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| US09775261B2 |
Flexible chassis interface device
An apparatus including an environmentally protective chassis configured to house and environmentally protect a test chassis having one or more module interfaces, the environmentally protective chassis having an interface device seating surface with sealable apertures formed in the interface device seating surface; and at least one interface device configured for connection to the test chassis and including at least one interface connector corresponding to connectors of a unit under test, the at least one interface device being configured for insertion through one or more of the sealable apertures and direct coupling to the interface device seating surface of the environmentally protective chassis without any intervening environmental interface or environmental interface plane located between the interface device seating surface and the test chassis. |
| US09775259B2 |
Glass cover board structure
A glass cover board structure comprises a top cover and a bottom plate, wherein, the top cover comprises a top plate and a plurality of side wall plates used in surrounding the top plate, the side wall plates at least comprise end surfaces, the bottom plate comprises a contacting area, and the end surfaces are adhesive to the contacting area. In the present invention, design a traditional planar glass cover board into a concave-shape glass cover board, remove assembling gaps to a rear cover of an electronic product when assembling the rear cover, and assemble the gaps at an invisible area after processing printing art to the glass cover board to achieve objects of raising appearing of electronic product. |
| US09775251B2 |
DC/DC converter control circuit including a plurality of series-connected transistors and a capacitive element coupling nodes of the plurality of series connected transistors
A circuit is for controlling a power transistor of a DC/DC converter. The circuit may include first and second first transistors coupled in series between a first reference voltage and a control terminal of the power transistor, the first and second transistors defining a first junction node. The circuit may include third and fourth transistors coupled in series between the control terminal and a second reference voltage, the third and fourth transistors defining a second junction node. The first and second transistors may have a first conductivity type different from a second conductivity type of the third and fourth transistors. The circuit may include a capacitive element coupled between the first and second junction nodes. |
| US09775248B2 |
Display device
A display device including a flexible circuit board including an insulation film, the insulation film including an input pad part and an output pad part on a first side thereof; a printed circuit board including a first pad part, the first pad part being connected to the input pad part; and a display panel including a second pad part, the second pad part being connected to the output pad part, wherein the input pad part includes a plurality of input pads that are arranged in at least two pad columns, and the flexible circuit board includes a plurality of dummy layers aligned with the plurality of input pads on a second side of the insulation film, the second side being an opposite side to the first side. |
| US09775245B2 |
Pad-array structure on substrate for mounting IC chip on substrate, and optical module having said pad-array structure
A pad-array arrangement structure on a substrate for mounting an IC chip on the substrate, wherein a structure with which it is possible to maximally avoid an increase in the number of wiring layers on the substrate is obtained by devising the pad arrangement in an IC pad-array region.A embodiment of the present invention provides a pad-array structure on a substrate for mounting an IC chip on the substrate. The present invention is characterized in that: a plurality of ground pads arrayed equidistantly in a first row, and a plurality of signal pads arrayed equidistantly in a second row on the inside of and parallel to the first row, are provided on a first circumferential edge in the pad-array region; each of the signal pads passes between two adjacent ground pads in the first row and is connected to an external circuit on the substrate; and electrical signals are input to and output from the external circuit. |
| US09775243B2 |
Module compliance boards for quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) devices
An optimized ground (GND) network connection is provided between a Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) connector and a printed circuit board (PCB). The optimized GND network creates a “GND Island” around the signal pads by adding GND cage around the signal pads (at the empty corridor and in front of QSFP pads) and GND TH (ground through hole) vias from both sides of signal pads (at the empty corridor and in front of QSFP pads). |
| US09775239B2 |
Resin composition for printed wiring board, prepreg, metal-clad laminate, and printed wiring board
A resin composition for printed circuit board contains a resin component containing a thermosetting resin, and an inorganic filler. The inorganic filler contains crushed silica having a specific surface area in a range from 0.1 m2/g to 15 m2/g, inclusive, and molybdenum compound particles each having a molybdenum compound in at least a surface layer portion. A content of the crushed silica is in a range from 10 parts by mass to 150 parts by mass inclusive with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component. |
| US09775236B2 |
Method of manufacturing a transparent substrate
The present disclosure relates to a transparent substrate including: a resin pattern layer including a plurality of grooves respectively including side surfaces and a bottom surface; and, a conductive layer formed within the grooves, wherein a line width of the conductive layer is 0.1 μm to 3 μm and an average height of the conductive layer is 5% to 50% of a maximum depth of each of the grooves, and a manufacturing method thereof, such that simplicity in a manufacturing process and a consecutive process are enabled, manufacturing costs are inexpensive, and a transparent substrate having superior electrical conductivity and transparency characteristics is manufactured. |
| US09775234B2 |
Flexible electronic device
A flexible electronic device including a flexible panel and an auxiliary layer is provided. The flexible panel has a plurality of operation portions, wherein a predetermined bending portion disposed between each adjacent two of the operation portions. The auxiliary layer is disposed on a surface of the flexible panel and at least located above the predetermined bending portion. The predetermined bending portion of the flexible panel may be bent in a first bending state for the auxiliary layer to be in contact with the predetermined bending portion, and a radius of curvature of the auxiliary layer is greater than a radius of curvature of the predetermined bending portion. The flexible electronic device has a first compressive stress region and a first tensile stress region, and a range of the first compressive stress region is greater than a range of the first tensile stress region. |
| US09775233B2 |
Patterned substrates with non-linear conductor traces
The present disclosure provides an article having (a) a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces; and (b) a conductor micropattern disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The conductor micropattern has a plurality of traces defining a plurality of open area cells. The conductor micropattern has an open area fraction greater than 80% and a uniform distribution of trace orientation. Each of the traces is non-linear and has a trace width from 0.5 to 10 micrometer. The articles are useful in devices such as displays, in particular, touch screen displays useful for mobile hand held devices, tablets and computers. They also find use in antennas and for EMI shields. |
| US09775232B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board having the same
A multilayer ceramic capacitor and a board having the same are provided. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including internal electrodes having lead-out portions formed on ends thereof, and external electrodes disposed on portions of end surfaces of the ceramic body to be connected to the lead-out portions, and terminal electrodes coupled to both end portions of the ceramic body and including horizontal portions disposed below the ceramic body and vertical portions spaced apart from the end surfaces of the ceramic body, connected to the external electrodes, and having groove portions, and conductive adhesion layers disposed on the vertical portions of the terminal electrodes to contact the external electrodes through the groove portions. |
| US09775223B2 |
Composite structure with exposed conductive fiber for static dissipation, and method for making same
Provided is a storage tank or structure with conductive fiber material (e.g. carbon fiber) for dissipating electrostatic charge. The tank comprises a tank wall made of composite material, such as polyester-fiberglass composite. On an inner tank surface, open areas are provided in which the conductive fiber is exposed. The conductive fiber material has broken fiber tips and stray fibers for collecting electrostatic charge. Outside the open areas, the conductive fiber material is covered with a layer of cured resin. The conductive fiber is exposed only in the open areas. An impermeable film may be present under the conductive fiber in the open areas. The present invention also includes a method for making the tank, in which a liquid, gel, or impermeable film mask is applied to the conductive fiber material. The mask functions to prevent infiltration of liquid resin into the conductive fiber material. |
| US09775222B1 |
Wireless detection and control device, and lighting device having the same
A wireless detection and control device is provided, which is applicable a lighting device, and may include a first connection interface, a processing module, a detection module and a control module. The first connection interface may be detachably coupled to the power conversion module of the lighting device. The processing module may be coupled to the first connection interface. The detection module may include two second connection interfaces, and be detachably coupled to the processing module via one of the second connection interfaces; the detection module may detect the change of the surrounding environment to generate a detection signal. The control module may be detachably coupled to the processing module. The detection module may transmit the detection signal to the power conversion module, or transmit the detection signal to the control module for the control module to generate a control signal accordingly so as to control a controlled device. |
| US09775218B2 |
Systems and methods for managing interaction with controllable lighting networks
Systems and methods for managing interaction with controllable lighting networks are disclosed. Particularly, a user's input regarding the user's preferred level of interaction with a controllable lighting network is used in conjunction with memories and processors, to selectively allow the controllable lighting network access to the user's personal data such as the user's identity or the user's personal lighting preferences. A user's preferred level of interaction with a controllable lighting network is also used, in conjunction with personal mobile electronic communication devices, to allow the user to control lighting within controllable lighting networks. |
| US09775214B2 |
Battery backup system for LED luminaire
An LED light fixture includes a housing, a controller circuit having direct current (DC) and alternating-current (AC) power inputs, a direct-current (DC) power supply unit (PSU) connected to the controller circuit, an alternating-current (AC) PSU connected to the controller circuit, and at least two groups of light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to emit light, wherein each group includes at least one LED of a first type and at least one LED of a second type. In some embodiments, when the LED light fixture operates in a security mode the controller prevents power from flowing to the AC PSU and allows power to flow to the DC PSU to power only the first type of LEDs of the at least two groups of LEDs to emit a security light. |
| US09775213B2 |
Spectral equalizer
A lighting arrangement is disclosed having a first light source with a dominant wavelength in the range of 505 nm to 520 nm; and a second light source having a dominant wavelength in the range of from 580 nm to 630 nm. The lighting arrangement has at least one control means for adjusting the output of the first light source independent from the light output of the second light source.The control means allows for providing an optimum spectral balance under varying luminance levels. |
| US09775205B1 |
Discontinuous mode buck converter and method therefor
A method includes activating a transistor providing current to a load via an inductor based on values stored at a first timer and at a second timer. The second timer is enabled based a value of a current conducted at the inductor and based on a value of a reference current. The transistor is deactivated in response to determining that a measurement of time elapsed at the first timer is a predetermined multiple of the second measurement of time. |
| US09775204B2 |
Light-emitting module
The light-emitting module according to one embodiment comprises first to Nth light-emitting element packages (wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1), which are connected in series to one another, and a current level regulator for regulating the level of current flowing through the Nth light-emitting element package. Each of the first to Nth light-emitting element packages comprises a light-emitting cell comprising a plurality of sub-cells, which comprise at least one light-emitting element and are connected in series or parallel to one another, and a flicker control unit, which is connected between the plurality of sub-cells and selectively forms the path of current flowing through the light-emitting cell according to the level of an external driving voltage. At least one of the first to Nth light-emitting element packages further comprises a first current control resistor connected to the output of the light-emitting cell. |
| US09775202B2 |
Lighting apparatus and luminaire that adjust switching frequency based on output voltage
Lighting apparatus which supplies a current to solid-state light-emitting device (LED) includes: DC power supply circuit (AC/DC converter); and DC/DC converter that converts an output voltage of DC power supply circuit and applies, to solid-state light-emitting device, the output voltage converted. DC/DC converter includes: switching element; and DC/DC control circuit that performs a control of repeatedly turning ON and OFF switching element in a boundary conduction mode, and DC power supply circuit adjusts the output voltage to make a switching frequency of switching element higher than a first frequency, based on a forward voltage to be applied to solid-state light-emitting device. |
| US09775201B2 |
Dim range enhancement for LED driver connected to phase-cut dimmer
The present invention relates to a driving circuit (100) connected to a conventional phase-cut dimmer. A LED light source (30) is driven by a switched mode power supply (26), which is powered by the mains voltage through a phase-cut dimmer (10) and a rectifier (22). The current through the LED light source (30) is reduced according to the voltage level of the average rectified voltage Vin detected by a voltage sensor (24) and the on time limitation of the switched mode power supply (26). The current amplitude will be increasingly reduced towards the low voltage levels of Vin, namely towards the low dimmer knob levels. Thereby, the invention allows a LED light source driving circuit (100) connected to a conventional phase-cut dimmer to readily make the dimming curve of the LED light source (30) non-linear for being more compatible with the human eye sensitivity. |
| US09775200B2 |
Illumination system comprising an array of LEDs
A capacitive driving system (100) comprises:—a supply device (110) having a set of transmission electrodes (111, 112) located at a top surface (117), and a power generator (13) adapted to generate alternating electrical power;—load devices (200) each having two receiver electrodes (221, 222) at a lower surface (227) and at least one load member (223) coupled to said receiver electrodes. In an energy transfer position, the lower surface of the load device is directed to the top surface of the supply device and at least one of said transmission electrodes together with a corresponding one of said receiver electrodes defines a first transfer capacitor (31). Resonant energy transfer takes place from the supply device to the load member. The load device can be rotated for enabling amendment of the capacitance value of said first transfer capacitor. |
| US09775199B2 |
Light emitting diode retrofit lamp for high intensity discharge ballast
Provided is an LED retrofit lamp interfacing with a high intensity discharge (HID) ballast that includes a lighting source having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), one or more heat sink components dissipating heat generated by the LEDs, and an LED driver configured to operate the LEDs. The LED retrofit lamp is disposed within an HID housing and the HID ballast is electrically connected with the LED driver, and supplies power to the LED driver for operating the LEDs. |
| US09775198B2 |
Electrode clamping device
An electrode clamping device is suitable for use in an electrical arc furnace. The clamping device is used releasably to clamp an electrode of an electric arc furnace, and includes at least one elongate tension element configured in use to extend at least partially about a periphery of the electrode of the arc furnace in order for the tension element to define a tensionable loop about the electrode that is adapted to exert a clamping force on the electrode when tensioned. The clamping device also includes a tensioning mechanism including tensioning means adapted to exert a tensile force on end zones of the clamping element so as to tension the tension element, characterized in that the force exerted by the tensioning means is directed in a radial direction relative to the electrode. |
| US09775197B2 |
Protective device for a heating unit
The invention is based on a protective device for a heating unit, in particular for a cooking apparatus (10), for protecting a heating unit against a hot air flow (44).To achieve an effective cooling effect, it is proposed that the protective device for a heating unit comprises a shielding element (68), which is provided for this purpose to shield a space (46) provided for a cold cooling air flow (42) for cooling the heating unit (14) against the hot air flow (44). |
| US09775193B2 |
Communications assembly and apparatus
A communications assembly, comprising a first device (130) operable for a public mobile radio network (168) such as a cellular telephony network, a second device (102) operable for a private mobile radio network (166) such as a TETRA network and a communications interface module (170) configured to provide a communications conduit between said first (130) and second (102) devices over a local communications medium is disclosed. The communications interface module (170) is configured to route a communication originating at said first device (130) through said communications interface module (170) to said second device (130) for transmission over said private mobile radio network (166). Optionally or additionally a communication initiated at said communications interface module (170) is routed to said first device (130) for transmission over said public mobile radio network (168). The communications interface module (170) may be further configured to provide a communications conduit between said first (130) and second (102) devices over the local communications medium for routing a communication received at said first device (130) from said public mobile radio network (166) through said communications interface module to said second device. Further optionally or additionally a communication received at said second device (102) from said private mobile radio network (168) may be routed through said communications interface module (170) to said first device (130). |
| US09775190B2 |
Encoded information reading terminal with user-configurable multi-protocol wireless communication interface
An apparatus may include a microprocessor and a wireless communication interface configured to perform at least one of receiving a first radio signal or transmitting a second radio signal. The microprocessor may be configured to execute at least one of a base-band encoder software program or a base-band decoder software program. The apparatus may be further configured to execute a wireless communication protocol selector software program that may be configured to optimize a value of a user-defined criterion in order to dynamically select at least one of a wireless communication network, a wireless communication protocol, and a parameter of a wireless communication protocol. |
| US09775186B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting D2D data based on resource pattern
A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. A method of transmitting device-to-device (D2D) data using a D2D data transmission resource by a user equipment (UE), the method including: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource including a pool of subframes; selecting D2D data transmission subframes from among the pool of subframes based on a changed pattern, the changed pattern being derived from a basic pattern; and transmitting, from the UE to another UE, D2D data based on the selected D2D data transmission subframes. |
| US09775180B2 |
Radio communication system
The radio communication system has a user equipment, a first base station, a second base station, a serving gateway, and a switching station. The first base station has a control-plane path set to the switching station. The second base station has no control-plane path to the switching station. A path setting determiner determines whether to set a user-plane path, based on measurement information reported from the user equipment. A base station determiner determines, based on identification information obtained by the user equipment, whether a base station to which the user-plane path is to be set is the second base station, the base station corresponding to the obtained identification information. |
| US09775179B2 |
Method to achieve a fully acknowledged mode communication (FAMC) in push-to-talk over cellular (PoC)
A system and method for providing advanced voice services in a wireless communications network, and more specifically, a method and framework to achieve a Fully Acknowledged Mode Communication (FAMC) in Push-to-talk-over-Cellular (PoC) is provided. A FAMC call session is a PoC call session that can only be established when all members of a set are available. |
| US09775177B2 |
Data transmission method and user equipment for the same
A mobile communication technology, and, more particularly, a method for efficiently transmitting data stored in a message 3 (Msg3) buffer and a user equipment for the same is disclosed. The method of transmitting data by a user equipment in uplink includes receiving an uplink (UP) Grant signal from a base station on a specific message, determining whether there is data stored in a message 3 (Msg3) buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message, determining whether the specific message is a random access response message, and transmitting the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base station using the UL Grant signal received on the specific message, if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message and the specific message is the random access response message. |
| US09775175B2 |
Method for random access
The present invention proposes a method, in an eNB in wireless communication network based on carrier aggregation (CA) transmission, for controlling random access performed by UE, wherein the method comprises: determining whether the UE is out of UL sync on all cells, wherein the cells comprises Pcell and Scell: sending Physical Downlink Control Channel (PD-CCH) order signaling if the UE is out of UL sync on all the cells, wherein the PDCCH order signaling is used to indicating the UE to perform random access. A method, in a mobile station in wireless communication network based on carrier aggregation (CA) transmission, for random access, wherein the mobile station is configured a Pcell and at least one Scell, and the method comprises: determining whether random access is needed on at least one cell of the cells, wherein the cells comprises the Pcell and the at least one Scell; performing random access on at least one cell of all the cells, if it is determined that random access is needed on at least one cell of the cells. |
| US09775174B2 |
Method and device for transmitting/receiving frame in accordance with bandwidth thereof in WLAN system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more specifically, provides a method and device for transmitting/receiving a frame in accordance with the bandwidth thereof in a WLAN system. The method whereby a station (STA) performs virtual carrier sensing (VCS) in a WLAN system according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving a frame by the STA; determining by the STA, a VCS time length value on the basis of the response indication parameter and/or channel bandwidth type of the frame; and deferring channel access by the STA for the VCS time length value. |
| US09775167B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
In a base station (100), a division number calculating unit (103) calculates the division number of a PRB pair on the basis of a first number of REs capable of mapping an allocation control signal, a second number of REs capable of mapping signals other than the allocation control signal, and a reference value, which is the number of REs satisfying the reception quality request in a terminal (200) for the allocation control signal, in each PRB pair. Then, a control signal mapping control unit (104) determines a search space by determining a control channel element group constituting a plurality of mapping unit resource region candidates within a CCE group obtained by separating each PRB pair contained in a first group into the same number as the division number. |
| US09775166B2 |
Method, device, and system for controlling quality of service
A method, a device, and a system for controlling quality of service are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a policy and charging enforcement function PCEF entity, a service flow priority identifier (FPI) of a downlink data packet, where the FPI is used to indicate a priority of a service flow to which the downlink data packet belongs; carrying, by the PCEF, the FPI in the downlink data packet; and sending, by the PCEF, the downlink data packet to a base station, so that the base station sends the downlink data packet to a user equipment UE according to the FPI. By adopting the method, the device, and the system according to the embodiments of the present invention, end-to-end differentiated processing of a service flow can be implemented, differentiated experiences can be provided for different levels of subscribers and different types of services. |
| US09775162B2 |
Prioritized airtime-aware scheduling for wireless local-area network
A method for communication includes accepting in an Access Point (AP) data items for transmission over a wireless channel to multiple terminals served by the AP. Aggregate airtimes, which were previously allocated to the respective terminals on the wireless channel, are assessed. Transmission of the data items is scheduled depending on the aggregate airtimes. |
| US09775141B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing latency of LTE uplink transmissions
A method and apparatus reduce latency of Long Term Evolution (LTE) uplink transmissions. An indication can be acquired, where the indication can indicate a set of frequency domain resource blocks for possible Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission in an uplink subframe. A subset of resource blocks can be selected from the set of frequency domain resource blocks for possible PUSCH transmission based on a selection criterion. The selection criterion can use at least a resource set size acquired from the indication, can use a modulo function, and can use an identifier associated with the User Equipment (UE). The PUSCH can be transmitted in the selected subset of resource blocks in the uplink subframe. |
| US09775138B1 |
Mechanism for moveable telematics services
A telematics control unit in a vehicle, comprising a processor configured to send to a telematics server account data of a cellular account of a driver of the vehicle and a request to affiliate the account data with the telematics control unit, and in response to sending a request to the server to bridge an incoming call to a virtual number of the driver, output the bridged call using a computer system of the vehicle. |
| US09775134B2 |
System and method for coverage enhancements of broadcast channels
Methods and apparatus are provided for a base station to transmit and for a UE to detect broadcast information when the UE operates in a Coverage Enhancement (CE) mode. The base station transmits repetitions of signaling conveying broadcast information in one or more subframes of each frame in a quadruple of frames. The transmission is intermittent in time. To detect the broadcast information, the UE blindly combines and decodes the repetitions of signaling assuming their existence. The base station informs the pattern for the intermittent transmissions of the signaling to UEs connected to the base station or to other base stations. |
| US09775133B2 |
Broadcast and multicast service communication method, base station, and mobile station
Controlling broadcast and multicast service communication including transmitting request signaling information for requesting broadcast and multicast service from a mobile station to a base station using preamble codes of specified random access channel (RACH) signals, and discriminating the preamble codes of the specified RACH signals from among preamble codes of RACH signals which have been received. Further including transmitting reception completion responses to the mobile station which transmitted the preamble codes from the base station after discriminating the preamble codes, including transmitting a request for starting broadcast and multicast service to a multimedia-broadcast-and-multicast-service transmission apparatus when the base station first receives at least one of the preamble codes of the specified RACH signals for the broadcast and multicast service, and broadcasting and multicasting, in the base station, of multimedia data supplied by the multimedia-broadcast-and-multicast-service transmission apparatus to the mobile station. |
| US09775131B2 |
Energy resource system
An energy resource management server comprising: means for receiving energy availability messages from remote energy resources and geographic location indicators indicative of the geographical location of said remote energy resources; means for receiving energy request messages from remote energy resources and geographic location indicators indicative of the geographical location of said remote energy resources; a processor configured to determine counterparties in an energy resource transfer based on received energy availability messages and received energy request messages and the geographical location of the remote energy resources, and to transmit, to one or both of the counterparties, location information of the other counterparty of the determined counterparties. |
| US09775130B2 |
System and method for managing a location of an alert for a remotely originating incoming communication
The present invention provides a paired device, a system and method for managing a location of an alert for a remotely originating incoming communication intended for a particular user to one or more of a plurality of devices associated with the particular user. The one or more of a plurality of devices includes a primary device and one or more secondary devices paired with the primary device. A detection is made via one or more sensors associated with a particular secondary device as to whether the particular secondary device is proximate to the particular user with which the particular secondary device is associated. A detection is then made via a local communication management module of the particular secondary device whether the particular secondary device is in communication with a local communication management module of the primary device with which the particular secondary device is paired. A user alert element of the particular secondary device to be activated for the remotely originating incoming communication intended for a particular user is then enabled, when the one or more sensors associated with a particular secondary device detects that the particular secondary device is proximate to the particular user with which the particular secondary device is associated, and when the local communication management module of the particular secondary device detects that the particular secondary device is not in communication with the primary device with which the particular secondary device is paired via a local communication management module of the primary device. |
| US09775129B2 |
Qualifying locations for fixed wireless services
A device receives an address from a computer terminal; determines a location associated with the address; and determines a current signal quality at the location by referencing a file that represents an area that includes the location. The device further determines whether the location qualifies for a fixed wireless service based on the current signal quality. The device also transmits information to the computer terminal. The information indicates whether the location qualifies for the fixed wireless service. |
| US09775128B2 |
Vehicular connectivity map
The present disclosure relates to a connectivity system with: (a) a vehicle including an accelerator, brakes, steering, a cellular network antenna, a processor, and memory; (b) a connectivity program operatively coupled with the vehicle antenna and configured to: receive a connectivity map, sample connectivity, transmit the samples, anticipate connectivity based on the connectivity map, and generate an instruction for another program based on the anticipated connectivity. |
| US09775126B2 |
Node-enabled monitoring of activity of a person using a hierarchical node network
Methods and systems are described for monitoring an activity of a person using a hierarchical node network having at least an ID node, a master node, and a server. The ID node is associated with a person, can monitor the person's activity, can communicate directly with the master node but is unable to directly communicate with the server. The master node can directly communicate with the server and separately communicate with the ID node. The master node associates with the ID node upon detecting a signal broadcast from the ID node. The server determines a location of the ID node. The ID node detects an actionable event related to the person's activity based upon the ID node location, and transmits a message to the master node reporting the actionable event. The master node notifies the server about the event. The server initiates a responsive action based upon the notification. |
| US09775125B1 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for enhancing IP multimedia subsystem service continuity
Described herein are apparatus, systems and methods for enhancing Internet protocol (“IP”) multimedia subsystem service continuity. The methods including, at a user equipment (“UE”) connected to a first network using a first Radio Access Technology (“RAT”) and authorization information, connecting to a second network using a second RAT, transmitting a first registration attempt to an IP multimedia subsystem (“IMS”) associated with the second network, determining that the registration attempt with the IMS associated with the second network did not complete, clearing the authorization information, reconnecting to the first network and transmitting a second registration attempt to the IMS associated with the first network without the authorization information. |
| US09775117B1 |
Dynamic clear channel assessment
A first device determines a maximum allowable interference, and transmits a packet including an indicator of the maximum allowable interference. The maximum allowable interference corresponds to an amount of interference that can be present at the first device without preventing proper reception, by the first device, of packets from a second device, or to an amount of interference that can be present at the first device without resulting in a reduction in a Modulation and Coding Scheme of communications between the first and second device. A secondary transmitting device receives an indication of a maximum allowable interference, determines a maximum transmission power according to the maximum allowable interference, and transmits packets during a NAV protection period at a transmission power less than or equal to the maximum transmission power, when the NAV protection period does not reserve the medium the secondary transmitting device. |
| US09775116B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing performance of communication links of cooperative communication nodes
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, monitoring performance parameters in a communications network, identifying a degradation in performance of one or more nodes of the communications network according the monitored performance parameters, and initiating corrective action to mitigate the degradation in performance of the one or more nodes of the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09775112B2 |
Enabling and disabling low energy, short-range wireless communication modules
A system includes a vehicle communications platform (VCP) operatively disposed in a vehicle and in communication with a server. The VCP has a low energy, short-range wireless communication module, including advertising ON and OFF modes. The advertising ON mode enables the module to broadcast an advertising event, and is triggered when i) vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at its garage address or ii) wireless device position data indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle. The advertising OFF mode inhibits the module from broadcasting the advertising event, and is triggered when i) vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at its garage address or ii) wireless device position data indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle. |
| US09775109B2 |
Micro sleep mode control for a receiver
A technique for controlling a receiver to enter a micro sleep mode during which at least one receiver component is temporarily switched off is described. The receiver is configured to process sub-frames each having a first sub-frame portion followed by a second sub-frame portion, the first sub-frame portion carrying information indicative of whether or not the second sub-frame portion needs to be decoded. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of providing a regular micro sleep mode in which the receiver component is switched off after the first sub-frame portion has been decoded in case the decoding indicates that the second sub-frame portion does not need to be decoded, providing an extended micro sleep mode in which the receiver component is switched off immediately after the first sub-frame portion has been received, evaluating a mode setting criterion, and controlling the receiver to enter the regular micro sleep mode or the extended micro sleep mode depending on the mode setting criterion. |
| US09775108B2 |
Method and equipment for saving energy
The present invention discloses a method and equipment for saving energy. The method comprises the following steps: the first network node acquires load information of the second network node next to the first and modifies energy saving state according to its own load information and that of said second network node; said first and second network nodes send information on indication for saving energy state to the adjacent third network node and inform the information of modifying energy saving state to said third network node based on said information on indication for saving energy state. Embodiments of the present invention optimize resource utilization rate of the whole network. |
| US09775106B2 |
Mobile terminal apparatus for automatically generating/changing wireless local area network (WLAN) access information and method for controlling the same
A method and apparatus for automatically generating/changing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access information are provided. The apparatus includes an access information management database for storing pre-registered WLAN access information of a plurality of WLAN Access Points (APs). The apparatus also includes an access information collector for collecting information for WLAN APs being accessible at a current position of the apparatus, and an access information analyzer for analyzing the collected information, and creating a list of the accessible WLAN APs. The apparatus further includes a comparator for comparing the list with the WLAN access information to determine if the WLAN APs match. The apparatus additionally includes an access information automatic changer for automatically changing current WLAN access information according to matched APs. The apparatus includes an access information generator for automatically generating new WLAN access information when no WLAN access information is matched with the APs. |
| US09775099B2 |
Methods and apparatus for access network selection
A method may include receiving access network selection information from a user equipment and providing network selection information in dependence on said requested access network selection function information. |
| US09775098B2 |
User equipment tracing method and system, access device, and access controller
Embodiments of the present invention provide a user equipment tracing method and system, an access device, and an access controller. The method includes: sending, by an access device, a query request message to an access controller, where the query request message includes a user equipment identifier, so that the access controller queries a tracing task list according to the user equipment identifier, determines that the tracing task list includes the user equipment identifier, and sends a query response message to the access device, where the query response message includes a tracing identifier and/or the user equipment identifier; and receiving, by the access device, the query response message sent by the access controller, and if it is determined that the query response message includes the tracing identifier, performing a signaling tracing operation on the user equipment. |
| US09775093B2 |
Architecture that manages access between a mobile communications device and an IP network
Architecture which includes functionality in a handset and a network that automates an access point association and authorization procedure. The invention builds on a framework specified as part of a generic access network controller to enable the network to transparently and dynamically detect, control, and manage which access points are allowed for specific subscribers. The invention comprises a system that facilitates communications over a network including an access component that facilitates wireless communications over an unlicensed network that operates in an unlicensed frequency band (e.g., a home Wi-Fi network), and an authorization component that facilitates authorization of a mobile communications device (e.g., a cellular telephone) for communications over a mobile communications network (e.g., a cellular network) via the unlicensed network. |
| US09775089B2 |
Received signal strength indicator (RSSI) realizing cellular radio access technology type measurements in a wireless local area network domain
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for measurement reporting. The method comprises receiving, via a first radio access technology (RAT), a first request for one or more measurement reports, translating the first request to a group of second requests for measurement associated with at least a second RAT, and transmitting at least one of the second requests to initiate gathering measurements associated with the second RAT for use in generating the one or more measurement reports in response to the first request. |
| US09775088B2 |
Methods and systems for intelligent selection of devices for handins
A dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) system includes a dynamic spectrum policy controller (DPC) and a dynamic spectrum controller (DSC) that together dynamically manage the allocation and use of resources across different networks. The DSC component may be configured to receive notice that an eNodeB is congested, identify a geographic boundary area for a bid serviced by the congested eNodeB, generate a list of eligible active wireless devices that are inside the geographic boundary area, determine an available resource of target a eNodeB that services the identified geographic boundary area, select for handin to the target eNodeB wireless devices from the received list of eligible active devices, and send a handin initiate communication message to the target eNodeB servicing the wireless devices that are selected for handin. |
| US09775083B2 |
Methods for efficient wireless communications and communication apparatus utilizing the same
A method for efficient wireless communications includes determining whether a first predetermined threshold value related to cell reselection is greater than a second predetermined threshold value related to cell measurement; and when the first predetermined threshold value is not greater than the second predetermined threshold value, determining not to perform cell measurement on a predetermined neighbor cell and determining to perform at least one radio activity instead in a predetermined period of time reserved for performing the cell measurement. |
| US09775077B2 |
Derivation of eMBMs neighbor SAI information with correlation bit-map
A UE receives a list of neighboring cells of a serving cell serving the UE, and a list of SAIs. The list of neighboring cells may be included in a first system information message and the list of SAIs may be included in a second system information message. The first and second messages may be the same message, e.g., SIB15, or may be different messages SIB4/SIB5 and SIB15. The list of SAI includes those SAI supported by at least one of the serving cell and the neighboring cells. At least one of the SAIs is formatted to include mapping information that maps the SAI to one or more of the neighboring cells included in the list of neighboring cells. The UE processes the at least one SAI to determine the one or more neighboring cells that support the SAI. |
| US09775074B2 |
Mobility management based on transmission rate history
Mobility management mechanism wherein a source base station is configured to send to a target base station the transmission rate history of a user equipment to be handed off from the source base station to the target base station. |
| US09775073B2 |
Gateway configured to provide a handover, converting and routing function
In one aspect, the invention provides an improved procedure for handing over a connection from a source network node to a target network node. In some embodiments, this procedure includes the following steps: (a) receiving, at a gateway, a handover required message transmitted from the source network node; (b) generating, at the gateway, a handover request message in response to receiving the handover required message; and (c) transmitting, from the gateway, the handover request message to the target network node. In another aspect, the invention provides an improved gateway that is configured to intercept and handle handover signaling. |
| US09775072B2 |
Modifying parameters of a wireless access node
A capability for modifying parameters of a wireless access node is provided. The capability for modifying parameters of a wireless access node may support use of parameter monitoring and computation functions to jointly improve or optimize capacity for voice and data users in wireless networks. The capability for modifying parameters of a wireless access node may include detecting a trigger event associated with the wireless access node, modifying a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) threshold of the wireless access node responsive to the trigger event, modifying a call admission control (CAC) threshold of the wireless access node based on evaluation of a parameter associated with modification of the SINR threshold of the wireless access node, and further modifying the CAC threshold of the wireless access node based on evaluation of a parameter associated with modification of the CAC threshold of the wireless access node. |
| US09775068B2 |
Method for joint and coordinated load balancing and coverage and capacity optimization in cellular communication networks
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing a real cellular, wireless communication network that combines mobility load balancing (MLB) with coverage and capacity optimization (CCO) in a joint and coordinated optimization. An optimal set of physical base station parameters is determined by performing an iterative direct search. The iterative direct search comprises a partitioning strategy to jointly determine an optimal partition of the served area and an associated optimal load of each of the plurality of base stations for a current set of physical base station parameters for each direct search iteration; said partitioning strategy using an updated value of the received power of the pilot or reference signal for each the plurality of user locations associated with the current set of physical base station parameters for each direct search iteration. (FIG. 1) |
| US09775066B2 |
Method for managing radio resource in multi-cell wireless communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a radio resource management (RRM) measurement method of a terminal and a device therefor in a multi-cell wireless communication system. Particularly, the RRM measurement method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a serving cell, information associated with an RRM for a neighboring cell; and performing an RRM measurement for the neighboring cell according to the information associated with the RRM, wherein the serving cell and the neighboring cell are respectively set to change at least one uplink subframe according to a preset uplink-downlink configuration (UL-DL configuration) for downlink communication, and subframes for an RRM measurement for the neighboring cell are considered to be the same as subframes for an RRM measurement of the serving cell if the information associated with the RRM indicates the uplink-downlink configurations (UL-DL configurations) of the serving cell and the neighboring cell are the same. |
| US09775060B2 |
Method and apparatus for channel information feedback in wireless communication system
Provided are a method and apparatus for a UE (user equipment) to provide reference signal feedback in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, from a base station, CSI-RS configuration information for configuring CSI-RS (channel state information reference signal) patterns, the CSI-RS configuration information containing usage information; performing a first measurement for radio resource management on all CSI-RS patterns configured based on the CSI-RS configuration information; and performing a second measurement only on CSI-RS patterns corresponding to the usage information, the second measurement being determined by the usage indicated by the usage information. |
| US09775054B1 |
Monitoring and management of links in a wireless network
A wireless communication link can include an uplink and a downlink between a wireless access point and a computer device. The uplink supports communications from the computer device to the wireless access point. The downlink supports communications from the wireless access point to the computer device. The computer device executes a downlink monitor application to monitor events occurring on the downlink. The wireless access point or other suitable resource such as a remote management resource executes an uplink monitor application to monitor events occurring on the uplink. The uplink application and the downlink application log events using the same master clock. The remote management resource can be configured to analyze the uplink status information in view of the downlink status information to perform one or more functions such as troubleshooting, optimizing network settings, etc. |
| US09775051B2 |
Apparatus and methods for radio frequency signal boosters
Radio frequency (RF) signal boosters are provided. A radio frequency signal booster can include a housing integrated with a base station antenna. The booster includes a mobile station antenna port, and downlink and uplink amplifiers within the housing. The base station antenna can receive wireless communications signals on one or more downlink channels and transmit wireless communications signals on one or more uplink channels. Also, the mobile station antenna port can be connected to an integrated or separate mobile station antenna, which can provide communications signals on one or more downlink channels and receive wireless communications on one or more uplink channels. An isolator in the form of a reflector integrated with the housing can isolate the mobile station antenna from the base station antenna. |
| US09775048B2 |
Performance of a user equipment (UE) in unlicensed spectrum
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum. For example, the disclosure presents a method for receiving, at the UE, a secondary component carrier (SCC) update from a small cell. The example method further includes tuning the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update. The update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT. As such, improved performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in an unlicensed spectrum may be achieved. |
| US09775047B2 |
Communication device and communication control method
A plurality of consecutive frequency bands are used as a broadband and use efficiency thereof is improved. An available-frequency-band-information-list is retained such that the list is categorized into frequency-band-groups, each of the groups is a series of consecutive frequency bands, and a frequency-band-number-width is given to each of the groups. Determining a necessary-frequency-band-number, one group is selected from the groups whose width match the number as a first-type band group, when any of the width of each of the groups does not match the number, one group is selected from the groups whose width are next larger than the number as a frequency band group to be used, and a series of consecutive frequency bands corresponding to the number is selected from the frequency band group to be used as a second-type band group. Communication is controlled so as to use the first-type or the second-type band group. |
| US09775046B2 |
Power management
An apparatus for wireless communications includes a processing system. The processing system is configured to turn off a first wireless interface configured to support communications within a first coverage area. The processing system is further configured to communicate with a second apparatus using a second wireless interface configured to support communications within a second coverage area greater than the first coverage area. The processing system is further configured to turn on the first wireless interface based on the communication with the second apparatus. |
| US09775045B2 |
Slicing architecture for wireless communication
Embodiments provide a system, apparatus, or non-transitory computer readable medium to provide a slicing architecture for wireless communications systems. |
| US09775039B2 |
Data stitching for networked automation
A telecommunication carrier may stitch data from multiple sources to support device automation and access control. A state may be assigned to a user of a user device at a telecommunication carrier based on a data stitch of information from multiple data sources. The data sources may include data on a geolocation of the user device. The state may be provided to a rules engine at a remote location via a carrier network of the telecommunication carrier. An indication from the rules engine that the user device is granted or denied access to one or more entities at the location based on the state may be received via the carrier network at the telecommunication carrier. In turn, the telecommunication carrier may provide the indication of the granted or denied access to the user device of the user. |
| US09775033B2 |
Method and apparatus for connecting wireless LAN on multi SIM terminal
A method and an apparatus for operating a subscriber identity module (SIM) card in order to perform effective wireless local area network (LAN) connection by a multi SIM terminal is provided. The method includes searching for a wireless LAN; identifying whether there is a SIM card corresponding to the wireless LAN; and when it is identified that there is the SIM card corresponding to the wireless LAN, and the SIM card corresponding to the wireless LAN is unselected, connecting a communication channel with the wireless LAN using information on the unselected SIM card. |
| US09775030B2 |
Wireless communication device
Provided is a wireless communication device for packet communication. In a case where a communication failure occurs, authentication of the other communication party is performed. In a case where the other communication party is a legitimate party, an encryption key for packet communication is updated, a packet number is returned to an initial value, and the packet communication is resumed. |
| US09775022B1 |
Managing multi-active communication on a multi-subscription multi-standby communication device
Examples include systems and methods for managing multi-active communication on a multi-subscription multi-standby (MSMS) communication device. The device processor may change a first protocol stack of a first subscription and a second protocol stack of a second subscription of the MSMS communication device to a multi-active mode in response to determining that all of one or more packet data network connections of the first subscription are transferred to a Wi-Fi communication link. |
| US09775021B2 |
Method and device for supporting MTC trigger of serving node in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for allowing a serving node to support a trigger request of a machine type communication-interworking function (MTC-IWF) in a wireless communication system, and the method for supporting the trigger request comprises the steps of: receiving, from a terminal, capability information which contains information on trigger transmission; and determining whether to transmit the information on the trigger transmission to a home subscriber server (HSS)/home location register (HLR), based on the information related to the terminal, which contains the capability information, and information related to the serving node, wherein the information on the trigger transmission contains information indicating whether the terminal supports a trigger request through the MTC-IWF and the serving node. |
| US09775017B2 |
Enabling high-power UE transmission
Systems and methods are disclosed for permitting higher transmit power at a mobile device. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a base station, an emergency request from a mobile device; sending, from the base station to a neighboring base station, a high power reservation message to reserve one or more radio resource blocks at the neighboring base station for non-use; and sending, from the base station to the mobile device, a resource allocation including the one or more radio resource blocks and a power control message requesting high transmit power. |
| US09775015B1 |
Systems and methods for facilitating online matching utilizing a wearable device
A computer-based system for presenting interpersonal relationship analysis and recommendation to a first user, comprising: a matching server system configured to: (a) generate match profile data for a plurality of users, the match profile data including user location data; and (b) correlate the match profile data of the first user with the match profiles of nearby users selected from the plurality of users based on user location data; (c) determine from the correlation whether the nearby users includes a potential match for the first user; a user wearable computing device operatively coupled to the matching server system, wherein the user wearable computing device comprises: a user interface, including a visual display; a controller, including a processor and a non-transitory medium containing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor causes the controller to execute the following operations if matching server system determines that the nearby users includes a potential match: (a) display an alert via the user interface indicating the nearby users includes a potential match; (c) selectively receive the location data of the potential match, based on the mutual interest between the first user and the potential match; and (d) display on the visual display information the location of the potential match relative to the location data of the first user. |
| US09775013B2 |
Method, mobile terminal, and server for displaying data analysis result
A method of displaying a data analysis result on a portable electronic device comprising: sending a data analysis request to a remotely located server, wherein the data request comprises raw data. In response to sending the data analysis request, receiving from the server a reply comprising information to create an editable, graphical representation of the raw data. In response to receiving the reply, determining whether the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information to create the editable, graphical representation, stored in memory. In accordance with a determination that the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information to create the editable, graphical representation, stored in memory, displaying the graphical representation of the raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates. |
| US09775010B2 |
Communication terminal, communication method, computer readable recording medium having communication program recorded, and network system
A communication terminal includes: a display, an input device for accepting a first operation instruction; a communication device for connection with a server and another terminal; and a control unit for receiving first contents from the server via the communication device according to the first operation instruction, determining whether connection with another terminal is established or not, transmitting the first contents to another terminal via the communication device when a determination is made that connection with another terminal is established, and causing the display to show the first contents. |
| US09775008B2 |
System and method for elastic scaling in a push to talk (PTT) platform using user affinity groups
An embodiment method includes receiving, by a first push-to-talk (PTT) service hosted on a processor, a session initiation request from a PTT client of a user and identifying, by the first PTT service, a user affinity group of the user. The user is assigned to the user affinity group in accordance with a prediction the user will communicate with first users in the user affinity group more frequently than second users in different user affinity groups. The method further includes determining, by the first PTT service, a PTT call server for the user affinity group. The PTT call server serves the user and the first users belonging to the user affinity group. |
| US09775005B2 |
Feedback signalling for multicast data transmission
Data transmission in a multicast fashion in which retransmissions are requested by recipients sending feedback to the one sender. Receiving stations are informed about the feedback of another receiving station. This is done by mirroring the feedback of receiving stations to other receiving stations. Due to this, in case, for example, one of the mirrored feedbacks is a negative acknowledgement message, the other receiving stations are informed that it is no longer necessary to provide their feedback, since a retransmission will be initiated anyway. Advantageously, this may allow reduced interference in the direction of the feedback. |
| US09775002B2 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying subscriber station mobility
Methods and apparatus for identifying a subscriber station which is in motion, determining a mobility metric indicative of a level of mobility of the subscriber station and varying or updating one or more operating parameters based on the mobility metric. An apparatus can determine a measure of mobility based on one or a combination of a plurality of factors, such as variations in signal strength, variations in a channel estimate, or variations in phase or frequency of a particular signal or signal component. The one or more measures of mobility can be combined to form a single measure of mobility, the measure of mobility can be quantized to a predetermined number of mobility levels and one or more operating parameters can be varied or adjusted based on the mobility level. |
| US09774999B2 |
Method and system for providing enhanced location based information for wireless handsets
Methods, devices and systems for generating enhanced location information on or about a mobile device. A mobile device may be configured to determine an initial location value, compute an initial location accuracy value, compare the initial location accuracy value to a threshold value, and establish a communications group with a plurality of transceivers in response to determining that the initial location accuracy value exceeds the threshold value. In response to establishing the communications group, the mobile device may receive location information from the transceivers, use the received location information to determine a trilateration position value, and compute a trilateration variance value. The mobile device may then determine a final location value based on a combination of the initial location value, initial location accuracy value, trilateration position value, and trilateration variance value, and use the final location value to provide an enhanced location based service. |
| US09774998B1 |
Automatic content transfer
A computing system with multiple devices local to an environment facilitates active transfer among the multiple devices as a user moves about the environment. The devices may sense a presence or non-presence of the user and attempt to coordinate transfer to a device proximal to the user. In another implementation, the devices may communicate with a remote system that monitors a location of the user within the environment and causes content associated with the user to transfer between computing devices of the system based on the location and movement of the user. |
| US09774997B2 |
Communication message processing method, device, and storage medium
A communication message processing method includes acquiring a terminal distance between a terminal and a wearable device, switching the terminal to an auto-reply mode when the terminal distance exceeds a preset distance threshold, and, when a communication application program in the terminal receives a communication message, controlling the communication application program to send an auto-reply message to a sender of the communication message. |
| US09774996B1 |
Methods and apparatus for self-triangulation using millimeter wave system
One aspect of this disclosure provides an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus comprises a plurality of antennas and a processing system. The processing system is configured to transmit a first signal to and receive a second signal from an wireless node via each of the antennas. The processing system is further configured to determine a plurality of distances between each of the plurality of antennas and the wireless node based on the signals. The processing system is also configured to identify a position of each of the antennas in relation to the wireless node based on a known distance between two antennas of the plurality of antennas in a pair and the determined distances. The processing system is further also configured to command a movement of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the identified positions. |
| US09774992B2 |
Software applications and website platform for recording, displaying and sharing receiver signal strengths and other parameters
A software application installed on a mobile device moving along a path periodically measures and records a parameter along with the GPS position associated with the measurement. Path data files are recorded on the device's internal memory and may be transferred to and from a repository database to share data between devices. Data may be displayed in the form of a map allowing users to navigate along paths to locations with desired parameter levels. This parameter may be cellular signal strength, allowing users in areas with no usable signal to find a usable signal. If data are preloaded onto a device, signal strength maps can be displayed even when the device has no current data connection. Parameters can be calibrated to compensate for differing sensitivities between device models. Screen dimming and audio cues can reduce battery consumption and the software can alert users when they stray from a desired path. |
| US09774985B2 |
Broadcast aging for bluetooth low energy
Disclosed herein are techniques to age filter information for a wireless network. In particular, a device to remove indications to filter beacons broadcast from another device based on the difference between a time a beacon was last received from the other device is disclosed. The device may be configured to update a filter information element each time a beacon is received from the other device and also to update an indication to filter beacons from the device based on the filter information element. |
| US09774984B2 |
Real time analytics driven decisioning of edge devices in a wireless sensor network
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for real-time analytics driven decisioning of edge devices in a WSN. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for real-time analytics driven decisioning of edge devices in a WSN is provided. The method includes establishing a communicative connection by a controller with sensors in a geographically proximate WSN and aggregating data received from the sensors. The method also includes triggering an action in the controller based upon the aggregated data. Finally, the method includes propagating the aggregated data to a different controller communicatively coupled to other sensors of a different WSN geographically proximate to the different controller. |
| US09774982B2 |
Long term evolution machine to machine privacy protection
An intelligent decision engine is configured on a mobile device that includes rules and criteria that the engine uses to determine whether to allow the mobile device to engage in M2M communications with an M2M device. The criteria may be based on user groups, location of the mobile device, privacy zones that may or may not include the M2M device, “black” and/or “white” access lists, time of day, traffic on a wireless link to a wireless network, etc. If the communication meets all applicable criteria it is permitted to commence, and if not, it is blocked. |
| US09774981B2 |
Audio rendering system
An audio rendering system is provided that comprises a plurality of loudspeakers arranged to approximate a desired spatial sound field within a predetermined reproduction region, wherein the loudspeakers are configured to approximate the sound field based on a weighted series of orthonormal basis functions for the reproduction region. |
| US09774980B2 |
Information processor, audio processor, audio processing system and program
An audio processor acquires processed sound data, which is obtained by processing original sound data according to a content of processing defined such that first sound is emitted under the standard sound emission condition, in association with a sound emission device, acquires a control signal, and acquires a device sound emission condition. In order to make second sound emitted by the sound emission device under the acquired device sound emission condition close to the first sound, the audio processor identifies the correction content of the processed sound data based on a difference between the device sound emission condition and the standard sound emission condition, the control signal, and the processed sound data acquired in association with the sound emission device. The audio processor corrects the processed sound data according to the correction content, and supplies the corrected processed sound data to the sound emission device. |
| US09774979B1 |
Systems and methods for spatial audio adjustment
The present disclosure relates to managing audio signals within a user's perceptible audio environment or soundstage. That is, a computing device may provide audio signals with a particular apparent source location within a user's soundstage. Initially, a first audio signal may be spatially processed so as to be perceivable in a first soundstage zone. In response to determining a high priority notification, the apparent source location of the first audio signal may be moved to a second soundstage zone and an audio signal associated with the notification may be spatially processed so as to be perceivable in the first soundstage zone. In response to determining user speech, the apparent source location of the first audio signal may be moved to a different soundstage zone. |
| US09774976B1 |
Encoding and rendering a piece of sound program content with beamforming data
A system and method for rendering a piece of sound program content to include data and parameters that describe perceptual, acoustic, and geometric object properties is provided. The perceptual, acoustic, and geometric properties may include one or more of 1) a three-dimensional location of an audio object, 2) a width of an audio object, 3) ambience characteristics of an audio object, 4) diffuseness characteristics of an audio object, and 5) a direct-to-reverberant sound ratio of an audio object. Based on these pieces of data, an audio playback system may produce one or more beam patterns that reproduce three-dimensional properties of audio objects and/or audio channels of the piece of sound program content. Accordingly, the system and method for rendering a piece of sound program content may accurately represent the multi-dimensional properties of the piece of sound program content through the use of beam patterns. |
| US09774972B2 |
Loudspeaker
The present invention relates to a loudspeaker 1 including a cone 20 having a central aperture with a cone collar 28 upstanding from the perimeter of the central aperture 26 of the cone, a spider 30 having a central aperture 36, the spider having a collar 38 upstanding from the perimeter of the central aperture of the spider, and a voice coil former 40. The collar of each of the cone and the spider are concentrically located around an end region of the voice coil former to form an elongate neck region 12. The use of the elongate neck region allows for the cone, spider and voice coil former to be joined more easily therefore forming a more reliable and durable join. |
| US09774971B2 |
Method for making thermoacoustic device
A method for making thermoacoustic device includes following steps. A silicon substrate having a first surface and second surface opposite to the first surface is provided. The first surface is patterned by forming a plurality of grooves substantially oriented along a first direction, wherein the plurality of grooves is spaced from each other, and a bulge is formed between each two adjacent grooves. An insulating layer is coated on the patterned surface. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on the insulating layer, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced from each other. A carbon nanotube structure is applied on the insulating layer, wherein the carbon nanotube structure is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the carbon nanotube structure is suspended above the plurality of grooves. |
| US09774970B2 |
Multi-channel multi-domain source identification and tracking
An audio source location, tracking and isolation system, particularly suited for use with person-mounted microphone arrays. The system increases capabilities by reducing resources required for certain functions so those resources can be utilized for result enhancing processes. A wide area scan may be utilized to identify the general vicinity of an audio source and a narrow scan to locate pinpoint positions may be initiated in the general vicinity identified by the wide area scan. Subsequent locations may be anticipated by compensating for motion of the sensor array and anticipated changes in source location by trajectory. Identification may use two or more sets of characterizations and rules. The characterizations may use computationally less intense analyses to characterize audio and only perform computationally higher intensity analysis if needed. Rule sets may be used to eliminate the need to track audio sources that emit audio to be eliminated from an audio output. |
| US09774968B2 |
Method and system for audio calibration of an audio device
A method for audio calibration of an audio device is provided. The method comprises: registering, by a microphone, a representation of an audio signal; processing, by a data processing unit, the registered representation of the audio signal into feedback image data; displaying on a display, the feedback image data; capturing, by a camera, the feedback image data displayed on the display; altering a setting affecting audio of the audio device based on the feedback image data captured by the camera. A system for audio calibration of an audio device is further provided. |
| US09774965B2 |
Method for fitting a hearing device as well as an arrangement for fitting the hearing device
An exemplary method for fitting a hearing device to a hearing device user performed by a fitting system operatively connected to but remote from the hearing device includes providing, to the hearing device, an adjustable parameter identified by a fitter using a fitting system and a specification comprising an allowed range for the adjustable parameter defined by the fitter using the fitting system. The method further includes transferring the adjustable parameter and the specification to a user interface operatively connected to the hearing device and located with the hearing device for use by the hearing device user, receiving an adjusted parameter value for the adjustable parameter adjusted by the hearing device user with aid of the user interface to be within the allowed range, and updating the adjustable parameter in a transfer function of the hearing device based on the adjusted parameter value. |
| US09774962B2 |
Shell for a hearing device
A shell (10) for a hearing device, and a method of producing the same. The shell (10) comprises a sub-shell (11) produced by a generative method, and a thermoformed hull (12) covering the subshell (11). The sub-shell (11) comprises lateral openings (13) covered by the thermoformed hull (12) so as to render the shell (10) more flexible in the region of the openings (13), and thereby to relieve pressure exerted by the shell (10) due to dynamic changes in the shape of the wearer's ear canal during jaw movement. |
| US09774960B2 |
Diffuse noise listening
A hearing aid includes: a first microphone system configured for conversion of sound emitted by a sound source into a first audio signal; a first matched filter configured for filtering the first audio signal into a first filtered audio signal, the first matched filter having a first matching transfer function that substantially matches a first transfer function of a first sound propagation path leading from the sound source to the first microphone system, when a user wears the hearing aid; and a hearing loss processor configured to provide a hearing loss compensated output signal that compensates for a hearing loss of the user based at least in part on the first filtered audio signal. |
| US09774959B2 |
Pico-speaker acoustic modulator
A MEMS speaker that may include a membrane positioned in a first plane, wherein the membrane may be configured to oscillate at a first frequency thereby generating an ultrasonic acoustic signal; and an acoustic modulator that may include a blind and a shutter; wherein the blind may be positioned in a second plane; wherein the shutter may be positioned in a third plane; wherein the first plane, the second plane and the third plane may be substantially separated from each other; and wherein the acoustic modulator may be configured to (a) receive or generate a shutter control signal and a blind control signal, and (b) modulate, in response to the shutter control signal and the blind control signal, the ultrasonic acoustic signal such that an audio signal may be generated. |
| US09774956B2 |
Speaker
A speaker is provided in the present disclosure. The speaker includes a shell, a magnetic system received in the shell for forming a magnetic gap, and a vibrating system. The vibrating system includes a membrane, a coil assembly for driving the membrane to vibrate. The coil assembly includes a coil arranged in the magnetic gap and a coil support for supporting the coil; the coil includes at least one lead wire. The vibrating system further includes a supporting assembly and a conductive module arranged on the supporting assembly, the coil support is connected between the membrane and the supporting assembly, and the at least one lead wire of the coil is connected to the conductive module on the supporting assembly. |
| US09774953B2 |
Microphone array for acoustic source separation
A system for directionally selective sound reception comprises an array of pressure sensors (120a, 120c) each arranged to output a pressure signal indicative of pressure, and a processor arranged to receive the pressure signals. The sensor array comprises a support (130) supporting the four sensors. Two of the sensors are mounted on one side of the support and at least a third sensor is supported on an opposite side of the support. The sound pressure difference measured between the first sensor and the second sensor caused by sound arriving at the array from a direction parallel to the support (130) is dependent on the distance between the first and second sensors and the nature of material in the space between the first and second sensors. The sound pressure difference measured between the first and third sensors caused by sound travelling perpendicular to the support is dependent on the distance between the first and third sensors. The nature of material in the space between the first and third sensors, and the spacings and the materials are selected such that the sound pressure differences are substantially equal. |
| US09774951B2 |
Digital signal routing circuit
An integrated circuit for digital signal routing. The integrated circuit has analog and digital inputs and outputs, including digital interfaces for connection to other integrated circuits. Inputs, including the digital interfaces, act as data sources. Outputs, including the digital interfaces, act as data destinations. The integrated circuit also includes signal processing blocks, which can act as data sources and data destinations. Signal routing is achieved by means of a multiply-accumulate block, which takes data from one or more data source and, after any required scaling, generates output data for a data destination. Data from a data source is buffered for an entire period of a data sample clock so that the multiply-accumulate block can retrieve the data at any point in the period, and output data of the multiply-accumulate block is buffered for an entire period of the data sample clock so that the data destination can retrieve the data at any point in the period. Multiple signal paths can be defined by configuration data supplied to the device, either by a user, or by software. The multiply-accumulate block operates on a time division multiplexed basis, so that multiple signal paths can be processed within one period of the sample clock. Each signal path has a respective sample clock rate, and paths with different sample clock rates can be routed through the multiply-accumulate block on a time division multiplexed basis independently of each other. Thus, speech signals at 8 kHz or 16 kHz can be processed concurrently with audio data at 44.ikHz or 48 kHz. |
| US09774949B2 |
Power control for multichannel signal processing circuit
A circuit includes an input channel array that includes a plurality of channels to receive a plurality of input signals and generate a plurality of channel output signals. A processor to processes the plurality of channel output signals from the input channel array. The processor and the input channel array are configured to operate in a sleep mode when all of the analog input signals are inactive or an active mode when at least one of the analog input signals is active. A secondary channel samples the plurality of input signals and generates a secondary output signal indicative of activity for at least one of the input signals. A secondary channel detector determines a level of signal activity for any of the input signals during the sleep mode based on the secondary output signal. |
| US09774948B2 |
System and method for automatically remixing digital music
Systems and methods augment a target media with a plurality of source media. The target media and source media are processed to form time frequency distributions (TFDs). Target features are extracted from the associated TFD and source features are extracted from each of the associated source TFDs. The target features are segmented into temporal portions that are compared with each of the plurality of source features to determine one or more matched source features having nearest matches to the target feature segments. Portions of the source media associated with the matched source features are mixed with the target media to form an augmented target media, wherein the mixing is based upon a probabilistic mixing algorithm that uses a distance between the matched target feature and source features to define an amplitude of each portion of the source media. |
| US09774947B2 |
Subwoofer structure for vehicle
A subwoofer structure for a vehicle includes: an enclosure mounted to a speaker; a floor panel to which the enclosure is mounted, a first soundbox space being formed in the floor panel; a seat cross reinforcing member having a second soundbox space that communicates with the first soundbox space; and a side sill having a third soundbox space that communicates with the second soundbox space. |
| US09774945B1 |
Headset mount
Implementations of a headset mount are provided. In some implementations, a pair of headset mounts may be used to secure the earpieces of an electronic headset to a helmet having a suitable accessory interface (e.g., a rail system) thereon. In this way, a user wearing the helmet may adjustably position the earpieces of the electronic headset over his/her ears. In some implementations, the headset mount may comprise a housing having a body portion and a top portion, a back plate, and a wire form including a rotatable bracket that is secured thereto by a pivot. In some implementations, the bracket is configured to secure the earpiece of a headset to the wire form of the headset mount. |
| US09774944B2 |
Circumaural earphone
A circumaural earphone adapted to be worn on a head of a user is provided. The circumaural earphone includes a main frame, two adjusting modules and two earphone cups. The two adjusting modules are connected to two opposite ends of the main frame respectively. The two earphone cups are connected to the two adjusting modules respectively. Each of the adjusting modules is rotated to drive the corresponding earphone cup to move close to or away from the head of the user so as to adjust a clamping force applied to the head of the user by the two earphone cups. |
| US09774943B1 |
Ear bud stabilizer
An ear bud stabilizer (1) that is worn on an individual's head over a pair of ear buds (18) to prevent the ear buds from falling out of the wearer's ears and to provide better sound quality from the ear buds. The ear bud stabilizer has a substantially C-shaped band (2) with ear covers (7A, 7B) each having a mesh covering (8) located thereon. The C-shaped band is preferably constructed from a resilient material that pushes the ear covers toward each other, thereby providing an inward pressure on the user's ears. The mesh coverings allow air circulation within the user's ears while performing activities, thereby preventing sweat from collecting in the user's ears. |
| US09774940B2 |
Power configurable headband system and method
A power configurable headset system may include a communication device that can be removably secured with either a first headband having an auxiliary power supply or a second headband without a power supply. The first headband may include an arcuate band having a device support at its first end, and a power booster housing at its second end for supporting a power booster that is electrically connected to the device. The power booster may be used to supplement an integrated power supply of the communication device. In the second headband the power booster housing is replaced by a pad at the second end of the arcuate band for comfortably engaging the other side of a user's head. |
| US09774938B2 |
Audio output device and video/audio output device using the same
An audio output device including a casing, a first speaker component, a second speaker component and a sound-guiding board, and a video/audio output device using the same are disclosed. The first speaker component is a circular speaker, and is disposed at the casing. The first speaker component faces towards a first direction. The second speaker component is disposed at the casing, and faces towards a second direction which is different from the first direction. The sound-guiding board is a square plate body, located above the first speaker component, and is separated at a predetermined distance from the first speaker component. |
| US09774935B2 |
Speaker device
A speaker device for reproducing an audio signal includes a first speaker including a first diaphragm and a first magnetic circuit that drives the first diaphragm, where the first diaphragm reproduces an audio signal including a predetermined frequency range, a second speaker including a second diaphragm and a second magnetic circuit that drives the second diaphragm, where the second diaphragm reproduces an audio signal including a frequency range substantially the same as the predetermined frequency range, and at least one cabinet having the first speaker and the second speaker mounted therein so that radiation directions of sounds are opposite to each other. At least part of a space formed between the first speaker and the second speaker communicates with the outside of the cabinet. When the speaker device reproduces the audio signal, the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm vibrate in opposite directions. |
| US09774932B2 |
Method and apparatus for data packet switching, access switch and switching system
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for data packet switching, and an access switch and a switching system, so as to satisfy requirements of a datacenter for a switching bandwidth and a switching granularity. The method includes: receiving MAC frame control information; determining an interface used for forwarding an MAC frame according to the MAC frame control information and through performing a query on a MAC address forwarding table, where the interface used for forwarding the MAC frame includes a downlink interface, an uplink electrical packet switching network interface and/or an uplink optical packet switching network interface; transmitting a control signal to an electrical packet switching unit, so that the MAC frame is forwarded to the determined interface. According to the method provided in the present invention, the utilization rate of each interface can be improved. |
| US09774928B2 |
System and method for producing and executing interactive broadcast program
The present invention relates to a system and method for producing and executing an interactive broadcast program. A program enabler service system providing an interactive service for allowing users to participate in a broadcast program includes: a program-generating unit providing a tool for receiving broadcast program-related information so as to generate information received through the tool in a script format for the broadcast program; a program-executing unit providing information to users participating in the broadcast program through a communication channel provided by the service enabler after reading the information generated in the script format by interacting with the broadcast program; and a service-connecting unit connecting a communication service platform of the service enabler to the program-executing unit. |
| US09774924B2 |
Video reception device, video recognition method and additional information display system
Video recognition processing regarding a video signal input from an outside is performed. Hence, video reception device configured to perform transmission/reception of data through communication network includes input unit, video extraction unit, storage unit, video recognition unit, and control unit. The video recognition unit performs at least one of: online matching processing for generating second content recognition information from a partial video extracted by the video extraction unit, transmitting the second content recognition information to video recognition device so as to request video recognition device to perform video recognition processing; and local matching processing for collating the second content recognition information with first content recognition information stored in the storage unit. |
| US09774923B2 |
Bandwidth management and advertisement insertion in media content delivery systems and methods
An exemplary method includes a media content delivery system transmitting a transport stream containing an advertisement channel and a program channel, the program channel carrying a media program stream at a first bit rate, detecting an upcoming advertisement break within the media program stream, inserting, in response to the detecting of the upcoming advertisement break, an advertisement content stream having a second bit rate that is lower than the first bit rate into the program channel to temporally coincide with the advertisement break to free bandwidth in the transport stream during the advertisement break, and inserting an additional advertisement content stream in the advertisement channel, the additional advertisement content stream temporally coinciding with the advertisement break and utilizing at least a portion of the freed bandwidth in the transport stream. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. |
| US09774919B2 |
Automated suggestions and corrections of content clips
Techniques described herein may allow for the single-input capture of clips during the presentation of content, such as video content. The single-input capture may be based on an analysis of clips captured by users in the same video content, such that popular clips can be identified and used for subsequent users. A user may select a button to capture, or to begin capturing, a clip during the presentation of content. Based on the single selection of the button, an entire clip may be captured, which may correspond to a previously detected popular clip. |
| US09774917B1 |
Channel bar user interface
Systems and methods for a media content user interface. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface to the system that includes a channel bar. The channel bar is dynamically scoped responsive to interactions of a viewer with the system. Selectable elements within the channel bar provide direct access to related content regarding video content, such as television series information and cast information. In addition, the channel bar is operable in multiple modes. An EPG mode displays live video for multiple channels simultaneously. Themed modes permit channel bars that display content according to various themes which may be defined by a viewer, the provider, or both. |
| US09774916B2 |
Information concentrating center capable of making P2P connections with remote client devices
An information concentrating center, is disclosed, wherein the information concentrating center comprises: at least one module for concentrating information from at least one information source; and at least one module coupling to the Internet, for establishing a P2P connection with a remote client device through the Internet, wherein at least one portion of the information is delivered to the remote client device on the P2P connection. |
| US09774913B1 |
Methods and systems of recommending media assets to users viewing over-the-top content
Methods and systems for a media guidance application that aggregates media content and media guidance data for users. For example, the media guidance application may aggregate content from numerous providers and provide the content through a single interface. Moreover, the media guidance application described herein may identify a media asset available from at least one of a plurality of content providers, and may recommend the media asset to the user without indicating the content provider from which the media asset is available. |
| US09774912B2 |
Set top box
The present application relates to set top boxes and relates to the inclusion of a diagnostic function in the set top box which may be activated remotely or respond internally to the detection of faults or changes in status. The diagnostic function may emulate key presses from an infrared remote control to perform a test. |
| US09774910B2 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating media delivery quality
A method and an apparatus are provided for evaluating media delivery quality that relate to the field of communications technologies and that can directly reflect a variation of media delivery quality and a variation of subjective experience of a user on media play quality. A method for evaluating media delivery quality includes: receiving media data, and measuring a data amount of the media data received within the period of time; parsing the media data, and acquiring a play rate of the media data; simulating, a decoding buffer in a process of playing the media data received within the period of time, to acquire a virtual decoding buffer and acquire a size of the virtual decoding buffer; and determining, according to the size of the virtual decoding buffer, whether a pause occurs in the process of playing the media data received within the period of time. |
| US09774908B2 |
Systems and methods for performing transport I/O
Systems and methods for implementing a Transport I/O system are described. Network encrypted content may be received by a device. The device may provide the network encrypted content to a secure processor, such as, for example, a smart card. The secure processor obtains a network control word that may be used to decrypt the network encrypted content. The secure processor may decrypt the network encrypted content to produce clear content. In embodiments, the secure processor may then use a local control word to generate locally encrypted content specific to the device. The device may then receive the locally encrypted content from the secure processor and proceed to decrypt the locally encrypted content using a shared local encryption key. The Transport I/O system ensures the protection of the network control word by maintaining the network control word on the secure processor. |
| US09774903B2 |
Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology
An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT. |
| US09774902B2 |
Systems and methods for determining subscription data
A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems. |
| US09774897B2 |
Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic environments
Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic environments are disclosed. In response to receiving a request for a video mosaic page, screen data, which may include blackout information, is received. The screen data identifies the video assets in the video mosaic page. A determination is made, based at least in part on the screen data, whether any video assets in the video mosaic page should be blacked out. Blacked out assets may be masked and their associated audio blocked. In addition, an overlay of options associated with the blacked out asset may be presented. The overlay may include options to substitute the blacked out asset with replacement content, search for similar content, or retrieve more information about the blackout. |
| US09774896B2 |
Network synchronized camera settings
A network device receives, from a first video camera system, position information for a first video camera at a first site and sends, to a second video camera system, position instructions for a second video camera at a second site. The position instructions are configured to locate the second video camera within the second site to correspond to a relative position of the first camera in the first site. The network device receives, from the first video camera system, a first video feed including images of the first site and receives, from the second video camera system, a second video feed including images of a subject of the second site. The network device combines the first video feed and the second video feed to generate a synchronized combined video feed that overlays the images of the subject of the second video feed in images of the first site. |
| US09774894B2 |
Coordinating video delivery with radio frequency conditions
System and methods for modifying streaming data based on radio frequency information is provided. As radio transceivers transition move to a shared resource or cloud model and the existing radio transceivers are split into a baseband unit and a remote radio head, radio frequency (RF) information including power levels, encoding, data rates, and bandwidth can be provided to video optimization server. The RF information can be provided more frequently to allow real-time modifications to streaming video data. Existing protocols are reactionary in nature and perceive changing channel conditions indirectly. By providing RF information from the baseband unit on a low latency channel, modifications to the video stream can be made before an impact would be noticed at the protocol level. Also, policy information can be used to influence the changes made to streaming data in addition to the RF information. |
| US09774890B2 |
Incremental transmission of data
In one form, the present teachings provide a method and apparatus for broadcasting an event. The method includes receiving data related to an event via an uplink. Another aspect of the method includes determining whether the data is broadcast on a recurring basis. The method also includes determining whether a transponder channel associated with multiplexed program channels has any unused data or bandwidth to broadcast a portion of the data along with the multiplexed program channels. Additionally, the method includes broadcasting the portion of the data in a data stream. |
| US09774884B2 |
System and method for using pattern vectors for video and image coding and decoding
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method of using pattern vectors for image coding and decoding. The method comprises converting a block of image data into a set of transform coefficients, quantizing the transform coefficients such that a number of the coefficients become zero, constructing a single entity or bit vector indicating which coefficients are non-zero, coding the single entity or bit vector as an integer using an adaptive, semi-adaptive or non-adaptive arithmetic coder, coding the values of the coefficients in any fixed order, using an adaptive, semi-adaptive or non-adaptive arithmetic coder, or some other coder, and coding all coefficients except the zero coefficients. The system and method of decoding data relate to the corresponding hardware and process steps performed by the decoder when decoding a bitstream coded as described herein. |
| US09774880B2 |
Depth-based video compression
The present disclosure overcomes the limitations of the prior art by providing 3D compression (i.e., compression that also accounts for changes in depth), including 3D compression of video sequences. In one aspect, depth information is obtained by processing captured images from a multi-aperture imaging device. The availability of IR images and depth information facilitates additional processing compared to when only color images are available. |
| US09774879B2 |
Intra-block copying enhancements for HEVC in-range-extension (RExt)
High efficiency video coding (HEVC) enhancements are described for intra-block copying for reducing motion vector (MV) coding redundancy and enhancing in range extensions (RExt) by selecting a default block my predictor. In reducing MV data redundancy, the value of MVx and/or MVy can have a baseline at the width (W), or height (H) of the respective block, whereby fewer bits need to be encoded. One embodiment for enhancing RExt provides an improved selection of a default block vector predictor for the first CU performing intra-block copying in a CTU. |
| US09774873B2 |
Frame processor for data stream encoder
A frame processor for preparing a stream of video frames for encoding, the frame processor being arranged to receive a video frame having first pixel dimensions representing the number of pixels along each dimension of the video frame, and comprising: a rescaling filter configured to rescale the received video frame such that one or both of the first pixel dimensions are no greater than respective predetermined pixel dimension(s) and the aspect ratio of the received video frame is maintained; and a frame generator configured to: embed the rescaled video frame within an output video frame having the predetermined pixel dimensions; and mark pixels of the output video frame outside the bounds of the rescaled video frame as inactive; the frame processor being arranged to provide the output video frame to a video encoder. |
| US09774872B2 |
Color image encoding device, color image decoding device, color image encoding method, and color image decoding method
When the signal format of a color image is YUV4:2:2, and an intra prediction parameter, which is used for an intra-frame prediction process on the chrominance signals in a prediction block, shows the same prediction mode as an intra prediction mode for the luminance signal in the prediction block, an intra prediction unit 4 converts an index indicating the intra prediction mode for the luminance signal, and performs the intra-frame prediction process on the chrominance signals in an intra prediction mode indicated by the index after conversion. |
| US09774871B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image
An image encoding apparatus based on a system on chip (SoC) which encodes a residual block of a current block including a first value calculator configured to calculate a first value for the residual block in a space domain, a comparator configured to decide whether to transform the residual block into a transform domain according to a size of the first value, and a transform unit configured to transform the residual block into the transform domain according to a decision on whether to transform. |
| US09774862B2 |
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics
An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data. |
| US09774860B2 |
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics
An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data. |
| US09774858B2 |
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics
An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data. |
| US09774857B2 |
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics
An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data. |
| US09774856B1 |
Adaptive stochastic entropy coding
A method and apparatus for performing adaptive stochastic entropy encoding and decoding are provided. Adaptive stochastic entropy encoding may include identifying a current portion of an input video stream, and identifying a current probability distribution, which may be an adapted probability distribution associated with a previously encoded portion of the video stream. Adaptive stochastic entropy encoding may include identifying a forward update probability distribution based on the current portion, generating a modified probability distribution for the current portion based on the forward update probability distribution and the current probability distribution, generating an encoded portion based on the current portion and the modified probability distribution, and generating an adapted probability distribution based on the current probability distribution and the forward update probability distribution. |
| US09774855B2 |
Method and device for assessing video encoding quality
A method and a device for assessing video encoding quality. The method includes: acquiring a quantization parameter of a slice of a video frame and a quantity of bytes per pixel of the slice of the video frame of the video stream; determining complexity of content of the video according to the quantity of bytes per pixel of the slice of the video frame of the video stream; and predicting the video encoding quality according to the complexity of content of the video and the quantization parameter of the video. In the present invention, the complexity of content of the video is also considered in predicting the video encoding quality. Therefore, encoding quality predicted by a model that is obtained by considering the complexity of content of the video better satisfies subjective feelings of human eyes, thereby improving accuracy of prediction. |
| US09774853B2 |
Devices and methods for sample adaptive offset coding and/or signaling
In one embodiment, a method for decoding a video bitstream comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a video bitstream; (b) deriving processed video data from the bitstream; (c) partitioning the processed video data into blocks, wherein each of the blocks is equal to or smaller than a picture; (d) deriving an SAO type from the video bitstream for each of the blocks, wherein the SAO type is associated with a specific nonbiased coding scheme; (e) determining an SAO sub-class associated with the SAO type for each of the pixels in each of the blocks; (f) deriving intensity offset from the video bitstream for the sub-class associated with the SAO type; and (g) applying SAO compensation to each of the pixels in a processed video block, wherein the SAO compensation is based on the intensity offset of step (f). |
| US09774852B2 |
Skip macroblock coding
Various techniques and tools for encoding and decoding (e.g., in a video encoder/decoder) binary information (e.g., skipped macroblock information) are described. In some embodiments, the binary information is arranged in a bit plane, and the bit plane is coded at the picture/frame layer. The encoder and decoder process the binary information and, in some embodiments, switch coding modes. For example, the encoder and decoder use normal, row-skip, column-skip, or differential modes, or other and/or additional modes. In some embodiments, the encoder and decoder define a skipped macroblock as a predicted macroblock whose motion is equal to its causally predicted motion and which has zero residual error. In some embodiments, the encoder and decoder use a raw coding mode to allow for low-latency applications. |
| US09774841B2 |
Stereoscopic image capture device and control method of the same
An image for a left eye and an image for a right eye are respectively captured. A corresponding point corresponding to each of a plurality of feature points detected from the image for a left eye is searched for using the image for a right eye. The number of corresponding points found by the search is counted, and it is determined whether to be equal to or more than a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of pixels of the image for a right eye. When the number of corresponding points is determined to be less than the predetermined ratio, the image for a right eye is recaptured, and the corresponding point search process and the determination of whether the number of corresponding points is equal to or more than the predetermined ratio are re-executed using an image new for a right eye obtained by recapture. |
| US09774837B2 |
System for performing distortion correction and calibration using pattern projection, and method using the same
Disclosed are a system and method for performing distortion correction and calibration using a pattern projected by a projector. The system for performing distortion correction and calibration includes a projector that projects a pattern, at least one camera that generates a photographed pattern image by photographing an image onto which the pattern is projected, and an image processing device that calculates a calibration parameter by comparing an original pattern image projected by the projector and the photographed pattern image. Thus, it is possible to obtain an accurate depth image by easily utilizing an image for the pattern projected by the projector. In addition, when obtaining the depth image, the calibration parameter for correcting image distortion according to camera lens and a calibration state of cameras may be efficiently obtained using the pattern projected by the projector. |
| US09774835B2 |
Image projection system and image projection apparatus
An image projection system includes a first image projection apparatus and a second image projection apparatus; each of detecting units that is arranged on the first image projection apparatus and detects whether the second image projection apparatus is in contact with or adjacent to the first image projection apparatus; a specifying unit that specifies a positional relationship between the first image projection apparatus and the second image projection apparatus based on detection results; a dividing unit that divides content data into pieces of divided content data corresponding to the respective image projection apparatuses on the basis of the positional relationship; and a projecting unit that projects a first projection image based on a piece of the divided content data corresponding to the first image projection apparatus on a projected object, and interconnects the first projection image to a second projection image projected by the second image projection apparatus. |
| US09774833B2 |
Projector auto-focus correction with the aid of a camera
A method of automatically focusing a projector in a projection system is provided that includes projecting, by the projector, a binary pattern on a projection surface, capturing an image of the projected binary pattern by a camera synchronized with the projector, computing a depth map from the captured image, and adjusting focus of the projector based on the computed depth map. |
| US09774832B1 |
Projection system
A projection system includes an invisible light projector, a background member, an imaging unit, an image generator, and a visible light projector. The invisible light projector projects a predetermined invisible light image onto the object via invisible light. The background member is disposed behind the object in a direction of the invisible light emitted from the invisible light projector. The imaging unit captures an image of the invisible light projected from the invisible light projector. The image generator measures a shape of the object based on the image captured by the imaging unit to generate image data showing image content for projection onto the object in accordance with the measured shape. The visible light projector projects the image content shown by the image data onto the object via visible light. The background member has a light shielding surface that does not diffusely reflect the invisible light incident thereon. |
| US09774826B1 |
Secure nonscheduled video visitation system
Described are methods and systems in which the censorship and supervision tasks normally performed by secured facility personnel are augmented or automated entirely by a Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System. In embodiments, the Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System performs voice biometrics, speech recognition, non-verbal audio classification, fingerprint and other biometric authentication, image object classification, facial recognition, body joint location determination analysis, and/or optical character recognition on the video visitation data. The Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation utilizes these various analysis techniques in concert to determine if all rules and regulations enforced by the jurisdiction operation the secured facility are being followed by the parties to the video visitation session. |
| US09774824B1 |
System, method, and logic for managing virtual conferences involving multiple endpoints
Approaches are disclosed for reducing a number of connections established by a server for a virtual meeting session. In some embodiments, the server receives a request to initiate a virtual meeting session involving a plurality of endpoints. The server may determine a location identifier for each of the plurality of endpoints based on location data generated by each of the plurality of endpoints. When the server determines that two or more of the plurality of endpoints are co-located at a location based on the location identifier, it can automatically establish only one connection on behalf of the two or more of the plurality of endpoints. The connection may be established to, e.g., a nearby conferencing device or one of the endpoints that are in the same location. The device or endpoint to which the connection is established may be determined based on which device or endpoint historically initiates virtual meetings. |
| US09774818B2 |
Media resource storage and management
A computer-implemented method obtains a plurality of image files, each corresponding to an image in a video stream and builds a common file from a contiguous grouping of the plurality of image files. The video stream has a plurality of contiguous video segments, each having a first video frame, and the plurality of image files correspond to the plurality of first video frames of the plurality of video segments. The plurality of video segments are of approximately equal duration. |
| US09774817B2 |
Transport controls for a media device
A method of scanning content comprises receiving an input signal indicating that content being displayed is to be scanned, sensing a duration of the received input signal, and scanning the content at a rate based at least in part on the sensed duration of the received input. |
| US09774815B2 |
Locking mount for set top box
A locking mount for set top box having a base, a plurality of mounting holes, two springy retainers, two flanges, two lips and a front stop edge for securely mounting a set top box such as a digital to analog converter box or similar electronic device to a mounting surface and locking the device into position so as to prevent theft by using springy retainers to engage pre-existing holes or slots on the device to a mounting surface is provided. |
| US09774814B1 |
Display device control system
A system for controlling a display device, includes a display control device, an electrical switch connected to an electrical power source, and a motion sensor connected to the display control device. In a case where the motion sensor senses a motion, the motion sensor provides the sensed motion as an input to the display control device, and the display control device, in turn, controls the electrical switch and controls a supply of power to the display device. Further, the system includes a signal source, the signal source having at least an audio or video signal, and a switchbox connected to the display control device. The display control device operates the switchbox to control a transmission of at least one of the audio and video signals from the signal source received by the display device. |
| US09774805B2 |
Image pickup apparatus changing gain of amplifier of image pickup device, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor
An image pickup apparatus capable of obtaining a smooth video image and of reducing deterioration in the vertical resolution and an image stabilization performance. An image pickup device has a valid pixel area for obtaining an image signal, an optical black area for an optical black correction, and an amplifier unit that amplifies an output from the pixel area and outputs an image signal. A gain adjustment unit adjusts gain of the image signal. A reading control unit changes a gain value in the amplifier unit, changes the numbers of lines in the areas, and performs reading control of the image pickup device, when a control gain value in the gain adjustment unit exceeds a reference value. A change unit changes a time constant of a correction filter used for the optical black correction when the control gain value exceeds the specified reference value. |
| US09774799B2 |
Method and apparatus for image data transfer in digital photographing
An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output. |
| US09774796B2 |
Surveillance camera
Provided is a surveillance camera including an optical system, an irradiator; an illuminance sensor, a photoelectric converter, an analog-digital converter, and a main controller. The optical system includes a lens. The irradiator irradiates a wave, different from a visible light ray, in a night mode. The illuminance sensor is installed in a light receiving direction different from a light receiving direction of the optical system. The photoelectric converter is configured to convert light from the optical system into an electrical analog image signal. The analog-digital converter is configured to convert the analog image signal from the photoelectric converter into a digital image signal. The main controller is configured to control the surveillance camera to switch between a day mode and the night mode according to gradation of the digital image signal and illuminance sensed by the illuminance sensor. |
| US09774788B2 |
Providing area zoom functionality for a camera
The invention relates to a method for adjusting a digital camera. The invention also relates to a corresponding device and a corresponding computer program. An original image recorded by the camera is received. The original image has an original aspect ratio. A first user input defining a center point of an area of interest within the original image is received. A second user input defining a perimeter for the area of interest of the original image is received. The perimeter for the area of interest has the same aspect ratio as the original aspect ratio. The camera view is adjusted based on the first user input and the second user input to provide a zoomed image of the defined area of interest. The zoomed image is centered on the center point defined by the first user input. Finally, the zoomed image is displayed to the user on a display screen. |
| US09774786B2 |
Image display device and method, image generation device and method, and program for conditionally displaying image information
An image display device that displays image information includes an image retrieving unit that retrieves image information; a device status identifying unit that identifies a status of the present device; an image condition specifying unit that specifies an image condition that indicates a condition which the image information needs to satisfy to be displayed, based on the status identified by the device status identifying unit; and a display unit that displays the image information retrieved by the image retrieving unit if the image information satisfies the image condition specified by the image condition specifying unit. |
| US09774784B2 |
Systems and methods for combining multiple frames to produce media content with simulated exposure effects
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can capture media content including an original set of frames. A plurality of subsets of frames can be identified, based on a subset selection input, out of the original set of frames. An orientation-based image stabilization process can be applied to each subset in the plurality of subsets of frames to produce a plurality of stabilized subsets of frames. Multiple frames within each stabilized subset in the plurality of stabilized subsets of frames can be combined to produce a plurality of combined frames. Each stabilized subset of frames can be utilized to produce a respective combined frame in the plurality of combined frames. A time-lapse media content item can be provided based on the plurality of combined frames. |
| US09774778B2 |
Electronic camera, image display device, and storage medium storing image display program, including filter processing
A display unit having an image display area for displaying an image, an operation unit by which a predetermined area in the image display area is designated in a movable manner, and a filter unit performing filter processing on the image corresponding to the predetermined area designated in the movable manner by the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to easily perform an operation of overlapping a plurality of filter effects, and a comparison of images based on the presence/absence of a filter effect, or different filter effects, without performing a complicated filter operation. |
| US09774776B2 |
Video recording device and camera function control program
A video recording device (100) includes: a first imaging unit (123) (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit (121) of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (124) (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit (133) that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit (104) sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit (123) is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit (124) is enabled. |
| US09774773B2 |
Marking apparatus and marking method for display panel
The present invention provides a marking apparatus for a display panel and a marking method for a display panel. The marking device comprises an image acquiring module, a simulated marking module and a real marking module. A simulated marking line is drawn, by the simulated marking module, in an image acquired by the image acquiring module, of a region containing a position where a defect occurs on a display panel to be marked. The real marking module automatically draws a real marking line on the display panel to be marked according to the simulated marking line. Thus, a position where a defect occurs on a display panel to be marked is accurately marked, and it is convenient for an engineer to accurately locate and sample the defective position in the subsequent analysis process. |
| US09774772B2 |
Camera module with adjustable lens tilt
A camera module is provided including: a housing; a lens assembly provided in the housing to move up and down in a direction of an optical axis of an image sensor, and including at least one lens; and a driving unit that produces driving force for moving the lens assembly, arranged at a position adjacent to the lens assembly, and fixed to the housing by at least one detachable insertion member. |
| US09774769B2 |
Mounted electronic component including connection portions
A surface mounted electronic component is provided. The component includes a first and a second connection portion for performing connection to a mounting board. The first connection portion includes a joint region arranged on a lower surface. The second connection portion includes a lower surface region arranged on the lower surface, and a side surface region connected to the lower surface region and arranged on a side surface. In a direction along the side, the lower surface region is arranged apart from the joint region, a length of the lower surface region in the direction is longer than a length of the joint region, a length of the side surface region in the direction is shorter than the length of the lower surface region, and the side surface region is spaced apart from an end of the side surface. |
| US09774767B2 |
Digital memory card window arrangement for IP camera
An Internet protocol (IP) camera includes a housing having a capturing window, a capturing unit received in the housing for capturing images as data sets through the capturing window, and a card window arrangement which includes a card slot unit for replaceably receiving a digital memory card to store the data sets therein and a concealing cover detachably coupled at the housing to conceal the card slot unit in a waterproof and dustproof manner without disassembling the housing. |
| US09774763B2 |
Method for controlling a printing process
A method for controlling a printing process is disclosed. The method includes printing a printing material by a printing unit on a basis of data of a prepress stage. A printed result on the printing material is compared with a desired value and a correction value is derived from the comparison. The data of the prepress stage is corrected with the correction value. |
| US09774762B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a generating unit, and a determining unit. The receiving unit receives first image data. The first image data includes a first part corresponding to a manuscript and a second part corresponding to a non-manuscript. The generating unit generates second image data by processing the second part. The determining unit determines whether the manuscript is processed as a monochromatic image or a color image, based on the second image data. The determining unit outputs a result of the determination. |
| US09774761B2 |
Image processing system and method
A selected color component (R, G, B) for each of a plurality of image pixels (32, P) of an image cell (42, C) is encoded to form a corresponding color component (ER, EG, EB) of a corresponding plurality of encoded pixels (40, PE) in one-to-one correspondence with the image pixels (32, P). A bit length of each color component (ER, EG, EB) of an encoded pixel (40, PE) is less than that of a corresponding image pixel (32, P). The encoded pixels (40, PE) are subsequently decoded to generate a corresponding decoded image cell (64, C′k) containing decoded image pixels (62, P′) in one-to-one correspondence with both the encoded pixels (40, PE) and with the original image pixels (32, P), of the same bit length as the original image pixels (32, P), and containing extended color information in excess of the corresponding base color information contained in the corresponding most-significant (MS) portions of the color components (R, G, B) of the original image pixels (32, P) having the same bit length as the encoded color components (ER, EG, EB). |
| US09774760B2 |
Image reading device, image forming apparatus, method for controlling image reading, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
An image reading device includes: an image reading unit configured to, in a process of reciprocating relative to a fixed document, read a document image using one or a plurality of reading colors, and when a plurality of reading colors are used, read the document image while successively switching the reading colors in a process of moving; a moving unit configured to move the image reading unit; a moving speed changing unit configured to change moving speeds of the image reading unit in an outgoing path and a return path based on a number “N” (where N is a positive integer) of the reading colors by the image reading unit; and a reading color number changing unit configured to change reading color numbers of the image reading unit in the outgoing path and the return path based on the number “N” of the reading colors. |
| US09774756B2 |
Control server and image processing apparatus
A control server is configured to: receive, through a communication interface, a guidance image data request and specific information which are transmitted from an image processing apparatus, the guidance image data request being a request for guidance image data representing a guidance image of an acquiring procedure for acquiring authentication information required for receiving service provided by a service providing server connected to the image processing apparatus through the network; determining location information representing a location of data to be accessed in the acquiring procedure, based on the specific information transmitted from the image processing apparatus; generating the guidance image data representing the guidance image including the location information determined by the location information determining processing, when the guidance image data request is received from the image processing apparatus; and transmitting the guidance image data to the image processing apparatus through the communication interface. |
| US09774755B1 |
Liquid crystal document handler CVT glass
According to exemplary scanning devices herein, a platen has a sheet side and a scanner side, opposite the sheet side. A scanner is located on the scanner side of the transparent platen. The platen has a constant velocity transport (CVT) scanning position at an end of the platen. A portion of the platen, located at the CVT scanning position of the platen has integral transparent electrodes and incorporates a polymer/liquid crystal filler material that is white in a first state and transparent in a second state. A scanner is located on the scanner side of the platen. A controller is electrically connected to the electrodes. The controller controls the state of the polymer/liquid crystal filler material during scanning of a document and during white calibration of the scanner. |
| US09774754B2 |
Scan boundary indicators
A scanner comprising a platen, a first laser assembly movable along a first axis, a second laser assembly movable along a second axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis, and laser movement controllers configured to control the movement of the laser assemblies along their axes. The laser assemblies comprise laser emitters configured to project laser lines on the platen that illustrate edges the current scan area, such that the dimensions and/or position of the scan area can be adjusted by moving the laser lines on the platen. |
| US09774753B2 |
Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium
There is provided a technique of appropriately shifting an image forming apparatus to a power saving state in consideration of the use status of an external device such as a connected USB device. When a condition for shifting to a sleep state is satisfied, the CPU of the image forming apparatus determines whether or not a setting of a sleep shift at the time of use of the USB device is “permit”. If it is determined that the setting of the sleep shift at the time of use of the USB device is “do not permit”, the CPU determines whether or not the connected USB device is in use. If it is determined that the USB device is not in use, the CPU shifts the image forming apparatus to the sleep state. |
| US09774751B2 |
Information processing system, device, and method
An information processing system includes a first display control unit and a second display control unit. The first display control unit displays, on a display unit, a button on which a setting value of a program is displayed. The second display control unit starts up the program when the button is pressed and, in accordance with the started program, displays, on the display unit, a setting screen that corresponds to the button being pressed. |
| US09774749B1 |
Multimodal dynamic power feedback mechanism for print devices
A multifunction device (MFD) includes a print engine, power status monitors, and a user interface. The user interface is at least partially surrounded by a perimeter, and a first light emitting module is positioned to illuminate at least part of the perimeter. The MFD also includes a processor in communication with the first light emitting module and a computer-readable medium containing programming instructions. An MFD may detect a triggering event corresponding to a change in its power status. In response to detecting the triggering event, the MFD may receive information relating to a current power status of the MFD from the power status monitors, identify a dynamic feedback pattern associated with the triggering event, and instruct the first light emitting module to emit a first visual pattern. The dynamic feedback pattern includes the first visual pattern that provides information about the current power status of the MFD to a user. |
| US09774748B2 |
System and method for provisioning temporary telephone numbers
Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established. |
| US09774739B2 |
Resource sharing in a peer-to-peer network of contact center nodes
A system and method for local survivability in a distributed contact center environment has a first processor in a first contact center node receiving a first request for interaction. The first processor transmits a first message to a second contact center node in response to the request for interaction. The first message is configured to invoke a first resource associated with the second contact center node for handling the interaction via the first resource. The first processor monitors connection with the second contact center node. The first processor receives a second request for interaction, and further determines lack of connection with the second contact center node. In response to determining lack of connection with the second contact center node, the first processor refrains from transmitting a second message to the second contact center node. According to one embodiment, the second message is for invoking a second resource associated with the second contact center node for handling the interaction via the second resource. |
| US09774737B2 |
System and method for customer experience management
A system and method for managing a customer's experience with a contact center that takes available data about the customer, the agents of the contact center, and the organization represented by the contact center, for identifying opportunities for additional conversations/interactions with the customer and engaging in those additional conversations/interactions at a time and with a resource predicted to maximize outcomes for the organization. A processor is configured to identify express and/or implied intents for an interaction between the customer and the contact center. A business goal related to the express and/or implied intents is also identified for determining a current performance of the contact center and for identifying any performance gaps. Contact center targets are identified based on their performance in handling the express and/or implied intents, and the identified performance gaps. An available one of the identified targets is then selected for routing the interaction to the target. |
| US09774730B2 |
Method, device, and system for telephone interaction
A method for telephone interaction includes establishing a voice channel for voice calls with a telephone agent system, establishing a data channel with the telephone agent system if the telephone agent system is in a busy state, and acquiring information provided by the telephone agent system via the data channel. The information is associated with an entertainment service. The method further includes providing the entertainment service to a user based on the information. |
| US09774728B2 |
Mobile device sharing facilitation methods and systems in a context of plural communication records
Structures and protocols are presented for using or otherwise relating to a first mobile device (a smartphone or tablet computer or wearable device, e.g.) configured to be shared by two or more parties such that a subset of the parties may be addressed selectively (in content directed to such parties, e.g.) in a cost-effective manner. |
| US09774723B2 |
System architecture for a wearable device
Apparatuses and methods that generate and send interactive elements to a plurality of wearable electronic devices are discussed. One or more mobile applications and one or more remote backend servers may cooperate to send information in the interactive elements to one or more instances of a time synchronous application in order to bring different types of content such as timely and relevant data, events, and notifications to a user of a wearable electronic device without the user's intervention to actively retrieve the different types of content. The interactive elements may be generated and sent from any of i) a public application programming interface (“API”) hosted on a server, ii) one or more mobile applications resident on one or more mobile computing devices, or iii) one or more remote backend servers. In addition, these sources may merely send content and commands for the interactive elements to the public API. |
| US09774720B2 |
Authentication method and authentication device for communication apparatus and communication apparatus
The present invention provides authentication method and authentication device for communication apparatus and a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus comprises at least one of a communication terminal and a communication card, and the authentication method comprises: S10: binding identity information of owner of the communication apparatus to the communication apparatus; S20: requesting to obtain identity information of a user when the communication apparatus is restarted; S30: comparing the identity information of the user obtained through requesting with the identity information of the owner of the communication apparatus bound to the communication apparatus; S40: determining whether the obtained identity information of the user is the same as the identity information of the owner of the communication apparatus bound to the communication apparatus, if yes, proceeding to step S50, otherwise, proceeding to step S60; S50: starting the communication apparatus normally, and S60: locking the communication apparatus. |
| US09774718B2 |
Information display apparatus and information display method
The information display part displays screen information for notifying the user that the electronic mail has been received when the portable terminal device has received the electronic mail while first screen information is displayed, in addition to the first screen information or instead of the first screen information, and continues to display second screen information when the portable terminal device has received the electronic mail while the second screen information is displayed, without displaying the screen information for notifying the user that the electronic mail has been received, and displays the screen information for notifying the user that electronic mail has been received after display of the second screen information is finished. |
| US09774708B2 |
Network node and method of operating the network node
A method of operating a network node includes receiving a response packet including an encoded content name, storing the response packet, decoding the encoded content name, and transmitting the response packet based on the decoded content name, receiving a request packet, decoding at least some of encoded content names included in pre-stored response packets, determining whether a pre-stored response packet corresponding to a content name included in the request packet is present among the pre-stored response packets based on the decoded content names, and transmitting the pre-stored response packet in response to the pre-stored response packet being present. |
| US09774706B2 |
Providing functional requirements for a network connection from a local library
A network application may transmit data over a network connection. The application may require certain functionality for the network connection. An embodiment provides a method for the application to inform the network of its requirement. The application may use a control packet to inform the network of its functionality requirement for the connection it is using. The control packets may be sent to the network at the same time the application is transmitting its data. In an embodiment, a user using the application instructs the network to provide certain functionality using the control packet. |
| US09774704B2 |
Home gateway, cloud server, and method for communication therebetween
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for communication between a home gateway and a cloud server. The cloud server has a home gateway software running unit, and various software modules are arranged in the home gateway software running unit. The method includes the following: The cloud server establishes a data communication channel with the home gateway through a TCP/IP protocol, where a terminal is connected to the home gateway through a short-distance communication protocol; and the home gateway software running unit sends a first software message to the home gateway through the data communication channel so that the home gateway forwards the first software message to a first terminal to which the first software message is directed; or the home gateway software running unit receives a second software message from the home gateway through the data communication channel. |
| US09774703B2 |
Apparatus, method and system for a tunneling client access point
The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatus, method, and system comprising a portable device configured to communicate with a terminal and a network server, and execute stored program code in response to user interaction with an interactive user interface. The portable device contains stored program code configured to render an interactive user interface on a terminal output component to enable the user the control processing activity on the portable device and access data and programs from the portable device and a network server. |
| US09774692B2 |
Method and system of automatic recording and portable application of lifestyle related data
Methods and systems of automatically recording and porting of lifestyle data are described. A method may involve receiving recorded data from each of a first plurality of networked devices associated with a first location. The recorded data may pertain to usage of one or more of the first plurality of networked devices during a first period of time. The method may also involve storing the recorded data. The method may further involve applying the recorded data to one or more of a second plurality of networked devices associated with a second location different than the first location. |
| US09774687B2 |
System and method for managing media and signaling in a communication platform
Systems and methods for communicating media between a client and a media server. Responsive to a communication initiation received by a signaling controller from a client system, the signaling controller invites a media server by providing an invitation to the media server. The media server is bridged with the client system by controlling a media proxy service to establish a media proxy between the client system and the media server by using client media parameters of the first communication initiation and media server media parameters provided by the media server responsive to the invitation. Media is communicated between the external client system and the media server by using the established media proxy. |
| US09774684B2 |
Storing data in a dispersed storage network
A method begins by a computing device generating a set of write requests regarding a set of encoded data slices and sending the set of write requests to a set of storage units, where each write request includes an encoded data slice, a corresponding slice name, and a transaction number. The method continues with each of at least some of the storage units generating a write response that includes the transaction number and a list of revision levels corresponding to the slice name. The method continues with the computing device receiving the write responses from the at least some of the storage units, determining a most current revision level based on the lists of revision levels and generating a set of write commit messages, where a write commit message includes the transaction number and a new revision level for the set of encoded data slices. |
| US09774680B2 |
Distributed rebuilding of data in a dispersed storage network
A technique of rebuilding data slices in a dispersed storage network when detecting a plurality of data slices that require rebuilding. A plurality of rebuilding resources capable for use to rebuild the plurality of data slices are determined and based on an attribute associated with the determination, a rebuilding task is apportioned and the apportioned tasks are assigned to the plurality of rebuilding resources to rebuild the data slices. The apportionment of the tasks permit more than one rebuilding resource and associated distributed storage unit to perform the rebuild of the data slices. |
| US09774678B2 |
Temporarily storing data in a dispersed storage network
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module obtaining a transaction number and generating a set of temporary write commands regarding storage of a data segment in a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory, where a temporary write command includes the transaction number, an encoded portion of the data segment, and an implicit instruction that the encoded portion is not to be stored or made accessible in accordance with a conventional manner. The method continues with the DS processing module transmitting the set of temporary write commands to the DSN memory. When the temporarily stored data segment is to be read from the DSN memory, the method continues with the DS processing module generating a set of temporary read commands, where a temporary read command includes the transaction number, identity of the encoded portion, and an explicit instruction to read the encoded portion in violation of the conventional manner. |
| US09774663B2 |
Digital magazine distribution using feeds
A magazine distribution system retrieves digital content associated with a digital magazine published by a publisher by using a plurality of feeds. The magazine distribution system retrieves an issue feed from a publisher of a digital magazine. The issue feed includes information about an issue of the digital magazine. The magazine distribution system analyzes the issue feed to retrieve an identifier identifying a section feed published by the publisher. The magazine distribution system retrieves the section feed from the publisher using the identifier identifying the section feed and analyzes the retrieved section feed to identify information about the section of the digital magazine and a digital content item to be included in the section of the issue of the digital magazine. The magazine distribution system formats the issue of the digital magazine and presents the formatted issue of the digital magazine to a user. |
| US09774661B1 |
System, method, and computer program for processing interdependent transactions between a requesting system and a target system
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for processing interdependent transactions between a requesting system and a target system. In use, a first request to process associated first data is received at a target system, the first request being received from a requesting system. Further, it is determined that processing of the first data by the target system is dependent on processing of second data associated with at least one second request. Responsive to determining that the processing of the first data by the target system is dependent on processing the second data by at least one second request, the first request and the associated first data are stored in the target system, in a temporary cache, a transaction is created by the target system, a notification is sent to the requesting system indicating that processing of the first data was not completed, and a transaction identifier associated with the transaction is sent to the requesting system. |
| US09774658B2 |
Orchestration framework for connected devices
Systems and methods for interconnecting devices using an orchestration framework are provided herein. An orchestration framework may be provided, and the orchestration framework may interconnect multiple of devices such that the devices are available to share content and computing activities with one another. The orchestration framework may coordinate interactions between the devices that are interconnected with each other through the orchestration framework. A request to share content may be received from one of the devices. The distribution of the content to one or more of the devices may be managed using the orchestration framework. The content may be a file uploaded to a remote data store, content stored at a clipboard that is accessible to the interconnected devices, or a link. |
| US09774654B2 |
Service call graphs for website performance
Techniques for generating, storing, and using service call graphs are provided. In one technique, trace data items generated by different services are correlated to generate a service call graph. Trace data indicates when certain services are called and their respective latencies as a result of a client request. A service call graph may reflect a single trace or multiple traces over a particular period of time. A service call graph may be analyzed to inform administrators of a web site how a web application and the services it relies on are performing. A service call graph may be used to determine whether there are sufficient resources to support a projected increase in traffic to a web application. A service call graph may be used to estimate a cost of a web application. Multiple service call graphs may be compared to determine one or more root causes of a performance problem. |
| US09774653B2 |
Cooperative federation of digital devices via proxemics and device micro-mobility
The subject disclosure is directed towards co-located collaboration/data sharing that is based upon detecting the proxemics of people and/or the proxemics of devices. A federation of devices is established based upon proxemics, such as when the users have entered into a formation based upon distance between them and orientation. User devices may share content with other devices in the federation based upon micro-mobility actions performed on the devices, e.g., tilting and/or otherwise interacting with a sending device. |
| US09774650B2 |
Frame priority system
In one embodiment, a system for setting frame priority according to priority levels includes a video encoder to encode a first video frame of a live video stream yielding an encoded first video frame having a first priority level, and a processor to read, from a memory, an estimate of a time delay, the time delay being a time for data in the live video stream to be transferred from a first device to a second device, and determine if the estimate of the time delay exceeds a pre-defined delay, and wherein if the estimate of the time delay exceeds the pre-defined delay, the video encoder is operative to encode a second video frame with a higher priority level than the first priority level, the second video frame being a most recent video frame to be presented from the live video stream for encoding after the first video frame. Related apparatus and methods are also described. |
| US09774645B2 |
Basic service set load management
A method of managing BSS network loading is proposed. An access point (AP) transmits BSS session time and data limit element in beacon or probe response frame or a response frame to a service request frame. The AP determines the session time and data limit according to the network load and AP resourced. The AP adjusts the session time and data limit dynamically. An STA decides whether to join a specific BSS based on the BSS session time and the BSS session data limit. AP encourages or discourages the STA to join the BSS by increasing or reducing the session time and data limit. The per-AP loading will be distributed according to AP's capabilities. |
| US09774642B2 |
Method and device for pushing multimedia resource and display terminal
A method and device for pushing a multimedia resource and a display terminal, the method including: obtaining, by a cloud server, a device identifier of a mobile terminal upon determining that the mobile terminal has established a connection with a display terminal; searching with the device identifier a device identifier information table for multimedia resource play information corresponding to the device identifier; determining multimedia resources to be played according to the multimedia resource play information; and transmitting the multimedia resources to be played to the display terminal. |
| US09774639B2 |
System and method for multi-party communication
A system and method provides for multi-party communication including engaging a network communication engine from a mobile communication interface and providing a user identification and a location indicator to the network communication engine. The method and system further includes receiving in the mobile communication interface a plurality of communication channels based on at least one of: the user identification and the location indicator and in response to a user selection of a selected communication channel, transmitting a channel engagement request to the network communication engine requesting connection of the user to the selected communication channel. The method and system further includes engaging in muted bi-directional communication with a plurality of additional users across the selected communication channel, wherein muted bi-directional communication includes user engagement of an open channel engagement command for communication input across the channel and the input transmitted across the channel only during the open channel engagement command. |
| US09774637B2 |
Method of establishing control relationships, configuration device, networked device and computer program product
A method for establishing control relationships between at least two networked devices is conceived. Further a corresponding configuration device, networked device and non-transitory computer program product are provided. |
| US09774633B2 |
Distributed application awareness
A network device is configured to receive network traffic associated with an application executing on a user device; identify, based on the network traffic, an application identifier associated with the application; determine whether the application identifier matches one of a set of application identifiers stored by the network device; identify a policy based on the application identifier when the application identifier matches one of the set of application identifiers; and apply the policy to the network traffic associated with the application. The policy may be obtained from another network device, in communication with the network device, when the application identifier does not match one of the set of application identifiers. |
| US09774627B2 |
Detecting memory-scraping malware
Honey tokens are generated by one or more applications in memory of a device. The honey tokens resemble data that may be of interest to memory-scraping malware. The honey tokens are monitored in memory and when access is detected an alert is raised that there is a potential of having memory-scraping malware, which is operational within memory of the device. |
| US09774626B1 |
Method and system for assessing and classifying reported potentially malicious messages in a cybersecurity system
In a cybersecurity network, a system identifies and classifies non-malicious messages by receiving a user notification indicating that the user has reported a received message as potentially malicious message, and determining whether the received message is legitimate or potentially malicious. When the system determines that the message is a legitimate, it further analyzes the message to assign a class that may include trusted internal sender, trusted external sender, or training a simulated phishing message. It will then cause the user's device to provide the user with information corresponding to the assigned class. The system may also quarantine a received message and release the message from the quarantine only after determining that the message is legitimate and receiving a user acknowledgment. |
| US09774625B2 |
Phishing detection by login page census
A system for detecting phishing includes a phishing detection system that generates census of login pages received in different computers of different end users. An end user computer receives a login page and retrieves census information of the login page, such as from the phishing detection system. The census information indicates a number of different end users who employed the login page to log into their respective online accounts. The end user computer reports the census information to the end user of the end user computer. The end user computer reports the census information in numerical, graphical, or other format. The census information of the login page allows the end user to make an informed decision on whether or not to use the login page. |
| US09774623B2 |
Anti-phishing protection
Anti-Phishing protection assists in protecting against phishing attacks. Any links that are contained within a message that has been identified as a phishing message are disabled. A warning message is shown when the phishing message is accessed. The first time a disabled link within the phishing message is selected a dismissible dialog box is displayed containing information about how to enable links in the message. After the user dismisses the dialog, clicking on a disabled link causes the warning message to flash drawing the user's attention to the potential severity of the problem. The links may be enabled by the user by selecting the warning message and choosing the appropriate option. Once the user enables the links, future displays of the message show the links as enabled. |
| US09774621B2 |
Updating content detection devices and systems
A method of updating a content detection module includes obtaining content detection data, and transmitting the content detection data to a content detection module, wherein the transmitting is performed not in response to a request from the content detection module. A method of sending content detection data includes obtaining content detection data, selecting an update station from a plurality of update stations, and sending the, content detection data to the selected update station. A method of building a content detection system includes establishing a first communication link between a central station and an update station, the central station configured to transmit content detection data to the update station, and establishing a second communication link between the update station and a content detection module. |
| US09774619B1 |
Mitigating network attacks
Systems and methods are described that enable the mitigation of network attacks directed to specific sets of content on a content delivery system. A set of content targeted in the attack may be identified based at least in part on a combination of network addresses to which attacked-related packets are transmitted. Thereafter, the content delivery system may mitigate the attack based on the identified target. For example, where both targeted and non-targeted sets of content are associated with the attacked network addresses, traffic directed to these sets of content may be separated, e.g., in order to reduce the impact of the attack on the non-targeted sets of content or increase the computing resources available to the targeted content. Redirection of traffic may occur using either or both of resolution-based redirection or routing-based redirection. |
| US09774617B2 |
Distributed client side user monitoring and attack system
An embodiment invention provides a new way of creating a distributed client side user monitoring and attack system for use within the security market. In one embodiment of the invention, a distributed client side user monitoring and attack system, includes: a security application server; a target application server; a target application; and a first code in the target application to permit backchannel communications with the security application server. |
| US09774613B2 |
Server drift monitoring
Threat detection is improved by monitoring variations in observable events and correlating these variations to malicious activity. The disclosed techniques can be usefully employed with any attribute or other metric that can be instrumented on an endpoint and tracked over time including observable events such as changes to files, data, software configurations, operating systems, and so forth. Correlations may be based on historical data for a particular machine, or a group of machines such as similarly configured endpoints. Similar inferences of malicious activity can be based on the nature of a variation, including specific patterns of variation known to be associated with malware and any other unexpected patterns that deviate from normal behavior. Embodiments described herein use variations in, e.g., server software updates or URL cache hits on an endpoint, but the techniques are more generally applicable to any endpoint attribute that varies in a manner correlated with malicious activity. |
| US09774611B1 |
Dynamically deploying a network traffic filter
Functionality is disclosed herein for dynamically deploying an upstream network traffic filter in a network. The upstream network filter is dynamically deployed in a location that is closer to an entry point of an attack such that attack traffic reaches the upstream network filter before reaching a network traffic filter that is configured to perform network traffic filtering for a computing resource that is under attack. The upstream network traffic filter includes rules that are based on at least a portion of the rules that are applied by the network traffic filter. |
| US09774610B2 |
Certificateless data verification with revocable signatures
A method comprises accessing, by a processor of a machine, an encrypted data packet from a first source, the encrypted data packet being accompanied by a signature of the first source. The processor further accesses parameters from a second source and verifies, based on the signature of the first source and the parameters, that the encrypted data packet was generated by the first source. The method further comprises decrypting, based on the verification that the encrypted data packet was generated by the first source, by the processor, the encrypted data packet. |
| US09774605B2 |
Temporary authorizations to access a computing system based on user skills
Controlling access to a computing system. An escalation request is received for performing a protected activity on the computing system by a user not authorized to perform the protected activity. At least one activity indicator being indicative of a skill required to perform the protected activity is retrieved. At least one user indicator being indicative of the skill possessed by the user is retrieved. An indication of a capability of the user to perform the protected activity according to a comparison between the at least one activity indicator and the at least one user indicator is determined. A temporary authorization for performing the protected activity to the user according to the capability thereof is granted or denied. The temporary authorization lasts for a limited time window. |
| US09774604B2 |
Private cloud control
Management of IoT devices through a private cloud. An IoT device is coupled to a gateway. A request from the IoT device to connect to a private cloud, wherein the private cloud is used to manage IoT devices, is received at a private cloud control center agent. An identification of the IoT device is determined. The IoT device is onboarded, using the identification, for management through the private cloud. A device profile of the IoT device is generated. The flow of data to and from the IoT device is regulated through application of IoT rules of an IoT firewall according to the device profile of the IoT device. |
| US09774601B2 |
Security of computer resources
Embodiments of the invention relate to improving security of computer resources. According to an aspect, providing access to a reference database storing information on known behavior of trusted computer processes and on resources the trusted computer processes need from a configuration database, the configuration database stores configuration information of a computer network; detecting, by a first computer process from a second computer process, a request for specified resource of the configuration database; determining, based on the request and the reference database, whether the second computer process is known to need the requested resource; upon determining that the computer process is not known to need the requested resource, causing a response to the request indicating to the second computer process that the response includes the requested resource but wherein the response comprises a resource indicator that directs the second computer process to access an environment monitored by an anti-malware computer process. |
| US09774600B1 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for managing infrastructure elements in a network system
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for managing infrastructure elements in a network system are disclosed. According to one example, the method includes establishing, for an application managed by a system administrator, an application control configuration that designates administrative access to infrastructure elements supporting a plurality of workload services that executes the application. The method further includes detecting a modification to the application that causes one or more of the workload services to be transferred to at least one auxiliary infrastructure element and updating, in response to the detected modification, the application control configuration such that the administrative access is revised to enable the system administrator to manage each of the infrastructure elements supporting the workload services executing the modified application. |
| US09774599B2 |
Authenticating method and apparatus using electronic device
An authentication method and apparatus for an electronic device. A first electronic device transmits a mutual authentication request for the first electronic device and a second electronic device communication-connected with the first electronic device to an authentication server. The first electronic device receives mutual authentication information for each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device from the authentication server, and stores the mutual authentication information in the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The first electronic device determines whether reliability of an authentication state between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is maintained. The first electronic device acquires an authentication result for a service using the second electronic device from the authentication server by using the mutual authentication information for each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, when the reliability is maintained. |
| US09774598B2 |
Information processing device, management apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and computer program product
According to an embodiment, an information processing device is connected to a management apparatus via a network. The device includes a receiver, an acquisition unit, an MKB processor, and an authentication unit. The receiver is configured to receive communication information. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a media key block from the management apparatus, in response to receipt of the communication information from a first external device not belonging to a group previously classified on a management unit basis by the management apparatus, the first external device and the information processing device being enabled to derive a first group key based on the media key block. The MKB processor is configured to generate the group key from a device key of the information processing device and the media key block. The authentication unit is configured to perform encrypted communication with the external device based on an authentication method using the group key. |
| US09774595B2 |
Method of authentication by token
A method is provided for authentication by token for accessing a service from a terminal. The method includes, on receipt of a service access authorization request including at least one unique identifier of the terminal, steps of determining a network access context of the terminal; checking validity of the service access rights, including at least checking an access right associated with the network access context of the terminal; and, if the access rights are valid, generating a valid authentication token on the basis of the unique identifier of the terminal and the network access context, and transmitting the token to the terminal. |
| US09774591B2 |
Password manipulation for secure account creation and verification through third-party servers
A method and system for deterring attacks at potential breach points between servers and an account and login server for creating and subsequent verification of accounts. Various cryptographic primitives are used to manipulate passwords to generate verifiers. The verifiers are used with external hardware security modules (HSMs) to eliminate HSMs and intermediate steps between the HSM and login servers as potential breach points. |
| US09774589B2 |
Management method and arrangement for outpatient electrocardiography on a patient
A management method for outpatient electrocardiography on a patient using an ECG recorder, an administration network, a first mobile device and at least one second mobile device is provided. In order to initialize outpatient electrocardiography on a patient, the first mobile device is connected to the ECG recorder and to the administration network and in the process an identification code assigned to the ECG recorder is transmitted from the ECG recorder to the administration network. After the verification of the authorizations of the mobile device, at least one certificate assigned to the ECG recorder is provided by the administration network and is transmitted to the ECG recorder for storage via the mobile device. The second mobile device is connected to the ECG recorder and to the administration network and in the process the identification code assigned to the ECG recorder is transmitted from the ECG recorder to the administration network. |
| US09774588B2 |
Single sign off handling by network device in federated identity deployment
In one implementation, a network device provides a single signoff service to one or more endpoints in software as a service (SaaS) sessions. The network device is configured to monitor a session between a software as a service (SaaS) provider and an endpoint device and to identify a network event trigger associated with the session. In response to the network event trigger, a signoff message is generated to the SaaS provider by the network device. The SaaS provider is configured to purge the session in response to the signoff message. |
| US09774583B2 |
Providing secure seamless access to enterprise devices
In an embodiment, a system includes at least one processor having at least one core including a reservation control logic to receive a request from a user device for access at a future time to an enterprise device. The reservation control logic may grant a reservation to the user device to enable the access and schedule delivery of an authentication message to the user device including a credential to enable the user device to set up an ad hoc wireless connection with the enterprise device at the future time, without involvement of a user of the user device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09774580B2 |
Mesh network with personal pre-shared keys
A mesh network with a network-wide pre-shared key (PSK) that can be updated is described. The PSK can be used to establish secure communication between arbitrary electronic devices in the mesh network. In order to prevent electronic devices from being inadvertently ‘stranded,’ i.e., unable to securely communicate with other electronic devices in the mesh network when the PSK is updated, pairs of electronic devices in the mesh network establish personal PSKs (PPSKs). In particular, after securely associating with each other, a given pair of electronic devices may have used the current PSK to authenticate and encrypt their communication. Then, the given pair of electronic devices may define a PPSK, e.g., by exchanging one or more random numbers. If a subsequent attempt at establishing secure or encrypted communication between the given pair of electronic devices fails, these electronic devices may use the PPSK as a backup to establish the encrypted communication. |
| US09774579B2 |
Method for key rotation
A method for key rotation includes initiating key rotation for a user account of a multi-factor authentication platform enabling one-time password authentication using a first symmetric cryptographic key; generating, at an authenticating device, a second symmetric cryptographic key; transmitting, at the authenticating device, the second symmetric cryptographic key to the multi-factor authentication platform; configuring the multi-factor authentication platform and the authenticating device to disable authentication that uses the first symmetric cryptographic key; and configuring the multi-factor authentication platform and the authenticating device to enable authentication that uses the second symmetric cryptographic key. |
| US09774571B2 |
Automatic provisioning of meeting room device
Various embodiments enable meeting room devices to be produced such that, after purchase, the devices can be automatically provisioned by a meeting service. Automatic provisioning takes place over a communication network through a trust relationship that is established between the meeting room device and the meeting service. |
| US09774566B2 |
Communication method and mobile electronic device using the same
A communication method and a mobile electronic device are provided. The communication method includes: receiving a message packet; determining whether or not the received message packet is an abnormal packet; and when the received message packet is determined out as the abnormal packet, increasing a count value; keeping to receive the message packets and determine whether or not the received message packet is an abnormal packet; and when the count value is greater than an upper-limit value, re-deriving an IP address. |
| US09774563B2 |
Packet transmission method, apparatus, and system in multicast domain name system
A packet transmission method, apparatus, and system in a multicast domain name system (mDNS), which are used to resolve a network bandwidth waste problem due to much service information needs to be transmitted in an mDNS-based network. The method includes, converting, by a relay, a known-answer service query packet that is sent by a user terminal and used to query service information in an mDNS, into a unicast known-answer service query packet and sending the unicast known-answer service query packet to a gateway, receiving, by the relay, a unicast known-answer service answer packet that is sent by the gateway and includes service information unknown to the user terminal, and converting, by the relay, the unicast known-answer service answer packet into a multicast known-answer service answer packet and sending the multicast known-answer service answer packet to the user terminal. |
| US09774562B2 |
System and method for automatic configuration of domain names by third parties
Systems and methods for creating custom domain name links are provided. At least one server communicatively coupled to a network receives a request to create a custom domain name link to a third party service. The request identifies a custom domain name. The at least one server retrieves, from a third party service link database, an entry for the third party service specifying how to create the custom domain name link for the third party service and the at least one server creates the custom domain name link in accordance with the entry retrieved from the third party service link database. |
| US09774561B1 |
Customized electronic document distribution
A distribution host may receive an electronic document from a sender device that includes content distribution designations. Based on the content distribution designations, the distribution host may determine that a portion of the electronic document is designated for distribution to multiple recipients. The distribution host may further determine that an additional portion of the electronic document is designated for distribution to a particular recipient of the multiple recipients. Accordingly, the distribution host may distribute the portion as a version of the electronic document to the recipient devices of one or more recipients that does not include the particular recipient. Further, the distribution host may distribute the portion and the additional portion as an additional version of the electronic document exclusively to a recipient device of the particular recipient. |
| US09774560B2 |
People lists
Enabling management of contacts includes passively recognizing a set of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, bringing the member's attention to the recognized set of contacts, enabling the member to name the set of contacts, and enabling the member to address future communications to the set of contacts through use of the name associated by the member with the set of contacts. |
| US09774557B2 |
Method for automated updating status related data on social networking platform
The various embodiments herein disclose a method for sharing a status update automatically over a social networking platform. The method comprises storing a registered user's schedule over a timeline of the social networking platform and seeking permission for tracking a registered user's personal devices. The schedule is modified and saved by the registered user manually. The method further comprises tracking a user activity through a combination of plurality of components installed in the personal devices. The tracking is done in an online as well as an offline mode. The method further comprises analyzing a variation in the user activity and testing a priority of variation in the user activity. The method further comprises sending suggestion to user to attach or post the user activity over the social networking platform and uploading and posting the user activity over the timeline as well as a homepage of the respective user's profile. |
| US09774555B2 |
Computer implemented methods and apparatus for managing objectives in an organization in a social network environment
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for managing objectives in an organization in a social network environment. A server may receive objective data and task data associated with the objective. A message associated with the objective may be published on a social network feed. |
| US09774554B2 |
Device management system, device management apparatus, communication device, and control methods therefor, and storage medium
A device management system including the device management apparatus and a plurality of communication devices capable of communicating with the device management apparatus via the network stores destination information received from a first communication device and first identification information corresponding to the first communication device in association with address information, transmits the address information according to the destination information, transmits screen information to a second communication device in response to access from the second communication device using the address information, stores, when it receives service-related information input according to the screen information from the second communication device, the service-related information in association with second identification information for uniquely specifying the service-related information and the first identification information corresponding to the address information, and notifies the first communication device of the second identification information stored in association with the first identification information. |
| US09774552B2 |
Methods, servers and systems for verifying reported locations of computing devices
Methods, servers and systems are disclosed for authenticating location information in a message from a sending computing device to a receiving computing device. Location information of a sending computing device at an actual location may be incorporated in the message. Location information in a message may be compared with information regarding the actual location of the sending computing device maintained by a server. The location information in the message may be authenticated based on the comparison. |
| US09774550B2 |
Message sending and forwarding method, apparatus, and system
Method and device of processing messages on a social network are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a parameter message from a first social network account, the parameter message specifying a template identifier for a first message template, and a respective value of at least one parameter of the first message template; in accordance with the template identifier specified in the parameter; message, identifying the first message template from a plurality of stored message templates; in accordance with the identified first message template and the value of the at least one parameter, composing a template message; and sending the composed template message to at least a second social network account as a message originated from the first social network account. |
| US09774549B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying instant messaging (IM) message
A method and an apparatus for displaying an Instant Messaging (IM) message are provided. The method includes, when the size of a picture to be processed is greater than the size of a container, setting the display size of the picture to be processed to be not greater than the size of the container; and drawing the picture to be processed according to the set display size. As such, a picture to be processed having the size greater than the container size can be adapted to the size of a container in IM software, and the IM software can directly display the entirety of the picture that is originally greater than the container size. |
| US09774547B2 |
Segmentation and reassembly of network packets for switched fabric networks
Reassembly of member cells into a packet comprises receiving an incoming member cell of a packet from a switching fabric wherein each member cell comprises a segment of the packet and a header, generating a reassembly key using selected information from the incoming member cell header wherein the selected information is the same for all member cells of the packet, checking a reassembly table in a content addressable memory to find an entry that includes a logic key matching the reassembly key, and using a content index in the found entry and a sequence number of the incoming member cell within the packet, to determine a location offset in a reassembly buffer area for storing the incoming member cell at said location offset in the reassembly buffer area for the packet for reassembly. |
| US09774545B2 |
Method of operating a network according to MMRP standard
A method for operating a network having a plurality of terminals and a plurality of switches connected to one another via data lines has the first step of transmitting a multicast MMRP data packet from a data source via at least one of the switches and one of the data lines to a predetermined terminal intended to receive the multicast data packet. Then one port of a switch to which is connected another terminal that is not MMRP-capable is fed the multicast address as a static entry of the terminal connected to the one port. The multicast address is then transmitted to the at least one switch connected thereto. |
| US09774539B1 |
Systems and methods for reconfiguring data flow across network channels
The disclosed computer-implemented method for reconfiguring data flow across network channels may include (1) monitoring, in a replication environment, a first network channel and a second network channel that transmit replication data, where the first network channel transmits the replication data using a first network protocol and the second network channel transmits the replication data using a second network protocol that is different than the first network protocol, (2) identifying one or more characteristics of the first and second network channels, (3) obtaining one or more performance metrics of the first and second network channels, and (4) reconfiguring data flow within the replication environment based on both the characteristics and the performance metrics of the first and second network channels. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US09774536B2 |
Link status buffer flow control management
Generally, this disclosure describes techniques for buffer management based on link status. A host platform may include a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and a network controller that includes a buffer used by the BMC. When a network controller is in a lower power link state, the BMC may attempt to send data to the link partner which causes the network controller to transition out of the low power state. However, this transition may take longer than the buffer's ability to buffer the incoming flow from the BMC. Accordingly, to avoid the need for larger buffer space, a buffer manager is used to provide flow control management of the buffer based on link status. |
| US09774535B2 |
Flow control for powerline communications
A method of powerline communications in a powerline communications (PLC) network including a first node and at least a second node. The first node transmits a data frame to the second node over a PLC channel. The second node has a data buffer for storing received information. The second node runs a flow control algorithm which determines a current congestion condition or a projected congestion condition of the data buffer based on at least one congestion parameter. The current congestion condition and projected congestion condition include nearly congested and fully congested. When the current or projected congestion condition is either nearly congested or fully congested, the second node transmits a BUSY including frame over the PLC channel to at least the first node. The first node defers transmitting of any frames to the second node for a congestion clearing wait time. |
| US09774533B2 |
Mechanisms to support service chain graphs in a communication network
A novel scheme is defined for supporting service graphs to allow specific service functions to be applied to selected subsets of packet flows. According to one or more embodiments, a service graph is modeled as chains or sequences of “flow steering entities” and “service instances.” According to an embodiment, a flow steering entity (FSE) is configured to identify the flow, and select the next hop service instance in the chain. After a service instance returns the flow packet, the FSE steers the packet to the next FSE in the graph. An initial FSE is used to select matching traffic to enter the service graph. Wherever path forking and merging is required in the service graph, additional classifiers are positioned with the FSE to steer a subset of traffic along different paths of service function instances. |
| US09774530B2 |
Mapping of address and port (MAP) provisioning
Mapping of Address and Port (MAP) provisioning of a device to enable exchange of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) packets with an IP version 6 (IPv6) domain is contemplated. The MAP provisioning may be sufficient to facilitate provisioning of a router to process IPv4 packets for exchange with the IPv6 domain of an associated modem. |
| US09774529B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting data frame
The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting a data frame. The method comprises: acquiring at least one address of a destination address (DA) and a source address (SA), that are corresponding to data transmission direction information; determining, according to the data transmission direction information, an address field for carrying at least one address of the DA and the SA; and sending the data frame comprising the address field to a receiver. The method and apparatus for transmitting a data frame disclosed by the present invention can reduce overhead of an MAC frame header, improve transmission efficiency, and enable a station to acquire DA and/or SA of a data frame. |
| US09774528B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for transmitting and receiving data packets
A method and an apparatus for routing data packets. The solution in a communication network including a set of nodes, storing information regarding nodes of the network; and when transmitting a data packet to a destination node in the network, determining and including in the data packet the recipient identification; determining and including in the data packet the direction of the destination node in the network; determining and including in the data packet a hop count indicator indicating the number of node-to-node hops to the destination node; setting in the data packet the transmission direction indicator equal to a value corresponding to direction down and transmitting the packet. |
| US09774526B2 |
Operating a port shared by multiple controllers in a software defined network
An instruction from a controller is received at an application executing using a processor, the controller being a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller operating in an SDN. A determination is made, using the processor, that the instruction applies to an identifier located in a data packet, the data packet passing through a shared port, the shared port being shared by the controller and a concurrently operating second controller in the SDN. A period of effectiveness of the instruction is initialized. A command is sent to a switch to apply a network setting configured by the controller to handle the data packet, where the shared port is located at the switch in the SDN. |
| US09774518B1 |
Methods and apparatus for a distributed control plane
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first network control entity configured to be implemented at a first edge device. The first network control entity is configured to receive a control packet from a peripheral processing device via a tunnel that is between the peripheral processing device and the first network control entity and that includes at least a portion within a second edge device. The first network control entity is configured to determine routing information associated with the peripheral processing device based on the control packet. The first network control entity is configured to send the routing information to a second network control entity such that the second network control entity routes a data unit addressed to the peripheral processing device to the second edge device without sending the data unit to the first edge device. |
| US09774516B2 |
Trace route command execution from a virtualized environment
A traceroute command may be used to diagnose a computer network or provide additional information regarding a computer network. A traceroute command may be provided to applications executing within a virtualized environment by allowing commands to be passed from the virtualized environment to a host operating system through a network interface. The traceroute command may be executed by the host operating system, and network information returned to the application in the virtualized environment. |
| US09774514B2 |
Automatic health-check method and device for on-line system
The invention provides an automatic health check method for on-line system, comprising the following steps: receiving current status data of the on-line system from the on-line system; updating historical status statistical data based on the current status data, wherein the historical status statistical data is a statistical result for the status data of the on-line system until a previous moment from the moment when the on-line system starts to operate; transmitting the updated historical status statistical data to the on-line system; and the on-line system determining whether it is operating normally according to the updated historical status statistical data. In addition, the present invention correspondingly provides an automatic health check apparatus for on-line system. The method and apparatus according to the present invention can provide an effective and reliable health check mechanism for an on-line system such as bank POS transaction system. |
| US09774513B2 |
Dynamic discovery of applications, external dependencies, and relationships
A monitoring system is arranged for automatically and dynamically discovering local applications running on servers in an enterprise-scale service environment as well as discovering external resources (both partitioned and non-partitioned resources) that the local applications use. The discovered objects and their dependencies are instantiated into a health map and the map is dynamically updated as applications and resources are added to and deleted from the enterprise-scale service environment. Health indicators such as events, performance counters, synthetic transactions, and SysLog and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) service events for the mapped objects are monitored. The monitored health indicators are attributed to either the health of a local application or that of an external resource. Upon detection of a fault, the health map enables performance of root cause analyses and determination of the impact of the fault on the objects in the environment so that appropriate alerts can be raised. |
| US09774512B1 |
Measuring server availability and managing traffic in adaptive bitrate media delivery
Computer-based systems and methods measure saturation of a media server that transmits media content to a plurality of users via data links. The data buffers of the media server are sampled to ascertain whether they contain data to be transmitted to each buffer's associated destination at the time of the sampling. A saturation score is calculated based on the sampling, such as based on the number of non-empty data buffers. This saturation score can be used in routing new connection requests for the media server. The media server's saturation score can be compared to a threshold saturation score for the media server, with the difference between the scores indicating a present available bandwidth of the data links of the media serve. This process can be repeated periodically so that the saturation score of the media server is continuously updated. |
| US09774510B2 |
Facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices
A method for facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices is disclosed. The method involves receiving first quantity information and sending a first identifier associated with the plurality of mobile devices and first activity-related information including the first quantity information to a server. The method also involves receiving group activity-related information associated with the plurality of mobile devices, the group activity-related information derived at least in part from second activity-related information including second quantity information, and producing signals for causing a display to display information derived from the group activity-related information. A method of associating a plurality of mobile devices in a group is also disclosed. Systems and computer-readable media for facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices and for associating a plurality of mobile devices in a group are also disclosed. |
| US09774509B1 |
Performance tuning of it services
Methods and systems are disclosed for modeling the performance of an IT service. The methods and systems take a holistic approach by treating the entire IT service instead of the individual nodes. In one implementation, the methods and systems provide a tool for mapping the performance of the IT service based on throughput and response time data. The tool may then be used to develop a mathematical model for the performance of the IT service. System parameters that may impact the performance of the IT service may be correlated to variables in the model. The model may then be used to predict the impact changes may have on the performance of the IT service. Performance maps for the same IT service may be compared over time to discern any departure from a norm. A database of performance maps may be established for a particular industry to facilitate intra-industry comparisons. |
| US09774505B2 |
Content delivery in wireless wide area networks
A set of edge servers in a content delivery network is selected to serve a set of users. Selection comprises constructing a trellis having a number of states at least equal to a number of edge servers in the edge-server set, wherein each state comprises a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to one of a plurality of candidate edge servers. A fitness function is calculated based on network performance improvement and cost corresponding to each candidate edge server. A trellis-exploration algorithm is used to select the edge-server set by identifying a path through the trellis having optimal path metrics derived from the fitness function. The algorithm provides interconnects between each node of a first state to each of a plurality of nodes in a next state, and for each node in a state, a path is selected that corresponds to a best path metric that connects to a node in a previous state, wherein the best path metric comprises the fitness function. Data signals are transmitted to each edge server in the edge-server set for storage, which are then delivered to requesting client devices. |
| US09774502B2 |
Systems and methods for combined software defined networking and distributed network control
A hybrid control method for a network includes operating edge switches under software defined networking control, wherein each of the edge switches is communicatively coupled to a controller for the software defined networking control; operating non-adjacent switches communicatively coupling the edge switches together under distributed control, wherein the non-adjacent switches are not coupled to the controller; and utilizing the controller to route traffic between the edge switches through the non-adjacent switches in a hybrid control scheme including both the software defined networking control and the distributed control. |
| US09774501B2 |
System and method for ensuring subscriber fairness using outlier detection
Various embodiments of the present invention relating to a subscriber fairness solution are disclosed. The subscriber fairness solution contemplates a variety of improved techniques for using a flow-based statistical collection mechanism to monitor subscriber usage across various attributes (e.g., subscriber byte count, flow count, etc.) and maintain subscriber usage information for different time frames. In embodiments, the subscriber fairness solution includes a detection phase and a mitigation phase. In the detection phase, “outliers,” or subscribers who are using more than their fair share of network resources, are identified. In the mitigation phase, appropriate action is taken to resolve the constraints on the network resources, caused by these outliers. The subscriber fairness solution may be embodied in hardware, software, or a composite approach of both hardware and software. |
| US09774497B2 |
System and method for implementing internet of things (IOT) remote control applications
A platform, apparatus and method for Internet of Things Implementations for controlling electronic equipment. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) hub comprising a network interface to couple the IoT hub to an IoT service over a wide area network (WAN), and at least one IoT device communicatively coupled to the IoT hub over a wireless communication channel, the IoT device comprising an infrared (IR) or radio frequency (RF) blaster to control specified electronics equipment via IR or RF communication with the electronics equipment, the IoT device further comprising at least one sensor to detect current conditions associated with the operation of the electronics equipment, the IoT device to transmit an indication of the current conditions to the IoT hub over the wireless communication channel; and the IoT hub comprising a remote control code database to store remote control codes usable to control the electronics equipment, the IoT hub further comprising control logic to generate remote control commands using the remote control codes, the remote control commands selected by the control logic in response to the current conditions and input from an end user provided via a user device, the IoT hub to transmit the commands to the IoT device over the wireless communication channel; and the IoT device to responsively transmit the commands to the electronics equipment to control the electronics equipment. |
| US09774494B2 |
Method, node, and system for detecting performance of layer 3 virtual private network
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, apparatus, and system for detecting performance of a layer 3 virtual private network. A first node creates an OAM instance according to OAM configuration information set by a user, and sends the OAM configuration information to a second nodet; the second node creates an OAM instance according to the OAM configuration information; and the first node performs OAM detection by sending an OAM packet to the second node and/or receiving an OAM packet from the second node, where the sending and/or receiving is implemented by using the OAM instance of the first node. According to the present invention, not only an OAM configuration procedure is simplified and manpower is saved, but also consistency of OAM configuration at two ends can be ensured. In addition, a configuration delay in this dynamic configuration manner may be ignored. |
| US09774486B2 |
Registration of SIP-based communications in a hosted VoIP network
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for implementing a registrar component or functionality in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, the registrar functionality is handled at a Session Border Controller (SBC) or Network Address Translation (NAT) Traversal Manager (NTM) device of the network to alleviate an application server of the network from performing the registration function. |
| US09774485B2 |
Multiplex modules for carrier aggregation receivers
Multiplex modules for use in carrier aggregation receivers are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes an LNA multiplexer configured to receive a plurality of RF signals at a plurality of input terminals and to combine the RF signals into a combined RF signal that is output from an output terminal. The apparatus also includes an LNA demultiplexer configured to receive the combined RF signal at an input port that is connected to the output terminal and to distribute the combined RF signal to a plurality of output ports. |
| US09774484B2 |
Receiver controller
A receiver controller configured to control a receiver in receipt a signal comprising a series of time-consecutive symbols is disclosed. Each symbol includes an FFT window and a guard interval and the guard interval includes a cyclic prefix or postfix. The receiver controller is configured to control the receiver to acquire at least one signal parameter. The receiver controller is also configured to, based on a plurality of samples of the received signal, each sample having a predetermined sample length, determination of a plurality of correlation values based on pairs of the plurality of samples, said pairs of samples separated in time by a predetermined separation number of samples. |
| US09774483B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, and terminal apparatus
A communication apparatus includes a receiver that can receive data that has been divided among multiple communication carriers and transmitted, and that has multiple communication modes, each using a different number of communication carriers for reception; an acquirer that acquires information indicating a change in the communication volume of the receiver; and a switch that switches the communication mode of the receiver, based on the information acquired by the acquirer. |
| US09774479B2 |
Communicating data using backscatter modulation
A system and method for full duplex wireless communication is disclosed. The system utilizes backscatter modulation of a first signal received by a guest device from a basestation to transmit a guest device message to a host basestation. The guest device utilizes the same antenna to both receive and transmit message signals. |
| US09774478B1 |
Low-skew channel bonding using phase-measuring FIFO buffer
Circuits and methods are disclosed for low-skew bonding of a plurality of data channels into a multi-lane data channel. In one embodiment, phase-measuring first-in first-out buffer circuits buffer pre-buffer parallel data signals and generate phase-measurement signals. A channel-bonding control circuit receives the phase-measurement signals and generates bit-slip control signals. Transmission bit-slip circuits slip integer numbers of bits based on the bit-slip control signals. Bypass registers may be used when the integer number of bits is greater or equal to the parallel width of a lane. In another embodiment, the channel-bonding control circuit receives the phase-measurement signals from the phase-measuring FIFO buffer circuits and generates clock-slip control signals. Clock slip circuits controllably slip parallel clock signals by integer numbers of unit intervals of a serial clock signal. Various other aspects, features, and embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US09774476B2 |
Adaptive signal linearization
According to some embodiments, a method of transmitting a radio signal in a first wireless network element comprises receiving, at an input of a radio transmitter, a signal for wireless transmission; selectively performing a signal linearization technique on the signal; amplifying the signal with a non-linear amplifier; and transmitting the amplified signal to a second wireless network element. According to particular embodiments, selectively performing the signal linearization technique comprises determining a modulation order of the received signal and determining the modulation order exceeds a modulation order threshold. |
| US09774474B2 |
Gateway for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
A connection device for connecting to all bus systems of a motor vehicle is provided for communicating between different vehicle systems and is included in a gateway for the motor vehicle. A computing device designed for controlling the exchange of data between the bus systems is also included in the gateway. The gateway additionally has at least one communication device for wireless Communication in a network having at least one device external to the motor vehicle and the computing device is designed for controlling the data exchange between the several bus systems and the network. |
| US09774469B2 |
System and method for network deployment and management
Systems and methods are disclosed comprising receiving an upstream service signal from a premises. In an aspect, the systems and methods are configured for providing a wireless signal based on the received service signal external to the premises. |
| US09774467B2 |
Distributed intelligent modules system using power-line communication for electrical appliance automation
In a first aspect the invention provides a system that comprising a plurality of electronic modules, each one of the electronic modules configured for enabling automation of an electrical appliance to be connected to the electronic module. Each electronic module comprises at least a communication sub-part configured to enable communication over a power-line network with other modules, at least an acting means configured to act on an electrical voltage to be applied to the electrical appliance, at least a measurement means configured to measure a power consumption to be consumed by the electrical appliance, and an embedded intelligence means configured to process signals providing from or going to the at least one communication sub-part, the at least one acting means and the at least one measurement means. Each one of the plurality of electronic modules is enabled for communication with the others of the plurality of electronic modules over the power-line network by means of its at least one communication sub-part. In each one of the plurality of electronic modules the embedded intelligence means further comprises outgoing message sending means configured to send an outgoing message over the power-line network to at least one of the others of the plurality of electronic modules, ingoing message receiving means configured to receive an ingoing message over the power-line network from at least one of the others of the plurality of electronic modules, identifying means configured to identify an ingoing message relevant to the electronic module, presentation means configured to prepare a presentation message to be sent as outgoing message, the presentation message containing presentation information related to an identity of the electronic module, hierarchical ordering means configured to generate an ordered list of the plurality of modules that comprises the electronic module and the others of the plurality of electronic modules, depending on presentation information from the electronic module and presentation information received from the others of the plurality of electronic modules, and electing means for electing from the ordered list a president electronic module. The presentation means, the hierarchical ordering means and the electing means are configured such that the electing means in each of the plurality of electronic modules find the same president electronic module. The embedded intelligence means are further configured to handle information included an ingoing message sent from the president electronic module according to a determined priority protocol. |
| US09774466B2 |
System and method for broadcasting messages to nodes within a wireless mesh network
A node within a wireless mesh network is configured to forward a high-priority message to adjacent nodes in the wireless mesh network by either (i) transmitting the message during successive timeslots to the largest subset of nodes capable of receiving transmissions during each timeslot, or (ii) transmitting the message on each different channel during the timeslot when the largest subset of nodes are capable of receiving transmissions on each of those channels. |
| US09774462B2 |
Methods and apparatus for requesting message gap fill requests and responding to message gap fill requests
Various embodiments are directed to gap fill methods and apparatus. In an exchange system a device in the exchange may request a message gap fill when it detects that it may be missing one or more messages. The gap fill message may include a range of message identifiers or message counter values identifying the messages which are being requested by the multicast gap fill message. A message logging system included in the exchange may include a plurality of message logging devices. A multicast gap fill message may specify a set of messages to be provided which is very large. Multiple devices may respond to the requesting device with the responding device providing one, multiple or all the messages. Replies to multicast gap fill request messages are sent in the form of unicast messages from directed to the device which sent the multicast gap fill request message. |
| US09774461B2 |
Network switch with dynamic multicast queues
A system for communicating a multicast packet through a network switch fabric is described. The system receives the multicast packet at an input port of the network switch fabric, where the multicast packet is directed to multiple output ports, and where the network switch fabric has a virtual output queue (VOQ)-based architecture, in which each input port maintains a separate VOQ for unicast packets to each output port and one or more VOQs for multicast packets destined to multiple output ports. The system sends the multicast packet by inserting the multicast packet into the one or more VOQs associated with the multiple output ports, so that multicast packets are queued separately from unicast packets. Moreover, the system may optionally dynamically modify a number of the one or more VOQs for the multicast packets based on a number of multicast flows through the network switch fabric. |
| US09774459B2 |
Security system and method using wireless adapters and PoE cameras
A wireless adapter and method for providing a wireless connection to at least one wired security device includes at least one combined data/power physical port to which the wired security device connects. A power supply module receives power from an external power source and a power injector provides power to the combined data/power physical port to thereby power the wired security device. In this way, the wireless adapter supplies both power and data connection at the same physical port/jack of the wired security devices, such as IP security cameras, via an interface cable from the wireless adapter. This configuration has advantages in lowering the manufacturing costs of the cameras and reducing installation costs. Furthermore, the same standard camera can be used for both standard wired connections and wireless connections. |
| US09774457B2 |
Secure time functionality for a wireless device
The present invention is related to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for providing advanced security functions. The WTRU includes trusted platform module (TPM) for performing trusted computing operations; and a secure time component (STC) for providing a secure measurement of a current time. The STC and the TPM are integrated to provide accurate trusted time information to internal and external to the WTRU. The STC may be located on an expanded a subscriber identity module (SIM), on the WTRU platform, or two STCs may be used, one in each location. Similarly, the TPM may be located on an expanded SIM, on the WTRU platform, or two TPMs may be used, one in each location. Preferably, the STC will include a real time clock (RTC); a tamper detection and power failure unit; and a time report and sync controller. |
| US09774456B2 |
System and method for interapplication communications
A first executable program on a computer system is enabled to exchange communications with a second executable program on the computer system by determining that the first executable program requests to exchange information with the second executable program, using the second executable program to challenge the first executable program for a digital certificate, and using the second executable program to exchange information with the first executable program when the digital certificate is verified. |
| US09774448B2 |
System and methods for opportunistic cryptographic key management on an electronic device
A system and method for opportunistic cryptographic key management includes generating a security capability assessment on a first electronic device based on security capabilities of the device, selecting a key management mode based on the security capability assessment, generating a cryptographic key based on the key management mode, and storing the cryptographic key based on the key management mode. |
| US09774444B2 |
Decryption engine and decryption method
A decryption engine includes an update circuit, a key generator, a decryption circuit and a detection circuit. The update circuit generates a first updating information based on a premise of that a currently received frame is encrypted, and generates a second updating information based on a premise of that the currently received frame is non-encrypted. The key generator produces a first key according to the first updating information, and produces a second key according to the second updating information. The decryption circuit generates a first decrypted frame according to the first key and the currently received frame, and generates a second decrypted frame according to the second key and the currently received frame. The detection circuit detects whether the currently received frame is decrypted according to the first decrypted frame and the second decrypted frame, to generate an encryption detection result. |
| US09774437B2 |
Component carrier activation and deactivation using resource assignments
This invention relates to a proposal of an uplink resource assignment format and a downlink resource assignment format. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the new uplink/downlink resource assignments in methods for (de)activation of downlink component carrier(s) configured for a mobile terminal, a base station and a mobile terminal. To enable efficient and robust (de)activation of component carriers, while minimizing the signaling overhead, the invention proposes a new uplink/downlink resource assignment format that allow the activation/deactivation of individual downlink component carriers configured for a mobile. The new uplink or downlink resource assignment comprises an indication of the activation state of the configured downlink component carriers, i.e., indicate which downlink component carrier(s) is/are to be activated or deactivated. This indication is for example implemented by means of a bit-mask that indicates which of the configured uplink component carriers are to be activated respectively deactivated. |
| US09774433B2 |
Method and device for determining PDSCH transmission resources
The present invention relates to the field of communications, and disclosed are a method and device for determining a PDSCH transmission resource. The method is: in the embodiments of the present invention, a network side determines a mapping relationship between a PDSCH transmission point and a zero-power CSI-RS for UE, and the UE does not receive a PDSCH over a zero-power CSI-RS resource which corresponds to a cell currently transmitting the PDSCH and measures an interference and still receives the PDSCH over a zero-power CSI-RS resource which corresponds to a cell not currently transmitting the PDSCH and measures an interference, thereby ensuring that the UE can accurately measure the interference and further improving the accuracy of CQI estimation; furthermore, the signalling overhead required for realizing the technical solution of the present invention is very small, only some RRC signalings are required, and a dynamic signaling can reuse a current signaling to the greatest extent, in this way, the compatibility of the system is effectively improved and the complexity of implementation is reduced. |
| US09774431B2 |
Hearability improvements for reference signals
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate providing high reuse for transmitting reference signals, such as positioning reference signals (PRS) and cell-specific reference signals (CRS), to improve hearability thereof for applications such as trilateration and/or the like. In particular, PRSs can be transmitted in designated or selected positioning subframes. Resource elements within the positioning subframe can be selected for transmitting the PRSs and can avoid conflict with designated control regions, resource elements used for transmitting cell-specific reference signals, and/or the like. Resource elements for transmitting PRSs can be selected according to a planned or pseudo-random reuse scheme. In addition, a transmit diversity scheme can be applied to the PRSs to minimize impact of introducing the PRSs to legacy devices. Moreover, potions of a subframe not designated for PRS transmission can be utilized for user plane data transmission. |
| US09774425B2 |
Frame transmitting method and frame receiving method
A frame transmitting method by a device in a wireless communication network is provided. The device generates a symbol using a part of a plurality of resource units having a different number of tones and transmits a frame including the symbol. A length of symbol duration excluding a guard interval in the symbol is 12.8 μs. The plurality of resource units includes a first resource unit having 26 tones and a second resource unit having 52 tones. Two tones in the 26 tones of the first resource unit are used as pilot tones, and four tones in the 52 tones of the second resource unit are used as pilot tones. |
| US09774422B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection
Examples of the present invention provide a method for allocating Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection. The method includes: receiving, by a UE, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data from a base station through two Carrier Components (CCs); obtaining, by the UE according to specific indication information, Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) channel resources required for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information using a transmit diversity technique; and transmitting, by the UE, the HARQ-ACK feedback information on the obtained PUCCH channel resources adopting the transmit diversity technique. According to the method provided by the examples of the present invention, it is possible to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources to the UE reasonably and avoid waste of channel resources in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported. |
| US09774416B2 |
Mobile communication terminal
A mobile communication terminal calculates an interference rejection combining reception weight matrix so as to reduce interference with a desired beam by another beam, in which the desired beam is a beam of radio waves transmitted from a desired base station. The mobile communication terminal estimates an interference and noise power expected when the IRC is implemented based on the interference rejection combining reception weight matrix and calculates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio expected when the IRC is implemented based on the interference and noise power. The mobile communication terminal measures or calculates received signal qualities relative to radio waves received from a plurality of base stations, to compensate for the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio or the interference and noise power. |
| US09774410B2 |
Radiobeacon data sharing by forwarding low energy transmissions to a cloud host
Remote actuation of machines or machine systems is realized by a system for coupling a radiobeacon to a smart device and in turn to a broader network. The smart device is configured as a proximity-actuated “community nodal device” by an application that operates as part of the system. The community nodal device is given instructions to function as a “soft switch”: to automatically “upswitch”, amplify, and broadcast low energy, local area radiobeacon “messages” to a cloud-based server, where the message is interpreted according to rules or policies established by an operator, and a command is transmitted for execution to a remote device. Conventional smart devices generally discard data not addressed to the owner of the smart device. Instead of discarding third party messages, the system preempts their handling, and using a soft switch formed from background resources, anonymously, without access to the message by a user interface of the proxy device, and without waiting for a network query from the host, engineers an “upswitched transmission” of radiobeacon-generated data to a cloud host. Advantageously, confidential sharing of ad hoc community resources results in a negligible load on background resources of the community nodal device. Messages may include a sensor data payload. Bit overloading enables a sensor data payload to be compressed into a few hundred bytes or less. |
| US09774406B2 |
System and method for testing radio frequency wireless signal transceivers using wireless test signals
A system and method for facilitating wireless testing of a radio frequency (RF) signal transceiver device under test (DUT). Using multiple antennas within a shielded enclosure containing the DUT, multiple wireless RF test signals resulting from a RF test signal radiated from the DUT can be captured and have their respective signal phases controlled in accordance with one or more signal characteristics, including their respective signal power levels, their respective signal phases as received, and a signal power level of a combination of the received signals. Such phase control of the captured wireless RF test signals can be performed individually for any DUT tested within the shielded enclosure, thereby providing compensation for the multipath signal environment within the shielded enclosure irrespective of the placement of the DUT, and thereby simulating a wired test signal path during wireless testing of the DUT. |
| US09774405B2 |
Systems and methods for frequency-isolated self-interference cancellation
A system for frequency-isolated self-interference cancellation includes a transmit coupler, that samples an RF transmit signal to create a sampled RF transmit signal having a first RF carrier frequency, an RF self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled RF transmit signal to an RF self-interference cancellation signal, a receive coupler, that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with an RF receive signal to form a reduced-interference receive signal, and a frequency shifter. |
| US09774404B2 |
Apparatus and method for recognizing optical connector connection
Provided is an apparatus of recognizing optical connector connection including an IC tag connection unit configured to provide bus power and detect whether the optical connector is connected to an optical adapter, an IC tag configured to store an IC tag ID uniquely given to the optical connector, which is connected to a corresponding optical cable, and to receive the bus power to be driven for bus communication, and an IC tag ID obtaining unit configured to obtain the IC tag ID stored in the IC tag through the IC tag connection unit, when the optical connector is connected to the optical adapter. |
| US09774396B2 |
Use of very high frequency switching power converters for also modulating light output from solid state emitter to communicate data
An example of a power and modulation circuit utilizes a very high frequency switching power converter to supply drive current power to cause a solid state light source to emit light. The power converter is configured to convert power from a power source to direct current to supply via the output to the light source, at least in part by a switching function of the power converter at a very high frequency rate. The circuit, in such an example, also includes a control circuit coupled to be responsive to input data and control operation of the power converter so that the current output to drive the light source modulates the light emitted from the light source to also carry the input data. |
| US09774390B2 |
Fiber link recognition method, device, and system
A fiber link recognition method, device, and system, to recognize different fiber links where the method includes sending, by a link recognition device, a first test optical signal, receiving a second test optical signal that is returned after the first test optical signal is sent to a connection port of a first optical node, acquiring a reflection peak of the second test optical signal on a fiber link, determining a port identifier of the connection port of the first optical node according to the reflection peak of the second test optical signal on the fiber link, and recognizing, the fiber link corresponding to the second test optical signal that is returned by the connection port of the first optical node. The method embodiment is used to recognize a fiber link. |
| US09774384B2 |
Multi-beam antenna system and method for controlling output power thereof
Disclosed are a multi-beam antenna system and a method of controlling an output power thereof. An embodiment of the present invention includes a beam forming network configured to receive a plurality of signals to be a plurality of beams, to divide each of the plurality of signals to a plurality of divided signals, and to output a plurality of excited signals by adjusting and combining amplitude and phase of each of the plurality of divided signals, an MPA set having a plurality of MPAs configured to receive corresponding excited signals among the plurality of excited signals from the beam forming network and to control output powers of the received excited signals according to communication traffic, and a feed array having a plurality of feeds configured to form a multi-beam by being excited according to the amplitude and phase of the excited signals from the MPA set. |
| US09774381B2 |
Transmitter, relay, receiver, and cooperative communication system using network compress-and-forward scheme
A cooperative communication system is provided. The cooperative communication system includes a transmitter that generates a codeword from data blocks based on a long message encoding scheme, and multicasts a signal including the codeword; relays, each relay configured to receive the multicasted signal, encode the multicasted signal using a encoding scheme independent from encoding schemes of other relays to generate a random-mapped signal of the data blocks, and relay the random-mapped signal of the data blocks; and a receiver that receives signals relayed by the relays, and generates the data blocks from the signals based on a joint decoding scheme. |
| US09774379B2 |
Beam-forming in a combined radio cell
The present disclosure relates to radio communication and, more particularly, to beam-forming in a combined radio cell deployment. In one example embodiment, the disclosure presents a method performed by a network node operating in a combined radio cell, wherein the method comprises creating a probing pilot (e.g., a F-CPICH) which is multiplied with a beam-forming vector weight; and transmitting a first radio signal to a UE, the first radio signal comprising the created probing pilot multiplied with the beam-forming vector weight. |
| US09774375B2 |
Method, system, and device for determining pre-coding matrix
A method, system, and device for determining a pre-coding matrix that can be used to determine an integral pre-coding matrix. The method of the embodiments of the present invention comprises: a user device determines a third pre-coding matrix according to a first pre-coding matrix and a second pre-coding matrix; an integral pre-coding matrix is determined according to the determined third pre-coding matrix, the integral pre-coding matrix being a sub-matrix of the third pre-coding matrix; integral pre-coding matrix information is determined according to the integral pre-coding matrix, and is transmitted to the network device. Because the user device determines that the integral pre-coding matrix is a sub-matrix of the third pre-coding matrix, which is determined according to the first pre-coding matrix and the second pre-coding matrix, the integral matrix code can be determined, thereby enhancing data transmission efficiency and system performance. |
| US09774371B1 |
Near field communication device and system
A Near Field Communication (NFC) device includes an NFC processing chip, a voltage conversion chip, a first transformer, and a connector. The NFC processing chip receives and transmits NFC signals. The first transformer is coupled to the NFC processing chip. The connector is coupled to the NFC processing chip and the first transformer, the connector transmits the NFC signals and transmits voltage signals to the first transformer. The first transformer transmits the voltage signal to the voltage conversion chip to supply an operating voltage to the NFC processing chip and the first transformer further transmits alternating current signals to the connector. An NFC system is also provided. |
| US09774370B1 |
Signal feedback circuit in power-line-communication systems
An apparatus is provided for data communication over power lines in a PLC system. The apparatus includes a data-coupling circuit configured to provide data to the power lines for transmission. The data-coupling circuit includes a DC-isolation circuit configured to isolate circuitry of the data-coupling circuit from the power lines. The apparatus also includes a feedback circuit connected to the DC-isolation circuit. The feedback circuit has a power-tap circuit on an endpoint side of the feedback circuit. The power-tap circuit is configured to indicate/estimate of an amount of power, current, and/or voltage provided from the data-coupling circuit through the DC-isolation circuit and to the power lines. Based on the feedback the signal, the strength of a transmitted may be adjusted (e.g., to maintain constant signal strength). |
| US09774364B2 |
Interference phase estimate system and method
A method for operating a transceiver includes generating, by the transceiver, a first signal that includes an estimate of an interference signal leaked from a transmit path to a receive path of the transceiver. Generating the first signal includes obtaining a baseband transmit signal that includes a baseband of a transmit signal transmitted via the transmit path. Generating the first signal also includes calculating a harmonic phase that includes a phase of a harmonic of the baseband transmit signal. Generating the first signal also includes estimating a phase shift in accordance with an envelope of the baseband transmit signal. Generating the first signal also includes determining a phase of the first signal in accordance with the estimated phase shift and the calculated harmonic phase such that interference of a receive signal received via the receive path is reduced according to the first signal. |
| US09774361B2 |
Portable device and method for transmitting signals for communication
A portable device and a method for transmitting signals at maximum data transmission rate are disclosed herein. The method includes checking minimum transmission power levels of first and the second transmission signals to prevent interrupted transmissions; determining the power levels of the first and the second transmission signals having the maximum data transmission rate based on the minimum transmission power levels and highest transmission power levels satisfying the specific absorption rate (SAR) regulations according to a stored SAR table; transmitting the first and the second transmission signals at the respective determined power levels using a main antenna; and transmitting the second transmission signal using an auxiliary antenna. |
| US09774358B2 |
Ultrasonic sensor and electronic device
An ultrasonic sensor includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave elements each including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a control circuit configured to switch parallel connection and serial connection of the plurality of the ultrasonic wave elements. |
| US09774353B2 |
Generating apparatus, generating method and recording medium
Provided is a generating apparatus generating error-correcting code for data packet including: a first determining unit configured to determine a redundancy range for the error-correcting code; a second determining unit configured to determine a combination of a plurality of interleaving lengths indicating an interval of a plurality of data packets for which the error-correcting code is generated; and a generating unit configured to generate the error-correcting code for the data packet, based on a combination of the plurality of interleaving lengths determined by the second determining unit, wherein the second determining unit determines the combination of the plurality of interleaving lengths, such that a total redundancy of the error-correcting codes for the data packets corresponding to the combination of the plurality of interleaving lengths falls within a range of redundancy determined by the first determining unit. |
| US09774350B2 |
Apparatus and method for compressing continuous data
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for compressing continuous data. The apparatus for compressing continuous data may include a data generator configured to calculate differences between adjacent values in original continuous data and generate data based on the calculated differences. |
| US09774340B2 |
Semiconductor device and error correcting method
A semiconductor device includes a comparison circuit that compares an input analog voltage with a plurality of reference voltages, which are arranged in an ascending order in voltage level, to thereby obtain a plurality of comparison signals arranged in an order corresponding to the order of the reference voltage, a first correction circuit that corrects each of the comparison signals using another one of the comparison signals adjacent to the each comparison signal at a first side thereof, to thereby output a plurality of first correction signals arranged in an order corresponding to the order of the comparison signals, and a second correction circuit that corrects each of the first correction signals using another one of first correction signals adjacent to the each first correction signal at a second side thereof, to thereby output a plurality of second correction signals. The second side is different from the first side. |
| US09774334B2 |
Clock recovery circuit, optical module, and clock recovery method
A VCO generates a clock signal. A phase and frequency detector compares phases and frequencies of the clock signal generated by the VCO and an input signal. A charge pump adjusts a control voltage of the VCO based on an output of the phase and frequency detector. An identical digit detector generates a first signal by delaying a rising timing of the input signal by a first time, generates a second signal by delaying a falling timing of the input signal by a second time, detects succession of identical digits in the input signal based on the first signal and the second signal, and stops adjustment of the control voltage by the charge pump when the identical digits succeed by a predetermined number of identical digits or more. |
| US09774333B2 |
Counter circuit
A counter circuit includes a first Johnson counter circuit and a second Johnson counter circuit coupled in cascade. Each Johnson counter circuit includes a clock input, a data input, a first clock data output, a second clock data output and a feedback from the second clock data input to first data input. The clock input of the first Johnson counter circuit is configured to receive an input clock signal. The clock input of the second Johnson counter circuit is connected to the second clock data output of the first Johnson counter circuit. A ripple counter circuit has a clock input and additional clock data outputs. The clock input of the ripple counter circuit is connected to the second clock data output of the preceding Johnson counter circuit. |
| US09774326B2 |
Circuit and method for generating clock-signals
The present disclosure provides circuits and methods for generating clock-signals. An exemplary clock-signal generation circuit includes a delay buffer unit; an inverter unit coupled to the delay buffer unit; a first delay unit having a first NAND Boolean calculation sub unit, a first sub delay unit and a first level shift unit sequentially connected in serial, coupled to the inverter unit and configured for generating a first delayed clock-signal; and a second delay unit having a second NAND Boolean calculation sub unit, a second sub delay unit and a second level shift unit sequentially connected in serial, coupled to the inverter unit and configured for generating a second delayed clock signal. |
| US09774324B2 |
Biasing scheme for high voltage circuits using low voltage devices
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a first node to receive a supply voltage, a second node to receive a first bias voltage, a third node to receive ground potential, a first circuit branch coupled between the first and second nodes, and a second circuit branch coupled between the first and third nodes. The first bias voltage is provided to a gate of a first transistor among a plurality of transistors coupled in series. The first and second circuit branches are arranged to provide a second bias voltage to gate of a second transistor among the plurality of transistors. The value of the second bias voltage is based on a value of the first bias voltage. |
| US09774323B2 |
Load drive circuit
A load drive circuit shuts off power supply to a load when a semiconductor relay is off. The load drive circuit includes: the semiconductor relay which is turned off when a predetermined operation voltage cannot be secured; a low-voltage detection circuit which detects that the operation voltage is a predetermined value or less; a negative-voltage generation circuit which generates a negative voltage; and a switch unit which is turned on and connects between the negative-voltage generation circuit and a ground terminal of the semiconductor relay, in a case where the low-voltage detection circuit detects that the operation voltage is the predetermined value or less. |
| US09774315B2 |
Method for increasing active inductor operating range and peaking gain
Methods and apparatus are described for a differential active inductor load for inductive peaking in which cross-coupled capacitive elements are used to cancel out, or at least reduce, the limiting effect of the gate-to-drain capacitance (Cgd) of transistors in the active inductor load. The cross-coupled capacitive elements extend the range over which the active inductor load behaves inductively and increase the quality factor (Q) of each active inductor. Therefore, the achievable inductive peaking of the load is significantly increased, which leads to providing larger signal swing across the load for a given power or, alternatively, lower power for a given signal swing. |
| US09774314B2 |
Surface acoustic wave filter device and duplexer
A surface acoustic wave filter device includes surface acoustic wave filters, one of which includes a longitudinally coupled resonator-type first filter section and a longitudinally coupled resonator-type second filter section. The second filter section is electrically connected in parallel or series with the first filter section on at least one of an input signal side and an output signal side. The first filter section includes a first IDT group including three IDTs. The second filter section includes a second IDT group including three IDTs. Another surface acoustic wave filter includes a third IDT group that is cascade connected to the first filter section and the second filter section and includes IDTs arranged in order in a line in a surface acoustic wave propagation direction. |
| US09774313B1 |
Laterally-doped MEMS resonator
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface and a resonant member having sidewalls disposed in a nominally perpendicular orientation with respect to the planar surface. Impurity dopant is introduced via the sidewalls of the resonant member such that a non-uniform dopant concentration profile is established along axis extending between the sidewalls parallel to the substrate surface and exhibits a relative minimum concentration in a middle region of the axis. |
| US09774310B2 |
Common mode noise suppressing device
An all-pass filtering module of a common mode noise suppressing device includes first and second differential transmission circuits coupled to a reference node. Each of the first and second differential transmission circuits has an input terminal and an output terminal, and includes: first and second capacitive elements coupled in series between the input terminal and the output terminal; a first inductor coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal; and a third capacitive element and a second inductor coupled in series between the reference node and a common node between the first and second capacitive elements. |
| US09774308B2 |
Automatic gain control in a heterogeneous mobile communication network
The invention refers to performing an automatic gain control—AGC—with respect to a received signal comprising a plurality of consecutive subframes (S1 S12), comprising identifying subframes that are associated to a first subset of the consecutive subframes (S1, S3, S4, S5, S7. S8, S9, S11, S12), performing a first (10) signal power measurement with respect to the received signal during the first subset of the consecutive subframes, and performing the AGC according to the first signal power measurement. The invention further refers to a user equipment and to a corresponding computer program. |
| US09774307B2 |
Power amplifier having biasing with selectable bandwidth
Power amplifier having biasing with selectable bandwidth. In some embodiments, a power amplifier can include an amplifying transistor having a base for receiving a signal to be amplified, and a bias circuit configured to bias the amplifying transistor. The bias circuit can include a reference transistor having a base coupled to the base of the amplifying transistor and a collector coupled to a reference current source. The bias circuit can further include a coupling circuit that couples the collector and the base of the reference transistor. The coupling circuit can include a switchable element configured to allow the coupling circuit to be in a first state to provide a first bandwidth for the bias circuit or a second state to provide a second bandwidth for the bias circuit. |
| US09774304B2 |
Trans-impedance amplifier arrangement and control module
A trans-impedance amplifier arrangement has an input configured to receive an output from a photo-detector, a current monitoring circuit configured in use to provide a current monitor signal dependent on a current through the photo-detector, and an output configured to output said current monitor signal to a control module, said output further configured to receive control information from said control module. A control module is configured to receive the current monitor signal and to provide the control information. |
| US09774300B2 |
Transformer-based doherty power amplifier
Transformer-based Doherty power amplifier (PA). In some embodiments, a Doherty PA can include a carrier amplification path having an output that includes a carrier transformer, and a peaking amplification path having an output that includes a peaking transformer. The Doherty PA can further include a combiner configured to combine the outputs of the carrier and peaking amplification paths into an output node. The combiner can include a quarter-wave circuit implemented between the carrier and peaking transformers. |
| US09774299B2 |
Modifiable signal adjustment devices for power amplifiers and corresponding methods and apparatus
An embodiment of an amplifier system includes a modifiable signal adjustment device with an RF signal adjustment circuit coupled between first and second nodes. The RF signal adjustment circuit includes an adjustable phase shifter and an adjustable attenuator coupled in series with each other. The device also includes a memory and a controller circuit. The controller circuit retrieves a phase shift value and an attenuation value from the memory. The controller circuit then controls the adjustable phase shifter to apply a phase shift corresponding to the phase shift value to an input RF signal received at the first node, and controls the adjustable attenuator to apply an attenuation corresponding to the attenuation value to the input RF signal. Applying the phase shift and the attenuation results in an output RF signal at the second node. |
| US09774293B2 |
Bracing assembly
The invention includes a solar canopy a brace assembly for stabilizing a foldable solar canopy structure including: a first brace clamp comprising a first U-shaped body removable attached to a flat body; a second brace clamp comprising a second U-shaped body removable attached to a flat body, wherein the second brace clamp is adapted to encircle and securely attach to a beam and wherein the first brace clamp is removably attached on one side to the second brace clamp at one side; a third brace clamp comprising a third U-shaped body removable attached to a flat body; and a strut member for attaching the third brace clamp to the second brace claim, removably attached at one end to a side of the third brace clamp at on the opposing end to the side of the second brace clamp opposite the side attached to the first brace clamp, thereby forming a linear assembly. |
| US09774292B2 |
Roofing grommet forming a seal between a roof-mounted structure and a roof
A roof mount assembly mounts a structure to a roof having a rafter and a substrate supported by the rafter. The roof mount assembly includes a piece of flashing positioned on the substrate. The flashing includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and an aperture extending through the flashing. A fastener extends through the flashing aperture. A bracket is connected to the flashing via the fastener, and the bracket is sized to support at least one roof-mounted structure on the roof. A seal is positioned between the flashing aperture and the fastener. The seal is sized to form a water-tight seal with the aperture to inhibit flow of fluid through the aperture. The seal includes a first portion and a second portion, in which the first portion is positioned to abut the flashing first surface and the second portion is positioned to extend through the aperture. |
| US09774290B2 |
Multi-phase multi-pole electric machine
A multi-phase multi-pole electric machine attached to a vehicle. The multi-phase multi-pole electric machine includes rotor, stator with five phase windings, machine controller, and torque sensors. The machine controller controls the flow of current. The torque sensors sense the torque exerted by the vehicle and transmits the information to the machine controller. The machine controller provides four degree of control through injection of five phase currents and thus providing higher torque. |
| US09774288B1 |
Control of switching frequency in electric machine assembly
An electric machine assembly includes an electric machine, an inverter configured to provide pulse-width modulation characterized by a switching frequency and a controller. The controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method of controlling the switching frequency to minimize a beat frequency phenomenon. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to obtain a first function (G1) and a second function (G2) based at least partially on the original pulse ratio (PR0). The original pulse ratio (PR0) is a ratio of the switching frequency and a predefined fundamental frequency. If each of a plurality of conditions are met, a new pulse ratio (PRN) is determined based at least partially on the original pulse ratio (PR0), the first function (G1) and the second function (G2). |
| US09774284B2 |
Rotor position estimation apparatus and methods
Motor drives, methods and estimation systems are presented for estimating a rotor position of a motor load in which four sets of inverter output current samples obtained at four different sample times in a given inverter PWM cycle are converted into a corresponding stationary reference frame current value pairs, and the rotor position estimate is computed according to the stationary reference frame current values. |
| US09774278B2 |
System and method for electric power generation using piezoelectric modules
A piezoelectric power generation system includes a housing and one or more piezoelectric modules disposed within the housing. Each of the one or more piezoelectric modules include a support structure, one or more piezoelectric components, and one or more exciters. The one or more piezoelectric components are disposed on or within the support structure, wherein at least a portion of vibrational motion in the support structure is transferred to the one or more piezoelectric components. The one or more exciters are coupled to the support structure and extend outside of the housing. When the exciters are actuated, they transfer vibrational motion to the one or more piezoelectric components through the support structure. |
| US09774271B2 |
Apparatus and method for multiple primary bridge resonant converters
A converter comprises an input stage coupled to a power source, wherein the input stage comprises a plurality of power switches, a first resonant tank coupled to the input stage, wherein the first resonant tank is of a first Q value, a second resonant tank coupled to the input stage, wherein the second resonant tank is of a second Q value, a transformer coupled to the input stage through the first resonant tank and the second resonant tank and an output stage coupled to the transformer. |
| US09774267B2 |
Power supplies and control methods suitable for sequentially transmitting command bits from secondary side to primary side
A control circuit suitable for a power supply. The power supply has a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding magnetically coupled to each other. The transformer is configured to transfer electric energy from a primary side to a secondary side and to build an output power source in the secondary side. The control circuit has a primary-side controller and a secondary-side controller. The primary-side controller is in the primary side, configured to control a current through the primary winding. In the secondary side, the secondary-side controller is powered by the output power source and configured to provide a command code with several command bits sequentially transmitted to the primary-side controller, so as to set an operation mode that the primary-side controller operates in. |
| US09774265B2 |
Wake up management circuit for a power switching converter
A power switching converter includes a switch coupled to an input terminal through a primary winding of a transformer and a control circuit configured to drive the switch to provide a regulated output signal at a secondary winding of the transformer. A wake up circuit is provided to force the switching-on of the switch when the power converter enters in a burst mode. The wake up circuit includes a transmitting section coupled to the secondary winding and a receiving section coupled to an auxiliary winding of the transformer and the control circuit. The transmitting section is configured to provide a wake up signal communicated in a wireless manner to the receiving section when the output signal falls below a threshold value. |
| US09774263B1 |
Power converter with extended hold-up time
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide an AC-DC converter comprising a rectifier, a capacitor, a DC bus coupled to the capacitor, a plurality of first switches coupled to the DC bus, a plurality of second switches coupled between the rectifier and the first switches, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding coupled to the plurality of first switches, the plurality of second switches, and the rectifier, and the secondary winding coupled to an output, and a controller configured, in response to a determination that the input AC power is acceptable, to operate the plurality of second switches and the plurality of first switches such that output DC voltage is maintained at a desired output DC voltage level, and operate the plurality of first switches such that a DC bus voltage on the DC bus is maintained at a desired DC bus voltage level. |
| US09774259B1 |
Multistage and multiple-output DC-DC converters having coupled inductors
A multiple-output DC-DC converter has a first and a second DC-DC sub-converter, each DC-DC subconverter may be a buck, boost, or buck-boost converter having a primary energy-storage inductor. Each DC-DC subconverter drives a separate output of the multiple-output converter and typically has a separate feedback control circuit for controlling output voltage and/or current. The converter has a common timing circuit to maintain a phase offset between the first and DC-DC subconverters. The primary energy storage inductors of the first and second DC-DC converter are magnetically coupled to raise an effective ripple frequency of the converter and simplify output filtering. |
| US09774258B2 |
Zero-current crossing detection circuits
Systems and methods for zero-current crossing detection circuits. In some embodiments, a circuit may include a buck converter comprising a high-side switch, a low-side switch, and an inductor; a zero-current crossing detection circuit comprising a reference switch coupled to a current source, where the reference switch is controllable conjointly with the low-side switch; an amplifier coupled to: (a) a first node between the current source and reference switch, where in operation the first node has a positive voltage value during an interval of interest, and a (b) second node between the low-side switch and the inductor, where in operation the second node has a negative voltage value during the interval of interest; and a comparator coupled to the amplifier, the comparator configured to output a flag in response to a detection that a decreasing current through the inductor has reached a predetermined value. |
| US09774255B2 |
Synchronous buck DC-DC converter and method thereof
A synchronous buck direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter includes a signal output terminal, an output stage circuit, a first comparator, a latch, a control logic circuit, a driver circuit and an on-time control circuit. The output stage circuit provides an output voltage to the signal output terminal according to an input voltage. The first comparator receives a reference voltage and a feedback signal related to the output voltage and outputs a control signal. The latch receives the control signal and a timing signal and outputs an on-enable signal. The control logic circuit receives the on-enable signal and outputs an on-control signal. The driver circuit controls charge/discharge time of the output stage circuit according to the on-control signal. The on-time control circuit receives the on-control signal and the input voltage and outputs the timing signal related to a duty cycle of the output stage circuit. |
| US09774252B2 |
Mode control device, voltage converter, and mode control method
Mode control device, voltage converter, and mode control method. In some embodiments, a voltage converter can include a voltage conversion circuit having an inductor configured to be charged and discharged to facilitate conversion of an input voltage to an output voltage, and a switch configured to allow the inductor to be charged and discharged. The voltage converter can further include a logic drive unit configured to provide a drive signal to the switch to control the charging and discharging of the inductor. The voltage converter can further include a mode control unit configured to provide a mode-switching signal to the logic drive unit to control switching from a continuous control mode to a discontinuous control mode based on a first switching threshold, and from the discontinuous control mode to the continuous control mode based on a second switching threshold that is different from the first switching threshold. |
| US09774251B2 |
Boost converter with improved stability
Systems and methods for providing a boost converter with an improved stability are disclosed. A sample and hold circuit is connected to the output of the boost converter. That sample and hold circuit holds the output voltage before the main switch of the boost converter turns ON and holds the voltage while the main switch is ON. Thus a high frequency oscillation can be eliminated, an increased control bandwidth without stability problems can be achieved, and no complicated additional circuit is required. |
| US09774249B2 |
Power supply apparatus, control apparatus, and program therefor
A power supply apparatus includes: an inductor to which an input voltage is applied; a switching element that switches a current flowing to the inductor on and off so as to cause an induced voltage to be generated; an electrolytic capacitor that smoothes the induced voltage and outputs the voltage to a load; and a control circuit that controls the switching element, wherein the control circuit outputs a second switching control signal obtained by superimposing a degradation detection-purpose signal for detecting degradation of the electrolytic capacitor on a first control signal, detects an output voltage output by switching performed by the switching element controlled by the second control signal, and estimates the degradation of the electrolytic capacitor by using the output voltage detected, a duty cycle of the first control signal, and a frequency component of the degradation detection-purpose signal contained in the output voltage detected. |
| US09774248B2 |
Introducing jitter to a switching frequency by way of modulating current limit
A controller for use in a power converter includes a switch controller coupled to a power switch coupled to an energy transfer element. The switch controller is coupled to receive a current sense signal representative of a drain current through the power switch. The switch controller is coupled to generate a drive signal to control switching of the power switch in response to the current sense signal and a modulated current limit signal to control a transfer of energy from an input to an output of the power converter. A current limit generator is coupled to generate a current limit signal. A jitter generator is coupled to generate a jitter signal. An arithmetic operator circuit is coupled to generate the modulated current limit signal in response to the current limit signal and the jitter signal. |
| US09774247B2 |
Power module cooling system
A direct current (DC) link capacitor operable within an electrically drivable vehicle having a high-voltage battery is provided configured to facilitate output of a DC voltage to an inverter configured to process the DC voltage to facilitate powering an electric motor used to drive the vehicle. The DC link capacitor includes a housing enclosing capacitive elements configured to facilitate capacitive processing between an input and an output, at least a first pair of terminals configured to deliver the DC voltage to the input, the capacitive elements processing the DC voltage received at the input into a capacitive DC voltage, and at least a second pair of terminals configured to output the capacitive DC voltage to the inverter, the inverter relying on the capacitive DC voltage to facilitate powering the electric motor. |
| US09774241B2 |
Power conversion circuit and device
In a multilevel power conversion circuit, output harmonic waves and electromagnetic noise can be reduced as the number of output levels is increased. This, however, increases the number of elements constituting the circuit, causing the degree of difficulty in mounting to increase, cost to increase, and reliability to decrease. It is necessary to provide a circuit configuration, a design method, and a mounting method for obtaining, at low cost, a multilevel power conversion circuit using a large number of elements. A power conversion circuit is used as a unit module and is equipped with input and output terminals each mounted on the main circuit in an open state, wherein the input and output terminals have a mechanism by which the input and output terminals can be flexibly interconnected with the input and output terminals of another same module. A plurality of the highly expandable power conversion circuit modules are used and combined using various connection methods to obtain multilevel power conversion circuits having various configurations. This makes it possible to change power conversion circuit performances and characteristics, such as the number of levels, voltage, current, power, the number of phases, etc., only by reconfiguring the modules and to provide a multilevel power conversion circuit most suitable for various applications at low cost. |
| US09774238B2 |
Linear motor
A linear motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes two opposing plates, a spacing plate positioned between the plates, and a plurality of permanent magnets mounted on the two plates and spaced from each other. The rotor includes a coil portion and an assembly block. The coil portion is positioned between the two plates, and the assembly block is connected to the coil portion and next to the plates. The spacing plate defines a slide groove, and the coil portion includes a plurality of balls mounted at one surface toward the spacing plate. The plurality of balls is partially received in the slide groove in the sliding way. |
| US09774237B2 |
Slide-block-type shaft linear motor platform
A slide-block-type shaft linear motor platform includes a mover and a stator. An air gap is defined between the mover and the stator. The air gap can communicate with outer side via a fluid inlet space. Accordingly, air convection can take place between the heat source, that is, the winding inside the mover and the outer side. Therefore, the heat generated by the winding can be continuously dissipated to prevent the components from deforming due to the heat. In this case, the precision of operation can be ensured and the performance of the motor will not deteriorate due to the heat. |
| US09774235B2 |
Modified wave windings for electric motor
A permanent magnet DC motor with 2P magnetic poles, where P is an integer greater than 1, comprising a stator (100) with a plurality of magnetic components, and a rotor (104) configured to rotate relative to the stator. The rotor may comprise a commutator and a rotor core with a plurality of rotor teeth (106) defining a plurality of rotor grooves (108), wherein the rotor grooves accommodate a plurality rotor windings. In some embodiments, the commutator comprises a plurality m of commutator bars (Z), wherein m is an even number greater than 2. The rotor windings comprises a plurality of coil elements (W), wherein a coil element comprises two ends connecting a pair of commutator bars, such that a first pair of adjacent commutator bars is connected through P−1 serially connected coil elements, and a second pair of adjacent commutator bars is connected through P+1 serially connected coil elements. |
| US09774234B2 |
Permanent magnet and method for manufacturing the same, and motor and power generator using the same
In an embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition represented by a composition formula: R(FepMqCur(Co1-sAs)1-p-q-r)z, where, R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf, A is at least one element selected from Ni, V, Cr, Mn, Al, Si, Ga, Nb, Ta, and W, 0.05≦p≦0.6, 0.005≦q≦0.1, 0.01≦r≦0.15, 0≦s≦0.2, and 4≦z≦9, and a two-phase structure of a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a copper-rich phase. In a cross-section of the permanent magnet containing a crystal c axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase, an average distance between the copper-rich phases is 120 nm or less. |
| US09774229B1 |
Brushless DC motor power tool with combined PCB design
A power tool with a combined printed circuit board (PCB) that reduces internal wiring of the power tool and provides a large amount of air flow to internal components. In some instances, the combined PCB has a surfboard shape and includes a motor control unit and power switching elements (Field Effect Transistors or FETs). The combined surfboard PCB is located above the trigger, but below the motor and drive mechanism. In other instances, the combined PCB has a doughnut shape and is located coaxially with a motor shaft. The combined PCB may be positioned between a doughnut-shaped control PCB and the motor. |
| US09774228B2 |
Drive system in the form of a torque motor
A drive system in the form of a torque motor, comprising a stator (1), a rotor (3) and exciter coils (2) on the stator and permanent magnets (4) on the rotor (3), the magnets being located radially opposite one another across an air gap such that electrical excitation of the exciter coils (2) creates magnetic fields extending across the gap and rotating the rotor (3) relative to the stator (1), characterized in that, with the drive system arranged/oriented for normal operation and with the rotor (3) located on the inside, a lower half of the stator (1) has a smaller number of exciter coils than an upper half and, with the stator (1) located on the inside, the upper half of the stator (1) has a smaller number of exciter coils than the upper half. |
| US09774226B2 |
Component configured to stiffen an electric motor assembly
An apparatus includes a first component and a second component. The second component is located at a first position. The second component includes a first connection to the first component. The first position and the first connection are configured to stiffen an electric motor assembly. |
| US09774225B2 |
Motor used in an environment having a pressure different from atmospheric pressure
A motor (100) is used for driving a member in a container regulated to a pressure different from the atmospheric pressure. The motor (100) includes a rotor (10), a stator (18), and a case (34). The rotor (10) is located in an environment having a pressure different from the atmospheric pressure. The stator (18) is located opposedly to the rotor (10). The case (34) contains the rotor (10) and the stator (18). In the motor (100), a space in the case (34) opposed to the rotor (10) is filled with a resin. |
| US09774217B2 |
System, device and method for configuring and powering a batteryless device
System for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, the system comprising: a wireless batteryless device (A) comprising: a built-in harvester (12) for harvesting energy from a first energy source, for example ambient energy, means for communicating wirelessly, —and an external device (B) comprising: —a second power source (16), —means (17) for converting energy supplied by the second power source into energy suitable for being harvested in the harvester of the batteryless device, means (18) for wirelessly supplying the batteryless device with the converted energy via the built-in harvester, and means for communicating with the batteryless device. The invention also relates to an external device therefore, and a method for configuring and powering a batteryless device. |
| US09774216B2 |
System and method for controlling power system
To control a power state of a power system properly according to a communication state. A system for controlling a power system includes a plurality of sensor devices configured to output measurement data; a first control apparatus configured to estimate a first power state of the power system by using the measurement data obtained by the plurality of sensor devices, calculate a first controlled variable according to the estimated first power state, and output the calculated first controlled variable; and at least a second control apparatus configured to execute a predetermined control operation according to either the first controlled variable calculated in the first control apparatus, or a second controlled apparatus calculated in the second control apparatus. When it is not able to obtain part of the measurement data, the first control apparatus estimates the first power state by using predetermined measurement data among the obtained measurement data. |
| US09774213B2 |
Vehicle-mounting structure for wireless power reception device
A vehicle-mounting structure for a wireless power reception device includes: a power-reception-side coil unit (23) including a power-reception-side coil (49) configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power-supply-side coil; and a junction box (13) accommodating a rectifier (45) and mounted on a front part of the upper surface (23a) of the power-reception-side coil unit (23). A floor tunnel part (7) and the power-reception-side coil unit (23) form a closed-cross-section part (61), and the junction box (13) is accommodated in the closed-cross-section part (61). A rear part of the upper surface (23a) of the power-reception-side coil unit (23) is formed as an upward-airflow generation surface (47) configured to generate an upward airflow with heat of the power-reception-side coil (49). |
| US09774208B2 |
NFC assisted wireless charging
A charging system may include a charging apparatus having a controller and a power transmitter. The controller may be configured to initiate authentication of a device by communicating with the device via a first electromagnetic field. The transmitter, in response to the authentication, may be configured to transmit power to the device via a second electromagnetic field. |
| US09774207B2 |
Time-domain multiplexing of power and data
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may allow an electronic device to control a power adapter. One example may provide an electronic system where an electronic device may control a power adapter through a communication channel. Data transferred in the communication channel may include the temperature of the power adapter, the charging capability of the adapter, and other types of data. In one example, power and data may share the same two wires, and the power and data may be time-division multiplexed. That is, the two wires may convey power and data at different times. Another example may include circuitry to detect a connection between the electronic device and the power adapter. Once a connection is detected, power may be transferred from the power adapter to the electronic device. This power transfer may be interrupted on occasion to transfer data between the power adapter to the electronic device. |
| US09774205B2 |
System and method for monitoring a battery in an uninterruptible power supply
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes an input to receive input power, a power supply circuit coupled to the input, to convert input power received from the input, a battery coupled to the power supply circuit, to provide battery power to the power supply circuit as an alternative to input power, and an output coupled to the power supply circuit, to provide output power derived from at least one of the battery and the input power. The UPS also includes a controller, supported by the housing and coupled to the power supply circuit, the controller being configured to receive, from at least one sensor coupled to the controller, information relating to one or more environmental parameters of the uninterruptible power supply and adjust one or more test parameters of a battery test based on the one or more environmental parameters. |
| US09774204B2 |
Electrically rechargeable, dual chemistry, battery system for use in plug-in or hybrid electric vehicles
An apparatus, method and system are disclosed, relating to a dual-chemistry battery subsystem having different battery chemistries and performance properties, and relating to an algorithm of charging and discharging the battery subsystem. For an EV application, the battery subsystem is a tailored solution that combines two different battery configurations, a first battery configuration and a second battery configuration, to satisfy the unique needs of different driving modes and performance profiles of an EV, such as a typical workday commute versus an occasional extended range trip on the weekend. The present disclosure provides intelligent control and heuristics to maximize useful energy on a wide variety of battery applications. |
| US09774199B2 |
Press-to-hide style USB hand controller
The present invention discloses a press-to-hide USB hand controller, wherein, it comprises a remoter body, where a lifter mechanism is configured in the said remoter body and a USB interface is configured in the said lifter mechanism, while the said USB interface connects to a charging circuit. The said press-to-hide style USB hand controller in the present invention, adds a USB charging function, which can not only fulfill the regular remoter control function, but its USB interface is able to charge almost all intelligent devices in the market, comprising almost all cell phones and tablets, thus when people are using intelligent devices while experiencing home furnishing, they will no longer worry about short of batteries. The telescopic pop-out structure makes the product save more spaces, be used conveniently and coordinate with the whole product structure, which is a more clever design. |
| US09774197B1 |
Battery internal short-circuit detection method based on cell charge balancing
An internal short-circuit detection method for a battery cell of a battery pack is determined using a battery cell charge balancing resistor and switch. The switch is used for connecting or disconnecting the battery cell charge balancing resistor to the battery cell. Evolution of discharging of the battery with the battery cell-charge balancing resistor connected to the battery cell is monitored to measure an internal short-circuit resistance of the battery cell for estimating the state of the internal short-circuit. |
| US09774193B2 |
Battery cell charge balancing
A method and/or system for charge balancing across one or more modules or cells of a large battery system is described. In one embodiment to balance the modules, the battery management system may monitor the voltage output of the one or more modules of the battery system during recharging of the modules and compare the measured voltages to a set cutoff voltage. When one or more of the modules meets or exceeds the cutoff voltage, the battery system may activate an energy dissipating device associated with the one or more modules that meets or exceeds the cutoff voltage to reduce the voltage output from those modules below the cutoff voltage before the recharging signal is reapplied to the modules. Through multiple iterations of monitoring, charging and reducing the energy from the modules above the target, the SOC of each modules becomes balanced near or at the cutoff voltage. |
| US09774192B2 |
Electronic device case
A case for an electronic device is provided. The case includes a battery and electrical circuitry. The electrical circuitry is configured to receive electrical power from a power source connected to the case, supply the electrical power to the electronic device, and monitor an amount of current of the electrical power used by the electronic device. The electrical circuitry is also configured to charge the battery using a remaining amount of current of the electrical power where the sum of the amount of current used by the electronic device and the remaining amount of current do not exceed a current limit for the power source. |
| US09774191B2 |
Real-time control of microgrids with explicit power setpoints: unintentional islanding
The invention provides a method for coping with an unintentional islanding of an electrical distribution grid within a Commelec-type framework for the real-time control of micro-grids, of Resource Agents (RA) controlled by Grid Agents (GA), comprising at least maintain at any time before the unintentional islanding occurs a rating of all resource agents controlled by a same grid agent in view of their ability to be a slack resource, by computing the rating based on a power availability and on a state-of-energy of each resource, the state-of-energy quantifying an amount of energy that may be withdrawn from a potential slack irrespectively of a PQ profile, whereby the PQ profile describes bounds for active and reactive power that a resource can inject or absorb; and a shedding list of all the resources that have to be shed if a current best candidate slack resource is selected, the current best candidate slack resource being the slack resource having the best rating of all resources as determined in the step of rating all resource agents, the shedding list being obtained by computing from an uncertainty of the resources and a predetermined order of shedding priority. The method further comprises continuously monitor islanding conditions via an available real-time state estimation process, and when an islanding condition is detected, causing the grid agent to shed all resources in the shedding list and choose an initial slack based on the rating obtained before the islanding occurrence from the step of rating of all resource agents. |
| US09774190B2 |
Multi-level medium voltage data center static synchronous compensator (DCSTATCOM) for active and reactive power control of data centers connected with grid energy storage and smart green distributed energy sources
Systems and methods for supplying power (both active and reactive) at a medium voltage from a DCSTATCOM to an IT load without using a transformer are disclosed. The DCSTATCOM includes an energy storage device, a two-stage DC-DC converter, and a multi-level inverter, each of which are electrically coupled to a common negative bus. The DC-DC converter may include two stages in a bidirectional configuration. One stage of the DC-DC converter uses a flying capacitor topology. The voltages across the capacitors of the flying capacitor topology are balanced and switching losses are minimized by fixed duty cycle operation. The DC-DC converter generates a high DC voltage from a low or high voltage energy storage device such as batteries and/or ultra-capacitors. The multi-level, neutral point, diode-clamped inverter converts the high DC voltage into a medium AC voltage using a space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technique. |
| US09774189B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-phase power conversion having modified burst current
A method and apparatus for power conversion. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power conversion module for converting a first current to a second current, where the first current or the second current is an AC current having at least two phases. The apparatus also includes a waveform modification module, coupled to the power conversion module, for modifying the AC current to generate a modified AC current, where each phase of the modified AC current has a value of zero at the beginning of an AC line cycle. |
| US09774187B2 |
Coupling-in and coupling-out of power in a branch of a DC voltage network node comprising a longitudinal voltage source
A device for load flow control of a direct current in a branch of a direct current voltage network node having a longitudinal voltage source which has a coupling device for connection or disconnection of electrical power. The coupling device for connection and disconnection of electrical power are connected to a coupling device for connection and disconnection of electric power of a further load flow control device which is disposed in another branch of the same direct current voltage network node. Thus the device can be used economically and flexibly for control of a load flow on or in a network node. |
| US09774186B2 |
Power supply system with multiple output ports and associated methods for output port power management
A power supply system is operable to contemporaneously supply power to multiple output ports when available power from a power source is insufficient to meet maximum potential power requirements of load devices coupled to the output ports. The power supply system includes a system monitor, multiple power converters, and optional temperature sensing circuits, where each power converter supplies power to a respective output port. The system monitor monitors an output power characteristic of the power source, output powers delivered to the output ports, and/or temperatures detected by the temperature sensing circuits. When the system monitor detects an overload condition is approaching based on the monitored parameter or parameters, the system monitor generates control signals which cause the power converters to maintain or reduce their output powers such that the overload condition is abated and two or more output ports continue to deliver output power to their respective load devices. |
| US09774183B2 |
Methods and systems for subsea direct current power distribution
A subsea power distribution module includes an outer vessel defining an interior chamber and a plurality of power modules disposed within the interior chamber. The outer vessel is configured to maintain a pressure within the interior chamber substantially the same as an ambient pressure outside the outer vessel. Each power module includes a pressure vessel defining an interior chamber and a power converter disposed within the interior chamber of the pressure vessel. Each pressure vessel is configured to maintain a substantially constant pressure within the interior chamber of the pressure vessel. |
| US09774182B2 |
Intelligent solid-state integrated crowbar/circuit breaker
An apparatus comprising: a solid-state series switch positioned between a transmitter's high-voltage, direct current (DC) bus and a high-voltage DC power source, wherein the series switch is configured to establish an open circuit between the transmitter and the power source upon receiving a first trip signal; a solid-state shunt switch operatively coupled in shunt between the transmitter high voltage DC bus and a ground, wherein the shunt switch is configured to provide a short-circuit path from the transmitter to ground upon receiving a second trip signal; and a controller electrically coupled to the series and shunt switches, wherein the controller is configured to generate the first and second trip signals in the event that the controller receives a trouble signal from the transmitter, and wherein the first trip signal is sent to the series switch before the second trip signal is sent to the shunt switch. |
| US09774180B2 |
Circuit breaker
A circuit breaker according to the present invention includes a terminal switching unit mounted in an enclosure thereof, and the terminal switching unit accommodates, in a base as an outer casing thereof, a fixed contactor and a movable contactor contactable with and separated from each other, a sliding unit rotatably supporting the movable contactor, and a detection mechanism to detect a fault current. Radiators are provided at side portions of at least one of a contact portion where the movable contactor comes in contact with the fixed contactor, the sliding unit and the detection mechanism, each radiator radiating heat to the outside of the base. This may prevent an increase in temperature of the circuit breaker within a limited space without an increase in costs. |
| US09774178B2 |
Filler assembly for cable gland
A dispenser apparatus for a curable liquid material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flexible bag defining a first compartment for accommodating a first component of a curable liquid material, and a second compartment for accommodating a second component of the curable liquid material and adapted to communicate with the first chamber to enable mixing of the first and second components to initiate curing of the curable liquid material. A first clamp temporarily prevents mixing of the first and second components, and an elongate nozzle communicates with the second compartment to dispense the mixed curable liquid material therefrom. A second clamp temporarily prevents passage of the curable liquid material from the second compartment to the nozzle. |
| US09774177B1 |
Cable distribution assembly
A cable distribution assembly is operable to reel in and pay out a cable through a bore. The alignment of the cable in relation to the cable distribution assembly adjusts to restrict contact between the cable and the bole edge. In this manner, friction between the cable and the bore edge, which may damage the cable, is restricted. A base positions adjacent to the bore, aligning the cable in relation to the bore edge. The base includes a concave contour that enables the cable to pass next to the base from a roller that carries the cable through the bore. A shaft drives the roller. Shaft regulators adjustably move horizontally and vertically along a shaft slot in a sidewall to dictate the position of the shaft and the roller that carries the cable. Fasteners secure the shaft regulator into place. A monitoring device provides information on the use of the assembly. |
| US09774173B2 |
Surge protection device and method
A surge protection device includes, in one embodiment, a reversible surge responder operative to engage an inner conductor engager during a protect mode and disengage the inner conductor engager during a normal mode. The surge responder returns to the normal mode from the protect mode without the intervention of an operator or service technician to replace or re-set the surge responder. |
| US09774172B1 |
Multi-laser package using shared optics
An optical device may include a semiconductor laser chip to independently generate four laser beams at different wavelengths. Each laser beam, of the four laser beams, may be directed to a respective optical output of the optical device with a sub-micron level of tolerance of each laser beam relative to the respective optical outputs of the optical device, and each laser beam, of the four laser beams, may be associated with a different optical path from the semiconductor laser chip to the respective optical output of the optical device. The optical device may include a lens to receive each of the four laser beams. The lens may be positioned to direct each laser beam, of the four laser beams, toward the respective optical output of the optical device. The optical device may include an optical isolator to receive each of the four laser beams. |
| US09774170B2 |
Manufacturable laser diode formed on C-plane gallium and nitrogen material
A method for manufacturing a laser diode device includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming epitaxial material overlying the surface region, the epitaxial material comprising an n-type cladding region, an active region comprising at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active layer region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form a plurality of dice, each of the dice corresponding to at least one laser device, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice, the first pitch being less than a design width. Each of the plurality of dice are transferred to a carrier wafer such that each pair of dice is configured with a second pitch between each pair of dice, the second pitch being larger than the first pitch. |
| US09774167B2 |
Method of production of a semiconducting structure comprising a strained portion
A method of production of a semiconducting structure including a strained portion tied to a support layer by molecular bonding, including the steps in which a cavity is produced situated under a structured part so as to strain a central portion by lateral portions, and the structured part is placed in contact and molecularly bonded with a support layer, wherein a consolidation annealing is performed, and a distal part of the lateral portions in relation to the strained portion is etched. |
| US09774165B2 |
Vertical external cavity surface emitting laser devices allowing high coherence, high power and large tunability
A laser device is provided for generating an optical wave at a laser frequency, including (i) a semiconductor element having a gain region with quantum wells, the gain region being located between a first mirror and an exit region defining an optical microcavity, (ii) a second mirror distinct from the semiconductor element and arranged so as to form with the first mirror an external optical cavity including the gain region, (iii) a pump for pumping the gain region so as to generate the optical wave, wherein the optical microcavity with the gain region and the external optical cavity are arranged so that a spectral ratio between the Half Width Half Maximum (HWHM) spectral bandwidth of the modal gain and a free spectral range of the external cavity in the range of 2 to 50. |
| US09774163B2 |
Variable repetition rate and wavelength optical pulse source
Variable repetition rate and wavelength optical pulse source, comprising a fixed or variable repetition rate source of supercontinuum pulses; a wavelength tunable optical bandpass filter to filter the supercontinuum pulses at two or more wavelengths, wherein said source of supercontinuum pulses and said wavelength tunable optical bandpass filter are configured such that the optical pulse source can provide variable repetition rate and variable wavelength optical pulses including a series of repetition rates with selected wavelength-varying pulse trains. |
| US09774160B2 |
Femtosecond laser processing system with process parameters controls and feedback
A femtosecond laser based laser processing system having a femtosecond laser, frequency conversion optics, beam manipulation optics, target motion control, processing chamber, diagnostic systems and system control modules. The femtosecond laser based laser processing system allows for the utilization of the unique heat control in micromachining, and the system has greater output beam stability, continuously variable repetition rate and unique temporal beam shaping capabilities. |
| US09774159B2 |
Deflection compensating press tools
Press tools and particularly crimp tools having a C-frame tool head are described which are configured such that upon a typical use load, the C-frame head deflects to a position in which mating components or surfaces are aligned. Also described are C-frame heads that utilize a particular deflection compensating engagement connection between a piston and a ram die holder. In addition, various methods of compensating for deflection are described. The use of such configurations, engagement connections, and methods enables such tools to be formed from lighter weight materials and/or to incorporate weight optimization designs. |
| US09774156B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector may include a cord comprising wires and a plug extending from the cord. The plug may include a first top row of contacts included in a top portion of the plug and a first bottom row of contacts included in a bottom portion of the plug. The first top row of contacts may be coupled to the plurality of wires and include a first top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a first communication protocol, and a second top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a second communication protocol. The first bottom row of contacts may be coupled to the first top row of contacts and arranged to maintain a same arrangement of contacts and electrical paths the first top row of contacts to the plurality of wires when the plug is rotated one hundred and eighty degrees. |
| US09774154B2 |
Wall socket plates with at least a third receptacle and systems and methods thereof
The invention relates generally to a wall socket plate for replacing existing wall sockets in one simple installation step. The wall socket plate obtains electric current from socket terminal screws to power at least a third receptacle by connecting metal tabs on the back side of the wall socket plate to socket terminals, and transferring electric current from the socket terminals to additional receptacles through conductive material, in accordance with the invention described herein. |
| US09774147B1 |
Cable having an integrated antenna
A cable assembly including a first connector, a second connector, and a cable is disclosed that routes power, and/or information between devices. The cable includes a first group of one or more conductors that are mechanically connected to the first connector and the second connector to route power and/or one or more wired information communications between the devices. The cable also includes a second group of one or more that is mechanically connected to the first connector to provide one or more wireless information communications between the first device and the second device or a third device which is not mechanically connected to the cable assembly. |
| US09774143B1 |
High frequency signal communication connector with improved crosstalk performance
A high frequency signal communication connector with improved crosstalk performance includes an insulated housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, a conductive shielding layer, and a metal shell. The insulated housing has two inserting slots. The first and second terminals are disposed in the insulated housing, and have front ends respectively extending into the two inserting slots, and rear ends respectively extending outside a bottom of the insulated housing. The conductive shielding layer is provided on the insulated housing, and is disposed with a plurality of through holes. The first and second terminals respectively pass through the through holes, so that the conductive shielding layer covers a part of the first and second terminals. The first and second terminals have grounding terminals contacting with the conductive shielding layer, so that the terminals have better shielding effectiveness to reduce crosstalk interference. |
| US09774140B2 |
Power receptacle having separable plug retaining frame
A power receptacle having at least one separable plug retaining frame includes a shell body, at least one outlet element and at least one plug retaining frame. The shell body as at least one first through hole, the outlet element is fixed on the shell body and has at least one outlet, and the plug retaining frame has at least one first bending portion, at least one second bending portion and at least one first retaining slot outlet element such that at least one outlet of the outlet element is exposed to the first through hole, and the first and second bending portions are held together by the outlet element and the shell body. As a result, a plug strap can be inserted into the first retaining slot, and the color of the plug retaining frame will indicate the function or the group of the outlet element. |
| US09774137B2 |
Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal according to the present invention may include a terminal body having a socket, a connector having a coupling portion capable of being coupled to the socket, and a moving module capable of moving the coupling portion to be drawn out of or inserted into the connector through an opening formed at the connector. The moving module may include an elastic member disposed within the connector and capable of applying an elastic force to the connecting portion in a direction that the connecting portion is inserted into the connector, a first magnetic member coupled to the terminal body, and a second magnetic member coupled to the coupling portion and capable of generating a magnetic force with the first magnetic member, so as to apply a force to the coupling portion in a direction that the coupling portion is drawn out of the connector. |
| US09774136B2 |
Self-aligning connector
A device may comprise a housing having a straight rounded edge. A self-aligning connector at the straight rounded edge may comprise a cylindrical magnet oriented with its axis substantially parallel to the straight rounded edge. The cylindrical magnet is for magnetically engaging a magnet of another connector so as to align and connect the self-aligning connector with the other connector. The self-aligning connector may comprise mounting structure configured to mount the cylindrical magnet at the straight rounded edge of the housing with the axis of the cylindrical magnet being substantially parallel to the straight rounded edge of the housing. The device may include two such self-aligning connectors, spaced apart from one another, along a single straight rounded edge of the device housing. |
| US09774133B1 |
Screwless terminal block
A screwless terminal block allows easy insertion and removal of a wire. A housing (2) includes a fixture insertion opening (23) through which a rod-like fixture (6) is inserted to come in contact with a contact pressure spring (4) and deform the spring (4) away from a wire (5). When the fixture (6) is inserted through the fixture insertion opening (23), an acute angle of 45° or less is formed by an axis of the fixture (6) and a straight line connecting a contact point A between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the wire insertion opening (24) and a contact point B between the housing (2) and a part of the fixture (6) adjacent to the spring (4) at a cross-section taken along a plane including the axis of the fixture (6) and parallel to a pressing direction of the spring (4). |
| US09774130B2 |
Waterproof electrical connector
An electrical connector with a terminal module enclosed within an insulative shield wherein the terminal module includes a plurality of terminals embedded within an insulative main body. The insulative main body forms a rear mounting standing part and a front mating tongue part extending forwardly from the rear mounting standing part. The insulative shield forms a rearward step against a forward shoulder of the base portion so as to prevent further forward movement of the base portion relative to the insulative shield. The insulative main body forms a protrusion and the insulative shield forms a securing hole to receive said protrusion for securing the insulative shield and the terminal module together. |
| US09774127B2 |
Connector including electric wire cover with catching portion
A connector includes a housing and an electric wire cover assembled with the housing. The housing includes a terminal housing portion and an electric wire leading portion. A locking rib protruding outward is formed on the electric wire leading portion. An assembling portion is formed on an end part of the electric wire cover facing to the housing. The assembling portion includes a locking protrusion and a catching portion protruding more than the locking protrusion in a mounting direction of mounting the electric wire cover on the housing. The catching portion includes a sliding face inclined with respect to the mounting direction. When the electric wire cover is mounted on the housing, the sliding face makes contact with the electric wire leading portion, thereby the assembling portion is displaced outward. |
| US09774126B2 |
Electrical connector which through-holes are partitioned from the adjoining through-hole by a tabular partition that coupled with the operation lever
An actuator includes a tabular partition that partitions, for each beam located at a position that allows the beam to abut the actuator, a through-hole into which one of a pair of beams located at the other-end side and at the position that allows the beam to abut the actuator is inserted to prevent the beam from abutting the actuator, and a wider-width part including a wider-width surface which is disposed at one end of the partition corresponding to an upstream side of a flow of resin flowed to mold the partition when the actuator is molded by the resin containing a filler, and which has a wider width than a width of the one end of the partition. |
| US09774123B2 |
Electrical connector with attitude maintaining structure
A connector is provided with a connecting terminal, a connecting housing, and a front holder. The connecting housing includes a connecting terminal storing chamber, and a lance which is elastically deformable in order to store the connecting terminal into the terminal storing chamber and which is engageable with the connecting terminal in order to prevent the connecting terminal from removing when recovered from an elastic deformation. The front holder is supported to be movable to back and forth along the insertion direction and locked on a front end of the terminal storing chamber. The front holder is moved in the opposite direction to the insertion direction to be actually locked by pressure in a state that the front holder is temporarily locked and contacted with the connecting terminal to hold in a state that the front holder is actually locked. |
| US09774122B2 |
Caged poke home contact
A single element connector includes a first cage-like structure configured to receive a wire. The first cage-like structure includes an insert end and a single contact tine coupled to a top wall of the first cage-like structure. The single contact tine extends downward from the top wall to a base of the single element connector and directs a wire inserted into the single element connector to the base of the single element connector. |
| US09774121B2 |
Contact probe
The present invention intends to suppress a contact probe from interfering with a guide plate to produce shavings. The present invention has stacked structure that sandwiches an intermediate metallic layer 12 between outer metallic layers 11 and 13, and includes: a contact part 2 that is brought into abutting with a test object; an elastic deformation part 4 that is elastically deformed so as to be curved in a predetermine direction of curvature N by compression force in the longer direction; and a fore end part 3 that is formed between the contact part 2 and the elastic deformation part 4 and supported by a through-hole 121 of a guide plate 120 so as to make the contact part 2 movable in the longer direction, in which side surfaces of the fore end part 3 formed in the direction of curvature N and a direction N′ opposite to the N of the elastic deformation part 4 are configured to include the three metallic layers 11 to 13, and on the side surfaces, the intermediate metallic layer 12 is configured to protrude relative to the outer metallic layers 11 and 13. |
| US09774119B2 |
Connector
The connector has a housing and a retainer. The retainer is accommodated in the housing and has a base portion and a front upper beam extending forward from the base portion and positioned above an insertion passage of a flat cable. The upper beam includes a middle portion positioned in the middle of the upper beam and a forward extending portion extending forward from the middle portion. The middle portion has an engaging portion configured to engage an engaged portion of the cable, and at least a portion is positioned in the passage of the cable. A region is provided in the leading end of the extending portion above the leading end of the extending portion for restricting upward movement. The upper beam is elastically deformable so that the middle portion moves upward when the upward movement of the leading end of the extending portion is restricted by the region. |
| US09774114B1 |
Surface-mount-technology-compatible electrical contact
A contact to provide an electrical connection between two circuit boards, such as a rigid circuit board and a flexible circuit board installed in a container, such as an electronic stylus or a cellular telephone. The contact head generally has the shape of an inverted spoon, which allows the contact head to slide smoothly onto a desired electrical contact pad on the flexible circuit board. The contact has a unitary design, including a spring, which reduces the likelihood of damage to the flexible circuit board or to the contact when the rigid circuit board is installed in the electronic stylus. The spring design reduces the likelihood that the contact will be bent when the rigid circuit board is installed, and also allows the contact to be balanced, which is advantageous for wave-soldering operations. The contact also has a pick surface, which is useful in vacuum pick-and-place operations. |
| US09774113B2 |
Grounding plate having an arcuate wall with a soldering notch
A cable connector assembly includes: a shielding shell; an inner circuit board received in the shielding shell and defining a number of grounding pads; a cable electrically connecting to the inner circuit board, the cable including an outer boot, plural pairs of differential signal wires, and a number of grounding wires each corresponding to a respective pair of differential signal wires; and a grounding plate electrically connecting with the grounding pads; wherein the grounding plate includes a number of arcuate walls each having a respective receiving room accommodating a corresponding pair of differential signal wires, a notch is defined on a top of each of the arcuate walls, and the grounding wire is soldered in the notch. |
| US09774110B1 |
Battery post terminal assembly
A battery post terminal assembly includes a conductive band and a clamp mechanism. The conductive band includes a first free end and a second free end. The conductive band defines an aperture for receiving a battery post of a battery. The clamp mechanism includes a wedge member that defines a recess between a first surface and a second surface thereof. The recess has an open end and a closed end that is narrower than the open end. The first surface is convex. The first free end and the second free end are positioned in the recess. The first free end is movable along the first surface toward the closed end to be moved by the first surface toward the second free end to tighten the conductive band around the battery post. |
| US09774108B2 |
Electrical connection device, terminal block including same, photovoltaic power generation system, and electrical appliance
There is provided an electrical connection device (100) including a male portion including a head (21) having a groove for insertion of a driver, and a body portion (24) having a spirally penetrating first guide hole (26a) formed from a lower end and a second guide hole (26b); a female portion (116) having a hole portion (118) into which the body portion (24) is inserted; an elastic portion (40) to be disposed on an outer circumference of the body portion (24) when the body portion (24) is inserted into the hole portion (118); and a movable body (30) which is disposed below the elastic portion, and engages and penetrates through the first guide hole (26a) when the body portion (24) is inserted into the hole portion (11), in which a first conductive member (50) and a second conductive member (60) are interposed between an upper end of the elastic portion (40) and the head (21), and with the movable body (30) engaged in the first guide hole (26a), as the head (21) rotates to a predetermined rotation angle relative to the hole portion (118), a biasing force of the elastic portion (40) is increased due to a rise of the movable body (30) in contact with a lower end of the elastic portion (40), and when a rotation angle of the head (21) relative to the hole portion (118) exceeds the predetermined rotation angle, the movable body (30) engages in an end portion (29) of a second guide hole (26b) leading to the first guide hole (26a), the second guide hole being provided in a direction in which the biasing force is reduced, to suppress rotational movement of the movable body (30) relative to the body portion (24). |
| US09774107B2 |
Socket having a connection fitting with a divided spring member
A socket includes: a base; a connection fitting including a bracket and a spring member, configured to form pressure springs by dividing the spring member into two in a width direction by a slit provided to the spring member, and assembled to an upper surface of the base; and a case cover configured to fit to the base and to cover the connection fitting. The pressure springs of the spring member are pressed and elastically deformed by an operation driver inserted through an operation hole provided to the case cover, to sandwich between the bracket and the pressure springs a lead inserted through an insertion hole provided to the case cover. A guide partition wall configured to engage with the slit of the spring member is integrally molded with an inner surface of the case cover. |
| US09774104B2 |
Ground connection structure and ground terminal fitting
A ground connection structure includes a stud bolt (11) standing on a ground surface (10A), and a non-circular rotation stopping portion (12) is formed on a base part of the stud bolt (11). A ground terminal fitting (20) is to be connected conductively to the ground surface (10). The ground terminal fitting (20) has a non-circular rotation stopping hole (25) that is fit to the rotation stopping portion (12) with relative rotation restricted. Resilient contact pieces (27) extend in an axial direction of the stud bolt (11) from an edge of the rotation stopping hole (25). A nut (15) is screwed onto the stud bolt (11) and causes the resilient contact pieces (27) to be deflected resiliently between the nut (15) and the ground surface (10). |
| US09774102B2 |
Connector for magnetic coil
A connector for connecting to a magnetic coil wound onto a support is disclosed. The connector comprises a first resilient body formed of a conductive material and having a plurality of cutters disposed on a plurality of inner walls of the first resilient body. The first resilient body is inserted onto the support and held in an open position during insertion. The first resilient body is biased into a closed position. In the closed position, the plurality of cutters cut an insulating layer on the magnetic coil and the first resilient body retains the magnetic coil on the support while electrically connecting the magnetic coil and the support. |
| US09774101B2 |
Crimp terminal
A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to the inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover. |
| US09774099B2 |
Structure for connecting crimping terminal and electric wire
A structure for connecting a crimping terminal and an electric wire, includes: the crimping terminal that is provided with an electric wire connection section to be crimped to the electric wire, the electric wire connection section including a conductor crimping section and a sheath crimping section which are successively disposed to each other; a waterproof material that includes an opening for allowing the conductor and the conductor crimping section to make contact with each other, has a size to surround the conductor and the sheath which are to be crimped, and is installed between the electric wire connection section and the electric wire; and a recess that is formed on at least one of the electric wire connection section and the sheath, and a bulged and deformed section of the waterproof material deformed by the electric wire connection section which is caulked and crimped enters. |
| US09774098B2 |
Wireless communication node with 4TX/4RX triple band antenna arrangement
A node in a wireless communication network, includes a 4TX/4RX triple band antenna arrangement with at least three antenna columns, each antenna column includes two sets of subarrays. Each set of subarrays has at least two subarrays with at least one antenna element each. Each set of subarrays includes antenna elements having one of a first polarization and a mutually orthogonal second polarization. For each subarray, the antenna elements are connected to a combined port of a corresponding filter device. Each filter device has a first filter port and a second filter port. For each set of subarrays, the first filter ports of each pair of filter devices that are connected to said set of subarrays are pair-wise connected to a corresponding phase altering device. The second filter ports of each pair of filter devices connected to the set of subarrays are pair-wise connected to another corresponding phase altering device. |
| US09774097B2 |
Communication system with broadband antenna
A communications system including an antenna array and electronics assembly that may be mounted on and in a vehicle. The communication system may generally comprise an external subassembly that is mounted on an exterior surface of the vehicle, and an internal subassembly that is located within the vehicle, the external and internal subassemblies being communicatively coupled to one another. The external subassembly may comprise the antenna array as well as mounting equipment and steering actuators to move the antenna array in azimuth, elevation and polarization (for example, to track a satellite or other signal source). The internal subassembly may comprise most of the electronics associated with the communication system. |
| US09774095B1 |
Antenna system with multiple independently steerable shaped beams
An antenna system having a main reflector and at least two subreflectors is configured to provide at least two independently steerable beams. Each subreflector is configured to illuminate the main reflector, and each subreflector is configured to be illuminated by a respective dedicated feed element or dedicated feed array. At least one of the subreflectors is configured to steer a first beam, without affecting the shape or orientation of any other beam. One or more of the beams may also be independently shaped, by a contoured surface of one or more subreflectors and/or the main reflector. |
| US09774087B2 |
Wireless electronic device with magnetic shielding layer
An electronic device may have a housing, electrical components, and other electronic device structures. A display may be mounted in the housing. The display may have a transparent display cover layer and a display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer that is mounted to the underside of the transparent display cover layer. A flexible printed circuit with metal traces may be mounted under the organic light-emitting diode display layer. The metal traces may form coils for a near-field communications inductive loop antenna. A magnetic shielding layer may be interposed between the housing and the flexible printed circuit. The magnetic shielding layer may include a polymer magnetic shielding layer having magnetic material particles embedded in a polymer matrix. The magnetic shielding layer may also have a polymer-binder-free magnetic shielding layer. |
| US09774079B2 |
Capacitively-coupled isolator assembly
An isolator assembly includes a capacitively-coupled isolator assembly. In some implementations, the capacitively-coupled isolator element may provide multi-band isolation by having an electrically-floating conductive coupling element with a length that is ½ or ¼ of a carrier wavelength. In other implementations, multiple capacitively-coupled elements may be employed to achieve multi-band isolation. |
| US09774076B2 |
Compact millimeter-wave radio systems and methods
A compact millimeter-wave radio system is comprised of an antenna body with reflector region and waveguide region all made from a single piece of material, and a radio receiver that is mounted on a substrate which is mechanically fixed to and held by the waveguide region. The system presents compact, relatively inexpensive, and relatively effective heat dissipation, solution for receiving and transmitting millimeter waves. |
| US09774073B2 |
Mobile device and multi-band antenna structure therein
A mobile device includes a ground plane, a grounding branch, a connection element, a first radiation branch, and a second radiation branch. The grounding branch is coupled to the ground plane. A first open slot is formed and substantially surrounded by the grounding branch and the ground plane. The first radiation branch is coupled through the connection element to the grounding branch. A second open slot is formed and is substantially surrounded by the first radiation branch and the grounding branch. The second radiation branch is disposed in the second open slot and is coupled to the grounding branch. A multi-band antenna structure is formed by the grounding branch, the connection element, the first radiation branch, and the second radiation branch. |
| US09774070B2 |
High-frequency signal line and manufacturing method thereof
In a high frequency signal line, a first signal line extends along a first dielectric element assembly, a first reference ground conductor extends along the first signal line, a second signal line is provided in or on the second dielectric element assembly and extends along the second dielectric element assembly, a second reference ground conductor is provided in or on the second dielectric element assembly and extends along the second signal line. A portion of a bottom surface at an end of the first dielectric element assembly and a portion of the top surface at an end of the second dielectric element assembly are joined together such that a joint portion of the first and second dielectric element assemblies includes a corner. The second signal line and the first signal line are electrically coupled together. The first and second reference ground conductors are electrically coupled together. |
| US09774069B2 |
N-way coaxial-to-coaxial combiner/divider
An impedance matching power combining/dividing system and a method for combining power combiners/dividers are presented. The impedance matching power combiner comprises a cylindrical matching cavity, two or more coaxial inputs, each of the two or more coaxial inputs having an inner input conductor and an outer input conductor and having a source impedance, a coaxial output having an inner output conductor and an outer output conductor and having a load impedance and a circular matching plate suspended inside the cylindrical matching cavity, wherein the inner input conductors and the inner output conductor are electrically connected to the matching plate, the outer input conductors and the outer output conductor are electrically connected to the cylindrical matching cavity and the cylindrical matching cavity at least partially matches the source impedance with the load impedance. The system and method to combine/divide groups of power combiners/dividers to handle high power are also presented. The power combiners/dividers have a small transverse dimension that they easily fit in a phased array lattice structure and operate at high frequencies. |
| US09774064B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack having a first battery cell, a first cooling fin, and a housing is provided. The first cooling fin has a rectangular-shaped sheet, and at least first, second, and third tabs disposed perpendicular to first and second major surfaces of the first battery cell. A first side of the rectangular-shaped sheet of the first cooling fin contacts the first major surface of the first battery cell. The first battery cell and the first cooling fin are disposed within an interior region of the housing. The housing has a first flow path within the interior region between a top edge of the first battery cell and a top wall of the housing, such that air flowing through the first flow path contacts the first, second, and third tabs of the first cooling fin to conduct heat energy away from the first cooling fin to reduce a temperature level of the first battery cell. |
| US09774059B2 |
Lithium reservoir system and method for rechargeable lithium ion batteries
A lithium-ion battery cell includes at least two working electrodes, each including an active material, an inert material, an electrolyte and a current collector, a first separator region arranged between the at least two working electrodes to separate the at least two working electrodes so that none of the working electrodes are electronically connected within the cell, an auxiliary electrode including a lithium reservoir, and a second separator region arranged between the auxiliary electrode and the at least two working electrodes to separate the auxiliary electrode from the working electrodes so that none of the working electrodes is electronically connected to the auxiliary electrode within the cell. |
| US09774058B2 |
Polymer composition with electrophilic groups for stabilization of lithium sulfur batteries
A polymer to be used as a binder for sulfur-based cathodes in lithium batteries that includes in its composition electrophilic groups capable of reaction with and entrapment of polysulfide species. Beneficial effects include reductions in capacity loss and ionic resistance gain. |
| US09774056B2 |
Fuel cell stack assembly
A fuel cell stack assembly comprises a plurality of fuel cells in a stack, the stack defining two opposing parallel end faces. An end plate is disposed at each opposing end face of the stack. Each end plate defines a compression surface adjacent to and in compressive relationship with a respective one of the two opposing parallel end faces. A coupling mechanism is attached to the end plates to thereby maintain the fuel cells in the stack under compression. At least one, preferably both, of the end plates comprise a preformed element defining the compression surface, the preformed element being configured with a predetermined curvature such that the compression surface is a convex surface when the preformed element is not under load whereas, under the application of the load to maintain the fuel cells under compression, flexure of the preformed element between elements of the coupling mechanism causes the compression surface to become a substantially planar surface. This provides uniform pressure distribution across the end faces of the fuel cell stack using fewer and lighter weight components. |
| US09774053B2 |
Integrated power generation and carbon capture using fuel cells
Systems and methods are provided for capturing CO2 from a combustion source using molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs). At least a portion of the anode exhaust can be recycled for use as part of anode input stream. This can allow for a reduction in the amount of fuel cell area required for separating CO2 from the combustion source exhaust and/or modifications in how the fuel cells can be operated. |
| US09774050B2 |
Apparatus and methods for mixing reformable fuels and an oxygen-containing gas and/or steam
The present teachings provide apparatus and methods for mixing a reformable fuel and/or steam with an oxygen-containing gas and/or steam to provide a gaseous reforming reaction mixture suitable for reforming with a reformer and/or a fuel cell stack of a fuel cell unit and/or fuel cell system. |
| US09774048B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle and moving body
A data signal accurately reflecting the actual state of a storage vessel is sent to a station side. A fuel cell system (1) includes a hydrogen supply line (32) that connects a tank main body (311) and a fuel cell stack (2), and a main stop valve provided to the hydrogen supply line (32). A communicative filling system (6) generates a data signal based on the state of a hydrogen tank (31), and sends the generated data signal to a station (9). A vehicle (V) includes an FCV-ECU (11) that assumes processing related to control of the fuel cell system (1), and a communicative filling ECU (61) that assumes processing related to control of the communicative filling system (6). Then, the communicative filling ECU inhibits start of communication with the station (9) at least when determined that a main stop valve (312) is in a completely closed state. |
| US09774046B2 |
Humidification system and method for a fuel cell
A humidification system for a fuel cell may include a condenser configured to receive fluid output from a cathode of the fuel cell and cool the fluid to extract water from it. A heat exchanger operable to transfer heat from a heat source to an airflow flowing through the heat exchanger may also be included. When the heated airflow is brought into contact with at least some of the extracted water, the airflow is humidified prior to its entering the cathode. |
| US09774041B2 |
Mixed-ionomer electrode
A membrane electrode assembly includes a membrane, an anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer. The anode catalyst layer is on a first side of the membrane and the cathode catalyst layer is on a second side of the membrane, wherein the second side of the membrane is opposite the first side of the membrane along a first axis. The cathode catalyst layer includes agglomerates formed of a catalyst support supporting catalyst particles, an agglomerate ionomer and an inter-agglomerate ionomer. The agglomerate ionomer surrounds the agglomerates and the inter-agglomerate ionomer is in regions between the agglomerates surrounded by the agglomerate ionomer. The agglomerate ionomer is different than the inter-agglomerate. Methods to produce the catalyst layer are also provided. |
| US09774039B2 |
Negative electrode material for electric storage device, negative electrode for electric storage device, electric storage device, and vehicle
It is an assignment to provide the following: a negative-electrode material for electric storage device, a negative electrode for electric storage device, and an electric storage device, negative-electrode material, negative electrode and electric storage device in which SiOx is used as a negative-electrode active material, which excel in the conductivity, and which can inhibit the discharge capacity from declining; as well as a vehicle having the electric storage device on-board. In the negative-electrode material for electric storage device, acetylene black is used as a conductive additive; and, when a sum of contents of SiOx, graphite, conductive additive and a binder resin is taken as 100% by mass, the contents are made so as to be as follows: a content of a negative-electrode active material including the SiOx and graphite is 70% by mass or more; the content of the SiOx is from 17% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less; a sum of the contents of the conductive additive and binder resin is from 8% by mass or more to 20% by mass or less; and the content of the conductive additive is from 6% by mass or more to 12% by mass or less. |
| US09774035B2 |
Doped nickelate compounds
The invention relates to novel materials of the formula: A1-δM1VM2WM3XM4YM5ZO2 wherein A is one or more alkali metals comprising sodium and/or potassium either alone or in a mixture with lithium as a minor constituent; M1 is nickel in oxidation state +2; M2 comprises a metal in oxidation state +4 selected from one or more of manganese, titanium and zirconium; M3 comprises a metal in oxidation state +2, selected from one or more of magnesium, calcium, copper, zinc and cobalt; M4 comprises a metal in oxidation state +4, selected from one or more of titanium, manganese and zirconium; M5 comprises a metal in oxidation state +3, selected from one or more of aluminum, iron, cobalt, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, scandium and yttrium; wherein 0≦δ≦0.1 V is in the range 0 |
| US09774034B2 |
Lithium-manganese composite oxide and secondary battery
To increase the amount of lithium ions that can be received in and released from a positive electrode active material to achieve high capacity and high energy density of a secondary battery. A lithium manganese oxide particle includes a first region and a second region. The valence number of manganese in the first region is lower than the valence number of manganese in the second region. The lithium manganese oxide has high structural stability and high capacity characteristics. |
| US09774032B2 |
Active substance
According to one embodiment, there is provided an active substance. The active substance includes secondary particles and a carbon material phase formed on at least a part of a surface of each of the secondary particles. Each of the secondary particles is constructed by aggregated primary particles of an active material. The primary particles of the active material includes a niobium composite oxide represented by LixM(1−y)NbyNb2O(7+δ), wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti and Zr, and x, y, and δ respectively satisfy 0≦x≦6, 0≦y≦1, and −1≦δ≦1. The secondary particles have a compression fracture strength of 10 MPa or more. |
| US09774031B2 |
Negative electrode composition, and negative electrode and lithium battery containing the same
Provided are a composition for a negative electrode, and a negative electrode and lithium battery including the composition. The composition includes a negative active material that contains one or more of a metal or a metalloid, an acrylate-based binder, and a guanidine carbonate. |
| US09774030B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery pack
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes an exterior member; a positive electrode housed in the exterior member, a negative electrode containing an active material and housed in the exterior member so as to be spatially separated from the positive electrode via a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte filled in the exterior member. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer on the negative electrode current collector. A tensile strength of the negative electrode is 400 N/mm2 or more and 1200 N/mm2 or less. A peel strength between the negative electrode current collector and the negative electrode active material layer is 1.5 N/cm or more and 4 N/cm or less. |
| US09774027B2 |
Method for producing lithium-ion batteries
A method for producing lithium-ion batteries comprising the steps of (a) forming, on a substrate, a cathode current collector layer and a stack of a cathode layer made from a material capable of inserting lithium ions, an electrolyte layer and an anode layer, (b) depositing a lithium layer on the anode layer in order to form a lithium alloy, (c) short-circuiting the anode and cathode layers by depositing an anode current collector layer on the anode layer, thereby causing the diffusion of the lithium ions from the anode layer to the cathode layer, and (d) separating the batteries, resulting in the opening of the short-circuit between the anode and cathode layers in all the batteries. The method simplifies and improves the method for producing lithium-ion microbatteries and improves the diffusion of the lithium ions from the anode layer to the cathode layer after short-circuiting these two layers. |
| US09774025B2 |
Power storage apparatus
Two or more module batteries are arranged in an array and connected through wiring. The outer surface of a first side wall of a case faces in a first direction without facing the others of the two or more module batteries. Second and third side walls of the case are spaced from each other in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other. Two or more string groups are arranged linearly in the second direction. The positive electrode current collecting part extends along the inner surface of the second side wall, the positive electrode extension part extends along the inner surface of the first side wall, and the positive electrode feedthrough part penetrates through the first side wall. The positive electrode current collecting part, the positive electrode extension part, the positive electrode feedthrough part, and the wiring are electrically connected to one another. |
| US09774023B2 |
Battery module
A battery module includes a first battery cell, the first battery cell having a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal, a first end block adjacent to the first battery cell, the first end block having a first power terminal portion, and a connection portion electrically connecting the first electrode terminal to the first power terminal portion. |
| US09774013B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a first emission part between a first electrode and a second electrode, a second emission part on the first emission part, and a first charge generation layer and a second charge generation layer between the first emission part and the second emission part. The first emission part includes a first organic layer, and the second emission part includes a second organic layer. A first thickness includes the first emission part and the first charge generation layer, and a second thickness includes the second emission part and the second charge generation layer. The first thickness is equal to or greater than the second thickness. |
| US09774008B2 |
OLED display device including transflective layer and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a substrate; a transistor device disposed on the substrate; a first electrode electrically connected to the transistor device; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer. The OLED display device further includes a transflective layer contacting a lower surface of the first electrode and having a relatively higher refractive index than the first electrode. |
| US09774007B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and organic display apparatus
A display panel includes a EL panel part, a CF panel part, and a resin layer. Light is extracted from a luminous part including an organic luminous layer in the EL panel part in a direction of an arrow. The resin layer is formed to cover an upper surface of the EL panel part. Transmittance of the light from the EL panel part is 80% or higher. The resin layer includes a resin part and a plurality of particles dispersed in the resin part. The particles are formed of synthetic zeolite having a refractive-index ratio to the resin part of 1.0 or more and a particle size of 2 μm or more. |
| US09774003B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element and electronic instrument
The first electrode has a convexo-concave structure including a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions at an interface with the organic compound layer. The convexo-concave structure has at least one cross section in a thickness direction of the light-transmissive substrate, the cross section being shaped in a sine-wave curve or a curve represented by a sum of a plurality of sine waves having different amplitudes or angles. A distance between a convex portion and an adjacent convex portion forming the convexo-concave structure is equal to or more than a peak wavelength of light radiated from the emitting layer and is equal to or less than a propagation distance (Lsp) of surface plasmon at the interface between the first electrode having the convexo-concave structure and the organic compound layer. |
| US09773997B2 |
Adhesive composition and display device
An adhesive composition includes: a binder component; a photo-initiator component; and an anaerobic-initiator component. The binder component includes a monomer, an oligomer, and a plasticizer; the photo-initiator component includes a photo-radical initiator and a photo-base generator (PBG); and the anaerobic-initiator component includes a metal reactive initiator, an accelerator, and an inhibitor. |
| US09773991B2 |
Non-hydrolytic metal oxide films for perovskite halide overcoating and stabilization
A method of protecting a perovskite halide film from moisture and temperature includes positioning the perovskite halide film in a chamber. The chamber is maintained at a temperature of less than 200 degrees Celsius. An organo-metal compound is inserted into the chamber. A non-hydrolytic oxygen source is subsequently inserted into the chamber. The inserting of the organo-metal compound and subsequent inserting of the non-hydrolytic oxygen source into the chamber is repeated for a predetermined number of cycles. The non-hydrolytic oxygen source and the organo-metal compound interact in the chamber to deposit a non-hydrolytic metal oxide film on perovskite halide film. The non-hydrolytic metal oxide film protects the perovskite halide film from relative humidity of greater than 35% and a temperature of greater than 150 degrees Celsius, respectively. |
| US09773989B2 |
Method for producing metal thin film and conductive structure
The metal thin film production method of the present invention includes, in the following order, the steps of: preparing a substrate (1) having thereon an underlayer (2) formed of an insulating resin; subjecting a surface of the underlayer (2) to a physical surface treatment for breaking bonds of organic molecules constituting the insulating resin; subjecting the substrate (1) to a heat treatment at a temperature of 200° C. or lower; applying a metal nanoparticle ink to the underlayer (2); and sintering metal nanoparticles contained in the metal nanoparticle ink at a temperature equal to or higher than a glass transition temperature of the underlayer (2). A fused layer (4) having a thickness of 100 nm or less is formed between the underlayer (2) and a metal thin film (3) formed by sintering the metal nanoparticles. |
| US09773983B2 |
Organic light emitting diode device
An organic light emitting diode device is disclosed. There is an organic light emitting diode device that comprises a first light emitting part between an anode and a cathode, the first light emitting part including a first light emitting layer, a second light emitting part comprising a second light emitting layer on the first light emitting part, and a first charge generation layer between the first light emitting part and the second light emitting part, wherein the first charge generation layer comprises at least two hosts, and at least one of the at least two hosts includes a pyrene compound. |
| US09773979B2 |
Materials for electronic devices
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III), to the use of the compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III). The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III). |
| US09773977B2 |
Phase change memory cells
A phase change memory cell has first and second electrodes having phase change material there-between. The phase change memory cell is devoid of heater material as part of either of the first and second electrodes and being devoid of heater material between either of the first and second electrodes and the phase change material. A method of forming a memory cell having first and second electrodes having phase change material there-between includes lining elevationally inner sidewalls of an opening with conductive material to comprise the first electrode of the memory cell. Elevationally outer sidewalls of the opening are lined with dielectric material. Phase change material is formed in the opening laterally inward of and electrically coupled to the conductive material in the opening. Conductive second electrode material is formed that is electrically coupled to the phase change material. Other implementations are disclosed. |
| US09773976B2 |
Transistors and methods of forming transistors
Some embodiments include a transistor having a drain region and a source region. A conductive gate is between the source and drain regions. First channel material is between the gate and the source region. The first channel material is spaced from the gate by one or more insulative materials. Second channel material is between the first channel material and the source region, and directly contacts the source region. The first and second channel materials are transition metal chalcogenide. One of the source and drain regions is a hole reservoir region and the other is an electron reservoir region. Tunnel dielectric material may be between the first and second channel materials. |
| US09773974B2 |
Polishing stop layer(s) for processing arrays of semiconductor elements
Described embodiments can be used in semiconductor manufacturing and employ materials with high and low polish rates to help determine a precise polish end point that is consistent throughout a wafer and that can cease polishing prior to damaging semiconductor elements. The height of the low polish rate material between the semiconductor elements is used as the polishing endpoint. Because the low polish rate material slows down the polishing process, it is easy to determine an end point and avoid damage to the semiconductor elements. An additional or alternative etch end point can be a thin layer of material that provides a very clear spectroscopy signal when it has been exposed, allowing the etch process to cease. |
| US09773973B2 |
Process for producing magnetoresistive effect element and device producing method
A production process in which in an element isolation process for a magnetoresistive effect element, a re-deposited film adhered to a side wall of the element is efficiently removed by ion beam etching. Ion beam etching is performed while a substrate located being inclined relative to the grid is rotated. In the ion beam etching, an energy amount of an ion beam entering from a direction in which a pattern groove formed on the substrate extends is increased larger than the energy amount of the ion beam entering from another direction by controlling a rotation speed of the substrate, and the re-deposited film adhered to the side wall of the magnetoresistive effect element formed on the substrate is efficiently removed by etching. |
| US09773969B2 |
Electrostrictive element manufacturing method
Provided is a method of manufacturing an electrostrictive element by which an electrostrictive element including an expandable and contradictable film electrode having a thin and uniform thickness can be easily formed. In a method of manufacturing an electrostrictive element 1, screen printing is performed while a first jig 12 contacts with a face of a dielectric film 2 opposite to a face where screen printing is performed such that the first jig 12 surrounds an area where the screen printing is performed. Thus, a film electrode 3 is formed. |
| US09773966B2 |
Piezoelectric sensor for bicycle component
A piezoelectric material contains ferroelectric particles and an adhesive resin. The ratio of the ferroelectric particles relative to the total mass of the ferroelectric particles and the adhesive resin is 40 mass % or greater and 98 mass % or less. |
| US09773964B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component has a support member, an SAW element which is mounted on the support member with a space S therebetween and which has a facing surface which faces the support member, and a resin portion which covers the SAW element and which is provided so as to seal the space S. The SAW element has a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT provided on the facing surface of the piezoelectric board, an wiring (an outer wiring) which is provided on the facing surface of the piezoelectric board and extends from the IDT toward the periphery side of the piezoelectric board, and a dam member which is adjacent to a lateral edge portion of the wiring and which is provided locally relative to the circumferential direction which surrounds the IDT. |
| US09773963B2 |
Method for connecting piezoelectric element and cable substrate, piezoelectric element having cable substrate, and inkjet head including piezoelectric element with cable substrate
A connection method includes softening a resin film of a thermosetting resin by heating an element electrode of a piezoelectric body and a substrate electrode of a flexible cable to be connected to the piezoelectric body with the element electrode and the substrate electrode being pressed into contact with each other via the resin film; partially pushing out the molten resin film from an opposing position of the element electrode and the substrate electrode so as to bring a solder layer provided on the substrate electrode into contact with the element electrode; curing the resin film and melting solder in the solder layer by further raising a heating temperature; discharging excess solder in a direction defined by the cured resin film; and then solidifying the solder in the solder layer so as to solder the element electrode and the substrate electrode together. |
| US09773962B2 |
Formation of bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide superconductors
A BÏ2212 article may be formed by mixing metallic precursor powders including bismuth, strontium, calcium and copper in an oxygen-free atmosphere, mechanically alloying the metallic precursor powders in an oxygen-free atmosphere, and heating the metallic precursor alloy according to a temperature profile. The profile may include a ramp-up stage during which the alloy is heated to a peak temperature in an oxygen-free atmosphere, a dwell stage during which the alloy is held at the peak temperature for a dwell time, and a ramp-down stage during which the alloy is cooled from the peak temperature. During at least a portion of the dwell stage, the oxygen-free atmosphere is switched to an oxygen-inclusive atmosphere, wherein the alloy is oxidized to form a superconducting oxide, which may be sintered during or after oxidation. The alloy may be formed into a shape, such as a wire, prior to oxidizing. |
| US09773960B2 |
Lead frame for mounting LED elements, lead frame with resin, method for manufacturing semiconductor devices, and lead frame for mounting semiconductor elements
A lead frame for mounting LED elements includes a frame body region and a large number of package regions arranged in multiple rows and columns in the frame body region. The package regions each include a die pad on which an LED element is to be mounted and a lead section adjacent to the die pad, the package regions being further constructed to be interconnected via a dicing region. The die pad in one package region and the lead section in another package region upward or downward adjacent to the package region of interest are connected to each other by an inclined reinforcement piece positioned in the dicing region. |
| US09773953B2 |
Organic phosphor-functionalized nanoparticles and compositions comprising the same
Provided is a phosphor-functionalized nanoparticle that includes an inorganic nanoparticle core; surface polymer brushes that include a plurality of long-chain polymers bonded to the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core, said long-chain polymers each having molecular weight greater than 500, and a plurality of short-chain polymers bonded to the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core, said short-chain polymers each having molecular weight less than 0.5 times the average molecular weight of the long-chain polymers; and one or more organic phosphors bonded to at least one of the inorganic nanoparticle core and one or more of the plurality of short-chain polymers. Graft density of the short-chain polymers on the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core (σSC) is greater than graft density of the long-chain polymers on the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core (σLC). Also provided are polymer matrices, LED's, optical systems, lighting devices, and fixtures that include the inventive nanoparticle. |
| US09773952B2 |
Die emitting white light
Various methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A method may include disposing at least one die on a location on a carrier substrate, forming at least one stud bump on each of at least one die, forming a phosphor layer on the at least one stud bump and the at least one die, removing a top portion of the phosphor layer to expose the at least one stud bump, and removing a side portion of the phosphor layer located between two adjacent dies. An apparatus may include a die comprising top, bottom, and side surfaces. A phosphor layer may be disposed on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the die. The phosphor layer may have substantially equal thicknesses on the top and side surfaces of the die as well as one or more stud bumps disposed on the top surface of the die. |
| US09773950B2 |
Semiconductor device structure
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device structure, comprising the steps of: securing the position of a semiconductor device on a plate; securing the positions of electrodes such that the electrodes face the plate; covering the semiconductor device with an encapsulating material; and separating, from the plate, the semiconductor device covered with the encapsulating material. |
| US09773947B2 |
Light-emitting device and production method therefor
An emission efficiency of a light-emitting device is improved by reducing strains applied to a light-emitting layer. On a sapphire substrate, an n-type contact layer, an nESD layer, an n-type cladding layer, a light-emitting layer, a p-type cladding layer, and a p-type contact layer, are sequentially deposited. The light-emitting layer has a MQW structure in which a layer unit of a well layer, a capping layer, and a barrier layer sequentially deposited is repeatedly deposited. Of the well layers, the In composition ratio of only first well layer is reduced than the In composition ratios of other well layers, and the In composition ratios of the other well layers are equal to each other. The In composition ratio of the first well layer is designed so that the emission wavelength of the first well layer is equal to the emission wavelengths of other well layers. |
| US09773945B2 |
Method for producing a semiconductor component and a semiconductor component
A method for producing a plurality of semiconductor components and a semiconductor component is disclosed. In some embodiment, the method includes forming a semiconductor layer sequence, structuring the semiconductor layer sequence by forming trenches thereby structuring semiconductor bodies, applying an auxiliary substrate on the semiconductor layer sequence, so that the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged between the auxiliary substrate and the substrate and removing the substrate from the semiconductor layer sequence. The method further comprises applying an anchoring layer covering the trench and vertical surfaces of the semiconductor bodies, forming a plurality of tethers by structuring the anchoring layer in regions covering the trench, locally detaching the auxiliary substrate from the semiconductor bodies, wherein the tethers remain attached to the auxiliary substrate and selectively picking up a semiconductor body by separating the tethers from the auxiliary substrate, the semiconductor body including a portion of the layer sequence. |
| US09773942B2 |
Quantum dot having core-shell structure
A quantum dot having core-shell structure includes a core formed of ZnOzS1-z, and at least one shell covering the core, and formed of AlxGayIn1-x-yN, wherein at least one of x, y, and z is not zero and is not one. |
| US09773937B2 |
Information acquisition apparatus
An biological body information acquisition apparatus includes an imager including light emitting devices that are arranged in a plane and emit light toward a human body and light receiving devices that are arranged in a plane and receive light from the human body and a light guide plate that is layered on the imager on the side thereof facing the human body and has light transmissivity in the direction of a normal to the light receiving devices and the light emitting devices. The light guide has a first portion (holes) and a second portion (substrate) that are arranged in a plane and have refractive indices different from each other. The first portion (holes) is so disposed as to coincide with the light receiving devices in a plan view, and the second portion (substrate) is so disposed as to coincide with the light emitting devices in the plan view. |
| US09773935B2 |
Light detection device including a semiconductor light detection element, and a semiconductor light detection element having a through-hole electrode connection
A semiconductor light detection element includes a plurality of avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode and formed in a semiconductor substrate, quenching resistors connected in series to the respective avalanche photodiodes and arranged on a first principal surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of through-hole electrodes electrically connected to the quenching resistors and formed so as to penetrate the semiconductor substrate from the first principal surface side to a second principal surface side. A mounting substrate includes a plurality of electrodes arranged corresponding to the respective through-hole electrodes on a third principal surface side. The through-hole electrodes and the electrodes are electrically connected through bump electrodes, and a side surface of the semiconductor substrate and a side surface of a glass substrate are flush with each other. |
| US09773933B2 |
Space and energy efficient photovoltaic array
In an embodiment, a solar energy system includes multiple photovoltaic modules, each oriented substantially at a same angle relative to horizontal. The angle is independent of a latitude of an installation site of the solar energy system and is greater than or equal to 15 degrees. The solar energy system defines a continuous area within a perimeter of the solar energy system. The solar energy system is configured to capture at the photovoltaic modules substantially all light incoming towards the continuous area over an entire season. |
| US09773932B2 |
Epitaxial wafer and method for manufacturing same
An epitaxial wafer which allows manufacture of a photodiode having suppressed dark current and ensured sensitivity, and a method for manufacturing the epitaxial wafer, are provided. The epitaxial wafer of the present invention includes: a III-V semiconductor substrate; and a multiple quantum well structure disposed on the substrate, and including a plurality of pairs of a first layer and a second layer. The total concentration of elements contained as impurities in the multiple quantum well structure is less than or equal to 5×1015 cm−3. |
| US09773930B2 |
Integrated circuit with reflective material in trenches and related methods
An IC may include a substrate and a layer, and an array of GMAPDs in the layer. The layer may have trenches extending between adjacent GMAPDs. The IC may include an optically reflective material within the trenches. The optically reflective material may also be electrically conductive. For example, the optically reflective material may comprise a metal. Also, the trenches may be arranged in a honeycomb pattern. |
| US09773928B2 |
Solar cell with electroplated metal grid
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fabricating solar cells. During operation, an anti-reflection layer is deposited on top of a semiconductor structure to form a photovoltaic structure, and a front-side electrode grid comprising a metal stack is formed on top of the photovoltaic structure. The metal stack comprises a metal-adhesive layer comprising Ti or Ta, and a conducting layer comprising Cu or Ag situated above the metal-adhesive layer. |
| US09773923B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device and a method for forming the same. The device has a substrate including one and another surfaces. A first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type is formed in the substrate. A second conductivity type, second semiconductor region is provided in a first surface layer, that includes the one surface, of the substrate. A first electrode is in contact with the second semiconductor region to form a junction therebetween. A first conductivity type, third semiconductor region is provided in a second surface layer, that includes the another surface, of the substrate. The third semiconductor region has a higher impurity concentration than the first semiconductor region. A fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type is provided in the first semiconductor region at a location deeper than the third semiconductor region from the another surface. A second electrode is in contact with the third semiconductor region. |
| US09773919B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A minute transistor is provided. A transistor with low parasitic capacitance is provided. A transistor having high frequency characteristics is provided. A transistor having a high on-state current is provided. A semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. A semiconductor device having a high degree of integration is provided. A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor; a second insulator; a second conductor; a third conductor; a fourth conductor; a fifth conductor; a first conductor and a first insulator embedded in an opening portion formed in the second insulator, the second conductor, the third conductor, the fourth conductor, and the fifth conductor; a region where a side surface and a bottom surface of the second conductor are in contact with the fourth conductor; and a region where a side surface and a bottom surface of the third conductor are in contact with the fifth conductor. |
| US09773918B2 |
Metal oxide TFT with improved stability and mobility
A thin film circuit includes a thin film transistor with a metal oxide semiconductor channel having a conduction band minimum (CBM) with a first energy level. The transistor further includes a layer of passivation material covering at least a portion of the metal oxide semiconductor channel. The passivation material has a conduction band minimum (CBM) with a second energy level. The second energy level being lower than, equal to, or no more than 0.5 eV above the first energy level. The circuit is used for an electronic device including any one of an AMLCD, AMOLED, AMLED, AMEPD. |
| US09773915B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device using oxide semiconductor with favorable electrical characteristics, or a highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device is manufactured by: forming an oxide semiconductor layer over an insulating surface; forming source and drain electrodes over the oxide semiconductor layer; forming an insulating film and a conductive film in this order over the oxide semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes; etching part of the conductive film and insulating film to form a gate electrode and a gate insulating layer, and etching part of the upper portions of the source and drain electrodes to form a first covering layer containing a constituent element of the source and drain electrodes and in contact with the side surface of the gate insulating layer; oxidizing the first covering layer to form a second covering layer; and forming a protective insulating layer containing an oxide over the second covering layer. |
| US09773914B2 |
Optical sensing device and fabricating method thereof
An optical sensing device includes a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate, an optical sensor, a planar layer, and an organic light emitting diode. The optical sensor includes a metal electrode disposed on a gate dielectric layer of the thin film transistor and connecting to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, an optical sensing layer disposed on the metal electrode, and a first transparent electrode disposed on the optical sensing layer. The planar layer covers at least a part of the thin film transistor and the optical sensor. The organic light emitting diode is disposed on the planar layer. The anode electrode and the cathode electrode of the organic light emitting diode are electrically coupled to a gate line and a data line respectively. |
| US09773912B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one active region, at least one gate structure, and an insulating structure. The active region is present at least partially in the substrate. The gate structure is present on the active region. The gate structure has at least one end sidewall and a top surface intersecting to form a top interior angle. The top interior angle is an acute angle. The insulating structure is present adjacent to the end sidewall of the gate structure and on the substrate. |
| US09773911B2 |
Fin field effect transistor and fabricating method thereof
A FinFET including a substrate, a plurality of insulators and a gate stack is provided. The substrate includes a plurality of trenches and at least one semiconductor fin between the trenches. The insulators are disposed in the trenches. The semiconductor fin includes a first portion embedded between the insulators; a necking portion disposed on the first portion, the necking portion being uncovered by the insulators; and a second portion disposed on the necking portion, wherein a width of the necking portion is less than a width of the first portion. The gate stack partially covers the semiconductor fin, the at least one recess and the insulators. |
| US09773909B2 |
Silicon-containing, tunneling field-effect transistor including III-N source
Tunneling field-effect transistors including silicon, germanium or silicon germanium channels and III-N source regions are provided for low power operations. A broken-band heterojunction is formed by the source and channel regions of the transistors. Fabrication methods include selective anisotropic wet-etching of a silicon substrate followed by epitaxial deposition of III-N material and/or germanium implantation of the substrate followed by the epitaxial deposition of the III-N material. |
| US09773893B1 |
Forming a sacrificial liner for dual channel devices
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a liner over one or more channel fins on a substrate. An etch is performed down into the substrate using the one or more channel fins and the liner as a mask to form a substrate fin underneath each of the one or more channel fins. An area around the one or more channel fins and substrate fins is filled with a flowable dielectric. The flowable dielectric is annealed to solidify the flowable dielectric. The anneal oxidizes at least a portion of sidewalls of each substrate fin, such that each substrate fin is narrower in the oxidized portion than in a portion covered by the liner. |
| US09773886B1 |
Nanosheet and nanowire devices having doped internal spacers and methods of manufacturing the same
A method of forming a horizontal nanosheet device or a horizontal nanowire device includes forming a dummy gate and a series of external spacers on a stack including an alternating arrangement of sacrificial layers and channel layers, deep etching portions of the stack between the external spacers to form electrode recesses for a source electrode and a drain electrode, performing an etch-back on portions of the sacrificial layers to form internal spacer recesses above and below each of the channel layers, forming doped internal spacers in the internal spacer recesses, and forming doped extension regions of the source electrode and the drain electrode by outdiffusion of dopants from the doped internal spacers. The method may also include epitaxially regrowing the source electrode and the drain electrode in the electrode recesses. |
| US09773885B2 |
Self aligned gate shape preventing void formation
A semiconductor device that includes a first fin structure in a first portion of a substrate, and a second fin structure in a second portion of the substrate, wherein the first portion of the substrate is separated from the second portion of the substrate by at least one isolation region. A gate structure present extending from the first fin structure across the isolation region to the second fin structure. The gate structure including a first portion on the first fin structure including a first work function metal having at least one void, an isolation portion that is voidless present overlying the isolation region, and a second portion on the second fin structure including a second work function metal. |
| US09773881B2 |
Etch stop for airgap protection
A semiconductor device that includes a gate structure on a channel region of a semiconductor device. Source and drain regions may be present on opposing sides of the channel region. The semiconductor device may further include a composite gate sidewall spacer present on a sidewall of the gate structure. The composite gate sidewall spacer may include a first composition portion having an air gap encapsulated therein, and a second composition portion that is entirely solid and present atop the first composition portion. |
| US09773879B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a fin structure, first and second gate structures, a source/drain region, a source/drain contact, a separator, a plug contacting the source/drain contact and a wiring contacting the plug. The fin structure protrudes from an isolation insulating layer and extends in a first direction. The first and second gate structures are formed over the fin structure and extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The source/drain region is disposed between the first and second gate structures. The interlayer insulating layer is disposed over the fin structure, the first and second gate structures and the source/drain region. The first source/drain contact is disposed on the first source/drain region. The separator is disposed adjacent to the first source/drain contact layer. Ends of the first and second gate structures and an end of the source drain contact are in contact with a same face of the separator. |
| US09773877B2 |
Wide bandgap field effect transistors with source connected field plates
A field effect transistor comprising a buffer and channel layer formed successively on a substrate. A source electrode, drain electrode, and gate are all formed in electrical contact with the channel layer, with the gate between the source and drain electrodes. A spacer layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the channel layer between the gate and drain electrode and a field plate is formed on the spacer layer isolated from the gate and channel layer. The spacer layer is electrically connected by at least one conductive path to the source electrode, wherein the field plate reduces the peak operating electric field in the MESFET. |
| US09773873B1 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an upper surface layer of a second conduction type formed at an upper surface side, a drift layer of a first conduction type formed under the upper surface layer, a buffer layer of the first conduction type formed under the drift layer, and a lower surface layer of the second conduction type formed under the buffer layer, the buffer layer includes a plurality of upper buffer layers provided apart from each other, and a plurality of lower buffer layers provided apart from each other between the plurality of upper buffer layers and the lower surface layer, wherein the plurality of upper buffer layers are formed so that average impurity concentrations in first sections each extending from the upper end of one of the upper buffer layers to the next lower buffer layer are unified as a first concentration. |
| US09773870B1 |
Strained semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor fin having a first width, the first semiconductor fin is arranged on a first portion of the strain relaxation buffer layer, where the first portion of the strain relaxation buffer layer has a second width and a second semiconductor fin having a width substantially similar to the first width, the second semiconductor fin is arranged on a second portion of the strain relaxation buffer layer, where the second portion of the strain relaxation buffer layer has a third width. A gate stack is arranged over a channel region of the first fin and a channel region of the second fin. |
| US09773869B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device is provided. A substrate includes a fin. The fin extends in a first direction. A gate structure is disposed on a first region of the fin. The gate structure extends in a second direction crossing the first direction. A source/drain is disposed on a second region of the fin. The first source/drain is disposed on at least one sidewall of the gate structure. A top surface of the first region is lower than a top surface of the second region. |
| US09773867B2 |
FinFET semiconductor devices with replacement gate structures
A device includes first and second fins defined in a semiconductor substrate and a raised isolation post structure positioned between the first and second fins, wherein an upper surface of the raised isolation post structure is at a level that is approximately equal to or greater than a level corresponding to an upper surface of each of the first and second fins. A first space is defined by a sidewall of the first fin and a first sidewall of the raised isolation post structure, a second space is defined by a sidewall of the second fin and a second sidewall of the raised isolation post structure, and a gate structure is positioned around a portion of each of the first and second fins and around a portion of the raised isolation post structure, wherein at least portions of the gate structure are positioned in the first and second spaces. |
| US09773865B2 |
Self-forming spacers using oxidation
A method of forming a self-forming spacer using oxidation. The self-forming spacer may include forming a fin field effect transistor on a substrate, the fin field effect transistor includes a gate on a fin, the gate is perpendicular to the fin; forming a gate spacer on the gate and a fin spacer on the fin, the gate spacer and the fin spacer are formed in a single step by oxidizing an exposed surface of the gate and an exposed surface of the fin; and removing the fin spacer from the fin. |
| US09773860B1 |
Capacitor and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a capacitor is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, a bottom electrode and a capacitor dielectric layer are formed on the substrate, a conductive layer is formed on the capacitor dielectric layer, a patterned hard mask is formed on the conductive layer, a patterned hard mask is used to remove part of the conductive layer to form a top electrode, the patterned hard mask is removed, and a protective layer is formed on a top surface and sidewalls of top electrode. Preferably, the protective layer includes metal oxides. |
| US09773855B2 |
Array substrate, fabricating method thereof, and display device
An array substrate, a method for fabricating the array substrate, and a related display device are provided. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate with a plurality of first via holes; a plurality of first signal lines on a first side of the base substrate; and a plurality of first signal driver lines on a second side of the base substrate; wherein each first signal line is connected with at least one first signal driver line through at least one first via hole. |
| US09773853B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display with bent substrate
A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diodes that form an active area on a flexible substrate. Metal traces may extend between the active area and an inactive area of the flexible substrate. Display driver circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit may be attached to a flexible printed circuit that is attached to the flexible substrate in the inactive area. The metal traces may extend across a bend region in the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may be bent in the bend region. The flexible substrate may be locally thinned in the bend region. A neutral stress plane adjustment layer may cover the metal traces in the bend region. The neutral stress plane adjustment layer may include polymer layers such as an encapsulation layer, a pixel definition layer, a planarization layer, and a layer that covers a pixel definition layer and planarization layer. |
| US09773851B2 |
OLED display device comprising an insulative layer of varying thickness and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides an OLED display device and a manufacture method thereof. By locating a thickness of a part of the second insulative layer correspondingly positioned above the bottom layer wiring in the white sub pixel area is larger than a thickness of other part of the second insulative layer in the white sub pixel area, increase a vertical distance from the bottom layer wiring to the first electrode in the white sub pixel area, and thus, the short circuit, the overcurrent between the first electrode and the bottom layer wiring of the white sub pixel area can be prevented. The manufacture method of the OLED display device is simple, easy for operation, and the manufactured OLED display device can prevent the short circuit or the overcurrent between the first electrode and the bottom layer wiring of the white sub pixel area occur and raise the manufacture yield of the OLED display device. |
| US09773846B2 |
Blue organic light emitting device and display device including the same
A blue organic light emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a first charge generating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the first charge generating layer and emitting first blue light having a first wavelength region, and a second emission layer disposed between the first charge generating layer and the second electrode and emitting second blue light having a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region. The blue organic light emitting device finally emits blue light. |
| US09773843B2 |
Electronic memory using memristors and crossbars with three or more in-series activated memristors
A memory system comprising a plurality of layers of spaced-apart row electrodes, each having a dorsal and a ventral side, a plurality of layers of spaced-apart column electrodes, each having a dorsal and a ventral side is, and a plurality of layers of spaced-apart memristors arranged so that each of the row electrodes and each of the column electrodes is in contact with at least one memristor on the dorsal side thereof and with at least one memristor on the ventral side thereof. |
| US09773839B2 |
Memory device having self-aligned cell structure
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a memory device with diodes coupled to memory elements. Each diode may be formed in a recess of the memory device. The recess may have a polygonal sidewall. The diode may include a first material of a first conductivity type (e.g., n-type) and a second material of a second conductive type (e.g., p-type) formed within the recess. |
| US09773837B2 |
Scalable orthogonal spin transfer magnetic random access memory devices with reduced write error rates
A magnetic device includes a pinned polarizing magnetic layer having a magnetic vector parallel to a plane of the pinned polarizing magnetic layer. The magnetic device also includes a free layer, separated from the polarizing magnetic layer by a first non-magnetic layer, having a magnetization vector with a changeable magnetization direction. The changeable magnetization vector is configured to change to a first state upon application of a first current of a first polarity and to change to a second state upon application of a second current of a second, opposite polarity. The magnetic device also has a reference layer having a magnetic vector perpendicular to the plane of the reference layer and separated from the free layer by a second non-magnetic layer. |
| US09773828B2 |
Image sensor device and method of forming same
An image sensor device includes a first substrate, an interconnect structure, a conductive layer, a conductive via and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first region including a pixel array and a second region including a circuit. The interconnect structure is over the pixel array or the circuit. The interconnect structure electrically connecting the circuit to the pixel array. The conductive layer is on the interconnect structure. The conductive via passes through the second substrate and at least partially embedded in the conductive layer. The second substrate is over the conductive layer. |
| US09773827B2 |
Solid-state image sensor and camera where the plurality of pixels form a pixel group under a single microlens
An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second faces. The sensor includes a plurality of pixel groups each including pixels, each pixel having a photoelectric converter and a wiring pattern, the converter including a region whose major carriers are the same with charges to be accumulated in the photoelectric converter. The sensor also includes a microlenses which are located so that one microlens is arranged for each pixel group. The wiring patterns are located at a side of the first face, and the plurality of microlenses are located at a side of the second face. Light-incidence faces of the regions of the photoelectric converters of each pixel group are arranged along the second face such that the light-incidence faces are apart from each other in a direction along the second face. |
| US09773826B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device photoelectrically converting light taken by a lens; and a light shielding member shielding part of light incident on the solid-state imaging device from the lens, wherein an angle made between an edge surface of the light shielding member and an optical axis direction of the lens is larger than an incident angle of light to be incident on an edge portion of the light shielding member. |
| US09773822B2 |
Array substrate, display device having the same, and manufacturing method thereof
The present application discloses an array substrate comprising a first layer comprising a data line; at least one second layer comprising at least one data line overlapping area on intersections between the first layer and the at least one second layer; and a spacer layer between the first layer and the second layer. The spacer layer comprises a plurality of spacer units spaced apart from each other. Each of the plurality of spacer units is in an area corresponding to the overlapping area. |
| US09773818B2 |
Display device having transparent conductive film and metal film
It is an object of the present invention to form a pixel electrode and a metal film using one resist mask in manufacturing a stacked structure by forming the metal film over the pixel electrode. A conductive film to be a pixel electrode and a metal film are stacked. A resist pattern having a thick region and a region thinner than the thick region is formed over the metal film using an exposure mask having a semi light-transmitting portion. The pixel electrode, and the metal film formed over part of the pixel electrode to be in contact therewith are formed using the resist pattern. Accordingly, a pixel electrode and a metal film can be formed using one resist mask. |
| US09773812B2 |
Integrated circuit with heterogeneous CMOS integration of strained silicon germanium and group III-V semiconductor materials and method to fabricate same
A structure includes an off-axis Si substrate with an overlying s-Si1−xGex layer and a BOX between the off-axis Si substrate and the s-Si1−xGex layer. The structure further includes pFET fins formed in the s-Si1−xGex layer and a trench formed through the s-Si1−xGex layer, the BOX and partially into the off-axis Si substrate. The trench contains a buffer layer in contact with the off-axis Si substrate, a first Group III-V layer disposed on the buffer layer, a semi-insulating Group III-V layer disposed on the first Group III-V layer and a second Group III-V layer disposed on the semi-insulating Group III-V layer, as well as nFET fins formed in the second Group III-V layer. The s-Si1−xGex layer has a value of x that results from a condensation process that merges an initial s-Si1−xGex layer with an initial underlying on-axis <100> Si layer. A method to fabricate the structure is also disclosed. |
| US09773811B2 |
Reducing antenna effects in SOI devices
It is provided a semiconductor device comprising a power line, a Silicon-on-Insulator, SOI, substrate comprising a semiconductor layer and a semiconductor bulk substrate comprising a first doped region, a first transistor device formed in and above the SOI substrate and comprising a first gate dielectric formed over the semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode formed over the gate dielectric, a first diode electrically connected to the first gate electrode and a second diode electrically connected to the first diode and the power line; and wherein the first and second diodes are partially formed in the first doped region. |
| US09773807B1 |
Conductive components and memory assemblies
Some embodiments include a memory assembly having memory cells proximate a conductive source. Channel material extends along the memory cells and is electrically coupled with the conductive source. The conductive source is over an insulative material and includes an adhesion material directly against the insulative material. The adhesion material comprises one or more of metal, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, metal silicide, metal carbide, metal oxide, metal oxynitride and metal nitride. The conductive source includes metal-containing material over and directly against the adhesion material. The metal-containing material consists essentially of metal. The conductive source includes a metal-and-nitrogen-containing material over and directly against the metal-containing material, and includes a conductively-doped semiconductor material over the metal-and-nitrogen-containing material. |
| US09773806B1 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on a substrate, a channel layer penetrating through the gate electrodes and the interlayer insulating layers, and a gate dielectric layer disposed on an external surface of the channel layer between the gate electrodes and the channel layer. In addition, the channel layer includes a first region extended in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate and a second region connected to the first region in a lower portion of the first region and including a plane inclined with respect to the top surface of the substrate. |
| US09773803B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and method of manufacturing same
According to an embodiment, a non-volatile memory device includes a first conductive layer, electrodes, an interconnection layer and at least one semiconductor layer. The electrodes are arranged between the first conductive layer and the interconnection layer in a first direction perpendicular to the first conductive layer. The interconnection layer includes a first interconnection and a second interconnection. The semiconductor layer extends through the electrodes in the first direction, and is electrically connected to the first conductive layer and the first interconnection. The device further includes a memory film between each of the electrodes and the semiconductor layer, and a conductive body extending in the first direction. The conductive body electrically connects the first conductive layer and the second interconnection, and includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the second interconnection. The second portion has a width wider than the first portion. |
| US09773802B2 |
Method of fabricating synapse memory device
Example embodiments relate to a method of fabricating a synapse memory device capable of being driven at a low voltage and realizing a multi-level memory. The synapse memory device includes a two-transistor structure in which a drain region of a first transistor including a memory layer and a first source region of a second transistor share a source-drain shared area. The synapse memory device is controlled by applying a voltage through the source-drain shared area. The memory layer includes a charge trap layer and a threshold switching layer, and may realize a non-volatile multi-level memory function. |
| US09773800B1 |
Non-volatile memory structure and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a non-volatile memory structure, which includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, two charge trapping layers, disposed on two sides of the gate dielectric layer respectively and disposed on the substrate, a gate conductive layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and on the charge trapping layers, wherein a sidewall of the gate conductive layer is aligned with a sidewall of one of the two charge trapping layers, and at least one vertical oxide layer, disposed beside the sidewall of the gate conductive layer. |
| US09773796B2 |
Non-volatile memory device
A non-volatile memory device including a cell array area including a plurality of memory cells and word lines and bit lines, which are connected to the plurality of memory cells, a core circuit area including a page buffer circuit and a row decoder circuit, the pager buffer circuit configured to temporarily store data input to and output from the plurality of memory cells, and the row decoder circuit configured to select some of the word lines corresponding to an address input thereto, and an input/output circuit area including a data input/output buffer circuit, the data input/output buffer circuit configured to at least one of transmit data to the page buffer circuit and receive data from the page buffer circuit, and the input/output circuit area including at least one asymmetrical transistor having a source region and a drain region asymmetrically disposed with respect to the gate structure may be provided. |
| US09773794B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
An embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a plate line that is connected to ferroelectric capacitors selected from a plurality of ferroelectric capacitors and covers the selected ferroelectric capacitors and regions between the selected ferroelectric capacitors from above top electrodes. |
| US09773791B2 |
Layout of static random access memory cell
A static random access memory (SRAM) cell is defined by first and second boundaries disposed opposite to each other and third and fourth boundaries disposed opposite to each other and intersected by the first and second boundaries. The SRAM cell includes a first invertor including a first P-type pull-up transistor and a first N-type pull-down transistor, a second invertor including a second P-type pull-up transistor and a second N-type pull-down transistor and cross-coupled to the first invertor, and first and second pass-gate transistors connected to the cross-coupled first and second invertors. Source regions of the first and second P-type pull-up transistors are formed by a main source active region extending continuously between the first and second boundaries. Source regions of the first and second pass-gate transistors and the first and second N-type pull-down transistors are formed by different source active regions spaced apart from each other. |
| US09773790B1 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including at least a memory region defined therein and a plurality of memory cells formed in the memory region, a plurality of first connecting structures, a plurality of second connecting structures, a plurality of dummy nodes respectively disposed on the first connecting structures, and a plurality of first storage nodes respectively disposed on the second connecting structures. The first connecting structures respectively include a conductive portion and a first metal portion, and the second connecting structures respectively include the conductive portion and a second metal portion. The first metal portion and the second metal portion include the same material. And the first metal portion and the second metal portion include different heights. |