting interferometer using multi wavelength Provided is a spatial phase shifting interferometer using a multi wavelength. More particularly, provided is a spatial phase shifting interferometer using a multi wavelength capable of more rapidly measuring a precise shape of a measurement object by simultaneously oscillating laser having different wavelengths and passing the oscillated laser through a beam splitter and a lens to analyze an interference fringe of the measurement object.
US09019359B2	Foot imaging and measurement apparatus An apparatus for obtaining an image and measurements of a foot is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing holding a plate with a top surface to allow a user to stand on the apparatus. Within the interior of the housing is a compact mirror assembly arrangement that includes a plurality of mirrors to reflect the image of the foot from the top surface of the plate to at least one camera within the interior of the housing. The compact mirror assembly includes a top-facing mirror running along the longitudinal direction of the housing at an angle to the bottom surface. The top-facing mirror reflects the image of the foot from the top surface towards an angled mirror. The angled mirror is perpendicular to the bottom surface and is angled facing the top-facing mirror. The angled mirror reflects the image of the foot reflected from the top-facing mirror towards the camera.
US09019357B2	Method for adjusting display of stereoscopic images of stereoscopic image display module and related stereoscopic image display module A method for adjusting display of stereoscopic images of a stereoscopic image display module is disclosed. The stereoscopic image display module includes a sensing unit, a display unit, and an active barrier board. The active barrier board is disposed at a side of the display unit. A plurality of slits and a plurality of barriers are formed on the active barrier board and arranged alternately. The method includes displaying a stereoscopic image by the display unit, detecting a tilt angle of the stereoscopic image display module by the sensing unit, and adjusting relationship of the plurality of slits and the plurality of barriers by the stereoscopic image display module according to the tilt angle.
US09019355B2	Display apparatus and driving method of the same A display apparatus and a method of driving the same for performing local dimming that is suitable for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image. The display apparatus receives a video signal containing a left-eye image and a right-eye image, processes the video signal, displays a three-dimensional (3D) image on the basis of the processed video signal, emits light to a display unit by local dimming, and controls the light source unit to be driven based on dimming information about at least one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image.
US09019354B2	Calibration of an autostereoscopic display system A method for calibrating an autostereoscopic display system, having the steps of detecting a camera viewing position (P) of a camera (16; 116) arranged to be able to observe a display (22) of the autostereoscopic display system (S12), providing and displaying on the display (22) in an autostereoscopic display mode of the display (22) a test pattern including different image information for at least two laterally displaced respective viewing positions (28; 32) in front of the display (22), of which viewing positions at least one is based on the detected camera viewing position (P), based on system parameters of the autostereoscopic display system (S14, S16), and adjusting at least one of the system parameters based on a camera image of the test pattern as observed by the camera (16; 116) (S22).
US09019352B2	Two-parallel-channel reflector with focal length and disparity control A two-parallel-channel reflector (TPCR) with focal length and disparity control is used after being combined with an imaging device. A left parallel channel and a right parallel channel are formed in the TPCR, so that the imaging device can synchronously perform an imaging operation on a left side view and a right side view of a scene, so as to obtain a stereoscopic image. Each parallel channel is bounded by two curved reflecting mirrors, so that captured light rays may be parallelly reflected in the channel, and an operator may adjust a convergence angle and an interocular distance between the left side view and the right side view, so as to control the focal length and disparity during imaging as require.
US09019351B2	Three-dimensional image measuring apparatus A three-dimensional image measuring apparatus includes a measurement platform, a movable optical head, a three-dimensional calculator module, a moving module and a calibration controlling module. The movable optical head includes a beam splitter unit, a projecting module, an image-capturing module and an indicator module. The measurement platform supports an object under measurement. The projecting module generates a structure light of parallel sinusoid strips pattern to the object under measurement. The image-capturing module includes image-capturing units facing the object under measurement from different directions or angles. Each image-capturing unit is configured to capture a reflection image which is formed from the structure light of parallel sinusoid strips pattern reflected by the object under measurement. The indicator module projects an alignment beam onto the object under measurement for forming an alignment mark. The calibration controlling module selectively drives the moving module to move the movable optical head according to the alignment mark.
US09019350B2	Stereo rectification method A method for stereo rectifying a pair of images include: for each image of the pair of images, determining a position of an epipole in an image plane associated with a first camera orientation of a camera that captures the image; for each image of the pair of images, positioning the epipole in a center of a virtual image plane associated with a second camera orientation of the camera; subsequent to the positioning, aligning the pair of images relative to each other by rotating around a stereo base line that intersects the epipoles of the pair of images, and rotating the virtual image planes to position the virtual image plane substantially parallel to the stereo base line and their normal vectors substantially parallel to each other so as to obtain a stereo rectified pair of image planes. An embodiment of the invention also relates to a method and system for accurately determining the epipoles when they are unknown.
US09019348B2	Display device, image pickup device, and video display system A display device comprising a storage unit that stores a video signal of a subject, image capturing position information, and shooting direction information, a display unit, a display posture information acquiring unit, a calculating unit that calculates a relative positional relation of a plurality of image capturing positions in a stereoscopic space based on the image capturing position information stored in the storage unit, and calculates a relative directional relation of a plurality of shooting directions in the display direction of the display unit based on the shooting direction information stored in the storage unit and the display direction information acquired by the display posture information acquiring unit, and a control unit that controls the display unit displaying a rotation video obtained by rotating the video of the subject corresponding to the video signal stored in the storage unit according to the relative directional relation calculated by the calculating unit.
US09019347B2	Image generator An image generator is provided which generates a monitor display image that facilitates easy recognition of a three-dimensional object in an overhead view image. An image generator includes: an overhead view image generation section for generating an overhead view image by performing a projective transformation, with a virtual viewpoint above a vehicle, of an image captured by an on-board camera for capturing an image of a surrounding region of the vehicle; a three-dimensional object detection section for recognizing a three-dimensional object present in the surrounding region and outputting three-dimensional object attribute information showing an attribute of the three-dimensional object; and an image composition section for generating a monitor display image for vehicle driving assistance by performing image composition of a grounding plane mark showing a grounding location of the three-dimensional object with a portion at the grounding location in the overhead view image, based on the three-dimensional object attribute information.
US09019345B2	Imaging mode blooming suppression A minimally invasive surgical system includes a scene anti-bloom process that allows switching between imaging modes on a stereoscopic display without causing a surgeon to look-away or being momentarily distracted by sudden changes in overall scene luminance. The process receives a switch from a first imaging mode to a second imaging mode. An overall scene luminance of a scene in the first imaging mode is less than an overall scene luminance of a scene in the second imaging mode. The process delays the switch to the second imaging mode until after an illumination output level of a visible illumination source has changed to a higher output level, and then switches to the second imaging mode.
US09019344B2	Apparatus and method for adjusting the perceived depth of 3D visual content A system for adjusting the perceived depth of 3D content in response to a viewer input control signal. The system comprises: 1) a content source providing an input left stereoscopic image and an input right stereoscopic image; 2) a disparity estimator to receive the input left and right stereoscopic images, detect disparities between the input left and right stereoscopic images, and generate a disparities array; and 3) processing circuitry to fill in occlusion areas associated with the disparities array and apply a scale factor to the detected disparities to thereby generate a scaled disparities array. The system further comprises a warping engine to receive the scaled disparities array and generate an output left stereoscopic image and an output right stereoscopic image. The output left and right stereoscopic images have a different perceived depth than the input left and right stereoscopic images.
US09019343B2	Image data transmission device, image data transmission method, and image data reception device [Object] To enable a receiver compatible with MVC to adequately handle dynamic change in the contents of distribution and to perform correct stream reception.[Solution] A broadcasting station 100 transmits a first transport stream TS1 and a second transport stream TS2 in a time-sharing manner. The TS1 includes the video elementary streams of a base view and a predetermined number of non-base views. The TS2 includes a video elementary stream of two-dimensional (2D) image data. Stream association information for associating the base view and a predetermined number of non-base views is inserted into the TS1. A receiver 200 recognizes that the TS1 has been transmitted, based on the stream association information, and also recognizes association between the base view and non-base views. The receiver 200 can adequately handle dynamic change of the TS1 and TS2, i.e., dynamic change in the contents of distribution, and perform correct stream reception.
US09019342B2	Wide-angle lens and imaging device A wide-angle lens having a field angle larger than 180 degrees includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front group, a reflection surface, and a back group, wherein the front group includes three lenses having a negative refractive power, the reflection surface is configured to curve an optical axis of the front group at 90 degrees toward the back group, the back group includes four lenses having a positive refractive power, a front principle point is set between a second lens and a third lens from the object side in the front group, and a focal length of an entire system f and a distance between an intersection of the reflection surface and the optical axis of the front group and the front principle point d satisfy the following condition (1) 7.0
US09019341B2	Method for obtaining a composite image using rotationally symmetrical wide-angle lenses, imaging system for same, and CMOS image sensor for image-processing using hardware The present invention provides a method for obtaining a composite image, which performs a mathematically correct image-processing on images obtained by wide-angle lenses which are rotationally symmetrical with regard to an optical axis, to achieve a desirable projection system. The present invention also provides a variety of imaging systems using the method. Further, the present invention provides a CMOS image sensor which has an accurate arrangement of pixels to perform image processing using hardware without the need for image processing by software.
US09019339B2	Multiparty service establishment based on priority rules for routing Methods, devices, and storage media provide for receiving a request to use a multiparty service; applying priority rules for routing the request toward a destination endpoint, wherein the applying comprises determining whether the destination endpoint is a private destination endpoint or a public destination endpoint; routing the request toward the private destination endpoint in response to determining that a destination address or a portion thereof included in the request corresponds to the private destination endpoint; and routing the request toward the public destination endpoint in response to determining that the destination address or the portion thereof included in the request corresponds to the public destination endpoint.
US09019338B2	Multicasting a video to a plurality of clients based on a single stream A federated media server system. The federated media server system may include a plurality of media servers. A first media server may be coupled to a second media server over a network. The first media server may also be coupled to a third media server over the network. Additionally, the second and third media servers may be coupled to a plurality of respective clients. The first media server may be configured to record video, e.g., videoconferences, and stream recordings to clients and/or the second and third media servers. The second and third media servers may assist in performing video recording, transcoding, storage of recordings, multicasting, etc.
US09019337B2	System and method for managing a presentation The system and method capture an image of a presenter of a presentation. The image of the presenter may be a still image or a video stream. In one embodiment, the image of the presenter has the background removed. An image of the presentation is captured. The image of the presentation may be a still image or a video stream. A transition, such as a gesture or movement of the presenter is detected. In response to the detection of the transition, an image of the presenter is superimposed on the image of the presentation to create a combined image. Alternatively, in response to the transition, the image of the presenter is removed from the presentation. The combined image or the image of the presentation with the image of the presenter removed is then sent to participants viewing the presentation.
US09019332B2	Cover member, light scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus A cover member to be attached to a housing including a bottom portion and a side wall, the cover member including: a closing surface configured to close an opening surrounded by the side wall; at least three protruding portions protruding from the closing surface so as to be located on an inside of the housing; and a protection portion configured to protect a circuit board fixed to the side wall, the protection portion having: a first opposed portion opposed to the circuit board and provided to stand on the closing surface; a second opposed portion opposed to the circuit board and protruding with respect to the first opposed portion away from the circuit board; and a connecting portion configured to connect the first opposed portion and the second opposed portion, wherein a length of the at least three protruding portions is larger than a length of the first opposed portion.
US09019331B2	Optical scanner and image forming device provided with the optical scanner An optical scanner includes a housing, a polygon mirror accommodated within the housing and configured to reflect light of a light source, a lens accommodated within the housing and arranged on an optical path of the light reflected by the polygon mirror, and a cover member. The cover member is mounted to the housing and is provided with an opening formed so as to expose at least a portion of the lens. The opening is closed by a seal member which is attached to a portion of the lens exposed from the opening and an outer wall surface of the cover member existing around the opening.
US09019329B2	Systems for dampening fluid removal, vapor control and recovery for ink-based digital printing A system for dampening fluid recovery in an ink-based digital printing system includes a seal manifold having a front seal portion, the front seal portion having an upper wall facing the imaging surface, the upper wall being configured to define an air flow channel with the imaging surface, the upper wall being contoured to form a distance between the upper wall and the imaging surface at an evaporation location that is less than distance between the upper wall and the imaging surface at locations interposing the evaporation location and a vacuum inlet channel of the seal manifold.
US09019328B2	Organic compound, organic light-emitting device, and display apparatus The present invention provides a novel organic compound having a high quantum yield and a high color purity. Provided is an organic compound represented by Formula (1) described in Claim 1. In Formula (1), R1 to R20 are each independently selected from hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy groups, substituted or unsubstituted amino groups, substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic groups, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy groups, substituted or unsubstituted thiol groups, silyl groups, and cyano groups.
US09019323B2	Display device and method for driving display device A display device according to the present invention includes: a variable voltage source which supplies a supply voltage to an organic EL display unit; and a voltage regulating unit which regulates an external application voltage output by the variable voltage source, the organic EL display unit further includes an anode-side power source line network and a cathode-side power source line network connected to the pixels and the variable voltage source, the display device further includes a voltage measuring unit which measures a voltage for a monitor pixel, and the voltage regulating unit which calculates distributions of voltage drop amount generated in the anode-side power source line network and the cathode-side power source line network, calculates a voltage for the monitor pixel from the distributions of the voltage drop amount calculated, and regulates the supply voltage based on the calculation result and the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit.
US09019322B2	Display drive with permutation and superposition gray-level control A display driver circuitry with permutation and superposition gray-level control comprises a gray-level controller. The controller may comprise a permutation and superposition adder configured to divide N-bit gray-level data G into M most significant bits, serving as a superposition reference GH, and (N−M) least significant bits, serving as a superposition increment GL, and to superpose superposition values Xi onto GH to derive pieces of scan data Gi for S scan operations; an overflow bit setting unit configured to set an overflow bit F; and an output unit configured to output the scan data Gi. A display driven this way has an improved refreshing frequency with the same gray-level reproduction ability as PWM-based schemes. Further, the duration of each scan operation, or scan period, is constant, resulting in convenience in software implementations. Furthermore, the pulse width representative of the gray-level value is determined by superposition of the scan operations.
US09019320B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic appliance An object is to provide a display device that achieves low power consumption and an improved quality of moving and still images. A display device comprises: a display panel provided with a plurality of pixels each including sub-pixels with color filters of red, green, and blue, and a sub-pixel for controlling a transmission of white light; a backlight area including light sources of red, green, blue, and white; an image switch circuit that switches the display panel between a moving image mode and a still image mode; and a display control circuit that controls in the moving image mode a luminance of the light sources of red, green, and blue included in the backlight area, and controls in the still image mode a luminance of a light source of white included in the backlight area.
US09019314B2	Image generation apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium At the first scale size, a predetermined first arrangement position is determined as the arrangement position of an image to be arranged on a map. At the second scale size larger than the first scale size, the second arrangement position closer to the shooting location of the image than at a position corresponding to the first arrangement position on the map at the second scale size is determined as the arrangement position.
US09019312B2	Display orientation control method and electronic device In an electronic device, a control unit determines a state of changes of tilt angles detected by a tilt sensor, modifies at least one of control information stored in a control information storage unit, and a tilt direction and tilt angle detected by the tilt sensor, depending on the determined state of the changes, and changes the display orientation of a display unit on the basis of the modification result. The tilt sensor detects the tilt direction and tilt angle of the display unit with respect to the vertical downward direction. The control information storage unit stores the control information indicating correlations between display orientations of the display unit and tilts of the own device. A detected tilt data storage unit stores detected tilt data indicating a history of tilt directions and tilt angles detected by the tilt sensor.
US09019311B2	Method for displaying a two-sided two-dimensional object on a display in a motor vehicle and display device for a motor vehicle In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, at least one two-dimensional object is displayed graphically in a first representation which shows one side of the object, and in a second representation which shows the other side of the object, with the aid of a display mounted in the motor vehicle, different information being shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object, and the graphical object extending substantially over the entire size of the display in at least one direction in the first and/or second representation. The representation of the graphical object is altered as a function of a control signal such that the graphical object rotates from one side to the other side in a perspective representation on the display, the two-dimensional graphical object always being fully displayed, at least perspectively, during the rotation. A corresponding display device for a motor vehicle is provided for performing the method.
US09019310B2	Methods and apparatus for applying complex continuous gradients to images Methods and apparatus for specifying complex continuous gradients. A field blur tool may provide a user interface through which users may apply instances of a field blur pattern. The field blur tool allows the user to place one, two, or more pins over the image and to specify the blur amount (blur radius) at each field blur pin. A blur algorithm distributes the blur values for the one or more instances of the field blur pattern over the entire image, applying the blur according to the locations of the pin(s) and blur parameters at the pin(s). If the input indicates the location and the value for the blur radius of each of two or more instances of the field blur pattern, the two or more instances of the field blur pattern are combined in a blur mask by multiplying normalized radius fields of each of the instances.
US09019307B1	Automated warning system and method for use when evaluating acceptable dosage ranges for radiation treatments of body tissue A computer-based system and method that provides an automatic warning when a planned dose of radiation exceeds a predetermined safety limit. A tissue mass and surrounding healthy tissue is imaged to obtain imaged data. A dose volume histogram is generated that plots at least some of the imaged tissue versus proposed doses of radiation. The dose volume histogram presents a data curve when plotted. At least one dose tolerance limit is recalled from a reference database. The system computer analyzes the dose tolerance limits and compares this data to the data curve. The system computer determines if the data curve surpasses any selected dose tolerance limit at any point along the data curve.
US09019305B2	Method of visualization of contrast intensity change over time in a DSA image A system provides a display image enabling a user to visualize and compare blood flow characteristics over time at selected points in an angiographic X-ray image. A system and user interface enables user interaction with a medical vessel structure image to determine individual vessel blood flow characteristics. The system includes a user interface cursor control device and a display processor for generating data representing a single composite display image. The composite display image includes, a first image area showing a patient vessel structure and contrast agent flow through the patient vessel structure over a first period of time and a second image area showing a graph of contrast agent concentration in a particular portion of the vessel structure over a second period of time. The particular portion of the vessel structure is selected in response to user command using the cursor control device.
US09019303B2	Method of processing image and apparatus for the same Provided are a method of generating a resulting image as if drawn by an artist and an apparatus for executing the method. The apparatus includes a first generation unit configured to generate a vector field expressing a shape of an image using feature pixels of the image captured by an image device and direction information of the feature pixels, a second generation unit configured to generate a structure grid indicating a structure for rendering the shape of the image using the vector field, and a rendering unit configured to render primitives expressing predetermined tones on the generated structure grid. Accordingly, it is possible to automatically and rapidly generate a resulting image from one image. Anyone can easily generate a hedcut from one photo without the limitation that a limited number of artists need to invest a great deal of time to complete one hedcut.
US09019302B2	Generating a display image A method, computer program and apparatus are disclosed for generating a display image for a navigation device, wherein the display image includes a map view for display on the navigation device and the map view includes a two dimensional plan view. At least one embodiment of the method includes identifying a plurality of map objects from a digital map for display in a display image on a navigation device; determining whether any of the identified map objects include one or more non-visible features that would not be visible to a user of the navigation device at ground level; generating an adapted set of map objects that does not include any of the non-visible features; and generating, from the adapted set of map objects, a simplified display image for display on the navigation device, wherein the simplified display image does not include any of the non-visible features.
US09019297B2	Automated color selection method and apparatus An automated method and apparatus for providing color selection capability to a user wherein a first display is generated on a display apparatus of an array of color family groups disposed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Upon selection of a particular color family group, a second display is generated comprising an enlarged display of a particular selected color family group and a reduced size miniature version of the array of color family groups. A third display may further be generated in response to selection of a color chip on the second display during which generation a color chip selected on the second display is caused to appear in an enlarged form in the third display.
US09019294B2	Color processing apparatus and method thereof A first table, which expresses a color reproducible characteristic of a first output device, is generated, and a second table, which expresses a color reproducible characteristic of a second output device, is generated. Color values of grid points of the first table are mapped to a color gamut of the second output device expressed by the second table. A third table, which expresses a relationship between color values of the first table after mapping processing and device values required to reproduce colors of the color values by the second output device, is generated. With reference to the third table, a profile, which expresses a relationship between color values of grid points arranged on a uniform color space, and device values required to reproduce colors of the color values by the second output device, is generated.
US09019285B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present invention connected to a memory in which display data for a display device is stored, and is adapted to read out the display data from the memory to transfer the same to the display device, the semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: a display data buffer for holding the display data; a memory controller for prefetching the display data in page-size units of the memory to cause the same to be held by the display data buffer and, upon completing prefetching of one page, closing the page to cause the memory to shift into a power saving mode; and a display device controller for transferring the display data held in the display data buffer to the display device.
US09019284B2	Input output connector for accessing graphics fixed function units in a software-defined pipeline and a method of operating a pipeline An input output connector for a graphics processing unit having a graphics pipeline including fixed function units and programmable function units is disclosed. Additionally, a graphics processing unit and a method of operating a graphics pipeline are disclosed. In one embodiment, the input output connector includes: (1) a request arbiter configured to connect to each of the programmable function units, receive fixed function requests therefrom and arbitrate the requests and (2) fixed unit converters, wherein each of the fixed unit converters is dedicated to a single one of the fixed function units and is configured to convert the requests directed to the single one to an input format for the single one.
US09019283B2	General purpose software parallel task engine A software engine for decomposing work to be done into tasks, and distributing the tasks to multiple, independent CPUs for execution is described. The engine utilizes dynamic code generation, with run-time specialization of variables, to achieve high performance. Problems are decomposed according to methods that enhance parallel CPU operation, and provide better opportunities for specialization and optimization of dynamically generated code. A specific application of this engine, a software three dimensional (3D) graphical image renderer, is described.
US09019280B2	Area-based rasterization techniques for a graphics processing system This disclosure describes area-based rasterization techniques that can improve the performance of a graphics processor. The techniques may include selecting a rasterization mode for a graphics primitive from a set of at least two candidate rasterization modes based on a metric indicative of an area of the graphics primitive. The techniques may further include performing, with fixed function scan conversion hardware of the graphics processor, scan conversion for the graphics primitive when a first candidate rasterization mode is selected as the rasterization mode for the graphics primitive. The techniques may further include performing, with a programmable shader unit of the graphics processor, scan conversion for the graphics primitive when a second candidate rasterization mode is selected as the rasterization mode for the graphics primitive.
US09019277B2	Curve-dividing device, curve-dividing method, curve-dividing program and integrated circuit A curve division device is provided enabling a multiprocessor system to perform effective curve division on Bézier curves. The curve division device comprises: N (N≧2, N being an integer) processor elements; a reception unit receiving curve information indicating a Bézier curve; a first execution unit causing the N processor elements to execute a division algorithm of taking the curve information as initial input data and repeatedly (i) generating two divided curves by dividing the Bézier curve indicated by the input data, (ii) selecting one of the divided curves according to the assigned setting value, and (iii) defining new input data indicating the divided curve selected for subsequent division, until the divided curve selected by each processor element is different; and a second execution unit causing each processor element to execute a determination algorithm of determining line segments approximating a divided curve resulting from the division algorithm.
US09019275B2	Manipulating graphical objects In one example, a method for rendering graphical objects on a display includes rendering each of a plurality of graphical objects within respective layers. The plurality of graphical objects includes first, second and third graphical objects. The second graphical object is directly linked to the first graphical object and the third graphical object is directly linked to the second graphical object. The method additionally includes receiving user input manipulating one of the graphical objects in a manner that affects a directly linked graphical object. The method additionally includes re-rendering the manipulated graphical object and the directly linked graphical object without re-rendering graphical objects that are not directly linked to the manipulated graphical object.
US09019271B2	Z-culling method, three-dimensional graphics processing method and apparatus threrof A Z culling method, a three-dimensional graphics processing method using Z-culling, and an apparatus thereof are provided. The Z-culling method includes the following steps. A Z cache memory is provided to buffer a cover mask and a dynamic maximum depth value corresponding to each tile. A draw mask, a draw maximum depth value, and a draw minimum depth value calculated according to the tile and a drawn part are obtained. Moreover, whether the drawn part is completely included in a known part of the cover mask is judged, and coordinated with a comparison of the draw minimum depth value and the dynamic maximum depth value, so as to determine whether to discard the drawn part and whether to update the cover mask and the dynamic maximum depth value in the Z cache memory. Accordingly, the bandwidth taken up in the system memory is reduced efficiently.
US09019264B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus In one unit period of a display period, each first pair of scanning lines is selected and a gray scale potential corresponding to pixels of one scanning line of the first pair of scanning lines is supplied to each signal line. In another unit period, each second pair of scanning lines is selected and a gray scale potential corresponding to pixels of one scanning line of the second pair of scanning lines is supplied to each signal line.
US09019261B2	Storage medium storing display control program, storage medium storing library program, information processing system, and display control method A right virtual camera and a left virtual camera are set on a straight line passing through a reference virtual camera and extending perpendicular to a camera direction of the reference virtual camera, in accordance with the reference virtual camera set within a virtual space. A right background image and a left background image are generated such that the right background image and the left background image have relative relation in accordance with positional relation between the right virtual camera and the left virtual camera.
US09019257B2	Gate driving circuit of display panel A gate driving circuit of a display panel is provided. A gate driving voltage is accurately adjusted by the gate driving circuit according to an environmental temperature, given that the characteristics of a thermistor and a hysteresis loop are taken into consideration. Accordingly, the power loss caused by switching states of a display panel can be reduced.
US09019255B2	Polarizer film, and organic light emitting display apparatus providing the same An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a polarizer film arranged on a substrate or an encapsulation substrate that faces an image realized by a display unit, wherein the polarizer film includes a plurality of regions having different light transmittances. By using the polarizer film, a luminance difference due to a voltage drop may be compensated for so that a uniform luminance may be obtained when the image is realized.
US09019250B2	Display panel, including a light blocking member and apertures disposed in a non-display area A display panel includes a display area including a plurality of pixels, and a peripheral area defining a non-display area. The display area includes a first light blocking member including a plurality of first openings, and the peripheral area includes a second light blocking member including a plurality of second openings.
US09019248B2	Electronic paper display device and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed herein are an electronic paper display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The electronic paper display device including an electronic paper panel and various components, includes: a substrate made of an insulating material and being provided with wirings on a surface thereof and therein; and a driving IC bonded to the substrate and controlling the electronic paper panel to display an image, whereby it be manufactured by a more simplified process as compared to that of the related art and can remarkably reduce product costs by using more inexpensive components that are necessary as compared to those of the related art.
US09019247B2	Modifying information on a hand writable physical medium with a digital pen One embodiment provides a method for modifying information stored in storage by modifying information on a hand writable physical medium with a digital pen, wherein the hand writable physical medium includes a predetermined field including one or more item field name and one or more first region for information entry associated with the one or more item field name. The information stored in the storage includes attribute values corresponding to each of the one or more item field name of the physical medium, and attribute values corresponding to information entered into each of the one or more first region. The method for modifying includes an apparatus communicable with the digital pen detecting that a modification symbol is added, by using the digital pen, to information which has been entered into any of the one or more first region in the predetermined field.
US09019241B2	Method and system for generating calibration information for an optical imaging touch display device A system for generating calibration information for an optical imaging touch display device includes a calibration tool and a processor. The calibration tool is disposed within an image capturing range of an image capturing unit, and has a surface with mark patterns. Each adjacent pair of the mark patterns defines a pattern boundary. The calibration tool is disposed such that the pattern boundary forms a predefined positional relationship with a corresponding predefined location on the optical imaging touch display device. The processor receives an image frame corresponding to an image of the surface of the calibration tool, performs edge detection on the image frame to determine a position of each of at least one detected pattern edge, and generates the calibration information with reference to the position thus determined and the corresponding predefined location.
US09019239B2	Creative design systems and methods Creative design systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a creative design system is provided. The creative design system comprises a high resolution display, an interactive stylus that includes a transmitter at a tip of the interactive stylus that transmits an encoded signal associated with the interactive stylus and a plurality of sensors that track movement of the interactive stylus over the high resolution display by capturing and decoding the transmitted encoded signal as the stylus moves over the high resolution display. A creative design controller is configured to display sketches of context in response to the tracking of the movement of the interactive stylus over the high resolution display.
US09019237B2	Multitouch parameter and gesture user interface employing an LED-array tactile sensor that can also operate as a display A user interface employs a tactile sensor comprising an LED array, the user interface producing a rich flux of independently-adjustable interactive control parameters, rates of change, and symbols derived from these as well as tactile shapes, patterns, gestures, syntaxes, and phrases from each of one or more regions of contact or proximity. At least three independently-adjustable interactive real-time control parameters, plus rates and symbols, from the touch of a single finger tip. Running sums can be employed during scans so individual sensor measurements need not be stored. The tactile sensor array can be partitioned into sections or modules with separate scanning loops and/or processors. The LED array can serve as a visual display. To reject ambient light, the LED array can be configured to emit and respond to modulated light reflected from a user finger to LEDs configured, at least at a moment of measurement, to act as a photodiode.
US09019235B2	Method of driving touch display and touch display capable of increasing signal-to-noise ratio A method of driving touch display includes a switching circuit driving each block of N blocks of a touch panel to display a corresponding image according to a driving signal generated by a liquid crystal driving unit during a first predetermined time within each horizontal synchronization signal period corresponding to the block between two vertical synchronization signals of the touch panel; the switching circuit executing touch scanning on M blocks of the N blocks only corresponding to the block according to touch scanning signals generated by a touch control unit during a second predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period; and the touch control unit receiving and processing a touch scanning result corresponding to each block of the M blocks through the switching circuit during a third predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period, where N and M are integers, and M is smaller than N.
US09019233B2	Projected capacitive touch panel and method of manufacturing the same A projected capacitive touch panel has a glass cover, a touch sensing circuit layer, an insulating ink Layer, a conductive wire layer, an insulator layer, a conductive glue layer and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board. The touch sensing circuit layer, the insulating ink layer the conductive wire layer, the insulator layer and the conductive glue layer are mounted on a circuit surface of the glass cover in sequence. The insulating ink layer cover the touch sensing circuit layer and has multiple through slots. Each through slot is filled with an electric conductor. The FPC is fastened on the conductive wire layer by a conductive glue layer.
US09019232B2	Touch screen panel A touch screen panel includes a substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a plurality of first sensing electrodes formed on the first surface of the substrate and connected in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing electrodes arranged between the first sensing electrodes and connected in a second direction intersecting the first direction, first connecting patterns connecting the first sensing electrodes in the first direction, a plurality of third sensing electrodes formed on the second surface of the substrate and overlapping the first sensing electrodes, a plurality of fourth sensing electrodes arranged between the third sensing electrodes and overlapping the second sensing electrodes, and second connecting patterns connecting the fourth sensing electrodes in the second direction. The sensing electrodes of the first surface and the sensing electrodes of the second surface overlap each other and are electrically connected to each other through vertical connecting units.
US09019231B2	Display device with touch detection function and electronic unit A display device with a touch detection function includes a display function layer, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a first direction, and a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a second direction, electrostatic capacitance being formed at intersections of the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes. The plurality of drive electrodes extends to a first position or a second position outside of the first position, the first position being away from a center of an outermost touch detection electrode by a half length of an arrangement pitch of the touch detection electrodes, the outermost touch detection electrode being defined as outermost one of touch detection electrodes included in an effective display region of the display function layer, and an outer edge of the effective display region is located on or inside the first position.
US09019223B2	Touch input layout configuration Touch input layout creation is described. In one or more implementations, a number of touch inputs is determined that were detected through proximity to a touchscreen device. A user interface is configured to have a number of cells based on the determined number of touch inputs, the cells configured to have a size along a first axis based at least in part on an available area along the first axis within the user interface to display the cells and a size along a second axis based at least in part on a location of one of more of the touch inputs.
US09019222B2	Electronic device and method for motion detection of the electronic device In a method for motion detection of an electronic device, data on a touch screen of the electronic device is shared to a user. The method prevents the touch screen from being touched inadvertently when the electronic device is handed to or is picked up by the user. The method determines whether a movement of the electronic device is generated, wherein the movement is a motion generated when the electronic device is handed to the user. When the movement is generated, the method further locks a display of the touch screen, and determines whether the movement is finished. When the movement is finished, the method unlocks the display of the touch screen.
US09019217B2	Touch input location correction device, input device, touch input location correction method, and program and integrated circuit used for touch input location correction apparatus A touch input location correction device (112) includes: a touch location detecting unit detecting a set of touch point coordinates; a user operation determining unit (105) determining details of an operation; a touch portion shift detecting unit (106) detecting a first state transition at a first time point during which the portion of the user is sliding on a touch area, the first state transition showing transition from a state where the user touches the touch area with both of a first portion and a second portion to a state where the user touches the touch area only with the second portion; a touch point coordinate correcting unit (107) correcting a set of touch point coordinates of the second portion based on sets of touch point coordinates, of the first portion and the second portion, before the first time point and outputting the corrected set of touch point coordinates.
US09019214B2	Long drag gesture in user interface The disclosed method and device are directed to navigation, by a dual display communication device, through display objects.
US09019212B2	Passive architecture and control method for scanning a touch panel A passive architecture for scanning a touch panel includes a master IC and at least one passive touch IC connected to the master IC. The master IC generates a command to configure the scan parameters of the at least one passive touch IC, and the at least one passive touch IC scans the touch panel with the scan parameters in response to the command.
US09019210B2	Input method for touch panel and related touch panel and electronic device An input method for a touch panel comprising displaying a plurality of selecting objects each corresponding to a control signal, enlarging a plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects are selected because a first selecting object of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects is not precisely selected, receiving a direction indication signal corresponding to a direction toward the first selecting object of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects from a first position, and outputting a control signal corresponding to the first selecting objects according to the direction indication signal.
US09019207B1	Spacebar integrated with trackpad An apparatus includes a keyboard and a trackpad, where a spacebar for the keyboard is integrated as a part of the trackpad.
US09019203B2	Storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method A non-limiting example game system includes a game apparatus to which a television functioning as a stationary-type display device is connected. The game apparatus performs game processing basically according to operation data from a controller. An input terminal device functioning as a portable-type display device is kept at a user's hand, for example. A course selecting screen is displayed on a screen of the television and an information presenting screen corresponding to the course selecting screen is displayed on a screen of the input terminal device. In the information presenting screen, a comment input by another user is displayed near a course mark, and a designating object which designates the presence of the comment is displayed at a corresponding position in the course selecting screen.
US09019202B2	Dynamic virtual remote tagging Method for selecting content items, comprising determining a location in a space, the location depending on at least one of a position, an orientation or a movement of a selection device in a real world environment surrounding the selection device; determining a virtual tag included in a set of virtual tags as a selected virtual tag, the selected virtual tag being associated with the determined location; and selecting a subset of content items of a set of content items, the subset of content items being associated with the selected virtual tag.
US09019200B2	Method for driving an electro-wetting display panel and electro-wetting display apparatus for performing the same A method of driving an electro-wetting display panel including a pixel part is provided. In the method, data voltages are applied to the electro-wetting display panel during a first time of a frame. The frame has the first time and a second time. The first time has a plurality of horizontal periods. The data voltages are generated based on reference gamma voltages. At least one of reference gamma voltages of one of the horizontal periods is different from another of the reference gamma voltages of another of the horizontal periods. A reset voltage is applied to the electro-wetting display panel during the second time of the frame.
US09019198B2	Driving method of passive display panel and display apparatus A driving method of a passive displayed panel and a display apparatus are provided. The passive display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged into an array. The driving method includes following steps. Whether to display a first color frame or a second color frame on the passive display panel is determined according to a display frame. Whether to display a first color at each row or each column of the pixels of the passive display panel is determined according to the display frame. Whether to display a second color at each row or each column of the pixels of the passive display panel is determined according to the display frame. The first color or the second color is displayed column by column or row by row on the passive display panel at those portions of the display frame that do not display the first color or the second color.
US09019197B2	Driving system for electrophoretic displays This application is directed to a driving system for an electrophoretic display. The driving system can reduce the memory space required for driving an electrophoretic display.
US09019192B2	Shift register unit, shift register circuit, array substrate and display device A shift register unit comprises: a first transistor, a pulling-up close unit, a pulling-up start unit, a first pulling-up unit, a second pulling-up unit, a trigger unit, and an output unit. A shift register circuit, an array substrate and a display device are also provided. The shift register unit, the shift register circuit, the array substrate and the display device can reduce drift of a gate threshold voltage of a gate line driving transistor and improve operation stability of devices.
US09019191B2	Stage circuit and emission control driver using the same A stage circuit including an output unit for supplying first or second power source to an output terminal is disclosed. The stage circuit may comprise a bidirectional driver for respectively supplying signals supplied to first and second input terminals, a first driver, and a second driver. The second driver controls the output unit to output the second power source to the output terminal without any voltage loss, corresponding to a second clock signal.
US09019186B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention has a plurality of pixels that are arranged in columns and rows to form a matrix pattern and one color display pixel (P) is comprised of four or any other larger even number of pixels. The liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes a plurality of source bus lines (13) which run in a column direction. The even number of pixels that form one color display pixel (P) include larger pixels with a relatively large area and smaller pixels with a relatively small area. Each set of pixels to be supplied with a signal voltage from an associated one of the plurality of source bus lines (13) has substantially the same total area as any other set of pixels. According to the present invention, in a liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of pixels that forms one color display pixel includes the larger and smaller pixels, generation of display unevenness that runs in the column direction can be minimized.
US09019181B2	Electroluminescent display using bipolar column drivers A driver apparatus for an electroluminescent display comprising a plurality of rows to be scanned and a plurality of columns which intersect the rows to form a plurality of pixels, comprises addressable row drivers, each row driver applying an output voltage to its associated row when addressed. The value of the output voltage is approximately equal to the numerical average of the threshold voltage for the electroluminescent display and the voltage required to provide the maximum desired pixel luminance for the electroluminescent display. Bipolar column drivers each supply an output voltage to its associated column. The output voltage is either positive or negative depending on the desired luminance of the pixels. The range of both positive and negative column output voltages is from zero volts to about one half of the difference between the threshold voltage and the voltage to provide the desired maximum pixel luminance for the electroluminescent display.
US09019180B2	Display device and driving method therof A display device including pixels; a leakage current compensator connected to at least one of data lines connected to the pixels; and an integrator connected to the leakage current compensator. The leakage current compensator is configured to store a voltage that corresponds to a leakage current that flows to the at least one data line, and to flow the leakage current to ground from the at least one data line according to a voltage that corresponds to the leakage current. The integrator is configured to receive a pixel current generated by subtracting the leakage current from a measurement current that flows to the at least one data line, and to output a difference value between a pixel voltage that corresponds to the pixel current and a reference voltage.
US09019176B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that displays an image, includes: a scanning section that scans light from a light source in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction, as drawing sine waves; a detecting part that detects a change in a position of the scanning part in the main scanning direction and a change in a position of the scanning part in the sub-scanning direction; a phase difference comparator that detects a phase difference and a frequency ratio between the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction, based on the change in the position of the main scanning direction and the change in the position of the sub-scanning direction; and an image data generation part that estimates a scanning trajectory of the scanning part based on the phase difference and the frequency ratio, and generates pixel data corresponding to the scanning trajectory.
US09019171B2	Electric device with multi-screen An electric device with multi-screen includes a plurality of display modules and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards. The display modules are electrically connected to each other by the flexible circuit printed boards. The display modules may display different images simultaneously for providing user different purposes. Furthermore, the electric device with multi-screen not only uses flexible circuit printed boards for connecting the display modules, the flexible display panel may be used in the display modules, so that the portable electric device with multi-screen may be flexible and the applications thereof may be increased.
US09019167B2	Transceiving circuit for contactless communication and NFC device or RFID reader/writer device comprising such a transceiving circuit A transceiving circuit (1, 1′) for contactless communication comprises transmitter means (3) being adapted to generate an electromagnetic carrier signal and to modulate the carrier signal according to transmitting data, and an antenna (5) being connected to and driven by the transmitter means (3) with the modulated carrier signal. At least one impedance-matching capacitor (C1a) is arranged serially to the antenna (5).
US09019164B2	Low sidelobe reflector antenna with shield A front feed reflector antenna with a dish reflector has a wave guide is coupled to a proximal end of the dish reflector, projecting into the dish reflector along a longitudinal axis. A dielectric block may be coupled to a distal end of the waveguide and a sub-reflector coupled to a distal end of the dielectric block. A shield is coupled to the periphery of the dish reflector. A subtended angle between the longitudinal axis and a line between the focal point and a distal periphery of the shield is 50 degrees or less.
US09019161B1	Tri-fin TCAS antenna A low drag TCAS antenna includes a plurality of broadband antenna elements in a housing having at least three fins. L band radios in the aircraft may utilize the broadband antenna elements, thereby reducing power consumption, cost and aerodynamic inefficiency due to a plurality of antennas protruding from the aircraft.
US09019158B2	GNSS receiver and method for determining whether to switch from one operation state to another operation state according to state switching criterion and positioning information A method for controlling a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver operated in a first operation state includes: providing a state switching criterion; obtaining a positioning information; determining whether to switch from the first operation state to a second operation state according to the obtained positioning information and the state switching criterion, wherein the power consumption of the GNSS receiver operating under the first operation state and the second operation state is different.
US09019157B2	Method and apparatus for position determination with extended SPS orbit information A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data.
US09019156B2	Positioning apparatus, positioning method and storage medium A positioning apparatus, positioning method and storage medium are described. According to one implementation, a positioning apparatus includes a first positioning section, a second positioning section, a first calculating section, a control section and a specifying section. The first positioning section performs positioning of the positioning apparatus. The second positioning section performs positioning of displacement of the positioning apparatus. The first calculating section calculates a positioning accuracy of displacement. The control section controls measurement operation of the first and the second positioning sections based on the positioning accuracy calculated by the first calculating section. The specifying section specifies a present position of the positioning apparatus based on a measured result of the first and second positioning sections.
US09019146B1	Aviation display depiction of weather threats A method for indicating a weather threat to an aircraft is provided. The method includes inferring a weather threat to an aircraft and causing an image to be displayed on an aviation display in response to a determination by aircraft processing electronics that the inferred weather threat to the aircraft is greater than a measured weather threat to the aircraft.
US09019137B1	Multiplying digital-to-analog converter A charge canceling multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) is provided with a reference block having inputs to accept reference voltages each sample clock cycle. The MDAC includes a sampling block having inputs to accept differential analog input voltage signals each sample clock cycle. A differential amplifier has a negative input and positive input connected to the reference block and sampling block to receive differential amplifier input signals, and a positive output and a negative output to supply differential output voltage signals each amplify clock cycle. The sampling section includes a first pair of feedback capacitors connected between the differential amplifier negative input and positive output, and a second pair of feedback capacitors connected between the differential amplifier positive input and negative output each amplify clock cycle. A capacitor from the first pair of parallel feedback capacitors is swapped with a capacitor from the second pair prior to each sample clock cycle.
US09019136B2	Sigma-delta modulators with high speed feed-forward architecture A sigma-delta modulator is provided for generating a digital output signal. The sigma-delta modulator is used to generate a digital output signal. The sigma-delta modulator includes a multi-stage loop filter and a quantizer. The multi-stage loop filter receives an analog input signal and generates an integrated output signal according to the analog input signal. The quantizer is coupled to the multi-stage loop filter. The quantizer receives the integrated output signal and quantizes the integrated output signal to generate the digital output signal. Different feed-forward paths of the sigma-delta modulator are available for different frequency bands.
US09019135B2	Efficient string hash computation A method for efficiently computing a hash value for a string is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes receiving an original string comprising multiple characters. The method computes an original hash value for the original string. The method produces an updated string by performing at least one of the following updates on the original string: adding leading/trailing characters to the original string; removing leading/trailing characters from the original string, and modifying characters of the original string while preserving the length of the original string. The method then computes an updated hash value for the updated string by performing at least one operation on the original hash value, wherein the at least one operation takes into account the updates that were made to the original string. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.
US09019132B2	Information processing apparatus and input-mode adjustment method An information processing apparatus, an input-mode adjustment method, and an input-mode adjustment program capable of allowing a user to input intended information are provided. The information processing apparatus determines whether the number of repetitions of deletion operation on information, such as a character string, is greater than a predetermined deletion operation threshold. When the number of deletion operations is greater than the deletion operation threshold, the information processing apparatus determines that a current input mode is not desired by a user, and changes the input mode.
US09019130B2	Notification systems and methods that permit change of time information 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: engaging in 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 time information relating to the pickup and/or delivery of the good and/or service at the stop location; permitting the MT to arrive at or depart from the stop location based upon the input or selection of the time information; 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 expiration of the time information related to the pickup or delivery of the good or service at the stop location; and during the second one or more data transfers, permitting a change to the time information 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 at a later time based upon the change in the time information that was 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.
US09019129B2	Vehicle location in weak location signal scenarios A mobile computing device can be used to locate a vehicle parking location in weak location signal scenarios (e.g., weak, unreliable, or unavailable GPS or other location technology). In particular, the mobile device can determine when a vehicle in which the mobile device is located has entered into a parked state. GPS or other primary location technology may be unavailable at the time the mobile device entered into a parked state (e.g., inside a parking structure). The location of the mobile device at a time corresponding to when the vehicle is identified as being parked can be determined using the first location technology as supplemented with sensor data of the mobile device. After the location of the mobile device at a time corresponding to when the vehicle is identified as being parked is determined, the determined location can be associated with an identifier for the current parking location.
US09019126B2	Traffic information system and method Method and system of traffic information comprising a mobile device (1) connected to a connected host server (2) via a wireless network (4), wherein said host server (2) is adapted to download updated standard traffic information xml files (6) from traffic information server (3) connected to the Internet (5), wherein the method comprises the steps of identifying the current GPS location of the mobile device and transmitting said current GPS location to the host server, defining a relevant area surrounding said current GPS location of the mobile device, extracting, from updated standard traffic information xml files, road segments totally or partially included in said relevant area, preparing and compressing a relevant subset of traffic info data, transmitting it to the mobile device, processing said subset of traffic info data in the mobile device to display traffic information.
US09019125B2	Apparatus of guiding safe driving at intersections and method of guiding safe driving using the same Disclosed are herein an apparatus of guiding safe driving at intersections and a method of guiding safe driving using the same. The driving guiding apparatus at intersections includes an intersection condition sensing unit installed at one side of a vehicle and sensing the current conditions around an intersection, an intersection pre-entry condition calculation unit installed at the other side of the vehicle and calculating in advance current condition data before the vehicle enters the intersection based on current condition data corresponding to the current conditions around the intersection sensed by the intersection condition sensing unit, and an intersection pre-entry vehicle speed indication unit installed at the other side of the vehicle and indicating a reference vehicle speed, corresponding to the current condition data calculated by the intersection pre-entry condition calculation unit, before the vehicle enters the intersection.
US09019123B2	Health check services for web-based collaboration environments System and method for monitoring the health of modules in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a system having one or more host servers configured to receive client requests, process the client requests to determine one or more data items, select one or more modules having the one or more data items stored thereon, and responsively transfer one or more queries requesting availability of the one or more modules. The system also includes one or more health monitoring servers configured to receive the one or more queries, identify the availability of the one or more modules, and send one or more responses to the one or more queries indicating the availability of the one or more modules. The one or more health monitoring servers are configured to periodically determine the availability status of the one or more modules.
US09019118B2	Automated well control method and apparatus A drilling control system monitors and compares drilling and completion operation sensor values and autonomously acts in response to conditions such as a kick or surge. Sensors in various combinations may monitor return fluid flow rate, fluid inflow rate, wellhead bore pressure, temperature of returning fluid, torque, rate of penetration and string weight change. The control system has corresponding control logic to monitor, warn and act based on the sensor inputs. The actions may include the warning of support personnel, closing an annular blowout preventer, shearing drill pipe using a ram shear, pumping heavier fluid down choke and kill lines, disconnecting the riser or various other actions.
US09019115B2	Warning horn control system, radar system, and method There is provided a radar system that includes an emitter system (e.g., an antenna), configured to emit electromagnetic pulses and detect electromagnetic pulses, and a reflection target, placed opposite the emitter system. The emitter system and the reflection target define an area of interest. A controller is configured to identify a reflection from the reflection target and, if the reflection is not identified, to stop sending a radar check signal. The radar system may be part of a warning horn control system, where the radar check signal is used as a control input for activating a warning horn.
US09019111B1	Smart-home hazard detector providing sensor-based device positioning guidance A particular smart hazard detector may itself function as a guide during a process of installation of the same at an installation location. Additionally, the installation location of the particular smart hazard detector may play a central role in how various settings of the smart hazard detector are defined and adjusted over time.
US09019110B2	System and method for high-sensitivity sensor A sensor unit that includes at least one sensor configured to measure an ambient condition is described. The controller can be configured to receive instructions, to report a notice level when the controller determines that data measured by the at least one sensor fails a report threshold test corresponding to a report threshold value. The controller can also be configured to obtain a plurality of calibration measurements from the at least one sensor during a calibration period and to adjust the threshold based on the calibration measurements. The controller can be configured to compute a first threshold level corresponding to background noise and a second threshold level corresponding to sensor noise, and to compute the report threshold value from the second threshold. In one embodiment, the sensor unit adjusts one or more of the thresholds based on ambient temperature.
US09019103B2	Charger loss prevention adaptor A reminder system for a portable-device charger is designed for determining when it is likely that the charger is about to be left behind. Detection which may be in real time can pertain, depending on the embodiment, to disconnection of a portable device from the charger, and/or movement of a portable device out of wireless range of the charger or a charger adaptor. In some versions, the onset of reminding is, upon detecting disconnection, tentatively postponed until a predetermined criterion is met, such as expiry of a predetermined time period. Or the criterion can be detection of an out-of-range condition based on distance between the portable device and an adaptor or charger. In some embodiments detection and reminder issuance are incorporated in a unit, such as a plug-in wall adaptor or the charger itself.
US09019102B2	Service method of gas appliances A service method of gas appliances includes: Detecting the gas appliances at the client ends to generate detecting signals. Transmitting the detecting signals to a service end. Identifying which client end the detecting signals come from. Examining the detecting signals to find whether the gas appliance has an abnormal condition; and informing the client end when the abnormal condition is found. After all, the service end may monitor the gas appliances at the client end, and inform the client for repair when the gas appliance has detected an abnormal signal or has damaged parts.
US09019100B2	ECG-enabled personal emergency response systems The invention provides personal emergency response systems (PERS) with expanded life-saving capabilities. One embodiment of the invention provides a wearable PERS pendant that incorporates a cell phone transmitter or transceiver, a GPS location system, an accelerometer-based fall detector that automatically triggers an alert, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder permitting a remote service center or medical personnel to receive and respond to transmitted alerts and electrocardiographic data.
US09019096B2	Rapid deployable global sensing hazard alert system A rapid deployable global sensing hazard alert system and associated methods of operation are provided. An exemplary system includes a central command, a wireless backhaul network, and a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit can include a positioning system configured to determine a position of the remote monitoring unit based on one or more signals received from one or more satellites located in Low Earth Orbit. The wireless backhaul network can provide bidirectional communication capability independent of cellular telecommunication networks and the Internet. An exemplary method includes instructing at least one of a plurality of remote monitoring units to provide an alert based at least in part on a location of a hazard and a plurality of positions respectively associated with the plurality of remote monitoring units.
US09019091B2	Interior rearview mirror system An interior rearview mirror system includes a rearward facing camera, an interior rearview mirror assembly and a video display screen disposed behind a mirror reflective element of the interior rearview mirror assembly. The video display screen is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the driver is normally operating the vehicle, and the video display screen is operable to display information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle through the mirror reflective element when the mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle and when the video display screen is operated to display information. When the vehicle is executing a reversing maneuver, the video display screen displays images captured by the rearward facing camera to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle, and the video display screen is operable to display other information.
US09019090B2	Vision system for vehicle A vision system for a vehicle includes at least a first imager, an image processor, and at least a second imager. The first imager has a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The second imager captures video images of a scene occurring exteriorly and rearwardly of the vehicle. When the vehicle is executing a reversing maneuver, the image processor processes image data captured by the second imager to detect objects in the exterior scene to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle, and when the vehicle is traveling forward, the image processor and the first imager are part of at least one of (i) a headlamp control system of the vehicle, (ii) a rain sensing system of the vehicle, (iii) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle and (iv) a traffic sign recognition system of the vehicle.
US09019087B2	Synchronization of haptic effect data in a media stream Haptic information in a series of frames of a media file is identified and time stamps corresponding thereto are determined in accordance with information embedded in a tag either preceding or appending the media file. The haptic effect information is automatically synchronized to the media file based on the information in one or more frames of the tag, whereby an actuator outputs the defined haptic effects in the tag in a manner synchronized with corresponding audio and/or video content of the media file.
US09019079B2	Methods and systems for using RFID in biological field Biological reagent carrier devices and methods are disclosed, which employ RFID techniques to associate information with biological reagents.
US09019076B2	Security system for containers A storage system for material containers provides a readable ID distinguishing each container, and includes a scale that weighs containers, so that the system can distinguish between containers that are sufficiently loaded to be effective and containers that are insufficiently loaded. The system preferably includes storage for containers held in contact with readers of the container IDs. This allows a controller to keep track of containers checked out for use and returned for storage, and to identify containers that have been discharged.
US09019074B1	System and method for allocating access at events A credential management system which obviates the need to design, produce and distribute one-time printed passes to individuals authorized to be present at an event such, for example, as cast members, stage crew, security details and staff, important guests, performers, players, officials and many others. Electronic credential passes are distributed to invitees of an events such as a sporting event, a concert, a large social gathering, or filming of a movie or TV show. Each reusable pass is operative to display an image containing indicia representative of an event descriptor and an access level descriptor, whereby one can quickly and easily ascertain whether an individual seeking access to a particular area, during an event, is in fact authorized to do so. Optionally, the image displayed by each reusable pass can further include a photo of the bearer, a UPC bar code, and one or more logos corresponding to event sponsors.
US09019071B1	Method and apparatus for integrating a plurality of legacy access control systems with partitionable resources A method and apparatus to integrate a plurality of sets of authorized credentials from a plurality of building tenants is disclosed, using networking techniques to allow partitioned access to common resources shared by those tenants.
US09019067B2	Electronic lock with power failure control circuit An electronic lock with power failure control circuit includes a lock mechanism having a latchbolt movable between extended and a retracted positions and an electrically powered lock actuator to lock and unlock the latchbolt. The power failure control circuit includes a microcontroller and the lock is connected to a primary power source and an auxiliary power source, preferably supercapacitors and charger that can be turned on by the microcontroller and off when the charger signals a full charge. A power monitor circuit detects low voltage on the primary power supply and sets a power failure interrupt causing the microcontroller to execute power failure instructions that control the actuator so that the lock is placed into a desired locked or unlocked final state during the power failure. upon detection of the return of good power, the system resets the lock.
US09019066B2	Terminal A terminal, such as an automated teller machine, comprises: a customer identification device; a sensor for detecting presence of a customer at the terminal; and a controller coupled to the customer identification device and the sensor. The controller is programmed to (i) track the customer's location, (ii) create a session on identification of a customer, and (iii) close the created session when a customer absence criterion is fulfilled. The functions of the customer identification device and the sensor may be performed by a single unit. The customer absence criterion may comprise a time period during which the customer is not detected at the terminal.
US09019065B2	Integrated inductive device Integrated inductive device comprising a central loop arranged between two outer loops mutually coupled to the central loop so as to form two patterns roughly in the form of an eight having a common portion corresponding to said central loop.
US09019064B2	Method for making magnetic components with M-phase coupling, and related inductor structures An M phase coupled inductor includes a magnetic core including a first end magnetic element, a second end magnetic element, and M legs disposed between and connecting the first and second end magnetic elements. M is an integer greater than one. The coupled inductor further includes M windings, where each winding has a substantially rectangular cross section. Each one of the M windings is at least partially wound about a respective leg.
US09019061B2	Magnetic device formed with U-shaped core pieces and power converter employing the same A magnetic device formed with U-shaped core pieces employable in a power converter, and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the magnetic device includes a rectilinear core piece formed of a magnetic material, and first and second U-shaped core pieces positioned on the rectilinear core piece. The magnetic device also includes first and second conductive windings formed about the first and second U-shaped core pieces, respectively.
US09019055B2	Cylindrical magnetic circuit and producing method thereof A cylindrical magnetic circuit which is able to prevent deformation of a cylindrical yoke for holding two or more magnets without increasing the thickness of the yoke more than required, and a method of producing such a circuit. A cylindrical magnetic circuit (1) for generating a magnetic field in a space inside of plural annularly placed magnets (2), including: a cylindrical yoke (3) which is placed radially outside the magnets (2) and is fixed to the magnets directly or via an intermediate member or substance; and at least one nonmagnetic member 4 existing between pairs of circumferentially adjacent magnets, and a method for producing the cylindrical magnetic circuit (1).
US09019053B1	Multi-position magnetic rotary switch A multi-position rotary switch whose handle is rotatable to a selected position to actuate a circuit for an electrically controlled device utilizing a magnetic sensor to initiate the actuating signal without any direct contact of traditional mechanical parts that suffer wear during repetitive operations.
US09019049B2	MEMS switches with reduced switching voltage and methods of manufacture MEMS switches and methods of manufacturing MEMS switches is provided. The MEMS switch having at least two cantilevered electrodes having ends which overlap and which are structured and operable to contact one another upon an application of a voltage by at least one fixed electrode.
US09019048B1	High-frequency signal transmission line and electronic device A high-frequency signal transmission line includes a plate-shaped dielectric element assembly, a linear signal line, and a first ground conductor. The linear signal line is provided at the dielectric element assembly and includes a plurality of thick portions and a plurality of thin portions with a smaller width than the thick portions. The first ground conductor is provided at the dielectric element assembly and positioned on one side in a normal direction to the dielectric element assembly relative to the signal line. The first ground conductor includes a plurality of openings overlapping with the signal line and also includes bridge portions provided between the openings so as to cross the thin portions. The bridge portions cross the thin portion obliquely when viewed in a plan view in the normal direction to the dielectric element assembly.
US09019046B2	Elastic wave filter An elastic wave filter includes electrode fingers, a first busbar and a second busbar, and inclined electrode portions each having a narrower distance between the electrode fingers from the first busbar toward the second busbar. The elastic wave filter includes a dummy electrode disposed in at least one of the input-side IDT electrode portion and the output-side IDT electrode portion to suppress reflection of a diffracted elastic wave by the busbar and to suppress spurious response at an end portion in a frequency pass-band. The dummy electrode has a width dimension and a pitch that are determined such that none of a period shorter than a shortest period of the electrode fingers and a period longer than a longest period of the electrode fingers is satisfied.
US09019036B2	Multiple E-probe waveguide power combiner/divider A power combiner/divider having a waveguide, a plurality of amplifiers disposed on a supporting structure, a plurality of probes, each one having a first end electrically coupled to an output of a corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers and a second end projecting outwardly from the supporting structure and into the waveguide. The probes are disposed in a common region of the waveguide. The region has a common electric field maximum within the waveguide. A first portion of the probes proximate the sidewalls have lengths different from a second portion of the probes disposed in a region distal from the sidewalls of the waveguide. The waveguide is supported by the support structure. The power combiner is a monolithic microwave integrated circuit structure.
US09019035B2	High frequency wiring board comprised of interconnected first and second coplanar lines on different layers and having a ground pattern physically separated therefrom The high-frequency wiring board of the present invention includes: first coplanar lines provided with a first signal line and a first planar ground pattern formed on the same wiring layer as the first signal line; second coplanar lines provided with a second signal line formed on a different wiring layer than the first signal line and a second planar ground pattern formed on the same wiring layer as the second signal line; and a first ground pattern formed on the same wiring layer as the first coplanar lines. The first coplanar lines and the second coplanar lines are connected. At least the first ground pattern and the first planar ground pattern are separated in a region following the second signal line from the connection of the first signal line and the second signal line.
US09019033B2	Contactless connector A contactless connector includes a waveguide structure having a waveguide body extending between a first end and a second end and a septum received in the waveguide body and extend at least partially along an interior of the waveguide body. The septum divides at least a portion of the waveguide body into a first chamber and a second chamber. The waveguide structure conveys RF signals between the first and second ends. The contactless connector includes a communication module having a circuit board positioned at the first end of the waveguide body with transmit and receive communication chips coupled to the circuit board. The waveguide guides the RF signals from and to the transmit and receive communication chips, and the septum isolates the RF signals associated with the communication chips.
US09019032B2	EBG structure, semiconductor device, and printed circuit board An EBG structure according to an embodiment includes an electrode unit made of a first conductor and provided with a space, a patch unit provided approximately parallel to the electrode unit and made of a second conductor, an insulating layer provided between the electrode unit and the patch unit, a first via provided between the patch unit and the electrode unit in the insulating layer and connected to the patch unit and the electrode unit, and a second via provided between the patch unit and the space in the insulating layer, connected to the patch unit, and not connected to the electrode unit.
US09019031B2	Method for the phase modulation of a carrier signal transmitted from a transmitter to a contactless transponder, and device for implementing same A method for phase modulation of a carrier signal from a transmitter to a contactless transponder in which data is coded as consecutive symbols, each corresponding to a predefined number of carrier cycles, and in which a symbol time is at least two cycles of the carrier signal includes, at the transmitter, spreading a phase jump of a symbol in relation to a preceding symbol over a first part of the symbol time. The establishment of the phase jump is completed in the first part of the symbol time. The periods of the cycles are constant during a second part of the symbol time.
US09019030B1	Memristor-based emulator for use in digital modulation A memristor-based emulator including a memristor circuit for use in digital modulation that includes a first current feedback operational amplifier (CFOA) having multiple terminals in communication with a capacitor Cd and in further communication with a resistor Ri. A second CFOA having multiple terminals is in communication with the first CFOA and is adapted to be in further communication with a voltage vM to provide an input current iM for integration by a capacitor Ci. A nonlinear resistor is in communication with the second CFOA. A third CFOA having multiple terminals is in communication with the nonlinear resistor and is in further communication with the first CFOA and a resistor Rd. The third CFOA and the resistor Rd act as an inverting amplifier associated with the nonlinear resistor to increase a current gain to increase a difference between ON and OFF values of a resistance of a realized memristor.
US09019029B2	Systems and methods for impedance switching Systems and methods for switching impedance are provided. In some aspects, a system includes first and second impedance elements and an impedance switch module, which includes a third impedance element coupled between the first and second impedance elements and a switch parallel to the third impedance element. The switch is coupled between the first and second impedance elements, and is configured to switch between an open configuration and a closed configuration. An electrical path is completed between the first impedance element and the second impedance element via the first switch in the closed configuration. The electrical path is not completed in the open configuration. A total impedance of the first impedance element, the second impedance element, and the impedance switch module is varied based on the switching between the open configuration and the closed configuration.
US09019028B2	Integrated epitaxial structure for compound semiconductor devices An integrated structure of compound semiconductor devices is disclosed. The integrated structure comprises from bottom to top a substrate, a first epitaxial layer, an etching-stop layer, a second epitaxial layer, a sub-collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer, in which the first epitaxial layer is a p-type doped layer, the second epitaxial layer is an n-type graded doping layer with a gradually increased or decreased doping concentration, and the sub-collector layer is an n-type doped layer. The integrated structure can be used to form an HBT, a varactor, or an MESFET.
US09019023B2	Oscillator An oscillator outputs a control signal to suppress an influence caused by temperature characteristic of f1 based on a differential signal corresponding to difference between an oscillation output f1 of a first oscillator circuit and an oscillation output f2 of a second oscillator circuit treated as a temperature detection value. A switching unit switches between a first state and a second state. The first state is a state where a first connecting end and a second connecting end are connected to a storage unit for access from an external computer to the storage unit. The second state is a state where the first connecting end and the second connecting end are connected to a first signal path and a second signal path such that the respective f1 and f2 are retrieved from the first connecting end and the second connecting end to an external frequency measuring unit.
US09019022B2	Oven controlled crystal oscillator and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses an Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator and a manufacturing method thereof. The Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator comprises a thermostatic bath, a heating device, a PCB and a signal generating element, where the signal generating element is used for generating a signal of a certain frequency, the heating device, the PCB and the signal generating element are mounted in the thermostatic bath, the signal generating element is mounted in a groove formed on one side of the PCB, while the heating device is mounted against the other side of the PCB that is opposite to the groove. The signal generating element may be a passive crystal resonator or an active crystal oscillator. The Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator according to the invention is advantageous for a small volume and a high temperature control precision.
US09019020B2	Progressively sized digitally-controlled oscillator A digitally-controlled oscillator includes a base frequency generator having an odd number of base inverters connected end-to-end to generate an output signal that oscillates at a predetermined frequency and a frequency-adjusting unit connected to the base frequency generator. The frequency-adjusting unit includes a first string of switchable inverters connected in series with each other, the switchable inverters having sizes that decrease from an input end of the first string to the output end of the first string.
US09019017B2	Digitally controlled oscillator and digital PLL including the same A digitally controlled oscillator has a high-order ΔΣ modulator configured to be of at least an order higher than a first order and configured to input a digital control signal and output a pseudorandom digital output signal, a first-order ΔΣ modulator configured to input the pseudorandom digital output signal and generate a control pulse signal including a pulse width corresponding to the pseudorandom digital output signal, a low pass filter configured to pass a low frequency component of the control pulse signal, and an oscillator configured to generate a high-frequency output signal whose frequency is controlled based on the control pulse signal outputted by the low pass filter so as to be a frequency corresponding to the digital control signal.
US09019015B2	Wideband and reconfigurable Doherty based amplifier The present disclosure provides a power amplifier comprising a main amplifier and an auxiliary amplifier. The power amplifier is configured to deliver an output power Pout. A First Efficiency Peak (FEP) is defined as a first efficiency peak in the power ratio Pout to Poutmax. Poutmax is a maximum power output of the power amplifier and PFEP defines a power ratio at the FEP. The main amplifier is configured to be biased by a main amplifier bias Vds,m that is substantially equal to an auxiliary amplifier bias Vds,a times xb with xb being a main amplifier output current in relation to the maximum current through the main amplifier when Pout equals PFEP. The impedances of a load and a main amplifier transmission line are arranged to be substantially equal. A corresponding method and a node in a wireless communication system comprising the power amplifier are also disclosed.
US09019013B2	Power amplifier using differential structure Provided is a power amplifier which includes: a first transistor and a second transistor each having a first end connected to a first power source supplying a first voltage and to which signals having a same size but opposite polarities are input; a third transistor and a fourth transistor having first ends respectively connected to the first ends of the first transistor and the second transistor; and a fifth transistor having a first end connected to second ends of the third and fourth transistors and controlling oscillation of the third or fourth transistor.
US09019007B2	High linearity variable capacitor array A highly linear, variable capacitor array constructed from multiple cells. Each cell includes a pair of passive, capacitor components connected in anti-parallel. The capacitor components may be Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) capacitors. A control circuit applies bias voltages to bias voltage terminals associated with each capacitor component, to thereby control the overall capacitance of the array.
US09019003B2	Voltage generation circuit A voltage generation circuit includes an oscillator configured to output a first period signal and a second period signal in response to a detection signal; a period signal select unit configured to receive the first and second period signals and output one of the first and second period signals as an additional period signal in response to a control signal; and a charge pump unit configured to charge-pump an input voltage in response to the first period signal and the additional period signal and generate a power supply voltage.
US09018998B2	Delay time adjusting circuit, method, and integrated circuit A delay time adjusting circuit is described, in which a reference signal circuit generates at least one reference signal to an A/D conversion circuit, an input signal circuit generates an input signal to the A/D conversion circuit, the A/D conversion circuit compares the input signal with the at least one reference signal to output a digital signal to a digital logic chip, and the digital logic chip determines a delay time based on the digital signal. In this way, the delay time can be determined digitally, and an adjusting accuracy of the delay time can be increased; and also, the delay time can be adjusted through changing the level of the input signal, thus reducing circuit losses and costs.
US09018996B1	Circuits, architectures, apparatuses, algorithms and methods for providing quadrature outputs using a plurality of divide-by-n dividers Circuits, architectures, a system and methods for providing quadrature output signals. The circuit generally includes a quadrature signal generator and a plurality of frequency dividers. The plurality of frequency dividers are each configured to receive a plurality of quadrature signal generator outputs at a first frequency and provide a plurality of outputs at a second frequency. The method generally includes providing a plurality of quadrature signals at a first frequency and dividing the first frequency of the quadrature signals by n, wherein n is an odd integer of at least 3, thereby providing a plurality of divided-by-n quadrature outputs at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is about equal to the first frequency divided by n. The present disclosure further advantageously improves quadrature signal generation accuracy, reliability and/or performance.
US09018995B2	Integrated clock gating cell for circuits with double edge triggered flip-flops A double edge triggered circuit includes a clock gater responsive to a clock signal and an enable signal to output a gated clock signal, a first double edge triggered flip-flop that launches a data signal in response to the gated clock signal, and a second double edge triggered flip-flop that captures the data signal in response to the clock signal, wherein the clock gater stops the gated clock signal at a first logic value when the enable signal is at a first logic state, and the clock gater switches the gated clock signal from the first logic value at a next clock edge when the enable signal is at a second logic state.
US09018989B2	Power-on-reset and supply brown out detection circuit with programmability A low-power wideband Power-on-Reset (PoR) and supply brown out detection circuit is proposed, wherein a technique for accurately controlling the PoR trip points and hysteresis voltage is presented. The PoR circuit includes a CMOS circuit with asymmetric rise and fall delays for monitoring wideband supply voltage transients including supply brown out. Being a non-bandgap and non-comparator based circuit, it consumes a very small power and Si area.
US09018987B1	Current reused stacked ring oscillator and injection locked divider, injection locked multiplier A phase locked loop includes a voltage controlled oscillator and a frequency divider or frequency multiplier. The voltage controlled oscillator and the frequency divider/multiplier are coupled together in a stacked configuration. A drive current is supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator. The drive current passes from the voltage controlled oscillator to the frequency divider/multiplier, thereby driving the frequency divider/multiplier with the same drive current that was supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator.
US09018985B2	Power module and output circuit A power module (2) includes a first high-side main-circuit MOSFET (21) and a second low-side main-circuit MOSFET (22) connected in series thereto. The series circuit of the MOSFETs (21, 22) is connected in parallel to a power source (4). A first short-circuit MOSFET (25) is connected between the gate and the source of the first main-circuit MOSFET (21). A second short-circuit MOSFET (26) is connected between the gate and the source of the second main-circuit MOSFET (22).
US09018983B2	Circuit to generate high frequency signals Method and apparatus for electrosurgery including tissue coagulation using very high voltage pulses of electrical energy applied to the electrosurgical probe. This minimizes heating of the surrounding tissue in the probe and is especially suitable for precise and limited coagulation and fulguration without excessive tissue charring or other damage. The power at rated load of the applied pulses to the probe is typically over 300W and the duration of the on time is very short, so each group of pulse bursts is of relatively low duty cycle. An RF generator is also provided for delivering electrical energy to an electrosurgical probe with the proper characteristics, including fast switching times.
US09018982B2	Over-voltage tolerant level detection circuit This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for a detection circuit. In an example, the detection circuit can include a voltage divider configured to receive a first supply voltage from an external device coupled to the detection circuit, first and second transistors configured to receive a control voltage from the voltage divider and to couple an output to ground when the control voltage exceeds a first threshold, and a bias circuit configured to bias the first transistor to set the first threshold.
US09018980B1	Bimodal clock generator An apparatus relates generally to a clock generator is disclosed. The clock generator is coupled to receive an input clock signal and further coupled to provide an output clock signal. An address and control register is coupled to receive an address signal and the output clock signal. An access generator is coupled to receive the output clock signal. The clock generator includes: an input node coupled to receive the input clock signal; at least one pulse generator coupled to the input node to receive the input clock signal and further coupled to provide a clock control signal; and a control gate coupled to the input node to receive the input signal and further coupled to the at least one pulse generator to receive the clock control signal. The clock control signal is provided in a non-toggling state for a high-frequency mode and in a toggling state for a low-frequency mode.
US09018977B2	User registers implemented with routing circuits in a configurable IC Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (“IC”). The configurable IC includes a set of configurable logic circuits for configurably performing a set of functions. The configurable IC also includes a set of configurable routing circuits for routing signals to and from the configurable circuits. During several operational cycles of the configurable IC, a set of data registers are defined by the configurable routing circuits. These data registers may be used wherever a flip-flop can be used.
US09018975B2	Methods and systems to stress-program an integrated circuit Methods and systems to stress-program a first integrated circuit (IC) block to output a pre-determined value upon activation/reset, such as to support time-zero compensation/trimming. To program, the first block is configured with first-block program parameters to cause the first block to output a pre-determined value. The first block is stressed while configured with the first-block program parameters, to cause the first block to output the pre-determined value without the first-block program parameters. The first block may include a latch designed as a fully balance circuit and may be asymmetrically stressed to alter a characteristic of one path relative to another. The pre-determined value may be selected to compensate for process corner variations and/or other random variations.
US09018967B2	Electrical probe for testing electronic device An electrical probe comprises a cylindrical body which has a first end including a plurality of claws and a second end opposite to the first end for cooperating with an electrical test machine, wherein a concave contact surface conforming with the curvature of a solder ball of an electronic device under test is formed between the claws, whereby the first end of the cylindrical body can be brought into line contact with the solder ball at a predetermined length to ensure a proper electrical connection, so that the accuracy of an electrical test can be increased.
US09018966B2	Test apparatus having a probe card and connector mechanism A probe apparatus has probe wires with a contact pattern on one side. The contact pattern is for contacting a respective contact pattern on another test equipment or component, such as a circuit board. The probe wires have tips that probe a device desired for testing. Signals are transmitted through the probe wires from the probe card, for example, through a circuit board to other diagnostic equipment. The contact of the probe card with the circuit board allows signals to be transferred through the probe wires to the other diagnostic equipment. On another side of the probe card is a connector structure. The connector structure includes a retainer that can allow the probe card to be replaced from a test system, such as allowing it to be connected and disconnected from a holder.
US09018962B2	Method and apparatus for protecting power transformers from large electro-magnetic disturbances A protective system far a power transformer having a neutral line connected to ground where large currents can flow in the neutral line due to electro-magnetic disturbances. The system includes circuitry for: (a) sensing the current level in the neutral line and whether it exceeds a predetermined threshold for a predetermined period; and (b) sensing and processing the harmonic content of the load current and determining the existence of certain relationships of the “even” and “odd” harmonics. Signals, including alarms, indicative of excessive conditions are produced. The system may also include circuitry for sensing the load current level and generating a signal alarm if the load level is above a given value when the harmonics and the DC current have values in excess of certain predetermined values.
US09018960B2	Method and device for enhancing the reliability of generator ground fault detection on a rotating electrical machine A method for enhancing the reliability of generator ground fault detection based on a signal injection scheme, wherein the generator includes a winding. The method includes injecting a test signal at a predefined frequency to the winding, measuring an electrical quantity of a response signal in the winding resulted from the injected test signal, and detecting a ground fault based on the measured value of the electrical quantity. The method further includes continuously determining the frequency of the response signal, and discarding the present measured value corresponding to the determined frequency when the determined frequency deviates from the predefined frequency with a first threshold value.
US09018958B2	Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a vehicle electrical system An apparatus for measuring electrical parameters for an electrical system measures a first and second parameters of the electrical system between connections to the electrical system. A processor determines a third electrical parameter of the electrical system as a function of the first parameter and the second parameter. Wireless communication is provided between components of the apparatus.
US09018956B2	Apparatus and method for diagnosing abnormality in cell balancing circuit Disclosed is an apparatus and method for diagnosing an abnormality in a cell balancing circuit in a battery pack including a plurality of cells corresponding to each cell balancing circuit. The present disclosure turns off cell balancing switches included in a cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed and an adjacent cell balancing circuit among the cell balancing circuits. Also, the present disclosure stores a voltage value between nodes of the cell (hereinafter referred to as a ‘diagnosis voltage value’) by turning on the cell balancing switch of the cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed. Also, the present disclosure calculates a difference value between adjacent cell voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a ‘cell difference value’) and a difference value between adjacent diagnosis voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a ‘diagnosis difference value’).
US09018955B2	System and method for receiving magnetic resonance (MR) signals with an FET electrically between preamplifier terminals A preamplifier is provided for a radio frequency (RF) receiver coil in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The preamplifier includes an amplifier configured to receive at least one magnetic resonance (MR) signal from the RF receiver coil and configured to generate an amplified MR signal. An input circuit is electrically connected to the amplifier. The input circuit is configured to be electrically connected to an output of the RF receiver coil for transmitting the at least one MR signal from the RF receiver coil to the amplifier. The input circuit includes an impedance transformer and a field effect transistor (FET). The FET is electrically connected between the impedance transformer and the amplifier. The FET has an FET impedance. The impedance transformer is configured to transform a source impedance of at least approximately 100 ohms. The impedance transformer is further configured to transform the FET impedance into a preamplifier input impedance of less than approximately 5 ohms.
US09018954B2	Sample holder for electricity-detection electron spin resonance device A sample holder structure is provided with which it is possible to reduce current noise derived from electromagnetic induction, etc. in electricity-detection electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Also provided is a process for producing the structure. The material of the sample holder, which is used in an electricity-detection electron spin resonance device, is an FR-4 resin, alumina, glass, or Teflon. The sample holder has four wiring leads formed on the surface thereof. The four wiring leads each has a three-layer structure composed of a nickel layer, a gold layer, and a resist layer which have been arranged in the order from the sample holder surface, and the sample holder has the shape of the letter T. The sample holder has, formed in the end thereof, a gold pad for affixing a sample, and the gold pad has a multilayer structure composed of a nickel layer and a gold layer arranged in this order from the sample holder surface. In the T-shaped head part of the sample holder, the four wiring leads are spaced wider from each other.
US09018939B2	System and method for providing power to a power meter connected to a power line The disclosure relates to a meter for monitoring usage of power provided by a power transmission system to a site. The meter comprises: a meter module connected to a power feed associated with the power transmission system to provide readings relating to the power; a messaging module to provide messages to the power transmission system; a connection to an alternating current (AC) power supply; a rectifier circuit connected to the AC power supply to generate a direct current (DC) power signal; a capacitive circuit connected to an output of the rectifier circuit, the capacitive circuit including a capacitor for storing a voltage for temporarily providing replacement power for the rectifier circuit; and a switching regulator circuit connected to the output of the rectifier circuit and the capacitive circuit, the switching regulator converting the DC voltage signal to a stepped down voltage signal for the meter module.
US09018937B2	MEMS-based voltmeter An electromechanical system (MEMS) voltmeter. An exemplary MEMS voltmeter includes a proof mass mounted to a substrate in a teeter-totter manner. The MEMS voltmeter also includes an input voltage plate located on the substrate under a first end of the proof mass. The first input voltage plate receives a voltage from a device under test. A drive voltage plate is located on the substrate under a second end of the proof mass. A first sense input voltage plate is located on the substrate under the first end of the proof mass. A second sense voltage plate is located on the substrate under the second end of the proof mass. A rebalancing circuit receives signals from the proof mass and the first and second sense voltage plates and generates a voltage value that is equal to the root mean square (RMS) voltage of the device under test.
US09018936B2	Identifying multi-phase devices in a time trace disaggregation process A method of identifying multi-phase devices in a time trace disaggregation process can include detecting a multi-phase transition, identifying multi-phase devices based on the detecting, and processing the multi-phase devices separate from single-phase devices. The method can also include initializing a multi-phase array and, for each of a plurality of supply legs, determining whether a qualified transition exists. If so, the method can further include determining whether there is a pending multi-phase transition. If so, the method can further include determining whether the pending multi-phase transition is positive. If so, the method can further include creating a multi-phase instance. The method can also include storing the multi-phase instance in the multi-phase array.
US09018932B2	Initial voltage generation circuit and method of generating an initial voltage An initial voltage generation circuit includes a reference voltage generator, a reference voltage selector, at least one initial voltage level regulator, and a plurality of stabilization capacitors. The reference voltage generator generates a plurality of reference voltage candidate groups. The reference voltage selector includes a plurality of selection switch groups and a plurality of switch control circuits. Each selection switch group includes a plurality of parallel switches. Each switch control circuit corresponds to a selection switch group for generating a switch signal to control the selection switch group to output a reference voltage candidate of a corresponding reference voltage candidate group. Each initial voltage level regulator generates an inner reference voltage according to a power-up signal, and a stabilization capacitor corresponding to the initial voltage level regulator is used for stabilizing the inner reference voltage.
US09018929B2	Internal compensation for power management integrated circuits A voltage regulator integrated circuit comprises a control circuit driving at least one power switch to provide a regulated voltage at an output of an inductor/capacitor (LC) circuit coupled to the at least one power switch; an error amplifier having a first input coupled to a feedback signal representative of the regulated output voltage and a second input coupled to a reference signal; and a compensation network coupled to an output of the error amplifier and configured to provide a compensation voltage. The compensation network includes at least one digitally programmable resistor array and at least one digitally programmable capacitor array. Each array provides a plurality of user selectable component values. The control circuit includes a pulse modulator configured to modulate an input voltage based on the compensation voltage.
US09018927B2	Portable electronic apparatus and power management method thereof A portable electronic apparatus and a power management method are provided. The portable electronic apparatus includes a power manager and a controller. The power manager is used to receive a supply power generated by a power adapter. The power manager determines whether to generate a detecting signal by detecting whether a voltage value variation of the supply power is greater than a preset range. The power manager generates a current detecting value according to an input current provided by the supply power. The controller receives the detecting signal and the current detecting value, and generates an input current limit value according to a receiving status of the detecting signal and the current detecting value. The power manager controls the input current according to the input current limit value.
US09018922B2	Capacitor device A capacitor device includes a capacitor unit, a voltage-dividing circuit for outputting a divided voltage obtained by dividing a voltage of the capacitor unit, and a comparator circuit. The comparator circuit causes the charge circuit to operate such that the voltage of the capacitor unit reaches a full-charge voltage. The voltage-dividing circuit includes a semiconductor switching element, and outputs a divided voltage. A control circuit is operable to determine the full-charge voltage to be a high-temperature full-charge voltage by turning off the first semiconductor switching element when a temperature at the capacitor unit exceeds a reference temperature. The control circuit is operable to determine the full-charge voltage to be a low-temperature full-charge voltage that is higher than the high-temperature full-charge voltage by turning on the first semiconductor switching element when the detected temperature is not higher than the reference temperature.
US09018919B2	Battery detector for portable electronic device and method thereof Various embodiments of a battery detector are provided. In one aspect, a battery detector of a portable electronic device is applied to a battery module without an identification (ID) terminal. When the portable electronic device receives a direct current (DC) voltage provided by an external transformer to conduct a startup procedure, the battery detector detects whether the battery module is connected to the portable electronic device or not, and prevents the portable electronic device from conducting erroneous operations.
US09018918B2	Bidirectional power management techniques Power management techniques are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a bidirectional voltage converter circuit, and a control module that selectively operates the bidirectional voltage converter circuit in a charging mode and a delivery mode. The charging mode converts a voltage provided by an interface (e.g., a USB interface) into a charging voltage employed by an energy storage module (e.g., a rechargeable battery). Conversely, the delivery mode converts a voltage provided by the energy storage module into a voltage employed by the interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09018917B2	Power management systems with charge pumps A driving circuit for an N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) transistor can include a charge pump unit and a driver coupled to the charge pump. The charge pump can receive a source voltage and output an output voltage higher than the source voltage, where the source voltage is applied to a source terminal of the NMOS transistor. The driver receives the output voltage of the charge pump unit and converts the output voltage to a driving voltage operable for conducting the NMOS transistor.
US09018916B2	Lithium secondary battery and control system therefor, and method for detecting state of lithium secondary battery There is provided a control system for a lithium secondary battery that can quantitatively sense a deterioration state inherent in a lithium secondary battery using silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material, that is, the nonuniform reaction state of a negative electrode. A control system for a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode using silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material, and a lithium reference electrode having a reference potential with respect to the negative electrode includes measurement means for measuring a voltage V of the negative electrode with respect to the lithium reference electrode and a discharge capacity Q of the lithium secondary battery during discharge of the lithium secondary battery; generation means for generating a V-dQ/dV curve representing a relationship between dQ/dV, which is a proportion of an amount of change dQ in the discharge capacity Q to an amount of change dV in the voltage V, and the voltage V; calculation means for calculating an intensity ratio of two peaks appearing on the V-dQ/dV curve for two voltage values in the voltage V; and sensing means for sensing a state of the negative electrode utilizing the intensity ratio.
US09018915B2	Battery protection circuit and method of controlling the same A battery protection circuit and a method of controlling the same is disclosed. The battery protection circuit includes: a battery management system for controlling charging and discharging of a battery; and a reset control circuit for controlling a reset operation of the battery management system. The battery management system includes: a reset terminal to which a first voltage for determining reset is applied; and a reset prevention terminal to which a second voltage for determining reset prevention of the battery management system is applied. The reset control circuit is connected between the reset terminal and the reset prevention terminal to control the applying of the first voltage to the reset prevention terminal. Accordingly, an unintended reset operation of the battery management system may be prevented.
US09018912B2	System and method for managing parallel-connected battery cells The present system and method manage a rechargeable battery comprising two or more battery cells or series stacks of cells. The system includes a set of switches, each of which connects a cell or stack of cells between positive and negative nodes when actuated, or connects one cell in a stack of cells to another cell in the stack when actuated, such that when all the switches in a given stack are actuated, it is connected between the positive and negative nodes. An electrical load is directly connected to the positive and negative nodes. A controller determines the state of each cell or stack of cells by measuring and/or calculating one or more predetermined characteristics, and selectively actuates the switches based on the states of the cells or stacks of cells so as to enhance the life of the battery.
US09018905B2	Battery management apparatus of high voltage battery for hybrid vehicle The present invention relates to a battery management apparatus of a high voltage battery for a hybrid vehicle, in more detail, a battery management apparatus of a high voltage battery for a hybrid vehicle which includes: a plurality of battery packs including a plurality of unit cells; slave battery management modules measuring and monitoring temperature and voltage of the unit cells in the battery packs; temperature/voltage measurement wires connecting the unit cells with adjacent unit cells for the slave battery management modules to measure temperature and voltage between the unit cells and the adjacent unit cells; a master battery management module connected with the slave battery management modules; and communication wires connecting the modules.
US09018904B2	Wireless battery charging apparatus mounted in a vehicle designed to reduce electromagnetic interference A vehicle is provided having a wireless battery charger that is mounted within the vehicle, and an electrostatic shield for reducing electromagnetic interference radiated by the wireless battery charger.
US09018902B2	Rechargeable battery charging method, charging control apparatus, and battery pack When maximum cell voltage remains at or below a maximum current control voltage (4200 mV), which is below the start-full-charge detection voltage (4210 mV), three consecutive times with 250 ms periodicity, set current is increased one level (128 mA). When maximum cell voltage is higher than the start-full-charge detection voltage three consecutive times with 250 ms periodicity, set current is reduced. When maximum cell voltage is higher than the start-full-charge detection voltage and charging current remains below 384 mA two consecutive times with 250 ms periodicity, the rechargeable battery is determined to be fully-charged.
US09018900B2	Battery pack, battery powered device, and contactless charging method A battery pack having a contactless charging circuit (95) that rectifies power received by a receiving coil (1), and a battery pack control section (91) with a connection decision section. The battery pack control section (91) is configured to judge whether or not the battery pack is connected to the body of a battery powered device (101) based on the rectified voltage of the contactless charging circuit (95). This decision utilizes the fact that the charging circuit is in a no-load condition and the rectified voltage is high when the battery pack is not connected to the battery powered device, and allows reliable judgment of whether or not the battery pack (90) is attached to the battery powered device.
US09018895B2	Motor vehicle and control method thereof In the case that an auxiliary such as the air conditioner is operated with electric power from the commercial power supply by controlling the charger prior to the system startup and the inter-terminal voltage of the battery is more than or equal to the threshold value Vref that is a voltage where there is a possibility of overcharging the battery when the battery is charged, the supply voltage of the electric power supplied from the charger is set to the voltage that is a little smaller than the threshold value, and the auxiliary is operated with the electric power from the battery and the electric power from the charger. This arrangement enables to prevent overcharging the battery and to operate the auxiliary in the case that an auxiliary such as the air conditioner is operated with electric power from the commercial power supply by controlling the charger prior to the system startup.
US09018894B2	Vehicular power supply system A vehicular power supply system is provided, which is equipped with a two-battery power supply system including a lithium-ion battery and a lead battery, and can securely supply the lead battery with power without fail even when the lithium-ion battery is disconnected by a relay. The vehicular power supply system comprises: a lead battery; a lithium-ion battery that can be charged and discharges at a voltage higher than the lead battery's voltage; a step-down DC-DC converter that is connected between the lead battery and the lithium-ion battery and whose output voltage is controllable; a generator connected with the step-down DC-DC converter and the lithium-ion battery; a lithium-ion battery SOC detection means for detecting a state of charge of the lithium-ion battery; a relay for the lithium-ion battery by which the battery is connected to or disconnected from the generator and the step-down DC-DC converter; and a control means, based on the state of charge of the lithium-ion battery, for taking control of switching on and off the relay for the lithium-ion battery.
US09018892B2	Photo-voltaic array fed switched capacitor DC-DC converter based battery charging for Li-Ion batteries Technologies generally described herein relate to a cell balancing and charging scheme for a serially coupled Li-Ion battery pack supported by a photovoltaic cell array power source. A switched capacitor DC-DC converter and a cell monitoring approach may be used to charge and cell balance the battery pack. When one of the cells falls below a predefined voltage, a capacitor (charged by the photovoltaic array) may supply current to bring the voltage to the predefined point. Continuous monitoring for the cells during charging and discharging may ensure cell voltage changes beyond the predefined limit are detected timely. Cell balancing may be performed even in the absence of photovoltaic (PV) array illumination.
US09018891B2	Direct current brushless motor A motor includes a frame, a shaft rotatably mounted onto the frame, and at least one disc mounted onto the shaft. At least one permanent magnet is mounted on the disc, and at least one electromagnet and at least one coil are mounted to the frame in rotational magnetic proximity to the permanent magnet. A battery is connectable to the electromagnet and the coil for energizing the electromagnet and for receiving electrical current from the coil for charging the battery. A relay switch controls the transmission of electrical power from the battery to the electromagnet. A sensor generates a signal to the relay switch to activate electrical power to the electromagnet upon sensing that the permanent magnet is positioned with respect to the electromagnet such that a magnetic force generated by the electromagnet would be effective for inducing movement of the permanent magnet and consequent rotation of the disc.
US09018876B2	Electric power steering apparatus When a current sensor fails, instead of a normal-time motor control section, an abnormal-time motor control section drives and controls a motor. The abnormal-time motor control section detects a timing at which motor current I becomes zero in a state in which all the switching devices are turned off (S11 to S13). Every time the motor current I becomes zero, the abnormal-time motor control section sets an ON time T0 corresponding to steering torque \|tr\| (S14 to S15), and turns on the switching devices corresponding to the direction of the steering torque for the ON time T0 (S17 to S20). With this operation, an average current Iavg corresponding to the steering torque \|tr\| flows through the motor 20, whereby deterioration of the followability of steering assist is suppressed.
US09018870B2	Control device A control device for a rotating electrical machine, which is able to reduce a tracking delay of an actual output torque and actual currents with respect to a fluctuating torque command and fluctuating current commands and to reduce steady state deviations, is obtained. The control device includes a torque current computing unit; an actual current computing unit; a current feedback control unit; and a voltage control unit that controls voltages on the basis of the two-phase voltage commands. The torque command includes a fluctuation cancellation torque command for cancelling transmission torque fluctuations transmitted from the internal combustion engine, and the current feedback control unit includes a harmonic controller that calculates the two-phase voltage commands by using a characteristic of a transfer function corresponding to a periodic function of a frequency of the transmission torque fluctuations.
US09018865B2	Passive high-voltage DC bus discharge circuit for a vehicle A vehicle includes a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), an electric traction motor, a traction power inverter module (TPIM), a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) bus that electrically connects the RESS to the TPIM, a passive discharge circuit connected across the positive and negative rails of the bus, and a microprocessor. The circuit includes a semiconductor switch. The microprocessor provides an output signal at a first voltage level that opens the switch and prevents discharge of the HVDC bus when the microprocessor is operating normally, and at a default second voltage level that closes the switch in the presence of a predetermined vehicle condition to thereby discharge the HVDC bus. An optocoupler may receive the output signal, and a zener diode may be in electrical parallel with an output side of the optocoupler. The switch may be an insulated gate bipolar transistor or a thyristor in different embodiments.
US09018861B2	Performance optimization of a field emission device A field emission device is configured as a heat engine. Different embodiments of the heat engine may have different configurations that may include a cathode, gate, suppressor, and anode arranged in different ways according to a particular embodiment. Different embodiments of the heat engine may also incorporate different materials in and/or proximate to the cathode, gate, suppressor, and anode.
US09018857B2	LED backlight driving circuit, LCD device, and method for driving the LED backlight driving circuit A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit includes a power supply, a constant current driving unit that drives LED light bars, a switching unit coupled to the power supply, and M light units that are connected with each other in parallel. Each of the light units comprises at least two LED light bars that are connected with each other in parallel, and an input end of each of the LED light bars is coupled to the switching unit. The constant current driving unit includes a plurality of dimming channels coupled to an output end of the LED light bars, and each of the dimming channels is connected with M LED light bars. The M LED light bars connected with a same dimming channel are arranged in different light units, one LED light bar is coupled to one dimming channel. The power supply is only coupled to one light unit through the switching unit when the LED backlight driving circuit is in operation, and M is a positive integer.
US09018855B2	Controlling circuit for an LED driver and controlling method thereof The present invention relates to a controlling circuit and controlling method for an LED driver implemented as a flyback topology. The controlling circuit may be at a primary side of a transformer of the LED driver, and include a sampling circuit, an on time sensing circuit of an output diode, a regulating signal generator, and a PWM controller. The sampling circuit may generate a sampling signal indicating output current by sampling at the primary transformer side. The on time sensing circuit can detect an on time of the output diode. The regulating signal generator can generate a regulating signal by regulating the sampling signal, a voltage reference, and the on time of the output diode. The PWM controller may generate a controlling signal to control operation of a switching device of the LED driver to maintain a substantially constant output current in accordance with the regulating signal.
US09018852B2	Synchronous regulation for LED string driver A light emitting diode (LED) based luminaire driving arrangement constituted of: a switched driver; a plurality of LED based luminaires arranged to receive power from the switched driver; at least one electronically controlled switch in series with at least one of the plurality of LED based luminaires and arranged to alternatively pass current through the at least one LED based luminaire when closed and prevent the flow of current through the at least one LED based luminaire when opened; and at least one synchronous driver in communication with the at least one electronically controlled switch, the at least one synchronous driver arranged to close the at least one electronically controlled switch only when the switched driver is actively supplying power.
US09018850B2	Safety flashing detector for traffic lamps A safety flashing detector that suitably detects unintentional flashing of the LED light engine in a traffic lamp is provided. The LED light engine may flash unintentionally when there are failures (hardware or software) inside a traffic lamp. In certain embodiments, unintentional flashing may be detected using a current sensor. If unintentional flashing is detected, the flashing detector may activate and shut down the LED light engine to remove the hazardous failure and eventually triggers the fuse blowout circuit. Hardware circuitry is suitably employed for both reliability and safety purposes, but software may also be employed.
US09018837B2	Display device A display device display device includes a display panel, a thermal diffusion prevention layer disposed on the display panel, a first expansion layer and a second expansion layer disposed on the first thermal diffusion prevention layer, and a heating wire layer disposed on at least one of the first expansion layer and the second expansion layer.
US09018836B2	Surface light source device and lighting apparatus A surface light source device including an organic EL element of a double-side emission type and a light output surface structure layer provided on at least one surface of the organic EL element, wherein the light output surface structure layer includes a concavo-convex structure on a surface opposite to the organic electroluminescent element, the concavo-convex structure having flat surface portions parallel to the surface and an inclined surface portion tilted relative to the flat surface portions, and a projected area formed by projecting the inclined surface portion in a direction perpendicular to the flat surface portions onto a plane parallel to the flat surface portions is not more than 0.1 times a total area of the flat surface portions.
US09018834B2	Organic light emitting device The organic light emitting device of the present invention has a plurality of emission layers between an anode and a cathode, and the emission layers are separated from each other by an equipotential surface forming layer 4 or a charge generating layer 4. The feature of the present invention resides in that the organic light emitting device has, at least either inside or outside the device, a light scattering means for scattering light emitted from the emission layers. The organic light emitting device can reduce the angle dependency of the emission brightness and the emission color by outputting the light emitted from the emission layers in a condition where the light is scattered by the light scattering means.
US09018832B2	Light-emitting device and lighting device provided with the same A light-emitting device capable of ensuring an electric connection between a light-emitting element and an electrode without generating any problem in practical use, by both connecting methods with a solder and a connector, and a lighting device provided with the light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device according to the present invention has a plurality of LED chips, and a soldering electrode land and a connector connecting electrode land electrically connected to the chips, on a ceramic substrate. The soldering electrode land is formed of a first conductive material having a function to prevent diffusion to a solder, and the connector connecting electrode land is formed of a second conductive material having a function to prevent oxidation.
US09018830B2	Strontium phosphor blends having high CRI A fluorescent lamp is provided including a phosphor blend comprising less than about 10% by weight rare earth phosphor, based on the total weight of the phosphor composition. This phosphor blend, when coated on a lamp, provides a lamp that exhibits high color rendering index (CRI), of at least 87, while simultaneously achieving low CCT, of less than about 4500K, i.e. of between about 3000K and 4500K. The phosphor system provided includes a non-rare earth strontium red broad band phosphor, a non-rare earth blue broad band halophosphor, and a rare earth-doped green-blue emitting phosphor, more specifically, a combination of SAR and blue-halo non-rare earth phosphors, and less than 20 wt % BAMn phosphor, based on the total weight of the phosphor system.
US09018827B2	End shield for an electrical machine having coplanar brackets and bearing opening In an arrangement in an electrical machine, the electrical machine includes a rotor rotating around its shaft, a stator located from the rotor at an air gap, and a frame around the outer surface of the stator. A stator opening is formed in the end of the frame, and the stator opening is closeable with a cast end shield. The end shield includes at least three brackets protruding from the outer edge of the end shield. The brackets are fittable onto the end junctions where axially continuing structures are connected to the end at the junctions.
US09018821B2	Stator arrangement for an electromechanical transducer, electromechanical transducer and wind turbine A stator arrangement for an electromechanical transducer is provided. The stator arrangement includes a base structure, a coil holder, a coil mounted at the coil holder; and a flexible element connecting the base structure to the coil holder flexibly relative to each other. Further, an electromechanical transducer is provided that includes the above-mentioned stator arrangement and a rotor arrangement rotatable relative to the base structure around an axial direction. Still, further, a wind turbine is provided that includes the above-mentioned electromechanical transducer as a generator.
US09018814B2	Motor A motor includes a bearing holder having a substantially cylindrical shape and a surrounding member fixed to a radial outer surface of the bearing holder. The bearing holder includes a plurality of holder protrusion portions each including a radial outer surface at least partially making contact with the surrounding member and a plurality of holder recess portions positioned radially inward of the plurality of holder protrusion portions. The plurality of holder protrusion portions and the plurality of holder recess portions are alternately arranged along a circumferential direction. A central angle of a portion of an inner circumferential surface of the surrounding member remaining out of contact with each of the plurality of holder protrusion portions is equal to or larger than a central angle of a portion of an outer circumferential surface of a bearing unit.
US09018811B2	Electronically commutated electric motor having reduced interference emission The invention relates to a stator assembly (7) for an electric motor (1), in particular for a rotatory claw pole motor, including: an electrically conductive stator (8, 9) having a winding channel extending in the circumferential direction; a stator winding (6) extending in the winding channel; feed lines (5) for electrically contacting the stator winding (6); and a contact element (13) that electrically connects one of the feed lines (5) to the stator.
US09018808B2	Rotor assembly A rotor assembly including a rotating shaft, a rotor core, a permanent magnet, a magnetic ring support, and a magnetic ring. The permanent magnet is mounted on the outer side surface of the rotor core. The magnetic ring is nested on the magnetic ring support, and the magnetic ring support and the rotor core are made as a whole by injection molding. The rotor assembly is relatively simple to produce, low in cost, and features improved efficiency.
US09018796B2	Energy conversion system for a vehicle An energy conversion system transfers energy between an energy source, or storage unit, and an electric device via a first port and a second port and at least one of receives and provides energy via a third port.
US09018792B2	Arrangement for operating consumers in a rail vehicle with electrical energy, selectively from an energy supply network or from a motor-generator combination An arrangement for operating a rail vehicle includes a DC voltage intermediate circuit which is connected to an energy supply network, at least one traction inverter which is connected at its DC voltage side to the DC voltage intermediate circuit and at its AC voltage side which is connected one or more traction motors of the rail vehicle. An auxiliary system inverter is connected at its DC voltage side to the DC voltage intermediate circuit and is connected at its AC voltage side to a primary side of an auxiliary system transformer. Auxiliary systems are connected to a secondary side of the auxiliary system transformer via an auxiliary line. Electrical energy generated by an electrical energy supply unit is transferred via the auxiliary line, the auxiliary system transformer and the auxiliary system inverter into the DC voltage intermediate circuit for operation of the at least one traction motor.
US09018791B2	Impact type wind-driven power generating device An impact type wind-driven power generating device is classified into a vertical shaft impact type wind-driven power generating device and a horizontal shaft impact type wind-driven power generating device. The two types of the impact type wind-driven power generating device adopt a power rotor mechanism of a multi-stage impacting blade to utilize the energy of in-coming wind to the maximum extent, thereby improving the utilization of the wind energy. The energy of the in-coming wind is increased due to the height difference and the lateral exhaust of a high-altitude exhaust duct, so that the power rotor can generate electric power at a low load even in a sunny windless day. The power generating device overcomes the disadvantages of low utilization of the wind energy and the power rotor being difficult to be activated.
US09018790B2	Wind power generation equipment An annular hood, with a stator assembly mounted and fixed therein, is fixed on the support bar. The stator assembly comprises an annular stator mounting plate which is fixed with an inner stator ring and an outer stator ring distributed concentrically. An annular track is formed between the inner stator ring and the outer stator ring. A rotor assembly and the stator assembly are coaxially and pivotally connected on the support bar, and the rotor assembly is formed of a rotor holder and multiple rotors distributed uniformly on the periphery of the rotor holder at interval. The rotor holder is formed of an outer ring and an inner ring, multiple blade fixing members of a spoke structure are arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring of the holder, and blades are fixed on the blade fixing members. The rotors are protruded and fixed on the outer ring of the holder axially, and a steel magnet of the rotors is located in the annular track between the inner stator ring and the outer stator ring.
US09018783B2	Doubly-fed induction generator wind turbine system having solid-state stator switch Wind turbine systems and methods are provided. An exemplary system includes a wind driven doubly fed induction generator having a rotor and a stator, the stator providing AC power to a stator bus. The system further includes a power converter coupled to the rotor of the doubly fed induction generator, the power converter providing an output to a line bus, and a transformer coupled to the stator bus. The system further includes a solid-state switch coupled between the stator bus and the transformer.
US09018782B2	Over-rating control in wind turbines and wind power plants Wind turbines of a wind power plant may be selectively over-rated by measuring the difference between the nominal and actual power plant outputs and deriving an over-rating request signal based on that difference which is sent to each turbine. The same value may be sent to each turbine. Alternatively, each turbine may be given its own over-rating amount based on an optimization of the turbine. Over-rating may also be used when external economic factors such as energy costs are sufficiently high to out-weigh any potential harmful effect of over-rating. The fatigue lifetime of turbines and their critical components may also be taken into account when deciding whether and to what extent to implement an over-rating command.
US09018781B2	Method and system for adapting the load on an electrical and/or electronic component in a wind turbine A method and system for adjusting the stress on an electrical and/or electronic subassembly in a wind turbine. The method allows determining for the electrical and/or electronic subassembly an expected service life up to the point when a maintenance indicator value is reached, which represents a state of the subassembly at which, on the basis of conditions defined in advance, the subassembly should be maintained. The method further allows comparing the expected service life against the time point for the next maintenance of the wind turbine and controlling the wind turbine and/or at least one other wind turbine in an area around the wind turbine in such a way that the stress on the electrical and/or electronic subassembly is reduced.
US09018780B2	Control system and method to improve the electrical energy production of a variable speed wind turbine by alternative regulation A control system to improve the production of a variable speed wind turbine comprising control devices for a standard regulation tracking a power vs. generator speed curve that also uses an alternative regulation for optimizing the energy production along determinate time periods Tb for compensating previous energy losses at a higher power Pb than the power determined by the standard regulation, the alternative regulation being based on a continuous calculation of the accumulated lost energy ALE as the energy lost with respect to the maximum allowed energy production according to the standard regulation and the fixation of the higher power Pb and a setting of the duration of the time periods Tb being compatible with wind turbine electrical or mechanical limitations. A wind turbine controlled by the method.
US09018777B2	Light-emitting-element encapsulating composition, light-emitting diode and liquid crystal display device An encapsulating composition for a light emitting element, a light emitting diode (LED) and a liquid crystal display device (LCD) are provided. A silicone-cured product included as a main ingredient and a conductivity-providing agent having excellent compatibility and capable of providing superior conductivity can be used to significantly reduce the surface resistivity of the silicone-cured product. Therefore, the encapsulating composition for a light emitting element, the LED and the LCD can be useful in solving the problems regarding attachment of a foreign substance such as dust due to static electricity, and degradation of transparency since the composition has low surface resistivity when used as a semiconductor encapsulation material for an LED, and also in providing a cured product having excellent properties such as light resistance, heat resistance, durability and optical transparency.
US09018772B2	Chip structure and multi-chip stack package A chip structure and a multi-chip stack package are provided. The chip structure includes a chip, at least one interlink plate and a plurality of first connection terminals. The chip has an active surface, a back surface opposite to the active surface and a plurality of side surfaces respectively connected to the active surface and the back surface. The chip includes at least one bond pad disposed on the active surface and at least one joint pad disposed on the back surface. The interlink plate substantially parallel to one of the side surfaces includes a base and a conductive pattern disposed on the base. The conductive pattern is located between the base and the chip. The first connection terminals are disposed between the chip and the interlink plate. The bond pad is electrically connected to the joint pad through the first connection terminals and the conductive pattern.
US09018771B2	Thin film apparatus A thin film apparatus having a plurality of thin film cells is disclosed. Each thin film cell includes a crystalline layer and a surrounding layer. The crystalline layer has a shape of polygon. The surrounding layer is partially located on the crystalline layer. The crystalline layer is surrounded by the surrounding layer.
US09018762B2	Semiconductor device bonding with stress relief connection pads An inventive semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; an internal pad provided on a surface of the semiconductor chip for electrical connection; a surface protective film covering the surface of the semiconductor chip and having a pad opening from which the internal pad is exposed; a stress relief layer provided on the surface protective film and having an opening portion through which the internal pad exposed from the pad opening is exposed; a connection pad including an anchor buried in the pad opening and the opening portion and connected to the internal pad, and a projection provided integrally with the anchor as projecting on the stress relief layer, the projection having a width greater than an opening width of the opening portion; and a metal ball provided for external electrical connection as covering the projection of the connection pad.
US09018760B2	Solder interconnect with non-wettable sidewall pillars and methods of manufacture A solder interconnect structure is provided with non-wettable sidewalls and methods of manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a nickel or nickel alloy pillar on an underlying surface. The method further includes modifying the sidewall of the nickel or nickel alloy pillar to prevent solder wetting on the sidewall.
US09018759B2	Semiconductor package substrate and semiconductor package including the same A semiconductor package substrate including a substrate body having a front surface configured for mounting a semiconductor chip on the front surface and a rear surface facing the front surface and comprising a window passing through the front and rear surfaces, the window having one or more surfaces inclined from the front surface toward the rear surface; and a conductive pattern arranged along an inclined surface of the window so as to extend from the front surface to the rear surface of the substrate body.
US09018756B2	Semiconductor device Stress relief layers are each provided on each circuit on an insulating substrate in a semiconductor module; a metal base coming into contact with the semiconductor module is divided into a thinned and low stiffened first metal base and a thickened and high stiffened second metal base; and the semiconductor module is bonded to the first metal base and then the first and the second metal bases are bonded to be integrated.
US09018754B2	Heat dissipative electrical isolation/insulation structure for semiconductor devices and method of making An isolation structure can include a structure material with thermal conductivity greater than silicon dioxide, yet electrical conductivity such that the structure material can replace silicon dioxide as an insulator. At least one column can extend to a target layer from a top surface of a semiconductor device near an active area of the device. At least one lateral portion can extend from the column(s) substantially parallel to the target layer and can extend between multiple columns in the target layer, such as in a cavity formed by lateral etching. The structure material can include, for example, aluminum nitride (AlN).
US09018753B2	Electronic modules A method is described for making electronic modules includes molding onto a substrate panel a matrix panel defining a plurality of cavities, attaching semiconductor die to the substrate panel in respective cavities of the molded matrix panel, electrically connecting the semiconductor die to the substrate panel, affixing a cover to the molded matrix panel to form an electronic module assembly, mounting the electronic module assembly on a carrier tape, and separating the electronic module assembly into individual electronic modules. An electronic module is described which includes a substrate, a wall member molded onto the substrate, the molded wall member defining a cavity, at least one semiconductor die attached to the substrate in the cavity and electrically connected to the substrate, and a cover affixed to the molded wall member over the cavity.
US09018750B2	Thin film structure for high density inductors and redistribution in wafer level packaging Disclosed is a package that includes a wafer substrate and a metal stack seed layer. The metal stack seed layer includes a titanium thin film outer layer. A resist layer is provided in contact with the titanium thin film outer layer of the metal stack seed layer, the resist layer forming circuitry. A method for manufacturing a package is further disclosed. A metal stack seed layer having a titanium thin film outer layer is formed. A resist layer is formed so as to be in contact with the titanium thin film outer layer of the metal stack seed layer, and circuitry is formed from the resist layer.
US09018746B2	Solder flow impeding feature on a lead frame One embodiment is directed towards a packaged chip including a lead frame. At least one chip is mounted on the lead frame. At least one edge the lead frame has a solder flow impeding feature located thereon. The solder flow impeding feature includes an integral portion of the lead frame that extends in a first projection outward at an edge of the lead frame and parallel to an external surface of the lead frame. An internal surface of the first projection is aligned with an internal surface of the main portion of the lead frame. The solder flow impeding feature also includes a second projection that extends from an external side of the first projection in a direction generally perpendicular to the first projection.
US09018741B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package is presented which has a suitable structure for effectively shielding electromagnetic wave interference (EMI) in a cavity area to which a semiconductor chip is attached. The semiconductor package is assembled such that a lower substrate to which the semiconductor chip is attached is adhered to an EMI shielding & electric I/O body having various types of EMI shielding & electric I/O metal patterns by soldering. Further, the EMI shielding & electric I/O body is adhered to an upper substrate by soldering thereby simplifying assembling of the semiconductor package.
US09018740B2	Sensor with field effect transistor having the gate dielectric consisting of a layer of lipids and method of fabricating this transistor A field effect transistor (1) including: a semiconducting substrate (2) having two areas doped with electric charge carriers forming a source area (3) and a drain area (4), respectively; a dielectric layer positioned above the semiconducting substrate (2) between the source (3) and the drain (4) and forming the gate dielectric (9) of the field effect transistor (1); a gate (11) consisting of a reference electrode (8) and of a conductive solution (10), the solution (10) being in contact with the gate dielectric (9); and the gate dielectric (9) consists of a layer of lipids (13) in direct contact with the semiconducting layer (2). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a field effect transistor (1) is disclosed.
US09018738B2	Silicon layer transfer substrate and method of manufacturing semiconductor substrate A silicon layer transfer substrate includes a silicon substrate of a first substrate, a sacrificial layer, and a transfer silicon layer transferred to a second substrate, wherein the sacrificial layer has a silicon compound layer containing a compound of silicon and at least one element selected from a group consisting of germanium and carbon, and is provided on the silicon substrate of the first substrate, the silicon compound layer having a thickness equal to or smaller than a critical film thickness, the transfer silicon layer transferred to the second substrate is provided on the sacrificial layer, and at least either the silicon substrate or the silicon layer has a groove or a hole connected to the sacrificial layer.
US09018735B2	Silicon wafer and fabrication method thereof A silicon wafer and fabrication method thereof are provided. The silicon wafer includes a first denuded zone formed with a predetermined depth from a top surface of the silicon wafer, the first denuded zone being formed with a depth ranging from approximately 20 μm to approximately 80 μm from the top surface, and a bulk area formed between the first denuded zone and a backside of the silicon wafer, the bulk area having a concentration of oxygen uniformly distributed within a variation of 10% over the bulk area.
US09018734B2	Single wall carbon nanotube diodes Methods and devices relating to diodes including single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are disclosed according to embodiments of the present invention. According to one embodiment, a diode may include one or more SWCNTs. The SWCNTs may be grouped together in multiple bundles with the SWCNTs being generally aligned parallel to each other in the bundles.
US09018732B2	Dielectric thin film element and method for producing the same A dielectric thin film element that includes a substrate, a close-adhesion layer formed on one principal surface of the substrate, a capacitance section having a lower electrode layer formed on the close-adhesion layer, a dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a protective layer formed to cover the capacitance section, wherein the end of the close-adhesion layer is exposed from the protective layer.
US09018722B2	Method for manufacturing solid-state image pickup device A method for manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device that includes a pixel portion and a peripheral circuit portion, includes: forming a first insulating film in the pixel portion and the peripheral circuit portion, forming a second insulating film above the first insulating film, etching the second insulating film in photoelectric conversion elements, forming a metal film on the etched second insulating film in the photoelectric conversion elements and on the second insulating film in the peripheral circuit portion, and removing the metal film in the peripheral circuit portion and forming light-shielding films from the metal film in the photoelectric conversion elements.
US09018720B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element on a substrate, forming a first capping layer along the shape of the MTJ element, forming an insulating layer on the first capping layer, forming a trench exposing a portion of the first capping layer above the MTJ element by selectively etching the insulating layer, forming a second capping layer on sidewalls of the trench, removing the exposed portion of the first capping layer using the second capping layer as an etching mask to expose an upper surface of the MTJ element, and forming a conductive layer in the trench, wherein the conductive layer contacts the upper surface of the MTJ element.
US09018716B1	Metal migration-proof touch panel structure A metal migration-proof touch panel structure is proposed to solve the problem: metal migration occurs in the active area of a metal mesh-based touch panel and causes short circuit in metal traces. The present invention is characterized in indirectly linking the ESD dummy to the ground terminal via an ESD protection element to replace the conventional design that directly connects the ESD dummy with the ground terminal. Thus, the ESD dummy and the ground terminal are normally in an open-circuit state. While ESD interference occurs, the ESD protection element an impedance approaching zero ohms and fast conducts the energy to the ground terminal to drain off the energy. The ESD protection element is a varistor or a transient voltage suppressor.
US09018715B2	Gas-diffusion barriers for MEMS encapsulation A technique for forming an encapsulated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes forming an integrated circuit using a substrate, forming a barrier using the substrate, and forming a MEMS device using the substrate. The method includes encapsulating the MEMS device in a cavity. The barrier is disposed between the integrated circuit and the cavity and inhibits the integrated circuit from outgassing into the cavity. The barrier may be substantially impermeable to gas migration from the integrated circuit.
US09018711B1	Selective growth of a work-function metal in a replacement metal gate of a semiconductor device Approaches for forming a replacement metal gate (RMG) of a semiconductor device, are disclosed. Specifically provided is a p-channel field effect transistor (p-FET) and an n-channel field effect transistor (n-FET) formed over a substrate, the p-FET and the n-FET each having a recess formed therein, a high-k layer and a barrier layer formed within each recess, a work-function metal (WFM) selectively grown within the recess of the n-FET, wherein the high-k layer, barrier layer, and WFM are each recessed to a desired height within the recesses, and a metal material (e.g., Tungsten) formed within each recess. By providing a WFM chamfer earlier in the process, the risk of mask materials filling into each gate recess is reduced. Furthermore, the selective WFM growth improves fill-in of the metal material, which lowers gate resistance in the device.
US09018708B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region, buried gates formed in the substrate of the cell region, a bit line formed over the cell region between the buried gates and including a first barrier layer, and a gate formed over the peripheral circuit region and including a second barrier layer and a third barrier layer.
US09018706B2	Monolithic MOSFET and Schottky diode for mobile phone boost converter A cell phone has a plurality of interconnected electronic components for performing the electrical functions of the phone. A DC/DC converter provides an operating voltage which is applied to power supply terminals of the plurality of interconnected electronic components. The DC/DC converter uses a monolithic semiconductor device containing a power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and Schottky diode. The semiconductor device has the lateral diffused MOSFET formed on a surface of the semiconductor device. The MOSFET is formed with a plurality conduction fingers. The Schottky diode is also formed on the surface of the semiconductor device and integrated between the plurality of conduction fingers of the MOSFET. The drain of the MOSFET is connected to the anode of the diode on the surface of the monolithic semiconductor device.
US09018705B2	ESD transistor An ESD transistor is provided. The ESD transistor includes a collector region on a substrate, a base contact region on the substrate, an emitter region spaced apart from the base contact region, a sink region disposed vertically below the collector region, and a buried layer disposed horizontally under the sink region.
US09018702B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device according an aspect of the present disclosure may include an isolation layer formed within a substrate and formed to define an active region, a junction formed in the active region, well regions formed under the isolation layer, and a plug embedded within the substrate between the junction and the well regions and formed extend to a greater depth than the well regions.
US09018694B2	Methods and systems for gate dimension control in multi-gate structures for semiconductor devices Methods and systems are disclosed for gate dimension control in multi-gate structures for integrated circuit devices. Processing steps for formation of one or more subsequent gate structures are adjusted based upon dimensions determined for one or more previously formed gate structures. In this way, one or more features of the resulting multi-gate structures can be controlled with greater accuracy, and variations between a plurality of multi-gate structures can be reduced. Example multi-gate features and/or dimensions that can be controlled include overall gate length, overlap of gate structures, and/or any other desired features and/or dimensions of the multi-gate structures. Example multi-gate structures include multi-gate NVM (non-volatile memory) cells for NVM systems, such as for example, split-gate NVM cells having select gates (SGs) and control gates (CGs).
US09018693B2	Deuterated film encapsulation of nonvolatile charge trap memory device Nonvolatile charge trap memory devices with deuterium passivation of charge traps and methods of forming the same are described. In one embodiment, the device includes a channel formed from a semiconducting material overlying a surface on a substrate connecting a source and a drain of the memory device. A gate stack overlies the channel, the gate stack comprising a tunneling layer, a trapping layer, a blocking layer, a gate layer; and a deuterated gate cap layer. The gate cap layer has a higher deuterium concentration at an interface with the gate layer than at surface of the gate cap layer distal from the gate layer. In certain embodiments, the channel comprises polysilicon or recrystallized polysilicon. Other embodiments are also described.
US09018692B2	Low cost scalable 3D memory An integrated circuit device is described that includes a 3D memory comprising a plurality of self-aligned stacks of word lines orthogonal to and interleaved with a plurality of self-aligned stacks of bit lines. Data storage structures such as dielectric charge storage structures, are provided at cross points between word lines and bit lines in the plurality of self-aligned stacks of word lines interleaved with the plurality of self-aligned stacks of bit lines.
US09018690B2	Split-gate memory cell with substrate stressor region, and method of making same A memory device, and method of make same, having a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, first and second spaced-apart regions in the substrate of a second conductivity type, with a channel region in the substrate therebetween, a conductive floating gate over and insulated from the substrate, wherein the floating gate is disposed at least partially over the first region and a first portion of the channel region, a conductive second gate laterally adjacent to and insulated from the floating gate, wherein the second gate is disposed at least partially over and insulated from a second portion of the channel region, and a stressor region of embedded silicon carbide formed in the substrate underneath the second gate.
US09018689B1	Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate processing apparatus includes a source gas supply system including a source gas supply pipe connected to a source gas source and a source gas supply controller; a reactive gas supply system including a reactive gas supply pipe connected to a reactive gas source, a reactive gas supply controller, a plasma generation unit and an ion trap unit and an inert gas supply pipe whereat an inert gas supply controller is disposed; a processing chamber supplied with a source gas by the source gas supply system and a reactive gas by the reactive gas supply system; and a control unit configured to control the gas supply controllers. The inert gas supply pipe has a downstream side connected between the reactive gas supply controller and the plasma generation unit and an upstream side connected to an inert gas supply source.
US09018683B2	Terahertz electromagnetic wave conversion device The purpose of the present invention is to improve the efficiency of conversion between terahertz electromagnetic wave energy and direct current energy via plasma waves in a terahertz electromagnetic wave conversion device with a field effect transistor structure. This invention has an HEMT structure having a substrate, an electron transit layer, an electron supply layer, a source and a drain, and includes a first and second group of gates. The gate length of each finger of the first group of gates is narrower than the gate length of each finger of the second group of gates, and each finger of each group of gates is disposed between the source and the drain on the same cycle. A first and second distance from each finger of the first group of gates to two fingers of the second group of gates adjacent to each finger are unequal lengths.
US09018678B2	Method for forming a Ge on III/V-on-insulator structure The present invention concerns a method for forming a Semiconductor-On-Insulator structure that includes a semiconductor layer of III/V material by growing a relaxed germanium layer on a donor substrate; growing at least one layer of III/V material on the layer of germanium; forming a cleaving plane in the relaxed germanium layer; transferring a cleaved part of the donor substrate to a support substrate, with the cleaved part being a part of the donor substrate cleaved at the cleaving plane that includes the at least one layer of III/V material. The present invention also concerns a germanium on III/V-On-Insulator structure, an N Field-Effect Transistor (NFET), a method for manufacturing an NFET, a P Field-Effect Transistor (PFET), and a method for manufacturing a PFET.
US09018677B2	Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same A semiconductor structure includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A carrier channel is located between the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer. A source feature and a drain feature are disposed on the second III-V compound layer. A gate electrode is disposed over the second III-V compound layer between the source feature and the drain feature. A carrier channel depleting layer is disposed on the second III-V compound layer. The carrier channel depleting layer is deposited using plasma and a portion of the carrier channel depleting layer is under at least a portion of the gate electrode.
US09018676B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and third and fourth semiconductor layers of the first conductivity type formed between the first and second semiconductor layer. The first, the third, the fourth, and the second semiconductor layers are coupled in this order. A band gap of the third semiconductor layer is narrower than that of the first semiconductor layer, and a band gap of the fourth semiconductor layer is narrower than that of the third semiconductor layer.
US09018675B2	Heterojunction III-V photovoltaic cell fabrication A heterojunction III-V photovoltaic (PV) cell includes a base layer comprising a III-V substrate, the base layer being less than about 20 microns thick; an intrinsic layer located on the base layer; an amorphous silicon layer located on the intrinsic layer; and a transparent conducting oxide layer located on the amorphous silicon layer.
US09018671B2	Ceramic conversion element, optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising a ceramic conversion element, and method for producing a ceramic conversion element A ceramic conversion element having a multiplicity of columnar regions arranged within a ceramic or vitreous matrix, wherein the columnar regions have a preferential direction which makes an angle of at most 45° with a normal to the main surface of the conversion element, at least either the columnar regions or the matrix convert electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range into electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range and, the columnar regions are formed by wavelength-converting monocrystalline or ceramic fibers and/or monocrystalline or ceramic platelets, said fibers and/or said platelets are provided with a reflective coating.
US09018668B2	Light emitting diode package A light emitting diode (LED) package includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an LED die mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to the first and the second electrodes, and an encapsulation layer encapsulating the LED die. Both the first and the second electrodes are embedded in the substrate and spaced from each other. Each of the first and the second electrodes includes a top face and a bottom face, with the top face and the bottom face thereof being exposed at a top surface and a bottom surface of the substrate, respectively. The top face of the first electrode defines a first groove therein. An oxidation-resistant metal coating layer is filled in the first groove. A positive bonding pad of the LED die directly contacts with a top face of the first oxidation-resistant metal coating layer.
US09018661B2	Optoelectronic component and method for producing an optoelectronic component An optoelectronic component includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate, and a light-transmissive cover, wherein the light-transmissive cover covers at least an area of the semiconductor chip facing away from the substrate, the light-transmissive cover has a hardness greater than that of silicone, and a connecting material is arranged as a potting material between the light-transmissive cover and the substrate such that those areas of the semiconductor chip not covered by the substrate are surrounded by the connecting material, and the connecting material forms a cavity seal.
US09018659B2	Sealing material for light-emitting device having gas barrier property A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element mounted on a lead frame, and a sealing material sealing the light-emitting element and having a thickness of not more than 1 mm and including a silicone resin as a main component. The sealing material includes a first gas barrier layer that a physical property value obtained by dividing a difference between a value of an average spin-spin relaxation time of 1H nuclei at a resonance frequency of 25 MHz at 140° C. and that at 25° C. by 115 is not more than 3.5 and the average spin-spin relaxation time at 140° C. is not more than 500 μsec.
US09018657B2	Semiconductor light emitting element and method for producing semiconductor light emitting element A semiconductor light emitting element (1) including of a substrate (110) composed of sapphire; a laminated semiconductor layer (100) composed of an n-type semiconductor layer (140), a light emitting layer (150) and a p-type semiconductor layer (160) provided on the substrate (110); a first electrode (170) formed in the p-type semiconductor layer (160); and a second electrode (180) formed in the n-type semiconductor layer (140). Further, the first electrode (170) includes a first conductive layer (171) composed of an oxide transparent conductive material laminated on the p-type semiconductor layer (160); a reflection layer (172) which contains silver laminated on the first conductive layer (171); a second conductive layer (173) composed of an oxide conductive material laminated on the reflection layer (172); and a coating layer (174) provided so as to cover the first conductive layer (171), the reflection layer (172) and the second conductive layer (173).
US09018656B2	Light emitting device The light emitting device comprises a mounting substrate and an LED chip which comprises an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a nitride light emission layer on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the nitride light emission layer, an anode electrode opposite of the nitride light emission layer from the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a cathode electrode on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The mounting substrate has a patterned conductor which is connected to the cathode electrode through a bump and also connected to the anode electrode through a bump. The LED chip further comprises one or more dielectric layer between the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the anode electrode to have an arrangement which resembles an island. The p-type nitride semiconductor layer has a first region which is overlapped with the bump. The dielectric layer is not formed within the first region.
US09018655B2	Light emitting apparatus and manufacture method thereof The present disclosure provides a method for forming a light-emitting apparatus, comprising providing a first board having a plurality of first metal contacts, providing a substrate, forming a plurality of light-emitting stacks and trenches on the substrate, wherein the light-emitting stacks are apart from each other by the plurality of the trenches, bonding the light-emitting stacks to the first board, forming an encapsulating material commonly on the plurality of the light-emitting stacks, and cutting the first board and the encapsulating material to form a plurality of chip-scale LED units.
US09018654B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and light emitting apparatus According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a p-side electrode and an n-side electrode. The p-type semiconductor layer includes a nitride semiconductor and has a first major surface. The n-type semiconductor layer includes a nitride semiconductor and has a second major surface. The light emitting layer is provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. The p-side electrode contacts a part of the p-type semiconductor layer on the first major surface. The n-side electrode contacts a part of the n-type semiconductor layer on the second major surface. The n-side electrode is provided outside and around the p-side electrode in a plan view along a direction from the p-type semiconductor layer to the n-type semiconductor layer.
US09018653B2	Light emitting device, circuit board, packaging array for light emitting device, and method for manufacturing packaging array for light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a package. The package is made up of a molded article and a lead that is embedded in the molded article. The lead includes a mounting part on which the light emitting element is mounted, a terminal part that is linked to the mounting part, and an exposed part. The package has a front face that is a light emitting face, a rear face opposite the front face, and a bottom face contiguous with the front face and the rear face. The light emitting element is mounted on the front face side of the mounting part. The exposed part is linked to the rear face side of the mounting part, and is exposed from the molded article at the bottom face and the rear face. The terminal part is exposed from the molded article at the bottom face.
US09018649B2	Method of producing nanopatterned articles, and articles produced thereby A nanopatterned surface is prepared by forming a block copolymer film on a miscut crystalline substrate, annealing the block copolymer film, then reconstructing the surface of the annealed block copolymer film The method creates a well-ordered array of voids in the block copolymer film that is maintained over a large area. The nanopatterned block copolymer films can be used in a variety of different applications, including the fabrication of high density data storage media.
US09018643B2	GaN LEDs with improved area and method for making the same Enlightening device and method for making the same are disclosed. Individual light emitting devices such as LEDs are separated to form individual dies by process in which a first narrow trench cuts the light emitting portion of the device and a second trench cuts the substrate to which the light emitting portion is attached. The first trench can be less than 10 μm. Hence, a semiconductor area that would normally be devoted to dicing streets on the wafer is substantially reduced thereby increasing the yield of devices. The devices generated by this method can also include base members that are electrically conducting as well as heat conducting in which the base member is directly bonded to the light emitting layers thereby providing improved heat conduction.
US09018642B1	Mid-infrared tunable metamaterials A mid-infrared tunable metamaterial comprises an array of resonators on a semiconductor substrate having a large dependence of dielectric function on carrier concentration and a semiconductor plasma resonance that lies below the operating range, such as indium antimonide. Voltage biasing of the substrate generates a resonance shift in the metamaterial response that is tunable over a broad operating range. The mid-infrared tunable metamaterials have the potential to become the building blocks of chip based active optical devices in mid-infrared ranges, which can be used for many applications, such as thermal imaging, remote sensing, and environmental monitoring.
US09018641B2	Method for producing a radiation-emitting component and radiation-emitting component A method for manufacturing a radiation-emitting component (1) in which a field distribution of a near field (101, 201) in a direction perpendicular to a main emission axis of the component is specified. From the field distribution of the near field, an index of refraction profile (111, 211, 511) along this direction is determined. A structure is determined for the component such that the component will have the previously determined index of refraction profile. The component is constructed according to the previously determined structure. A radiation-emitting component is also disclosed.
US09018640B1	Silicon carbide power device equipped with termination structure A silicon carbide power device equipped with termination structure comprises a silicon carbide substrate, a power element structure and a termination structure. The silicon carbide substrate contains a drift layer which has a first conductivity and includes an active zone and a termination zone. The power element structure is located in the active zone. The termination structure is located in the termination zone and has a second conductivity, and includes at least one first doped ring abutting and surrounding the power element structure and at least one second doped ring surrounding the first doped ring. The first doped ring has a first doping concentration smaller than that of the second doped ring and a first doping depth greater than that of the second doped ring, thereby can increase the breakdown voltage of the silicon carbide power device.
US09018637B2	Transistor and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a transistor includes: a structural body; an insulating film; a control electrode; a first electrode; and a second electrode. The structural body includes a first through a third semiconductor regions, and includes a compound semiconductor having a first and a second elements. The first electrode is electrically continuous with the third semiconductor region. The second electrode is electrically continuous with the first semiconductor region. The structural body has a first region provided above a lower end of the second semiconductor region and a second region other than the first region. The first region is a region formed by making a ratio of concentration of source gas of the second element to concentration of source gas of the first element larger than 1.0. Impurity concentration of the first conductivity type in the first region is higher than that in the second region.
US09018632B2	TFT substrate and method for correcting wiring fault on TFT substrate A TFT substrate is provided in which a wire defect can be easily solved. A method of solving a wire defect in the TFT substrate is also provided. In an embodiment, the TFT substrate is configured so that (i) a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines are arranged in a matrix manner, (ii) a TFT is provided in at least one of intersection regions where the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines intersect with each other, and (iii) the at least one of intersection regions is divided by a slit, which is formed in a corresponding one of the plurality of gate lines, so that the at least intersection region is divided into parts arranged along a longitudinal direction of the plurality of source lines.
US09018628B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device including: a base material portion that includes a semiconductor substrate and an insulating film that is formed on one face of the semiconductor substrate and on which a vertical hole is formed along the thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate; a vertical hole wiring portion that includes a vertical hole electrode formed on a side wall of the base material portion that forms the vertical hole; a metallic film that is formed within the insulating film and that is electrically connected to the vertical hole wiring portion; and a conductive protective film that is formed to be in contact with the metallic film within the insulating film and that is formed in a region that includes a contact region of a probe during a probe test that is performed in the middle of manufacture on a film face of the metallic film.
US09018620B2	Organic electroluminescent light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent light emitting device includes a transparent substrate, an intermediate layer, a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode. The intermediate layer includes a plurality of fine particles and a flattened layer. The fine particles are adhered to a major surface of the transparent substrate. The flattened layer covers the fine particles and has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the fine particles. The flattened layer is transparent. The first electrode is provided on the intermediate layer. The first electrode is transparent. The organic light emitting layer is provided on the first electrode. The second electrode is provided on the organic light emitting layer.
US09018619B2	Quantum wells for light conversion A solid state light emitting device according to the present invention comprises an emitter structure having an active region of semiconductor material and a pair of oppositely doped layers of semiconductor material on opposite sides of said active region. The active region emits light at a first wavelength in response to an electrical bias across said doped layers. A quantum well structure is included that is integral to the emitter structure and has a plurality of layers having a composition and thickness such that the quantum well structure absorbs at least some of the light emitted from the active region and re-emits light of at least one different wavelength of light from said first wavelength.
US09018618B1	Semiconductor light emitting device There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device including: an n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer; and an active layer disposed between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, and including a plurality of alternately stacked quantum barrier layers and quantum well layers, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of quantum well layers has different thicknesses, wherein a thickness of a first quantum well layer most adjacent to the p-type semiconductor layer is less than a thickness of a second quantum well layer adjacent thereto and greater than a thickness of a third quantum well layer, other than the first and second quantum well layers.
US09018609B2	Device and system for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates and storage phosphor plate A device and a corresponding system for reading X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate with stimulation light and for detecting emission light stimulated in the storage phosphor plate, and a conveyance device for conveying the storage phosphor plate including at least one roller that can be put into rotation about its rotational axis. In order to guarantee, with a simple structure, the most reliable possible transport of the storage phosphor plate, one or more magnets, more particularly permanent magnets, are arranged in the interior of the cylinder which is formed as a hollow body, more particularly a hollow cylinder.
US09018602B2	Charged particle beam writing apparatus and charged particle beam writing method A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a dose calculation unit to calculate, for each of a plurality of first small regions made by virtually dividing a writing region of a target object to be mesh-like regions each having a size larger than an influence radius of forward scattering of a charged particle beam, a dose of the charged particle beam shot in a first small region concerned of the plurality of first small regions, by using a dose formula which is different depending on a shot type classified by whether a shot figure formed by the charged particle beam is at an edge of a figure pattern or inside the figure pattern in the first small region concerned, and a writing unit to write, for each of the plurality of first small regions, the figure pattern with a dose calculated by the dose formula.
US09018600B2	UV LED curing assembly A curing assembly for curing of inks and the like comprises at least one array of UV LEDs 18. A reflector 4 with an elongate reflective surface 14 partly surrounds the array 18 and has an opening for emission of radiation towards a substrate. A lens 24 is positioned between the array 18 and the opening.
US09018597B2	Gas field ionization ion source and ion beam apparatus In the case of a conventional gas field ionization ion source, it was not possible to carry out an analysis with a high S/N ratio and a high-speed machining process because the current amount of an ion beam is small. In view of these problems, the present invention has been devised, and its object is to obtain a large ion beam current, while suppressing a probability of damaging an emitter electrode. The present invention is characterized by a process in which an ion beam is emitted at least in two operation states including a first operation state in which, when a first extraction voltage is applied, with the gas pressure being set to a first gas pressure, ions are emitted from a first ion emission region at the apex of the emitter electrode, and a second operation state in which, when a second extraction voltage that is higher than the first extraction voltage is applied, with the gas pressure being set to a second gas pressure that is higher than the first gas pressure, ions are emitted from a second ion emission region that is larger than the first ion emission region.
US09018594B2	Glass-panel lithium-6 neutron detector A thermal neutron detector includes a planar detector housing having two glass panels spaced apart by a gas-tight seal defining a detection chamber. Lithium foils adhered to inner surfaces of the glass panel emit alpha particles and tritons in response to incident thermal neutrons, and an inert detection gas is ionized to generate drift electrons. A planar array of detection wires is spaced from the lithium foils and extends outside the detection chamber. Electronic bias applies a field voltage between the wires and the lithium foils to establish a drift electric field to attract the drift electrons to the wires and provide a large electric field to cause electron multiplication. Detection circuitry detects electric signals in the wires generated by the drift of positive ions away from the wires and interprets the electrical signals as incidence of thermal neutrons on the detector.
US09018591B2	Ruggedized tool and detector device A tool comprising a tool body having an opening defined by interior walls extending into the tool body and a casing disposed within the opening. The tool further includes a scintillator material disposed within the casing and a first compressive member disposed within the tool body at a first axial location. The first axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the casing and exerts a first radially compressive force at the first axial location.
US09018590B2	Device for addressing lines of a control circuit for an active detection matrix A device is provided for addressing the rows of an active detection matrix for imaging by ionizing radiations comprising a plurality N of rows n of pixels, the addressing device being produced on a substrate on which the matrix is also producing and mainly comprising thin film transistors of single N or P type. The row addressing device can comprise a plurality of stages suitable for delivering at their respective outputs switching signals for switching the high and low levels of a signal applied to switching devices at the output on a corresponding row of the matrix and being characterized in that each stage comprises an input stage and an output stage, the input stage delivering an activation signal for the output stage, the output stage delivering, in case of activation, said switching signal for the corresponding row n.
US09018589B2	Direct conversion X-ray detector The invention relates to a radiation detector (100) comprising a converter element (102) for converting incident high-energy radiation (X) into charge signals. A cathode (101) and an array (104) of anodes (103) are disposed on different sides of the converter element (102) for generating an electrical field (E0, Ed) within it. The strength of said electrical field (E0, Ed) is increased in a first region (Rd) near the anode array (104) with respect to a second region (R0) remote from it. Such an increase may be achieved by doping the first region (Rd) with an electron acceptor. The increased field strength in the first region (Rd) favorably affects the sharpness of charge pulses generated by incident radiation.
US09018569B2	Electrical heating system for a section of fluid transport pipe, section and pipe equipped with such an electrical heating system The invention relates to an electrical heating system for at least one section of a fluid transport pipe, the pipe comprising a casing in which the fluid to be transported flows, the heating system comprising electric wires arranged around the casing and intended to be powered, via connection elements, by an electrical power supply comprising several phases, system in which the electric wires are arranged in at least one set of several groups each comprising several electric wires, each of the groups in said set being intended to be supplied by a distinct phase, the electrical heating system comprising connecting units to perform an electrical connection and linking together the electric wires of each of said groups.
US09018568B2	Heating glass and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a heating glass including a glass; a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer formed on one surface of the glass; and a thermal conductive pattern formed on the transparent conductive oxide layer, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US09018567B2	Wafer processing apparatus with heated, rotating substrate support A semiconductor substrate processing apparatus (1), comprising a substrate support assembly (30), including a substrate support (32) defining an outer support surface (34) for supporting a substrate or substrate carrier (24) thereon, and a heater (50) comprising a heat dissipating portion (54) that is disposed within the substrate support (32) and that extends underneath and substantially parallel to the support surface (34), said substrate support (32) being rotatably mounted around a rotation axis (L) that extends through said support surface (34), such that the support surface (34) is rotatable relative to the heat dissipating portion (54) of the heater (50).
US09018565B2	Generation of holes using multiple electrodes An apparatus for producing holes in dielectric workpieces in the form of thin sheets and substrates, in particular of glass or glass-like materials and semiconductors is provided. The apparatus includes individual high-voltage electrodes that are symmetrically arranged on an electrode holder around the hole to be produced in the workpiece. The apparatus also includes individual counter electrodes that are arranged on a counter electrode holder. The electrodes and counter electrodes can be connected in a permutating manner to a high-voltage source for the discharge of high-voltage flashovers.
US09018564B2	Mechanical attachment of electrical terminals to plastic glazings A plastic window system including a transparent plastic panel and an electrically conductive grid provided on the plastic panel. The conductive grid includes at least one conductive mounting location. An electrical terminal is electrically connected to the conductive mounting location, and a connector secures the terminal to the conductive mounting location. The connector includes a portion extending from the panel to a location outboard of the conductive mounting location relative to the panel.
US09018562B2	Laser material processing system A laser material processing system and method are provided. A further aspect of the present invention employs a laser for micromachining. In another aspect of the present invention, the system uses a hollow waveguide. In another aspect of the present invention, a laser beam pulse is given broad bandwidth for workpiece modification.
US09018561B2	High power seed/amplifier laser system with beam shaping intermediate the seed and amplifier An apparatus and method of operation for a high power broad band elongated thin beam laser annealing light source, which may comprise a gas discharge seed laser oscillator having a resonance cavity, providing a seed laser output pulse; a gas discharge amplifier laser amplifying the seed laser output pulse to provide an amplified seed laser pulse output; a divergence correcting multi-optical element optical assembly intermediate the seed laser and the amplifier laser. The divergence correcting optical assembly may adjust the size and/or shape of the seed laser output pulse within a discharge region of the amplifier laser in order to adjust an output parameter of the amplified seed laser pulse output. The divergence correcting optical assembly may comprise a telescope with an adjustable focus. The adjustable telescope may comprise an active feedback-controlled actuator based upon a sensed parameter of the amplified seed laser output from the amplifier laser.
US09018559B2	Automatic wire threader for wire electric discharge machining apparatus Provided is an automatic wire threader for a wire electric discharge machining apparatus including a jet nozzle (20). The jet nozzle includes a first finger and a second finger (21, 22) that are movable between their open positions where a jet nozzle hole (28) is undefined and their closed positions where the jet nozzle hole is defined. The jet nozzle further includes a compression coil spring (60) for urging the first finger and the second finger to their open positions. A moving device moves the jet nozzle from the retracted position to the operational position, so as to bring the first finger and the second finger in contact with a flush nozzle, thereby moving the first finger and the second finger against the a compression coil spring toward their closed positions.
US09018558B2	Gas circuit breaker The disclosure relates to a gas circuit breaker switch (5) which can be integrated inside a switching device insulated in a dielectric gas, said switch (5) comprising an arc chute (1) inside which a fixed contact (3) and a moving contact (4) are arranged. The integration of the contacts (3, 4) inside at least one casing (19, 20) corresponding to the arc chute (1) allows reducing distances between phases, in addition to preventing any incident in one phase from affecting the remaining phases, and finally more compact electrical equipment is obtained. The switch (5) also comprises at least one generation means (6) for generating at least one gas, at least one blowout/intake means (7) for at least one extinguishing gas and at least one generation means (2) for generating a magnetic field, such that the electric arc generated between the contacts (3, 4) of the switch (5) can be extinguished by combining said means (6, 7, 2).
US09018557B2	Gas-insulated circuit breaker with nominal contact shielding arrangement A gas-insulated type circuit breaker including a housing defining a gas volume for a dielectric insulation gas; a first arcing contact member and a second arcing contact member, wherein the first arcing contact member and the second arcing contact member are movable relative to each other along an axis; a first nominal contact member and a second nominal contact member, wherein the first nominal contact member and the second nominal contact member are movable relative to each other along the axis; and a first nominal contact shielding arrangement including an inner shield member and an outer shield member, wherein the inner shield member and the outer shield member are arranged coaxially about the axis. The first nominal contact member is arranged co-axially between the inner shield member and the outer shield member, and is movable relative to the inner shield member and to the outer shield member.
US09018550B2	Power supply circuit cut-off device and method of controlling power supply A service plug includes a lever (30) supported on a cover (20) for movement between full and partial locking positions. A housing (90) is connectable to and separable from the cover (20) as the lever (30) is moved. Heavy current terminals (50) are disconnected from a power supply circuit in a separating process of the cover (20). A detection terminal (60) is switched from an ON-state to an OFF-state in the separating process of the cover (20). A stopper (40) contacts restricting walls (25) on the cover (20) to stop a movement of the lever (30) from the full locking position toward the partial locking position until the heavy current terminals (50) are disconnected from the power supply circuit after the detection terminal (60) is switched from the ON-state to the OFF-state in the separating process of the cover (20).
US09018549B2	Locking apparatus for an electromechanical switching device having a manual actuation option A locking apparatus is disclosed for an electromechanical switching device having a manual actuation option. Furthermore, such a switching device is also disclosed. A robust, mechanically simple locking apparatus is provided which can be operated without a tool, as well as a correspondingly embodied switching device. The locking apparatus of at least one embodiment includes a combination of few interacting construction elements attuned to one another in terms of structure and function. In this apparatus, a locking element assumes a double function, by, on the one hand, securing the connection of the locking apparatus with the switching device and on the other hand preventing a change in position of the actuation element of the switching device.
US09018548B2	Techniques for disambiguating touch data using user devices Techniques for disambiguating touch data and determining user assignment of touch points detected by a touch sensor are described. The techniques leverage both user-specific touch data projected onto axes and non-user-specific touch data captured over a complete area.
US09018544B2	In-line conveyor scale with a primary first motor to provide constant torque, a secondary servo motor to provide fine-grained variable torque in response to a closed loop torque sensor, and a processor to assertain weight of an item conveved based on the closed loop servo motor response Disclosed are various applications of differential torque sensing, seeking to maximize the sensing power of servo motors in applications that have a wide torque range. In one embodiment, a transmission (200) combines a constant, relatively larger torque provided by a primary drive motor (220) and a smaller, variable torque provided by a servo motor (23), to form an output torque for driving a mechanical assembly (222). A relatively small change in mass of the system causes a perturbation from ambient operating speed. The servo motor, under control of a servo amplifier (232), quickly adjusts the secondary, variable torque to return the system to the ambient operating speed. Thus the servo motor torque accurately reflects the change in mass of the system.
US09018543B2	Rotary mechanism and related electronic device A rotary mechanism includes an accommodating slot structure, a supporting arm, a pivoting portion and a resilient component. The accommodating slot structure is disposed on the bezel. The accommodating slot structure includes a pivot hole structure and an opening structure, respectively formed on the lateral surface and a bottom of the accommodating slot structure. The supporting arm is disposed on the door. The pivoting portion is disposed on the surface of the supporting arm. The pivoting portion is disposed inside the pivot hole structure, so that the supporting arm is rotatably disposed inside the accommodating slot structure. The resilient component is movably accommodated inside the opening structure. A first end of the resilient component is resiliently connected to the lateral surface of the accommodating slot structure. A second end of the resilient component points the surface of the supporting arm, to prevent the pivoting portion from separation.
US09018537B2	Surface-mountable electronic device A surface-mountable electronic device free of leads has a plurality of solderable connection surfaces at its lower side, with at least one of the connection surfaces having a rectangular portion. The outline of this rectangular portion corresponds to a connection surface of the JEDEC Standard MO-236 or of any other standard according to which the respective connection surface should not extend directly up to a side edge of the lower device side. The at least one connection surface furthermore has an extension section which extends, starting from the rectangular portion, in the direction of a side edge of the lower side of the device.
US09018531B2	Multilayer circuit board and manufacturing method thereof A multilayer circuit board is provided, which includes multiple core boards stacked together. The core board includes an insulation layer and at least one conductor layer attached together. The conductor layer includes a circuit. The core board has at least one identification conductor disposed at an edge of at least one conductor layer. The identification conductor forms an identification pattern on a side surface of the core board along a stacking direction of the core boards. The identification patterns of the multiple core boards are different from each other on the side surface of the multilayer circuit board along the stacking direction of the core boards. A manufacturing method of the multilayer circuit board is further provided.
US09018529B2	Single motor power and communication cable A combined power and communications cable for use with a motor and drive unit in an industrial control system is provided. The cable may comprise first, second and third insulated conductors twisted together and covered by a cable jacket (first group); fourth and fifth insulated conductors twisted together and covered by an electrical shield (second group); and a sixth insulated conductor for delivering a protective ground (third group). The first, second and third groups are twisted together, covered by an electrical shield and covered by a cable jacket. Filler may be formed around the fourth and fifth insulated conductors, and may be formed around the first, second and third groups, to substantially maintain round geometric shapes.
US09018527B2	Cable protection and guide device A cable protection and guide device, which prevents abrasion of the cable skin of a cable or the like and holds the position of a multi-joint link with high precision, is provided. The multi-joint link includes a link member and a holding member attached to the link member for holding the cable. The holding member has a base part to be engaged with a link side locking part and a holding part that extends from the base part, wherein the base part and the holding part are integrally formed. One of the link side locking part and the base part includes a pair of locking concaves arranged in the multi-joint link width direction while the other one includes a pair of locking claws arranged in the multi-joint link width direction and extending in a link flexional inner-outer direction to be engaged with the locking concaves respectively.
US09018520B2	Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a solar cell having a silicon monocrystal substrate surface with a textured structure and, near the surface of said substrate, a damage layer reflecting the slice processing history from the time of manufacture of the silicon monocrystal substrate. The damage layer near the surface of the silicon monocrystal substrate is derived from the slice processing history at the time of manufacture of the substrate and functions as a gettering site, contributing to a longer lifetime of the substrate minority carriers. Thanks to this effect, the solar cell characteristics are dramatically increased. Further, new damage need be inflicted, and no additional work is required because damage from the slicing is used.
US09018518B2	Solar module arrays and diode cable Solar module arrays are described, including a solar module for photovoltaic energy generation, a connection housing connected to the solar module for connecting the solar module to an electric load, and a free-wheeling diode connected antiparallel to the solar module. A diode cable is also described.
US09018515B2	Solar cell with epitaxially grown quantum dot material A solar cell with spaced apart groupings of self-assembled quantum dot layers interposed with barrier layers. Such groupings allow improved control over the growth front quality of the solar cell, the crystalline structure of the solar cell, and on the performance metrics of the solar cell.
US09018512B2	Thermoelectric generation system A thermoelectric generation system for turbine engines and the like has at least one thermoelectric generator disposed proximate the turbine engine such that waste heat from the turbine engine can be converted into electricity. Vehicle performance and efficiency can be enhanced by mitigating the need for mechanically driven electric power generators, which undesirably drain power from the turbine engine thus adversely affect the vehicle's performance.
US09018509B2	Stringed musical instrument with an auxiliary pickup The present invention seeks to provide a stringed musical instrument, such as an electric guitar, that has certain tones separately amplified from the amplification provided by a standard electrical musical instrument configuration. Specifically, the present invention is a stringed musical instrument with an auxiliary pickup beneath and longitudinally parallel to at least one of the strings of the musical instrument. This auxiliary pickup has a corresponding auxiliary output jack for coupling to an octave pedal and to an amplifier.
US09018499B1	Compani braces for musical instruments The conventional musical instrument top and back plates are supported with straight and scalloped braces. These braces tend to dampen vibrations along the length direction of the brace. Kerfed braces are introduced to mitigate the damping. If glued with their kerfed edge to the top or back plates they mitigate damping without much compromise in their strengthening properties.
US09018498B2	Guzmania hybrid named ‘ALLURA’ A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘ALLURA’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 55 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green color foliage (measuring about 35 to 45 cm length and about 4 to 4.5 cm in width) Superior floral bract production; bracts are red in color (closest to RHS 44A); compound inflorescence, measuring about 18 cm in height, and about 25 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.
US09018495B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH028682 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH028682. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH028682, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH028682 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH028682.
US09018494B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH819755 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH819755. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH819755, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH819755 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH819755.
US09018492B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH445169 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH445169. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH445169, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH445169 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH445169.
US09018489B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV105053 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV105053. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV105053, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV105053 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV105053 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV105053.
US09018476B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH203254 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH203254. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH203254, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH203254 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH203254.
US09018474B2	Tomato line CHI 12-94083 The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 12-94083. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 12-94083, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09018472B1	Soybean cultivar 34251723 A soybean cultivar designated 34251723 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 34251723, to the plants of soybean cultivar 34251723, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 34251723, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 34251723. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 34251723. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 34251723, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 34251723 with another soybean cultivar.
US09018470B1	Soybean cultivar 32390021 A soybean cultivar designated 32390021 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 32390021, to the plants of soybean cultivar 32390021, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 32390021, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 32390021. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 32390021. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 32390021, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 32390021 with another soybean cultivar.
US09018467B2	Soybean variety A1035346 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1035346. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1035346. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1035346 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1035346 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09018464B2	Soybean cultivar S110268 A soybean cultivar designated S110268 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S110268, to the plants of soybean cultivar S110268, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S110268, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S110268. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110268. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110268, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S110268 with another soybean cultivar.
US09018459B2	Soybean cultivar S110175 A soybean cultivar designated S110175 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S110175, to the plants of soybean cultivar S110175, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S110175, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S110175. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110175. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110175, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S110175 with another soybean cultivar.
US09018456B2	Soybean cultivar S120067 A soybean cultivar designated S120067 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120067, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120067, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120067, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120067. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120067. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120067, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S120067 with another soybean cultivar.
US09018452B2	Hybrid melon variety 34-765 RZ The present invention relates to a Cucumis melo seed designated 34-765 RZ, which may exhibit a medium to dark greyish green color of the young fruit, a circular fruit shape in longitudinal section, a green ground color of the fruit skin with medium intensity and a yellowish hue, a small to medium size of the pistil scar, a reddish orange flesh color, and intermediate resistance to powdery mildew Podosphaera xanthii (Px) race 1, race 2, race 5. The present invention also relates to a Cucumis melo plant produced by growing the 34-765 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the melon cultivar, represented by melon variety 34-765 RZ.
US09018448B2	Woody plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention pertains to a novel and extensive analytical platform for selecting genes with a possible commercial phenotype from a large group of candidate genes identified using tools in bioinformatics, data from EST sequencing and DNA array. An aspect of the invention provides a method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased growth compared to its wild type. The method comprises altering in the plant the level of a gene product of at least one gene specifically expressed during different phases of wood formation. Further aspects of the invention provide a plant cell or plant progeny of a transgenic plant comprising a recombinant polynucleotide according to the invention. Other aspects pertain a DNA construct comprising a nucleotide sequence of the invention and a plant cell or plant progeny comprising the DNA construct.
US09018445B2	Use of CAD genes to increase nitrogen use efficiency and low nitrogen tolerance to a plant Provided are methods of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2506, 2512, 2442, 2496, 2446, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16-19, 21-60, 63-128, 130-137, 270-287, 289-293, 295-306, 308-362, 364-666, 671, 673-1333, 2414-2441, 2443-2445, 2447-2455, 2458-2495, 2497-2505, 2507-2511, 2513-2521 or 2522; and of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency and/or oil content of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 288, 294, 2398-2412 or 2413. Also provided are isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides which can be used to increase nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant of a plant.
US09018443B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH832402 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH832402. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH832402, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH832402 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH832402.
US09018442B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH363001 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH363001. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH363001, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH363001 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH363001.
US09018439B2	Transgenic pig in which HO-1 and TNFR1-Fc are simultaneously expressed, and method for producing same The present invention relates to a method for producing a transgenic pig in which immune rejection response is inhibited, and in which human HO-1 genes and TNFR1-Fe fusion genes are simultaneously expressed. The present invention also relates to a transgenic pig for organ transplantation, which is produced by the method, and in which immune rejection response is inhibited. The present invention also relates to a somatic-cell-donating cell strain for producing the transgenic pig, and to a method for producing organs, from the transgenic pig, in which the immune rejection response is inhibited.
US09018437B2	Transgenic mouse expressing human apo(a) and human apo(B-100) with disabled vitamin C gene produces human Lp(a) The invention discloses novel model of transgenic mammal, a method of crossbreeding transgenic mammal and the use of the transgenic mammal for assessing prevention and/or treatment methods for cardiovascular and other diseases related to lipoprotein(a). The transgenic mammal expresses human apolipoprotein (a) (apo(a)) and human apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B-100) genes and produces human lipoprotein (a), apo (a) and apo B-100 and produces no vitamin C. This novel dual transgenic mammal is the ideal model for testing pharmaceutical compounds for efficacy and usefulness in the prevention and/or treatment of human diseases.
US09018436B2	Absorbent structure and absorbent wearing article using the same An absorbent structure that includes a first region, a second region and a central region extending between the first and second regions, the first region and part of the central region are formed with a thick segment. The second region is formed with a thin segment having a thickness dimension smaller than that of the thick segment. Between the thick segment and the thin segment, a thickness-sloped segment having a thickness dimension gradually reduced from the side of the first region toward the second region and the thin segment and at least a region of the thickness-sloped segment being adjacent to the thin segment are debossed.
US09018432B2	Processing radioactive waste for shipment and storage A process for encapsulating a radioactive object to render the object suitable for shipment and/or storage, and including the steps of preparing a plastic material, causing the plastic material to react with a foaming agent, generating a foaming plastic, encapsulating the radioactive object in the foaming plastic, and allowing the foaming plastic to solidify around the radioactive object to form an impervious coating.
US09018431B2	Catalyst composition and process for oligomerization of ethylene The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for oligomerization of ethylene, comprising a chromium compound; a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—N(R5)—H, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, C1-C10-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl; a modifier containing organic or inorganic halide; and an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for oligomerization utilizing that catalyst.
US09018427B2	Production of higher alcohols A reactive distillation method comprises introducing a feed stream to a reactive distillation column, contacting the feed stream with one or more catalysts in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, and removing one or more higher alcohols during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream. The feed stream comprises one or more alpha hydrogen alcohols, and the feed stream reacts in the presence of the one or more catalysts to produce a reaction product comprising the one or more higher alcohols.
US09018411B2	Bis-acylated hydroxylamine derivatives The invention provides certain bis-acylated hydroxylamine derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. In particular, the invention provides methods of using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions for treating, preventing, or delaying the onset and/or develop of a disease or condition. In some embodiments, the disease or condition is selected from cardiovascular diseases, ischemia, reperfusion injury, cancerous disease, pulmonary hypertension and conditions responsive to nitroxyl therapy.
US09018408B2	Processes for producing terephthalic acid and terephthalic esters The present invention generally relates to a condensed process for producing terephthalic acid and terephthalic esters from a dialkyl cyclohexane-2,5-dione-1,4-dicarboxylate; a chemoselective process for preparing a substantially bicyclic-lactone-free dialkyl cyclohexane-2,5-diol-1,4-dicarboxylate; and compositions of matter prepared thereby.
US09018406B2	Dicarboxylate-capped estolide compounds and methods of making and using the same Described herein are dicarboxylate-capped estolide compound and methods of making the same. Exemplary dicarboxylate-capped estolide compounds include those of the formula x is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected from 0 to 20; y is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected from 0 to 20; W is, independently for each occurrence, selected from —CH2— and —CH═CH—; z is an integer selected from 1 to 40; n is an integer equal to or greater than 0; R5 is selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, and an estolide residue; and R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, wherein each fatty acid chain residue of said at least one compound is independently optionally substituted.
US09018403B2	Method for producing tetrahydropyran compound and intermediate thereof Disclosed is a method for producing a tetrahydropyran compound represented by general formula (5) shown in the scheme. Accordingly, a tetrahydropyran derivative is obtained in high yield and with high selectivity without using a highly toxic reagent, and an industrially useful method for producing a tetrahydropyran derivative and an intermediate thereof can be provided. In formulae (1) to (5), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, or an aromatic group which may have a substituent, and R1 and R2 may be combined to form an alkylene group, thereby forming a ring; and R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, and R3 and R4 may be combined to form an alkylene group, thereby forming a ring.
US09018398B2	Intermediate for acenedichalcogenophene derivative and method for synthesizing same An intermediate for an acenedichalcogenophene derivative is expressed by formula (1) or formula (2). In the formulae (1) and (2), Ar1 represents any one ring of a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, or an anthracene ring having at least one of hydrogen thereof is substituted with a boronic acid group or a boronate ester group; Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a selenium atom; and Z represents a substituent group. This intermediate for the acenedichalcogenophene derivative is capable of easily deprotecting the boronic acid group or the boronate ester group and allowing a substitution with a desired functional group, such that a desired synthesis of acenedichalcogenophene derivative, and further a desired synthesis of oligomers and polymers using this obtained acenedichalcogenophene derivative can be achieved.
US09018393B2	Method for preparing 2-(N-substituted)-amino-benzimidazole derivatives A method for preparing 2-(N-substituted)-amino-benzimidazole derivatives is provided, which comprises the following steps: (1) reacting a compound of 2-(N-protecting group)-O-aryl diamine with a compound of N-phenoxycarbonyl monosubstituted amine to obtain a compound of 2-(N-protecting group)-amino aryl urea; (2) in a suitable organic solvent, performing dehydrating cyclization reaction of the compound of 2-(N-protecting group)-amino aryl urea in the presence of an organic base and dichloro triphenylphosphine prepared by triphenylphosphine oxide with oxalyl chloride or diphosgene or triphosgene, or dibromo triphenylphosphine prepared by triphenylphosphine oxide with bromine, to produce a compound of 1-protecting group-2-(N-substituted)-amino-benzimidazole; (3) deprotecting the resulting compound of 1-protecting group-2-(N-substituted)-amino-benzimidazole to obtain the compound 2-(N-substituted)-amino-benzimidazole.
US09018389B2	Process for the preparation of Deferasirox The present invention provides improved process for the preparation of Deferasirox of formula (I).
US09018384B2	N-link hydroxamic acid derivatives useful as antibacterial agents The present invention is directed to a new class of hydroxamic acid derivatives, their use as LpxC inhibitors, and more specifically their use to treat bacterial infections.
US09018383B2	Acylamino-substituted cyclic carboxylic acid derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, Y, Z, R20 to R22 and R50 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. Specifically, they are inhibitors of the endothelial differentiation gene receptor 2 (Edg-2, EDG2), which is activated by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and is also termed as LPA1 receptor, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and heart failure, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09018382B2	Indazoles Herein are disclosed indazoles of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating cancer.
US09018380B2	Heterocyclic modulators of HIF activity for treatment of disease The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of HIF pathway activity for the treatment or prevention of cancer and other hypoxia-mediated diseases.
US09018377B2	Hydrogen peroxide sensors based upon photo-induced electron transfer The invention provides compounds of formula I F-L-Q (I) where F comprises a fluorophore capable of absorbing energy at an excitation wavelength and, in the absence of a quencher, emitting energy at an emission wavelength, which is different than the excitation wavelength; Q comprises a quencher; L comprises a linker moiety having two ends, one end being covalently bound to F and the other end being covalently bound to Q. The compounds are capable of undergoing a reversible reaction (1), provided below: (1) where Q+ is an oxidized form of Q representing the absence of a quencher, Ox comprises an oxidizing agent, which is capable of oxidizing Q to its oxidized form Q, and Red comprises a reducing agent, which is capable of converting Q back to its reduced form Q. The compounds can undergo photo-induced electron transfer when irradiated with energy and when Q exists in its oxidized form, Q+. The invention also provides methods of detecting and determining the presence of analytes and/or hydrogen peroxide in a sample, as well as a substrate that comprises the compound of formula I.
US09018369B2	Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes.
US09018368B2	Antisense oligonucleotides for inducing exon skipping and methods of use thereof An antisense molecule capable of binding to a selected target site to induce exon skipping in the dystrophin gene, as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 to 202.
US09018366B2	KIR-binding agents and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to agents and methods that are capable of augmenting NK-mediated killing of target cells by reducing inhibitory KIR signalling without reducing the binding of KIR to HLA-C. As described herein, transduction of negative signaling via KIR, upon binding of KIR to its HLA class I ligand, can involve a ligand-binding induced, conformational reorientation of the KIR molecules allowing interactions to form between adjacent KIRs in specific domains, leading to accelerated clustering. Methods and agents such as monoclonal antibodies for reducing KIR-mediated inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity without reducing or blocking HLA-binding by, e.g., reducing or blocking dimerization of KIR, are provided.
US09018358B2	DC-STAMP antibodies Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind an epitope of DC-STAMP. Specifically, provided herein are monoclonal antibodies that bind an epitope of DC-STAMP, wherein the epitope comprises the amino acid sequence Glu-Val-His-Leu-Lys-Leu-His-Gly-Glu-Lys-Gln-Gly-Thr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:1). Optionally, the epitope comprises the amino acid sequence His-Gly-Glu-Lys-Gln-Gly-Thr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:2). Optionally, the epitope comprises the amino acid sequence Lys-Gln-Gly-Thr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:3).
US09018355B2	Collagen fibrillar construction Methods and compositions are described for organizing collagen into fibrillar networks, e.g, short and long-range organization. Collagen produced by the disclosed methods can be used for tissue engineering.
US09018354B2	Methods of producing proteins having triple-helix structure An objective of the present invention is to provide methods of producing human collagen molecules that are easy to isolate and purify and that have a structure substantially equivalent to that of a natural collagen molecule, wherein host cells that are transduced with a collagen gene synthesize large amounts of human collagen protein derived from a gene introduced into a high exogenous gene expression vector. Another objective of the present invention is to provide collagen molecules produced by the production methods.The present inventors discovered that a large amount of human collagen hardly contaminated with host cell-derived collagen could be produced, by selecting from various mammalian cells a host cell that has low collagen expression and introducing a collagen gene construct into a vector capable of high exogenous gene expression.
US09018353B2	Process for producing instantaneous cold soluble gelatin and product thereof Process for producing instantaneous cold soluble gelatin in form of agglomerates of gelatin granules carried out in a fluid bed under controlled temperature, which comprises soaking the gelatin granules through atomizing a granulating liquid in the fluid bed, where the granulating liquid is made up of water.
US09018349B2	Process for preparing caspofungin and novel intermediates thereof The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing the aza cyclohexapeptide compound 1-[(4R,5S)-5-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-N2-(10,12-dimethyl-1-oxotetradecyl)-4-hydroxy-L-ornithine]-5-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-L-ornithine]-pneumocandin B0 (caspofungin) represented by the following formula 1, which can improve the problem due to a pungent odor and toxicity during the process and can prepare caspofungin as a final product at high yield compared to conventional processes, and to novel intermediates which are used in the preparation process:
US09018344B2	Polymers for thin film coatings The present invention provides new materials that combine the advantages of well-defined polymeric starting materials and the convenience of surface modification by physical methods into one package and, thus, offers a general and powerful platform suitable for use in numerous applications.
US09018342B2	Poly(phenylene ether) copolymer and method of making A poly(phenylene ether) copolymer comprises about 5 to 40 mole percent repeat units derived from 2-phenylphenol and 60 to about 95 mole percent repeat units derived from 2,6-dimethylphenol, wherein the poly(phenylene ether) copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 8,000 atomic mass units, as measured by gel permeation chromatography. A method of preparing the poly(phenylene ether) copolymer, comprises oxidatively copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising about 5 to 40 mole percent 2-phenylphenol and about 60 to about 95 mole percent 2,6-dimethylphenol in the presence of a solvent, molecular oxygen, and a polymerization catalyst comprising a metal ion and at least one amine ligand to form a solution of the poly(phenylene ether) copolymer in the solvent, wherein a ratio of total moles of 2-phenylphenol and 2,6-dimethylphenol to moles of metal ion is about 10:1 to about 1200:1.
US09018339B2	Diol, and polycarbonate resin or polyester resin A diol from which a resin material having high processability and a high refractive index can be manufactured, a polycarbonate resin and a polyester resin which is a polymer of the diol, and a molded article and an optical element formed of the polymer. The diol is represented by the general formula (1) shown below; the polycarbonate resin and the polyester resin are polymers thereof; and the molded article and the optical element are formed of the polymers, wherein R1 and R2 each independently denote one of a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms; Q denotes one of an oxyethylene group, a thioethylene group and a single bond.
US09018326B2	Adhesive composition for bonding low surface energy polyolefin substrates A two-part acrylic adhesive composition comprising at least one organoborane-amine complex initiator and at least one multifunctional maleimide crosslinker.
US09018325B2	Catalyst for living radical polymerization and polymerization method A nonmetallic compound having an ionic bond with a halide ion is used as a catalyst for living radical polymerization. Even if a radical initiator is not used, a monomer can be subjected to a radical polymerization to obtain a polymer having narrow molecular weight distribution. The cost of the living radical polymerization can be remarkably reduced, and it is made possible to prevent adverse effects of using a radical initiator (such as side reactions). The present invention is significantly more environmentally friendly and economically excellent than conventional living radical polymerization methods, due to advantages such as low toxicity of the catalyst, low amount of the catalyst necessary, high solubility of the catalyst, mild reaction conditions, and no coloration/no odor, etc. The catalyst can be applied to various monomers and enables synthesis of high molecular weight polymers.
US09018324B2	Process for the preparation of the monomer pentabromobenzyl acrylate and polymerization thereof The invention relates to a process for preparing pentabromobenzyl acrylate through the reaction of pentahalobenzyl halide with a salt of acrylic acid in water-immiscible solvent, wherein said salt is in aqueous form and the reaction is carried out in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst. A process for polymerizing the pentabromobenzyl acrylate in halogenated aromatic solvent and the poly (pentabromobenzyl acrylate) obtained are also disclosed.
US09018322B2	Controlled release amine-catalyzed, Michael addition-curable sulfur-containing polymer compositions Compositions comprising sulfur-containing polymers such as polythioethers, Michael acceptors, and controlled release amine catalysts employing Michael addition curing chemistries useful in aerospace sealant applications are disclosed. The compositions exhibit extended pot life and the rate of curing can be tailored for specific applications.
US09018315B2	Manufacturing process for liquid crystalline polymer The properties of a liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) containing ester linkages and made in the presence of an excess of diol are improved by treating the LCP with a dicarboxylic acid at elevated temperature. The resulting LCPs are useful as molding resins and for films.
US09018311B2	Copolymer An object of the present invention is to provide a novel copolymer useful as a pigment dispersing agent in the field of color liquid crystal displays and the like. A copolymer of the present invention contains a block chain (A) comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit having a tertiary amino group and a repeating unit having a quaternary ammonium base; and a block chain (B) comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like, Q represents an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic group optionally having an alkyl group as a substituent or the like, and n represents an integer of 0 to 6), and a repeating unit represented by formula (II) (wherein R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like and R5 represents a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group or the like), and a copolymerization ratio of the repeating unit represented by formula (II) is 90 wt % or more in the block chain (B) excluding the repeating unit represented by formula (I).
US09018308B2	Polybenzimidazole/polyacrylate mixtures PBI compositions include solutions comprising PBI and acrylate monomer and coatings comprising PBI and polyacrylate. The solutions may also include polymerization initiator, solvent, co-polymers. The coatings are thermally resistant, electrically insulating (dielectric), and adhesive. The PBI compositions are used in the manufacture of microelectronics and related products. Methods for applying the PBI compositions are also discussed.
US09018304B2	Optical adhesive film, apparatus including the same, and optical adhesive composition An optical adhesive film prepared from an optical adhesive composition, an optical adhesive composition, and an apparatus, the optical adhesive composition including a urethane (meth)acrylate copolymer, a reactive monomer, and an initiator, wherein the optical adhesive film has a tensile strength of about 1 to about 70 gf/mm2 at a thickness of 500 μm after curing.
US09018303B2	Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive compositions having plasticizer The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. More specifically, the present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a) acrylic copolymers; b) a hydrophilic plasticizer; and c) a hydrophobic plasticizer. The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention has no mura under moisture and heat resistant condition, and thus has an excellent stain resistance of adherends, and an excellent wettability, endurance reliability, transparency and adhesion reliability, regardless of whether surface property of the adherend is hydrophillic or hydrophobic.
US09018302B2	Dispersant composition A composition comprising particulate solid (typically a pigment or filler), an organic medium (typically the organic medium may be a plastics material or an organic liquid) and a polyacrylic-acid-containing copolymer.
US09018301B2	Process, dispersions and use A process for preparing an aqueous pigment dispersion suitable for use in an ink jet printing ink comprising the following steps in the order I) followed by II): I) providing a dispersion having a sodium chloride critical coagulation concentration of no more than 2.0M, said dispersion comprising a pigment, an aqueous liquid medium and a dispersant having one or more ionic group(s); and II) reducing the hydrophilicity of the dispersant by reacting at least some, but not all of the ionic group(s) in the dispersant with the one or more hydrophobic compound(s).
US09018300B2	Reinforced thermoplastic molding compositions, processes for preparing such compositions, molding made with such compositions and uses therefor Molding compositions comprising: a composition (I) present in an amount of 10 to 100% by weight, based on the molding composition, wherein the composition (I) comprises: (A) 40 to 95% by weight, based on the composition (I), of a copolymer comprising: α-methylstyrene in an amount of 55 to 90% by weight, acrylonitrile in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight, and one or more other monomers in an amount of 0 to 5% by weight, wherein the percentages by weight of the α-methylstyrene, the acrylonitrile and the one or more other monomers are based on the weight of component (A); (B) 2.5 to 75% by weight, based on the composition (I), of a polymer comprising: a vinylaromatic monomer in an amount of 60 to 90% by weight, acrylonitrile in an amount of 8.01 to 39.8% by weight, and maleic anhydride in an amount of 0.2 to 1.99% by weight, wherein the percentages by weight of the vinylaromatic monomer, the acrylonitrile and the maleic anhydride are based on the weight of component (B); and (C) 2.5 to 60% by weight, based on the composition (I), of glass fibers.
US09018297B2	Rubber composition for tread, and pneumatic tire The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tread which improves in terms of the fuel efficiency of a rubber composition containing an isoprene-based rubber and also offers favorable abrasion resistance and elongation at break, and a pneumatic tire comprising a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tread, comprising: a rubber component; a specific amount of a carbon black having a predetermined nitrogen adsorption specific surface area; a specific amount of sulfur; and a specific amount of a compound represented by formula (I) below, the rubber component comprising specific amounts of an isoprene-based rubber and a high-cis butadiene rubber having a predetermined cis content:
US09018296B2	Thermoplastic resin composition having excellent surface gloss, reflectance, anti-yellowing property and moldability A thermoplastic resin composition includes (A) a thermoplastic resin; (B) an inorganic filler; (C) a white pigment; (D) a photostabilizer; and (E) sodium phosphate salt, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition comprises about 0.1 to about 4.7% by weight of the inorganic filler (B) based on 100% by weight of a base resin composition including the thermoplastic resin (A), the inorganic filler (B), and the white pigment (C), wherein the thermoplastic resin composition can have excellent surface gloss, reflectance, anti-yellowing property and moldability.
US09018288B2	Thermoplastic composition The invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, a plastic material (such as a thermoplastic polymer) and a compound capable of having dispersant properties. The compound may be obtained/obtainable by reacting (i) a carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof with (ii) an amine or an aminoalcohol, to form a product, wherein the carboxylic acid contains a lipophilic group R containing six or more carbon atoms; and wherein the product formed is derived from a molar ratio of (i) to (ii) is either: (a) 1:1 or greater when (i) is a carboxylic acid anhydride, or (b) ratio of greater than 1:1 when (i) is a carboxylic acid. The invention further relates to novel compounds, and the use of the compound as a dispersant.
US09018286B2	Flame retardant polycarbonate compositions, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising 20 to 80 weight percent of a polycarbonate composition; where the polycarbonate composition comprises a polysiloxane-carbonate copolymer; an impact modifier in an amount of 0.5 to 25 weight percent; and 1 to 20 weight percent of a phosphazene compound; where all weight percents are based on the total weight of the flame retardant composition. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising blending 20 to 80 weight percent of a polycarbonate composition; where the polycarbonate composition comprises a polysiloxane-carbonate copolymer; an impact modifier in an amount of 0.5 to 25 weight percent; and 1 to 20 weight percent of a phosphazene compound to produce a flame retardant composition; where all weight percents are based on the total weight of the flame retardant composition; and extruding and molding the flame retardant composition.
US09018280B2	Low-density molding compound A molding composition formulation includes a thermoset cross-linkable 12 to 45 micron polymeric resin. Hollow glass microspheroids are present from 2 to 12 total weight percent. An article formed from such a composition is further strengthened by the addition of a surface activating agent bonded to the surface of the glass microspheroids. Conventional particulate fillers when added to an inventive formulation provide enhanced performance when the filler particle has a size sufficiently small to insert within adjacent microspheroid interstitial voids. An unsaturated polyester resin so formed is particularly well suited for the formation of sheet molding compound formulations.
US09018279B1	Rubber-containing bituminous mixtures and methods for making and using same Disclosed are methods for producing rubber-containing bituminous mixtures by pressurizing mixtures of bituminous materials, crumb rubber, and one or more suspension agents with a gas, and then reducing the pressure, creating bubbles of the gas in the mixture. Also disclosed are methods of introducing gas into such mixture by rapid mixing. Mixtures produced by the disclosed methods, such as rubber-containing asphalt mixtures and paving compositions thereof, and their use are also disclosed.
US09018274B2	Ink composition The present invention provides an ink composition comprising at least a polymerizable compound, a photo-polymerization initiator and a polymerization accelerator, wherein the polymerizable compound comprises en N-vinyl compound, the photo-polymerization initiator comprises two or more compounds selected from the group consisting of bisacylphosphine oxides, monoacylphosphine oxides and α-amino ketones, and the polymerization accelerator comprises fine particles having a polymerizable functional group. The ink composition of the invention may be a transparent ink composition containing no coloring material. The ink composition of the invention may further contain a fluorescent whitening agent.
US09018273B2	Polishing pad and production method therefor, and production method for semiconductor device A polishing pad, having a polishing layer comprising a thermoset polyurethane foam, wherein the polishing layer has an in-plane variation of 12 or less in microrubber A hardness, the variation being obtained by measuring the polishing layer from a polishing surface side of the layer, the thermoset polyurethane foam contains, as raw material components, an isocyanate component and active-hydrogen-containing compounds, and the active-hydrogen-containing compounds comprise a trifunctional polyol having at least one terminated hydroxyl group that is a secondary hydroxyl group, and having a hydroxyl group value of 150 to 1,000 mg KOH/g in an amount of 10 to 50 parts by weight for 100 parts by weight of the active-hydrogen-containing compounds.
US09018266B2	Defoamer for fermentation Provided is a defoamer for fermentation which has excellent dispersibility in water and forms neither a precipitate nor oil droplets when the dispersion is heated, and which is highly effective in defoaming fermentation media. This defoamer contains a reaction product obtained by mixing a fat or oil having an iodine value of 40 to 130 with glycerin or like in a molar ratio of from 3/2 to 1/2 to obtain a mixture, causing 4 to 17 mol of propylene oxide to add to 1 mol of the mixture, and then causing 20 to 40 mol of ethylene oxide and 70 to 110 mol of propylene oxide to block-wise add thereto in this order, the reaction product having an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide molar ratio of from 1/4 to 2/5.
US09018265B2	Defoaming agent The present invention is a defoaming agent comprising a fatty acid amide (A), a base oil (B) that is liquid at 25° C., an oil thickening agent (C), and a surfactant (D), wherein the content of the fatty acid amide (A) is 1 to 10% by weight, the content of the base oil (B) that is liquid at 25° C. is 71 to 97.9% by weight, the content of the oil thickening agent (C) is 0.1 to 10% by weight, and the content of the surfactant (D) is 1 to 9% by weight based on the weight of the fatty acid amide (A), the base oil (B) that is liquid at 25° C., the oil thickening agent (C), and the surfactant (D), and the viscosity (25° C.) at a shear rate of 1000 s−1 is 0.1 to 1.0 Pa·s.
US09018263B2	Antimicrobial compositions comprising trimethylene glycol oligomer and methods of using the compositions Disclosed are antimicrobial compositions, and methods for killing, inhibiting, or preventing the growth of microbes, using trimethylene glycol oligomers or dimers. The trimethylene glycol oligomers and dimers have the formula R(CH2CH2CH2—O—CH2CH2CH2)nR1 where R and R1 are hydroxyl, amine, or ester functionalitiess, and n is 2 or higher. The antimicrobial compositions are useful in personal care and cosmetic compositions.
US09018262B2	Compositions and methods for treating hoof diseases The present invention is generally directed to compositions and methods for the treatment of an infectious disease of the foot of an animal. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method for preventing and/or treating one or more infectious diseases of the hoof in animals, comprising: preparing a copper-free and zinc-free composition comprising at least one cross-linking agent, wherein the cross-linking agent is not formaldehyde; and administering the composition to a lower leg and hoof area of said animal to prevent and/or treat said one or more infectious diseases. Another aspect of the invention is directed to a copper-free and zinc-free composition for the treatment and/or prevention of one or more infectious diseases of the hoof in animals, comprising at least one cross-linking agent, wherein said cross-linking agent is not formaldehyde. The present invention is also directed to a method for treating and/or preventing papillomatous digital dermatitis in an ungulate, comprising: preparing a copper-free and zinc-free composition comprising at least one cross-linking agent and at least one quaternary ammonium compound; and spraying or applying in a foam a therapeutically effective amount of said composition to a lower leg and hoof area of said ungulate in order to treat and/or prevent said papillomatous digitial dermatitis.
US09018256B2	Feed additive for animals of P-thymol, salt derivative or ester derivative thereof A feed additive includes at least one of p-thymol, a salt derivative and an ester derivative thereof for animals.
US09018252B2	Stable compositions of dehydroascorbic acid The invention relates to stable liquid compositions containing the oxidized form of vitamin C known as dehydroascorbic acid (DHAA). The compositions comprise DHAA and a pharmacologically acceptable liquid organic polyol solvent. The polyol solvent comprises about 50% or greater of the total weight of the composition. The compositions are useful as dietary supplements, skin-enhancers, concentrates, or research solutions.
US09018249B2	SGLT inhibitors The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula I, their pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives, tautomeric forms, isomers, polymorphs, prodrugs, metabolites, salts or solvates thereof. The invention also relates to the processes for the synthesis of novel compounds of Formula I, their pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives, tautomeric forms, isomers, polymorphs, prodrugs, metabolites, salts or solvates thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising novel compounds of Formula I and methods of treating or preventing one or more conditions or diseases that may be regulated or normalized via inhibition of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2).
US09018248B2	Fatty acid derivatives of catechins and methods of their use The present disclosure relates to fatty acid derivatives of green tea catechins including epicatechin (EC), epicatechin gallate (ECG), epigallocatechin (EGC), epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and their epimers (e.g., catechin, catechin gallate, gallocatechin, gallocatechin gallate) or their mixtures and/or green tea extracts.
US09018247B2	Compositions and products containing S-equol, and methods for their making A composition for use in making commercial food and skin products comprising S-equol or mixtures, including both a non-racemic mixture and a racemic mixture, of S-equol and R-equol. The composition can be used to make articles of commerce such as food supplements, pharmaceuticals, and medicaments. The compositions are useful in a method of delivering S-equol to a mammal to prevent or treat a disease or associated condition, including hormone-dependent diseases or conditions such as cardiovascular disease, lipid disorder, osteopenia, osteoporosis, liver disease, and acute ovarian estrogen deficiency. The S-equol enantiomer can be produced in a biological synthesis from the metabolism of an isoflavone by an organism.
US09018240B2	Compositions and methods for non-surgical treatment of ptosis Provided are pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use of the compositions, for the non-surgical treatment of ptosis (eyelid droop). In one embodiment the composition includes oxymetazoline 0.1% formulated for topical administration to an eye. In one embodiment the composition includes a synergistic combination of oxymetazoline and phenylephrine, formulated for topical administration to an eye. Oxymetazoline alone causes no pupillary dilation (mydriasis), and a synergistic combination of oxymetazoline and phenylephrine induces no clinically significant mydriasis. In addition to providing desirable cosmetic effects, the compositions and methods of the invention can improve visual fields otherwise compromised by ptosis.
US09018239B2	Treatment of edible crops In the growing of crops for consumption, a method for the removal of pathogens includes the addition to irrigation water for the crops of an anti-pathogen composition and supplying the anti-pathogen composition to the crops prior to harvest while normal irrigation is effected. The anti-pathogen composition is based on halogens, such as chlorine, bromine and iodine, or mixtures of halogens or halogens combined with other organic radicals including cyanurate, hydantoin, peroxide and chlorine dioxide. BCDMH and TICA are preferred anti-pathogen components of the anti-pathogen composition and may be added to a carrier concentrate and measured and dosed into the irrigation water.
US09018238B2	Inhibitor of casein kinase 1δ and casein kinase 1ε There is provided an inhibitor that inhibits casein kinase 1δ and casein kinase 1ε, and thus, there is also provided a pharmaceutical agent useful for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease, with the pathological condition of which the mechanism of activation of casein kinase 1δ or casein kinase 1ε is associated. Particularly, the above-described inhibitor is used to provide a pharmaceutical agent useful for the treatment of circadian rhythm disorder (including sleep disorder), central neurodegenerative disease, and cancer.An inhibitor of casein kinase 1δ and casein kinase 1ε, which comprises, as an active ingredient, an oxazolone derivative represented by the following general formula (1), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a hydrate thereof: [wherein, in the formula (1), each of R1 and R2 independently represents any one of a substituted or unsubstituted 6-membered or 5-membered heterocyclic group optionally having a condensed ring, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group optionally having a condensed ring, and a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon lower alkyl group or aromatic hydrocarbon lower alkenyl group optionally having a condensed ring.]
US09018234B2	Fluoro-substituted 2-aryl-3,5-dicyano-4-indazolyl-6-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridines and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel, fluoro-substituted 2-aryl-3,5-dicyano-4-(1H-indazol-5-yl)-6-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives having protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, to a process for the manufacture thereof and to the use thereof for the treatment of c-Met-mediated diseases or c-Met-mediated conditions, particularly Cancer and other proliferative disorders.
US09018230B2	Identification, assessment, and therapy of cancers with innate or acquired resistance to ALK inhibitors Described herein are compositions, kits, and methods for determining whether subjects having cancer(s) positive for ALK mutations are likely to respond to treatment with an ALK inhibitor and/or whether a patient having such cancer(s) is likely to have a relatively slower disease progression. Further described are methods for prognosing a time course of disease in a subject having such cancer.
US09018229B2	Quinolone compound and pharmaceutical composition The present invention provides a quinolone compound that inhibits the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protects dopamine neurons from disease etiology, thereby suppressing the progression of neurological dysfunction, so as to prolong the period of time until L-dopa is administered while also improving neuronal function; the quinolone compound of the invention is represented by Formula (1): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or the like; R4 represents halogen or the like; R5 represents hydrogen or the like; R6 represents hydrogen or the like; and R7 represents hydrogen or the like.

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