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US09992918B2	Method for mounting electronic component Provided is a method for mounting an electronic component having a plurality of board insert type leads on a board. The method includes a holding process which chucks one of the plurality of leads of the electronic component to hold the electronic component, and an inserting process which inserts the leads of the electronic component held by the mounting head respectively into lead insert holes provided in the board.
US09992917B2	3-D printing method for producing tungsten-based shielding parts A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic shield for electromagnetic radiation shielding. The electromagnetic shield is formed via the additive fabrication of a compound comprised of at least 90 percent tungsten by weight or alternatively 40 to 60 percent tungsten by volume.
US09992916B2	Thermal control process for a multi-junction electronic power device and corresponding electronic power device A thermal control process for an electronic power device including a multi-junction integrated circuit may include defining a first and at least one second groups of junctions, with each group including one first and at least one second junctions, and associating a thermal detector with each group. A first group control may be executed which detects group electric signals representative of the temperature detected by the thermal detectors, processes the group electric signals with reference to a group critical thermal event, identifies a critical group when the corresponding group electric signal detects the critical group thermal event, and generates group deactivating signals suitable for selectively deactivating the first and the at least one second junctions of the identified critical group with respect to the remaining junctions of the integrated circuit.
US09992915B2	Power conversion device Size reduction of a power conversion device is intended. A power conversion device according to the present invention includes: a first power semiconductor module; a second semiconductor module; and a fixing member which fixes the first power semiconductor module, wherein the first power semiconductor module has a first power semiconductor device, a first case which houses the first power semiconductor device, and a first flange portion connected to the case, the second power semiconductor module has a second power semiconductor device, and a second case which houses the second power semiconductor device, the second case is connected to the first flange portion so as to provide a first flow path space for allowing a coolant to flow between the second case and the first case, and the first flange portion is fixed to the fixing member while supporting the first case and the second power semiconductor module.
US09992914B2	Commmonly submersed servers with velocity augmentation and partial recirculation in tank An apparatus for holding and cooling rack-mountable servers having heat-producing electronic components includes a tank, a volume of dielectric liquid coolant in the tank, mounting members that hold rack-mountable servers in the tank, one or more pumps, fluid velocity augmentations devices, and a liquid-to-liquid or liquid-to-refrigerant heat exchanger outside of the tank. The mounting members hold the rack-mountable servers in a vertical orientation within the tank such that the servers are commonly submersed in the volume of the dielectric liquid coolant. When a pump is operated to move the dielectric liquid coolant vertically across the heat producing components of the rack-mountable servers, a circuit is formed in which a first portion of heated dielectric liquid coolant is moved vertically upward across the heat producing components and then downward outside of the rack mountable servers in a passage external to the rack-mountable servers, while a second portion of heated dielectric liquid coolant flows out of the tank and through the liquid-to-liquid or liquid-to-refrigerant heat exchanger.
US09992913B1	Rack system cooling with inclined computing devices A data center includes one or more racks, one or more computing devices coupled to at least one of the racks, and one or more air moving devices. The computing devices include heat producing components. The computing devices may be inclined in the rack such that the lower ends of the computing devices are at a lower elevation than the higher ends of the computing devices. The air moving devices can move air from the lower end of the inclined computing devices to the higher end of the inclined computing devices such that heat is removed from heat producing components in the inclined computing devices.
US09992910B2	Liquid supply mechanism and liquid cooling system A liquid supply mechanism includes a lower cover, an upper cover, a plunger, at least one resilient member and at least one damping member. The lower cover has a liquid outlet and the upper cover is connected to the lower cover. A chamber is formed between the lower cover and the upper cover. The chamber communicates with the liquid outlet and contains a cooling liquid. The upper cover has an axial hole. The plunger is movably disposed in the chamber. The plunger has an axial rod and the axial rod is inserted into the axial hole. The resilient member is disposed in the chamber. Opposite ends of the resilient member abut against the upper cover and the plunger. The damping member is disposed on the axial rod and abuts against an inner wall of the axial hole.
US09992908B2	Display device Provided is a display apparatus including: a case having an inlet; and an outlet; a display module disposed in the case and including a display panel configured to display an image; and a heat exchange device configured to receive heat from the display module and including: a first portion provided in a first cooling passage, air in the first passage moving over the display module; and a second portion provided in a second cooling passage, air in the second cooling passage moving over the heat exchange device, wherein heat generated from the display module is transferred to the first portion via the air in the first cooling passage, wherein the heat transferred to the first portion is transferred to the second portion, and wherein the air suctioned through the inlet is heat-exchanged in the second cooling passage with the second portion and discharged through the outlet.
US09992906B2	Slide rail assembly and operation method thereof A slide rail assembly includes first to third rails and an engaging mechanism movably mounted on the second rail. The second rail is displaceable with respect to the first rail, and the third rail is displaceable with respect to the second rail. The three rails define a length when the second rail is displaced from a first to a second position in a first direction and the third rail, to a third position in the same direction, extending out of the second rail. Once the second rail is displaced from the second to a fourth position in a second direction, the length is reduced, and the second rail is kept at the fourth position by the engaging mechanism.
US09992902B2	Mainframe computer with supporting rack A mainframe computer with a supporting rack includes: a rack chassis and a supporting rack. The rack chassis has a first rack, and the first rack has a plurality of first positioning members. The supporting rack is arranged on the rack chassis, and the supporting rack has at least one first corresponding positioning member positioned corresponding to any one of at least one first positioning member. Therefore, the rack chassis and the support rack allow various types of objects (such as: solid state disk, cooling liquid tanks for cooling, hard drive or optical drive and so on) to be easily and conveniently installed onto the mainframe computer.
US09992900B2	Electronic equipment divider assembly A divider can be installed within an electronic equipment rack drawer to enhance the structural strength of the drawer. The divider can include two members, formed from plates of material, each member having a rectangular center section with a height spanning a distance between a top plate and an upper base plate of an electronic equipment rack drawer. The two members can each have a header and a footer extending outwardly from the center section. The headers can be attached to the top plate, and the footers can be attached to the upper base plate of the electronic equipment rack drawer. The center sections of the two members can be fastened, in an adjacent, coplanar orientation to each other.
US09992899B2	Support member to position a system board A support member that positions a system board is provided herein. The support member includes a frame and a plurality of mounting members. The frame supports a system board. The plurality of mounting members are formed in the frame. The plurality of mounting members connect the frame to the system pan holding the system board. The plurality of mounting members are disposed on the frame to bend the system board.
US09992896B2	Detachable crank and slider circuit pack ejector A mechanism for connecting a first object, such as a chassis and/or motherboard, to a second object, such as a faceplate and/or daughterboard. A first link may be connected to the first object and a second link may be connected to the second object. The second link may have a slot and the first link may have a pin which is releasably connectable to the slot to form a pivot connecting the first link to the second link. The pin may be releasable from the slot at a first point of travel of the pivot and the pin may not be releasable from the slot at a second point of travel of the pivot. The first link may include a first retaining lobe and the second link may include a second retaining lobe disposed to interlock with the first retaining lobe.
US09992895B2	Methods for assembling an electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus including a housing, a motherboard, a battery and a display module is provided. The housing has at least an opening and an accommodating space. The motherboard is disposed in the accommodating space. The battery is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the motherboard. The motherboard is located between the housing and the battery. The display module is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the battery. The battery is located between the motherboard and the display module. At least one edge of the battery in a width direction of the battery is closer to a corresponding side of the housing than a corresponding edge of the motherboard in a width direction of the motherboard.
US09992890B1	Modules and systems for damping excitations within fluid-filled structures A system or structure subject to external mechanical dynamic loading excitations propagated within the system or structure comprising a fluid filled structure and a fluid volume operable to facilitate fluid flow about at least part of the structure. Excitations within the structure can be propagated throughout. The system can further comprise a tuned mass damper (TMD) located within the fluid volume. The TMD can leverage the viscous properties of the fluid to attenuate the excitations within the structure. The TMD can comprise a mass and a spring operably connected to the mass. The TMD can further comprise a fluid resistance facilitating fluid flow about the mass and the spring for damping and a secondary tuning feature operably connected to at least one of the mass and the spring and the supporting fluid-filled structure.
US09992889B2	Lid opening/closing mechanism and electronic device storage case A lid opening/closing mechanism, which attaches a lid to an opening of a case body to be openable and closable, and holds a distribution cable electrically connecting the case body and the lid, includes a first member which is attachable to an attachment surface of the case body and slidable along the attachment surface, and a second member of which one side is rotatable and attachable to the first member, and of which another side is fixed to the lid, wherein the distribution cable is curved and held along the first member and the second member.
US09992886B2	Waterproof type control apparatus A circuit board is sealed and housed in a casing including a base and a cover, a connector housing including a partition wall is mounted on the circuit board, and an electrical connection between the interior and the exterior of the casing is established. A water-repellent filter is fixed to an inner surface of the partition wall, an outer surface portion of the water-repellent filter is opened to atmosphere via the breath ventilation hole, and an atmospheric opening surface thereof is formed such that the atmospheric opening surface being wetted directly with water is avoided by a poured water blocking wall and water barrier walls. A position where the poured water blocking wall is provided is changed by an insert mold in response to the direction of the mounting surface of the base.
US09992885B1	Retention system A screen retention system for mounting of smartphones, tablet computers and other flat screen displays. A screen display is held against the inner surfaces of the opening of a semi-rigid arc by a post extending from the inner surface of the arc toward the opening. A screen based device may be inserted into the arc and retained within the opening by contact between the pressure plate and the opposing ends, thereby securing the screen based device within the arc by three points of pressure, at least one point of pressure supporting the screen based device against the inside surfaces of the opposing ends.
US09992884B2	Phone and tablet case A case for a portable electronic device includes a substantially hollow housing formed of a first section and a second section. The first section is dimensioned and configured to tightly retain the portable electronic device. A hinged connector secures a first portion of the first section to a first portion of the second section and allows access to the portable electronic device when the second section is in an open position. One or more locking mechanisms removably connect a second portion of the first section to a second portion of the second section and prevents access to the portable electronic device when the second section is in a closed and locked position. A locating device is disposed within or attached to the first section.
US09992879B2	Package substrate with metal on conductive portions and manufacturing method thereof A packaging substrate includes a first dielectric layer, a first wiring layer, a first conductive pillar layer, a second dielectric layer, a second wiring layer, an electrical pad layer, and a third dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, plural openings, and a wall surface that faces at least one of the openings. The first wiring layer is located on the first surface and the wall surface. A portion of the first wiring layer on an edge of the wall surface adjacent to the second surface extends in a direction away from the wall surface. The first conductive pillar layer is located on a portion of the first wiring layer. The second dielectric layer is located on the first surface, the first wiring layer, and in the openings.
US09992877B2	Manufacturing method for a lighting apparatus for a vehicle A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a flexible printed circuit board of which at least one lighting source may be mounted on an upper surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and a cover which may be made of flexible material, and connected on the printed circuit board for the at least one lighting source to be disposed within the cover, wherein the cover distributes a light emitted from the at least one lighting source to an upper direction of the cover.
US09992873B2	Method of manufacturing a package substrate A circuit board includes a dielectric layer, a first circuit layer, a second circuit layer and at least an electrically conductive pole. The dielectric layer includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first circuit layer is located at the first side of the dielectric layer, and includes a plurality of spaced first circuit patterns embedded into the dielectric layer. The second circuit layer is located at the second side of the dielectric layer, and includes a plurality of spaced second circuit patterns located outsides the dielectric layer. The electrically conductive pole electrically couples the first circuit layer to the second circuit layer. Each of the first circuit patterns has an extension direction from the first side toward the second side, and has widths thereof gradually decreasing along the extension direction. A method for manufacturing the circuit board is also provided.
US09992869B2	Magnetically enhanced electrical signal conduction apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for magnetically enhanced electrical signal conduction are disclosed. An embodiment electrical connector comprises a connector body, a first active signal contact mechanically attached to and at least partially disposed within the connector body, a ground contact mechanically attached to the connector body, an insulator mechanically separating and electrically isolating the first active signal contact and the ground contact, and a first permanent magnet electrically connected to the first active signal contact. An embodiment electrical cable comprises an elongated insulating sheath, a first active signal electrical conductor disposed within the sheath, a first connector body mechanically attached to a first end of the sheath, a first active signal contact mechanically attached to the first connector body, and electrically connected to the first active signal electrical conductor, and a first permanent magnet electrically connected to the first active signal electrical conductor.
US09992864B2	Composition for forming conductive pattern, method for forming conductive pattern using the same, and resin components having conductive pattern thereon The present invention relates to a composition for forming a conductive pattern capable of forming a fine conductive pattern reducing degradation of mechanical physical properties and having excellent adhesion strength, on a polymeric resin product or resin layer, a method for forming a conductive pattern using the same, and a resin component having the conductive pattern. The composition for forming a conductive pattern includes: a polycarbonate-based resin; and particles of a non-conductive metal compound including a first metal and a second metal and having a spinel structure, wherein the particles have a particle diameter of 0.1 to 6 μm; wherein a metal nuclei including the first metal, the second metal, or an ion thereof is formed from the particles of the non-conductive metal compound by electromagnetic wave irradiation. The non-conductive metal compound may have an average specific surface area of about 0.5 to 10 m2/g, preferably about 0.5 to 8 m2/g, more preferably about 0.7 to about 3 m2/g.
US09992860B2	Printed circuit board capacitor structures One example includes a printed circuit board (PCB) structure. The PCB structure includes a first dereferenced microstrip and a first capacitor pad contacting the first dereferenced microstrip. The PCB structure includes a second dereferenced microstrip and a second capacitor pad contacting the second dereferenced microstrip. The PCB structure also includes a capacitor including a first terminal contacting the first capacitor pad and a second terminal contacting the second capacitor pad.
US09992859B2	Low loss and low cross talk transmission lines using shaped vias Embodiments of the invention include a packaged device with transmission lines that have an extended thickness, and methods of making such device. According to an embodiment, the packaged device may include a first dielectric layer and a first transmission line formed over the first dielectric layer. Embodiments may then include a second dielectric layer formed over the transmission line and the first dielectric layer. According to an embodiment, a first line via may be formed through the second dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the first transmission line. In some embodiments, the first line via extends substantially along the length of the first transmission line.
US09992858B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes a first printed circuit substrate and a second printed circuit substrate. The first printed circuit substrate includes a substrate layer and a first conductive circuit layer. The first conductive circuit layer is formed on the substrate layer. The substrate layer includes at least two first grooves. The first conductive circuit layer includes at least one signal wire. The first grooves are defined in both sides of the signal wire. The second printed circuit substrate is formed on the first printed circuit substrate. The second circuit substrate includes a third copper layer. A second groove is defined in the third copper layer. The first grooves are opposite to the second groove. The first grooves and the second groove form a space.
US09992852B2	Lighting device The present invention relates to a lighting device for illuminating a target object with the objective to draw a person's attention to this target object. It alternatingly provides a relatively fast dynamic light output component and a relatively slow dynamic light output component, the former being predominantly for triggering a person's attention towards a target object, while the latter is mainly for enhancing the visual appearance of the target object, thereby keeping someone's attention for that object. For this purpose, the lighting device is arranged to provide a primary light output alternatingly comprising a first light output component and a second light output component. The lighting device comprises a switching controller for switching between the first light output component and the second light output component after a time interval. The primary light output has a perceived light intensity that remains constant over time within a margin of 10%. Each of the first and second light output components is characterized by a light output characteristic. The light output characteristic for the first light output component varies over time according to a first waveform, and the light output characteristic for the second light output component varies over time according to a second waveform. Each of the first and second waveforms is characterized by a time constant. The time constant has a first value for the first waveform and a second value for the second waveform, the first value being lower than the second value. The time interval for switching between the first and second light output components is between 0.1 seconds and 30 seconds.
US09992851B2	Information processing apparatus, and method The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus and a method capable of realizing a communication tool of a new mode.An LED emits light according to a light emission pattern identified based on a set of light emission parameters indicating characteristics of light emission. An action control unit controls the light emission pattern of the LED based on a relationship between the self apparatus and a group to which the self apparatus and at least one other information processing apparatus including the LED belong, or a relationship between the other information processing apparatus and the self apparatus belonging to the group. The present technique may be applied to an information processing apparatus used as a communication tool.
US09992849B1	Overvoltage detection in a dimmer A dimmer circuit configured for detecting an overvoltage event comprising a controller, a plurality of dimming transistors, a current sensor, and an overvoltage protection device coupled across at least one of the plurality of dimming transistors. The dimmer circuit generates a transistor drive signal to drive the plurality of dimming transistors at a reverse phase dimming mode and provides a dimmed hot output signal to a load. After driving at least one of the dimming transistors to turn off, the dimmer circuit receives from the current sensor a detected current level (I) of the dimmed hot output signal at a turn off time threshold (Tth) and compares the detected current level (I) to a current threshold (Ith). The dimmer circuit detects an overvoltage event when the detected current level (I) is above the current threshold (Ith) because this indicates that the overvoltage protection has tripped.
US09992847B2	Self-adjusting sensor for sensing daylight A sensor unit for ascertaining control data for use in a daylight-dependent light-controlling device having an image sensor for acquiring digital image data as well as a controller for analyzing the image data and creating a brightness signal representing the daylight. The controller is designed such that when creating the brightness signal, same gives more weight to those image regions of the image data acquired by the image sensor which are more greatly influenced by the daylight.
US09992843B2	Location independent lighting sensor system A system for sensing luminaire properties and controlling luminaire performance independently of the location, distance or orientation of the sensors relative to the source luminaire device that is being sensed. Thus, the installer and the maintenance crew are freed from issues and activities associated with sensor installation.
US09992841B2	Systems and methods for controlling color temperature Controlling the color temperature of a composite light source including at least one discrete-spectrum light source is disclosed. For example, the color temperature of a composite light source including at least one discrete-spectrum light source may be determined and/or adjusted based on one or more of the ambient color temperature of a space, the actual temperature of the space, the relative brightness of the space, the occupancy of the space, a time clock, a demand response command (e.g., from an electrical utility), the absolute location of the composite light source, the location of the composite light source relative to other light sources, inputs from a camera or other external devices, the operation of appliances or other machines in the vicinity of the composite light source, media content being utilized in the vicinity of the composite light source, and/or other sensor inputs.
US09992839B2	Control system for color temperature regulation of LED lights The present invention discloses a control system for color temperature regulation of LED lights, comprising an AC input and a rectifying circuit. The rectifying circuit is connected with an absorption circuit; the absorption circuit is connected with a current regulation control module; a detection circuit is disposed between the current regulation control module and the absorption circuit; the current regulation control module is connected with a cold color series LED light module and a warm color series LED light module in parallel; and the cold color series LED light module and the warm color series LED light module generate a voltage difference. According to the present invention, through the configuration where the cold color series LEDs and the warm color series LEDs generate different voltages at different currents, the cold color series LED light module and the warm color series LED light module generate different voltage drops at different currents by means of the arrangement of resistors, achieving the effects of changing color temperature and regulating light. The process of the color temperature change is natural and smooth, enhancing visual comfortableness for users. Meanwhile, the control system for color temperature regulation of LED lights has a simple structure and is low in cost.
US09992838B1	Automated luminaire identification and group assignment devices, systems, and methods using dimming function The disclosed devices, systems, and methods may be used to automatically identify, locate, and assign luminaires into groups such that lighting systems may be more efficiently configured, used, and maintained especially in large buildings, etc. For example, a Lucas-Kanade function may be used with a system of sensors which are capable of detecting light patterns from individual and groups of luminaires to form virtual maps of luminaire locations which may be correlated with actual luminaire floor plans to efficiently identify, locate, and group the luminaires.
US09992836B2	Method, system and apparatus for activating a lighting module using a buffer load module Control apparatus and system for controlling an output of a constant current driver are disclosed. A control apparatus is coupled between a constant current driver and a load, such as a lighting module, in order to add functionality to the overall system. The control apparatus is powered by the constant current driver and may control the dimming of the constant current driver by controlling the 0-10V dim input into the driver. The control apparatus may comprise one or more switching elements between the constant current driver and the load to allow for mixing of groups of LEDs of various colors or color temperatures. The control apparatus may include a buffer load to mitigate negative impacts of turning on the lighting module after a period of deactivation. The control apparatus can also be adapted to operate as a dim-to-warm module within a lighting apparatus.
US09992830B2	Power distribution Several aspects of power distribution systems are described. One aspect relates to apparatus for providing a direct current to a load comprising one or more light emitting diodes. The apparatus comprises: a rectifier operatively connectable to a secondary winding of a transformer whose primary winding is for carrying a high-frequency alternating current; a first capacitor operatively connectable to the secondary winding; and a second capacitor operatively connectable, at least partly via the rectifier, to the secondary winding. The first and second capacitors together provide a reactance referred to the primary winding which substantially compensates for the reactance of the primary winding.
US09992824B2	Time estimation for energy application in an RF energy transfer device An apparatus configured to apply electromagnetic energy to an object may include an energy application zone adapted to receive at least a portion of an object and a source configured to supply RF energy to the energy application zone. The apparatus may also include at least one processor configured to: cause the source to supply RF energy to the energy application zone; determine a value indicative of a rate of energy absorption by a load, including at least a portion of the object, during a first period of time; and determine, based on the value indicative of the rate of energy absorption by the load, an estimated amount of time to obtain a desired characteristic in at least a portion of the object.
US09992822B2	Method of mitigating stratification of temperature within the interior of a mobile heated cabinet, and mobile heated cabinet using same A mobile heated cabinet and method of mitigating stratification of temperature within the interior of the mobile heated cabinet are disclosed, wherein the mobile heated cabinet can be used to both (a) store food at a stationary location and (b) store and transport food when moved from the stationary location. The disclosed mobile heated cabinet and method mitigate stratification of temperature by providing a heating device, an air circulating device, an external power source, and a self-contained power source.
US09992820B2	Vehicle glass removal system and method A vehicle glass removal system and method using a heating element and thermoplastic adhesive is disclosed, whereby a resistance heating element is deployed along the bond line between a vehicle glass member and its supporting vehicle frame. The system accepts user input and activates the heating element, causing the adhesive along the bond line to weaken, thereby reducing or completely eliminating the need for a cutting operation when separating the glass from the frame. Two embodiments are contemplated for the deployment of the heating element: embedded within the perimeter of the glass member, or preferably deployed along the vehicle window frame. The system includes safety precautions that prevent the heating element from operating while the vehicle is in operation, including authenticated access and communication with the vehicle electrical system to recognize the state of the vehicle.
US09992818B2	Protocol translation device A protocol translation device for use with a first apparatus having a battery compartment and communicating over a first wireless protocol, and for use with a second apparatus communicating over a second wireless protocol. The protocol translation device can include a battery casing sized to fit within the battery compartment, the battery casing defining an interior volume; a translator having a first antenna operable to communicate with the first apparatus, a second antenna operable to communicate with the second apparatus, and a translator circuit operably connected between the first antenna and the second antenna; and a battery operably connected to power the translator. The translator circuit is operable to translate between the first wireless protocol and the second wireless protocol. The translator and the battery are disposed within the interior volume.
US09992816B2	Mobile communication system and user terminal that support D2D communication A mobile communication system comprises a first user terminal having a scheduling function of assigning a radio resource used for the D2D communication. When the scheduling function is enabled, the first user terminal broadcasts periodically or aperiodically a message including identification information indicating that the first user terminal is a scheduling terminal that performs the assignment of the radio resource.
US09992813B2	Method and apparatus for keep-alive signalling Various methods for determining network entity timeout values to improve keep-alive signaling are provided. One example method may comprise providing for transmission of a request for a timeout value associated with a keep-alive timer. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise receiving a response to the request, wherein the response comprises an indication of the timeout value of the keep-alive timer. Additionally, the method may further comprise determining an expiration time of the keep-alive timer based at least in part on the timeout value. The example method may further comprise providing for transmission of a keep-alive data packet prior to the determined expiration time. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.
US09992812B2	Handover failure detection device, handover parameter adjustment device, and handover optimization system A handover failure detection device (121) detects at least one of handover failure types regarding outgoing handover from a first cell (131) managed by a first base station (111) by observing: (a) presence/absence of reception by the first base station (111) of an acknowledgment response to a handover command regarding first handover of a mobile terminal (101) from the first cell (131) to a second cell (132) managed by a second base station (112); and (b) presence/absence of a request for connection re-establishment from the mobile terminal (101) to the first cell (131), the request occurring after initiation of the first handover. As a result, it contributes to improvement of handover failure detection or reduction of handover failure in a situation where exchange of information between base stations is restricted.
US09992811B2	Radio connection re-establishment method, user equipment and base station The present invention discloses a radio connection re-establishment method, including: starting a first timer if a first preset number of out-of-synchronization indications are obtained continuously, where the first preset number and/or a duration of the first timer corresponds to a cell of highest signal quality measured by a user equipment UE; and triggering a radio resource control RRC re-establishment procedure if a second preset number of synchronization indications are not received before timeout of the first timer. The radio connection re-establishment method in the present invention reduces overhead.
US09992810B2	Method for providing integrity protection in a dual SIM dual standby device Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing integrity protection in a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) device. A first message is received on a first SIM of the DSDS device before a radio resource of the DSDS device is tuned away from the first SIM to a second SIM by performing a tune-away procedure. A second message is received after completion of the tune-away procedure. The second message is validated. It is determined whether a first payload of the first message matches a second payload of the second message, when the first message and the second message have a same message sequence number. It is determined that the second message is a duplicate message, when the first payload matches the second payload.
US09992809B2	Controlling vehicle-to-vehicle communication using a distribution scheme A method, a node, an entity and a computer program for controlling vehicle-to-vehicle communication is described. The vehicle-to-vehicle communication is performable using a first radio technology for performing the vehicle-to-vehicle communication and a second radio technology for accessing a cellular network. The method comprises determining (234) a distribution scheme for distributing a transmission of vehicle-to-vehicle communication messages among the first radio technology and the second radio technology, and, in accordance with the determined distribution scheme, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device (116a, 116b) controlling (238, 240) the transmission of the vehicle-to-vehicle communication messages. Therefore the vehicle-to-vehicle communication can be easily and efficiently controlled and the accordingly controlled vehicle-to-vehicle communication can be performed in an easy, efficient, cost-effective and reliable way.
US09992807B2	Method and apparatus for improved mobile communications in heterogeneous wireless networks Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved mobile communications in heterogeneous networks. In one method, an anchor-cell transceiver node communicates with a mobile device via a primary link. The anchor-cell transceiver node conveys information for the mobile device to the mobile device by routing at least a portion of the information to the mobile device via a secondary-cell transceiver node.
US09992800B2	Techniques for performing a random access procedure in an unlicensed spectrum Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes transmitting a sequence of deterministic variations of random access data on at least one interlace of non-contiguous frequency resources allocated to a physical random access channel (PRACH) in an unlicensed spectrum, beginning at a first time; repeating the transmitting of the sequence of deterministic variations of random access data at least once, beginning at a second time; generating at least one modification of the sequence of deterministic variations of random access data, in which the at least one modification is generated according to a modification sequence; and transmitting on the at least one interlace, beginning at a third time, the at least one modification of the sequence of deterministic variations of random access data.
US09992793B2	Method and apparatus for performing buffer status reporting The present invention provides a method for performing Buffer Status Reporting (BSR) in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system. The method includes steps of triggering a BSR procedure when a predefined condition is satisfied, and using a short-format BSR control element to perform BSR when no buffered data exists in every logic channel group of the UE.
US09992792B2	Methods and systems for scheduling a virtual MIMO communication environment A system and method for scheduling cooperative uplink transmissions in a virtual multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication environment are provided. More specifically, both random and channel aware orthogonal scheduling techniques for identifying a sub-set of N mobile terminals to provide cooperative uplink transmissions for each transmit time interval are provided.
US09992790B2	Time division duplex (TDD) subframe structure supporting single and multiple interlace modes Aspects of the present disclosure provide a time division duplex (TDD) subframe structure that supports both single and multiple interlace modes of operation. In a single interlace mode, control information, data information corresponding to the control information and acknowledgement information corresponding to the data information are included in a single subframe. In a multiple interlace mode, at least one of the control information, the data information corresponding to the control information or the acknowledgement information corresponding to the data information is included in a different subframe. Both single and multiple interlace modes can be multiplexed together within the TDD subframe structure.
US09992786B2	Facilitation of multipath scheduling Leveraging multiple network interfaces, such as Wi-Fi and cellular, on mobile devices can improve user experience for various applications. Deadline-aware MPTCP scheduling can complement existing MPTCP scheduler. The deadline-aware MPTCP scheduler can dynamically select transmission paths to minimize cellular usage while satisfying data transfer deadlines. The deadline-aware MPTCP scheduler can also address several challenges, such as determining the appropriate traffic pattern over cellular paths, designing proper APIs between MPTCP and applications, and making the scheduler functionality robust and lightweight.
US09992782B2	Device-to-device (D2D) subframe with cell identifier Device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) devices transmit D2D subframes that include a cell identifier of the base station providing wireless service to the D2D UE device. A D2D UE device requesting D2D communication resources for D2D communication with other D2D UE device(s) indicates the cell identifiers of the cells serving the other D2D device(s) to the base station serving the requesting D2D UE device.
US09992778B2	Method, processing device and information storage means for allocating resources for a downlink communication on a frequency selective channel For allocating resources for a downlink communication on a frequency selective channel from an access point of a wireless telecommunications network to a communication device located in a moving conveyance performing a journey on a path, a processing device performs: obtaining a first interference profile according to a position of the moving conveyance on the path, said first interference profile being representative of interference on said downlink communication implied by at least one interferer located along the path; obtaining a second interference profile, said second interference profile being representative of interference on said downlink communication implied by at least one interferer located in the moving conveyance; and allocating the resources for said downlink communication, on the basis of the first and second interference profiles.
US09992767B2	Data transmission method and device Provided are a data transmission method and device, which relate to the field of communications. The method includes: when data is transmitted between an REC and one or more REs, arranging extended control words of the one or more REs in a plurality of superframes, wherein connotations of the extended control words at a same position in different superframes are different, and sending the plurality of superframes to an opposite end. By arranging extended control words of one or more REs in a plurality of superframes and different connotations of the extended control words at the same position in different superframes, the solution solves the problem that the requirements cannot be satisfied due to the limited number of control words in the protocol, and has the beneficial effect of increasing control words in the protocol.
US09992766B2	Utilizing active or passive buffered data metrics to mitigate streaming data interruption during dynamic channel change operations A wireless access point device including a network interface configured to communicate with a content provider server through a network, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a client device through an antenna, and a processor. The processor is coupled to and configured to control the network interface and the wireless transceiver, to cause the wireless access point device to receive data from the content provider server, stream the data to the client device over a first channel of a plurality of channels, determine that a buffer of the client device has sufficient buffered data having been received over the first channel so that output of streamed data via the client device can continue during a channel scan, and scan a second channel of the plurality of channels, whereby the output of the streamed data via the client device continues during the scan of the second channel.
US09992765B2	Method for transmitting and receiving a frame in a wireless LAN system and apparatus for supporting same The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving a frame performed by an AP in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: transmitting a PST message providing instructions to transmit a frame to at least one STA; and receiving frames from a first STA and a second STA. The PST message includes first subband information indicating a first subband in which a first frame is transmitted from the first STA and second subband information indicating a second subband in which a second frame is transmitted from the second STA.
US09992763B2	Method and device for controlling transmission power in uplink transmission A user equipment in wireless communication system is provided. The user equipment includes an antenna unit including a plurality of antennas, a control unit for grouping the plurality of antennas into a predetermined number of antenna groups and controlling separately transmission power of each of the predetermined number of antenna groups, and a transmitting unit, connected to the control unit, for transmitting at least one of data and control information to a base station via at least one of the predetermined number of antenna groups.
US09992762B2	Reverse path communication system The Reverse Path Communication System architecture enables end user devices to share a common wireless forward path of a multicast communication architecture in which the forward path delivered content is dynamically changed or modified based on a real-time, near-real-time, or delay-time basis via aggregated reverse path feedback from at least one of a plurality of end user devices. The Reverse Path Communication System periodically or continuously aggregates the feedback input received via the reverse path (having wired and/or wireless connectivity), modifies the forward path multi-media content, and delivers this dynamically modified multi-media content to the then connected population of end user devices via a wireless forward path multicast in a repetitive closed loop fashion.
US09992759B2	Downlink multicast channel and data channel in a wireless network Cells are grouped into a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups comprising a primary PUCCH group and a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell. The PUCCH secondary cell is in a first timing advance group (TAG). When a time alignment timer of the first TAG expires, the wireless device stops reception of downlink shared channel transport blocks on a first secondary cell in the secondary PUCCH group and continues reception of downlink multicast channel transport blocks on the first secondary cell.
US09992758B2	Search method and apparatus for a communication system A method of searching of base stations in a mobile communication system has a first stage of detecting at least one slot boundary, a second stage of detecting at least one frame boundary and a scrambling code group, and a third stage of detecting a scrambling code. Multiple possible base stations are identified by determining a first threshold based on correlation values of correlating the input signal with a primary synchronization channel code. For each hit, the input signal is aligned to the corresponding slot boundary, an average correlation value is based on all correlations with secondary sequences, and a second threshold based on the average correlation value is set. Any delay and codewords that have a correlation value above the second threshold are correlated with the codes in the detected group so as to determine multiple base stations.
US09992744B2	Mechanisms to optimize and align discontinuous reception configuration of device to-device capable user equipment An Evolved Node-B (eNB) to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, the eNB comprising: a first logic to determine whether a UE is capable of receiving and transmitting data at substantially the same time or receiving data at two different frequencies at the same time; and a second logic to configure for the UE a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration such that a DRX ON duration overlaps with a discovery opportunity duration (DOD) according to the determination from the first logic. In another example, the eNB comprises: logic to configure for the UE a DRX configuration such that a DRX ON duration window abuts with a DOD window according to the determination from the first logic. In another example, the eNB operable to perform a method comprising: configuring, for a UE, a DRX configuration such that a DRX ON duration overlaps with a DOD.
US09992737B2	Automatic channel selection in wireless local area network (WLAN) controller based deployments Wi-Fi channels are automatically selected in a WLAN controller based deployment. Scan results received from each of the plurality of access points comprise a list of neighboring access points from the plurality of access points relative to each access point. Responsive to a number of the plurality of access points exceeding a number of non-interfering channels, assigning each of the plurality of access points to a non-interfering channel with sharing of at least one of the non-interfering channels, using a GCA (Graph Coloring Algorithm) in which each color assignment corresponds to a non-interfering channel assignment in order to prevent neighboring access points from sharing a non-interfering channel. Lowest RSSI measurements collected by access points can also be a factor in channel selection.
US09992735B1	System and method for vehicle wireless connection management A system and method for vehicle wireless connection management is disclosed. Vehicles may provide wireless connectivity to the Internet for associated mobile devices. The vehicle, using a vehicle access point management device, may manage whether to connect to a cellular wireless system or to another wireless system (such as a Wi-Fi access point external to the vehicle). In particular, the vehicle access point management device may access a location-based access point map that correlates potentially available Wi-Fi access points correlated to geographic locations, and using the current location of the vehicle and the location-based access point map, determine whether to attempt to connect to a Wi-Fi access point. In this way, the vehicle access point management device need not initially search for available Wi-Fi access points, which in a single Wi-Fi antenna vehicle, could potentially disrupt the Wi-Fi connection to the associated mobile devices.
US09992732B2	Operation of machine-type communication devices The invention relates to operating a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) device for communication with a cellular radio network. A transmission is made from the MTC device to the cellular radio network to register the MTC device with the cellular radio network. The transmission includes a message from the MTC device to the cellular radio network, identifying the MTC device as an MTC device to the cellular radio network. Also, the MTC device has an associated HPLMN. An instruction is received at the MTC device from the network not to make a transmission from the MTC device for accessing the network. The instruction specifies a criteria for the MTC device's HPLMN or preferred list of networks. The MTC Device compares the criteria with the HPLMN associated with the MTC device and avoids making a transmission to access the network for a period of time based on the result comparing step.
US09992730B2	Method and apparatus for determining warning alert list contents for assignment of cells to tracking area identifiers A example method includes receiving, at a cell broadcast center (CBC) an alert request providing information for distribution to at least one user equipment, identifying a broadcast area based on the alert request, one or more cells within the broadcast area, determining a warning area list (WAL) for a message and transmitting the message with the WAL. The WAL may be a list of one or more Tracking Area Identity (TAIs) or a list of cell identifiers depending on various conditions.
US09992722B2	Reconfigurable multi-mode and multi-bands radio architecture and transceiver A transceiver with a spectrum sensing unit configured to detect, within a plurality of millimeter wave bands, one or more channels with tolerably low interference for selection. The transceiver has a transmitter configured to modulate a transmit signal to an output transmit signal using a transmit carrier frequency compatible with a transmit channel selected from the one or more channels, and using a transmit duplexing operating mode compatible with a transmit millimeter wave of the plurality of millimeter wave bands that correspond to the transmit channel. The transceiver has a receiver configured to demodulate a receive signal from an input receive signal using a receive carrier frequency compatible with a receive channel selected from the one or more channels, and using a receive duplexing operating mode compatible with a receive millimeter wave of the plurality of millimeter wave bands that correspond to the receive channel. The transceiver has a duplexer configured to route the output transmit signal from the transmitter based on the transmit duplexing operating mode and the transmit millimeter wave band, and the input receive signal to the receiver based on the receive duplexing operating mode and the receive millimeter wave band.
US09992716B2	Wireless device and method of transmitting uplink data and buffer status reports in a wireless communications system The method provides buffer status reporting for the transmission of uplink data from a wireless device to a base station. Uncompressed data is stored in a first buffer of the wireless device. A buffer status report is transmitted from the wireless device to the base station, where the buffer status report contains information indicating an amount of the uncompressed data to be transmitted from the wireless device. The information is dependent on the amount of the uncompressed data stored in the first buffer.
US09992715B2	In-device coexistence interference report control method and apparatus of network in mobile communication system An in-device coexistence interference report control method of a network for terminal to inform the network of interference among heterogeneous radio communication modules coexisting in the terminal is provided. The method includes determining, at a terminal when a terminal capability enquiry message is received from a base station, whether the base station supports an In-Device Coexistence (IDC) interference report, transmitting, when the IDC interference report is supported, a terminal capacity information message to the base station, receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message including information on whether terminal's IDC interference indicator transmission is permitted from the base station; and transmitting an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message to the base station in response to the RRC connection reconfiguration message. The in-device coexistence interference indication control method is advantageous in preventing the UE from transmitting useless in-device coexistence interference indication messages, resulting in reduction of unnecessary signaling.
US09992712B2	Delivery of handover command A delta configuration is transmitted to a UE requesting a handover wherein the delta configuration details changes that are required for the current UE configuration in order to execute the handover. The handover is initiated via a measurement report transmitted to a currently serving source eNode B from the UE. The measurement report can comprise one or more of current radio conditions, current UE configuration or a preferred target eNode B if the handover is a inter eNode B handover. In a inter eNB handover, the current UE configuration is forwarded to the preferred target eNode B by the source eNode B. The target eNode B generates the delta configuration and transmits it to the source eNode B in a transparent container which is subsequently forwarded to the UE.
US09992708B2	Micro to macro IP connection handover Disclosed are a system and method for moving a connection from a localized network, e.g., a personal area network (“PAN”), to a different or larger network, e.g., a wide area network (“WAN”). In one aspect, wherein two devices are in communication on a PAN, each device uses the PAN to query the IPv6 WAN prefix assigned to each other device to which it is communicating on the PAN. The querying device then creates a globally routable IPv6 address for the desired communication and uses it to continue the connection after the device detects that the PAN is out of range. In an embodiment, one of the endpoint devices may determine that it has changed its IPv6 prefix and may transmit the new prefix to the other device through an out-of-band method such as the Short Message Service.
US09992703B2	Insertion of management packet into a deterministic track In one embodiment, a method comprises: a first network device in a deterministic network identifying first and second slots for transmission of a data packet toward a destination device along a deterministic track of the deterministic network, the first slot reserved for the first network device receiving the data packet from a second network device and the second slot reserved for transmission by the first network device of the data packet toward the destination device along the deterministic track; the first network device detecting, in the first slot, an absence of receiving the data packet from the second network device; and the first network device selectively generating and transmitting in the second slot, in response to the absence of receiving the data packet, a management packet along the deterministic track.
US09992702B2	Wireless communication apparatus, a method of wireless communication, and a program for wireless communication In wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a predetermined wireless network, overhead information defined in a media access control layer is divided into a header of information necessary for the common access control and a header of information necessary for each payload. Address information is added to the header of information necessary for the common access control to transmit the generated header attached to the transmission data. For example, in a case of forming a physical burst in which a plurality of data payloads are combined into one, a frame structure is provided without useless repetition of address information.
US09992699B2	Son control system, son control method, and mobile communication system A mobile communication system (100) in which a SON is implemented includes a load control unit (150). The load control unit (150) obtains D-SON apparatus information including at least a load state of the D-SON apparatus (190) from the D-SON apparatus (190) and also adjusts, based on the obtained D-SON apparatus information, a timing for instructing the D-SON apparatus (190) to execute the C-SON process so that a load on the D-SON apparatus is not concentrated on a time axis. In such a mobile communication system, it is possible to attempt to stabilize an operation of the entire SON even when the load on the D-SON apparatus is heavy.
US09992695B2	Methods and apparatuses for performing measurements in a wireless network Embodiments herein relate to a user equipment, UE, configured to performing measurements in a wireless communication network. The UE acquires system information, SI, of a cell during autonomous gaps, and also performs at least one non-SI measurement related to a serving and/or to one or more neighbor cells during a time period comprising the autonomous gaps. The embodiments also relate to a serving network node, a target network node and respective method therein.
US09992688B2	Communication method and apparatus According to a communication method and a base station that are provided in embodiments of the present invention, the base station transmits a broad beam that covers a sector of the base station and narrow beams whose coverage areas completely fall within a coverage area of the broad beam, which implements that under a premise that a coverage area of the sector of the base station maintains unchanged by using the broad beam, enhanced coverage of the sector is further achieved by using the narrow beams, thereby improving spectral efficiency. In the solutions, a sector coverage area of the broad beam transmitted by the base station still maintains unchanged, and therefore, a coverage relationship between sectors is not affected. In addition, neither an additional site backhaul resource nor additional standardization support is required in the solutions.
US09992687B2	Efficient beam scanning for high-frequency wireless networks Systems and methods relating to non-adaptive beam scanning in a wireless network are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a transmit node to perform non-adaptive beam scanning for transmit beam patterns of the transmit node that partition a service coverage area of the transmit node into transmit partition cells is provided. The method transmitting a known signal using each of multiple scanning beam patterns for each of multiple beam scanning stages over non-overlapping radio resource slots. The scanning beam patterns for the beam scanning stages are such that each unique combination of scanning beam patterns consisting of one scanning beam pattern from each of the beam scanning stages corresponds to a different transmit beam pattern of the transmit node. This multi-stage beam scanning approach provides an exponentially more efficient process for beam scanning than the conventional Sequential Beam Sweeping (SBS) approach.
US09992682B2	System and apparatus for adapting operations of a communication device A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09992680B2	System and method for establishing security in network devices capable of operating in multiple frequency bands A method includes establishing, in response to a network device operating in the first frequency band, security for the first frequency band and a second frequency band by performing a single authentication in the first frequency band prior to the network device switching operation from the first frequency band to the second frequency band. The method includes transferring, subsequent to the network device switching operation from the first frequency band to the second frequency band, a communication session of the network device from the first frequency band to the second frequency band. The method includes resuming the communication session of the network device in the second frequency band using the security established for the second frequency band (i) during the operation of the network device in the first frequency band, and (ii) prior to the network device switching operation from the first frequency band to the second frequency band.
US09992676B2	Method for unlocking administration authority and device for authentication The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for unlocking administration authority and a device for performing authentication, and pertain to the technical field of computer information security. In the method, the authentication device receives authentication information sent by a plurality of member devices. The member devices include a mobile terminal or a wearable device. The authentication device performs a matching authentication of the authentication information by matching authentication information sent from a member device with authentication information prestored in an authorized authentication information list, and determines a distance between an authenticated member device and the authentication device. Then, the authentication device unlocks local administration authority if the number of authenticated member devices that are located within a predetermined distance threshold from the authentication device reaches a predetermined number threshold.
US09992672B2	Apparatus, system and method for exchanging encrypted communications with an eye-mountable device Techniques and mechanisms for exchanging encrypted communications wirelessly with an accommodation-capable ophthalmic device. In an embodiment, a controller of the ophthalmic device is configured to encrypt data to be sent from the ophthalmic device to an auxiliary device or to decrypt data received by the ophthalmic device from the auxiliary device.
US09992670B2	Machine-to-machine cellular communication security Facilitating authentication on communication between a mobile terminal and a server is achieved. The communication is made through a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) of a network in which the mobile terminal is operating. A Home Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) of the mobile terminal generates a ciphering key for encryption of packet-switched data between the mobile terminal and the server. As part of a message from a network entity in the Home PLMN to the SGSN in which the SGSN expects to receive the ciphering key, alternative data is communicated in place of the ciphering key. Secure communication between the mobile terminal and the server is performed by applying encryption using a ciphering key generated by a network entity in a Home PLMN of the mobile terminal in messages between the mobile terminal and the server.
US09992668B2	Wireless call security Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising establishing a telephone call between a local mobile telephone and a remote telephone via an audio system in a vehicle, wherein the telephone call is audible through a set of speakers connected to the audio system in the vehicle, and responsive to the telephone call, determining that more than one person is present in the vehicle, and sending, to the remote telephone, an indication that more than one person is present in the vehicle.
US09992667B2	Multi-line mobile service with dynamic MSISDN association Methods and computing systems for dynamic MSISDN association are described. A network device receives a location update message from a mobile network switch. The location update message indicates that a mobile device is registered with the mobile network switch. The location update message includes an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with the mobile device. The network device determines, based at least on the IMSI, a plurality of MSISDNs associated with the mobile device, including a first MSISDN that is enabled for calling and a second MSISDN that is not enabled for calling. The network device transmits, in response to the location update message, subscriber data to a database associated with the mobile network switch, which associates the IMSI with the first MSISDN.
US09992664B2	Determining network connection structure of target area The disclosure is related to determining a network connection structure of devices in a target service place by a service server including a processor and a memory and located at a remote location from the target service place. In order to determine, subscriber information of a target subscriber may be obtained. Based on the subscriber information, public network information associated with the target subscriber may be obtained from predetermined network devices associated with the target subscriber. First devices may be detected based on the obtained subscriber information and the collected network information, wherein the first devices are belonging to the target subscriber and are located in the target subscriber's service place.
US09992661B2	Neighbor aware network logical channels A method of communication includes selecting a logical channel of a plurality of logical channels at a first electronic device of a neighbor aware network (NAN). The logical channel indicates a particular communication channel of a plurality of communication channels and indicates a set of transmission windows of a plurality of transmission windows. The method also includes generating a message indicating that the first electronic device is available to communicate with other electronic devices of the NAN and identifying the logical channel. The method further includes transmitting the message to a second electronic device of the NAN.
US09992658B2	Payment reconciliation in mixed-ownership low-power mesh networks Systems and methods that enable scalable, cost-effective payment reconciliation between owners of devices at least temporarily connected in or to a particular low-power, ad hoc mesh network.
US09992656B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The method for transmitting broadcast signals includes encoding data of PLPs (Physical Layer Pips); building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded data of the PLPs; and modulating data in the built signal frame by OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) method and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09992655B2	System and method for call management A system and method are provided in accordance with the various aspects of the invention that enhance the information regarding a caller and a call location. Such calls are typically sent to a dispatcher that handles urgent or emergency calls. The information provided can be in the form of a message that is includes specifics about the call initiator and the nature of and/or reason for the call; a message that is converted to verbal form from text-to-speech; and/or the message may include location information, especially as it relates to representing a wireless device as a landline location based on nearby communication options, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth beacons.
US09992654B2	Policy driven emergency traffic handling for machine-to-machine device communication Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to policy driven emergency traffic handling for machine-to-machine (“M2M”) device communication. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an M2M application server can receive a plurality of emergency messages from a mobility management entity (“MME”) over a control plane interface. The plurality emergency message can be generated by a plurality of M2M devices in response to an emergency event. The M2M application server can filter, based upon a policy, the plurality of emergency messages to remove duplicate messages of the plurality of emergency messages in order to create a clean group of emergency messages. The M2M application server can forward the clean group of emergency messages to at least one public safety answering point (“PSAP”).
US09992653B2	E911 positioning via background signal tracking Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations and/or techniques for improved E911 positioning via background signal tracking, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device, for example.
US09992648B2	Apparatus, method and system for subsequently connecting people A method and system is provided for personally encountered users to subsequently identify one another and safely interact. Information of the encounter location description, or wirelessly obtained ID's in the encounter, along with a user's self-description that contains enough information for that user to be identified by other encountered users are transmitted to a system. The system displays to a user a collection of self-descriptions of other encountered users. From among the encountered users, a user can choose his target for further interactions in an unobtrusive and private way, including mutual intention inquiry, specific connection intention matching and unilateral interest expression.
US09992644B2	Methods for providing additional information for a mobile-originated short message Methods for appending additional device, location, and/or presence information to a mobile-originated (MO) short message are taught herein. One such method for appending additional device information includes receiving a MO short message at a message center. The MO short message includes a content request. The message center sends a query to a subscriber directory for device information corresponding to the device of the requesting subscriber. The subscriber directory searches for the device information and generates a response to be sent to the message center, the response including the device information. The subscriber directory sends the response to the message center, which appends the device information to the MO short message. The message center then sends the short message to the destination, for example, a content provider. Methods for appending location and/or presence information are also taught.
US09992643B2	Session establishment, maintenance, and termination by end device based on SMS messaging A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to receive a trigger to initiate a media session that is to be supported by a control channel and a media channel; generate a first Short Message Service (SMS) message, which includes a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message configured to initiate the media session, in response to the trigger; transmit, via non-access stratum as the control channel, the first SMS message that includes the first SIP message to a server via a mobility management entity, in response to the generation; determine whether a bearer for the media channel is already established; establish the bearer in response to a determination that the bearer is not already established; use the bearer as the media channel in response to the establishment; and use the bearer as the media channel in response to a determination that the bearer is already established.
US09992641B2	Electronic device, server, and method for outputting voice According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a camera module obtaining image data of a user, a controller configured to detect at least one feature corresponding to an intention of the user from the image data obtained by the camera module, to obtain a pattern based on the at least one feature, to determine text data corresponding to the pattern, and to convert at least a portion of the text data into voice data, and an output module outputting the voice data. Other various embodiments of the pattern recognition are also provided.
US09992638B1	System and method of facilitating management of common channel based services Disclosed is a method of facilitating management of common channel based services. The method includes receiving at least one query comprising each of the primary access code and the sub access code. The method further includes searching a registry based on the at least one query to determine availability of each of the primary access code and the sub access code. Further, the method includes associating each of the primary access code and the sub access code with at least one common channel based service. Yet further, the method includes receiving at least one request call comprising each of the primary access code and the sub access code. Further, the method includes identifying the at least one common channel based service. Moreover, the method includes processing the request call based on the identifying of the at least one common channel based service.
US09992636B2	Transmission management system, management method, and recording medium A transmission management system, in response to receiving a registration request for registering a candidate counterpart terminal in a candidate list of a first transmission terminal, determines whether a target of the registration request is a second transmission terminal or a group. The management system transmits, to the second transmission terminal, an approval request for requesting whether to approve registering the second transmission terminal as a candidate counterpart terminal in the candidate list of the first transmission terminal, when the target of the registration request is determined to be the second transmission terminal. The management system transmits, to an administrator terminal operated by an administrator of the group, an approval request for requesting whether to approve registering all transmission terminals in the group as candidate counterpart terminals in the candidate list of the first transmission terminal, when the target of the registration request is determined to be the group.
US09992634B2	Resource selection method and wireless device A resource selection method and a wireless device are disclosed. The method includes: determining whether the wireless device is desired to broadcast a first scheduling assignment (SA) signal in an SA slot of an SA phase; if yes, selecting an SA broadcasting resource for broadcasting the first SA signal based on a first list and a second list recorded by the wireless device; if no, listening to all SA channels included in an SA channel resource pool, and removing a first SA channel from the first list after a second SA signal being carried on the first SA channel is listened to.
US09992631B2	In-building location security and privacy A mobile device includes: a transceiver configured to send and receive signals to and from a location-based services application server (LBS AS) and an access/location network (ALN); and a processor communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to: send, via the transceiver, a first identity for the mobile device to the LBS AS; send, via the transceiver, a second identity for the mobile device to the ALN, wherein the first identity and the second identity comprise a common identity for the mobile device; and obtain a location service from the LBS AS, or the ALN, or a combination thereof, via the transceiver.
US09992630B2	Predicting companion data types associated with a traveler at a geographic region including lodging Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for identifying activities and/or destinations of relative importance. More specifically, a system, a device and a method are provided to predict a type of companion with whom a traveler collaborates to, among other things, predict activities (e.g., preferential activities) available at a geographic region association with lodging. In one or more embodiments, a method can include determining a location at which a user computing device associated with a user is disposed, and calculating that a computing device associated with a candidate companion is within a region coterminous with the location. Also, the method may include predicting data representing a companionship type for data representing the candidate companion based at least the location at which the user and the candidate companion are co-located.
US09992627B2	Method and apparatus for providing location sharing via simulation An approach for providing location sharing via simulation is disclosed. A location sharing platform determines at least one location point associated with at least one device and at least one algorithm for determining at least one predicted route of the at least one device based, at least in part, on the at least one location point. The location sharing platform then causes, at least in part, a transmission of the at least one location point and the at least one algorithm to at least one other device for generating location tracking information.
US09992626B2	Method and apparatus for providing location-based services using location-based traces An approach is provided for providing contemporaneous traces of user movement for algorithms and methods of location-based applications and/or services. The location traces platform determines a request, from one or more applications, for location information associated with at least one device. The location traces platform determines one or more location traces associated with the at least one device, wherein the one or more location traces represent at least a portion of a movement history associated with the at least one device. The location traces platform causes, at least in part, a return of the one or more location traces, one or more service parameters, one or more service suggestions, or a combination thereof to the one or more applications in response to the request.
US09992625B2	System and method for location reporting in an untrusted network environment An example method is provided and may include retrieving by a user equipment (UE) an access point (AP) Media Access Control (MAC) address for an AP to which the UE is connected; reporting location information for the UE to an evolved Packet Data Gateway over an SWu interface using Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) protocol, wherein the location information includes, at least in part, a UE location in GPS coordinates, a service set identifier, the retrieved AP MAC address and cell identity information for the UE; and populating a location database with the location information. The method can include embedding the location information in an identity initiator (Idi) of an IKE Authentication Request (IKE_AUTH_REQ) message using a Network Access Identifier (NAI) and communicating the location information from the ePDG to a PGW over an S2b interface using a private extension information element of GPRS Tunneling Protocol version 2 (GTPv2).
US09992621B2	Methods and apparatus for identifying communication service availability for a mobile device using breadcrumbs Methods and apparatus are disclosed for enabling a mobile device to generate pathway records, and to use the generated records to identify a location at which a desired type of communication service is available for the mobile device. The generated pathway records include (a) timing data indicative of a data collection time, (b) location data indicative of a collection location of the mobile device at the collection time, and (c) data indicative of available communication services for the mobile device at the collection location. Via a user interface, the mobile device presents a map including indications of (a) a current location of the mobile device, (b) a trail representing a time-ordered sequence of the pathway records, and (c) the available communication services associated with respective ones of the pathway records generated by the mobile device.
US09992619B2	Network device based proximity beacon locating A proximity beacon signal transmitted by a network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter is received at a network device. A RSSI reporting message is generated at the network device based on the proximity beacon signal. A position of the network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter with respect to the network device is determined using the RSSI reporting message. A location of the network device within a region is determined using the RSSI reporting message and network device map data for the region. The location of the network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter in the region is determined based on the position of the network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter with respect to the network device and the location of the network device within the region.
US09992616B2	Information processing method and NFC terminal The present invention provides an information processing method and an NFC terminal. The method includes: monitoring a state of a TCP connection that is established by at least one secure element SE in a near field communication NFC terminal to a server by using a Transmission Control Protocol TCP port of the NFC terminal; when monitoring that the state of the TCP connection is disconnected, determining a first SE from the at least one SE, where the first SE is an SE corresponding to a TCP port whose TCP connection is disconnected; and obtaining an application identifier AID of a contactless application in the first SE.
US09992614B2	Wireless device pairing management A method may include detecting a first wireless device configured to perform short-range wireless communications and detecting a second wireless device configured to perform short-range wireless communications. The method may also include determining one or more short-range wireless connection priorities with respect to a first pairing and a second pairing. The first pairing may be with respect to short-range wireless communications between the first wireless device and a third wireless device configured to perform short-range wireless communications. The second pairing may be with respect to short-range wireless communications between the second wireless device and the third wireless device. The method may further include managing the first pairing and the second pairing based on the one or more short-range wireless connection priorities.
US09992610B2	Mine WiFi and method A telecommunications system for a mine with tunnels having a plurality of nodes disposed in the tunnels in the mine which provides communication through WiFi with devices in the mine. Each node having a housing defining an enclosure, a first radio with a first antenna disposed at least partially in the enclosure within the housing directed for communication in a first direction relative to the node, a second radio with a second antenna disposed at least partially in the enclosure within the housing directed for communication in a second direction essentially opposite the first direction, and a power supply in electrical communication with the first and second radios to power the first and second radios. A method of a telecommunications system for a mine. A method of a Wifi node for a mine. A Wifi node for a mine. An apparatus for holding an object in a mine.
US09992609B2	Method and system for MTC event management There is provided a method and system for management of Machine Type Communication (MTC) events. The system and method enables the detection of a state of the MTC event, correlating the state of MTC event with a Virtual Network Function (VNF) state of a VNF configured to mitigate the MTC event and transitioning the VNF to the VNF state which correlates with the MTC state. In this manner, the VNF can be in a configured and active state in advance of the MTC event reaching a critical state, thereby enabling mitigation of the MTC event prior to reaching the critical state.
US09992606B2	Segmented network mobile device provisioning system Disclosed is a personal device container system. The personal device container system typically includes a processor, a memory, and an access management module stored in the memory. The personal device container system is typically configured to establish network communication between a personal computing device and a provisioning system that validates the identity of the personal computing device and provides a certificate to the personal computing device. Thereafter, the personal computing device requests access to a secured network segment and provides the certificate to the personal device container system. The personal device container system then authenticates the personal computing device's certificate before allowing the personal computing device to communicate with the secured network segment. User credentials associated with a user are authenticated before user-specific content associated with the user is provided to the personal computing device. Accordingly, a user-specific experience may be provided to different users of the personal computing device.
US09992604B2	Error model-based multi-zone sound reproduction method and device An error model-based multi-zone sound reproduction method includes arranging a speaker array, and setting control points for a bright zone and a dark zone. The bright zone is a zone requiring the generation of an independent sound source. The dark zone is a zone not requiring the generation of an independent sound source. The method further includes conducting probability distribution modeling on the speaker frequency response errors. The method further includes, according to the error distribution model, respectively listing expected average sound energy expressions of the bright zone and the dark zone and a frequency response consistency constraint expression of the bright zone. The method further includes calculating a time-domain impulse response filter signal of each channel according to the time-domain sound energy contrast control criterion of the frequency response consistency constraint.
US09992602B1	Decoupled binaural rendering Techniques of performing binaural rendering involve generating separate locations of virtual sources on the sphere for each ear of a listener. Along these lines, consider a set of actual audio sources that are not equidistant from a central point. To provide a listener with ambisonic audio, a sphere is defined with the listener at its center. When a source is not on the surface of the sphere, respective rays from the source to each of the listener's ears may not intersect the sphere at the same point. Rather, to provide a more accurate representation of the actual source, virtual loudspeakers are placed at each of the sphere intersections, a first virtual loudspeaker propagating audio to the left ear, a second virtual loudspeaker propagating audio to the right ear.
US09992601B2	Binaural multi-channel decoder in the context of non-energy-conserving up-mix rules A multi-channel decoder for generating a binaural signal from a downmix signal using upmix rule information on an energy-error introducing upmix rule for calculating a gain factor based on the upmix rule information and characteristics of head related transfer function based filters corresponding to upmix channels. The one or more gain factors are used by a filter processor for filtering the downmix signal so that an energy corrected binaural signal having a left binaural channel and a right binaural channel is obtained.
US09992600B2	Rendering of audio objects with apparent size to arbitrary loudspeaker layouts Multiple virtual source locations may be defined for a volume within which audio objects can move. A set-up process for rendering audio data may involve receiving reproduction speaker location data and pre-computing gain values for each of the virtual sources according to the reproduction speaker location data and each virtual source location. The gain values may be stored and used during “run time,” during which audio reproduction data are rendered for the speakers of the reproduction environment. During run time, for each audio object, contributions from virtual source locations within an area or volume defined by the audio object position data and the audio object size data may be computed. A set of gain values for each output channel of the reproduction environment may be computed based, at least in part, on the computed contributions. Each output channel may correspond to at least one reproduction speaker of the reproduction environment.
US09992599B2	Method, device, encoder apparatus, decoder apparatus and audio system Method for processing a stereo signal includes encoding an N-channel audio signal in a stereo signal (Lo, Ro) and spatial parameters (wl, wr), processing the stereo signal using the spatial parameters for generating a processed stereo signal (low, Row). The matrix of the processed stereo signal is described as the matrix of the stereo signal, multiplied by a filter matrix (H) having element that are filter functions (H1, H2, H3, H4) operated with spatial parameters (wl, wr) and a constant (a). The filter functions are time invariant and selected so that the matrix is invertible.
US09992596B2	High displacement acoustic transducer systems Acoustic transducer systems are described herein and in particular, acoustic transducer systems involving high displacement are described. An example acoustic transducer system includes an acoustic driver, a diaphragm position sensing module for generating a position signal corresponding to a displacement of a diaphragm of the acoustic driver, and a controller operable to: receive an input audio signal; generate a control signal based at least on the input audio signal and the position signal; and transmit the control signal to a voice coil operably coupled to the diaphragm so that the voice coil moves within an air gap within the acoustic driver at least partially in response to the control signal. A height of the voice coil can correspond substantially to a gap height in some embodiments.
US09992593B2	Acoustic characterization based on sensor profiling A system, method, and computer-readable medium for an audio processing system which compensates for environment parameters to enhance audio inputs and outputs of an information handling system. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the audio processing system accounts for environmental characteristics including some or all of shape, size, materials, occupant, quantity, location and occlusions.
US09992592B1	Vacuum testing of audio devices A method of assessing noise involves evacuating air from a vacuum chamber to a pressure less than about 1 Torr and stimulating a device positioned in the chamber by shaking it or by operating a component of the device. Measuring vibrations in a low pressure environment decreases or eliminates propagation of sound waves, thereby enabling isolation and identification of vibrations caused by mechanical noise. These measurements may be useful for more precise acoustic characterization of audio devices containing multiple components.
US09992589B2	ITE hearing aid and method of manufacturing the same An ITE hearing aid having a shell worn at least partially in a user's ear canal, a faceplate closing the shell at a side oriented towards the exterior of the user's ear, and at least one microphone housed in the shell and acoustically connected to ambience via a sound port formed in the faceplate. The faceplate has a cover element covering a cavity of the sound port in a direction normal to a main plane of the faceplate and a lateral sound opening in a wall extending normal to the main plane. The cover element is elevated above a surface region surrounding the cover element, with the sound port wall extending between the cover element and this surface region. The shell is designed, with regard to shape and size, in a manner that the hearing aid is manually removable from the ear canal without the need to use a tool.
US09992583B2	Hearing aid system and a method of operating a hearing aid system A method of operating a hearing aid system (400) based on a classification of the current sound environment, which includes a measure of a beat probability and a hearing aid system for carrying out such a method.
US09992582B2	Method of operating a hearing aid system and a hearing aid system A hearing aid system and method of operating the hearing aid system, wherein the impedance of a hearing aid receiver is measured, the measured impedance is used to determine non-linearity characteristics of the receiver, and upon detecting that the non-linearity exceeds a threshold, the user is alerted and/or the receiver non-linearity is compensated.
US09992574B2	Multi-compartment traveling kit for audio-visual systems Methods and products for activating a backpack audio-visual system are generally described. In an example, a module in the backpack may detect a presence of a device in a first compartment that may be defined by a first set of walls. In response to the detection, the module may determine a status of a first speaker and a second speaker. The first and second speakers may be inside of a second compartment and a third compartment, respectively. The second and third compartments may be defined by a second and a third set of walls, respectively. Based on the presence of the device in the first compartment and the status of the first and second speakers, the module may establish a wireless communication link between the device and the first and second speakers. The backpack audio-visual system may be activated in response to the establishment of the wireless communication link.
US09992572B2	Dereverberation system for use in a signal processing apparatus A system used in a loudspeaker-room-microphone environment includes a microphone signal partitioner that divides a signal from a microphone into one or more divided portions. A reverberation energy estimator estimates reverberation energy in some of the divided portions of the microphone signal based on a loudspeaker signal. The estimated reverberation energy is processed to generate a dereverberated output signal.
US09992570B2	Auralization for multi-microphone devices A method for auralizing a multi-microphone device. Path information for one or more sound paths using dimensions and room reflection coefficients of a simulated room for one of a plurality of microphones included in a multi-microphone device is determined. An array-related transfer functions (ARTFs) for the one of the plurality of microphones is retrieved. The auralized impulse response for the one of the plurality of microphones is generated based at least on the retrieved ARTFs and the determined path information.
US09992569B2	Camera-mountable acoustic collection assembly An acoustic collection and collection assembly comprises an acoustic collection dish, a support frame, and a microphone mount extending from the support frame that allows one or more microphones to be positioned at the acoustic focal point of the dish for optimal capture of distant sounds.
US09992568B2	Method and apparatus for audio playback In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one earpiece, at least one hands-free speaker, and a sound reproduction system. The sound reproduction system includes the at least one earpiece and the at least one hands-free speaker. The sound reproduction system is configured to provide a downlink audio signal to the at least one earpiece and a corresponding audio signal associated with the downlink audio signal to the at least one hands-free speaker.
US09992565B2	Suspension system mechanism A suspension system is provided with a frame to mount to a side surface of a speaker cabinet with a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The suspension system is also provided with a lever arm with a proximal end and a distal end that are both adapted to connect to an upper support. The lever arm also has an intermediate portion that is pivotally connected to the frame about a pivot axis with a plurality of arcuate slots formed through. Each arcuate slot is formed with an end stop that corresponds to a splay angle of the speaker cabinet relative to the upper support, and each slot aligns with one of the apertures to receive a pin. Whereby suspending the speaker cabinet from the upper support pivots the lever arm in a first direction until the pin engages the end stop.
US09992559B2	Sensor management device, sensor, monitoring system, sensor management method, sensor management program, monitoring method, and monitoring program A sensor management device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a sensor management device includes: a reception unit configured to receive sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by a sensor; and a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information received by the reception unit is associated with the sensor, wherein the display control unit performs control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the reception unit.
US09992558B2	Message routing using location routing numbers Various embodiments provide for a way of routing messages using location routing numbers. More specifically, some embodiments can route calls on different legacy networks by using features of existing telecommunication policy and databases. For example, a location routing number can be registered in a number portability administration center database. The location routing number may be in a native number block of a facility carrier and a company registering the location routing number in the number portability administration center database may not be the facility carrier. The destination switch of the facility carrier can be programmed to accept traffic associated with the location routing number. As a result, components of the network can route the message for the company to a destination switch of the facility carrier.
US09992557B2	Rack mountable security enclosures A rack mountable security enclosure includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side cable rack perpendicular to and extending between the top and bottom panels, a second side cable rack perpendicular to and extending between the top and bottom panels, the top and bottom panels and the first and second side cable racks forming an opening providing access to electronic equipment when the rack mountable security enclosure is mounted to an equipment rack and a lockable door covering the opening.
US09992556B1	Automated creation of storyboards from screenplays Computing resources may automatically generate a rough draft of storyboard by using textual analysis to extract meaning from a screenplay. The storyboard may be accompanied by spoken dialogue, sound effects, and a soundtrack. Users may provide pre-production decisions regarding appearance of characters and backgrounds. The users may include a community of different individuals who contribute content and suggest modifications to the storyboard. The computing resources may also access logic to select visual elements for the storyboard from libraries of existing content or from custom content prepared by one of the users. Pagination of the screenplay and location of dialogue and action on the pages of the screenplay may be used to create a timeline for the storyboard and any accompanying audio.
US09992552B2	Data communications Embodiments herein provide systems and methods for sending broadband data to end-users over a DTTV broadcast transmission. Systems and methods for receiving such data are also described. A wireless overlay system is set up by an Internet Service Provider/Communications Provider (ISP/CP) 11 by means of receiving from end-user equipment 27 data requests over a DSL uplink together with identification of at least one DTTV transmitter 21 23. The ISP/CP 11 provides an overlay controller 26 which causes routing of the requested data over a selected DTTV transmitter 21. At the end-user equipment, the requested data can be received from the DTTV broadcast and extracted for output.
US09992551B1	Integrated diagnostic and debugging of regional content distribution systems System, method, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for integrated diagnosis and debugging of content distribution systems. A system includes a networking module that receives, from a central server, instructions for running network diagnostics on a cable headend. A diagnostics environment module is configured to perform diagnostic operations based on the received instructions. The networking module transmits results of the diagnostic operations to the central server.
US09992550B2	Transmission method, reception method, transmission apparatus, and reception apparatus A transmission method includes generating one or more frames for content transfer using IP (Internet Protocol) packets, and transmitting the one or more generated frames by broadcast. Each of the one or more frames contains a plurality of second transfer units, each of the plurality of second transfer units contains one or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units contains at least one of the IP packets. An object IP packet of the IP packets which is stored in a first transfer unit positioned at a head in the one or more frames contains reference clock information that indicates time for reproduction of the content in data structure different from data structure of an MMT (MPEG Media Transport) packet, and header compression processing on the object IP packet is omitted.
US09992548B1	Audio scheduling and recording systems and methods A content distribution system generates first metadata for an audio stream, generates second metadata indicative of audio content to be included in the audio stream within a predetermined period in the future relative to present time, generates an output stream including the audio stream, the first metadata, and the second metadata, and broadcasts the output stream to user devices. A user device receives the output stream, determines the audio content to be included within the predetermined period in the future based on the second metadata, determines when target pieces of audio content are scheduled to be included in the output stream during the predetermined period in the future, tunes to the output stream when the target pieces of audio are included in the output stream, and stores the target pieces of audio in memory of the user device.
US09992547B2	Method for adjusting backlight brightness of television and box for adjusting backlight brightness of television Provided are a method for adjusting backlight brightness of a television by a box and a box for adjusting backlight brightness of a television. The box includes a user interface controlling module and a command transmitting module. The method includes: triggering the user interface controlling module in response to a signal input from the outside; and the command transmitting module transmitting an adjusting command to the television. The method and the box according to embodiments of the present disclosure can adjust the backlight brightness of a television by interaction between a box and the television based on the user's need.
US09992545B2	Method for play synchronization and device using the same A method, devices, and a non-transitory recording medium for providing contents are provided. The method includes reproducing at least one content, at a first device; transmitting information corresponding to the at least one content from the first device to a second device to reproduce content corresponding to the at least one content in the second device; receiving a message from an external device while reproducing the at least one content at the first device; providing the received message while reproducing the at least one content at the first device; and transmitting information corresponding to the received message from the first device to the second device, the information corresponding to the received message being used to enable the second device to provide a message corresponding to the received message while reproducing the content corresponding to the at least one content.
US09992530B2	System and method for prioritizing and filtering CEC commands A first controllable appliance receives from a second controllable appliance a command for causing the first controllable appliance to be placed into a state and, in response, determines a trust level of the second controllable appliance. When it is determined that the second controllable appliance is trustworthy, the first controllable appliance executes the command. When it is determined that the second controllable appliance is untrustworthy, the first controllable appliance ignores the command. Otherwise, the first controllable appliance enters into a state in which the first controllable appliance waits for at least a predetermined period of time for a user to confirm whether or not the first controllable appliance should be caused to execute the command.
US09992528B2	System and methods thereof for displaying video content A system is configured to display a video clip on a display of a user device. The system receives a request from the user device to display the video clip. The system then queries an advertiser server to identify the video clip. The system fetches the identified video clip. The system then extracts from the fetched video clip its video content. The video content is a plurality of frames. The system then determines a type of the user device. Then, the system determines a number of frames per second for the user device. The system generates a plurality of images from the plurality of frames. The system further generates a timing sequence for displaying each of the plurality of images of the imagized video clip on the display of the user device. The system then sends the imagized video clip and the timing sequence to the user device.
US09992527B2	Video display apparatus and operating method thereof An operating method of a video display device is provided. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a broadcasting signal through a tuner; obtaining an uncompressed audio or video (AV) content, through a receiving unit, other than the broadcasting signal; outputting the uncompressed AV content through a display unit; extracting characteristic information based on a genre of the uncompressed AV content; receiving a response to a query which includes the characteristic information; and outputting an enhanced service, including a service for recommending, based on the response.
US09992526B2	Integrating social media with recordation of broadcast data Social media and recordation of programs scheduled to be broadcast is provided. Media content, including feedback data, is gathered and associated tags are extracted. A correlation of the extracted tags with digital content is performed to identify a scheduled broadcast that is related to the digital content. A time duration that a digital media content matching the digital content is present in the identified scheduled broadcast is measured. The time duration is compared to a defined value. A recording device identifier is registered with at least one social networking account. The identified schedule broadcast is matched with at least one device identifier based on a comparison of the time duration to a define value and the feedback data. A recording device associated with the matching identifier is automatically set to capture the scheduled broadcast in a data storage medium.
US09992524B1	Media-broadcasting system with broadcast schedule simulation feature In one aspect, an example method includes (i) accessing, by a computing system, a broadcast schedule, which indicates that a broadcast of a first media content item is scheduled to be followed by a broadcast of a second media content item, wherein the computing system can operate in a schedule mode or a breakout mode; (ii) switching from operating in the schedule mode to operating in the breakout mode; and (iii) while operating in the breakout mode: (a) simulating a broadcast of the first media content item; (b) making a determination that a particular signal is embedded in the first media content item; (c) responsive to making the determination, simulating a switch from broadcasting the first media content item to broadcasting the second media content item; (d) based on the simulated broadcast of the first and second media content items, generating a simulation log; and (e) presenting the generated log.
US09992522B2	Video display apparatus and operating method thereof Provided are a video display device and a method of operating the same. The video display device request content recognition configuration information to a third party server that is not dependent on any single channel, and receives the content recognition configuration information from the third party server. The video display device extracts a plurality of content recognition configuration information items from the content recognition configuration information and configures the plurality of content recognition configuration information item in the video display device. The video display device obtains contents information of uncompressed content on the basis of the plurality of content recognition configuration information item, obtains an application on the basis of the content information, and executes the application.
US09992520B2	Apparatus and methods for providing content to an IP-enabled device in a content distribution network Apparatus and methods for providing content to IP-enabled devices in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, a network architecture is disclosed which enables delivery of content to such IP-enabled devices without the use of a high-speed data connection This capability allow the managed network operator to provide content services to an IP-enabled device associated with a non-data subscriber. In one implementation, requests for content from user IP-enabled devices are received, authenticated, and content processed into a series of encrypted segments. Once the requesting user/device is authenticated, the segments are provided with a playlist. The rendering device is also provided access to a decryption key (e.g., via a URL to a managed key server). Variants providing (i) user access to the MSO distribution network via an indigenous modem or gateway; and (ii) user access to the MSO core via a gateway and a third party unmanaged network are described.
US09992516B2	Image processing device and method The present invention relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing deterioration in encoding efficiency.A decoded pixel classifying unit 152 and input pixel classifying unit 153 perform class classification of each of the macroblocks of a decoded image or input image, based on orthogonal transform sizes read out from an orthogonal transform size buffer 151. A 4×4 block coefficient calculating unit 154 and 8×8 block coefficient calculating unit 155 calculate filter coefficients in each orthogonal transform block such that residual is the smallest. A pixel classifying unit 161 of a loop filter 113 performs class classification of each of the macroblocks of the decoded image for each of the orthogonal transform block sizes. A filter unit (4×4) 162 and filter unit (8×8) 163 apply appropriate filter coefficients to their respectively corresponding orthogonal transform blocks, and perform filter processing. The present invention can be applied to, for example, an image processing device.
US09992513B2	Image processing efficient transmission or reception of encoded information The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that enable efficient change of reference relationship of views in multi-view coding. In the present technology, as for inter-view reference images, a used_by_curr flag is also set to an image having a possibility of being referred, in a slice header or syntax of an SPS. Only an image with the used_by_curr flag of 1 is added to a temporal list used in generating a reference list. Therefore, the temporal list (RefPicListTemp0[rldx]) of L0 is generated in an order of a short-term (before) reference image of an index 0, a short-term (after) reference image of an index 1, and inter-view reference images of indexes 2 and 3. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, for example.
US09992512B2	Method and apparatus for motion vector predictor derivation A method for motion vector predictor derivation of a block includes following steps: during a same-reference-frame stage of the motion vector predictor derivation, scanning a plurality of candidate motion vector predictors derived from neighbors of the block, and generating a determination result by determining if any candidate motion vector predictor is qualified for a different-reference-frame stage of the motion vector predictor derivation; and referring to the determination result to selectively enable the different-reference-frame stage following the same-reference-frame stage.
US09992507B2	Tracking a reference picture on an electronic device Methods for decoding a video bitstream. One of the methods includes receiving a respective buffer description for each of one or more decoded reference pictures from the video bitstream; wherein the respective buffer descriptions include a poc cycle parameter for one or more long term reference pictures in the one or more decoded reference pictures, and wherein the poc cycle parameter is used to calculate a picture order count (POC) for the decoded long term reference pictures; identifying one or more decoded reference pictures for a current picture from a decoded picture buffer, based on the POC for the decoded long term reference pictures; decoding the current picture using inter-frame prediction based on the identified one or more decoded reference pictures; and buffering the decoded picture in the decoded picture buffer.
US09992504B2	Coding method for data compression of power spectra of an optoelectronic component and decoding method A coding method for data compression of a power spectra of an optoelectronic component and a decoding method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a coding method includes providing a power spectrum, sampling the power spectrum at particular sampling wavelengths in order to provide a discrete source spectrum, indexing the discrete source spectrum in order to provide a source graph having discrete source values, producing an image graph having discrete image values by transforming the source graph from a source range into an image range with a discrete frequency transform, performing compression of the image graph, and digitizing the compressed image graph in order to produce compressed spectral data.
US09992502B2	Apparatus and methods for video compression using multi-resolution scalable coding Apparatus and methods for digital video data compression via a scalable, multi-resolution approach. In one embodiment, the video content may be encoded using a multi-resolution and/or multi-quality scalable coding approach that reduces computational and/or energy load on a client device. In one implementation, a low fidelity image is obtained based on a first full resolution image. The low fidelity image may be encoded to obtain a low fidelity bitstream. A second full resolution image may be obtained based on the low fidelity bitstream. A portion of a difference image obtained based on the second full resolution image and the first full resolution may be encoded to obtain a high fidelity bitstream. The low fidelity bitstream and the high fidelity bitstream may be provided to e.g., a receiving device.
US09992501B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding scalable video signal A method for decoding a scalable video signal, according to the present invention, comprises: determining whether a corresponding picture in a lower layer is used as an inter-layer reference picture for a current picture in an upper layer, based on a temporal level identifier of the lower layer; and performing inter-layer prediction of the current picture using the corresponding picture, when the corresponding picture in the lower layer is used as the inter-layer reference picture for the current picture in the upper layer, wherein the inter-layer prediction is limitedly performed depending on tile alignment between the upper layer and the lower layer.
US09992500B2	Techniques for evaluating compressed motion video quality Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for evaluating video quality of compressed versions of a motion video to select compressed frames of that motion video without access to an uncompressed version. A device to transmit motion video includes a device scoring component to select a set of coefficients from a vector correlating temporal complexity values to sets of coefficients based on a temporal complexity of a first compressed frame of a first compressed video data, the vector derived from opinion scores associated with at least one viewing characteristic of a viewing device; and a selection component to select either the first compressed frame or a second compressed frame of a second compressed data to transmit to the viewing device based on a metric of video quality derived from the selected set of coefficients, the first and second compressed data representing a motion video. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09992498B2	Method and device for generating parameter set for image encoding/decoding A method of generating a parameter set includes obtaining common information inserted into at least two lower parameter sets which belong to the same upper parameter set; determining whether the common information is to be added to at least one among the upper parameter set and the at least two lower parameter sets; and adding the common information to at least one among the upper parameter set and the at least two lower parameter sets, based on a result of the determining.
US09992494B2	Method of depth based block partitioning A method of simplified depth-based block partitioning (DBBP) for three-dimensional and multi-view video coding is disclosed. In one embodiment, the derivation of a representative value of a corresponding depth block or a reference texture block in a reference view for generating a segmentation mask and selecting a block partition are unified. In another embodiment, the first representative value, the second representative value, or both are calculated from partial samples of the corresponding depth block or the reference texture block. In yet another embodiment, a first representative value for first samples in a first partitioned block of the corresponding depth block or the reference texture block, and a second representative value for second samples in a second partitioned block of the corresponding depth block or the reference texture block for each of block partition candidates are determined.
US09992492B2	Providing a common set of parameters for sub-layers of coded video Systems and methods disclosed herein may describe methods and systems for generating, receiving, and/or processing a bitstream comprising at least a first coded video stream (CVS), the first CVS comprising a first flag that indicates whether each of a plurality of sub-layers in a coded video sequence has a respectively corresponding set of sub-layer parameters or whether a common set of sub-layer parameters corresponds to the plural sub-layers, wherein each sub-layer corresponds to a respective temporal identifier value.
US09992491B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding haptic information in multi-media files A method for encoding haptic information inside a multi-media file having content includes changing a portion of the content in the multi-media file, and adding the haptic information to the changed portion of the content, the haptic information corresponding to a haptic signal for generating a haptic effect upon playback of the multi-media file. A method for decoding haptic information from inside a multi-media file having content includes locating the haptic information inside the multi-media file, and generating a haptic signal based on the located haptic information during playback of the content of the multi-media file. A method includes receiving a multi-media signal comprising an audio signal and a haptic signal with a receiver of a haptic device, and outputting a haptic effect with a haptic output device of the haptic device based on the haptic signal in the multi-media signal.
US09992490B2	Video parameter set (VPS) syntax re-ordering for easy access of extension parameters The HEVC VPS Syntax Structure is modified by re-ordering of some syntax parameters for the future HEVC Extensions in scalable video coding, multi-view coding and 3D video coding areas. This re-ordering enables external network devices such as middle-boxes to easily access of some of the useful parameters in VPS and its extension data that are able to be used for session negotiation and/or capability exchanges for better communication and system integration purposes.
US09992489B2	Image sensor calibration A method of calibrating an image sensor may include detecting a response from a pixel of the image sensor as a result of light having an intensity impinging on the pixel, and measuring the actual standard deviation of the response of the pixel at the intensity of light. The method may also include determining an averaging number for the pixel at the intensity. The averaging number may be a number of responses of the pixel at the intensity to be averaged to attain an average response having a standard deviation less than or equal to a target value. The method may further include determining the average response of the pixel using the determined averaging number.
US09992487B1	Stereoscopic viewer Features for a lightweight stereoscopic viewing client are described. The client can generate accurate ground point coordinates from selections within the lightweight viewer by accumulating the transformations from original image sources to the images used to render the stereoscopic scene to accurately predict error for a point selection. The viewer may also be decoupled from a permanent image store allowing on-demand retrieval of images via a network for stereoscopic viewing.
US09992483B2	Imaging architecture for depth camera mode with mode switching An imaging architecture is described for a depth camera mode with mode switching. In one example, an imaging device has a primary camera to capture an image of a scene, a secondary camera to capture an image of the same scene, a third camera to capture an image of a second scene, a processor having a first port coupled to the primary camera to receive images from the primary camera and a second port to receive images, and a multiplexer coupled to the secondary camera and to the third camera to receive the captured images and to alternately couple the secondary camera or the third camera to the second port of the processor.
US09992479B2	Devices and methods for an imaging system with a dual camera architecture An electronic device can include a first image sensor configured to capture a first image of a field of view and a second image sensor configured to capture a second image of the field of view. The electronic device can include a color filter adjacent to the second image sensor such that the field of view is viewable by the second image sensor through the color filter. The first image can have a first pixel resolution. The second image can have a second pixel resolution. The electronic device can include a controller configured to determine a third image based on luminance content of the first image and color content of the second image. The third image can have a third pixel resolution indicative of a spatial resolution of the first image and a spectral resolution of the second image.
US09992472B1	Optoelectronic devices for collecting three-dimensional data The disclosure describes optoelectronic devices for collecting three-dimensional data without determining disparity. The approach permits significant flexibility relative to state-of-the-art approaches for collecting three-dimensional data. For example, the illuminations (e.g., patterns) generated by the disclosed devices need not exhibit the same degree of complexity or randomness of illuminations generally required by structured-light approaches. Further, the devices described in the present disclosure exhibit, in some instances, optimal resolution over a wide distance range. An optoelectronic device described herein is operable to generate an illumination comprising a plurality of high-intensity features that exhibit a distance-dependent alteration when imaged by an imager incorporated into the optoelectronic device.
US09992471B2	Generating hi-res dewarped book images Systems and methods for generating high resolution dewarped images for an image of a document captured by a 3D stereo digital camera system, or a mobile phone camera capturing a sequence of images, which may improve OCR performance. Example embodiments include a compact stereo camera with two sensors mounted at fixed locations, and a multi-resolution pipeline to process and to dewarp the images using a three dimensional surface model based on curve profiles of the computed depth map. Example embodiments also include a mobile phone including a camera which captures a sequence of images, and a processor which computes a disparity map using the captured sequence of image frames, computes a model of the at least one document page by generating a cylindrical three dimensional geometric surface using the computed disparity map, and renders a dewarped image from the computed model.
US09992462B2	Multi-screen projector setting A projection assembly comprising at least a first screen (14) and a second screen (10). The first screen (14) is at an angle with the second screen (10). The first screen (14) is adapted to reflect light projected onto it predominantly or exclusively in one or more angular ranges that do not intersect with the second screen (10). The invention also pertains to a method for projecting images with such a projection assembly, comprising projecting a first image with the first projector (16B) on the first screen (14), and projecting a second image with the second projector (16A) on the second screen (10).
US09992461B1	Projection orientation correction system for vehicle A method includes: projecting, using a projection device equipped on a vehicle, an image onto ground nearby the vehicle; detecting a position or a point of view of a user; and rotating the projected image or at least one object within the projected image based on the detected position or point of view of the user. The projected image or the at least one object within the projected image is rotated such that the projected image or the at least one object within the projected image is oriented to face the user.
US09992454B2	Monitoring blind spot using moving objects Provided is a method of monitoring a blind spot of stationary monitoring devices in a target monitoring area using at least one moving object. The method may include detecting at least one moving object located near to a blind spot of stationary monitoring devices in a target monitoring area upon generation of a predetermined initiation event, and monitoring the blind spot of the stationary monitoring devices using a monitoring device mounted on the detected at least one moving object.
US09992448B2	Recording web conferences Conference recording is carried out by identifying a virtual conference operated by a conferencing system connected to a communications network. A virtual participant process executing in a processor is registered with the conferencing system as a co-participant in the virtual conference. Information streams produced by the human participants are recorded and distributed with the virtual participant process.
US09992446B2	Image transmission system and image transmission method Disclosed herein is an image transmission system including a plurality of cameras and a coaxial cable for transmitting image signals from the cameras, wherein: each of the cameras includes an imaging block configured to acquire an image signal by imaging an object, a coding block configured to compression-code the image signal through intra-frame compression and inter-frame compression so as to generate a coded signal, and a signal output block configured to output the coded signal onto the coaxial cable; and the camera of interest outputs the coded signal obtained through inter-frame compression onto the coaxial cable when another of the cameras outputs the coded signal obtained through intra-frame compression onto the coaxial cable.
US09992442B2	Decoder, receiver, and electronic device A decoder with reduced power consumption is provided. The decoder includes a first circuit and a second circuit for holding data. The second circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor include an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The third transistor includes silicon in a channel formation region. A gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The decoder is configured to provide or stop power supply to the semiconductor device depending on a packet ID of a header portion of the data and to perform data storing or restoring of data between the first circuit and the second circuit.
US09992435B2	Image sensing device and method for driving the same An image sensing device includes: a floating diffusion node; an initialization block suitable for initializing the floating diffusion node with a first voltage, based on an initialization control signal; a boosting block suitable for boosting the floating diffusion node with a second voltage, based on a boost control signal; a photodiode suitable for generating a photocharge based on incident light; a transmission block suitable for transmitting the photocharge to the floating diffusion node based on a transmission control signal; and a selection block suitable for generating a pixel signal corresponding to a voltage loaded on the floating diffusion node based on a selection control signal.
US09992433B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof There are provided an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof. An image processing apparatus includes an image sensor for acquiring a target image, an image processing module for performing focusing on a specific area of the acquired target image and determining a focal surface of the target image on the basis of the performed focusing, and a drive control module for controlling the curvature of the image sensor, based on the determined focal surface.
US09992431B2	Signal processing device, imaging element, and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a signal processing device, an imaging element, and an electronic apparatus configured so that a cost increase can be suppressed. A signal processing device of the present technology includes: a comparison unit configured to compare a signal level of an analog signal with a signal level of a reference signal; a selection unit configured to select, from a plurality of reference signals, the reference signal to be supplied to the comparison unit; and a switching unit capable of switching a signal line connected to an input terminal of the comparison unit such that a signal line via which the reference signal selected by the selection unit is transmitted is connected to the input terminal of the comparison unit, wherein the comparison unit includes a floating node as the input terminal, the selection unit includes a signal line in which a parasitic capacitance is caused between the signal line and the floating node as the input terminal of the comparison unit, and the signal line of the selection unit is configured to transmit an identical level of signal in multiple comparison processes performed by the comparison unit. The present technology is applicable to, e.g., an imaging element and an electronic apparatus.
US09992429B2	Video pinning Techniques for maintaining display of a portion of a video as the video continues to be displayed in a background are described herein. In some instances, a video may be captured at a first location and transmitted to a second location, where the video is output in real-time. As the video is displayed, a user may select a portion of the video to be paused. Based on the selection, the portion of the video may be paused while the rest of the video continues in a background. The background video may be displayed according to a different level of focus, image resolution, transparency, etc. than the portion of the video.
US09992428B2	Single-chip sensor multi-function imaging Mixed mode imaging is implemented using a single-chip image capture sensor with a color filter array. The single-chip image capture sensor captures a frame including a first set of pixel data and a second set of pixel data. The first set of pixel data includes a first combined scene, and the second set of pixel data includes a second combined scene. The first combined scene is a first weighted combination of a fluorescence scene component and a visible scene component due to the leakage of a color filter array. The second combined scene includes a second weighted combination of the fluorescence scene component and the visible scene component. Two display scene components are extracted from the captured pixel data in the frame and presented on a display unit.
US09992427B2	Facilitating detection, processing and display of combination of visible and near non-visible light A digital camera accesses, processes and displays a combination image composed of visible light and near non-visible (“NNV”) light. A method can include accessing, by a digital camera, raw data having first information associated with a first electromagnetic spectrum range and second information associated with a second electromagnetic spectrum range. The first electromagnetic spectrum range is substantially within the visible spectrum and the second electromagnetic spectrum range is substantially within the NNV spectrum. The method can also include optimizing the raw data for the visible spectrum, thereby generating a first visual image representation, and optimizing the raw data for the NNV spectrum, thereby generating a second visual image representation. The method can also include combining the first visual image representation and the second visual image representation to generate a combination image. The digital camera can then initiate the display of the combination image.
US09992425B2	Image pickup system that performs light emission control, light emission device, light emission control method, and storage medium A technique for strobe shooting using automatic irradiation direction control. A strobe device includes a light emission section that emits light, and a drive unit that changes an irradiation direction of light emitted from the light emission section. Exposure conditions set to the camera are notified to the strobe device, and light emission conditions are set according to the exposure conditions. The irradiation direction of light emitted from the light emission section is determined based on the exposure conditions and the light emission conditions.
US09992421B2	Image pickup apparatus having FA zoom function, method for controlling the apparatus, and recording medium An image pickup apparatus includes a movement detector detecting movement of the apparatus, a subject detector detecting a subject, a setting unit setting a mode for controlling a zoom operation which is enabled as a first mode or second mode, and a controller controlling the zoom operation based on the enabled mode. In the first mode, the controller controls the zoom operation based on at least one of position or size of the detected subject. In the second mode, the controller performs a first zoom operation for changing a zoom magnification to a wide-angle side when a movement amount of the apparatus is a first amount larger than a predetermined amount and performs a second zoom operation for changing the zoom magnification to a telephoto side when a movement amount of the apparatus detected after execution of the first zoom operation is a second amount smaller than the predetermined amount.
US09992417B2	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of motion distortion while realizing widening of dynamic range and in turn realizing a higher image quality 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.
US09992416B2	Real time electronic video stabilization In various embodiments, an image stabilization system includes a dual-path, processing pipeline in which a first path serves as a stabilization path, and a second path serves as a preview path. An image signal processor produces a stream of image frames for each path. Frames that are received by the stabilization path undergo stabilization processing to produce post processed frames that are cropped in a manner that provides for visual stabilization. Frames that are received by the preview path are processed to provide a real-time preview while corresponding frames are processed by the stabilization path.
US09992413B2	Method and system for creating a display with a distributed aperture system A method for displaying images captured by a distributed aperture system (DAS) includes determining a display line of sight (LOS) and display field of view (FOV) corresponding to an operator display of a DAS, mapping the display LOS and the display FOV to a set of sensors of a plurality of sensors of the DAS, for each sensor of the set of sensors: identifying a set of sensor elements that define a minimum image capture area corresponding to the display LOS and the display FOV, processing image data collected by the identified set of sensor elements; and generating an image for the operator display from the processed image data.
US09992411B2	Electronic device having a photographing function and photographing method thereof An electronic device with photographing function is provided. The electronic device includes a first image-capturing unit, a second image-capturing unit, a touch display screen and a processing unit. The first image-capturing unit includes a straight photosensitive unit. The second image-capturing unit includes a transverse photosensitive unit. The processing unit is coupled to the first image-capturing unit, the second image-capturing unit and the touch display screen. The processing unit determines, according to the user's operation of the electronic device, to use the straight photosensitive unit of the first image-capturing unit to capture a first image from a pickup target or to use the transverse photosensitive unit of the second image-capturing unit to capture a second image from the pickup target.
US09992385B2	Optical scanner, image display device, and head mounted display An optical scanner includes a movable section, shaft sections configured to support the movable section to be capable of swinging, a supporting section configured to support the shaft sections, a holding section joined to the upper surface of the movable section, a light reflecting section provided in the holding section, a wire provided on the lower surface of the supporting section, and a projecting section provided on the lower surface of the movable section. The supporting section, the movable section, and the shaft sections are formed from the same substrate.
US09992383B2	Color measurement apparatus and printing apparatus A color measurement apparatus includes a color measurement portion, a carriage, and a movement mechanism the color measurement portion starts color measurement after a predetermined initialization process, a moving section between patches from a point P1 to a point P3 overlaps an initialization section where the spot moves at the time of performing the initialization process, and the moving section between the patches is a section between a forward point having a distance as a radius of the spot with respect to the X direction and a backward point having a distance as a radius of the spot with respect to the X direction, based on a boundary of the patches.
US09992382B2	Color table compression In some examples, a print cartridge includes a memory device comprising quantized coefficients derived from a compression of a difference table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a value that is a difference of a value of a node of a color table and a value of a corresponding node of a reference table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference table, and a plurality of residue nodes in which each residue node represents a value that is a difference of a value of a node of the color table and a value of a corresponding node of the reconstructed difference table.
US09992380B2	Color verification system and computer-readable recording medium storing program A color verification system of an aspect of the present invention includes an information processing apparatus that generates a job and an image forming apparatus that forms a color image on a sheet on the basis of the job. The information processing apparatus includes a storage portion that stores: information of the image forming apparatus under management; and target information including a target profile set to the image forming apparatus. Furthermore, when a plurality of different target profiles is set to the image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus includes a job generation portion that generates the job: including image data containing a plurality of color verification images associated with the plurality of target profiles, respectively; and including an output setting.
US09992377B2	Information processing apparatus for authenticating user, information processing method An information processing apparatus includes a reception processing portion, an authentication determining portion, a presence/absence determining portion, a storage processing portion, and a process executing portion. The reception processing portion receives an authentication code input via an operation portion. The authentication determining portion determines whether an authentication is successful or unsuccessful based on the authentication code. The presence/absence determining portion determines whether the authentication code by which the authentication was determined to be unsuccessful is present or absent in a first storage portion. The storage processing portion stores the unsuccessful authentication code in the first storage portion after a determination of the presence/absence determining portion. The process executing portion executes a predetermined process when a number of times that the presence/absence determining portion determined that the authentication code was absent has exceeded a predetermined upper limit number of times.
US09992372B2	Image processing device, computer program product for controlling image processing device and image processing system An image processing device is provided that allows a user to readily know identification information of the image processing device without performing any particular operation on the image processing device. Each of image processing devices includes a motion sensor which detects a person, a display unit, and a control unit which causes the display unit to display identification information for distinguishing the image processing device from other image processing devices in response to detection of the person by the motion sensor.
US09992371B2	Image forming apparatus, storage medium, and color conversion method An image forming apparatus includes: an economy mode color conversion section that converts, in printing execution in the economy mode by the image forming apparatus, colors of the image based on an economy mode color conversion table; and the economy mode color correction section that corrects at least one of the two colors in the image the colors of which have not yet been converted by the economy mode color conversion section. When Voronoi regions respectively corresponding to the two colors in an economy mode Voronoi diagram are the same regions under condition that Voronoi regions respectively corresponding to the two colors in a normal mode Voronoi diagram are different regions, the economy mode color correction section corrects the at least one of the two colors in a manner such that the Voronoi regions respectively corresponding to the two colors in the economy mode Voronoi diagram become different regions.
US09992367B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a rotatable operation unit for information display and data input and configured to form an image on a sheet includes a tilt drive unit configured to rotate the operation unit, a tilt motor configured to drive the tilt drive unit, a volume sensor configured to detect a rotation position at which the operation unit is rotated, and a CPU configured to control rotation of the operation unit by driving the tilt motor based on a detection result acquired by the volume sensor, wherein the CPU prohibits a first rotation operation for rotating the operation unit to a predetermined position if the first rotation operation is not finished within a first predetermined time, and cancels the prohibition of the first rotation operation if a second rotation operation for rotating the operation unit to a standby position is finished within a second predetermined time.
US09992366B2	Printing control apparatus, method for controlling printing control apparatus, and storage medium A printing control apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a document to a reading unit, a detection unit that detects a size of the document before it begins to be conveyed, a detection unit that detects the size of the document after the document begins to be conveyed, and a control unit that performs a copy job using the reading unit and printing unit based on the size of the document detected before it is conveyed in a case where the printing unit starts to print the image data before the reading unit finishes generating image data for one page and performs a copy job based on the size of the document detected after it begins to be conveyed in a case where the printing unit starts to print the image data after the reading unit finishes generating image data for at least one page.
US09992364B2	Document scanning device having a document bed The invention relates to a document scanning device having a document bed for placement of an identification document, a detection apparatus for detecting an actual position of the identification document on the document bed and a display apparatus for displaying a reference to the target position of the identification document on the document bed.
US09992361B2	Input device having push-keys, and image forming apparatus having the same A push type key includes a base including a main body, a key portion having an operation surface, first and second elastic portions connecting between the main body and the key portion, and an electrical equipment substrate provided on a back side of the base. The substrate includes an operating portion acted on by the key portion when the key portion moves. The first and second elastic portions have symmetrical configurations with respect to a phantom line passing through a center of the key portion, as seen perpendicularly to the operation surface. The operating portion is disposed at a position closer to the first elastic portion than to the second elastic portion. The base is provided with a third elastic portion connecting the key portion with the main body or with the second elastic portion in a side of the second elastic portion with respect to the phantom line.
US09992360B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing system, information processing method, and storage medium, for supporting document workflows An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to generate an operation instruction object related to a workflow based a generation instruction for the operation instruction object, display the operation instruction object on a display unit, and perform control to not display the operation instruction object on the display unit based on a received deletion instruction far the operation instruction object.
US09992358B2	Pull print system A pull print system includes a printing apparatus (MFP) that executes a print job, a pull print server that spools the print job to be executed as a pull print by the printing apparatus, and an electronic device that sends the print job to the pull print server. The pull print server sends to the electronic device setting information for a job setting being a setting of the print job, and when displaying a setting screen for the job setting, the electronic device displays the setting screen on which the setting information sent from the pull print server is reflected.
US09992356B2	Image-outputting apparatus for outputting notification image sent from server An image-outputting apparatus includes a network interface, a storage, an output unit for outputting images, a user interface for receiving user operations including a login operation, and a controller. The controller determines whether the login operation is accepted, and determines what type of machine operation is permitted for the logged user according to the account thereof. The controller receives notification data from a server. The notification data contains information to be transmitted to an authorized user to whom a specific account is assigned. In response to receiving notification data, the controller determines whether an authorized user is logged in. When the authorized user is logged in, the controller controls the output unit to output a notification image represented by the notification data. When the authorized user not is logged in, the controller stores the notification data in the storage.
US09992355B2	Diagnostic apparatus, diagnostic system, and non-transitory computer readable medium A diagnostic apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires sound information; a first analysis unit that performs a frequency analysis of the sound information and generates frequency analysis result data representing a temporal change in an intensity distribution for each frequency; a specifying unit that specifies a frequency of an abnormal sound in the frequency analysis result data; a second analysis unit that analyzes a frequency component of the specified frequency of the abnormal sound; and an extracting unit that extracts period information of the abnormal sound from an analysis result acquired by the second analysis unit.
US09992352B2	Toll-free telecommunications and data management platform A Toll-Free Management Platform (TFMP) includes methods and systems for number administration, customer administration, call management services, texting services and text registry, and a smart services registry. The TFMP may allow users to receive through a web-based interface, an activate request from a user, wherein the request includes at least a customer record template reference and an indication of when to active a toll-free telecommunications number associated with the request. The request may include at least one IP address datum associated with the toll-free telecommunications number. A user interface may allow activating a toll-free number, and users may access the TFMP to create and access existing templates of toll-free call routing templates, and utilize a routing tree engine to create customized call routing trees for the toll-free numbers of interest to the user.
US09992349B2	Policy control method and system, and relevant apparatus The present invention discloses a policy control method and system, and a relevant apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a policy decision apparatus, a control policy request sent by a gateway device, where the control policy request carries a subscriber identifier; sending, by the policy decision apparatus, a session request message carrying the subscriber identifier to a charging system; receiving, by the policy decision apparatus, a response message; receiving, by the policy decision apparatus, a notification message sent through an established session by the charging system, and generating a service data flow control policy according to information of an occurred charging relevant event; and sending, by the policy decision apparatus, the control policy to the gateway device. The method may implement, based on charging relevant information of a subscriber, policy control of a data flow, flexibility is desirable, and service experience of the subscriber is good.
US09992348B2	System and method for establishing a call on a packet network A method for establishing a call over a packet network may include receiving a call request on a packet network from an originating call device. Status one or more segments of a transmission path may be determined. If the status of the segments are within a first range, the call between the originating and terminating call device over the determined transmission path at a first data rate may be established. Otherwise, if the status of one or more segments is within a second range, a determination as to whether the originating trunk and terminating segment can operate at a second data rate may be made, and, if so, the call may be established over the transmission path between the originating call device and terminating call device at the second data rate.
US09992345B1	Performing automated event services to registered end users A method and apparatus are disclosed of transmitting live event notification information to a user device. One example method may include retrieving event user preference information from an event user database based on prestored user preferences. The method may also include transmitting an initial event notification message to an end user communication device based on the event user preference information to notify the end user of an upcoming event and receiving a response message from the end user communication device indicating a current availability of the end user. The user device may receive notification information via more than one communication channel and respond in a number of different ways.
US09992342B1	System for providing remote expertise Expertise, such as foreign language interpretation, is delivered to requestors by an expertise-provisioning system that brokers requests between the requestors and experts affiliated with virtual call centers.
US09992335B2	Caller assistance system Techniques and technologies for caller assistance systems are described. In at least some embodiments, a system comprises: a processing component; and a caller assistance engine configured to receive a request from a calling device; select a menu execution path associated with the request, the menu execution path defining one or more operations to be performed to achieve an intent of the request; execute the menu execution path including execute the one or more operations to be performed to achieve the intent of the request; determine whether the intent of the request has been achieved; and when the intent of the request has been achieved, connect the calling device with the intent of the request or provide an alert to the calling device that the intent of the request has been achieved.
US09992331B2	Continuous call recording In order to allow for redundant call recording, a first message is received by a first media recorder indicating that a second media recorder is recording a media stream of a communication session between a plurality of communication devices. The first message includes a unique identifier for the communication session between the plurality of communication devices. A determination is made that the second media recorder is unable to continue to record the media stream. In response to determining that the second media recorder is unable to record the media stream, the first media recorder sends a second message, to a Session Border Controller (SBC), that includes the unique identifier for the communication session between the plurality of communication devices. The SBC streams the media stream to the first media recorder. The first media recorder receives the media stream and records the media stream.
US09992329B2	Communication apparatus, control method for communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus, which captures a line in response to an off-hook operation, includes a first adjustment unit, a detection unit, and a second adjustment unit. The first adjustment unit performs first impedance adjustment according to detection of the off-hook operation. The detection unit detects a line current and a dial tone signal. The second adjustment unit performs second impedance adjustment based on the line current according to a result of detection of the dial tone signal by the detection unit after the first impedance adjustment is performed by the first adjustment unit.
US09992321B2	Mobile terminal with a built-in voice message searching function and corresponding searching method A mobile terminal with a built-in voice message searching function includes: a voice recording module configured to record a voice searching signal from a user and to send the voice searching signal to the pre-processing module for pre-processing, a pre-processing module configured to pre-process the voice searching signal, and to send the pre-processed signal to the matching module for signal matching, a matching module configured to extract a characteristic parameter of the pre-processed signal, to calculate a similarity of the extracted characteristic parameter with a characteristic parameter of a stored voice message, and to send the voice message with a similarity higher than or equal to a threshold to the result outputting module, and a result outputting module configured to display the voice message with the similarity higher than or equal to the threshold on a screen of the mobile terminal.
US09992320B2	Simplified control input to a mobile device A method of operating a mobile device includes receiving, from a motion sensor, motion information indicative of mobile device motion, recognizing a motion pattern indicated by the motion information, identifying a particular function corresponding to the motion pattern, and determining whether the particular function comprises a function for remotely controlling a remotely controlled device. Responsive to determining the particular function is a function for remotely controlling a remotely controlled device, a remote control command corresponding to the particular function is wirelessly sent to the remotely controlled device. If the particular function is a function for remotely controlling a remotely controlled device, the particular function is executed via a wireless network.
US09992319B2	Method of outputting screens from server and client devices in performing mirrorlink A method of communicating between an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) device in a vehicle and a mobile terminal. The method includes receiving, via a communication unit of the IVI device, application data from the mobile terminal for executing a prescribed application on the IVI device; displaying, via a display of the IVI device, one of a first execution screen having a first execution depth and a second execution screen having a second execution depth higher than the first execution depth for the prescribed application; receiving an interrupt request for requesting the one of the first and second execution screens stopped being displayed; displaying, via the display of the IVI device, the first execution screen having the first execution depth in response to the second execution screen being displayed when receiving the interrupt request; and displaying, via the display of the IVI device, a list of certified applications certified for the IVI device or switch a launcher application to a foreground, in response to the first execution screen being displayed when receiving the interrupt request.
US09992316B2	Interactive networked headphones Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for connecting an interactive wearable device with a network. In one aspect, a method includes loading content from a playlist; recognizing contextual information relating to the content; determining the location of the user; requesting supplemental content via a network based on the contextual information and the location; displaying supplemental information to a user; interacting with the supplemental information at least in part via an interactive headphone.
US09992314B2	Automatic device mode switching Techniques are described for automatic device mode switching. In an implementation an electronic device provides a variety of functionality through multiple modes of the electronic device. The electronic device may be configured to toggle between modes when inserted into or removed from a corresponding mounting device. In an implementation, one operational mode may be automatically activated upon insertion of the electronic device into the mounting device. Another operational mode may be automatically activated when the electronic device is removed from the mounting device. In another implementation, multiple modes of an electronic device may be associated with multiple orientations of the device. An orientation detector may provide signals indicative of orientation, which when detected causes automatic activation of an associated operational mode.
US09992313B2	Electronic device An electronic device 1 includes: a panel 10; a housing 60 holding the panel 10; and a piezoelectric element 30 attached to the panel 10, wherein the deformation of the piezoelectric element 30 causes the panel 10 to vibrate, to transmit human body vibration sound to an object in contact with the panel 10, and the perpendicular line or normal to the main surface of the panel 10 and the surface of the piezoelectric element 30 attached to the panel 10 are not orthogonal to each other.
US09992308B2	Historical summarization in a process control environment A system for displaying statistical data in a process control environment. A client device connects, via a network, to a historian connection module, and subscribes, via the connection to the historian connection module, to statistical data stored in a historian server module. A historian device receives a connection, by the historian connection module via the network, from the client device, forms a connection between the historian connection module and the historian server module, receives a subscription, by the historian connection module via the network, to statistical data stored in the historian server module from the client device, and stores, by the historian connection module, the received subscription.
US09992303B2	Request routing utilizing client location information A system, method, and computer-readable medium for request routing based on client location information are provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device. The DNS query corresponds to a resource identifier for requested content from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider transmits an alternative resource identifier in response to the client computing device DNS query. The alternative resource identifier is selected as a function of client location information. The client location information is obtained from information corresponding to a mapping of at least partial IP addresses to known locations. The client computing device then issues a second DNS query to the same content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the second DNS query or transmit another alternative resource identifier.
US09992296B2	Caching objects identified by dynamic resource identifiers A first server may receive, from a client device, an indication of a request for a content file via a network address; identify that the network address is a dynamic network address; establish a communication session with a second; receive a portion of the content file from the second server; determine an index parameter based on receiving the portion of the content file; determine whether the content file is being stored by the first server based on a cache index and based on the index parameter or based on information associated with the request for the content file; receive a remaining portion of the content file based on determining that the content file is not being stored by the first server; and provide the content file to the client device.
US09992295B2	Communication method in a communication segment of a network A communication method is provided in a communication network, including a plurality of devices forming an ordered communication segment. At least one intermediate device of this segment is connected to at most two other devices called a previous device and a next device. The intermediate device receives data from the previous device and emits at least these data to the next device to propagate the data on the segment. A concentrator initializes transmission of a first frame of data through the segment to a terminal device ending the segment, which sends back a symbol initiating transmission of a second frame of data to the first concentrator through the segment. The method includes receiving a first symbol from the previous device, which triggers emitting a WAIT symbol to the previous device and emitting at least first symbol to the next device.
US09992285B2	Techniques to manage state information for a web service Techniques to manage state information for a web service are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, and an application program for execution by the processor circuit to provide a set of operations to modify a state of a network resource provided by a network service. The application program may comprise a state manager component arranged to record state information for the network resource provided by the network service as state changes occur to the network resource during a first communication session, and store a resource identifier and associated state information for the network resource in a state database, the state information for use in automatically reproducing a state of the network resource during a second communication session. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09992280B2	Managing migration of an application from a source to a target Aspects of the disclosure relate to managing migration of an application. The managing migration of an application includes establishing a source dataset. The source dataset includes a set of source features. The source features relate to a source. The source includes the application. A determination of a first set of migration plans is made. The determination is made with an evaluation. The evaluation is made using the source dataset and a set of legacy features. The evaluation is performed with a cost measure. The application is migrated from the source to the target. The migration is based on the determined first set of migration plans.
US09992279B2	Managed object replication and delivery A method, system and computer program product for managed object replication and delivery redirects, directly or indirectly, a client's request for an object that is not available at a best or optimal handling edge server of a network to a parent server that has the requested object. So, where the requested object is not available at the handling edge server, the client's request is redirected directly to the parent server that can provide the requested object to the client or indirectly via one or more parent servers to a parent server that can provide the requested object to the client. The method, system and computer program product further intelligently replicates the object to the edge server if the object is popular enough. Likewise, an object is removed from an edge server when it is no longer popular. All redirection and replication operations are preferably transparent to the end-user and do not degrade the quality of service.
US09992275B2	Dynamically managing a system of servers A method and system for managing servers. A message received by a first server specifies multiple servers to be updated via an update. The message identifies a server type of each specified server, an old server name of each specified server prior to the update, and a corresponding new server name of each specified server after the update. First servers of the multiple servers are identified. Second servers that have a corresponding old server name within a local configuration of the first server are identified. For each server of the second servers, local configuration changes are scheduled to update the corresponding old server names with corresponding new server names at corresponding specified times. Each corresponding old server name is replaced with corresponding new server names.
US09992273B2	Intelligent load balancer selection in a multi-load balancer environment Techniques for performing intelligent load balancer selection in a multi-load balancer environment are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can generate a user interface for deploying a virtual IP address (VIP) on a load balancer in a network environment, where the network environment includes a plurality of load balancers, and where the user interface presents a plurality of criteria for selecting one of the plurality of load balancers. The computer system can further receive, from a user, a selection of one or more of the plurality of criteria, and can collect, from each load balancer in the plurality of load balancers, statistics that are relevant to the one or more criteria. The computer system can then select a load balancer from among the plurality of load balancers based on the one or more criteria and the collected statistics.
US09992272B2	Enterprise connectivity to the hybrid cloud A cloud computing system retrieves routing entries associated with a particular tenant of the cloud computing system and are a subset of a routing table of the entire cloud computing system. The routing entries are loaded into a networking switch, which is configured to route network packets using the loaded subset of routing entries, using a general-purpose processor rather than a costly dedicated ASIC.
US09992270B2	Enhanced method to deliver/ pre-load corrective how-to information to an end user A system for providing an information guide of a first end user device to a second end user device is provided. The system receives an identifier of the second end user device from a user of the first end user device. The identifier of the second end user device is stored in a database in association with the first end user device. The information guide of the first end user device is transmitted to the second end user device based on the identifier of the second end user device in response to a predetermined condition of the first end user device being detected. A transmission of the information guide is configured to perform a predetermined action on the second end user device based on the predetermined condition of the first end user device.
US09992262B2	Personalized document content aggregation and document association implemented in a digital rights management system Methods for managing contents of multiple digital documents for individual users, to generate aggregated documents from multiple documents and/or create associations among multiple documents, based on the user's interactions with multiple digital documents. A document content aggregation method can, on a personalized basis, aggregate contents from multiple digital documents into an aggregated document based on a user's past interactions with the documents. The aggregation is based on a content importance score calculated from the user interaction pattern. A document association method can, on a personalized basis, create associations among multiple digital documents based on the user's past interactions with the documents. Two documents are deemed related if there is a user interaction pattern where the user interacts with both documents with a predetermined time interval from each other. When displaying one document, link icons are displayed to allow the user to directly navigate to the related documents.
US09992255B2	Apparatuses and methods for application-specific congestion control for data communication (ACDC), and storage medium thereof A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a cell. The controller determines whether an Application-specific Congestion control for Data Communication (ACDC) has been enabled in the cell in response to a Domain Name Server (DNS) query or Internet Protocol (IP) packet initiated by an application, and in response to the ACDC having been enabled, responds to the DNS query with an IP address or transmits the IP packet to the cell via the wireless transceiver only when the application is associated with a high-priority service.
US09992249B2	Live stream manifests for on demand content Disclosed are various embodiments for requesting fragments of a media item. A latency to a media distribution service and bandwidth for a client are estimated. A time to request a subsequent fragment from the media item is determined. Sources for the fragment are scored and one of the sources is selected. The fragment is requested from the selected source.
US09992248B2	Scalable event stream data processing using a messaging system A system processes streaming data and includes at least one processor. The system may write streaming data received from a data source as messages in queues at a queuing cluster. The queuing cluster includes a coordinator node to direct the messages to non-coordinator nodes of the queuing cluster. The system may retrieve the data from the queues based on subscription of topics and store the retrieved data in a consumable repository.
US09992247B2	Method and system for dispatching received sessions between a plurality of instances of an application using the same IP port A logical module, referred as Load Balancer Module (LBM), is disclosed which listens to one of certain common predefined port number. These well-known ports for receiving communication video conference signaling and control protocols is thereafter load balanced and multi-plexed to a number of instances of protocol stack applications. By balancing the multi-media data stream across a multitude of application instances multiple multi-media data streams may be serviced and processed by a single internet protocol host processor. A multipoint control unit (MCU) may therefore process multiple input data streams containing multi-media video conferencing information.
US09992243B2	Video conference application for detecting conference presenters by search parameters of facial or voice features, dynamically or manually configuring presentation templates based on the search parameters and altering the templates to a slideshow In a method for customization of contextual information during a web conference presentation, a computer system executes a presentation program during a conference presentation. The computer system receives a request to access presentation templates based on parameters of a presenter, wherein the presentation templates including parameters identifying one or more of template texture, template font, template name of the presenter or template photo of the presenter of the conference presentation. In addition, the computer system determines an identity of the presenter during the conference presentation and matching the identity of the presenter against the parameter of the presenter. Moreover, the computer system extracts the presentation templates in the repository based on the match. The computer system further applies the extracted presentation template to presentation contents of the presentation program. In one aspect, the extracted presentation template alters visual characteristics of the presentation content based on the applied presentation template.
US09992238B2	Proxy based data transfer utilizing direct memory access A method for transferring data utilizing direct memory access. The method includes a computer processor establishing a networking connection, using a proxy, between at least a first computing entity and a second computing entity. The method further includes determining a shared memory space for the established networking connection between at least the first computing entity and the second computing entity. The method further includes allocating the shared memory space from heap memory. The method further includes transmitting data over the established networking connection between at least the first computing entity and the second computing entity utilizing a direct memory access protocol and the allocated shared memory space.
US09992237B1	Determining feature unavailability Method and apparatus for determining feature unavailability are disclosed. In the method and apparatus a user device attempts to communicate with a second server over a second network path whereby the communication may be blocked. The user device receives data from a first server over a first network path whereby the data indicates that communication using the second network path may be blocked.
US09992234B2	System for providing DNS-based control of individual devices A device control system is associated with individual devices connected through a network control point to a gateway and thereby to the Internet. The gateway inserts an EDNS0 pseudo resource record into an additional data section in each DNS query initiated by an individual device, the EDNS0 pseudo resource record identifying the initiating device. A dynamic policy enforcement engine in front of the DNS engine intercepts the DNS query, identifies the initiating device, and selects a policy that applies to the device. The dynamic policy enforcement engine may provide parental control and security service to the individual device by blocking the DNS query or passing it to the DNS engine according to the policy. A component that intercepts DNS queries may provide several additional types of services to the individual devices, including advertising, messaging, mobile device tracking, individual device application control, and delivery of individualized content.
US09992233B2	Enhanced firewall and method for securing internet communications A system and method are described for securing a network-connected device from a hacker having access to a network to which the network-connected device is communicatively connected. Such network-connected devices include a variety of electronics that when connected to the Internet are commonly referred to as the Internet of things (“IoT”). The systems and methods described herein include a transparent traffic control (TTC) device that is installed between an IoT device and a communications network to intercept data packets transmitted between the IoT device and the network and to allow or block the data packets based on rules for a group to which the IoT device or a remote destination are assigned.
US09992232B2	Policy block creation with context-sensitive policy line classification Presented herein are techniques for creating a policy block comprised of a group of lines of rules/statements across configuration files for network devices. An algorithm is provided that determines when multiple policies are to be merged together into one policy. In one embodiment, data is uploaded from a network that includes a plurality of network devices. The data represents policy rules configured on the plurality of network devices. The data representing the policy rules is compared for similarities in order to group together policy rules based on their similarities. Data is stored representing a plurality of clusters, each cluster representing a group of policy rules that have been grouped together. One or more configuration policies are generated to be applied across the plurality of network devices using the data representing each of the plurality of clusters, while maintaining context of policy rule processing.
US09992230B1	Assessing security control quality and state in an information technology infrastructure Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for processing and managing information from one or more security control tools, such as a security configuration management tool, a vulnerability management tool, an event logging tool, or other IT infrastructure security or monitoring tool that is used to monitor, secure, and/or control assets in an IT infrastructure. For example, in some embodiments, user interfaces are disclosed that allow a user to quickly view, filter, and evaluate the degree of security control coverage in selected assets of an enterprise. In further embodiments, user interfaces are disclosed that allow a user to view and evaluate the current security state for selected assets in across a variety of categories and, in some cases, as guided by a two-dimensional vulnerability risk matrix.
US09992227B2	Secure remote maintenance and support system, method, network entity and computer program product A remote, secure maintenance and support system, method, network entity and computer program product are provided. The system can include site terminal(s) and/or a site server (collectively “site device(s)”), a data center in communication with the site device(s) over a first secure tunnel, and at least one client terminal in communication with the data center over a second secure tunnel. The site device(s) can be configured to periodically transmit to the data center one or more error messages over the first secure tunnel. The data center can, in turn, be configured to make the error messages accessible to at least one authorized technician operating one of the client terminals. The client terminal can be configured to retrieve at least one of the error messages over the second secure tunnel and to take an action associated with resolving the error message.
US09992224B1	Passenger presence indication system and method A system to indicate the presence of one or more bystanders during wireless communications is herein presented. The system includes: a memory, controller, one or more bystander sensors, and a first transceiver device. The memory is configured to include one or more executable instructions. The controller is configured to execute the executable instructions. Each bystander sensor is configured to produce bystander information. The first transceiver device is capable of communicating with the controller. Moreover, the executable instructions enable the controller to: receive bystander information from the one or more bystander sensors; generate indicator information based on the sensor information; permit a first communication link to be established with the first transceiver device; and provide the first transceiver device with the indicator information through the first communication link.
US09992220B2	Graphical display of events indicating security threats in an information technology system A disclosed computer-implemented method includes receiving and indexing the raw data. Indexing includes dividing the raw data into time stamped searchable events that include information relating to computer or network security. Store the indexed data in an indexed data store and extract values from a field in the indexed data using a schema. Search the extracted field values for the security information. Determine a group of security events using the security information. Each security event includes a field value specified by a criteria. Present a graphical interface (GI) including a summary of the group of security events, other summaries of security events, and a remove element (associated with the summary). Receive input corresponding to an interaction of the remove element. Interacting with the remove element causes the summary to be removed from the GI. Update the GI to remove the summary from the GI.
US09992218B2	Method and system for managing compliance of one or more network devices Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and a device for managing compliance of one or more network devices. The method comprises receiving one or more configuration changes of the one or more network devices. Also, the method comprises identifying each configuration change as one of a compliant configuration change and a non-compliant configuration change by correlating, the one or more configuration changes using a first set of parameters. Further, the method generating an impact value of the one or more configuration changes and generating a recommendation for the one or more network devices based on the impact value.
US09992215B2	Network intrusion detection A system for identifying a network intrusion includes four modules. The first module monitors network transmissions and creates a model of regular network activity. The second module receives the model of regular network activity and sets a threshold for irregular usage based on the model. The third module receives the threshold, compares a value of a candidate inter-nodal transmission of the network to the threshold, and identifies a potential intrusion when the value exceeds the threshold. The fourth module analyzes a transmission behavior of one or more nodes of the candidate inter-nodal transmission and identifies the network intrusion.
US09992213B2	Risk-adaptive access control of an application action based on threat detection data Risk-adaptive access control techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, a value for a threat level attribute is determined based at least in part on threat detection data generated by a security system or process. The determined value for the threat level attribute is used to make, at least in part, an access control decision with respect to a request to access the resource. In various embodiments, the threat level attribute is used as an environment attribute provided as input to an XACML-based access control system.
US09992212B2	Technologies for handling malicious activity of a virtual network driver Technologies for handling malicious activity of a virtual network driver include a network computing device on which a virtual machine is being executed and the virtual network driver is managing communication between the physical network interface controller and the virtual function network adapter. The network computing device is configured to monitor events handled by the virtual network driver to detect malicious activity and update one or more malicious event tracking variables corresponding to a type of malicious activity event detected. The network computing device is further configured to compare one or more of the malicious event tracking variables to a corresponding malicious event threshold and perform an action on the virtual function driver in response to a determination that one or more of the malicious event tracking variables indicates that the corresponding malicious event threshold has been violated. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
US09992211B1	Systems and methods for improving the classification accuracy of trustworthiness classifiers The disclosed computer-implemented method for improving the classification accuracy of trustworthiness classifiers may include (1) identifying a set of training data that is available for training trustworthiness classifiers used to classify computing resources as clean or malicious, (2) selecting, based at least in part on a characteristic of a specific organization, a subset of training data from the set of training data that is available for training trustworthiness classifiers, (3) training a trustworthiness classifier for the specific organization using the subset of training data selected based at least in part on the characteristic of the specific organization, and then (4) applying the trustworthiness classifier to at least one computing resource encountered by the specific organization to classify the computing resource as clean or malicious. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09992210B2	System and method for intrusion detection and suppression in a wireless server environment A system for data communications includes a port scan detector, a decoy port system, a data packet hash manager, an encapsulated artificial intelligence system and an offensive code system configured to implant offensive code in the sending device and to control operation of the sending device if the sending device is the hostile device, if the sending device is not operating the has increment system and if the data communications are not consistent with the levelling algorithm.
US09992208B2	Role-based application program operations on machine data in a multi-tenant environment Embodiments are directed towards a system and method for a cloud-based front end that may abstract and enable access to the underlying cloud-hosted elements and objects that may be part of a multi-tenant application, such as a search application. Search objects may be employed to access indexed objects. An amount of indexed data accessible to a user may be based on an index storage limit selected by the user, such that data that exceeds the index storage limit may continue to be indexed. Also, one or more projects can be elastically scaled for a user to provide resources that may meet the specific needs of each project.
US09992204B2	Virtual machine access control in mobile computing device based on positional range from beacon signal A system is provided and includes a broadcasting device configured to emit a beacon signal over a predefined range and a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device is configured to run a host operating system at any location. The mobile computing device is further configured to run a virtual machine associated with the beacon signal within the host operating system but only when the computing device is in range of the beacon signal of a predefined strength.
US09992200B2	System and method for secure content sharing and synchronization A flexible content sharing system may comprise a network based application built on a client device using information from dissociated user experience component (UXC), application logic and execution layer (ALEL), and content distribution system (CDS) payloads. An ALEL engine may communicate a request from the network based application to a CDS module. The CDS module may interface the ALEL engine and a CDS server. The ALEL engine can act as a gate keeper and securely communicates requests from client devices to the CDS server. The CDS server is configured to manage and alert the ALEL of any enterprise policies that may be applicable to the client devices connected to the ALEL engine which, in turn, notifies the client devices to comply with the enterprise policies. The CDS server may synchronize any change made to the content by any of the client devices running network based applications.
US09992199B2	Systems and methods for authenticating an online user using a secure authorization server A secure authorization server computer system for verifying an identity of an end-user is provided. The computer system is programmed to receive, from a computing client, an authentication request at an authorization component. The authentication request includes a secure authentication request identifier. The computer system is also programmed to validate the authentication request at the authorization component by validating the secure authentication request identifier. The computer system is further programmed to transmit an authentication response from the authorization component to the computing client. The authentication response includes an authorization code. The authorization code represents a validation of the authentication request.
US09992197B2	Method and system for secured communication of control information in a wireless network environment A method and system for securely communicating control information in a wireless network environment is provided. When a transmitting station has to transmit control information to a receiving station, the transmitting station determines whether the control information belongs to first type or second type. If the control information is the second type of control information, the transmitting station secures the second type of control information using a counter value, a Cipher based Message Authentication Code (CMAC) value and security keys computed for protecting the second type of control information. Upon securing the control information, the transmitting station transmits the secured control information to a receiving station.
US09992195B2	Network authentication of a geo-fenced volume Provided is a method for managing a software defined network using a software control layer to regulate a geo-fenced volume. The software control layer can use a Global Positioning System (GPS) including a range of latitudes, a range of longitudes and a range of altitudes. A resource within the geo-fenced volume can be assigned a location using the GPS coordinates. The resource can be managed by external applications that are operating through the software control layer. To determine an access of a device to the geo-fenced volume, the GPS coordinates, are gathered as a geographical location of the device. A user profile can be accessed to determine an access path of the user. Depending on the geographical location of the device a first condition can be generated based on the device being within the geo-fenced volume. A network permission can be granted to the device based on the first condition.
US09992194B2	System and method of notifying mobile devices to complete transactions A method including registering an authority device for an account on an auth platform; receiving transaction request from an initiator to the auth platform; messaging the authority device with the transaction request; receiving an authority agent response from the authority device to the auth platform; if the authority agent response confirms the transaction, communicating a confirmed transaction to the initiator; and if the authority agent response denies the transaction, communicating a denied transaction to the initiator.
US09992193B2	High-safety user multi-authentication system and method A high-safety user multi-authentication system, comprising: a server having a user habit information and a key generator for generating a real key corresponding to the user habit information and at least one bait key; and a user application unit disposed on a communication device having a user interface, a key receiving unit for receiving the real key and the at least one bait key from the server, an OTP (one time password) generator for generating a real OTP based on the real key and at least one bait OTP based on the at least one bait key; wherein the real OTP is provided to the user interface when the communication device is operated according to the user habit information.
US09992192B2	User interface for control of personal information privacy The longstanding problem of providing efficient and rapid online user services while maintaining user privacy is addressed. Disclosed is a system and method for providing unverified users an ability to act upon private records known to them while protecting user privacy by not reflecting private information back to the unverified user. As an unverified user inputs information related to their identity into an interface, the system searches an indexed database which may include both registered users and/or unregistered customers indexed from a single data source or from disparate data sources.
US09992189B2	Generation and validation of derived credentials A CAC/PIV certificate associated with a HSPD-12 identity is used to generate a derived credential for storage on a device, such as a mobile device, that lacks a CAC/PIV card reader. The derived credential (which is distinct from the original CAC/PIV certificate) may then be used to grant the device access to secure resources that may otherwise require a CAC/PIV certificate. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to systems and methods for authenticating or validating a derived credential stored on a mobile device.
US09992186B1	SAML representation for multi-tenancy environments In response to a request received from a client device, the user is authenticated based on user credentials extracted from the request. Upon having successfully authenticated the user, tenants and one or more roles of each of the tenants associated with the user are identified. In one embodiment, an authorization token having information identifying the plurality of tenants and their respective one or more roles of the user is generated. The information of each of the tenants and its respective roles are encrypted with a specific key corresponding to the tenant. The authorization token containing the encrypted tenants and the roles of the user is transmitted to the client device to allow the client device to determine whether the user is allowed to access a requested resource based on the authorization token.
US09992185B1	Virtual desktop accelerator support for network gateway The subject disclosure relates to a method for initiating an accelerated desktop session between a client device and a remote server. In some aspects, the method includes steps for receiving, via a network gateway, a remote desktop connection request, initiating a first connection with a client device via the network gateway using a first communication protocol and sending a token to the client device via the network gateway. In certain aspects, the method further comprises initiating a second connection with the client device, via a proxy, wherein the second connection is established using a second communication protocol. A client device and computer-readable medium are also provided.
US09992183B2	Using an IP multimedia subsystem for HTTP session authentication Disclosed is a method and system for utilizing an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) to authenticate an HTTP session between a communication device and an online application program. The method includes registering a communication device on an IMS, and generating an authorization token which is sent to the communication device. The communication device then embeds the authorization token in HTTP request communication directed to the IMS. The IMS, after verifying the authorization token, forwards the HTTP request and token to a selected Web server that hosts an online application to authenticate an HTTP session.
US09992177B2	Method and system for modifying an authenticated and/or encrypted message A method and system for modifying an authenticated and/or encrypted message by a modifying party exchanged between a sending party and a receiving party based on a secure communication protocol, the method includes the steps of a) dividing a clear message into non-modifiable parts and modifiable parts by the sending party; b) including modifiable part information into the message by the sending party; c) authenticating and/or encrypting the message by the sending party; d) providing en- and decryptability and/or authenticability of the message to the modifying party in such a way that the modifying party can only modify the modifiable parts of the message; e) modifying one or more modifiable parts by the modifying party; and f) providing an authenticated and/or encrypted modified message according to the secure communication protocol to the receiving party.
US09992175B2	Systems and method for providing a data security service Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing standards compliant encryption, storage, and retrieval of date are disclosed. In an embodiment, data is received at a first data center from a first device in connection with a service request, and encrypted to produce encrypted data. The encrypted data may be transmitted from the first data center to the first device, and then may subsequently be received at a second data center. The second data center may store the encrypted data in a database accessible to the second data center. Because all data provided to the system is encrypted by the first data center prior to being stored and/or provided to the second data center, the database and the second data canter may be out of the scope of compliance monitoring, auditing, and reporting for one or more date security standards.
US09992168B2	Data transfer A data transfer system includes a set of switch and/or router devices (104B, 104E, 104F), each said device in the set being a layer 1, 2 and/or 3 device of OSI seven-layer model and being configured, in use, to transfer data, directly or indirectly, between a plurality of computing devices (102A, 102B). Each said switch or router device in the set is configured to provide a virtual partition (VP), wherein only data designated as virtual partition data is transferrable to another said device in the set via the virtual partition.
US09992167B2	Systems and methods for a VPN ICA proxy on a multi-core system The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for sharing licenses across resources via a multi-core intermediary device. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a server may grant a license for a virtual private network (VPN) session established by a first core of a plurality of cores of the device with a client. A second core of the plurality of cores may receive a first request from the client to establish an application connection between an application and a server via the VPN session. The second core may send a second request to the first core to share the license of the VPN session responsive to determining that the first core owns the VPN session. The second core may establish the application connection responsive to receiving from the first core a response accepting the second request to share the license of the VPN session.
US09992162B2	Device, system and method for network-based address translation for multiple recipients A network system, switch controller for multicast packet distribution by controlling a network switch having at least one ingress interface and at least one egress interface. The controller generates a control command using an application programming interface for the network switch, the control command having a replicate command to replicate the incoming signal packets by distributing the incoming signal packets based on a number of the plurality of destination addresses to a corresponding number of egress interfaces of the at least one egress interface of the network switch, each of the number of egress interfaces having a loopback connection to an ingress interface of the at least one ingress interface of the network switch, the control command having a header translation command to control the network switch to translate header address information of each of the replicated signal packets to a destination address of the plurality of destination addresses, the destination address for transmission of the translated replicated signal packets to a destination device listening to the destination address. The controller sends the control command to the network switch to trigger the distribution of the incoming signal packets to the plurality of destination addresses.
US09992161B2	DDOS protection infrastructures using IP sharing across wide area networks According to some embodiments, a plurality of geographically remote distribution points may be established, each distribution point being associated with a traffic cleaning or scrubbing center. Incoming traffic at each distribution point may be received and not legitimate network traffic may be detected, wherein the not legitimate network traffic may include DDOS traffic. When not legitimate network traffic is detected, the system may filter the incoming traffic via the clearing or scrubbing center at each distribution point, or across a plurality of distribution points simultaneously (thereby diluting the attack across multiple network nodes and scrubbing centers). The filtered traffic may then be transmitted from each distribution point to a customer network via an active association, wherein responses from the customer network utilize customer infrastructure to deliver the response with or without involving the clearing or scrubbing centers.
US09992160B2	Optical communication system to automatically configure remote optical nodes An optical Internet Protocol (IP) router serves a cell-site over an optical communication network. The optical IP router transmits a network attach request having an optical node name over a control optical wavelength. The optical communication node receives an assignment of a data optical wavelength, a cell-site mode, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address over the control optical wavelength based on the optical node name. The optical communication node operates in the cell-site mode and responsively exchanges cell-site data having the IP address over the data optical wavelength.
US09992153B2	Managing link aggregation traffic in edge nodes Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a first network edge device configuring a physical network interface to be included within a link aggregation group (LAG). The physical network interface of a second network edge device is also included within the LAG. The first network edge device receives, via the LAG, a first address resolution packet including a source and a destination. The first network edge device determines that the destination of the address resolution packet is a networking address assigned to a logical interface that is unique to the second network edge device. In response, first network edge device transmits the address resolution packet from a synchronization network interface to a synchronization network interface of the second network edge device. The synchronization network interface of each network edge device is excluded from sharing a LAG with network edge device ports of the other network edge device.
US09992150B2	Event planning on online social networks In particular embodiments, a computer server may receive information regarding an event proposal from an event organizer, where the information includes an identification of multiple invitees, and where the information is missing one or more significant details of the event proposal. The computer server may send the information regarding the event proposal to one or more client devices, where each of the client devices is associated with one of the invitees. The computer server may receive feedback regarding the event proposal from at least one of the invitees, and based on the received feedback, the computer server may determine at least one of the missing significant details of the event proposal. The computer server may send information regarding final details of an event based on the event proposal to one or more of the client devices associated with the invitees.
US09992146B2	System and methods for using message thread-recurrent data to implement internal organizational processes A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods are described in the context of a web-based business information system having an internal e-mail facility, wherein e-mail communications between a native e-mail system of an end user of the web-based business information system and an external contact are facilitated and automatically tracked by the web-based business information system, the native e-mail system lying outside the web-based business information system but often being preferred by the end user over the internal e-mail facility of the web-based business information system. The described preferred embodiments provide for easy-to-use, reasonably transparent, “no-click” integration of the web-based business information system with the end user's native e-mail system in a manner that is independent of the particular type and choice of native e-mail system.
US09992145B2	Email threads related to messaging content A computer identifies a first participant and a one or more additional participants associated with a collaboration through an electronic communication application that includes messaging content, identifies a first set of one or more keywords within the messaging content between the first participant and the one or more additional participants, retrieves a first set of historical information based at least in part on the first set of one or more keywords, the first participant and the one or more additional participants, generates a first instance of historical results that includes a multi-dimensional cube that graphs the first set of historical information with respect to the first set of one or more keywords, the first participant and the one or more additional participants, and a time frame, and provides the first instance of historical results to the first participant.
US09992143B2	Providing centralized message notification Providing centralized message notification for user interface is described. A method includes receiving a plurality of message notifications. The plurality of message notifications are generated in an operating system and an application. The method also includes comparing content of a message corresponding to a message notification among the plurality of message notifications with a plurality of rules for analysis of message content. When the content of the message matches with a rule of the plurality of rules, determining whether the matching rule comprises a black list rule. The black list rule comprises excluding the message notification among the plurality of message notifications indicated to be displayed at a user device. The method further includes preventing the message notification among the plurality of message notifications to be displayed at the user device in response to determining that the rule is comprises the black list rule.
US09992141B2	User information classification method and apparatus, and user group information acquisition method and apparatus Methods and apparatuses of classifying user information and obtaining user group information, which mainly include: obtaining, by an instant messaging server, an entity data unit posted by a first user from a target database; matching conversation information generated between a second user and the first user through an instant messaging client with the entity data unit; and determining user group information of the first user to which user information of the second user corresponding to the conversation information belongs based on a matching result, where the user group information of the first user is determined according to attribute information and/or name information of the entity data unit posted by the first user. As such, for a first user using an instant messaging client, not only the approach of managing the user information of a second user by the first user is improved, but also commodity information can be pushed to the second user in a targeted manner according to a group to which the second user belongs, thereby improving efficiency of releasing the commodity information.
US09992140B2	Electronic apparatus, server, and control method of system An electronic apparatus connected to a server providing real-time messaging through a messaging channel to communicate therewith is provided. The apparatus includes a client communication unit for communicating with the server and at least one external device, the electronic apparatus and the at least one external device forming a client group, and a client controller for classifying the electronic apparatus and the at least one external device in the client group into a header client connected with the messaging channel to the server and a node client, and for controlling the header client to transmit a message about the node client from the server to the node client when the message from the server is transmitted to the header client through the messaging channel.
US09992137B2	Methods and apparatus for a distributed Fibre Channel control plane In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a management module configured to assign a unique set of identifiers to each network control entity from a set of network control entities. As a result, a network control entity from the set of network control entities can assign an identifier from its unique set of identifiers to a port in response to that network control entity receiving a login request from the port. The set of network control entities is associated with a distributed multi-stage switch. The management module is also configured to store a zone set database associated with the distributed multi-stage switch. The management module is configured to send an instance of an active zone set stored within the zone set database to each network control entity from the set of network control entities such that each network control entity can enforce the active zone set.
US09992131B2	Diameter routing agent load balancing Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; encountering an instruction to perform load balancing; locating an applicable load balancing pool of a plurality of load balancing pools for the Diameter message; identifying a pool host from the applicable load balancing pool to receive the Diameter message; modifying a destination address of the Diameter message to include an address of the identified pool host; and transmitting the Diameter message based on the modified destination address.
US09992124B2	Multi-channel decoder architecture An example method of receiving a data packet includes receiving a data packet at a channel receiver of at least one channel receiver each associated with a channel, providing the data packet to a data packet identification block that corresponds to the channel receiver, validating the data packet at the data packet identification block, and providing the validated data packet to an available decoder block of at least one decoder block capable of performing one or more decoding functions, where a quantity of the decoder blocks is less than a quantity of the data packet identification blocks and optimized according to one or more goals. If no decoder block is available and the validated data packet is a higher priority data packet, a decoder block processing a lower priority data packet may be forced to stop processing the lower priority data packet and process the higher priority data packet.
US09992123B2	Methods and systems for evaluating voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) call quality A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide receiving a plurality of voice call quality values and values for a plurality key performance indicators (KPIs) related to voice over Wi-Fi voice call quality; selecting a subset of the plurality of KPIs based on a correlation between each KPI and the voice call quality value; performing a plurality of discrete regression analyses based on the subsets of the plurality of KPIs and the voice call quality values to generate a plurality of regression results; determining an accuracy for each of the plurality of regression results; assigning weights to each of the plurality of regression results based on the determined accuracies; and combining the plurality of regression results using the assigned weights to generate a final combined estimated VoWiFi voice call quality algorithm that accurately predicts the voice call quality value based on values for the selected subset of the plurality of KPIs.
US09992122B2	Method and device for processing packet The present invention relates to a method and a device for processing a packet. The method for processing a packet, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: receiving a packet processing rule that includes filter information and policy information corresponding to the filter information; obtaining preset lower filter information indicated by a filter name when the filter information contains the filter name; and processing a receiving packet according to the lower filter information and the policy information. According to the one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a device and a method for processing a packet, which can efficiently generate and apply a packet processing rule.
US09992118B2	System and method for optimizing transportation over networks A system and method for efficient transfer of data over a network. A data source and a destination are coupled to one another via a network. The data source is configured to transmit data to the destination and determine a network latency associated with the transmission. In response to determining a first transmission parameter may not be optimized, the source is configured to modify the first transmission parameter and evaluate its effect on data throughput. The source may repeat such modifications as long as throughput is increased. Once the first transmission parameter is deemed optimized, the source may perform a similar procedure for a second transmission parameter. In various embodiments, the first transmission parameter may correspond to a packet size and the second transmission parameter may correspond to a number of streams being processed by the source.
US09992117B2	Network apparatus, communication system, abnormal traffic detection method, and program A network apparatus includes a memory and one or more processors. The memory stores instructions. The one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to mark a traffic that exceeds a predetermined rate limit. The one or more processors are also configured to execute the instructions to measure an amount of the marked traffic by using one or more filters to detect information written in a data packet by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to output the measured traffic amount in a period determined based on an expected time duration of an abnormal traffic. The abnormal traffic is a detection target of the network apparatus.
US09992116B2	Method and device for processing packet congestion Provided are a method and device for processing packet congestion. The method includes: receiving a packet fragment of a packet and fragment parameters and acquiring congestion parameters required for processing packet congestion according to the fragment parameters; when the packet fragment is an SOP fragment in the packet, acquiring an average queue size and a size threshold of the packet according to the fragment parameters and the congestion parameters and processing the packet. By acquiring the average queue size and the size threshold of the packet according to the fragment parameters and congestion parameters received and processing the packet according to the relationship between the average queue size and the size thresholds when a packet fragment received is an SOP fragment, the solution effectively eliminate the packet congestion in a communication network, accelerate the operation speed of processing the packet congestion and greatly save an internal cache space.
US09992114B1	Selective MAC address learning Methods, systems, and apparatus for selective MAC address learning are disclosed. In one aspect, multiple different packets are received by a telecommunications device. The multiple different packets include different source MAC addresses. For each of the multiple different packets, a distribution type is determined. The distribution type is one of a one-to-one distribution type or a one-to-many distribution type. Based on the determined distribution type of the particular packet, a forwarding table of the telecommunications device is selectively updated. When the particular packet has the one-to-many distribution type, a source MAC address that is included in the particular packet is not stored in the forwarding table. When the particular packet has the one-to-one distribution type, the source MAC address that is included in the particular packet is stored in the forwarding table.
US09992112B2	Transactional controls for supplying control plane data to managed hardware forwarding elements Some embodiments provide novel methods for controllers to communicate with managed hardware forwarding elements (MHFEs) in a transactional manner. The transactional communication methods of some embodiments ensure that an MHFE receives the entirety of a control plane update that a controller supplies to it, before the MHFE starts to modify its data plane forwarding data and operations. The transactional communication methods of some embodiments provide one or more transactional boundary controls to the controllers to define complete control plane data set updates. In some embodiments, the transactional controls ensure that an MHFE receives all of a control plane update before it starts to modify its data plane forwarding data. Controllers use one transactional control in some embodiments when they define logical forwarding elements (e.g., logical switches or routers) on the MHFEs.
US09992110B2	Dynamic switching control over multiple internet services provided for home networks System and method of dynamically switching among multiple WANs for data transmission to and from a LAN based on real-time network performance. Each WAN may be owned by a respective Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the LAN. A switching device coupled between the WAN and the LAN evaluates the real-time network performance of the current WAN used for data transmission between a LAN user device and a target IP address. If the network performance deteriorates, the switching device may select a different WAN for the data transmission according to a set of service quality policies. The switching device may maintain a flow table to control data routing and communicate with other components in the LAN in compliance with the OpenFlow protocol.
US09992107B2	Processing data packets using a policy based network path Methods and systems are provided for processing data packets in a data network using a policy based network path. A policy enforcing point receives a data packet associated with a service session and routes it toward its destination along a network path which is determined according to data packet information and one or more packet processing criteria. The data packet information may include one or more of information associated with the packet, information associated with prior packets, and information obtained from a network computer. The network path may be selected from a database of network paths. The network path may include an order list of further policy enforcing points and corresponding network application appliances. The policy enforcing point may generate a new data packet based on the data packet and the policy based network path and send the new data packet to a next policy enforcing point.
US09992103B2	Method for providing sticky load balancing Presented herein are techniques to reduce the number of redirected subscriber packet flows while performing sticky hierarchical load balancing. An Nth head end network element may be activated such that a plurality of N head end network elements are active and capable of receiving and processing one or more packet flows. A primary load balancer may then be directed to overwrite a portion of pointers of a hash table in an evenly distributed manner with pointers to the Nth head end network element such that packet flows are forwarded to the Nth head end network element, wherein the hash table retains a static number of entries as the number of head end network elements is modified.
US09992101B2	Parallel multipath routing architecture Disclosed are various embodiments for a parallel multipath routing architecture. An edge node of an overlay network receives packets to be communicated to a destination network address. The received packets are encoded for communication through multiple paths of the overlay network leading to a second edge node communicatively coupled to the destination network address. The packets are duplicated across the multiple paths to minimize the likelihood of packet loss. The second edge node discards duplicated instances of the packets and regenerates the original packets for forwarding to the destination network address.
US09992100B2	System and method for multicast routing using peer groups A system and method for multicast routing using peer groups includes a router. The router includes a control unit and a memory coupled to the control unit. The memory stores one or more first multicast routing entries. The control unit is configured to receive a multicast packet on an input interface, determine one or more properties of the multicast packet, determine one or more output interfaces based on the properties and the first multicast routing entries, and forward copies of the multicast packet on each of the output interfaces. The router is configured to be coupled to a peer router via an inter-chassis link (ICL). The first multicast routing entries include one or more second multicast routing entries associated with multicast routing trees associated with the router and one or more third multicast routing entries associated with multicast routing trees associated with the peer router.
US09992090B2	Data metrics analytics Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods directed toward identifying causes of attenuated performance at computing systems. Performance data corresponding to performance metrics may be stored at a data store. Performance metrics may be associated with application servers. Alerts may be received from a performance monitoring agent triggered by performance attenuations at the application servers. A timeframe in which a performance attenuation occurred may be selected and the performance data may be searched in order to identify another performance attenuation that occurred at one of the application servers during or before the selected timeframe. Performance data may be evaluated to identify one of the application servers associated with the additional performance attenuation as a potential source of the performance attenuation that triggered the alert. Information corresponding to the potential source of the performance attenuation that triggered the alert may be presented to a user at a display device.
US09992087B2	System and method for long range wireless local area network communications A method and monitoring station are disclosed that enable efficient communications between a monitoring station and a wireless device. The method includes determining that receipt of a first data packet by the monitoring station from the wireless device has been received without error, receiving a subsequent data packet at the monitoring station from the wireless device, determining that the subsequent data packet being received from the wireless device is a retransmission of the first data packet, and transmitting a first acknowledgement to the wireless device before the subsequent data packet is received in its entirety. A propagation delay may be estimated and used to adjust certain parameters of the monitoring station so as to account for excessive delays that are beyond the delays anticipated by and accommodated within the IEEE802.11 Standard.
US09992071B2	Application and infrastructure performance analysis and forecasting system and method Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer implemented web based application and infrastructure performance analysis and forecasting system and method for improving the performance of at least one application and infrastructure and reducing complexity of analyzing the performance of the application and infrastructure. The system and method receive infrastructure input from a user regarding application and infrastructure configuration, as well as performance objective(s). Based on the infrastructure input received from the user, a modeling engine determines at least one application and infrastructure performance model. The system and method then receive model specific input from the user for each model. Based on the information received from the user, a model computation engine computes output for the models which is then displayed to the user.
US09992069B2	Network management based on assessment of topological robustness and criticality of assets A system and method of managing a network that includes assets are described. The method includes modeling the network as a directed graph with each of the assets represented as a node and determining alternative paths to each node from each available corresponding source of the node. The method also includes computing upstream robustness of each node, computing upstream robustness of the network, and computing downstream criticality of each node. Managing the network and each asset of the network is based on the upstream robustness and the downstream criticality of each node.
US09992064B1	Network device configuration deployment pipeline The following description is directed to configuring network devices. In one example, at a network device deployment pipeline, a request can be received from a non-integrated configuration tool to configure a network device of a network. The configuration of the network device can be scheduled so that both an integrated configuration tool of the network device deployment pipeline and the non-integrated configuration tool can configure the network.
US09992061B2	Configuring wireless devices for a wireless infrastructure network Systems and methods permit a wireless device to receive data wirelessly via an infrastructure wireless network, without physically connecting the wireless device to a computer in order to configure it, and without having an existing infrastructure wireless network for the wireless device to connect to. A remote server hosts a website that permits a user of the wireless device to input via a computer credential data for at least one infrastructure wireless network. The content access point transmits the credential data for the at least one infrastructure wireless network to the wireless device via the ad hoc wireless network, such that, upon receipt of the credential data for the at least one infrastructure wireless network, the wireless device is configured to connect to the at least one infrastructure wireless network.
US09992058B2	Redundant storage solution Method and apparatus for switching between a first server and a second server, each located within a virtual private cloud and the first server being located within a first zone and the second server being located within a second zone that is physically separate from the first zone. The method and apparatus further configured to determine that the first server has experienced a failure to send or receive data. The method and apparatus further configured to enable a second port on the second server. The method and apparatus further configured to create a new route table by the second server and flush the previous route table. The method and apparatus further configured to transmit, via the second port, a request to a virtual private cloud controller to update an elastic internet protocol address with the second port information and receive data from the virtual private cloud controller.
US09992054B1	Displaying content items based on device status Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting content items. In one aspect, a method includes identifying an opportunity to present a content item at a device and in a manner that precludes a user from accessing content of one or more applications executing on the device. Data relating to a status of each of the one or more applications are identified. A level of urgency for a user to access content of the one or more applications is determined based on the data. A response to the opportunity to present a content item is selected based on the level of urgency for the user to access content of the one or more applications. The response is selected from a first response that causes presentation of the content item and a second response that precludes presentation of the content item.
US09992052B2	Registration of SIP-based communications in a hosted VoIP network Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for implementing a registrar component or functionality in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, the registrar functionality is handled at a Session Border Controller (SBC) or Network Address Translation (NAT) Traversal Manager (NTM) device of the network to alleviate an application server of the network from performing the registration function.
US09992050B2	System and apparatus and associated methods for multiple channel signal generating and analyzing with wide bandwidth The multi-channel signal processing device includes a multi-channel continuous waveform (CW) phase shifter module configured to generate phase control and filter interference therein for multiple local oscillator (LO) signals at a same frequency, a multi-channel up-converter module configured to up-convert the multiple LO signals to a desired frequency and filter respective image signals therein, and a multi-channel wideband mixer module configured to receive and mix the up-converted LO signals at the desired frequency from the multi-channel up-converter module with radio frequency (RF) signals.
US09992049B1	Numerically controlled oscillator for fractional burst clock data recovery applications A receiver for processing a data stream includes: a bursty phase detector having a first voltage-controlled oscillator configured to provide a first VCO phase, a signal stream detector configured to provide a data stream phase and a data stream detect signal, and a delay component configured to receive the data stream; a clocking circuit coupled to receive an output of the delay component, the data stream phase, and the data stream detect signal, the clocking circuit configured to provide a second VCO phase at an output of the clocking circuit, wherein the clocking circuit is configured to operate based on a fractional relationship between a reference clock frequency and an output frequency; and a data sample selector with a first input coupled to the output of the delay component, and a second input coupled to the output of the clocking circuit.
US09992047B1	Pseudomorphic modulation for RF signal transmission A method for pseudomorphic modulation to mimic a particular type of Radio Frequency (RF) signal transmission in an RF environment may include selecting a physical modulation scheme that is utilized for RF signal transmission in the RF environment. The method may also include pseudorandomly generating a plurality of symbols associated with the physical modulation scheme. The method may further include receiving encoded data for transmitting in the RF environment. The method may also include pseudomorphically modulating the encoded data by mapping the encoded data to the plurality of pseudorandomly generated symbols.
US09992045B2	On-line signal event detection and identification method and apparatus A method of and apparatus for on-line detection and identification of synchronous and asynchronous piecewise-constant signals corrupted by noise and distortion. The method achieves joint temporal and amplitude detection and identification by following an initial amplitude approximation with a change detection that continually converges to an accurate joint identification while continually correcting intermediate approximation errors via analysis of temporal signatures. In turn, the temporal identifications employ accumulated statistics partly determined by the initial amplitude approximation.
US09992034B2	Component multicast protocol A method includes transmitting, from a first component of an electronic device, a first transaction associated with a first sequence number to a second component of the electronic device based on a multicast protocol. The first transaction is independent of an Internet protocol. The method also includes receiving an acknowledgement message that corresponds to a positive acknowledgment message or a negative acknowledgement message. The method further includes in response to receiving the negative acknowledgement message, retransmitting the first transaction to the second component using the first sequence number based on the multicast protocol.
US09992033B2	Selection of communication channel based on channel selection data Multi-channel communication is affected by system configured to access channel selection data for a participant in a conversation. The channel selection data is analyzed to select a particular secondary communication channel from among a plurality of secondary communication channels associated with the participant. A first message corresponding to the conversation is communicated via the selected secondary communication channel. A second message corresponding to the conversation is received via the selected secondary communication channel. Data representing the conversation is updated using at least a portion of the second message.
US09992029B1	Systems and methods for providing authentication to a plurality of devices A method and apparatus for a certificate authority system providing authentication to a plurality of devices associated with an organization are described. The method may include receiving, at the certificate authority system, a request from a device to sign authentication information of the device, wherein the device is associated with the organization. The method may also include sending a challenge to the device to perform an action with a system other than the certificate authority system, and receiving the response to the challenge from the device. Furthermore, the method may include verifying that the response was generated correctly based on the challenge, and signing the authentication information of the device with one or more keys of the certificate authority system as an authentication of an identity of the device.
US09992027B1	Signing key log management Cryptographic keys can include logging properties that enable those keys to be used only if the properties can be enforced by the cryptographic system requested to perform one or more actions using the keys. The logging property can specify how to log use of a respective key. A key can also include a mutability property for specifying whether the logging property can be changed, and if so under what circumstances or in which way(s). The ability to specify and automatically enforce logging can be important for environments where audit logs are essential. These can include, for example, public certificate authorities that must provide accurate and complete audit trails. In cases where the data is not to be provided outside a determined secure environment, the key can be generated with a property indicating not to log any of the usage.
US09992020B1	Online change of encryption root keys in a distributed database management system A request is received to change a first, current encryption root key used to encrypt and decrypt a set of data in a database. A new, second encryption root key is generated. The second encryption root key is stored in a secured area in disk storage as a new current encryption root key. The first encryption root key is maintained in the secured area as a historical encryption root key. New root key version information that identifies the new, second encryption root key is generated and stored as current root key version information. A request is received to encrypt the set of data. The second encryption root key is identified as the current encryption root key based on the current root key version information. The second encryption root key is used to encrypt the set of data to create an encrypted set of data.
US09992012B2	Detector A differential detector for a receiver and a method of detecting the value of symbols of a signal is disclosed. In particular, a detector comprising: an analog to digital converter for sampling samples from symbols of a signal; a differentiator configured to differentiate the samples with a transfer function to produce a differentiated series of samples for each symbol; and a decision device configured to determine the value of each symbol by comparing values of the differentiated series of samples with boundary condition values.
US09992009B2	Method and apparatus for performing uplink transmissions in a wireless communications system The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communications system. A mobile terminal is provided with a set of available transport formats by receiving at least one UL grant comprising a transport format indication pointing to one or more transport formats. The mobile terminal then selects a suitable transport format from the set, for example in dependence on propagation channel conditions, for transmission of a scheduled transmission.
US09992008B2	Creating library of interferers A system includes a method for detecting a signal interference in a communication signal of a wireless communication system. An identified source of the signal interference is determined according to an interference profile of a plurality of interference profiles associated with an interference profile library having information that approximates characteristics of the signal interference. The signal interference of the communication signal is mitigated according to an interference parameter associated with the identified source by filtering the communication signal according to the interference parameter.
US09992002B2	User terminal, radio access network, and communication control method A user terminal according to a first feature performs uplink communication with a radio access network by simultaneously using a plurality of carriers. The plurality of carriers include a first carrier used for mobility control of the user terminal, and a second carrier that provides radio communication in coordination with the first carrier. The first carrier includes a first physical uplink control channel region provided at each of both end portions in a frequency direction of the first carrier. The second carrier includes a second physical uplink control channel region provided at a center frequency side of the second carrier away from each of both end portions in a frequency direction of the second carrier.
US09991998B2	Ratio resource sharing and contention scheme for device-to-device communication in white space spectrum bands The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus and a computer program for resource contention in device-to-device communication links. The method partitions the time-frequency radio resource grid with a resource block set forming the resource unit in the grid, for all available, used and unusable frequency bands around a given virtual central frequency. Each resource block set is partitioned into a common control channel and a data channel. With a given procedure of control data transmission between transmitting and receiving user terminals, the resources are competed and shared. Frequency shifting with short distance frequency change or frequency transference with a larger frequency hopping into a free radio resource is available. The competition procedure is done in order to fairly share the frequency bands as a function of time between different device-to-device communication links in a localized manner.
US09991995B2	Multiuser signaling and access request mechanisms In an example of wireless communications, an access point (AP) may send a first trigger frame to multiple stations. In response, some or all of the stations may transmit their respective uplink frames to the AP. The uplink frames may include status information of the stations such as buffered data size. The AP may send a second trigger frame, including resource allocation assignments to inform stations which sub-bands may be used to send their payloads to the AP. The AP may allocate sub-bands to stations based on the status information of the station. The AP may allocate a relatively narrow sub-band to one or more stations when the status information is not known to the AP. Status information may be provided in certain control fields of a data frame. Random access may be provided by assigning a sub-band to multiple stations. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09991990B1	Sequence detection Calculating path metrics, associated with respective states of an n-state trellis, by accumulating branch metrics in a sequence detector. Each path metric is represented by N bits plus a wrap-around bit for indicating wrap-around of the N-bit value of that path metric.
US09991989B2	Soft hybrid automatic repeat request Methods, systems, and devices for soft hybrid automatic repeat request operation in wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may fail to decode a received signal, for example. The UE may store a portion of the signal in a buffer if the signal size is greater than the buffer size; otherwise, the UE may store the entire signal in the buffer. The UE may then receive a second signal and combine the second signal with the stored portion of the first signal; the combined signal may be larger than the buffer size. This combined signal may, for example, have a code rate less than the first signal. The UE may perform a second decoding attempt on the combined signal. The UE may determine that the second decoding attempt failed and may store a portion of the combined signal in the buffer.
US09991987B2	Scaling content communicated over a network An architecture is provided that can scale content resolution in order to mitigate errors in a provisioned service of a communication network, such as a wireless service or a femtocell service that integrates with DSL or other broadband carriers. The architecture can identify fault conditions relating to e.g., bandwidth oversubscription or symbolization integrity. Based upon such identification, the architecture can alter encoding format codecs of certain types of content in order to reduce their resolution/quality, thereby mitigating bandwidth oversubscription fault conditions or freeing up space (without necessarily increasing bandwidth) to insert additional FEC code.
US09991986B2	Enhanced channel interleaving for optimized data throughput In a transmission scheme wherein multi-slot packet transmissions to a remote station can be terminated by an acknowledgment signal from the remote station, code symbols can be efficiently packed over the multi-slot packet so that the remote station can easily decode the data payload of the multi-slot packet by decoding only a portion of the multi-slot packet. Hence, the remote station can signal for the early termination of the multi-slot packet transmission, which thereby increases the data throughput of the system.
US09991984B2	Signal coding for improved spectral quality A satellite communications system can use a spread-spectrum waveform and format, a synchronization scheme, and/or a power management algorithm. This approach can provide benefits such as allowing every terminal to communicate with every other terminal, link margin permitting. This gives the network a mesh topology although it can be configured in a star topology for highly asymmetric applications. A further understanding of the nature and the advantages of particular embodiments disclosed herein may be realized by reference of the remaining portions of the specification and the attached drawings.
US09991981B2	Method for operating a node of a communications network, a node and a communications network A method for operating a node in a communications network comprises the following steps: The node receives a reference time via the communications network. A transmit clock of the node, which was determined for an earlier clock cycle on the basis of a local clock of the node, is compared with the reference time. The local clock of the node is corrected on the basis of the comparison result. On the basis of the corrected local clock a transmit clock is determined to be used by the node for the current clock cycle.
US09991977B2	Smart testing management The invention is related to a smart testing apparatus and preferably a method for testing at least a first DUT and a second DUT using a mobile communications testing device. The method comprises the steps of determining, whether a first RF test signal from/to the first DUT interferes with a second RF test signal from/to the second DUT. It determines, whether the second RF test signal from/to second DUT interferes with the first RF test signal from/to the first DUT. It predetermines, whether at least measuring the first measuring result obtained by applying the first RF test signal is disturbed above a first disturbance threshold value. It predetermines, whether at least a second measuring result obtained by applying the second RF test signal is disturbed above a second disturbance threshold value.
US09991975B2	Method and device for triggering specified operation The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for triggering a specified operation, and belongs to the field of smart home technologies. The method includes obtaining a wireless signal received by a receiving device and sent by a specified signal source, determining whether a disturbance occurs in the first wireless signal, obtaining a signal quality characteristic of the wireless signal if it is determined that a disturbance occurs in the wireless signal; determining whether the signal quality characteristic matches with predetermined characteristic sample; and triggering the intelligent device to perform the specified operation if the signal quality characteristic matches with the predetermined characteristic sample.
US09991973B2	Integrated circuit calibration architecture A calibration architecture that enables accurate calibration of radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) chips used in transceiver RF systems in a relatively simple testing environment. Embodiments of the invention include one or more on-chip switchable internal calibration paths that enable direct coupling of a portion of the on-chip circuit to an RF test system while isolating other circuitry on the chip. Some embodiments allow interconnection of switchable internal calibration paths between separate IC chips. Still other embodiments utilize internal switches and antenna mutual coupling to provide over-the-air calibration, alone or in combination with direct signal coupling via internal calibration paths. Periodic self-calibration of an RF IC can be performed after initial factory calibration, so that adjustments in desired performance parameters can be made while such an IC is embedded within a final system, and/or to take into account component degradation due to age or other factors.
US09991970B2	Transferring data via audio link Transferring data via audio link is described. In an example a short sequence of data can be transferred between two devices by encoding the sequence of data as an audio sequence. For example, the audio sequence may be a sequence of tones which vary in dependence on the encoded data. The sequence of data may be encoded by a first device and transmitted using a loudspeaker associated with the first device. At least one mobile communications device can be used to capture the audio sequence, for example using a microphone, and to decode the sequence, retrieving the data encoded therein. In some examples the encoded data may comprise a shortened URL or other information which can be used to control one or more aspects of the capture device.
US09991968B1	Devices and methods for electromagnetic signal phase discrimination using SQUID arrays and electro-optical materials An electromagnetic signal is received at first and second Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) SQUID arrays. The first and second SQUID arrays output respective voltage signals corresponding to the electromagnetic signal as received at the first and second SQUID arrays. The first and second SQUID arrays are spaced apart such that there is a phase difference between the electromagnetic signal as received at the first and second SQUID arrays. The phase difference results in a voltage amplitude difference. At least one of the voltage signals is applied to at least one reference optical signal input into an electro-optical device to modify the reference optical signal. The modified optical signal output by the electro-optical device includes a change compared to the reference optical signal. The change is indicative of the phase difference in the electromagnetic signal as received at the first and second SQUID arrays.
US09991967B1	Front end characterization of coherent receiver Techniques are described for characterizing a receiver front end of a pluggable optical module. The pluggable optical module receives an optical signal that includes a first portion having a first polarization and a second portion having a second polarization. The first portion and second portion are not coherent with one another and the power of the first portion and second portion is equal.
US09991963B2	Multi-channel tunable laser A multi-channel tunable laser includes: a frequency selective optical multiplexer comprising: a plurality of channel terminals for receiving/transmitting light; a plurality of channel waveguide blocks, each channel waveguide block comprising at least one reflectively terminated channel waveguide; and an optical coupling element optically coupling the plurality of channel terminals with the plurality of channel waveguide blocks, each of the channel waveguides of the plurality of channel waveguide blocks having a different length; a plurality of channel paths, each channel path coupled to a respective channel terminal of the plurality of channel terminals and comprising a gain element, a phase element and a reflective element; and a plurality of optical tuners, each one configured to tune the channel waveguides of a respective channel waveguide block of the plurality of channel waveguide blocks.
US09991962B2	Stackable fiber optic transmitter/receiver modules An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a first stackable transmitter/receiver module. The first stackable transmitter/receiver module comprises a housing having first and second ends and multiple sides between the first and second ends, a first signal connector arranged at the first end of the housing, a second signal connector arranged at the second end of the housing, and one or more sets of interconnects arranged on respective ones of the sides of the housing. The first stackable transmitter/receiver module is configured for mated stacking with one or more additional stackable transmitter/receiver modules via the one or more sets of interconnects. A given one of the sets of interconnects of the first transmitter/receiver module is configured to mate with a corresponding complementary set of interconnects arranged on a side of a housing of one of the additional stackable transmitter/receiver modules when the first and additional modules are stacked.
US09991956B2	System and method for communication with a mobile device via a positioning system including RF communication devices and modulated beacon light sources A light source emits a modulated light, and a radio-frequency transceiver disposed therewith emits a radio-frequency signal. A mobile device may receive either or both signals and determine its position based thereon. The light and radio-frequency sources may be disposed in node in a network of said sources, and the nodes may communicate via the radio-frequency transceivers.
US09991953B1	Transmitter self-calibration of time delay and frequency response for high baud-rate QAM transceivers A self-calibration procedure for an optical transmitter is provided. During the self-calibration procedure, a phase bias of an optical modulator of the optical transmitter is set so that an in-phase path and a quadrature path of the optical modulator are in phase. Stimulus signals are supplied to the in-phase and quadrature paths of the optical modulator, over a frequency range. Detection, with a photodetector, is made of an optical output of the optical modulator at a plurality of frequency steps over the frequency range. A photodetector converts an optical output of the optical modulator to an electrical signal. First and second measurement values are generated from the electrical signal output from the photodetector. A frequency spectrum and/or time delay is computed from the first and second measurement values for each frequency step value over the frequency range.
US09991952B2	Optical signal monitoring Some embodiments provide a device that includes an optical module manager, an optical power manager, and a notification manager. The optical module manager may be configured to poll an optical module coupled to the device for received optical power values. The optical module manager may be further configured to receive a received optical power value. The optical power manager may be configured to determine a baseline power value based on the polling of the optical module. The notification manager may be configured to generate a notification when the received optical power value differs from, e.g., falls below, the baseline power value by a threshold amount. The notification indicates that a tampering of optical signals transmitted to the device may have occurred.
US09991950B2	Communication-satellite system with enhanced capacity in designated locations A communication-satellite system for providing communication services to the entire Earth is based on a plurality of satellites in low-earth-orbit (LEO). The satellites orbit the Earth in a plurality of orbits, with multiple satellites in each orbit. This orbital arrangement results in some locations on the surface of the Earth receiving redundant satellite coverage. Embodiments of the present invention can selectively and adaptively rotate the orientation of some of the satellites so as to transfer some of the redundant coverage from locations where it is not needed to locations where the redundant coverage is advantageous.
US09991949B2	Experimental smartphone ground station grid system and method This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions or even the globe using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end LEOSAT or even a cube-satellite.
US09991948B2	Low cost cableless ground station antenna for medium earth orbit satellite communication systems A ground station antenna is described herein including a moving feed plate with a first power transfer unit arranged on the moving feed plate. The ground station antenna also includes a fixed plate. The moving feed plate is configured to rotate with respect to the fixed plate. The fixed plate has a second power transfer unit. The first power transfer unit and the second power transfer unit are configured to transmit and receive modulated power signals between one another through a charging link. The modulated power signals comprise wireless charging power and data signals.
US09991945B2	Device and method for air-to-ground communication of aircraft A device for air-to-ground communication between an aircraft and a ground station, said aircraft and said ground station each having antennas for directional radio data transmission. The data transmission is performed in a frequency band from 60 GHz to 90 GHz and the antenna of the ground station transmits and receives data exclusively in a range of angles α of at least 5 degrees in the upward direction relative to the horizontal plane.
US09991942B2	Method and apparatus for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) Methods and apparatuses for CSI reporting mechanisms are provided. A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive information indicating a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource configuration, uplink-related downlink control information (DCI), and a CSI-RS associated with a selected CSI-RS resource in a same subframe as the uplink-related DCI. The processor configured to determine, in response to a CSI request included in the uplink-related DCI, an aperiodic CSI in reference to the CSI-RS. The transceiver is further configured to report the aperiodic CSI by transmitting the aperiodic CSI on an uplink channel.
US09991937B2	Card detection device having a magnetic field monitor, system including the device, and method of operating the device A detection device is provided. The detection device includes a transmitter and a detector. The transmitter supplies an induced current to an antenna and to adjust a strength of an induced voltage generated in the antenna by adjusting the induced current. The detector monitors the strength of the induced voltage of the antenna and generates a control signal for controlling the induced current to the antenna based on the monitored strength of the induced voltage of the antenna.
US09991936B2	Door lock and arrangement for transferring power to door lock Lock arrangement and method for transferring electrical power with a lock arrangement that includes a counterpart of the lock and an electrical lock including a lock case. A device for wirelessly sending electrical power to the lock case and/or into connection with the lock case is arranged in connection with the counterpart of the lock, and arranged in the lock case and/or in connection with the lock case are a device for wirelessly receiving electrical power from the device for sending electrical power that is arranged in connection with the counterpart of the lock. The counterpart of the lock wirelessly sends electrical power to the lock case and/or into connection with the lock case with the device that is for sending electrical power, and the lock case wirelessly receives electrical power from the counterpart of the lock with the device that is for receiving electrical power, when the lock and the counterpart of the lock are at a certain distance from each other. The electrical power received from the connection of the lock is measured and the power level of the electrical power sent is increased and/or decreased in such a way that the measured level of the electrical power received is between certain predetermined upper and lower values or essentially at a given preset level.
US09991934B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving signals in a transportation system Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting first electromagnetic waves that propagate on a surface of a component of a transit system, and receiving second electromagnetic waves that propagate on the surface of the component of the transit system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09991928B2	Communication system and work vehicle A communication system provided to a working vehicle includes: an information receiving unit that communicates with identification devices and receives identification information; a first area information storage that stores first area information indicating an area where use of the information receiving unit is permitted; a comparing unit that compares the first area information with second area information indicating an area where the working vehicle is used; and a communication control unit that prohibits the information receiving unit from outputting electric waves when the second area information is not included in the first area information.
US09991924B2	Case design for a personal electronics device with a plug-in accessory A protective case design for a personal electronics device (PED) and an optional plug-in accessory, wherein the accessory mounts to the PED by plugging in to a PED interface connector, including at least one first case section covering a portion of the PED not holding the connector, and two interchangeable mating case sections covering the remaining portion of the PED including the connector portion. One of the interchangeable case sections covers the PED in operation without the accessory installed, and the other interchangeable section is configured to protect the accessory and complete the case protection while maintaining operable accessory-to-PED-connector electrical and mechanical connection when the case sections including the accessory are mated together. The accessory may be a thermal imaging camera.
US09991923B2	Bracket-type wireless charger A bracket-type wireless charger, including a box body having a charging circuit and a transmitting plate having a transmitting coil. An adapter plate is arranged between the transmitting plate and the box body. An upper end of the adapter plate is hinged through interference fit to a lower part of a back surface of the transmitting plate. A lower end is hinged through interference fit to a middle part of a top surface of the box body. The box body has a groove for accommodating the adapter plate. The two ends of the adapter plate are hinged through interference fit to the box body and the transmitting plate respectively, and the position and an inclination angle of the transmitting plate relative to the box body can be adjusted through rotation of the adapter plate, so as to adapt to the positions of wireless charging receiving coils of different electronic equipment.
US09991919B2	Digital detection method A passive detection method implemented by a device comprising one or more sensors comprises a step of sampling signals received by each sensor using various sub-Nyquist sampling frequency values, a step of transforming the sampled signals to the frequency domain by discrete Fourier transform, the frequency pitch ΔF being chosen constant, and, for each time/frequency box, a step of calculating the normalized power in each reception channel, a step of calculating the quadratic sum of the calculated powers while taking into account the power of a possible parasitic signal, and a thresholding step carried out so as to ensure a given probability of false alarm.
US09991909B2	Radio-frequency module and communication device A radio-frequency module includes switch elements, first signal paths, band pass filters, first matching circuits, second signal paths, and second matching circuits. Each of the first signal paths is connected between one end of a corresponding one of the switch elements and an antenna terminal. Each of the band pass filters is connected to a corresponding one of the first signal paths and allows a radio-frequency signal of one of the plurality of frequency bands to pass therethrough. Each of the first matching circuits is connected to a corresponding one of the first signal paths. Each of the second signal paths is connected to a corresponding one of the switch elements. Each of the second matching circuits is connected to a corresponding one of the second signal paths. A component included in the first matching circuits and a component included in the second matching circuits are electromagnetically coupled.
US09991907B1	Concatenates of an E8 lattice with binary and non binary codes A transceiver architectures can contain an encoder and a decoder for communicating high speed transmissions. The encoder can modulate signal data for being mapped in a constellation that is generated based on concatenations of an E8 lattice having binary and non-binary codes. The data can be transmitted at a high speed according to the constellation with an embedded E8 lattice configuration in order to generate a coding gain. A decoder operates to decode the received input signal data with a decreased latency or a minimal latency with a high spectral efficiency.
US09991904B2	Digital modulation device, and digital modulation method A digital modulation device is provided. The digital modulation device includes an input unit; N delta-sigma modulation units; and an output unit. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the input unit is configured to: input initial values which differ from each other to the N delta-sigma modulation units; and then, input a same first signal into the N delta-sigma modulation units, each of the N delta-sigma modulation units is configured to: output a second signal by performing delta-sigma modulation processing on the first signal for each first clock cycle, and the output unit is configured to: sequentially output each second signal for each one Nth of the first clock cycle.
US09991903B2	Level shifter, digital-to-analog converter, and buffer amplifier, and source driver and electronic device including the same A level shifter, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a buffer amplifier, and a source driver and an electronic device including the same are provided. The source driver includes a level shifter configured to receive digital bits and provide a level-shifted output signal; a DAC including a resistor string configured to provide a plurality of gradation voltages formed by an upper limit voltage and a lower limit voltage being received through one end and the other end, and an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) switch and a P-type MOS (PMOS) switch configured to be controlled by the level-shifted output signal and output a gradation voltage corresponding to the level-shifted output signal; and an amplifier configured to amplify a signal provided by the digital-to-analog converter, and the lower limit voltage is provided to a body electrode of the NMOS switch.
US09991900B1	Digital to analog (DAC) converter with current calibration A digital to analog converter convert digital data in binary format to thermometer bit vectors. A first set of the thermometer bit vectors corresponds to most significant bits of the digital data and a second set of the thermometer bit vectors corresponds to least significant bits of the digital data. Connections of first current sources corresponding to the first set of the thermometer bit vectors and second current sources corresponding to the second set of the thermometer bit vectors are dynamically and randomly alternated to a first output line and a second output line. Calibration current is applied to the second current sources so a total current of the second current sources and the calibration current is within a predetermined range of an average current of the first current sources.
US09991899B2	Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with partial constant switching Systems and methods are provided for adaptive configuration and control of digital-to-analog converters (DACs). Performance of a plurality of conversion elements in a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be assessed based on particular input conditions associated with a digital input to the DAC, and the DAC may be configured based on the assessing of performance. Each conversion element of the plurality of conversion elements handles a particular bit in the digital input. The configuring may comprise selecting a subset of the plurality of conversion elements, and setting only the subset of the plurality of conversion elements to apply a particular type of operations. The particular type of operations pertains to applying digital-to-analog conversions via the DAC, and the particular type of operations relates to or affects performance. The particular input conditions may comprise signal backoff.
US09991896B2	Phase locked loop circuit with charge pump up-down current mismatch adjustment and static phase error reduction A magnitude difference between intrinsic positive and negative current components forming a PLL's charge pump output current is determined by simultaneously outputting the intrinsic positive and negative pump current components, and incrementally increasing a bias current added to one of the intrinsic current components (e.g., such that the total positive current component is gradually increased). Calibration control voltages generated by the calibration pump output current are measured to determine when magnitudes of the adjusted (e.g., positive) current component and the non-adjusted/intrinsic (e.g., negative) current component are equal, and the bias current amount required to achieve equalization is stored as a digital converter code. During subsequent normal PLL operations, the digital converter code is utilized to control the charge pump such that the magnitude of the positive current component is adjusted by the bias current amount such that the positive and negative current components are matched.
US09991892B2	Electronic device having a physical unclonable function identifier Electronic device comprising at least: a plurality of MOSFET FD-SOI type transistors among which the first transistors are such that each first transistor comprises a channel in which a concentration of the same type of dopants as those present in the source and drain of said first transistor is greater than the concentration in the channel of each of the other transistors in said plurality of transistors; and an identification circuit capable of determining a unique identifier of the electronic device starting from at least one intrinsic electrical characteristic of each of the first transistors, the value of which depends at least partly on the conductance of said first transistor; and in which the length of a gate of each of the first transistors is less than or equal to about 20 nm.
US09991890B2	Driver circuit, display device including the driver circuit, and electronic appliance including the display device An object of the present invention is to provide a driver circuit including a normally-on thin film transistor, which driver circuit ensures a small malfunction and highly reliable operation. The driver circuit includes a static shift register including an inverter circuit having a first transistor and a second transistor, and a switch including a third transistor. The first to third transistors each include a semiconductor layer of an oxide semiconductor and are depletion-mode transistors. An amplitude voltage of clock signals for driving the third transistor is higher than a power supply voltage for driving the inverter circuit.
US09991885B2	Switching circuit for radio frequency isolation in a portable transceiver Semiconductor switches in portable transceivers switch between outgoing and incoming radio frequency signal paths. The isolation can be limited by the capacitive coupling between the switch input and the switch output. Ultra-high isolation can be achieved by adding a coupled transmission line to the semiconductor switch. The coupled transmission line introduces inductive coupling, which cancels at least a part of the capacitive coupling between the switch input and the switch output.
US09991884B2	Switching circuits having ferrite beads A circuit includes an electronic component package that comprises at least a first lead, a III-N device in the electronic component package, a gate driver, and a ferrite bead. The III-N device comprises a drain, gate, and source, where the source is coupled to the first lead. The gate driver comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal is coupled to the first lead. The ferrite bead is coupled between the gate of the III-N transistor and the second terminal of the gate driver. When switching, the deleterious effects of the parasitic inductance of the circuit gate loop are mitigated by the ferrite bead.
US09991883B2	Static switch A thyristor switch is constituted of a pair of arms connected in anti-parallel, each of the arms including a plurality of thyristors connected in series. A controller includes a phase detecting unit configured to detect a phase of a power supply voltage supplied from an alternating-current power supply, and a gate signal generating unit configured to interrupt a gate signal when an open command is provided to the static switch and the phase of the power supply voltage detected by the phase detecting unit matches a target phase. The target phase is set outside of a phase range where interruption of the gate signal is prohibited, the phase range being set so as to include a zero crossing point at which a load current is switched in polarity.
US09991879B2	Apparatus for detecting variation in transistor threshold voltage A ring oscillator includes a plurality of inverters. A closed loop structure is formed by cascading the inverters. The inverter includes at least one sensitive inverter with a diode-connected transistor. A variation in an MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) threshold voltage of the ring oscillator is detected by analyzing the oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator.
US09991877B2	Current break circuit, semiconductor device having the same and operating method thereof A current break circuit includes a current break control circuit suitable for sequentially outputting a first enable signal and a second enable signal with a time difference in response to at least one control signal, and a current break switch circuit suitable for outputting or blocking a second voltage in response to a first voltage, wherein the current break switch circuit forms a first current path in response to the first enable signal and a second current path in response to the second enable signal when blocking the second voltage.
US09991869B2	Temperature compensated compound resonator The invention concerns microelectromechanical resonators. In particular, the invention provides a resonator comprising a support structure, a doped semiconductor resonator suspended to the support structure by at least one anchor, and actuator for exciting resonance into the resonator. According to the invention, the resonator comprises a base portion and at least one protrusion extending outward from the base portion and is excitable by said actuator into a compound resonance mode having temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) characteristics, which are contributed by both the base portion and the at least one protrusion. The invention enables simple resonators, which are very well temperature compensated over a wide temperature range.
US09991868B1	Micro-resonator having lid-integrated electrode A micro-resonator employs a lid-integrated electrode to one or more of drive, sense and tune a vibrational resonant mode of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator. The micro-resonator includes a lid attached to a base that provides a resonator cavity. The micro-resonator further includes the MEMS resonator extending from a surface of the base toward the lid within the resonator cavity. The lid-integrated electrode extends vertically from the lid into the resonator cavity toward the base. The vertically extending, lid-integrated electrode is positioned spaced from and adjacent to a side of the MEMS resonator to one or more of drive, sense and tune mechanical movement of the MEMS resonator.
US09991863B1	Rounded and curved integrated tethers for quartz resonators A piezoelectric quartz shear-mode resonator includes plasma etched quartz tethers, each including a mount. The tethers are for mounting the resonator to a semiconductor substrate for the purpose of isolating the thermally-induced stress from the mounts from the active resonating region, wherein the quartz tethers have rounded corners.
US09991862B2	Audio system equalizing Processes and devices for equalizing an audio system that is adapted to use a loudspeaker to transduce test audio signals into test sounds. The processes and devices can involve the use of infrared signals to convey information in one or both directions between the audio system and a portable computer device that captures test sounds, calculates audio parameters that can be used in the equalization process, and transmits these audio parameters back to the audio system for its use in equalizing audio signals that are played by the audio system.
US09991861B2	System and method for controlled dynamics adaptation for musical content According to a preferred aspect, there is provided a system and method for controlled dynamics adaptation of audio works. The dynamics complexity of the audio is adapted depending on the listening environment and its dynamics properties. The instant invention utilizes a function of stepwise linear and logarithmical sections, which describe individual points of a curve and which therefore with the use of a parameter can be utilized to calculate and control the target value of the loudness range. The curve points are stored and provided as metadata of the musical program, which allows the dynamics scaling functionality to be implemented dynamically and not tied to a certain time or place.
US09991860B2	Control system for a power amplifier An apparatus for controlling the gain and phase of an input signal input to a power amplifier comprises a gain control loop configured to control the gain of the input signal based on power levels of the input signal and an amplified signal output by the power amplifier, to obtain a predetermined gain of the amplified signal, and a phase control loop configured to obtain an error signal related to a phase difference between a first signal derived from the input and a second signal derived from the amplified signal, and control the phase based on the error signal, to obtain a predetermined phase of the amplified signal. The phase control loop delays the first signal such that the delayed first signal and the second signal used to obtain the error signal correspond to the same part of the input signal. The apparatus may be included in a satellite.
US09991844B2	Smart sensor devices for measuring and verifying solar array performance A device comprises a platform constructed and arranged to be mounted to one or more solar array modules and one or more solar irradiance sensors on the platform configured to receive incident solar energy, the solar irradiance sensors oriented on the platform so that the received incident solar energy is comparable to that received by the solar array modules, the one or more solar irradiance sensors providing solar irradiance signals in response to the incident solar energy. A processor is on the platform, the processor configured to receive the solar irradiance signals and, in response, generating a performance reference metric based on the solar irradiance signals, the performance reference metric related to the expected performance of the one or more solar array modules to which the platform is mounted. A transmitter is on the platform, the transmitter configured to periodically transmit the performance reference metric to a receiver.
US09991838B2	Drive control unit for motor A drive control unit in which a drive control system for a motor is made redundant so that a motor having two coil sets is individually driven and controlled for each coil set includes an inverter substrate on which a first inverter circuit that drives each coil of a first coil set, and a second inverter circuit that drives each coil of a second coil set are formed; a control substrate on which a first control circuit that includes a microcomputer which controls the first inverter circuit, and a second control circuit that includes a microcomputer which controls the second inverter circuit are formed; and a housing in which the inverter substrate and the control substrate are arranged in parallel to each other. The first control circuit is positioned on the front surface side, and the second control circuit is positioned on the rear surface side of the control substrate.
US09991837B2	Systems and methods for vibration and noise manipulation in switched reluctance machine drivetrains Systems and methods to manipulate the noise and vibration of a switched reluctance machine (SRM), capable of being implemented in a controller. By use of vibration sensors and a real-time optimizer, the noise and vibration profile of an SRM and associated load can be modified in order to meet multiple control objectives, such as torque ripple mitigation (TRM), harmonic spectrum shaping, and efficiency improvement. The systems and methods can be adapted to high power, high pole count, and high speed applications, and applications where electrical or mechanical imbalance exists.
US09991835B2	Control device for electric compressor A control device for an electric compressor, capable of successfully controlling a drive motor of the compressor in response to the load fluctuation having complicated frequency components even when the motor is controlled in a sensorless manner, is provided. The control device for an electric compressor includes: a repetitive control portion 5 to which a rotation speed difference between a target rotation speed of a motor which drives the compressor and the estimated rotation speed is input to perform a repetitive operation using the rotation speed difference of one preceding cycle of the compressor, thereby reducing the rotation speed difference; a pressure detecting portion 1 for the compressor; and a reset signal generation portion 4 calculating a timing of one rotation of the compressor by counting the number of predetermined parts of load fluctuations of the compressor based on the pressure value of the compressor, thereby outputting a reset signal to the repetitive control portion according to the timing.
US09991832B2	Detecting brushfire in power systems In some examples, a detection circuit is configured to detect a brushfire in a power system based on an electrical signal from the power system. The detection circuit is further configured to set a bit in response to detecting the brushfire.
US09991831B2	DC motor control device and game machine A DC motor control device includes a communication circuit configured to receive a control command specifying a target rotation amount for a DC motor, a sensor interface configured to receive a detection signal from a rotational angle sensor that outputs the detection signal every time the DC motor rotates by a certain rotational angle, a step counter that outputs a count signal every time the detection signal has been received a certain number of times, a controller that, based on the number of times the count signal received, determines a step count representing the total amount of rotation, and generates a control signal that controls the DC motor in accordance with the step count and the target rotation amount, and a drive signal generation circuit that generates a drive signal that rotates the DC motor in accordance with the control signal.
US09991827B1	Methods and apparatus for automatic lead angle adjustment using fly-back voltage for brushless DC control A method includes: outputting high side driver gate signals to a plurality of high side driver devices and outputting low side driver gate signals to a plurality of low side driver devices configured to control current supplied to a motor having coils coupled to receive the current at a plurality of phase nodes; at a time approximately prior to an expected zero crossing of a voltage at a selected one of the plurality of phase nodes, disabling the high side driver gate signal and the low side driver gate signal; measuring a back electromotive force (BEMF) voltage and observing a zero crossing time; estimating a next zero crossing time; prior to the next zero crossing time, disabling the high side driver gate signal and the low side driver gate signal and observing the selected one of the phase nodes to form a first sample; and following the next zero crossing time, observing a second voltage at the selected one of the phase nodes to form a second sample.
US09991826B2	Motor control circuit, motor drive control apparatus and control method of motor drive control apparatus A motor control circuit comprising a speed control circuit configured to output speed command information relating to the rotational speed of a motor based on target information relating to a target rotational speed and rotational speed detection information of the rotational speed of the motor, a drive stop control circuit configured to output a first drive stop control signal for performing braking control of the motor or a second drive stop control signal for performing free-run stop control of the motor based on the rotational speed detection information and the speed command information when input of the target information is stopped, and a drive signal generation circuit configured to generate a drive control signal for driving the motor based on the first drive stop control signal or the second drive stop control signal when the first drive stop control signal or the second drive stop control signal is output.
US09991822B2	MEMS component and method for the production thereof The invention proposes a MEMS component having a crystalline base body (GK), a recess (AN) and a structured assembly (A) which closes said recess, in which an opening (OG) is structured in a first functional layer (MN), the effective opening cross section thereof varying as a function of the pressure difference on the two sides of the first functional layer (MN).
US09991820B2	Multi-level converter and method of operating same A multi-level converter is provided. The multi-level converter may include a plurality of direct current (DC) sources coupled in series to form a DC link, and at least one phase circuit coupled in parallel to the DC link. The phase circuit may include at least one flying capacitor, at least one output node, a first set of switching devices selectively coupling the flying capacitor to one or more of the DC sources at a first frequency, and a second set of switching devices selectively coupling the flying capacitor to the output node at a second frequency.
US09991819B2	Power conversion system and method for detecting isolated operation of the same A power conversion system is capable of distinguishing easily and clearly between being interconnected to the power system and being in an isolated operation. The power conversion system converts DC power to AC power to interconnect with a power system and injects reactive power into a grid node for determining an isolated operation, including: a voltage detector that detects an output voltage at the grid node; a current detector that detects an output current at the grid node; a frequency measurement unit that measures a frequency of the output voltage at the grid node; a reactive-power measurement unit that measures reactive power at the grid node; and an isolated-operation determination unit that determines whether or not the power conversion system is in an isolated operation as disconnected from the power system. The isolated-operation determination unit includes a reactive-power-fluctuation determination unit that performs a first isolated-operation determination from the reactive power.
US09991818B2	Apparatuses and related methods for a wireless power receiver using coupled inductors A wireless power enabled apparatus includes a wireless power receiver. The wireless power receiver includes one or more receive coils configured to generate an AC power signal responsive to a wireless power signal. The wireless power receiver also includes two or more inductors configured with tightly coupled windings that share a common leakage inductance. Switching circuits are included such that each switching circuit is operably coupled to a corresponding one of the inductors. Control logic is configured to operate switches of the switching circuits such that each of the switching circuits and its corresponding two or more inductors are operated to shift between an energy storage mode for one or more phases of a switching period and an energy transfer mode for other phases of the switching period and the phases combine to comprise an entirety of the switching period.
US09991813B2	Method for data transmission from a transmitter to a receiver in an AC power supply system, and apparatus for data transmission with AC power supply systems The invention relates to a method for the data transmission from an emitter (1) to a receiver (2) in an AC voltage network, comprising a distributor (3) and at least one user group (4) with one or several users (5), wherein the emitter (1) feeds a signal to the AC voltage network by means of a power source (6).
US09991804B2	Bus controller including feedback control unit reducing power consumption A power supply apparatus is provided, that supplies a bus voltage VBUS to a detachable device. A DC/DC converter generates a DC voltage VOUT used as the bus voltage VBUS. A USB controller receives the DC voltage VOUT as a power supply voltage, and detects whether or not the device is connected. The DC/DC converter generates the DC voltage VOUT such that (i) when the device is detected, the DC voltage VOUT has a specified voltage level, and such that (ii) when the device is not detected, the DC voltage VOUT has a voltage level that is lower than the specified voltage level and that is higher than a minimum operating voltage level required to operate the USB controller.
US09991802B2	Systems and methods for regulating output currents of power conversion systems Systems and methods are provided for regulating a power conversion system. An example system controller includes a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal. The first controller terminal is configured to receive a first signal associated with an input signal for a primary winding of a power conversation system. The second controller terminal is configured to output a drive signal to a switch to affect a first current flowing through the primary winding of the power conversion system, the drive signal being associated with an on-time period, the switch being closed during the on-time period. The system controller is configured to adjust a duration of the on-time period based on at least information associated with the first signal.
US09991799B2	Switch mode power supplies including primary side clamping circuits controlled based on secondary side signals A switch mode power supply includes an input, an output, and a power converter coupled between the input and the output. The power converter includes a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, and a clamping circuit. The clamping circuit has a switching device coupled to the primary side of the transformer. The power supply further includes a control circuit coupled to the switching device. The control circuit includes at least one isolation component. The control circuit is configured to receive a signal from the secondary side of the transformer via the at least one isolation component, and control the switching device coupled to the primary side of the transformer in response to the signal received from the secondary side of the transformer via the at least one isolation component. Other example power supplies, power converters, control circuits, etc. are also disclosed.
US09991794B2	Hybrid capacitive-inductive voltage converter An inverting buck voltage converter constructed of a switched-mode hybrid topology, with a capacitive input stage and an inductive output stage. The input stage operates as a charge pump to charge a flying capacitor connected in series with an inductor in the output stage. Clock circuitry generates first and second non-overlapping clock phases. In the second clock phase, the flying capacitor is charged to the input voltage, with a flying node between the flying capacitor and the output inductor connected at ground through a rectifier, while in the first clock phase, the flying capacitor supports the inductor current. The arrangement of the flying capacitor and inductor is such that the voltage appearing at the output terminal is inverted from the input voltage. Continuous output current is provided. Current limiting techniques protect the flying capacitor from overcurrent conditions.
US09991789B2	Electric motor vehicle The electric motor vehicle includes a voltage conversion circuit, a primary-side smoothing capacitor, a battery, a system main relay, an inverter circuit, a secondary-side smoothing capacitor, an electric motor, a first voltage sensor, a collision sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to adjust an operation of the voltage conversion circuit, detect primary-side voltage by using the first voltage sensor in a state that the voltage conversion circuit is operated in a case where a collision is detected by the collision sensor, and detect a state that the system main relay is off based on a change in the detected primary-side voltage.
US09991786B2	Power control device and method thereof An embodiment relates to a power control device and a technology capable of stably supplying power when an electrical fuse boots up. The power control device includes a power supply unit, a power driving unit, and an electrical fuse unit. The power supply unit generates a driving signal from a power supply voltage when a control signal is activated. The power driving unit outputs the driving signal when the control signal is activated. The electrical fuse unit generates, when a boot-up enable signal is activated, a clock signal by performing a boot-up operation in response to the driving signal outputted from the power driving unit.
US09991783B2	Method and apparatus for discharging an energy store in a high-voltage power supply system A method and to a device for discharging an energy store, in particular an intermediate circuit capacitor, in a high-voltage power supply system, in particular a DC voltage intermediate circuit in a motor vehicle, a first discharge resistor being connected parallel to the energy store, and a second discharge resistor automatically being connected parallel to the first discharge resistor when a voltage at the energy store falls below a specified threshold value.
US09991775B1	Constant on-time converter having fast transient response The present disclosure provides a constant on-time converter having fast transient response, which adaptively adjusts an on-time and an off-time by a first compensation circuit and a second compensation circuit, to accordingly adjust an inductive current. When a load converts a light loading into a heavy loading, the constant on-time converter adaptively adjusts the on-time of the clock signal. When the load converts a heavy loading into a light loading, the constant on-time converter adaptively adjusts the off-time of the clock signal. Therefore, the output voltage can be adjusted rapidly in response to different load changes to enhance the transient response of the output voltage.
US09991770B2	Spring post for brush card for a power tool An electric motor is provided including a stator and an armature rotatably received within the stator, the armature having an armature shaft on which a commutator is mounted. The motor also includes a brush assembly having a brush card mount disposed around the commutator, a brush holder mounted on a surface of the brush card mount, and a brush disposed within the brush holder in sliding contact with the commutator to supply electric current to the commutator. A torsion spring is secured to the brush card mount adjacent the brush holder, the spring having a leg arranged to engage the back surface of the brush. A spring stop post is disposed proximate an outer periphery of the brush card mount to limit an outward movement of the leg of the spring away from the back surface of the brush.
US09991766B2	Valve-timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine and power-feeding mechanism used in valve-timing control apparatus A valve-timing control apparatus includes a motor housing formed with an accommodating space; a permanent magnet provided along an inner circumference of the accommodating space of the motor housing; a rotor configured to rotate relative to the permanent magnet; a transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotational force of the rotor to a cam shaft; a switching brush mounted on the motor housing and configured to switch an energization of coil; a power-feeding brush provided to one of the motor housing and a fixed member and configured to feed electric power to the switching brush; a slip ring provided to another of the motor housing and the fixed member and being in contact with the power-feeding brush; a pigtail harness connecting the power-feeding brush with a power-feeding terminal; and contact portions bending the pigtail harness at a plurality of spots of the pigtail harness by contact with the pigtail harness.
US09991765B2	Cooling device for an electric motor A cooling device for an electric motor includes at least one closed capillary tube, within which a cooling fluid is located and which is introduced into an opening of a lamination stack of the electric motor such that the capillary tube is connected to the lamination stack to conduct heat and partially projects out of the lamination stack, such that the capillary tube has a cold end disposed outside and a hot end disposed inside the lamination stack. The cooling fluid and the degree of filling of the capillary tube with the cooling fluid is chosen such that an input of heat from the lamination stack into the capillary tube leads to evaporation of the cooling fluid, and the cold end of the capillary tube is cooled such that vapor produced during the evaporation condenses and heat input into the capillary tube is dissipated out of the capillary tube.
US09991760B2	Drive device for vehicle A vehicular drive system is provided with at least one electric motor and a helical gear portion which are accommodated within a casing formed by a plurality of casing members fixed to each other, wherein: said casing includes a first casing member to which a stator of each of said at least one electric motor is fixed, and a second casing member which is fixed to said first casing member so as to cooperate with said first casing member to form a space accommodating said at least one electric motor and which has a support portion supporting said helical gear portion; and a rotor of said each electric motor is rotatably supported at opposite ends thereof by said first casing member and said second casing member, respectively, while said helical gear portion is rotatably supported by said second casing member through said support portion.
US09991741B1	System for tracking and reporting status and usage information in a wireless power management system The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored.
US09991738B2	Powering a plurality of dispensers One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing power to a plurality of dispensers. For example, a supply coupler, such as an alternating current to direct current power converter, is coupled to an energy storage component and/or a load coupler of a power distribution apparatus. The supply coupler provides power over the load coupler to one or more dispensers for operation. The supply coupler provides power to the energy storage component for energy storage. Responsive to a load on the power distribution apparatus exceeding a supply current of the power provided by the supply coupler (e.g., multiple dispensers may attempt to perform concurrent dispense events), the energy storage component may discharge energy to provide additional power to one or more dispensers to facilitate concurrent dispense events. Because the power distribution apparatus may connect to multiple dispensers, a cord management device may be used for power cord management.
US09991737B2	Portable propane-fueled battery charger System and method for a portable propane-fueled battery charger. One system includes a battery charger including a propane fuel line and an engine including an output shaft. The engine is configured to receive propane via the propane fuel line and rotationally drive the output shaft. The battery charger further includes an alternator including a rotor and stator coils. The output shaft is mechanically coupled to the rotor, and the rotor is rotationally driven by the output shaft. An electrical current is induced in the stator coils by rotation of the rotor. The battery charger further includes an electrical circuit that receives the electrical current and is configured to determine when a battery pack is coupled to a battery connector, and charge the battery pack.
US09991732B2	Contactless battery system utilizing a bidirectional power converter A bidirectional power converter circuit is controlled via a hysteresis loop such that the bidirectional power converter circuit can compensate for variations and even changes in transmit and receive coil locations without damaging components of the system. Because the bidirectional power converter is capable of both transmitting and receiving power (at different times), one circuit and board may be used as the main component in multiple wireless power converter designs. A first bidirectional power converter is employed in a sealed battery unit having no external electrical contacts. A second bidirectional power converter is employed in a corresponding cart bidirectional power converter assembly. The battery unit and the cart bidirectional power converter assembly cooperate to wirelessly transmit power from the battery unit to a load of the cart bidirectional power converter assembly and from a power source to the battery unit via the cart bidirectional power converter assembly.
US09991717B1	Method and apparatus for connecting and disconnecting a photovoltaic module to a distribution system A method and apparatus for electrically connecting and disconnecting a photovoltaic (PV) module from a distribution system includes determining whether one or more conditions are met to connect the PV module to the distribution system. The PV module is connected to the distribution system based upon the determination of whether the one or more conditions are met, and the one or more conditions are monitored. The PV module is disconnected from the distribution system if one or more of the conditions are not met.
US09991712B1	Reactive power compensation apparatus and control method thereof A reactive power compensation apparatus includes one or more phase clusters each comprising a plurality of cells, and a controller controlling the one or more phase clusters. When at least one cell in a specific phase cluster among the one or more phase clusters is faulty, the controller controls a voltage of each cell in each of the remaining phase clusters except for the specific phase cluster to be controlled, using a modulation index.
US09991709B2	Adding and shedding loads using load levels to determine timing Some embodiments relate to a method of adding and shedding loads that are connected to a generator. The method includes determining whether a plurality of loads is being supplied with power by the generator and then determining the total load that the generator is supplying to the plurality of loads. The method further includes determining whether to change a number of the loads in the plurality of loads based on the amount of load L that is being supplied by the generator. The method further includes determining an amount of time T in which to change the number of loads in the plurality of loads based on the amount of load that is being supplied by the generator.
US09991703B1	Dual wall input for network attached storage device The present invention relates to providing reliable power to a storage device. In one embodiment, the storage device employs dual external power supplies. The power supplies may both provide power to the storage device. Alternatively, the power supplies may provide power in different configurations. One power supply may be a primary supply providing all or a majority of power, while the other power supply may be a backup. The storage device may comprise high efficiency DC-to-DC converters to permit the use of lower power-rated external power supplies. A staggered startup procedure by the storage device may be implemented to manage peak power draw. The storage device may be further configured to load balance and power share between the external power supplies. In addition, the storage device is configured to monitor the status of the external power supplies and send a notification if one or more of the power supplies fails.
US09991698B2	Electrostatic protection circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus This electrostatic protection circuit makes it possible for a discharge operation to be started only in the case where a rise in an applied voltage is steep, and for static electricity to be sufficiently released. This electrostatic protection circuit includes a discharge circuit that is connected between a first node and a second node and discharges charge produced by static electricity, a latch circuit that is connected between the first node and the second node and outputs a signal that controls operation of the discharge circuit to the discharge circuit, a switch circuit that is connected to the latch circuit and changes the signal that controls operation of the discharge circuit, and a control circuit that is connected between the first node and the second node and outputs a signal that controls operation of the switch circuit to the switch circuit.
US09991691B2	Component with at least one opening A component has at least one opening through which an electric and/or electronic contact element is guided outwards in a sealed manner against the penetration of environmental media. A closed volume is formed at least in a wall of the component in the region of the contact element, and a permanently elastic sealing material which completely surrounds the at least one contact element in at least some sections is filled into said volume.
US09991686B2	Method for stretching cables A method for stretching cables includes the steps of i) providing at least one first and one second stretching device; the first and second stretching device include at least one rotatable drum on which a cable can be wound or unwound; an electrical movement member associated to the drum for winding the cable; supply means connected to the movement member; a braking device associated to the drum and activatable for unwinding the cable; an energy recovery member associated to the drum and active simultaneously with the braking device for recovering energy during the unwinding of the cable; ii) activating the second stretching device for pulling the cable; iii) recovering energy from the first stretching device during the unwinding of the cable; and iv) transferring at least part of the recovered energy from the first stretching device to the second stretching device.
US09991680B2	Ignition plug and plasma generation device To provide an ignition plug having low power loss even though iron is a main component of a center electrode thereof, to which a high frequency power such as a microwave is electrically supplied. A low impedance layer 6 composed of a material having magnetic permeability lower than iron is provided between an outer peripheral surface of a center electrode 2 and an inner peripheral surface of an axial hole 30 of an insulator 3. The low impedance layer 6 is in contact with at least the outer peripheral surface (surface) of the center electrode 2, thereby reducing power loss of an electromagnetic wave flowing on the surface of the center electrode 2. More particularly, the low impedance layer 6 is made of silver, copper, gold, aluminum, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum, bismuth, palladium, lead, tin, an alloy composed mainly of these metals, or a composite material of these metals.
US09991671B2	Method for producing semiconductor laser element A method for producing a semiconductor laser element includes providing a semiconductor wafer comprising: a nitride semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor stack located on the substrate, the semiconductor stack including a plurality of nitride semiconductor layers; forming in the substrate a fissure starting point and a fissure extending from the fissure starting point; forming a cleavage reference portion extending parallel to a cleavage plane of the semiconductor wafer as estimated from a plan view shape of the fissure; and cleaving the semiconductor wafer parallel to the cleavage reference portion to thereby obtain resonator end faces.
US09991669B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device and manufacturing method for the same The embodiment relates to a semiconductor light-emitting device comprising a semiconductor substrate, a first cladding layer, an active layer, a second cladding layer, a contact layer, and a phase modulation layer located between the first cladding and active layers or between the active and second cladding layers. The phase modulation layer comprises a basic layer and plural first modified refractive index regions different from the basic layer in a refractive index. In a virtual square lattice set on the phase modulation layer such that the modified refractive index region is allocated in each of unit constituent regions constituting square lattices, the modified refractive index region is arranged to allow its gravity center position to be separated from the lattice point of the corresponding unit constituent region, and to have a rotation angle about the lattice point according a desired optical image.
US09991665B2	Laser system The laser system may include a delay circuit unit, first and second trigger-correction units, and a clock generator. The delay circuit unit may receive a trigger signal, output a first delay signal obtained by delaying the trigger signal by a first delay time, and output a second delay signal obtained by delaying the trigger signal by a second delay time. The first trigger-correction unit may receive the first delay signal and output a first switch signal obtained by delaying the first delay signal by a first correction time. The second trigger-correction unit may receive the second delay signal and output a second switch signal obtained by delaying the second delay signal by a second correction time. The clock generator may generate a clock signal that is common to the delay circuit unit and the first and second trigger-correction units.
US09991661B2	Cleaning system for slip ring of medical imaging apparatus A cleaning system for cleaning a slip ring arranged to be rotatable about an axis is disclosed. The cleaning system includes a cleaner assembly configured so as to be positionable to contact the slip ring. The cleaner assembly is capable of moving along the slip ring for cleaning. A control unit is configured to control the functioning of the cleaner assembly based on user input.
US09991658B2	Brush assembly An electric power steering assembly includes a motor which includes a brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a brush base, a plurality of brush units and a plurality of fixing units for fixing the brush units to the brush base. The brush unit includes a brush, a guide rail and a spring. The rail includes two guiding arms, a closed end interconnecting the guiding arms and wings extending from free ends of the guiding arms. Grooves in the brush receive the guiding arms. The fixing unit includes a first fixture and a second fixture. The closed end of the guide rail engages the first fixture. The second fixture includes two columns spaced from each other. Each column defines a slot in a top end. Protrusions extend from a side of each slot to lock the wings in the slots.
US09991656B1	Connector assembly and hybrid connector thereof A connector assembly and a hybrid connector are provided. The hybrid connector includes a base, a tongue, two extending bases, a first terminal assembly and a second terminal assembly. The tongue is formed by extending ahead of the first front surface of the base. The two extending bases are disposed on two horizontal sides of the base, and each extending base is disposed on either side of the base. The first terminal assembly is disposed on the base and the tongue and arranged in accordance with a general interface specification for universal serial bus (USB) Type-C. The second terminal assembly is disposed on the two extending bases and utilized for transmitting the Ethernet transmission protocol signal.
US09991654B1	Intelligent decoration system An intelligent electronic decoration system includes smart modular power cable (MPC) having a flexible body extending between opposed proximal and distal ends and having a plurality of spaced apart electronic ports along and perpendicular to the body, the MPC configured for powering and communicating data relative to respective ports. The system includes embedded electronics operatively coupled to the proximal end of the MPC and having a rechargeable component for energizing electronics devices electrically coupled to respective ports, a microcontroller unit, and a memory collectively positioned within the housing, the embedded electronics being configured for data interfacing with wired or wireless communication components of external electronic devices. Electronic devices that may be coupled to the ports of the MPC and embedded electronics include smart LED electronics modules, LED replaceable covers, Display or Monitor Touch Screen plug-in for smart LED Electronics Module, Smart Multi-Port Auxiliary Base Unit, and automated robotic puppet module.
US09991646B2	Combined charger connector, charger cable decoration, and spurious emission common-mode filtering coil Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a filtering coil. In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a connector mated to enable coupling to a user equipment; and an air-core inductive coil coupled to the connector, wherein the air-core inductive coil includes at least one coil configured to attenuate a radio frequency signal emanating from the user equipment and pass at least direct current power signal to the connector.
US09991644B2	Cable assembly and motor having the same A cable assembly includes a cable having a conductive core, an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, and an internal insulation layer between the conductive core and the electromagnetic wave shielding layer, a connector connected to one end of the cable, and a ground terminal portion disposed at the connector and having a first terminal electrically connected to the electromagnetic wave shielding layer and a second terminal disposed to expose from the connector, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected by bending. The cable assembly provides an advantageous effect of implementing a grounding arrangement at the cable assembly coupled to the motor in a vertical direction that is parallel with the shaft direction of the motor by forming the first terminal and second terminal of the ground terminal portion by bending.
US09991643B2	Shield connector A shield connector includes an inner housing that includes a plurality of terminal accommodating rooms to respectively accommodate inner terminals of a shield electric wire which is formed by bundling up a plurality of electric wires, of which the inner terminals are attached to terminal parts, and covering an outer periphery of the electric wires with a coating material including a shielding material and an insulating material, and an outer terminal into which the inner housing is mounted. In the shielded connector, the inner housing are provided with the plurality of terminal accommodating rooms which are separated by a partition wall, and has two divided terminal accommodating parts which are connected in a combinable and dividable way by flexible hinge parts which are provided along edges of the partition wall.
US09991642B1	Filter wafer assembly for electrical connector A wafer assembly for an electrical connector that has a first and second wafers configured to interlock with one another. Each of the wafers has at least one contact that has a body portion with a mating end for coupling to a mating contact and a tail end opposite the mating end for engaging a printed circuit board and an overmold covering the body portion such that the mating and tail ends extend from opposite sides of the overmold. A conductive elongated spring member is sandwiched between the first and second wafers. The wafer assembly can include one or more filter components.
US09991633B2	Electrical socket device including at least one locking and unlocking element Some embodiments relate generally to the field of electrical installations. In particular, some embodiments relate to an electrical socket device including at least one mechanism for locking and unlocking a corresponding electrical plug. More precisely, some embodiments relate to the electrical sockets and plugs of couplers, such as those defined by International Standard IEC 60320, for example of type C13 and type C19. These (coupler) sockets and plugs are applied or used in particular in a building that has a network, for example of LAN (Local Area Network) type, or in a data center, where several items of electrically powered equipment are installed.
US09991630B1	Connector assembly with torque sleeve A connector assembly that has a connector including a coupling member rotatably coupled to a body, a gripping sleeve that receives a portion of the body and a portion of the coupling member, and a torque limiting feature associated with both the gripping sleeve and the coupling member. The torque limiting feature has first and second predetermined torque limits. Rotation of the gripping sleeve applies torque to and rotates the coupling member in a tightening direction until the first predetermined torque limit is reached such that no additional torque is applied to the coupling member by the gripping sleeve that is greater than the first predetermined torque limit. The gripping sleeve rotates with respect to coupling member in a loosening direction until the second predetermined torque limit is reached thereby allowing the gripping sleeve to rotate the coupling member in the loosening direction.
US09991621B2	Optoelectronic arrangement An optoelectronic arrangement includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the first circuit board, wherein a first electrical contact surface and a second electrical contact surface are formed on a surface of the first circuit board, a first mating contact surface and a second mating contact surface are formed on a surface of the second circuit board, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board connect to one another such that the surface of the first circuit board faces toward the surface of the second circuit board, and the first mating contact surface electrically conductively connects to the first contact surface and the second mating contact surface electrically conductively connects to the second contact surface.
US09991620B1	Electrical cable connector An electrical connector assembly is presented herein. The electrical connector includes a pair of connector blocks each defining a groove in an end surface that is configured to have an electrical conductor of an electrical cable partially disposed within it, e.g. a carbon nanotube conductor. The electrical connector also includes a housing configured to receive connector blocks, align the groove of one connector block with the groove of the other connector block, and hold the connector blocks together such that the electrical conductors within the grooves are in direct physical and electrical contact with the one another and are compressed. An electrical cable assembly incorporating such as connector and an method of manufacturing a cable assembly using such a connector is also presented.
US09991619B1	Dual direction, electrical battery connector and electronic device with a dual direction electrical battery connector An electrical connector and an electronic device including the electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises a housing and an electrical contact. The housing includes a first wall oriented in a first direction, a second wall oriented in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, and an aperture defined by the first wall and the second wall. The electrical contact is disposed within the aperture and has a singular structure with a first end and a second end opposite from the first end. A first portion of the electrical contact extends from the aperture in the second direction and is configured to deflect toward the first wall along the second direction. A second portion of the electrical contact extends from the aperture in the first direction and is configured to deflect toward the second wall along the first direction.
US09991614B2	Anisotropic electrically conductive film and connection structure An anisotropic electrically conductive film that is suitable for use in fine-pitch FOG connections and COG connections and that also can reduce increases in production costs associated with increasing the electrically conductive particle density. The anisotropic electrically conductive film includes an electrically insulating adhesive layer and electrically conductive particles disposed within the electrically insulating adhesive layer. The anisotropic electrically conductive film has electrically conductive particle disposition regions that are disposed in a manner corresponding to the arrangement of terminals of electronic components to be connected. The electrically conductive particle disposition regions are formed periodically in the longitudinal direction of the anisotropic electrically conductive film. The anisotropic electrically conductive film also has buffer regions in which no electrically conductive particles are disposed that are formed between adjacent electrically conductive particle disposition regions for connection.
US09991612B2	Coaxial connector splice A coaxial cable connector splice including a central conductor extending between opposed ends and an insulating structure interposed between the central conductor and an outer body.
US09991607B1	Circular array of ridged waveguide horns An antenna horn includes an upper waveguide ridge and a lower waveguide ridge shaped to provide impedance matching. The antenna horn operates unimodally within a 6:1 instantaneous bandwidth. A circular array of antenna horns produces an enhanced radiation pattern in a horizontal plane with reduced radiating in the direction orthogonal to the horizontal plane. Furthermore, two circular arrays of half-height antenna horns may be arranged on a collinear axis, offset by one half of a sector width as defined by each horn aperture to reduce coupling.
US09991606B2	Slot array antenna A slot array antenna includes: an electrically conductive member having an electrically conductive surface and slots therein, the slots being arrayed in a first direction which extends along the conductive surface; a waveguide member having an electrically conductive waveguide face which opposes the slots and extends along the first direction; and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide member. At least one of the conductive member and the waveguide member includes dents on the conductive surface and/or the waveguide face, the dents each serving to broaden a spacing between the conductive surface and the waveguide face relative to any adjacent site. The dents include a first, second, and third dents which are adjacent to one another and consecutively follow along the first direction. A distance between centers of the first and second dents is different from a distance between centers of the second and third dents.
US09991603B2	Device, intended to be fixed on a wall, for absorbing electromagnetic waves A device, intended to be fixed on a wall, for absorbing electromagnetic waves. The absorption device comprises a metal plate intended to be fixed on the wall, a dielectric panel at a distance from the metal plate and delimiting, with the metal plate, a volume between the metal plate and the dielectric panel, an array of resistive dipoles, all the resistive dipoles being fixed on the same face of the dielectric panel, and each comprising two metal platelets at a distance from one another and a resistor arranged between the opposing edges of two neighboring metal platelets.
US09991601B2	Coplanar waveguide transition for multi-band impedance matching A microstrip antenna including a first substrate, a ground plane disposed on a first side of the first substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on a second side of the first substrate, wherein the first conductive layer is configured to resonate at a first frequency, a second substrate disposed on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed on a side of the second substrate, wherein the second conductive layer is configured to resonate at a second frequency, a first feed portion extending through the first substrate, and configured to provide first excitation signals to the first conductive layer, a second feed portion extending through the second substrate, wherein the second feed portion is configured to provide second excitation signals to the second conductive layer, and a conductive strip disposed in the first conductive layer and electrically connecting the first feed portion and the second feed portion.
US09991598B2	Wireless communication device and electronic apparatus A wireless communication device includes an antenna unit including an antenna pattern; a magnetic member arranged over the antenna unit; and a device that acts as a non-contact type integrated circuit, wherein a ratio of an area of the magnetic member to an area of a region including an outermost periphery of the antenna pattern is 90% or more, and wherein a resonant frequency of the wireless communication device has a deviation from a target resonant frequency falls within a range of −1.720% to +4.334%.
US09991596B2	Method and apparatus for sensing environmental parameters using wireless sensor(s) A passive radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor includes at least one antenna. The least one antenna has an antenna impedance operable to vary within an environment in which the antenna is placed. The RFID sensor further includes a processing module coupled to the antenna comprising a tuning module coupled to the antenna. The tuning module is operable to vary a reactive component impedance coupled to the antenna in order to change a system impedance, the system impedance includes the antenna impedance and the reactive component's impedance, to produce an impedance value representative of the reactive component's impedance. The RFID sensor further includes a memory module operable to store the impedance value representative of the reactive component's impedance, and a wireless communication module coupled to the processing module, operable to communicate with an RFID reader and to exchange the impedance value representative of the reactive component's impedance with the RFID reader.
US09991589B2	Antenna and method of forming the antenna The invention discloses an antenna comprising a plurality of laminated layers of radiating elements, wherein each layer of radiating elements is arranged in a zigzag pattern; a feed point connected to one of the plurality laminated layers of the radiating elements and is configured to receive a radio frequency signal; and a plated via configured to couple the plurality of laminated layers of radiating elements; wherein the radiating elements are configured to radiate the radio frequency signal.
US09991573B2	Housing device for at least one energy store cell and method for producing an housing device for at least one energy store cell A housing device for at least one energy store cell is described. The housing device includes an housing element for accommodating the energy store cell, the housing element having a back wall and at least two side walls lying opposite to each other. Furthermore, a front side of the housing element, lying opposite the back wall, is open, and is closable by a further back wall of an additional housing element.
US09991569B2	Battery module Provided is a battery module, wherein heat-radiating plates are coupled to a plurality of battery cells stacked and arranged in the battery module so as to be closely adhered to both surfaces of each of the battery cells, curved parts are formed on both sides of each of the heat-radiating plates, adjacent heat-radiating plates are formed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, such that a volume change caused by expansion of the battery cell and a dimensional tolerance of the battery cell itself may be absorbed, and cooling performance may be improved.
US09991567B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a plurality of stacked unit batteries and a circuit board electrically coupled to the plurality of stacked unit batteries and being bent. The circuit board includes a first substrate including a bending portion and a second substrate on the first substrate layer and being less flexible than the first substrate layer.
US09991566B2	Cathode active material for overcharge protection in secondary lithium batteries Provided herein is an electrode active material comprising a lithium metal oxide and an overcharge protection additive having an operating voltage higher than the operating voltage of the lithium metal oxide.
US09991565B2	Safety sensor system for an electrochemical storage system A sensor system for detecting a leak of a system component from an electrochemical storage system, in particular a lithium-ion battery. To determine a defect in the electrochemical storage system, the sensor system includes a reaction chamber containing a detection component, and a measuring device for determining a physical variable within the reaction chamber. The value of the physical variable is changeable by a chemical reaction of the system component with the detection component, so that a leak of the system component is detectable via a change in the value of the physical variable. Also described is a sensor element for such a sensor system, an electrochemical storage system having such a sensor system or sensor element, the use of such a sensor system or sensor element, and a mobile or stationary system, for example an electric vehicle, equipped with the sensor system, the sensor element, or the storage system.
US09991561B2	Lithium ion secondary battery The present invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material comprising at least one carbon material selected from the group consisting of a natural graphite, an artificial graphite, a non-graphitizable carbon and a graphitizable carbon; and an electrolyte solution comprising a specific cyclic disulfonate ester compound and an acid anhydride.
US09991560B2	Liquid electrolyte for fluoride ion battery and fluoride ion battery The present invention aims to a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery having high stability with respect to a fluoride ion. The present invention attains the object by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising: a fluoride salt; an alkali metal amide salt having an alkali metal cation and an amide anion; and a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10).
US09991557B2	Composite solid electrolyte and all solid battery A composite solid electrolyte, which includes a solid electrolyte containing LaF3, and solid electrolyte particles, which are either Li3xLa2/3-xTiO3 (0≤x≤⅙) or Li7La3Zr2O12 connected via the solid electrolyte.
US09991554B2	Sulfide glass, and method for producing sulfide glass ceramic A method for producing sulfide-based glass ceramics including crystallizing a glass solid electrolyte, wherein the glass solid electrolyte includes: sulfide-based glass comprising at least a sulfur element and a lithium element; and a nitrile compound incorporated into the sulfide-based glass.
US09991551B2	Assembled battery, method of charging an assembled battery, and charging circuit which charges an assembled battery A method of charging an assembled battery, includes mechanically connecting two external terminals of an assembled battery and two connecting lines of a charging circuit, respectively, the assembled battery including a plurality of lithium ion battery cells connected in series, a lithium ion battery cell of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells including a positive electrode active material including a first lithium compound comprising iron, the two external terminals, and a first communicating unit. The method also includes electrically connecting the first communicating unit of the assembled battery to a second communicating unit of the charging circuit, charging the assembled battery through the two external terminals using a quasi-constant voltage charging procedure, and reducing a charging current toward a late stage during the charging of the assembled battery.
US09991549B2	Anode for cable-type secondary battery and cable-type secondary battery comprising the same The present invention relates to an anode for a cable-type secondary battery, more specifically an anode for a cable-type secondary battery, comprising a spiral electrode consisting of at least two wire-type electrodes which are spirally twisted with each other, each of the wire-type electrodes comprising a wire-type current collector, an anode active material layer formed by coating on the outer surface of the wire-type current collector, and a polymer resin layer formed by coating on the outer surface of the anode active material layer; and a cable-type secondary battery comprising the anode. The anode for a cable-type secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a polymer resin layer formed by coating on the outer surface of an anode active material layer, thereby preventing the release of the anode active material layer from a wire-type current collector and eventually preventing the deterioration of battery performances.
US09991546B2	Fuel cell stack assembly device and control method A fuel cell stack assembly device is provided. The assembly device includes a stack guide apparatus that arranges and stacks fuel cells using a plurality of guide bars and a press unit that repeatedly moves vertically based on the stack guide apparatus and presses the fuel cells stacked on the stack guide apparatus. A roller structure includes a roller in rolling contact with the guide bar and is installed at the press unit. A weight detection portion detects weight that is applied to the roller by the guide bar. Additionally, a controller determines whether the guide bar is at the home position based on a detection signal of the weight detection portion and operates the press unit.
US09991545B2	Metal-air flow batteries using oxygen enriched electrolyte A metal air flow battery includes an electrochemical reaction unit and an oxygen exchange unit. The electrochemical reaction unit includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an ionic conductive membrane between the anode and the cathode, an anode electrolyte, and a cathode electrolyte. The oxygen exchange unit contacts the cathode electrolyte with oxygen separate from the electrochemical reaction unit. At least one pump is provided for pumping cathode electrolyte between the electrochemical reaction unit and the oxygen exchange unit. A method for producing an electrical current is also disclosed.
US09991543B2	Aqueous redox flow batteries featuring improved cell design characteristics Provided are compositions having the formula MnTi(L1)(L2)(L3) wherein L1 is a catecholate, and L2 and L3 are each independently selected from catecholates, ascorbate, citrate, glycolates, a polyol, gluconate, glycinate, hydroxyalkanoates, acetate, formate, benzoates, malate, maleate, phthalates, sarcosinate, salicylate, oxalate, a urea, polyamine, aminophenolates, acetylacetone or lactate; each M is independently Na, Li, or K; n is 0 or an integer from 1-6. Also provided are energy storage systems.
US09991542B2	Two-electron high potential and high capacity redox active molecules for energy storage applications A non-aqueous redox flow battery includes a catholyte including a compound of formula (I), a compound of formula (II), or a compound of formula (III): wherein two R groups have the formula X, wherein X is X, wherein X is a group of formula IV-A or IV-B;
US09991539B2	Polymer electrolyte membrane, membrane electrode assembly comprising polymer electrolyte membrane and fuel cell comprising membrane electrode assembly The present specification provides a polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a fuel cell including the membrane electrode assembly.
US09991538B2	Method of manufacturing membrane electrode assembly The method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly that has an electrode catalyst layer formed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane comprises (a) producing an electrode catalyst layer by drying a catalyst ink that includes catalyst-supported particles having a catalyst metal supported thereon, a solvent and an ionomer; and (b) selecting a produced electrode catalyst layer that contains an amount of sulfate ion equal to or less than a specified reference value, and manufacturing the membrane electrode assembly by using the selected electrode catalyst layer.
US09991536B2	Self-supplied hydrogen fuel cell system and working method thereof The Invention discloses a self-supplied hydrogen fuel cell system and a working method thereof, the system comprising a diesel tank, a gas separator, a fuel cell, a low-temperature separation reactor, a high-temperature separation reactor, an auto-thermal reformer, a water tank and a catalytic burner; With the high-temperature separation reactor, the low-temperature separation reactor and the auto-thermal reformer, diesel is cracked into H2 and CO; as the fuel for the fuel cell, H2 may react with O2 in the air and generate electric energy; the unreacted H2 and CO enter into the catalytic burner for combustion, ensuring that the water is heated; thus, it not only provides H2 to the fuel cell, but also provides high-temperature water to the auto-thermal converter to produce H2; electric energy can be generated without burning diesel; since no NOx or particulate matters but CO2 is generated, the goal of ultra-low emission is achieved.
US09991535B2	Fuel cell system and maximum power calculation method The fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell 40 that receives supply of reactant gas to generate power; output characteristic updating means for updating an output characteristic of the fuel cell 40 based on output current and output voltage measured by a current sensor 140 and a voltage sensor 150; maximum power calculation means for calculating, using the output characteristic, the maximum power available at the fuel cell 40; and determination means for determining whether a value of the output characteristic is in an assumed situation where the output characteristic value is assumed to be temporarily lowered, wherein while the output characteristic value is determined by the determination means to be in the assumed situation, the maximum power calculation means calculates the maximum power using the output characteristic updated by the output characteristic updating means just before transition to the assumed situation.
US09991534B2	Method and apparatus for recovering performance of fuel cell stack A method for recovering performance of a fuel cell stack includes 1) a first pulse operation process including i) generating a hydrogen pumping reaction in a cathode by applying a current to the cathode after a supply of air to the cathode stops and ii) maintaining an OCV (open circuit voltage) by again supplying air to the cathode after the hydrogen pumping is performed, 2) a pole substitution process of substituting a pole of the fuel cell stack, and 3) a second pulse operation process including iii) generating the hydrogen pumping reaction in the cathode after the pole substitution, and iv) maintaining the OCV (open circuit voltage) by supplying air to the cathode after the pole substitution after the hydrogen pumping is performed.
US09991533B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system, comprising: a compressor that is placed in a supply flow path arranged to supply a cathode gas to a fuel cell; a first motor-operated valve that is placed between the fuel cell and the compressor in the supply flow path; a first stepping motor that is provided in the first motor-operated valve; a second motor-operated valve that is placed in a discharge flow path arranged to discharge the cathode gas from the fuel cell; a second stepping motor that is provided in the second motor-operated valve; and a controller that is configured to control power generation by the fuel cell and to input drive pulses into the first stepping motor and the second stepping motor, so as to open the first motor-operated valve and the second motor-operated valve at a start of the fuel cell and close the first motor-operated valve and the second motor-operated valve at a stop of the fuel cell, wherein the first stepping motor is driven by input of the drive pulse to generate a torque to open and close the first motor-operated valve, and the second stepping motor is driven by input of the drive pulse to generate a torque to open and close the second motor-operated valve, wherein the controller determines whether at least one of the first motor-operated valve and the second motor-operated valve is in a frozen state at the start of the fuel cell, when it is determined that neither the first motor-operated valve nor the second motor-operated valve is in the frozen state, the controller starts power generation by the fuel cell, and when it is determined that at least one of the first motor-operated valve and the second motor-operated valve is in the frozen state, the controller performs a predetermined process that repeats, a multiple number of times, alternately inputting a first drive pulse that generates a torque in a direction of increasing a valve opening and a second drive pulse that has a higher pulse speed than a pulse speed of the first drive pulse and generates a torque in a direction of decreasing the valve opening, to a stepping motor provided in at least the motor-operated valve in the frozen state out of the first stepping motor and the second stepping motor.
US09991530B2	Solid oxide fuel cell A solid oxide fuel cell or a solid oxide electrolyzing cell, including a plurality of cathode-anode-electrolyte units, each CAE-unit having a first electrode for an oxidizing agent, a second electrode for a combustible gas, and a solid electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode and an interconnect between the CAE-units. The interconnect including oxidant inlet and outlet sides defining an oxidant flow direction of the oxidizing agent flow, a first gas distribution element. The first gas distribution element contacts the second electrode of the CAE-unit, and a second gas distribution element with oxidizing agent has channels connecting the oxidant inlet and outlet sides. The oxidizing agent channels are in contact with the first electrode of an adjacent CAE-unit, and a least one bypass channel for the oxidant flow arranged such that the bypass channel is not in contact with the first electrode.
US09991527B2	Heat exchanger, method of producing heat exchanger, and fuel cell system A heat exchanger, in which heat is exchanged between first and second mediums, includes a housing that includes a first inlet and a first outlet, an internal member that divides a space in the housing into first and second chambers, and first and second external channels, through which the first medium flows, in the respective first and second chambers. The internal member includes a diverging hole that divides the first medium into flows through the first and second external channels, a converging hole that allows the divided first medium to converge, a second inlet, a second outlet, and an internal channel through which the second medium flows. The first and second external channels each include a first bent portion bent inwardly at a peripheral portion of the first or second chamber. The internal channel includes a second bent portion bent inwardly at a peripheral portion of the internal member.
US09991524B2	Fuel cell separator, fuel cell current collector plate, fuel cell and fuel cell stack In a fuel cell separator and the like, a technology for reducing the separation of a flow path rib which rectifies the flow of a fluid is desired.A separator used in a fuel cell is provided, the separator including: a separator main body that includes a fluid flow region through which a reactive gas or a coolant flows, a through-hole through which the reactive gas or the coolant flows, and a connection portion which connects the fluid flow region and the through-hole; and a flow rectifying portion that is arranged by being adhered on the connection portion and that rectifies flow of the reactive gas or the coolant between the fluid flow region and the through-hole, where the flow rectifying portion includes a plurality of protruded portions and a coupling portion which is thinner than the protruded portions and which couples the protruded portions.
US09991520B2	Flexible secondary battery A flexible secondary battery includes an exterior member having an accommodation space inside, a cathode collector and an anode collector located in the accommodation space and spaced apart from each other, a cathode active material portion on the cathode collector, and an anode active material portion on the anode collector. The cathode collector includes a first connection portion extending in a first direction and a plurality of first leg portions protruding from the first connection portion in a second direction different from the first direction. The anode collector includes a second connection portion parallel to the first connection portion and a plurality of second leg portions protruding from the second connection portion toward the first connection portion. The first leg portions and the second leg portions are alternately arranged between the first connection portion and the second connection portion. The cathode active material portion is located only on the first leg portions. The anode active material portion is located on the second connection portion and the second leg portions.
US09991519B2	Electrolytic aluminum foil, production method therefor, current collector for electrical storage device, electrode for electrical storage device, and electrical storage device An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolytic aluminum foil having no significant difference in properties between one surface and the other surface thereof, and also a method for producing the same. Another object is to provide a current collector for an electrical storage device using the electrolytic aluminum foil, an electrode for an electrical storage device, and an electrical storage device. An electrolytic aluminum foil of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that both surfaces of the foil have L* values of 86.00 or more in the Lab* color space (SCI method). The electrolytic aluminum foil of the present invention can be produced, for example, employing a method for producing an electrolytic aluminum foil, which comprises applying a current between a cathode drum partially immersed in a plating solution and an anode plate immersed in the plating solution to form an aluminum film on the surface of the cathode drum, and then separating, from the cathode drum, the aluminum film raised from the liquid surface by rotating the cathode drum, and in which the dew point of a treatment atmosphere at the time of the separation of the aluminum film from the cathode drum to give an electrolytic aluminum foil is controlled to be −50.0° C. or less.
US09991512B2	Thermally conductive lithium ion electrodes and batteries A thermally conductive electrochemical cell comprises a lithium ion-containing liquid electrolyte contacting a cathode and anode. The cathode and anode are in the form of electroactive sheets separated from each other by a membrane that is permeable to the electrolyte. One or more of the cathode and anode comprises two or more layers of carbon nanotubes, one of which layers includes electrochemically active nanoparticles and/or microparticles disposed therein or deposited on the nanotubes thereof. The majority of the carbon nanotubes in each of the layers are oriented generally parallel to the layers. Optionally, one or more of the layers includes an additional carbon material such as graphene, nanoparticulate diamond, microparticulate diamond, and a combination thereof.
US09991511B2	Composite cathode active material, lithium battery including the same, and method of preparing the same A composite cathode active material includes: a core including a material capable of intercalation and deintercalation of lithium; and a first coating layer on at least one portion of the core, where the first coating layer includes zirconium oxide. A lithium battery includes a cathode including the composite cathode active material. Methods of preparing the composite cathode active material are also disclosed.
US09991509B2	Anode active material including porous silicon oxide-carbon material composite and method of preparing the same Provided are an anode active material including a porous silicon oxide-carbon material composite which includes a porous silicon oxide including pores and a line-type carbon material coated on a surface, in the pores, or on the surface and in the pores of the porous silicon oxide, and a method of preparing the anode active material.Since the silicon oxide of the anode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may include the plurality of pores, resistance to the mechanical stress due to a volume change may be improved. Also, since the line-type carbon material is bonded to the inside of the pores, conductivity may not be decreased even in the case in which internal cracks occur in the porous silicon oxide and lifetime characteristics may be improved.
US09991508B2	Chemical synthesis route for lithium ion battery applications An exemplary embodiment of a synthesis method includes the following acts or steps: providing LiMn2O4 material as a precursor; leaching Mn from the LiMn2O4 material using an acid to form a synthesized solution; adding carbonaceous material to the synthesized solution; adding phosphoric acid to the synthesized solution with carbonaceous material to form MnPO4 composite material; and adding Li containing compound to the MnPO4 composite material to form LiMnPO4 composite material.
US09991505B2	Positive-electrode material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, method for manufacturing the same, and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery using said positive-electrode material Provided is a positive-electrode material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary batteries, the positive-electrode material being capable of achieving both high capacity and high output when used for a positive electrode for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary batteries. Also, provided is a method for manufacturing the positive-electrode material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary batteries, wherein a lithium metal composite oxide powder is mixed with lithium tungstate, the lithium metal composite oxide powder being represented by a general formula LizNi1-x-yCoxMyO2 (wherein 0.10≤x≤0.35, 0≤y≤0.35, 0.97≤z≤1.20, and M is an addition element and at least one element selected from Mn, V, Mg, Mo, Nb, Ti, and Al) and comprising primary particles and secondary particles composed of aggregation of the primary particles.
US09991501B2	Vent shield for a battery module The present disclosure relates generally to a battery module having a housing and a stack of battery cells disposed in the housing. Each battery cell has a battery cell terminal and a battery cell vent on an end of each battery cell, and the battery cell vent is configured to exhaust effluent into the housing. The battery module has a vent shield plate disposed in the housing and directly along an immediate vent path of the effluent, a first surface of the vent shield plate configured to direct the effluent to an opening between the shield plate and the housing, and a second surface of the vent shield plate opposite the first surface. The battery module also has a venting chamber coupled to the opening and at least partially defined by the second surface and a vent configured to direct the effluent out of the battery module.
US09991498B2	Electrode assembly and secondary battery including the same An electrode assembly includes an electrode jelly-roll, which includes a winding including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator disposed between the first and second electrode plates; an outer surface parallel to a winding axis of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll, side surfaces perpendicular to the winding axis; a first electrode tab, which is electrically connected to the first electrode plate and extends in a winding axis direction of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll; a second electrode tab, which is electrically connected to the second electrode plate and extends in a winding axis direction of the electrode jelly-roll, wherein an end portion of at least one of the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab is bent in a direction opposite to the direction in which the corresponding electrode tab extends and faces an outer surface of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll.
US09991492B2	Separator enclosures for electrodes and electrochemical cells The disclosure provides electrochemical cells including a separator enclosure which encloses at least a portion of a positive or negative electrode. In an embodiment, the separator generates a contact force or pressure on at least a portion of the electrode which can improve the performance of the cell. The disclosure also provides methods for charging an electrochemical cell.
US09991490B2	Separators for three-dimensional batteries An electrode structure for use in an energy storage device, the electrode structure comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and an electrically insulating material layer separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population, each member of the electrode population having a longitudinal axis AE that is surrounded by the electrically insulating separator layer.
US09991489B2	Porous layer, laminated body, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery member including the porous layer, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the porous layer The present invention provides, as a porous layer that can be used for a member for a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent shutdown characteristics, a porous layer including a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, wherein, assuming that a sum of individual amounts of crystal form α and crystal form β contained in the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin is 100 mol %, the amount of crystal form α contained in the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin is not less than 10 mol % and not more than 65 mol %.
US09991484B2	Battery pack of electric vehicle, electric vehicle chassis and method for replacing battery modules Provided are systems and methods for configuring battery packs in electric vehicles. A battery pack may include a plurality of battery modules, a support part, and at least one opening provided on the support part. The support part may be provided with a bottom for supporting the plurality of battery modules, sides, a top, and an accommodation space formed by the bottom, the sides, and the top for accommodating the plurality of battery modules. The opening provided on the bottom of the support part may enable the plurality of battery modules to be passed through the at least one opening and be detachably mounted to the bottom of the support part so as to be supported by the bottom.
US09991482B2	Magnesium-air fuel cell Provided is a magnesium-air fuel cell in which a conductive state is achieved when a lid is fastened, and a nonconductive state is achieved when the lid is loosened, so that the power supply can be turned ON and OFF based on a fastening state of the lid. A lid includes a lower end portion that comes into contact with a main body at a time of fastening, an anode body inserted in the main body, and an electrode plate made of metal coupled to an end of the anode body. The electrode plate includes a first terminal at least positioned at the lower end portion. The main body includes a second terminal positioned on a surface that comes into contact with the lower end portion of the lid at the time of fastening the lid. Electrical conduction is achieved when the first terminal and the second terminal come into contact with each other.
US09991479B2	Sealed battery A sealed battery 10 is provided, which has a seam 45 between a case main body 21 and a lid 22 on an outer surface 22A side of the lid 22, and in which this seam 25 is laser welded. A terminal 40 connected to an electrode assembly in the battery 10 is led to the outside from a through hole in the lid 22 and is separated from the lid outer surface 22A by an outside resin member 60. The outside resin member 60 is constituted of a resin matrix 62, which is formed of a nonaromatic resin composition, and inorganic fibers 64 present dispersed in the resin matrix 62. At least 50% by mass of the inorganic fibers 64 in the outside resin member 60 is disposed such that the fiber axial direction of the inorganic fibers 64 is parallel to the outer surface of the lid 22.
US09991473B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light display device includes a first substrate, light emitting structures, a second substrate and a reflective member. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and a reflective region which surrounds the sub-pixel regions. The reflective region excludes the sub-pixel regions. The light emitting structures are respectively disposed in the sub-pixel regions on the first substrate. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The reflective member is disposed in the reflective region on the lower surface of the second substrate. First openings exposing the sub-pixel regions and a second opening exposing at least a portion the reflective region are located in the reflective member.
US09991472B2	Electro-optical apparatus, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device There is provided an electro-optical apparatus including an element substrate that includes a display region in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged, and a peripheral region in which a terminal is disposed. The light-emitting element has a structure in which a reflective electrode, an optical adjustment layer, a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are laminated, and the first electrode is electrically connected to a contact electrode. The terminal has a structure in which a first terminal layer that is formed by a first conductive film which is the same as the reflective electrode, a second terminal layer that is formed by a second conductive film which is the same as the contact electrode, and a third terminal layer that is formed by a third conductive film which is the same as the first electrode are laminated.
US09991465B2	Display device having crack prevention portion A display device includes: a lower substrate comprising an active area, and a peripheral area outside the active area; a thin film transistor layer on the lower substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes on the thin film transistor layer and in the active area; an encapsulating portion on the pixel electrode and encapsulating the pixel electrode; and a pattern layer comprising a plurality of patterns on the encapsulating portion, wherein the encapsulating portion covers a first area of the lower substrate and exposes a second area outside the first area, and the pattern layer comprises a crack preventing portion at the peripheral area.
US09991462B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device is provided according to the present disclosure. An organic light emitting display device comprising a first planarization layer configured to planarize an upper portion of a circuit element on a substrate, an inorganic layer comprising a first out-gassing pattern on the first planarization layer, a second planarization layer configured to planarize an upper portion of the inorganic layer and a metal layer comprising a second out-gassing pattern on the second planarization layer.
US09991459B2	Organic light emitting diode An organic light emitting diode, including a first electrode; a first light emitting unit on the first electrode; a charge generating layer on the first light emitting unit, the charge generating layer including a plurality of organic layers; a second light emitting unit on the charge generating layer; and a second electrode on the second light emitting unit, the plurality of organic layers of the charge generating layer including a first organic layer and a second organic layer that are respectively adjacent to the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit; and a third organic layer between the first organic layer and the second organic layer, the first organic layer and the second organic layer being one of a p-type layer or a hole transport layer, and the third organic layer being the other of the p-type layer or the hole transport layer.
US09991458B2	Nanoshell, method of fabricating same and uses thereof A method of fabricating a nanoshell is disclosed. The method comprises coating a nanometric core made of a first material by a second material, to form a core-shell nanostructure and applying non-chemical treatment to the core-shell nanostructure so as to at least partially remove the nanometric core, thereby fabricating a nanoshell. The disclosed nanoshell can be used in the fabrication of transistors, optical devices (such as CCD and CMOS sensors), memory devices and energy storage devices.
US09991456B2	Display device To provide a display device including a spacer, a flexible substrate having a wire extending from a terminal area to a display area, and a reinforcement film having a first reinforcement attached on the rear side of the display area, a second reinforcement attached on the display side of the terminal area, a bending reinforcement attached on the respective both edge portions in the width direction of the flexible substrate on the inside surface side of the bending area, and an opening surrounded by the first reinforcement, the second reinforcement, and the bending reinforcement, wherein the opening has a shape of which width becomes larger as it goes from respective end sides to center in the width direction of the reinforcement film.
US09991453B2	Electronic device, organic electroluminescent element, organic thin-film solar cell, and dye-sensitized solar cell This invention addresses the problem of providing an electronic device, organic electroluminescent device, conductive film, organic thin-film solar cell, and dye-sensitized solar cell provided with a charge-transporting thin film that exhibits excellent stability. In the presence of external disturbances, the charge-transporting thin film exhibits little in the way of fluctuations, and the resistance of the charge-transporting thin film changes little over time as current is supplied. As one of the secondary effects thereof, the charge-transporting thin film results in little in the way of changes in emission characteristics over time. This electronic device, which is provided with a charge-transporting thin film that contains one or more functional organic compounds having chiral elements, is characterized by the provision of a charge-transporting thin film wherein the total of the number of chiral elements per molecule in each type of the functional organic compounds summed over all types of the functional organic compounds is four or more.
US09991452B2	Condensed-cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same A condensed-cyclic compound is represented by Formula 1: where X1 and R1 to R10 are as defined in the specification, and at least one of R1 to R10 is a group represented by Formula 2, and at least one of R1 to R10 is a group represented by Formula 3: where L1, L2, Ar1 to Ar4, a1 and a2 are as defined in the specification.
US09991451B2	Organic light-emitting device, display apparatus, image display apparatus, lighting apparatus, image formation apparatus, and exposure apparatus An organic light-emitting device is provided that is driven with a low voltage and has a high luminous efficiency and a long device lifetime. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an organic compound layer disposed between the cathode and the light-emitting layer and being in contact with the cathode. The organic compound layer includes a complex represented by Formula [1]:
US09991449B2	Anthracene derivatives for organic light-emitting diode and organic light-emitting diode including the same The present invention relates to a novel anthracene derivative, for an organic light-emitting device, and an organic light-emitting device comprising same, the anthracene derivative enabling excellent device characteristics when used as a light-emitting material.
US09991444B2	Surface-modified organic semiconductors Surface-modified organic semiconductors and methods for making surface-modified organic semiconductors are disclosed. More particularly, surface-modified thin films are provided, the surface-modified thin films comprising a first layer comprising a polyaromatic organic semiconductor and a surface layer in direct contact with the first layer, the surface layer comprising an addition reaction product of the polyaromatic organic semiconductor with, for example, a dienophile, wherein the first layer is substantially free of the addition reaction product of the organic semiconductor with the dienophile. Also provided are surface-modified single crystals comprising a core comprising a polyaromatic organic semiconductor and a coating in direct contact with the core, the coating comprising, for example, an addition reaction product of the polyaromatic organic semiconductor with a dienophile, wherein the core is substantially free of the addition reaction product of the organic semiconductor with the dienophile.
US09991440B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory cell and fabricating the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device. The device includes a pinning layer having an anti-ferromagnetic material and disposed over a first electrode; a pinned layer disposed over the pinning layer; a tunneling layer disposed over the pinned layer, a free layer disposed over the tunneling layer and a capping layer disposed over the free layer. The capping layer includes metal-oxide and metal-nitride materials.
US09991439B2	Method for implanting a piezoelectric material A method of producing a structure made of a piezoelectric material, including: a) production of a stack including at least one metal layer and at least one conductive layer on a substrate made of piezoelectric material, wherein at least one electrical contact is established between the conductive layer and a metal element outside the stack; b) an ionic and/or atomic implantation, through the conductive layer and the metal layer; c) transfer of the substrate onto a transfer substrate, followed by fracturing of the transferred piezoelectric substrate, in an embrittlement area.
US09991435B2	Device for exhaust gas heat utilization, exhaust gas module having such a device, and method of manufacturing the device A device for exhaust gas heat utilization in internal combustion engines of motor vehicles has an outer housing through which exhaust gas can flow and at least one thermoelectric generator module received in the outer housing. The at least one thermoelectric generator module is fastened onto a wavelike carrier wall. The invention further relates to an exhaust gas module having such a device, and to a method of manufacturing this device.
US09991431B2	Optoelectronic component and method of producing same An optoelectronic component includes a carrier strip and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip, a first electrical connection surface formed on a front side of the chip and a second electrical connection surface is formed on a rear side of the chip, first and second electrically conductive contact regions are formed on the strip, the first region is arranged on a folding section of the strip, the rear side of the chip faces toward an upper side of the strip, the upper side faces toward the front side of the chip, the first electrical connection surface electrically conductively connects to the first region, the second electrical connection surface electrically conductively connects to the second region by a second connecting material, the strip has a second through-opening that lies next to the second region, and the second connecting material extends through the second contact opening to a lower side of the strip.
US09991430B2	Light emitting device and light emitting device package A light emitting device includes a light emitting layer, a substrate that is transparent to an emission wavelength of the light emitting layer and positioned to receive an emission wavelength from the light emitting layer, a convex pattern including a collection of a plurality of convex portions discretely arranged on a front surface of the substrate with a first pitch, an n type nitride semiconductor layer located on the front surface of the substrate to cover the convex pattern and a p type nitride semiconductor layer located on the light emitting layer. The light emitting layer is located on the n type semiconductor layer. Each of the convex portions includes a sub convex pattern comprising a plurality of fine convex portions discretely formed at the top of the convex portion with a second pitch smaller than the first pitch, and a base supporting the sub convex pattern.
US09991428B2	Optoelectronic component and method for the production thereof An optoelectronic component includes a housing having a first cavity open toward an upper side of the housing, and a second cavity open toward the upper side of the housing, wherein the first cavity and the second cavity connect by a connecting channel, an optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged in the first cavity, a potting material is arranged in a region of the first cavity enclosing the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, a bond wire is arranged between an electrical contact surface of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a bond surface of the housing, and the bond surface is arranged in the connecting channel.
US09991416B2	Method for manufacturing light emitting diode with InGaN/GaN superlattice A light emitting diode and a method of manufacturing the light emitting diode are provided. The light emitting diode includes an n-type semiconductor layer, an inclined type superlattice thin film layer, an active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer. The n-type semiconductor layer is disposed on a substrate. The inclined type superlattice thin film layer is disposed on the n-type semiconductor layer and includes a plurality of thin film pairs in which InGaN thin films and GaN thin films are sequentially stacked. The active layer having a quantum well structure is disposed on the inclined type superlattice thin film layer. The p-type semiconductor layer is disposed on the active layer. Composition ratio of Indium (In) included in the InGaN thin film is increased as getting closer to the active layer. Thus, internal residual strain is reduced, and quantum confinement effect is enhanced, and internal quantum efficiency is increased.
US09991414B2	Method of forming a composite substrate In a method according to embodiments of the invention, a III-nitride layer is grown on a growth substrate. The III-nitride layer is connected to a host substrate. The growth substrate is removed. The growth substrate is a non-III-nitride material. The growth substrate has an in-plane lattice constant asubstrate. The III-nitride layer has a bulk lattice constant alayer. In some embodiments, [(\|asubstrate−alayer\|)/asubstrate]*100% is no more than 1%.
US09991413B2	Systems and methods for preparing GaN and related materials for micro assembly The disclosed technology relates generally to a method and system for micro assembling GaN materials and devices to form displays and lighting components that use arrays of small LEDs and high-power, high-voltage, and or high frequency transistors and diodes. GaN materials and devices can be formed from epitaxy on sapphire, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, or silicon substrates. The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for preparing GaN materials and devices at least partially formed on several of those native substrates for micro assembly.
US09991411B2	Multi-wafer based light absorption apparatus and applications thereof Structures and techniques introduced here enable the design and fabrication of photodetectors (PDs) and/or other electronic circuits using typical semiconductor device manufacturing technologies meanwhile reducing the adverse impacts on PDs' performance. Examples of the various structures and techniques introduced here include, but not limited to, a pre-PD homogeneous wafer bonding technique, a pre-PD heterogeneous wafer bonding technique, a post-PD wafer bonding technique, their combinations, and a number of mirror equipped PD structures. With the introduced structures and techniques, it is possible to implement PDs using typical direct growth material epitaxy technology while reducing the adverse impact of the defect layer at the material interface caused by lattice mismatch.
US09991410B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing lead wire for solar cell A method of manufacturing a lead wire for a solar cell includes heating a wire material by a direct resistance heating or by an induction heating to reduce a 0.2% proof stress of the wire material while conveying the wire material and plating the wire material that is in a heated condition obtained by the direct resistance heating or by the induction heating while further conveying the wire material. An apparatus is configured to implement the method, and includes a plating bath, a conveyor mechanism configured to convey the wire material, a heater configured to heat the wire material, and a controller configured to control the conveyor mechanism and the heater.
US09991403B2	Optical device An improved optoelectronic device is described, which employs optically responsive nanoparticles and utilises a non-radiative energy transfer mechanism. The nanoparticles are disposed on the sidewalls of one or more cavities, which extend from the surface of the device through the electronic structure and penetrate the energy transfer region. The nanoparticles are located in close spatial proximity to an energy transfer region, whereby energy is transferred non-radiatively to or from the electronic structure through non-contact dipole-dipole interaction. According to the mode of operation, the device can absorb light energy received from the device surface via the cavity and then transfer this non-radiatively or can transfer energy non-radiatively and then emit light energy towards the surface of the device via the cavity. As such, the deice finds application in light emitting devices, photovoltaic (solar) cells, displays, photodetectors, lasers and single photon devices.
US09991400B2	Collector sheet for solar cell and solar cell module employing same Provided is a collector sheet for a solar cell, wherein the collector sheet for solar cell can prevent short circuiting between a non-photoreception surface side element and a wiring section, as well as cushioning shocks. This collector sheet (2) for a solar cell has a circuit (22) on the surface of a resin substrate (21). A sealing material layer (23) is stacked on the circuit (22), and in the sealing material layer (23) on the wiring section (221) is formed a conductive recessed part (24) through which the wiring section (221) is exposed, in order to provide conductivity between an electrode (4) on the non-photoreception surface side of the solar cell element (1), and the wiring section (221) corresponding thereto, with the sealing material layer (23) therebetween.
US09991399B2	Passivation structure for semiconductor devices A Schottky diode is disclosed that includes a silicon carbide substrate, a silicon carbide drift layer, a Schottky contact, and a passivation structure. The silicon carbide drift layer provides an active region and an edge termination region about the active region. The Schottky contact has sides and a top extending between the two sides and includes a Schottky layer over the active region and an anode contact over the Schottky layer. The passivation structure covers the edge termination region, the sides of the Schottky contact, and at least a portion of the top of the Schottky contact. The passivation structure includes a first silicon nitride layer, a silicon dioxide layer over the first silicon nitride layer, and a second silicon nitride layer over the silicon dioxide layer.
US09991393B2	Semiconductor device, module, and electronic device A semiconductor device includes a first conductor, a second conductor, a first semiconductor, a second semiconductor, a third semiconductor, and an insulator. The second semiconductor is in contact with an upper surface of the first semiconductor. The first conductor overlaps with the second semiconductor. The insulator is located between the first conductor and the first semiconductor. The second conductor is in contact with an upper surface of the second semiconductor. The third semiconductor is in contact with the upper surface of the first semiconductor, the upper surface of the second semiconductor, and an upper surface of the second conductor.
US09991392B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof To provide a novel semiconductor device which includes a transistor and a metal film containing Cu for a wiring, a signal line, or the like. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring, a second wiring, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first wiring is electrically connected to a source or a drain of the first transistor, and the second wiring is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. The first wiring and the second wiring each include a Cu—X alloy film (X is Mn, Ni, Cr, Fe, Co, Mo, Ta, or Ti). The Cu—X alloy film in the first wiring is connected to the Cu—X alloy film in the second wiring.
US09991382B1	Vertical field effect transistor with abrupt extensions at a bottom source/drain structure A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a vertical transport field effect transistor located on sidewall surfaces of a semiconductor fin. The semiconductor structure further includes an abrupt junction that is located between a bottom source/drain extension region and a sidewall surface of a lower portion of the semiconductor fin. The bottom source/drain extension region is present in a gap that is located adjacent the lower portion of the semiconductor fin and atop a mesa portion of a base semiconductor substrate.
US09991378B2	Trench power semiconductor device A trench power semiconductor device is provided. A trench gate structure of the trench power semiconductor device located in a cell trench of an epitaxial layer includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a gate electrode, a third dielectric layer, and a shielding layer. The second dielectric layer is interposed between the first and third dielectric layers, and the second dielectric layer is made from different material than the first dielectric layer. After performing a selective etching step on the second dielectric layer, a recess can be formed among the first, second and third dielectric layers. The gate electrode includes a conductive layer formed in the recess region, and the shielding electrode is surrounded by the third dielectric layer and insulated from the conductive layer.
US09991376B2	High voltage MOSFET devices and methods of making the devices A SiC MOSFET device having low specific on resistance is described. The device has N+, P-well and JFET regions extended in one direction (Y-direction) and P+ and source contacts extended in an orthogonal direction (X-direction). The polysilicon gate of the device covers the JFET region and is terminated over the P-well region to minimize electric field at the polysilicon gate edge. In use, current flows vertically from the drain contact at the bottom of the structure into the JFET region and then laterally in the X direction through the accumulation region and through the MOSFET channels into the adjacent N+ region. The current flowing out of the channel then flows along the N+ region in the Y-direction and is collected by the source contacts and the final metal. Methods of making the device are also described.
US09991373B1	Semiconductor device In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a Group III nitride based transistor arranged on a front surface of the substrate, and a conductive through substrate via. The conductive through substrate via includes a via extending from the front surface to a rear surface of the substrate, and conductive material extending from the front surface to the rear surface of the substrate. The via tapers from the front surface to the rear surface of the substrate.
US09991371B2	Semiconductor device including two-dimensional material A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer formed on the substrate and having a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, and a source electrode and a drain electrode provided to be respectively in contact with the first region and the second region of the 2D material layer, the second region of the 2D material layer including an oxygen adsorption material layer in which oxygen is adsorbed on a surface of the second region.
US09991370B2	Methods and systems for ultra-high quality gated hybrid devices and sensors High electron mobility leads to better device performance and today is achieved by fabricating “gated devices” within a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG. However, the fabrication techniques used to form these devices lead to rapid degradation of the 2DEG quality which then can limits the mobility of the electronic devices. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide a process/technique which circumvents this processing and 2DEG layer damage. By exploiting a flip-chip methodology such damaging processing steps are separated to a second die/wafer which is then coupled to the 2DEG wafer. Extensions of the technique with two or more different semiconductor materials or material systems may be employed in conjunction with one or more electronic circuits to provide 2DEG enabled circuits in 2D and/or 3D stacked configurations. Further semiconductor materials providing EG elements may incorporate one or more of 2DEG, 1DEG, and “zero” DEG structures.
US09991367B1	Bipolar junction transistor A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) includes an emitter region, a base region surrounding the emitter region, and a collector region surrounding the base region. The emitter region includes a fin structures extending along a first direction, a first metal gate extending across the fin structure along a second direction, and a second metal gate disposed in parallel with the first metal gate. A spacing between the first metal gate and the second metal gate ranges between 0.2 micrometers and 0.4 micrometers.
US09991363B1	Contact etch stop layer with sacrificial polysilicon layer A contact etch stop layer includes a nitride layer formed over a sacrificial gate structure and a polysilicon layer formed over the nitride layer. During subsequent processing, the polysilicon layer is adapted to oxidize and form an oxide layer. The oxidation of the polysilicon layer effectively shields the underlying nitride contact etch stop layer from oxidation, which protects the mechanical integrity of the nitride layer.
US09991362B2	Semiconductor device including tungsten gate and manufacturing method thereof In a method of manufacturing a tungsten layer by an atomic layer deposition, a seed layer on an underlying layer is formed on a substrate by supplying a boron containing gas and a dilute gas, and a tungsten layer is formed on the seed layer by supplying a tungsten containing gas. A flow ratio of a flow amount of the boron containing gas to a total flow amount of the boron containing gas and the dilute gas is in a range from 1/21 to 1/4.
US09991361B2	Methods for performing a gate cut last scheme for FinFET semiconductor devices A method includes forming a placeholder gate structure embedded in a dielectric layer. The placeholder gate structure includes a sacrificial material. A first hard mask layer is formed above the dielectric layer. The first hard mask layer and the sacrificial material are the same material. A second hard mask layer is formed above the first hard mask layer. The second hard mask layer is patterned to define an opening therein exposing a portion of the first hard mask layer and being disposed above a portion of the placeholder gate structure. The exposed portion of the first hard mask layer and the portion of the sacrificial material of the placeholder gate structure disposed below the opening are removed to define a gate cut cavity and divide the placeholder gate structure into first and second segments. A dielectric material is formed in the gate cut cavity.
US09991358B2	Semiconductor device with metal-insulator-semiconductor structure A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor region, a gate electrode, and a first gate insulating film provided between the semiconductor region and the gate electrode and containing a material having a chemical composition expressed by (SiO2)n(Si3N4)m (where n and m are positive integers), in the material, at least one silicon atom being bonded with at least one oxygen atom and at least one nitrogen atom.
US09991357B2	Semiconductor devices with gate electrodes on separate sets of high-k dielectric layers A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including multiple active regions having a common conductivity type and separate, respective gate electrodes on the separate active regions. Different high-k dielectric layers may be between the separate active regions and the respective gate electrodes on the active regions. Different quantities of high-k dielectric layers may be between the separate active regions and the respective gate electrodes on the active regions. The different high-k dielectric layers may include different work-function adjusting materials.
US09991355B2	Implantation formed metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) contacts A method of forming a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) contact, a transistor including the MIS contact, and the MIS contact are described. The method includes etching an opening for formation of the contact, the opening extending to an upper surface of a semiconductor region. The method also includes implanting metal ions at a selected depth within the upper surface of the semiconductor region and converting the upper surface of the semiconductor region to a metal oxide insulating layer. The method further includes forming a metal layer on the insulating layer.

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