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US09072207B2	Suspension board with circuit, producing method thereof, and positioning method of suspension board with circuit A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, a conductive layer laminated on the metal supporting board, and a via layer interposed between the metal supporting board and the conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a conductive pattern, and a reference portion serving as a positioning reference for placing the suspension board with circuit on a load beam.
US09072205B1	Surface mounting method utilizing active resin composition A surface mounting method includes applying an active resin composition to at least part of a surface of a printed wiring substrate; mounting a surface mount device on the substrate; performing reflow soldering; applying an under-filling resin into a space of interest; before and/or after applying the under-filling resin, performing a vacuum treatment and/or heating at a temperature lower than the curing reaction-initiating temperature of any of the applied active resin composition and the under-filling resin; and subsequently, thermally curing the resin composition and the under-filling resin. The active resin composition contains an epoxy resin in an amount of 100 parts by weight, a blocked carboxylic acid compound in an amount of 1-50 parts by weight and/or a carboxylic acid compound in an amount of 1-10 parts by weight, and a curing agent which can initiate curing reaction at 150° C. or higher, in an amount of 1-30 parts by weight.
US09072192B2	Composite flexible circuit planar cable A composite flexible circuit planar cable includes a flat cable, a first section, and a second section. The flat cable includes a plurality of straight line like parallel and non-jumping conductor lines. At least one jumping line is formed on the first section to interchangeably connect a selected conductive line of the first section to an another selected conductive line. The second section may also form at least one jumping line to interchangeably connect a selected conductive line of the second section to an another selected conductive line. Through such a jumping line, electrical connection can be formed between signal terminals and corresponding and interchanged signal terminals. The plurality of conductor lines of the flat cable includes at least a pair of differential signal conductor lines, a grounding line, and a power line.
US09072186B2	Harness assembly An assembly for physically securing, and providing data and power to, a portable electronic consumer product that has opposed sides that each include one or more protrusions or depressions, where the portable electronic consumer product also has an electrical power input connector and a data input connector. The assembly has first and second separate housing portions that are constructed and arranged to be separably coupled together to thereby define a housing. The first and second housing portions each define one or more protrusions or depressions that complement the depressions or protrusions on a side of the portable electronic consumer product such that the housing forms a tight locational clearance fit with the consumer product when the first and second housing portions are coupled together around the opposed sides of the consumer product. There is a cord assembly that is constructed and arranged to carry electrical power and data, the cord assembly located in part inside the housing. There is a housing power connector that terminates the power carried by the cord assembly, and a housing data connector that terminates the data carried by the cord assembly; these connectors are both carried by the housing.
US09072184B2	Carbon fiber spacecraft panel with integral metallic foil power return An aerospace structure that includes a composite member and a conductive element attached to the composite member wherein the conductive element is configured to conduct electricity across at least a portion of the composite member is provided. The aerospace structure may also include a power distribution system and the conductive element is a part of the power distribution system for the aerospace structure.
US09072179B2	Display device A display device includes a body, a support, and a first elastic unit. The support is rotatably disposed on a back side of the body and has a first slip stopper. The first elastic unit is pivotally connected to the body and the support. The display device is supported on the a working surface by a bottom of the body and the first slip stopper. The first elastic unit generates an elastic force to pull the support toward the body when the first slip stopper moves away from the working surface.
US09072174B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a first main body and a first magnetic element fixed in the first main body. The second body includes a second main body, a supporting unit, a second magnetic element, and a third magnetic element. The second main body is adapted to hold the first body. The supporting unit is pivoted to the second main body. The second magnetic element is fixed in the second main body. The third magnetic element is slidably configured in the second main body to restrict a rotation of the supporting unit relative to the second main body. When the first body leans against the second main body, the third magnetic element is subject to a magnetic attraction force from the first magnetic element and escapes from the supporting unit, so that the supporting unit supports the first body.
US09072171B2	Circuit board mount for LED light An LED-based light for replacing a conventional fluorescent light in an existing fixture is disclosed. The LED-based light includes an elongated housing, a heat sink extending substantially the length of the housing and having at least one integral retaining portion and a circuit board positioned on the heat sink and having a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon, wherein the at least one integral retaining portion is configured to secure the circuit board to the heat sink.
US09072168B2	Electromagnetic interference blocking device and circuit assembly including the same An electromagnetic interference blocking device is provided for blocking electromagnetic interference between transmission lines formed on a surface of a circuit board. The electromagnetic interference blocking device includes a body configured to be inserted into a slot formed in the surface of the circuit board between the transmission lines, the body including a bottom portion having a comb shape insertable within the slot.
US09072166B2	Field serviceable electronic display An in-field replaceable glass assembly for an electronic display placed within a housing is disclosed. The housing preferably contains a hanger at the top of the housing, where the glass assembly contains a frame surrounding a pane of glass and having a top and bottom. A tab is preferably placed at the top of the frame and adapted to hold the glass assembly in place when slipped over the hanger on the housing. The glass assembly also contains a means for attaching the bottom of the frame to the housing. In some embodiments this means is a threaded post which extends from the frame and passing through a portion of the housing. A nut may be tightened against the post. In other embodiments a threaded fastener may pass through the housing and thread into a female threaded hole within the frame.
US09072164B2	Process for fabricating a three dimensional molded feed structure A process for fabricating a three dimensional molded feed structure is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a process for fabricating a three dimensional radio frequency (RF) antenna structure, the process including providing a flexible circuit substrate, forming a first preselected pattern of channels in the flexible circuit substrate, depositing a conductive layer on the formed flexible substrate, and removing portions of the conductive layer to form a plurality of conductive traces.
US09072163B2	Housing assembly for portable electronic device A housing assembly for a portable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a first engaging member, a first resilient member and a first housing. The first body has a first space. The second body is installed to the first body and has a first release hole. The first engaging member is movably located in the first space. The first engaging member has at least one first engaging portion. The first resilient member provides a force to the first engaging member to orient the first engaging member toward the first release hole. The first housing is connected to the second body and has at least one first contact portion. When assembling, the first contact portion contacts the first engaging portion. The force of the first resilient member applied to the first engaging member to firmly connect the first housing to the second body.
US09072162B2	Conductive plastic overmold on shielded plastic window An integrated assembly is provided for installation on a housing for electronic components. The integrated assembly includes a shielded window and a bezel overmolded onto the shielded window in an injection molding process. Since both the shielded window and the bezel have EMI resistant properties, the assembly represents an efficient method for providing high quality EMI shielding while eliminating the use of costly parts and assembly procedures.
US09072160B2	Electronic device and dock The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a dock. The electronic device includes a first body, an insertion connector for connecting the first body, a second body connected to the insertion connector and physically connected/disconnected to/from the first body via the insertion connector by inserting the first body into the insertion connector or pulling the first body out of the insertion connector, a lock means having a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the first body is securely connected to the insertion connector and cannot be physically pulled out of and disconnected from the insertion connector when the lock means is in the locked state and the first body is insecurely connected to the insertion connecter and can be physically pulled out of and disconnected from the insertion connector when the lock means is in the unlocked state, and a rotation means physically connected to the lock means.
US09072157B2	Device for providing a flow of active gas A device 10, typically hand-held, provides a flow of partially ionized gaseous plasma for treatment of a treatment region. The device comprises an applicator head 52 housing a miniature plasma cell 16 in which gas flowing through the cell from a gas source 22 can be energized to form a non-thermal gaseous plasma, and a plurality of electrodes 26, 28 for receiving electrical energy from a source of electrical energy for energizing gas in a plasma forming region 18 in the cell to form said plasma. The applicator head 52 is detachable from the device and may be of a size and configuration to enable it to be inserted into the oral cavity of a human or animal.
US09072155B2	Transformer network A transformer network circuit utilizing multiple smaller transformer cores, instead of a single, relatively larger core, for transferring electrical power while maintaining a smaller overall core mass.
US09072135B2	Systems and methods for modular and configurable driver system for LED lighting devices A modular LED power supply is provided. The modular LED power supply includes a docking module having a plurality of grooves for receiving a plurality of power supply driver modules. The plurality of power supply driver modules are modular in nature and are attached to the plurality of grooves in the docking module based on the power requirements, Also, the modular LED power supply includes a supervisory module for analyzing and controlling the number of power supply driver modules required to be attached to the docking module.
US09072134B2	Configurable lighting devices under broadcast control A control unit for controlling an illumination parameter of one or more light sources of a plurality of light sources is described. The control unit being arranged to —select the one or more light sources of the plurality of light sources, receive an input signal representing a required value of the illumination parameter for the selected one or more light sources, convert the input signal to a broadcast signal for the plurality of light sources; —enable the broadcast signal to be provided to the plurality of light sources thereby enabling the selected one or more light sources to comply with the required value of the illumination parameter.
US09072128B2	Light-emitting diode driving circuits and driving methods thereof A driving circuit includes a first PWM driving module and a second PWM driving module. The first PWM driving module generates a first square-wave signal to drive a first illumination unit according to a first data signal of a data stream, wherein the first square-wave represents an illumination period of the first illumination unit in a display cycle. The second PWM driving module generates a second square-wave signal to drive the second illumination unit according to a second data signal of the data stream, wherein the second square-wave signal, which has a different phase with the first square-wave signal, represents an illumination period of the second illumination unit in the display cycle.
US09072123B2	Heated set, in particular for seats of benches Areal shapeable heating element (2) covered by electro-insulation foil (3), with metal heat-conductive layer (4) placed above whereof, is placed on the seating part of the bench (1). The set is covered from the top and side of the bench (1) by carpet decorative layer (5).
US09072122B2	Heating apparatus for heating a toner image and image forming apparatus including the same A non-contact power supply unit including a secondary coil supplies an alternating voltage to multiple heat generation layers provided in a heat generation film. In one of the heat generation layers, a loop is provided as a variable impedance circuit in which the impedance changes according to the frequency. A capacitance element in which the impedance changes according to the frequency is provided in the loop. The heat generation amounts of the heat generation layers are switched by changing the frequency of the alternating voltage generated in the secondary coil according to the size of the recording material that is the heating target.
US09072120B2	Methods circuits and systems for providing cellular base station functionality at one or more nodes of a data network Disclosed are methods, circuits and systems for providing cellular base station functionality at one or more nodes of a data network. Baseband traffic and at least a portion of radio unit signaling may be transmitted over a data network from a base station (controller) to a radio equipped network appliance. The network appliance may emulate a native radio unit of the base station controller and may provide cellular base station services to one or more cellular devices. Baseband traffic and at least a portion of the radio unit signaling received from the one or more cellular devices may be transmitted from the network appliance to the base station controller over the data network.
US09072119B2	Mobile communication device and integrated circuit thereof Mobile communication devices and integrated circuits thereof are provided. The mobile communication device, communicating with a packet switched network and a second network, includes a transceiver, a first PLL circuit and a controller. When exchanging an ongoing data transmission with the packet switched network, the transceiver transmits a first message to the packet switched network, which indicates the mobile communication device will be tuned away from the packet switched network, and performs a subsequent procedure for the second network. The first PLL circuit provides a first clock to the transceiver. When the ongoing data transmission with the packet switched network is not completed, the controller controls the first PLL circuit to switch the first clock from a first clock frequency to a second clock frequency after the transceiver transmits the first indication message.
US09072115B2	MAC architecture in wireless communication systems supporting H-ARQ A medium access control-high speed (MAC-hs) comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) device configured to receive data blocks over a wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA) high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH). The H-ARQ device generates an acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) for each said data block received. Each received data block having a transmission sequence number. The H-ARQ device receives a new transmission instead of a pending retransmission at any time. At least one reordering device has an input configured to receive an output of the H-ARQ device and the at least one reordering device configured to reorder the received data blocks based on each received data block's transmission sequence number (TSN). Received data blocks are immediately forwarded for processing for higher layers when the received data blocks are received in sequence.
US09072112B2	Medium access control for wireless networks A wireless network includes a source node, a destination node, and at least a first relay node. The network is arranged to determine a first measure of signal quality for a direct link between the source node and the destination node, and a second measure of signal quality for a link between the source node and the destination node via at least one relay node. At a relay node, the duration of a recruitment slot is determined, within which the relay node may transmit a recruitment message indicating availability of the relay node to relay. The recruitment slot duration is determined on the basis of the first measure of signal quality. In this way, the recruitment of a relay may depend on the signal quality of the direct link from the source node to the destination node.
US09072111B2	Transmission station, receiving station, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method A transmission station includes a communication section configured to perform transmission and reception of data with a receiving station by using a plurality of wireless carriers whose frequency bands differ from one another, and a processor configured to obtain reception qualities of a plurality of wireless carriers which are reported from the receiving station, and configured to assign a gap for each of the wireless carriers, in accordance with the obtained reception quality of the each of the wireless carriers, the gap being a period over which transmission of the data is stopped.
US09072110B2	Method for UE pattern indication and measurement for interference coordination A method of inter-cell interference coordination is provided for UE measurements and network access procedure. In a first embodiment, a UE in idle mode performs measurements on received radio signals applying a simplified radio resource restriction for interference coordination. The UE determines the restricted radio resource without receiving explicit measurement configuration. In a second embodiment, during various phases of a network access procedure, the UE indicates its interference status and/or additional interference information to its serving base station to enhance interference coordination. In a third embodiment, the UE in connected mode performs measurements on both interference-protected transmission resources and non-interference-protected transmission resources. The UE measurement results are used for scheduling, radio link monitoring, and/or mobility management to increase radio spectrum efficiency and to improve user experience.
US09072100B2	Sub-slotting to improve packet success rate in carrier sense multiple access networks In one embodiment, a communication device in a frequency hopping communication network determines an intention to forward a first packet in a particular timeslot of a frequency hopping sequence. As such, the device scans in receive mode for an initial portion of the particular timeslot on a particular frequency known to neighbors of the communication device for reaching the communication device. In response to determining that the communication device is receiving a second packet during the initial portion, the device remains in receive mode to receive a remainder of the second packet. Conversely, in response to not receiving the second packet during the initial portion, the device proceeds to transmit the first packet during a remainder of the particular timeslot.
US09072095B2	Apparatus and method for allocating resources in a single carrier-frequency division multiple access system An apparatus and method for allocating resources in an Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) communication system are provided, in which a Node B determines on a cell basis whether to turn or off inter-subband hopping and whether to turn on or off mirroring for a resource unit for the UE on a frequency axis along which at least two subbands are defined, at set hopping times, selects a resource unit by selectively performing inter-subband hopping and mirroring on the resource unit for the UE according to the determination, and allocates the selected resource unit to the UE.
US09072084B2	Method and apparatus for control of enhanced dedicated channel transmissions A method and apparatus for controlling enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions are disclosed. A plurality of primary absolute grants are received, wherein the plurality of primary absolute grants are associated with a TTI. At least one relative grant is received for E-DCH transmission, wherein the at least one relative grant is associated with the TTI. At least one serving grant for E-DCH transmission is determined. A H-ARQ process is identified for use for the TTI. It is determined whether the identified H-ARQ process is available for scheduled data and whether scheduled data is allowed to be transmitted in the TTI based at least on the identified H-ARQ process. On a condition that the identified H-ARQ process is available for scheduled data and scheduled data is allowed to be transmitted in the TTI, scheduled data is allocated for transmission in the TTI.
US09072076B2	Method for fast acknowledgement and identification of a service access request message or a preamble thereof A method is provided in a base station for handling a request from a first user equipment for accessing a service in a radio communications network. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first time interval of an incoming signal comprises a first signal sent from the first user equipment and a second signal sent from the second user equipment, interpreting the first signal as being a possible service access request message preamble, and sending an acknowledgement, that the preamble is detected, to the first user equipment. The method comprises the further steps of delaying the first time interval of the incoming signal, identifying the second signal in the first time interval of the incoming signal during the delay, washing the identified second signal away from the first time interval of the incoming signal during the delay, and deciding whether the possible preamble is a real preamble or not, by analyzing the washed incoming signal.
US09072074B1	Method and apparatus for determining the location of a terminal adaptor A method and apparatus for updating location information of a customer via a terminal adaptor that is used to access network services are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a customer for accessing at least one network service. The method then detects a change in an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the customer in the request. In response, the method requests the customer to provide input relating to location information of the customer.
US09072073B2	Adjusting channel access parameters due to traffic load An apparatus (STA) receives from a first node (AP1) at least one channel access related parameter and a first congestion indication; and receives from a second node (AP2) a second congestion indication. The apparatus determines a combined congestion indication which is based at least on the first congestion indication and the second congestion indication; and determines a first channel access parameter for a channel between the apparatus and the first node based at least partly on the at least one channel access related parameter and the combined congestion indication. In specific embodiments, the channel access related parameters may be an initial EDCA parameter and a degradation factor.
US09072069B2	Method and apparatus for user equipment interaction with a network using interaction information A method for receiving information on Tracking Areas (TAs) by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication network is provided. The method includes transmitting to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), an ATTACH REQUEST message in a deregistered state; and receiving, from the MME, an ATTACH ACCEPT message including at least two different types of Tracking Area Identify (TAI) lists that identify TAs. The at least two different types of TAI lists are concatenated in the ATTACH ACCEPT message and each of the at least two different types of TAI lists is variable within a maximum size.
US09072068B2	Group call method, device and terminal The present invention discloses a group call method, device and terminal, belonging to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: calculating, according to the load of a RAN device, the number of subgroups in a group maintained by the RAN device; and send a paging message carrying relevant information of the number of the subgroups, so that a terminal receiving the paging message determines, according to relevant information of the number of the subgroups, whether to respond to the paging message. The device is a RAN device or a CN device. The terminal includes a receiving module and a processing module. In the present invention, the number of paging groups and an in-group terminal being paged are determined dynamically without requiring a core network to maintain subgroup information, thereby greatly saving subgroup maintaining resources as well as signaling and processing resources.
US09072064B2	Method for performing power headroom reporting procedure and PHR MAC control element This invention relates to a method for performing Power Headroom reporting procedure, adapted for a user equipment, wherein the user equipment is operated in a plurality of activated serving cells, the method includes the steps of: providing a prohibitPHR-Timer; obtaining a plurality of downlink path loss values respectively corresponding to the activated serving cells; triggering a power headroom report when the prohibitPHR-Timer expires or has expired and at least one of the downlink path loss values has changed more than a PathlossChange threshold since the last transmission of a PHR; and reporting the power headroom report.
US09072058B2	Method and apparatus for power optimization in wireless systems with large antenna arrays A method and apparatus for communication between a wireless base station and a population of one or more terminals are provided, involving, in each of a plurality of iterations, transmitting a block of forward-link data from an array of multiple base station antennas to the terminal population. In each iteration, a forward-link power level is updated for each said terminal using a distributed algorithm and purely local information. Meanwhile, a set of beamforming coefficients based on channel state information (CSI) obtained from reverse-link pilot signals is periodically updated, and each data block is precoded with the most recently updated beamforming coefficients. Each data block is transmitted at the most recently updated forward-link power levels.
US09072056B2	Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, radio communication method and integrated circuit Transmission power of a plurality of uplink carrier components used for radio communication by a mobile station device and a base station device is efficiently controlled. The mobile station device communicates by radio with the base station device using a plurality of component carriers. The mobile station device receives, from the base station device, downlink control information that includes information indicating radio resource assignment to a downlink shared channel disposed in any of downlink component carriers, and a TPC command to an uplink control channel in an uplink component carrier in which ACK/NACK to the downlink shared channel is transmitted.
US09072054B2	Downlink power control method and apparatus of OFDM system A downlink power control method and apparatus for improving downlink power efficiency gain in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system is provided. The downlink power control method includes transmitting a downlink data channel at a normal subframe according to first downlink power information for the normal subframe, and transmitting the downlink data channel at an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) according to second downlink power information for the ABS, wherein the first downlink power information for the normal subframe and the second downlink power information for the ABS differ from each other. The downlink power control method and apparatus is capable of regulating inter-cell interference variation between contiguous symbols at a predetermined level in a subframe at a terminal of a neighbor cell and making it possible to schedule the UE receiving the low power data channel using the power ratio of the feedbacks from the UE.
US09072050B2	Power saving with adaptive inactivity time out Power saving for wireless communication devices by adjusting the amount of time, after a last transmission/reception of data, that the device remains in an awake mode listening for more data before the device enters a sleep mode. This time period may be referred to as inactivity time interval or inactivity timeout (ITO). The described features may be employed to improve power savings by taking metrics of channel congestion into account for determining the ITO. The appropriate ITO may be determined to be commensurate with ongoing transmission and/or reception activity. Because error may occur in estimating channel congestion and/or transmission/reception activity, latency bounds based on estimation errors may be managed by classifying the operational mode into multiple regions and employing techniques for mitigating error in congestion estimation based at least in part on the operational mode.
US09072049B2	Receiver state estimation in a duty cycled radio A method for receiver state estimation includes communicating, from a first communications device to a second communications device, a first plurality of wake-up frames; receiving, at the first communications device from the second communications device, an indication of a received wake-up frame of the communicated first plurality of wake-up frames; determining, by the first communications device, a time at which the second communications device is in a ready state based on the received indication; subsequently communicating, from the first communications device to the second communications device, a second plurality of wake-up frames. The first plurality is greater than the second plurality, the reduction in number from the first plurality to the second plurality being based on the determined time at which the second communications device is in a ready state.
US09072045B2	Smart searching of wireless devices using device location information Particular embodiments described herein provide for an apparatus, such as a wireless electronic device, that includes a memory element configured to store electronic code, a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the electronic code, and at least one module. The at least one module is configured to receive first location information identifying a first location associated with an electronic device. The at least one module is further configured to receive first connection location information indicative of a second location of the electronic device at a time of connection with a first wireless device. The at least one module is further configured to evaluate for a presence of the first wireless device when the first location is within a predetermined distance of the second location.
US09072035B2	Method and system for task mapping based on corresponding virtual modem identifiers in an operating system for virtual modems within a multi-SIM multi-standby communication device A multiple-subscriber identity module (multi-SIM) multi-standby communication device includes a single operating system (OS) and a single radio resource unit that is shared by multiple virtual modems (VMs) within a virtual modem framework (VMF). The OS maps VM tasks of the multiple VM to OS resource spaces according to corresponding VM IDs. which may be embedded in global variables utilized in the single OS to access OS resources. The single OS may run the mapped VM tasks utilizing OS resources in the OS resource spaces. The OS may run VM tasks utilizing OS resources in OS resource spaces identified by corresponding VM IDs.
US09072034B2	Methods and apparatus for selecting a base station transceiver system based on service communication type Techniques for use in selecting a base station transceiver system for communication with a mobile station are described. The mobile station is connected to a first base station transceiver system, and scans to identify a second base station transceiver system for communication. The mobile station further identifies that the second base station transceiver system provides a predetermined communication service, and that the first base station transceiver system fails to provide the predetermined communication service. In response to identifying, the mobile station causes the second base station transceiver system to be selected for communication over the first base station transceiver system even if the signal quality of the second base station transceiver system is worse than that of the first base station transceiver system. Identifying whether the first and second base station transceiver system provide the predetermined communication service is based on parameters transmitted from the first and second base station transceiver systems.
US09072031B2	Method and apparatus for supporting multiple frequency assignment in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for supporting multiple frequency assignments in a wireless communication system are provided. An operating method of a Mobile Station (MS) for supporting multicarrier transmission in a wireless communication system includes negotiating a multicarrier operation with a Base Station (BS) during a network entry procedure, when supporting a multicarrier operation mode with the BS, sending a first control message comprising information of every multicarrier configuration supported by the MS, to the BS, receiving a second control message comprising index information of one or more carriers assigned for the multicarrier operation from the BS, and searching for configuration information of carriers corresponding to indexes of the one or more carriers assigned from the BS for the multicarrier operation.
US09072029B2	Mobile communication system, control device, base station device, system control method and device control method A mobile communication system includes a control device and a base station device. Data communication between the control device and the base station device is conducted using a fixed-length data size and a variable-length data size. The control device transmits information indicating whether a data size of the data communication has a fixed length or a variable length. The base station device receives the information from the control device.
US09072025B2	Method of measurement reporting and related communication device A method of measurement reporting for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of including a first indicator associated with a first cell in a measurement report and sending the measurement report to a network entity of the wireless communication system. The first indicator informs the network entity about accessibility information of the first cell corresponding to the mobile device.
US09072022B1	Dynamic report of reference signal received quality by a wireless communication device A wireless communication device comprises a wireless communication transceiver and a processing system. The wireless communication transceiver is configured to measure reference signal received power (RSRP) values and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) values of a plurality of candidate sectors. The processing system is configured to determine a greatest relative difference between the RSRP values of the candidate sectors. If the greatest relative difference between the RSRP values of the candidate sectors falls below a power threshold, the processing system is configured to direct the wireless communication transceiver to transfer the RSRP values of the candidate sectors and one of the RSRQ values associated with a strongest candidate sector that has a greatest RSRP value of the candidate sectors, and if the greatest relative difference between the RSRP values of the candidate sectors exceeds the power threshold, the RSRP values of the candidate sectors are transferred.
US09072021B2	Method and apparatus for hybrid automatic repeat request operation in a heterogeneous network architecture Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for camping, assisted serving cell addition or removal, and discontinuous reception (DRX) in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In other aspects, enhancements to Layer 1 channels and uplink timing alignments are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, assisted serving cell Layer 2 architecture and transport channels are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, collaborated HARQ solutions are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell.
US09072020B2	Methods and apparatus to support coordinated interference mitigation in multi-tier networks For use in a wireless network, a femtocell base station in communication with at least one first mobile station is provided. The femtocell base station is configured adjust a resource of the femtocell base station to mitigate interference at a second mobile station. In certain embodiments, the femtocell base station is configured to coordinate a handover of the at least one first mobile station from the femtocell base station to a neighboring base station. In certain embodiments, the femtocell base station is configured to transmit a message regarding the resource adjustment to the at least one first mobile station.
US09072013B2	Method, apparatus, and system for processing message Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing a message. The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications, and can increase the connection reestablishment success rate in a wireless communication system using an RN. The method for processing a message includes: receiving a handover request message A from an SeNB; parsing the handover request message A to obtain identity information of a reestablished cell controlled by an RN and user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell; and sending a first message to the RN according to the identity information of the reestablished cell, where the first message includes the user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell, where the user equipment context information provides a basis for the RN to prepare a connection. The present invention is mainly applicable to handover and reestablishment in a wireless communication system.
US09072011B2	Communication system, network handover processing method and apparatus A communication system, a network handover processing method and a network handover processing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a target evolution NodeB (T-eNB), identity information sent from a user equipment (UE), the identity information being allocated to the UE by a source evolution NodeB (S-eNB); and sending, by the T-eNB, parameters to the UE if identity information, matching the received identity information sent from the UE, is available in the T-eNB, wherein the parameters are allocated to the UE. The apparatus includes a receiving module and a sending module.
US09072009B1	Carrier selection based on probable mobility of packet flow Methods and systems are provided for carrier selection based on probable mobility of packet flow. A request is received from an access terminal. The request comprises a packet-flow-type indication, and indicates that the access terminal is requesting a packet flow. If the packet-flow-type indication is associated with a high degree of mobility, the first access terminal is instructed to conduct the packet flow on one of a first set of one or more carriers. If the packet-flow-type indication is associated with a low degree of mobility, the access terminal is instructed to conduct the packet flow on one of a second set of one or more carriers. No carriers are elements of both the first set and the second set.
US09072008B2	Method and apparatus for controlling the power of terminal in a mobile communication system comprising a femtocell and a macro base station The present invention relates to a method for allocating a radio resource of a base station for controlling the power of a terminal in a mobile communication system including a plurality of femtocells in the service coverage of a macro base station, said method comprising: a radio resource-grouping step of dividing the radio resources shared by the macro base station and the femtocells into groups in accordance with a preset criterion; a radio resource-allocating step of randomly allocating each of the grouped radio resources to base stations such that the terminal uses maximum transmitting power in different resource areas for the plurality of base stations; and a transmitting step of transmitting the allocated radio resource information to the terminal. The method of the present invention effectively controls interferences between the terminal in communication with the macro base station and the terminal in communication with the femtocell.
US09072006B2	Mobile communication method and system In the method for wireless communication between a terminal and a base station supporting a real time packet transfer service mode and reliable packet transfer service mode according to the present invention, one of the real time packet transfer service mode and reliable packet transfer service mode is selected and a communication channel between the terminal and the base station is established, and the packet data are bidirectionally exchanged between the terminal and the base station over the communication channel in real time.
US09072004B2	Apparatus and method of discarding logged measurement in wireless communication system A method of discarding logged measurements in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode receives a Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) configuration from a base station and starts a validity timer upon receiving the MDT configuration. The user equipment in an RRC idle mode logs measurements based on the MDT configuration to collect logged measurements while the validity timer is running. When the validity timer is expired, the user equipment discards the MDT configuration and starts a conservation timer. When the conservation timer is expired, the logged measurements are discarded.
US09071997B2	Methods and systems for adaptive channel estimation/prediction filter design A method to adapt a set of multi-point channel estimation filters for use in wireless communications including measuring a plurality of reception values is provided. Each reception value included in the plurality of reception values is associated with one of the network nodes. The method includes sorting the plurality of reception values according to magnitude and determining a select reception value. The method includes selecting a particular network node from the set of network nodes based on the reception value. The reception value is within a threshold from the select reception value. The method includes adjusting the length of a multi-point channel estimation filter associated with the particular network node. The adjusting the length is based on a lookup table and on the reception value associated with the particular network node, according to some embodiments. User equipment in a wireless network adapted for the above method is also provided.
US09071995B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for long term evolution (LTE) uplink data processing Methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing long term evolution (LTE) uplink data processing are disclosed. One method occurs at an LTE multi-UE simulator. The method includes receiving at least one transport data block containing uplink data to be transmitted to a device under test and dynamically assigning, using processing information associated with the at least one transport data block, at least one physical resource from a plurality of dynamically assignable physical resources for processing the at least one transport block includes receiving at least one transport data block containing uplink data to be transmitted to a device under test.
US09071991B2	Method and apparatus of requiring uplink resources for transmitting ranging request message in communication system A method and an apparatus of requiring uplink resources for transmitting a ranging request message in a communication system are provided. The method includes allocating an uplink bandwidth from a base station, and fragmentizing a Ranging Request (RNG-REQ) message into plural fragmented RNG-REQ messages, when the allocated bandwidth does not accommodate an entire RNG-REQ message, requesting an additional uplink bandwidth by transmitting one fragmented RNG-REQ message, and allocating an requested additional uplink bandwidth from the base station and transmitting a next one fragmented RNG-REQ message.
US09071987B2	Survivable mobile network system A method of establishing communication links during a failure within a mobile communications network includes detecting disruptions in communications between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile terminals. Survivability components are activated within the base station and the mobile terminal to operate in a survivability mode. The survivability mode enables communications and services to be provided by the surviving base stations to mobile terminals through activated survivability components. The alternate communication links may operate for as long as a disruption exists.
US09071986B2	Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling quality of service A method and apparatus for dynamically controlling quality of service (QoS) is provided herein. During operation, a QoS manager will determine if a device is currently being used by an individual. The QoS of the device will then be tailored based on whether or not the device is currently being used by the individual. Devices that may be running applications, yet unused by anyone may have their QoS reduced. This will allow the QoS to be increased for devices that are currently being used.
US09071985B2	Apparatus and method for user equipment assisted congestion control A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in connection with improving QoE in RAN congestion. In one example, a communications device is equipped to indicate a quality control indicator (QCI) for each of a plurality of applications that communicate with a RAN over a bearer, receive information regarding modification of the bearer or additional bearers based on the QCIs, and modify the bearer or additional bearers according to the information to achieve a desired QoE for at least one of the plurality of applications. In another example, a RAN is equipped to receive a QCI for each of a plurality of applications related to a bearer from a UE, and modify the bearer or adding additional bearers for communicating with the UE based on the QCI for each of the plurality of applications to improve QoE at the UE.
US09071980B2	Method and apparatus for signal quality determination in a communication network One aspect of the present invention is method for signal quality measurement that provides significant improvements in accuracy, at least in certain scenarios where conventional approaches to such measurements are vulnerable to inaccuracies. Non-limiting example scenarios include instances where a communication network uses downlink carriers in neighboring cells with overlapping frequencies but with different bandwidths and/or center frequencies. In such cases, there may be uneven interference across the carrier bandwidth, e.g., arising from neighboring carriers operating at different center frequencies and/or at different bandwidths. Thus, making the signal quality measurement for a given carrier depend on a combination of measurements taken at different frequency regions of the carrier provides a clearer, more accurate picture of the interference or loading conditions bearing on that carrier.
US09071976B2	Communication network device, communication device, method for managing communication resource allocation and method for communication resource allocation According to an aspect of this disclosure, a communication network device is provided comprising a receiver configured to receive a request that communication resources, that have been free for allocation by a communication network should not be allocated by the communication network; a determiner configured to determine a set of communication devices for which the communication resources have been free for allocation and which should not allocate the communication resources; and a controller configured to cause that the communication resources are not allocated by the communication devices of the determined set.
US09071975B2	Radio-frequency power amplifier circuitry with linearity optimization capabilities An electronic device may be located in a geographical cell that is served by a base station. The electronic device may communicate with the base station on a frequency band. The frequency band may be subject to adjacent band emissions requirements to help prevent interference with wireless devices that are operating in adjacent frequency bands. The adjacent band emission requirements may vary based on the frequency band used to communicate with the base station, the geographical cell, and/or the presence of public safety radios. To satisfy the adjacent band emissions requirements while minimizing power consumption, the electronic device may receive cell information from the base station and adjust power amplifier linearity based on the received information.
US09071974B2	Mobile telephone firewall and compliance enforcement system and method Methods, systems, and software for mediating SMS messages, and especially type 0 SMS messages, in a wireless mobile communications device configured to send and receive data using a GSM protocol and including a subscriber identity module (“SIM”) including electronic hardware and computer software executed by the hardware such that the SIM is configured to send, receive, and process messages using a Short Message System (“SMS”) between the wireless mobile communications device and a communications network. One aspect includes a method for mediating SMS messages comprising: configuring electronic hardware on the wireless mobile communications device to implement a firewall on the wireless mobile communications device, the firewall configured to identify and optionally mediate infrastructure SMS messages.
US09071972B1	Asynchronous tiered access control to a wireless home network An asynchronous access controller comprising a subscriber profiler, a piracy detector and a password injector. The subscriber profiler configured to aggregate both information about subscribers together with information about each associated WLAN. The piracy detector is configured to detect whether wireless communications usage of at least one of the WLANs exceeds at least one parameter specified in a service level agreement (SLA) with the associated subscriber. The password injector controller is configured to inject a new network access password into one or more of the nodes of the WLAN responsive to an affirmative determination by the piracy detector; whereby subsequent network access is selectively revoked on the WLAN in a manner which returns communications usage thereon into conformance with the SLA for the associated subscriber.
US09071971B2	Adaptive and context based NFC access control filtering A mobile device includes a transceiver for performing wireless communication; one or more secure elements which execute applications in a secure environment; a near field communication system for performing wireless communication independent of the transceiver and at a lower amount of power than said transceiver; and a contactless front end included in the near field communications system for receiving a data message from a near field communication device. The contactless front end includes a filter list for evaluating the data message and for controlling whether each data message is transmitted further into the mobile device.
US09071970B2	Terminal device A terminal device including an operation unit configured to receive an operation instruction performed by an external object; an operation disabling controller which performs control such that when the terminal device is in a disabled state, the operation instruction performed on the operation unit is ignored or the disabled state is cancelled; an operation detector which outputs, when a touch operation by the external object is detected, content of the touch operation as the operation instruction; an operation speed determination unit which determines whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold; and an operation controller which instructs the operation disabling controller to cancel the disabled state and control execution of a predetermined function when it is determined that the touch operation is an operation instruction to cancel the disabled state and in accordance with the movement speed of the touch operation.
US09071968B2	Method, apparatus, and system for centralized 802.1X authentication in wireless local area network The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for centralized 802.1X authentication in a wireless local area network, and the method includes: receiving, by the access point, an EAP authentication start message from the UE, where a destination address of the EAP authentication start message is a MAC address corresponding to an air interface of the access point, and its source address is a MAC address of the UE; modifying the destination address of the EAP authentication start message to be a multicast address of a port access entity or a MAC address of the authentication entity; and forwarding the EAP authentication start message whose destination address is modified.
US09071966B2	Methods and apparatus for wireless networking connection Systems and techniques for wireless client authentication are described. A wireless client seeking access to a network requiring authentication transmits a management frame following a signaling sequence that accomplishes scanning, network discovery, and authentication. An access point receiving the management frame forwards information contained in the management frame to a network and receives and forwards to a client an authentication response frame received from a network.
US09071962B2	Evolved packet system non access stratum deciphering using real-time LTE monitoring A monitoring system is coupled to interfaces in an LTE network and passively captures packets from the network interfaces. First data packets associated with an authentication and key agreement procedure are captured on a first interface. Second data packets associated with the authentication and key agreement procedure are captured on a second interface. Individual ones of the first data packets are correlated to individual ones of the second data packets based upon a same parameter. An authentication vector table is created comprising information from the correlated first data packets and second data packets, wherein entries in the table comprise authentication data for a plurality of security contexts. A cipher key is identified to decipher additional packets for the user. The cipher key can also be identified in case of Inter Radio Access Technology Handover by the user equipment.
US09071955B2	Communication device and communication method A terminal apparatus that communicates with a mobile apparatus includes a near-field communication unit that receives time-of-day information from the mobile apparatus through near-field communication, a use history information generation unit that extracts operation information of the terminal apparatus, and generates use history information on the basis of the time-of-day information received by the near-field communication unit, the use history information including time-of-day information associated with the detected operation information and indicating the time of day at which the corresponding operation was performed, and a main memory that stores the generated use history information.
US09071952B2	Unintentional call detection and response Methods and systems for detecting unintentional calls placed to a call center. In some implementations, a device with telephone capability recognizes that it is being used to place a call, and automatically collects information usable to estimate whether the call is intentional or unintentional. For example, the device may record the timing of presses of a button used to initiate the call, the force used to press the button, or other parameters. The device may analyze the information, or may forward at least some of the information to the call recipient for analysis. When a suspected unintentional call is detected, the device may signal the user of the device, or other actions may be taken.
US09071947B1	On-hold processing for telephonic systems In an end-of-hold notification method and apparatus, upon activation of end-of-hold notification from a first communication device, a detector is activated to detect an end-of-hold condition from a second communication device, a first signal is provided to the second communication device to indicate activation of end-of-hold notification, and a user of the first communication device is permitted to record a personalized message. After detection of the end-of-hold condition from the second communication device, a second signal is sent to the second communication device, the second signal including the personalized message recorded by the user of the first communication device.
US09071946B2	Provision of text messages to emergency call takers Concurrent text and voice communications can be maintained with an emergency call taker. An application executing on a mobile communications device in conjunction with a network gateway provide voice communication as well as an interactive Short Messaging System (SMS) session with a public safety answering point (PSAP). The gateway correlates and manages SMS messages with the PSAP and the mobile device. As such, a virtual session is generated over a traffic channel, that provides the advantages of a voice call as well as allowing text based communications.
US09071943B2	Method, server, and system for processing emergency call in PoC service The present disclosure provides a method, a server and a system for processing an emergency call in a PoC service. The method includes: receiving, by a PoC server, an emergency call request sent by an initiator; adding, by the PoC server, a mobile terminal as one party to an established emergency call group according to the emergency call request, where a first party of the emergency call group is a dispatcher; and forwarding, by the PoC server, a two-way session between the mobile terminal and the dispatcher. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an emergency call may be provided in a PoC service.
US09071940B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for estimating crowd sizes using information collected from mobile devices in a wireless communications network Systems, methods, and computer program products are for estimating crowd size at a location. An exemplary method includes determining, at a crowd size analyzer, a number of wireless service users at the location, and estimating, at the crowd size analyzer, a total number of people at the location based upon the number of wireless service users determined to be at the location.
US09071936B2	Methods and devices for facilitating location approximation in a CDMA 1x network Apparatus and methods are disclosed for determining a position of an access terminal within a wireless communication network. In some examples, the access terminal retrieves system information from its current serving cell and stores the retrieved system information in memory along with an associated timestamp. Over time, as the access terminal moves about the network, it can accumulate this system information for a plurality of base stations within its memory. By utilizing the system information for a plurality of base stations rather than only the current serving base station, as well as the associated timestamps, additional position information can be provided to the access terminal. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09071935B2	Self positioning of a wireless station A self-positioning mechanism is provided that determines and tracks the position of an access point in real time. A location unaware access point determines its location from the locations of location aware stations. The location is determined based on a predicted estimate which is updated based on measured values of the locations of the location aware stations over a time period. The movement of the location is then tracked based on the differences between range measurements of the location aware stations.
US09071934B2	Optimizing location system configuration exchanges through dynamic location working profiles A wireless location information system, device, and method are presented that include location system components (LSCs) that perform location-based operations; one or more location work profiles (LWPs) associated with each of the LSCs, in which the LWPs include configuration information of the LSCs; and a controller that controls the configuration information exchanges between the LSCs. As such, the controller component provides, in advance, one or more LWPs to each LSC, in which each of the LWPs is designated with a unique identifier and, upon a change in operational status, the controller provides the LSCs with only the identifier of the LWP affected by the change.
US09071933B2	Method and apparatus for performing a channel availability query for a plurality of locations The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for channel availability query on multiple locations in a wireless local area network system. A method for a station (STA) to perform a channel query procedure in a wireless communication system comprises: transmitting, at a first STA corresponding to a channel availability query requesting STA, a first message to a second STA supporting the channel availability query procedure, wherein the second STA corresponds to a channel availability query responding STA, wherein the first message comprises device location information of one or more locations for the channel availability query; and receiving, at the first STA from the second STA, a second message comprising channel availability information, wherein the channel availability information is commonly applicable to multiple locations within an area, when the device location information of the first message is for the multiple location within the area.
US09071928B2	Trusted mode location service for mobile device access to private network based applications In response to a location assistance request initiated by a mobile device on a private network and directed to a data access port of a location server in a public mobile communication network, a source network address is extracted from the received request. If the extracted source network address is determined to be associated with a trusted private network domain, location assistance data obtained by the location server is provided to the mobile device on the private network without requiring any proprietary messaging schemes or application-specific authentication credentials.
US09071926B2	Device detection using load modulation in near-field communications First and second NFC devices both seek to determine whether the other device is present and available for communication across an NFC channel. The first NFC device modulates a load in its transceiver. The second NFC device transmits a waveform. If the first NFC device detects the waveform while modulating its load, and if the second NFC device detects the load modulation while transmitting the waveform, then the two NFC devices initiate communication in accordance with a communication protocol.
US09071924B2	Systems and methods for digital forensic triage In one embodiment, a method for forensic triage may include coupling, communicatively, a computer and a mobile device. The computer can be booted with machine readable instructions stored on the one or more mobile memory modules of the mobile device. A search data set can be received with one or more mobile processors of the mobile device. One or more processors of the computer, the one or more mobile processors, or both, can execute, automatically, the machine readable instructions stored on the one or more mobile memory modules of the mobile device to search one or memory modules of the computer in a read only mode for triage data that corresponds to the search data set. The triage data can be transmitted via one or more communication modules of the mobile device.
US09071923B2	Automatic archiving of an application on a mobile device A mobile device includes an automatic archiver program which configures a processor to identify an unused application which satisfies one or more predetermined archiving criteria, and prompts a user to archive the identified application via a user interface. A user interface is provided such that the user may either confirm or decline archiving of the identified application. Upon receiving user input that confirms archiving of the identified application, the application is archived. Several techniques are disclosed to effectively render the application inaccessible by the operating system, so as to prevent the application from executing any background tasks associated with the archived application. The automatic archiver program has root level access to an operating system of a mobile device such that the program may perform access, create, modify and/or delete operations for archiving private data as part of archiving of the application.
US09071922B2	Distributed V-MIMO processing for coordinated multipoint reception The base stations in a coordinating set, i.e., CoMP set, implement distributed V-MIMO processing to decode uplink signals transmitted from multiple user terminals over the same time and frequency resources. Each base station uses the extrinsic information received from its coordinating base stations to facilitate demodulation and decoding. In the event that one of the base stations successfully decodes an uplink signal, it may provide the decoded data to the other coordinating base stations in the coordinating set. In this case, the coordinating base stations do not need to decode the uplink signal. Even if the uplink signal is not successfully decoded, the demodulated data received from the coordinating base station increases the likelihood of successfully decoding uplink signal in the next iteration of a HARQ process.
US09071908B2	Loudspeaker with a wave guide The present invention relates to a loudspeaker including a first driver, which is configured to produce a first frequency band and a corresponding first acoustic axis, a second driver, which is configured to produce a second frequency band, which is different from the first frequency band but may overlap in a crossover region, and which second frequency band has a second acoustic axis, and an enclosure enclosing said drivers and comprising a three dimensional wave guide positioned on a front surface of the enclosure and around the first driver. In accordance with the invention the three dimensional waveguide comprises an acoustically selectively transparent portion which is acoustically essentially reflecting to sound waves of the first frequency band propagating in a direction angled to the first acoustic axis, the waveguide portion is essentially transparent to sound waves of the second frequency band propagating in the direction of the second acoustic axis through the waveguide portion, and in that the second driver is positioned inside the enclosure behind the acoustically selectively transparent portion.
US09071900B2	Multi-channel recording An apparatus including a microphone array and a removing system. The microphone array includes a binaural microphone system having first and second transducers, and a voice microphone system having at least one third transducer. The removing system is configured to remove, from signals created from the binaural microphone system, components corresponding to sound of a user's voice sensed at the at least one third transducer.
US09071899B2	Narrow ceiling panel speaker systems Narrow ceiling speaker panels designed to be compatible with Armstrong® TECHZONE™ suspended ceiling systems that include an end-flanged grill box nested in a baffle that supports a loudspeaker and associated electronics and which is nested in a flanged grill that is sized for compatibility. Attachments are though the grill box end flanges and baffle panel and through grill edge flanges and baffle edge flanges. The loudspeaker and associated electronics are fastened to the top side of the baffle through pre-drilled or punched holes. The grill may have a decorative appearance by virtue of edge style, pattern of holes, color, or finish.
US09071898B2	Acoustic loudspeaker Acoustic loudspeaker comprising: a movable membrane; a source of constant magnetic field, a coil mechanically secured to said membrane and interacting with the magnetic field so as to displace the membrane, when it is traversed by an alternating current, characterized in that the membrane carries the coil at its periphery, and in that the magnetic field source is formed by a set of at least one magnetized element disposed at the periphery of said membrane, around the coil, the magnetic field generated by said at least one magnetized element being in a plane parallel to the membrane.
US09071896B2	Sound processor housings, sound processors and implantable cochlear stimulation systems including the same Sound processor housings, sound processors and systems including sound processors are disclosed.
US09071894B2	Hearing protection system A hearing protection system including a detection subsystem configured to determine bone conducted sound vibrations and one or more actuators placed proximate a predetermined location on the skull of a user configured to generate cancellation vibrations out of phase with the bone conducted sound vibrations to mitigate the effect of bone conducted sound vibrations on the middle and/or inner ear of a user.
US09071893B2	Multi-array ultrasonic probe apparatus and method for manufacturing multi-array probe apparatus A multi-array type ultrasonic probe apparatus includes n tiles which transmit and receive an ultrasonic beam; and a substrate having n guide portions on which the n tiles are mounted, respectively, to be aligned in a multi-array. The multi-array ultrasonic probe apparatus may align tiles in identical directions and at identical levels to control a direction and a time for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam to be transmitted and received at the tiles, thereby providing a stable ultrasonic beam.
US09071892B2	Switching between acoustic parameters in a convertible vehicle A method of configuring an acoustics system of a convertible vehicle to receive speech from an occupant of the vehicle who is using hand-free technology. The position of the top of the convertible is first determined and based upon whether the top is up or down, an audio reception configuration is selected. The audio reception configuration includes a set of tuning parameters and a microphone arrangement. The acoustics system is then configured based upon the determination of whether the top is up or down.
US09071883B2	System and method for improved view layout management in scalable video and audio communication systems A system and method for transmitting a plurality of video signals scalably coded into layers including a base layer and one or more enhancement layers and associated audio signals, if any, over a communication network for presentation to one or more end users. A layout to display the plurality of video signals is determined based on a set of criteria and only the data of the video signal layers that are necessary for displaying the video signals in the determined layout, and any associated audio signals, is selectively transmitted over the communication network.
US09071878B2	System and method of recording television content A method of recording television content is disclosed and includes receiving one or more television program search criteria from a set-top box device at a recurrent searching system. The method also includes storing the one or more search criteria at the recurrent searching system. Further, the method includes performing a first search of electronic program guide (EPG) data accessible to the recurrent searching system based on the television program search criteria and performing at least one additional search of EPG data accessible to the recurrent searching system based on the television program search criteria after the first search.
US09071872B2	Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a program listing of interest. The interactive television application may allow the user to set a reminder for the selected program at the scheduled broadcast time. This application may also allow the user to set a reminder for the selected program at a later time at which the program is not scheduled to be broadcast. The user may be provided with a reminder at this later time. In response, the user may direct the network-based or local personal video recorder to play back the program or may defer the reminder again. The interactive television application may collect information on program usage and popularity to determine how long to retain certain programming.
US09071870B2	System and method for viewing digital visual content on a device A system and method for viewing material displayed on an electronic device. When a user desires to view a document, only a portion of which is viewable on a display at a given moment, the portion is displayed on the display as a primary image. A secondary image is then generated, with the secondary image including the portion and additional material of the document not part of the primary image. The secondary image is superimposed over the primary image on the display when a user scrolls through the document such that both the secondary image and the primary image are visible to the user.
US09071869B2	Broadcasting receiving apparatus and method for providing broadcasting signal relation information A broadcasting receiving apparatus and a method for providing broadcasting signal relation information are provided. The broadcasting receiving apparatus, which accesses a server through a network, includes a broadcasting signal receiver which receives a broadcasting signal; a channel identifier which identifies a change of a channel of the broadcasting signal, generates a fingerprint corresponding to the broadcasting signal of the changed channel, and receives identification information of the changed channel from a matching server based on the generated fingerprint; and a relevant information provider which receives conditional information that indicates a condition for receiving relevant information of the broadcasting signal if the channel is changed, receives the relevant information based on the conditional information and displays the received relevant information.
US09071868B2	Systems and methods for improving server and client performance in fingerprint ACR systems A system and method are disclosed that improve the efficiency and performance of an Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) system. Several approaches are described that may be used alone or in combination to reduce total system computational costs related to the manner in which such an ACR means takes samples, called “fingerprints,” of digital content being played by a television display device and transmits said fingerprints to a remote server to be compared to a database of fingerprints from known programming. Methods are described for implementing such system performance enhancement including varying sampling rates and other resolution metrics during the process of creating such fingerprints and transmitting them to the database server. The system and method disclosed also describes how to reduce the probability that, when compared to samples from already-identified programming, such fingerprints are incorrectly identified as being of programming other than that which they are in fact derived from.
US09071866B2	Wireless video/audio signal transmitter/receiver This invention is new to the field in two ways: [1] it sends audio/video signals wirelessly between tablet computing devices and smartphones to projection devices instead of using attached cables, and [2] it does not require an app, a second computing device, a driver, a download, or a “jailbreak” of the computing device to function properly.
US09071859B2	Methods and apparatus for user-based targeted content delivery Methods and apparatus for selecting and delivering advertising or promotional content based on, e.g., the attributes of a desired demographic. In one embodiment, the invention enhances advertising or promotional penetration into a particular demographic of a network subscriber pool by correlating the advertising/promotion (and even the contextual program content) with specific users or groups of users within the pool. This approach decouples the advertising or promotion from any given program or lineup, and gives the network operator flexibility in deciding where, when, and how often to insert advertisements or promotions in order to achieve the desired result. Dynamic network architectures such as broadcast switched architectures can also be leveraged to further enhance flexibility and targeting precision. In effect, the network advertising or promotion model is made results-driven (versus program-centric). Subscriber privacy is also optionally maintained, thus ensuring that stored data is not traceable to a specific user.
US09071853B2	Broadcast content to HTTP client conversion In embodiments of broadcast content to HTTP client conversion, a client converter (118) receives video content (108) as an input (204) of broadcast content data streams from a content distribution system (102). The client converter can join a content data stream of the broadcast input, and convert the content data stream to unicast HTTP data, such as video content segments (124) that are buffered for communication to a client device (120) or to a media player (138) of a client device (134). An HTTP server (122) of the client converter can then communicate the unicast HTTP data to the client device or to the media player for playback of the video content.
US09071852B2	Method for providing media-content related information, device, server, and computer-readable storage medium for executing the method A method for providing media content-related information by using a device capable of accessing a server via a network is provided, the method comprising: generating identification information of media content being reproduced by the device; transmitting the identification information from the device to the server; receiving at least one of key information and media content-related information, from the server, in response to the identification information; and providing a user of the device with the media content-related information about the media content based on the at least one of the key information and the media content-related information received from the server.
US09071848B2	Sub-band video coding architecture for packet based transmission Sub-band video coding architecture for packet based transmission. Video processing includes converting of a frame or picture of a video signal into a number of respective sub-bands or sub-frames (e.g., such that each respective one is a respective subsampled version of an original frame or picture) and subsequent assembly thereof into a reconstructed frame or picture. The reconstructed frame or picture then undergoes video encoding to generate an output bitstream that may subsequently undergo appropriate processing (e.g., packetization, continuous time signal generation, etc.) to generate a signal for transmission via one or more communication the links. Characteristics associated with each respective sub-band or sub-frame may be similar (e.g., similar characteristics) or different (e.g., two or more sub-bands or sub-frames have different characteristics, such as different respective number of pixels, aspect ratios, etc.). Respective sub-frames may undergo video encoding and transmission.
US09071846B2	Moving picture encoding method and apparatus for performing a multi-frame motion prediction with reference to a plurality of picture frames A moving picture encoding method for performing a multi-frame motion prediction with reference to a plurality of picture frames that includes, in reference frames used for the multi-frame motion prediction, a frame that has been encoded in a higher picture quality than the other frames of the same picture type. The frame encoded in the higher picture quality is a P-picture frame or a B-picture frame, for example, and preferably is a frame to which more code amount is assigned than the other frames of the same picture type or a frame having a smaller quantizing parameter than the other frames of the same picture type.
US09071844B2	Motion estimation with motion vector penalty The MPEG motion estimation process is improved by the introduction of the motion vector penalty. The motion vector employed to encode a macroblock takes into consideration the number of bits needed to encode the macroblock with the selected motion vector. This consideration includes a sum of the residual error and the cost to encode the candidate motion vector. This provides an optimization of the bit allocation and vector type selection. This optimization results in a significantly improved picture quality.
US09071834B2	Array of individually angled mirrors reflecting disparate color sources toward one or more viewing positions to construct images and visual effects A general purpose image and visual effects display apparatus, with associated methods, which is comprised of an array of independently angled reflective or refractive elements wherein the varying angle pattern of each element across said array is designed to reflect or refract specifically designed as well as fortuitously located existing colors, in precisely determined patterns, to make apparent to specific viewing or receiving locations a wide range of complex emergent visual and other effects. In some embodiments very high resolution and high color fidelity image display is possible. In other embodiments moving images akin to video can be displayed, using no electronics or moving parts. In other embodiments true binocular 3D images can be displayed directly to viewers, without the need for special 3D viewing glasses. Many of the embodiments and methods are applicable to non-visible light and other reflectable wave-based phenomena.
US09071828B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged therein; a light shielding member disposed between an imaging optical system and the image sensor, the light shielding member configured to make only a light flux, which has passed through a predetermined area of the imaging optical system, incident on a first light receiving element which is a part of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an image generation device configured to generate an image of a subject from an imaging signal of the first light receiving element, in which the light shielding member is a plate-shaped member having a first light shielding material configured to shield a light flux, which has passed through an area other than the predetermined area, formed therein.
US09071826B2	Video encoder and decoder apparatus deciding error in transform coefficients between an original image and a predictive image A video encoder apparatus using a distributed video coding (DVC) includes a Wyner-Ziv frame encoder for forming a predictive image of a Wyner-Ziv frame on the basis of coded key frames, and determining, according to the fallibility of the transform coefficients of the predictive image with respect to the transform coefficients of an original image based on the Wyner-Ziv frame, the amount of error correction codes to be transmitted so as to transmit the error correction codes corresponding to the determined amount. When no errors are found between the transform coefficients of the original image of the Wyner-Ziv frame and the predictive image, information indicating that no errors are found is sent out instead of the error correction codes for the Wyner-Ziv frame in question.
US09071823B2	Method and apparatus for predictive reference data transfer scheme for motion estimation A method and apparatus for predicting reference data transfer scheme for motion estimation. The method includes computing, via the processor, hypothetical rectangle region in reference frame containing all the predicting and reference data for doing motion estimation search around the region, if the macroblock is not the first in a row, utilizing overlap with previously fetched reference data, computing overlap with previously fetched reference data, and transferring needed data, invalidating any predictor, wherein the predictor is not part of the fetched data, and regulating the motion estimation and setting the motion vector to an effective value based on the fetched and computed data.
US09071817B2	Picture coding method and picture decoding method The picture coding method of the present invention is a picture coding method for coding a picture on a block-by-block basis, comprising: a selection step of selecting one of at least two sizes as a size of a block on which orthogonal transformation should be performed; a transformation step of performing orthogonal transformation on a block having the selected size; a coding step of coding data of said block obtained in the transformation step; and a generation step of generating a coded stream that includes the coded data of the block and size information concerning the size selected in the selection step, wherein the size information indicates whether or not the size is a fixed block size within a predetermined section in the coded stream, and the predetermined section is one of a sequence, a group of pictures, a picture, a slice, and a macroblock.
US09071812B2	Intelligent recording An audio/video recording method and system is provided. The method includes analyzing audio/video presentation capabilities for audio/video presentation devices and formats of a first group of broadcast audio/video files associated with the broadcast audio/video data. Results of the analyses are compared and in response a first audio/video file is selected from the first group of broadcast audio/video files. The first audio/video file includes a first format requiring a first amount of storage space within a storage device of the audio/video recording device. The first format is associated with the audio/video presentation capabilities of a first audio/video presentation device and the first audio/video file is recorded.
US09071808B2	Storage medium having stored information processing program therein, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system A storage medium having stored an information processing program therein, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system, which enable highly entertaining display in accordance with a user which performs an operation input, are provided. A characteristic of the face of a user currently using a game apparatus 10 is detected, and data indicating the detected characteristic is compared to already stored data indicating characteristics of the faces of users. If there is data indicating a closest characteristic, among the already stored data, the data is selected. When the data is selected, a motion of an object is set and controlled in accordance with a number of times which the data is selected.
US09071803B2	Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing image processing program The image processing apparatus includes an estimator configured to estimate an amount of a color blur of each of multiple color components included in a color image, and a processor configured to perform a color blur reduction process to reduce, from the color image, the color blur of each color component by using the estimated amount of the color blur thereof. The apparatus further includes a decider configured to acquire a hue formed by the color blurs of the color components and to decide, depending on the hue, an order of the color components on which the color blur reduction processes are performed.
US09071801B2	Image forming apparatus, control method therefor and storage medium An image forming apparatus that enables to output a transmission result report without confusing a user even if a part of printing mechanisms or a printing function is broken. A report output unit generates a transmission result report showing a result of transmission of image data and causes the printing unit to output the transmission result report. A setting unit sets whether to add a part of the transmitted image data to the transmission result report as an additional image. A control unit creates and outputs the transmission result report without adding the additional image even if the setting unit sets to add the additional image, when the transmitted image data is the color image and when the printing unit cannot print a color image and can print a monochrome image.
US09071797B2	Systems and methods for remote access to programming information A method for remotely accessing selected content can include receiving a list of content separate from a video stream. The list of content can include content previously recorded according to a user-defined recording schedule. The method can further include sending a request for content selected from the list of content, receiving the content through a network, and displaying the content.
US09071793B2	Method for controlling external device and remote controller thereof A display device including a display module; a first interface to transmit and receive a signal to and from a remote controller; a second interface to transmit and receive a signal to and from at least one external apparatus; and a processing unit to output processed data to the display module to display a video. Further, when the first interface wirelessly receives a remote control signal regarding a first external apparatus from the remote controller, the second interface wirelessly transmits the remote control signal to the first external apparatus. In addition, the first interface wirelessly transmits information on any external apparatus connected to the display device among a plurality of external apparatuses to the remote controller, such that the remote controller displays a changed key for a user's input depending on the information on the external apparatus.
US09071792B2	Adaptive media content scrubbing on a remote device A method includes presenting media content on a mobile device; receiving a command during the presenting to change the destination of presentation from the mobile device to a display device associated with a media client; and providing a first portion of the media content stored on the mobile device to the media client for presentation on the display device in communication with the media client. Providing the first portion of the media content includes providing a portion of the media content associated with a time in the media content when the command to change the destination was received.
US09071789B2	Method and device for storing stream data such as digital video and non-stream data Storage device for stream data such as digital video and for non-stream data such as computer files, comprising a single file system which features a first type of storage unit for storing audio and/or video streams and a second type of storage unit for storing non-stream data, wherein the size of the first storage unit is a multiple of the size of the second storage unit, said device further comprising means for allocating a unit of the first type either for stream storage or to split a unit of the first type into a plurality of units of the second type, for storage of non-stream data. The invention also concerns a method for storing stream data or non-stream data. Applicable in digital television systems.
US09071788B2	Video vehicle entertainment device with driver safety mode This document relates to a vehicle entertainment device 1 having a driver safety mode and an enhanced audio playback function. The device 1 detects whether the vehicle in which the entertainment device is situated is in motion, or if the driver is preparing to drive the vehicle momentarily. If either of these conditions is detected, the processor 20 acts to disable the video playback on the screen 3 of the entertainment device. At the same time, the processor 20 causes an audio descriptor track corresponding to the disabled video to be played through the speakers 4 of the entertainment device. The audio descriptor track is in addition to the main audio track accompanying the video and provides a verbal description of the content of the video.
US09071784B2	Image forming apparatus, printing control terminal apparatus, and image forming method thereof An image forming method, which includes pre-scanning a page to be scanned, displaying candidate colors that correspond to a preset condition through analysis of color components of the pre-scanned image, selecting a dropout color among the displayed candidate colors, and eliminating the selected dropout color from a main-scanned image if main scan of the page to be scanned is performed.
US09071783B2	Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method There is provided a solid-state imaging device including an imaging unit including a plurality of image sensors, and an analog to digital (AD) conversion unit including a plurality of AD converters arranged in a row direction, each AD converter performing AD conversion of an electrical signal output by the image sensor. Each of the AD converters includes a comparator having a differential pair at an input stage, the differential pair including a first transistor and a second transistor, the first and second transistors are each divided into an equal number of a plurality of division transistors, and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of division transistors constituting the comparator in a predetermined column and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of division transistors constituting the comparator in an adjacent column adjacent to the predetermined column are different from each other.
US09071782B2	Physical information acquisition apparatus for driving physical information acquisition sensor control lines at multiple dividing points A solid-state image sensor with one or more control lines driven at arbitrary dividing points along the control line.
US09071779B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels provided in a plurality of columns, a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units each provided for a corresponding one of the plurality of columns, and a correction unit. Each of the plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units is configured to convert a signal of a corresponding one of the plurality of pixels into a digital signal at a resolution corresponding to a magnitude of the signal. The correction unit is configured to correct a difference in the resolution.
US09071776B2	Reflective imaging device and image acquisition method In order to generate a two-dimensional image of a sample in a short time using THz waves, provided is a reflective imaging device including a sample holder, a THz wave light source, a THz wave camera, a rotation mechanism for rotating the holder and the camera, and a processing unit. A sample unit includes an incidence member, a sample, and a reflection member. The sample includes a first region of only a membrane and a second region including a biopolymer. The camera detects, with regard to respective incident angles, a THz wave in which interference occurs between a component reflected at an interface between the incidence member and the sample and a component reflected at an interface between the sample and the reflection member, of each portion of the sample unit, and outputs a signal. The processing unit specifies an incident angle at which a signal of a first THz wave that interferes in the first region is relatively small and a signal of a second THz that interferes in the second region is relatively large, and generates a two-dimensional image of the sample based on the signal from the camera with regard to the specified incident angle.
US09071774B2	Control device, image output apparatus, image output system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and control method A control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes first identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes second identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, and a first controller that performs a control such that information regarding the notification reservation of the event requested by the second notification reservation request is stored in a memory according to a difference between the first identification information and the second identification information.
US09071772B2	Laser based display method and system The present invention is directed to display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides projector systems that utilize blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a 3D display system. There are other embodiments as well.
US09071771B1	Raster reordering in laser projection systems Techniques are described for reducing safety-relevant emission of a laser projection system. A multi-facet optical element is positioned in the path of a raster-scanning laser beam. Each facet of the optical element is angled to redirect a projected pixel to a different pixel position. Collectively, the facets are configured to convert the projected raster scan into a non-raster scan in which physically proximate pixels are illuminated temporally non-proximate times.
US09071767B2	Omnidirectional camera An omnidirectional camera comprises a camera mounting frame 5 of a cylindrical hollow body, two or more first mount blocks 8 which hold a first lens unit 9 in a horizontal posture and are installed to the camera mounting frame from a horizontal direction, and first circuit boards provided on inner end surfaces of the first mount blocks, and in the omnidirectional camera, the camera mounting frame and the first mount blocks are made of materials with good heat transfer properties, the first circuit board has a ground layer formed on an abutting surface with respect to the first mount block and a first image pickup element arranged on an optical axis of the first lens unit, and the heat generated from the first image pickup element is radiated from the first mount block and the camera mounting frame through the ground layer.
US09071764B2	System and method for color imaging under low light A camera for enhanced color imaging in a low light environment including: one or more illuminators for illuminating a R, a G, and a B light at different time periods; an image sensor for capturing R G and B image frames; and a processor configured to generate an intermediate color frame from each of the R, G and B image frames; determine moving pixels in the each of the intermediate color frames; determine a true color for the moving pixels in each intermediate color frame; generate a true color frame for each intermediate color frame by substituting color of the moving pixels with respective true colors of the moving pixels, in intermediate color frame; calculate scene color metrics from the true color frame or intermediate color frame; and adaptively adjust illumination of one or more of the R, G, and B lights to enhance a next frame.
US09071763B1	Uniform illumination image capture Methods and systems are provided for capturing an image having uniform illumination over a range of distances. The system may include a light source, a light sensing array, and an electronic circuit. The method may involve selecting a range of distances from the system, causing the light source to generate a light pulse with a modulated decay, and using the light sensing array to sense an integrated intensity of a reflected light pulse during an exposure time. The reflected light pulse may be provided by the generated light pulse reflecting from an object located at an object distance within the range of distances. The exposure time may be controlled based on the range of distances and the modulated decay such that the integrated intensity of the reflected light pulse is substantially independent of the object distance.
US09071759B2	Compound-eye imaging device, and parallax adjusting method and program thereof A composite eye camera has: imaging sections (21A, 21B) that generate plural viewpoint images per frame by imaging a same subject from plural viewpoints; a three-dimensional processing section (30) that acquires a parallax amount on the basis of the generated plural viewpoint images; and a CPU (35) that judges that there is an abnormality in the parallax amount in at least one case among a case in which fluctuation of a fixed interval in the acquired parallax amount is greater than a predetermined value, and a case in which the parallax amount reaches a predetermined allowed limit value, and a case in which an object of acquisition of the parallax amount can no longer be detected, and judges that there is no abnormality in the parallax amount in a case that is none of these, and, when it is judged that there is no abnormality in the parallax amount, carries out first parallax adjustment, and, when it is judged that there is an abnormality in the parallax amount, switches to control of a second parallax adjustment, that is different than control of the first parallax adjustment, and carries out parallax adjustment. Accordingly, parallax adjustment is carried out appropriately even when there are problems in the parallax amount itself that is determined from the plural viewpoint images, or when an object of parallax adjustment can no longer be detected.
US09071755B2	Sports camera Disclosed is a sports camera, which comprises a main control unit, an image processing module, a motion parameter detection display module, a power supply module and a memory. The power supply module is connected with the main control unit and the image processing module. The image processing module comprises a digital signal processor and an image sensor, and the motion parameter detection display module comprises a GPS module and an acceleration sensor. The main control unit is connected with the digital signal processor, the memory, the GPS module and the acceleration sensor, and said digital signal processor is connected with the memory and the image sensor. The sports camera of the present invention can make sure that the image is normal and vertical when playing back the photo or video taken by the camera, thereby improving the image effect and increasing the ease of use of the sports camera.
US09071749B2	Camera apparatus and method of recognizing an object by using a camera An apparatus and method of recognizing an object by using a camera includes detecting feature information from a first preview image; comparing the feature information with a threshold condition; changing a camera setting parameter, when the feature information does not satisfy the threshold condition; and performing an object recognition for a second preview image generated based on the changed camera setting parameter.
US09071748B2	Image sensor with focus-detection pixels, and method for reading focus-information An image sensor (810) comprises a plurality of image pixels (R, G, B) and a plurality of focus-pixels (F), each focus-pixel comprising a light shield (51a, 51b) for partly shielding the focus-pixel from incident light so as to obtain a focus-related signal in a first mode of operation. The image sensor further comprises additional circuitry for processing the focus-related signal, which additional circuitry is conveniently located underneath the light shields. The additional circuitry may be adapted for accumulating the charge of two focus-pixels (F1a, F2a), e.g. by charge binning, and for providing the accumulated charge in a second mode of operation.
US09071747B2	Digital camera A digital camera of the present invention includes a receiving portion 155 that receives a control signal from a remote controller, and a microcomputer 110 having a live view mode controlling so that image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 130 to predetermined processing is displayed on a liquid crystal monitor 150 as a moving image in real time, wherein when the receiving portion 155 receives the control signal from the remote controller, the microcomputer 110 controls so as to shift the digital camera to a live view mode. Due to this configuration, in a digital camera that includes a movable mirror and is capable of displaying a subject image in a live view through an electronic viewfinder, the operability thereof can be enhanced.
US09071745B2	Automatic capturing of documents having preliminarily specified geometric proportions Methods, devices, and systems for capturing documents are provided. A frame in a viewfinder is selected and is converted into a binary version. Segmentation of the binarized version of the frame is performed using computed horizontal and vertical histograms. At least one document is identified in the selected frame. The at least one document is captured upon determining that values of the one or more parameters associated with the document match predetermined values of corresponding one or more parameters.
US09071744B1	Mobile device flash calibration Techniques for calibrating spatial uniformity of light emitted by a light source include receiving light from a unit under test with an array of photo detectors. Sampling circuitry receives an output signal generated by each of the photo detectors in response to the received light, and samples each of the output signals to generate a sampled output signal for each of the photo detectors. One or more processors determine a spatial uniformity measure of one or both of luminous intensity and chromaticity for the received light using the sampled output signals.
US09071739B2	Single pixel camera A camera system includes a single pixel photo-sensor disposed in or on a substrate to acquire image data. A micro-lens is adjustably positioned above the single pixel photo-sensor to focus external scene light onto the single pixel photo-sensor. An actuator is coupled to the micro-lens to adjust a position of the micro-lens relative to the single pixel photo-sensor to reposition the micro-lens to focus the external scene light incident from different angles onto the single pixel photo-sensor. Readout circuitry is coupled to readout the image data associated with each of the different angles from the single pixel photo-sensor.
US09071737B2	Image processing based on moving lens with chromatic aberration and an image sensor having a color filter mosaic Embodiments of imaging devices of the present disclosure correct chromatic aberrations present in color images obtained from an image sensor having a color filter mosaic based on a series of several images taken at different focal positions of an optical imaging lens possessing uncorrected chromatic aberration(s).
US09071736B2	Image processing apparatus and computer program for generating a file in which plural area images of a document image are disposed in different pages An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to function as a document image acquiring unit configured to acquire document image data which is generated by optically reading a document and represents a document image, an area image generating unit configured to use the document image data to generate plural area image data representing plural area images that are included in the document image, and a file generating unit configured to generate a file including the plural area image data such that the plural area images are disposed in different pages.
US09071734B2	Printing system, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for image processing and printing of scanned image data A system comprises a generation unit which generates a browsing image by performing image processing for image data acquired by scanning; a holding unit which holds, in a storage unit for each use when the image data was printed out, information which defines image processing for converting the browsing image into image data for printing; a specification unit which specifies a use of image data corresponding to the browsing image upon accepting an instruction to print the browsing image; a conversion unit which converts the browsing image into image data for printing by deciding, in accordance with the information in the storage unit, image processing corresponding to the use of the specified image data, and applying the decided image processing to the browsing image; and a control unit which controls a printing unit to output the image data for printing.
US09071733B2	Method for reducing image or video noise There is described a Minimal Iterativity Anisotropic Diffusion (MIAD) approach that estimates the required number of iterations N as a function of the image structure-under-noise ρ and the bound of the noise η. The time step λ is related to the image structure-under-noise ρ and to the bound of noise λ. The stopping time is calculated using T=λ·N, and the edge strength σ is determined as a function of T, η, and ρ.
US09071727B2	Video bandwidth optimization In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, video from a first endpoint, analyzing the video received from the first endpoint, processing video received from a second endpoint based on the analyzed video to optimize bandwidth between the network device and the first endpoint, and transmitting the processed video to the first endpoint. An apparatus is also disclosed.
US09071714B2	Lenticular image articles and method and apparatus of reducing banding artifacts in lenticular image articles A method of creating a lenticular imaging article. The method comprises printing an interlaced composite image according to a reference grid of a printer, providing a lenticular lens sheet having a plurality of parallel lenticular lines between a plurality of lenslets, selecting an acute angle for an intersection between the first and second axes according to a function of a resolution of the interlaced composite image and a pitch of the lenticular lens sheet, and positioning the lenticular lens sheet so that the intersection forms the acute angle.
US09071713B2	Image forming apparatus having multiple sheet feeding paths for double side processing The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a reading unit, first and second original sheet conveyance paths, a common conveyance path in which a recording material or the original sheet is conveyed to form an image, a third original sheet conveyance path that connects the first original sheet conveyance path and the second original sheet conveyance path and is used for conveying the original sheet conveyed in the second original sheet conveyance path to the common conveyance path, and a control unit that controls so as to convey the original sheet conveyed in the second original sheet conveyance path to the common conveyance path via the third original sheet conveyance path, and form an image on the original sheet.
US09071711B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium In an image processing system, a control device (11) of a first host PC (1) controls (i) a storage device (12) of the first host PC (1) to store an icon registered on the first host PC (1), (ii) the icon to be registered on a multifunction peripheral (5), and (iii) the icon to be transmitted to a first client PC (3). In the image processing system, a control device (31) of the first client PC (3) controls a storage device (32) of the first client PC (3) to store the icon received from the first host PC (1), and controls a display device (35) of the first client PC (3) to display the icon.
US09071709B2	Method and apparatus for providing collaboration between remote and on-site users of indirect augmented reality An apparatus for enabling provision of collaboration of remote and on-site users of indirect augmented reality may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least selecting a stored image including a virtual representation of a real world location based on position information and orientation information of a mobile terminal, causing provision of first visual content to be displayed at the mobile terminal based on the virtual representation, causing provision of second visual content to be displayed at a remote device based on the virtual representation, and enabling collaborative interaction between a user of the mobile terminal and a user of the remote device with respect to the first visual content and the second visual content. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.
US09071708B2	Device management apparatus and method generating area information of where a device is used based on location information of a terminal remotely using the device A device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the apparatus comprises a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a log of the device; a usage location specification unit configured to specify a location of the terminal at the time of use of the device based on the log acquired by the log acquisition unit; and a generation unit configured to generate information of an area where the device is used, based on the location of the terminal at the time of use of the device which is specified by the usage location specification unit.
US09071706B2	Image reading device and image reading-transmitting method An image reading device allows an image transmission destination terminal to be designated from a console. The communication unit of the image reading device receives verification data from terminals via a network. The storage unit stores each of the received verification data in association with the terminal which had transmitted the verification data. The user inputs authentication data to the console after setting the document in place. When the authentication data is input, a list of terminals associated with the verification data matching the authentication data is displayed. The user may select from the displayed list, via the console, the transmission destination terminal to which the image is to be transmitted. When the user selects the transmission destination terminal, the reading control unit reads out an image and transmits the image to the selected terminal. The number of terminals displayed as candidates for the image transmission destination can be limited.
US09071705B2	Synchronizing charging for telecommunication service with notification of applicable tariff A charging system (26) for a telecommunications service comprises an interface (48) and a tariff controller (50). The interface (48) is configured to receive tariff information (6-4) regarding a telecommunications service for a geographical area (64). The tariff controller (50) is configured to utilize the tariff information in conjunction with charging for use of the telecommunications service by a customer in the geographical area (64) only after confirmation has been received (6-11) that notification regarding the tariff information has been received by a node (60) of a radio access network (32) which serves the geographical area (64). As such, the tariff controller (50) provides notification-synchronized charging implementation.
US09071704B2	Optimal downstream power back-off for digital subscriber lines A method comprising determining a plurality of power spectrum density (PSD) profiles for a plurality of cabinet-deployed digital subscriber lines (DSLs) comprising jointly and iteratively determining a plurality of cutoff frequencies based on crosstalk coupling parameters among the DSLs, wherein the cutoff frequencies and PSD profiles are in one to one correspondence, and wherein each profile comprises a reduced PSD portion below the cutoff frequency of the profile and a maximum PSD portion above the cutoff frequency.
US09071700B2	Communication system, communication terminal, server, communication method and program Disclosed is a communication system having two or more communication terminals. The communication system has: an attitude state detecting means which detects the attitude state of each of the communication terminals; a relationship calculating means which calculates the attitude state relationship between the communication terminals, on the basis of the communication terminal attitude states detected by the attitude state detecting means; and a communication policy determining means which determines, on the basis of the attitude state relationship between the communication terminals, a communication policy to be applied to between the communication terminals.
US09071697B2	Scanner system In a scanner system comprising a portable terminal and a scanner device, the scanner device has a mounting portion on which the portable terminal is mounted and electrically connected to the scanner device. The scanner device acquires identification information of the portable terminal when the scanner device detects mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion, and transmits a connection request to the portable terminal having the identification information. The portable terminal activates an application for establishing communication with the scanner device in response to the connection request from the scanner device when the mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion is detected. Thus, the communication between the portable terminal and the scanner device can be established without operation of a user.
US09071691B2	Apparatus and voice call auto-redialing and transferring method A customer premise equipment (CPE) establishes voice calls between a first and second voice communication devices. When establishment of a voice call between the first and second voice communication devices fails, the CPE auto-redials the second voice communication device at predetermined time intervals. When the second voice communication device answers the redialing, the voice call between the first and second voice communication devices is established and is transferred to a preset third voice communication device.
US09071686B2	System and method for automated connection triggered by availability status A system and method for automated connection triggered by availability status. The present invention includes a method of determining whether a connection request is pending to connect to a previously unavailable party and automatically making the connection now that the party is available. An alternate method includes generating a request to automatically connect to a party when the party becomes available. Application of embodiments of the present invention includes a telephony and/or an internet system.
US09071679B2	Controlling access to a mobile device Various arrangements for customizing a configuration of a mobile device are presented. The mobile device may collect proximity data. The mobile device may determine that a user has gripped the mobile device based on the proximity data. A finger length of the user may be determined using the proximity data. Configuration of the mobile device may be customized at least partially based on the determined finger length of the user.
US09071675B2	Point of view video mounting system A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed. In particular, a Point of View (POV) video mounting system described herein includes a casing assembly operable to fit an electronic device therein. The electronic device has video and data recording and display capability. In addition, a POV video mounting system includes a mounting assembly coupled to the casing assembly and operable to mount the POV video mounting system to sports equipment.
US09071674B2	Protective cover for portable electronic device A protective cover assembly for a portable electronic device that includes a cushion enclosure that has a main body portion and a pouch pivotably connected to the main body portion, and front and back shells that cooperate to form a hard shell housing that at least partially encloses the main body portion of the cushion enclosure. The pouch extends outside the hard shell housing and is pivotable between a docking position and a non-docking position.
US09071671B2	Cellular telephone casing system incorporating lens attachments A cellular telephone case providing improved camera capabilities is provided. The camera enhancement case includes a housing having a front wall and four sidewalls sized for receipt of a cellular telephone. The case includes one or more camera lenses positioned to align with the camera lens of a cellular telephone to provide improved camera capabilities. Preferably, the case includes a malleable sleeve positioned between the cellular telephone and housing. Also preferably, the housing includes a handle projection for being held by a person.
US09071669B2	Method and network node for monitoring a quality of media transfer in a session initiation protocol based voice over internet protocol communications network Method and network node for monitoring a quality of media transfer in a SIP based VoIP communications network comprising a first and second network node. The method includes the step of collecting, by the first network node, information representative of the quality of media transfer on the user plane, such as information included in one or more RTCP messages related to that media transfer, and including, by the first network node, in a SIP message said information representative of the quality of media transfer on the user plane. The method further includes transmitting the SIP message from the first network node to the second network node, and storing in a repository associated with the second network node the information representative of the quality of media transfer on the user plane.
US09071667B2	Media content streaming using stream message fragments Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for media content streaming can include transacting access information associated with a media stream and transacting one or more fragments associated with the media stream to facilitate a delivery of media content associated with the media stream. Access information can include fragment sequencing information to facilitate individual retrieval of fragments associated with the media stream using a uniform resource identifier via a processing device configured to cache content. A fragment can include one or more stream messages. A stream message can include a message header and a corresponding media data sample. The message header can include a message stream identifier, a message type identifier, a timestamp, and a message length value.
US09071662B2	Method and system for populating a content repository for an internet radio service based on a recommendation network A computer-implemented method, system and computer readable medium storing software are provided for operating a media service based on a media recommendation network comprising a plurality of devices. Aspects of the method and system include receiving a recommendation of a media item from one of the plurality of devices for a media item that is intended for a recipient; determining if the media item is present in the content repository; requesting, in response to determining that the media item is not present in the content repository, upload of the media item; and storing, in response to the media item being uploaded, the media item in the content repository.
US09071659B2	Systems and methods for automatically identifying and sharing a file presented during a meeting Systems and method for sharing a file presented during a meeting are described. In some aspects, an operating system of a first client computing device of a presenter in an online meeting is monitored during the online meeting. The first client computing device of the presenter is engaged in screen sharing with a second client computing device of at least one other participant in the online meeting. That one or more files accessible via the operating system are being presented in the online meeting is determined based on the monitoring. The one or more files are provided to a set of users in response to determining that the one or more files are being presented in the online meeting.
US09071657B2	Method and system for implementing internet of things service Disclosed in the present invention are a method and system for implementing an Internet of Things service. In the present invention: a service generation module generates a description script and a flow script according to a required service, sends the description script and the flow script to an application generation module and a control module, respectively; the application generation module generates an application according to the description script and sends the same to an access module; the access module receives an input of an Internet of Things terminal, processes the input of the Internet of Things terminal using the application, and sends the processed data to a control module; the control module runs the flow script and invokes an execution module to execute an operation according to the data sent by an access module; and the execution module executes an operation according to the invocation of the control module.
US09071655B2	Managing access to digital content sources Access to content may be enabled by receiving an instruction indicating a client request to access content, accessing a list of content sources capable of rendering the content for which access is requested by the client, determining a performance metric for at least two of the content sources, and selecting among the content sources based on the performance metric to identify a content source to be accessed by the client.
US09071648B2	Asynchronous messaging using a node specialization architecture in the dynamic routing network A network routes update messages containing updates to properties of live objects from input sources to clients having the objects. When the clients receive live objects, the clients identify the object IDs associated with the objects and register the object IDs with the routing network. The routing network is adapted to selectively send update messages to nodes in the network and the nodes forward the messages to the clients. One implementation uses a hierarchy of registries to indicate which nodes and clients receive which update messages. Another implementation assigns update messages to one or more of N categories and nodes to one or more of M types, and the gateways maintain mapping between categories and types. To ensure that clients receive all of the update messages for which they register, the clients connect to client proxies that in turn connect to at least one node of each type.
US09071646B2	Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing network perimeter security assessment A method for providing network perimeter security assessment that involves a combination of perimeter security assessment disciplines is disclosed. A security review of a network perimeter architecture is performed along with a review of the security of data processing devices that transfer data across the perimeter of the network, a review of the security of applications that transfer data across said perimeter and a review of the vulnerability of applications or data processing devices within said perimeter from computers or users outside of said perimeter. Each of the reviews may be performed by comparison to a security policy of an enterprise that owns or controls the network.
US09071642B2	System and method for securely transmitting data using video validation Secure transmission of electronic information is provided between two parties. Included is a first data communication session between a first computing device and a second computing device, wherein the first data communication session is via a first communication protocol. Further, first information is transmitted via the first communication protocol that is received via the first communication protocol. During the first communication session, a second data communication session is provided between the first computing device and the second computing device. The second communication session is via a second communication protocol, which is more secure than the first communication protocol. Second information is transmitted via the second communication protocol that is received via the second communication protocol. The second information relates at least partially to the first information. Moreover, the second communication session appears to a user of the first computing device to be the first communication session.
US09071639B2	Unauthorized application detection system and method The objective of the present invention is to provide technology for detecting malicious action of an application upon a terminal device using a low load as well as to increase accuracy of detection; in particular, to provide technology capable of performing detection even regarding an application which has been deleted upon the terminal device. A change in the installation state of an application in a terminal device is detected, upon which information for the installed application is reported to a fraud detection server so as to be recorded. In addition, a predetermined feature value based on an application file or component files configuring a package of the application is reported to the fraud detection server. The feature value is associated with the malicious action of the application so as to be registered in an application DB, whereupon if malicious action of the application is detected, fraud detection information is transmitted to the terminal device. When the fraud detection information is received, predetermined response processing is performed upon the terminal device.
US09071637B2	Automated security analytics platform A network security platform stores network telemetry information in an active memory, such as DRAM, and analyzes the network telemetry information to detect and respond to network security threats. Using a common active memory to store sensed network telemetry information and analyze that information provides a real-time dataflow engine for detecting security threats and neutralizing detected threats.
US09071636B2	Predictive scoring management system for application behavior A system may be provided that comprises one or more servers to: receive information regarding known epitypes of malness, where the information includes malness scores and behaviors for the known epitypes of malness; store the information regarding the known epitypes of malness; generate rules for a model based on the information regarding the known epitypes of malness; input application data from an application on a device into the model; output a malness score from the model based on the application data; and allow the application and/or the device access to a network when the malness scores for the application is below a first threshold level, or block the application and/or the device access to the network when the malness score the application is above a second threshold level, where the first threshold level is less than the second threshold level.
US09071631B2	Service management roles of processor nodes in distributed node service management A distributed node service management system utilizes multiple existing processor nodes of a distributed computing system, in support of the primary data processing functions of the distributed computing system. The distributed node service management system coordinates and manages service functions on behalf of processor nodes of the distributed computing system. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
US09071624B2	System and method for providing accessibility for access controller storage media Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to providing accessibility and redundancy for access controller storage media are provided. A method for providing accessibility for storage media of an access controller in an information handling system may include: (i) emulating the storage media such that the storage media appears to an operating system executing on the information handling system as storage media locally attached to the information handling system; (ii) mounting the storage media such that data may be communicated between the storage media and a processor integral to the access controller; (iii) mounting a portion of a network-attached storage remote to the information handling system such that data may be communicated between the portion of the network-attached storage and the processor; and (iv) maintaining redundancy between the storage media and the portion of network-attached storage in accordance with a redundancy policy.
US09071623B2	Real-time data sharing Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed.
US09071622B2	Multi-level parallelism of process execution in a mutual exclusion domain of a processing system A technique is described for improving throughput in a processing system, such as a network storage server. The technique provides multiple levels (e.g., a hierarchy) of parallelism of process execution within a single mutual exclusion domain, in a manner which allows certain operations on metadata to be parallelized as well as certain operations on user data. The specific parallelization scheme used in any given embodiment is based at least partly on the underlying metadata structures used by the processing system. Consequently, a high degree of parallelization possible, which improves the throughput of the processing system.
US09071620B2	Method and system for enabling communication in a hybrid network The invention provides a method and a system for enabling communication with a device (206) of a party operating in a hybrid network. The hybrid network combines an Internet-protocol based network (202) and a non-internet-protocol based network (203), wherein the device is an Internet-protocol based device (206). The method includes contacting a first registry being (209) a member in the non-Internet-protocol based network (203) for registering the device in the non-internet-protocol based network. The method also includes contacting a second registry (210) being a member in the Internet-protocol based network (202), for registering the device in the Internet-protocol based network.
US09071617B2	Method and apparatus for disclosing personal network information in converged personal network service environment A method for disclosing, by a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) server, Personal Network (PN) information in a CPNS environment is provided. The method includes receiving a PN registration request message including information indicating an information openness level of a Personal Network Entity (PNE), which has been transmitted from the PNE, from a Personal Network GateWay (PN GW) for PN registration of the PNE; checking and storing the information indicating the information openness level of the PNE from the PN registration request message; receiving a service search request message for requesting information regarding a CPNS service provided by the PNE from a predetermined PN GW connected to a predetermined PNE; and checking the information indicating the information openness level of the PNE and providing the information regarding the CPNS service provided by the PNE to the predetermined PNE via the predetermined PN GW.
US09071614B2	Computer system, management system and recording medium The present invention prevents the deterioration of security while maintaining usability in a case where a plurality of policies are applied to a client computer. Policies created by respective management servers 10 (Ma through Md) and by a highest-level management server 10 (Msa) are set in a client computer 20. The highest-level management server delivers, to the client computer, a merge rule for creating one policy from a plurality of policies. The client computer creates a new policy from a plurality of policies and the merge rule, and manages a security function.
US09071610B2	Method, user equipment and application server for adding media stream to a multimedia session A method, user equipment and application server for adding media stream of multimedia session. A UE1 establishes a multimedia session with a UE2, receives a media stream adding request directed at the multimedia session of the UE 1; the media stream adding request includes an identity of a UE3 and the media type of the media flow requested to be added; the UE3 is controlled to establish a media stream of the media type with the UE2. Therefore, adding the media stream on the UE3 is realized, and the user may realize the multimedia session with the peer end through multiple UEs, thereby avoiding the inconvenience that the media stream can only be added to the two parties in the session and living up to the users' diversified requirements on the multimedia services.
US09071609B2	Methods and apparatus for performing dynamic load balancing of processing resources A load balancer coupled between a network and a pool of processing resources utilizes a method for performing automatic, dynamic load balancing with respect to allocating the resources to handle processing requests received over the network. According to the method, the load balancer electronically receives registration requests from the processing resources and registers each resource from which a registration request was received. After the resources have been registered but before they are allocated to handle processing requests, the load balancer receives, from each registered resource, information relating to utilization of the resource. The utilization information may include operational metrics for the resource. Some time thereafter, the load balancer receives a request over the network to perform a server-related processing task. Responsive to the request, the load balancer allocates at least one of the registered resources to perform the requested processing task based at least on the previously received utilization information.
US09071604B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for invoking trust-controlled services via application programming interfaces (APIs) respectively associated therewith A trust evaluation may be obtained for a network element in a communication network. Based on this trust evaluation, one or more services may be invoked to address the risk that a potentially untrustworthy network element poses in the communication network. Application programming interfaces (APIs) may automate the invocation of trust-controlled services. An API for a trust-controlled service may be used to directly perform a function on one or more resources in the communication network or may be used to set up an ongoing function on one or more resources in the communication network that may continue until the API is used to terminate the function.
US09071595B2	Certificate validity checking A method for checking a validity of a certificate (600) containing a key associated to a network device (601) in a network, comprises receiving at the network an encrypted content (611) and a validity index (630) associated to the content. The validity of the certificate is evaluated from a time index (606) contained within the certificate, the time index having a value corresponding to a time of issue of the certificate, and from the validity index associated to the encrypted content.
US09071593B2	System and method for accessing private digital content A system, method and computer program product for providing access to private digital content are disclosed. The private digital content is owned by an owner and installed on a content server and access is provided to a first client which is capable of rendering said digital content. Predetermined information required for gaining authorized access to said content server by said first client is generated by a second client. The predetermined information is transferred from said second client to said first client then used by said first client to get access to said private digital content.
US09071586B2	Method for processing a web service in an NRT service and a broadcast receiver A method of processing a web service in a Non-Real Time (NRT) service and the broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of providing an NRT service in a broadcasting receiver may include receiving first signaling information, identifying whether a service type of an NRT service is a web service based upon the first signaling information, identifying a web page type and a web page version of the NRT service and browsing the NRT service. The method may further include connecting a service signaling channel, parsing the received first signaling information, determining whether the NRT service is supported in the broadcasting receiver and consuming the web contents of the NRT service. The NRT service may include at least one of a fixed NRT service and a mobile NRT service. The first signaling information may be a data casting description table (DDT) if the NRT service is the fixed NRT service. The first signaling information may be a service map table (SMT) if the NRT service is the mobile NRT service. The DDT may include a first field identifying the NRT service and a second field identifying a type of the NRT service. The type of the web service may include at least one of a web document of text HTML and a web document of CE-HTML. The third field and the fourth field may be valid if the type of the received service is the web service based upon the second field.
US09071580B2	Method and system for securing data of a mobile communications device A method and system for securing data of a mobile communications device. The method includes: determining that first application data is data associated with a first server; encrypting the first application data with an encryption key stored in the mobile communications device; storing the encrypted first application data on a memory; receiving a request to access the first application data from an application or a service implemented from the mobile communications device; determining that the application or service is authorized to access the first application data; and in response to said determining, decrypting the first application data with the encryption key.
US09071576B1	Application rate limiting without overhead A system for managing application service requests. The system processes requests using a first processor, stores a record of the requests in memory using a second processor, and counts the total number of requests received over a time interval using the second processor. If the total number of requests are less than a first threshold, the stored records are dropped. Otherwise, the stored records are analyzed to determine if requests from a single source Internet protocol address exceed a second threshold. If the number of requests from a single source Internet protocol address exceeds the second threshold, the subject Internet protocol address is blacklisted to a firewall through which the service requests pass before reaching the first processor. The requests are visible to the second processor before they are processed by the firewall.
US09071575B2	Method and system for abuse route aggregation and distribution In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to block a host, wherein the host provides a prohibited content via a computer network. A spider program can verify that the host provides the prohibited content. An abuse route list can be generated. The abuse route list can include an internet protocol address of the host. The abuse route list is provided to a network operator with a computer networking protocol. A search engine of a database of infringing hosts can be provided. The database of infringing hosts can include the internet protocol address of the host. Whether the host provides the prohibited content can be reverified with a third-party review. The host from can be removed from the abuse route list if the third-party review determines that the host does not provide prohibited content.
US09071574B1	Access and control system for network-enabled devices Systems and methods for remote access of network-enabled devices that provide seamless, firewall-compliant connectivity between multiple users and multiple devices, that allow collaborative operations by multiple users of remote devices, that allow point to multipoint control of multiple devices and which allow rapid, secure transmission of data between remote users and devices. In general terms, the system includes at least one connection server, and at least two computers operatively coupled to the connection server via a public or global network. In an example where at least one client computer is operatively connected to at least one network-enabled device through a connection server via the public or global network, the connection server is configured to route control instructions from the client to the network-enabled device, and route data from the network-enabled device to the client.
US09071573B2	Method and system for providing article information A method for providing article information includes the following steps: an article request for obtaining an article to be read is received through a network from a present client. The article is analyzed to obtain several potential keywords from the article. An internal database is searched to obtain at least one representative keyword, which the potential words belong to, and transformation information between the at least one representative keyword and each potential keyword. A number of search results of the at least one representative keyword is obtained by searching an external database for calculating a number of search results of each potential keyword. Article-related information related to the article is generated according to the number of search results of the potential keywords. The article and the article-related information are combined to generate a web page for being transmitted to the present client through the network.
US09071572B2	Method, apparatus and system for addressing resources An apparatus for addressing resources including a first interface to communicate with end-points, the end-points having resources; a second interface for communicating with web applications; a component for creating an universal resource locator (URL) for a resource, the URL including the IP address, port and path of the resource; a component for creating an abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the resource, a component configured to receive over the second interface and resolve a look-up URI for the resource, the look-up URI having the address of the apparatus, domain and end-point parameters and metadata related to the resource; and a component configured to link the URL and the abstract URI together and the look-up URI with one or more URLs or abstract URIs.
US09071571B2	Interaction via short message service messages with wireless markup language based websites A computational device receives a first text message in a text messaging format from a mobile device to access a website that stores information in a markup language format. The computational device converts one or more elements of the stored information from the markup language format to the text messaging format. The computational device sends a second text message that indicates how to interact with the website in the text messaging format to the mobile device.
US09071570B2	Method and apparatus to select and deliver portable portlets A portlet may be selected from among one or more portlets rendered by an origin server. The origin server may have an object listening for pointer activity wherein a user event triggers selection of a portlet. The origin server, in response, may send state information of the portlet in the form of a key to a client, often operated by a user. Client may later send the key to a disjoint server, wherein the key is integrated into a portal containing services that the client subscribes to. Thus a persistent session may exist between the disjoint server and the origin server based on the user's preferences.
US09071568B2	Customer-identifying email addresses to enable a medium of communication that supports many service providers A system comprising one or more transceivers in communication with a vehicle computing system, the one or more transceivers are also in communication with at least one server. The at least one server is configured to receive an email including a subscriber identification and data formatted by a service provider. The at least one server is further configured to parse the email to retrieve the data formatted by the service provider and identify information usable by the vehicle computing system in the retrieved data. The at least one server is further configured to extract the identified information and transmit the information for communication to the vehicle computing system.
US09071567B2	Workspace-aware social networks in an enterprise Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with generating social networks are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating recommendations for expanding a social network for a user based at least in part on the user's membership to a workspace and other members of the workspace.
US09071565B2	Optimizing offline message (network history) delivery for users accessing an application from a single device Devices, systems and methods for sending messages from a web service server to a computing device shared by a current user and another offline user while maintaining privacy for the other offline user's messages and decreasing bandwidth requirements for transmission of messages may include registering the user and the offline user of the computing device with the web service server, receiving at the web service server from the computing device a login by a first user, wherein the first user is determined to be the current user, checking a database for undelivered messages for the at least one offline user who is not currently accessing the web service server, wherein any user who is not a current user is determined to be an offline user, encrypting each offline user's undelivered messages, sending the undelivered messages to the computing device, and storing offline user encrypted undelivered messages in the computing device.
US09071563B2	Data storing method used for data store server in mailing system A method in which a mail server for receiving mails manages sequence management information that records the sequence of mails stored in a data store server and the times at which a mail server sends the mails to a destination server, wherein the sequence management information is so managed as to satisfy the two conditions: one is to make not greater than a predetermined number the number of entries in any one of respective pieces of the divided sequence management information resulted by dividing the sequence management information into a plurality of pieces, each entry being included in each divided sequence management information piece and defined as a combination of key having the mail body of a certain mail as its value, and the time at which the certain mail is sent to the destination server.
US09071562B2	Searchable peer-to-peer system through instant messaging based topic indexes An embodiment of the present invention, a computer receives, on a first computer, a request to locate a topic. The computer determines a second computer to query for the topic. The computer queries the second computer for the topic. The computer receives identification information of participants of an instant messaging conversation corresponding to the topic. The computer stores, on the first computer, the identification information of the participants and indexing the stored identification information by the topic.
US09071560B2	Tagging email and providing tag clouds A system and method is provided for tracking and/or organizing email and, in particular, a system and method for tagging email in Web 2.0 applications and using the tags in tag clouds is provided. The system includes a computing system that has first program instructions to generate tag clouds having tags linked to associated emails in a collaborative application. A computer readable media stores the first program instructions and a central processing unit executes the first program instructions.
US09071559B1	Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and related methods Method and system for configuring a receive packet queue in a network device are provided. The method includes determining how many sub-ports of a port of the network device are configured; assigning memory to each of the configured sub-ports based on the determination of how many sub-ports are configured; determining a flow control scheme to be used for packet transmission; and dividing the receive packet queue based on the determination of the flow control scheme to be used.
US09071558B1	Method and system for extended port addressing Methods and systems for routing frames are provided. A system includes an initiator operationally coupled to a first switch that is coupled to a second switch. The first switch includes a plurality of ports for sending and receiving frames and includes a routing table that identifies a port identifier steering table based on an area field of a frame header of a frame received by the first switch. The first switch also includes a plurality of port identifier tables, where each port identifier table is associated with a unique area field and identifies a same port of the first switch for a plurality of area fields. The second switch stores an area steering table with port identification information associated with an area field of a frame header of a frame received by the second switch and a same port of the second switch is assigned to multiple area fields.
US09071551B2	Mobile trouble ticket A device is configured to determine that the device is experiencing a problem, and to determine a problem type associated with the problem. The device is configured to determine a set of questions, based on the problem type, and to provide the set of questions to a user of the device. The device is configured to receive user input including responses to the set of questions. The device is configured to determine device information associated with one or more hardware components, hardware attributes, or software attributes associated with the user device. The device is configured to generate a trouble ticket based on the set of questions, the user input and the device information, and to transmit the trouble ticket.
US09071550B2	Framework and method for monitoring performance of virtualized systems based on hardware base tool The disclosed invention involves a framework and method based on hardware base tool to monitor the performance of virtualized systems, wherein the said framework comprises at least one master host, and each of the said master host comprises user space components, guest space components, kernel space components and hardware. The said user space components comprise policy manager, workload mediator, monitor library, and host performance monitor. The said host performance monitor is connected to workload mediator, and host performance monitor comprises user space monitor and kernel space monitor. The disclosed invention applies PMU or the similar tools to monitor the performance of virtualized systems. The performance monitoring of the disclosed invention is to monitor CPU, memory, cache, IO, network, processes, etc. of the host of virtualized systems. Meanwhile, the method based on hardware to monitor performance in this disclosed invention resolves the problem to acquire performance data for virtualized systems.
US09071546B2	Protocol independent multicast designated router redundancy In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting a packet from a router located in a communication path between a source and a receiver, the load balancing packet having one or more values used to select a group designated router from a list of candidate group designated routers for multicast traffic streams, selecting the router as said group designated router for one or more of the multicast traffic streams, and forwarding traffic for the one or more multicast traffic streams to the receiver. The candidate group designated routers are last hop routers for transmitting the multicast traffic streams to a common link connected to the receiver. An apparatus is also disclosed.
US09071545B2	Network appliance that determines what processor to send a future packet to based on a predicted future arrival time A network appliance includes a network processor and several processing units. Packets a flow pair are received onto the network appliance. Without performing deep packet inspection on any packet of the flow pair, the network processor analyzes the flows, estimates therefrom the application protocol used, and determines a predicted future time when the next packet will likely be received. The network processor determines to send the next packet to a selected one of the processing units based in part on the predicted future time. In some cases, the network processor causes a cache of the selected processing unit to be preloaded shortly before the predicted future time. When the next packet is actually received, the packet is directed to the selected processing unit. In this way, packets are directed to processing units within the network appliance based on predicted future packet arrival times without the use of deep packet inspection.
US09071543B2	Systems and methods for additional retransmissions of dropped packets Systems and methods for utilizing transaction boundary detection methods in queuing and retransmission decisions relating to network traffic are described. By detecting transaction boundaries and sizes, a client, server, or intermediary device may prioritize based on transaction sizes in queuing decisions, giving precedence to smaller transactions which may represent interactive and/or latency-sensitive traffic. Further, after detecting a transaction boundary, a device may retransmit one or more additional packets prompting acknowledgements, in order to ensure timely notification if the last packet of the transaction has been dropped. Systems and methods for potentially improving network latency, including retransmitting a dropped packet twice or more in order to avoid incurring additional delays due to a retransmitted packet being lost are also described.
US09071542B2	Systems and methods for multi-level quality of service classification in an intermediary device The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing multi-level classification of a network packet. In some embodiments, network performance may be enhanced and optimized by providing QoS and acceleration engines with packet- or data-specific information. In addition to source and destination IP addresses and port numbers, packet- or data-specific information can include direction of traffic (client to host or server; server or host to client; or both), Virtual LAN (VLAN) ID, source or destination application or associated application, service class, ICA priority, type of service, differentiated service code point (DSCP), or other information. Some or all of this information may be used to classify the network packet at a plurality of layers of a network stack, allowing for deep inspection of the packet and multiple levels of granularity of classification.
US09071539B2	Method for avoiding a loop in a network According to an example, a method for avoiding a loop in a network, which is performed by each ED in each VPN site, comprises: interacting with other EDs in a same VPN site to elect a DED; assigning an authorized forwarding instance to each ED in the same VPN site when the ED is elected as the DED; obtaining the authorized forwarding instance from the DED when the ED is not elected as the DED; allowing traffic of the authorized forwarding instance transmitted from or to a public network, and blocking traffic of unauthorized forwarding instance transmitted from or to the public network.
US09071536B2	Bus-based optical network system A bus-based optical network system comprising optical fibers, optical line terminals (OLTs), and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) is revealed. The OLT consists of the near part (OLTN) and the far part (OLTF). Optical fibers respectively form the transmitting and receiver buses (T Bus and R Bus) with the technique of time-division multiple access (TDMA). The slot flows on both buses are in opposite directions. The OLTN performing traffic control is situated in or near a central office (CO) while the OLTF is far from the CO. ONUs, whose MAC performs traffic control, connect with two buses and share their bandwidth. The MAC with traffic control keeps the performance of the network from degradation. The required numbers of COs and optical fibers for establishing the bus-based network are so smaller that the cost of the network can be significantly reduced.
US09071535B2	Comparing node states to detect anomalies Methods, systems, and computer storage media for detecting anomalies within nodes of a data center are provided. A self-learning system is employed to proactively and automatically detect the anomalies using one or more locally hosted agents for pulling information that describes states of a plurality of nodes (e.g., computing devices of a cloud-computing infrastructure), respectively, and using at least one early-warning mechanism for implementing a comparison technique. The comparison technique involves individually comparing the state information of the plurality of the nodes against one another and, based upon the comparison, grouping one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes into clusters that exhibit substantially similar state information. Upon identifying the clusters that include low number of nodes grouped therein, with respect to a remainder of the clusters of nodes, the members of the identified clusters are designated as anomalous machines.
US09071534B2	DSL system estimation Estimates of a communication system configuration, such as a DSL system, are based on operational data collected from a network element management system, protocol and users. The operational data collected from the system can include performance-characterizing operational data that typically is available in the OSL system via element-management-system protocols. Generated estimates and/or approximations can be used in evaluating system performance and directly or indirectly dictating/requiring changes or recommending improvements in operation by transmitters and/or other parts of the indication system. Data and/or other information may be collected using internal means or using system elements and components via e-mail and/or other extra means. The likelihood of the models accuracy can be based on various data, information and/or indicators of system performance, such as observed normal operational data, test data and/or prompted operational data that shows operating performance based on stimulation signals.
US09071533B2	Multicast group assignment using probabilistic approximations In one embodiment, a source node (e.g., responsible node) determines a plurality of destination nodes of a message, and generates a probabilistic data structure that encodes each of the plurality of destination nodes without any false negatives and with zero or more false positives. The source node may then transmit the message with the probabilistic data structure toward the plurality of destination nodes, wherein nodes receiving the message interpret the probabilistic data structure to determine whether the receiving node is probabilistically one of the intended plurality of destination nodes.
US09071530B2	Using endpoint host checking to classify unmanaged devices in a network and to improve network location awareness A device receives, from a managed device, endpoint information associated with an unmanaged device connected to the managed device in a network. The device also receives unmanaged device information that partially identifies the unmanaged device, and completely identifies the unmanaged device based on the endpoint information and the unmanaged device information.
US09071526B2	Systems and methods for platform rate limiting The present disclosure presents systems and methods for controlling network traffic traversing an intermediary device based on a license or a permit granted for the intermediary device. The systems and methods control a rate of a traffic of a device in accordance with a rate limit identified by a rate limiting license. A rate limiting manager of an intermediary device that processes network traffic between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, may identify presence of a rate limiting license that further identifies a performance level. The rate limiting manager may establish a rate limit based on the performance level of the rate limiting license. A throttler of the intermediary may control a rate of receiving network packets in accordance with the rate limit.
US09071523B2	Frame transmission system A frame transmission system includes a frame transmitter and a frame receiver. The frame transmitter includes a frame fragmentation unit and a reproduction header appending unit. The frame fragmentation unit fragments an input frame and outputs transfer frames when the length of the input frame exceeds a predetermined fragmentation reference frame length, and does not fragment the input frame and outputs the input frame as a transfer frame when the length of the input frame is less than or equal to the fragmentation reference frame length. The reproduction header appending unit appends a reproduction header to the transfer frames outputted from the frame fragmentation unit. Here, the reproduction header being required when the transfer frames are reproduced at a receiving side. The reproduction header appending unit varies the header length of the reproduction header to be appended to the transfer frame, according to the length of the input frame.
US09071520B2	Spatial representation of temporal value distributions Systems and methods for presentation of value distributions in a graphical user interface are provided. The method comprises computing a plurality of value distributions based on measurements performed for target values for one or more positions spread across a space, wherein a series of measurements are performed for at least a target point in the space; computing a cumulative distribution for the plurality of value distributions associated with the target point along predetermined time intervals; dividing the cumulative distribution into bins for one or more time periods corresponding to said predetermined time intervals; mapping attributes associated with the target point into shapes; and using a scaling function, assigning a color attribute from a color scheme to each bin.
US09071517B2	Systems and methods for implementing ad hoc wireless networking This disclosure involves methods and systems for implementing IBSS networks between peer client devices. Devices function as registrar or enrollee in the network depending upon whether they are in configured or unconfigured mode. The WPS-PBC configuration routine allows the unconfigured enrollee device to obtain the necessary network configuration profile from the configured registrar device upon a successful WPS handshake process. Once a device has received the network configuration protocol, its status is switched to configured, allowing it to function as a registrar for the network for the subsequent addition of new devices. When both devices are initially in an unconfigured state, one is chosen to act as registrar so that it can automatically generate the necessary network configuration profile and pass it along to the other device. Following this process, both devices are set to configured mode.
US09071513B2	Path switch-back method and apparatus in transport network The disclosure discloses a path switch-back method and apparatus in a transport network, belongs to the field of communications, and is used for avoiding the problem that signals can not be switched back to a working path from a protection path when the links in two directions of the working path between nodes in the transport network are restored from fault simultaneously. The path switch-back method in a transport network provided by the disclosure includes: a local node determines two failed links on the working path between an opposite node and itself are restored to normal simultaneously (S101); the local node enters a Wait To Restore (WTR) state (S102); and the local node switches signals back to the working path when the WTR state ends (S103). The disclosure is used for realizing that signals are switched back to the working path from the protection path when the links in two directions of the working path between nodes in the transport network are restored from fault simultaneously.
US09071510B2	Determining root causes of network issues Determining root causes of network issues includes identifying a previous network issue, comparing a first behavior of network components during the previous network issue with a second behavior of the network components during a current issue of a network, and obtaining a previous user input about a previous root cause of the previous network issue collected while diagnosing the previous issue.
US09071509B2	User interface for displaying user affinity graphically In an example embodiment, logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users is recorded, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service. Then affinity levels for each of the logical relationships between the first user and the other users are calculated. One or more of the logical relationships between the first user and one or more of the other users are displayed in a user interface, wherein the affinity level for each of the one or more logical relationships is represented graphically in the user interface.
US09071507B2	System and method for registering a CIM provider in a CIM system using information of a device to be configured A registration method includes acquiring, by a second CIMOM, parameters of a CIM provider from a first CIMOM by using information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured. The second CIMOM obtains identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider through matching according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured. The second CIMOM acquires the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider, and registering the CIM provider.
US09071504B2	Data processing apparatus and method of controlling the same Provided is a data communication technique in which overhead is reduced. A data processing apparatus includes a plurality of modules each of which executes data processing; a plurality of routers, which have input ports and output ports, for relaying data transmission among the plurality of modules; and a control unit for outputting a control signal to each of the plurality of routers to thereby control selection of router path. Each of the plurality of routers has a deciding unit for deciding an output port and output timing used in data transmission by utilizing a value of the control signal that has been input thereto.
US09071496B2	All-digital multi-standard transmitter architecture using delta-sigma modulators The present disclosure is concerned with a digital transmitter using Delta-Sigma modulators (DMSs) that uses an up-sampler and modulator block that follows the DSMs to generate the RF equivalent of the baseband signal to be transmitted. The up-sampler and modulator block is simple to implement and contains only one or a few multiplexers implemented in high speed logic technology.
US09071495B2	Integrated circuit for controlling radio transmission of ACK/NACK information A radio receiver apparatus that can effectively utilize GI to improve the reception quality. In this apparatus, a data extracting part extracts a data portion of a direct wave from a signal subjected to a radio reception process by a received RF part. A GI extracting part extracts, from the signal subjected to the radio reception process by the received RF part, GI having a length determined by an extracted GI length deciding part. The extracted GI is adjusted by a data position adjusting part such that its rear end coincides with the read end of the extracted data portion. A combining part combines the extracted data portion with the GI the data position of which has been adjusted. The combined signal is then supplied to a frequency axis equalizing part, which equalizes the signal distortions of the combined signal on the frequency axis.
US09071488B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system The present specification relates to a method/apparatus for extending and transmitting a reference signal, and to a method and apparatus for transmitting a cyclic shift (hereinafter, referred to as CS) parameter. In generating the extended reference signal, the CS is determined as a function for both a basic CS parameter and an extended CS parameter.
US09071484B1	Feedback optimized video coding parameters A system for managing delivery of video content. The system includes a controller and one or more players. The controller may be configured to control generation of a plurality of streams containing the video content based upon feedback regarding decoding at least one of the plurality of streams. The one or more players may be configured to select a stream from the plurality of streams, generate decoding statistics for the selected stream, and send the decoding statistics to the controller as the feedback.
US09071478B2	Methods for performing adaptive equalization and associated apparatus A method for performing adaptive equalization includes: dynamically detecting current levels of a plurality of sets of pattern levels respectively corresponding to a plurality of data patterns, wherein each set of the sets of pattern levels includes a previous level, a current level, and a next level respectively corresponding to one of the plurality of data patterns; and dynamically calculating a plurality of data decision levels according to the current levels of the sets of pattern levels, for use of data decision, wherein each data decision level of at least one portion of the plurality of data decision levels is not equal to zero, and the data decision levels are dynamically adjusted in accordance with the current levels of the sets of pattern levels, in order to enhance a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). An associated method for performing adaptive equalization is also provided. Associated apparatus are also provided.
US09071476B2	Methods and systems for high bandwidth chip-to-chip communications interface Systems and methods are described for transmitting data over physical channels to provide a high bandwidth, low latency interface between integrated circuit chips with low power utilization. Communication is performed using group signaling over multiple wires using a vector signaling code, where each wire carries a low-swing signal that may take on more than two signal values.
US09071475B2	Methods and apparatus for noise estimation of communication terminals Methods and communication terminals for estimating noise in a multicarrier communication system, where multicarrier symbols are received that include pilot signals, channel properties are estimated based on the received multicarrier symbols, wherein the channel properties include channel properties of a subcarrier carrying one of the pilot signals, and the channel properties of the subcarrier carrying one of the pilot signals are mixed with the corresponding pilot signal to calculate a noise power for the corresponding subcarrier.
US09071473B2	Method and system for wireless communication channel estimation A method and system for selecting an algorithm for channel estimation in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According a parameter indicative of an accuracy of a channel estimation algorithm is determined. A selection between a first channel estimation algorithm and a second channel estimation algorithm is made based on the determined parameter.
US09071467B2	Multiple carrier gateway system, method and apparatus A system, method and apparatus adapted to provide multiple voice communication carriers access to a data network via a single gateway.
US09071466B2	Apparatus and method for call handover between packet network system and circuit network system A method and apparatus for performing handover on a voice call between a packet network system and a circuit network system is provided. Considering a communication environment where a UE cannot simultaneously use radio resources of both the next generation mobile communication system (LTE) and the legacy mobile communication system (e.g., GSM/WCDMA), the present invention proposes an SCSE for performing signal translation between the packet switched network and the circuit switched network and anchoring a voice call in the application level, and supports a continuous voice call using the SCSE.
US09071457B2	Provider network and provider edge apparatus A provider edge apparatus comprises an ingress processing unit to generate an encapsulated frame to be transmitted to another provider edge apparatus coupled to another customer edge apparatus, wherein the encapsulated frame includes a frame directed to the another customer edge apparatus, an egress processing unit to extract a frame to be forwarded to the specified customer edge apparatus, a storage to store an identifier of the provider edge apparatus and an identifier of the another provider edge apparatus when the specified customer edge apparatus is coupled to the another edge apparatus via a second access line, wherein the identifiers corresponds to a group identifier indicating an access line group belonging the first access line and the second access line, and a filter to discard the encapsulated frame or a frame in the encapsulated frame satisfying a filter condition.
US09071455B2	Device and method for transferring data via nodes of a network The present invention provides for devices and methods for the transmission of data over nodes of a specific network. A device may comprise at least two network nodes, a bus having a transmitting line and a receiving line for interconnecting the network nodes. The respective network node has a fault protection circuit which is to bypass the network node in the event of a fault and is capable of reversing the polarity of the transmitting line and of the receiving line, a detection means for detecting a reverse in polarity of the transmitting line and of the receiving line by the respective upstream network node, and a fault-locating means for locating a fault in the upstream network node when a reverse in polarity of the transmitting line and of the receiving line has been detected.
US09071453B2	Location-based device automation This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a presence of a plurality of mobile devices at a geographic location; determining an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location based on the identified plurality of mobile devices; and based on the determination, selecting an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location.
US09071451B2	Geocast-based situation awareness Geocast-based situation awareness utilizing a scalable, distributed ad hoc geocast protocol as a communication primitive, may provide a field common operating picture (FCOP) for providing location tracking, movement history, telemetry, and messaging in near real time to all operators in a scenario. Information may be transferred using a query/response geocast message protocol. Caching on devices may be utilized to gain scalability. A query message may have a payload containing a type indication and a header containing a description of a geocast region of intended reception, which may comprise the monitored region, the location of the monitorer, or any appropriate combination thereof. Response messages may be sent from devices located in the monitored region to an area containing the location of the sender of a query. A response message may contain monitored information, such as current location, telemetry data, and/or recent movement history, or the like.
US09071448B2	Method and a system for transferring data related to a calling card function in telecommunications network, as well as a server, a computer program and a computer program product The invention concerns a system for transferring data related to a calling card function between a server (1001) and a network device (1002, 1003, 1004, 1200, 1201) in a telecommunications network (1000), wherein said server (1001) is adapted to provide said calling card function, and in that said server (1001) is adapted to transfer said data to said network device (1002, 1003, 1004, 1200, 1201) via a packet switched link (1105, 1106, 1107, 1116, 1117).
US09071443B2	Automated service platform prospecting Techniques for automated service platform prospecting are provided. A prospector process is sent out in advance to scout for potential network sites that provide computing infrastructure and computing services (platforms) to self-contained computing environments. The prospector process validates the potential network sites for use and gathers site characteristics that are used to configure the self-contained computing environments when they are to be installed and executed on those network sites.
US09071442B2	Signcryption method and device and corresponding signcryption verification method and device A signcryption is generated by a sender by using a first encryption algorithm to encrypt plaintext m with public key Epk to get ciphertext e, e=E.Encrypt(m); generating a key k and its encapsulation c using an encapsulation algorithm and public key Kpk, k,c=KD.Encapsulate( ); sign (e,c) using Ssk, s=S.sign(e,c); encrypt the signature s using a second encryption algorithm and the key k, e_d=D.Encrypt(s). The signcryption of m is formed by (e,c,e_d). The sender may also prove knowledge of the decryption of e, and that e_d encrypts a valid signature on the concatenation of c and e using the key of the encapsulation. Also provided are the corresponding signcryption verification device and method, and computer program products.
US09071440B2	Method and system of authenticating the identity of a user of a public computer terminal Methods for accessing private and public data via a public terminal are disclosed. With respect to accessing private content, a method for authenticating the identity of a user of the public terminal is disclosed. Unique identifiers are transmitted in a pre-defined area adjacent or nearby the public terminal and are monitored by a receiver. This information is utilized to electronically compile and update in real-time a list of identifiers that have recently been monitored by the receiver, and the list of identifiers is used to electronically create and update in real-time a temporary database including identity verification data corresponding only for identifiers in the list of identifiers. Identity verification data input into the public terminal by the user is compared with the set of identity verification data contained in the temporary database to determine whether or not there is a match of identity verification data. Access to private content via the public terminal is granted to the user if a match is found during the comparison. A method for displaying public data and a system by which these methods can be implemented are also disclosed.
US09071439B2	Method and apparatus for remote administration of cryptographic devices Techniques are disclosed for performing operations in an authentication token or other cryptographic device in a system comprising an authentication server. In one aspect, a code generated by the authentication server is received in the cryptographic device. The code may have associated therewith information specifying at least one operation to be performed by the cryptographic device. The cryptographic device authenticates the code, and responsive to authentication of the code, performs the specified operation. If the code is not authenticated, the operation is not performed. The code may be determined as a function of a one-time password generated by the authentication server. The function may also take as an input an identifier of the operation to be performed.
US09071436B2	Security-activated robotic system Various methods and systems include exemplary implementations for a security-activated operational component involved in creating or producing or duplicating or processing or testing one or more objects. Possible embodiments include but are not limited to verifying an authorization code to control a task or function of a robotic operation system, and responsive to the verification, enabling or disabling one or more operational components of the robotic operation system.
US09071434B2	Asynchronous hybrid ARQ process indication in a MIMO wireless communication system Asynchronous Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) process identities are transmitted in a wireless communication system. A linking scheme is established between at least two sets of process identities of two respective corresponding codewords. When a first process identity is selected from among a first set of process identities of a first codeword, a second process identity may be derived in dependence upon the first process identity and the established linking scheme. Finally, a first packet from the first codeword is transmitted using a first transmission channel indicated by the first process identity, and a second packet is transmitted from the second codeword using a second transmission channel indicated by the second process identity. In addition, a control message including only the first process identity is transmitted.
US09071433B2	Method and apparatus for improving re-transmission of reconfiguration messages The present disclosure presents an improved method and apparatus for re-transmission of reconfiguration messages. For example, the disclosure presents a method for detecting that a reconfiguration complete message is transmitted from a user equipment (UE) to a network and initiating a reconfiguration re-transmission timer upon the detection. In addition, such an example method, may include determining that the UE has not received a layer two acknowledgement (L2 ACK) message for the transmitted reconfiguration complete message from the network prior to expiration of the reconfiguration re-transmission timer and triggering a cell update message to the network in response to the determination that the UE has not received the L2 ACK message. As such, improved re-transmission of reconfiguration messages may be achieved.
US09071432B2	Method of handling transmission and reception involving an ABS subframe in a wireless communication system and related communication device A method of handling transmission and reception involving an almost blank subframes (ABS) subframe for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the mobile device being configured the ABS subframe by a network of the wireless communication system; and the mobile device stopping receiving a first packet transmitted by the network in a subframe, when the subframe is the ABS subframe.
US09071427B2	Method and apparatus for establishing a key agreement protocol A system and method for generating a secret key to facilitate secure communications between users. A first and second and a function between the two monoids are selected, the function being a monoid homomorphism. A group and a group action of the group on the first monoid is selected. Each user is assigned a submonoid of the first monoid so that these submonoids satisfy a special symmetry property determined by the function, a structure of the first and second monoids, and the action of the group. A multiplication of an element in the second monoid and an element in the first monoid is obtained by combining the group action and the monoid homomorphism. First and second users choose private keys which are sequences of elements in their respective submonoids. A first result is obtained by multiplying an identity element by the first element of the sequence in a respective submonoid. Starting with the first result, each element of the user's private key may be iteratively multiplied by the previous result to produce a public key. Public keys are exchanged between first and second users. Each user's private key may be iteratively multiplied by the other user's public key to produce a secret key. Secure communication may then occur between the first and second user using the secret key.
US09071426B2	Generating a symmetric key to secure a communication link A symmetric key to be used to secure a communication link between a first device and a second device is generated as follows: a first symmetric key is generated; a second symmetric key is generated; packets communicated between the first device and the second device over communication link are hashed to create a hash result; the first symmetric key, the second symmetric key and the hash result are hashed to generate a third symmetric key to be used to secure the communication link.
US09071425B2	Quantum communication system A quantum communication system including a sending unit and a receiving unit, said sending unit comprising a photon source assembly configured to output a stream of pulses of light having at least two different intensities and a memory configured to store information for determining which pulses should be reference pulses and which pulses should be data pulses, the average intensity of reference pulses being different to the average intensity of data pulses, the receiving unit comprising a memory for storing information for identifying the position of reference pulses within the stream of pulses and a processor for determining the calibration of the quantum communication system from the reference pulses.
US09071422B2	Access authentication method for multiple devices and platforms An access authentication method for multiple devices and platforms. Upon receipt of a multiple access request, a source device that has initially registered a user account to a subscribed site requests an authentication key for a target device to a server of the subscribed site, the target device receives an access authentication request together with an authentication key from the source device, when the source device receives the authentication key from an account authentication system, the authentication key being generated in response to an authentication key request from the subscribed site server by the account authentication system, the subscribed site server determines whether there is the registered user account and performs access authentication with the account authentication system, upon receipt of the authentication key from the target device, and the target device receives an access authentication completion notification from the subscribed site server, when the access authentication is completed.
US09071419B2	Semi-persistent resource allocation method for uplink transmission in wireless packet data systems A wireless telecommunications network supplies a semi-persistent resource that a wireless station can use for special purposes (such as a retransmission of packets for ARQ purposes or a control signal. The semi-persistent resource can be allocated by the system to other terminals if, e.g., a retransmission is not required. Since a retransmission is generally performed in response to a NACK received from a base station, the NACK may itself serve as a token that permits the wireless station to use the semi-persistent allocation. Thus, the technology includes, e.g., a method for resource allocation on a semi-persistent basis and efficient signaling for the usage of such allocation.
US09071413B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, particularly, a method in which a terminal transmits control information in a CA-based wireless communication system and an apparatus for the method, the method comprising: configuring a first cell and a second cell having different subframe configurations, wherein the second cell has any one of UL-DL configuration #0 to #6; receiving a DC) format including a DAI field, for the second cell; and transmitting HARQ-ACK information relating to the downlink DCI format. For HARQ-ACK timing, in cases where a reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is any one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6, the DAI field is used in a process of transmitting the HARQ-ACK information. For HARQ-ACK timing, in cases where a reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is #0, the DAI field is not used in a process of transmitting the HARQ-ACK information.
US09071402B2	Selection of retransmission settings for HARQ in WCDMA and LTE networks Improvements in the performance of HARQ operation are achieved by considering two channel coding parameters, the number of filler bits F and the number of dummy bits ND, in the selection of the retransmission settings for HARQ operation. In one exemplary embodiment, an optimal RV setting for the retransmission is selected based on the number of filler bits F and the number of dummy bits ND. In another exemplary embodiment, an address offset to the RV starting point for a selected RV setting is selected based on the number of filler bits F and the number of dummy bits ND.
US09071394B2	Remote timing communications A system, method, and optical switch for communicating timing. A determination is made whether one of a number of data streams are available. Packets are received at a remote node in response to determining one of the number of data streams is available. A timing characteristic of the at least one of the packets is associated with a tick of a reference clock. The tick of the reference clock is extracted utilizing the timing characteristic of the at least one of the packets. A secondary clock is disciplined with the reference clock by adjusting the secondary clock based on a difference between times measured by the reference clock and the secondary clock to generate a clock signal. The clock signal is communicated to one or more interfaces for distributing.
US09071383B2	Modified orthogonal polynomials based hybrid coded-modulation for multi-Tb/second optical transport A system and method for transmitting data, including one or more Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoders configured to encode one or more streams of input data; a signal constellation generation module configured to generate one or more signal constellations; one or more modulators configured to generate one or more signals using hybrid multidimensional coded modulation; a modified orthogonal polynomial generation module configured to generate modified orthogonal polynomials for use as electrical basis functions; and one or more mode-multiplexers and transmitters configured to mode-multiplex and transmit one or more LDPC-coded data streams over a transmission medium.
US09071381B2	Use of polarization for differentiation of information The present invention discloses a system for signalling within optical or combined optical/electronic networks wherein a first transmission node executes polarization multiplexing on transmitted traffic, and at one or more intermediate nodes one or more of the following processes are carried out on the sent traffic: demultiplexing by polarization and/or polarization and/or SOP-alignment. Further a method for packet handling within optical packet switched networks where, at a first transmission node carries out polarization demultiplexing of transmitted traffic, and at one or a number of intermediate nodes carries out one or more of the following processes on the transmitted traffic; demultiplexing by polarization, and/or polarization and/or SOP-alignment. Said separation into states of polarization is used in separation of QoS-classes.
US09071379B2	Optical branching and insertion device, network management device, and wavelength selective switch An optical branching and insertion device includes an optical splitter that branches an input optical signal, and outputs the branched optical signal from a first output port and a second output port; a wavelength selective switch that allows passage of an optical signal of a predetermined wavelength from among optical signals input to a first input port from the first output port, and outputs the optical signal of the predetermined wavelength and an optical signal inputted from a second input port; and a processor that executes a process to expand a band through which the optical signal of the predetermined wavelength is allowed to pass, the process being executed when a channel allocated to a wavelength of the optical signal inputted from the second input port and a channel allocated to the predetermined wavelength are not adjacent.
US09071375B2	Signal transmitting apparatus, signal transmitting method, signal receiving apparatus, signal receiving method, and signal transmission system In a signal transmitting apparatus, an upper m bits (m≧8) are defined to have the same value in a forbidden code in video data areas channels included in serial digital interfaces of one or plural channels of N bits (N≧10). A mapping unit makes at least a lower 2 bits among the upper m bits different from each other, multiplexing video data of an upper m−2 bits included in compressed data compressed to the amount of data of the one or plural channels of the serial digital interfaces, in which the number of pixels in one frame is equal to or more than that of pixels defined by an HD format into upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first and second channels, and multiplexing video data of lower 2 bits in the compressed data into lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first and second channels.
US09071374B2	System and method of real time synchronization through a communication system A communication system, network, interface, and port architecture are provided for transferring data via a network. The network can be configured by connecting ports in a daisy chain arrangement to achieve a ring architecture or topology. The network transmits data according to a specific protocol. A first port transmits frames containing frame count information which is divided into several pieces, with each piece being transmitted in a single frame. A second port receives the frames, stores them in a frame buffer, and reassembles the frame count information from a plurality of frames.
US09071372B2	Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting an interactive media guidance application in a user equipment device are provided, the methods comprising: determining a location of the user equipment device; determining a destination of the user equipment device; determining an arrival time for the user equipment device to be located at the destination; selecting, as guide listings, listings corresponding to media available at the destination at/after the arrival time; and presenting the guide listings on the user equipment device.
US09071366B2	Information transmission system An information transmission system includes a message generation unit for creating a first message which contains specific information having information on a location and is to be transmitted to mobile phones and a database which is used for creating the first message and contains location information per mobile phone and safety information per user of the mobile phone. The first message has two or more hyperlinks to be used for sending a reply regarding safety of a user of a transmission-destination mobile phone. URL information associated with the hyperlink contains different parameters depending on a type of the reply regarding safety of the user of the mobile phone. The safety information in the database is updated based on the reply regarding safety using any one of the two or more hyperlinks.
US09071360B2	Optical transceiver having improved functions to load control program Methods to load control programs into an optical transceiver whose specifications follow the standards are disclosed. The standard transceiver, such as SFP transceiver and/or XFP transceiver, provides control terminals in addition to the serial interface to communicate with the host device. The control terminals are inactive when the transceiver is output of the host device. The loader to load the program utilizes those control terminals and the optical transceiver of the invention provides mechanisms to use those control terminals for downloading the program.
US09071358B2	Repeater fiber-coax units An optical-coax unit (OCU) includes an optical PHY to receive and transmit optical signals and a coax PHY to receive and transmit coax signals. The OCU also includes a media-independent interface to provide a first continuous bitstream from the optical PHY to the coax PHY and a second continuous bitstream from the coax PHY to the optical PHY. The first continuous bitstream corresponds to received optical signals and transmitted coax signals, and the second continuous bitstream corresponds to received coax signals and transmitted optical signals.
US09071356B2	Method for the compensation of nonlinear impairments in dispersion-managed optical fiber links using phase conjugation and equivalent optical link A method for nonlinearity compensation for an optical transmission link includes determining a dispersion effect of a transmission link; applying a phase conjugation to the transmission link, the phase conjugation responsive to an input wave over the transmission link and providing a conjugated version of the input wave; and configuring an optimum equivalent link responsive to the phase conjugation after the transmission link to compensate for a non-linear dispersion effect from said transmission link.
US09071352B2	Free space optics alignment method and apparatus A novel free space optics transceiver is disclosed comprising at least one light source, at least one photodetector, corresponding positioning means that can independently adjust the position of the light source and the photodetector, and a controller that can send and receive alignment frames conforming to a communications protocol to and from a remote optical transceiver and can use information in the incoming alignment frames from the remote optical transceiver to appropriately adjust the position of the light source and the photodetector thereby maximizing the received power of light signals sent by the remote optical transceiver. Also, an alignment method is disclosed wherein the controller continuously adjusts the positions of the light source and the photodetector until a light signal is acquired from a remote optical transceiver. Then, the incoming alignment information is used to adjust the light source position to achieve bi-directional communication with the remote optical transceiver.
US09071351B2	Optical switch An optical switch include a switch unit including a light reflection unit of which the reflection direction is changeable, the switch unit configured to optically connect an input port to an output port via the light reflection unit by changing the reflection direction of the light reflection unit; a determining light input unit configured to input into a first predetermined port a determining light for determining malfunctions in the light reflection unit; a light detection unit configured to detect the determining light from the output from a second predetermined port; and a malfunction determining unit configured to determine that abnormalities have occurred when the determining light is detected by the light detection unit.
US09071342B1	Method and apparatus for correlating global positioning system (GPS) pseudorandom noise (PRN) codes In accordance with the teachings described herein, system and methods are provided for a GPS acquisition correlation scheme with a reduced memory requirement. An example system may include a memory, a local PRN code generator, correlators, adder trees, an accumulator, and an output memory. The memory may be used to store an input PRN code. The local PRN code generator generates a replica PRN code and outputs a replica PRN code. The local PRN code generator may also shift the replica PRN code for each output epoch. One or more correlators receive the input PRN code and the replica PRN code and compare a bit of the input PRN code to a bit of the replica PRN code and generates a comparison. The adder trees add the comparisons and generate a comparison output. An accumulator accumulates the comparison output and outputs an accumulated output to an output memory.
US09071341B2	Random non-cyclical binary code generator Presented is a random non-cyclical binary code generator for communications systems. A random non-cyclical sequence of integers from a random number generator is extended in length to form an extended integer sequence. This integer set is immediately loaded into a 10-minute epoch memory consistent with 10 minutes of chips. These integers are then synchronously retrieved from memory under GPS time-of-day control. Retrieved integers are immediately converted into pulse pairs of all ones followed by all zeros with each pulse width equal to the integer value in chips. The chips are immediately concatenated to a chipping clock shifting memory wherein each memory location is a unique phase source of the binary code. The memory length in chips is twice the range uncertainty for a 10 MHz chip rate, with the center chip of the shifting memory maintained as the source of universal time synchronized local binary code.
US09071340B2	Method and apparatus for generating orthogonal codes with wide range of spreading factor Provided is a method of generating an orthogonal set in a quasi-synchronous spread spectrum system, the method including selecting a two-level autocorrelation sequence at a sequence selector, selecting a first indices set and a second indices set from the two-level autocorrelation sequence, and generating two quasi-orthogonal sets using the first indices set and the second indices set, at an orthogonal code generator.
US09071339B2	Closed-circuit power line communication A system for closed-circuit power line communication includes at least a first and second power line connected to at least one electrical device configured to receive a data signal. An auxiliary line is connected to the electrical devices to provide a ground connection, and at least one transmitter generates a first data signal for transmission over the first and second power lines, respectively, to the electrical device. A low-pass common-mode filter is connected to the first and second power lines to provide closed-circuit data communication between the transmitter and the electrical device, the filter comprising at least one coupling capacitor between said first and second power lines such that at least the polarities with respect to ground of said first data signals transmitted over the first and second power lines, respectively, are substantially similar.
US09071338B2	Reliable data transfer for locomotive consist communications A method for controlling data communication within a locomotive consist is disclosed. The method may include receiving, at a first access point, a first set of data packets that represent a communication sent from a second access point via a first set of wires. The method may also include receiving, at the first access point, a second set of data packets that represent the same communication sent from the second access point via a second set of wires. Further, the method may include processing the first set of data packets and the second set of data packets to create a resultant set of data packets and generating, at the first access point, a communication related to operating the locomotive based on the resultant data packets.
US09071335B2	Radio-frequency modules having tuned shielding-wirebonds Disclosed are devices and methods related to radio-frequency (RF) shielding of RF modules. In some embodiments, tuned shielding can be achieved by utilizing different structures and/or arrangements of shielding-wirebonds to increase shielding in areas where needed, and to decrease shielding where not needed. Such tuning of shielding requirements can be obtained by measuring RF power levels at different locations of a module having a given design. Such tuned RF shielding configurations can improve the overall effectiveness of shielding, and can also be more cost effective to implement.
US09071333B2	Device for canceling crosstalk, signal processing system and method for canceling crosstalk A method for canceling crosstalk, the method includes the steps of: filtering the signal corresponding to a far end crosstalk source in the frequency domain according to adaptive filter parameter; combining the received signal corresponding to a far end sending signal and the filtered signal in frequency domain corresponding to the far end crosstalk source. A device for canceling crosstalk and a signal processing system.
US09071324B2	Method and system for communicating up to extreme high frequencies using a mesh network of repeaters A plurality of repeater devices, each of which may enable forwarding extreme high frequency (EHF) communication between EHF-enabled wireless devices, may form a repeater mesh network. One or more routes may be formed within the repeater mesh network to enable forwarding EHF RF signals via the repeater mesh network. Different technique may be utilized, while forming routes within the repeater mesh network, to reduce and/or prevent interference that might be caused by EHF RF signals received and/or transmitted by repeater devices in the routes to other repeater devices in the repeater mesh network. These techniques may comprise frequency shifting, spatial isolation, and/or polarization isolation. Multiple routes may be utilized simultaneously to forward EHF RF communication. The simultaneous use of multiple routes may enable increasing the bandwidth and/or improving reliability of forwarding EHF RF communication within the repeater mesh network.
US09071323B2	System and method of cooperative and opportunistic relaying of transmissions requiring relay coordination The present invention relates to a cooperative relaying system (1) and method (100) in which many different units in the network can be used in a common channel and time interval by way of repetition without requiring additional relay coordination in cases where the connection between the source and the destination is insufficient in wireless communication networks. The inventive system (1) and method (100) increases the probability of the transmission of the source data with the maximum diversity gain requiring no coordination thanks to determining the relays (3) without pre-selection and keeping the amount of band spent to a minimum.
US09071322B2	Enabling downlink transparent relay in a wireless communications network Methods and apparatus are described for enabling downlink transparent relay in a wireless communication network. In a wireless communications network, a base station and a mobile station may communicate with each other via a relay station, as needed. Transparent relay may allow for relay communication between a base station and a mobile station although the mobile station is unaware of the relay station. However, non-contiguous transmission of a relay station may lead to channel quality measurement and channel estimation degradation during downlink transparent relay. According to some aspects, a base station may schedule a mobile station to a transmission mode that utilizes dedicated pilot signals for downlink transparent relay, and a relay station may transmit data and dedicated pilot signals over the same channel resources as the base station. According to some aspects, the relay station may null common pilot signals transmitted by the base station.
US09071320B1	Gain calibration for a timing error detector Apparatus and methods calibrate and control detector gain in a Mueller-Muller timing detector. A Mueller-Muller circuit obtains timing information for a received signal in which the receiving device samples the signal once per baud period.
US09071319B2	Circuit and method for filtering adjacent channel interferers A circuit and method for filtering adjacent channel interferers. One embodiment of an adjacent channel filtering circuit for reducing adjacent channel interference with an in-band signal, includes: (1) a radio frequency (RF) circuit configured to receive and down-convert an RF signal to a baseband signal containing an in-band signal and adjacent channel components, (2) a controlled single pole filter electrically coupled to the RF circuit and configured to reject the adjacent channel components and cause a predetermined attenuation in the in-band signal, (3) a baseband circuit coupled to the controlled single pole filter and configured to condition the baseband signal for conversion to a digital signal, and (4) a digital circuit coupled to the baseband circuit and configured to receive the digital signal and compensate for the predetermined attenuation.
US09071316B2	Method for detection of symbols in communication signals The present invention relates to method for detection of symbols, comprising: receiving at least one communication signal y transmitted over a radio channel H, and receiving a priori LLRs of said channel inputs x; computing soft symbol estimates μ and variance D of said channel inputs x based on LLRs of said channel inputs x; filtering and interference cancelling said received signal y by using a first filter and filtered soft symbol estimates μ so as to obtain a filtered and interference cancelled received signal; estimating MSE matrix B of said filtered and interference cancelled received signal; computing an optimal matrix Gopt for a BCJR algorithm based on said MSE estimate B; further filtering said filtered and interference cancelled received signal by using a second filter so as to obtain an input signal r to the BCJR algorithm; and feeding said input signal r into the BCJR algorithm.
US09071314B2	Method and apparatus for cross polarization and cross satellite interference cancellation A method and apparatus in which a Tap-Weight Computer (TWC) calculates a Tap-Weight Vector (TWV). The TWV is coupled to a register in each of a plurality of adaptive filter modules. Each such adaptive filter module includes several adaptive filters that each include a tapped delay line. The input to the tapped delay line of each such adaptive filter is one of a plurality of potential interfering signals. The TWV controls the weighting of the outputs from the taps off the delay line. The weighted outputs from each tapped delay line are then subtracted from a received signal which potentially includes interference from the potential interfering signals. The TWC is multiplexed to each of the plurality of adaptive filters so that each adaptive filter is loaded with a TWV calculated by the TWC to reduce the amount of interference contributed by a particular potential interfering signal coupled to an input to that particular adaptive filter. In one embodiment, a plurality of such adaptive filter modules share the same TWC.
US09071311B2	Method and antenna system for setting working antenna units A method is adapted for controlling an antenna system that includes multiple antenna groups, each including multiple antenna units. The method includes: controlling each of the antenna units of each of the antenna groups to receive one and the same test signal; generating, for each antenna unit, a quality indicator, which is associated with a signal quality of the test signal, with reference to the test signal received thereat; and selecting, for each antenna group, one of the antenna units, the quality indicator corresponding to which indicates an optimum signal quality from among the antenna units of the respective antenna group, to be a working antenna unit of the respective antenna group for performing subsequent data transmission.
US09071310B2	Method and apparatus for enabling multiple transmission modes in a wireless communication system Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for enabling multiple transmission modes based on control information of different formats.
US09071309B2	Method and system for use of quadrature hybrids for closed and open loop beam forming transmit diversity The present implementation is directed to a system and method of mobile transmit diversity and, more particularly, to a device which can operate in any of several modes, including a transmit diversity mode whereby two or more antennae transmit signals to at least one base station with relative phase difference, or in a non-diversity mode whereby one antenna is turned off and the other transmits at full or requisite power.
US09071308B2	Method and device for determining codebook generation mode A method for determining codebook generation mode is disclosed by the present disclosure, comprising: A: grouping M kinds of ranks among N kinds of ranks supported by a user equipment (UE) into Z sets of rank, and for each set, respectively selecting a codebook generation mode from at least two preset codebook generation modes, where N, M and Z are integers greater than or equal to 1, M is less than or equal to N, and Z is less than or equal to M; B: informing the UE or a serving cell thereof of the selection. The present disclosure also discloses a UE and a base station. The system performance can be improved by adopting the method and devices of the present disclosure.
US09071305B2	Timing synchronization for reception of highly-spectrally-efficient communications Methods and systems are provided for timing synchronization for reception of highly-spectrally efficient communications. An example method may include, filtering, in a receiver, a received inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal to generate a filtered ISC signal. The method may further include locking to a timing pilot signal of the filtered ISC signal. The timing pilot signal may include a sub-harmonic frequency of a clock signal associated with the received ISC signal. A timing pilot estimate signal of the timing pilot signal may be generated. The timing pilot estimate signal may be cancelled from the filtered partial response signal to generate an output ISC signal. The timing pilot signal includes a signal at ±(1/n*Fbaud), where n is an integer greater than 2, and Fbaud is a symbol rate of the clock signal. The clock signal may be recovered from the filtered ISC signal.
US09071298B2	Method and apparatus for conveying precoding information in a MIMO system Method and apparatus for conveying precoding information in a control message (M) from a first node (400) to a second node (402), with information on properties of an associated wireless data transmission (D) between the first and second nodes employing spatial multiplexing, and precoding for the data transmission. The first node determines precoding parameters (P) for signal transmission to the receiving node, optionally based on feedback reports (F) from the receiving node. The first node encodes control information bits in precoding information fields of the control message by means of values in TBS fields of the control message, such that the TBS field values determine the interpretation of the bits in the precoding information field(s). The control message (M) is then sent to the second node.
US09071293B1	Transmitter data path single-ended duty cycle correction for EMI reduction The present disclosure provides a means to adjust the relative location of output rising and falling transitions to reduce single-ended duty cycle distortion (DCD) effects in the output data stream originating from the transmitter data path. This serves to improve high-speed single-ended signal characteristics and reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI). Another feature enabled by embodiments of the present disclosure is polarity skew (also referred to as differential skew) reduction between transmitter outputs. In an embodiment, the disclosed method and apparatus for transmitter data path single-ended DCD correction describes a closed-loop calibration system including the actuation apparatus within the transmitter, a sensing block at the output of the transmitter to measure the amount of single-ended DCD, and a calibration block operating on the sensor output to devise correction control inputs to the actuator in the transmitter to correct the data path single-ended DCD present.
US09071292B2	Method of transmitting a digital signal in a distributed system, and a corresponding program product and relay device A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting frames of N>2 symbols for use in a distributed system having at least two transmitter nodes. The method includes circularly permutating a frame of N symbols; multiplying m first permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0
US09071289B2	Transceiver supporting multiple modulation schemes The present application relates to a transceiver for use in a communications system that uses magnetic field induction to transmit data, the transceiver having an amplifier for driving an antenna, the amplifier forming, with a capacitance and a resistance connected in parallel with the antenna, a parallel resonant circuit. The resistance value of the resistance is adjustable, to permit adjustment of the loaded quality factor of the parallel resonant circuit. The transceiver includes a processing unit configured to determine the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of a signal received by the transceiver, and based on this SNR select a modulation scheme to apply to a data signal to be transmitted by the transceiver. The value of the resistance is adjusted to a level at which the loaded quality factor of the parallel resonant circuit is able to support the bandwidth and data rate required by the selected modulation scheme.
US09071286B2	Modulation and equalization in an orthonormal time-frequency shifting communications system A method for modulating data for transmission within a communication system. The method includes establishing a time-frequency shifting matrix of dimension N×N, wherein N is greater than one. The method further includes combining the time-frequency shifting matrix with a data frame to provide an intermediate data frame. A transformed data matrix is provided by permuting elements of the intermediate data frame. A modulated signal is generated in accordance with elements of the transformed data matrix.
US09071285B2	Modulation and equalization in an orthonormal time-frequency shifting communications system A system and method of providing a modulated signal useable in a signal transmission system. The method includes transforming, perhaps with respect to both time and frequency, a data frame including a plurality of data elements into a transformed data matrix. The transformed data matrix includes a plurality of transformed data elements where each of the plurality of transformed data elements is based upon each of the plurality of data elements. The method further includes generating the modulated signal in accordance with the transformed data elements of the transformed data matrix.
US09071283B2	Method for controlling a modulation index of a near field communication device with aid of dynamic calibration, and associated apparatus A method for controlling a modulation index of a near field communication (NFC) device includes: in a calibration mode of the NFC device, temporarily coupling a receiver of the NFC device to a transmitter of the NFC device to form a probing path between the receiver and the transmitter; and in the calibration mode of the NFC device, dynamically adjusting at least one portion of a plurality of modulation parameters corresponding to the modulation index according to probed results of outputs of the transmitter, in order to calibrate the modulation index, for use of transmitting through the transmitter in a normal mode of the NFC device. An associated apparatus is also provided.
US09071279B2	Turbo decoder input reordering A receiver is disclosed, wherein a re-ordering means comprises a multiplexer, a finite-state machine, and a plurality of buffers. the finite-state machine is arranged to control the multiplexer to load the buffers from a bus such that the output of the buffers is directly decodable by the decoder. A receiving method is also disclosed, comprising the steps of: determining a transmission mode and a bus configuration; entering an initializing state of branching of a finite-state machine according to said determined transmission mode and bus configuration; performing transitions between state of the said finite-state machine for each received set of soft data provided on a bus; multiplexing said soft data to a plurality of buffers in dependence on the state of said finite-state machine; and writing said multiplexed data into said plurality of buffers.
US09071277B1	Correction of structured burst errors in data Correction of structured burst errors in data is provided by a system that includes an encoder and is configured for performing a method. The method includes receiving data that includes a plurality of subsets of data. The data is encoded by an encoder using a combination of a first error correcting code and a second error correcting code. The first error correcting code is configured to provide error recovery from a structured burst error in one of the subsets of data, the structured burst error having a length less than a specified maximum length. The second error correcting code is configured to extend the first error correcting code to provide error recovery from the structured burst error in any of the subsets of data. The encoded data is output.
US09071276B2	Data-processing device and data-processing method The present technology relates to a data-processing device and a data-processing method, which are capable of improving tolerance for an error of data.When an LDPC code having a code length of 16200 bits is mapped to 16 signal points, a demultiplexer performs exchanging such that when a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of code bits of 4×2 bits and a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of symbol bits of 4×2 bits of 2 consecutive symbols are represented by a bit b#i and a bit y#i, respectively, for LDPC codes having coding rates of 1/5, 4/15, and 1/3, b0 is allocated to y4, b1 is allocated to y3, b2 is allocated to y2, b3 is allocated to y1, b4 is allocated to y6, b5 is allocated to y5, b6 is allocated to y7, and b7 is allocated to y0. For example, the present invention can be applied to a transmission system that transmits an LDPC code or the like.
US09071273B2	Extended single-bit error correction and multiple-bit error detection Some embodiments include apparatus and methods to prevent at least one of misidentifying and ignoring multiple-bit errors if the multiple-bit errors include a plurality of erroneous data bits that belong to only one specific group of a plurality of groups of data bits and if none of the other groups of the plurality of groups have errors.
US09071272B2	System and method for configuration of a controlling device to enable selection of media streams A controlling device has a configurable key. An overlay, such as a sticker, is provided to the configurable key and includes an indicia representative of media content and machine readable data indicative of an identity of the media content represented by the indicia. A memory of the controlling device stores a correspondence between the configurable key and data indicative of a source of the media content. Upon activation of configured, configurable key, the controlling device uses select command codes from a library of command codes and the correspondence between the configurable key and the data indicative of the source of the media content to transmit one or more commands for causing one or more appliances to access the source of the media content.
US09071268B1	Multi-path analog front end and analog-to-digital converter for a signal processing system A processing system may include multiple selectable processing paths for processing an analog signal in order to reduce noise and increase dynamic range. Techniques are employed to transition between processing paths and calibrate operational parameters of the two paths in order to reduce or eliminate artifacts caused by switching between processing paths.
US09071263B2	Multi-rate pipelined ADC structure Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide analog to digital conversion of analog inputs. A plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) can be arranged such that one or more of the ADCs is operating at a sampling rate that is less than others of the plurality of ADCs. For example, a sampling rate interpolator may be used to increase a sampling rate of signals output at the one or more ADCs operating at the lower sampling rate, allowing pipelining of the plurality of ADCs.
US09071262B1	Calibration of high-speed interleaved arrays Techniques for calibration of high-speed interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC) arrays are presented. A transceiver comprises an ADC component that comprises an array of sub-ADCs that can be interleaved to facilitate high-speed data communications. The ADC component processes signals received from a remote transmitter to facilitate recovering the received data. The transceiver can comprise a calibration component that determines transfer characteristics of the communication channel or medium between the transceiver and the remote transmitter, and the transfer characteristics of the remote transmitter to each of the sub-ADCs of the array, based on the recovered data. The calibration component calibrates sub-ADCs of the array to facilitate correcting sub-ADC path differences, based on the respective transfer characteristics, to facilitate mitigating distortions that would be caused by the path differences, wherein the calibration component can use channel estimation to determine the transfer functions of the sub-ADCs of the array.
US09071261B2	Accuracy enhancement techniques for ADCs Embodiments of the present invention may provide accuracy enhancement techniques to improve ADC SNRs. For example, regular bit trials from a most significant bit (MSB) to predetermined less significant bit of a digital word and extra bit trials may be performed. The results of the regular and extra bit trials may be combined to generate a digital output signal. A residue error may be measured, and the digital output signal may be adjusted based on the measured residue error.
US09071257B2	Systems and methods for derivative level-crossing sampling The derivative of an input signal is level-crossing-sampled and the resulting samples are transmitted. At the receiver, the resulting samples are fed to a zero-order hold followed by an integrator, which results in piecewise-linear reconstruction. The systems and methods are further refined to reduce the number of samples generated per unit of time, compared to methods based on zero-order-hold reconstruction, for a given signal-to-error ratio, without significant hardware overhead.
US09071255B2	Phase locked loop and associated phase alignment method A phase locked loop and an associated alignment method are provided. A disclosed phase locked loop receives a reference signal to provide a feedback signal. The phase locked loop is first opened. When the phase locked loop is open, a frequency range of an oscillating signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator is substantially selected. The feedback signal is provided according to the oscillation signal. After the frequency range is selected, the phase locked loop is kept open and the phases of the reference signal and the feedback signal are substantially aligned. The phase locked loop is then closed after the reference signal and the feedback signal are aligned.
US09071253B2	Compensation for digitally controlled oscillator apparatus and method Automatic digital sensing and compensation of frequency drift caused by temperature, aging, and/or other effects may be provided by including a compensation capacitor array and a sensing logic. The sensing logic may be configured to detect a drift in a first control signal and to provide the compensation capacitor array with a second control signal. The second control signal is configured to cause an adjustment of capacitance in the compensation capacitor array based on the detected drift in the first control signal.
US09071252B2	Radio communication apparatus According to one embodiment, an analog unit performs frequency conversion of a reception signal. A digital unit performs demodulation processing of the reception signal subjected to the frequency conversion by the analog unit. A PLL circuit generates a clock of the digital unit. A PLL-setting changing unit performs, based on the reception signal, a setting change of parameters of the PLL circuit to thereby control the jitter of the clock.
US09071251B2	Phase-locked loop outputs with reduced reference spurs and noise In some examples, a circuit is described. The circuit may include a voltage-controlled oscillator that may be configured to generate an output signal. The circuit may also include a control signal generation unit that may be configured to generate a control signal based on the output signal. The control signal generation unit may also be configured to provide the control signal to the voltage-controlled oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator and the control signal generation unit may be part of a phase-locked loop (PLL) included in the circuit. The circuit may also include a feed-forward network. The feed-forward network may be configured to provide a portion of the control signal to the voltage-controlled oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator may generate the output signal based on the control signal from the control signal generation unit and the portion of the control signal from the feed-forward network.
US09071249B2	Corrosion resistant touch sensor In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a substrate. A plurality of conductive elements are formed on the substrate. A plurality of sacrificial conductive members overlay portions of the plurality of conductive elements. The sacrificial conductive members function as sacrificial anodes for the conductive elements.
US09071248B2	MOS transistor drain-to-gate leakage protection circuit and method therefor A circuit having an active mode and a sleep mode includes a power transistor, an amplifier, and a protection circuit. The power transistor has a first current electrode coupled to a first power supply terminal, a second current electrode as an output of the circuit for coupling to a load, and a control electrode, wherein the power transistor is characterized by having a threshold voltage and a leakage current, wherein the leakage current occurs between the control electrode and the first current electrode during the sleep mode. The amplifier has an output coupled to the control electrode of the power transistor that provides an active output during the active mode. The protection circuit detects the leakage current and prevents the leakage current from developing a voltage on the control electrode of the power transistor that exceeds the threshold voltage of the power transistor.
US09071242B2	Level shifters, methods for making the level shifters and methods of using integrated circuits A method of making a level shifter includes coupling a driver stage between an input end and an output end, the driver stage comprising a first transistor and a second transistor. An inverter having an input is coupled with the input end. A third transistor having a gate end is coupled with an output of the inverter, the third transistor having a terminal coupled to a pumped voltage (VPP). Additionally, the method includes coupling a fourth transistor with the output end, the fourth transistor having a terminal coupled to the pumped voltage. A fifth transistor is coupled with the input end, the fifth transistor having a terminal coupled to the third and fourth transistors. A sixth transistor is coupled with the input end, the sixth transistor having a terminal.
US09071239B2	Method and semiconductor apparatus for reducing power when transmitting data between devices in the semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus is provided herein for reducing power when transmitting data between a first device and a second device in the semiconductor apparatus. Additional circuitry is added to the semiconductor apparatus to create a communication system that decreases a number of state changes for each signal line of a data bus between the first device and the second device for all communications. The additional circuitry includes a decoder coupled to receive and convert a value from the first device for transmission over the data bus to an encoder that provides a recovered (i.e., re-encoded) version of the value to the second device. One or more multiplexers may also be included in the additional circuitry to support any number of devices.
US09071238B2	Contention-free level converting flip-flops for low-swing clocking The present invention includes a family of level converting flip-flops that accepts data and clock inputs at a lower voltage level while producing data outputs at a higher voltage level. These flip-flops enable fine-grained dual supply voltage techniques such as low-swing clocking (distributing the clock signal at a lower voltage level) and clustered voltage scaling (CVS). The level conversion is accomplished in a very efficient manner by sharing the positive feedbacks inside a flip-flop for both storage and level conversion. Additionally, the presented flip-flops are contention-free and non-ratioed, thus having reduced timing and power overheads due to the level conversion function.
US09071237B2	Digital duty cycle correction circuit A digital duty cycle correction circuit includes a duty cycle controller and a digital duty control code generator. The duty cycle controller generates first and second output clock signals by compensating duty cycles of first and second input clock signals based on a digital duty control code. The digital duty control code generator generates the digital duty control code based on a frequency value obtained by converting duty cycle information of the first output clock signal and the second output clock signal.
US09071236B1	Method and system for controlling a charge pump Embodiments of a method for controlling a charge pump and a control device for a charge pump are described. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a charge pump involves monitoring a power-on status of the charge pump, calculating a duty cycle of the charge pump within a time period based on the power-on status of the charge pump, and adjusting at least one of a clock frequency setting and a capacitance setting of the charge pump in based on the duty cycle of the charge pump. Other embodiments are also described.
US09071235B2	Apparatuses and methods for changing signal path delay of a signal path responsive to changes in power Apparatuses and methods for changing a signal path delay of a signal path responsive to changes in power provided to the signal path are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a signal path and signal path delay compensation circuit. The signal path includes a plurality of signal driver circuits coupled in series. The signal path delay compensation circuit includes an adjustable path delay circuit and a bias circuit. The adjustable path delay circuit is coupled to an output of a signal driver circuit of the plurality of signal driver circuits and includes a latch circuit. The bias circuit is configured to change a resistance to switching a latched signal level of the latch circuit responsive to changes in power provided to the signal path. Additional example apparatuses and methods are also disclosed.
US09071233B2	Low power master-slave flip-flop A flip-flop circuit may include a master latch and a slave latch. Each latch may have a transparent mode and a storage mode. The slave latch may be in storage mode when the master latch is in transparent mode; and vice-versa. A clock signal may control the mode of each latch through a pair of clock-gated pull-up transistors and a pair clock-gated of pull-down transistors, for a total of four clock-gated transistors. The clock-gated transistors may be shared by the master latch and the slave latch. Fewer clock-gated transistors may be required when they are shared, as opposed to not being shared. Clock-gated transistors may have parasitic capacitance and consume power when subjected to a varying clock signal, due to the charging and discharging of the parasitic capacitance. Having fewer clock-gated transistors thus may reduce the power consumed by the flip-flop circuit.
US09071229B1	Miniature multi-decade GHz balun A miniature wideband balun is realized wherein a miniature rectangular high permeability ferrite binocular core is wound with a single wire on the first of three legs and a twisted pair of wires on the third of three legs. Each winding is configured from 36 gauge wire to include two turns with precise positioning and spacing on the legs, and precise control over the length and position of the non-wound wire portions. The non-wound wire portions have their ends welded to the conductive terminals of a flat insulating substrate which the core is bonded to. Such an approach results in a wideband response of from 10 MHz to at least 6000 MHz with a substantially flat insertion loss and a low return loss. Additionally, a lid is bonded to the top of the core in order to form a package conducive to handling by standard pick and place robotic assembly machinery.
US09071228B2	Balun Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of RF circuits, and in particular, to a balun. In an embodiment of the present invention, a balun is provided which comprises at least two coaxial cables, each of which is wound into at least one loop, and the inner and outer conductors of one end of all coaxial cables are connected respectively to each other and the inner and outer conductors of the other end are also connected to each other. The novel balun according to the embodiments of the present invention has a small size but a large power capacity and low cost, and can be used in a magnetic field environment.
US09071227B2	High-frequency module A high-frequency module has a structure including balanced terminals, with high design flexibility and good transmission characteristics. Wiring patterns to be connected to balanced terminals of SAW filters of SAW duplexers are located on a second layer to a sixth layer of a layered body. The characteristic impedances of first wiring patterns defining a pair of parallel or substantially parallel lines match, the characteristic impedances of second wiring patterns defining a pair of parallel or substantially parallel lines match, the characteristic impedances of third wiring patterns defining a pair of parallel or substantially parallel lines match, and the characteristic impedances of fourth wiring patterns defining a pair of parallel or substantially parallel lines match.
US09071219B2	Shaper design in CMOS for high dynamic range An analog filter is presented that comprises a chain of filter stages, a feedback resistor for providing a negative feedback, and a feedback capacitor for providing a positive feedback. Each filter stage has an input node and an output node. The output node of a filter stage is connected to the input node of an immediately succeeding filter stage through a resistor. The feedback resistor has a first end connected to the output node of the last filter stage along the chain of filter stages, and a second end connected to the input node of a first preceding filter stage. The feedback capacitor has a first end connected to the output node of one of the chain of filter stages, and a second end connected to the input node of a second preceding filter stage.
US09071217B1	Wireless communication device A wireless communication device includes a digital modulation signal generator that generates digital modulation signals, a DAC that converts digital output of the digital modulation signal generator into analog signals, a modulator that generates amplified quadrature modulation signals by exerting quadrature modulation and amplification on the analog signals, an antenna that radiates the amplified quadrature modulation signals, a power detector that outputs power detected signals obtained from power detection of the amplified quadrature modulation signals, a controller that adjusts gain of the modulator by using the power detected signals and a desired power value, a thermometer that measures ambient temperatures at a plurality of burst transmission periods, and a high-power prevention circuit that readjusts the gain of the modulator for a present burst transmission period.
US09071200B2	Power module for envelope tracking A power module at least includes an ET (Envelope Tracking) module. The ET module includes a buck converter, an inductor, and a capacitor. The buck converter is coupled to a work voltage. The buck converter has a first input terminal for receiving a first control signal, a second input terminal coupled to a supply node, and a buck output terminal The inductor is coupled between the buck output terminal of the buck converter and the supply node. The capacitor is coupled between the supply node and a ground voltage. The ET module is configured to supply a first adaptive supply voltage at the supply node. The first adaptive supply voltage is determined according to the first control signal.
US09071198B2	Amplifier circuit An integrated Doherty amplifier circuit comprising a main input terminal, a peak input terminal and an output terminal, a main input conductor and a peak input conductor that are offset from one another in a first direction, the main and peak input conductors extend in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein an input end of the main input conductor is coupled to the main input terminal and an input end of the peak input conductor is coupled to the peak input terminal, an output conductor that extends in the second direction, an output end of the output conductor is coupled to the output terminal, a main amplifier stage extends in the second direction and has a main stage input and a main stage output, a peak amplifier stage extends in the second direction and has a peak stage input and a peak stage output.
US09071195B2	Method and system for signal synthesis The invention describes methods and systems for digital synthesis of electric signals. According to the invention, one or more bit-patterns are provided, each indicative of a rectangular waveform having a characteristic frequency. Further to determining a selected signal frequency to be synthesized, a selected bit-pattern associated therewith is obtained. Bits of the selected bit-pattern are cyclically serialized to generate a substantially rectangular waveform signal comprising the characteristic frequency. Then, the signal is filtered to suppress spurious frequencies outside a certain unfiltered frequency band which corresponds to the selected bit-pattern to thereby obtain a filtered signal with prominent frequency component corresponding to the selected signal frequency.
US09071194B1	Electro-mechanical oscillator and method for generating a signal An oscillator and method for generating a signal are provided. The oscillator comprises an electro-mechanical resonator and a reconfigurable oscillator driver. The reconfigurable oscillator driver starts the oscillator in single-ended mode to avoid latching and transitions the oscillator to differential mode in such a manner as to sustain oscillations therein. The reconfigurable oscillator driver comprises two back-to-back banks of inverters and an adjustable feedback resistor. In single-ended mode, one bank is disabled and the other bank is enabled. To transition to differential mode and improve the quality of the signal, the number of enabled inverters is equalized in both banks.
US09071189B2	Motor drive configuration system and method A motor drive comprises a power sub-assembly and a control sub-assembly removably secured to the power sub-assembly. The power sub-assembly contains all power electronic circuitry and driver circuitry for the power electronics. The control sub-assembly comprises control circuitry for implementing a motor control routine that generates control signals for the power sub-assembly. The control sub-assembly is configured to conform to a USB mass storage device class such that it will appear as an icon on a configuration station when coupled to the configuration station via a USB cable. Thereafter, the drive may be accessed by selecting the icon, and parameter file and data transfer may be performed, such as by drag-and-drop transfer steps.
US09071183B2	Methods and systems for providing combined blower motor and draft inducer motor control A control system is described that includes a first rotating machine, a second rotating machine, and a motor controller physically mounted to and communicatively coupled with the first rotating machine and communicatively coupled with the second rotating machine. The motor controller includes a first PWM generator operable to generate a first set of pulse width modulated signals for application to the first rotating machine, and a second PWM generator operable to generate a second set of pulse modulated signals for application to the second rotating machine.
US09071179B2	Single-phase brushless motor A single-phase brushless motor includes a plurality of coils configured to be driven with a single phase, a sensor which detects a magnetic pole change according to the rotation of a rotor, and an energization mechanism which drives the rotor at a predetermined rotational speed. The energization mechanism is arranged to switch between a rectangular wave energization in which a voltage applied to the coil represents a rectangular waveform and a pseudo-sine wave energization in which the applied voltage represents a waveform of a pseudo-sine wave. The switching between the rectangular wave energization and the pseudo-sine wave energization is performed by gradually changing the waveform.
US09071174B2	Motor control device controlling a plurality of motors that drive one driven body A state switching unit switches the state of a motor that has caused an alarm, from an excited state to an un-excited state at an alarm generation timing. A state switch timing setting unit sets a state switch timing of switching the state of a motor other than the motor that has caused the alarm, from an excited state to an un-excited state. This setting is made on the basis of a physical quantity concerning at least one of the motor and a driven body. At the set state switch timing, a state switching unit switches the state of the motor other than the motor that has caused the alarm, from an excited state to an un-excited state.
US09071172B2	Sine modified trapezoidal drive for brushless DC motors A pulse width modulated (PWM) trapezoidal commutation drive to a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor is sine modified so that the applied drive voltage substantially matches the induced voltage generated in the BLDC motor. The values of the cosine of the angles between −30 degrees and +30 degrees are used to modify the duty cycle of the PWM drive signal dependent upon the rotor angular positions determined from the times between the zero crossing BEMF voltages measured at the unconnected motor terminals.
US09071169B2	Programmable gate controller system and method Controlling power switches with a programmable gate controller system proximate associated power switches and remote from the central controller including sensing at least one predetermined condition local to the associated power switches; reporting the sensed conditions to the remote programmable gate controller system; developing, in response to the sensed condition at least one control signal in the remote programmable gate controller system; and applying the control signal to the associated power switches.
US09071166B2	Power converter with surge voltage suppression A motor drive system wherein an LC circuit exists between an inverter and a motor is such that switching of semiconductor switching elements Su to Sw and Sx to Sz configuring the inverter is controlled by an on-signal formed of a first on-signal, a second on-signal, and an off-state period of a time the same as the first on-signal provided between the first on-signal and second on-signal, and by an off-signal formed of a first off-signal, a second off-signal, and an on-state period of a time the same as the first off-signal provided between the first off-signal and second off-signal, and surge voltage applied to an input terminal of the motor is suppressed by the time of the first on-signal and the time of the second off-signal being set to one-sixth of a resonance cycle specific to the LC circuit.
US09071165B2	2N+1 level voltage inverter This system for converting a direct input voltage into an alternating output voltage comprises two input terminals, two voltage generators connected in series between the input terminals and connected to one another by a middle point, as well as, for each phase of the alternating voltage, an output terminal, two switching branches each connected between the output terminal and a respective input terminal, each switching branch comprising N first switching cells connected in series and N−1 intermediate points, the first switching cells successively being connected to one another by a corresponding intermediate point, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, and control means for controlling the first switching cells. The system includes, for each phase of the alternating voltage, N−1 pair(s) of capacitors, each pair of capacitors being connected between intermediate points of one of the two switching branches and the other of the two switching branches.
US09071164B2	Multi-phase converter system and method A multi-phase converter includes a plurality of phase paths. Each phase path includes at least one dc-link that is independent from every other phase path dc-link such that each output phase voltage is generated from a corresponding dc-link voltage source that can be different from every other phase voltage dc-link voltage source. A total dc-link voltage level is determined for each output phase voltage. A common-mode injection voltage is calculated based on all dc-link voltage levels and all phase reference voltages. Each phase path reference voltage is then adjusted based on the calculated common-mode injection voltage, such that each generated output phase voltage level is adjusted in response to its corresponding adjusted reference voltage.
US09071162B2	AC-AC converter with reduced inductive loss and switching loss An AC-AC converter includes a first semiconductor switch series circuit, a second semiconductor switch series circuit, and a capacitor series circuit are connected in parallel. A first inductor is connected between one end of an alternating current input and a series connection point of the first semiconductor switch series circuit. A bidirectional switch is connected between the one end of the alternating current input and a series connection point of the second semiconductor switch series circuit. A second inductor is connected between the series connection point of the second semiconductor switch series circuit and one end of an alternating current output. A series connection point of the capacitor series circuit is connected to the other end of the alternating current input and the other end of the alternating current output.
US09071159B2	Power converter A power converter includes a power converter section (4) (e.g., an inverter circuit) having a plurality of switching elements (Sp, Sn) in which a current can flow in a reverse direction, and a control section (10) which determines on-state time of each of the switching elements (Sp, Sn) according to an output voltage of the power converter section (4), thereby switching on/off states of the switching elements (Sp, Sn). The control section (10) instructs the power converter section (4) to perform synchronous rectification, and corrects the on-state time according to a drop of an on-state voltage of each of the switching elements (Sp, Sn).
US09071154B2	DC-DC converter, solar charging system, and movable body This DC/DC converter includes a first DC/DC converter, and a second DC/DC converter for carrying out a DC/DC conversion of voltage supplied from the first DC/DC converter. One of either the first DC/DC converter or the second DC/DC converter is a fixed-factor DC/DC converter, and the other of either the first DC/DC converter or the second DC/DC converter is a variable-factor DC/DC converter.
US09071152B2	Power converter with demand pulse isolation The present invention provides a switched-mode power converter with regulation demand pulses sent across a galvanic isolation barrier.
US09071150B2	Variable frequency iteration MPPT for resonant power converters A method of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) uses an MPPT algorithm to determine a switching frequency for a resonant power converter, including initializing by setting an initial boundary frequency range that is divided into initial frequency sub-ranges bounded by initial frequencies including an initial center frequency and first and second initial bounding frequencies. A first iteration includes measuring initial powers at the initial frequencies to determine a maximum power initial frequency that is used to set a first reduced frequency search range centered or bounded by the maximum power initial frequency including at least a first additional bounding frequency. A second iteration includes calculating first and second center frequencies by averaging adjacent frequent values in the first reduced frequency search range and measuring second power values at the first and second center frequencies. The switching frequency is determined from measured power values including the second power values.
US09071148B2	Switching control circuit and switching power supply apparatus including standby mode setting mechanism An external circuit is connected to a polarity detection terminal of a switching control IC. An increased value of the voltage of a pulse signal input to the polarity detection terminal at the time of the activation of a power supply changes in response to this external circuit. Accordingly, owing to the external circuit connected to the polarity detection terminal, the validity/invalidity of a standby mode is set. When the standby mode is validated, a blanking frequency changes in response to the voltage of a feedback terminal, and a switching loss in a light load is reduced. Accordingly, a switching control circuit and a switching power supply apparatus are configured that are able to set the validity/invalidity of the standby mode or select the method of the standby mode without using a dedicated terminal.
US09071146B2	AC voltage sensor with low power consumption A power converter controller includes an input sense circuit to receive an input sense signal representative of an input of a power converter. A zero-crossing detector is coupled to the input sense circuit to be responsive to the input sense signal falling below a first zero-crossing threshold and rising above a second zero-crossing threshold to determine zero-crossing intervals. A timer circuit is coupled to the zero-crossing detector to determine peak intervals and to synchronize an enable signal generated to enable the input sense circuit to sense the input of the power converter during the peak intervals of the input of the power converter. A comparator circuit is coupled to the input sense circuit and the timer circuit to detect if the input of the power converter is greater or less than one or more thresholds during the peak intervals of the input of the power converter.
US09071144B2	Adaptive current control timing and responsive current control for interfacing with a dimmer In at least one embodiment, an electronic system adapts current control timing for half line cycle of a phase-cut input voltage and responsively controls a dimmer current in a power converter system. The adaptive current control time and responsive current control provides, for example, interfacing with a dimmer. The electronic system and method include a dimmer, a switching power converter, and a controller to control the switching power converter and controls a dimmer current. In at least one embodiment, the controller determines a predicted time period from a zero crossing until a leading edge of a phase-cut input voltage and then responsively controls the dimmer current to, for example, reduce current and voltage perturbations (referred to as “ringing”), improve efficiency, and reduce an average amount of power handled by various circuit components.
US09071143B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip which includes a first power supply terminal and into which a circuit block which is operated by a power supply voltage supplied to the first power supply terminal is integrated, a power circuit that includes switching transistors and supplies the power supply voltage to the first power supply terminal, and a DCDC control unit that is formed on the first semiconductor chip and generates a control signal for controlling the turning on and off of the switching transistors in response to an information signal from the circuit block and a voltage information signal corresponding to an output voltage from the power circuit.
US09071142B2	Multi-phase SMPS with load transient control and associated control method The present invention discloses a multi-phase switch-mode power supply (SMPS). The multi-phase SMPS may comprise a plurality of comparing circuits and a controller. Wherein each comparing circuit comprises a first input coupled to a threshold voltage, a second input coupled to a feedback signal of the output voltage, and an output configured to provide a load indication signal. The controller may have a plurality of inputs coupled to the outputs of the comparing circuit, and a plurality of outputs configured to provide control signals for driving a plurality of switches of the multi-phase SMPS. And the controller is configured to selectively turn on a plurality of the switches according to the load indication signals.
US09071135B2	Converting controller for overcurrent protection The present invention employs a pin of a controller to set an over current protection value and a time period respectively by means of time-division and/or voltage and current. Therefore, the cost of the controller is reduced due to reducing the amount of pins thereof. Furthermore, the time period is not only used to setting a constant on time, but also used to setting a constant off time and an operating frequency for different controlling mode.
US09071134B2	Power supply controller having selectable PWM and RPM modes and method therefor At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of switching between synchronous and nonsynchronous ramp control. An embodiment may include a power supply controller that has a trigger circuit configured to generate an RPM trigger, a timer circuit configured to generate a clock signal, and a switching circuit configured to switch a modulation mode responsively to the clock signal and the RPM signal.
US09071133B2	Switched-mode power supply device and use of such a switched mode power supply device Switched-mode power supply device having an input for receiving an AC voltage input signal, an output for providing a DC voltage signal and/or a direct-current signal to a downstream consumer, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, and resonant converter means assigned to the primary side of the transformer, which resonant converter means form an LLC topology with inclusion of the primary winding and can be actuated with a variable-frequency control signal on the primary side by means of a control unit, wherein the control unit, which is realized by means of an integrated and/or programmable circuit component, generates the control signal in reaction to and as a function of a zero-crossing detection signal generated from the AC voltage input signal, a current flowing in the transformer windings, in particular on the secondary side, and a constant and/or predeterminable preset signal for an output current flowing at the output, in such a way that regulating means associated with the control unit regulate the output current to the preset signal, and a phase of an input current flowing in the input is synchronized to the phase of the AC voltage input signal, wherein means for generating a sinusoidal signal profile are associated with the regulating means, which signal profile-generating means are independent of the AC voltage input signal and act independently thereof.
US09071128B2	DC-DC converter DC-DC converter, wherein in a case of positive voltage generation, the controlling circuit controls the first to fourth switch circuits with the first to fourth controlling signals, thereby permitting conduction between the first node and the first reference node and conduction between the eighth node and the fourth reference node, then permitting conduction between the fourth node and the second reference node and conduction between the sixth node and the third reference node, and then permitting conduction between the second node and the first reference node.
US09071126B2	Wireless power transmission device A wireless power transmission device includes a power transmitter, a first transmission unit, a power receiver, a feedback regulator, a receive controller, and a second transmission unit. The power transmitter is for generating power, and the first transmission unit is for wirelessly transmitting power generated by the power transmitter. The power receiver is for receiving and rectifying the power from the first transmission unit. The feedback regulator is for receiving a feedback signal from the power receiver to generate an AC control signal. The receive controller is for receiving the control signal to generate a driving signal. The second transmission unit is for wirelessly transmitting the control signal to the receive controller.
US09071124B2	Mover and linear motor A mover, in which at each outer surface of a cornered tubular inner yoke, a flat plate magnet magnetized from inside to outside in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface, a flat plate magnet magnetized in an axial direction of the inner yoke, a flat plate magnet magnetized from outside to inside in the direction perpendicular to the outer surface, and a flat plate magnet magnetized in the axial direction of the inner yoke are alternately provided in this order, is passed through an armature in which a first single pole unit and a second single pole unit rotated by 90° with respect to the first single pole unit are alternately stacked, thus forming a linear motor. Windings are collectively wound around core portions of the first single pole unit. Positions of the magnets provided at the outer surfaces of the inner yoke are deviated from each other.
US09071121B2	Linear vibrator A linear vibrator including: a fixing unit having a magnet in an inner space, the magnet generating magnetic force; a vibration unit including a coil disposed to face the magnet and generating electromagnetic force by interaction with the magnet, and a holder coupled with a surface of the coil and fixedly supporting a mass body which vibrates; and an elastic member coupled with the holder and the fixing unit and providing elastic force to the vibration unit.
US09071120B2	Linear actuator and boring device A linear actuator having a linearly extending slider disposed in a body casing, a plurality of magnets fixed to the slider along the axial direction of the slider, and a plurality of coils supported by the body casing so as to surround the slider to which the magnets are fixed, the linear actuator being structured so that a slider shifts in the axial direction relative to the body casing due to interaction between energized coils and magnets, the linear actuator further comprising a plurality of flat springs each supporting one end or the other end of the slider in the axial direction, each flat spring being elastically deformed relative to the axial direction of the slider.
US09071118B2	Axial motor An axial motor includes a rotor arranged between a pair of stators with coils. In the rotor, a plurality of permanent magnets sandwiched between pairs of first magnetic materials and a plurality of second magnetic materials are alternately arranged in a rotation direction while gaps are provided therebetween. Since the permanent magnets are sandwiched by the first magnetic materials in the thus constructed axial motor, a field-weakening control can be performed. Since the second magnetic materials are provided, a reluctance torque can be generated. Further, since the gaps are provided, more magnetic fluxes generated from the permanent magnets can be caused to flow toward the coils. Therefore, the thus constructed axial motor can achieve a higher output, higher torque, higher efficiency, and miniaturization.
US09071114B2	Coil correction method In a method for correcting a coil wound in two layers, the coil is corrected as follows: a conductor is wound from an outside layer toward an inside layer to form a first row; the conductor is wound from the inside layer toward the outside layer to form a second row; the conductor is wound from the outside layer toward the inside layer to form a third row; a crossover portion is formed by connecting adjacent rows of the conductor; and a load is applied to the crossover portion from a coil correcting die through a crossover-portion correcting die so as to push first and second ends of the crossover portion along adjacent rows and move an intermediate portion of the crossover portion to an adjacent row.
US09071108B2	Movable iron core linear actuator There is provided a movable iron core linear actuator, which includes a magnetic circuit which causes a moving element to reciprocate. The magnetic circuit includes an iron core constituting the moving element, a stator core including a facing portion which faces the iron core, a pair of permanent magnets disposed in the facing portion along a reciprocating direction and having inverted magnetic poles at their surfaces which face the iron core, and a coil wound around the stator core. Energization to coil causes the moving element to reciprocate. When the coil is energized, the spring force of magnetic spring which changed in accordance with a relative position of the moving element with respect to the stator core is superimposed on the electromagnetic driving force produced by the energization of the coil and is applied to the moving element by the magnetic flux produced by the permanent magnets.
US09071106B2	Armature windings The present invention relates to armature windings for DC electrical machines, and in particular to those that use electronic commutation and have relatively few slots per pole-pair. The armature windings are particularly well suited for use with rotating DC electrical machines that have a large diameter and a large number of poles such as those that might be directly coupled to the turbine blade assembly of a wind turbine. The armature winding is arranged in relation to the magnetic field generated by a field winding or by permanent magnets such that a number of commutation events during the time taken for the relative movement between the armature and the field system of one pole-pair is much larger than the number of coils per pole-pair.
US09071104B2	Method of attaching a magnet to a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine A method of attaching a magnet to a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine is provided. The method includes arranging a magnet along a surface of the rotor or stator; arranging a pair of retainers, one on each side of the magnet; enclosing the rotor or stator, magnet and retainers in a vacuum bag; and performing vacuum evacuation to consolidate the magnet to the retainers by means of adhesive. A magnet mounting arrangement for a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine and a wind turbine with a generator including a rotor and a stator and such a magnet mounting arrangement are also provided.
US09071096B2	Clamping structure for a stator core A generator is provided comprising: a frame; a stator core comprising laminations; and clamping structure to axially clamp the laminations together. The clamping structure may comprise: a plurality of first finger plates engaging a first end of the stator core; a first spacer plate associated with the first finger plates and including a plurality of spaced apart first recesses; a plurality of first engagement structures, each comprising a bolt and a corresponding slidable bushing; a first spring ring in engagement with the first engagement structures; and first load-applying structure coupled to the frame to imparts a load to the first spring ring.
US09071093B2	Base structure for cooling fan A base structure for cooling fan includes a seat, a circuit board and a motor assembly. The seat has an inner side served as a supporting surface. The circuit board has a first side attached to a top of the supporting surface and an opposite second side having a plurality of electronic elements provided thereon. The motor assembly includes a plurality of stacked silicon steel plates located on the circuit board and above the electronic elements. With the first side of the circuit board being attached to the supporting surface of the seat and the electronic elements on the second side of the circuit board being located in spaces between the motor assembly and the circuit board, more silicon steel plates can be stacked in the motor assembly to enable upgraded motor working efficiency and reduced electric current needed by the cooling fan to operate.
US09071092B2	Current diverter ring The current diverter rings (CDRs), captured CDRs, bearing isolators, and explosion-proof CDRs serve to dissipate an electrical charge from a rotating piece of equipment to ground, such as from a motor shaft to a motor housing. One embodiment of the explosion-proof CDR includes a stator that may be mounted to the equipment housing and a rotor that may be mounted to a shaft. The rotor may rotate with the shaft may be encompassed by stator and a cap, which cap may be secured directly to the stator or the housing. A conductive assembly may be positioned in a radial channel formed in the stator such that the conductive assembly contacts the shaft to conduct electricity from the shaft to the housing. Another embodiment of an explosion-proof CDR does not require a rotor. The explosion-proof CDR may be configured to define a flame path to achieve various explosion-proof certifications.
US09071090B2	Motor and electric device including the same A motor includes a stator having a stator iron core wound with stator windings, a rotor rotatably mounted on a shaft, a bearing for supporting the shaft, and a conductive bracket for fixing the bearing. The rotor is formed of a rotary body that holds a permanent magnet and the shaft that extends through the rotary body at center and joined to the rotary body. An electrostatic capacity between the shaft and an outermost wall of the rotary body is set smaller than an electrostatic capacity between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing during rotation of the bearing.
US09071088B2	Axial gap type generator There is provided an axial gap type generator exhibiting improved precision in positioning stator cores. An axial gap type generator comprises a generator case fixed to a crank case of an engine, a rotor yoke housed inside the generator case, and fixed to a crankshaft of the engine, and a first stator core and a second stator core fixed to generator case inner faces, and disposed flanking the rotor yoke in a rotation axis direction. The generator case is configured through direct connection of a first member to which the first stator core is fixed and a second member to which the second stator core is fixed.
US09071087B2	Electric drive device for motor vehicle The invention relates to an electric drive device (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) comprising an electric motor (20) with a stator (24) and a rotor (22) arranged to rotate a drive shaft (26), a housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) in which the electric motor (20) is housed, which housing has an essentially ring shaped cross section with an imaginary center axle (X), wherein the electric motor (20) is eccentrically arranged in the housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) in such a way that the rotational center of the drive shaft (26) of the electric motor (20) runs essentially parallel to and at a distance from the center axle of the housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) so as to form a desired space (36) between the electric motor and said housing. The invention also relates to motor vehicle with an electric drive device.
US09071086B2	Inverter, inverter communication system, communication method thereof An inverter communication system is provided. The system includes a plurality of inverters connected to each other through a communication line, and assigned with different original identifiers for mutual distinction, wherein each of the plurality of inverters: receives a data frame transmitted through a previous inverter; selectively transmits the received data frame to a subsequent inverter; generates a data frame to be transmitted when data to be transmitted to a specific inverter occur; and transmits the generated data frame to a subsequent inverter.
US09071081B2	Power source device for vehicle A vehicle power source device which can improve the accuracy of battery deterioration detection. The vehicle power source device (100) is provided with: generator (110) which is in-built in a vehicle; high-voltage first battery (120) which stores the electricity generated by the generator (110); DC/DC converter (140) which is provided between the generator (110) and the first battery (120), and electrical component (180); second battery (130) which is connected to the first battery (120) via the DC/DC converter (140), and which has a lower voltage than the first battery (120); and power source ECU (150) which controls the DC/DC converter (140). If the current drawn from the first battery (120) satisfies predicted conditions, the power source ECU (150) increases the output voltage of the DC/DC converter, measures the parameters required to detect the deterioration of the first battery (120), and determines the deterioration of the first battery (120).
US09071077B2	Limitation of vampiric energy loss within an inductive battery charger or external power supply using magnetic target detection circuitry Vampire energy loss occurs when an electronic or mechanical machine consumes energy while not being utilized for any useful purpose. Vampire energy losses in consumer electronic devices are under intense scrutiny for needlessly wasting an estimated 20% of the electric power production in the United States. It is also estimated by the US Department of Energy that by 2015 vampire electronics could be responsible for nearly 30 percent of the total household power consumption in the United States. Smarter vampire proof technologies are needed to address this growing problem.
US09071076B2	Limitation of vampiric energy loss within a wireless inductive battery charger Vampire energy loss occurs when an electronic or mechanical machine consumes energy while not being utilized for any useful purpose. Vampire energy losses in consumer electronic devices are under intense scrutiny for needlessly wasting an estimated 20% of the electric power production in the United States. It is also estimated by the US Department of Energy that by 2015 vampire electronics could be responsible for nearly 30 percent of the total household power consumption in the United States. Smarter vampire proof technologies are needed to address this growing problem.
US09071075B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system A power charging system is provided. The power charging system may have an information processing apparatus having a first communication unit and a power receiving unit, and an external apparatus having a second communication unit and a power transmission unit. The second communication unit may be configured to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit using a first carrier wave having a first frequency and the power transmission unit may be configured to wirelessly transmit power to the power receiving unit using a second carrier wave having a second frequency, the second frequency being different from the first frequency.
US09071074B2	Multi-standard, alternating current or direct current compatible electric vehicle supply equipment A multi-standard compatible electric vehicle supply equipment includes a plurality of different electric vehicle connectors each of which corresponds to one of a plurality of different electric vehicle standards. A power converter inputs alternating current power and includes an output to output direct current power. A circuit is structured to selectively electrically connect a source of alternating current power to a number of the electric vehicle connectors, selectively electrically connect the output of the power converter to a selected one of the different electric vehicle connectors, employ a plurality of different communication protocols for the different electric vehicle connectors, detect connectivity of one of the different electric vehicle connectors with an electric vehicle and responsively select one of a plurality of different charging modes, and communicate with the electric vehicle through the selected one of the different electric vehicle connectors.
US09071068B2	Charge/discharge control apparatus An estimation unit estimates the amount of power consumption for each unit period of time. A rechargeable battery control unit controls the rechargeable battery such that an exceeding amount of power worth the amount of power exceeding a target amount of power during a unit period of time is charged into the battery, and power is discharged from the battery during a time zone wherein the target amount of power is exceeded, on the basis of the result of the estimation. When the battery needs to be charged in excess of the upper-limit value, the control unit charges the battery up to the upper-limit value during a time zone wherein the amount of power consumption estimated is light, and the amount of power that exceeds the upper-limit value is charged during a time zone that is close to the time zone wherein the target amount of power is exceeded.
US09071064B2	Wireless energy transfer system and method for feeding an electric load A wireless energy transfer system and an associated method for feeding an electric load are provided. The system includes a transmitter which includes a generator adapted to generate a radiofrequency signal at a first frequency and a first resonant circuit adapted to transmit the radiofrequency signal; and a receiver adapted to receive the radiofrequency signal and comprising a second resonant circuit. The second resonant circuit is adapted to be located in the non-radiative near field generated by the first resonant circuit, and the transmitter includes frequency sweeping functionality, which imposes on the radiofrequency signal generator a cyclic excursion of the first frequency in the neighborhood of a nominal frequency of the generator so that, when the first frequency matches the resonant frequency of the second resonant circuit, a non-radiative energy transfer occurs.
US09071063B2	Wireless power receiving apparatus In a wireless power supply system, a first capacitor is arranged in series with an antenna. A second capacitor and a switch are arranged in series on a path arranged in parallel with the first capacitor. A control unit adjusts the duty ratio of the switch according to the frequency of an electric power signal.
US09071062B2	Systems and methods for dipole enhanced inductive power transfer An inductive power transfer apparatus is disclosed. A transmitter generates a first time varying magnetic field. A receiver is separated from the transmitter by a gap, but is located with the first time varying magnetic field. The receiver comprises: a conductor; and a receiver magnet located in the first time varying magnetic field and supported for movement in response to the first time varying magnetic field. The conductor and receiver are positioned relative to one another such that movement of the receiver magnet creates a second time-varying magnetic field in a vicinity of the conductor to thereby induce current in the conductor.
US09071061B2	Inductive power transfer apparatus A magnetic flux pad for receiving or generating magnetic flux. The pad includes two pole areas (11, 12) associated with a magnetically permeable core 14. Coils 17 define the pole areas. The pad allows useable flux to be generated at a significant height above a surface of the pad.
US09071059B2	Protective device against corrosion for an onboard electrical system and method for the control thereof A protective device against corrosion for an onboard electrical system, in particular thermal corrosion. The protective device includes at least one sensor for detecting a shunt and a switching device which is controllable by the sensor and outputs a switching pulse for the activation of a control unit upon control by the sensor. Also described is a method for the control of the onboard electrical system.
US09071058B2	Charger and electronic apparatus system A charger capable of charging an electronic apparatus includes a charger main body having a power output unit which output charging power, a connection unit which is attached to the charger main body, which is configured to be connected to the electronic apparatus, and which is configured to supply the charging power from the power output unit to the electronic apparatus in a state that the connection unit is connected to the electronic apparatus, and a temperature sensor which is provided in the connection unit, and which is configured to detect a temperature in the vicinity of the connection unit.
US09071054B2	Device and method for controlling power according to a load of a hybrid excavator A power control apparatus and method according to a load of a hybrid excavator including an H-ECU is disclosed. If a difference between an actual power value actually used in a load (SW PEC and ISAM PEC) or in an ESS and a power value required for an actual use in the load is equal to or larger than a set error value, a power that is supplied from the ESS to the PECs and a power that is supplied between the PECs are controlled to be cut off, and thus high voltage is prevented from being continuously supplied to circuits to thereby prevent secondary problems (e.g., fire, trouble of equipment, and the like) from occurring due to the high voltage.
US09071052B2	Unit rack for power storage and power storage apparatus comprising the same Disclosed is a unit rack for power storage having a plurality of cell modules which are series- or parallel-connected with each other; a housing for accommodating the cell modules; a receiving part of a circuit breaker, formed or installed in the housing, and having a ground clearance higher than the highest ground clearance of the cell modules; a circuit breaker received in the receiving part and connected between the connection lines; and a receiving part cover for closing the receiving part of the circuit breaker.
US09071050B2	Current generating device Even when a large-current, high-voltage load is applied, damage is prevented. A current generating device (1) supplies a current simulating a current flowing when lightning occurs to a test piece (9) subjected to a lightning resistance test using power supplied from a power supply device (2). The current generating device (1) includes electric double-layer capacitors that store and discharge power supplied from the power supply device (2), a semiconductor switch (3) that switches between supplying and not supplying the power stored in the electric double-layer capacitors to the test piece (9), and a protection unit (4) that is connected between the semiconductor switch (3) and the test piece (9) and that cuts the connection between the semiconductor switch (3) and the test piece (9) when a current larger than a predetermined value flows through the semiconductor switch (3).
US09071047B2	Voltage regulator Provided is a voltage regulator including an overcurrent protection circuit using a simple circuit. The voltage regulator includes the overcurrent protection circuit including: a first sense transistor having a gate connected to an output terminal of an error amplifier circuit and a drain connected to a sense resistor; a second sense transistor having a gate connected to the output terminal of the error amplifier circuit; and a control transistor having a gate connected to an output terminal of a control circuit, a source connected to a drain of the second sense transistor, and a drain connected to the sense resistor, in which the control transistor is turned on in response to a detection signal output by the control circuit until a reference voltage exceeds a predetermined voltage.
US09071045B2	Terminal processing structure and terminal processing method of coaxial cable A terminal processing structure of a coaxial cable includes a core wire, an insulator with which an outer periphery of the core wire is covered, a braid with which an outer periphery of the insulator is covered, and an outer sheath with which an outer periphery of the braid is covered. The outer sheath is divided into a distal piece and a proximal piece by being notched along a circumferential direction in a cable distal end and the distal piece is held in a position separate from the proximal piece and thereby an exposed part of the braid to which a braid crimp part of a shield terminal is crimped is formed between the distal piece and the proximal piece and also a distal end of the braid is covered with the distal piece.
US09071043B2	Trapped-key-based locking system for docking station Embodiments of the present invention provide a docking station that prevents electrical cables (e.g., from a portable power generator or other temporary power source) from even being connected to connectors in the interior of the docking station while the building's electrical system (or other electrical load) is in electrical communication with the utility. The docking station can include a cabinet with two doors that swing in different directions and a locking mechanism that regulates the opening and closing of those doors. In preferred embodiments, the locking mechanism includes a trapped-key lock. Embodiments of the present invention can be used in applications other than docking stations.
US09071042B2	Wiring harness and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a wiring harness having a flexible tube body being an exterior component of a conducting path, and a manufacturing method thereof. The wiring harness has a conducting path assembly including a conducting path and a flexible tube body being an exterior component of the conducting path assembly. The tube body has a water or light hardening fixing member. When the water or light hardening fixing member is hardened, a shape holding portion is formed. The wiring harness is held by the shape holding portion of the tube body with a desired shape.
US09071041B2	Twist-in latching arrangement for cable management structure A cable management system includes a panel with a plurality of openings, each opening defining a similar configuration, each opening defining a first dimension and a second dimension, the first dimension being longer, than the second dimension. A cable management structure is removably coupled to the panel, the cable management structure including a plurality of latching elements, each latching element defining a retaining portion received through each opening of the panel, each retaining portion having a first dimension that is smaller than or equal to the second dimension of the opening and a second dimension that is greater than the second dimension of the opening, wherein the cable management structure is coupled to the panel by inserting the retaining portion of each latching element through each opening and rotating the cable management structure in a first direction with respect to the panel.
US09071040B2	Ion generator A partition is formed between an ion generating unit at the windward side and an ion generating unit at the leeward side, so that the amount of airflow to pass through the ion generating unit at the windward side will become more in comparison to the amount of airflow to pass through the ion generating unit at the leeward side.
US09071037B2	High power short pulse fiber laser A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs. A modelocked linear fiber laser cavity with enhanced pulse-width control includes concatenated sections of both polarization-maintaining and non-polarization-maintaining fibers. Apodized fiber Bragg gratings and integrated fiber polarizers are included in the cavity to assist in linearly polarizing the output of the cavity. Very short pulses with a large optical bandwidth are obtained by matching the dispersion value of the fiber Bragg grating to the inverse of the dispersion of the intra-cavity fiber.
US09071036B2	Laser apparatus A laser apparatus may include an optical resonator, a laser chamber, an optical loss adjustment mechanism, and a spectral line width adjustment mechanism. The optical resonator includes a mirror configured to reflect a part of light and a grating. The laser chamber is provided in the optical resonator and contains a laser gain medium, configured to emit a laser beam. The optical loss adjustment mechanism is provided in the optical resonator and configured to adjust an optical loss of the laser beam. The spectral line width adjustment mechanism is provided in the optical resonator and configured to adjust a spectral line width of the laser beam.
US09071030B2	Highly integrable semiconductor device Described herein is a novel technique used to make novel thin III-V semiconductor cleaved facet edge emitting active optical devices, such as lasers and optical amplifiers. These fully processed laser platelets with both top side and bottom side electrical contacts can be thought of as freestanding optoelectronic building blocks that can be integrated as desired on diverse substrates for a number of applications, many of which are in the field of communications. The thinness of these platelets and the precision with which their dimensions are defined using the process described herein makes it conducive to assemble them in dielectric recesses on a substrate, such as silicon, as part of an end-fire coupled, coaxial alignment optoelectronic integration strategy. This technology has been used to integrate edge emitting lasers onto silicon substrates, a significant challenge in the field of silicon optoelectronics.
US09071029B2	Socket A socket includes a tubular frame body into which a base part of an electric lamp bulb is to be inserted, the frame body in which a terminal metal fitting to be electrically connected with the base part is to be provided, the frame body having a side wall formed with two slits and formed with an arm piece between the slits, the arm piece which has a first face to be opposed to the terminal metal fitting and a second face opposite to the first face, the side wall formed with a butting face, when the arm piece is deformed outward of the frame body, a part of the second face of the arm piece is in contact with the butting face.
US09071016B2	Electrical connector with a sliding flexible cantilever beam terminal retainer An electrical connector configured to retain an electrical terminal including a terminal lock nib that projects inward into a terminal cavity from a first cavity wall for retaining the electrical terminal in the connector body and a flexible cantilever beam that projects axially into the terminal cavity from a fixed end of the cantilever beam. The cantilever beam is located opposite the terminal lock nib and is configured to push the terminal against a second cavity wall and into retaining engagement with the terminal lock nib. The connector also includes a support ridge that projects into the terminal cavity and is configured to contact and restrict movement of a free end of the cantilever beam during insertion of the terminal into the terminal cavity. The terminal has a laterally spaced lock surface engageable with the lock nib and is configured to prevent withdrawal of the terminal from the cavity.
US09071011B2	Electrical connector and squib connection device An electrical connector of the present invention includes a housing, an electrical terminal, and a moving member that has a moving member body and a detection portion. The housing is provided with a first step portion, and the detection portion is provided with a second step portion. When the moving member is at a first position, the second step portion comes into contact with the first step portion so as to prevent the moving member from moving forward. When the mating portion is completely fitted into a retainer, the detection portion becomes displaced toward the counter mating side due to being pressed by the retainer or the inflator housing, and the second step portion becomes separated from the first step portion so as to permit the moving member to move forward. Also, a squib connection device of the present invention includes this electrical connector.
US09071004B2	Self-supported jacket seal for high voltage cable accessories A self-supported jacket seal designed for a cable connector so that after a cable is inserted into the cable connector, the integrated jacket seal protects any exposed portion of the cable without requiring any additional installation steps. The self-supported feature is provided by a plurality of rigid ridges positioned on the outer surface of the jacket seal. The ridges strengthen the construction of the component so that the jacket seal substantially maintains its shape when a cable is slidably inserted therewithin. Because the seal does not buckle when installed, it does not require any additional installation steps as found in other similar inventions known in the art.
US09071002B2	Power supply unit Multi-outlet socket boxes for providing power and, optionally, data connection. The sockets are mounted in oppositely directed inclined flanks of a socket support structure. The socket includes a casing containing the support structure, with an opening in the casing and a cover which, in its closed position conceals the structure and in its open position permits access to the sockets. The cover may be in two parts which move towards and away from one another during closing and opening movements. The cover could include several slats hinged together, guides for guiding the slats, and a locking mechanism.
US09070994B2	Plug, electronic apparatus, and plug receptacle There is provided a plug which includes electrodes that transmit direct-current power and an electrode cover that covers the electrodes. The electrode cover includes a lock detection unit that electrically detects that the electrode cover is locked.
US09070992B2	Termination of carbon nanotube macrostructures An electrical connector has a carbon nanotube (CNT) conductor, a terminal terminated to the CNT conductor, and a conductive intermediary electrically coupled to the CNT conductor and the terminal to enhance an electrical connection between the CNT conductor and the terminal. Optionally, the terminal may have a crimp barrel that receives the CNT conductor. The electrical connector may include a second CNT conductor where the terminal splices the CNT conductor and the second CNT conductor together.
US09070990B2	Power connector having opposing contact springs Power connector including a pair of discrete contact springs configured to electrically engage a conductive component. Each of the contact springs includes a contact body having opposite inner and outer side surfaces and a contact edge that extends between the inner and outer side surfaces. The contact body is shaped to form a spring base and a mating portion. The spring bases of the contact springs are joined by a locking feature. The locking feature includes a localized portion of at least one of the spring bases. The localized portion frictionally engages the other spring base to interlock the spring bases. Each of the mating portions extends from the corresponding spring base. The mating portions are separated by a receiving space and are configured to engage the conductive component when the conductive component is inserted into the receiving space.
US09070988B2	Structure and method for connection of connector terminal In a structure of connection of a connector terminal 10 connected to an electric wire whose core wire is covered with a outer cover, the connector terminal has a barrel portion for crimping the end of the electric wire and an electric connection portion electrically connected to a mating terminal. The outer cover of the electric wire is cut and separated in the vicinity of the end portion of the electric wire and displaced to expose the core wire. The separated portion of the outer cover displaced toward the end portion of the electric wire, an exposed portion of the core wire, and a portion of the electric wire covered with the outer cover are crimped to the barrel portion of the connector terminal.
US09070982B2	Integrated millimeter wave transceiver A millimeter wave transceiver including a plate forming an interposer having its upper surface supporting an interconnection network and having its lower surface intended to be assembled on an electronic device; at least one integrated circuit chip assembled on the upper surface of the interposer; at least one antenna including at least one track formed on the upper surface of the interposer; and at least one block attached under the plate and including in front of each antenna a cavity having a metalized bottom, the distance between each antenna and the bottom being on the order of one quarter of the wavelength, taking into account the dielectric constants of the interposed materials.
US09070981B2	Multi-layered electromagnetic wave absorber and manufacturing method thereof A multi layer electromagnetic wave absorber is provided. The absorber includes a surface layer comprising at least one of a dielectric lossy mixture and a magnetic lossy mixture, an absorption layer, laminated on a rear side of the surface layer, comprising: a dielectric lossy mixture having a higher loss than the dielectric lossy mixture for the surface layer, and a magnetic lossy mixture having a higher loss than the magnetic lossy mixture for the surface layer, and a boundary layer, laminated on a rear side of the absorption layer, comprising a conductive material.
US09070980B2	Small antenna apparatus operable in multiple bands including low-band frequency and high-band frequency and increasing bandwidth including high-band frequency A radiator is provided with a looped radiation conductor, a capacitor, an inductor, a feed point on the radiation conductor, and a dielectric block provided in a portion where the radiation conductor and the ground conductor are close to each other. At a low-band resonance frequency, a current flows through a path extending along an inner perimeter of the loop of the radiation conductor and including the inductor and the capacitor. At a high-band resonance frequency, a current flows through a path including a section extending along an outer perimeter of the loop of the radiation conductor, including the capacitor but not including the inductor, and extending between the feed point and the inductor, and a parallel resonant circuit is formed from: a capacitance between the radiation conductor and the ground conductor between which the dielectric block is provided; and an inductance of the radiation conductor.
US09070975B2	Antennas with multiple feed circuits There is disclosed an antenna arrangement comprising an electrically conductive radiating element having first and second ends, an electrically conductive ground plane or ground member, and an input terminal. The radiating element has a plurality of separate feed points at different locations between its first and second ends, and the input terminal is provided with a switch. Each feed point is electrically connected to the switch by way of a separate electrical pathway, the switch being configured to allow the separate feed points to be connected individually or in predetermined combinations to the input terminal by selecting between a plurality of selectable contacts. At least one of the electrical pathways includes a capacitive circuit component connected in series, and at least one other of the electrical pathways includes an inductive circuit component connected in series. The antenna arrangement allows for a high degree of customization and improved matching, and enables good multi-band performance.
US09070972B2	Wideband beam forming device; wideband beam steering device and corresponding methods A beam forming device and method as well as to a beam steering device and method are described. The imaging beam forming device comprises a wideband transmit unit comprising at least one transmit antenna, a receiver unit comprising at least two receive antennas and at least one receive element that receive radiation from said scene and that generate receive signals from said received radiation, and a beam forming unit that performs beam forming to form a receive beam and obtain beam formed output signals from said receive signals by use of beam forming weights. For different samples or groups of subsequent samples of a receive signal, a sample representing said receive signal at a different frequency, a frequency-dependent weight is used for beam forming, which frequency-dependent weights are adapted to result in a predetermined shape of said receive beam.
US09070969B2	Tunable antenna systems An electronic device has wireless communications circuitry including an adjustable antenna system coupled to a radio-frequency transceiver. The adjustable antenna system may include one or more adjustable electrical components that are controlled by storage and processing circuitry in the electronic device. The adjustable electrical components may include switches and components that can be adjusted between numerous different states. The adjustable electrical components may be coupled between antenna system components such as transmission line elements, matching network elements, antenna elements and antenna feeds. By adjusting the adjustable electrical components, the storage and processing circuitry can tune the adjustable antenna system to ensure that the adjustable antenna system covers communications bands of interest.
US09070966B2	Multi-band, wide-band antennas Disclosed herein are various exemplary embodiments of multi-band, wide-band antennas. In exemplary embodiments, the antenna generally includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion includes two or more upper radiating elements and one or more slots disposed between the two or more upper radiating elements. The lower portion includes three or more lower radiating elements and one or more slots disposed between the three or more lower radiating elements. A gap is between the upper and lower portions such that the upper radiating elements are separated and spaced apart from the lower radiating elements. The antenna may be configured such that coupling of the gap and the upper and lower radiating elements enable multi-band, wide-band operation of the antenna within at least a first frequency range and a second frequency range, with the upper radiating elements operable as a radiating portion of the antenna, the lower radiating elements operable as a ground portion, and the gap operable for impedance matching.
US09070962B2	Surface communication device A surface communication device of the present invention includes: an electromagnetic wave propagation unit which propagates electromagnetic waves and has a sheet shape; and at least one of a power feeding device unit which is disposed on the electromagnetic wave propagation unit in a non-conductive state with the electromagnetic wave propagation unit and feeds the electromagnetic waves to the electromagnetic wave propagation unit, and a reception device unit which is disposed on the electromagnetic wave propagation unit in a non-conductive state with the electromagnetic wave propagation unit and receives the electromagnetic waves propagated via the electromagnetic wave propagation unit. The at least one of the power feeding device unit and the reception device unit includes: an electromagnetic wave coupling unit which transmits the electromagnetic waves to the electromagnetic wave propagation unit or receives the electromagnetic waves from the electromagnetic wave propagation unit; and an electromagnetic wave suppression unit which includes a plurality of conductor unit structures arranged along a surface of the electromagnetic wave propagation unit so as to surround the electromagnetic wave coupling unit, and suppresses leakage of the electromagnetic waves from a space between the electromagnetic wave coupling unit and the electromagnetic wave propagation unit.
US09070958B2	Battery system having an external thermal management system Battery systems and modules having external thermal management systems are provided. In one embodiment, a battery module includes a housing and at least one electrochemical cell disposed within the housing. The battery module also includes a thermal interface having a first side in contact with the at least one electrochemical cell. The battery module also includes a heat sink in contact with a second side of the thermal interface. The thermal interface is adapted to enable heat transfer from the at least one electrochemical cell to the heat sink.
US09070957B2	Power supply device for linear actuator apparatus and battery module thereof A power supply device for a linear actuator apparatus, which includes a control module and a battery module. The power supply device further provides a battery module including a box, a primary power supply unit and a standby power supply unit. The box has a first chamber, a second chamber and a separating plate formed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The primary power supply unit is provided in the first chamber. The standby power supply unit is provided in the second chamber.
US09070955B2	Structure for electrochemical device to improve safety and electrochemical device comprising the same Disclosed is a sealed structure for an electrochemical device having a hollow space therein, further comprising a material generating gases via thermal decomposition in the hollow space. Also, disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator, an electrolyte, a casing for the device, and the structure for the electrochemical device.
US09070941B2	Negative electrode material for lithium secondary battery and its manufacturing method, and negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery [Object] The object is to provide a negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, wherein a sulfide-based negative electrode with water-resistant properties can exert excellent cycle characteristics and high output performance while maintaining a high discharge capacity and there is no precipitation of lithium dendrites during charge at low temperature.[Means for Solving Problems] A negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery comprising sulfur and sulfide glass including the following components (i) and (ii):(i) at least one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Sb, As, Bi, Ge, Si, Cu, Zn, Pd, In and Zr; and(ii) at least one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Se, Te, Ga, Sn, Pb, Cd, Al, Fe, Mg, Ca, Co, Ag, Sr, P and Ba, wherein the ratio of the above components is sulfur: 40-80 mol %, (i): 1-50 mol % and (ii): 1-50 mol %, respectively.
US09070939B2	Battery module A battery module including: a plurality of rechargeable batteries including a first terminal and a second terminal; and a connecting member electrically connecting rechargeable batteries of the plurality of rechargeable batteries through the first and second terminals, the connecting member including an access protrusion protruded toward the first terminal, and the first terminal includes a pressurizer configured to press the access protrusion toward a part of the first terminal.
US09070934B2	Biological fuel cell and methods A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to electroreduce a cathode oxidant in the presence of the cathode enzyme. In addition, anode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the anode to transduce a current between the anode and the anode enzyme and cathode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the cathode to transduce a current between the cathode and the cathode enzyme.
US09070933B2	Negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery, secondary battery using the same, method for manufacturing the same A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery includes: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke, and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90, and a phosphorous compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to phosphor relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes.
US09070931B2	Cathode, method of preparing the same, and lithium battery including the cathode A cathode, a method of forming the cathode and a lithium battery including the cathode. The cathode includes a current collector and a cathode active material layer disposed on the current collector; the cathode active material layer includes a lithium transition metal oxide having a spinel structure, a conductive agent, and a binder; and at least a portion of a surface of the cathode active material layer is fluorinated.
US09070926B2	Battery module with fixing members Disclosed herein is a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, the battery module including the battery cells being stacked in a state in which electrode terminals are electrically connected to each other, a pair of cell covers coupled to each other to surround the entirety of an outside of a battery cell stack including two or more battery cells excluding the electrode terminals of the battery cells, and fixing members mounted at the cell covers in contact with the outside of the battery cell stack to properly fix the battery cells in the cell covers.
US09070923B2	Attach and detach device of battery for electric vehicle Disclosed is an electric vehicle battery attaching/detaching device including a battery having incision recesses formed on lateral portions, respectively, each incision recess having a lower engaging ledge; a battery mounting unit adapted to detachably mount the battery, the battery mounting unit having grasping holders formed on a bottom portion and adapted to engage with or disengage from the lower engaging ledges of the battery incision recesses; and a controller adapted to rotate the grasping holders in response to an electric signal so that the grasping holders engage with or disengage from the lower engaging ledges of the battery incision recesses.
US09070922B2	Electronic device There is provided an electronic device includes a lock member disposed at a part of a peripheral wall of a battery pack loading section so as to be freely shift between a lock position for locking a loaded battery pack and an unlock position for releasing the lock; an unlock restricting member provided so as to be freely shift between a restriction position for restricting the lock member from being shifted to the unlock position and a non-restriction position for releasing the restriction; and a restricting member abutting portion provided at the outer surface of the battery pack, for abutting against the unlock restricting member to shift the unlock restricting member to the non-restriction position, when the unlock restricting member is located at the restriction position even though no battery pack is loaded in the battery pack loading section.
US09070917B2	Method of controlling fuel cell system In a fuel cell system, regeneration-time voltage fixed control is implemented where during regeneration or when regeneration is expected to occur, output voltage of a fuel cell is set to a voltage value outside an oxidation reduction progress voltage range, and the amount of reactant gas supplied to the fuel cell is changed based on the amount of electric power remaining in an energy storage device. In the regeneration-time voltage fixed control, it is determined whether or not regeneration occurs while a moving body equipped with the fuel cell system is moving down a slope, and in the case where it is determined that regeneration occurs while the moving body is moving down a slope, the amount of the reactant gas supplied to the fuel cell is decreased in comparison with the case where it is determined that regeneration occurs while the moving body is not moving down a slope.
US09070915B2	Hydrogen generator, operating method of hydrogen generator, and fuel cell system A hydrogen generator associated with the invention comprises a hydro-desulfurizer (1) configured to remove sulfur compounds from a raw material; a reformer (2) configured to generate hydrogen-containing gas with use of the raw material that has passed through the hydro-desulfurizer (1); a raw material supply device (3) configured to supply the raw material to the reformer (2); a recycle flow passage (4) configured to supply a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas, discharged from the reformer (2), to the raw material before the raw material flows into the hydro-desulfurizer (1); an on-off valve (5) provided in the recycle flow passage (4); a pressure detector (6) located at a position upstream of the on-off valve (5) in the recycle flow passage (4); and an abnormality detector (7) configured to detect an abnormal clogging in the recycle flow passage (4) based on a pressure detected by the pressure detector (6), in a state in which the raw material supply device (3) is supplying the raw material to the reformer (2) with the on-off valve (5) closed.
US09070913B2	Humidifier for fuel cell Disclosed is a humidifier for fuel cell, which facilitates to maximize humidifying performance and reducing the maintenance cost through the uniform humidification among all the hollow fiber membranes by preventing high-humidity unreacted gas introduced to the inside of membrane housing from flowing concentratedly toward a specific region in the membrane housing, wherein the humidifier comprises a membrane housing; a partition plate for dividing an inner space of the membrane housing into plural unit spaces; plural hollow fiber membranes in each of the unit spaces; and a cover mounted on an end of the membrane housing, the cover including an inlet for introducing unreacted gas of high-humidity discharged from a stack into the membrane housing, wherein plural distribution holes are provided in the membrane housing, the distribution holes corresponding to the unit spaces respectively.
US09070911B2	Top cap assembly having terminal block Disclosed herein is a top cap assembly mounted to a battery cell having an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure disposed in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, the battery case being provided at an upper end thereof with a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal, the top cap assembly including a protection circuit module (PCM) and an electrically insulative top cap housing mounted to the upper end of the battery cell while surrounding an outside of the PCM, wherein the PCM includes a protection circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon, the PCB being coupled to a mechanical coupling part of a terminal block, connecting parts connected to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, a safety element, and the terminal block mounted to the PCM, the terminal block including connectors.
US09070910B2	Porous material for fuel cell electrolyte membrane, method for producing the same, electrolyte membrane for solid polymer fuel cell, membrane electrode assembly (MEA), and fuel cell According to the present invention, a porous material for a fuel cell electrolyte membrane, wherein at least one strength auxiliary layer is provided inside and/or on the surface of a high porosity layer, the high porosity layer and the strength auxiliary layer constitute a multilayer structure, and the average diameter of pores of the high porosity layer is different from the average diameter of pores of the strength auxiliary layer, is provided. Also, a porous material having high porosity and high strength, which is suitable as a base material for an electrolyte membrane of a solid polymer fuel cell, is provided and a high-performance fuel cell using such material is realized.
US09070907B2	Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same A stainless steel separator for fuel cells and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes preparing a stainless steel sheet as a matrix, performing surface modification on a surface of the stainless steel sheet to form a Cr-rich passive film having a comparatively increased amount of Cr in a superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet by decreasing an amount of Fe in the superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet, and forming a coating layer on the surface of the surface-modified stainless steel sheet. The coating layer is one selected from a metal nitride layer (MNx), a metal/metal nitride layer (M/MNx), a metal carbide layer (MCy), and a metal boride layer (MBz) (where 0.5≦x≦1, 0.42≦y≦1, 0.5≦z≦2).
US09070906B2	Battery assembling apparatus and battery assembly manufacturing method A battery assembling apparatus is disclosed. The battery assembling apparatus comprises: first and second rotary tables arranged to face each other at points on respective outer circumferences and rotate in forward directions relative to each other; a battery holding part provided on the outer circumference of the first rotary table to hold a battery; a frame holding part provided on the outer circumference of the second rotary table to hold a frame; a battery supplying part for supplying batteries to the battery holding part at a position different from a facing position between the first and second rotary tables; a frame supplying part for supplying frames to the frame holding part at a position different from the facing position; and a discharging part for taking out an assembly of a battery and a frame assembled together from the facing position.
US09070900B2	Method of manufacturing display, and display A method of manufacturing a display not needing a complicated post-process for forming a reflecting mirror film and allowing degradation in an organic light-emitting device to be prevented, and a display. The method of manufacturing a display includes the steps of: forming a plurality of organic light-emitting devices in a display region on a substrate to form a light-emitting panel; forming projection-shaped reflection elements corresponding to the plurality of organic light-emitting devices, respectively, on a base to form a reflector; forming an adhesive layer along an outer edge of the light-emitting panel; and bonding the light-emitting panel and the reflector together with the adhesive layer in a vacuum atmosphere, thereby to form a vacuum layer in a space between the light-emitting panel and the reflector.
US09070898B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device is disclosed which includes: an element substrate provided with a thin film transistor; an organic light emitting element electrically connected to the thin film transistor and formed on the element substrate; a protective layer formed on the organic light emitting element; an adhesive film configured to include a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer which are sequentially stacked on the protective layer, the first adhesive layer including a resin layer and the second adhesive layer including another resin layer and a filler; and a sealing substrate disposed on the second adhesive layer and combined with the element substrate, which is provided with the organic light emitting element, by the adhesive film. One of the resin layers of the first and second adhesive layers within the adhesive film is formed from a non-hardening resin layer.
US09070888B2	Photoelectronic device and image sensor A photoelectronic device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the active layer, the auxiliary layer including a first auxiliary layer including a metal oxide and a metal and a second auxiliary layer including a first organic material having a HOMO energy level of greater than or equal to about 6.0 eV.
US09070887B2	Photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion device material, photosensor and imaging device A photoelectric conversion device comprising an electrically conductive film, an organic photoelectric conversion film, and a transparent electrically conductive film, wherein the organic photoelectric conversion film contains a compound represented by the following formula (1) and an n-type organic semiconductor: wherein each of R1 and R2 independently represents a substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted heteroaryl group or an unsubstituted heteroaryl group, each of R3 to R11 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent provided that an acidic group is excluded, m represents 0 or 1, n represents an integer of 0 or more, R1 and R2, R3 and R4, R3 and R5, R5 and R6, R6 and R8, R7 and R8, R7 and R9, or R10 and R11 may be combined each other to form a ring, and when n is an integer of 2 or more, out of a plurality of R7's and R8's, a pair of R7's, a pair of R8's, or a pair of R7 and R8 may be combined each other to form a ring.
US09070884B2	Hybrid OLED having phosphorescent and fluorescent emitters The present invention provides organic light emitting devices having a combined emission from at least two emissive materials, a fluorescent blue emissive material and a phosphorescent emissive material. The device may further comprise additional fluorescent or phosphorescent emissive materials. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides OLEDs having three different emissive materials—a red emissive material, a green emissive material and a blue emissive material. The invention provides a device architecture which is optimized for efficiency and lifetime by using a combination of fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters. Further, in preferred embodiments the device architecture provides a high color-stability of the light emission over a wide range of currents or luminances.
US09070882B2	Boron ester fused thiophene monomers A compound of formula (I), formula (II), or a combination thereof, and salts thereof is described. Each A may be independently an optionally substituted conjugated species or an optionally substituted aromatic species. Each R may be independently an optionally substituted C1-C40 linear alkyl chain, an optionally substituted branched alkyl chain, an optionally substituted alkyl chain containing heteroatoms, substituted alkyl chains, or H. Each R2 may be independently an optionally substituted C1-C40 linear alkyl chain, an optionally substituted branched alkyl chain, an optionally substituted alkyl chain containing heteroatoms, substituted alkyl chains, H, or part of a cyclic boronate ester with an other R2. Each n may be independently less than or equal to 3 and greater than or equal to 1. Each x may be independently less than or equal to 3.
US09070881B2	Method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor thin film A method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor thin film includes coating an organic semiconductor solution on a substrate, and shearing the organic semiconductor solution in a direction that results in a shearing stress being applied to the organic semiconductor solution to form the organic semiconductor thin film, wherein a speed of the shearing is controlled such that an intermolecular distance of the organic semiconductor solution is adjusted.
US09070879B2	Method for monitoring flexural vibrations of a piezoactuator In the method for monitoring flexural vibrations of a piezoactuator, a small-signal spectrum of a piezoactuator, which is provided and mounted for the purpose of exciting longitudinal vibrations, is measured and an excitation of a transverse vibration in the piezoactuator is detected from resonances occurring in the small-signal spectrum.
US09070875B2	Low temperature GST process A deposition process to form a conformal phase change material film on the surface of a substrate to produce a memory device wafer comprises providing a substrate to a chamber of a deposition system; providing an activation region; introducing one or more precursors into the chamber upstream of the substrate; optionally introducing one or more co-reactants upstream of the substrate; activating the one or more precursors; heating the substrate; and depositing the phase change material film on the substrate from the one or more precursors by chemical vapor deposition. The deposited phase change material film comprises GexSbyTezAm in which A is a dopant selected from the group of N, C, In, Sn, and Se. In one implementation, the process is carried out to form GST films doped with carbon and nitrogen, to impart beneficial film growth and performance properties to the film.
US09070865B1	Transverse mode multi-resonant single crystal transducer A transducer is disclosed that includes a multiply resonant composite, the composite having a resonator bar of a piezoelectric single crystal configured in a d32 transverse length-extensional resonance mode having a crystallographic orientation set such that the thickness axis is in the <110> family and resonance direction is the <001> family.
US09070864B2	Piezoelectric vibration device and portable terminal using the same A piezoelectric vibration device capable of being made thin and generating strong vibration, and a portable terminal using the same. Disclosed are a piezoelectric vibration device including at least: a support body; a vibration member that is mounted to the support body to be able to vibrate; a vibration element capable of being independently subjected to bending vibration by application of an electric signal; and a deformable first connecting member that is at least partly formed of a viscoelastic body, the deformable first connecting member being disposed between a first surface of the vibration element that is a bending surface and one main surface of the vibration member, and connecting the first surface of the vibration element and the one main surface of the vibration member, and a portable terminal using the piezoelectric vibration device.
US09070855B2	Magnetic random access memory having perpendicular enhancement layer The present invention is directed to a spin transfer torque (STT) MRAM device having a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory element. The memory element includes a perpendicular MTJ structure in between a non-magnetic seed layer and a non-magnetic cap layer. The MTJ structure comprises a magnetic free layer structure and a magnetic reference layer structure with an insulating tunnel junction layer interposed therebetween, an anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer formed adjacent to the magnetic reference layer structure, and a magnetic fixed layer formed adjacent to the anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer. At least one of the magnetic free and reference layer structures includes a non-magnetic perpendicular enhancement layer, which improves the perpendicular anisotropy of magnetic layers adjacent thereto.
US09070853B2	Package for an optoelectronic semiconductor component and semiconductor component A package for an optoelectronic semiconductor component is disclosed. The package includes a package body, a first connecting lead and a second connecting lead. The first connecting lead and the second connecting lead each extend in a vertical direction through the package body. A semiconductor component with such a package and a semiconductor chip are also disclosed.
US09070852B2	Light emitting device package and manufacturing method thereof A light emitting device (LED) package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The LED package includes an LED including a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad disposed on one surface thereof; a bonding insulating pattern layer configured to expose the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad; a substrate including a via hole bored from a first surface to a second surface and a wiring metal layer formed on an inner surface of the via hole to extend to a part of the second surface; and a bonding metal pattern layer bonded to the wiring metal layer exposed through the via hole at the first surface of the substrate and also bonded to the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad.
US09070851B2	Wafer-level light emitting diode package and method of fabricating the same Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a wafer-level light emitting diode (LED) package and a method of fabricating the same. The LED package includes a semiconductor stack including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer; a plurality of contact holes arranged in the second conductive type semiconductor layer and the active layer, the contact holes exposing the first conductive type semiconductor layer; a first bump arranged on a first side of the semiconductor stack, the first bump being electrically connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer via the plurality of contact holes; a second bump arranged on the first side of the semiconductor stack, the second bump being electrically connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and a protective insulation layer covering a sidewall of the semiconductor stack.
US09070846B2	Primer composition and optical semiconductor apparatus using same The invention provides a primer composition which adheres a substrate mounting an optical semiconductor device and a cured material of an addition reaction curing silicone composition that encapsulates the optical semiconductor device includes (A) an acrylic resin containing either one or both of an acrylate ester and a methacrylate ester that contains one or more SiCH═CH2 groups in the molecule, and (B) solvent. There can be provided a primer composition in which the adhesion between a substrate mounting an optical semiconductor device and a cured material of an addition reaction curing silicone composition that encapsulates the optical semiconductor device can be improved, the corrosion of a metal electrode formed on the substrate can be prevented, and the heat resistance of a primer itself can be improved.
US09070843B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device, exhibit-irradiating illumination device, meat-irradiating illumination device, vegetable-irradiating illumination device, fresh fish-irradiating illumination device, general-purpose illumination device, and semiconductor light-emitting system The present invention provides a semiconductor light-emitting device which emits light with high chroma, and an exhibit-irradiating illumination device, a meat-irradiating illumination device, a vegetable-irradiating illumination device, a fresh fish-irradiating illumination device, a general-purpose illumination device, and a semiconductor light-emitting system which include the semiconductor light-emitting device. A semiconductor light-emitting device 1 comprises an LED chip 10 as a semiconductor light-emitting element and a phosphor 20 which uses the LED chip 10 as an excitation source to emit light. The phosphor contains at least a green phosphor and a red phosphor, and a value of intensity of light with a wavelength of 660 nm in a spectrum of beam-normalized light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting device 1 is 170% or more and 300% or less of a value of intensity of light with a wavelength of 660 nm in a spectrum of beam-normalized reference light for color rendering evaluation.
US09070839B2	Method of manufacturing a light emitting diode A method (100) of making a semiconductor device, for example a light emitting diode. The method (100) includes providing (105) a semiconductor wafer, and providing (110) a protective layer over the semiconductor wafer. Preferably the protective layer comprises indium-tin oxide. Processing steps are performed on the wafer and the protective layer is arranged to protect the wafer during the processing steps. The processing steps may include forming a mask layer (115) over the protective layer, which is used for etching through the protective layer and into the semiconductor wafer, removing the mask layer, or etching filling materials (150) provided over the selectively etched semiconductor wafer.
US09070838B2	Optoelectronic device and stacking structure Disclosed is an optoelectronic device that includes a light source, an emission layer disposed on the light source including a light emitting particle dispersed in a matrix polymer, and a polymer film disposed on the emission layer, the polymer film including a polymerized polymer of a first monomer including at least two thiol (—SH) groups and a second monomer including at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing groups at a terminal end.
US09070834B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure, a first electrode unit, and a second electrode unit. The light emitting structure includes a first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer. The first electrode unit includes a first electrode pad and a first electrode finger extending from the first electrode pad, and having an annular shape with an open portion. The second electrode unit includes a second electrode pad and a second electrode finger extending from the second electrode pad, and has an annular shape with an open portion. One of the first and second electrode units substantially surrounds the other, and the center of the annular shape of at least one of the first and second electrode units is spaced apart from the center of the upper surface of the light emitting structure.
US09070827B2	Optoelectronic device and method for manufacturing the same An optoelectronic device comprising: a substrate; and an epitaxial stack including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity-type impurity, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity-type impurity formed in sequence on the substrate; a hollow component formed inside the active layer or the second semiconductor layer, wherein the layer with the hollow component is doped with an additional impurity.
US09070826B2	Accumulated type thermoelectric generator for vehicle In one embodiment, a thermoelectric generator for a vehicle is provided. In particular, a thermoelectric generator is provided that includes a thermoelectric generating unit which is mounted between an exhaust gas inlet pipe through which an exhaust gas flows within and an exhaust gas outlet pipe through which the exhaust gas is discharged. The thermoelectric generating unit also includes a coolant inlet formed on one side thereof and a coolant outlet formed on the other side. More specifically, the thermoelectric generator is formed by assembling a plurality of unit modules which each have thermoelectric elements.
US09070822B2	Method for producing photoelectric conversion element The method disclosed herein includes a first step of forming an i-type amorphous silicon layer 16 and an n-type amorphous silicon layer 14 on a light-receiving surface of an n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 18; a second step of forming an i-type amorphous silicon layer 22a and an n-type amorphous silicon layer 23a on a backside surface of the n-type monocrystalline silicon substrate 18; and a third step of forming, after completion of the first step and the second step, an antireflection layer 12 on the n-type amorphous silicon layer 14, and subsequently forming an insulating layer 24a on the n-type amorphous silicon layer 23a.
US09070816B2	Thermoelectric conversion structure and method of manufacturing same A thermoelectric conversion material in which the electron spatial distribution assumes a wire structure or a quasi-one-dimensional structure is fabricated. A mode of the present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion structure 100 of a single crystal 10 of SrTiO3 having a (210) plane surface or interface, and having, in the surface or interface, a concave-convex structure including terrace portions 12, 14 in (100) planes and step portions 16 extending along the surface in-plane [001] axis.
US09070815B2	Photonic device A photonic device is provided. The photonic device includes: a semiconductor layer including first and second regions; an insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer; and first and second plugs extending to pass through the insulating layer and electrically connected to the corresponding first and second regions. The first plug is in a rectifying contact with the first region, and the second plug is in an ohmic contact with the second region.
US09070809B2	Inter-facing solar panels A method for effectively collecting solar energy, including disposing solar panels substantially inter-facing each other, and reflecting sun light between inter-facing solar panels. A solar panel, including a first portion adapted to convert sun light into usable energy at a first optimal wavelength; and a second portion adapted to convert sun light into usable energy at a second optimal wavelength. A method for effectively collecting solar energy, including using a first portion of a first solar panel to partially convert a beam of sun light into usable energy, and partially reflect the beam of sun light into a second solar panel; and using the second solar panel to partially convert the reflected beam into collectable energy.
US09070806B2	Self-powered solar tracker Provided is a self-powered solar tracker, which is a solar tracker for adjusting the altitude of and horizontally rotating a solar collector panel such that the solar collector panel on which a plurality of solar cells are provided can face the sun, wherein the self-powered solar tracker comprises: an altitude adjustment optical sensor unit which has one or more first optical sensors formed by being uniformly spaced on the upper side of convex support surfaces to face the sun and one or more second optical sensors formed by being uniformly spaced on the lower side of the convex support surfaces, and which senses the sunlight so as to adjust the altitude of the solar collector panel; a horizontal rotation optical sensor unit which has one or more third optical sensors formed by being uniformly spaced on the left side of the convex support surfaces to face the sun and one or more fourth optical sensors formed by being uniformly spaced on the right side of the convex support surfaces, and which senses sunlight so as to horizontally rotate the solar collector panel; a passive element circuit which has one or more first comparison circuits for comparing the difference in the quantity of output light between the first optical sensors and the second optical sensors and one or more second comparison circuits for comparing the difference in the quantity of output light between the third optical sensors and the fourth optical sensors, and which outputs a driving value for adjusting the altitude of and horizontally rotating the solar collector panel in the direction having a larger light value; an altitude adjustment driving unit for receiving a driving power source from the solar cells of the solar collector panel and for adjusting the altitude of the solar collector panel according to the driving value of the passive element circuit; and a horizontal rotation driving unit for performing the horizontal rotation.
US09070799B2	Solid state imaging device with microlens shifted from the center of the photo diode A CCD image sensor, being a solid state imaging device, has four types of pixels, first to fourth pixels. The first to fourth pixels are arranged in a predetermined pattern. Each of the pixels has a PD and a microlens. Each of the microlens is arranged with its optical axis center eccentric or shifted in a predetermined direction from a center of a light receiving surface of the PD. A part of the microlens overlaps one or more adjacent pixels.
US09070790B2	Vertical semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof A vertical semiconductor device has a semiconductor body with a first surface and a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface. A first metallization is arranged on the first surface. A second metallization is arranged on the second surface. In a sectional plane perpendicular to the first surface, the semiconductor body includes an n-doped first semiconductor region in ohmic contact with the second metallization, a plurality of p-doped second semiconductor regions in ohmic contact with the first metallization, and a plurality of p-doped embedded semiconductor regions. The p-doped second semiconductor regions substantially extend to the first surface, are spaced apart from one another and form respective first pn-junctions with the first semiconductor region. The p-doped embedded semiconductor regions are spaced apart from one another, from the p-doped second semiconductor regions, from the first surface and from the second surface, and form respective second pn-junctions with the first semiconductor region.
US09070783B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same It is to enhance a current increasing effect by increasing a stress applied on a channel of a transistor. The invention is characterized by comprising: side wall insulating films 33 and 53 formed on a semiconductor substrate 11 with trenches 39 and 59 which are formed by removing dummy gates; gate electrodes 43 and 63 formed within the trenches 39 and 59 through a gate insulating film 41; first and second stress applying films 21 and 22 respectively formed along the side wall insulating films 33 and 53 over the semiconductor substrate 11; and source/drain regions 35, 36, 55, and 56 which are formed in the semiconductor substrate 11 on the both sides of the gate electrodes 43 and 63, in that the stress applying films 21 and 22 are formed before the first trench 39 and the second trench 59 are formed.
US09070777B2	Semiconductor device and method for forming the same A semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor disposed on the substrate, a barrier layer disposed on the semiconductor layer and an insulating layer disposed on the barrier layer. The semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor, and the barrier layer includes a material having a lower standard electrode potential than a semiconductor material of the oxide semiconductor, a lower electron affinity than the semiconductor material of the oxide semiconductor, or a larger band gap than the semiconductor material of the oxide semiconductor. The insulating layer includes at least one of a silicon-based oxide or a silicon-based nitride, and the insulating layer includes a portion which contacts with an upper surface of the barrier layer.
US09070774B2	Process for fabricating silicon-on-nothing MOSFETs A semiconductor device includes a gate stack; an air-gap under the gate stack; a semiconductor layer vertically between the gate stack and the air-gap; and a first dielectric layer underlying and adjoining the semiconductor layer. The first dielectric layer is exposed to the air-gap.
US09070772B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof Embodiments of the present invention disclose an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises forming a patterned active layer on a gate insulating layer, the active layer covering a part of the gate insulating layer; forming a source/drain electrode material layer on the active layer and the gate insulating layer; forming a patterned insulating layer on the source/drain electrode material layer; conducting an etching process by using the insulating layer as a mask, so as to etch the source/drain electrode material layer to form a source electrode and a drain electrode, etch a part of the insulating layer to form a via hole in the insulating layer over the drain electrode, and etch a part of the active layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode to form a channel.
US09070770B2	Low interfacial defect field effect transistor A disposable gate structure straddling a semiconductor fin is formed. A source region and a drain region are formed employing the disposable gate structure as an implantation mask. A planarization dielectric layer is formed such that a top surface of the planarization dielectric layer is coplanar with the disposable gate structure. A gate cavity is formed by removing the disposable gate structure. An epitaxial cap layer is deposited on physically exposed semiconductor surfaces of the semiconductor fin by selective epitaxy. A gate dielectric layer is formed on the epitaxial cap layer, and a gate electrode can be formed by filling the gate cavity. The epitaxial cap layer can include a material that reduces the density of interfacial defects at an interface with the gate dielectric layer.
US09070768B2	DMOS transistor having an increased breakdown voltage and method for production A depletion type DMOS transistor comprises a gap in electrode material allowing incorporation of a well dopant species into the underlying semiconductor material. During subsequent dopant diffusion a continuous well region is obtained having an extended lateral extension without having an increased depth. The source dopant species is implanted after masking the gap. Additional channel implantation is performed prior to forming the gate dielectric material.
US09070763B1	Semiconductor device layout structure A semiconductor device layout structure is provided. The semiconductor device layout structure includes an active region having a first conductivity type over a semiconductor substrate. The active region is provided with semiconductor devices formed thereon. A first super junction layout unit in the active region includes a first trench. A first doped region having a first conductivity type is formed surrounding the first trench. A second trench is formed surrounding the first doped region. A second doped region having a second conductivity type is formed surrounding the second trench. The first trench is laterally separated from the second trench through the first doped region and the second doped region in a plan view.
US09070762B2	Lead frame support plate and window clamp for wire bonding machines A lead frame support plate 200 and a window clamp 400 for wire bonding machines are disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the lead frame support plate 200 includes a network of suction grooves 218 provided on a support surface 212, each suction groove 218 being arranged to be in fluid communication with at least a vacuum hole 216 to enable a suction force to be created, in response to a vacuum force, along the network of suction grooves for holding a lead frame against the support surface. A window clamp 400 having slots for compensating deformation of the window clamp and a method of fabricating the lead frame support plate are also disclosed.
US09070761B2	Field effect transistor (FET) having fingers with rippled edges A field effect transistor (FET) having fingers with rippled edges is disclosed. The FET includes a semiconductor substrate having a front side with a finger axis. A drain finger is disposed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate such that a greatest dimension of the drain finger lies parallel to the finger axis. A gate finger is disposed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate. The gate finger is spaced from the drain finger such that a greatest dimension of the gate finger lies parallel to the finger axis. A source finger is disposed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate. The source finger is spaced from the gate finger such that a greatest dimension of the source finger lies parallel to the finger axis. The drain finger, the gate finger, and the source finger each have rippled edges with an axis parallel with the finger axis.
US09070758B2	CMOS compatible method for manufacturing a HEMT device and the HEMT device thereof A method for manufacturing a III-nitride HEMT having a gate electrode and source and drain ohmic contacts is provided, comprising providing a substrate; forming a stack of III-nitride layers on the substrate; forming a first passivation layer comprising silicon nitride overlying and in contact with an upper layer of the stack of III-nitride layers, wherein the first passivation layer is deposited in-situ with the stack of III-nitride layers; forming a dielectric layer overlying and in contact with the first passivation layer; forming a second passivation layer comprising silicon nitride overlying and in contact with the dielectric layer wherein the second passivation layer is deposited at a temperature higher than 450° C. by LPCVD or MOCVD or any equivalent technique; and thereafter forming the source and drain ohmic contacts and the gate electrode.
US09070754B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and wafer The present invention prevents bumps on semiconductor chips from sticking to probe needles and coming off from the semiconductor chips. A wafer has effective areas where a plurality of bumps (first bumps) are formed. The bumps are formed on the side of an active surface of the semiconductor chips. The wafer further has non-effective areas where a plurality of dummy bumps are formed. Among the dummy bumps, some positioned at the outermost circumference are dummy bumps (second bumps) that are smaller than the other bumps. The dummy bumps (second bumps) intersect the inner peripheral edge of a shielding member as viewed in a plan view. The dummy bumps (second bumps) are formed over third pad electrodes. A bump-formation insulating film is removed from over the entire third pad electrodes.
US09070752B2	Electroplating methods for fabricating integrated circuit devices and devices fabricated thereby Provided are methods of fabricating a semiconductor device and semiconductor devices fabricated thereby. In the methods, dummy recess regions may be formed between cell recess regions and a peripheral circuit region. Due to the presence of the dummy recess regions, it may be possible to reduce a concentration gradient of a suppressor contained in a plating solution near the dummy pattern region, to make the concentration of the suppressor more uniform in the cell pattern region, and to supply an electric current more effectively to the cell pattern region. As a result, a plating layer can be more uniformly formed in the cell pattern region, without void formation therein.
US09070749B2	Semiconductor device including fluorine-free tungsten barrier layer and method for fabricating the same A method of forming a fluorine-free tungsten diffusion barrier layer having a reduced resistivity, and a semiconductor device, and method for forming such semiconductor device, using the fluorine-free tungsten diffusion barrier layer.
US09070748B2	Semiconductor devices having through-vias and methods for fabricating the same A conductive via of a semiconductor device is provided extending in a vertical direction through a substrate, a first end of the conductive via extending through a first surface of the substrate, so that the first end protrudes in the vertical direction relative to the first surface of the substrate. An insulating layer is provided on the first end of the conductive via and on the first surface of the substrate. An upper portion of a mask layer pattern is removed so that a capping portion of the insulating layer that is on the first end of the conductive via is exposed. A portion of the insulating layer at a side of, and spaced apart from, the conductive via, is removed, to form a recess in the insulating layer. The capping portion of the insulating layer on the first end of the conductive via is simultaneously removed.
US09070746B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of first semiconductor regions arranged each via a space in a direction crossing a first direction; a plurality of control gate electrodes; and a select gate electrode extending in a second direction, and the select gate electrode aligned with a control gate electrode located on an outermost side out of the plurality of control gate electrodes via the space; a first insulating layer covering the plurality of control gate electrodes and the select gate electrode, the first insulating layer provided on a side wall of the select gate electrode via the space, and a portion of the first insulating layer bridged between adjacent ones of the plurality of control gate electrodes protruding toward the space between adjacent ones of the plurality of control gate electrodes.
US09070743B2	Semiconductor memory and manufacturing method of the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory includes a memory cell in a memory cell array which is provided in a semiconductor substrate and which includes a first active region surrounded by a first isolation insulator, a transistor in a transistor region which is provided in the semiconductor substrate and which includes second active regions surrounded by a second isolation insulator. The second isolation insulator includes a first film, and a second film between the first film and the second active region, and the upper surface of the first film is located closer to the bottom of the semiconductor substrate than the upper surface of the second film.
US09070742B2	FinFet integrated circuits with uniform fin height and methods for fabricating the same Methods for fabricating FinFET integrated circuits with uniform fin height and ICs fabricated from such methods are provided. A method includes etching a substrate using an etch mask to form fins. A first oxide is formed between the fins. A first etch stop is deposited on the first oxide. A second oxide is formed on the first etch stop. A second etch stop is deposited on the second oxide. A third oxide is deposited overlying the second etch stop. An STI extends from at least a surface of the substrate to at least a surface of the second etch stop overlying the fins to form a first active region and a second active region. The first etch stop overlying the fins is removed. The third oxide is removed to expose the second etch stop. A gate stack is formed overlying a portion of each of the fins.
US09070740B2	Memory unit, memory unit array and method of manufacturing the same A memory unit includes a substrate, at least one charge storage element, at least one first recessed access element, and an isolation portion. The substrate has a surface and the first recessed access element is disposed in an active area of the substrate and extending from the surface into the substrate. The first recessed access element is electrically connected to the charge storage element and induces in the substrate a first depletion region. The isolation portion is adjacent to the active area and extending from the surface into the substrate. The isolation portion includes a trenched isolating barrier and a second recessed access element. The second recessed access element is disposed in the trenched isolating barrier and induces in the substrate a second depletion region merging with the first depletion region.
US09070737B2	Semiconductor device with low-lifetime region A semiconductor device having a p+ collector region in the surface of an n− drift region. The p+ collector region forms a p-n junction with the n− drift region. A collector electrode is in contact with the p+ collector region. A low-lifetime region having a carrier lifetime shorter than in other regions is provided, extending from the n− drift region to the p+ collector region, at the interface between the n− drift region and p+ collector region. The low-lifetime region, being partially activated in accordance with the concentration distribution of a p-type impurity implanted in order to form the p+ collector region, is in a barely activated state. The low-lifetime region has an activation rate lower than that of the p+ collector region. The p+ collector region is completely electrically activated as far as a depth of, for example, 0.5 μm-0.8 μm, from the surface on the collector electrode side.
US09070736B2	Semiconductor device A p-type thin-layer along a side wall surface of a V-shaped groove reaching the bottom portion of a p-type isolation layer from the back surface of an n− semiconductor substrate, couples a p-type collector layer with the p-type isolation layer. A collector electrode contacts the surfaces of the p-type collector layer and the p-type thin-layer. The collector electrode is formed by laminating an Al—Si film, a barrier layer, a nickel-based metal film, and a gold-based metal film in sequence from the n− semiconductor substrate side. The Al—Si film contacting the surface of the p-type collector layer is in a range of 1.1 to 3.0 μm in thickness. The Al—Si film contacting the surface of the p-type thin-layer is in a range of 0.55 to 1.5 μm in thickness. A rise in leak current caused by aluminum spiking is eliminated or suppressed, and solder joining including tin is made easier.
US09070733B2	Nanopillar field-effect and junction transistors with functionalized gate and base electrodes Systems and methods for molecular sensing are described. Molecular sensors are described which are based on field-effect or bipolar junction transistors. These transistors have a nanopillar with a functionalized layer contacted to either the base or the gate electrode. The functional layer can bind molecules, which causes an electrical signal in the sensor.
US09070731B2	Coating film forming apparatus, coating film forming method, and storage medium A coating film forming apparatus includes a substrate holding unit, a ring-shaped member annularly installed along a circumferential direction of the substrate so as to cover an upper side of a peripheral edge portion of the substrate, and a control unit that outputs a control signal so as to perform: positioning the ring-shaped member at a processing position where an air flow flowing above the peripheral edge portion of the substrate is straightened; rotating the substrate at a first revolution number such that a coating liquid supplied to a central portion of the substrate is diffused toward the peripheral edge portion by a centrifugal force; bringing the ring-shaped member to a retreated position where an air flow flowing near a front surface of the substrate is prevented from becoming turbulent; and reducing the revolution number of the substrate to a second revolution number lower than the first revolution number.
US09070723B2	Methods and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor wafers An apparatus for cleaning a surface of wafer or substrate includes a plate being positioned with a gap to surface of the wafer or substrate, and the plate being rotated around an axis vertical to surface of wafer or substrate. The rotating plate surface facing surface of the wafer or substrate has grooves, regular patterns, and irregular patterns to enhance the cleaning efficiency. Another embodiment further includes an ultra sonic or mega sonic transducer vibrating the rotating plate during cleaning process.
US09070721B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of making the same In one embodiment, methods for making semiconductor devices are disclosed.
US09070719B2	Semiconductor device structure, method for manufacturing the same, and method for manufacturing Fin A semiconductor device structure, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor fin are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device structure comprises: forming a fin in a first direction on a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate line in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction on the semiconductor substrate, and the gate line intersecting the fin with a gate dielectric layer sandwiched between the gate line and the fin; forming a dielectric spacer surrounding the gate line; and performing inter-device electrical isolation at a predetermined position, wherein isolated portions of the gate line form independent gate electrodes of respective devices.
US09070715B2	Method for fabricating array substrate and fabrication apparatus used therefor Provided is a method for fabricating an array substrate. The method for fabricating the array substrate includes forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a gate electrode which is insulated from the semiconductor layer, forming source and drain electrodes which are insulated from the gate electrode and connected to the semiconductor layer, and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. Here, at least one of the forming of the gate electrode, the forming of the source and drain electrodes, and the forming of the pixel electrode includes forming a conductive layer on the substrate, cooling the substrate on which the conductive layer is formed to a temperature of no greater than about 0° C., heating the cooled substrate, and patterning the conductive layer.
US09070713B2	Power semiconductor device and methods for fabricating the same A power semiconductor device includes: a drain region of a first conductive type; a drift region of a first conductive type formed on the drain region; a first body region of a second conductive type formed below an upper surface of the drift region; a second body region of a second conductive type formed below the upper surface of the drift region and in the first body region; a third body region of a second conductive type formed by protruding downwards from a lower end of the first body region; a source region of a first conductive type formed below the upper surface of the drift region and in the first body region; and a gate insulating layer formed on channel regions of the first body region and on the drift region between the first body regions.
US09070709B2	Method for producing a field effect transistor with implantation through the spacers The substrate successively includes a support substrate, an electrically insulating layer, a semiconductor material layer, and a gate pattern. The semiconductor material layer and gate pattern are covered by a covering layer. A first doping impurity is implanted in the semiconductor material layer through the covering layer so as to place the thickness of maximum concentration of the first doping impurity in the first layer. The covering layer is partly eliminated so as to form lateral spacers leaving source/drain electrodes free.
US09070705B2	HEMT semiconductor device and a process of forming the same A HEMT semiconductor device can include a dielectric layer that includes a silicon nitride film and an AlN film. In an embodiment, the HEMT semiconductor device can include a GaN film and an AlGaN film. In a process of forming the HEMT device, the AlN can provide an etch stop when forming an opening for a gate electrode.
US09070704B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device with recess, epitaxial growth and diffusion A semiconductor device including a gate electrode disposed on a semiconductor substrate and source/drain regions disposed at both sides of the gate electrode, the source/drain regions being formed by implanting impurities. The source/drain regions include an epitaxial layer formed by epitaxially growing a semiconductor material having a different lattice constant from that of the semiconductor substrate in a recessed position at a side of the gate electrode, and a diffusion layer disposed in a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate.
US09070701B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes first and second storage electrodes formed to be spaced apart from each other on a substrate, an insulating continuous support pattern connected to top surfaces of the first and second storage electrodes, a storage dielectric layer formed to cover the first and second storage electrodes and the continuous support pattern, and a plate electrode formed on the storage dielectric layer. The continuous support pattern includes a first contact part connected to the top surface of the first storage electrode, a second contact part connected to the top surface of the second storage electrode, and a connection part connecting the first and second contact parts with each other.
US09070692B2	Shields for magnetic memory chip packages Chip packages are described with soft-magnetic shields that are included inside or attached externally to the package containing a MRAM chip. In one group of embodiments a single shield with vias for bonding wires is affixed to the surface of the MRAM chip having the contact pads. The limitation of shield to chip distance due to bonding wire is eliminated by VIA holes according to the invention which achieves minimal spacing between the shield and chip. A second shield without vias can be positioned on the opposite side of the chip from the first shield. In one group of embodiments a hardened ferro-fluid shield can be the only shield or the structure can include a shield with or without vias. One group of embodiments includes an external shield with vias for solder access to the package contact pads affixed to the outer surface of the package.
US09070691B2	Semiconductor package and stacked semiconductor package having the same A semiconductor package includes a substrate having a substrate body possessing a first region, a second region which is defined around the first region and a third region which is defined around the second region. Wiring lines are placed on the substrate body, and the wiring lines have first ends that extend to the third region. Connection patterns are placed in the third region and are electrically connected to the first ends of the wiring lines. A to semiconductor chip is disposed in the first region and is electrically connected to the respective wiring lines, and a molding member is disposed in the first and second regions and covers the semiconductor chip.
US09070689B2	Structure for interconnecting copper with low dielectric constant medium and the integration method thereof The present invention belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices, and discloses a structure for interconnecting a medium of low dielectric constant with copper and the integration method thereof. It includes: using a combination of copper interconnections and air gaps to reduce capacity, and a special structure to support copper conductors so as to maintain the shape of copper conductors after removing the medium. The advantage of the present invention is that it can realize the complete air gap structure without short circuit or disconnection of copper conductors as well as the complete air gap structure with long conductors, thus reducing RC delay.
US09070682B2	Semiconductor device packaging having plurality of wires bonding to a leadframe A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a lead, and a wire including a first bonding portion bonded to the semiconductor element and a second bonding portion bonded to the lead. The semiconductor element includes a first bonding surface which faces to a first side in a first direction and to which the first bonding portion is bonded. The lead includes a second bonding surface and a third bonding surface both facing to the first side in the first direction and forming an angle larger than 180° on the first side in the first direction. The semiconductor device further includes a ball bump extending onto both the second bonding surface and the third bonding surface. The second bonding portion is bonded to the lead via the ball bump.
US09070679B2	Semiconductor package with a semiconductor die embedded within substrates Embodiments of the present disclosure provide configurations for a semiconductor package and associated methods of fabricating the semiconductor package. A method of fabricating a semiconductor package includes attaching a semiconductor die to a first substrate, attaching a second substrate to the first substrate, wherein the semiconductor die is embedded in between the first substrate and the second substrate, and forming an electrically insulative structure to substantially encapsulate the semiconductor die, wherein forming the electrically insulative structure is performed subsequent to the second substrate being attached to the first substrate. Additional embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09070678B2	Packaged semiconductor chips with array A chip-sized, wafer level packaged device including a portion of a semiconductor wafer including a device, at least one packaging layer containing silicon and formed over the device, a first ball grid array formed over a surface of the at least one packaging layer and being electrically connected to the device and a second ball grid array formed over a surface of the portion of the semiconductor wafer and being electrically connected to the device.
US09070673B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device suitable for preventing malfunction is provided.The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip 1, a first electrode pad 21 laminated on the semiconductor chip 1, an intermediate layer 4 having a rectangular shape defined by first edges 49a and second edges, and a plurality of bumps 5 arranged to sandwich the intermediate layer 4 by cooperating with the semiconductor chip 1. The first edges 49a extend in the direction x, whereas the second edges extend in the direction y. The plurality of bumps 5 include a first bump 51 electrically connected to the first electrode pad 21 and a second bump 52 electrically connected to the first electrode pad 21. The first bump 51 is arranged at one end in the direction x and one end in the direction y.
US09070668B2	Pads and pin-outs in three dimensional integrated circuits A three dimensional semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate including a plurality of circuits; a plurality of pads, each pad coupled to a circuit; and a memory array positioned above or below the substrate and coupled to a circuit to program the memory array.
US09070664B2	Device with MOS device including a secondary metal and PVD tool with target for making same A device includes a substrate and a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device. The MOS device includes a gate dielectric over the substrate, a gate electrode over the gate dielectric, a source/drain region adjacent the gate dielectric, and a source/drain silicide over and contacting the source/drain region. The source/drain silicide comprises silicon, nickel, and a secondary metal. A ratio of a volume percentage of the secondary metal to a volume percentage of the silicon in the source/drain silicide is between about 0.005 and about 0.1. The secondary metal has a density between about 5,000 kg/m3 and about 15,000 kg/m3.
US09070663B2	Method and apparatus for forming a semiconductor gate The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for fabricating a semiconductor gate. The apparatus includes, a substrate having an active region and a dielectric region that forms an interface with the active region; a gate electrode located above a portion of the active region and a portion of the dielectric region; and a dielectric material disposed within the gate electrode, the dielectric material being disposed near the interface between the active region and the dielectric region. The method includes, providing a substrate having an active region and a dielectric region that forms an interface with the active region; forming a gate electrode over the substrate, the gate electrode having an opening near a region of the gate electrode that is above the interface; and filling the opening with a dielectric material.
US09070661B2	Semiconductor device including a strain relaxation film The reliability of a power MISFET made of a nitride semiconductor material is improved. A strain relaxation film is disposed between a polyimide film and a gate electrode, to suppress a stress exerted on an electron supply layer and a channel layer from the polyimide film, and suppress a stress strain generated in the electron supply layer and the channel layer. As a result, a change in channel electron concentration in the channel layer is suppressed to prevent a threshold voltage or an on-resistance of the power MISFET from fluctuating.
US09070660B2	Polymer thermal interface material having enhanced thermal conductivity A polymer thermal interface material is described that has enhanced thermal conductivity. In one example, a vinyl-terminated silicone oil is combined with a silicone chain extender, and a thermally conductive filler comprising at least 85% by weight of the material, and comprising surface wetted particles with a range of shapes and sizes. The material may be used for bonding components inside a microelectronic package, for example.
US09070659B2	Semiconductor device [Object] A semiconductor device is configured to release heat from semiconductor chips more efficiently. [Means for Solution] A semiconductor device includes: a die pad 11 which has a die pad main surface 111 and a die pad rear surface 112; a semiconductor chip 41 mounted on the die pad main surface 111; a sealing resin portion 7 formed with a recess 75 for exposure of the die pad rear surface 11 and covering the die pad 11 and the semiconductor chip 41; and a heat releasing layer 6 disposed in the recess 75. The recess 75 has a recess groove 753 outside the die pad 11 in a direction in which the die pad rear surface 112 extends, and the recess groove 753 is closer to the die pad main surface 111 than to the die pad rear surface 112. The heat releasing layer 6 has a junction layer which is in contact with the die pad rear surface 112 and having part thereof filling the recess groove 753.
US09070656B2	Underfill-accommodating heat spreaders and related semiconductor device assemblies and methods Heat spreaders for dissipating heat from semiconductor devices comprise a contact surface located within a recess on an underside of the heat spreader, the contact surface being configured to physically and thermally attach to a semiconductor device, and a trench extending into the heat spreader adjacent to the contact surface sized and configured to receive underfill material extending from the semiconductor device into the trench. Related semiconductor device assemblies may include these heat spreaders and methods may include physically and thermally attaching these heat spreaders to semiconductor devices such that underfill material extends from a semiconductor device into the trench.
US09070653B2	Microelectronic assembly having a heat spreader for a plurality of die A microelectronic assembly (100) and a microelectronic device (4100) include a stacked structure (101). The stacked structure includes a heat spreader (104), at least one die (106) thermally coupled to at least a portion of one side of the heat spreader, at least one other die (108) thermal coupled to at least a portion of an opposite side of the heat spreader, at least one opening (401) in the heat spreader located in a region of between the two die, an insulator (603) disposed in the at least one opening, and electrically conductive material (1308, 1406) in an insulated hole (705) in the insulator. The heat spreader allows electrical communication between the two die through the opening while the insulator isolates the electrically conductive material and the heat spreader from each other.
US09070652B2	Test structure for semiconductor process and method for monitoring semiconductor process A monitoring method of a semiconductor process includes the following steps. A semiconductor substrate is provided, and a test structure is formed thereon. The method of forming the test structure includes the following steps. A first doped region and a second doped region are formed in the semiconductor substrate, and an insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. Subsequently, a conductive layer is directly formed on the insulating layer to complete the formation of the test structure, in which the conductive layer in a floating state partially overlaps the first doped region and partially overlaps the second doped region. Then, a voltage signal is applied to the test structure and the breakdown voltage (Vbd) between the first doped region and the second doped region is measured.
US09070650B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of inspecting patterns of the organic light emitting display apparatus An organic light emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate on which a display area and a non-display area are defined; a first electrode disposed over the display area; an intermediate layer that is disposed over the first electrode and includes an organic emissive layer; a second electrode disposed over the intermediate layer; and a plurality of detection patterns displaced over the non-display area, each of which includes a first electrically conductive pattern layer formed of the same material as the first electrode and a second electrically conductive pattern layer that is formed over the first electrically conductive pattern layer.

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