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US09655295B2	Attachment for feeder installation and method for feeder installation A feeder installing attachment includes: a main body portion including attachment side fitting parts provided on a lower surface thereof and having an installing compatibility with first feeder side fitting parts provided on a lower surface of a first tape feeder; and second feeder installing slots formed on an upper surface of the main body portion and engaging with second feeder side fitting parts provided on a lower surface of a second tape feeder having a standard width smaller than that of the first tape feeder. In a state where the attachment is mounted, an array pitch of the second feeder installing slots is smaller than an array pitch of the base side installing slots, and becomes an array pitch corresponding to the standard width of the second tape feeder.
US09655285B2	Power supply system and method of managing the same A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.
US09655284B2	Modular fan assembly A modular fan assembly for use in a multi-device storage enclosure. In some embodiments, the fan assembly has a rigid open frame with opposing first and second ends. A first fan is connected to the first end and a second fan is connected to the second end. The first and second fans are configured to establish a fluidic airflow through the frame. An airflow diverter positioned in an intermediate portion of the frame between the first and second ends divert at least a portion of the fluidic airflow through a first aperture of the frame to cool an active element outside the frame.
US09655283B2	Submerged datacenter The subject disclosure is directed towards a submerged datacenter, which may be made up of modules, into a body of water such as the ocean. The submersion facilitates cooling of the datacenter as well as providing protection of the datacenter from environmental conditions that exist at or near the surface. Power may be generated from the datacenter heat, and power generated by or near the body of water (e.g., via waves, tides, wind, currents, temperature differences) may be used to help power the datacenter.
US09655281B2	Modular cooling system Technologies for modular cooling systems for cooling electronic components installed in equipment racks are provided herein. A modular cooling system comprises a cold plate and a support manifold connected to the cold plate. Together, the support manifold and cold plate define a fluid path for cooling fluid from the support manifold to the cold plate. The modular cooling system also includes an equipment carrier including equipment cooled by the cold plate.
US09655278B2	Slim fan structure A slim fan structure includes a fan frame, a top cover closed to a top of the fan frame to define a receiving space in the fan frame, a stator assembly mounted in the receiving space, and a hub fitted around the stator assembly. The fan frame has opposite first and third sides forming an air inlet and an air outlet, respectively, and opposite second and fourth sides having a first and a second side wall formed thereon, respectively. The first side wall includes a protruded portion laterally extended toward the air inlet, and the second side wall includes a stop portion located adjacent to the air outlet. With the air inlet and the air outlet formed on two lateral sides of the fan frame, the slim fan structure has an effectively reduced overall thickness and does not produce noise during operation to largely upgrade the operational performance thereof.
US09655276B2	Rack control module A rack control module including a pair of mounting braces for mounting the RCM on a handle of a power supply unit (PSU). The PSU may be mounted on a server rack. The RCM also includes a latch disposed in proximity to the pair of mounting brace. Upon mounting the RCM on the handle of the PSU, the latch locks the RCM in an engaged position with the handle of the PSU.
US09655267B2	Retractable display system and method of use A retractable display configured as a plurality of interlinked display subassemblies or panels, a transport box having a lid configured to enclose the display system, the box or subassemblies having a rack system configured to support the plurality of linked display subassemblies in the transport box, a lift mechanism configured to assemble and disassemble the plurality of releasably interlinked display subassemblies into a seamless display, and an alignment system configured to align one display subassembly with a neighboring display subassembly and thus, functions as a rugged self-contained transport box of a plurality of interlinked display subassemblies capable of automated assembly into a seamless display larger than its transport box.
US09655265B2	Electronic module An electronic module is provided, comprising an electronic chip arranged in the electronic module and comprising an input terminal and an output terminal; a first current path electrically connected to the input terminal; a second current path electrically connected to the output terminal; and an insulation arranged between the first current path and the second current path, wherein the first current path and the second current path extend in the same direction and arranged in close proximity to each other.
US09655264B2	All-weather enclosure for flat panel displays A lightweight, weatherproof, protective enclosure for flat panel displays comprising a containing element in the form of an open, shallow rectangular prism with a regular network of shallow reinforcing depressions formed in its outer surface and a substantially transparent planar viewing element hingedly connected to the containing element such that when the viewing element is closed over, and sealed to, the containing element the protective enclosure forms a lightweight, monocoque structure with enhanced structural rigidity.
US09655260B2	Housing for an electronic device and electronic device A housing for an electronic device includes a double-walled frame, wherein the double-walled frame substantially includes a first wall and a second wall, where the first wall forms an outer wall here, where the first wall is formed in two parts, where a first wall part of the first wall and a second wall part of the first wall are arranged relative to one another such that with a force acting on the frame from the outside, the first wall part can be shifted over the second wall part by overcoming a frictional force that is present between the two wall parts.
US09655256B2	Electronic circuit boards fastened at a frame An electronic circuit, comprising at least three circuit boards (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) fastened at a frame (1) and electrically connected via contact pins (7) arranged therein, and an electric connection (11), connected to a third of the circuit boards (2.1). The circuit shall show a low structural space and here be cost-effective in its production and assembly. The circuit boards (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) are arranged in levels parallel in reference to each other and are fastened at a predetermined mutual distance at the frame (1), with bases (4, 5, 6) being embodied at the faces of the frame (1), with the ends being parallel to the faces of at least two of the bases (4, 5, 6) in one level, arranged in groups, and with the embodiment of the frame (1) and the circuit boards (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) being adjusted to each other.
US09655251B2	Backdrilling method, and backdrilling apparatus The present invention aims to provide a backdrilling method and a backdrilling apparatus that can ensure the backdrilling depth accuracy. Using a multilayer printed wiring board in which a reference depth detection region is allocated where a reference depth detection layer is formed in the same layer with an internal wiring layer electrically connected to a stub, the thickness and the depth of the reference depth detection layer are measured in the reference depth detection region using a drill bit. The drill bit is moved relative to the multilayer printed wiring board to a backdrilling portion. The drilling is performed using the drill bit to the depth which is calculated using the ratio of the depth of the reference depth detection layer to the thickness of the multilayer printed wiring board in the reference depth detection region.
US09655249B2	Substrate with built-in capacitor and method for manufacturing substrate with built-in capacitor A substrate with a built-in capacitor includes an insulating base material layer, a build-up layer formed on the insulating base material layer and including a conductor layer and an insulating layer, and a multilayer ceramic capacitor positioned in an opening of the base material layer and including internal electrodes, ceramic dielectric layers and a pair of external electrodes. The ceramic capacitor has a cuboid shape having long sides and short sides, the pair of external electrodes is formed on opposing long-side sides such that the external electrodes are separated by a distance in range of 30 μm to 200 μm and that each external electrode includes a conductive paste layer connected to a respective group of the internal electrodes and a copper plated layer covering the conductive paste layer, and the conductive paste layer includes Ni paste or Cu paste including glass component in range of 5% to 40%.
US09655244B1	Flexible electronic device and method for manufacturing the same A flexible electronic device includes a first flexible substrate, a first electronic component, a second flexible substrate, a second electronic component and an adhesive layer disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. The first electronic component is disposed on a first surface of the first flexible substrate. The second electronic component is disposed on a first surface of the second flexible substrate. The first surface of the first flexible substrate has a first FPC bonding area having an orthogonal projection projected on a plane where the second flexible substrate is located does not overlap the second flexible substrate. The first surface of the second flexible substrate has a second FPC bonding area having an orthogonal projection projected on a plane where the first flexible substrate is located does not overlap the first flexible substrate.
US09655236B2	Method to make a multilayer circuit board with intermetallic compound and related circuit boards A method for making a multilayer circuit board from circuit board layers, each including a dielectric layer and conductive traces thereon including a first metal. The method includes forming a through-via in a first circuit board layer, plating the through-via with the first metal, and coating a second metal onto the first metal of the first circuit board layer, the plated through-via, and the first metal. The method also includes aligning the first and second circuit board layers together so that the plated through-via of the first circuit board layer is adjacent a feature on the second circuit board layer, and heating and pressing the aligned first and second circuit board layers so as to laminate the dielectric layers together and form an intermetallic compound of the first and second metals bonding adjacent metal portions.
US09655232B2	Spanning tree protocol (STP) optimization techniques Systems and approaches are provided for optimizing the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in a switched network. STP port type for a network infrastructure device can be controlled based on the dynamically discovered neighbor device type of the directly connected peer of the device using the Link Level Discovery Protocol (LLDP). LLDP can provide system capabilities of a link level peer to identify whether the link level peer is a host or a network infrastructure device. In various embodiments, the exchange of system capabilities can the trigger the configuration of an STP port as a network port for ports connected to network infrastructure devices or edge ports for ports directly connected to host devices.
US09655231B2	Compensating for intra-pair skew in differential signaling A circuit may be configured to reduce electrical signal degradation. The circuit may include a first trace and a second trace that may be broadside coupled between a first ground plane and a second ground plane. The first and second traces may be configured to carry first and second signals, respectively, of a differential signal. The circuit may also include a first dielectric material disposed between the first trace and the second trace. Further, the circuit may include a second dielectric material disposed between the first trace and the first ground plane and disposed between the second trace and the second ground plane. A difference between a first dielectric constant of the first dielectric material and a second dielectric constant of the second dielectric material may suppress a mode conversion of the differential signal from a differential mode to a common mode.
US09655230B2	Electromagnetic noise filter device and equivalent filter circuit thereof The present invention is related to an electromagnetic noise filter device and an equivalent filter circuit thereof. The filter device comprises a substrate, a transmission line and a ground plane having slotted ground structure. The transmission line is configured on the top surface of the substrate, and the grounding plane is configured on the bottom surface of the substrate. At least one pair of impedance elements are configured within the slotted ground structure. The transmission line can be electromagnetic coupled to the slotted ground structure and the impedance elements so as to form an equivalent filter circuit. Thereby, the electromagnetic noises on at least one specific frequency may be absorbed by the impedance elements of the filter device so as to avoid the electromagnetic reflection induced by the electromagnetic noise and interfering the signal transmitted on the transmission line.
US09655229B2	Circuit board A circuit board includes a first thermally conductive structure comprising a cavity or a recess portion. At least a portion of the first thermally conductive structure is inserted into an insulating part. An electronic device comprising a portion thereof inserted in the cavity or the recess portion.
US09655225B2	Method and system for controlling convection within a plasma cell A plasma cell for controlling convection includes a transmission element configured to receive illumination from an illumination source in order to generate a plasma within a plasma generation region of the volume of gas. The transmission element of the plasma cell is at least partially transparent to at least a portion of the illumination generated by the illumination source and at least a portion of broadband radiation emitted by the plasma. The plasma cell also includes one or more gas return channels formed within the transmission element for transferring gas from a region above the plasma generation region to a region below the plasma generation region.
US09655223B2	RF system, magnetic filter, and high voltage isolation for an inductively coupled plasma ion source In a plasma ion source having an induction coil adjacent to a reactor chamber for inductively coupling power into the plasma from a radio frequency power source and designed for negative and positive ion extraction, a method for operating the source according to the invention comprises providing radio frequency power to the induction coil with a RF amplifier operating with a variable frequency connected to a matching network mainly comprised of fixed value capacitors. In this device the impedance between the RF power source and the plasma ion source is matched by tuning the RF frequency rather than adjusting the capacitance of the matching network. An option to use a RF power source utilizing lateral diffused metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor based amplifiers is disclosed.
US09655219B2	On line automatic detection of the time phase of the threshold voltage of a lighting load and its application in lighting management The present disclosure discloses a method based on microcontroller circuit and software codes to on line automatically detect the time phase of the threshold voltage of a lighting load in each AC half-cycle. This automatic detection capability enables a dimmer circuit of a lighting apparatus to establish a dimmer working range from the self-detected time phase of threshold voltage of the lighting load. The lighting apparatus can be operated with different types of lighting loads to perform a full dimming range from 0% to 100% of maximum lighting output. Therefore, the dimmer circuit makes possible both the lighting fixtures and the users refrained from dimming difficulties caused by different types of lighting loads with different threshold voltages. The design concept can be extended to manage illuminations in a two-level security light on a simple software basis without resorting to complex electric circuits.
US09655215B1	System and method for ensuring minimal control delay to grouped illumination devices configured within a wireless network A lighting control system and method is disclosed for not only controlling visual content loaded within a group set of illumination devices configured within a wireless network, but also for ensuring minimal control delay to those grouped devices. The lighting control system can include a lighting controller device that controls a plurality of lamps within a mesh network, not only to group those lamps but also to assign content to lamps within that group. The combination of a guaranteed groupcast to each of the group of lamps and an acknowledge back from those lamps that is aggregated over a single path achieves the improved lighting control system disclosed herein.
US09655214B1	Device, system and method for controlling visual content loaded into a grouped set of illumination devices configured within a wireless network A lighting control system and method is disclosed for not only controlling visual content loaded within a group set of illumination devices configured within a wireless network, but also for ensuring minimal control delay to those grouped devices. The lighting control system can include a lighting controller device that controls a plurality of lamps within a mesh network, not only to group those lamps but also to assign content to lamps within that group. The combination of a guaranteed groupcast to each of the group of lamps and an acknowledge back from those lamps that is aggregated over a single path achieves the improved lighting control system disclosed herein.
US09655213B2	Modular wireless lighting control A modular wireless lighting control device includes a wireless interface device that includes a wireless transceiver, a first controller, and a power supply. The wireless transceiver is in electrical communication with the first controller. The wireless interface device receives lighting control instructions wirelessly via the wireless transceiver. The modular wireless lighting control device further includes a lighting control device in electrical communication with the wireless communication device. The lighting control device includes a second controller and control interface circuitry. The control interface circuitry is compatible with a light fixture.
US09655199B2	Four component phosphorescent OLED for cool white lighting application A light emitting system is provided including a first organic light emitting device. The first organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, a first organic emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a second organic emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The first organic emitting layer and the second organic emitting layer each include an emissive dopant having a peak wavelength of between 400 to 500 nanometers, but one of the peak wavelength of one of the dopants is at least 4 nm less than the peak wavelength of the other dopant. The first organic emitting layer and the second organic emitting layer may overlap each other, such as being disposed one over the other. The device may be used in white light or multi-color systems.
US09655196B2	Color temperature adjusting method of solid state light emitting device A color temperature adjusting method of solid state light emitting device, including steps: providing a main light source which emits main light of a first color temperature; providing an adjusting light source, wherein the adjusting light source comprises a red light source, a green light source and a blue light source; and adjusting currents applied to the adjusting light sources to obtain an adjusting light, wherein the adjusting light mixes with the main light of the main light source to obtain an outgoing light of a second color temperature. The second color temperature is different from the first color temperature. The outgoing light has a chromaticity coordinate at a Plank's curve on a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinates chart.
US09655193B2	Lighting unit providing reduced intensity light output based on user proximity and related methods Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. Reduced intensity light output is provided from one or more light sources (100, 300, 400) based on user proximity. Providing reduced intensity light output from the light sources based on user proximity may facilitate user interaction with a user interface (140, 340, 440) that enables control of the light sources and/or additional light sources. For example, the reduced intensity light output may make viewing of and/or interaction with the user interface more pleasant that non-reduced intensity light output.
US09655189B2	LED light control and management system An LED light and communication system is in communication with a broadband over power line communications system. The LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver light fixture. The optical transceiver light fixture includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, at least one photodetector, and a processor. A facility management unit is in communication with the processor. The facility management unit is constructed and arranged to control the operation of the optical transceiver light fixture.
US09655188B1	Illumination device and method for independently controlling power delivered to a load from dimmers having dissimilar phase-cut dimming angles An illumination device and method are provided for controlling light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs (specifically, the LED loads) are controlled, e.g., brightness and color of the LED loads, independent of a phase-cut dimmer applied to the AC mains feeding a DC power supply. The power supply is active dependent upon the duration of a conduction angle supplied from the dimmer. The power supply, however, produces drive currents that are independent from the conduction angle by using a two-stage power supply and a relatively slow and fast control loops that are controlled through a microprocessor based control circuit. Parameters stored in the control circuit are drawn by the microprocessor to control the two-stage power supply to produce the drive currents independent and decoupled from the conduction angle yet dependent on the controller parameters.
US09655186B2	Emergency lighting system for an aircraft and aircraft comprising such emergency lighting system An emergency lighting system for an aircraft includes an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor. The emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light units as a response to the external control commands.
US09655168B2	Electrical barrier for wax warmer A wax warmer includes a body, an electrical assembly positioned within an interior space of the body, and a sleeve positioned within the interior space. The sleeve surrounds and provides a barrier to the electrical assembly.
US09655166B2	Data bundling and fast dormancy based upon intelligent application learning Data bundling and fast dormancy controls are provided based on application monitoring and classification. Moreover, a balance is enabled between saving battery power of a user equipment (UE) and reducing signaling and processing load in a radio resource controller (RRC). For instance, a system can observe data flow related behavior of applications on the UE. On receiving a first data flow request, an arrival time of a next data flow request is predicted based on an analysis of the behavior, and the system determines whether the two data flows can be bundled together and transmitted over a single connection. Additionally, on completion of the first data flow, the arrival time of the next data flow request is predicted based on the analysis, and the system determines whether a fast dormancy timer can be disabled to transmit the next data flow over the current connection.
US09655161B2	Auxiliary information reporting and information sending method and device The embodiments of this application relate to the field of wireless communications. Disclosed are an auxiliary information reporting and information sending method and device, so that a target base station can acquire the latest auxiliary information of a user equipment (UE) and then can provide the most reasonable configuration for the UE. In this application, the UE reports the auxiliary information to a source base station, and determines whether it is required to re-report the auxiliary information in a target cell; if determining that it is required to re-report the auxiliary information in the target cell, the user equipment reports the auxiliary information to the target base station after being switched to the target cell. It can be seen that, in this solution, the target base station can acquire the latest auxiliary information of the UE, so as to provide the most reasonable configuration for the UE.
US09655160B2	Maximization of scheduling opportunities in in-device coexistence interference scenarios The invention relates to methods for avoiding in-device coexistence (IDC) interference in a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, apparatus for performing these methods, and computer readable media instructions to cause the apparatus to perform the methods. In order to avoid IDC interference, an IDC interference indication is reported for at least one of a first cell and a second cell on which an interference condition is detected. In response, an activation/deactivation pattern is received for at least one of the first and second cells for which the interference condition is detected. The activation/deactivation pattern indicates an off-duration and an offset specifying a time-period during which communication via the at least one of the first and second cells is to be deactivated. According to the activation/deactivation pattern, first and second subframes are determined, at which the communication via the at least one of the first and second cells is to be deactivated and re-activated, respectively.
US09655157B1	Multiple user multiple input multiple output pairing in a network A method and system for providing MU-MIMO pairings of mobile handsets in a network is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes facilitating MU-MIMO pairings of mobile handsets served by different transmitting/receiving components serving individual sectors of a base station using a central monitoring server and location information for each of the mobile handsets. In another embodiment, the method includes facilitating MU-MIMO pairings between mobile handsets served by different transmitting/receiving components in different sectors of coverage across separate access components using a central monitoring server and location information for each of the mobile handsets.
US09655155B2	Method and apparatus for establishing device-to-device connection in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for establishing a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system is provided. A network transmits a connection establishment request message to request of the D2D connection establishment to a first device and a second device, receives a connection establishment response message indicating whether to accept the request of the D2D connection establishment from the first device and the second device, and transmits a connection establishment confirm message to confirm the D2D connection establishment to a first device and a second device. The connection establishment request message includes at least one of a connection establishment type, a quality of (QoS) parameter for the D2D connection, and security information.
US09655153B2	Method and apparatus for notifying connection attributes for local internet protocol (IP) access The invention discloses a method for notifying connection attributes of local IP access, comprising a mobility management element notifying the user terminal of connection attributes of the PDN connection in the procedure of establishing a PDN connection. The invention also discloses an apparatus for notifying connection attributes of local IP access, comprising: a determination unit for determining connection attributes of the PDN connection for user terminal in the process of establishing the PDN connection; a notification unit for notifying the user terminal of the connection attributes of the PDN connection. After determining the PDN connection to be established for UE, the mobility management element at the network side of the invention notifies the UE of the information of type and attribute of the PDN connection at the same time so as to facilitate the UE determining the corresponding access policy according to the attribute information of current PDN connection when moving.
US09655151B2	Wireless mesh network auto-forming in a multi-tenant environment A wireless mesh access point (AP) determines a candidate set of Basic Service Set Identifiers (BSSIDs) or other unique identifiers by monitoring for detection of a set of wireless communications, each bearing a unique identifier. The AP selects a candidate unique identifier from the candidate set. The AP establishes a wireless communication link with a controller of a wireless mesh network associated with the candidate unique identifier. The AP transmits a request to the controller to join the wireless mesh network associated with the candidate unique identifier. The AP receives a response from the controller indicating either acceptance or rejection of the request. If the response indicates rejection, the AP rejects one or more unique identifiers in the candidate set in response to reason information included in the rejection.
US09655149B2	Wireless communication configuration method, wireless communication system, and recording device A recording device 10 determines if a wireless LAN adapter AD was connected when the recording device 10 turned on; and monitors if a wireless LAN adapter AD becomes connected after the recording device 10 turned on. If the wireless LAN adapter AD is connected after the recording device 10 turns on and a password was previously set, the recording device 10 enables a wireless communication function and uses the previously set password for wireless communication through the wireless LAN adapter AD. If the wireless LAN adapter AD is connected after the recording device 10 turns on and a password was not previously set, the recording device 10 automatically generates a new password and enables the wireless communication function using the automatically generated password for wireless communication through the wireless LAN adapter AD.
US09655147B2	Method and apparatus for bearer control in a group call A method and service network element are provided that control a distribution of multiple uplink bearers among multiple user devices participating in a group call. In response to receiving a trigger to reevaluate the multiple uplink bearers, one or more user devices of the multiple user devices are identified as candidates for de-allocation of uplink bearers based on a profile associated with each of the multiple user devices. Further, based on the profiles associated with each of the multiple user devices, one or more of the multiple user devices are identified as candidates for establishment of an uplink bearer. An uplink bearer, of the multiple uplink bearers, then is released from one or more of the user devices identified as candidates for de-allocation of uplink bearers, and an uplink bearer is established for one or more user devices identified as candidates for establishment of uplink bearers.
US09655146B2	Mobile communication method and mobile station A radio base station PhNB managing a phantom cell is enabled to uniquely identify a mobile station UE in communication in the phantom cell. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes starting, by the radio base station PhNB#10, a “Non-contention based RA procedure” or a “Contention based RA procedure” with a mobile station UE#1 in communication in a cell #10 under control of the radio base station PhNB#10; and notifying, by the mobile station UE#1, the radio base station PhNB#10 of a C-RNTImacro which is allocated in a cell #1 other than the cell #10.
US09655145B2	Wireless communication method for allocating clear channel, and wireless communication terminal using same The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for clear channel assessment and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for performing efficient clear channel assessment based on BBS identifier information of non-legacy wireless LAN information. To this end, provided is a wireless communication method including: receiving a radio signal of a specific channel; measuring a signal strength of the received radio signal; and determining whether the specific channel is busy based on the measured signal strength and BSS identifier information of the radio signal.
US09655143B2	Random access method and signaling method for the same A method is provided for performing a random access procedure by a Node-B with a specific user equipment (UE) within a cell in which a plurality of UEs are located together. The Node-B transmits a random access procedure configuration including a basic sequence index related with a random access channel and zero correlation zone (ZCZ) configuration. The Node-B receives a random access preamble corresponding to the random access procedure configuration from the UE over the random access channel. A length of a cyclic part and a length of a sequence part of the random access preamble are differently given based on the random access procedure configuration. The random access preamble is generated from Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation (CAZAC) sequences based on the basic sequence index by applying a length of a cyclic shift according to the ZCZ configuration.
US09655137B2	Method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless access system and base station for same A method is provided for receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) using time division duplex (TDD) in a wireless communication system. The UE receives uplink (UL) grant information on a first cell, the UL grant information scheduling a UL transmission on a second cell. The UE transmits UL data in a UL subframe on the second cell via a physical UL shared channel based on the UL grant information. The UE receives hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in a downlink (DL) subframe on the first cell. The first cell and the second cell have different TDD UL-DL configurations. The DL subframe on the first cell is determined based on a TDD UL-DL configuration of the second cell.
US09655132B2	Uplink interference mitigation in heterogeneous mobile networks A method for controlling a heterogeneous wireless network (100) is proposed. The heterogeneous wireless network comprises at least one first base station (115) which manages communication of a plurality of first user equipments (125M) positioned in at least one first cell (105) and at least one second base station (120) which manages communication of a plurality of second user equipments (125p) positioned in at least one second cell (110). Moreover, in the heterogeneous network (100), for each first user equipment (125M) the at least one first base station (115) provides a respective first allocation information set over a respective first allocation time interval. Similarly, the at least one second base station (120) provides for each second user equipment (125p) a respective second allocation information set over a respective second allocation time interval. Furthermore, each first allocation information set and each second allocation information set define transmission resources for communications of each first user equipment (125M) and of each second user equipment (125M), respectively. In the heterogeneous wireless network (100), the at least one second cell (110) is at least partially comprised in the first cell (105). The method comprises the following steps. Said at least one first base station determines (305) a set of probably interfering first user equipments (125M) with at least one of the plurality of second user equipments (125p). Said step of determining the set of probably interfering first user equipments (125M) comprises the following steps. Comparing each second allocation information set with each first allocation information set having the first allocation time interval at least partially overlapped with the respective second allocation time interval, and identifying as a probably interfering first user equipment (125M) each first user equipment (125M) for which a correspondence is verified in said comparing allocation information sets. The method further comprises the following steps. Said at least one second base station (120) defines a detection time window in order to analyze univocal identifiers transmitted by probably interfering first user equipments (125M) in said set. The method comprises identifying (315) a subset of effectively interfering first user equipments (125M) with the plurality of second user equipments (125p). Said at least one first base station (115) modifies (325) said transmission resources for at least one first user equipment (125M) comprised in the subset of effectively interfering first user equipments (125M) in order to mitigate interferences.
US09655129B2	Bundling of packet acknowledgments as a function of the distance A method and an apparatus for bundling data packet acknowledgments in a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method includes determining a metric proportional to a communication distance between the wireless communication device and a counterpart wireless communication device; selecting a number of data packet acknowledgments to be bundled together according to the determined communication distance such that when the communication distance is higher, the higher number of data packet acknowledgments are bundled together into a single acknowledgment message; and causing transmission of the acknowledgment message comprising the selected number of data packet acknowledgments.
US09655124B2	Policy and charging control (PCC) for NAT64 and DNS64 A mechanism for use by a subscription control node, one or more NAT64 nodes and/or DNS64 nodes to interact in a communications network with multiple user equipments (UEs) to control the UE usage of the NAT64 and/or DNS64 communications resources. The subscription control node includes subscription information for one or more of the UE(s), the subscription information for each UE including translation state usage information associated with one or more of the NAT64 nodes servicing the UE. The subscription control node collects translation state usage information from each NAT64 node, and identifies a set of one or more UE(s) exceeding a maximum translation state usage allocated to each of the multiple UEs based on the corresponding subscription information and the collected translation state usage information. The subscription information for the identified UEs is adjusted so the identified set of UE(s) meet the maximum translation state usage for each UE.
US09655123B1	Group management in multiuser communications A first communication device measures respective receive power levels of signals transmitted by second communication devices in a plurality of second communication devices. The first communication device selects a group of two or more second communication devices from the plurality of second communication devices for simultaneous transmission of respective data to the first communication device, wherein the group is selected i) so that respective measured receive power levels of the signals from any two second communication devices in the group differ by no more than a predetermined amount, and ii) without instructing any second communication device in the group to adjust a transmit signal power level. The first communication device generates a communication frame that includes information indicative of the group, and transmits the communication frame to prompt the group to simultaneously transmit respective data to the first communication device.
US09655120B2	System and method for computing coverage set and resource allocation in wireless networks The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for computing coverage set and resource allocations in wireless networks. The disclosed network device selects a radio frequency subdomain in a wireless network, and further determines a coverage set for the selected radio frequency subdomain. The coverage set includes a subset of access nodes in the selected radio frequency domain. Moreover, a respective access node in the radio frequency subdomain satisfies one of (a) the respective access node is a member of the coverage set, and (b) the respective access node is covered by at least one member of the coverage set with a signal strength stronger than a predetermined threshold.
US09655115B2	Communication method, communication device, and computer program In order to solve a problem of an accumulation on the transmission side, a delay on the reception side, and the like at the time of transmission in a communication system such as a wireless LAN system, each communication station in a network transmits a beacon in which information with respect to the network is written and sets a state in which a reception operation is performed during periods of time before and after the transmission of the beacon signal when performing access control not to make communication timing of a packet collide with that of another station by detecting a signal transmitted from another station. With performing such processing, a system can be formed based on minimum level of transmission and reception operation when transmission and reception data does not exist in each communication station in the network, and also a data transfer can be performed with latency as small as possible in a minimum necessary level of transmission and reception operation by making a transition of a transmission and reception state in accordance with a fluctuating volume of transmission and reception data.
US09655114B1	Methods and apparatus to allocate bandwidth between subscribers of a communications network Methods and apparatus to allocate bandwidth between subscribers of a communications network are disclosed. An example method to allocate bandwidth between subscribers of a communications network includes projecting that a first network data usage of a first subscriber of the network service provider will exceed a first data allotment for a first network access account of the first subscriber within a time period. The example method also includes identifying a second subscriber of the network service provider who is included in a subscriber group with the first subscriber and projected to have a second network data usage that is below a second data allotment for a second account of the second subscriber within that time period. The example method also includes requesting assent from the second subscriber to transfer a portion of the second data allotment to the first subscriber. The example method also includes, in response to receiving the assent from the second subscriber, transferring the portion of the second data allotment from the second account to the first account.
US09655112B2	Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wireless communication frame with a header Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wireless communication frame. For example, a wireless station may generate a frame including a header portion, the header portion including a legacy header, followed by a first non-legacy header, the header portion including a first indication to indicate whether or not the header portion is to include a second non-legacy header following the first non-legacy header, the header portion including a second indication to indicate whether or not channel bonding is to be used; and process transmission of the frame to at least one second wireless station over a directional wireless communication band.
US09655111B2	Method for transmitting data, method for receiving data, and device The present invention provides a method for transmitting data, a method for receiving data and a device. The transmitting method includes: transmitting, by an STA, characterizing information to an AP, the characterizing information is used to characterize a maximum transmission delay allowed by uplink data to be transmitted by the STA; receiving, by the STA, transmission time that is specified for the STA and returned by the AP within the maximum transmission delay allowed by the uplink data to be transmitted by the STA, wherein the transmission time is within a range of the maximum transmission delay allowed by the uplink data to be transmitted by the STA; and transmitting, by the STA, the uplink data to the AP within the transmission time. Technical solutions of the present invention solve a problem of data transmission in an emergency application scenario, and guarantee requirements placed by emergency data upon transmission delay.
US09655109B2	Channel state information reference resource indication and measurement method and device The present application relates to the field of wireless communications. Disclosed are a channel state information (CSI) reference resource indication and measurement method and device, so as to reduce the complexity of measurement and computation performed by a terminal. In the solution provided by the embodiments of the present application, a network side informs a terminal of a periodic value and/or a subframe offset value of a periodic CSI reference resource, and after the periodic value and/or the subframe offset value of the periodic CSI reference resource on a carrier is determined, the terminal determines, through a frame structure type used by the carrier and according to the determined periodic value and/or subframe offset value of the periodic CSI reference resource, a time-frequency resource corresponding to the effective CSI reference resource and measures the CSI in the determined time-frequency resource. It can be seen from the above that, the solution can effectively reduce the complexity of measurement and computation performed by a terminal.
US09655104B1	Carrier aggregation scheduling based reordering density Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software to limit the reordering of data packets at a wireless communication device during a communication. In one implementation, a wireless access node may measure reordering density factors related to component carriers providing a communication. Based on the reordering density factors, the access node may determine a packet reordering density, which is related to the number of packets that would be received by the wireless communication device in an undesirable order. Upon determining the packet reordering density, the wireless access node determines whether the density meets criteria and, if the density meets the criteria, generates a second carrier aggregation configuration based on available resources the component carriers.
US09655102B2	Interference control in a cellular communications network A method of controlling interference in a cellular communications network comprises, in a first base station of the network: determining that the first base station is suffering from uncontrolled interference from at least one other base station of the network; based on information received from at least one other base station of the network regarding estimates of interference caused at the first base station by at least one user equipment device connected to the respective other base station, selecting a proposed action to mitigate said interference; and notifying the respective other base station of the selection of the proposed action.
US09655098B2	Micro base station, user terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed to reduce interference from a macro base station to a small transmission power node. The present invention is characterized in providing a micro base station which forms, in a macro cell where a macro base station transmits a signal to a macro terminal, a micro cell where the micro base station transmits a signal to a micro terminal under control with low power, and this micro base station generates a PDCCH which includes downlink or uplink resource allocation information, and, in a non-transmission period in which the macro base station stops transmitting signals while leaving minimal quality measurement signals, shifts the transmission starting symbol of the PDCCH to a position where the PDCCH does not overlap the quality measurement signals.
US09655096B2	Resource indexing for acknowledgement signals in response to receptions of multiple assignments A method and apparatus for transmitting, by a user equipment, a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) are provided. The method includes identifying power of the HARQ-ACK based on transmission power control information in first downlink control information; identifying, for frequency division duplexing (FDD), a resource for transmission of the HARQ-ACK based on transmission power control information in second downlink control information for a secondary cell; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK based on the resource.
US09655093B2	Method for configuring resources, device, and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for configuring resources, a device and a system. The method includes: generating resource configuration information (S201); carrying the resource configuration information in a media access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling and sending to a user equipment, to enable the user equipment to perform uplink transmission according to the resource configuration information (S202). The method for configuring resources, the device and the system provided in the embodiments of the present invention can achieve fast physical layer radio resource configuration with a short delay.
US09655090B2	Method and apparatus for generating a radio link control protocol data unit for multi-carrier operation Techniques and apparatus for efficiently determining the radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size and flexible RLC PDU creation for multi carrier operation are disclosed. An example wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) calculates a maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted for a current transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of carriers, and selects an RLC PDU data field size such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control (MAC) PDU matches a minimum of the maximum amount of data calculated for the carriers. The maximum amount of data may, for example, be calculated based on an applicable current grant for each carrier for the current TTI. The RLC PDU may be generated for the later TTI on a condition that an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a particular logical channel is less than or equal to 4N times the minimum of the maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by the applicable current grant for the carriers for the current TTI, where N is a number of activated carriers. The maximum amount of data may be calculated based on a remaining power on each carrier.
US09655089B2	System and method for silent retry A system and method for synchronizing the operation of a wireless mobile station (102) and a base station (104) includes receiving a message at the base station (104) indicating a state of operation of the wireless mobile station (102). A determination is made as to whether the base station (104) and the mobile station (102) are in synchronization based upon comparing the state of operation of the mobile station (102) and a state of operation of the base station (104).
US09655085B2	Resource block candidate selection technique employing packet scheduling in wireless communication systems A method of transmitting data packets over a plurality of dynamically allocated resource blocks in at least one or a combination of a time, code or frequency domain on a shared channel of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of selecting a number of resource block candidates for potential transmission of data packets destined for a receiver and transmitting the data packet to the receiver using at least one allocated resource block from the selected resource block candidates. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of decoding data packets, a transmitter, receiver and communication system.
US09655080B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method and program Provided is a wireless communication device which includes a notification information transmitting unit for transmitting, via a wireless communication network, notification information of the wireless communication device, a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information transmitted from another device, a frequency switching unit for successively switching, at random cycles, a frequency at which the notification information is transmitted or a frequency at which the notification information is received, and a transmission processing unit for performing a data transmission process after transmitting or receiving an acknowledgement to the notification information to/from such other device.
US09655077B1	Device and method for cellular synchronization assisted location estimation A device and method for determining the location of a cellular device, such as a mobile cell phone, utilizing a Timing Advance (TA) issued by one or more cellular base stations, such as an LTE or LTE-A enhanced NodeB (eNB), to the cellular device.
US09655073B2	Systems and methods for communicating with non-terrestrial electronic devices Embodiments are provided for communicating with electronic devices traveling on an aircraft. According to certain aspects, a data center can examine registration data to identify a set of electronic devices that are traveling on a particular flight, and can retrieve relevant travel information associated with the set of electronic devices. In particular, the travel information may be general to the flight or may be related to a specific itinerary for one of the passengers. The data center may generate one or more text messages that are intended for one of more of the set of electronic devices. The data center may also transmit the text message(s) to an on-board network for delivery to the electronic device(s).
US09655072B2	Systems, apparatus and methods for synchronizing a global time reference for access points over the air Methods and apparatus for synchronizing a global time reference for access points over the air are provided. In one aspect, a method for synchronizing a global time of an access point comprises receiving a message comprising a global time indication from a second access point. The method further includes updating the global time of the access point to the global time indication from the second access point by updating a timer of the access point by an increment not to exceed a predetermined value selected small enough to ensure a maintenance of synchronization between the access point and at least one associated wireless station. The global time of the access point is updated to the global time indication from the second access point when the global time indication from the second access point indicated a later global time than the global time of the access point.
US09655071B2	Apparatus and method for performing uplink synchronization in wireless communication system This specification relates to an apparatus and method for performing random access in a wireless communication system. This specification discloses a mobile station, including a reception unit for receiving TAG configuration information on which at least one serving cell configured in the mobile station is classified as a Timing Alignment Group (TAG) from a base station and a transmission unit for transmitting a random access preamble to the base station on one representative serving cell within the TAG. In accordance with this specification, a procedure of obtaining a TAV for a serving cell in order to secure and maintain uplink timing synchronization becomes clear, the time taken to obtain uplink synchronization for a serving cell may be reduced, and overhead due to excessive random access attempts may be reduced by obtaining a TAV for a plurality of serving cells through one random access procedure.
US09655069B2	Dynamic transmitter calibration A method includes generating an indicator of interference introduced by a transmitter into a spectrum of an output transmit signal outside a target channel of the transmitter. The indicator is generated based on the output transmit signal. The method includes adjusting a power level of the output transmit signal based on the indicator and a predetermined interference indicator level. The indicator may indicate a carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio of the output transmit signal, and the adjusting comprises setting the power level of the output transmit signal to a maximum power level that maintains the C/I ratio of the output transmit signal above the predetermined interference indicator level. The output transmit signal may be based on a radio-frequency output of a power amplifier of the transmitter prior to transmission over a channel and the generating comprises generating a baseband version of the output transmit signal.
US09655064B2	Controlling power in non-licensed band Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system. A wireless device is connected to a first serving cell utilizing a licensed band and a second serving cell utilizing a non-licensed band. The transmission power from the second serving cell is determined by considering the clear channel assessment (CCA) coverage of the wireless device or the second serving cell.
US09655060B2	Method and apparatus for controlling power in wireless communication system Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling power in a wireless communication system. The method includes a transmitter transmits a signal to multiple receivers. The method also includes receiving a feedback signal including channel state information from each of the multiple receivers. The method also includes calculating a sum of received signal strengths of the feedback signal received from each of the multiple receivers. The method also includes determining a power control value by using the channel state information for each of the multiple receivers and the sum of the received signal strengths. The method also includes controlling a transmission power based on the determined power control value.
US09655056B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting transmission power of terminal as well as the terminal A method for adjusting transmission power of a terminal includes: acquiring a distance between a human body and the terminal; retrieving, from a prestored table indicative of correspondence between distances and power adjustment values, a power adjustment value corresponding to the distance between the human body and the terminal; and adjusting transmission power of the terminal based on the power adjustment value. According to the method for adjusting transmission power of the terminal provided by the disclosure, antenna power output by the terminal is adjusted in real time according to the current distance between the human body and the terminal.
US09655054B2	Adapting blind reception duration for range and congestion Methods, systems, and devices are described for adapting blind reception duration for range and congestion. A wireless station may measure channel conditions (e.g., range to an access point (AP) and channel congestion), and adjust one or more sleep timers based on the conditions. The sleep timers may each be associated with a window for reception of an expected transmission. If the transmission is not received in the window, the station may enter a sleep state to conserve power. In one example, a beacon miss timer is adjusted, and the expected wireless transmission is a delivery traffic indication message (DTIM). In another example, a content after beacon (CAB) timer is adjusted and the expected wireless transmission is the CAB. In some cases, the station may measure a delay for a number of beacons and determine the adjustment based on the delays.
US09655050B2	Network device, method, computer program and computer program product for determining a set of power state parameters It is presented a method, performed by a network device, for determining a set of power state parameters at least partly defining when a wireless terminal is to be in an active state or a power saving state. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining traffic types for each one of a plurality of traffic flows to or from a wireless terminal, resulting in a present combination of traffic types; finding, in a power state parameter repository, a first match between the present combination of traffic types and a combination of traffic types associated with a first set of power state parameters; and when the first match is found, transmitting the first set of power state parameters to the wireless terminal. A corresponding network device, computer program and computer program product are also presented.
US09655049B2	Apparatus and method for displaying information During operation, a push-to-talk (PTT) button will have a touch sensor incorporated on its surface. When the touch sensor detects a touch from a user, the apparatus will exit a low-power state and a display on the apparatus will provide PTT information.
US09655045B2	Method and apparatus for signaling in dense network operations A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus transitions to a dormant state and transmits a very low duty cycle signal (LDCS) while in the dormant state. The apparatus may transmit an LDCS configuration to a second entity, the second entity being one of an LPN that is not in a dormant state and a macro cell. The apparatus may further monitor for a RACH messages at a predetermined RACH delay after transmitting the LDCS. The apparatus may transition to a DRX/DTX mode. The DRX/DTX mode may be matched to at least one connected UE.
US09655041B1	Discovery-phase power conservation The present specification describes techniques and apparatuses that enable power conservation in a wireless network. In some cases these techniques and apparatuses enable power conservation during a discovery phase and for a wireless network subject to a government mandate requiring a device of the network to passively search for radar transmission prior to establishing communication with another device of the network.
US09655035B2	Femtocell use for radio frequency network sweeps Systems and methods that utilize femtocell access points (FAP) to perform radio frequency (RF) network sweeps are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: predicting an availability of an access point (AP) to perform an RF network sweep; and determining that the access point is available to perform the RF network sweep based, at least, on a prediction that a mobile device on a white list for the access point is not likely to access the access point during a time interval associated with performing the RF network sweep. In another embodiment, a method includes: comparing a network quality characteristic for a wireless channel associated with a FAP with a network quality characteristic for a wired network communicatively coupled to the FAP. The network quality characteristics can be the same. The method can then include employing the comparison to determine to which network an impairment is attributable.
US09655031B2	Base station and terminal, and control methods thereof In order to reduce a disruption of communication which occurs upon performing an active scan, an access point (10_2) includes an interface on DS side (100_2) which communicates with different access points (10_1 and 10_3) through distribution system (DS) media (30), and an interface on terminal side (200_2) which generates, when receiving from a terminal (20) not being in communication with the access point through a radio channel (CH2) a probe request frame (FR7) which is the one for scanning an access point capable of communicating with the terminal and which includes an address (A100_1) for the DS media (30) to identify the different access point (10_1) being in communication with the terminal (20), a response frame (FR8) addressed to the address (A 100_1) and responding to the probe request frame (FR7), and makes the interface on DS side (100_2) transmit the response frame (FR8) to the DS media (30).
US09655026B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distributing general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) traffic Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distributing general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) traffic are disclosed. According to one exemplary method, the method occurs at a network node simulator configured to distribute GTP encapsulated data packets among a plurality of processors associated with the network node simulator. The method includes receiving a GTP encapsulated data packet associated with a user device, wherein the GTP encapsulated data packet includes a GTP header having a GTP related endpoint identifier indicating a processor among the plurality of processors associated with the network node simulator. The method also includes determining, using the GTP related endpoint identifier, the processor for processing the GTP encapsulated data packet. The method further includes sending, to the processor, the GTP encapsulated data packet for processing.
US09655025B1	Managing the performance of a wireless device handover It is identified that an attempted handover of a wireless device from a first access node to a second access node meets a failure criteria, where the attempted handover uses a handover initiation timer and a signal level modifier. A first signal level of the first access node, and a second signal level of the second access node, received at the wireless device at a time when the attempted handover was initiated are determined. At least one of the handover initiation timer and the signal level modifier is adjusted based on the failure criteria, the determined first signal level, and the determined second signal level.
US09655022B2	Method of cell reselection A cell reselection method adapted to a communication device of a communication system includes receiving a first priority information and a Device to Device communication information broadcasted by a network node of the communication system; and rearranging the first priority information into a second priority information according to the D2D communication information when the communication device is in an operation scenario.
US09655016B2	Method and apparatus for supporting CSG service in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for supporting a closed subscriber group (CSG) service is provided. A user equipment determines whether a neighbor cell is a CSG member cell for which a CSG whitelist includes a CSG identity of the neighbor cell and PLMN identities of the neighbor cell. The user equipment sends a CSG membership indicator indicating whether the neighbor cell is the CSG member cell.
US09655014B2	Optimizing a handover behavior of a mobile radio communication network based on an extended data record being associated with a user equipment It is described a method for optimizing a handover behavior of a mobile radio communication network including at least a first base station and a second base station. The method includes (a) performing a handover of a user equipment from the first base station to the second base station, (b) adding an information element representing a property of the radio link between the user equipment and the first base station to a data record being associated with the user equipment, (c) transferring the data record from the first base station to the second base station and (d) optimizing the handover behavior of the mobile radio communication network based on the added information element. It is further described a first base station and a second base station, which in conjunction which each other, are configured for carrying out the described handover behavior optimization method.
US09655011B2	Communication system, network handover processing method and apparatus A communication system, a network handover processing method and a network handover processing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a target evolution NodeB (T-eNB), identity information sent from a user equipment (UE), the identity information being allocated to the UE by a source evolution NodeB (S-eNB); and sending, by the T-eNB, parameters to the UE if identity information, matching the received identity information sent from the UE, is available in the T-eNB, wherein the parameters are allocated to the UE. The apparatus includes a receiving module and a sending module.
US09655006B2	System and method for controlling congestion in wireless mesh networks A system and method for controlling congestion using Request-to-Send (RTS) and Clear-to-Send (CTS) in a wireless mesh network are provided. A receiver in a congestion state sets a duration field value of congestion control in a CTS frame and transmits the CTS frame to a sender. In response, the sender retransmits an RTS frame to the receiver without transmitting data, after waiting for an RTS retransmission waiting time period corresponding to the duration field value. The congestion state information is broadcast to neighboring nodes. Therefore, the congestion control system using the CTS frame does not use a separate frame for the congestion control. And, all of the neighboring nodes can participate in the congestion control, increasing the network efficiency.
US09655002B2	Physical layer frame format for WLAN In a method for generating a data unit for transmission via a communication channel, wherein the data unit conforms to a first communication protocol, a preamble of the data unit is generated. The preamble includes a first field having information that indicates a duration of the data unit, the first field being formatted such that the first field is decodable by a receiver device that conforms to a second communication protocol but does not conform to the first communication protocol to determine the duration of the data unit based on the first field. Additionally, the preamble is formatted such that a portion of the preamble is decodable by a receiver device that conforms to a third communication protocol but does not conform to the first communication protocol. Also, the preamble is formatted such that a receiver device that conforms to the first communication protocol can determine that the data unit conforms to the first communication protocol. A data portion of the data unit that conforms to the first communication protocol and does not conform to either (i) the second communication protocol or (ii) the third communication protocol is generated.
US09655000B2	Optimized quality of service transport architecture to compensate for SINR variations A device may receive performance information for a traffic flow assigned to a quality of service (QoS) class. The device may determine an overall packet delay, associated with the traffic flow, based on the performance information. The device may determine a radio access network (RAN) delay, associated with the traffic flow, based on the performance information. The device may determine a target packet delay associated with the QoS class. The device may identify, based on the target packet delay, the RAN delay, and the overall packet delay, a QoS sub-class to which the traffic flow is to be assigned. The QoS sub-class may be associated with the QoS class. The device may cause packets, associated with the traffic flow, to be marked for treatment in accordance with the QoS sub-class.
US09654994B2	Device-to-device (D2D) link adaptation Channel quality may be measured in a device-to-device (D2D) communication network. The D2D communication network may include one or more D2D wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), wherein the D2D WTRUs may communicate using a D2D bandwidth. A D2D WTRU may receive a channel measurement resource configuration corresponding to a channel measurement resource. The D2D WTRU may further receive an RS on the channel measurement resource. The D2D WTRU may measure one or more channel state parameters from the channel measurement resource for a part of bandwidth overlapping with a D2D communication bandwidth, when the RS bandwidth is greater than the D2D communication bandwidth. The D2D WTRU may report the channel state parameters to a controlling entity. The controlling entity may configure a D2D frequency allocation between a transmitting device and a receiving device. The D2D frequency allocation may be based on the time averaged measurement.
US09654992B2	Handling calibration data Apparatus comprises: a multi-element antenna; and a transmitter configured to broadcasting multiple packets from the multi-element antenna, wherein each packet comprising: a positioning part; and a calibration data part, wherein the calibration data part of a packet comprises: a portion of calibration data; and data indicating a location of the portion of calibration data in a set of calibration data. The transmitter is configured: to switch between different elements of the multi-element antenna in a sequence when broadcasting the positioning part of the packet; and to transmit all of the calibration data part of the packet without switching between different elements of the multi-element antenna.
US09654990B2	Communication method and system A method of co-ordinating communication between a plurality of base stations in a communication system, comprising designating timeslots where said base stations receive and/or transit co-ordination messages to each other. The system may be an autonomous cellular system and the timeslots may be regularly spaced.
US09654989B2	Method and apparatus for measuring neighbor cell in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for measuring a neighbor cell in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method for measuring a neighbor cell by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving subframe information including a subframe pattern for neighbor cell measurement; performing synchronization acquisition from the neighbor cell; and performing measurement in a subframe corresponding to the subframe pattern, wherein the user equipment (UE) assumes that a signal required when the UE acquires synchronization from the neighbor cell is transmitted in a subframe corresponding to the subframe pattern.
US09654982B2	Protecting mobile devices from malware Using a system distinct from a mobile device, the mobile device is switched from a first mode to a second mode to access a set of data storage locations in the mobile device. All malware-susceptible data stored in the set of data storage locations is received at the system from the mobile device to form received data, which is analyzed at the system to detect a malware from a set of malware in a first portion of the received data. Responsive to the analyzing, the first portion of the received data is modified at the system to form a modified first portion, wherein the modifying removes the malware from the first portion. The system stores the modified first portion in a first data storage location in the mobile device and a second portion of the received data in a second data storage location in the mobile device.
US09654977B2	Contextualized access control Contextual information associated with a mobile device can be automatically acquired using various sensors on the device. Based on the contextual information and an access control policy associated with an application on the mobile device, a level of access to the application can be determined. An entity may be identified, authenticated and authorized to gain full access, varying degree of restricted access or no access to the application based on the access control policy. Different applications may be provided different levels of access based on the access control policy associated with each application.
US09654975B2	Method and device for authenticating a mobile device A method for authenticating a mobile device includes: probing by the mobile device a fading channel which connects the mobile device to a first radio base station; determining a secret held in common with the first radio base station as a function of a physical property of the fading channel; storing the in-common secret; receiving a first request for the in-common secret from a second radio base station; and, in response to the first request, sending a proof of knowledge of the in-common secret to the second radio base station.
US09654974B2	Mobile device and method for unlocking screen of mobile device In a method for unlocking a screen of a mobile device, at least one user-specific number is set and stored into a storage unit of the mobile device. The user-specific number is read from the storage unit and displayed on the screen for selection by a user, when the screen is locked because of input of a wrong password. An unlocking request is transmitted to a terminal providing the selected user-specific number. The mobile device communicates with the terminal, and receives a confirmation message from the terminal, and the screen is unlocked according to the confirmation message.
US09654972B2	Secure provisioning of an authentication credential Techniques are described for securely provisioning a client device. A client device may output first client information over a secure interface to a trusted device to be transmitted to an authentication server. Second client information related to the first client information may be transmitted to the authentication server. The authentication server may link the second client information and the first client information. The client device may receive an encrypted authentication credential from the authentication server. The authentication credential may be encrypted based at least in part on the first client information or the second client information. The client device may decrypt the encrypted authentication credential using the first client information, the second client information, or a shared secret key.
US09654969B2	Method and device for managing security key for communication authentication of subscriber station used in cooperative communication of multiple base station in radio communication system A subscriber station performs a method for managing a security key. The method includes generating, for each of the base stations, an input value for generation of the security key for data transmission and reception with the each base station; transmitting, to the each base station, the input value for a corresponding base station; and generating the security key of the corresponding base station by using the input value of the each base station. A base station provides cooperative communication to the subscriber station.
US09654965B2	Regulatory compliance for wireless devices A wireless device may be subject to regulations based on the location (e.g. country). Accordingly, the wireless device may need to identify regulations for its current location. A lookup table or database that includes regulations for different locations may be used for identifying the regulations for the current location of the wireless device. The lookup table may be stored locally on the wireless device or retrieved over a network. The identified regulations may be used to modify certain operating parameters of the wireless device to comply with the local regulations and determine whether or not to associate with an incorrectly configured Access Point.
US09654962B2	System and method for WLAN roaming traffic authentication A system and method for recognizing traffic generated from an authenticated a device roaming in a wireless local area network and related aspects are provided. An authentication server is arranged to authorize communications traffic originating from a wireless access point to use a roaming service, the traffic comprising an NAT translated IP address. The server first authorizes a WLAN roaming device, and then processes a meta-data message received from a WLAN access point in which the source address of the message comprises the source address of the roaming device at the WLAN access point. The server then determines, from the information provided in the meta-data message when it is received by the authentication server, which includes at this point a NAT translated source address in the meta-data message what the NAT translated source address of traffic from said authenticated roaming device will be. This enables the authentication server to authenticate internet-bound traffic having said NAT translated source address. In this way, all traffic generated by the roaming device whilst that NAT translated IP address is valid is automatically authorized to use a roaming service to access the internet.
US09654954B2	Providing an IMS voice session via a packet switch network and an emergency voice session via a circuit switch network A communication network comprises a packet switched domain associated with a packet switched capable radio access network and supports an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem voice session via the packet switched capable radio access network. The terminal supports an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem voice session via the packet switched capable radio access network and an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem emergency voice session via the packet switched capable radio access network. A method is executed by a control node of the packet switched domain and comprises sending instruction information to the terminal. The instruction information instructs the terminal to execute an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem voice session via the packet switched capable radio access network without regard to whether the communication network has indicated support of an emergency session related data transmission via the packet switched capable radio access network and the packet switched domain.
US09654950B2	Controlling traffic transmissions to manage cellular radio resource utilization Techniques control traffic transmissions to manage radio resource utilization. When content is being streamed to user equipment (UE) and is at least initially intended to be streamed in real time at a constant bitrate, a communication management component can determine whether the content being transmitted to the UE can be delayed, instead of being transmitted in real time. In response to determining that the content can be delayed, the communication management component can facilitate buffering data and periodically streaming the data to the UE in data bursts to reduce use of UE power and radio resources. When transmitting a visual image to a UE, the communication management component can adjust resolution of a visual image to correspond to screen dimensions of the UE based on information indicating screen dimensions of the UE that can be received from the UE.
US09654949B2	Automatic construction of personalized, peer-derived messages for mobile health applications A method is implemented by at least one server. The method includes obtaining a set of users as a function of profile records regarding a plurality of users. The method includes defining a subset of the users as a peer group based on peer group formation features by applying a clustering algorithm to profile records of the set of users. The method includes calculating a peer group metric value for the peer group based on behaviors of the subset of users in the peer group. The method includes calculating a user metric value for a target-user included in the subset based on behavior of the target-user. The method includes constructing a message relating the patient metric value to the peer group metric value.
US09654947B2	Line connection apparatus and method A line connection apparatus is disclosed. To hold a line, on-hook is set to a first terminal of a first person who holds the line to output voice of a second person for whom the line is held from the first terminal. First identification of the first person is recorded by corresponding to second identification of the second person. To set a lock, when the disconnection of the line being held is recognized, a connection condition to lock the line is acquired from the first person, for the first terminal to receive a re-connection request from a same second person who disconnects the line in a hold state. To control a connection in response to the re-connection request by the same second person, the first terminal is controlled to receive the re-connection request based on the first identification corresponding to the second identification indicated by the re-connection request.
US09654941B2	Method and apparatus for managing interruptions from different modes of communication Methods and apparatus for managing interruptions in a multiple communication mode environment are provided herein. For example, a method may include receiving at least first instance of communication data associated with a first communication mode; obtaining first attribute data related to the first instance of communication data; classifying the first instance of communication data into first category based on the first attribute data using the interruption management device; and determining whether to interrupt a user by delivering the first instance of communication data based on the first category. The first category may be selected from a plurality of predetermined categories using a classification algorithm.
US09654939B2	Apparatus and method for incorporating multiple talk groups in a single call A radio receives a call including a call include bitmask (CIB). The radio retrieves a call include list (CIL) that, for each bit position in the CIB, maps the bit position to one of a radio identifier, a talk group identifier, and a sub-CIL. The radio determines that one bit position in the CIB is set to a value indicating that a radio associated with a radio identifier mapped to the bit position in the CIB via the CIL or to a talk group identifier mapped to the bit position in the CIB via the CIL are to be included in the call. The radio matches its identifier to the radio identifier mapped to the bit position or matches a talk group to which it subscribes to the talk group identifier mapped to the at least one bit position and unmutes the call.
US09654938B2	Method and system for managing mobile and portable two-way radio collaboration A method and apparatus for collaboration among two-way radio devices allows a portable two-way radio device and a mobile two-way radio device to each enter into a collaboration mode while the are paired with each other over a short range wireless radio network. While in the collaboration mode, when the user keys the portable two-way radio device audio is routed from the portable two-way radio device to the mobile two-way radio device over the short range wireless network and the mobile two-way radio device transmits the audio on behalf of the portable two-way radio device.
US09654937B2	System and method for routing, mobility, application services, discovery, and sensing in a vehicular network environment A method includes selecting a path for routing a data packet from a source node to a destination node in a vehicular ad hoc network, storing the data packet if the selected path is identified as a dead end, and establishing a communication link with a first node. The method also includes forwarding the data packet to the first node if a first distance between the first node and the destination node is less than a second distance between the source node and the destination node. More specific embodiments include sending a query for location information of the destination node, receiving the location information including two or more available paths from the source node to the destination node, and determining the path for routing the data packet is an optimal path of the two or more available paths.
US09654936B2	Method and apparatus for normalizing navigation data for vehicle computing system playback A system includes a processor configured to communicate wirelessly with a mobile device, wherein the processor is further configured to receive output data from a navigation application running on the mobile device. The processor is also configured to send data back through the mobile device to a standardization system, including a request for standardization, running on a remote system, if the output data is in an unusable format. Also, the processor is configured to receive a standardized form of the data, having been standardized by the remote standardization system. The processor is further configured to process the standardized data to provide navigation directions through one or more vehicle outputs controllable by the processor.
US09654935B2	Method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information A method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information for call data for a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a set of subscriber call data records relating to vehicular calls, deriving a physical channel measurement threshold value based at least partly on physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records identified as relating to vehicular calls, and classifying subscriber call data records for the wireless communication network as indoor subscriber call data records and outdoor subscriber call data records based at least partly on a comparison of physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records with the derived physical channel measurement threshold value.
US09654928B2	Tracking information technology (IT) assets An association connection is established between a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device operating in central mode and attached to an asset to track, and a second BLE device operating in peripheral mode and associated with a physical location within the asset management environment. An association connection is established between the second BLE device and a third BLE device operating in central mode and coupled to one or more computer processors, and the association information stored in the second BLE device to the third BLE via one or more broadcasting frames is periodically transmitted. Based on current association information between the first BLE device and the second BLE device, an identity of the asset to which the first BLE device is attached, and the physical location of the second BLE device within the asset management environment is identified.
US09654927B2	Motion detection method and portable device using the same An example of the invention provides a motion detection method for a portable device. The method includes steps of: generating a first cell location data at a first time point according to signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations; generating a second cell location data at a second time point according to signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations, wherein the first time point and the second time point are two successive time points, and the first cell location data and the second cell location data includes names or identification data of base stations detected by the portable device; determining whether the portable device is moved according to the first cell location data and the second cell location data.
US09654925B1	Device and method for containing and tracking a subject using satellite positioning data A device disposed on a subject to maintain the subject within a containment zone and track the subject if the subject exits the containment zone. The device includes a positioning unit for generating position data including satellite positioning data. There is a processor unit to determine from the position data if the subject is inside or outside of the containment zone. The processor unit operates in a containment mode when the subject is inside the containment zone and in a tracking mode when the subject exits the containment zone. A correction unit issues a stimulus when the subject exits the containment zone and terminates the stimulus when the processor unit enters the tracking mode from the containment mode. There is a communication unit which transmits an alert to an electronic device of an operator when the processor unit transitions from the containment to tracking mode.
US09654907B2	System, method and apparatus for wireless network connection using near field communication A system, method, and apparatus are provided for establishing a wireless network connection between a mobile terminal and an electronic apparatus by using a near field communication network. At least one electronic apparatus is connected to the near field communication network. A mobile terminal is connected to the near field communication network, exchanges information with the at least one electronic apparatus for a wireless communication network connection through the connected near field communication network, and establishes the wireless communication network connection with the at least one electronic apparatus based on the exchanged information.
US09654906B2	Method for processing data based on bluetooth protocol and electronic device thereof The present disclosure relates to a method and an electronic device for processing data on the basis of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol. The electronic device includes a Bluetooth control module and a processor. The Bluetooth control module stores a modified BLE protocol stack including at least two Attribute Protocols (ATTs) for use with an application, the modified BLE protocol stack includes a first path and a second path. The first path includes a first ATT protocol to process an ATT command of the application, and the second path includes a second ATT protocol to process an ATT command of the application. The processor is coupled to the Bluetooth control module. The processor processes data of the application including the ATT command, using the modified BLE protocol stack including the at least two ATTs of the Bluetooth control module.
US09654904B2	System and method for flexibly pairing devices using adaptive variable thresholding A method and system for pairing devices comprises transmitting a plurality of communication signals from each of a plurality of devices and setting an initial threshold vector of signal strengths as a current threshold vector of signal strengths for at least one target device selected from among the plurality of devices. The embodiment includes pairing at least one client device with the at least one target device when a measured vector of signal strengths exceeds the current threshold vector of signal strengths and adjusting the current threshold vector of signal strengths according to the pairing between the client device and the target device, thereby adaptively adjusting the current threshold vector of signal strengths.
US09654896B2	Smart online services presence in a cellular network A method and system for providing on-line services to a user from a services provider over a wireless cellular network. The cellular network is located between the user and the services provider, and a distributed computer system such as the Internet is located between the services provider and the cellular network for transmitting data between the services provide and the cellular network. In one embodiment, the services provider transmits software and operating characteristics over the distributed computer system to the cellular network, and the cellular network installs this software on one or more nodes of the network. When a user connects to the cellular network for services from the service provider, the network operates the software on the one or more nodes in accordance with the operating characteristics, to provide one or more services from this one or more nodes to the user from the service provider.
US09654895B2	Processing spatially diffuse or large audio objects Diffuse or spatially large audio objects may be identified for special processing. A decorrelation process may be performed on audio signals corresponding to the large audio objects to produce decorrelated large audio object audio signals. These decorrelated large audio object audio signals may be associated with object locations, which may be stationary or time-varying locations. For example, the decorrelated large audio object audio signals may be rendered to virtual or actual speaker locations. The output of such a rendering process may be input to a scene simplification process. The decorrelation, associating and/or scene simplification processes may be performed prior to a process of encoding the audio data.
US09654891B2	System and method for determining proximity of a controller to a media rendering device A media rendering system includes a controller device and a media rendering device in communication via a communication network. The media rendering device is configured to render a media recording. The controller device includes a sensor configured to detect and receive an audio portion of the rendered media recording. The controller device is configured to identify the rendered media recording, and to determine a location of the controller device within a proximity of the media rendering device.
US09654886B2	Hybrid hearing instrument connector A connector-based link is suited to various signals and media for connecting a tube with a hearing instrument, which ensures a reliable mechanical hold, good connection and high tightness and in the process is easy to handle. This is achieved by a connector for a hearing instrument system including a housing which contains a number of connections, and a tube which contains a number of lines, which is embodied to detachably connect a number of lines of the tube to a number of connections of the housing, wherein the connections of the connector contain different spatial orientations. The fact that the connections each have a different spatial orientation brings about a mutual decoupling. As a result, the demands on dimensional stability of the various connections are advantageously reduced since the different connections are not closed in a shared, identical end position.
US09654884B2	Method of fitting a hearing instrument, and impression tool In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a method of fitting a hearing instrument to a user's ear is provided. The method comprises taking an impression of the user's ear canal and manufacturing, based on geometrical data of the impression, an earmold. In accordance with the aspect of the invention, the method comprises the further step of performing an acoustical measurement while the impression is being taken.
US09654875B2	Mobile communication device capable of setting tone color and method of setting tone color A mobile communication device and a method of setting tone color, which allow a user to set the tone color of received sound. Provided are a normal mode, which sets the equalizer using GCF standards stored in an internal memory or equalizer setting values selected by a provider, a country-specific mode, which uses country-specific setting, and a user mode, in which a user can set frequency-specific gains of the received sound, and one mode is selected from the provided mode, so that the tone color of the received sound can be adjusted according to the selection. Telephone speech quality can be optimized for user preference, network environments and language characteristics.
US09654874B2	Systems and methods for feedback detection A method for feedback detection by an electronic device is described. The method includes receiving a first microphone signal by a first microphone. A feedback loop includes the first microphone and a speaker. The method also includes receiving a second microphone signal by a second microphone that is outside of the feedback loop. A first signal based on the first microphone signal and a second signal based on the second microphone signal exhibit a higher correlation in presence of feedback and exhibit a lower correlation in absence of feedback. The method further includes determining a correlation based on the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal. The method additionally includes determining whether feedback is occurring based on the correlation.
US09654873B2	Microphone device The present invention provides a microphone device capable of preventing a breakdown of a signal processor, which is provided in a circuit case, processing signals from a microphone unit accommodated in a unit case, and preventing production of noise in a state the unit case is detached from the circuit case. A microphone device 1 includes a unit case 3 accommodating a microphone unit 31, a circuit case 4 accommodating an input terminal receiving signals from the microphone unit, and a signal processor processing the signals input to the input terminal, the unit case 3 being detachably fixed to the circuit case 4, and a detector (38, 44) detecting the attachment or detachment between the unit case and the circuit case. The detector grounds the input terminal in response to the detection of the detachment of the unit case from the circuit case.
US09654872B2	Input device, signal processing method, program, and recording medium There is provided an input device including at least two microphones placed at different positions on a chassis to face different directions on one of space axes, a low-frequency bandwidth extracting part for extracting a low-frequency bandwidth signal from a signal input from the microphones, a phase difference calculating part for calculating a phase difference using the low-frequency bandwidth signal extracted by the low-frequency bandwidth extracting part; and a control signal generating part for generating a control signal based on the phase difference calculated by the phase difference calculating part.
US09654871B2	Noise cancellation system with lower rate emulation A noise cancellation system, comprising: an input for a digital signal, the digital signal having a first sample rate; a digital filter, connected to the input to receive the digital signal; a decimator, connected to the input to receive the digital signal and to generate a decimated signal at a second sample rate lower than the first sample rate; and a processor. The processor comprises: an emulation of the digital filter, connected to receive the decimated signal and to generate an emulated filter output; and a control circuit, for generating a control signal on the basis of the emulated filter output. The control signal is applied to the digital filter to control a filter characteristic thereof.
US09654861B1	Annoyance noise suppression Personal audio systems and methods are disclosed. A personal audio system includes a class table storing processing parameters respectively associated with a plurality of annoyance noise classes, a controller, and a processor. The controller identifies an annoyance noise class of an annoyance noise included in an ambient audio stream and retrieves, from the class table, one or more processing parameters associated with the identified annoyance noise class. The processor to processes the ambient audio stream according to the one or more retrieved processing parameters class to provide a personal audio stream. The processor includes a pitch tracker to identify a fundamental frequency of the annoyance noise and a filter bank including a band reject filter tuned to the fundamental frequency.
US09654860B2	Soundproof housing for earset and wired and wireless earset comprising same The present invention provides a soundproof housing for an earset, comprising: a housing main body, coupled to the inside of a front surface case having a protrusion portion inserted into the ear, and provided with a speaker accommodation groove and a microphone accommodation groove; a speaker output hole, penetratingly formed in the speaker accommodation groove so as to communicate with the front surface case, and adjacent to the output end of the speaker; and a microphone input hole, formed in a recessed manner inside the microphone accommodation groove so as to communicate with the front surface case, and adjacent to the input end of the microphone, wherein the housing main body is protrudingly formed as a long protrusion toward the inside of the protrusion portion of the front surface case, so as to be tightly coupled with the inside of the protrusion portion of the front surface case.
US09654858B2	Wired and wireless earset using ear-insertion-type microphone The present invention relates to an earset, comprising: a first earphone portion, which includes a first speaker for outputting sound signals or voice signals that are provided from an external device, and which can be inserted into a first external auditory canal of a user; a second earphone portion, which includes a first microphone for receiving inputted user voice signals that are provided through the external auditory canal of the user, and which can be inserted into a second auditory canal of the user; and a main body connected to each of the first and the second earphone portion. When the main body is wirelessly connected to the external device, the main body comprises; a signal transceiving portion for transceiving the signals with the external device; and a control portion for outputting via the first speaker the voice signals received from the external device through the signal transceiving portion.
US09654856B1	Noise-canceling concha headphone A headphone assembly is described having a concha-style headphone including an earpiece at least partially covered in dual foam and a headband for providing a clamping force sufficient to the seal the concha of a user's with the earpiece. The earpiece may be shaped to fit different concha sizes and shapes to provide a universal fit. The dual foam may include a layer of memory foam underneath acoustically-transparent, porous outer foam. The earpiece may further include a transducer and at least one microphone positioned with the earpiece to receive sound radiated by the transducer and noise. The headphone assembly may be equipped with an active noise-canceling (ANC) control system configured to receive an audio input signal from an audio source and provide a filtered audio output signal to the transducer based on part on a perceived frequency response of the headphone as measured by the microphone.
US09654854B2	In-ear device incorporating active noise reduction An in-ear device incorporating active noise reduction has a housing adapted for location in or adjacent to an auditory canal. The housing contains a driver and an acoustic path is provided from the driver to an outlet of the device. A microphone and an acoustic impedance are provided in the acoustic path. The impedance increases the stability of the device.
US09654853B2	System and method for photonic switching In one embodiment, a photonic switching fabric includes a first label detector configured to read a first optical label to produce a first detected label, where the first optical label corresponds to a first optical packet, and where the first optical label is in a control waveband and a switch controller configured to adjust a photonic switch in accordance with the first detected label. The photonic switching fabric also includes the photonic switch, configured to switch the first optical packet, where the first optical packet is in a payload waveband.
US09654847B2	Monitoring and displaying an absorption state of an absorbent article A method of monitoring an absorption state of an absorbent article includes providing a logger unit, acquiring the absorption state of the absorbent article, and recording data indicating the acquired absorption state of the absorbent article in the logger unit. Acquiring the absorption state of the absorbent article and recording the data indicating the acquired absorption state of the absorbent article in the logger unit are each continuously performed during a monitoring period of the absorbent article. Also disclosed is a logger unit for performing this method; and a method of processing data indicating an absorption state of an absorbent article, which includes receiving sets of data indicating the absorption state of the absorbent article. Each of the sets of data indicates the absorption state of the absorbent article over a portion of a continuous period of time, and collating and/or displaying the data in continuous form. Also disclosed are data processing units for performing these data processing methods.
US09654846B2	Sensor based signal transmission methods and apparatuses Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for a signal transmission for an apparatus, such as a mobile or wearable device, based on sensor fail-safety. In one instance, the apparatus may comprise a transmitter to transmit a communication signal of the apparatus at a first power level, a sensor to monitor a process that is external to the apparatus and to provide an output signal indicating a change in a state of the process, and a control module communicatively coupled with the sensor and transmitter, to determine whether the output signal provided by the sensor has indicated a change in the external process over a threshold time period, and, based on a result of this determination, cause the transmitter to switch the transmission from the first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09654845B2	Electronic apparatus of generating summary content and method thereof Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus and method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a communication unit receiving content and additional information for the content, a signal processing unit signal-processing the content and determining the signal-processed contents into one of an audio signal and a video frame, and a processor determining a first keyword and a second keyword for the first keyword by using the additional information and generating summary content according to a plurality of video frames synchronized to a plurality of audio signal sections corresponding to at least one of the first keyword and the second keyword. As a result, the summary contents are able to be easily generated.
US09654843B2	Video management and marketing A computer-implemented method for operating a video management and marketing system that enables managing and marketing videos produced or provided by a user includes a processor configures an embed code that is unique to the user to show a real-time call to action that streams real-time data in one or more videos displayed to a viewer at a viewer device; the processor displays the real-time call to action during playback of the video at a first site and uses the real-time call to action to fetch call to action information on the fly; and the processor automatically forwards the viewer device to a second site, where the call to action information is displayed, upon completion of playback of the video at the first site.
US09654840B1	Customized insertions into digital items Digital content items may include additional content such as advertisements. Placement of the additional content may be based on a characteristic of the digital content item and/or a characteristic of a consumer of the digital content item. In one implementation, a level of interest is determined for multiple time points in a digital content item and an advertisement is located in the digital item based on the level of interest.
US09654839B2	Cross-platform interface for a television device A method for providing an interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.
US09654837B2	Method and device for providing video of IPTV service Provided are a method and device for providing a video of an Internet Protocol TV or Interactive Personal TV (IPTV) service. The method includes: detecting whether an IPTV service system is accessible for a Set Top Box (STB) or not; and when the IPTV system is detected to be inaccessible for the STB, providing a video for the STB through a Content Delivery Network (CDN) subsystem. By the technical solution, the technical problems that the user cannot enjoy services such as the video service in case of upgrading, server failure or network failure in the related technology are solved, and live video service can still be provided for the user even though the service of the IPTV service system is inaccessible due to upgrading, server failure or network failure.
US09654832B1	Notification of an upcoming live media program Providing a notification of an upcoming live media program to a user including determining that the upcoming live media program is scheduled to start within a predefined amount of time that serves as an indication that the upcoming live media program is about to start, where the upcoming live media program has been automatically determined to be of interest to the user. A client device of the user is determined to be not connected to a service providing playback of the upcoming live media program and the program is not currently scheduled to be recorded for the user. Responsive to determining that the upcoming live media program is not currently scheduled to be recorded for the user, a notification is transmitted to the user that indicates that the upcoming live media program is about to start.
US09654831B2	Content consumption and management in a network A data analyzer engine can be configured to receive feedback indicating different Content currently consumed by subscribers in a cable network environment. The data analyzer engine analyzes the feedback to identify most popular consumed content amongst the different content and produces a content guide to include multiple selectable channels from which content is available for retrieval over a shared communication link in the cable network environment. The content guide can include one or more selectable viewing options to view a rendition of content being identified as more or most popular. Each of one or more playback devices or other suitable resources retrieves and initiates Display of the content guide on a display screen. Accordingly, a subscriber can view Different available content options as well as an identification of content that is currently the most popular consumed content amongst viewers.
US09654825B2	Systems and methods for detecting inconsistent user actions and providing feedback Systems and methods are provided for detecting inconsistent user actions and providing feedback about assets. A user may perform a first action restricting access to a first asset. The system may detect whether a second action performed relative to a second asset that has a similar attribute as the first asset is inconsistent with the first asset. The inconsistency may be detected when the second action removes or is an inaction that does not class access restrictions on the second asset. The system may alert the user about the inconsistency and the user may act on the alert by providing feedback about the inconsistency and/or the first/second asset, ignoring the inconsistency and/or placing an access restriction or other action consistent with the first action relative to the second asset. The user may also provide detailed feedback about an inconsistency or asset through a website accessed on another device.
US09654822B2	System and method for allocating bandwidth between media streams An electronic device displays a first video stream on a display. While displaying the first video stream on the display, the device allocates, in accordance with a historical pattern of video stream switching of a particular user, available bandwidth for receiving data at the device at least between receiving the first video stream and preloading a second, non-displayed video stream. The device receives the first video stream and preloads the second, non-displayed video stream in accordance with the allocated available bandwidth. The device receives a request to display the second video stream on the display. In response to receiving the request to display the second video stream on the display, the device displays the preloaded second video stream on the display.
US09654819B2	Methods and systems for providing source-agnostic access to media programs An exemplary computer-implemented media service system detects user input representative of a request by a user to flag a set of related media programs, monitors an availability of the media programs from a plurality of different presentation sources, determines when the user is likely to access each media program included in the set of related media programs, dynamically selects, based on the monitored availability of the media programs from the different presentation sources and on when the user is likely to access each media program included in the set of related media programs, a presentation source from the plurality of different presentation sources for each media program included in the set of related media programs, and provides the user with access to each media program included in the set of related media programs by way of a single user interface. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
US09654815B2	Advertising detection in adaptive bitrate streaming A method of handling advertisements in an adaptive bitrate stream is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an adaptive bitrate stream playlist listing chunk identifiers pointing to a plurality of media chunks, analyzing the playlist to find one or more advertising chunks, modifying the adaptive bitrate stream playlist with a client device when the client device has been set to skip advertisements by deleting chunk identifiers associated with advertising chunks from the playlist, retrieving and playing back media chunks according to the playlist, and setting a no-trick-play flag at the client device during playback of the one or more advertising chunks when the client device has not been set to skip advertisements, such that trick-plays through and over media chunks are allowed when the no-trick-play flag is not set and are not allowed when the no-trick-play flag is set.
US09654814B2	Video frame selection for targeted content Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for providing target content, such as advertisements, based on one or more selected video frames. A set of video frames and target content is received. The target content is to be presented upon detection of a playback of the set of video frames. The playback of the set of video frames is detected. In response to the detection of the playback of the set of video frames, the target content is communicated for presentation.
US09654813B2	Method and system for synchronized multi-venue experience and production The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for an interactive event experience capable of synchronizing two or more physical venues, with live events happening at one or more venues. In some embodiments, a system may synchronize the live event experience by equalizing remote participants with local ones, and remote shared screens with local ones. In some embodiments, attention management may be provided to local and remote participants. In some embodiments, a cloud-based broadcasting system may be provided at a local venue and/or remote venues.
US09654812B2	Encoding apparatus and the method An encoding apparatus adds delay time information DTI indicating initial delay time i_d and delay time d of each group data to a position to be read prior to frame data by a decoding apparatus in the group data of encoding stream data DBI and transmits the same to the decoding apparatus 3. Namely, the encoding apparatus does not transmit initial offset delay time i_of to the decoding apparatus 3. The encoding apparatus starts to read and transmit the encoding stream data DBI from a transmission buffer at a predetermined bit rate R at timing designated by the initial offset delay time i_of.
US09654810B2	Mechanism for partial encryption of data streams Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to partial encryption of data stream. An embodiment of a method includes receiving, at a data transmitting device, a data stream having content including one or more of audio content, video content, and control content, determining one or more content that are to be encrypted. The method further includes partially encrypting the data stream by encrypting the one or more content, and leaving other content unencrypted, and transmitting, from the data transmitting device, the partially encrypted data stream to a data receiving device.
US09654807B2	Aircraft communications system with adaptive streaming video and associated methods An aircraft communications system includes a satellite video receiver, a video signal transcoder coupled to the satellite video receiver to convert live video signals therefrom from one video format to another, and an adaptive streaming video processor coupled to the video signal transcoder. The adaptive streaming video processor creates video data files at different data rates, and divides the video data files into shorter chunks of video data along with associated index files. An access point is coupled to the adaptive streaming video processor for providing a wireless local area network (WLAN) within the aircraft to distribute the shorter chunks of video data and associated index files to personal electronic devices (PEDs) within the aircraft as requested by the PEDs based on communication conditions within the aircraft.
US09654799B2	Video encoding method and apparatus using transformation unit of variable tree structure, and video decoding method and apparatus A video encoding method is provided. The method includes: encoding a current region of a video by performing a transformation on the current region by using transformation units in a variable tree-structure which are determined from among transformation units that are hierarchically split from a base transformation unit with respect to the current region and which are generated based on a maximum split level of a transformation unit. The method further includes outputting encoded data of the current region, information about an encoding mode, and transformation-unit hierarchical-structure information comprising maximum size information and minimum size information of the transformation unit with respect to the video.
US09654793B2	Video encoding/decoding methods, corresponding computer programs and video encoding/decoding devices A method for encoding an interlaced video comprising a sequence of alternating TOP and BOT fields is disclosed. The method for encoding comprises: producing a sequence of frames, each frame being determined from at least two consecutive fields, each field forming a rectangular region of the frame, encoding each frame of the sequence to produce an encoded video of the sequence of frames.
US09654792B2	Methods and systems for motion vector derivation at a video decoder Method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector at a video decoder. A block-based motion vector may be produced at the video decoder by utilizing motion estimation among available pixels relative to blocks in one or more reference frames. The available pixels could be, for example, spatially neighboring blocks in the sequential scan coding order of a current frame, blocks in a previously decoded frame, or blocks in a downsampled frame in a lower pyramid when layered coding has been used.
US09654791B1	System and method for efficient multi-bitrate and multi-spatial resolution media encoding In one example, a sequence of pictures may be transformed at a given spatial resolution to a plurality of output spatial resolutions and/or an additional spatial resolution that is lower than the plurality of output spatial resolutions. The sequence of pictures and a picture type may be received for each of the pictures at respective output spatial resolutions. Estimating a set of combinations of encoding parameters for coding tree blocks (CTBs) in each of the pictures at a lowest output spatial resolution or mapping combinations of encoding parameters for each CTB in each of the pictures at an immediate coarser spatial resolution to corresponding blocks at the respective output spatial resolution is performed. A set of combinations of encoding parameters may be determined for each CTB and best combinations of encoding parameters from the determined set of combinations may be identified for encoding the sequence of pictures.
US09654789B1	Scalable real-time video compositing systems and methods In some embodiments, a server system composites in real-time, in response to a user video search query, a standard-compliant (e.g. MPEG-4/H.264) SD or HD video stream encoding a rectangular (x-y) composite video preview panel array (grid) of video search results. Each panel/tile in the rectangular panel array displays a temporal section (e.g. the first 90 seconds, looped-back) of a video identified in response to the user query. Generating the composite video panel array in real-time is achieved by compositing the component video panels in the compressed domain, after each panel undergoes off-line a compressed-domain pre-compositing preparation process that facilitates dynamic compositing of the panels into a single video stream. The pre-compositing preparation includes transcoding to a format having a down-scaled common resolution, common GOP structure, and one-slice-per-row slice structure.
US09654786B2	Image decoding method and apparatus using same The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for decoding an image, for decoding a bitstream including a plurality of layers. The image decoding method may comprise: a step of receiving and identifying dependency information indicating whether an upper layer is coded by the same coding method as a lower layer; and a step of recovering the image of the upper layer based on the identified dependency information. Thus, information indicating whether the information of the reference layer which the current layer refers to is encoded data or recovered value can be identified.
US09654784B2	Digital color image compression method and device An image includes at least first and second digital samples corresponding to first and second different color components. The image is compressed by detecting level changes of a first signal formed of the sequence of the first samples and by detecting level changes of a second signal formed of the sequence of the second samples. A determination is made as to whether the detected changes coincide with each other. The first signal is decimated. The compressed image that is output includes the decimated first signal, the second signal and a further signal indicative of coinciding detected changes.
US09654776B2	Adaptive transform size selection for geometric motion partitioning In one example, an apparatus includes a video encoder configured to partition a block of video data into a first geometric partition and a second geometric partition using a geometric motion partition line, wherein the block comprises N×N pixels, divide the block of video data into four equally-sized, non-overlapping (N/2)×(N/2) sub-blocks, and encode at least one of the sub-blocks through which the geometric motion partition line passes using a transform size smaller than (N/2)×(N/2). The video encoder may determine transform sizes for the sub-blocks based on whether the geometric motion partition line passes through the sub-blocks. In one example, a video decoder may inverse transform the sub-blocks, and may determine transform sizes for the sub-blocks based on whether the geometric motion partition line passes through the sub-blocks.
US09654771B2	Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.
US09654769B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for synchronization of 3-D shutter glasses to one of a plurality of presentation devices Three dimensional (3-D) program content viewing system in a media environment with different media presentation devices detects a first synchronization signal transmitted from a first synchronization signal source, wherein the first synchronization signal is associated with first 3-D program content and includes a first signal identifier. The system detects a second synchronization signal transmitted from a second synchronization signal source, wherein the second synchronization signal is associated with second 3-D program content and includes a second signal identifier. The system then receives a selection of one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal and discriminates between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal based upon the first signal identifier and the second signal identifier. The system then controls a left lens and a right lens of 3-D shutter glasses in accordance with the selected one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal.
US09654766B2	3-dimensional displaying apparatus using line light source The present disclosure relates to a 3-dimensional displaying apparatus using line light sources, which includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixels; a backlight panel having a plurality of line light sources disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the backlight panel being spaced apart from one surface of the display panel; and a distance-adjusting unit for adjusting a distance between the backlight unit and the display panel. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to display autostereoscopic images which may minimize the quality deterioration of the 3-dimensional images according to the change of distance from an observer to the 3-dimensional displaying apparatus, which is a problem of a displaying apparatus implementing 3-dimensional images by using a general parallax separating unit.
US09654765B2	System for executing 3D propagation for depth image-based rendering A system is disclosed for executing depth image-based rendering of a 3D image by a computer having a processor and that is coupled with one or more color cameras and at least one depth camera. The color cameras and the depth camera are positionable at different arbitrary locations relative to a scene to be rendered. In some examples, the depth camera is a low resolution camera and the color cameras are high resolution. The processor is programmed to propagate depth information from the depth camera to an image plane of each color camera to produce a propagated depth image at each respective color camera, to enhance the propagated depth image at each color camera with the color and propagated depth information thereof to produce corresponding enhanced depth images, and to render a complete, viewable image from one or more enhanced depth images from the color cameras. The processor may be a graphics processing unit.
US09654764B2	Stereoscopic image processing device, stereoscopic image processing method, and program A stereoscopic image processing device including a depth map generation unit and a depth map correction unit. The depth map generation unit uses a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image to acquire depth values in units of blocks constituted of a plurality of pixels and generate a depth map. The depth map correction unit performs a judgment in the depth map as to whether or not a boundary region is included in a block of interest based on depth values of blocks surrounding the block of value, which is a block to be processed, and, if a boundary region is judged to be included in the block of interest, corrects the depth values in units of correction regions, which are units which are smaller than blocks, in the block of interest.
US09654763B2	Controlling method of detecting image-capturing gesture A controlling method suitable for an electronic apparatus is disclosed herein. The electronic apparatus includes a first image-capturing unit and a second image-capturing unit. The controlling method includes steps of: obtaining a plurality of second images by the second image-capturing unit when the first image-capturing unit is operated to capture a plurality of first images for a stereo process; detecting an object in the second images; calculating a relative displacement of the object in the second images; and, determining whether the first images are captured by an inappropriate gesture according to the relative displacement calculated from the second images.
US09654762B2	Apparatus and method for stereoscopic video with motion sensors An apparatus and method for a video capture device for recording 3 Dimensional (3D) stereoscopic video with motion sensors is provided are provided. The apparatus includes includes a camera unit having one lens for capturing video, a video encoder/decoder for encoding the captured video, a motion sensor for capturing motion data of the video capture device corresponding to the captured video, and a controller for controlling the video encoder/decoder and motion sensor to encode the captured video with the captured motion data.
US09654760B2	Encoding device, decoding device, encoding method, and decoding method An encoding device includes a determination unit configured to determine, when performing detection of a motion vector using the decoded image of a frame image encoded in increments of blocks prior to the frame image to be encoded regarding an encoded block to be encoded of a plurality of blocks included in this frame image to be encoded at the time of encoding a frame image included in a moving image where a first image and a second image are arrayed using inter-image prediction encoding processing, correlation height as to the image of the encoded block regarding each of the image of a first area corresponding to the first image and the image of a second area corresponding to the second image included in a boundary block straddling a boundary between the first image and the second image of a block included in the decoded image.
US09654757B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for including device playback preferences in multimedia metadata A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to provide device playback preferences in multimedia file metadata. A method is provided comprising identifying one or more playback devices; receiving a file to be played back; searching one or more data in the file for playback settings of the one or more playback devices; processing one or more playback settings for the one or more playback devices based on the one or more data; and causing play back of the file with the one or more playback devices. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided.
US09654753B1	Video stream processing A computer system encodes video display information using parallel processing capabilities of a general-purpose CPU. A driver on the computer system captures the display information into memory and identifies regions of the display that have changed. The identified changed regions are represented in a tree structure which allows the system to identify regions of the display that can be efficiently processed. The identified regions are converted from an RGB color space to a YUV420 color space using a cross-platform parallel processing framework such as OpenCL. By using a cross-platform parallel processing framework, the system is able to utilize parallel processing capabilities of the general-purpose CPU such as SSE or AVX to accelerate the conversion operation.
US09654751B2	Method, apparatus and system for providing color grading for displays A method, apparatus and system for providing color grading or color correction for displays includes a plurality of virtual device models where each virtual device model has a virtual model specification (VMS) which controls a display feature. Each display includes a display specification including a display requirement or requirements. An apparatus of the present invention is configured to compare the display feature of at least one VMS against the display requirement of the display specification to determine a best match therebetween to select a virtual device model to control a display picture. Color correction is further provided in post production using the VMS to provide consistency across multiple display types.
US09654748B2	Projection device, and projection method A projection device of the present disclosure includes a projection unit for radiating on a projection target object in a time-divided manner, in one frame period of a video, a visible light image that is based on a video signal and an invisible light image for acquiring predetermined information, and a controller for controlling an order of a radiation period for the visible light image and a radiation period for the invisible light image in the one frame period. The controller includes, as a radiation mode, a first mode for radiating the invisible light image in a manner of distributing the invisible light image over a plurality of periods within the one frame period.
US09654745B2	Rapid multi-spectral imaging methods and apparatus and applications for cancer detection and localization Methods and apparatus for video rate or near video rate quantitative imaging of tissue physiological and morphological properties from visible/NIR light spectral images obtain rapid multi-spectral reflectance images by illuminating with a series of spectra containing multiple narrow wavelength bands. An iterative light-transport based inversion algorithm may be applied for correcting the intensity of the spectral images from the geometry/coupling effect as well as from the scattering amplitude distortions. The method can produce video rate absorption as well as scattering spectral images that can be further analyzed very rapidly, using matrix-based rapid inversion algorithms to produce more detailed quantitative images containing information relevant to tissue physiology and morphology.
US09654739B1	System and method for creating a medical virtual presence in a room on a network A system and method for controlling and selecting sources in a room on a network. The system allows a remote viewer to create a virtual presence within the room by providing the available displays, corresponding to the sources, to the remote viewer. The system includes a standardizing technique for improving the communication and overall switching of data for streaming on a network. The system can include a recording server for performing dual recording of the video files in each of a local database and a remote database. A graphical user interface (GUI) display is provided to guide a local user through a medical procedure in the standardized system.
US09654736B2	Mosaic channel video stream with interactive services An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video feeds, each video cell further comprising an area within the video cell reporting data related to the video feed, and a cursor, which can be moved between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that the user can then directly select a video program associated with the selected video cell.
US09654735B2	Movie advertising placement optimization based on behavior and content analysis An ad is placed in a movie, by analyzing inherent characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewed characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewer characteristics of a viewer of the movie, obtaining advertiser preferences for placement of the ad in the movie, determining costs of placing the ad in the movie based on the inherent characteristics of the movie, the viewed characteristics of the movie, the viewer characteristics and the advertiser preferences, and placing the ad in the movie in accordance with the inherent characteristics of the movie, the viewed characteristics of the movie, the viewer characteristics, the advertiser preferences and the determined costs.
US09654734B1	Virtual conference room A virtual conferencing system includes a 3D scanner in a local region and a camera. A scan of the local region and images are received and combined to make a model that is transmitted to a remote region. A remote model from the remote region is combined and rendered for a user in the local region. A reference point in the local region is mapped to a reference point in the remote region. The remote model is oriented with respect to the local region according to the reference points. Object in the remote and local regions may be filtered from models that are transmitted. Interactions with virtual objects in the local region may invoke modification virtual objects. Modifications may be transmitted to the remote region and superimposed on real objects corresponding to the virtual objects.
US09654733B2	Audiovisual information processing in videoconferencing Embodiments of the present invention relate to audiovisual stream processing in videoconferences. For each audiovisual stream in a videoconference, a sound level of the audiovisual stream is detected. If the sound level exceeds a predefined threshold level, the audiovisual stream is processed with a first configuration. If the sound level is below the predefined threshold level, the audiovisual stream is processed with a second configuration. The second configuration is more resource-effective than the first configuration.
US09654732B2	Systems and methods of distribution of live streaming video feeds to and from video callers during a video collaboration session The technology disclosed further relates to distribution of live streaming sources during a video collaboration session. In particular, it relates to receiving or placing an outside call from or to at least one remote limited participant to be joined with an ongoing video collaboration session on a display wall that combines multiple live streaming sources, locating a template that identifies at least one live streaming source selected from the ongoing video collaboration session to transmit to the remote limited participant, and causing a copy of the selected live streaming source to be directed to the remote limited participant upon connection to the ongoing video collaboration session.
US09654730B2	Communication terminal, communication method and computer readable information recording medium A communication terminal receives display data for displaying certain data on a screen of a display device and image data of an optical-to-electrical-converted image from another communication terminal via a communication network, includes a storage part storing reception information indicating whether the display data has been received by the communication terminal and arrangement information indicating at least one of a size and a position of the image based on the image data, in a manner of associating with one another; a reception part receiving the display data and the image data; an extraction part extracting, based on the reception information, the corresponding arrangement information from the storage part; and a display control part displaying the image using the image data based on the arrangement information extracted by the extraction part.
US09654723B2	Recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus, recording and reproducing apparatus, recording method, reproducing method, recording and reproducing method, and record medium Changes of a user's emotion that occurs when content is reproduced and a user's surrounding environment that occurs when the content is reproduced are recorded as sensing meta data and content is reproduced in a reproducing mode corresponding to the recorded sensing meta data. Content supplied from a content providing section 11 is normally reproduced. A human body sensor 24 measures biological information of a user of content. An environmental sensor 25 measures a user's surrounding environment. A sensing meta data generating section 19 generates sensing meta data using information detected by at least one of the human body sensor 24 and the environmental sensor 25. A recording processing section 20 records the generated sensing meta data to a record medium 21. A reproducing processing section 23 reproduces sensing meta data. A reproducing control section 12 reproduces content in a reproducing mode that changes corresponding to the reproduced sensing meta data.
US09654721B2	System and method for providing personal content recommendations A system and method for providing personal content recommendations comprising a receiver to receive and collect one or more user commands at one or more modules, a processor to generate, at the one or more modules, one or more personalized recommendations based on the one or more user commands, and a transmitter to transmit the one or more personalized recommendations to be displayed at a display device in response to receiving one or more user inputs to display the one or more personalized recommendations.
US09654720B2	Display apparatus and method for controlling the same A display apparatus is provided, which includes a receiver configured to receive a writing trace performed on a remote controller, a detector configured to extract a character that corresponds to the writing trace, a display configured to display the character and at least one item that corresponds to the character, and a controller configured to, if a user's operation is performed in one direction on the remote controller, automatically execute a function that corresponds to the at least one item that is positioned in the direction in which the user's operation is performed.
US09654717B2	Image pickup circuit, CMOS sensor, and image pickup device Disclosed herein is an image pickup circuit including: amplifying means for amplifying a charge corresponding to an amount of light received by a photodetector, and outputting a pixel signal; ramp signal generating means for generating a ramp signal whose voltage drops with a fixed slope from a predetermined initial voltage; and comparing means for comparing the pixel signal output by the amplifying means with the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means. A reference potential of the pixel signal output by the amplifying means and a reference potential of the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means are at a same level.
US09654715B2	Solid-state image sensor, method of controlling the same, electronic device, and storage medium A stacked-type solid-state image sensor including a first semiconductor layer in which an imaging pixel portion is implemented, and a second semiconductor layer in which a digital signal processing unit is implemented, comprises a first timing control unit configured to generate a drive timing signal of the imaging pixel portion, an A/D converter configured to convert an analog signal output from each pixel of the imaging pixel portion into a digital signal, a second timing control unit configured to generate a drive timing signal of the A/D converter; and a status generation unit configured to receive an event signal generated by at least one of the first timing control unit and the second timing control unit and generate a status signal to restrict an operation of the digital signal processing unit.
US09654711B2	Power reduction for image sensor with raw image scaler A system and method for scaling an image includes receiving raw image data comprising input pixel values which correspond to pixels of an image sensor, filtering pixels in a spatial domain, and filtering pixels in a frequency domain according to an oversampling ratio. The system and method may also include outputting scaled image data as output pixel values, which correspond to subgroups of the input pixel values. The filtering may be done according to a Bayer-consistent ruleset which includes a set of filter weights and a series of scaling rules. The oversampling ratio is set to minimize an error after the filtering in the spatial domain and the filtering in the frequency domain.
US09654710B2	Photodiode limiter An image sensor is provided. In one aspect, the image sensor includes a pixel coupled to an output line. The pixel includes a photodiode configured to generate electrical charges in response to light and a supply circuit configured to supply a voltage to the photodiode to keep a voltage of the photodiode at or above a threshold level in an integration time. In another aspect, the pixel includes a supply circuit configured to selectively supply voltage to the photodiode in a first charge holding capacity and a second charge holding capacity.
US09654709B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic camera A solid-state imaging device includes a second image sensor having an organic photoelectric conversion film transmitting a specific light, and a first image sensor which is stacked in layers on a same semiconductor substrate as that of the second image sensor and which receives the specific light having transmitted the second image sensor, in which a pixel for focus detection is provided in the second image sensor or the first image sensor. Therefore, an AF method can be realized independently of a pixel for imaging.
US09654708B2	Semiconductor apparatus, solid-state image sensing apparatus, and camera system A semiconductor apparatus, a solid-state image sensing apparatus, and a camera system capable of reducing interference between signals transmitted through adjacent via holes, preventing an increase in the number of the via holes, reducing the area of a chip having sensors thereon and the number of mounting steps thereof. First and second chips are bonded together to form a laminated structure, a wiring between the first chip and the second chip being connected through via holes, the first chip transmitting signals obtained by time-discretizing analog signals generated by respective sensors to the second chip through the corresponding via holes, the second chip sampling the signals transmitted from the first chip through the via holes at a timing different from a timing at which the signals are sampled by the first chip and quantizing the sampled signals to obtain digital signals.
US09654705B2	Imaging device for capturing optical images An imaging device includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an optical image of a corresponding one of pixels included in a screen, and the image capturing unit of part of the pixels in the screen includes an adjustment unit which contains an electric field responsive material and is configured to adjust a transmittance of light by the electric field responsive material, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive the light for which the transmittance has been adjusted by the adjustment unit.
US09654704B2	Apparatus and method for multispectral imaging with three dimensional overlaying An apparatus and a method for multispectral imaging comprising, representation generator arranged to generate a three dimensional representation of a scene, at least one infrared imaging sensor arranged to obtain an infrared image of the scene, and an image overlaying processor arranged to overlay the infrared image onto the three dimensional representation of the scene to produce an infrared three dimensional representation of the scene.
US09654699B2	High dynamic range imaging with reduced frame buffer A system and method for high dynamic range (HDR) imaging includes writing a first, second, and third sub-frame to a memory at a first, second, and third readout time, respectively, the first, second, and third sub-frame being generated by a same first sub-array of the array of image pixels. Subsequent to the third readout time, the first, second, and third sub-frames are sent to an image signal processor. Also subsequent to the third readout time, a fourth sub-frame is sent to the image sensor. The fourth sub-frame is generated by the same first sub-array of the array of image pixels. The fourth sub-frame bypasses the memory by being sent from an analog-to-digital converter to the image signal processor without being written to the memory.
US09654694B2	Dual lens digital zoom A camera with a pair of lens/sensor combinations, the two lenses having different focal lengths, so that the image from one of the combinations has a field of view approximately two to three times greater than the image from the other combination. As a user of the camera requests a given amount of zoom, the zoomed image provided will come from the lens/sensor combination having the field of view that is next larger than the requested field of view. Thus, if the requested field of view is less than the smaller field of view combination, the zoomed image will be created from the image captured by that combination, using cropping and interpolation if necessary. Similarly, if the requested field of view is greater than the smaller field of view combination, the zoomed image will be created from the image captured by the other combination, using cropping and interpolation if necessary.
US09654687B2	Panoramic windshield viewer system Forward oblique blind spots of a vehicle, generated by the vehicle's front windshield pillars, are eliminated by provision of a panoramic windshield viewer system, thus allowing the driver to operate the vehicle without having his view impaired by visual obstructions that would otherwise be caused by the windshield pillars.
US09654686B2	Location information designating device, location information designating method, and non-transitory storage medium in which location information designating program is stored A location information designating device includes a location confirming image acquiring section, a display control section, an operating unit that designates a target location in the location confirming image displayed in the display; and a communicating unit. The location confirming image acquiring section acquires a location confirming image by which location information is confirmable. The display control section displays the acquired location confirming image in a display. The operating unit designates a target location in the location confirming image displayed in the display. The communicating unit transmits, to an external information device, information of the designated target location and the acquired location confirming image together with a request for an action to be performed by a user of the external information device.
US09654685B2	Camera apparatus and control method thereof A camera apparatus and method enabling a user to conveniently control an operation of the camera apparatus according to a gesture of a subject for photography input through a lens of a camera, and a method of controlling the camera apparatus are provided. The method includes generating a current frame by receiving an image input through a camera; comparing the current frame and one or more previous frames stored before the current frame and detecting a gesture of a subject for photography included in the current frame and the one or more previous frames; determining whether the gesture is a gesture UI; and when the gesture is the gesture UI, executing an operation corresponding to the gesture UI.
US09654683B2	Apparatus and method for image acquisition The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for image acquisition. The apparatus includes: a main lens, a micro lens array, an image sensor, and a focal length control unit; the main lens, the micro lens array, and the image sensor are successively disposed alternately, and the image sensor is configured to: sense an optical signal that is transmitted from the main lens and the micro lens array, and convert the optical signal into an electrical signal; and the focal length control unit is configured to control a focal length of the main lens, a focal length of a micro lens in the micro lens array, or focal lengths of the main lens and the micro lens. The apparatus and the method for image acquisition according to embodiments of the present invention can implement switching between the two light field camera modes, thereby improving user experience.
US09654682B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a focus lens, a motor for driving the focus lens, an origin detection unit for detecting an arrival of the focus lens at a reference position, a drive amount detection unit for detecting an amount of drive of the focus lens driven by the motor, and a controller for recognizing a position of the focus lens based on an output from the drive amount detection unit and for controlling the position of the focus lens. The controller receives a detection signal from the origin detection unit during driving the focus lens, and determines an occurrence of step-out of the motor based on both the received detection signal and the position of the focus lens recognized by the controller.
US09654681B2	Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same An electronic apparatus is described. The electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor including a plurality of image pixels and a plurality of focal point detection pixels; an auto-focus (AF) detection unit that detects an AF value based on a first focal point detection signal output from a first focal point detection pixel from the plurality of focal point detection pixels and a second focal point detection signal output from a virtual second focal point detection pixel corresponding to the first focal point detection pixel; and a control unit that generates image data based on an image signal output from the plurality of image pixels and the AF value detected by the AF detection unit.
US09654679B1	Imagery quantification of damage A system quantifies the extent of a damaged vehicle in the absence of a specialist (appraiser) present onsite. The system enables an objective estimate of the damage, supplanting or merely supplementing psychologically biased claimant reporting. The system has hardware structures to perform imagery quantification of damage on a damaged vehicle. The damaged vehicle may be located anywhere, including at the scene of an accident, at an insured's home, at an insurer's claims offices, or at a body shop. Anyone, including the insured, with a mobile device such as a smart phone, may download onto it a mobile application that guides the user to take photographs or moving images of the damaged vehicle for the system to perform imagery quantification of damage.
US09654677B2	Camera-phone case with range finder A case for a photographic device with a primary visual interface comprising a screen is disclosed. The case comprises a body, an optical viewfinder assembly having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being recessed into the body, and the top portion configured to slide between a closed position, where a top plane of the top portion is substantially flush with a top of the body, and an open position where the top portion is above the top of the body, thereby exposing an aperture in the viewfinder assembly; and a track and a track guide in mechanical communication, wherein one of the track and the track guide is attached to the optical viewfinder, to permit the top portion of the optical viewfinder assembly to slide between the closed position and the open position.
US09654666B1	Direct scan to package printing Various methods and devices display a sheet scanning order on a user interface. The sheet scanning order identifies a corresponding panel of a foldable media for each position in the sheet scanning order. The foldable media has multiple panels per side. The foldable media receives printing while unfolded, and the foldable media is folded into a three-dimensional shape after printing. These methods and devices scan sheets in the sheet scanning order to generate scanned images using a scanner. Also, such methods and devices automatically arrange and orient the scanned images to cause a printing engine to print the scanned images on corresponding panels according to the sheet scanning order (using a processor). Such methods and devices print the scanned images on corresponding panels of the foldable media according to the sheet scanning order, using the printing engine.
US09654665B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a conveying unit that conveys a transfer medium; an image forming unit that prints an image on the transfer medium based on an image for printing; and a control unit that receives a detection result of an image detection unit that detects the image printed on the transfer medium, wherein the control unit has a determination function used when an image for which image detection is possible and an image for which image detection is not possible are added to a document image to form the image for printing, the determination function being adapted to exclude an area of the image for which image detection is possible and to determine a state of the printed image based on comparison of information of the detected image and information of the image for printing.
US09654656B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium There is provided an information processing system including a server and a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The server stores setting information of menu screens of the plurality of information processing apparatuses. Each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses registers the setting information of a menu screen displayed on the information processing apparatus, and stores registered first setting information as a non-synchronization target and registered second setting information as a synchronization target. Each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses transmits, to the server, difference information between the second setting information and the setting information stored in the server, and performs synchronization of the second setting information with the server.
US09654650B1	Data quotas based on online charging server load Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for providing data quotas based a quota query load. In one example, a method of operating a communication system includes transferring a quota request for a wireless communication device from a packet data network gateway to an online charging server. The method further includes, in the online charging server, receiving the request, identifying a data quota based on a quota query load, and transferring the data quota to the packet data network gateway to be implemented for the wireless communication device.
US09654648B2	Native mobile device identification for toll-free service usage A mobile device including a unique toll-free ID (TFID) present in the mobile device operable to facilitate toll-free communication between the mobile device and a manufacturer.
US09654634B2	Management of transaction routing to enterprise agents A system is provided for routing transactions to individual ones of a group of agents, comprising, a queue wherein transactions to be routed are placed, a transmission facility sending invitations to interact with a transaction from the queue to agents, and a router routing transactions from the queue to individual agents who accept the invitation.
US09654633B2	Distributed constraint-based optimized routing of interactions A system for optimized routing of interactions, comprising media servers, a statistics server, a routing database, and a routing server. Upon receiving or initiating an interaction, a media server sends a route request message to the routing server, the statistics server receives event notifications from the media servers and computes one or more statistics, and the routing server executes, using statistical data from the statistics server and data from the routing database, a routing script comprising a constraint-based optimization process in response to the route request message.
US09654630B1	Agent override of a call answering outcome determination of an outbound call in a contact center A dialer is configured to connect an agent to a call upon answer and present information to a computer workstation used by the agent as to whether the call was answered by a live person or an automatic call answering device (“ACAD”). An agent override timer is started allowing the agent to override the determination of whether a live person or ACAD answered the call. If an ACAD is reported to have answered the call and the agent does not provide an override indication or provides an override indication after the expiry of the agent override timer, then the agent may be disconnected from the call. If an agent override indication is received prior to the expiry of the agent override timer, then the agent is not disconnected from the call. This allows the agent to override an incorrect determination by the dialer as to an ACAD answering the call.
US09654629B1	Telephone user interface providing enhanced call blocking Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a device comprising a processor detects a communication session between a calling device and a called device, and receives a motion signal from the called device; the motion signal is generated at a motion sensor of the called device during or after the communication session. The device analyzes the motion signal to determine whether a portion of the motion signal corresponds to a preselected motion of the called device and whether a subsequent call from the calling device accordingly is to be blocked. Responsive to a determination that the subsequent call is to be blocked, the device also updates a list of blocked caller identifiers associated with the called device to add an identifier associated with the calling device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09654626B2	Recording and playing back portions of a telephone call Approaches for recording and playing back a portion of a telephone call are provided. An approach includes establishing a subscriber of a recording and play back service. The approach includes recording, by a computing device, a portion of a conversation of the subscriber that occurs in a call between a first telephone and a second telephone. The approach additionally includes storing, by the computing device, the portion of the conversation when the call ends. The approach further includes analyzing, by the computing device, the stored portion of the conversation to detect predefined keywords. The approach also includes automatically providing the subscriber with an option to play back the stored portion of the conversation when at least one of the predefined keywords is detected during the analyzing.
US09654623B1	Data aggregation service A data aggregation service is configured to minimize the number of service calls made to network services. The data aggregation service might be configured to cache objects returned in response to service calls to network services in a shared data object. A hash of the input values in the service calls to the network services may be utilized to determine whether an object referenced by the cache can be utilized instead of making another service call. The data aggregation service might also be configured to utilize change tracking to determine when calls are to be made to dependent services. The data aggregation service might also be configured to utilize data-specific time to live (“TTL”) values, to allow network services to specify the data they are interested in at a granular level, and/or to perform automated optimization of TTL values. Other optimizations might also be implemented by the data aggregation service.
US09654616B2	Displaying a group message Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for displaying a message. Text messages that were sent and received to and from a recipient are obtained. The text messages are displayed such that group text messages sent and received to and from a group of recipients that also includes the recipient are differentiated from text messages sent or received to and from just the recipient.
US09654615B2	Method and system for safe messaging while driving The method and system according to embodiments of the present invention may enable drivers to drive safely while paying attention to the road, without taking their eyes off the road or touching the screen, and to hear and respond to received various text messages (include instant messages, messengers), in various manners such as, for example, sending a predefined text and/or voice message, calling the sender of the message, etc. Thus, for example, drivers may continue to be available to messages while not being tempted to look at their phone and/or to text-message while driving.
US09654613B2	Dual-mode communication devices and methods for arena gaming Methods, systems, and techniques for dual-mode communication are provided. Example embodiments provide an enhanced mobile device that includes a CPU, a low latency transceiver, and a high latency transceiver. The enhanced mobile device is in communication with a console via both the low latency transceiver and the high latency transceiver. The console also includes a CPU, a low latency transceiver, and a high latency transceiver. In some embodiments, the low latency communication channel is used to transmit control messages to an entertainment console whereas the high latency communication channel is used to communicate data between the mobile device and the entertainment console. The dual-mode communication may be used in different scenarios, including with an entertainment console for arena gaming and other entertainment applications.
US09654611B2	Application sharing between devices in proximity to each other A method and an apparatus comprising operating a processor of an apparatus as a first processor and/or as a second processor. The method at a first processor comprises recognizing the proximity of a second apparatus; recognizing a first user input and in response to the user input, sending an application share invitation to the second apparatus. The method at a second processor comprises recognizing the proximity of a first apparatus and in response to receiving an application share invitation from the first apparatus, displaying a security prompt for the user on the display.
US09654607B2	Method and apparatus for generating application icon A method for generating an application icon and a terminal apparatus are described. The terminal apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive prompt information of an application from a server automatically; an icon generating unit configured to generate an icon corresponding to the application in an application icon interface according to the prompt information received by the receiving unit; a first control unit configured to associate the icon generated by the icon generating unit with a first function according to the prompt information, and control the icon to be displayed in a first display effect; and a display unit configured to display the icon generated by the icon generating unit in the first display effect.
US09654602B2	User interface for just-in-time image processing Technology is disclosed for an image editing tool that generates a recipe for just-in-time processing of images (“the technology”). Various embodiments of the technology include an image processing system that provides image processing services to a client system that publishes content including an image to end users. The image processing system processes the image based on a recipe to generate a processed image. The image editing tool is integrated into an application, e.g., webpage or a web browser, that displays the content. A user, e.g., administrator of the client system, can use the image editing tool to edit the image on the webpage and generate the recipe including instructions regarding the edits. The recipe is transmitted to the image processing system which processes the image based on the recipe, and transmits the processed image to the client system for further transmission to the end users accessing the content.
US09654599B1	Automatic concurrent installation refresh of a large number of distributed heterogeneous reconfigurable computing devices upon a booting event In one embodiment, a deployment server is communicatively coupled with many computing devices requiring updated system installations based on requirements of a session user of the computer devices. Upon booting, the computing devices send remote installation requests to the deployment server. The deployment server matches identification data of the computer devices with corresponding target installation profiles defined according to the requirements of the session user in an installation database. Identification data of a computing device comprises a programmable MAC address. Based on the target installation profiles, the deployment server causes remote installation instructions and files to be sent to the computer devices based on the corresponding target installation profiles. The many computing devices perform installation of heterogeneous operating systems, hypervisors, virtual machines, software and/or software license concurrently under direction of the deployment server based on the remote installation instructions and files. In another embodiment, the deployment server is PXE-compliant.
US09654594B2	Semi-supervised identity aggregation of profiles using statistical methods User profiles can be analyzed to identify profiles matching to the same identity. For example, profiles from different social network systems are analyzed to determine if the profiles are associated with the same user of the social network systems. Multiple heuristics may be calculated using different algorithms. The calculated heuristics may then be combined to generate a match score that indicates whether two profiles match.
US09654593B2	Discovering signature of electronic social networks Methods may rank one user's connections in an electronic social network. The method may include identifying, by electronic apparatus, one user's connections with other users in an electronic social network. The method may additionally include analyzing, by electronic apparatus, a plurality of data sources for electronic communications between the one user and the other users. The method may further include calculating, by electronic apparatus, for each of the other users the probability that the one user will communicate with that other user based on the analyzed plurality of data sources. The method may additionally include ranking, by electronic apparatus, the one user's connections with the other users based on the calculated probabilities. In some embodiments, the method may include removing from a graph, by electronic apparatus, one or more of the one user's connections with the other users based on the ranked one user's connections.
US09654591B2	Mobile device-related measures of affinity In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a measure of affinity for a particular action associated with a user of the social-networking system; and determining results for each predictor function based at least in part upon a number of actions previously preformed by the user with respect to the mobile-computing device. Each predictor function calculating a likelihood the user performs one or more actions; The method also includes computing a measure of affinity associated with the user based on the results for the predictor functions; and providing the computed measure of affinity.
US09654589B2	Configurable personal audiovisual device for use in application-sharing system A method for facilitating sharing of widget programs among a plurality of personal electronic devices is disclosed. The method includes establishing a database of the widget programs capable of being executed by the plurality of personal electronic devices. The method further includes receiving, over a communication network, a widget forwarding request from at least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices. An instance of a selected one of the widget programs is then transmitted, in response to the widget forwarding request, to another of the plurality of personal electronic devices.
US09654588B2	Device control apparatus, client apparatus, device control method, and device control system There is provided a device control apparatus which makes it possible to dispense with device monitoring (polling) by a client apparatus to thereby reduce traffic on a network. A device server 200 acquires, according to device information for identifying a device locally connected to the device server 200, at least one of a trigger detection algorithm and a definition file for monitoring a state change of the device identified based on the device information, and monitors the locally connected device based on at least one of the acquired trigger detection algorithm and definition file. Then, when a state change of the device is detected, the device server 200 sends a trigger notification indicative of the detection of the state change to a client PC 100 via a network 500, and starts a session with the client PC 100 in response to a connection request from the client PC 100 having received the trigger notification.
US09654585B2	Efficient file management through granular opportunistic locking Improved methods and systems for granular opportunistic locking mechanisms (oplocks) are provided for increasing file caching efficiency. Oplocks can be specified with a combination of three possible granular caching intentions: read, write, and/or handle. An oplock can be specified with an identifier that indicates a client/specific caller to avoid breaking the original oplock due to an incompatibility from other requests of the same client. An atomic oplock flag is added to create operations that allow callers to request an atomic open with an oplock with a given file.
US09654583B2	System and method for increasing data availability on a mobile device based on operating mode A system for a mobile device to provide access to a data collection, such as a user's data collection for example, without requiring either persistent storage of the complete data collection locally on the mobile device, or network access requests for each user data request from the mobile device. In an embodiment, the system employs a data probability function to predict the probability of the mobile device accessing specific types of user data based on the operating mode of the mobile device. The system executes as a background process to provide and store locally on the mobile device, the data most probable to be accessed at the mobile device. The data most likely to be accessed via the mobile device is available locally, thereby minimizing latency issues that occur when data requests cannot be fulfilled using data stored locally in the mobile device and network requests are performed.
US09654580B2	Proxy-based web application monitoring through script instrumentation Gathering web application analytic information. A proxy requests an application resource from a web application, on behalf of a client. The proxy receives the web application resource from the web application. The proxy, instruments the web application resource with a client executable script configured to cause analytic information to be gathered when the script is executed at a client. The web application resource is forwarded to a client.
US09654579B2	Scalable content delivery network request handling mechanism Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.
US09654572B2	Identity management and service access for local user group based on network-resident user profiles A profile-based system is employed to manage user identities and preferences, devices, content and/or other aspects of service delivery. The user profiles may be maintained in one or more servers or other elements located in an external network access via a customer premises equipment (CPE) gateway of a local network. The profiles can be used to map users to identities, devices, services, and other features that affect the manner in which a particular user communicates with (or through) the external network.
US09654566B2	Event queuing and distribution system A REST-based event distribution system is described, with particular applicability to the distribution of distributed filesystem notifications over a high-latency best-effort network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, event channels are mapped to URL spaces and created and distributed through the use of HTTP POST and GET requests. The system is optimized for short polling by clients; an event history is maintained to buffer messages and maintain the idempotence of requests. In another embodiment, the events are registered as a SIP event pack allowing for the distribution of filesystem events.
US09654564B2	Controlling an IoT device using a remote control device via a remote control proxy device Described herein are implementations for using a remote control device to control a target device on a network via a remote control proxy device. A remote control device may determine an IoT device capable of functioning as a remote control proxy device. The remote control device may generate a data packet comprising a command for controlling the target device and a network address associated with the target device, and transmit the data packet to the IoT device. If the IoT device determines, using the network address, that it is not the target device, the IoT device may either unicast the data packet to the target device or multicast the data packet to multiple intermediate IoT devices on the network.
US09654559B2	Method, apparatus, and system for exchanging data of edge area user on cloud radio access network A apparatus and system for exchanging data of an edge area user on a C-RAN are provided. The apparatus includes: at least one collaborative station of at least one neighboring C-RAN is determined for the edge area user on the C-RAN; control data is exchanged with the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station; a data exchange path used for exchanging first data with the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station is established according to the control data; the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station exchanges second data with the edge area user according to the control data. Based on the foregoing innovative mechanism, the C-RAN master station performs coupled collaboration with the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station by establishing the data exchange path, so that the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station may also exchange data with the edge area user, thereby enabling the edge area user on the C-RAN to obtain a better gain and improving system performance.
US09654556B2	Managing applications on an electronic device An electronic device may offload an application to a network storage to free up storage on the electronic device. For instance, an application file and, in some cases, associated application data and/or saved application state information may be stored at the network storage and deleted from the electronic device. Subsequently, a data management module may receive an instruction to onload the application back onto the electronic device, such as in response to a user input that selects the offloaded application, a determination that an upcoming activity may include use of the offloaded application, or a determination that a user usage pattern indicates that the offloaded application is likely to be used. In response, the data management module may download the corresponding application file from the network storage. In some cases, the electronic device may also receive associated application data and/or saved application state information from the network storage.
US09654553B2	Routing to multiple diameter peers with the same identity Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) for processing a Diameter message, the method including: providing alias Diameter identifiers (IDs) to peers with the same Diameter IDs; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA associated with one of the peers with the same Diameter ID; determining a correct peer of the peers with the same Diameter ID associated with the received Diameter message; setting the destination host of the received Diameter message to the aliased ID of the correct peer; and transmitting the Diameter message to the correct peer.
US09654550B2	Methods and apparatus for making byte-specific modifications to requested content According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.
US09654547B2	Method for enabling hierarchical architecture of device management gateways In the field of telecommunications technology, a method for enabling Hierarchical Architecture of device management gateways is applicable to a remote management system having a server and multiple devices that are connected through one or more gateways in multi-level Hierarchical Architecture of Gateways, with a tree structure. More specifically, the method enables a new functionality required for the OMA-DM Gateway MO (GwMO): support for Hierarchical Architecture of Gateways.
US09654546B1	Scalable local cache in distributed streaming platform for real-time applications Software for a distributed streaming platform receives an application. The application is structured as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) with instances of operators as nodes and streams as edges between nodes. Multiple instances of an operator access a shared database. The software receives a pre-defined hint associated with the application. The pre-defined hint sets a maximum period of time for local caching of a result from a query of the database by each of the multiple instances. The software launches the application by assigning the instances of operators to one or more containers provided by the streaming platform and initiating the streams. Each container is associated with a local cache. The software then receives a request from the application to make a dynamic adjustment that increases the maximum period of time for local caching of a result from a query of the database by each of the multiple instances.
US09654541B1	Aggregating user web browsing data A system for aggregating a user's web browsing data which may include cookies placed on a user's computing device from various websites. The system receives authorization from a user to retrieve cookie and other data associated with the user. The system then accesses cookie data and personal data associated with the user. In some embodiments, the aggregation system communicates with websites that placed the cookie data on the user's computer to determine one or more characteristics of the user based on the cookie data (which may be understandable only by the placing website). The system may then provide the user's aggregated data or a portion thereof to requesting entities. The user may have access to a user interface which provides information about the user's aggregated data and allows the user to determine how much information to share with requesting entities.
US09654537B2	Synchronization and mixing of audio and video streams in network-based video conferencing call systems In one aspect, audio streams are added to a mix until the mix is either complete (i.e., all audio streams have been added) or the mix is closed early (i.e., before the mix is complete). In another aspect, audio and video streams are synchronized by playing back the audio stream and then synchronizing display of the video frames to the playback of the audio stream.
US09654536B2	Cloud queue playback policy An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, at least one request for an indication of one or more media items from a queue of media items. The implementation may also involve the computing system identifying one or more playback policies that are associated with the queue of media items. Each of the one or more playback policies may restrict at least one aspect of playback of at least one of the one or more media items. The implementation may further involve the computing system sending, to the media playback system, an indication of the identified one or more playback policies.
US09654533B2	Method of adaptively delivering media based on reception status information from media client and apparatus using the same Disclosed herein are a method of adaptively delivering media based on reception status information from a media client and an apparatus using the same. A media transmission method by a media transmission apparatus may include sending a message, including configuration information for media requested by a terminal, to the terminal, sending a media packet forming the media to the terminal, selecting a media packet having a transport characteristic corresponding to reception quality information for the media packet received from the terminal based on the reception quality information, and sending the selected media packet to the terminal.
US09654531B2	System and method for transitioning between receiving different compressed media streams A computer system receives a first compressed media stream and stores corresponding data in a first compressed buffer. The computer system generates a first decompressed media stream based on the first compressed media stream. While providing the first decompressed media stream to a presentation device, the computer system receives a content-transition indication indicating that a second decompressed media stream is to be provided to the presentation device instead of the first decompressed media stream. While continuing to generate the first decompressed media stream using the first compressed buffer, the computer system receives a second compressed media stream corresponding to the second decompressed media stream and stores corresponding data in a second compressed buffer. After storing the data in the second compressed buffer, the computer system provides a second decompressed media stream, based on the second compressed media stream, to the presentation device instead the first decompressed media stream.
US09654530B2	Streaming distribution system, streaming distribution method A streaming distribution system in which streaming data is transmitted from a server to a client, the streaming distribution system includes: the server includes: a first processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions, the instructions includes, rearranging at least one independently playable data item contained in the streaming data from an original position to a position at a front side of the streaming data; transmitting the rearranged streaming data to the client; and the client includes: a second processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions, the instructions includes, decoding the original streaming data that has been restored in accordance with the original position of the received independently playable data item.
US09654529B2	Method, apparatus and system for implementing service control of home network device A method, an apparatus and a system can be used for implementing service control of a home network device. A first DLNA device sends a service request to a user interface server. The first DLNA device receives a DLNA device list of the home network wherein the first DLNA device is located and a control script corresponding to a media service to be executed that are sent by the user interface server in response to the service request. The first DLNA device selects a second DLNA device from the DLNA device list and controls, according to the control script, the second DLNA device to execute the media service to be executed.
US09654525B2	Adaptive pacing of media content delivery over a wireless network A method includes in response to a request to stream media content from a base station of a wireless network to a communication device via a wireless channel, determining, at the base station of a wireless network, a size of a data burst that includes a portion of the media content based on potential data wastage, usage efficiency of base station resources, or a combination thereof. The method includes sending the data burst via the wireless channel from the base station to a communication device.
US09654518B2	Stack fusion software communication service A stack fusion method is implemented at an originator cluster of software services in a distributed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) system. The method includes receiving a request for a communication service from an originator registered to the originator cluster. The method further includes, responsive to the request, creating a communication protocol object in the originator cluster, discovering a participant cluster on which the participant is registered, notifying the participant via the participant cluster that the communication protocol object exists, and updating an index protocol object in the participant cluster that tracks communication sessions in which the participant is engaged with a reference that points to the communication protocol object in the originator cluster.
US09654513B1	Automated network security policy deployment in a dynamic environment A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for automatically deploying a network security policy based on virtual network topology in a dynamic software defined network (SDN) comprising: providing a flow control interface in a dynamic SDN wherein the flow control interface receives virtual network topology, operational endpoints, and policy to apply to the operational endpoints; responsive to receiving an SDN change indication, identifying changes to enforcement points for an SDN change corresponding to the SDN change indication; and, providing enforcement points affected by the SDN change with a policy reflecting the SDN change.
US09654512B2	Implementing security in a social application Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
US09654504B1	Detecting a hijacked network address A computer system monitors a set of inactive addresses. The computer system identifies a suspicious activity associated with at least one inactive address of the set of inactive addresses. The computer system determines a suspicion score for the at least one inactive address based on the suspicious activity associated with the at least one inactive address. The computer system categorizes the at least one inactive address as a potentially hijacked address if the suspicion score exceeds a threshold.
US09654500B2	Web redirection for content filtering This specification generally relates to using redirect messages to implement content filtering. One example method includes determining that access to a network resource should be redirected based at least in part on access behavior associated with the network resource; receiving from a client a first request for the network resource, the first request including an original location of the network resource; sending a redirect response to the client including a modified location for the network resource different than the original location; receiving a second request for the network resource from the client including the modified location; retrieving the network resource from the original location; performing at least one action on the retrieved network resource; and selectively sending the retrieved network resource to the client based at least in part on a result associated with the at least one action.
US09654486B2	System and method for generating sets of antivirus records for detection of malware on user devices Disclosed are systems and method for generating a set of antivirus records to be used for detection of malicious files on a user's devices. An exemplary method includes maintaining, by a server, a database of malicious files; generating, by the server, at least one antivirus record for each malicious file; calculating an effectiveness of each antivirus record by determining how many different malicious files were detected using each antivirus record; generating a set of most effective antivirus records; and transmitting, by the server, the set of most effective antivirus records to a client device.
US09654483B1	Network communication rate limiter A technology is described for limiting the rate at which a number of requests to perform a network action are granted using rate limiters. An example method may include receiving a request for a token granting permission to perform a network action via a computer network. In response, rate limiters may be identified by generating hash values using hash functions and a network address representing a source network where the hash values identify memory locations for the rate limiters. The rate limiters may have a computer memory capacity to store tokens that are distributed in response to the request. Token balances for the rate limiters may be determined, and permission to perform the network action may be granted as a result of at least one of the token balances being greater than zero.
US09654481B1	Location based secure data device In providing secure data access, a secure data device receives a data access request to access secured data stored in a storage of the secure data device. A location module of the secure data device calculates a current location of the secure data device. A secure data module of the secure data device compares the current location and a pre-stored location stored in the secure data device. Upon determining that the current location matches the pre-stored location, the secure data module retrieves the secure data from the storage and processes the secure data. The processed secure data is sent as available data in response to the data access request. Upon determining that the current location does not match the pre-stored location, the secure data module retrieves the secure data and processes the secure data in a manner that renders the available data unusable.
US09654477B1	Adaptive authentication Provided is adaptive authentication that utilizes relational analysis, sentiment analysis, or both relational analysis and sentiment analysis to facilitate an authentication procedure. The relational analysis evaluates a transactional profile and a behavioral profile of the user. The sentiment analysis evaluates available user information that is obtained from various forms of Internet activity related to the user. A level of authentication is selectively modified based on a result of the relational analysis and/or the sentiment analysis.
US09654470B2	Multi-function smart communication card Various embodiments are described that relate to a smart card. When not connected to an external system, such as a laptop computer, the smart card can be configured to power itself. Thus, various functions can be practiced on the smart card in absence of connection to the external system. Example functions of the smart card can include user identification and authorization. In addition, the smart card can be configured to distinguish between different users and provide different access levels to different users and/or difference access to containers resident within the smart card. This can be done prior to when the smart card is connected to the external system.
US09654465B2	Software-defined network threat control In Software-Defined Network (SDN), a trust controller and trust processor exchange hardware-trust data over an SDN southbound interface to maintain hardware-trust. A flow controller transfers a Flow Description Table (FDT) modification to the data-plane machine over the southbound interface. The flow controller transfers an FDT modification notice to the trust controller which transfers FDT security data over the southbound interface to authorize the FDT change in the SDN data-plane machine. The data-plane machine authorizes the FDT modification based on the FDT security data from the trust controller. The data-plane machine modifies the FDT in response to the successful authorization and processes user data traffic using the modified FDT. The trust controller may also transfer a Threat Description Table (TDT) to the data-plane machine to filter the user traffic for other threats.
US09654464B2	Data security In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include one or more operations. One of these operations may include, in response, at least in part, to a request to store input data in storage, encrypting, based least in part upon one or more keys, the input data to generate output data to store in the storage. The one or more keys may be authorized by a remote authority. Alternatively or additionally, another of these operations may include, in response, at least in part, to a request to retrieve the input data from the storage, decrypting, based at least in part upon the at least one key, the output data. Many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US09654463B2	Application specific certificate management Application specific certificate deployment may be provided. An application may generate a security certificate comprising a public key and a first private key. The public key may be stored in a shared segment of a memory store, from where it may be retrieved and signed. The signed public key may be re-deployed and/or used to transmit securely encrypted resources.
US09654459B2	Cloud queue synchronization protocol An example implementation may involve a playback device of a media playback system sending a request for an indication of at least one media item from a remote queue of media items and an indication of a particular media item that is being played by the playback device. The implementation may also involve the playback device receiving an indication of one or more media items from the remote queue of media items. The one or more media items may include the particular media item is being played by the playback device. The implementation may further involve the playback device incorporating an indication of the one or more media items into a local queue of media items.
US09654458B1	Unauthorized device detection in a heterogeneous network Techniques are disclosed for identifying an unauthorized device in a network environment that comprises a plurality of heterogeneous devices. In some embodiments, tests may be performed about a device, using information provided by the device, information about the device obtained from a neighboring device, or information about a placement of the device within a network topology. These tests may be used to determine whether a device is unauthorized for the network.
US09654456B2	Service level digital rights management support in a multi-content aggregation and delivery system Content may be provided to an access device by the content delivery platform. When the access device decides to access the content, a request may be received at the content delivery platform. The request is intercepted at a URL proxy, which determines if the content has been purchased or not. If the content has been purchased, the request is redirected to a digital rights server. The digital rights server processes the request and determines digital rights for the content using the address. The digital rights are then provided such that the access device can access the content. If a user of the access device has not already purchased the content, a message may be sent to the access device requesting that the user purchase the content. Once the content is purchased, the digital rights are then provided such that the access device can access the content.
US09654454B2	Coerced encryption on connected devices Techniques for coercing users to encrypt synchronized content stored at their personal computing devices. In some aspects, one or more computing devices receive, from a personal computing device, an indication of whether data stored in at least a portion of a storage device of the personal computing device is protected by disk encryption. In response to determining, based on the indication, that the portion of the storage device is not protected by encryption, synchronization data for synchronizing a copy of one or more synchronized content items stored in the portion of the storage device with another copy of the synchronized content items stored at one or more server computing devices is withheld from the personal computing device until disk encryption on the personal computing device is enabled so as to coerce the user to enable disk encryption on the personal computing device.
US09654453B2	Symmetric key distribution framework for the Internet A method, device, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes receiving measured health information from a client on a key distribution server. Once the measured health information is received the server is capable of validating the measured health information to see if it is authentic. The server is also capable of sending a session key to the client when the measured health information is validated. When the client receives the session key, the client is capable of initiating an encrypted and authenticated connection with an application server in the domain using the session key.
US09654449B2	Geospatial cryptagraphy The invention includes methods for authenticating access between devices when the devices are within a geospatial boundary comprising the first step of keeping track of the physical position of the devices using both low and, or high fidelity geospatial positioning techniques. Next, a first device determines whether any nearby mobile devices have entered the geospatial boundary. Next, the first device determines if any of the mobile devices are peers eligible for cryptographic authentication. After the first device authenticates that the other device within the geospatial boundary is a trusted peer, the devices may perform various data and, or dynamic policy operations.
US09654448B2	Secure communication system for mobile devices A comprehensive solution for providing secure mobile communication is provided. The system includes techniques for authentication and control of communication end-points; chain of trust to ensure devices are certified as authentic; contact list management; peer-to-peer encrypted voice, email, and texting communication; and a technique for bypassing an IP PBX to ensure high levels of security. The system is able to support use of commodity mobile communication devices (e.g., smart phones, laptops) over public carrier networks.
US09654444B1	Communication control method, communication node, and mobile node A technique is disclosed in which an MN (mobile node) 100 notifies, to a CN (correspondent node), home network connection information indicative of whether or not it is currently in connection with a home network which has allocated its own plurality of HoAs (home addresses), an address of each HA (home agent) and an ID of each HA in a state associated with the plurality of HoAs. Based on the information received from the MN, the CN grasps the home network with which the MN is currently in connection and makes an inquiry about the condition of the HA and sets an appropriate HoA, judged on the basis of the grasping result or the inquiry result, as a destination address of a packet to be transmitted to the MN.
US09654442B2	Methods for deploying clustered servers and apparatuses using the same An embodiment of the invention introduces a method for deploying clustered servers, executed by a processing unit of a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which contains at least the following steps. Deployment information associated with a requesting server is encapsulated into an acknowledgement after the DHCP server receives a request from the requesting server, where the request requests an IP (Internet Protocol) address, which has been assigned by the DHCP server. The acknowledgement is replied to the requesting server, thereby enabling the requesting server to configure itself as a master server or a slave server in a cloud computing environment according to the deployment information of the acknowledgement.
US09654440B1	Modification of domain name systems using session initiation protocol messages A communication server to facilitate modification of records in a domain name system (DNS) server comprises a session initiation protocol (SIP) network interface, a DNS network interface, and a processing system. The SIP network interface is configured to receive a SIP information message comprising a DNS modification indicator. The processing system is configured to, responsive to the DNS modification indicator, process the SIP information message to identify DNS modification parameters in the SIP information message, and process the DNS modification parameters to generate a DNS modification command for the DNS server. The DNS network interface is configured to transfer the DNS modification command for delivery to the DNS server.
US09654438B2	Identifying message deliverability problems using grouped message characteristics Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying a message deliverability problem. Responses are received from one or more client devices that include information that identifies whether a respective response is associated with a first group of messages or a second group of messages. A message deliverability problem for at least one of the first group of messages or the second group of messages may be identified based at least in part on the information included in at least a portion of the plurality of responses.
US09654437B2	System and method for prioritizing messages based on senders and content for drivers The system facilitates the selective display of messages to a user while the user is driving a vehicle. During operation, the system determines the priority of a message based on: a sender of the message; whether the message requests a response; a duration of time within which to read the message; and one or more rules. The system precludes the display of one or more messages while the user is driving a vehicle based on the respective priority of the messages.
US09654436B2	Systems and methods for migrating mailbox data from systems with limited or restricted remote access Examples described include software hosting systems able to provide software as a service to client systems through a firewall and/or to client systems which do not have web service capability. Examples include mailbox migration systems for migrating mailboxes from a source messaging system (e.g. a Lotus Notes system) to a destination messaging system. Software hosting systems described herein may maintain an action buffer including a next action to be performed by the source messaging system, and wait for data (e.g. messaging system content) to be returned and stored in a data buffer. Communication between the software hosting system and the source messaging system may occur over a communication channel which may be operated through a firewall using HTTP.
US09654435B2	Electronic device and method for managing group e-mail A method and apparatus for managing group e-mails in an electronic device is provided. A group e-mail message including a request to receive a reply e-mail by a first time may be transmitted to e-mail addresses of at least two recipients. It is automatically determined whether reply e-mails are received from the at least two recipients by a second time. When there is at least one recipient from whom the reply e-mail was not received by the second time, a reminder e-mail is transmitted to the at least one recipient from whom the reply e-mail is not received.
US09654423B2	Method and system for port performance ranking in multi-protocol switch A system and method for port performance ranking in a multi-protocol switch includes monitoring one or more first parameters, the one or more first parameters associated with operating condition of one or more ports of the multi-protocol switch. Each of the one or more first parameters is compared with an associated predefined criterion to determine deviation from the associated predefined criterion. One or more eligible ports is determined from the one or more ports based on non-deviation of each of the one or more first parameters from the associated predefined criterion. For each of the one or more eligible ports, each of one or more second parameters is compared with an associated predefined threshold, the one or more second parameters associated with port traffic statistics. The one or more eligible ports are ranked based on the comparison between each of the second parameters and the associated predefined threshold.
US09654422B2	Increased fabric scalability by designating router groups Is in a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) and its included routers, the routers are placed in groups or pods. Each router only contains router port and fabric access data for routers in the same group or pod. In this manner the size of the relevant tables are reduced, which allows for greater expansion of the SAN as a whole. Each router may be programmed by an administrator with a pod value, indicating the pod containing the router. This value may be provided to the Name Server during router registration and may be requested from the Name Server when developing the router's inter-fabric router (IFR) topology or the pod value can be exchanged in the IF_ILS_HLO messages. Router port database information is only stored from routers in the same pod or provided to routers in the same pod, thus reducing the entries in the router port database.
US09654421B2	Providing real-time interrupts over ethernet In one embodiment, a method includes sending a request to one or more distributed fabric protocol (DFP) system members in order to retrieve one or more events from the one or more DFP system members, receiving one or more acknowledgements to the request from the one or more DFP system members at a local network switch of a DFP system master, upon receipt of at least one packet in which the one or more events are encapsulated as data: decoding the at least one packet to retrieve details of the one or more events using a dedicated processor of the DFP system master, creating and sending a message signaled interrupt (MSI) comprising the details of the one or more events to a local processor of the DFP system master using the dedicated processor, and reading the MSI using the local processor of the DFP system master.
US09654415B2	Information processing system, management server group, and server management program This invention includes an application server for executing an application and transmitting the execution results to a terminal or other such device connected to a network, and a management server for allocating the application and data on an application server and a storage device, respectively, wherein the management server reallocates the application execution site using: a procedure for obtaining device location information from a device via an application server and selecting, from the location information, an application server that will be the application migration destination; a procedure for indicating the migration-destination application server to the migration-source application server; and a procedure for migrating the application and the data between the application servers.
US09654413B2	Method, device, and system for implementing network access, and network system Disclosed are a method, device, and system for implementing network access, and a network system. The method comprises: in the case that a terminal requests to access a webpage, a server determining content of the webpage that the terminal requests to access; and the server searching for a webpage, used as a reference webpage, with relevant content matching the content of the webpage, and providing information of the found reference webpage for the terminal. The present invention can enable a user terminal to obtain multiple associated access results by performing webpage access once. Even though the terminal cannot for some reason access a webpage originally expected to be accessed, or content of a webpage originally expected to be accessed cannot meet a user requirement, has a bad display effect, or even cannot be displayed, other webpages with associated or same content can be provided for the terminal, so that a webpage that comprises sufficient information, has a better display effect, and is securer is provided for the terminal, thereby avoiding an additional access operation of the terminal and improving the browsing efficiency and experience of a user.
US09654411B2	Virtual machine deployment and management engine A virtual machine deployment and management engine deploys virtual machines to physical host computers based on a deployment time matrix. The deployment time matrix specifies approximate amounts of time used to clone or deploy a virtual machine from every host computer to every other host computer. The virtual machine deployment and management engine selects a deployment path based on the deployment times and executes the clone or deploy operations.
US09654407B2	Communication systems and methods having reduced frame duration A transmitter arrangement using randomization is disclosed. The arrangement includes one or more randomizers, a measure component and a frame select component. The one or more randomizers are configured to generate one or more randomized frames from an original frame. The measure component is configured to measure a criterion for the original frame and the one or more randomized frames. The frame select component is configured to select a frame for transmission from the one or more randomized frames and the original frame. The selection is performed according to the measured criteria, such as frame duration.
US09654405B2	Effective intra-frame refresh in multimedia communications over packet networks Systems and methods of performing intra-frame refresh in multimedia communications over lossy packet networks, in which a video receiver can provide packet loss feedback information to a video transmitter, and the video transmitter can respond to the feedback information, in a manner that makes efficient use of available bandwidth. By providing one or more PLI messages from the video receiver to the video transmitter based on criteria related to the detection of an eventual missing video packet and/or the determination that the quality of a current reference frame is bad, and by pausing the providing of GNACK messages from the video receiver to the video transmitter while the PLI messages are being provided to the video transmitter, the total number of video packets required for transmission/retransmission can be reduced, thereby limiting the impact of the transmitted/retransmitted video packets on the available bandwidth while enhancing the video QoE of system users.
US09654402B2	Telecommunication quality of service control Different quality of service policies are enforced for packets from traffic streams of different type in a communication network, according to the type of traffic types of traffic. A learning phase and an operation phase are provided. The learning phase teaching by example of characteristics that must be used to distinguish the different types of traffic. In the learning phase, an indication is received of a quality of service policy that is required for user applications of a selected type. An indication is provided indicating execution of a user application of said type in a user domain and characteristics of packet traffic are derived from inspection of packets transmitted through the communication network to and/or from the user domain during the indicated execution. In the operation phase packet traffic in the network to and/or from the user domain is inspected. It is detected whether observed characteristics of the packet traffic match the derived characteristics. When a match is detected, enforcement of the quality of service policy in the network to packet traffic of the selected type of user application is triggered.
US09654399B2	Methods and devices in an IP network for congestion control The invention relates to a method 30 in a packet forwarding device 2 in an Internet Protocol, IP, network 10 for congestion control. The method 30 comprises: receiving 31 an IP packet 20 originating from a first network node 11 and addressed to a second network node 3; determining 32 a congestion status on a network path from the second network node 13 to the first network node 11; and entering 33, for a congestion status indicating congestion, congestion information into a header 21, 22 of the IP packet 20, the congestion status congestion information notifying the second network node 13 about congestion present on the network path. The invention also relates to a packet forwarding device 12, a computer program 43 and computer program product 44.
US09654384B2	Asymmetrical link aggregation According to one embodiment, a method for asymmetrical link aggregation includes detecting a link change corresponding to a previously selected port of a first set of ports used to forward frames to one of a plurality of aggregation switches connected via the first set of ports to an access switch. The method also includes re-selecting, using the access switch, a port of the first set of ports according to a distribution algorithm that ensures that all frames with a given source address are forwarded using a single port and causes frames with different source addresses to be distributed uniformly among the first set of ports in response to detecting the link change. Also, the method includes generating and sending a fake reverse address resolution protocol (RARP) frame including the given source address of the frame from the re-selected port in response to detecting the link change.
US09654381B2	Differentiated routing system and method A differentiated routing system is provided for routing a communication service according to an access point of a subscriber terminal to a first network domain. The system includes a computing system executing a core routing engine (CRE) that receives a request for a communication service from the subscriber terminal. When the communication service is to be routed to a second network domain, the CRE identifies an access point at which the subscriber terminal accesses the first network domain, includes a tag in the request according to the identified access point. The tag includes information to be used by the second network domain for routing the communication service. The CRE then transmits the request to the second network domain.
US09654378B2	Link addition to a network of linked nodes A method of adding a link to a network of linked nodes is provided. Received scoring information includes a first node identifier, a second node identifier, and a link value. The link value is determined using an analytic model. A first anchored network record for which a first node associated with the first node identifier is an anchor is identified. A first link record is added to the identified first anchored network record using the first node identifier, the second node identifier, and the link value. A first node record associated with the second node identifier is added to the identified first anchored network record. A node record is identified for the first node in the identified anchored network record. A network score value included in the identified node record is computed based on the link value. The identified node record is updated with the computed network score value.
US09654377B2	Per port ethernet packet processing mode by device type A method and apparatus for enabling software processing are described including receiving a dynamic host configuration protocol request form a client device, determining if the client device has a vendor specific identifier, determining a switch port to which the client device is connected, increasing a count of devices connected to the switch port, determining if the count is greater than a predetermined threshold and if the switch port is not already in software mode, placing the switch port in software mode if the count is greater than the predetermined threshold and if the switch port is not already in the software mode and saving the media access control address and the switch port to which the client device is connected.
US09654374B2	Method and system for stream testing by using switching hub The present invention provides a method for stream testing by a switching hub including the steps of generation a test data stream by the switching hub and testing a plurality of DUTs by using the test data stream. A first port of the switching hub transmits port mirroring to a second port of the switching hub. A packet is transmitted through a physical cable from the first port. The first port and the second port are added to a first virtual local area (VLAN) in a native manner. The second port receives a test packet in a self-loop mode. The test data stream is created by repeatedly transmitting the test packet from the second port. In addition, the present invention further provides a system for stream testing by a switching hub.
US09654373B2	Method and system for interference detection and mitigation In a method for adjusting the modulation of information onto subcarriers transmitted on a network, a first modulation profile of a network node on the network is set a first density. A plurality of messages in support of a link maintenance operation (LMO) on the network are monitored. The first modulation profile of the network node is updated to a second modulation profile having a second density. The updating is based on the monitored messages. Interference is detected by determining that a link between the first network node and a second network node on the network is not conveying a predetermined class of messages correctly. The first network node is set to a third modulation profile more robust than the first and second modulation profiles in response to the detected interference. The third modulation profile is common to each network node on the network.
US09654371B2	Determination of system performance parameters in heterogeneous network environments A method of determining system performance parameters, such as delay, present in a network where the network is one of a plurality of heterogeneous networks in a communication system. The communication comprises a first network and a first node, both controlled by a first network operator, and a second network controlled by a second network operator. The first node is located in the second network. The method comprises the steps of: the first node communicating with at least one other node; the first node obtaining system-related information as a result of this communication; the system-related information being used to derive the system performance parameters of the second network.
US09654369B2	Mobile terminal network port management method and device Disclosed is a mobile terminal network port management method and device. The method includes: after PPPOE dial up completes, scanning current mobile network equipment port numbers and acquiring currently occupied mobile network ports; detecting and analyzing whether the currently occupied mobile network ports are virtually occupied ports or not; if yes, releasing said virtually occupied ports. The abovementioned technical solution solves an existing problem of possible virtual occupancy of network ports after a PPPOE connection is established, thereby greatly enhancing availability of the mobile terminal and improving the user experience on the terminal.
US09654365B2	Selection of message passing collectives in presence of system noise Consideration of system jitter in selecting a “message passing collectives algorithm” used in a message passing interface. A set of multiple message passing collectives algorithms are ranked against each other with at least some consideration of relative jitter-related performance as between the algorithms. The consideration of jitter includes consideration of “system jitter” (OS jitter and/or network jitter). In some embodiments, multiple rankings are performed for different levels of system jitter.
US09654361B2	Dynamic collection of network metrics for predictive analytics In one embodiment, data is received at a device regarding a network-monitoring process in which one or more nodes in a network export network metrics to one or more collector nodes. A change to the network-monitoring process is determined based on the received data. The device also adjusts the network-monitoring process to implement the determined change.
US09654360B1	Coordinating analytics between media player and server A method includes receiving a client report including an identifier and client analytics data, the client report received from a client device and the client analytics data associated with a media stream received by the client device from a streaming server. The method further includes receiving a server report including the identifier and server analytics data, the server report received from the streaming server. The method further includes, based on determining that the client report and the server report include the identifier, determining that the client analytics data and the server analytics data are correlated.
US09654357B2	Telecommunication networks A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having a radio for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network. The radio access network includes a controller operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The controller may include an application programming interface, API, which provides a consistent interface to a multiplicity of applications hosted on the control mean. The controller may be provided at an access node site and/or a gateway site.
US09654354B2	Framework supporting content delivery with delivery services network A framework supporting content delivery includes a plurality of devices, each device configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services. The plurality of CD services include delivery services forming one or more delivery service networks.
US09654348B2	User interface for managing and viewing synchronization settings in a synchronization system In a synchronization system, the present invention provides an improved user interface through which a user can view and manage settings associated with the user's account in the synchronization system. In the preferred embodiment, a column is displayed for each electronic device associated with the user's account in the synchronization system. In each column is a visual representation of items (e.g., folders) that are (1) backed up, remotely accessible and/or synchronized in the synchronization system and (2) located on the electronic device associated with such column. For each item that is synchronized across multiple devices, all the visual representations of such item in the columns are aligned across a single row in the interface. In the preferred embodiment, there is an arrow, or other visual indicator, between the visual representations of such items to indicate that the items are synchronized.
US09654345B2	Analyzing data communication in a process control or substation automation system A method, an engineering tool, and a computer program element for analyzing a communication of secondary devices in a Substation Automation System for a substation are disclosed. The secondary devices are connected to a communication network for controlling an industrial process, which industrial process can include a plurality of operational aspects of primary devices. Sender secondary devices are configured to send data packets, which can include a multitude of data objects, to predetermined receiver secondary devices via the communication network, wherein the data packets transmitted via the communication network are captured, a functional interrelation or operational aspect of the secondary devices and the primary devices is retrieved from an SCD-file representing the formal configuration of the substation is retrieved, and the secondary devices are grouped according to the retrieved operational aspect and a time sorted graphical representation of the data objects, the secondary devices and the operational aspects is generated.
US09654342B2	Bandwidth configurable IO connector Systems and methods of interconnecting devices may include an input/output (IO) interface having one or more device-side data lanes and transceiver logic to receive a bandwidth configuration command. The transceiver logic may also configure a transmit bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command. Additionally, the transceiver logic can configure a receive bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command.
US09654331B1	System and method for recovery of customer premise equipment information on an access concentrator A method is provided in one example and includes determining that an access concentrator has lost customer premise equipment information. The method also includes obtaining the customer premise equipment information that is lost by evaluating Neighbor Discovery data and dynamic host configuration protocol version six (DHCPv6) query data. In more specific implementations, the method may include communicating a Bulk Leasequery message; receiving a response to the Bulk Leasequery message; and filtering out cable modem identifiers from the response to the Bulk Leasequery message.
US09654328B2	Methods and systems for implementing a cache model in a prefetching system The present invention relates to systems and methods of enhancing prefetch operations. One potential method comprises fetching an object from a page on a web server. The method may further include storing, at a proxy server, caching instructions for the fetched object. The proxy server may be connected with the client and the object is cached at the client. Furthermore, the method may include identifying a prefetchable reference to the fetched object in a subsequent web page and using the caching instructions stored on the proxy server to determine if a fresh copy of the object will be requested by the client. Further, the method may include, based on the determination that the object will be requested, sending a prefetch request for the object using an If-Modified-Since directive, and transmitting a response to the If-Modified-Since directive prefetch request to a proxy client. The proxy client may then either serve the response to the client or a copy of the object stored at the proxy client, depending on the request for the object from the client.
US09654325B2	Method of reception and receiver for single-carrier cyclic waveform coded serial digital transmission The invention relates to a method of receiving digital data transmitted on a coded serial digital transmission modulated on a noisy channel with non-stationary equalization attenuation. Digital data are stored associating a value of quality of transmission with the information elements received, and a mutual information value Ik is computed for each value of the quality of transmission. The value of quality of transmission consists of an equivalent signal/noise plus interference ratio calculated as a function of the method of equalization on the basis of various signal/channel noise ratio values measured for the various temporal symbols of information elements received of the signal received corresponding to one and the same information element and according to interference due to the waveform.
US09654324B2	System and method for grassmannian signaling in a broadband network An embodiment method includes determining, by a first network device, an equivalent coherence time of a narrowband network corresponding to the broadband network in accordance with a channel coherence time and a coherence bandwidth of the broadband network. The method further includes structuring, by the first network device, a Grassmannian symbol in accordance with the equivalent coherence time, generating, by the first network device, Grassmannian symbol sections by partitioning the Grassmannian symbol in accordance with the coherence bandwidth, and transmitting, by the first network device to a second network device, the Grassmannian symbol sections on subchannels within the coherence bandwidth.
US09654323B2	Data routing for OFDM transmission based on observed node capacities Methods and systems are described for causing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission of various portions of data via various nodes. For example, a first portion of the data may be transmitted, via a first node and using OFDM, to at least a second node. Based on one or more observed capacities associated with one or more nodes (such as the first node and/or another node), it may be determined that a second portion of the data is to be routed via a different node (such as a third node) for transmission. The second portion of the data may be transmitted, via the third node and using OFDM, to at least the second node.
US09654317B2	Modulating system adapted to generate a multi-level quadrature amplitude modulation A modulating system (14) adapted to generate a multi-level quadrature amplitude modulation, includes: a first number of first optical channels (24_1), each of the first optical channels (24_1) including a modulating device (28), and a second number of first optical channels (24_1) each including a first phase shifting unit capable of introducing a phase shift of π, and a first number of second optical channels (24_2), each of the second optical channels (24_2) being associated bijectively with one of the first optical channels (24_1), each of the second optical channels (24_2) including the same elements as the first optical channel (24_1) with which the second optical channel (24_2) is associated and a second phase shifting unit able to introduce a phase shift of π/2.
US09654316B2	Transmission method, transmitter, reception method, and receiver In order to transmit a codeword that is generated based on a quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check coding scheme and consists of N cyclic blocks each consisting of Q bits, a bit permutation is applied to the bits of the codeword, a plurality of constellation blocks each consisting of G×M bits are generated, and a block permutation is applied to the constellation blocks. The bit permutation is adopted for each of N/M sections each consisting M cyclic blocks such that the constellation blocks each consist of G×M bits from M distinct cyclic blocks of the associated section. The block permutation is equivalent to writing the constellation blocks into a matrix with R rows and (Q/(k×G)) columns and reading out the constellation blocks column by column from the matrix, where R is k×(N/M), and k is a positive integer.
US09654314B2	Joint transmitter and receiver map algorithm for enhancing filtering tolerance in a bandwidth-limited system A system for optimizing signal quality in an optical communication system is provided including a transmitter for converting digital signals to optical signals, the transmitter including a transmitter digital signal processing chip including a pre-distortion logic and a transmitter look-up table (LUT). A receiver is operatively coupled to the transmitter for receiving and converting the optical signals from the transmitter to digital signals. The receiver includes a receiver digital signal processing chip including a correction logic and a receiver look-up table (LUT). The transmitter LUT is constructed by scaling the receiver LUT by a weight factor and is iteratively updated based on a weighted sum of the receiver LUT.
US09654311B2	PAM data communication with reflection cancellation The present invention is directed to data communication systems and methods. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a communication system that removes reflection signals. A digital data stream is processed through both tentative path and the main path. The tentative path uses a first DFE device and a reflection cancellation circuit to generate a correction signal for removing reflection signal from the digital data stream. A second DFE device removes ISI and other noises from the corrected digital data stream. There are other embodiments as well.
US09654310B1	Analog delay cell and tapped delay line comprising the analog delay cell An analog delay cell is provided that includes a transconductance-capacitance stage and an inductive transimpedance amplifier stage that provides an all-pass transfer function. In another embodiment, an adaptive analog delay cell including a transconductance (gm) plus capacitance (C) stage and an inductive-capacitance transimpedance amplifier (TIA) stage with digitally programmable phase-shift is provided. The adaptive analog delay cell increases the phase-shift by incorporating an LC network in the feedback path of the transimpedance stage. The disclosed analog delay cells can be used to provide delays in a tapped delay line. Also, the disclosed analog delay cells may be used to perform the multiplier and summation functions of a tapped delay line in addition to providing the delays. In another embodiment, the transimpedance amplifier stage includes an inductive-capacitive transimpedance amplifier stage.
US09654307B1	Communication apparatus A communication apparatus for correcting a situation of a spectrum inverted signal includes a channel estimation module and an equalization module. The channel estimation module determines a channel estimation parameter, and receives at least one frame signal to generate a convolution restored frame signal corresponding to the frame signal. The equalization module includes a first computation circuit and a second computation circuit. The first computation circuit receives the channel estimation parameter and the convolution restored frame signal to generate a transformation channel estimation parameter and a transformed convolution restored frame signal. The second computation circuit receives the transformed channel estimation parameter and the transformed convolution restored frame signal to generate an original frame signal corresponding to the frame signal. The first computation circuit further feeds back a transient original frame signal to the channel estimation module to update the channel estimation parameter.
US09654306B1	System and method for multi-source channel estimation A method for associating signal sources and paths includes determining secondary paths of a signal received at a reception point, wherein the signal reflects off one or more reflective surfaces before being received at the reception point, determining mirror sources of the secondary paths in accordance with locations of the one or more reflective surfaces and a main source of the signal, determining associations between the secondary paths and the mirror sources based on cross points at which the signal reflected off the one or more reflective surfaces, thereby obtaining path-source associations, and instructing use of the path-source associations in multi-source channel estimation.
US09654304B2	Method and apparatus for sending transparent interconnection of lots of links data frame A method for sending a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) data frame, comprising acquiring a user virtual local area network (VLAN) or a combination of a user VLAN and a user multicast medium access control (MAC) address in a first protocol packet, and a first port identifier; storing a correspondence there-between in a forwarding table; searching, according to the user VLAN or the combination of the user VLAN and the user multicast MAC address in a TRILL data frame received, the forwarding table for a second port identifier corresponding to the VLAN or the combination of the user VLAN and the user multicast MAC address in the TRILL data frame, and forwarding the TRILL data frame from a pseudo wire (PW) port corresponding to the second port identifier.
US09654302B2	Enhanced carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols Power Line Communications (PLC) device for enhanced carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols are described. The PLC device includes a modem, an AC interface and a PLC engine. The engine is configured for transmitting PLC packets over a plurality of electrical wires using a particular channel. Transmitting a normal priority packet may include attempting to access a communications channel to transmit a frame after a backoff time proportional to a randomly generated number within a contention window (CW), the CW having an initial value carried over from a previous transmission of a different frame. Additionally or alternatively, some of techniques described herein may facilitate the spreading of the time over which devices attempt to transmit packets, thereby reducing the probability of collisions using, for example, Additive Decrease Multiplicative Increase (ADMI) mechanisms.
US09654298B2	Signature # efficient real time credentials for OCSP and distributed OCSP Providing information about digital certificate validity includes ascertaining digital certificate validity status for each of a plurality of digital certificates in a set of digital certificates, generating a plurality of artificially pre-computed messages about the validity status of at least a subset of the set of digital certificate of the plurality of digital certificates, where at least one of the messages indicates validity status of more than one digital certificate and digitally signing the artificially pre-computed messages to provide OCSP format responses that respond to OCSP queries about specific digital certificates in the set of digital certificates, where at least one digital signature is used in connection with an OCSP format response for more than one digital certificate. Generating and digitally signing may occur prior to any OCSP queries that are answered by any of the OCSP format responses. Ascertaining digital certificate validity status may include obtaining authenticated information about digital certificates.
US09654292B2	Secure password management systems, methods and apparatuses The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment for authenticating a user. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage, a user interface, and a password engine. The password engine is configured to retrieve two or more predetermined prompts from the non-volatile storage, present the two or more predetermined prompts on the user interface to a user in a random order, receive a first set of input(s) in response to the two or more predetermined prompts, create an encryption keyword from the received first set of input(s) according to an original order of the two or more predetermined prompts stored in the non-volatile storage, and use the encryption keyword to authenticate the user.
US09654289B2	Method for generating a pseudorandom sequence, and method for coding or decoding a data stream The present invention relates to a method for coding a first data stream and a method for decoding a second data stream wherein the coding is the result of comparing the first data stream with a third data stream formed by a pseudorandom sequence by means of an exclusive comparison operation (XOR). Specifically, the invention relates to the methods based on hyperchaotic coding methods for generating the pseudorandom sequences used in coding and decoding.
US09654288B1	Securing group communications The secure messaging app described herein allows a user to create a secure social feed in order to share content with just a few friends or thousands of recipients. The user encrypts their content and then publishes the encrypted content to the secure social feed. Accordingly, only authorized recipients can decrypt and view the content. Furthermore, the user may administer the secure social feed to manage the addition and/or removal of users from the secure social feed. Further, the user periodically updates the parameters of the secure social feed to manage users' access to the feed.
US09654287B2	Mobile secret communications method based on quantum key distribution network A mobile secret communications method based on a quantum key distribution network, comprises the following steps: a mobile terminal registering to access the network and establishing a binding relationship with a certain centralized control station in the quantum key distribution network; after a communication service is initiated, the mobile terminals participating in the current communication applying for service keys from the quantum key distribution network; the quantum key distribution network obtaining addresses of the centralized control stations participating in service key distribution during the current communication, designating a service key generation centralized control station according to a current state indicator of each centralized control station; the service key generation centralized control station generating service keys required in the current communication and distributing the keys to the mobile terminals participating in the current communication.
US09654286B2	Content gathering using shared key The gathering of content (such as a file) from a variety of different sources. Rather than provide the whole content, a given one of the sources instead provides only a portion of the information represented by the content. The source also provides a share of, but not the entirety of, the shared secret that will be used to decode. For instance, in one embodiment, the source might encode only a portion of the content using the shared key, and then transmit the encoded portion. As an alternative, the source might encode the entire content, and then transmit a portion of that encoded content. Thus, the transmitter has security with their private content, while still allowing widely available content to be transferred for the benefit of the greater whole.
US09654272B2	Method for multi-input multi-output communication in large-scale antenna system Disclosed is a method for multi-input multi-output transmission of a base station in a wireless communication system. The method includes obtaining channel information of one or more terminals, classifying the one or more terminals into one or more classes and one or more groups dependent on the class based on the channel information, determining a group beamforming matrix for each of the one or more groups, performing group beamforming transmission on terminals belonging to each of the one or more groups based on the group beamforming matrix, obtaining single user-channel quality indicator (SU-CQI) information and interference signal information of each of the terminals belonging to each of the one or more groups, and scheduling the terminals based on the SU-CQI information and the interference signal information.
US09654269B2	Methods and arrangements for an acknowledgement in wireless networks Embodiments may comprise physical layer logic to implement a new, short acknowledgement. Embodiments may store the short acknowledgement on a machine-accessible medium. Some embodiments may determine and transmit a communication with the short acknowledgement. Further embodiments may receive and detect communications with the short acknowledgement. The short acknowledgement may reduce power consumption and reduce on-the-air time.
US09654266B2	Method for transreceiving downlink control information in wireless access system and apparatus for same In the present invention, disclosed are a method for transreceiving downlink control information in a wireless access system supporting an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH), and an apparatus for same. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting through a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) information with respect to a resource region of a search space that is set inside a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or the enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH); and transmitting the downlink control information to a user equipment through the search space.
US09654264B2	Beam forming using a dual polarized antenna arrangement There is provided beam forming using a dual polarized antenna array. A first set of reference signals for acquiring channel state information is alternatingly transmitted using a dual polarized antenna array in a first polarization direction and in a second polarization direction, respectively. Quantized channel information based on the first set of reference signals is received from a radio transceiver device. Angular information relating to the radio transceiver device is determined based on the quantized channel information. Transmission beams for transmission to the radio transceiver device are determined. The transmission comprises precoder vectors and have relative orthogonal polarizations for beam forming according to the angular information.
US09654261B2	Method and a system for beam coordination between base stations in wireless cellular systems and computer program thereof A method involving coordinating resources between a victim and an aggressor base station in massive MIMO systems, whereby only those specific beams involved in the interference scenario are coordinated in time and/or frequency domains without affecting other resources committed to other users as well as legacy users. Also disclosed is a system and computer program configured to implement the method.
US09654238B2	Method and system for remote television replay control A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.
US09654237B2	Broadcast method and system A method and system for airing broadcast signals is disclosed. Preferably, the system includes a production truck interface panel receiving a broadcast signal. A transmission relay circuit relays the signal from the interface panel to a broadcast network, and preferably including a broadcast signal detection circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The detection circuit determines a signal type of the broadcast signal, and the signal processing circuit processes the determined signal type. The system preferably further includes an operations control station displaying the determined type of broadcast signal. The method for airing broadcast signals over the broadcast network preferably includes the steps of providing the broadcast signal to the transmission relay circuit, detecting the broadcast signal type with the broadcast signal sensing and discerning circuit; and reconfiguring the signal processing circuit when the configuration of the signal processing circuit does not support transmission of the determined broadcast signal type.
US09654236B2	Method and apparatus for configuring configuration information at user equipment in a mobile communication system A method for configuring configuration information with a user equipment in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes determining, upon receipt of a Physical Uplink Control Channel/Sounding Reference Signal (PUCCH/SRS) release request from a lower layer, whether configuration information required for a transmission mode supporting Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) has been configured, and if the configuration information has been configured, reconfiguring a setting state of the configuration information.
US09654235B1	Wireless carrier signal analytic system A method, device, computer-readable storage medium, and system for determining key performance indicators of a wireless RF signal received by an antenna from a signal source. A diagnostic device may receive signal of a carrier network from a primary antenna. The diagnostic device may transmit the signal to a mobile device that is registered on the carrier network. A mobile device may receive the signal from the diagnostic device, demodulate the signal, and determine key performance indicators of the signal. The key performance indicators may be displayed in real-time. This allows a technician to orient the primary antenna so that it receives a signal from the signal source with the highest quality key performance indicators it can receive.
US09654234B2	System and method for automatically time labeling repetitive data An exercise assistance system labels sensor signals received from a movement measurement device to identify repetitions within the sensor signals. The movement measurement device can transmit motion data describing the user's movement to the exercise assistance system, and includes the sensor signals generated by one or more sensors in the movement measurement device. The exercise assistance system generates a combination signal from the received sensor signals and passes the combination signal through a low pass filter to generate a labeling signal. The exercise assistance system can generate three types of labels for the labeling signal identifying different parts of repetitions. The exercise assistance system labels the sensor signals using the generated labels and can identify repetitions in the labeled sensor signals using a classification model.
US09654231B1	Dynamically mitigating external interference in multi-band antenna systems A device, method, and computer-readable medium are provided for mitigating signal interference at a base station. Signal interference can be generated from subcomponent levels at a base station (e.g., electronic antenna motors) due to non-optimal designs or electric ground interferences. Generally, when power is provided to such subcomponent(s), a noise or harmonic can be inadvertently generated, falling into one of the operating bands of the base station, and negatively impacting system performance. As such, embodiments can be configured to dynamically ascertain a noise baseline associated with the base station, determine that one or more of the subcomponents are at fault for interfering with the base station operating band(s), and mitigate the interfering signal for a period that least impacts system performance.
US09654226B1	Method and apparatus for characterization and compensation of optical impairments in InP-based optical transmitter A method and apparatus for characterizing and compensating optical impairments in an optical transmitter includes operating an optical transmitter comprising a first and second parent MZ, each comprising a plurality of child MZ modulators that are biased at respective initial operating points. An electro-optic RF transfer function is generated for each of the plurality of child MZ modulators. Curve fitting parameters are determined for each of the plurality of electro-optic RF transfer functions and operating points of each child MZ modulator are determined using the curve fitting parameters. An IQ power imbalance is determined using the curve fitting parameters. Initial RF drive power levels are determined that compensate for the determined IQ power imbalance. The XY power imbalance is determined for initial RF drive power levels using the curve fitting parameters. The operating RF drive powers are determined that at least partially compensate for the first and second IQ power imbalances and for the XY power imbalance for the optical transmitter.
US09654221B1	Driver module for Mach Zehnder modulator A single chip dual-channel driver for two independent traveling wave modulators. The driver includes two differential pairs inputs per channel respectively configured to receive two digital differential pair signals. The driver further includes a two-bit DAC per channel coupled to the two differential pairs inputs to produce a single analog differential pair PAM signal at a differential pair output for driving a traveling wave modulator. Additionally, the driver includes a control block having internal voltage/current signal generators respective coupled to each input and the 2-bit DAC for providing a bias voltage, a tail current, a dither signal to assist modulation control per channel. Furthermore, the driver includes an internal I2C communication block coupled to a high-speed clock generator to generate control signals to the control block and coupled to host via an I2C digital communication interface.
US09654220B2	High speed signal generator A high-speed signal generator. A digital signal processing (DSP) block generates a set of N (where N is an integer and N≧2) parallel digital sub-band signals, each digital sub-band signal having frequency components within a spectral range between 0 Hz and ±Fs/2. A respective Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) processes each digital sub-band signal to generate a corresponding analog sub-band signal, each DAC having a sample rate of Fs. A combiner combines the analog sub-band signals to generate an output analog signal having frequency components within a spectral range between 0 Hz and ±NFs/2.
US09654216B2	Optical transmitter and waveform distortion correction method An optical transmitter includes: a mapper configured to generate an electric-field-information signal from transmission data; a training-signal-generation section configured to generate a training signal; a training-signal-insertion section configured to insert the training signal into the electric-field-information signal; a driver configured to generate a drive signal from the electric-field-information signal into which the training signal is inserted; a modulator configured to generate an optical-modulation signal based on the drive signal; an optical receiver configured to generate an intensity signal indicating intensity of the optical-modulation signal; a training-signal-extraction section configured to extract an intensity-training signal corresponding to the training signal, from the intensity signal; a coder configured to generate a coded-training signal by coding the intensity-training signal extracted by the training-signal-extraction section using the training signal generated by the training-signal-generation section; and a distortion detection section configured to detect waveform distortion of the optical-modulation signal, based on the coded-training signal.
US09654211B2	Estimation apparatus and method for nonlinear distortion and receiver Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an estimation apparatus and method for nonlinear distortion and a receiver. The estimation method for nonlinear distortion includes: sampling a band-limited analog signal to obtain a sampling sequence; calculating a nonlinear perturbation coefficient in nonlinear distortion estimation based on a Nyquist pulse; calculating a nonlinear perturbation term superimposed on a signal by using the nonlinear perturbation coefficient and the sampling sequence; and calculating a nonlinear distortion waveform by using the nonlinear perturbation term. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, not only any modulation formats are compatible, but also advantages of high precision and good adaptability may be achieved.
US09654206B1	Hub enabled single hop transport forward access A satellite system is configured to receive and allow direct forwarding of traffic on a time slot by time slot basis without demodulation or decoding. The satellite system may be configured to receive waveforms and configured to separate a waveform of data from a waveform of control information. The satellite system may be configured to switch the waveform of data toward one or more terminals and configured to switch the waveform of control information toward a satellite control unit without demodulation or decoding of the waveforms. A method for satellite communication is also provided.
US09654203B2	Satellite system architecture for coverage areas of disparate demand Disclosed is a satellite communication system that allocates bandwidth to maximize the capacity of the communication system while providing service to geographical areas having different demands. A smaller portion of the frequency spectrum can be allocated for subscriber beams that supply service to low demand areas. A larger portion of the frequency spectrum can be provided to subscriber beams that provide access to high demand areas. Allocation of bandwidth can be determined by the amount of demand in low demand areas versus the amount of demand in high demand areas. High demand gateways are physically located in low demand subscriber beams, while low demand gateways are physically located in high demand subscriber beams, which prevents interference.
US09654192B2	Apparatus and method for channel feedback in multiple input multiple output system A method and apparatus for a channel feedback by a signal transmitting device in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system are provided. The method includes transmitting a pilot in which a compression rate is reflected to a signal receiving device; receiving channel related information on a compressed channel from the signal receiving device; and performing a precoding based on the channel related information. The apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a pilot to which a compression rate is reflected to a signal receiving device; a receiving unit configured to receive channel related information on a compressed channel from the signal receiving device; and a precoding unit configured to perform a precoding based on the channel related information.
US09654187B2	Efficient uplink transmission of channel state information A User Equipment in a wireless communication network includes a multiplicity of antennas, from which a subset of antennas is selected using a selection scheme synchronized to the network. A set of sub-carriers is selected from a plurality of sub-carriers using a selection scheme synchronized to the network. The UE receives a plurality of known reference symbols over the selected set of sub-carriers and through the selected subset of antennas. A frequency response for each selected sub-carrier is estimated over only the selected subset of antennas. The results are quantized and transmitted to the network on an uplink control channel.
US09654184B2	Transmitter to receiver communication link in a wireless power system A method and system for establishing a communication link in a wireless power system from a wireless power transmitter (WPT) to a wireless power receiver (WPR) is provided. A flux modulator is operably disposed in the WPT for dynamically changing the WPT's impedance so as to modulate a magnetic field produced on the transmitter coil when a primary voltage applied to the WPT. A flux demodulator is operably disposed in the WPR for receiving and demodulating a secondary voltage induced on a receiver coil due to the modulated magnetic field on the transmitter coil. The induction of the secondary voltage on the receiver coil due to the modulated magnetic field on the transmitter coil establishes the communication link from the WPT to the WPR. The flux demodulator is configured as an analog signal processing chain or a digital signal processing block for decoding information obtained from the WPT.
US09654183B2	System and method for transferring power to intrabody instruments A system and method for transferring power includes a power transmitting unit for transmitting power and a power receiving unit for receiving power from the power transmitting unit. The power transmitting unit may be positioned outside a human body and the power receiving unit is located on an intrabody instrument adapted to be movable from the outside of the human body to inside the human body. The intrabody instrument may be a medical instrument connected to or incorporated within a robotic arm. The power transmitting unit may wirelessly transfer power to the power receiving unit in a continuous, non-interrupted manner.
US09654181B1	Dynamic transmitter signal envelope shaping control for NFC or RFID devices Transmitter (TX) modulation envelope parameters are defined in RF standards (e.g., ISO 14443, NFC Forum, EMVCo). These envelope parameters include rise/fall times, modulation index, etc. For standards compliancy, these envelope parameters must be within the respective limits. For example, shaping parameters are influenced by detuning the antenna with a counterpart device like a card or mobile phone, or by thermal influences on the matching network. This disclosure describes an NFC or RFID device that is able to detect and measure the detuning on the antenna and/or the matching network change. With this information, the NFC or RFID device can dynamically control the shaping parameters of the envelope, instead of relying on one single static configuration setting for the transmitter. In particular, changes in the Q (quality) factor are used for dynamically controlling the transmitter signal envelope shape for compensating the effect of antenna detuning and/or matching network variation.
US09654180B2	NFC-enable mobile device, NFC reader and NFC system for supporting a plurality of proximity services According to an aspect of the invention, an NFC-enabled mobile device for supporting a plurality of proximity services is conceived, wherein each supported proximity service corresponds to a specific operating system running on a specific secure element comprised in the NFC-enabled mobile device, wherein the NFC-enabled mobile device comprises a plurality of data sets and each data set corresponds to a supported proximity service, wherein the NFC-enabled mobile device is arranged to determine whether it supports an advertised proximity service, upon receipt of a service advertisement message comprising a unique identifier of the advertised proximity service from an NFC reader, by searching for the advertised proximity service in said data sets.
US09654179B2	Method and apparatus for forming associations and communicating between devices The present invention relates to the field of proximity communications and especially methods for establishing associations, transferring power and communicating data between devices. Devices are proposed to interact with each other, initially by being brought into close proximity to initiate transfer of data that enables the device to communicate with other devices similarly brought together. The devices can be used as a controller or an appliance or both. There is also provided a power transfer mechanism for controller and appliance devices which do not have locally available power at the time the initial proximity action is taking place, so that the processes associated with the data transfer can take place regardless. There is also described a two part device, one part of which provides the proximity communications capability the other part does not have.
US09654178B2	Communication device An MFP establishes a first communication link L1 by receiving an activation command and sending an OK command. The MFP receives first target data from a portable device by using the first communication link. The MFP generates second target data by processing the first target data. After receiving the first target data, the MFP disconnects the first communication link. The MFP establishes a second communication link by receiving the activation command and sending the OK command. The MFP sends the second target data to the portable device by using the second communication link.
US09654175B1	System and method for remote alert triggering Systems and methods for triggering generation of an alert for delivery to a remote device are disclosed herein. The system can include memory having: a user profile database; and a content library database. The system can include a recipient user device and a supervisor device. The system can include a content management server that can: receive an electrical signal from the recipient user device, which electrical signal includes a request for initiation of a delivery sequence; trigger an incrementing timer based on receipt of the electrical signal; sequentially deliver the set of delivery data packets; automatically send a proposed time for communicatively coupling the recipient user and supervisor devices; and generate and send an alert.
US09654173B2	Apparatus for powering a communication device and methods thereof Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for transmitting first electromagnetic waves via a coupler located in proximity to a transmission medium to generate second electromagnetic waves that propagate on an outer surface of the transmission medium, the transmission medium further providing a first power signal having a first operating frequency and a second power signal having a second operating frequency that differs from the first operating frequency. The waveguide system can further obtain energy from the first power signal for powering the waveguide system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09654171B2	Apparatus and method for jointly selecting the tap values and delays of the fingers for a rake receiver of two carriers The present disclosure concerns receivers for use in nodes or devices that participate in wireless communications. In one exemplary embodiment, the receiver receives a first signal attributable to a first carrier and a second signal attributable to a second carrier. A first path searcher detects taps in the first signal attributable to the first carrier. A second path searcher detects taps in the second signal attributable to the second carrier. A channel tap selector selects, based on received energy values for taps detected by the first path searcher and the second path searcher, which tap values are to be used for taps of the receiver for both the first carrier and the second carrier.
US09654170B2	Method and apparatus for an adaptive filter architecture A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for scanning a radio frequency spectrum for an available frequency band, selecting an available frequency band in the radio frequency spectrum even if the available frequency band is affected by radio frequency interference, measuring a signal strength in portions of the available frequency band, correlating the signal strength of each portion to generate a correlation factor, detecting radio frequency interference in the available frequency band according to the correlation factor, and generating tuning coefficient data to cause the filter apparatus to substantially suppress the radio frequency interference in the available frequency band. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09654169B2	Apparatus and methods for multi-band radio frequency signal routing Apparatus and methods for multi-band RF signal routing are provided herein. In certain configurations, a mobile device includes an antenna switch module, a diversity module, and one or more diversity antennas. The diversity module is electrically coupled to the one or more diversity antennas, and processes diversity signals received on the one or more diversity antennas to generate a high band (HB) signal, a mid band (MB) signal, and a low band (LB) signal. Additionally, the diversity module generates a combined LB/HB signal based on combining the LB signal and the HB signal, and provides the MB signal and the combined LB/HB signal to the antenna switch module.
US09654165B2	Accessory device and electronic device including the same An accessory device is provided that covers an electronic device. The accessory device includes a plurality of members which are connected to each other to be pivoted with respect to each other. The plurality of members may be pivoted to maintain a viewing angle of the electronic device on a surface.
US09654161B2	Process for testing a compressor or a combustor of a gas turbine engine using a large compressed air storage reservoir A process for testing a turbine of a gas turbine engine at high altitudes, where a large volume of compressed air is stored in a large reservoir of at least 10,000 m3 such as an underground storage cavern, compressed air from the storage reservoir is passed through heat exchanger to preheat the compressed air to a temperature that would normally be discharged from a compressor, the preheated compressed air is burned with a fuel in the combustor, and additional compressed air from the reservoir is passed through an injector located downstream from the turbine to produce a decreased pressure such that a low atmospheric condition at the turbine exit is simulated.
US09654160B2	Method and apparatus for processing signal interference Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an apparatus for processing signal interference, including: splitting a first self-interference signal into at least two same sub self-interference signals, adjusting amplitudes and phases of the sub self-interference signals to obtain adjusted sub-signals, superposing the adjusted sub-signals and received signals, to obtain superposed sub-signals, filtering the superposed sub-signals by using filters of corresponding channels, to obtain wanted sub-signals, and merging each of the wanted sub-signals to obtain a complete wanted signal. Because received signals are separately filtered by using n different channels, it can be implemented that a self-interference signal can be effectively filtered out on each frequency band.
US09654159B2	Systems for and methods of using a mirrored wideband baseband current for automatic gain control of an RF receiver Disclosed herein are systems for and methods of using a mirrored wideband baseband current for automatic gain control of an RF receiver. In an embodiment, a system includes an RF receiver having an adjustable gain and being configured to direct convert a received wideband RF signal to a wideband baseband current signal. The system further includes a current replicator coupled to the receiver and configured to generate a mirrored current of the wideband baseband current signal. The system further includes a wideband signal-level detector configured to receive the mirrored current from the current replicator, and to measure and output a signal-level value of the mirrored current. The system further includes an automatic gain-control circuit configured to receive the signal-level value from the wideband signal-level detector, and to adjust the gain of the receiver based at least in part on the received signal-level value.
US09654155B2	Cascode amplifier segmentation for enhanced thermal ruggedness According to some implementation, a power amplifier includes a plurality of pairs of transistors, each pair of transistors including a common emitter transistor and a common base transistor arranged in a cascode configuration. The power amplifier further includes electrical connections implemented to connect the plurality of pairs in a parallel configuration between an input node and an output node. According to some implementations, the electrical connections are configured to distribute a collector current to all of the common base transistors to thereby reduce likelihood of damage to one or more common base transistors during a thermal run-away event.
US09654154B2	Radio frequency adaptive voltage shaping power amplifier systems and methods Systems and method for improving operation of a radio frequency system are provided. One embodiment includes instructions to execute a coarse calibration to associate a first output power with a first operational parameter set; instruct the radio frequency system to transmit a signal based at least in part on the first operational parameter set and a base detrough function; determine performance metrics resulting from transmission of the signal; determine changes in the performance metrics resulting from operating the radio frequency based at least in part on the first operational parameter set and each of a plurality of augmented detrough functions; and associate a second operational parameter set with a second output power, in which the second operational parameter set includes one of the plurality of augmented detrough functions selected based at least in part on the changes that reduce margin between the performance metrics and performance metric thresholds.
US09654152B2	Service provider adaptive vehicle antenna A vehicle may include a plurality of antennas each associated with a different radio frequency; and a modem including a radio-frequency transceiver and an antenna control processor configured to selectively connect a selected one or more of the plurality of antennas having a radio frequency matching at least one frequency associated with a desired service provider to the transceiver. The vehicle may also determine whether a service-provider-recommended alternate frequency is available, responsive to service provider signal strength being below a predefined signal strength; and if so, direct the modem to switch to an antenna associated with the alternate frequency, and otherwise, cycle to a next available antenna frequency.
US09654149B2	Multiple radio instances using software defined radio In a first aspect an exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a method that includes instantiating a plurality of radio protocols, operating the plurality of radio protocols with an underlying physical layer, where each instantiation of a same radio protocol is embodied in a same code module and where each instantiation has associated data stored in a memory. The operating of the plurality of radio protocols comprises executing each instantiation of the radio protocols so that a portion of resources are shared between different instantiations of the radio protocols and different instantiations of radio protocols do not interfere with each other.
US09654146B2	Bi-directional parity bit generator circuit A parity bit generator module is disclosed that operates in a first direction or a second direction. In the first direction, the parity bit generator module generates parity bits for a first input datastream having information bits and combines these parity bits with the information bits of the input datastream to provide a first output datastream. Otherwise in a second direction, the parity bit generator module separates information bits from a second input datastream and generates parity bits from the information bits of the second input datastream to provide a second output datastream having the parity bits. In various exemplary embodiments, the bi-directional parity bit generator is implemented as part of an encoding/decoding module and/or an error-correcting code (ECC) data storage device.
US09654144B2	Progressive effort decoder architecture A memory device may include memory components to store data. The memory device may also include a processor that may decode a codeword associated with the data. The processor may receive the codeword and determine whether the codeword is independently decodable using a BCH decoder. The processor may then decode the codeword using the BCH decoder when the codeword is determined to be independently decodable using the BCH decoder. Otherwise, the processor may decode the codeword using a second decoder and the BCH decoder when the codeword is not determined to be independently decodable using the BCH decoder.
US09654140B1	Multi-dimensional run-length encoding Methods and systems for multi-dimensional run-length encoding of data are provided. In one embodiment, a method for multi-dimensional run-length encoding of an unprocessed data file is provided. The method includes obtaining an admission key and determining a traversal path within a virtual multi-dimensional shape based on the admission key. The method also includes transforming unprocessed data of the unprocessed data file into a plurality of compressed data segments. Also, the method includes plotting the plurality of compressed data segments onto a plurality of data points along the traversal path to obtain a plurality of secured data segments. Further, the method includes generically sorting the plurality of secured data segments to obtain a plurality of generically sorted data segments, and writing the plurality of generically sorted data segments into a processed data file.
US09654139B2	High throughput binarization (HTB) method for CABAC in HEVC Provided is an electronic device configured for high throughput binarization mode. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device obtains a block of transformed and quantized coefficients (TCQs). The electronic device determines whether a high throughput binarization mode condition is met. If the condition is met, the electronic device uses the high throughput binarization mode to process the block. If the condition is not met, the electronic device does not use the high throughput binarization mode to process the block. The electronic device transmits the generated first or second bitstream to a decoder.
US09654135B2	AD converter including a capacitive DAC An AD converter converts an analogue input voltage into a digital value including a most significant bit to a least significant bit. The AD converter includes: a common node; a capacitive DAC; a comparator; a successive approximation controller; and an integrator. The integrator includes first to Xth integrating circuits connected in a cascade arrangement, where X is an integer greater than or equal to two, and at least one feedforward path that each samples a residual voltage and outputs the sampled residual voltage to one of the second to Xth integrating circuits.
US09654132B2	Hybrid charge-sharing charge-redistribution DAC for successive approximation analog-to-digital converters A hybrid D/A converter is provided including first and second D/A converters. The first D/A converter receives a digital signal having an input voltage and converts a first most-significant-bit of the digital signal to be converted to an analog signal. The first D/A converter includes first capacitors, which are charged by the input voltage and reference voltages during a sampling phase of the digital signal. Charges of the first capacitors are shared during successive approximations of first bits of the digital input signal received by the hybrid D/A converter. The second D/A converter converts a first least-significant-bit of the digital input signal. The second D/A converter includes second capacitors, which are charged based on a common mode voltage during the sampling phase. The second D/A converter performs charge redistribution by connecting the second capacitors to receive the reference voltages during successive approximations of second bits of the digital signal.
US09654130B2	Analog-to-digital converters for successive approximation incorporating delta sigma analog-to-digital converters and hybrid digital-to-analog with charge-sharing and charge redistribution An A/D converter including a sample and hold circuit, first and second A/D converters and a combination circuit. The sample and hold circuit samples an analog input signal to generate bits. The first A/D converter generate a first digital signal based on the analog input signal and includes charge-sharing and charge-redistribution D/A converters that convert respectively a most-significant-bit and a first least significant bit. The first digital signal is generated based on outputs of the charge-sharing and charge redistribution D/A converters. The second A/D converter generates a second digital signal based on an output of the first A/D converter and includes a delta sigma D/A converter, which converts a second least significant bit. The second digital signal is generated based on an output of the delta sigma D/A converter. The second A/D converter is a fine conversion A/D converter relative to the first A/D converter.
US09654128B2	Multi-mode sampling/quantization converters Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for converting a continuous-time, continuously variable signal into a sampled and quantized signal. According to one implementation, an apparatus includes multiple processing branches, each including: a bandpass noise-shaping circuit, a sampling/quantization circuit, and a digital bandpass filter. A combining circuit then combines signals at the processing branch outputs into a final output signal. The bandpass noise-shaping circuits include adjustable circuit components for changing their quantization-noise frequency-response minimum, and the digital bandpass filters include adjustable parameters for changing their frequency passbands.
US09654127B1	Method for adaptively regulating coding mode and digital correction circuit thereof A method for adaptively regulating a coding mode and a digital correction circuit thereof are provided. The method is for a successive-approximation-register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC). In the method, whether to regulate a binary weight corresponding to each of digital bits is determined according to the number of completed comparison cycles to provide a first coding sequence. The first coding sequence is directly compensated according to uncompleted comparison cycles to provide a correct digital output code.
US09654124B1	Coherent signal source An apparatus, a signal source, and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first signal source, a port, controller, signal synthesizer, and a first timestamp register. The port is adapted to receive a first clock signal that includes a sequence of pulses at a constant clock frequency. The signal synthesizer generates an output signal in response to inputs from the controller, the output signal having a first frequency. The first timestamp register counts pulses from the first clock signal. The controller is adapted to receive a command to change the output signal frequency from the first frequency to a second frequency, the controller causing the signal synthesizer to change the output signal frequency to the second frequency and to generate a frequency change timestamp from the timestamp register indicating a time at which the output signal changed from the first frequency to the second frequency.
US09654120B2	System and method of determining an oscillator gain A method includes generating a first signal based on a difference between a first frequency of a first voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a second frequency of a second VCO. The method further includes determining a gain of the first VCO at least partially based on the first signal.
US09654114B2	Transmission circuit, integrated circuit, and parallel-to-serial conversion method A transmission circuit includes: a shift register configured to shift, in synchronization with a first clock signal, input parallel data within a plurality of flip-flop circuits; a control circuit configured to output a second clock signal of a phase in accordance with a phase of the first clock signal; a selector configured to select any one of the input parallel data and pieces of output parallel data of the plurality of flip-flop circuits; and a conversion circuit configured to convert, in synchronization with the second clock signal, the parallel data selected by the selector into pieces of serial data, in which the control circuit outputs a selection signal to the selector, in accordance with a deviation amount of the detected phase of the first clock signal.
US09654113B2	Control device for clock generation circuit, control method for clock generation circuit, and clock generation circuit A control device for a clock generation circuit that generates a clock signal based on a reference signal from an outside, the control device includes: a storage device that stores frequency correction information for the clock signal according to a temperature condition of the clock generation circuit; and a processor that controls a frequency of the clock signal generated by the clock generation circuit under a second temperature condition, based on first and second frequency correction information according to a first temperature condition at first and second time points in the storage device.
US09654112B2	Signal inverting device, power transmission device, and negative-voltage generating circuit A signal inverting device generates an inverted signal of an input signal. The device includes a normally-on transistor, a negative-voltage generating unit that generates a negative voltage, and an output terminal. A first terminal of the normally-on transistor is connected to a current source. The output terminal is connected between the first terminal of the normally-on transistor and the current source. The normally-on transistor is turned on/off, by an input of a drive signal to a conduction control terminal of the normally-on transistor. The drive signal is a signal obtained by a synthesis of the input signal and the negative voltage. The inverted signal is output from the output terminal in accordance with the on/off operation of the normally-on transistor. The negative-voltage generating unit generates the negative voltage by rectifying a high-frequency power.
US09654109B2	Hardened programmable devices Hardened programmable logic devices are provided with programmable circuitry. The programmable circuitry may be hardwired to implement a custom logic circuit. Generic fabrication masks may be used to form the programmable circuitry and may be used in manufacturing a product family of hardened programmable logic devices, each of which may implement a different custom logic circuit. Custom fabrication masks may be used to hardwire the programmable circuitry to implement a specific custom logic circuit. The programmable circuitry may be hardwired in such a way that signal timing characteristics of a hardened programmable logic device that implements a custom logic circuit may match the signal timing characteristics of a programmable logic device that implements the same custom logic circuit using configuration data.
US09654108B2	Apparatus and method having reduced flicker noise One embodiment described is an apparatus that includes an active device structured in a semiconductor body. The semiconductor body may include a gate terminal to receive a switched bias signal, and a bulk terminal to receive a forward body-bias signal. A first circuit portion may be coupled to the gate terminal to provide the switched bias signal, and a second circuit portion may be coupled to the bulk terminal to provide the forward body-bias signal.
US09654107B2	Programmable LSI An object is to achieve both suppression of operation delay and reduction in power consumption of a programmable LSI. A compiler generates, from source code, configuration data needed in a programmable LSI and a time schedule that shows a timing of using the data in the programmable LSI (a timing at which the data is held in a configuration memory) and a timing of storing the data in the programmable LSI before the data is used. Supply of new configuration data to the programmable LSI from the outside (storage of new configuration data) and data rewrite in the configuration memory in the programmable LSI (circuit reconfiguration) are performed independently and concurrently on the basis of the time schedule.
US09654105B2	On-die termination enable signal generator, semiconductor apparatus, and semiconductor system A semiconductor apparatus may include an on-die termination (ODT) enable signal generator configured to enable an ODT enable signal in response to a data strobe signal, or enable the ODT enable signal in response to a command latch enable signal and an address latch enable signal. The semiconductor apparatus may include an ODT circuit configured to perform an ODT operation in response to the ODT enable signal.
US09654102B2	Hybrid direct-current circuit breaker A circuit breaking system includes a first branch including at least one solid-state snubber; a second branch coupled in parallel to the first branch and including a superconductor and a cryogenic contactor coupled in series; and a controller operatively coupled to the at least one solid-state snubber and the cryogenic contactor and programmed to, when a fault occurs in the load circuit, activate the at least one solid-state snubber for migrating flow of the electrical current from the second branch to the first branch, and, when the fault is cleared in the load circuit, activate the cryogenic contactor for migrating the flow of the electrical current from the first branch to the second branch.
US09654098B2	Signal reception circuit and isolated signal transmission device A signal reception circuit according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an input terminal; an input reference terminal; an output terminal; an output reference terminal; a normally-on type transistor that includes a first terminal connected to the output terminal, a second terminal connected to the output reference terminal, and a control terminal; a first detector circuit that detects an input signal applied between the input terminal and the input reference terminal, to apply an output signal between the output terminal and the output reference terminal; and a second detector circuit that detects the input signal, to apply a negative voltage pulse to the control terminal of the transistor with the output reference terminal as a reference.
US09654093B2	Electronic device having a delay locked loop, and memory device having the same An electronic device includes a first duty cycle correction circuit, a delay line, a second duty cycle correction circuit, and a delay control circuit. The first duty cycle correction circuit is configured to detect a duty cycle error of a clock signal by performing time-to-digital conversion on the clock signal, and to generate a corrected clock signal by adjusting a duty cycle of the clock signal based on the duty cycle error of the clock signal. The delay line is configured to generate a delayed corrected clock signal by delaying the corrected clock signal based on a delay control code The second duty cycle correction circuit is configured to detect a duty cycle error of a first output clock signal received through a feedback loop, and to generate a second output clock signal by adjusting duty cycle of the delayed corrected clock signal based on the duty cycle error of the first output clock signal. The delay control circuit is configured to generate the delay control code based on the clock signal and the first output clock signal.
US09654092B1	High speed gain stage with analog input and determinable digital output using regenerative feedback A high speed gain stage including regenerative feedback that forces one output high and one output low providing a two-state output. A differential pair of input transistors of a first conductivity type have respective current terminals coupled between a source node and first and second output nodes and have respective control terminals that receive the analog input voltages. A current source provides source current to the source node. The gain stage includes a differential pair of bias transistors of a second conductivity type having respective current terminals coupled between the first and second output nodes and a reference voltage and having respective control terminals coupled to a bias node. A pair of current-driven transistors of the second conductivity type are cross-coupled at the outputs and to a common node to provide the regenerative feedback. Another transistor is coupled between the common node and the reference voltage to increase switching speed.
US09654087B1	Level shifter circuit Techniques are disclosed for a level shifter configured to adjust current flow in response to measured current fluctuations due to common mode noise in the level shifter. For example, the level shifter includes a low-side control circuit configured to adjust a first current flowing into a first low-side terminal of an active high voltage level shifter device in response to a difference between the first low-side current and a second low-side current flowing into a second low-side terminal of an inactive high voltage level shifter device. The level shifter further includes a high-side receiver circuit configured to detect a difference between a first high-side current flowing into a first high-side terminal of the active high voltage level shifter device and a second high-side current flowing into a second high-side terminal of the inactive high voltage level shifter device.
US09654079B2	Composite electronic component and a board for mounting the same A composite electronic component may include: a composite body including a capacitor formed of a ceramic body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes are laminated, and an inductor formed of a magnetic body including a coil; an input terminal disposed on a first end surface of the composite body; output terminals including a first output terminal disposed on a second end surface of the composite body and a second output terminal disposed on the second end surface of the composite body; and a ground terminal disposed on one or more of upper and lower surfaces and the first end surface of the capacitor of the composite body. The capacitor is adjacent to the inductor.
US09654078B1	Technique for designing acoustic microwave filters using LCR-based resonator models A method of designing an acoustic microwave filter in accordance with frequency response requirements comprises generating a modeled filter circuit design having a plurality of circuit elements comprising an acoustic resonant element defined by an electrical circuit model that comprises a parallel static branch, a parallel motional branch, and one or both of a parallel Bragg Band branch that models an upper Bragg Band discontinuity and a parallel bulk mode function that models an acoustic bulk mode loss. The method further comprises optimizing the modeled filter circuit design to generate an optimized filter circuit design, comparing a frequency response of the optimized filter circuit design to the frequency response requirements, and constructing the acoustic microwave filter from the optimized filter circuit design based on the comparison.
US09654076B2	Metadata for ducking control An audio encoding device and an audio decoding device are described herein. The audio encoding device may examine a set of audio channels/channel groups representing a piece of sound program content and produce a set of ducking values to associate with one of the channels/channel groups. During playback of the piece of sound program content, the ducking values may be applied to all other channels/channel groups. Application of these ducking values may cause (1) the reduction in dynamic range of ducked channels/channel groups and/or (2) movement of channels/channel groups in the sound field. This ducking may improve intelligibility of audio in the non-ducked channel/channel group. For instance, a narration channel/channel group may be more clearly heard by listeners through the use of selective ducking of other channels/channel groups during playback.
US09654075B2	Power amplification module Provided is a power amplification module that includes: a first transistor, a first signal being inputted to a base thereof; a second transistor, the first signal being inputted to a base thereof and a collector thereof being connected to a collector of the first transistor; a first resistor, a first bias current being supplied to one end thereof and another end thereof being connected to the base of the first transistor; a second resistor, one end thereof being connected to the one end of the first resistor and another end thereof being connected to the base of the second transistor; and a third resistor, a second bias current being supplied to one end thereof and another end thereof being connected to the base of the second transistor.
US09654074B2	Variable gain amplifier circuit, controller of main amplifier and associated control method A variable gain amplifier circuit comprises a main amplifier, a current sensing circuit, a variable loading and a control amplifier. The main amplifier is configured for amplifying an input signal to generate an output signal. The current sensing circuit is coupled to the main amplifier, and is configured for generating a sensed current related to a current flowing through the main amplifier. The variable loading is coupled to the current mirror via a node, wherein the sensed current flows through the node and the variable loading. The control amplifier is coupled to the node and the main amplifier, and is configured for receiving a control voltage and a voltage of the node to generate an adjustment signal to control a gain of the main amplifier, wherein a resistance of the variable loading has a nonlinear relationship with the control voltage.
US09654073B2	Group volume control Embodiments are provided for controlling playback volumes of a group of one or more playback zones in a network media system via a user interface provided on a touch screen display. For instance, touch inputs may be provided to the user interface via the touch screen to move a volume indicator along a graphical representation of a volume scale on the user interface to adjust a particular playback volume level of a playback zone or the group of the one or more playback zones. Further, touch inputs such as a dwell touch input or a swipe touch input may be configured to cause the particular playback volume level to be applied to other playback zones in the network media system, such that each playback zone the playback volume level is applied to has a respective playback volume level matching, or substantially matching the particular playback volume level.
US09654071B2	Preamplifier circuit for a microelectromechanical capacitive acoustic transducer Described herein is a preamplifier circuit for a capacitive acoustic transducer provided with a MEMS detection structure that generates a capacitive variation as a function of an acoustic signal to be detected, starting from a capacitance at rest; the preamplifier circuit is provided with an amplification stage that generates a differential output signal correlated to the capacitive variation. In particular, the amplification stage is an input stage of the preamplifier circuit and has a fully differential amplifier having a first differential input (INP) directly connected to the MEMS detection structure and a second differential input (INN) connected to a reference capacitive element, which has a value of capacitance equal to the capacitance at rest of the MEMS detection structure and fixed with respect to the acoustic signal to be detected; the fully differential amplifier amplifies the capacitive variation and generates the differential output signal.
US09654070B2	Method for stabilizing the gain of a discrete-state automatic gain control circuit An automatic gain controller comprises an amplifier including a variable gain. A resonant low-pass filter includes an input coupled to an output of the amplifier. The resonant low-pass filter is a second order low-pass filter. The second order low-pass filter includes a Sallen-Key topology. The Sallen-Key topology comprises a quality factor between 1.4 and 1.6. A threshold detection circuit includes an input coupled to an output of the second order low-pass filter to compare an output signal of the second order low-pass filter to a threshold and an output of the threshold detection circuit coupled to control the variable gain of the amplifier. A state machine is coupled between the output of the threshold detection circuit and the amplifier. The state machine is configured to transition based on a current state of the state machine. The resonant low-pass filter exhibits overshoot to trigger a hysteresis of the threshold detection circuit.
US09654068B2	Quaternary/ternary modulation selecting circuit and associated method A quaternary/ternary modulation selecting method of an audio amplifier includes: generating a ternary signal and a quaternary signal; generating a plurality of pulses with limited duty cycles; and selecting one of the quaternary signal, the ternary signal and the plurality of pulses for an output stage of the audio amplifier.
US09654065B2	Digital amplitude modulation device and digital amplitude modulation method A digital amplitude modulation device includes power amplifiers, a compositor, a filter, a measurement unit, a protection unit, and a controller. The power amplifiers are arranged in parallel and amplify an input signal in accordance with ON control and stop output in accordance with OFF control. The filter suppresses an unnecessary component to generate an AM signal. The measurement unit measures a measurement value between the filter and a signal output terminal and output the AM signal generated by the filter. The protection unit includes a calculator and a first processing unit. The calculator is formed from an analog circuit and calculates an evaluation value based on the measurement value. The first processing unit is formed from an analog circuit and generates a first control signal by referring to the evaluation value. Upon receiving the first control signal, the controller OFF-controls the power amplifiers.
US09654058B2	Apparatus and method for digital pre-distortion in wireless communication system Provided is a Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) apparatus and method for processing a signal that is input to a power amplifier in a wireless communication system. The DPD apparatus includes a DPD unit configured to pre-distort an input signal that is input to the power amplifier, using DPD information; and a signal processor configured to capture signals for estimation of the DPD information from each of an input terminal and an output terminal of the power amplifier, detect peak signals of the captured signals, separate the detected peak signals into a plurality of intervals depending on a power level, separately store the detected peak signals, estimate the DPD information using the peak signals stored for each interval, and provide the estimated DPD information to the DPD unit.
US09654053B2	Solar module support structure Described herein are solar energy collection systems, devices, and methods for harvesting solar energy. In some embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods described herein comprise a bifacial photovoltaic module, a reflector, a rod and a support structure.
US09654052B2	Method for installing a solar structure in an area on the ground A method for installing a solar structure includes the steps of: a) planting at least two anchoring feet in an area on the ground (S); b) arranging a pivot support having a pivot axis (X) on the free end that extends above the area of ground of each of the anchoring feet; c) aligning the pivot axes of the pivot supports with each other; d) attaching the pivot supports to the respective anchoring foot thereof; and e) positioning the solar structure on the pivot supports.
US09654051B2	Control circuit for controlling cooling fan of data center A control circuit for controlling a cooling fan is defined in a data center. The control circuit includes a cooling fan, a controller, a switch unit, and a control unit. The controller is configured to generate a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for controlling the cooling fan to rotate at a first speed and the control unit is configured to generate a second PWM signal for controlling the cooling fan to rotate at a second speed. The switch unit is configured to output the first PWM signal to the cooling fan when the data center is in an active mode and configured to output the second PWM signal to the cooling fan when the data center is in a standby mode.
US09654047B2	Drive device A drive device for controlling an electric motor, including a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions, execution of which by the process causes the drive device to provide functions of a customization unit and a core unit. The customization unit receives, from an external device, a command value designating an operating state of the electric motor, converts the command value using a predetermined reference value, and outputs the converted command value. The core unit receives the converted command value from the customization unit, recovers a physical quantity from the received converted command value, and controls the electric motor in accordance with the recovered physical quantity.
US09654040B2	Drive circuit of stepping motor, integrated circuit thereof, and electronic equipment including same, and method for controlling drive circuit of stepping motor A drive circuit of a stepping motor includes a D/A converter, a current controller having a comparing unit, and an abnormality detecting unit. The DAC generates a target voltage indicating a target value for an excitation current determined based on a reference voltage indicating an upper limit value of the excitation current flowing into the stepping motor. The current controller controls the excitation current based on this target voltage. The comparing unit compares a voltage corresponding to the excitation current and the target voltage. The abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality of the wire between the drive circuit and the stepping motor based on an output signal from the comparing unit and a control signal indicating a polarity of the excitation current.
US09654035B1	High-temperature brushless DC motor controller A motor control system for deployment in high temperature environments includes a controller; a first half-bridge circuit that includes a first high-side switching element and a first low-side switching element; a second half-bridge circuit that includes a second high-side switching element and a second low-side switching element; and a third half-bridge circuit that includes a third high-side switching element and a third; low-side switching element. The motor controller is arranged to apply a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme to switch the first half-bridge circuit, second half-bridge circuit, and third half-bridge circuit to power a motor.
US09654027B2	Semiconductor device and power converter using the same A semiconductor device is provided that can prevent a current from being concentrated into a specific chip, and can reduce loss as well as noise. The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a switching element; a main diode that is connected in parallel to the switching element; and an auxiliary diode that is connected in parallel to the switching element and has a different structure from that of the main diode, wherein in a conductive state a current flowing through the auxiliary diode is smaller than that through the main diode, and in a transition period from the conductive state to a non-conductive state a current flowing through the auxiliary diode is larger than that through the main diode.
US09654025B2	Method for designing cascaded multi-level inverter with minimized large-scale voltage distortion A method for designing cascaded multi-level inverters with minimization of large-scale voltage distortion, based on KKT (Karush-Kuhn-Tucker) conditions and with simplified computation of conduction angles, simplifies the computation process, and is conducive to on-line calculation. Meanwhile, its fundamental voltage is adaptive, minimization of total harmonic is realized for cascaded multi-level inverters at high-voltage, and voltage power quality at grid connected nodes is improved.
US09654024B2	AC-DC converter having soft-switched totem-pole output An AC-DC converter has a totem-pole output circuit having first and second semiconductor switches, each having a channel coupled to a switching node and having a parasitic capacitance associated with the channel. An inductor has one terminal thereof connected to a switching node. First and second bypass devices are coupled to a second terminal of the inductor and operable during at least a portion of an input voltage to allow reverse current from an output of the converter to generate soft-switching of the first semiconductor switch. An asymmetrical shunt for measuring current in a first direction and bypassing current in a second direction opposite the first direction allows accurate measurement of reverse current.
US09654021B2	Multifunction power converter with option for integrated magnetics Power converter modules and parallel conversion systems are presented in which the modules are provided in a rollable enclosure having AC and DC electrical connections, and an interior including a switching circuit with switching devices individually connected between a corresponding AC node and a corresponding DC node for operation as either a rectifier or an inverter and an internal filter circuit with inductors individually connected between a corresponding AC node of the switching circuit and a corresponding AC electrical connection, with a built-in blower or fan to cool the filter circuit during operation.
US09654017B2	Structural frame cooling manifold A variable speed drive includes a converter connected to an AC power source, a DC link connected to the converter, and an inverter connected to the DC link. The inverter converts DC voltage into an output AC power having a variable voltage and frequency. The inverter includes at least one power electronics module and associated control circuitry; a heat sink in thermal communication with the power electronics module and in fluid communication with a manifold. The manifold includes a tubular member having at least one vertical member portion and at least one horizontal member portion in fluid communication. A plurality of ports conduct cooling fluid into and out of the manifold. A bracket attaches the manifold to a structural frame. Brackets are provided for attachment of power electronics modules to the manifold.
US09654016B2	Step-up or step-down converter comprising a bypass capacitor A converter includes a converter inductor, a converter diode, and a converter switch, wherein the converter inductor, the converter diode and the converter switch operate together to receive an input voltage and generate a converted output voltage. The converter further includes a bypass circuit that is connected in parallel with the converter switch; the bypass circuit includes a bypass capacitor connected in series with a diode, wherein a forward direction of the diode is the same as a regular direction of current flow through the converter switch. The converter also includes a discharge circuit configured to discharge the bypass capacitor, wherein the discharge circuit includes an inductor. The inductor of the discharge circuit is magnetically coupled to the converter inductor.
US09654014B1	Adaptive leading edge blanking time generation for current-mode switch-mode power supplies A current-mode switch-mode power supply controller includes a switch controller, a falling edge detector, and leading edge blanking (LEB) time logic. The switch controller is arranged to control regulation of an output signal via current-mode regulation by turning a primary switch on and off based on a current sense (CS) signal and an LEB signal, such that the switch controller is arranged to cause the primary switch to remain on while the LEB time signal is asserted. The falling edge detector is arranged to detect a falling edge in the CS signal. The LEB time logic is arranged to provide the LEB time signal such that the assertion of the LEB time signal begins when a gate signal is asserted, and such that the assertion of the LEB time signal ends when the falling edge detector detects the falling edge in the CS signal.
US09654012B2	Converter and method for controlling the same using an overcurrent protection switch A converter may include a transformer, an overcurrent protection switch configured to be installed at a primary side of the transformer to prevent an overcurrent, a comparator configured to detect a voltage of the overcurrent protection switch to convert the detected voltage into an output current sensing value and compare the output current sensing value with a reference value, and a protection controller configured to normally operate or forcibly turn off the overcurrent protection switch depending on a comparison result of the comparator.
US09654011B2	Control circuit and method of a power converter A feedback signal stabilized by a capacitor and related to an output voltage of a power converter is used to acquire the output power information of the power converter, and a control circuit uses a second clock not related to the switching frequency of the power converter to count a duration time of the feedback signal being higher than a threshold. When the duration time is higher than a preset time, an abnormal output power of the power converter is distinguished and the power converter will be turned off. The feedback signal will not vary severely even if the output terminal of the power converter is interfered, and the counted duration time will not be influenced when the switching frequency is changing caused by a load changing.
US09654009B2	High efficiency DC-to-DC converter A power converter is described herein. The power converter may be configured to enable a high-side switch when a resonating voltage at a switching net coupled between the high-side switch and a low-side switch reaches a maximum voltage while the power converter operates in a discontinuous current mode. The power converter may sample the resonating voltage at the switching net at a time when the high-side switch is enabled and compare the sampled voltage with a previously-sampled voltage of the switching net. A frequency of an oscillating signal that drives the activation of the high-side switch is periodically adjusted based on the comparison, which causes the high-side switch to be enabled at different times with respect to the resonating voltage. The frequency of the oscillating signal is continuously adjusted such that the high-side switch is enabled at time(s) where the resonating voltage reaches (or is near) its maximum voltage.
US09654008B2	Regulator circuit and method of operating regulator circuit A regulator circuit includes a regulator output node, at least (N+1) regulator control circuits, and N drivers. N is an integer greater than 1. Each one of the N drivers includes a multiplexer, a driver stage, and a pre-driver stage. The multiplexer includes an input port and an output port, where the input port of the multiplexer is coupled with output nodes of the at least (N+1) regulator control circuits. The driver stage is coupled with the regulator output node. The pre-driver stage is configured to control the driver stage based on a signal on the output port of the multiplexer.
US09654004B1	3D integrated DC-DC power converters Techniques for integrating DC-DC power converters with other on-chip circuitry are provided. In one aspect, an integrated DC-DC power converter includes: a GaN transistor chip having at least one GaN switch formed thereon; an interposer chip, bonded to the GaN transistor chip, having at least one power driver transistor formed thereon; TSVs present in the interposer chip adjacent to the power driver transistor and which connect the power driver transistor to the GaN switch; and an on-chip magnetic inductor formed either on the GaN transistor chip or on the interposer chip. A method of forming a fully integrated DC-DC power converter is also provided.
US09654001B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer laminate disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a first and a second low-side transistors, and a first and a second high-side transistors. Each of the transistors is disposed on the semiconductor layer laminate, and includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The second low-side transistor is disposed between the first low-side transistor and the first high-side transistor, and the first high-side transistor is disposed between the second low-side transistor and the second high-side transistor. The source electrodes of the first and the second low-side transistors are combined into one source electrode, the drain electrodes of the first and the second high-side transistors are combined into one drain electrode, and the drain electrode of the second low-side transistor and the source electrode of the first high-side transistor are combined into one first electrode.
US09653996B2	Adaptive off time control scheme for semi-resonant and hybrid converters In one implementation, a voltage converter includes a high side power switch, and first and second low side power switches. The voltage converter also includes a driver stage for driving the high side power switch and the first and second low side power switches, and an adaptive OFF-time control circuit coupled to the driver stage. The adaptive OFF-time control circuit is configured to sense a current through one of the first and second low side switches, and to determine an adaptive off time for the high side power switch based on the sensed current.
US09653995B2	Control device and method for regulating a multiphase DC-DC converter The invention relates to a control device for regulating a multiphase dc-dc converter having at least one first converter branch and one second converter branch connected in parallel to the first converter branch. The control device comprises a switching signal generation device that is designed to determine measurement values for the current in the converter branches, to compare, for a first of the converter branches, the determined measurement value of the current in the first converter branch to a first upper threshold current value and a first lower threshold current value and, on the basis of the comparisons, to generate a first control signal for switching devices of the first converter branch, and for a second of the converter branches, to compare the determined measurement value of the current in the second converter branch to a second upper threshold current value and a second lower threshold current value and, on the basis of the comparisons, to generate a second control signal for switching devices of the second converter branch. The control device further comprises a threshold value generator, which is coupled to the switching signal generation device and is designed to generate upper and lower threshold current values for the switching signal generation device, to determine an actual current phase offset of the control signals for the switching devices in the first and second converter branches, and on the basis of the determined phase offset, to temporarily modify the second upper current threshold value and/or the second lower current threshold value.
US09653994B2	Power supply circuit and apparatus including the circuit A power supply device supplying power to a device via a power line is provided, where the power supply device includes a first voltage generation unit configured to generate and supply a first direct voltage to the power line, a second voltage generation unit configured to generate and supply a second direct voltage lower than the first direct voltage to the power line, a measurement unit configured to measure a voltage of the power line, a control unit configured to control supply of the first direct voltage with the first voltage generation unit after starting supply of the second direct voltage with the second voltage generation unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a state of the power supply device based on the measured voltage and a first threshold value after starting the supply of the second direct voltage.
US09653991B2	Power converter and driving method for the same A power converter may include an inductor, a switch turned on or turned off according to a control signal to control the flow of a current flowing through the inductor, and a control unit for outputting the control signal to turn on or turn off the switch by integrating a current flowing through the switch to compare the integrated current with the size of a preset reference voltage. The power converter and a driving method for the same may reduce errors of current control and have a simple structure.
US09653986B2	Multi-level step-up converter topologies, control and soft start systems and methods A multi-level, step-up converter circuit includes an inductor including one terminal in communication with an input voltage supply. N transistor pairs are connected in series, where N is an integer greater than one. First and second transistors of a first pair of the N transistor pairs are connected together at a node. The node is in communication with another terminal of the inductor. Third and fourth transistors of a second pair of the N transistor pairs are connected to the first and second transistors, respectively. (N−1) capacitors have terminals connected between the N transistor pairs, respectively. An output capacitor has a terminal in communication with at least one transistor of the N transistor pair.
US09653985B2	Resonant converter and controlling method thereof A resonant converter and its controlling method are provided. The resonant converter includes a bridge switching circuit receiving a DC input voltage through its power terminal, a resonant and transforming circuit, a rectifying and filtering circuit, and an over-current protecting circuit. The resonant and transforming circuit has at least one resonant capacitor charged/discharged in response to the switching of the bridge switching circuit. The rectifying and filtering circuit rectifies and filters outputs of the resonant and transforming circuit, and generates a driving voltage accordingly. The over-current protecting circuit is coupled to the power terminal and crosses over the resonant capacitor to form a clamp path. The over-current protecting circuit detects a current flowing through the resonant and transforming circuit or a load and determines whether to conduct/cut off the clamp path according to the detection result to limit a cross voltage of the resonant capacitor within a first voltage range.
US09653981B2	Linear actuator A linear actuator with a high holding force providing good irreversibility, has a high efficiency, low friction screw mechanism and a stepper motor with high magnetic detent torque but a low output torque ripple. The phase torque is modified to minimize the effect of the detent torque on the output. torque. Preferably, the motor has asymmetric phases to compensate for the detent torque.
US09653978B2	Permanent magnet, and electric machine comprising same, and a method for producing the electric machine Permanent magnet (10), containing at least one metal component (13) from the group of the rare earth metals, comprising a first coating film (20), which forms a cathodic protection against corrosion for the permanent magnet (10), the first coating film (20) containing a metal (23) which is more electronegative in the electrochemical series than the metal component (13) of the permanent magnet (10), wherein a second coating film (30), which is embodied in an electrically insulating fashion, is applied on the first coating film (20).
US09653973B1	Thermally enhanced hub motor Apparatuses and methods relating to hub motors having enhanced thermal characteristics may include a hub motor having a stator comprising steel and a central axle (e.g., a mandrel and shaft) comprising a material with a substantially higher thermal conductivity than the stator (e.g., aluminum). Heat may be transferred from the stator through the axle of the motor to an outside heat sink. Manufacturing of thermally enhanced hub motors may include extrusion and/or cryogenic fitting methods relating to the central mandrel and shaft.
US09653964B2	Linear actuator [Problem] To reduce the size of a linear actuator motor without increasing the operating noise thereof, and to thereby achieve a quieter, more compact linear actuator. [Solution] A linear actuator including: a shaft that is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by a motor via a double start worm and a worm wheel; a screw nut that is screwed and mounted to the shaft; and a piston tube that is fixed to the screw nut and that advances or retreats in accordance with the rotation of the shaft. The motor includes: a four-pole magnet; an armature formed by lap winding an armature coil; a commutator; brushes that are vertically arranged at positions offset by approximately 90°; and an equalizer for connecting coils in the armature coil that are to undergo potential equalization.
US09653961B2	Stator sleeve with integrated cooling for hybrid/electric drive motor A hybrid system includes an electric motor/generator or eMachine with a stator received in a cooling sleeve. The stator is pressed into the cooling sleeve to form a press-fit connection. The press fit connection has sufficient strength to carry the complete torque generated by the eMachine, so the stator will never move relative to the sleeve through the life of the hybrid system.
US09653952B2	Half permanent magnet motor A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets, which function as first magnetic poles, and salient poles, which function as second magnetic poles. A ratio X1:X2 of a quantity X1 of magnetic pole portions of the rotor, which is the sum of the quantity of the magnets and the quantity of the salient poles, and the quantity X2 of slots is 2n:3n (n being a natural number). The sum of a magnetic pole occupying angle θ1 of the magnet and a magnetic pole occupying angle θ2 of the salient pole is 360°. The magnetic pole occupying angle θ1 is set in a range of 180°<θ1≦230°.
US09653950B2	Wireless power transmitting device and method for controlling to transmit wireless power signal in wireless power transmitting device There is provided a wireless power transmitting device including a transmission coil configured to transmit a wireless power signal to a wireless power receiving device; a driving driver configured to generate a wireless power driving signal which is a driving signal for the wireless power signal; an alternating current sensor configured to detect an alternating current signal of the transmission coil which is generated by a wireless power receiving signal including wireless power receiving information of a wireless power receiving device; an alternating voltage sensor configured to detect an alternating voltage signal of the transmission coil, the alternating current signal being generated by the wireless power receiving signal from the wireless power receiving device; a signal processing unit configured to process the alternating current signal and the alternating voltage signal from the alternating current sensor and the alternating voltage sensor; and a wireless power transmitting controller that, when the alternating current signal and the alternating voltage signal of the transmission coil are detected and signal processing is normally performed on at least one of the alternating current signal and the alternating voltage signal, obtains the wireless power receiving information through the signal on which the signal processing is performed and controls the driving driver on the basis of the wireless power receiving information. Further, there is provided a method for controlling to transmit a wireless power signal in the wireless power transmitting device.
US09653946B2	Power distribution system A power distribution system includes at least one server and a power distribution unit coupled to the at least one server. The power distribution unit includes a power distribution controller and a power input unit, a battery and a power switcher coupled to the power distribution controller. The power distribution controller detects a voltage of an alternating current (AC) received from power source by the power input unit. If the voltage is greater than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold, the power distribution controller switches the power switcher to be coupled to the power input unit, and provides the alternating current (AC) to the at least one server. Conversely, the power distribution controller switches the power switcher to be coupled to the battery, and provides a direct current (DC) to the at least one server. Accordingly, power consumption and waste during power supply may be effectively reduced.
US09653938B2	Method and apparatus for improving electronics devices wireless charging using inertial sensors In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises: monitoring a motion of a handset from a wireless charger to detect a presence of the handset on the wireless charger (312); initiating a wireless charging when the presence of the handset is detected on the wireless charger and transmitting a charging notification to an end user (318); sending a battery full message for notifying the end user when the wireless charging is complete and terminating the wireless charging (316); setting the handset to a standby mode and initializing inertial sensor(s) to provide an interrupt signal (330); entering a maintenance charging mode of a battery of the handset when it is below a recharging threshold without notifying the end user (336); and continuing the maintenance charging mode of the wireless charging device until the battery is full (342) or the wireless charging device is removed from the wireless charger transmitter (340).
US09653937B2	Power supplying apparatus, power receiving apparatus, electrical vehicle, charging system, and charging method It is an object of the present invention to provide a power supplying apparatus, a power receiving apparatus, an electrical vehicle, a charging system, and a charging method, the power feeding apparatus improving reliability by suppressing any decrease in charging efficiency and making charging control communication more resistant to high-frequency noise of a switching element. A power supplying apparatus for feeding power to an external apparatus, wherein the power supplying apparatus is characterized in having a power conversion unit, a power supplying unit, a control unit, and a communication unit. The power conversion unit includes a power conversion switching element capable of changing the a switching waveform of the switching element. The power supplying unit supplies power to the external apparatus, the power being generated in the power conversion unit. The communication unit communicates with the external apparatus. The control unit conducts a control so as to adjust the switching waveform of the switching element in the power conversion unit during a period in which the communication unit communicates with the external apparatus.
US09653930B2	Emergency system for power failures An emergency system for power failures includes a single-cell or multiple-cell rechargeable battery selected from the group consisting of NiMH, NiCd, NiZn, Ag2O/Zn or lithium-ion, and a charging electronics system that charges the battery, wherein the charging electronics system provides a charging voltage at which the battery does not overcharge at a temperature of up to 80° C., and wherein the charging electronics system supplies a charging voltage at which the battery is transferred into a charging state and/or is kept in a charging state, in which the battery is charged to 5% to 30%.
US09653926B2	Physical property sensor with active electronic circuit and wireless power and data transmission Wireless sensors configured to sense, record and transmit data are provided herein. In one aspect, the wireless sensor has a power harvesting unit; a transducing A-to-D converter unit, a microcontroller unit, and a transmitting coil. The power harvesting unit is configured to receive an external energizing magnetic field generated by an external interrogator and store the energy generated thereby. The transducing A-to-D converter unit has a passive electrical transducer configured to respond to variations in a physical property and a converter configured to measure a characteristic value of the passive electrical transducer and provide a digital signal that is indicative of the measured characteristic value. The microcontroller unit is electrically coupled to the power harvesting unit and the transducing A-to-D converter unit and is configured to receive the digital signal from the transducing A-to-D converter unit. The transmitting coil is configured to receive the digital signal and to transmit the digital signal to the external interrogator. Upon receiving a start signal, the transducing A-to-D converter unit charges a current through the passive electrical transducer until a reference voltage is reached and, upon reaching the reference voltage, the microcontroller unit receives the digital signal.
US09653924B2	Battery system A battery system includes a power supply device which supplies power, a battery device in which a plurality of substantially identical battery units are connected in parallel, and a control device including a storage unit which stores information about a reference power value corresponding to predetermined conversion efficiency of the power conversion unit, an acquisition unit which acquires information about a supply power amount of the power supplied by the power supply device, and a selection unit which determines the number of battery units capable of distributing the supply power amount at a power amount greater than or equal to the reference power value and selects the battery units to which the power is supplied from the power supply device among the plurality of battery units, wherein the selected battery units are equal in number to the determined number.
US09653923B2	Resonant power management architectures Disclosed are various embodiments of resonant power management of a mobile device. In one embodiment, a mobile device including a power management unit (PMU) including a resonant inverter, a plurality of AC/DC converters, and an AC bus configured to route the AC power from the resonant inverter to the plurality of AC/DC converters. The resonant inverter converts DC power from a power source to AC power that is converted to DC power by the AC/DC converters and supplied to loads of the mobile device. In another embodiment, a method for power management of a mobile device includes monitoring, by a PMU of the mobile device, an operating mode of the mobile device and adjusting an output frequency of a resonant inverter of an AC power distribution network of the PMU in response to a change in the operating mode of the mobile device.
US09653922B2	Power supply apparatus, control method of power supply apparatus, and power supply system Provided is a plurality of power supply apparatuses connected in parallel with a grid that are capable of obtaining the same measured values of the same voltage.The power supply apparatus according to the present invention is connected in parallel with the grid and includes a voltage sensor 108 configured to obtain a first measured voltage value by measuring a voltage of the grid, a communication interface 114 configured to communicate with another power supply apparatus connected in parallel with the grid, and a controller 118 configured to obtain, via the communication interface 114, a second measured voltage value obtained by the another power supply apparatus by measuring the voltage of the grid and carrying out an adjustment such that the first measured voltage value and the second measured voltage value of the same voltage of the grid approximate to the same value.
US09653918B2	Autonomous thermal event control and monitoring system for a network vault An autonomous thermal event control and monitoring system includes a processor component having an enclosure, a processor within the enclosure, a routine, a number of inputs from the processor, and a plurality of inputs to and a plurality of outputs from the processor for each of a plurality of feeders. The system also includes a human machine interface communicating with the processor. The inputs include for each of the feeders, a first input for a thermal sensor and a second input for a status of a network protector, a plurality of third inputs for statuses of a medium voltage interrupter, and a fourth input for a sudden pressure sensor of a network transformer. The outputs include for each of the feeders, a first output for a command to the network protector, and a plurality of second outputs for commands to the medium voltage interrupter.
US09653917B2	Energy management system The present invention relates to an energy management system comprising an energy storage, a control system and a power converter supplying power to a load. The energy storage is arranged in individual energy units and the power converter is provided with a switching system for controlling the voltage over the load. The switching system comprises multiple parallel-connected power switches and at least one of the power switches is connected to each energy unit. The control system comprises individual control units, each being configured to monitor the status of a dedicated energy unit and produce an individual enable signal indicative of the status. Each power switch is configured to be controlled by the individual enable signal and a first control signal, wherein the control system is configured to connect multiple energy units in parallel to the load.
US09653915B2	Method and apparatus for detecting electro static discharge in electronic device A system detects Electro Static Discharge (ESD) of an electronic device by sensing a ground voltage of an electronic device, comparing the sensed ground voltage with a predetermined reference voltage and if the sensed ground voltage exceeds the reference voltage, performs at least one predetermined operation of the electronic device.
US09653910B2	Power structure diagnostic method and apparatus for improved motor drive diagnostic coverage Motor drive diagnostic and control methods and apparatus are provided in which rectifier and inverter switching devices are individually monitored for malfunctions, and detected malfunctions initiate implementation of a safety function to signal a drive controller to shut down non-safety-related processing, to discontinue command pulse signaling to the switching devices, and to disable optical transmitters between the drive controller and the rectifier and inverter switches, and an input contactor or other switching circuit is opened to disconnect input power from the motor drive after implementation of the safety function.
US09653909B1	Fault handling for motor controllers In one aspect, a method is described. The method may include operating a plurality of circuit elements, and operating a plurality of fault-mitigation circuits. Each circuit element may include an energy storage element, each individual fault-mitigation circuit may be electrically coupled in parallel to a respective circuit element, and each individual fault-mitigation circuit may include a switch. The method may include detecting an electrical fault in one of the circuit elements and cycling the switch of the fault-mitigation circuit coupled in parallel to the faulty circuit element between an open position and a closed position until the storage element of the faulty circuit element is discharged of energy, at which point the switch remains closed.
US09653906B2	Overcurrent detection circuit, inverter, compressor, and air-conditioning machine, and adjusting method for adjusting overcurrent detection circuit A current detection device for detecting an electric current flowing through an inverter, an overcurrent level generation device for generating an abnormality judgment reference value, an overcurrent detection device for generating an interruption signal to the inverter on the basis of an output of the current detection device and the abnormality judgment reference value, and an adjusting apparatus for correcting the abnormality judgment reference value of the overcurrent level generation device on the basis of the output at a time when a constant electric current is applied to the current detection device are provided. The overcurrent level generating device is provided with one or a plurality of resistance value adjusting sections, and generates the abnormality judgment reference value in correspondence to a resistance value of the resistance value adjusting section. The adjusting apparatus performs a zapping operation by means of applying a reverse-bias to a zener diode, and corrects the abnormality judgment reference value.
US09653905B2	Power supply and measuring device for an intelligent electronic device The present invention relates to a power supply and measuring device for an electronic device (e.g. an IED), which is configured to provide supervision, control, protection, communication and/or monitoring functionalities for LV or MV circuits or apparatuses. The power supply device comprises a current transformer, which is operatively associated to a main power line. An input section of the power supply device comprises a burden regulating stage that is configured to regulate the equivalent electric load at the secondary winding of said current transformer. An output section of the power supply device provides a supply voltage suitable to feed said electronic device.
US09653904B2	Arc flash protection system with self-test An method for automatically testing an arc flash detection system by periodically or continually transmitting electro-optical (EO) radiation through one or more transmission cables electro-optically coupled to respective EO radiation collectors. A test EO signal may pass through the EO radiation collector to be received by an EO sensor. An attenuation of the EO signal may be determined by comparing the intensity of the transmitted EO signal to an intensity of the received EO signal. A self-test failure may be detected if the attenuation exceeds a threshold. EO signals may be transmitted according to a particular pattern (e.g., a coded signal) to allow an arc flash detection system to distinguish the test EO radiation from EO radiation indicative of an arc flash event.
US09653901B2	Holding component for vehicle In a holding component 1, for a vehicle, having: a fixing portion 10 which houses and fixedly engages with a mounting tool 101 having been moved upward through a lower opening 11H; and a holding portion 20 for holding a predetermined member 5 by an upper holding portion 21 and a lower holding portion 22 being engaged with each other, in a state where an engagement portion 23 provided in the upper holding portion 21 is housed in and engaged with an engagement housing portion 24 provided in the lower holding portion 22, a pressing portion 200 provided in the engagement portion 23 presses downward the mounting tool 101 which is engaged with and fixed to the fixing portion 10.
US09653899B2	Floor stand system for mounting an electrical box A floor stand system for mounting an electrical box above a floor includes an electrical box mount having a mechanical interface thereon. A set of substantially interchangeable floor supports have mating mechanical interfaces at their upper ends for connecting to the mechanical interface on the electrical box mount. The set of floor supports includes a plurality of floor supports having different fixed lengths. The floor supports are substantially interchangeable so that one of the floor supports having a fixed length suitable for supporting the electrical box mount at a desired elevation above the floor can be selected and connected to the electrical box mount using the mechanical interfaces to create a floor stand suitable for supporting the electrical box mount at the desired elevation above the floor.
US09653898B1	Electrical outlet faceplate with electrical cord cleat The electrical outlet faceplate with electrical cord cleat is a cleat plate that is for use with an electrical outlet faceplate. The cleat plate is a structure around which a cable can be secured such that the cable will not be disconnected or damaged inadvertently. The electrical outlet faceplate with electrical cord cleat is attached by a hinge to the electrical outlet faceplate allowing the cleat plate to be rotated to a position perpendicular to the electrical face plate while the cleat plate is in use and allowing the cleat plate to be rotated to a closed position flush to the electrical outlet faceplate when the cleat plate is not in use. The electrical outlet faceplate with electrical cord cleat includes an outlet faceplate, a cleat plate, and a hinge.
US09653893B2	Ceramic feedthrough brazed to an implantable medical device housing One aspect is an implantable medical device with a feedthrough assembly having an insulator and a plurality of conducting elements extending therethrough. The feedthrough assembly is placed in a case with an opening defining a narrow space therebetween. A braze material fills the narrow space, thereby hermetically sealing the feedthrough assembly to the case. One of the feedthrough assembly and the case include a feature configured to securely hold the braze and in that the implantable medical device does not include a ferrule.
US09653892B2	Assembly of compactly integrated contactors in an electrical core An electrical core comprising an assembly of power management and distribution contactors is provided. The power management contactors are attached to a first support element and the distribution contactors are carried by a second support element superimposed on the first so as to form a multilayer assembly. The distribution contactors are arranged in double symmetry about two axes perpendicular to one another. They are mechanically linked through a mechanical linkage element extending between two rows of contactors and which carries electrical connection elements connecting the contactors to an element for connecting to a power source. The contactors are assembled in modules according to their type. In particular, the management module comprises at least one modular element common to the power management contactors which is suitable for performing a given secondary function other than the function of establishing a contact.
US09653884B2	High reliability etched-facet photonic devices Semiconductor photonic device surfaces are covered with a dielectric or a metal protective layer. The protective layer covers the entire device, including regions near facets at active regions, to prevent bare or unprotected semiconductor regions, thereby to form a very high reliability etched facet photonic device.
US09653870B1	Rare-earth doped gain fibers Rare earth oxides doped multicomponent glass fibers for laser generation and amplification, including a core and a cladding, the core comprising at least 2 weight percent glass network modifier selected from BaO, CaO, MgO, ZnO, PbO, K2O, Na2O, Li2O, Y2O3, or combinations; wherein the mode of the core is guided with step index difference between the core and the cladding, a numerical aperture of the fiber is between 0.01 and 0.04; core diameter is from 25 to 120 micron, and a length of the gain fiber is shorter than 60 cm.
US09653867B2	Multi-wavelength source of femtosecond infrared pulses A source of femtosecond pulses at center wavelengths of about 940 nm and about 1140 nanometers (nm) includes a mode-locked fiber MOPA delivering pulses having a center wavelength of about 1040 nm. The 1040-nanometer pulses are spectrally spread into a continuum spectrum extending in range between about 900 nm and about 1200 nm and having well defined side-lobes around the 940-nm and 1140-wavelengths. Radiation is spatially selected from these side-lobes and delivered as the 940-nm and 1140-nm pulses.
US09653866B2	Real-time wavelength correction system for visible light A real-time wavelength correction system for visible light is co-operated with an optical system to make a parallel light beam split into a zero-order diffractive parallel light beam and a first-order diffractive parallel light beam. The zero-order diffractive parallel light beam focuses on a first back focal plane to form a first light spot. A drift of the first light spot is applied to determine an angular drift of the parallel light beam. The first-order diffractive parallel light beam is focused on a second back focal plane to form a second light spot. A drift of the second light spot is applied to determine an angular drift of the first-order diffractive parallel light beam. The angular drifts of the parallel light beam and the first-order diffractive parallel light beam, which are changed with real time temperature variation, are applied to correct the wavelength of the parallel light beam.
US09653865B2	Method for fitting cables with cable sleeves A method for fitting cables (13) with seals (1), in which the seals (1) are accommodated via a transfer unit and mounted on the mentioned cable (13). While the seal (1) is being accommodated via the transfer unit, its orientation on the holding arbor (2) is mechanically-electrically and fully automatically checked. If a seal (2) is incompletely or partially punched through, it is removed from the holding arbor (2). Equally, a seal (2) which is not accommodated by the holding arbor (2), is removed from the accommodation area. Also a transfer unit for seals (1) or comparable cable fitting components for a cable processing plant, the transfer unit encompassing a holding arbor (2) for accommodating seals (1), wherein at least one force and/or pressure transducer (3) is situated on or in the holding arbor (2).
US09653864B2	Wire straightening apparatus A wire straightening apparatus that straightens kinks of a wire that is fed along a wire feeding path includes one or a plurality of straightening mechanisms. Each straightening mechanism includes a plurality of first straightening rollers and one or a plurality of second straightening rollers. Each roller has a groove along its outer periphery, the groove gradually deepening toward a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the groove of each first straightening roller is spaced from the wire feeding path in a first direction, and the bottom portion of the groove of each second straightening roller is spaced from the wire feeding path in a second direction opposite to the first direction. With this structure, the wire can be made to follow a path that meanders as viewed from a direction perpendicular to axes of the straightening rollers.
US09653861B2	Interconnection of hardware components A method and related apparatuses for disconnecting components of a hardware assembly. The components each include two connectors configured to disengage in a staged manner so that one set of connectors disconnects before the other set. If power connectivity is provided across one set of connectors, that connection can be configured to end before the connectivity between the other connectors.
US09653856B2	Portable universal serial bus (USB) cable keychain assembly with carabiner clip A cable assembly for connecting a portable electronic device to a host device includes an upstream connector section comprising a upstream connector housing, an upstream connector secured to the upstream connector housing, and a downstream connector section comprising a downstream connector housing, a first downstream connector secured to the downstream connector housing, and a second downstream connector secured to the downstream connector housing. The cable assembly further includes a main body section having an attachment mechanism comprising a through hole formed in the main body, the through hole including on one side a carabiner clip comprising a spring-loaded hinged inwardly movable outer portion completing the through hole.
US09653852B2	RF-isolating sealing enclosure and interconnection junctions protected thereby An interconnection junction for communications cables includes: a first connector; a second connector; and a sealing enclosure having a cavity and formed of a polymeric material, the sealing enclosure comprising an RF-isolating material. The first connector and second connector are joined and reside within the cavity of the sealing enclosure.
US09653844B1	Electronic device connectors with rotatable anchors An electronic device has an anchor assembly is movably mounted inside the device housing. The anchor assembly has a magnet portion and a ferromagnetic portion, and has a magnetic field that is stronger proximate the magnet portion than the ferromagnetic portion. The anchor assembly rotates between first and second positions, with the magnet portion facing an edge of the device housing for forming a connection with another device, and with the magnet portion facing away from the edge of the housing, respectively. A biasing member biases the connector to the second position by magnetic attraction.
US09653843B2	Connector A connector includes: a plate-like terminal which is connected to an end of an electric wire; a rear connector in which the plate-like connector is accommodated; and a front connector in which a box-shaped female terminal that is connected to the plate-like terminal by being assembled to the rear connector and that is to be connected to a counterpart terminal of the electric device side is received. The plate-like terminal and the female terminal are connected by a connection terminal composed of a soft material capable of absorbing both positional displacement between the plate-like terminal and the female terminal and vibration of the plate-like terminal.
US09653838B2	Dust and debris tolerant retractable cover connector A debris exclusion and removal apparatus for connectors which have retractable cover configurations which include internal wafers that clean the connectors prior to mating.
US09653832B2	Conductive elastic member and connector A conductive elastic member is formed by having a columnar member having elasticity, and plural wire rods which extend from one end face to the other end face of the columnar member in an axial direction and are formed in a state inclined with respect to the axial direction and have conductivity. At least a part of the plural wire rods are cabled in a direction of intersection mutually.
US09653831B2	Float adapter for electrical connector A float adapter for an electrical connector that includes a conductive shell and an insulator received in the conductive shell. The insulator includes an engagement end, an interface end that is opposite the engagement end, and a reduced diameter middle portion therebetween. The insulator includes an inner bore that extends through the engagement end, the interface end, and the reduced diameter middle portion. The interface end has a lead-in tip portion that extends outside of the first end of the conductive shell. The lead-in tip portion has a tapered outer surface that terminates in an end face surface and a shoulder remote from the end face surface that defines an outer diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the conductive shell. An inner contact is received in the inner bore of the insulator. The inner contact has socket openings at either end.
US09653830B1	Extending device for signal transmission and mainboard assembly An extending device includes a first riser card, a signal coupling card and a second riser card. A first electric socket of the first riser card is disposed on a side surface of a first circuit board of the first riser card, and a first electric connector is disposed at an edge of the first circuit board. A second electric connector and a third electric connector of the signal coupling card are respectively disposed on both side surfaces of a third circuit board of the signal coupling card. The second electric connector inserts into the first electric socket. A second electric socket and an extending socket of the second riser are respectively disposed on both side surfaces of a second circuit board of the second riser. The third electric connector inserts into the second electric socket and the extending socket is electrically connected to the second electric socket.
US09653820B1	Active manifold system and method for an array antenna A system and method uses an active manifold for an antenna array. The manifold can be assembled by a method including providing a first set of cards including a first set of antenna elements and a corresponding number of integrated circuit based time delay units or phase shifters for the first set of antenna elements. The first set of antenna elements is associated with a row of the antenna array. The method also includes providing a second set of cards including a second set of antenna elements and a corresponding number of integrated circuit based time delay units or phase shifters for the second set of antenna elements. The second set of antenna elements is associated with a column of the antenna array.
US09653818B2	Antenna structures and configurations for millimeter wavelength wireless communications Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communication using the mmW spectrum. In particular, antenna structures may include arrays of antenna elements to deal with line-of-sight issues. Further, antenna structures may be configured to produce a beam (e.g., signal) that is relatively narrow and has a relatively high gain to deal with losses, such as mentioned above. Still further, antenna structures may be configured to provide beam steering (e.g., beamforming) capability. Such antenna structures may be designed to be relatively compact to deal with the limited real estate available on modern wireless communication devices (e.g., cellular telephones).
US09653814B2	Mode generator device for a satellite antenna system and method for producing the same The present invention is related to a device for generating waveguide modes for use in a feed horn of a satellite antenna system, said waveguide modes comprising at least one excitation mode of higher order than the fundamental mode, said device comprising a waveguide containing a first waveguide section with at least three longitudinal slots extending in the inner side of said waveguide, characterized in that said waveguide contains a second waveguide section with at least three longitudinal slots extending in said inner side of said waveguide.
US09653813B2	Diagonally-driven antenna system and method An electronic device (100) includes an antenna system (150) having two antennas (110, 120). A first antenna (110) has a first antenna element (111) positioned near a first corner (191) of a planar, rectangular ground plane (165) and a second antenna element (115) positioned near a second corner of the ground plane that is diagonally across from the first corner. A second antenna (120) has a third antenna element (121) positioned near a third corner (193) of the ground plane that is adjacent to the first corner and a fourth antenna element (125) positioned near a fourth corner (195) of the ground plane that is diagonally across from the third corner. At low-band frequencies, the antenna elements (111, 115) of the first antenna (110) are driven out-of-phase relative to each other. Similarly, at low-band frequencies, the antenna elements (121, 125) of the second antenna (120) are driven out-of-phase relative to each other.
US09653808B2	Multilayer patch antenna Disclosed is a multilayer-type patch antenna including: an upper patch antenna portion having a first through hole and a second through hole which are at a predetermined angle; a lower patch antenna portion having a third through hole and a fourth through hole which are at a predetermined angle, and a fifth through hole which is spaced from the third through hole and the fourth through hole; a first feeding pin which passes through the first through hole and the third through hole and protrudes from a lower end of the lower patch antenna portion; a second feeding pin which passes through the second through hole and the fourth through hole and protrudes from the lower end of the lower patch antenna portion; and a third feeding pin which passes through the fifth through hole and protrudes from the lower end of the lower patch antenna portion.
US09653802B2	Radar-based fill level measurement device having a security device A radar-based fill level measurement device having a signal generator for the purpose of generating electromagnetic waves, and an antenna for the purpose of emitting the electromagnetic waves into a container, as well as for the purpose of receiving electromagnetic waves reflected out of the container, having a security device for the purpose of verifying the functional capability or improving the measurement quality of the radar-based fill level measurement device, wherein the security device has a reflector and an adjusting device, and is suitably designed to move the reflector between at least a first position, in which it reflects the electromagnetic waves, and a second position, in which it reflects the electromagnetic waves to a reduced degree, and wherein the security device has a drive which acts on the adjusting device.
US09653799B2	Method and apparatus for controlling sidelobes of an active antenna array A method of controlling sidelobe distribution in an active electronically steered array, including electronically reshaping the array aperture so as to reduce sidelobes over a selected region of a coverage volume of the array. In one example, reshaping of the aperture is achieved by electronically turning on and/or off selected radiators in the array to vary the angle of edge discontinuities of the aperture, and thereby move the main sidelobes off the principal plane(s) of operation of the array.
US09653797B2	Antenna module for near field communication Embodiments of the invention provide an antenna module for NFC. According to at least one embodiment, the antenna module includes an antenna sheet patterned with a loop coil of a conductive metal material, a magnetic shielding sheet comprising a metal sheet, which is embedded in a magnetic sheet, and an adhesive film interposed between the antenna sheet and the magnetic shielding sheet.
US09653795B2	Node in a wireless communication network with at least two antenna columns A node in a wireless communication network, the node comprising at least two antenna columns which are physically separated from each other, each antenna column comprising at least one dual polarized antenna element. Each antenna element has a first polarization and a second polarization. The node further comprises at least two four-port power dividers/combiners, each power divider/combiner having a first port pair and a second port pair, where, for each power divider/combiner, power input into any port in a port pair is isolated from the other port in said port pair, but divided between the ports in the other port pair. Antenna ports of antenna columns that are pair-wise physically separated, from those pairs of antenna columns that are most physically separated to those that are least physically separated, are cross-wise connected to the first port pair in corresponding power dividers/combiners.
US09653794B2	Broadband antenna and wireless communication device employing same A broadband antenna is mounted aside a metal electronic element and includes a feeding portion, a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, a coupling portion, and a ground portion. The first radiating portion and the second radiating portion are both connected perpendicular to the feeding portion. The coupling portion is spaced from the first radiating portion and the second connecting portion. The ground portion is connected perpendicular to a middle portion of the coupling portion and adjacent to the metal electronic element. These portions cooperatively use a low frequency mode and a high frequency mode. The ground portion increases an inductance performance of the broadband antenna, thereby decreasing interference caused by the metal electronic elements. A wireless communication device employing the broadband antenna is also disclosed.
US09653793B2	Systems and methods for reconfigurable filtenna Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a frequency reconfigurable filtenna system. Implementations incorporate a reconfigurable band-pass filter within the feeding line of an antenna structure. The combination of the filter and the antenna may be referred to as a “filtenna”. Implementations integrate both the band-pass filter and the antenna within the same substrate, permitting easier, more efficient and more compact integration in the transceiver hardware. Moreover, by using this configuration, the biasing of the switching elements are not present in the radiating plane of the antenna. This reduces the negative effect of the biasing lines on the antenna radiation performance, as we!! as provides a tunable filtered antenna radiation characteristic.
US09653789B2	Antenna having planar conducting elements, one of which has a slot An antenna includes a dielectric material having a first side opposite a second side, and a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has at least one closed slot therein, and an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material. Each of the first and second planar conducting elements is positioned adjacent a gap that electrically isolates the first planar conducting element from the second planar conducting element. An electrical microstrip feed line is on the second side of the dielectric material, is electrically connected to the conductive via, and has a route extending from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The second planar conducting element provides a reference plane for the electrical microstrip feed line.
US09653787B2	Antenna system for a vehicle Antenna system for a vehicle including a first directive antenna device and a second antenna device for a frequency band of operation, and a reflector plane, where the first directive antenna device includes a first ground plane, a first dielectric substrate, a first antenna group shorted to the first ground plane and having a first radiating conductor and a second radiating conductor, forming a first configuration and connected to the reflector plane by transmission lines electromagnetically coupled to the frequency band of operation, the reflector plane, disposed forming an angle with respect to the first dielectric substrate, the first directive antenna device radiating in a direction of radiation, and the second antenna device, connected to the first directive antenna device, radiating in an opposing direction to the first directive antenna device.
US09653786B2	Wearable antenna system Smaller footprint electronic devices may be contained in a wearable housing, for example in a housing forming a portion of a watch that is worn on a user's wrist. Incorporating antennas into such small footprint devices often precludes the use of anything other than short range communications with another device. Incorporating an antenna into a watch band or bracelet provides a possible avenue to improving the long range communication capabilities and consequent utility of such smaller footprint electrical devices.
US09653784B2	Conformal, wearable, thin microwave antenna for sub-skin and skin surface monitoring A wearable antenna is operably positioned on a wearer's skin and is operably connected the wearer's tissue. A first antenna matched to the wearer's tissue is operably positioned on the wearer's skin. A second antenna matched to the air is operably positioned on the wearer's skin. Transmission lines connect the first antenna and the second antenna.
US09653778B2	Electronic device with display frame antenna An electronic device has a display mounted in a housing using a plastic display frame. The display has an active area and an inactive area. A display cover layer may have polymer coating layers in the inactive area. The display frame may lie under the inactive area. A patterned metal coating layer may be formed on the display frame. The patterned metal coating layer may have portions that form adhesion promotion structures for promoting adhesion between the frame and the adhesive. The patterned metal coating layer may also have portions that form antenna structures. The antenna structures may be used to transmit and receive radio-frequency signals and may be used as adhesion promotion structures. Adhesive may be interposed between the polymer coating layers and the metal coating layer on the display frame to attach the display cover layer and the display to the display frame.
US09653777B2	Electronic device with isolated cavity antennas An electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. A slot-shaped opening may separate the upper and lower housing. A flexible printed circuit with ground traces may bisect the slot-shaped opening to form first and second slots. Cavity antennas may be aligned with the slots. Each cavity antenna may include a hollow carrier with a pair of speakers. The speakers may have ports that emit sound through aligned openings in the lower housing. Conductive gaskets surrounding the ports may acoustically seal the speaker ports while shorting the cavity antenna to the lower housing.
US09653776B2	Outdoor wireless access point and antenna adjusting method thereof An adjusting method of an antenna of the outdoor wireless access point includes steps of A. moving the antenna in a predetermined pointing range, and obtaining received signal strength indications in multiple pointing directions at different time points; B. separating the pointing range into at least two sub-ranges, and averaging the received signal strength indications in all pointing directions in each sub-range; and C. moving the antenna pointing at the sub-range in which the average received signal strength indication is the highest and setting the sub-range as the next predetermined pointing range, and repeating the steps A to C until the step C is executed a predetermined times. Besides, the composition elements of the outer wireless access point are also disclosed.
US09653775B2	Microwave antenna adjustment apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a microwave antenna adjustment apparatus, which relates to the field of communications technologies and is invented for resolving a problem that an existing adjustment apparatus has a low horizontal adjustment precision and is costly. The present invention is applicable to adjustment of a microwave antenna.
US09653774B2	System and method for accurately directing antennas A system for accurately directing a directional antenna, that includes a calibration system for finding the current azimuth of the antenna and a rotation sensor attached to the antenna, for measuring deviations from the current azimuth of the antenna. The calibration system includes a first GPS receiver located at the antenna's position; a second GPS receiver located adjacent to a visible object at a minimal distance from the antenna and in an arbitrary direction with respect to the first GPS receiver; rotatable optical means positioned adjacent to the antenna in an initial direction being parallel to the current direction of the antenna, the optical means being coupled to a meter for measuring the angle between the current direction and the direction to the visible object by rotating the optical means until seeing the visible object and means for calculating a first azimuth from the position of the first GPS receiver to the position of the second GPS receiver and the current azimuth of the antenna by subtracting the angle from the first azimuth.
US09653771B2	Directional coupler A directional coupler includes: a main line connecting an input port and an output port; first to third subline sections each of which is formed of a line configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the main line; a first matching section provided between the first subline section and the second subline section; and a second matching section provided between the second subline section and the third subline section. The first and second matching sections are configured to cause changes in phase of high frequency signals passing therethrough, and have mutually different characteristics so as to create two attenuation poles in the frequency response of the coupling of the directional coupler.
US09653767B2	Antenna and printed-circuit board using waveguide structure A waveguide structure including a plurality of unit structures, each of which at least includes a first conductive plane and a second conductive plane, which are arranged to partially face with each other, a plurality of transmission lines with one ends being open ends, which are disposed in a plane, positioned opposite to the second conductive plane, in a layer different from the first conductive plane and the second conductive plane, and at least one conductive via, which electrically connect between the first conductive plane and other ends of the transmission lines.
US09653766B2	Polarizer and a method of operating the polarizer A polarizer, such as a septum polarizer, which may alter between two states wherein, effectively, the septum is rotated 180 degrees around the longitudinal axis of the waveguide so that the polarization of the signals in the waveguide may easily be altered without having to alter receivers/transmitters connected to the waveguide.
US09653765B2	Gas diffusion electrodes for batteries such as metal-air batteries The present invention generally relates to batteries and, in particular, to electrodes for use in batteries such as non-aqueous metal-air batteries, for example, lithium-air batteries, as well as in other electrochemical devices. Such devices may exhibit improved performance characteristics (e.g. power, cycle life, capacity, etc.). One aspect of the present invention is generally directed to electrodes for use in such devices containing one or more pores or channels for transport of gas and/or electrolyte therein, e.g., forming an open porous network. In certain embodiments, the electrolyte may be a gel or a polymer. In some embodiments, there may be network of such channels or pores within the electrode such that no active site within the electrode is greater than about 50 micrometers distant from a gas channel. In some embodiments, such systems may be created using electrodes containing gel or electrolyte polymers, and/or by forming electrodes having different wettabilities such that certain regions preferentially attract the electrolyte compared to other regions, thereby causing self-organization of the electrolyte within the electrode. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making such batteries or electrochemical devices, methods of using such batteries or electrochemical devices, kits involving such batteries or electrochemical devices, or the like.
US09653764B2	Method and apparatus for recovering sodium from sodium-sulfur battery A method for recovering sodium from a sodium-sulfur battery of the present invention includes a reaction step of injecting a treatment liquid toward the sodium housed in a sodium-housing component in the battery container and causing the sodium to react with the treatment liquid so as to generate a reaction liquid; and a circulation step of generating the treatment liquid by adjusting the concentration and liquid temperature of the reaction liquid, and, in the reaction step, while the entire amount of the sodium is reacted with the treatment liquid, the treatment liquid is continuously injected toward the sodium.
US09653763B2	Battery pack comprising a heat exchanger A heat exchanger assembly includes a fluid transfer layer and a first external layer. The fluid transfer layer is made from an elastomeric material and the first external layer includes flexible graphite. The fluid transfer layer includes at least one channel and is configured to form a passage for receiving a thermal transfer fluid between the channel and a portion of the first external layer.
US09653762B2	Battery temperature regulation system and battery temperature regulation unit Provided are a battery temperature regulation system capable of efficiently heating and/or cooling a battery, and a battery temperature regulation unit suitable for use in the battery temperature regulation system. The battery temperature regulation system 10 is provided with a thermally conductive member (e.g., a heat pipe 11) thermally connected to a battery 1, a heating device (e.g., a heater 12) that heats the battery 1 via the thermally conductive member and/or a cooling device (e.g., an air conditioning apparatus) that cools the battery 1 via the thermally conductive member.
US09653761B2	Secondary battery pack and authentication method An authenticator (5, 11) is compatible with a plurality of authentication systems to authenticate an external device connected with a connection terminal (OUT, ID), and the authenticator executes authentication processes by the plurality of authentication systems in order, and permits transfer of electric power between the external device and a secondary battery part (1) when any one of authentication processes is successful.
US09653754B2	Nonaqueous electrolytes and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary batteries employing the same A nonaqueous electrolyte containing a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate and a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties. The nonaqueous electrolyte can contain at least one of a saturated chain hydrocarbon, a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon, an aromatic compound having a halogen atom and an ether having a fluorine atom.
US09653753B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery employing the same The demand for improvements in lithium non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries has been constantly increasing in recent years, but the durability—most prominently the cycle characteristics—have resided in a trade off relationship with properties such as the capacity, resistance, and output characteristics. A problem has thus been a poor overall property balance. In order to solve this problem, the present invention uses a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including, in addition to an electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent, (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carbonates having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, compounds represented by the following general formula (1), sulfoxides, sulfites, sulfones, sulfonates, sultones, and sulfates; (B) a fluorine atom-containing cyclic carbonate; and (C) a compound that has at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule.
US09653749B2	Secondary battery and secondary battery pack having the same Provided are a secondary battery and a secondary battery pack having the same capable of preventing performance degradation by preventing an increase in an interface resistance of an electrode body accommodated in a pouch and capable of improving stability by preventing deformation of the electrode body to thereby prevent a fine short circuit even though the pouch is swelled due to a gas generate at a high temperature, by providing first members for reinforcing rigidity and second members deformed at the high temperature and capable of adhering the electrode body to one side or both sides of the electrode body accommodated and sealed in the pouch.
US09653746B2	Manifold for redox flow battery for reducing shunt current and redox flow battery comprising same A manifold for a redox flow battery capable of effectively suppressing a shunt current has a supply flow pathway and an exhaust flow pathway respectively formed at a left side and a right side of an anode or cathode electrode electrolyte reaction unit so as to include a U-shaped curved portion, and the U-shaped curved portion is formed to be positioned on the upper part of the top or the lower part of the bottom of the first electrode electrolyte reaction unit. When the manifold is applied to a redox flow battery, the supply flow pathway and the exhaust flow pathway having the U-shaped curved portion are formed on the upper part of the top or the lower part of the bottom of the electrode electrolyte reaction unit to prevent an electrolyte existing in the inside of a stack and a pipe from passing through the U-shaped curved portion.
US09653745B2	Block copolymer, manufacturing method therefor, and polymer electrolyte material, molded polymer electrolyte, and solid-polymer fuel cell using said block copolymer To provide: a block copolymer that exhibits excellent proton conductivity even under low-humidification conditions, exhibits excellent mechanical strength and chemical stability, and when used in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, allows high output and excellent physical durability; a polymer electrolyte material; and a polymer electrolyte form article and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, using the same.The block copolymer of the present invention includes each one or more of: a segment (A1) containing an ionic group; a segment (A2) not containing an ionic group; and a linker moiety connecting the segments. The segment (A1) containing an ionic group comprises a constituent unit represented by a specific structure. The polymer electrolyte material, the polymer electrolyte form article, and the polymer electrolyte fuel cell according to the present invention are manufactured by using the above block copolymer.
US09653742B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system control device includes a carbon amount determination unit for determining the carbon amount in fuel gas supplied to a fuel cell stack depending on required output of the stack, a temperature detector unit for detecting temperature of a steam reformer and temperature of an evaporator, an S/C determination unit for determining a range of steam/carbon ratio based on the temperature of the steam reformer, a water supply amount determination unit for determining a range of the water supply amount to the evaporator based on the carbon amount and the steam/carbon ratio, an evaporator operating state determination unit for determining whether the temperature of the evaporator is a temperature determined based on the range of the water supply amount, and a reformer control unit for controlling the steam reformer and a partial oxidation reformer based on the result of the evaporator operating state determination unit.
US09653741B2	Fuel cell stack A fuel cell stack includes at least one membrane electrolyte assembly having an electrolyte membrane, an anode on a first surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the electrolyte membrane; and at least one supply member coupled to the electrolyte membrane and configured to supply a conductive material to the electrolyte membrane.
US09653740B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a fuel supply source; a supply passage; a circulation passage; a gas-liquid separator; a discharge passage; a discharge valve; a differential pressure detecting portion; and a control unit, wherein the control unit estimates a flow rate of a fuel gas.
US09653739B2	Electrical connection material for solid oxide fuel cell, solid oxide fuel cell, solid oxide fuel cell module, and method for manufacturing solid oxide fuel cell A method for manufacturing solid oxide fuel cells, which includes preparing an electrical connection material, preparing a stacked body by stacking a plurality of power generation cells with the electrical connection material interposed therebetween, and firing the stacked body while applying pressure on the stacked body in a direction of stacking the power generation cells. The electrical connection material includes a ceramic porous layer and a ceramic dense layer stacked on the ceramic porous layer, the ceramic dense layer having a porosity lower than a porosity of the ceramic porous layer.
US09653738B2	Method for producing stainless steel for fuel cell separator, stainless steel for fuel cell separator, fuel cell separator, and fuel cell A stainless steel for use in a fuel cell separator is produced by subjecting stainless steel containing 16 mass % or more of Cr to electrolytic treatment and thereafter to immersion treatment in a solution containing fluorine. The electrolytic treatment is carried out by anodic electrolyzation or by a combination of anodic electrolyzation and cathodic electrolyzation, and an anodic electrolytic quantity Qa and a cathodic electrolytic quantity Qc preferably satisfy Qa≧Qc. The solution containing fluorine preferably has a temperature of 40° C. or higher, and hydrofluoric acid concentration [HF] (mass %) and nitric acid concentration [HNO3] (mass %) satisfying [HF]≧0.8×[HNO3].
US09653736B2	Method of producing porous metal-carbon materials A method for creating a metal-carbon composite. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a polymer Schiff base transition metal film precursor having a chemical structure of the formula [M(Schiff)]n and a recurring unit and a transition metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, palladium, platinum, cobalt, copper, iron; Schiff is a tetradentate Schiff base ligand selected from the group consisting of Salen (residue of bis(salicylaldehyde)-ethylenediamine), Saltmen (residue of bis(salicylaldehyde)-tetramethylethylenediamine, Salphen (residue of bis-(salicylaldehyde)-o-phenylenediamine), a substituent in a Schiff base is selected from the group consisting of H—, and carbon-containing substituents, preferably CH3—, C2H5—, CH3O—, C2H5O—, and Y is a bridge in a Schiff base depositing the polymer Schiff base transition metal precursor film onto a support substrate; and heating the polymer Schiff base transition metal precursor film and support substrate in a furnace in an inert atmosphere.
US09653734B2	Electronically conductive polymer binder for lithium-ion battery electrode A family of carboxylic acid group containing fluorene/fluorenon copolymers is disclosed as binders of silicon particles in the fabrication of negative electrodes for use with lithium ion batteries. These binders enable the use of silicon as an electrode material as they significantly improve the cycle-ability of silicon by preventing electrode degradation over time. In particular, these polymers, which become conductive on first charge, bind to the silicon particles of the electrode, are flexible so as to better accommodate the expansion and contraction of the electrode during charge/discharge, and being conductive promote the flow battery current.
US09653728B2	Graphene, power storage device, and electric device An object is to provide graphene which has high conductivity and is permeable to ions of lithium or the like. Another object is to provide, with use of the graphene, a power storage device with excellent charging and discharging characteristics. Graphene having a hole inside a ring-like structure formed by carbon and nitrogen has conductivity and is permeable to ions of lithium or the like. The nitrogen concentration in graphene is preferably higher than or equal to 0.4 at. % and lower than or equal to 40 at. %. With use of such graphene, ions of lithium or the like can be preferably made to pass; thus, a power storage device with excellent charging and discharging characteristics can be provided.
US09653727B2	Metal tin-carbon composites, method for producing said composites, anode active material for non-aqueous lithium secondary batteries which is produced using said composites, anode for non-aqueous lithium secondary batteries which comprises said anode active material, and non-aqueous lithium secondary battery A metal tin-carbon composite having excellent properties required for various use applications, a method for producing the composite at low cost and in a simple manner, and use applications of a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery produced using the composite are provided. A metal tin-carbon composite comprising metal tin nanoparticles (B) contained in a sheet-like matrix (A) composed of carbon, wherein the metal tin-carbon composite contains the metal tin nanoparticle (B) having a particle size of a range of 0.2 nm to 5 nm and does not contain a coarse metal tin particle having a particle size of 1 μm or more, a preferable method for producing the composite using a specific precursor, an anode active material for a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery comprising the composite, a negative electrode for non-aqueous lithium secondary battery using the anode active material, and a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery.

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