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US09025594B1	Multiplexing low-order to high-order ODU signals in an optical transport network A method and apparatus are provided for multiplexing one or more Low-Order (LO) ODUj/ODUflex clients into a High-Order (HO) ODUk in an Optical Transport Network (OTN). LO bytes are multiplexed in accordance with a tributary slot assignment for a selected LO ODUj of the HO ODUk stream using a permutation matrix. In an implementation, each byte on each ingress port of a W-port space-time-space switch is configurably assigned to an associated timeslot of an associated egress port, using time-division multiplexing. The number of TribSlots assigned to an ODUflex may be increased and decreased hitlessly. A Clos-like Space-Time-Space switch is used to interleave bytes from Low-Order ODUk words into High-Order ODUk words.
US09025590B2	Carrier aggregation with power headroom report Methods, apparatuses, and software can be used for providing power headroom reporting in a telecommunication system. A method can include configuring a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in uplink, wherein the power headroom report control element includes a bitmap indicating which power headroom reports are being reported. The method can further include receiving the power headroom report control element from the user equipment. The method additionally can include processing the received power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment.
US09025589B2	Method and apparatus for roaming between communication networks A method and apparatus for managing roaming of a Mobile Node in a Visited network. The Mobile Node is associated with a Home network. In the Visited network, a server selects a Gateway node for use by the Mobile Node based on selection criteria. The server then sends a message to an access node in the Visited network to which the Mobile Node is attached, the message identifying the selected Gateway node. This instructs the Mobile Node to communicate with its Home network via the selected Gateway Node.
US09025586B2	Secondary synchronization signal mapping Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter or a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter is for use with a base station and includes a primary module configured to provide a primary synchronization signal. The transmitter also includes a secondary mapping module configured to provide a secondary synchronization signal derived from two sequences taken from a same set of N sequences and indexed by an index pair (S1, S2) with S1 and S2 ranging from zero to N−1, wherein the index pair (S1, S2) is contained in a mapped set of index pairs corresponding to the same set of N sequences that defines a cell identity group. Additionally, the transmitter further includes a transmit module configured to transmit the primary and secondary synchronization signals.
US09025585B2	Apparatus and method for allocating time slots to nodes without contention in wireless network Provided is an apparatus and method for allocating time slots to nodes without contention in a wireless network. The method for allotting time slots includes: receiveing a packet length and maximum allowable latencies of the nodes and converting them into data in symbol units; determining a beacon order so that a beacon interval representing a length of a superframe is smaller than or equal to a minimum value of the converted maximum allowable latencies; determining a superframe order so that the sum of a length of a beacon frame, a length of a contention access period, and a length of contention free period is smaller than a length of an active portion, based on the converted packet length; and allocating a guaranteed time slot without contention to each node according to an allocation priority order for the nodes.
US09025581B2	Hybrid virtual cell and virtual port wireless network architecture A controller directing access points to default to a virtual cell service mode which allows seamless mobility for stations in motion around a wireless network is disclosed. Responsive to identifying a first station, the controller logic may dictate tighter controls for the first station by selecting a virtual port service mode. Some embodiments can also select a native cell service mode for devices due to a connection history of the station or a MAC OUI that is incompatible with virtual cell service mode. An initial service mode can be changed due to a condition. Also, the controller provides multiple BSSIDs to each access point.
US09025577B2	Wireless base station and wireless communication method A resource determination unit determines at least a part within any downlink subframe as a first resource and determines at least a part of an UpPTS (Uplink Pilot Timeslot) or a part of an uplink subframe as a second resource for transmitting an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal). A transmission path state estimation unit estimates a state of a transmission path to a wireless terminal based on a DRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) included in uplink user data after the first resource is determined and until it receives an SRS, and it estimates a state of the transmission path to the wireless terminal based on an SRS after it received the SRS.
US09025576B2	Apparatus and method for employing a tune-away operation to communicate simultaneously with a plurality of channels Apparatus and methods are disclosed to provide for a multi-SIM wireless user equipment configured for block-level, or slot-level tune-away operations enabling simultaneous communication with a plurality of channels. The first and second channels may correspond to different RANs, each of which the user equipment may subscribe to as corresponding to information in a plurality of SIMs at the user equipment. In other examples, the first and second channels may correspond to different cells within a single RAN. In either case, the tune-away operations disclosed provide for reduced data loss at the first channel and in some examples improved communication performance at the second channel. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09025571B2	Method and device for maintaining the performance quality of a communication system in the presence of narrow band interference A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for scanning wireless signals in a wide frequency band, measuring power levels in narrow frequency bands from the wireless signals, determining a threshold according to an average wideband power level or at least a portion of the power levels in the narrow frequency bands, detecting from the wireless signals a narrow band interferer based on the threshold, and initiating a strategy for responding to interference in the wide frequency band caused by the detected narrow band interferer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09025569B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring synchronization in code division multiple access system A method and an apparatus for acquiring downlink frame synchronization are provided. The method includes phase-rotating a mid-amble of a first Time Slot (TS) of a received sub-frame within an area and estimating a Channel Impulse Response (CIR), calculating a Maximum Likelihood (ML) between a downlink synchronization code of the received sub-frame and a downlink synchronization code generated in a terminal by using the estimated CIR, correlating downlink synchronization codes of a plurality of sub-frames and the downlink synchronization code generated and calculating ML values of the plurality of sub-frames with respect to the plurality of sub-frames corresponding to M Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs), and calculating hypothesis values of hypotheses according to a frequency interval and a phase offset of the generated downlink synchronization code based on the calculated ML values of the plurality of sub-frames and drawing a frequency offset and a hypothesis corresponding to a maximum value.
US09025568B2	Downlink orthogonal variable spreading factor code assignment method and base station system using the same A downlink orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) code assignment method is provided. It is determined whether a spreading factor required by a service request is greater than a remaining capacity of assignable spreading factors of a code tree. If not, the code tree is searched from a root until a node of a layer corresponding to the required spreading factor is reached and thus defined as a first node. During the searching, when a searched node is unassigned, the searching continues leftward in a lower layer; and when the searched node is in an assigned state, the searching continues rightward in a same layer of the searched node. It is determined, from the first node, whether any assignable code is available in the layer corresponding to the required spreading factor. If available, an assignable code is assigned to a communication service corresponding to the service request.
US09025567B1	Techniques for establishing a communication handoff threshold using user feedback Examples are disclosed for acquiring real-time VoIP data and implementing statistical modeling techniques to perform a handoff between different telecommunication networks for a hybrid mobile device. In some examples communication link handoff logic may be executed by the processor component to receive VoIP data during a voice call mediated by a call server, the voice call between a hybrid mobile device and another communication device, the data pertaining to one or more Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication link parameters for the communication link between the hybrid mobile device and the call server. The VoIP communication link parameters are statistically modeled and compared to a handoff profile operative to establish criteria for switching the VoIP communication link to an alternate communication link.
US09025566B2	Predictive roaming between subnets A network device of a subnet determines predictive roaming information for a wireless client. Predictive roaming information can identify the wireless client and a home network subnet of the wireless client. The network device provides predictive roaming information associated with a wireless client to neighboring subnets. Neighboring subnets store received predictive roaming information, and use the predictive roaming information if the wireless client roams to them.
US09025562B2	Local mobility solution with wired and wireless interface switching There is provided a method for switching a mobile terminal from a first network interface to a second network interface in a local network environment. The method includes the step of utilizing a same Internet Protocol (IP) address by the mobile terminal for both the first network interface and the second network interface.
US09025558B2	Method for setting modulation and coding scheme in wireless ran system and apparatus supporting the same A method of transmitting data by a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmitter in a wireless local area network system. The method includes transmitting by the MU-MIMO transmitter, a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), the PPDU including a bundled interface field, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index field and a data field; and transmitting, by the MU-MIMO transmitter, the PPDU to a receiving station. The bundled interface field indicates a number of a plurality of spatial streams allocated to the receiving station. The MCS index field indicates a same MCS index used for modulating and coding all of the plurality of spatial streams indicated by the bundled interface field. The data field is modulated and coded by an MCS scheme indicated by the MCS index field and transmitted via the plurality of spatial streams indicated by the bundled interface field.
US09025555B2	Method and apparatus for establishing network in wireless network The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for establishing a network in a wireless network. The method includes: a wireless station selects a working channel and a primary channel which satisfy a bandwidth requirement and an interference level in a channelized set within a given frequency band according to local configuration information and/or through channel scanning and interference detection; and the wireless station establishes a network according to the selected working channel and primary channel. Through the disclosure, a wireless network compatible with the current Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) can be established according to the configuration information or scanning result when the wireless station supports multiple channelized set schemes within a given frequency band, and the utilization of available spectrum resources is maximized.
US09025553B2	Capability update in a telecommunications network An apparatus configured to operate as a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC-AS) within an IP Multimedia Subsystem network, the apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a SIP INVITE originating from or sent via an access domain and for determining that the INVITE relates to a handover of a User Equipment (UE) currently served by the SCC-AS, to that access domain and for which a session with a peer UE is ongoing and the apparatus further comprises a message handler for determining if capabilities for the ongoing session, identified within said INVITE, have changed with respect to capabilities previously associated with the ongoing session and, if it is determined that capabilities have changed, for causing a SIP message to be sent to said peer UE, the message containing the changed capabilities.
US09025552B2	Cross-domain multi-media resource identification system and method thereof The invention provides a cross-domain multi-media resource identification system and a method thereof. The method includes: the first router transmits the first equipment list of the first LAN to the second router; the second router transmits the second equipment list of the second LAN to the first router; a first electronic device transmits a read request to the second router through the first router when the first electronic device in the first LAN intends to obtain a specific multi-media file of a second electronic device in the second LAN; the second router returns a text message file to the first router; the first router converts the specific internal internet address into an actual external internet address according to the text message file; the first electronic device plays the specific multi-media file according to the actual external internet address.
US09025549B2	Access point and interference control method In MU-MIMO communication in which an AP (access points: wireless base station) receives signals sent from plural terminals at the same time and at the same frequency, combinations of terminal users and decoding order of the received signals are determined so that interference reduction advantage by applying SIC can be effectively obtained. The access point includes: a plurality of antennas; and a scheduler used for performing the MU-MIMO communication with a plurality of terminals at the same time and at the same frequency. The scheduler is configured to determine the combinations of the terminal users on the basis of uplink communication quality information of the plurality of the terminals when the MU-MIMO communication is performed, and to send the determined combinations of the users as schedule information.
US09025544B2	Channel access method and apparatus in wireless local area network system A channel access method and apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system are provided. A channel access method performed by an originating station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system using a multi-channel including a plurality of subchannels includes transmitting RTS (Request To Send) frames to a destination station via the plurality of subchannels, respectively, receiving CTS (Clear To Send) frames transmitted by the destination station via the plurality of sub-channels in response to the RTS frames; and transmitting data via the subchannels via which the CTS frames have been received.
US09025542B2	ACK/NACK transmission method and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting ACK and NACK with a terminal set in a state of ACK/NACK repetition mode, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving first data through a first subframe; receiving second data through a second subframe; and transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for the second data, wherein the repetition frequency of the ACK/NACK signal for the second data is reduced if a difference between the first subframe and the second subframe is smaller than a reference value.
US09025538B2	Method and system for transmitting downlink control information The present disclosure discloses a method and system for transmitting downlink control information, for solving the problem of how to indicate a transmission scheme when a cyclic redundancy check code in the downlink control channel is scrambled with the semi-persistently scheduled cell radio network temporary identifier. In order to support the bi-flow beam forming technology in the LTE-A R9, the present disclosure provides a downlink control information Format 1A, which may, when the cyclic redundancy check code in the downlink control channel is scrambled with the semi-persistently scheduled cell radio network temporary identifier, indicates a method for transmitting downlink control information, for example, single-layer transmission, transmit diversity, or a transmission scheme simultaneously involving single-layer transmission and transmit diversity, which guarantees flexibility of system schedule. The present disclosure adds no signaling overhead and has good adaptability with the LTE R8.
US09025536B2	Apparatus and methods of whitespace communication The described apparatus and methods provide communication services utilizing a combination of non-white space (NWS) and white space (WS) networks. For example, in an aspect, the described apparatus and methods receive, at a first base station (BS) and on a licensed frequency, a communication request for network access from a wireless access terminal (AT). The aspects also determine at least one available unlicensed frequency corresponding to a location of the wireless AT. Further, the aspects partition at least a portion of the network access for the wireless AT to be via the at least one available unlicensed frequency. Additionally, the aspects inform the wireless AT of the at least one available unlicensed frequency for use to obtain at least the portion of the network access. Additional aspects relate to NWS BS assisted handoffs of WS calls, dynamic caching of WS information, peer-to-peer WS communication, and WS BS venue-specific broadcasting.
US09025535B2	Application-based biasing of frequency bands A method performed by a network device includes receiving a request for a service or an application and determining a type of the service or the application selecting a frequency band to provide the service or the application from among multiple frequency bands, where a selection of the frequency band is based on the type of the service or the application. The method further includes providing the service or the application on the selected frequency band.
US09025533B1	System and method for dynamic VLAN assignment A system and method for dynamically assigning VLANs to devices for reliable, high performance and low support volume mechanism that allows service providers to affordably deploy dynamic per-unit VLAN assignment with zero operator intervention provisioning.
US09025532B2	Cellphone WLAN access point An integrated cell phone/WLAN AP for providing cell phone functionality and cellular-based data connectivity to a WLAN enabled device. The cell phone AP comprises a WLAN radio, a WLAN AP coupled to the WLAN radio, a cellular radio coupled to the WLAN radio, for communicatively connecting to a cellular system having a cellular-based data service and passing data between the WLAN-enabled device and the cellular system, a cell phone function block coupled to the cellular radio for providing conventional cell phone functionality, and a power supply.
US09025522B2	Providing network connectivity based on device mobility A device receives an attachment request from a user device, and determines whether the user device is a stationary device based on the attachment request. The device further establishes a connection between the user device and a network by using local components associated with the device when the user device is the stationary device. The local components perform functions performed by one or more of a remote mobility management entity (MME) device, a remote serving gateway (SGW), or a remote packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW) associated with the device. The device also transmits data from the network to the user device via the local components associated with the device after establishing the connection between the user device and the network.
US09025520B2	Apparatus supporting an MBMS service Provided is a method and apparatus that may control a configuration and operation of a network including a base station to support a multicast and broadcast multimedia service in a cellular system and may control an operation of a terminal and the like, and thus, may effectively provide a multimedia service in the cellular system.
US09025518B2	Wireless communication network, communication method and node used in wireless communication network A wireless communication network, a communication method and a node for the wireless communication network are disclosed. The wireless communication network includes a plurality of peer nodes communicating with each other through a control channel and a plurality of data channels. The communication method may include: transmitting available data channel information via a routing request signal; modifying available data channel information received by the source node or the other intermediate nodes, and transmits the modified available data channel information via a routing request signal; determining an agreed data channel for communication between the destination node and the source node or between the destination node and the intermediate node, according to the available data channel information transmitted from the source node or the intermediate node; and notifying an intermediate node as a previous hop and/or the source node of an identification of the agreed data channel via a routing response signal.
US09025514B2	Network selection A wireless user device, in radio communication with a first access point of one or more networks with which it could communicate via at least one of a plurality of access points, sends a network selection request to the first access point. If the network wishes to initiate a response from another access point in the same or another network, the first access point forwards the network selection request to one or more neighboring access points, in the same or another network. If any of the neighboring access points is able to communicate with the user device, that neighboring access point sends a response directly to the wireless user device and the wireless user device chooses the most suitable network from the responses sent.
US09025511B2	Method and system for controlling MBMS service The disclosure provides a method for controlling a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), which includes: a network side processes uplink feedback information from User Equipment (UE) and makes an Activation/Deactivation determination on an MBMS service according to the processing result; and the network side activates/deactivates the MBMS service according to the determination result. The disclosure also provides a system for controlling an MBMS service correspondingly. The disclosure can control the activation/deactivation of an MBMS service according to uplink feedback information from UE, thereby improving system efficiency.
US09025507B1	Method and system for fast channel change in a communication device An association table associates each program stream of a plurality of program streams with a MAC domain, with a channel frequency and with a multicast address. If a subscriber device selects a content program different from a current program, a determination is made whether the new program is serviced by a different MAC domain than the one serving the current program. If the selected new program is not serviced by the same domain that is serving the current program stream(s), the current MAC domain is informed that the subscriber device is ending the session therewith, the new frequency is tuned by the subscriber device and new content is received immediately after the new frequency is tuned. The subscriber device registers with the new MAC domain after receipt of new content has begun.
US09025503B2	Multi-domain network coding A communications network (20) comprises a network coding node (24) and a network decoding node (26). A method of operating a communications network (20) comprises, at the network coding node (24), performing multi-domain network coding upon a first signal and a second signal to obtain a network coded signal. The first signal is modulated by a first modulation scheme and the second signal is modulated by a second modulation scheme. At least one of the first signal and the second signal includes information in a phase domain and information in an amplitude domain. The method further comprises transmitting the network coded signal over a link to a receiver (26) and performing multi-domain network decoding of the network coded signal as detected at the receiver (26) to obtain the second signal, the receiver knowing and using the first signal for the multi-domain network decoding.
US09025500B2	Simultaneous bidirectional transmission for radio systems Disclosed are methods, systems, and apparatus for maximizing the spectral efficiency of a communications spectrum by providing a means to transmit information continuously in both directions of a radio link on the same center frequency at any given time. One embodiment may be directed to a method of communicating in a point-to-point radio system. The method may include receiving a first signal at a first antenna of a radio head. The first signal may include a transmitted data signal and interfering signals. The method continues by determining a correction signal from a transmitter of the radio head and processing the first signal to remove the interfering signals using the correction signal, and sending a second signal using a second antenna. The first and second signals may be sent and received at substantially the same time.
US09025495B1	Flexible routing engine for a PCI express switch and method of use A system and method are disclosed for a flexible routing engine in a PCIe switch. The system may include a switch manager that is enabled, through firmware, to configure one or more routing tables associated with a switch stack of a PCIe switch. The method may include receiving a configuration transaction layer packet at the switch manager of a PCIe switch, running firmware at the switch manager to identify a desired behavior of a switch stack of the switch and updating one or more routing tables associated with switch stack.
US09025491B2	High speed data transmission utilizing a high frequency physical layer for a wireless personal area network device Wireless devices may utilize a communication stack to setup a data transmission session with other devices. The data transmission session may include a physical layer that permits wireless devices to perform operations such as discovery, pairing, and security setup. When a radio interface of a wireless device is insufficient to enable performing a data communication, a data transmission session may be established with at least one of a plurality of other physical layers to accommodate the data communication.
US09025483B2	System and method for reducing handover occurrences in a wireless communication network A first base station wirelessly communicates with a terminal. A second base station predicts a handover interval based on handover history information upon receiving from the first base station a handover request for performing a handover of the terminal to the second base station, where the handover interval indicates a time period from a first handover time at which a first handover of the terminal is performed from the first base station to the second base station, to a second handover time at which a second handover of the terminal is performed from the second base station to another base station, and the handover history information indicates a history of handovers that have been performed by the second base station. Then, the second base station determines whether a handover of the terminal to the second base station is permitted or not, based on the predicted handover interval.
US09025481B2	Aperiodic CQI/PMI request in carrier aggregation A user's downlink component carriers DL-CCs are divided into groups. An aperiodic CQI/PMI report is triggered by signaling (for example one bit). There is a pattern that maps the signaled trigger to a particular DL-CC within a group of DL-CCs that are configured for a user equipment UE, and that mapped particular DL-CC is determined to be the subject of the aperiodic report. In various embodiments the pattern is implicit and points to the DL-CC for which an aperiodic report has not been sent for more than a threshold time interval; or to the DL-CC for which resources have not been allocated for a periodic report; or to every DL-CC in the group that are activated for the user equipment. Examples are detailed for apparatus, method and computer program from the perspective of the network and from the perspective of the UE.
US09025479B2	Increasing CSI-RS overhead via antenna port augmentation A method of wireless communication is presented. The method includes signaling a first number of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) ports corresponding to resource elements (REs) and a second number of virtual antenna ports, the second number being less than or equal to the first number. The method also includes transmitting CSI-RS on each virtual antenna port, the CSI-RS mapped to at least a portion of the REs.
US09025474B2	Recommending information associated with a user equipment or a communication group in a communications system In an embodiment, a communication device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a server, etc.) determines one or more current parameters associated with an operating environment of the first UE, and then excludes at least one communication mode from one or more available communication modes to produce a set of communication modes by which a second UE is recommended to contact the first UE. In another embodiment, the communication device selectively recommends communication groups to users of UEs with current operational capabilities similar to characteristics of the recommended communication groups. In another embodiment, a server determines that a threshold number or a threshold percentage of group-members of an existing communication group are friends with a set of users that do not yet belong to the existing communication group, and then recommends that the set of users join the existing communication group.
US09025473B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting CQI in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes: receiving a CQI request message requesting a CQI report over a first downlink component carrier; and transmitting a CQI for at least one second downlink component carrier over an uplink component carrier.
US09025472B2	Technique for radio resource management A technique for radio resource management is proposed for controlling a wireless transceiver in a cellular communication system that comprises a scheduling channel configured to transport relative scheduling grants for signalling adjustments in transmission resources previously granted to the wireless transceiver. A method embodiment of this technique comprises the steps of deriving an amplitude parameter indicative of an instantaneous amplitude level of the scheduling channel, determining a threshold value taking into account the amplitude parameter, processing a scheduling signal received over the scheduling channel to obtain a signal sample comprising a relative scheduling grant, and subjecting the signal sample to a threshold decision based on the threshold value to decode the relative scheduling grant.
US09025471B2	Antenna selection with frequency-hopped sounding reference signals The embodiments of the invention describe a method for antenna selection in a wireless communication network. The network includes a transceiver having a set of antennas. The transceiver is configured to transmit a frequency-hopped sounding reference signal (SRS) over a subband from a subset of antennas at a time. The transceiver transmits the frequency-hopped SRS from subsets of antennas in the set of antennas alternately. In response to the transmitting, the transceiver receives information indicative of an optimal subset of antennas and transmits data from the optimal subset of antennas.
US09025466B2	Methods and apparatus for facilitating channel access in a communication system A transmission initiation interval timing structure is used in combination with a lower layer timing structure, e.g., physical layer timing structure. A device selects a subset of packet transmission initiation intervals and then limits initiation of packet transmission to those intervals thereby reducing the potential for collisions. Packet transmission may occur outside the initiation interval in which the transmission is initiated. In some embodiments, packet transmission length is intentionally limited to sizes which can be transmitted in a fraction of the amount of time the physical layer allows a single device to continuously transmit, e.g., in an amount of time which is equal to or less than the duration of a packet transmission initiation interval. This increases the probability that multiple devices will be able to successfully transmit small packets at short intervals on a regular basis even when carrier sensing techniques are used.
US09025464B2	Method for design of networks based on p-cycles A simple and effective pre-processing step to reduce the complexity of solving p-cycle network design problems involving pre-selecting candidate cycles based on their topological score (TS) and a priori efficiency (AE) is disclosed. The disclosure contains a case study that examines joint optimization of working routes with placement of p-cycles.
US09025460B2	Method and transmitting unit for reducing a risk of transmission stalling According to a method for reducing a risk of transmission stalling between a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, data blocks are transmitted to the receiving unit from the transmitting unit. Each data block includes a block sequence number (BSN). The transmitted data blocks are stored in a transmission buffer. A flow of retransmission of transmitted data blocks is controlled with a transmission buffer window comprising an acknowledge state variable (ASV) that contains the BSN value of the oldest data block that has not been positively acknowledged by its peer. If a BSN corresponding to the ASV is acknowledged in a first type of acknowledgment message, a status of the BSN is set as tentative acknowledged. If the block sequence number is acknowledged in a second type of acknowledgement message, the status of the BSN is set as acknowledged, and the transmission buffer window is advanced to the ASV.
US09025459B2	Network traffic load balancing A system and methods of using commodity switches and commodity servers to produce a load-balanced, highly-available network for a computing cloud are disclosed. The system comprises switches and servers. The switches are organized in tiers. The switches in the highest tier are connected to the servers via uplink switch ports. The switches in the lowest tier are connected to devices external to the system via downlink switch ports. A packet received from any downlink switch port is forwarded to one of the at least one link aggregation of uplink switch ports. A packet received from any uplink switch port is forwarded according to the first label in the packet. A server is configured to insert one or more labels in a packet to be sent out via the switches. A value in a label indicates the switch port to be selected to send out the packet received at a switch.
US09025457B2	Router and chip circuit Routers in a data transfer system relay data between the first node and each of the second nodes. A router includes a load value processing section and an aggregation decision section. The load value processing section obtains information about a load value of another router connected to a communications bus. The load value is a time delay caused by that another router and/or the throughput of that router. The aggregation decision section chooses one of the second nodes at which the data is to be received, and determines a transmission path between the second node chosen and the first node in accordance with information about the load value obtained from each router and information determined during a design process about the number of stages of routers from the first node through each second node and/or the length of data to be transferred.
US09025451B2	Positive feedback ethernet link flow control for promoting lossless ethernet An Ethernet node includes a receiver and transmitter for coupling to an Ethernet link for transceiving Ethernet frames with a remote Ethernet node at a remote end of the Ethernet link. The Ethernet node sends to the remote Ethernet node credit information that enables the remote Ethernet node to know an amount of Ethernet frames the remote Ethernet node is allowed to send to the Ethernet node. The credit information may be specified on a VLAN priority basis and may be included in a header piggy-backed on a host Ethernet frame or may be included in an explicit frame. The credit information may incrementally replenish credits or may specify an absolute credit amount and may be sent in response to processing frames, detection of a frame error, receipt of a request from the remote node or other events.
US09025450B2	Method and equipment for performing flow shaping that maintains service quality in packet-switched telecommunications The invention relates to a method and equipment for performing flow shaping that maintains service quality in packet-switched telecommunications. Using the method according to the invention, the speed properties (CIR, PIR, CBS) of an aggregate flow (A) can be monitored and limited in a situation, in which the aggregate flow contains delay-critical traffic (V1), the forwarding of packets representing which cannot be delayed. The invention is based on the fact that, when forwarding packets representing the aggregate flow, a variable is updated, the value of which expresses the earliest permitted moment, at which a packet, representing traffic (V2) other than the delay-critical traffic, can be forwarded. In that case, the transfer speed of the traffic (V2) other than delay-critical traffic adapts to the variations in the transfer speed of the delay-critical traffic, allowing the speed properties of the aggregate flow to be monitored and limited.
US09025448B2	Methods and apparatuses for accessing internet Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for accessing the Internet. The method includes: establishing a connection with a mobile access point (AP), and receiving service set identifier (SSID) information and encryption information of the mobile AP by using a physical connection channel storing the SSID information and the encryption information of the mobile AP into a first SSID name; sending disable information to the mobile AP, where the disable information is used for the mobile AP to disable its Wi-Fi search function; and enabling its first SSID name, so that a mobile terminal in communication with the mobile AP accesses the Internet by invoking the SSID information and the encryption information in the first SSID name.
US09025446B2	Carrier selection policy for joint scheduling for carrier aggregation in an LTE-advanced system Various embodiments of a semi-joint scheduling algorithm for carrier aggregation in an LTE-Advanced system are provided. The proposed semi-joint scheduling algorithm combines the advantages of independent scheduling and joint scheduling while avoiding the respective shortcomings, and provides a technical foundation for a wide adoption of the carrier aggregation technology. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09025441B2	Communicating data units in a communications network that provides failure protection A node comprises a first communications interface to a customer network element, where the first communications interface is part of a group of communications interfaces to the customer network element to provide failover support. The node further includes a network interface to communicate over a trunk group to other nodes, where the trunk group includes a primary trunk and a secondary trunk. Just one of the primary and secondary trunks is active for communicating data units.
US09025439B2	Method and system to enable re-routing for home networks upon connectivity failure A method implemented by a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) of an Internet service provider to provide accessibility to a wide area network for a Residential Gateway (RG) upon a failure of a wireline connectivity between the BNG and the RG, the method including receiving a failure detect message indicating a connectivity failure at the BNG from the RG, deciding whether to re-route traffic by the BNG, sending a failure acknowledge message by the BNG to the RG notifying the RG that re-routing has been initiated, sending a traffic re-route request message by the BNG to a Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW) of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network requesting the PDN GW to re-route traffic, receiving a traffic re-route acknowledgement by the BNG from the PDN GW, and re-routing traffic between the RG and the BNG through the PDN GW by the BNG.
US09025438B1	System and method for communication failover A system and method for communication failover is disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow voice communications (both inbound and outbound) that are normally carried by VoIP to be automatically switched over to a PSTN in the event of a failure of the VoIP communication network.
US09025437B2	System and method for providing improved failover performance for pseudowires Grouping pseudowires based on hardware interfaces and configured control paths enables improved pseudowire failover performance. Signaling status changes (e.g., from standby to active status) is facilitated by using group IDs for the pseudowire groups, thereby enabling improved failover performance when there is disruption in the network.
US09025436B2	Terminal device and retransmission control method Provided is a terminal device that is capable of improving the characteristics of a response signal having poor transmission characteristics when ARQ is utilized in communication using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. At the time of channel selection, a control unit (208) selects a resource used in sending a response signal from among specific PUCCH resources notified in advance from a base station (100) and PUCCH resources mapped to a CCE, and controls the transmission of the response signal. A response signal generating unit (212) supports implicit signaling with respect to any given response signal, and at the same time as supporting LTE fallback from 2CC, uses a mapping method that, between bits, smooths the number of PUCCH resources that can determine ACK/NACK simply by determining the PUCCH resource regarding which the response signal had notified.
US09025433B2	Apparatus and method for handling valid protocol data units An example apparatus is provided that receives a plurality of protocol data units (PDUs) formatted according to a standard that prescribes segmenting service data units (SDUs) into sequential PDUs. Each SDU is segmented into PDU(s), and each PDU includes data field element(s). The apparatus detects a current received PDU including data field element(s) that do not belong to a SDU, and handles the detected PDU. This handling includes one or more of (a) accepting the detected PDU but discarding the data field element(s) of the respective PDU; (b) discarding the detected PDU including the data field element(s) of the respective PDU; (c) processing the detected PDU and forming a SDU from the data field element(s) of the respective PDU; or (d) handling the error as a radio link failure. The apparatus then operates according to the standard with respect to the received PDUs after handling the detected PDU.
US09025428B2	Allocating and receiving tones for a frame A communication device for allocating tones is described that includes a processor and instructions in memory in electronic communication with the processor. The communication device determines whether a bandwidth for signal transmission is 20, 40, 80 or 160 megahertz (MHz). The communication device respectively allocates tones for 20, 40, 80 or 160 MHz as follows: for a very high throughput (VHT) signal A1 (VHT-SIG-A1): 52, 104, 208, 416; a VHT signal A2 (VHT-SIG-A2): 52, 104, 208, 416; a VHT short training field (VHT-STF): 12, 24, 48, 48; one or more VHT long training field(s) (VHT-LTF(s)): 56, 114, 242, 484; a VHT signal B (VHT-SIG-B): 56, 114, 242, 484; and a data field (DATA): 56, 114, 242, 484. The communication device also transmits the signal.
US09025427B2	Data transmission circuit and data transmission / reception system A data transmission/reception system includes a data transmission circuit and a data reception circuit. The data transmission circuit includes a pattern detection unit configured to detect a pattern of data to be loaded on inner lines among a plurality of transmission lines and generate an inversion signal, and a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the plurality of transmission lines and the inversion signal to an inversion line, and invert some of the data to be loaded on the inner lines in response to the inversion signal. The data reception circuit is configured to invert the data inverted by the transmission unit among the data transferred to the plurality of transmission lines, in response to the inversion signal.
US09025424B2	Optical recording method, optical recording medium, optical recording medium recording apparatus, optical recording apparatus, optical disk, and optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus A mark having a length nT (n being an integer equal to or greater than 3 and T being a clock period) is formed by modulating irradiation laser power with three values of recording power Pw, erase power Pe, and bias power Pb (Pw>Pe>Pb). Constant strength periods (At) of the recording power Pw are set as AtT, A1T, . . . , and AmT and constant strength periods (B) of the bias power Pb are set as BtT, B1T, . . . , BmT, and CT (C=−1 to 3). The application of laser is divided into pulses in order of AtT, BtT, A1T, B1T, . . . , AmT, BmT, and CT (m=(n−k)/2, k=3 (if n is an odd number), or k=4 (if n is an even number)). (Here, the constant strength period of the recording power Pw for n=3, n=4, n≧5 (odd number), and n≧6 (even number) is set as At3, At4, Atod, and Atev, the constant strength period of the bias power Pb for n=3, n=4, n≧5 (odd number), and n≧6 (even number) is set as Bt3, Bt4, Btod, and Btev, and then, At3+Bt3=Atod+Btod=Am+Bm=2T and At4+Bt4=Atev+Btev=3T).
US09025417B2	Systems and methods for optimizing low frequency output from airgun source arrays Systems and methods for optimizing low frequency output of marine sources are described. The marine source arrangements and associated methods disclosed herein seek to fully frequency lock bubbles emitted by airguns in close proximity to one another. In this manner, larger effective bubble volumes can be achieved, thus increasing low frequency output.
US09025415B2	Audio source localization An audio source localization apparatus receives signals from a microphone array (101), and a reference processor (105) generates at least three reference beams with different directional properties. An estimation processor (107) which generates simultaneous direction estimates for two sound sources, comprises a circuit (401) combining signals of the at least three reference beams with a beam shape parameter reflecting a shape of an audio beamform and a beam direction parameter reflecting a direction of an audio beamform for the combined signal. A cost processor (403) generates a cost measure indicative of an energy of the combined signal and a minimization processor (405) estimates values of the beam shape parameter and the beam direction parameter which correspond to a local minimum of the cost measure. A direction processor (407) then determines simultaneous direction estimates for two sound sources from the determined parameter values. Improved direction estimation for two simultaneous sound sources may be achieved.
US09025414B2	Reciprocal method two-way wave equation targeted data selection for seismic acquisition of complex geologic structures The invention relates to seismic surveying where complex geologies are likely to create data that is confusing or ambiguous for a conventional matrix of acquisition source points and receiver locations. With some understanding of the geological substructure, the acquisition source points and receiver locations that optimize the imaging may be found by using a reciprocal two-way wave equation propagation method coupled with the best geologic model available. With this, the acquisition source points and receiver locations that optimize the imaging may be used in seismic survey to better resolve the substructure and avoid the inclusion of data that obscures understanding of the substructure.
US09025411B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes an enable signal generation unit configured to be inputted with a plurality of clocks which have different phases, and generate a plurality of enable signals; and a plurality of sampling units configured to output input data as sampling data in response to respective pairs of clocks of the plurality of clocks and respective ones of the plurality of enable signals.
US09025407B2	Apparatus and methods to provide power management for memory devices An apparatus, such as a nonvolatile solid-state memory device, may, in some implementations, include access line bias circuitry to set a bias level associated with a deselected access line(s) of a memory core in response to mode information. In one approach, access line bias circuitry may use linear down regulation to change a voltage level on deselected access lines of a memory core. A memory access device, such as a host processor, may be provided that is capable of dynamically setting a mode of operation of a memory core of a memory device in order to manage power consumption of the memory. Other apparatuses and methods are also provided.
US09025402B1	Semiconductor memory apparatus for controlling dummy block A semiconductor memory apparatus may include a memory bank, row decoders, and an intersection region circuit. The row decoder may be configured to select a dummy block and a plurality of sub blocks based on row address signals, a bank select signal, and a dummy delayed bank select signal. The intersection region circuit may delay the bank select signal and may generate a delayed bank select signal and a dummy delayed bank select signal.
US09025397B2	Data write circuit of semiconductor apparatus A data write circuit of a semiconductor apparatus includes a data path configured to receive a pattern signal and generate a first delayed pattern signal; a data strobe signal path configured to receive the pattern signal and generate a second delayed pattern signal; a data latch block configured to latch the first delayed pattern signal in response to the second delayed pattern signal, and output a resultant signal; and a control block configured to generate the pattern signal, and vary a delay time of the data path according to a result of comparing phases of a latched signal of the data latch block and the pattern signal.
US09025394B2	Memory devices and control methods thereof A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a first signal line, a memory cell array, first and second voltage adjustment circuits. The memory cell array is divided into first and second areas and includes first memory cells in the first area and second memory cells in the second area. The first and second memory cells are coupled the first signal line. Each of the first and second memory cells has a reference node. The first voltage adjustment circuit adjusts voltages at the reference nodes of the first memory cells. The second voltage adjustment circuit adjusts voltages at the reference nodes of the second memory cells. The reference nodes of the first memory cells are coupled to a ground through the first voltage adjustment circuit. The reference nodes of the second memory cells are coupled to the ground through the second voltage adjustment circuit.
US09025392B1	Memory device with reduced neighbor memory cell disturbance In one embodiment, an apparatus, such as a memory device, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory cell, digit line driver, access line driver, clamping element, and control circuit. The memory cell and clamping element can be both coupled to a digit line. The control circuit can be configured to cause the clamping element to clamp the voltage of the digit line for a period of time while the digit line driver is caused to bias the digit line at a voltage level sufficient to enable selection of the memory cell. In addition, the control circuit can be configured to cause the access line driver to bias an access line coupled to memory cell when the voltage of the digit line is at the voltage level sufficient to enable selection of the memory cell.
US09025388B2	Method for kink compensation in a memory This disclosure concerns memory kink compensation. One method embodiment includes applying a number of sequentially incrementing programming pulses to a memory cell, with the sequential programming pulses incrementing by a first programming pulse step voltage magnitude. A seeding voltage is applied after applying the number of sequentially incrementing programming pulses. A next programming pulse is applied after applying the seeding voltage, with the next programming pulse being adjusted relative to a preceding one of the sequentially incrementing programming pulses by a second programming pulse step voltage magnitude. The second programming pulse step voltage magnitude can be less than the first programming pulse step voltage magnitude.
US09025386B1	Embedded charge trap multi-time-programmable-read-only-memory for high performance logic technology An embedded Multi-Time-Read-Only-Memory having a (MOSFET) cells' array having an initial threshold voltage (VT0) including the MOSFETs arranged in a row and column matrix, having gates in each row coupled to a wordline (WL) running in a first direction and sources in each one of the columns coupled to a bitline (BL) running in a second direction; creating two dimensional meshed source line network running in the first and second directions, in a standby state, wherein BLs and MSLN are at a voltage (VDD), and the WLs are at ground; storing a data bit by trapping charges in a dielectric of a target MOSFET, VT0 of target MOSFET increasing to another voltage (VT1) by a predetermined amount (ΔVT); reading a data bit by using the MOSFET threshold voltage having one of VT0 or VT1 to determine a trapped or de-trapped charge state, and resetting the data bit to a de-trapped state by de-trapping the charge.
US09025385B2	Voltage generation and adjustment in a memory device Voltage generation devices and methods are useful in determining a data state of a selected memory cell in a memory device. Voltages can be generated in response to a first current and a second current. The first current is responsive to a memory device operation and a memory cell data state associated with the memory device operation, while the second current is responsive to a temperature associated with the memory device and to the memory cell data state associated with the memory device operation.
US09025383B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method of programming the same A method is provided for programming a nonvolatile memory device, which includes multiple memory cells connected in series in a direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate. The method includes programming a first memory cell of the multiple memory cells, and programming a second memory cell of the multiple memory cells after the first memory cell is programmed, the second memory cell being closer to the substrate than the first memory cell. A diameter of a channel hole of the first memory cell is larger than a diameter of a channel hole of the second memory cell.
US09025381B2	Block-row decoders, memory block-row decoders, memories, methods for deselecting a decoder of a memory and methods of selecting a block of memory Block-row decoders, memory block-row decoders, memories, methods for deselecting a decoder of a memory and methods of selecting a block of memory are disclosed. An example memory block-row decoder includes a plurality of block-row decoders, each of the block-row decoders having a decoder switch tree. Each block-row decoder is configured to bias a block select switch of the decoder switch tree with a first voltage while the block-row decoder is deselected and further configured to bias decoders switches of the decoder switch tree that are coupled to the block select switch with a second voltage while the block-row decoder is deselected, the second voltage less than the first voltage. An example method of deselecting a decoder of a memory includes providing decoder signals having different voltages to decoder switches from at least two different levels of a decoder switch tree while the decoder is deselected.
US09025379B2	Semiconductor device and method of operating the same A method of operating a semiconductor device includes storing LSB data in a LSB page included in plural pages of corresponding word line group of a first memory block, generating a data combination signal by combining plural sets of LSB data after the step of storing LSB data, storing the data combination signal in a second memory block, and storing MSB data in a MSB page included in the plural pages.
US09025376B2	Nonvolatile memory device and related method of operation A memory device comprises a nonvolatile memory device and a controller. The nonvolatile memory comprises a first memory area comprising single-bit memory cells and a second memory area comprising multi-bit memory cells. The controller is configured to receive a first unit of write data, determine a type of the first unit of write data, and based on the type, temporarily store the first unit of write data in the first memory area and subsequently migrate the temporarily stored first unit of write data to the second memory area or to directly store the first unit of write data in the second memory area, and is further configured to migrate a second unit of write data temporarily stored in the first memory area to the second memory area where the first unit of write data is directly stored in the second memory area.
US09025375B2	Memory disturb reduction for nonvolatile memory Technology is described that supports reduced program disturb of nonvolatile memory. A three/two dimensional NAND array includes a plurality of pages, which are divided into a plurality of page groups. Access is allowed to memory cells within a first page group of a plurality of page groups in an erase block of the three dimensional NAND array, while access is minimized to memory cells within a second page group of the plurality of page groups in the erase block of the three/two dimensional NAND array. Pages in the same page group are physically nonadjacent with each other in the three/two dimensional NAND array.
US09025374B2	System and method to update read voltages in a non-volatile memory in response to tracking data A method includes reading a representation of tracking data from at least a portion of a non-volatile memory. The method further includes adjusting a read voltage based on a comparison between a number of bits in tracking data as compared to a count of bits in the representation of the tracking data.
US09025369B2	Resistance change nonvolatile semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a phase change memory includes a memory cell, a select transistor, and a memory cell array. The memory cell includes a chalcogenide wiring, resistance wirings and a cell transistor. The chalcogenide wiring becomes a heater. One end of a plurality of memory cells with sources and drains connected in series is connected to a source of the select transistor. The bit line is connected a drain of the select transistor. The memory cell array is obtained by forming a memory cell string.
US09025362B2	Memory element and memory device There is disclosed a memory element including a memory layer that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face; a magnetization-fixed layer that has a magnetization that is perpendicular to the film face; and an insulating layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer, wherein an electron that is spin-polarized is injected in a lamination direction of a layered structure, and thereby the magnetization direction of the memory layer varies and a recording of information is performed, a magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the memory layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the memory layer, and in regard to the insulating layer and the other side layer with which the memory layer comes into contact at a side opposite to the insulating layer, at least an interface that comes into contact with the memory layer is formed of an oxide film.
US09025359B2	Applying a bias signal to memory cells to reverse a resistance shift of the memory cells Data is written to cells of a resistance-based, non-volatile memory. An activity metric is tracked since the writing of the data to the cells. In response to the activity metric satisfying a threshold, a bias signal is applied to the cells to reverse a resistance shift of the cells.
US09025356B2	Fly-over conductor segments in integrated circuits with successive load devices along a signal path The propagation delay of a signal through multiple load devices coupled sequentially along a conductor is improved by separating a subset of the load devices that is more distant from the signal source, and coupling the more distant subset to the signal through a fly-over conductor that bypasses the subset that is nearer to the signal source. The technique is applicable to subsets of bit cells in a random access memory (SRAM) coupled to a given word line, or to word line decoder gates coupled sequentially to a strobe signal, as well as other circuits wherein load devices selectable as a group can be divided into subsets by proximity to the signal source. In an SRAM layout with multiple levels, different metal deposition layers carry the conductor legs between the load devices versus the fly-over conductor bypassing the nearer subset.
US09025355B2	Non-volatile memory device with clustered memory cells An embodiment of a non-volatile memory device includes: a memory array, having a plurality of non-volatile logic memory cells arranged in at least one logic row, the logic row including a first row and a second row sharing a common control line; and a plurality of bit lines. Each logic memory cell has a direct memory cell, for storing a logic value, and a complementary memory cell, for storing a second logic value, which is complementary to the first logic value in the corresponding direct memory cell. The direct memory cell and the complementary memory cell of each logic memory cell are coupled to respective separate bit lines and are placed one in the first row and the other in the second row of the respective logic row.
US09025354B2	Power limiting in a content search system A content search system including a CAM device having a plurality of CAM blocks and a governor logic receives a search request and compares the number of CAM blocks required to perform the requested search to a limit number, the limit number being the maximum number of CAM blocks permitted to be used in a requested search operation. If the number of CAM blocks required to perform the requested search exceeds the maximum number of CAM blocks permitted to be used in a requested search operation, then the search operation is rejected. The governing operation can be performed on each requested search, thus limiting power dissipation. The relationship between a maximum number of CAM blocks and power dissipation can be characterized, and a corresponding block limit value can be stored into a memory accessible by governor logic.
US09025346B2	Fly-back power converting apparatus A structure of a fly-back power converting apparatus is disclosed. The structure includes a power transistor, a current detector, a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generator and a current limiter. The power transistor is coupled to an input voltage and receives a PWM signal. The current detector detects a current output from the power transistor and generates a detecting voltage according to the current. The PWM signal generator generates the PWM signal according to a comparing result by comparing the detecting voltage and a standard voltage. The current limiter generates the standard voltage according to a turn-on time of the power transistor.
US09025337B2	Wireless module and connector apparatus having the same A wireless module includes a wireless signal transceiver and a transferring unit. The wireless module is assembled to a connector unit after the wireless signal transceiver is assembled to the transferring unit. Therefore, the connector unit transmits and receives wireless signals through the wireless module.
US09025336B2	Linked semiconductor module unit and electronic circuit-integrated motor device using same A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.
US09025335B2	Apparatus for moving a card reader An apparatus including a sliding mechanism configured to enable a card holder to be moved between a first position and a second position; a resilient member configured to bias the card holder towards the first position; and an adjustment mechanism configured to enable tension in the resilient member to be adjusted when the card holder is in the second position.
US09025334B2	Structure for fixing electric part for motor-driven compressor An electric part fixing structure for a motor-driven compressor includes an electric part having a plurality of leads and a guide member for positioning the leads. The guide member is made of a plastic and has a guide hole through which the lead is passed.
US09025332B2	Inlet-air-cooling door assembly for an electronics rack A method is provided which includes providing a cooling apparatus for an electronics rack which includes a door assembly configured to couple to an air inlet side of the electronics rack. The door assembly includes: one or more airflow openings facilitating passage of airflow through the door assembly and into the electronics rack; one or more air-to-coolant heat exchangers disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening(s) passes across the heat exchanger(s), which is configured to extract heat from airflow passing thereacross; and one or more airflow redistributors disposed in a direction of airflow through the airflow opening(s) downstream of, and at least partially aligned to, the heat exchanger(s). The airflow redistributor(s) facilitates redistribution of the airflow passing across the air-to-liquid heat exchanger(s) to a desired airflow pattern at the air inlet side of the electronics rack, such as a uniform airflow distribution across the air inlet side of the rack.
US09025331B2	Inlet-air-cooling door assembly for an electronics rack A cooling apparatus for an electronics rack is provided which includes a door assembly configured to couple to an air inlet side of the electronics rack. The door assembly includes: one or more airflow openings facilitating passage of airflow through the door assembly and into the electronics rack; one or more air-to-coolant heat exchangers disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening(s) passes across the heat exchanger(s), which is configured to extract heat from airflow passing thereacross; and one or more airflow redistributors disposed in a direction of airflow through the airflow opening(s) downstream of, and at least partially aligned to, the heat exchanger(s). The airflow redistributor(s) facilitates redistribution of the airflow passing across the air-to-liquid heat exchanger(s) to a desired airflow pattern at the air inlet side of the electronics rack, such as a uniform airflow distribution across the air inlet side of the rack.
US09025326B1	Server A server includes a server host including a tray, a main circuit, a left circuit board, a right circuit board, a rear circuit board, several first hard disk drives, several second hard disk drives and several third hard disk drives. The left, right and rear circuit boards are located at the left side, right side and rear side of the main circuit board, respectively, and all electrically connected to the main circuit board. The first hard disk drives are electrically connected to the main circuit board via the left and right circuit boards. The second hard disk drives are located at the left and right side of the rear circuit board. The third hard disk drives are located above the rear circuit board, and the second and third hard disk drives are electrically connected to the main circuit board via the rear circuit board.
US09025314B2	Microporous separator-film for double-layer capacitors The invention relates to a biaxially orientated, single or multi-layered porous film made of propylene homopolymer and/or propylene block copolymer and ss-nucleation agent. Said film has a Gurley value of between 50 to <400 s and shrinkage in the longitudinal direction of <5% at 100 DEG C./1 hour, and a transverse shrinkage of <10% at 100 DEG C./1 hour.
US09025313B2	Energy storage devices with at least one porous polycrystalline substrate In one embodiment, a structure for a energy storage device may include at one polycrystalline substrate. The grain size may be designed to be at least a size at which phonon scattering begins to dominate over grain boundary scattering in the polycrystalline substrate. The structure also includes a porous structure containing multiple channels within the polycrystalline substrate.
US09025312B2	Electric double layer capacitor A collector for an electric double layer capacitor including a conductive sheet, and a film adhered on surface of the conductive sheet and including carbon fine particle and polysaccharide and/or cross-linked polysaccharide. An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor including a collector having a conductive sheet and a film adhered on surface of the conductive sheet, and a film including activated carbon and adhered on surface of the film of the collector. The film of the collector includes carbon fine particle and polysaccharide and/or cross-linked polysaccharide. An electric double layer capacitor including an electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte. The electrode includes a collector having a conductive sheet and a film adhered on surface of the conductive sheet, and a film including activated carbon and adhered on surface of the film of the collector. The film of the collector includes carbon fine particle and polysaccharide and/or cross-linked polysaccharide.
US09025311B1	Very large ceramic capacitor with mechanical shock resistance An improved high capacitance module for multi-layer ceramic capacitors is described. The module contains a flexible substrate comprising at least one first conductive trace and at least one second conductive trace. A first termination trace is in electrical connection with each first trace and a second termination trace is in electrical connection with each second trace. Each capacitor comprises interleaved conductors wherein alternate conductors are terminated to a first external termination and adjacent conductors are terminated to a second external termination. Each capacitor is mounted on the substrate with the first termination in electrical contact with the first trace and the second termination in electrical contact with the second trace. A housing with the substrate is received in the housing. A first lead tab is in electrical contact with the first termination wherein the first lead tab extends from the housing.
US09025310B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic body having first and second side surfaces and third and fourth end surfaces, a plurality of internal electrodes and having one ends exposed to the third or fourth end surface, and first and second side margin parts formed so that an average thickness from the first and second side surfaces to edges of the internal electrodes is 18 μm or less, wherein when the first or second side margin part is divided into two regions by a virtual line obtained by connecting mid points of distances between the edges of the internal electrodes and points at which lines extended from the internal electrodes contact the first or second side surface, when a region adjacent to the internal electrodes is defined as S1 and a porosity of S1 is defined as P1, P1 is in a range of 1 to 20 (1≦P1≦20).
US09025307B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; and first and second inner electrodes disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween within the ceramic body, the first and second inner electrodes being alternately laminated with a difference in printing widths therebetween, wherein a difference ratio between the printing widths of the first and second inner electrodes is 20 to 80%. According to embodiments of the present invention, a multilayer ceramic electronic component having excellent reliability and withstand voltage characteristics may be realized, by reducing the occurrence of cracking through a reduction in the influence of step height while securing high capacitance.
US09025300B2	Positioner A voltage/current converting circuit is provided in a stage prior to a communication circuit. An over-current preventing circuit is incorporated into the voltage/current converting circuit. The voltage/current converting circuit converts a DC voltage signal into a DC electric current signal, and converts an AC voltage signal into an AC electric current signal. Moreover, the voltage/current converting circuit keeps the excessively large electric current that would flow into the internal circuitry thereof to no more than a predetermined electric current value (for example, no more than 30 mA) when the positioner is connected in error to the voltage source side without a load resistance connected.
US09025298B2	Electrical switching apparatus including transductor circuit and alternating current electronic trip circuit An electrical switching apparatus includes a transductor circuit that senses a direct current between at least one input terminal and at least one output terminal and outputs an alternating current proportional to the direct current between the input terminal and the output terminal. The electrical switching apparatus also includes an alternating current electronic trip circuit configured to control pairs of separable contacts to separate based on the alternating current output from the transductor circuit. The alternating current electronic trip circuit includes a rectifier circuit, an interface circuit, and a processor structured to output a control signal to control a trip actuator to cause an operating mechanism to separate the plurality of pairs of separable contacts.
US09025297B2	Surge protection circuit in three-phase four-wire circuit In a surge protection circuit in a three-phase four-wire circuit, a first three-phase three-wire surge module includes terminals respectively coupled to a first phase R, a second phase S, a third phase T, and a fifth phase E. A single-phase two-wire surge module includes terminals respectively coupled to one phase R among the first phase R, the second phase S, and the third phase T, to a fourth phase N, and to the fifth phase E. The second three-phase three-wire surge module includes terminals respectively coupled to the two phases S and T among the first phase R, the second phase S, and the third phase T, to the fourth phase N, and to the fifth phase E. The two phases S and T are not coupled to the single-phase two-wire surge module.
US09025289B1	Low-cost electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device for high-voltage open-drain pad A low-cost ESD protection device for high-voltage open-drain pad is disclosed, which has a first high-voltage (HV) NMOSFET coupled to a high-voltage (HV) open drain pad, a ground pad, a HV block unit and an ESD clamp unit and a low-voltage (LV) bias unit coupled to the first HV NMOSFET, a low-voltage (LV) trigger, the ESD clamp unit and the ground pad. The LV trigger is coupled to the HV block unit. The HV block unit blocks a high voltage from the HV open drain pad diode during normal operation and generates a trigger signal to the LV trigger when an ESD event is applied to the HV open drain pad. Then, the LV trigger turns on the ESD clamp unit to discharge an ESD current and switches the LV bias unit to turn off the first HV NMOSFET.
US09025281B2	Magnetic device including a near field transducer A recording device and a method of forming a recording device are disclosed. The recording device includes an air bearing surface and a near field transducer including a surface proximate the air bearing surface. The device also includes a write pole including a sloped pole piece proximate the near field transducer, where the sloped pole piece includes an end proximate the air bearing surface; a capping material disposed proximate the surface of the near field transducer; and an overcoat layer disposed proximate the capping material and at least a portion of the air bearing surface of the recording device.
US09025280B2	PMR writer device with multi-level tapered write pole A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a multi-level tapered write pole. The write pole comprises a main pole with a tapered tip on a leading edge or a trailing edge, on which is formed at least one yoke that has a tapered edge. The edge of the yoke is recessed from the ABS of the main pole, giving the head a stepped profile. The yoke can be a single yoke formed on one side of the main pole or it can be two yokes formed on both the leading and trailing sides of the main pole. The write pole structure creates an efficient channeling of magnetic flux to the ABS surface of the pole tip which produces magnetic recording field at high area densities.
US09025279B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and magnetic disk drive A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to the present invention includes a base including a metal layer, a first plastic film layer A, and a second plastic film layer B and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a surface of the second plastic film B. The metal layer is positioned between the first plastic film layer A and the second plastic film layer B. The metal layer has a thickness of 2 μm to 15 μm. A total of a thickness Ta of the first plastic film layer A and a thickness Tb of the second plastic film layer B is within a range of 25 μm to 70 μm.
US09025278B1	Tool-less hard disk carrier The tool-less hard disk carrier is provided and configured to accommodate a hard disk. The hard disk has a first screw hole and a second screw hole respectively located at two sides of the hard disk. The tool-less hard disk carrier includes a housing, a moving part, a first pin, and a second pin. The housing includes a first sidewall and a bottom board connected to each other. The moving part has a sliding portion and an abutting portion connected to each other. The sliding portion is slidably engaged with the bottom board. The abutting portion is bent relative to the sliding portion to face the first sidewall. The abutting portion and the housing define an accommodating space, and the accommodating space is configured to accommodate the hard disk.
US09025277B1	Hard disk drive having multiple disk stacks on a rotatable platform A lower cost per unit of storage hard disk drive (HDD) includes multiple disk stacks fixed to a carousel, and at least one head stack assembly (HSA) for accessing portions of the magnetic-recording disk(s) of each of the multiple disk stacks after the carousel rotates to move a disk stack in a fixed position relative to the HSA.
US09025273B1	Disk drive employing digital accumulators to limit velocity and/or acceleration of microactuator A disk drive is disclosed comprising a microactuator configured to actuate a head over a disk, and control circuitry comprising a first digital accumulator responsive to a first register. The first digital accumulator generates at least one of a velocity command and a position command for the microactuator, and the control circuitry configures the first register in order to limit at least one of a velocity and an acceleration of the microactuator.
US09025271B2	Method for reading file using plurality of tape media A storage system includes a plurality of tape drives connected to a host, and a buffer configured to temporarily hold data read from the drives. A mechanism loads a plurality of media on which a file has been written to the plurality of drives so as to mount the plurality of media in the plurality of drives and divides the file into a plurality of data portions in an order. The mechanism determines a medium that takes the shortest time to move from a current position of a read head of a corresponding drive to a beginning position of the file and one or more media from which following data portions of the beginning data portion are to be read. The mechanism executes reading of the following data portions from the next media and temporarily holding of the read following data portions in the buffer of the storage system while reading the beginning data portion of the file from the first medium to the host.
US09025266B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device, magnetic disk storage device, and electronic apparatus A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a p-type substrate to which a ground voltage is applied and a floating-type NMOSFET which is integrated on the p-type substrate and to which a negative voltage lower than the ground voltage is applied. The floating-type NMOSFET includes an n-type buried layer buried in the p-type substrate, a high voltage n-type well formed on the n-type buried layer and floats electrically, a p-type drift region formed in the n-type well, an n-type drain region and an-type source region formed in the p-type drift region, and a gate electrode formed on a channel region interposed between the n-type drain region and the n-type source region. The high voltage n-type well includes an n-type tunnel region, with a higher impurity concentration than that of the high voltage n-type well, inside a peripheral region formed so as to surround the p-type drift region.
US09025265B1	Method of format savings via predictive correction of synchronization word A method and system for providing format savings in data sectors. The method includes receiving a signal outputted from an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The method further includes shifting a signal phase of the signal based at least upon a corrected phase at an output of a phase loop and a phase measured when the signal was digitally sampled by the analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The method also includes adjusting a gain of the signal based at least upon a current gain loop correction and a gain correction made when the signal was digitally sampled by the analog-to-digital conversion circuit. Additionally, the method includes adjusting the signal based at least upon an output of a current offset correction and an offset correction made when the signal was digitally sampled by the analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The method also includes outputting an adjusted signal to a sync mark detector.
US09025261B1	Writing and reading data in tape media A mechanism is provided for determining storage device speed based on a ratio of data compression. A bandwidth (B) is identified between a storage device accessing storage medium and a host application requesting access to data on the storage medium. A host side transfer rate is identified, where the host side transfer rate (HSTR) is a rate of data transfer between the host application and the storage device. For each data set in a set of data sets of a record, a ratio of data compression (R) is identified for the data set; a compression considered host side transfer rate (CCHSTR) is determined; and the storage device speed is set to the compression considered host side transfer rate (CCHSTR) for transmitting the data set to the host application.
US09025258B2	Optical imaging lens set and electronic device comprising the same An optical imaging lens set includes: a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element having an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery, a third lens element with positive refractive power, having a convex image-side surface, an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface, and a plastic fifth lens element having an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The total thickness Ta1 of the all lens elements along the optical axis, all four air gaps Gaa between each lens element along the optical axis, the thickness T3 of the third lens element along the optical axis and the thickness T5 of the fifth lens element along the optical axis satisfy the relation (Ta1+Gaa)/(T3+T5)≦4.00.
US09025257B2	Lens barrel, image capturing apparatus, and manufacturing method Provided is a lens barrel including: a guide shaft in an axial form supported by a reference member; a holding member holding an optical system, and movable in an axial direction of the guide shaft with respect to the reference member; and an interlocking member including an engaging section engaging with the holding member, the interlocking member moving in the axial direction while rotating around an optical axis of the optical system, and moving along the guide shaft without rotating the holding member. The lens barrel may include a driving cylinder including a cam groove engaging with the interlocking member, where when rotated around the optical axis, the driving cylinder drives the interlocking member by means of the cam groove, to cause the interlocking member to move linearly in the direction of the guide shaft.
US09025255B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes first, second, third, and fourth lens groups respectively having positive, negative, negative, and positive powers. The first lens group includes an 11 lens group having a negative power, which is fixed during focusing operations, a lens group having a positive power, which moves during focusing operations, and a lens group having a positive power, which is fixed during focusing operations. The 11 lens group includes two negative meniscus lenses having concave surfaces toward an image side, and a cemented lens constituted by a biconcave lens toward an object side and a biconvex lens toward the image side. A distance D4 between the second meniscus lens and the cemented lens and the focal distance f1 of the first lens group satisfy the relationship: 0.60
US09025243B2	Microscope apparatus The present invention can realize stable focus tracking in the AF control of a microscope by calculating an evaluation function based on a light intensity signal received in two regions and adjusting the slope of the evaluation function to be constant.
US09025238B2	Piezo electrophoretic display The invention is directed to a variety of designs of piezo electrophoretic displays which may be driven without connecting to a power source. The piezo-electrophoretic display comprises an electrophoretic layer, a conductor layer, and a layer of piezo material. The processes for manufacturing the piezo electrophoretic displays are also provided.
US09025237B2	Electrophoresis particle, method of manufacturing electrophoresis particle, electrophoresis dispersion liquid, electrophoresis sheet, electrophoresis device and electronic apparatus An electrophoresis particle of the embodiment includes a mother particle and a covering layer which covers at least a part of the mother particle, wherein the covering layer includes a shell which is consisted of an organic polymer and which cellulary engulfs the mother particle and a polymer which is bonded on the surface of the shell and the polymer is one that a monomer has been polymerized using living radical polymerization, setting the polymerization initiating group as the starting point.
US09025234B2	Luminance enhancement structure with varying pitches The present invention is directed to luminance enhancement structure for reflective display devices. The luminance enhancement structure comprises columns and grooves, wherein said grooves have a triangular cross-section and the pitches of the structure vary. The structure not only can enhance the brightness of a display device, but also can reduce the Moiré effect of the display device.
US09025230B2	Optical line of sight toggle module An optical LOS toggle uses two refractive optical elements located in the afocal space of an optical sensor. Optical surfaces of the two elements are shaped appropriately to work in combination with lateral displacements of the two elements such that the LOS angle is shifted. For a prescribed, discrete LOS shift, the optical image quality of the toggle module is corrected by a combination of aspheric shapes and diffractive surfaces on the optical surfaces of the two elements. To maintain performance along any radial direction and simplify fabrication, these aspheric or spheric shapes and diffractive surfaces should be rotationally symmetrical. Image quality is further improved through proper selection of the optical materials used to construct the optical elements.
US09025228B1	Optical reflecting device An optical reflecting device includes a fixed frame, a pair of first oscillation parts, a movable frame, a pair of second oscillation parts, and a mirror part. One-side ends of the first oscillation parts are connected to the inside of the fixed frame. The movable frame is connected to and held by the other-side ends of the pair of first oscillation parts to be pivotable. One-side ends of the pair of second oscillation parts are connected to the inside of the movable frame and the pair of second oscillation parts are disposed to be substantially perpendicular to the pair of first oscillation parts. The mirror part is connected to and held by the other-side ends of the pair of second oscillation parts to be pivotable. The first oscillation parts have a meandering shape in which a plurality of straight portions and a plurality of folded portions are formed, and a stepped structure portion is provided in part of the folded portion.
US09025225B2	Color adjustment apparatus, color adjustment method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a color adjustment program A color adjustment apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring the color value for specified paper of a desired image forming apparatus and a color value for unspecified paper, a generation unit generating a relational expression associating the color value for the specified paper with the color value for the unspecified paper, a registration unit obtaining and registering an association between the property information of a reference color for the unspecified paper and the relational expression, a calculation unit calculating the predicted color value for the specified paper of another image forming apparatus based on a relational expression associated with the property information of the reference color of arbitrary paper and the color value for the same paper of the other image forming apparatus, and a setting unit setting the predicted color value as a color value to be reproduced by the desired image forming apparatus.
US09025214B2	Image reading apparatus, image reading method, and computer-readable medium An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a character recognition unit, and a display unit for a display according to a language which is set. The reading unit reads out a document and generates image data. The character recognition unit recognizes a character included in the image data in order to orient the image data upright. The display unit displays information specifying an orientation of the character in the document with respect to the reading unit, when the language which is set is a language which is not recognizable by the character recognition unit.
US09025208B2	Determining new color values of an image based on an activity map A method comprises computing an activity map for an input image. The activity map indicates an amount of variable spatial activity in the input image. The method further comprises producing an output image based on the activity map, and controlling a printhead to cause the output image to be printed. The output image contains a plurality of color pixels and each such color pixel is represented by at least one of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K) in a color space.
US09025207B2	Image processing apparatus operative to perform trapping process, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit and a trap unit. The determination unit is configured to determine for each of a plurality of color plates whether trapping processing is performed at a position of a target pixel of an image divided to the plurality of color plates. The trap unit is configured to perform the trapping processing at the position of the target pixel for each of the plurality of color plates based on a determination result of the determination unit. In a case where the determination unit determines that the trapping processing is performed on a predetermined color plate, the trap unit does not perform the trapping processing at the position of the target pixel for the color plate on which the trapping processing is performed according to the determination by the determination unit.
US09025206B2	Processing image using shared buffer An image forming apparatus is provided that can provide a natural edge processing even if a toner save processing and a line width correction processing are configured in parallel. The image forming apparatus detects an edge neighboring region of an input image in a predetermined direction. The edge neighboring region detected by the neighboring edge detection step is subjected to a line width correction processing. An edge region of the input image in a direction other than the predetermined direction is detected. Then, a toner save processing is performed on a no-edge region that is a region other than the edge region detected by the edge detection step.
US09025195B2	Work flow and finishing for print production of photograph images Providing for workflow and finishing solutions for printing are disclosed herein. By way of example, disclosed workflow provides grouping and managing a stream(s) of digital images across a substrate width, for maximizing print productivity and profitability. Digital images are re-sized according to print instructions and oriented into a print stream. Multiple print streams can be organized onto the substrate width, to improve substrate packing. Moreover, disclosed finishing solutions provide for outputting streams of prints according to an output format, in conjunction with rendering the digital images in physical form.
US09025194B2	Data transmission apparatus for transferring data to an output device for outputting data, printer, information processing apparatus, and control method thereof To reduce power consumption, a data transmission apparatus comprises: a memory; a timing instruction unit which indicates a start timing of outputting data from the memory; a first interface which outputs data stored in the memory according to the timing instruction unit; a second interface which transfers the data from the first interface to a buffer; and a control unit which issues a command to perform transition of the first interface and the second interface to a power saving state based on the data output start timing indicated by the timing instruction unit, and a sum of a time required to perform transition of the first interface and the second interface to the power saving state and a time required to return from the power saving state.
US09025193B2	Information processing apparatus, method, system, and medium, with setup page that shows information indicating functions A disclosed information processing apparatus is capable of acquiring, from a device connected to the information processing apparatus, configuration information concerning the device for a setup corresponding to the device according to the configuration information. The information processing apparatus includes a function file storage configured to hold a function file describing a function of the device; a device classifying unit configured to classify the device into a category according to the configuration information acquired from the device; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the device, information concerning the function described in the function file corresponding to the category into which the device is classified by the device classifying unit; and a display unit configured to display a setup page used for the setup corresponding to the device, according to the information acquired by the information acquiring unit.
US09025192B1	Systems and methods for dynamic mobile printing based on scheduled events Systems and methods are disclosed method for dynamic mobile printing based on scheduled events. One method includes receiving, from a device associated with a user, an identifier associated with the user and a print request, the print request including one or more print items to be printed; accessing, by a server, a calendar of the user based on the received identifier associated with the user; determining, by the server, whether an event of the calendar is scheduled for a time of interest; locating, by the server, a printer near a location of the event when the event is scheduled for the time of interest; and transmitting, by the server, the one or more print items to the printer near the location of the event.
US09025191B2	Display operation device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing display operation program, and display operation method and image forming apparatus A display operation device is included in an image forming apparatus. The display operation device includes an apparatus-image display unit and a paper feed/output specifying unit. The apparatus-image display unit displays an image of the image forming apparatus on a screen. In the image, a paper feed source and a paper output destination are separately located. The paper feed/output specifying unit receives at least information specifying the paper feed source and the paper output destination as a result of linking of the paper feed source with the paper output destination in the image on the screen.
US09025190B2	Box print realized by image forming apparatus having no auxiliary storage device An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the network. The image forming apparatus stores, in a memory device, an information processing apparatus identifier that is assigned to the button and transmits, to the information processing apparatus, press-down information that includes the information processing apparatus identifier corresponding to the button that is pressed-down, in response to a request for the press-down information that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network The image forming apparatus also prints, on a sheet, an image based on print job data that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network, if, in the information processing apparatus, it is determined that the information processing apparatus identifier in the press-down information matches with the information processing apparatus identifier of the information processing apparatus.
US09025187B2	Printing system including an image forming apparatus and a management server that manages a print allowance of a user, and printing method performed by the printing system A printing system includes a management server and an image forming apparatus connected to each other via a network. The management server executes an authentication of a logged-in user of the image forming apparatus, manages a remaining quota and a temporary allowance, reserves the temporary allowance of the logged-in user, and provides a notification to the image forming apparatus of the reserved temporary allowance. The image forming apparatus provides a notification to the management server of a requested sheet count, executes printing within a range of the temporary allowance notified of by the management server, and provides a notification to the management server of a printed sheet count.
US09025185B2	Information processing apparatus for processing a management setting, information processing method, and computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit, a registering unit, a requiring unit, a second receiving unit, and a transmitting unit. The first receiving unit receives a reservation and setting process executable time information, the reservation being a reservation for transmission of a management setting, the setting process executable time representing a period of time during which the second information processing apparatus may process the management setting. The registering unit registers the reservation and the information regarding the period of time. The requiring unit requires, in a case where a time at which a communication from a second information processing apparatus was received corresponds to the information regarding the period of time, a first information processing apparatus to transmit the management setting. The second receiving unit receives the management setting. The transmitting unit transmits to the second information processing apparatus the management setting.
US09025184B2	Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium for displaying live tile contents while performing switching thereof An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to add a first live tile content including printer information about a first print queue and a second live tile content including printer information about a second print queue different from the first print queue to a tile list that is gathering for specifying a live tile content displayed by an operating system, wherein the first print queue and the second print queue are each associated with a same application. The operating system is configured to display the first live tile content in a tile display region according to the tile list and to display the second live tile content in the tile display region in place of the first live tile content after the first live tile content is displayed, and the application is launched when a user specifies the tile display region.
US09025180B2	Mobile scan method and system A system and method are disclosed having different multi-functional devices that are in communication with a portable device such as a mobile phone, laptop or the like. A scanned document or image is received from one of the multi-functional devices as well as one or more destination addresses. The scanned document is communicated to a cloud computing server that generates at least one confirmation code or token in response and communicates the confirmation code to the portable device. Upon receiving the confirmation code at a second multi-functional device, the system prints a hardcopy of the scanned image.
US09025179B2	Printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium storing program A print job to undergo print processing is selected from a list of held print jobs. A printing medium type set in the selected print job is selected from a list of feedable printing medium types. At this time, the printing medium type set in the selected print job is displayed preferentially to other printing medium types.
US09025176B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing system There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a receiving unit configured to receive a job from an external apparatus; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the basis of the job received by the receiving unit; and a control device. The control device configured to perform: an establishing process of establishing an allowance status in which the image processing apparatus is allowed to be designated as a job input destination from a user, with respect to the external apparatus; and a restricting process of restricting the image processing apparatus from being in the allowance status in a case where the image processing apparatus is in a restriction status in which the image processing is restricted.
US09025174B2	Printing control device including virtual drive control unit, printing device including virtual drive control unit, and printing control method utilizing virtual drive control unit A control device for a printer includes a master controller and a slave controller, and the constituent elements of the master controller and the slave controllers are configured symmetrically. The master controller includes a virtual mechanical controller.
US09025173B2	Image display apparatus for display of a plurality of images An image display apparatus includes: a display device configured to display a plurality of images. At least one common setting is provided in common for the images, and an individual setting is allowed to be set individually for each image. A controller controls the display device to display the at least one common setting when the images displayed on the display device are being scrolled. When the images displayed on the display device are not being scrolled, the controller controls the display device to display at least one individual setting and at least one image of the images such that each of the at least one individual setting is displayed in association with a corresponding one of the at least one image.
US09025172B2	Printing setting apparatus, computer readable recording medium, and image forming system for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in the plural types of data formats A printing setting apparatus for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in said plural types of data formats, comprising: an operation acceptor for accepting a user's operation for input; a generator for making printing setting based on control information received by said operation acceptor and generating printing setting information described in said one data format based on said printing setting; a converter for converting said printing setting information described in said one data format into printing setting information described in another data format included in said plural types of data formats; and an output part for outputting said printing setting information which is generated by said converter and described in said another data format.
US09025167B2	Image processing apparatus and method An image processing apparatus includes a first image processing unit having a fixed image processing function to perform image processing of image data. A second image processing unit has a fixed image processing function to perform image processing of image area data. A reconfigurable image processing unit is capable of having selectively, by reconfiguration of an architecture of the reconfigurable image processing unit, one of least a first image processing function for image processing of image data and a second image processing function for image processing of image area data. A control unite reconfigures the architecture of the reconfigurable image processing unit to have one of at least the first image processing function and a second image processing function on a basis of whether the image processing apparatus processes a color image or a monochrome image.
US09025156B2	Interferometer and fourier spectrometer using same Provided is a small, highly accurate Fourier spectrometer which enables highly accurate detection of an optical path difference in an interferometer. An element for changing to a narrow band is provided to return reflected light to a second light source (4), and the wavelength of light emitted by the second light source is locked, whereby the position of a movable mirror (8) is measured highly accurately and an optical path length (1) and an optical path length (2) match highly accurately.
US09025150B2	Method and device for high resolution full field interference microscopy The invention relates to an incoherent light full field interference microscopy device for the imaging of a volumetric scattering sample (106). The device comprises an interference device (100) between a reference wave (401), produced by reflection of an incident wave by a reflective surface (105) of a reference arm of the interference device, and an object wave (402) produced by backscattering of the incident wave by a slice of the sample, an acquisition device (108) for at least a first interference signal and at least a second interference signal resulting from the interference of the reference and object waves, the at least two interference signals having a phase difference, an processing unit (403) for calculating an image of the slice of the sample, based on said interference signals. The interference device also comprises an optical element (404) for modifying the phase of the wavefront, and the microscopy device comprises a control unit (405) for the optical element, linked to the processing unit (403), the optical phase modification element being controlled by optimizing a statistical parameter of at least a part of the image calculated by the processing unit.
US09025148B2	Alignment mark, substrate, set of patterning devices, and device manufacturing method An alignment mark determines alignment of a first and a second exposure on a substrate on a macro level and a micro level. The alignment mark includes a first alignment pattern projected during the first exposure and a second alignment pattern projected during the second exposure. The alignment mark includes a first sub-mark at least partially defined by the first alignment pattern and a second sub-mark at least partially defined by the second alignment pattern. Relative positions of the first and second sub-marks on the substrate are representative for alignment of the first and second exposures on the macro level. At least one sub-mark is defined by image lines of the first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern, and wherein relative positions of image lines of the first alignment pattern and image lines of the second alignment pattern of the at least one sub-mark are representative for alignment of the first and second exposures on the micro level.
US09025145B2	Flow cytometry system and method for applying gain to flow cytometry data The invention relates to a flow cytometer system and method to apply a gain to data measurements to improve the display of the data measurements. The method for applying a gain to data detected in a flow cytometer, involves obtaining measurements from a detector in a flow cytometer, applying a gain to the measurements to produce shifted measurements to allow for improved display of the shifted measurements while maintaining the relationship between data points of the shifted measurements and displaying the shifted measurements on a display.
US09025141B1	Position determination using synthetic wave laser ranging Systems and methods for determining the position of an object in a coordinate system. An exemplary system includes three or more laser ranging sensors each configured to direct a sensor beam of continuous-wave light toward a target. Light reflecting off the target interferes with the sensor beam creating an interference beam. The interference beam is combined with local oscillator beams in each laser ranging sensor to create a synthetic wave beam. Each of the laser ranging sensors also includes an array of photodetectors that sense the synthetic wave beam, and is able to measure a distance to the target based on output from the array of photodetectors. The system further includes a controller that receives a distance measurement from each of the laser ranging sensors, and calculates a position of the target in the coordinate system based on the distance measurements.
US09025140B2	Methods and systems for detecting weather conditions including sunlight using vehicle onboard sensors Methods and systems for detecting weather conditions including sunlight using onboard vehicle sensors are described. In one example, a method is provided that includes receiving laser data collected for an environment of a vehicle. The method also includes associating laser data points with one or more objects in the environment, and determining given laser data points that are unassociated with the one or more objects in the environment as being representative of an untracked object at a given position with respect to the vehicle. The method also includes determining that the untracked object remains at a substantially same relative position with respect to the vehicle as the vehicle moves, and identifying by the computing device an indication that a weather condition of the environment of the vehicle is sunny.
US09025139B2	Photoelectric conversion element, light receiving device, light receiving system, and distance measuring device A first photoelectric conversion element, which detects light and converts the light into photoelectrons has: one first MOS diode having a first electrode formed on a semiconductor base body with an insulator therebetween; and a plurality of second MOS diodes, each of which has a second electrode formed on the semiconductor base body with the insulator therebetween. The first electrode of the first MOS diode has, when viewed from the upper surface, a comb-like shape wherein a plurality of branch portions are branched from one electrode portion. Each second electrode of each of the second MOS diodes is, when viewed from the upper surface, separated from the first electrode, and is disposed to nest between the branch portions of the first electrode.
US09025135B2	Shared compliance in a rapid exchange device for reticles, and reticle stage Provided is a method to load a patterning device (1010) onto a reticle stage (RS) of a lithography system, a Rapid Exchange Device (RED) configured to load a patterning device (1010) onto a reticle stage (RS) of a lithography system, and a system for manufacturing a semiconductor device lithographically. The method involves sharing compliance among six degree of freedom between the reticle stage (RS) and the RED. The RED complies in only a first three degrees of freedom and the reticle stage (RS) in only a second three degrees of freedom until the reticle stage (RS) and patterning device (1010) are substantially in contact and coplanar.
US09025133B2	Laser interference lithography apparatus using fiber as spatial filter and beam expander In a laser interference lithography apparatus, a laser source provides a first laser beam, and an optics assembly is optically coupled to the laser source and receives and processes the first laser beam into one or multiple second laser beams. An exposure stage carries a to-be-exposed object. The fiber assembly receives and processes the second laser beam(s) into one or multiple single mode and stable coherent third laser beams without spatial noise. An interference pattern is generated on the to-be-exposed object using the third laser beam(s). The apparatus is configured without a pin hole spatial filter and a beam expander being disposed on an optical path from an output end of the laser source to the exposure stage.
US09025131B2	Optical beam deflecting element, illumination system including same, and related method An optical beam deflecting element may be used effectively as an energy distribution manipulator in an illumination system to vary the energy distribution within a given spatial intensity distribution in a pupil plane of the illumination system substantially without changing the shape and size and position of illuminated areas in the pupil plane.
US09025130B2	Method and apparatus for maintaining depth of focus A method includes directing a beam of radiation along an optical axis toward a workpiece support, measuring a spectrum of the beam at a first time to obtain a first profile, measuring the spectrum of the beam at a second time to obtain a second profile, determining a spectral difference between the two profiles, and adjusting a position of the workpiece support along the optical axis based on the difference. A different aspect involves an apparatus having a workpiece support, beam directing structure that directs a beam of radiation along an optical axis toward the workpiece support, spectrum measuring structure that measures a spectrum of the beam at first and second times to obtain respective first and second profiles, processing structure that determines a difference between the two profiles, and support adjusting structure that adjusts a position of the workpiece support along the optical axis based on the difference.
US09025129B2	Exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with illumination light via a projection optical system and liquid, and includes a controller that controls movement of first and second movable members each of which can hold a substrate. The controller executes a relative movement between the first and second movable members such that, while one of the movable members is arranged opposed to the projection optical system, the other of the movable members comes close to the one of the movable members, and so as to move the close first and second movable members relative to the projection optical system such that the other of the movable members is arranged opposed to the projection optical system in place of the one of the movable members while substantially maintaining a liquid immersion region under the projection optical system.
US09025128B2	Actuator including magnet for a projection exposure system and projection exposure system including a magnet The present disclosure relates to an actuator for projection exposure systems that include a magnet. The magnet is encapsulated and/or supported in a magnet holding plate that is produced by microtechnical production methods so that a moving manipulator surface is held in the magnet holding plate via monolithic or bonded connections without additional connecting material so that there is a secure connection.
US09025127B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In a lithographic projection apparatus, a liquid supply system maintains liquid in a space between the projection system and the substrate. The liquid supply system may further include a de-mineralizing unit, a distillation unit, a de-hydrocarbonating unit, a UV radiation source, and/or a filter configured to purify the liquid. A gas content reduction device may be provided to reduce a gas content of the liquid. A chemical may be added to the liquid using an adding device to inhibit lifeform growth and components of the liquid supply system may be made of a material which is non-transparent to visible light such that growth of lifeforms may be reduced.
US09025125B2	Display device and light barrier element A display device includes a display section, and a light barrier element. The light barrier element includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer that is provided between the pair of substrates and has a plurality of sub-regions that transmit or block light, and a plurality of spacers provided between the pair of substrates. The plurality of spacers are randomly arranged in part or all of a region in surfaces of the substrates.
US09025124B2	Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same A display substrate includes a data line, a gate line and a fan-out line. The data line is disposed in a display area of a base substrate and transfers a data signal to a switching element electrically connected to a pixel electrode. The gate line is disposed in the display area and transfers a gate signal to the switching element. The fan-out line is disposed in a peripheral area of the base substrate surrounding the display area, electrically connected to at least one of the data line and the gate line, and includes a plurality of conductive layers making contact with each other through a contact hole.
US09025121B2	Pixel unit comprising an inclined connection part and array substrate of a liquid crystal display device with a fringe field switching mode Embodiments of the invention disclose a pixel unit and an array substrate of an LCD device with an FFS mode; the pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode insulated from each other, the pixel electrode includes at least two branch electrodes arranged in parallel and an end electrode connecting to ends of the branch electrodes; the branch electrode includes a body and an inclined connection part, the inclined connection part is connected between an end of the body and the end electrode, and extends in a direction different from extension direction of the body; at least one of the branch electrodes includes a protrusion at an end of the body; the protrusion is arranged opposite to the end electrode along the extension direction of the body. Embodiments of the invention can suppress the DLS phenomenon at the edge of the pixel unit, thereby improving display performance.
US09025119B2	LCD module and liquid crystal panel A liquid crystal panel includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a TFT formed on an internal surface of the first glass substrate, an electromagnetic induction module disposed on one side of the internal surface of the first glass substrate for receiving electromagnetic waves to generate current to provide driving current to the TFT, and wireless data receiving modules respectively set up on at least two adjacent sides of the internal surface of the first glass substrate for receiving wireless data signals to provide data to the TFT. Therefore, the present invention wirelessly transmits data and driving current to the liquid crystal panel. In hence, it does not arrange FPC on four sides of the liquid crystal panel for connecting with a PCB circuit so that a frame for protecting FPC is no need. Therefore, it achieves the LCD module with non-frame on four sides.
US09025118B2	Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same A display substrate includes a base substrate, a switching element, a gate line, a data line and a pixel electrode. Each of the gate line and the data line includes a first metal layer, and a second metal layer directly on the first metal layer. The switching element is on the base substrate, and includes a control electrode and an input electrode or an output electrode. The control electrode includes the first metal layer and excludes the second metal layer, and extends from the gate line. The input electrode or the output electrode includes a second metal layer and excludes the first metal layer. The input electrode extends from the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the output electrode of the switching element through a first contact hole, and includes a transparent conductive layer.
US09025117B2	Liquid crystal display panel and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, which comprises: a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, a second conductive layer, a second insulating layer, and a third conductive layer; the first insulating layer being disposed on the first conductive layer and comprising at least two first via-holes corresponding respectively to at least two first subsidiary conductive regions so that at least two first subsidiary conductive regions being partially exposed through first via-holes; the second conductive layer being disposed on the first insulating layer; the second insulating layer being disposed on the second conductive layer; the second insulating layer being disposed on the second conductive layer and comprising at least two second via-holes corresponding respectively to at least two second subsidiary; a third conductive layer being connected with first subsidiary conductive regions and a second conductive layer.
US09025115B2	Liquid crystal display device Light emitted by a backlight can be prevented from leaking through a chamfered portion of a front window of a liquid crystal display device.An upper polarizing plate is bonded over the counter substrate, and a front window is bonded over the upper polarizing plate with a UV-curable resin adhesive. The front window is chamfered and a light shielding member is formed on the chamfered portion. The UV adhesive exists between the chamfered portion and the surface of the upper polarizing plate or the counter substrate, and an outer end of the polarizing plate exists at a point outer than an outer end of the front window. Since the light shielding member for the chamfered portion is formed, light from the backlight does not penetrate from the chamfered portion. Thus, light leakage at a periphery of a screen can be prevented even when the view angle is large.
US09025114B2	Display device having an anisotropic scattering member Disclosed herein is a display device including a reflection type image display portion having a sheet-like anisotropic scattering member. In an area, in an in-plane direction, of the anisotropic scattering member, a low-refractive index area and a high-refractive index area are disposed in a mixture style. The anisotropic scattering member is disposed in such a way that a light is scattered when an outside light is made incident from a surface side on which a degree of a change in a refractive index in a vicinity of a boundary between the low-refractive index area and the high-refractive index area is relatively large, and is emitted from a surface side on which the degree of the change in the refractive index in the vicinity of the boundary between the low-refractive index area and the high-refractive index area is relatively small.
US09025113B2	Display panel with patterned color filter layer having porous structure A display panel has a portion of a color filter or patterned color layer with a thickness of at least half of the cell gap of the display panel, wherein the repair method includes providing a energy light beam to the portion of the color filter or the patterned color layer in the sub-pixel region with a bright point defect to make the portion of the color filter or patterned color layer have porous structure so that bright point is repaired to become a grey point or a dark point.
US09025112B2	Display with color mixing prevention structures An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display having a backlight and color mixing prevention structures. The color mixing prevention structures may, in part, be formed from one or more arrays of color filter elements. The liquid crystal display may include first and second transparent substrate layers on opposing sides of a liquid crystal layer. The display may include a first array of color filter elements on the first transparent substrate layer and a second array of color filter elements on the second transparent substrate layer. One or more of the arrays of color filter elements may include a black matrix formed over portions of the color filter elements. The color filter elements may fill or partially fill openings in the black matrix. The display may include a collimating layer on the second transparent substrate layer. The color filter elements may include cholesteric color filter elements.
US09025109B2	Light guiding system, edge-type backlight module, and liquid display device A light guiding system, an edge-type backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The light guiding system includes an ambient light collection system facing toward ambient light for absorbing the ambient light, a plurality of light guiding devices, and a fluorescent film arranged between the light emitting ends and the light incident surface. Each of the plurality of light guiding devices includes a light emitting end and a light incident end. The light emitting ends are arranged close to a light incident surface of a light guiding plate, and the light incident ends are arranged close to the ambient light collection system. The absorbed ambient light enters the light incident ends and propagates toward the light emitting ends. By adopting the fluorescent film, the light beams from the light emitting ends are diffused such that brightness difference on the light incident surface is enhanced.
US09025104B2	Backboard structure, backlight module, liquid crystal display module The present invention provides a backboard, a backlight module, and a liquid crystal display device. The backboard is configured by at least two units interconnected together, wherein the backboard includes a bottom and sidewall extending from edge of the bottom, wherein the sidewall is provided with at least a fastener which is implemented by attaching a screw onto the sidewall. The backboard is configured by two interconnected units so as to reduce the manufacturing cost. The backlight module and the liquid crystal display device are also benefited with reduced manufacturing cost. The backboard is provided with fastener implemented by attaching a screw. Accordingly, this arrangement is specially suitable for the situation in which the fasteners can not be integrally formed with the backboard. This arrangement is further beneficial for the assembling of the backlight module.
US09025103B2	Manufacturing method for liquid crystal display device A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
US09025092B2	Liquid crystal display comprising liquid crystal lens driven at a first time period and a second time period A display device including a liquid crystal lens and a display panel is provided. The liquid crystal lens is disposed above the display panel and includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and the second substrates, driving electrodes located between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and arranged in a pitch, and an opposite electrode layer located between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The display panel has display units arrange in the pitch. In a 3D display mode, two adjacent driving electrodes in the liquid crystal lens are respectively driven at a first time period and a second time period. The liquid crystal lens and the display panel are switched synchronically so that each display unit respectively displays images with different parallax at the first and the second time periods.
US09025091B2	Stereoscopic eyewear Described are stereoscopic eyewear, methods and systems for manufacturing the same. The stereoscopic eyewear includes right- and left-eye filters for analyzing stereoscopically-encoded polarized light. The filters are made using a roll-type polarizer having an absorption axis. A polymer alignment layer is deposited on a portion of the roll-type polarizer. A liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layer is deposited on the polymer alignment layer. The polymer alignment layer and LCP layer provides at least one retarder having an optic axis at a predetermined angle to the absorption axis of the roll-type polarizer. Described embodiments include a polymer alignment layer that may include at least one of a linearly photopolymerizable polymer (LPP), a brushed or rolled polyimide.
US09025088B2	Sectional dynamic-driving backlight module and head-up display device thereof The present invention relates to a sectional dynamic-driving backlight module and a head-up display device thereof. The sectional dynamic-driving backlight module comprises an optical-directional lens unit and an optical-homogenizing unit. The optical-directional lens unit is provided for converging the light beams emitted by the light source assemblies in the backlight module into light beams with a smaller divergent angle, and the optical-homogenizing unit is used for further homogenizing the light beams, so as to make all display regions of the LCD show a uniform illumination. Therefore, all images showed on an eyebox of the driver are distinct. Besides, each of the light source assemblies consist a red-light LED chip, a green-light LED chip, a blue-light LED chip, and a white-light LED chip, and these LED chips may be controlled by a controlling PCB for lighting respectively or simultaneously, so as to achieve a sectional dynamic display.
US09025086B2	Video projector system Some embodiments provide for a video projector system having a light engine, a video processing engine, and an optical engine. The light engine can provide narrow-band laser light to the optical engine module which modulates the laser light according to video signals received from the video processing engine. Some embodiments provide for a scanning system in the optical engine configured to scan light across one or more modulating elements from two or more colors. The light from two or more colors can be scanned across the modulating element such that the two or more colors are incident at different locations on the element at a particular time. Systems and methods for reducing speckle are presented in conjunction with the modular laser projector system.
US09025085B2	Methods and apparatus for providing access to program channels Methods and apparatus for providing access to program channels, e.g., high definition programs and program channels which corresponding to a standard definition program and/or program channels are described. In accordance with the invention, a high definition auto tune function is supported. When enabled, in one exemplary embodiment, if a user selects a standard program definition channel, a check is automatically made to determine if a corresponding high definition program channel is available. The corresponding high definition program channel is a channel which provides the same program as on the selected standard definition channel but in high definition. When the auto tune function is enabled and a corresponding high definition channel is available, the device, e.g., set to box or tuner implementing the auto tune feature of the present invention, automatically tunes to the high definition channel instead of the standard definition channel.
US09025083B2	Method and device for the real-time superposition of images arising from at least two video streams The device (1) comprises means (7) for assigning, for each pixel of a second image, a part of the three components (red, green, blue) defining the color constituting the pixel, to a component alpha containing an item of information relating to transparency and allowing management thereof, in such a way as to obtain a coded image, and means (2) comprising a digital electronic card (9) which is formed in such a way as to decode said coded image so as to extract the information relating to transparency, and to merge this image thus decoded with a first image, while taking account of said item of information relating to transparency, the image resulting from this merging being displayed by appropriate means (5).
US09025082B2	Image processing device, image recognition device, image recognition method, and program There is provided an image processing device including an image insertion unit that inserts into video content an image for recognition identified by image recognition. The image insertion unit inserts the image for recognition so that a display duration of the image for recognition is less than a value near a threshold of visual perception.
US09025081B2	Time lag determination between audio channels A system comprises logic adapted to concurrently provide an electrical signal to each of a plurality of audio channels. An acoustic sensor is coupled to the logic. The acoustic sensor receives sound signals generated based on the electrical signals. The logic further determines a time lag between the received sound signals.
US09025080B2	Heat transfer camera ring A camera system includes a camera and a camera housing structured to at least partially enclose the camera. The camera comprises an internal heat sink thermally coupled to electronics of the camera and a lens ring positioned around a lens of the camera. The camera housing comprises a thermal conductor. An interior portion of the thermal conductor makes contact with the lens ring when the camera is enclosed within the housing, and an exterior portion extends outside the housing. The thermal conductor is configured to transfer heat from the interior of the housing to the exterior to dissipate heat from the camera's electronics.
US09025076B2	Exchangeable lens and camera system An exchangeable lens detachably mounted at a camera body includes: an optical characteristics storage unit; an optical characteristics information generation unit; and an optical characteristics transmission unit. Peripheral shading information for only some image heights is stored as the information pertaining to the peripheral shading characteristics of the exchangeable lens into the optical characteristics storage unit, but peripheral shading information for at least one image height position among five image height positions equivalent to integral multiples of y1, which represents an image height equal to ⅙ of an image height measured from a center of a substantially rectangular image capturing range to one of four corners of the image capturing range, obtained by multiplying y1 by integers in a range 2 through 6, is not stored in the optical characteristics storage unit.
US09025070B2	Image capture apparatus and control method of image capture apparatus In an image capture apparatus, when a first object and a second object are designated via a touch operation unit during live view display, focus information of each of the first and second objects is stored, and then a focus moving time is set. In execution of image capture, image capture where a focusing point and an exposure value are adjusted to the first object is executed and, after an interval corresponding to the focus moving time, image capture where the focusing point and the exposure value are adjusted to the second object is executed.
US09025068B2	Adjustable lens array with variable optical power An adjustable lens includes a first lens member having a first corrugated surface, a second lens member having a second corrugated surface, and blackout regions disposed between the first and second corrugated surfaces. The first corrugated surface includes a periodic structure of alternating ridge and groove sections. The second corrugated surface includes a periodic structure of alternating ridge and groove sections. The blackout regions are positioned to block image light passing through either the ridge sections of the first lens member, or alternatively, the groove sections of the first lens member.
US09025067B2	Apparatus and method for image super-resolution using integral shifting optics An image capture device includes an electro-optics arrangement having an arrangement of polarizers, polarization sensitive optical elements, and polarization modulating elements. First and second polarization sensitive optical elements are provided having an edge displaced relative to a plane normal to an optical axis of the electro-optics arrangement. A control system coupled to the electro-optics arrangement controls the application of voltages to the polarization modulating elements to control the polarization rotation of the light input to the polarization sensitive optical elements, such that the optical path length of the polarization sensitive optical elements is changed to provide for capture of the object images at each of the different focal planes. The first and second polarization sensitive optical elements generate lateral image shifts between respective object images captured at the different focal planes responsive to the polarization rotation of the light input thereto.
US09025060B2	Solid-state image sensor having a shielding unit for shielding some of photo-electric converters and image capturing apparatus including the solid-state image sensor A solid-state image sensor which comprises a pixel group in which unit pixels each including a microlens and a plurality of photo-electric converters are arrayed two-dimensionally, wherein a shielding unit that shields part of all of a plurality of photo-electric converters corresponding to a single microlens is provided in a portion of the unit pixels.
US09025059B2	Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof, and imaging system A solid-state imaging device comprises a first pixel group includes a first photoelectric conversion unit that converts into electric charges reflection light pulses from an object irradiated with an irradiation light pulse, a first electric charge accumulation unit accumulating the electric charges in synchrony with turning on the irradiation light pulses, and a first reset unit resetting the electric charges; and a second pixel group includes a second photoelectric conversion unit that converts the reflection light into electric charges, a second electric charge accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charges synchronously with a switching the irradiation light pulses from on to off, and a second reset unit that releases a reset of the electric charges converted by the second photoelectric conversion unit.
US09025052B2	Image pickup apparatus that provides for control of angle of view during auto zooming A manual input via a manual input unit while automatically changing a zoom magnification via a zoom control unit is permitted, and after the manual input, the zoom magnification is automatically changed so that a size of an object output from an object extraction unit becomes a second size in relation to an angle of view.
US09025050B2	Digital photographing apparatus and control method thereof A digital photographing apparatus for providing natural images fitting a surrounding environment or brightness to a user by automatically determining an image processing type and an image processing strength according to the surrounding brightness and a control method thereof.
US09025048B2	Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same In an image capture apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus which can apply image correction processing which influences the contrast of a shot image, image quality degradation of an image shot by using input-output characteristics where an output value logarithmically increases with a linear increase in input value is suppressed. When using input-output characteristics where an output value logarithmically increases with a linear increase in input value (S101), internal functional blocks are controlled to invalidate image correction functions which influence the tone characteristics or contrast of an image (S103).
US09025045B2	Digital image processor for a digital camera A digital camera and methods of operating a digital camera are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, a digital camera includes an imaging unit including an image sensor and imaging optics and a digital image processor connected to receive raw digital images from the imaging unit and to process the raw digital images. The digital camera also includes a memory configured to store digital image data that has been pre-processed by the digital image processor and a processor configured to direct retrieval of the digital image data that is stored in the memory and the digital image processor comprises a pre-processing portion and a post-processing portion, the pre-processing portion including a uniformity corrector configured to correct non-uniformities using Photo Response Non-Uniformity (PRNU) correction and/or white balancing.
US09025039B2	Image pickup apparatus and image blur correcting method for performing image blur correction based on at least one of shutter speed and amount of image blur when taking image An image pickup apparatus includes an image-blur-amount calculation unit that calculates an image blur amount of a dynamic picture image, based on a blur of a main body unit when taking the dynamic picture image and an optical correction unit that optically corrects a blur of the dynamic picture image, an electronic correction unit that electronically corrects the image blur, a shutter-speed calculation unit that calculates a shutter speed of the imaging unit, and an image-blur-correction control unit that calculates an optical correction amount by the optical correction unit and optically corrects the image blur based on the optical correction amount, and also calculates an electronic correction amount by the electronic correction unit and electronically corrects the image blur based on the electronic correction amount, based on at least one of the amount of image blur and the shutter speed.
US09025038B2	Image capturing apparatus, image processing method and program This invention provides an image free from camera shake by using a plurality of images captured by a camera array image capturing apparatus. A determination unit determines whether to execute a camera shake correction processing. A memory unit temporarily stores only a group of images determined by a determination unit to be camera shake corrected. A camera shake correcting unit synthesizes images to correct blurs in the images. A matching point searching unit determines matching pixels by checking pixel value similarity between images. A moving amount calculating unit, based on the result acquired by the matching point searching unit, calculates a moving amount of each pixel between images. A position correcting unit, based on the moving amount of each pixel calculated by the moving amount calculating unit, corrects the positions of the images. An image synthesizing unit synthesizes a group of images that are position-corrected by the position correcting unit.
US09025035B2	Zoom lens, imaging optical device, and digital device Disclosed is a zoom lens that forms an optical image of an object on a light receiving surface of an imaging element converting the optical image to an electrical signal, having the diagonal length of 2Ymax, is constituted by a positive first group, a negative second group, a negative third group, an aperture, and a rear group having positive power as a whole, in order from an object side, and satisfies a conditional expression 1.5
US09025032B2	Imaging system and pixel signal readout method An imaging system is provided that includes a target detector, a readout area determiner and a readout processor. The target detector detects a target subject from an effective pixel area of an image sensor. The readout area determiner defines a readout area within the effective pixel area, the readout area corresponding to a detected target. The readout processor reads out only pixel signals within the readout area. A partial area within the readout area is redefined as the readout area when the size of the original readout area is greater than a predetermined size.
US09025025B2	Self-service cleanroom suit borrowing/returning system and self-service borrowing/returning method thereof The present invention relates to a self-service cleanroom suit borrowing/returning system and a self-service borrowing/returning method thereof. The self-service cleanroom suit borrowing/returning system includes an automatic cleanroom suit management system backside servo, a borrowing/returning terminal, and a self-service borrowing/returning cleanroom suit machine. The borrowing/returning terminal is connected, via data communication network, to the automatic cleanroom suit management system backside servo, whereby a user uses the borrowing/returning terminal to enter information required for self-service borrowing/returning of cleanroom suit to the automatic cleanroom suit management system backside servo. The self-service borrowing/returning cleanroom suit machine includes a cleanroom suit returning box for a user to deposit a cleanroom suit and a cleanroom suit borrowing box for a user to retrieve a cleanroom suit, both of which are associated with the automatic cleanroom suit management system backside servo.
US09025024B2	System and method for object identification and tracking What is disclosed is a system and method for identifying materials comprising an object captured in a video and for using the identified materials to track that object as it moves across the captured video scene. In one embodiment, a multi-spectral or hyper-spectral sensor is used to capture a spectral image of an object in an area of interest. Pixels in the spectral planes of the spectral images are analyzed to identify a material comprising objects in that area of interest. A location of each of the identified objects is provided to an imaging sensor which then proceeds to track the objects as they move through a scene. Various embodiments are disclosed.
US09025020B2	Lock in thermal laser stimulation through one side of the device while acquiring lock-in thermal emission images on the opposite side Controlled amount of heat is injected into a stacked die using a light beam, and the propagated heat is measuring with LIT camera from the other side of the die. The thermal image obtained can be characterized so that it can be used to calibrate the phase shift from a given stack layer, or can be used to identify defects in the stacked die. The process can be repeated for each die in the stack to generate a reference for future testing. The thermal image can be investigated to detect faults, such as voids in vias, e.g., TSV.
US09025016B2	Systems and methods for audible facial recognition A device and method are provided for audible facial recognition. In one implementation, an apparatus for aiding a visually impaired user to identify individuals is provided. The apparatus may include a portable image sensor configured to be worn by the visually impaired user and to capture real-time image data from an environment of the user. The apparatus may also include at least one portable processor device configured to determine an existence of face-identifying information in the real-time image data, and access stored facial information and audible indicators. The at least one portable processor device may also be configured to compare the face-identifying information with the stored facial information, and identify a match. Based on the match, the at least one portable processor may be configured to cause an audible indicator to be announced to the visually impaired user.
US09025010B2	Light amount adjusting apparatus and photographing apparatus including the same A light amount adjusting apparatus includes: a two-dimensional (2D) aperture assembly that adjusts an opening area of a via hole through which light is transmitted; a three-dimensional (3D) aperture plate that forms a first opening and a second opening by blocking a part of the via hole, or moving to outside of the via hole to open the via hole; a first shielding plate that is movable to open or close the first opening; and a second shielding plate that is movable so as to close the second opening when the first shielding plate opens the first opening and to open the second opening when the first shielding plate closes the first opening.
US09025008B2	Stereoscopic image capturing apparatus A stereoscopic image capturing apparatus includes an objective optical system that has a function of forming a subject as a real image or an imaginary image, a plurality of image forming optical systems that respectively form a plurality of subject light beams emitted from different paths of the objective optical system as parallax images again, using a plurality of independent optical systems, a plurality of imaging devices that convert the parallax images formed by the plurality of image forming optical system into image signals, and a control unit that adjusts a formation position of a convergence point such that a ratio of a focal length of the objective optical system and a distance in an optical axis direction of the objective optical system between a focal point of the objective optical system and a primary principal point of the image forming optical system is substantially constant.
US09024998B2	Pairing devices in conference using ultrasonic beacon A videoconferencing system has a videoconferencing unit that use portable devices as peripherals for the system. The portable devices obtain near-end audio and send the audio to the videoconferencing unit via a wireless connection. In turn, the videoconferencing unit sends the near-end audio from the loudest portable device along with near-end video to the far-end. The portable devices can control the videoconferencing unit and can initially establish the videoconference by connecting with the far-end and then transferring operations to the videoconferencing unit. To deal with acoustic coupling between the unit's loudspeaker and the portable device's microphone, the unit uses an echo canceller that is compensated for differences in the clocks used in the A/D and D/A converters of the loudspeaker and microphone.
US09024996B2	Pan-tilt mechanism for a video conferencing camera A pan-tilt mechanism for a video conferencing camera may be provided. The pan-tilt mechanism may comprise a base, a bracket, a tilt motor, and a pan motor. The tilt motor may be fixed to the base and may be configured to cause the bracket to tilt along a horizontal axis. The pan motor may be fixed to the base and may be configured to cause the bracket to pan about a vertical axis without affecting the tilt of the bracket.
US09024991B2	Laser marker A laser marker includes a laser irradiation device that irradiates a card with a laser beam; a base unit that supports the card; a drive roller that is provided in the base unit and that is in contact with a lower surface of the card; a rotation member that rotates between a holding position and a withdrawn position, the holding position being a position in which the rotation member holds the card in cooperation with the base unit, the withdrawn position being outside of an optical path of the laser beam; a pinch roller that is provided in the rotation member, that is in contact with an upper surface of the card, and that transports the card in cooperation with the drive roller; and a prism that is fixed to the rotation member and that transmits and refracts the laser beam when the rotation member is in the holding position.
US09024985B2	Light-emitting component, print head, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing light-emitting component A light-emitting component includes: plural light-emitting thyristors, each including a semiconductor layer stack laminating first to fourth semiconductor layers in order, and emitting light at a predetermined wavelength in an ON state; plural transfer thyristors, each including the semiconductor layer stack, the plural transfer thyristors shifting to the ON state for transferring the ON state to set corresponding light-emitting thyristors in a light-enabled state; and plural coupling transistors, each including the first to third semiconductor layers in the semiconductor layer stack and provided to couple former and latter transfer thyristors, the first and second semiconductor layers of each coupling transistor being continued to the first and second semiconductor layers of the former transfer thyristor, and the third semiconductor layer of each coupling transistor being continued to the third semiconductor layer of the former transfer thyristor with a thickness to be depleted in a state where no voltage is applied.
US09024982B2	Driving method of image display device An image display device includes an image display panel configured of pixels made up of first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels being arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix shape, and a signal processing unit into which an input signal is input and from which an output signal based on an extension coefficient is output, and causes the signal processing unit to obtain a maximum value of luminosity with saturation S in the HSV color space enlarged by adding a fourth color, as a variable, and to obtain a reference extension coefficient based on the maximum value, and further to determine an extension coefficient at each pixel from the reference extension coefficient, an input signal correction coefficient based on the sub-pixel input signal values at each pixel, and an external light intensity correction coefficient based on external light intensity.
US09024980B2	Method and apparatus for converting RGB data signals to RGBW data signals in an OLED display A method for converting input RGB data signals to output RGBW data signals for use in an OLED display is disclosed. In the OLED display, each pixel has three color sub-pixels in RGB and one W sub-pixel. Input RGB data signals in signal space are normalized and converted into input data in luminance space. A baseline adjustment level is determined from the input data and is used to compute baseline adjusted data in luminance space. After being converted from luminance space into signal space, baseline adjusted data in RGBW are represented by N binary bits presented to the four sub-pixels. To suit the color characteristics of the display, color-temperature correction to the output signals is also carried out. In luminance space, the maximum color-temperature corrected output data fall within the range of 0.4/k and 0.5/k, with k being the ratio of W sub-pixel area to the color sub-pixel area.
US09024968B2	User interface rendering and operating method, a computer program product, and a UI rendering and operating system A user interface (UI) rendering and operating method is implemented by a processor with a deployment file, and comprises configuring the processor to implement a parent procedure for: parsing the deployment file so as to obtain UI rendering data that defines a visual design of the UI, feature provider data that defines a procedure providing a feature linked to a generated element of the UI, feature identification data that defines an identification corresponding to the feature, and element rendering data that defines a visual design of the element; binding the feature provider data and the feature identification data to the element; rendering the UI and the element with reference to the UI rendering data and the element rendering data.
US09024964B2	System and method for dithering video data A novel method for driving a display device includes the steps of receiving video data of a first type, converting the video data to data of a second type, dithering the data of the second type to form dithered pixel data, and outputting the dithered pixel data. The step of converting the video data to data of a second type includes inserting dither bits indicative of a particular dithering scheme into the data of the second type. An example display driver circuit includes an input for receiving video data, a data converter coupled to receive the video data and operative to convert the video data into pixel data to be written to pixels of a display, and a ditherer operative to receive the pixel data and to dither the pixel data to generate dithered pixel data. The video data is data of a first type, and the pixel data is data of a second type, different from the first type. In the disclosed example, the first type of data includes a binary data word, and the second type of data includes a compound data word. The compound data word includes a first set of binary weighted bits, a second set of arbitrarily weighted bits, and dither bits.
US09024957B1	Address independent shader program loading A method for loading a shader program from system memory into GPU memory. The method includes accessing the shader program in system memory of a computer system. A DMA transfer of the shader program from system memory into GPU memory is performed such that the shader program is loaded into GPU memory in an address independent manner.
US09024955B2	Method and system for displaying proiritized live thumbnail of process graphic views The system for displaying prioritized live thumbnail of process graphic views includes at least one real time data source 406 for providing live data information and at least one engineering information data source 409. Graphic File Monitor 401 is configured for monitoring change in graphic files repository 405 and Tag Extractor 407 is configured for extracting tags from graphic file for monitoring based on predefined rules. The system also includes Tag Monitor 402 for monitoring alarm status and/or data status changes of monitored tags and reading tag importance and alarm priority for monitored tags and View Ranker 408 for prioritizing the graphic views by ranking. Prioritized Thumbnail Presenter System 403 is used for displaying top most prioritized graphics that requires attention. Display system 404 is provided for displaying the prioritized live thumbnails and enlarged view of the process graphic views and update data into graphic objects displayed in graphic views.
US09024953B2	Image generating apparatus, projector, computer program, and image generating method A projector includes: a detecting unit that detects, from input object data indicating contents of an input object input by handwriting, graph object data indicating an drawing area for a graph and data object data indicating data for forming a graph; and an image generating unit that generates, on the basis of the graph object data and the data object data, an image including the graph in the drawing area.
US09024952B2	Discovering and configuring representations of data via an insight taxonomy An insight that a user desires to obtain from graphically presenting and manipulating a data set may be identified. A graphical object may be selected for representation and analysis of the data set based on whether the graphical object is capable of revealing the desired insight. The selection may be made based visual characteristic(s) of the graphical object and parameters, such as a type, of data in the data set. Different graphical objects may be selected to gain different insights about the data set. For example, a bar chart may be selected to gain an insight such as a trend in the data. The selected graphical object may be provided as a suggestion on a user interface for potentially using the graphical object to represent the data. A graphical object may include visually interactive components for use within a graphical user interface. The interactive components may be used to receive user input indicating a change in representation of the data set so that appearance of visual characteristics of the graphical object is modified to reflect the change.
US09024951B2	Devices and methods for obtaining high-local-contrast image data Devices and methods for obtaining image data that preserves highlight details and shadow details from image data from a high dynamic range (HDR) image sensor are provided. For example, an image signal processor may include a first data path of a relatively high bit depth, front-end image processing logic, and a second data path of a relatively low bit depth. The first data path may receive HDR image data from an image sensor. The front-end image processing logic may convert the HDR image data into lower-bit-depth image data, while preserving highlight details and/or shadow details of the HDR image, by using at least two transfer functions that preserve different subsets of the high dynamic range. The second data path may output this lower-bit-depth image data to other image processing logic for additional image processing.
US09024950B2	Method and system for monitoring operation of a system asset A device for use in monitoring operation of a system includes a display device and a processor coupled to the display device. The processor is configured to display, on the display device, a three-dimensional plot of a first operational characteristic of a system asset as a function of a second operational characteristic and as a function of a third operational characteristic of the system asset. The processor is also configured to receive a selection of the second operational characteristic, transform the three-dimensional plot into a two-dimensional plot of the first operational characteristic as a function of the third operational characteristic at the selected second characteristic, and display the two-dimensional plot on the display device.
US09024945B2	System and method for optical three-dimensional particle localization Embodiments include methods that may be used to optically obtain the precise three-dimensional location of multiple objects from one or more two dimensional images. An optical point spread function having a transverse shape which varies with axial distance may be implemented to obtain depth information. The transverse variation in the PSF with depth may be produced using a cylindrical lens. The objects may be imaged by a focal plane array detector. One or more 2D images may be used to find the 3D location of the objects using sparse signal reconstruction methods.
US09024941B2	Sequentially displaying virtual endoscopic images by setting an observation path to compensate for a curved region of the tubular structure An observation path setting unit sets an observation path. A viewpoint setting and changing unit sets a viewpoint on the observation path. When a virtual endoscopic image viewed from the viewpoint is generated, a visual range determination unit identifies, based on a three-dimensional medical image, the position of a wall region of the tubular structure in a local observation direction at the viewpoint that has been set by the viewpoint setting and changing unit and in the vicinity of the local observation direction. The visual range determination unit estimates, based on a positional relationship between the viewpoint and the wall region, a global observation direction at the viewpoint, and determines a visual range of the virtual endoscopic image in such a manner that image information about a region located in the global observation direction with respect to the viewpoint is represented at a central part of the virtual endoscopic image.
US09024938B2	Methods and apparatus for sweep-based freeform deformation of 3-D models Methods and apparatus for sweep-based freeform deformation of 3-D models may employ a set of intuitive parameters to bend, twist and scale a 3-D model along any direction. The parameters may include a first bend angle, a second bend angle, a twist angle, a scale factor, and a length. Sweep paths may be fitted to an input 3-D model. Each sweep path may be deformed by manipulating one or more parameters for the sweep path. The shape of the 3-D space surrounding each sweep path is deformed according to the sweep path deformations. Deformations in the 3-D space are applied to the 3-D model to deform the model. This allows freeform deformation of the 3-D model by manipulating only a few intuitive parameters. In addition, the sweep path origin and weight functions for each of the parameters may be adjusted by the user.
US09024933B2	Electronic paper and electronic paper recording system using light receiving elements An electronic paper includes: a first substrate which is provided with a plurality of first electrodes; a wiring which applies a voltage to the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of light receiving elements which are respectively provided between the plurality of first electrodes and the wiring; a second substrate which is arranged to be opposite the first substrate and is provided with a second electrode; an electrophoretic display layer which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a light guidance unit which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and is configured to guide light incident upon the second substrate to the relevant light receiving elements.
US09024930B2	Pulse output circuit, shift register, and display device A circuit is provided which is constituted by TFTs of one conductivity type, and which is capable of outputting signals of a normal amplitude. When an input clock signal CK1 becomes a high level, each of TFTs (101, 103) is turned on to settle at a low level the potential at a signal output section (Out). A pulse is then input to a signal input section (In) and becomes high level. The gate potential of TFT (102) is increased to (VDD−V thN) and the gate is floated. TFT (102) is thus turned on. Then CK1 becomes low level and each of TFTs (101, 103) is turned off. Simultaneously, CK3 becomes high level and the potential at the signal output section is increased. Simultaneously, the potential at the gate of TFT (102) is increased to a level equal to or higher than (VDD+V thN) by the function of capacitor (104), so that the high level appearing at the signal output section (Out) becomes equal to VDD. When SP becomes low level; CK3 becomes low level; and CK1 becomes high level, the potential at the signal output section (Out) becomes low level again.
US09024929B2	Display device and electronic apparatus A transistor connected to a power source for driving a light-emitting element driving transistor and a transistor setting to a predetermined voltage a source voltage of the light-emitting element driving transistor are commonly controlled by a control signal that takes one of three levels.
US09024925B2	Color performance of IMODs This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for making and controlling single-mirror interferometric modulators (IMODs), which may be multi-state IMODs or analog IMODs. In one aspect, a movable reflector stack or an absorber stack of an IMOD may include at least one protrusion that is configured to cause the movable reflector stack to be tilted relative to the absorber layer when the movable reflector stack is moved close to the absorber stack. The protrusion may be configured to cause color averaging when the IMOD is in a white state. The absorber stack may include an absorber layer having a lower extinction coefficient value at a red wavelength and a higher extinction coefficient value at a blue wavelength.
US09024923B2	Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device with backlight chromaticity balance The liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal display unit, and a backlight unit illuminating the liquid crystal display unit. The backlight unit includes first and second white light-emitting diodes that respectively emit white light, and first and second drive units that respectively supply a current to the first and second white light-emitting diodes. The first and second drive units are respectively configured to be able to adjust supply current to the first and second white light-emitting diodes. Chromaticities of the first and second white light-emitting diodes are of a relationship of being positioned opposite each other across a blackbody locus on an xy chromaticity diagram. The first and second white light-emitting diodes change over time so that, on the xy chromaticity diagram, an intersection point of the blackbody locus and a line that passes through the chromaticities of the first and second white light-emitting diodes becomes constant.
US09024920B2	Drive voltage generator N drivers convert n digital values into n voltages. N amplifiers amplify the n voltages, thereby generate n drive voltages. An amplifier voltage supply supplies an amplifier voltage for driving the n amplifiers. An amplifier voltage controller detects a maximum digital value among a plurality of digital values, and sets the amplifier voltage to a voltage value dependent on the maximum digital value.
US09024918B2	Display apparatus with pixel-aligned electrode A display apparatus includes a display including an array of pixels formed in rows and columns. A touch-screen including a transparent dielectric layer having a row side and an opposed column side is located over the display. An array of row electrodes are formed on the row side and an array of column electrodes are formed on the column side. Each of the row and column electrodes extends exclusively over all of the pixels in a corresponding row or column.
US09024914B2	Method of detecting touch position, touch position detecting apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the touch position detecting apparatus In a method of detecting a touch position, light is emitted. A plurality of light beams derived from the emitted light is received. The light beams have different paths from each other. The light beams are partially reflected according to a touch. The touch position is detected based on an amount of light in the received light beams. According to the present invention, the touch positions of several touching elements may be individually detected.
US09024913B1	Touch sensing device and driving method thereof A touch sensing device and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving method comprises short-circuiting touch sensors by connecting sensor lines to supply a common voltage to the sensor lines through one end and the other end of the sensor lines during a display driving period.
US09024910B2	Touchscreen with bridged force-sensitive resistors A touch sensor may include a digital resistive touch (DRT) sensor architecture that is substantially free of air gaps. The DRT touch sensor may include a layer of force-sensitive resistor (FSR) material on an array of row and column electrodes. The electrodes may be formed on a substantially transparent substrate. Near the intersection of each row and column, one or more thin transparent patterned conductive bridges may be situated above the FSR. The conductive bridges may be configured for electrical connection with row and column electrodes when force is applied to the conductive bridge or surface of the touch sensor. Some touch sensors may include both DRT and projected capacitive touch (PCT) functionality.
US09024909B2	Sensing An apparatus including a capacitance touch sensor arrangement configured to have a variable capacitance that varies when a user finger touches the capacitance touch sensor arrangement; and at least one variable resistor sensor integrated within the capacitance touch sensor arrangement wherein the variable resistor sensor has a variable resistance that varies with a sensed parameter; the apparatus including an input configured to receive an input signal including a time varying component and an output configured to provide an output signal that depends upon both the capacitance of the capacitance touch sensor arrangement and the resistance of the variable resistance sensor.
US09024898B2	Touch panel and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a first transparent substrate; a bezel portion formed on one surface of the first transparent substrate; and an electrode portion formed on the other surface of the first transparent substrate, wherein the bezel portion and the electrode portion are formed by exposing/developing a silver salt emulsion layer.
US09024897B2	Instruction input device and recording medium An instruction input apparatus comprising: a display being provided with a display screen; an electrostatic touch panel being deposited on the front of the display screen on the display, the touch panel being configured to input instructions to the instruction input apparatus; an approach sensor being configured to detect a user's hand approaching to a part of frame of the touch panel; a coordinate identification portion being configured to identify the coordinate of a contact position at which the user touches on the touch panel; and a controller being configured to, if the approach sensor detects the user's hand approaching to the part of frame of the touch panel, change a contact detectable area of the touch panel so that the contact detectable area will exclude the coordinate of the user's contact position which is identified by the coordinate identification portion.
US09024894B1	Remote control including touch-sensing surface As discussed herein according to one configuration, a remote controller device includes a touch-sensing surface, touch processing logic, and a communication interface. The touch-sensing surface includes an array of sensors to detect a gesture inputted by a subscriber indicating how to control settings of a content management device. The touch processing logic processes the detected gesture and converts the detected gesture into control information. The communication interface of the remote controller device transmits the control information over a communication link to control settings of the content management device. Gesture-based remote control as discussed herein provides more advanced control compared to conventional button-type remote control techniques.
US09024892B2	Mobile device and gesture determination method An exemplary embodiment provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a processing unit. The display panel displays images. The touch panel detects a gesture and receives a sensing signal corresponding to the gesture, wherein the touch panel further calculates at least one contact point produced by the gesture according to the sensing signal, and produces at least one trigger signal according to the contact point. The processing unit operates at a first operating frequency when the mobile device is in a normal operating mode, and operates at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency when the mobile device is in a hibernate mode, wherein the mobile device turns off the processing unit and the display panel in the hibernate mode, and the touch panel continues to detect the gesture in the hibernate mode.
US09024885B2	Touch screen display apparatus for performing flash mode and method of operating the apparatus A touch screen display apparatus includes a panel including a light emitting device for displaying a display image and an optical sensor for generating a touch image object; a touch sensing unit on the panel for sensing a touch of a touch object; and a light emission controller for controlling the light emitting device to emit light when a touch of the touch object is sensed by the touch sensing unit.
US09024883B2	Functionally interchangeable data processing device having a rotatable display unit A data processing device includes a keypad including a number of keys and appropriate driver components to provide a capability to the data processing device to be used as a mobile phone, a computer and a television, a hinge, and a display unit physically coupled to the keypad through the hinge to enable movement thereof toward and away from the keypad such that the data processing device is in a closed state when a plane of a screen of the display unit faces and contacts a plane of the keypad and in an open state when the plane of the screen of the display unit is approximately perpendicular to the plane of the keypad. The hinge further enables movement of the display unit thereabout such that the plane of the screen of the display unit is away from the keypad in the open state when rotated 180° about the hinge.
US09024877B2	Method for automatically switching user interface of handheld terminal device, and handheld terminal device A method for automatically switching a user interface of a handheld terminal device and a handheld terminal device are provided. The method in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: obtaining a current state of the terminal device by using a first sensor, and obtaining current trigger states of touch sensors of the terminal device, where the current state is a horizontally holding state or a vertically holding state, and the touch sensors are set on the back and/or a side of the terminal device; determining a current holding mode of the terminal device according to the current state of the terminal device and the current trigger states of the touch sensors; and switching a user interface to a user interface corresponding to the current holding mode of the terminal device. An embodiment of the present disclosure further discloses the handheld terminal device.
US09024875B2	Image display apparatus and method for operating the same An apparatus and method are described for displaying images to a user. The apparatus may include a display configured to display a three-dimensional (3D) image and a pointer in correspondence with movement of a remote controller. The apparatus may further include an interface and a controller. The interface may be configured to provide a shift input for moving the pointer in correspondence with movement of the remote controller, and receive a depth change input for changing a depth value of an object displayed within a reference distance from an area to which the pointer has moved. The controller may be configured to extract a depth value of the object and change the depth value according to the depth change input to control display of a 3D image based on the changed depth value.
US09024871B2	Electrical device, in particular a telecommunication device having a projection unit and method for operating an electrical device A telecommunication device has: a projection unit for projecting image information on a projection surface situated outside the telecommunications device, the image information being projected onto the projection surface (i) with the aid of at least one optical element in a projection beam path for sequentially constructing an image, and (ii) for momentarily spatially limiting the projection relative to the total area of the image information on the projection surface; and a detection unit. During projection a movement of the projection surface, e.g., a displacement or a rotation, takes place relative to the projection unit. The detection unit detects the movement of the projection surface with the aid of a reflection signal passing along a detection beam path, the projection beam path and the detection beam path coinciding at least in the area of the at least one optical element.
US09024867B2	Character input device A character input device displays character input information on a display screen with a small area and allows a user to input a desired character by a simple operation even when it is necessary to select the desired character from plural characters to input the desired characters. In a character selection area, a circle is added to a character “NA” and characters in the “NA” series are selected. A ▾ mark is added to an upper part of the circle added to the character of “NA” and a Δ mark is added to a lower part of the circle. By pressing one of an upward and a downward directions of a cross key, the characters can be selected. If the upward direction of the cross key is pressed, the character “NI” is selected and displayed, instead of the character “NA”.
US09024866B2	Control system for augmenting a portable touch screen device Presented is a control system for augmenting a portable touch screen device (5) having integral processing capability. The control system includes an enclosure (1) configured for encasing the portable touch screen device, an internal docking connector (12) configured for communicatively mating with the portable touch screen device, and hard buttons (31, 32, and 33). At least one of the hard buttons is functionally configured for use with an application program running on the portable touch screen device. The control system includes further includes a processor (50, 51, 52, 53) configured for converting button actuations into a digital format, and a first facility for communicating the digital format to the portable touch screen device via the internal docking connector. The application program is configured such that, during operation, the application program communicates the status of the one hard button to at least one external device.
US09024865B2	Method and apparatus for controlling mobile and consumer electronic devices Various methods for controlling a device is disclosed including dynamically selecting a set of mappings defining how a gesture made by a movement of at least one wearable item will be interpreted as one or more commands; determining whether the gesture has a mapping in the set of mappings; and translating the gesture into a command for the device based on the determination. Interpreting movements of a wearable item as gestures associated with a command to control a controlled device is also disclosed that includes sensing a movement of the wearable item in context as being indicative of a gesture relating to the command based on the first context. A method for communicating control information by a wearable device is further disclosed including determining an agreed upon set of control gestures between first and second devices, wherein the control gestures are performable using the first device and are supportable by the second device; and participating in a control sequence to control the second device via a wireless transmission corresponding to at least one of the control gestures to be performed using the first device.
US09024859B2	Data driver configured to up-scale an image in response to received control signal and display device having the same A display apparatus includes pixels, gate lines and data lines, a gate driver driving the gate lines, a data driver driving the data lines, and a timing controller controlling the gate and data drivers and applying a resolution control signal to the data driver. The data driver applies a first line data signal to the pixels connected to a first gate line of the gate lines from image data and a second line data signal to a second gate line of the gate lines based on the first line data signal in response to a shift start pulse signal when the resolution control signal indicates an up-scaling mode.
US09024856B2	Signal driving circuit of liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A signal driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device includes a column driver for converting video data input into analog signals and applying said analog signals to pixels of a liquid crystal panel, a gamma voltage circuit for applying a plurality of signal voltages to the column driver and an external voltage supplying unit for generating and adjusting signal voltages and a common voltage applied to the gamma voltage circuit and the common electrode, respectively.
US09024851B2	Array substrate and liquid crystal display utilizing the array substrate An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides an array substrate, comprising a base substrate, and data lines and gate lines crossed with each other to define a plurality of pixel units on the base substrate, wherein each pixel unit comprises two sub-pixel units, and the data line for the pixel unit is formed between the two sub-pixel units, and each of the two the sub-pixel units comprises a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor (TFT), which comprises a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an active layer.
US09024849B2	Display apparatus, driving apparatus for light-emitting devices, and image forming apparatus A driving apparatus for light-emitting devices includes transistors, data lines connected to gates of the transistors, feedback lines connected to a source or a drain of the transistors that supply a current to the light-emitting devices, a voltage amplifier that includes an input terminal connected to the feedback line and an output terminal connected to the data line, and a data generation circuit connected to the input terminal of the voltage amplifier through a capacitor. The voltage amplifier converts a change in voltage of the feedback line generated by a current flowing from the transistors to the capacitor into a change in voltage of the data line in a direction in which the transistors connected to the data line turn off.
US09024848B2	Display device Any one of a write scanning line, a power source supply line, and a video signal line is structured as a subsidiary wiring disposed in the same layer as that having a lower electrode disposed therein. The subsidiary wiring is used in the power source supply line through which a power source drive pulse to be pulse-driven is transmitted, or other wirings (such as the write scanning line and the video signal line).
US09024847B2	Display device and electronic apparatus A display device including: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix, each including an electro-optical element having a structure in which a display functional layer is sandwiched between an upper electrode and a lower electrode; and an auxiliary interconnect contact in a pixel area in which the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix and electrically connecting the upper electrode to an auxiliary interconnect, wherein m (m is an integer equal to or larger than two) sub-pixels adjacent to each other along an arrangement direction of the sub-pixels are regarded as one group, and n (n is a natural number smaller than m) auxiliary interconnect contacts are formed for each group.
US09024844B2	Recognition of image on external display Embodiments are disclosed that relate to the recognition via a see-through display system of an object displayed on an external display device at which a user of the see-through display system is gazing. For example, one embodiment provides a method of operating a see-through display system comprising acquiring an image of an external display screen located in the background scene via an outward facing image sensor, determining via a gaze detection subsystem a location on the external display screen at which the user is gazing, obtaining an identity of an object displayed on the external display screen at the location determined, and performing an action based upon the identity of the object.
US09024843B2	Wearable computer with curved display and navigation tool Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for interfacing with a wearable heads-up display via a touch-operable input device. The wearable heads-up display may include a display element for receiving and displaying display information received from a processor, and may also include a wearable frame structure supporting the display element and having a side-arm extending away from the display element. In some embodiments, the display information may appear at least partially curved to a user. In some embodiments, only a portion of the display information is shown on the at least one display element. The side-arm may be configured to secure the heads-up display to a user's body in a manner such that the display element is disposed within a field of view of the user. The touch-operable input device secured to the wearable frame structure is configured to sense at least one of a position and movement of a touch or finger along a planar direction relative to a surface of the input device, and to provide corresponding input information to the processor. A navigation tool may also be displayed on the at least one display element for indicating the location of the touch on the touch-operable input device.
US09024842B1	Hand gestures to signify what is important In accordance with example embodiments, hand gestures can be used to provide user input to a wearable computing device, and in particular to identify, signify, or otherwise indicate what may be considered or classified as important or worthy of attention or notice. A wearable computing device, which could include a head-mounted display (HMD) and a video camera, may recognize known hand gestures and carry out particular actions in response. Particular hand gestures could be used for selecting portions of a field of view of the HMD, and generating images from the selected portions. The HMD could then transmit the generated images to one or more applications in a network server communicatively connected with the HMD, including a server or server system hosting a social networking service.
US09024835B2	Integral high frequency communication apparatus An integral high frequency communication apparatus comprises a case, a waveguide apparatus having an extension portion, and a circuit board having a signal transmitting unit and a signal receiving unit. The transceiver module having two waveguide openings is retained in the case. The case has an opening through which the extension portion extends outside of the case. The integral high frequency communication apparatus can receive and transmit high frequency signals by the extension portion.
US09024833B2	Single port dual antenna A system for transmitting radio frequency includes antenna elements configured to transmit radio frequency beams including a horizontal beam widths and vertical beam widths. The antenna elements are positioned to transmit radio frequency in directions to cover areas independent of each other. The system includes a port operatively coupled to the antenna elements to transmit power to the antenna elements to cause the antenna elements to transmit radio frequency in the respective directions. The antenna elements and the port form a distributed antenna system.
US09024831B2	Miniaturized ultra-wideband multifunction antenna via multi-mode traveling-waves (TW) A miniaturized ultra-wideband multifunction antenna comprising a conducting ground plane at the base, a plurality of concentric feed cables, one or more omnidirectional one-dimensional (1-D) normal-mode and two-dimensional (2-D) surface-mode traveling-wave (TW) radiators, frequency-selective internal and external couplers, and a unidirectional radiator on top, stacked and cascaded one on top of the other. Configured as a single structure, its unidirectional radiator and plurality of omnidirectional TW radiators can cover, respectively, most satellite and terrestrial communications, with unidirectional and omnidirectional radiation patterns, respectively, needed on various platforms. This new class of multifunction antenna is ultra-wideband, miniaturized and low-cost, thus attractive for applications on automobiles and other small platforms. As a multifunction antenna, a continuous bandwidth up to 1000:1 or more is reachable for terrestrial communications and a continuous bandwidth of 10:1 or more is feasible for satellite communications.
US09024829B1	Hidden CB antenna arrangement A CB antenna arrangement for use in a raised roof of a truck cab enables the CB antenna to be hidden from view while maintaining good performance. An LC circuit is mounted in the space between the headliner and the raised dielectric roof and is connected to one of the metallic pillars of the truck cab. A CB antenna is connected to the LC circuit, and is mounted to and extends along the inside surface parallel to the driver's side or the passenger's side. The LC circuit is configured to block signals outside the CB frequency range, and the metallic pillar provides a ground plane for the CB antenna.
US09024828B2	Three dimensional over the air antenna performance evaluation A method of emulating real world conditions of a radio frequency (RF) signal reaching a device-under-test (DUT) includes exposing the DUT to a cone of RF signal angles of arrival transmitting coordinated RF signals from an antenna array. The antenna array has at least one antenna located at a center of the antenna array and at least three antennas located at substantially equal distance from the center and from each other. Such configuration of the antennas in the antenna array defines a base of the cone to have a range of angles of 20° to 70°. The cone of RF signal angles of arrival and the DUT may be enclosed in a chamber such as an anechoic chamber. The method sets an azimuth angle and/or an elevation angle of the DUT with respect to the transmitted RF signals.
US09024827B2	Antenna apparatus and communication terminal In an antenna apparatus, on an undersurface of a metal cover, a feeding coil module is disposed. In a casing, a printed circuit board is included. A ground conductor, a feeding pin, and a ground connection conductor are disposed on the printed circuit board. When the metal cover is mounted on the casing, the feeding pin is in contact with a connection portion of the feeding coil module and is electrically connected thereto. The ground connection conductor is in contact with the metal cover and connects the metal cover to the ground conductor. The ground connection conductor is disposed at either side of a slit outside an area in which the current density of an induced current flowing through the metal cover is in a range from a maximum value to approximately 80% of the maximum value or one side of the slit in the area.
US09024821B2	Antenna structure An antenna structure is provided. The antenna structure includes a circular area, a feed point, a first radiator and a second radiator. The circular area includes a first region and a second region. The feed point is disposed at a center of the circular area. The first radiator is coupled to the feed point, and winds outwardly in one direction in the shape of a semicircular arch in the first region. The second radiator is coupled to the feed point, and winds outwardly in an opposite direction to windings of the first radiator in the shape of a semicircular arch in the second region.
US09024813B2	Method for arranging antenna device, radar apparatus, and dielectric member An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes a radiator for radiating an electromagnetic wave, and a dielectric body arranged on an electromagnetic wave radiating side of the radiator, and having a plurality of dielectric members arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the radiator, wherein boundaries between the plurality of adjacent dielectric members are asymmetric with respect to a virtual line perpendicularly passing through the center of the dielectric body in the longitudinal direction.
US09024812B2	Systems and methods for providing antenna calibration Systems and methods for providing antenna calibration can be used in a variety of applications. A method of calibrating an antenna array for use in a traffic advisory system or traffic alert and collision avoidance system provide a mechanism that renders complex combining circuitry unnecessary in the array. A method can include receiving an unsolicited reply that contains absolute position information of an intruder aircraft. The method can also include determining a bearing of a signal encoding the reply based on a phase relationship of the signals from an antenna array not configured to operate with an internal self-test phase calibration mechanism. The method can further include comparing the bearing based on the phase relationship with a bearing calculated by a comparison of the absolute positions of a host aircraft and the intruder aircraft. The method can additionally include calibrating the antenna array based on the result of the comparison.
US09024809B2	Object detection system and method The present invention relates to an object detection system and method for determining range and velocity of a target object by transmitting a frequency modulated continuous wave transmission signal and receiving transmission signal reflections of the transmission signal from the target object as a reception signal. Each modulation block of the transmission signal comprises a number of first type chirps, each first type chirp having a first slope, and a number of second type chirps, each second type chirp having a second slope different from the first slope. Two consecutive chirps of the same type have a frequency offset A mixed signal based on the transmission signal and the reception signal and using the first type chirps and the second type chirps is processed, in order to determine the range and velocity of the target object.
US09024805B1	Radar antenna elevation error estimation method and apparatus Methods and systems of determining the altitude of an aircraft are provided. The method includes receiving data associated with aircraft position, a position of a first point and a second point on the runway, and an altitude of the first point and the second point, radar returns from the runway. The method includes determining a first range and second range between the aircraft, and the first point and the second point. The method includes determining a first angle and a second angle between the first point and second point, and the aircraft. The method includes determining a corrected angle. The method includes determining the altitude of the aircraft based on the corrected angle, the runway altitude of at least one of the first point and the second point, and at least one of the first range and the second range.
US09024804B2	Partial covering radome for a radar unit A sensor assembly that integrates a camera and a radar sensor is described herein. The sensor assembly includes a housing configured to partially enclose the camera and the radar sensor, and define a partial radome that partially intrudes into the radar beam. The partial radome is configured such that after passing through the partial radome a first phase angle of the first portion of the radar beam differs from a second phase angle of the second portion of the radar beam by an amount substantially corresponding to an integer number of three hundred sixty degrees (360°) of phase angle shift. The partial radome provides glare shield to the camera, protection to assembly, and is configured to minimally effect radar performance.
US09024803B2	Method for detecting a message sent by an interrogator or a transponder in mode S A method for detecting a message provided with a preamble with a number of pulses in a signal sent by an interrogator or a transponder in mode S, said method including a step for decomposition of said signal into an amplitude signal and into a complex phase signal, a step for detection of said preamble by correlating the amplitude signal with a replica signal of the expected pulses, and a phase control step executed by adding together the samples of the phase signal for the duration of the pulses of said preamble and by comparing the sum obtained with a threshold. The method may include a step for time synchronization by correlation of the complex phase signal with a reference sequence formed by one or more known bits before the decoding of the data. The method applies notably to the decoding of interrogation messages borne by low-power signals.
US09024791B2	Input device with rotary wheel An input device for an electronic apparatus including a printed circuit board with an opening in which a rotary wheel module is mounted. The construction enables the input device to be thinner.
US09024784B2	Method and warning device for warning a driver of a vehicle and vehicle In a method for warning a driver of a vehicle, the position of the vehicle on the roadway is determined. For the determined position of the vehicle, data relating to a curved roadway course in the area ahead of the vehicle are obtained and data relating to a self-motion of the vehicle are obtained using a driving dynamics sensor. The curved roadway in the area ahead of the vehicle is divided into at least two zones of criticality as a function of the data relating to the curved roadway course and the data relating to the self-motion, wherein each zone of criticality is assigned an assessment which assesses the driving behavior of the vehicle within the respective zone of criticality, and the assessments are outputted to the vehicle driver.
US09024780B2	Limited data messaging with standards compliance Techniques for limited data messaging with standards compliance are described herein. A network may be configured as an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for automatic meter reading (AMR). A plurality of endpoints (EP) may each be associated with a meter configured to measure consumption of a resource, such as electricity or natural gas. The plurality of EPs may communicate consumption data to a data collector (DC), which transfers the data to a central office. In one example, network traffic and battery power consumption of the EPs may be reduced if each endpoint packages data as a compact array, having minimal data formatting and tagging. A class object associated with each EP and stored at the DC allows the DC to interpret the compact array. Based on this interpretation, the DC is able to reformulate the data as a COSEM (or other standards-based object) for transmission to the central office.
US09024779B2	Policy based data management and imaging chipping The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for policy-based data management. The method includes receiving, by a sensor platform device, sensor data from one or more sensors; selecting, by the sensor platform device, one or more screening policies from a plurality of screening policies based on one or more mission parameters and a platform type associated with the sensor platform device; generating, by the sensor platform device, a data set from the sensor data based on the selected one or more screening policies; and transmitting, by the sensor platform device, the data set to one or more computing devices.
US09024778B2	Systems and methods for processing drilling data Systems and methods for processing drilling data. One embodiment provides a method comprising building user-designed contexts (which can be designated as built-in contexts) for drilling structures. The method also comprises orchestrating module execution within the user-designed contexts. The method further comprises providing data from the user-designed contexts to such modules via an interface. Some methods include monitoring drilling data to detect events (for instance departure from a pseudolog) and orchestrating module execution responsive thereto. The method can include exposing the orchestration of the execution of the module instances as a service. Moreover, some embodiments provide extra-contextual application program interfaces. In addition, or in the alternative, some embodiments schedule the orchestration of the modules based on declarations related to the inputs and/or outputs of the modules.
US09024766B2	Beverage containers with detection capability Methods and systems described herein include individual-use beverage containers including sensors and methods of their use. Beverage containers include: a vessel body configured to hold a beverage; and at least one sensor associated with the vessel body, the at least one sensor including a sensor configured to detect one or more substance in a fluid. Systems include: at least one beverage container including at least one sensor configured to detect one or more substance in fluid; and at least one external device including at least one port configured for communication with the at least one sensor. Methods include: detecting one or more substance within fluid with at least one sensor integral to a beverage container; and interfacing one or more of the at least one sensor with an external device.
US09024765B2	Managing environmental control system efficiency A method, system or computer usable program product for providing alerts of inefficiency of an environmental conditioning system including, responsive to a cycle initiation by the environmental conditioning system, measuring a difference between an intake temperature and an outlet temperature after a predetermined period of time, and responsive to the difference being below a minimum level, generating an alert.
US09024763B2	Arrangement comprising an object made at least partially of metal or precious metal and an RFID identification device The invention relates to an arrangement including an object made at least partially of metal and/or precious metal and an RFID system, wherein the object and the RFID system are connected to one another in such a way that the transponder and the aerial of the RFID system are applied on a site of the object, on its surface, which is facing or can be caused to face an assigned reading device or are embedded into its surface in the form of an inlay, and means are provided which shield or attenuate the electrically conductive surface of the object against eddy currents induced in the conductor loop. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for tracking and position-fixing objects of all kinds, which are made at least partially of metal and/or precious metal or are plated therewith, and into which a position-fixing device operating according to RFID technology is integrated. A transponder and, spaced apart from the latter, an aerial coupled with a reading device are disposed in or on the object at an application-specific conductive site and the transponder is shielded with respect to the conductive surface.
US09024762B2	Portable deactivator for security tag deactivation A portable deactivator having a corresponding identifier is provided. Identification data associated with a user is captured by the portable deactivator. A determination is made whether to activate a deactivation element in the portable deactivator based at least in part on the captured user identification data. The deactivation element is configured to disable at least one electronic article surveillance, EAS, tag when the deactivation element is activated. The deactivation element remains disabled when the determination is made the user associated with the captured identification data is unauthorized to use the deactivator.
US09024761B2	System and method for persistent ID flag for RFID applications A system and method for persistent ID flag for RFID applications includes a method for operating an RFID tag. The method includes measuring a voltage potential of a supply voltage for the RFID tag, and turning on a pass gate that couples a memory cell to a data line used for reading or writing data, if the voltage potential is greater than a first threshold. An accumulated charge on the memory cell is also measured, and both the voltage potential and the accumulated charge are used to generate a control signal to set a state of the pass gate. The pass gate is turned off if the control signal is a true value.
US09024758B2	Compact multifunction perimeter and personal security alarm system An alarm system includes a battery-powered base unit having an audible alarm, a switched constant on constant off light which can be used as a flashlight, and a strobed light providing a visible position indicator. The audible alarm and strobed light are activated simultaneously upon the release of a pull pin from a pair of electrical contacts within the base unit. The strobed light can be visible or infrared. A trip line can be connected to the pull pin to provide a secure line of entry or a secured enclosed area.
US09024757B1	Event prediction using temporal and geospatial precursor networks The present invention provides a system and method for providing an alert notification prior to occurrence of a consequent event. The present invention provides a decision maker with the means to reconstitute his unfiltered operational environment such that the information needed to make an informed decision is extracted from a vast array of data available and presented in a manner that allows the decision maker to focus on the aspects of the decision that are most important to arriving at the best course of action under the exigent circumstances that are present when a response to an unexpected and possibly deleterious event is required.
US09024756B2	Immediate detection system and method thereof Systems and methods thereof for detecting at least one material in an environment prior to the environment reaching levels deemed dangerous by conventional monitors and standards includes at least one sensor adapted to measure a level of the at least one material in the environment surrounding the sensor, at least one notification device adapted to produce a signal, and a memory comprising a preprogrammed level of the at least one material in the environment. The system is programmed with a minimum notification level of the at least one material in the environment that is below the preprogrammed level and is adapted to notify a user with the signal if the level exceeds the minimum notification level. The frequency and/or amplitude of the signal is changed as the level approaches the preprogrammed level.
US09024753B2	Automating offender documentation with RFID The disclosure relates to systems and methods for automating offender documentation with RFID. Such a system can include a transponder associated with an offender and a radio frequency identification reader configured to transmit an interrogating signal to the transponder and receive an identifying signal in response to the transponder receiving the interrogating signal. The system can further include a server configured to receive data from the radio frequency identification reader through a network, transmit the received data to a web service through the network, and receive an alert from the web service that a monitoring rule relating to the offender was violated. The system can allow a user to pre-program one or more programmable events and associate an individual RFID reader with one or more of the programmable events to allow the RFID reader to help perform multiple functions simultaneously.
US09024752B2	Traveler hurry status monitor A method, apparatus, and program product communicate a hurry status indication to a traveler to enable that traveler to determine when he or she should commence a trip, and in particular, a transfer segment of the trip from a first location where the traveler is currently located to a second location where a passenger vehicle, e.g., an airplane or train, is scheduled to depart to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle.
US09024747B1	Deferring alert of notifications for a particular time A computing system is described that receives, at a particular time, notification data, the notification data indicating a threshold amount of time for which the computing system is to delay outputting an alert based on the notification data. The computing system initiates, based on the threshold amount of time, a deferred output of the alert based on the notification data. Responsive to determining that the threshold amount of time has elapsed since the particular time, the computing system outputs the alert based on the notification data.
US09024741B2	Steering wheel cover driver safety system A steering wheel cover that houses the sensor, indicator, power and communication elements of a driver safety system is disclosed. The objective is to discourage texting, eating, primping one's self and cell phone use that distract drivers and causes accidents. The steering wheel cover is light, easy to install and lock in place but strong and difficult to forcibly remove. The driver safety system senses the positions of the driver's hands on the wheel rewarding safe habits. When the system senses bad habits the driver is warned, incidence is recorded for third party information in addition to alerting and annoying dis-rewards are given.
US09024735B2	Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is provided, the indoor unit which can easily cause a wireless remote controller to output sound and does not degrade the design of an appearance of a main body. A main body 1 includes a main-body communication device 40 that communicates with a wireless remote controller 10, an image pickup device 50 that captures an image of the inside of a room, and a controller 30. The wireless remote controller 10 includes a wireless-remote-controller communication device 15 and a sound output device 13. When the face of a person is present within a face recognition range in a field of the image pickup device 50 for a face recognition time, the controller 30 recognizes the face of the person. If the controller 30 recognizes the face of the person, the controller 30 causes an operating signal to be sent to the wireless remote controller 10. When the wireless remote controller 10 receives the operating signal, the wireless remote controller 10 activates the sound output device 13 and causes the sound output device 13 to output sound.
US09024733B2	Programming of a universal remote control device A universal remote control device (10) is programmed by determining layout properties of an existing remote control device (12) that must be replaced by the universal remote control device (10). Information identifying at least part of said layout properties is input into a selection system (14, 18). A command set for the universal remote control device (10) is selected dependent on said information. The universal remote control device (10) is programmed to implement the selected command set.
US09024728B2	Remote activating device A remote activating device remotely activates a device to be activated connected to a first network and a second network. The remote activating device includes a first interface connected to the first network, a second interface connected to the second network, an arrival confirmation processing unit that transmits an arrival attribute confirmation signal to the device to be activated using the first interface and confirms whether or not the arrival attribute confirmation signal has arrived at the device to be activated, and a judging unit that decides the first interface as an activation signal transmitting interface when the arrival attribute confirmation signal has arrived at the device to be activated and decides the second interface as the activation signal transmitting interface when the arrival attribute confirmation signal has not arrived at the device to be activated.
US09024725B2	Communication terminal and information processing system An information processing system includes a reader/writer, a communication terminal, and a wireless IC tag. The communication terminal includes an electric field antenna including a coupling portion that defines a magnetic field antenna, and the antenna portion is housed in a pen-shaped casing. The antenna portion is coupled to an electric field antenna of the reader/writer through an electric field, and the coupling portion is coupled to the wireless IC tag through a magnetic field. The reader/writer communicates with the wireless IC tag as a result of the coupling portion being brought close to the wireless IC tag.
US09024720B2	Access control method, and associated lock device and administration server An access control method is disclosed in which a lock device provides conditional access to a protected environment by short-range wireless communication with a key device having a key device identifier (KD_ID). In the method, the lock device requests the key device to provide a challenge response to a challenge generated by the lock device based on a challenge code kept by the lock device. The lock device receives the challenge response from the key device. The challenge response is generated by a remote administration server and is based on the key device identifier of the key device. The generated response is sent to the key device and forwarded from the key device to the lock device. The lock device then verifies the received challenge response based on the challenge code and on the key device identifier of the key device.
US09024717B2	Method and apparatus to optimize power to maximize performance of wireless mesh sensors and control networks An automation component configured for optimized wireless communication within a building automation system is disclosed. The automation component includes a wireless communications component, a processor in communication with the wireless communications component, a memory in communication with the processor, the memory configured to store computer readable instructions which are executable by the processor. The computer readable instructions being programmed to process at least one communication variable received via the wireless communications component; to optimize a communication or radio transmit power level associated with the wireless communication component, wherein the optimized communication power level is a function of the at least one communication variable; and an adjustment of the communication power level associated with the wireless communication component based on the optimized communication power level.
US09024715B2	Power converting transformer, vehicle headlight provided with the power converting transformer and motor vehicle provided with the headlight In a power converting transformer, an I-core has a pair of fixing grooves provided at centers on opposite side surfaces of the I-core in a y-direction in an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, the fixing grooves extending through the I-core in the z-direction, and an E-core has a pair of fixing recess portions provided at x-direction centers of the y-direction opposite end portions of the base portion on a surface opposite from a surface of the base portion facing the I-core. The I-core and the E-core are pressed and fixed to each other by a fixing spring wrapped around the I-core and the E-core through the fixing grooves and the fixing recess portions. An x-direction length of the E-core is shorter than an x-direction length of the I-core, and a y-direction length of the E-core is shorter than or equal to a y-direction distance between the fixing grooves of the I-core.
US09024709B2	Tunable evanescent-mode cavity filter A tunable filter having an electronically tunable center frequency and dynamic bandwidth control over a large tuning range. High-Q continuously tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators and filters using reliable RF MEMS actuators. One embodiment is a 3.4-6.2 GHz (1.8:1 tuning ratio) continuously tunable electrostatic MEMS resonator with quality factor of 460-530, with a volume of 18×30×4 mm including the actuation scheme and biasing lines. A tunable resonators is also disclosed with a 2.8:1 (5.0-1.9 GHz) tuning ratio, and Q of 300-650.
US09024708B2	Micromechanical resonator oscillator structure and driving method thereof This invention provides a micromechanical resonator oscillator structure and a driving method thereof. As power handling ability of a resonator is proportional to its equivalent stiffness, a better power handling capability is obtained by driving a micromechanical resonator oscillator at its high equivalent stiffness area. One of the embodiments of this invention is demonstrated by using a beam resonator. A 9.7-MHZ beam resonator via the high-equivalent stiffness area driven method shows better power handling capability and having lower phase noise.
US09024704B2	Electronically tunable active duplexer system and method This invention provides a novel electronically tunable active duplexer for wireless transceiver applications. It relates to an active duplexer with full-duplex operation, permitting simultaneous transmission and reception of signals at same or different frequencies. Instead of incorporating fixed or mechanically adjustable capacitors, and even instead of incorporating varactor diodes, it incorporates one or more capacitance tuning circuit in phase shifting networks enabling one to electronically tune, with ease and precision, the frequency at which isolation is desired, over a band in both transmit and receive modes of operations.
US09024700B2	Method and apparatus for use in digitally tuning a capacitor in an integrated circuit device A method and apparatus for use in a digitally tuning a capacitor in an integrated circuit device is described. A Digitally Tuned Capacitor DTC is described which facilitates digitally controlling capacitance applied between a first and second terminal. In some embodiments, the first terminal comprises an RF+ terminal and the second terminal comprises an RF− terminal. In accordance with some embodiments, the DTCs comprise a plurality of sub-circuits ordered in significance from least significant bit (LSB) to most significant bit (MSB) sub-circuits, wherein the plurality of significant bit sub-circuits are coupled together in parallel, and wherein each sub-circuit has a first node coupled to the first RF terminal, and a second node coupled to the second RF terminal. The DTCs further include an input means for receiving a digital control word, wherein the digital control word comprises bits that are similarly ordered in significance from an LSB to an MSB.
US09024696B2	Digitally controlled injection locked oscillator An injection locking oscillator (ILO) comprising a tank circuit having a digitally controlled capacitor bank, a cross-coupled differential transistor pair coupled to the tank circuit, at least one signal injection node, and at least one output node configured to provide an injection locked output signal; a digitally controlled injection-ratio circuit having an injection output coupled to the at least one signal injection node, configured to accept an input signal and to generate an adjustable injection signal applied to the at least one injection node; and, an ILO controller connected to the capacitor bank and the injection-ratio circuit configured to apply a control signal to the capacitor bank to adjust a resonant frequency of the tank circuit and to apply a control signal to the injection-ratio circuit to adjust a signal injection ratio.
US09024690B2	Amplifier linearization using non-standard feedback An amplification unit is provided. The amplification unit, comprises a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a first sensor, a first predistortion component, and a signal combiner. The first amplifier amplifies a first signal to produce a second signal. The first sensor produces a third signal based on the second signal. The second amplifier turns on and to amplifies a fourth signal to produce a fifth signal when the amplitude of the fourth signal exceeds a threshold amplitude and turns off when the amplitude of the fourth signal is less than the threshold amplitude. The first predistortion component produces the first signal based on a first input signal, based on the third signal, and based on an on-off state of the second amplifier. The signal combiner produces an output of the amplification unit based on the second signal and the fifth signal.
US09024688B2	Dual parallel amplifier based DC-DC converter A direct current (DC)-DC converter, which includes switching circuitry, a first parallel amplifier, and a second parallel amplifier, is disclosed. The switching circuitry has a switching circuitry output. The first parallel amplifier has a first feedback input and a first parallel amplifier output. The second parallel amplifier has a second feedback input and a second parallel amplifier output. A first inductive element is coupled between the switching circuitry output and the first feedback input. A second inductive element is coupled between the first feedback input and the second feedback input.
US09024687B2	Method and circuit for driving a switch-mode amplifier array A circuit arrangement for generating the drive signals for at least three radio frequency switch-mode amplifiers is described. The circuit arrangement comprises at least two switch-mode amplifiers performing RF out-phasing, and at low RF power level, the average switching frequency—averaged over time and over all switch-mode amplifiers—is less than the radio frequency.
US09024686B2	Amplifier circuit and feedback circuit An amplifier circuit whose frequency response has almost no soft knee characteristic or no peak when inverting input capacitance Csin varies and when feedback capacitance Cf is a fixed value of small capacitance, and a feedback circuit is provided. The amplifier circuit includes a plurality of amplifiers each of which negative feedback is provided to and which are connected in series, and a feedback means (feedback circuit) which is connected to an output side of an amplifier near output of the amplifier circuit and an input side of an amplifier near input of the amplifier circuit. These amplifiers are ones in the plurality of amplifiers. One or odd numbers of amplifiers in the plurality of amplifiers are inverting amplifiers.
US09024685B2	Pilot signal generation circuit In some embodiments, a pilot signal generation circuit is provided including a buffer and a differential amplifier responsive to an output of the buffer. A first transistor is connected to control a reference voltage at an input of the buffer in response to a pulse width modulated logic signal and a second transistor connected to control a reference voltage at an input of the differential amplifier based on the pulse width modulated logic signal such that the second transistor is connected so as to turn on when the first transistor is turned off and to turn off when the first transistor is turned on. The differential amplifier is configured to provide at an output a pilot signal proportional to a gain of the differential amplifier.
US09024684B2	Area-efficient PLL with a low-noise low-power loop filter Techniques for reducing noise and power consumption in a loop filter for a phase-locked loop (PLL) are described herein. In one embodiment, a loop filter for a PLL comprises a first proportional capacitor, a second proportional capacitor, an active device, and a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches are configured to alternately couple the first proportional capacitor and the second proportional capacitor to a first charge pump, to alternately couple noise from the active device to the first proportional capacitor and the second proportional capacitor, and to alternately couple the first proportional capacitor and the second proportional capacitor into a feedback circuit, wherein the feedback circuit produces an output voltage of the loop filter.
US09024681B2	Signal processing circuit, inverter circuit, buffer circuit, driver circuit, level shifter, and display device A signal processing circuit of the present invention includes: first and second input terminals; an output terminal; a bootstrap capacitor; a first output section connected to the second input terminal and the output terminal; a second output section connected to the first input terminal, a first power source, and the output terminal; an electric charge control section for controlling the electric charge of the bootstrap capacitor, the electric charge control section being connected to the first input terminal; and a resistor having (i) a first end connected to the output terminal and (ii) a second end connected to a second power source. This arrangement allows the signal processing circuit to maintain an output potential even after a bootstrap effect has worn off.
US09024678B2	Current sensing circuit arrangement for output voltage regulation A circuit arrangement including a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are configured so that the current flowing through the first transistor is proportional to the current flowing through the second transistor and the third transistor. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor are configured to operate in an ohmic mode. The second transistor and the third transistor are coupled in series to each other. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor match each other in at least one characteristic.
US09024672B2	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method Digital signals with higher resolution are generated from dual-phase encode signals indicating phase changes of a position or an angle of a target. A signal processing apparatus for processing dual-phase encode signals indicating changes in position of a target, comprises: a first noise reduction unit configured to remove high frequency noise from each of the dual-phase encode signals before interpolation processing; an interpolating unit configured to apply interpolation processing to the dual-phase encode signals output from the first noise reduction unit to generate dual-phase encode signals with higher resolution; and a second noise reduction unit configured to remove noise from the dual-phase encode signals output from the interpolating unit.
US09024671B2	Method and apparatus for clock transmission Apparatus and methods are provided for an extraction circuit. In one configuration, an apparatus includes: an edge extraction circuit for receiving a first clock signal and outputting a second clock signal, wherein a duty cycle of the second clock is substantially smaller than a duty cycle of the first clock; a transistor for receiving the second clock signal and outputting a current signal; a transmission line for receiving the current signal on a first end and transmitting the current signal to a second end; a termination circuit for receiving the current signal at the second end and converting the current signal into a voltage signal; and an edge detection circuit for outputting a third clock by detecting an edge of the voltage signal. In one embodiment, the edge detection circuit comprises an inverter. In another embodiment, the edge detection circuit comprises a comparator.
US09024669B2	Storage element, storage device, and signal processing circuit A signal processing circuit whose power consumption can be suppressed is provided. In a period during which a power supply voltage is not supplied to a storage element, data stored in a first storage circuit corresponding to a nonvolatile memory can be held by a first capacitor provided in a second storage circuit. With the use of a transistor in which a channel is formed in an oxide semiconductor layer, a signal held in the first capacitor is held for a long time. The storage element can accordingly hold the stored content (data) also in a period during which the supply of the power supply voltage is stopped. A signal held by the first capacitor can be converted into the one corresponding to the state (the on state or off state) of the second transistor and read from the second storage circuit. Consequently, an original signal can be accurately read.
US09024654B2	System and method to actively drive the common mode voltage of a receiver termination network An active termination circuit for a differential receiver includes a first receiver element configured to receive a first component of a differential signal, a second receiver element configured to receive a second component of a differential signal, a common mode measurement element configured to receive the differential signal and generate a transmit common mode signal (Vcm) representing an average value of the differential signal, and a receiver (RX) common mode signal node. The termination circuit also comprises an active element configured to receive the transmit common mode signal (Vcm) and provide an output to the receiver common mode signal node, the output configured to drive the value of the signal at the receiver common mode signal node to the value of the transmit common mode signal (Vcm), and a capacitive element coupled to the receiver common mode signal node in parallel with the active element.
US09024653B2	Input buffer circuit There is provided an input buffer circuit having hysteresis characteristics. The input buffer circuit includes: a first operating unit performing a NOR operation on an input signal and a first signal; a second operating unit performing a NAND operation on the input signal and a second signal; and an inverting unit inverting outputs of the first and second operating units to generate a second signal and a first signal, respectively, wherein reference levels of the first and second operating units determining a high or low level of the input signal are set to be different.
US09024651B2	Test apparatus having a probe card and connector mechanism A test apparatus for testing a semiconductor device includes a circuit board having a contact pattern on one side and an opening therethrough, and a probe card supporting a probe needle array. The probe needle array is insertable into the opening of the circuit board and is configured to probe a device under test. The probe needle array is in electrical contact with the contact pattern of the circuit board, to allow signals through the probe card and circuit board to a test equipment. A holder supports the probe card and other probe cards. The holder has multiple sides, each of which is supportable of a probe card having a probe needle array. The holder is rotatable to manipulate and position the probe needle arrays of the probe cards relative to a device under test. The holder allows disconnection and replacement of the probe needle arrays from the holder.
US09024650B2	Scalable built-in self test (BIST) architecture A circuit with built-in self test (BIST) capability includes a master BIST controller, a plurality of slave BIST controllers, and a collector. The master BIS controller issues test instructions in response to a master resume input signal. The plurality of slave BIST controllers is coupled to the master BIST controller. Each slave BIST controller is adapted to perform a test on a functional circuit in response to a test instruction and to provide a resume signal at a conclusion of the test. The collector receives a corresponding resume signal from each of the multiple slave BIST controllers after the master BIST controller issues the test instruction, and subsequently provides the master resume signal in response to an activation of all of the corresponding resume signals.
US09024649B2	Insert for semiconductor package and testing apparatus with the same An insert for a semiconductor package testing apparatus comprises a body having a pocket constructed and arranged to receive the semiconductor package, and a sliding tool slidingly positioned on the body. The sliding tool is constructed and arranged to open and close the pocket as a result of a sliding motion of the sliding tool relative to the body.
US09024648B2	Handler for conveying a plurality of devices under test to a socket for a test and test apparatus A handler for conveying DUTs to a socket for a test that can reduce a test time includes: a test section including the socket; a heat applying section into which a tray having plural DUTs placed on its surface is conveyed and that controls the temperature of the DUTs to a predetermined test temperature and conveys the tray into the test section; and a device image capturing section that includes imaging elements arranged along a first direction the number of which is equal to DUTs arranged along the first direction and that in the heat applying section, captures images of the DUTs by moving the imaging elements relative to the surface of the tray in a second direction non-parallel with the first direction; and a position adjusting section that adjusts the positions of the DUTs relative to the socket based on their images captured by the device image capturing section.
US09024644B2	Waveform dividing method for a capacitive touch control device A waveform dividing method for a capacitive touch control device saves a first waveform in a direction, and then saves a multi-touch waveform in the direction when another object further touches the capacitive touch control device. If the multi-touch waveform is identified as having waveform overlapping, a second waveform is extracted from the difference between the multi-touch waveform and the first waveform. By calculating with the second waveform, accurate positioning of the objects on the capacitive touch control device can be achieved.
US09024643B2	Systems and methods for determining types of user input The embodiments described herein thus provide devices and methods that facilitate improved input devices. Specifically, the devices, systems and methods provide the ability to accurately determine user input using multiple different sensing regimes. The different sensing regimes can be used to facilitate accurate position determination of objects both at the surface and away from the surface. For example, the different sensing regimes can be used to determine position information for both ungloved and gloved fingers. In one embodiment the first sensing regime uses a first duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing and a first duty cycle of transcapacitive sensing. The second sensing regime uses a second duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing and a second duty cycle of transcapacitive sensing, where the second duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing is greater than the first duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing.
US09024642B2	Absolute position measurement capacitive grating displacement measurement method, sensor, and operating method thereof An absolute position measurement capacitive grating displacement measurement method, a sensor, and an operating method of the sensor are provided. In the measurement method, a drive signal having wave properties is used to excite a transmission grating, and displacement of a measured position in each wavelength is transformed into an initial phase of a time fundamental wave. The displacement of the measured position in each wavelength is acquired through an addition counter. A signal having wave properties output by a drive signal generator of the sensor is connected to a transmission grating, the master clock of an oscillator is connected to each circuit, an output of a reception grating is connected to a synchronous capture circuit through a signal selection switch and an analog processing circuit; and the synchronous capture circuit is connected to a controller, an addition counter, and a Random Access Memory (RAM). The controller is connected to all components. In the operating method of the sensor, an interface unit starts a measurement unit, a controller coordinates operation of all circuits, and after measurement of displacements in coarse, medium, and fine wavelengths is successively completed, the interface unit turns off the measurement unit, performs processing, and displays the measurement result. The circuits are simple, easy to control, and easy to be realized, and have high precision.
US09024641B2	Wire breakage detecting method for high voltage generating device A method of detecting a wire break in a high voltage generating device that is configured to detect a wire breakage in a low-voltage cable is disclosed. The method of a wire break includes: detecting whether a wire break has occurred in each of the lines in accordance with a combination pattern of whether the time differential value of an IM signal value of a CW circuit obtained when an operating voltage is boosted is positive, negative, or 0, and whether the time differential value of a VM signal value obtained after the operating voltage is boosted by the CW circuit is positive, negative, or 0; and identifying which of the lines is broken.
US09024636B2	Method for optimization of a multi-channel coil The invention relates to a method for optimization of the performance of a multi-channel coil (1) comprising at least three coil elements, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) Exciting the coil elements of the multi-channel coil (1) by electrical power signals comprising a specific power, wherein the power of the power signals is partially reflected by the coil elements of the multi-channel coil (1), b) Measuring the power which is reflected by the individual coil elements of the multi-channel coil (1) or by the entire multi-channel coil (1) during excitation of the coil elements, c) Tuning the multi-channel coil (1) depending on the measured reflected power so that the performance of the multi-channel coil (1) is improved, wherein d) all coil elements of the multi-channel coil (1) are simultaneously excited, and e) the reflected power is measured during the simultaneous excitation of all coil elements of the multi-channel coil (1).
US09024634B2	Magnetic field measurement apparatus, magnetic field measurement system and magnetic field measurement method A magnetic field measurement apparatus includes a first gas cell disposed in a +z direction when seen from an object to be measured, a second gas cell disposed in the +z direction when seen from the first gas cell, a first measurement unit which measures a component of a magnetic field in the first gas cell, a second measurement unit which measures a component of a magnetic field in the second gas cell, a magnetic field generation unit which generates the magnetic field toward the second gas cell so as to reduce the component measured by the second measurement unit, and an output unit which outputs a signal in response to the difference in the components respectively measured by the first measurement unit and second measurement unit.
US09024632B2	Magnetic sensor with a plurality of heater portions to fix the direction of magnetization of a pinned magnetic layer A magnetic sensor is provided, including: a substrate; a plurality of magneto resistance element portions, disposed above the substrate, each including: a free magnetic layer having a magnetization direction changeable by an external magnetic field; and a pin magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction; and a plurality of heater portions corresponding to the magneto resistance element portions, respectively, and configured to heat a corresponding pin magnetic layer, wherein the magnetization direction of the pin magnetic layer of one magneto resistance element portion is different from the magnetization direction of the pin magnetic layer of another magneto resistance element portion on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate, when the external magnetic field is applied to each of the magneto resistance element portions, the magnetic sensor detects a physical amount based on a change in a resistance of each of the magneto resistance element portions.
US09024631B2	Transport and detection of superparamagnetic particles by nanowire An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium configured to transport a constituent of fluid sample that binds to a functionalized magnetic particle. The apparatus includes a substrate connected to an input port, a magnetic nanowire, and either a temporally changing magnetic field generator or a spin-polarized current source. The magnetic nanowire is disposed in a surface of the substrate. The width and thickness of the magnetic nanowire are configured so that a domain wall propagating along the nanowire in response to the temporally changing magnetic field continuously couples to a superparamagnetic particle introduced into the input port.
US09024620B2	Polarity detection circuit The polarity detection circuit includes a first diode with anode receiving a first phase of the AC power supply voltage and a second diode with anode receiving a second phase, opposite the first phase. The detection circuit further includes a constant-voltage power supply outputting a positive constant voltage. A first reference-voltage output circuit outputs a voltage corresponding to the constant voltage when the AC voltage of the first phase is positive, and outputs a voltage at a cathode of the second diode when the AC voltage of the first phase is negative. The detection circuit also includes a first signal output circuit that compares a first voltage, corresponding to a voltage at the cathode of the first diode, and a voltage output from the first reference-voltage output circuit and that outputs a signal indicative of polarity of the AC voltage having the first phase according to a comparison result.
US09024618B2	Self-heating electrometer for high pressure ion chamber for verification of temperature compensation An apparatus and method for verifying the temperature compensation correction factor accuracy of an electrometer is provided. The electrometer includes an electrical amplifier to convert a current signal to a voltage signal. The electrometer also includes a compensation circuit to modify the voltage signal for temperature compensation. The electrometer further includes a heat producing device to induce a temperature change of the electrical amplifier and the compensation circuit. An environmental radiation monitor is also provided. The environmental radiation monitor includes a power supply, a high pressure ionization chamber, and the electrometer. The method includes providing an environmental radiation monitor, measuring the voltage signal at a first time, activating a heat producing device, measuring the voltage signal at a second time, and comparing the two measured values of the voltage signal.
US09024617B2	Non-intrusive electrical load monitoring A method of non-intrusive electrical load monitoring of an electrical distribution system includes monitoring a main power line of the electrical distribution system to determine a set of electrical characteristics of the electrical distribution system, receiving a set of state information for a plurality of individual loads of the electrical distribution system, and determining energy consumption characteristics for the plurality of individual loads based upon the set of electrical characteristics and the set of state information.
US09024614B2	Power supply device performing voltage conversion In a power supply device, the controller outputs a control signal specifying a voltage value. The voltage conversion unit converts a first voltage to a second voltage in response to a control signal specifying a voltage value output from the controller. The voltage conversion unit converts the first voltage to a start voltage, as the second voltage, in response to a first control signal specifying a start voltage value output from the controller and further converts the first voltage to a target voltage, as the second voltage, in response to a second control signal specifying a target voltage value output from the controller. A transition period of time is intervened between generation of the start voltage and generation of the target voltage during which the controller outputs a third control signal specifying the intermediate voltage value between the start voltage value and the target voltage value.
US09024611B2	Controller and converting controller with multi-function pin A controller with a multi-function pin, adapted to control a converting circuit according to a control signal for converting an input voltage into an output voltage, is disclosed. The controller has the multi-function pin, an enable unit, an over-current detecting unit and a logic control unit. The enable unit is coupled to the multi-function pin for receiving an enable signal and activates the controller in response to the enable signal. The over-current detecting is coupled to the multi-function pin and determines an over-current value according to an over-current set resistance coupled between the multi-function pin and a voltage source. The over-current detecting unit generates an over-current protection signal according to the over-current value and a current flowing through the converting circuit. The logic control unit determines whether executing an over-current protection according to the over-current protection signal.
US09024610B2	System and method of balanced slope compensation for switch mode regulators A modulator with balanced slope compensation including a control network, a slope compensation network, an offset network and an adjust network. The control network receives a feedback signal indicative of an output voltage and provides a loop control signal. The slope compensation network develops a slope compensation signal. The offset network determines a DC offset of the slope compensation signal. The adjust network combines the DC offset, the slope compensation signal and the loop control signal to provide a balanced slope compensated control signal. The DC offset may be determined as a peak of the slope compensation signal. The slope compensation signal may be developed based on the output voltage and a pulse control signal, in which the pulse control signal is developed using the balanced slope compensated control signal.
US09024607B2	Control circuit for power converter and method thereof A control circuit for a power converter has a current source, a sampling circuit, a signal processing circuit, a driving circuit, and a shared pin. The shared pin is used for coupling with a resistor and a switch. The current source, coupled with the shared pin, provides a current through the shared pin to the resistor in a first period. The sampling circuit, coupled with the shared pin, samples signals on the shared pin for generating a first sampling value and a second sampling value. The signal processing circuit, coupled with the sampling circuit, compares the first sampling value and the second sampling value. The driving circuit generates driving signals for conducting the switch. When the difference of the first sampling value and the second sampling value is less than a predetermined value, the signal processing circuit configures the driving circuit to intermittently conduct the switch in a second period.
US09024602B2	Regulator with low dropout voltage and improved output stage The regulator with low dropout voltage comprises an error amplifier and an output stage comprising an output transistor and a buffer circuit comprising an input connected to the output node of the error amplifier, an output connected to the output transistor, a follower amplifier connected between the input and the output of the buffer circuit. The buffer circuit furthermore comprises a transistor active load connected to the output of the follower amplifier and a negative feedback amplifier arranged in common gate configuration and connected between the output of the follower amplifier and the gate of the transistor of the active load.
US09024601B2	Voltage converting apparatus with low power consumption A voltage converting apparatus is disclosed. The voltage converting apparatus includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generating circuit, a power transistor, a first inductor, a second inductor and a feedback rectifier. The PWM signal generating circuit receives a feedback power to be an operating power and generates a PWM signal. A first terminal of the power transistor receives an input voltage, and a control terminal of the power transistor receives the PWM signal. The second inductor couples with a voltage on the first inductor and generates a coupling voltage. The feedback rectifier rectifies the coupling voltage to generate a feedback power.
US09024599B2	Multi-phase DC-DC power converter A multi-phase DC-DC power converter is provided, which includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller and a plurality of output stage circuits. The plurality of output stage circuits converts an input voltage into an output voltage. The PWM controller includes a feedback circuit and a PWM generation module. The feedback circuit outputs a trigger signal according to the output voltage and a ramp signal. The PWM generation module at least generates a first PWM signal and a second PWM signal. In addition, a waveform of the first PWM signal partially overlaps a waveform of the second PWM signal at a logic high level.
US09024595B1	Asymmetric transient response control A loop controller includes an error amplifier configured to receive an output of a controlled process and further configured to receive a reference input; and an asymmetric compensator. The asymmetric compensator includes a high pass filter configured to receive an amplified version of the reference input and output a filtered reference; and an asymmetric impedance configured to receive an amplified version of the filtered reference and output a compensation signal. The error amplifier is further configured to sum the compensation signal and the output of the controlled process, and provide an error signal based on a difference between the sum and the reference input. The compensation signal includes a first gain for a rising transition of the controlled process output and a second gain for a falling transition of the controlled process output.
US09024591B2	Electric actuator A most recent electrostatic capacitance value for a backup capacitor is measured periodically. Each time the most recent electrostatic capacitance value is measured, a charging voltage (a required charging voltage) that is required in order to cause a return operation of a valve from the setting opening at that time to an emergency opening/closing position (for example, the fully closed position) is calculated based on the electrostatic capacitance value that has been measured, and the terminal voltage of the backup capacitor is adjusted so as to become equal to the calculated required charging voltage.
US09024590B2	Vehicle battery discharge systems and methods using field access points System and methods for discharging a battery system in a vehicle are presented. In certain embodiments, a battery system included in a vehicle may include a high voltage cell stack and at least one access point configured to selectively couple the high voltage cell stack with a discharging system connector associated with a discharging system. The at least one access point may include a receptacle configured to receive the discharging system connector and selectively couple the discharging system connector across the high voltage cell stack to allow for electrical energy to be discharged from the cell stack to an external discharging system.
US09024588B2	Emergency power supply mechanism and procedure for the emergency power supply An emergency power supply device is provided to supply emergency power to a direct voltage circuit. The direct voltage circuit has a first potential tap and a second potential tap, comprising an energy storage unit. The energy storage unit has a plus pole and a minus pole, and one of the poles is connected to the first potential tap via a first connection. The other pole is connected to the second potential tap via a second connection. At least one of the connections has a directional electric current meter and at least one of the connections has an interrupter. The directional electric current meter can measure a flow of charging current. The interrupter can prevent a flow of charging current, and the interrupter can be controlled as a function of the flow of charging current that has been measured.
US09024585B2	Battery parallel-operation circuit and battery system A first line includes a switching element and is electrically coupled to a branch point and an external load which is electrically connectable to a battery parallel-operation circuit. A second line includes a resistive element, and is electrically coupled to the external load and the branch point. The first line and the second line are each provided in a plurality. The plural first lines are connected in parallel to one another, and the plural second lines are connected in parallel to one another. The branch points are electrically coupled respectively to plural external, connectable battery units.
US09024578B2	Alignment system for wireless electrical power transfer A system to provide alignment between a source resonator and a capture resonator. The source resonator is configured to emit a magnetic charging signal or a magnetic beacon signal. The source resonator is coupled to an electrical power source that provides current to the source resonator. The source resonator emits the charging signal when the current exceeds a first threshold and emits the beacon signal when the current is below a second threshold. The capture resonator is configured to receive the charging signal and provide electrical power based on the charging signal. The system also includes a magnetic sensor configured to receive the beacon signal and provide a location signal indicative of a relative location between the transmit and capture resonators to a controller that provides an alignment signal indicative of a movement required to align the source resonator and the capture resonator.
US09024574B2	Battery charger and system method A battery charger and system and method for use of the same are disclosed for increasing a charge of a battery. In one embodiment of the battery charger, an input for an electric charging power source is configured to supply electrical charging power to a rechargeable battery via an output circuit portion interposed therebetween. A transfer function circuit portion is configured to sense the voltage of the rechargeable battery as a sensing voltage such that the change in the sensing voltage is directly proportional to the internal impedance of the rechargeable battery. A control logic circuit portion is configured to select between a constant current, variable voltage operational mode, a constant current, scalable voltage operational mode, and a variable current, constant voltage operational mode to furnish rapid recharging of the rechargeable battery.
US09024572B2	Battery module, battery system and electric vehicle A battery block composed of a plurality of battery cells and a voltage detecting circuit (state detecting circuit) for detecting a voltage between terminals of each battery cell are included, and a flexible printed circuit board, in which a voltage detecting line for electrically connecting a positive electrode terminal or a negative electrode terminal of the battery cell and the voltage detecting circuit (state detecting circuit) is integrated with a substrate made or a flexible material, is provided.
US09024571B2	Charging of electric vehicles based on historical clean energy profiles The embodiments disclosed herein provide an option to drivers of electric vehicles to charge their electric vehicles using energy generated from renewable energy sources while still meeting charging requirements of the drivers. A system may schedule an electric vehicle for charging based on a historical clean energy profile.
US09024565B2	Anti-rebounding control apparatus and method in an electrical swing system of a hybrid excavator An anti-rebounding control apparatus is provided, which includes an anti-rebounding controller outputting a first command for setting a torque limit value to “0” if an electric motor speed value is equal to or smaller than an upper threshold value and equal to or larger than a lower threshold value in the case where a speed command value of “0” is input and outputting a second command for setting the torque limit value to a maximum value if the electric motor speed value is smaller than the lower threshold value, a torque regulator setting the torque limit value to “0” when the first command is input and setting the torque limit value to the maximum value when the second command is input, and an electric motor inverter intercepting a power that is supplied to an electric motor if the torque limit value is set to “0” and re-supplying the power to the electric motor if the torque limit value is set to the maximum value. Accordingly, the same performance as an anti-rebounding system that is used in a swing system of an existing hydraulic excavator can be implemented even in a system that performs a swing operation using an electric motor such as a hybrid (or electric) excavator.
US09024560B2	Method for adjusting a DC voltage intermediate-circuit voltage A method is disclosed for adjusting a voltage of a DC-voltage intermediate circuit in a battery system having a battery and a drive system. The battery is configured to output one selectable output voltage from n+1 different output voltages. In a first step of the method, an actual value of the voltage of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit is determined, and is then compared with the various output voltages of the battery. A first selected output voltage of the battery, which is the highest voltage of those output voltages of the battery which are less than the actual value of the voltage of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit, and a second selected output voltage of the battery, which is the lowest voltage of those output voltages of the battery which are higher than the actual value of the voltage of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit, are then selected.
US09024554B2	Method for controlling inverter A method for controlling an inverter in a system including a load, a motor for driving the load, and an inverter for operating the motor comprises when a load amount of the load is reduced to below a sleep level, checking whether a time corresponding to a sleep delay has lapsed; when the load amount of the load is still below the sleep level even after the sleep delay, varying an operating frequency of the motor, and if there is no change in a feedback from the load in response to the variation in the operating frequency, controlling the inverter to enter a sleep mode.
US09024553B2	AC motor control apparatus A control apparatus of an AC motor improves an electric current estimation accuracy of the AC motor, which includes a three phase motor with an electric current detector to detect an electric current detection value of one of the three phases (a sensor phase). The control apparatus includes an electric current estimation unit that repeatedly performs an inverted dq conversion and a dq conversion. The inverted dq conversion calculates an electric current estimate values for phases other than the sensor phase based on the d/q axis electric current estimate values of a previous cycle. The dq conversion calculates the d/q axis electric current estimate values of a current cycle in a rotation coordinate system of the AC motor based on the electric current estimate values calculated by the inverted dq conversion and the electric current detection value of the sensor phase detected by the electric current detector.
US09024552B2	Current control gain adjusting method for PM motor, current control method, and control device The present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage, and a current control gain adjusting step of calculating a current control gain based on frequency characteristics of the applied voltage and the motor current. In this manner, a stable current control gain having a high current response can be adjusted within a short period of time.
US09024551B2	Braking and auxiliary power converter An integrated power converter includes first and second auxiliary switch modules, and one or more braking switch modules. The first auxiliary switch module is mounted at a first location of a laminated bus bar, and connects a first auxiliary lead with a first power layer and a second power layer of the bus bar. The second auxiliary switch module is mounted at a second location of the bus bar, and connects a second auxiliary lead with the first and second power layers. The braking switch modules are mounted at additional locations of the bus bar, adjacent to the first and second locations. Each braking switch module connects a braking lead with one of the power layers of the bus bar, and with a dual diode module or with the other power layer of the bus bar.
US09024547B2	Fan conducted noise reduction Apparatus and methods for reducing unwanted conducted noise generated by a DC load 17. Load 17 is powered by a voltage source 11. A current sense 13 senses pulse current Ifan flowing through the load 17. First converting means 14, 15, 16 converts the sensed pulse current Ifan to a correction voltage Vp. The correction voltage Vp is then converted to a correction current Ip, which offsets the deleterious effects of Ifan. The current Is flowing through the voltage source 11 equals Ifan plus the correction current Ip.
US09024544B2	Field emission device In a field emission device, the fundamental cause of spherical aberration in an emitted electron beam trajectory is eliminated or mitigated. An aberration suppressor electrode 31 is provided at a lower vertical position than an extraction gate electrode 13 so its opening inner peripheral edge 31e faces a position near an emitter tip 11tp. The vertical position of the opening inner peripheral edge 31e of the aberration suppressor electrode 31 is made lower than the vertical position of the emitter tip 11tp. An aberration suppressing voltage Vsp is applied to the aberration suppressor electrode 31 that is a lower voltage than the potential of the emitter 11 and controls equipotential lines near the emitter tip 11tp to make them parallel.
US09024543B2	Method and apparatus for controlling an illumination system in a temperature controlled environment The present invention relates to a method for controlling the illumination system in a temperature controlled environment, and to a control system for a temperature controlled environment having an illumination system. More specifically, the invention relates to a method wherein output of the illumination system causes a temperature response in the temperature controlled environment, the temperature response being detected by a sensor, the method comprising regulating the temperature adaptively based on the output of the illumination system and the associated temperature response. The control system for the temperature controlled environment, having an illumination system, comprises a sensor proximate to a casing of the temperature controlled environment and is adapted to control the illumination system, wherein output of the illumination system causes a temperature response in the temperature controlled environment, the temperature response being detected by the sensor, and the control system is adapted to regulate the temperature adaptively based on the output of the illumination system and the associated temperature response.
US09024539B2	PFC LED driver capable of reducing flicker A PFC LED driver capable of reducing flicker, including: a bridge rectifier, used to generate a full-wave-rectified line input voltage according to an AC power a single stage PFC constant average current converter, coupled with the bridge rectifier and used for forcing an input current to track the full-wave-rectified line input voltage and regulating an average value of an output current at a first preset value; and a peak current regulator, in series with an LED module to form a load for the output current to flow through, wherein the peak current regulator is used to regulate a peak of the output current at a second preset value, and the second preset value is higher than the first preset value.
US09024538B2	Discharge lamp lighting device, projector, and method of controlling projector A discharge lamp lighting device according to the invention can reliably light a discharge lamp, and at the same time, prevent output of unnecessary high-voltage pulses with a simple circuit configuration. The discharge lamp lighting device includes a capacitor charged with a current from a direct-current power supply, a transformer adapted to output a starting pulse between electrodes of the discharge lamp in accordance with a discharge current flowing from the capacitor, a discharge control circuit adapted to switch ON/OFF the discharge current from the capacitor to the transformer, and a timing generation section adapted to switch the discharge control circuit to ON after a voltage between both ends of the capacitor has reached a reference voltage. The timing generation section can operate in accordance with a plurality of reference voltages.
US09024537B2	Dimming method and system for LED lamp assemblies The present document relates to a method and system for dimming low power illumination devices, such as LED (Light Emitting Diode) assemblies. A controller for a driver circuit of a light source is described. The driver circuit controls a plurality of illumination states of the light source using a power converter, which converts power from an input voltage waveform of a mains power supply into a drive signal for the light source. The controller comprises an event detection unit; a state register to store an indication of a current state of the illumination states; a state processor to determine a target state of the illumination states, based on the detected event and based on the current state; and an output control unit controls the power converter of the driver circuit to provide a drive signal for the target state.
US09024533B2	Controlling switching current regulators A switching current regulator controls a load current flowing through a load. The switching current regulator switches a switch to an ON state after applying a regulating signal to the switch. During an integration period while the switch is in the ON state, the switching current regulator integrates an output voltage based on a sense voltage based on the load current and a reference voltage; at the end of the integration period, the switching current regulator outputs an integrated output voltage. The switching current regulator compares the integrated output voltage to a predetermined value. Based on a result of comparing the integrated output voltage and the predetermined value, the switching current regulator adjusts the regulating signal.
US09024531B2	Apparatus for driving light emitting diode There is provided an apparatus for driving a light emitting diode (LED), capable of distributing current stress applied to the LED. The apparatus includes an LED part including a plurality of LED units respectively including at least one LED, the plurality of LED units being connected in parallel to a power input terminal to which rectified power in sine wave form is supplied, and, among the plurality of LED units connected in parallel, a termination end of the LED unit in a front end being connected to a middle of an adjacent LED unit; and a current source unit including a plurality of current sources respectively connected to termination ends of the plurality of LED units and allowing corresponding current to flow through the plurality of LED units.
US09024527B2	Device for generating short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation based on a gas discharge plasma A device for generating short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation based on a gas discharge plasma calls for suppressing droplet formation of liquid coating material that is applied to disk electrodes rotated at high rotational frequencies and ensuring a uniform layer thickness. The device has two rotating disk electrodes, each having two lateral surfaces and a circumferential surface, provided with a reservoir with liquid coating material and a wiper for removing excess coating material. The wiper, which has a U-shaped form comprising two legs parallel to the lateral surfaces of the disk electrode and a crosspiece transversely over the circumferential surface, is at least axially movably supported and has impingement elements at the legs so that it is automatically axially adjustable by means of the coating material which is transported on the lateral surfaces and pressed into the gap during the rotation of the disk electrode.
US09024526B1	Detector element with antenna A detector element with one or more attached antenna for the detection of high energy transmissions, including microwaves, lasers, electromagnetic signals, RF waves, radiation, and/or other transmissions emitted by a source including a weapon system. The element may also be used as a safety device to warn and alert personnel working around high energy devices of electromagnetic leaks.
US09024521B2	Organic EL display device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device, including: a lower electrode provided every first organic EL element for a blue color and every second organic EL element for another color on a substrate; a hole injection/transport layer provided every first and second organic EL elements; a second organic light emitting layer for another color provided on said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic EL element; a connection layer made of a low-molecular material and provided over an entire surface of said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic light emitting layer and said first organic EL element; a first organic light emitting layer for a blue color provided over an entire surface of said connection layer; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode provided over an entire surface of said organic light emitting layer in order.
US09024520B2	White emitting light source and luminescent material The invention relates to a white emitting light source with an improved luminescent material of the formula (AEN2/3)b (MN)c (SiN4/3)d1 CeO3/2d2 EuOx SiO2y AlO3/2 wherein AE is an alkaline earth metal chosen of the group of Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba or mixtures thereof and M is a trivalent element chosen of the group of Al, B, Ga, Sc with d1>10*d2. In combination with a UV to blue light generating device this material leads to an improved light quality and stability, especially an improved temperature stability for a wide range of applications.
US09024518B2	Light-emitting diode and lighting device including the same In a first aspect of the present invention, a light-emitting diode includes a light-emitting element with a p-n junction, a first light-transmitting member including a phosphor and sealing the light-emitting element, and first and second covers disposed on opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. It is disclosed that the first and second covers extend over edges of the opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. In a second aspect of the present invention, a first cover disposed on a first parallel surface of a first light-transmitting member can be greater in thickness than a second cover. In some embodiments, it is disclosed that a second light-transmitting member with higher diffusion coefficient than the first light-transmitting member is disposed in contact with a first perpendicular surface of the first light-transmitting member.
US09024517B2	LED lamp with remote phosphor and diffuser configuration utilizing red emitters Lamps and bulbs are disclosed generally comprising different combinations and arrangement of a light source, one or more wavelength conversion materials, regions or layers which are positioned separately or remotely with respect to the light source, and a separate diffusing layer. This arrangement allows for the fabrication of lamps and bulbs that are efficient, reliable and cost effective and can provide an essentially omni-directional emission pattern, even with a light source comprised of a co-planar arrangement of LEDs. Additionally, this arrangement allows aesthetic masking or concealment of the appearance of the conversion regions or layers when the lamp is not illuminated. Some embodiments of the present invention utilize LED chips to provide one or more lighting components instead of providing the components through phosphor conversion. This can provide for lamps that can be operated with lower power and can be manufactured at lower cost. In one embodiment, a red lighting component can be provided by red emitting LEDs as opposed to a red conversion material.
US09024516B2	Method for fabricating a planar micro-tube discharger structure A method for fabricating a semiconductor-based planar micro-tube discharger structure is provided, including the steps of forming on a substrate two patterned electrodes separated by a gap and at least one separating block arranged in the gap, forming an insulating layer over the patterned electrodes and the separating block, and filling the insulating layer into the gap. At least two discharge paths are formed. The method can fabricate a plurality of discharge paths in a semiconductor structure, the structure having very high reliability and reusability.
US09024515B2	Lighted blocking beam The invention proposes a barrier comprising a blocking beam (1) that is mounted on a console such that it can be moved between an open position and a blocking position, wherein the blocking beam (1) is realized in the form of a tube section, on one end (2) of which a lamp (3) is arranged in a lens (4) that allows a linear light scattering in the direction of the other end of the tube section essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis (5) thereof, and on the other end (11) of which a device (9) for reflecting the light emitted by the lamp (3) is arranged, wherein the axial part of the tube section that extends between the lamp (3) and the device (9) for reflecting the light is realized in a translucent or transparent fashion.
US09024514B2	Light-emitting module having connection member to press for direct electrical contact A light-emitting module includes: an LED lamp comprising; a flexible board; and a connection member that sandwiches and fixes the LED lamp and the flexible board. An electrode portion of the flexible board is pressed against an external electrode of the LED lamp by the connection member, whereby the external electrode directly contacts and is electrically connected to the electrode portion. A portion of the connection member highest from the substrate is lower than a portion of the sealing body highest from the substrate.
US09024513B2	Multi-layer piezoelectric element, and injection device and fuel injection system using the same A multi-layer piezoelectric element includes a stacked body including piezoelectric layers and internal electrode layers, which are alternately stacked; an external electrode layer attached to a side surface of the stacked body, the external electrode layer being elongated in a stacking direction of the stacked body and electrically connected with ends of the internal electrode layers which are exposed on the side surface; and an external electrode plate bonded to the external electrode layer therealong by an electrically conducting bonding material. The external electrode plate is provided with slits which extend from opposite long sides toward a center thereof in such a manner that tips of the respective slits overlap each other when viewed in the stacking direction of the stacked body, and a portion thereof where the tips of the respective slits overlap each other is provided with a hole extending along an extension direction of the slit.
US09024512B2	Resonant transducer, method of producing the resonant transducer, and ultrasonic treatment tool including the resonant transducer A resonant transducer comprising: a vibration plate; and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric film and an upper electrode that are laminated on the vibration plate, wherein a compressive stress is applied to the piezoelectric film.
US09024509B2	Device for maximum detection of vibrating energy for harvesting energy An energy harvesting device (100) comprises a hollow prismatic body (12) formed of a plurality of faces are coated with a piezoelectric layer thereon, a plurality of elongated cantilevers (14) are arranged spatially from each other and inserted through the faces of the hollow prismatic body (12), the elongated cantilevers (14) are coated with a piezoelectric layer thereon, and at least one inner resilient means (16) of a particular stiffness having one end attached the hollow prismatic body (12) and the other end is coupled with a base (18) in order to stabilize the device on its axis. The device (100) is capable of detecting small amounts of environmentally available vibration sources and producing huge vibration to the hollow prismatic body (12) and the cantilevers (14), thereby inducing the device (100) to generate electrical energy that can be stored or used by an exteranl load.
US09024499B2	Rotating electric machine rotor A rotating electric machine rotor is equipped with a rotor core and a pair of permanent magnets disposed in a V-shape that opens toward an outer periphery of the rotor core. The pair of permanent magnets is separated in an inner periphery direction of the rotor core, and the rotor core contains a gap formed by connecting between at least the separated permanent magnets.
US09024498B2	Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor core, a stator core, and at least one permanent magnet. The rotor core has an inner circumference portion and an outer circumference portion. The stator core is opposed to the outer circumference portion of the rotor core. The at least one permanent magnet radially extends inside the rotor core. The at least one permanent magnet has an incremental circumferential width in a direction from the inner circumference portion to the outer circumference portion of the rotor core.
US09024496B2	Rotor for motor and method of manufacturing the same At least part of each bridge portion is heated and molten to form a keyhole, and a nonmagnetic element is disposed around the keyhole. Thus, even when the width of the bridge portion in the radial direction is increased, the bridge portion is demagnetized. Therefore, leakage flux in the bridge portion is reduced, and the output power of a motor is increased. Moreover, by increasing the width of the bridge portion in the radial direction, the strength of the bridge portion is increased, and breakage of the bridge portion due to a centrifugal force at high-speed rotation of a rotor is prevented.
US09024487B1	Levitation with switchable inductive element and associated systems, devices, and methods Levitation devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes an array of magnetic elements that have differently oriented magnetic fields and an inductive component. The inductive component provides a levitation force by magnetic communication with the magnetic fields of the array of magnetic elements. The inductive component includes an array of inductive elements, with individual inductive elements having a looped circuit that provides the levitation force. The inductive component also includes one or more switch element that controls current flow in one or more of the looped circuits responsive to translational motion between the inductive component and the array of magnetic elements.
US09024482B2	Power feeding device and wireless power feeding system A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.
US09024480B2	Controller for wireless energy transfer A system includes a network and a controller. The network has a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes includes a first node and a second node. The first node is configured to transmit energy to the second node. The first node is magnetically coupled with the second node. The plurality of nodes includes at least one controllable node having a performance parameter and including at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is configured to generate a signal corresponding to energy received by the sensor. The controller has an output coupled to the at least one controllable node. The output is determined based on the signal. The performance parameter is selected based on the output.
US09024479B2	Switching converter and control method A switching converter includes an input end, N output ends, an inductor, a charging/discharging control unit, an energy distribution control unit and a logic control unit. The input end is utilized for receiving an input voltage. The N output ends are utilized for outputting N output voltages. The inductor is utilized for storing energy of the input voltage. The charging/discharging control unit and the energy distribution control unit are respectively utilized for generating a charging/discharging control signal and N energy distribution control signals to control a charging switch and N output switches according to the N output voltages, wherein the i-th distribution control signal is corresponding to the i-th output voltage signal to the N-th output voltage signal. The logic control unit is utilized for generating the charging switch control signal and N output switch control signals according to the charging/discharging control signal and the N energy distribution control signals.
US09024477B2	High voltage power source device and image forming device A high voltage power source device includes piezoelectric transformers, each of the piezoelectric transformers being formed with a primary electrode and a secondary electrode on piezoelectric ceramics, receiving a primary voltage at the primary electrode, and generating a second voltage from the secondary electrode, switching elements, each of the switching elements driving a respective one of the piezoelectric transformers, and primary voltage supply devices, each of the primary voltage supply devices supplying the primary voltage to the primary electrode of the respective one of the piezoelectric transformers by driving the respective one of the switching elements when the secondary voltage is generated from the respective one of the second electrodes, wherein the respective one of the primary voltage supply devices supplies the primary voltage to the respective one of the primary electrodes by driving the respective one of the switching elements at the same frequency.
US09024473B2	Power combining in power over ethernet systems A technique for combining power to a single load from multiple power supplies using power over Ethernet (PoE) is disclosed. Each power supply is coupled to associated power sourcing equipment (PSE) providing PoE, and each PSE has a current limit. The power supplies supply approximately the same voltage, but the output voltages are typically not exactly equal. All the power supplies are connected via diodes to a common load terminal. The power supply outputting the highest voltage first supplies power to the load terminal, since only its diode is forward biased, until a PoE current limit is reached. Then its duty cycle is limited. The load terminal voltage is then inherently lowered to cause the diode of the power supply with the next highest output voltage to connect it to the load to supply additional power to the load as the first power supply continues to supply its limited current.
US09024468B2	Driver circuit for an electric vehicle and a diagnostic method for determining when a voltage driver is shorted to a ground voltage A driver circuit and a diagnostic method are provided. The driver circuit includes a first voltage driver, a second voltage driver, an electrical current sensor, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor iteratively measures voltages on first and second sides of a contact to obtain a first plurality of voltage values and a second plurality of voltage values. The microprocessor determines first and second filtered voltage values based on the first and second plurality of voltage values, respectively. The microprocessor determines a difference value based on the first and second filtered voltage values. The microprocessor de-energizes a contactor coil if a first signal from an electrical current sensor is received, and the difference value is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US09024466B2	On-board electrical system for a motor vehicle and method for operating an electrical load Disclosed is a method allowing the advantageous operation of an on-board electrical system (10) of a motor vehicle without high energy expenditure. Provided is an on-board electrical system (10) comprising a vehicle battery (16), an electrical load (30, 48) and a double-layer capacitor (32) with a positive and a negative terminal (34, 36). Switching means (22) are provided that couple the positive terminal (34) with the vehicle battery (16) and the negative terminal (36) with the electrical load (30, 48) in a first switching state, and that have at least one additional switching state. In the first switching state, an overvoltage can be compensated since the double-layer capacitor (32) is connected in series with opposite polarity to the vehicle battery (16). Preferably, the polarity of the double-layer capacitor (32) can be reversed, and the latter can be bridged. The switching means (22) can also assume a switching state in which the electrical load (30, 48) is decoupled from the vehicle battery (16).
US09024465B2	Uninterruptible power system The present invention provides an uninterruptible power system (UPS), the UPS comprising: a first converter having a first input terminal for receiving a first power source and a first output terminal for outputting a first voltage, wherein the first power source is a DC power or AC power and the first voltage is a DC voltage; a third converter having a third input terminal for receiving the second power source and the third output terminal connected to the first output terminal, wherein the second power source is a DC power; and a second converter having a second input terminal connected to the first output terminal and the third output terminal, and the second output terminal for outputting a second voltage corresponding to the first voltage.
US09024463B2	Vertical axis wind turbine with multiple flap vanes An improved wind turbine device with energy storage comprises a turbine rotor with rotatable vertical shaft, at least one bearing for said vertical shaft, and multiple rotor vanes disposed symmetrically for rotation about the vertical shaft. Each of said multiple rotor vanes is substantially box-shaped with four solid sides and a front and rear side disposed in a radial vertical plane. The front side to each vane is substantially open faced and the rear side has an opening covered by a plurality of flaps. Each of said flaps is capable of moving with the directional passage of wind through the vane.
US09024462B2	Generation of electrical energy in a ski or snowboard A ski or snowboard having an interface power source is provided. The power source uses reverse electrowetting technology to generate a charge to power devices connected to the interface. The power source includes a flexible, non-conductive substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side with a channel between the first and second sides. Electrodes are arranged about the channel in a predefined pattern. A liquid is contained in the channel. The liquid includes a dielectric liquid and a conductive liquid that do not mix. The electric change is generated by moving the liquid back and forth across the electrodes. The force to pump or move the liquid is provided by motion of the ski or snowboard.
US09024456B2	Photolithography alignment mark, mask and semiconductor wafer containing the same mark A photolithography alignment mark and a mask and semiconductor wafer containing said mark are described. The alignment mark comprises: a plurality of first alignment lines arranged parallel with each other in a first direction; a plurality of second alignment lines arranged parallel with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein each of the plurality of first alignment lines is composed of a predetermined number of first fine alignment lines uniformly spaced from each other, and each of the plurality of second alignment lines is composed of a predetermined number of second fine alignment lines uniformly spaced from each other. Alignment marks can be located in non-circuit pattern regions of the mask and on a plurality of layers in mark regions on the wafer.
US09024452B2	Semiconductor package comprising an interposer and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package includes; a printed circuit board (PCB); a first semiconductor chip attached onto the PCB; an interposer that is attached onto the first semiconductor chip to cover a portion of the first semiconductor chip and comprises first connection pad units and second connection pad units that are electrically connected to each other, respectively, on an upper surface opposite to a surface of the interposer facing the first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip attached onto the first semiconductor chip and the interposer as a flip chip type; a plurality of bonding wires that electrically connect the second connection pad units of the interposer to the PCB or the first semiconductor chip to the PCB; and a sealing member formed on the PCB to surround the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip, the interposer, and the bonding wires.
US09024451B2	Integrated lighting apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An integrated lighting apparatus comprises a first control device including a semiconductor substrate, an integrated circuit block formed above a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of power pads formed above the integrated circuit block; a first light emitting device formed above a second portion of the semiconductor substrate; and a through plug passing through the semiconductor substrate for electrically connecting the first control device and the first light emitting device.
US09024448B2	Lower semiconductor molding die, semiconductor package, and method of manufacturing the semiconductor package A semiconductor package may include a circuit board chip having a through-hole, a semiconductor device mounted on the circuit board chip, and an encapsulant. The encapsulant encapsulates the semiconductor device, fills the through-hole and has an external pattern that is the complement of a mold within which the encapsulant was formed. The external pattern on one side of the package reflects a mold shape that retards the flow of encapsulant material relative to the flow of encapsulant material on the opposite side of the package.
US09024444B2	Semiconductor device In a semiconductor device, a first contact-diffusion-layer is in a first well to be connected to the first well and extends in a channel width direction of a first transistor in a first well. A second contact-diffusion-layer is in the first well so as to be electrically connected to the first well and extends in a channel-length direction of the first transistor. A first contact on the first contact-diffusion-layer has a shape with a diameter in the channel-width direction larger than that in the channel-length direction when viewed from above the substrate. A second contact on the second contact-diffusion-layer has a shape with a diameter in the channel-width direction smaller than that of the first contact and a diameter in the channel-length direction almost equal to that of the first contact when viewed from above the substrate. A wiring is electrically connected to the first transistor through the second contact.
US09024441B2	Bump structure and electronic packaging solder joint structure and fabricating method thereof A bump structure includes a substrate, a pad, an electrode and a protruding electrode. The pad is disposed on the substrate. The electrode is formed by a first metal material and disposed on the pad. The protruding electrode is formed by a second metal material and disposed on the electrode, wherein a cross-sectional area of the protruding electrode is less than a cross-sectional area of the electrode.
US09024438B2	Self-aligning conductive bump structure and method of making the same A conductive bump structure of a semiconductor device comprises a substrate comprising a major surface and conductive bumps distributed over the major surface of the substrate. Each of a first subset of the conductive bumps comprises a regular body, and each of a second subset of the conductive bumps comprises a ring-shaped body.
US09024434B2	Semiconductor packages Semiconductor package are provided. In one embodiment, the semiconductor package may include a substrate such as a circuit substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the circuit substrate, a molding (or an encapsulant) covering the semiconductor chip and the circuit substrate and including a first temperature control member, and a heat dissipation member covering the molding.
US09024433B2	Power semiconductor module system with undercut connection A semiconductor module system includes a first semiconductor module and a second semiconductor module. The first semiconductor module has a first housing and a first base plate. The second semiconductor module has a second housing and a second base plate. The first base plate includes a first fitting segment fitted with a semiconductor component, and a first adjustment segment separated from the first fitting segment. The first adjustment segment also has a first adjustment device. The second base plate has a second adjustment device. The first semiconductor module and the second semiconductor module are configured to be positioned relative to one another using the first adjustment device and the second adjustment device so as to form at least one undercut connection. The first fitting segment and the first adjustment segment are connected to the first housing in a captive manner even when the undercut connection is not formed.
US09024432B1	Bottom port multi-part surface mount MEMS microphone A surface mount package for a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone die is disclosed. The surface mount package features a substrate with metal pads for surface mounting the package to a device's printed circuit board and for making electrical connections between the microphone package and the device's circuit board. The surface mount microphone package has a sidewall spacer and a lid, and the MEMS microphone die is substrate-mounted and acoustically coupled to the acoustic port in the substrate. The substrate, the sidewall spacer, and the lid are joined together to form the MEMS microphone, and the substrate, the sidewall spacer, and the lid cooperate to form an acoustic chamber for the substrate-mounted MEMS microphone die.
US09024430B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element in a frame body. The semiconductor element includes a first electrode electrically connected to an electrode block provided on a first side of the semiconductor element. A connection element, which in some embodiments may be a portion of the electrode block, connects the electrode block to the frame body. The semiconductor element is sealed within an enclosure formed at least in part by the frame body, the connection element, and the electrode block. The connection element includes a fragile portion which has a resistance to increases in pressure or temperature that is less than other portions of the connection element. That is, in general, the fragile portion will fail before other portions of the connection element when pressure or temperature increases, which may occur when, for example, the semiconductor element breaks down.
US09024425B2	Three-dimensional memory comprising an integrated intermediate-circuit die The present invention discloses a discrete three-dimensional memory (3D-M). It comprises at least a 3D-array die and at least an integrated intermediate-circuit die comprising both a read/write-voltage generator (VR/VW-generator) and an address/data translator (A/D-translator). The intermediate-circuit die performs voltage, address and/or data conversion between the 3D-M core region and the host. Discrete 3D-M support multiple 3D-array dies.
US09024424B2	Stacked electronic component and manufacturing method thereof A stacked electronic component comprises a first electronic component adhered on a substrate via a first adhesive layer, and a second electronic component adhered by using a second adhesive layer thereon. The second adhesive layer has a two-layer structure formed by a same material and having different modulus of elasticity. The second adhesive layer of the two-layer structure has a first layer disposed at the first electronic component side and a second layer disposed at the second electronic component side. The first layer softens or melts at an adhesive temperature. The second layer maintains a layered shape at the adhesive temperature. According to the stacked electronic component, occurrences of an insulation failure and a short circuiting are prevented, and in addition, a peeling failure between the electronic components, an increase of a manufacturing cost, and so on, can be suppressed.
US09024419B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A non-leaded semiconductor device comprises a sealing body for sealing a semiconductor chip, a tab in the interior of the sealing body, suspension leads for supporting the tab, leads having respective surfaces exposed to outer edge portions of a back surface of the sealing body, and wires connecting pads formed on the semiconductor chip and the leads. End portions of the suspension leads positioned in an outer periphery portion of the sealing body are unexposed to the back surface of the sealing body, but are covered with the sealing body. Stand-off portions of the suspending leads are not formed in resin molding. When cutting the suspending leads, corner portions of the back surface of the sealing body are supported by a flat portion of a holder portion in a cutting die having an area wider than a cutting allowance of the suspending leads, whereby chipping of the resin is prevented.
US09024415B2	Electrical and optical devices incorporating topological materials including topological insulators An electrical device includes a current transport layer formed using a layer of a topological material selected from the group of a topological insulator, a quantum anomalous hall (QAH) insulator, a topological insulator variant, and a topological magnetic insulator. In one embodiment, the current transport layer forms a conductive wire on an integrated circuit where the conductive wire includes two spatially separated edge channels, each edge channel carrying charge carriers propagating in one direction only. In other embodiments, an optical device includes an optical layer formed using a layer of the topological material. The optical layer can be a light absorbing layer, a light emitting layer, a light transport layer, or a light modulation layer.
US09024403B2	Image sensor package An image sensor package and image sensor chip capable of being slenderized while enhancing the reliability with respect to physical impact are provided. The image sensor package includes an image sensor chip provided with a pixel domain at a central portion of an upper surface thereof, a substrate disposed at an upper side of the image sensor chip so as to be flip-chip bonded with respect to the image sensor chip, provided with a hole formed at a position corresponding to the pixel domain, and formed of organic material, a printed circuit board at which the substrate provided with the image sensor chip bonded thereto is mounted, and a solder ball configured to electrically connect the substrate to the printed circuit board.
US09024400B2	Photoelectric conversion element, method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion element, and electronic device A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element, which is provided with a substrate, a first electrode film having first and second conductive films provided on the substrate, a metal compound film covering the first electrode film, a semiconductor film connected with the metal compound film, a second electrode film connected with the semiconductor film, and an insulating film covering and surrounding the substrate, the first electrode film, the semiconductor film, and the metal compound film, the method including: forming the first conductive film to be connected with the substrate and the second conductive film to be connected with the first electrode film; forming the second conductive film in a predetermined shape using wet etching after the forming of the first and second conductive films, and forming the metal compound film which covers the first electrode film after the forming of the metal compound film.
US09024398B2	Perpendicular STTMRAM device with balanced reference layer A spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STTMRAM) element comprises a reference layer, which can be a single layer structure or a synthetic multi-layer structure, formed on a substrate, with a fixed perpendicular magnetic component. A junction layer is formed on top of the reference layer and a free layer is formed on top of the junction layer with a perpendicular magnetic orientation, at substantially its center of the free layer and switchable. A tuning layer is formed on top of the free layer and a fixed layer is formed on top of the tuning layer, the fixed layer has a fixed perpendicular magnetic component opposite to that of the reference layer. The magnetic orientation of the free layer switches relative to that of the reference layer. The perpendicular magnetic components of the fixed layer and the reference layer substantially cancel each other and the free layer has an in-plane edge magnetization field.
US09024397B2	Thermally-insulated micro-fabricated atomic clock structure and method of forming the atomic clock structure A micro-fabricated atomic clock structure is thermally insulated so that the atomic clock structure can operate with very little power in an environment where the external temperature can drop to −40° C., while at the same time maintaining the temperature required for the proper operation of the VCSEL and the gas within the vapor cell.
US09024393B2	Manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate A manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device formed thereon, the first semiconductor device having a first gate trench and the second semiconductor device having a second gate trench; sequentially forming a high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectric layer and a multiple metal layer on the substrate; forming a first work function metal layer in the first gate trench; performing a first pull back step to remove a portion of the first work function metal layer from the first gate trench; forming a second work function metal layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench; and performing a second pull back step to remove a portion of the second work function metal layer from the first gate trench and the second gate trench.
US09024391B2	Semiconductor structure having stressor A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure embedded in the substrate, a stressor embedded in the substrate, and a conductive plug over and electrically coupled with the stressor. A same-material region is sandwiched by the STI structure and an entire sidewall of the stressor, and the same-material region is a continuous portion of the substrate.
US09024390B2	Semiconductor device The present invention aims to relax stress induced by through-silicon via formed on semiconductor substrate in order to prevent property fluctuation of a transistor. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a through-silicon via formed in semiconductor substrate, an insulating film formed between the semiconductor substrate and the through-silicon via, and a transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to be apart from the through-silicon via with a predetermined distance. The insulating film does not exist on a region close to a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the semiconductor substrate and the through-silicon via. A gap is formed to be surrounded by the semiconductor substrate, the through silicon via, and the insulating film under the region close to the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US09024387B2	FinFET with body contact A semiconductor device has a FinFET with at least two independently controllable FETs on a single fin. The fin may have a body area with a width between two vertical sides, each side has a single FET. The fin also may have a top fin area that is wider than the body area and is electrically independent from the two FETs. The top fin area may be capable of receiving a body contact structure which may be connected to an electrical conductor as to regulate the voltage in the body area of the fin.
US09024380B2	Semiconductor device with floating RESURF region A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a body region in the semiconductor substrate, having a first conductivity type, and including a channel region through which charge carriers flow, a drain region in the semiconductor substrate, having a second conductivity type, and spaced from the body region along a first lateral dimension, a drift region in the semiconductor substrate, having the second conductivity type, and electrically coupling the drain region to the channel region, and a plurality of floating reduced surface field (RESURF) regions in the semiconductor substrate adjacent the drift region, having the first conductivity type, and around which the charge carriers drift through the drift region under an electric field arising from a voltage applied to the drain region. Adjacent floating RESURF regions of the plurality of floating RESURF regions are spaced from one another along a second lateral dimension of the device by a respective gap.
US09024379B2	Trench transistors and methods with low-voltage-drop shunt to body diode Methods and systems for power semiconductor devices integrating multiple trench transistors on a single chip. Multiple power transistors (or active regions) are paralleled, but one transistor has a lower threshold voltage. This reduces the voltage drop when the transistor is forward-biased. In an alternative embodiment, the power device with lower threshold voltage is simply connected as a depletion diode, to thereby shunt the body diodes of the active transistors, without affecting turn-on and ON-state behavior.
US09024377B2	Semiconductor device capable of reducing influences of adjacent word lines or adjacent transistors and fabricating method thereof A semiconductor device capable of reducing influences of adjacent word lines is provided in the present invention. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate, and a word line disposed in the substrate. The word line includes: a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer disposed between the gate electrode and the substrate and at least one first charge trapping dielectric layer disposed adjacent to the gate electrode, wherein the first charge trapping dielectric layer comprises HfO2, TiO2, ZrO2, a germanium nanocrystal layer, an organic charge trapping material, HfSiOxNy, or MoSiOqNz.
US09024376B2	Vertical transistor with dielectrically-isolated work-function metal electrodes surrounding the semiconductor pillar A semiconductor device includes a pillar-shaped semiconductor having an impurity concentration of 1017 cm−3 or less, a first insulator that surrounds the pillar-shaped semiconductor, a first metal that surrounds a portion of the first insulator at a first end of the pillar-shaped semiconductor, a second metal that surrounds a portion of the first insulator at the second end of the pillar-shaped semiconductor, a third metal that surrounds a portion of the first insulator in a region sandwiched between the first metal and the second metal, a second insulator formed between the first and third metals, a third insulator formed between the second and third metals, a fourth metal that connects the first metal and the one end, and a fifth metal that connects the second metal and the other end. The third metal has a work function of about 4.2 eV to about 5.0 eV.
US09024375B2	Nano-tube MOSFET technology and devices This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
US09024371B2	Semiconductor device with air gap and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a dielectric structure which has an opening exposing a surface of a substrate; and a conductive structure which is formed in the opening, wherein the conductive structure comprises: a first conductive pattern recessed in the opening; a second conductive pattern covering a top surface and sidewalls of the first conductive pattern; an air gap defined between sidewalls of the opening and the second conductive pattern; and a third conductive pattern capping the second conductive pattern and the air gap.
US09024366B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device having a dummy active region for metal ion gathering, which is capable of preventing device failure due to metal ion contamination, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes active regions defined by an isolation layer in a semiconductor substrate and ion-implanted with an impurity, and a dummy active region ion-implanted with an impurity having a concentration higher than that of the impurity in the active region and configured to gather metal ions.
US09024364B2	Fin-FET with mechanical stress of the fin perpendicular to the substrate direction A semiconductor device in one embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a fin disposed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulator including a gate insulator disposed on a side surface of the fin, and a gate electrode disposed on the insulator that is disposed on side surfaces of the fin and an upper surface of the fin. The device further includes a plurality of epitaxial stripe shaped layers disposed horizontally on the side surface of the fin at different heights, and an interlayer dielectric disposed on the semiconductor substrate to cover the fin and applying a stress to the fin and the epitaxial layers. Any two adjacent epitaxial layers along the fin height direction determine a gap and the gaps between adjacent layers increase or decrease with increasing distance from the substrate.
US09024359B2	Sub-pixel nBn detector A method of making a two-dimensional detector array (and of such an array) comprising, for each of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of individual detectors, forming an n-doped semiconductor photo absorbing layer, forming a bather layer comprising one or more of AlSb, AlAsSb, AlGaAsSb, AlPSb, AlGaPSb, and HgZnTe, and forming an n-doped semiconductor contact area.
US09024358B2	Compound semiconductor device with embedded electrode controlling a potential of the buffer layer A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate; an electron transit layer and an electron donating layer formed on the buffer layer; a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode formed on the electron donating layer; and an embedded electrode to which a potential independent of the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode is supplied to control a potential of the buffer layer.
US09024357B2	Method for manufacturing a HEMT transistor and corresponding HEMT transistor A method for manufacturing a HEMT transistor includes: realizing an undoped epitaxial layer on a substrate; realizing a barrier epitaxial layer on the undoped epitaxial layer so as to form a heterojunction; realizing source and drain structures, separated from one other, on the barrier epitaxial layer; depositing an insulating layer on the barrier epitaxial layer and on the source and drain structures; and photolithographic defining the insulating layer, defining first and second insulating portions in correspondence of the source and drain structures, respectively, and exposing a portion of the barrier epitaxial layer. The method further comprises: forming first and second spacers lying at the corners of the first and second insulating portions; and depositing a gate metal structure at least partially covering said first and second insulating portions, and said first and second spacers, said gate metal structure being a field plate of the HEMT transistor.
US09024355B2	Embedded planar source/drain stressors for a finFET including a plurality of fins Fin-defining mask structures are formed over a semiconductor material layer having a first semiconductor material and a disposable gate structure is formed thereupon. A gate spacer is formed around the disposable gate structure and physically exposed portions of the fin-defining mask structures are subsequently removed. The semiconductor material layer is recessed employing the disposable gate structure and the gate spacer as an etch mask to form recessed semiconductor material portions. Embedded planar source/drain stressors are formed on the recessed semiconductor material portions by selective deposition of a second semiconductor material having a different lattice constant than the first semiconductor material. After formation of a planarization dielectric layer, the disposable gate structure is removed. A plurality of semiconductor fins are formed employing the fin-defining mask structures as an etch mask. A replacement gate structure is formed on the plurality of semiconductor fins.
US09024348B2	Light-emitting device including LED chip and a case having resin and glass fiber A light-emitting device includes an LED chip, and a case including a sidewall portion that surrounds the LED chip so as to reflect a light emitted from the LED chip. The case further includes a resin that includes a glass fiber and is integrally formed by injection molding. An average length of the glass fiber is greater than a thickness of the sidewall portion. The resin has a refractive index different from the glass fiber.
US09024346B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a p-side electrode, an n-side electrode and a fluorescent material layer. The semiconductor layer has a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface and includes a light emitting layer. The fluorescent material layer includes a plurality of fluorescent materials and a bonding material integrating the fluorescent materials. The fluorescent material layer includes a lower layer portion provided to spread over the entire first surface and having a larger thickness than a size of the fluorescent materials and an upper layer portion partially provided on the lower layer portion and having a larger thickness and a larger width than a size of the fluorescent materials. The fluorescent materials do not exist on a portion of the lower layer portion not provided with the upper layer portion.
US09024344B2	Surface passivation by quantum exclusion using multiple layers A semiconductor device has a multilayer doping to provide improved passivation by quantum exclusion. The multilayer doping includes at least two doped layers fabricated using MBE methods. The dopant sheet densities in the doped layers need not be the same, but in principle can be selected to be the same sheet densities or to be different sheet densities. The electrically active dopant sheet densities are quite high, reaching more than 1×1014 cm−2, and locally exceeding 1022 per cubic centimeter. It has been found that silicon detector devices that have two or more such dopant layers exhibit improved resistance to degradation by UV radiation, at least at wavelengths of 193 nm, as compared to conventional silicon p-on-n devices.
US09024338B2	Device with nitride nanowires having a shell layer and a continuous layer The present invention relates to the growing of nitride semiconductors, applicable for a multitude of semiconductor devices such as diodes, LEDs and transistors. According to the method of the invention nitride semiconductor nanowires are grown utilizing a CVD based selective area growth technique. A nitrogen source and a metal-organic source are present during the nanowire growth step and at least the nitrogen source flow rate is continuous during the nanowire growth step. The V/III-ratio utilized in the inventive method is significantly lower than the V/III-ratios commonly associated with the growth of nitride based semiconductor.
US09024337B2	Display panel and display unit A display panel includes: a mounting substrate including light-emitting elements that are mounted for each pixel on a wiring substrate, in which the light-emitting elements have different luminescence wavelengths from each other; and a counter substrate provided in opposition to a surface, of the mounting substrate, on which the pixels are disposed, and including a light-shielding layer and a light diffusion layer. The light-shielding layer is provided on a surface, of a light transmissive substrate, that faces the pixels and has apertures at respective positions that face the light-emitting elements. The light diffusion layer blocks up the apertures, is provided on a surface, of the light-shielding layer, that faces the pixels, is at least in contact with end edges of the respective apertures, and forms a gap together with the light-emitting elements between the light diffusion layer and the light-emitting elements.
US09024336B2	Display panel driven by electrode wires A display panel is provided. The present display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrode wires, a plurality of second electrode wires and a plurality of light-emitting layers, wherein the first electrode wires are disposed on the substrate; the second electrode lines are cross with the first electrode wires and on the first electrode wires; the light-emitting layers are sandwiched between the first electrode wires and the second electrode wires, and are electrically connected to the first electrode wires and the second electrode wires. Thus, the present invention provides a display panel utilizing ultra-fine metal wires as the electrodes, and achieves fine transmittance, high conductivity and facilitating the implementation of the various flexible displays.
US09024333B2	Light emitting device Disclosed is a light emitting device including a substrate, a first conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an active layer disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, wherein the first conductive semiconductor layer comprises a first layer provided at the upper surface thereof with a notch, a second layer disposed on the first layer and a third layer disposed on the second layer, wherein the first conductive semiconductor layer further comprises a blocking layer between the first layer and the second layer and the blocking layer is disposed along the notch. The light emitting device can reduce leakage current by dislocation and improve resistance to static electricity.
US09024329B2	Silicon carbide trench MOSFET having reduced on-resistance, increased dielectric withstand voltage, and reduced threshold voltage A semiconductor device (A1) includes a first n-type semiconductor layer (11), a second n-type semiconductor layer (12), a p-type semiconductor layer (13), a trench (3), an insulating layer (5), a gate electrode (41), and an n-type semiconductor region (14). The p-type semiconductor layer (13) includes a channel region that is along the trench (3) and in contact with the second n-type semiconductor layer (12) and the n-type semiconductor region (14). The size of the channel region in the depth direction x is 0.1 to 0.5 μm. The channel region includes a high-concentration region where the peak impurity concentration is approximately 1×1018 cm−3. The semiconductor device A1 thus configured allows achieving desirable values of on-resistance, dielectric withstand voltage and threshold voltage.
US09024319B2	Thin-film transistor device and method for manufacturing same, organic electroluminescent display element, and organic electroluminescent display device A thin film transistor element is formed in each of adjacent first and second apertures defined by partition walls. In plan view of a bottom portion of the first aperture, a center of a total of areas of a source electrode portion and a drain electrode portion is offset from a center of area of the bottom portion in a direction opposite a direction of the second aperture, and in plan view of a bottom portion of the second aperture, a center of a total of areas of a source electrode portion and a drain electrode portion is offset from a center of area of the bottom portion in a direction opposite a direction of the first aperture.
US09024313B2	Semiconductor device One object is to provide a semiconductor device with a structure which enables reduction in parasitic capacitance sufficiently between wirings. In a bottom-gate type thin film transistor including a stacked layer of a first layer which is a metal thin film oxidized partly or entirely and an oxide semiconductor layer, the following oxide insulating layers are formed together: an oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer which is over and in contact with a part of the oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer; and an oxide insulating layer which covers a peripheral portion and a side surface of the stacked oxide semiconductor layer.
US09024310B2	Epitaxial structure An epitaxial structure is provided. The epitaxial structure includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer and a carbon nanotube layer. The epitaxial layer is located on the substrate. The carbon nanotube layer is located between the substrate and the epitaxial layer. The carbon nanotube layer can be a carbon nanotube film drawn from a carbon nanotube array and including a plurality of successive and oriented carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force therebetween.
US09024308B2	Transition metal complexes with carbene ligands as emitters for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) Use of transition metal complexes of the formula (I) in organic light-emitting diodes where: M1 is a metal atom; carbene is a carbene ligand; L is a monoanionic or dianionic ligand; K is an uncharged monodentate or bidentate ligand selected from the group consisting of phosphines; CO; pyridines; nitriles and conjugated dienes which form a π complex with M1; n is the number of carbene ligands and is at least 1; m is the number of ligands L, where m can be 0 or ≧1; o is the number of ligands K, where o can be 0 or ≧1; where the sum n+m+o is dependent on the oxidation state and coordination number of the metal atom and on the denticity of the ligands carbene, L and K and also on the charge on the ligands carbene and L, with the proviso that n is at least 1, and also an OLED comprising these transition metal complexes, a light-emitting layer comprising these transition metal complexes, OLEDs comprising this light-emitting layer, devices comprising an OLED according to the present invention, and specific transition metal complexes comprising at least two carbene ligands.
US09024307B2	Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of anodes and an auxiliary electrode disposed on the substrate. The auxiliary electrode is separated from the plurality of the anodes. The organic light-emitting display device further includes an organic layer disposed on the plurality of the anodes, an opening penetrating the organic layer to expose the auxiliary electrode, and a cathode disposed on the organic layer and the exposed auxiliary electrode. The cathode is electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode. The opening has a first width at a proximal end and a second width at a distal end. The distal end is closer to the auxiliary electrode than the proximal end. The first width is smaller than the second width.
US09024305B2	Organic light emitting diode display and method for manufacturing the same An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a planarization layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode disposed on the planarization layer, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, wherein an uneven pattern is formed on a top surface of the planarization layer, the uneven pattern comprises a strip line having a plurality of thicknesses and widths, and a thickness of the strip line becomes smaller as a distance from a center portion of the first electrode becomes larger.
US09024303B2	Organic light emitting display and manufacturing method thereof An OLED display and associated methods, including a substrate; a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic emission layer between the first and second electrodes, the organic emission layer including first-third organic emission layers, wherein the third organic emission layer is commonly disposed on the first electrode in the first-third subpixels, the first organic emission layer is in the first subpixel, the second organic emission layer is on the third organic emission layer in the first to third subpixels, an intermediate layer is between the first organic emission layer and the third organic emission layer in the first subpixel and between the second organic emission layer and the third organic emission layer in the second subpixel, and a HTL is between the first organic emission layer and the intermediate layer in the first subpixel and between the second organic emission layer and the intermediate layer in the second subpixel.
US09024300B2	Manufacture of graphene-based apparatus An apparatus including: a stacked structure including a first substrate having a flat surface; a flat first graphene layer adjacent the flat surface of the first substrate; a flat second graphene layer adjacent the flat first graphene layer; and a second substrate having a flat surface adjacent the flat second graphene layer. An apparatus including: a stacked structure including a substrate having a flat upper surface; a flat lower patterned layer overlying the flat upper surface of the substrate and including at least one patterned electrode; a flat lower graphene layer overlying the flat lower patterned layer; a flat upper graphene layer overlying the flat lower graphene layer; and a flat upper patterned layer overlying the flat upper graphene layer and including at least one patterned electrode.
US09024276B2	Contact lens storage case surface disinfection The present invention provides for a disinfecting radiation base for working in conjunction with a storage case for an ophthalmic lens. The disinfecting radiation base provides disinfecting radiation for disinfecting a surface of the storage case. The disinfecting radiation base may also include a processor and digital memory for automated functions associated with the base.
US09024271B2	Wearable radiation detector Provided herein are a wearable radiation detector and a method of controlling thereof, the detector including: the radiation collection unit operable to collect light and output a signal corresponding to the light collected; a memory; a display unit; a processor operable to receive the signal output by the radiation collection unit, to store a value in the memory corresponding to the signal output by the radiation collection unit, to output an output signal based at least on the signal corresponding to the light collected by the radiation collection unit and to control the display unit to display an indication corresponding to the output signal, wherein the determining includes continually calculating the maximum exposure level based on the light being received by the radiation collection unit.
US09024269B2	High yield complementary metal-oxide semiconductor X-ray detector A digital X-ray detector includes a scintillator that is configured to absorb radiation emitted from an X-ray radiation source and to emit light photons in response to the absorbed radiation. The detector also includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) light imager that is configured to absorb the light photons emitted by the scintillator. The CMOS light imager includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is disposed opposite the second surface. The scintillator contacts the first surface of the CMOS light imager. The CMOS light imager further includes a CMOS pixel array with an array of CMOS pixels. Each individual CMOS pixel includes at least two row select transistors.
US09024266B2	Radiation detection system including a scintillating material and an optical fiber A radiation detection system can include optical fibers and a material disposed between the optical fibers. In an embodiment, the material can include a fluid, such as a gas, a liquid, or a non-Newtonian fluid. In another embodiment, the material can include an optical coupling material. In a particular embodiment, the optical coupling material can include a silicone rubber. In still another embodiment, the optical coupling material has a refractive index less than 1.50. In still another embodiment, the radiation detection system can have a greater signal:noise ratio, a light collection efficiency, or both as compared to a conventional radiation detection system. Corresponding methods of use are disclosed that can provide better discrimination between neutrons and gamma radiation.
US09024264B2	Temperature compensation for a detection device in an imaging system and detection devices and imaging systems therefrom A smart sensor for maintaining constant gain in a photosensor despite temperature is disclosed. The smart sensor receives temperature data from a temperature sensor, then compares the temperature data to a lookup table of temperatures corresponding to voltages which, when applied to a photosensor at that temperature, will produce a desired gain. The smart sensor then applies the voltage from the lookup table to the photosensor, to yield a desired gain from the photosensor. The smart sensor is particularly applicable to SiPMs used in PET/MRI imaging systems.
US09024262B2	Pet device and imaging method therefor In the present invention, to conduct multiple molecular imaging in a PET device, both a first probe and a second probe, each of which has a nuclide that emits unique gamma rays as a result of gamma decay after beta decay, are administered to a subject to be imaged, and then the image capturing is performed by a multiple probe PET device (100). The multiple probe PET device (100) is provided with a group of PET gamma ray detectors (10) and an energy-resolving gamma ray detector (20), and, when an imaging processor (30) executes image reconstruction based on a pair-annihilation detection signal from the group of PET gamma ray detectors (10), images are reconstructed differently according to the energy values of the unique gamma rays. Imaging can also be carried out using a nuclide that does not emit any unique gamma ray and a nuclide that emits a unique gamma ray.
US09024258B2	Analysis method and imaging apparatus An analysis method includes spectroscopically separating light from a light source via a subject into plural wavelength ranges, imaging the subject with respect to each wavelength range, and thereby, acquiring plural spectroscopic images, dividing a subject image into plural areas in each of the spectroscopic images, analyzing a spectrum of the spectroscopically-separated lights of each area with respect to the plural spectroscopic images, and thereby, analyzing a spectral characteristic, and analyzing a component of the subject based on the spectral characteristic in at least one area of the plural areas, and has a pixel selection step of eliminating the area having the same spectral characteristic as the spectral characteristic with respect to the light from the light source from objects of the analysis of the component before the analyzing of the component.
US09024255B2	Intelligently controlled spectrometer methods and apparatus The present invention relates to improving the ability of a hyphenated instrument to analyze a sample benefiting from having the first instrument's analysis of the same sample. A fast switching machenism can be used as the interface between an ion mobility spectrometer (IMS) and a mass spectrometer (MS) such that the obtained IMS spectrum is converted into a timing diagram that controls the vacuum inlet's size dynamically during analysis of a neutral and/or charged chemical and/or biological species such that a smaller pumping system can be used.
US09024253B2	Calibration system for detector A calibration system and method for calibrating a detector are disclosed. In one example, the calibration system comprises a plurality of radiation sources configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, a positioning mechanism disposed opposite the plurality of radiation sources, having a single degree of freedom with respect to the plurality of radiation sources, and an optical element coupled to the positioning mechanism, and configured to rotate to a plurality of calibration positions, the optical element in each of the plurality of calibration positions being configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from a corresponding radiation source and to reflect the electromagnetic radiation to the detector.
US09024246B2	Two-state negative feedback avalanche diode having a control element for determining load state A negative feedback avalanche diode for detecting the receipt of a single photon is described. The photodetector comprises a load element having two load states, one characterized by high impedance and the other characterized by low impedance. The load state of the load element is controlled by a control signal generated within the negative feedback avalanche diode itself.
US09024245B2	Image sensor apparatus using shaded photodetector for time of flight determination A unit pixel for an image sensor includes an accumulation circuit configured to generate an accumulated dark current by accumulating a charge corresponding to a dark current during a time of flight (TOF), the accumulation circuit being optically shaded to generate the dark current, an output voltage generation circuit configured to generate and output an output voltage corresponding to the TOF based on a charge corresponding to the accumulated dark current, a control circuit configured to control an operation of the output voltage generation circuit based on a light signal that is input to the unit pixel after being reflected by an object, the light signal being emitted by a light source, and an initialization circuit configured to initialize the accumulation circuit at a predetermined cycle.
US09024244B2	Radiation image capturing apparatus with control device determining whether data fluctuation exceeds a threshold A control device of a radiation image capturing apparatus performs repeated reading of leak data prior to radiation image capturing operation and, when a threshold value has been exceeded by the leak data having been read out, said control device detects the start of irradiation. If there are periodic fluctuations in the leak data read out prior to radiation image capturing operation even though irradiation has not started, said control device determines whether or not a threshold value has been exceeded by a value obtained by subtracting a previously obtained fluctuation pattern of the leak data from the read-out leak data during a time period including at least a time period when the leak data fluctuates.
US09024243B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a plurality of self-resetting pixels including: a mechanism converting detected electromagnetic energy into a proportional electric current; an integrating capacitor including a mechanism for fast charging to a first electric level and for controlled discharging to a second electric level; a mechanism for comparing the controlled discharge; a loopback mechanism, allowing automatic repetition of fast charging and controlled discharging cycles and counting of number of cycles occurring during a determined integration time; a mechanism measuring a residual electric charge present in the integrating capacitor on completion of the integration period; and a calibration mechanism using the measurement mechanism to measure and compensate for operating and production dispersions specific to each pixel.
US09024242B2	Solid-state image pickup device, image pickup apparatus, and driving method A solid-state image pickup device which is configured not to require transfer of signal charges between pixels performs TDI. An output control section 5 sequentially assigns a pixel signal output processing period to each pixel array group 10 in the order of the vertical direction at an interval of one horizontal processing period H obtained by dividing one frame period T into three. The one frame period T is a period when each pixel array 100 is moved in the vertical direction. An adder 50 sums up a pixel signal held in a signal holding portion 41_X, and a pixel signals held in a signal holding portion 41_R, 41_G, 41_B corresponding to the pixel signal under the control of the output control section 5, and outputs the summation result to an A/D converter 60.
US09024240B2	Compact image sensor arrangement with read circuitry over pixel zones An image sensor having a number of pixel zones delimited by isolation trenches, each pixel zone including a photodiode; a transfer gate associated with each of the pixel zones and arranged to transfer charge from the photodiode to a sensing node; and a read circuit for reading a voltage at one of the sensing nodes, the read circuitry including a number of transistors of which at least one is positioned at least partially over a pixel zone of the pixel zones.
US09024235B2	System for securing a wire core in a coupling and wire inlet nozzle for such a securing system A system for mounting a wire core for a welding wire in a coupling of a hose assembly, wherein the wire core is fixed with a wire inlet nozzle in the coupling and the wire inlet nozzle is connected to the coupling by way of a mounting element which is formed in a cylindrical manner and has at least one slot to form at least two movable jaws and a wire inlet nozzle for such a mounting system are disclosed. At the end opposite from a wire inlet element, the mounting element is provided with an oval flange, which oval flange is formed in a raised manner with respect to the cylindrical region.
US09024234B2	Welding process employing variable minimum current A constant voltage (CV) welding process power supply including a controller that implements a variable minimum current is provided. The controller is configured to periodically compute a running current value during a welding operation. The controller is also configured to periodically compute a minimum current value based on a difference between the running current value and a preset offset value, wherein the preset offset value remains constant throughout the welding operation.
US09024232B1	Apparatus for scribing thin films in photovoltaic cells A thin-film scribing apparatus employing an optical device converts a low M2, Gaussian or pseudo-Gaussian beam into an inverted Gaussian beam. The all refractive optical device is such that it is not susceptible to either beam size or angular variations and exhibits very little loss of energy for the transformation process. The output can be configured for either single or dual-axis operation where the geometric shape of the beam is rectangular or square with steep edge intensity. The resulting rectangular beam requires less beam overlap and has very little shoulder in the intensity profile, providing high uniformity scribe features with greatly improved processing speeds.
US09024229B2	Method for optimizing weld performance The method of optimizing performance of a weld includes determining a set of specified mechanical properties, such as hardness or toughness for the weld, selecting a base metal material, selecting a welding process and welding process conditions, and selecting a weld metal material. The weld metal material and/or the base metal material may be selected by determining a characterization of the weld or base metal material, the characterization including performing a thermal-mechanical simulation of the metal materials and determining the properties of the metals produced by the thermal-mechanical simulation, and subsequently correlating the characterization of the metal materials with the set of specified mechanical properties and the welding process conditions. The method may also include producing said weld having said set of mechanical properties.
US09024226B2	EDM method for multi-lobed cooling hole A method for forming a cooling hole extending from an inlet on a first surface of a wall to an outlet on a second surface of the wall includes forming a diffusing section of the cooling hole, and a trailing edge on the outlet by electrical discharge machining, and forming longitudinal lobes in the diffusing section. The metering section extends from the inlet on a first surface of the wall towards the second surface of the wall. The diffusing section extends from the outlet to one end of a metering section located between the inlet and the outlet. The outlet is substantially linear or convex at the trailing edge and the lobes are separated by longitudinal ridges.
US09024223B2	Optical type granule sorting machine An optical type granule sorting machine is provided which allows a sensitivity setting to be easily performed by effectively utilizing RGB three-dimensional color space information similar to information obtained via human eyes and which enables signal processing to be substantially simplified. Determination means includes a three-dimensional color distribution data creation section that creates data on wavelength components of R light, G light, and B light from the granules, on a three-dimensional color space, a Mahalanobis distance interface creation section that sets an interface calculated based on a Mahalanobis distance to partition the data into a conforming-granule cluster area and a nonconforming granule cluster area, a Euclidean distance interface creation section that determines a position of center of gravity of the conforming granule cluster area and a position of center of gravity of the nonconforming granule cluster area to set an interface calculated based on a Euclidean distance at which the positions of center of gravity lie at a longest distance from each other, and a threshold determination section that determines a line of intersection between the interface calculated based on the Mahalanobis distance and the interface calculated based on the Euclidean distance, to determine the line of intersection to be a determination threshold that allows determination of whether or not the granules are to be treated as a separation target.
US09024221B2	Electrical switch device for a machine tool An electric switch device for a machine tool has a switch-side contact element, that is held movably and is in contact, in a contact position, with a mating contact element so as to close a circuit. The switch-side contact element is a switching spring, which is acted upon by its internal stress to move into the out-of-contact position.
US09024219B2	Push switch A push switch of the present invention includes a case in which a concave portion is formed. The push switch of the present invention includes a movable member formed so as to be convex upward and arranged in the concave portion. The push switch of the present invention includes a protecting sheet provided above the movable member so as to cover the concave portion, the protecting sheet having an adhesive formed on a lower surface thereof. The push switch of the present invention is provided with an intermediate sheet between a lower surface of the adhesive and an upper surface of the movable member.
US09024216B2	Electrical switching apparatus including operating handle with dampening member An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing having an interior and an opening, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The operating mechanism includes an operating handle extending from the interior of the housing and through the opening of the housing. A dampening member is disposed on the operating handle. The dampening member is structured to engage the housing at the opening thereof when the operating handle moves to at least one of an “ON” position and a “RESET” or “OFF” position.
US09024215B2	Switch device A switch device includes a busbar, a switch knob, a movable contact sliding part in the busbar, a movable contact configured to slide while elastically contacting the movable contact sliding part, root parts in the movable contact sliding part, and a fixed contact. The root parts are engaged with the movable contact. An engaging position of the movable contact is shifted from the one of the root parts to another one so as to switch connecting relation. A groove part and a rib are formed in the busbar between the one of the root parts and another one of the root parts. The rib is configured to abut against the movable contact to deform the movable contact in an opposite direction to a direction where the movable contact is engaged with the root parts, in a state where the movable contact is positioned at the groove part.
US09024211B2	Power and communications grommet A power, communications and data grommet mounted in an aperture in a work surface comprising, a housing adapted to fit into the aperture, the housing comprising a cap removably connected to a liner, the liner comprising an upper liner and a lower liner, the upper liner flaring outwardly to prevent the grommet from falling through the aperture, and a substantially cylindrical lower liner having a threaded outer surface, and a lock ring having inner threads to be threadably attached to the lower liner.
US09024209B2	Terminal box for the electric connection to an electric motor A terminal box (45) for electrical connection to an electric motor (32), in particular of a circulation pump (10), includes at least one wall (215) and at least one circuit board (145), wherein the terminal box (45) on the wall (215) includes at least one electrical contact (220) for connection to the circuit board (145), said contact designed as a clamping element (220) for releasably clamping the circuit board (145) which is orientated with its flat sides (150, 152) perpendicularly to this wall (215). A terminal box system includes at least two different circuit boards (145, 145′) selectively insertable into the at least one clamping element (220) of the terminal box (45) and/or at least two different covers (105, 105′) selectively connectable to a housing part (100) of the terminal box (45). A pump assembly (5) includes such a terminal box (45) or such a terminal box system.
US09024205B2	Advanced device assembly structures and methods A microelectronic assembly includes a first substrate having a surface and a first conductive element and a second substrate having a surface and a second conductive element. The assembly further includes an electrically conductive alloy mass joined to the first and second conductive elements. First and second materials of the alloy mass each have a melting point lower than a melting point of the alloy. A concentration of the first material varies in concentration from a relatively higher amount at a location disposed toward the first conductive element to a relatively lower amount toward the second conductive element, and a concentration of the second material varies in concentration from a relatively higher amount at a location disposed toward the second conductive element to a relatively lower amount toward the first conductive element.
US09024201B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and mounting circuit board therefor There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second external electrodes formed on end surfaces of the ceramic body; first and second terminal electrodes formed on side surfaces of the ceramic body; an active layer including a first internal electrode simultaneously connected to the first terminal electrode and the first external electrode and a second internal electrode simultaneously connected to the second terminal electrode and the second external electrode; upper and lower cover layers formed above and below the active layer; and third and fourth internal electrodes disposed to face each other on a single dielectric layer of the upper or lower cover layer and connected to the first and second terminal electrodes, respectively.
US09024200B2	Array-type multilayer ceramic electronic component, board for mounting the same, and method of manufacturing the same There is provided an array type multilayer ceramic electronic component including a ceramic body having a plurality of dielectric layers stacked in a length direction, a first capacitor part including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both side surfaces of the ceramic body, a second capacitor part disposed to be spaced apart from the first capacitor part and including a plurality of third and fourth internal electrodes, a first external electrode formed on one side surface, a second external electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the first external electrode, formed on one side surface of the ceramic body, and a third external electrode formed on the other side surface of the ceramic body.
US09024191B2	Strain relief for connector and cable interconnection A strain relief for a coaxial cable and coaxial connector interconnection is provided as an injection moldable polymer material surrounding the interconnection. The injection moldable material fills a solder pre-form cavity between an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and an inner diameter of a bore of the connector body. Where the outer conductor is corrugated, the polymer material may be provided covering an exposed portion of the corrugations and/or filling portions of a corrugation trough between an outer jacket and the outer diameter of the outer conductor.
US09024186B1	Flush mount wall plate assembly A flush mount wall plate assembly, having an exterior plate and an interior plate. The interior plate is secured onto a junction box. The exterior plate is secured onto the interior plate, and a cover plate is secured onto the exterior plate. Drywall is positioned between the exterior plate and the interior plate. Joint compound is applied onto the exterior plate. When installed, the cover plate is approximately flush with adjacent drywall and top and bottom ramped edges, and first and second lateral ramped edges of the exterior plate when the interior plate is secured onto the junction box, the exterior plate is secured onto the interior plate, and the cover plate is secured onto the exterior plate.
US09024185B2	Electrical box with convertible component An electrical box with a removable wall is disclosed. The removable wall comprises pre-designated areas that may be detached or bent, thereby converting the wall into a partition. The resulting partition may be used as a shield barrier between two compartments in a multi-gang box.
US09024177B2	Solar cell and method for making thereof A solar cell includes a doped layer disposed on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, a doped polysilicon layer disposed in a first region of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, a doped area disposed in a second region of the second surface, and an insulating layer covering the doped polysilicon layer and the doped area. The insulating layer has openings exposing portions of the doped polysilicon layer and the doped layer, and the doped polysilicon layer and doped layer are respectively connected to a first electrode and a second electrode through the openings. The semiconductor substrate and the doped layer have a first doping type. One of the doped polysilicon layer and the doping area has a second doping type, and the other one of the doped polysilicon layer and the doping area has the first doping type which is opposite to the second doping type.
US09024174B2	Solar cell module A solar cell module includes: two solar cells that has a photoelectric conversion part 10 which has first and second main faces, a first electrode 20 that is provided on the first main face and that is made of conductive paste, and a second electrode that is provided on any one of the first and second main faces and that has a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode 20; a wiring member 40 for electrically connecting the first electrode 20 of one solar cell of the two solar cells to the second electrode of the other solar cell; and a connection layer 80 that is provided between the first electrode 20 and the wiring member 40 and that is made of resin 60 including a plurality of conductive particles 70. The first electrode 20 is electrically connected to the wiring member 40 by the conductive particles 70. A surface of the first electrode 20 having a contact with the connection layer 80 has a concavo-convex shape. The conductive particles 70 protrude from the concave section at the surface of the first electrode 20.
US09024168B2	Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument includes a plurality of touch sensors each configured to generate an electrical signal representative of a musical note in response to being touched by a user, one or more proximity sensors each configured to generate an electrical signal representative of a musical key based on a distance between the user and the sensor, a controller configured to generate electrical signals representative of sound based on the electrical signals from the plurality of touch sensors and one or more proximity sensors, and one or more transducers configured to generate sound based on the electrical signals generated by the controller.
US09024166B2	Preventing subtractive track separation Disclosed are techniques for preventing extraction of original audio tracks from a song. The techniques are executed on a game platform and involve providing a first and second audio track representing parts of a musical composition, mixing the first audio track and the second audio track to provide a mixed audio track, generating an audio modification data comprising a series of substantially random audio modifiers, and then modifying, before playback, the mixed audio track based on the audio modification data to provide a modified mixed audio track, such that subtracting the second audio track from the modified mixed audio track produces a third audio track with an audibly detectable deviation from the first audio track.
US09024162B2	Tabla drum head tensioning system and method A system and method for quickly and efficiently installing a drum head on a tabla and controlling the tension of individual segments simultaneously. A mechanical interface controls a tension on each of a set of connective elements of a connective assembly that joins the drum head to the mechanical interface. Operation of the mechanical interface adjusts the tension of all elements of the connective assembly, and thus adjusts a playing tension of the drum head, at the same time.
US09024160B2	Silencer A silencer includes: a main body including (a) a cylindrical portion whose outer circumferential surface is mounted on an inner circumferential surface of a bell of a wind instrument and (b) a closing portion configured to close one end portion of opposite end portions of the cylindrical portion; and a pipe including (i) a first end portion opening inside the main body and (b) a second end portion opening outside the main body. The first end portion of the pipe is disposed at a vicinity of the closing portion. The pipe is bent between the first end portion and the second end portion.
US09024158B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH900059 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH900059. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH900059, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH900059 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 CH900059.
US09024148B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH289619 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH289619. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH289619, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH289619 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 CH289619.
US09024139B2	Pepper hybrid SVR 14866143 The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SVR 14866143 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVR 14866143 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper 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.
US09024138B1	Soybean cultivar 38141102 A soybean cultivar designated 38141102 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 38141102, to the plants of soybean cultivar 38141102, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 38141102, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 38141102. 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 38141102. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 38141102, 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 38141102 with another soybean cultivar.
US09024136B2	Soybean variety A1036170 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1036170. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1036170. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1036170 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1036170 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09024132B1	Soybean variety XB35AX13 A novel soybean variety, designated XB35AX13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB35AX13, cells from soybean variety XB35AX13, plants of soybean XB35AX13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB35AX13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB35AX13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB35AX13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB35AX13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB35AX13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB35AX13 are further provided.
US09024130B1	Soybean variety XB46L13 A novel soybean variety, designated XB46L13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB46L13, cells from soybean variety XB46L13, plants of soybean XB46L13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB46L13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB46L13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB46L13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB46L13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB46L13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB46L13 are further provided.
US09024121B1	Soybean variety XBP30007 A novel soybean variety, designated XBP30007 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP30007, cells from soybean variety XBP30007, plants of soybean XBP30007, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP30007. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP30007 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP30007, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP30007, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP30007. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP30007 are further provided.
US09024118B1	Soybean variety XBP46005 A novel soybean variety, designated XBP46005 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP46005, cells from soybean variety XBP46005, plants of soybean XBP46005, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP46005. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP46005 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP46005, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP46005, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP46005. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP46005 are further provided.
US09024115B2	Cotton transgenic event MON 88701 and methods of use thereof The invention provides cotton event MON 88701, and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising event MON 88701. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event MON 88701 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising polynucleotides specific for event MON 88701. The invention also provides methods related to event MON 88701.
US09024109B1	Maize hybrid X80C994 A novel maize variety designated X80C994 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X80C994 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X80C994 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X80C994, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X80C994. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X80C994.
US09024108B2	Apparatus and method for improved feminine sanitary retention and absorption An apparatus and method for improved retention and absorption of liquids from female menstrual periods, having multi-elements, wherein the first element has an optionally reusable outer pad retention structure, and the second element has a single use disposable inner pad, said inner pad having unique features, said features rendering said inner pad of being capable of continuously conforming to ever changing exterior vaginal geometries during an individual wearer's active work day, while simultaneously retaining all menstrual liquid within said inner pad and not allowing any leakage into the outer reusable pad, but allowing gas permeability through all elements thereby allowing heat transfer away from the user's body and a more comfortable feminine sanitary device. Further the apparatus and method allow said inner replacement pad to be augmented by an optional breathable inner supplemental replacement pad to retain additional liquid during unusually heavy menstrual liquid flow.
US09024106B2	Degradation of phosphate esters by high oxidation state molybdenum complexes Degradation of phosphate esters, particularly neurotoxins and pesticides, is performed using high oxidative state molybdenum complexes, more particularly molybdenum(VI) complexes. A molybdenum(VI) complex is dissolved in water and then reacted with a phosphate ester. The phosphate esters can include, but are not limited to, VX, VE, VG, VM, GB, GD, GA, GF, parathion, paraoxon, triazophos, oxydemeton-methyl, chlorpyrifos, fenitrothion and pirimiphos-methyl, representing both chemical warfare agents as well as pesticides and insecticides.
US09024100B2	Process for producing olefins The present invention discloses a process for producing olefins from petroleum saturated hydrocarbons. The process of the present invention comprises: contacting a preheated petroleum saturated hydrocarbons feedstock with a dehydrogenation catalyst in a dehydrogenation reaction zone of a reaction system to obtain a petroleum hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, in which the dehydrogenation reaction has a conversion rate of at least 20%; and contacting the obtained petroleum hydrocarbon stream containing the unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds with olefins cracking catalyst in an olefin cracking zone of the reaction system to obtain a product stream containing olefins with a reduced number of carbon atoms.
US09024093B2	Fluorination of organic compounds Methods for fluorinating organic compounds are described herein.
US09024088B1	Hydrogenation catalysts comprising a mixed oxide comprising nickel A process is disclosed for producing ethanol comprising contacting acetic acid and hydrogen in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising a binder and a mixed oxide comprising nickel and tin.
US09024087B2	Process for making ethanol from acetic acid using acidic catalysts A process for selective formation of ethanol from acetic acid by hydrogenating acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst comprises a first metal on an acidic support. The acidic support may comprise an acidic support material or may comprise an support having an acidic support modifier. The catalyst may be used alone to produced ethanol via hydrogenation or in combination with another catalyst. In addition, the crude ethanol product is separated to obtain ethanol.
US09024084B2	Reduced energy alcohol separation process having controlled pressure The present invention is directed to processes for the recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid using a low energy process. The crude ethanol product is separated in one or more columns. At least one of the columns is operated at a controlled pressure to enhance separation of ethanol and organics. In one embodiment, there are at least two columns that operate at controlled pressures.
US09024069B2	NONOate derivatives and uses thereof A compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations thereof and methods of using the same.
US09024067B2	Process for preparing carboxylic acid amides useful in the treatment of muscular disorders The present invention relates to a process for preparing a compound of formula wherein: R2 is cycloalkyl or alkyl, each of which may be optionally substituted; Y is —CONR3R4, —CN or CO2R5; R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or alkyl; n is 1 to 6; wherein said process comprising the steps of: (i) treating a compound of formula (IV), where R1 is alkyl, with a compound of formula (V) and forming a compound of formula (IIIb); (ii) treating said compound of formula (IIIb) with a compound of formula (I1) to form a compound of formula (I).
US09024066B2	Method for recovering and purifying propionic acid The present invention provides a method for purifying and recovering propionic acid from an aqueous mixture containing a fermentation product obtained from a fermentation process using glycerol as substrate, the method comprising optionally acidifying the aqueous mixture to a pH below 4.5, subjecting the aqueous mixture to an extraction with extracting agent containing a heavy extractant and optionally a light extractant as a diluent to obtain an extract comprising the extracting agent and organic acids, and a raffinate comprising water and any unreacted glycerol, and subjecting the extract to vacuum evaporation to separate propionic acid-containing organic acids from the extractant.
US09024064B2	Alanyl glutamine compound and preparation method thereof A process for preparing a pure alanylglutamine comprises the steps of: 1) reacting N-(α-chloro)-propionyl-glutamine and hydrazine compound to obtain an alanylglutamine crude product; 2) mixing anhydrous methanol and the alanylglutamine crude product to provide a filter cake; 3) dissolving the filter cake in water, heating, adding ethanol, and cooling to yield the pure alanylglutamine.
US09024060B2	Bio-based terephthalate polyesters Bio-based terephthalic acid (bio-TPA), bio-based dimethyl terephthalate (bio-DMT), and bio-based polyesters, which are produced from a biomass containing a terpene or terpenoid, such as limonene are described, as well as the process of making these products. The bio-based polyesters include poly(alkylene terephthalate)s such as bio-based poly(ethylene terephthalate) (bio-PET), bio-based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (bio-PTT), bio-based poly(butylene terephthalate) (bio-PBT), and bio-based poly(cyclohexylene dimethyl terephthalate) (bio-PCT).
US09024059B2	Process for producing terephthalic acid Methods of producing terephthalic acid are described. The methods involve using a substantially pure p-toluic acid stream. The substantially pure p-toluic acid stream, a solvent comprising an ionic liquid and optionally a carboxylic acid, a bromine source, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent are contacted to produce a product comprising terephthalic acid.
US09024058B2	Ammonium fluoroalkanesulfonates and a synthesis method therefor An ammonium hydroxyfluoroalkanesulfinate is obtained by using an organic base while sulfinating a bromofluoroalcohol with a sulfinating agent. An ammonium hydroxyfluoroalkanesulfonate is obtained by oxidizing the ammonium hydroxyfluoroalkanesulfinate. An onium fluoroalkanesulfonate is obtained by converting the ammonium hydroxyfluoroalkanesulfonate into an onium salt through esterification. This onium fluoroalkanesulfonate is useful as a photoacid generator in chemically amplified resists and the like.
US09024054B2	Process for production of purified O-(2,6-dichloro-4-methyl-phenyl) O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate A process for producing a purified O-(2,6-dichloro-4-methylphenyl)-O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate, the process comprising: the first step of bringing a crude O-(2,6-dichloro-4-methylphenyl)-O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate into contact with an acid; and the second step of recovering the purified O-(2,6-dichloro-4-methylphenyl)-O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate from the mixture obtained in the first step.
US09024052B2	Dual end glycerol (meth) acrylate-modified silicone and making method A dual end glycerol (meth)acrylate-modified silicone having formula (I): R1Me2SiO(R22SiO)aSiMe2R1 is novel. R1 is a mixture of 70-95 mol % of a group having formula (i) and 30-5 mol % of a group having formula (ii) wherein R3 is H or methyl, R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group which may be halogenated, Me stands for methyl, and a is an integer of 10-300.
US09024051B2	Organoxysilane compounds having silyl-protected secondary amino group and making method A silane compound having a secondary amino group protected with a specific silyl group is useful as silane coupling agent, resin additive, textile treating agent, surface treating agent, paint additive, and adhesive.
US09024050B2	Hydrophobic, functionalized particles The present invention relates to a stable mixture comprising surface-modified particles which are obtained by reacting metal oxide or semimetal oxide particles with at least one compound selected from among silicon-comprising compounds bearing at least one metaloxy radical and optionally further alkoxy and/or hydroxy radical(s) and at least one solvent, at least one surface-active substance or a mixture thereof, a process for producing the mixture, the use of these particles in systems in which they are brought into contact with at least one solvent, where the mass ratio of solvent to modified particle is greater than 500, and also the use of these particles in agglomeration-deagglomeration cycles.
US09024049B2	Nickel compositions for preparing nickel metal and nickel complexes Nickel(II) compositions for use in manufacturing nickel metal (Ni(0)) compositions, and specifically to methods of making basic nickel carbonates used to produce nickel metal compositions are disclosed. By varying the molar ratios of carbonates and bicarbonates to nickel salts, the methods provide basic nickel carbonates that produce superior nickel metal-containing solids that are well-suited to forming nickel-ligand complexes with phosphorus-containing ligands. The phosphorus-containing ligands can be monodentate or bidentate phosphorus-containing ligands.
US09024041B2	P38 MAP kinase inhibitors There is provided a compound of formula (I): wherein: J represents (A): or (B): compositions comprising same, processes for preparing said compounds and use thereof in treatment, particularly in the treatment of inflammatory disease, such as asthma, COPD and 15 rheumatoid arthritis.
US09024037B1	Two-photon absorbing polymers based on triarylamine-benzobisthiazole-triarylamine quadrupolar-structure motif Diphenylamine-benzobisthiazole-diphenylamine monomers having two-photon absorption cross-sections and high solubility in organic solvents are provided. Also provided are the corresponding organo-soluble, wholly conjugated and two-photon absorbing benzobisthiazole-triarylamine polymers.
US09024035B2	Radiotracer precursor BANI for imaging of hypoxic tissue, radiotracer, and method for preparing the same The present invention relates to a radiotracer precursor for imaging of hypoxic tissues, a radiotracer and a method for preparing the same. The radiotracer precursor, BANI, includes a nitroimidazole functional group with a feature of retention in hypoxic tissues and a bifunctional ligand able to complex with radioisotopes. Thus BANI can be used to produce radiotracers retained in hypoxic tissues and the radiotracers are applied to medical imaging of malignant tumor with hypoxic layer.
US09024032B2	Inhibitors of catechol O-methyl transferase and their use in the treatment of psychotic disorders The present invention relates to 4-pyridinone compounds which are inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), and are useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which COMT enzyme is involved. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which COMT is involved.
US09024031B1	Process for the preparation of 3-(3-chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine 3-(3-chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by cyclizing 3-hydrazinopyridine.dihydrochloride with a dialkyl maleate to provide an alkyl 5-oxo-2-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrazolidine-3-carboxylate, by chlorinating to provide an alkyl 3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate, by oxidizing to provide an alkyl 3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate, by converting the ester to the carboxylic acid by hydrolysis to provide 3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid hydrochloride, and by removing the carboxylic acid by a decarboxylation reaction.
US09024025B2	Process and intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of statins, particularly rosuvastatin Provided are a compound of formula (5) and a process for its preparation wherein: R1 represents an alkyl group; R2 represents an aryl group; R3 represents a protecting group or an alkyl group; R4 represents a protecting group or a SO2R5 group where R5 is an alkyl group; R6 represents (PR7R8)+X− or P(═O)R7R8 in which X is an anion and R7 and R8 each independently is an alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group; P1 represents hydrogen or a protecting group; and W represents ═O or OP2, in which P2 represents hydrogen or a protecting group.

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