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US09215833B2	Electronic device with heat dissipating electromagnetic interference shielding structures An electronic device may have a metal electromagnetic interference shielding enclosure. The enclosure may have a bottom wall, vertical sidewalls that extend upwards from the bottom wall, and a lid that covers the enclosure to define an interior cavity. Power supply components and other electrical components may be mounted within the interior cavity. A printed circuit board on which integrated circuits and other components are mounted may have an upper surface that faces the bottom wall of the enclosure and an opposing lower surface that faces a metal plate. Fence structures may be used to help shield components mounted on the printed circuit. Heat may be dissipated from components on the printed circuit into the bottom wall and into the metal plate. A plastic housing may be used to house the shielding enclosure, printed circuit board, components mounted on the printed circuit board, and the metal plate.
US09215832B2	Liquid-cooling module and electronic device using the same A liquid-cooling module includes a liquid-providing component, a liquid-receiving component and at least one heat dissipating assembly. The liquid-providing component has a liquid inlet and a plurality of liquid-providing openings, while the liquid inlet is used for being connected to a cooler. The liquid-receiving component has a plurality of liquid-receiving openings and a liquid outlet, and the liquid outlet is used for being connected to the cooler. The at least one heat dissipating assembly includes a flow tube. One end of the flow tube is detachably connected to one of the plurality of liquid-providing openings, and the other end of the flow tube is connected on one of the plurality of liquid-receiving openings.
US09215830B2	Electronic component enclosure visual shield and method An electronic device includes one or more electronic components and an electronic enclosure enclosing the electronic components. The electronic enclosure includes venting holes and flaps blocking visibility of the electronic components through the venting holes and from outside the electronic device. In addition, air readily flows through the venting holes providing adequate cooling of the electronic device.
US09215829B2	Electronic device In an electronic device, when a 48 V feed system is shifted to a 12 V feed system, in order to supply the same electric power, a current of fourth times needs to flow into a backplane. Also, in an anteroposterior intake and exhaust system, there is a need to form a ventilator through which a cooling air passes in the backplane. Further, there arises a problem that a mechanical strength is deteriorated by provision of the ventilator in the backplane. There is provided a structure in which a pinnate projection is provided on a feed bus bar, and a cooling air is applied to the feed bus bar. Also, the feed bus bar is brought into close contact with an overall surface of the backplane, and electrically and mechanically connected thereto at multiple points, to thereby perform both of cooling and the suppression of stiffness deterioration.
US09215827B2	Circuit board mounting assembly A circuit board mounting assembly includes a chassis with a securing hole, a circuit board attached to the chassis, a drive bracket mounted in the chassis, and a latch member configured to latch the circuit board. The drive bracket comprises at least one clamp engaged with the circuit board for preventing the circuit board from moving along a first direction. The latch member comprises a retractable post movable between a latched position and an unlatched position along the first direction. When the retractable post is in the latched position, the retractable post is received through the securing hole for preventing the circuit board from moving along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby locking the circuit board to the chassis. When the retractable post is in the unlatched position, the retractable post is removed from the securing hole for unlocking the circuit board.
US09215823B2	Electronic control apparatus A busbar member is a unit to be connect with a hydraulic unit. The busbar member includes a base portion, and a surrounding wall which defines a receiving portion formed between the hydraulic unit and the base portion and which is arranged to receive a control section to control the hydraulic unit. The busbar member further includes a connector supporting portion which is formed integrally with the base portion, which projects from the base portion in a form of a cantilever and which is arranged to support a connector, and a bulging portion which is arranged to receive a component of the control section, which projects from the connector supporting portion and which is connected with the surrounding wall.
US09215817B1	Retention system for dynamic loading A system and method for retaining enclosure components of an electronic device that can experience a range of dynamic forces is disclosed. The electronic device includes a cover component and a housing component. The electronic device also contains a retention system that includes a spring clip and a compressible layer for retaining a portion of the cover component to the housing component. The retention system provides a variable retention force that resists the separation of the cover and housing components. If the electronic device experiences a force that is applied abruptly, such as in the case of an unintentional drop event, the variable retention force is high, increasing the retention between the cover and housing components. If the electronic device experiences a slower and gradual force, such as in the case of intentional disassembly, the variable retention force is low, allowing the disassembly of the electronic device.
US09215816B2	Stand assembly and electronic apparatus Stand assembly includes base and first and second stand units. The first stand unit includes first body and extending portion. The first body has first and second ends and first shaft. The extending portion connects the first body and has first shaft hole having first hole portion and second hole portion communicated with each other. The first shaft is pivotally connected to the base. The second stand unit includes second body having third end and second shaft. The second shaft is pivotally connected to the first or second hole portion, selectively. When the second shaft is pivotally connected to the first hole portion, the third end abuts against the second end. When the second shaft is pivotally connected to the second hole portion, the third end leaves the second end, so the second stand unit can rotating relative to the first stand unit.
US09215811B2	Method for manufacturing multi-piece substrate and multi-piece substrate A method for manufacturing a multi-piece substrate includes preparing a first frame having a connecting portion to which a first piece substrate is to be connected, forming on a portion of the first piece substrate connected to a second frame a conductive pattern having a contour corresponding to the periphery of the connecting portion of the first frame, irradiating laser along the boundary between the second frame and the conductive pattern on the first piece substrate such that the first piece substrate having a joint portion which engages with the connecting portion of the first frame is detached from the second frame, and fitting the joint portion of the first piece substrate into the connecting portion of the first frame such that the first piece substrate is connected to the first frame.
US09215810B2	Wiring base plate and method for manufacturing the same In a method for manufacturing a circuit board, as a photomask adapted to form an etching mask for selective removal of a seed layer covering a conductive portion exposed on an insulating film, a photomask whose opening area has an outline having two sides along two straight lines approaching to each other as the two straight lines extend from a center portion of the opening area in an extending direction of a wiring path is used.
US09215808B2	Motherboard with connector for extender A motherboard has a cut-away so that it deviates from its rectangular outline. The motherboard has a connector disposed along one side for physically and electrically connecting the motherboard to a motherboard extender. A method includes physically and electrically connecting a motherboard extender to a motherboard so that a tab of said motherboard extender and an overlapping expansion-card connector extend into the cut-away.
US09215806B2	Monitor and working vehicle provided with the monitor A monitor includes a display in a form of a liquid crystal display, a drive substrate that controls the liquid crystal display, a monitor substrate that is provided opposite to the drive substrate with a clearance, a resin-made holder that is disposed in the clearance between the drive substrate and the monitor substrate and holds the liquid crystal display, and a flat cable that electrically connects the drive substrate with the monitor substrate. In the holder, a cableinsertion hole into which the flat cable is inserted is provided. In the cable-insertion hole, first and second restrainers that are in parallel to a width direction of the flat cable to be inserted and are separated in a longitudinal direction of the cable are provided.
US09215797B2	Transfer sheet provided with transparent conductive film mainly composed of graphene, method for manufacturing same, and transparent conductor As Technical Problem, provided is a transfer sheet using graphene as a transparent conductive material, and a transparent conductor. As solution problem, there is provided a transfer sheet that includes a substrate sheet having releasability and smoothness, a metal thin film layer partially or entirely formed on the surface of the substrate sheet to reflect the smoothness of the substrate sheet, and a transparent conductive film layer formed on the metal thin film layer and mainly composed of graphene.
US09215791B2	Particle beam system and pattern data generation method for particle beam system To reduce the number of steps of generating control pattern data needed for achieving beam irradiation with desired energy in the beam extraction from a synchrotron accelerator, a data generator 41 divides adjusted control pattern data, defines the divided data intervals as data modules, and reuses each of the data modules to generate new control pattern data. For extraction energy level changes, which are characteristic of multi-energy extraction, energy change control pattern data is generated based on the extraction pattern data before an energy level change and the extraction pattern data after the energy level change by using an interpolation function thereby to allow the control pattern data to be automatically generated. Effects of residual magnetic fields are calculated in advance, and then adjustment values that allow for the effects of the residual magnetic fields are incorporated into the control pattern data and operation is controlled.
US09215788B2	System and method for treating biological tissue with a plasma gas discharge Devices and methods for treating biological tissue using a plasma gas-discharge are disclosed herein. An electrode for igniting a gas flow to form a plasma gas-discharge, wherein the electrode is configured within the device such that upon encountering a surface of the biological tissue by the electrode, a path of current from the electrode to the surface of the biological tissue is formed, thereby igniting the gas flow and forming the plasma gas-discharge. In some embodiments, electromagnetic interactions between the treated biological tissue and the plasma gas discharge traversing the electromagnetic interaction gap shape the profile of the plasma gas discharge. According to some embodiments, the device includes an electrode for igniting gas of the gas flow, and electromagnetic interactions between the electrode and the skin determine, at least in part, the electromagnetic interactions that shape the profile of the plasma gas discharge. In some embodiments, the device further includes a housing for providing support for the electrode, wherein the electrode is disposed relative to the housing such that the electrode is substantially electrically unshielded by the housing, and the electrode is positioned to electromagnetically interact with a surface of the biological tissue to shape, at least in part, the plasma profile. According to some embodiments, the presently disclosed device includes a dual-purpose nozzle-electrode for gas delivery and for igniting the gas flow. A method of transdermal ion delivery of a plasma flux to biological tissue as a means of treating the biological tissue is also provided.
US09215787B2	Light device with remote function A light device with remote function includes a remote controller and a light stick. When the remote controller is switched on, the remote controller transmits a control message to the light stick, wherein one lighting mode datum is attached to the control message; the light stick lights according to one lighting mode which corresponds to one lighting mode datum. Therefore, when there are many users with light sticks in a large concert, the light sticks of the users are all controlled by only one remote controller; therefore, the lighting modes of the light sticks are the same as each other; in other words, a light effect in front of a stage would be performed uniformly.
US09215784B2	Networked, wireless lighting control system with distributed intelligence A programmable lighting control system integrates time-based, sensor-based, and manual control of lighting and other loads. The system includes one or more groups of controlled lighting areas, which may be, e.g., floors of a building. Each group may have one or more lighting zones, which may be, e.g., individual rooms or offices on a building floor. Each lighting zone includes occupancy and/or daylight sensors that may be wirelessly coupled to a gateway of the group. Each gateway is coupled to a network, such as, e.g., a local area network (LAN). Control software, residing on a computer (e.g., a personal computer or a server) coupled to the network and accessible via the network, remotely communicates with and controls the lighting zones either individually, groupwise, or globally. Each lighting zone can also be locally controlled at the gateway and can function independently of the control software and the gateway.
US09215781B2	Energy savings and improved security through intelligent lighting systems An intelligent lighting system employs energy efficient outdoor lighting and intelligent sensor technology in cooperation with video analytics processing. The lighting system selectively illuminates outdoor spaces and identifies and evaluates events in a scene monitored by a video camera, thereby to facilitate proactive and appropriate security responses to those events. Selective use of advanced lighting fixtures may significantly reduce costs of lighting areas that are monitored by security systems such as streets, public parks, and parking lots, while simultaneously improving security, safety, and traffic control. Energy savings alone, for a properly designed system, are estimated at 50%-90% of current usage. When combined with remote monitoring, such systems may prevent accidents and criminal activity.
US09215778B2	Distributed street lights monitoring, command and control combined with solar photo voltaic cell Monitoring, command, control, and management of a street light may be provided. First, an amount of light may be determined. Next, a status of the street light may be determined based on the determined amount of light. Then, a current status of the street light may be determined. The current status may be compared with the determined status. Based on the comparison, the current status of the street light may be altered.
US09215777B2	Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same A structure of a pixel and an organic light emitting display device using the same are provided. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor controlling the amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode depending on a voltage applied to a second node; a second transistor coupled between a data line and a first node, and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a first scan line; a third transistor coupled between the first power source and the first node, and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to a second scan line; a fourth transistor coupled between the first power source and the second node, and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the second scan line; and a storage capacitor coupled between the first and second nodes.
US09215775B1	Method and system for illumination management A luminaire can comprise a system that automatically adjusts light output from the luminaire to control light level in an illuminated area. The system can increase light output if the light level in the area falls below a target light level or decrease light output if the light level in the area rises above the target. For example, when the area is illuminated by a combination of sunlight and luminaire light, the light level can be maintained at the target level by gradually decreasing light output as the sunlight contribution increases in the morning and by gradually increasing light output as the sunlight contribution decreases in the evening. The system adjustments can take into consideration whether the light level is offset from the target due to a change in the target or a short-term fluctuation that may be due to a cloud temporarily blocking the sun.
US09215774B2	Method for operating a lamp The invention relates to a method for operating a lamp comprising a first light for direct lighting and a second light for indirect lighting of an object, as well as a controller controlling the first and second light emitting means separately, and at least one light sensor is mounted on the lamp and connected to the controller for detecting the amount of light in the area, including any extraneous light. The controller has means to subtract the indirect amount of light reaching the light sensor from the total amount of light coming from the second light emitting means as detected by the light sensor, and the amount of direct light produced by the first light emitting means reaching the light sensor, as well as any existing extraneous light reaching the light sensor, in order to control the lamp, in particular by switching it on or off.
US09215771B2	Light emitting diode driver A light emitting diode driver includes: a serial-to-parallel conversion unit converting, based on a reference clock signal, a serial input signal carrying a number (N) of M-bit gray codes into a parallel input signal carrying the M-bit gray codes; a counting unit counting an output control signal to output a counting value; a data buffer unit storing, based on a latch signal, the M-bit gray codes carried by the parallel input signal, and outputting, based on the counting value and the M-bit gray codes, an N-bit signal consisting of N bits, each of which is an ith one of M bits of a respective M-bit gray code, where i is associated with the counting value; and an output unit generating a number (N) of driving current signals based on at least the N-bit signal.
US09215770B2	Systems and methods for low-power lamp compatibility with a trailing-edge dimmer and an electronic transformer A controller may be configured to: (i) predict based on an electronic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of a high-resistance state of a trailing-edge dimmer coupled to a primary winding of an electronic transformer, wherein the high-resistance state occurs when the trailing-edge dimmer begins phase-cutting an alternating current voltage signal; (ii) operate a power converter in a trailing-edge exposure mode for a first period of time immediately prior to the estimated occurrence of the high-resistance state, such that the power converter is enabled to transfer energy from the secondary winding to the load during the trailing-edge exposure mode; and (iii) operate the power converter in a power mode for a second period of time prior to and non-contiguous with the first period of time, such that the power converter is enabled to transfer energy from the secondary winding to the load during the power mode.
US09215769B2	LED backlight driver system and associated method of operation The embodiments of the present circuit and method disclose a light-emitting diode (LED) driver system. The LED driver system may comprise an isolated converter and a DC/DC converter. The isolated converter may be coupled to a first input signal, and may provide a LED current and a bus voltage. The isolated converter may be configured to regulate the LED current and the bus voltage separately in accordance with a dimming signal. The DC/DC converter may comprise an input coupled to the bus voltage.
US09215763B2	Pulse current LED driving circuit In one embodiment, a pulse current light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit, can include: (i) an AC power supply configured to generate an AC input; (ii) a rectifier circuit that receives the AC input voltage, and generates a DC input voltage; (iii) a sampling circuit that receives the DC input voltage, and generates a DC sense voltage; (iv) a comparison circuit that receives the DC sense voltage, and generates a first comparison signal; (v) a feedback compensating circuit that samples a current that flows through a transistor, and generates a compensation signal; (vi) a signal processing circuit that receives the first comparison signal and the compensation signal, and generates an on signal; and (vii) the transistor having a gate configured to receive the on signal, a drain configured to receive the DC input voltage, and a source coupled to a first terminal of a sampling resistor.
US09215761B2	Solid state lighting devices with color point non-coincident with blackbody locus Solid state lighting devices include at least one electrically activated solid state light emitter and at least one lumiphor (or multiple electrically activated emitters optionally devoid of a lumiphor), with resulting emissions arranged to attain a color point in a desired CCT range (e.g., from 2,500K to 10,000K) that is non-coincident with a blackbody or Planckian locus, preferably with a negative Planckian offset Delta u′v′ value (below the Planckian locus) according to a CIE 1976 chromaticity diagram, such as a value in a range of no greater than negative 0.01.
US09215760B2	Transparent pane with electrically conductive coating A transparent pane is described. The transparent pane has at least one transparent substrate and at least one electrically conductive coating on at least one surface of the transparent substrate. The electrically conductive coating has at least two functional layers arranged one on top of the other, and each functional layer has at least one anti-reflection layer, a first adaptation layer above the anti-reflection layer, and an electrically conductive layer above the first adaptation layer, and at least one anti-reflection layer of at least one layer of a dielectric material having an index of refraction less than 2.1 arranged between two electrically conductive layers, and a layer of an optically highly refractive material having an index of refraction greater than or equal to 2.1.
US09215758B2	Stovetop interface, system and methods of temperature control of cookware, and methods of cooking using numerical temperature control A temperature control interface for a stove top is provided. The temperature control interface includes a numerical temperature setting to which a temperature of an object heated on the stovetop will be regulated for a predetermined period of time. A method of cooking on a stovetop is provided in which a recipe includes a numerical temperature to which a cookware object should be regulated during cooking for a predetermined period of time.
US09215753B2	Multi SIM management There is described a multiple subscriber identity arrangement having a modem capable of receiving messages related to either one of at least two subscriber identities, but not simultaneously. The arrangement further comprises a control unit configured to, when the modem performs communication activity associated with a first subscriber identity: determine whether gaps not allocated for the communication activity associated with the first subscriber identity coincide with paging occasions associated with a second subscriber identity; and, if at least one gap not allocated for the communication activity associated with the first subscriber identity coincides with at least one paging occasion associated with the second subscriber identity, cause the modem to switch to the second subscriber identity to read one paging message on a paging channel associated with the second subscriber identity.
US09215750B2	System and method for heating back-up battery of motor vehicle emergency radio communication device when temperature is below a limit value An emergency system for a motor vehicle having an onboard power supply system which triggers in an emergency a radio emergency call regardless of the state of the on-board power supply system of the motor vehicle, including a radio communication device that triggers the emergency call, a back-up battery including one or more electrochemical cells that supply the radio communication device with electric energy, and an electric heating device supplied with power by the on-board power supply system with which the back-up battery can be heated when its temperature is below or drops below a lower limit value, wherein the electric heating device is a heating foil including heating resistors laminated between electrically insulating foils and having a thickness <2 mm, and the heating foil is arranged in a substantially planar, two-dimensional contact to the electrochemical cell(s) of the battery.
US09215749B2	Reducing an acoustic intensity vector with adaptive noise cancellation with two error microphones A second error microphone may be incorporated in a mobile device to allow computation of additional parameters for modifying an adaptive noise cancellation (ANC) algorithm. For example, a first and second acoustic pressure may be calculated from a first and second error microphone of the mobile device. The first and second acoustic pressure may be input to an algorithm for determining an acoustic intensity vector. The ANC algorithm may receive the acoustic intensity vector as an input, and adapt an anti-noise signal to reduce the acoustic intensity vector. Additionally, an input impedance for the error microphones may be calculated from the acoustic pressure to determine coupling between a speaker and a user's ear. The anti-noise algorithm may be adjusted or disabled when the input impedance indicates the user has removed the phone from the user's ear.
US09215745B1	Network-based control of stations in a wireless communication network Using the feature named “KEY_SEARCH_AD1” in the Atheros 11n chipset, an access point can determine whether to send an ACK packet in response to a message packet in response to whether the BSSID present in the sender address is present in the keycache. The AP can maintain a list of about 128 arbitrarily selected BSSID's, to each of which it will respond with an ACK packet if it receives a message from a mobile station with that BSSID. (1) the number of mobile stations that can be assigned to that AP is relatively greater. (2) the selection of those BSSID's is no longer constrained by having to match the AP's BSSID using a mask. With selection of those BSSID's being no longer so constrained, it is easier to assign BSSID's to mobile stations while allowing those mobile stations to roam among multiple AP's.
US09215743B2	Method and apparatus for controlling channel transmission status A method and an apparatus for controlling a channel transmission status, can be used in the communication field. The method includes receiving a command for controlling activation of a secondary carrier. Within a preset delay time after the secondary carrier is activated, a channel transmission status corresponding to the secondary carrier to a continuous transmission status can be set.
US09215741B2	Wireless station, communication system, and communication method A second wireless station includes a communicating unit that transmits a packet to a first wireless station and retransmits the packet when a response signal for the packet is not received by a predetermined response time limit; an acquiring unit that acquires from the first wireless station, transmission prohibition period information indicating a transmission prohibition period during which transmission of a signal by the first wireless station is prohibited; and a postponing unit that postpones the response time limit in the transmission prohibition period indicated by the acquired transmission prohibition period information to be after the transmission prohibition period ends.
US09215737B2	Method and apparatus for managing connection identification in pairing A method of performing pairing by a transmission terminal in device to device communication is provided. The method includes classifying a plurality of link identifications for identifying a data transmission and reception channel a seed of at least one link identification; selecting an available candidate link identification seed among the seed of the at least one link identification, transmitting a pairing request message including seed information associated with the selected available candidate link identification seed, and receiving a pairing response message corresponding to the pairing request message. When allocating a connection ID in a device to device communication environment, even if a small number of devices exist, an overhead for searching for the connection ID is not great. Further, when many devices exist within a specific range, a probability of devices having the same connection ID is reduced. Accordingly, the device to device communication can be easily performed.
US09215733B2	Communication terminal device, base station device and radio communication method A communication terminal eliminates collision of access request signals simultaneously transmitted from communication terminals in a local cell, prevents generation of interference signals in another cell adjacent to the local cell, and improves local cell throughput. A base station controls transmission power of the access permission signal so as to prevent generation of an interference signal in another cell adjacent to the local cell. A use sub-channel selection unit has a correspondence table between the reception quality of the pilot signals divided into classes and the sub-channel allocated to the classes. According to the table, the use sub-channel selection unit selects a sub-channel group of RACH correlated to the measurement result of the reception quality of the pilot signals reported from the reception quality measurement unit. One sub-channel to be used for transmission of the access request signal is selected at random from the sub-channel group selected.
US09215724B2	Method and apparatus for dynamic control of TTI bundling sizes In an example of the teachings disclosed herein, there are multiple signaling options available for triggering a bundled transmission by a wireless device, and a known association between the different signaling options and different TTI bundling sizes. A network node thus indicates to the wireless device which TTI bundling size is desired, based on choosing which signaling option it uses to trigger the bundled transmission. Such signaling allows for the use of variable TTI bundle sizes, i.e., dynamic control of the TTI bundle size used by the wireless device for transmission and yet does not impose signaling overhead or necessarily require new signaling messages or types. Higher layer signaling may be used to activate TTI bundling with implicit signaling then used to dynamically control the actual TTI bundle size used.
US09215718B2	Method for switching service of management device serving network or device Disclosed is a method of switching between services of a television band device (TVBD) network or device of an apparatus including a coexistence manager (CM), including: transmitting, by the CM, a request for switching between services of the TVBD network or device to the TVBD network or device; and receiving, by the CM, a response with respect to the request from the TVBD network or device. Here, the services include an information service obtaining neighbor information from the CM by the TVBD network or device and a management service providing measurement results to the CM by the TVBD network or device, and the response includes an indicator indicating whether or not the request has been successfully processed.
US09215717B2	Methods and apparatus for channel selection within a wireless network In some embodiments, a method includes calculating, at a wireless access point (WAP) from a set of WAPs within a network, an interference value for each channel from a set of channels of the WAP. The method includes calculating, based on the interference value for each channel, a total move weight of the WAP. The method includes receiving, at the WAP, a total move weight from each remaining WAP. The method includes selecting one WAP from the set of WAPs based on a random number, the total move weight of the WAP, the total move weights from the remaining WAPs, and a rank of the WAPs. The method further includes changing, if the WAP is selected, a designated channel of the WAP to one of the remaining channels; and sending a signal to modify an active channel of the WAP to correspond with the designated channel.
US09215712B2	Method and system for iterative multiple frequency hypothesis testing with Cell-ID detection in an E-UTRA/LTE UE receiver A mobile device receives a signal comprising a PSS and a SSS. The mobile device performs iterative MFHT utilizing a reduced number of MFH branches. At each iteration, frequency offset estimation and Cell-ID detection are concurrently performed. An iteration starts with selecting initial frequency offsets spanning a frequency offset estimation range. The selected initial frequency offsets are placed in the MFH branches. A particular MFH branch with a maximum PSS correlation peak magnitude is selected at the iteration. A frequency offset estimate in the selected MFH branch is utilized for frequency control. The frequency offset estimation range utilized for the current iteration is reduced for the next iteration. A Cell-ID is declared if the Cell-ID is consistently detected not only within a particular iteration on the basis of having detected consistent cell ID information for the first and second halves of a radio frame, but also from iteration to iteration.
US09215710B2	Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame.
US09215695B2	Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication method and integrated circuit A mobile station apparatus efficiently codes and transmits ACK/NACKs for a plurality of PDSCHs. The mobile station transmits a plurality of ACK/NACKs for transport blocks transmitted by a base station apparatus in a plurality of component carriers to the base station. First and second ACK/NACKs are individually coded, repetition processing is performed on coded bits of the first ACK/NACKs until the number of coded bits of the first ACK/NACKs reaches a first value, the repetition processing is performed on the coded bits of the second ACK/NACKs until the number of coded bits reaches a second value, the coded bits of the first ACK/NACKs and the coded bits of the second ACK/NACKs are concatenated, and the first ACK/NACKs and the second ACK/NACKs are transmitted to the base station apparatus using one physical uplink channel.
US09215693B2	Method for radio resource management in device-to-device communication Provided is a radio resource management method for device-to-device communication. The resource management method for device-to-device communication includes dividing a plurality of connection identifiers (CIDs) into N (N is a natural number) number of groups, dividing the resources for device-to-device communication into N number of sub-bands corresponding to the N number of groups, and allocating resources by mapping CIDs respectively belonging to the N number of groups to resources of sub-bands respectively corresponding to the groups. Therefore, according to the resource management method, by dividing the whole frequency band into a plurality of sub-bands, a communication range may be extended, a low-power device may be accommodated, granularity of resources may be improved, and flexibility of resource management may be obtained.
US09215685B2	Position estimation via proximate fingerprints Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for position estimation via one or more proximate fingerprints for use in or with a mobile communication device.
US09215683B1	Controller and method of controlling multiple identities of a mobile device A method can include detecting at a mobile device controller a communication from a sender to a recipient. One of the sender or the recipient is a mobile device that is registered to operate with a first identity in a mobile network of a service provider and is registered to operate with a second identity in a private network. The method can include determining which identity of the mobile device to employ in response to detecting the communication based on information associated with the communication. The communication can be directed to the recipient using the determined identity.
US09215681B2	Method and apparatus for performing Discontinuous Reception operation by connected mode User Equipment in a mobile communication system Methods and apparatuses are provided for establishing time alignment by a terminal in a mobile communication system. Information for identifying a preamble on a downlink control channel is received from a base station. The preamble is transmitted based on the information for identifying the preamble. A response message including timing adjustment information, information for a channel quality indicator (CQI) request, and an identifier of the terminal is received on a downlink shared channel from the base station. The time alignment is established based on the timing adjustment information included in the response message. A CQI is transmitted based on the information for the CQI request.
US09215680B2	Method and apparatus for performing discontinuous reception operation by connected mode user equipment in a mobile communication system Methods and apparatuses are provided for establishing time alignment by a terminal in a mobile communication system. Information for identifying a preamble on a downlink control channel is received from a base station. The preamble is transmitted to the base station based on the information for identifying the preamble. A response message including timing adjustment information, information for a channel quality indicator (CQI) request, and uplink resource information on a downlink shared channel is received from the base station. The time alignment is established based on the timing adjustment information included in the response message. A CQI is transmitted based on the information for the CQI request and the uplink resource information.
US09215679B2	Air-interface timing synchronization sharing The invention discloses a timing synchronization method in a User Equipment (UE) which is served in a first cell of a first synchronous communication network and also located in a second cell of a second synchronous communication network. The method comprises receiving a message from a communication node of the first network, the message including clock offsets of the first cell and the second cell or timing difference there between, and calculating downlink synchronization of the second cell from downlink synchronization of the first cell and the clock offsets/timing difference.
US09215675B2	Determining transmit power of a sounding reference signal for a first cell based on power for a second cell and power offset The present invention relates to a method for a terminal transmitting a sounding reference signal in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving from a network at least one first transmission power offset value of the sounding reference signal for a first cell; deciding transmission power of the sounding reference signal for the first cell, based on transmission power for an uplink data channel for a second cell and the at least one transmission power offset value; and transmitting the sounding reference signal for the first cell to the first cell.
US09215673B2	Radio frequency module supporting multiple carriers, base station and carrier distribution method A radio frequency module supports multiple carriers includes a carrier generating apparatus, a carrier distributor, a carrier synthesizer, and at least two transmit channel. T carrier generating apparatus is connected to the carrier synthesizer, the carrier synthesizer is connected to the transmit channels, and the carrier distributor is separately connected to the carrier synthesizer and the transmit channels. According to embodiments of the present invention, the carrier distributor distributes a specified transmit channel for the multiple carrier signals according to power load capacity of each transmit channel and a total power of multiple carrier signals that need to be distributed.
US09215671B2	Routing device and signal transmitting method for wireless local area network A routing device and a signal transmitting method for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) are provided. The device includes: a radio frequency transmitting module, adapted to: generate radio network signals of the WLAN, and adjust the transmit power of the radio network signals according to power indication information; and an antenna module, adapted to transmit the radio network signals according to the adjusted transmit power. The method includes: generating radio network signals of the WLAN, and adjusting the transmit power of the radio network signals according to power indication information; and transmitting the radio network signals according to the adjusted transmit power. Through the routing device and the signal transmitting method, the radio network signals may be transmitted according to different transmit powers. Therefore, the routing device can meet the requirement for portability, fixed installation, and wide coverage.
US09215669B2	Preamble design for a wireless signal Providing for base station (BS) acquisition in semi-planned or unplanned wireless access networks is described herein. By way of example, a signal preamble can be dynamically allocated to wireless signal resources, such that the preamble is scheduled to different resource(s) across different cycles of the signal. Dynamic allocation can be pseudo-random, based on collision feedback, or determined by a suitable algorithm to mitigate collisions from a dominant interferer. In addition, dynamic scheduling can be particular to a type of BS to significantly reduce collisions from BSs of disparate types. In at least one aspect, a preamble resource can be sub-divided into multiple frequency sub-carrier tiles. Control channel information can be transmitted on each tile of a group of such tiles, further mitigating effects of a dominant interferer on a subset of the tile group.
US09215666B2	Method and apparatus for transmit power control in wireless networks A method and apparatus are described including receiving, by a transmitter, a report from an associated client, setting and using a downlink transmit power level responsive to the report for data transmissions to the associated client, determining a downlink data loss rate and adjusting the downlink transmit power level responsive to the downlink data loss rate, wherein said report includes received signal strength, client transmit power level and one of link margin and receiver sensitivity. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving, by a receiver, a request for a report, transmitting the requested report, receiving an instruction to use an uplink transmit power level, setting and using the uplink transmit power level, determining an uplink data loss rate and adjusting the uplink transmit power level responsive to the uplink data loss rate, wherein said report includes said received signal strength, client transmit power level and one of said link margin and said receiver sensitivity.
US09215662B2	Method, device, and system for controlling data transmission power of opposite terminal The present invention relates to the field of mobile communication and provides a method, a device and a system for controlling data transmission power of an opposite end, so as to reduce power waste during the transmission of special burst data. The method comprises: Step 1: receiving data from an opposite end; Step 2: judging whether the received data is special burst data or service data; Step 3: if the received data is the service data, controlling service data transmission power of the opposite end in accordance with a value of a service data power control parameter; and Step 4: if the received data is the special burst data, controlling special burst data transmission power of the opposite end in accordance with a value of a special burst power control parameter, wherein the value of the special burst data power control parameter is different from the value of the service data control parameter, and the special burst data transmission power of the opposite end is less than the service data transmission power of the opposite end. According to the present invention, it is able to reduce power consumption during the transmission of special burst data.
US09215660B2	Mobile communication terminal and program On the mobile communication terminal 100 side, when the VOIP communication application stored in the storage unit 104 is activated in accordance with an instruction from the user (step S101), the application activation judging unit 107a judges that the VOIP communication application has been activated. Upon the judgment, the control unit 107 selects a cycle (for example, 1.152 seconds: code F10) that is shorter than 5.152 seconds, generates an EISP signal based on the selection, and transmits the generated EISP signal to the base station 200 via the transmission unit 102 (step S102). After this, upon receiving an ACK signal, the control unit 107 starts to activate the reception unit 103 at the cycle of 1.152 seconds to receive the report signal at the cycle of 1.152 seconds (step S105).
US09215658B2	Method and device for adjusting sleep mode of mobile station The present invention provides a method and a device for adjusting the sleep mode of a mobile station in order to solve the problem in current multi-hop relay systems of long time delays in data transmission caused when data packets have to wait for the next listening window to reach the mobile station because of packet errors. Wherein, a relay apparatus judges whether the previous hop network apparatus needs to retransmit data packets to the mobile station; when the previous hop network apparatus needs to retransmit data packets to the mobile station, the relay apparatus transmits to the mobile station the adjustment related information for adjusting the sleep mode of the mobile station. The mobile station adjusts the sleep mode according to the adjustment related information. Preferably, the adjustment related information comprises indicating information for indicating that the mobile station is in triggered listening status within predetermined time interval. In addition, the relay apparatus may also report the adjustment related information to the previous hop network apparatus. The technical solution provided by the present invention obtains shorter time delays, utilizes wireless resources efficiently, and decreases demand on relay apparatus.
US09215655B2	Radio power saving techniques for video conference applications In video conferencing over a radio network, the radio equipment is a major power consumer especially in cellular networks such as LTE. In order to reduce the radio power consumption in video conferencing, it is important to introduce an enough radio inactive time. Several types of data buffering and bundling can be employed within a reasonable range of latency that doesn't significantly disrupt the real-time nature of video conferencing. In addition, the data transmission can be synchronized to the data reception in a controlled manner, which can result in an even longer radio inactive time and thus take advantage of radio power saving modes such as LTE C-DRX.
US09215654B2	System wakeup on wireless network messages While an information handling device is in a reduced power state, the information handling device transitions from the reduced power state to a higher power state in response to receiving a message over an established wireless network connection that maintains a presence on a wireless network. In turn, the information handling device processes the message accordingly in the higher power state.
US09215652B2	Method and device for compensation and restoring of coverage area Disclosed is a method for compensation and restoring of a coverage area, for realizing energy saving and compensation between nodes. The coverage compensation method includes: judging whether or not the trigger condition for starting an energy saving and compensation process is satisfied according to a preset energy saving and compensation strategy; when the trigger condition for starting the energy saving and compensation process is satisfied, one of a first node and a second node carries out an energy saving operation in the energy saving and compensation process while the other node carries out a compensation operation in the energy saving and compensation process; wherein the first node is a compensation node and the second node is an energy saving node, or the first node is an energy saving node and the second node is a compensation node. Further disclosed is a device for implementing the method.
US09215651B2	Method, apparatus, and system for selecting serving nodes for access Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for selecting serving nodes for access, where the method includes: obtaining reference signal received parameters of at least two nodes; selecting a downlink serving node from the at least two nodes according to the reference signal received parameter of each node; and sending an uplink signal, so that the downlink serving node selects an uplink serving node from the at least two nodes according to the uplink signal; or, selecting an uplink serving node from the at least two nodes according to the reference signal received parameter of each node, and sending an uplink signal. In the embodiments of the present invention, a user equipment selects a downlink serving node from at least two nodes according to the reference signal received parameter of each node; then the user equipment sends an uplink signal.
US09215650B2	Uplink control method and apparatus in wireless communication system An UpLink (UL) control method and apparatus for in a wireless communication system supporting beamforming are provided. A method of a Mobile Station (MS) for UL control in the wireless communication system supporting the beamforming includes receiving a plurality of DownLink (DL) reference signals from a plurality of Base Station (BS) transmission beams using a plurality of MS reception beams having different directivity, measuring a path loss based on a reception signal strength of each of the plurality of DL reference signals received through different transmission/reception beams, selecting an MS transmission beam for uplink based on the path loss value measured for each of the plurality of DL reference signals, and transmitting a UL signal to a BS using the selected MS transmission beam.
US09215647B2	Random access techniques for fixed devices in mobile broadband networks Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a fixed device performs a cell search to search for one or more cells on a network and determines a transmit power level to communicate with one of the cells of the network. The fixed device sets a frequency of updating the transmit power level for communication with a cell on the network, wherein the frequency of updating the transmit power level is reduced for the fixed device with respect to a mobile device.
US09215641B1	Method and system using a media gateway for handoff of a multi-mode mobile station A multi-mode mobile station includes a first interface for wireless communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a second interface for wireless communication with a wireless wide area network (WWAN). A call control system routes all calls to and from the multi-mode mobile station through a media gateway that serves as an anchor point for handoffs between the WLAN and WWAN. For example, while involved in a call that has a WLAN call leg from the media gateway, the multi-mode mobile transmits a handoff request. The call control system then establishes a WWAN call leg from the media gateway, and the multi-mode mobile station stores in a buffer any media received via the WWAN call leg. The call control system subsequently transmits a handoff instruction to the multi-mode mobile station. In response, the multi-mode mobile station plays out the stored media and drops the WLAN call leg.
US09215634B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, mobile station and base station, and control method and computer readable medium therefor for determining neighbor cells of cell corresponding to mobile station position A wireless communication system according to the present invention is a wireless communication system including a mobile station and a base station that wirelessly communicates with the mobile station. The wireless communication system includes area determination unit that determines, based on position information of the mobile station, which of a plurality of areas the mobile station is positioned, in which the plurality of areas are obtained by dividing a cell managed by the base station, and neighbor cell information notification unit that notifies the mobile station of neighbor cell information associated with the area where the mobile station is positioned. This configuration enables cell search for the neighbor cell at the mobile station in a smaller area than a cell corresponding to the position of the mobile station.
US09215630B2	Method and system for creating a global neighbor list A method and system for creating a global neighbor list is disclosed. The method may be implemented at a serving base station and includes instructing each Mobile Station (MS) served by the serving BS to report a signal strength between the each MS and one or more neighbor BSs for one or more predefined time periods; identifying, using a hardware processor, at least one neighbor BS of the one or more neighbor BSs having a signal strength with respect to one or more MSs greater than a threshold signal strength; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of times the at least one neighbor BS is reported in the one or more predefined time periods; and creating, using the hardware processor, the global neighbor list based on the number of times the at least one neighbor BS is reported exceeding a predefined count threshold.
US09215629B2	Mobile communication method A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: a step of a mobile switching center MME managing access information that defines accessible CSG-ID of a mobile station UE; a step of the mobile switching center MME accommodating a combination of eNB-IDs and CSG-IDs of a radio base station HeNB2 from a gateway device HeNB-GW; and a step of the mobile switching center MME determining whether the mobile station UE is accessible to the radio base station HeNB2 based on identification information of the mobile station UE and eNB-ID of the radio base station HeNB2 included in “HO Required” received from the radio base station eNB, which are included in the handover request signal, with reference to the access information and the combination.
US09215627B2	Handover method and device Embodiments of the present invention provide a handover method and device. When an SGSN cannot identify a Target eNB ID, the Target eNB ID is converted into a Corresponding RNC ID. A relocation request message carrying the Corresponding RNC ID is sent to the SGSN. One of a first PLMN ID and a second PLMN ID included in the Target eNB ID is selected. A selected PLMN ID, an eNB ID included in the Target eNB ID, and a TAC in a Selected TAI are filled in the Corresponding RNC ID.
US09215625B2	Method and system for transferring user equipment in mobile communication system A method and system for transferring user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are disclosed. According to the method, a source core (CN) network determines to transfer a UE that it serves and sends a transfer instruction carrying UE transfer restriction information to the UE; an access network receives a transfer request that is sent by the UE according to the restriction information carried in the transfer instruction; the access network selects a target CN entity that is different from the source CN entity for the UE; and the UE is transferred to the target CN entity. The method and system provided by the present invention are applicable to user transferring between CN entities in any communication network. The transferring is initiated by a network side entity, and a more preferable CN entity is selected for the UE to provide a better service.
US09215623B1	Coordination of codec consistency across wireless coverage areas A method and system is disclosed for coordinating codec consistency across wireless coverage areas. When a new communication session is set up for an access terminal in a given wireless coverage of a wireless communication system, a network device, such as a base station, can determine a coding rate to assign for the new session in a manner that accounts for network capacity variations across the wireless coverage areas. The network device can determine a weighted average of coding rates supported in a given wireless coverage area and in each of one or more neighboring wireless coverage areas. Weighting factors in the weighted average can account for rates of inbound and outbound handoffs from and to the neighboring wireless coverage areas. The network device can then select a coding rate for the new communication session based on the determined weighted average.
US09215622B1	Method and systems for associating wireless transmission with directions-of-arrival thereof Various methods and systems for: (i) associating direction-of-arrival of a wireless transmission with an address of an originator of the wireless transmission, (ii) associating directions of incoming transmissions with directions of outgoing transmissions in a wireless communication network, (iii) associating between data from a direction-of-arrival-detector and data from a receiver operating separately, and (iv) associating a relative direction (bearing) of a wireless communication device with its Media-Access-Control (MAC) address.
US09215620B2	Distributed bi-directional flow control in wireless mesh networks A distributed, bidirectional congestion control and starvation avoidance system for wireless mesh networks. In particular implementations, the nodes of the wireless mesh network monitor their respective local buffers for traffic load, and signal upstream and downstream nodes in response to detected congestion or excess capacity to dynamically allocate transmit capacity between neighboring nodes. Particular implementations are capable of mitigating congestion and preventing starvation in a fully distributed, low-overhead, scalable and efficient manner.
US09215619B2	Method and system for application-aware load balancing An approach for providing application-aware load balancing is provided. A load balancing platform at a base station receives application information specifying an application or type of service utilized by a mobile device and determines allocation of a plurality of carriers based on the received application information to provide load balancing across the plurality of carriers. The platform generates mapping information indicating a mapping of a plurality of applications to one or more of the plurality of carriers, wherein the application information includes the generated mapping information.
US09215618B2	Radio communication system and base station A radio communication system includes at least one user equipment, base stations, and a control station. After expiration of the timer started after establishment of the data bearer, the base station selects the access point base station for the user equipment on the basis of the voice congestion levels and indicates the access point base station to the user equipment if the voice bearer has been established, and selects the access point base station for the user equipment on the basis of the data congestion levels and indicates the access point base station to the user equipment if the voice bearer has not been established.
US09215616B2	Base station device, data transmission control method, and data transmission control system A base station device receives an acquisition request for data from a first terminal and transmits, to the first terminal, data associated with the acquisition request. At this point, while the base station device is in the process of transmitting the requested data to the first terminal by using a first transmission line, the base station device receives, from a second terminal, an acquisition request for data that is the same as the requested data. In such a case, the base station device transmits, to both the first terminal and the second terminal by using the first transmission line, data that has not been transmitted to the first terminal to which the requested data is being transmitted among the requested data and transmits, to the second terminal by using a second transmission line, data that has been transmitted to the first terminal among the requested data.
US09215611B2	Terminal, control device, communication method, communication system, communication module, program, and information processing device A terminal communicating with a network including a forwarding device(s) for forwarding a packet and a control device for controlling the forwarding device(s) in accordance with a request from the forwarding device, includes: a communication unit that receives a processing rule indicating that a packet for communicating with a first destination is changed so as to communicate with a second destination, from the control device; a storage unit that stores the received processing rule, and a processing unit that in a case of communicating with the network, changes a destination of a packet in accordance with a processing rule that corresponds to the packet by referring to the processing rule stored in the storage unit.
US09215608B2	Proximity out-of-band mobile device to device communication by means of low-power mesh networks Methods of telecommunicating and systems configured to perform the methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include establishing a primary communications link, determining that a backup communications link is to be established, and determining a plurality of candidate network nodes. The method also includes selecting one of the candidate network nodes with which to establish the backup communications link, where the selected candidate network node is selected based at least in part on the selected candidate network node being in a foreign network, establishing the backup communications link with a selected candidate network node, and communicating using the backup communications link.
US09215606B2	Transmission of content-related data of an OTT provider to a telecommunications device using a telecommunications network A method is provided for transfer of content-related data of an Over-the-top (OTT) provider to a telecommunications device using a telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving, by the OTT provider, a request for content-related data; transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery interface device of the telecommunications network; and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider from the content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network to the telecommunications device at a predetermined time or in a predetermined time interval. The telecommunications network includes a radio interface and a further radio interface for transmission of the content-related data of the OTT.
US09215604B2	Method and device for updating a database for wireless LAN based positioning An apparatus for updating a database for wireless LAN based positioning includes a database for storing grid cells divided by pCell ID and base station-derived environment information and wireless LAN environment information matched to the grid cells; a grid cell determining unit for determining an information-unmeasured grid cell among the grid cells, the information-unmeasured grid cell being a grid cell that has unmeasured information among parameters of the wireless LAN environment information matched to the grid cells; an unmeasured parameter checking unit for checking an unmeasured parameter in the information-unmeasured grid cell; a radiowave environment estimating unit for generating radiowave environment estimation information by estimating the unmeasured information based on the unmeasured parameter checked; and a database updating unit for reflecting the radiowave environment estimation information in the information-unmeasured grid cell determined.
US09215603B2	Technique for controlling and handling probe tunnel set up A technique for controlling and handling set up of a probe tunnel stretching from an access network node through a core network towards a core network node is described. In a method implementation, probe tunnel set up control comprises determining a First Fully Qualified Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (F-TEID) associated with the core network node and sending a probe tunnel set up instruction to the access network node. The instruction commands the access network node to locally set up the probe tunnel towards the core network node based on the F-TEID.
US09215601B1	Reference node arrangement system and method A reference node arrangement system and method in a ZigBee are disclosed, where a planar diagram is received to be converted into a geometrical graph and the geometrical graph is converted into a composition of a plurality of equilateral hexagons so that an area composed of the plurality of equilateral hexagons covers an area of the geometrical graph, wherein each of the plurality of equilateral hexagons is composed of six equilateral triangles each having apexes having one of the reference nodes disposed thereon and three adjacent ones among the plurality of equilateral hexagons having a same one among the reference nodes is disposed with the gateway.
US09215595B2	Data security apparatus and system for mobile terminal In an information sharing system, a data security apparatus includes a location acquisition device for acquiring GPS location information of a current location of a mobile terminal apparatus. A location evaluator checks whether the mobile terminal apparatus is located within a zone area according to the location information. A storage device stores association information of a relationship between the zone area and medical data of a medical chart allowed to be read within the zone area by authorization. A cancellation signal generator generates a cancellation signal for instructing cancellation of the medical data in case the location evaluator judges that the mobile terminal apparatus is moved out of the zone area. Furthermore, a data distributer transmits the medical data to the mobile terminal apparatus. In case the location evaluator judges that the mobile terminal apparatus has entered the zone area, the data distributer starts transmitting the medical data.
US09215594B2	Subscriber data management A method for retrieving an identifier from a register residing in a mobile communication network, wherein the identifier is mobile subscription specific includes steps of recognizing a modification of information relating to a mobile subscription in a database; determining if the identifier with respect to the mobile subscription, whose information was modified, is missing; performing a query, in response to the determination of missing identifier, towards the register residing in the mobile communication network to request the missing identifier; receiving the missing identifier from the register; delivering the received missing identifier to the database for storing in a context of the mobile subscription. A network node and a system executing the method are also described.
US09215593B2	Systems and methods for providing security to different functions Methods and systems are provided that use smartcards, such as subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to provide secure functions for a mobile client. One embodiment of the invention provides a mobile communication network system that includes a mobile network, a mobile terminal, a server coupled to the mobile terminal via the mobile network, and a subscriber identity module (SIM) card coupled to the mobile terminal. The SIM card includes a first key and a second key. The first key is used to authenticate an intended user of the mobile terminal to the mobile network. Upon successful authentication of the intended user to the mobile network, the mobile terminal downloads a function offered from the server through the mobile network. The second key is then used by the mobile terminal to authenticate the intended user to the downloaded function so that the intended user can utilize the function.
US09215591B2	Security for network load broadcasts over cellular networks A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for obtaining cellular network load information in a secure manner are disclosed. For example, the method receives the cellular network load information, where the cellular network load information is encrypted. The method then decrypts the cellular network load information using a decryption key and performs a task responsive to the network load information that is decrypted.
US09215590B2	Authentication using vehicle data pairing Various examples are disclosed of how to leverage technology in a vehicle to provide various services in a convenient manner. For example, the pairing of the portable device with the on-board computer of the vehicle may be utilized as a level of authorization to provide certain services in a more automated and/or convenient way to the vehicle driver or other occupant of the vehicle, such as by authenticating wireless transactions with entities external to the vehicle using device pairing technology, and by modifying vehicle navigation routes to include suggested nearby points of interest that may be determined to be of particular value to a vehicle occupant.
US09215588B2	System and method for providing selective bearer security in a network environment An example method includes receiving a message related to a bearer or an Internet Protocol (IP) flow, the message includes an extension indicating whether an Internet Protocol security (IPsec) feature is designated for the bearer or the IP flow. The method further includes mapping a communication flow to the bearer or the IP flow, and applying the IPsec feature to the bearer or the IP flow. In other embodiments, the method can include communicating the extension to a next destination, and updating a security policy to indicate that the bearer or the IP flow is designated for the IPsec feature. In yet other embodiments, an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) is used to establish a security association for a serving gateway associated with the communication flow. The extension is provided at an IP flow level or at a bearer level such that network traffic is designated for the IPsec feature.
US09215583B2	Voice-controlled wireless communications system and method A wireless communication system has a central computer, one or more wireless access points and one or more personal badges that communicate wirelessly with the one or more wireless access points. The badges provide the user with a communications device that permits the user to initiate telephone calls and conferences, receive telephone calls, receive pages and be located within a particular environment.
US09215581B2	Distance-based presence management Various operations may be performed based on a distance-related function associated with two or more devices. For example, an association procedure for two or more devices may be based on one or more determined distances. Similarly, presence management may be based on one or more determined distances. A distance-related function may take various form including, for example, a distance between devices, two or more distances between devices, a rate of change in a relative distance between devices, relative acceleration between devices, or some combination of two or more of the these distance-related functions.
US09215579B2	Alarm signal conversion for transmission over packet-based networks A computing device is configured to receive an analog alarm signal from an alarm receiving device; convert the analog alarm signal into a packet-based message having information equivalent information as the analog alarm signal; and provide the packet-based message to a server device associated with an alarm monitoring station. The packet-based message may contain information that is used to identify the alarm signal or used to respond to the alarm signal.
US09215576B2	Communication system, femto base station, call session control server, home subscriber server, communication method, and program A communication system of the present invention is a communication system connected to a public communication network including emergency organization communication apparatus (14), the communication system includes femto base station (2) wirelessly connected to wireless terminal (1), wherein femto base station (2) includes a first communication controller that attaches first location information, which is information for identifying a location of femto base station (2) or for identifying a location of an assembly of a plurality of base stations including femto base station (2), to a SIP message in order to notify the first location information to emergency organization communication apparatus (14) when there is a call from wireless terminal (1), and transmits the SIP message to another apparatus.
US09215575B2	Encoding and distribution of game play through compact message encoding and graphical rendering A game play encoding and delivery method and means are provided, having encoding elements which create simple messages to represent movements and features of a sports game or other competition. Streams of such game activity messages are delivered to viewers who watch the game action as rendered into a simple graphical presentations. The system is particularly useful for overcoming the lack of availability of sports event viewing in certain non-traditional viewing situations or in situations where viewer attention is divided.
US09215574B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling short messages in code division multiple access single-mode dual-standby terminal A method for dispatching short messages in a Code Division Multiplex Access (CDMA) single-mode dual-standby terminal is disclosed in the present disclosure. The method comprises the following steps: the CDMA single-mode dual-standby terminal processes the short message service of an activated user and defers a processing on the received voice calling service and/or data service required by the activated user when processing the short message service, and then defers a processing on the received short message service, voice calling service and data service required by an inactivated user. An apparatus for dispatching short messages in a Code Division Multiplex Access (CDMA) single-mode dual-standby terminal is also disclosed. The method and apparatus of the present disclosure realize a reasonable short message service management and dispatching for a CDMA single-mode dual-standby terminal.
US09215569B2	Broadcast media content to subscriber group A system includes a network device receives a request for media content from a plurality of user devices and transmits the media content in accordance with at least one of a unicast mode and a broadcast mode. A content monitoring device counts a number of requests for the media content received at the network device and selects the mode of the network device based on the number of requests received. A method includes receiving a request for media content from a plurality of user devices, counting a number of requests for media content received at the network device, selecting at least one of a unicast mode and a broadcast mode of the network device based on the number of requests received at the network device, and transmitting the media content in accordance with the selected mode.
US09215567B2	Local area broadcasting service system and method, and wireless transmission device applied therein Provided is a system and method for a local area broadcast service, and a wireless transmission apparatus applied to them. In the system, contents to be broadcasted in a predetermined local area are transmitted from a broadcast server to a wireless transmission apparatus through a wired network based on an Internet Protocol and the contents are then broadcasted from the wireless transmission apparatus to one or more user terminal devices. Therefore, according to the present invention, a server of a wired network can easily provide particular contents for each particular local area to one or more user terminal devices in the local area. Moreover, it is possible to reduce the load of the server, when the server provides multiple types of contents or provides contents to a plurality of user terminal devices.
US09215566B2	Real time travel director A method for navigating through a predefined space is described herein. The method includes receiving, by a remote unit, a signal indicative of a selection of at least one destination category, wherein the selected destination category is associated with a plurality of destination locations. A position of each of the plurality of destination locations is determined within the predefined space. A final destination location is determined within the predefined space, an origination location of the remote unit is determined, and a first route is determined from the origination location to the final destination. The first route including each destination location included in the selected destination category.
US09215565B2	Method, system, and computer program product for providing location based services Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing location based services are provided. Embodiments may include storing locations for a plurality of users of a telecommunication environment and contact lists of associated users for the plurality of users. Embodiments may also include providing the locations of the associated users for a first user based on a request from the first user. The request may further include providing locations for associated users who are located within an area of interest. The area of interest may be defined by a particular distance from the first user or by a point of interest of the first user. The locations of the users may be determined based on the locations of communication devices of the users including an identified receiving communication device for each user.
US09215551B2	Resource management in machine to machine networks The disclosure is related to managing resources in an M2M network. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to performing a resource management by using a substitute resource in place of a failure resource in an M2M network. More specifically, in the case that a failure occurs in a specific resource associated with a request message, the present embodiment may select a substitute resource using a correlation between resources, and transfer the request message to the selected substitute resource. Herein, the resource management may be performed by a virtual service capability layer (SCL).
US09215548B2	Methods and systems for rating privacy risk of applications for smart phones and other mobile platforms Methods and systems for evaluating and rating privacy risks posed by applications intended for deployment on mobile platforms. Validating the “intent” of a mobile platform application vis-à-vis its impact on user privacy, as viewed from an end-user's perspective allows those end-users to make better-informed decisions concerning the downloading, installation and/or operation of mobile platform applications. In making such assessments user preferences can be taken into account. Privacy scores are provided through sales channels for the applications, thereby affording potential users the opportunity to assess whether they wish to incur the associated privacy risk, before purchasing a subject application.
US09215547B2	Multi IMSI system and method A multi-IMSI SIM 2 includes a CPU 9 and code 8 arranged to select one of the IMSIs and a network for data communication. The selection may in particular be on the basis of network signal strength, reliability, and/or cost.
US09215546B2	Point-to-multipoint microwave communication A microwave communication system may include subscriber stations in communication with a base station. The stations may include time duplex circuitry normally found in wireless local area networks (WLANs). Signals normally routed through antennas associated with such circuitry instead are routed through circuitry to perform frequency conversion to and from microwave communications frequencies, for communications over microwave links between the subscriber stations and the base station. In some embodiments the wireless circuitry is configured for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) operation with one antenna port dedicated for transmission of data and one antenna port dedicated to reception of data.
US09215544B2	Optimization of binaural sound spatialization based on multichannel encoding The invention concerns sound spatialization with multichannel encoding for binaural reproduction on two loudspeakers, the spatial encoding being defined by encoding functions associated with multiple encoding channels and the decoding by applying filters for binaural reproduction. The invention provides for an optimization as follows: a) obtaining a original set of acoustic transfer functions particular to an individual's morphology (HRIR;HRTF), b) selecting spatial encoding functions (g(θ,φ,n)) and/or decoding filters (F(t,n)), and c) through successive iterations, optimizing the filters associated with the selected encoding functions or the encoding functions associated with the selected filters, or jointly the selected filters and encoding functions, by minimizing an error (c(HRIR,HRIR)) calculated based on a comparison between: the original set of transfer functions (HRIR), and a set of reconstructed transfer functions (HRIR) from encoding functions and decoding filters, whether optimized and/or selected.
US09215543B2	Microphone mute/unmute notification A processing system can include a processor that includes circuitry. The circuitry can be configured to: receive far-end and near-end audio signals; detect silence events and voice activities from the audio signals; determine whether an audio event in the audio signals is an interference event or a speaker event based on the detected silence events and voice activities, and further based on localized acoustic source data and faces or motion detected from an image; and generate a mute or unmute indication based on whether the audio event is the interference event or the speaker event. The system can include a near-end microphone array to output the near-end audio signals, one or more far-end microphones to output the far-end audio signals, and one or more cameras to capture the image of the environment.
US09215541B2	Apparatus for detecting type of audio interface An apparatus for detecting a type of an audio interface is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: an audio interface, comprising a pin 3 and a pin 4, in which one of the pin 3 and the pin 4 is configured as a MIC pin of the audio interface, and the other one is configured as a ground pin; a first level comparison module configured to output a signal Sg1, when a level V3 of the pin 3 is greater than a sum of a level V4 of the pin 4 and a predetermined threshold Vg1, otherwise to output a signal Sg1′; a second level comparison module configured to output a signal Sg2, when the level V4 of the pin 4 is greater than a sum of the level V3 of the pin 3 and a predetermined threshold Vg2, otherwise to output a signal Sg2′.
US09215539B2	Sound data identification Sound data identification techniques are described. In one or more implementations, common sound data and uncommon sound data are identified from a plurality of sound data from a plurality of recordings of an audio source using a collaborative technique. The identification may include recognition of spectral and temporal aspects of the plurality of the sound data from the plurality of the recordings and sharing of the recognized spectral and temporal aspects to identify the common sound data as common to the plurality of recordings and the uncommon sound data as not common to the plurality of recordings.
US09215537B2	Hearing aid and method of implanting a hearing aid A hearing aid including a permanent magnet to be fixed at a patient's incus (26), an audio signal source (14), an audio signal processing unit (16) for processing audio signals from the audio signal source, a driver unit (18) including a coil (22) for generating a magnetic field (25) that vibrates the permanent magnet according to the processed audio signals in order to stimulate the patient's hearing, and a measurement arrangement (56, 58, 60) for measuring the magnetic coupling between the coil and the permanent magnet in order to adjust the position of the coil or the input signals to the coil provided by the driver unit.
US09215536B2	Earphone device having integrated antenna An earphone device having an integrated antenna, comprising a coaxial cable, a receiver and a signal processing module. The coaxial cable includes a first end and a second end. The receiver includes an antenna module and a speaker module, where the antenna module and the speaker module are in connection and are electrically connected to the first end of the coaxial cable. The signal processing module includes a baseband unit and a radio frequency unit, where the baseband unit and the radio frequency unit are in connection and are electrically connected to the second end of the coaxial cable. Thus, the earphone device having an integrated antenna of the instant disclosure can reduce the surface area of the main board effectively to enhance the efficiency of the antenna.
US09215534B2	Switching stuctures for hearing aid An apparatus is provided that includes an input system, an output system, and a sensor for sensing magnetic fields. In one example, a signal processing circuit electrically connects the input system to the output system, and a magnetic sensor adapted to inhibit the acoustic input and function as a magnetic input in the presence of a magnetic field. In one example, the magnetic sensor includes a giant magneto resistive (GMR) sensor. In another example, the magnetic sensor includes an anisotropic magneto resistive (AMR) sensor. The magnetic field can be generated by, among other things, a magnet in a telephone handset. The hearing aid further is programmed based on time-varying characteristics of the magnetic field. Wireless activation or deactivation of the hearing aid is also described. Other examples and options are provided herein.
US09215531B2	Acoustic generator, acoustic generating device, and electronic device An acoustic generator according to an embodiment is provided with a vibration body, an exciter (piezoelectric vibration element), and a coating portion. The exciter is joined onto the vibration body through a joining portion. The coating portion is provided from the exciter to the vibration body. Furthermore, at least a part of an outer periphery of the joining portion is positioned inside of an outer periphery of the exciter, and a part of the coating portion is interposed between the vibration body and the exciter.
US09215529B2	Multi-mode audio device interfacing A headset having a connector compliant with a specification for a first digital serial bus incorporates a separator circuit that monitors the voltage level of one conductor of that connector to distinguish between a first digital interfacing mode in which the conductors of that connector are operated in a manner supporting the first digital serial bus and a second digital interfacing mode in which the conductors of that connector are operated in a manner in supporting a second digital serial bus, and further, the monitoring of the voltage level of the one conductor may also be employed to distinguish between both the first and second digital interfacing mode and either a third digital interfacing mode or an analog interfacing mode.
US09215528B2	Flat panel electronic device and audio playing apparatus thereof A flat panel electronic device and an audio playing apparatus thereof are provided. The audio playing apparatus comprises an audio generator, a plurality of speakers, a sensor and a controller. The audio generator is operable to generate a left channel audio and a right channel audio. The plurality of speakers are configured such that at least one pair of speakers is symmetrically disposed at a left side and a right side of the flat panel electronic device no matter how the flat panel electronic device is placed. The sensor is operable to detect a placed state of the flat panel electronic device in the installed state. The controller is operable to receive a detecting signal from the sensor so as to control the at least one pair of speakers to play the left channel audio and the right channel audio correspondingly according to the placed state of the flat panel electronic device.
US09215527B1	Multi-band integrated speech separating microphone array processor with adaptive beamforming A speech separating digital signal processing system and algorithms for implementing speech separation combine beam-forming with residual noise suppression, such as computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) using a beam-former that has a primary lobe steered toward the source of speech by a control value generated from an adaptive filter. An estimator estimates the ambient noise and provides an input to the residual noise suppressor, and a post-filter may be used to noise-reduce the output of the estimator using a time-varying filter that compares two or more outputs of the beam-former with a quasi-stationary model of the speech and ambient noise.
US09215523B2	Audio output device A portable terminal device (100) includes a plurality of operation units (for example, a plurality of operation keys (11)) that are operated by a user; a detection unit that detects which operation unit of the plurality of operation units is operated; and a directional speaker (for example, a parametric speaker (30)). The portable terminal device (100) further includes an audio control unit that controls the directional speaker so that an audio image is formed at a position corresponding to the position of the operation unit operated by the user among the plurality of operation units.
US09215522B2	Earphones A headphone includes an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface that moves along a first axis, a housing enclosing the acoustic transducer, a first acoustic chamber defined by a first side of the acoustic transducer and a first portion of the housing, the first acoustic chamber including a first reactive port in a serial configuration with an acoustic resistance to couple the first acoustic chamber with space outside the headphone, a second acoustic chamber defined by a second side of the acoustic transducer and a second portion of the housing, the second acoustic chamber separated from the first acoustic chamber by the acoustic transducer, and an opening coupling the second acoustic chamber to the wearer's ear canal along a second axis that is not parallel to the first axis.
US09215519B2	Reduced footprint microphone system with spacer member having through-hole A microphone system has a chip system coupled to a base. Among other things, the chip system includes a microphone chip and a circuit chip, in a stacked relationship, configured to electrically communicate. The microphone chip has a diaphragm configured to move upon receipt of an incident audio signal, while the circuit chip has at least one through hole audibly coupled with the diaphragm of the microphone chip.
US09215518B2	Electronic device having microphone device An electronic device having a microphone device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one case frame which forms the external appearance of the electronic device, at least one microphone device which is disposed in the at least one case frame, and at least one microphone hole which is formed in a position corresponding to the at least one microphone device of the at least one case frame, and is disposed in a region which is not visually exposed in the at least one case frame.
US09215517B2	Switching Clos network universal element A switching Clos network universal element that can dynamically change its role is disclosed. The universal element contains a matrix of VCSELs and a matrix of photodiodes on top of an electro-optical chip. The matrix of VCSELs sends data via a first set of optical links, and the matrix of photodiodes receives data a second set of optical links. The universal element also receives and sends data through electronic links. The universal element can function as an expander, aggregator or transitive switch in a folded Clos network. As an expander or an aggregator, the universal element uses its optical links as ingress links and its electronic links as egress links. Using this universal element, a network can be constructed without separate switching elements. Multiple universal elements can be positioned on a PCB, and the multiple universal elements can function as one switch.
US09215514B1	System and method for media content collaboration throughout a media production process A method for delivering media content in full motion video to users via a network in a collaborative media production process is disclosed. The method includes: receiving encoded, production digital media files and an AV log file on a data center server, wherein the AV log file contains meta-data captured on a production set, including SMPTE time codes; reading the meta-data from the AV log file; associating the meta-data with the production digital media files; downloading or streaming the production digital media files to a collaborative display interface via the network; and enabling viewing and collaborative interaction with the production digital media files by a user using the collaborative display interface, wherein the collaborative interaction includes interacting with other users during post-production by notating comments that includes inserting a link to a specific digital media file and an actual media clip frame using a production time code.
US09215512B2	Implementation of media content alteration A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiments may include a record of primary authorization rights applicable to a possible content alteration. A further embodiment feature may include a record of secondary authorization rights applicable to substitute altered content incorporated in a derivative version. Various techniques may be used to incorporate substitute altered content in a derivative version of the media work in accordance with applicable substitution guidelines.
US09215511B2	Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting at least one of a start and a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a start or a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting an instruction configured to trigger a start or a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a start time or a stop time based on a clock reference, detecting an advertisement break proximate in time to the start time or the stop time, and adjusting the start or the stop of the recording based on the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09215509B2	Multimedia processing resource with interactive voice response A multimedia processing resource (MPR) includes interactive voice response capabilities. A user may control MPR commands and functions over a telephone interface. For example, through a telephone connection a user may receive a listing of electronic programming guide data, may schedule a multimedia program for recording, or may receive a report related to a multimedia program that is viewed at the present time.
US09215494B2	Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) receiver for processing a DTV signal, the DTV receiver includes a receiver to receive a digital television signal including a plurality of extended text table (ETT) instances that appear in transport stream packets with common PID values, the ETT instances having common table ID values, each ETT instance comprising a section header and a message body, the section header containing a table identification (ID) extension field that serves to establish uniqueness of each ETT instance, the message body containing an extended text message (ETM) which provides detailed descriptions of a virtual channel or an event associated with each ETT instance, wherein the section header further contains a current next indicator field, wherein the ETT instance further contains a CRC 32 field, a demodulator to demodulate the digital television signal and an identifier to identify at least one pertinent ETT instance from the plurality of ETT instances.
US09215493B2	Non-real-time broadcast service processing system and processing method thereof The present invention relates to a non-real-time broadcast service processing system and a processing method thereof. According to the present invention, the method for processing a non-real-time (NRT) service in a broadcast receiver enables the NRT service to be processed with the following steps: receiving a broadcast service and signaling information; identifying whether the broadcast service is the NRT service on the basis of the signaling information; and identifying whether the identified NRT service includes a 3D service or a 3D content.
US09215491B1	Methods, systems, and media for controlling a bi-directional HDMI port In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, a method for controlling a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port is provided, the method comprising: generating a first voltage at a first pin of the HDMI port; detecting a second voltage at the first pin of the HDMI port; detecting a third voltage at a second pin of the HDMI port; comparing the second voltage to the first voltage; comparing the second voltage to the third voltage; determining based on the comparison of the second voltage to the third voltage that the HDMI port of the device is connected to an HDMI source; causing the HDMI port to act as an HDMI sink; determining based on the comparison of the second voltage to the first voltage that the HDMI port of the device is connected to an HDMI sink; and causing the HDMI port to act as an HDMI source.
US09215484B2	Method and apparatus for content channels An apparatus and method for creating channels dedicated to a particular type of content. The method includes acquiring seed content and using the seed content in the creation or updating of a content list. Additional content for the channel is acquired based on the common features of the content list.
US09215482B2	Method and apparatus for retrieving I frame A method and apparatus for retrieving an I frame are disclosed in the present invention, wherein, the method includes: analyzing transport stream packets in a transport stream one by one, and if it is determined that the current transport stream packet is a video packet and includes a Packet Elementary Stream (PES) header, then making a determination according to data after the PES header in the current transport stream packet to locate initial and/or end locations of the I frame. In the present invention, without parsing syntax elements in H.264, such as a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS), a Picture Parameter Set (PPS), a slice etc., the location of the I frame can be positioned by simply comparing various Transport stream (TS) packets in the TS stream and making a determination.
US09215481B2	Method and apparatus for redirecting an IPTV device A system and method for receiving user authentication information from a secondary device and sending a list of IPTV devices associated with the user authentication information to the secondary device. IPTV device selection is received from the secondary device and device identification information corresponding to a selected IPTV device is sent to the secondary device. A content selection from an asset list is received at a server and post execution instructions for the selected IPTV device are generated. Next asset information is sent to the selected IPTV device. The asset information includes content associated with the content selection and the post execution instructions. The post execution instructions determine further IPTV device functionality.
US09215480B2	Terminal cooperation system, receiver, and receiving method A receiver includes: a broadcast reception unit configured to receive a broadcast signal; a keyword acquisition unit configured to acquire a search keyword based on metadata included in the broadcast signal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the search keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition unit to a terminal device.
US09215474B2	Block-based motion estimation method A motion estimation method for determining a resultant motion vector. The motion estimation method includes: performing a first searching operation starting from an initial motion vector to determine an intermediate motion vector, wherein the first searching operation is performed according to a first searching principle; and performing a second searching operation starting from the intermediate motion vector, to determine the resultant motion vector, wherein the second searching operation is performed according to a second searching principle. The first searching operation is a rough search, while the second searching operation is a fine search.
US09215472B2	Parallel hardware and software block processing pipelines A block processing pipeline that includes a software pipeline and a hardware pipeline that run in parallel. The software pipeline runs at least one block ahead of the hardware pipeline. The stages of the pipeline may each include a hardware pipeline component that performs one or more operations on a current block at the stage. At least one stage of the pipeline may also include a software pipeline component that determines a configuration for the hardware component at the stage of the pipeline for processing a next block while the hardware component is processing the current block. The software pipeline component may determine the configuration according to information related to the next block obtained from an upstream stage of the pipeline. The software pipeline component may also obtain and use information related to a block that was previously processed at the stage.
US09215471B2	Bitstream manipulation and verification of encoded digital media data Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for manipulating bitstreams of digital media data compressed according to a compression standard. Also disclosed are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for evaluating compliance of an encoded bitstream of digital media data with a compression standard. In one exemplary embodiment, a conforming bitstream of compressed digital media data is input. One or more of the parameters in the bitstream are selectively altered into parameters that do not conform to the video compression standard. The selective alteration can be performed such that parameters that would make the bitstream non-decodable if altered are bypassed and left unaltered. A non-conforming bitstream that includes the one or more selectively altered parameters is output.
US09215467B2	Analytics-modulated coding of surveillance video A method and apparatus for encoding surveillance video where one or more regions of interest are identified and the encoding parameter values associated with those regions are specified in accordance with intermediate outputs of a video analytics process. Such an analytics-modulated video compression approach allows the coding process to adapt dynamically based on the content of the surveillance images. In this manner, the fidelity of the region of interest is increased relative to that of a background region such that the coding efficiency is improved, including instances when no target objects appear in the scene. Better compression results can be achieved by assigning different coding priority levels to different types of detected objects.
US09215466B2	Joint frame rate and resolution adaptation A video coder employs techniques for applying frame rate adaptation and variable resolution adaptation in response to environmental coding factors present at the coding terminal. According to such techniques, a coder may estimate a coding quality level to be applied based on the environmental coding factors. The coder may retrieve from a controller table, settings for resolution and frame rate based on the estimated quality level. Optionally, the coder further may retrieve settings identifying a range of quantization parameters that may be used during coding. Prior to coding, the coder may configure input video data to match the resolution and frame rate settings retrieved from the controller table. Thereafter, the coder may code the reconfigured input video data by motion-compensation prediction constrained, as applicable, by the retrieved quantization parameter range.
US09215464B2	Coding position data for the last non-zero transform coefficient in a coefficient group Methods and devices for video coding are described. When encoding a non-zero coefficient group (CG) prior to the last such group in a group scan ordering within a transform block, data representative of the true (x,y)-position of the last non-zero transform coefficient in a scan ordering within that CG is modified, to improve coding efficiency, based upon at least one of (a) an intra-prediction mode used to encode the block and (b) at least one coefficient group neighboring that CG. Upon decoding a CG thus encoded, the modification is un-done to retrieve the true (x,y)-position.
US09215462B2	Image encoding/decoding method and device A video decoding apparatus includes an encoding information decoder to reconstruct a skip information indicating whether a block to be decoded in an image is a skip block by decoding a bitstream, and reconstruct either a skip motion information of the block, or an intra or inter prediction information of the block and a transform information of the block by decoding the bitstream, according to the skip information; and a video decoder to either reconstruct the block based on the skip motion information or reconstruct the block based on both the prediction information and a residual signal information reconstructed by decoding the bitstream based on the transform information, wherein the encoding information decoder is configured to reconstruct the transform information which includes partition information related to partitioning the block into subblocks by a tree structure.
US09215461B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image using variable sized macroblocks A video encoding apparatus includes a candidate block type configuration unit for configuring block type candidates for encoding an image by using variable sized macroblocks; a video encoder for encoding an input image for each block type candidate; and a block type determiner for determining a block type based on encoding costs by the block type candidate, and generating a bitstream including image data encoded by the determined block type and information for the determined block type. Determining the block type to match the image characteristics enables combinations of diverse modes such as a large block and macroblock size, a minimum subblock size, available divisional block type, prediction mode type within a macroblock, and so on to achieve more effective encoding and decoding of high resolution images.
US09215458B1	Apparatus and method for encoding at non-uniform intervals A system, apparatus, and method for encoding a plurality of frames in a video stream with temporal scalability. The method includes identifying a non-uniform sequence of time values within a period, determining a frame corresponding to each time value in the non-uniform sequence, within at least one period, and assigning each of the determined frames to one of a plurality of temporal encoding layers.
US09215456B2	Methods and apparatus for using syntax for the coded—block—flag syntax element and the coded—block—pattern syntax element for the CAVLC 4:4:4 intra, high 4:4:4 intra, and high 4:4:4 predictive profiles in MPEG-4 AVC high level coding There are provided methods and apparatus for using syntax for the coded_block_flag syntax element for the CAVLC 4:4:4 Intra, High 4:4:4 Intra, and High 4:4:4 Predictive profiles in MPEG-4 AVC high level coding. An apparatus includes an encoder (100) for encoding image data into a resultant bitstream in accordance with an encoding profile that encodes a sample of the image data such that the sample includes two chrominance arrays and a luminance array. Each of the two chrominance arrays has a same height and a same width as the luminance array. The encoder (100) indicates a presence of at least one 8×8 block in the resultant bitstream using a syntax element.
US09215454B2	Testing system and method for audio/video processing function of audio/video playback apparatus A testing system and a method thereof are provided. The testing system includes an audio/video playback apparatus and a testing apparatus. The audio/video playback apparatus is configured to receive an audio/video signal, and analyze the audio/video signal to generate a signal analysis result and a processed audio/video signal. The processed audio/video signal is configured to be displayed on a screen of the audio/video playback apparatus. The testing apparatus includes a switching module and a determining unit. The switching module controls at least one audio/video transmission interface of the audio/video playback apparatus, so as to select and transmit the corresponding audio/video signal to the audio/video playback apparatus. When the switching module transmits the audio/video signal to the audio/video playback apparatus, the determining unit receives and analyzes the signal analysis result, so as to determine whether the processed audio/video signal is normally processed by the audio/video playback apparatus.
US09215446B2	Method for processing three dimensional (3D) video signal and digital broadcast receiver for performing the method A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the processing method are disclosed. A method for receiving a 3D broadcast signal includes receiving signaling information of at least one stream for a 3 Dimension TeleVision (3DTV) service and a two dimensional (2D) video stream, demultiplexing at least one stream for the 3DTV service and the 2D video stream based on the signaling information, decoding at least one demultiplexed stream for the 3DTV service and the demultiplexed 2D video stream, and outputting a 3D video signal by formatting at least one decoded stream for the 3DTV service and the decoded 2D video stream.
US09215445B2	Block-based interleaving At least one implementation interleaves blocks from a stereo-image pair and enables intra-coding of the interleaved image using corresponding blocks as references. One particular implementation accesses a first image that includes multiple blocks, one of which is a first-image block. A second image is accessed that includes multiple blocks, one of which is a second-image block that has overlapping content with the first-image block. The multiple blocks of the first and second images are interleaved on a block basis to form an interleaved image. At least a portion of the interleaved image is encoded by encoding the first-image block using the second-image block as a reference. Another implementation provides the encoded portion in signal. Yet another implementation accesses the encoded image and decodes the portion by using the second-image block as a reference.
US09215443B2	Method for changing play mode, method for changing display mode, and display apparatus and 3D image providing system using the same A play mode changing method, a display mode changing method, and a display apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) image providing system using the same are provided. The method for changing a play mode includes: receiving state information regarding shutter glasses from the shutter glasses; and based on the received state information, performing one of changing the play mode and displaying a message for changing the play mode.
US09215442B2	Devices and methods for 3-D image processing A 3-D image processing device for processing a 3-D image data, wherein the 3-D image data has a base frame and a dependent frame, including: an image detection unit, detecting the 3-D image data to obtain the base frame and the dependent frame; an image compensation unit, generating a compensation dependent frame by performing image compensation for the dependent frame based on the base frame; and a display device, displaying a 3-D compensation image data according to the base frame and the compensation dependent frame, wherein the base frame and the dependent frame constitute a visual 3-D image, and the base frame has more image details than the dependent frame.
US09215436B2	Insertion of 3D objects in a stereoscopic image at relative depth Techniques for rendering at least one object into a stereoscopic image for a display device are provided. Perceptual depth data as a fraction of viewer distance for the object is received. This perceptual depth data can be normalized. A pixel separation offset for a particular display device is calculated from the perceptual depth data. Left and right eye images of the object are respectively inserted into the stereoscopic image with the pixel separation offset. For a specific embodiment, the object includes captioning to be inserted.
US09215435B2	Method for embedding subtitles and/or graphic overlays in a 3D or multi-view video data A method for embedding subtitles and/or graphic overlays in a 3D or multi-view video application is described. The subtitles and/or graphic overlays are provided separately for each view of the 3D or multi-view video application. The views with the subtitles and/or graphic overlays are then processed to form a subtitled and/or graphic overlaid 3D or multi-view video application.
US09215433B2	Systems and methods for digital photography A system, method and computer program product for generating an image set for a photographic scene. The method comprises sampling evaluation images comprising an ambient evaluation image and a strobe evaluation image, enumerating exposure requirements for each image comprising the image set, selecting exposure coordinates for each image comprising the image set based on a corresponding exposure requirement and a corresponding evaluation image, generating camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set based on corresponding selected exposure coordinates, storing camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set, sampling each image comprising the image set based on corresponding camera subsystem exposure parameters, and storing each sampled image comprising the image set. Techniques disclosed herein advantageously reduce inter-frame time for images sampled sequentially, and in particular image sets that include both ambient and strobe images.
US09215430B2	Image sensor with pixels having increased optical crosstalk An image sensor includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first light sensitive element, a first light filter, and a first microlens. The second pixel is disposed adjacent to the first pixel and includes a second light sensitive element, a second light filter, and a second microlens. The first pixel is configured to direct at least some of the light received at the first microlens to the second light sensitive element of the second pixel to increase optical crosstalk so as to reduce color aliasing.
US09215427B2	Attached matter detector and in-vehicle device controller using the same An attached matter detector includes a light source; an imager receiving transmitted light from a predetermined imaging region on a light-receiving region for an imaging region and imaging an image of the imaging region, and receiving reflected light on a light-receiving region for attached matter detection when light from the light source is reflected by attached matter and imaging an image of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an attached matter image region calculating a parameter of an image for an attached matter image region as information of an image region of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an imaging region calculating a parameter of an image for an imaging region as information of the imaging region; and an output device of an attached matter state signal outputting a signal showing a state of the attached matter based on the calculated parameters.
US09215426B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus and an imaging method includes an imaging unit to collect light input through a lens and sensing an image, a storage unit to store an acquisition condition and the sensed image, a control unit to designate a plurality of objects in the stored image, to analyze respective motion of the plurality of objects, and to predict a moment of acquisition at which the motion corresponds to the acquisition condition, and a shutter control unit to control the imaging unit to perform imaging at the predicted moment of acquisition.
US09215422B2	Video processing system with conditional access module and methods for use therewith A video processing system includes a video device that generates a request corresponding to video content. A conditional access module generates a video signal for transmission to the video device during a first time period, and terminates transmission of the video signal when the request is not authenticated during the first time period. In a further embodiment, the conditional access module generates a video signal for unscrambled transmission to the video device during a first time period, terminates the unscrambled transmission of the video signal at the expiration of the first time period, and continues with scrambled transmission of the video signal after the first time period.
US09215421B2	Open cable application platform (OCAP) and set-top box (STB)-based bill notification and payment application One exemplary aspect is advanced multimedia communications via OCAP using customer specific profiles resident in the STB for bill management. Aspects of the invention also relate to managing payment preferences, auto payment of bills or invoices, managing bill notification preferences, triggering a notification to be sent to one or more of an associated device and the STB upon receipt of a bill, analyzing an incoming bill with an intelligent agent and optionally initiating a communication to the vendor associated with a bill based on the analysis, acquiring additional information about the bill including an image of the bill and/or additional details, and forwarding invoice information to a destination associated with the STB.
US09215415B2	Communication server, communication system, and communication method A communication server includes a checking unit that checks a terminal management table, a determination unit that determines whether group identification information of a first terminal of a plurality of terminals participating in a videoconference is a same as group identification of a second terminal of the plurality of terminals based on group identification data from the terminal management table, an updating unit that updates a shared location table including shared location information indicating a location of a shared memory area shared by the same group when the group identification information of each of the first and second terminals is determined as being the same, a memory access information creation unit that creates memory access information for accessing the shared memory area, and a notification unit that sends a notification of the shared location information and the memory access information to the same group.
US09215413B2	Split frame multistream encode Presented herein are techniques for creating video for participants in a video conference. A designated primary video stream is decoded and the resulting video composed in accordance with a primary sub-picture portion of a frame. Other video streams are designated as secondary video streams output by secondary entities, and are decoded and composed in accordance with a secondary sub-picture portion of the frame structured for the secondary entities. The composed primary video stream is encoded for display at each secondary entity, to obtain encoded slices of a primary video stream. The composed secondary video stream is encoded for display at one of the secondary entities, to obtain encoded slices of a secondary video stream. The encoded primary and secondary video streams are combined at the encoded slice level into a single video stream for transmission to, and decode and display at, the one of the secondary entities.
US09215409B2	Systems and related methods for controlling audio communications between a relay service and an audio endpoint Communication systems and methods for controlling audio communications between a relay service and an audio endpoint with a video endpoint are disclosed. A communication system comprises a relay service configured to engage in video communications with a video endpoint and audio communications with an audio endpoint. The relay service comprises a control circuit configured to receive call control signals from the video endpoint, and automatically control communications between the relay service and the audio endpoint responsive to the call control signals. A communication system includes a video endpoint comprising a user interface configured to transmit call commands to the relay service responsive to user inputs. The call commands are directed to automatically triggering controls at the relay service over audio communications between the relay service and the audio endpoint. A method includes entering video communication with and receiving call commands from a video endpoint, and automatically executing the call commands.
US09215408B2	Method and apparatus maintaining eye contact in video delivery systems using view morphing A view morphing algorithm is applied to synchronous collections of video images from at least two video imaging devices, and interpolating between the images, creates a composite image view of the local participant. This composite image approximates what might be seen from a point between the video imaging devices, presenting the image to other video session participants.
US09215407B2	Hands-free video telephony The invention provides systems and devices that enable hands-free videotelephony. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09215405B2	Modification of images based on orientation An image sensor can have a first orientation. If the first orientation differs from a second orientation, values can be read from the image sensor in a manner so as to generate image data having the second orientation.
US09215404B2	Apparatus and method for receiving two modes of broadcasts using one tuner in set-top-box An apparatus and a method for receiving two broadcast modes using one tuner in a Set-Top-Box (STB) are provided. The integrated tuner unit receives a broadcast signal of at least one of a DSG scheme and an OOB scheme to tune a desired broadcast band, and converts the broadcast signal into at least one Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal. The switching unit switches the at least one IF signal to at least one of the DSG demodulator and the OOB demodulator. The DSG demodulator demodulates the at least one IF signal according to the DSG scheme, when the broadcast signal of the DSG scheme is received. The OOB demodulator demodulates the at least one IF signal according to the OOB scheme, when the broadcast signal of the OOB scheme is received.
US09215403B2	Methods and apparatuses for upscaling video In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect content that represents original image information; detect a direction of the content wherein the direction corresponds to a portion of the original image information; compare a variation between adjacent pixels that are represented by the original image information; and generate new image information based on the direction of the content and the variation between the adjacent pixels.
US09215401B2	Display device and home network system comprising display device The present invention provides a display device, which comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit configured to provide the liquid crystal panel with a light source; a digital interactive interface for video and audio configured to input/output all signals into/from the display device; a signal conversion module configured to convert the signal input via the digital interactive interface for video and audio into a first signal; a signal processing unit configured to adjust a resolution of the first signal converted by the signal conversion module to a predetermined resolution, convert the first signal whose resolution is adjusted to the predetermined resolution into a second signal for time-sequence control over the liquid crystal panel, and transmit the second signal to the liquid crystal panel; and a power source module configured to supply power to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight unit and the signal processing unit.
US09215397B2	Systems and methods for providing enhanced sports watching media guidance Systems and methods for enhanced sports-related media content access and display are provided. An intelligent tuning module for multi-tuner systems may designate one sporting event as a primary sporting event and another sporting event as a secondary sporting event. A primary tuner may tune the primary event whenever possible and a secondary tuner may tune the secondary event whenever possible. Sporting events may be assigned user profile scores and tuned away from in reverse priority order. An interactive scoreboard may also be displayed with various game status and alert icons. The interactive scoreboard may allow a viewer to quickly tune between high-interest sporting events. Sports-specific features, such as wagering and fantasy league support, are also provided.
US09215396B2	Faster access to television channels In one embodiment, a receiver for an accelerated channel change is provided. The receiver receives a first version of a video stream for a first channel and causes display of video for the first version of the video stream for the channel. A second version of a video stream is received upon a channel change to a second channel, the second version including non-discardable pictures from the first version of the video stream. The receiver displays video for the second version of the video stream for the second channel. When a transition point is reached in the first version of the video stream for the second channel, a first version of a video stream for the second channel can be displayed.
US09215393B2	On-demand creation of reports An intelligent television is provided. One aspect of the intelligent television is the ability to preserve status information across power cycles. Once a report is generated, the intelligent television may then transmit the report to a recipient, such as a server. If any one or more reports are successfully sent, they may then be deleted from a memory, storage device, or other non-volatile memory associated with the intelligent television.
US09215390B2	Solid-state image pickup apparatus, signal processing method for a solid-state image pickup apparatus, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section that has at least one pixel with a photoelectric conversion unit and a charge detection unit. A driving section is configured to read out a signal of the pixel, a first portion of said signal being based on signal charge, a second portion of said signal being based on a reset potential. A signal processing section is configured to read out the first portion of the signal as a reference voltage, with the reference voltage being adjusted to cause the first and second portions of the signal to be within an input voltage range.
US09215388B2	Solid-state imaging element and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging element includes: manufacturing an element chip in which photoelectric conversion units are arranged on a main surface side; preparing a base configured using a material with an expansion coefficient greater than the element chip and having an opening of which the periphery of the opening is shaped as a flat surface; expanding the base by heating, mounting the element chip on the flat surface of the base in a state where the opening of the base is covered; and three-dimensionally curving a portion corresponding to the opening in the element chip by cooling and contracting the base in a state where the element chip is fixed to the flat surface of the expanded base.
US09215387B2	Imaging sensor, imaging apparatus, electronic device, and imaging method with photoelectric conversion elements having different exposure times There is provided an image sensor including at least three pixel transfer control signal lines, on a per line basis, configured to control exposure start and end timings of a pixel in order for exposure timings of a plurality of the pixels constituting one line in a specific direction to have at least three patterns.
US09215384B2	Method of processing an infrared image, infrared image capturing system and computer readable medium A system and method for processing an infrared image. The infrared image is processed to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image. The background portion and/or the detail portion is scaled to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion. The background portion and the detail portion are merged after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image. The processed infrared image is stored.
US09215383B2	System for enhancing video from a mobile camera An automated system is configured to enhance live video in real time by adding virtual graphics to imagery obtained from a moving camera, where the added virtual graphics can represent real yet not visible attributes such as wind speed and direction and non-real attributes such as lines indicative of racing advantages. The displayed positions of the virtual graphics are dependent on sensor measurements of the locations and/or attitudes in a real world 3D coordinate system of objects and of the movable camera The displayed positions of the virtual graphics are functions of corresponding locations in the real world 3D coordinate system.
US09215382B1	Apparatus and method for data fusion and visualization of video and LADAR data Data fusion and visualization of video and LADAR data includes using a fusion matrix to electronically transform each point of a LADAR point cloud from Cartesian coordinates into a homogeneous fusion coordinate system (FCS). The FCS has projective geometry dimensions of row, column, and depth. A control camera is provided for user input to generate a control matrix. A fusion point cloud is generated by electronically fusing each transformed point. The pixel color is found in the video frame at the row and column indicated from the transform of each point of the LADAR point cloud. The control camera is used to control a view of the fusion point cloud by removing non-visible points found at depths deeper than a point having the smallest depth for each row and column. The visible points are rendered on the fusion point cloud to generate a control frame.
US09215378B2	Device, method, and recording medium for setting a readout method based on a zoom setting and identified threshold value An imaging device (100) is provided with: an imager (1) that includes an imaging element with multiple pixels arranged two-dimensionally, and that outputs an image signal in accordance with setting of either a pixel addition readout method or a cutout readout method; a signal processor (2) that processes the image signal from the imager (1); an operator (3) that inputs operation information; a lightness detector (4) that detects a subject lightness; and a controller (5). The controller (5) includes a zoom setter (51) that sets a zoom magnification for a subject based on a zoom signal that is input by the operator (3), and a readout-method switching controller (52) that switches between the pixel addition readout method and the cutout readout method according to the zoom magnification set by the zoom setter (51) and the lightness detected by the lightness detector (4).
US09215376B2	Capturing device, capturing system and capturing method A capturing device includes an image sensor that generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion for light from a subject, a control unit that generates a setting value for setting a range where an image resulting from the image signal is cut, based on a first instruction input from a user, a setting value storage unit that stores the setting value generated by the control unit, an image conversion unit that reads the setting value from the setting value storage unit, and cuts a specific region specified by the setting value from the image and enlarges the cut region, when there is a second instruction input from the user, and an output unit that converts a signal of the image cut and enlarged by the image conversion unit into an image signal of a predetermined format and outputs the converted image signal.
US09215375B2	Photographing apparatus, image display apparatus, and display control method of image display apparatus A photographing apparatus includes an image pickup section configured by a photographing optical system for aiming at a target, and an image pickup device, a display section for receiving an image signal outputted from the image pickup section, and for displaying an image, a display control section for controlling display on the display section, a main object setting section for setting the target based on the image signal outputted from the image pickup section, and a zoom control section for performing zooming with respect to the target, wherein auxiliary displaying for clearly indicating a position of the target set by the main object setting section is performed, being superimposed on the image displayed on the display section.
US09215371B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor; an image obtainer that obtains a plurality of images from the image sensor; a posture detector that obtains posture information of the imaging apparatus; a posture information accumulating buffer that accumulates the posture information obtained by the posture detector; and a power saving mode setter that activates and deactivates a power saving mode in which power consumption is suppressed, wherein the power saving mode setter determines to activate and deactivate the power saving mode based on the accumulated posture information in the posture information accumulating buffer.
US09215368B2	Virtual decals for precision alignment and stabilization of motion graphics on mobile video The virtual decals for precision alignment of motion graphics of the present invention provides a method by which a person using a mobile video capturing device may apply a special effect or motion graphic to the video being captured using a virtual decal present on the screen of the mobile device, providing a reference to the user allowing the user to compensate for camera movement and properly frame the video to which the motion graphic will be applied using post-processing. The present invention further provides a method for measuring the optic flow of a given video scene and applying that data in a predictive manner so as to stabilize a motion graphic against the scene. Post processing places such a motion graphic within the processed video in such a way that it appears to be part of the original scene.
US09215367B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system and image pickup method The present invention is an image pickup apparatus including: an image processing section configured to be capable of outputting a cut-off image (cropped image) corresponding to an optical image formed on a specified area of an image pickup device; an image display device; a touch panel provided on the image display device; and a control section; wherein if the touch panel detects a drag operation during a live view display operation being performed on the image display device, the specified area is caused to relatively move with respect to the optical image according to a movement direction and movement distance of the drag operation.
US09215365B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method Based on a face detection result obtained from a detection unit, if a human face has not been detected, an imaging apparatus adjusts the focus state by selecting either a mountain climbing operation or a minute driving operation according to the state of the focus. If a human face has been detected, the imaging apparatus adjusts the focus state only by the minute driving operation. This achieves stable focus tracking on a target object having a low contrast, such as a human face.
US09215358B2	Omni-directional intelligent autotour and situational aware dome surveillance camera system and method A method of operating a video surveillance system includes providing a PTZ camera within a housing. A fisheye lens camera is attached to the housing such that the fisheye lens camera has a panoramic field of view that is unobstructed by the housing. The panoramic field of view is centered on a panning axis of the PTZ camera. The fisheye lens camera is rotated about the panning axis. A first image within the panoramic field of view is captured by using the fisheye lens camera. A location of an object of interest within the captured first image is identified. PTZ commands are transmitted to the PTZ camera such that the PTZ camera is oriented to capture a second image of the object of interest at the identified location. The PTZ commands are compensated for a rotation of the field of view of the fisheye lens camera during the rotation of the fisheye lens camera.
US09215357B2	Depth estimation based on interpolation of inverse focus statistics Embodiments are directed towards performing depth estimation within a digital camera system based on interpolation of inverse focus statistics. After an image is captured, various statistics or focus measure may be calculated using, for example, a high pass filter. Depth is estimated by interpolating the inverse of the statistics for three positions of focus for the image. The inverse of the statistics, St(n), may be 1/St(n), or 1/St2(n), or even 1/StZ(n), where Z≧1. Several approaches to interpolating the inverse values of the statistics to obtain a depth estimate are disclosed, including a general parabolic minimum approach, using a parabolic minimum within a progressive scheme, or within a continuous AF scheme. The depth estimate may then be used for a variety of applications, including automatic focusing, as well as converting 2D images to 3D images.
US09215356B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program to combine a composite image of noise suppressed images generated from images each including a direct current component and at least one noise suppresed image processed from at least one image not including the direct current component The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that increases an effect of noise suppression processing and allows a visually excellent image to be obtained. This image processing apparatus divides an input image into bands to generate a high frequency image that does not include a direct current component. The image processing apparatus further generates reduced images each including the direct current component and having a different resolution from an image including the direct current component, and performs noise suppression processing on the high frequency image and the reduced images. The image processing apparatus then repeats enlargement and combining of the reduced images and adds a composite image and the high frequency image to finally obtain an output image.
US09215354B2	Image processing method and solid-state imaging device having a noise reduction filter According to one embodiment, a noise reduction circuit includes a noise reduction filter for converting a pixel value of a pixel of interest through a calculation that uses the pixel value of the pixel of interest and pixel values of adjacent pixels. The noise reduction filter is set, for the calculation, with a heavier weighting for vertically adjacent pixels than that for horizontally adjacent pixels. The horizontally adjacent pixels are adjacent pixels that are located in parallel with the pixel of interest in a horizontal direction. The vertically adjacent pixels are adjacent pixels that are located in parallel with the pixel of interest in a vertical direction.
US09215349B2	Red-eye removal systems and method for variable data printing (VDP) workflows A VDP workflow system and method are disclosed. The system includes an image memory to store a photograph image. The system also includes a VDP document tool to access the photograph image from the image memory and to generate a VDP document comprising the photograph image. The system further includes a red-eye removal tool to process the VDP document to discover red-eye artifacts and to remove the red-eye artifacts from the photograph image on the VDP document based on a programmable red-eye sensitivity value.
US09215348B2	Method of selecting a workform having redefined attribute information in an image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus for performing the method A method of performing an operation in an image forming apparatus by using a workform which defines one or more workflows indicating one or more operations to be performed with respect to input data includes: receiving identification information of a user of the image forming apparatus; with respect to a workform selected by the user from among one or more workforms pre-existing in the image forming apparatus, determining whether there exists a workform which is redefined corresponding to the received identification information; and if it is determined that there exists the redefined workform, performing an operation according to the workform which is redefined corresponding to the identification information.
US09215344B2	Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming method, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a detecting unit, and a generating unit. The receiving unit receives two pieces of image data to be compared with each other. The detecting unit detects the difference between the two pieces of image data received by the receiving unit. If a drawing element in the image data where the difference is detected by the detecting unit is dense with modified parts to such an extent that it is estimated to be difficult to identify the content of modification in the display of the difference, the generating unit generates difference image data indicating the difference between the two pieces of image data for comparison by adding an auxiliary image to highlight the content of the detected difference.
US09215343B2	Arrangement for reading from and/or writing to flexible sheet media in a curved configuration and method An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means for supporting the sheet the curved configuration across its width, having the first surface inwardly oriented with respect to the curved configuration. Thereafter, moving means moves the flexible sheet material so supported in a direction along a read/write path generally parallel to the sheet material length and transverse to the direction of curvature. A read/write arrangement is provided which is configured for reading and/or writing information across the width of the first surface of the sheet as the sheet is moved along the path in the curved configuration. In one feature, means is provided for rotationally moving the read/write arrangement in a predetermined way in the housing such that the read/write arrangement is in a confronting relationship with the first, inwardly oriented surface and cooperates with the movement provided by the sheet material moving means so as to cause the read/write arrangement to sequentially read information from and/or write information to the inwardly oriented, first surface of the sheet as the read/write arrangement traverses the width of the flexible sheet material while the latter is on the read/write path in the curved configuration. In another feature, a read and/or write operation may be performed on the second, outwardly oriented surface of the sheet material.
US09215342B2	Electronic device capable of apparatus setting according to self-location, storage medium, and apparatus setting method An electronic device includes a resource information storage section, a location detecting section, a resource information retrieval section, and an activation section. The resource information storage section stores local resource information items in an inactive state to be used for apparatus setting in individual regions. The location detecting section detects a self-location of the electronic device. The resource information retrieval section retrieves a local resource information item corresponding to a region of the individual regions that includes the detected self-location from the resource information storage section. The activation section reads out the retrieved local resource information item from the resource information storage section and activates the read local resource information item to an active state.
US09215340B2	Display apparatus, display method, and computer-readable recording medium A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays plural images corresponding to plural image data, respectively, the plural image data being associated with plural pieces of position information which are different from one another; a display position converter that converts the position information associated with each image into display position information that reflects a positional relationship relative to the position information of another image on a display screen of the display unit; and a display controller that causes the display unit to display the plural images based upon the display position information of each image converted by the display position converter.
US09215339B2	Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and image processing apparatus A data processing apparatus includes a hard key, a display, and a display control unit that displays on the display a soft key and an entry field. The display control unit displays a hard key image or a hard key acceptability image in the entry field, when an input with the hard key to the entry field and an input with the soft key to the entry field are both allowed. But the display control unit does not display the hard key image or the hard key acceptability image in the entry field, when the soft key input to the entry field is allowed and the hard key input to the entry field is not allowed.
US09215335B1	Methods for optimizing establishing connections to and facilitating offers of roaming services and devices thereof A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that optimizes establishing connections to and facilitating offers of roaming services, the method includes adding, by a diameter roaming gateway controller device, a domain name of a packet data network gateway in the home network system to an update location answer received in response to an update location request from a home subscriber system in a home network system associated with a roaming mobile computing device. The update location answer is sent, by the diameter roaming gateway controller device, to a mobility management entity in a visited network. Redirect information is added, by the diameter roaming gateway controller device, to a credit control answer received from the policy charging and rules function element in the home network system in response to a credit control request message generated by a packet data network gateway in the home network system. The redirect information provides instruction to route communications from the roaming mobile computing device to a landing server device. An update on a roaming provider for the roaming mobile computing device is received, by the diameter roaming gateway controller device, from the mobility management entity in the visited network which received a selection of the roaming provider from the landing server device.
US09215331B2	Dual layer authentication for electronic payment request in online transactions Increasing the security of online payment requests by introducing a dual-layer authentication system for accessing the funds and/or credit through payment cards is described. An additional check regarding the identity of a card user to be included within a traditional security protocols for these cards, wherein the additional check is based on an authentication channel which is external to the user's card. A device owned by the legitimate card owner certifies that the user of the card at any given instant is the legitimate owner of the card and not someone else. To process this additional information, a connection by means of a proximity based device is established.
US09215328B2	Beamforming apparatus and method based on long-term properties of sources of undesired noise affecting voice quality A beamforming technique for a microphone array is described to attenuate a source of undesired noise that is deemed the most limiting to audio quality in an acoustic environment. Possible sources of undesired noise include echo, background noise (stationary) and other interference signals (non-stationary). The beamforming technique is updated based on long-term evaluations. Once an evaluation occurs and a decision is made, the beamformer adapts with a maximum responsiveness and without intentional delay, and therefore not affecting the beamformer's tracking ability. When fixed beamforming is utilized, one of several fixed beamformers having different attenuation targets are selected to implement noise attenuation. When adaptive beamforming is utilized, the beamformer adapts whenever the selected target is deemed dominant.
US09215325B2	Method for communicating status or warning regarding mobile device functions This provides for controlling mobile device functions and features. For example, it limits or disables the use of some of mobile device features which could cause distraction to the user, when the user is engaged in another activity. In an example, it enables other mobile device features based on occurrence of events related to the user or environment. Another example addresses controlling the mobile device features, such as SMS, while the user is in a vehicle or driving. Another example restricts the ability of the driver of a vehicle to text, while the vehicle is in motion, by automatically disabling the texting ability of mobile device within and around the perimeter of the driver's seat. Other variations, examples, improvements, detection mechanisms, models, techniques, calculations, verification mechanisms, and features are also described in details.
US09215321B2	Utilizing voice biometrics Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for handling calls based on a voice biometric confidence score are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a voice sample associated with a telephone call. Subsequently, the computing device may determine a voice biometric confidence score based on the voice sample. The computing device then may determine to route the telephone call to a certain endpoint based on the voice biometric confidence score.
US09215316B1	Caller identification and notification adjunct A method, system, and telephony adjunct are provided that enable a user of a telephony device to receive caller identification information even though the user of the telephony device has one or more special accessibility requirements. The caller identification information is provided to a computational device also in proximity to the user, but separate and distinct from the telephony device, and the computational device is used to present the caller identification information to the user in a format that accommodates the user's one or more special accessibility requirements. Moreover, the computational device is unable to exert control over servers and other components that are facilitating the communication functionality of the telephony device, thereby enhancing overall security of the system.
US09215311B2	Mobile electronic device and method According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a communication unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with a server that causes a terminal to display a virtual object associated with position information in such a way that the virtual object is superimposed on an image captured by the terminal. When a position of the mobile electronic device changes, the control unit generates mark information based on the changed position. The control unit causes the communication unit to transmit the generated mark information, as the position information, to the server.
US09215308B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a radio communication unit, a memory storing one or more applications each including one or more tasks, and a controller performing a specific operation corresponding to the one or more tasks and generating at least one stack by placing in turn the one or more tasks on top of one another. The at least one stack is sent to at least one another electronic device through the radio communication unit such that a task included in the stack is executed in the at least one another electronic device. The stack generated by the mobile terminal can share the stack with another electronic device.
US09215305B2	Voice-operated interface for DTMF-controlled systems An arrangement for allowing “hands-free” access to DTMF-controlled systems, such as one's voice mail messaging systems, utilizes a speech-to-DTMF tone application that monitors the communication between the user and the DTMF-controlled system. A speech recognition unit is utilized to retrieve certain voice commands (e.g., “next”, “skip”, “repeat”, “forward”, etc.) when uttered by the user. The application then translates the received commands into the proper DTMF tone sequence used by the DTMF-controlled system and transmits the DTMF tones to the system. The application is particularly useful in the cell phone environment and avoids the necessity of the user to constantly switch between using the keypad and listening to messages/commands from the system.
US09215304B2	Data store and enhanced features for headset of portable media device A media headset for exchanging data with a media device includes at least one audio speaker that provides an audio output, a data store that stores media device data, a communications interface for exchanging the media device data with the media device, and a connector for detachably connecting the communications interface to the media device.
US09215291B2	Device and method for UE aggregate maximum bit rate A policy control node, a PCN, for a first PLMN, the PCN comprising a PCRF, the PCN having an interface towards an SPR/UDR, in the first PLMN, the PCRF of the PCN being arranged to receive a request from another node in the first PLMN or in a second PLMN for establishing a PDN-connection for a UE. The PCRF is arranged to, as a result of said request, send a query to the SPR/UDR regarding whether or not the PCRF is allowed to set the upper limit for the UE-AMBR for the UE, the PCRF being arranged to, if the reply from the SPR/UDR to the query is positive, determine and transmit the upper limit of the UE-AMBR for the UE to said other node.
US09215288B2	Methods and apparatus to share online media impressions data Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example method includes sending a response to a request, the response including an identification of a first cookie used by an audience measurement entity and an indication of a database proprietor, and receiving a mapping of the first cookie to a second cookie used by the database proprietor and demographic information associated with the second cookie by the database proprietor.
US09215284B2	Method and apparatus for providing service based on component using personal network Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing a service based on Personal Network Entity (PNE) components and resources within an apparatus without implementing a function of generating and managing a service group only in a case in which a plurality of PNEs provide a similar function by providing a function of generating and managing the service group based on components included in a network apparatus or resources with the apparatus in an environment providing a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) service. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid inefficient overlapping developments and operations and prevent resources from being wasted.
US09215281B2	Method and apparatus for setting programmable features of an appliance An interactive interface facilitates the setting of preferences and other programmable parameters of an appliance. The interface is hosted by a server on a global computer network. The appliance owner initiates a connection to the server and is presented with a graphical user interface for setting the preferences and features of the appliance. Once the desired settings have been made, they are downloaded to the appliance either directly from the server or the appliance owner's computer or indirectly using a portable transfer device.
US09215279B1	Servicing of storage device software components of nodes of a cluster storage system Described herein are method and apparatus for servicing software components of nodes of a cluster storage system. During data-access sessions with clients, client IDs and file handles for accessing files are produced and stored to clients and stored (as session data) to each node. A serviced node is taken offline, whereby network connections to clients are disconnected. Each disconnected client is configured to retain its client ID and file handles and attempt reconnections. Session data of the serviced node is made available to a partner node (by transferring session data to the partner node). After clients have reconnected to the partner node, the clients may use the retained client IDs and file handles to continue a data-access session with the partner node since the partner node has access to the session data of the serviced node and thus will recognize and accept the retained client ID and file handles.
US09215278B2	Interconnect delivery process A method for enforcing data integrity in an RDMA data storage system includes flushing data write requests to a data storage device before sending an acknowledgment that the data write requests have been executed. An RDMA data storage system includes a node configured to flush data write requests to a data storage device before sending an acknowledgment that a data write request has been executed.
US09215277B2	Resource sharing method and device, and storage medium Disclosed are a resource sharing method and device, and a storage medium. The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention is applied to use a relationship chain to perform authentication control. When a resource download link is generated, corresponding relationship chain information is added into the link, and the resource download link is recorded and sent by a sharing server. When a user needs to perform downloading according to the received resource download link, authentication is performed on the user according to the relationship chain information. Only users who have the friendly relationship corresponding to the relationship chain are permitted to download specific contents, thereby introducing a controlled resource sharing mechanism in the existing download platform system, controlling contents to be legally and orderly spread, and at the same time enabling the resource spreading process to be traced.
US09215271B2	Method and apparatus for executing application of mobile device An apparatus and method for executing an application within a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving, at a first device, a message from a second device external to the first device, the message including an application identifier; executing, at the first device, at least one application among a plurality of applications based at least in part on the application identifier; and performing, at the first device, a function of the at least one application based at least in part on a command received from the second device.
US09215269B2	Predictive caching for content Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion.
US09215267B2	Adaptive streaming for content playback Streamed content that is a subset of a set of content is received. Further, the streamed content is stored. In addition, at least a portion of the streamed content is played. A request to download a remainder of the set of content is received. Further, a download bitrate is selected. In addition, the remainder of the set of content is received according to the download bitrate.
US09215261B2	Method and system for providing media programming A method of generating media programming includes the steps of providing by an aggregator to a client a list of feeds; receiving by the aggregator from the client a selection of one of the feeds; receiving by a publisher from the aggregator the feed selection; and providing to the client media programming based on a publisher-initiated feed responsive to the feed selection and including media elements selected and concatenated with the feed responsive to the client information.
US09215257B2	Terminal device and method for exchanging VoIP signaling A terminal device capable of creating a group for allowing other terminal devices to join the group is provided. When a terminal device not belonging to the group calls a terminal device in the group, any of the terminal devices in the group can answer the call in response a user input. A method for exchanging voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) signaling between the terminal devices within the group is also provided.
US09215256B2	Updating contact information for client devices registered to the same user for an internet protocol multimedia subsystem service In an embodiment, a single registrar component of an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, receives a request to register a client device associated with a user to an IMS service. The single registrar component sends an acknowledgment to the request that indicates an assignment of device-specific routing identifier(s) (e.g., GRUUs) for the client device. The acknowledgment is further configured to include an indication other device-specific routing identifier(s) for other client device(s) that have already registered to the IMS service in association with the same user.
US09215252B2	Methods and apparatus to identify privacy relevant correlations between data values Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify privacy relevant correlations between data values. An example disclosed apparatus includes a principal monitor to identify a first privacy value associated with a first principal, a tuple manager to build a probability tuple matrix comprising a first tuple and a plurality of second tuples, the first tuple including the first principal and the associated first privacy value, and an Eigenvector engine to evaluate the probability tuple matrix to identify a dominant Eigenvector indicative of a correlation between the first privacy value and one of the plurality of second tuples.
US09215249B2	Systems and methods for distributed trust computing and key management Devices, systems, and methods for conducting trusted computing tasks on a distributed computer system are described. In some embodiments, a client device initiates a trusted task for execution within a trusted execution environment of a remote service provider. The devices, systems, and methods may permit the client to evaluate the trusted execution capabilities of the service provider via a planning and attestation process, prior to sending data/code associated with the trusted task to the service provider for execution. Execution of the trusted task may be performed while enforcing security and/or compartmentalization context on the data/code. Systems and methods for managing and exchanging encryption keys are also described. Such systems and methods may be used to maintain the security of the data/code before during, and/or after the execution of the trusted task.
US09215248B1	User access rate limiting among content delivery nodes Systems, methods, and software for operating one or more content delivery nodes (CDN), which cache content for delivery to end users, are provided herein. In one example, content requests received from at least a first end user for the content at a first CDN are monitored to determine when the content requests comprise an attack on the first CDN. Responsive to the attack on the first CDN, a rate limit is established in the first CDN on at least the content requests received by the first CDN and an indication of the attack is transferred for delivery to at least a second CDN. Responsive to the indication of the attack, the rate limit is applied for further content requests received for the content at the second CDN.
US09215246B2	Website scanning device and method The invention discloses a website scanning apparatus for performing a security vulnerability scanning on a target website, which apparatus comprises: a web page obtaining component obtaining current content and/or features of a web page corresponding to a link to be processed; a link processing component including a change judgment device for judging whether the web page corresponding to the link to be processed has been changed based on stored web page content and/or features corresponding to the link to be processed as well as the current web page content and/or features of the link to be processed; and a vulnerability detecting component for performing a security vulnerability detection on a web page corresponding to a link to be processed for which the web page has been changed. The invention also discloses a website scanning method corresponding thereto.
US09215245B1	Exploration system and method for analyzing behavior of binary executable programs Systems and methods for automatically analyzing and predicting behavior of binary executable programs are provided. A virtual machine receives a URL or content based feature corresponding to a binary executable program and the virtual machine analyzes the behavior of the binary executable program. The safety information of the binary executable program is determined based on the analysis report generated by the virtual machine and its impact on the virtual machine. A binary explorer selects a URL or content based feature corresponding to the binary executable program to be analyzed. A binary analyzer automatically records the behavior of the binary executable program to generate a report containing safety information describing the interaction occurred between the binary executable program and the analysis virtual machine. A result interpreter determines and predicts whether the binary executable program is safe based on the information generated by the binary analyzer.
US09215235B1	Using events to identify a user and enforce policies Enforcing a policy is described. A mapping between an IP address of a device and a user identity is identified, at least in part by correlating event information. A policy is applied to the device based at least in part on the user identity. One example of an event is an access to a mail server, such as an access to a Microsoft Exchange server.
US09215230B2	Method for authentication, RF chip document, RF chip reader and computer program products An authentication method for trusted communication between a first party (A) and a second party (B) is intended to be efficient and secure.For this purpose, provision is made to combine password-based authentication and certificate-based authentication. For certificate-based authentication, the first party (A) has a static key pair consisting of a private static key and a public static key and a certificate for the public static key issued by a certification body (C). The certification body (C) is assigned a public key which is known by the second party (B). During the certificate-based authentication, the party A calculates a transformation between its own ephemeral key pair from the password-based authentication and its own static key pair from the certificate-based authentication so as to obtain a transformation parameter for carrying out the transformation. The practice of reusing the party's own ephemeral key pair from the password-based authentication in the certificate-based authentication reduces the overall calculation and communication complexity, on the one hand, and links the two protocols, on the other hand, thus ensuring that both protocols are executed by the same party. This increases the security while simultaneously reducing the complexity.The novel method is suitable for authenticating electronic passports.
US09215224B2	Automated security token administrative services This invention provides a system, method and computer program product to allow a user to access administrative security features associated with the use of a security token. The administrative security features provide the user the ability to unlock a locked security token, diagnose a security token, activate and deactivate a security token, request a replacement security token or temporary password or report the loss of a security token. The invention comprises a client application which integrates into the standard user login dialog associated with an operating system. A portion of the user dialog is linked to a remote server to access the administrative services.
US09215223B2	Methods and systems for secure identity management A method for authorizing a virtual identity using an access device may include sending, from an access device, a request to a resource through a network. The method may also include accessing a resource challenge that is acceptable to the resource and sending the resource challenge to an identity repository. The method may additionally include receiving, from the identity repository, a first signed resource challenge and signing the resource challenge to generate a second signed resource challenge. The method may further include sending an authorization for the virtual identity to the resource through the network. The authorization may include the first signed resource challenge and the second signed resource challenge.
US09215221B2	Method for implementing local routing of traffic, base station and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for implementing local routing of traffic, a base station and a system are provided, which relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for implementing local routing of traffic includes: judging whether local routing processing is performed on an uplink traffic flow of a first terminal that serves as a sending end; if it is judged as yes, updating a key of the uplink traffic flow of the first terminal and/or a key of a downlink traffic flow of a second terminal that serves as a receiving end to a public key; forwarding an encrypted data packet of the uplink traffic flow of the first terminal to the second terminal through the downlink traffic flow of the second terminal, where an encryption and decryption operation is not performed on the encrypted data packet before the forwarding or during the forwarding.
US09215220B2	Remote verification of attributes in a communication network It is provided an apparatus, comprising property checking means configured to check whether a claimant property information received from a claimant device corresponds to a predefined claimant attribute; obtaining means configured to obtain a result, which is positive only if the claimant property information corresponds to the predefined claimant attribute as checked by the property checking means; key generation means configured to generate a first claimant intermediate key from a predefined claimant permanent key stored in the apparatus; supplying means configured to supply, to the claimant device, the first claimant intermediate key using a secured protocol, wherein at least one of the key generation means and the supplying means is configured to generate and to supply, respectively, the first claimant intermediate key only if the result is positive.
US09215219B1	Method for protecting data used in cloud computing with homomorphic encryption A method for protection of cloud computing includes homomorphic encryption of data. Partially or fully homomorphic encryption allows for data within the cloud to be processed without decryption. A partially or fully homomorphic encryption is provided. The proposed scheme can be used with both an algebraic and analytical approaches. A cloud service is implemented on a server. A client encrypts data using fully homomorphic encryption and sends it to the server. The cloud server performs computations without decryption of the data and returns the encrypted calculation result to the client. The client decrypts the result, and the result coincides with the result of the same calculation performed on the initial plaintext data.
US09215217B2	Auto-discovery of diverse communications devices for alert broadcasting Methods and systems for communicating messages to target communications devices in a target physical location are disclosed. Network sources are queried for logical locations accessible to the network source. A specification of a physical location associated with each logical location is received. Each logical location specification is stored in a data store in association with the associated physical location specification. A specification of the target physical location is received. Those logical location specifications associated with the target physical location are retrieved from the data store, thereby identifying target logical locations. For each target logical location, at least one of the network sources accessible to that logical location is queried for specifications of communications devices accessible to that logical location, thereby identifying the communications devices in the target physical location. The message is communicated to the target communications devices in the target physical location via at least one of the target logical locations.
US09215213B2	Method and apparatus for distributing firewall rules Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method for specifying firewall rules. In some embodiments, the method provides the ability to specify for a particular firewall rule, a set of network nodes (also called a set of enforcement points below) at which the particular firewall should be enforced. To provide this ability, the method of some embodiments adds an extra tuple (referred to below as the AppliedTo tuple) to a firewall rule. This added AppliedTo tuple lists the set of enforcement points at which the firewall rule has to be applied (i.e., enforced).
US09215208B2	Network attack offensive appliance A network system for launching a cyber-offensive countermeasure to improve network security is provided. For example, a system that enables launching a cyber-offensive countermeasure on a network may include a receiving section that receives packets routed on the network and analyzes the received packets to detect an attack directed toward a device on the network when the attack is external to the device, an editing section that edits the received packets, and a transmitting section that transmits the edited packets on the network.
US09215207B2	Method and apparatus for analysing and monitoring an electronic communication The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring electronic communications by way of determining the dialogue that takes place in an electronic communication. In one form the present invention provides a dictionary for analysis of an electronic communication comprising a store of expressions wherein the store of expressions is arranged according to: at least one section, each section corresponding to one of a plurality of grammatical functions; at least one subject, each subject corresponding to one of a plurality of categories of expressions for facilitating monitoring of an electronic communication. The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for monitoring an electronic communication utilising the above dictionary.
US09215206B2	Subnet prioritization for IP address allocation from a DHCP server A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for handling Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) at a first DHCP server. The method may include receiving, via a configuration file at the first DHCP server, a priority for each of a plurality of subnets; assigning the priority to each of the plurality of subnets; receiving a DHCP Discover message from a client; in response to receipt of a DHCP Discover message from a client, selecting a subnet having a highest priority from said plurality of subnets; selecting an Internet Protocol (IP) address from said selected subnet having a highest priority; and transmitting a DHCP Offer message to said client, offering said selected IP address.
US09215199B2	Message gateway with hybrid proxy/store-and-forward logic Described is a technology by which an email filtering service or other gateway includes hybrid proxy and store-and-forward logic. A message is initially processed with proxy logic. If the proxy logic is unable to complete filtering/scanning of a message within a timeout period, the store-and-forward logic is invoked to complete filtering/scanning of the message. The store-and-forward logic also may be invoked if a delivery attempt made by the proxy logic fails or does not complete prior to a delivery timeout period. When such a condition is met, the store-and-forward logic accepts the message, including storing the message, sending a response that indicates the message was accepted, and closing the connection over which the message was received. The store-and-forward logic may complete any scanning if not completed by the proxy logic, and takes over delivery responsibilities.
US09215198B2	Efficient use of resources in message classification A system and method are disclosed for routing a message through a plurality of test methods. The method includes: receiving a message; applying a first test method to the message; updating a state of the message based on the first test method; and determining a second test method to be applied to the message based on the state.
US09215197B2	System, method, and computer program product for preventing image-related data loss A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing data loss associated with an image. In use, an image is identified, and it is determined whether the image includes predetermined data. In addition, an action is performed based on the determination, for preventing data loss.
US09215196B2	Schema-based dynamic parse/build engine for parsing multi-format messages A parse/build engine that can handle multi-format financial messages. The engine converts the different format messages into a common format, and the common format message is then processed by the business service application. A parser examines the message and determines an appropriate schema for the particular format of message received. The schema is a data structure in a schema registry that includes a grammar structure for the received format as well as pointers to handlers for converting the different fields of the message into the internal message format using the grammar structure (the “grammar” can include field sequence, field type, length, character encoding, optional and required fields, etc.). The handlers are individually compiled. As formats change, new formats or changes to old formats can be dynamically added to the parse/build engine by loading new schema and handlers.
US09215195B2	Method and apparatus for message synchronization in instant messaging applications Implementations of the present invention disclose a message synchronizing method and apparatus in an instant messaging application. The method includes detecting a log-in status corresponding to an instant messaging account currently logged-in through an instant messaging application at a first terminal, receiving a request to update an application state of the instant messaging application, determining if the log-in status is a multi-terminal log-in status, where the multi-terminal log-in status indicates that the instant messaging account is simultaneously logged-in from the first terminal and a second terminal. Upon receiving the request to update the application state of the instant messaging application, when that the log-in status is the multi-terminal log-in status, a message synchronization operation is initiated between the first and second terminals. Otherwise, the log-in status is set to indicate that the instant messaging account is logged-in from the first terminal.
US09215188B2	System and method for processing network packets received on a client device using opportunistic polling between networking layers A method for receiving network packets on a client device comprising: initially entering into a first mode of operation in which polling from a network layer to a driver layer is disabled, wherein in the first mode of operations data packets received by the driver layer are pushed up to the network layer; monitoring a load factor defining a current network load on the client device; and entering into a second mode of operation in which polling from the network layer to the driver layer is enabled, wherein when in the second mode of operation, the network layer polling the driver layer when it is ready to accept new packets from the driver layer.
US09215184B2	Methods of and apparatus for managing non-congestion-controlled message traffic in a datacenter Managing non-congestion-controlled message traffic in a datacenter. Any non-congestion-controlled packets originating in a sending server and intended for a receiving server are encapsulated in the sending server and transmitted through a virtual circuit having a message transport protocol with rate control. The packets are decapsulated in the receiving server.
US09215179B2	SDN-based network sharing method and apparatus for supporting multiple operators A method for performing Software Defined Network (SDN)-based network sharing by a controller to support multiple operators is provided. The method includes configuring a plurality of flow tables in which an independent packet processing operation policy is defined per operator; and transmitting the plurality of configured flow tables to a network equipment, to establish an independent packet processing operation policy per operator in the network equipment.
US09215178B2	Network packet steering via configurable association of packet processing resources and network interfaces Methods and systems are provided for steering network packets. According to one embodiment, a dynamically configurable steering table is stored within a memory of each network interface of a networking routing/switching device. The steering table represents a mapping that logically assigns each of the network interfaces to one of multiple packet processing resources of the network routing/switching device. The steering table has contained therein information indicative of a unique identifier/address of the assigned packet processing resource. Responsive to receiving a packet on a network interface, the network interface performs Layer 1 or Layer 2 steering of the received packet to the assigned packet processing resource by retrieving the information indicative of the unique identifier/address of the assigned packet processing resource from the steering table based on a channel identifier associated with the received packet and the received packet is processed by the assigned packet processing resource.
US09215177B2	System and method for distribution of policy enforcement point The disclosure herein describes an edge device of a network for distributed policy enforcement. During operation, the edge device receives an initial packet for an outgoing traffic flow, and identifies a policy being triggered by the initial packet. The edge device performs a reverse lookup to identify at least an intermediate node that is previously traversed by the initial packet and traffic parameters associated with the initial packet at the identified intermediate node. The edge device translates the policy based on the traffic parameters at the intermediate node, and forwards the translated policy to the intermediate node, thus facilitating the intermediate node in applying the policy to the traffic flow.
US09215170B2	Method of transporting data with embedded clock A method for transporting data with embedded information is provided. The method is adapted to a data transmission interface for coding an original data and then transporting thereof, including: packing the original data, wherein every N bits form a packet, and N is an integer of at least 4; analyzing whether or not existing a long-run length of long-run data with consecutive same bit data in the packet, wherein when the long-run length is greater than a predetermined length, bit data with a predetermined bit length after an Lth bit of the long-run data is toggled; coding the packet to embed a coding information, wherein the coding information determines whether or not the long-run data has been toggled; and transporting the coded packet.
US09215169B2	Delivering correct number information in a private SIP network A computer device may include logic configured to receive a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from a telephone device; select a first back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) and a first screened telephone number (STN) associated with the first B2BUA; generate a second SIP message that includes a first destination address of the first B2BUA, and the first STN; and send the second SIP message to the first B2BUA. The logic may further determine that an acknowledgement response has not been received from the first B2BUA; select a second B2BUA, and a second STN associated with the second destination B2BUA, in response to determining that the acknowledgement response has not been received; generate a third SIP message that includes a second destination address of the second B2BUA, and the second STN; and send the third SIP message to the second B2BUA.
US09215168B2	Controller area network communications using ethernet Systems and methods for implementing controller area network (CAN) communications between CAN nodes using Ethernet are provided. An Ethernet switch includes ports, each of which is configured to receive an Ethernet data packet (EDP) from a CAN node. Each EDP includes a CAN message, which includes an identification (ID) of a corresponding CAN node. A first port is configured to receive a first EDP and a second port is configured to receive a second EDP. The Ethernet switch also includes a controller module configured to detect a CAN conflict between the first EDP and the second EDP. The controller module is configured to select, in response to the detection of the CAN conflict, the first EDP or the second EDP based on the ID corresponding to the first EDP and the ID corresponding to the second EDP. The controller module is configured to route the selected EDP to a destination.
US09215166B2	Systems and methods of multicast reconfiguration using cross-layer information A method includes receiving, at a first node of a data network, a message indicating a failure of a communication link of the data network. The message is received at the first node from a second node of the data network. The method includes determining an alternate route from the first node to a data source of the data network. The alternate route includes a third node as an upstream node of the first node. The method includes determining whether the third node is a downstream node of the first node prior to sending a first join message from the first node to the third node, and sending the first join message from the first node to the third node conditioned on determining that the third node is not a downstream node of the first node.
US09215162B2	Biological data networks and methods therefor A system and method of transmitting and receiving information pertaining to biological sequence data is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a network interface of a node of a network, a data packet including a first header containing network routing information and a second header associated with a layered model representative of the biological sequence data. The method also includes parsing the data packet and separating the first header from the second header.
US09215154B2	Providing a monitoring service in a cloud-based computing environment Technologies are described herein for providing a monitoring service in a cloud-based computing environment. A request is received from a user to subscribe to the monitoring service. The monitor workflow may correspond to the monitoring service. A first call to a finder application is executed over a communications network to retrieve data points according to the monitor workflow. A second call to an analyzer application is executed over the communications network to identify a relevant data point in the data points. A third call to a notifier application is executed over the communications network to notify the user of the relevant data point.
US09215148B2	Method and device for terminal device management based on right control A method and a device for terminal device management based on right control are provided. The method includes the following steps. A Get command on an access control list (ACL) of a managed node in a device management tree (DMT) from a device management (DM) server is received, where the Get command includes a Unified Resource Identity (URI) of the managed node. It is determined whether the DM server has a direct right of executing the Get command on the managed node. The Get command is processed when it is determined that the DM server has the direct right of executing the Get command on the managed node. The method and the device simplify the complexity of right management, and reduce the number of times of message interaction between the DM server and a terminal device, thereby improving the efficiency and performance of terminal device management.
US09215146B2	Switch identification An example switch in accordance with the present disclosure is to process a command to determine desired identification information; generate a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) frame based at least in part on the desired identification information, wherein the LLDP frame comprises an optional type-length-value (TLV) that causes a second switch to enable a light source; and transmit the LLDP to the second switch.
US09215143B2	Exchange and use of globally unique device identifiers for circuit-switched and packet switched integration According to one aspect, a system and method of exchanging GRUUs (Globally Routed User Agent URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)) between a first telephony-enabled device and a second telephony enabled device using a circuit-switched message is provided. Once exchanged, the telephony enabled devices can exchange SIP (session initiated protocol) communications routed by the GRUUs. Any one of the telephony-enabled devices can add a media component to the SIP communications. According to another aspect, a system and method of generating GRUUs is provided. According to another aspect, a system and method of handing off communications to a packet switched network from a circuit switched network is provided.
US09215138B2	Determining a system configuration for performing a collective operation on a parallel computer Determining a system configuration for performing a collective operation on a parallel computer that includes a plurality of compute nodes, the compute nodes coupled for data communications over a data communications network, including: selecting a system configuration on the parallel computer for executing the collective operation; executing the collective operation on the selected system configuration on the parallel computer; determining performance metrics associated with executing the collective operation on the selected system configuration on the parallel computer; selecting, using a simulated annealing algorithm, a plurality of test system configurations on the parallel computer for executing the collective operation, wherein the simulated annealing algorithm specifies a similarity threshold between a plurality of system configurations; executing, the collective operation on each of the test system configurations; and determining performance metrics associated with executing the collective operation on each of the test system configurations.
US09215137B2	Relay device, relay method, and relay processing program A failure is detected in a middle path of communication information received from one communication network. When the communication information received from the one communication network is relayed to another communication network, information is output to the other communication network by storing information about the failure detected from the communication information received from the one communication network in a header of communication information to be output to the other communication network.
US09215131B2	Methods for exchanging network management messages using UDP over HTTP protocol A network access device (NAD) receives a UDP packet from a client to be transmitted to a management server over Internet, the UDP packet including a management message. The NAD is one of NADs managed by the management server. The NAD determines whether the management server is reachable using a UDP protocol. The NAD transmits the UDP packet to the management server using the UDP protocol over the Internet if it is determined that the management server is reachable using the UDP protocol. Otherwise, the NAD extracts a UDP payload from the UDP packet, encapsulates the UDP payload within an HTTP POST request, and transmits the HTTP POST request having the UDP payload encapsulated therein to the management server using a HTTP protocol over the Internet.
US09215126B2	Information processing system running operating systems based on connection state This information processing system processes information through communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device. The second information processing device has a recording unit and a control unit. The recording unit records a first OS and a second OS. The control unit selects one of the first OS and the second OS, according to a connection state with the first information processing device. The control unit controls the second information processing device or a combination of the first information processing device and the second information processing device, using the OS selected here.
US09215125B2	Techniques for connecting an external network coprocessor to a network processor packet parser A network processor includes first communication protocol ports that each support ‘M’ minimum size packet data path traffic on ‘N’ lanes at ‘S’ Gigabits per second (Gbps) and traffic with different communication protocol units on ‘n’ additional lanes at ‘s’ Gbps. The first communication protocol ports support access to an external coprocessor using parsing logic located in each of the first communication protocol ports. The parsing logic, during a parsing period, is configured to send a request to the external coprocessor at reception of a ‘M’ size packet and to receive a response from the external coprocessor. The parsing logic sends a request maximum ‘m’ size byte word to the external coprocessor on one of the additional lanes and receives a response maximum ‘m’ size byte word from the external coprocessor on the one of the additional lanes while complying with the equation N×S/M=
US09215123B1	DNS requests analysis Provided are computer-implemented methods and systems for analyzing domain name system requests and developing profiles associated with these requests. Multiple requests received from the same internet protocol (IP) address may be analyzed to differentiate computer systems used to generate these requests, applications provided on these computer systems, and even different users. The requests are analyzed based on text string content (e.g., domain and subdomain names) and timing. One or more profiles are developed and continuously updated based on requests received from the same IP address. These profiles may be used in real time to provide feedback to the users (e.g., deliver marketing content) or for subsequent analysis of comprehensive data sets (e.g., to identify behavior patterns). For example, a profile may be used to identify a number and types of computers in the household, a number and demographic information of users, and other such identifiers.
US09215122B2	Radio communication apparatus and interference signal detection method Until when a desired signal is received in a reception mode, a level comparator extracts a portion of a frequency-domain signal output from a Fourier transformer, the portion matching with the frequency of the desired signal, and, when the reception level of the extracted portion matching with the frequency of the desired signal is higher than a predetermined threshold value, determines that an interference signal exists. An LO frequency controller sets the frequency of a local signal (LO) based on the determination result in the level comparator such that the frequency of intermodulation distortion caused by the interference signal becomes an intermediate frequency of the frequency band of the desired signal. When it is determined that the interference signal exists, an RX controller changes gain settings of a low-noise amplifier circuit and gain settings of a variable gain amplifier circuit and changes the cutoff frequency of a filter circuit.
US09215121B1	Method and apparatus for implementing transmit diversity in OFDM systems A plurality of diagonal matrices Ci is determined, where the plurality of diagonal matrices Ci is for modifying a plurality of transmit signals to be transmitted via a plurality of transmit antennas, each diagonal matrix Ci for modifying an i-th block of sub-carriers, adjacent in frequency, in the plurality of transmit signals. The plurality of diagonal matrices Ci is used to modify the plurality of transmit signals to implement transmit diversity.
US09215120B2	Multi-band crest factor reduction Clipping a widely-separated, multi-carrier signal is effectively performed without having to use a high sampling speed. Clipping is performed in a first stage at a combined signal level, but with a predetermined carrier separation of at least twice the channel bandwidth (2CBW), followed by repositioning the carriers at baseband zero frequency. After clipping, carriers are placed at their respective center frequencies with full carrier separation reintroduced in a second stage. Iterative clipping stages smooth out signal reshaping and re-settled amplitudes for combined carriers.
US09215118B2	Communication method and transmission apparatus An electronic device that performs an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) transmission signals; performs a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the N transmission signals which have been subjected to the IFFT; detects phases of the N transmission signals which have been subjected to the FFT; detects relative delay amounts of the N transmission signals based on the detected phases of the N transmission signals; and adjusts a timing at which at least one of the N transmission signals is subjected to the inverse fast Fourier transform based on the detected relative delay amounts.
US09215108B2	Decision feedback equalizer A decision feedback equalizer that can operate at higher speed is provided. The decision feedback equalizer includes a weighting addition circuit (adder 21, coefficient units Tap1a, Tap2 to Tapn) that sums an input signal to weighted versions of feedback signals FB1 to FBn, n being an integer not less than 2. The decision feedback equalizer also includes a decision circuit 11 that decides whether or not the result of addition by the weighting addition circuit is not less than a defined threshold value and that outputs the result of the decision to outside and to a shift register (latch circuits L2 to Ln). The decision circuit operates in synchronism with a clock signal. The shift register sequentially holds the result of decision of the decision circuit 11 in synchronism with the clock signal, and outputs the contents held by its component registers as feedback signals FB2 to FBn. The decision feedback equalizer includes a decision circuit 12 that decides whether or not the result of addition by the weighting addition circuit is not less than a defined threshold value and that outputs the result of decision as feedback signal FB1. The second decision circuit operates in synchronism with the clock signal.
US09215107B1	Dual loop clock and data recovery A clock and data recovery (CDR) apparatus includes an analog to digital converter configured to sample an input signal according to a sampling clock and provide a digitized signal, a first loop circuit configured to provide a first equalized signal corresponding to the digitized signal, and a slicer configured to provide a data signal based on the first equalized signal. A second loop circuit is configured to provide a second equalized signal corresponding to the digitized signal and adjust the sampling clock according to the second equalized signal. A CDR method includes converting an analog signal into a digitized signal using a sampling clock, providing a first equalized signal using the digitized signal, providing a second equalized signal using the digitized signal, determining the sampling clock using the second equalized signal, and generating a data signal using the first equalized signal.
US09215105B2	Equalizer and signal receiver thereof An equalizer includes a first sampler, a second sampler, and an equalization circuit. The first sampler is used for sampling an input data to generate an output data, and the second sampler is used for sampling the input data to generate an edge information. The equalization circuit is coupled to the first sampler and the second sampler, and includes an equalization unit and a control unit. The equalization unit performs an equalization operation on an original input data in order to generate the input data according to a plurality of tap coefficients. The control unit is coupled to the equalization unit, for adjusting the plurality of tap coefficients according to the output data and the edge information.
US09215096B2	Computer implemented methods and apparatus for providing communication between network domains in a service cloud Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for integrating a service console application by providing communication between a first and second network domain. In various implementations, first data is received at a second network domain, where the first data includes one or more functions. A first message may be received at the second network domain, the first message being provided at the second network domain in response to the one or more functions being invoked, and the message identifying the one or more functions. Responsive to receiving the message, the one or more functions may be executed at a computing device associated with the second network domain. Responsive to executing the one or more functions, a second message may be sent to the first domain indicating that the one or more functions have been executed, where the second message is operable to invoke and execute one or more call back functions.
US09215095B2	Multiple personalities A computer implemented method enables perception of multiple online personas in an instant messaging communications session by identifying at least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed, and by enabling a first persona of a user to be projected to a first of the identities while concurrently enabling a second persona of the same user to be projected to a second of the identities.
US09215092B2	Clock selection for synchronous Ethernet An Ethernet PHY may receive an indication from a local timing source that a local clock is suitable for propagation to a link partner. In response, a timer in the Ethernet PHY may be started. In instances that the Ethernet PHY receives, during a time period subsequent to starting the timer and before the timer reaches a predetermined value, an indication that the link partner is propagating a clock that is suitable for the Ethernet PHY to synchronize to, the Ethernet PHY may be configured as timing slave. In instances that the Ethernet PHY does not receive, during the time period subsequent to starting the timer and before the timer reaches a predetermined value, an indication that the link partner is propagating a clock that is suitable for the Ethernet PHY to synchronize to, Ethernet PHY may be configured as timing master upon the timer reaching the predetermined value.
US09215089B2	Touch sensor system A touch sensor system includes buses, a plurality of touch sensor devices disposed on the buses, and an information integrating device that is connected to all the buses and integrates information from the touch sensor device. The touch sensor device includes a sensor unit and a signal processing unit that transmits a sensor data signal generated by processing an analog sensor signal to the information integrating device through the bus. The signal processing unit includes a digital converting unit, a threshold evaluating unit that gives a start permission of the signal process when a sensor value exceeds a preset threshold, an ID adding unit that adds a transmitter identification number to the sensor signal, and a data transmitting unit that outputs the sensor data signal to a signal line of the bus. Fast responses are made possible without increasing the amount of data and host processing load while including many touch sensor elements.
US09215087B2	Directed route load/store packets for distributed switch initialization Techniques for transmitting a packet from a source switch module to a destination switch module. Embodiments receive, at a first port of a first switch module, a packet that includes (i) path information specifying a route to the destination switch module, (ii) a set of load/store operations to be executed by the destination switch module and (iii) return path information specifying a route from the destination switch module to the source switch module. Upon determining that the first switch module is the destination switch module, the set of load/store operations are copied from the received packet into an execution buffer for automatic execution. Once the set of load/store operations are executed, embodiments transmit the packet to a second switch module using the first port on which the packet was received.
US09215085B2	Iterative simulation of requirement metrics for assumption and schema-free configuration management Technologies are presented for a method and a system that is configured to receive a topology description of an existing customer deployment and a set of achieved performance metrics at a current datacenter and iterate simulations using policy settings across available service levels to find settings that match or exceed the achieved performance levels. Customer specifications may be received in a standardized format along with measured performance so that settings can be derived from fundamental simulation. The resulting simulations may be used to generate a menu of options and their performance automatically for a customer and that information may be provided to a configuration manager when the customer chooses a setup.
US09215080B2	Adaptive bit rate distribution of multicast streams A system for adaptive bit rate distribution of multicast streams may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may be configured to identify streams, such as multicast streams, transmitted by a content delivery network. The streams may each contain a content item that is encoded at a different bit rate for each stream. The one or more processors may determine segments of the streams, for example based on time stamps associated with the content item or markers of the streams. The one or more processors may transmit a first segment of a first stream encoded at a first bit rate to a user device in response to a request therefor and, upon completing the transmission of the first segment, transmit a second segment of a second stream encoded at a second bit rate to the user device in response to a request therefor.
US09215076B1	Key generation for hierarchical data access Systems and methods for authentication generate keys from secret credentials shared between authenticating parties and authenticators. Generation of the keys may involve utilizing specialized information in the form of parameters that are used to specialize keys. Keys and/or information derived from keys held by multiple authorities may be used to generate other keys such that signatures requiring such keys and/or information can be verified without access to the keys. Keys may also be derived to form a hierarchy of keys that are distributed such that a key holder's ability to decrypt data depends on the key's position in the hierarchy relative to the position of a key used to encrypt the data. Key hierarchies may also be used to distribute key sets to content processing devices to enable the devices to decrypt content such that sources or potential sources of unauthorized content are identifiable from the decrypted content.
US09215074B2	Expressing intent to control behavior of application components Detection, identification, and control of application behavior dealing with malware, security risks, data privacy, or resource usage can be difficult in an era of complex, composite software applications composed of multiple components. Software applications are analyzed to determine their components and to identify the behaviors associated with each of the components. Components can also be analyzed with respect to similarity of previously known components. Behaviors can include use of personal identifying information or device information, or any actions that can be taken by applications on the device, including user interface displays, notifications, network communications, and file reading or writing actions. Policies to control or restrict the behavior of applications and their components may be defined and applied. In one embodiment this can include the identification of advertising networks and defining policies to permit various opt-out actions for these advertising networks.
US09215073B2	Key insulation method and device Embodiments of the present invention provide a key insulation method and device. The key insulation method includes: randomly selecting a first parameter s from Z*q, acquiring a helper initial key from a helper, and generating an initial user private key according to the first parameter s, a preset first cryptographic hash function H1, and the helper initial key; and acquiring a helper updated key for a time segment i from the helper, and updating a user private key for a time segment j according to the helper updated key for the time segment i to obtain a user private key for the time segment i. According to the key insulation method and device provided by the embodiments, in a process of generating an initial key and a process of updating a key, lifecycle is not involved, which improves flexibility of a key system.
US09215067B2	Achieving storage efficiency in presence of end-to-end encryption using downstream decrypters Embodiments of the invention relate to efficiently storing encrypted data in persistent storage or passing to another data processing component. A downstream decrypter is utilized to act within the data path between a data generator and a storage server. The decrypter fetches an encryption key and any other necessary auxiliary information necessary to decrypt received data. Following decryption of the data, the decrypter has the ability to operate directly on plaintext and perform storage efficiency functions on the decrypted data. The decrypter re-encrypts the data prior to the data leaving the decrypter for persistent storage to maintain the security of the encrypted data.
US09215066B2	Method and system for making information in a data set of a copy-on-write file system inaccessible Information in a data set of a copy-on-write file system may be made inaccessible. A first key for encrypting a data set of a copy-on-write file system is generated and wrapped with a second key. An encrypted data set is created with the first key. The wrapped first key is stored with the encrypted data set. A command to delete the encrypted data set is received and the second key is altered or changed to make information in the encrypted data set of the copy-on-write file system inaccessible.
US09215053B2	Mapping user data onto a time-frequency resource grid in a coordinated multi-point wireless communication system Methods and apparatus are disclosed for receiving user data in a wireless communication system that employs coordinated multi-point transmission of the user data from a first cell serving a wireless terminal and a second cell site neighboring the first cell site. In an exemplary system, the first cell site maps control signals and user data to a time-frequency resources according to a first mapping pattern, while the second cell site maps control data and traffic data to the time-frequency resources according to a second mapping pattern. An exemplary method comprises extracting user data, according to the first mapping pattern, from time-frequency resources of a first transmission for the wireless terminal transmitted from the first cell site; detecting a control element transmitted by one of the first and second cell sites, the control element indicating that user data associated with the control element is mapped to the time-frequency resources according to the second mapping pattern; and, responsive to said detecting, extracting user data according to the second mapping pattern from time-frequency resources of a second transmission for the wireless terminal transmitted from the second cell site.
US09215051B2	Sounding in multicarrier wireless communications A wireless device transmits one of the sounding reference signals (SRSs) on a first cell in a first cell group in parallel with transmission a first random access preamble. The wireless device drops transmission of a first SRS if the first SRS transmission and a second random access preamble transmission coincide in the same subframe and the wireless device has insufficient power to transmit the first SRS in parallel with the second random access preamble.
US09215050B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in wireless communication system Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC.
US09215043B2	Systems and methods for scheduling and MU-MIMO in uplink Vo-IP for OFDMA/SCFDMA networks A system and method for increasing the capacity of VoIP transmissions is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises fixing original transmissions into a frequency band and changing the retransmissions into separate frequency bands. Alternatively, the original transmissions may be changed into separate bands while the retransmissions may be fixed into a single frequency band. Additionally, an early termination procedure may be utilized and a combination of multi-input multi-output scheduling may be performed to further increase the capacity of the system. Another embodiment comprises reducing the overhead of a feedback signal for semi-persistent scheduling.
US09215041B2	Automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol employing first information indicating whether to perform retransmission of an uplink data packet and second information indicating a transport format for the retransmission A transmission apparatus controls a transport format for retransmission of data packets transmitted uplink to a receiving apparatus via at least one data channel using an automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol. A transmitter transmits an uplink data packet via the data channel to the receiving apparatus, and a receiver receives first information along with second information from the receiving apparatus. The first information is used for determination whether to perform a retransmission of the uplink data packet at the transmission apparatus, and the second information indicates a transport format for the retransmission. The transmitter transmits the retransmission from the transmission apparatus to the receiving apparatus according to the transport format indicated in the second information element using a transmission timing based on the ARQ protocol.
US09215036B2	Methods and apparatus to identify the accessibility of base stations in communication systems A system and method for identifying the accessibility of a base station in a communication system. The system includes at least one Closed Subscriber Group (CSG)-Open (hybrid) base station. The base station can apply a base station identifier, such as a CSG identifier, as a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) mask to a first broadcast channel communication and can include the base station identifier in the payload of, or as a CRC mask applied to, a second broadcast channel communication. A mobile station can determine from the base station identifier in the first broadcast communication if the mobile station is a member authorized closed access to the base station. The mobile station can determine from the base station identifier in second first broadcast communication if the mobile station is a non-member authorized open access to the base station.
US09215034B2	Signal reconstruction method and apparatus A method includes determining a correlation between a first residual error and multiple columns in a sensing matrix according to a measured value of an original signal and the sensing matrix, and determining a first array most correlative to the measured value of the original signal in the sensing matrix according to the correlation between the first residual error and the multiple columns; determining a correlation between a kth residual error and the multiple columns according to a correlation between a (k−1)th residual error and the multiple columns, and determining a kth array most correlative to the measured value of the original signal according to the correlation between the kth residual error and the multiple columns in the sensing matrix, where 2≦k≦K; and recovering the original signal after determining a Kth array most correlative to the measured value of the original signal.
US09215033B2	Device, system and method of communicating data over wireless communication symbols with check code Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating data over wireless communication symbols with check-code. For example, a wireless communication unit may communicate a sequence of wireless communication symbols representing transmitted data bits, wherein a symbol of the symbols includes at least one data block, which includes a set of data bits and a set of repetition bits, the set of data bits including a first number of the transmitted data bits, and the set of repetition bits including a second number of bits, which are identical to at least a subset of the set of data bits, and wherein the symbol includes at least one plurality of check-code bits corresponding to the at least one data block.
US09215030B2	Allocation of spectral capacity in a wavelength-division multiplexing optical network A method for allocating spectral capacity in a WDM optical network comprising: —providing (4) a group of connection demands, —defining a group of candidate lightpaths that are adapted to carry an optical signal transparently, —defining a highest admissible spectral efficiency for each candidate lightpath, —computing (6) a respective spatial path for each connection demands, —for each candidate lightpath, determining the connection demands that match the candidate lightpath and computing its (1 2) spectral resource saving as a function of the difference between the spectral resources that would be used with its highest admissible spectral efficiency and the spectral resources that would be used with its reference spectral efficiency for the total capacity of the matching connection demands, —selecting (14) and allocating spectral resources to the candidate lightpath having the highest admissible spectral resource saving, —removing (14) the selected candidate lightpath and iterating to the step of determining the matching connection demands.
US09215026B2	Radio base station apparatus, mobile terminal device and wireless communication method To provide a radio base station apparatus, mobile terminal device and wireless communication method for transmitting and receiving downlink channel quality measurement reference signals in consideration of orthogonalization among transmission antennas, orthogonalization among cells, and interference estimation of high accuracy, in a wireless communication method of the invention, a radio base station apparatus generates channel quality measurement reference signals, performs randomization processing on the channel quality measurement reference signals to be mutually non-orthogonal among at least a part of cells, and orthogonalizes the channel quality measurement reference signals among transmission antennas to transmit to a mobile terminal device together with control information, and the mobile terminal device receives a downlink signal including the control information and the channel quality measurement reference signal, extracts the channel quality measurement reference signal using the control information, and measures channel quality using the channel quality measurement reference signal.
US09215024B2	Base station subsystem, a RBS part and a TMA part and methods thereof for synchronizing the RBS part and the TMA part A base station subsystem (1000), a TMA part (100) and a RBS part (150) of a communication system employing TDD; and respective methods are provided for synchronizing the RBS part of the base station subsystem (1000) with the TMA part (100) The RBS part (150) comprises an RBS modem (160) adapted to generate a switch signal comprising a switch command word, and to further send the switch signal to a TMA modem (110). The TMA modem (110) is adapted to demodulate the switch signal and to compare the switch command word with switch command words stored in a register. When any of the switch command words in the register (111) matches the switch command word of the demodulated switch signal, the TMA modem (110) is configured to generate a control signal for controlling a switch of the TMA part for synchronizing the RBS part (150) with the TMA part.
US09215018B2	Light display production strategy and device control Producing a light display for entertainment at a venue includes broadcasting a sonic timing signal, and driving internal timers on mobile handheld electronic devices at the venue toward a synchronous state via the sonic timing signal. Producing the light display further includes triggering illumination of the devices at different times each determined by the corresponding internal timer and contingent upon a location at the venue, to generate a light display. Related control methodology and control logic is also disclosed.
US09215015B2	Method for selecting wireless network and portable electronic device thereof A method for selecting a wireless network and a portable electronic device thereof are provided, and the method for selecting the wireless network includes following steps. A plurality of wireless network signal indicators of at least one wireless network are detected. Moreover, a target wireless network is selected from the at least one wireless network for operating therein according to the wireless network signal indicators.
US09215013B2	Reception apparatus and electronic equipment A reception apparatus includes a plurality of reception circuits that receive transmission signals, a plurality of local oscillation circuits that respectively supply the plurality of reception circuits with local oscillation signals, and a control unit that controls tunings in the plurality of reception circuits. When at least one reception circuit among the plurality of reception circuits is not used to receive the transmission signals, the control unit searches for an interference wave using the unused reception circuit.
US09215012B2	Method and system for using orthogonal space projections to mitigate interference Systems and methods are provided for mitigating natural and man-made interference through the use of one or more orthogonal, or nearly-orthogonal, projections of the received signal, which is assumed to be contaminated with interference, into one or more orthogonal projection spaces based on properties of the signal of interest. Once separated into orthogonal projection space(s), the system and method use information contained in the orthogonal projection space(s) to separate the signal of interest, or target signal, from the interference and to mitigate the interference.
US09215008B2	Low-latency, high-bandwidth long range communication system A free space line of site communication system for communicating between a first destination and a second destination includes a constellation of airborne platforms in a train-like formation, each travelling at a constant speed and distance relative to each other. Each of the airborne platforms includes: one or more inter-airborne platform optical or RF transceivers for communication with a previous and a next neighboring airborne platforms, wherein each inter-airborne platform transceiver is capable of adjusting its velocity to keep a constant speed and distance relative to its neighboring airborne platforms, and one or more up/down link transceivers for communication with multiple ground sites, each ground site having two or more ground optical or RF transceivers. A first airborne platforms closest to the first destination communicates with the first destination and a second airborne platforms closest to the second destination communicates with the second destination.
US09215007B2	Optical network switching node in multi-chassis cluster, optical burst synchronization method, and line card chassis An embodiment of the present invention provides an optical burst synchronization method. A synchronization method includes: selecting a reference chassis, and transmitting, by an output port corresponding to an FTL in the reference chassis, an optical burst test signal respectively to receive ports corresponding to ORs in other line card chassis, where the optical burst test signal carries a transmission timeslot number; and acquiring, by a receive port corresponding to an OR in each line card chassis, according to an optical path difference between the receive port corresponding to the OR in each line card chassis and the output port corresponding to the FTL in the reference chassis, time of receiving the optical burst test signal, and the transmission timeslot number, a time-phase difference between each line card chassis and the reference chassis, and calibrating a local clock phase according to the time-phase difference.
US09215004B2	Stationary proximity wireless communication apparatus, portable proximity wireless communication apparatus, proximity wireless communication system and proximity wireless communication method A stationary proximity wireless communication apparatus has an electromagnetic-wave transmitting and receiving part comprising a first indicator that indicates a zone to place a portable proximity wireless communication apparatus and an antenna that is installed in the zone to emit electromagnetic waves having directivity in a direction of a recommended optimum position suitable to place the portable proximity wireless communication apparatus in the zone from a position different from the recommended optimum position, and a wireless communication part configured to perform modulation and demodulation processes of electromagnetic waves transmitted and received at the antenna.
US09214999B2	Apparatus and method for adaptive receive diversity using link quality in wireless communications Aspects of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for performing adaptive receive-diversity (RxD) to improve power consumption using multiple antennas/receivers. In one aspect, a first receive-diversity (RxD) state is enabled at an access terminal utilizing two receive chains for a communication link. Link quality metrics corresponding to the communication link are determined. The access terminal selectively switches from the first RxD state to a second RxD state utilizing three or more receive chains dependent upon the link quality metrics, such that the energy per bit of the second RxD state is more energy efficient than the energy per bit of the first RxD state.
US09214998B2	Methods and arrangements for communications in low power wireless networks Embodiments may comprise an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system operating in the 1 GHz and lower frequency bands. In many embodiments, the physical layer logic may implement orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols encoded with 32 sub-carriers such as twenty data sub-carriers, four pilot sub-carriers, seven guard sub-carriers, and one direct current (DC) sub-carrier. Many embodiments may transform the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols between frequency and time domains with a 32-point, fast Fourier transform or inverse fast Fourier transform. Some embodiments may up-convert and transmit a communication signal with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols at one megahertz. Further embodiments may receive and detect communications signal with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols at one megahertz.
US09214987B2	Near field antenna for object detecting device A near field antenna adapted to an object detecting device, for sensing a plurality of units under test of at least an object under test. The near field antenna comprises a periodic guided-wave structure, a metallic reflection portion and at least two near field magnetic coupling antennas. The periodic guided-wave structure disposed below the object under test has a plurality of conductive units periodically arranged on a first plane. The metallic reflection portion is disposed under the periodic guided-wave structure to form an enclosed space. The near field magnetic coupling antennas are disposed on a second plane parallel to the periodic guided-wave structure, and are located in the enclosed space. The feed point and the ground point of each near field magnetic coupling antenna are fed by a coaxial cable with a feeding direction parallel to the periodically arranged conductive units.
US09214983B2	Method and apparatus for collecting and processing interference information A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information from each of the plurality of communication devices detecting interference information in a plurality of segments of a radio frequency spectrum, correlating the interference information of the plurality of communication devices to generate correlated information, and identifying a plurality of interferers according to the correlated information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09214980B2	High-frequency signal processor and wireless communication system There is a need to reduce secondary intermodulation distortion that may occur in a reception circuit of a high-frequency signal processor and a wireless communication system having the same. In test mode, for example, a test signal generating circuit TSGEN generates a test signal RFtst at f_tx±0.5 MHz. The test signal RFtst is input to a mixer circuit MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q). A correction circuit block CALBK detects an IM2 component resulting from the MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q). The CALBK varies a differential balance for the MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q) and concurrently monitors a phase for the IM2 component resulting from MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q). The CALBK searches for the differential balance corresponding to a transition point that allows the phase to transition by approximately 180°. The MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q) operates in normal mode using the differential balance as a search result.
US09214979B2	Dual mode power amplifier control interface with a multi-mode general purpose input/output interface In accordance with some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a dual mode control interface that can be used to provide both a radio frequency front end (RFFE) serial interface and a two-mode general purpose input/output (GPIO) interface within a single digital control interface die. In certain embodiments, the dual mode control interface, or digital control interface, can communicate with a power amplifier. Further, the dual mode control interface can be used to set the mode of the power amplifier.
US09214976B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus including a display module further including a control board for controlling an operation of the display module to display an image. An outer casing unit accommodates the display module, and a wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with an external communication device. The wireless communication unit includes at least one antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal to and from the external communication device, and a wireless communication board converts the radio signal received from the antenna into an electrical signal and transmits the electrical signal to the control board or transmits the electrical signal provided from the control board to the antenna, wherein the antenna and the wireless communication board are arranged to be spatially separated from each other.
US09214974B2	Method for sensing wireless microphones using augmented spectral correlation function A method for detecting wireless microphone signals based on an augmented spectral correlation function is provided. The method includes obtaining an augmented spectral correlation function (SCF) of acquired digital signals based on a SCF of the digital signal and a conjugate SCF proposed in the present invention, calculating a statistic, and comparing it with a decision threshold simulated or calculated through a predetermined method to determine whether the digital signal is a wireless microphone signal. With the proposed augmented SCF, the present invention overcomes a difficulty in sensing TV white space, namely, the inability of most existing detection methods to effectively distinguish between narrowband interferences and wireless microphone signals. Meanwhile, the detection method has low algorithm complexity and is easy to implement in real systems.
US09214969B2	Scalable digital predistortion system The scalable digital predistortion system and method provides compensation for the nonlinear distortions of power amplifiers and transmitters. The scalable digital predistortion system and its associated update algorithms provide scalability in terms of signal bandwidth and average power, allowing for low complexity updates following changes in the signal's bandwidth and/or power level. The method applies both memory polynomial functions and memoryless predistortion functions for compensating for the nonlinear distortions.
US09214967B2	Circuits and methods for reducing insertion loss effects associated with radio-frequency power couplers Disclosed are circuits and methods for reducing insertion loss effects associated with radio-frequency (RF) power couplers. In some implementations, an RF circuit can include a first path configured to route a first RF signal in a first band, and a second path configured to route a second RF signal in a second band. The RF circuit can further include a power detector having a first coupler configured to detect power along the first path, and a second coupler configured to detect power along the second path. The first coupler and the second couplers can be connected in a daisy-chain configuration. The RF circuit can further include an adjustment circuit implemented along at least one of the first path and the second paths. The adjustment circuit can be configured to move a frequency response feature associated with the power detector to a different frequency range.
US09214966B2	Method and apparatus for controlling power consumption of turbo decoder Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a TURBO decoder, which relate to the field of wireless communications technologies, can control a peak operation amount of the TURBO decoder to be within a certain range, and avoid occurrence of greater peak power consumption during a work process of the TURBO decoder, thereby lowering the manufacturing cost of a device using the TURBO decoder. The method of the present invention includes: determining size of a transmission block; determining, according to the size of the transmission block, the number of iteration times required for the TURBO decoder to process the transmission block, so as to control an operation amount required for the TURBO decoder to process the transmission block. The present invention is applicable to the TURBO decoder.
US09214965B2	Method and system for improving data integrity in non-volatile storage A method for improving data integrity in a non-volatile memory system includes: accessing a non-volatile memory cell for retrieving hard data bits; generating soft information by capturing a reliability of the hard data bits; calculating syndrome bits by applying a lossy compression to the soft information; and generating a host data by executing a low density parity check (LDPC) iterative decode on the hard data bits and the syndrome bits.
US09214964B1	Systems and methods for configuring product codes for error correction in a hard disk drive Systems and methods are provided for using a product code having a first dimension and a second dimension to encode data, decode data, or both. An encoding method includes receiving a portion of user data to be written in the first dimension, and computing first parity symbols with respect to the first dimension for the portion of user data. Partial parity symbols with respect to the second dimension are computed for the portion of user data and are used to obtain second parity symbols for the portion of user data. A decoding method includes decoding a first codeword in the first dimension. When the decoding the first codeword in the first dimension is successful, a target syndrome of a second codeword in the second dimension is computed based on a result of the decoding of the first codeword, wherein the first codeword partially overlaps with the second codeword.
US09214960B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in communication/broadcasting system An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication is provided. The method includes Low Density Parity Check (LDPC)-encoding LDPC information bits to generate a codeword, determining a number (Npunc) of bits to be punctured in parity bits of the codeword, determining a number (Npunc—group) of parity bit groups in which all bits are punctured, and puncturing the all bits within 0th to (Npunc—group−1)th parity bit groups indicated by a puncturing pattern, wherein the puncturing pattern is defined as an order of the parity bit groups defined as 29, 45, 43, 27, 32, 35, 40, 38, 0, 19, 8, 16, 41, 4, 26, 36, 30, 2, 13, 42, 46, 24, 37, 1, 33, 11, 44, 28, 20, 9, 34, 3, 17, 6, 21, 14, 23, 7, 22, 47, 5, 10, 12, 15, 18, 25, 31 and 39.
US09214959B2	Systems and methods for skip layer data decoding The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for performing data decoding including skipping one or more codeword blocks in the data decoding process. In one embodiment a data processing system includes a skip control circuit operable to skip re-application of a data decode algorithm to a portion of a codeword where at least the number of unsatisfied checks for the portion is zero.
US09214956B2	Semiconductor device, multichip package and semiconductor system using the same A semiconductor device includes an error detection unit suitable for receiving data and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code, and for outputting a detection signal by detecting a transmission error of the data, and a signal change unit suitable for generating error information based on the detection signal while changing a signal form of the error information based on a signal transmission environment of the data.
US09214955B2	Boolean entropy decoder and boolean entropy decoding method for video display system A Boolean entropy decoder including a decoding module, a buffer and an updating module is provided. The decoder sequentially generates a first boolean value, a second boolean value and a third boolean value. The first and second boolean values are generated during a same cycle. The decoding module requires a first bit amount while generating a first value corresponding to the first boolean value, and requires a second bit amount while generating a second value corresponding to the second boolean value. The buffer temporarily stores a bit segment in the bitstream to be provided to the decoding module. The updating module fetches a new bit segment according to the first bit amount and the second bit amount and updates the buffer. The decoding module selectively updates a value corresponding to the third boolean value after the buffer is updated.
US09214953B1	Generalized data weighted averaging method for equally weighted multi-bit D/A elements A multi-level data weighted averaging circuit for inclusion in a multi-bit DAC circuit has a thermometer encoder that includes a binary to thermometer code conversion array configured for retaining or generating a multi-bit code representing an amplitude to be developed by each of the DAC element of the DAC circuit. The thermometer encoder is in communication with a multi-bit delta/sigma modulator to receive an oversampled binary coding representing an amplitude of a sampling of an analog signal. The oversampled binary coding is applied to an element selector to select the elements retaining or generating the element binary strings of bits of the multi-bit thermometer code. The multi-bit thermometer code is transferred to a rotational dynamic element matching circuit that rotationally selects order that the DAC elements are to receive each of the element binary strings of bits of the multi-bit thermometer code.
US09214950B1	Apparatus and method for temperature compensated gain and mismatch trim in subranging quantizers and analog to digital converters A flash analog to digital converter (ADC) provides a temperature compensated trim current by applying a first temperature compensated reference current across a replica resistor ladder. The reference current is mirrored to a trim digital to analog converter, which outputs a fractional portion of the temperature compensated reference current. The proportional trim current is then fed back to the reference current to provide a trimmed temperature compensated reference current. The trimmed reference current is mirrored across the output resistor ladder providing a trimmed current in which the trim varies along with temperature changes due to the trim current being a proportion of the temperature compensated reference current. A proportional trim current which varies with temperature changes is applied to the gain current trim and mismatch current trim in a DAC of a quantizing stage of a sub-ranging ADC.
US09214946B2	Phase locked loop circuit A phase locked loop circuit is provided which includes a bang-bang phase frequency detector configured to receive a reference signal and a feedback signal, detect a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal, output a detection signal on the based on a result of the detection; an analog-digital mixed filter configured to receive the detection signal and output a control signal on the basis of the received detection signal; a voltage controlled oscillator configured to output an output signal in response to the control signal; and a divider configured to divide the output signal by n to output as the feedback signal. The detection signal is a digital signal, and the control signal is an analog signal.
US09214944B2	Digital counter A digital counter includes: a plurality of flip-flops configured to generate a plurality of count signals; and a controller configured to prevent level transition of an input terminal of a flip-flop to generate a count signal corresponding to a least significant bit (LSB), in response to a clock signal and a count end signal.
US09214943B1	Fractional frequency divider A fractional frequency divider counts pulses of a digital input clock signal and enables a clock gating module when a preset count is reached. The clock gating module combines the outputs of two clock gating cells that receive, respectively, the input clock signal and an inverted version of the input clock signal. Output pulses are produced on both positive and negative edges of the input clock signal. This permits generation of output clock pulses that can be set to have a spacing and width granularity of half an input clock period, giving the advantages of low jitter and fine duty cycle control.
US09214942B2	Low output impedance, low power buffer A complementary push-pull buffer includes complementary transconductance (GM) devices connected as source-followers to drive a load. Current flowing through the GM devices is split, on the source side, between constant-current source circuitry and a push signal current multiplier (e.g., a current mirror) and, on the sink side, between constant-current sink circuitry and a pull signal current multiplier. The devices used to implement the constant-current circuits and the current multipliers are sized such that the current multipliers provide low output impedance, while the current splitting provides low overall power consumption.
US09214941B2	Input/output circuits and methods of implementing an input/output circuit An input/output circuit implemented in an integrated circuit is described. The input/output circuit comprises an input/output pad and a voltage control circuit coupled to the input/output pad. The voltage control circuit sets a voltage at the input/output pad at a first voltage when the input/output pad is implemented as an input pad and at a second voltage when the input/output pad is implemented as an output pad. Methods of implementing input/output circuits in an integrated circuit are also described.
US09214938B2	Capacitive sensor interface and method Electronic interface and method for reading a capacitive sensor that includes one input capacitor (30) or several input capacitors, in which the capacitive sensor is excited with a two-level voltage (Vlow, Vhigh) and read by a charge-sense amplifier whose output is sampled in four successive instants. An evaluation unit (333) is arranged to compute two difference values (V12, V34) between two pairs of samples corresponding to different voltage levels and to combine said difference values into an output value (V_out_raw) proportional to the charge transferred to the input of the charge-sense amplifier and an error value (error_bit) sensitive to a time derivative of a noise current din/dt.
US09214934B2	Desaturation detection circuit for use between the desaturation detection input of an optocoupler and the output of a power switching device A desaturation detection circuit for use between the desaturation detection input of an optocoupler and the output of a power switching device, the desaturation detection circuit comprising: a threshold setting element having an input and an output, the input for connection to the output of a power switching device via one or more diode(s), the threshold setting element being arranged to set a threshold voltage at the input at which the threshold setting element will provide an output at the output of the threshold setting element when the input voltage is exceeded, and a detector having an input connected to the output of the threshold setting element and an output connectable to a desaturation detection input of an optocoupler, the detector being arranged to detect an output at the output of the threshold setting element and in response to provide a control signal at the output of the detector for the desaturation detection input to trigger a desaturation routine in the optocoupler.
US09214920B2	Antenna matching circuit An antenna matching circuit includes at least two signal paths are connected to one antenna connection. The signal paths are designed to transmit and/or receive RF signals. A matching circuit includes a discrete line for phase shifting integrated at the antenna end in at least one of the signal paths. In this case, at least one of the capacitances contained in the discrete line is in the form of a micro-acoustic resonator, whose resonance is shifted sufficiently far that it is outside the pass band of the respective signal paths.
US09214916B2	Acoustic processing device There is provided an acoustic processing device capable of applying acoustic processing matching listener's sense to reproduce an audio signal with satisfactory sound quality in terms of auditory sense irrespective of the characteristics of a sound source. The acoustic processing device (1) includes a gain calculation section (5) that calculates a gain correction amount corresponding to predetermined auditory sense characteristics, an offset gain calculation section (6) that calculates a gain offset based on a frequency characteristics of an audio signal analyzed by a frequency analysis section (3), an acoustic signal generation section (7) that generates an acoustic signal based on the gain correction amount and the gain offset, and an acoustic addition section (8) that adds the generated acoustic signal to the audio signal.
US09214910B2	Integrated circuit According to one embodiment, provided are an amplifier transistor configured to amplify an input signal; a biasing circuit configured to set a bias voltage in such a manner as to allow the amplifier transistor to perform amplification; an electrostatic protective circuit configured to set the bias voltage for the amplifier transistor in such a manner as to make the amplifier transistor to turn off based on voltage to be applied to the amplifier transistor; and a switching circuit configured to switch the bias voltage for the amplifier transistor based on a power supply condition.
US09214908B2	Amplification circuit An amplification circuit (100) comprising a first filter (102) and an LNA (110). The first filter (102) comprising an input (104) for receiving an input signal; a first differential output (106); and a second differential output (108). The first filter (102) has a differential mode of operation for frequencies in its pass-band (706, 806) and a common mode of operation for frequencies outside its pass-band (706, 806), and may be an acoustic wave filter. The LNA (110) comprising a first differential input (112) connected to the first differential output (106) of the first filter (102); a second differential input (114) connected to the second differential output (108) of the first filter (102); and an output (116) for providing an amplified output signal.
US09214905B2	High output power amplifier A high-output electric power amplifier using a depression-type FET includes a drain voltage supply portion adapted to create a positive voltage to be applied to a drain terminal in the depression-type FET, and a gate bias voltage supply portion adapted to create a negative voltage to be applied to a gate terminal in the depression-type FET, wherein the drain voltage supply portion uses an external commercial power supply as an electric power source, and the gate bias voltage supply portion uses a battery as an electric power source, in order to certainly prevent breakdowns of the FET due to excessive electric currents.
US09214904B2	Differential power amplifier using mode injection Disclosed is a differential power amplifier using mode injection, which includes: a first transistor of which the gate receives a first signal and the source is connected to the ground; a second transistor of which the gate receives a second signal and the source is connected to the ground; a third transistor of which the source is connected to the source of the first transistor; a fourth transistor of which the source is connected to the source of the second transistor; a fifth transistor of which the source is connected with the drain of the first transistor and the drain is connected with a first output port and the drain of the third transistor; and a sixth transistor of which the source is connected with the drain of the second transistor and the drain is connected with a second output port and the drain of the fourth transistor.
US09214903B2	Amplifier An amplifier includes a transistor chip, a matching chip with a capacitor group having multiple MIM capacitors, each of the MIM capacitors including a lower electrode, a dielectric, and an upper electrode, a bonding wire that electrically connects the transistor chip to the upper electrode of any one of the MIM capacitors of the capacitor group and transmits a high-frequency signal, and a case that accommodates the transistor chip and the matching chip. The lower electrodes of the MIM capacitors are grounded, and capacitance values of each of the MIM capacitors of the capacitor group are different from each other.
US09214902B2	Bias-boosting bias circuit for radio frequency power amplifier Various embodiments provide a bias circuit for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) to provide a direct current (DC) bias voltage, with bias boosting, to the RF PA. The bias circuit may include a bias transistor that forms a current mirror with an amplifier transistor of the RF PA. The bias circuit may further include a first resistor coupled between the gate terminal and the drain terminal of the bias transistor to block RF signals from the gate terminal of the bias transistor. The bias circuit may further include a second resistor coupled between the drain terminal of the bias transistor and the RF PA (e.g., the gate terminal of the amplifier transistor). An amount of bias boosting of the DC bias voltage provided by the bias circuit may be based on an impedance value of the second resistor.
US09214900B2	Interference reduction between RF communications bands Radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) circuitry and a PA envelope power supply are disclosed. The RF PA circuitry receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF output signal using an envelope power supply signal, which is provided by the PA envelope power supply. The RF PA circuitry operates in either a normal RF spectral emissions mode or a reduced RF spectral emissions mode. When reduced RF spectral emissions are required, the RF PA circuitry operates in the reduced RF spectral emissions mode. As such, at a given RF output power, during the reduced RF spectral emissions mode, RF spectral emissions of the RF output signal are less than during the normal RF spectral emissions mode. As a result, the reduced RF spectral emissions mode may be used to reduce interference between RF communications bands.
US09214899B2	Power amplifier assembly comprising suspended strip lines It is presented a power amplifier assembly comprising; a radio frequency multi-order power amplifier comprising a circuit board; a grounding structure connected to the radio frequency multi-order power amplifier and comprising a recess; a combining network connected to a plurality of outputs of the radio frequency multi-order power amplifier. The combining network comprises: a plurality of input connection points, wherein each of the plurality of input connection points is connected to a respective output of the plurality of outputs of the radio frequency multi-order power amplifier; an output connection point; and a conductor arrangement comprising a plurality of conductive paths arranged between the plurality of input connection points and the output connection point; wherein at least one of the plurality of conductive paths is at least partly formed by a suspended conductor positioned in the recess of the grounding structure.
US09214895B2	Oscillator with primary and secondary LC circuits One aspect of this disclosure is an apparatus including an oscillator that includes a secondary LC circuit to increase a tuning range of the oscillator and/or to reduce a phase noise of the oscillator. Another aspect of this disclosure is an apparatus that includes oscillator with a primary LC circuit and a secondary LC circuit. This oscillator can operate in a primary oscillation mode or a secondary oscillation mode, depending on whether oscillation is set by the primary LC circuit or the secondary LC circuit.
US09214893B2	String monitor A string monitor comprises a modular base unit and one or more sensor modules which may include sensor modules for measuring DC voltage and current.
US09214889B2	Motor drive control apparatus There is provided a motor drive control apparatus that includes a resistor, which directly or indirectly detects a driving current supplied to a motor and generates a voltage corresponding to the driving current, converts, with an AD converter, the voltage corresponding to the motor driving current detected by the resistor into a numerical value, and reflects the motor driving current converted into the numerical value on driving control for the motor, wherein a plurality of the resistors is connected in series to form a resistor string, and voltage between arbitrary two points of the resistor string is AD-converted.
US09214885B1	Independent pathways for detecting fault condition in electric motor An electric motor system having substantially independent hardware-based and software-based pathways for detecting and initiating responses to fault conditions, such as over-current conditions, in an electric motor which is powered by a power inverter which is controlled by a power module and a microprocessor. Each pathway involves comparing a voltage, which is representative of an electric current flowing to the motor, to a predetermined maximum voltage, and if the former exceeds the latter using hardware or software to initiate shutting off the motor, such as by shutting off the power inverter. When one pathway detects a fault condition it may notify the other pathway, and the notified pathway may also initiate shutting off the motor.
US09214884B2	Motor driving device and brushless motor A motor driving device of the present invention is a motor driving device that incorporates so-called vector control of controlling a current applied to a motor winding in accordance with the position of a rotor. The motor driving device receives the input of a duty command value from a host controller via a command input port, for example. The motor driving device obtains a current command or a speed command as a command value such that the input duty command value is equal to the duty of a drive pulse output from an inverter. Then, the motor driving device performs vector control based on the obtained command value.
US09214882B2	Control device and method for determining the rotor angle of a synchronous machine Determining the rotor angle of a synchronous machine. In one aspect, the invention provides a method that includes generating a multiplicity of pulse-width-modulated drive signals for the phases of an inverter feeding the synchronous machine depending on a voltage to be fed into the synchronous machine, and applying a first phase shift to one or more of the multiplicity of pulse-width-modulated drive signals, so that the duration of the switching states of the inverter is extended in order to generate a first switching pattern for the phases of the inverter. The method also includes applying a second phase shift to one or more of the multiplicity of pulse-width-modulated drive signals for generating a second switching pattern, selecting one or more of the first and second switching patterns, determining one or more of neutral point potentials at the neutral point of the synchronous machine, and calculating the rotor angle of the synchronous machine.
US09214881B2	Power conversion apparatus A DC link is provided, which includes a capacitor connected in parallel to an output of a converter circuit, and outputs a pulsating DC link voltage. An inverter circuit is provided, which converts an output of the DC link to AC by switching, and supplies the AC to a motor connected thereto. A controller is provided, which controls switching of the inverter circuit so that motor currents pulsate in synchronization with pulsation of a power-supply voltage. The controller controls the switching of the inverter circuit in accordance with a load of the motor or an operational state of the motor, and reduces pulsation amplitude of the motor currents.
US09214878B2	Multilevel power converter circuit A multilevel power converter circuit driven by two direct current power supplies in series includes a first semiconductor switch series circuit that combines a series circuit of 2n IGBTs connected between positive and negative electrodes with a capacitor, a second semiconductor switch series circuit that combines a series circuit of 2n−2 IGBTs connected between the emitter of a first IGBT of the first semiconductor switch series circuit and the collector of a 2nth IGBT with a capacitor, and a bidirectional switch connected between an intermediate point of the second semiconductor switch series circuit and an intermediate point of the direct current power supply, to reduce a voltage change in the alternating current output when semiconductor switches are switching.
US09214876B2	Method of shoot-through generation for modified sine wave Z-source, quasi-Z-source and trans-Z-source inverters This invention belongs into the field of power electronics and semiconductor converter control and pertains to the method of shoot-through generation for modified sine wave Z-source, quasi-Z-source and trans-Z-source inverters. The inverter can be controlled using either the modified sine wave pulse-width modulation or phase-shift modulation method. There are three methods for shoot-through generation in the case of modified sine wave control: by overlapping active states, during the freewheeling state and during the zero state. To equalize switching losses in the case of unsymmetrical switching patterns, control signals of upper and lower switching elements are periodically interchanged.
US09214875B2	Multilevel inverter The present disclosure proposes an input power of each unit power cell of a cascaded H-bridge inverter that is mutually insulated. To this end, the present disclosure includes a phase shift transformer configured to output a voltage of predetermined phase by receiving an AC input power having a fixed frequency, and a plurality of unit power cells serially-connected configured to output a voltage having a predetermined phase by receiving a voltage provided by the phase shift transformer, wherein the phase shift transformer is configured to include the number of phase shifts corresponding to the number of the plurality of unit power cells.
US09214871B2	Power conversion device with a daisy chain configuration communication control unit A power conversion device includes: a plurality of cascade-connection type single-phase power converters; and a central control unit that controls the plurality of the single-phase power converters, wherein each of the plurality of single-phase power converters has a single-phase power converter control unit, and the central control unit and the plurality of the single-phase power converter control units are connected via a communication means having a daisy-chain configuration, wherein the single-phase power converter control unit transmits and receives a control signal via the communication means having the daisy-chain configuration, as well as a specific pattern signal, other than a control signal frame, which can be distinguished from the control signal frame, and determines a communication error due to not receiving the specific pattern signal at the single-phase power converter control unit, or an inconsistency between the received signal and the specific pattern signal.
US09214870B2	Synchronous rectifier circuit Provided is a synchronous rectifier circuit which, even if a synchronous rectification element having a low on-resistance is used, can perform a synchronous rectifying operation without being influenced by the inductance component. It is a synchronous rectifier circuit having a synchronous rectification element QSR1 and a synchronous rectification control circuit IC1 for turning on/off the synchronous rectification element QSR1 in accordance with the current iSR flowing through the synchronous rectification element QSR1, including a current detection circuit for detecting the current iSR flowing through the synchronous rectification element QSR1 during an on-period of the synchronous rectification element QSR1 as a synchronized voltage waveform, the synchronous rectification control circuit IC1 being configured so as to turn off the synchronous rectification element QSR1 on the basis of the voltage waveform detected by the current detection circuit 1a.
US09214867B2	Low power converter An AC to DC converter system is disclosed in which a conversion circuit for converting an AC input signal to a DC output signal is operably coupled with an enabling circuit designed for sensing and output parameter indicative of the presence or absence of a load at the DC output. The system is designed so that the conversion circuit operates in an inactive standby state when there is no load, and in an active state for supplying DC power when a load is present. The enabling circuit is configured to operate using low power.
US09214857B2	Apparatus and system for noise cancellation of power converters An apparatus and system comprise a noise cancelation power converter being configured for phase inverted synchronous operation with respect to a primary power converter. The primary power converter is operable to supply power to at least one device. The primary power converter produces a first electromagnetic interference during operation to supply the power. The first electromagnetic interference is coupleable to the device. The noise cancelation power converter further is configured with parasitic components substantially matching parasitic components of the primary power converter. The noise cancelation power converter further produces a second electromagnetic interference that is coupleable to the device. The second electromagnetic interference comprises frequency components having an inverted phase relative to frequency components of the first electromagnetic interference for substantially reducing a sum of the first electromagnetic interference and the second electromagnetic interference during coupling to the device.
US09214855B2	Active power factor correction circuit for a constant current power converter The present disclosure provides techniques for power factor correction on a constant current system. In an example embodiment, the present disclosure provides a power factor correction circuit which receives a constant current power input. The power factor correction circuit provides an input voltage tuned to match the phase of the input current. The input voltage is tuned via charging and draining an input capacitor by a switching device. The switching device is driven on a duty cycle synchronously associated with the input current waveform.
US09214852B2	Precharge circuits and methods for DC-DC boost converters The present invention discloses precharge circuits and methods for DC-DC boost converters. In one embodiment, a precharge method for a DC-DC boost converter having a current mirror circuit that includes a reference transistor and a power transistor, can include: (i) maintaining a reference current flowing through the reference transistor as substantially constant; (ii) maintaining a drain-source voltage of the reference transistor and a drain-source voltage of the power transistor as substantially equal; and (iii) obtaining a substantially constant mirror current by reflecting the reference current through the power transistor to operate as a precharging current of a precharge circuit.
US09214843B2	Method of binding stator coils of motor A method of making an electric motor includes installing a plurality of hairpin coils in a plurality of slots, wherein the plurality of hairpin coils comprise a first hairpin coil and a second hairpin coil, the first hairpin coil comprising a first end and the second hairpin coil comprising a second end. The method further includes inserting the first and second ends into a void of an electrically conductive coupler to electrically connect the first and second ends; and placing the insulation cap over the coupler so as to protect the coupler from contacting other electric conductive materials.
US09214839B2	Three-phase dynamoelectric machines and stators with phase windings formed of different conductor material(s) A stator for a polyphase dynamoelectric machine includes a stator core and windings positioned about the stator core. The windings include at least a first phase winding and a second phase winding. The first phase winding is formed of at least one electrical conductor material that is not present in the second phase winding.
US09214837B2	Electric motor with plural stator components An electric motor apparatus comprising: a rotor; and a stator formed of at least two stator components, each of the at least two stator components having a substantially hollow cylindrical form. The rotor is mounted within the at least two stator components on a rotational mounting such that the rotor can rotate about a longitudinal central axis with respect to the stator. Each of the at least two stator components comprising at least two protrusions arranged at different circumferential points on an inner surface of the at least two stator components, each of the at least two protrusions having a winding mounted thereon; and control circuitry configured to generate control signals to control power supplied to the windings on each of the at least two stator components, such that power can be controlled to each of the at least two stator components independently of each other. The at least two stator components are mounted adjacent to each other along the longitudinal central axis and rotationally offset with respect to each other, such that the at least two protrusions on one of the at least two stator components are offset with respect to the at least two protrusions on an adjacently mounted one of the at least two stator components, such that a portion of each of the windings that extends beyond a longitudinal end of the protrusions on one of the at least two stator components fits within a gap between windings mounted on the adjacently mounted stator component.
US09214834B1	Automatic emergency lighting load control An emergency load control device includes a lighting relay that is coupled to a lighting load based on a relay control signal input. Further, the emergency load control device includes an emergency relay that is coupled to an emergency lighting load based on an emergency relay control signal input. Furthermore, the emergency load control device includes a power controller that is coupled to the lighting relay and the emergency relay. The power controller is configured to output the relay control signal input to the lighting relay and the emergency relay control signal input to the emergency relay to control the operation of the lighting load and the emergency lighting load respectively. In addition, the emergency load control device includes a dimmer control circuit coupled to the lighting load and the emergency lighting load. The dimmer control circuit controls dimming of the lighting load and the emergency lighting load.
US09214833B1	Redundant charging and discharging MOSFET driving in battery backup system Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to uninterruptible power supply units for systems requiring back up power. Each unit may include UPS circuitry for controlling charging and allowing discharging of a battery. The UPS circuitry may includes a controller and a plurality of metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (“MOSFET”) switches. The MOSFETs may include charging and discharging MOSFETs arranged in series with the battery all driven by a single gate driver, such as a controller. In this regard, the controller may limit the charging current though all of the MOSFETs and charge the battery. The MOSFETs may be arranged such that if the charging MOSFET fails, the redundant charging MOSFET may continue to limit the charging current to the battery. Similarly, a redundant discharging MOSFET may be arranged in series with a discharging MOSFET in order to continue to provide discharging current if the discharging MOSFET fails.
US09214831B2	Wind charger A wind charger set on a circuit board for powering a button cell held by a holder set on the circuit board. The wind charger includes a bracket attached to the holder, a wind turbine fixed on the bracket and a charge circuit. The charge circuit is set on the circuit board. The wind turbine transfers airflow created by a heat-dissipating device set on the circuit board into electricity for powering the charge circuit, which charges the button cell.
US09214823B1	Correlating operational states and battery usage of devices to extend battery duration A plurality of client devices may each run on battery power and each experience respective battery usage while in a respective operational state. A server may receive, from the plurality of client devices, a plurality of reports correlating the client devices' respective operational states with the client devices' respective battery usage. Based on the reports, the server may identify at least two client devices in the plurality that reported a common operational state. The server may further determine a representative battery usage for the common operational state, and use this representative battery usage to predict battery usage for a particular client device that is in the common operational state. Then, the server may instruct the particular client device to take an action based upon the predicted battery usage.
US09214822B2	Battery pack manager unit and method for using same to extend the life of a battery pack The present invention generally relates to a device and method for the management of a collection of battery cells. In one embodiment, the present invention permits the management of a collection of battery cells composed of an overall battery pack manager unit, individual cell manager units, and wireless communication links between these units. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a device and method for the management of a collection of battery cells in the field of rechargeable batteries, such as batteries based on lithium-based chemistries, nickel-based chemistries, and lead-acid chemistries. In still another embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method that permits the maximization of battery pack capacity during a charge-discharge cycle and/or permits the maximization of the total number of charge-discharge cycles.
US09214819B2	DC/DC converter circuit and battery system A DC/DC converter circuit includes at least two DC/DC converters and a low-pass filter, the DC/DC converters in each case having one input side and one output side. The DC/DC converters are connected to each other in series on their output side, and the low-pass filter is post-connected to the DC/DC converters that are connected in series to each other, so as to smooth the output voltage generated by the DC/DC converters at their output side.
US09214818B2	Wireless power transmission system, and method of controlling transmission and reception of resonance power A resonance power transmission system, and a method of controlling transmission and reception of a resonance power are provided. According to one embodiment, a method of controlling resonance power transmission in a resonance power transmitter may include: transmitting resonance power to a resonance power receiver, the resonance power having resonance frequencies which vary with respect to a plurality of time intervals; and receiving, from the resonance power receiver, information regarding the resonance frequency having the highest power transmission efficiency among the resonance frequencies used in the time intervals.
US09214817B2	Circuitry arrangement for a solar power plant comprising a DC voltage source for an offset voltage A circuitry arrangement for a solar power plant includes a transformerless inverter for feeding electric power from at least one photovoltaic generator into an alternating power grid, a galvanic separation of all lines carrying current between the inverter and the power grid, and a DC voltage source in an offset path between one electric line at the input side of the galvanic separation and a reference potential. The DC voltage source provides an offset voltage. The offset path includes a DC branch and an AC branch connected in parallel. The direct voltage source is connected in series with a current sensor in the DC branch, and at least one capacitor is arranged in the AC branch. Further, a DC contactor triggered by the current sensor is arranged in the offset path.
US09214816B2	System and method for subsea power distribution network An integrated power distribution system utilizes a subsea power distribution hub that receives high voltage electricity through an umbilical from a host surface facility. The subsea power distribution hub steps down the high voltage electricity and distributes the appropriate electrical power supply to multiple components of a subsea production system (e.g., in-well pumps, subsea booster pumps, subsea processing units, subsea valves, and subsea sensors) via jumpers. The integrated subsea power distribution system can be utilize to supply electrical power to all of the required process components of the subsea production system from the in-well completion to the surface host facility.
US09214815B2	Power supply system including a battery, a DC/DC converter, and an inverter A power supply system includes an inverter controller which amplifies a deviation between a bus voltage command signal and a bus voltage signal obtained by detecting a bus voltage, inputs the amplified deviation to a first limit unit for limiting output power of a commercial power supply, divides the deviation into a first deviation within a first limit value of the first limit unit and a second deviation which exceeds a range of the first limit value, and controls an inverter on the basis of the first deviation, and a DC/DC converter controller which controls a DC/DC converter on the basis of the second deviation.
US09214812B2	B-side feed for critical power applications A method of providing power to a load, such as an IT load, includes generating an output power using at least one power module comprising at least one fuel cell segment, providing a first portion of the output power through a grid to an A-side power feed of the load, and providing a second portion of the output power to a B-side power feed of the load.
US09214810B2	Method of operation and device for controlling an energy installation having photovoltaic modules A method and device are provided for operating an energy installation and include multiple photovoltaic modules linked to at least one inverter. Switching means are provided to electrically arrange the photovoltaic modules in at least two configurable series of photovoltaic modules parallel to each other, so that each module can be individually connected to or disconnected from any of the series of photovoltaic modules. Current values and voltage values supplied individually by each photovoltaic module are measured. Intermediate electrical magnitudes are calculated or chosen corresponding respectively to a plurality of configurations of the series of photovoltaic modules. The intermediate electrical magnitudes are compared with each other or with a reference magnitude. A configuration is selected of each series of photovoltaic modules according to the result of the comparison.
US09214808B2	Electronic device and power control circuit for same An electronic device includes a MCU, and a power control circuit. The power control circuit includes a first switch unit connected between a power source and the MCU, and a second switch unit connected between a control terminal of the first switch unit and the MCU. In a first status, the second switch unit outputs a first control signal to switch on the first switch to connect the MCU to the power source for enabling the MCU to receive power; and further outputs a boot signal to the MCU to power the electronic device. Switched to a second status, a shutdown signal is output to the MCU to shutdown the electronic device; and the second switch module further outputs a second control signal to switch off the first switch after a determined time period, to cut power consumption to nil at the end of that period.
US09214806B1	ESD protecting circuit An ESD protecting circuit, which comprises: a first voltage pad; a second voltage pad; an I/O pad; a first ESD protecting module, comprising a first terminal coupled to the first voltage pad; a MOS transistor, comprising a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first ESD protecting module, comprising a second terminal coupled to the I/O pad, and comprising a control terminal for receiving a control signal; a second ESD protecting module, comprising a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the MOS transistor, and comprising a second terminal coupled to the second voltage pad; and an ESD detecting circuit, for generating the control signal to control the MOS transistor to be conductive when an ESD voltage is detected and to control the MOS transistor to be nonconductive when the ESD voltage is not detected.
US09214802B2	Fault protection of a variable differential transformer (VDT) excitation circuit An excitation circuit includes an operational amplifier, a transistor circuit, a switch, and a pull-down resistor. The operational amplifier receives an excitation input voltage at a non-inverting input and provides an operational amplifier output. The transistor circuit receives the operational amplifier output and provides a transistor circuit output. The transistor circuit output is connected to an inverting input of the operational amplifier. The switch is connected between the operational amplifier output and the transistor circuit. The switch is opened to disconnect the operational amplifier output from the transistor circuit. The pull-down resistor is connected between an output of the switch and ground, wherein the pull-down resistor turns off the transistor circuit when the switch is opened.
US09214801B2	Power supply device for plasma processing A power supply device for plasma processing, wherein electric arcs may occur, comprises a power supply circuit for generating a voltage across output terminals, and a first switch connected between the power supply circuit and one of the output terminals. According to a first aspect the power supply device comprises a recovery energy circuit connected to the output terminals and to the power supply circuit. According to a second aspect the power supply device comprises an inductance circuit including an inductor and a second switch connected parallel to the inductor. According to a third aspect the power supply device comprises a controller for causing the power supply circuit and the first switch to be switched on and off. The controller is configured to determine a quenching time interval by means of a self-adaptive process. The quenching time interval defines the time interval during which, in an event of an arc, no voltage is generated across the output terminals.
US09214790B2	Filtered laser array assembly with external optical modulation and WDM optical system including same A filtered laser array assembly generally includes an array of laser emitters coupled between external modulators and an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). Each of the laser emitters emits light across a plurality of wavelengths including, for example, channel wavelengths in an optical communication system. The AWG filters the emitted light from each of the laser emitters at different channel wavelengths associated with each of the laser emitters. Lasing cavities are formed between each of the laser emitters and a back reflector coupled to an output of the AWG such that laser output from the laser emitters is provided at the respective channel wavelengths of the reflected, filtered light. The external modulators enable high speed modulation of the laser output. The modulated laser output may then be optically multiplexed to produce an aggregate optical signal including multiple channel wavelengths.
US09214786B2	Diode laser packages with flared laser oscillator waveguides A high brightness diode laser package includes a plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides arranged on a stepped surface to emit respective laser beams in one or more emission directions, a plurality of optical components situated to receive the laser beams from the plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides and to provide the beams in a closely packed relationship, and an optical fiber optically coupled to the closely packed beams for coupling the laser beams out of the diode laser package.
US09214784B2	Laser device An end surface 3b of a solid-state laser element 3 is sloped in such a way that, assuming that laser light is incident upon air from the end surface, an angle of incidence which a normal to an inner side of the end surface forms with a traveling direction of the laser light substantially matches the Brewster angle at the incidence plane, an end surface 4a of a wavelength conversion element 4 is sloped in such a way that, assuming that the laser light is incident upon air from the end surface, an angle of incidence which a normal to an inner side of the end surface forms with a traveling direction of the laser light substantially matches the Brewster angle at the incidence plane, and the end surface 3b and the end surface 4b are arranged in such a way as to be opposite to each other.
US09214783B2	Light emitting device, lighting system, headlight, and vehicle A light emitting device which includes at least one of a laser light source (1), wiring (9), a lens for excitation (2), a luminous body (4), a laser cut filter (6), a half parabolic mirror (5P), and a base (5h), in which a part of the wiring (9) is installed at a portion in which a breakage easily occurs due to at least one deformation of the laser light source (1), the lens for excitation (2), the luminous body (4), the laser cut filter (6), the half parabolic mirror (5P), and the base (5h), or a change in an installation position thereof.
US09214774B2	Wedge converter Embodiments of the present invention include devices for converting a bi-pin interface to a wedge interface in a light-emitting-diode (LED) lighting system. The ultimate purpose of the invention is to reduce the cost, service time, and risk challenges faced by LED-lighting servicers. The invention accomplishes this purpose by neutralizing the challenge imposed by unknown inventory requirements.
US09214771B2	Connector for a cable A connector for a cable, in one embodiment, has a body configured to receive a cable. The connector has a plurality of contacts moveably positioned within the body, and the connector has a component configured to slide or axially move.
US09214769B2	Electrical plug connector A switching device of electrical plug connector includes a plug body, a circuit board and a switching member. The plug body includes a connecting shell and an inserting space. The circuit board is disposed at the plug body and connected to a plurality of conductive plates. The switching member is connected to the circuit board and includes a transmission bar, a contact plate and an elastic member. The transmission bar passes through the circuit board; one end of the transmission bar is disposed in the inserting space. The contact plate is disposed adjacent to the conductive plates and connected to another end of the transmission bar. The elastic member sleeves on the transmission bar. When an electrical receptacle connector inserts into the connecting shell, one end of the transmission bar is abutted to drive another end of the transmission bar moving, thereby connecting the contact plate with the conductive plates.
US09214763B2	Fly line connector A fly line connector is disclosed. A pin is connected to a main body. A fly line is wrapped around the pin. A first engaging portion is formed on the main body. A first engaging hole is formed in the main body and is opposite to the first engaging portion. When a number of the fly line connectors are combined together, the first engaging portion of one of the fly line connectors is engaged with the first engaging hole of the other one of the fly line connectors.
US09214760B2	Connector terminal including buffer portion and connector housing used for the same The connector terminal includes at opposite ends a pair of press-fit terminals to be inserted into through-holes formed through two printed circuit boards located facing each other, each of the press-fit terminals having a plurality of contact pieces, and further includes at least one buffer portion deformable in accordance with a gap between imaginary longitudinal center lines of the press-fit terminals.
US09214759B2	Connector with slideable retention feature and patch cord having the same A patch cord including a connector attached to an end of an electrical cable. The connector includes a boot member that slides over a portion of a wire manager to actuate a retention arrangement of the connector. Certain types of retention arrangements are actuated by deflecting flexible tabs of the wire manager inwardly to bite into at least an outer jacket of the electrical cable.
US09214758B2	Hermetic housing arrangement The present disclosure relates to a housing arrangement, in particular to a hermetic housing arrangement, having at least one housing for connecting a plug-in connector, wherein the housing arrangement has at least one seal. The housing arrangement in accordance with the present disclosure is characterized in that the at least one seal can be placed in at least one opening provided in the housing and/or in an opening provided in a plug flange of the plug-in connector and designed as a milled portion.
US09214754B2	Holding device used for electrical connector A holding device for an electrical connector, includes a frame with an opening defined on a center thereof. A first locking portion is disposed on the frame and extends into the opening. A second locking portion has a main body with an elastic arm. The main body defines a fixed end fixed to the frame and an active end rotating around the fixed end. The second locking portion has an open position that the active end can move freely and a closed position that the active end locks to the frame while the elastic arm extends into the opening.
US09214753B2	Connector for biological information measurement, and biological information measurement device using same In the present invention, a metal upper cover that covers an upper face opening of a frame is mounted on this upper face opening, and a bent piece that is inserted into a bent piece insertion hole provided to the frame is provided to a portion of the upper face cover on the side of a sensor insertion hole. Furthermore, ground connection pieces formed by extending the outside of the left and right sides of the frame from the upper face toward the lower face are provided in portions opposite the left and right edges linked to the edge of the top cover on which the sensor insertion opening of the frame is provided.
US09214746B2	Contact terminal interposed between two contact targets A contact terminal interposed between two contact targets so as to provide electrical conduction between the two contact targets includes: a first conductive member including a salient portion composed of a plurality of inclined surfaces, and a first contact portion that is provided at an end different from the salient portion and contacts an electrode of one of the contact targets; and a second conductive member including a second contact portion that has a curved shape and contacts an electrode of another one of the contact targets, a plurality of elastic portions each of which extends in a band shape along the curved shape from the second contact portion and is elastically deformable, and sliding contact portions each of which is provided at a leading end of one of the elastic portions and slidably contacts a corresponding one of the inclined surfaces.
US09214742B2	Systems and methods for a power adapter In accordance with one embodiment, an adapter for connecting a network device is provided. The adapter includes adapter housing. The adapter housing further includes a base and a wall, such that the wall extends axially from the base. The base of the adapter housing also includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The adapter includes a plurality of socket openings that extend across the base between the inner surface and the outer surface. The plurality of socket openings extend axially, the socket openings continue across the inner surface of the base through the first end of the rim and the second end of the rim. In one embodiment, the adapter includes a bypass circuit. The bypass circuit allows a network device to get power from a line side of a power meter and the consumer to get power from the load side of the power meter.
US09214741B2	Connection terminal, connection device, method for manufacturing the device, motor using the device, and compressor using the motor and blower using the motor Connection terminal (10) according to the present invention includes a tab part and not smaller than four pinching plates (12) that hold an aluminum electric wire. Pinching plates (12) each include first slit (13) and contact surfaces (14). First slit (13) has a first open end located in one side of the slit, and a first tip located in the other side. The aluminum electric wire is inserted into first slit (13). Contact surfaces (14) are in contact with the aluminum electric wire that is press-fitted into first slit (13). A contact area in which contact surfaces (14) are in contact with a core wire is an area of 100% to 200% of a radial cross-sectional area of the core wire.
US09214740B2	Radial line slot array antenna A radial line slot array antenna has a slotted conductor plate in which a plurality of slots are formed and arranged in a spiral. The plurality of slots are arranged in the slotted conductor plate such that the arrangement distance in a radial direction between the slots varies gradually between a first portion determined based on a first frequency and a second portion determined based on a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.
US09214735B2	Impedance matching component, metamaterial panel, converging component and antenna An impedance matching component is disclosed. The impedance matching component is disposed on and closely attached to a first side surface of a function dielectric sheet. The impedance matching component comprises a first plurality of impedance matching layers, each of which has a refractive index distribution represented as follows: n i ⁡ ( r ) = n m ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ n × ( n g ⁡ ( r ) n m ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ n ) i c + 1 ⁢ ; where, i represents a serial number of each of the impedance matching layers and is a positive integer; ni(r) represents refractive indices of points in the ith impedance matching layer that have a distance of r from a center of the ith impedance matching layer; ng(r) represents refractive indices of points in the function dielectric sheet that have a distance of r from a center of the function dielectric sheet; nmin represents the minimum refractive index of the function dielectric sheet; and c represents the number of the impedance matching layers.
US09214732B2	Flexible PIFA antenna with tunable coupling element A modified PIFA antenna is designed for wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. The modified PIFA antenna is configured to resist detuning effects caused by use of various cable lengths and is adapted for use in the 2.4 GHz operation band. A slot extends between the ground and feed portions of the antenna for slightly increasing frequency bandwidth of the antenna.
US09214727B2	Multi-band antenna A multi-band antenna comprises a single-pole radiating portion and a coupling radiating portion coupled to a grounding terminal. The single-pole radiating portion has a first radiating unit and a fourth radiating unit coupled to a feeding terminal. The single-pole radiating portion is bent to form a second radiating unit and a third radiating unit. The coupling radiating portion has a fifth radiating unit, and the coupling radiating portion is bent to form a sixth radiating unit. The sixth radiating unit of the coupling radiating portion and the third radiating unit of the single-pole radiating portion are coupled to each other to generate a LTE technology band near 700 MHz. The fifth radiating unit of the coupling radiating portion, the third radiating unit and the fourth radiating unit of the single-pole radiating portion are coupled to each other to generate a high frequency band.
US09214725B2	Antenna device Provided is an antenna device (1) including: an antenna element (120); a substrate (100) on which a ground conductor is provided; a first feeding portion (130); a second feeding portion (140); and a switching section (111, 131, 141). A direction in which high frequency electric current mainly flows in the ground conductor is different from while the first feeding portion (130) feeds the antenna element (120) to while the second feeding portion (140) feeds the antenna element (120).
US09214723B2	Waterproof part A waterproof part for a feedhorn includes a first waterproof unit having a first interface for generating a first reflected wave and a first transmitted wave when a satellite signal incidents the first interface, and a second waterproof unit covering on the first waterproof unit and having a second interface for generating a second reflected wave and a second transmitted wave when the first transmitted wave incidents the second interface, wherein the first and second reflected waves are substantially out-of-phase to substantially cancel the first and second reflected waves.
US09214718B2	Methods for characterizing tunable radio-frequency elements A wireless electronic device may contain at least one antenna tuning element for use in tuning the operating frequency range of the device. The antenna tuning element may include radio-frequency switches, continuously/semi-continuously adjustable components such as tunable resistors, inductors, and capacitors, and other load circuits that provide desired impedance characteristics. A test station may be used to measure the radio-frequency characteristics associated with the tuning element. The test station may provide adjustable temperature, power, and impedance control to help emulate a true application environment for the tuning element without having to place the tuning element within an actual device during testing. The test system may include at least one signal generator and a tester for measuring harmonic distortion values and may include at least two signal generators and a tester for measuring intermodulation distortion values. During testing, the antenna tuning element may be placed in a series or shunt configuration.
US09214712B2	Apparatus and methods related to ferrite based circulators Apparatus and methods related to ferrite based circulators are disclosed. A ferrite disk used in a circulator can be configured to reduce intermodulation distortion when routing radio-frequency signals having closely spaced frequencies. Such a reduction in intermodulation distortion can be achieved by adjusting magnetization at the edge portion of the ferrite disk. By way of an example, a ferrite disk with a reduced saturation magnetization (4 PiMs) edge portion can reduce intermodulation distortion. Example configurations with such a reduced 4 PiMs edge portions are disclosed.
US09214709B2	Battery-capacitor hybrid energy storage system for high temperature applications A hybrid energy storage system (ESS) includes a first energy storage device including a battery having an impedance for providing a substantially constant power output, and a second energy storage device linked to the first energy storage and including a high power electrochemical double layer capacitor (EDLC) for providing intermittent bursts of high voltage output in a range of 1.5 to 3.0 volts, wherein an operation rating of the second energy source is within a temperature range between 75 degrees Celsius and 330 degrees Celsius while exhibiting a leakage current less than 1 amp per liter of volume over the range of operating temperatures and at a voltage up to a rated voltage.
US09214705B2	Battery cell of improved cooling efficiency Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that at least one electrode assembly of a structure having a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode is mounted in a battery case, at least one heat dissipation member to dissipate heat generated in the electrode assembly during charge and discharge of the battery cell or upon occurrence of a short circuit is disposed in the electrode assembly and/or is in contact with an outer surface of the electrode assembly, and a portion of the heat dissipation member is exposed outward from the electrode assembly.
US09214700B2	Lithium iron phosphate containing sulfur compound based upon sulfide bond and lithium secondary battery using the same Disclosed is lithium iron phosphate having an olivine crystal structure, wherein the lithium iron phosphate has a composition represented by the following Formula 1, a sulfur compound with a sulfide bond is contained, as an impurity, in the lithium iron phosphate particles, and carbon (C) is coated on particle surfaces of the lithium iron phosphate: Li1+aFe1-xMx(PO4-b)Xb (1) (wherein M, X, a, x, and b are the same as defined in the specification).
US09214691B2	Systems and methods of securing immunity to air CO2 in alkaline fuel cells An air CO2 filtration assembly or system is provided that includes CO2 filters or traps designed and configured with a limited, but high capacity, volume to maximize filtration/absorption of CO2 from an air stream supplied to an alkaline fuel cell to thereby minimize the CO2 level in the air stream fed into the fuel cell cathode. The CO2 filters or traps include at least one thermally regenerative CO2 chemical filter or trap arranged in a tandem configuration with a strongly bonding CO2 chemical filter or trap. The combination of the two types of filters or traps sequentially filter/absorb CO2 from the air stream and reduce the level of CO2 in the air stream fed into the cathode. The air CO2 filtration assembly or system may be used in conjunction with electrochemical purging of the alkaline fuel cell that enables removal of CO2 from the fuel cell by anodic decomposition of accumulated carbonate ions in the fuel cell anode and release of CO2 through the anode exhaust stream.
US09214687B2	Fluid manifold and method therefor A electrochemical cell system includes a fluid manifold having a layered structure. The fluid manifold includes at least one conduit layer having a first side and a second side. The at least one conduit layer has at least one conduit channel.
US09214684B2	Fuel control system and method for fuel cell system The present invention provides a fuel control system and method, e.g., for a vehicle fuel cell system, which can efficiently supply hydrogen to a fuel cell stack and increase the efficiency of an ejector. For this purpose, the present invention provides a fuel control system having a series-connected multi-stage pressure control structure, in which an additional injector is provided in series between an injector for controlling the pressure of hydrogen supplied, a pressure control valve, or a pressure control actuator and a hydrogen recirculation ejector in a hydrogen supply passage, through which hydrogen is supplied from a hydrogen supply unit to a fuel cell stack, such that the pressure of hydrogen supplied is controlled in stages.
US09214683B2	Hybrid fuel cell A power generator includes a chemical hydride multilayer fuel cell stack. A flow path extends through the fuel cell stack to provide oxygen containing air to the fuel cell stack and to cool the fuel cell stack. A hydrogen generator is coupled to the flow path to receive water vapor from ambient air introduced into the flow path and water vapor generated by the fuel cell stack and to provide hydrogen to the fuel cell stack. A controller separately controls airflow past the fuel cell stack and water vapor provided to the hydrogen generator.
US09214682B2	Fuel cell A fuel cell is formed by sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly between a first separator and a second separator. A fuel gas flow field is formed in the second separator. An inlet buffer is connected to the inlet of the fuel gas flow field, and an outlet buffer is connected to an outlet of the fuel gas flow field. The inlet buffer is deeper than the outlet buffer. Therefore, the pressure loss in the inlet buffer is smaller than the pressure loss in the outlet buffer.
US09214680B2	Platinum and platinum based alloy nanotubes as electrocatalysts for fuel cells Electrocatalyst durability has been recently recognized as one of the most important issues that have to be addressed before the commercialization of the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The present invention is directed to a new class of cathode catalysts based on supportless platinum nanotubes (PtNTs) and platinum alloy nanotubes, for example, platinum-palladium nanotubes (PtPdNTs), that have remarkable durability and high catalytic activity. Due to their unique combination of dimensions at multiple length scales, the platinum nanotubes of the present invention can provide high platinum surface area due to their nanometer-sized wall thickness, and have the potential to eliminate or alleviate most of the degradation pathways of the commercial carbon supported platinum catalyst (Pt/C) and unsupported platinum-black (PtB) as a result of their micrometer-sized length. The platinum nanotube catalysts of the present invention asymptotically approach a maximum of about twenty percent platinum surface area loss in durability test, while the commercial PtB and Pt/C catalysts lose about fifty-one percent and ninety percent of their initial surface area, respectively. Moreover, the PtNT and PtPdNT catalysts of the present invention show higher mass activity and much higher specific activity than commercial Pt/C and PtB catalysts.
US09214673B2	Positive electrode material for a lithium-ion accumulator A compound of formula Lia+y(M1(1−t)Mot)2M2b(O1−xF2x)c wherein: M1 is selected from the group consisting in Ni, Mn, Co, Fe, V or a mixture thereof; M2 is selected from the group consisting in B, Al, Si, P, Ti, Mo; with 4≦a≦6; 0
US09214672B2	Electrode for secondary battery, secondary battery and cable-type secondary battery comprising the same The present invention provides an electrode for a secondary battery, more specifically an electrode for a secondary battery, comprising a current collector; an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface or the whole outer surface of the current collector; a graphite-based coating layer formed on the top surface of the electrode active material layer and comprising graphite, a conductive material and a first polymer binder; and a porous coating layer formed on the top surface of the graphite-based coating layer and comprising a second polymer binder. Also, the present invention provides a secondary battery and a cable-type secondary battery comprising the electrode.
US09214671B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and rechargeable vacuum cleaner A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode comprises a current collector made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and an active material layer laminated on the current collector. The active material layer contains first active material particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less and a lithium diffusion coefficient of 1×10−9 cm2/sec or less at 20° C., and second active material particles having an average particle diameter of 2 to 50 μm. A true density of the second active material particles is larger by 0.01 to 2.5 g/cm3 than a true density of the first active material particles.
US09214668B2	Si composite electrode with Li metal doping for advanced lithium-ion battery A silicon electrode is described, formed by combining silicon powder, a conductive binder, and SLMP™ powder from FMC Corporation to make a hybrid electrode system, useful in lithium-ion batteries. In one embodiment the binder is a conductive polymer such as described in PCT Published Application WO 2010/135248 A1.
US09214663B2	Alkaline storage battery positive electrode, method of fabricating the same, and alkaline storage battery In an alkaline storage battery positive electrode, the surface of positive electrode active material particles is uniformly coated with a conductive agent and the alkaline storage battery positive electrode is capable of suppressing an increase in internal battery resistance.The method of fabricating includes: (A) fixing active material particles to a current collector, the active material particles containing, as a main component, nickel hydroxide coated with a conductive agent, the conductive agent containing, as a main component, at least one kind of cobalt compound selected from the group consisting of cobalt hydroxide, tricobalt tetroxide, and cobalt oxyhydroxide; and (B) reducing the cobalt atom in the cobalt compound such that the cobalt atom has an oxidation number of less than +2, by applying a reduction current in an electrolyte solution to the current collector to which the active material particles are fixed, after the step (A).
US09214660B2	Flexible substrate battery jacket A flexible battery jacket adapted to combine two or more batteries for forming a low profile power-pack assembly. The battery jacket folds about the two or more batteries and connects respective positive and negative terminals of the batteries at one or more contacts of the battery jacket. The contacts are coupled to conductors which communicate the power to a positive and a negative supply terminal, respectively, on a single portion of the battery jacket assembly. In this regard, the flexible battery jacket combines two or more batteries in parallel or series configuration and provides supply terminals on a single substrate surface for easily connecting with an electronic device.
US09214659B2	Use of a ceramic separator in lithium ion batteries, comprising an electrolyte containing ionic fluids The invention relates to a separator filled with an electrolyte composition. The separator has a ceramic surface and the electrolyte composition comprises an ionic fluid. Filling with the electrolyte composition can take place, for example, by inserting the separator into a battery, e.g. into a lithium ion battery, which is filled with a corresponding electrolyte composition.
US09214657B2	Power storage device and power storage system Provided is a power storage device including: a first chassis member; a second chassis member; a power inlet; one or plural power outlets; a battery module; a power conversion device; a housing; a lower lid; and an upper lid. The battery module is fixed closely to one surface of the first main surface portion. The power conversion device is fixed closely to one surface of the second main surface portion. A gap portion is formed between the first main surface portion and the second main surface portion by disposing the other surface of the first main surface portion and the other surface of the second main surface portion to face each other. The space is used to make air taken through the plural openings of the lower lid flow via the plural openings of the upper lid.
US09214656B2	Battery adapter for a night vision device My invention relates to an improvement in the constant and extended supply of electrical power to night vision devices and the convenience of making use of a standardized, commonly available battery with higher reserve power for the same. Specifically, my invention provides an adapter that is placed into the battery compartment of an NVD, is securely fixed in that compartment so as to maintain electrical connectivity regardless of jarring forces it may endure, and contains a port into which the wire lead from an external power pack is plugged so as to provide the electrical power. The external power pack can be configured to hold the battery or batteries of choice, and can be made to attach either to the user's person or the same object that the NVD is attached to, such as a rifle. The external power pack will allow the use of batteries with a higher reserve power, or batteries that are rechargeable/reusable, and supports the user not having to carry a multitude of differing batteries in order to have spare power available for several different devices.
US09214654B2	Transportion, storage and installation rack for battery packs A rack for battery packs for transporting battery modules which are stored therein, and includes a bottom frame and struts located at four corners of the bottom frame. A fitting projection is formed at an upper end of each of the struts, a fitting hole into which the fitting projection is fitted is formed in a bottom part of each of the struts. When the rack is stacked one on top of another by fitting the fitting projection of each of the struts of a lower rack into the projection hole of each of the struts of an upper rack, the rack for battery pack can be used as an installation rack. Accordingly, a separate installation rack is not necessary, and returning a transportation rack is not necessary, either.
US09214651B1	Secondary battery A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes first and second battery cells facing each other and a case comprising first and second cell accommodators respectively at least partially accommodating the first and second battery cells, and a circuit accommodator formed between the first and second cell accommodators and accommodating a protection circuit configured to control charging and discharging operations. The circuit accommodator has top and bottom surfaces opposing each other, and each of the first and second cell accommodators has top and bottom surfaces opposing each other. The top surface of the circuit accommodator has a downward step with respect to the top surfaces of the first and second cell accommodators.
US09214650B2	Battery module case The present invention relates to a battery module case, and more particularly, to a battery module case in which sub-battery modules are slidably mounted in a vertical or horizontal direction, wherein each sub-battery module comprises one or more battery cells, electrode tabs extending in one direction from the respective battery cells, and a pouched type case consisting of aluminum laminate sheets for covering the surfaces of the battery cells, except for the surfaces on which the electrode tabs are formed. The battery module case of the present invention is formed into an assembly type structure to be coupled to the outer surfaces of the sub-battery modules, wherein the outer surfaces include surfaces on which the electrode tabs are formed. At least two or more sub-battery modules are stacked and arranged in parallel, such that the surfaces on which the electrode tabs are formed are aligned in the same direction.
US09214649B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element including a transparent electrode, a reflecting electrode, and an organic layer that includes a light-emitting layer; a transparent multilayer body including a low-refractive-index layer and a high-refractive-index layer, the high-refractive-index layer being provided in contact with the transparent electrode; a first uneven structure at an interface between the low-refractive-index layer and the high-refractive-index layer, the first uneven structure including depressions and projections, a height of each of the projections relative to the depressions being 400 nm or more; and a second uneven structure at an interface between the reflecting electrode and the organic layer, the second uneven structure including depressions and projections, a height of each of the projections relative to the depressions in the second uneven structure being 20 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
US09214642B2	OLED device and manufacturing method thereof, display apparatus An OLED device, comprising: a first electrode (10), a second electrode (11) and an organic thin film layer (13); the organic thin film layer comprises a hole layer (103), an electron layer (104) and an organic light emitting layer (105) located between the hole layer (103) and the electron layer (104); and the organic thin film layer (13) further comprises a hole blocking layer (12). The organic light emitting layer (105) comprises a first light emitting unit (1051), a second light emitting unit (1052) and a third light emitting unit (1053). A manufacturing method of an OLED device and a display apparatus comprising an OLED device are provided.
US09214634B2	Organic photovoltaic cell, organic semiconductor polymer and composition for organic semiconductor material used therefor An organic photovoltaic cell, containing a first electrode; a second electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer contains a polymer having a structural unit represented by formula (I): wherein X represents S, NR2, O, Se or Te; Y represents NR2, O, Te, SO, SO2 or CO; and R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
US09214632B2	Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of lighting device A manufacturing apparatus of a lighting device, including a vacuum chamber, an exhaust system by which the vacuum chamber is set to a reduced-pressure state, and a transfer chamber from which a substrate is transferred to the vacuum chamber is provided. The vacuum chamber of the manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of deposition chambers in which a first electrode, a first light-emitting unit including at least a light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting unit including at least a light-emitting layer, a second electrode, a sealing film are formed, and a substrate transfer means by which the substrate is sequentially transferred to the deposition chambers.
US09214626B2	Resistance change memory device A resistance change memory device with a high ON/OFF radio can be provided according to an embodiment includes a first electrode containing a first element, a resistance change layer provided on the first electrode and containing an oxide of the first element, an oxygen conductive layer provided on the resistance change layer, containing a second element and oxygen, having oxygen ion conductivity, and having a relative permittivity higher than a relative permittivity of the resistance change layer, and a second electrode provided on the oxygen conductive layer. The resistance change layer undergoes dielectric breakdown earlier than the oxygen conductive layer when a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode is continuously increased from zero.
US09214622B2	Size-controllable opening and method of making same A support structure includes an internal cavity. An elastic membrane extends to divide the internal cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber. The elastic membrane includes a nanometric-sized pin hole extending there through to interconnect the first chamber to the second chamber. The elastic membrane is formed of a first electrode film and a second electrode film separated by a piezo insulating film. Electrical connection leads are provided to support application of a bias current to the first and second electrode films of the elastic membrane. In response to an applied bias current, the elastic membrane deforms by bending in a direction towards one of the first and second chambers so as to produce an increase in a diameter of the pin hole.
US09214619B2	Method of improving energy consumption efficiency and mobile terminal thereof, and use of thermo-electric conversion module The present disclosure provides a method of improving the energy consumption efficiency and a mobile terminal thereof, and a use of a thermo-electric conversion module. The method comprises the following steps: A. a power amplifier module electrically connected to a circuit board of the mobile terminal amplifies a communication signal of the mobile terminal to generate heat energy; B. a thermo-electric conversion module, of which an output terminal is electrically connected to the circuit board, absorbs the heat energy generated by the power amplifier module during operation; and C. the thermo-electric conversion module converts the heat energy absorbed into electric power and output the electric power to the circuit board.
US09214617B2	Electronic component module An electronic component module has a circuit board in which metal plates are bonded to both surfaces of a ceramic substrate, and an electronic component that is bonded to at least one surface of the metal plate and is operable at least 125° C. The electronic component is bonded to the metal plate via a brazing material layer having a higher melting point than a operating temperature of the electronic component.
US09214613B2	Method of forming light-generating device including reflective layer A system and method for manufacturing a light-generating device is described. A preferred embodiment comprises a plurality of LEDs formed on a substrate. Each LED preferably has spacers along the sidewalls of the LED, and a reflective surface is formed on the substrate between the LEDs. The reflective surface is preferably located lower than the active layer of the individual LEDs.
US09214611B2	Reflecting resin sheet, light emitting diode device and producing method thereof A reflecting resin sheet provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of a light emitting diode element. The reflecting resin sheet includes a release substrate and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the release substrate. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be capable of being in close contact with the light emitting diode element.
US09214608B2	Luminescence diode arrangement, backlighting device and display device A luminescence diode arrangement includes a first luminescence diode chip, a second luminescence diode chip and a luminescence conversion element, wherein the first luminescence diode chip emits blue light, the second luminescence diode chip contains a semiconductor layer sequence that emits greens light, the luminescence conversion element converts part of the blue light emitted by the first luminescence diode chip into red light, and the luminescence diode arrangement emits mixed light containing blue light of the first luminescence diode chip, green light of the second luminescence diode chip and red light of the luminescence conversion element.
US09214607B1	Wire bonded light emitting diode (LED) components including reflective layer A Light Emitting Diode (LED) component includes an LED die having first and second opposing faces and a sidewall. A contact is provided that is spaced apart from the LED die. The contact includes an inner face adjacent the first face and an outer face adjacent the second face. The contact may be a portion of a lead frame or a discrete contact slug. A wire bond extends between the first face and the inner face. A reflective layer is provided on the inner face that extends to the sidewall and also extends along the sidewall. The reflective layer may include white paint. Related fabrication methods are also described.
US09214604B2	Plasmonic IR devices An infra-red (IR) device comprising a dielectric membrane formed on a silicon substrate comprising an etched portion; and at least one patterned layer formed within or on the dielectric membrane for controlling IR emission or IR absorption of the IR device, wherein the at least one patterned layer comprises laterally spaced structures.
US09214603B2	Semiconductor light emitting device including GaAs substrate A semiconductor light emitting device including: a substrate made of GaAs; and a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, in which part of the substrate on a side opposite to the semiconductor layer is removed by etching so that the semiconductor light emitting device has a thickness of not more than 60 μm.
US09214599B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements that are mounted on the substrate and each emit light within a same color region. The plurality of light-emitting elements satisfy at least one of a first condition and a second condition. The first condition is that a maximum deviation in peak wavelength of light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting elements is not less than 1.25 nm. The second condition is that a maximum deviation in threshold voltage of the plurality of light-emitting elements is not less than 0.05 V.
US09214598B2	Pixel structure of a liquid crystal display panel and pixel forming method thereof A pixel structure of a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate; a color filter layer formed on the first substrate, the color filter layer comprising a plurality of filtering areas for filtering light, and a plurality of blocking areas for blocking light; a main spacer formed on one of the blocking areas; a sub spacer formed on another one of the blocking areas; a second substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the second substrate; an insulating layer formed above the thin film transistor and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein a distance from an upper surface of the insulating layer near the main spacer to the second substrate is greater than a distance from an upper surface of the insulating layer near the sub spacer to the second substrate.
US09214591B2	Securing device for solar cells and method for securing solar cells The invention relates to a device for securing solar cells to glass surfaces, the securing device comprising a film of encapsulation material containing a plurality of holes and troughs in the film surface. Solar cells disposed on the film can be secured to a glass surface as a result of a vacuum being generated in the troughs and holes. The invention also relates to a method for securing solar cells in solar module production.
US09214590B2	High fidelity nano-structures and arrays for photovoltaics and methods of making the same A photovoltaic device includes an electron accepting material and an electron donating material. One of the electron accepting or donating materials is configured and dimensioned as a first component of a bulk heterojunction with a predetermined array of first structures, each first structure is substantially equivalent in three dimensional shape, has a substantially equivalent cross-sectional dimension, and where each first structure of the array of first structures has a substantially equivalent orientation with respect to adjacent first structures of the predetermined array forming a substantially uniform array.
US09214588B2	Wavelength sensitive sensor photodiodes The present invention is directed toward a dual junction photodiode semiconductor devices with improved wavelength sensitivity. The photodiode employs a high quality n-type layer with relatively lower doping concentration and enables high minority carrier lifetime and high quantum efficiency with improved responsivity at multiple wavelengths. In one embodiment, the photodiode comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first impurity region of a second conductivity type formed epitaxially in the semiconductor substrate, a second impurity region of the first conductivity type shallowly formed in the epitaxially formed first impurity region, a first PN junction formed between the epitaxially formed first impurity region and the second impurity region, a second PN junction formed between the semiconductor substrate and the epitaxially formed first impurity region, and at least one passivated V-groove etched into the epitaxially formed first impurity region and the semiconductor substrate.
US09214585B2	Annealing for damage free laser processing for high efficiency solar cells Annealing solutions providing damage-free laser patterning utilizing auxiliary heating to anneal laser damaged ablation regions are provided herein. Ablation spots on an underlying semiconductor substrate are annealed during or after pulsed laser ablation patterning of overlying transparent passivation layers.
US09214582B2	Uni-travelling-carrier photodiode A uni-travelling carrier photodiode includes an absorption region of p-type doped material. The photodiode further includes a first collector layer and second collector layer wherein the absorption region is located between the first collector layer and the second collector layer.
US09214581B2	Barrier infrared detectors on lattice mismatch substrates Systems and methods of implementing barrier infrared detectors on lattice mismatched substrates are provided. The barrier infrared detector systems combine an active detector structure (e.g., contact/barrier/absorber pairs) with a non-lattice matched substrate through a multi-layered transitional structure that forms a virtual substrate that can be strain balanced with the detector structure. The transitional metamorphic layer may include one or both of at least one graded metamorphic buffer layer or interfacial misfit array (IMF). A further interfacial layer may be interposed within the transitional structure, in some embodiments this interfacial layer includes at least one layer of AlSb.
US09214579B2	Electrical contact structure with a redistribution layer connected to a stud A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. A wafer structure having a silicon substrate and a protection layer is provided. An electrical pad on the protection layer is exposed through the concave region of the silicon substrate. An isolation layer is formed on the sidewall of the silicon substrate surrounding the concave region and a surface of the silicon substrate facing away from the protection layer. A redistribution layer is formed on the isolation layer and the electrical pad. A passivation layer is formed on the redistribution layer. The passivation layer is patterned to form a first opening therein. A first conductive layer is formed on the redistribution layer exposed through the first opening. A conductive structure is arranged in the first opening, such that the conductive structure is in electrical contact with the first conductive layer.
US09214577B2	Reduced light degradation due to low power deposition of buffer layer Methods for forming a photovoltaic device include forming a buffer layer between a transparent electrode and a p-type layer. The buffer layer includes a work function that falls substantially in a middle of a barrier formed between the transparent electrode and the p-type layer to provide a greater resistance to light induced degradation. An intrinsic layer and an n-type layer are formed over the p-type layer.
US09214576B2	Transparent conducting oxide for photovoltaic devices One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a Si base layer, a passivation layer situated above the Si base layer, a layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated above the passivation layer, a first transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) layer situated above the heavily doped a-Si layer, a back-side electrode situated below the Si base layer, and a front-side electrode situated above the first TCO layer. The first TCO layer comprises at least one of: GaInO, GaInSnO, ZnInO, and ZnInSnO.
US09214575B2	Solar cell contact and method of making the contact A solar panel comprises a back contact layer, an absorber layer over the back contact layer, a buffer layer over the absorber layer, and a front contact layer comprising a transparent conductive material over the buffer layer. The front contact layer has a plurality of outer edges and a seed layer comprising a seed layer material along the outer edges.
US09214572B2	High voltage MOSFET devices and methods of making the devices A SiC MOSFET device having low specific on resistance is described. The device has N+, P-well and JFET regions extended in one direction (Y-direction) and P+ and source contacts extended in an orthogonal direction (X-direction). The polysilicon gate of the device covers the JFET region and is terminated over the P-well region to minimize electric field at the polysilicon gate edge. In use, current flows vertically from the drain contact at the bottom of the structure into the JFET region and then laterally in the X direction through the accumulation region and through the MOSFET channels into the adjacent N+ region. The current flowing out of the channel then flows along the N+ region in the Y-direction and is collected by the source contacts and the final metal. Methods of making the device are also described.
US09214571B2	Semiconductor device capable of reducing influences of adjacent word lines or adjacent transistors and fabricating method thereof A semiconductor device capable of reducing influences of adjacent word lines is provided in the present invention. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate, and a word line disposed in the substrate. The word line includes: a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer disposed between the gate electrode and the substrate and at least one first charge trapping dielectric layer disposed adjacent to the gate electrode, wherein the first charge trapping dielectric layer comprises HfO2, TiO2, ZrO2, a germanium nanocrystal layer, an organic charge trapping material, HfSiOxNy, or MoSiOqNz.
US09214569B2	Memory device According to example embodiments, a memory device includes a substrate, a channel region on the substrate, a plurality of gate electrode layers stacked on each other on the substrate, and a plurality of contact plugs. The gate electrode layers are adjacent to the channel region and extend in one direction to define a pad region. The gate electrode layers include first and second gate electrode layers. The contact plugs are connected to the gate electrode layers in the pad region. At least one of the contact plugs is electrically insulated from the from the first gate electrode layer and electrically connected to the second gate electrode layer by penetrating through the first gate electrode layer.
US09214568B2	Thin film transistor with two-dimensional doping array A thin film transistor includes: a source region; a drain region; and a polycrystalline thin film active channel region connected to the source region and the drain region, the active channel region comprising grains and being doped with a two-dimensional pattern comprising a plurality of doped regions, the plurality of doped regions each comprising at least portions of a plurality of the grains and at least one grain boundary.
US09214558B2	Method of forming semiconductor device including silicide layers A method includes forming a gate structure on a semiconductor material region, wherein the gate structure includes spacer elements abutting a gate electrode layer. The gate electrode layer is etched to provide a recess. A hard mask layer is formed over the gate electrode layer in the recess. Silicide layers are then formed on a source region and a drain region disposed in the semiconductor material region, while the hard mask is disposed over the gate electrode layer. A source contact and a drain contact is then provided, each source and drain contact being conductively coupled to a respective one of the silicide layers.
US09214551B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device, and semiconductor device made thereby A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor device made with the method are described. In the method, a cavity is formed in a substrate, a first epitaxy process is performed under a pressure higher than 65 torr to form a buffer layer in the cavity, and a second epitaxy process is performed to form a semiconductor compound layer on the buffer layer in the cavity. In the semiconductor device, the ratio (S/Y) of the thickness S of the buffer layer on a lower sidewall of the cavity to the thickness Y of the buffer layer at the bottom of the cavity ranges from 0.6 to 0.8.
US09214549B2	High voltage device having Schottky diode A high voltage device having Schottky diode includes a semiconductor substrate, a Schottky diode formed on the semiconductor substrate, at least a first doped region having a first conductive type formed in the semiconductor substrate and under the Schottky diode, and a control gate positioned on the semiconductor substrate. The control gate covers a portion of the Schottky diode and the first doped region positioned on the semiconductor substrate.
US09214540B2	N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor for electrostatic discharge (ESD) One or more techniques or systems for forming an n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor for electrostatic discharge (ESD) are provided herein. In some embodiments, the NMOS transistor includes a first region, a first n-type plus (NP) region, a first p-type plus (PP) region, a second NP region, a second PP region, a shallow trench isolation (STI) region, and a gate stack. In some embodiments, the first PP region is between the first NP region and the second NP region. In some embodiments, the second NP region is between the first PP region and the second PP region, the gate stack is between the first PP region and the second NP region, the STI region is between the second NP region and the second PP region. Accordingly, the first PP region enables ESD current to discharge based on a low trigger voltage for the NMOS transistor.
US09214534B2	Lateral PNP bipolar transistor formed with multiple epitaxial layers A lateral bipolar transistor with deep emitter and deep collector regions is formed using multiple epitaxial layers of the same conductivity type. Deep emitter and deep collector regions are formed without the use of trenches. Vertically aligned diffusion regions are formed in each epitaxial layer so that the diffusion regions merged into a contiguous diffusion region after annealing to function as emitter or collector or isolation structures. In another embodiment, a lateral trench PNP bipolar transistor is formed using trench emitter and trench collector regions. In yet another embodiment, a lateral PNP bipolar transistor with a merged LDMOS transistor is formed to achieve high performance.
US09214533B2	Semiconductor device having transparent electrodes This semiconductor device (100A) includes: a substrate (2); a gate electrode (3) formed on the substrate (2); a gate insulating layer (4) formed over the gate electrode (3); an oxide semiconductor layer (5) formed on the gate insulating layer (4); source and drain electrodes (6s, 6d) electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer (5); a first transparent electrode (7) electrically connected to the drain electrode (6d); an interlayer insulating layer (8) including a dielectric layer (8a) formed over the source and drain electrodes (6s, 6d); and a second transparent electrode (9) formed on the interlayer insulating layer (8). At least a portion of the second transparent electrode (9) overlaps with the first transparent electrode (7) with the dielectric layer (8a) interposed between them, and the oxide semiconductor layer (5) and the first transparent electrode (7) are formed out of the same oxide film.
US09214525B2	Gate stack having electron blocking layers on charge storage layers for electronic devices Methods and apparatuses for electronic devices such as non-volatile memory devices are described. The memory devices include a multi-layer control dielectric, such as a double or triple layer. The multi-layer control dielectric includes a combination of high-k dielectric materials such as aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, and/or hybrid films of hafnium aluminum oxide. The multi-layer control dielectric provides enhanced characteristics, including increased charge retention, enhanced memory program/erase window, improved reliability and stability, with feasibility for single or multi state (e.g., two, three or four bit) operation.
US09214523B2	Field-effect transistor A field-effect transistor includes a plurality of unit elements, an insulating film, and a wiring. The plurality of unit elements include a semiconductor layer having a first surface, a plurality of drain electrodes, gate electrodes, and a source electrode. The source electrode is electrically continuously provided across the plurality of unit elements outside the gate electrodes on the first surface and has narrow parts between the gate electrodes which are spaced apart from each other and which belong to adjacent unit elements among the plurality of unit elements. The narrow parts have a width narrower than a width of other parts of the source electrode. The insulating film has openings provided on the source electrode. The insulating film covers the source electrode across the plurality of unit elements. The openings are arranged at the other parts of the source electrode on both sides of each of the narrow parts.
US09214522B2	Production method of semiconductor device, semiconductor wafer, and semiconductor device A semiconductor wafer, includes: a plurality of element regions; a surface electrode that is disposed in each of the plurality of element regions; an insulating layer that is disposed in each of the plurality of element regions and of which height from a front side surface of the semiconductor wafer is higher than that of the surface electrode in a periphery of the surface electrode; and a dicing line groove that is formed in a front side surface of the semiconductor wafer, that surrounds the surface electrode with the insulating layer therebetween, of which height from the front side surface of the semiconductor wafer is lower than that of the insulating layer, and that extends to a perimeter of the semiconductor wafer; in which the insulating layer is formed with a communication passage that extends from a side of the surface electrode to the dicing line groove.
US09214520B2	Semiconductor device An embodiment is a semiconductor device which includes a first oxide semiconductor layer over a substrate having an insulating surface and including a crystalline region formed by growth from a surface of the first oxide semiconductor layer toward an inside; a second oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide semiconductor layer; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer which are in contact with the second oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer covering the second oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer and in a region overlapping with the second oxide semiconductor layer. The second oxide semiconductor layer is a layer including a crystal formed by growth from the crystalline region.
US09214512B2	Three-terminal variable capacitor A novel semiconductor variable capacitor is presented. The semiconductor structure is simple and is based on a semiconductor variable MOS capacitor structure suitable for integrated circuits, which has at least three terminals, one of which is used to modulate the equivalent capacitor area of the MOS structure by increasing or decreasing its DC voltage with respect to another terminal of the device, in order to change the capacitance over a wide ranges of values. Furthermore, the present invention decouples the AC signal and the DC control voltage minimizing the distortion and increasing the performance of the device, such as its control characteristic. The present invention is simple and only slightly dependent on the variations due to the fabrication process. It exhibits a high value of capacitance density and, if opportunely implemented, shows a quasi linear dependence of the capacitance value with respect to the voltage of its control terminal.
US09214511B2	Integrated inductor and integrated inductor fabricating method The present invention provides an integrated inductor and an integrated inductor fabricating method. The integrated inductor comprises: a semiconductor substrate, an inductor, and a redistribution layer (RDL). The inductor is formed above the semiconductor substrate. The RDL is formed above the inductor and has a specific pattern to form a patterned ground shield (PGS). The integrated inductor fabricating method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate; forming an inductor above the semiconductor substrate; and forming redistribution layer (RDL) having a specific pattern above the inductor to form a patterned ground shield (PGS).
US09214505B2	Display and electronic unit A display includes: a first region including first pixels configured of a single color; a second region including second pixels configured of a plurality of colors different from the single color, the second pixels having an organic layer including a common light emitting layer; and a dividing wall separating the first region from the second region.
US09214504B2	Display module An organic display device includes a pixel driving circuit having a thin film transistor connected to a current supply line and a capacitor. A first insulation layer, with a first electrode thereon, covers a source electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is connected to the transistor through a contact hole in the insulation layer. A second insulation layer including an aperture is formed on the first insulation layer and electrode layers. An organic light emitting layer, with a second electrode thereon is formed in the aperture and connected to the first electrode. The second insulation layer includes an inner wall at the aperture, said inner wall having a surface of a convex plane on an edge of the recessed part of the first electrode. The convex plane is located between the organic light emitting layer and the edge of the first electrode, and the second electrode is formed over plurality of pixels.
US09214503B2	Organic light emitting display panel including a protective spacer and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display panel may include a plurality of thin film transistors on a substrate, an insulating interlayer on the thin film transistors, a plurality of first electrodes on a portion of the insulating interlayer electrically connected to the thin film transistors, a plurality of metal lines on a portion of the insulating interlayer, a pixel defining layer on a portion of the insulating interlayer and a portion of the first electrodes, a plurality of organic light emitting structures on the first electrodes in the pixel area, a second electrode on the organic light emitting structures, and a spacer on the pixel defining layer. The insulation interlayer may partially expose electrodes of the thin film transistors. The pixel defining layer may define a pixel area by partially exposing the first electrodes, and an exposed area of the insulating interlayer by partially exposing the insulating interlayer.
US09214501B2	In-cell OLED touch display panel structure An in-cell OLED touch display panel structure includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an OLED layer configured between the upper and lower substrates, and a black matrix layer. The black matrix layer is disposed at one surface of the upper substrate that faces the OLED layer, and the black matrix layer is composed of a plurality of opaque conductor lines. The plurality of opaque conductor lines is divided into a first group of opaque conductor lines, a second group of opaque conductor lines, and a third group of opaque conductor lines. The second group of opaque conductor lines is formed with N mesh-like polygonal regions. The opaque conductor lines in any one of the polygonal regions are electrically connected together, while any two polygonal regions are not connected, so as to form a single-layered touch sensing pattern on the black matrix layer.
US09214499B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of first sub-pixels arranged adjacent to each other along a first direction, each of the first sub-pixels includes a first emission region configured to emit light of a first color and a first transmission region configured to transmit external light, the first emission regions of at least two of the first sub-pixels are adjacent to each other; and a plurality of second sub-pixels arranged adjacent to each other along the first direction and adjacent to corresponding ones of the plurality of first sub-pixels along a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the plurality of second sub-pixels includes a second emission region configured to emit light of a second color and a second transmission region configured to transmit external light, the second emission regions of at least two of the sub-pixels are adjacent to each other.
US09214497B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels defined in the substrate. A pixel includes red subpixel, green subpixel, blue subpixel, and white subpixel. The organic light emitting display device includes an anode electrode formed on the substrate, a cathode electrode opposing the anode electrode, and a red common emission layer, a green common emission layer, and a blue common emission layer formed across each of the red, green, blue and white subpixel areas. The blue common emission layer is disposed above and adjacent to the anode electrode, the green common emission layer is disposed above the blue common emission layer, and the red common emission layer is disposed above the green common emission layer and adjacent to the cathode electrode.
US09214491B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus for causing an FD capacitor value to be variable without increasing a number of elements A solid-state imaging apparatus wherein an FD capacitor value is variable without increasing the number of elements. There is provided a solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, for generating an electric charge by photoelectric conversion; a plurality of transfer transistors each connected to each of the photoelectric conversion elements, for transferring the electric charge generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of floating diffusion regions for holding the electric charge transferred by the transfer transistors; a plurality of amplifiers each connected to each of the floating diffusion regions, for amplifying a signal based on the electric charge in the plurality of floating diffusion regions; and a connecting unit for connecting and disconnecting between the plurality of floating diffusion regions.
US09214488B2	Solid state imaging device According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a circuit at a side of the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a pixel in the semiconductor substrate and converting light from a side of the second surface into electric charge; and an element at a side of the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The pixel includes a photo diode in the semiconductor substrate at the side of the first surface, and the photo diode includes a diffusion layer in an impurity region in the semiconductor substrate at the side of the first surface.
US09214487B2	Image sensor having light distributing element An image sensor including a plurality of sensing pixels, a plurality of micro-lenses disposed on the sensing pixels and a plurality of first light distributing elements disposed between the sensing pixels and the micro-lenses is provided. Each of the first light distributing elements includes a first refractive index pattern and a second refractive index pattern surrounding the first refractive index pattern. The refractive index of the first refractive index pattern is larger than the refractive index of the second refractive index pattern.
US09214486B2	Imaging device and imaging apparatus generating image information for each of plural pixels from received light An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device which includes a plurality of pixels and is operable to generate image information for each pixel from received light. Each of the plurality of pixels includes one of first to fourth color filters. Each of the first to the fourth color filters has different spectral characteristics. The fourth color filter has the highest light transmittance among the color filters. The first to the fourth color filters are arranged in a specific array. The specific array has first to third centroids which make a Bayer array.
US09214485B2	Thick multilayer interference filter having a lower metal layer located within an interconnect region A multilayer optical filter is provided for an integrated circuit including a substrate and a metallization layer interconnection part. The optical filter is formed from a first filter part located within the interconnection part and positioned over a photosensitive region of the substrate. The optical filter further includes a second filter part positioned above the first filter part and the interconnection part. The first and second filter parts each include a metal layer. The first and second filter parts are separated from each other as a function of a wavelength in vacuum of an optical signal to be filtered and received by the photosensitive region.
US09214481B2	TFT-LCD, driving device and manufacturing method thereof An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a driving device for a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and a method for manufacturing the same. The driving device comprises at least one first TFT and at least one second TFT formed a base substrate, wherein load of the first TFT is larger than load of the second TFT, the first TFT is of a top-gate configuration, and the second TFT is of a bottom-gate configuration.
US09214479B2	Light emitting diode display panel A light emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of first bar-shaped electrode layers arranged along a first direction and a plurality second bar-shaped electrode layers arranged along a second direction. The first bar-shaped electrode layers are coupled to a first power supply and the pixel units, and the second bar-shaped electrode layers are also coupled to the first power supply. Only a non-complete portion of overlap positions between the first and second bar-shaped electrode layers have first conductive paths configured to couple the first bar-shaped electrode layers to the corresponding second bar-shaped electrode layers.
US09214478B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing the same A display panel includes gate lines extending in a first direction, a first column insulating layer between the gate lines, a gate electrode disposed on the first column insulating layer. The first column insulating layer, the gate lines, and the gate electrode are covered by a gate insulating layer. An active layer is disposed on the gate insulating layer. Source and drain electrodes are disposed above the active layer. Data lines are connected to the source electrode. A second column insulating layer is interposed between the data lines and includes a first contact hole to expose the drain electrode. A contact electrode is disposed in the first contact hole and connected to the drain electrode, a second contact hole is formed through a protective layer to correspond to the first contact hole, and a pixel electrode is connected to the contact electrode through the second contact hole.
US09214477B2	Display device and electronic equipment A display device includes a pixel array section, the pixel array section having pixels arranged in a matrix form, at least one of the pixels including an electro-optical element, a write transistor, a holding capacitance, a drive transistor, and a switching transistor. A write scan line is disposed for each pixel row of the pixel array section and adapted to convey a write signal to be applied to the gate electrode of the write transistor. The wiring structure of the write scan line does not intersect with the wiring pattern connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor.
US09214474B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device To provide a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer and having electric characteristics required depending on an intended use and provide a semiconductor device including the transistor, in a transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode are stacked in this order over an oxide semiconductor insulating film, an oxide semiconductor stack layer which includes at least two oxide semiconductor layers with energy gaps different from each other and a mixed region therebetween is used as the semiconductor layer.
US09214466B2	Method and system for split threshold voltage programmable bitcells A bitcell may include an insulating region, a first doping proximate to the insulating region, and a second doping surrounding the first doping. The second doping can be characterized by a higher gate voltage breakdown than the first doping. Also, the bitcell may include a gate terminal, and the bitcell may be configured for programming by a voltage on the gate terminal that results in a conductive hole selectively burned in the insulating region between the gate terminal and the first doping.
US09214465B2	Structures and operational methods of non-volatile dynamic random access memory devices A Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) cell and a semiconductor Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) cell are incorporated into a single Non-Volatile Dynamic Random Access Memory (NVDRAM) cell. The NVDRAM cell is operated as the conventional DRAM cell for read, write, and refreshment on dynamic memory applications. Meanwhile the datum in the NVM cells can be directly loaded into the correspondent DRAM cells in the NVDRAM cell array without applying intermediate data amplification and buffering leading to high speed non-volatile data access. The datum in DRAM cells can be also stored back to the correspondent semiconductor NVM cells in the NVDRAM cells for the datum required for non-volatile data storage. The NVDRAM of the invention can provide both fast read/write function for dynamic memory and non-volatile memory storage in one unit memory cell.
US09214464B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with offset sidewall structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with NMOS and PMOS transistors is provided. The semiconductor device can lessen a short channel effect, can reduce gate-drain current leakage, and can reduce parasitic capacitance due to gate overlaps, thereby inhibiting a reduction in the operating speed of circuits. An N-type impurity such as arsenic is ion implanted to a relatively low concentration in the surface of a silicon substrate (1) in a low-voltage NMOS region (LNR) thereby to form extension layers (61). Then, a silicon oxide film (OX2) is formed to cover the whole surface of the silicon substrate (1). The silicon oxide film (OX2) on the side surfaces of gate electrodes (51-54) is used as an offset sidewall. Then, boron is ion implanted to a relatively low concentration in the surface of the silicon substrate (1) in a low-voltage PMOS region (LPR) thereby to form P-type impurity layers (621) later to be extension layers (62).
US09214458B2	Semiconductor device In a semiconductor device having a built-in Schottky barrier diode as a reflux diode, a maximum unipolar current is increased in a reflux state and a leakage current is reduced in an OFF state. A Schottky electrode is provided in at least a part of a surface between adjacent well regions of a second conductivity type disposed on a surface layer side of a drift layer of a first conductivity type, and an impurity concentration of a first conductivity type in a first region provided in a lower part of the Schottky electrode and provided between the adjacent well regions is set to be higher than a first impurity concentration of a first conductivity type in the drift layer and to be lower than a second impurity concentration of a second conductivity type in the well region.
US09214456B2	Light emitting diode (LED) system having lighting device and wireless control system A light emitting diode (LED) system includes one or more light emitting diodes (LED), or other lighting devices, configured to provide lighting in an area, and a wireless control system configured to control the light emitting diodes (LED). The wireless control system includes at least one transmitter/receiver device in signal communication with the light emitting diode (LED), and a wireless control device operable by a user, configured to send input signals to the transmitter/receiver device for controlling the light emitting diode (LED), and to receive output signals from the transmitter/receiver device for indicating a status of the light emitting diodes (LED).
US09214454B2	Batch process fabrication of package-on-package microelectronic assemblies A microelectronic assembly can be made by joining first and second subassemblies by electrically conductive masses to connect electrically conductive elements on support elements of each subassembly. A patterned layer of photo-imageable material may overlie a surface of one of the support elements and have openings with cross-sectional dimensions which are constant or monotonically increasing with height from the surface of that support element, where the masses extend through the openings and have dimensions defined thereby. An encapsulation can be formed by flowing an encapsulant into a space between the joined first and second subassemblies.
US09214449B2	Reconfigurable connections for stacked semiconductor devices Some embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods comprising semiconductor dice arranged in a stack, a number of connections configured to provide communication among the dice, at least a portion of the connections going through at least one of the dice, and a module configured to check for defects in the connections and to repair defects the connections.
US09214444B2	Aluminum coated copper ribbon A ribbon, preferably a bonding ribbon for bonding in microelectronics, contains a first layer containing copper, a coating layer containing aluminum superimposed over the first layer, and an intermediate layer. In a cross-sectional view of the ribbon, the area share of the first layer is from 50 to 96% and the aspect ratio between the width and the height of the ribbon in a cross-sectional view is from 0.03 to less than 0.8. The ribbon has a cross-sectional area of 25,000 μm2 to 800,000 μm2. The intermediate layer contains at least one intermetallic phase containing materials of the first and coating layers. The invention further relates to a process for making a wire, to a wire obtained by the process, to an electric device containing the wire, to a propelled device comprising said electric device and to a process of connecting two elements through the wire by wedge-bonding.
US09214442B2	Power semiconductor module, method for producing a power semiconductor module, and semiconductor chip In a power semiconductor module, a copper-containing first soldering partner, a connection layer, and a copper-containing second soldering partner are arranged successively and fixedly connected with one another. The connection layer has a portion of intermetallic copper-tin phases of at least 90% by weight. For producing such a power semiconductor module the soldering partners and the solder arranged there between are pressed against one another with a predefined pressure and the solder is melted. After termination of a predefined period of time the diffused copper and the tin from the liquid solder form a connection layer comprising intermetallic copper-tin phases, the portion of which is at least 90% by weight of the connection layer created from the solder layer.
US09214441B2	Semiconductor package including stacked memory chips According to example embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a first and a second semiconductor package. The first semiconductor package includes a first package substrate, first and second memory chips spaced apart from each other on the first package substrate in a first direction, third and fourth memory chips on the first and second memory chips, respectively, and first and second jumper chips on the first and second memory chips, respectively. The first and second jumper chips are spaced apart from the third and fourth memory chips, respectively, in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second semiconductor package may include a second package substrate and a logic chip on the second package substrate. The first semiconductor package may be on the second semiconductor package.
US09214436B2	Etching of under bump mettallization layer and resulting device Methods for wet etching a UBM layer and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments may include patterning metal bumps on a wafer that has at least two metal layers thereon; exposing the wafer to a first acid solution to remove a portion of a first of the two metal layers exposed by the patterning of the metal bumps; and exposing the wafer to a second acid solution to remove a portion a second of the two metal layers exposed by the patterning of the metal bumps and the exposure of the wafer to the first acid solution, wherein an undercut below the metal bumps, formed by removal of the portions of the first and second metal layers, is less than 1.5 microns.
US09214434B1	Fan-out semiconductor package A wafer level fan out package includes a semiconductor die having a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. A stiffener is disposed on the third surface of the semiconductor die. A conductive via passes through the stiffener. First and second electrically conductive patterns electrically connected to the conductive via are disposed on the first and second surfaces of the semiconductor die and stiffener. Solder balls are electrically connected to the first or second electrically conductive patterns.
US09214433B2	Charge damage protection on an interposer for a stacked die assembly An apparatus relating generally to an interposer is disclosed. In such an apparatus, the interposer has a plurality of conductors and a plurality of charge attracting structures. The plurality of charge attracting structures are to protect at least one integrated circuit die to be coupled to the interposer to provide a stacked die. The plurality of conductors include a plurality of through-substrate vias.
US09214432B2	Explosion-protected semiconductor module A semiconductor module has a carrier, a semiconductor chip mounted on the carrier, a bond wire, a module housing, and a first sound absorber. The module housing has a housing side wall. The bond wire is arranged in the module housing. At least a section of the first sound absorber is arranged between the semiconductor chip and the housing side wall.
US09214429B2	Trench interconnect having reduced fringe capacitance Ultra-low-k dielectric materials used as inter-layer dielectrics in high-performance integrated circuits are prone to be structurally unstable. The Young's modulus of such materials is decreased, resulting in porosity, poor film strength, cracking, and voids. An alternative dual damascene interconnect structure incorporates deep air gaps into a high modulus dielectric material to maintain structural stability while reducing capacitance between adjacent nanowires. Incorporation of a deep air gap having k=1.0 compensates for the use of a higher modulus film having a dielectric constant greater than the typical ultra-low-k (ULK) dielectric value of about 2.2. The higher modulus film containing the deep air gap is used as an insulator and a means of reducing fringe capacitance between adjacent metal lines. The dielectric layer between two adjacent metal lines thus forms a ULK/high-modulus dielectric bi-layer.
US09214428B2	Self-aligned protection layer for copper post structure A semiconductor device includes a copper-containing post overlying and electrically connected to a bond pad region. The semiconductor device further includes a protection layer on a surface of the copper-containing post, where the protection layer includes manganese.
US09214426B1	Highly coupled spiral planar inductors structure at bump to compensate on die excess capacitance of differential I/O Methods and apparatuses for reducing excess on die capacitance. The method couples a first die pad to a first via. The method couples a second die pad to a second via. The method couples a first inductor to the first die pad and the second via. The method couples a second inductor to the second die pad and the first via.
US09214423B2	Method of forming a HEMT semiconductor device and structure therefor In one embodiment, a method of forming a HEMT device may include plating a conductor or a plurality of conductors onto an insulator that overlies a plurality of current carrying electrodes of the HEMT device. The method may also include attaching a connector onto the conductor or attaching a plurality of connectors onto the plurality of conductors.
US09214422B2	Semiconductor apparatus having signal and ground terminals arranged on vertically adjacent wiring substrates A semiconductor apparatus includes a first wiring substrate, a second wiring substrate positioned above the first wiring substrate, multiple connection terminals provided between the first wiring substrate and the second wiring substrate and configured to electrically connect the first wiring substrate and the second wiring substrate, an electronic component provided on at least one of the first wiring substrate and the second wiring substrate. The multiple connection terminals include a signal terminal and ground terminals provided on both sides of the signal terminal. The signal terminal and the ground terminals have side surfaces that face each other. The signal terminal and the ground terminals are adjacently arranged, so that intervals between the side surfaces of the signal terminal and the ground terminals are constant from a plan view.
US09214421B2	Semiconductor device with fine conductive pillar and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a conductive pattern formed on the substrate, and at least a conductive pillar having a predetermined height formed on the conductive pattern. The conductive pillar can be formed under a focus ion beam (FIB) or an electron beam environment. In one embodiment, a diameter of the conductive pillar is no more than 10 μm.
US09214417B2	Combined packaged power semiconductor device A combined packaged power semiconductor device includes flipped top source low-side MOSFET electrically connected to top surface of a die paddle, first metal interconnection plate connecting between bottom drain of a high-side MOSFET or top source of a flipped high-side MOSFET to bottom drain of the low-side MOSFET, and second metal interconnection plate stacked on top of the high-side MOSFET chip. The high-side, low-side MOSFET and the IC controller can be packaged three-dimensionally reducing the overall size of semiconductor devices and can maximize the chip's size within a package of the same size and improves the performance of the semiconductor devices. The top source of flipped low-side MOSFET is connected to the top surface of the die paddle and thus is grounded through the exposed bottom surface of die paddle, which simplifies the shape of exposed bottom surface of the die paddle and maximizes the area to facilitate heat dissipation.
US09214416B1	High speed, low loss and high density power semiconductor packages (μMaxPak) with molded surface mount high speed device(s) and multi-chip architectures A new Power DFN and Power QFN package architecture that accommodates Bump-chip die and other components in cavities on the bottom-side of the matrix leadframe, and the technique is also applicable to laminated substrate packages like the BGA and LGA.The package is especially suited for high speed power compound semiconductor devices like GaN and SiC. The package enables single and multiple power switch configurations, and well controlled paralleling of high speed power die switches. It enables co-packaging of associated components like cascoded switchs, gate drivers, isolators and protection devices, which must be tightly coupled at high switching speeds.The architecture accommodates components on the top-side of the leadframe as well allowing for multi-chip functions with extremely low interconnect inductance and resistance, and higher circuit and power densities.The package architecture provides for lower package thermal resistance with parallel thermal paths from both sides of power die to the external bottom-side pads, and supplementary isolated and non-isolated top-side heat dissipation.These type packages use standard proven, reliable and cost effective materials & assembly techniques that are available at commercial contract assemblers. They minimizes NRE for special equipment, tooling and development, and reduces time to market.
US09214413B2	Semiconductor die package with pre-molded die A semiconductor die is packaged by providing a die assembly that includes a semiconductor die with an active surface and an opposite mounting surface with an attached thermally conductive substrate. The die assembly is mounted on a first surface of a lead frame die flag so that the thermally conductive substrate is sandwiched between the die flag and the semiconductor die. Bonding pads of the die are electrically connected with bond wires to lead frame lead fingers. A mold compound then encapsulates the semiconductor die, bond wires, and thermally conductive substrate. A second surface of the die flag is exposed through the mold compound.
US09214410B2	Stack packages and methods of fabricating the same Stack packages are provided. The stack package includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a first chip body, first through electrodes penetrating the first chip body, and an insulation layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first chip body. The second chip includes a second chip body and bumps disposed on a top surface of the second chip body. The first and second chips are vertically stacked such that the bumps penetrate the insulation layer to pierce the first through electrodes and the top surface of the second chip body directly contacts the insulation layer. Related fabrication methods, electronic systems and memory cards are also provided.
US09214409B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a conductive pattern disposed on a semiconductor substrate. First and second conductive lines disposed on the conductive pattern and located at the same level as each other, are provided. An isolation pattern is disposed between the first and second conductive lines. A first vertical structure passing through the first conductive line and conductive pattern is provided. A second vertical structure passing through the second conductive line and conductive patterns is provided. An auxiliary pattern passing through the conductive pattern and in contact with the isolation pattern is provided.
US09214406B2	Electronic control device In an electronic control device, semiconductor modules are disposed in a power region of a substrate, and on a surface of a substrate adjacent to a housing to radiate heat from rear surfaces to the housing through a heat radiation layer. Therefore, a heat radiation performance improves. Further, a first distance from an end surface of a power region corresponding part corresponding to the power region to the substrate is shorter than a second distance from an end surface of a control region corresponding part corresponding to a control region of the substrate to the substrate. Therefore, a closed circuit bridged by parasitic capacitances is formed mainly in an area of the power region and the power region corresponding part. A noise generated from the semiconductor modules is returned to noise sources through the closed circuit without affecting the control region.
US09214405B2	Semiconductor module having heat dissipating portion A semiconductor module includes a control board, and a shield plate arranged opposing the control board. A metal first heat dissipating portion is provided on a surface of the control board. A metal second heat dissipating portion is provided on a first surface of the shield plate, opposing the surface of the control board. A dielectric body is arranged between the first heat dissipating portion and the second heat dissipating portion.
US09214402B2	Pressure sensor device with gel retainer A pressure sensor device includes a gel retainer that is mounted or formed on a substrate. The gel retainer has a cavity and a pressure sensing die is mounted inside the cavity. The die is electrically connected to one or more other package elements. A pressure-sensitive gel material is dispensed into the cavity to cover an active region of the pressure sensing die. A mold compound is applied on an upper surface of the substrate outside of the gel retainer.
US09214400B2	Semiconductor device with back gate isolation regions and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device comprises: an SOI wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating buried layer, and a semiconductor layer, wherein the insulating buried layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor layer is disposed on the insulating buried layer; adjacent MOSFETs formed in the SOI wafer, wherein each of the adjacent MOSFETs comprises a back gate formed in the semiconductor substrate and a back gate isolation region formed completely under the back gate; and a shallow trench isolation, wherein the shallow trench isolation is formed between the adjacent MOSFETs to isolate the adjacent MOSFETs from each other, wherein a PN junction is formed between the back gate and the back gate isolation region of each of the adjacent MOSFETs. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a PN junction is formed between the back gate isolation regions of the adjacent MOSFETs. In addition to back gate isolation implemented by the shallow trench isolation between the adjacent MOSFETs, the adjacent MOSFETs are also isolated by means of PNPN junctions or NPNP junctions formed in the back gates and the back gate isolation regions. As a result, the semiconductor device has a better isolation effect, and thus the possibility of accidental breakdown of the semiconductor device is substantially reduced.
US09214394B2	CMOS fabrication A method of manufacturing a memory device includes an nMOS region and a pMOS region in a substrate. A first gate is defined within the nMOS region, and a second gate is defined in the pMOS region. Disposable spacers are simultaneously defined about the first and second gates. The nMOS and pMOS regions are selectively masked, one at a time, and LDD and Halo implants performed using the same masks as the source/drain implants for each region, by etching back spacers between source/drain implant and LDD/Halo implants. All transistor doping steps, including enhancement, gate and well doping, can be performed using a single mask for each of the nMOS and pMOS regions. Channel length can also be tailored by trimming spacers in one of the regions prior to source/drain doping.
US09214390B2	Method for forming through-silicon via (TSV) with diffused isolation well A semiconductor device and method for forming the same provide a through silicon via (TSV) surrounded by a dielectric liner. The TSV and dielectric liner are surrounded by a well region formed by thermal diffusion. The well region includes a dopant impurity type opposite the dopant impurity type of the substrate. The well region may be a double-diffused well with an inner portion formed of a first material and with a first concentration and an outer portion formed of a second material with a second concentration. The surrounding well region serves as an isolation well, reducing parasitic capacitance.
US09214387B2	Systems and methods for providing intramodule radio frequency isolation A radio frequency (RF) module comprises RF-shielding structure for providing three-dimensional electromagnetic interference shielding with respect to one or more RF devices disposed on the module. The RF-shielding may comprise wirebond structures disposed adjacent to or surrounding an RF device. Two or more intramodule devices may have wirebond structures configured to at least partially block certain types of RF signals disposed between the devices, thereby reducing effects of cross-talk between the devices.
US09214385B2	Semiconductor device including passivation layer encapsulant A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a passivation layer on a least one capping layer of the semiconductor device, and forming an encapsulant layer on the passivation layer. The method further includes patterning the encapsulant layer to expose a portion of the passivation layer and forming a final via opening in the passivation layer. A conductive material is deposited in the final via opening. The method further includes planarizing the conductive material until reaching a remaining portion of the encapsulant layer such that the conductive material is flush with the encapsulant layer and the passivation layer is preserved.
US09214381B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a conductive pattern, a side spacer, and an air gap. The substrate includes an interlayer insulating layer and a trench penetrating the interlayer insulating layer. The conductive pattern is disposed within the trench of the substrate. The side spacer is disposed within the trench. The side spacer covers an upper side surface of the conductive pattern. The air gap is disposed within the trench. The air gap is bounded by a sidewall of the trench, the side spacer, and a lower side surface of the conductive pattern. A level of a bottom surface of the conductive pattern is lower than a level of bottom surfaces of the side spacer.
US09214380B2	SOS substrate having low surface defect density Method of making a bonded SOS substrate with a semiconductor film on or above a sapphire substrate by implanting ions from a surface of the semiconductor substrate to form an ion-implanted layer; activating at least a surface of one of the sapphire substrate and the semiconductor substrate from which the ions have been implanted; bonding the surface of the semiconductor substrate and the surface of the sapphire substrate at a temperature of from 50° C. to 350° C.; heating the bonded substrates at a maximum temperature of from 200° C. to 350° C.; and irradiating visible light from a sapphire substrate side or a semiconductor substrate side to the ion-implanted layer of the semiconductor substrate to make the interface of the ion-implanted layer brittle at a temperature of the bonded body higher than the temperature at which the surfaces were bonded, to transfer the semiconductor film to the sapphire substrate.
US09214371B2	Thermal treatment apparatus and thermal treatment method In a loading area below a vertical furnace of a thermal treatment apparatus, a gas stream flows along a first direction from one side to the other side of the loading area into a first evacuation opening provided in the other side of the loading area. A thermal evacuation part is located, along the first direction, between a first evacuation opening and an upstream end of a substrate holding member located at an unload position that is located between the one side and the other side of the loading area. The thermal evacuation part includes a second evacuation opening that is arranged to oppose at least an upper part of the substrate holding member located at the unload position and evacuates an environment around the substrate holding member located at the unload position.
US09214370B2	Substrate transfer device, substrate transfer method, and storage medium A substrate transfer device that transfers a substrate by allowing a substrate opening formed on a front surface of a substrate transfer vessel to face an opening formed on a partition wall from one side of the partition wall and separating a cover body of the substrate transfer vessel from the other side of the partition wall includes a door configured to open and close the opening from the other side of the partition wall; a reciprocating unit configured to straightly move the door back and forth between a first position where the opening is closed and a second position away from the first position toward the other side of the partition wall; and a rotating unit configured to rotate the door around a rotation axis in a straightly moving direction of the door between the second position and a third position deviated from a region facing the opening.

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