06th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170039995 | DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE - A display driving method and a display driving device for driving a stereoscopic display device are provided. The display driving method comprises: respectively calculating color component of each sub-pixel in a plurality of the first pixel units and color component of each sub-pixel in a plurality of the second pixel units; and determining a sampling region of each sub-pixel, and determining a display brightness of the sub-pixel in accordance with the color components of sub-pixels, which is the same color as the sub-pixel and in pixel units covered by the sampling region of the sub-pixel wherein the sampling region is a rhombic sampling region, and four vertexes of the rhombic sampling region are respectively midpoints of four lines in row and column directions connecting four central points of four sub-pixels, which are the same type as the sub-pixel, adjacent to the sub-pixel, in two columns adjacent to the sub-pixel. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039996 | Control Method, Control Device and Electronic Apparatus - A control method applied to an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit arranged on a first surface and a display unit arranged on a second surface, and inherent light transmittances of the display units are greater than a predetermined value. The control method includes: determining a first display unit and a second display unit, where the first display unit is a display unit arranged on a surface facing a user, and the second display unit is a display unit arranged on the other surface; detecting a light intensity around a surface where the second display unit is arranged; and in a case that a detected light intensity reaches a predetermined light intensity, adjusting at least display effect of the second display unit to reduce a light transmittance of the second display unit. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039997 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An image processing device includes a current limiter and a brightness controller. The current limiter calculates compensating data based on an on-pixel ratio of an image signal and calculates a compensation brightness data of the image signal based on the compensating data. The compensating data decreases the driving current of the image signal. The brightness controller selects one of a plurality of gamma sets and one of a plurality of dimming values based on the compensation brightness data. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039998 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus suitable for use in any of a number of different display applications including, but not limited to, mounting to a dashboard of a motor vehicle. The display apparatus includes a display portion arranged to display an image having a brightness and a contrast, the brightness and/or contrast of the image being a function of viewing angle, the brightness and/or contrast having at least one local maximum along a direction substantially parallel to at least one primary vector, the at least one primary vector not being a vector substantially normal to a plane of the display portion. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039999 | Photon latency measurement system and method - In accordance with an example embodiment, there is provided a benchmarking method for measuring latency from a computer application to a physical display, said method including measuring a time interval between the application's call to present new information and when said new information appears on the physical display. Optionally, the benchmarking method may further comprise detecting changes on the physical display with an exact display refresh rate. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE AND PERSISTENT MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Systems and methods providing for an advertisement (media) is designed using segments that can be added or subtracted are provided. By adapting the various segments of an advertisement to fit the orientation of the displaying device, and to be persistent on the display without overlaying the application being viewed by the user, it is possible to increase viewing time of the displayed media. In one embodiment, the various segments are sized to be displayed in areas (such as preview areas) of the display that the user does not typically use for his/her main work. In this manner, the displayed media is adapted for display area and does not intrude on the viewing area. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040001 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN-REFRESH RATE - The present invention provides an electronic device, including a storage module, a sensing module, a processing module, a driving module, and a display module. The storage module stores a plurality of frames. The sensing module outputs a sensing signal according to an action by the electronic device. The processing module outputs a transmitting signal according to the sensing signal. The transmitting signal corresponds to a first screen-refresh rate. The driving module determines the subsequent frame according to either the transmitting signal or a driving signal before the current frame ends. The driving signal corresponds to a second screen-refresh rate. The display module displays a display picture corresponding to the subsequent frame according to the subsequent frame and either the first screen-refresh rate or the second screen-refresh rate. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040002 | ADJUSTING PRESENTATION OF CONTENT ON A DISPLAY - A method comprises presenting content on a display associated with a computing device, determining one or more security characteristics associated with respective portions of the content on the display, detecting a presence of one or more individuals proximate to the display associated with the computing device, and modifying presentation of at least one of the portions of the content on the display based on an authorization status of at least one individual proximate to the display associated with the computing device and the security characteristics associated with the at least one portion of the content on the display. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040003 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A setting unit of an apparatus sets, for an image represented by an image file, an area to be displayed in an electronic photo album and stores information representing the set area. A laying out unit of the apparatus determines whether a slot of interest in the page of interest is a slot has a predetermined property. If the slot of interest has the predetermined property, the laying out unit locates, in the slot of interest, an image assigned to the slot of interest without using the stored information set by the setting unit. If the slot of interest does not have the predetermined property, the laying out unit locates, in the slot of interest, a partial image corresponding to the area represented by the information out of the image assigned to the slot of interest. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040004 | FACILE AND PRECISE GEOREFERENCING AND OVERLAYING OF MAP TILES - One or more processors receive a map image file. The map image file includes geographical data. One or more processors convert the map image file into a raster map image file. The raster map image file includes one or more first raster images. The one or more first raster images include a first plurality of pixels. One or more processors label one or more of the first plurality of pixels with a first set of geographical coordinates using at least a portion of the geographical data included in the map image file. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040005 | Tunable vibrating membrane tensioning system - A cable and pulley operated membrane tuning system suitable for drums and other musical instruments, as well as other applications requiring tunable membranes. The cable is threaded through pulleys or guides attached the mounting assembly of the membrane, and tightened by means of a tensioning mechanism. The system tensions membrane by varying the tension on the cable. The system may be employed in single-membrane systems or in multiple membrane systems. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040006 | DRUM MOUNT PROVIDING ISOLATED RESONANCE - Some embodiments provide drum mounts for mounting a drum to supporting bracket arms, stands, or racks in a manner that does not impede drum shell resonance and that shields the drum mount and structure upon which the drum is mounted from absorbing the drum's vibrational energy during play. The drum mount is comprised of an inner mount plate, outer mount bar, and coupling assemblies. Each of the inner mount plate and outer mount bar couple to a drum shell or tension ring using the coupling assemblies. The coupling assemblies also couple the inner mount plate to the outer mount bar. The coupling assemblies include dampeners and endcaps with protrusions for minimizing surface area contact points from which energy can be transferred to the drum mount. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040007 | THIGH DRUM - A wearable drum adapted to be strapped to a drummer's limb provides a resonance space between the drum head and the limb so that the drum produces a sound that is suitable to be heard by people other than the drummer. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040008 | SOFT OUTER CASE FOR CARRYING TWO HARD-SHELL GUITAR CASES TOGETHER AS ONE TRAVEL ITEM - The invention serves to cut the cost of traveling with additional guitars on commercial aircraft in half by guitar style-specific designed soft outer carrying cases which allow the traveler to combine two hard shell guitar traveling cases inside of one single outside soft cover case. Typically, this qualifies the two guitars as “One” piece of luggage, if under 50 lbs., on most domestic and international airlines and therefore the traveler is only charged a fee for “one” additional piece of luggage. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040009 | MIDI Controller Utilizing Replaceable Controls - An electronic microcontroller-based device outputting electronic signals in one or more electronic communication protocols such as serial MIDI and MIDI-over-USB that features inputs for the connection of user selectable control devices which can control all aspects of the outputted electronic signals is disclosed. External inputs may be switches, analog or digital controls, or a combination, outputting one or more electronic values, digital control messages or both. The apparatus may be used to control: musical sounds in the manner of a limited or fully chromatic musical instrument, musical software, or any electronic device or software that permits control by externally based electronic signals, messages or both. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040010 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A support assembly including a support rotatably disposed with respect to a frame, a repetition lever hinge mounted to the support, and a repetition lever supported by the repetition lever hinge and rotatably disposed with respect to the support, wherein the repetition lever has a contact surface and the contact surface contacts a hammer shank roller provided to a hammer shank for rotating a hammer, and the repetition lever hinge is mounted to the support in a mounting direction that crosses with a tangent-line direction of a line tangent to the hammer shank roller at the contact between the hammer shank roller and the contact surface. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040011 | MOUTHPIECE WITH WHISTLING MECHANISM - A whistle mouthpiece is provided that has a whistle mechanism that comprises one or more openings that may contain one or more reeds or other frequency producing mechanisms that produce the same or different resonant frequencies. The one or more openings may transversely cross the whistle mouthpiece in a parallel manner, or may alternatively exit the whistle mouthpiece at the front portion at a non-parallel location or at another location along the bottom or top of the mouthpiece. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040012 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ATTENUATING SOUND IN A CONDUIT OR CHAMBER - Occlusion devices, earpiece devices and methods of forming occlusion devices are provided. An occlusion device is configured to occlude an ear canal, but other biological and non-biological conduits or chambers can be occluded using the devices and methods herein. The occlusion device includes an insertion element and at least one occluding member or element (which can be expandable) disposed on the insertion element. The occluding member is configured to receive a medium via the insertion element and is configured to expand, responsive to the medium, to contact the ear canal. Alternatively, the occluding member is made of a non-Newtonian fluid and can be enclosed by a balloon or not. Physical parameters of the occlusion device are selected to produce a predetermined sound attenuation characteristic over a frequency band. Use of a non-Newtonian fluid provides additional options or variables in customizing or designing a predetermined sound attenuation characteristic. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040013 | NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONE - A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that avoids an influence of the wind and prevents degradation in the sound quality of the reproduced sound output from a driver unit. The noise-cancelling headphone includes an ear piece including a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting external sounds at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a sound collecting hole establishing the communication between the accommodating portion and the exterior of the housing unit. The accommodating portion is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user. The sound collecting hole is open toward the upper side of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040014 | Acoustic Noise Attenuation Device, Assembly And Metamaterial Structure - An acoustic noise attenuator is disclosed comprising a movable body, an energy storage element and an electrical energy dissipater. The movable body is configured to oscillate when a mechanical disturbance caused by a sound wave, such as acoustic noise, is incident thereon. The oscillation of the movable body induces an alternating electrical energy in the energy storage element. The electrical energy dissipater dissipates the induced electrical energy in the form of heat. An acoustic noise attenuator assembly and a metamaterial structure comprising such acoustic noise attenuators are also disclosed. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040015 | TRANSITIONING BETWEEN ARRAYED AND IN-PHASE SPEAKER CONFIGURATIONS FOR ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION - A noise cancellation method and system comprises a system controller that produces a command signal in response to a signal from at least one microphone detecting sound in an area. The system controller includes an arrayed speaker controller for producing a driver signal for each speaker in response to the command signal such that combined sound emitted by the speakers in response to the driver signals produces a substantially uniform sound pressure field adapted to attenuate a noise field corresponding to the sound detected by the at least one microphone. The system controller includes an in-phase speaker controller for producing a common in-phase driver signal for all speakers in response to the command signal and a signal director module for proportioning the command signal between the arrayed and in-phase speaker controllers in response to a magnitude of voltage associated with driving the speakers in accordance with the command signal. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040016 | DATA AUGMENTATION METHOD BASED ON STOCHASTIC FEATURE MAPPING FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method of augmenting training data includes converting a feature sequence of a source speaker determined from a plurality of utterances within a transcript to a feature sequence of a target speaker under the same transcript, training a speaker-dependent acoustic model for the target speaker for corresponding speaker-specific acoustic characteristics, estimating a mapping function between the feature sequence of the source speaker and the speaker-dependent acoustic model of the target speaker, and mapping each utterance from each speaker in a training set using the mapping function to multiple selected target speakers in the training set. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040017 | Generating a Visually Consistent Alternative Audio for Redubbing Visual Speech - There are provided systems and methods for generating a visually consistent alternative audio for redubbing visual speech using a processor configured to sample a dynamic viseme sequence corresponding to a given utterance by a speaker in a video, identify a plurality of phonemes corresponding to the dynamic viseme sequence, construct a graph of the plurality of phonemes that synchronize with a sequence of lip movements of a mouth of the speaker in the dynamic viseme sequence, use the graph to generate an alternative phrase that substantially matches the sequence of lip movements of the mouth of the speaker in the video. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040018 | VOICE ACCESS AND CONTROL - A system comprising a wireless entertainment system natively coupled through a network to a primary service provider for providing services, operates on multiple keywords to re-direct processing operations from the native service provider to additional, non-native services which may include online secure data, VPN, and/or VOIP. The system and method may employ sniffing, masking, and spoofing the communications and effectuating alternative communications channels transparent to the primary service provider. A private device includes code operable to transparently couple a remote device to a remote service provider, monitor a communication between the remote device and the remote service provider, and respond to the communications. Some embodiments may include a private service provider, a VPN connection and operations with a telephone service. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040019 | INTERACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an interaction apparatus includes an interaction apparatus includes a storage, a first extractor, a retriever, a generator, a second extractor and a register. The storage stores a problem and at least one solution for solving the problem. The first extractor extracts a target problem which is an expression regarded as the problem, from a first speech. The generator generates a first speech-prompting sentence prompting the user to make a speech including the target solution if the storage stores no target solution or if the user rejects the target solution. The second extractor extracts the target solution from a second speech which is a response of the user relating to the first speech-prompting sentence. The register registers, on the storage, the target problem and the target solution. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040020 | INITIATING ACTIONS BASED ON PARTIAL HOTWORDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, receiving audio data; determining that an initial portion of the audio data corresponds to an initial portion of a hotword; in response to determining that the initial portion of the audio data corresponds to the initial portion of the hotword, selecting, from among a set of one or more actions that are performed when the entire hotword is detected, a subset of the one or more actions; and causing one or more actions of the subset to be performed. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040021 | IMPROVED FRAME LOSS CORRECTION WITH VOICE INFORMATION - A method for processing a digital audio signal, including a series of samples distributed in consecutive frames, is implemented when decoding the signal in order to replace at least one signal frame lost during decoding. The method includes the following steps: a) searching, in a valid signal segment available when decoding, for at least one period in the signal, determined in accordance with the valid signal; b) analyzing the signal in the period, in order to determine spectral components of the signal in the period; c) synthesizing at least one frame for replacing the lost frame, by construction of a synthesis signal from: an addition of components selected among the predetermined spectral components, and a noise added to the addition of components. In particular, the amount of noise added to the addition of components is weighted in accordance with voice information of the valid signal, obtained when decoding. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040022 | FRAME ERROR CONCEALMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS AND ERROR CONCEALMENT SCHEME CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a frame error concealment method and apparatus and an error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus. The frame error concealment method includes generating a new signal by synthesizing a plurality of previous signals that are similar to a signal of an error frame and reconstructing the signal of the error frame using the generated signal. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040023 | ENCODER, DECODER, CODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, CODING PROGRAM, DECODING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An encoder includes a periodic-combined-envelope generating part and a variable-length coding part. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part generates a periodic combined envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence based on a spectral envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence corresponding to a linear predictive coefficient code obtained from an input audio signal and on a frequency-domain period. The variable-length coding part encodes a frequency-domain sequence derived from the input audio signal. A decoder includes a periodic-combined-envelope generating part and a variable-length decoding part. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part generates a periodic combined envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence based on a spectral envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence corresponding to a linear predictive coefficient code and on a frequency-domain period. The variable-length decoding part decodes a variable-length code to obtain a frequency-domain sequence. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040024 | TRANSIENT DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ENCODING OF AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A transient detector ( | 2017-02-09 |
20170040025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a high frequency signal by using a low frequency signal. The high frequency signal can be encoded by extracting a coefficient by linear predicting a high frequency signal, and encoding the coefficient, generating a signal by using the extracted coefficient and a low frequency signal, and encoding the high frequency signal by calculating a ratio between the high frequency signal and an energy value of the generated signal. Also, the high frequency signal can be decoded by decoding a coefficient, which is extracted by linear predicting a high frequency signal, and a low frequency signal, and generating a signal by using the decoded coefficient and the decoded low frequency signal, and adjusting the generated signal by decoding a ratio between the generated signal and an energy value of the high frequency signal. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040026 | Echo-Cancelling Device and Echo-Cancelling Method - An echo-cancelling device includes an audio input/output (I/O) terminal, an audio-receiving module, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, and a processor is provided. The A/D converter is electrically connected to the audio-receiving module. The processor is electrically connected to the A/D converter and the audio I/O terminal. The audio I/O terminal receives an external reference signal from an electronic device. The audio-receiving module receives an input audio and an output audio from the electronic device, and generates an analog input signal having the input audio and the output audio. The A/D converter generates a digital input signal according to the analog input signal. The processor cancels the output audio to generate a second (digital) sound signal according to the digital input signal and the external reference signal. Finally, the processor transmits the second (digital) sound signal to the electronic device via the audio I/O terminal. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040027 | FREQUENCY DOMAIN NOISE ATTENUATION UTILIZING TWO TRANSDUCERS - Embodiments may find applications to ambient noise attenuation in cell phones, for example, where a second microphone is placed at a distance from the voice microphone so that ambient noise is present at both the voice microphone and the second microphone, but where the user's voice is primarily picked up at the voice microphone. Frequency domain filtering is employed on the voice signal, so that those frequency components representing mainly ambient noise are de-emphasized relative to the other frequency components. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040028 | SECURITY SURVEILLANCE VIA THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUDIO SPACE PRESENTATION - Embodiments are directed to using a three-dimensional sound space to analyze security surveillance information. According to one embodiment, the three-dimensional sound space can comprise part of a security surveillance system in which sound sources related to security surveillance information can be presented and a user can efficiently navigate even a large number of sound sources in the three-dimensional sound space. Effective audio surveillance relies on the ability of the surveillance personnel to efficiently identify calls that need further analysis and calls that need no further analysis without introducing too many false negative or false positive conditions. Utilization of three-dimensional space described herein can increase the ease with which security analysts review audio content and identify relevant audio content that requires further analysis. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040029 | EVENT DETECTION FOR PLAYBACK MANAGEMENT IN AN AUDIO DEVICE - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for processing audio information in an audio device may include reproducing audio information by generating an audio output signal for communication to at least one transducer of the audio device, receiving at least one input signal indicative of ambient sound external to the audio device, detecting from the at least one input signal a near-field sound in the ambient sound, and modifying a characteristic of the audio information reproduced to the at least one transducer in response to detection of the near-field sound. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040030 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD - An audio processing apparatus includes a first-section detection unit configured to detect a first section that is a section in which the power of a spatial spectrum in a sound source direction is higher than a predetermined amount of power on the basis of an audio signal of a plurality of channels, a speech state determination unit configured to determine a speech state on the basis of an audio signal within the first section, a likelihood calculation unit configured to calculate a first likelihood that a type of sound source according to an audio signal within the first section is voice and a second likelihood that the type of sound source is non-voice, and a second-section detection unit configured to determine whether or not a second section in which power is higher than average the power of a speech section is a voice section on the basis of the first likelihood and the second likelihood within the second section. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040031 | Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) Write Head with Improved Shapes of Side Shield and Main Pole - A perpendicular magnetic recording writer is disclosed with a side shield separated from a write pole side by a gap layer at an air bearing surface (ABS) where the side shield has a first sidewall facing the write pole with an end at height (h | 2017-02-09 |
20170040032 | FERROMAGNETIC HEXAGONAL FERRITE POWDER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the average particle size of which is equal to or less than 20 nm, and which comprises, on a particle number basis, equal to or more than 50% of ellipsoid hexagonal ferrite powders satisfying relation (1): | 2017-02-09 |
20170040033 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An information recording method of the present disclosure is an information recording method for recording information on a write-once information recording medium, including one or more recording layers, each of the recording layers being spiral-shaped on which a land track and a groove track are alternately repeated as recording tracks, each of the recording tracks being divided into blocks, each of the blocks being a minimum unit in which recording is performed. The information recording method includes: recording the information on the information recording medium in a unit of each of the blocks; and controlling recording on the information recording medium. In the control step, switching is performed whether to perform recording in a block to be recorded in which the information is to be recorded next among the blocks based on recording conditions of the recording tracks adjacent on both sides of the block to be recorded. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040034 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF LIBRARY COMPONENTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for monitoring components in a library by tracking the movement of library components. By tracking the movement of library components, the degradation of library components can be monitored and the reliability of library components determined, allowing unreliable components to be bypassed or replaced, enhancing the reliability of the library and preventing data loss. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040035 | STORAGE CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD - A storage controller includes a control unit and an interface. The control unit, when write data input as data to be written onto a magnetic disk includes a bit string of a first pattern, inverts one or more bits of the bit string. The write data includes a redundancy bit string used for data error correction. The interface outputs write data including bit inverted by the control unit. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040036 | SUMMARY IMAGE BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An embodiment of the present invention provides a summary image browsing system and method. A summary image browsing method of the present invention may comprise the steps of: tracking motion trajectory of an object from an input video; extracting the object from the input video and then generating a series of object segments; and synthesizing the series of object segments with a background image along the motion trajectory of the object and generating a summary image having a thickness according to an occurrence time interval for each object extracted from the input video. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040037 | AUTOMATED CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF VIDEO-BASED DOCUMENTATION - An approach for creation and maintenance of video-based training documentation. Universal identifiers are created and associated with user interface elements for delimiting videos and audios. Test scripts are created based on matching the universal identifiers to task instructions. Videos are created based on test scripts where the universal identifiers are marked on the videos. Audios are created based on the universal identifiers and the task instructions, where the universal identifiers are marked on the audios. The audios and the videos are combined based on synchronizing the universal identifiers. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040038 | AUDIO-VISUAL PROJECT GENERATOR - Embodiments disclosed herein enable a user to generate an audio-visual project. Certain embodiments enable a user to use one of a plurality of predefined templates to generate a project easily and quickly. Other embodiments enable a user to generate a custom project that gives more control to the user, compared to if the user selected one of the predefined templates. Each project includes one or more segments, which may be specified by a user directly, or may be specified by the template selected by the user. An effect is applied to each segment, wherein the effect specifies how many video and audio slots are included in the segment, if any, and can specify one or more other properties of the segment. Projects generated using embodiments disclosed herein can be saved and shared with other users. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040039 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING MEDIA ITEMS - The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for generating media items. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system. The method includes: (1) receiving one or more audio files; (2) obtaining one or more audio characteristics for the audio files; (3) receiving a request to generate a media item using the audio files, the request including one or more criteria; and (4) in response to receiving the request, generating the media item, including: (a) identifying one or more visual media files based on the criteria and the audio characteristics; and (b) generating synchronization information; (5) storing the media item in the server system; and (6) enabling playback of the media item by sending a link for the stored media item to the client device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040040 | VIDEO INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided a video information processing system comprising: a target recognition module configured to detect, from among the plurality of still images, still images in which a search target is present based on a determination of a similarity degree with registration data of the search target using a first threshold; and a time band determination module configured to determine, in a case where an interval between the still images in which the search target is determined as being present is a second threshold or less, that the search target is also present in a still image between the still images in which the search target is determined as being present. The video information processing system registers a start time and an end time of the continuous still images in which the search target is determined as being present in association with the registration data of the search target. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040041 | MEMORY APPARATUS USING PLURALITY OF POWER SOURCES AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A memory apparatus may include first to third pads to provide first to third voltages, respectively, to internal circuits. The first pad may receive a first external voltage, and provide the first voltage. The second and third pads may receive a second external voltage. The second pad may provide the second voltage, and the third pad may provide the third voltage. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040042 | Power Management Circuit for an Electronic Device - A power management circuit for an electronic device is disclosed that sequentially activates and/or deactivates electronic circuits of the electronic device. The power management circuit provides a first group of one or more circuit power management signals to activate and/or deactivate a first electronic circuit from among the electronic circuits. Thereafter, the power management circuit provides a corresponding power management signal from among a second group of the one or more circuit power management signals that corresponds to a portion of the first electronic circuit that has been activated and/or deactivated by the first group of the one or more circuit power management signals to activate and/or deactivate a portion of a second electronic circuit from among the electronic circuits. The power management circuit continues to sequentially provide each of the one or more circuit power management signals in a similar manner until the electronic circuits of the electronic device have been activated and/or deactivated. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040043 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH ENCODING - In an embodiment, a memory system comprises a memory array having memory cells. A decoder is coupled to the memory array and configured to decode input address signals to generate memory cell selection signals. An encoder is configured to generate encoded selection signals based on the memory cell selection signals. In another embodiment, a method comprises: receiving by the decoder of the memory system input address signals, generating, by the decoder, selection signals for selecting a memory cell in the memory array, and generating, by an encoder, encoded selection signals based on the selection signals. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040044 | STORAGE ELEMENT - A storage element is provided. The storage element includes a layer structure including a first layer having a first magnetization state of a first material, a second layer having a second magnetization state of a second material; and an intermediate layer including a nonmagnetic material and provided between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the intermediate layer includes a carbon layer. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040045 | SENSE CIRCUITS, MEMORY DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY - Sense circuits, memory devices, and related methods are disclosed. A sense circuit includes sample and hold circuitry configured to sample and hold a second response voltage potential, a first response voltage potential, and a third response voltage potential responsive to an evaluation signal applied to a resistance variable memory cell. The sense circuit includes an amplifier operably coupled to the sample and hold circuitry. The amplifier is configured to amplify a difference between a sum of the first response voltage potential and the third response voltage potential, and twice the second response voltage potential. A memory device includes an evaluation signal generating circuit configured to provide the evaluation signal, an array of resistance variable memory cells, and the sense circuit. A method includes applying the evaluation signal to the resistance variable memory cell, sampling and holding the response voltage potentials, and discharging the sample and hold circuitry to the amplifier. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040046 | Write Apparatus and Magnetic Memory - A write apparatus and a magnetic memory, where the write apparatus includes a first drive port, a second drive port, a first information storage area, a second information storage area, and an information buffer. A first area locates between the first information storage area and the information buffer. A second area locates between the second information storage area and the information buffer. The first information storage area, the second information storage area, and the information buffer are made of a first magnetic material. The first area and the second area are made of a second magnetic material. Magnetic energy of the first magnetic material is higher than magnetic energy of the second magnetic material. The write apparatus can ensure write stability of the magnetic memory. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040047 | MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH CLOCK-TO-STROBE SKEW COMPENSATION - A clock signal is transmitted to first and second integrated circuit (IC) components via a clock signal line, the clock signal having a first arrival time at the first IC component and a second, later arrival time at the second IC component. A write command is transmitted to the first and second IC components to be sampled by those components at respective times corresponding to transitions of the clock signal, and write data is transmitted to the first and second IC components in association with the write command. First and second strobe signals are transmitted to the first and second IC components, respectively, to time reception of the first and second write data in those components. The first and second strobe signals are selected from a plurality of phase-offset timing signals to compensate for respective timing skews between the clock signal and the first and second strobe signals. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040048 | MEMORY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a memory device with a reduced layout area. The memory device includes a sense amplifier electrically connected to first and second wirings and positioned in a first layer, and first and second circuits positioned in a second layer over the first layer. The first circuit includes a first switch being turned on and off in accordance with a potential of a third wiring, and a first capacitor electrically connected to the first wiring via the first switch. The second circuit includes a second switch being turned on and off in accordance with a potential of a fourth wiring, and a second capacitor electrically connected to the second wiring via the second switch. The first wiring intersects the third wiring and does not intersect the fourth wiring in the second layer. The second wiring intersects the fourth wiring and does not intersect the third wiring in the second layer. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040049 | OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT WITH LOW SUB-THRESHOLD LEAKAGE CURRENT - A device includes a cutting circuit that is coupled between power supply lines in series with first and second output circuits which drive an output terminal in a push-pull manner. Each of the first and second output circuits includes a plurality of output transistors. The cutting circuit is rendered non-conductive when each of the transistors in the first and second output circuits is rendered non-conductive. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040050 | SMART IN-MODULE REFRESH FOR DRAM | 2017-02-09 |
20170040051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLETING PENDING WRITE REQUESTS TO VOLATILE MEMORY PRIOR TO TRANSITIONING TO SELF-REFRESH MODE - In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor core and a power control unit. The power control unit is to identify the occurrence of a power loss from a primary power source, instruct the I/O controller to block further write requests from the one or more I/O devices and to send at least one pending write request stored by the I/O controller to the memory controller, and instruct the memory controller to complete at least one pending write request stored by the memory controller and to cause the memory to be placed into a self-refresh mode. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040052 | Method and Circuit to Enable Wide Supply Voltage Difference in Multi-Supply Memory - A circuit can be used, for example, with a multi-supply memory device. The circuit includes a first conductor and a second conductor. A first transistor has a current path coupled between the first conductor and the second conductor. A second transistor also has a current path coupled between the first conductor and the second conductor. A pulse generator circuit has an input coupled to a control terminal of the first transistor and an output coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040053 | Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory Device Adapted to Store a Multi-Valued Data in a Single Memory Cell - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes an electrically data rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory cell and a write circuit for writing data in the memory cell, the write circuit writing a data in the memory cells by supplying a write voltage Vpgm and a write control voltage VBL to the memory cell, continuing the writing of the data in the memory cell by changing the value of the write control voltage VBL in response to an advent of a first write state of the memory cell and inhibiting any operation of writing a data to the memory cell by further changing the value of the write control voltage VBL to Vdd in response to an advent of a second write state of the memory cell. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040054 | RESISTIVE MEMORY ACCELERATOR - Presented is a method and apparatus for solving. The method includes receiving, by a resistive memory array, a first data, the resistive memory array comprising a plurality of cells, wherein the receiving comprises setting a plurality of resistances on the plurality of cells, wherein each of the plurality of resistances are based on the first data. The method further includes receiving, by the resistive memory array, a second data, wherein the receiving comprises applying at least one of a current and a voltage based on the second data on the plurality of cells. The method still further includes determining, by the resistive memory array, an initial unknown value, the initial value based on the first data and the second data. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040055 | MULTIMODAL MEMRISTOR MEMORY - A multimodal memristor memory provides selectable or reconfigurable operation in a plurality of operational modes of a memristor. The multimodal memristor memory includes a memristor having a plurality of operational modes. The multimodal memristor memory further includes a reconfigurable interface driver to select an operational mode of the plurality of operational modes of the memristor. The memristor is to operate in the operational mode selected by the reconfigurable interface driver. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040056 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - A method of manufacturing an electronic circuit comprises: providing an electronic circuit having a first configuration in which the circuit comprises a resistive element having a first resistance, and irradiating at least a part of the resistive element with electromagnetic radiation to change the resistance of the resistive element from the first resistance to a second resistance, the second resistance being lower than the first resistance. A method of storing data comprises: receiving a piece of data to be stored; determining a number according to the data; and irradiating at least part of a resistive element with that number of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to change a resistance of the resistive element from a first resistance to a second resistance, the second resistance being lower than the first resistance. A difference between the first resistance and the second resistance is dependent on the number. Corresponding circuits and data storage systems are disclosed. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040057 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY MODULE HAVING BACKUP FUNCTION - Disclosed is a memory system. The memory system includes a volatile memory device configured to exchange data with a host through a first channel, a nonvolatile memory device, and a memory controller connected with the volatile memory device through a second channel. The memory controller detects a request of the host or a power state and controls the volatile memory device and the nonvolatile memory device based on the detection result such that data stared in the volatile memory device is backed up in the nonvolatile memory device through the second channel. The volatile memory device includes a first interface for communicating with the host through the first channel and a second interface for communicating with the memory controller through the first channel. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040058 | Non-Volatile Semiconductor Storage Device - In a memory unit, voltages required for operations of a capacity transistor in a first well and a writing transistor in a second well are separately applied to a first deep well and a second deep well, without the voltages on the first deep well and the second deep well being restricted by each other. Thus, in the memory unit, each of a voltage difference between the first deep well and the first well and a voltage difference between the second deep well and the second well is made smaller than a voltage difference (18 [V]), at which a tunneling effect occurs, and accordingly a junction voltage between the first deep well and the first well and a junction voltage between the second deep well and the second well are low. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040059 | TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY - Ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) structures and methods of use are disclosed. The memory architecture includes one or more ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) fields, and control logic that applies progressively discriminating data-masking and scores a closeness of a match based on matched and mismatched bits. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040060 | Method and System for Managing a Writing Cycle of a Data in a EEPROM Memory Cell - An operation for writing at least one datum in at least one memory cell of the electrically erasable and programmable read-only memory type comprises at least one step of erasing or of programming of the cell by a corresponding erasing or programming pulse. The correct or incorrect conducting of the writing operation is checked by an analysis of the form of the erasing or programming pulse during the corresponding erasing or programming step. The result of this analysis is representative of the writing operation being conducted correctly or incorrectly. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040061 | MEMORY WITH SUB-BLOCK ERASE ARCHITECTURE - A memory device has a divided reference line structure which supports sub-block erase in NAND memory including a plurality of blocks. Each block in the plurality of blocks is coupled to a set of Y reference lines, where Y is two or more. Each block in the plurality of blocks includes a single reference select line (RSL), which is operable to connect each sub-block in the block to a corresponding reference line in the set of Y reference lines. A control circuit can be included on the device which is configured for an erase operation to erase a selected sub-block in a selected block. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040062 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - For data erase from an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile memory cell, the following operations are performed: an erase operation to apply an erase pulse voltage to a memory cell for data erase, an erase verify operation to verify whether data erase is completed, and a step-up operation to increase the erase pulse voltage by a certain step-up voltage if data erase is not completed. A control unit controls voltages so that at least a first erase pulse voltage initially generated in the erase operation has a longer rise time than that of a second erase pulse voltage generated subsequent to the first erase pulse voltage. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040063 | MULTIPLE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY - A multiple-time programmable (MTP) structure is provided that can operate using a power supply with a supply voltage of 1.5 V to 5.5 V. When the supply voltage is above a first voltage, a first circuit is configured to induce a second constant voltage at a drain of a second transistor, and to induce the second constant voltage on a terminal in a third circuit. In some embodiments, the third circuit provides a third constant voltage on a gate of a third transistor. When the supply voltage is below the first voltage, a fifth circuit is configured to induce a fourth constant voltage on a terminal in the third circuit. The fourth constant voltage is substantially equal to the second constant voltage. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040064 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA READ METHOD - A semiconductor storage device including plural bit lines, plural select gate lines that intersect with the plural bit lines, and plural memory cells that each include a p-channel memory transistor. The semiconductor storage device includes plural p-channel charging transistors that are respectively connected to the plural bit lines, and a charging line that is connected to each of the plurality of charging transistors. A controller that ON/OFF controls the charging transistors places each of the charging transistors in an ON state prior to read current flowing in a read target bit line, and that places the charging transistor connected to the read target bit line in an OFF state when read current flows in the read target bit line. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040065 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having first and second groups of memory strings, each memory string including first and second memory cells connected between select transistors. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device further includes a first word line connected to the first memory cells of the memory strings, a second word line connected to the second memory cells of the memory strings, and a control unit configured to control application of control voltages to the select transistors and the word lines, such that a select line voltage is applied to the first word line and a non-select line voltage is applied to the second word line and not discharged while select transistors of the first group of memory strings are turned off and select transistors of the second group of memory strings are turned on. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040066 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND REPAIR METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor apparatus includes a fuse array configured to store word line failure information, a redundancy latch section, and a redundancy control block configured to store, in the redundancy latch section, word line order information generated according to the word line failure information. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040067 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE (OTP) MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - A method of testing a semiconductor integrated circuit including a one-time programmable (OTP) memory device is provided. A program command is transferred from a tester to the OTP memory device. Programming and a programming verification are performed with respect to OTP memory cells in the OTP memory device in response to the program command. The OTP device generates accumulated verification result signal by accumulating program verification results with respect to the OTP memory cells. The accumulated verification result signal is transferred from the OTP memory device to the tester. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040068 | DRIVING CIRCUITS AND THE SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUITS - A driving circuit and a shift register circuit are disclosed. The driving circuit includes a plurality of cascaded multi-stages shift register circuits. Each of the shift register circuit includes a transmission door latch circuit and a signal transmission circuit. The transmission door latch circuit includes a transmission door, first clock signals triggering the transmission door such that transmission signals of two stages ahead are transmitted to the signal transmission circuit via the transmission door to generate transmission signals for the current stage. Second clock signals control the transmission signals of the current stage to pass through the signal transmission circuit to generate gate driving signals for the current stage. In this way, the driving circuit is feasible for CMOS manufacturing process, and owns the advantages such as low power consumption and high noise tolerance. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040069 | Dispersion Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (DCM) Nuclear Fuel and Related Methods - The invention relates to the use of Dispersion Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel as a meltdown-proof, accident-tolerant fuel to replace uranium dioxide fuel in existing light water reactors (LWRs). The safety qualities of the DCM fuel are obtained by the combination of three strong barriers to fission product release (ceramic coatings around the fuel kernels), highly dense inert ceramic matrix around the coated fuel particles and metallic or ceramic cladding around the fuel pellets. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040070 | FAIL-SAFE CONTROL ROD DRIVE SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR - A control rod drive system (CRDS) for use in a nuclear reactor. In one embodiment, the system generally includes a drive rod mechanically coupled to a control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) operable to linearly raise and lower the drive rod along a vertical axis, a rod cluster control assembly (RCCA) comprising a plurality of control rods insertable into a nuclear fuel core, and a drive rod extension (DRE) releasably coupled at opposing ends to the drive rod and RCCA. The CRDM includes an electromagnet which operates to couple the CRDM to DRE. In the event of a power loss or SCRAM, the CRDM may be configured to remotely uncouple the RCCA from the DRE without releasing or dropping the drive rod which remains engaged with the CRDM and in position. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040071 | PASSIVE SYSTEM FOR EVACUATING THE RESIDUAL HEAT FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR | 2017-02-09 |
20170040072 | ASYMMETRIC FILTER OF NEUTRON SIGNALS FOR DETECTING POWER OSCILLATIONS IN BOILING WATER REACTORS - This invention introduces a new method for detecting power oscillations that may occur in Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) cores. According to this invention, the Average Power Range Monitor (APRM) is enabled to detect power oscillations even when the signals from the Local Power Range Monitors (LPRMs) that make up the APRM signal are not in-phase and tend to cancel out. The asymmetric filtering algorithm that is the core of this invention is applied to the individual LPRM signals before they are summed up to make a new APRM signal. The new APRM signal will increase when oscillations occur, regardless of the instability type, and can thus be used for detecting reactor instability and enable the operator or automatic reactor protection systems to actuate and prevent reactor fuel damage. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040073 | Storage and Transportation Method for Low Level Radioactive Mixed Wastes - A method for preparing low level radioactive hazardous wastes (LLHZ) for disposal in a landfill. The method includes providing a softsided transportable container at a hazardous debris collection site, where the softsided container has at least three layers of materials, an outer, middle and an inner layer, where the middle layer is a water impervious material. Each layer has a closable opening located on the top of the softsided layer. Hardsided closed containers containing LLHZ located in the interior of the hard container are loaded into the interior of the softsided container. Each layer of the softsided container is then closed, and the package transported and shipped to a disposal site for burial. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040074 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ISOLATING LEAD 203 - Methods for isolating Pb and/or Pb isotopes from various sources are provided. Compositions comprising Pb and/or Pb isotopes free of certain amounts of various contaminants are also provided. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040075 | NEUTRON GENERATION USING PYROELECTRIC CRYSTALS - According to one embodiment, a method for producing a directed neutron beam includes producing a voltage of negative polarity of at least −100 keV on a surface of a deuterated or tritiated target in response to a temperature change of a pyroelectric crystal of less than about 40° C., the pyroelectric crystal having the deuterated or tritiated target coupled thereto, pulsing a deuterium ion source to produce a deuterium ion beam, accelerating the deuterium ion beam to the deuterated or tritiated target to produce a neutron beam, and directing the ion beam onto the deuterated or tritiated target to make neutrons using at least one of a voltage of the pyroelectric crystal, and a high gradient insulator (HGI) surrounding the pyroelectric crystal. The directionality of the neutron beam is controlled by changing the accelerating voltage of the system. Other methods are presented as well. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040076 | Method Of Manufacturing High Aspect Ratio Structure And Method Of Manufacturing Ultrasonic Probe - A method of manufacturing a high aspect ratio structure includes: a hole forming step of forming a plurality of holes in at least one principal surface of a substrate; a resist forming step of forming a first area with a resist layer and a second area without the resist layer on the principal surface provided with the plurality of holes after the hole forming step ends; and a concave portion forming step of immersing the substrate into an etching solution to form a concave portion in the substrate corresponding to the second area. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040077 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE ANGLE SLANT HOLE COLLIMATOR - A variable angle slant hole (VASH) collimator for providing collimation of high energy photons such as gamma rays during radiological imaging of humans. The VASH collimator includes a stack of multiple collimator leaves and a means of quickly aligning each leaf to provide various projection angles. Rather than rotate the detector around the subject, the VASH collimator enables the detector to remain stationary while the projection angle of the collimator is varied for tomographic acquisition. High collimator efficiency is achieved by maintaining the leaves in accurate alignment through the various projection angles. Individual leaves include unique angled cuts to maintain a precise target collimation angle. Matching wedge blocks driven by two actuators with twin-lead screws accurately position each leaf in the stack resulting in the precise target collimation angle. A computer interface with the actuators enables precise control of the projection angle of the collimator. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040078 | RADIOGRAPHIC FLAT PANEL DETECTOR HAVING A FERROMAGNETIC LAYER AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF - A radiographic flat panel detector includes a layer configuration in the order given: a) a radiation transparent substrate; and b) a scintillator layer applied by means of vapour deposition on the radiation transparent substrate; and c) an imaging array between the scintillator layer and a second substrate, characterised in that the radiation transparent substrate has on a side a layer including magnetizable particles and a method for producing the radiographic flat panel detector. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040079 | SPARK GAP X-RAY SOURCE - In one embodiment, the invention includes an x-ray source having a cathode with (1) a pointed end or (2) an elongated blade oriented substantially transverse with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cathode. The pointed end or blade can be pointed towards an anode. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SIDED, INTENSITY-MODULATED IRRADIATION OF A PRODUCT - A system and method for irradiating a product in order to obtain an irradiated product that has a suitable irradiation dose uniformity ratio and is less expensive and faster than existing systems. The system includes a controller that varies the speed at which a product to be irradiated is moved across a radiation beam. The speed is varied in accordance with a speed function that can be a quadratic function of the distance between a position at which the surface of the product is irradiated and a reference position. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040081 | COPPER ALLOY ELEMENT WIRE, COPPER ALLOY STRANDED WIRE, AND AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC WIRE - A copper alloy element wire | 2017-02-09 |
20170040082 | PERFORATABLE SHEETS OF GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIAL - Sheets of graphene-based material comprising single layer graphene and suitable for formation of a plurality of perforations in the single layer graphene are provided. In an aspect, the sheets of graphene-based material are formed by chemical vapor deposition followed by one or more conditioning steps. In a further aspect, the sheets of graphene-based material include non-graphenic carbon-based material and may be characterized the amount, mobility and/or volatility of the non-graphenic carbon-based material. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040083 | Systems and Methods for Producing Biochar-Based Products - An end-to-end system/process for producing advantageous end products from a raw biomass feedstock is provided. The process includes steps for enhancing biomaterial feedstock, biochar generation and end-product fabrication. The method steps may be employed in selecting, treating and handling biomass materials and their additive inputs to tailor their end performance. Each operative step in the process may be employed to enhance the overall effectiveness of biochar generation and use. Charring furnace design and operational parameters are provided that generate desirable biochar material for various applications, including specifically fabrication of ultra-capacitor electrodes and electric battery components. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040084 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The disclosed is a transparent conductive film and method for manufacturing the same. First, a substrate is provided. Subsequently, an inorganic layer composed of nano-inorganic compound is formed overlying the substrate. A carbon nanotube dispersion is then coated on the inorganic layer and dried to form a carbon nanotube conductive layer. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040085 | WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes at least two sub-harnesses having a plurality of electric wires whose one terminal portions are led out from a plurality of connector portions connected to a plurality of electric devices respectively. The other end portions of the electric wires to establish direct connection between the connector portions are electrically connected to each other by a connection mechanism. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040086 | INSULATED WIRE - There is provided an insulaled wire, comprising: a conductor; and
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20170040087 | CABLE ARRANGEMENT - An arrangement of at least two adjacently extending cables, of which a first cable and a second cable which each have at least one stranding group that has two or more conductors stranded to each other and which each have a common cable sheath surrounding the stranding group, a spacer being provided outside on at least one of the cable sheaths for increasing a minimum distance (A) between the stranding groups of the two cables. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040088 | HIGH DENSITY SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CABLE AND OTHER SHIELDED CABLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that generally lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is σ | 2017-02-09 |
20170040089 | METHODS OF PREPARING CONDUCTORS, CONDUCTORS PREPARED THEREFROM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - A method of preparing a conductor including a first conductive layer including a plurality of metal oxide nanosheets, the method including: preparing a coating liquid including a plurality of metal oxide nanosheets, wherein an intercalant is attached to a surface of the nanosheets, applying the coating liquid to a substrate to provide a first conductive layer including a plurality of metal oxide nanosheets, and performing a surface treatment on the first conductive layer to remove at least a portion of the intercalant. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040090 | THERMAL SLEEVE WITH SELF-ADJUSTING POSITIONING MEMBER, ASSEMBLY THEREWITH AND METHOD PROTECTING A TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MEMBER THEREWITH - A thermal sleeve and method for protecting a temperature sensitive electronic member against exposure to heat. The thermal sleeve includes a tubular wall with an inner surface bounding an inner cavity extending along a central longitudinal axis between open opposite ends and a reflective outer surface. The thermal sleeve includes a positioning member constructed of a separate piece of material from the tubular wall, with an annular portion attached to the tubular wall and at least one resilient finger extending radially inwardly from the annular portion. The at least one finger extends radially inwardly along a plane from the fixed end along an arcuate path to a free end configured for abutment with a wiring harness attached to the temperature sensitive electronic member. The free end of the finger is radially expandable along the plane toward the annular portion to automatically adjust to an outer envelop of said wiring harness. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040091 | CHIP RESISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A chip resistor includes an insulating substrate, a resistive element provided on an upper surface of the insulating substrate, a pair of upper-surface electrodes provided on respective ones of both end portions of an upper surface of the resistive element so as to expose a part of the upper surface of the resistive element from the upper-surface electrodes, and a protective layer that covers the part of the resistive element and that does not cover the pair of upper-surface electrodes. The pair of upper-surface electrodes have exposed upper surfaces and exposed edge surfaces, respectively. Each of the edge surfaces of the pair of upper-surface electrodes does not project outward from respective one of the edge surfaces of the insulating substrate. The chip resistor can reduce a temperature coefficient of resistance to improve the temperature coefficient of resistance. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040092 | SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND PTC THERMISTOR - A semiconductor ceramic composition including a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component. | 2017-02-09 |
20170040093 | Metal Magnetic Material And Electronic Component - Provided are: a metal magnetic material capable of reliably establishing insulation while realizing high saturation magnetic flux density; and an electronic component using the metal magnetic material and having low loss and good DC superimposition characteristics. The metal magnetic material for forming a component body of the electronic component comprises a metal magnetic alloy powder consisting of iron and silicon or containing iron, silicon and chromium; and an additional element added to the metal magnetic alloy powder, wherein the additional element is more easily oxidizable in the equilibrium state of oxidation-reduction reaction than the elements contained in the metal magnetic alloy powder. The component body ( | 2017-02-09 |
20170040094 | POWDER MAGNETIC CORE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a powder magnetic core ( | 2017-02-09 |