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US09955783B1	Door control device for electric appliance cabinet A door control device for an electric appliance cabinet includes a cabinet and sensor; doors are configured on the front side face of the cabinet body, and the sensor is configured inside the cabinet body and senses the opening or closing of the doors and controls the electric appliance inside the cabinet body to turn on or off. The sensor being configured and used to detect the opening or closing of the doors to turn on and then off the appliance automatically correspondingly realizes an intelligent control.
US09955781B2	Furniture module A furniture module can include a cupboard, book shelf, chests of drawers and like furniture. The module (1) is formed of two opposite sides (2, 3) and a top (5) and bottom (4) placed at opposite ends of the sides (2, 3), forming a frame. At least two columns of mounting openings (6, 7, 8, 9) are placed on the inside of the sides (2, 3) for attaching shelves, drawers, doors etc. The mounting openings (6, 7, 8, 9) of each column are placed at even spacing, giving an equal distance (M) between adjacent mounting openings (6, 7, 8, 9). The distance between the uppermost mounting opening (6, 7, 8, 9) in each column of mounting openings and the upper side of the module (1) is one and a half (M+½M) of the distance between adjacent mounting openings (6, 7, 8, 9). Also the distance between the lowermost mounting hole in the column of mounting holes and the lower side of the module (1) is one and a half (M+½M) of the distance between adjacent mounting openings (6, 7, 8, 9).
US09955780B2	Operating device for an electrically height-adjustable table, drive system and method for adjusting the height of a tabletop of the table An operating device is proposed for an electrically height-adjustable table having at least one electrical drive (EA) for adjusting the height of a table top (TP) of the table, and a controller (CTRL) for controlling the drive (EA). The operating device has an actuating element (BE, EMS, CS) to be arranged in the region of the table top (TP), a force sensor (FS), which is designed to measure a force acting on the table top (TP), and an evaluation circuit (EV). This circuit is designed to detect an actuation of the actuating element (BE, EMS, CS) during a height adjustment of the table top (TP), to receive measurement values from the force sensor (FS) within a predetermined period of time after the detected actuation, to determine a force alteration value from the received measurement values, and if the force alteration value is greater than a threshold value, to issue a control signal to the controller (CTRL) in order to initiate a height adjustment of the tabletop (TP) in a direction, depending on a sign of the force alteration value.
US09955774B1	Backpack A backpack includes two sheets, two straps and a moisture-expelling apparatus. The sheets are connected to each other. The straps are connected to one of the second sheet. The moisture-expelling apparatus includes a permeable bag, a pump and a tube. The permeable bag is attached to the second sheet. The pump is inserted in the permeable bag. The pump can be squeezed to release air and can automatically expand to suck air when the squeezing stops. The tube is inserted in the permeable bag. The tube is connected to the pump so that air travels into the tube from the pump when the pump is squeezed and that air travels into the pump from the tube when the pump expands. The tube includes apertures via which air can enter and leave the tube.
US09955773B1	Cosmetic container organizer with rearward sloping compartments A vertically oriented cosmetic container organizer is disclosed. The cosmetic container organizer includes a vertically oriented housing having a front end, a back end, a planar bottom end and two opposing sides. A plurality of compartments is disposed within the housing. Each of the compartments has an open front end that is above a rear end of the compartment defining a rearward sloping lower surface. At least one fastener coupled to the back end of the housing for mounting the container to a wall.
US09955770B2	Flocked applicator An applicator for applying a composition, such as makeup or a care product composition, e.g. lip gloss, mascara, eye liner, hair color, wound care, pharmaceutical or the like, that have diverse application characteristics. The applicator comprises an applicator element comprising a support and a layout of fibers on at least a portion of the support, the fibers being flocked to at least portion of the support and allow the applicator element to be loaded with the composition. The layout of fibers defines a pattern of fibers on the support and the pattern of fibers is visible to naked eye and perceptible to touch.
US09955763B2	Secure portable encasement system A system for providing securement of a plurality of secure portable encasements including one or more encasements each configured to engage, and subsequently disengage, inseparable interaction with a common docking unit; and one or more common docking units.
US09955752B2	Sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe A simplified sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe can improve cushioning properties of a heel region of the sole structure and can enhance comfort when wearing the shoe. The baseball spiked shoe includes a first midsole of a soft elastic member that is disposed at a heel central portion of the shoe, a second midsole of a soft elastic member that is disposed around and outwardly e.g. horizontally away from the first midsole via a circumferential groove therebetween and that is integrated with or unitary as one unit with the first midsole, and an outsole plate of a hard elastic member that is disposed on lower surfaces of the first and second midsoles, that has a plurality of spikes fitted thereon, and that has a hardness greater than a respective hardness of each of the first and second midsoles.
US09955750B2	Article of footwear with sole projections An article of footwear includes a sole having a main sole body and a plurality of projections extending from the main sole body. The plurality of projections includes a central row of projections extending generally along the longitudinal axis of the sole, a lateral row of projections on the lateral side of the sole, and a medial row of projections on the medial side of the sole. In one aspect, at least one of the projections in the central row of projections extends further from the main sole body in a vertical direction than adjacent projections in the lateral row of projections and the medial row of projections.
US09955746B2	Head garment for privacy A head garment for privacy and methods of using the same. The head garment has a frame including an elongated member, the frame including a loop portion that extends upward and forward from a rear portion that includes a tail, the loop portion including a rim, a veil having a rear portion that is connected to the rear portion of the frame and a front portion that is connected to the rim. The tension in the portion of the veil that spans between the connection to the rear portion of the frame and to the rim provides support for the rim, and the front portion of the veil extends beyond and drapes downward from the rim. The head garment is usable with a ventilation system and/or an electronic device and may be folded for stowing in a container.
US09955744B1	Pinned plate assembly A pinned plate assembly having a plate assembly made of a flexible and bendable semi rigid material that maintains its shape once configured. The plate assembly has an exterior face, an interior face, first and second edges, and first and second lateral edges. The plate assembly further has first and second channels, each having at least one hole. Securing means secure the plate assembly onto headgear. In a preferred embodiment, the plate assembly has a substantially rectangular shape. The exterior face displays desired text, and/or letters, and/or symbols, and/or words, and/or logo designs, and/or artwork, and/or graphics. The first and second channels each have an exterior channel defined at the exterior face and an interior channel defined at the interior face. The at least one hole extends from the exterior channel to the interior channel.
US09955740B2	Emergency anti-hypothermia system and highly portable, inflatable emergency vest therefor An emergency anti-hypothermia system has a thermally insulating vest that is sufficiently portable to be carried for emergency use in a pocket, purse, backpack, compartment of a vehicle, ski pole or other location, with the vest providing thermal insulation by being made with thermally insulating air impervious material that also provides for its inflation. A multiplicity of interconnected inflated chambers situated about the vest, provides thermal insulation by anti-conduction, anti-radiation and anti-convection in a highly portable system. An outer surface having radar reflective properties further improves visibility of the vest.
US09955737B2	E-cigarette personal vaporizer A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes: an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir includes an overflow channel that enables excess e-liquid that is pumped up from the reservoir but is not stored in the PV to be captured and returned to the reservoir.
US09955736B2	E-cigarette personal vaporizer A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
US09955735B2	Electronic cigarette capable of temperature control and temperature control method therefor An electronic cigarette capable of temperature control and a temperature control method therefor, the electronic cigarette comprises a casing (10), a liquid storage device (101) within the casing (10), an atomizing assembly, a power supply (102), and a circuit control board (103) having a smoking switch SW, the atomizing assembly comprises a heating unit and leads thereof made from thermo-sensitive material whose resistance varies along with the temperature in certain proportion, the circuit control board (103) comprises a power supply managing module (104) which determines temperature of the heating unit and leads thereof by continuously detecting their resistance when the smoking switch SW on, and sends corresponding control signal to make the heating unit and leads thereof connect to/disconnect from the power supply (102) to achieve temperature control, pernicious gas and burnt matter produced by heating unit dry-burn caused by lack of e-liquid threatening users' health is prevented.
US09955729B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette capable of protecting the functional element on the surface of the main body of the electronic cigarette is provided. The main body of the electronic cigarette is provided with a functional element, a protection mechanism and a magnetic locating member; the protection mechanism is slidably connected to the main body of the electronic cigarette and is configured to cover the functional element; and the magnetic locating member is connected to the protection mechanism magnetically, and is configured to prevent the protection mechanism from randomly sliding on the main body of the electronic cigarette in a case that the functional element is exposed or covered by the protection mechanism. The present application avoids the exposure of the functional element, which prevents the functional element from being touched by mistake when the electronic cigarette is carried by the user, and allows the electronic cigarette to operate normally.
US09955724B2	Electronic vapor provision device An electronic vapor provision device comprising a body (4) configured to be releasably connectable to a vaporizer (10). The body (4) comprises a power cell (20), a computer processor (18), a memory (22) and an audio signalling device (16). The memory (22) stores information on a first user notification event comprising connection of the vaporizer. Moreover, the computer processor (18) is configured to identify when the first user notification event occurs and to notify a user of the event by emitting a user (10) notification sound from the audio signalling device (16).
US09955723B2	Covered ashtray A covered ashtray having an opening in one sidewall or a cover thereof, which permits a tip of a lit smoking article, such as for example a cigar or cigarette, to be suspended within the interior of the ashtray. Retention structure may be provided to securely retain the smoking article in position in the opening. The housing and cover may be manufactured as a single unit, or separately, and later connected. Preferably, at least a portion of the cover or housing is openable (e.g. hinged or completely removable) to permit emptying the contents of the ashtray.
US09955720B2	Apparatus and method for curled extrudate A shaping assembly for producing a discrete spiral shaped food product includes a die that defines at least one aperture that is centered on an aperture axis. The at least one aperture extends to an aperture exit and allows for the movement of a stream of food mass through the aperture and out the aperture exit. A shaping tool includes at least one slicing blade that is disposed over at least a portion of the aperture exit to slice the stream of food mass into a plurality of food mass portions. A coupling arrangement engages the shaping tool to facilitate rotation of the slicing blade to spin the plurality of food mass portions into a spiral shaped stream of food mass. The slicing blade simultaneously slices and spins the stream of food mass to create the spiral shaped stream of food mass. A crimper is used to cut the spiral shaped stream of food mass into the discrete spiral shaped food products.
US09955719B2	Patty-forming apparatus with top feed and rotary pump The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
US09955718B2	Methods and products to provide oral nutritional care to subjects with dementia The present invention provides food products, nutritional programs, and methods for meeting nutritional needs of subjects with dementia and related cognitive disorders. In one embodiment, the invention provides a food product comprising a reversibly sealed container and a soup, wherein the soup is in the container and comprises a total volume of 200-2000 mls, a vegetable or meat component, 300 to 2500 calories, a macronutrient caloric distribution comprising: 20-80% fat, 10-45% protein, and 10-65% carbohydrate, about 2% to about 40% medium chain triglycerides, omega 3 fatty acids in an amount of 100 to 2000 mg and less than 20 solid food particles having a volume greater than about 20 cm3. Such food products, when administered to affected subjects, can positively impact (i) nutritional status; (ii) quality of life; (iii) disease course; (v) the demand for assistance from a care giver; (vi) subject compliance with a nutritional plan using the food product, and (vii) ease of monitoring compliance by the caregiver for verification.
US09955715B1	Manufacture of vegetable-based cluster-type snack-food product with low sugar binder A high-volume method of manufacturing a vegetable-based cluster-type snack-food product with a low-sugar binder, carried out in a manufacturing line, includes inputting a supply of a vegetable cluster component to a manufacturing line, inputting a supply of a binder component to the manufacturing line, mixing a quantity of the supply of the binder component together with a quantity of the supply of the vegetable cluster component to produce a mixture, and manipulating the mixture of binder component and vegetable cluster component to produce a plurality of vegetable snack-food product clusters. The vegetable cluster component predominantly includes whole or pieces of savory and/or salty culinary vegetables. The binder component is produced predominantly from soluble fiber. The vegetable snack-food product clusters are bound together by the binder component.
US09955713B2	Self contained popcorn popper An improved popcorn popper (10) has effluent filtration structure to treat the oil laden vapor and steam effluent from popping popcorn within the popper and with discharge of effluent having less than 5 milligrams of particulates per cubic meter of effluent discharged directly into the area in which the popper (10) is located. There is no need for external hoods or for external ducting of effluent to outside the area and facility in which the popcorn is popped. The filtering is carried out within the popper (10). A fire suppression system is provided to handle fires even within the kettle (14). Methods are disclosed.
US09955710B2	Systems to nitrogen-infuse and dispense beverages In a device for infusing a gas from a gas source into a liquid beverage, a beverage container defines an interior for holding the liquid beverage therein. A venturi mixing device has a liquid inlet port in fluid communication with the beverage container, a gas inlet port in fluid communication with the gas source and a discharge port. The venturi mixing device is configured to infuse the gas received from the gas source into liquid beverage received from the beverage container. A faucet is in fluid communication with the discharge port of the venturi mixing device and is configured to dispense the liquid beverage infused with the gas.
US09955709B2	Method for producing surimi with reduced loss of myofibrillar protein A method for washing fish flesh to remove water soluble sarcoplasmic proteins includes producing a mixture by combining wash water with fish flesh having sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins, wherein the wash water removes some of the sarcoplasmic protein from the fish flesh; depositing the mixture on a screen separator. The wash water having sarcoplasmic proteins is separated from the mixture while a speed of the screen separator and a speed of the mixture at the interface with the screen separator remains about equal and reducing or eliminating shear forces at the interface between the screen separator and the fish flesh. Thus, washed fish flesh fish flesh with an increase in a percent of myofibrillar protein retained in the fish flesh is produced. In order to have a speed of the screen separator belt be equal with a speed of the mixture at the interface, the perforated screen separator is stationary, vibrating only in the up and down direction, advancing slowly or fast, or advancing only intermittently, while the wash water is allowed to percolate through the fish flesh and exit the perforated screen.
US09955706B1	Method for forming three-dimensional chocolate structures A method of forming a three-dimensional chocolate structure is disclosed wherein a mold is formed from blown sugar. A liquid fat layer is deposited onto the interior of the blown sugar mold. The mold is then cooled such that the liquid fat layer hardens. One or more layers of molten chocolate are deposited over the hardened liquid fat layer and allowed to cool and harden. The mold is then broken or cut so as to expose the three-dimensional chocolate structure therein. A number of chocolate structures can be formed and joined so as to create a complex chocolate structure.
US09955705B2	Method of producing a composition containing caseinomacropeptide The present invention pertains to a method of producing caseinomacropeptide (CMP)-containing compositions in high yield and having a very low content of phenylalanine (Phe). More specifically, the method involves subjecting a whey derived feed to a combination of ultrafiltration and subsequent cation exchange.
US09955704B2	Yogurt topping Provided herein are whippable topping compositions comprising yogurt. The compositions comprise a blend of yogurt and a whip topping emulsion. The yogurt can be made with regular, low fat or fat free milk. The fat content of the whip topping emulsion can also be varied to provide topping compositions of various fat content having a smooth texture and desirable consistency.
US09955700B2	Antimicrobial chemical compositions Antimicrobial chemical compositions comprise an aluminum phosphate (AlP) solid dispersed within a binding polymer, wherein one or more bioactive materials are disposed within AlP forming a bioactive-AlP complex. The complex may comprise the bioactive material chemically bonded with the AlP, physically combined with the AlP, or a combination of both. The complex may be formed according to precipitation, condensation and sol-gel methods of forming. The complex is engineered to provide a controlled delivery of the bioactive material or a constituent thereof upon exposure to moisture to give a desired level of antimicrobial resistance to a film or composite formed from the composition of at least about 30 μg/m2, and may also provide a desired degree of corrosion resistance through the release of passivating phosphate anion. Such antimicrobial chemical compositions provide an improved degree of active, long-term resistance to a broad range of micro-organisms when compared to known antimicrobial chemical compositions.
US09955698B2	Microbicidal compositions including a monochloramine and a peracid, and methods of using the same Microbicidal compositions including (a) monochloramine and (b) at least one peracid, are described. Components (a) and (b) can be present in a synergistically effective amount to control the growth of at least one microorganism. Methods for controlling the growth of microorganisms with the application of the monochloramine and at least one peracid are also disclosed.
US09955691B2	Macrocyclic picolinamides as fungicides This disclosure relates to macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US09955689B2	Method for promoting plant growth The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with at least one compound selected from a group consisting of a compound represented by the following Formula (1): and an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, provided that a method for promoting plant growth which comprises treating plants with a compound corresponding to any one of the following (1) to (5) and an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is excluded: (1) 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (2) 5-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (3) 6-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (4) 7-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, and (5) Benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid.
US09955688B2	Biocidal aldehyde composition A novel combination of a biocide (Glutaraldehyde), a surfactant (BAK), in an alcohol/water solution, plus functional excipients. The Glutaraldehyde and BAK are combined in specific concentrations in an alcohol-solution form, with the other functional excipients specifically for the intended application. An embodiment for the oil and gas recovery industry is described in which the excipients Glutaraldehyde and cidal agent and BAK surfactant synergistically improve oil recovery. An embodiment for the in the healthcare industry (e.g., medical instrument sterilization) is described in the form of an immersion solution, spray, or pre-moistened cleaning wipette, with excipients including Trienthanol Amine, Glycol Ether, and Sulfonic Acid and water. In both cases the Glutaraldehyde in combination with the BAK works in synergy to kill bacteria and especially SRBs more effectively. The foregoing constituents are combined in preferred concentrations within acceptable ranges to provide a synergistic neoteric formulation that combines biocidal molecules in a biological chemical system that actively transports itself into the cells, through biofilm and cell wall/membranes, thereby overcoming penetration restraints to improve kill and kill time, without the need for activation or any time or temperature control. This is an effective example of synergistic complementarity.
US09955687B2	Polymeric film surface A surface on a polymeric film having an array of patterned structures, wherein the array of patterned structures influences fluid flow of the surface and causes reduced attachment of a biological material.
US09955686B2	Nonwoven fabric for increasing the availability of quaternary ammonium in solution Wipes for preventing quaternary ammonium (“quat”) depletion suitable for commercial applications (e.g., industrial and consumer disinfectant wipes) are provided. The wipe includes at least one nonwoven layer, at least one pulp layer, and a cationic additive. The at least one nonwoven layer and the at least one pulp layer may be hydroentangled to form a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric having a first surface and a second surface. Additionally, the cationic additive may be disposed on at least one of the first surface or the second surface.
US09955681B1	Fishing tip-up device A fishing tip-up device for signaling when a fish is on the fishing hook. The fishing tip-up device includes a base assembly including a base member; a support assembly in communication with the base member and including a fishing pole support and a trip support; a trip assembly including a trip member pivotably mounted to the trip support and including a biased element in communication with the fishing pole support; and a fishing pole assembly including a pole holder in communication with the fishing pole support, a fishing pole coupled to the pole holder, and a spool of fishing line mounted to the fishing pole support with the fishing line in communication with the fishing pole.
US09955678B2	Spool braking device and fishing reel A spool braking device brakes the rotation of a spool rotatably supported by a reel body. The spool, which is a conductor that is rotated in conjunction with the spool. The magnet includes an N-pole and an S-pole on a surface that faces the rotating surface of the spool. The retaining member, the support ring, and the engagement member form a magnetic flux change rate variable mechanism. The magnetic flux change rate variable mechanism varies the change rate of the flux in the rotational circumferential direction that is affected by the magnet, at a prescribed rotating surface of the spool having a prescribed unit width in the rotational axis direction, with the rotation of the spool.
US09955675B2	Urokinase-type plasminogen activator transgenic mouse The present invention provides a mouse with liver damage, having a high degree of damage against the mouse's original hepatocytes while having a uPA gene in a heterozygous form, and a method for efficiently preparing the mouse. Specifically, the method for preparing a mouse with liver damage having the uPA gene in a heterozygous form comprises the following steps of:(i) transforming mouse ES cells with a DNA fragment containing a liver-specific promoter/enhancer and cDNA that encodes a urokinase-type plasminogen activator operably linked under the control thereof;(ii) injecting the transformed mouse ES cells obtained in step (i) into a host embryo;(iii) transplanting the host embryo obtained in step (ii) via the injection of the ES cells into the uterus of a surrogate mother mouse, so as to obtain a chimeric mouse; and(iv) crossing the chimeric mice obtained in step (iii), so as to obtain a transgenic mouse in which the DNA fragment is introduced in a heterozygous form.
US09955668B2	Hip lift harness device and method An animal lifting device and method is provided. In particular, a hip member and a chest member are provided that have handles thereon. The chest member and the hip member may be selectively interconnected to each other with an interconnection member. The chest member may include an upper portion, shoulder pads, a chest pad, a center cross member, and an adjustable strap. The hip member may include an upper portion, an adjustable sling, and adjustable straps.
US09955667B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH482385 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH482385. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH482385, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH482385 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH482385.
US09955666B1	Soybean variety 5PTFH75 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PTFH75 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PTFH75, cells from soybean variety 5PTFH75, plants of soybean 5PTFH75, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PTFH75. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PTFH75 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PTFH75, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PTFH75, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PTFH75. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PTFH75 are further provided.
US09955665B1	Soybean variety 5PSAA27 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PSAA27 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PSAA27, cells from soybean variety 5PSAA27, plants of soybean 5PSAA27, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PSAA27. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PSAA27 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PSAA27, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PSAA27, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PSAA27. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PSAA27 are further provided.
US09955664B1	Soybean variety 5PJTF71 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PJTF71 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PJTF71, cells from soybean variety 5PJTF71, plants of soybean 5PJTF71, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PJTF71. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PJTF71 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PJTF71, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PJTF71, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PJTF71. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PJTF71 are further provided.
US09955661B1	Maize hybrid X13H148 A novel maize variety designated X13H148 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13H148 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H148 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H148, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H148. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H148.
US09955655B1	Maize hybrid X08K202 A novel maize variety designated X08K202 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08K202 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08K202 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08K202, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08K202. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08K202.
US09955653B1	Maize hybrid X95K897 A novel maize variety designated X95K897 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95K897 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95K897 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95K897, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95K897. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95K897.
US09955652B1	Maize hybrid X03K059 A novel maize variety designated X03K059 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03K059 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03K059 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03K059, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03K059. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03K059.
US09955648B1	Soybean cultivar CL1360619 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1360619 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1360619 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1360619 in a breeding program.
US09955645B2	Soybean variety 01063902 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063902. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063902. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063902 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063902 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09955644B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV309345 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV309345. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV309345, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV309345 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety.The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV309345 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV309345.
US09955640B2	Maize hybrid X08H739 A novel maize variety designated X08H739 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08H739 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08H739 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08H739, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08H739. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08H739.
US09955633B2	System for selective irradiation with circularly polarized light According to the present invention, provided is a system for irradiating a target object selectively with specific circularly polarized light, comprising a polarization-state control member that controls the polarization state of light to thereby generate circularly polarized light; and a circularly polarized light-reflecting member, wherein the circularly polarized light-reflecting member is disposed at a position on which the circularly polarized light emitted from the polarization-state control member can be incident; the circularly polarized light-reflecting member generates reflected light that selectively comprises circularly polarized light of the same sense as the incident circularly polarized light from the polarization-state control member; and the circularly polarized light-reflecting member is disposed such that the target object can be irradiated with at least a part of the reflected light.
US09955629B2	Agricultural harvester with improved elevator geometry An agricultural harvester includes a chassis; a cleaning system carried by the chassis and is configured to clean crop material; and a crop material elevator carried by the chassis that is supplied with cleaned crop material from the cleaning system. The crop material elevator includes: a housing including a boot portion at a bottom of the housing, the boot portion defining a bulbous shape on at least a conveyance side of the housing; a driving loop held within the housing and configured to rotate; a driving element linked to the driving loop and configured to rotate the driving loop; and a plurality of paddles carried by the driving loop.
US09955628B2	Reversible drive system for an agricultural machine An example agricultural harvesting machine includes a header and a feed system configured to feed material from the header through a threshing section along a conveyance path. The feed system includes a conveyance mechanism that conveys the material from the header to a rotating feed mechanism. The feed system also includes a drive system configured to rotationally drive the feed mechanism during a first state to convey the material along the conveyance path, and to reverse rotation of the feed mechanism during a second state. In one example, a drive system includes first and second drive mechanisms and a coupling mechanism configured to selectively couple one of the first or second drive mechanisms to an output mechanism, such as, but not limited to, a rotating feed mechanism in an agricultural harvesting machine.
US09955627B2	Electric working machine An electric working machine including: a motor; a control unit configured to control rotation of the motor; a fixed part provided with a handle having a grip portion; a movable part held by the fixed part and is configured to be extendible by sliding relative to the fixed part; and a cutting blade provided to a end portion of the movable pipe and is configured to be driven by the motor; characterized in that the electric working machine further includes a detection unit which is connected to the control unit and is configured to detect whether or not the movable part is positioned at a predetermined extended position relative to the fixed part.
US09955624B2	Wide area turf mower A wide area turf mower has a wheel supported main frame and cutting units movably connected to the main frame and positioned in rows in a staggered order to form a mower cutting configuration for cutting a continuous swath of turf between any two outer cutting units located respectively on opposite sides of the main frame. One row of the cutting units includes a first pair of pivotally interconnected outer and inner cutting units at a first side of the main frame, and a second pair of pivotally interconnected inner and outer cutting units at the second side of the main frame. First hydraulic cylinders cause the outer cutting units to fold in a direction towards the rear end of the main frame. Second hydraulic cylinders cause the inner cutting units to lift in an upward direction. A controller operates all of the hydraulic cylinders.
US09955621B2	Front fold implement frame with pivotal draft link connection A forward folding agricultural implement frame has a center frame with pivotally connected wings that fold forward for storage and laterally for use. A pair of draft links connects the wings to a telescopic hitch that extends forward from the center frame. A pivot pin operably mounted to a forward portion of the telescopic hitch defines a generally vertical pivot axis. A pivot link is connected to the pivot pin to pivot about the generally vertical pivot axis. The pivot link having a first portion on one side of the pivot pin and a second portion on an opposite of the pivot pin from the first portion. The draft links are pivotally connected to the first and second portions of the pivot link. When the wings are flexed in opposite directions (or when one wing is neutral and the other wing is flexed), the pivot link will permit opposite relative movement of the draft link ends relative to the inner hitch, which reduces internal stress and prevents permanent strain of the components.
US09961818B2	Electronic component mounting machine including a film thickness gauge An electronic component mounting machine is provided with a film thickness gage. The film thickness gage is provided with measurement sections. The mounting head moves to a position above the storage section and lowers the film thickness gage to cause the film thickness gage to come into contact with the flux film. In the film thickness gage, the measurement sections form measurement marks corresponding to the film thickness in the flux film. The electronic component mounting machine images the measurement marks using a mark camera, and determines the film thickness of the flux film which is actually formed based on imaging data.
US09961813B2	Shielded cable A shielded cable includes signal wires each having a signal conductor covered by an insulator, and a shield conductor comprising a metal foil resin tape spirally and overlappingly wrapped around the two signal wires, wherein an edge portion of the metal foil resin tape is folded back so that the metal foil therein is oriented outward, thereby bringing metal foils, which are arranged on lower and upper sides in the overlapping part of wrapping of the metal foil resin tape, into electrical contact with each other. The shielded cable includes two drain wires provided outside the metal foil resin tape and configured to be in electrical contact with an exposed part of the outwardly folded-back metal foil, which is exposed out of the overlapping part.
US09961810B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel unit having a noise generating source, and a metal frame to which the display panel unit is attached. The display panel unit is fixed to an attachment part which is provided at the frame. The frame includes a contact part that brings the display panel unit into contact with the frame, in addition to the attachment part.
US09961809B1	Heat radiation sheet and method for manufacturing of the same Provided are heat radiation sheet and method of manufacturing the same. The heat radiation sheet comprising: a first protective layer; a first adhesive member which is disposed on the first protective layer and has one or more through holes; a support member which is disposed on the first adhesive member and has one or more through holes; a second adhesive member which is disposed on the support member and has one or more through holes; a heat radiation member which is disposed on the second adhesive member and has one or more through holes; and a third adhesive member which is disposed on the heat radiation member and comprises a base portion contacting a first surface of the heat radiation member and protrusions protruding from the base portion and inserted into the through holes of the heat radiation member, the through holes of the second adhesive member, the through holes of the support member and the through holes of the first adhesive member, wherein the protrusions of the third adhesive member are at least partially coupled to the first protective layer.
US09961806B2	Systems and methods for transformer cooling by vertical airflow Systems and methods for transformer cooling by vertical airflow are described. One embodiment of an air transfer unit includes an assembly frame that includes an interior portion and defines a lateral side, an upper side, and a lower side, where the assembly frame includes a length that is substantially the same as a width of a plurality of cooling fins on a transformer. Some embodiments include a plurality of air directing apparatuses that are positioned in the interior portion and are aligned along the length of the assembly frame, where the plurality of air directing apparatuses receive airflow from the lateral side and direct the airflow vertically through the upper side to further cool the plurality of cooling fins. Similarly, some embodiments include an exhaust screen that is coupled to the upper side, wherein the exhaust screen further consolidates the airflow vertically toward the plurality of cooling fins.
US09961799B1	Apparatuses and systems for increasing thermal mass in line card heatsinks The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a faceplate that facilitates at least one connection between at least one communication cable and a line card that forwards traffic in connection with a network, (2) at least one heatsink that (A) is integrated into the faceplate and (B) absorbs heat dissipated by at least one electronic component included in the line card, and (3) at least one mount that (A) is integrated into the faceplate and (B) enables the electronic component to attach to the heatsink. Various other apparatuses and systems are also disclosed.
US09961793B1	Modular electronic device with improved retention/release features and related assembly methods An electronic module for a modular electronic device may include improved features for retaining the electronic module relative a frame of the modular electronic device and/or for subsequently removing such module from the frame. In addition, aspects of the present subject matter related to improved methods for assembling an electronic module for use with a modular electronic device.
US09961791B2	Seal ring and method for manufacturing seal ring This seal ring (1) is made of a clad material in which a base material layer (10) and a brazing filler metal layer (11) arranged on a first surface (10b) of the base material layer are bonded to each other, and a side brazing filler metal portion (11f) of the brazing filler metal layer covering a side surface (10c) of the base material layer is removed.
US09961790B2	Printed circuit board (PCB), PCB assembly, and washing machine including the same A printed circuit board (PCB) having an improved waterproof structure for preventing corrosion of a substrate is disclosed. A plurality of screen-printed protrusions is provided at the PCB surface. The plurality of protrusions allow water to be formed in waterdrops so that the waterdrops can flow to the outside of the PCB. The PCB is arranged to have a tilted structure for facilitating discharge of the water. The tilted structure discharges waterdrops to a lower side of the PCB. The PCB and a PCB assembly having the same are applicable to electronic appliances such as a washing machine.
US09961789B2	Display device and portable terminal A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a light blocking member under the display panel, a bracket facing the display panel such that the light blocking member is between the display panel and the bracket, a bridge member between the light blocking member and the bracket, and configured to support a position of the light blocking member and the bracket, and a buffer member at a same layer as the bridge member, and contacting the bridge member.
US09961786B2	Method and structure for limiting cover deflection in an ECU when exposed to high altitude environments An engine control unit (ECU) includes a housing, a cover sealingly engaged with the housing, a circuit board disposed in the housing and support structure disposed in the housing and associated with an inner surface of the cover. At least one fastener couples both the support structure and the circuit board to the housing. An adhesive bonds at least portions of the support structure to portions of the inner surface of the cover. The support structure is constructed and arranged to limit deflection of the cover when internal pressure increase in the ECU.
US09961785B2	Wiring substrate and semiconductor device A wiring substrate includes a core, a first wiring layer formed on a first surface of the core, and a second wiring layer formed on a second surface of the core. The first wiring layer includes a first opening, and the second wiring layer includes a second opening. The core includes a plurality of electronic component accommodating bores that extend through the core at portions exposed from the first and second openings. An electronic component is arranged in each electronic component accommodating bore. The electronic component accommodating bores are filled with an insulating layer. The core includes a partition located between adjacent electronic component accommodating bores. The partition is formed by part of the core.
US09961781B2	Optoelectronic assembly and method for producing an optoelectronic assembly An optoelectronic assembly may include a substrate, which has a first contact region at a first side thereof, an optoelectronic component arranged on the first side of the substrate, which has a first contact coupled to the first contact region, a printed circuit board with conductor tracks, which is coupled to the first side of the substrate at a first side of the printed circuit board and which has a central cutout, in which the optoelectronic component is exposed, and which has a first contact cutout, which overlaps the first contact region, at least one electronic component arranged on a second side of the printed circuit board, which is coupled to the conductor tracks, and a connection element, which is arranged in the first contact cutout and electrically couples the first contact region to the conductor tracks, wherein the connection element fixes the substrate to the printed circuit board.
US09961778B2	Liquid immersion transfer of electronics A liquid immersion transfer process for applying electronics on a 3D object and a system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the process comprises providing a foil on a solid carrier in a foil provision stage, providing electronic wiring and an electronic component to the foil in an electronics provision stage, to provide said electronics, removing the solid carrier and arranging the foil on or in a liquid in a liquid application stage, and transferring the electronics to the 3D object in a transfer stage, as well as a 3D object obtainable by such process.
US09961771B2	Printed circuit boards by massive parallel assembly A method of forming an interconnect substrate includes providing at least two unit cells, arranging the unit cells to form a desired circuit pattern, and joining the unit cells to form the interconnect substrate having the desired circuit pattern.
US09961770B2	Solder pads, methods, and systems for circuitry components Solder pads, systems, and related methods are provided. A first or second pad include at least one shape for increasing a number of edges available to align at least one part to be soldered thereto. Each solder pad can occupy a same surface area of the substrate. A plurality of circuit elements can be provided over the plurality of solder pads, where some of the circuit elements occupy different surface areas of the substrate and/or the solder pad. A method of providing a solder pad includes providing a substrate, providing a solder pad over the substrate, and providing at least one shape in the solder pad for increasing a number of edges available to align at least one part to be soldered thereto. The pads can attach for example to a surface-mount ceramic component, a submount-free component, a leadframe component and/or a chip on board component.
US09961768B2	Multilayer wiring substrate, manufacturing method therefor, and substrate for probe card A multilayer wiring substrate that can realize a higher-density wiring structure is obtained. Provided is a multilayer wiring substrate, where a multilayer body including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer stacked on the bottom surface of the first insulating layer includes printed wiring electrodes; the printed wiring electrodes are formed by printing with and sintering conductive paste; the printed wiring electrodes respectively include first wiring electrode portions located on the second insulating layer and second wiring electrode portions respectively joined to first wiring electrode portions; and the second wiring electrode portions respectively extend into through holes and, further, are exposed at the top surface of the first insulating layer.
US09961764B2	Circuit module A via conductor connected to a mounting electrode near a corner portion of a circuit substrate is provided in a position in a corresponding mounting electrode, located closer to the center of the circuit substrate. Thus, concentration of a stress in a portion of the via conductor is effectively reduced, and a break, a chip, or a crack is prevented from occurring to the circuit substrate. Even if the portion located closer to the corner portion of the mounting electrode is peeled from the circuit substrate, the electrical characteristics of the circuit module are secured because disconnection between the corresponding mounting electrode and the via conductor is prevented.
US09961760B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer including a projection and a wiring layer on the projection. The wiring layer includes a first metal layer on an end face of the projection and a second metal layer on the first metal layer. The width of the end face of the projection is different from at least one of the width of the first metal layer and the width of the second metal layer. An inner wall surface and a bottom surface of a depression around the projection are roughened surfaces.
US09961759B2	Flexible substrate A flexible substrate includes a circuit board, a flexible heat-dissipating structure and an adhesive. The circuit board has a substrate and a circuit layer formed on a top surface of the substrate, and the flexible heat-dissipating structure has a flexible supporting plate and a flexible heat-dissipating metal layer formed on a surface of the flexible supporting plate. The flexible heat-dissipating metal layer of the flexible heat-dissipating structure is connected with a bottom surface of the substrate by the adhesive. The circuit layer and the flexible heat-dissipating metal layer are made of same material.
US09961757B2	Peripheral hill sector design for cyclotron The present disclosure relates to a magnet pole for an isochronous sector-focused cyclotron having hill and valley sectors alternatively distributed around a central axis, Z, each hill sector having an upper surface bounded by four edges: an upper peripheral edge, an upper central edge, a first and a second upper lateral edges. The upper peripheral edge of a hill sector may be an arc of circle whose center is offset with respect to the central axis, and whose radius, Rh, is not more than 85% of a distance, Lh, from the central axis to a midpoint of the upper peripheral edge. Furthermore, the midpoint may be equidistant to the first and second upper distal ends.
US09961752B2	Control device and method for assigning ID number A control device which is connected to luminaires includes: a storage which stores associations between types of luminaires and identification (ID) number ranges for each of the types; an identifying unit which identifies a type of each of the luminaires; and an assigning unit which, by reference to the associations, assigns, to each of the luminaires, an ID number in an ID number range for the type identified by the identifying unit such that, among the luminaires, luminaires of a same type have consecutive ID numbers in the ID number range.
US09961750B2	Advanced networked lighting control system including improved systems and methods for automated self-grouping of lighting fixtures An advanced lighting control system including systems for commissioning a network of lighting fixtures preferably includes a plurality of lighting fixtures, each having a sensor and control module. The sensor and control module includes occupancy and light sensing elements, and a first transceiver. The lighting fixtures can send wireless signals to a second transceiver located in a room controller and/or a network coordinator. The room controller being configured to interpret the occupancy and light sensing information and make decisions thereon, while the network coordinator can rank the lighting fixtures according to a determined signal strength. The network coordinator can command each of the lighting fixtures to illuminate, and based on an observation of the lighting fixture, a determination is made about whether the lighting fixture is located in a particular room. The network coordinator can also include a third transceiver for receiving wireless commands from a remote device.
US09961749B1	RF controlled switch box without using neutral wire and a power harvesting switch circuit thereof A power harvesting switch circuit includes a main switch and a voltage extractor connected in series between Line wire and switch wire. The main switch includes a first power MOSFET and a second power MOSFET connected in series. The voltage extractor includes a first Zener diode and a second Zener diode connected in series but in opposite directions.
US09961746B2	Light sensor A light sensor is provided that includes an exposed light transducer for accumulating charge in proportion to light incident thereon over an integration period; and a light-to-pulse circuit in communication with the exposed light transducer, the light-to-pulse circuit operative to output a pulse having a pulse width based on the charge accumulated by the exposed light transducer. The light-to-pulse circuit may include a one shot logic circuit that contributes to generation of the pulse. The light sensor may include an input/output pad, a capacitor provided at the input/output pad for blocking static electricity, an input low pass filter provided at the input/output pad for blocking electromagnetic interference, and/or a bandgap voltage reference circuit connected to a power source having a supply voltage level in a range of about 3.3V to about 5.0V, and for generating a set of stable reference voltages throughout the supply voltage level range.
US09961741B2	Circuit device, lighting device, and vehicle using the same In a circuit device, a plurality of protection circuits are disposed between a plurality of first power supply connecting terminals and a first input terminal of a load circuit. A switching element of each of the plurality of protection circuits is connected between a first power supply connecting terminal and a first input terminal, and is turned on when a DC power supply is connected with a normal polarity to the first power supply connecting terminal. Each of the plurality of protection circuits a parasitic diode that is connected in parallel to the switching element between a corresponding first power supply connecting terminal and a first input terminal in a direction where a current having a normal polarity is caused to flow. The reset circuit performs periodically a reset operation of temporarily turning off the switching element.
US09961740B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling lighting Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. Presence of an optical element (110, 310, 312, 710A-E, 712, 810) is identified over one or more LEDs (323, 327) and at least one property of the optical element is identified. At least one property of light output of light sources associated with and/or covered by the optical element is adjusted based on the property of the optical element.
US09961735B2	LED constant-voltage dimming power supply and dimming system for LED lamp having same An LED constant-voltage dimming power supply being electrically connected to a dimmer and configured for changing duty ratio of output voltage thereof according to a controlling signal from the dimmer, includes a constant-voltage source, a damping discharge circuit module, a phase detecting circuit module, a duty ratio controlling module, and a switcher. The damping discharge circuit module is electrically connected to an input end of the constant-voltage source. The phase detecting circuit module is electrically connected to an output end of the constant-voltage source. The duty ratio controlling module is coupled to the phase detecting circuit. The switcher is electrically connected to the duty ratio controlling module. The LED constant-voltage dimming power supply adjusts the luminance of the LED lamp and has high universality. Moreover, each of lots of LED lamps has high consistency during adjusting its luminance.
US09961730B2	Circuit of light-emitting elements A circuit of light-emitting elements connected between two power terminals is disclosed in the present disclosure. The circuit of light-emitting elements includes a smooth conducting line, multiple light-emitting elements, and a zigzag conducting line. The smooth conducting line is connected to one of the power terminals. One terminal of each light-emitting element is electrically connected at a different position of the smooth conducting line. The zigzag conducting line is connected to the other of the power terminals, and the other terminal of each light-emitting element is electrically connected at a different position of the zigzag conducting line. Each shortest path, starting from one of the power terminals, passing through any the light-emitting element along the smooth conducting line, and ending at the other of the power terminals along the zigzag conducting line, has substantially a same resistance value.
US09961728B2	Driver device and driving method A driver device (10) for driving a load (22), in particular for driving an LED unit comprising one or more LEDs is presented. The driver device comprises input terminals (12, 14) for connecting the driver device to an electrical power supply (16) for receiving a variable input voltage (V10) from the electrical power supply, a converter unit (25) for converting the input voltage (V10) to an output voltage (V12) including a resonant converter (40) and a switch unit (26), wherein the switch unit is adapted to provide a chopped voltage of the input voltage as a drive voltage (V16) to the resonant converter, and a control unit (34) connected to the switch unit for controlling a pulse frequency (fP) of the chopped voltage, wherein the control unit is adapted to control an input current (I10) drawn from the electrical power supply by controlling the pulse frequency of the chopped voltage on the basis of a measured value of the variable input voltage.
US09961727B2	Phase control dimmer circuit A trailing edge phase control dimmer circuit for controlling alternating current (AC) power to a load, the circuit including: a switching circuit for controlling delivery of AC power to the load by conducting power to the load in an ON state and not conducting power to the load in an OFF state; and a switching control circuit for controlling turn-OFF and turn-ON of the switching circuit at each cycle of the AC to control switching of the ON and OFF states of the switching circuit, wherein the switching control circuit controlling turn-OFF of the switching circuit includes controlling a turn-OFF transition of the switching circuit between the ON state and the OFF state of the switching circuit extending for a selected turn-OFF transition time, and wherein the switching control circuit further includes a dv/dt feedback circuit for controlling a turn-OFF transition profile indicative of a drain voltage of the switching circuit of the turn-OFF transition and the selected turn-OFF transition time by returning at least some dv/dt feedback current generated by the switching circuit back to the switching circuit, whereby the dv/dt feedback circuit is configured to control said at least some dv/dt feedback current over the turn-OFF transition so as to reduce a rate of change of at least an initial region of the turn-OFF transition profile to minimize harmonics generation by the switching circuit.
US09961724B1	Phase-cut dimmable power supply with high power factor The present invention discloses a high power factor phase-cut dimming power supply system, which includes an alternating current power supply, a phase cutting dimmer, a high power factor phase-cut dimming power supply, an LED lamp, or an LED light. The high power factor phase-cut dimming power supply includes an anti-interference circuit that corresponds to and adaptively connect with each other, an active power factor correction circuit, a power conversion circuit, a dimmer current maintaining circuit, a signal conversion circuit, a photoelectric coupler, a PWM signal amplifying circuit and a field effect transistor. The present invention provides a high power factor phase-cut dimming power supply. It has advantages of a high power factor, a load power without any limitation, a high efficiency, an output power as high as several hundred watts. It can be widely used in the field of high power factor phase-cut dimming power supply.
US09961710B2	Secure wireless networks for vehicles A system and method (600) of securely and accurately connecting mobile devices (110) to wireless networks in vehicles (210) by using encrypted wireless network configurations based on vehicle specific data is disclosed herein. The system comprises a vehicle (210) comprising an on-board computer (232) with a memory (231) having a vehicle identification number (233), a connector plug (235), and an motorized engine (234), a connected vehicle device (130) comprising a processor, a WiFi radio, a BLUETOOTH radio, a memory, and a connector for mating with the connector plug of the vehicle (210), and a mobile device (110) comprising a graphical user interface (335), a processor (310), a WiFi radio (307), a BLUETOOTH radio (306), and a cellular network interface (308).
US09961707B2	Terminal multiple connection management method, device and system The present document relates to the field of communication, provides a method, device and system for managing multi-connection of a terminal. The method includes: a source base station of a terminal controlling the terminal to establish a connection with at least one of other base stations and updating a path over which the terminal transmits data to passing through the source base station and the at least one of other base stations after the terminal has established the connection with the at least one of other base stations. The technical scheme provided by the embodiments of the present document is applicable to LTE systems, solves the problem of managing the multi-connection existing between the terminal and multiple base stations, and implements the management for the multi-connection of the terminal.
US09961694B2	Dual band communication method and WLAN device A dual band communication method and a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, First determining a service type of a service in a switching period according to a preset policy, where the switching period includes one first timeslot in which a first radio frequency (RF) channel works and one adjacent second timeslot in which a second RF channel works, and determining, according to the determined service type and a preset service quality requirement corresponding to the service type, maximum duration of the switching period in which the service quality requirement is met, and when time division multiplexing (TDM) is performed on a baseband processor, controlling the switching between the first RF channel and the second RF channel according to the maximum duration, hence actual duration of the switching period is less than or equal to the maximum duration.
US09961693B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, notification method, and integrated circuit A terminal apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention constitutes and reports an amount-of-transmission-buffer report to be notified to a base station apparatus, based on first transmission data to the base station apparatus, which is prepared in a transmission buffer of the terminal apparatus itself, second transmission data for device-to-device data communication, and a priority level of each piece of transmission data.
US09961690B2	Method and base station for selecting a transport format A method in a base station for selecting a transport format is provided. The base station allocates resources to a User Equipment, UE.When a first criterion is fulfilled for the allocated resources, the base station estimates Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio, SINR, by using a first gain offset. The first gain offset relates to a resource allocation according to the first criterion.When a second criterion is fulfilled for the allocated resources, the base station estimates SINR by using a second gain offset. The second gain offset relates to a resource allocation according to the second criterion.The base station then selects a transport format for the allocated resources based on the estimated SINR.
US09961689B2	Spectrum management system and method A spectrum management system includes a circuit that identifies reference points for a secondary communication system. The spectrum management system then determines spectrum resources for the secondary communication system based on whether the reference points are positive or negative.
US09961688B1	Cloud ran architecture A novel cloud RAN architecture which allows pooling the baseband resources to optimize both CAPEX and OPEX. The cloud baseband unit provides a pool of LTE channel baseband signal processing elements that can be assigned to remote radio units based on the traffic load. The LTE channel baseband element or elements can also be shared among a group of remote radio units.
US09961686B2	Contextual awareness architecture An architecture for collecting and managing contextual awareness data is contemplated. The architecture may be used to implement various policies as a function of the contextual awareness data, such as but not limited to implementing dwelling specific policies depending on the contextual awareness data indicating whether one or more users are presence within a dwelling.
US09961685B2	Progressive resource allocation for vehicular communication A method in a network node is disclosed. The method comprises allocating a pool of radio resources for vehicle-to-other (V2x) communication by a plurality of wireless devices, and dividing the allocated pool of radio resources for V2x communication into a plurality of orthogonal sets of radio resources, each set of radio resources having an associated set identifier comprising one of a plurality of positive integers. The method further comprises assigning one or more radio resource sets to each wireless device among the plurality of wireless devices based at least in part on a radio-compatibility characteristic, and communicating to each wireless device the assigned set of radio resources to use.
US09961682B2	Method and apparatus for resource allocation to maximize the total data rate in SC-FDMA uplink A low-complexity Radio Resource Allocation method (100,200) efficiently assigns frequency resources, such as a set of contiguous subcarriers, to Mobile Terminals in SC-FDMA uplink systems. The inventive method initially finds the resource allocation that leads to maximum efficiency in terms of transmitted data rate, without considering any resource adjacency constraint. Subsequently, the method iteratively redefines the resource allocation in order to find a resource allocation that is in accordance with resource allocation adjacency required by the SC-FDMA multiple access scheme.
US09961680B2	Techniques for measuring a location of UE The present invention provides a method for measuring a location. The method comprises: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE) and from a serving cell, information on a bandwidth allocated for a positioning reference signal (PRS); receiving, by the User Equipment (UE) and from at least one or more neighbor cells, information on a bandwidth allocated for a PRS; determining whether there is a difference between the bandwidths; and measuring, by the UE and based on a result of the determination a timing difference between PRSs transmitted from the serving cell and the at least one or more neighbor cells.
US09961677B2	Method for transmitting downlink control information, method for determining a search space and apparatuses thereof A method for determining a search space, method for detecting downlink control information and apparatuses thereof. The method for determining a search space includes: determining eCCEs occupied by ePDCCH candidates in each carrier according to a first offset, a second offset and other related parameters; wherein the first offset denotes an offset of adjusting the eCCEs occupied by ePDCCH candidates in the same carrier in different eREG groups, and the second offset denotes an offset used for coordinating collision occurs among the eCCEs occupied by ePDCCH candidates in different carriers. In a case of cross-carrier, in configuring a search space, the first offset and the second offset are introduced to avoid collision between the ePDCCHs of the CCs as possible and avoid the ePDCCH candidates in each of the CCs from falling into the same eREG group as possible, thereby solving the problems in the prior art.
US09961675B1	Multi-layer control plane automatic resource allocation system An automatic allocation system for a network, the automatic allocation system comprising a controller, the controller defining a control plane that provides a common language to communicate with each OSI layer within the network, the controller further is in communication with at least one data source, the at least one data source including real time performance data for the network, wherein the controller monitors the real time performance data to identify an allocation need, wherein the controller adds or removes at least one of a physical resource, a network device, a virtual instance and a virtual network function based on the allocation need.
US09961668B2	Communication between devices of a neighbor aware network In some examples, a method includes generating, at a first device, a paging message including an indication of whether the first device is available for a particular time period during which devices of a data link group of a neighbor aware network (NAN) are configured to operate in an active operating mode. The method also includes sending the message from the first device to one or more devices of the data link group of the NAN.
US09961663B2	Method and apparatus for moving network equipment within a communication system A method and apparatus for moving network equipment is provided herein. During operation, an optimal base station configuration will be determined. Currently-employed network equipment will be moved based on a determination if adequate coverage will be provided to users of the system.
US09961662B2	System for tracking assets A system for tracking assets. The system includes a visible light source that includes a wireless signal generator configured to produce wireless signals and a tag that includes a detector that detects the presence of the wireless signals produced by the visible light source. The tag includes a transmitter that is configured to send additional wireless signals. The system further includes a tag monitor that includes a receiver that is configured to receive the additional wireless signals. The tag monitor determines a location of the tag based on the additional wireless signals received from the tag.
US09961658B2	Local network for the simultaneous exchange of data between a drone and a plurality of user terminals A primary user terminal is interfaced with the drone so as to constitute a local network of the infrastructure type, where the drone is configured as an access point (AP) and the primary user terminal is configured as a mobile station. The primary user terminal comprises an adaptive software program able i) to generate piloting and control instructions to be transmitted to the drone, and ii) to establish a connection to the local network and to register the primary user terminal into a registration table of the drone. The network further comprises at least one secondary user terminal with an applicative software program adapted to establish a connection to the local network and to register the secondary user terminal into the registration table of the drone with a hierarchized management of the rights with respect to the primary terminal.
US09961656B2	Systems and methods for syncronizing multiple electronic devices Embodiments are provided for syncing multiple electronic devices for collective audio playback. According to certain aspects, a master device connects (218) to a slave device via a wireless connection. The master device calculates (224) a network latency via a series of network latency pings with the slave device and sends (225) the network latency to the slave device. Further, the master devices sends (232) a portion of an audio file as well as a timing instruction including a system time to the slave device. The master device initiates (234) playback of the portion of the audio file and the slave devices initiates (236) playback of the portion of the audio file according to the timing instruction and a calculated system clock offset value.
US09961653B2	Beacons for wireless communication A system and method for wireless devices to efficiently receive communications by transmitting and receiving specialized beacon messages. Particularly, a wireless device may await reception of a synchronizing beacon message from a transmitting device. A relative position identifier within the synchronizing beacon message may then allow the wireless device to anticipate future beacon message transmissions and to synchronize its reception pattern with the transmitter. In this manner the wireless device need only receive and decode beacon messages germane to its operation.
US09961652B2	Power control method and apparatus The present disclosure relates to a power control method and apparatus, where the method includes: respectively determining, by a base station, error vector magnitude EVM indicator adjustment parameters of n terminals according to terminal types of the n terminals that are currently scheduled; processing, according to the EVM indicator adjustment parameters of the n terminals, to-be-transmitted signals of the n terminals to obtain an output signal, and determining a change of total power of the output signal relative to the to-be-transmitted signals; and dynamically controlling a supply voltage of a power amplifier according to the change of the total power of the output signal relative to the to-be-transmitted signals. According to the power control method and apparatus provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, different processing is performed on signals of different terminals, so that system performance of the OFDM system is improved.
US09961651B2	Multi-channel power control Embodiments of computer-implemented methods, systems, computing devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for assigning transmission power to one or more components carriers in an uplink transmission utilizing carrier aggregation. In one embodiment, power is assigned to a component carrier based on the priority level of the component carrier. In another embodiment, power is assigned based on absolute priority order. In yet another embodiment, power is assigned based on relative priority order.
US09961645B2	Wireless communication system, base station device and transmission power control method A base station device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires reception quality of each of a plurality of carriers from a terminal device that performs primary cell connection for transmission and reception of a control channel signal using a carrier whose reception quality is most preferable; a decision unit that decides an amount of increase in transmission power of one of the carriers based on the reception quality acquired by the acquisition unit; a determination unit that estimates whether switching of the primary cell connection occurs in case of increasing the transmission power by the amount of increase and determines whether to increase the transmission power according to the estimation result; and an instruction unit that instructs a transmission unit to increase the transmission power of the carrier by the amount of increase when the determination unit determines to increase the transmission power.
US09961644B2	Fast fading power restriction The present application discloses methods and apparatus for modifying a normal link adaptation process of a wireless device (200). The normal link adaptation process may be used to compensate for a fast fading dip detected by a base station (100). The present application teaches that the normal fast fading compensation may cause inter-cell interference and degrade system performance. The present application discloses imposing a fast fading restriction or limitation on the normal fast fading compensation can reduce inter-cell interference, improve system capacity, and extends the battery life of the wireless device.
US09961641B2	Method for user equipment power saving, apparatus, and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention relate to a user equipment power saving method, an apparatus, and user equipment. The method includes: determining whether power saving needs to be performed on user equipment; if power saving needs to be performed on the user equipment, sending a power saving configuration request to a network side, where the power saving configuration request is used to request the network side to perform, according to the power saving configuration request, a power saving configuration on the user equipment. According to the user equipment power saving method provided in embodiments of the present invention, an objective of reducing power consumption of UE can be achieved, thereby improving user experience.
US09961634B2	Radio receiver and mute control method for the same A radio apparatus in which voice frames can be used for data transmission, which prevents abnormal sound and noise from occurring during fast data transmission. A controller of the radio apparatus determines whether the voice frames are being used for voice signal transmission or data transmission based on a result of identification of a mini-header that is stored in the data frames. The controller causes a voice signal reproduction unit to perform a muting operation when a result of the determination successively indicates that the voice frames are being used for data transmission a predetermined first number of times, and the controller causes the voice signal reproduction unit to cancel the muting operation when the result of the determination successively indicates that the voice frames are being used for voice signal transmission a predetermined second number of times in a situation where the muting operation is being performed.
US09961630B2	Handling modes in a wireless device The embodiments herein relate to method in a node (105, 110) for handling modes in the wireless device (105). The node (105, 110) and wireless device (105) are comprised in a wireless network (100). The wireless device (105) is in active mode. The node (105, 110) obtains information indicating that the wireless device (105) should reduce its radio power consumption. The node (105, 110) determines that the wireless device (105) should change from active mode to a first power saving mode based on the obtained information and based on a first criterion. And, the node (105, 110) or the wireless device (105) determines that the wireless device (105) should change from active mode to a second power saving mode based on the obtained information and based on a second criterion.
US09961625B2	Network edge based access network discovery and selection An edge device comprising access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) features is disclosed. An edge device can be a device located at a logical edge of a wireless network. An edge ANDSF component can rank access network resources. The rank can be based on characteristics of an access network resource, a user profile, device resource demands, or a user behavior model. The user profile can comprise information facilitating pre-authentication of a device to an access network resource. Further, the user profile can be considered portable with regard to localized aspects of edge ANDSF components. The user profile provides improved ANDSF feature performance.
US09961623B2	Communication control method, user terminal, and base station A communication control is used in a communication system capable of using a plurality of network selection schemes for selecting, from a cellular RAN and a wireless LAN, an access network in which traffic of UE 100 is to be accommodated. The communication control method includes a step of receiving, from the cellular RAN by UE 100 existing in a cell included in the cellular RAN, a network selection configuration related to a network selection scheme decided by the cellular RAN from among the plurality of network selection schemes.
US09961618B2	Apparatus and method for performing low-power geo-fence operations A geo-fence capable device is disclosed that is capable of performing an accurate geo-fence operation while minimizing power consumption. The device includes sensors, Wi-Fi connectability and GNSS. Sensors intermittently detect whether the device is in motion. When determined to be in motion, Wi-Fi is used to acquire a wireless access point list and to compare the access point list to previously-stored access points in order to determine whether the device is still within a particular region. GNSS is used to confirm exit from a region and to intermittently monitor whether the device has entered a new region. GNSS and application processor use can be minimized by utilizing sensor and Wi-Fi functionality as preliminary region monitors.
US09961615B2	System and method for WiFi authentication and selection A method embodiment for network authentication includes selecting, by a user equipment (UE), an access network for establishing a network connection and receiving one or more network authentication status indications for a network associated with the access network. The method further includes implementing a network authentication and selection policy in accordance with the one or more network authentication status indications.
US09961612B2	Method and device for sharing multicast address for NAN device in wireless communication system Disclosed is a method for sharing in advance a multicast address in a wireless communication system. To this end, a method can comprise the steps of: selecting a multicast address; and transmitting a beacon frame comprising the selected multicast address. The beacon frame can comprise a search beacon frame and/or a synchronization beacon frame.
US09961609B2	Systems and methods for data path control in a wireless network In various embodiments, the data plane may be abstracted from a control plane in a wireless network such as WiMax, WiFi, LTE or the like. In some embodiments, a method comprises a receiving control data at a control server from a source device, generating routing instructions at the control server regarding routing network data based on the control data, providing the routing instructions to a routing device, configuring the routing device based on the routing instructions, receiving network data from the source device, and routing the network data from the source device to a target device using the configured routing device.
US09961608B2	Seamless call transitions Various user interfaces and other technologies for seamlessly transitioning between calls of different types can be implemented. The technologies can be implemented to give the impression of a single call that is upgraded from one call type to another. A new application can register so that an appropriate user interface control appears for activation when seamless call transition is possible. Transitioning for third party applications can thus be supported. Cross-platform implementations can be supported.
US09961605B2	Radio access management system and method A radio access management system includes a radio access network including a number of base stations, a backhaul network to which the base stations are connected via backhaul links, and a backhaul resource controller configured to acquire information about both the load of the radio access network and of the backhaul network and to at least one of suggest or enforce handovers of user terminals connected to the base stations based on the acquired load information.
US09961603B2	Radio base station An object is to improve the throughput of a mobile station UE without affecting the coverage of a macrocell in a case where CA is introduced to a HetNet environment. A radio base station eNB according to the present invention is configured to determine whether or not to change the connection destination of a mobile station UE from a small cell #1 to a small cell #2 while the mobile station UE is performing CA by using the macrocell and the small cell #1, based on at least one of the congestion status in each of the small cell #1 and the small cell #2 and the communication quality in each of the small cell #1 and the small cell #2.
US09961602B2	Method and apparatus for video communication A method for changing a communication network for video communication is provided. The method includes performing, by a user equipment (UE), video communication through a mobile communication network; searching for whether there is a wireless local area network (WLAN) accessible by the UE; displaying, if a WLAN accessible by the UE is found, the accessible WLAN; and when the displayed WLAN is selected by a user, changing a communication network for the video communication to perform the video communication through the selected WLAN.
US09961600B2	Techniques for employing antenna switched diversity in wireless communications Aspects described herein relate to using antenna-switched diversity (ASDIV) in wireless communications. A serving node can be communicated with using a serving radio access technology (RAT) and based on an ASDIV configuration, wherein the ASDIV configuration defines an antenna switching configuration including a state of one or more switches in an ASDIV switch group for switching between one or more antennas for the communicating based on sensing one or more parameters of the communicating. It can be determined whether a target RAT supports operating using a same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT. A target node can be communicated with using the target RAT and based on the ASDIV configuration where the target RAT operates using the same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT.
US09961597B2	Activation time for target based high speed serving cell change The present solution relates to a method in a user equipment (310) for setting up an activation time of a cell change of the user equipment (310) from a serving cell (305) to a target cell (308) in a wireless communications network (300). The user equipment (310) receives (501) a timing offset from a network controller (315), calculates (502) a cell change activation time based on the timing offset and transmits (503) the calculated activation time to the network controller (315). Then, the user equipment (310) receives (504) an approval of the cell change from the network controller (315) and moves (505) from the serving cell (306) to the target cell (308) at the activation time if the approval has been received.
US09961591B2	Optimizations to circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) procedure Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) is a technique to deliver voice-services to a mobile, when the mobile is camped in a long-term evolution (LTE) network. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may help reduce delays in call setup related to CSFB and, in some cases, avoid unnecessary paging.
US09961589B2	Multi-channel communication scheme for medical body area network (MBAN) to meet duty cycle regulation A system (52) and a method maintain a medical body area network (MBAN) (62). Devices (56, 58) of the MBAN (62) are communicated (152) with over one or more channels of the MBAN (62). The one or more channels include a primary channel, and each of the devices (56, 58) is assigned to one of the one or more channels. Further, a duty cycle of each of the one or more channels is continuously monitored (156). In response to the duty cycle of the primary channel meeting or exceeding a duty cycle limit, a device (56, 58) of the devices (56, 58) is moved (158) to a secondary channel.
US09961587B2	Methods and apparatus for optimizing tunneled traffic A satellite communication system may be configured to establish multiple different tunnels between a first satellite modem and a second satellite modem in accordance with a protocol. The first satellite modem may receive a packet via a tunnel established in accordance with a different protocol, determine an endpoint identifier corresponding to the tunnel based on information from one or more headers included in the packet, identify one of the multiple different tunnels that corresponds to the tunnel, generate a corresponding packet omitting at least a portion of the information from the one or more headers and comprising at least a portion of data included in a payload of the packet and an information block comprising a tunnel index corresponding to the identified one of the multiple different tunnels, and transmit the corresponding packet to the second satellite modem via the identified one of the multiple different tunnels.
US09961584B2	Mobile device equipped with mobile network congestion recognition to make intelligent decisions regarding connecting to an operator network Systems and methods for recognizing congestion in a mobile network to make intelligent decisions regarding connecting to an operator network is disclosed. A mobile device having a local proxy equipped with congestion recognition capabilities can use time elapsed to establish connection with a mobile base station in the mobile network to recognize congestion at the mobile base station. Further, in response to recognizing congestion at the mobile base station, the local proxy can selectively block traffic from the mobile device from traversing the mobile network to reduce signaling overload on the mobile network.
US09961577B2	Method and apparatus of communicating a beacon report A beacon signal may be provided with data extensions. The data extensions permit additional information to be provided by the beacon signal, thereby reducing the traffic overhead of the network. The data extensions further permit handoffs and handoffs based on offset values. A Measurement Request field corresponding to a beacon request contains a measurement duration value and channel number for which the request applies. The beacon request permits a scan mode. In Active Scan mode, the measuring station (STA) transmits a probe request with a broadcast SSID. In Passive Scan mode, the measuring STA passively receives on the specified channel and return a beacon report containing one information element for each STA from which it detects a beacon or probe response. In Beacon Table mode, the measuring STA returns a beacon report containing the current contents of its beacon table without performing additional measurements.
US09961576B2	Wi-Fi radio health score Systems and methods for determining the health score of a Wi-Fi radio are described. Data associated with the Wi-Fi radio and/or an access point encapsulating the Wi-Fi radio may be received. Various parameters related to the Wi-Fi radio and/or an access point encapsulating the Wi-Fi radio may be determined. Weights may be assigned to the parameters, and the health score may be calculated using the weighted parameters. Default values may be assigned to the parameters if the initial determination of the parameter is below a minimal value. Configuration parameters related to the Wi-Fi radio, the access point, or neighboring access points may be transmitted based on the calculated health score.
US09961573B2	Measurement on SCC SCell and on/off discovery signals The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for performing measurements on a carrier associated with a deactivated cell in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method of operation for a wireless device for determining whether to perform one or more measurements on a carrier associated with a deactivated cell comprises acquiring at least one parameter related to a periodicity (Dp) of a discovery signal transmitted on one or more cells of a carrier with the deactivated cell, acquiring a measurement cycle parameter (Sc) for performing one or more measurements on one or more cells on the carrier, comparing the periodicity (Dp) of the discovery signal and the measurement cycle parameter (Sc), and deciding whether to perform the one or more measurements for the cells on the carrier based on the comparison of the periodicity (Dp) of the discovery signal and the measurement cycle parameter (Sc).
US09961568B2	Enhanced dedicated-channel reporting for UMTS A method for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system defining a dedicated channel (DCH) active set and an enhanced-dedicated channel (E-DCH) active set, the method including performing a power measurement of a pilot signal from a cell that is not included in the E-DCH active set but included in the DCH active set, and performing a power measurement of a pilot signal from a cell that is included in the E-DCH active set.
US09961564B2	Terminal in communication system and method for controlling same A terminal for communicating with at least one communication device is disclosed. A terminal according to the present invention comprises an antenna unit having at least one antenna; and a controlling unit for: determining at least one communication device; determining an antenna individual operation mode of each of the at least one antennas; determining at least one antenna for communication with each of the at least one communication devices from among the at least one antennas; determining a combination operation mode of an antenna set which includes at least two antennas for each of some or all of the communication devices performing communication using the antenna set when communication is performed using at least two antennas for each of some or all of the at least one communication devices; and controlling transmission and reception of data with at least one communication device by using at least one antenna for communication with each of the at least one communication devices according to an antenna individual operation mode of each antenna or to the antenna individual operation mode of each antenna and a combination operation mode of an antenna set for each communication device.
US09961561B2	Integrated repeater An integrated repeater is provided that places a donor antenna and a server antenna proximate to null-field points from the server antenna and the donor antenna, respectively, thereby increasing the isolation level between the donor antenna and the server antenna.
US09961560B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing a predictive model for mobile network communications based on historical context information Historical context information that includes data from communications of one or more mobile devices is collected. The historical context information includes at least one of communication environment, communication parameter estimates, mobile device statistics, mobile device transmit settings, base station receiver settings, past network statistics and settings, and adjacent network node information statistics and settings. A predictive model for network communications is determined based on the historical context information. A communication context for a first mobile device different than the one or more mobile devices is determined. The first device is scheduled and/or network parameters are set based on the determined predictive model. Actual results are compared to expected results and the predictive model is adjusted based on the comparison.
US09961558B2	Prioritization of different operators in shared spectrum Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for wireless communications. In one method, an opportunity may be identified for a first operator to perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) for a shared spectrum. The opportunity may be based on a priority of the first operator with respect to at least one other operator associated with the shared spectrum. The CCA may be performed for the shared spectrum during the identified opportunity to determine whether the shared spectrum is available for a transmission during a transmission interval.
US09961555B2	Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for providing a lock control signal for a mobile logistics destination Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for providing a lock control signal for a mobile logistic destination including obtaining information about a delivery request, providing an authorization request for opening the mobile logistic destination, obtaining information about an authorization for opening the mobile logistic destination during the probable delivery period from the mobile device, obtaining information about a lock enquiry and delivery agent location information from a mobile device of a delivery agent for the delivery, obtaining logistic destination location information from the logistic destination, determining a delivery agent authorization for opening the mobile logistic destination, computing a delivery agent location difference between the logistic destination location information and the delivery agent location information, comparing a timestamp of the lock enquiry with the probable delivery period, determining the lock control signal for the mobile logistic destination, and providing the lock control signal for the mobile logistic destination.
US09961553B2	Method, apparatus and system for network access The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and system for readily and conveniently getting network access for a smart device. The method for network access for a smart device includes receiving, by a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage medium, a first identification identifying a wireless access point and a first terminal identifier; receiving a second identification identifying a smart device and a second terminal identifier; associating the wireless access point with the smart device if the first terminal identifier corresponds to the second terminal identifier, and sending the second identification for the associated smart device to the wireless access point. The wireless access point provides network access authentication information to the smart device so that the smart device can get access to a network provided by the wireless access point with the network access authentication information.
US09961552B2	Schemes for connecting to wireless network Technology is disclosed for preventing classification of objects, e.g., in an augmented reality system. The technology can identify a set of objects to be classified, determine whether context information for one or more objects in the identified set of objects to be classified is identified as not to be employed during classification, and during classification of two different objects, include context information for one object but not the other.
US09961550B2	Physically secured authorization for utility applications To provide overall security to a utility management system, critical command and control messages that are issued to components of the system are explicitly approved by a secure authority. The explicit approval authenticates the requested action and authorizes the performance of the specific action indicated in a message. Key components of the utility management and control system that are associated with access control are placed in a physical bunker. With this approach, it only becomes necessary to bunker those subsystems that are responsible for approving network actions. Other management modules can remain outside the bunker, thereby avoiding the need to partition them into bunkered and non-bunkered components. Access to critical components of each of the non-bunkered subsystems is controlled through the bunkered approval system.
US09961548B2	Authorizing secured wireless access at hotspot according to user-specific access credential received from client device during predetermined sign-up process A hotspot provides an open wireless network and a secure wireless network. The open wireless network has no network-level encryption and allows open association therewith. The secure wireless network employs network-level encryption and requires authentication of a received access credential from a client device before allowing association therewith. A system for authorizing the client device for secured access at the hotspot includes an access controller configured to establish an encrypted connection between the client device and a login portal of the hotspot over the open wireless network, and to store a user-specific access credential transmitted via the encrypted connection as a valid access credential in a credential database. The credential database is accessed by wireless access points of the hotspot to authenticate the received access credential from the client device in response to a request from the client device to associate with the secure wireless network.
US09961547B1	Continuous seamless mobile device authentication using a separate electronic wearable apparatus A technique performs a security operation. The technique includes receiving first activity data from a mobile device, the first activity data identifying activity by a user that is currently using the mobile device. The technique further includes receiving second activity data from an electronic wearable apparatus, the second activity data identifying physical activity by a wearer that is currently wearing the electronic wearable apparatus. The technique further includes, based on the first activity data received from the mobile device and the second activity data received from the electronic wearable apparatus, performing an assessment operation that provides an assessment result indicating whether the user that is currently using the mobile device and the wearer that is currently wearing the electronic wearable apparatus are the same person. With such a technique, authentication may be continuous but without burdening the user to repeatedly re-enter a password.
US09961538B2	System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing mobile device support services A method is provided for providing mobile device support services. The method may include monitoring a mobile device status. The method may additionally include performing device diagnostics based at least in part on captured device status data to identify potential faults that may affect mobile device functionality. A corresponding system, apparatus, and computer program product are also provided.
US09961535B2	Method and system of providing instant location service An approach is disclosed for providing an instant location service. At a wireless device of a first user, mapping information of a second user is received over a wireless network. The mapping information specifies position of the second user within a prescribed proximity of the wireless device. The first user is notified of the location of the second user based on the received mapping information. A communication session is selectively initiated by the wireless device, over the wireless network to the second user.
US09961530B2	Method for obtaining traffic information using local area communication, and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for obtaining traffic information by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: broadcasting a first D2D discovery signal requesting traffic information to a plurality of first surrounding terminals; receiving, in response to the first D2D discovery signal, a second D2D discovery signal indicating surrounding traffic information from one or more second surrounding terminals among the plurality of first surrounding terminals; and updating the traffic information of the surrounding area on the basis of the one or more second D2D discovery signals.
US09961529B2	Optimizing use of near field communication (NFC) at NFC-enabled interaction terminals The invention provides for optimizing Near Field Communications (NFC) at a NFC-enabled interaction terminal configured for conducting user interactions. The invention provides for a user to designate which user credentials are applied to which type of NFC-enabled interaction terminals. A NFC-enabled interaction terminal-specific Application Identifier (AID) is assigned to the user credentials, and, in use, the AID list that is communicated, via NFC, by a mobile communication device to the NFC-enabled interaction terminal includes the NFC-enabled interaction terminal-specific AID, which implements an AID selection order that prioritizes use of the AID. In response, the application executing on the mobile communication device processes commands from the NFC-enabled interaction terminal using the pre-designated user credentials.
US09961527B2	Access control and scheduling mechanism for MTC devices A method includes receiving, at a network control component, an enhanced subscriber profile identifier (E-SPID) associated with at least one machine type communications (MTC) user device from a home subscriber server (HSS). The method includes determining whether the E-SPID is in a first range of E-SPID values, wherein the first range of E-SPID values corresponds to a delay that exceeds a threshold, and interacting with a self-organizing network (SON) controller that interacts an operation administration maintenance (OAM) component to control and define a modified E-SPID based on network traffic and coverage in response to a determination that the E-SPID is in the first range of E-SPID values. The method further includes sending the modified E-SPID to at least one enhanced evolved node b (eNodeB) associated with the at least one MTC user device, wherein the at least one enhanced eNodeB is operable to perform access control and scheduling for the at least one MTC user device based on the E-SPID.
US09961526B2	Emergency call support for VoLTE roaming within S8 home routing architecture A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an emergency call support service in which a network device of a visited network obtains user profile data of a wireless device from a home network of the wireless device, and provides the user profile data to a location server of the visited network. The emergency call support service allows an emergency call, when initiated by a roaming subscriber of the wireless device via the visited network, to include the user profile data and be provided to a public safety access point.
US09961525B2	Communication system Communication becomes impossible for many mobile stations when a communication failure occurs in a fixed station while the mobile stations are operating in an infrastructure mode. Provided is a communication system that includes a plurality of mobile stations and at least one of a base station and a wireless LAN access point, wherein the plurality of mobile stations establish communication with each other and form an ad hoc network that realizes a mesh network topology, and at least one mobile station among the plurality of mobile stations establishes communication with at least one of the base station and the wireless LAN access point, and connects another mobile station among the plurality of mobile stations to the at least one of the base station and the wireless LAN access point using a tethering function.
US09961522B2	Provision of additional network addressable numbers on single mobile device A method for routing calls between a third party telecommunications device (“TD”) and a subscriber TD associated with a primary service and a second line service (“SLS”) involves associating the SLS number of the subscriber, the primary number of the subscriber and the primary number of a third party via a common relationship number. Calls directed from a third party to the SLS number of a subscriber are routed to an SLS platform and redirected to the subscriber TD. Calls directed from the subscriber TD to the third party use the relationship number to route the call to the SLS platform. The combination of the primary service number and the relationship number identifies the third party number for call completion. Calls can be directed to and from an SLS number of a subscriber TD using a combination of protocols such as ISUP, CAP and SIP.
US09961521B2	Contextual call notification user interface The present disclosure generally relates to providing a contextual call notification. An electronic device receives an indication of an incoming voice communication associated with a caller. The electronic device obtains contextual information that is indicative of a likely intent of the caller and is distinct from an identity of the caller. In response to receiving the indication, the electronic device displays a notification that represents the voice communication. While displaying the notification, the electronic device detects a user input. In response to detecting the user input, the electronic device, in accordance with a determination that the user input includes a request to accept the incoming voice communication, establishes a voice communication session between the user and the caller, and, in accordance with a determination that the user input does not include a request to accept the incoming voice communication, forgoes establishing a voice communication session.
US09961516B1	System and method for obtaining supplemental information in group communication using artificial intelligence Efficient use of channel bandwidth response, response timing, along with the ability to acquire the most accurate and up to date response are provided for management of virtual assistant search queries within a communication system (100, 200). Improved management is obtained using an artificial intelligence (AI) server (104) controlling response activity to a query communication device (102) by incorporating one or more of: adjusting verbosity of responses (158), redirecting queries from the AI server to alternate resources (412), and/or prioritizing of a response (506) based on wait time.
US09961512B2	Method for operating and commissioning devices in a ZigBee network A method for operating devices in a ZigBee network comprising ZigBee Green Power (ZGP)-capable devices and non-ZGP-capable devices, both to be controlled by at least one ZGPD device, is disclosed. In one example, the ZGPD device transmits a ZGPD command frame, and, upon reception of the ZGPD command frame from the ZGPD device, a ZGP-capable device: translates the received ZGPD command to a regular ZigBee command compatible with non-ZGP-capable devices, forwards the translated command, and tunnels the ZGPD command using a ZGP tunneling mechanism, wherein the ZGP-capable devices controlled by the ZGPD device execute only the tunneled command, if the controlled application functionality is supported, and wherein the non-ZGP-capable devices controlled by the ZGPD device execute only the translated command, if the controlled application functionality is supported.
US09961508B1	Systems and methods for determining indoor location and floor of a mobile device Embodiments of the present disclosure related to methods and systems of determining the floor and location of a device in an indoor space having multiple floors.A map importing module takes a floor map of an indoor space and processes it for further use. A calibration module creates a fingerprint map of the indoor space described by the floor map. A floor localization module searches the fingerprint map of each floor to determine the most likely location for each floor. A floor detection module determines the floor and location based on the most likely locations for each floor and any of map constraints data and device movement data.
US09961507B1	Beacon deployment enabling location based services (LBS) in an urban or city environment Utilizing a series of beacons deployed within an urban environment to support Location Based Services (LBS). Each beacon emits a beacon signal comprising LBS supporting information within an identification portion of the beacon signal. The emitted beacon signal is received by any mobile device, decoded, the LBS supporting information is extracted from the signal and acted upon accordingly. The information can provide the recipient with information, initiate a link to another device, initiate a LBS, etc. The information can be relayed using intermediary mobile devices. The identification portion can include information for location, beacon ID, marketing, emergencies, services, traffic, etc. A sensor can be integral with the beacon to provide additional benefits.
US09961506B2	Systems and methods for determining position using a geofeature Systems and methods are disclosed for refining a coarse location determination by detecting patterns of motion sensor data that may be associated with predetermined locations. One or more geofeatures may be identified that cause a mobile device associated with a user to detect a distinguishable pattern of sensor data when the user interacts with the object. Accordingly, a coarse location may be refined using information associated with the geofeature, such as the location of the geofeature.
US09961504B2	Mobile device, control method, and non-transitory storage medium A mobile device comprises a communicator configured to communicate with another communication device; an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration value; a direction sensor configured to detect a change of a direction of the mobile device; and at least one controller configured to determine number of steps of a user of the mobile device based on the acceleration value, and a direction of walking of the user based on the change of the direction of the mobile device to perform notification to the other communication device through the communicator when cumulative number of steps of the walking of the user in one of directions exceeds a first value.
US09961502B2	Location-based alerting A method may use location information to transmit alert information to a communications device. Such a method may include receiving location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device; responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone. Other methods and systems are also provided.
US09961498B2	Systems and methods for locating a tracking device The principles described herein provide methods and systems for locating a tracking device. In particular, one disclosed method includes associating a user with a tracking device, receiving an indication that the tracking device is lost, setting a flag indicating that the tracking device is lost, receiving a location within a proximity of the tracking device from one of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a community of users, and providing the location to the user.
US09961494B2	Sharing content with nearby devices Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for sharing content with a nearby device. A system is configured receive, from a sending device, a request to share content, wherein the request comprises location information associated with a location of the sending device and content characteristics, determine, based on the location information and the content characteristics, that one or more receiving devices are within a proximity threshold of the location of the sending device and are capable of loading content associated with the content characteristics, receive, from the sending device, a selection of a receiving device from the one or more receiving devices and content to be shared, and provide the content to be shared to the selected receiving device.
US09961493B1	Geofenced universal URL There is disclosed herein a system and method for enabling access to media. The method includes receiving media and a media location indicating a location from which the media was shared, storing the media in conjunction with a geofence area defined by the media location plus a pre-determined area around the media location, receiving a request for any media from a device along with a device location indicating a location of the device making the request, and comparing the device location with the geofence area and, when the device location is within the geofence area, providing access to the media, and when the device location is outside of the geofence area, denying access to the media.
US09961492B2	Method for monitoring an operation location of a surface processing apparatus, and monitoring system A method for monitoring an operation location of a surface processing apparatus is provided, wherein a surface processing apparatus is allocated to a spatially delimited operation area by way of an allocating unit, and wherein the position of the surface processing apparatus is established, and it is determined whether the surface processing apparatus is disposed inside or outside the operation area. For versatility, the surface processing apparatus is allocated to a first operation area and at least one second operation area that is spatially separated from the first operation area, and it is determinable whether the surface processing apparatus is disposed outside the first operation area but inside the at least one second operation area. Furthermore, the invention relates to a monitoring system for performing the method.
US09961489B2	System and method for tracking individuals A tracking device and a method of tracking are provided. The tracking device includes a first location tracking circuit, a second location tracking circuit, at least one biometric identification circuit, a data storage device, and a processor. The first location tracking circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one wireless location system and to generate at least one first signal indicative of a location of the tracking device using wireless communications with the at least one wireless location system. The second location tracking circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one wireless local-area network and to generate at least one second signal indicative of the location using wireless communications with the at least one wireless local-area network. The at least one biometric identification circuit is configured to detect at least one biometric characteristic of a user. The processor is configured to: generate information regarding the location in response at least in part to one or both of the at least one first signal and the at least one second signal, and determine whether the user is an authorized user of the tracking device.
US09961486B2	Smart machine to machine behavior tracking Smart M2M devices may be utilized to discover, generate, develop, and use customer behavior information. Security, marketing, and sales may be made through the use of short-range communication mechanisms, and customer behavior information may be gathered while providing devices with product information and other content. In an example configuration, smart M2M devices may determine the location of a device in a venue and compare it to historical location information associated with the device to determine whether authentication should be requested.
US09961481B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting a HTTP data using bluetooth in wireless communication system The present invention is related to a method for transmitting and receiving data to and from a web server by using Bluetooth communication in a wireless communication system, comprising receiving a first write request including HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) request-related information from a first client device; transmitting to a web server HTTP request-related information generated on the basis of information included in the received first write request; receiving an HTTP response message in response to the HTTP request-related information from the web server; notifying the first client device of an HTTP status code indicating the status of data included in the received HTTP response message; and receiving a read request requesting data transmission on the basis of information included in the HTTP status code from the first client device, wherein, in case a second write request is received from a different client device while the first write request is being received, an error response is transmitted to the different client device.
US09961480B2	Automatic speaker setup In one embodiment, a computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is programmed for performing an automatic speaker setup is provided. The computer-program product includes instructions for wirelessly receiving, via Near Field Communication (NFC), speaker information for at least one speaker in a speaker system. The computer-program product further includes instructions wirelessly transmitting the speaker information to an audio control unit that transmits audio data to the at least one speaker based on the speaker information.
US09961476B2	Terminal device and method for controlling the same A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes a communication interface unit configured to receive image data of an application installed in another terminal device that is streamed from the another terminal device, a display unit configured to display the image data, a control unit configured to receive an installation file associated with the application through the communication interface unit while the image data is being displayed, and to execute the received installation file when authentication of the installation file is completed, and a storage unit configured to allow the application to be installed therein according to execution of the installation file.
US09961475B2	Conversion from object-based audio to HOA A device obtains an object-based representation of an audio signal of an audio object. The audio signal corresponds to a time interval. Additionally, the device obtains a representation of a spatial vector for the audio object, wherein the spatial vector is defined in a Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA) domain and is based on a first plurality of loudspeaker locations. The device generates, based on the audio signal of the audio object and the spatial vector, a plurality of audio signals. Each respective audio signal of the plurality of audio signals corresponds to a respective loudspeaker in a plurality of local loudspeakers at the second plurality of loudspeaker locations different from the first plurality of loudspeaker locations.
US09961473B2	Apparatus and method for generating output signals based on an audio source signal, sound reproduction system and loudspeaker signal An apparatus for generating a first multitude of output signals based on at least one audio source signal having a delay network and a feedback processor. The delay network includes a second multitude of delay paths, each delay path having a delay line and an attenuation filter. Each delay line is configured for delaying delay line input signals and for combining the at least one audio source signal and a reverberated audio signal to obtain a combined signal, wherein the attenuation filter of a delay path is configured for filtering the combined signal from the delay line of the delay path to obtain an output signal. The first multitude of output signals includes the output signal. The feedback processor is configured for reverberating the first multitude of output signals to obtain a third multitude of the reverberated audio signals including the reverberated audio signal.
US09961469B2	Method and device for audio signal processing The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for effectively reproducing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for implementing binaural rendering for reproducing multi-channel or multi-object audio signals in stereo with a low calculation amount.To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal including: receiving multi-audio signals including multi-channel or multi-object signals, each of the multi-audio signals including a plurality of subband signals, and the plurality of subband signals including a signal of a first subband group having low frequencies and a signal of a second subband group having high frequencies based on a predetermined frequency band; receiving at least one parameter corresponding to each subband signal of the second subband group, the at least one parameter being extracted from binaural room impulse response (BRIR) subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the second subband group; and performing tap-delay line filtering of the subband signal of the second subband group by using the received parameter and an apparatus for processing an audio signal using the same.
US09961468B2	Sound reproduction systems A sound reproduction system includes an electro-acoustic transducer and a transducer driver for driving the electro-acoustic transducer. The transducer drive includes a filter which is configured to reproduce at a listener's location an approximation to the local sound field that would be present at the listener's ears in recording space, taking into account the characteristics and intended position of the electro-acoustic transducer relative to the listener's ears. The electro-acoustic transducer includes a first sound emitter which provides an intermediate sound emission channel, and second and third sound emitters providing respective left and right sound emission channels. The first sound emitter is located intermediate of second and third sound emitters. Higher frequencies from at least one of the second and third sound emitters are transmitted closer to the first sound emitter while lower frequencies are transmitted away from the first sound emitter.
US09961464B2	Pressure gradient microphone for measuring an acoustic characteristic of a loudspeaker A differential pressure gradient micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone for measuring an acoustic characteristic of a loudspeaker. The microphone includes a MEMS microphone housing and a compliant membrane mounted in the MEMS microphone housing, the compliant membrane dividing the MEMS microphone housing into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber includes a primary port open to a first side of the compliant membrane and the second chamber includes a secondary port open to a second side of the compliant membrane, and the primary port and the secondary port are tuned with respect to one another to control a pressure difference between the first side and the second side of the compliant membrane such that at least 10 dB of attenuation is observed in a microphone signal output relative to a microphone having a sealed first or second chamber.
US09961461B2	Audio processing system An audio processing apparatus is configured to process audio signals from a plurality of sources. The audio processing apparatus may include a digital interface to receive status data indicating a status of at least one source, and an optical output device having a plurality of groups of graphics display areas which are respectively assigned to one of a plurality of audio channels of the audio processing apparatus. The audio processing apparatus may also include a control device configured to receive the status data, to determine at least one group of graphics display areas based on the received status data, and to control a graphics display area of the determined at least one group to display graphics generated based on the received status data.
US09961458B1	Hearing aid sleeve A compressible, flexible shape-retaining sleeve fits around a hearing aid shell. The sleeve includes fins having a fold line which extend outward to contact the user's ear canal, changing the hearing aid from being largely non-occlusive to being substantially occlusive. The hearing aid, including its shell, can be repeatedly inserted and removed from the sleeve through the battery door opening. The sleeve also has openings for a flexible filament positioning structure, consistently positioning the hearing aid for both occlusive and non-occlusive use. While the flexible filament positioning structure is attached to the hearing aid, it prevents disengagement of the sleeve from the hearing aid shell during insertion and removal of the hearing aid from the user's ear canal.
US09961456B2	Omni-directional perception in a binaural hearing aid system A hearing aid system includes: a first hearing aid comprising a first set of microphones, a first beamformer, a first processing module, and a first receiver; and a second hearing aid comprising a second set of microphones, a second beamformer, a second processing module, and a second receiver; wherein the first beamformer in a first operating mode is configured to provide a first audio signal in accordance with a first primary spatial characteristic, wherein the second beamformer in the first operating mode is configured to provide a second audio signal in accordance with a second primary spatial characteristic, the first primary spatial characteristic having a first main lobe with a first direction, and the second primary spatial characteristic having a second main lobe with a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction.
US09961455B2	Test apparatus for binaurally-coupled acoustic devices A test apparatus for binaurally-coupled acoustic devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a lid, a primary speaker, and a binaural test fixture. The lid is coupled to the base and movable between a closed position in which the lid and base cooperate to form a closed sound chamber that is symmetric about a vertical mirror plane, and an open position. The primary speaker is coupled to one of the base and the lid, and faces a direction that lies on the mirror plane. The binaural test fixture is positioned inside the sound chamber, and includes first and second acoustic coupler mounts. The vertical mirror plane extends symmetrically between the first and second acoustic coupler mounts. A binaural test fixture, an acoustic coupler assembly, and a method of testing binaurally-coupled acoustic devices are also disclosed.
US09961449B2	Loudspeaker and mobile body device having loudspeaker mounted thereon A loudspeaker includes a frame, a diaphragm, an edge connecting portion, a magnetic circuit having a magnetic gap, and a voice coil body. The edge connecting portion connects an outer peripheral end portion of the diaphragm and the frame to each other. The diaphragm is disposed inside of the frame. The diaphragm has a planer diaphragm and a reinforcing diaphragm. Both a front surface and a rear surface of the planer diaphragm are flat. The reinforcing diaphragm includes a thick portion and a recessed portion, and is joined to the planer diaphragm. The reinforcing diaphragm is made of resin. The thick portion is formed on an outer periphery of the reinforcing diaphragm. The recessed portion is formed at a center side of the reinforcing diaphragm.
US09961448B2	Diaphragm and suspension edge having elastic ribs, and speaker A diaphragm and suspension edge includes inner and suspension edge portions. The inner suspension edge portion includes an inner suspension edge body, and one or more inner side elastic ribs protruding relative to the inner suspension edge body. Each inner side elastic rib forms a bulge on a first side of the inner suspension edge portion, and forms a flute on the opposite side. The outer suspension edge portion includes an outer suspension edge body, and one or more outer side elastic ribs protruding relative to the outer suspension edge body. Each outer side elastic rib forms a protrusion on a first side of the outer suspension edge portion, and forms a groove on the opposite side. The suspension edge restricts the displacement direction of the vibration unit of a speaker in the axial vibration direction thereof to prevent offset of the vibration unit.
US09961446B2	Earphone recognition method and apparatus, earphone control method and apparatus, and earphone The present invention provides an earphone recognition method and an earphone recognition apparatus. The earphone recognition method includes: an acquisition step: when a user wears the earphone, acquiring left and/or right ear structure information, collected by the earphone, of the user; and a sending step: sending the left and/or right ear structure information to a terminal, so that the terminal determines whether the user correctly wears the earphone according to whether the left and/or right ear structure information matches left and/or right ear structure information acquired when the user correctly wears the earphone for the first time. By means of the solutions of the present invention, even though the user wears the earphone conversely, the user can still hear proper high-quality sound, and further, the listening experience of the user is improved.
US09961442B2	Engine for human language comprehension of intent and command execution The invention provides a computer system for interacting with a user. A set of concepts initially forms a target set of concepts. An input module receives a language input from the user. An analysis system executes a plurality of narrowing cycles until a concept packet having at least one concept has been identified. Each narrowing cycle includes identifying at least one portion of the language and determining a subset of concepts from the target set of concepts to form a new target subset. An action item identifier identifies an action item from the action items based on the concept packet. An action executer that executes an action based on the action item that has been identified.
US09961440B2	Systems and methods for using electrostatic microphone A method and a system for ultra-low-power acoustic sensor including a buffer transistor, which gate terminal is connected to a first terminal of a capacitive acoustic sensor, which drain terminal is connected via a load network to a power source and to an output terminal, and which source terminal is connected to the regulated current source, where the regulated current source is connected between the source terminal of the buffer transistor and a reference terminal, and where the reference terminal being connectable to a second terminal of the capacitive acoustic sensor.
US09961439B2	Recording apparatus, and control method of recording apparatus According to the present invention, a recording apparatus includes an apparatus body having a front surface and a rear surface that constitute a front and a back, a first microphone which is placed in the front surface of the apparatus body and which has a predetermined directivity, a second microphone which is provided in the rear surface facing the front surface of the apparatus body and which has a directivity that is narrower than that of the first microphone, and a recording processing unit which switches a microphone for use in recording processing between the first microphone and the second microphone to perform the recording processing in accordance with the state of the apparatus body.
US09961438B2	Directivity control apparatus, directivity control method, storage medium and directivity control system A directivity control method is provided for controlling a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collector including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control method includes: forming a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a monitoring target corresponding to a first designated position in an image displayed on a display; obtaining information on a second designated position in the image displayed on the display, designated in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target, and changing the directivity of the sound toward the monitoring target corresponding to the second designated position by referring to the information on the second designated position.
US09961428B2	Earphone device An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.
US09961427B2	Display panel and preparation method therefor, and display device and health monitoring method thereof A display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and a display device and health monitoring method thereof. The display panel includes a base substrate and a sonic sensor disposed on the base substrate. The sonic sensor is configured to monitor a sonic wave.
US09961420B2	Optical delay line and electronic buffer merged-type optical packet buffer control device [Problem] To provide an optical packet buffer control device, without making device construction large in scale, that is capable of dynamically responding to traffic and suppressing power consumption.[Solution] An optical delay line and electronic buffer merged-type optical packet buffer control device having N number of input terminals (11), an optical packet information acquisition unit (13), a plurality of switches (15), a plurality of delay lines (17), an electronic buffer (19), an output terminal (21), and a buffer control unit (23), wherein the buffer control unit (23) receives packet information and analyzes packet traffic, and exerts control so as not to use the electronic buffer (19) when the packet traffic is equal to or less than a first threshold, or receives information pertaining to the use state of the delay lines and exerts control so as not to use the electronic buffer (19) when the use rate of the delay lines (the percentage of the number of used delay lines relative to the total number of delay lines) is equal to or less than a first threshold pertaining to the use rate. This device can expand capacity by utilizing the electronic buffer at the time of congestion, and can dynamically respond to changes in traffic.
US09961415B2	Method and system for identifying events in a streaming media program The present invention teaches a method and system for uniquely defining and identifying events within a streaming media program. Programs and additional content can be stored with inband data in the stored content and that inband data can be dynamically updated, to include additional information such as instance counters, when the stored content it is requested by a rendering device. The additional information is used to uniquely identify the rendering of the program or additional content to allow a rendering device to perform actions based upon those unique identifiers.
US09961413B2	Apparatus and methods for packetized content delivery over a bandwidth efficient network Methods and apparatus for providing packetized content to users via a bandwidth-optimized network. In one embodiment, legacy and IPTV streams are carried over the same switched digital infrastructure, and freely intermixed without regard to their encoding or type. A user's selection for IPTV content is transmitted to an IP proxy (such as a gateway apparatus or a headend server), then on to the switched digital server which causes provision of the requested content back to the proxy for formatting. The formatted content is then delivered to the requesting IP-capable device. The entire carrier class program stream is therefore available as IP-encapsulated content to the IP capable devices (and as legacy content to legacy devices) without any significant modifications to the network infrastructure or bandwidth penalty.
US09961407B2	Method and system for television program recommendation The application provides a method and system for automatically recommending television program to a user. The application provides a method and system for recommending related television programs while viewing video on internet based, using context of the said video. Further, the application provides a method and system for extracting electronic program guide information for all the channels available on the television and correlating them for recommending related television programs.
US09961406B2	Method for re-determining the numbering of radio-television programs, and apparatus thereof A method is described for re-determining, in a television apparatus, a program table including associations between alphanumeric labels and radio-television programs, each one of the alphanumeric labels indicating a string of characters that must be selected by the user in order to activate the reproduction of one of the radio-television programs associated therewith, the method including the steps of biunivocally associating with each radio-television program in the table an alphanumeric label comprising a numeric part; allowing at least a first list and a second list to be simultaneously displayed on a screen, both including identification data of the radio-television programs obtained from the program table, the radio-television programs being sorted in the lists according to sorting criteria; selecting a first program from the first list of programs sorted according to a first sorting criterion, the first program being associated with a first alphanumeric label; selecting a second program from the second list of programs sorted according to a second sorting criterion, the second program being associated with a second alphanumeric label; and modifying the value of the first alphanumeric label of the first program with an alphanumeric label value comprised in the range delimited by the value of the second alphanumeric label, extreme included, and by the value of the alphanumeric label, extreme excluded, which immediately precedes the second alphanumeric label in the second list.
US09961405B2	Systems and methods of processing programming wish list data A method includes receiving, from a first user of a media distribution system, first wish list data identifying a program and a first program option associated with the program. When the first wish list data is received, the program is not scheduled for transmission via the media distribution system based on a published program guide available to the first user. The method also includes receiving, from a second user of the media distribution system, second wish list data identifying the program and a second program option associated with the program. The method further includes determining interest in the program based on the first program option and the second program option.
US09961395B2	Video caching The invention presents a method of providing a modified manifest to a video client for streaming a video sequence associated with the manifest. An original manifest is modified to replace references to locations of lower quality, or bit rate, segments with references to equivalent segments at a higher quality, or bit rate, if the higher quality segment is cached locally. Then, when the video client determines that a given quality of segment should be streamed, it uses the modified manifest to retrieve the appropriate reference for that segment, and if a replacement has taken place, will be provided with the reference to the replacement segment at the higher quality. Thus, the client will always be provided with the highest possible quality segment taking into account local caching.
US09961392B2	Method, apparatus and system of synchronizing audio with video The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and a system of synchronizing audio with video. A receiving device receives a video signal embedded with a video sync signal and an audio signal embedded with an audio sync signal provided by a sending device; searches for the video sync signal in the video signal, searches for the audio sync signal in the audio signal; and processes the video signal and the audio signal according to a time when the video sync signal occurs in the video signal and a time when the audio sync signal occurs in the audio signal to make the processed audio signal synchronized with the processed video signal during playback.
US09961387B2	Profile-based content variation Profile-based content variation includes determining viewing trends for a television viewing device based on subscriber information and a channel selection history of the television viewing device, matching commerce channels to at least one logical channel based on the determined viewing trends, and broadcasting one of the logical channels that matches one of the selected commerce channels.
US09961384B2	Method and a security module configured to enforce processing of management messages A method and a security module configured to enforce processing of management messages. The security module is associated to a multimedia receiver configured to receive broadcast access controlled multimedia services. The management messages are transmitted by a managing center to the multimedia receiver. The method comprises steps of: receiving by the security module at least one global management message addressed to a plurality of multimedia receivers operated by the managing center, tracing processing of said global management message, receiving at least one positive addressing management message addressed to said security module, checking, by the security module, anterior processing of the global management message through the value of the parameters set during tracing processing of the global message, processing the positive addressing management message only if previous checking gives a result indicating a successful enforcement of the global management message allowing the multimedia receiver accessing the broadcast multimedia services.
US09961382B1	Interaction-based identification of items in content Features are provided for the identification of objects in content, such as video content, by analyzing data regarding viewer interactions with other content. The interaction data can be analyzed to identify correlations between time periods of the video (or the video in general) and items that are the subject of, or otherwise associated with, other content with which viewers interact. These correlations can be used to provide, to subsequent viewers of the video, information regarding the items shown in the video, recommendations regarding items or content that may be of interest to subsequent viewers of the video, etc.
US09961381B2	Reducing latency in presenting digital videos Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing latency in presenting digital videos. In one aspect, a system includes a front-end server that provides videos and local servers that each include a cache for storing videos that have been partially presented at client devices located in a same geographic location as the local server. The system includes a back-end server that selects a video in response to a content request received from a client device located in the same geographic location as a local server. The back-end server provides, to the client device, at least a portion of the video and determines that less than all of the video was presented at the client device. The back-end server reduces latency in presenting additional portions of the video at the client device by storing the video in the cache of the local server.
US09961380B1	Video segment manager A method includes identifying a plurality of user-interested multimedia files based at on one of a history of a plurality of user multimedia searches, a plurality of user multimedia views, or a history of multimedia sharing with other users. The method creates a catalog of the plurality of user-interested multimedia files, wherein the catalog includes one of more groups of the plurality of multimedia files based on one of a multimedia file length, the history of the plurality of user multimedia searches, the plurality of user multimedia views, or a history of multimedia shares with other users. The method generates a novel multimedia file, where combining one generates the novel multimedia file or more individual multimedia files selected from the catalog of multimedia files.
US09961378B1	Systems and methods for causing a user to view secondary content that relates to a media asset from which a user has switched away Systems and methods are described herein for a media guidance application to determine that a user has switched away from a source transmitting a media asset with which the user was engaged and detect, while the user is switched away from the source, that secondary content transmitted by the source during a break of playback of the media asset relates to the media asset. In response to detecting that the secondary content relates to the media asset, the media guidance application may access a database to determine whether the secondary content specifically corresponds to the media asset, and, in response to determining that the secondary content specifically corresponds to the media asset, the media guidance application may generate for display the secondary content to the user.
US09961377B1	Systems and methods for providing advertisements to point of presence devices including mapping different types of advertisement messages of respective content providers A content distribution method including receiving in-band signals from respective content providers, where the in-band signals include video content. The method further includes: receiving at a placement opportunities information module first messages associated respectively with the content providers, where the first messages are advertisement messages and/or program messages and have respective formats; and mapping the first messages to second messages, where the second messages have a same format, and where the same format is different than the respective formats and is standardized for point of presence devices. The method further includes: combining the second messages with the video content to generate combined signals; forwarding the combined signals to an insertion module of a headend; generating output signals at the insertion module based on the combined signals; and for each of the output signals, transmitting a non-streaming signal or a streaming signal from the headend to the point of presence devices.
US09961376B2	Customized program insertion system An apparatus, method, and medium are provided for modifying a program. A selection of a character or game for which modification is to be performed is received, and a model object is stored in association with a profile. An original signal is received, and it is determined whether the original signal includes a source signal including the character or of the game. When the original signal includes the source signal including the character or of the game, at least one portion of the source signal to be overlaid is identified. The model object stored in association with the profile, and at least one portion of the model object is inserted into the original signal in correspondence with the portion of the source signal to be overlaid. The original signal including the inserted portion of the model object is configured to be displayed at a user site.
US09961371B2	Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image processing method of performing filtering on image blocks using a plurality of deblocking filters having different filter strengths includes: a first parameter calculating step of calculating a first parameter indicating a boundary strength; a second parameter calculating step of calculating a second parameter indicating a limit value for each of the deblocking filters, based on the first parameter and a quantization parameter; and a selecting step of selecting a deblocking filter to be used in the filtering from among the deblocking filters, using one or more threshold values which are determined based on the second parameter.
US09961364B2	Method and apparatus of temporal motion vector prediction An apparatus and method for temporal motion vector prediction for a current block in a picture are disclosed. In the present method, one temporal block in a first reference picture in a first list selected from a list group comprising list 0 and list 1 is determined. When the determined temporal block has at least one motion vector, a candidate set is determined based on the motion vector of the temporal block. The temporal motion vector predictor or temporal motion vector predictor candidate or temporal motion vector or temporal motion vector candidate for the current block is determined from the candidate set by checking a presence of a motion vector pointing to a reference picture in a first specific list in said at least one motion vector, wherein the first specific list is selected from the list group based on a priority order.
US09961359B2	Personal video recorder A sequence of picture slices is encoded as reference slices and non-reference slices, wherein the reference slices include B slices, by forming, for each B slice, at least one data packet containing data values derived from brightness and color information pertaining to the slice. The data packet for each B slice includes a header element indicating whether the B slice is a reference slice. The header element of each reference B slice has a value that depends on depth of the reference B slice in a hierarchy of discardability.
US09961358B2	Method and apparatus for non-square intra mode coding In a method and apparatus for predictive Intra coding of a non-square block using modified mode-dependent coefficient scanning (MDCS), the modified MDCS is derived from the MDCS that is designed for a square block. The mapped Intra modes for the non-square block are derived by mapping the Intra modes for the square block to the mapped Intra modes for the non-square block. The mapped Intra modes are divided into multiple groups including a first modified angular group and a second modified angular group. The modified MDCS modifies the number of the mapped Intra modes in the first modified angular group or the second modified angular group by comparing an angle spanned by the mapped Intra modes in the first modified angular group or the second modified angular group with the angle spanned by the corresponding Intra modes of the conventional MDCS.
US09961349B2	Audio splitting with codec-enforced frame sizes A method and apparatus for splitting the audio of media content into separate content files without introducing boundary artifacts is described. A computing system for streaming media content including audio and video comprises a database to store a plurality of content files and a server coupled to the database to deliver the plurality of content files over one or more network connections. Each of the plurality of content files comprises an encoded portion of the video encoded according to a frame rate and having a fixed-time duration and an encoded portion of the audio encoded according to a codec-enforced frame size and having a plurality of full audio frames having the codec-enforced frame size. A duration of the encoded portion of the audio of one or more of the plurality of content files is greater than or less than the fixed-time duration.
US09961347B2	Method and apparatus for bi-prediction of illumination compensation A method and apparatus for deriving aligned inter-view prediction for uni-prediction and bi-prediction in three-dimensional and multi-view coding with illumination compensation enabled are disclosed. When the illumination compensation is enabled, the derivation process for a single reference block in reference list_0 or reference list_1 in the case of uni-prediction is aligned with the derivation process for a reference block in reference list_0 and a reference block in reference list_1 in the case of bi-prediction. The reconstruction process generates the reference block based on a temporal reference block when Inter prediction is used and based on an inter-view reference block when inter-view prediction is used. For the uni-prediction and bi-prediction, the same clipping process can be included in the reconstruction process, the illumination compensation process, or both.
US09961343B2	Method and apparatus for generating reconstructed block A reconstructed block creating method is provided which includes decoding an intra prediction mode using an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index, constructing a prediction block, inversely quantizing a received residual signal using a quantization parameter and adaptively inversely transforming the residual signal using the intra prediction mode to create a residual block, and adding the prediction block and the residual block to create a reconstructed block. The quantization parameter is reconstructed using a minimum quantization CU size, and the minimum quantization CU size is determined by a parameter transmitted from a picture parameter set. Therefore, it is possible to improve image quality by adaptively adjusting a quantization parameter of a current block depending on the size of a coding unit and enhance compression efficiency of an image by effectively encoding/decoding the quantization parameter.
US09961340B2	Method and apparatus for video quality measurement Accuracy and efficiency of video quality measurement are major problems to be solved. According to the invention, a method for accurately predicting video quality uses a rational function of the quantization parameter QP, which is corrected by a correction function that depends on content unpredictability CU. Exemplarily, the correction function is a power function of the CU. Both QP and CU can be computed from the video elementary stream, without full decoding the video. This ensures high efficiency.
US09961336B2	Multi-layer display of content on a flexible display Multi-layer display of content on a flexible display is provided. A roll profile of a rolled transparent flexible display is detected, the rolled transparent flexible display forming a plurality of overlapping display layers of the transparent flexible display. Content is then displayed on the plurality of overlapping display layers, where different portions of the content are displayed on different display layers of the plurality of display layers to present the content as three-dimensional content.
US09961331B2	Electro-optic apparatus and electronic apparatus A driving circuit perform first driving in which, in a first write period, a grayscale potential in an odd-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a first group and, in a second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in an even-numbered row, and can perform second driving in which, in the first write period, the grayscale potential in the even-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a second group and, in the second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in the odd-numbered row. In a right eye display period, the first driving is performed in a unit period U1 and the second driving is performed in a unit period U2. In a left eye display period, the second driving is performed in the unit period U1 and the first driving is performed in the unit period U2.
US09961329B2	Imaging apparatus and method of controlling same An imaging apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a depth map acquisition unit configured to acquire a first depth map; a working range map generation unit configured to generate a working range map showing a working range in the image on the basis of the first depth map; a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the image and the working range map and to generate a synthesized image; and a display unit configured to display the synthesized image.
US09961328B2	Method of and apparatus for optically determining positions and orientations of mirrors For determining positions and orientations of mirrors, the mirrors are illuminated with parallel light rays. A first camera is arranged in an image plane onto which an objective images the mirrors. A second camera is arranged in a focal plane of the objective, and a third camera is arranged in an intermediate plane located at distances to both the image and the focal plane. At a same point in time, a first, a second and a third picture are taken with the first, the second and the third camera, respectively. The positions and the orientations of the mirrors are determined from light spots in the first and the second picture, respectively; and which of the orientations belongs to which of the positions is determined by correlating light spots in the third picture with both the light spots in the first and in the second picture.
US09961326B2	Stereo extended depth of focus The disclosure is directed to providing high resolution stereoscopy with extended depth of focus. Wave front coding in optical paths going to a first detector and at least a second detector may be implemented to affect an intermediate set of images. The intermediate set of images may be filtered (i.e. decoded) to produce a filtered set of images with selected resolution and depth of focus properties. A first filtered image and a second filtered image may be substantially simultaneously presented to respective first and second eyes of an observer to further generate an illusion of enhanced depth (i.e. 3D perception).
US09961324B2	Method for coding and decoding a digital video, and related coding and decoding devices A method is described for generating a video stream by starting from a plurality of sequences of 2D and/or 3D video frames, wherein a video stream generator composes into a container video frame video frames coming from N different sources (S1, S2, S3, SN) and generates a single output video stream of container video frames which is coded by an encoder, wherein said encoder enters into the output video stream a signalling adapted to indicate the structure of the container video frames. A corresponding method for regenerating the video stream is also described.
US09961316B2	Hybrid image decomposition and projection Hybrid image projection systems and methods can superimpose image components of an input image. An input image can be divided into smaller regions and at least one parameter of each region can be determined. The input image can be decomposed based on the parameter of each region into multiple, less correlated, orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal image components. Each projector can display respective image components so that the images projected may be optically superimposed on a screen. The superposition of orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal image components can result in superposition of images in an existing multi-projector image systems being more insensitive to inter-projector image misalignment. Superimposing orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal images can be used to avoid visible image degradation, and provide more robust image quality in a multiple projector system implementation.
US09961315B2	Intra-frame control of projector on-off states A “Concurrent Projector-Camera” uses an image projection device in combination with one or more cameras to enable various techniques that provide visually flicker-free projection of images or video, while real-time image or video capture is occurring in that same space. The Concurrent Projector-Camera provides this projection in a manner that eliminates video feedback into the real-time image or video capture. More specifically, the Concurrent Projector-Camera dynamically synchronizes a combination of projector lighting (or light-control points) on-state temporal compression in combination with on-state temporal shifting during each image frame projection to open a “capture time slot” for image capture during which no image is being projected. This capture time slot represents a tradeoff between image capture time and decreased brightness of the projected image. Examples of image projection devices include LED-LCD based projection devices, DLP-based projection devices using LED or laser illumination in combination with micromirror arrays, etc.
US09961312B2	Projector and method of controlling projector A projector includes a light source, an information acquisition section adapted to obtain information of designating light intensity of light emitted by the light source, an arithmetic section adapted to calculate time for which the light source can be used with the light intensity represented by the information obtained by the information acquisition section, and a notification section adapted to give notification of the time calculated by the arithmetic section.
US09961311B2	Projector and control method A projector includes a light-emitting element that outputs light of a first wavelength band which is in a first polarization state; a retardation plate that converts a portion of the light into a second polarization state; a polarization separation element that separates the light from the retardation plate into a first flux of light in the first polarization state and a second flux of light in a second polarization state; a phosphor, excited by the first flux of light, which outputs a third flux of light of a second wavelength band; a retardation plate control unit that controls a rotation angle of the retardation plate in accordance with brightness information indicating brightness of the third flux of light; and a light-emitting element control unit that controls brightness of the light-emitting element in accordance with the brightness information and temperature information indicating a temperature of the light-emitting element.
US09961307B1	Eyeglass recorder with multiple scene cameras and saccadic motion detection An eyeglass recorder includes multiple scene cameras for respectively recording frontal scenes along the viewer's horizontal line-of-sight and depending scenes at approximately a 45° angle downwardly from the viewer's horizontal line-of-sight. The viewer's eye movement is concurrently monitored to differentiate between the viewing of the recorded frontal and depending scenes and to detect saccadic eye motion for assessment of the viewer's level of interest in the viewed scenes.
US09961303B2	Video conference virtual endpoints A method and a device providing one virtual endpoint dedicated to serve one particular real endpoint, and the virtual endpoint is typically installed on a server in the same local network as the associated real endpoint, where an MCU or a fraction of a distributed MCCJ also is installed. In the upstream direction, the virtual endpoint includes at least an upstream decoder, a scaling unit and an upstream encoder. In the downstream direction, the virtual endpoint includes at least a number of decoders, a composing unit and a downstream encoder.
US09961296B2	Methods and apparatus for mandatory video viewing A system renders a graphical representation of a timeline of a first video in a graphical user interface. The system receives a notification during playback of the first video at a first location in the first video. The notification indicates a request to playback the first video at a second location in the first video. The system determines that a second video is renderable during the first video between the first location and the second location. The system determines a viewing status associated with the user. The viewing status indicates whether the second video has been previously rendered for a user account on a client machine, and determines whether the user may view the first video at a second location in the first video, based on the viewing status associated with the user.
US09961295B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel that displays an input video signal; and a video recording and reproduction unit that records and reproduces a video picture to be displayed on the display panel. The video recording and reproduction unit includes an image-size setting unit that reduces a size of a screen of the input video signal according to a multi-display configuration.
US09961293B2	Method for providing interface using mobile device and wearable device Disclosed are a mobile device for editing an image for a wearable device and a method for controlling the mobile device. The mobile device according to the present specification can provide an interface for editing an image when a wearable device is proximally located. Additionally, the interface has the same actual form as a display unit of the wearable device and can be changed on the basis of movements of the wearable device relative to the mobile device.
US09961289B2	Image sensor with control signal sequence generation The invention relates to image sensors and more specifically the generation of control signals for pixels and readout circuits.The sequencing circuit which produces these signals comprises: a programmable memory (MEM) containing binary words (M0, M1, M2, etc.) in which each word comprises a group of several bits of position 1 to N, and in which the position i of a bit in a word corresponds to the position i of a respective control signal; a memory controller (CTRL_MEM) for extracting from the memory at a determined rate the words located at successive addresses of the memory from a start address to an end address; and a control signal generation circuit (GEN_TIMING) establishing each control signal of position i from the succession of bits of respective position i that are extracted from the memory by the controller, the control signal reproducing the successive values taken by the bit of position i at the clock rate.
US09961288B2	Image sensor and imaging device comprising oversampling AD converter and recursive AD converter Each of a plurality of analog-to-digital (AD) converters configuring a column AD converter used in an image sensor comprises: an oversampling AD converter that receives an output voltage of a pixel unit; a recursive AD converter that receives an analog residual signal of the oversampling AD converter; and a counter that adds a digital signal output from the oversampling AD converter and a digital signal output from the recursive AD converter. The controller dynamically allocates the number of bits of the oversampling AD converter and the number of bits of the recursive AD converter, while maintaining the total number of bits of the oversampling AD converter and the recursive AD converter.
US09961286B2	Solid-state imaging device There are provided a first semiconductor substrate in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion circuits, which are some circuit elements of the pixel cells including the photoelectric conversion unit, are formed in a two-dimensional matrix, a second semiconductor substrate in which a plurality of memory circuits, which are some other circuit elements of the pixel cells, are formed in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the some other circuit elements of the pixel cells include memory units that correspond to the photoelectric conversion circuits, store electric signals output by the photoelectric conversion units, and output pixel signals according to the electric signals, and a connection electrode electrically connected to a signal line of the photoelectric conversion circuits and a signal line of the memory circuits, wherein the pixel cells are divided into a plurality of pixel groups in which the pixel cells are combined so that adjacent pixel cells are not included if pixel cells corresponding to light beams of the same wavelength band are considered to be arranged on one surface, wherein the same connection electrode is shared between the photoelectric conversion circuits and between the memory circuits of the pixel cells included in the same pixel group, and wherein signal lines of the photoelectric conversion circuits and signal lines of the memory circuits of the pixel cells included in different pixel groups are connected by different connection electrodes.
US09961285B2	Optical imaging method using single pixel detector An optical imaging method using a single-pixel detector, An image of a target object is expressed by using discrete pixels, and the size of the image is M×N pixels. A cosine structured light field generator is used for generating a series of light fields that have different frequencies and are distributed according to cosine, wherein each set of frequencies corresponds to at least three different initial phase φ values; the light fields with cosine distribution that have different frequencies and different initial phases are used to sequentially irradiate the target object; an optical detector (2) is used for sequentially receiving light intensity signals from the target object and then response values of the optical detector (2) are sequentially collected and recorded; An image reconstruction algorithm is established on the basis of the light fields, the number of measurements can be greatly reduced, and a high-quality reconstructed image can be obtained.
US09961284B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can improve imaging quality by reducing variation in the voltage of a charge retention unit, a method of driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A first photoelectric conversion unit generates and accumulates signal charge by receiving light that has entered a pixel, and photoelectrically converting the light. A first charge retention unit retains the generated signal charge. A first output transistor outputs the signal charge in the first charge retention unit as a pixel signal, when the pixel is selected by the first select transistor. A first voltage control transistor controls the voltage of the output end of the first output transistor. The present technology can be applied to pixels in solid-state imaging devices, for example.
US09961283B2	Color reconstruction In one embodiment, coloring artifacts of a color image output by a camera are minimized by taking into account a distortion introduced by the lens. Based on the distortion, the color reconstruction determines which pixels in the grayscale image to include in the reconstruction process. Additionally, the color reconstruction can take into account edges depicted in the grayscale image to determine which pixels to include in the reconstruction process. In another embodiment, coloring artifacts in a 360 degree color image are minimized by performing the color reconstruction process on a three-dimensional surface. Before the color reconstruction takes place, the two-dimensional grayscale image is projected onto a three-dimensional surface, and the color reconstruction is performed on the three-dimensional surface. The color reconstruction on the three-dimensional surface can take into account the distortion produced by the lens and/or can take into account the edges depicted in the two-dimensional and three-dimensional grayscale image.
US09961281B2	Image sensor pixel noise measurement An image sensor pixel noise measurement circuit includes a pixel array on an integrated circuit chip. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixels including a first pixel to output a first image data signal, and a second pixel to output a second image data signal. A noise amplification circuit on the integrated circuit chip is coupled to receive the first and second image data signals from the pixel array. The noise amplification circuit is coupled to output an amplified differential noise signal in response to the first and second image data signals received from the pixel array. A fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis circuit on the integrated circuit chip is coupled to transform the amplified differential noise signal output by the noise amplification circuit from a time domain to a frequency domain to analyze a pixel noise characteristic of the pixel array.
US09961280B2	Image forming apparatus and imaging system Provided by the present invention is an image forming apparatus wherein a signal to noise ratio is improved without reducing a video rate of a real-time moving image. The image forming apparatus comprises:a pixel 101 having an electromagnetic wave detecting element 111 configured to detect an electromagnetic wave;a switch 110 configured to read out a signal from the pixel;a signal generating unit 102 configured to generate a signal 114 having a predetermined period, wherein the pixel is connected to a transmission line 103 for supplying, to the pixel, the signal having the predetermined period, and to a scanning line 106 and 107 for reading out the signal from the pixel through the switch, and the pixel has a frequency converting element 113 configured to convert a frequency of a detection signal of the electromagnetic wave detecting element, using the signal having the predetermined period.
US09961276B2	Camera apparatus and image processing method An image taking unit takes an image by exposing three color light receivers and an invisible light receiver. The three color light receivers are sensitive to light in an invisible region emitted by an invisible light projector, and concurrently sensitive to the respective three primary colors of light. The invisible light receiver is sensitive to the light in the invisible region emitted by the invisible light projector. A marker pulse generator generates an exposure timing pulse for the image taking unit, and an emission timing pulse for the invisible light projector on the basis of a reference signal. A color image creator creates a color image from outputs from the respective color light receivers. A synchronous detection processor creates a detection image by performing a synchronous detection process on the outputs from the color light receivers and the invisible light receiver by use of the reference signal.
US09961274B2	Image pickup system, image pickup apparatus, and method of controlling the same In a method of setting an OSD function according to a related technique, it is not allowed to select various superimposing techniques. In a case where a monitoring camera supports a plurality of superimposing techniques, a user is supposed to select one of the superimposing techniques via a troublesome operation. In view of the above, an image pickup apparatus is provided which includes a reception unit configured to receive an acquisition request for information associated with an image superimposing method of the image pickup apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to, in a case where the acquisition request for the information associated with the image superimposing method of the image pickup apparatus is received by the reception unit, transmit information associated with the image superimposing method of the image pickup apparatus.
US09961273B2	Mobile terminal and shooting method thereof Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a shooting method thereof. The shooting method comprises the steps of: collecting, by a camera, image data continuously; conducting an addition operation on the current image data and the past image data, so as to generate a synthetic image; and displaying the synthetic image in real time. Thus, an image superposition technique is adopted to simulate long-time exposure, which adds a light painting function to a mobile terminal, so that a user can use the light painting function of the mobile terminal to conduct artistic creation, and can preview the creation effect in real time, thereby improving the user experience.
US09961272B2	Image capturing apparatus and method of controlling the same An image capturing apparatus is provided, including: a first camera module and a second camera module configured to capture an image of a same subject; and a controller configured to map a second image obtained from the second camera module to a first image obtained from the first camera module, and to synthesize a third image of the subject using the first image and the mapped second image, wherein an image sensor included in the first camera module has a first pixel structure in which a pixel has a square shape, and an image sensor included in the second camera module has a second pixel structure that is different from the first pixel structure.
US09961269B2	Imaging device, imaging device body, and lens barrel that can prevent an image diaphragm value from frequently changing An imaging device includes an APD filter. A first program diagram is selected in a case in which the APD filter is not disposed, and a second program diagram is selected in a case in which the APD filter is disposed. A set of an imaging diaphragm value AV and an imaging shutter speed TV is determined on the basis of an exposure value obtained from a photometric value obtained from a photometric unit. The first program diagram is a multiple-stage diaphragm type program diagram. In the first program diagram, diaphragm values AV take discrete values at an interval of a first value. In the second program diagram, a part of corrected diaphragm values, which are obtained by correcting diaphragm values of the first program diagram on the basis of optical characteristics of the APD filter, are thinned out so that each interval has at least a second value.
US09961264B2	Virtual reality camera A camera including a camera lens, acquisition circuitry receiving images via the camera lens, for acquiring a first field of view when the camera lens is in a first orientation and for acquiring a second field of view when the camera lens is in a second orientation, and a viewfinder displaying the second field of view when the camera lens is in the second orientation and displaying at least a portion of the first field of view at least partially composited with the second field of view.
US09961263B2	Imaging apparatus including a camera shake correction function for correcting image blur An imaging apparatus is an imaging apparatus including a camera shake correction function for correcting image blur in a captured image. The imaging apparatus includes a shake detector for detecting shaking of the imaging apparatus, a correction lens for correcting the image blur in the captured image, a lens driver for moving the correction lens on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, an operating unit for receiving an instruction from a user, and a controller for generating a drive signal for the lens driver based on an output of the shake detector. The controller changes the drive signal according to a setting regarding an amplitude of shaking that is a target of camera shake correction and a setting regarding a frequency of the shaking that is the target of camera shake correction. Also, the controller changes the setting regarding the amplitude and the setting regarding the frequency based on an instruction from the user.
US09961262B2	Solid-state imaging device having a switchable conversion gain in the floating diffusion, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device and a method therefore capable of suppressing occurrence of motion distortion are provided. Each pixel includes a photo diode PD which accumulates a charge generated by photo-electric conversion in an accumulation period, a transfer transistor capable of transferring the accumulated charge in a transfer period, a floating diffusion FD to which the charge accumulated in the photo diode PD is transferred, a source-follower transistor which converts the charge of the floating diffusion FD to a voltage signal in accordance with the charge quantity, and a capacity changing portion capable of changing the capacity of the floating diffusion FD in accordance with a capacity changing signal, the capacity of the floating diffusion FD being changed by the capacity changing portion in a predetermined period in one readout period with respect to the accumulation period and a conversion gain being switched in this one readout period.
US09961261B2	Image alignment using a virtual gyroscope model A target image captured from a fisheye lens or other lens with known distortion parameters may be transformed to align it to a reference image. Corresponding features may be detected in the target image and the reference image. The features may be transformed to a spherical coordinate space. In the spherical space, images may be re-pointed or rotated in three dimensions to align all or a subset of the features of the target image to the corresponding features of the reference image. For example, in a sequence of images, background features of the target image in the spherical image space may be aligned to background features of the reference image in the spherical image space to compensate for camera motion while preserving foreground motion. An inverse transformation may then be applied to bring the images back into the original image space.
US09961256B2	Apparatus and method for specifying and aiming cameras at shelves An example disclosed apparatus includes memory configured to store a mapping of items to respective ones of a plurality of minimum pixel-resolutions, wherein the minimum pixel-resolutions correspond to an image resolution required to identify a corresponding one of the items using an image; and a processor configured to obtain identifying information corresponding to one of the items; select, using the mapping and based on the identifying information, one of the plurality of minimum pixel-resolutions; determine a value of an output parameter based on the selected one of the plurality of minimum pixel resolutions and a camera position relative to a shelf, wherein the output parameter is at least one of an elevation angle of the camera, a vertical resolution, a horizontal resolution, a vertical field of view, and a horizontal field of view; and output the determined value of the output parameter to facilitate positioning of the camera.
US09961253B2	Autofocus system for a high speed periodically modulated variable focal length lens A system for providing an automatically focused image comprises an imaging system including a high speed periodically modulated variable focal length (VFL) lens, a VFL lens controller, a VFL-projected light source, a focus determining portion, an exposure timing adjustment circuit, and an exposure strobe time controller. The focus determining portion comprises an optical detector that inputs reflected VFL-projected light that is projected to, and reflected from, a workpiece through the VFL lens, and provides a focus deviation signal. The exposure timing adjustment circuit provides an exposure timing adjustment signal based on the focus deviation signal, which indicates a time when the imaging system focus Z-height approximately coincides with the workpiece surface Z height. The exposure strobe time controller uses the exposure timing adjustment signal to adjust the image exposure time so the imaging system focus Z-height coincides with the workpiece surface Z height at the adjusted image exposure time.
US09961248B2	Imaging system, illumination device, and control method To enable light emission shooting according to the condition of an imaging apparatus, an imaging system, which includes an illumination device capable of automatically driving a movable portion including a light emission unit to change a radiation direction of the light emission unit and an imaging apparatus, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information classifying a lens unit attached to the imaging apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the radiation direction of the light emission unit based on the information classifying the lens unit acquired by the acquisition unit.
US09961242B2	Stereo camera A stereo camera includes a base assembly capable of being commonly used regardless of type of vehicle, the base assembly including a first lens, a first image sensor for capturing a first image on the basis of incident light introduced through the first lens, a second lens, and a second image sensor for capturing a second image on the basis of incident light introduced through the second lens, a processor for processing the first image and the second image. A windshield bracket is provided including an attachment part adapted to windshields having different inclination angles and radii of curvature and attached thereto. A mount part holds the base assembly so as to enable the first image sensor and the second image sensor to capture forward images of a vehicle.
US09961241B2	Vehicle vision system with camera having molded interconnect device A camera for a vision system of a vehicle includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion. The camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view interior or exterior of the vehicle. The front housing portion houses a lens assembly. The rear housing portion has a connector portion for electrically connecting circuitry of the camera to an electrical connector of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The circuitry of the camera includes an imager comprising an imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The rear housing portion has circuitry and electrically connecting elements established via molded interconnect device (MID) technology.
US09961238B2	Color gamut size metric estimation A gamut size metric is used in all phases of color image processing (e.g., capture, transmission, and display). In general, the gamut size metric is a single-valued metric that changes as image content changes. More particularly, a gamut boundary histogram is determined and used to estimate a gamut size metric. A gamut size metric identifies a minimum size gamut needed to encompass each pixel in an image, where the gamut size is limited at one end by a first device independent gamut (S1), and at another end by a second device independent color space (S2), where S1 is wholly enclosed within S2. The gamut size metric may be based on strict pixel color value differences. In other embodiments the gamut size metric may take into effect perceptual color differences and significance.
US09961232B2	Image forming device having different ways of storing preview data To provide an image forming device (20) able to perform an appropriate preview. A MFP (20) that generates an output image (27a) for at least one of transmission and printing (S102) and executes an output using an output image (27a) generated in S102. The MFP (20) generates a preview image (27b) for preview of the output image (27a), stores the preview image (27b) generated in S104 in a storage medium (30) outside of the MFP (20), and performs a preview using the preview image (27b) stored in the storage medium (30) in S109 (S111).
US09961230B2	Method and system for applying a watermark to a document A document generation system creates a secure document by: receiving document content to be printed onto a substrate; creating a stencil mask comprising an image of at least a portion of the document content; receiving an image of a watermark to be printed on the substrate; modifying the watermark to remove portions of the watermark that will correspond to locations of the stencil mask; causing a print device to print the document content on the substrate; and causing the print device to print the modified watermark through the stencil mask on the substrate.
US09961229B2	Image forming apparatus supporting near-field communication (NFC) function, and method of previewing scan data of image forming apparatus on mobile terminal An image forming apparatus supporting a near-field communication (NFC) function generates scan data by scanning a document, transmits the scan data to a server, receives access information for accessing a preview image of the scan data stored in the server, tags a mobile terminal on which the preview image is to be displayed through NFC, and transmits the access information to the tagged mobile terminal.
US09961226B2	Image forming system that hands over operation from portable terminal to image forming apparatus and image formation method Provided is an image forming system that hands over an operation information on a portable terminal to an image forming apparatus and operates it, if the portable terminal is likely to become battery exhaustion. The portable terminal determines battery exhaustion if battery residual quantity of the portable terminal becomes less than or equal to a prescribed threshold value while accepting setting operation to the image forming apparatus. Then, handing over information (sizing information, color-balance setup information, and image quality setting operation screen information) for handing over operation to the image forming apparatus is automatically transmitted to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives the handing over information from the portable terminal. In that case, based on the handing over information, operation is accepted with an operation panel with continuing the setting operation performed with the portable terminal.
US09961221B2	Motor control apparatus that controls motor based on result of detection by position detection sensor that detects rotational position of rotor of motor, and image forming apparatus A motor control unit performs driving control for a stepping motor by using vector control, and detects a rotational position θ of a rotor of the stepping motor, the rotational position θ being required for vector control, by using a position detection unit, based on a pulse signal that is output from an encoder. The motor control unit determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the pulse signal output from the encoder. Upon determining that there is an abnormality in the pulse signal, the motor control unit corrects a detection value of the position θ of the rotor of the stepping motor so as to compensate an error caused by the abnormality in the pulse signal.
US09961218B2	Communication system for executing coordinated operations using image processing apparatus, server and mobile terminal device A communication system including an image processing apparatus configured to receive N-th operation definition information from a server, when the N-th operation definition information includes an option selecting instruction, set a user interface to be allowed to accept an option selecting operation, and transmit to the server, next-operation request information being for requesting the server to transmit (N+1)th operation definition information, when the N-th operation definition information includes an operation instruction, control an image processor to perform an operation as instructed by the operation instruction, set an apparatus-side network interface to be allowed to receive from a mobile terminal device, shortcut information indicating that a coordinated operation is started from an M-th unit operation of the plurality of unit operations, and when receiving the shortcut information from the mobile terminal device via the apparatus-side network interface, transmit the shortcut information to the server via the apparatus-side network interface.
US09961213B2	Electronic device and image capturing apparatus An electronic device and an image capturing apparatus are provided. The electronic device includes: a fixing apparatus, adapted to, in a case that a user wears the electronic device, maintain a position relationship between the electronic device and at least part of body of the user; an image capturing apparatus having an image capturing area, adapted to capture an image in the image capturing area; a data transmission apparatus, adapted to, in a case that a data connection is established between the electronic device and a second electronic device, perform data transmission with the second electronic device; an audio output apparatus having an audio output area, adapted to output sound to the audio output area; and a processing apparatus, adapted to control at least one of the image capturing apparatus, the data transmission apparatus and the audio output apparatus, wherein the electronic device comprises no image displaying apparatus.
US09961212B2	Policy and charging control method and apparatus for an application service chain based on an SDN network A policy and charging control function PCRF determines an application service chain for an application based on multi-dimensional context information corresponding to the application, and transmits the corresponding application service chain information to an SDN controller. The SDN controller determines a forwarding rule for the application based on the application service chain information, and transmits the forwarding rule to a corresponding service chaining infrastructure network. SCEP(s) in the service chaining infrastructure network perform corresponding service function based on the forwarding rule.
US09961210B2	Terminal, server, and terminal control method Embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal, a server, and a terminal control method. A control channel and a data channel are established to a controlled terminal, screen image data that is sent by the controlled terminal by using the data channel is received, a screenshot of the controlled terminal is displayed according to the screen image data, and corresponding operation information is generated according to an operation that is based on the screenshot and is sent to the controlled terminal by using the control channel, so that the controlled terminal performs the corresponding operation according to the operation information.
US09961207B2	Methods, systems, and products for notifications A voicemail notification indicates a caller has recorded a voicemail. The voicemail notification may be sent to any destination, such as a caller's device. The voicemail notification may be displayed in a communication log to visually indicate that the voicemail was recorded. A different notification may be sent and displayed to indicate the recipient retrieved the voicemail.
US09961201B1	Using real-time speech analytics to navigate a call that has reached a machine or service Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for using real-time speech analytics to navigate a call that has reached a machine or service. In various embodiments, a call leg is established from a call handler handling the call to a speech analytics system configured to analyze the call to detect keywords. As the speech analytics system monitors the call, the speech analytics system sends an event to the call handler upon detecting a keyword. In turn, the call handler carries out some action based on the event that is configured to advance the progress of the call. Accordingly, if the call handler determines a live party has been reached on the call as result of the action, the call handler connects the call with a second live party to converse with the live party reached on the call.
US09961199B2	Communication termination using hunt groups and implicit registration When authorized, a user of a computing device, such as a smart phone, may associate a telephone number that is assigned to a computing device with other computing devices. The other computing devices may or may not have an assigned device number. A user may also select to use the same number as the originating number of an electronic device. For example, a user may specify that each computing device associated with the user utilizes the same telephone number. The user may also specify that a computing device not utilize an assigned number. The associations of a device number with the computing devices may be stored as implicit registration data and/or as hunt groups.
US09961195B2	Concepts for location-based call control Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for location-based call control. In one embodiment, call control rules for an outbound call can be determined/identified based on the location of the mobile device. The call control rules direct the outbound call to different numbers and/or different applications.
US09961191B1	Single window testing of an interactive contact workflow An interactive contact workflow system provides a graphical representation of a contact workflow in a graphical user interface (GUI) of an interactive contact run-time environment. The interactive contact workflow system receives a request to execute a first instruction block of the contact workflow within the interactive contact run-time environment, generates a communication interface to facilitate simulated electronic communication between the GUI and the interactive contact run-time environment, and provides a first visual indicator for display within the GUI that graphically highlights the first instruction block within the GUI to indicate that the first instruction block is active. The interactive contact workflow system then executes the first instruction block by sending a first prompt of the first instruction block to the communication interface to cause the communication interface to provide the first prompt to an audio output interface.
US09961187B2	Method of operating integrated message application and electronic device supporting same A method comprising: selecting, by an electronic device, a conversation partner; identifying, by the electronic device, one or more message types that are associated with the conversation partner; generating, by the electronic device, a set of one or more tabs corresponding to the message types; and displaying the set of one or more tabs in a user interface for exchanging communications with the conversation partner.
US09961186B2	Alarm reporting fail over mechanism A mobile button device (10) comprises a call button (12), a local wireless link (20) to a communicator (30), and a cellular connection (22). The mobile button device is programmed to perform an alarm reporting method including: originating an alarm by sending the alarm via the local wireless link to the communicator for alarm reporting by the communicator; after sending the alarm to the communicator, monitoring alarm reporting status via the local wireless link to the communicator; and reporting the alarm via the cellular connection in response to the monitoring determining that the communicator failed to report the alarm. For example, the monitoring may include polling the communicator via the local wireless link and the monitoring determines that the communicator failed to report the alarm if the polling indicates the communicator is unavailable (70) or a timeout condition (72) is reached.
US09961183B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving multimedia data by using NFC Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving multimedia data by using NFC. Communication setup information used to perform short-range communication is delivered from an apparatus for transmitting the multimedia information to an apparatus for receiving multimedia data through the NFC in order to transmit and receive the multimedia data. The apparatus for transmitting the multimedia data connects to the apparatus for receiving the multimedia data through the short-range communication. A group owner that plays a leading role in the transmission and reception of the multimedia data is set through the connected short-range communication. Address information of the apparatus for receiving the multimedia data is acquired. Data is transmitted to and received from the apparatus for receiving the multimedia data by using the acquired address information.
US09961179B2	Methods and systems for presenting an alert when leaving a direct-mode coverage area At least one embodiment takes the form of a process carried out by a given mobile radio in a group of mobile radios. The process includes broadcasting heartbeat messages in accordance with a group-wide symmetric-timing protocol and maintaining an in-range list of mobile radios. The in-range list is maintained at least in part by (i) adding mobile radios that are not already on the in-range list to the in-range list upon detecting transmissions from such mobile radios; (ii) maintaining, for each mobile radio on the in-range list, a respective keepalive timer in accordance with the group-wide symmetric-timing protocol; and (iii) removing mobile radios from the in-range list upon expiration of the respective keepalive timers. The process further includes presenting an alert via a user interface when a count of mobile radios on the in-range list falls below a notification threshold.
US09961174B2	Analog behavior modeling for 3-phase signaling System, methods and apparatus are described that model analog behavior in a multi-wire, multi-phase communications link. A digital signal representative of a physical connection in a communications link and a virtual signal characterizing a three-phase signal transmitted over the physical connection are generated. The virtual signal may be configured to model one or more analog characteristics of the physical connection. The analog characteristics may include voltage states defining the three-phase signal. The analog characteristics of the physical connection include at least three voltage states corresponding to signaling states of the three-phase signal.
US09961171B2	Method for controlling electronic device and electronic device The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an electronic device and an electronic device, to enable the electronic device to autonomously deform to be matched with an accommodating space thereof, thereby improving intelligence of the electronic device and providing good user experience. The method includes: acquiring, through a first detection sensor arranged on the electronic device, a space parameter representing an accommodating space where the electronic device is located, when a deformable structure of the electronic device is in a first form; and acquiring, based on the space parameter, a first control instruction to control the deformable structure to deform from the first form to a second form, and thus cause a deformation of the electronic device that makes the electronic device matched with the accommodating space, and controlling the deformable structure to remain in the second form before acquiring a second control instruction for controlling the deformable structure to deform from the second form to a third form, the third form being the same as or different from the first form.
US09961169B1	Implementing autoswitching network protocols for optimal efficiency A method, and a system are provided for implementing dynamic switching of network protocols for optimal performance for data being transmitted between nodes. An appropriate transport protocol between nodes is dynamically chosen based upon monitored system and network metrics.
US09961166B2	Organizational directory access client and server leveraging local and network search This disclosure is directed to an organizational directory access client and an organizational directory server and, in particular, to an organizational directory access client that performs a local search and a network search for one or more member profiles of members of the organization. The organizational directory access client executes on a client device and is configured to authenticate a user of the client with the organizational directory server. Once authenticated, the client device receives a member profile database that is then made locally available. As the user enters a search query, the organizational directory access client searches the local member profile database and, when the search query is completed, the organizational directory access client communicates the search query to the organizational directory server for performing a search across one or more social networking services. The local and network search results are then displayed for review by the user.
US09961160B2	Method and apparatus for receiving profile by terminal in mobile communication system A method for receiving profile information by a terminal in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure to solve the above-described problem comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a predetermined server, a first request message including an identifier related to the terminal and information related to a standby server; transmitting, to the standby server, a second request message including identifier information related to the terminal; and receiving, from the standby server, a first response message including server information for profile reception. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively carry out an opening of an eUICC terminal and a device change, and flexibly manage a transfer server for profile download. In addition, it is possible to flexibly install and manage a communication provider's remote installation of a profile in the eUICC terminal.
US09961155B1	Sharing content via virtual spaces One or more embodiments of a virtual space system enable one or more users to share and access digital content via a virtual space hosted by an online content management system. For example, the virtual space system can host and provide a virtual space including assets displayed within the virtual space that include links to digital content items referenced by the assets. The virtual space further facilitates creating new assets, adding new members to the virtual space, and collaborating between members of the virtual space with respect to assets added to the virtual space.
US09961151B2	Method, apparatus and system for device discovery The present invention provides a method, an apparatus and a system for device discovery. The method includes: acquiring, by a first device, a user identification of a target user, and acquiring, according to the user identification of the target user, broadcast information of a second device which the target user logs in; when broadcast information of another device is monitored through a D2D function, matching, by the first device, the monitored broadcast information with the broadcast information of the second device, and if the match is successful, determining, by the first device, that the second device and the first device are within a preset distance. According to the present invention, the accuracy of discovering a short distance user is improved and, thus, the problem in the prior art that the accuracy of discovering a user in a short distance cannot be guaranteed by using a cell ID is solved.
US09961149B2	Systems and methods for maintaining local virtual states pending server-side storage across multiple devices and users and intermittent network connections Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for maintaining local virtual states pending server-side storage across multiple devices and users and intermittent network connections. In exemplary embodiments, content added by a user to his or her account locally on a user device may be displayed, and all interactivity therewith may be facilitated, as if the content had already been created on the content management system. In content management system applications that support shared virtual spaces, changes made by the user from his or her user device to the shared virtual space (including creation of a new shared virtual space) may be displayed locally as soon as the change has been made, not waiting for the information to be transmitted to the server or its state to be made consistent with that of the mobile device.
US09961148B2	Using non-IMS connections in IMS sessions Systems and methods can be implemented for IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) resource reservation. A first electronic device can transmit, through an IP network, a non-Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message to an application server in an IMS network, where the non-IMS SIP message includes a request to initiate an IMS communication session through the IMS network with a second electronic device. A SIP message can also be transmitted through the IMS network to the application server that initiates a SIP INVITE session between the first electronic device and the application server, where the SIP INVITE session is routed through the IMS network. The first electronic device can then, receive a SIP response message that identifies a resource reservation for the IMS communication session from the application server.
US09961147B2	Communication apparatus, information processor, communication method, and computer-readable storage medium According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus comprises a transmission processing unit that transmits a connection establishment request on a predetermined protocol or a connection acceptance response, to a partner apparatus through a network, the connection acceptance response being a response of acceptance of the connection establishment request on the predetermined protocol. The communication apparatus comprises an analyzing unit that analyzes a reception frame received from the network. The communication apparatus comprises a state transition processing unit that transits a connection state to a connection establishment state.
US09961137B2	Long term evolution radio network application-level load balancing A network device may receive an application level load balancing factor, and instruct another network device to load balance data packets based on an analysis of the application level load balancing factor.
US09961134B2	Methods and systems for auto-starting and auto-stopping databases Systems and methods are presented for auto-starting and auto-stopping databases in a cloud server environment. In some embodiments, a method includes accessing, by an initial server in a network-based system, a request to connect to a target database located in a target server of the network-based system. The method can include determining, by an administrative database residing in the initial server, a location of the target database residing in the target server, switching an execution context from no database in the target server to a copy of the administrative database in the target server, performing an auto-start procedure to auto-start the target database in the target server, switching the execution context from the administrative database in the target server to the target database in the target server, and transmitting a completion acknowledgement indicating the target server is connected to the target database.
US09961129B2	Business transaction correlation with client request monitoring data A system monitors a client request and a backend business transaction performed in response to the request and correlates the data generated from monitoring the request and business transaction. A request may be monitored in detail to determine several metrics. The metrics may include server connection time, response receipt completion time, document download time, document processing time, and page rendering time. The metrics may be determined for an entire content page as well as individual page elements, such as Iframes and elements constructed from AJAX techniques.
US09961123B2	Media production system with score-based display feature In one aspect, an example method includes (i) selecting, by a computing system, a media content item from a set of multiple media content items; (ii) identifying, by the computing system, a set of operations that a media production system and/or a media broadcast system performed in connection with the selected media content item; (iii) for each operation in the identified set of operations, determining, by the computing system, a respective operation score; (iv) using, by the computing system, the one or more determined operation scores to determine a media content item score of the selected media content item; (v) repeating (i)-(iv) above for each remaining media content item in the set of multiple media content items; and (vi) displaying a reference to each media content item in the set of multiple media content items, wherein the displayed references are arranged based on the determined media content item scores.
US09961119B2	System and method for managing virtual conferencing breakout groups A virtual conferencing system is described for implementing breakout groups. For example, one embodiment of the virtual conferencing system comprises: a virtual conferencing service to establish audio and/or video connections between the plurality of clients during a virtual conference, each of the clients operated by at least one participant in the virtual conference, the virtual conferencing service further including a state synchronization service communicatively coupled to state management logic on each client to ensure that the current state of the virtual conference is consistent on each client; breakout group selection logic to subdivide the participants in the virtual conference into a plurality of breakout groups, the breakout group selection logic to select participants for each breakout group based on participant data related to each participant and input from a moderator; and breakout group generation logic to generate the selected breakout groups by modifying the current state on each client, thereby causing video and audio streams of the participants to be seen and heard, respectively, only between participants in the same breakout group and by providing breakout group materials and making the breakout group materials available to only participants within the same breakout group.
US09961117B2	Multiplexing sessions in telecommunications equipment using interactive connectivity establishment A data processing method comprising receiving, at a proxy associated with a plurality of ICE endpoint computers, a datagram from a client computer for a specific ICE endpoint computer of the plurality of ICE endpoint computers, wherein the datagram comprises a username generated by the specific ICE endpoint computer, and wherein the username has been sent to a server computer by the specific ICE endpoint computer for use in establishing a session between the specific ICE endpoint computer and the client computer, in response to attributes of the datagram not matching an entry in a table of the proxy, extracting an identifier from the username, forwarding, by the proxy, the datagram to the specific ICE endpoint based on the identifier.
US09961116B2	Method and system for providing remote transcoding of media data on a VOIP system Techniques for providing remote transcoding of call media data on a communications network are disclosed. The techniques include a communication module receiving a call request from a first communication device, transmitting a call invite to a second communication device, receiving a response from the second communication device, determining a first media encoding requirement for media transmitted to the first communication device and a second media encoding requirement for media transmitted to the second communication device, and transmitting information regarding the first communication device, the second communication device, the first media encoding requirement, and the second media encoding requirement to a transcoding module operating on a computer server. The techniques include the transcoding module receiving first call media data from the first communication device, transcoding the first call media data, and transmitting the transcoded first call media data to the second communication device.
US09961114B2	Multi cloud policy enactment via organizations to cloud-provider partnerships A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
US09961110B2	Systems and methods for pre-signing of DNSSEC enabled zones into record sets Implementations relate to systems and methods for pre-signing of DNSSEC enabled zones into record sets. A domain name system (DNS) can receive and/or impose a set of DNS policies desired by an administrator, or the DNS operator itself to govern domain name resolution with security extensions (DNSSEC) for a Web domain. The DNS can generate a set of answers to user questions directed to the domain based on the set of policies. Those answers which differ or vary based on policy rules can be stored as variant answers, and can be labeled with a variant ID. The variant answers can be pre-signed and stored in the DNS. Because key data and other information is generated and stored before a DNS request is received, the requested variant answer can be returned with greater responsiveness and security.
US09961104B2	Side channel attack deterrence in networks The present disclosure relates to technologies to deter side channel data center attacks. An example method may include receiving an incoming packets destined for a network, grouping, at a gateway, the incoming packets into groups, wherein a size of the groups is based on predetermined statistics, and wrapping the groups into packages of normalized size.
US09961101B2	Methods and systems for implementing a phishing assessment A system, method, and computer program product for implementing a phishing assessment of a target computer network that includes a phishing assessment platform for generating parameters for the phishing assessment; generating the phishing assessment parameters includes identifying a target domain name for the phishing assessment; identifying a pseudo domain name based on the target domain name; generating a pseudo web page using one or more features and attributes of an entity; and implementing the phishing assessment using the pseudo domain name and pseudo web page.
US09961100B2	Network security analysis system A network security analysis system performs anomaly detection with low false positives by implementing a multiple perspective analysis of network data. The analysis system takes a new approach to defining the network baseline, using, as examples, topic modeling and time series algorithms. The analysis system implements natural language processing techniques to examine the content of network and time series data to establish and maintain a definition of the baseline network state model, against which new activity is compared to identify anomalies.
US09961099B2	Systems and methods for detecting and tracking adversary trajectory This disclosure is related to using network flow information of a network to determine the trajectory of an attack. In some examples, an adjacency data structure is generated for a network. The adjacency data structure can include a machine of the network that has interacted with another machine of the network. The network can further include one or more deception mechanisms. The deception mechanisms can indicate that an attack is occurring when a machine interacts with one of the deception mechanisms. When the attack is occurring, attack trajectory information can be generated by locating in the adjacency data structure the machine that interacted with the deception mechanism. The attack trajectory information can correlate the information from the interaction with the deception mechanism, the interaction information of the network, and machine information for each machine to determine a possible trajectory of an adversary.
US09961098B2	Container data offline and online scan in a cloud environment Techniques for security scanning of containers executing within VMs. A virtualization system maintains container disk files that store data for containers. The container disk files are stored separate from, and not included within, virtual machine disk files that store data for the virtual machines. To scan data for any particular container, a scanning module scans the container disk file associated with the container. If a threat is found, a container scan catalog is updated to indicate this fact. A container may be disconnected from the network if identified security threats cannot be removed from the container. An entire VM may be disconnected from the network if all containers within the VM have threats that cannot be cleaned. The use of container disk files for security threat scanning allows for data for individual containers to be scanned.
US09961096B1	Distributed behavior based anomaly detection Systems and methods for detecting behavior-based anomalies are described herein. In various embodiments, the system includes a context engine for creating behavioral vectors that are transmitted to a long term data store, to behavioral engines configured to create baselines based on historical data, and to sensors configured to observe system resources. According to particular embodiments, the system is configured to collect data regarding the system resources (e.g., via the sensors) and compare the collected data to baselines to determine whether anomalies have occurred.
US09961095B2	System and method for extracting and preserving metadata for analyzing network communications Systems and methods are provided for advanced persistent threat detection on a network. The method includes capturing data packets from a network and performing layered session decoding on the captured packets. Metadata is extracted from the decoded packets and is stored for analysis. Analysis of the metadata is used to detect advanced persistent threats on the network. The system includes a network and a processor coupled to the network. The processor is configured to capture data packets from the network and perform layered session decoding on the captured packets. Metadata is extracted by the processor and stored in a memory coupled to the processor. The metadata may then be analyzed to detect advanced persistent threats on the network.
US09961093B1	Monitoring for reverse-connection network activity to detect a remote-administration tool Techniques are disclosed for detecting malicious remote-administration tool (RAT) software by detecting reverse-connection communication activity. Communications are monitored over one or more persistent connections, such as TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connections. Each monitored connection is between an initiator device and a follower device, and the initiator device is identified as the device that sent an initial packet to the follower device in order to open the connection. The disclosed techniques detect reverse-connection activity on the connection by detecting that communications over the connection are actually driven by the follower device, indicating that a malicious RAT is using the connection.
US09961092B2	Method and system for forensic data tracking The present invention relates to a method and system for tracking the movement of data elements as they are shared and moved between authorized and unauthorized devices and among authorized and unauthorized users.
US09961090B2	Message quarantine Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media configured to receive a search query and identify one or more messages matching at least a portion of the search query are provided. The identified one or more messages may be displayed, in some examples, and user input may be received identified at least one message of the identified one or more messages for further processing, such as quarantine. In some examples, the at least one message may be transmitted to an account search server which may search a plurality of user accounts, such as email accounts. The account search server may identify one or more occurrences of the at least one message in one or more accounts of the plurality of accounts and may remove the occurrence of the at least one message from the account and transfer the at least one message to a quarantine location.
US09961089B1	Distributed estimation and detection of anomalies in control systems Methods and Systems for detecting anomalies in a control area of a control system. Estimating for the control area, a first state from a historical state over a first time period using a model of dynamics, and defining a transition of the first state as a function of control inputs, the first state includes a generator state for each generator, the control inputs include a network state for each bus, a mechanical input to each generator or power consumptions at the buses. Updating estimated first state, by connecting measurements of rotor frequency of each generator and measurements of the network states on the buses with the generator state of each generator, to obtain a second state over a second time period later than the first time period, and detecting anomalies based on a statistic deviation of the second state from its corresponding prediction derived from the first state.
US09961087B2	Third party paywall authentication system The present technology provides a less burdensome mechanism to bring media items owned or licensed in the physical world into an account hosted by an electronic media provider. A specific use case deals with magazine subscriptions wherein the electronic media provider can send entity identifying information to a publisher clearinghouse that has subscription data for many different magazines. If the entity information sufficiently matches subscription information, the clearinghouse sends back data identifying magazines for which the entity is entitled to a digital copy, and these magazines become available to the user through the electronic media provider.
US09961086B2	Dynamic content authentication for secure merchant-customer communications According to various embodiments, the Message Authentication Engine is given permission to access dynamically changing content provided by a buyer system. The Message Authentication Engine receives a purchase request from the buyer system for an item from a vendor system. Based on the purchase request, the Message Authentication Engine retrieves a portion of the dynamically changing content from a client device of the buyer system. The Message Authentication Engine provides to the vendor system the portion of the dynamically changing content provided by the buyer system. The vendor system sends a message to the buyer system with a copy of the portion of the dynamically changing content as a visual verification that the vendor system can be trusted.
US09961083B2	Dynamic extensible application server management A real-time plugin command-driven administrative control interface is provided that implements direct real-time command-driven control of operational functionality of application server plugins deployed at a group of application servers. One of request-level application server functionality and server-level application server functionality of at least one of the group of application servers is changed by issuing a real-time application-server plugin command received from the real-time plugin command-driven administrative control interface to a deployed application server plugin.
US09961079B1	Context aware intruder detection using WIFI MAC addresses A method and system for intruder detection is provided. The method includes generating a whitelist of media access control (MAC) addresses of a plurality of wireless devices that are acceptable in a detection zone of a wireless router and detecting, by the wireless router, a further wireless device. The method includes issuing a notification in response to absence, on the whitelist, of a media access control address of the further wireless device, the notification indicating a physical intruder within the detection zone, wherein at least one action of the method is performed by a processor in or coupled to the wireless router.
US09961078B2	Network system comprising a security management server and a home network, and method for including a device in the network system The network system comprises a security management server and a first device is added to the network system by creating a one-time code on the security management server, which is used for connecting the device to the security management server. A server certificate is sent to the device, and a user device certificate generated in the device is sent to the security management server. The user device certificate is signed with an administrator key on the security management server, which signed user device certificate is sent from the security management server to the device and which is used by the device for communication with a further device of the network system. The network system is in particular a secured home network.
US09961070B2	Strong authentication with feeder robot in a federated identity web environment Method, system, and programs for performing two-factor authentication for a controlled access application via one or more third-party host verification servers. An example method includes receiving a request to a controlled access application after a user has successfully logged into an enterprise system with a first Identifier (ID) factor, the controlled access application requiring additional authentication with a second ID factor, obtaining first information to complete the second ID factor, at least some of the first information being obtained from the user, and generating a first web form using the first information. The method also includes submitting the first web form to a host verification server, receiving an indication of successful verification from the host verification server; and initiating, in response to receiving the indication of successful verification, access to the controlled access application.
US09961069B2	Ticket generator for alternate authentication environments In a computer system, some resources may be protected within an SSO environment, and other resources may be protected in an alternate authentication environment. A user logged into an alternate authentication environment will again be prompted for login credentials when accessing an SSO protected resource. To avoid additional login prompts, credentials authenticated by the alternate authentication environment are used by the SSO environment to identify the user. The credentials are collected from the alternate authentication environment and provided to the SSO resource in the form of a ticket. The SSO resource forwards the ticket to an SSO provider. The SSO provider identifies the user within a user store using the credentials in the ticket. If the SSO provider identifies the user, the SSO provider generates a token and provides the token to the SSO resource. The token is authenticated by the SSO resource and access is granted to the user.
US09961068B2	Single sign-on for interconnected computer systems Methods, systems, and computer-readable media support provisioning a computer application that is executed on an associated computing component through a primary computing component. Even though different passwords may be associated with a user for the primary and the associated computing components, one aspect is seamless single sign-on to a computer cluster that provides the external computer application so that any user or group membership changes at the primary computing component is transparent to the associated computing component. Users may be restricted service for the application at the edge nodes of the cluster and are then able to access data in directories corresponding to the user's group as configured at the primary computing component. A batch process may be initiated to issue a security token to one more users, thus enabling the user to obtain a service ticket and consequently service for the application.
US09961067B2	Zero sign-on authentication A method of facilitating zero sign-on access to media services depending on trust credentials. The trust credentials may be cookies, certificates, and other data sets operable to be stored on a device used to access the media services such that information included therein may be used to control the zero sign-on capabilities of the user device.
US09961059B2	Authenticator plugin interface Authenticator plugin interface for an enterprise virtualization portal is provided. An example method for evaluating a portal access request may comprise: receiving, by a virtualization management platform, a request initiated by a requestor for access to an enterprise virtualization portal associated with the virtualization management platform, the request comprising a login credential; transmitting, to a first external authentication system, a first authentication query comprising an identifier of a first data type, and a first value of the first data type, wherein the first value is derived from the login credential; receiving a first response message comprising an identifier of a second data type, and an authentication response of the second data type; and responsive to evaluating the authentication response, granting the requestor access to the enterprise virtualization portal.
US09961055B1	Inaccessibility of data to server involved in secure communication A client negotiates multiple cryptographic keys with a server. One of the cryptographic keys is used to encrypt communications that the server can decrypt. Another of the cryptographic keys is used to encrypt communications that, while sent to the server, are not decryptable to the server. The server is configured to forward communications that it is unable to decrypt to another computer system having an ability to decrypt the communications.
US09961052B2	Virtualized host ID key sharing In virtualized environments a method of determining authorization to a resource cannot use a hardware specific identifier, such as a MAC address. As a result upgrading a virtual host may cause licenses associated with that host to be invalid, even though the upgraded virtual host should be authorized. Authentication methods and systems are disclosed such that a key may be shared with a second host along with a license file and, provided at least the second host has a key associated with its system identifier and a key associated with a license file, access to a licensed resource may be authorized.
US09961050B2	Manicoding for communication verification Verifiable, secure communications between a sender and a receiver on at least one shared communication channel is provided. A manicoded key encoder produces an argument of knowledge for a secret key to the at least one shared communication channel, and a manicoded message encoder provides an implication argument indicating that knowledge of the secret key enables access to message content of the manicoded message. The argument of knowledge is included in a key manifest for the secret key within a manicoded key, and the implication argument is included in a message manifest of a manicoded message. In this way, the sender may provide message content within the manicoded message, and the receiver may operate a decoder to access the message content. A verifier may use the manicoded key and the manicoded message to verify that the receiver has access to the message content.
US09961048B2	System and associated software for providing advanced data protections in a defense-in-depth system by integrating multi-factor authentication with cryptographic offloading The advanced data protection system is implemented by distributing encrypted data across multiple isolated computing systems and using multi-factor authentication to access remote, protected decryption material. Architectural components include: Client application software reading/writing from/to a client data store executing on a client host computer, client application plug-ins communicating with external authentication devices, server application software reading/write data from/to a server data store executing on a host computer which is physically or virtually isolated from the client host computer, authentication devices, components, or systems integrated with or connected to the client computer and exposing programmatic interfaces to client application software, and secure networking components executing on both hosts that provide secure data exchange. The system employs certain associated software that incrementally encrypts client data on both the client and server, storing portions of the results on each computer, and requiring multi-factor authentication for distributed decryption material recovery.
US09961046B2	NAT port manager for enabling port mapping using remainders A network device may include one or more processors. The one or more processors may receive a call from a services processor to allocate network address translation resources for a data packet. The one or more processors may determine an identifier associated with the services processor. The one or more processors may allocate network address translation resources using a network address port translation manager based on the identifier. The network address translation port manager may be a two-level port bitmap management system that determines a translated source port for the data packet.
US09961042B2	Universal mobile device messaging A unified messaging system allows the receipt and sending of different messages across devices is established by creating relationships that leverage the capabilities of different devices. A message server establishes a relationship with a mobile device. Through the relationship, the message server can use the mobile device to send different types of messages that the server computer cannot transmit. A relationship between a client and a server extends this capability to the client. Through these relationships, a client can retrieve mobile device messages as well as generate them. The generated mobile device messages are transmitted to the message server. The message server determines that the received messages are mobile device messages that the server cannot deliver and sends the mobile device messages to the user's mobile device. The mobile device receives the mobile device messages from the message server and transmits the mobile device message to recipient mobile devices.
US09961040B2	Social network and collaboration communications routing enhancement A method for routing communications on an online social network includes monitoring communications between users on an online social network on a communications system. A processing issue with a message of the communications is identified based on a rule, wherein the message is from a sender to a receiver. The method and system includes analyzing a recipient social network for an alternative recipient user to receive the message based on a similarity criteria. A processing model is applied to the message to determine an action to improve processing efficiency of the message. The action includes routing the message to the alternative recipient user. The method and system includes performing the action to facilitate the processing efficiency, responsive to determining an action.
US09961036B2	News feed techniques News feed techniques are described. In implementations, content is parsed from one or more emails that are addressed to a user. The parsed content from the email is exposed, automatically and without user intervention, for output in a news feed of the user.
US09961035B2	Social messaging hub A social messaging hub provides communication services for a data enabled device having Internet network access capabilities such as a portable media player, personal digital assistant, a Wi-Fi mobile platform, a tablet computer, portable e-Reader, a personal computer, a laptop and a netbook computer. The social messaging hub communicates with the data enabled device over the Internet or cellular data networks, and interfaces with a message infrastructure including mobile carriers, message aggregators, message exchanges and various specialized social messaging services, such as Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, Facebook and Twitter to enable bi-directional messaging communication. The user is given a registered phone number and unique IP addressable identification which serve as a source and destination identifier of the associated data enabled device. Messages may originate in or be delivered to other users' mobile telephones or in similarly equipped and provisioned IP data enabled devices.
US09961033B2	Memory-mapped input/output (I/O) channel Various examples are directed to systems and methods for utilizing a memory-mapped I/O channel. A first application may request that a message be sent to a channel counterparty. A message driver may receive from the first application the request to send the message, where the request comprises payload data from the message. The message driver may write a work request to a send queue of a first queue pair at the first memory location. An emulated channel adapter may poll a physical address at a memory device corresponding to the first memory location; determine that the work request is present at the send queue, and send the payload data to the channel counterparty.
US09961031B2	Method and device for managing communication activities A method is disclosed for managing communication processes (N1-N4) between internal participants (A, B, C) of an internal communication network on the one hand and external participants (E) on the other hand. First a list is set up in an internal communication network that contains incoming and outgoing communication activities between the internal participants and at least one external participant as a virtual mailbox. This virtual mailbox is assigned to the at least one external participant and is set up to be invisible or inaccessible to the at least one external participant. Communications activity between an internal participant and the external participant are recognized as being associated with the external participant based upon identification that has been assigned to the external participant and can be obtained from the communication activity. Each communication activity that has been recognized as being associated with the external participant is deposited in the virtual mailbox.
US09961027B2	Email webclient automatic failover An attachment received from a webclient for a message in composition can be saved by an HTTP server in a storage system. Location information for the attachment can be stored in a database in a record associated with the webclient. If the HTTP server is unexpectedly unavailable, a backup HTTP server can locate the attachment using the record in the database and provide the attachment to a messaging server when the user is ready to send the message.
US09961023B2	Adjusting buffer size for network interface controller Systems and methods for adjusting the receive buffer size for network interface controllers. An example method may comprise: selecting a packet size value having a certain ordinal number in an ordered sequence of sizes of a plurality of data packets received by a network interface controller; and adjusting, in view of the selected packet size value, a size of a buffer associated with the network interface controller.
US09961020B2	Packet forwarding system, device, and method Embodiments of the present invention provide a packet forwarding system. The packet forwarding system includes: a gateway control plane entity, configured to send a user profile establishment message to a mobile agent in a process of setting up a bearer, where the user profile establishment message includes a user profile of the bearer; the mobile agent, configured to store the user profile of the bearer; and a switch, configured to: after receiving a user plane packet and when no flow entry matching the user plane packet is found in a local flow table, send a flow entry request including a matching parameter in the user plane packet to the mobile agent, where the mobile agent is further configured to: after receiving the flow entry request, generate, according to the found user profile, a flow entry matching the user plane packet, and send the generated flow entry to the switch.
US09961019B2	Adaptively switched network-on-chip A packet-switched reservation request to be associated with a first data stream is received. A communication mode is selected. The communication mode is to be either a circuit-switched mode or a packet-switched mode. At least a portion of the first data stream is communicated in accordance with the communication mode.
US09961014B2	Network communication method based on software-defined networking and server using the method An SDN-enabled network communication method is disclosed. A master TURN server sends a client an error response and assigns a relay switch as a backup server for the client using an alternate-server mechanism. Therefore, data streams of the client are directly transferred to the relay switch. With support by a shadow TURN server and an SDN controller, switches forwarding the data streams are managed according to the OpenFlow protocol to implement path optimization for the data streams.
US09961010B2	Communications scheduler A system for providing communications over a communications network includes a communications interface and a processor. The communications interface communicates over the communications network. The processor directs a communications scheduler to determine at least one metric for a path within the communications network. The processor also selects a data flow for the path and determines whether to transmit a packet in the selected data flow based on the at least one metric. The processor then directs a communications protocol handler to generate the packet for the selected data flow.
US09961008B2	Method and system of handling over routing of communication protocol data between two satellite communication transponders The present invention provides a system for handling handover of communication protocol data between two satellite transponder, wherein the satellite transponders are moving in orbit around the earth, enabling to transmit communication protocol data between at least one gateway and terminal. The system is comprised of: at least one transmitter associated with a gateway, at least one de-modulator associated with the terminal a for controlling the packet transmission during handover period, wherein the system is programmed to achieve a seamless hand over process between the two satellites transponders by controlling the transfer and reception of the communication protocol packets during the handover period, by synchronizing the last received packets from the setting satellite packets with first received packets from the rising satellite, wherein seamless handover include maintaining the correct packet order, avoiding packet loss and preventing packet duplication and wherein in case the rising satellite having shorter path, the receipt or transmission of the communication protocol packets from the rising satellite is delayed.
US09961006B1	Network switch for transmitting data according to an auto-negotiated data rate A network switch includes a plurality of ports to communicate via a communication channel. Each of the plurality of ports includes an auto-negotiation circuit to negotiate a first data transmission rate with a network device in communication with the network switch via the communication channel, a transceiver circuit to receive, from the network switch, data via the communication channel at the negotiated first data transmission rate, and a transmitter/encoder circuit. The transmitter/encoder circuit is to receive the negotiated first data transmission rate from the auto-negotiation circuit, receive the data from the transceiver circuit, and selectively replicate portions of the data received from the transceiver circuit to transmit the data at a second data transmission rate that is different from the negotiated first data transmission rate.
US09961005B2	Bus system and computer program A bus system (100) for a semiconductor circuit transmits data on a networked bus between a first node and at least one second node via a relay device (250) arranged on the bus. The bus system (100) includes a first bus of a low delay and a second bus of a high delay. The first node generates a plurality of packets by attaching, to the data stored in a buffer (202), information specifying a priority of transmission. The relay device (250) converts a priority based on a priority conversion rule, which is determined based on a transmission delay of the high-delay bus, allocates a buffer of a destination relay device to which each packet is to be sent, based on the converted priority, and sends packets in a descending order. The relay device (250) stores packets in a buffer (252) based on the priority.
US09961000B2	Estimation of network path segment delays A method for estimation of a network path segment delay includes determining a scaled time stamp for each packet of a plurality of packets by scaling a time stamp for each respective packet to minimize a difference of at least one of a frequency and a frequency drift between a transport protocol clock of a host and a monitoring point. The time stamp for each packet is provided by the transport protocol clock of the host. A corrected time stamp for each packet is determined by removing from the scaled time stamp for each respective packet, a temporal offset between the transport protocol clock and the monitoring clock by minimizing a temporal delay variation of the plurality of packets traversing a segment between the host and the monitoring point.
US09960999B2	Balanced load execution with locally distributed forwarding information base in information centric networks A method implemented in a content node configured to operate in an information centric network (ICN) comprising allocating each of a plurality of memory spaces coupled to a processor exclusively to a particular thread from a plurality of threads allocated in the processor, wherein the processor is in a content node; assigning each of a plurality of namespaces at a defined level exclusively to one of the particular threads from the plurality of threads based on an assignment algorithm; and partitioning entries from a Forwarding Information Base (FIB) table, wherein the entries map content names to ports on the content node, wherein each entry is partitioned in a FIB sub-table to the memory space allocated to the one of the particular threads associated with the namespace corresponding to the content name contained within the entry.
US09960996B2	Method for distributing transmission path information and routing bridges A method for distributing transmission path information, including: distributing, by a first routing bridge which stores a MAC address of a host on a local link, transmission path information of the host on the local link to a remote routing bridge of a non-local link, the transmission path information including the MAC address of the host on the local link and identification information of a second routing bridge, so that the remote routing bridge learns the transmission path information from the first routing bridge. The present application further provides corresponding routing bridges. The present application may enable the remote routing bridge to timely learn the transmission path information of the host under the condition that a data packet sent by the host is not received, so as to send data to the host according to a new transmission path.
US09960995B2	Packet forwarding using a physical unit and a virtual forwarding unit In a method for forwarding a packet, a physical forwarding unit receives a data packet, may find a first subnet route based on a destination IP address of the data packet, and forwards the data packet to a virtual forwarding unit via an output interface of the first subnet route. The virtual forwarding unit receives the data packet may find a first host route based on the destination IP address of the data packet, and forwards the data packet based on the first host route.
US09960994B2	Method, system, and apparatus for forwarding network traffic using minimal forwarding information bases The disclosed computer-implemented method for forwarding network traffic using minimal Forwarding Information Bases (FIBS) may include (1) identifying a Routing Information Base (RIB) that includes a set of routes that define paths to destinations both inside and outside a network and then (2) creating a FIB that includes a subset of active routes whose size is below a size threshold by (A) importing, from the set of routes within the RIB, (I) internal routes that define paths to destinations inside the network, (II) high-traffic external routes that define paths to destinations outside the network, and (III) a default route that defines a path to a default node that facilitates resolution of traffic that does not match any of the internal or high-traffic external routes and (B) excluding, from the FIB, low-traffic external routes that define paths to destinations outside the network. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US09960992B2	Systems and methods for routing data in a network A method for routing data in a network including a plurality of nodes connected by links, the method includes collapsing first and second rings of the nodes together, for each of the nodes in the network, determining a shortest path tree to each of the other nodes in the network, and for data sourced from a particular one of the nodes in the network, blocking the link or links not included in the shortest path tree determined for the particular one of the nodes. Also, a system for routing data through a network having a plurality of nodes connected by links, includes a ring collapsing module for collapsing first and second rings of the nodes together, a shortest path tree calculation module for determining, for each of the nodes, a shortest path tree to each of the other nodes in the network, and a link blocking module for blocking the link or links not included in the shortest path tree determined for data sourced from a particular one of the nodes.
US09960989B2	Universal device testing system A system for testing multiple disparate or similar devices independently and simultaneously using different types of device probes is disclosed. The system includes real-time, bi-directional/asynchronous communication and interaction between the system components.
US09960988B2	Systems and methods for reducing information loss in an aggregated information handling system An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes at least one server, that includes a plurality of ports, wherein information is transmitted to and from the at least one server on the plurality of ports, and a memory storing a table, the table storing a status indication and port on which the status indication was received. The information handling system also includes a plurality of switches coupled to the at least one server to form a link aggregation group (LAG), the plurality of switches transmitting information including the status indication to the at least one server. If the server receives more than one status indication having a master status, the at least one server is configured to stop forwarding information on at least one port on which information including a master status indication has been received after previously receiving information that did not include a master status indication.
US09960983B2	Monitoring item selection method and device, and storage medium [Object]A monitoring item selection method, device and a storage medium capable of simplifying operation and management of a system that frequently undergoes configuration changes are proposed.[Solution]Operation information concerning resources in the monitoring target device and nodes that run on the monitoring target device and make use of the resources to execute processing are periodically or randomly acquired from a monitoring target device. A relation between the nodes and a relation between the nodes and the resources based on the acquired operation information are extracted. Monitoring items of the monitoring target device are selected based on the operation information, the extracted relation between the nodes and relation between the nodes and the resources, and a pre-defined condition.
US09960979B1	Data migration service Systems and methods for brokering storage services are disclosed. In one embodiment, the brokering system stores a mapping of stored data sets to online storage providers. The system can monitor one or more metrics associated with a plurality of online storage providers, identify one or more provider criteria associated with a first customer account, and obtain one or more metrics of a first storage provider storing a first data set associated with the first customer account. The system can determine whether to migrate the first data set based in part on the monitored metrics, the metrics of the first storage provider and the provider criteria. The system can auto-initiating migration of the first data set from the first storage provider to one or more selected storage providers of the plurality of online storage providers and update the mapping for the first data set.
US09960967B2	Determining an application delivery server based on geo-location information A method and system to determine a web server based on geo-location information is disclosed. The system includes: a local DNS server coupled to a web client; a plurality of web servers; and a global load balancer coupled to the local DNS server. The global load balancer: receives a request for a web service sent by the web client, the request comprising local DNS server information; determines a geographic location for the local DNS server based on the local DNS server information; determines a web server from the plurality of web servers based on the requested web service; determines a geographic location for the determined web server; determines that the geographic location for the local DNS server matches the geographic location for the determined web server; selects the determined web server; and sends a response comprising information on the selected web server to the local DNS server.
US09960965B2	Stateless admission control Methods and apparatuses for control admission to network resources are provided. Probationary service flows with a reduced priority are provisionally allowed to use network resources. As the network demonstrates its continued stability by the addition of the new probationary flows, each probationary flow can be re-assigned its original priority thereby promoting the probationary flow to a non-probationary status.
US09960958B2	Methods and systems for controller-based network topology identification, simulation and load testing A method includes receiving information describing an addition of a first site comprising at least one application to an existing network wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of type of site, planned connectivity to the site and planned policies for the site and estimating an impact on the operation of the at least one application and associated network traffic using statistical analysis of monitored data collected from a second site similar to the first site.
US09960957B2	Methods for prioritizing failover of logical interfaces (LIFs) during a node outage and devices thereof Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable media that prioritize failover of logical interfaces (LIFs) include identifying an outage on another one of the plurality of node computing devices in a storage cluster. When the another one of the plurality of node computing devices with the identified outage has provisioned a number of logical interfaces (LIFs) above a stored provisioning threshold is determined. Failover of the LIFs on the another one of the plurality of node computing devices with the outage is managed in an order based on at least one of a plurality of priority weight values assigned to each of the LIFs.
US09960956B1	Network monitoring method using phantom nodes Determining flow rules in a software defined network (SDN) of a plurality of forwarding devices includes determining, by a controller device, a network adjacency matrix of the SDN, wherein the network adjacency matrix represents a topology of the SDN; placing, by the controller device, a phantom node in the network adjacency matrix, wherein the phantom node does not physically exist within the topology of the SDN and the phantom node is attached to a first node with maximum degree in the network adjacency matrix to create a phantom adjacency matrix, wherein the first node corresponds to a first forwarding device in the SDN; and determining, by the controller device, an adverse condition in the SDN using the phantom node, wherein the controller device is separate from the plurality of forwarding devices.
US09960955B2	Information processing system, switching device, and method for controlling information processing system An information processing system includes a switching device group including a plurality of switching devices that include a switching device as a root node and switching devices as leaf nodes and are connected in a tree topology. The switching device includes: a controller that, when a failure that occurs in a communication path connected to the root node side of the switching device is detected, writes identification information indicating the communication path from which the failure is detected to a flow table which stores the identification information and output destination port information so as to be associated with each other, thereby switching a plurality of communication paths; and a notification unit that, when a failure that occurs in a communication path connected to the leaf node side of the switching device is detected, notifies another switching device connected to the switching device of a position where the failure occurs.
US09960952B2	Proactive fault detection and diagnostics for networked node transaction events Techniques for managing networked node transactions are disclosed. In an embodiment, a fingerprint generator determines multiple classifier digital fingerprints that each comprise a bit sequence associated with a respective result classifier. The fingerprint generator receives transaction event entries that contain message text associated with a transaction between two or more nodes. The fingerprint generator generates a digital fingerprint for each of the transaction event entries. Each of the generated digital fingerprints comprises a bit sequence that is associated with an identity of at least one of the two or more nodes, and generating each of the fingerprints includes, for each bit position in the fingerprint bit sequence, determining whether the message text includes a specified text pattern and setting the bit position value based on the determination of whether the message text includes the specified text pattern. An event classifier groups each digital fingerprint into one or more event classification sets that each correspond to one of the result classifiers based, at least in part, on pattern matching the generated digital fingerprint with the classifier digital fingerprints.
US09960949B2	Personal area network management method and personal area network system A Personal Area Network (PN) management method is disclosed. The method includes that a PN manager is set for a PN to manage the PN. Correspondingly, a PN system is disclosed. By the method and system, a user can set a PN manager and managed PN equipment of his/her own PN according to his/her own needs, and when a large amount of equipment exists in the PN, some PN equipment in the PN can be conveniently, rapidly and effectively managed through the PN manager.
US09960946B2	Methods and apparatus for low power operation utilizing multiple ADCs with different precisions An electronic device includes processing circuitry configured to detect a presence of a packet transmission via a channel, establish communication parameters and operational settings of an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) operation using a training field (TF) of the packet if the packet comprises the TF, and utilize a channel estimation (CE) portion of the packet to perform channel estimation of the channel. The processing circuitry is also configured to utilize the channel estimates to compensate for distortions introduced by the channel with respect to portions of the packet subsequent to the CE portion, obtain a modulation order and coding scheme used for the data portion of the packet, select an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to be used for a recovery of the data portion of the packet, and recover the information in the data portion of the packet using ADC output samples corresponding to the data portion of the packet.
US09960944B2	Receiving apparatus and decoding method thereof A receiving apparatus includes: a first decoder configured to decode a signal transmitted through a first layer from a layered division multiplexing (LDM) signal using a parity check matrix to generate low density parity check (LDPC) information word bits and parity bits; an encoder configured to encode the LDPC information word bits, generated by decoding the signal transmitted through the first layer, using the parity check matrix to generate parity bits corresponding only to preset columns in the parity check matrix; and a second decoder configured to decode a signal obtained by removing, from the LDM signal, a signal corresponding to the LDPC information word bits generated by decoding the signal transmitted through the first layer, the parity bits generated by the encoder, and the parity bits generated by the first decoder except the parity bits generated by the encoder, thereby to generate information word bits transmitted through a second layer.
US09960943B2	Method and apparatus for reception of control signaling A method and apparatus provide reception of control signaling in a wireless communication network. A first device can communicate with a second device using serving cell operating on an unlicensed carrier. A preamble transmission can be sent to the second device in a first set of at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol starting with a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol in a subframe sent on the serving cell. The first OFDM symbol can have a first cyclic prefix. A second OFDM symbol can be in the subframe to the second device such that the second OFDM symbol immediately follows the first set of OFDM symbols. Control information can be sent in a second set of OFDM symbols beginning with the second OFDM symbol to the second device. The second set of OFDM symbols can have a second cyclic prefix. The duration of the first cyclic prefix can be larger than the duration of the second cyclic prefix.
US09960935B2	Hybrid dedicated reference signal method and system The transmission and decoding of resource blocks (RBs) transmitted via a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna having a plurality of transmit antennas is disclosed. Each RB includes a plurality of resource elements (REs). Each RE is reserved for one of a common reference signal (CRS) associated with one of the transmit antennas, a dedicated reference signal (DRS) including a single beamformed or precoded pilot, a DRS including a composite beamformed or precoded pilot, and a data symbol. Each RB may include a “control type” data symbol that indicates a DRS mode associated with the RB. In one DRS mode, each DRS includes a single beamformed or precoded pilot. In another DRS mode, each DRS includes a composite beamformed or precoded pilot. In yet another DRS mode, single beamformed or precoded pilots, and composite beamformed or precoded pilots, may coexist and be transmitted simultaneously within the same RBs or in different RBs.
US09960933B2	Methods and systems for adaptive and context aware inter-internet of things (IoT) communication A method for managing communication in a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) networks includes receiving a communication request initiated by an IoT device in one of the plurality of IoT networks for a destination IoT device located in one of the plurality of IoT networks. Suitability of an existing communication session between the IoT device and the destination IoT device is determined. Based on determining unsuitability of the existing communication session, a new communication session between the IoT device and the destination IoT device is selectively initiated. In response to determining suitability of the existing communication session, the existing communication session for the communication request is selectively reused. At least one initiating cause for a communication event and associated resolutions on occurrence of the communication event to maintain one of the new communication session and the existing communication session that is suitable is iteratively determined.
US09960929B2	Environmental sensing with a doorbell at a smart-home This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
US09960926B2	Methods for switching between a MBMS download and an HTPP-based delivery of DASH formatted content over an IMS network A user equipment (UE) operable to switch between a packet-switched streaming service (PSS) download session and a multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) download session. The UE can send a session initiation protocol (SIP) re-invitation to a service control function (SCF) module during the PSS download session, wherein the SCF module is configured to send a SIP BYE message to a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)/SIP adapter in order to terminate the PSS download session at the UE. The UE can receive a SIP acknowledgement from the SCF module, wherein the SCF module is configured to receive the SIP acknowledgement from the HTTP/SIP adapter indicating that an HTTP server has terminated the PSS download session for the UE. The UE can switch from the PSS download session to the MBMS download session at the UE in response to the SIP acknowledgement being received at the UE.
US09960924B2	Conference system, server, and computer-readable medium storing conference information generation program A conference system includes at least one server and at least one mobile terminal connectable to the server. The mobile terminal includes an orientation estimation unit configured to detect orientation information of the mobile terminal, an operation unit configured to detect operation information of an operation performed; and an event transmission unit configured to transmit the orientation information and the operation information. The server includes an image information generation unit configured to generate image information of a conference material and image information of a pointer drawn over the image information of the conference material based on the drawing event, and an action information generation unit configured to generate action information corresponding to the conference material based on drawing history information of the drawn pointer.
US09960923B2	Handling of digital certificates A method for handling digital certificates in a communication network is described. The communication network comprises a first certificate authority (110-116) having issued at least one digital certificate. The method comprises determining (216) whether a revocation condition for revoking the at least one digital certificate is fulfilled. The at least one digital certificate has been issued by the first certificate authority, wherein the at least one digital certificate is valid and is not revoked. The method further comprises, based on a result of the step of determining (216), revoking (404), by the first certificate authority (110-116), the at least one digital certificate, and based on the result of the step of determining (216), issuing, by a second certificate authority (110-116), at least one further digital certificate for the revoked at least one digital certificate. An associated system, methods in involved network entities, the involved network entities, and computer programs are also described. Therefore security handling in the communication network which may be fluctuating with respect to its number of network nodes and/or which may comprise numerous network nodes may be performed in an easy and efficient way.
US09960922B2	Device-to-device communication security with authentication certificates An apparatus comprising: a requester configured to request a certificate comprising at least one identifier associated with the apparatus from at least one network node; a first receiver configured to receive the certificate from the at least one network node; and a forwarder configured to forward the certificate to at least one further apparatus; a second receiver configured to receive a further certificate from the further apparatus, the further certificate comprising at least one further identifier associated with the further apparatus; and an authenticated configured to authenticate the further apparatus based on the further certificate.
US09960921B2	Systems and methods for securely provisioning the geographic location of physical infrastructure elements in cloud computing environments Systems and methods relating to improved security in cloud computing environments are disclosed. According to one illustrative implementation, a method for provisioning physical geographic location of a physical infrastructure device associated with a hypervisor host is provided. Further, the method may include performing processing to obtain initial geo location data of the device, determining verified geo location data of the device by performing validation, via an attestation service component, of the initial geo location data to provide verified geo location data, and writing the verified geo location data into HSM or TPM space of the hypervisor host.
US09960919B2	Method for providing security using secure computation A method of securing data, the method comprising: dividing a secret key into a plurality of secret key shares; storing each of the plurality of secret key shares in a different server of a plurality of servers so that none of the servers has access to the secret key and to the secret key share stored in another of the servers; using a server of the plurality of servers to execute a secure computation protocol to determine a value of a function responsive to all of the plurality of secret key shares without providing any of the plurality of servers with access to the secret key and to the secret key share stored in another of the servers; and using the calculated value of the function to secure the data.
US09960918B2	Method and apparatus for providing identity based encryption in distributed computations An approach is provided for providing identity based encryption in distributed computations. An identity based encryption platform causes, at least in part, a segmentation of a computation closure into at least a first part and one or more second parts. The identity based encryption platform also causes, at least in part, an encryption of the one or more second parts using the first part as a public key of an identity-based encryption.
US09960915B2	Method and apparatus for performing cross-authentication based on secret information A method of performing cross-authentication in a vehicle controller interworking with an external device includes: generating a random number S and transmitting the random number S to the external device according to an authentication request message received from the external device; generating a variable i using a first function having the random number S as a parameter; generating a first session key Ks using a second function having the variable i and a pre-stored secret key K as parameters; receiving a first response key from the external device; generating a second response key using a third function having the random number S, the variable i and the first session key Ks as parameters; and authenticating the external device based on whether the first response key is equal to the second response key.
US09960913B2	Method and arrangement for secure communication between network units in a communication network The invention relates to a first network unit (See) which comprises a secure hardware component (HK) for saving and running software. A second network unit (P) comprises a secure software component (SK) for saving and running software. A method for secure communication comprises: saving a first common secret, a first algorithm and a second algorithm on the network units; sending a first date from the second network unit to the first network unit; running the first algorithm on the first network unit and on the second network unit wherein the input is in each case formed by the second common secret and the first date; sending of a second date from the first network unit to the second network unit; running the second algorithm on the first network unit and on the second network unit; wherein the input is formed in each case by the second common secret and the second date; and use of the third common secret for a secure communication.
US09960908B1	Reduced-latency packet ciphering A hardware cipher module to cipher a packet. The cipher module includes a key scheduling engine and a ciphering engine. The key scheduling engine is configured to receive a compact key and iteratively generate a set of round keys, including a first round key, based on the compact key and determine, based upon a cipher mode indication and a type of ciphering whether to generate a key-scheduling-done indication after the first round key is generated and before all of the set of round keys are generated or to generate the key-scheduling-done indication after all of the set of round keys is generated. The ciphering engine is configured to begin to cipher the packet with one of the set of round keys as a result of receiving the key schedule done indication.
US09960906B2	Proxy computing system, computing apparatus, capability providing apparatus, proxy computing method, capability providing method, program, and recording medium A computing apparatus outputs τ1 and τ2 corresponding to a ciphertext x, a capability providing apparatus uses τ1 to correctly compute f(τ1) with a probability greater than a certain probability and sets the result of the computation as z1, uses τ2 to correctly compute f(τ2) with a probability greater than a certain probability and sets the result of the computation as z2, the computing apparatus generates a computation result u=f(x)bx1 from z1, generates a computation result v=f(x)ax2 from z2, and outputs ub′va′ if the computation results u and v satisfy a particular relation, where G and H are groups, f(x) is a function for obtaining an element of the group G for xϵH, X1 and X2 are random variables having values in the group G, x1 is a realization of the random variable X1, and x2 is a realization of the random variable X2.
US09960903B1	Systems and methods for clock alignment using pipeline stages Systems and methods for phase detection are disclosed. Phase alignment between first and second clock signals is detected using a comparison of outputs from a collapsible pipeline and a non-collapsible pipeline.
US09960897B2	Method and device for scheduling of feedback The present disclosure provides a method in a communication device for scheduling of feedback. The method includes determining, for a data transmission, a resource element to be scheduled for a feedback signal being responsive to the data transmission. The resource element is determined to be within a feedback time limit. The feedback time limit indicates a maximum allowable time period between transmitting the data transmission and receiving the feedback signal. The feedback time limit is dependent on a type of resource allocated to the data transmission and/or a type of traffic associated with the data transmission. The method further includes transmitting, to a wireless device, a feedback scheduling instruction indicating the resource element.
US09960893B2	Method for changing pattern of reference signals according to rank variation in wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor A method for transmitting a reference signal to a user equipment at a base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting the reference signal to the user equipment according to a first pattern corresponding to a first rank and, if a rank is changed from the first rank to a second rank, transmitting the reference signal to the user equipment according to a second pattern corresponding to the second rank, wherein, if the second rank is greater than the first rank, the second pattern includes the first pattern. Preferably, the first pattern is a reference signal pattern for a single rank and the second pattern is defined as a hierarchical structure in which one or more reference signal symbols are added to the first pattern in a time domain direction.
US09960892B2	Base station and control method thereof A macro base station MeNB in a mobile communication system that supports a carrier aggregation technology defined in a 3GPP standard, communicates with a pico base station PeNB #1 via an X2 interface. The macro base station MeNB transmits information to the pico base station PeNB the information being used when the pico base station PeNB determines a component carrier requested to be limitedly used by the macro base station MeNB or a component carrier requested to be released from use limitation by the macro base station MeNB.
US09960891B2	Interference coordination method in LTE system An interference coordination method in an LTE system includes generating an interference coordination message, where the interference coordination message includes a priority configuration of each resource of multiple resources of a source node device, and a resource with a preset priority in the priority configuration is used to transmit a control channel or a control message. The method also includes sending the interference coordination message to a target node device, so that the target node device performs interference coordination according to the interference coordination message; or sending the interference coordination message to an operation, administration and maintenance network element, so that the operation, administration and maintenance network element configures the interference coordination message for a target node device, so that the target node device performs interference coordination according to the interference coordination message.
US09960886B2	Noise detection device A noise detection device includes a connector used for connecting a multicore cable, a connector used for connecting the communication device, a noise-detecting data generation unit which generates noise-detecting data with an error detection sign to detect the noise, and a detection unit which continuously transmits or receives the noise-detecting data using at least one core line not used in the communication among core lines of the multicore cable to detect an error.
US09960885B2	Method and apparatus for hybrid automatic repeat requests (HARQ) processing for retransmissions with unknown data length A system, method and device for wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, by a receiver, data from a wireless transmitter, receiving, by the receiver, retransmission of the data from the wireless transmitter, storing, by the receiver, the data, processing, by the receiver, the data without knowledge of the data length, and determining, by the receiver, a data length of the data.
US09960883B1	Transmit/receive beamforming signal generation Transmit and/or receive beamforming signal generation includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) for generating a lower or higher master frequency output signal in accordance with a selection of a lower or higher frequency carrier frequency. A local oscillator generates local oscillator signals in quadrature in response to the maser frequency output signal. One or more mixer stages generate sidebands in response to a received information signal and the local oscillator signals in quadrature. The one or more mixer stages generate an output information signal in response to high-side injection of lower sidebands of the developed sidebands when the lower frequency carrier frequency is selected, and generate the output information signal in response to low-side injection of higher sidebands of the developed sidebands when the higher frequency carrier frequency is selected. Multi-band operation of transmit and receive arrays can be performed.
US09960882B2	Link adaptation systems and methods The present application discloses systems and methods for adjusting a back-off value for a rank. In some embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) determining whether the rank is underutilized and (b) in response to determining that the rank is underutilized, decreasing the back-off value as a function of time while the rank remains underutilized.
US09960878B2	Scalable ultra dense hypergraph network for data centers A network capable of being used in a datacenter is described. The network can comprise a set of optical fiber rings, wherein each optical fiber ring carries data traffic on multiple wavelengths, and wherein each optical fiber ring is partitioned into multiple sectors. In some embodiments, each sector in the multiple sectors can comprise: (1) only one add-wavelength-selective-switch (add-WSS) communicatively coupled to only one optical fiber ring in the set of optical fiber rings, wherein the only one add-WSS is used for sending all data traffic that originates from the sector and is destined to other sectors; (2) an add-electro-optical-switch (add-EOS) communicatively coupled to the add-WSS; (3) a set of drop-wavelength-selective-switches (drop-WSSs) communicatively coupled to the set of optical fiber rings, wherein the set of drop-WSSs are used for receiving data traffic from other sectors; and (4) a drop-electro-optical-switch (drop-EOS) communicatively coupled to a drop-WSS in the set of drop-WSSs.
US09960877B2	Apparatus, system and method of beamforming Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a first wireless station may be configured to communicate a plurality of Sector Level Sweep (SLS) frames with a second wireless station over a first channel; and to communicate a plurality of Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frames with the second wireless station over a bonded channel comprising the first channel and at least a second channel.
US09960870B2	Method and device for data transfer in a computer network for identifying a synchronicity between a node of the computer network with an element of the computer network A method and a correspondingly designed device for data transfer in a computer network, the method including transmitting a first message addressed by a first node of the computer network to a second node of the computer network for requesting information regarding the synchronicity of the second node with an element of the computer network, receiving a second message addressed by the second node of the computer network to the first node of the computer network with information regarding the synchronicity of the second node with the element, and ascertaining a status of the synchronization of the second node with the element with the aid of the received information.
US09960869B2	Mobile station and radio base station In CA performed using three or more frequency bands, whether or not a mobile station UE is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap is properly determined. The mobile station UE according to the invention includes a transmission unit 11 configured to transmit “UE Capability” indicating a capability of the mobile station UE to a radio base station eNB. The transmission unit 11 is configured to notify frequency bands in which the mobile station UE is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap for each “CA band combination” as the “UE Capability”.
US09960863B2	Estimation apparatus and method for a nonlinear characteristic Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an estimation apparatus and method for a nonlinear characteristic, which may simply and quickly estimate the nonlinear characteristic of a system to be measured by calculating parameters of the nonlinear model of the system to be measured according to the fundamental power and harmonic power of output signals of the system to be measured on at least two frequency spots obtained through measurement, with the accuracy of the result of estimation being relatively high.
US09960862B2	Method and device for detecting standing-wave ratio Disclosed are a method and device for detecting a standing-wave ratio, which are used for realizing quick and accurate detection of the standing-wave ratio by only using a downlink service signal transmitted by a TD-LTE base station system, thereby preventing a special training sequence from causing additional interference to the base station system. The method comprises: capturing output power detection data (OPD) of a service signal transmitted by the base station system and reflection power detection data (RPD) of a device to be detected in a base station; within a first preset bandwidth range, respectively extracting feedback signals of the OPD and feedback signals of the RPD within a plurality of periods of time according to a preset data length; determining spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the OPD and spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the RPD respectively corresponding to each period of time, and determining the reflection coefficient of the base station system according to the spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the OPD and the spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the RPD respectively corresponding to each period of time; and determining the standing-wave ratio of the base station system within the first preset bandwidth range according to the reflection coefficient of the base station system.
US09960861B2	Antenna view blockage scanner A system for measuring blockage facilitates automated measuring using an installed antenna as a measuring device, providing more accurate and reliable results as compared to conventional methods of measuring blockage. The system eliminates the need for meticulous and tedious manual measurements as well as the time consuming search for structural drawings, necessary to perform conventional blockage measuring. The system features an efficient and accurate way of establishing the angular direction points in which an antenna view is obstructed by recording the obstruction reflections standing out of the clear sky noise floor. Embodiments are particularly useful when installing a satellite communications antenna on a ship having metal structures obstructing the antenna's view such as communication masts, funnels, and smokestacks.
US09960857B2	System and method for blind frequency recovery Described herein are systems and methods for accurately estimating and removing a carrier frequency offset. One exemplary embodiment relates to a system comprising a frequency offset detection circuit detecting a carrier frequency offset in an optical signal, and a frequency testing circuit calculating an estimated frequency offset value of the carrier frequency offset, wherein the frequency testing circuit removes a carrier phase based on the estimated frequency offset value and recovers the optical signal. Another exemplary embodiment relates to a method comprising detecting a carrier frequency offset in an optical signal, calculating an estimated frequency offset value of the carrier frequency offset, removing a carrier phase based on the estimated frequency offset value, and recovering the optical signal.
US09960854B2	Method and system for the monolithic integration of circuits for monitoring and control of RF signals A method of operating a BPSK modulator includes receiving an RF signal at the BPSK modulator and splitting the RF signal into a first portion and a second portion that is inverted with respect to the first portion. The method also includes receiving the first portion at a first arm of the BPSK modulator, receiving the second portion at a second arm of the BPSK modulator, applying a first tone to the first arm of the BPSK modulator, and applying a second tone to the second arm of the BPSK modulator. The method further includes measuring a power associated with an output of the BPSK modulator and adjusting a phase applied to at least one of the first arm of the BPSK modulator or the second arm of the BPSK modulator in response to the measured power.
US09960849B1	Channelization for dispersion limited waveguide communication channels Embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to a transmitter to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal to a receiver via a dielectric waveguide where the transmitter includes a plurality of mixers to generate modulated RF signals and a combiner to combine the modulated RF signals. Embodiments may also include a receiver to receive, from a dielectric waveguide, a RF signal where the receiver includes a splitter to split the RF signal into a plurality of signal paths, a plurality of filters, and a plurality of demodulators. Embodiments may also include a dielectric waveguide communication apparatus that may include the transmitter and the receiver. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09960846B2	Free-space optical communication system and method in scattering environments A free-space optical communication system is provided. The free-space optical communication system includes a transmitter configured to optically transmit data in a plurality of subcarrier signals over a free-space scattering medium. The free-space optical communication system includes a coherent receiver configured to receive the plurality of subcarrier signals and extract the transmitted data from the plurality of subcarrier signals after traversal over the free-space scattering medium.
US09960842B2	Network traffic-compatible time domain reflectometer A TDR for locating impairments in an HFC network is claimed. The network carries burst signals in an upstream band during burst intervals. The TDR comprises a transmitter, receiver, level detector, controller, accumulator, and probe detector. The transmitter transmits probe signals to the impairment, causing a reflection of the probe signals. Each probe signal is in the upstream band and has a bandwidth extending the width of the upstream band. The receiver receives the reflected probe signals during receiving intervals, and receives the burst signals during receiving intervals that overlap burst intervals. The level detector measures a level of the signals received during each receiving interval. The controller determines which of the receiving intervals are free of burst signals, based on the level measurement. The accumulator accumulates reflected probe signals received during intervals free of burst signals. The probe detector detects the impairment from the accumulated probe signals and estimates a time delay for the impairment. A distance to the impairment is estimated from the time delay.
US09960840B2	Intra-chassis protection systems and methods for passive optical network optical line terminals An optical line terminal is operable in a passive optical network. The optical line terminal includes a chassis. A plurality of optical subsystems are disposed within the chassis. Each optical subsystem is operable to generate optical signals for delivery to a port. Each optical subsystem includes one or more optical switches. When a fault condition is detected at a first optical subsystem preventing the delivery of first optical signals generated by the first optical subsystem to the port of the first optical subsystem, the optical switches switch to deliver second downstream optical signals generated by a second optical subsystem to the port of the first optical subsystem.
US09960837B1	Pseudo-geosynchronous configurations in satellite platforms Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for orbital satellite platform. In one example, an orbital satellite platform includes a plurality of satellite devices configured to establish a pseudo-geosynchronous window corresponding to an underlying zone of interest by at least transferring state information related to execution of a designated software payload from outgoing satellite devices leaving the pseudo-geosynchronous window for receipt by target satellite devices entering the pseudo-geosynchronous window. During orbital passage within the pseudo-geosynchronous window, the target satellite devices are configured to execute the designated software payload in accordance with the state information.
US09960835B2	Systems and methods for facilitating communications destined for a non-terrestrial network Embodiments are provided for processing voice communication requests intended for a destination electronic device connected to an on-board communications network. According to certain aspects, a server may receive a request for a routing number and provide the routing number to a service provider network. The server may also identify an identification of a destination electronic device included in a voice communication request, modify the voice communication request to indicate the identification of the destination electronic device, and transmit, to an on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device, a communication according to the voice communication request that was modified.
US09960834B2	Methods, devices and systems for increasing wireless communication range A device for supporting wireless communication is provided. The device includes a transceiver, an antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) front end system communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the antenna. The RF front end system may include: a RF sampling block coupled to the transceiver and configured to sample signals received from the transceiver and output voltage signals; a RF switching logic coupled to the RF sampling block to receive the voltage signals and configured to switch the front end RF system between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode; a RF transmission gain block coupled to the RF switching logic and configured to increase a transmission power of the signals received from the transceiver; and a RF receiving gain block coupled to the RF switching logic and configured to remove noise signals contained in radio frequency signals received from the antenna.
US09960831B2	Multiple input multiple output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with index modulation, MIMO-OFDM-IM, communications system A communication system for the next generation wireless communications technology standards. The communication system architecture is created by the combination of the index modulation technique and the multiple input multiple output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing which eliminates the need to utilize complex equalizers by parsing high speed data strings and transmitting them over multiple orthogonal subcarriers, and allows the bits to be transmitted via active subcarrier indices. The OFDM-IM and multiple input multiple output communication techniques are used in tandem. The communication system can be used in future generation mobile communication systems and standards (5G and beyond), Local Area Network system and standards, terrestrial digital TV system and standards, multi-carrier communication systems and broadband digital communication systems.
US09960828B2	Beam forming using an antenna arrangement There is provided beam forming using an antenna array. The antenna array is configured to transmit across an angular sector. The angular sector is divided into at least two sub-sectors by respective port weights being applied to respective physical antenna ports of the antenna array. A respective set of virtual antenna ports is determined for each sub-sector. A first set of reference signals for acquiring channel state information on the set of virtual antenna ports is alternatingly transmitted in each one of the at least two sub-sectors.
US09960827B2	Analog multiple beam feed systems and methods The present disclosure is directed towards an analog beamformer multiple beam feed (MBF). The analog beamformer MBF comprises a plurality of encoder elements to receive radiofrequency (RF) signals and generate coded analog signals. The RF signals may be coded using code division multiple access (CDMA) codes. The analog beamformer MBF further comprises a combiner to combine the coded analog signals received from the plurality of encoder elements and a divider to receive the combined coded analog signals and generate a plurality of coded analog outputs. The analog beamformer MBF further comprises a plurality of decoder elements to receive the plurality of coded analog outputs and generate decoded analog signals. In some embodiments, the RF signals may be decoded using CDMA codes. The analog beamformer MBF further comprises a plurality of beamformer elements configured to generate beam outputs corresponding to the decoded analog signals.
US09960824B2	High-efficiency (HE) sounding methods for MIMO and OFDMA A process and system provides a high efficiency (HE) sounding procedure that enables a beamformer to signal to each beamformee support for responses allowing other forms of feedback from the beamformee instead of explicit feedback. The HE sounding procedure utilizes additional fields in the frames of the HE sounding procedure to signal the use of the HE sounding procedure. The HE sounding procedure also supports legacy stations that provide standard explicit feedback.
US09960823B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling beam in mobile communication system of ultrahigh frequency wave band A method and apparatus for scheduling a beam in a mobile communication system are provided. A terminal receives signals through a plurality of switching beam directions, and receives a plurality of beams that are transmitted while performing beam switching in a transmission time interval (TTI) unit by a base station. The terminal selects a signal having largest intensity among received signals, and transmits an uplink scheduling request signal in a beam direction corresponding to the selected signal.
US09960816B2	Power receiving device, and information processing method A power receiving device that receives power from a power supply device, according to a predetermined wireless power supply scheme for transmitting a control signal through wireless communication, includes a communication circuitry for a terminal, configured to perform communication with a terminal including a power supply to which power received by the power receiving device is supplied, a reception circuitry configured to receive a predetermined control signal from the power supply device, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to perform power control and a setting of an operation mode of the terminal, based on the predetermined control signal, through the communication circuitry for a terminal.
US09960814B2	Contactless information communication terminal unit, card-type device, portable telephone, and wearable device Provided is a highly convenient and downsizable terminal device, which realizes, even when more than two contactless information communication units, each utilizing a different frequency band, are mounted on a single IC tag, good communication in each of the different frequency bands. The terminal device has two contactless information communication parts (circuit units, such as an inlay, inlet, chip or the like), which utilizes different frequency bands (for example, the HF band and the UHF band, which is higher than the HF band) performs transmission and reception of signals with two antennae being electric-field-coupled to each other.
US09960812B2	Advanced routing mechanisms for secure elements Various aspects are described herein in connection with a method and/or apparatus of near-field communication (NFC). For example, various methods and apparatuses include a NFC controller receiving a current message from a NFC reader. Methods and apparatuses include the NFC controller determining that the current message received from the NFC reader is not associated with a known secure element identification, identifying a secure element corresponding to a last response message sent to the NFC reader, and sending the current message to the identified secure element that originated the last response message sent to the NFC reader. Methods and apparatuses also include the NFC controller receiving a request message from the NFC reader prior to the receiving of the current message, receiving the last response message from one of a plurality of secure elements, and saving an identification of the one of the secure elements that sent the last response message.
US09960811B1	DC bias signals isolatable from transmission protocols An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a direct current (DC) bias source coupled to a transmitter connector of a transmitter. The DC bias source is to apply, onto the transmission line, a DC bias signal isolatable from the transmission protocol by the receiver based on the receiver separating the DC bias signal from the transmission protocol without compromising the transmission protocol.
US09960810B1	Transmission of ethernet signals and power over coaxial cable System, apparatus and method for transmission of 10/100Base-T Ethernet signals and electrical power over a coaxial cable are disclosed. The system includes a first media converter and a second media converter which are connected by the coaxial cable. The first media converter is connectable to a power sourcing equipment (PSE) and the second media converter is connectable to a powered device (PD). The two media converters are configured to enable transmission of 10/100Base-T Ethernet signals between the first network device and the second network device over the coaxial cable, and the two media converters are further configured to provide a passive DC circuit path between the PSE and PD for the PSE to deliver electrical power to the PD over the coaxial cable. According to one embodiment of the invention, the two media converters are swappable and are passive devices.
US09960806B2	Signal representing data, method and device for generating such signal and method and device for determining the represented data from such signal A method and a device are described for generating a signal representing data. The method for generating a signal has a step of modulating a portion (1P, 2P) of the data using phase shift keying and spreading the modulated portion over the at least one frequency base band using at least one highly auto-correlated spread code sequence (1C, 2C) associated with the frequency base band. The method for further has a step of delaying, according to a delay determined using a remainder (1R, 2R) of the data (ID), the at least one spread code sequence (1C, 2C) by a time delay wherein the modulated portion (1MP, 2MP) is spread according the delayed spread code sequence (1DC, 2DC).
US09960805B2	Digital suppression of transmitter intermodulation in receiver Systems and methods for suppressing transmitter noise in a receive band of a co-located receiver that are suitable for wideband applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transmitter is configured to upconvert and amplify a digital transmit signal to provide an analog radio frequency transmit signal at an output of the transmitter that includes a desired signal in a transmit band of the transmitter and transmitter noise in a receive band of a main receiver. The main receiver is configured to amplify, downconvert, and digitize an analog radio frequency receive signal to provide a digital receive signal. The digital feedforward transmit noise cancellation subsystem is configured to process the digital transmit signal to generate a digital transmitter noise cancellation signal that is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band and is subtracted from the digital receive signal to thereby provide a compensated digital receive signal.
US09960804B2	Method and system for mitigating the effects of a transmitted blocker and distortions therefrom in a radio receiver Noise caused by and leaking from a transmit signal into a radio-frequency (RF) receive path signal is reduced by forwarding the transmit signal to a first filter or a digital processor and DAC, scaling the transmit signal and approximating the noise, subtracting first and second corrective signals from the RF receive path signal, down-converting a resulting corrected RF receive path signal, filtering the down-converted corrected signal in a second filter, up-converting the filtered corrected signal to create the first corrective signal, and up-converting the filter or DAC output signal to create the second corrective signal. The transmit signal may come from an output of an RF power amplifier, and may be down-converted prior to filtering in the first filter or processing in the digital processor. The second filter may be a series filter or a shunt filter. A radio includes the circuits to perform the above method.
US09960803B2	MIMO antenna leakage canceller system A system includes a first duplexer that receives samples of a signal transmitted from a first transmit portion of a communication device and outputs a filtered signal based on sampled transmitted signal. A first modulator adjusts the filtered signal based on at least one of a phase, amplitude, and delay of leakage associated with the transmitted signal. The leakage corresponds to leakage from the first transmit portion of the communication device to a first receive portion of the communication device. The first modulator provides a leakage cancellation signal based on the adjusted filtered signal. A first coupler subtracts the leakage cancellation signal from a signal received by the first receive portion of the communication device.
US09960797B2	Cancelling intermodulation interference Cancelling of intermodulation interference is described. A digital signal sample (x) is received and a power of the received digital signal sample is obtained (243). Based on the obtained power, at least one model value is obtained from a model (244) that models model values of a non-linearity in amplitude and phase of a received signal that passes through passive and active components in the receiver. The model values correspond to a plurality of powers of the received signal. Intermodulation interference is then cancelled by multiplying (245) the received digital signal sample with the obtained at least one model value, thereby obtaining an output digital signal sample (y) from which intermodulation interference, inflicted by the receiver, is cancelled.
US09960793B2	Power detection of individual carrier of aggregated carrier Aspects of this disclosure relate to detecting power associated with an individual carrier of a carrier aggregated signal. In an embodiment, a carrier aggregation system includes radio frequency (RF) sources, a transmission output, and a directional coupler. The RF sources, such as power amplifiers, can each be associated with a separate carrier. The transmission output can provide a carrier aggregated signal that includes an aggregation of the separate carriers associated with the RF sources. The directional coupler can provide an indication of RF power of one of the separate carriers.
US09960792B2	Extremely high frequency communication chip An electromagnetic Extremely High Frequency (EHF) communication chip includes one or more local oscillator circuits, a transducer circuit and at least one of a modulator or a demodulator coupled to the transducer circuit. Each of the local oscillator circuits may have a local oscillator and configured collectively to generate first and second carrier signals having respective first and second EHF frequencies. The first EHF frequency may be different than the second EHF frequency. The transducer circuit may have a first transducer for transmitting and receiving EHF communication signals. The modulator may be coupled to the local oscillator circuits for modulating the first carrier signal or the second carrier signal with a first transmit base data signal. The demodulator may be for demodulating the first carrier signal or the second carrier signal to produce a first receive base data signal.
US09960791B2	RF integrated circuit with tunable component and memory An RFIC with memory is described where the memory can be used to house a look-up table for tuning components designed into the RFIC, providing a customized tuning circuit for antenna and transceiver front-end tuning applications. The look-up table can be loaded at wafer level during the manufacturing process to customize an RFIC design for a specific antenna system. The memory can be used to restrict or tailor the tuning range of tunable capacitors and switches within the RFIC to optimize performance in the end application. The resident memory will improve signaling latency when tuning for time critical applications such as channel tuning in a cellular communication system.
US09960787B2	Wireless transport framework with uncoded transport tunneling Wireless transport of multiple service versions of a transport framework. First and second information may be processed for transmission, respectively, according to first and second service versions of a transport framework. The first and second information may be encoded using a first type of error correction coding; after processing, the processed first information may include error correction coding according to the first type of error correction coding, while the processed second information may remain uncoded according to the first type of error correction coding. Control information may be generated indicating that the second information remains uncoded according to the first type of error correction coding, which may signal to receivers that the second information is processed according to the second service version of the transport framework. Packets including the processed first information, the processed second information, and the control information may be generated and transmitted in a wireless manner.
US09960784B1	Analog to digital converters A sinusoidal-amplitude-to-digital-output circuit includes a comparator with an input terminal, a reference terminal and an output terminal. A digital bus is connected to the output terminal. A reference voltage source is connected to the reference terminal. A feedback resistor is connected in parallel with the comparator between the output terminal and the input terminal to provide hysteresis for noise rejection such that circuit converts voltage received at the input terminal into a digital pulse-width modulated waveform that varies non-linearly with amplitude of the voltage received at the input terminal.
US09960782B2	Precharge switch-capacitor circuit and method An input sampling stage circuit includes, a precharge buffer, a precharge switch-capacitor circuit, and an input sampling capacitor. The precharge buffer is configured to buffer an input voltage. The precharge switch-capacitor circuit includes a plurality of switches, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor configured such that the first and second capacitors are connected in series during a coarse sampling time and in parallel during a fine sampling time and charge transfer time. The input sampling capacitor is configured to sample the input voltage through the precharge switch-capacitor circuit during the coarse sampling time and sample the input voltage directly during the fine sampling time.
US09960777B2	Diagnostic monitoring for analog-to-digital converters The present disclosure describes a channel selector for use in an analog-to-digital converter that has a sampling circuit for converting an analog input to a digital output within a fault tolerance range. The channel selector includes a reception channel, a diagnostic channel, and an impedance compensator. The reception channel receives an analog signal for delivery to the sampling circuit when it is selected for coupling with the sampling circuit. The diagnostic channel receives a diagnostic signal for verifying the digital output of the sampling circuit when it is selected for coupling with the sampling circuit. The impedance compensator is configured to offset a high channel impedance of the reception channel based on the fault tolerance range of the sampling circuit and when the diagnostic channel is selected.
US09960775B2	Processing apparatus and processing system A processing apparatus includes an FPGA unit connected to an oscillator configured to output a first clock, wherein the FPGA unit includes: a PLL circuit configured to output a second clock with a frequency of a predetermined ratio with respect to a frequency of the first clock and configured to output a lock signal (detection signal); an input and output monitoring unit configured to detect a ratio between the frequencies of the first clock and the second clock, compare the detected ratio with the predetermined ratio, and output an abnormal signal when the detected ratio does not coincide with the predetermined ratio; and an initialization unit configured to output a reset signal when the input and output monitoring unit outputs the abnormal signal and configured to output the reset signal when the PLL circuit outputs the lock signal.
US09960774B2	Spread spectrum clocking phase error cancellation for analog CDR/PLL A system and method for correcting for phase errors, in a phase locked loop, resulting from spread spectrum clocking involving a reference clock signal having a frequency modulation. A correction generation circuit generates an offset signal, that when injected after the charge pump of the phase locked loop, causes the voltage controlled oscillator to produce a signal with substantially the same frequency modulation, thereby reducing the phase error. The correction generation circuit may include a timing estimation circuit for estimating the times at which transitions (between positive-sloping and negative-sloping portions of the triangle wave) occur, and an amplitude estimation circuit for estimating the amplitude of the offset signal that results in a reduction in the phase error.
US09960773B2	Integrated circuit device with programmable analog subsystem An integrated circuit (IC) device can include a plurality of analog blocks, including at least one fixed function analog circuit, a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuit blocks, at least one analog routing block reconfigurable to provide signal paths between any of the analog blocks; and a digital section comprising digital circuits; wherein each analog block includes dedicated of signal lines coupled to the at least one analog routing block.
US09960770B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device regarding the detection of degradation A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include a target PMOS transistor, a target NMOS transistor, a first stress-applying circuit, a second stress-applying circuit, a third stress-applying circuit and a fourth stress-applying circuit. An inverter may include the target PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor. The first stress-applying circuit may be configured to apply a first DC level to a gate of the target PMOS transistor. The second stress-applying circuit may be configured to apply a second DC level to a gate of the target NMOS transistor. The third stress-applying circuit may be configured to apply an AC voltage shape to the gate of the target NMOS transistor. The fourth stress-applying circuit may be configured to apply the AC voltage to a drain of the target NMOS transistor.
US09960768B2	Integrated circuit and semiconductor device including the same An integrated circuit (IC) includes at least one unit cell. The at least one unit cell includes a first bit circuit configured to process a first bit signal, a second bit circuit configured to process a second bit signal, a first well spaced apart from boundaries of the at least one unit cell and biased to a first voltage, and a second well biased to a second voltage that is different from the first voltage. Each of the first and second bit circuits includes at least one transistor from among a plurality of transistors disposed in the first well.
US09960767B2	Proximity detector According to one aspect, the invention relates to a proximity detector (10) of a motor vehicle device (Eq), the proximity detector (10) comprising:—a detection antenna (1) generating a detection signal when a user (U) is in the proximity of said device (Eq);—a printed circuit (2) processing the detection signal in order to command an action of said device (Eq);—and a conducting rod (3) for electrical connection of the detection antenna (1) to the printed circuit (2).
US09960766B2	Insulated gate bipolar transistor driving circuit The present disclosure provides an IGBT driving circuit, including an optocoupler chip and a power amplification circuit. The optocoupler chip includes an isolation amplification unit and a fault protection unit, and the fault protection unit includes a desaturation module and a fault feedback module. The desaturation module is configured to transmit a warning signal to the fault feedback module when detecting that a potential of a collector of the IGBT is overhigh or the potential of the collector of the IGBT changes overfast. The fault feedback module is configured to transmit a fault control signal to the external controller after receiving the warning signal so as to control the external driving signal outputted by the external controller and enable the isolation amplification unit to output an IGBT driving signal for controlling a shutdown of the IGBT.
US09960763B2	High voltage nanosecond pulser A nanosecond pulser may include a plurality of switch modules, a transformer, and an output. Each of the plurality of switch modules may include one or more solid state switches. The transformer may include a core, at least one primary winding wound around at least a portion of the core, each of the plurality of switch modules may be coupled with the primary windings, and a plurality of secondary windings wound at least partially around a portion of the core. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 1 kilovolt and having a pulse width of less than about 1000 nanoseconds. The output may output electrical pulses having a peak voltage greater than about 5 kilovolts, a peak power greater than about 100 kilowatts, a pulse width between 10 nanoseconds and 1000 nanoseconds, a rise time less than about 50 nanoseconds, or some combination thereof.
US09960762B2	Startup circuit Disclosed is a startup circuit comprises a current path comprising a circuit including a P-channel MOS transistor, a P-channel MOS transistor, and an N-channel MOS transistor connected in series. After a constant current circuit is started, the N-channel MOS transistor is turned on, an operating current is fed through the current path, and an N-channel MOS transistor is turned off to cut off a startup current. After the startup current is cut off, the gate voltage of the P-channel MOS transistor is controlled by the voltage (bias voltage during operation of the constant current circuit) of a node, a drain-source voltage of the P-channel MOS transistor is reduced, and the operating current flowing through the current path is limited.
US09960760B2	Multi-level output cascode power stage A power stage to generate an output voltage at one of a high reference voltage, an intermediate reference voltage and a low reference voltage, including a first switch stage connecting the output terminal to the high reference voltage, comprising a pair of transistors connected in series along their source-to-drain paths, a first transistor coupled to the output terminal and having its gate biased at the intermediate voltage, a second transistor having a gate that receives a first stage control signal that varies between the high reference voltage and the intermediate reference voltage, a second switch stage connecting the output terminal to the intermediate reference voltage, having a gate that receives a second stage control signal that varies among the high reference voltage, intermediate reference voltage and low reference voltage, a third switch stage connecting the output terminal to the low reference voltage, having a pair of transistors connected in series along their source-to-drain paths, a first transistor coupled to the output terminal and having its gate biased at the intermediate voltage, a second transistor having a gate that receives a third stage control signal that varies between the intermediate reference voltage and the low reference voltage.
US09960759B2	N-bit compare logic with single ended inputs Disclosed systems and methods relate to comparison of a first number and a second number. A comparator receives first and second single-ended inputs (i.e., not represented in differential format), which may be n-bits wide, wherein the first input is an inverted version of the first number and the second input is a true version of the second number. A partial match circuit is implemented to generate a partial match output based only on the first single-ended input and the second single-ended input. A partial mismatch circuit is implemented to generate a partial mismatch output based only on the first single-ended input and the second single-ended input. A comparison output circuit is implemented to generate a comparison output of the first and second numbers based on the partial match output and the partial mismatch output.
US09960758B2	Interpolation apparatus for encoder, controlling method of interpolation apparatus for encoder, non-transitory storage medium storing controlling program of interpolation apparatus for encoder and encoder An AD converter acquires first and second input values. A first multiplication unit multiplies a first tangent value, which is based on a first boundary angle based on a phase range of a reference value, by the reference value to calculate a first threshold value. A second multiplication unit multiplies a second tangent value, which is based on a second boundary angle based on the phase range, by the reference value to calculate a second threshold. A comparison unit determines whether the comparison value is within a particular phase range specified by the first and the second thresholds. The comparison unit determines magnitude of the comparison value when the comparison value is not within the particular phase range. A phase estimation unit updates the particular phase range to a phase range adjacent to a direction corresponding to the result of determination.
US09960757B2	Semiconductor apparatus and radio communication apparatus A semiconductor apparatus includes a common mode detector circuit that receives differential alternating current (AC) signal; and a detector circuit.
US09960753B2	Apparatus and method for low power fully-interruptible latches and master-slave flip-flops Described is a latch which comprises: a first AND-OR-invert (AOI) logic gate; and a second AOI logic gate coupled to the first AOI logic gate, wherein the first and second AOI logic gates have respective first and second keeper devices coupled to a power supply node. Described is a flip-flop which comprises: a first latch including: a first AOI logic gate; and a second AOI logic gate coupled to the first AOI logic gate, wherein the first and second AOI logic gates have respective first and second keeper devices coupled to a power supply, the first latch having an output node; and a second latch having an input node coupled to the output node of the first latch, the second latch having an output node to provide an output of the flip-flop.
US09960746B2	LC composite component Provided is an LC composite component having a multi-layer substrate, a pattern coil, and a chip capacitive element. The multi-layer substrate is configured such that insulating layers are stacked. The pattern coil forms a coiled shape of which the coil axis extends along a stacking direction of the multi-layer substrate, and includes a coil conductor disposed between the insulating layers. The chip capacitive element includes a ceramic body having a relative permittivity higher than that of the insulating layers and counter electrodes. The chip capacitive element is at least partially disposed within the pattern coil.
US09960745B2	Noise filter and wire harness A noise filter includes: a capacitor-side accommodating body including capacitors, a grounding conductor connected to one electric connector, and conductors connected to the other electric connector; an inductor-side accommodating body including inductors and conductors connected to the inductors; an accommodating body connecting structure that connects the capacitor-side accommodating body to the inductor-side accommodating body by engaging a holding groove with a protrusion; a terminal connecting structure that electrically connects the capacitors to the inductors, and connects the capacitor-side accommodating body to the inductor-side accommodating body by connecting one terminal connector of a connection terminal fitting to a terminal connector of a capacitor-side conductor, and connecting the other terminal connector of the connection terminal fitting to a terminal connector of an inductor-side conductor.
US09960744B1	Split-band compression circuit, audio signal processing method and audio signal processing system A split-band compression circuit includes first stage filters, split-band limiters, and second stage filters. The first stage filters are configured to receive and filter an input signal to output first split-band signals. The split-band limiters are coupled to the first stage filters respectively, and configured to perform compression on the first split-band signals to output second split-band signals. The second stage filters are coupled to the split-band limiters respectively, and configured to filter corresponding second split-band signals to output output signals. The first stage filter and the second stage filter corresponding to the same split-band limiter have different cut-off frequencies respectively.
US09960743B2	Calculating and adjusting the perceived loudness and/or the perceived spectral balance of an audio signal The invention relates to the measurement and control of the perceived sound loudness and/or the perceived spectral balance of an audio signal. An audio signal is modified in response to calculations performed at least in part in the perceptual (psychoacoustic) loudness domain. The invention is useful, for example, in one or more of: loudness-compensating volume control, automatic gain control, dynamic range control (including, for example, limiters, compressors, expanders, etc.), dynamic equalization, and compensating for background noise interference in an audio playback environment. The invention includes not only methods but also corresponding computer programs and apparatus.
US09960742B2	System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal Systems and methods for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal are described. Embodiments use both a perceptual leveling algorithm and a standards-based loudness measure together to minimize audio process artifacts and ensure that the measured loudness of the processed audio is close to a required measure, according to a particular standard measurement of loudness. These systems and methods can be used either offline or in real-time.
US09960741B2	High frequency common mode rejection technique for large dynamic common mode signals A system is disclosed which allows for canceling high frequency rail to rail common mode swing at pulse-width modulation (PWM) frequency for a Class-D, H and G audio amplifier or a Linear Resonance Actuator (LRA) driver. This allows wide bandwidth current sensing without the need of external components, or large on-chip resistor-capacitor (RC) networks, facilitating integration of the sense resistor. In addition, the sense amplifier DC input common mode and audio band common mode swing is reduced, allowing a sense resistor high frequency common mode swing of a least twice the MOSFET gate break down voltages.
US09960740B2	Bias circuitry for depletion mode amplifiers A circuit having an amplifier, comprising: a depletion mode transistor having a source electrode coupled to a reference potential; a drain electrode coupled to a potential more positive than the reference potential; and a gate electrode for coupling to an input signal. The circuit includes a bias circuit, comprising: a current source; and biasing circuitry coupled to the current source and between the potential more positive than the reference potential and a potential more negative than the reference potential. A control circuit is connected to the current source for controlling the amount of current produced by the current source to the biasing circuitry.
US09960737B1	Stacked PA power control Systems, methods and apparatus for efficient power control of an RF amplifier for amplification of a constant envelope RF signal are described. A reduction in a size of a pass device of an LDO regulator is obtained by removing the pass device of the LDO regulator from a main current conduction path of the RF amplifier. Power control is provided by varying one or more gate voltages to cascoded transistors of a transistor stack of the RF amplifier according to a power control voltage. Various configurations for controlling the gate voltages are presented by way of a smaller size LDO regulator or by completely removing the LDO regulator. In a case where a supply voltage to the transistor stack varies, such as in a case of a battery, a compensation circuit is used to adjust the power control voltage in view of a variation of the supply voltage, and therefore null a corresponding drift in output power of the RF amplifier.
US09960721B2	Motor control device provided with power failure management A power failure detection unit in an AC-DC converter device detects power failure of a 3-phase AC power supply at the time of driving a motor, and generates a power failure detection signal in accordance with detection of power failure. A transmitter unit in the AC-DC converter device transmits the power failure detection signal using a cable, radio, or an optical fiber. A receiver unit in a DC-AC converter device receives the power failure detection signal transmitted from the transmitter unit.
US09960720B2	System and method for controlling a multiphase electric motor while taking current oscillations into account A system and method for controlling a multiphase electric motor fitted to a motor vehicle. The motor includes a rotor powered by a voltage chopper or a rotor with permanent magnets and a stator powered by a multiphase voltage inverter. The multiphase voltage inverter is powered via a high-voltage DC bus. The control system receives as an input a torque setpoint of an electric-vehicle computer. The system also includes a system for the dynamic control of the torque setpoint to determine a dynamic correction of torque ripple and a device for determining setpoints for powering the electric motor as a function of the torque setpoint and of the dynamic correction of torque ripple.
US09960715B1	Light activated piezoelectric converter Provided is a light activated piezoelectric converter comprising a cantilever vane coupled to a foundation. The vane comprises a first surface and a second surface. The first and second surfaces are generally co-planer and adjacent to a common boundary and have differing emissivities. A piezoelectric material is additionally coupled to the vane, arranged such that a deflection of the free end of the vane generates stress acting on the piezoelectric material. When the piezoelectric converter is illuminated with a radiant flux, the differing emissivities of the first and second surfaces produce a temperature gradient across the vane and a thermal creep force across the planar surface generates a deflection of the vane, and a subsequent voltage induced by the stress on the piezoelectric material generates a voltage between a first electrode and second electrode in electrical contact with the piezoelectric material.
US09960713B2	Impact producing actuator and touch panel An impact producing actuator can vary energy to be applied to a shape memory alloy, depending on, for example, an ambient temperature. The impact producing actuator has a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal based on a single pulse signal generated in response to an input operation and outputs the drive signal, a switching element whose switching operation is controlled by the drive signal, and a shape memory alloy through which electric current passes for a period of time during which the switching element is turned on or off. The impact producing actuator is configured such that the period of time during which the switching element is turned on or off varies depending on the ambient temperature.
US09960712B2	Converter topologies and control An inverter includes a transformer that includes a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding, a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the first winding of the transformer, a cycloconverter electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer, an active filter electrically coupled to the third winding of the transformer. The DC-AC inverter is adapted to convert the input DC waveform to an AC waveform delivered to the transformer at the first winding. The cycloconverter is adapted to convert an AC waveform received at the second winding of the transformer to the output AC waveform having a grid frequency of the AC grid. The active filter is adapted to sink and source power with one or more energy storage devices based on a mismatch in power between the DC source and the AC grid.
US09960705B1	Rectifier device with stand-by detection capability A rectifier device is described herein. In accordance with one example, the rectifier includes a first MOS transistor, which has a load current path and a diode connected parallel to the load current path, wherein an alternating input voltage is operably applied across the load current path and the diode. The rectifier device further includes a control circuit that is configured to switch on the first MOS transistor for an on-time period, during which the diode is forward biased. A stand-by detection circuit includes a cycle detection circuit configured to detect cycles of the alternating input voltage and a timer that is coupled to the cycle detection circuit. The timer is configured to be reset by the cycle detection circuit upon detection of a cycle of the alternating input voltage, and to disconnect a supply line of the control circuit unless reset before a maximum time span has elapsed.
US09960703B2	DC power-supply device and refrigeration-cycle application device including the same To provide a DC power-supply device that can suppress voltage unbalance of a plurality of capacitors serially connected between both terminals of a load, achieve stable drive of the load and long life of the capacitors, and contribute to high reliability, in a configuration in which an alternating current is converted into a direct current and is supplied to a load, and a refrigeration-cycle application device including the DC power-supply device. The DC power-supply device includes a rectifier circuit, a reactor connected to an input or an output side of the rectifier circuit, a first capacitor and a second capacitor serially connected between output terminals to a load, a charging unit that selectively charges one or both of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and further includes a control unit that controls the charging unit so that voltage unbalance between the first capacitor and the second capacitor is suppressed.
US09960701B2	Boost converter There is provided a boost converter. The boost converter comprises a reactor electrically connected with a power source; a semiconductor module configured to include a plate-like member and a terminal protruded from the plate-like member; a holder portion provided as a frame-like member, arranged to be adjacent to the reactor along either a longitudinal direction of a vehicle or a vehicle width direction, and configured to hold a plurality of the semiconductor modules inside of a frame of the holder portion such that the plurality of semiconductor modules are stacked and pressurized; and a first bus bar arranged to electrically connect the reactor with the terminal and provided with a current sensor that is configured to detect an electric current flowing from the reactor to the semiconductor modules. At least part of the current sensor is provided in the first bus bar such as to be placed inside of a range that is defined by respective ends of the holder portion in an array direction in which the reactor and the holder portion are arranged to be adjacent to each other. This configuration prevents increase of the dimension of the boost converter either in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle or in the vehicle width direction.
US09960699B2	Power supply system with plural parallel modules and loop current limiting A power converting device includes a first and a second power module electrically coupled in parallel, a loop current limiting circuit and a driving circuit. A first and a second terminal of the loop current limiting circuit are coupled to the first and the second power module respectively. A third and a fourth terminal of the loop current limiting circuit are coupled to each other. The loop current limiting circuit includes a coupled differential-mode inductor, a first inductive unit and a second inductive unit. A first winding and a second winding of the coupled differential-mode inductor are coupled to the first and the second power modules respectively. The first and the second inductive units are coupled to the first and the second power modules respectively. The driving circuit is configured to output a driving signal to the first and the second power module according to a current detecting signal.
US09960695B2	Power supply apparatus and error detecting method for power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus includes a trans circuit configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage by adjusting switching of the input voltage; an output voltage detector configured to detect the output voltage; a compensator configured to generate a control value controlling a duty ratio of the switching such that a value of the detected output voltage coincides with a target value for the output voltage; an input voltage detector configured to detect the input voltage; an estimator configured to estimate an allowed range of the control value in accordance with the target value and a value of the detected input voltage; and an adjuster configured to adjust the control value so as to stop the switching when the control value falls outside the allowed range.
US09960691B2	Control circuit, control method and flyback converter of primary-side feedback control thereof The disclosure relates to a control circuit, a control method and a flyback converter of primary-side feedback control including the control circuit. On the basis of the current sampling signal feedback, the flyback converter of primary-side feedback control is controlled to operate in a constant on time mode when the input voltage is large, and is controlled to operate in a peak current mode when the input voltage is close to a valley. Thus, the peak value of the primary-side current may not become too small because of a decreased input voltage, further avoiding occurrence of an error sampling after a blanking time due to excessive variations in demagnetization time.
US09960690B2	Semiconductor device for controlling power supply A semiconductor device, for controlling a power supply which generates and outputs a driving pulse, includes: a clock generating circuit with an oscillating circuit in which a frequency can be changed and which generates a clock signal; a voltage/electric current control circuit which provides timing to turn off a switching element; a setting terminal to provide setting information from outside; a switch between a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal; and an internal power supply voltage control circuit which controls the switch. When voltage of the setting terminal is lower than a first voltage value, the device advances to a first stop mode in which output of a driving pulse is stopped. When voltage of the setting terminal is higher than the first voltage value, the device advances to a second stop mode in which the output of the driving pulse is stopped.
US09960688B2	DC power supply with multi-cell converter A direct current (DC) power supply, including a plurality of first printed circuit boards (PCBs) disposed on a primary side of the DC power supply, a plurality of alternating current (AC)/DC converter circuits having different potentials, each formed on a different one of the plurality of first PCBs, a second PCB disposed on a secondary side of the DC power supply, and a plurality of DC/DC converter circuits having an equal potential disposed on the second PCB. The AC/DC converter circuits are electrically connected in series and connected to an AC input of the DC power supply. The DC/DC converter circuits are electrically connected in parallel and connected to a DC output of the DC power supply.
US09960686B2	System and method for detecting a loss of AC power in a switched-mode power supply In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a power supply includes detecting a loss of at least one of an AC input voltage an AC input power at an input of the power supply, and increasing a switching frequency of the power supply upon detection of the loss of the AC input voltage or AC input power.
US09960683B2	Electronic circuit device An electronic circuit device includes a board and a transformer that is provided at the board and that has a primary winding member and a secondary winding member. The primary winding member is configured with a primary winding that is provided at the board and a primary side element that is electrically connected to the primary winding member. The secondary winding member is configured with a secondary winding that is provided at the board and a secondary side element that is electrically connected to the secondary winding member.
US09960682B2	Single inductor positive and negative voltage output device A single inductor positive and negative voltage output device, which not only reduces a chip area, but also meets mutual independent application needs of positive and negative voltage output load currents, which includes an inductor L, one end of the inductor L is connected to the drain of a first PMOS power switch M1 and to the drain of a third NMOS power switch M3 respectively, the other end of the inductor L is connected to the drain of a second NMOS power switch M2 and to the source of a fourth PMOS power switch M4 respectively, the gates of M1, M2, M3 and M4 are respectively connected to a drive circuit (1), the source of M1 is connected to a power supply terminal VIN, the source of M2 is connected to a ground terminal (6), the source of M3 is connected to a negative voltage output end VON, the drain of M4 is connected to a positive voltage output end VOP, the negative voltage output end VON is connected to ground terminal by a negative terminal capacitor CON, the positive voltage output end VOP is connected to ground terminal by a positive terminal capacitor COP, the positive voltage output end VOP by a positive terminal feedback circuit and the negative voltage output end VON by a negative terminal feedback are respectively connected to the drive circuit (1) by a logic control circuit (15).
US09960680B1	Control apparatus, switching power supply and control method for maintaining power conversion efficiency Disclosed herein are an apparatus for controlling a switch-mode power supply, and a method of operating the same. In an embodiment, it is determined whether or not a current of an inductor of the switching power supply has become less than or equal to a predetermined value. In an embodiment, a variable reference voltage is adjusted based on the current of the inductor and an output voltage. In an embodiment, a switch is turned off based on the inductor current, the output voltage, and the variable reference voltage.
US09960679B2	Controlling a pair of switches Devices and methods are provided where a feedback is provided from a control terminal of a first switch, and a second switch is controlled based on the feedback.
US09960673B2	Control circuit and switching power supply A control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to control a switching element of a switching power supply. The control circuit includes a comparator having a first input terminal configured to receive an output voltage of the switching power supply. The comparator has a second input terminal that is connectable to a positive terminal of a reference voltage source. The comparator has an output. The output brings the reference voltage to a first voltage while the output signal takes a first voltage level. The output brings the reference voltage to a second voltage while the output signal takes a second voltage level. The constant voltage source has a positive terminal connected to a negative terminal of the reference voltage source and a ground of the comparator.
US09960672B2	High voltage generator A high voltage generator includes a voltage converting device that increases a level of an input voltage and outputs an output voltage having a level higher than the level of the input voltage. The high voltage generator further includes a precharge controller that gradually increases the level of the input voltage up to a level of an external voltage based on a reference voltage and the output voltage.
US09960660B2	Brushless DC motor with reduced emissions A brushless DC motor includes a stator formed of a lamstack including a plurality of stacked laminations. The stator includes a plurality of radially extending core members and a circumferential wall. An intersection of each of the plurality of radially extending core members with the circumferential wall defines a flux null location, and a portion of the lamstack defines a first opening located at one of the flux null locations. The brushless DC motor includes a printed circuit board including a second opening and a grounding member including a first section received in the first opening of the stator and a second section received in the second opening of the printed circuit board to create a grounding path.
US09960658B2	Closure apparatus for a housing for damping interference signals of a commutated electric motor A mechanically commutated electric motor is at least partially arranged in a closure apparatus for a housing. The closure apparatus includes at least a first rod-like throttle coil and a second rod-like throttle coil which are wound in opposite directions with coil wire and which are arranged parallel to one another. The first throttle coil is electrically directly coupled to a first coupling element provided for electrical coupling to the mechanically commutated electric motor, and the second throttle coil is electrically directly coupled to a second coupling element provided for electrical coupling to the mechanically commutated electric motor, such that, when the mechanically commutated electric motor is connected to the coupling elements and the mechanically commutated electric motor is operated, the magnetic fluxes (Phi1, Phi2) in the first throttle coil and second throttle coil at least partially compensate one another.
US09960657B2	Rotary electrical machine for motor vehicle A rotating electrical machine, in particular to an alternator (A) or to an alternator-starter, for a motor vehicle, comprising: a rotor (2) supporting a front fan (23) at the front and a rear fan (24) at the rear, the rotor being rotatable about an axis of rotation, a stator (4) comprising a stator body and at least one winding placed on the stator body, the winding forming front and rear chignons on either side of the stator body, and a casing (1) in which the stator and the rotor are placed.
US09960654B2	Dual air and liquid cooling media compatible electric machine electronics An electronic package adapted for connection to a rear frame member of an electric machine of liquid and/or air-cooled type. The electronic package includes a cooling tower having opposite first and second axial ends spaced along a package central axis. The cooling tower includes a metallic wall extending about the package central axis to define a radially outer wall surface. The cooling tower is at ground potential and defines a heat sink. The electronic package also includes a plurality of power modules mounted in conductive thermal communication to the cooling tower at positions on the radially outer wall surface. Heat transference to the cooling tower from each power module occurs along a respective primary cooling path. Transference along the primary cooling paths of heat from the cooling tower includes thermal convection to air and/or liquid. An electric machine of liquid and/or air-cooled type including an electronic package is also disclosed.
US09960653B2	Driving device having sealing member with first and second annular protrusions The present disclosure provides a driving device including a stator, a rotor, a housing, a controller, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a base and protrusions. The protrusion includes a cylindrical portion, a cover portion, a first annular protrusion, and a second annular protrusion. The first and second annular protrusions outwardly protrude from the cylindrical portion. The first annular protrusion is fit in a fit region of the lead hole in a compressed state. The second annular protrusion is offset from the fit region toward the controller.
US09960652B2	Motor A motor includes a housing, a back cover, a brush card, a brush, and a connector member. The back cover includes a first rear wall portion and a first peripheral wall portion. The first peripheral wall portion includes a through-hole and a cut-out. The through-hole vertically penetrates through the first peripheral wall portion at or near a lower end portion of the first peripheral wall portion. The cut-out is disposed farther on an upper side than the through-hole. The connector member is fitted into the cut-out. An outer surface of the connector member is provided with a flow path groove that extends in both peripheral and axial directions. The motor includes a flow path surface on an inner surface of the back cover. The flow path surface continues from a portion that opposes the flow path groove on a lower side of the flow path groove to the through-hole.
US09960649B2	Rotating electric machine A coolant flow path structure which cools a rotor is configured of a first coolant flow path forming a radial coolant flow path of the rotor and a second coolant flow path communicating with the first coolant flow path and forming an axial coolant flow path of the rotor, and a negative pressure structure, which brings an exist of the coolant flow path structure into a negative pressure as a result of a rotation of the rotor, is provided at the exit of the second coolant flow path.
US09960644B2	Core for rotary electric machine In a core for a rotary electric machine, first end portions of back yoke portions are linked to second end portions of back yoke portions of adjacent core segments so as to be rotatable around pivot portions. Each of the core segments is configured by alternately laminating first core segment sheets and second core segment sheets. The pivot portions are constituted by interfitting protruding portions that are formed on the first core segment sheets. The core segments are displaceable relative to the adjacent core segments between a contracted position in which spacing between the magnetic pole tooth portions is contracted and an expanded position in which spacing between the magnetic pole tooth portions is expanded, when the core segment linked body is opened out rectilinearly.
US09960642B2	Embedded interface for wireless power transfer to electrical devices A system and method is disclosed for integrating inductive power outlet functionality to provide power transfer to electrical devices, as an in-surface wireless charging system, embedded into a host such as a furniture item. An inductive power outlet may include a body casing for containing a primary inductor a driving unit and a fastening mechanism. The body casing may have dimensions suitable for introduction into a passageway through a plate of the item of furniture. The fastening mechanism may be utilized to secure the body casing to the plate of the item of furniture.
US09960641B2	Non-contact power feeding device used in torque sensor having a coil enclosed in peripheral side of a resonance coil and is magnetically coupled with the resonance coil A non-contact power-feeding device comprises: a power transmitting unit that includes a first antenna coil, an oscillator and a driver that enables generation of an AC magnetic field via the first antenna coil based upon a signal provided by the oscillator; and a power receiving unit that includes a second antenna coil that is magnetically coupled with the first antenna coil, wherein the first antenna coil comprises: a flat-plane spiral resonance coil wound with a plurality of turns; and a flat-plane spiral power-feeding coil that is wound with a plurality of turns outward relative to the resonance coil so as to surround the resonance coil, and is magnetically coupled with the resonance coil.
US09960637B2	Renewable energy integrated storage and generation systems, apparatus, and methods with cloud distributed energy management services A software platform in communication with networked distributed energy resource energy storage apparatus, configured to deliver various specific applications related to offset demand monitoring, methods of virtual power plant and orchestration, load shaping services, methods of reducing demand at aggregated level, prioritizing computer programs related to virtual energy pool, energy cloud controllers methods, charge discharge orchestration plans of electric vehicles, distributed energy resources, machine learning predictive algorithms, value optimizing algorithms, autonomous sensing event awareness, mode selection methods, capacity reservation monitoring, virtual power plant methods, advanced DER-ES apparatus features, energy management system for governing resources and methods, aggregated energy cloud methods, load shaping methods, marginal cost cycle-life degradation, load shaping API, forward event schedule, on demand request, and load service state request methods. Various rules, constraints of predictive algorithms for signal inputs to determine incremental storage cycles, cycle life degradation marginal cost, iterative and forward event schedule development, and load control.
US09960635B2	Wireless battery recharger and application A system for recharging a battery having; memory that stores computer-executable instructions; a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions; the instructions having: a battery; a thermal insulating layer; the thermal insulating layer; adapted and configured as the exterior of the battery; the battery adapted and configured with the thermal insulation layer for harnessing heat created by a plurality of solar panels; the plurality of solar panels configured on the exterior of the battery; an application interface unit; the application interface unit adapted and configured to control the plurality of solar panels; wherein the processor transforms heat energy collected by the plurality of solar panels and stored in the thermal insulation layer into energy to power a communication device.
US09960630B2	Wireless power charging device A wireless power charging device includes a coil configured to transmit or receive a wireless power signal; an electromagnetic wave shielding sheet disposed proximate the coil; and, a heat radiation layer disposed on the electromagnetic wave shielding sheet.
US09960628B2	Single structure multi mode antenna having a single layer structure with coils on opposing sides for wireless power transmission using magnetic field coupling Various embodiments of a single structure multiple mode antenna are described. The antenna is preferably of a single layer construction having a plurality of inductor coils positioned on respective opposing substrate sides that are electrically connected. The antenna is also constructed having a plurality of electrical connections positioned along the first and second inductor coils. A plurality of terminals facilitates connection of the electrical connections thereby providing numerous electrical connection configurations and enables the antenna to be selectively tuned to various frequencies and frequency bands.
US09960627B2	Feed unit, feed system, and electronic device A feed unit includes: a power transmission section configured to perform power transmission using a magnetic field or an electric field, to a device to be fed including a secondary battery; and a power-transmission control section configured to control power transmission operation in the power transmission section. In a charging period in which charging to the secondary battery is performed based on transmitted power in the power transmission, when the device to be fed including the secondary battery is activated, the power-transmission control section controls the power transmission operation, to increase the transmitted power.
US09960615B2	Method for controlling power of electronic device and electronic device thereof An electronic device and method and power supply are disclosed. The electronic device includes comprising a connector for electrically coupling with an external power supply unit, and a processor. The processor implements the method, which includes detecting a connection state with the external power supply unit, and detecting whether power supplied from the external power supply unit is abnormal, and controlling the power when the power supplied has an abnormal value. The power supply may include a connector for electrically coupling with an electronic device, and a processor for detecting a connection state with the electronic device, detecting whether power supplied to the electronic device by the power supply unit has an abnormal value, and controlling the supplied power when the power is abnormal.
US09960614B2	DC-DC converter with protection circuit for connection error The present invention provides a DC-DC converter which is connected to a high voltage battery and a low voltage battery to convert a high voltage of the high voltage battery into a low voltage to charge the low voltage battery, including: a connecting unit which connects the high voltage battery and the low voltage battery; a converting unit which converts a high voltage supplied from the high voltage battery into a low voltage to charge the low voltage battery; and a protection circuit which is located between the connecting unit and the converting unit and is turned off when at least one of the high voltage battery and the low voltage battery is erroneously connected, to shut off a current path between the high voltage battery and the low voltage battery.
US09960610B2	Voltage detecting device, voltage detecting method, and battery pack system A flying capacitor type voltage detecting device which uses a capacitor to detect a voltage of each battery stack of a battery pack which includes a plurality of battery stacks each of which includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes: a detecting unit that detects a voltage between both ends of the capacitor, as the voltage of each battery stack; and a branch line that is a single line which is branched from a connection line connecting the battery stacks and the detecting unit and connected to the capacitor and where a current during charging of the capacitor and a current during discharging of the capacitor flow in opposite directions.
US09960606B2	Wireless power reception apparatus and method based on switching A wireless power reception apparatus includes a reception (RX) resonator configured to form a resonance coupling with a first resonance period associated with an envelope of a power to receive the power from a transmission (TX) resonator; a switch controller configured to generate, at intervals of the first resonance period, a control signal to deactivate the RX resonator at an off timing corresponding to a time instant at which a maximum energy is stored in an inductor of the RX resonator; and a switch configured to deactivate the RX resonator in response to the control signal.
US09960605B2	Circuit arrangement for transferring energy A circuit arrangement for transferring energy includes an energy source, a control device and an energy distribution network. The energy distribution network has a base element and at least one load element. The base element includes a first intermediate circuit energy storage element which can be electrically connected to or disconnected from the energy source via two first controllable switching elements by way of the control device to form a first energy circuit. The at least one load element includes an energy consumer which can be electrically connected to or disconnected from the connections of the first intermediate circuit energy storage element via two second controllable switching elements by way of the control device to form a second energy circuit. The control device is designed to actuate the first and second switching elements of the respective energy distribution network such that that energy is transferred from the energy source to the energy consumer or the reverse, wherein a direct conductive connection between the energy source and the energy consumer does not exist at any time.
US09960603B2	Installation for transmitting electrical power An installation for transmitting electrical power between a first and a second alternating voltage network. A self-commutated converter can be connected to the second alternating voltage network, and is connected to a unidirectional rectifier by way of a direct voltage connection. The unidirectional rectifier can be connected to the first alternating voltage network on the alternating voltage side, and to a wind farm via said first alternating voltage network. The farm has at least one wind turbine feeding electrical power into the first alternating voltage network when wind speeds are greater than a switch-on wind speed. An energy-generating device can be connected to the first alternating voltage network and/or to the at least one wind turbine for providing electrical energy. The energy-generating device converts a renewable primary energy from its surroundings when wind speeds are lower than the switch-on wind speed for the wind turbine.
US09960596B2	Automatic voltage switching circuit for selecting a higher voltage of multiple supply voltages to provide as an output voltage Automatic voltage switching circuits for providing a higher voltage of multiple supply voltages are disclosed. In one aspect, an automatic voltage switching circuit is configured to generate a compare signal indicating which of a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage is a higher voltage. The automatic voltage switching circuit is further configured to generate first and second select signals based on the compare signal, wherein the first and second select signals are in a voltage domain of the higher voltage. Transistors corresponding to the first and second supply voltages control switching the output voltage to the higher voltage in response to the first and second select signals. Biasing the back-gates of the transistors using the output voltage reduces or avoids forward biasing in the body diodes of the transistors, thus reducing the possibility of the output voltage causing interference on a power supply corresponding to a non-activated transistor.
US09960595B2	Airborne power system disconnect system and method An system and method to automatically disconnect a retrofit electrical unit from an electrical system in the event of an emergency situation and maintain power to the retrofit electrical unit.
US09960593B2	Single event latchup (SEL) current surge mitigation Method and system for Single Event Latchup (SEL) current surge mitigation involves monitoring data signals for a protected device and deriving from them a detected signature comprised of one or more detected signature vector components. The detected signature vector components are compared to previously stored signature vector components. Based on the comparing, the system selectively differentiates between the occurrence of standard power surges associated with normal operation of the protected device, and a non-standard current surge which requires cycling power of the protected device for continued proper functioning of the protected device.
US09960592B2	Short-circuit detection device and method used in inverter circuit A method for detecting a short circuit fault in a multi-level inverter circuit is provided. The multi-level inverter circuit includes a plurality of single phase branches each including of switches. The method includes steps outlined below. At least one detecting pulse sequence is transmitted to the switches of each of the single phase branches. Whether a conducting path is formed in any of the single phase branches is determined according to the detecting pulse sequence. When the conducting loop is formed, respective position of one or more malfunctioned switch in the single phase branches is located according to a path of the conducting loop. A short-circuit detection device and a three-phase three-level inverter circuit are also disclosed herein.
US09960590B1	DC voltage conversion circuit and liquid crystal display device including the same The DC voltage conversion circuit includes a booster circuit and a protection circuit. When the booster circuit is under EOS test, a detection circuit of the protection circuit obtains a second detection voltage from the voltage on the VGH line. A first adjustment circuit produces a third signal based on the comparison result of the second detection voltage and a reference voltage. A second adjustment circuit produces a fourth signal based on the comparison result of the second detection voltage and the reference voltage. The third and fourth signals adjust the equivalent resistances of a first and a second feedback circuits to a third and a forth equivalent resistances, respectively. Through the adjustment of the equivalent resistances of the first and second feedback circuits, the voltage of the VGH line is restored to that when no test signal is applied.
US09960586B2	Electrical power transmission protectors with component grippers, and related methods A dielectric cover for protecting a component of an electrical power transmission system, the dielectric cover comprising: an enclosing part having enclosing portions that are configured for relative movement to each other to enclose the component; and a gripping part having gripping portions that are configured for relative movement to each other to grip the component, the movement of the gripping portions being independent of the relative movement of the enclosing part.
US09960585B2	In-floor electrical fitting An in-floor electrical fitting has a lower body that includes two half-bodies made of intumescent material. Each half-body includes a removable access wall that is also made of intumescent material and that is inserted into slots formed in the half-body. The removable access wall has at least one reduced-thickness section that can be broken off from the removable access wall to create a passageway through the removable access wall. During installation, the two access walls can be removed to allow an installer to a lay a conduit that will pass through the passageway through each access wall when the access walls are reinserted. An installer can pass power wires from one small compartment to another through the conduit while complying with code requirements calling for the separation of power and data cables.
US09960583B2	Electrical box, integrated flange and cover mechanisms A “no profile” electrical box, integrated flange/protective assembly and interchangeable cover that obscures standard electrical outlets such that a wall surface appears nearly continuous, uninterrupted by the outlet or cover when in use or not in use. The profile of the combined unit equals only the thickness of the material from which it is constructed; no hinges, screws or fasteners of any kind are visible and no part of the assembly requires detachment or storage when the outlet is in use, as the hinged cover is undetectably stored in the electrical box, or may be used to cover the electrical cords when engaged in the outlet. Exemplary embodiments of the cover obscure the electrical outlet. Together, the electrical box and flange assembly allow the electrical outlet to be flush mounted or recessed interchangeably, even after installation.
US09960582B2	Temporary protective junction box cover A temporary protective cover for junction boxes with or without installed switches and/or outlets and for conduit bodies, empty or containing wires or cables of various sizes and uses. The protective cover having a front and rear surface; having a trapezoidal cavity sized to receive installed switches and/or outlets in junction box; the protective cover having two elongated tabs that extend on either side of installed switch or plug inside junction box, for securing the protective cover to junction boxes and conduit bodies; having rectangular or circular cavity opening that is sized to fit openings of junction boxes or conduit bodies, in such a manner that the cover remains fixed relative to the junction box or conduit body.
US09960576B2	Cover assemblies for cables and electrical connections and methods for making and using the same An integral, unitary cover assembly for covering an electrical connection between first and second electrical cables each having a primary conductor and a neutral conductor includes an inner elastomeric sleeve, an outer elastomeric sleeve, and a collapsible duct. The inner elastomeric sleeve defines a cable passage to receive the electrical connection and the primary conductors of the first and second cables. The outer elastomeric sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve. The collapsible duct is interposed radially between the inner and outer sleeves. The duct defines a neutral conductor passage configured to receive at least one of the neutral conductors therethrough. The duct is selectively collapsible from an initial open configuration to a collapsed configuration about the at least one neutral conductor.
US09960569B2	Method for stabilizing a diode laser The invention relates to a method for stabilizing a diode laser with a semiconductor laser diode and an external resonator (ECDL), wherein the external resonator is comprised of at least one angle-dispersive, frequency-selective element and wherein the frequency of the diode laser is essentially determined by the length of the external resonator and by the position of the angle-dispersive, frequency-selective element, and wherein these two frequency-selective elements or one element thereof can be detuned by way of a correction means (10) for harmonization to each other, which is characterized in that the portion of the light reflected from the external resonator with the angle-dispersive, frequency-selective element back to the semiconductor laser diode and not optically coupled into the semiconductor laser diode (designated as “non-optically coupled light”) or part thereof, is measured and that from the relevant measuring values, after comparison with a reference value, a fault signal is generated which as control variable activates the correction means for synchronization of the frequency-selective elements. Furthermore, the invention relates to device for implementing the method.
US09960568B1	Growth/fabrication of organic-inorganic quasi phase-matching structures for frequency conversion devices A method of making a quasi-phase-matching (QPM) structure comprising the steps of: applying a pattern to a substrate to define a plurality of growth regions and a plurality of voids; growing in a growth chamber a crystalline inorganic material on only the growth regions in the pattern, the crystalline inorganic material having a first polarity; applying an electric field within the growth chamber containing the patterned substrate with the crystalline inorganic material, wherein the electric field reaches throughout the growth chamber; and growing a crystalline organic material having a second polarity in the voids formed in the inorganic material under the influence of the electric field to influence the magnitude and the direction of the second polarity of the crystalline organic material, wherein the second polarity of the crystalline organic material is influenced to be different from the first polarity of the crystalline inorganic material in magnitude and/or direction.
US09960564B2	Power interconnection with current surge mitigation Disclosed is an apparatus for power interconnection, adapted for use between a main connector and a DC main. The power connector has a connector power terminal and the DC main has a DC main power terminal. The apparatus includes an apparatus power terminal for being electrically coupled to the DC main power terminal in response to the apparatus in connection with the DC main; a first conductor including a resistor and a conductive contact, the conductive contact being electrically coupled to the resistor; and a second conductor, the resistor being electrically coupled to the second conductor, wherein, in response to an action of the power connector in connection with the apparatus, the connector power terminal contacts the conductive contact and a first current flowing therethrough is limited by the resistor. A receptacle structure for power interconnection is also disclosed.
US09960562B2	Circuit board actuator system Technology is provided for circuit board actuator systems for ejecting and inserting a circuit board into a circuit board connector. The actuator system includes a cross-member attached to a circuit board and a pair of levers pivotably coupled to opposite end portions of the cross-member. Each lever is moveable between a closed position and an open position and includes an arm with an insertion pawl and an ejector pawl extending from the arm. The system further includes a pair of circuit board guides, each including a keeper and mountable adjacent a circuit board connector. The insertion pawls operate against the keepers to insert the circuit board into the connector when the levers are moved toward the closed position, and the ejector pawls operate against the keepers to eject the circuit board from the connector when the levers are moved toward the open position.
US09960550B2	Coaxial connector assembly A coaxial connector assembly is described herein. The coaxial connector assembly includes an inner contact that is configured to terminate a center conductor of a coaxial cable, an insulative inner sleeve holding the inner contact, a tubular outer contact surrounding the inner sleeve and the inner contact, said outer contact configured to terminate a shield braid of the coaxial cable and an insulative cylindrical outer sleeve defining a central cavity extending longitudinally therethrough in which said outer contact is disposed. The cavity has an opening configured to receive a corresponding coaxial connector. A lip on a forward end of the outer sleeve extends into the opening such that a forward edge of the outer contact is not exposed within the opening. The coaxial connector assembly may be configured to meet the FAKRA connector standards.
US09960547B1	Pass-thru connector assembly and apparatus having the same Pass-thru connector assembly includes a pass-thru body having a passage section and a loading section that are configured to be positioned in separate first and second spaces, respectively. The pass-thru body also includes a body channel that extends therethrough. The passage section defines an opening to the body channel in the first space. The pass-thru connector assembly also includes a header housing that is configured to mate with an electrical connector. The header housing is attached to the passage section and covers the opening to the body channel. An electrical cable extends through an aperture of a cable seal and into and through the cable portion of the body channel. The cable seal engages the outer jacket of the electrical cable at a sealed interface. The electrical contact is coupled to the header housing and positioned for engaging a corresponding contact of the electrical connector.
US09960544B2	Electrical connection device An electrical connection device comprises an electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises: an insulative body; a plurality of conductive terminals provided to the insulative body; a metal shell surrounding the insulative body and an outer shielding member. The metal shell comprises a top portion, two openings respectively formed at two sides of the top portion and two first ground pieces positioned opposite to a side where the top portion is present and extending outwardly respectively from the two openings. The outer shielding member comprises a main body transversally provided on the top portion of the metal shell and covering the two openings and two second ground pieces respectively extending outwardly from two ends of the main body, the two second ground pieces each have a penetrating hole penetrating from a top surface to a bottom surface. At least a part of each penetrating hole of the two second ground pieces receives the corresponding first ground piece. By that the outer shielding member covers the two openings of the metal shell, EMI may be prevented from being produced.
US09960542B2	Coaxial connector with ingress reduction shielding A coaxial connector with an F female end shield is configured to restrict RF ingress.
US09960540B2	Connector device A connector device includes a pair of connectors including a pair of housings that has terminal housing chambers housing terminals and a pair of front holders that is attached to the pair of the housings to double-lock the terminals in the terminal housing chambers, wherein one of the pair of front holders has a first convex portion protruding in a direction approaching the other of the pair of front holders and a first concave portion recessed in a direction away from the other of the pair of front holders, the other of the pair of front holders has a second convex portion protruding in a direction approaching the one of the pair of front holders and a second concave portion recessed in a direction away from the one of the pair of front holders.
US09960539B2	Wall outlet with extendable electrical receptacles A wall outlet with extendable electrical receptacles is provided. The wall outlet is mountable into the wall outlet cavity of an existing structure. The wall outlet includes extendable electrical receptacles that are extendable from the wall outlet via electrical cables that are wound around a spool. Each electrical cable is wound around a section of the spool, such that it may be unwound, independently, therefrom. The electrical receptacles are attached to ends of the cables and are in electrical communication therewith. A user extends an electrical receptacle from the wall outlet by pulling the electrical receptacle in a first direction, which unwinds the electrical cable from the spool. Each section of the spool is coupled to an actuator that when triggered rotates the corresponding section of the spool in a second direction, which winds the electrical cable around the spool and retracts the electrical receptacle back into the wall outlet.
US09960536B2	Card holding member and card connector A card holding member is provided for holding a card with terminal members and insertion into a card connector. The holding member comprises a frame portion containing a front frame portion in front of the holding member in the insertion direction and side frame portions connected on both ends to the front frame. The frame portion includes a metal portion composed of a metal panel. The front end surface of a front metal frame of the metal portion is exposed on the front end surface of the front frame. The front metal frame includes a subsiding portion. The front surface of the subsiding portion is flush with the front end surface of the front metal frame and includes a section displaced from the front end surface in the thickness direction of the front frame.
US09960533B2	Connector with locking mechanism The connector is provided with a locking mechanism capable of engaging and disengaging with each other a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle is provided with a first housing and a first contact. The plug is provided with a second housing and a second contact. The first housing has at a recess portion a lock arm provided at its end with a hook portion. The second housing has at a header portion an engaging protrusion. When the header portion is inserted into the recess portion, the engaging protrusion rides over the hook portion, and the complete fitting of the receptacle and the plug can be felt. When the header portion is pulled out from the recess portion, the hook portion is displaced, and the plug can be readily pulled out from the receptacle.
US09960532B2	Thin film type magnetic connector module Various disclosed embodiments generally relate to connector modules, and more particularly to magnetic connector modules. The connector module includes a board having a concave section formed at a first side, and the concave section has a base surface having formed thereon a plurality of first electrodes. A plurality of second electrodes are formed at a second side of the board opposite the first side and on a rear surface facing away from the base surface. A plurality of holes are formed through the concave section and have conductors formed therethrough to electrically connect the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The connector module additionally includes a magnet inserted into the concave section and an insulating layer interposed between the magnet and the first electrodes.
US09960530B2	Terminal connection device for a power cable A terminal connection device for connecting an end of a medium- or high-voltage power cable to a connection point comprises a) an interface cable having first and second end portions, comprising an inner conductor and a conductive or semiconductive layer; b) a first stress control tube comprising a stress control element, and an insulating layer arranged around the stress control element, wherein the first stress control tube is mounted on the first end portion of the interface cable; c) a first cable connector for connecting the interface cable to the power cable, the first cable connector being connected to the second end portion of the interface cable; and d) one or more tubular shrinkable sleeves, at least a portion of one of the tubular shrinkable sleeves extending over at least a portion of the first stress control tube wherein the portion of the tubular shrinkable sleeve extending over at least a portion of the first stress control tube is shrunk down around at least a portion of the first stress control tube.
US09960521B2	Connector for fluidly sealing an aperture of a protective case A protective case for a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device has a device connector for transmission of data and/or power between the device connector and a data and/or power source via a reciprocal connector assembly. The case includes an aperture disposed proximate the device connector of the installed portable electronic device, the aperture passing between an outer surface and an inner surface of the case and defined by a surface between the outer and inner surfaces, the aperture having a circumference; and a compliant seal surrounding the circumference of the aperture, the compliant seal to interface with at least a portion of the backshell portion of the reciprocal connector assembly to seal the aperture when the reciprocal connector assembly is inserted through the aperture to interface with the device connector of the installed portable electronic device.
US09960515B2	Connector A connector includes a housing that has a plurality of terminal receiving chambers into which a terminal is inserted, each terminal receiving chamber being provided with a housing flexible piece for retaining and locking the terminal, and a rear holder that is mounted at the housing, abuts on the housing flexible piece and restrains locking release of the housing flexible piece. In the connector, the rear holder has a holder locking protrusion for retaining and locking the terminal in each terminal receiving chamber.
US09960513B1	Electrical connector An electrical connector used for carrying a chip module includes an insulating body having terminals arranged in the insulating body and used for contacting the chip module, a carrying member used for carrying the chip module to the insulating body, a pressing plate used for pressing the carrying member or the chip module, and a positioning member pivoted to the carrying member through a pivoting device. The pivoting device includes a pivoting shaft and at least one elastic portion. The elastic portion includes a first elastic section and at least two limiting portions being elastic and enclosing a pivoting space. The pivoting shaft is pivoted to the pivoting space. When the electrical connector is opened, the first elastic section springs back to remove the chip module from the insulating body without damaging the terminals, so as to align and contact the chip module with the terminals without tool.

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