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US09895001B1	Chair with cell phone and accessory pouch A cell phone and accessories pouch is attached or attachable an armrest of a chair. A closeable pouch pocket has a transparent view panel for visual access to pocket content and an opposite opaque surface or outboard pocket. Items fall to the bottom of the pocket in a first instance beneath the armrest due to a depending flap near the armrest. In another instance, depending flap wraps around the armrest, placing the stored cellphone atop the armrest and permitting both visual and through-panel tactile access to the cellphone. An opaque privacy panel may cover the view panel. Pocket closures include zippers, buttons, snaps, hook and loop cloth or ziploc closures. Pouch mounts for include snaps, buttons, toggle bars, screws, nuts and tongue-n-groove. The pouch may be permanently affixed to the chair.
US09894995B2	Furniture stabilizing assembly A furniture stabilizing assembly for keeping furniture level on a support surface includes at least one spacer that may be inserted between a leg of furniture and a support surface. Thus, the furniture may sit level on the support surface. The at least one spacer has an adjustable height. Thus, the at least one spacer may space the leg of furniture a selected distance from the support surface.
US09894994B2	Pull-out guide A pull-out guide for pulling a pull-out furniture part out of a basic furniture structure, having at least a first and second guide rails, displaceable relative to one another in and counter to the pull-out direction. The first guide rail has a basic profile and at least one lateral-guidance unit retained on the basic profile and has a lateral-guidance part. The lateral-guidance part, which limits play of the second guide rail relative to the first guide rail in at least a transverse direction extending at right angles to the pull-out direction, interacts with a lateral-guidance surface of the second guide rail. The lateral-guidance unit has an openable and closeable locking device which, in an open state, allows adjustment of the lateral-guidance part in the transverse direction relative to the basic profile of the first guide rail by applying pressure on the lateral-guidance part parallel to the transverse direction, and in a closed state of the locking device, fixes the position of the lateral-guidance part.
US09894991B2	Unique portable foldable five-device-in-one kneeler-bench-caddy-table-umbrella system, having kneeler system, bench system, caddy system, table system, and kneeler-bench-caddy-table-locking umbrella system A unique portable and foldable five-device-in-one system comprises: two foldable garden tables each for holding foods and drinks thereon, two foldable elastic garden-tool caddies each attached to the one of the two foldable garden tables and each for storing garden tools therein, two spring-loaded finger-centralizing stabilizers each welded to one of the two foldable garden tables and each for releasably locking the rotatable kneeler-bench cushion, a rotatable kneeler-bench cushion for providing comfort when seated or kneeled on, and an adjustable umbrella rotatably attached to one of the two foldable garden tables and having a kneeler-bench-caddy-table-locking arm for releasably locking the two foldable garden tables right side up. The unique portable and foldable five-device-in-one system can be used as an adjustable umbrella when providing shading protection, as two foldable garden-tool caddies when the two foldable caddies store garden tools, as a rotatable garden kneeler when the rotatable kneeler-bench cushion is upside down, as a rotatable garden bench when the rotatable kneeler-bench cushion is right side up, and as two foldable garden tables when the two foldable garden tables are locked right side up.
US09894989B2	Portable organizer system A portable organizer system, comprising a base, a column coupled to the base, a plurality of receivers coupled to the column, wherein each receiver in the plurality of receivers includes a back element adapted to couple to the column and having a lower edge, and an angled planar element sharing the lower edge of the back element.
US09894985B2	Toothbrush head A toothbrush head comprises a head base and a head frame framing the head base. The head base comprises a substrate with multiple sockets for inserting bristles. The substrate has an outer frame, a central component, and two lateral components. The outer frame comprises a space, a front inner wall, a back inner wall, and two lateral inner walls. The central component is positioned in the space of the outer frame and links to the front inner wall and the back inner wall thereof. Each of the two lateral components is positioned between the central component and each of the two lateral inner walls and links to each of the two lateral inner walls with junctions, respectively, allowing the two lateral components to be rotatable. The toothbrush head helps users to brush the teeth with Bass method without injuring the gingiva, and keeps the toothbrush clean after brushing the teeth.
US09894984B2	Dual-purpose hair styling and retention device and method of use thereof A dual-purpose hair styling and retention device including a curved handle having a top surface couplable to a user's head and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, the top surface and the bottom surface forming a hand gripping surface. The dual-purpose hair styling and retention device also includes a base pivotally coupled to the handle, the base having an upper surface and a bottom surface opposite the upper surface, the upper surface including a plurality of bristles coupled thereto. The dual-purpose hair styling and retention device further includes an extended configuration in which the handle extends from the base to expose the hand gripping surface and a hair-retention configuration in which the base is selectively coupled to the bottom surface of the handle to at least partially obstruct the hand gripping surface and expose the plurality of bristles.
US09894980B2	Rotary-push type cosmetic container The present invention provides a rotary-push type cosmetic container. The rotary-push type cosmetic container includes: a lower case; an upper case opening up and closing down with respect to the lower case; an internal container disposed in the lower case and filled with a cosmetic through the back; a rotary plate having an extraction hole at the center and moving up the internal container by rotating about a middle case in the lower case; a piston combined to the lower portion of the rotary plate to generate pressure for extracting the cosmetic in the internal container; and a nozzle plate elastically moved up and down by a spring between the piston and the rotary plate.
US09894974B2	Hair accessory According to one embodiment, a hair accessory includes a base and a curved hollow tube coupled to the base. The base is configured to be positioned against a head of a person. The curved hollow tube is configured to provide structural support to a portion of hair of the person gathered around the curved hollow tube. The curved hollow tube has a first end that is coupled directly to the base and a second end distally located from the base. The curved hollow tube includes a plurality of ridges positioned along a length of the curved hollow tube. Each of the plurality of ridges extends along a perimeter of the curved hollow tube.
US09894969B1	Garment bag A garment bag includes a rectangular bag having a zipper opening, a pocket flap mounted at an inner bottom side of the bag with a narrow gap defined between the pocket flap and the bag and having two windows located on two opposite lateral sides thereof, two buckle modules each including a first buckle member positioned in one respective window and a second buckle member mounted near the top of the bag and fastenable to the first buckle member to secure the bag in a folded condition for allowing the top side of the folded bag to be received in the narrow gap.
US09894965B2	Toolery A convertible tool-chain with a counterweight designed to hold and carry tools in various configurations for maximum efficacy and comfort. Example configurations include but are not limited to: a tool-belt chain or a utility necklace with arrangements for receiving tools on the front, and a pendant or weight arranged on the rear to counterbalancing the weight tools on the front. In a second embodiment, the necklace is a decorative jewelry item, with an accessory pendant affixed to the back to counterbalance the weight of the decorative features on the front. A set of interchangeable counterweights may be provided with the necklace, possibly in different weights, for being attached to selected position(s) for counterbalancing loads in various positions. In addition, a method includes steps of selecting and positioning counterweight(s) on the rear of a necklace with weights and positions for counterbalancing load(s) on the front.
US09894964B2	Consumer product attachment systems having a locking assembly Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a locking assembly for an attachment system of an electronic device. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an attachment unit that is configured to be inserted and removed from a housing of a consumer product. The attachment unit and/or the housing includes a catch member or other such locking assembly configured to relaseably secure the attachment unit within the housing.
US09894963B2	Ornament assembly The disclosure relate to an ornament assembly, which is an ornament itself, to form a ring hole for a string or a latch through fabric or leather goods. The ornament assembly includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a first base defining a first through hole at a center of the first base and a first protrusion protruded from a boundary of the first through hole. The second body includes a second base defining a second through hole at a center of the second base and a second protrusion protruded from a boundary of the second through hole. The first protrusion defines an insert groove at a surface which is opposite to the second protrusion. The second protrusion is configured to be inserted into the insert groove to be combined with the first protrusion.
US09894957B2	Damping element in shoe soles The present invention relates to a process for producing a shoe sole comprising a hybrid material made of a polyurethane foam as matrix material and of foamed particles of thermoplastic polyurethane by preparing an inlay of joined expanded particles (c″) of thermoplastic polyurethane and placing the joined expanded particles of thermoplastic polyurethane in a mould and embedding the inlay with a reaction mixture obtainable by mixing (a) polyisocyanates with (b) compounds having hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates, and if appropriate, with (d) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents, and with (e) catalysts, and with (f) blowing agents, and with (g) further additives and reacting the reaction mixture to give the shoe sole. The present invention further relates to shoe soles, obtainable by such a process.
US09894956B2	Article of footwear with a customizable upper An article of footwear with an insert system is disclosed. The insert system can include an insert that may be introduced to a side portion of the upper. The insert is configured to adjust properties of a side portion of an upper.
US09894953B2	Helmet retention system The present application discloses a helmet, a retention system for a helmet, and a method of adjusting a helmet. In certain embodiments, the helmet comprises a helmet shell and a retention system attached to the helmet shell. The retention system generally comprises a rear portion connected to the rear of the helmet shell, at least one strap extending from the rear portion to a front portion of the helmet shell, and an adjustment device attached to the rear portion and configured to selectively adjust the length of the strap between the rear portion and the front portion of the helmet shell.
US09894951B2	Hair band The hair band has a stretchable foundation (lateral and longitudinal) which carries a plurality of hair wefts in a brick layered pattern thereby permitting the hair wefts to move both left-right and up-down with the expanding-contracting foundation. A filament is attached to the foundation which encircles the user's head. One or two elastic members are attached between the foundation and the filament such that, when the hair band is worn, the elastic-foundation establishes a tension fit about the head of the user. Elastic elements are disposed in respective foundation tunnel cloths. The brick layered pattern of hair wefts has at least a top spaced apart weft pattern, an intermediate spaced apart weft pattern and a bottom spaced apart pattern such that respective intermediate spaces are covered by hairs falling downward.
US09894945B2	Hospital day gown A hospital gown closes along the side and across the rear of the shoulder of the person wearing the gown. The side closure combined with different arm closures allows the gown to be used by the patient and the medical staff in different ways. The gown can be placed onto the patient without requiring the patient to sit up. The gown can be draped over the patient like a blanket. The gown can be removed from a patient while the patient is lying down in bed. The side opening of the gown allows the gown to be placed over a patient who is lying on his back without immediately wrapping the gown around the patient's body. When the patient is up and walking, the side closure and a long waist tie provide modesty.
US09894944B2	Personal thermal management system Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wearable personal thermal management system and an associated method of manufacture. The PTMS comprises a harness that includes one or more cooling components and/or heating components. The harness include an upper-torso wearable portion and/or a lower-torso wearable portion. The PTSM provides a heating and/or cooling effects to one or more thermally sensitive areas of its user when worn.
US09894943B2	Garment with integrated speakers The present disclosure provides a garment that includes integrated waterproof impact resistant speakers. Related methods of manufacturing the garment are also provided herein.
US09894941B2	Brassiere configured to smoothly transition between at least two support/lift positions An adjustable support brassiere comprises traditional bra elements—a bra band with closure; left and right breast cups; and respective shoulder straps. Adjustability may comprise left and right inner support cups having inner ends pivotally attached, respectively, to the left and right breast cups, and a respective support strap having a bottom end attached at a distal (outer) end of each inner support cup, with a top end of each support strap fixedly secured to a hook member. Each of the left and right hook members may be releasably secured to two or more different portions of the shoulder strap, to cause individual lifting and reconfiguring of the left and right inner support cups to produce a desired amount of lifting to each of the woman's breasts. Adjustments may be made by a woman throughout the day to alter her appearance as desired.
US09894940B2	Apparatus and method of multi-sectional bra assembly A multi-sectional bra assembly and method of use may be provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the bra assembly may include a breast support piece formed by a pair of breast support cups and adjacent side panels. A first and second back strap component may be releasably connected to the side panels via a first set of attachment elements located at the periphery of each side panel and at a first end of each back strap component. Back strap components may also be releasably connected to one another via a second set of attachment elements located at a second end of each back strap component. The breast support piece and back strap components may further include shoulder strap receiving elements to which detachable shoulder strap components may be secured. A plurality of back and shoulder strap variations may be adjustable and interchangeable about the breast support piece.
US09894935B2	Atomizing core and electronic cigarette having same An exemplary atomizing core includes a cylindrical main body and an atomizing rod. The cylindrical main body has a central axis. The cylindrical main body extends from the main body along the central axis. The main body and the atomizing rod are both made of porous bodies. The main body defines a through hole along the central axis.
US09894934B2	Aerosol generating device and aerosol inhalation device having same The present disclosure relates to an exemplary aerosol generating device for heating a tobacco block. The aerosol generating device includes a shell, a mouthpiece assembly at an end of the shell, and an atomizing assembly received in the shell. The atomizing assembly includes a hollow heating body configured for inserting into the tobacco block. The heating body includes an inner surface and an outer surface for heating the tobacco block.
US09894927B1	Systems and methods for making vegetable product food holders Systems and methods for forming vegetable product food holders. The method may include placing a first layer of vegetable product into a mold and forming the first layer of vegetable product to the mold. The method may also include various other steps. For example, the method may include placing a second layer of vegetable product into the mold and forming the second layer of vegetable product to the mold. For example, the method may include perforating the first layer of vegetable product while under within the mold, and/or chilling the first layer of vegetable product while inside the mold. The method may include increasing the flexibility of the vegetable product prior to insertion into the mold by perforating the vegetable product using an array of prongs.
US09894925B2	Application system with recycle and related use of antimicrobial quaternary ammonium compound An apparatus for applying a dilute antimicrobial solution to workpieces, such as raw poultry, includes a housing and a sprayer positioned to direct a first volume of dilute antimicrobial solution onto workpieces conveyed through a passage of the housing. A portion of the first volume that does not adhere to the workpieces is collected at a lower portion of the housing and passed to a recycle tank. Solution is transported between the recycle tank and sprayer and includes a supply segment to receive solution from the recycle tank, an application segment to receive the first volume from the supply segment for passage to the sprayer, and a bypass segment, separate from the application segment, to receive a second volume of the solution from the supply segment for return passage to the recycle tank without passage through the sprayer.
US09894923B2	Process for the production of a powdered composition, the powdered composition obtained thereby and uses thereof The present invention relates to a process for the production of a powdered composition from a liquid composition comprising fat, protein or both, to the powdered composition obtained thereby and products containing said powdered composition.
US09894922B2	Glucosyl rebaudioside C The invention provides a process of preparing glucosyl Rebaudioside C composition. The glucosyl rebaudioside C composition is useful as in combination with other caloric and non-caloric sweeteners as well as non caloric sweetener in edible and chewable consumables such as various foods and beverages, confectioneries, bakery products, cookies, chewing gums, and the like.
US09894920B2	Yeast fermentation of rice bran extracts Heat-stabilized defatted rice bran (HDRB) is fermented with yeast to afford a food product having superior prebiotic for probiotic properties. Fermentation of HDRB with yeast yields a prebiotic composition that can promote the growth and/or activity of beneficial intestinal bacteria (probiotic) when consumed by an animal or human. The prebiotic and/or probiotic compositions can afford substances having desirable health effects when consumed. The yeast fermented, and the probiotic fermented extracts and residues will have several nutraceutical compounds including protein, phenolics, phytic acid, arabinose, bioactive isoflavones, dietary fibers and several others that will have health benefits. Inclusion of legumes during fermentation can synergistically enhance the bioactivities of HDRB. HDRB can be a source of growth medium for yeast/mold/microorganisms.
US09894918B2	Fried food products having reduced fat content Methods of making reduced-fat or fat-free fried food products, and products made according to the methods, in which food pieces are coated with an aqueous adhesion mixture including a protein, and an oil absorption minimizing agent including an edible lipophilic material, where the coating is adhered to the food pieces, in order to provide for food products having the texture, flavor, and other characteristics of conventional full-fat fried food products. According to a preferred embodiment, the aqueous adhesion mixture includes from about 65 to about 95% by weight water, from about 4 to about 25% by weight protein, from 0 to about 2% by weight hydrocolloid, and from 0 to about 10% by weight protein stabilizing agent.
US09894916B2	Device for processing crop residue into nutritional products A pressure device has a rifled barrel, a rifled end cap, a section clamped to the barrel, a circular flange welded to a threaded male pipe connection, a plate with holes or a cone, a female cap receiving the plate and aligning the holes to the rifling in the barrel, and the flange threadily engaging the cap, securing the plate. The rifled barrel provides shearing, increased pressure, and higher temperatures upon the passing crop residue. The increased surface area of the rifling grooves increases temperature and pressure between the crop residue and the barrel wall. The rifling, when misaligned, creates a pressure chamber that further breaks down the molecules in the crop residue. The crop residue then enters a popper device. The pressure in the popper device forces the crop residue through the holes of plate or around an encased cone, relieving excess pressure and producing a nutritional animal feed.
US09894914B2	Protein hydrolyzate and processes for the production thereof Protein concentrates and protein isolates, in addition to processes for the production of protein concentrates hydrolyzates thereof and protein isolates, are disclosed. In particular, the disclosure relates to a process for removing fiber from an oilseed meal, comprising: i) mixing an oilseed meal with a blending solvent, optionally water, saline solution, polysaccharide solution or protein containing solution, to form a mixture; ii) optionally adjusting the pH of the protein slurry to a pH of about 2 to about 10; iii) separating the mixture to form a protein slurry comprising soluble and insoluble proteins and an insoluble fiber fraction, and iv) hydrolyzing the insoluble proteins.
US09894913B2	Filling unit and method for filling a confectionery product into a mould or a container A filling unit and a method for filling a confectionery mass into a container or a mold includes a fill housing with a filling nozzle (2) and at least two dosing pistons in a cylinder which is connected to the fill housing. In the fill housing, a valve is arranged for each cylinder. A mixing block with internal ducts connects each of the outlets with a respective internal duct in the filling nozzle. The confectionery mass is conducted from a filling nozzle into at least one of the cylinders after which the confectionery mass is dosed down into the mold or container by actuating the dosing pistons. The speeds of the pistons are controlled independently of each other, providing varying patterns in longitudinal direction of the ice-cream/confectionery product. The movement of the filling unit relative to the container or mold can be varied providing additional options for variation in patterns.
US09894911B2	Method for manufacturing modified whey composition The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a modified whey composition, the method having a liquid preparation step of preparing a raw material whey liquid using a whey composition containing whey protein, and a heating step of subjecting the raw material whey liquid to a heat treatment, wherein the liquid preparation step includes a treatment of adding an alkali to the whey composition, the pH of the raw material whey liquid is from 6.8 to 8.0 and the protein concentration in the liquid is not more than 1.3% by mass, the calcium content of the raw material whey liquid that is subjected to the heat treatment is from 400 to 700 mg/100 g of solids, and the heat treatment is performed under conditions of 80 to 150° C. for a period of 30 minutes to 1 second.
US09894910B2	Beverage whitening composition and method A beverage whitening composition for whitening coffee, tea or hot chocolate, is described. The composition replaces a selected fluid, such as partially skimmed milk or half-and-half cream, in a reduced volume while providing the same or a very similar whitening ability and taste as the selected fluid to be replaced, so as to be indiscernible to the consumer. The target volume for reduction is 45% to 95%. The composition is useful for replacing skim, 1%, 2%, whole milk, light cream, half-and-half cream or coffee cream in dispensers containing bags, to reduce frequency of bag replacement. The composition may be steamed and used to whiten a steamed milk beverage, such as a latte.
US09894908B2	Recovery of avocado paste from avocado oil milling process or guacamole processing The present invention is an innovative method, process and mechanism utilizing infrared energy for the process to dry/dehydrate an oil reduced avocado paste or an oil retained avocado paste into dried/dehydrated avocado powders, flakes, or sheets, with no compromise in the nutritional value of the end food product. The present invention is economical, preserves the original color and nutritional content, provides a continuous drying/dehydrating process for the avocado paste, achieves a food product with a long shelf life and easily transportable.
US09894902B2	Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and picloram or a derivative thereof Herbicidal compositions and methods using a combination of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) picloram or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof provide control of undesirable vegetation in, e.g., rice, wheat, barley, triticale, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, oilseed rape, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, industrial vegetation management or rights-of-way.
US09894899B1	Composition to treat citrus greening disease and a method of applying the composition A composition for treating a citrus tree having citrus greening disease includes an antibiotic, at least one micronutrient, water, and a bark penetrating surfactant like organosiloxane surfactant that is absorbed through the bark periderm and enters the lenticels of the tree. The antibiotic is one effective for treating a gram negative bacteria like HLB and is preferably tetracycline. The micronutrient can be zinc, manganese, or iron (and is preferably all three), and the zinc and manganese can be in sulfate form to serve as a bactericide. A pH adjusting compound such as ammonium sulfate can be included to adjust the pH of the water. A method of treating citrus greening disease using the composition includes the step of applying the composition onto the bark periderm of a citrus tree. The applying step results in the composition entering the vascular system of the citrus tree.
US09894897B2	Systems, methods, apparatus, mechanisms, and devices for delivering odors, fragrances, and chemicals A block includes a first layer comprising a semi-solid material, and a second layer comprising an adhesive material, the second layer being attached to the first layer. The semi-solid material may include a deodorizing material, an antiperspirant material, a perfume-related substance, a sanitizing material, a sterilizing material, an air-freshening material, or an insect-repelling material. The block is disposed in an enclosed volume of a packaging, enclosed by a plastic layer and an aluminum foil layer.
US09894892B2	Agricultural crop application system A movable agricultural product applicator system for dispensing various agricultural-related products along the ground surface of agricultural crops is provided. The application system provides a hose assembly interconnecting a supporting boom and an applicator, wherein the applicator drags along the ground surface dispensing product as the supporting boom moves by a carrier. The application system may include a swivel connection facilitating a rotational and pivotal connection of the hose assembly to the supporting boom, wherein a mounting assembly removably mounts the application system to the supporting boom. The hose assembly is designed with bending properties that enable the applicator to self-center and locate rows between crops as it is being dragged along the ground surface, as well as enable the applicator to surf above obstacles.
US09894888B2	Transgenic immunodeficient mouse expressing human SIRP-alpha The present invention provides a transgenic mouse which comprises a deficiency for murine T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes and NK cells, a deficiency for murine MHC class I and MHC class II molecules, and a functional xenogenic SIRPα transgene. This mouse is useful for in vivo screening of various compounds, including immuno-therapeutic agents and vaccines. The said mouse is also useful for testing the in vivo metabolism of xenobiotic compounds.
US09894887B2	System for remotely monitoring a feed environment A remote monitoring system and a method of remotely monitoring a feed environment that can sense feed stored within a filled container. The remote monitoring system can be configured to determine a distance between a level sensor and a top feed surface of the feed and to wirelessly send feed level data and, optionally, environmental data, to a communication device of a user.
US09894886B2	Egg support assembly, and associated device and method An egg processing apparatus is provided. Such an apparatus includes a plurality of egg processing devices configured to interact with a plurality of eggs carried by an egg carrier. An egg support assembly is positioned beneath the egg processing devices such that an egg carrier is capable of being moved between the egg processing devices and the egg support assembly. The egg support assembly includes a plurality of pedestals, with each pedestal having a plurality of discrete egg support members cooperating to form a seating arrangement portion for contacting and supporting an end of an egg in the egg carrier. An associated assembly and method are also provided.
US09894884B2	Companion animal health monitoring system Systems and methods for companion animal health monitoring are described. In one embodiment, an animal health monitoring system including an electronic assembly located on a companion animal including a microprocessor, a power source connected to the microprocessor, and a transceiver and a microchip implanted in the companion animal and including memory storing identification data and a temperature sensor measuring the temperature of the companion animal, wherein the electronic assembly interrogates the microchip to obtain identification data and temperature data and transmits the identification data and the temperature data.
US09894883B1	Releasable vest/wrap worn on a body part to facilitate hands-free dog walking and retention of a portable electronic device in an operative condition An improved device to retain a dog leash in a manner so that the garment can be used to walk the dog in a hands-free manner and also retain portable electronic devices in an operative condition while the dog is being walked.
US09894881B2	Disposable diaper for pets A disposable diaper for pets includes: a back-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; both end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction; both end sections in a diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; an attachment section provided in the stomach-side waist area; an attachment area that accepts the attachment section; an expandable/contractible elastic member for legs, arranged, in the extended state, in a prescribed area in the diaper longitudinal direction, between the absorbent core and an end section in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a leg gather formed by the contraction of the expandable/contractible elastic member for legs; and a standing-up section in which the end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction stand up as a result of the contraction of the expandable/contractible elastic member for legs.
US09894880B2	Hoof boot with pivoting heel captivator A hoof boot has a base, a heel captivator, and a pivoting mechanism that disposes the heel captivator to pivot relative to the base, preferably in a manner that allows the heel captivator at least three degrees of freedom of movement relative to the base. The heel captivator is preferably low in the rearmost portion, which provides clearance for the pastern bones of the equine lower leg to descend upon weight bearing during movement at various gaits. To reduce the possibility for bruising and chaffing of soft tissue around the pastern bones, and to help eliminate accumulation of debris, preferred heel captivators have an open mesh architecture. Heel captivators can alternatively or additionally be designed with fabric covered neoprene or other liners. Boots are preferably tightened using mechanically advantages laces.
US09894879B2	Fluid dispensing bottle A bottle, including a bottle body having a bottom aperture through a bottom end thereof and a top aperture through a top end thereof opposite the bottom end; a top valve assembly that extends through the top end of the bottle body and allows for selectable dispensing of fluid disposed within the bottle body out therethrough; a flexibly invertible dish coupled about the bottom aperture, wherein in a stored mode the dish is coupled about an outer surface of the bottle body and in a deployed mode the dish is inverted with respect to itself in the stored mode and extends outwardly from the bottom end of the bottle body forming a concave surface within which fluid may be disposed; and a bottom valve assembly that may extend through the bottom end of the bottle body and allows for selectable dispensing of fluid disposed within the bottle body out therethrough.
US09894877B2	Cat litter product Litter compositions are provided comprising sodium bentonite and various fillers. These litter compositions have substantially the same clumpability properties as a composition consisting of only the sodium bentonite.
US09894876B2	Automated system for applying disinfectant to the teats of dairy livestock A system for operating a robotic arm, comprises a camera, a controller and a robotic arm. The camera captures an image of a rear of a dairy livestock located in a stall of a rotary milking platform. The controller receives the image and in conjunction with the stall of the rotary milking platform in which a dairy livestock is located moving into an area adjacent a robotic arm, determines whether a milking cluster is attached to the dairy livestock based at least in part upon the image. The robotic arm is communicatively coupled to the controller and extends between the legs of the dairy livestock if the controller determines that the milking cluster is not attached to the dairy livestock. The robotic arm does not extend between the legs of the dairy livestock if the controller determines that the milking cluster is attached to the dairy livestock.
US09894871B1	Soybean cultivar 64480739 A soybean cultivar designated 64480739 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 64480739, to the plants of soybean cultivar 64480739, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 64480739, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 64480739. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 64480739. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 64480739, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 64480739 with another soybean cultivar.
US09894865B1	Maize inbred PH2RT9 A novel maize variety designated PH2RT9 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2RT9 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2RT9 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2RT9 or a locus conversion of PH2RT9 with another maize variety.
US09894863B1	Maize inbred PH2G2C A novel maize variety designated PH2G2C and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2G2C with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2G2C through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2G2C or a locus conversion of PH2G2C with another maize variety.
US09894859B2	Soybean cultivar SJ1312299 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety SJ1312299 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety SJ1312299 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using SJ1312299 in a breeding program.
US09894849B2	Prescribing a drip line for use in a field Prescribing a drip line for use in a field includes: accessing soil conditions data that includes vertical transect data relating to at least one vertical transect of soil in a field; based on a plant type and a length of time between a first watering and a second watering of a plant via the drip line, determining, a desired plant available water content of a portion of the soil within the at least one vertical transect to be substantially achieved as a result of the first watering; and based on the vertical transect data, the determined desired plant available water content, climate conditions data and geographical conditions data, determining perforation spacing and flow rate for a set of emitters for the drip line such that the desired plant available water is substantially achieved in the portion of the soil.
US09894844B2	Air emission device for growing plants The air emission device for growing plants includes a plurality of air emission units for respectively emitting an air flow onto the new leaves growing on a tip of a stem of each plant that has one stem. The transpiration effect on the leaves and suctioning of water and nutrition from the roots of the plants can be promoted. Thus, wilting of leaves can be prevented and the tip burn due to insufficient calcium can be avoided. Provision of the air emission units are effectively arranged to evenly or uniformly supply air onto the new leaves of the each plant.
US09894842B2	Bale loading apparatus and method to convert between a small bale stack wagon and a big bale stack wagon A bale loading apparatus for use in the agricultural applications that enables conversion from a small bale pickup and transport vehicle to a big bale pickup and transport vehicle. A conveyor lifts big bales from the ground in the field onto the receiving table of a bale transport vehicle. A rotating and sliding motion enables the positioning of the big bale lengthwise across the receiving table of the bale transport vehicle. A control system for managing the big bale loading process is also provided.
US09894841B2	Reel for a harvester A reel for a harvester, such as for a combine harvester. The reel includes a reel supporting pipe and star-shaped supports at the ends of the reel, the star arms being connected to each other by means of tine rods which run parallel to the supporting pipe, wherein the star-shaped supports are specifically at least partially reinforced as a result of which at least one of the tensile and compression forces acting on the supporting pipe can be absorbed by one or more tine rods.
US09894838B2	Basecutter blade for a cane harvester A cane harvester including a support member and a basecutter assembly carried by the support member. The basecutter assembly has at least one rotating basecutter and a plurality of blades coupled thereto. The plurality of blades are not sharp.
US09894835B2	Stalk sensor apparatus, systems, and methods Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting stalks processed by a combine harvester, for measuring stalk diameters, and for displaying harvest metrics and yield data to a user based on stalk locations and stalk diameters.
US09894834B2	Header for a harvesting machine including a displaceable cutterbar table A header has a cutterbar table that is movably mounted to a frame and configured to cut a standing crop, an intake auger mounted to the frame and configured to receive the cut crop; the intake auger further being configured to rotate, during a normal state, in a predetermined direction, and to rotate, during a corrective state, in a predetermined reversed direction, an actuator assembly configured to displace the cutterbar table relative to the frame, thereby changing a distance between the cutterbar table and the intake auger, a control unit configured to, upon receipt of an error signal indicative of a need to operate in the corrective state control the actuator assembly to displace the cutterbar table away from the intake auger to a safe operating position, prior to controlling the intake auger to rotate in the predetermined reversed direction.
US09894832B2	Dual function basecutters A basecutter and a method for controlling a basecutter are described for a sugarcane harvester. A basecutter may include a cutting spindle, a transport spindle, at least one power source configured to rotate the cutting spindle and the transport spindle, one or more cutting blades attached to the cutting spindle, and one or more transport devices attached to the transport spindle. The cutting spindle or the transport spindle may be configured to rotate within the other. The cutting spindle and the transport spindle may be rotated at different speeds by the at least one power source. For example, a controller may determine a cutting speed for the cutting spindle and a transport speed for the transport spindle and control the at least one power source to rotate the cutting and transport spindles at the cutting and transport speeds, respectively.
US09894829B2	Implement for adjustably metering an agricultural field input according to different frame sections A metering device for an agricultural implement to apply a field input, for example, pneumatically delivered granular product including seed or fertilizer, to an agricultural field. the rate of application of dispensers of one section of the implement can be collectively varied in relation to the rate of application of the dispensers of a different section of the implement frame.
US09894828B1	Garden tool adapter for punching holes for seeds and method for use A garden tool adapter is provided for punching holes for seeds. The adapter comprises an elongated tube having male threads on each end and a plurality of spaced apart openings formed therethrough, a pair of end caps having female threads corresponding to the male threads, and an optional plurality of spacers configured to fit onto prongs of a garden tool. The openings in the elongated tube configured to receive the prongs of the garden tool after which the elongated tube is pushed against the spacers, if used, and the end caps tightened against the outer surface of outer prongs.
US09894826B2	Plant maintenance apparatus with plant sensing members The invention disclosed is a plant maintenance apparatus to move along a plant or line of plants. The apparatus has a support frame to connect to a prime mover to move the apparatus. A sensing member is mounted from the frame, to contact and be deflected by the plant as the apparatus is moved. A sensor to senses the deflection and if the deflection is above a threshold it issues a signal to an actuator. There is a near ground member, mounted from and moving with the frame. The near ground member acted on by the actuator, so that when the threshold is met the near ground member moves to a first position away from the plant when immediately adjacent thereto, and then moves to a second position once past said plant. The result is the near ground member can treat a ground or soil or otherwise at or near a plant at least when in the second position, including disturbing any non-desired plants on the ground, while moving away from and not disturbing the plant which is sensed and above the threshold when in the first position.
US09894823B2	Rotating perforated suction cylinder for leaf removal from plants and the leaf stripping heads provided with such a cylinder Perforated rotating attraction drum of a general cylindrical shape and featuring openings, this drum being fitted for being mounted on a leaf-stripping head of the leaves of a foliage wall such as a row of vine-stock, characterized in that it features the superposition of a plurality of rings presenting an outside cylindrical surface, and of a plurality of annular openings made between two successive rings, these openings allowing the passage of a suction air flow across and towards the inside of the perforated rotating attraction drum featuring, internally, means of rigid assembly of the plurality of stacked rings and a coupling means to a motorization for its rotational drive.
US09894821B1	Auxiliary handle for hand tool shaft An easily attachable and detachable auxiliary handle is provided for use with a tool having an elongate handle such as a shovel, pitchfork or the like. The point of attachment of the device to the tool handle can be adjusted along the length of the handle to suit the individual using the tool. The device requires no tools and is readily interchangeable between a variety of tools and is highly portable.
US09901018B1	Electrically conductive hybrid polymer material An electrically conductive hybrid polymer material is described herein. The hybrid polymer material includes 0.01% to 1% by weight of carbon nanoparticles, 1% to 10% by weight of a conductive polymeric material, 1% to 20% of electrically conductive fibers having a metallic surface and 69% or more by weight of a nonconductive polymeric base material. The carbon nanoparticles may be carbon nanotubes, graphite nanoparticles, graphene nanoparticles, and/or fullerene nanoparticles. The conductive polymeric material may be an inherently conductive polymer, a radical polymers, or an electroactive polymer. The electrically conductive fibers may be stainless steel fibers, metal plated carbon fibers, or metal nanowires. The nonconductive polymeric base material may be selected from materials that are pliable at temperatures between −40° C. and 125° C. or materials that are rigid in this temperature range. The hybrid polymer material may be used to provide EMI shielding for wire cables of housings of electrical assemblies.
US09901016B1	Electromagnetic-interference shielding device An EMI shielding device is provided. A first shielding layer is formed on a first surface of a first substrate, and a first through hole is formed through the first substrate. A second substrate is mounted in an opening of the first through hole, and a second shielding layer is formed on a surface of the second substrate. A conductive paste is mounted between the first substrate and the at least one second substrate to electrically connected the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer. A protective layer, an antirust layer, and a shielding layer are sequentially mounted on the conductive paste. The EMI shielding device is mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) by Surface Mount Technology. Therefore, the EMI shielding device may be firmly mounted on the PCB, and there is not any narrow gap that may leak electromagnetic radiation.
US09901008B2	Redundant heat sink module A redundant heat sink module can include a first independent coolant pathway and a second independent coolant pathway. The first independent coolant pathway can include a first inlet chamber, a first outlet chamber, and a first plurality of orifices extending from the first inlet chamber to the first outlet chamber and providing a first plurality of impinging jet streams of coolant against a first region of a surface to be cooled when pressurized coolant is provided to the first inlet chamber. The second independent coolant pathway can include a second inlet chamber, a second outlet chamber, and a second plurality of orifices extending from the second inlet chamber to the second outlet chamber and providing a second plurality of impinging jet streams of coolant against a second region of the surface to be cooled when pressurized coolant is provided to the second inlet chamber.
US09901007B1	Removable board with cooling system for chassis-based electronic equipment A system may include a removable board that is adapted for inserting into and removing from an enclosure, an electronic component that is attached to the removable board, and a cooling system that is attached to the removable board. The cooling system may include a first heat exchanger that is attached to the electronic component by a physical interface. The cooling system may include a coolant pipe that that is at least partially filled with a working fluid to receive heat, generated by the electronic component, via the first heat exchanger. The cooling system may include a second heat exchanger, attached to the coolant pipe and situated to be located outside of the enclosure when the removable board is inserted into the enclosure. The cooling system may be adapted to remain attached to the removable board when inserting and removing the removable board.
US09901005B2	Vibration suppression mechanism for an electronic device Provided is a vibration suppression mechanism for an electronic device, which efficiently absorbs vibrations that adversely affect operation of the electronic device. The vibration suppression mechanism for the electronic device includes a holding unit that is constructed such that a vibration absorbing member is used at a contacting portion on a first surface of a holding member and a contact member protruding from a second surface of the holding member which is opposite to the first surface is held by the vibration absorbing member, the holding unit supporting the electronic device via the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface or the contact member protruding from the second surface, and a housing for holding the holding unit in a mounted state under a state in which the contact member protruding from the second surface or the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface abuts against a holding structure.
US09900999B1	Circuit board architecture for an electronic device An electronic device is provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an electronic device housing having a major planar face, first and second circuit boards oriented parallel to the major planar face, a third circuit board electrically connected with the first and second circuit boards, and a battery partially surrounded by the first, second, and third circuit boards. At least a portion of the third circuit board is oriented perpendicular to the major planar face between the first and second circuit boards.
US09900988B1	Protective layering process for circuit board EMI sheilding and thermal management A protective layering process that encapsulates and protects printed circuit board assemblies with complex and imprecise geometries. The protective layering process provides a combination of a flexible mold and/or a rigid mold, which are derived from modified data from a 3 dimensional scan of the printed circuit board assembly, and which applies close-forming, encapsulating polymer layers, electrically non-conductive layers, EMI shielding layers, and/or thermal management layers to the electronic components and circuit board assemblies. Polymer layers and protective jackets are shaped to as-populated circuit boards and assemblies, providing tightly fit barriers with fine resolution accommodating imprecise geometries. The protective jackets/layers can be formed in rigid, semi-rigid, or highly flexible polymer films, to protect the circuitry from the elements, CTE mismatches, shock and vibration loads and extreme g-forces, and from internal and external EMI and to manage thermal dissipation. Multiple, nesting layers, each with different protective properties, can be formed and applied.
US09900983B2	Modular printed circuit board electrical integrity and uses Modular printed circuit board (PCB) structures and methods of producing them are described herein. In some embodiments, a PCB structure may include a first PCB module including first structures on one or more layers of the first PCB module. The PCB structure may further include a second PCB module including second structures on one or more layers of the second PCB module. The PCB structure may additionally include a middle layer between the first PCB module and the second PCB module. The middle layer electrically coupling, without connectors, one or more of the first structures aligned with one or more of the second structures.
US09900978B2	Printed circuit boards and methods for manufacturing same Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of a printed circuit plate, in particular, to a printed circuit plate and a method manufacturing same so as to resolve a problem of an incomplete elimination of a short-line effect. The method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in the embodiments of the present application comprises a step of drilling target prepregs at positions corresponding to at least one preset hole therein so as to form through holes perforating through the target prepregs, wherein the formed through holes have an aperture greater than that of the preset hole, and the preset hole does not need to transmit electrical signal between layers of the PCB. The method further comprises: filling the formed through holes with a plating resist ink to prevent the through holes from being plated with a conductive material; laminating the target prepregs and core boards so as to form a multi-layer printed circuit board PCB, wherein some or all of the prepregs are the target prepregs; drilling the multi-layer PCB to perforate the preset holes in the target prepregs; and plating inner walls of holes formed by drilling the multi-layer PCB.
US09900973B2	Cooling device The object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device capable of more efficiently cooling heating components heated. The cooling device has a first heat sink and a heat conductor. The first heat sink is thermally coupled to a first heating component mounted on a first surface of a circuit board. The heat conductor is thermally coupled to a second heating component mounted on a second surface of the circuit board and is thermally coupled to the first heat sink.
US09900968B2	Resistive bypass for series lighting circuit A resistor bypass circuit for a series lighting circuit includes a plurality of serially connected light sources and a bypass resistor being connected in parallel with at least one of the respective light sources, each respective light source being low wattage and being capable operating on a one hundred percent duty cycle as desired.
US09900953B2	Temperature compensation in optical sensing system A temperature compensation circuit for a light source (e.g., light emitting diode (LED)) whose radiant energy output decreases when ambient temperature increases includes a first circuit element for generating a first current that increases proportional to an increase in the ambient temperature, and a second circuit element for generating a second current that is first order independent of the ambient temperature. The circuit further includes a weighted current adder for generating a third current by combining the first and second currents with first and second weights applied to the first and second currents respectively. The circuit further includes a third circuit element responsive to the third current for supplying a fourth current to the light source to maintain a radiant energy output of the light source constant independent of the ambient temperature.
US09900951B1	Lamp having the thermal sensing elements disposed at optimal positions and thermal controlling method thereof A lamp having the thermal sensing elements disposed at optimal positions includes a heat sink, a light-emitting module and a power supply module. The heat sink includes a plurality of heat dissipating fins, and a heat dissipating channel formed between each two of the plurality of heat dissipating fins, therefore forms an accommodating space. The power supply module is disposed in the accommodating space. The power supply module includes a conductive base and a controlling module. The power source module and thermal sensitive elements are disposed at the lamp cold zone. First thermal sensing elements of the controlling module are disposed at the lamp heat zone to sense the first operating temperature. A processing unit of the control module lowers the output power of the power source module to the light-emitting module when the first operating temperature is greater than or equal to a first critical operating temperature.
US09900950B1	Adjusted pulse width modulation (PWM) curve calculations for improved accuracy An LED controller includes: a light intensity calculator to calculate light intensity values that correspond to points on a desired light output curve; and processing logic configured to: initialize a scaling parameter of the light intensity calculator with a present scaling value that indicates a first number of steps, dynamically receive a subsequent scaling value that indicates a second number of steps at a change time after the light intensity calculator has begun calculation of the light intensity values according to the present scaling value, and change the scaling parameter of the light intensity calculator to the subsequent scaling value before the light intensity calculator has completed calculation of the light intensity values, wherein a difference between a next light intensity value calculated immediately after the change time and a previous light intensity value calculated immediately before the change time is within a flicker threshold.
US09900948B2	Reference voltage generator and light emitting diode device comprising the same A reference voltage generator disclosed herein includes an amplifier including two input terminals connected to a dimming signal and a first node, respectively, and an output terminal, a first transistor including a gate connected to the output terminal of the amplifier and one electrode connected to the first node, second and third transistors configured to form a current mirror, and two resistors connected between one electrode of the second transistor and one electrode of the first transistor.
US09900944B2	Lighting device A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH12) higher than VH2, the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a voltage (VHa); an IC1 including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a voltage (Vk) is higher than VHa, and to stop the light emission if Vk is lower than the same; and an IC2 including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to cause light emission of a group (HSa) if Vk is higher than VHa, and to turn off the group (HSa) if Vk is lower than the same.
US09900940B2	Light-emitting diode device A light-emitting diode (LED) device including an LED module and a driver is provided. The LED module includes a voltage sensing module and an LED. The voltage sensing module generates a reference voltage. The driver includes a power converting module, a current processing module, a feedback module and a controller module. The power converting module converts an alternating current (AC) into a driving current for driving the LED to emit a light. The current processing module converts the driving current into a sensing voltage. The feedback module compares the sensing voltage with a reference voltage and outputs a level signal according to a magnitude relationship of the sensing voltage and the reference voltage. The controller module outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to the power converting module according to the level signal. The power converting module controls the magnitude of the driving current according to the PWM signal.
US09900939B2	LED driver, lighting system and driving method with prolonged lifetime of luminous output An LED driver implements a first constant-current drive scheme for a first range of sensed voltages up to a threshold voltage. After this, a second drive scheme is implemented with a current lower than the constant current of the first drive scheme.
US09900937B2	Constant-current constant-voltage (CCCV) control unit power supply A power supply including: an AC input power connector; an AC-DC converter circuit coupled to the AC input power connector; a constant-current constant-voltage control unit configured to receive DC power from the AC-DC converter circuit; a light emitting diode (LED) lamp unit configured to receive power from the constant-current constant-voltage control unit; and a capacitor coupled in parallel with the LED lamp unit.
US09900934B2	Method and a device for checking an ideal position of a cooking pot above an induction coil of an induction cooking hob A method for checking an ideal position of a cooking pot above an induction coil of an induction cooking hob is provided. The method includes the steps of: detecting a first parameter related to the power of the electromagnetic field and/or to the position of the cooking pot above the induction coil, detecting a second parameter related to the power of the electromagnetic field and/or to the position of the cooking pot above the induction coil, comparing the detected first and second parameters with a stored relationship between the first and second parameters and the position of the cooking pot above the induction coil, determining a deviation of the position of the cooking pot from the ideal position above the induction coil, and outputting at least one signal corresponding with the deviation of the position of the cooking pot from the ideal position, if the deviation exceeds a minimum value.
US09900929B2	Controlling frequency of user device access to a network A device may receive information identifying a service frequency for a user device. The device may start a service gap timer for the user device, with the service gap timer corresponding to the service frequency. The device may receive a service request from the user device. The device may determine whether the service gap timer has expired. The device may selectively accept or reject the service request based on determining whether the service gap timer has expired. The device may reject the service request when the service gap timer has not expired. The device may accept the service request when the service gap timer has expired.
US09900928B2	User equipment, network node, and methods for managing an extended discontinuous reception cycle mode A method in a User Equipment, UE, for managing an extended Discontinuous Reception, DRX, cycle mode. The UE is operating in a network and is in a Radio Resource Control, RRC, connected state. The UE enters (401) the extended DRX cycle mode when a first criterion is satisfied. The first criterion relates to anyone or more out of that the UE has not been scheduled by the network during a specific time duration, that the UE has completed a predefined or configured number of long DRX cycles when being in a long DRX cycle mode, that the UE has received an order from the network to enter to the extended DRX cycle mode.
US09900924B2	Method and apparatus for carrier aggregation The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for performing carrier aggregation. The method includes the steps of: receiving an index of one or more secondary cells controlled by a first base station, and an index of one or more secondary cells controlled by a second base station; and performing the function of a primary cell by using one secondary cell from among the secondary cells of the second base station.
US09900921B2	Communication control method, electronic device, and storage medium A method of controlling communication of an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a first peripheral device through a first communication module of the electronic device, which supports a first communication type, acquiring group information on a group of peripheral devices, to which the first peripheral device belongs, based on first identification information of the first peripheral device, and detecting a second peripheral device belonging to the group through a second communication module of the electronic device, which supports a second communication type, based on the group information.
US09900919B1	Adaptive beacon rate system A first device is activated and transmits wireless beacon frames. The first device acts as an access point to a temporary wireless network, while the beacon frame invites a second device to connect thereto. The beacon frame may be sent at various rates or intervals in the interest of expeditious discovery or contact, conservation of battery-based energy resources, or according to other goals. The second device may respond to the beacon, and accepted by the first device for connection to the temporary wireless network. The second device may then provide network access credentials corresponding to an established network. The first device may then switch to a station mode and connects to the established wireless network by way established corresponding wireless access point. The temporary wireless network may be terminated after the first device successfully connects to the established wireless network.
US09900917B2	Electronic device for performing a communication connection and method for establishing a communication connection An electronic device is provided that includes a communication module; a memory configured to store communication connection information for communication connection with an external electronic device; and a processor configured to, upon a communication connection request with the external electronic device, perform communication connection with the external electronic device using pre-stored communication connection information, if the pre-stored communication connection information exists.
US09900912B2	Data transmission method, device and system Embodiments provide a data transmission method, a device, and a system. The method includes: acquiring, by user equipment, a first preamble corresponding to a cell set of a primary timing advance group of a first base station and a second preamble corresponding to a cell set of a secondary timing advance group of a second base station; sending the first preamble to the first base station, to initiate random access to the first base station according to the first preamble; and sending the second preamble to the second base station, to initiate random access to the second base station according to the second preamble.
US09900906B2	Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for multi-user scheduling in wireless local-area networks Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are shown for multi-user scheduling in wireless local-area networks (WLANs). A wireless communication device is shown including circuitry to determine a plurality of schedules for each of a plurality of channels for an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication in a wireless local-area network (WLAN). Each of the plurality of schedules may include a frequency allocation for one or more communication devices. The circuitry may be further configured to transmit the corresponding schedule of the one or more schedules on each of the one or more channels. Each of the plurality of schedules may include a schedule type and a user association identification (AID) list. A number of user AIDs in the user AID list may be based on the schedule type.
US09900905B2	Data transmission method and system A data transmission method and system, related to the field of communication, resolve the problem of data transmission in a software defined radio (SDR) system. The method includes: a data path mapping data received from an RFC to a preset unified time reference, then collecting data and caching the data obtained from collection; after the data path caches the data obtained from the collection, an event table generating a downlink data processing event, and scheduling a vector processor to perform downlink data processing. The technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present document is applied to the SDR and achieves the data transmission at high utilization rate.
US09900904B2	Predictive scheduling for uplink transmission in a cellular network For controlling radio transmission in a cellular network, a network node detects data traffic between the cellular network and a user equipment. The detected data traffic is based on a transport protocol which involves transmission of an acknowledgement to acknowledge successful reception of data by the user equipment. The network node estimates a time at which sending of an future acknowledgement by the user equipment is expected. On the basis of the estimated time, the network node allocates UL radio resources to the user equipment. By sending an uplink grant, the network node may indicate the allocated uplink radio resources to the user equipment.
US09900903B1	Weighted periodic scheduling of a shared resource Packets received by a network device are assigned to packet flows defined by shared packet characteristics. The packet flows belong to a first category containing packet flows that are to be granted access to the shared resource periodically and with a fixed time interval between subsequent grants of access to the shared resource, or a second category containing packet flows not included in the first category. A periodic schedule that allocates the shared resource to the packet flows in the first category is determined. The periodic schedule includes one or more empty time slots during which the shared resource is not granted to any packet flow in the first category. Access to the shared resource is granted to packet flows in the first category according to the periodic schedule, and is granted packet flows in the second category during the empty time slots in the periodic schedule.
US09900900B2	Measurement method, base station, and user equipment In a measurement method, a base station, and a user equipment, the measurement method includes: sending, by a base station, signaling to a user equipment, where the signaling carries node indication information, where the node indication information is used to indicate nodes corresponding to channel state information measurement sets configured by the base station for the user equipment. In this way, the user equipment can learn, according to the node indication information, the nodes corresponding to the channel state information measurement sets configured by the base station for the user equipment; then, the user equipment can measure the nodes corresponding to the channel state information measurement sets on the channel state information measurement sets configured by the base station for the user equipment and provide feedback, so that the base station can schedule the user equipment according to a measurement result of the user equipment.
US09900899B2	Dynamic spectrum allocation method and dynamic spectrum allocation device The present disclosure provides a dynamic spectrum allocation method and a dynamic spectrum allocation device. In the method, a centralized node performs spectrum allocation and transmits a spectrum allocation result to each communication node, so that the communication node operates at a corresponding spectrum resource in accordance with the spectrum allocation result and performs statistics of communication quality measurement information. The centralized node receives the communication quality measurement information reported by the communication node, and determines whether or not it is required to trigger the spectrum re-allocation for the communication node in accordance with the communication quality measurement information about the communication node. When it is required to trigger the spectrum re-allocation, the centralized node re-allocates the spectrum for the communication node.
US09900898B2	User terminal and processor for transmitting UE EUTRA capability information A mobile communication system is a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication, and includes a user terminal configured to establish a radio connection with a base station, where the user terminal transmits terminal measurement information indicating information obtained by measurement of the user terminal, to the base station, and a network including the base station instructs the user terminal to start the D2D communication, when it is determined on the basis of the terminal measurement information that interference to the base station does not exceed a permissive amount when the user terminal performs the D2D communication.
US09900897B2	Interference aware channel selection schemes An access point is configured to determine a frequency channel to operate on. The access point includes a storage element having machine executable code therein that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine the frequency channel with a highest data throughput among available frequency channels, which may undergo different levels of interference.
US09900895B2	Method and apparatus for avoiding in-device coexistence interference A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by controlling and separating the LTE signaling and the non-LTE signaling using dedicated time intervals to separate LTE signaling from non-LTE signaling. In addition, coexistence mode handover procedures are provided which use threshold-based triggering events to avoid coexistence interference and to prevent ping-pong effects by establishing a “keeping time” parameter so that a non-interfering network node does not switch back to an interfering network node after handoff. Coexistence interference is also avoided by providing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mechanism which accounts for coexistence interference by providing a fixed or variable on-interval parameter and an activity parameter indicating whether non-LTE activity is present to maximize a time interval for non-LTE devices without interference from LTE activity on the same device.
US09900894B2	Electronic device and method for managing specific absorption rate using multiple antennas Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for managing a specific absorption rate (SAR). In the present disclosure, even if an antenna for second communication is activated while the electronic device transmits/receives wireless signals of a plurality of frequency bands for first communication, an increase in an SAR value by frequency overlapping can be reduced or suppressed.
US09900890B2	Transmission apparatus and transmission method using a plurality of divided frequency bands in a communication band A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results. Transmission format setting section sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results from space multiplexing adaptability detection section.
US09900888B2	Subframe bundling The disclosure relates to subframe bundling in a system where subframe bundling is based on a set of bundling definitions. Control information is provided for at least one communication device configured to provide subframe bundling such that the control information is generated to be at least partially inconsistent with the set of bundling definitions. The control information is signaled to the at least one communication device to adjust the state of subframe bundling and/or size of subframe bundled transmission in accordance with a predefined rule by the at least one communication device. When the device receives the information, is determines that received control information is inconsistent with the set of bundling definitions. In response to the determination, the device can adjust the state of subframe bundling and/or size of subframe bundled transmission.
US09900886B2	Transmitter apparatus for conditioning a multicarrier signal, network node, method for conditioning a multicarrier signal, and computer program thereof The embodiments of the invention relate to a transmitter apparatus (TA1) for conditioning a multicarrier signal (RFS). The transmitter apparatus (TA1) contains means (FE-PU) for grouping subcarriers of the multicarrier signal (RFS) into a first frequency block, which contains a first group of the subcarriers and into at least a second frequency block, which contains at least a second group of said subcarriers. The transmitter apparatus (TA1) further contains first filtering means (LPF-1) for sideband suppression outside of the first frequency block and at least second filtering means (LPF-2, LPF-M) for simultaneous and separate sideband suppression outside of the at least second frequency block. The embodiments of the invention further relate to a method for conditioning a multicarrier signal (RFS). The method contains grouping subcarriers of the multicarrier signal (RFS) into a first frequency block, which contains a first group of said subcarriers and into at least a second frequency block, which contains at least a second group of said subcarriers. The method further contains filtering the first frequency block for sideband suppression outside the first frequency block, and filtering the at least second frequency block for simultaneous and separate sideband suppression outside the at least second frequency block. The embodiments of the invention even further relate to a computer program having a program code for performing the method, when the computer program is executed on a computer or processor and to a network node, which contains the transmitter apparatus.
US09900881B2	eNodeB and UE for dynamic cell on and off Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums which reuse existing LTE functionality to rapidly signal UEs on the availability of a LTE-U cell. Using these techniques the on/off operation can be in the order of a few milliseconds (ms). Several techniques are disclosed herein, including use of component carrier (CC) specific Discontinuous Reception (DRX) signaling, PDCCH signaling, DL assignment based signaling, Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Indicator Channel (PHICH) signaling, Beacon signaling, and the like.
US09900880B1	Mesh network configuration to create spatial separation between simultaneously operated radios Network hardware devices organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN) in which one network hardware devices includes three radios, two of which operate with a frequency separation less than 100 MHz. A first network hardware device communicates with a second network hardware device when not serving data to a client device. When serving data to a client device, the first network hardware device communicates wireless wide area network (WWAN) data to a WWAN network through a third network hardware device in the WMN that has its own WWAN connection to create spatial separation for simultaneous communication.
US09900878B2	Dynamic resource allocation in a high efficiency wireless LAN The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dynamically allocating resources in a High Efficiency WLAN (Wireless Local Area) (HEW). According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for resource switching in a WLAN may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a station (STA) from an access point (AP), a downlink multiple user (DL MU) frame on a resource indicated by first resource allocation information, the DL MU frame including the first resource allocation information and second resource allocation information for a next MU frame following the DL MU frame, and processing, by the STA, the next MU frame based on a resource indicated by the second resource allocation information.
US09900871B1	Method for transmitting uplink frame in wireless LAN system and wireless device using the same A method for transmitting an uplink frame in a wireless LAN system performed by a first wireless device includes the steps of receiving a basic trigger frame individually allocating a plurality of uplink wireless resources for a plurality of user devices from a second wireless device, wherein the basic trigger frame may include preference information indicating a AC type for an aggregation traffic, determining an existence or non-existence of a plurality of first buffered MPDUs corresponding to a plurality of first traffic identifiers for the first AC type or for a second AC type having a higher priority level than the first AC type, and configuring the aggregation traffic based on a plurality of second selected MPDUs corresponding to any one traffic identifier among a plurality of second traffic identifiers for a third AC type having a lower priority level than the first AC type.
US09900868B2	Method for calculating and reporting a buffer status and device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for calculating and reporting a buffer status in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) data transmission ratio and an offset value; calculating a first buffer status for the first BS and a second buffer status for the second BS based on the PDCP data transmission ratio; starting a timer for the first BS when the calculated first buffer status is reported to the first BS; checking whether an uplink (UL) grant is received from the first BS when the timer for the first BS expires; and updating the PDCP data transmission ratio using the offset value if the UL grant is not received from the first BS; and re-calculating the first buffer status for the first BS and the second buffer status for the second BS based on the updated PDCP data transmission ratio.
US09900865B2	Method and apparatus for sub-channel selective access in wireless LAN system Sub-channel selective access by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system may involve receiving a frame including a channel list information field and a sounding indicator field, the latter indicating whether the frame is for sounding scheduling or for access point activity scheduling. If the sounding indicator field has a first value, the channel list information field indicates one or more sub-channels where there is a sounding transmission activity for the sub-channel selective access. If the sounding indicator field has a second value, the channel list information field indicates at least one sub-channel where a data transmission is permitted for the sub-channel selective access.
US09900860B2	Positioning protocol, positioning capability and position method identification in SUPL A method includes: receiving a request at a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (SLP) for location-related service; producing a positioning method SUPL message that includes a posmethod parameter that includes a positioning protocol indicator indicating that SET capability transfer and positioning method selection are to be conducted in a positioning protocol layer; and sending the positioning method SUPL message from the SLP to a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) using a SUPL User Plane Location Protocol (ULP).
US09900855B2	Method and associated time manager for managing time relation between system times of different remote systems The present invention provides a method and an associated time manager for managing a time relation between system times of different remote systems, including: at a first moment, obtaining a first value of a first system time and accessing a periodically updating reference counter to obtain a first count; at a second moment, updating the time relation by: obtaining a second value of a second system time along with a second count, and calculating a second value of the first system time by summing the first value of the first system time and an extrapolation interval calculated according to a difference between the first count and the second count. Thus, when synchronization with a first remote system ends, a fourth value of the first system time may be calculated according to a fourth value of the second system time and a previously stored time relation.
US09900850B2	Method and apparatus for joint configuration of power and channel of WLAN A method for joint configuration of power and channel of a WLAN is provided, including: selecting transmitting power of each AP from transmitting power ranges of APs of a WLAN to form an AP transmitting power combination; determining a set of AP operating channel combinations corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination according to operating channels of the APs in the WLAN; calculating an estimated load of each AP corresponding to each AP operating channel combination corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and calculating KPIs of the WLAN corresponding to each AP operating channel combination according to the estimated load of each AP; and selecting, according to the calculated KPIs, an optimal channel configuration scheme of the WLAN corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and selecting an optimal power and channel configuration scheme of the WLAN, thereby improving throughput and resource utilization efficiency of the WLAN.
US09900847B2	Headend device of distributed antenna system and signal processing method thereof A headend device includes a spectrum analysis unit configured to analyze a frequency spectrum of a plurality of base station signals to detect characteristic information of the plurality of the base station signals, a control unit configured to generate a control signal to control a power of the plurality of the base station signals on the basis of the characteristic information detected, and a plurality of RF units configured to receive at least one of the plurality of the base station signals and adjust the power of the base station signals received according to the control signal and output the power-adjusted base station signals.
US09900843B2	Uplink power control techniques for ultra low latency in LTE devices Uplink power control techniques for ultra low latency in Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices are presented. For example, an example method for transmission power control is described that includes determining that a first uplink transmission and a second uplink transmission are scheduled for transmission during a symbol of a subframe. In an aspect, the first uplink transmission has a first transmission time interval (TTI) and a first transmission power and the second uplink transmission has a second TTI, the second TTI being different from the first TTI, and a second transmission power. Furthermore, the method may include determining that a power limitation condition is met for one or both of the first transmission power or the second transmission power and adjusting one or both of the first transmission power or the second transmission power based on a determination that the power limitation condition is met.
US09900841B2	Task management across low-power wireless communications Technologies related to task management across low-power wireless communications are generally described. In some examples, proximal devices in range of low-power wireless communications may cooperate to allow one or more of the proximal devices to suspend task operations, while one or more of the proximal devices manage the task operations. The task operations may be associated with an energy consumption that exceeds an energy consumption associated with the low-power wireless communications, allowing the proximal devices that suspend task operations to reduce their overall energy consumption.
US09900839B2	Method and device for using token count for managing power consumption in a wireless network Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for managing power consumption in a wireless network. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method for wireless communications of isochronous data. A transmission of isochronous data is received using an electronic device having a battery. The method determines how many redundant transmissions can be received by the device within a predetermined time frame while limiting discharge of the battery, and adjusts reception of the redundant transmissions based on the determination. In various embodiments, a reduction in received redundant transmissions preserves energy and prevents complete discharge of the battery.
US09900838B2	Method and system for selecting an optimal DRX configuration A method and system for selecting an optimal DRX configuration for a User Equipment (UE) in a communication network is provided. An expression for expected maximum delay experienced by a packet arriving during the off-duration is derived for any packet arrival process (either known arrival process or unknown arrival process). Further, the method for computing the active duration in any DRX cycle with the expected delay to be less than a given threshold by considering all the timers in the communication network is provided. The DRX cycle configuration with minimum active duration is selected as optimal DRX configuration by the UE and UE informs the optimal DRX configuration to the network.
US09900830B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium A communication apparatus identifies an access point with which the communication apparatus can perform wireless communication and transmits information indicating the identified access point to a communication partner apparatus by way of the wireless communication. In response to this, an access point designated by the communication partner apparatus is registered as a relay access point.
US09900825B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in wireless LAN system Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless LAN system. The method for transmitting data comprises the steps of: generating an activation request frame including end-point terminal identifier information for operating an end-point terminal connected to a relay device and in a wake mode; and transmitting the activation request frame to the relay device. As a result, the occurrence of a buffer overflow in the relay device can be prevented.
US09900819B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting information on user equipments according to type in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting information on user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) transmits information on a first type of UEs and information on a second type of UEs to a second eNB. The first type of UEs is UEs located around a cell border between a first cell, controlled by the first eNB, and a second cell, controlled by the second eNB. The second type of UEs is UEs located at the other part of coverage of the first cell and the second cell.
US09900817B2	System and method for identifying a handover target cell during cell reconfiguration periods In one example embodiment, a method performed by a target network node is provided for replacing an inactive cell with an active cell in response to a handover request message following one or more reconfigurations. An inactive cell may be replaced with an active cell that reuses a first physical cell identity associated with the inactive cell. A mapping between the inactive cell and the active cell that is replacing the inactive cell may be stored. A handover request message may be received from a source network node. The handover request message may identify the first physical cell identity and one or more cell identifiers that points to the inactive cell. It may be determined that the first physical cell identity and the one or more cell identifiers identified in the handover request message point to the inactive cell. Based on the mapping between the inactive cell and the active cell, the active cell may be identified as reusing the first physical identity. In response to a request from a wireless device for handover execution to the inactive cell, a message to the wireless device may be transmitted to acknowledge completed handover preparation toward the active cell.
US09900816B2	Method, device and system for cell reselection Disclosed in the present document are a method, device and system for a cell reselection. Herein, the method includes: when being in a connected state, a terminal acquiring a plurality of dedicated cell reselection parameter sets related to capability of the terminal from a network side, herein the plurality of dedicated cell reselection parameter sets include: a dedicated cell reselection parameter set applicable to a cell in which capability of a base station and the capability of the terminal have an intersection; the terminal acquiring the capability information of the cell, selecting a corresponding dedicated cell reselection parameter set from the multiple dedicated cell reselection parameter sets according to matching conditions between the capability of the terminal itself and the capability of the cell to configure reselection related parameters of the cell; the terminal performing the cell reselection according to the configured cell reselection related parameters.
US09900812B2	Network nodes and methods therein for handling communications in a radio communications network A method performed by a network node for handling communications in a radio communications network is provided. The network node is configured to be in the radio communications network. The network node receives a report of a radio link failure (RLF) of a user equipment (UE), which report comprises an identity of a re-establishment cell, configures an RLF indication comprising the received report to further comprise a first indication of the cell identity of the current cell the UE is connected and/or a second indication of a result of a comparison between the cell identity of the cell the UE was connected to upon sending the RLF report and the identity of the re-establishment cell, and sends the RLF indication to another network node. A network node for handling communications in a radio communications network is also provided.
US09900811B2	Method for receiving data from amorphous mimic cell and terminal thereof One embodiment of the present specification provides a data channel reception method. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving, from a first cell, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) and a data channel; receiving, from a second cell, configuration information of an MBMS over a single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe according to the movement from the first cell to the second cell; receiving, from the second cell, the CRS and the data channel of the first cell on at least one MBSFN subframe according to the configuration information; and demodulating the data channel received from the second cell on the basis of the CRS of the first cell received from the second cell.
US09900807B2	Circuit switched fallback method and device The embodiments of the present application discloses a circuit switched fallback method, a UE, an MSC, and an MME. The method includes: sending, by a UE to an MME, a request message for requesting to perform CSFB; receiving, by the UE, a switch command sent by an eNodeB; releasing or holding a default CS call of the UE after the UE switches to the CS domain according to the switch command, where the default CS call is generated by the UE according to the switch command; and by using an MSC, initiating, by the UE, a CS call or receiving a CS call. According to the circuit switched fallback method, the UE, the MSC, and the MME in the embodiments of the present application, circuit switched fallback can be implement in a manner of switching by a UE from a PS domain to a CS domain, and reduce a delay.
US09900805B2	Synchronizing call states of network component and mobile device at session transfer A technique is provided for synchronizing a first call state of a network component and a second call state of a mobile device. The mobile device is connectable to a network via a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT. The network forwards towards a callee an invitation for a call originating via the first RAT from the mobile device. The network sends a first message corresponding to a callee response towards the mobile device. The network component triggers a transfer of the call session of the mobile device from the first RAT to the second RAT. The first call state is set by the response of the callee. Information indicative of the second call state is received from the mobile device, and a second message for changing the second call state by the response is provided to the mobile device when inconsistent first and second call states.
US09900803B2	Device and method of handling long term evolution-wireless local area network aggregation A communication device comprising of an application side, a long term evolution (LTE) modem and a wireless local area network (WLAN) modem comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise connecting to a LTE network using LTE communication and a WLAN using WLAN communication; transmitting first data of an application to the LTE modem from an application side if the WLAN is configured by a base station (BS) of the LTE network for LTE-WLAN aggregation, after connecting to the LTE network and the WLAN; and transmitting second data of the application to the WLAN modem from the application side if the WLAN is not configured by the BS for the LTE-WLAN aggregation, after connecting to the LTE and the WLAN.
US09900801B2	Congestion and overload reduction A gateway server situated between a radio access network and a core network is disclosed that includes a radio access network packet interface, a load management module for monitoring load of a management server in the core network coupled to the radio access network packet interface, a packet forwarding module for forwarding requests to the management server coupled to the load management module, and a local packet core module coupled to the load management module and the packet forwarding module, the local packet core module being configured to respond to a mobile device, when an overload is detected at the management server, with a management server message requesting that the mobile device try again at a later time.
US09900800B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, and recording medium A communication apparatus includes circuitry to: obtain, before transmission of video data to a counterpart communication apparatus via a network, communication environment information to be used for determining magnitude of variation of communication quality of the counterpart communication apparatus; determine, using the obtained communication environment information, a coding setting of the video data in accordance with the magnitude of variation of the communication quality of the counterpart communication apparatus; and code the video data in accordance with the determined coding setting; and a transmitter to transmit the coded video data to the counterpart communication apparatus via the network.
US09900798B2	Polling and reporting mechanism Methods, devices, and computer program products for status reporting in a network are provided. In some embodiments, mechanisms to delay responding to a received request for status information (“a polling request”) or the triggering or transmission of a status message caused by a reception of a polling request, or to delay the triggering or transmission of the polling request itself are provided, such that redundant transmissions maybe minimized and power consumption may be optimized.
US09900795B2	Wireless base station that determines frequency error Systems and methods are described for reducing an interference level associated with frequency drift in a wireless base station. The base station monitors an interference level in a frequency resource caused by a first frequency resource colliding with a second frequency resource. If the interference level is outside of an expected range, the base station adjusts a parameter of the base station such as a reference oscillator frequency to compensate for frequency drift. This method may be used in a femtocell wireless base station.
US09900794B2	Time-reversal wireless systems having asymmetric architecture In an asymmetric time-reversal wireless system, a base station includes an input circuit configured to, during a hand-shake period, receive a channel response signal derived from a probe signal sent from a first terminal device to the apparatus through multiple wireless propagation paths, and during an uplink transmission period, receive combined signals that include a signal from the first terminal device and a signal from a second terminal device. The base station includes a data processor configured to calculate a signature waveform for the first terminal device based on the channel response, and determine the signal sent from the first terminal device during the uplink transmission period based on the combined signals and the signature waveform for the first terminal device.
US09900793B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting information in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting information in a wireless communication system is provided. A first node receives an indication which indicates that a secondary cell (SCell) is added by a user equipment (UE), and information on the added SCell, and transmits an SCell addition request, including the information on the added SCell and an identity of the UE, to a second node. Alternatively, a method for transmitting information in a wireless communication system is provided. The first node receives an indication which indicates that an SCell is released by a UE, and information on the released SCell, and transmits an SCell release request, including the information on the released SCell and an identity of the UE, to a second node.
US09900791B2	Monitoring device, radio communication system, failure prediction method and non-temporary computer-readable medium in which a program is stored A monitoring device which enables a user to address a failure before said failure occurs, a radio communication system, a failure prediction method and a non-temporary computer-readable medium in which a program is stored are provided. This monitoring device is provided with an acquisition unit and a prediction unit. The acquisition unit acquires history data which is generated in one or more radio communication devices and which indicates at least the time at which a received signal level falls below a preset threshold level in each preset time period. The prediction unit predicts, based on the history data, the possibility of a failure occurring in the radio communication device.
US09900786B2	Coverage extension level for coverage limited device Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods that can provide a coverage enhancement to a coverage limited device. According to an example a method can include determining a received signal strength of a reference signal transmitted from a base station, determining a coverage enhancement based on the determined signal strength, or transmitting a signature sequence of a plurality of signature sequences a first repeated number of times corresponding to the determined coverage enhancement.
US09900781B2	Base station control device and method for operating same The present invention discloses a base station control device which controls the base station management and the carrier aggregation (CA) function according to a heterogeneous network environment, such that an optimum system throughput can be obtained in the heterogeneous network environment through the CA function, and an operating method of the base station control device.
US09900780B2	Interference processing method and device Embodiments of the present application provide an interference processing method and device. The method includes: a first access point (AP) receiving a frame sent by a second AP, the frame carrying downlink data load of the second AP, and intra-frequency interference existing between the first AP and the second AP; and the first AP adjusting, according to downlink data load of the first AP and the downlink data load of the second AP, a channel bandwidth used for performing data communication with a station (STA), so as to reduce the probability that the first AP and the second AP transmits data by using same channel. By using the method and the device for dynamically adjusting a bandwidth, intra-frequency interference of devices in OBSS can be reduced.
US09900776B1	Systems and methods for determining allowability of a wireless device to operate Disclosed is a system for managing wireless transmitting devices in which a wireless transmission from a transmission device is detected within or about a set area and an allowability of the transmission device to continue transmitting is based on an identification information, of the device, a location of the device and a number being called by the device.
US09900771B2	Communication apparatus and control method This invention allows connection of an apparatus with a low security level without lowering the security level of a network even when such apparatus issues a connection request. This invention is directed to an access point which makes wireless communications with a station using an encryption method (AES). Upon reception of a connection request message including information indicating an encryption method (WEP) that can be used by a station, the access point checks if the encryption method (WEP) recognized based on the received connection request message is different from the encryption method (AES). When it is determined that the two encryption methods are different, the access point launches a controller which makes wireless communications with the station using that encryption method (WEP).
US09900770B2	Instruction for accelerating SNOW 3G wireless security algorithm Vector instructions for performing SNOW 3G wireless security operations are received and executed by the execution circuitry of a processor. The execution circuitry receives a first operand of the first instruction specifying a first vector register that stores a current state of a finite state machine (FSM). The execution circuitry also receives a second operand of the first instruction specifying a second vector register that stores data elements of a liner feedback shift register (LFSR) that are needed for updating the FSM. The execution circuitry executes the first instruction to produce a updated state of the FSM and an output of the FSM in a destination operand of the first instruction.
US09900768B2	Method and device for synchronizing uplink ciphering parameter in unacknowledged mode Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for synchronizing an uplink ciphering parameter in unacknowledged mode. The method for synchronizing an uplink ciphering parameter in unacknowledged mode includes: sending an indication message to a terminal when detecting that an unrecoverable error occurs in an uplink packet or that the uplink packet is invalid, where the indication message is used to instruct the terminal to initialize an uplink ciphering parameter; receiving a response message sent by the terminal; and initializing the uplink ciphering parameter according to an initial value of the ciphering parameter. The embodiments of the present invention solve a service defect, namely, a break of the communication link caused by synchronization of an uplink ciphering parameter between the terminal and the radio network controller in unacknowledged mode, and shorten the time of synchronizing the uplink ciphering parameter without interrupting the service.
US09900762B2	User equipment detection of interference-sensitive devices Concepts and technologies are described herein for user equipment (“UE”) detection of interference-sensitive devices. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile initiator device can utilize a near-field communications (“NFC”) hardware component to generate a radio frequency (“RF”) field that is used to activate a passive NFC component associated with an interference-sensitive device. The mobile initiator device can utilize the NFC hardware component to receive information about an interference sensitivity of the interference-sensitive device. The mobile initiator device can adjust one or more operational aspects of the mobile initiator device to accommodate the interference sensitivity information of the interference-sensitive device.
US09900758B2	Apparatus and methods for transmission of emergency call data over wireless networks Methods and apparatus for providing useful data in association with a high-priority call such as an emergency call. In one embodiment, the data comprises a data (e.g., an MSD or FSD) embedded within one or more real-time protocol packets such as RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) packets, that are interspersed within the voice or user data stream (carried in e.g., RTP packets) of an emergency call. Apparatus and methods are described for transmitting the data portion reliably from the initiating terminal (e.g., an in-vehicle system) to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), by using the same transport connection as the user data.
US09900755B2	End to end data signal consistency evaluation Systems and methods for verifying end-to-end data consistency are disclosed herein. The system can include a source hub that can: generate a first message from data received from a user; and generate an initial message identifier. The system can include an intermediate hub that can: receive the first message from the source hub via the communication network; receive the initial message identifier from the source hub via the communication network; transmit an output message; and generate an output message identifier. The system can include a terminal hub that can: receive the output message; receive the output message identifier; calculate a result value from the received output message and the received output message identifier; and provide an alert to a user device when a data loss is identified based on the result value.
US09900743B2	Providing data service options using voice recognition Voice enabling mobile services leverage existing PTT infrastructure. Initiation of a service request and navigation through PTT service functions is accomplished by voice direction, rather than by reading choices and texting or clicking through options. A mobile phone includes a dedicated push-to-talk service button for generating a signal for initiating a voice enabled service session, a speaker and microphone for transducing sounds and electrical signals, a display for displaying visual information to a user, memory for storing data, a transceiver for receiving and transmitting data and a processor. The processor receives a signal generated by the PTT service button for initiating a voice enabled service session, communicates a prompt to a user to begin speaking, stores voice data from a user and transmits the stored voice data to a service server for transforming the voice data to a result satisfying the spoken voice service request.
US09900740B2	Ambient RF energy GeoMapping system The objective is to find the amount of ambient RF energy available in a given location to power battery free products. This was achieved by designing and building a novel, handheld, low cost, system to capture the ambient RF signal (such as cellular signals, TV broadcasting waves, and WiFi signals), convert to DC power level that can be harvested at any given location, and visually GeoMap it using the GPS coordinates. The constructed hardware portion of the system consists of the Arduino microcontroller, the RF Power Detector chip, wideband antenna, and Bluetooth Module. The Arduino is programmed to capture the RF Power data from the RF Power Detector chip and send it to the Mobile Application. The developed Android App is able to communicate with the Arduino via Bluetooth and receive the captured RF Power data from it. The data is uploaded to the web server along with GPS coordinates. The created website stores the uploaded data from the app to the online database. This data is then GeoMapped, which visually represents the geographical areas having the various RF Power levels with different graded colors shown as a heat map.
US09900733B2	Search and recovery of mobile devices Search and recovery is performed for a lost or stolen mobile device. When the mobile device is lost or stolen, the mobile device may transmit a recovery signal for receipt by another device. If an acknowledgment is received, the mobile device confirms discovery by sending its current location. Moreover, seeker devices may be conscripted to search for the lost or stolen mobile device.
US09900730B2	Method for controlling storage battery pack and storage battery pack In a method, when a first information terminal, which is provided with a wireless communication device capable of communicating with a first wireless communication device provided in a storage battery pack and which retains first identification information indicating a user of the storage battery pack, comes into close proximity with the first wireless communication device (S11), the first information terminal is registered in registration information as a first type of information terminal capable of altering the registration information, the registration information being stored in a storage device provided inside or outside of the storage battery pack, and being of information terminals capable of acquiring information relating to the storage battery pack stored in the storage device (S12).
US09900729B2	Building network hub with occupancy awareness A device for enabling Internet access over a wireless short-range communications network that comprises the means to detect and identify the occupants of the room the device resides in, includes a safety mode to prevent unauthorized device reprogramming and works in conjunction with a smart device application to improve accuracy of its occupancy detection capabilities.
US09900720B2	Using single bitstream to produce tailored audio device mixes Audio stems are generated to contain audio content to be mixed by recipient devices. Multiple sets of mixing instructions for multiple audio channel configurations are determined, for example, based on input of audio producers. Each set of mixing instructions is to be used for mixing the audio stems for rendering in a corresponding audio channel configuration. A bitstream is generated to carry both the audio stems and the sets of mixing instructions. A recipient device receives the bitstream as the input. The recipient device determines a specific audio channel configuration to be used for rendering the plurality of audio stems. Based on that determination, a specific set of mixing instructions is retrieved from the bitstream and used to mix the audio stems.
US09900715B2	Method and system for estimating acoustic noise levels The present invention relates to a method and a system for estimating acoustic noise levels. The invention may advantageously be applied in systems comprising multiple audio communication devices, such as e.g. telephones, mobile phones, headsets and headset base stations.It is an object of the present invention to provide respectively a method for estimating acoustic noise levels and a system for estimating acoustic noise levels, which enable a more efficient use of resources and may reduce cluttering in offices and other working environments than the prior art.This and other objects are achieved by a method for estimating acoustic noise levels, the method comprising: (66) for each of two or more audio communication devices (1, 21, 31), receiving an acoustic signal (61) from ambient space (62) and providing a corresponding microphone output signal (63) by a microphone (5, 7, 23) comprised by the respective audio communication device (1, 21, 31) and (67) repeatedly estimating a local acoustic noise level (64) in dependence on the microphone output signal (63); and (68) repeatedly estimating a location-dependent distribution of acoustic noise levels in ambient space (65) in dependence on the local acoustic noise levels (64).
US09900712B2	User adjustments to a tinnitus therapy generator within a hearing assistance device Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for user adjustments to a tinnitus therapy generator within a hearing assistance device. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method of providing therapy for tinnitus to a patient. A user interface is provided for patient input to adjust settings of a tinnitus therapy generator. Sound is transmitted from the tinnitus therapy generator to the patient via a hearing assistance device receiver to provide therapy for tinnitus. In various embodiments, settings adjustable by the patient include output levels and frequency response. Other aspects are provided without departing from the scope of the present subject matter.
US09900711B2	Acoustical crosstalk compensation A method for compensating for acoustic crosstalk between a first and a second microphone unit being acoustically connected to a shared volume. The method includes the steps of providing a first output signal, Pout, from the first microphone unit, providing a second output signal, Uout, from the second microphone unit, and generating a compensated output signal by combining a portion of one of the output signals with the other output signal via addition or subtraction in order to compensate for acoustical crosstalk. The invention further relates to a microphone module configured to implement the before-mentioned method. The invention further relates to a hearing aid comprising the microphone module.
US09900709B2	Determining impedance-related phenomena in vibrating actuator and identifying device system characteristics based thereon A method, including determining a change in an actuator impedance based on a change in an electrical property of a system of which the actuator is apart, and determining one or more system characteristics based on the change in the actuator impedance.
US09900708B2	Hearing instrument with switchable power supply voltage A hearing instrument includes: a microphone comprising a microphone transducer element, wherein the microphone transducer element is configured to provide a transducer signal in response to receipt of sound; a microphone amplification circuit configured to generate an amplified microphone signal based on the transducer signal; a control and processing circuit for receipt and processing of the amplified microphone signal according to a hearing loss of a user; and a level detector configured to detect a level of the amplified microphone signal; wherein the microphone amplification circuit is coupled to a switchable power supply, and wherein the switchable power supply is configured to selectively connect a first power supply voltage, having a first DC voltage level, or a second power supply voltage, having a second DC voltage level higher than the first DC voltage level, to the microphone amplification circuit based on the detected level of the amplified microphone signal.
US09900705B2	Tone generation A tone generation system includes a square wave signal generator configured to generate a first series of square wave signals to replicate a fundamental frequency of a desired mechanical tone, and a second series of square waves signals to replicate a second harmonic of the desired mechanical tone. An amplifier is configured to receive the first and second series of square waves, and a speaker is connected to receive an output signal from the amplifier.
US09900700B2	Digital acoustic device with increased sound power A digital acoustic device including: at least one suspended diaphragm facing a support and at least one actuator associated with the diaphragm, the associated actuator being configured to move the diaphragm away from and/or closer to the support; a stop mechanism configured to interrupt movement of the diaphragm further to activating the actuator when the diaphragm has a non-zero speed, the stop mechanism being sized to interrupt the movement of the diaphragm when the movement of the diaphragm is greater than or equal to 50% of the theoretical maximum stroke of the diaphragm and lower than or equal to 95% of the theoretical maximum stroke of the diaphragm.
US09900699B2	Speaker device A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part. An inner diameter of the attachment part is less than an inner diameter of the outer peripheral region.
US09900698B2	Graphene composite acoustic diaphragm The disclosure relates to an audio device that includes a diaphragm having a graphene material, such as a graphene flake, that is incorporated into a base material. The audio device may form part of a speaker device, a microphone device, or a headphone device. The concentration of the graphene and/or a size of the graphene flakes may be varied throughout the diaphragm to define a stiff center portion and a flexible portion that surrounds the center portion.
US09900685B2	Creating an audio envelope based on angular information An apparatus for enabling an audio envelope based on angular information is described herein. The apparatus includes one or more microphones to receive audio signals and a beamformer to determine arrival time coefficients. The apparatus also includes a distance detector to determine a distance of a speech source from the one or more microphones based on the arrival time coefficients, and an angular locator to determine the angular information of the speech sources. Moreover, the apparatus includes a processor to create an audio envelope based on the distance and angular location of the speech source.
US09900680B2	Wireless earbuds and related methods A wireless earbud system includes a first earbud assembly and a second earbud assembly. Each of the first earbud assembly and the second earbud assembly include a housing, an audio driver disposed within the housing, and a wireless receiving unit operatively coupled to the audio driver. The wireless receiving unit is configured to receive a wireless data signal and drive the audio driver based on audio data transmitted in the wireless data signal. The wireless earbud system may also include a tether with a first end and a second end. The first end of the tether is configured to removably couple to the first earbud assembly by a first detachable connector, and the second end of the tether is configured to removably couple to the second earbud assembly by a second detachable connector. Methods also relate to the wireless earbud system.
US09900677B2	System for continuous monitoring of body sounds A wearable monitoring system includes a microelectromechanical (MEMS) microphone to receive acoustic signal data through skin of a user. An integrated circuit chip is bonded to and electrically connected to the MEMS microphone. A portable power source is connected to at least the integrated circuit chip. A flexible substrate is configured to encapsulate and affix the MEMS microphone and the integrated circuit chip to the skin of the user.
US09900676B2	Wearable computing device with indirect bone-conduction speaker Exemplary wearable computing systems may include a head-mounted display that is configured to provide indirect bone-conduction audio. For example, an exemplary head-mounted display may include at least one vibration transducer that is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the head-mounted display based on the audio signal. The vibration transducer is configured such that when the head-mounted display is worn, the vibration transducer vibrates the head-mounted display without directly vibrating a wearer. However, the head-mounted display structure vibrationally couples to a bone structure of the wearer, such that vibrations from the vibration transducer may be indirectly transferred to the wearer's bone structure.
US09900675B2	Packaging of acoustic volume increasing materials for loudspeaker devices There is provided an acoustic element for placement in a sound path of a loudspeaker device, the acoustic element comprising a container and an acoustic volume increasing material located in the container. In an embodiment, the container comprises wall portions with different physical characteristics. In other embodiments, the walls of the container are made of the same material.
US09900674B2	Electronic device, control method, and control program According to one of aspects, an electronic device includes a speaker and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire information and output an acquired information from the speaker upon sounding an alarm.
US09900673B2	Software defined optical network A network can include a logical core switch, a passive splitter optically connected to the logical core switch, and client access devices each optically connected to the passive splitter to form a homerun topology between the plurality of client access devices and the logical core switch. The network can be a software defined network (SDN) including a logical control plane.
US09900671B2	Method and apparatus for optical node construction using field programmable photonics Example embodiments of the present invention relate to an optical signal processor comprising of at least one wavelength processing device, a plurality of optical amplifying devices, and a least one field programmable photonic device.
US09900667B2	Systems and methods for authorized connection of utility service Systems and methods for authorizing the connection of a utility service are disclosed. The system can comprise a utility meter, or other utility connection, a utility server, and a means of communication. The utility meter can comprise a disconnect switch capable of connecting and disconnecting a location from the utility. The disconnect switch can connect the utility to the location upon a command from the server and confirmation from a customer. The system can enable utilities to offer pay-as-you-go and pre-paid utility services, which can minimize the financial exposure of the utility. The system can also enable customers to connect utility services without having to be present and/or come into physical contact with utility equipment.
US09900664B2	Method and system for display control, breakaway judging apparatus and video/audio processing apparatus A method and system for display control, a breakaway judging apparatus and a video/audio processing apparatus are provided. The method includes following steps. A display signal source is received and a play content is obtained according to the display signal source. It is judged whether a play time corresponding to the play content is in a breakaway time according to at least one advertising fingerprint, wherein the at least one advertising fingerprint is a characteristic message corresponding to the play content, and the breakaway time is at least one time interval for playing at least one advertisement in the play content. If the play time corresponding to the play content is in the breakaway time, a prompt message is superimposed to the play content.
US09900660B2	Password protected stream receivers A content stream caster can transfer playing of a content stream from the content stream caster to any of a plurality of stream receivers. The content stream caster wirelessly initiates contact with one of a plurality of stream receivers after which the content stream caster must authenticate with the receiver before the receiver permits the receiving of a URL identifying the location of the content source. A content stream caster, communicates with a stream receiver, an authentication software application residing on both devices and wired or wireless connections between the devices and between the devices and the stream source. The content stream caster may present the content stream or send the content source URL to the receiving device. The content stream caster authenticates with the receiver then sends the source content URL to the receiver. The receiver then streams the content from a URL or designated local streams through Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS), Miracast, or other sources and presents the streamed content to the user.
US09900655B2	Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media are disclosed herein. Disclosed example methods include determining a first audience metric based on set-top box (STB) return path tuning data obtained from STBs located in a first geographic area. The disclosed example methods also include determining a second audience metric from a portion of audience measurement data corresponding to a different second geographic area, the portion of the audience measurement data associated with monitored sites in the second geographic area having second STB characteristics that correspond with first STB characteristics of the STBs located in the first geographic area. The disclosed example methods further include determining a ratio of the first audience metric to the second audience metric, and processing the audience measurement data based on the ratio to determine an audience exposure metric estimating exposure to media in the first geographic area.
US09900651B2	Digital device and method of processing service data thereof In the disclosure, various embodiments of a service system, a digital device and a method of processing a service are disclosed. Here, an embodiment of the digital device includes a receiver receiving a broadcast signal which contains a content and signaling information including channel information by tuning a channel, a user interface receiving a request for executing a web browser and a first user action requesting to select a first video included in a first web page through the executed web browser, a controller controlling to execute the web browser, output a first web page including the first video according to the request, output a picture-in-picture (PIP) window reproducing the first video included in the first web page on a screen according to the first user action, and an output unit outputting the web browser outputting the first web page and the PIP window.
US09900650B2	Video reception device, video recognition method, and additional information display system Video recognition processing on video signals input from an outside is performed. Hence, video reception device which is configured to transmit and receive data through communication network includes input unit, video extraction unit, video recognition region setting unit, control unit and additional information display control unit. The video recognition region setting unit sets a video recognition region to a partial video based on feature information indicating features of video signals input from an outside. The additional information display control unit generates content recognition information in the video recognition region of the partial video. The control unit performs control of requesting video recognition device to perform video recognition processing on this content recognition information.
US09900642B2	Digital domain content processing and distribution apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for distributing content using a spectrum generation device. In one embodiment, digital content is received via a time-multiplexed network transport (such as Gigabit Ethernet), and converted to frequency channels suitable for transmission over a content distribution (e.g., Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC)) network. In one variant, the conversion is performed using digital domain processing performed by a full spectrum generation device. Additionally, methods and apparatus for selectively adding, removing, and/or changing digital content from the full spectrum device are also disclosed. Various aspects of the present invention enable physical (infrastructure) consolidation, and software-implemented remote management of content distribution.
US09900641B2	System and method for presenting support services A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, system having a controller to receive from a set-top box (STB) a request for assistance, identify a subscriber account associated with the STB, identify from the subscriber account a subscription grade, select one of a plurality of subscriber support services according to the subscriber grade, and establish communications between the STB and the selected subscriber support service. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09900639B2	Temporary viewer access to videos from programmers while multichannel video programming distributors are unavailable for authentication and authorization Methods and systems for granting temporary access to videos from a programmer to viewers based on the viewers having subscriptions with a separate MVPD. An exemplary technique involves receiving a request for the programmer to provide a video to a viewer and accessing the MVPD to authenticate that the viewer has a subscription with the MVPD and confirm that the viewer is authorized to receive the video. The technique determines that the MVPD is not able to timely authenticate the viewer subscription or confirm that the viewer is authorized to receive the video. While waiting for the MVPD to respond, the viewer is granted temporary access to the video. When a subsequent response from the MVPD is received, the technique continues to grant access to the viewer to the video from the programmer or cuts off access of the viewer to the video from the programmer based on the response.
US09900636B2	Reducing signature matching uncertainty in media monitoring systems Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to reduce signature matching uncertainty in media monitoring systems are disclosed. Example media monitoring methods disclosed herein include executing a media signature matching procedure using a first analysis window on monitored media signatures representative of monitored media to identify the monitored media. Example media monitoring methods disclosed herein also include, in response to determining first matching results obtained from executing the media signature matching procedure using the first analysis window are indicative of a matching uncertainty condition, outputting second matching results obtained from executing the media signature matching procedure on the monitored media signatures using a second analysis window that is larger than the first analysis window.
US09900632B1	Viewing suggestions based on closed-captioned content from multiple tuners Described are systems, methods and computer program products for suggesting television programs to a user by, for example, analyzing closed caption or subtitle content of unwatched or unrecorded video content to determine if the video content is of interest to the user. The user may indicate one or more keywords for use in the analysis and the analysis may scan the text of the closed caption or subtitle content to identify matches to the keywords. Beside user input keywords, the keywords may also be determined through analysis of video content watched or recorded by the user to determine frequently encountered words. These frequently encountered words may automatically be used in matching the text of the closed caption or subtitle content. The users may also or alternatively select particular words of the frequently encountered words to use for matching.
US09900629B2	Codec techniques for fast switching with intermediate sequence A video streaming method for transitioning between multiple sequences of coded video data may include receiving and decoding transmission units from a first sequence of coded video data. In response to a request to transition to a second sequence of coded video data, the method may determine whether a time to transition to the second sequence of coded video data can be reduced by transitioning to the second sequence of coded video data via an intermediate sequence of coded video data. If the time can be reduced, the method may include receiving at least one transmission unit from an intermediate sequence of coded video data that corresponds to the request to transition, decoding the transmission unit from the intermediate sequence, and transitioning from the first sequence to the second sequence via the decoded transmission unit from the intermediate sequence.
US09900628B2	Media content redirection A first device may request that multimedia content be made available on a second device. The first device may send the request to a server. The server mat notify the second device of the multimedia content. Based on how quickly the server receives a request, from the second device, for the content, the server mat determine how to ingest the multimedia content from a content source. The server mat ingest the multimedia content in full or in part prior to sending the multimedia content to the second device.
US09900627B2	System and method for presenting information associated with a media program A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a processor adapted to receive a message from a portable communication device communicatively coupled to a set-top box presenting a media program and to retrieve from the message a media descriptor associated with the media program. The processor is further adapted to identify according to the media descriptor one or more images of one or more performers commonly presented in the media program, to monitor one or more frames of a live media feed including the media program, and compare the one or more human figures to the one or more images of performers. The processor can also be adapted to recognize a performer from the comparison, to retrieve information associated with the performer, and to transmit the information to the portable communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09900626B2	System and method for distributing multimedia events from a client A system and method are provided for recording a video production from one or more panoramic and/or high resolution video feeds and recreating the video production at a remote location, or client using meta data, production data, and video feed from a remote source, and serve the video feed to multiple clients on a local area network.
US09900625B2	Method and apparatus for efficient information coding A method of efficient information coding is provided. The method may code a bin string for signaling prefix part of a binarized absolute value of a first vector component of a block vector difference (BVD) or a motion vector difference (MVD). The method may code a bin string for signaling a prefix part of a binarized absolute value of a second vector component of the BVD or the MVD. The method may also code a bin string for signaling a suffix part of a binarized absolute value and a sign of the first vector component. The method may further code a bin string for signaling a suffix part of a binarized absolute value and a sign of the second vector component.
US09900623B2	Receiving system and method for processing digital broadcast signal in the receiving system A transmitting system, a receiving system, and a method of processing broadcast signals are disclosed. The method for processing a broadcast signal in a broadcast receiver comprises receiving a DTV signal including a data group, the data group including mobile service data, segmented known data sequences, long known data sequences and transmission parameter data, compensating carrier frequency offset of the DTV signal and channel-equalizing the carrier frequency offset compensated DTV signal using at least one of the long known data sequences and segmented known data sequences in the data group of the DTV signal, wherein the channel-equalizing includes performing a Error Correction (FEC) decoding on data located between the segmented known data sequences, and estimating Channel Impulse Response (CIR) using the FEC decoded data as known data.
US09900622B2	Multiple sign bit hiding within a transform unit Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding coefficients for a transform unit. In particular, the sign bits for the non-zero coefficients are encoded using sign bit hiding. Two or more sets of coefficients are defined for the transform unit and a sign bit may be hidden for each set, subject to satisfaction of a threshold test. The sets may correspond to coefficient groups that are otherwise used in multi-level significance map encoding and decoding.
US09900621B2	Method and apparatus of disparity vector derivation for three-dimensional video coding A method and apparatus of three-dimensional/multi-view coding using aligned reference information are disclosed. The present system aligns the reference information associated with the reference view of the derived DV with the reference information associated with a selected reference view by modifying the selected reference view or by modifying the derived DV or a converted DV derived from depth block pointed by the derived DV. The DV can be derived using the Neighboring Block Disparity Vector (NBDV) process. When the reference view of the derived DV is different from the selected reference view, the system scales the derived DV or changes the converted DV to refer to the selected reference view. The system may also set the selected reference view to the reference view of the derived DV.
US09900618B2	Method for generating reconstructed blocks using a filter for an intra prediction mode According to the present invention, an image encoding/decoding method comprises the steps of: performing an intra prediction on a current block so as to generate a prediction block; performing filtering on a filtering target pixel in the prediction block on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block so as to generate a final prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block on the basis of a reconstructed differential block corresponding to the current block and on the final prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.
US09900611B2	Moving image encoding device, moving image decoding device, moving image coding method, and moving image decoding method When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part 2 is an inter encoding mode which is a direct mode, a motion-compensated prediction part 5 selects a motion vector suitable for generation of a prediction image from one or more selectable motion vectors and also carries out a motion-compensated prediction process on the block to be encoded to generate a prediction image by using the motion vector, and outputs index information showing the motion vector to a variable length encoding part 13, and the variable length encoding unit 13 variable-length-encodes the index information.
US09900610B2	Method and device for encoding/decoding image by inter prediction using random block A video encoding apparatus, includes: a block partitioning unit to determine a partition form, among candidate partition forms, for partitioning a current block into one or more partition blocks; a prediction unit to generate one or more predicted blocks respectively corresponding to the one or more partition blocks by using a scale factor which indicates a ratio of pixel sampling; a subtractor to generate a residual block of the current block by subtracting the predicted blocks from one or more partition blocks corresponding thereto; a transformer to generate at least one transform block by transforming the residual block; a quantizer to generate at least one quantized transform block by quantizing the at least one transform block; and an encoder to encode, into the bitstream, information on the scale factor, information on the determined partition form and the at least one quantized transform block.
US09900609B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding A method comprising encoding a bitstream comprising a base layer, a first enhancement layer and a second enhancement layer; encoding an indication of both the base layer and the first enhancement layer used for prediction for the second enhancement layer in the bitstream; encoding, in the bitstream, an indication of a first set of prediction types that is applicable from the base layer to the second enhancement layer, wherein the first set of prediction types is a subset of all prediction types available for prediction between layers, and encoding, in the bitstream, an indication of a second set of prediction types that is applicable from the base layer or the first enhancement layer to the second enhancement layer, wherein the second set of prediction types is a subset of all prediction types available for prediction between layers.
US09900604B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, image transmission apparatus and image transmission system A semiconductor integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes a compressor, a compression distortion detector, and an image-quality adjusting-parameter generator. The compressor generates a compressed image of an original image output from a host apparatus based on an image-quality adjusting parameter. The compression distortion detector detects a compression distortion of the compressed image. The image-quality adjusting-parameter generator updates the image-quality adjusting parameter based on the compression distortion.
US09900599B2	High frequency emphasis in decoding of encoded signals A decoder adapted to generate an intermediate decoded version of a video frame from an encoded version of the video frame, determine either an amount of high frequency basis functions or coefficients below a quantization threshold for at least one block of the video frame, and generate a final decoded version of the video frame based at least in part on the intermediate decoded version of the video frame and the determined amount(s) for the one or more blocks of the video frame, is disclosed. In various embodiments, the decoder may be incorporated as a part of a video system.
US09900597B2	Multi-level significance maps for encoding and decoding Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. If there are no non-zero significant-coefficient flags in the group, then the significant-coefficient-group flag is set to zero. The set of significant-coefficient-group flags is encoded in the bitstream. Any significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is non-zero are encoded in the bitstream, whereas significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is zero are not encoded in the bitstream.
US09900593B2	Method and apparatus of motion vector prediction for scalable video coding Inter-layer motion mapping information may be used to enable temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) of an enhancement layer of a bitstream. For example, a reference picture and a motion vector (MV) of an inter-layer video block may be determined. The reference picture may be determined based on a collocated base layer video block. For example, the reference picture may be a collocated inter-layer reference picture of the reference picture of the collocated base layer video block. The MV may be determined based on a MV of the collocated base layer video block. For example, the MV may be determined by determining the MV of the collocated base layer video block and scaling the MV of the collocated base layer video block according to a spatial ratio between the base layer and the enhancement layer. TMVP may be performed on the enhancement layer picture using the MV of the inter-layer video block.
US09900591B2	Display apparatus An display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may includes a display panel on which an image is output; and a calibration device which is mounted on a rear surface of the display panel. The calibration device includes a housing, a drive motor which is disposed on an inside portion or an outside portion of the housing, a link assembly which is accommodated in the inside portion of the housing, which is capable of being withdrawn to the outside of the housing by power provided form the drive motor and which is provided to be capable of being bent or being rotated, and an photographing unit which is mounted on an end of the link assembly and photographs the image displayed on the display panel.
US09900588B2	Stereoscopic image display apparatus, and drive method therefor A display panel includes sub-pixel pairs arranged laterally at a predetermined pitch, the sub-pixel pair including two sub pixels displaying images for right and left eyes respectively. A parallax-barrier shutter panel includes sub apertures switching light-transmitting and light-blocking states by driving a liquid crystal layer held between two transparent substrates with transparent electrodes extending vertically. The sub apertures are arranged laterally at a pitch obtained by dividing a reference parallax-barrier pitch by N (N being an even number equal to or greater than four), the reference parallax-barrier pitch being determined on the basis of a predetermined design observation distance and the pitch of the sub-pixel pairs. The parallax-barrier shutter panel includes common driving areas obtained by dividing a display area laterally. (N·M+N/2) pieces of the transparent electrodes (M being a positive integer) arranged in the common driving are connected with every N-th one of the transparent electrodes.
US09900585B2	Device, system and method for three-dimensional modeling Various systems, methods and devices for capturing digital images of an object in a region of interest and for identifying points on the surface of an object in a region of interest are disclosed. A device operable to capture digital images of an object in a region of interest includes a support structure having an object support surface at the bottom of the region of interest; a scan head incorporating an imaging system comprising at least one digital imaging device located with respect to the support structure to have a field of view that includes a segment of the region of interest; and a first motive system operable to move the scan head along a fixed path between first and second vertical positions with respect to the support structure thereby to cause the at least one digital imaging device to have a field of view that includes a different segment of the region of interest. Various related systems, methods and devices are disclosed.
US09900578B2	Method and apparatus for processing broadcast signals for 3D broadcast service An apparatus for processing 3-Dimensional (3D) broadcast signals, comprises: a tuner for receiving broadcast signals containing 3D content; a service information processor for parsing target viewing information and at least one reference viewing condition information received from the broadcast signals which are received; a viewing analysis module for receiving viewing condition information of the viewer, parsing compensation-type information that is included in the reference viewing condition information, which contains information that is most relevant to the viewing condition information that is received, and for rendering the 3D content so that an element expressed by the correction-type information is maintained; and an output formatter for controlling so that the 3D content that is rendered is displayed.
US09900575B2	Naked-eye 3D image forming method and system A naked-eye 3D image forming method. The method includes: determining an outline coordinate of display image of display device in a vertical plane; determining a coordinate of an observation point R including height h, and distance l; inclining the display device toward the horizontal plane to obtain a tilt angle θ; according to coordinates of the two points of the original image on the horizontal plane, the height h, length l and angle θ to calculate an outline coordinate of a present image; according to all coordinate points contained by the outline coordinate of the preset image, the height h, the length l and the tilt angle θ to calculate projection coordinate points on the display screen; converting the projection coordinate points into digital signals and inputting to the image expanding control module such that the display device forms the preset image on an image on the vertical plane.
US09900573B2	Image storage apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, method of storing image, method of reproducing an image, recording medium and photographing apparatus An image storage apparatus, an image reproducing apparatus, a method of storing an image, a method of reproducing an image, a storage medium and a photographing apparatus are provided. The image storage apparatus records link information of a contents file within a moving image file and stores the linked moving image file. Accordingly, a user can select the moving image file to be displayed together with the linked contents file on one screen when the user reproduces the moving image file.
US09900571B2	Lambertian servo sensor position and timing The present disclosure generally relates to a LPD system having a plurality of detectors for detecting light reflected from the back surface of the screen. The detectors are positioned to detect light from one or more portions of the screen that are not directly in front of the detector.
US09900567B2	Image display device An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system, a screen driving mechanism unit, a memory unit, and a screen driving circuit unit. An image is formed on the screen by being irradiated with light from the light source. The screen driving mechanism unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction of the light. A smoothed movement profile is obtained by smoothing a movement profile used as a target for moving the screen so as to make a moving speed of the screen vary gently. The memory unit stores screen driving waveform information that has been generated so that the screen follows the smoothed movement profile. The screen driving circuit unit drives the screen driving mechanism unit, based on the screen driving waveform information stored in the memory unit.
US09900566B2	Projection device, projection system and method for adjusting projection brightness of projection system The present disclosure provides a projection device, a projection system and a method for adjusting projection brightness of the projection system. The method includes: projecting, by a projection unit of each projection device, an image on a projection plane corresponding to the projection unit separately; collecting, by a brightness collecting device, brightness information on the projection planes separately, and sending the brightness information to the projection device; receiving, by a processing unit, the brightness information, and obtaining an actual brightness value of projection of the projection device after processing the brightness information; determining whether the actual brightness value is within a preset brightness value range of the projection device; when the actual brightness value is not within the preset brightness value range; adjusting, by a brightness adjusting unit, the projection brightness of the projection device until the actual brightness value falls within the preset brightness value range.
US09900562B2	System and method for light-field imaging A light-field imaging system and a method for generating light-field image data are presented. The system comprising an imaging lens unit, a detector array and a polychromatic patterned filter located in optical path of collected light, being at an intermediate plane between the lens unit and the detector array. The method comprising: acquiring image data of a region of interest by passing input light coming from said region of interest through said imaging lens unit and said polychromatic patterned filter to be detected by said detector array to generate corresponding image data; and processing said image data to determined light components passing through different regions of said polychromatic patterned filter corresponding to different colors and different parts of the region of interest to provide light-field image data of said region of interest.
US09900558B2	Microscope module and microscope device A microscope module includes a light source assembly, a sampling assembly and a diffusing element. The light source assembly includes a light source and a light guide element. The light source is disposed close to the light incidence end of the light guide element. The sampling assembly includes a cover and a base. The cover and the base are combined to define a sample accommodating space, which is located at the light exit end of the light guide element. The diffusing element is disposed between the light source and the sample accommodating space. The light emitted from the light source passes through the diffusing element and then enters the sample accommodating space. A microscope device containing the microscope module is also disclosed.
US09900557B2	Method and apparatus for remote set-top box management An approach is provided for remotely controlling set-top boxes. A command is received from a computing device for controlling a plurality of set-top boxes. The set-top boxes are configured according to the received command.
US09900556B1	Systems and methods for virtual co-location Systems and methods for facilitating collaboration between a local user or team in a meeting space and one or more remote users outside the meeting space are provided. The virtual co-location system may include, for example, an IOT device including sensors, a microphone, a beacon light, a speaker, a user control interface (e.g., including a control input adjusted by the local user, the user control interface producing an electronic control signal representing a setting of a control device), and/or a local microprocessor for executing local collaboration software. The virtual co-location systems and methods may also or alternatively include a remote computer having a remote microprocessor for executing remote collaboration software.
US09900555B1	VRT: virtual round table Systems and methods for virtual collaboration between participants in remote locations are provided. A system can include a computing device, a display, a plurality of cameras, a microphone, at least one speaker or headset, a sensor, and a computer-readable medium having software stored thereon for generating a virtual roundtable experience for the user.
US09900549B2	Image signal generating apparatus, image inspection apparatus, printing system, and image signal generating method Image data is accurately resized in real time by downscaling. An image signal generating apparatus includes a parameter generator that dynamically generates a parameter PM and an image signal generator that repeats processing of generating an output image signal Q in response to each sampling signal B. Each parameter includes a division ratio parameter DP. The division ratio parameter DP corresponds to a ratio of a second time period Tb and a third time period Tc other than the second time period Tb. The second time period Tb is a time interval until the generation of a sampling signal Bn in a first time period Ta until input of an immediate timing signal Ak+1 since input of a last timing signal Ak. The image signal generator repeatedly generates a first weighted signal and a second weighted signal of the image signal in response to each sampling signal Bn.
US09900545B2	Method of power signal detection for set top box devices A method of power signal detection of set top boxes under test is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, detection of a failure mode of a set top box (STB) under test is based on video signal detection where the video signal is associated with multiple video output types and AC power outlet signal detection.
US09900543B1	Synchronization control device and method for use in TV system A synchronization control device for use in a TV system is provided. The TV system includes a TV and a first electronic device. The synchronization control device includes: a microcontroller; a first detection apparatus, and a second detection apparatus. The synchronization control device is capable of detecting the power state of the TV and of the first electronic device using color image sensors to detect the status of power indicators of the TV and of the first electronic device. When the power state of the TV is different from that of the first electronic device, the microcontroller controls a first infrared emitter in the first detection apparatus to emit a infrared control signal to the TV to switch the power state of the TV, so that the power state of the TV is synchronized to the power state of the first electronic device.
US09900529B2	Image processing apparatus, image-capturing apparatus and image processing apparatus control program using parallax image data having asymmetric directional properties An image processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit receiving a first image and image-capturing information associated with the first image; a determining unit determining, based on the image-capturing information, whether or not the first image is an image of a subject image in a view point direction corresponding to the aperture mask, using an output signal of an image sensor that includes a pixel array including first parallax pixels having the aperture mask with asymmetric directional properties in the long axis and short axis with respect to incident light flux of a single optical system and positioned to permit a portion of the light flux to pass; and an outputting unit outputting a corrected first image by carrying out a correction process having different frequency properties between the long axis direction and the short axis direction on the subject image in an unfocused region of the first image.
US09900527B2	Enhanced high dynamic range An imaging system includes an image sensor configured to capture a sequence of images including at least one low dynamic range (LDR) image and at least one high dynamic range (HDR) image. The imaging system also includes readout circuitry. The readout circuitry is coupled to read out image data captured by the image sensor. A processor is coupled to the readout circuitry to receive image data corresponding to the at least one LDR image and image data corresponding to the at least one HDR image. The processor is configured to combine high frequency image data extracted from image data corresponding to the at least one LDR image with low frequency image data extracted from image data corresponding to the at least one HDR image to form a composite image.
US09900526B2	Techniques to compensate for calibration drifts in infrared imaging devices Various techniques are provided to compensate for and/or update ineffective (e.g., stale) calibration terms due to calibration drifts in infrared imaging devices. For example, a virtual-shutter non-uniformity correction (NUC) procedure may be initiated to generate NUC terms to correct non-uniformities when appropriate triggering events and/or conditions are detected that may indicate presence of an object or scene to act as a shutter (e.g., a virtual shutter). Scene-based non-uniformity correction (SBNUC) may be performed during image capturing operations of the infrared imaging device, for example, when a virtual-shutter scene is not available. Further, snapshots of calibration data (e.g., NUC terms) produced during the virtual-shutter NUC procedure, the SBNUC process, and/or other NUC process may be taken. Such snapshots may be utilized to provide useful NUC data when the infrared imaging device starts up or is otherwise reactivated, so that the SBNUC or other NUC methods may produce effective results soon after the start-up. Such snapshots may also be utilized to update ineffective calibration terms.
US09900525B2	Image processing device, imaging device, image processing method, and image processing program generating a split image The invention provides an image processing device, an imaging device, an image processing method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with an image processing program which can ensure a split image with a simple structure. A control unit selects the pixels in a 3n-th (n is an integer equal to or greater than 0) row as a first pixel group which functions as left phase difference pixels and reads a signal charge generated in a photodiode (PDL). The control unit selects the pixels in a (3n+2)-th row as a second pixel group which functions as right phase difference pixels and reads a signal charge generated in a photodiode (PDR). The control unit selects the pixels in a (3n+1)-th row as a third pixel group which functions as normal pixels, adds the signal charges generated in the photodiodes (PDL and PDR) and reads the sum of the signal charges.
US09900524B2	Cameras with on-board reporting capabilities Described herein is an IR camera that can prepare a report on-board the camera in a standard file format that is substantially universally readable by a number of receiving devices, including but not limited to computers. The report preferably includes at least one IR image, at least one visual image and a table that can be populated with the output of any of the camera's measurement functions or any parametric information (time, date, emissivity, background temperature, GPS location, etc.). The report may also include text, voice, and/or visual/graphical comments and recommendations. The comments may be added directly to the report or hyperlinked to the report.
US09900521B2	Imaging device having an exposure time calculation function and imaging method Disclosed is a imaging device and method capable of quickly informing a user of failure of sample creation and preventing useless imaging from being performed. The imaging device includes an imaging unit which images an object, an exposure time calculation unit which calculates, based on an image signal acquired by imaging of the imaging unit, an exposure time of the imaging until a signal value of the image signal reaches a target signal value set in advance, a determination unit which determines whether or not the exposure time exceeds a threshold value set in advance, and a display control unit which, in a case where it is determined that the exposure time exceeds the threshold value set in advance, gives notification of the result of the determination.
US09900520B2	Image pickup apparatus having a clip limiting feature to avoid image smear An image pickup apparatus configured to output an image signal based on an optical signal photoelectrically converted by an image pickup element provided with two-dimensionally arranged pixels includes: a clipper configured to limit output voltage of the image signal based on the optical signal; a gain upper limit setter configured to set a gain upper limit to be applied to the optical signal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not a condition to cause occurrence of a smear in a shot image is satisfied; and a controller configured to limit an output voltage of the optical signal by using the clipper when the determiner determines that the condition to cause occurrence of the smear is satisfied, and to inactivate limitation of the output voltage of the optical signal by using the clipper when the determiner determines that the condition to cause occurrence of the smear is not satisfied.
US09900517B2	Infrared binocular system with dual diopter adjustment Binocular system, including method and apparatus, for viewing a scene. The system may comprise a left camera and a right camera that create left and right video signals from detected optical radiation. At least one of the cameras may include a sensor that is sensitive to infrared radiation. The system also may comprise a left display and a right display arranged to be viewed by a pair of eyes. The left and right displays may be configured to present respective left video images and right video images formed with visible light based respectively on the left and right video signals.
US09900515B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting information using information recognized in an image A method of processing information of a portable device includes displaying a preview image output from a camera when a camera application is executed; displaying communication applications corresponding to recognition information of a selected image in the displayed preview image; executing a selected communication application among the displayed communication applications; and transmitting a content/file through the communication application.
US09900513B2	Control apparatus, optical apparatus, and lens apparatus A control apparatus includes an image stabilization controller configured to control an image stabilization of an optical apparatus by driving an image stabilizer, and a calculator configured to calculate a follow shot angular velocity for following an object based on an output from a shake detector configured to detect a shake applied to the optical apparatus and an output from a motion vector detector configured to detect a motion vector representing motion of the object. The image stabilization controller determines whether to drive the image stabilizer depending on a difference between the follow shot angular velocity and an angular velocity of the optical apparatus acquired based on the output from the shake detector.
US09900509B2	Frame registration for imaging sensors in motion Methods and systems for non-stationary image sensor frame registration include receiving a data capture from an image sensor in motion, spatially filtering at least one pixel intensity value within the data capture to create a spatially filtered image, predictively differencing a filtered pixel intensity value of the spatially filtered image from a predicted intensity value, and generating a predictively differenced image based on the predictive differencing.
US09900507B2	Image capture apparatus performing interval shooting, image capture method, and storage medium, image capture apparatus and image capture method An image capture apparatus includes an interval shooting processing unit and an operation management control unit. It controls interval shooting to repeatedly execute photography processing that is set at a photographing interval that is set. The operation management control unit causes the contents of the power savings processing operation to change depending on the time required in photography processing, or the time required in recovery to a photography capable state. The image capture apparatus can thereby perform proper power savings control irrespective of the photography method of interval shooting.
US09900504B2	Dual sensor camera A dual sensor camera that uses two aligned sensors each having a separate lens of different focal length but the same f-number. The wider FOV image from one sensor is combined with the narrower FOV image from the other sensor to form a combined image. Up-sampling of the wide FOV image and down-sampling of the narrow FOV image is performed. The longer focal length lens may have certain aberrations introduced so that Extended Depth of Field (EDoF) processing can be used to give the narrow FOV image approximately the same depth of field as the wide FOV image so that a noticeable difference in depth of field is not see in the combined image.
US09900499B2	Time lapse user interface enhancements Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing visual indication that the image capture device is actively recording frames for a time lapse output sequence by providing indicia that communicates to a user that the image capture device is actively recording frames for the time lapse output sequence. Allowing user to perform time lapse sequence captures with a simple set up and with auto-adjustments when events occur that might otherwise detract from output quality.
US09900496B2	Electronic device and control method for the same According to one embodiment of the present application, a mobile terminal displays, on a screen, an input screen for receiving additional information to be associated with an image, and receives additional information. The mobile terminal transmits the input additional information to a camcorder, according to a transfer instruction. While neither recording nor reproduction is performed, the camcorder associates the additional information from the mobile terminal, with a last recorded image when the last recorded image is not evaluated, and with a next image to be recorded when the last recorded image has been evaluated.
US09900494B2	Imaging device and focus control method In a state in which an APD filter is present on an optical axis of an imaging optical system, a digital camera sets the maximum movable amount of a focus lens to one side of an optical axis direction to a value that is less than that in a state in which the APD filter is not present on the optical axis of the imaging optical system and moves the focus lens in the range of the set maximum movable amount.
US09900492B2	Imaging device and photographing apparatus An imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes: a plurality of phase difference detecting pixels. The plurality of phase difference detecting pixels are defined as portions of areas of pixels and have light-receiving areas receiving incident light, and widths of the light-receiving areas of the phase difference detecting pixels widen as the phase difference detecting pixels get farther apart from a center of the imaging device in a row direction of the imaging device.
US09900491B2	Method and system for automatically focusing a camera A method for automatically focusing a camera comprising an image sensor, at least one lens configured to project an image onto the sensor and an actuator configured to modify a focusing parameter of the lens, comprises: a first phase of controlling the actuator in an open loop so the focusing parameter successively takes a plurality of predefined values, images being acquired for each value of the focusing parameter and a sharpness indicator being calculated on the basis of each image; and a second phase of controlling the actuator in a closed loop to maximize the sharpness indicator, the second closed-loop control phase being implemented by making use of a control law and starting conditions determined on the basis of the sharpness indicators calculated during the first phase. A system for automatically focusing a camera for implementing the method, and a camera equipped with such a system is provided.
US09900489B2	System and method of providing device use information A system and method for providing device use information are provided. The method may be performed by a device and may include capturing an image of a user of the device, capturing an image of a screen of the device that corresponds to the captured image of the user, generating device use information based on the image of the user and the image of the screen image, and transmitting the device use information to another device.
US09900488B2	Electronic device and method for controlling cameras thereof which can automatically control a switching between a front camera and a rear camera according to blocking cases of the front camera and the rear camera of the electronic device An electronic device includes a flexible screen capable of being folded and/or bent by a user. A first camera is disposed on a first surface of the flexible screen and a second camera is disposed on a second surface of the flexible screen. A detection unit is configured to detect, in a first condition, whether the first camera and/or the second camera is blocked because the user folds and/or bends the flexible screen. A control unit is configured to control an ON/OFF state of the first camera and/or the second camera based on a detection result of the detection unit.
US09900487B2	Camera module and array camera module based on integral packaging technology A camera module and an array camera module based on an integral packing process are disclosed. The camera module or each of the camera module units of the array camera module includes a circuit board, an integral base, a photosensitive element operatively connected to the circuit board, a lens, a light filter holder installed at the integral base and a light filter installed at the light filter holder. The light filter is not required to be directly installed to the integral base, so that the light filter is protected and the requiring area of the light filter is reduced.
US09900480B1	Combinational electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus has a connection assembly and an electronic module. The connection assembly has a first connection portion. The first connection portion has a first connecting surface, a first buckle assembly, and a first magnetic attraction element. The first buckle assembly is disposed on the first connecting surface. The first magnetic attraction element is mounted in the first housing. The electronic module is detachably connected with the connection assembly and has a second connection portion. The second connection portion has a second connecting surface, a second buckle assembly, and a second magnetic attraction element. The second connecting surface selectively abuts the first connecting surface. The second buckle assembly is disposed on the second connecting surface and is detachably engaged with the first buckle assembly. The second magnetic attraction element is mounted in the second housing.
US09900478B2	Device attachment with infrared imaging sensor Various techniques are disclosed for providing a device attachment configured to releasably attach to and provide infrared imaging functionality to mobile phones or other portable electronic devices. For example, a device attachment may include a housing with a tub on a rear surface thereof shaped to at least partially receive a user device, an infrared sensor assembly disposed within the housing and configured to capture thermal infrared image data, and a processing module communicatively coupled to the infrared sensor assembly and configured to transmit the thermal infrared image data to the user device. Thermal infrared image data may be captured by the infrared sensor assembly and transmitted to the user device by the processing module in response to a request transmitted by an application program or other software/hardware routines running on the user device.
US09900476B2	Display circuit and control method therefor A display circuit and a control method therefor are shown. The display circuit includes: a lamp bead array, a column-oriented drive switch array, a row-oriented drive switch array and a common-anode discharge control circuit, wherein one end of the common-anode discharge control circuit is connected to second ends of lamp beads, in a row direction, in the lamp bead array, and the other end of the common-anode discharge control circuit is grounded; the common-anode discharge control circuit includes a constant current source, a diode and a resistor; a first end of the diode is connected to the second ends of the lamp beads, in the row direction, in the lamp bead array, a second end of the diode is connected to a first end of the constant current source, and the second end of the diode is connected to a first end of the resistor; and a second end of the resistor and a second end of the constant current source are connected to a power supply, and a grounded end of the constant current source is grounded.
US09900474B2	Color processing apparatus, inspection apparatus, and color processing method A color processing apparatus includes circuitry that obtains a color patch scanned image acquired by scanning a color patch, acquires a pixel value of the color patch scanned image, calculates pixel value variance information indicating a variance of the pixel values based on the acquired pixel values, and determines whether or not the color patch scanned image is defective based on the pixel value variance information.
US09900473B2	Printer cartridge and memory device containing a compressed color table A printer cartridge includes a memory device and at least one compressed color table stored on the memory device. A compressed color table includes a losslessly compressed neutral axis, a number of nodes that correspond to seed color table nodes and a number of delta nodes that correspond to a number of delta tables. The number of delta tables indicate differences between interpolated color table nodes and corresponding actual color table nodes.
US09900468B2	Image processing apparatus, authentication method, and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes: an authentication information requesting portion that transmits one or more requests for authentication information to a portable terminal apparatus upon receipt of a connection request therefrom, the connection request not requiring user identification; a first authentication portion that performs first authentication not requiring user identification by comparing authentication information to first reference data, the authentication information being received in return for the request; a second authentication portion that performs second authentication by comparing the authentication information to second reference data for user identification; and a processor that takes one piece of authentication information or any one of multiple pieces of authentication information received in return for the one or more requests, according to a predetermined rule, and that makes the second authentication portion perform the second authentication using the one piece of authentication information or the any one of the multiple pieces of authentication information.
US09900455B2	Method of scanning document and image forming apparatus for performing the same A method of scanning a document includes obtaining an original image by scanning a document; detecting at least one pair of marks disposed on the original image; extracting an image of an area that is defined by the detected at least one pair of marks from the original image; and creating a new document file by using the extracted image.
US09900453B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.
US09900449B2	Image reading system, image reading apparatus, information processing apparatus, method for controlling them, and storage medium In the present image reading system, an information processing apparatus notifies any image reading apparatus on a network of connection information, and permits transmission of image data only in a case where the image reading apparatus notified of the connection information accesses the information processing apparatus. The image reading apparatus transmits image data that is read from an original, to a transmission destination conforming to the connection information is notified by the information processing apparatus.
US09900445B2	Systems and methods for allocating and pricing alternative network access resources with reserve prices A method for allocating and pricing access to alternative access networks may include: inputting, by one or more parties, needs for alternative network access and representative values for satisfying the needs; setting, by providers of alternative network access, reserve prices for access to each of access point in the alternative network; generating a solution based on a mixed integer program to maximize value created by allocation of alternative network access; and allocating alternative network access to the one or more parties based on the mixed integer program solution.
US09900444B1	System and method for online charging in a communication network This disclosure relates generally to communication network, and more particularly to a system and method for online charging in a communication network. In one embodiment, a method is provided for online charging in a communication network. The method comprises monitoring at least one of a user characteristic, a session characteristic, an event characteristic, and a network condition during one or more ongoing communication sessions involving an online charging via one or more initial charging trigger functions, determining a need for selection of one or more new charging trigger functions based on at least one of the user characteristic, the session characteristic, the event characteristic, and the network condition, and dynamically selecting the one or more new charging trigger functions in response to the need so as to perform online charging for the one or more ongoing communication sessions based on substantially accurate determination of resource consumption in real-time.
US09900443B2	Managing charging system traffic Systems and methods for an enhanced online charging system service are described. A first signaling message is received from an originating mobile station for transmission over a network to a destination mobile station, wherein the first signaling message includes a voice message or a data message. A request from a mobile switching center (MSC), Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or Telephony Application Server (TAS) is provided to an online charging system (OCS) to determine an account usage balance associated with the mobile station. When the OCS determines the account is associated with valid monthly prepaid wireless subscription plan, a first response message is received at the MSC, SMC or TAS. The first response message indicates to the MSC, SMC or TAS to not send, for a predetermined time period, further requests to the OCS to determine an account usage balance associated with the mobile station.
US09900442B2	Low power system and method for DSL lines The transmit power level of a transceiver coupled to a digital subscriber line (DSL) line is reduced from a first transmit power level sufficient for the transceiver to continuously transmit data on the DSL line at a first bit rate to a second transmit power level below the first transmit power level sufficient for the transceiver to continuously transmit data on the DSL line at a second bit rate that is lower than the first bit rate. The reduction in transmit power is limited so that the change does not induce time-varying crosstalk sufficient to destabilize a nearby DSL line. While the transmit power level of the transceiver is reduced to the second transmit power level, the transceiver is suspended from transmitting data on the DSL line for repeated periods of time. Suspending the data transmission is controlled to avoid further time-varying crosstalk sufficient to destabilize the nearby DSL line.
US09900437B2	Customer controlled interaction management A system and method for managing interactions of a customer contact center. A contact center processor receives a request to reserve a contact center resource for handling an interaction. The processor also receives data about the interaction. The processor identifies a routing point for routing the interaction based on the received data. The routing point is associated with routing logic controlled by a customer instead of the contact center. The processor routes the interaction to the identified routing point for giving the customer control of the routing of the interaction.
US09900434B1	Method and system for a scalable computer-telephony integration system Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for a scalable computer-telephony integration system. Various aspects may include storing sets of call agent login information for several call agents within the computer-telephony integration system and across several independent computing systems in a contact center login database. Additionally, various aspects may include generating several contact center service categories and sets of contact information for each contact center service category, which may be stored in a contact center directory database. When an incoming call is received from a customer, various aspects may include obtaining customer call information from the customer and generating a customer call key, which may be stored as a reference to the customer call information in a contact center customer call information database. The call key may be used to reduce an amount of data electronically transferred between call agents during telephone call transfers.
US09900433B1	System for and method of establishing an augmented communication channel with an interactive voice response system Methods of and systems for establishing an augmented communication channel between an interactive voice response (IVR) system and an electronic device associated with a user are disclosed. A first method comprises sending, an audio call request; establishing an audio channel; establishing a data channel between the IVR system and the electronic device; receiving, via the data channel, IVR tree data, the IVR tree data allowing association of a position of the user with respect to the menu navigation structure; sending, via one of the audio channel and the data channel, a user selection relating to the IVR tree data; and receiving, via the other one of the audio channel and the data channel, an updated position of the user with respect to the menu navigation structure based on the user selection. A method to be executed by the IVR system is also disclosed.
US09900431B1	Communications handler for screening incoming calls Concepts and technologies for handling and screening incoming calls are provided. A processor executing instructions associated with a call handling service can detect that a call from a calling party is being routed, via a communication interface, to a called party device associated with a customer. The processor can obtain caller identification data that specifies an identity that is generated by the calling party and intended to be representative of the calling party when presented to the customer by the called party device. The processor can determine an interface identifier associated with the communication interface, and retrieve a call authentication scenario based on the interface identifier. The call authentication scenario can specify a storage location of data. The processor can obtain the data from the storage location, determine a call handling action, prepare a call handling command, and provide the call handling command to a network.
US09900428B1	System and method for detecting and controlling contraband devices in a controlled environment The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for detecting and monitoring a contraband device including communication devices by utilizing a combination of mobile devices, fixed monitoring devices, and a contraband monitoring center. The mobile devices include smart phones or tablets that are borrowed, rented, or purchased by an inmate from a correctional facility. These mobile devices are configured to detect, monitor, and intervene in the communications of target devices. Further, the mobile devices are configured to communicate with fixed monitoring devices located throughout the correctional facility in performing intervention operations. The contraband monitoring center may also be utilized in the coordination, monitoring, and intervention of target devices.
US09900426B2	Electronic apparatus, method for controlling the same and processor for the same At least one processor executes (i) a first function of terminating communication via a first network, in response to a first input to an input unit, (ii) a second function of terminating communication via a second network, in response to a second input to the input unit, and (iii) a third function of terminating communication via the first and second networks, in response to a third input to the input unit. The at least one processor limits, when the at least one processor processes a first call via the first network, at least one of the first input and the first function and at least one of the third input and the third function, and limits, when the at least one processor processes a second call via the second network, at least one of the second input and the second function and at least one of the third input and the third function.
US09900425B1	Mobile device monitoring system A mobile device case and monitor for discouraging cell device usage (web, texting, voicemail, games, apps, etc.) device during specific activities (while driving, working, at school, etc.) The case has a photodetector inside it and a flash on a cell phone is activated (flashed) and it is determined whether the photodetector detects the flash or not. If the flash is detected, then it is assumed that the cell phone is in the case, while if the flash is not detected then it is assumed that the cell phone is not in the case. If an employee's cell device is not placed inside the case with the lid closed and the employee is on company time, then an alert is generated indicated that the employee is not adhering to corporate procedures.
US09900423B2	Intelligent user interfaces for multiple communication lines Various user interfaces and other technologies for interacting with devices that support multiple communication lines can be implemented. Scenarios providing separate communications lines, such as voice over internet protocol (VOIP), social network communications, and the like can be supported. For example, communication-line-separated and communication-line-aggregated user interface paradigms can be supported. Intelligent selection of an appropriate paradigm can support user preferences, conversation user interfaces, and the like. Other features such as communication line defaults can help users deal with multiple communication line scenarios. A consistent, compact user interface for switching communication lines can be supported. Users can interact with their devices more efficiently and with less frustration. A wide variety of use scenarios are supported.
US09900419B2	Flap for payment device comprising a payment terminal and a housing for holding a communication terminal A payment device includes a payment terminal, a housing for holding a communication terminal, and a flap. The flap includes: a framework for blocking access to the housing for holding a communication terminal, and a locking device including at least an actuating part and a locking part. The actuating part and the locking part are respectively movable with respect to the frame between a locking position and an unlocking position.
US09900418B2	Smart dock call handling rules A multi-display device can interface with two or more different types of docking stations. The device can determine the type of dock and change the pin outs for a connector to interface with that dock. Once docked, the device can determine a charge status for the device and the dock to present the status to the user. Further, the dock can enter one of several modes, including a call receipt mode and an entertainment mode. The modes allow for expanded functionality for the device while docked. Two particular docks, the laptop dock and the smart dock, provide special functionality with the device.
US09900414B2	Mobile terminal and menu control method thereof A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication, a display, and a controller configured to, activate a mode for voice recognition in response to a touch input to a soft button displayed on the display or to a hard button on the mobile terminal, receive a first voice input associated with a phone call relating operation of the mobile terminal, display an indicator on the display indicating the voice input is being recognized by the mobile terminal, analyze the context of a voice command in the voice input, execute the call relating operation only if there is a single contact in a phonebook that matches the voice command in the first voice input, if there is no single contact that matches the voice command of the received voice input, display a plurality of candidates that is analyzed based on the voice command, receive a second input according to a plurality of candidates, and execute the call relating operation based on the second input.
US09900408B2	Delivery of media content to a media device via multiple data packet streams A particular method includes receiving, at a customer premises equipment (CPE) device, a request to send media content to a media device. The method includes retrieving the media content to the CPE device from a data source in response to the request. The method includes establishing two or more concurrent communication connections between the CPE device and the media device. The method also includes sending the media content as data packets via data packet streams to the media device from the CPE device. A data packet stream of the data packet streams is sent via each communication connection of the two or more concurrent communication connections, and each data packet stream includes less than all data packets of the media content. The media device processes the data packets received via the data packet streams to output of the media content for one or more devices.
US09900405B2	System, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for providing step-ahead computing A system for providing step-ahead computing may include a client and a server. The client may include a communication element, a user interface element and a processor. The communication element may be configured to receive a set of pre-computed actions. The set of pre-computed actions may be based on at least one possible future state of the client. The user interface element may be configured to receive a user input corresponding to a particular action. The processor may be in communication with the communication element and the user interface element. The processor may be configured to determine whether the set of pre-computed actions include an action corresponding to the particular action and to execute the action in response to a determination that the set of pre-computed actions include the action corresponding to the particular action. The server may include a processing element, a pre-computing element and a server side communication element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of a current state of the client. The pre-computing element may be in communication with the processing element and configured to determine the set of pre-computed actions based on the at least one possible future state of the client. The server side communication element may be in communication with the processing element and configured to communicate the pre-computed actions to the client.
US09900403B2	Method and server for assigning relative order to message by using vector clock and delivering the message based on the assigned relative order under distributed environment A method for assigning relative order to messages by using vector clocks under a distributed server environment is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) a server assigning a vector clock to a message and storing the message to which the vector clock is assigned if the message required to be assigned relative order is acquired through a network; and (b) the server transmitting an increased vector clock to one or more other servers connected with itself through the network and supporting said other servers to update their vector clocks by referring to the increased vector clock.
US09900400B2	Self-aware profile switching on a mobile computing device In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment. The method can also include identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; and determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device.
US09900396B2	Predictive content caching Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media may be configured for improved predictive content caching. A system may determine a value that is a function of one or more rates at which a portion of a content item is being consumed and based on this value, may also calculate a projected position after a predetermined time period. By comparing the projected position to a dynamically adjustable threshold position for requesting a new portion of the content item, a determination may be made as to when to retrieve and/or cache a new portion of the content item.
US09900392B2	Identifying groups for recommendation to a social networking system user based on user location and locations associated with groups A social networking system selects a set of groups for presentation to a user of the social networking system. To select groups, the social networking system identifies candidate groups and selects the set of groups from the candidate groups. To identify certain candidate groups, the social networking system determines a location associated with various groups based on locations associated with users included in the group. For example, the social networking system determines a centroid of a group based on locations associated with users included in the group and associates the centroid with the group if at least a threshold percentage of distances between locations associated with users included in the group and the centroid do not exceed a threshold distance. Groups associated with locations within a threshold distance of a location associated with the user are identified as candidate groups.
US09900381B2	Methods, devices and systems for initiating, forming and joining memberships in distributed computing systems A computer-implemented method of deploying a membership of nodes in a distributed computing system may comprise selecting nodes to be part of a membership of nodes; creating a membership task identifying a membership creator node as the node that is creating the membership and comprising a membership target identifying at least one node of the distributed computing system that is to become a member of the membership; and creating a beacon configured to send a create membership message to each identified node, the create membership message comprising at least an identity of the membership task and an identification of the membership. Upon receiving a response from a node in the membership target, the node from which the response was received may be removed from the beacon. The membership may be deployed when a response has been received from each of the nodes identified in the membership target.
US09900376B2	Method for presenting schedule reminder information, terminal device, and cloud server A method, a terminal device, and a cloud server are provided for presenting schedule reminder information. The method includes after a second terminal logs in to the cloud server by using a first group account, acquiring schedule information stored in the cloud server, where the schedule information is information that is created by a first user who registers a first personal account, and is transmitted to the cloud server by a first terminal that logs in, by using the first personal account, to the cloud server; when reminder time of the schedule information arrives, acquiring second biometric characteristic information of a second user who is using the second terminal; and when it is determined that the second biometric characteristic information is the same as first biometric characteristic information of the first user, presenting reminder information of the schedule information.
US09900370B2	Apparatus and method for controlling execution of mashup web of things service An apparatus and method for controlling the execution of mashup WoT service are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a WoT mashup service functionality entity, a WoT service execution functional entity, and a WoT service repository. The WoT mashup service functionality entity makes a response to a mashup WoT service request from a WoT service user by executing a mashup WoT service optimized for the WoT service user. The WoT service execution functional entity returns the results of simple WoT services to the WoT mashup service functionality entity in response to a request for the execution of the simple WoT services for the execution of the mashup WoT service from the WoT mashup service functionality entity. The WoT service repository stores WoT service execution descriptions each descriptive of execution logic for each of the simple WoT services.
US09900369B2	Device characteristics detection and emulation A system and method for facilitating characterizing a computing device or representation thereof. An example method includes obtaining information associated with a computing device that will be rendering a user interface display screen; providing a user option to adjust the information; and displaying the user interface display screen in accordance with adjusted information. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes selectively transferring the adjusted information from a client device to a server. A browser of the client device may display a form factor drop down menu that facilitates user specification of a form factor of a computing device. The user specification facilitates displaying an emulation of the computing device or otherwise facilitates adjusting a user interface display screen to be rendered.
US09900365B2	Portable device for accessing a server, corresponding system, server and method The invention relates to a portable device for accessing a server. According to the invention, the device is adapted to send to a server or data relating to rights for accessing a server. The invention also relates to corresponding system, server and method.
US09900342B2	Behavioral white labeling In one embodiment, a traffic model manager node receives data flows in a network and determines a degree to which the received data flows conform to one or more traffic models classifying particular types of data flows as non-malicious. If the degree to which the received data flows conform to the one or more traffic models is sufficient, the traffic model manager node characterizes the received data flows as non-malicious. Otherwise, the traffic model manager node provides the received data flows to a denial of service (DoS) attack detector in the network to allow the received data flows to be scanned for potential attacks.
US09900339B2	Cloud-based security profiling, threat analysis and intelligence An automated software vulnerability scanning and notification system and method provide an automated detection and notification regarding a software vulnerability. The operation of the system and the method includes obtaining software vulnerability information, periodically scanning a web application and a corresponding web server associated with an operator, and evaluating the periodic scans relative to the software vulnerability information to detect software vulnerabilities. Upon detection of a software vulnerability, a notification message is provided automatically to the operator regarding the software vulnerability.
US09900335B2	Systems and methods for prioritizing indicators of compromise Techniques described herein include systems and methods for categorizing and prioritizing indicators of compromise for a network of network resources. The indicators of compromise may lead to security threats from malicious entities. In embodiments, a service provider computer receives information identifying an indicator of compromise for a network resource of a network associated with an organization. The information may include an identification of a severity for the indicator of compromise that is provided by a reporting entity. A normalized severity for the indicator of compromise may be calculated based at least in part on a set of factors. A lifecycle to associate with the indicator of compromise may be determined based on the normalized severity for the indicator of compromise. A report identifying the indicator of compromise and the normalized severity for the indicator of compromise may be generated and transmitted to an indicator of compromise information sharing network.
US09900334B2	Multi-dimensional geometry for enhancement of simulations of network devices A computer-implemented method for using multi-dimensional geometry in simulations of packet flows through network devices, is provided. The computer-implemented method includes receiving an input object for traffic simulation of network devices, comprising a source and destination host ranges and source and destination port ranges, and protocol, application and vulnerability ranges, targeted for the destination host ranges. The computer-implemented method further includes representing blocked traffic of the simulated traffic by an intersection of at least two n-dimensional cuboids in n-dimensional space. The computer-implemented method further includes subtracting an access control list shape from an input shape to obtain a concave form representing permitted host, port, protocol, application, and vulnerability combinations of ranges. The computer-implemented method further includes decomposing the obtained concave shape into multiple convex shapes that satisfy a set of predetermined input conditions.
US09900331B2	Log tracing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a log tracing program An association degree computation unit computes a same period probability between respective types of events that occurred during a same period, based on occurrence times of log data, and computes an association degree between the respective types, using the same period probability. A corresponding type identification unit identifies the types corresponding to each other, using the association degree computed by the association degree computation unit. The log association unit generates synthesized log data that makes association between the log data of the corresponding types identified by the corresponding event identification unit and with the occurrence times thereof included in the same period.
US09900329B2	Computer-implemented system and method for discovering heterogeneous communities with shared anomalous components A computer-implemented system and method for discovering heterogeneous communities with shared anomalous components is provided. A graph is obtained that includes vertices representing entities that are connected by edges representing associated with the entities represented by the connected vertices. The vertices are associated with collections of words of different categories, each of the words describing an item associated with at least one of the events. Each of the vertices is further associated with topics describing a type of activity of the entity represented by that vertex. Communities within the graph are identified, each including at least two of the connected vertices. Identified as anomalous are categories of words whose removal from the collections associated with the vertices in a community increases a likelihood of that community being associated and the collections of the words associated with the community vertices.
US09900324B1	System to discover and analyze evasive malware A method is presented for analyzing an original software program as a potentially evasive malware. The method may comprise discovering at least one revealed instruction in the original software program, where the revealed instructions are not executed when the original software program is run without modification; modifying the original software program to create a modified program that will execute at least one revealed instruction when the modified program is run; and exploring the at least one revealed instruction by running the modified program.
US09900321B2	Establishing connections between accounts maintained by an online system and third party accounts maintained by third party systems Online system users interact with one or more third party systems, with the online system maintaining an account for each of its users and each third party system maintaining a third party account for each of its users. The online system compares information in a user's account to accessible information in third party accounts and establishes connections between the user's account and o third party accounts based on the comparisons. A connection between the user's account and a third party account includes a confidence level indicating a likelihood of the third party account being associated with the user of the online system corresponding to the account. A third party system may request information from the online system about a user specifying a threshold confidence level, allowing the online system to return information from third party accounts having connections to the user's account with at least the threshold confidence level.
US09900320B2	Mobile station comprising security resources with different security levels The invention provides a mobile station comprising a mobile end device, security resources, and a discovery module implemented in the mobile station, with which the security resources of the mobile station are discoverable, at least one security level of the mobile station that is achievable by means of the security resources is derivable, and derived security levels of the mobile station are outputable. Further, there are stated an application loading system having such a mobile station, and a risk assessment system for mobile stations.
US09900319B2	Resilient network construction using enhanced privacy identification Systems and techniques for resilient network construction using enhanced privacy identification are described herein. A group certificate may be generated for a first device group. The first device group may include a plurality of devices having a shared attribute. A request may be received from a device of the plurality of devices for a data exchange session with a data partner device. The data partner device may be included in a second device group. The data exchange session may be enabled based on a set of permissions related to the group certificate. The set of permissions may define, at least in part, the accessibility of the second device group to the first device group.
US09900318B2	Method of and system for processing an unauthorized user access to a resource There is provided a method of authenticating a user in a network. The method can be executed on a server. The method comprises: acquiring a non-authorized user-behavior model associated with a non-authorized access to a network resource by an unauthorized entity, the non-authorized user-behavior model having been generated during blocking the non-authorized access to the network resource by the unauthorized entity; retrieving from a log stored on the network server, an indication of a plurality of users, each respective user associated with a respective user-behavior model; responsive to one of the respective user-behavior model matching the non-authorized user-behavior model, associating a user account associated with the respective user associated with the one of the respective user-behavior model with a security-violation parameter; responsive to the security-violation parameter, restricting user activity within the user account.
US09900316B2	Accessing storage units of a dispersed storage network A method begins with a group of storage units of a dispersed storage network (DSN) receiving a common access request. The method continues with each storage unit of the group of storage units interpreting the access request to determine whether the storage unit is an intended recipient of the access request, where storage units of a sub-set of storage units of the group of storage units are intended recipients. The method continues with each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units determining a type of the access request and a level of the access request. When the access request is a read request, the method continues with each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units retrieving each encoded data slice having an identifier of its slice address substantially matching the a given identifier of the level to produce a retrieved set of encoded data slices.
US09900313B2	Secure shell (SSH) proxy for a platform-as-a-service system Implementations provide for a secure shell (SSH) proxy for a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processing device executing a Secure Shell (SSH) proxy server, a request to establish an SSH connection with a component of an application of a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system, the component is separate from the SSH proxy server, authenticating credentials provided as part of the request, establishing the SSH connection with a device originating the request, receiving, in view of authenticating the credentials and establishing the SSH connection, routing information for the application, the routing information comprising a location of a node of the multi-tenant PaaS system executing the application, establishing an internal communication session with an executing proxy of the node, and forward information conveyed over the SSH connection to the executing proxy via the internal communication session.
US09900311B2	Method and device for protecting access to a message A device for reading a message includes a reader to read biometric data of a holder of the medium and a scanner to capture, on a medium, an encoded message having elementary message units. The message includes a noise that consists of marking defects of the message on the medium which are random and unpredictable for each elementary message unit. A noise reducer to reduce the noise of the captured message based on biometric data. A decoder to decode at least one portion of the message in which the noise has been at least partially removed. Preferably, the decoder utilizes redundancies of the message with the noise removed to determine at least one portion of the encoded message.
US09900301B2	Device management with tunneling A device management service provide a centralized credential provisioning system which can instantiate a proxy device that facilitates remote connections between various computing devices and various client devices. The device management service can manage instances of proxy devices in a resource provider environment that are associated with various computing devices. When a client device requests to access a computing device, the device management service can identify an instance of a proxy device associated with the computing device. The instance of the proxy device and the computing device can be configured to securely connect using credentials exchanged through, and managed by, the device management service. The computing device can be instructed to connect to the instance of the proxy device, and the client device can be provided with access information for the instance of the proxy device.
US09900299B2	Aggregated computing infrastructure analyzer Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for receiving, authenticating, parsing, and storing operational status data (or telemetry data) from one or more hardware and software systems within an aggregated computing infrastructure. Operational status data may be transmitted over secure transmission channels and stored within secure data stores at a computing infrastructure analyzer. Additionally, some embodiments describe techniques for creating, storing, and retrieving operational risk rules that may apply to one or more computing infrastructures. Based on the operational risk rules, one or more determinations may be performed to identify data items for extraction from the received telemetry data of an aggregated computing infrastructure. Using the extracted telemetry data items, one or more operational risk rules may be evaluated with respect to the aggregated computing infrastructure. Based on the evaluation of operational risk rules, one or more operational risk items and/or operational risk values may be determined for the aggregated computing infrastructure.
US09900298B2	Collaborative authoring modes A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment may be configured into a public mode of operation, in which content and metadata are synchronized automatically, or into a private mode of operation, in which metadata is synchronized automatically and content is synchronized only at the request of the user. The authoring application may edit documents offline in public or private mode.
US09900296B2	Securing communication within a network endpoint Systems and methods for securing communication within a network endpoint, for example, a meter. The meter may include a communication module and a metrology module where the modules are connected via a communication path that is external to both modules. The modules exchange a pairing key to establish a paired channel of communication. When the communication module receives a communication through a network for establishing a secure channel to the endpoint, the communications module sends some or all of the security data to the metrology module to establish a secure communication from a head-end system through the communication module to the metrology module.
US09900287B1	Transmitting sensitive information securely over unsecured networks without authentication Methods and apparatus for encrypting and decrypting data for wearable devices that are not based on authentication techniques, such as login/password or handshaking, are provided. A computing device receives a message. The message includes encrypted data and a cryptographic reference. The encrypted data includes physiological data of a wearer of the wearable device. The cryptographic reference includes a reference to a first cryptographic technique. The computing device determines the first cryptographic technique based on the reference to the first cryptographic technique. The computing device determines a cryptographic key. The computing device decrypts the encrypted data using the first cryptographic technique and the cryptographic key to obtain decrypted data. The computing device stores the decrypted data.
US09900285B2	Passport-controlled firewall A method, and associated system and computer program product, for dynamically modifying rules in a firewall infrastructure. A unit of deployment is received at a requestor module at a server. The unit of deployment includes the application code and a signed passport. The passport includes a firewall rule and a first application hash value. The received passport is authenticated, the received application code is hashed resulting in a second application hash value, and it is validated that the received first application hash value and the generated application hash value are equal. In response to the validation, the passport is received by a border control agent of the firewall from the server, a firewall is modified in the firewall infrastructure according to the received firewall rule, and communicating with the application is enabled through the modified firewall.
US09900283B2	Dynamic local media access control (MAC) address assignment A device implementing a dynamic local media access control (MAC) address assignment system may include at least one processor circuit. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to transmit an address request packet including a proposed MAC address and a device identifier to devices on a network. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to determine whether any reply packets are received that indicate that another device has claimed the MAC address prior to expiration of a probe timer. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to transmit an address claim packet including the MAC address when the probe timer expires before any reply packets are received from other devices. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to communicate over the network using the proposed MAC address after transmitting the address claim packet.
US09900281B2	Computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for processing named entity queries using a cached functionality in a domain name system The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for responding to a query request from a requestor using information supplied by an authoritative name server. The computer-implemented method can include obtaining, by a DNS resolution server, a query for a named resource from a requestor, wherein the query comprises information comprising contextual information related to the requestor. The method can obtain at least a portion of a zone file of a domain name space using the domain name system (DNS), one or more rules, and information on how to access information that is not local to the DNS resolution server from the authoritative name server based on the query obtained from the requestor. An answer can then be provided to the query from requester based on the at least a portion of the zone file, the one or more rules, and the contextual information.
US09900278B2	Eliciting positive responses to a social media posting Communicating social media content over a computer network via one or more social media services, in one aspect, may include receiving content from a first node of an online social network. A set of topics in the content is generated. Based on monitoring of online activities of target audience, topic popularity corresponding to a topic in the set of topics over a plurality of time ranges is determined. A trending metric associated with the topic is generated. Weighted topic popularity for a respective one of the plurality of time ranges is generated, as a function of the topic popularity, the trending metric, and an elapsed time between time associated with the respective time range and a preferred time for posting the content. A time range from the plurality of time ranges are selected based on the weighted topic popularity for posting the content.
US09900277B2	Context sensitive user group communications A system and method for resolving topically relevant contacts for a user is provided. One example embodiment provides for a method including acts of presenting, within a web page, a communication list with content that is presented to various user based at least in part on the users being associated with another user and the topical content of the web page. Another example embodiment provides or a system that serves web pages including a communication list with content that is presented to various users based at least in part on the user to user and user to topic associations.
US09900276B2	System and method for launching submitting-user-defined communicative action based on image matching A system includes an image repository that maintains a plurality of images submitted by submitting users. Upon submitting an image, the submitting user may specify one or more communicative actions to be launched in the event that a searching user presents the same image to the repository. The presented image is searched against every image in the repository using image matching technology. If a match is found—that is, if the presented image is substantially the same as an image previously submitted and stored in the repository (i.e., the same image or a photograph thereof)—then one or more communicative actions, previously defined by the submitting user and associated with the stored image, are launched towards the searching user. A submitting-user-defined communicative action may include any action that communicates information to the searching user, such as sending the searching user a predefined email or text message, playing a predefined media file, displaying information stored in a profile of the submitting user, etc.
US09900274B2	Managing instant messaging sessions on multiple devices Transferring instant messaging sessions includes receiving a selection, from a user within a user interface, of at least one instant messaging session from among multiple instant messaging sessions to transfer from a first instant messaging controller on a first device to at 5 least a second instant messaging controller on a second device, where the user is signed on concurrently to the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device. At least a portion of the selected instant messaging session is transferred from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device and the transferred portion of 10 the instant messaging session is made perceivable on the second instant messaging controller on the second device.
US09900273B2	Coordinated deep tagging of media content with community chat postings Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to deep tagging of media content and provide a method, system and computer program product for coordinating deep tagging of media content with chat postings. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for coordinating deep tagging of media content with chat postings can be provided. The method can include monitoring a group chat of participants co-browsing media content, identifying a token in the group chat appearing a threshold number of times within a temporal window, and creating a deep tag in the media content in association with a portion of the media content played back concurrently with the temporal window.
US09900269B2	Short message server, terminal trigger method of server thereof, trigger request delivery server, trigger request deliver method of server thereof The present application relates to a control function related to a trigger in a communication network for machine-type communication. A method for triggering a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving a trigger request message from a trigger request transmission server which transmits trigger requests from external servers; and transmitting the trigger request message to a terminal using a received short message, wherein transmission parameters of the short message indicates that the received short message is a short message for triggering a machine-type communication (MTC) apparatus.
US09900260B2	Efficient support for variable width data channels in an interconnect network A bridging circuit and method of operation thereof, which couples first and second electronic circuits of a data processing system. The first electronic circuit generates signals corresponding to digits of a flow control unit (flit) of a first flow control protocol and where the second electronic circuit is responsive to signals corresponding to flits of a second flow control protocol. When first flits are destined for the same target buffer, they are combined to provide a second flit consistent with the second flow control protocol and transmitting the second flit to the second electronic circuit. The second flit includes data and metadata fields copied from the first flits, a common field common to each of the first flits, a merged field containing a merger of fields from the first flits and a validity field indicating which portions of the second flit contain valid data.
US09900259B2	Data transmission method and related apparatus to compress data to be transmitted on a network Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and a related apparatus, which are used to implement compression of data transmitted on a backhaul to increase throughput of the backhaul. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: parsing a received Internet Protocol (IP) data packet to obtain a transmission network protocol header, a transmission tunneling protocol header, a user data protocol header, and user application layer data; compressing the transmission tunneling protocol header, the user data protocol header, and the user application layer data to obtain a compressed transmission network protocol payload; using the transmission network protocol header to encapsulate the compressed transmission network protocol payload to obtain a compressed IP data packet; and sending the compressed IP data packet to a decoding device in a core network or in a base station.
US09900256B2	Method and apparatus for quality of experience management for network services The present invention provides a QoE (Quality of Experience) management solution, wherein QoE feedback is used to optimize the usage of QoS provisioning techniques, thus improving the utilization efficiency of network resources. According to one aspect of the invention, a method for QoE management for a network service provided to a user device, the method comprising: displaying a user interface on the user device for a user to input an expected QoE value of the network service; receiving the expected QoE value of the network service from the user; evaluating an objective QoE value of the network service as a function of network QoS parameters; and adjusting the QoS parameters of the network service if the objective QoE value is less than the expected QoE value.
US09900255B2	System and method for link aggregation group hashing using flow control information A system and method for forwarding network traffic includes receiving a first flow of network traffic at an ingress port on a switch, collecting flow control metrics for a plurality of egress ports assigned to a link aggregation group of the switch, selecting a first egress port from the plurality of egress ports using a hashing strategy based on at least information associated with the flow control metrics, assigning the first flow to the first egress port, directing the first flow to the first egress port, and transmitting network traffic associated with the first flow using the first egress port.
US09900252B2	Application delivery controller and global server load balancer Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Global Server Load Balancer (GSLB), and methods for their operation in data networks are disclosed. The methods for load balancing may include receiving a query concerning a host name from a client, determining that there are two or more host servers associated with the host name, measuring various metrics associated with each of the two or more host servers and a local Domain Name Server (DNS), and based at least in part on the measurement, selecting a host server among the two or more host servers. The load balancing may also be based on a measured round trip time.
US09900250B2	Scalable handling of BGP route information in VXLAN with EVPN control plane A method for programming a MAC address table by a first leaf node in a network comprising a plurality of leaf nodes is provided. Each leaf node comprises one or more Virtual Tunnel End Points (“VTEPs”) and instantiates a plurality of Virtual Routing and Forwarding elements (“VRFs”), with a corresponding Bridge Domain (“BD”) assigned to each VRF. The method includes obtaining information indicating one or more VTEP Affinity Groups (VAGs), each VAG comprising an identification of one VTEP per leaf node, obtaining information indicating assignment of each VRF to one of the VAGs, assigning each VAG to a unique Filtering Identifier (“FID”), thereby generating one or more FIDs, and programming the MAC address table, using FIDs instead of BDs, by populating the MAC address table with a plurality of entries, each entry comprising a unique combination of a FID and a MAC address of a leaf node.
US09900248B2	Subscriber station for a bus system and method for broadband can communication A user station for a bus system implementing broadband CAN communication includes: a communication control device for creating or reading at least one message for/from at least one further user station of the bus system, in which exclusive, collision-free access of a user station to a bus of the bus system is ensured at least intermittently; and a data interleaving device for interleaving data packets of at least two messages into a single message, so that the data packets are situated in one data segment of the single message. The single message has a shared outer frame header for the data packets in front of the data segment and a shared outer frame end for the data packets after the data segment.
US09900245B2	Communicating network path and status information in multi-homed networks An example network system includes a layer two (L2) device and a layer three (L3) device. The L2 device includes a control unit is configured to determine a preferred network path from a first L2 network in which the L2 device resides to an intermediate L3 network in which the L3 device resides that couples the first L2 network to a second L2 network having a second L2 device. The control unit includes a management endpoint (MEP) module. The MEP module executes an operations, administration, and management (OAM) protocol to monitor the first L2 network and output an L2 frame in accordance with the OAM protocol to the L3 device to notify the L3 device that it is within the preferred network path. A MEP module of the L3 device executes an OAM protocol that outputs L2 frames to the L2 device indicating the status of the L3 network.
US09900242B2	Performance-based routing method and device Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a performance-based routing method and device, which can implement exchange of a performance route by expanding a BGP protocol. A first PCR receives first performance routing information sent by a second PCR. The first performance routing information includes a first performance parameter attribute. It is determined whether a performance route corresponding to the first performance routing information exists in an adjacent routing information base-in Adj-RIB-in of the first PCR. The performance route is added to the Adj-RIB-in when the performance route does not exist in the Adj-RIB-in.
US09900239B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving multimedia data in mobile communication system The present disclosure dynamically selects an optimal parameter so as to stably stream an image without user's setting in a network environment. The present disclosure determines (schedules) a path to which a general packet is to be distributed based on a path cost indicator, and determines a symbol size and the number of source symbols, which minimize or sufficiently reduce a cost function.
US09900236B2	Plug-and-play network filter A method of filtering outbound Internet traffic includes connecting an appliance to a network (that includes an end user terminal and a router), altering the flow of network traffic to direct the end user terminal to route outbound Internet traffic through the appliance, and filtering the outbound Internet traffic with the appliance. The outbound Internet traffic is traffic to remote servers from the end user terminal. The appliance may alter the flow of network traffic by issuing a gratuitous ARP packet from the appliance to direct the end user terminal to route the outbound Internet traffic through the appliance instead of the router. The appliance may receive the outbound Internet traffic to remote servers from the end user terminal, monitor the outbound Internet traffic, filter the outbound Internet traffic to form allowed packets for the remote servers, and/or forward the allowed packets to the remote servers.
US09900233B2	Test traffic interceptor Presented are methods and apparatus for processing test traffic encapsulated within bidirectional subscriber connections on intermediate nodes. Test packet requests are generated by a test traffic controller and received at a node by an enhanced decapsulator, a decapsulator or at an ingress port. A tunnel header is extracted from the test packet requests and a determination is made as to whether the test packet request destination is for the receiving node or for another node. If the test packet request is for another node the test packet request is forwarded toward the destination node. If the test packet request is for the receiving node then a test packet reply is generated and the test packet reply is sent toward the test traffic controller.
US09900228B2	Method and system for connectivity diagnostics in communications systems Described is a method and system for connectivity diagnostics in communication systems. The method comprises: querying a first communication device at a first time and a second time to determine whether a second query a first communication device at a first time to determine communication device is connected to the first communication device and to determine a value of an operational parameter at the first and second times; and determining the second communication device disconnected from the first communication device based on detecting the second communication device was connected to the first communication device at both the first time and the second time, and detecting the value of the operational parameter at the second time is inside a range of threshold values. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a link is unstable for connectivity based on connection duration, number and/or pattern of connection and/or disconnection events, and/or traffic activity during connection and/or disconnection events.
US09900227B2	Analyzing changes in web analytics metrics Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing changes in web analytics metrics. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a change in a web analytics metric for a website over a period of time, the web analytics metric being based at least in part on visitor data for the website over the period of time; computing a respective segment contribution score for each of a plurality of segments of the web analytics metric, wherein a segment contribution score for a particular segment is based at least in part on a comparison between a value of the web analytics metric and a value of the particular segment during the period of time; and identifying one or more of the plurality of segments as contributing to the change in the web analytics metric based on the respective segment contribution scores.
US09900225B2	Collecting and using quality of experience information Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for collecting and using quality of experience information. A server computer executing a quality of experience management service can receive a request for quality of experience display data. The server computer can obtain location data defining a geographic location of a user device and analyze quality of experience information defining a quality of experience of an application program associated with the user device. The server computer can generate the quality of experience display data based upon the quality of experience information, and provide the quality of experience display data to the user device.
US09900223B2	Systems and methods for adding users to a networked computer system Systems and methods are provided for adding new nodes to a computer networked system. The systems and methods may identify a first set of nodes in a networked computer system. The first set of nodes may be included in a first hash computation that clusters the first set of nodes into communities. An application shard space including a first space and a second space may be generated. The first set of nodes may be mapped to application shards in the first space based on the first hash computation. The application shards in the first space may be assigned to a first set of machines of the networked computer system. The second space may be maintained for mappings of nodes not included in the first hash computation to application shards in the second space.
US09900215B2	Automatically recommending point of presence centers Techniques for automatically recommending a new data center, such as a point-of-presence (POP) center are provided. In one technique, multiple candidate locations for a new POP center are considered. An impact of adding a new POP to each candidate location is estimated and a score is generated. Each candidate location is ranked based on the score. In a related technique, an impact score for a candidate location is based on a prediction of whether and how much a new POP center at the candidate location would reduce response times of clients that would connect to the new POP center. The prediction may be based on a model that is generated based on response data generated by clients that are connecting to existing POP centers. The model may take into account multiple factors, such as geographic distance, network distance, type of browser executing on the clients, type of operating system, etc.
US09900213B2	Startup configuration file deployment An auto-deployment server may receive, from a TFTP server, a notification message carrying a temporary IP address and a name of a basic configuration file obtained by the device from a DHCP server. The auto-deployment server may obtain the basic configuration file corresponding to the name of the basic configuration file from basic configuration files stored in the auto-deployment serve, may obtain a MAC address of the device according to the basic configuration file and the temporary IP address, may obtain a baseline startup configuration file of the device according to the MAC address, may deploy the baseline startup configuration file to the device, and may trigger the device to execute the baseline startup configuration file.
US09900212B2	Installation of an arbitrary server as an extension of a computing platform An archive file including an extension server runtime of the arbitrary server and one or more auxiliary computer modules is received. Input values of one or more configuration parameters including a number of extension server nodes to be installed are received. The archive file is extracted at a file system of the at least one server instance. The extracted extension server runtime is read by an extension server bootstrap from the one or more auxiliary modules. The number of extension server nodes as specified by the input values are installed based on the extracted extension server runtime on the at least one server instance by the extension server bootstrap.
US09900205B2	Quadrature signal processing apparatus with I, Q clipping mismatch compensation Apparatus and methods disclosed herein perform gain, clipping, and phase compensation in the presence of I/Q mismatch in quadrature RF receivers. Gain and phase mismatch are exacerbated by differences in clipping between I & Q signals in low resolution ADCs. Signals in the stronger channel arm are clipped differentially more than weaker signals in the other channel arm. Embodiments herein perform clipping operations during iterations of gain mismatch calculations in order to balance clipping between the I and Q channel arms. Gain compensation coefficients are iteratively converged, clipping levels are established, and data flowing through the network is gain and clipping compensated. A compensation phase angle and phase compensation coefficients are then determined from gain and clipping compensated sample data. The resulting phase compensation coefficients are applied to the gain and clipping corrected receiver data to yield a gain, clipping, and phase compensated data stream.
US09900204B2	Multiple functional equivalence digital communications interface A multiple functional equivalence digital communications interface and a group of functional circuits are disclosed. The multiple functional equivalence digital communications interface presents a functional equivalence of each of a group of digital communications interfaces to a digital communications bus. Each functional equivalence of the group of digital communications interfaces is associated with a corresponding one of the group of functional circuits.
US09900200B2	Peak to average power ratio suppression A transmitter comprises a first peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) suppression circuit and a second peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) suppression circuit. The first PAPR suppression circuit may receive a first sequence of time-domain symbols to be transmitted, alter the first sequence based on each of a plurality of symbol ordering and/or inversion descriptors to generate a corresponding plurality of second sequences of time-domain symbols, measure a PAPR corresponding to each of the second sequences, select one of the plurality of symbol ordering and/or inversion descriptors based on the measurement of PAPR, and convey the selected one of the symbol ordering and/or inversion descriptors to the second PAPR suppression circuit. The second PAPR suppression circuit may receive the first sequence of time-domain symbols to be transmitted, and alter the first sequence based on the selected one of the symbol ordering and/or inversion descriptors to generate a reordered and/or inverted symbol sequence.
US09900192B2	Method of demodulating a signal packet, a communication system and a lighting device A method of demodulating a signal packet includes steps of: determining whether a pulse width of each of pulses of one of bits of the signal packet is associated with bit 0 or bit 1; updating first counting data associated with a number of the pulses that define bit 0, and determining whether the first counting data is greater than a first threshold value; deciding that said one of the bits of the signal packet is a bit 0; updating second counting data associated with a number of the pulses that define bit 1, and determining whether the second counting data is greater than the second threshold value; deciding that said one of the bits of the signal packet is a bit 1.
US09900189B2	Methods and circuits for asymmetric distribution of channel equalization between devices A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC.
US09900183B2	IP address automatic assignment method, device, and system The present invention relates to an IP address automatic assignment method, a client, and a server. The present invention solves the technical problem in the prior art that a DHCP Relay host needs to be added additionally to assign an IP address to a client when a DHCP server and the client are not on the same network segment, thereby saving configuration cost and simplifying network configuration.
US09900180B2	Information processing method and switch An information processing method and a switch are described, in which the method includes the steps of acquiring a first information transmitted by the server through the first connection; deciding whether a first parameter in the first information matches a first predetermined parameter, the first parameter including at least Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identification information and Internet Protocol (IP) address information corresponding to a network port into which the first connection line is plugged on the server; determining the first connection line connected at the switch is in a wrong connection when it is decided that the first parameter does not match the first predetermined parameter. The recognition whether a connection of a network cable plugged in a network port of the server and the port of the switch are correct may be realized automatically.
US09900178B2	Device arrangement and method for implementing a data transfer network used in remote control of properties In a remote control method, a virtual private network is established between a home control network key and a home control network device of the remote control system in a property. In order to establish the virtual private network both the home control network key and device determine their network paths to the Internet from the data transfer network to which they are connected. The determined network paths are stored in a home control network server on the Internet. When it is desired to form a virtual private network, the home control network server supplies the stored network paths to the home control network key and the home control network device. By utilizing the received network paths the home control network key and the home control network device start establishing a virtual private network between them with several known by them establishing methods of a data transfer connection.
US09900176B2	Communication method and apparatus using smart module in home network system Disclosed is a method of performing communication by a smart module in a home network system. The method includes: obtaining device level information of a device; identifying whether the device level information of the device indicates a device level which can provide only a mandatory function; when the device level information of the device indicates the performance which can provide only the mandatory function, transmitting a status request message making a request for status information of the device to the device; receiving a status response message including information indicating whether a status of the device has changed; and when the information indicates that the status of the device has changed, transmitting an event generation message to a host system.
US09900174B2	Multi-user geofencing for building automation A building automation server includes a memory, a communication interface and a controller that is coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The memory is for storing a database comprising a plurality of user accounts, wherein each user account includes an associated building location of a building, an associated geofence defined relative to the building location, and one or more group member ID's, wherein each of the one or more group member ID's is associated with a corresponding mobile device with location services, and each user account identifies a geofence status for each of the one or more group member ID's, where the geofence status indicates whether the corresponding mobile device for each of the one or more group member ID is within the geofence associated with the user account or outside of the geofence.
US09900173B2	Personalized ambient temperature management Systems, methods, and apparatus for automation control for personalized ambient temperature management are disclosed. First input corresponding to a first set of sensors may be processed. A location of a first occupant of a home may be determined based on the first input. Second input corresponding to a second set of sensors may be processed. A first temperature in the location may be determined based on the second input corresponding to the second set of one or more sensors. A first state of the first occupant in the location may be determined based on third input corresponding to the first set of sensors or corresponding to a third set of sensors. An adjustment may be determined based on the location, the first temperature, and the first state of the first occupant. One or more components of the home may be caused to adjust based on the adjustment.
US09900172B2	Coordinated resource sharing in machine-to-machine communication using a network-based group management and floor control mechanism In the network-based group management and floor control mechanism disclosed herein, a server may receive a request to occupy a shared IoT resource from a member device in an IoT device group and transmit a message granting the member IoT device permission to occupy the shared IoT resource based on one or more policies. For example, the granted permission may comprise a floor that blocks other IoT devices from accessing the shared IoT resource while the member IoT device holds the floor. Furthermore, the server may revoke the permission if the member IoT device fails to transmit a keep-alive message before a timeout period expires, a high-priority IoT device pre-empts the floor, and/or based on the policies. Alternatively, the server may make the shared IoT resource available if the member IoT device sends a message that voluntarily releases the floor.
US09900171B2	Methods to discover, configure, and leverage relationships in internet of things (IoT) networks The disclosure generally relates to various methods to discover, configure, and leverage relationships in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. More particularly, the methods disclosed herein may support automated processes to create configurable sub-divisions and access controls in an IoT network based on usage associated with objects that are registered in the IoT network and interactions among the registered objects. Furthermore, in one embodiment, relationships between IoT devices that belong to different users may be implicitly discovered and/or ranked based on meetings (e.g., interactions) between the IoT devices, and relationships between the different users may likewise be implicitly discovered and/or ranked. Moreover, locations and interactions associated with IoT devices may be tracked over time to further discover user-specific and potentially asymmetric relationships among the IoT devices and/or the users associated therewith (e.g., where one user considers another user a close friend and the other user considers the first user an acquaintance).
US09900168B2	System and method for reliable multicast data transport A system and method of providing a reliable and efficient multicast data transfer mechanism in a communication network. The mechanism includes a plurality of computer nodes and one or more data system managers wherein each of computer nodes and each of data system managers are connected through the said communication network. The method generally comprises the steps of setting up of an association among one or more computer nodes as senders and one or more computer nodes as receivers using a combination of unicast and multicast protocols and transmitting one or more packets of data through the said multicast protocol by one or more senders to one or more receivers. The receivers may collaborate among themselves to ensure delivery of said one or more packets of data reliably to the collaborating receivers.
US09900167B2	Document sharing method, system, and device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a document sharing method, system, and device. In the embodiments of the present invention, a document is partitioned by the compere client into at least one page for caching. The method includes: receiving a page notification message, where the page notification message includes an identifier value of the page, and the identifier value is digest information of the page obtained by the compere client by using a digest algorithm; judging, according to the identifier value, whether the page corresponding to the identifier value is already saved; and downloading the page corresponding to the identifier value when the page corresponding to the identifier value is not saved, or not downloading the page when the page corresponding to the identifier value is already saved, which can effectively save bandwidth.
US09900165B2	Battery powered PoE audio amplifier and device Disclosed is a PoE apparatus deployed on the PD-side of a PoE configuration conforming to a PoE standard prescribing maximum power and current levels. The PoE apparatus comprises a current control element configured to draw from the PSE-side of the PoE configuration input current with input power and produce output current with output power, with the input current and power both respectively conforming to the maximum current and power levels of the PoE standard. The disclosed PoE apparatus further comprises a set of rechargeable batteries configured to be fully recharged by the aforementioned output current with the aforementioned output power at their respective levels and faithfully power the networked PoE device as a primary power source capable of producing instantaneous power large enough to meet the peak power requirement of the networked PoE device that is greater than the maximum power level of the PoE standard.
US09900164B2	Dynamic power management In one embodiment, a method includes: obtaining a power loss value for a cable that couples a device to a power source, where the power loss value is indicative of an amount of power lost through the cable during power transmission from the power source to the device; and determining, based at least in part on the power loss value for the cable, a power budget value indicative of an amount of power received by the device from the power source.
US09900163B2	Facilitating secure online transactions A method and system for mutually authenticating an identity and a server is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. The method commences with transmitting a token from the server. Thereafter, the method continues with establishing a secure data transfer link. A server certificate is transmitted during the establishment of the secure data transfer link. The method continues with transmitting a response packet to the server, which is validated thereby upon receipt. The system includes an authentication module that initiates the secure data transfer link and transmits the response packet, and a server authentication module that transmits the token and validates the response packet.
US09900159B2	Solid state storage device with command and control access Several embodiments of memory devices and systems with command and control access are described herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a controller having a processor and a memory component operably coupled to the processor. The controller is configured to receive at least one command and control (C2) packet from a remote computer associated with a device vendor. The C2 packet includes a request for the controller to perform a restricted command, and a vendor signature. The memory component stores instructions executable by the processor to determine if the vendor signature is valid and to direct the controller to perform the restricted command if the vendor signature is determined to be valid.
US09900156B2	Cloud service validation In one embodiment, a method includes sending, to a user device, a token, wherein the token includes a token identifier and a signature based on a key and data regarding a cloud service provider, receiving, from the cloud service provider, a validation request for the user device, wherein the validation request includes the token identifier, and sending, to the cloud service provider in response to the first validation request, a validation response based on the key.
US09900155B2	Security techniques for cooperative file distribution Security techniques are provided for cooperative file distribution. An encryption key or a nonce (or both) are generated for a package containing one or more files that are to be sent in a cooperative file distribution system. Random access encryption techniques can be employed to encrypt a package containing one or more files to be sent in a cooperative file distribution system. One or more storage proxies are allocated to a package to be transmitted in a cooperative file distribution system, based on load. Access to trackers in the cooperative file distribution system is controlled using security tokens. Content can automatically expire using a defined expiration period when the content is uploaded into the system. Variable announce intervals allow the tracker to control how often the tracker will receive a message, such as an announcement or a heartbeat message, from peers in the system.
US09900147B2	Homomorphic encryption with optimized homomorphic operations The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic operations within a homomorphic encryption scheme. The homomorphic operations may be performed on encrypted data received from a client device without decrypting the data at a remote computing device, thereby maintaining the confidentiality of the data. In addition to the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication, the homomorphic operations may include an approximate division, a sign testing, a comparison testing, and an equality testing. By combining these operations, a user may perform optimized operations with improved processor and memory requirements.
US09900144B2	Method and circuits for phase-locked loops A phase lock loop (PLL) includes: a binary phase detector configured to generate a first and second polarity signals that respectively indicating whether an incoming data stream is leading a feedback signal, or whether the feedback signal is leading the incoming data stream, wherein a difference between the first and second polarity signals does not represent an amount of phase difference between the incoming data stream and the feedback signal; a digital filter configured to: generate filtered first polarity signal on a first path and a second path that are different; and generate filtered second polarity signal on a third path and a fourth path that are different; a charge pump coupled to the digital filter and configured to: integrate the filtered first polarity signal and the filtered second polarity signal; and an oscillator configured to generate the synthesized clock signal serving as the feedback signal.
US09900143B2	Digital accessory interface A method is used for transferring data over a half-duplex wired communications link, wherein the wired communications link comprises first and second wires. The method comprises, in each of a plurality of frames: transferring a clock signal on the first wire in a first direction; transferring first payload data on the second wire in the first direction; transferring second payload data on the second wire in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and transferring control data on the second wire, wherein the format of the frame is such that, irrespective of whether the control data is transferred in the first direction or in the second direction, there is only one pair of reversals of a direction of data transfer in each frame.
US09900136B2	Information on reference signal structure for neighboring cell measurements The present invention relates to cellular radio communication and in particular to providing information on neighbor cells to enable terminals to perform neighbor cell measurements. In the prior art the terminal attempts to make neighbor cell measurements in a reference signal structure that is the same in the neighbor cell as in the cell the terminal camps in. The present invention is based on the insight that the reference signal structure may differ between neighboring cell for example in the situation of an MBSFN area that is restricted to a region of all cells of a radio network, or in the situation of TDD mode being applied there may be different regions with different allocation of sub-frames for transmission in the uplink and downlink directions. The present invention solves the problem by broadcast information in a cell indicative of the reference signal structure in neighbor cells.
US09900134B2	Reference signal presence detection based license assisted access and reference signal sequence design A user equipment device comprises physical layer circuitry configured to transmit and receive radio frequency electrical signals with one or more nodes of a radio access network, including monitor at least one of a communication channel unlicensed to a long term evolution (LTE) network (LTE-U) or a communication channel of a licensed assisted access (LAA) network and detect a reference signal (RS) of a subframe communicated using the at least one communication channel; and processing circuitry configured to measure a channel metric over at least a portion of the subframe that includes the RS, and process information included in the subframe according to an LTE communication protocol when the measured channel metric satisfies a specified channel metric threshold value.
US09900131B2	Flexible transmission of messages in a wireless communication system with multiple transmit antennas Devices and methods for transmitting information in resource blocks between a base station and one or more communication devices are disclosed. In each resource block (RB) used for a data or control channel transmission, a plurality of non-overlapping regions of resource elements (REs) are defined. Each region is associated with one or multiple unique reference symbols (RSs), and may be further associated with one or more antenna ports. When user equipment (UE) demodulates the information it receives in a particular region of an RB, it uses the RS and/or antenna port associated with that region. The RS and/or antenna port information may be used, for example, to estimate a channel of the communication network or to demodulate and decode the data contained within the associated regions.
US09900130B2	Method and device for sending signal, and storage medium Disclosed is a method for sending a signal, comprising: a small cell sending a discovery signal (DS) in a corresponding sending mode according to a current state of the small cell. Further disclosed is a device for sending a signal. In the present invention, according to the current state of the small cell, an access state of the small cell is adjusted in real time, thereby significantly reducing the interference of the small cell to a neighbor cell, improving the system performance, and being able to reduce the energy consumption of the small cell.
US09900129B2	Method and device for determining time and frequency resources from amongst time and frequency resources of wireless communications network Considering individual sequences T1, . . . , TK over N successive frames for performing K individual transmissions, one time and frequency resource is allocated to each individual transmission per frame. The time and frequency resources can be represented by a grid with time resources on one dimension and frequency resources on another dimension. A managing device: computes a figure of merit G(A, T1, . . . , TK) for each possible set of the individual sequences T1, . . . , TK over the N successive frames on which respective frequency hopping sequences [A1, . . . , AN]=A apply, the figure of merit G(A, T1, . . . , TK) being representative of transmission robustness to interference and/or noise and/or path loss, and being determined under a constraint such that the frequency hopping sequences A1, . . . , AN are defined among a predefined set of allowable frequency hopping sequences which is a subset of all the time and frequency resources sequences made possible by said grid; and selects the set of individual sequences T1, . . . , TK showing the best figure of merit G(A, T1, . . . , TK).
US09900127B2	Method and system to improve link budget of a wireless system A method and system to improve the link budget of a wireless system using fast Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) protocol. In one embodiment of the invention, the Medium Access Control (MAC) logic in a base station determines whether the quality of the communication link with a mobile station is bad. When the MAC logic in the base station determines that the quality is bad, the base station uses a fast Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) protocol to indicate to the mobile station to send identical information to the base station in each of a plurality of successive or consecutive communication intervals before processing any received identical information from the mobile station. The fast HARQ protocol reduces the latency of receiving the identical information correctly, as compared with the current HARQ protocol.
US09900126B2	Optimized code table signaling for authentication to a network and information system In various embodiments, a system comprising a network interface, a processor, and a non-transient memory medium operatively coupled to the processor is disclosed. The memory medium is configured to store a plurality of instructions configured to program the processor to receive a digital bit stream, transform the digital bit stream to an encoded digital bit stream. The encoded digital bit stream comprises at least one of a gateway channel, a composite channel, or a data channel, and any combination thereof, and provides the encoded digital bit stream to the network interface for transmission. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium and a computer-implemented method also are disclosed.
US09900121B1	Apparatus, system, and method for reducing a number of intersymbol interference components to be suppressed An apparatus, system, and method are provided for reducing a number of intersymbol interference components to be suppressed. Included is a receiver path with a linear equalizer configured to: receive a signal pulse including a data component and a first number of post-cursor intersymbol interference components, delay and process the signal pulse such that the signal pulse includes a second number of post-cursor intersymbol interference components which is less than the first number of post-cursor intersymbol interference components, and produce an output signal that includes the data component and the second number of post-cursor intersymbol interference components. The receiver path further includes a decision feedback equalizer in electrical communication with the linear equalizer. The decision feedback equalizer is configured to: receive the output signal from the linear equalizer, and suppress the second number of the post-cursor intersymbol interference components of the output signal.
US09900116B2	Test sequences using universal testing system A testing system that provides a separate set of virtualization container probes for each of at least a subset of devices that is under testing can perform Wifi Layer 2 and Wifi Layer 3 tests in a manner that minimizes or avoids wireless interference is disclosed.
US09900107B1	Coherent receiver, method, and system for coherent light source frequency offset estimation and compensation Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a coherent receiver, including: a frequency offset estimation unit and a frequency offset compensation unit, where the frequency offset estimation unit is configured to receive signal light and local oscillator light, where the signal light is received by a first photoelectric detector, and a first intensity value is obtained, the signal light is received by a second photoelectric detector, and a second intensity value is obtained, the local oscillator light is received by a third photoelectric detector, and a third intensity value is obtained, and the local oscillator light is received by a fourth photoelectric detector, and a fourth intensity value is obtained; and the frequency offset compensation unit is configured to obtain a frequency offset value between the signal light and the local oscillator light according to a difference between a first ratio and a second ratio.
US09900105B1	Coded modulation with amplitude and phase-shift keying having a circular constellation for variable spectral efficiency A system and method involving a coded modulation scheme using an M-APSK format with a circular constellation. A maximum achievable spectral efficiency for the transmitters may be selected and a spectral efficiency step-size of the maximum achievable spectral efficiency may be specified. The spectral efficiency for any transmitter in the system may be individually selected by reducing its spectral efficiency from the maximum achievable spectral efficiencies by a selected number of steps corresponding to the step size.
US09900101B2	Transceiver module An optical/electrical signal transmission system (100) comprises a number of processing devices (106) mounted on a motherboard (104), and a number of transceiver modules (102) comprising a number of e/o engines (304), in which the transceiver modules (102) electrically couple to the processing devices (106) without interrupting the processes of the system (100).
US09900094B2	Visible-light wireless communication apparatus and method using the same Disclosed herein is a method of performing visible-light wireless communication using light-emitting diode (LED) illumination, in which Variable Pulse Position Modulation (VPPM) is used for low-speed data transmission and dimming of illumination, and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation is used in a VPPM on period for high-speed data transmission.
US09900089B2	Optical transmission device and method for checking optical connection in optical transmission device An optical transmission device that transmits an optical signal in a specified wavelength band includes: a receiver, a monitor light unit, a wavelength selective switch and a memory. The receiver receives the optical signal. The monitor light unit outputs monitor light of a wavelength allocated outside of the specified wavelength band. The wavelength selective switch outputs the optical signal via a first port and outputs the monitor light via a second port. The memory stores information that indicates an optical power loss of a route through which the monitor light is transmitted.
US09900087B2	Multimode launch systems for use in performing an OTDR measurement on a multi-fiber array DUT and method of performing same A multimode launch system to be connected to an Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) for use in performing at least one OTDR measurement on a multi-fiber array Device Under Test (DUT), the multimode launch system comprising: an optical switch being connectable to the OTDR during use; a launch array device having an end being connectable to the optical switch and another end being connectable to the multi-fiber array DUT during use, the launch array device having a plurality of multimode launch optical fibers each having at least one first guidance parameter being smaller than a corresponding one of at least one second guidance parameter of at least one multimode optical fiber of the optical switch; and a multi-fiber mode conditioner along the launch array device for inducing a preferential attenuation of higher-order optical modes of test light propagated into the multi-fiber array DUT during use.
US09900085B2	Sparing configurations and protocols for parallel fiber optics A transceiver can include a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter can include: a primary laser emitter; a primary monitor photodiode optically coupled with the laser emitter; a spare laser emitter; and a transmitter integrated circuit having a primary channel operably coupled with the primary laser emitter; a spare channel operably coupled with the spare laser emitter; a switch on the primary channel; and a secondary channel operably coupled with the switch and the spare channel. The receiver can include: a primary detector photodiode; a spare detector photodiode; and a receiver integrated circuit a primary receiver channel operably coupled with the at least one primary detector photodiode; a spare receiver channel operably coupled with the spare detector photodiode; a receiver switch on the spare receiver channel; and a secondary receiver channel operably coupled with the receiver switch and the primary receiver channel.
US09900082B1	Converged data communications in satellite networks In some implementations, a satellite communication system is a capable of utilizing converged data transmissions over a satellite network to improve various aspects of services provisioned through the satellite network. For example, the system includes multiple electronic components that operate within a common software application framework to enable the ability to perform monitored operations in real-time. The system uses the monitored data to dynamically and intelligently adjust network configurations of the satellite network configuration to dynamically and intelligently improve to the provisioning of network-based services under varying network conditions.
US09900078B2	Data processing method, apparatus, and device A data processing method, including performing, by a transmit end device, mapping processing on L layers of information bits to generate L layers of modulation symbol sequences, where each layer of modulation symbol sequence includes U modulation symbols, the L layers of modulation symbol sequences correspond to a same time-frequency resource, and the U modulation symbols include at least one non-zero modulation symbol and at least one zero modulation symbol, performing precoding processing on each layer of modulation symbol sequence according to a precoding matrix to generate L layers of modulation symbol sequence matrixes, and performing superposition processing on the L layers of modulation symbol sequence matrixes to generate a to-be-sent symbol sequence matrix, where the to-be-sent symbol sequence matrix includes T element sequences in a first dimension, and the to-be-sent symbol sequence matrix includes U element sequences in a second dimension.
US09900074B2	CSI request procedure in LTE/LTE-A with unlicensed spectrum Channel state information (CSI) request procedures are disclosed for use in long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks with unlicensed spectrum. Instead of relying on periodic reference signals which may not be transmitted because of failed clear channel assessment (CCA) operations, an aperiodic reference signal is defined that provides an on-demand reference signal and CSI request for user equipment (UE). The serving base station transmits an identifier, which signals that the aperiodic reference signal will be transmitted, either in the same subframe or a future subframe, and then transmits the aperiodic reference signal in the designated subframe. UEs served by the base station will receive the identifier, identify a CSI request, either implicitly through the identifier signal received from the base station or explicitly through a UE-specific CSI request, and then generate a CSI report based on the aperiodic reference signal for transmission back to the serving base station.
US09900072B2	LEO flexible single axis beamforming A hybrid system of satellite-based beamforming that includes digitally beamforming in one axis and physically beamforming in an orthogonal axis. Based on the orientation of the satellite, the digital beamforming axis may be the in-track axis, the cross-track axis, or anywhere in between those two axes. In the digitally beamformed axis, the beam pattern can be steered to different positions along the axis and it can be compressed or expanded, as desired.
US09900068B2	Method for reporting channel state information for 3-dimensional beam forming in wireless communications system A method for reporting the channel state information for a 3-dimensional beam forming in a wireless communications system. A method for transmitting the channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communications system includes the steps of: receiving a reference signal from a base station supporting a 2-dimensional antenna array; determining the CSI based on the reference signal; and transmitting the determined CSI to the base station. The CSI includes the CSI set for each of T beam candidates defined in one dimension of the 2-dimensional antenna array. The CSI set includes at least one of the rank index (RI) in the one dimension, the pre-coding matrix (PMI) index in the one dimension, the RI in the two dimensions, the PMI in the two dimensions, and the channel quality index (CQI). Here, the RI in the two dimensions is variable for each of the T beam candidates.
US09900064B2	Hybrid precoder A method employing linear precoding and non-linear precoding for transmitting data between at least two transmitters and a plurality of receivers via a plurality of communication channels over a plurality of subcarrier frequencies, the method comprising the procedures of transmitting by either one of said at least two transmitters, at least two training signals to respective said receivers; receiving by respective said receivers, said at least two training signals; evaluating channel characteristics of at least part of said communication channels, according to said at least two training signals; determining a precoding scheme selection that defines for at least part of said communication channels, over which of said subcarrier frequencies, said data transmitted shall be preceded using either one of linear precoding and non-linear precoding, according to evaluated said channel characteristics; precoding said data according to determined said precoding scheme selection; and transmitting said data according said precoding scheme selection.
US09900061B1	Wearable passive scanning device Features are disclosed for a wearable scanning device that can passively initiate scanning for wireless identifiers such as RFID tags. The wearable scanning device may include a force sensor, an accelerometer, or a motion activated switch that can initiate the scanning when detecting an action performed by an associate (e.g., lifting) without an express intent from the associate to scan.
US09900060B1	Tunable microwave network and application to transmit leakage cancellation circuit in an RFID interrogator A tunable microwave network and its application in a radio transceiver transmit signal cancellation network is described. The tunable microwave network realizes a large set of reflection coefficients over a predefined area in the complex reflection coefficient plane for the purpose of reflecting a variable cancellation signal which, when properly configured, results in the substantial attenuation of transmit reflection and transmit leakage signal at the radio transceiver receiver input. A relevant building block of the proposed tunable microwave network is a shunt tunable capacitive element coupled to another shunt tunable capacitive element through a phase shifting element with phase shift greater than 30 degrees divided by a quantity substantially similar to the total number of said tunable capacitive elements and less than 60 degrees at a predefined frequency.
US09900058B2	Near-field UHF identification system and a method for identifying an object or the kind of an object that is or contains electrically conductive material using near-field identification A near-field identification system having an object that is or contains electrically conductive material and an ultra-high radio-frequency microstrip transponder. The microstrip transponder having a microstrip line and an identification microchip connected to the microstrip line. The microstrip transponder being on the object at a location where the object has an electrically conductive region, the line following at least one edge of the object. When the identification system is being interrogated by an interrogator from below the system an identification signal from the identification microchip is transmittable from the microstrip line via magnetic near field induced by electric current on the edge of the object to below the object. Also discussed is a method for identifying an object or the kind of an object that is or contains electrically conductive material using near-field identification.
US09900057B2	Systems and methods for assigning groups of antenas of a wireless power transmitter to different wireless power receivers, and determining effective phases to use for wirelessly transmitting power using the assigned groups of antennas The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. The transmitter can locate the at least one receiver in a three-dimensional space using a communication medium (e.g., Bluetooth technology). The transmitter generates a waveform to create a pocket of energy around each of the at least one receiver. The transmitter uses an algorithm to direct, focus, and control the waveform in three dimensions. The receiver can convert the transmission signals (e.g., RF signals) into electricity for powering an electronic device. Accordingly, the embodiments for wireless power transmission can allow powering and charging a plurality of electrical devices without wires.
US09900056B2	System and method for delayed application processor initialization during wireless charging A system and method providing for delayed initialization of a device in a wireless charging environment. In certain aspects, a device is configured to detect power wirelessly received from a power transmitter. The device may further wirelessly transmit a message to the power transmitter in response to the received power, further determining that a power level of the received power has been adjusted in response to the message. In response to the determining the power level has been adjusted, a controller that is powered by the adjusted power level may be initialized.
US09900055B1	Magnetic presence detection of a smartphone A system and method for magnetic presence detection. A magnetic proximity detector is associated with a tag, wherein the tag transmits particular data when a mobile device is detected by the magnetic proximity detector, which can avoid needless battery consumption by the tag and/or the mobile device. A filter can be employed to filter out noisy magnetic signals so as to enhance a detection capability by the magnetic proximity detector and facilitate detection of the mobile device by the magnetic proximity detector.
US09900054B2	Link emission control Establishing a communication link may include transmitting by a first device an unmodulated first electromagnetic EHF signal and receiving by a second device the first electromagnetic EHF signal. The second device may determine whether the received first electromagnetic EHF signal indicates that a first shield portion and a second shield portion are in alignment. The transmission of a modulated second electromagnetic EHF signal may be enabled when the received first electromagnetic EHF signal indicates that both the shield portions are in alignment and may be disabled when the received first electromagnetic EHF signal indicates that the first and second shield portions are not in alignment.
US09900047B2	Multi-channel spread spectrum return channel for ultra small aperture terminals (USATS) A return channel system for ultra-small aperture terminals has a spreader that receives an input signal and outputs a spread spectrum signal having multiple replicated signals with a lower power than the input signal. A de-spreader includes a de-multiplexer that receives the spread spectrum signal via satellite. The de-multiplexer separates the spread spectrum signal into a first channel having a first signal and a second channel having a second signal. The de-spreader also has an offset compensation circuit having a phase estimator configured to estimate a phase offset between a phase of the first signal and a phase of the second signal. And a phase adjustor that receives the second signal and adjusts the phase of the second signal to align with the phase of the first signal to provide a phase-adjusted second signal. A summer combines the first signal with the phase-adjusted second signal to provide a composite signal.
US09900044B2	Transceiver arrangement and communication device A transceiver arrangement is disclosed. The transceiver arrangement comprises a receiver arranged for frequency-division duplex communication with a communication network and a transmitter arranged for frequency-division duplex communication with the communication network. The transceiver arrangement also comprises a transmission port anda phase shifter arrangement which comprises a first 180° phase shifter and a second 180° phase shifter. The transceiver arrangement further comprises a filtering arrangement. The filtering arrangement comprises filters of a first type and filters of a second type. The filtering arrangement and the phase shifter arrangement are arranged to connect the receiver, transmitter and transmission port forming a first signal path between the transmission port and the transmitter by a first one of the filters of the first type and the first phase shifter in series, a second signal path between the transmission port and the transmitter by a second one of the filters of the first type and a first one of the filters of the second type in series, a third signal path between the transmission port and the receiver by a second one of the filters of the second type and the second phase shifter in series, and a fourth signal path between the transmission port and the receiver by a third one of the filters of the second type and a third one of the filters of the first type in series. The filters of the first type are arranged to pass signals at transmitter frequency and attenuate signals at receiver frequency, and the filters of the second type are arranged to attenuate signals at transmitter frequency and pass signals at receiver frequency. A communication device capable of frequency division duplex communication comprising such a transceiver arrangement is also disclosed.
US09900039B2	Background process scheduling method and apparatus for optimizing specific absorption rate Embodiments described herein provide a method for scheduling background processes. The method begins when a task scheduler requests a SAR severity level from the application processor. The application processor then requests the SAR severity level from the modem. Upon receipt of the SAR severity level the task scheduler then determines if the SAR severity level is high. If the SAR severity level is high, the task scheduler waits a predetermined time and then requests a further SAR severity level. This process continues until the SAR severity level returned in within a normal level. At that time, the background process is scheduled. This prioritizes transmission. The apparatus includes a task scheduler in communication with an application processor and a modem in communication with the application processor. The task scheduler may include a memory and a timer.
US09900037B2	GPS selector from a diversity/MIMO antenna cable A single transmission line couples multiple different antennas to corresponding radios using a low-loss signal selector made from a directional radio frequency coupler and a bandpass filter. A combiner receives signals from the antennas and combines those signals onto the one transmission line. The multiple, different-frequency signals on the transmission line are provided to a directional coupler having two outputs. One of the outputs from the directional coupler is routed to a first band pass filter having a pass band corresponding to a radio frequency required by a particular radio.
US09900036B2	Dual receive processing in wireless communications A technique, as well as select implementations thereof, pertaining to dual receive processing in wireless communications is described. The technique may involve receiving, by a plurality of receive processing modules, an incoming signal from an antenna to provide a plurality of processing results. The technique may also involve generating, by a determination mechanism, a determination output based on the plurality of processing results. The determination output may include either one or more decoding metrics based on a respective processing result from one of the plurality of receive processing modules or a weighted combination of more than one respective processing result from more than one receive processing module of the plurality of receive processing modules. The technique may further involve decoding, by a decoder, the determination output to provide a decoded signal.
US09900035B2	Detection apparatus, receiving apparatus, and detection method A detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a detection unit. The acquisition unit acquires, via an antenna positioned on a movable body, data on which signal groups with different base frequencies are superimposed. The calculation unit calculates, based upon a frequency spectrum of the data acquired by the acquisition unit, the base frequencies of the respective signal groups. The detection unit detects signals in the respective signal groups based upon the base frequencies calculated by the calculation unit.
US09900032B1	Differential transmission assembly with common mode suppression A differential transmission assembly includes two metal prisms, a ground substrate, and a resistive sheet. The two metal prisms are driven differentially. Each metal prism extends along parallel lines with a space therebetween in a common direction, coplanar in a first plane, and contributing to formation of a three-dimensional electromagnetic field. The ground substrate extends in the common direction, in a second plane parallel to the first plane. The resistive sheet is disposed in a third plane aligned to be substantially perpendicular to an electric field component of a first mode of the three-dimensional electromagnetic field, and to be parallel to an electric field component of a second mode of the three-dimensional electromagnetic field.
US09900029B2	Intra-frequency and inter-RAT receiver Techniques are described for wireless communications. In one example, multiple signals including at least a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal and a cellular signal may be received over a bandwidth of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. Digital samples of the signals may be stored in a buffer. At least a portion of the WLAN signal may be reconstructed from the stored digital samples and removed from the stored digital samples before the contents of the buffer are converted to the frequency domain for demodulation and decoding of the cellular signal by a cellular receiver. In another example, multiple signals may be received over a bandwidth of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, and it may be determined whether to apply codeword-level interference cancelation (CWIC) or symbol-level interference cancelation (SLIC) to remove an interference signal in the multiple signals.
US09900028B1	Decimation filtering in systems having parallel analog-to-digital converter channels An example circuit includes: a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) receiving a respective plurality of analog signals and outputting a respective plurality of digital signals; a coefficient generator circuit outputting a coefficient signal; and a plurality of decimation filters each including a first input that receives a respective one of the plurality of digital signals and a second input that receives the coefficient signal, each of the plurality of decimation filters including a finite impulse response (FIR) filter having a multiplier and a single accumulator.
US09900026B2	Differential data creating apparatus, data updating apparatus, and differential data creating method The present invention aims to provide a technology capable of enhancing the effect of reducing differential data in size. A bit shift unit shifts either of old data and new data in a forward direction and a backward direction of its bit string by each of 0, 1, 2, . . . , and n bit(s) to generate a plurality of data. A copy bit string extracting unit extracts information on copy bit strings based on the plurality of data and other non-shifted data. An additional bit string extracting unit excludes copy bit strings from the new data to extract information on additional bit strings. A differential data generating unit creates differential data based on the information on copy bit strings and the information on additional bit strings.
US09900025B2	Efficient adaptive seismic data flow lossless compression and decompression method An efficient adaptive seismic data flow lossless compression and decompression method, which aims at solving the problem that data occupies the storage space and affects the transmission efficiency and is used for efficiently compressing geophysical instrument data, particularly seismic data after 24-bit analog-to-digital conversion. In the method, a data flow is compressed in a lossless mode in real time, and sampling data is adaptively compressed into 1 byte or 2 bytes or 3 bytes from original 24 bits and 3 bytes in a coding manner. Besides the foregoing data ranges, other integers that can be expressed by other 24-bit integer data with symbols are required to be expressed by 4 bytes after being operated through a compression algorithm. The method has the advantages of saving a large amount of storage space and remarkably increasing the data transmission efficiency.
US09900024B2	Method and system for coding information A method and an apparatus are described for coding information, the method comprising obtaining a list of integers to be encoded; determining a hyper-pyramid having a dimension adapted to encode the list of integers, the hyper-pyramid having a plurality of vertices whose number is determined by the degree of the hyper-pyramid, which is equal to the sum of the integers of the list of integers and by the dimension of the hyper-pyramid which is equal to the number of integers of the list of integers minus one; indexing the list of integers in the hyper-pyramid using an indexing system; and providing an indication of the indexing of the list of integers in the hyper-pyramid.
US09900023B1	Multi-stage delta-sigma pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter A device includes a first conversion stage, a second conversion stage, and a first filter circuit. The first conversion stage is configured to perform a Delta-Sigma modulation based on an input signal, in order to generate a first quantized signal and a first residual signal. The second conversion stage is configured to perform a pipelined successive approximation algorithm in response to the first residual signal, in order to generate a second quantized signal. The first filter circuit is configured to perform a decimation process based on the first quantized signal and the second quantized signal to generate a digital output signal.
US09900021B1	Method and apparatus for digital modification and/or modulation of optical signals An apparatus comprised of a cascaded series of optical modulators addressed by a multi-bit digital word with each optical modulator in the cascaded series being responsive to a single bit in the multi-bit digital word and wherein each of the optical modulators in the cascaded series of optical modulators doubling in effective optical length as a bit index of the bit of the multi-bit digital word to which it is responsive increases by a bit index value equal to one. The apparatus may be used with a prior art analog optical modulator and an associated ADC, having a fixed bit width, to extend the number of bits beyond the fixed bit width that the ADC and analog optical modulator prior art combination can otherwise operate.
US09900017B1	Digital to analog conversion using semi-digital FIR filter A semi-digital finite impulse response, FIR, filter is configured as a sparse FIR filter and as a minimum phase lag FIR filter. The FIR filter has a delay line composed of a number of sets of delay units sequentially coupled to each other, and where some of the sets of delay units have one or more untapped delay units as part of a cascade of two or more single-sample delay units. An analog summing node is coupled to the taps and produces at its output an analog version of a digital input signal that is fed to an input of the delay line. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09900014B2	Frequency dividing circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit A plurality of latch circuits driven at rising of a clock signal and a plurality of latch circuits driven at falling of the clock signal are alternately connected, and generation circuit generates a plurality of frequency divided clock signals with different phases based on combinations of levels of outputs of the plurality of latch circuits.
US09900011B2	Semiconductor apparatus, routing module, and control method of semiconductor apparatus According to one embodiment, a semiconductor apparatus includes a block and a controller. The block includes a logic circuit and a routing module. The routing module includes a plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of second wiring lines, switches, and a wiring line switching circuit. The switches are arranged to perform connection and disconnection between the first wiring lines and the second wiring lines. The wiring line switching circuit is arranged to switch a wiring line for transmitting the signal, among the first wiring lines and the second wiring lines. The controller is arranged to control driving of the switches and the wiring line switching circuit.
US09900010B2	Level shifter A level shifter includes a first and a second transistor coupled to a first power supply voltage terminal supplied with a second power supply voltage in parallel, the first transistor having a first gate connected to a drain of the second transistor and a first gate insulating film, and the second transistor having a second gate connected to a drain of the first transistor and a second gate insulating film, a third and a fourth transistor coupled to a reference voltage terminal in parallel, the third transistor having a third gate supplied with a first control signal and a third gate insulating film, and the fourth transistor having a fourth gate supplied with a second control signal and a fourth gate insulating film, a first and a second depression transistor, and a timing control unit placed between a second power supply voltage terminal and the reference voltage terminal.
US09900009B2	Level shift circuit The present invention provides a level-shift circuit that can suppress the malfunction caused by the noise due to the ON/OFF of a level-shift transistor and the dV/dt noise due to external noise. The present invention provides a level-shift circuit for transmitting a signal from a primary potential side to a secondary potential side, comprising: a first serial circuit a first resistance including serially-connected to a first switching element; a second serial circuit including a second resistance serially-connected to a second switching element; a latch malfunction protection circuit for which the respective output terminals of the first and second serial circuits are connected to an input terminal; a latch circuit for receiving a signal outputted from the latch malfunction protection circuit; and a capacitor connected between drain terminals of the first resistance and the first switching element and between drain terminals of the second resistance and the second switching element.
US09900008B1	Pre-driver and replica circuit and driver system with the same A pre-driver includes a first inverter, a second inverter, an amplifier, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. The first inverter has an input terminal for receiving an input signal at an input node, and an output terminal coupled to an inner node. The second inverter has an input terminal coupled to the inner node, and an output terminal for outputting an output signal at an output node. The amplifier is configured to amplify the input signal by a gain factor so as to generate an amplified signal and an inverted amplified signal. The first capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the output node, and a second terminal for receiving the amplified signal. The second capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the inner node, and a second terminal for receiving the inverted amplified signal.
US09900007B2	Programmable logic device An object is to provide a programmable logic device having logic blocks connected to each other by a programmable switch, where the programmable switch is characterized by an oxide semiconductor transistor incorporated therein. The extremely low off-state current of the oxide semiconductor transistor provides a function as a non-volatile memory due to its high ability to hold a potential of a gate electrode of a transistor which is connected to the oxide semiconductor transistor. The ability of the oxide semiconductor transistor to function as a non-volatile memory allows the configuration data for controlling the connection of the logic blocks to be maintained even in the absence of a power supply potential. Hence, the rewriting process of the configuration data at starting of the device can be omitted, which contributes to the reduction in power consumption of the device.
US09900005B2	Switch cell structure and method A switch cell structure includes a switch cell of a first type, which includes a master switch cell and a plurality of slave switch cells. The master switch cell includes a buffer having an input and an output and a transistor having a gate coupled to the output of the buffer. The slave switch cell includes a respective signal line having an input and output and a transistor having a gate coupled to the signal line, the signal lines of the slave switch cells are coupled to one another, with the output of one coupled to the input of another of the signal lines. The output of the buffer of the master switch cell is coupled to an input of one of the signal lines of slave switch cells to drive the plurality of slave switch cells.
US09900001B2	RF circuit with switch transistor with body connection In some method and apparatus embodiments, an RF circuit comprises a switch transistor having a source, a drain, a gate, and a body. A gate control voltage is applied to the gate of the switch transistor. A body control voltage is applied to the body of the switch transistor. The body control voltage is a positive bias voltage when the switch transistor is in an on state. In some embodiments, an RF circuit comprises a control voltage applied to the gate of the switch transistor through a first resistance and applied to the body of the switch transistor through a second resistance. The first resistance is different from the second resistance.
US09899998B2	Bridge circuits and their components A half bridge is described with at least one transistor having a channel that is capable in a first mode of operation of blocking a substantial voltage in at least one direction, in a second mode of operation of conducting substantial current in one direction through the channel and in a third mode of operation of conducting substantial current in an opposite direction through the channel. The half bridge can have two circuits with such a transistor.
US09899989B2	Calibration circuit, integrated circuit having calibration circuit, and calibration method A calibration circuit for calibrating a device to be calibrated includes a variable current generator, a circuit component, and a control unit. The variable current generator generates a variable current responsive to variations of a supply voltage relative to a predetermined voltage level. The circuit component is a copy of at least one portion of the device to be calibrated and is coupled between the variable current generator and the supply voltage. The control unit is coupled to the variable current generator and the circuit component, and generates, based on a voltage dependent on the variable current and the circuit component, at least one calibration signal for adjusting an adjustable electrical parameter of the circuit component and the device to be calibrated.
US09899986B2	RF diplexer Embodiments of a tunable radio frequency (RF) diplexer and methods of operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the RF diplexer includes a first hybrid coupler, a second hybrid coupler, an RF filter circuit, and a phase inversion component. Both the RF filter circuit and the phase inversion component are connected between the first hybrid coupler and the second hybrid coupler. The phase inversion component is configured to provide approximately a differential phase. The RF filter circuit is configured to provide a passband and a notch. The RF filter circuit is tunable to provide the notch on both a high-frequency side of the passband and a low frequency side of the passband. Accordingly, the tunable RF diplexer provides lower insertion losses and higher isolation regardless of whether the one of the diplexed frequency bands is set at higher frequencies or lower frequencies than the other diplexed frequency band.
US09899984B1	Compact multi-carriage impedance tuner and method A new multi-carriage slide screw impedance tuner uses a circular slabline, eccentrically rotating disc probes and rotating carriages allowing reducing the linear size of the tuner by a factor of 3 compared with linear tuners. The slabline lies flat on the bench table surface and the disc probes rotate at the end of rotating arms, which act as mobile carriages, forming a planetary configuration. The rotation of the arms control the phase of GAMMA and the rotation of the disc-probes controls its amplitude.
US09899983B2	Electronic control unit One embodiment provides an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a housing and a noise filter. The housing includes an accommodating portion, and the accommodating portion includes a support portion. The noise filter includes an engaging portion, and at least part of the noise filter is housed in the accommodating portion of the housing. When the at least part of the noise filter is housed in the accommodating portion of the housing, the engaging portion is in engagement with the support portion.
US09899982B2	On-chip electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure for noise suppression An integrated circuit (IC) die for electromagnetic band gap (EBG) noise suppression is provided. A power mesh and a ground mesh are stacked within a back end of line (BEOL) region overlying a semiconductor substrate, and an inductor is arranged over the power and ground meshes. The inductor comprises a plurality of inductor segments stacked upon one another and connected end to end to define a length of the inductor. A capacitor underlies the power and ground meshes, and is connected in series with the inductor. Respective terminals of the capacitor and the inductor are respectively coupled to the power and ground meshes. A method for manufacturing the IC die is also provided.
US09899979B2	Method for recording a playback setting of sound and electronic device performing the same A method for recording a playback setting of sound is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device having an equalizer and includes the following steps of: acquiring an archival data of a sound file played by the electronic device; receiving a set record command; acquiring a gain setting data of the equalizer according to the set record command; pairing the archival data with the gain setting data to generate a pairing data; and saving the pairing data.
US09899978B2	Class D amplifier circuit This application relates to Class D amplifier circuits (200). A modulator (201) controls a Class D output stage (202) based on a modulator input signal (Dm) to generate an output signal (Vout) which is representative of an input signal (Din). An error block (205), which may comprise an ADC (207), generates an error signal (ε) from the output signal and the input signal. In various embodiments the extent to which the error signal (ε) contributes to the modulator input signal (Dm) is variable based on an indication of the amplitude of the input signal (Din). The error signal may be received at a first input (204) of a signal selector block (203). The input signal may be received at a second input (206) of the signal selector block (203). The signal selector block may be operable in first and second modes of operation, wherein in the first mode the modulator input signal is based at least in part on the error signal; and in the second mode the modulator input signal is based on the digital input signal and is independent of the error signal. The error signal can be used to reduce distortion at high signal levels but is not used at low signal levels and so the noise floor at low signal levels does not depend on the component of the error block (205).
US09899966B2	Wideband high dynamic range low noise amplifier A device, system and method for a wideband low noise amplifier is provided. The device may include a main amplifier and an error amplifier. In each amplifier is a phase inverter configured to invert the incoming signal. Additionally, rather than being formed from discrete components, the conductors of this wideband low noise amplifier are formed from microwave monolithic integrated circuits to provide for greater efficiency, which enables the low noise amplifier to operate in wideband rather than narrowband. A method of using the same is also provided.
US09899965B2	Differential amplifiers with improved slew performance Disclosed herein are differential amplifiers for improved slew performance. In some embodiments, a differential amplifier may receive positive and negative input signals at first and second transistor branches, respectively; provide a dynamic bias current to the first and second transistor branches, responsive to the positive and negative input signals; and provide positive and negative output signals at the second and first transistor branches, respectively.
US09899963B2	Power amplification module Provided is a power amplification module that includes: a first power amplifier that amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal; and a first noise removing circuit that is inputted with a first voltage supplied from a DC-DC converter, removes noise from the first voltage in order to generate a second voltage, and outputs the second voltage as a power supply voltage of the first power amplifier.
US09899962B2	Power amplifier er amplifier includes a power splitter that splits a first signal into a second signal and a third signal delayed from the second signal by about 90°, a first amplifier that outputs a fourth signal by amplifying the second signal when a power level of the first signal equals/exceeds a first level, a second amplifier that outputs a fifth signal by amplifying the third signal when the power level of the first signal equals/exceeds a second level higher than the first level, a first phase shifter that receives the fourth signal and outputs a sixth signal delayed from the fourth signal by about 45°, a second phase shifter that receives the fifth signal and outputs a seventh signal advanced from the fifth signal by about 45°, and a combining unit that outputs an amplified signal of the first signal by combining the sixth and seventh signals.
US09899961B2	Enhanced amplifier efficiency through cascode current steering According to some implementations, a power amplifier (PA) includes a common emitter configured to receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal. The PA also includes a carrier amplifier coupled to the common emitter to form a carrier cascode configuration, a collector of the carrier amplifier provided with a first supply voltage. The PA further includes a peaking amplifier coupled to the common emitter to form a peaking cascode configuration, a collector of the peaking amplifier provided with a second supply voltage greater than the first supply voltage.
US09899959B2	Element, and oscillator and information acquiring device including the element An element, including: a first conductor layer extending in a first direction; a second conductor layer extending in the first direction; and a semiconductor disposed between the first and second conductor layers, the semiconductor including: a first semiconductor layer in contact with the first conductor layer; a second semiconductor layer in contact with the second conductor layer; and an active layer disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, in which: the semiconductor has a width of 0.5 μm or more and 5 μm or less in a direction intersecting the first and second directions, and has a thickness of 0.1 μm or more and 1.0 μm or less in the second direction; the active layer includes a double-barrier resonant tunnel diode; and each of the two barrier layers has a thickness of 0.7 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less in the second direction.
US09899956B2	3D printed solar energy A three dimensional photovoltaic module that allows for the absorption of solar energy from various angles in a three hundred sixty degree arrangement has a base panel unit and a solar structure. The solar structure has a plurality of solar cells, each having a first photovoltaic cell and a second photovoltaic cell, wherein each of the plurality of solar cells absorbs light from two opposing sides. A concentrated photovoltaic lens directs light and traps light in an interior volume, allowing for internal absorption of light in addition to the external absorption of light. The base panel unit has a rotational base to which the solar structure is connected, and a magnetic base about which the rotational base is magnetically levitated. A plurality of magnets positioned around the rotational base generates a magnetic vortex that in combination with the magnetic base allows the rotational base and the solar structure to rotate.
US09899954B2	Motor drive apparatus having function of detecting failure of electric shunt A motor drive apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an electric shunt which shunts a current flowing through a power line connected to a motor; a first current detection unit and a second detection unit, each disposed on either side of a node shunted by the electric shunt, for detecting the current flowing through the power line; a shunt commanding unit which gives a shunt command to the electric shunt to effect shunting of the current; and a determining unit which determines the presence or absence of a fault in the electric shunt, based on the shunt command and on current values detected by the first current detection unit and the second detection unit.
US09899953B2	Method and apparatus for detecting ground faults in inverter outputs on a shared DC bus A system to detect a ground fault at the output of an inverter section prior to powering up a motor drive system is disclosed. A low voltage power supply is connected to the DC bus prior to connecting the input power source to the rectifier section. If a ground fault exists, the voltage potential on the DC bus causes conduction through one of the freewheeling diodes connected in parallel to the power switching device on the output of the inverter section. A fault detection circuit generates a signal corresponding to the presence of the low voltage potential when the low voltage is applied to the DC bus. If a ground fault is present at the output of one of the inverter sections, the motor drive system prevents the AC voltage from being applied to the rectifier section.
US09899951B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling an inverter of a motor driving apparatus A motor driving apparatus including a motor including a stator and a rotor rotating in the stator, an inverter configured to supply a driving voltage to a stator coil wound on the stator so as to rotate the rotor, and a control unit configured to, when a target command value is received, change a predetermined reference start-up time point to a start-up time point corresponding to an electrical angle position of the rotor in correspondence with the target command value per rotation of the rotor and to control the inverter to supply the driving voltage at the start-up time point.
US09899946B2	Sensorless control of switched reluctance machines A control system for a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The control system may include a converter circuit in electrical communication between the stator and a common bus, and a controller configured to monitor a bus voltage of the converter circuit and a phase current of the SR machine. The controller may be configured to determine a phase voltage based on one or more of main pulses and any diagnostic pulses, determine an estimated flux based on the phase voltage and an associated mutual voltage, determine a rotor position based at least partially on the estimated flux, and control the SR machine based on the rotor position and a desired torque.
US09899945B2	Motor driving apparatus and home appliance including the same A motor driving apparatus included in a home appliance may include an inverter to convert a direct current (DC) power into an alternating current (AC) power through a switching operation and to output the converted AC power to a motor, an output current detector to detect an output current flowing through the motor, a controller to control the inverter, wherein, during a first interval after the motor stops, the controller controls a phase current of a predetermined frequency to flow through the motor to estimate a position of a rotor of the motor, and estimates the position of the rotor of the motor based on the detected output current while the phase current of the predetermined frequency flows through the motor. Thereby, the sensorless motor driving apparatus can easily estimate the position of the motor rotor.
US09899944B2	Control apparatus for rotating electric machine In a control apparatus for a rotating electric machine, a phase feedback gain is set such that first and second conditions are met. The first condition is that gain margin and phase margin in frequency characteristics of a first loop transfer function are ensured. The second condition is that a gain intersection angular frequency in frequency characteristics of the first loop transfer function is lower than respective resonance angular frequency in frequency characteristics of first and second transfer functions. An amplitude feedback gain is set such that third and fourth conditions are met. The third condition is that gain margin and phase margin in frequency characteristics of a second loop transfer function are ensured. The fourth condition is that a gain intersection angular frequency in frequency characteristics of a second loop transfer function is lower than respective resonance angular frequency in frequency characteristics of third and fourth transfer functions.
US09899939B2	Harvesting energy from interaction with papers There is provided a system and method for harvesting electrical energy from interaction with papers. The system comprising an electret disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, and an interactive device connected to one end of the first electrode and one end of the second electrode to provide an electrical potential, the interactive device configured to receive the electrical potential by moving the second electrode relative to the electret for generating electrical energy. Interactive devices that can be activated by the generator can include a light-emitting diode, an electronic paper display, an infrared communication, and a buzzer.
US09899937B2	Peg-style electrostatic rotating machine An electrostatic rotating electrical machine employs interdigitated axial pegs on opposed rotor and stator plates, the pegs immersed in a high dielectric constant fluid. Peg shape, length and positioning may be varied to tailor a changing aspect profile to a desired power source.
US09899931B1	Zero voltage switching flyback converter for primary switch turn-off transitions A flyback converter implements a Forced Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) timing control by detecting a positive current excursion of the secondary winding current as the synchronous rectifier turn off trigger. The synchronous rectifier switch is turned on near the end of the switching cycle or the on duration is extended to develop a current ripple on the secondary winding current. The control circuit of the flyback converter detects a positive current excursion on the secondary winding current to turn off the synchronous rectifier and to start the next switching cycle. At this point, the voltage across the primary switch has been discharged and the primary switch can be turned on with zero drain-to-source voltage. In other embodiments, zero voltage switching for the off-transition of the primary switch is realized by coupling a capacitor across the primary switch or by coupling a capacitor across the primary winding, or both.
US09899930B2	Method and apparatus for phase alignment in semi-resonant power converters to avoid switching of power switches having negative current flow Each phase of a multi-phase voltage converter includes a power stage, passive circuit, synchronous rectification (SR) switch, and control circuit. Each passive circuit couples its power stage to an output node of the voltage converter, and is switchably coupled to ground by the SR switch. The current through the SR switch has a half-cycle sinusoidal shape with a resonant frequency determined by the reactance of the passive circuit. The control circuit generates signals to control switches within the power stage and the SR switches. The control circuit measures current through the SR switch of each phase, and determines which of the phases has SR switch current which returns to zero the quickest. This phase is identified as a master, and the other phases of the voltage converter are aligned to this master phase such that none of the SR switches is turned off when negative current is flowing through it.
US09899928B2	Power conversion apparatus having an auxiliary coil functioning as a flyback transformer A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion circuit, a choke coil, an auxiliary coil, and a rectifier element. The choke coil is disposed between the power conversion circuit and an input side direct current power source. The auxiliary coil is magnetically coupled to the choke coil and is connected in parallel with an output side circuit. The auxiliary coil is wound in a direction so that an excitation current flows from a negative electrode to a positive electrode of the output side circuit when an excitation current flows from a positive electrode to a negative electrode of the direct current power source through the choke coil. The rectifier element is series connection with the auxiliary coil, and cuts off power supply from the direct current power source to the output side circuit through the auxiliary coil and power supply from the output side circuit to the input side.
US09899925B2	Two stage structure for power delivery adapter In one general aspect, a system can include an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter, an alternating current (AC) rectifier bridge operatively coupled to the electromagnetic filter, the AC rectifier bridge providing a first voltage, a first power stage including a step-down transformer, the first power stage configured to receive the first voltage and output a second voltage, a second power stage configured to receive the second voltage and configured to convert the second voltage to a third voltage, and a power delivery adapter controller configured to receive at least one input indicative of a requested voltage value and configured to provide at least one output for use by the second power stage, the second power stage configured to determine a value for the third voltage based on the at least one output.
US09899924B1	Reducing switching losses in power converters A switching power converter converts power from an input source for delivery to a load at the converter output. The converter comprises at least two switches connected in series across either the input source or the output, and an inductor connected to a central node between the two switches. A controller operates the converter in a series of converter operating cycles, each operating cycle comprising an input phase, during which one of the two switches is conductive, the inductor receives energy from the input source, and a current in the inductor is increasing positively, phase. The controller is configured to adjust the duration of the input phase, and the amount of energy stored in the inductor at the end of the input phase, as a function of a an amount of energy required to charge or discharge the node capacitance during the energy recycling phase.
US09899921B1	Adaptive slope compensation for current mode switching power supply A current mode switching converter includes a transistor switch, an inductor configured to conduct a ramping inductor current as the transistor switch is turned on and off at a particular duty cycle, and an inductor current sensor generating a current sense signal. The current sense signal has an up-slope portion and a down-slope portion. A separate ramp generator generates a ramp voltage for each switching cycle. A slope compensation circuit compensates the ramp voltage, depending on the duty cycle and other factors, to create a compensated ramp voltage. The compensated ramp voltage is then summed with the current sense signal to create a compensated current sense signal for a comparator. The slope compensation circuit forces the compensated current sense signal to have an up-slope greater than an absolute value of its down-slope at least for duty cycles greater than 50% to rapidly dampen perturbations in the duty cycle.
US09899920B2	Voltage regulator and method for controlling output stages of voltage regulator A voltage regulator includes a plurality of output stages and a controller. The plurality of output stages are arranged for selectively enabling to generate output voltages and output currents or not according to a plurality of control signals, respectively. The controller is arranged for sensing the output currents of the output stages, and generating the control signals according to the sensed output currents. When the controller generates the control signals to reduce a quantity of the enabled output stages, the controller determines whether a summation of the sensed output currents is greater than a first threshold or not to determine whether to enable more output stages, then a period of time later, the controller selectively determines whether the summation of the sensed output currents is greater than a second threshold or not to determine whether to enable more output stages, wherein the second threshold is lower than the first threshold.
US09899918B2	DC/DC converter, driving method thereof, and power supply using the same In a DC/DC converter, a driving method thereof, and a power supply using the same, the DC/DC converter includes a plurality of power switches connected as a serial string between an input terminal and a ground terminal, a first capacitor connected to at least two power switches of the serial string in parallel, an inductor connected between an intermediate node of the serial string and an output terminal, a second capacitor connected between the output terminal and the ground terminal, and a plurality of drivers configured to generate a switching control signal for each of the plurality of power switches. A voltage having no correlation with a voltage of the input terminal is supplied to a power terminal of each of the plurality of drivers.
US09899914B2	Light switch device A lighting device includes a DC/DC converter, a drive circuit, and a delay circuit. The drive circuit generates a feedback signal and a PWM signal. The feedback signal indicates whether or not a voltage required for a constant current to flow in a solid-state light emitting device is applied to the solid-state light emitting device. The PWM signal indicates a current supply period during which a current flows in the solid-state light emitting device. The delay circuit delays at least one of a start timing and an end timing of the current supply period with respect to the PWM signal. The DC/DC converter includes: a switching element, and a control circuit which performs control such that the switching element switches in accordance with the feedback signal generated by the drive circuit, during an on-duty period determined by the PWM signal the timing of which has been delayed by the delay circuit.
US09899910B2	Bridgeless PFC power converter with reduced EMI noise A bridgeless PFC boost converter has either a single switching cell or two identical switching cells configured to operate 180 degrees out of phase. A switching cell includes first and second transistor switches coupled to opposing ends of an input AC voltage source, and first and second rectifying diodes, one rectifying diode coupled in series to each of the two transistor switches. A boost inductor is coupled to a junction node between each transistor switch and rectifying diode series. Either a third rectifying diode or a third transistor switch is coupled to a junction node between the input AC voltage source and the first transistor switch. Either a fourth rectifying diode or a fourth transistor switch is coupled to a junction node between the input AC voltage source and the second transistor switch. The rectifying diodes are coupled an output capacitor. Two switching cells can be interleaved.
US09899907B2	Switching power supply circuit and control method therefor A switching power supply circuit includes a switching element connected to a primary winding wire of a transformer in series, capacitors connected to secondary winding wires of the transformer via diodes, and an IC for power supply control that controls ON/OFF operation of the switching element on the basis of a charged voltage of the capacitors. Commanded voltages are charged in the capacitors after electric power is supplied to a main power supply, and further, after the elapse of a delay time set in advance, a control circuit, which controls the entire apparatus, controls a main circuit and a peripheral apparatus circuit to start operations.
US09899904B2	DC-DC power supply control circuit and electronic device A DC-DC power supply control circuit includes: a voltage stabilizing diode, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a first triode and a second triode. Two ends of the first resistor are connected with an input end and an enable end of the DC-DC power supply respectively. Two ends of the second resistor are connected with the enable end and a collector of the second triode. A base electrode and an emitting electrode of the second triode are connected with a collector of the first triode and ground respectively. A negative electrode end and a positive electrode end of the voltage stabilizing diode are connected with an output end of the DC-DC power supply and a base electrode of the first triode respectively. Two ends of the third resistor are connected with the base electrode and the ground respectively. An emitting electrode of the first triode is grounded.
US09899901B2	Coil and method of manufacturing coil A flat coil includes at least first and second coil layers having the shape of a ring and stacked, each of the first and second coil layers includes a pair of linear portions facing each other in a first direction and a pair of end portions facing each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the flat coil is bent on at least one of the end portions. The flat coil is an α-winding coil and is bent toward the first coil layer from the second coil layer. A first end face of the first coil layer in the second direction and a second end face of the second coil layer in the second direction are positioned on the same plane at the end portion to be bent.
US09899897B2	Permanent magnet buried type electric motor and compressor A permanent magnet buried type electric motor includes a rotator having a rotator core and a stator. The rotator core includes: a plurality of magnet accommodating holes formed as many as the number of poles; a plurality of permanent magnets; air holes through which a coolant and a refrigerant oil pass; and a fastening hole. The magnet accommodating hole is formed into a shape that projects toward a radially inner side and is recessed toward a radially outer side. The air hole portions and the fastening holes are arranged so as to be alternately positioned. The air hole portion is formed into such a shape that includes a portion extending in an arc shape along an outer peripheral surface of a rotary shaft in a circumferential direction of the rotator core so that an area of the air hole portion is larger than an area of the fastening hole.
US09899891B2	Power feed section structure of electric power assisting motor apparatus The connection terminal and the power supply terminal are held by a common holding member made of a resin. The power supply terminal includes a press-fitting portion press-fitted into a press-fitted portion of the holding member. The press-fitted portion of the holding member has a shape that is long in a plate width direction of the power supply terminal and short in a plate thickness direction of the power supply terminal. Assuming that a dimension of each of both end portions of the press-fitted portion in the plate width direction of the power supply terminal is defined as L1, a dimension of a center portion of the press-fitted portion is defined as L2, and a plate thickness of the power supply terminal is defined as T, L2
US09899889B2	Motor structure with frame structure having bearing housing formed integrally therewith A motor structure includes: a frame accommodating a stator and a rotor therein; an output-side bracket; an output-side bearing; a housing portion for supporting the output-side bearing, the housing portion being formed integrally with an output-side end of the frame and serving as a first fitting protrusion to be fitted into the output-side bracket; a flange portion formed integrally with an anti-output-side end of the frame and having an opening; an anti-output-side bearing; an anti-output-side bracket for accommodating the anti-output-side bearing therein; and a protrusion formed integrally with the anti-output-side bracket to be fitted into the opening of the flange portion.
US09899888B2	Coil structure for rotary electric machine A coil structure for a rotary electric machine includes phase coils for magnetic flux generation. Each of the phase coils includes a plurality of first element conductors, a plurality of second element conductors, a plurality of first crossover portions, and a plurality of second crossover portions. The plurality of second element conductors are provided in a plurality of second slots among slots. The second slots are provided in a circumferential direction of a stator at a pitch of a first predetermined interval. The second slots are shifted in phase by a second predetermined interval with respect to first slots in the circumferential direction of the stator. The first predetermined interval is set to be an interval equivalent to N times a unit pitch. The second predetermined interval is set to be an interval smaller than the first predetermined interval.
US09899884B2	Motor armature and motor A motor armature includes a core including a stack of electromagnetic steel sheets, a tooth portion extending in a radial direction of the motor, and a conductive wire that is wound around the tooth portion in a circumferential direction. First recessed portions extending in the radial direction are located in a surface of the tooth portion of each of the electromagnetic steel sheets of the core.
US09899879B2	Systems and methods for controlling wireless power transfer A system and method for wireless power transfer. The system includes a transmit coil having a first magnetic field having a first magnitude. The system also includes a receive coil, magnetically coupled to the transmit coil, having a second magnetic field having a second magnitude. The system also includes an electronic processor electrically coupled to the transmit coil and communicatively coupled to the receive coil. The electronic processor is configured to determine the first magnitude of the first magnetic field. The electronic processor is further configured to receive the second magnitude of the second magnetic field. The electronic processor is further configured to determine an efficiency based on the first magnitude and the second magnitude, and determine a power level for the transmit coil based on the efficiency.
US09899878B2	Systems and methods for induction charging with a closed magnetic loop In one aspect, an apparatus for wireless power transmission comprises a plurality of coils and a controller. The controller is configured to sequentially energize each coil of the plurality of coils to produce a magnetic field. The controller is configured to select a subset of the plurality of coils based on a measure of coupling between each coil of the subset of the plurality of coils and at least one receiver coil of a chargeable device. The controller is configured to sequentially energize pairs of coils selected from the subset of the plurality of coils. The controller is configured to select at least two coils from the subset of the plurality of coils for wireless power transmission based on a measure of coupling between each of the pairs of coils and the at least one receiver coil of the chargeable device.
US09899876B2	Maximum power output circuit for an EHC and design method thereof A maximum power output circuit for EHC and its design method are presented. The circuit is comprised of a magnetic core, that is, a primary coil and a secondary coil, with a load resistor and a capacitor parallel connected at the two ends of the secondary coil. The circuit enables the EHC to be always working at the maximum power output, thus realizing maximum power output of the energy harvesting power source.
US09899875B2	Radio power transmission apparatus and radio power transmission system A radio power transmission apparatus comprises a transmitter 20 having a power transmitting antenna 9 for transmitting electromagnetic waves and a power transmitting circuit and a receiver 40 having a power receiving antenna 29 for receiving electromagnetic waves and a power receiving circuit. In the radio power transmission apparatus, on the basis of power reflected to the power transmitting antenna 9, the power transmitting circuit executes control to change the circuit reactance of the power transmitting circuit in order to control the imaginary part of power of the electromagnetic waves to be transmitted. In addition, on the basis of a value of power transmitted to the transmitter 20 by using electromagnetic waves of power transmission used by the receiver 40 to transmit a value of power received by the receiver 40 through the power receiving antenna 29, the power transmitting circuit executes control to change the circuit reactance of the power transmitting circuit or the characteristic impedance of the power transmitting circuit in order to control the real part of power of the electromagnetic waves to be transmitted.
US09899866B2	Regulator rectifier device and a method for regulating an output voltage of the same A regulator rectifier device and a method for regulating an output voltage of the same which takes input from three phase alternating current voltage generating device with each phase including a positive cycle and a negative cycle. A first rectifying unit with a first gate terminal, connected to the generating device to rectify the positive cycle of said three phase alternating current voltage. A second rectifying unit with a second gate terminal, connected to said generating device to rectify the negative cycle of said three phase alternating current voltage, wherein said second rectifying unit switches between rectification mode and shunt mode depending on the load condition. And a controlling unit configured to control said second rectifying unit by a gate control signal, said controlling unit outputs said gate control signal based on an output voltage of said regulator rectifier device with respect to a first predefined voltage in battery connected condition or third predefined voltage in battery-less condition and said positive cycle and said negative cycle of each phase of said three phase alternating current voltage from said generating device, said gate control signal enables said second rectifying unit to switch between rectification mode and shunt mode by controlling the second gate terminal of said second rectifying unit, wherein said gate control signal switches said second rectifying unit into shunt mode when the output voltage of said regulator rectifier device is greater than said first predefined voltage in battery connected condition or third predefined voltage in battery-less condition and thereby continuing the shunting of said second rectifying unit as long as said positive cycle of corresponding phase of said three phase alternating current voltage exists.
US09899861B1	Wireless charging methods and systems for game controllers, based on pocket-forming The present invention provides wireless charging methods and systems for powering game controllers. The methods and systems may include one or more transmitters and one or more receivers. In some embodiments the transmitters and receivers may be embedded to game console and game controllers, respectively. In other embodiments, the transmitters and receivers may be connected as a separate device to the game console and game controllers, respectively. The method may include wireless power transmission through suitable techniques such as pocket-forming.
US09899859B2	Master-slave multi-phase charging A multi-phase charging circuit comprises a device that can be configured for master mode operation or slave mode operation. In master mode operation, the device generates a control signal and a clock signal to control operation of a switching circuit for generating charging current. In slave mode operation, the device receives externally generated control and clock signals to control operation of its switching circuit.
US09899857B2	Method and apparatus for start-up of a field device Method for start-up of a field device, wherein for start-up of the field device an energy storage unit (R) for storing electrical energy is charged by means of a power supply (PS), preferably a power-limited power supply (PS), and wherein the electrical energy stored in the energy storage unit (R) is used to supply the field device at least at times with electrical energy, at least during start-up of the field device.
US09899851B2	System for charging battery of energy storage system using PCS A system for charging a battery of an energy storage system using a photovoltaic inverter, includes: a photovoltaic inverter configured to convert a DC power generated from a photovoltaic module into an AC power, and to output the AC power; and an energy storage system configured to set a preset power value by considering an output power of the photovoltaic inverter according to the amount of solar radiation, and configured to charge a battery in a mode selected from a constant current (CC) mode and a constant voltage (CV) mode based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the preset power value, with an input power generated from the photovoltaic module and input from the photovoltaic inverter.
US09899850B2	Vehicle based portable charging device Described herein is a system which provides a portable and rechargeable device to charge portable devices. The system includes an entertainment hub or similar structure in a vehicle and a portable and rechargeable device which connects with the entertainment hub to charge batteries in the portable and rechargeable device. The entertainment hub is connected to the vehicle power system and has a connection port for holding and powering the portable and rechargeable device. The connection port and the portable and rechargeable device have mated connectors. An ejection button disengages the portable and rechargeable device from the entertainment hub. The portable and rechargeable device has a connector for connecting to and charging a portable device.
US09899849B2	Systems and methods for discharging an AC input capacitor with automatic detection System and method for discharging a capacitor. An example system includes a signal detector and a discharge control component. The signal detector is configured to receive an input signal and generate a detection signal based on at least information associated with the input signal, the input signal being associated with an alternate current signal received by a capacitor including a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The discharge control component configured to receive at least the detection signal and generate an output signal to discharge the capacitor if the detection signal satisfies one or more conditions.
US09899848B2	Mobile terminal, DC-charging power source adaptor, and charging method The disclosure discloses a mobile terminal, a DC-charging power source adaptor, and a charging method, the mobile terminal comprising: a battery configured to store electrical energy; a USB interface configured to be engaged with an external device; and a microprocessor configured to determine whether two differential data pins of the USB interface are shorted, upon detecting an external device being inserted into the USB interface; and if so, to communicate with the inserted external device, wherein if the external device is a DC-charging power source adaptor, then the DC-charging power source adaptor switches two communication pins of a charging interface thereof from being shorted by default to being disconnected, and communicates with the microprocessor; and the microprocessor detects voltage of the battery after communicating successfully with the DC-charging power source adaptor, and if the voltage of a battery core lies in a range delimited by preset DC-charging thresholds, then the microprocessor controls the battery to be DC-charged using charging voltage output by the DC-charging power source adaptor, and determines a value of the charging voltage of the DC-charging power source adaptor from the current voltage of the battery core.
US09899847B2	Battery system configured to set and reduce an upper limit power value that is discharged from an alkali secondary battery A battery system includes: an alkali secondary battery in which a negative electrode open-circuit potential remains constant within a predetermined SOC range; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the battery; a current sensor; a voltage sensor; and a controller configured to set an upper limit power value that is discharged from the alkali secondary battery, the controller being configured to: calculate a negative electrode potential of the alkali secondary battery based on the negative electrode open-circuit potential, a resistance value of a negative electrode of the alkali secondary battery, the resistance value being specified from the temperature, and the current value; calculate a positive electrode potential of the alkali secondary battery based on the negative electrode potential and the voltage value; and reduce the upper limit power value below a reference power value when the positive electrode potential is equal to or lower than a threshold.
US09899845B2	Receiving device with coil of electric line for receiving a magnetic field and for producing electric energy by magnetic induction and with magnetizable material A receiving device for receiving a magnetic field and for producing electric energy by magnetic induction. The receiving device includes at least one coil of at least one electric line. The magnetic field induces an electric voltage in the at least one coil during operation. The receiving device and the at least one coil are adapted to receive the magnetic field from a receiving side of the receiving device. The receiving device includes a field shaping arrangement including magnetizable material adapted to shape magnetic field lines of the magnetic field. The field shaping arrangement is placed behind the at least one coil. A depth of the field shaping arrangement varies. A method of manufacturing a receiving device and an arrangement including the receiving device.
US09899844B1	Systems and methods for configuring operational conditions for a plurality of wireless power transmitters at a system configuration interface The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored.
US09899842B2	Control method and control system for parallel operation between different types of power generator In a control method performed in shifting a plurality of different types of power generators to parallel operation, at least one of output voltage and a voltage drooping characteristic of at least one of the plurality of power generators is changed. In the case where the plurality of different types of power generators are a plurality of synchronous power generators having different voltage drooping characteristics, the voltage drooping characteristic of one power generator having a smaller voltage drooping characteristic among the plurality of power generators to be operated in parallel is changed so as to coincide with the voltage drooping characteristic of the other power generator. At the time of changing the voltage drooping characteristic, the other power generator is controlled so that the output voltage thereof is maintained at a value before start of the parallel operation.
US09899838B2	Power delivery system and method Power delivery systems and methods described herein conductively couple several input lines with a cable that conducts a multi-phase electric current. The input lines separately conduct different phases of the electric current. Output lines are conductively coupled with plural machines, and separately conduct the different phases of the electric current. Plural switching devices are conductively coupled with the input lines and with the output lines, and are used to control the switching devices in order to conduct the different phases of the electric current to the machines. A first set of the switching devices is closed to separately conduct the different phases of the electric current to a first machine of the machines. A different, second set of the switching devices is separately closed to separately conduct the different phases of the electric current to a different, second machine of the machines.
US09899837B2	Demand shaping in an electrical power grid using day ahead market and real time market prices A method (100) for electricity demand shaping through load shedding and shifting in an electrical smart grid.
US09899834B1	Power control module using protection circuit for regulating backup voltage to power load during power fault A power control module comprising low voltage (LV) port for receiving low supply voltage via LV supply line, high voltage (HV) input port for receiving high supply voltage via HV supply line, wherein high supply voltage is higher than low supply voltage, LV output port for providing low output voltage, HV output port for providing high output voltage, LV node coupled to LV input port, HV node coupled to HV input port, bypass circuit coupled between LV and HV nodes, LV protection circuit coupled between LV node and LV output port, and control circuitry configured to detect power fault on either LV or HV supply line, isolate the LV and HV nodes from LV and HV supply lines, provide backup voltage to LV node, and cause LV protection circuit to regulate backup voltage at LV node to maintain low output voltage at LV output port to within predetermined operating range.
US09899833B2	Electronic direct current transformer An electronic direct current (DC) transformer apparatus and method of using it to convey unregulated off grid DC power to one or more load devices that in total use power at a level of at least 1 kW. The resonant frequency is at least 20 kHz, the unregulated energy-transfer efficiency is at least 75%, and the power distributing efficiency from source to load device is at least 75%.
US09899832B2	Wearable device and electrostatic discharge protection circuit of the same A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a first functional module, at least one exposed contact, a second functional module, an ESD protection circuit that converts an ESD input to an output voltage when the ESD input occurs, a detection module that detects whether the exposed contact is connected to an external electronic module, a switch module and a processing module. The switch module electrically connects the exposed contact and the second functional module when the exposed contact is connected to the external electronic module to perform a transmission behavior with the second functional module through the exposed contact. The switch module electrically connects the exposed contact and the ESD protection circuit when the exposed contact is not connected to the external electronic module. The processing module receives the input voltage to reset the first function module according to the input voltage.
US09899829B2	Passive fault current limiter for wind power applications A device for limiting a fault current for a generator, in particular of a wind turbine is provided. A first frame is made of a ferromagnetic material, wherein the first frame comprises a first frame section and a further first frame section, wherein a first gap is formed between the first frame section and the further first frame section. A first coil is wound around the first frame section, wherein the first coil is connectable to a first stator winding of a stator of the generator. A further first coil is wound around the further first frame section, wherein the further first coil is connectable to an electronic device. A first permanent magnet element is arranged inside the first gap. The first frame section and the further first frame section are formed with respect to each other such that an electromagnetic interaction between the first coil and the first permanent magnet element and the further first coil and the first permanent magnet element is provided.
US09899824B2	Residual current protection device and electrical protection configuration for external actuation of an electromagnetic release A compact residual current protection device is connected to a circuit breaker or a load break switch for external tripping and includes a detection device for detecting a residual current and a tripping device which is actuable by the detection device for tripping the circuit breaker as a result of actuation by the tripping device. A connection device is connected to the tripping device for connecting a switching device. The detection device and the tripping device are constructed in such a way that the tripping device is able to be tripped through the connection device by the switching device independently of the detection device. An electrical protection configuration is also provided.
US09899822B2	Threaded hole retainer The present arrangement provides a hole retainer for insertion into a threaded hole. The hole retainer has a saddle configured to accept and retain an object, a stabilizing post, and a plurality of staggered locking teeth. The staggered locking teeth extend from the bottom of the stabilizing post upward in a manner such that they engage with threads inside the threaded hole.
US09899819B1	Electrical distribution system Electrical distribution systems and methods comprising a first cable-to-box connector which accepts electrical wires, a first electrical box having a first and a second coupler to connect to the cable-to-box connector; intra-box circuits built in one or more of a plurality of walls of the first electrical box and connecting the first and the second coupler; and a concavity defined by the plurality of walls of the first electrical box that receives a first electrical insert.
US09899815B2	Removable cable inlet A cable inlet is disclosed. The cable inlet has a tubular body and a cable inlet interface region. The cable inlet interface region is removably mounted in a housing interface region of a housing and has a plurality of protrusions abutting the housing. The plurality of protrusions prevents a rotation of the tubular body with respect to the housing.
US09899814B2	Active cover plates Various embodiments of a wall-plate system are disclosed. For example, wall-plate system may extend in longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions that are orthogonal to one another. The wall-plate system may include any or all of the following: (1) a face plate; (2) a back plate; (3) electronic circuitry; (4) at least one spring clip comprising at least one first portion of conductive material and resiliently deflecting between a neutral position and a deflected position located outboard of the neutral position in the lateral direction; (6) at least one insulator positioned outboard of the at least one first portion of conductive material in the lateral direction; (7) the at least one insulator tracking the at least one spring clip as the at least one spring clip deflects between the neutral position and the deflected position.
US09899812B2	Vertical cable manager A cable manager includes one or more cable manager units. Each cable manager unit includes a pair of side cable guides, each comprised of a plurality of finger-like projections extending forwardly from a support column. At least one of the pair of support columns has a socket arranged at a side thereof. Each cable manager unit further includes a separate midsection member capable of insertion into the socket for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides.
US09899810B2	Switchgear enclosure with improved venting A switchgear enclosure includes a first circuit breaker compartment having an opening therein defining a first air outlet. A second circuit breaker compartment is adjacent to and vertically below the first circuit breaker compartment. A first door is associated with the first circuit breaker compartment and a second door is associated with the second circuit breaker compartment, with each door having an opening therein defining a door air inlet. A main bus compartment is adjacent to at least the second circuit breaker compartment and has an opening therein defining a second air outlet. An air passage fluidly connects the second circuit breaker compartment with the main bus compartment so that air entering through the door air inlet of the second door can flow into the main bus compartment via the air passage and flow out of the second air outlet.
US09899809B2	Motor control center unit A motor control center (MCC) unit includes a drawer having a space for accommodating a circuit breaker, a hinge bracket installed on one of left and right sides of the drawer, a base connected to the hinge bracket by a hinge shaft, and a display mechanism installation plate fastened to the base by a fastening member. Although a display mechanism or a display mechanism installation plates are different according to sizes or models of the MCC unit, a base and a hinge bracket may be commonly used.
US09899800B2	Laser device and process for fabricating such a laser device A III-V heterostructure laser device located in and/or on silicon, including a III-V heterostructure gain medium, a rib optical waveguide, located facing the gain medium and including a strip waveguide equipped with a longitudinal rib, the rib optical waveguide being located in the silicon, two sets (RBE-A, RBE-B) of Bragg gratings formed in the rib optical waveguide and located on either side of the III-V heterostructure gain medium, each set (RBE-A, RBE-B) of Bragg gratings including a first Bragg grating (RB1-A, RB1B) having a first pitch and formed in the rib and a second Bragg grating (RB2-A, RB2-B) having a second pitch different from the first pitch and formed on that side of the rib waveguide which is opposite the rib.
US09899786B2	Coaxial cable compression tool A compression tool including, in one embodiment, a fixed base, a compression member and a bi-directionally pivoting handle. The fixed base includes a static plunger for engaging a portion of a cable connector while the compression member slideably engages the fixed base along a line of action. The handle pivotally mounts to the fixed base and bi-directionally pivots about the axis to slide the compression member in one direction to facilitate loading of a connector body into a recess of the compression member, and in the other direction, to compress the connector body and the connector portion thereby coupling a cable to the connector body.
US09899784B2	Motor There is provided a motor, the motor comprising (1) a brush unit that is provided at one axial direction side of a motor main body, and that includes a first brush and a second brush, (2) a pair of power supply terminals that are provided at the brush unit, that are respectively electrically connected to either the first brush or the second brush, and that include connector connection portions to which external connectors connect and that extend out toward another axial direction side of the motor main body at respective other end sides of the power supply terminals, and (3) a pair of element connection portions that are respectively provided at the other end sides of the power supply terminals, and that are disposed offset from each other in the radial direction of the motor main body.
US09899773B2	Coupling device for quick mounting and demounting an integrated light source A coupling device for quick mounting and demounting an integrated light source, comprising two tubular intermediate elements (A, B) having mutually matching cross-sections, each element (A, B) having a first ending and a second ending and being telescopically connectable with each other by inserting their first endings one into the other, each intermediate element (A, B) consisting of at least two tubular members (A-a, A-b; B-a, B-b) having different cross-sections of close dimensions, the members (A-a; B-a) of the intermediate elements (A, B) having bigger cross-sections and the members (A-b; B-b) of the intermediate elements (A, B) having smaller cross-sections, and the element (A) being telescopically connectable by its smaller member (A-b) with a socket (C) comprising electrical connections while the element (B) is telescopically connectable by its bigger member (B-a) with the light source (D). At least one line enabling electrical current transmission is run inside both intermediate elements (A, B) in a tight manner, and in that all the connections, both of the intermediate elements (A, B) with each other and of the intermediate elements (A, B) with respectively the socket (C) and the light source (D), ensure electrical current transmission from the socket (C) to the light source (D).
US09899770B2	Lever-type connector A lever-type connector includes a housing having support holes; a fitting part provided inside the housing and fitted in a counterpart connector; a lever that includes a pair of plate-like portions facing each other in an opposed manner, a connection portion connecting the pair of plate-like portions with each other, and projection portions provided respective outside surfaces of the pair of plate-like portions, the lever being rotatably supported by the housing while the projection portions are engaged with the support holes; and sliding members each includes a guide portion that is slidably supported by the housing and engaged with a part to be guided provided to the counterpart connector, the sliding members being slid depending on a rotation of the lever to depress the part to be guided by way of the guide portion and fit the counterpart connector in the fitting part.
US09899761B2	Connector system with connector position assurance A connector system is provided that includes an electrical connector having a housing, a connector position assurance (CPA) element, and an actuator. The housing defines a socket that receives a mating connector. The CPA element is slidable relative to the housing between a released position and a locked position. The actuator is mounted on the housing in operable engagement with the CPA element. The actuator is moved from a blocking position to a clearance position as the mating connector is loaded into the socket. The actuator in the blocking position mechanically blocks the CPA element from being moved between the released position and the locked position. The actuator in the clearance position allows the CPA element to be moved between the released position and the locked position. The actuator attains the clearance position responsive to the mating connector being fully loaded in the housing.
US09899757B2	Surface connector with silicone spring member Contact structures for devices, where contacts in the contact structures provide a proper normal force while consuming a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in a device and where the contact structures prevent or limit the ingress of fluid or debris into the device. On example may provide a contact structure having a frame. The frame may be arranged to be placed in an opening in a device enclosure for an electronic device or the frame may be part of the electronic device. The frame may include a number of passages, each passage for a contact of the contact structure. Each contact may be held to the frame by a pliable membrane. Each contact may connect to a board in the electronic device via a compliant conductive path.
US09899751B2	Electrical connector limiter structure of wire connection terminal An electrical connector limiter structure of wire connection terminal is easily operable to enhance the stability of the operation and motion of metal leaf springs. The wire connection terminal includes conductive components mounted in the insulation case and electrical connector assembled with the conductive components. The electrical connector has a limiter for receiving the metal leaf springs and restricting moving path thereof. The limiter is partitioned to define a first space and a second space with fully closed peripheries, in which the metal leaf springs are mounted. The wiring circuits or conductive wires coming from an apparatus can be easily directly plugged into the first and second spaces of the limiter to insert with the metal leaf springs. The limiter serves to prevent the metal leaf springs from deflecting in operation.
US09899749B2	Crimp terminal A crimp terminal including a core-wire crimping section (16) for crimping a core wire of an electric wire including a plurality of strands includes serrations (18a, 18b) provided on a surface where the core wire of the core-wire crimping section (16) is to be crimped, small serrations (18b) are provided in a region to which a large crimping force is applied during a swaging and crimping process, and large serrations (18a) are provided in a region to which a small crimping force is applied.
US09899748B2	Terminal connection structure and method for producing same A terminal connection structure for an electric wire end portion (12a) in which the electric wire end portion is soldered being exposed on a flat-plate terminal piece (11b) out from inside of a terminal main part (11a), the terminal piece being continuous with a front end of the terminal main part (11a). The electric wire end portion (12a) exposed on the terminal piece (11b) from the terminal main part (11a) includes a first end section (12a1) that is close to the terminal main part (11a) and a second end section (12a2) that is far from the terminal main part (11a). The electric wire end portion (12a) has a shape, in side view, such that the first end section (12a1) is compressed to have a gentle curved surface that approaches the terminal piece (11b) toward the second end section (12a2).
US09899747B2	Dual vertical beam cellular array A dual vertical beam cellular array is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cellular array includes discrete radiators coupled in pairs and arranged in-line. The radiators are connected to hybrid couplers configured to sum the output from the pairs of discrete radiators. A first power distribution network is configured to receive a first output from the hybrid couplers and produce a first beam, and a second power distribution network configured to receive a second output from the hybrid couplers and produce a second beam. According to some embodiments, the first beam is a main beam with high gain and the second beam is a coverage beam with a large coverage area.
US09899746B2	Electronically steerable single helix/spiral antenna An electronically steerable helical or spiral antenna includes a monopole antenna element disposed within at least one helical or spiral antenna element. The antenna can be electronically steered, i.e., its radiation pattern can be altered, such that the antenna radiates in a desired direction, without mechanically changing a direction in which the antenna is aimed and without mechanically changing orientation of any of the antenna's elements, by adjusting amplitude and phase of a signal fed to the monopole antenna element, relative to a signal fed to the at least one helical or spiral antenna element.
US09899742B2	Artificial microstructure and artificial electromagnetic material using the same An artificial microstructure used in artificial electromagnetic material includes a first line segment and a second line segment. The second line segment is perpendicular to the first line segment. The first line segment and the second line segment intersect with each other to form a cross-type structure. The present disclosure further relates to an artificial electromagnetic material using the artificial microstructure.
US09899741B2	Radio frequency antenna A radio frequency (RF) antenna that may include a hollow enclosure made of a conductive material; wherein a first portion of the hollow enclosure has a bow tie shaped slot; a conductor that is spaced apart from the slot, is positioned within a cavity defined by the hollow enclosure, and is electrically isolated from the hollow enclosure; a first port that is coupled to the conductor; and a dielectric element that is made of dielectric material that at least partially fills the cavity and the bow tie shaped slot; wherein the conductor is configured to perform at least one operation out of: (a) receive, via the cavity, received RF radiation and send a received RF signal to the first port; (b) receive, from the first port, a transmitted RF signal and radiating transmitted RF radiation via the cavity.
US09899737B2	Antenna element and antenna device comprising such elements An antenna element (100) comprises an active patch formed by a conductive layer (104) on a front surface of a substrate (102) and a parasitic ground patch (106) on a back surface of the substrate. The active patch has a spiral slot (112) in a central portion, and peripheral portions (110a-110d) which are substantially wider than the spiral slot. A signal feed strip (114) extends from a side of said active patch across the front surface of the substrate. Two signal ground strips (116, 118) are provided on the front surface, each separated from the active patch by a predetermined gap (120, 122). The parasitic ground patch has a slot in a central portion substantially back-to-back with the central portion of the active patch through the substrate. The element has broadband properties that can be tuned by various modifications. Several elements can be used in close array, with lower cross-talk than known antenna designs.
US09899735B2	Signal transmission method, interface extension apparatus, and communications system An interface extension apparatus is presented, which includes N input interfaces and M output interface, where the input interfaces are connected to at least one base station, and the output interfaces are connected to an RET. The apparatus obtains device information of each RET control device in multiple RET control devices; creates an agent for each RET control device according to the device information, where a mapping relationship exists between each RET control device and the corresponding agent; then modulates, using the agent corresponding to the RET control device, a control signal that is received from the at least one base station; and further sends a modulated control signal to a corresponding RET. The embodiments of the present disclosure are used by the multiple base stations to simultaneously manage the multiband RET antenna.
US09899731B1	Octofilar antenna The present invention is an octofilar antenna formed by adding four grounded parasitic arms in between the arms of a conventional air core quadrifilar antenna to negate the problems of mis-matching and strong mutual coupling for quarter-wave small helices. The invention ultra compact air core helix antenna does not suffer from typical dielectric loading effects.
US09899728B2	Mobile terminal An embodiment of the present invention discloses a mobile terminal, which relates to the field of communications technologies and is invented to enable the mobile terminal to have relatively good metal texture and appearance. The mobile terminal includes a metal rear cover used as a grounding component and at least one antenna, where the antenna includes a grounding pin, and the grounding pin is electrically connected to the metal rear cover. The present invention is mainly applicable to mobile terminal products.
US09899725B2	Circuitry-isolated MEMS antennas: devices and enabling technology Embodiments of a MEMS antenna are presented. Additionally, systems incorporating embodiments of a MEMS antenna are presented. Methods of manufacturing a MEMS antenna are also presented. In one embodiment, the MEMS antenna includes a substrate, a metallic layer disposed over the substrate, the metallic layer forming a ground plane, the ground plane having a region defining a gap disposed therein, a protrusion disposed over the substrate within the region defining the gap, the protrusion extending outwardly from the ground plane, the protrusion having a length and a width, the length being greater than the width, and a first electromagnetic radiator element disposed over the protrusion, the first electromagnetic element having a length and a width, the length being greater than the width.
US09899723B2	Antenna module and electronic device including the same An electronic device with an antenna, e.g., for near field communication (NFC) is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a fixing frame fixing the display and including a bezel area at a periphery of the display, and a communication module disposed at the bezel area. The communication module includes a circuit board, which has an antenna radiator and a communication circuit disposed thereon. The communication module performs wireless communication with an external apparatus via the communication circuit and antenna radiator.
US09899719B2	Signal transmission component and electronic device A signal transmission cable as a signal transmission component includes a laminate including a first thin portion on one of the opposite ends in a first direction and a second thin portion on the other end in the first direction. A portion between the first thin portion and the second thin portion in the laminate is a main line portion. The thickness of the first and second thin portions is thinner than the thickness of the main line portion. The surface on one end in the thickness direction of the laminate defined by the main line portion and the first and second thin portions is a continuous flat surface. A connector for external connection is arranged on the surfaces of the first and second thin portions, on the sides in which each of the thin portions and the main line portion have a difference in level.
US09899715B2	Transmission line member and electronic apparatus A transmission line member includes a dielectric base body. At an intermediate point in a thickness direction of the dielectric base body, first and second signal conductors are disposed. A reference ground conductor is disposed at one side of the first and second signal conductors in the thickness direction, and an auxiliary ground conductor is disposed at the other side. At intermediate points of the first signal conductor, a coil conductor and a capacitor-defining plate conductor are disposed. The capacitor-defining plate conductor faces the reference ground conductor and the auxiliary ground conductor to connect a low pass filter and the first transmission line. A coil conductor is disposed between the second signal conductor and the reference ground conductor, and connected to the second signal conductor and the reference ground conductor to connect a high pass filter and the second transmission line.
US09899710B2	Charging process for lithium-ion batteries A method for producing a battery includes providing a battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte that includes a solvent and a salt. The capacity of the negative electrode is less than that of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an active material having an average potential versus a lithium reference electrode of greater than approximately 0.2 volts. The method also includes applying an initial charge to the battery at a voltage that is greater than a fully charged voltage of the battery for a sufficient amount of time to cause at least a portion of the solvent to undergo a reduction reaction. The step of applying an initial charge to the battery acts to increase the irreversible capacity loss of the battery during the initial charge and provides the battery with enhanced tolerance to deep discharge conditions.
US09899706B2	Electrolytic solution for fluoride ion battery and fluoride ion battery An electrolytic solution for a fluoride ion battery includes: a fluoride salt; and a solvent for dissolving the fluoride salt, in which the solvent is an ether-containing material having a cation and an anion, and in the cation, an ether group represented by —CH2—O—R (where R represents an alkyl group or a fluoroalkyl group) binds to a cation central element which is N or P.
US09899705B2	Electrolyte for a lithium-sulphur cell An electrolyte for a lithium sulphur cell comprising at least one lithium salt and at least one organic solvent; and a surfactant, wherein the concentration of surfactant in the electrolyte is 0.5-3 weight %.
US09899703B2	Gel electrolyte and polymer secondary battery using same The present invention relates to a gel electrolyte comprising a cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by formula (1). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gel electrolyte capable of suppressing the self-discharge of a polymer secondary battery, and a polymer secondary battery using the gel electrolyte. wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogen group or an amino group with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; R3 represents a linkage group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a fluoroalkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and a divalent group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which alkylene units or fluoroalkylene units are bonded through an ether group.
US09899700B2	Methods to form biocompatible energization elements for biomedical devices comprising laminates and deposited separators Methods and apparatus to form biocompatible energization elements are described. In some examples, the methods and apparatus to form the biocompatible energization elements involve forming cavities comprising active cathode chemistry and depositing separators within a laminate structure of the battery. The active elements of the cathode and anode are sealed with a laminate stack of biocompatible material. In some examples, a field of use for the methods and apparatus may include any biocompatible device or product that requires energization elements.
US09899699B2	Rechargeable battery having alternately stacked electrodes A method of manufacturing a rechargeable battery includes continuously supplying a first electrode plate, the first electrode plate including a plurality of first active material portions with gaps therebetween on a first current collector, continuously supplying a first separator and a second separator to respective surfaces of the first electrode plate, bending the first electrode plate with the first and second separators to form a zigzag structure with bent portions, supplying a second electrode plate to an inside of each bent portion of the zigzag structure, the second electrode plate including a second active material portion on a second current collector, aligning and stacking the first electrode plate, the first separator, the second separator, and the second electrode plate, and taping the aligned and stacked first electrode plate, first separator, second separator, and second electrode plate at an outermost side thereof.
US09899693B2	Microstructured cathode for self-regulated oxygen generation and consumption A fuel cell is disclosed with a self-regulated oxygen supply used in conjunction with a self-pumping fuel supply (e.g., a self-pumping anode). The cathode side of the fuel cell includes a gas diffusion electrode interposed between the fuel chamber and the oxidant chamber (e.g., H2O2), the gas diffusion electrode having a catalyst layer formed thereon. An oxygen gas capturing substrate is disposed in the oxidant chamber and is spaced apart from the gas diffusion electrode. The gas capturing substrate has first and second sides containing a plurality of holes extending there between. The first side of the substrate faces the oxidant and the second side faces the gas diffusion electrode. The substrate contains a catalyst on the second side of the substrate or within an inner surface of the holes.
US09899680B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material composed of a Ti-based oxide and an additive composed of fluorinated carbon that reacts with lithium at a more noble potential as compared to the negative electrode active material. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention, the battery voltage reaches a discharge cut-off voltage by a potential change in the negative electrode.
US09899679B2	Cathode for seawater battery and method for making the same A cathode for a seawater battery and a method for making the cathode are disclosed. The cathode is made using a mixture of copper sulfate monohydrate and anhydrous copper sulfate at a mass percentage of 70-92%, conductive carbon powder at a mass percentage of 1-10%, conductive carbon fiber at a mass percentage of 1-10%, polyethylene PE powder at a mass percentage of 3-15%, and polyethylene wax at a mass percentage of 3-12%; and using metal titanium sheet or nickel sheet as a current collecting electrode. The cathode prevents the battery from the problems of slow activation when meeting water and of inferior output in fresh water.
US09899677B2	Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium metal oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. LiaMeM′kO2 Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1,Me is NixCoyMnz, M′ is Mg, Al, Fe, P, or a combination thereof, 0.955≦a<1.05, 0.001≦k≦0.1, 0.5
US09899675B2	Method for preparing precursor of lithium composite transition metal oxide using a reactor Disclosed is a method for preparing a precursor of lithium composite transition metal oxide for lithium secondary batteries, using a reactor having a closed structure including an outer stationary cylinder; an inner rotary cylinder on the same axis; and a rotation reaction area disposed between them, wherein ring-shaped vortex pairs that are uniformly arranged in a rotation axis direction and rotate in opposite directions are formed in the rotation reaction area. According to the method of the invention, raw materials comprising an aqueous solution of two or more transition metal salts, an aqueous solution of a complex forming additive, and a basic aqueous solution for maintaining pH are fed through an inlet into the rotation reaction area where a coprecipitation reaction is performed under a non-nitrogen atmosphere to form lithium composite transition metal oxide particles which are then discharged through a reactor outlet.
US09899673B2	Negative electrode material, negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, lithium ion secondary battery, and method of manufacturing the same The invention addresses the problem of providing a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in initial charge-discharge characteristics and life characteristics. To solve the above problem, the invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery in which an electrode group having a positive electrode and a negative electrode is housed in a battery can, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material supported on a negative electrode foil, and the negative electrode active material includes cores having SiO as a main component, a composite oxide coating layer of Fe and SiO2 disposed on the periphery of each of the cores, and a carbon coating layer disposed on the periphery of the composite oxide coating layer of Fe and SiO2.
US09899672B2	Chemical-free production of graphene-encapsulated electrode active material particles for battery applications Provided is a simple, fast, scalable, and environmentally benign method of producing graphene-embraced or encapsulated particles of a battery electrode active material directly from a graphitic material, the method comprising: a) mixing graphitic material particles and multiple particles of a solid electrode active material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein the graphitic material has never been intercalated, oxidized, or exfoliated and the chamber contains therein no previously produced graphene sheets and no ball-milling media; b) operating the energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for transferring graphene sheets from the graphitic material to surfaces of electrode active material particles to produce graphene-embraced electrode active material particles; and c) recovering the particles from the impacting chamber. Also provided is a mass of the graphene-embraced particles, electrode containing such particles, and battery containing this electrode.

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