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US09136759B2	DC-DC converter with circuit for reproducing a current flowing through a storage inductor The present invention relates to a circuit for emulating a current via a power inductor of a DC-to-DC converter. The circuit is able to generate a first signal and detect or emulate the constant component of the current by using a power inductor. The circuit is also able to generate a second signal or components of a second signal and emulate an alternating component of the current by using the power inductor. The circuit also is able to splice the first and second signal or the first signal and components of the second signal into a signal which at least partially emulates the current via the power inductor. The circuit able to generate a first signal may include a current sensing resistor connected to the power inductor and a first capacitor, and to a first input and output.
US09136755B2	Charge pump circuit A bipolar output charge pump circuit having a network of switching paths 110 for selectively connecting an input node (VV) and a reference node (VG) for connection to an input voltage, a first pair of output nodes (VP, VN), two pairs of flying capacitor nodes (CF1A, CF1B; CF2A, CF2B), and a controller for controlling the switching of the network of switching paths. The controller is operable to control the network of switching paths when in use with two flying capacitors (CF1, CF2) connected to the two pairs of flying capacitor nodes, to provide a first mode and a second mode when in use with two flying capacitors connected to the flying capacitor nodes, wherein at least the first mode corresponds to a bipolar output voltage of +/−3VV, +/−VV/5 or +/−VV/6.
US09136754B2	Power supply device, display device including the power supply device, and driving method using the same The described technology relates generally to a power supply, a display device including the same, and a driving method thereof to reduce power consumption of the display device. Embodiments include a power source voltage controller sensing a panel current flowing in the display panel and controlling a feedback voltage according to the panel current and the power source voltage, and a DC-DC converter generating a power source voltage according to the feedback voltage to respectively supply it to the plurality of light emitting elements.
US09136753B2	Electric device having low power consumption in the stand-by state An electrical device, particularly having at least one lighting system having light emitting diodes, such as a television having LED backlighting (57), which has a stand-by mode (ZPM) with very low power consumption in which only one control unit (3) is supplied with power via a capacitive voltage divider. For this purpose, alongside parts of the power supply unit (2), the interference suppression capacitor (6) is also switched off.
US09136751B2	Linear motor magnetic shield apparatus for lithographic systems A magnetic shield having non-magnetic gaps provides reduced magnetic cross-talk for a linear motor array in a precision positioning system. Redirecting the leakage flux limits the cross-talk and associated deleterious effects. Such preferred magnetic circuit paths for the leakage are affixed to the moving magnet system of the linear motor. Embodiments of the preferred flux leakage paths are realized by providing a ferromagnetic shield separated by a non-magnetic gap between the permanent magnets and the back-irons. In another embodiment, the ferromagnetic shield separation includes diamagnetic materials.
US09136747B2	Hybrid excitation rotating electrical machine A hybrid excitation machine comprising a rotor having first and second rotor cores with an axial gap between; a stator placed radially outward of the rotor; and an exciting coil fixed to the stator placed in an air gap between the stator and rotor to protrude radially inward from the stator. In an axial direction, an axial end of a radially outer end of the first rotor core located on the second rotor core side and the second rotor core are positioned on opposite sides of an axial end of the exciting coil located on the first rotor core side, and an axial end of a radially outer end of the second rotor core located on the first rotor core side and the first rotor core are positioned on opposite sides of the axial end of the exciting coil located on the second rotor core side.
US09136739B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine includes a stator around which coil conductor wires for a plurality of phases are wound, a housing that contains the stator, and a terminal block that is mounted on the housing and connects end portions of the coil conductor wires for the respective phases led from the stator to corresponding external power supply lines. A coolant is supplied to the stator in the housing. The terminal block includes: a plurality of relay conductors, each relay conductor having one end connected to an external power supply line and the other end connected to an end portion of the coil conductor wires for 10 the respective phases, and a terminal block body that is made of an insulating material and holds the plurality of relay conductors.
US09136738B2	Electric rotating machine An electric rotating machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a plurality of pairs of magnetic poles. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil that is comprised of a plurality of phase windings wound on the stator core. The stator core has, for each of the phase windings of the stator coil, n circumferentially-consecutive single-phase slots, in which only the phase winding is received, per magnetic pole of the rotor, where n is a natural number not less than 2. Each of the phase windings of the stator coil has first to kth sections that are sequentially arranged from one end to the other end of the phase winding, where k is a natural number not less than 2. The first section is received in different ones of the single-phase slots for the phase winding from the kth section.
US09136728B2	Implantable medical devices and systems having inductive telemetry and recharge on a single coil Implantable devices and related systems utilize a single coil for both inductive telemetry at one telemetry signal frequency and recharge at another recharge energy frequency. The coil is included in a tank circuit that may have a variable reactance. During telemetry, particularly outside of a recharge period, the reactance may be set so that the tank circuit is tuned to the telemetry frequency. During recharge, the reactance is set so that the tank circuit is tuned to the recharge frequency. Furthermore, the tank circuit may have a Q that is sufficiently small that the tank circuit receives telemetry frequency signals that can be decoded by a receiver while the tank is tuned to the recharge frequency so that telemetry for recharge status purposes may be done during the recharge period without changing the tuning of the tank circuit.
US09136727B2	Battery charging control device When warming-up of a battery is in progress (S12), a battery charge state at the warming-up start time of the battery is set to a battery hold capacity SOChold (S14, S15), and a charge power for the battery is controlled so that a battery charge state SOC is kept at SOChold. When a present time is in a timer charge reservation time (S11), the charge power for the battery is controlled so that SOC becomes a full charge state SOCfull (S17). Even if SOC has a tendency to temporarily decrease due to a rapid increase of heater consumption power just after start of warming-up of the battery, by keeping SOC at SOChold (SOC=SOChold), SOC can reach a full charge state as intended during the timer charge reservation time. A proportion of charge using low-priced midnight power is increased to a maximum then running cost can be suppressed.
US09136724B2	Method for limiting battery discharging current in battery charger and discharger circuit A power supply system includes a rechargeable battery to deliver a supply current to a load and a circuit to limit a discharge current when the rechargeable battery is supplying power to the load. The power supply system may further include an integrator for integrating a discharge voltage representing the discharge current that exceeds a predetermined limit, a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) circuit for producing a control signal having a PWM duty cycle representing the discharge voltage, and a driver circuit for delivering the supply current to said load according to said control signal. In one embodiment, a digital register is used to set the battery discharging current limit, in another embodiment an analog circuit is used to set the battery discharging current limit, and in yet another embodiment or a combination of the digital register and analog circuit is used to set the battery discharging current limit.
US09136722B2	USB device charger for use with electric powered wheelchairs and scooters An interconnect device for connecting the charging system of an electric wheelchair with the charging system of at least one portable electronic device through a USB cable to charge the portable device from the stored electric charge within the electric wheelchair battery system. The interconnect device includes an XLR type connector for connecting to the standard XLR type connector found on most electrical wheelchairs and scooters. The XLR connector is structured into a circuit housing or connected to the circuit housing through a short length of cable. The circuit housing holds the circuit electronics for the device. One or more USB jacks are provided to which standard USB cables may be connected. The interconnect circuitry includes a fuse or circuit breaker, as well as one or more step down voltage regulators and one or more voltage divider circuits. LED indicators show the charging status of a particular USB jack.
US09136720B2	Vehicle power control apparatus and vehicle power control method A control unit of a vehicle power control apparatus performs an operation described below. The control unit fluctuates a voltage of an alternating-current power output from a discharging terminal with a power supplier when the control unit detects that a receiving terminal of an alternating-current load or a charging terminal is connected to the discharging terminal, or that a supply terminal of an alternating-current power supply or the discharging terminal is connected to the charging terminal. Also, the control unit directs a notifying portion to perform a notifying operation when the control unit detects that a voltage of alternating-current power input to the charging terminal is fluctuating in the same manner that a voltage of alternating-current power output from the discharging terminal is fluctuating.
US09136719B2	Vehicular charge control apparatus and vehicular charge control system A vehicular charge control apparatus in a vehicle controls a charge operation to the vehicle from an external power supply facility, by using a charge intention determination unit for determining whether a user of the vehicle has an intention to charge, a plug connection state determination unit for determining whether a charge plug is connected to the vehicle when the user's intention to charge is determined by the charge intention determination unit, and a notification execution unit for executing a predetermined notification process when loss of connection to the charge plug is determined by the plug connection state determination unit.
US09136710B1	Multi-path converters for PV substrings A method for converting power from a photovoltaic (PV) panel having substrings of PV cells, the method includes converting power from a first substring of the PV panel to generate a first DC output having a fixed portion and a variable portion, converting power from a second substring of the PV panel to generate a second DC output having a fixed portion and a variable portion, and combining the first and second DC outputs to generate a combined DC output. A power converter may include an open-loop switching stage to receive DC power, a transformer having a primary winding coupled to the open-loop switching stage, and first and second secondary windings, a first rectifier bridge coupled to the first secondary winding, a second rectifier bridge coupled to the second secondary winding, and a regulator coupled to the second rectifier bridge.
US09136709B2	Methods and systems for selectively coupling a power conversion system to an electrical grid A power conversion system for providing power to an electrical grid is described. The system includes a power converter coupled to a direct current (DC) power source. The system also includes a contactor coupled to the power converter and the electrical grid and configured to selectively electrically couple the power converter to the electrical grid. The system also includes a system controller communicatively coupled to the power converter and the contactor and configured to close the contactor to electrically couple the power converter to the electrical grid and to activate the power converter when a DC voltage provided has remained higher than a voltage level for a length of time. The system controller is also configured to deactivate the power converter, while the contactor is maintained in the closed position, when an alternating current (AC) power output has remained lower than a power level for a length of time.
US09136706B2	Power management system and power management method A power management system includes: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for a predetermined period based on the weather forecast, and the power management apparatus includes an integration processing unit that integrates the power consumptions and the amounts of power that can be reduced that are predicted for the respective customer terminals to calculate a total power consumption and a total amount of power that can be reduced for all of the customer terminals.
US09136703B2	Architecture for power plant comprising clusters of power-generation devices A string and load balancer system that provides the ability to boost the string voltage in low-light or reduced-power conditions so that the inverter may continue to operate. The boost operation can be achieved by addition of a single substantially D.C. switch. The DC switch may be rated for the maximum intended voltage boost, not the maximum bus voltage. A string and load balancer provided herein may allow photovoltaic arrays to be productive in mornings, evenings, and in clouded or otherwise sub-nominal conditions.
US09136702B2	Electrostatic discharge protection device and composite electronic component including the same Disclosed herein are an electrostatic discharge protection device including: a substrate; a pair of electrodes formed on the substrate so as to be spaced apart from each other; and an insulating layer formed on the electrodes, wherein each of the electrodes has a shape in which it protrudes from a cross section thereof toward a surface thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a composite electronic component including the same.
US09136700B2	Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and display apparatus using the same An electrostatic discharge protection circuit and a display apparatus are provided. The electrostatic discharge protection circuit adapted to the display apparatus having a display panel which has a signal line and a common voltage line. The electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a first switching unit and a second switching unit. The first switching unit is electrically coupled to the signal line. The second switching unit is electronically coupled between the first switching unit and the common voltage line. When the display apparatus is shut down, the first switching unit and the second switching unit form a conductive path. When the display apparatus is turned on, the first switching unit receives a first control signal, and the second switching unit receives a second control signal, so that at least one of the first switching unit and the second switching unit is turned off at the same time.
US09136695B2	Protection control system for a multilevel power conversion circuit Aspects of the invention are directed to a protection control system of the invention is a protection control system for a multilevel power conversion circuit of a flying capacitor type, the power conversion circuit including six semiconductor switches of first through sixth semiconductor switches sequentially connected in series from a positive terminal to a negative terminal of a DC power supply, a first capacitor connected between the connection point of the second and third semiconductor switches and the connection point of the fourth and fifth semiconductor switches and a second capacitor connected between the connection point of the first and second semiconductor switches and the connection point of the fifth and sixth semiconductor switches, wherein the protection control system of the invention turns ON the second semiconductor switch or maintains the second semiconductor switch in an ON state, in the case of short-circuit fault of the third semiconductor switch.
US09136694B2	Motor overload protection for cargo canopy systems In an installation controlling the operation of one or more motors driving a mechanism for deploying or retracting a protective canopy over the cargo compartment of a truck or wagon, a method and device for protecting the motor windings against excessive power use by measuring the level of drawn current with a digital ammeter. If the current exceeds a threshold level of operation, a timer is started. As soon as a given absolute safe period of operation is surpassed, a breaker switch is tripped interrupting the motor power supply. A plural number of trip points can be programmed into the device.
US09136691B2	Solid state relay protective device An electrical circuit for protection of a solid-state relay includes a switch element connected between an input signal source and an input terminal of the solid-state relay. The solid-state relay includes an output terminal for connection to a load. A sensing element is associated with the solid-state relay to sense an operating parameter associated with the solid-state relay. A feedback element controls the switch element to switch an operating state in response to the operating parameter exceeding a reference parameter. The solid-state relay changes state in response to the switch element to control an output current of the solid-state relay between an energized or de-energized state.
US09136679B1	Non-metallic split bushing and method for preventing abrasion of electrical cables in pipe and conduit A split bushing and method for protecting electrical cables from abrasion by the cut edges of pipe or electrical conduit, also known as electrical metal tubing or EMT. The split bushing includes a substantially ring-shaped body and two cable guides extending from the outer periphery. The bushing includes an end wall and a raised area on the end wall adjacent the split. An overlap extends from the raised area. The bushing includes two ends and two cable guides adjacent the split. After being attached to the end of an electrical conduit, a cable tie is extended through the cable guides and tightened to secure the split bushing tightly to the electrical conduit. The overlap ensures that the entire inner periphery of a conduit will be covered by the bushing when secured thereto.
US09136676B2	Electromagnetic tool for wire routing Various arrangements for remotely manipulating a wire may be presented. A wire pilot may be presented that is configured to be coupled with the wire and to move in response to a magnetic field created by a remote guide when the wire pilot is within a wall and the remote guide is external to the wall. The remote guide may include a magnetic field generator configured to create the magnetic field and a metal detector configured to detect wires through a wall.
US09136674B2	Dead tank vacuum circuit breaker A dead tank vacuum circuit breaker of the invention has an object to obtain a dead tank vacuum circuit breaker in which an immovable end of a vacuum valve is supported on a tank immovable side via an insulating support member and a support frame or the immovable end of the vacuum valve is supported on a tank movable side via an insulating support rod, so that an insulating support member supporting a movable end of the vacuum valve is omitted, while an opening portion is provided to the movable side of the tank and a bushing center conductor has a slidable connection portion that is axially expandable and contractible, so that a de-assembly range can be minimized when the vacuum valve is replaced.
US09136673B2	Structure and method for the fabrication of a gallium nitride vertical cavity surface emitting laser A III-Nitride based Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL), wherein a cavity length of the VCSEL is controlled by etching.
US09136670B2	Correction circuit, drive circuit, light emission unit, and method of correcting current pulse waveform A correction circuit includes a correction section configured to superpose a second current pulse on a first current pulse, and thereby correcting a waveform of the first current pulse, the first current pulse being output from a current source configured to drive a surface-emitting semiconductor laser in a pulsed manner, the correction section being configured to allow the second pulse to have a waveform obtained through attenuating a crest value of the second current pulse with time, increasing an initial crest value of the second current pulse by an amount that is larger as magnitude of the first current pulse is larger, and allowing the amount by which the initial crest value is increased to be smaller as ambient temperature of the semiconductor laser is higher, and being configured to output the second pulse having the waveform.
US09136668B2	Method and system for compact efficient laser architecture A laser amplifier module having an enclosure includes an input window, a mirror optically coupled to the input window and disposed in a first plane, and a first amplifier head disposed along an optical amplification path adjacent a first end of the enclosure. The laser amplifier module also includes a second amplifier head disposed along the optical amplification path adjacent a second end of the enclosure and a cavity mirror disposed along the optical amplification path.
US09136663B2	Fiber-optic system and method for manufacturing same In a fiber amplifier including a third optical fiber made of a double clad fiber for amplifying light and a fifth optical fiber made of a single clad fiber for transmitting the light amplified by the double clad fiber, a fourth optical fiber made of a triple clad fiber is inserted between the third optical fiber and the fifth optical fiber.
US09136659B2	Downward compatible voltage track lighting system A multi-voltage compatible track system which has a single adapter for both 120 Volts and 277 Volts track systems. The systems further comprise a variable input voltage ballast capable of operating with both 120V and 277V input while operating properly.
US09136655B2	Cable connection device The present invention provides a coaxial RF cable connection device that connects a coaxial RF cable to a printed circuit board having one side on which a signal transmission pattern is formed and having another side on which a ground plane is formed. The devices has central body with a support opening into which the cable is penetrated and inserted and a solder block with a pair of auxiliary bodies respectively protruded from both sides of the central body. The printed circuit board has a cutting portion formed by cutting and removing a part of the edge. A pair of through holes are formed on both sides of the cutting portion and is soldered on one side of the printed circuit board.
US09136650B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a pair of docking ports for receiving plug connectors, an insulative housing having the docking ports, a pair of contact modules mounted in the housing, and a shielding wafer. Each of the contact modules includes an insulative carrier, an inner printed circuit board mounted on the insulative carrier, a number of mating contacts extending from the inner printed circuit board into one of the docking ports and a number of mounting contacts connecting the inner printed circuit board with an exterior substrate, each of the insulative carriers defining a gap at a side proximal to an insulative carrier. The shielding wafer downwardly extending beyond the inner printed circuit board and fully shielding the contact modules, the shielding wafer is soldered at the gaps to the inner printed boards.
US09136645B1	Structure of plug, socket connector and the combination thereof The present invention is an improved structure of plug, socket connector and the combination thereof. The plug and socket connectors may butt mutually, and both comprise a insulating frame provided with multiple hook buckles and heat dissipation holes; multiple power terminals provided in the insulating frame in an one to one correspondence match, each of the power terminals being joined with hook hole and hook buckle; and multiple signal terminals joining with the insulating frame; wherein one end of each of the power terminals of the plug connector is provided with multiple elastic clips, and the other end thereof and one side of each of the elastic clips are provided with two heat sinkers, respectively, while each of the power terminals of the socket connector is provided with a heat sinker on the rear end thereof, respectively. Thereby, each of the power terminals is allowed to join with the hook buckle of the insulating frame with the hook hole in order to prevent from looseness, and the elastic clips of each of the power terminals provided by the plug connector after the plug and the socket connector butt together may be used to increase solid contact points and area in order to reduce resistance of the contact points, and the heat dissipation capability during operation is enhanced with the heat sinkers of each of the power terminals. In addition, the convection is improved by the heat dissipation holes and the heat dissipation channel opened by each insulating frame.
US09136644B2	Connector assembly with contacts having retaining portions with interlocking structures A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulative housing and a number of female contact groups fixed in the receptacle insulative housing. The receptacle insulative housing includes a receiving portion, a plurality of mating portions and a pair of locking arms integrally formed at opposite lateral sides of the receptacle insulative housing. The plug connector includes a plug insulative housing and a number of male contacts fixed in the plug insulative housing. The plug insulative housing includes a mating surface, a plurality of cavities and a pair of locking walls located at opposite lateral sides of the plug insulative housing. When the plug connector the receptacle connector are mating with each other, the locking arms are in locking with the locking walls for fixation.
US09136642B1	Accessory for electrically connecting an audio output device to a portable electronic device An accessory is for electrically connecting an audio output device to a portable electronic device. The accessory includes an attachment unit, a connector jack and a coupling unit. The attachment unit is to be removably attached to the portable electronic device. The connector jack is for mating electrical connection with an audio socket of the portable electronic device. The coupling unit is for mating electrical connection with the audio output device, and is to be removably attached to the attachment unit for establishing electrical connection with the attachment unit. The attachment unit and the coupling unit are configured to removably engage each other by magnetic attraction.
US09136640B2	Heavy-duty straight-blade electrical connector with engagement-facilitating features A straight-blade, cord-end-connected electrical connector for connection to a connector-engaging member. The connector has a connector-body main portion including a forward portion terminating in a connecting face presenting the engagement means of the connector for axial engagement with the engagement means of the connector-engaging member. The connector also includes a connector-body cord-engagement portion for permanent trans-axial securement of the cord to the main portion and a rearward gripping portion for facilitating manual engagement/disengagement of the connector with the connector-engaging member.
US09136639B2	Electrical connector receptacle for mounting within an explosion proof enclosure and method of mounting An electrical connector receptacle for mounting within an explosion proof enclosure includes a flange portion having a first side, a second side and a centrally disposed aperture. Also included is a cylindrical member integrally formed with the flange portion and extending away from the first side. Further included is a plurality of apertures extending from the first side to the second side, wherein the plurality of apertures are configured to receive a mechanical fastener for mounting the electrical connector receptacle to a printed wiring board. Yet further included is an o-ring groove disposed within the first side and spaced radially outwardly from an outer surface of the cylindrical member. Also included is a plurality of mounting feet integrally formed with the flange portion and extending away from the second side to form an electrical bonding path to the printed wiring board.
US09136631B2	Connector and forming method thereof A connector comprises a first contact, a housing and an arrangement member other than the housing. The first contact has a contact portion and a terminal portion. The housing holds the contact portion of the first contact so that the contact portion extends along a first direction. The housing is provided with an engaged portion. The arrangement member holds the terminal portion of the first contact so that the terminal portion extends along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The arrangement member is provided with an engaging portion. The engaging portion engages the engaged portion in a direction intersecting the second direction so that the arrangement member is held by the housing and the terminal portion of the first contact is bent to extend along the second direction.
US09136628B2	Crimp type terminal fitting A terminal fitting (20) is crimped to an aluminum wire including a core (12) formed by putting a plurality of strands (11) together. The terminal fitting (20) includes a bottom plate (22) on which the core (12) is placed, and two barrel pieces (25L, 25R) connected to the bottom plate (22) and crimped to the core (12) so as to embrace the core (12) placed on the bottom plate (22). Overlapping portions (24L, 24R) are formed on tip parts of the respective barrel pieces (25L, 25R) by folding a plate material forming the barrel pieces (25L, 25R) to overlap layers of the plate material. The overlapping portions (24L, 24R) contact each other without intruding between the strands (11) when the respective barrel pieces (25L, 25R) are crimped to the core (12). The terminal fitting (20) eliminates breakage of the core (12) and is less affected by spring back.
US09136624B1	Orthogonal cross-connecting of printed circuit boards without a midplane board A line card of a set of line cards is configured to be coupled to a set of switch-fabric cards to collectively define at least a portion of an orthogonal cross fabric without a midplane board. The line card has an edge portion, a first side and a second side, opposite the first side. The line card includes a set of first set of connectors and a second set of connectors. The first set of connectors is disposed along the edge portion on the first side of the line card and the second set of connectors is disposed along the edge portion on the second side of the line card.
US09136620B2	Connecting element and related fluid assembly A connecting element for electrically connecting two components to a first electric contact element for electrically contacting a first component, to a second electric contact element for electrically contacting a second component, and to at least one tolerance compensating element is disclosed. The fluid assembly includes at least one such connecting element. The connecting element is configured as one piece and the first electric contact element and the second electric contact element are connected to each other by way of the at least one tolerance compensating element. The first variable tolerance compensating element enables a compensation in length in at least one spatial direction in order to predetermine a desired spatial position of the first contact element and the second contact element in relation to each other. The first variable tolerance compensating element may be three-dimensionally shaped by bending.
US09136613B2	Electric connection terminal An electric connection terminal includes a contact section for electrical connection to an opposite terminal and a crimping section with the contact section being crimped to cover the conductor and cover of a covered electric wire. The crimping section includes a conductor crimping part to be tightly attached to and crimped around the conductor, a cover crimping part to be tightly attached to and crimped around the cover of the covered electric wire, and a boundary crimping part to be tightly attached to and crimped around the vicinity of a boundary between the cover and conductor. A compression ratio of the boundary crimping part in a state of crimped around the covered electric wire is set to be higher than that of the cover crimping part.
US09136610B2	Satellite antenna adapter for tripod A satellite antenna adapter comprising a bottom plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, a reflector mounting plate coupled to the bottom plate. The bottom surface of the bottom plate is constructed to removably couple to a tripod. The top surface of the bottom plate is constructed to removably couple to a satellite antenna feed. The reflector mounting plate is constructed to removably couple to a satellite reflector and is substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the bottom plate.
US09136600B2	Antenna An antenna includes antenna coil having a magnetic-material. core and a coil conductor. The antenna coil is arranged toward a side of a planar conductor, such as a circuit board. Of the coil conductor, a first conductor part close to a first main face of the magnetic-material core and a second conductor part close to a second main face of the magnetic-material core are provided such that the first conductor part is not over the second conductor part in view from a line in a direction normal to the first main face or the second main face of the magnetic-material core. In addition, a coil axis of the coil conductor is orthogonal to the side of the planar conductor.
US09136598B2	Directional adjustment of voltage-controlled phased array structures Implementations and techniques for directional adjustment of voltage-controlled phased array structures are generally disclosed.
US09136591B2	Handheld device A handheld device is provided, wherein the handheld device comprises a housing, a circuit board, a planar antenna and a switch. The housing comprising an outer surface is configured to define a receiving space. The circuit board is disposed in the receiving space. The planar antenna comprises a metal layer, wherein the metal layer comprising a first connecting point and a second connecting point is patterned on the outer surface. The switch comprising a first electrode and a second electrode is configured to control the electrical connection between the first connecting point and the second connecting point, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected between the first connecting point and the second connecting point. The planar antenna operates at a first central band when the switch is turned on, and operates at a second central band when the switch is turned off.
US09136588B2	System and method for short UHF antenna with floating transmission line A short, efficient antenna utilizing a floating coax transmission line over ground or overlapping wire feed structure for reduced antenna size for use in handheld radios. An asymmetric transmission line radiator having a length (LTL) is oriented substantially planar to and proximal to a truncated ground plane, and having at one end an input/output connector, and at an other end a feed point at least one of above a ground plane and proximal to its edge. An exciter antenna in a form of a plate or bent wire is coupled to the feed point and is exterior to the edge of the ground plane and oriented substantially orthogonal to the ground plane, the exciter antenna having a larger dimension length (LEA) that is at least 50% smaller than the length LTL. The overall length of a perimeter of the antenna is approximately ½ a wavelength of a center frequency of the antenna.
US09136585B2	Radio frequency identification tag A radio frequency identification tag includes a housing shaped as a stripe defining a longitudinal side and an inlay disposed within the housing. The inlay includes a carrier board supporting a packaged chip and a wiring antenna in connection with the packaged chip. The wiring antenna is formed with an electrical joint directly and electrically connecting the packaged chip and an extension portion directly extending out of the electrical joint. The extension direction of the extension portion is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal side.
US09136582B2	Compact antenna mount An antenna mount is provided with a bracket with an azimuth slot, an azimuth pivot hole and a boss hole. An azimuth adjuster with an extension portion passes through a boss seated in the boss hole. An offset portion of the azimuth adjuster has an azimuth fastener aperture spaced apart from a longitudinal axis of the extension portion. An azimuth fastener passes through the base, the azimuth slot and the azimuth fastener aperture. An azimuth pivot fastener passes through the base and the azimuth pivot hole. The azimuth slot is provided as an arc segment with a center point at the azimuth pivot hole. Adjustment of a longitudinal position along the extension portion of an interconnection between the boss and the extension portion drives the azimuth fastener within the azimuth slot to pivot the base about the azimuth pivot hole with respect to the bracket.
US09136579B2	Phase shifter using substrate integrated waveguide Provided is a phase shifter using a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW). The phase shifter includes: a substrate; and a waveguide integrated on the substrate, wherein the waveguide includes an input port, an out port, two columns of via walls which are separated by a width of the waveguide and are arranged parallel to each other, and either a plurality of air holes which are formed to shift a phase of a signal between the input port and the output port or a plurality of rods, each including an air hole and a dielectric material inserted into the air hole.
US09136577B2	Orthomode transducer An orthomode transducer (OMT) operable in a broadband (e.g. >30%), including a frequency above ˜30 GHz, with an isolation better than −50 dB, cross-polarizations better than −40 dB, an insertion loss between −0.1 and −0.3 dB for both polarizations, and return losses better than −25 dB can be produced substantially or entirely from CNC machining, comprises a turnstile for coupling a polarization diplexed waveguide with four waveguide paths; and two E-plane Y junctions each for coupling initially oppositely directed pairs of the waveguide paths such that each waveguide path has a same electrical length from the turnstile to the E-plane Y junctions as the waveguide path with which it is paired, such that the OMT is formed in 3-6 blocks, including a single block having a substantially planar mating surface that includes the matching feature, and defines one side of initial segments of the four waveguide paths. Reproducibility of these OMTs has been shown.
US09136576B2	Connecting structure for a waveguide converter having a first waveguide substrate and a second converter substrate that are fixed to each other A connecting structure of a waveguide converter includes a circuit substrate in which a hollow waveguide that propagates a high frequency signal is formed in a pierced manner; and an antenna substrate that is layered on the circuit substrate, and in which a converter that is arranged at a connecting point with the hollow waveguide and a strip line that extends from the converter and that propagates the high frequency signal are provided. A choke circuit to shield a leak of the high frequency signal is arranged around the hollow waveguide on a surface of the circuit substrate opposing to the antenna substrate so as to surround the hollow waveguide keeping a predetermined interval from the hollow waveguide, and the circuit substrate and the antenna substrate are fixed to each other by adhesive that is arranged at a position outside the choke circuit, between the substrates.
US09136574B2	Compact 3-D coplanar transmission lines This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a compact 3-D coplanar transmission line (CTL). In one aspect, the CTL has a proximal end and a distal end separated, in a first plane, by a distance D, the first plane being parallel to a layout area of a substrate. The plane is defined by mutually orthogonal axes x and z The CTL provides a conductive path having pathlength L. D is substantially aligned along axis z, L is at least 1.5×D, and the CPW is configured such that at least one third of the pathlength L is disposed along one or more directions having a substantial component orthogonal to the first plane. Less than one third of the pathlength L is disposed in a direction having a substantial component parallel to axis x.
US09136572B2	Dual stripline tile circulator utilizing thick film post-fired substrate stacking A dual stacked stripline circulator includes multiple composite ferrite discs, each having an inner portion and an outer portion; a first substrate having an edge with a first composite ferrite disc disposed in the first substrate; a second substrate having an edge with a second composite ferrite disc disposed in the second substrate; a third substrate having an edge with a third composite ferrite disc disposed in the third substrate, the third substrate disposed adjacent the second substrate; a fourth substrate having an edge with a fourth composite ferrite disc disposed in the fourth substrate; a first pattern defining three ports of a first three-port circulator disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a second pattern defining three ports of a second three-port circulator disposed between the third substrate and the fourth substrate; and a metal film encircling the edge of the first, second, third and fourth substrate.
US09136570B2	High Q surface mount technology cavity filter A cavity filter device includes a micro-strip structure comprising a low dielectric organic material forming a printed wiring board. The printed wiring board may be soldered, welded, or adhered to the base of one or more cavity filters. The cavity filter may include a coupling pin such as a RF pin positioned at the base of the filter. The micro-strip structure may be configured to carry a RF signal from the input, across the micro-strip structure to the RF pin positioned at the base of the filter.
US09136569B2	Microwave rapid thermal processing of electrochemical devices Microwave radiation may be applied to electrochemical devices for rapid thermal processing (RTP) (including annealing, crystallizing, densifying, forming, etc.) of individual layers of the electrochemical devices, as well as device stacks, including bulk and thin film batteries and thin film electrochromic devices. A method of manufacturing an electrochemical device may comprise: depositing a layer of the electrochemical device over a substrate; and microwave annealing the layer, wherein the microwave annealing includes selecting annealing conditions with preferential microwave energy absorption in the layer. An apparatus for forming an electrochemical device may comprise: a first system to deposit an electrochemical device layer over a substrate; and a second system to microwave anneal the layer, wherein the second system is configured to provide preferential microwave energy absorption in the device layer.
US09136568B2	Protected lithium electrodes having tape cast ceramic and glass-ceramic membranes Alkali (or other active) metal battery and other electrochemical cells incorporating active metal anodes together with aqueous cathode/electrolyte systems. The battery cells have a highly ionically conductive protective membrane adjacent to the alkali metal anode that effectively isolates (de-couples) the alkali metal electrode from solvent, electrolyte processing and/or cathode environments, and at the same time allows ion transport in and out of these environments. Isolation of the anode from other components of a battery cell or other electrochemical cell in this way allows the use of virtually any solvent, electrolyte and/or cathode material in conjunction with the anode. Also, optimization of electrolytes or cathode-side solvent systems may be done without impacting anode stability or performance. In particular, Li/water, Li/air and Li/metal hydride cells, components, configurations and fabrication techniques are provided.
US09136567B2	Chuck mechanism of charge-discharge test device for thin secondary battery The present invention relates to a chuck mechanism of a charge-discharge test device for a thin secondary battery, and aims to provide a chuck mechanism having excellent action controllability. The chuck mechanism includes: a chuck drive part which is movable in a direction toward a battery container housing a thin secondary battery; and a chuck activation part which is located away from the chuck drive part in the direction toward the battery container and whose movement in the same direction is restricted. In the chuck mechanism, when the chuck unit is moved in the direction toward the battery container, the chuck drive part activates a chuck member of the chuck activation part whose movement in the same direction is restricted.
US09136566B2	Battery system A battery pack (21A) according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a plurality of battery modules (11A-11D) connected to each other in either one or both of a series connection mode and a parallel connection mode. An identifying information setting section (25) sets identifying information on each of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D). A connection mode managing section (47) manages the connection mode between the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) by using the identifying information set by the identifying information setting section (25). The identifying information on each of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) is made up of a combination of first identifying information on the potential of the one of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) and second identifying information on the battery pack (21A) serving as a superordinate battery element to which the one of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) belongs.
US09136561B2	Solid polymer electrolyte composition and method of synthesizing the same A solid polymer electrolyte composition having good conductivity and better mechanical strength is provided. The solid polymer electrolyte composition includes at least one lithium salt and a crosslinking polymer containing at least a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment. The first segment includes polyalkylene oxide and/or polysiloxane backbone. The second segment includes urea and/or urethane linkages. The third segment includes silane domain. The fourth segment includes phenylene structure. Moreover, the solid polymer electrolyte composition further includes an additive for improving ionic conductivity thereof.
US09136560B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery using same A non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond and a compound of formula R21—S(O)2—F in which R2 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted by a fluorine atom or an alkenyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted by a fluorine atom, and the alkyl group or alkenyl group may have an ether linkage within its chain.
US09136555B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes a case, an electrode assembly in the case, at least one terminal portion disposed at least partially inside the case, at least one current collecting member electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the terminal portion, the current collecting member including a terminal coupling portion, and at least one insulation member in the case. The insulation member includes a current collecting member coupling portion into which the terminal coupling portion extends. The current collecting member coupling portion supports at least a portion of the terminal coupling portion.
US09136553B2	Electrolyte for cost-effective, electrolyte-supported high-temperature fuel cell having high performance and high mechanical strength Electrolyte for an electrolyte-supported high-temperature fuel cell includes zirconium(IV) oxide doped with from 3.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % of ytterbium(III) oxide. The electrolyte has a thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) based on 30° C. of from 10.610−6 K−1 to 11.110−6 K−1 at 800° C.
US09136551B2	Sulphonate based compound, polymer electrolyte membrane comprising same and fuel cell comprising same The present invention relates to a novel sulfonate-based compound, a method for preparing the same, a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising the sulfonate-based compound, a membrane electrode assembly comprising the same and a fuel cell comprising the same.
US09136550B2	Interpenetrating network of anion-exchange polymers, production method thereof and use of same The invention relates to a method for producing an anion-exchange polymer material having an IPN or semi-IPN structure, said method consisting in: (A) preparing a homogeneous reaction solution containing, in a suitable organic solvent, (a) at least one organic polymer bearing reactive halogen groups, (b) at least one tertiary diamine, (c) at least one monomer comprising an ethylenic unsaturation polymerizable by free radical polymerization, (d) optionally at least one cross-linking agent including at least two ethylenic unsaturations polymerizable by free radical polymerization, and e) at least one free radical polymerization initiator; and (B) heating the prepared solution to a temperature and for a duration that are sufficient to allow both a nucleophilic substitution reaction between components (a) and (b) and a free radical copolymerization reaction of components (c) and optionally (d) initiated by component (e). The invention also relates to the resulting IPN or semi-IPN material and to the use thereof in electrochemical devices, in direct contact with an air electrode.
US09136548B2	Method for operating a fuel cell and a fuel cell arrangement A method for operating, especially for starting, a fuel cell such as a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is disclosed which method includes a starting operation with a first or initial start phase and an optional second or intermediate start phase which is initiated when the fuel cell has reached a predetermined medium temperature below a steady state operational temperature range, before a steady state operation is activated. During the first or initial start phase fuel is subjected to an exothermic reaction with oxygen in a burner unit and output gases from the burner unit are used to warm up and passively heat the fuel cell. Furthermore, a fuel cell arrangement comprising a fuel cell, especially a SOFC hybrid system, for conducting this method is disclosed.
US09136547B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system, and a method of operating the fuel cell system to measure a performance difference of unit cells via an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and to drive the ASIC with a low voltage from a separately included power source supply device.
US09136546B2	Fuel cell stack, manufacturing method of fuel cell stack and replacement method of module as constituent of fuel cell stack A fuel cell stack includes: a first module configured to include an electrolyte membrane, an anode and a cathode; a second module configured to include a separator and placed adjacent to one surface of the first module via a first sealing member; and a third module configured to include a separator and placed adjacent to the other surface of the first module via a second sealing member. In this fuel cell stack, the first sealing member has the greater peel strength to the first module than the peel strength to the second module, and the second sealing member has the greater peel strength to the first module than the peel strength to the third module.
US09136545B2	Low cost fuel cell bipolar plate and process of making the same Fuel cell bipolar plates are made by depositing a pinhole free corrosion resistant and/or a conductive layer on a metal plate using an atomic layer deposition method. In one embodiment, a conductive layer is deposited on an anodized metal plate using atomic layer deposition method. In another embodiment, at least one corrosion resistant metal oxide layer and at least one conductive layer are deposited on a metal plate individually using atomic layer deposition method. In yet another embodiment, a corrosion resistant and conductive metal oxynitride layer is deposited on a metal plate using an atomic layer deposition method.
US09136541B2	Process for producing fuel cell electrode catalyst, process for producing transition metal oxycarbonitride, fuel cell electrode catalyst and uses thereof Provided is a process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst having high catalytic activity which uses a transition metal, e.g., titanium, which process comprises thermal treatment at relatively low temperature, i.e., not including thermal treatment at high temperature (calcining) step. The process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst comprises a step (1) of mixing at least a transition metal-containing compound, a nitrogen-containing organic compound and a solvent to provide a catalyst precursor solution; a step (2) of removing the solvent from the catalyst precursor solution; and a step (3) of thermally treating a solid residue obtained in the step (2) at a temperature of 500 to 1100° C. to provide an electrode catalyst; wherein the transition metal-containing compound is partly or wholly a compound comprising at least one transition metal element (M1) selected from the group 4 and 5 elements of the periodic table as a transition metal element.
US09136539B2	Iron-air accumulator with lithium mediator The invention relates to a half-cell including an electrode formed of an electron collector containing one or more transition metals from groups 4 to 12 of the Period Table of the Elements, and of an electrochemically active material present on the surface of the electron collector in the form of a nanostructured conversion film containing nanoparticles having an average diameter of between 1 nm and 1000 nm. The electrochemically active material contains at least one compound of the transition metal or the transition metals present in the electron collector. The invention further includes a continuous film of a lithium-ion conductive, solid electrolyte that is water- and air-impermeable and that is deposited directly onto, covering totally, the surface of the nanostructured active material of the electrode. The continuous film of solid electrolyte having a thickness of between 1 μm and 50 μm.
US09136535B2	Cathode active material, cathode, secondary battery and manufacturing methods for the same An object of the present invention is to provide a cathode active material which contains small-particle sized and low-crystalline lithium transition metal silicate and which undergoes charge-discharge reaction at room temperature.The cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized by containing a lithium transition metal silicate and exhibits diffraction peaks having half widths of 0.175 to 0.6°, the peaks observed through powder X-ray diffractometry within a 2θ range of 5 to 50°.
US09136534B2	Complexometric precursors formulation methodology for industrial production of high performance fine and ultrafine powders and nanopowders for specialized applications A method of forming a powder MjXp wherein Mj is a positive ion or several positive ions selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or transition metal; and Xp is a monoatomic or a polyatomic anion selected from Groups IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA or VIIA; called complexometric precursor formulation or CPF. The method includes the steps of: providing a first reactor vessel with a first gas diffuser and an first agitator; providing a second reactor vessel with a second gas diffuser and a second agitator; charging the first reactor vessel with a first solution comprising a first salt of Mj; introducing gas into the first solution through the first gas diffuser, charging the second reactor vessel with a second solution comprising a salt of Mp; adding the second solution to the first solution to form a complexcelle; drying the complexcelle, to obtain a dry powder; and calcining the dried powder of said MjXp.
US09136533B2	Lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide and lithium rechargeable battery This invention provides a lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide having a composition of LiaNixMnyCozO2 (x+y+z=1, 1.05
US09136526B2	Method of manufacturing anode active material, and anode and lithium battery using the anode active material Disclosed is to a method of manufacturing an anode active material, including mixing a first solution having a metal oxide precursor dissolved therein, a second solution having a polymer as a carbon fiber precursor dissolved therein, and an ionic liquid solution for nitrogen doping and formation of a porous structure, thus preparing an electrospinning solution, electrospinning the electrospinning solution, thus preparing a metal oxide-nitrogen-porous carbon nanofiber composite, and thermally treating the composite, and to an anode and a lithium battery using the anode active material.
US09136521B2	Bus bar having novel structure and battery module including the same Disclosed herein is a bus bar for electrically connecting electrode leads of unit modules or battery cells (unit cells) in a battery module through a coupling method employing laser welding. Each of the electrode leads and the bus bar has a plate-shaped structure and a protrusion projecting toward the electrode leads is formed on the bus bar at a portion thereof, which is to be welded to the electrode leads through laser irradiation, to allow the portion of the bus bar, which is to be welded to the electrode leads, to be brought into close contact with the electrode leads.
US09136515B2	Heat-resistant microporous film and battery separator A heat-resistant microporous film and a battery separator are provided, which each include a substrate formed by using a porous film and include a heat-resistant layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate so as to contain a heat-resistant resin and heat-resistant particles, and in which a protrusion is formed on a surface of the heat-resistant layer in number not exceeding 60 per surface area of 0.0418 mm2 and has an area not exceeding 500 μm2 per surface area of 0.0418 mm2 in a direction normal to a surface of the heat-resistant layer, the protrusion being formed as a result of aggregation of the heat-resistant particles and having a height of at least twice the average particle size of the heat-resistant particles with reference to the height average surface of the heat-resistant layer.
US09136511B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a pouch-type bare cell having a sealing region positioned in an extraction direction of an electrode lead; a protecting circuit module positioned in the sealing region of the bare cell and connected to the electrode lead; and a top case implemented in a shape in which only a surface facing the sealing region is opened and the other surfaces are integrally formed to cover the protecting circuit module. In the battery pack, a bottom surface of the top case comes in surface contact with a top surface of the bare cell, and the shape of the bottom surface of the top case is implemented in a bent shape so as to correspond to the shape of the top surface of the bare cell.
US09136508B2	Secondary battery with enhanced contact resistance A secondary battery is configured to reduce contact resistance by improving structures of an electrode tab and a lead. The secondary battery with enhanced contact resistance includes an electrode assembly in which a cathode plate having a cathode tab, an anode plate having an anode tab and a separator are stacked alternately, a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly, and an anode lead electrically connected to the anode tab, wherein the battery case is sealed while accommodating the electrode assembly, and the anode lead and the cathode tab are exposed out of the battery case.
US09136503B2	Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display device An organic light-emitting display device comprises a substrate, an anode electrode formed on the substrate, an organic layer formed on the anode electrode, a cathode electrode formed on the organic layer, and an organic capping layer formed on the cathode electrode and containing a capping organic material and a rare-earth material which has higher oxidizing power than the material which forms the cathode electrode.
US09136502B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate having organic light emitting diodes thereon. A thin film encapsulation layer is formed on the substrate such that the thin film encapsulation layer covers the organic light emitting diodes. A nonorganic layer is formed under the thin film encapsulation layer along the edge of the thin film encapsulation layer.
US09136501B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, an opposing electrode disposed on the pixel electrode and transmitting light therethrough, an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode and emitting light toward at least the opposing electrode, a first transmission layer disposed on the opposing electrode and transmitting the light emitted from the organic light-emitting layer therethrough, and a second transmission layer disposed on a path of the light emitted from the organic light-emitting layer on the first transmission layer, and comprising a plurality of first materials having first refractive indices and a second material having a second refractive index. The first refractive indices are greater than the second refractive index, and the plurality of first materials are disposed inside the second material.
US09136492B2	Lighting device with a connection structure and connecting member To reduce the thickness of a lighting device which uses an electroluminescent material and to simplify the structure of a lighting device which uses an electroluminescent material, in the lighting device of the present invention: a terminal electrically connecting a light-emitting element included in the lighting device to the outside is formed over the same surface of a substrate as the light-emitting element; and the terminal is formed at the center of the substrate while the light-emitting element is stacked. In addition, the lighting device has a structure in which the light-emitting element is not easily deteriorated.
US09136490B2	Solar cell having hybrid heterojunction structure and related system and method A solar cell includes multiple organic materials (including at least one donor material and at least one acceptor material) and multiple inorganic materials. The organic and inorganic materials collectively form multiple hybrid heterojunction structures. Each hybrid heterojunction structure includes at least two organic materials and at least one inorganic material. A first of the inorganic materials could include nanowires and/or nanotubes, and a second of the inorganic materials could include nanoparticles and/or quantum dots. At least some of the nanoparticles or quantum dots could have different sizes, where the different sizes are associated with different absorption bandgaps. Excitons photo-generated in at least one of the organic materials may dissociate into holes and electrons. Also, electrons and holes photo-generated in at least one of the inorganic material may separate. Further, one or more of the inorganic materials may transport at least some of the electrons towards one of multiple electrodes.
US09136488B2	Devices comprising graphene and a conductive polymer and related systems and methods The present invention generally relates to devices comprising graphene and a conductive polymer (e.g., poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)), and related systems and methods. In some embodiments, the conductive polymer is formed by oxidative chemical vapor deposition.
US09136483B1	Thiophene fused azacoronenes: regioselective synthesis, self organization, charge transport, and its incorporation in conjugated polymers A regioselective synthesis of an azacoronene fused with two peripheral thiophene groups has been realized through a concise synthetic route. The resulting thienoazacoronene (TAC) derivatives show high degree of self-organization in solution, in single crystals, in the bulk, and in spuncast thin films. Spuncast thin film field-effect transistors of the TACs exhibited mobilities up to 0.028 cm2V−1 S−1, which is among the top field effect mobilities for solution processed discotic materials. Organic photovoltaic devices using TAC-containing conjugated polymers as the donor material exhibited a high open-circuit voltage of 0.89 V, which was ascribable to TAC's low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital energy level.
US09136480B2	Organic light-emitting diode An organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein R1 to R8 and X are further defined.
US09136473B2	Semiconductor device with PCM memory cells and nanotubes and related methods A semiconductor device may include a substrate, and an array of PCM memory cells above the substrate. Each PCM memory cell may include first and second vertically aligned electrodes, a first dielectric layer between the first and second electrodes, a carbon nanotube extending vertically through the first dielectric layer from the second electrode and toward the first electrode, and a PCM body between the first electrode and the at least one carbon nanotube.
US09136471B2	Forming resistive random access memories together with fuse arrays A resistive random access memory array may be formed on the same substrate with a fuse array. The random access memory and the fuse array may use the same active material. For example, both the fuse array and the memory array may use a chalcogenide material as the active switching material. The main array may use a pattern of perpendicular sets of trench isolations and the fuse array may only use one set of parallel trench isolations. As a result, the fuse array may have a conductive line extending continuously between adjacent trench isolations. In some embodiments, this continuous line may reduce the resistance of the conductive path through the fuses.
US09136469B2	Phase change memories A method is provided for fabricating a phase change memory. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a bottom electrode connecting with one or more semiconductor devices, and forming a first dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a loop-shape electrode in the first dielectric layer, and forming a second dielectric layer having a first opening exposing a portion of the first dielectric layer and a portion of the loop-shape electrode. Further, the method includes forming a phase change layer in the first opening of the second dielectric layer such that a contact area between the phase change layer and the loop-shape electrode may be controlled to achieve desired contact, and forming a top electrode.
US09136465B2	Magnetic memory circuit with stress inducing layer Memory circuit comprising an addressable magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, forming a magnetic storage element in the circuit. The MTJ stack comprises a tunnel oxide layer between a free layer and a fixed layer. A stress inducing layer is disposed adjacent to the free layer to provide tensile or compressive stress to the free layer, in order to manipulate a magnetic field that is required to write a bit into the MTJ stack. Method of using the memory circuit is also proposed.
US09136456B2	High efficiency thermoelectric materials based on metal/semiconductor nanocomposites Composite epitaxial materials that comprise semimetallic ErAs nanoparticles or nanoislands epitaxially embedded in a semiconducting In0.53Ga0.47As matrix both as superlattices and randomly distributed throughout the matrix are disclosed. The presence of these particles increases the free electron concentration in the material while providing scattering centers for phonons. Electron concentration, mobility, and Seebeck coefficient of these materials are discussed and their potential for use in thermoelectric power generators is postulated. These composite materials in accordance with the present invention have high electrical conductivity, low thermal conductivity, and a high Seebeck coefficient. The ErAs nanoislands provides additional scattering mechanism for the mid to long wavelength phonon—the combination reduces the thermal conductivity below the alloy limit.
US09136455B2	Substrate for semiconductor device, semiconductor device having the substrate, and manufacturing method thereof A substrate for a semiconductor device is provided. The substrate includes a first metal line, a second metal line, a metal support part, a first insulating part, and a second insulating part. The first metal line is electrically connected to a first electrode of the semiconductor device. The second metal line is electrically connected to a second electrode of the semiconductor device and spaced apart from the first metal line. The metal support part is disposed between the first metal line and the second metal line. The first insulating part is disposed between the first metal line and the metal support part and configured to electrically insulate the first metal line from the metal support part. The second insulating part is disposed between the second metal line and the metal support part and configured to electrically insulate the second metal line from the metal support part.
US09136454B2	Photoelectrical element having a thermal-electrical structure A photoelectrical element comprises: a photoelectric conversion layer; a semiconductor layer formed on the photoelectric conversion layer; a conductive structure formed on the semiconductor layer; and a thermal-electrical structure formed inside the conductive structure, wherein the conductive structure comprises a transparent conductive layer formed on the semiconductor layer and a metal pad formed on the transparent conductive layer; wherein the thermal-electrical structure is formed inside the transparent conductive layer, and/or between the transparent conductive layer and the semiconductor layer, and/or between the transparent conductive layer and the metal pad, and/or inside the transparent conductive layer corresponding to the metal pad.
US09136452B2	Light emitting device and lighting apparatus having the same A light emitting device include a first lead frame including a first bonding region and a second lead frame including a second bonding region. A gap is provided between the first and second lead frames. A first body is coupled to the first and second lead frames and includes an open region exposing the first and second bonding regions. A second body is coupled onto the first body and includes a first opening on the open region of the first body. A light emitting chip is provided on the second bonding region of the second lead frame, and a transmissive resin layer surrounds the light emitting chip in the open region of the first body and the first opening of the second body.
US09136451B2	Light emitting device package and light unit including the same Disclosed are a light emitting device package and a light unit including the same. The light emitting device package includes a body; a first lead frame having a first cavity in a first region of the body; a second lead frame having a second cavity in a second region of the body; a first bonding part adjacent to a first lateral side of the body and extended from the first cavity of the first lead frame; a second bonding part adjacent to a second lateral side of the body, which is opposite to the first lateral side of the body, and extended from the second cavity of the second lead frame; a first light emitting device in the first cavity; a second light emitting device in the second cavity; a third cavity adjacent to the first bonding part; a first protective device in the third cavity.
US09136447B2	Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same To provide a method of manufacturing at low cost a light emitting device that converts the wavelength of light radiated by a light emitting element and emits, the method includes: forming a phosphor layer on a translucent substrate; arranging a plurality of light emitting elements with a predetermined spacing, the light emitting elements having an electrode formed face provided with positive and negative electrodes respectively and arranged with the electrode formed faces on the top; embedding a resin containing phosphor particles so that an upper face of the embedded resin does not bulge over a plane containing the electrode formed faces; and curing the resin, and then cutting and dividing the cured resin, the phosphor layer and the translucent substrate into a plurality of light emitting devices each including one or more of the light emitting elements.
US09136445B2	Light emitting device chip, light emitting device package Disclosed are a light emitting device chip, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. The light emitting device chip includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; a transmittive layer on the light emitting structure; and a luminescence material layer on the transmittive layer, wherein the luminescence material layer includes a pattern, which does not expose the transmittive layer, partially exposes the transmittive layer or partially exposes the transmittive layer and the light emitting structure.
US09136444B2	LED white light source with remote photoluminescent reflecting converter The proposed illuminator relates to white-light lamps based on LEDs with remote photoluminescent converters. The illuminator comprises a heat removing base with a radiation output orifice, and the LEDs secured near the periphery of the orifice, with, arranged in series at a distance from the a concave photoluminescent converter layer and a concave light reflector, wherein the converter layer's and light reflector's concavities are oriented towards the LED's and the opening. White light mix of the LEDs' and converter layer's radiation exits via the orifice. The converter layer and reflector may have the form of a truncated ellipsoid of revolution, in particular a sphere, or a paraboloid, with a main axis perpendicular to the plane of the orifice, or a cylinder truncated by the plane of the orifice. The outside reflector' surface may have ribbed heat radiators associated with the heat removing base.
US09136443B2	Display device and manufacturing method of the same Damage of a color filter due to erosion or the like in a process of patterning a light-shielding film to form a black matrix laminated on the color filter of a display device is prevented. Plural color filters are formed on a second substrate correspondingly to pixels. Protection films laminated on upper surfaces of the respective color filters are formed. A light-shielding film is laminated on a surface of the second substrate on which the protection films are formed. The light-shielding film is processed while the protection films are used as damage stoppers, and light-shielding members made of the light-shielding film selectively left along boundaries of the pixels are formed.
US09136441B2	Flexible lighting device A flexible lighting element is provided, comprising: a first flexible substrate; first and second conductive elements located on the first flexible substrate; a light-emitting element having a positive contact and a negative contact, the positive and negative contacts both being on a first side of the light-emitting element, the light-emitting element being configured to emit light having a selected narrow range of wavelengths; a first conductive connector electrically connecting the first conductive element to the positive contact; a second conductive connector electrically connecting the second conductive element to the negative contact; a second flexible substrate located adjacent to a second surface of the light-emitting element; and an affixing layer located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate.
US09136440B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus having a mirror function An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an encapsulation member facing the substrate, a plurality of pixels between the substrate and the encapsulation member, each pixel including a light emission area and a non-emission area, a first electrode overlapping at least the light emission area, an intermediate layer on the first electrode and including an organic emission layer, a second electrode on the intermediate layer, and a reflective member on a bottom surface of the encapsulation member, the bottom surface of the encapsulation member facing the substrate, and the reflective member including an opening corresponding to the light emission area, and a reflective surface around the opening and corresponding to the non-emission area.
US09136434B2	Submicro-facet light-emitting device and method for fabricating the same A light emitting device comprises an n-type layer, a p-type layer, and an active region sandwiched between the n-type layer and the p-type layer, wherein the active-region has a wavy structure with nano or micro fluctuations in its thickness direction. The n-type layer comprises crystal facets on its upper surface, and the active-region is conformally formed on the upper surface of the n-type layer and substantially follows the shape of the crystal facets so as to form the wavy structure. A method for fabricating the same is also provided.
US09136431B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer stack including a nitride compound semiconductor material on a carrier substrate, wherein the semiconductor layer stack includes an active layer that emits an electromagnetic radiation, the semiconductor layer stack being arranged between a layer of a first conductivity and a layer of a second conductivity, the layer of the first conductivity is adjacent a front of the semiconductor layer stack, the layer of the first conductivity electrically connects to a first electrical connection layer covering at least a portion of a back of the semiconductor layer stack, and the layer of the second conductivity type electrically connects to a second electrical connection layer arranged at the back.
US09136429B2	Multilayer construction Multilayer construction is disclosed. The multilayer construction includes a II-VI semiconductor layer and a Si3N4 layer disposed directly on the II-VI semiconductor layer.
US09136425B2	Semiconductor light emitting element and light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting element includes a first substrate, a stacked body, an electrode, and a conductive layer. The first substrate has a first face and a first side face. The first side face intersects the first face. The first substrate includes a plurality of conductive portions and a plurality of insulating portions arranged alternately. The stacked body is aligned with the first substrate. The stacked body includes first and second semiconductor layers and a light emitting layer. The electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. The conductive layer is electrically connected to at least one of the conductive portions and the second semiconductor layer. At least one of the insulating portions is disposed between the first side face and a portion of the conductive layer nearest to the first side face.
US09136424B2	Diode having high brightness and method thereof A light emitting diode includes a transparent substrate and a GaN buffer layer on the transparent substrate. An n-GaN layer is formed on the buffer layer. An active layer is formed on the n-GaN layer. A p-GaN layer is formed on the active layer. A p-electrode is formed on the p-GaN layer and an n-electrode is formed on the n-GaN layer. A reflective layer is formed on a second side of the transparent substrate. Also, a cladding layer of AlGaN is between the p-GaN layer and the active layer.
US09136423B1	Method and apparatus for depositing copper—indiumgalliumselenide (CuInGaSe2-CIGS) thin films and other materials on a substrate A method to deposit CIGS thin film for solar panel construction comprising: providing a first chamber; providing a substrate and placing said substrate inside said first chamber; providing a metallic target wherein said metallic target is made with elements and/or compounds selected from the group consisting of Cu, CuGa, In, CuIn and CuInGa; placing said metallic target inside said first chamber; reducing pressure within said first chamber to a pressure of less than 1×10−6 Torr; adding sputtering gas into said first chamber after reducing pressure within said first chamber to a pressure of less than 1×10−6 Torr until said pressure in said chamber is increased to about 100 mTorr or less, sputtering said elements and/or compounds from said metallic target to said substrate; providing a second chamber; transferring said substrate from said first chamber to said second chamber after said substrate is sputtered with said elements; proving a Se vapor into said second chamber; perform vapor deposition as to allow said Se to be deposited on said substrate. In one aspect, Cu is sputtered onto a back contact coated substrate in said first chamber, then the Cu coated substrate is transferred to a second chamber kept under reduced pressure of less than 1×10−6 Torr where it gets heated to the CIGS crystallization temperature at the same time while delivering In, Ga and Se vapors onto said heated and Cu-coated substrate to form CIGS. Said In, Ga and Se vapors can be produced using thermal evaporation, Vapor Transport Deposition (VTD); and/or Close Space Sublimation (CSS).
US09136420B2	Solid-state imaging device with photoelectric conversion section, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device with photoelectric conversion section Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor layer including a photoelectric conversion section receiving incident light and generating a signal charge; and a light absorbing section for absorbing transmitted light transmitted by the photoelectric conversion section and having a longer wavelength than light absorbed by the photoelectric conversion section, the transmitted light being included in the incident light, the light absorbing section being disposed on a side of another surface of the semiconductor layer on an opposite side from one surface of the semiconductor layer, the incident light being made incident on the one surface of the semiconductor layer.
US09136417B2	Methods for forming optoelectronic devices including heterojunction Embodiments generally relate to optoelectronic semiconductor devices such as photovoltaic cells. In one aspect, a method for forming a device includes forming an absorber layer made of gallium arsenide (GaAs) and having one type of doping, and forming an emitter layer made of a different material and having a higher bandgap than the absorber layer. An intermediate layer can be formed between emitter and absorber layers. A heterojunction and p-n junction are formed between the emitter layer and the absorber layer, where the p-n junction is formed at least partially within the different material at a location offset from the heterojunction. A majority of the absorber layer can be outside of a depletion region formed by the p-n junction. The p-n junction causes a voltage to be generated in the cell in response to the cell being exposed to light at a front side.
US09136416B2	Solar light concentration photovoltaic conversion system using a wavelength splitter and lambda-specific photovoltaic cells optically coupled to lambda-dedicated fibers illuminated by respective split beams A solar light concentration photovoltaic conversion system, uses a solar light collector to focus collected light onto a termination of at least one multi-fiber cable. A wavelength splitter is optically coupled to the other termination of the multi-fiber cable for producing light beams of different wavelengths, each illuminating the optical termination of one or more lambda-dedicated tap fibers or multi-fiber cables. From the wavelength splitter depart a number of lambda-dedicated groups of tap fibers adapted to convey the radiation to remotely arranged lambda-specific photovoltaic cells, configured for efficiently converting light energy of the specific wavelength spectrum carried along respective fiber or group of fibers into electrical energy. The lambda-specific photovoltaic cells are formed onto light spreading structures optically coupled to a respective tap fiber or multi-fiber cable, adapted to trap the injected light and convert it into electricity.
US09136413B2	Package structure and solar cell with the same A package structure and a solar cell with the same are provided. The package structure includes a transparent package bulk and at least one structure capable of changing a direction of light. The structure is disposed within the transparent package bulk and at a distance from a surface of the transparent package bulk. When applied to a solar cell, the package structure can reduce gridline shading.
US09136411B2	Solar panel clamp system In one embodiment the present invention includes a solar panel clamp system for mounting solar panels on ground-level and raised purlins. Such systems include left-handed and right-hand clamps that can be attached to opposite sides of solar panel assemblies that include mounting frames. Left-handed clamps can attach to the mounting frame of a solar panel and include surfaces that can rest on the top surfaces of purlins and include a lip or shelf surface onto which the right-handed clamps of a mounting frame of a neighboring solar panel can rest to increase the speed and safety of installing solar panels on raised purlins. Through holes in the left-handed and right-handed clamps can then be used as guide holes for drilling into the purlins. The majority of, if not all of, the solar panel installation using the clamps of the present invention can be completed from underneath the raised purlins.
US09136409B2	Optical device An optical device includes a first region and an isolating layer which are each provided in a semiconductor substrate. The first region configures a photoelectric converter and includes at least an impurity of a first conductivity type. The isolating layer is configured to inhibit passage of electrons. The isolating layer includes a second region which is below the first region and which includes an impurity of a second conductivity type, a third region which surrounds the first region in plan-view thereof and which includes an impurity of the second conductivity type, and a fourth region which surrounds the second region in plan-view thereof and which is connected to the third region. The fourth region is greater in width than a connecting part of the third region which connects the third region to the fourth region.
US09136405B2	Light transmission type solar cell and method for producing the same The present invention provides a light transmission type solar cell excellent in both power generation efficiency and light transparency, and also provides a method for producing that solar cell. The solar cell of the present invention comprises a photoelectric conversion layer, a light-incident side electrode layer, and a counter electrode layer. The incident side electrode layer is provided with plural openings bored through the layer, and has a thickness of 10 nm to 200 nm. Each of the openings occupies an area of 80 nm2 to 0.8 μm2, and the opening ratio is in the range of 10% to 66%. The transmittance of the whole cell is 5% or more at 700 nm wavelength. The incident side electrode layer can be formed by etching fabrication with a stamper. In the etching fabrication, a mono-particle layer of fine particles or a dot pattern formed by self-assembled block copolymer can be used as a mask.
US09136403B2	Semiconductor device with wirings of differing young's modulus and method for fabricating the same In a semiconductor device including unit cells which are aligned in one direction, wirings disposed along end portions in the one direction have high Young's moduli.
US09136400B2	Semiconductor device In this junction element 1, when a forward voltage is applied, a depletion layer is formed in a semiconductor layer 2, prohibiting electrons present in an electrode layer 4 to move into the semiconductor layer 2. For this reason, a majority of holes in a semiconductor layer 3 do not disappear by recombination with conduction electrons in the semiconductor layer 2, but reach the electrode layer 4 while diffusing into the semiconductor layer 2. Accordingly, the junction element 1 can serve as a good conductor for holes, while avoiding the influence of a resistance value, and allows a current to flow therethrough at a level equal to or more than that achieved by a semiconductor element formed of a Si or SiC semiconductor. The present invention is applicable to any semiconductor material in which at least one of a donor level and an acceptor level is located at a sufficiently deep position beyond a thermal excitation energy at an operating temperature, such as diamond, zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminum nitride (AlN), or boron nitride (BN). The present invention is also applicable to even a material having a shallow impurity level at room temperature, such as silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), gallium arsenide (GaAs), or germanium (Ge), as long as operation is performed at such a low temperature that the thermal excitation energy can be sufficiently small.
US09136394B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same This technology relates to a nonvolatile memory device and a method for fabricating the same. The nonvolatile memory device may include a pipe connection gate electrode over a substrate, one or more pipe channel layers formed within the pipe connection gate electrode, pairs of main channel layers each connected with the pipe channel layer and extended in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate, a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of cell gate electrodes alternately stacked along the main channel layers, and metal silicide layers configured to be in contact with the pipe connection gate electrode. The electric resistance of the pipe connection gate electrode may be greatly reduced without deteriorating the characteristics of the memory layers by forming the metal silicide layers coming in contact with the pipe connection gate electrode.
US09136391B2	Semiconductor device The semiconductor device includes a power element which is in an on state when voltage is not applied to a gate, a switching field-effect transistor for applying first voltage to the gate of the power element, and a switching field-effect transistor for applying voltage lower than the first voltage to the gate of the power element. The switching field-effect transistors have small off-state current.
US09136388B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a structure of a transistor, which enables a so-called normally-off switching element, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a structure of a semiconductor device which achieves high-speed response and high-speed operation by improving on characteristics of a transistor, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device. In the transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in that order. As the semiconductor layer, an oxide semiconductor layer which contains at least four kinds of elements of indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen, and has a composition ratio (atomic percentage) of indium as twice or more as a composition ratio of gallium and a composition ratio of zinc, is used.
US09136385B2	Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device in which fabrication steps can be reduced by constructing a circuit using only TFTs of one conductivity type and in which a voltage amplitude of an output signal can be normally obtained. A capacitance (205) is provided between a gate and a source of a TFT (203) connected to an output node, and a circuit formed of TFTs (201) and (202) has a function to bring a node α into a floating state. When the node α is in the floating state, a potential of the node α is caused higher than VDD by using gate-source capacitance coupling of the TFT (203) through the capacitance (205), thus an output signal having an amplitude of VDD−GND can be normally obtained without causing amplitude attenuation due to the threshold value of the TFT.
US09136379B2	Bottom source substrateless power MOSFET A bottom source power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device includes a gate electrode and a source electrode formed on an initial insulation layer on a first surface of a semiconductor chip and a drain electrode formed on a second surface of the semiconductor chip. The source electrode includes a source metal, a source electrode bump formed on the source metal and a source electrode metal layer on top of the source electrode bump. A first insulation layer covers the gate electrode. A through via aligned to the gate electrode is formed from the second surface of the chip to expose a portion of the gate electrode from the second surface.
US09136376B2	Semiconductor device having junctionless vertical gate transistor and method of manufacturing the same A junctionless vertical gate transistor includes an active pillar vertically protruding from a substrate and including a first impurity region, a second impurity region and a third impurity region sequentially formed over the first impurity region; gate electrodes coupled to sidewalls of the second impurity region; and bit lines arranged in a direction of intersecting with the gate electrodes and each contacting the first impurity region. The first to the third impurity regions include impurities of the same polarity.
US09136375B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, a deep well formed in the substrate, a first well and a second well formed in the deep well, a gate electrode formed on the substrate and disposed between the first well and the second well, a first isolation, and a second isolation. The second well is spaced apart from the first well. The first isolation extends down from the surface of the substrate and is disposed between the gate electrode and the second well. The second isolation extends down from the surface of the substrate and is adjacent to the first well. A ratio of a depth of the first isolation to a depth of the second isolation is smaller than 1.
US09136374B2	Method of fabricating P-type surface-channel LDMOS device with improved in-plane uniformity A method of fabricating a P-type surface-channel laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device includes forming a gate structure with polysilicon and metal silicide, and the processes of channel implantation, long-time high-temperature drive-in, formation of a heavily doped N-type polysilicon sinker and boron doping of a polysilicon gate, are performed in this order, thereby ensuring the gate not to be doped with boron during its formation. The high-temperature drive-in process is allowed to be carried out to form a channel with a desired width, and a short channel effect which may cause penetration or electric leakage of the resulting device is prevented. As the polysilicon gate is not processed by any high-temperature drive-in process after it is doped with boron, the penetration of boron through a gate oxide layer and the diffusion of N-type impurity contained in the heavily doped polysilicon sinker into the channel or other regions are prevented.
US09136370B2	Shielded gate trench MOSFET package A trench formed in a body layer and epitaxial layer of a substrate is lined with a dielectric layer. A shield electrode formed within a lower portion of the trench is insulated by the dielectric layer. A gate electrode formed in the trench above the shield electrode is insulated from the shield electrode by another dielectric layer. One or more source regions formed within the body layer is adjacent a sidewall of the trench. A source pad formed above the body layer is electrically connected to the source regions and insulated from the gate electrode and shield electrode. The source pad provides an external contact to the source region. A gate pad provides an external contact to the gate electrode. A shield electrode pad provides an external contact to the shield electrode. A resistive element is electrically connected between the shield electrode pad and a source lead.
US09136364B2	Field effect transistor with access region recharge The current invention provides the design of the field effect transistor with lateral channel suitable for high voltage switching. In such a transistor, the electrical charge stored in the high electric field region has to vary as the transistor switches from ON to OFF state and back. The invention provides the method of calculating the necessary recharging path parameters based on the material parameters of the FET and desired blocking voltage, ON state resistance and switching speed. The invention can be used in power electronics by providing circuits and parts, for example, for electrical power distribution between power plant customers, for automotive, craft and space applications and many other applications where high voltage in excess of 400-600 V is involved.
US09136363B2	Compound tunneling field effect transistor integrated on silicon substrate and method for fabricating the same Compound tunneling field effect transistors integrated on a silicon substrate are provided with increased tunneling efficiency and an abrupt band slope by forming a source region with a material having a bandgap at least 0.4 electron volts (eV) narrower than that of silicon to increase a driving current (ON current) by forming a channel region with a material having almost no difference in lattice constant from a source region and having a high electron mobility at least 5 times higher than silicon. ON/OFF current ratio simultaneously is increased by forming a drain region with a material having a bandgap at least as wide as a channel region material to restrain OFF current. Tunneling field effect transistors having various threshold voltages according to circuit designs are formed easily by adding a specific material with an electron affinity less than a source region material when forming a channel region.
US09136362B2	Semiconductor device having lateral element A semiconductor device with a lateral element includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second electrodes on the substrate, and a resistive field plate extending from the first electrode to the second electrode. The lateral element passes a current between the first and second electrodes. A voltage applied to the second electrode is less than a voltage applied to the first electrode. The resistive field plate has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The second end portion is located closer to the second electrode than the first end portion. An impurity concentration in the second end portion is equal to or greater than 1×1018 cm−3.
US09136361B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device To provide a miniaturized transistor having high electric characteristics. A conductive film to be a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer is formed to cover an oxide semiconductor layer and a channel protection layer, and then a region of the conductive film, which overlaps with the oxide semiconductor layer and the channel protection layer, is removed by chemical mechanical polishing treatment. Precise processing can be performed accurately because an etching step using a resist mask is not performed in the step of removing part of the conductive film to be the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer. With the channel protection layer, damage to the oxide semiconductor layer or a reduction in film thickness due to the chemical mechanical polishing treatment on the conductive film can be suppressed.
US09136359B2	Three-dimensional flash memory using fringing effect and method for manufacturing Provided are a three-dimensional flash memory using a fringing effect and a method of manufacturing the same. A through hole is formed through a plurality of gate electrodes vertically stacked on a substrate, and the interior of the through hole is filled with a tunneling insulating layer or an active region. Therefore, a charge storage layer is not formed in the through hole, but is formed outside of the through hole. The charge storage layer is formed in an intercell insulating layer filling a gap between the gate electrodes. When a fringing electric field is applied, the electric charges of the active region are trapped in the charge storage layer through the intercell insulating layer.
US09136357B1	Fabrication process for mitigating external resistance and interface state density in a multigate device A method for fabricating a multigate device includes forming a fin on a substrate of the multigate device, the fin being formed of a semiconductor material, growing a first conformal epitaxial layer directly on the fin and substrate, wherein the first conformal epitaxial layer is undoped or lightly doped, growing a second conformal epitaxial layer directly on the first conformal epitaxial layer, wherein the second conformal epitaxial layer is highly doped, selectively removing a portion of the second epitaxial layer to expose a portion of the first conformal epitaxial layer and thereby form a trench, and forming a gate within the trench.
US09136352B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor apparatus and semiconductor apparatus A screen oxide film is formed on an n− drift layer (2) that is disposed on an anterior side of an n-type low-resistance layer (1), and a nitride film is formed on the screen oxide film. The nitride film is photo-etched using a first mask and thereby, a nitride shielding film (61) is formed. N-type impurity ions at a concentration higher than that of the n-drift layer are implanted through the nitride shielding film (61) from an anterior side of a semiconductor substrate and are thermally diffused and thereby, an n counter layer (7) is formed. The screen oxide film is removed. A gate oxide film (3a) is formed. A gate electrode (9) is formed on the gate oxide film (3a). P-type impurity ions are implanted from the anterior side of the semiconductor substrate using the gate electrode (9) and the nitride shielding film (61) as a mask and thereby, p− well regions (10) are formed. N-type impurity ions are implanted from the anterior side of the semiconductor substrate using the gate electrode (9) and the nitride shielding film (61) as a mask and thereby, n source regions (11) are formed.
US09136348B2	Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor structure includes a gate structure disposed on a substrate and having an outer spacer, a recess disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the gate structure, a doped epitaxial material filling up the recess, a cap layer including an undoped epitaxial material and disposed on the doped epitaxial material, a lightly doped drain disposed below the cap layer and sandwiched between the doped epitaxial material and the cap layer, and a silicide disposed on the cap layer and covering the doped epitaxial material to cover the cap layer together with the outer spacer without directly contacting the lightly doped drain.
US09136343B2	Deep gate-all-around semiconductor device having germanium or group III-V active layer Deep gate-all-around semiconductor devices having germanium or group III-V active layers are described. For example, a non-planar semiconductor device includes a hetero-structure disposed above a substrate. The hetero-structure includes a hetero-junction between an upper layer and a lower layer of differing composition. An active layer is disposed above the hetero-structure and has a composition different from the upper and lower layers of the hetero-structure. A gate electrode stack is disposed on and completely surrounds a channel region of the active layer, and is disposed in a trench in the upper layer and at least partially in the lower layer of the hetero-structure. Source and drain regions are disposed in the active layer and in the upper layer, but not in the lower layer, on either side of the gate electrode stack.
US09136342B2	Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof A thin film transistor is provided. A thin film transistor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a gate line disposed on the substrate and including a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including at least a portion overlapping the gate electrode; a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate line and the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate and facing each other over a channel region of the semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer includes a first region and a second region, the first region corresponds to the channel region of the semiconductor layer, the first region is made of a first material, the second region is made of a second material, and the first material and the second material have different atomic number ratios of carbon and silicon.
US09136338B2	Sputtering target, method for forming amorphous oxide thin film using the same, and method for manufacturing thin film transistor Disclosed is a sputtering target having a good appearance, which is free from white spots on the surface. The sputtering target is characterized by being composed of an oxide sintered body containing two or more kinds of homologous crystal structures.
US09136335B2	Semiconductor device having a trench gate structure and manufacturing method of the same In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, a trench is defined in a semiconductor substrate, and an adjuster layer having a first conductivity type impurity concentration higher than a drift layer is formed at a portion of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to a bottom wall of the trench. A channel layer is formed by introducing second conductivity type impurities to a portion of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to a sidewall of the trench and between the adjustment layer and a main surface of the semiconductor substrate while restricting the channel layer from extending in a depth direction of the trench by the adjustment layer.
US09136334B2	High mobility electron transistor A semiconductor device includes: a channel layer made of a compound semiconductor; a barrier layer provided above the channel layer and made of a compound semiconductor in which an energy band on a carrier travel side in a junction with respect to the channel layer is farther from an intrinsic Fermi level in the channel layer than in the channel layer; a low-resistance region provided in a surface layer of the barrier layer, in which resistance is kept lower than portions around by containing impurity; a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the barrier layer at positions sandwiching the low-resistance region; a gate insulating layer provided on the low-resistance region; and a gate electrode provided above the low-resistance region through the gate insulating layer.
US09136333B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a vertical type trench gate MOS transistor; a Schottky barrier diode; multiple trenches having a stripe pattern to divide an inner region into first and second separation regions; and a poly silicon film in each trench. The first separation region includes a first conductive type region for providing a source and a second conductive type layer for providing a channel region. The first conductive type region is adjacent to a first trench. The poly silicon film in the first trench is coupled with a gate wiring. A second trench is not adjacent to the first conductive type region. The poly silicon film in the second trench is coupled with a source or gate wiring. The substrate in the second separation region is coupled with the source wiring for providing a Schottky barrier.
US09136330B2	Shallow trench isolation A semiconductor structure with an improved shallow trench isolation (STI) region and method of fabrication is disclosed. The STI region comprises a lower portion filled with oxide and an upper portion comprising a high Young's modulus (HYM) liner disposed on the lower portion and trench sidewalls and filled with oxide. The HYM liner is disposed adjacent to source-drain regions, and serves to reduce stress relaxation within the shallow trench isolation (STI) oxide, which has a relatively low Young's modulus and is soft. Hence, the HYM liner serves to increase the desired stress imparted by the embedded stressor source-drain regions, which enhances carrier mobility, thus increasing semiconductor performance.
US09136328B2	Silicon on nothing devices and methods of formation thereof In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first cavity within a substrate. The first cavity is disposed under a portion of the substrate. The method further includes forming a first pillar within the first cavity to support the portion of the substrate.
US09136327B1	Deep trench isolation structures and systems and methods including the same Deep trench isolation structures and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The systems include a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body, a device region, and the deep trench isolation structure. The deep trench isolation structure is configured to electrically isolate the device region from other device regions that extend within the semiconductor body. The deep trench isolation structure includes an isolation trench, a dielectric material that extends within the isolation trench, a first semiconducting region, and a second semiconducting region. The methods include methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes the disclosed deep trench isolation structures. The methods also include methods of operating an integrated circuit device that includes a plurality of semiconductor devices that include the disclosed deep trench isolation structures.
US09136322B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and including a gate trench; a gate insulating film formed on the gate trench; and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench to be opposed to the semiconductor layer through the gate insulating film. The semiconductor layer includes a first conductivity type source region; a second conductivity type body region; a first conductivity type drift region; a second conductivity type first breakdown voltage holding region; a source trench passing through the first conductivity type source region and the second conductivity type body region from the front surface and reaching a drain region; and a second conductivity type second breakdown voltage region selectively formed on an edge portion of the source trench where the sidewall and the bottom wall thereof intersect with each other in a parallel region of the source trench.
US09136320B2	Field effect transistor A field effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate having a protrusion with at least one inclined surface, a gate insulator disposed at least on a portion of the inclined surface, and a gate conductor disposed on the gate insulator, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises doped regions sandwiching a channel region, wherein the at least one inclined surface has a first crystal orientation in the channel region, and the inclined surface has an included angle to a vertical plane with a second crystal orientation. The hole mobility and the electron mobility are substantially the same in the channel region having a crystalline orientation off from the (110) crystal orientation.
US09136317B1	Structure of capacitor and fabrication method thereof A capacitor including a substrate, a conductive layer, a middle dielectric material layer, a first dielectric material layer, and a second dielectric material layer is provided. The conductive layer includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and the conductive layer is located over the substrate. The middle dielectric material layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first dielectric material layer is located between the middle dielectric material layer and the first electrode. The second dielectric material layer is located between the middle dielectric material layer and the second electrode. The dielectric constant of the middle dielectric material layer is different from the dielectric constants of the first dielectric material layer and the second dielectric material layer.
US09136312B2	Method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display apparatus Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus which may reduce white angular dependency (WAD). The method includes forming a common layer on each of subpixel areas at the same time without discretion within one pixel area, the common layer not being formed on connection areas between pixel areas.
US09136311B2	Flexible substrate, flexible display device, and method for manufacturing flexible display device A flexible substrate includes: a flexible substrate main body including an organic material; a plurality of separation patterns distributed across one side of the flexible substrate main body; and a separation groove on the one side of the flexible substrate main body adjacent to at least one of the separation patterns, and the separation groove being recessed from a surface of the one side of the flexible substrate main body.
US09136307B2	Memory cells and memory cell formation methods using sealing material Memory cells, arrays of memory cells, and methods of forming the same with sealing material on sidewalls thereof are disclosed herein. One example of forming a memory cell includes forming a stack of materials, forming a trench to a first depth in the stack of materials such that a portion of at least one of the active storage element material and the active select device material is exposed on sidewalls of the trench. A sealing material is formed on the exposed portion of the at least one of the active storage element material and the active select device material and the trench is deepened such that a portion of the other of the at least one of the active storage element material and the active select device material is exposed on the sidewalls of the trench.
US09136306B2	Memory structures and arrays Some embodiments include memory structures having a diode over a memory cell. The memory cell can include programmable material between a pair of electrodes, with the programmable material containing a multivalent metal oxide directly against a high-k dielectric. The diode can include a first diode electrode directly over one of the memory cell electrodes and electrically coupled with the memory cell electrode, and can include a second diode electrode laterally outward of the first diode electrode and not directly over the memory cell. Some embodiments include memory arrays comprising the memory structures, and some embodiments include methods of making the memory structures.
US09136294B1	Image sensor having phase difference detection pixel An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion layer; and a pixel lens, including a plurality of light condensing layers, formed over the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein upper layers of the plurality of light condensing layers have shorter widths than lower layers of the plurality of light condensing layers, wherein the light condensing layers of the pixel lens have their sidewalls of one side aligned with each other.
US09136293B2	Methods and apparatus for sensor module Methods and apparatus for integrating a CMOS image sensor and an image signal processor (ISP) together using an interposer to form a system in package device module are disclosed. The device module may comprise an interposer with a substrate. An interposer contact is formed within the substrate. A sensor device may be bonded to a surface of the interposer, wherein a sensor contact is bonded to a first end of the interposer contact. An ISP may be connected to the interposer, by bonding an ISP contact in the ISP to a second end of the interposer contact. An underfill layer may fill a gap between the interposer and the ISP. A printed circuit board (PCB) may further be connected to the interposer by way of a solder ball connected to another interposer contact. A thermal interface material may be in contact with the ISP and the PCB.
US09136292B2	Optical electronic package having a blind cavity for covering an optical sensor An electronic package includes a substrate wafer having front and rear faces. An emitting integrated circuit chip is mounted to the front face of the substrate wafer and includes a light radiation optical emitter. A receiving integrated circuit chip is also mounted to the front face of the substrate wafer and includes at least one light radiation optical sensor. A transparent encapsulant extends above the optical sensor and the optical emitter. An opaque encapsulant encapsulates the transparent encapsulant. The opaque encapsulant has a front window situated above the optical emitter and which is offset laterally relative to the optical sensor. The transparent encapsulant accordingly has an uncovered front face situated above the optical emitter and offset laterally relative to the optical sensor. The opaque encapsulant may include an additional front window. The receiving integrated circuit chip further includes a second optical sensor situated opposite the additional front window.
US09136288B2	Display device A manufacturing method of a display device having an array substrate includes the steps of forming a projection of an organic material in a pixel on the array substrate by patterning a photosensitive material or by inkjet, forming a TFT on the array substrate, wherein a source electrode of the TFT is formed to extend on at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an inorganic passivation layer over the TFT and over at least part of the upper surface of the projection, forming an organic passivation layer over the inorganic passivation layer, forming an upper insulating layer over at least part of the organic passivation layer, forming a contact hole in the inorganic passivation layer and the upper insulation layer over the upper surface of the projection, and forming a pixel electrode on the upper insulation layer which contacts the source electrode.
US09136287B2	Semiconductor device Adverse effects of variation in threshold voltage are reduced. In a semiconductor device, electric charge is accumulated in a capacitor provided between a gate and a source of a transistor, and then, the electric charge accumulated in the capacitor is discharged; thus, the threshold voltage of the transistor is obtained. After that, current flows to a load. In the semiconductor device, the potential of one terminal of the capacitor is set higher than the potential of a source line, and the potential of the source line is set lower than the potential of a power supply line and the cathode side potential of the load.
US09136270B2	Memory device A device isolation layer of the memory device includes a first insulation layer in a lower portion of a device isolation trench, a second insulation layer in an upper portion of the device isolation trench and a separation layer between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer. First and second conductive fillers are in the first and second insulation layers and are separated by the separation layer.
US09136269B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate divided into a cell region and a peripheral circuit region defined in a first direction, wherein the peripheral circuit region is divided into a first region and a second region defined in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction; gate lines formed over the semiconductor substrate in the cell region and arranged in the second direction; and a capacitor including lower electrodes over the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode, wherein the lower electrodes in the first and second regions, separated from each other in the first direction and coupled to each other in the first region, the dielectric layer is formed along surfaces of the lower electrodes in the second region, and the upper electrode is formed over the dielectric layer.
US09136266B2	Gate oxide quality for complex MOSFET devices In various aspects, methods of forming a semiconductor device and semiconductor devices are provided. In some illustrative embodiments herein, a silicon/germanium layer is provided on a semiconductor substrate. On the silicon/germanium layer, at least one insulating material layer is formed. After having performed a thermal annealing process, the at least one insulating material layer is removed in subsequent process sequences such that the silicon/germanium layer is at least partially exposed. In further processing sequences which are to be subsequently applied, a gate electrode is formed on the exposed silicon/germanium layer.
US09136257B1	Rectifier structures for AC LED systems A space efficient arrangement of at least one LED with a rectifying element and a current limiting element forms a compact module that can be powered using an AC voltage source.
US09136250B2	Through silicon via repair circuit A through silicon via (TSV) repair circuit is provided. The TSV repair circuit includes at least two transmission control switches and at least two transmission path modules. Two transmission control switches transmit an input signal of a first chip or a second chip to one of two terminals in each of the transmission path modules according to a switch signal. Each transmission path module includes at least two data path circuits and corresponding TSVs. Each data path circuit includes an input driving circuit, a short-circuit detection circuit and a leakage current cancellation circuit. The short-circuit detection circuit detects whether to detect whether short-circuit on the TSV and a silicon substrate is present and generate a short-circuit detection output signal. The leakage current cancellation circuit to avoid a leakage current generated by a first level voltage to flow into the silicon substrate according to the short-circuit detection output signal.
US09136247B2	Resin-encapsulated semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A resin-encapsulated semiconductor device is manufactured by mounting semiconductor elements on respective die pad portions of a frame. Electrodes on the surface of the semiconductor elements are wire bonded to lead portions of the frame. The die pad portions, semiconductor elements and lead portions are encapsulated with resin, leaving a bottom surface part of the lead portions exposed. The lead portions are partially cut by a rotary blade from an upper side of the resin to form concave parts in the lead portions, which are wet-etched to form exposed lead upper end parts. A plated layer is formed on the lead upper end parts and the lead bottom surface parts. The remaining parts of the lead portions with the plated layer are cut to separate the resin-encapsulated semiconductor device into individual pieces.
US09136244B2	Semiconductor package having a metal member and a resin mold, which are bonded to a silane coupling agent and an intermediate layer of an oxide film Reliability is improved by improving adhesiveness, crack resistance, and moisture resistance of a metal member-resin jointed body by enhancing adhesiveness between the metal member and the resin.A jointed body of a metal member and a resin including: an intermediate layer and a silane coupling agent layer formed on the metal member at an interface between the metal member and the resin, wherein the silane coupling agent layer and the resin are contacted; the intermediate layer is any one of an oxide layer of the metal, a chelating agent layer, a composite layer made of the oxide layer and the chelating agent layer, and a mixed layer made of the oxide and the chelating agent; and the intermediate layer has an electrically non-insulating characteristic, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US09136242B2	Component leg arrangement An electronic component including one or more legs for attachment to a circuit board, wherein at least one of said legs includes a spring-acting kink, arranged so as to offers resilience to relative displacement between the end of said leg and the body of said component. The kink may be substantially S-shaped, Z-shaped, U-shaped, wave-shaped or coil-shaped.
US09136241B2	Chip package and manufacturing method thereof An embodiment of the invention provides a manufacturing method of a chip package including: providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of device regions separated by a plurality of scribe lines; bonding a package substrate to the semiconductor wafer wherein a spacer layer is disposed therebetween and defines a plurality of cavities respectively exposing the device regions and the spacer layer has a plurality of through holes neighboring the edge of the semiconductor wafer; filling an adhesive material in the through holes wherein the material of the spacer layer is adhesive and different from the adhesive material; and dicing the semiconductor wafer, the package substrate and the spacer layer along the scribe lines to form a plurality of chip packages separated from each other.
US09136237B2	Electroplated solder for high-temperature interconnect This chip package includes a substrate having a multilayer electroplated stack disposed on a surface of the substrate. The multilayer electroplated stack may include one or more instances of alternating layers of gold and tin, where relative thicknesses of the alternating layers, when melted, result in a chemical composition having an initial melting temperature to form a bump and a subsequent melting temperature to reflow the bump that is higher than the initial melting temperature. For example, the chemical composition may correspond to a non-equilibrium gold-tin alloy.
US09136235B2	Methods and apparatus of packaging semiconductor devices Methods and apparatuses for wafer level packaging (WLP) semiconductor devices are disclosed. A redistribution layer (RDL) is formed on a first passivation layer in contact with a conductive pad over a surface of a die. The RDL layer is on top of a first region of the first passivation layer. A second passivation layer is formed on the RDL layer with an opening to expose the RDL layer, and over the first passivation layer. An under bump metallization (UBM) layer is formed over the second passivation layer in contact with the exposed RDL layer. A second region of the first passivation layer disjoint from the first region is determined by projecting an outer periphery of a solder ball or other connector onto the surface.
US09136233B2	Process for fabricating a three-dimensional integrated structure with improved heat dissipation, and corresponding three-dimensional integrated structure A three-dimensional integrated structure includes a first integrated circuit having a substrate assembled in an interlocking manner with a second integrated circuit having a substrate. The substrate of the first integrated circuit comprises first pores separated by first partitions, and the substrate of the second integrated circuit comprises second pores separated by second partitions. The first partitions interlock with the second pores and the second partitions interlock with the first pores so as to define at least one region bounded by the two substrates. A phase-change material is retained within the at least one region.
US09136231B2	Carrier-free land grid array IC chip package and preparation method thereof A carrier-free land grid array (LGA) Integrated Circuit (IC) chip package and a preparation method thereof are provided. The IC chip package includes: an inner pin, an IC chip, a pad, a bonding wire, and a mold cap. The inner pin is designed to be a multi-row matrix form at a front side of the package, and is designed to be an exposed multi-row approximate square-shaped circular gold-plated contacts at a back side; the IC chip is provided on the inner pin, the inner pin is adhered to the IC chip with an adhesive film sheet, the pad on the IC chip is connected to the inner pin by the bonding wire, and the mold cap encircles the adhesive film sheet, the IC chip, the bonding wire, and edges of the inner pin, so as to form a whole circuit. The present invention adopts approximate square-shaped spherical array contacts, thereby having a simple and flexible structure, and achieving a desirable heat-dissipation effect. A cooper lead frame (L/F) has a high yield, and reduces the material cost. The L/F is used to replace a ceramic substrate, PCB substrate, or BT substrate, thereby saving the complicated layout design, shortening the designing and manufacturing cycle, accelerating the trial production course, and enabling the product to be early listed to obtain market opportunities.
US09136221B2	Methods of providing dielectric to conductor adhesion in package structures Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods may include forming a CVD dielectric material on a package dielectric material, and then forming a conductive material on the CVD dielectric material.
US09136219B2	Expanded semiconductor chip and semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip having a surface provided with first electrodes; and an expanded semiconductor chip including a second semiconductor chip and an expanded portion extending outward from at least one side surface of the second semiconductor chip. The expanded semiconductor chip has a surface provided with second electrodes. The surface of the first semiconductor chip provided with the first electrodes faces the surface of the expanded semiconductor chip provided with the second electrodes so that the first electrodes are connected to the second electrodes. Each one of the second electrodes that is connected to an associated one of the first electrodes is located only on the expanded portion.
US09136216B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device has a resistor area and wiring area selectively disposed on a semiconductor substrate. In this semiconductor device, a second interlayer insulating film is formed above the semiconductor substrate, and a thin-film resistor is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film in the resistor area. Vias that contact the thin-film resistor from below are formed in the second interlayer insulating film. A wiring line is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film in the wiring area. A dummy wiring line that covers the thin-film resistor from above is disposed in a third wiring layer that is in the same layer as the wiring line, and an insulating film is interposed between the thin-film resistor and the dummy wiring line.
US09136213B2	Integrated system and method of making the integrated system A system and method of manufacturing a system are disclosed. An embodiment of the system includes a first packaged component comprising a first component and a first redistribution layer (RDL) disposed on a first main surface of the first packaged component, wherein the first RDL includes first pads. The system further includes a second packaged component having a second component disposed at a first main surface of the second packaged component, the first main surface having second pads and a connection layer between the first packaged component and the second packaged component, wherein the connection layer connects a first plurality of the first pads with the second pads.
US09136212B2	Circuit board A circuit board includes a laminated body including a laminate of a plurality of insulating-material layers made of a flexible material. External electrodes are provided on the top surface of the laminated body. An electronic component is mounted on the external electrodes. A plurality of internal conductors, when viewed in plan in the z-axis direction, are overlaid on the external electrodes and are not connected to one another in regions in which the internal conductors are overlaid on the external electrodes.
US09136209B2	Semiconductor device with specific lead frame for a power semiconductor module A semiconductor device has a heat dissipating base; a patterned insulating substrate attached to the heat dissipating base with a solder therebetween; a semiconductor chip attached to a conductive pattern of the patterned insulating substrate with a solder therebetween; a first conductor attached to the semiconductor chip with a solder therebetween; a resin case attached to the heat dissipating base with an adhesive; and a second conductor attached to the first conductor by laser welding. The second conductor formed by rolling has stripe-shaped rolling traces formed on a surface thereof in a rolling direction and is disposed on the first conductor such that the rolling traces are arranged in a same direction.
US09136204B2	Semiconductor device having penetrating electrodes each penetrating through substrate Disclosed herein is a device including a first semiconductor chip having a first internal circuit formed in a first substrate, and a plurality of penetrating electrodes each penetrating through the first semiconductor substrate. The plurality of penetrating electrodes includes first, second, third and fourth penetrating electrodes arranged along a first line. The first and second penetrating electrodes are in a floating state without being electrically connected to the first internal circuit. The third penetrating electrode is electrically connected to a first power supply line that conveys a first power supply potential to the first internal circuit. The fourth penetrating electrode is electrically connected to a second power supply line that conveys a second power supply potential to the first internal circuit. The third and fourth penetrating electrodes are arranged between the first penetrating electrode and the second penetrating electrode.
US09136203B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof To provide a semiconductor device comprising a first layer that is provided on a semiconductor substrate and includes a first wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of first dummy patterns made of a same material as the first wiring pattern and a second layer that is provided above the semiconductor substrate and includes a second wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of second dummy patterns made of a same material as the second wiring pattern. A central axis of each of the second dummy patterns coincides with that of a corresponding one of the first dummy patterns in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate.
US09136202B2	Enhanced package thermal management using external and internal capacitive thermal material An apparatus has external and/or internal capacitive thermal material for enhanced thermal package management. The apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC) package having a heat generating device. The apparatus also includes a heat spreader having a first side that is attached to the IC package. The apparatus also includes capacitive thermal material reservoirs contacting the first side of the heat spreader. The capacitive thermal material reservoirs may be disposed laterally relative to the heat generating device.
US09136199B2	Monitoring and controlling temperatures in a semiconductor structure An electronic device includes a semiconductor structure. A first temperature sensor is located at a hot spot of the semiconductor structure and a second temperature sensor is located at a cold spot of the semiconductor structure. A control block is configured to control current flow through the semiconductor structure. For example, the control block is configured to cut off the current flow through the semiconductor structure when a temperature at the hot spot exceeds a first predefined threshold or when a temperature difference between the temperature at the hot spot and a temperature at the cold spot exceeds a second predefined threshold.
US09136196B2	Compliant printed circuit wafer level semiconductor package A wafer-level package for semiconductor devices and a method for making the package. At least one dielectric layer is selectively printed on at least a portion of the semiconductor devices creating first recesses aligned with a plurality of electrical terminals on the semiconductor devices. A conductive material is printed in the first recesses to form contact members on the semiconductor devices. At least one dielectric layer is selectively printed to create a plurality of second recesses corresponding to a target circuit geometry. A conductive material is printed in at least a portion of the second recesses to create a circuit geometry. The circuit geometry includes a plurality of exposed terminals adapted to electrically couple to another circuit member. The wafer is diced to provide a plurality of discrete packaged semiconductor devices.
US09136188B2	Manufacturing method and test method of semiconductor device Provided is a test method by which a transistor whose reliability is low can be detected with low stress and high accuracy in a shorter period of time than a BT test. Provided is to detect a transistor whose reliability is high in a shorter period of time than a BT test and manufacture an electronic device with high reliability efficiently. Hysteresis characteristics revealed in the result of the Vg-Id measurement with light irradiation to the transistor correlate with the result of a BT test; whether the reliability of the transistor is Good or Not-Good can be judged. Accordingly, the test method by which a transistor whose reliability is low can be detected with low stress and high accuracy in a shorter period of time than a BT test can be provided.
US09136185B2	Methods and systems for grain size evaluation of multi-cystalline solar wafers Methods and systems for evaluation of wafers are disclosed. One example method includes illuminating a multi-crystalline wafer according to a plurality of lighting parameters, capturing a plurality of images of the multi-crystalline wafer, stacking and projecting the plurality of images to generate a composite image, analyzing the composite image to identify one or more grains of the multi-crystalline wafer, and generating a report based on the analysis of the composite image. The multi-crystalline wafer is illuminated according to a different one of the plurality of lighting parameters in at least two of the plurality of images.
US09136180B2	Process for depositing electrode with high effective work function According to some embodiments, an electrode have a high effective work function is formed. The electrode may be the gate electrode of a transistor and may be formed on a high-k gate dielectric by depositing a first layer of conductive material, exposing that first layer to a hydrogen-containing gas, and depositing a second layer of conductive material over the first layer. The first layer may be deposited using a non-plasma process in which the substrate is not exposed to plasma or plasma-generated radicals. The hydrogen-containing gas to which the first layer is exposed may include an excited hydrogen species, which may be part of a hydrogen-containing plasma, and may be hydrogen-containing radicals. The first layer may also be exposed to oxygen before depositing the second layer. The work function of the gate electrode in the gate stack may be about 5 eV or higher in some embodiments.
US09136173B2	Singulation method for semiconductor die having a layer of material along one major surface In one embodiment, die are singulated from a wafer having a back layer by placing the wafer onto a first carrier substrate with the back layer adjacent the carrier substrate, forming singulation lines through the wafer to expose the back layer within the singulation lines, and using a mechanical device to apply localized pressure to the wafer to separate the back layer in the singulation lines. The localized pressure can be applied through the first carrier substrate proximate to the back layer, or can be applied through a second carrier substrate attached to a front side of the wafer opposite to the back layer.
US09136170B2	Through silicon via (TSV) structure and process thereof A through silicon via structure is located in a recess of a substrate. The through silicon via structure includes a barrier layer, a buffer layer and a conductive layer. The barrier layer covers a surface of the recess. The buffer layer covers the barrier layer. The conductive layer is located on the buffer layer and fills the recess, wherein the contact surface between the conductive layer and the buffer layer is smoother than the contact surface between the buffer layer and the barrier layer. Moreover, a through silicon via process forming said through silicon via structure is also provided.
US09136163B2	Manufacturing method for semiconductor device and semiconductor device A step of forming a connecting member configured to electrically connect a first conductive line and a second conductive line includes a phase of perforating a laminate from a first semiconductor wafer to form a plurality of connection holes that reach the second conductive line and a phase of filling the plurality of penetrating connection holes with a conductive material to form conductive sections in contact with the second conductive line.
US09136162B2	Trench formation using horn shaped spacer A method includes forming a mandrel layer over a target layer, and etching the mandrel layer to form mandrels. The mandrels have top widths greater than respective bottom widths, and the mandrels define a first opening in the mandrel layer. The first opening has an I-shape and includes two parallel portions and a connecting portion interconnecting the two parallel portions. Spacers are formed on sidewalls of the first opening. The spacers fill the connecting portion, wherein a center portion of each of the two parallel portions is unfilled by the spacers. Portions of the first opening that are unfilled by the spacers are extended into the target layer.
US09136159B2	Method and system for a semiconductor for device package with a die-to-packaging substrate first bond Methods and systems for a semiconductor device package with a die-to-packing substrate first bond are disclosed and may include bonding a first semiconductor die to a packaging substrate, applying an underfill material between the first semiconductor die and the packaging substrate, and bonding one or more additional die to the first semiconductor die. The additional die may comprise electronic devices. The first semiconductor die may comprise an interposer die or may comprise electronic devices. The first semiconductor die may be bonded to the packaging substrate utilizing a mass reflow process or a thermal compression process. The additional die may be bonded to the first die utilizing a mass reflow process or a thermal compression process. The bonded die may be encapsulated in a mold material, which may comprise a polymer. The one or more additional die may comprise micro-bumps for coupling to the first semiconductor die.
US09136155B2	Method and device for processing wafer shaped articles A method and device for treating a wafer-shaped article utilizes a novel clamping mechanism, which permits wafer shift to be performed with reduced wear to the chuck pins. A wafer is rotated on a spin chuck that has a plurality of pins positioned at a periphery of the wafer shaped article. The pins each have a head portion which, in a service position, extends radially inwardly of and above the wafer. Gas is supplied onto a surface of the wafer facing the spin chuck at a flow rate sufficient to displace the wafer upwardly into contact with the head portions of the pins. This serves to clamp the wafer against the head portions of the pins. However, the pins contact the wafer only on upwardly oriented wafer surfaces and the wafer is supported from below solely by the gas flow.
US09136151B2	Actuator An actuator comprising a first part and a second part, the first part being configured to move relative to the second part, wherein a labyrinth seal is provided between the first part and the second part, the labyrinth seal being configured to restrict the flow of gas from a first side of the labyrinth seal to a second side of the labyrinth seal, wherein one or more inlets and one or more outlets are provided within the labyrinth seal, the one or more inlets being configured to provide gas to a location within the labyrinth seal and the one or more outlets being configured to remove at least part of the gas from a location within the labyrinth seal.
US09136147B2	Apparatus and method for treating substrate Provided are an apparatus and method for treating a substrate. More particularly, an apparatus and method for treating a substrate through a supercritical process are provided. The apparatus includes: a housing having an entrance in a predetermined surface thereof and providing a space for performing a high pressure process; a support member disposed in the housing to support a substrate; a door for opening and closing the entrance; and a pressing member configured to apply a force to the door so as to close the housing during the high pressure process.
US09136146B2	Femtosecond laser-induced formation of submicrometer spikes on a semiconductor substrate The present invention generally provides semiconductor substrates having submicronsized surface features generated by irradiating the surface with ultra short laser pulses. In one aspect, a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed that includes placing at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in contact with a fluid, and exposing that surface portion to one or more femtosecond pulses so as to modify the topography of that portion. The modification can include, e.g., generating a plurality of submicron-sized spikes in an upper layer of the surface.
US09136144B2	Method of forming protective material between semiconductor die stacked on semiconductor wafer to reduce defects during singulation A semiconductor wafer contains first semiconductor die. TSVs are formed through the semiconductor wafer. Second semiconductor die are mounted to a first surface of the semiconductor wafer. A first tape is applied to on a second surface of the semiconductor wafer. A protective material is formed over the second die and first surface of the wafer. The protective material can be encapsulant or polyvinyl alcohol and water. The wafer is singulated between the second die into individual die-to-wafer packages each containing the second die stacked on the first die. The protective material protects the wafer during singulation. The die-to-wafer package can be mounted to a substrate. A build-up interconnect structure can be formed over the die-to-wafer package. The protective material can be removed. Underfill material can be deposited beneath the first and second die. An encapsulant is deposited over the die-to-wafer package.
US09136143B2	Thermally enhanced structure for multi-chip device A multi-chip semiconductor device comprises a thermally enhanced structure, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, an encapsulation layer formed on top of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The multi-chip semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of thermal vias formed in the encapsulation layer. The thermally enhanced structure comprises a heat sink block attached to a first semiconductor die. The heat sink block may further comprise a variety of thermal vias and thermal openings. By employing the thermal enhanced structure, the thermal performance of the multi-chip semiconductor device can be improved.
US09136141B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate A cap film which can prevent diffusion of hydrogen from the embrittled region and supply hydrogen to a region between the embrittled region and the surface of the semiconductor substrate is formed over the semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor layer is transferred from the semiconductor substrate to the base substrate. In particular, the amount of hydrogen contained in the cap film formed over the semiconductor substrate is preferably greater than or equal to the irradiation amount of hydrogen ions.
US09136139B2	Jig, manufacturing method thereof, and flip chip bonding method for chips of ultrasound probe using jig A jig includes a wafer including an accommodation groove configured to accommodate a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (cMUT) when flip chip bonding is performed, and a separation groove formed in a bottom surface of the accommodation groove, the separation groove having a bottom surface that is spaced apart from thin films of the cMUT that face the bottom surface of the separation groove when the cMUT is seated on portions of the bottom surface of the accommodation groove.
US09136134B2	Methods of providing thin layers of crystalline semiconductor material, and related structures and devices Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices include forming a metal silicide in a portion of a crystalline silicon layer, and etching the metal silicide using an etchant selective to the metal silicide relative to the crystalline silicon to provide a thin crystalline silicon layer. Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates may be formed by providing a layer of crystalline silicon over a base substrate with a dielectric material between the layer of crystalline silicon and the base substrate, and thinning the layer of crystalline silicon by forming a metal silicide layer in a portion of the crystalline silicon, and then etching the metal silicide layer using an etchant selective to the metal silicide layer relative to the crystalline silicon.
US09136133B2	Method of depositing film A method of depositing a film is provided. In the method, a first process gas and a second process gas that react with each other is sequentially supplied to cause an atomic layer or a molecular layer of a reaction product of the first process gas and the second process gas to deposit on a substrate in a chamber by repeating a cycle of sequentially supplying the first process gas and the second process gas to the substrate once each cycle. A cycle time of the cycle is set equal to or shorter than 0.5 seconds.
US09136126B2	Method of forming doped regions in a photovoltaic device A surface region of a semiconductor material on a surface of a semiconductor device is doped during its manufacture, by coating the surface region of the semiconductor material with a dielectric material surface layer and locally heating the surface of the semiconductor material in an area to be doped to locally melt the semiconductor material with the melting being performed in the presence of a dopant source. The heating is performed in a controlled manner such that a region of the surface of the semiconductor material in the area to be doped is maintained in a molten state without refreezing for a period of time greater than one microsecond and the dopant from the dopant source is absorbed into the molten semiconductor. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor material structure in which a junction is formed and may incorporate a multi-layer anti-reflection coating. The anti-reflection coating is located on a light receiving surface of the semiconductor material structure and comprises a thin layer of thermal expansion mismatch correction material having a thermal expansion coefficient less than or equal to that of the semiconductor material, to provide thermal expansion coefficient mismatch correction. An anti-reflection layer is provided having a refractive index and thickness selected to match the semiconductor material structure so as to give good overall antireflection properties to the solar cell.
US09136125B2	Substrate of semiconductor device, for gettering metallic impurity According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate provided with a first region including an active element, the substrate including a second region containing boron with a density of 2×1020 cm−3 or more on a surface excluding the first region.
US09136121B2	Underlayer film-forming composition and pattern forming process In lithography, a composition comprising a novolak resin comprising recurring units of fluorescein is used to form a photoresist underlayer film. The underlayer film is strippable in alkaline water, without causing damage to ion-implanted Si substrates or SiO2 substrates.
US09136116B2	Method and system for formation of P-N junctions in gallium nitride based electronics A semiconductor device includes a III-nitride substrate having a first conductivity type and a first electrode electrically coupled to the III-nitride substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a III-nitride material having a second conductivity type coupled to the III-nitride substrate at a regrowth interface and a p-n junction disposed between the III-nitride substrate and the regrowth interface.
US09136112B2	Method of post treating graphene and method of manufacturing graphene using the same Provided is a method of post treating graphene including providing graphene on a metal thin film, providing a carrier on the graphene, hardening the carrier, and removing the metal thin film from the graphene.
US09136111B1	Field effect transistors with gate electrodes having Ni and Ti metal layers A field effect transistor and method for making such a transistor is provided, the field effect transistor comprising: a gate layer stack comprising a layer of a first metal is disposed proximate to at least one layer of a second metal, wherein the first metal alloys with the second metal to form a shape memory alloy. The shape metal allow may be NiTi, and at the contact plane between the layers, the alloy is formed when the transistor is heated to an elevated temperature.
US09136110B2	Multi-step bake apparatus and method for directed self-assembly lithography control A method of forming a patterned substrate includes casting a layer of a block copolymer having an intrinsic glass transition temperature Tg, on a substrate to form a layered substrate. The method also includes heating the layered substrate at an annealing temperature, which is greater than about 50° C. above the intrinsic glass transition temperature Tg of the block copolymer, in a first atmosphere. The method further includes thermally quenching the layered substrate to a quenching temperature lower than the intrinsic glass transition temperature Tg, at a rate of greater than about 50° C./minute in a second atmosphere. The method further includes controlling an oxygen content in the first and second atmospheres to a level equal to or less than about 8 ppm to maintain the annealing and quenching temperatures below a thermal degradation temperature Td of the block copolymer.
US09136099B2	Method and substrates for forming crystals A structured substrate is described which is suitable for forming and hosting a crystal array, as well as associated methods for making and using such a structured substrate. The structured substrate is made by injection molding and has on one side a combination of macro- and micro-structured features. Each macro-structured feature comprises an edge that forms a perimeter around an enclosed area containing a large number of the micro-structured features. When a droplet of a solution containing molecules of interest and a solvent is deposited onto one of the enclosed areas such that it extends somewhat beyond the perimeter, the droplet slowly dries and shrinks through evaporation of the solvent, during which the edge acts to seed crystallization of the molecules, and the micro-structured features act to direct crystal growth from the seed into the enclosed area. The crystal thus forms over the whole of the enclosed area in a shape that conforms to the perimeter. Crystals of a desired size and shape can therefore be formed.
US09136097B2	Shower plate and substrate processing apparatus A shower plate of a processing gas supply unit disposed in a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus to supply a processing gas into a processing space in the processing chamber. The shower plate is interposed between a processing gas introduction space formed in the processing gas supply unit for introduction of the processing gas and the processing space. The shower plate includes processing gas supply passageways which allow the processing gas introduction space to communicate with the processing space. The processing gas supply passageways include gas holes formed toward the processing gas introduction space and gas grooves formed toward the processing space, the gas holes and gas grooves communicating with each other. A total flow path cross sectional area of all the gas grooves is larger than a total flow path cross sectional area of all the gas holes.
US09136094B2	Method of plasma processing and apparatuses using the method A method of operating a plasma processing device includes outputting a first RF power having a first frequency and a first duty ratio, and outputting a second RF power having a second frequency higher than the first frequency and a second duty ratio smaller than the first duty ratio. The outputting of the first RF power and the outputting of the second RF power are synchronized with each other.
US09136093B2	Synchronization of RF pulsing with RF metrology, processing, and control A radio frequency (RF) system is disclosed. The RF system includes an RF sensor, an analog to digital converter (ADC) module, a processing module, and a synchronization module. The RF sensor measures a parameter of an RF output and generates an RF signal based on the parameter. The ADC module converts samples of the RF signal into digital values. The processing module generates processed values based on the digital values. The synchronization module outputs one of the processed values in response to a transition in the RF output.
US09136092B2	Structure and method for E-beam writing The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an integrated circuit (IC) method. The method includes receiving an IC design layout having a main feature; performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) process to the design layout; and thereafter, performing a jog reduction process to the design layout such that jog features of the design layout are reduced.
US09136086B2	Closed drift magnetic field ion source apparatus containing self-cleaning anode and a process for substrate modification therewith A process for modifying a surface of a substrate is provided that includes supplying electrons to an electrically isolated anode electrode of a closed drift ion source. The anode electrode has an anode electrode charge bias that is positive while other components of the closed drift ion source are electrically grounded or support an electrical float voltage. The electrons encounter a closed drift magnetic field that induces ion formation. Anode contamination is prevented by switching the electrode charge bias to negative in the presence of a gas, a plasma is generated proximal to the anode electrode to clean deposited contaminants from the anode electrode. The electrode charge bias is then returned to positive in the presence of a repeat electron source to induce repeat ion formation to again modify the surface of the substrate. An apparatus for modification of a surface of a substrate by this process is provided.
US09136078B1	Stimulus for achieving high performance when switching SMA devices An electromechanical switching system includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. The first conductive portion includes a conductive stationary end and a conductive floating end, connected by a shape memory alloy (SMA). When an input stimulus current is applied to the SMA, changes in the SMA urge motion of the conductive floating end of the first conductive portion toward the second conductive portion, which in turn causes a change in the state of the electromechanical switching system. The input stimulus current may be calculated to satisfy a given response time requirement.
US09136069B2	Mover assembly of circuit breaker A mover assembly of a circuit breaker is provided. A mover assembly of a circuit breaker according to one aspect includes: a terminal fixed within a circuit breaker; a connector coupled to the terminal; a plurality of movers rotatably installed in the connector; and an elastic member applying elastic force to the movers to tightly attach the movers to the connector, wherein each of the movers includes a first mover and a second mover and the elastic member is positioned between the first mover and the second mover.
US09136067B2	Rotative double contact A contact system for a pole of a low-voltage switchgear includes a rotary contact mounted movably in a rotor housing. The rotary contact includes at least a first rotary contact body having a first and second lever arm. Each of the lever arms include a lever arm end having a contact piece. A first and second fixed contact each cooperate with a respective one of the contact pieces. A first spring acts on the first lever arm and a second spring acts on the second lever arm. Each of the springs have a first support at a first end, a spring body and a second support at a second end. The first supports directly engage the first rotary body and the second supports are disposed at the rotary housing. Each of the spring bodies are disposed on a same side of the first rotary contact body.
US09136066B2	Method for assembling a hybrid lithium supercapacitor A method is provided for developing a hybrid supercapacitor. The method includes the use of a lithium salt of the electrolyte to carry out the intercalation/insertion of the lithium at the negative electrode but by greatly increasing the concentration of lithium ions of the electrolyte order to subsequently accept a depletion. As the depletion in ions has an impact on the conductivity, the amount and the concentration of the electrolyte are chosen in order to make it possible to accept this depletion white retaining a conductivity of the electrolyte compatible with a powerful system for storage of energy. A portion of the Li+ ions present in the electrolyte is used to form the passivation layer and the compound for intercalation/insertion Li˜0.5C6 at the negative electrode.
US09136064B2	Carbon for high voltage EDLCs A method for producing activated carbon includes heating a phenolic novolac resin carbon precursor at a carbonization temperature effective to form a carbon material, and reacting the carbon material with CO2 at an activation temperature effective to form the activated carbon. The resulting activated carbon can be incorporated into a carbon-based electrode of an EDLC. Such EDLC can exhibit a potential window and thus an attendant operating voltage of greater than 3V.
US09136063B2	Vent assemblies for electrochemical double-layer capacitors A container of an electrochemical double-layer capacitor includes a housing, a cap portion adapted to be coupled the housing, an orifice passing through one of the housing or the cap portion, and a vent assembly in fluid communication with the container and secured within the orifice. The housing and the cap portion define an interior envelope of the container, and at least a portion of the vent assembly is located inside the interior envelope of the container.
US09136061B2	Integrated circuit based varactor A varactor comprises a substrate having sets of gate units each having parallel gate strips. The gate units are located such that the gate strips of neighboring gate units are oriented transverse to each other. An electrically conducting gate connection layer comprises gate connection units comprising parallel gate connection strips located over the gate strips, and a cathode connection frame around each of the gate connection units. A first electrically conductive anode layer comprises first layer anode strips located parallel to the gate connection strips and connected to alternate gate connection strips, and a first anode connection frame connected to the anode strips. A second electrically conductive anode layer comprises anode strips located parallel to the gate connection strips and connected to opposite alternate gate connection strips, and a second anode connection frame connected to the second layer anode strips.
US09136058B2	Laminated ceramic electronic component and manufacturing method therefor A laminated ceramic capacitor including a laminated body having a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and internal electrodes located between the ceramic layers. The internal electrodes have a plurality of ceramic columnar members formed therein, which project into the internal electrodes from interfaces between the ceramic layers and the internal electrodes, but do not penetrate in the thickness direction of the internal electrodes.
US09136056B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes an electronic component body. The electronic component body includes a base member including two opposed end surfaces, and two outer electrodes respectively disposed on at least the two opposed end surfaces of the base member. Two connection portions of two metal terminals are respectively connected to the two outer electrodes. A relationship of 6.4≦ h/t is satisfied where h is a length of each of two leg portions of the two metal terminals and t is a thickness of each of the two leg portions of the two metal terminals.
US09136052B2	Divergent flux path magnetic actuator and devices incorporating the same Divergent flux path magnetic actuation is a technique employed to move and magnetically hold an armature in electromechanical actuator devices. These actuators are typically used for linear and reciprocating application with a shaft firmly fixed to the armature to convey movement and forces. By incorporating a bearing in the armature about the shaft, rotation can also be conveyed. Further these actuators are more adaptable to energy saving applications than conventional solenoids, specifically when the control coils are parallel connected to reduce the input voltage from a power source and electrically pulsed activated from a capacitor to reduce the power drain from the power source. Thus a divergent flux path magnetic actuators with reciprocating and rotatable shaft can be used for multipurpose applications and be adapted to a variety of devices for energy savings over convention solenoids.
US09136051B2	Microrobot system for intravascular therapy and method of controlling the same The present invention relates, in general, to a microrobot system for intravascular therapy and, more particularly, to a microrobot system for intravascular therapy, which removes thrombus, clots and occlusions that are clogging blood vessels using the fast rotary power of a spherical microrobot having protrusions, thus treating clogged blood vessels.The microrobot system for intravascular therapy according to the present invention includes a spherical microrobot unit (100′) including a magnet having an arbitrary magnetization direction and having protrusions formed on a surface thereof. An electromagnetic field generation unit (200) sets an alignment direction and a locomotion direction of the microrobot unit to arbitrary directions in the 3D space, generates magnetic fields, and then drives the microrobot unit so that the microrobot unit is rotated by itself or is propelled in the locomotion direction. An imaging unit (300) captures an X-ray image and then tracking a location of the microrobot unit.
US09136049B2	Magnesium—aluminium magnetic powder and method for making same This invention relates to Mn—Al magnetic powders of a high coercive force which are obtained from Mn—Al alloy vaporized by plasma arc discharging, and a manufacturing method thereof.The Mn—Al magnetic powders are produced by discharging a plasma arc to a compact which is formed by compacting a blend containing 20-60% by weight of Mn powder and 40-80% by weight of Al powder, collecting nanoscale Mn—Al particles after cooling the vaporized blend, and heat-treating the particles.According to the present invention, the Mn—Al magnetic powders of light weight and enhanced corrosion resistance are produced at a low cost.
US09136043B2	Cable with barrier layer A cable that has a cable core which includes a plurality of pairs of insulated conductors, a barrier layer surrounding at least one pair of the insulated conductors, and at least one shielding layer that is provided between the plurality of pairs of insulated conductors. The barrier layer may be non-conductive and the shielding layer may be conductive.
US09136040B2	Joint including two sections of a power cable and a method for joining two sections of a power cable A joint including two sections of an electric power cable, each cable section including at least one core member surrounded by a first armoring layer for protecting the core member from tensile forces acting on the cable, the first armoring layer including a plurality of armoring wires arranged along the length of the cable and twisted in a first direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the cable. The joint includes at least one core joint between the core members of the cable sections, and an outer mechanical casing surrounding the at least one core joint and mechanically connected to the first armoring layers of the cable sections, and a second armoring layer positioned in an area neighboring the casing, surrounding at least one of the cable sections, and having one end mechanically connected to the casing and the other end terminated at a distance from the casing.
US09136035B2	Flexible conductive material and transducer, flexible wiring board, and electromagnetic shield using the same A flexible conductive material includes an elastomer, a conductive agent filled in the elastomer, and an adsorbent fixed inside the elastomer and able to adsorb ionic material. With the flexible conductive material, ionized impurities are unlikely to transfer to an adherend such as a dielectric film. Thus, leakage current during application of voltage decreases. Accordingly, by forming an electrode and a wiring with the flexible conductive material, leakage current can be reduced, and a transducer and a flexible wiring board having excellent durability can be produced. In addition, using the flexible conductive material, an electromagnetic shield can be produced having a small leakage current.
US09136033B2	Sintered oxide compact and circuit board using same Provided is a sintered oxide compact that has high electric conductivity and a small B-value (temperature coefficient), and is suitable for use as an electrically conductive material, and a circuit board that uses the sintered oxide compact. The sintered oxide compact is represented by a composition formula: REaCobNicOx (where RE represents a rare earth element, a+b+c=1, and 1.3≦x≦1.7), the sintered oxide compact includes a perovskite phase with a perovskite-type oxide crystal structure, and the a, b, and c satisfy the following relationships: 0.459≦a≦0.535, 0.200≦b≦0.475, and 0.025≦c≦0.300.
US09136030B2	Carbon nanotube films and methods of forming films of carbon nanotubes by dispersing in a superacid A novel method of forming thin films of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is described. In this method, carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a superacid solution and laid down on a substrate to form a conductive and transparent CNT network film. The superacid, in its deprotonated state, is an anion that has a permanent dipole moment. The superacid solution may be a pure superacid or have additional solvent. Preferably, the superacid solution does not contain an oxidizing agent. Novel, highly conductive and transparent CNT network films are also described.
US09136028B2	Rotatable contour collimator having a liquid impermeable to X-rays A contour collimator and a method for setting a contour of a radiation path of an x-ray are provided. A liquid impermeable to the x-ray forms the contour.
US09136022B2	Selection of data for redundancy calculation by likely error rate Layers in a multi-layer memory array are categorized according to likely error rates as predicted from their memory hole diameters. Data to be stored along a word line in a high risk layer is subject to a redundancy operation (e.g. XOR) with data to be stored along a word line in a low risk layer so that the risk of both being bad is low.
US09136019B1	Built-in testing of unused element on chip Embodiments relate to built-in testing of an unused element on a chip. An aspect includes concurrently performing on a chip comprising a plurality of chip elements comprising a plurality of active elements, each active element enabled to perform a respective function, and at least one unused element that is disabled from performing the respective function and configured to be selectively enabled as an active element, the respective functions of the respective active elements and a built-in self test (BIST) test of the at least one unused element. Another aspect includes inputting an input test pattern to the unused element. Another aspect includes receiving an output test pattern based on the input test pattern from the unused element. Another aspect includes comparing the input test pattern to the output test pattern. Another aspect includes determining whether the unused element passed or failed the testing based on the comparison.
US09136017B2	Short-checking methods In an embodiment, a short-checking method includes charging a data line to an initial voltage while activating a memory cell coupled to the data line, allowing the data line to float while continuing to activate the memory cell, sensing a resulting voltage on the data line after a certain time, and determining whether a short exists in response to a level of the resulting voltage.
US09136016B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a latch section including a plurality of latches configured to store test data, a control signal generation part configured to generate a mode selection signal in response to a latch address signal and a first mode signal, and an output circuit configured to operate in accordance with a training enable signal, and generate at least a subset of test data output by each of the plurality of latches in response to a latch selection signal, the mode selection signal, and a second mode signal.
US09136015B2	Threshold adjustment using data value balancing in analog memory device A method, in a memory including multiple analog memory cells, includes segmenting a group of the memory cells into a common section and at least first and second dedicated sections. Each dedicated section corresponds to a read threshold that is used for reading a data page to be stored in the group. Data to be stored in the group is jointly balanced over a union of the common section and the first dedicated section, and over the union of the common section and the second dedicated section, to create a balanced page such that for each respective read threshold an equal number of memory cells will be programmed to assume programming levels that are separated by the read threshold. The balanced page is stored to the common and dedicated sections, and the read thresholds are adjusted based on detecting imbalance between data values in readout results of the balanced page.
US09136008B1	Flash memory apparatus and data reading method thereof A flash memory apparatus and a data reading method thereof are provided. A boost voltage greater than a pre-charge voltage is provided to a gate of a source discharge transistor when a data reading operation is performed on a memory unit, so as to enhance discharge capability of the source discharge transistor.
US09136007B2	Semiconductor memory device storing management data redundantly in different pages A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array that is capable of storing data in a nonvolatile manner, and a control section that controls data access to the memory cell array. The memory cell array stores the same data redundantly in a plurality of pages. The control section executes a reading operation on the plurality of pages that store the same data redundantly to read the data. The data that is stored redundantly may be management data or user data.
US09136006B2	Method and device for reducing coupling noise during read operation A method is provided for sensing data in a memory device. The memory device includes a block of memory cells coupled to a plurality of bit lines. The method includes precharging the plurality of bit lines to a first level VPRE. The method includes enabling current flow through selected memory cells on the plurality of bit lines to a reference line or to reference lines coupled to a reference voltage. The method includes preventing a voltage change as a result of the current flow on the bit lines from causing a bit line voltage to pass outside a range between the first level and a second level VKEEP, where the second level is lower than the first level and higher than the reference voltage. The method includes sensing data in the selected memory cells.
US09136005B2	Erasing methods of three-dimensional nonvolatile memory devices with cell strings and dummy word lines Methods of operating a nonvolatile memory device may include applying a word line erase voltage to word lines connected to memory cells of the plurality of cell strings, floating ground selection lines connected to ground selection transistors of the plurality of cell strings and string selection lines connected to string selection transistors of the plurality of cell strings, applying a ground voltage to at least one lower dummy word line connected to at least one lower dummy memory cell between memory cells and a ground selection transistor in each of the plurality of cell strings, applying an erase voltage to the substrate, and floating the at least one lower dummy word line after applying of the erase voltage.
US09136003B1	Mitigation of data retention drift by progrmming neighboring memory cells A method includes, in a plurality of memory cells that share a common isolation layer and store in the common isolation layer quantities of electrical charge representative of data values, assigning a first group of the memory cells for data storage, and assigning a second group of the memory cells for protecting the electrical charge stored in the first group from retention drift. Data is stored in the memory cells of the first group. Protective quantities of the electrical charge that protect from the retention drift in the memory cells of the first group are stored in the memory cells of the second group.
US09136000B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device includes an I/O circuit suitable for inputting and outputting data signals, and a control logic suitable for controlling the I/O circuit. The control logic includes a flip-flop suitable for operating in response to a dock signal, which is irrelevant to the data signals, and feed a first output signal back, a first pulse generation circuit suitable for generating a data output control pulse in response to a second output signal of the flip-flop which is an inverted signal of the first output signal, and a second circuit suitable for generating a strobe signal in response to the second output signal.
US09135998B2	Sense operation flags in a memory device Memory devices, methods for programming sense flags, methods for sensing flags, and memory systems are disclosed. In one such memory device, the odd bit lines of a flag memory cell array are connected with a short circuit to a dynamic data cache. The even bit lines of the flag memory cell array are disconnected from the dynamic data cache. When an even page of a main memory cell array is read, the odd flag memory cells, comprising flag data, are read at the same time so that it can be determined whether the odd page of the main memory cell array has been programmed. If the flag data indicates that the odd page has not been programmed, threshold voltage windows can be adjusted to determine the states of the sensed even memory cell page.
US09135995B2	Methods of reading and using memristor memory cells with a short read pulse Some embodiments include methods of reading memory cells. The memory cells have a write operation that occurs only if a voltage of sufficient absolute value is applied for a sufficient duration of time; and the reading is conducted with a pulse that is of too short of a time duration to be sufficient for the write operation. In some embodiments, the pulse utilized for the reading may have an absolute value of voltage that is greater than or equal to the voltage utilized for the write operation. In some embodiments, the memory cells may comprise non-ohmic devices; such as memristors and diodes.
US09135994B2	Nonvolatile memory device having read circuits for performing Read-While-Write (RWW) operation and Read-Modify-Write (RMW) operation A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory array having multiple nonvolatile memory cells, a first read circuit and a second read circuit. The first read circuit is configured to read first data from the memory array during a first read operation and to provide one or more protection signals indicating a victim period during the first read operation. The second read circuit is configured to read second data from the memory array during a second read operation and to provide one or more check signals indicating an aggressor period during the second read operation.
US09135991B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment comprises memory cells each having asymmetrical voltage-current characteristics, wherein the memory cell has a first state, and a second state and a third state of higher resistances than that in the first state, wherein the memory cell, (1) in the second state, makes a transition to the first state on application of a first voltage of the first polarity, (2) in the first state, makes a transition to the second state on application of a second voltage of the second polarity, (3) in the first state, makes a transition to the third state on application of a third voltage of the second polarity (the third voltage
US09135990B2	Drive method for memory element, and storage device using memory element A memory element includes an insulating substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode on the insulating substrate; and an inter-electrode gap portion that causes a change in resistance value between the first and second electrodes. Applied to the memory element from a pulse generating source is a first voltage pulse for shifting from a predetermined low-resistance state to a predetermined high-resistance state, and a second voltage pulse for shifting from the high-resistance state to the low-resistance state through a series-connected resistor, by which current flowing to the memory element after the change to a low resistance value is reduced. When shifting from the high to the low-resistance state, a voltage pulse is applied such that an electrical resistance between the pulse generating source and the memory element becomes higher than the electrical resistance shifting from the low to the high-resistance state.
US09135984B2	Apparatuses and methods for writing masked data to a buffer Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for writing data to a memory array of a buffer. One such apparatus may include a multiplexer that receives data words and a data mask. The multiplexer may change the order of the data words to group masked data words together and to group unmasked data words together. The multiplexer may also change the order of the data mask to group masking bits together and to group unmasking bits together. The apparatus may use the data words with the changed order and the data mask with the changed order to write data to the memory array.
US09135978B2	Memory programming methods and memory systems Memory programming methods and memory systems are described. One example memory programming method includes programming a plurality of main cells of a main memory and erasing a plurality of second main cells of the main memory. The memory programming method further includes first re-writing one-time programmed data within a plurality of first one-time programmed cells of a one-time programmed memory during the programming and second re-writing one-time programmed data within a plurality of second one-time programmed cells of a one-time programmed memory during the erasing. Additional method and apparatus are described.
US09135974B2	Multi-port non-volatile memory that includes a resistive memory element A particular method of accessing a multi-port non-volatile memory device includes executing a first memory operation with respect to a first memory cell while executing a second memory operation with respect to a second memory cell. The first memory operation is via a first port and the second memory operation is via a second port. The first memory cell includes a first non-volatile memory that includes a first resistive memory structure. The second memory cell includes a second non-volatile memory that includes a second resistive memory structure. The first memory cell and the second memory cell are each accessible via the first port and the second port.
US09135973B2	Magnetoresistance effect element and magnetic memory Provided are a magnetoresistance effect element with a stable magnetization direction perpendicular to film plane and a controlled magnetoresistance ratio, in which writing can be performed by magnetic domain wall motion, and a magnetic memory including the magnetoresistance effect element. The magnetoresistance ratio is controlled by forming a ferromagnetic layer of the magnetoresistance effect element from a ferromagnetic material including at least one type of 3d transition metal or a Heusler alloy. The magnetization direction is changed from a direction in the film plane to a direction perpendicular to the film plane by controlling the film thickness of the ferromagnetic layer on an atomic layer level.
US09135967B2	Chip having register to store value that represents adjustment to output drive strength An integrated circuit device includes a transmitter circuit including an output driver. The integrated circuit device includes a first register to store a value representative of a drive strength setting associated with the transmitter circuit such that the output driver outputs data in accordance with the drive strength setting. The integrated circuit device also includes a second register to store a value representative of an equalization setting associated with the transmitter circuit such that the output driver outputs data in accordance with the equalization setting. The integrated circuit device further includes a third register to store a value representative of a slew rate setting associated with the transmitter circuit such that the output driver outputs data in accordance with the slew rate setting.
US09135964B2	Differential sense amplifier without switch transistors A differential sense amplifier for sensing data stored in a plurality of memory cells of a memory cell array, including a first CMOS inverter having an output connected to a first bit line (BL) and an input connected to a second bit line complementary to the first bit line and a second CMOS inverter having an output connected to the second bit line (/BL) and an input connected to the first bit line. Each CMOS inverter includes pull-up and pull-down transistors, wherein the sources of either of the pull-up transistors or the pull-down transistors are electrically coupled and connected to a pull-up voltage source or a pull-down voltage source without an intermediate transistor between the sources of the transistors and the voltage source.
US09135963B2	Line memory device and image sensor including the same A line memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, a data line pair, a sense amplifier and an output unit. The plurality of memory cells are disposed adjacent to each other in a line. The data line pair is coupled to the memory cells to sequentially transfer memory data bits stored in the memory cells to the sense amplifier. The sense amplifier is configured to amplify the memory data bits that are sequentially transferred through the data line pair by corresponding delay times which are different from each other. The output unit samples an output of the sense amplifier to sequentially output retimed data bits of the memory data bits in response to a read clock signal. The read clock signal has a cyclic period which is less than a maximum delay time among the delay times.
US09135962B2	Comparators for delta-sigma modulators Methods, systems and devices are disclosed, such as an electronic device that includes a plurality of data locations and a delta-sigma modulator. In some embodiments, the delta-sigma modulator includes a preamplifier coupled to the data locations and a latch coupled to the preamplifier.
US09135961B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus, and reference voltage control circuit and internal voltage generation circuit therefor An internal voltage control circuit according to an embodiment may include a source power supply selection unit configured to receive a first internal power supply voltage and a second internal power supply voltage and selecting the first internal power supply voltage and the second internal power supply voltage as a source voltage in response to a test mode enable signal, a first reference voltage generation unit configured to receive the source voltage from the source power supply selection unit, and configured to generate a to first low reference voltage and a first high reference voltage. The reference voltage control circuit may also include a second reference voltage generation unit configured to receive the first internal power supply voltage and configured to generate a second low reference voltage and a second high reference voltage.
US09135959B2	Magnetic ramdom access memory A magnetic random access memory includes multiple gate lines that are divided into a first gate line group and a second gate line group and arranged to be parallel to one another; multiple magnetic random access memory cells that are bonded to the gate lines in a direction intersected with the gate lines, respectively; multiple source lines that are bonded to one ends of switching devices included in the magnetic random access memory cells and arranged to be parallel to one another; and multiple bit lines that are bonded to one ends of magnetic tunnel junction devices included in the magnetic random access memory cells and arranged to be parallel to one another.
US09135958B2	Semiconductor device An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device combining transistors integrating on a same substrate transistors including an oxide semiconductor in their channel formation region and transistors including non-oxide semiconductor in their channel formation region. An application of the present invention is to realize substantially non-volatile semiconductor memories which do not require specific erasing operation and do not suffer from damages due to repeated writing operation. Furthermore, the semiconductor device is well adapted to store multivalued data. Manufacturing methods, application circuits and driving/reading methods are explained in details in the description.
US09135956B2	Method and computer program product for establishing playback timing correlation between different contents to be playbacked A method and a computer program product for controlling a timing correlation establishing device to establish playback timing correlation between different contents to be playbacked are disclosed. The method includes displaying a main event block corresponding to a main video clip; displaying an auxiliary event block corresponding to an auxiliary video clip; displaying a time marker on a location of a first time point on a timeline according to an editor's manipulation to an input device; and when the time marker is positioned on the location of the first time point, if the editor perform a set of predetermined manipulations to the input device, utilizing a control circuit to establish a first trigger timing data for indicating that an auxiliary display device has to begin playbacking the auxiliary video clip when the main video clip playbacked by a main display device reaches the first time point.
US09135955B2	Playing a video presentation with playback functions A video map comprising a first plurality of segment definitions defining video segments within a video, the defining being responsive to at least one presentation of the video less in length than the length of the video; a first segment definition that defines a first video segment within the video and is associated with an actual identity of a locale depicted within the first video segment, the actual identity of the locale being different than a locale identity as represented in the video; a second segment definition that defines a second video segment within the video and is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within the second video segment; and a third segment definition that defines a third video segment within the video and is associated with an explanation of a depiction within the third video segment.
US09135953B2	Method for creating, editing, and reproducing multi-object audio contents files for object-based audio service, and method for creating audio presets Provided are a method for creating, editing and reproducing a multi-object audio content file for an object-based audio service and a method for creating audio presets. The multi-object audio content file creating method includes creating a plurality of frames for each audio object forming an audio content; and creating a multi-object audio content file by grouping and storing the frames according to each reproduction time. This invention can enhance functions of the object-based audio service and make it easy to access to each audio object of an audio content file.
US09135952B2	Systems and methods for semi-automatic audio problem detection and correction One exemplary embodiment involves receiving identifications of audio problems in a segment of audio and identifications of corrections for applying to attempt to correct the audio problems, wherein the audio problems were identified by a device applying one or more audio problem detection algorithms to the segment of audio. The exemplary embodiment further involves displaying a user interface comprising representations of the audio problems and representations of the corrections and, in response to receiving a command through the user interface to initiate application of a correction of the corrections, initiating application of the correction.
US09135946B1	Step motor The present invention relates to a PM (Pulse-Width Modulation) type step motor used for conveying an optical pickup lens of media devices or a mobile camera lens. In detail, the present invention relates to a step motor that is composed of a stator, a rotor rotating by interacting with the stator, a lead screw combined with the rotor and rotating with the rotation of the rotor, and a bearing supporting the lead screw and which can perform precise conveying because it can perform fine adjustment and of which the operation state can be precisely sensed by having a position correcting unit that moves the lead screw to a desired position by finely moving it while contracting and stretching and a rotation sensing unit that is disposed at a side of the rotor or a rotary member rotating with the rotor and senses rotation of the rotor.
US09135939B2	Glass substrate for information recording medium, information recording medium and method of manufacturing glass substrate for information recording medium For the purpose of providing a glass substrate for an information recording medium capable of acquiring a low GA value, provided is the glass substrate for an information recording medium, wherein a surface of the glass substrate has an arithmetic mean undulation Wa of less than 0.6 nm, and a fine undulation having a root-mean-square height Rq of less than 0.01 nm at a measurement wavelength of 80-120μm in a radial direction.
US09135937B1	Current modulation on laser diode for energy assisted magnetic recording transducer An apparatus includes a laser diode, a near field transducer configured to direct light emitted from the laser diode to a magnetic recording medium, and a power source configured to provide modulated current to the laser diode.
US09135934B2	Write head tester using inductance A write head is tested by measuring the effect that magnetic fields have on the inductance of the write head. For example, a perpendicular write head may be placed in a magnetic field with a first angle, e.g., non-parallel and non-perpendicular, to the air bearing surface and the inductance is measured. After altering the angle of the magnetic field the inductance is again tested. In another embodiment, the angles may be parallel and perpendicular to the air bearing surface. The difference in the inductance value can be used to determine a characteristic of the write head, such as the presence of a recording pole. In some embodiments, the inductance may be measured while applying a bias current to the write head while the write head is in an external magnetic field.
US09135932B2	Integrated head for heat assisted magnetic recording A magnetic recording apparatus includes a write element and an optical device for heating a portion of a magnetic medium. The optical device and the write element are arranged to generally prevent the write element from affecting the optical fields generated by the optical device.
US09135924B2	Noise suppressing device, noise suppressing method and mobile phone There is provided a noise suppressing device, for suppressing a noise component contained in a sound, including: at least two sound receiving parts receiving sounds from a plurality of directions containing a sound from a direction of a given sound source and converting the sounds to digital sound signals in a time domain, respectively; an estimating part acquiring both direction information on a direction of the given sound source and distance information on a distance from the given sound source based upon the digital sound signals converted by the sound receiving parts, and estimating a component value of a noise component contained in the signal by use of the direction information and the distance information; and a controlling part acquiring a control value of a suppression amount for controlling a range of a direction of the digital sound signals.
US09135922B2	Method for processing audio signals, involves determining codebook index by searching for codebook corresponding to shape vector generated by using location information and spectral coefficients The present invention provides a method for processing audio signals, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving input audio signals corresponding to a plurality of spectral coefficients; obtaining location information that indicates a location of a particular spectral coefficient among said spectral coefficients, on the basis of energy of said input signals: generating a shape vector by using said location information and said spectral coefficients; determining a codebook index by searching for a codebook corresponding to said shape vector; and transmitting said codebook index and said location information, wherein said shape vector is generated by using a part which is selected from said spectral coefficients, and said selected part is selected on the basis of said location information.
US09135921B2	Audio coding device and method An audio coding device that uses a first-channel signal, a second-channel signal, and a plurality of channel prediction coefficients included in a code book, according to which predictive coding is performed on a third-channel signal, the first-channel signal, the second-channel signal, and the third-channel signal being included in a plurality of channels of an audio signal, the device includes, a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, determining a distribution of error defined by a difference between the third-channel signal before predictive coding and the third-channel signal after predictive coding as a given curved surface according to the first-channel signal, the second-channel signal, and the third-channel signal before predictive coding; and calculating channel prediction coefficients, included in the code book.
US09135918B2	Real-time data pattern analysis system and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a real-time data-pattern analysis system includes: providing a memory module, a computational unit, and an integrated data transfer module arranged within an integrated circuit die; storing a data pattern within the memory module; transferring the data pattern from the memory module to the computational unit using the integrated data transfer module; and comparing processed data to the data pattern using the computational unit.
US09135917B2	Content-based audio playback emphasis Techniques are disclosed for facilitating the process of proofreading draft transcripts of spoken audio streams. In general, proofreading of a draft transcript is facilitated by playing back the corresponding spoken audio stream with an emphasis on those regions in the audio stream that are highly relevant or likely to have been transcribed incorrectly. Regions may be emphasized by, for example, playing them back more slowly than regions that are of low relevance and likely to have been transcribed correctly. Emphasizing those regions of the audio stream that are most important to transcribe correctly and those regions that are most likely to have been transcribed incorrectly increases the likelihood that the proofreader will accurately correct any errors in those regions, thereby improving the overall accuracy of the transcript.
US09135916B2	System and method for correcting accent induced speech transmission problems A system and method is provided for detecting errors in a speech transmission system. A first audio stream is comprised of a plurality of words, upon which a plurality of independent voice-to-text conversions are performed. If it is determined that at least one of the plurality of independent voice-to-text conversions is error free, a text-to-voice conversion of the at least one error-free voice-to-text conversion is performed to create a second audio stream.
US09135915B1	Augmenting speech segmentation and recognition using head-mounted vibration and/or motion sensors Example methods and systems use multiple sensors to determine whether a speaker is speaking. Audio data in an audio-channel speech band detected by a microphone can be received. Vibration data in a vibration-channel speech band representative of vibrations detected by a sensor other than the microphone can be received. The microphone and the sensor can be associated with a head-mountable device (HMD). It is determined whether the audio data is causally related to the vibration data. If the audio data and the vibration data are causally related, an indication can be generated that the audio data contains HMD-wearer speech. Causally related audio and vibration data can be used to increase accuracy of text transcription of the HMD-wearer speech. If the audio data and the vibration data are not causally related, an indication can be generated that the audio data does not contain HMD-wearer speech.
US09135914B1	Layered mobile application user interfaces Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for providing a layered user interface for one or more applications. A user-interface layer for a voice user interface is generated. The user-interface layer can be based on a markup-language-structured user-interface description for an application configured to execute on a computing device. The user-interface layer can include a command display of one or more voice-accessible commands for the application. The computing device can display at least the user-interface layer of the voice user interface. The computing device can receive an input utterance, obtain input text based upon speech recognition performed upon the input utterance, and determine that the input text corresponds to a voice-accessible command displayed as part of the command display. The computing device can execute the application to perform the command.
US09135910B2	Speech synthesis device, speech synthesis method, and computer program product According to an embodiment, a speech synthesis device includes a first storage, a second storage, a first generator, a second generator, a third generator, and a fourth generator. The first storage is configured to store therein first information obtained from a target uttered voice. The second storage is configured to store therein second information obtained from an arbitrary uttered voice. The first generator is configured to generate third information by converting the second information so as to be close to a target voice quality or prosody. The second generator is configured to generate an information set including the first information and the third information. The third generator is configured to generate fourth information used to generate a synthesized speech, based on the information set. The fourth generator configured to generate the synthesized speech corresponding to input text using the fourth information.
US09135905B2	Mobile communication device with musical instrument functions Describes a mobile communication device (1, 20, 55, 111, 150, 200, 220, 335) having musical instrument (percussion, keyboards, string and blow) function, which “can be scrapped onto the user's body through an adjustable elastic belt (151). It is also able to receive commands from a remote sensor (4, 70, 75, 160, 210, 257, 392,412), which has a musical instrument interface (percussion, keyboards, string and blow), preferably scrapped onto the user's body by means of an adjustable elastic belt (151). A sound system (6) or an audio/video equipment might receive audio and/or video from the mobile communication device (1, 20, 55, 111, 150, 200, 220, 335) through an adapter (5, 56, 63, 68). The use of this device is intended to be an occupational therapy, satisfying, entertaining and relaxing for the user, which will provide user's mental and physical health benefits. Its technical classification is under “electronics”.
US09135904B2	Drum and drum-set tuner A resonance tuner receives and digitizes an analog signal in response to a resonance of a structure thereby creating a plurality of time samples. A series of the time samples are buffered upon burst detection. A power spectrum is estimated by computing a Time-To-Frequency-Transform of the series of time samples and a magnitude of each of the resulting frequency samples is squared. At least one subset associated with at least one spectral peak is selected from the frequency samples. Each spectral peak has at least one sample with a sufficient magnitude and being spectrally adjacent to any other sample in another spectral peak by less than a threshold. A fundamental spectral peak is determined in a fundamental subset including a spectral peak with a sample at the lowest frequency greater than zero. The fundamental spectral peak has the sample with the largest magnitude within the fundamental subset.
US09135902B2	Electronic cymbal An electronic cymbal includes a disk-shaped main body portion and a striking sensor. A covering member is provided to cover an outer circumferential edge portion of the main body portion and includes an upper covering portion covering an upper surface side of the main body portion, an extending portion extending further toward an outer circumferential side than the outer circumferential edge portion of the main body portion, a lower covering portion covering a lower surface side of the main body portion. The striking sensor at least includes an edge sensor between the lower surface of the main body portion and the lower covering portion, and by pressing down the extending portion, the lower covering portion is elastically deformed in a direction toward the main body portion to sandwich the edge sensor with the lower covering portion and the main body portion and press the edge sensor.
US09135899B2	External drum ring control (EDRC) An adaptor for reducing acoustic ringing of a drum head of a drum having a shell and a rim includes a monolithic body having a clip portion and a contact portion, the clip portion configured to extend around an outer section of the rim between a top surface of the drum head and a bottom portion of the rim, wherein the contact portion comprises a contact surface configured to apply a pressure to a portion of the top surface of the drum head when the clip portion is coupled to the drum.
US09135892B2	System and method for viewing content A system and method for viewing content on a mobile device may include outputting, at a display coupled to a mobile computing device, content viewable at the display, and receiving a first gesture indicative of scroll input having a first velocity. The content may be scrolled at a first effective scroll rate based on the first velocity. A size of the content may be altered by a first zoom factor that is based on the first effective scroll rate.
US09135891B2	Image projection module, mobile device including image projection module and method for operating the same An image projection module, a mobile device including the image projection module, and a method for operating the same are disclosed. A method for operating a mobile device including an image projection module includes splitting an input image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image in a three-dimensional (3D) image display mode, driving left-eye and right-eye light sources for outputting light having different wavelengths based on the left-eye image and the right-eye image, synthesizing light output from the left-eye light source and light output from the right-eye light source, and projecting the synthesized light in a first direction and then a second direction. Therefore, it is possible to conveniently display a three-dimensional (3D) image.
US09135886B2	Colour calibration of electronic display screens Process of color calibrating an electronic display screen comprising the steps of displaying at least one trial color of at least one physical sample having standardized color on an electronic display screen, visually comparing the color of the at least one physical sample and the at least one trial color displayed on the electronic display screen, selecting the trial color having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample, and using the selected trial color on the electronic display screen having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample color to color calibrate the electronic display screen.
US09135882B2	Data driver circuit having compensation module, LCD device and driving method The present disclosure provides a data driver circuit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and a driving method. The data driver circuit for an LCD panel includes a source driver module, a pixel electrode, a common electrode opposite to the pixel electrode, and a gamma calibration module coupled to the source driver module. The source driver module is coupled to the pixel electrode. The data driver circuit further includes a compensation module. The compensation module detects and obtains a changed voltage of the common electrode voltage to generate a compensation voltage, and combines the compensation voltage and the gamma voltage of the gamma calibration module, then sends the combined voltage to the source driver module. The compensation voltage output by the compensation module and the changed voltage of the common electrode voltage can be mutually counteracted.
US09135881B2	LCD panel driver circuit, driving method and LCD device A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel driver circuit includes a control circuit board, and an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes scan lines and data lines; the control circuit board includes a data driver module that drives the data lines. The LCD panel is configured with a switch module, and the data driver module is coupled to each of the data line via the switch module. The switch module is turned off before a drive of a last line of the scan line ends, and the switch module is turned on when a drive of the next row of the scan line starts.
US09135877B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same To increase the frequency of input of image signals in terms of design in a field-sequential liquid crystal display device. Image signals are concurrently supplied to pixels provided in a plurality of rows among pixels arranged in matrix in a pixel portion of the liquid crystal display device. Thus, the frequency of input of an image signal to each pixel can be increased without change in response speed of a transistor or the like included in the liquid crystal display device.
US09135876B2	Anti-streaking method for liquid crystal display The invention relates to an anti-streaking method for liquid crystal display, comprising: generating a periodic pulse voltage signal; applying the periodic pulse voltage signal to a common electrode of liquid crystal display, periodically fully biasing all pixels during the pulse generation, to generate periodic black picture. All pixels are fully biased during the pulse generation, causing the light transmissivity to be nearly lowest, thus generating periodic black screen, by applying the periodic pulse voltage signal to the common electrode of LCD, thus effectively mitigates the streaking phenomena of moving image due to the persistence of vision. Meantime, since the periodic black screen intermittently damages the fixed voltage applied on the liquid crystal, the liquid crystal molecules are subject to a strong reordering process periodically, thus the appearance of remnant image can be mitigated.
US09135872B2	Display device and terminal device To provide a plural-viewpoint display device having an image separating optical element such as a lenticular lens or a parallax barrier, which is capable of achieving a high image quality by suppressing deterioration in the display image quality caused when a block division driving method is employed, and to provide a terminal device, a display panel, and a driving method thereof, which can be preferably used for those devices. A pixel group configured with pixels for displaying a right-eye image includes a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the first phase of a block division driving method, and a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the third phase, and a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the second phase. In this manner, it is designed to have no deviation in the phase deployment orders in the pixel groups for each viewpoint.
US09135869B2	Display signal generator, display device, and method of image display In a display signal generator for use in a display device, in order to display the image corresponding to the input image signals, a combination of desired display time aperture ratios are obtained for each pixel in N number of sub-frame phases, a combination of display time aperture ratios in the N number of sub-frame phases at the time the display color is actually reproduced is set from the combination of the desired time aperture ratios on the basis of response characteristics of a pixel array unit, and a modulation signal which implements the combination of display time aperture ratios that were set is output.
US09135868B2	Direct-view MEMS display devices and methods for generating images thereon A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.
US09135866B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus, according to the present invention, that displays an image by causing a backlight to emit light at an emission brightness value in accordance with brightness of the image, the display apparatus comprises: an input unit that inputs an image signal; a division unit that divides one frame period into a plurality of sub-frame periods when one frame of the image signal includes a plurality of images having different brightness; and a display controlling unit that performs control of switching between the plurality of images for each sub-frame period and displaying the images.
US09135865B2	Image display apparatus and image optimization method thereof An image display apparatus and an image optimization method are provided. The image display apparatus includes an image content analyzer, a luminance compensator, and an image optimization processor The image content analyzer receives image data and ambient luminance and generates a backlight luminance adjustment value according to the image data and the ambient luminance. The luminance compensator generates an image data luminance adjustment value according to the backlight luminance adjustment value and generates first image data by adjusting the luminance of the image data according to the image data luminance adjustment value. The image optimization processor generates a saturation adjustment weight according to the image data luminance adjustment value. According to the saturation adjustment weight, the image optimization processor generates output image data by adjusting the luminance of the first image data.
US09135863B2	Distortion-correcting deformable displays Provided herein are devices and methods relating to detecting and/or correcting distortions and other events that can occur to a display surface so that a desired image is viewed despite the presence of a distortion in the display surface itself.
US09135862B2	Organic light emitting display device and method for operating the same Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device, which is capable of compensating for variations in the characteristics of driving transistors, comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a driving transistor for operating a light emitting device to make the light emitting device emit light with a data current corresponding to a data voltage; a panel driver for detecting the characteristics of the driving transistors including at least one of mobility and threshold voltage of the driving transistor included in each pixel during a time period when there exists no user around the display panel, generating compensated input data by compensating input data according to the characteristics after the detection of the characteristics is completed, and generating data voltage through the use of the compensated input data; and a sensor for sensing whether or not there exists a user around the display panel, and supplying the sensing result to the panel driver.
US09135854B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and driving method thereof An organic light emitting diode display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display device according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate line pairs crossing the data lines, and a plurality of light emitting cells which include an organic light emitting diode device, first and second cell driving circuits for alternately driving the organic light emitting diode device; a data voltage generator supplying a data voltage of a first polarity to the data lines; a compensation voltage generator supplying a compensation voltage of a second polarity to the data lines; and a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan pulses to the gate line pairs, wherein the first and second cell driving circuits are alternately supplied with the data voltage and the compensation voltage in response to the scan pulses to alternately driven the organic light.
US09135853B2	Gradation voltage generator and display driving apparatus A gradation voltage generator for applying a gradation voltage according to gamma characteristics of a display panel includes a reference gamma selector that receives a maximum reference voltage, a minimum reference voltage, and a first reference voltage, and selects and outputs a maximum gamma voltage and a minimum gamma voltage from among voltages between the maximum reference voltage and the minimum reference voltage, wherein when the maximum reference voltage changes, the minimum gamma voltage is compensated by a difference the changed maximum reference voltage and the first reference voltage and a gamma curve controller that receives the maximum gamma voltage and the minimum gamma voltage, and generates and outputs a plurality of gradation voltages.
US09135852B2	Organic light emitting diode display A display includes a switching transistor connected to a scan line and data line, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor, a storage capacitor between a voltage line and the driving transistor, and an organic light emitting diode connected to the driving transistor. The data line and voltage line are at different layers, and the data line and a gate electrode of the driving transistor are at different layers. Also, a plate of the storage capacitor and the gate electrode of the driving transistor are of a same layer, and semiconductor layers of the switching and driving transistors are of a same layer.
US09135848B2	Display device A display device includes a data request unit in a frame rate controller, and requires and transmits necessary data for the frame data buffer receiving and storing the image data of an entire pixel area and the rest of the frame rate controllers. In a case of a motion picture that is moved among a plurality of display areas, the image data corresponding to a plurality of regions is transmitted from the frame data buffer or a plurality of frame rate controllers, and in a case of the motion picture that is moved between neighboring pixel areas, the image data of the neighboring pixel area is transmitted from the frame data buffer or the neighboring frame rate controller for processing. Accordingly, a fast-moving motion picture may be realized without the need for an additional memory.
US09135847B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus, including: a light source which emits coherent light; a spatial modulation element which diffracts the coherent light by displaying a diffraction grating pattern corresponding to an input image and which displays a virtual image by the diffracted light; and a control unit which calculates a total brightness representing a sum total of brightnesses of all pixels of the input image, and controls at least one of the light source and the spatial modulation element in such a manner that, if the total brightness has decreased, the virtual image is displayed at a lower brightness than a reference virtual image displayed when the input image is used directly.
US09135846B2	Method for detecting liquid crystal display panel and detecting system The present provide a technical solution by introducing a method of detecting a liquid crystal display panel, characterized in that the method includes a) providing an all-connection lit-up fixture having a plurality of probes. And b) performing a lit-up test by establishing an electrical coupling between the probes and a plurality of contacts on the liquid crystal display panel. By this arrangement, the liquid crystal display panel can be readily pin-pointed the defects after the shorting bar is cut off as the fixture provided can readily restore the lit-up test Accordingly, the capability of lit-up test is therefore enhanced.
US09135843B2	Charge pump for producing display driver output This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for driving a display array with a waveform having a plurality of voltage levels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of voltages is different from a second subset of the plurality of voltages by a defined amount. In one aspect, a display driver circuit comprises a power supply configured to generate the first subset of said plurality of voltages, and a charge pump having the first subset of the plurality of voltages as inputs and the second subset of the plurality of voltages as outputs. The charge pump may not include a switch between each output voltage and a corresponding capacitor.
US09135841B2	Advertisement display assembly An advertisement assembly is configured to be removably secured to a structure. The assembly includes a mounting sub-assembly configured to be removably secured to the structure, and a plurality of advertising members secured to the mounting sub-assembly. The plurality of advertising members are configured to be perpendicular to a surface of the structure. Each of the plurality of advertising members may include planar surfaces connected to front and rear edges. Graphics are displayed on the planar surfaces. The graphics are configured to be viewed from a first point of view or perspective. The plurality of advertising members provide a relatively unobstructed view through the assembly from a second point of view or perspective.
US09135837B2	Illumination assembly having multiple reflective cavities each with a single emitter A reflector housing having a plurality of cavities formed therein, and a plurality of light emitters mounted in the plurality of cavities. Each of the plurality of cavities contains a single one of the plurality of light emitters.
US09135836B2	Sign guard A sign guard for protecting pedestrians and pets from sharp edges of a sign is disclosed. The sign guard may have a recess within which the sign is received. The recess may be sufficiently deep to cover the sharp edges of the sign to mitigate injury to pedestrians and pets. The sign guard may have a through hole for lightening the weight of the sign guard as well as relieving stress to prevent warpage during certain manufacturing techniques. Additionally, the sign guard may have two (2) mounting pads which protrude inwardly into the through hole for mounting the sign and sign guard to a post. Holes may be drilled or preformed in the mounting pads that line up to the mounting holes of the sign. Alternatively, the sign may be mounted to the sign guard and post by way of a retaining clip.
US09135832B2	Anatomical model for training aid for learning reduction techniques and a method for learning the reduction techniques using the anatomical model for training aid A method for learning reduction techniques using an anatomical model for training aid is provided. The method for learning the reduction techniques uses the anatomical model for training aid which comprises bone members, the bone members comprising a first bone member and a second bone member, either one of the first bone member or the second bone member being provided with a magnet and the other being provided with a magnet material, and has two connection statuses including a normal connection status where the first bone member and the second bone member are connected in a status similar to a normal connection status of human bones and an abnormal connection status where they are connected in a status different from the normal connection status of human bones.
US09135827B1	System, apparatus, and method for generating airport surface incursion alerts Present novel and non-trivial system, apparatus, and method for generating at least one airport surface incursion alert in a runway awareness and warning system are disclosed. A navigation data source and an airport surface data source provide navigation data and airport surface data to a surface alert generator (“SAG”). The SAG constructs a reference line based upon the airport surface data (e.g., landing threshold points, taxiway hold short lines, etc. . . . ), constructs a ground track line, determines at least one alert distance to an alert point along the ground track line if there is a reference line converging on and intersecting with the ground track line to form an alert point, and generates surface alert data if an alert time to the alert point meets an alert threshold time. The surface alert data is provided to a presentation system in which a visual alert, aural alert, and/or tactile alert is presented.
US09135826B2	Complex event processing for moving objects Described herein is a technology for facilitating complex event processing for moving objects. In some implementations, data associated with moving objects is received from multiple data sources. One or more constraints associated with an event-of-interest are determined. The event-of-interest that satisfies the one or more constraints is detected based on the data. A notification of the detected event-of-interest may then be sent. For purposes of illustration, some specific complex event processing scenarios based on maritime vessels have been presented to demonstrate the capabilities of the present framework.
US09135824B1	Red light violator warning Embodiments include a method for providing a red light violator warning. The method includes detecting that a first vehicle is about to violate a red light at an intersection. Based on detecting that the first vehicle is about to violate the red light at the intersection, the method includes broadcasting a warning message to all connected vehicles in proximity of the intersection of a pending red light violation and determining if the first vehicle is a connected vehicle. Based on determining that the first vehicle is a connected vehicle, the method further includes transmitting a notification message to the first vehicle warning of a pending red light violation.
US09135823B2	Object type determination apparatus An object type determination apparatus mounted in a vehicle. In the apparatus, a detection unit detects an object present forward of the vehicle. A height estimation unit estimates a height of the object detected by the detection unit from a road surface. A determination unit uses the estimation result of the height estimation unit to determine, according to one of a plurality of predefined criteria, whether or not the object is an object for which a collision avoidance process is performed. A complex environment estimation unit estimates a likelihood that a complex environment is present forward of the vehicle. A criterion selection unit selects the one of the plurality of predefined criteria used by the determination unit on the basis of the estimation result of the complex environment estimation unit.
US09135819B2	System for broadcasting local information System for broadcasting local information, related to the area where a vehicle (V), e.g. an automobile, is actually located or moving through, having: a GPS (1) that identifies the area where the vehicle is moving through, a GPRS transmission means (2) for transmitting the said local information from an external, remote station to a CPU (3) located in the vehicle and for managing the information related to the data from the positioning system and the local information. The system has a storage device (4, 5) for the local information, located within the vehicle, and an FM broadcasting device (6), also located within the vehicle, adapted to broadcast the said local information to a reproducing means (7), that can be the radio system of an automobile. The said local information is selected from the stored information in the storage device (4, 5), according at least to the identified area and is updated, on a time basis, with local information emitted from an external updating emitter. As the local information is updated on the information means on a time basis (not necessarily periodically), the system allows obviating the need for 1) streaming information in a continuous manner; and 2) having a whole network at disposal, which prejudices the efficiency and the perceived quality of the service.
US09135818B2	Radar detector that interfaces with a mobile communication device An electromagnetic signal detector that interfaces with a mobile communication device that includes a communication element. The communication element transmits data between the electromagnetic signal detector and the mobile communication device via a first communication standard. A user interface of the mobile communication device communicates the data to a user of the electromagnetic signal detector. The mobile communication device communicates with a communication network via a second communication standard. The first communication standard differs from the second communication standard.
US09135814B2	Remote control extension with limited command duration A remote control extension system for controlling appliances (60,70,80). A remote control (20) is connected by means of a network (30) to an extender device (40). The remote control (20) transmits messages (110,120) to the extender (40) during the period, that a command (14) is to be transmitted from the extender to an appliance. The command is for example a command having a variable duration, such as Volume UP. The extender (40) receives the messages. It transmits the command as long as it receives the messages from the remote control. It finishes the transmission of the command, if an expected message has not been received at a predetermined time. In this way, the duration of a command is limited in case of network disturbances.
US09135813B2	Remote lockout/tagout A remote lock-out/tag-out system and method allow a remote service technician to remotely lock-out a machine via a remote wireless control device. In one aspect, the lock-out initiation request is sent from the remote wireless control device to the machine. The remote wireless control device then receives from the machine an indication that the machine location and state are suitable for lock-out. In response, the remote wireless control device sends a lock-out command to the machine.
US09135810B2	Method, apparatus and system for assigning remote control device to ambulatory medical device A method for assigning a remote control to an ambulatory medical device includes generating and transmitting user inputs from a remote control to an ambulatory medical device, and receiving and processing the user inputs to determine whether the user inputs represent a sequence authorizing an assignment of the remote control to the ambulatory medical device.
US09135809B2	Voice enabled remote control for a set-top box A remote control device includes a digital audio storage device, a talk button, and an optical distance measurer. The digital audio storage device is configured to continually record an audio input for a specific amount of time. The talk button is coupled to the digital audio storage device and is configured to initiate a transmission of the audio input to a set-top box device. The optical distance measurer is coupled to the talk button and is configured to automatically measure a distance to a user in response to the talk button being pressed.
US09135799B2	Theft detection in HVAC unit having persistent alarm A notification system for an air conditioning system includes a power source, first and second connectors, first and second switches, and a notification device. The power source has first and second power terminals. The first and second connectors are connected to a continuity sensor. The first switching device is configured to connect the first power terminal to a first output responsive to an interruption of current from the first connector to the second connector. The second switching device has a second output coupled to the first output, and is configured to connect the first power terminal to the second output responsive to current on the second output. The notification device is coupled to the first and second outputs, and is configured to generate an audible and/or visible notification responsive to power received from the outputs.
US09135798B2	Vehicle periphery monitoring device A vehicle periphery monitoring device 1 is equipped with a first recognizing unit 11 which recognizes a shape of a road in a traveling direction of a self vehicle C, a second recognizing unit 12 which recognizes a position of an object M existing in a periphery of the self vehicle C, an estimating unit 13 which estimates a moving direction of the object M from the position recognized by the second recognizing unit 12, and a contact avoiding process unit 15 which determines whether or not to perform an avoiding process for avoiding contact between the self vehicle C and the object M, on the basis of a relationship between the shape of the road recognized by the first recognizing unit 11 and the moving direction of the object M estimated by the estimating unit 13.
US09135796B2	Intrusion detection system and its sensors An intrusion detection system, that comprises a multi sensors array deployable along a physical barrier means and linkable to it in a manner that enables sensing various phenomena (one or more), typically take place when an attempted intrusion act occurs through the physical barrier means, and generation of an indication when such a phenomenon is sensed, characterized by that, that at least in one of the sensors there is installed a processing component that belongs and is specifically allocated to the sensor and enables local analyzing of the sensed phenomena within said sensor.
US09135795B2	Sensor for taut wire fences A sensor for an intrusion detection fence of a taut wires type and a method implemented in its operation, wherein the sensor is a multi-axes accelerometer that is installed on the sensors' pole of the fence while inclined relative to the fence taut wire unto which it is connected, and the sensor is connected to fence taut wire via a movement converting means such that from an instant of loading the taut wire as happens when an intrusion attempt through it occurs, the movement converting means converts the movement of the taut wire unto a rotational movement of the sensor that is amenable to be sensed in at least two axes.
US09135793B1	Force feedback to identify critical events Force feedback elements are incorporated at various points in a flight helmet. An onboard computer system identifies critical events and translates such events into a force feedback pulse applied to one or more of the force feedback elements, warning the pilot of the critical event while at the same time suppressing more conventional critical event warnings that may distract a pilot. Additionally, force feedback elements are incorporated into a vest, bodysuit or body armor. A mobile, personal computer system applies a force feedback pulse to one or more of the force feedback elements to indicate an event that might otherwise require an audible signal.
US09135789B2	Method and apparatus for reducing recognition times in an image-based product recognition system A product recognition system comprises a product image data collector arranged to capture image data which is representative of an image of a product item. The product recognition system also comprises an acoustic energy source arranged to emit acoustic energy towards the product item. The product recognition further comprises a product acoustic data collector arranged to (i) capture acoustic energy deflected from the product item, (ii) process the captured acoustic data which has been deflected from the product item to provide product acoustic data which is representative of one or more characteristics of the product item, and (iii) compare the product acoustic data with a store of reference acoustic data to provide one or more subsets of items against which the captured image data can be compared to identify the product item.
US09135787B1	Bitcoin kiosk/ATM device and system integrating enrollment protocol and method of using the same A standalone Bitcoin kiosk/ATM device including a bill validator, bill dispenser, printer, one or more scanners/readers, touch screen display, processor/controller and wireless internet connection means (e.g. modem). An enrollment and security protocol involves a processor programmed to run executable instructions, said executable instructions causing said processor to facilitate: (i) receipt of a customer's mobile phone number via the user interface; (ii) transmission of a text message including a random code to the mobile phone of the customer; (iii) receipt and confirmation of the random code entered by the customer via the user interface; (iv) receipt of a PIN entered by the customer via the user interface; (v) receipt of a palm vein pattern via the biometric interface; (vi) receipt of a customer photo via the camera; and (vii) receipt of identification data including photo via the ID scanner/reader.
US09135783B2	Gaming machine, gaming system, and gaming method In a gaming machine, a controller rearranges symbols in a base game, and triggers a bonus game when a combination of the symbols rearranged in the base game satisfies a predetermined condition. The controller executes each unit game of the bonus game based on a bet betted by the player, determines a number of cells by which the character moves along with the course in each unit game, and moves the character from a current cell to a destination cell according to the number of cells in each unit game. The controller performs an event corresponding to the destination cell in each unit cell, and determines an award of the goal cell based on an average bet per unit game when the character arrives at the goal cell.
US09135774B2	3-D reels and 3-D wheels in a gaming machine A gaming machine is configured to receive a request for a location of at least one player of at least one gaming device, determine the location of the at least one player; and present on a display of the gaming machine, location information including the determined location of the at least one player. Where the gaming machine is located within a casino, the gaming machine may further be configured to present, on the display, a 3D virtual gaming environment which is a model of the casino.
US09135773B2	Bingo apparatus Described is a method of constructing prize structures that are particularly useful in gaming systems which can be used to implement various games such as bingo and poker. In particular the described pay structures and game systems can have sufficient granularity such that the outcome or payoff of the game being played can be expanded to provide higher payout amounts as well as closely replicate the payoff of a second game. Included are methods and apparatus for playing bingo games and determining which bingo cards are winners. In addition, methods and apparatus for evaluating or checking each card in a bingo game using a bit marked card technique and vector operations are described.
US09135772B2	Gaming device with modular gaming table components Provided in embodiments of the present invention is a gaming device having a plurality of dynamically connectable modular gaming table components that provide a variety of configuration options. In one example embodiment, the gaming device includes a first modular gaming table component and a second modular gaming table component, where the first modular gaming table component and second modular gaming table component are connectable in a variety of arrangements. Each of the first and second modular gaming table components may include at least one gaming station having a gaming display, gaming control circuitry, structural connection means, and communication connection means, whereby the structural and communication connection means of the two components may be dynamically connectable in a variety of component arrangements.
US09135770B2	Prediction of an estimated remaining utility usage via meter and adjusting an alert threshold A method and system for predicting an estimated remaining utility usage and adjusting an alert threshold for a prepaid utility meter account includes receiving an indication of a time period of inaccessibility to replenish a prepaid utility meter account, predicting an alert trigger time when an estimated remaining utility usage for the prepaid utility meter account falls below an alert threshold, and determining that the time period of inaccessibility overlaps the predicted alert trigger time, and responsively adjusting the alert threshold such that the predicted alert trigger time occurs before the time period of inaccessibility. The method also includes receiving an indication of a business objective for a utility company and automatically adjusting the alert threshold associated with the prepaid utility meter account based on the business objective.
US09135769B2	Apparatus for regulating release of tablets into cells of a heat formed strip An apparatus for regulating release of tablets into cells of a heat-formed strip has a frame (2), and at least one supply channel (3) for directing tablets (4) to an outlet (5). A tooth (6) is movable between a first position (A) where the tooth blocks the supply channel and a second position (B) which allows transit of the tablets (4) to the outlet. An elastically flexible blade (7) is fixed to the frame (2) and equipped with the tooth (6). A tube (8) supplied with a fluid elastically expands or retracts in a radial direction as a function of the fluid pressure. The tube (8) abuts the flexible blade (7) in such a way that by regulating the pressure of the fluid internally of the tube (8), it is possible to control the position of the tooth (6).
US09135767B2	Carpet cleaning machine rental kiosk A self-service kiosk enables customers to conduct rental transactions for carpet cleaning machines without the need of assistance from store personnel. The kiosk comprises a housing having several stalls or bays that hold and display carpet cleaning machines and carpet cleaning accessories for rental. The kiosk controls whether such carpet cleaning machines and carpet cleaning accessories can be removed from or returned to the kiosk. The kiosk also optionally includes a control panel for conducting a rental transaction. The self-service kiosk may also include automatic dispensing of cleaning products purchased by the customer at the kiosk. Still further, the self-serve kiosk may include shelving for holding cleaning products that can be purchased separately at a checkout counter.
US09135765B2	Coin validation apparatus A coin validator apparatus includes an inclined coin chute interconnecting the coin outlet gate with a coin rejection outlet via a validation sensor module and a coin diverter mechanism, the coin chute defining a coin transport path and including a radially outer curved guide wall, such that in operation a coin exiting the coin outlet gate and traversing the coin transport path is subjected to a centripetal acceleration that constrains the coin to follow and abut the contour of the radially outer curved guide wall between the coin outlet gate and a coin diverter sensor disposed downstream in the coin transport path.
US09135764B2	Shopping cost and travel optimization application Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data.
US09135763B2	System and method for wireless state identification A system and method for processing a state identifier. A request is received for a state identifier. A biometric associated with the state identifier is requested from a user. Authenticity of the biometric is verified in response to receiving the biometric from the user. The state identifier is transmitted to a receiving device in response to determining the biometric is authentic.
US09135761B2	Method of migrating RFID transponders in situ Methods and apparatus for updating secure access credentials are provided. More specifically, data from one or more RFID credentials can be read and subsequently written to one of the original RFID credentials reducing multiple RFID credentials to a single credential. The RFID transponder on the credential that has new data written thereon does not necessarily need to have the same functionality as the RFID transponder on the other RFID credentials that was read.
US09135757B2	Method for granting permission to access a transport network A method for granting permission for a vehicle to access a transport network includes an applicant electing in an electronic datafile one or more desired conditions of vehicle use for accessing the network and transmitting the electronic datafile via electronic transmission means to a third party for approval. If the electronic datafile is approved, the third party appends approval data to the datafile, such that the applicant is granted temporary permission to access the network in accordance with the elected desired conditions conditional upon, in a prescribed time frame monitoring hardware being installed in the vehicle, and a monitoring service being engaged to monitor use of the vehicle when accessing the network. When the third party is notified that the hardware has been installed and the service has been engaged the datafile is finalized, granting continued permission to access the transport network.
US09135755B2	Health monitoring of igniters Methods and associated devices useful for the health monitoring of igniters of gas turbine engines are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments disclosed include the use of an accumulated spark count to an igniter to obtain an indication of wear on the igniter and/or the remaining life of the igniter. An exemplary method disclosed includes: receiving one or more signals indicative of a commanded spark count to the igniter for one or more ignition events; processing the one or more signals indicative of the commanded spark count to the igniter, determining a total accumulated commanded spark count to the igniter; and generating one or more signals indicative of at least one of an estimated wear on the igniter or an estimated remaining life of the igniter based on the total accumulated commanded spark count to the igniter.
US09135752B2	Image display system Provided is an image display system which allows a user to browse an object of interest in a background as if she/he picks up and moves the object of interest by hand, and allows the user to visually enter inside a specified object placed on the background. The image display system of the present invention is characterized in that it has a mother database (MDB) reconfigured from a database for configuring an object, wherein an image (a two-dimensional image, a three-dimensional space or a four-dimensional space) based on the MDB, in an entire image, is substituted for an object subjected to the object recognition based on the MDB, and synthetically displayed.
US09135747B2	Method for 3D reconstruction of an object in a scene A method for 3D reconstruction of an object based on back-scattered and sensed signals, including: generating, from the sensed signals, 3D points to which their back-scattering intensity is respectively assigned, which form a set A of reconstructed data, starting from A, extracting a set B of data, whose points are located within a volume containing the object, as a function of volume characteristics F2, starting from B, extracting a set C of data characterizing the external surface of the object, the surface having regions with missing parts, depending on an extraction criterion, based on C, filling in the regions with missing parts by generation of a three-dimensional surface so as to obtain a set D of completed data of the object, without having to use an external database, and identifying the object based on D.
US09135746B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof An image processing apparatus configured to perform an appropriate blurring processing in which a height difference in the surface shape with fine unevenness is taken into consideration, and to reproduce the surface shape faithfully corresponding to an original image. The image processing apparatus for generating computer graphics expressing an object includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire height information representing a relative height difference in a surface of the object, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one scattering function representing an internal scattering characteristic of light in the object, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a luminance value of the object based on the height information and the scattering function.
US09135745B2	Image processing method and system using the same An image processing method and system using the same, wherein the image processing method includes capturing a plurality of images corresponding to the surroundings of an object using a plurality of image capturing modules to generate a two-dimension planar image; providing a three-dimension projected curved surface; defining a plurality of first grids on the three-dimension projected curved surface and a plurality of second grids on the two-dimension planar image, wherein each of the first grids correspond to each of the second grids; transforming the first grids on the three-dimension projected curved surface and the second grids on the two-dimension planar image into a plurality of first redrawn grids and second redrawn grids respectively based on the angles formed between the normal vector of the two-dimension planar image and the normal vector of each first grid, wherein each first redrawn grid corresponds to each second redrawn grid.
US09135743B2	Visualize the obscure object in 3D space A system, method and software application implement a visualization scheme for presenting information in a 3D map. A set of rules specifies the visualization scheme, particularly with respect to how the system renders background objects that are obscured by a foreground object. The objects include elements such as building surfaces, streets, pointers, icons, labels, floor plans, and the like. The rules specify details such as stroke, fill, transparency, opacity, and visibility of the elements. Some of the rules may specify relationships between an object and elements that are considered “internal” to the object, while others of the rules may specify relationships between an object and other elements considered “external” to the object.
US09135742B2	View direction determination Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a view direction for a texture image used to texture a geometry. That is, a geometry may represent a multi-dimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images depicting the scene from various view directions. Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing portions of the geometry, a view direction for a texture image may be selectively defined based upon a coverage metric associated with an amount of non-textured geometry pixels that are textured by the texture image along the view direction. In an example, a texture image may be defined according to a customized configuration, such as a spherical configuration, a cylindrical configuration, etc. In this way, redundant texturing of the geometry may be mitigated based upon the selectively identified view direction(s).
US09135741B2	Interference-driven resource management for GPU-based heterogeneous clusters Systems and methods are disclosed that share coprocessor resources between two or more applications in a computing cluster using a job selector to receive jobs from a job queue; a node selector coupled to the job selector; an off line profiler with an interference prediction model; a coprocessor dynamic interference detection module; and a coprocessor interference response module.
US09135739B2	Optimizing graph evaluation A system for performing graphics processing is disclosed. A dependency graph comprising interconnected nodes is accessed. Each node has output attributes and the dependency graph receives input attributes. A first list is accessed, which includes a dirty status for each dirty output attribute of the dependency graph. A second list is accessed, which associates one of the input attributes with output attributes that are affected by the one input attribute. A third list is accessed, which associates one of the output attributes with output attributes that affect the one output attribute. An evaluation request for a requested output attribute is received. A set of output attributes are selected for evaluation based on being specified in the first list as dirty and being specified in the third list as associated with the requested output attribute. The set of output attributes are evaluated.
US09135732B2	Object-level image editing Systems and methods for editing digital images using information about objects in those images are described. For example, the information about objects comprises depth ordering information and/or information about the class each object is a member of. Examples of classes include sky, building, aeroplane, grass and person. This object-level information is used to provide new and/or improved editing functions such as cut and paste, filling-in image regions using tiles or patchworks, digital tapestry, alpha matte generation, super resolution, auto cropping, auto color balance, object selection, depth of field manipulation, and object replacement. In addition improvements to user interfaces for image editing systems are described which use object-level information.
US09135731B2	Systems, devices, methods for sensing and processing fishing related data Devices and systems for noninvasively and nondestructively sensing a signal in an electrical outdoor device, such a fishing transponder, are described. The device can include a first electrical connection to connect to a port on a main unit of an echo-location device, a second electrical connection to connect to a port on a transponder, the second electrical connection being in bi-directional electrical communication with the first connection to send a power signal from the main unit to the transponder and return an echoed signal to the main unit, and a third electrical connection to sense the signals between the first electrical connection and the second electrical connection. Positioning data is also created and stored with the signal data. The positioning data can be used to control acquisition of data. Systems and methods for processing the sensed data are described. Reports can be generated using the data and, in some reports with the positioning data.
US09135728B2	System and method for multi-energy computed tomography imaging A CT system includes a gantry, an x-ray source, a detector, and a grating collimator that includes alternating first and second materials. The system includes a controller configured to emit a first beam of x-rays from a first focal spot and to a first detector pixel, wherein the first beam of x-rays passes along a ray and through one of the first materials of the grating collimator, and subsequently emit a second beam of x-rays from a second focal spot and to the first detector pixel, wherein the second beam of x-rays passes substantially along the ray and through one of the second materials of the grating collimator. The system includes a computer programmed to generate first and second kVp image datasets using data acquired from the first beam and second beams of x-rays, and reconstruct a basis material image of the object.
US09135727B2	Method and apparatus for reconstructing indexed color spaces A computer implemented method and apparatus for reconstructing indexed color spaces. The method comprises accessing a plurality of indexed color spaces, wherein each indexed color space comprises a bit depth; and creating one or more unions of two or more indexed color spaces from the plurality of indexed color spaces, wherein the bit depth of the union of the two or more indexed color does not exceed the bit depth of any of the two or more indexed color spaces.
US09135722B2	Perceptually lossless color compression A system and method of color data compression may perform variations of MRC compression including taking into consideration means and/or variances within k×k cells of an image, background texture, background smoothed color, and gradient components for determination of which parts of an image belong to the background and foreground MRC layers, for calculating thresholds values for such determinations, and determining correctness of determined thresholds and polarity, and may determine the background and foreground layer colors based on the variances, the gradient components, and neighboring pixels of non-color-assigned pixels of the background and foreground layers.
US09135721B2	Method for coding and reconstructing a pixel block and corresponding devices A method for coding a block of pixels is described. The coding method comprises: determining a prediction block for the pixel block from a motion vector; calculating a residue between the pixel block and the prediction block; and code the residue. The determination of the prediction block comprises the following steps: determining an intermediate prediction block of size strictly greater than the size of the pixel block; transforming the intermediate prediction block into a first block transformed with a first transform; and transforming the first transformed block into a second block transformed with a second transform of inverse the first transform whose basis functions are shifted by at least a part of each component of the motion vector, the prediction block being extracted from the second transformed block.
US09135720B2	Content-based aspect ratio detection A system for determining an aspect ratio of image content based on an analysis of the content. In an embodiment, an analyzer is configured to receive a data input corresponding to an image in a stream of images that constitute a video sequence of images. The analyzer is further configured to determine a mathematical representation of the image content based on a power spectrum analysis of vertical components of the image in comparison to a power spectrum analysis of horizontal components of the image. Based on this comparison of the vertical frequency components to the horizontal frequency components, a determination about the original aspect ratio of the image may be determined. This determination may be used by a video processor to correctly apply aspect ratio conversion for final image output.
US09135717B2	Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus According to an embodiment, an image coding method is for coding an image including a luminance component and color difference components. The method includes acquiring a reference image; and generating a predicted image by interpolating the luminance component and the color difference components in the reference image according to a motion vector. If a size of a block, which is designated as a unit of the interpolation, is equal to or smaller than a predetermined first threshold value, the generating includes inhibiting a bi-directional prediction, and performing only a uni-directional prediction to generate the predicted image according to the motion vector.
US09135716B2	Method for estimating the movement of a traveling observation instrument flying over a celestial body Method for estimating the movement of an observation instrument on-board a vehicle flying over a celestial body, the instrument including at least two strips with different lines of sight, each strip realizing the acquisition of successive image lines making up a composite image, parts of the composite images representing substantially a same scene of the celestial body. The estimated movement is determined by optimization of an image similarity function that associates, to a given movement hypothesis, a similarity between values of matched pixels of at least a pair of composite images. The method includes, for each movement hypothesis considered during the optimization: determining, for the at least one pair of composite images, at least one spatio-temporal transformation using the considered movement hypothesis and a geometric model of the observation instrument, and matching the pixels of the at least one pair of composite images using the at least one spatio-temporal transformation.
US09135705B2	Sensor calibration and position estimation based on vanishing point determination Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, method, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing an image of a scene by an image capturing unit of a device that includes at least one sensor, determining relative device orientation of the device based, at least in part, on determined location of at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene, and performing one or more calibration operations for the at least one sensor based, at least in part, on the determined relative device orientation.
US09135704B2	Spatial and shape characterization of an implanted device within an object It is described a method for spatially characterizing a device positioned within an object, e.g. a patient's body, under examination that e.g. allows a clinician to easily assess the deployment state and position of the device. The method comprises the steps of acquiring (26) a set of images of the device, reconstructing (28) a three-dimensional model of the device from the set of images, comparing (30) the model of the device with an ideal model of the device in a predetermined deployment state inside the object and displaying (36) the model of the device on a display unit. For optical indication deviation areas of the deployed device relative to an ideal model of the deployed device can be determined and color-coded depending on the strength of deviation.
US09135703B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method and program for them Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a lesion progress rate recognition section configured to perform prescribed image recognition processing on a plurality of entered medical images, thereby recognizing the lesion progress rate that represents the rate of progress of the disease-induced change in living body; and a presentation control section configured to cause a presentation section to present the medical images according to the lesion progress rate which has been recognized by the lesion progress rate recognition section.
US09135702B2	Image display device for medical applications, image display method for medical applications An image display device such as a medical image display device is provided for supporting that information necessary for diagnosis is sufficiently displayed and the diagnosis without any error is conducted in a short period of time. The medical image display device 1 performs a region of interest setting process for setting a region of an observation site in volume data and a lesion candidate region relating to the observation site, a display image generating process for generating a display image that allows a size of the lesion candidate region to be distinguishable, being adjacent to the observation site on a projection line of interest, when a pixel having a reference pixel value on the projection line of interest corresponds to a pixel of the region of the observation site, and an image displaying process for displaying the display image being generated.
US09135697B2	Method and system for determining a boundary surface network A method is disclosed for determining a boundary surface network of the tubular object. In an embodiment, a representation of the tubular object is initially provided on the basis of image data and local dimension information is provided for points of the representation. A subdivided division structure presentation of the tubular object with division cells is then created, which based on the local dimension information, including a different spatial extent. Finally a boundary surface network is derived on the basis of the division structure presentation. Also described are a boundary surface network determination system and a division structure determination system for performing such a method.
US09135684B2	Systems and methods for image enhancement by local tone curve mapping Systems and methods are provided for a method of adjusting a digital image. A low pass filtering is performed on a digital image to remove high frequency data to generate filtered image data. The digital image is divided into a plurality of regions, and a brightness level of a particular region of the digital image is identified using the filtered image data. A transformation curve is selected for the particular region based on the brightness level, and the transformation curve is applied to the particular region to generate adjusted image data for the particular region having adjusted brightness. The adjusted image data is stored in a computer-readable medium.
US09135682B2	Image recovery from single shot digital hologram Techniques described herein are generally related to high resolution image recovery of objects from digital holograms. The various described techniques may be applied to methods, systems, devices or combinations thereof. Some described methods for recovering an image may include receiving reference beam data that corresponds to a reference interference pattern and receiving hologram data corresponding to an object. The method may also include applying a cost function to the hologram data and the reference beam data to determine the object image data associated with the object. The cost function may include a smoothness constraint applied to the object image data. The cost function can be iteratively reduced to obtain object image data corresponding to the object and the obtained object image data can be processed to recover the image of the object from single shot holograms with image resolution greater than conventional holographic imaging system.
US09135680B2	Method for reducing row and column noise in imaging systems A method for the reduction of noise in an image including identifying neighboring pixel values in pixels proximate to a subject pixel; comparing the neighboring pixel values to a preset tolerance range; using neighboring pixel values within the tolerance range to calculate a pixel intensity correction value; and applying the pixel intensity value to the subject pixel.
US09135676B2	Image interpolation processing apparatus and method thereof An image interpolation processing apparatus includes a motion vector generating module, for generating a first reference motion vector and a second reference motion vector for an interpolated block of an interpolated frame according to the interpolated block and a plurality of blocks adjacent to the interpolated block; a blurred block processing module, for determining an area property of the interpolation block being one of an image covered area, an image uncovered area and a non-blurred area according to the first reference motion vector and the second reference motion vector, and a representative motion vector of the interpolated block being one of the first reference motion vector and the second reference motion vector; and a frame interpolation module, for generating an image content of the interpolated block according to the representative motion vector and the area property.
US09135674B1	Endpoint based video fingerprinting A method and system generates and compares fingerprints for videos in a video library. The video fingerprints provide a compact representation of the temporal locations of discontinuities in the video that can be used to quickly and efficiently identify video content. Discontinuities can be, for example, shot boundaries in the video frame sequence or silent points in the audio stream. Because the fingerprints are based on structural discontinuity characteristics rather than exact bit sequences, visual content of videos can be effectively compared even when there are small differences between the videos in compression factors, source resolutions, start and stop times, frame rates, and so on. Comparison of video fingerprints can be used, for example, to search for and remove copyright protected videos from a video library. Furthermore, duplicate videos can be detected and discarded in order to preserve storage space.
US09135663B1	System and a method for organizing real-world group gatherings around a topic of interest A computer-assisted method, computer system, and program product provide the functionality of a portal for persons to find, based on a topic of interest, the nearest relevant in-person gathering of other persons interested in the topic as well. The system provides for the automated creation of groups and for their automatic sustainment through automatic scheduling of periodic gatherings. Strangers in geographic proximity are automatically brought together into chapters formed around the topic of interest. Chapters may be led by organizers, and gatherings may have hosts. Automatic functions for venue selection, venue voting, cancellation, and feedback are provided.
US09135662B2	Method and system for communicating financial news A system and software-implemented method for reporting financial market news and events. Machine-readable extracted data is reformulated in content and format to provide a more efficient display and understanding of the relevance of news and events to the end user. Audio and/or graphic indicators are added to further promote efficient understanding of the delivered news or event message.
US09135660B2	System and method for electronic spread trading in real and synthetically generated markets A system and method are provided to analyze synthetic and real markets that offer interchangeable tradable objects to find market opportunities that a trader may capitalize on. A synthetic market is an electronic market created out of real markets by a computer terminal or gateway. A real market is an electronic market that is offered by an electronic exchange. If a desirable market opportunity is found, the preferred embodiments can take action such as by sending orders to either one of the markets, or by sending orders to both markets. An advantage of the preferred embodiments, among many others, is that they can make “invisible” trading opportunities more readily apparent.
US09135659B1	Graphical representation of financial information A tree having a height of at least two relates a plurality of financial items. A computer determines which of a plurality of arrangements of the financial items in the tree is an optimal arrangement that has an optimum value of a function of a plurality of similarity values between pairs of the financial items at each non-zero level of the tree, wherein the arrangements are limited by prohibiting cyclic-equivalent sequences and reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging at least three financial items that are children of a financial item that is the root node in the tree. A display device displays a planar depiction of the tree in which the financial items are arranged according to the optimal arrangement that prohibits the cyclic-equivalent sequences and the reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree.
US09135656B2	Method and system for auction information management Foreclosure auction information received from each of a plurality of sources of such information via respective Internet bots, manual updates, or other sources, is used to populate a database according to a predefined schema and ruleset. The database is updated in near real time (from any or all of the datasources), and actionable auction information that meets user-determined criteria for accuracy, timeliness and/or relevancy is extracted from the database and presented for use by a user.
US09135654B2	System and method for constructing and displaying active virtual reality cyber malls, show rooms, galleries, stores, museums, and objects within A system and method for virtually displaying on-line a gallery, a showroom, a store, a mall or any other room or space and the objects contained in said room or space, wherein the data displayed is comprised of a virtual reality data packet. The system displays still photographs of virtual reality shots and textual materials, and plays virtual reality video clips and audio stores about the room and/or the objects contained therein. Links are associated with each object and are stored external to the virtual reality data packet can be retrieved on demand from an external database for presentation of the viewer. The system also provides on-line controls that enable the viewer to move around the space, and a feature that enables a viewer to view an object from 360° around the object.
US09135653B2	Building a social graph using sharing activity of users of the open web by identifying nodes in the social graph and adjusting weights associated with edges A social graph is built which includes interactions, sharing activity, and connections between the users of the open Web and can be used to improve ad targeting and content personalization. Sharing activity between two users will affect ads or content that both users will be presented while surfing the Web. This sharing activity includes sending of links, sending of videos, sending of files, cutting and pasting of content, sending text messages, and sending of e-mails. Building of the social graph can include creating an edge in the social graph that is representative of a particular category type. This includes identifying nodes in a social graph corresponding to sharing activity and adjusting weights associated with edges.
US09135651B2	System and method for selecting a bedding mattress A method is provided for selecting one of a plurality of different bedding mattresses for a customer. The method includes the steps of receiving a set of data related qualitative information related to the customer or the customer's sleeping habits and processing by a processor the set of data to evaluate support needs for a customer. The method further includes the step of determining which of the plurality of bedding mattresses has support characteristics that closely match the support needs of the customer.
US09135643B2	System and method for targeting users for content delivery Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for targeting users for content provision. In one method, the method receives at a server, one or more content objects and one or more ZIP+4 codes as targeting parameters for the one or more content objects. The method retrieves personal information of a plurality of users. The method then identifies one or more of the plurality of users located in geographic areas corresponding to the one or more ZIP+4 codes based, at least in part, on the personal information. Subsequently, the method targets a content object of the one or more content objects to the one or more of the plurality of users based on the identified geographic areas of the users and the ZIP+4 codes associated with corresponding ones of the one or more content objects.
US09135640B2	Distributing content A framework for content delivery includes a content distribution manager operable to select content for distribution in response to a request for content. The selection of content may be made based in part on scheduling information associated with sources of available content and selected by content providers. The selection may further be based in part on a content selection policy selected by publishers who initiate requests for content.
US09135632B2	Methods and systems for ad placement planning Methods and systems are disclosed which allow shifting inventory to fulfill guaranteed delivery advertisement contracts. Inventory may be allocated from a supply of unallocated inventory to one or more advertisers in accordance with guaranteed delivery agreements. Inventory may be reserved for the one or more advertisers from the remaining supply of unallocated inventory. Inventory may then be allocated to an additional advertiser by using unallocated inventory or shifted inventory, or a combination of unallocated inventory and shifted inventory. The shifted inventory is shifted out of the allocation for the first advertiser and the shifted inventory is replaced by the reserve inventory for the respective advertiser.
US09135631B2	Computer-vision content detection for sponsored stories Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an photo upload in an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A social networking system may apply computer image algorithms to detect image objects in user-uploaded images and videos, and promote them as sponsored stories.
US09135630B2	Systems and methods for large-scale link analysis Systems and methods for accepting relationship indications based on interaction among entities, where each relationship indication specifies that a respective pair of the entities may be related. A single entity record may be constructed that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the entity. The entities may include an individual, a set of individuals, a communication terminal, a plurality of communication terminals, an organization, an e-mail address, a Web-site, a bank account and a home address. An analytics operation may performed, such as identifying a shortest sequence of interrelated entities that relate a first entity with a second entity, and acting upon the identified sequence.
US09135625B1	Systems and methods of detecting keyword-stuffed business titles The present invention relates generally to identifying fraudulent businesses and business listings. More specifically, the invention relates to determining a “surprisingness” value for a particular combination of words in a business title based on the likelihood that the combination has appeared in legitimate business titles. The value may be used to determine whether the business or business listing is legitimate or fraudulent. For example, third party hijackers may “keyword-stuff” business titles or attempt to include words associated with prominent businesses in a title of a less prominent business associated with the third party in order to have the less prominent business displayed more often in search results for the prominent business. For example, if a business title has too many surprising word combinations or a particular combination is highly unlikely, the business listing is likely to be fraudulent or “keyword-stuffed” and may be withheld, excluded, removed from search results.
US09135624B2	User-centric traffic enquiry and alert system A method for notifying a user about traffic including the step of determining an origin of the user. A destination of the user is also determined. Traffic conditions between the origin and the destination are determined. The user is notified of the traffic conditions.
US09135623B2	System and method for independently authorizing auxiliary communication services Systems and methods which determines the likelihood that a calling (or in some cases the called) user will pay for a particular auxiliary service are described. A system of an embodiment considers the user's credit risk and his/her propensity to pay, when deciding if the user is eligible for a particular auxiliary service. A methodology used for determining propensity to pay for an auxiliary service according to embodiments is independent from a determination of propensity to pay for a basic calling service. Thus, the criteria used, and the weight given to each criteria, for determining eligibility for auxiliary services can be different from the criteria and criteria weight used for basic communication connections.
US09135620B2	Mobile device security using wearable security tokens The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that effectuates and establishes mobile device security. The system can include devices that detect point of sale mechanisms or secure token devices and based at least in part on the detection of secure token devices the system effectuates release of electronic funds persisted on a mobile device in order to satisfy a debt accrued at the point of sale mechanism.
US09135617B2	Card payment system In one example embodiment, a card payment system includes a card payment apparatus, having an audio jack, configured to: read account information stored on a payment card, encode a counter value of the card payment apparatus into a onetime password, transmit the account information and onetime password via a microphone contact of the audio jack, and receive an acoustic signal via at least one earphone contact of the audio jack; and a client device, having an audio jack socket to receive the audio jack, configured to: receive the account information and onetime password via the microphone contact, transmit, to the card payment apparatus, the acoustic signal via the at least one earphone contact, decode the onetime password into the counter value, and authenticate the card payment apparatus based on the counter value of the card payment apparatus and a counter value of the client device.
US09135612B1	Proximity detection, virtual detection, or location based triggering of the exchange of value and information A system, methods, and apparatuses are provided for valuation and exchange of stored value assets, information of value, and the transfer of value to or among individuals. The exchanged assets may be of a similar nature, e.g., music files exchanged for other music files, and exchange or trade of information such as rewards value or a restaurant coupon. The exchanged assets may also be other dissimilar assets exchanged between individuals and/or entities. The exchange may be initiated in numerous ways such as after completing a review, exchanging or trading a gift card, a prepaid card, a reward card, a coupon, a ticket, a pass, and/or the like when in proximity to a specific location or a location of some type or category, and/or exchanging or trading of other assets between individuals based on one or more constraints such as time, location, need, desire for the assets, and/or proximity.
US09135610B2	Software application license roaming A master license entry that links a software application to a user identification can be made. Application licenses to use the software application can be roamed to multiple computing machines. Feature licenses for added features of the software application can be roamed to those computing machines as well. Multiple overlapping license rights for the software application may be linked to the master license entry. A count of how many license rights for the software application are linked to the master license entry can be maintained. Requests for licenses may be refused if the count of license rights has reached zero.
US09135607B2	Information processing apparatus information processing method and storage medium If a stored electronic mail is selected, an information processing apparatus determines whether information about storage location exists in the attribute information of the electronic mail and, if the information about storage location exists in the attribute information of the electronic mail, the information processing apparatus acquires mail identification information for identifying an electronic mail from the attribute information and issues to the mail unit instructions for starting a specified electronic mail including the mail identification information and the information about storage location. The information processing apparatus searches for the electronic mail identified by the mail identification information from the storage location indicated by the information about storage location based on the information about storage location and the mail identification information included in the instructions and, if the electronic mail is found, the information processing apparatus starts the processing displaying the selected electronic mail.
US09135600B2	Methods and systems for providing real-time information regarding objects in a social network A method of providing real-time information regarding objects in a social network includes receiving updated information regarding the social network, and determining, by a processor, an effect of the updated information on a set of existing social network information. The method also includes incrementally updating, by a processor, the set of existing social network information, and providing the updated set of social network information.
US09135590B1	Systems, methods and computer program products for analyzing agile scrum team efficiency A completion time is obtained for each phase of a plurality of phases in a user story. Completion times of phases are obtained for each user story of a plurality of user stories. A maximum completion time, a minimum completion time and a composite metric are determined for phases common among the user stories. A chart displays the phases common among the user stories over the sprint time period. Sprint time period is used to define a first axis and phase completion time is used to define a second axis. A vertical bar is displayed for each respective phase, parallel with the second axis, having a top end on the second axis based on a maximum completion time for the respective phase and a bottom end on the second axis based on a minimum completion time.
US09135588B2	Method for controlling workflow The invention relates to a method for controlling state transition of an electronic object in a workflow. The method comprises receiving a request for a state transition for an electronic object from a user; determining the current state of the object from a metadata of the electronic object; determining the next state after the state transition from the request; determining one or more pseudo-users that are allowed to perform a state transition from the current state to the next state; retrieving at least one person identity by utilizing at least one property in a metadata of the electronic object, which person identity is retrieved from a value of a property corresponding to the determined one or more pseudo-users; comparing the identity of the requesting user to the retrieved person identity, and if they match; performing a state transition according to the request.
US09135586B2	System for dynamic parallel looping of repetitive tasks during execution of process-flows in process runtime Systems and methods for dynamic parallel looping in process runtime environment are described herein. A currently processed process-flow instance of a business process reaches a dynamic loop activity including a repetitive task to be executed with each loop cycle. A predefined expression is evaluated on top of the current data context of the process-flow instance to discover a number of loop cycles for execution within the dynamic loop activity. A number of parallel activities corresponding to the repetitive task recurrences are instantiated and executed in parallel. The results of the parallel activities are coordinated to confirm that the dynamic loop activity is completed.
US09135581B1	Resource constrained task scheduling The use of linear programming may enable the achievement of real-time task execution prioritization. A linear model may be constructed based at least on a set of computing tasks, a linearly expressible goal for the set of computing tasks, one or more linear resource constraints, and one or more computing task dependencies. The linear model is then used to calculate a shadow price for each of a plurality of resource time prediction constraints, in which each shadow price may represent a priority value for a corresponding computing task. When a computing resource becomes available, a computing task with a highest priority value that is able to use the computing resource may be executed.
US09135578B2	Secure targeted personal buying/selling method and system Embodiments described herein include a buying and selling method including receiving a request from a user to book a ticket for an event, determining a time for the event and a venue for the event, detecting when the user is at the venue for the event, and in response, electronically funding a user account with an amount sufficient to buy a ticket for the event. The user is notified that funds are available for the ticket. Embodiments further include, after the end of the event, detecting whether the funds were redeemed and determining whether there is a balance remaining over the funded amount. If the funds were redeemed by the user before the event, event data is collected, including a time of the event, a type of the event, a name of the event, and a location of the venue. The event data is associated with user data.
US09135568B2	Identifying and ranking networked biographies and referral paths corresponding to selected qualifications The most common automated search methods produce less-than-ideal results when searching online resumes, profiles, and the like (“biographies”) for the identities of people with a searcher-selected qualification (“candidates”). Keywords, their proximities, and their repetitions are less informative in biographies than in other informational documents. Similarly, chains of social connection (“referral paths”) do not always reveal the likelihood or ease of a searcher's introduction to a candidate. In both cases, the display order of results may be unrelated to any estimate of merit. To answer the question “Whom do I need and how do I reach them?” a classifier system uses heuristics or algorithms adapted to match the reactions of human experts on the selected qualifications. Terms in biographies, regardless of structure, are standardized and disambiguated for accurate comparisons, meaningful context is preserved, and biographies and referral paths are scored based on expected usefulness to the searcher.
US09135567B2	Transductive lasso for high-dimensional data regression problems Various embodiments select features from a feature space. In one embodiment, a set of training samples and a set of test samples are received. A first centered Gram matrix of a given dimension is determined for each of a set of feature vectors that include at least one of the set of training samples and at least one of the set of test samples. A second centered Gram matrix of the given dimension is determined for a target value vector that includes target values from the set of training samples. A set of columns and rows associated with the at least one of the test samples in the second centered Gram matrix is set to 0. A subset of features is selected from a set of features based on the first and second centered Gram matrices.
US09135565B1	Multiple reference point shortest path algorithm Data are maintained in a distributed computing system that describe a directed graph representing relationships among items. The directed graph has a plurality of vertices representing the items and has edges with values representing distances between the items connected by the vertices. A multiple reference point algorithm is executed for a plurality of the vertices in the directed graph in parallel for a series of synchronized iterations to determine shortest distances between the vertices and the source vertex. After executing the algorithm on the vertices, value pairs associated with the vertices are aggregated. The aggregated value pairs indicate shortest distances from the respective vertices to the source vertex. The aggregated value pairs are outputted.
US09135557B2	Internal abnormality diagnosis method, internal abnormality diagnosis system, and decision tree generation method for internal abnormality diagnosis of oil-filled electric apparatus utilizing gas concentration in oil The present invention provides a method for generating a decision tree for determining the type of an internal abnormality of an oil-filled electric apparatus using a computer. In the decision tree generation method, the computer generates a standardized data group by converting concentrations of a plurality of gas species dissolved in an insulating oil in an oil-filled electric apparatus into ratios for each abnormality case, generates a discretized data group by converting the ratios of the concentrations of the gas species, the ratios constituting the standardized data group, into a plurality of discretized attributes using predetermined thresholds which are set for the respective gas species, and generates a decision tree for determining the type of an internal abnormality of the oil-filled electric apparatus by analysis using specific formulae on the basis of the discretized data group.
US09135556B2	System and method for fast evaluation of standing queries in conjunctive normal form Methods and systems are provided for evaluating standing queries against updated contact entries configured as a stream of facts. The method includes resolving the standing queries into an array of rules, each rule having a first and a second condition; sorting t one of the facts into a first property and a second property; comparing the first property of the fact to the first condition of each rule in the array of rules to produce a first subset of matching rules; comparing the second property of the fact to the second condition of each rule in the first subset of rules to produce a second subset of matching rules; and reporting at least one of the second subset of rules to an author of the matching rule. The method further includes populating a first hash with indicia of the first subset, and populating a second hash with the second subset.
US09135553B2	Convolution operation circuit and object recognition apparatus In a convolution operation circuit, a first and a second shift registers provide data to a first and a second inputs of a plurality of multipliers, a first and a second storage units store data to be supplied to the first and the second shift registers, a plurality of cumulative adders accumulate output from the plurality of multipliers, a third storage unit latches output from the plurality of cumulative adders at predetermined timing, a fourth storage unit stores data to be stored in the first and the second storage units and data output from the third storage unit, and a control unit sets data stored in the first and the second storage units to the first and the second shift registers at predetermined timing, causes the first and the second shift registers to perform shift operations in synchronization with an operation of the cumulative adder.
US09135546B2	Smart card In accordance with various embodiments, a smart card is described which has an antenna, which is configured to receive an electromagnetic signal, a rectifier, which is configured to rectify the received signal, and a capacitive or an inductive DC-to-DC voltage converter, which is configured to provide a supply voltage on the basis of the rectified signal.
US09135543B2	Compression and obfuscation of three-dimensional coding Systems and methods related to three-dimensional coding are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for encoding data is described that includes generating a pattern in a substrate. The pattern includes elements and each element has one of an aperture or a protrusion. The aperture or protrusion has unique x, y coordinates within the pattern. The method also includes varying a depth of at least one element. The varied depth encodes data.
US09135542B2	Handheld scanner device with display location database A method of managing inventory may include using a handheld scanning device to locate one or more inventory items on a retail display. The method may further include scanning the identification symbols of inventory items on a retail display to determine the type of the scanned item. An associated apparatus may include a communication interface to receive information from a remote database and to send information to a remote server. The received information may include predetermined information about proper locations for individual inventory items on the retail display, thereby reducing the need to manually determine the proper locations of multiple inventory items, which may be, for example, greeting cards on a retail store display.
US09135534B2	Image processing device, image processing system, and printing method A printer driver 12 has an image data acquisition unit 120 that acquires first image data containing a symbol image or text information at a first resolution, an analyzer 130 that analyzes the symbol image or text information, and an image data generator 160 that generates second image data containing a symbol image or text information at a second resolution based on the result from the analyzer 130.
US09135533B2	Information processing apparatus configured to establish a workflow using plugins, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium performing the same An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plugin that is a program for executing a print process and at least one library that represents a component of the plugin; a generation unit configured to generate an intermediate file that includes image data to be printed and print setting information for the image data; a plugin execution unit configured to execute the plugin that includes the at least one library and to reflect a print setting by the plugin to the print setting information; and an output unit configured to output an intermediate file that includes the image data and the print setting information to which the print setting by the plugin has been reflected.
US09135531B2	Image forming apparatus and computer readable medium therefor An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a conveyer system, a liquid discharge head with a plurality of nozzles arranged in rows in different positions from one another with reference to a conveying direction at least within a part, a transmitter unit to transmit the image-forming data to the liquid discharge head, a receiver unit to receive the image-forming data, an image-forming data storage unit to store the image-forming data, an error detecting unit to detect a transmission error in the image-forming data, and a controller unit to manipulate the transmitter unit, the liquid discharge head, and the conveying system. The image-forming data with the transmission error detected therein for forming dots in pixel areas in liquid discharged from the nozzles, which are arranged in one of the rows closer to an upstream position with reference to the conveying direction, is transmitted preferentially.
US09135525B2	Character recognition apparatus, character recognition method, and computer-readable medium A character recognition apparatus includes an evaluation-value output unit, a generation unit, a learning unit, and a determination unit. The evaluation-value output unit outputs evaluation values for each of different character recognition programs. Each evaluation value indicates a degree to which an inputted character pattern corresponds to each of character codes to be recognized using the character recognition program. The generation unit generates feature information for the character pattern. The feature information includes, as elements, the evaluation values. The learning unit learns classifications for feature information on a character-code-by-character-code basis based on feature information generated for a character pattern for which a character code is specified in advance. The determination unit determines a character code of an unknown character pattern whose character code is unknown, based on which classification among the learned classifications includes feature information generated for the unknown character pattern.
US09135522B2	System and method for identifying scale invariant features of object outlines on images The present invention relates to a system and method for identifying scale invariant features of image outlines. The method comprises the steps of; receiving a parametric equation of a closed planar curve; choosing nodes on the closed planar curve with equal intervals; generating a continuous scale space of the nodes on the curve; calculating circle of curvature for every node on the closed curve for every scale in every octave; finding circle of curvature differences between plurality of adjacent scales; comparing each curvature difference value and choosing the nodes with a minimum or maximum curvature difference as feature points; representing the outline with a descriptor including all the feature points. The method further comprises the steps; eliminating the feature points which are closer to each other than a predetermined threshold; and comparing a descriptor with each previously recorded descriptor belonging to various outlines, finding at least one descriptor with a good match.
US09135521B2	Image processing apparatus and method for determining the integral image An image processing apparatus and method are provided. A control unit may divide input image array data into a plurality of sub-blocks, and a first arithmetic logic unit (ALU) may generate an integral image of at least one of the plurality of sub-blocks. The control unit may determine each of the plurality of sub-blocks to be included in any one of a first sub-block group and a second sub-block group, store the integral image of each sub-block included in the first sub-block group on the first memory, and store the integral image of each sub-block included in the second sub-block group on the second memory.
US09135512B2	Fiducial marks on scanned image of document A scanned image of a document includes a pair of fiducial marks, and a code mark between and at least substantially collinear with the pair of fiducial marks. A location of a feature within the scanned image of the document, other than the pair of fiducial marks and the code mark, is determined based on the pair of fiducial marks and the code mark within the scanned image.
US09135509B2	Determining representative images for a video A video comprises at least one shot (SH), which is a continuous sequence of images representing a scene viewed from a particular location. Images are selected from a shot (SH) so as to obtain a continuous sequence of selected images (SI) that are evenly distributed throughout the shot. At least one continuous subsequence (SB1, SB2, SB3) of selected images that meet a predefined similarity test is identified. An image is selected from a continuous portion (SP) of the shot that coincides in time with the longest continuous subsequence (SB2) of selected images that meet the predefined similarity test. The image that is selected constitutes a representative image (RI) for the shot.
US09135505B2	Automated geospatial image mosaic generation with automatic cutline generation Automatic generation of a mosaic comprising a plurality of geospatial images. An embodiment of the automatic mosaic generation may include automated source image selection that includes comparison of source images to base layer image to determine radiometric similar source images. Additionally, an embodiment of an automatic cutline generator may be provided to automatically determine a cutline when merging two images such that radiometric differences between the images along the cutline are reduced. In this regard, less perceivable outlines may be provided. Further still, an embodiment of a radiometric normalization module may be provided that may determine radiometric adjustments to source images to match certain properties of the base layer image. In some embodiments, when processing source images, the source images may be downsampled during a portion of the processing to reduce computational overhead. Additionally, some highly parallel computations may be performed by a GPU to further enhance performance.
US09135503B2	Fingertip tracking for touchless user interface In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a gesture-based user interface. For example, according to some aspects of the disclosure, a user interface generally includes a camera and a computing device that identifies and tracks the motion of one or more fingertips of a user. In some examples, the user interface is configured to identify predefined gestures (e.g., patterns of motion) associated with certain motions of the user's fingertips. In another example, the user interface is configured to identify hand postures (e.g., patterns of showing up of fingertips). Accordingly, the user can interact with the computing device by performing the gestures.
US09135501B2	Method for administering a drug program to determine whether an animal has been given a drug Systems and methods are described that provide a fast and simple way of administering a drug program related to an animal. Specifically, systems are provided that can receive, compile and analyze information regarding the condition of an organ in a form that is readily readable, transferable to others, and associated with, or linked to, other information such as the presence or absence of an administered drug, combination of drugs, or drug program.
US09135499B2	Predictive theft notification for the prevention of theft Predictive theft notifications are used to coordinate appropriate responses to persons who are likely to commit acts of theft. Image data is generated and processed in a computer processing device to recognize the presence of a facial image comprising a face of a person. An analysis is performed of data representative of the facial image to determine a biometric match relative to one or more biometric models of facial images stored in a database. Based on this analysis, at least one predictive notification is generated with regard to a future potential theft of merchandise from the secured facility. The predictive notification is generated based upon a determination of the biometric match.
US09135498B2	Integration of intra-oral imagery and volumetric imagery Shape data of a patient's crown and volumetric imagery of the patient's tooth are received. A determination is made of elements that represent one or more crowns in the shape data. A computational device is used to register the elements with corresponding voxels of the volumetric imagery. A tooth shape is determined from volumetric coordinates and radiodensities.
US09135495B1	Capacitive sensor packaging An apparatus comprises a fingerprint sensor having a set of capacitive elements configured for capacitively coupling to a user fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor may be disposed under a control button or display element of an electronic device, for example one or more of a control button and a display component. A responsive element is responsive to proximity of the user fingerprint, for example one or both of a first circuit responsive to motion of the control button, and a second circuit responsive to a coupling between the fingerprint and a surface of the display element. The fingerprint sensor is disposed closer to the fingerprint than the responsive element. The control button or display component may include an anisotropic dielectric material, for example sapphire.
US09135494B2	Finger biometric sensor for flagging as sufficient enrollment finger biometric data sets and related methods A finger biometric sensor may include an array of finger biometric sensing pixels, and processing circuitry coupled to the array of finger biometric sensing pixels. The processing circuitry may be capable of collecting initial enrollment finger biometric data sets and generating an initial enrollment criteria based thereon, collecting at least one additional enrollment finger biometric data set, and adapting the initial enrollment criteria based thereon to define an additional enrollment criteria. The processing circuitry may also be capable of flagging the initial enrollment finger data sets and the at least one additional enrollment finger data set as sufficient if the additional enrollment criteria meets an acceptance condition, and collecting further enrollment finger biometric data and adapting the additional enrollment criteria if the additional enrollment criteria fails to meet the acceptance condition.
US09135486B1	Fast vision system A method and apparatus for performing a vision process using a camera having a multi-focus lens having a lens field of view where the lens can be set at different focus positions the method comprising the steps of positioning at least one of the camera and an item to be imaged so the lens field of view is directed at the item to be imaged, obtaining a plurality of images where each image is obtained with the lens focus at a different position and after each image is obtained, attempting to perform the machine vision process using the image irrespective of whether or not the lens was focused when the image was obtained.
US09135481B2	Method and apparatus pertaining to installation of an RFID-tag reader system One or more RFID-tag readers are operably coupled to one or more RFID-tag reader antennas that are installed to primarily read RFID tags in a given hallway. Accordingly, at least a majority of the area within storage spaces that border the given hallway are without sufficient reader energy to power those RFID tags. Accordingly, many, most, or even all of the items that are stored in the storage space will receive insufficient reader energy to power their corresponding RFID tags.
US09135480B2	Multi-protocol or multi command RFID system A multi-protocol RFID interrogating system employs a synchronization technique (step-lock) for a backscatter RFID system that allows simultaneous operation of closely spaced interrogators. The multi-protocol RFID interrogating system can communicate with backscatter transponders having different output protocols and with active transponders including: Title 21 compliant RFID backscatter transponders; IT2000 RFID backscatter transponders that provide an extended mode capability beyond Title 21; EGO™ RFID backscatter transponders, SEGO™ RFID backscatter transponders; ATA, ISO, ANSI AAR compliant RFID backscatter transponders; and IAG compliant active technology transponders. The system implements a step-lock operation, whereby adjacent interrogators arc synchronized to ensure that all downlinks operate within the same time frame and all uplinks operate within the same time frame, to eliminate downlink on uplink interference.
US09135478B2	Smartcard and computer quick connect and release system A smartcard unit includes at least a smartcard and an attachment enabling the smartcard unit to be worn by a user. The smartcard is accessible to an external reader. A reader unit interfaces with the smartcard to enable an external computer to communicate with the smartcard. The smartcard unit or the reader unit has structure to align the reader unit relative to the smartcard unit in an alignment for communicative interfacing while the smartcard unit is being worn. The smartcard unit or the reader unit has a retainer to secure the reader unit in alignment relative to the smartcard so that the smartcard unit is reversibly separable from the reader unit without damage, in response to a force less than is necessary to detach or damage another part of said system, other than along a longitudinal axis of the smartcard or of a pair of components being separated.
US09135473B2	Method and apparatus for erasure of data from a data storage device located on a vehicle A method and system for destroying information stored on a data storage device located onboard a vehicle in order to prevent unfriendly forces from obtaining the information is described. The method and system are initiated when the operator of the vehicle activates a triggering mechanism. The information may be destroyed by physically damaging the data storage device on which the information is stored or by releasing a software virus into the device on which the sensitive information is stored. A software virus may also be transmitted to a computer of an unfriendly force attempting to access the sensitive information.
US09135468B2	Apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium for access control There is disclosed an image forming apparatus to which one or more programs can be added. The image forming apparatus includes a managing part configured to manage access authorization information set for each of groups into which the programs are categorized, a displaying part configured to display a setting screen in which access authorization setting information is set in correspondence with each of the programs, a changing part configured to change a range of access authorization granted to the programs according to access authorization change information, the access authorization change information including definitions of change information corresponding to the access authorization setting information set in the setting screen, and a determining part configured to determine whether the access authorization can be granted to the programs.
US09135467B2	Fraud prevention in online systems An online fraud prevention system enables a user who sponsors an online activity to select a particular level of fraud prevention from a plurality of levels of fraud prevention. The system associates the particular level of fraud prevention with the online activity. The system identifies, from among a plurality of methods of fraud prevention, a particular fraud prevention method associated with the particular level of fraud prevention. The fraud prevention system applies the particular fraud prevention method to the online activity.
US09135464B2	Secure storage system for distributed data The present invention relates to a system for distributed data storage that ensures the safety of the user data. In particular, the system of the present invention provides that the data stored in a cloud storage service are encrypted and their cryptographic keys are created from a remote device. In the context of the present invention, cloud is a set of servers that form an online service over the Internet, these servers are invisible to the user of the service pretending they form only a single server, thus forming a “cloud servers”. These keys will be divided and stored in cloud storage part and part on other devices.
US09135457B1	System and method for recording and applying access privileges in a virtualized environment A technique for determining which permissions are required to perform certain administrative tasks efficiently records the required permissions between record and stop signals. An administrator presses a record button on a graphical user interface (GUI) and subsequently enters commands to perform the administrative tasks. After the last command is entered, the administrator presses a stop button on the GUI. Commands need not actually execute between the record and stop signals, but rather permissions for each command need to be recorded by an administration application, which is able to organize sets of permissions as roles. When a given user is associated with a particular role, the user is assigned all permissions for the role. Using this technique, the administrator may delegate administrative tasks to the user without the inefficiencies of conventional trial and error methods.
US09135455B2	Distributed file systems A method of providing a distributed file system allowing the storage of data comprising a plurality of directories and files arranged in a hierarchical structure on a key addressable storage system, the storage system being accessible by a plurality of users, the method comprising the steps of: storing data of a child directory on the storage system and creating a datamap which provides the at least one location of the stored data; assigning an identifier to the child directory and to a parent directory for the child directory; encrypting the datamap using both the child directory identifier and the parent directory identifier; and storing the encrypted datamap on the storage system using at least part of the child directory identifier as the key.
US09135453B2	Preventing data extraction by side-channel attack A method for data transfer includes receiving a control signal triggering a transfer of a secret value into an element (24) of a circuit (20). In response to the control signal, a dummy value (42, 50) and the secret value are inserted in succession into the element of the circuit.
US09135449B2	Apparatus and method for managing USIM data using mobile trusted module An apparatus manages universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data in a terminal using a mobile trusted module (MTM). The apparatus includes a mobile information storage unit configured to store at least one key and the USIM data in a protection region, an information security unit configured to protect information stored in a USIM and the terminal using at least one of the USIM data and the key stored in the mobile information storage unit, and a USIM data manager configured to restore at least one of the USIM data and the key stored in the mobile information storage unit to the USIM, and store at least one of USIM data and the key provided from the USIM in the mobile information storage unit.
US09135446B2	Systems and methods to provide secure storage Systems and method to provide secure storage are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a secure tunnel between a storage device and an agent, transferring first data from the storage device to the agent via the secure tunnel, the secure tunnel to prevent software executing in an operating system from modifying the data, and identifying a data modification by comparing the first data to second data.
US09135443B2	Identifying malicious threads Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying and processing malicious threads In one aspect, a method includes identifying a memory heap block; identifying threads that reside in the memory heap block; determining whether at least one of the identified threads in the memory heap block is a malicious thread; and in response to determining that at least one of the identified threads is a malicious thread, terminating each of the identified threads.
US09135442B1	Methods and systems for detecting obfuscated executables A computer-implemented method for detecting an obfuscated executable may include identifying an executable file programmed to execute on a target architecture. The method may also include disassembling a first section of the executable file and determining whether the first section of the executable file comprises a valid instruction. The method may further include determining, based on whether the first section of the executable file comprises a valid instruction, whether the executable file poses a security risk. Various other methods, computer-readable media, and systems are also disclosed.
US09135425B2	Method and system of providing authentication of user access to a computer resource on a mobile device A method and system of authenticating a computer resource such as an application or data on a mobile device uses a contactless token to provide user authentication. User credentials are stored on the token in the form of private keys, and encrypted data and passwords are stored on the device. When application user requires access to the resource an encrypted password is transmitted to and decrypted on the token using a stored private key. An unencrypted data encryption key or password is then transmitted back to the device under the protection of a cryptographic session key which is generated as a result of strong mutual authentication between the device and the token.
US09135424B2	Secure identity binding (SIB) A system includes a tag having a machine readable tag identifier (Tag ID) configured to be read by a reader; and a device to be identified by the tag, in which: the device is configured to communicate with the reader; the device has access to a secure Tag ID; and the device communicates a verification to the reader if the machine readable Tag ID communicated to the device from the reader matches the secure Tag ID. A method includes: reading a Tag ID from a tag attached to a device; communicating the Tag ID read from the tag to the device; comparing a secure Tag ID of the device to the Tag ID read from the tag; and responding with a “match” or “no-match” message from the device, according to which the device is either trusted or not trusted as being identified by the Tag ID. A method of verifying a trusted agent (TA) on a device includes: storing a digital signature of the TA in a secure vault of the device; and verifying the TA by verifying the digital signature of the TA each time the TA is used.
US09135422B2	Trusted vendor access A system is provided and facilitates management of a device by a first entity and management of a third entity by a second entity, wherein by way of the system access rights permitting access otherwise prevented by the device are assignable by the first entity to the second entity, the access rights are able to be administrated by the second entity to the third entity, and the access is obtainable by the third entity using a combination of the access rights and personal identification information to affect the device.
US09135419B2	Environmental adjustments using biometrics Systems and methods for environmental adjustments using biometrics are described. A scanned biometric parameter of an individual may be received and a determination may be made as to whether the scanned biometric parameter of the individual matches a stored biometric parameter of a plurality of stored biometric parameters. Biometric parameters include retinal images, DNA, and voice samples. If a match exists, the individual may be identified based upon the stored biometric parameter. At least one adjustment to change on at least one device based upon the identified individual may be determined. The at least one device may be configured for modifying an environmental condition of the identified individual. At least one instruction to implement the determined at least one adjustment may be transmitted. The adjustment may be a physical adjustment to the device, such as the height level of a chair.
US09135413B2	Data protection in a wagering game machine In some embodiments, a method includes retrieving a value associated with a nonvolatile machine-readable medium from the nonvolatile machine-readable medium of a wagering game machine. The method also includes retrieving an authentication value from the nonvolatile machine-readable medium. The authentication value is derived from the value. The method includes enabling execution of a wagering game application stored in the nonvolatile machine-readable medium, in response to determining that the authentication value authenticates the wagering game application.
US09135411B2	Digital rights management apparatus and method A digital rights management (DRM) apparatus and a DRM method are disclosed. The DRM apparatus includes a DRM packer, a DRM object database, a distribution manager, a tracking recording unit, and an index controller. The DRM packager generates M content objects according to a digital content and outputs M DRM objects. The DRM object database stores the M DRM objects. The distribution manager selects N DRM objects according to request information from a client. M and N are positive integers, and N is less than M. The index controller controls the distribution manager to transmit N content objects to the client according to the tracking record, index information, a control rule, and a rights datum.
US09135410B2	Digital rights management using a digital agent A method for digital rights management includes a digital agent for contacting a media host. Media content is compared to a user profile and an identification confidence level is assigned to the media based on the comparison. A digital agent contacts a host of the media based on the identification confidence level, the type of media, and the context of the media. The digital agent requests one or more actions of a media host based on user designations concerning information related to the media. The identification confidence level is generated based on a plurality of user characteristic confidence levels which are generated based on media being analyzed.
US09135406B2	Information delivery system, delivery center device, user terminal device and information delivery method A user terminal device specifies presence or absence of additional recording in issuing a content request, and in the case of additional recording, the device transmits medium information and encrypted information of pre-recorded contents to a delivery center. When receiving a content additional recording request from the device, the delivery center decrypts once encrypted contents to be additionally recorded with the corresponding-content keys. The encrypted key information is decrypted by the medium information from the device to decrypt content keys of the pre-recorded contents and re-encrypts encrypted contents to be additionally recorded to deliver the re-encrypted contents to the device. When receiving contents for additional recording, the device records the received contents so as to be related to the pre-recorded contents, on a recording medium.
US09135404B2	Method for monitoring an individual's fat metabolism state Method of monitoring energy consumption of an individual in an information system, comprised of periodically determining the energy balance of the individual by measuring body fat percentages (or body fat mass) at least at three consecutive moments of time and calculating change of body fat percentages (body fat mass) from two consecutive moments of time, and calculating the trends of the individual's energy balance from the changes of body fat percentages (body fat mass) and determining from the trend whether the individual is in the stage of burning or accumulating fat. The information system automatically generates recommendations for controlling energy balance based on the trends of changes of the energy balance.
US09135403B1	Apparatus and method for storing and dispensing pharmacist-filled prescription medications An apparatus and method that simplifies the process of storing and dispensing prescription medications for both the patient and the pharmacy. The apparatus has a housing enclosing a conveying assembly that conveys a plurality of bins. A package containing prescription medication prepared and filled by a pharmacist is placed in one bin. Electronic tags on the packages and bins are read by an electronic reader to position the bins inside the housing. The customer reaches into the housing to grab the package or a grabbing mechanism grabs the correct package and drops it in a tray that is accessed by the customer. A display screen displays information and allows the customer to enter a code to obtain the medication. Cameras and other security equipment ensures the correct person obtains the medication. A computer in the housing controls the operation of apparatus and contacts the customer that the medication is ready.
US09135401B2	Information-theoretic view of the scheduling problem in whole-body computer aided detection/diagnosis (CAD) A method for automatically scheduling tasks in whole-body computer aided detection/diagnosis (CAD), including: (a) receiving a plurality of tasks to be executed by a whole-body CAD system; (b) identifying a task to be executed, wherein the task to be executed has an expected information gain that is greater than that of each of the other tasks; (c) executing the task with the greatest expected information gain and removing the executed task from further analysis; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) for the remaining tasks.
US09135399B2	Determining disease state of a patient by mapping a topological module representing the disease, and using a weighted average of node data A medical general intelligence computer system and computer-implemented methods analyze morpho-physiological numbers for determining a risk of an emergent disease state, determining an emergent disease state, predicting a pre-emergent disease state, determining a pre-emergent disease state, and/or predicting a risk of a pre-emergent disease state.
US09135397B2	System and method for enabling therapeutic delivery of aerosolized medicament to a plurality of subjects to be monitored A server is configured to be communicatively linked with drug delivery devices used by a plurality of different subjects to receive aerosolized medicament as part of a therapy regime. The server provides a user with a user interface that enables the user to access therapy information related to the therapy of a plurality of different subjects. This may facilitate the monitoring of therapy received by the plurality of subjects.
US09135391B2	Determination of electromigration susceptibility based on hydrostatic stress analysis Aspects of the invention relate to techniques for determining the electromigration features corresponding to layout design data. According to various examples of the invention, a circuit design is analyzed to determine voltages of nodes in an interconnect tree. From the voltages of the nodes, current density values and current directions for the segments of the interconnect tree are determined. Based on the current density values and the current directions, hydrostatic stress values for the nodes are computed under a steady-state condition and conservation of the conductive material within the interconnect tree. The electromigration susceptibility of the interconnect tree is then determined based on the computed hydrostatic stress values.
US09135387B2	Data processing apparatus including reconfiguarable logic circuit There is provided a data processing apparatus (1) including a logic circuit (10) that is reconfigurable in each cycle and a library (2) that stores hardware control information (20). The hardware control information (20) includes a plurality of pieces of cycle-based mapping information (21) for individually mapping a plurality of cycle-based circuits, which each realize a function in each cycle for executing an application, onto the logic circuit (10) and configuration selection information (22) for selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of cycle-based mapping information according to an execution state of the application. The data processing apparatus (1) includes a control unit (11) that reconfigures at least part of the logic region (10) using at least one of the plurality of pieces of cycle-based mapping information (21) according to a request in each cycle based on the configuration selection information (22).
US09135386B2	Multi-mode scheduler for clock tree synthesis Techniques and systems for performing clock tree synthesis (CTS) across multiple modes are described. Some embodiments traverse one or more clock trees from the root of each clock tree to a set of sinks of the clock tree. During the traversal, each clock gate can be marked with a traversal level, and each sink can be marked with one or more clocks and one or more modes that are associated with the sink. A task queue can then be created based on the information collected during the clock tree traversal and populated with different types of tasks based on skew balancing requirements across different modes, and the task queue can be provided to a CTS engine to achieve high-quality skew-balanced clock trees across all modes.
US09135380B2	Method for simulating high-viscosity fluid A computerized method for simulating a high-viscosity fluid in a chamber is disclosed, wherein a model of the fluid is set in a model of the chamber and a flow calculation is performed. In the flow calculation, with respect to a contact surface of a wall of the chamber model with which the fluid model contacts, a slip velocity of the fluid model is defined by specific equations.
US09135378B2	Method of developing a reservoir from a technique of selecting the positions of wells to be drilled The invention relates to a method of developing an underground reservoir, notably a petroleum reservoir, traversed by at least a first well from which a fluid is produced, wherein a position of at least a second well to be drilled is determined by means of a production indicator map comprising a set of cells, each cell being associated with a production indicator defining an impact, on the fluid production, of a well addition in this cell. The method comprises constructing the map by: a) determining production indicators on a first group of cells of the map; b) determining production indicators on a second group of cells of the map; c) interpolating said production indicators on all the cells of the map; and defining the position of the second well by the cell where the production indicator is maximal.
US09135376B2	Input space reduction for verification test set generation Various embodiments provide for the determination of a test set that satisfies a coverage model, where portions of the search space need not be searched in order to generate the test set. With various embodiments, a search space defined by a set of inputs for an electronic design and a coverage model is identified. The search space is then fractured into subspaces. Subsequently, the subspaces are solved to determine if they include at least one input sequence that satisfies the coverage constraints defined in the coverage model. The subspaces found to include at least one input sequence that satisfies these coverage constraints, are then searched for unique input sequences in order to generate a test set. Subspaces found not to include at least one input sequence that satisfies the coverage constraints may be excluded from the overall search space.
US09135375B1	Methods for construction and optimization of a clock tree plan for reduced power consumption In one embodiment of the invention, a method of physical clock topology planning for designing integrated circuits is disclosed. The method includes reading an initial placed netlist of an integrated circuit design and a floorplan of the integrated circuit design, analyzing the integrated circuit design to determine potential enable signals to gate clock signals that clock the plurality of flip flops to reduce power consumption; simultaneously optimizing and placing the clock enable logic gates to gate clock signals to the plurality of flip flops; and minimizing timing variation of the clock signals to the plurality of flip flops.
US09135359B2	Adaptive learning methods for selecting page components to include on dynamically generated pages A subset of a set of components is selected for inclusion on a dynamically-generated web page within a particular user context. Each component may, for example, contain content generated by a respective code module or service. The subset of components is selected based on scores associated with the components in the set. The score of a component is preferably determined based on measurements of user activity resulting from exposures of the components to users in the particular context.
US09135357B2	Using scenario-related information to customize user experiences Methods for using scenario solution-related information to generate customized user experiences are provided. Upon receiving a user query, a plurality of results is returned, each result being representative of a scenario solution which may be utilized to address a particular issue relevant to the received query. At the time of authoring, each scenario solution is organized based upon one or more keywords and/or one or more categories (i.e., namespaces). Data associated with a namespace/keyword corresponding to a returned search result may be mined to determine information beyond basic scenario solution search results that may be of interest to the user. As the namespace(s)/keyword(s) in association with which to organize a particular executable scenario solution is determined by the author of the scenario solution, other information associated with the same namespace/keyword (and/or a namespace/keyword having a relationship thereto) is likely to be more relevant than information organized based upon keywords alone.
US09135356B2	Pseudonaming anonymous participants One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed herein for assigning familiar pseudonames to anonymous user members in a shared online environment. Creation of a name pool is provided for using a programmed processor disposed in a computing device. The name pool includes familiar names that may be contextually relevant to a group of user members in the shared online environment. A name from the name pool is provided for assignment to an anonymous user member in the shared online environment, where assignment of the name is, at least in part, based on characteristics of the anonymous user member relative to the shared online environment.
US09135355B2	Image capture and identification system and process A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.
US09135351B2	Data processing method and distributed processing system In a data processing method, a storage apparatus stores one or more results of a second process, corresponding to input data sets processed in the past. When a first input data set is designated, a search unit searches the storage apparatus for a result of the second process, corresponding to a second input data set having an overlapping part with the first input data set. A data processing unit acquires a result of the first process, corresponding to differential input data that is included in the second input data set but not included in the first input data set, and generates a result of the second process, corresponding to the first input data set, by removing the effect of the differential input data from the result of the second process found as a result of the search, using the acquired result of the first process.
US09135350B2	Computer-generated sentiment-based knowledge base A computer-automated method and system of providing a searchable knowledge base with decision-relevant attributes (including some subjective or sentiment-based attributes) for a plurality of individual items within a choice set are described. First, information (including texts) relevant to the plurality of individual items in the choice set is harvested from Internet sources. Next, normalized representations of statements are extracted from excerpts of the harvested texts that pertain to attributes of interest for the choice set, and corresponding scores for the attributes are derived from each of the normalized representations. The scores derived from the various harvested sources are aggregated for each attribute of each item. Finally, the knowledge base of the plurality of individual topics is generated.
US09135349B2	Automatic technical language extension engine Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for facilitating comprehension of web pages by non-native speakers of the base language in which the web-page content is provided. In these embodiments, selected base-language terms of a web page are automatically linked with translations of the terms, into one or more target languages, that are stored in a computer-readable database. A web-page-reader's browser is enhanced by the system to provide translations of displayed terms from the base language to the reader's native language or another target language selected by web-page reader. In alternative embodiments of the present invention, selective term translation is provided to users of various additional types of information display systems, including electronic-book displays, mobile phones, and other information-display devices.
US09135348B2	Method and apparatus for machine-learning based profiling A method and system for profiling a user based upon a user's previous on-line actions is provided. The profile provides a characterization of the user's preferences based upon a received user event. The user event identifying event identification information and a user identifier. A look-up in a cached web map is performed to retrieve classification information associated with the event identification information. A user profile is retrieved or created for the user identifier. Profile update information is generated based upon the retrieved classification information for the user event, to identify how the user is to be updated based upon the retrieved classification information and defined profiling rules. The user profile is updated and stored for access by an external advertising server. The classification information provides a text-score record comprising a text string and a score defined in relation to a lexical ontology comprising a hierarchy of categories.
US09135344B2	System and method providing search results based on user interaction with content The present disclosure is directed to providing search results based on user interaction with content. A server receives identification of a plurality of clicks of encoded uniform resource locator (URL) links and identifies, for each of the plurality of clicks, data about a user who clicked an encoded URL link and traffic data associated with a device from which the user clicked the encoded URL link. The server may store a record comprising data about the user and traffic data associated with each click. The server may determine, based on the records, a relevancy score for each content identified from decoding the encoded URL links. The server may communicate, responsive to receiving a request to search content based on a keyword, a set of search results based on the keyword and the relevancy score.
US09135342B2	Comprehensive, relevant, and dynamic data searching in a virtualization environment A method includes indexing data and/or metadata in online virtual machines (VMs), offline VMs, virtual applications, and/or snapshots thereof on one or more host server(s) in a virtualization environment through a search architecture in the virtualization environment. The online VMs are VMs that are powered on, and the offline VMs are VMs that are powered off. The method also includes maintaining a database of the indexed data and/or metadata in the online VMs, the offline VMs, the virtual applications, and/or the snapshots thereof to enable a comprehensive search result to a search query through the search architecture. The database is associated with the search architecture.
US09135340B2	Research system and method with record builder A system for providing relevant documents from a plurality of databases, including a search module for receiving at least one search expression, at least one managed database including a plurality of managed documents and a plurality of search records, each search record including at least one prior search expression associated with at least one of the plurality of managed documents, a plurality of unmanaged databases including a plurality of unmanaged documents, wherein the search module queries the managed database to determine at least one of the search records corresponding to the received search expression, and wherein the search module retrieves at least one of the managed documents associated with the determined search record. The search module may further query the plurality of unmanaged databases to determine one or more unmanaged documents corresponding to the at least one search expression and store the unmanaged document in the managed database.
US09135338B2	Systems and methods for efficient feature based image and video analysis Systems (100) and methods (300) for efficient spatial feature data analysis. The methods involve simultaneously generating chip images using image data defining at least a first image and video chips using video data defining at least a first video stream. Thereafter, an array is displayed which comprises grid cells in which at least a portion of the chip images is presented, at least a portion of the video chips is presented, or a portion of the chip images and a portion of the video chips are presented. Each chip image comprises a panned-only view, a zoomed-only view, or a panned-and-zoomed view of the first image including a visual representation of at least one first object of a particular type. Each of the video chips comprises a segment of the first video stream which include a visual representation of at least one second object of the particular type.
US09135336B2	System and method for digital video retrieval involving speech recognition Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for retrieving digital images. The method embodiment includes converting a descriptive audio stream of a digital video that is provided for the visually impaired to text and then aligning that text to the appropriate segment of the digital video. The system then indexes the converted text from the descriptive audio stream with the text's relationship to the digital video. The system enables queries using action words describing a desired scene from a digital video.
US09135331B2	Interface including graphic representation of relationships between search results A multi-dimensional graphic user interface displays selected types of information regarding items included in one or more databases or returned by a search in accordance with locations on a two-dimensional display area or projection of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional area and provides for selective display of information about respective items in a database (e.g. metadata) as additional dimensions of the display which may be suppressed and/or selectively introduced to avoid user distraction or obscuring information or for comparison between screens which may indicate to a user the degree to which a particular item may or may not be germane to an issue or particular subject matter of interest. The graphic user interface thus provides an effective tool for evaluating search results and organizing detailed review thereof.
US09135329B1	Presenting item information based on associated entity relationships Systems and methods are provided for presenting item information to a user based on entity relationships. The items may be presented, for example, in response to a search request or as a recommendation of an item of potential interest to a user. In some embodiments, item information associated with a first item of interest to a user may be retrieved from a data store. A first entity related to the first item may be determined based on information retrieved from the data store. A second entity related to the first entity may then be determined, and a second item related to the second entity may be identified. Information identifying the second item may then be presented as a recommended item to the user.
US09135326B2	Text mining method, text mining device and text mining program Disclosed are a text mining method, device, and program capable of performing text mining with a specific topic as an object with high precision. An element identification unit calculates a feature degree, which is an index for indicating a degree that within a text set of interest, which is a set of text that is to be analyzed, an element of the text appears. An output unit identifies distinctive elements within the text set of interest on the basis of the calculated feature degree and outputs the identified elements. The element identification unit corrects the feature degree on the basis of a topic relatedness degree, which is a value indicating a degree related to a topic of analysis, which is a topic for which each text portion of the text being analyzed has been partitioned into predetermined units that are to be analyzed.
US09135323B2	System and method for classifying data dump data An example of a system comprises a fingerprint calculator configured to receive data structure information and create a fingerprint as a function of the data structure information, a code generator configured to generate modified machine code, the modified machine code including the fingerprint embedded therein, a fingerprint identifier configured to identify the fingerprint in data received from a data dump, a data structure lookup table including the fingerprint and the data structure information associated with the fingerprint stored thereon, and a data interpreter configured to interpret, using data from the data dump and the data structure information, the data structure of at least a portion of the data from the data dump.
US09135320B2	System and method for data anonymization using hierarchical data clustering and perturbation A system and method for data anonymization using hierarchical data clustering and perturbation is provided. The system includes a computer system and an anonymization program executed by the computer system. The system converts the data of a high-dimensional dataset to a normalized vector space and applies clustering and perturbation techniques to anonymize the data. The conversion results in each record of the dataset being converted into a normalized vector that can be compared to other vectors. The vectors are divided into disjointed, small-sized clusters using hierarchical clustering processes. Multi-level clustering can be performed using suitable algorithms at different clustering levels. The records within each cluster are then perturbed such that the statistical properties of the clusters remain unchanged.
US09135318B2	System and method for implementing a 64 bit data searching and delivery portal A system and method for searching and presenting data may include receiving a search request, storing data in an in memory database, accessing that data by one or more 64 bit processors, determining exact or approximate matches among the data to the search request, building a machine-readable data file including the search results, and serving the data file to a user's machine, where it is visible through a portal interface, which may be local or remotely served to the user's machine. The system may employ 64 bit technology in order to access and serve significant amounts of information, including mappings between code set and other data that may include mappings to one or more code sets. The system also may employ raw TCP/IP sockets to reduce latency and increase search speed.
US09135308B2	Topic relevant abbreviations Delivering a search result is disclosed. A query is received. A term in the query that is a first portion of an abbreviation pair is identified. A second portion of the abbreviation pair is determined. A search result for the query is determined based at least in part on the second portion of the abbreviation pair and the search result is returned.
US09135307B1	Selectively generating alternative queries Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for obtaining search results from high-quality sites. One of the methods includes receiving data identifying first resources that are responsive to a first query. If at least a first threshold number N of top-ranked first resources are located on sites previously identified as low quality sites, a second query and data identifying second resources that are responsive to the second query are obtained, wherein at least a second threshold number M of top-ranked second resources are located on sites previously identified as being high-quality sites. Search results are provided in response to the first query, wherein the search results identify one or more of the first resources and also identify a particular second resource of the second resources.
US09135306B2	System for forensic analysis of search terms A “data breach” or loss of sensitive data can cause an organization to lose revenues or suffer other damages. Analyzing data to locate a breach and to identify its source, however, is difficult because the data can come from many sources in an unstructured format and, typically, there is a large amount of data to analyze. A forensic analysis system, according to one embodiment, collects unstructured data from disparate sources, like the Internet, and peer-to-per filesharing and social media networks, and generates structured representations of the data, called virtual profiles. The system forms relationships among the virtual profiles. The system uses the virtual profiles and relationships to reduce the amount of information to be analyzed while including additional information that is related for analysis. By analyzing a smaller amount of related information, a cyber forensic analyst is better able to identify a data breach or other suspicious or illegal activity.
US09135305B2	Ranking object search results Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for ranking object search results. In one aspect, a method includes providing an image to an image processing apparatus, the image defined within a first bounded region. Object search results are received from the image processing apparatus. Each object search result identifies an object belonging to one of a plurality of pre-specified object classes, and defining a respective second bounded region in which the identified object is located, the respective second bounded region being within the first bounded region. For each object search result, a respective rank score from characteristics of the respective second bounded region defined by the object search result is determined. The object search results are ranked according to their respective rank scores.
US09135303B2	Using pre-search triggers Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for using pre-search triggers. In one aspect, a method includes identifying one or more topics and determining that a confidence score associated with a particular topic of the one or more identified topics satisfies a predetermined threshold value. An occurrence of a pre-search trigger can be detected. In response to determining that the confidence score associated with the particular topic satisfies the predetermined threshold value and detecting the occurrence of the pre-search trigger, a search engine can be instructed to execute a search using a search query associated with the particular topic. A representation of a resource identified in results received in response to the search can be provided.
US09135302B2	Query rewrite with a nested materialized view A query, issued to a database server, is re-written with a nested materialized view. The selected materialized view is nested within a “parent” materialized view that has one or more nesting levels for one or more nested materialized views. The selected nested materialized view has a cardinality associated therewith, which is lower than the cardinality associated with any of the other nested materialized views, and is nested at a final nesting level of the one or more nesting levels.
US09135299B2	System, method, and computer-readable medium for automatic index creation to improve the performance of frequently executed queries in a database system A system, method, and computer-readable medium that facilitate the optimization of frequently executed queries via automated index creation are provided. Standard optimizer strategies for dynamic index creation are utilized with query frequency information taken from a system's request cache. The described mechanisms provide a process of determining what indexes would be beneficial to query performance based on decisions and information from the optimizer that is ultimately responsible for the choice of index usage. Further, the plan cache is utilized in a manner that provides reliable information about the historical and anticipated frequency of specific queries.
US09135297B2	Database translation system and method A system and method for translating database queries across a plurality of different database platforms, regardless of the database protocol and/or structure according to which the database operates.
US09135294B2	Systems and methods using reputation or influence scores in search queries One or more processors determine reputation scores for one or more subjects based on connections. One or more processors use a plurality of citations, with each citation representing an expression of opinion or description by a subject on an object. One or more processors select a subset of citations for each object from the citations citing each object. The content of the citations matches one or more search terms for a search query. One or more processors assign citation scores to a subset of a plurality of objects. The citation scores indicate relevance of the objects cited by citations and are determined based at least in part on matching one or more search terms with the content of the citations of the objects by the one or more subjects. The selection scores for an object are determined for each search query based on a subset of subjects citing the object.
US09135287B2	Distributed, transactional key-value store In one embodiment, a system for implementing a distributed, transactional key-value store is provided. The system includes a set of nodes, where each node is communicatively coupled with one or more storage devices storing a set of data log files, and where each data log file including key-value pairs for a key namespace. Each node is configured to execute, using a transaction log file specific to the node, transactions for modifying or retrieving key-value pairs in the set of data log files, where the transaction log file includes state information for the transactions. The transactions are executed in a manner that ensures the atomicity and durability of each transaction.
US09135284B1	Composite execution of rename operations in wide area file systems Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to improving shared file access in wide area network file systems. In a particular implementation, one or more elements of a wide area file system cooperate to keep an original file intact on a remote file server until a new copy of the same file is flushed to the remote file server. In a particular implementation, rename operations identifying a source and a target in connection with application-level save operations are executed as two composite operations including creation of the target, and a delayed deletion of the source. The delay after which the source is deleted can be configured to be just large enough so that the application save operation on a local cache can be completed.
US09135283B2	Self-service configuration for data environment The values of various operating and/or configuration parameters of a data environment are managed using a set of self-service Web services and interfaces of a separate control environment. A customer can submit a Web services call into an externally-facing application programming interface (API) or other such externally-facing interface of the control environment. The API receiving the call, as well as information extracted from the call, can be used to determine appropriate adjustments to be performed in the data environment. A workflow can be instantiated that includes tasks used to validate and/or apply the adjustments to the target resources, such as databases, data instances, data stores, instance classes, etc. Various real-time functions such as monitoring and auto-scaling also can be performed via the control plane.
US09135282B2	Equi-joins between split tables A join operation between split data tables includes providing reduction data from first partitions to each partition among second partitions. The reduction data serves to identify actual values in one of the second partitions that also occur in one of the first partitions. Global IDs are assigned. Translation lists including the global IDs are sent to the first partitions. Each first partition and each second partition create globalized lists which can then be combined to generate respective first and second compiled lists. The join operation can then be conducted on the first and second compiled lists.
US09135279B2	Mesh-managing data across a distributed set of devices Data files, applications and/or corresponding user interfaces may be accessed at a device that collaborates in a mesh. The mesh may include any number or type of devices that collaborate in a network. Data, applications and/or corresponding user interfaces may be stored within a core object that may be shared over the mesh. Information in the core object may be identified with a corresponding user such that a user may use any collaborating device in the mesh to access the information. In one example, the information is stored remotely from a device used to access the information. A remote source may store the desired information or may determine the storage location of the desired information in the mesh and may further provide the desired information to a corresponding user.
US09135278B2	Method and system to detect and select best photographs Disclosed is a software routine which determines which photographs in a corpus are similar, groups the similar photographs, and which then determines which photographs within a group meet criteria of “better” photographs.
US09135277B2	Architecture for responding to a visual query A visual query such as a photograph, a screen shot, a scanned image, a video frame, or an image created by a content authoring application is submitted to a visual query search system. The search system processes the visual query by sending it to a plurality of parallel search systems, each implementing a distinct visual query search process. These parallel search systems may include but are not limited to optical character recognition (OCR), facial recognition, product recognition, bar code recognition, object-or-object-category recognition, named entity recognition, and color recognition. Then at least one search result is sent to the client system. In some embodiments, when the visual query is an image containing a text element and a non-text element, at least one search result includes an optical character recognition result for the text element and at least one image-match result for the non-text element.
US09135272B2	Finding similar coronary angiograms in a database Embodiments relate to finding similar coronary angiograms in a database of coronary angiograms. An aspect includes receiving angiography data for a coronary artery, processing the angiography data to identify one or more semantic features of the coronary artery, and identifying one or more nearest coronary angiograms for each of the one or more semantic features from the database of coronary angiograms. The method also includes receiving a disease attribute associated with each of the one or more nearest coronary angiograms.
US09135271B1	Finding similar cities using geo-related queries Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for providing a method that comprises: determining excess queries over multiple time periods for a given geographic feature, where the geographic feature defines a location; comparing geographic features for similarity based at least in part on the excess queries associated with a respective geographic feature; and for a given target geographic feature, determining one or more similar geographic features based on the comparing.
US09135270B2	Server-centric versioning virtual file system Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a server-centric virtual file system (VFS) that securely provides version control for file system objects associated with the VFS are described. One example system includes a VFS logic to provide virtual access to file system objects associated with a server. The VFS logic may receive a file handle from an NFS server in response to a VFS mount request made by a client computing system. The example system may also include a version logic that encodes a workspace identifier and a file system object identifier into the provided file handle. The version logic then provides file-handle based version control for the set of file system objects.
US09135268B2	Locating the latest version of replicated data files A list of servers known to a client is compared with lists of servers stored on the servers. An instance of content (e.g., a data file) can be accessed from a server on the list if at least a simple majority of the servers have the same version of the list.
US09135265B2	Asynchronous verification for extended file attributes A system receives a notification that a process is requesting access to a file stored in a file system, wherein the process is currently delayed from accessing the file. The system determines whether a current file attribute setting for the requested file is correct in response to receiving the notification and changes the current file attribute setting to a correct file attribute setting in response to determining that the current file attribute setting is not correct. The system sends a notification to allow the process to resume to access the file in response determining that the current file attribute setting is correct or changing the current file attribute setting to the correct file attribute setting.
US09135264B2	Distributed catalog, data store, and indexing This disclosure relates to a system and method for distributed catalog processing, data caching, and indexing to create an efficient, scalable, secure, high availability, disaster recovery enabled backup and storage system.
US09135263B2	Method and system that routes requests for electronic files A system, method, or computer-readable medium provide a look-up table having information on roots in repositories managed by a repository manager, the roots information in the look-up table being only n-levels deep. A file request is received, including filename and filepath with root. Before checking repositories managed by the repository manager for the requested file, the look-up table is referenced to determine whether the root of the requested file exists on one of the repositories managed by the repository manager. A check of the repository is bypassed when the look-up table does not indicate that the root exists on the repository. The repository is checked for the requested file, when the root is indicated as existing on the repository. The requested file is returned, if actually found on one repository. A “fail” response is returned, if the root is not indicated as existing in the look-up table.
US09135258B1	Redundant backup elimination A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently restoring a target system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a set of computer systems to be restored to a common state is determined. An image is then created from a computer system from the set of computer systems. A profile is generated from each of the computer systems in the set of computer systems. A profile is associated with the image. The profiles and images are then stored in a storage device. The image may be modified. In some embodiments, software components are removed from the image. In some embodiments, software components are added to the image.
US09135255B2	System and method for making gift recommendations using social media data Disclose are methods for evaluating a user's interests and making gift recommendations using social media data. Interests and attributes of a user may be detected from social media content and products corresponding to the interests and attributes may be selected and presented as gift recommendations for the user. Methods are disclosed for resolving ambiguity as to interests reflected by textual data in social media content. Also disclosed are methods for inferring a user's interests from the interests of friends of the user.
US09135253B2	Simulating accesses for archived content According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system identifies content for publication by determining a projected usage of unpublished content. The system applies one or more predefined criteria for publication to the projected usage. The content is published in response to the projected usage satisfying the criteria for publication. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for identifying content for publication in substantially the same manners described above.
US09135251B2	Generating simulated containment reports of dynamically assembled components in a content management system A content management system (CMS) uses a simulated containment report generation mechanism to generate a simulated containment report for elements in the repository based on logged properties that represent potential use of the element during dynamic content delivery that are not represented in formal relationships in the content management system. Properties such as probability, popularity, and recent usage that are not explicit relationships between parent documents and child elements are logged and used to determine which document maps may potentially reuse a selected element. In this manner a simulated containment report can be created for an element that allows the user to see the document maps that are most likely to include the element.
US09135239B1	Meaning-based advertising and document relevance determination A method for advertising on electronic data networks based upon semantic differentiation.
US09135236B2	Method and arrangement for obtaining an electronic mail service The a user interface (UI) residing in a mobile environment, which has a possibility of indicating after reading each message whether or not the message is divergent from the normal/general level as to the importance of the message. Advantageously, the user does not need to do the indication every time when reading the mail. In the interface, after a given mail has been read (or a part of the given mail has been read), there occurs a possibility to choose between two alternatives: interesting or non-interesting. Advantageously, there is not required other extra work from the user. Gradually, a mail agent collects information about what kind of mail the user prefers and does not prefer. The result will be a prearranged list by preference in the incoming mail. Any mail similar to the ones previously indicated as important will appear first to the user. The applied algorithm in the methods and systems is based on statistical analysis of the linguistic contents of the mail.
US09135232B2	Inputting information into an electronic form Described is a method to communicate to a third party information for part of an electronic form that cannot be competed and then to incorporate returned information into the electronic form. In various embodiments, while filling in an electronic form, a requestor requests assistance in the form of information from a third party such as a supervisor. The requestor specifies a range of the part requiring assistance, and copies the partial form into a field of a message. An agent acquires information concerning the partial form based on the copy operation. The message including the information on the partial form is sent to the third party. The third party inputs information into an input field concerning the input request and returns the partial form in a message. The agent incorporates the information included in the returned message into the original electronic form.
US09135230B2	Digital document editing method, digital document editing program and digital document editing apparatus The invention relates to an editing of a digital document containing an image, a text, a pattern and the like on pages constituting the digital document. In response to an operation for deleting an image positioned in a page, such image is not added to another page but is moved to and displayed in an evacuation area provided independently from the page area. In the evacuation area, such image is displayed together with a serial number of the page in which such image was present originally. Thus the page layout is not destructed in pages other than the page of image deletion, and the user can easily confirm later the image existed in such page.
US09135226B2	Method and apparatus for declarative updating of self-describing, structured documents The present invention includes a method and device for updating a self-describing, structured document. A further aspect of the present invention is enabling client-based modification of the document. Additional aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
US09135224B1	Display of videos based on referrers A system and method for determining popularity of a video based in part on requests for the video received from a referrer, grouping videos whose popularity based on requests from referrers exceeds a threshold and displaying those videos in a channel or providing them in a web feed.
US09135220B2	Digital filter for reducing the sampling rate of an input signal A digital filter for reducing a sampling rate for an input signal includes a parallelizing block for splitting the input signal into at least two parallel raw signals, an integration block for converting the parallel raw signals into an intermediate signal, and a differentiation block for generating an output signal by differentiating the intermediate signal. The integration block includes a logic block that is designed for generating two parallel sum signals from the parallel raw signals using summation operations, and a recursion block that is designed for generating the intermediate signal recursively from the parallel sum signals.
US09135219B2	Method and device for controlling at least one driver assistance system of a vehicle In a method and a device for controlling a driver assistance system of a vehicle, a process is carried out which includes the steps of emitting light of at least one wavelength onto a road surface under the vehicle, detecting the light reflected by the road surface, acquiring at least one piece of information on the nature of the road surface using the detected reflected light, transmitting the information on the nature of the road surface to the driver assistance system, and modifying at least one parameter of the driver assistance system such that the driver assistance system reacts depending on the nature of the road surface.

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