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| US10039220B2 |
Method, system and device for improved storage and handling of components
A method for retrieving and presenting objects in an automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse adapted to obtain information related to upcoming SMT jobs, the method comprising receiving at least one of input data and a parameter representing a position within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse; retrieving a bin from said position within said automated SMD warehouse at least partly based on said at least one of input data and/or a parameter representing said position within said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse; and -presenting said retrieved bin at, or close to, an output port, such as an opening, of said automated Surface Mount Device (SMD) warehouse. |
| US10039218B2 |
Electronic circuit component mounting system
A method using an electronic circuit component mounter including a circuit substrate conveying and holding device, and a bulk feeder that is a head-side feeder which can be moved to any position on a plane inside the mounter. An electronic circuit component mounting system including a control device that performs control such that that the component holding tool positioned at a component pickup position for a component supplied from the head-side feeder and an electronic component contact each other, and the electronic circuit component and the head-side feeder contact each other during contact between the component holding tool positioned at a component mounting position and an electronic circuit component and during contact between the electronic circuit component and the circuit substrate. |
| US10039214B2 |
Heat spreader and power module
The present disclosure provides a heat spreader and a power module. The heat spreader comprises: a base plate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an insulating frame fixedly connected to the first surface of the base plate; and an insulating material attached to at least a part of a surface of the insulating frame. The present disclosure can effectively satisfy design requirements for both heat dissipation and insulation, and significantly increase a layout space for a printed circuit board. |
| US10039212B2 |
System and method of providing computer resources
A data center system can include a mobile support structure; one or more enclosures for removable electronic equipment where the enclosures are housed by the support structure; a cooling system in fluid communication with the enclosures for cooling of the electronic equipment where the cooling system is housed by the support structure; and a power system operably connected to the electronic equipment and the cooling system for supplying power thereto where the power system comprises a generator housed by the support system. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10039209B1 |
Structure for transferring heat in devices
Described are techniques for controlling the transfer of heat on various portions of a device or other structure. A structure may include a substrate having a first thermal conductivity. A material having a different thermal conductivity is distributed on the substrate. The position, quantity, and thickness of the material affects the manner in which heat is transferred away from at least one hot spot on the substrate. |
| US10039207B2 |
System and method for vertically stacked information handling system and infrastructure enclosures
An information technology enclosure has a processing subsystem and infrastructure subsystem in separate shipping containers that cooperate to process information. The processing subsystem has increased information processing density by concentrating information handling systems in a first processing shipping container that is supported with infrastructure equipment in a second infrastructure shipping container. In one embodiment, the shipping containers are arranged in a stacked configuration so that cooled air and exhausted air are exchanged through aligned vents formed in the ceiling and floor of stacked shipping containers. |
| US10039206B1 |
Server racks including sliding electrical connection systems
Slidable electrical connection systems are described. An example system may include a compute component that may include a slide component and an elongate conductive structure disposed at an outer casing of the compute component. The slide component may permit the compute component to move linearly between an extended position and a stowed position. The elongate conductive structure is configured and positioned to engage with an electrical contact of a support surface to form an electrical connection. The electrical connection is maintained at least while the compute component is moved between the extended position and the stowed position. |
| US10039205B2 |
Subsea power supply arrangement
A subsea power supply arrangement includes a closed power supply module realized to contain a pressure-compensated main fluid volume; and a number of power cell arrangements arranged in the interior of the closed power supply module. At least one power cell arrangement includes a metal capacitor housing realized to contain a capacitor bank in a fluid volume, and a barrier between an interior fluid volume of the power cell arrangement and the main fluid volume. A subsea power cell arrangement for use in such a subsea power supply arrangement is also disclosed. |
| US10039203B2 |
Molded card guide chassis
A chassis to receive a line replaceable module including a molded body formed from a composite material, a card guide integrally formed in the molded body to receive the line replaceable module, the card guide including a card guide wall integrally formed in the molded body and extending outwardly from the molded body, and a plurality of tolerance features disposed within the card guide to retain the line replaceable module. |
| US10039201B2 |
Mounting systems for digital media players
Mounting systems can attach electronic devices a wall such as the wall of a television. Electronic devices can general a substantial amount of heat that can be trapped by mounting systems. The mount ventilation systems described herein can allow cool air to flow around electronic devices. A mounting system can include a base configured to hold the electronic device, a first ventilation channel located between a first wall and a second wall of the base, and a second ventilation channel in fluid communication with the first ventilation channel. In some embodiments, the second ventilation channel extends outward from the first ventilation channel such that the second ventilation channel fluidly couples the first ventilation channel with a portion of the mounting system configured to hold the electronic device. |
| US10039200B2 |
Engagement structure, electronic component module, and electrical connection box
An engagement structure includes a block that has first and second side surfaces, and that holds an electronic component; a cover that has first inner wall surfaces facing the first side surfaces and second inner wall surfaces facing the second side surfaces; an engagement mechanism that includes a projecting engagement portion provided on either one of the first side surface and corresponding first inner wall surface and an recessed engagement portion provided in the other thereof; and a projection that is provided on one surface of the second side surface and corresponding second inner wall surface, and that is in contact with the other surface thereof to press the other surface so as to restrain the first side surfaces and the first inner wall surfaces from relatively moving in directions separating from each other in an engaged state of the engagement mechanism. |
| US10039199B2 |
Discrete packaging adapter for connector
An adapter has two conductors each with a U-shaped bend forming upper longer legs and lower shorter legs. The conductors face each other with the longer legs linearly aligned with each other and the shorter legs aligned with each other, thereby forming a first gap between the longer legs and a second gap between the shorter legs. The first gap is substantially smaller than the second gap, so that an electrical package can be placed across the first gap to contact the two upper longer legs, while the two shorter legs are spaced further apart to span a larger gap between conductors of a connector. Thus, the adapter enables the electrical package to be connected to conductors having a gap that is larger than the electrical package. |
| US10039197B2 |
Housing having an opening and a covering device
A housing includes a main housing part with an opening as well as a covering device for the opening. The covering device has a first cover part, which at least substantially covers the opening and a second cover part which is separate from the first cover part, bears at least in certain regions against the first cover part and has at least one clearance or aperture in the region of the opening. The second cover part is fastened or supported at the main housing part, in particular in the region of a periphery of the main housing part that extends or runs around the opening. The weight of the covering device is therefore low and yet a high level of stability and sealing in relation to fluids is provided. |
| US10039196B2 |
Portable device
A portable device of the present invention includes an exterior member of which an inside is hollow, a plurality of support parts provided in the inside of the exterior member so as to stand up in a direction perpendicular to a front or back surface of the exterior member, a plurality of buffer members provided around each of the plurality of support parts, and an inner member kept in the inside of the exterior member in parallel with the front or back surface of the exterior member without being in contact with the exterior member by the plurality of buffer members. |
| US10039195B2 |
Fabrication of intra-structure conductive traces and interconnects for three-dimensional manufactured structures
A method for forming a three-dimensional object with at least one conductive trace comprises providing an intermediate structure that is generated (e.g., additively or subtractively generated) from a first material in accordance with a model design of the three-dimensional object. The intermediate structure may have at least one predefined location for the at least one conductive trace. The model design includes the at least one predefined location. Next, the at least one conductive trace may be generated adjacent to the at least one predefined location of the intermediate structure. The at least one conductive trace may be formed of a second material that has an electrical and/or thermal conductivity that is greater than the first material. |
| US10039194B2 |
Dual solder layer for fluidic self assembly and electrical component substrate and method employing same
A dual solder layer for fluidic self assembly, an electrical component substrate, and method employing same is described. The dual solder layer comprises a layer of a self-assembly solder disposed on a layer of a base solder which is disposed on the solder pad of an electrical component substrate. The self-assembly solder has a liquidus temperature less than a first temperature and the base solder has a solidus temperature greater than the first temperature. The self-assembly solder liquefies at the first temperature during a fluidic self assembly method to cause electrical components to adhere to the substrate. After attachment, the substrate is removed from the bath and heated so that the base solder and self-assembly solder combine to form a composite alloy which forms the final electrical solder connection between the component and the solder pad on the substrate. |
| US10039189B2 |
Circuit fixing member, circuit module, and joining method for circuit module
A circuit fixing member is provided which achieves a connection with a controlled object after a circuit module is produced, thereby avoiding disconnection of a wire member in the course of the production, easy to transfer between production processes, and is designed to avoid the entry of water into the circuit module. The terminal-embedded portion 110 of the circuit fixing member 10 which retains the control circuit 15 is equipped with a plurality of circuit supports 111 and the space 115 which communicates at an end thereof with the opened terminal insertion hole 117 and is closed at the other end thereof. For engaging the terminal fitting portion 130 of the terminal member 13 with the fitting portion 200 of the controlled object side terminal member 20 within the space 115, the terminal locking opening 114 and the terminal locking member 14 are provided. The terminal locking member 14 works to secure the locked portion 201 in the space 115. |
| US10039188B2 |
Two-stage power delivery architecture
A two-stage power delivery network includes a voltage regulator and an interposer. The interposer includes a packaging substrate having an embedded inductor. The embedded inductor includes a set of traces and a set of through substrate vias at opposing ends of the traces. The interposer is coupled to the voltage regulator. The two-stage power delivery network also includes a semiconductor die supported by the packaging substrate. The two-stage power delivery network also includes a capacitor that is supported by the packaging substrate. The capacitor is operable to provide a decoupling capacitance associated with the semiconductor die and a capacitance to reduce a switching noise of the voltage regulator. |
| US10039187B2 |
Flexible printed wiring substrate
A flexible substrate having a branch structure in the related art has problems in that: adhesive strength after two bodies are folded and fixed at a bonding region decreases due to an unfolding and opening force at a curve portion and ends of the bonded portions are peeled off and generate gaps; and in a soldering process of the two bodies, the electrodes of one body soldered first are displaced due to reheating in soldering the other body secondly and deteriorate in soldered connection. The present invention provides a new flexible substrate having a branch structure, including first and second bodies joined together, and having a structure in which one of the bodies can be folded back in a longitudinal direction of the whole flexible substrate. Tip ends of the two bodies are provided with multiple electrodes, and are connected by soldering to approximately corresponding positions on both surfaces of an end portion of a printed substrate concerned. |
| US10039171B1 |
Feedback circuit
The present invention particularly discloses a novel feedback circuit, mainly comprising: a signal sampling unit, a feedback unit, a signal concerting unit, and a signal adjusting unit. During the operation of the feedback circuit, a current-mode error amplifier unit is configured to output a current error signal based on a current sampling signal and a dimming signal outputted by the signal converting unit, so as to activate a PWM controlling unit to stabilize an output current of a LED driver circuit. In the meantime, a voltage-mode error amplifier unit cooperates with the PWM controlling unit to adaptively regulate an output voltage of the LED driver circuit based on a voltage sampling signal and an adjustment signal outputted by the signal adjusting unit, in order to facilitate the LED driver circuit provides a constant output power. |
| US10039169B2 |
Light source apparatus
A light source apparatus including a light-emitting module and a control unit is provided. The light-emitting module is configured to provide a light. The control unit makes the light emitted from the light-emitting module switched among a plurality of kinds of first light. Correlated color temperatures of the plurality of kinds of first light are different from each other, and circadian action factors of the plurality of kinds of first light are substantially the same as each other. |
| US10039165B2 |
Multi-pad, multi-junction LED package
A light emitting diode (“LED”) module is disclosed. The LED module includes a first LED tap and a second LED tap, the first tap being powered on for a longer amount of time than the second LED tap, based on an alternating current voltage. The LED module also includes a first LED package on which a first LED associated with the first LED tap and a second LED associated with the second LED tap are disposed. The LED module further includes a second LED package on which a third LED associated with the first LED tap and a fourth LED associated with the second LED tap are disposed. |
| US10039163B2 |
Solid-state light-emitting element module and lighting assembly
An LED module includes: an LED disposed on a substrate; an input terminal and an output terminal for supplying current to the LED from a lighting circuit; an identification terminal for outputting to the lighting circuit an electric signal representing identification information for identifying electrical characteristics of the LED; and an identification information setter that is connected between the output terminal and the identification terminal and variably sets the identification information. |
| US10039162B1 |
Light emitting diode light device
A light emitting diode (LED) light device is provided, which includes an LED light and an LED light driving device connected with the LED light. A power regulating module in the LED light driving device includes at least two equivalent resistors connected in parallel and a dip switch arranged in a branch where each of the equivalent resistors is located, the LED light may be regulated to output different power through different combinations of on-off states of the dip switches. The dip switches are arranged at an opening on a surface of the housing. |
| US10039160B2 |
Light engine for light emitting element
A light engine for a light emitting element includes an element substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements is mounted, a plurality of circuit substrates connected to one another in an insulated state in order to apply a drive voltage to the light emitting elements and connected to the element substrate in an insulated state, and a plurality of protection substrates configured to surround the element substrate and the circuit substrates and to make contact with the element substrate and the circuit substrates in an insulated state. |
| US10039159B1 |
AC LED driver with capacitive switching
An AC LED driver for providing operating power to an LED load. The AC LED driver includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal, each of the first and second input terminals connectable to an AC input voltage source. The AC LED driver further includes a current limiting capacitor coupled to the first input terminal and a bridge rectifier coupled to the current limiting capacitor, the bridge rectifier having a plurality of rectifying diodes. The AC LED driver also includes a phase angle shift unit coupled to the first input terminal and the bridge rectifier, the phase angle shift unit configured to minimize a phase angle between input line current and input voltage received via at least one of the first input terminal and the second input terminal. |
| US10039158B2 |
Pressure ring assembly for contact shoes in an electrode system
Provided is a pressure ring assembly for contact shoes in an electrode system of an electric arc furnace provided with at least one electrode column assembly. The electrode column assembly comprises a contact shoe ring formed of a plurality of contact shoe elements, a pressure ring formed of a plurality of pressure blocks, and a heat shield formed of a plurality of heat shield segments. An elongated groove is formed on both substantially vertical side edges of each pressure block, and an elongated lock bar is placed in the grooves of two adjacent pressure blocks to join said pressure blocks with each other. The form of the lock bar essentially matches to the form of the grooves of said two adjacent pressure blocks. Each lock bar is locked in place in the grooves by fastening bolts through holes in the pressure blocks. |
| US10039157B2 |
Workpiece processing chamber having a rotary microwave plasma source
In a processing reactor having a microwave plasma source, the microwave radiator is mounted on a rotary microwave waveguide coupling for continuous rotation, to form the reactor for processing a workpiece. |
| US10039155B2 |
Base station system
A base station system includes a base station device (1), a wireless transmission device (2) and a data transfer device (3), each of which can be installed outdoors. Enclosures (12, 22 and 32) of the devices (1-3) each provide a degree of protection from water and dust ingress necessary for being installed outdoors. The enclosure (12) of the base station device (1) accommodates electronic equipment (11) functioning as a base station. The enclosure (22) of the wireless transmission device (2) accommodates electronic equipment (21) functioning as a radio station to perform wireless transmission with the other device for connecting the base station device (1) to a mobile backhaul network. The enclosure (32) of the data transfer device (3) accommodates electronic equipment (31) functioning as a router or a switch to transfer data packets or data flames between the base station device (1) and the wireless transmission device (2). This eliminates the need for construction of a building/shelter to install the base station system. |
| US10039152B2 |
Systems and methods for establishing multiple radio connections
A method for establishing multiple radio connections by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that includes a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a first cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) in a primary radio connection. The method also includes decoding the first PDCCH. The method also includes receiving a second PDCCH that includes a second CRC scrambled by a second C-RNTI in a secondary radio connection. The method also includes decoding the second PDCCH. |
| US10039144B2 |
Wireless base station and wireless communication terminal and wireless communication system
Provided is a wireless communication system transmitting information to a communication terminal moving through a spot wireless area. In an integrated base station, an external information communication section controls communication with a server. A contents memory section stores contents received from the server. A wireless LAN communication section communicates with the communication terminal. A control section establishes connection with the communication terminal using a first connection not requiring an authentication procedure for connection with the communication terminal, or using a second connection requiring the authentication procedure for connection with the communication terminal. An access control (restriction) section permits access from the communication terminal to the contents memory section and prohibits access to the server when a type of connection with the communication terminal is the first connection, and permits access from the communication terminal to the contents memory section and to the server in the case of the second connection. |
| US10039140B2 |
Method and apparatus for transreceiving signal in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for device-to-device transreceiving a signal by a first device in a wireless communication system, wherein the method for transreceiving a signal comprises the steps of: receiving from a second device a discovery signal; determining the number of antenna ports associated with the transmission of the discovery signal; and decoding the discovery signal based on the number of antenna ports, wherein an initial value of a sequence constituting the DMRS is determined by a parameter related to a cell ID, and the value of the parameter related to the cell ID is selected from a range of values differing from values available to a physical cell ID and a virtual cell ID. |
| US10039137B2 |
Electric power tool and dust collector
An electric power tool includes a wireless transmission unit and a transmission control unit that causes the wireless transmission unit to transmit a linking signal to a dust collector to thereby cause the dust collector to operate in a linked manner. An operation mode of the transmission control unit is shifted from a normal mode to a pairing mode by operation of an operation unit. When in the pairing mode, the transmission control unit causes the wireless transmission unit to transmit a pairing request signal to the dust collector. In this way, the electric power tool can be registered in the dust collector as a link target appliance. |
| US10039136B2 |
Base station, service processing method, and cloud computing system
A base station, a service processing method, and a cloud computing system. The method includes: establishing a wireless network bearer channel with a UE; receiving a service request of the UE through the wireless network bearer channel; parsing a request content in the service request of the UE, and generating a cloud service access request according to a content, which needs to be processed by a cloud server end, in the request content; and sending the cloud service access request to the cloud server end, and returning a corresponding processing result of the cloud server end to the UE through the wireless network bearer channel. Therefore, a transport layer protocol and an access layer protocol on a user equipment side are terminated at a base station, so that in the embodiments of the present invention, inter-layer optimization is implemented. |
| US10039135B2 |
Communication access method and user equipment
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication access method and user equipment, where the method includes sending, by a first user equipment, a first channel access request message before determining to send first information, detecting, by the first user equipment in a reserved resource, a second channel access request message sent by another user equipment, and then, sending, by the first user equipment, the first information when it is determined that the second channel access request message sent by the other user equipment is not detected in the reserved resource or a second scheduling priority carried in the second channel access request message detected in the reserved resource is lower than the first scheduling priority. Therefore, competition with another user equipment for a channel resource is avoided, and a probability of a collision occurring when information is sent on a channel is reduced. |
| US10039130B2 |
Communications network, macro cell, small cell, communications system and communications method
There is provided a heterogeneous communications network. The heterogeneous communications network comprises: a macro cell; a small cell provided within the macro cell; and a user equipment provided within the macro cell, wherein the user equipment is operable to receive control-plane information from the macro cell and user-plane information from the macro cell and/or the small cell, and wherein the user equipment is operable to transmit a connection request based on the received control-plane information, the macro cell and/or small cell are operable to determine which of the macro cell and the small cell is to operate as the serving cell for the user equipment based on the connection request, and the determined serving cell is operable to transmit a connection response to the user equipment. |
| US10039129B2 |
Wireless device, wireless communication method and wireless communication system
A wireless device performs communication of a first access period and a second access period, the first access period including a plurality of slots in which communication is performed on a slot basis by allocating the slots and the second access period including a plurality of slots in which communication is performed in a contention-based access scheme on a slot basis, and includes a transmitter, a receiver and an control circuitry. The control circuitry performs, when one slot in the second access period is determined, carrier-sensing during a period of time depending on a type of the frame, and controls to transmit via the transmitter the frame at a timing defined depending on the type of the frame after the period of time. |
| US10039127B2 |
Method and device for allocating resources in multiple frequency band system
A method is described for receiving data from a base station by a first type user equipment (UE) capable of using a plurality of frequency bands based on resource allocation in a first wireless mobile communication system capable of using the plurality of frequency bands. Each of the plurality of frequency bands has a respective bandwidth for a second wireless mobile communication system. Specific control information is received from the base station indicating whether a specific frequency band among the plurality of frequency bands is used for downlink resource allocation or not. Control information reception resources comprise a common resource area and a first type UE-specific resource area. The common resource area is for both the first type UE and a second type UE, the second type UE adapted for the second wireless mobile communication system not capable of using the plurality of frequency bands. |
| US10039126B2 |
Scheduling method, apparatus, and system
The application provides a scheduling method, apparatus and system. A controller receives scheduling request information sent by a content source. The scheduling request information includes a constraint condition of non-real-time traffic transmission, and the constraint condition includes: information about a first address and information about a second address. A first forwarding path and a sending time for sending the traffic are determined according to the information about the first address, the information about the second address, and statistical information about network traffic. The controller sends a first message that includes a sending rate to the content source at the sending time, and the traffic is sent through the first forwarding path. |
| US10039124B2 |
Negotiated schedules for coexistence in unlicensed frequency bands
A first node that operates according to a first radio access technology (RAT) provides a first schedule to a second node that operates according to a second RAT. The first schedule requests a first portion of a subsequent time interval for transmission in an unlicensed frequency band. The first node receives one or more second schedules from a second node. The one or more second schedules request one or more second portions of the subsequent time interval for transmission in the unlicensed frequency band. The first node transmits signals in the unlicensed frequency bands during a third portion of the subsequent time interval that is determined based on the at least one second portion. |
| US10039123B2 |
Device, system and method of scheduling communications with a group of wireless communication units
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of scheduling communications with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a wireless communication unit may transmit at least one scheduling frame including an indication of a downlink period allocated for simultaneous transmission from the wireless communication unit to at least one group of a plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit a plurality of different wireless communication transmissions to the plurality of wireless communication devices of the group during the downlink period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10039120B2 |
Scaling of shared spectrum exclusive resources
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to utilize a shared spectrum between two or more network operators. Coexistence between the different network operators on the shared spectrum may be provided by reserving resources for exclusive use by each of the network operators within a period of time that is variable based on the number of network operators. Non-exclusive use of resources may further be granted to one or more network operators in accordance with network operator priorities. |
| US10039117B2 |
Method and device for maintaining the performance quality of a communication system in the presence of narrow band interference
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing a signal to identify a present interference and extracting the interference from the signal. The extracting can include comparing a presence time for the interference with a reference time; if the presence time exceeds the reference time and at least one of a plurality of filters is available for filtering the present interference, an available filter of the plurality of filters is activated, thereby causing filtering of the interference from the signal. If no filter is available due to activation of the filters for filtering a plurality of previously identified interferences, a priority order is determined for the present interference and the previously identified interferences, based on their interference signal levels. The filters are assigned to the interferences in accordance with the priority order. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10039116B1 |
Long term evolution scheduler to mitigate interference
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable storage media for scheduling physical resource blocks (PRBs) comprises a communication radio access network (RAN) base station with a scheduler that assigns one or more PRBs to a communication channel of a user device. The PRBs can be prioritized according to a radio frequency (rf) interference level across the contiguous band of PRBs. The rf interference level of a communication channel of the user device can be monitored by the scheduler. The scheduler assigns one or more of the prioritized PRBs according to the rf interference level of the PRBs and according to the rf interference level of the communication channel of the user device. |
| US10039112B2 |
Methods and systems for provisioning a virtual network in software defined networks
Upon receiving a request for a virtual network and before admitting the requested virtual network, a virtual service provider controller may assess the ability of the virtual service provider network to meet conditions specified in the request. In particular, the virtual service provider controller may consider details of the traffic expected in the requested virtual network in the context of existing traffic on the virtual service provider network. Consideration may be given to geographic distribution of traffic, type of traffic, and key performance indices. Indeed, traffic of different types may be homogenized through the use of weighting factors to simplify the assessment. Upon determining that the virtual service provider network may not be able to meet the conditions, the virtual service provider controller may attempt to obtain additional resources from an infra-structure provider network or may attempt to adjust resources allocated to already admitted virtual networks. |
| US10039111B2 |
Assignment of hierarchical cell structures employing geolocation techniques
Distance is employed to facilitate sector selection and re-selection in a network during handoff. A system receives measurement information for a mobile device. The measurement information includes information indicative of a geographical location of the mobile device. The system determines information indicative of a geographical location of a cell site to which the mobile device is assigned. The system then selects a sector of the cell site with which to associate the mobile device. The selection of the sector is based, at least, on a distance determined between the mobile device and the cell site. In various embodiments, the distance information is determined based on the latitude and longitude of the mobile device. In various embodiments, the morphology of the terrain for the area in which the mobile device is located is factored into the determination of the sector. |
| US10039110B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for device-to-device communication
Methods and apparatuses for device-to-device (D2D) communication are provided. In an method, configuration messages including configuration information with respect to a control channel for the D2D communication is generated (S201) and the configuration messages are transmitted (S202) to user equipments that support D2D communication. With the methods and apparatuses, resources used for D2D control channel are reasonably allocated to explore diversity gain or reduce interference. |
| US10039108B2 |
Techniques for group-based spatial stream assignment signaling in 60 GHz wireless networks
Techniques for group-based spatial stream assignment signaling in 60 GHz wireless networks are described. According to various such techniques, a 60 GHz-capable transmitting device may be configured to define one or more DL MU-MIMO groups, each of which may comprise one or more respective 60 GHz-capable receiving devices. In various embodiments, the 60 GHz-capable transmitting device may include a DL MU-MIMO group ID within DL MU-MIMO control information in a PHY header of a PPDU in order to indicate that the PPDU is directed to a DL MU-MIMO group corresponding to that DL MU-MIMO group ID. In some embodiments, DL MU-MIMO control information may comprise information specifying spatial stream assignments for the 60 GHz-capable receiving devices of that DL MU-MIMO group. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10039107B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of dynamic allocation of radio resources to wireless communication links of a plurality of types
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of dynamic allocation of radio resources. For example, a resource allocator may dynamically allocate to a plurality of nodes of a cellular network non-cellular radio resources for communication over a plurality of non-cellular wireless communication links, the resource allocator may be configured to assign the non-cellular radio resources to a plurality of resource blocks corresponding to a plurality of link types, and to dynamically allocate to a non-cellular wireless communication link resources from a resource block corresponding to a link type of the non-cellular wireless communication link. |
| US10039101B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining D2D data resource for D2D communication
A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. The method includes: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource offset and a period associated with a D2D data transmission resource bitmap in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including at least one bit corresponding to bit value “1”; and determining a pool of subframes corresponding to the bit value “1” of the D2D data transmission resource bitmap, the period associated with the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including the pool of subframes, the pool of subframes corresponding to D2D data transmission resources through which a D2D data transmission is capable. |
| US10039100B2 |
Systems and methods for OFDM channelization
Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the coexistence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided. |
| US10039098B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic bandwidth provisioning in frequency division duplex systems
A method and apparatus are described that provides flexible spectrum usage by using a paired frequency division duplex (FDD) spectrum to enable dynamic access in television white space (TVWS), sub-leased spectrum or unlicensed spectrum, (e.g., industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) bands), in a femto cell environment or the like. Elastic FDD (E-FDD) enables femto cell operation in TVWS, sub-leased spectrum and/or unlicensed spectrum, either simultaneously with licensed spectrum or as an alternate channel to licensed spectrum. E-FDD enables dynamic asymmetric bandwidth allocation for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) in FDD, and enables variable duplex spacing, (i.e., using FDD with minimum duplex spacing between DL and UL spectrum, or, using hybrid-FDD, (FDD in a time duplexed fashion), when a spectrum gap between the UL and DL spectrum is below a certain minimum threshold. Additionally, the signaling enhancements to implement E-FDD are also provided. |
| US10039097B2 |
Remote head simultaneously transmitting radio wave
Systems and methods for communicating in an Ethernet cloud radio access network are disclosed. In some implementations, a baseband unit determines a time when a plurality of remote radio heads, accessible to a user equipment, are scheduled to transmit a signal to the user equipment. The baseband unit transmits, via an Ethernet connection and in advance of the determined time, the signal and information about the determined time to each of the plurality of remote radio heads, to enable the plurality of remote radio heads to simultaneously transmit, at the determined time and via a radio connection, a Fourier transform of the signal to the user equipment. |
| US10039096B2 |
System and method for protecting time slots
A method for prioritizing first group devices over second group devices in accessing a channel during a time slot scheduled for communications by the first group devices is provided. The method includes generating a frame comprising a Duration field containing a value set to a sum of a duration of a frame exchange including a transmission of the frame and a duration of a time extension, and transmitting the frame in the time slot. |
| US10039093B2 |
Control information sending method, receiving method, and device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a control information sending method, receiving method, and device. The control information sending method includes: determining a first subframe of a first radio frame on a first carrier, where the first subframe includes a control region; sending control information in the control region of the first subframe of the first radio frame to a user equipment, where the control information includes a PDCCH; and sending an ePDCCH in a second subframe of the first radio frame to the user equipment. According to the embodiments of the present invention, when control information borne on an ePDCCH cannot be sent in a first radio frame, a PDCCH can still be sent to a user equipment through a control region in a first subframe, thereby achieving purposes of performing uplink/downlink scheduling for the user equipment and downlink feedback for uplink data of the user equipment. |
| US10039092B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and channel allocation method
Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal. |
| US10039091B2 |
Base station device, mobile station device, wireless communication method, wireless communication system, and integrated circuit
A base station device that communicates with a mobile station device is provided. The base station device uses a physical broadcast channel to transmit information instructing the mobile station device to monitor a common search space or an enhanced common search space for a physical downlink channel. |
| US10039087B2 |
Uplink control data transmission
Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel. |
| US10039085B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless transmissions using multiple uplink carriers
A method and an apparatus for wireless transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot and control channels for uplink transmissions on both uplink carriers, and transmit a data channel and a pilot channel via a secondary uplink carrier. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmission on the primary uplink carrier, and transmit via a secondary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmissions on the secondary uplink carrier. Each uplink carrier may be associated with at least one specific downlink carrier such that the WTRU applies control information received on a downlink carrier to uplink transmissions on an uplink carrier associated with the downlink carrier on which the WTRU receives the control information. |
| US10039081B2 |
Terminal, network device, paging method, and area information update method
The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a terminal, a network device, a paging method, and an area information update method, so as to: in a terminal relay scenario, page a terminal to which another terminal provides a relay service, and update area information of the terminal to which the another terminal provides the relay service. A first terminal provided in embodiments of the present invention includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a paging message, where the paging message carries a terminal identity of a second terminal; and a processing module, configured to: when determining that the second terminal is a terminal to which the first terminal provides a relay service, page the second terminal according to the terminal identity of the second terminal. |
| US10039078B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing tracking area list in wireless communication system
Managing a tracking area list in a wireless communication system is provided. An operation of a Mobile Station (MS) includes transmitting a request for tracking area update for a 1st tracking area, receiving a tracking area list to which the 1st tracking area and a 2nd tracking area are added, and updating a stored tracking area list by the tracking area list to which the 1st tracking area and the 2nd tracking area are added. |
| US10039071B2 |
Systems, apparatus, and methods for association in multi-hop networks
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating data in a wireless communications network are described herein. One innovative aspect of the present disclosure includes a method of communicating in a wireless network. The method includes encrypting a message based, at least in part, on an original source address, and a final destination address. The method further includes transmitting the encrypted message to a relay for delivery to the final destination address. |
| US10039069B2 |
Communication system, base station, user equipment and timing synchronization method for base station thereof
A communication system, a base station, a user equipment (UE), and a timing synchronization method for the base station thereof are provided. The communication system includes a first base station, a second base station and the user equipment. The UE is located within coverage of the first base station and the second base station. The first base station and the second base station respectively measure signal stability of the user equipment so that the second base station selects the user equipment based on the measurements for the stability of the signals. The first base station computes a first timing error for transmitting or receiving message between the first base station and the user equipment then transmits the first timing error to the second base station. The second base station adjusts a timing difference between the first base station and the second base station through the first timing error. |
| US10039066B2 |
Automatic gain control method and automatic gain control circuit
This automatic gain control circuit is provided with a variable gain amplifier for amplifying a received signal, has a small circuit size, and makes it possible to reduce the effect of superimposed external noise input within the frequency bandwidth of a received signal. The automatic gain control circuit supplies the output of the variable gain amplifier to an analog/digital converter and comprises: a frequency selection circuit that is connected to the output of the analog/digital converter and that selects a signal within the frequency bandwidth of a received signal, said signal having a narrower bandwidth than the frequency bandwidth; and a control signal generation circuit that generates a control signal for the variable gain amplifier on the basis of the strength of the signal selected by the frequency selection circuit. |
| US10039062B2 |
Uplink transmit power of a mobile controlled by base station based on difference between target and received quality
A method for controlling, by a base station, uplink transmission power of a mobile terminal. The base station receives an available transmission power amount of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal. The base station determines a target channel quality value corresponding to a current location of the mobile terminal, on the basis of the available transmission power amount.The base station determines a received channel quality value using an uplink data channel received from the mobile terminal. Further, the base station determines a transmit power control (TPC) using a difference between the target channel quality value and the received channel quality value. |
| US10039060B2 |
Apparatus and method for setting antennas of mobile device, and mobile device
The disclosure provides an apparatus and method for setting antennas of a mobile device, and a mobile device, and the apparatus includes: one or more processors; and a memory, where the memory is configured to store one or more computer readable program codes, and the one or more processors are configured to execute the one or more computer readable program codes to perform operations of: functioning, by the mobile device, as a Wi-Fi relay to be connected with both a wireless access point and an electronic device, wherein the mobile device is provided with at least two Wi-Fi antennas to receive and transmit Wi-Fi data; determining a communication type of communication between the wireless access point and the electronic device; and adjusting the number of receiving antennas and the number of transmitting antennas among the Wi-Fi antennas according to the communication type. |
| US10039058B2 |
Idle state management
In various embodiments, a combined clear channel assessment indicator may be derived by combining two separate clear channel assessment indicators. An OR function may be used so that a channel is considered idle only if both CCA indicators indicate that the channel is idle. In some embodiments, a filter may be used to remove glitches from the indicator. |
| US10039057B1 |
Optimized deployment of BLE network and power efficient and secure management of data exchange between BLE devices
The present disclosure is related to a system for managing data exchanges between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. The system includes a plurality of BLE devices. At least one BLE device is configured as a parent node and at least one BLE device is configured as a child node. The parent node is configured to receive a BLE packet, including data reported by the child node in a payload field of the BLE packet, and to use a location function to determine a location in the payload field for inserting data to be reported from the parent node. The parent node aggregates the data to be reported from the parent node and the data reported by the child node by inserting the data from the parent node into the determined location in the payload field of the BLE packet, and then broadcasts the BLE packet with the aggregated data. |
| US10039055B2 |
Method for monitoring a physical downlink control channel during DRX operation in a wireless communication system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a PDCCH during a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) operation in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving first DRX (Discontinuous Reception) information from the first BS; receiving second DRX information from the second BS; and monitoring a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) for the first BS during an active time for the second BS, wherein the active time for the second BS includes one or more On Durations indicated by the second DRX information. |
| US10039051B2 |
Peer-to-peer discovery
A wireless device that discovers other wireless devices for the formation of a peer-to-peer connection may perform a scan that is limited in duration and power consumption. The scan nonetheless is highly likely to discover a device, if a discoverable device exists. In addition, the scan may be performed in compliance with parameters of a peer-to-protocol such that the scan may be readily implemented in a wireless device, in some embodiments even as a firmware upgrade on a wireless network interface card. Parameters of the scan may be adjusted to increase the likelihood that, if the scan completes without discovering a device, no discoverable device exists. The scan may be used in an overall process in which discovery ends or the scan is selectively repeated following an unsuccessful scan, without entering a find phase. |
| US10039050B2 |
System and method for applying extended accessing barring in wireless communication system
A system and a method that employs Extended Access Barring (EAB) when a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device performs an attempt to access an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system are provided. When User Equipment (UE) supporting MTC, an MTC device, performs an attempt to access a network, the system and method determines whether it can access the network and performs the access procedure. The system and method can control the operations of UE that performs an attempt to access a network, thereby preventing excessive access. |
| US10039047B1 |
Reliably communicating information associated with mobile device accounts
A computing platform enables the reliable delivery of message data (e.g., virtual airtime credits) into the accounts of mobile device users. The computing platform facilitates a large network of integrations (communication channels) with mobile network operators and reseller, preferably via a statistically-based message routing technique that uses a continuously updated estimate of the probability that a particular request over each integration will succeed. Requests are then routed over an integration picked using this information; if the request fails, the attempt is then retried using another integration until either it succeeds or the system believes the request will never succeed. The success or failure of each request is also used to update the probability estimate, preferably continuously, so that the system adjusts automatically as the reliability of each integration changes over time. |
| US10039046B2 |
Traffic class capacity allocation in computer networks
In one embodiment, a device in a network identifies one or more traffic classes used by one or more nodes in the network. The device determines routing requirements for a particular traffic class of the one or more traffic classes. The device generates a channel assignment that assigns the particular traffic class to a particular channel based on the routing requirements for the particular traffic class. The device provides the channel assignment to the one or more nodes. The one or more nodes use the channel assignment to route traffic of the particular traffic class within the network. |
| US10039041B2 |
Method and apparatus for mitigating interference between mobile devices in a wireless communication system
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for mitigating interference between two communication sessions based on a determined geographical proximity of two mobile devices (MDs) to each other. In one embodiment, a geographical proximity is determined of a first MD, engaged in a first communication session, to a second MD, engaged in a second communication session. Based on the determined geographical proximity, one of the two communication sessions is transferred to the other MD so that both communication sessions are resident at, and can be controlled by, a same MD. In other embodiments, wherein a first MD is engaged in two communication sessions, one of the two communication sessions may be transferred to a second MD that is sufficiently geographically distant from the first MD or the first MD may use a geographically distant remote wireless device as an uplink and downlink relay device for one of the communication sessions. |
| US10039040B2 |
Systems and methods for cell change based on target cell performance
Systems and methods for a cell change based on target cell performance are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node in a cellular communications network comprises receiving a measurement report from a wireless device having a serving cell, the measurement report comprising an indication that another cell is better than the serving cell such that the other cell is identified as a target cell for a cell change and the serving cell is identified as a source cell for the cell change. The method further comprises determining whether to perform the cell change from the source cell to the target cell based on one or more parameters indicative of a performance of the target cell. The method further comprises performing the cell change upon determining that the cell change from the source cell to the target cell should be performed. |
| US10039038B2 |
Communication apparatus, method of controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium
A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit that performs a wireless communication with a second communication apparatus using a first communication method, and a second communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the second communication apparatus using a second communication method different from the first communication method. The first communication unit transmits a message including information indicating a communication protocol to be used in executing a service via the wireless communication by the second communication unit. |
| US10039037B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing handover in a wireless communication system
A method for performing handover by wireless User Equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a Long Term Evolution-Mobile Extreme Convergence (LTE-MXC) application processor, a LTE processor and a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The UE buffers a set of IP packets when a Radio Access Technology (RAT) indicator is less than a pre-defined threshold and sends the set of IP packets to the LTE processor and the DSP. The LTE processor transmits the set of IP packets to the LTE network and sends acknowledgement signals to the LTE-MXC application processor and the DSP. When the handover is complete, the LTE processor sends the transmission status of the set of IP packets to the DSP. The UE also includes multimode Radio Resource Control (RRC) and Non-Access Stratum (NAS) modules. |
| US10039036B2 |
Operation of a serving node in a network
The invention provides a system and method for repairing corrupt security information. At a serving node in a telecommunications network, security capabilities of a terminal are received when the terminal registers with the serving node. The received security capabilities are stored. A path switch request message is received from a target base station following an X2 handover request sent from a source base station to the target base station for handover of the terminal, the path switch request including the security capabilities of the terminal. The serving node determines whether the security capabilities of the terminal stored in the storage medium should be sent to the target base station. If so, the serving node sends the stored security capabilities of the terminal to the target base station for use in reselecting security algorithms to be used in communications between the target base station and terminal following the handover. |
| US10039035B2 |
Sending an identifier of a wireless local area network to enable handoff of a mobile station to the wireless local area network
In a wireless communications network, the presence of a wireless local area network in a cell segment is determined. An identifier of the wireless local area network in the cell segment is sent to at least one mobile station in the cell segment to enable the at least one mobile station to hand off to the wireless local area network. Optionally, information identifying geographic boundaries of cell segments and the wireless local area network can be sent to the at least one mobile station. |
| US10039030B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless communication system, and device for performing same
A method for receiving signals by a first terminal in a wireless communication system supporting non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: obtaining downlink control information with respect to a second terminal which is NOMA-paired with the first terminal; receiving NOMA signals in which a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) with respect to the first terminal and a second PDSCH with respect to the second terminal are multiplexed by different transmission power values; and removing interference by the second PDSCH from the NOMA signals on the basis of the downlink control information with respect to the second terminal. In the step of removing the interference by the second PDSCH, if the second PDSCH is re-transmitted to the second terminal by an HARQ process, the interference by the second PDSCH can be removed by reusing predetermined information obtained by the first terminal at the time of initial transmission with respect to the HARQ process. |
| US10039028B2 |
Congestion in a wireless network
Examples of methods, systems, and computer program products relating to supervising data in a wireless network are disclosed. At least part of a system may be located between a packet data network and a base station, and/or may be at least logically separate from the base station. The system may be capable of evaluating the service provided by the base station, and may be capable of determining whether or not any action should consequently be performed. Examples of an action may include an action which may not necessarily affect en-route data packets such as outputting a report, and/or an action which may affect en-route data packets such as delaying packets, not delaying packets, and/or stopping the delaying of packets. An action which affects data packets may or may not affect data packets uniformly. An action may or may not result in an improvement in quality of user experience. |
| US10039025B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting channel measurement information in mobile communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting channel measurement information in a mobile communication system are disclosed. The method and apparatus enable a user equipment to log channel measurement information and transmit the same to a base station so as to enhance radio network performance and reduce processing complexity of the user equipment by removing unnecessary operations of the user equipment and preventing waste of radio network capacity during transmission of channel measurement information. |
| US10039024B2 |
Method, device, and system for inter-frequency cell measurement
The present invention provides a method, a device, and a system for inter-frequency cell measurement. The method includes: performing, by a terminal, when receiving a measurement command of a network side device, inter-frequency cell measurement, in different cases, based on the time specified in different measurement time parameters or based on measurement time parameters corresponding to the information about an inter-frequency band. As different measurement time parameters specify different time actually used for measurement, not only an inter-frequency cell that meets a measurement event can be measured, but also the time for measurement by the terminal can be reduced, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal and enhancing the performance of the terminal. |
| US10039023B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatically switching an intelligent device between test mode and normal work mode
The present disclosure provides a method and as apparatus for operating an intelligent device in a test mode. The method includes: scanning a Wi-Fi network periodically, determining whether a service set identifier (SSID) of the Wi-Fi network scanned includes a preset SSID, and operating the intelligent device in a test mode if the SSID of the Wi-Fi network scanned includes the preset SSID. |
| US10039022B2 |
Remote diagnosis and cancellation of passive intermodulation
A passive intermodulation detection system is provided to remotely identify passive intermodulation at a base station site and diagnose the type of intermodulation and location of the non-linearity that is the source of the passive intermodulation. The passive intermodulation detection system can generate a test signal in a first band that is transmitted by an antenna. Another antenna can receive a signal in another band, and the passive intermodulation detection system can analysis the received signal to determine whether an intermodulation product due to a non-linearity is present. Based on the type of intermodulation product, period, order, frequency, and etc., the type and location of the non-linearity can be identified. |
| US10039021B2 |
Processing of passive intermodulation detection results
A PIM (passive intermodulation) diagnosis is generated for one or more wireless networks which have equipment deployed at a plurality of cell sites. Data is received representing PIM detection results from PIM detection devices at the cell sites, the detected PIM including PIM caused by passive intermodulation between carriers of the one or more wireless networks. The data representing respective PIM detection results is normalized to account for transmission power and frequency allocation of respective cell sites, and the normalized data representing respective PIM detection results is correlated with data relating to a condition of respective cell sites and/or an environment of the respective cell sites to produce correlation results. The PIM diagnosis is generated in dependence on the correlation results. |
| US10039011B2 |
Polarization beamforming communication method and apparatus
The polarization beamforming communication apparatus of a base station estimates an azimuth, elevation, and polarization of each of terminals using a reference signal of a terminal received through a plurality of dual polarization antennas, determines a stream to be transmitted based on the azimuth, elevation, and polarization of the terminal, and sends the stream to be transmitted to the terminal through a polarization-matched beam formed in accordance with each of the plurality of dual polarization antennas using the azimuth, elevation, and polarization of the terminal. |
| US10039010B2 |
Base station, machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal, method, and computer readable medium
A base station (13) is configured to receive, from a Machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal (11) or a core network (14), history information indicating whether or not specific coverage enhancement processing was executed in previous communication with the M2M terminal (11). Further, the base station (13) is configured to control communication using the specific coverage enhancement processing between the M2M terminal (11) and the base station (13) based on the history information received from the M2M terminal (11) or the core network (14). It is thus possible to contribute to improving efficiency of determination regarding whether to apply a special coverage enhancement processing to the M2M terminal. |
| US10039005B2 |
System and method for dynamic allocation of frequency sub-channels for wireless communication
An OFDMA system and method for dynamic allocation of sub-channels for a plurality of base stations. The allocation of frequencies may be performed by first allocating to the base stations a first plurality of sub-channels according to a static allocation, wherein the number of sub-channels allocated to each base station is less than the number of available sub-channels, thereby resulting in available remaining sub-channels for each base station that are not assigned in the static allocation, then, after receiving a request from a base station for increased throughput in the downlink and/or uplink direction, allocating at least one additional sub-channel to the requesting base station from among said remaining sub-channels not in use for static allocation according to a dynamic allocation. |
| US10039003B2 |
Controlling access to protected functionality of a host device using a wireless device
A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device (e.g., by establishing that the wearable device is present in the vicinity of the host device and is currently being worn). The existence of such a verified session can be used to control user access to sensitive information that may be stored in or otherwise accessible to a host device. For example, the host device and/or application programs executing thereon can be configured to restrict a user's ability to invoke program functionality that accesses sensitive information based on whether a verified session with a wearable device is currently in progress. |
| US10039002B2 |
Shared Wi-Fi usage
Various technologies described herein pertain to utilization of shared Wi-Fi. For instance, network access rights of a Wi-Fi network can be controlled by a mobile device of a point of contact for the Wi-Fi network. Moreover, utilization of a Wi-Fi network can be tracked and usage data indicative of historic utilization of the Wi-Fi network can be retained. Further, groups of users between whom Wi-Fi credentials are shared can be created. |
| US10039001B2 |
Method for secured transmission of a data object
A method is disclosed comprising receiving identification information on an addressee, to whom an encrypted data object is sent by a transmission device or for whom the encrypted data object is to be provided by the transmission device for retrieval, from the transmission device to a server, associating the identification information with a key for decrypting the encrypted data object by the server, sending the key for decrypting the encrypted data object to the addressee by the server, or providing by the server the key for decrypting the encrypted data object for retrieval by the addressee. |
| US10038994B2 |
Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method and program
Provided is a wireless communication device which includes a function information transmitting unit for transmitting, via a wireless communication network, function information relating to a function of the wireless communication device, a function information receiving unit for receiving function information transmitted from another device, a function information comparison unit for comparing the function information of the wireless communication device and the function information received from such other device, and a function determination unit for determining which of the wireless communication device and such other device is to play a function of an access point, based on a result of the comparison by the function information comparison unit. |
| US10038992B1 |
Wireless coded communication (WCC) devices with power harvesting power sources used in switches
Devices, systems, and method are provided for wireless coded communication (WCC) devices, which are configured for wireless communication with other devices, e.g., over a network. A WCC device is a type of internet of things (IOT) device that can sense data, process data, send data, respond to data requests and exchange data with other WCC device, a network device, a user device, and/or systems over the internet. In some configurations, a WCC device may include a power source that enables usage of low power, e.g., to send data that is sensed, request data and/or communicate data wirelessly. WCC devices maybe function as standalone devices or may be integrated into other devices. In some configurations, a WCC device may include power harvesting circuitry, including power harvesting user controls. A WCC device may be pre-configured or coded to report occurrence of an event, log an event, log state, cause an action, send a message or request data from one or more end nodes. In some configurations, the devices enable communication over a wireless network, which enables access to the Internet and further enables cloud processing on data received or processing for data returned or communicated. |
| US10038990B2 |
Method and apparatus for software defined sensing
Systems and methods for configuring a sensor on a controller include receiving a sensor description defined in a format of a domain specific language corresponding to the sensor. The sensor description is parsed to identify one or more instructions. The one or more instructions are mapped to corresponding commands of the controller to enable the controller to perform the one or more instructions. |
| US10038989B1 |
System and method for remote asset management
A remote asset management system comprising a network of programmable wireless modules, each having an antenna and an identification module and configured to communicate via a radio communication protocol. The system further includes a plurality of assets each linked to one of the wireless modules and configured to be managed by the linked wireless module. A remote system server service platform is configured to receive remote asset data from the wireless modules, pass the remote asset data to and from the wireless modules, send messages to at least one of the wireless modules, monitor the wireless modules by requesting and receiving current mode information, and remotely program the wireless modules. A data processing module located within the wireless module(s) and configured to process messages received by the wireless module, authenticate said message, analyze authenticated messages, and carry out asset management instructions included in the message. |
| US10038986B1 |
Connected services configurator
A system may include a telematics device associated with a vehicle, a first computing device associated with a driver of the vehicle, and a server. The server may receive, from the telematics device or another device, driving behavior data, a vehicle location, and a time corresponding to the vehicle location, and parse data regarding a driver's calendar in order to identify a scheduled meeting or event and a location and/or time associated therewith. Further, the server may estimate a time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the meeting or event location, determine whether or not the driver will be late to the meeting or event, and take action as appropriate. |
| US10038984B1 |
Wireless positioning method and wireless positioning device in indoor environment
Disclosed are a wireless positioning method and a wireless positioning device. When the wireless positioning device is off-line, the information relevant to at least one Wi-Fi access point, at least one Bluetooth access point and at least one reference point is stored. When the wireless positioning device is on-line, the target position of the wireless positioning device is calculated according to the stored information. |
| US10038981B2 |
Synchronous scanning terrestrial networks for measurements for crowdsourcing and positioning
A mobile device synchronously scans different terrestrial networks for positioning measurements to align the scans in time. With minimal time difference between the scans, the positioning measurements from the different terrestrial networks may be used for crowdsourcing or position determination. The mobile device may synchronously scan a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area wireless network so that positioning measurement derived from the scans are aligned in time. A local area wireless network is, e.g., a wireless local area networks (WLANs) or wireless personal area network (WPANs) but does not include cellular networks or satellite networks. The scans may be scheduled at a hardware level to ensure tight synchronization with near-zero time difference between the scans. Alternatively, the scans may be synchronized at a software level with only scans that occur within a time difference threshold from each other are used for crowdsourcing or positioning. |
| US10038979B1 |
System and method for ranging-assisted positioning of vehicles in vehicle-to-vehicle communications
A method for ranging includes randomly selecting a symbol in each of at least two successive sub-cycles of a ranging cycle, transmitting symbol IDs corresponding to the randomly selected symbols and a sequence ID, and transmitting a ranging signal with the sequence ID on each of the randomly selected symbols. |
| US10038978B2 |
Techniques for mobile network geolocation
Techniques for mobile network geolocation are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for mobile network geolocation. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may be configured to determine that a mobile device is on a travel path. The one or more processors may also be configured to determine one or more candidate locations of the mobile device based on data associated with the travel path. The one or more processors may further be configured to determine at least one candidate route associated with the mobile device along the travel path comprised from one or more candidate locations. |
| US10038977B2 |
Recreational vehicle group management system
Systems and methods are provided to permit groups of recreational vehicle riders and others the ability to quickly create and join groups without prior knowledge of the contact information of everyone in the group. In one embodiment, groups are joinable based on the proximity information of the prospective member and the current group members. |
| US10038976B2 |
Location movement method for self-mobile node, and related device
A location movement method for a self-mobile node, and a related device are provided. A self-mobile node can move to a corresponding initial to-be-assisted location range according to initial to-be-assisted location information determined by the self-mobile node or determined by a control device; and after moving to the initial to-be-assisted location range, can move to a final finely adjusted to-be-assisted location range according to finely adjusted to-be-assisted location information determined by the self-mobile node or determined by the control device, and provide an assistance service for another to-be-assisted node within the final to-be-assisted location range. Therefore, a currently existing problem is resolved: Because a precise indoor map cannot be obtained, a self-mobile node cannot move to an accurate to-be-assisted area based on an indoor map. As a result, accuracy and applicability of on-demand movement of the self-mobile node are improved. |
| US10038974B2 |
Mobile system for proximity based task notification for mobile devices
This document describes proximity-based task notification. By notifying a user of an entity at which the user can perform a task when that entity is near to the user, the techniques enable the user to decide, at a time and location likely convenient to the user, whether or not to perform the task now at the entity or wait until a later occasion. If the user wishes to forgo performing the task, the techniques can notify the user again when the entity or some other entity is likely to be convenient to the user. |
| US10038971B2 |
Secure mobile device recovery
An approach includes contacting a predefined contact information when a mobile device, which is password protected, is lost and subsequently found. The approach includes receiving an activation event predefined for a specified password protected mobile device, and receiving predefined contact information stored in the mobile device while the mobile device remains password protected, upon the receipt of the activation event. |
| US10038970B2 |
Information processing apparatus, positioning system and method for positioning a communication device
An information processing apparatus comprises a recording module; an extraction module which extracts maximum radio wave intensity from the radio wave intensities recorded in the same time zone and extracts the radio wave intensities of other first communication devices arranged in the vicinity of a position where the first communication device with the maximum radio wave intensity is installed; and a positioning module which measures a position of the second communication device based on the plurality of the radio wave intensities extracted by the extraction module, wherein the positioning module determines that the second communication device is present at a position where the first communication device with the maximum radio wave intensity is installed on condition that the maximum radio wave intensity extracted by the extraction module is equal to or greater than a threshold value. |
| US10038959B2 |
Binaural cochlear implant processing
A sound processing arrangement is described for a patient with a bilateral cochlear implant system having implanted electrode arrays in each ear. There is a left-side sensing microphone and a right-side sensing microphone, each configured for sensing the sound environment surrounding the patient and generating corresponding microphone signals. A sound object identification module is configured for analyzing the microphone signals to identify one or more sound objects within the sound environment. A sound object selection module is configured for processing the microphone signals to generate a sound object signal for each of the one or more sound objects. A stimulation side selector module is configured for selecting on which side or sides of the bilateral cochlear implant arrangement to process each sound object signal. One or more sound processors processes the sound object signals to generate stimulation signals to the implanted electrode arrays on the selected side or sides. |
| US10038951B1 |
Headphones system and method
A machine washable headband including a headphones system that is waterproof when submerged up to about one meter deep for up to about thirty minutes, the headphones system including a battery compartment, an electronics and control compartment, an inductive charging antenna, and a pair of speakers. |
| US10038950B2 |
Microphone cover/reflector
The present system provides a microphone cover assembly that is portable, lightweight, and can be used when the microphone is attached to a microphone stand or when it is unattached. The cover assembly provides environmental and physical protection for a microphone. In addition, the microphone cover can be used as a sound reflector when in an opened condition, eliminating the need for a separate microphone reflector when the microphone is in operation. |
| US10038946B2 |
Optical network and method for processing data in an optical network
An optical network has an optical line termination coupled to a backbone network, in particular to an optical long haul network and a local exchange coupled to an optical access network. The local exchange provides an optical connection between an optical network unit of a tree topology and the optical line termination, which is part of a ring topology. There is also described a method for processing data in such an optical network. |
| US10038945B2 |
Apparatus and method for activity monitoring
An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with a tag located within a target region when the communication unit is active within the target region, and a processor configured to monitor an activity within the target region based on status information from the tag received by the communication unit, wherein the activity comprises at least one of opening and closing of a member arranged within the target region. |
| US10038943B2 |
Common purchase plan based advertisement
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for selecting an advertisement for play on a specified device for one or more users. Each of the users has a defined relationship with the specified device, and has an information description stored on a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting the respective information description of each of one or more users from the user's communications device to a provider server. The server analyzes one or more information descriptions to identify an advertisement for playing on the specified device. The specified device, in one embodiment, is a television. In an embodiment, advertisements are displayed based on common purchase profiles and common purchase plans among different people. The purchase plans may be sent to the television when the users are in a defined area or come within a given distance of the television. |
| US10038936B2 |
Source device detection
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for source device detection. Source device detection may be performed for a variety of types of connectors such as cables or board/substrate connectors across which a DC voltage or stable presence signal is normally supplied during connections when the power signal of the connector is not present. An alternating power source is coupled to a capacitor of known capacitance via a switch. The capacitor is in series with an effective capacitance of a sink device, a connector, and a source device. When the switch is open, the voltage between the capacitor and the effective capacitor is read to determine if a source device is present and On, and when closed, if the source device is present and Off or in Stand-By, or not present. The methods, systems, and apparatuses described include tunability for the capacitor based on temperature and effective capacitance variations. |
| US10038935B2 |
System and method for real-time transfer of audio and/or video streams through an ethernet AVB network
The disclosure relates generally to transfer of audio and/or video streams, and, more particularly, to system and method for real-time transfer of the audio and/or video streams through an Ethernet audio/video bridging (AVB) network. In one embodiment, multiple audio and/or video streams from multiple AVB enabled devices are received by an AVB enabled network device. Each of the multiple AVB enabled devices has a static priority based on criticality of an application that each of the multiple AVB enabled devices is performing. Further, each of the multiple audio and/or video streams is dynamically queued, by the AVB enabled network device, based on the static priority of the associated one of the AVB enabled devices. Furthermore, real-time transfer of the multiple audio and/or video streams to a user device is enabled, by the AVB enabled network device, through an Ethernet AVB network upon queuing the multiple audio and/or video streams. |
| US10038926B2 |
Server-side blackout enforcement
Some embodiments provide server-side implementation and enforcement of blackout rules for streaming content. A server receives a request from an end user device and extracts a first identifier identifying the end user device and a second identifier identifying the requested stream from the request. The server determines if blackout rules identified for the requested streaming content using the second identifier apply to the end user device based on the first identifier. The blackout rules may restrict IP addresses, IP address subnets, or geographic regions defined using zip codes or DMAs. The first identifier can be an IP address that directly or indirectly maps to the blackout rules. If the first identifier is restricted by a blackout rule, the server identifies the restrictions of the rule, when they apply, and how they are to be applied before dynamically altering the content that is streamed to the end user device. |
| US10038925B2 |
Server side adaptive bit rate reporting
A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement. |
| US10038920B2 |
Multitree subdivision and inheritance of coding parameters in a coding block
A better compromise between encoding complexity and achievable rate distortion ratio, and/or to achieve a better rate distortion ratio is achieved by using multitree sub-divisioning not only in order to subdivide a continuous area, namely the sample array, into leaf regions, but using the intermediate regions also to share coding parameters among the corresponding collocated leaf blocks. By this measure, coding procedures performed in tiles—leaf regions—locally, may be associated with coding parameters individually without having to, however, explicitly transmit the whole coding parameters for each leaf region separately. Rather, similarities may effectively exploited by using the multitree subdivision. |
| US10038919B2 |
In loop chroma deblocking filter
Chroma deblock filtering of reconstructed video samples may be performed to remove blockiness artifacts and reduce color artifacts without over-smoothing. In a first method, chroma deblocking may be performed for boundary samples of a smallest transform size, regardless of partitions and coding modes. In a second method, chroma deblocking may be performed when a boundary strength is greater than 0. In a third method, chroma deblocking may be performed regardless of boundary strengths. In a fourth method, the type of chroma deblocking to be performed may be signaled in a slice header by a flag. Furthermore, luma deblock filtering techniques may be applied to chroma deblock filtering. |
| US10038918B2 |
Video encoding method and device and decoding method and device
A video encoding method, a video encoding apparatus, a video decoding method, and a video decoding apparatus are provided. The video encoding method includes producing a fast transform matrix based on a transform matrix which is used for frequency transformation on a block which has a predetermined size; producing a transformed block by transforming the block having the predetermined size by using the fast transform matrix; and performing scaling with respect to the transformed block in order to correct a difference between the transform matrix used for the frequency transformation and the fast transform matrix. |
| US10038916B2 |
Encoding and decoding architectures for format compatible 3D video delivery
Encoding and decoding architectures for 3D video delivery are described, such as 2D compatible 3D video delivery and frame compatible 3D video delivery. The architectures include pre-processing stages to pre-process the output of a base layer video encoder and/or decoder and input the pre-processed output into an enhancement layer video encoder and/or decoder of one or more enhancement layers. Multiplexing methods of how to combine the base and enhancement layer videos are also described. |
| US10038914B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a video signal, which can increase the accuracy of the motion vector prediction through motion vector scaling which takes a difference in the temporal distance between reference pictures into consideration. To this end, the present invention provides a video signal processing method and a video signal processing apparatus using the same, and the method comprises the steps of: scaling at least one neighboring partition motion vector for a motion vector prediction of the current partition; scaling the neighboring partition motion vector, which has been selected, when the reference picture of the neighboring partition motion vector is different from the reference picture of the current partition; acquiring a motion vector prediction value of the current partition using the scaled motion vector; and acquiring a motion vector of the current partition using the motion vector prediction value. |
| US10038911B2 |
Video encoding method using offset adjustments according to pixel classification and apparatus therefor, video decoding method and apparatus therefor
A video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus generate a restored image having a minimum error with respect to an original image based on offset merge information indicating whether offset parameters of a current block and at least one neighboring block from among blocks of video are identical. |
| US10038910B2 |
Method and apparatus for video processing
Provided is an apparatus for processing a video. The apparatus for processing a video includes an image receiving module that is configured to receive encoded data, a filtering module that is configured to filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded image, a block dividing module to divide the filtered image frame into a predetermined block dividing unit, a compression module to compress each of the plurality of blocks, to package the compressed plurality of blocks into a predetermined packaging unit, and to generate lookup table information corresponding to each of the packaged block, a frame buffer memory that is configured to record the packaged data, and a decompression module that is configured to obtain and decompress at least one of the packaged blocks by using the lookup table information. |
| US10038908B2 |
Palette mode in high efficiency video coding (HEVC) screen content coding (SCC)
An encoding apparatus and coding methods. The method includes receiving a video frame including screen content, generating a block containing an index map of colors for screen content in the video frame, wherein the block includes strings of index values, encoding one or multiple consecutive index values in a first string of index values using same escape colors index values and a run value identifying how many of the same escape color index values have been consecutively encoded, where the escape colors index values represent escape colors, and where the escape colors are colors not included in a palette corresponding to the block, sequentially encoding the escape colors corresponding to the one or multiple consecutive index values after all of the strings of index values of the block have been encoded, and transmitting the strings of index values and the escape colors in a bitstream to a decoding apparatus. |
| US10038901B2 |
Image encoding method and image encoding apparatus
An image encoding method includes: selecting, for each processing block, one of intra prediction modes specified by a coding standard, and performing intra prediction according to the intra prediction mode, wherein the intra prediction modes include a lower-left reference mode in which a processing block located at lower left of a current processing block is referred to, the processing blocks include a first processing block and a second processing block located at upper right of the first processing block, the second processing block being equal in size to the first processing block, the coding standard defines that information on the second processing block is written into a bitstream after information on the first processing block. |
| US10038897B2 |
Video qualification device, system, and method
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing video qualification, which might include implementing video quality measurements at a subscriber premises and qualification of the subscriber premises for particular levels of video data transmission. In some cases, one or more customer premises equipment might comprise video quality chips that might perform measurements of the telecommunications links, and might send the results to a server associated with the service provider. The server might determine available video services, based on the results of the measurements, and might send the subscriber notifications indicating that the subscribers qualify for particular video services. In some cases, implementing video qualification might include the server determining that video service levels provided to a customer premises has been decreased or otherwise negatively affected. The server might order diagnosis and repairs of the affected equipment, and might send a notification to the subscriber indicating that repairs are underway. |
| US10038893B2 |
Context-based depth sensor control
An electronic device (100) includes a depth sensor (120), a first imaging camera (114, 116), and a controller (802). The depth sensor (120) includes a modulated light projector (119) to project a modulated light pattern (500). The first imaging camera (114, 116) is to capture at least a reflection of the modulated light pattern (500). The controller (802) is to selectively modify (1004) at least one of a frequency, an intensity, and a duration of projections of the modulated light pattern by the modulated light projector responsive to at least one trigger event (1002). The trigger event can include, for example, a change (1092) in ambient light incident on the electronic device, detection (1094) of motion of the electronic device, or a determination (1096) that the electronic device has encountered a previously-unencountered environment. |
| US10038889B2 |
Methods and apparatus for requesting, receiving and/or playing back content corresponding to an environment
Methods and apparatus for receiving content including images of surfaces of an environment visible from a default viewing position and images of surfaces not visible from the default viewing position, e.g., occluded surfaces, are described. Occluded and non-occluded image portions are received in content streams that can be in a variety of stream formats. In one stream format non-occluded image content is packed into a frame with occluded image content with the occluded image content normally occupying a small portion of the frame. In other embodiments occluded image portions are received in an auxiliary data stream which is multiplexed with a data stream providing frames of non-occluded image content. UV maps which are used to map received image content to segments of an environmental model are also supplied with the UV maps corresponding to the format of the frames which are used to provide the images that serve as textures. |
| US10038888B2 |
Apparatus for automated panning and zooming in robotic surgical systems
In one embodiment of the invention, a digital zoom and panning system for digital video is disclosed including an image acquisition device to capture digital video images; an image buffer to store one or more frames of digital video images as source pixels; a display device having first pixels to display images; a user interface to accept user input including a source rectangle to select source pixels within frames of the digital video images, a destination rectangle to select target pixels within the display device to display images, and a region of interest within the digital video images to display in the destination rectangle; and a digital mapping and filtering device to selectively map and filter source pixels in the region of interest from the image buffer into target pixels of the display device in response to the user input. |
| US10038886B2 |
Inertia audio scrolling
Embodiments discussed herein include: accessing by a user terminal a recording of a communication session in the form of a media file wherein the media file comprises at least an audio component; accessing by the user terminal, metadata associated with the media file, wherein the metadata comprises an indication of a respective one or more visual representations of each of a plurality of events determined to have occurred during the communication session, wherein at least some of the visual representations comprise text converted from at least one communication stream of the recorded communication session, and wherein the metadata further comprises timing information linking the respective visual representations to the events; playing the media file using a media playing application running on the user terminal; and controlling play back of the media file so that a play back rate of the audio component is synchronized with a rate of a user scrolling through the visual representations. |
| US10038881B2 |
Display device, image processing device and image processing method, and computer program
Provided is a display device including an image display unit configured to display an image with a plurality of pixels arranged on a display surface, an eyepiece optical unit configured to project the display surface of the image display unit in a manner that a predetermined angle of view is obtained, and an image correction unit configured to correct a display image on the display surface at a position of each of representative pixels which are discretely located on the display surface, on the basis of distortion generated due to the eyepiece optical unit. |
| US10038880B2 |
Control device, method, and medium controlling display of images
A control device is connectable to a first projection device and a second projection device. The first projection device performs projection onto a projection area to display a first image with a first resolution in the projection area. The second projection device performs projection onto the projection area to display a second image with a second resolution lower than the first resolution in the projection area. Both the first and second images are displayed to display an image based on target image data in the projection area. The control device includes a control unit that controls the display of the first image and the display of the second image based on the target image data. The control unit controls the display of the first image and the second image such that the first image attains gradation almost equal to gradation of the target image data. |
| US10038878B1 |
Video conference method using conference room objects
The present invention relates to a video conference method using a computer 20 and a conference server 10 connected to the Internet, in which objects that can be selected by a user, such as icons, buttons and the like, are outputted on the computer 20 connected to the conference server 10, and the computer 20 is registered as a participant of a conference as the user performs handling of selecting an object, and thus circulation of video information is performed through the conference server 10. Through the present invention, it is possible to participate in a video conference only by intuitive handling of selecting an object implemented in a computer 20 without inputting the complicated identification information or a URL, and therefore, an effect of enhancing user's convenience and expanding utilization of an Internet video conference can be obtained. |
| US10038873B2 |
Isolating temporary images
A method for managing temporary images. The method comprises a computer system. The computer system identifies a context for an image for a user generating the image. The computer system determines whether the image is a temporary image based on the context of the image for the user. The computer system preforms a group of alternate actions on the image when the image is the temporary image. |
| US10038871B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving power using HDMI
Disclosed herein is a power supply method of a sink device using a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). The method may include being connected to a source device through the HDMI, not receiving a +5 V signal from the source device for a predetermined time, supplying power of a predetermined power level to the source device through the connected HDMI, receiving the +5 V signal from the source device, transmitting a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) signal, transmitting Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) information including power supply support information of the sink device to the source device, receiving request power characteristic information of the source device, and supplying power to the source device based on the request power characteristic information. |
| US10038868B2 |
Solid-state image sensing device and electronic device
The present invention provides a technique for achieving higher picture quality of a captured image by reducing noise which occurs at the time of resetting in a solid-state image sensing device and the like. A pixel array in a solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels and includes an OB pixel region and an effective pixel region. The solid-state image sensing device has a signal processing unit outputting a pixel signal of each of the pixels in the effective pixel region on the basis of the signal level of a signal output from each of the pixels. The solid-state image sensing device obtains a signal without applying a reset signal to each of the pixels in the OB pixel region, obtains the difference between the signal and a signal of a pixel in the effective pixel region, and outputs an image signal. |
| US10038867B2 |
Certification device and method using image sensor
A mobile device method for certifying a mobile device includes: generating first fixed pattern noise (FPN) information based on column FPN of an image sensor included in the mobile device; and controlling the mobile device to perform a certification by using the first FPN information. |
| US10038864B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus for phase difference autofocusing
A solid-state imaging device including a phase difference pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion unit formed in a semiconductor substrate, a light blocking film that is provided in an insulating layer stacked on the semiconductor substrate, and shields substantially a half of the phase difference pixel from light, with the boundary being the pupil position, and a polarizing structure that polarizes light passing through an opening portion not shielded from light by the light blocking film. The present technology can be applied to solid-state imaging devices capable of image plane phase difference autofocusing, for example. |
| US10038860B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling sensors to capture images in a synchronized manner
Methods and apparatus relating to capturing images of a scene area in a synchronized manner using a plurality of optical chains are described. In various embodiments image sensors corresponding to the plurality of optical chains of a camera are operated in rolling shutter mode to read out rows of pixel values corresponding to a current scan position when the image sensors have a row of pixel values corresponding to the current scan position. In some embodiments a scene area of interest is captured by initiating a scan and thus image capture of the scene area by one or more optical chains which are operated in a coordinated manner. In some embodiments a controller controls the plurality of image sensors to perform a read out of pixel values in a synchronized manner, e.g., with rows of pixel values being read out sequentially in accordance with operation of a rolling shutter implementation. |
| US10038856B2 |
Imaging device, imaging method, and program
An imaging device includes an imaging optical system that includes a first optical system and a second optical system having a common optical axis and having different focal lengths, an imaging element that includes a first sensor group selectively receiving light passing the first optical system and a second sensor group selectively receiving light passing the second optical system, and an image compositing unit that generates a first generated image by performing registration on a plurality of first captured images captured in different states of an optical axis L of the first optical system and by compositing the registrated plurality of first captured images and that generates a second generated image by performing registration on a plurality of second captured images captured in different states of the optical axis L of the second optical system and by compositing the registrated plurality of second captured images. |
| US10038848B2 |
Image blur correction device and imaging device
The image blur correction device is an image blur correction device that corrects a blur of an image of a subject to be captured, and includes a movable frame, a fixed frame, a plurality of connection members, a plurality of actuators, a pair of magnets, and a magnetic body. The movable frame is displaceable along a plane orthogonal to an optical axis. The fixed frame faces the movable frame. The plurality of connection members connects the fixed frame and the movable frame to each other, and supports the movable frame so as to be displaceable. The plurality of actuators changes the position of the movable frame according to displacement of the movable frame. The pair of magnets is mounted on one of the fixed frame and the movable frame, and includes a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole. The magnetic body is mounted on the other of the fixed frame and the movable frame, and disposed to face the pair of magnets. The magnetic body has a flat surface facing the pair of magnets, the flat surface having four sides. A first side out of the four sides is located across the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole of the pair of magnets, and a second side intersecting the first side is located along one of the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole of the pair of magnets. The first side is linear, and the second side has a recessed shape or a protruded shape intersecting the first side. |
| US10038847B2 |
Image processing technique for generating more appropriate motion vectors for a captured image that is distorted
A generation unit generates N distortion corrected images (N≥2) by performing coordinate conversion on each of N partial areas of a first captured image, using a conversion parameter that depends on a position of the partial area, and generates N distortion corrected images by performing coordinate conversion on each of corresponding N partial areas of a second captured image, using a conversion parameter that depends on a position of the partial area. A detection unit detects N motion vectors by comparing each of the N distortion corrected images generated from the first captured image with the corresponding distortion corrected image generated from the second captured image. A conversion unit generates N converted motion vectors by performing inverse coordinate conversion on each of the N motion vectors using a conversion parameter that depends on a position of the corresponding partial area. |
| US10038846B2 |
Surgical camera system with automatic alternation between two depths of field
A surgical camera system with automatic alternation between two depths of field is provided, comprising: a tunable iris configured to automatically alternate between a first depth of field (“DOF”) and a second DOF larger than the first DOF; one or more lenses configured to collect light using the iris; a body containing the iris and at least a portion of the lenses; a sensor configured to produce images from the light; a video processing unit configured to: produce an image stream from first images and second images produced by the sensor from the light, the first images acquired at the first DOF and the second images acquired at the second DOF; and adjust one or more lighting parameters of the first images and the second images prior to producing the image stream; and, a display device in communication with the video processing unit, configured to render the image stream. |
| US10038844B2 |
User interface for wide angle photography
The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI. |
| US10038842B2 |
Planar panorama imagery generation
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for generating improved planar panorama imagery, which may be used to view street-level, human-scale locations along a desired path, for example. One or more desired objects can be detected in source imagery that may be used to produce the resulting planar panorama imagery. Respective object regions comprising a desired object can be identified in one or more frames of the source imagery. One or more portions of the source imagery that do not comprise the object region for the desired object can be joined with at least some of the one or more frames that do comprise the object region for the desired object. The resulting planar panorama imagery can thus comprise the desired object. Also, the planar panorama imagery can be generated so as to lack one or more non-desired objects and/or adverse effects that may result therefrom. |
| US10038841B1 |
System for streaming multiple regions deriving from a wide-angle camera
A wide-angle camera emulating a PTZ camera via image data processing is used to generate a panoramic image of multiple regions for ease of viewing. A client can specify multiple regions for extraction from the panoramic image to stream to a separate server for further image processing and analysis. |
| US10038838B2 |
Directed image capture
A process is provided for graphically guiding a user of a capture device (e.g., smartphone) to more accurately capture a series of images of a building. Images are captured as the picture taker moves around the building—taking a plurality (e.g., 4-16) of images from multiple angles and distances. Before capturing an image, a quality of the image may be determined to prevent low quality images from being captured or to provide instructions on how to improve the quality of the image capture. The series of captured images are uploaded to an image processing system to generate a 3D building model that is returned to the user. The returned 3D building model may incorporate scaled measurements of building architectural elements and may include a dataset of measurements for one or more architectural elements such as siding (e.g., aluminum, vinyl, wood, brick and/or paint), windows, doors or roofing. |
| US10038837B2 |
Imaging device and water droplet adhesion determining method
An image signal evaluator calculates a first image signal evaluation value based on an image signal captured in a state where a focusing position is adjusted to an imaging target. A water droplet adhesion determiner determines whether there is a possibility that a water droplet may be adhered onto an imaging window by comparing a first image signal evaluation value and a threshold value. In a case where it is determined that there is the possibility, an image signal evaluator calculates a second image signal evaluation value based on an image signal captured in a state where the focusing position is adjusted to a position of a close distance. The water droplet adhesion determiner determines whether a water droplet is adhered onto the imaging window by comparing the first image signal evaluation value and the second image signal evaluation value. |
| US10038836B2 |
Automatic image capture during preview and image recommendation
Techniques and implementations related to automatic image capture during preview, as well as recommendation of images, are described. A method for operating an electronic apparatus may involve receiving a stream of one or more preview images in a preview mode of the electronic apparatus. The method may also involve determining whether any preview image of the stream of preview images is valuable. The method may further involve controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus in response to the determining. |
| US10038834B2 |
Video call method and device
The present disclosure provides an electronic device for making a video call. The electronic device includes at least one camera, a communication module, and a processor that makes a video call with an external electronic device by using an image captured by the at least one camera, and if a control signal is received from the external electronic device, through the communication module, controls the at least one camera, based on the control signal. |
| US10038832B2 |
Camera module comprising a fixing structure for fixing an elastic member
A camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is proposed, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a housing member arranged at an upper surface of the PCB, a bobbin movably positioned at an inner side of the housing member, an upper elastic member connected to an upper surface of the housing member and to an upper surface of the bobbin, and a space forming part formed at one side of the housing member to provide a moving space to the upper elastic member when the bobbin makes a relatively vertical movement to the housing member. |
| US10038827B2 |
Semiconductor device, electronic device module and network system
A semiconductor device includes an adjusting circuit that transmits a control signal to a device to be controlled according to a transmission cycle synchronized with a reference clock. The device to be controlled has a first period during which the control signal is allowed to be supplied to the device to be controlled and a second period during which the supplying of the control signal to the device to be controlled is not preferable compared to that in the first period. The adjusting circuit is configured to, when a transmission timing of the control signal determined according to the transmission cycle is within the second period, adjust the transmission timing of the control signal so that the control signal will be transmitted in the first period. |
| US10038824B1 |
Partitioning raster images for multiple print colorant orders
According to exemplary methods, a print job is received into a computerized device that includes a marking device. The print job specifies an imposition template defining multiple logical pages for a single sheet of print media according to an electronic document. The print job attributes also contain a first print colorant order and a different second print colorant order. Groups of logical pages are defined for each print colorant order, and buffers are created in which raster data associated with each group of logical pages are merged and untouched pixels are marked as negative pixels. The information from each buffer is printed on a single sheet of print media. Following printing of each buffer, the sheet of print media is returned to the marking device, so that information from the next buffer can be printed on the same side of the sheet of print media, using the marking device. |
| US10038821B2 |
Image reading apparatus that performs shading correction, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image reading apparatus that makes it possible to reduce the influences of dirt on a white reference chart itself, stripes caused by dust, and the like, and thereby generate accurate data for shading correction. An image processor performs shading correction on image data read by a reader unit. The read image data is compared with threshold values set for each pixel, and a pixel which is out of a range of the threshold values is determined as a singular point pixel. Data of a pixel determined as a singular point pixel is interpolated from data around the singular point pixel. Data of a pixel which is not determined as a singular point pixel is adopted as valid shading correction data. An operation controller controls the number of effective sampling lines from start to termination of sampling to be performed. |
| US10038819B2 |
Signal processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and signal processing method
Provided is a signal processing apparatus that enables an image reading apparatus to perform higher speed processing of reading a document image. A signal processing unit is configured to convert six analog image signals obtained from a line sensor into six first signals, each of which is a 10-bit digital image signal, respectively, and to write the six first signals into a RAM at a first speed that is the same as a frequency of the analog image signals. The signal processing unit is configured to cause a serialization unit to read out from the RAM the six first signals as four second signals, each of which is a 10-bit digital image signal, at a second speed higher than the first speed, respectively, and to serialize the four second signals to generate six 7-bit serial signals. |
| US10038818B2 |
Local enhancement of large scanned documents
Enhancing image quality of an initial full image of a document includes subdividing the initial full image of the document into a number of segments, determining at least one of the segments for enhancement, directing a user to take photographs with a smartphone to provide a separate segment image for the at least one of the segments by presenting on a screen of the smartphone a view of the document having lines superimposed thereon corresponding to the segments, and merging the separate segment image to provide an enhanced full image. The number of segments may depend upon a size of text in the initial full image and a desired height of text in the enhanced full image. The view of the document having lines superimposed thereon corresponding to the segments may provide a target to the user for photographing the at least one of the segments. |
| US10038816B2 |
Information processing apparatus, display control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprises: an obtainment unit that obtains information from an external apparatus; a determination unit that determines an operation mode of the information processing apparatus; and a notification unit that performs a notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit, wherein the notification unit, if the mode determined by the determination unit is a specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in a second notification screen that is smaller than a first notification screen, and, if the mode determined by the determination unit is not the specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in the first notification screen. |
| US10038814B2 |
Printing apparatus, print control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
In one or more embodiments, a control unit reads image data and date information of a main image from a memory card into a RAM. When a watermark printing is set, the control unit combines characters of the date information having a high gradation value with overcoat layer data having a mixture pattern in which pixels having a high gradation value and pixels having a low gradation value are located randomly or alternately in rows and columns to generate overcoat layer print data and stores the data in an overcoat layer data storage area. The control unit generates CMY print data from the image data of the main image to print it on image-receiving paper by using a print processing section. After printing of the main image, the control unit prints the overcoat layer print data so that it is superimposed on the main image on the image-receiving paper. |
| US10038811B2 |
Image reading device and image forming device
An image reading device of the present invention includes a reading unit in which a lighting system and an optical system are mounted, a controller provided at a position where the controller does not transfer along with the reading unit, and a flexible flat cable that includes a curved portion and connects the reading unit with the controller. The lighting system includes an elongated light conductor extended in the main scanning direction and an end portion light source arranged at the end portion of the light conductor. The flexible flat cable is arranged on the outside of the optical system and on the lower side of the light conductor. |
| US10038804B2 |
Image forming apparatus, control method of image forming apparatus and, program
An image forming apparatus includes: an accepting unit to accept user operations to transition the apparatus from a standby state to a power save state; a detecting unit to detect objects around the apparatus; and a power control unit to transition the apparatus from the power save state to the standby state according to detection of an object by the detecting unit, and to transition the image forming apparatus from the standby state to the power save state according to user operations accepted at the accepting unit. The power control unit prohibits the apparatus from transitioning from the power save state to the standby state according to the detection of the object, until a user, which performed operations accepted by the accepting unit to transition the apparatus from the standby state to the power save state, thereafter ceases to be detected by the detecting unit. |
| US10038802B2 |
Copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image generation method and image processing apparatus
A combination of a latent-image pattern which forms a latent-image part and a background pattern that forms a background-image part is determined so that the latent-image part and background-image part have equal print densities. The determined latent-image pattern and background pattern, color information used to determine a color of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, input image information as an image to be processed, copy-forgery-inhibited pattern basic information used to designate the latent-image part and background-image part, and camouflage region designation image information used to designate a camouflage region are input. A copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is generated on the basis of the input information. |
| US10038801B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes: a first size-detecting portion which detects a size of an original disposed on a disposing portion; a conveying portion which conveys the original disposed on the disposing portion to a reading portion, a second size-detecting portion which detects the size of the original to be conveyed by the conveying portion; a controller which calculates an overlap region between a reading region and an original region, with the reading region determined based on a reading size obtained by a obtain portion and the detection of the first size-detecting portion, and the original region determined by the second size-detecting portion; and a notifying portion which makes a predetermined notification based on the information that has been calculated. |
| US10038799B2 |
System and method for field customization of multifunction peripherals
A system and method for customized multifunction peripherals includes a controller having a processor and a memory that stores identified electronic customization groups each including electronic files, such as forms, applications, screen backgrounds, company logos, screen positioning information, and labels corresponding to a unique business type. Further stored in the memory are device customization data sets corresponding to document processing operations for the multifunction peripheral. The processor generates indicia on the display identifying each customization group by business type and receives a user selection of a selected identified customization group selected from the indicia. The processor generates, on the display, a customizations menu listing available customizations associated with a user's identity from the selected identified customization group. The processor generates, on the display, a document processing options menu including document processing options corresponding to a portion of the device customization data sets associated with the selected identified customization group. |
| US10038798B2 |
Distributed sensing and video capture system and apparatus
Systems and apparatus for sensing and video capture include at least one camera with an optical sensor that captures video image data of a first sampling rate. An auxiliary sensor captures auxiliary data at a second sample rate. A processor is communicatively connected to the optical sensor and auxiliary sensor. The processor transmits video image data captured at the first sample rate auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate across a data connection to a centralized computer that receives the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data and operate to present the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data on a graphical display. |
| US10038794B2 |
System for communicating with an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network
A system for communicating with an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an intermediate node having a controller element to receive from a non IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) compliant node a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message having a calling party number and a called party number, and insert in the SIP message a request that instructs a receiving IMS-compliant node to bypass validation of the calling party number. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10038793B2 |
VoIP adapter for connecting landline phones to IP routers
Systems and methods for adapting traditional landline telephones to make and receive Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls and other communications are described. In some embodiments, an adapter, adaptor, or other device or apparatus connects an IP router, such as a WiFi router or other access point, to a traditional landline telephone (e.g., a phone using dual-tone multi-frequency, or DTMF, signaling), enabling the traditional landline phone to make and/or receive VoIP calls. |
| US10038790B2 |
Communication service operating method and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device includes: a first communication module configured to perform a call signal based communication and a second communication module configured to perform a short range communication or wired communication; and a processor configured to control call signal reception processing of the first communication module, wherein when an operation change of a communication channel established based on the second communication module, based on at least one of a movement of an electronic device and a movement of a second electronic device that is connected through the second communication module or has a connection history, the processor allows the electronic device or the second electronic device to receive the call signal. |
| US10038789B1 |
Call routing methods and systems
Methods and systems for routing calls based on a minimum expected delay, classification, and priority of the call are provided. In some embodiments, when a call is received, the call is classified and prioritized within the classification. A minimum expected delay time is determined. Based on the minimum expected delay time, the classification, and the prioritization, the call is routed to a representative with instructions on how the call should be treated. |
| US10038786B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving goal-directed textual conversations between agents and customers
In accordance with an example embodiment a computer-implemented method and an apparatus for predicting and tracking of mood changes in textual conversations are provided. The method includes determining, by a processor, one or more mood metrics in each of two or more chat stages of a real-time textual conversation between an agent and a customer. Changes in the one or more mood metrics across the two or more chat stages of the real-time textual conversation are tracked by the processor. Further, the method includes determining, by the processor, at least one action associated with the real-time textual conversation based on the changes in the one or more mood metrics. |
| US10038785B1 |
Methods and systems for automatically recognizing actions in a call center environment using video data
A system for recognizing processes performed by a call center agent during a session may receive input data from a screen recording system that includes a video signal representing a plurality of frames from a time-series video recording or video stream of a desktop of a user electronic device. The system processes the video signal to identify one or more frames of interest from the plurality of frames. Each frame of interest includes a change in a layout of the corresponding one or more screens as compared to a preceding frame in the time-series video recording. The system automatically identifies actions performed by the call center agent that represent an interaction that the call center agent had with one or more screens corresponding to the frame of interest. The system generates an event log that includes a timeline depicting a visual representation of the identified actions. |
| US10038782B2 |
System and method for supporting managed call recording services
The supporting of the managed call recording is used for a call between a calling party and a called party, where a network node receives an invite message that initiates the call, and it is determined that either the calling party or the called party is a managed call recording (MCR) subscriber. A conference bridge is created for the calling party, the called party, and a session initiation protocol recording server (SRS), after the call has been answered by the called party. The network node transmits instructions to play MCR announcements using the conference bridge, prior to the call being connected between the calling party and the called party, where the call is recorded by the SRS. |
| US10038780B2 |
System for switching and outputting sender-controlled incoming ringtone and method therefor
The present invention provides a system for switching and outputting a sender-controlled incoming ringtone, in which applications transmitting a message to be transmitted to each counterpart of a phone call or text message transmission and automatically setting and outputting the message as the ringtone when a receiver receives the message transmitted by the sender are installed in a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, respectively, such that the message set by the sender is output as the ringtone of the receiver terminal by the control of the sender when making a voice call or transmitting the text message, and a method therefor. |
| US10038777B2 |
Mobile terminal and event processing method
Provided is a mobile terminal having a sensor detecting movement thereof and an event processing method. The mobile terminal includes: an orientation detector for monitoring, in response to detection of an event, movement of the mobile terminal for a preset time duration to identify an orientation of the mobile terminal; and a controller for processing the event in an operating mode corresponding to the identified orientation. As a result, the user can readily switch operating modes of the mobile terminal by changing orientations thereof. |
| US10038776B2 |
Apparatus and method for automatic call receiving and sending depending on user posture in portable terminal
A method of receiving a call by recognizing a posture of a user in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes identifying whether a call reception event occurs, detecting a motion in which the user brings the portable terminal to an ear by using a posture detecting sensor, when the call reception event occurs, and connecting the call upon detecting the motion. |
| US10038772B2 |
Communication systems and methods
Systems and methods for establishing communication between a terminal and a device are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a method used in the device includes receiving a plurality of multicast packets from the terminal. The method also includes determining, according to the multicast packets, wireless connection information of a wireless network. The method further includes connecting to the wireless network according to the wireless connection information. The method further includes generating a notification indicating a password associated with the device. |
| US10038771B2 |
Extending features of one device to another
Extending a feature includes receiving a feature extension request from a first device identifying a feature not natively available to the first device. From a pool of registered devices, a second device offering the requested feature is identified. A communication link via which the requested feature can be extended to the first device is initiated. The extending of the requested feature from the second device to the first device is facilitated. |
| US10038770B2 |
Push user interface
Exemplary embodiments may be used as a Push-User Interface (UI) for electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets and other similar devices, including personal computers, watches, etc. The system may be used with a remote device having a wireless communication interface such that a unique UI is pushed from the remote device to the electronic device to create a user interface experience specific to the remote device on the electronic device. |
| US10038768B2 |
Coupling of radio hardware with a mobile device acting as a software defined radio
The devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure allow a radio device to connect to a mobile device. When interconnected with the radio device, the mobile device may communicate via radio connection as well as cellular network connections and other wireless connections inherent to the mobile device. Described herein are devices, systems, and methods to create a coupled mobile device and radio, with a Software Defined Radio capability operating on the mobile communication device to control the radio functionalities embedded within the radio device. |
| US10038765B2 |
Method of transmitting and receiving data using new layer in wireless communication system
A method of transmitting data and an eNB are disclosed. The method of transmitting data, which is received from a user equipment and transmitted to a network entity by an eNB, can include the steps of receiving a data packet of the user equipment from a first layer different from an IP layer of the eNB in the IP layer, checking whether or not the data packet corresponds to a data packet transmitted by the first layer using a header of the data packet, if the data packet corresponds to the data packet transmitted by the first layer, adding an IP header selected using a pre-stored mapping table to the data packet, delivering the data packet to which the IP header is added to a second layer corresponding to a lower layer, and transmitting the data packet to which the IP header is added to the network entity. |
| US10038763B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting network protocols
A method and system for dynamic detection of network protocols are provided. Data is received from a device, wherein the data does not specifically identify a protocol for communication. The data is analyzed to determine a communication protocol associated with a connection. A response is transmitted to the device using the determined communication protocol. |
| US10038762B2 |
Request and response decoupling via pluggable transports in a service oriented pipeline architecture for a request response message exchange pattern
A computer-implemented system and method for decoupling processing of request and response messages supporting different pluggable respective transports in a service-oriented pipeline architecture for a request-response Message Exchange Pattern (MEP) is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes receiving a message having coded therein information identifying a desired pluggable transport mechanism respectively for a request and a response; processing the message through a message processing pipeline; dispatching the processed message to a dispatcher; determining if the desired pluggable transport mechanism is available; activating the desired pluggable transport mechanism, if the desired pluggable transport mechanism is available; and transporting the processed message via the desired pluggable transport mechanism. |
| US10038756B2 |
Managing sponsored content based on device characteristics
Improved search capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications devices such as cell phones. These and other capabilities are employed to improve delivery of sponsored content, such as advertisements and sponsored links, to appropriate or desirable mobile communication facilities. |
| US10038755B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for provisioning a push notification session
A system and method for provisioning a push notification session via a communications network between an application on a client terminal and a server corresponding to the application. In one aspect, a push provisioning entity transmits a message to the client terminal, whereby to configure the client terminal into a state in which it is able to request a push notification session with the server. An application on the client terminal can then request establishment of a push notification session by transmitting a push notification session request message to the push provisioning entity. The push provisioning entity generates a token for use in validating the push notification session, associates the generated token with the application and transmits the token to the application, which uses it to establish the push notification session. |
| US10038753B2 |
Network-independent programming model for online processing in distributed systems
Systems and methods include a distributed system that uses a declarative language to separate application logic from the network technology used to communicate. For example, in a system with a plurality of processing nodes, each processing node may include at least one processor, a networking layer for communicating with other processing nodes, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the processing node to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a processing plan using the networking layer and analyzing the processing plan to determine a service to perform and a number of inputs anticipated for the service. The operations may also include performing the determined service. The processing plan defines a processing tree comprising a subset of the plurality of processing nodes, the processing tree having unidirectional communication from the root to a final level of the tree. |
| US10038751B2 |
Sensor system
A sensor system (200) comprises a plurality of sensors (110) and a system server (120), all of said plurality of sensors (110) being of a same accelerometer-based sensor type. Each of said plurality of sensors is adapted for attachment to a respective movable structure (112) in a building. Each of said plurality of sensors (110) is individually configured to detect a respective basic movement (114) of said movable structure (112), wherein said basic movement is indicative of a human behavioral action (116) in said building. Each of said plurality of sensors (110) is arranged to detect its basic movement and communicate with said system server in response to detecting the basic movement. The system server (120) is configured to receive a detection signal (118) from any of said plurality of sensors (110), determine an activity pattern (124) based on said detection signal, determine an appropriate function (126) based on said activity pattern and, execute said function. |
| US10038750B2 |
Method and system of sharing data and server apparatus thereof
A method and system of sharing data and a server apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes following steps. When a first operation command is detected, first operation information is transmitted from a server apparatus to a first client apparatus. The first operation information is received by the first client apparatus to execute a first operation, and data information related to a data object is generated and transmitted to the server apparatus. The data information is received and transmitted to other client apparatuses by the server apparatus, so as to enable a second operation related to the data object. When a second operation command is detected, second operation information is transmitted to a second client apparatus by the server apparatus. In response to the second operation information, the second client apparatus is connected to the first client apparatus to obtain the data object according to the data information. |
| US10038748B2 |
Method and system for multi-domain co-browsing in a C2C co-browse architecture through co-browsing functionality provided in a browser extension on a host
A method for co-browsing, including establishing a first communication session between a first web browser of first device and a first content provider over a network to deliver content. A co-browse extension is accessed on the first web browser to enable multi-domain co-browsing functionality on the first web browser. A second communication session is established between the first web browser and a co-browse communication server to initiate and join the first web browser in a co-browse session, wherein the session comprises a co-browse session identifier, wherein the first device acts as a host. A third communication session is established between a second web browser of a second device and the co-browse communication server to join the second web browser into the co-browse session, such that content at the first web browser is delivered to the second web browser of the second device via the co-browse communication server. |
| US10038746B2 |
Method and system for co-browsing in a B2C2C co-browse architecture through co-browsing functionality embedded in content of a content provider as initiated by a host to a co-browse session
A method for co-browsing includes establishing a communication session between a first web browser and a content provider to deliver content, wherein the content comprises embedded co-browsing functionality. A request is received for activating the co-browsing functionality. A second communication session is established between the web browser of a first device and a co-browse communication server to initiate a co-browse session, wherein the first device acts as a host. A third communication session is established between a second web browser and the co-browse communication server to join the second web browser into the co-browse session based on the co-browse session identifier. The co-browse session is established between the first web browser as host and the second web browser of said second device as guest, such that the content at the first web browser is delivered to the second web browser via the co-browse communication sever over the co-browse session. |
| US10038744B1 |
Intelligent core assignment
A method includes (a) receiving workload data for a data storage system, the data storage system having a plurality of processing cores, the data storage system being configured to operate according to any of a plurality of profiles, each of the plurality of profiles having a respective assignment of respective cores of the plurality of cores to particular storage roles of the data storage system, (b) for each profile of the plurality of profiles, simulating operation of the data storage system running a workload based on the received workload data using the assignment of respective cores of the plurality of cores to particular storage roles for that profile, thereby producing a set of utilization scores, (c) selecting a profile of the plurality of profiles based on the set of utilization scores, and (d) outputting an indication of the selected profile for use by the data storage system. |
| US10038742B2 |
Methods and apparatus to retire hosts in virtual server rack deployments for virtual computing environments
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed to retire hosts in virtual server rack deployments for virtual computing environments. An example method includes determining, via a processor, a workload associated with a physical host in a virtualized rack in response to a request to retire the physical host, the workload implemented by a virtual computing environment including the virtualized rack. The example method also includes determining, via the processor, a projected impact of retiring the physical host on the workload. The example method also includes presenting information representative of the projected impact. |
| US10038739B2 |
Fast file server methods and systems
The invention provides, in one aspect, an improved system for data access comprising a file server that is coupled to a client device or application executing thereon via one or more networks. The server comprises static storage that is organized in one or more directories, each containing, zero, one or more files. The server also comprises a file system operable, in cooperation with a file system on the client device, to provide authorized applications executing on the client device access to those directories and/or files. Fast file server (FFS) software or other functionality executing on or in connection with the server responds to requests received from the client by transferring requested data to the client device over multiple network pathways. That data can comprise, for example, directory trees, files (or portions thereof), and so forth. |
| US10038735B2 |
Delivery control for HTTP communications among multiple end user communication devices
An exemplary method is implemented by end-user communication devices for transmitting and receiving HTTP messages in which acknowledgement of receipt by an addressee of an email is requested by an originator of the email. An acknowledgement request command is stored in a command portion of a user data segment of a received HTTP message. Upon receipt of the HTTP message by the addressee device, a reply HTTP message with an acknowledgement request must be authorized to be transmitted to the originator in order to allow the addressee to be able to view the content of the received HTTP message. |
| US10038731B2 |
Managing flow-based interactions with cloud-based shared content
Systems for managing content in a cloud-based service platform. A server in a cloud-based environment is interfaced with storage devices that hold one or more stored objects accessible by two or more users. The stored objects comprise folders and files as well as other objects such as workflow objects that are associated with the folders or the files. The workflow objects comprise workflow metadata that describes a workflow as a set of workflow tasks to be carried out in a progression. Processing of a workflow task and/or carrying out a portion of the progression includes modification of shared content objects. The processing or modification events are detected through workflow events, which in turn cause one or more workflow responses to be generated. Workflow responses comprise updates to the workflow metadata to record progression through the workflow and/or workflow responses comprise updates to any one or more of the stored objects. |
| US10038724B2 |
Electronic access controls
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for accessing an electronic access control model and data indicating results of access control requests that have been processed in accordance with an access control policy of the electronic access control model. Identifying a plurality of partitions in the electronic access control model, where each partition represents one or more access criteria of the electronic access control model that, taken together, define a computer executable access privilege. For each partition, determining a number of access control requests processed based on the partition based on the data, assigning an access type to the partition, determining whether modification of a policy underlying the partition would improve the electronic access control model based on the access type of the partition and the number of access control requests processed based on the partition, and, if so, selectively modifying the policy. |
| US10038722B2 |
Access control policy management in a cloud services environment
In an example, a method of managing access to resources managed by heterogeneous resource servers having different policy document formats in a cloud services environment includes obtaining, at an identity and access management (IAM) service, a policy document describing privileges of an end user with respect to accessing at least one resource of the resources managed by a resource server of the heterogeneous resource servers; sending the policy document from the IAM service to an resource server endpoint designated by the resource server for validation; storing, by the IAM service, the policy document in a datastore in response to a determination by the resource server endpoint that the policy document is valid; and generating, by the IAM service, an indication that the policy document is invalid in response to a determination by the resource server endpoint that the policy document is invalid. |
| US10038720B2 |
Master security policy server
A master policy server manages security polices for client computers through a network of local policy servers. Each local policy server is responsible for the security policies on a group of clients and maintains a data store containing the security policies and security information pertaining to the clients. Periodically, the master policy server and the local policy server synchronize, at which time the master policy server replicates updated policies to the local policy servers and the local policy servers upload client security statistics to the master policy server for consolidation into a global status. |
| US10038714B2 |
Data center redundancy in a network
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for data center redundancy in relation to a computer network. In particular, the present disclosure provides for one or more available redundant data centers, or bunkers, associated with a computer network. In one embodiment, the bunker data centers are configured to absorb traffic intended for an application operating on a data center when the traffic threatens to overwhelm the application. For example, during a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, the bunker data centers are configured to absorb some of the traffic from the DDOS attack to prevent the application that is the target of the attack from being overwhelmed. |
| US10038712B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic detection of geo-location obfuscation in client-server connections through an IP tunnel
Methods and systems are disclosed for dynamic detection of fraudulent client connections to a server, in which, for example, the connection is made using an internet protocol (IP) tunneling technology such as networking on a virtual private network (VPN) and making the connection via a VPN tunnel in order to obfuscate the client IP address, in which a user of a client device may employ spoofing of IP-geo location mechanisms and IP classification on the server side. Such a user may have various motivations for obfuscating the client device's geo-location by using an IP tunnel when connecting to a server such as gaining access to services that are not allowed in certain locations (e.g., certain movie and television content providers); browsing server data while maintaining a higher level of anonymity; and performing fraudulent actions on the server. |
| US10038709B1 |
Computer network defense system employing multiplayer gaming functionality
A computerized network defense system includes a user interface component for displaying an interactive landscape to an agent, including a graphical representation of (1) network components and interconnections within a computer network, (2) activity within the computer network, and (3) threat information associated with the activity. The activity and threat information is presented in visual association with corresponding network components and interconnections. Agent interaction with the landscape includes (a) selectively highlighting specific network components or interconnections, specific activity, and specific threat information represented on the interactive landscape, (b) causing additional more detailed information about a highlighted item to be displayed in a display element separate from the multidimensional graphical representation (e.g., pop-up box), and (c) selecting and directing use of remediation tools for remediation actions to counteract threat-associated activity. A remediation component initiates the remediation actions based on the agent's selecting and directing use of the remediation tools. |
| US10038706B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for separating malware and background events
Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computing-implemented methods for separating malware and background events to classify malware based on traffic data by receiving the traffic data that includes malware events and background noise, converting the traffic data into a feature vector, performing a signal processing algorithm on the feature vector to separate the malware events from the background noise, where the signal processing algorithm is associated with a malware family, determining a score for the malware events using a malware classification algorithm associated with the malware family, and applying a label associated with the malware family to the traffic data based on the score to classify the traffic data. Additionally, the malware application can be contained, removed, and/or the effects of a malware application can be neutralized based on the classification. |
| US10038704B2 |
Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems
Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems are provided. These systems and methods provide an alert correlator and an alert distributor that enable early signs of an attack to be detected and rapidly disseminated to collaborating systems. The alert correlator utilizes data structures to correlate alert detections and provide a mechanism through which threat information can be revealed to other collaborating systems. The alert distributor uses an efficient technique to group collaborating systems and then pass data between certain members of those groups according to a schedule. In this way data can be routinely distributed without generating excess traffic loads. |
| US10038696B1 |
System and method for controlling access to enterprise networks
A method in an access control server of controlling access to an enterprise network includes: receiving, at the access control server from a client computing device outside the enterprise network, a request to establish a connection between the client computing device and an enterprise server in the enterprise network; at the access control server, responsive to receiving the request, obtaining a security attribute of the enterprise server from a central repository outside the enterprise network; determining, based on the security attribute, whether the enterprise server meets a predefined security threshold; and when the enterprise server does not meet the predefined security threshold, denying the request to establish a connection between the client computing device and the enterprise server. |
| US10038694B1 |
System and method for security mode-based authorization for data management operations in a multi-tenant protection storage system
According to one embodiment, a request is received from a remote device of a user for performing a data management operation from source data represented by a source data management object (DMO) to destination data represented by a destination DMO. A first security mode associated with a source tenant-unit corresponding to the source DMO and a second security mode associated with a destination tenant-unit corresponding to the destination DMO are determined. It is determined whether the user is a system administrator for a storage system corresponding to the source data or the destination data, and whether the user is a tenant administrator for a tenant associated with the source data or the destination data. It is determined whether the data management operation should be allowed based on the first and second security modes. |
| US10038690B2 |
Multifactor authentication processing using two or more devices
A first user request may be received to access a particular resource. A first authentication credential from a first client device may be received based on a first authentication challenge being issued to a user of the first client device. A second client device of the user may be notified to prompt the user to provide a second authentication credential to complete at least a second authentication challenge. The access to the particular resource may require at least successfully completing the first authentication challenge on the first client device and the second authentication challenge on the second client device. |
| US10038687B2 |
Devices and control method thereof and application login system
The present invention relates to a terminal and a control method thereof which automatically log in to an application, which is installed on a common smart apparatus that multiple users use, using a personal smart device used by an individual such as a smart phone. |
| US10038685B2 |
Service request authentication method and apparatus
Methods and apparatuses for service request authentication are disclosed to prevent a terminal or a first server that does not sign an agreement with a gateway from bypassing the gateway to directly access a second server. The method includes receiving a service request and determining a session in which the service request is located; determining whether a token corresponding to the session exists, the token corresponding to a session in which a service request from a gateway is located; if the token exists, determining that the authentication of the service request passes and proceeds to process a corresponding service; if the token does not exist, determining that the authentication of the service request fails and the processing of the corresponding service is refused. Thus, since only a session corresponding to service requests forwarded by the gateway can have a token, the authentication of each service request that belongs to such session will pass. The service request that does not belong to the session may be a service request which is directly transmitted by a merchant bypassing the gateway through the terminal or the first server which did not sign an agreement with a service interface of the second server, and the authentication fails. |
| US10038678B2 |
System and method to enable PKI- and PMI- based distributed locking of content and distributed unlocking of protected content and/or scoring of users and/or scoring of end-entity access means-added
A central server configured with an Attribute Authority (“AA”) acting as a Trusted Third Party mediating service provider and using X.509-compatible PKI and PMI, VPN technology, device-side thin client applications, security hardware (HSM, Network), cloud hosting, authentication, Active Directory and other solutions. This ecosystem results in real time management of credentials, identity profiles, communication lines, and keys. It is not centrally managed, rather distributes rights to users. Using its Inviter-Invitee protocol suite, Inviters vouch for the identity of Invitees who successfully complete the protocol establishing communication lines. Users establish and respond to authorization requests and other real-time verifications pertaining to accessing each communication line (not end point) and sharing encrypted digital files. These are auditable, brokered, trusted-relationships where such relationships/digital agreements can each stand-alone (for privacy) or can leverage build-up of identity confidence levels across relationships. The service is agnostic to how encrypted user content is transported or stored. |
| US10038677B1 |
Digital security bubble
A digital security bubble encapsulation is disclosed. A public key and a device identifier of at least one recipient is requested from a first server. A message containing one or more components is encrypted using a symmetric key. The symmetric key is encrypted with a public key received in response to the request. The encrypted message, the encrypted symmetric key, and the device identifier are encapsulated in a digital security bubble encapsulation. The digital security bubble encapsulation is transmitted to a second server. |
| US10038674B2 |
Secure mobile data sharing
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for providing secure mobile data sharing. Actions can include: receiving, by the one or more processors, a request for secure mobile data sharing, the request being received from a mobile device and comprising a security definition; obtaining, by the one or more processors, based at least in part on the security definition of the request: a decryption key, a recipient identifier, and a security policy; receiving, by the one or more processors, a decryption request from a third-party device, the decryption request comprising an identifier distinguishing the third-party device as a recipient of an encrypted message corresponding to the decryption key; and providing the decryption key to the third-party device in response to validating the decryption request. |
| US10038673B1 |
On-premises data access and firewall tunneling
A system and method for tunneling through a network separation device such as a firewall or a Network Address Translator including a first server receiving an access request from a client device to communicate with a host device, where the host device is behind the network separation device. The first server sending a message to a second server in response to receiving the access request, the message including host data for the host device. The second server is configured to send a notification to the host device, and the notification includes instructions for the host device to initialize a pass-through channel with the first server. The first server receiving a pass-through initialization request from the host device and establishing the pass-through channel for communication between the client device and the host device in response to receiving the pass-through initialization request. |
| US10038669B2 |
Path control system, control device, and path control method
To provide a path control system, a control device and a path control method that can achieve reduction of the load on a gateway device, there are included a communication device, a communication device, a security device that provides a security feature to data transmitted and received between the communication device and the communication device, and a path control device that selects one of a first path through the security device and a second path not through the security device as a communication path of the data based on a path information table where an attribute of the data and a communication path between the communication device and the communication device are associated. |
| US10038668B2 |
Computerized system and method for handling network traffic
Methods and systems for processing network content associated with multiple virtual domains are provided. According to one embodiment, a service daemon process is instantiated within a firewall to handle content processing of network traffic of virtual domains by aggregating communication channels associated with the virtual domains and by applying an appropriate content processing policy for the corresponding virtual domain. A connection request is received by the firewall from a virtual domain. A child process is forked by the service daemon process to handle network traffic associated with the virtual domain. A communication channel is established between a kernel of the firewall and the service daemon process to transfer a portion of the network traffic between the service daemon process and the kernel. The child process is configured to perform content processing of the network traffic in accordance with a content processing policy associated with the virtual domain. |
| US10038663B2 |
Computer, internet and telecommunications based network
A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice servers which allow for telephony, speech recognition, text-to-speech and conferencing functions, and is accessible by the subscriber through standard telephone connections or through internet connections. The network also utilizes a database and file server allowing the subscriber to maintain and manage certain contact lists and administrative information. A web server is also connected to the cluster thereby allowing access to all functions through internet connections. |
| US10038662B2 |
Automation of matching of short message tags to content
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing a short message tag identification tool which performs a short message tag identification operation which automatically generates a short message tag identifier based upon short message content. In certain embodiments, the short message tag identification operation identifies trending short message tag identifiers and automatically generates a preferred short message tag identifier taking into account trending short message tag identifiers. |
| US10038660B2 |
System and method for reducing unsolicited e-mails
A method for reducing unsolicited e-mails includes receiving an e-mail message from a sender, storing the e-mail message within a holding unit, and sending a confirmation response request e-mail to the sender in response to the e-mail message from the sender. The confirmation response request e-mail may include a request for at least one confirmation code from the sender according to at least one calculation type/method specified in the confirmation response request e-mail. The method may also include receiving a confirmation e-mail from the sender in response to the confirmation response request e-mail, determining whether the confirmation e-mail includes a code correctly computed according the at least one confirmation code calculation type, and performing an action with respect to the e-mail message based upon the confirmation e-mail. The sender's support of the method creates an explicit agreement regarding legal jurisdiction governing any disputes arising out of the e-mail. |
| US10038656B2 |
Systems and methods for image sharing
Systems and methods are provided for image sharing. For example, a terminal sends to a server a conversation-processing request to request to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group; the server receives the conversation-processing request, acquires the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request, determines whether the target conversation message includes a first image; in response to the target conversation message including a first image, the server stores the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group and forward the target conversation message to members of the conversation group. |
| US10038653B2 |
Visual editor for electronic mail
A computer-implemented method is provided for generating at least one custom email message based, at least in part, on input from a user of a computer system, the computer system having a display. The method comprises acts of presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, an editor interface displaying an initial approximation of an email message comprising a plurality of content blocks; accepting, through the editor interface, at least one customization of at least one of a content of at least one of the plurality of content blocks and a layout of the plurality of content blocks; and displaying through the editor interface a customized approximation of the email message based, at least in part, on the initial approximation of the email message and the at least one customization. |
| US10038652B2 |
Self tuning buffer allocation in a shared-memory switch
An N-port, shared-memory switch allocates a shared headroom buffer pool (Ps) for a priority group (PG). Ps is smaller than a worst case headroom buffer pool (Pw), where Pw equals the sum of worst case headrooms corresponding to each port-priority tuple (PPT) associated with the PG. Each worst case headroom comprises headroom required to buffer worst case, post-pause, traffic received on that PPT. Subject to a PPT maximum, each PPT may consume Ps as needed. Because rarely will all PPTs simultaneously experience worst case traffic, Ps may be significantly smaller than Pw, e.g., Ps<(Pw/A) where M>=2. Ps may be size-adjusted based on utilization of Ps, without halting traffic to or from the switch. If Ps utilization exceeds an upper utilization threshold, Ps may be increased, subject to a maximum threshold (Pmax). Conversely, if utilization falls below a lower utilization threshold, Ps may be decreased. |
| US10038650B2 |
System and method for tunnel stitching transport
A first network element (NE) implemented as a network virtualization edge (NVE) includes a receiver configured to receive a packet comprising a destination address, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to obtain a tunnel identifier of an overlay tunnel that communicatively couples a second NE to a third NE on an overlay path toward the destination address, add the tunnel identifier to an encapsulation header of the packet, and add an address of the second NE to an outer header of the packet, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the packet to the second NE, wherein the packet is forwarded from the second NE to the third NE via the overlay tunnel identified by the tunnel identifier. |
| US10038649B2 |
Packet generation and injection
The present disclosure is related to packet generation and injection. An example testing system for packet generation and injection can include a packet generation and injection apparatus connected to a host. The packet generation and injection apparatus may be configured to cause a plurality of packets, each having a different source address, to be generated at the host, cause the plurality of packets to be injected through a network interface of the host. The example testing system may include a syslog server connected to the host. The syslog server may be configured to ingest and process the plurality of packets. |
| US10038644B2 |
Communication system for resource usage monitoring
A system for accessing resources and monitoring the use of resources by a user includes a mobile device, a resource access communication device, an optional secondary communication system, and a third party system, each of which have communication interfaces, memory devices, and processing devices. The system is designed to detect audible, visible, and/or written input from a user and effectuate responses to requests contained in such input. In some embodiments, a message may be directed to the user through visual and/or audio displays to notify the user of the messages sent in response to the user's request. |
| US10038641B2 |
Flow control device, communication system, control method for flow control device, and program
There is provided a flow control device for controlling flow control rules defining processing contents per flow in a packet transfer device for processing packets belonging to a flow between a first communication device and a second communication device, which receives a packet reception notification indicating that the packet transfer device receives a packet from at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device from the packet transfer device, determines a flow control rule to be notified to the packet transfer device in response to the received packet reception notification, manages a packet reception notification reception time when the packet reception notification is received, and calculates a first round-trip transmission delay time between two devices among the first communication device, the second communication device, and the packet transfer device based on the packet reception notification reception times. |
| US10038634B2 |
Method of addressing IoT device and applying such for IoT connection
A method of addressing IoT device and applying such for IoT connection adopts a design of global IoT addresses with a hierarchical structure and installs a virtual communication protocol into a physical communication protocol equivalent to the position of an application layer (Layer 7) of an OSI model, so that the virtual communication protocol is operated with the physical communication protocol online to allow two IoT devices with different physical communication protocols to communicate and transmit control commands with each other on an IOT with a hierarchical tree structure and achieve the communication between IoT devices in a quick and low-cost manner. |
| US10038633B2 |
Protocol to query for historical network information in a content centric network
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates querying of historical network information. During operation, the system generates a query for historical information associated with interest and content object packets, wherein a name for an interest is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier that includes contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the query is based on a name prefix that includes one or more contiguous name components. The system transmits the query to a responding entity. In response to receiving the historical information from the responding entity, the system performs an operation that increases network efficiency based on the historical information, thereby facilitating a protocol for querying the historical information to increase network efficiency. |
| US10038632B2 |
AIA enhancements to support L2 connected networks
A method for determining a routing for packets aggregated from multiple Layer 2 (L2) networks is provided. An ingress packet is received from an ingress inline network port and is processed to extract a source Media Access Control (MAC) address and a port identifier associated with the source MAC address. The extracted source MAC address of the ingress packet is looked up in a MAC address table. The ingress packet is forwarded to an inline tool device. When an egress packet is received back from the inline tool device it is processed to extract source and destination MAC addresses. The extracted source and destination MAC addresses of the egress packet are looked up in the MAC address table. The egress packet is transmitted to an egress inline port based on the looked up destination MAC address. |
| US10038629B2 |
Virtual machine migration using label based underlay network forwarding
Various techniques for migrating virtual entities via a label based underlay network is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving packets associated with migrating a virtual machine from an originating network node of the underlay network to a target network node of the underlay network. The received packets individually include a label associated with a network path from the originating network node to the target network node in the underlay network. In response to receiving the packets, the method includes examining the labels of the packets to determine the network paths associated the labels and forwarding the packets following the determined network paths in the underlay network. |
| US10038624B1 |
Flexible packet replication and filtering for multicast/broadcast
A novel method for replicating and filtering multicast packet in a physical network is provided. Upon receiving a packet, the method generates a set of metadata as ingress replication context for the received packet based on the content of the receive packet. The generated ingress replication context includes a multicast group identifier, a replication identifier, a first layer exclusion identifier, and a second layer exclusion identifier. The method performs multicast replication of the packet by identifying logical ports and/or logical domains that are to be excluded from the multicast replication based on the content of the generated ingress replication context. |
| US10038623B2 |
Reducing flooding of link state changes in networks
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for transmitting a link state message in a network. During operation, the system obtains a network topology for the network. Next, the system uses the network topology to identify a reflood set of neighbors of the flooding node for reaching a set of two-hop neighbors of the flooding node. The system then transmits a link state message with an indication to reflood the link state message to the reflood set of neighbors. Finally, the system transmits the link state message without the indication to reflood to remaining neighbors of the flooding node that form a non-reflood set. |
| US10038622B2 |
Inline processing of learn actions in a virtual switch
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance inline processing of data packets by a virtual switch. In at least one implementation, a virtual switch receives a data packet and initiates a flow process with a plurality of flow operations on the data packet. In a flow operation of the plurality of flow operations, the virtual switch will determine whether the data packet qualifies for a learn action and, if the packet fails to qualify, forwards the data packet to a next flow operation in the plurality of flow operations, and if the packet does qualify, applies the learn action and forwards the data packet to a next flow operation. |
| US10038621B2 |
Apparatus and method for computing end-to-end paths through a network comprising a plurality of network domains
A network architecture is provided for enabling end-to-end paths to be computed across a plurality of network domains. The network architecture comprises a plurality of child path computation elements associated with a plurality of respective network domains, each child path computation element adapted to compute a path segment within its respective network domain. A parent path computation element adapted to compute an end-to-end path across a plurality of network domains in conjunction with the plurality of respective child path computation elements. |
| US10038618B2 |
System event analyzer and outlier visualization
An event analysis system receives events in a time-series from a set of monitored systems and identifies a set of alert threshold values for each of the types of events to identify outliers in the time-series at an evaluated time. Portions of historic event data is selected to identify windows of event data near the evaluated time at a set of seasonally-adjusted times to predict the value of the event type. The alert threshold value may also account for a prediction based on recent, higher-frequency events. Using the alert threshold values for a plurality of event types, the event data is compared with the alert threshold values to determine an alert level for the data. The event data types are also clustered and displayed with the alert levels to provide a visualization of the event data and identify outliers when the new event data is received. |
| US10038613B1 |
Relaying internet census information
A census server provides measurement reports describing clients accessing a specified network-based service to a measurement agency via a network. The census server receives census events from clients used by users via the network. The census events describe usage of a network-based service by the clients. The census server processes the census events to produce measurement reports describing the usage of the network-based service. The processing includes filtering specified information out of the census events to prevent the measurement reports from identifying the users of the clients. The measurement agency may use the measurement reports, for example, to describe how the clients tend to access and use the service. |
| US10038602B2 |
Monitoring resource consumption based on fixed cost for threshold use and additional cost for use above the threshold
A method includes establishing a cost for consumption of a given resource by a given resource consumer for a designated period of time, the cost comprising a fixed cost for consumption of the given resource up to a threshold consumption level for the designated time period and an additional cost associated with consumption of the given resource exceeding the threshold consumption level for the designated period of time, monitoring consumption of the given resource by the given resource consumer, determining whether resource consumption by the given resource consumer is projected to exceed the threshold consumption level over the designated time period, generating an alert responsive to determining that resource consumption by the given resource consumer is projected to exceed the threshold consumption level over the designated time period, and providing the alert for presentation via a user interface of a user device associated with the given resource consumer. |
| US10038599B2 |
Techniques for guaranteeing bandwidth with aggregate traffic
Methods, systems, and apparatus guarantee bandwidth for a network transaction. A network is logically organized as a tree having a plurality of nodes. Each node can guarantee service for a network transaction through the network. Each node monitors its traffic and reserves predefined amounts of unused bandwidth with its adjacent node. If a particular node needs additional bandwidth, that node borrows the bandwidth from its adjacent node. |
| US10038589B1 |
Network link capacity determination
A system and method is provided for identifying network links for augmentation based on potential link failures. In one aspect, the links are selected by identifying multiple shortest paths between a node pair and generating augmentation recommendations for a single link by accumulating recommendations based on multiple node pairs. |
| US10038588B2 |
Methods and systems for detection of asymmetric network data traffic and associated network devices
A method includes monitoring a plurality of network devices to collect network performance data comprising data flow records of each device on the network and to create a network topology database, accessing the network topology database comprising information on an entry and exit point of each device, the manner in which the devices are connected and a plurality of data flow records on a single data flow from multiple devices on the network and utilizing the network topology database to perform an asymmetric detection algorithm to identify one or more data flows that exited a device via a first path and returned to the device via a different second path. |
| US10038587B2 |
Demodulation of nonuniform QAM signals
There is provided a device and method for demodulating a pulse amplitude modulated, hereinafter referred to as PAM, signal. The device comprises memory storing a set of boundaries of regions in which the log likelihood ratio, hereinafter referred to as LLR, for each bit to be determined is represented by a linear function of the received signal, along with the properties of the linear function for each bit for each region; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive a PAM signal to be demodulated; determine which region the signal falls within; for each bit to be determined, retrieve the properties of the linear function for the LLR for the bit within the determined region and determine, from this linear function, the LLR value for the bit; and demodulate the signal based on the determined LLR values. |
| US10038581B2 |
System and scheme of scalable OFDM numerology
For a wireless communications system, scalable orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology is incorporated in a manner that can apply to radio link transmissions in future wireless network for frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) communications. |
| US10038580B2 |
Multi-carrier signal transmitter and multi-carrier signal receiver
A multi-carrier signal transmission apparatus transmits a transmission stream including at least preamble information necessary for synchronizing a transmission signal and data information as a multi-carrier signal. A modulator generates a transmission symbol stream by modulating an arrangement of the preamble information and the data information. A symbol expanding portion expands the transmission symbol stream on a frequency axis by generating a complex conjugate value of at least one part of the preamble information symmetrically on the frequency axis. |
| US10038571B2 |
Method for reading and writing forwarding information base, and network processor
A method for reading and writing a forwarding information base, including receiving a write an associated data (AD) request used to modify the AD and a write a keyword (Key) request used to modify the Key corresponding to the AD, and before the write AD request and the write Key request pass through a cache, transforming, when any one stage to be read and written includes the Key, a row address in the write AD request into a row address that is same as a row address of a node block on which the Key is located, or transforming, when any one stage to be read and written does not include the Key, a row address in the write AD request and a row address in the write Key request into a same row address in the any one stage. |
| US10038568B2 |
Management device, management method, and computer program product
A management device that manages a task that is executed by a plurality of users cooperatively includes an electronic data access unit, a management unit, and a past task storage unit. The electronic data access unit accesses electronic data. The management unit manages, for each task executed using the management device, task information in which pieces of authentication information of the users who have participated in the task are associated with access destination information indicating an access destination of the electronic data accessed by the electronic data access unit in the task. The past task storage unit stores therein the task information of a past task executed using the management device. The management unit generates the task information of a new task based on the task information of the past task that is stored in the past task storage unit. |
| US10038561B2 |
Method and device for generating digital signature
Disclosed are a method and device for generating a digital signature. The method comprises: a device generating a digital signature parameter r that meets an effective determining condition; generating a digital signature parameter s according to the following formula s=((1+dA)−1·(r+k)−r)mod n, by using a private key dA, a random number k, r, and an elliptic curve parameter n, a value range of k being [1, n−1]; determining if the generated s is 0; if s is 0, regenerating r that meets the effective determining condition, and regenerating s by using dA, the regenerated k with the value range of [1, n−1] and the regenerated r and n, until s is not 0; converting data types of r and s that is not 0 into byte strings, to obtain a digital signature (r, s). According to the technical solutions provided by embodiments of this application, a digital signature parameter s is obtained by using a simplified calculation formula, and the number of times that big integers are calculated can be reduced, so that the calculation efficiency of generating a digital signature based on an SM2 digital signature generation algorithm is improved. |
| US10038560B2 |
Method for validating a cryptographic parameter and corresponding device
An electronic device is proposed, which is configured to receive at least one cryptographic parameter and validate the at least one cryptographic parameter. The electronic device is is configured to validating the parameter by determining an imprint from a one-way function and from at least the cryptographic parameter; detecting at least one part of the imprint in a dedicated memory zone of the electronic device, and delivering a piece of information on validation should there be effective detection. |
| US10038558B2 |
Cryptographically verified repeatable virtualized computing
A virtualized system that is capable of executing a computation that has been identified as a repeatable computation and recording various representations of the state of the computing environment throughout the execution of the repeatable computation, where the state of the computing environment can be cryptographically signed and/or verified using a trusted platform module (TPM), or other cryptographic module. For example, a TPM embedded in the host computing device may generate a hash measurement that captures the state of the repeatable computation at the time of the computation. This measurement can be digitally signed using one or more cryptographic keys of the TPM and recorded for future use. The recorded state can subsequently be used to repeat the computation and/or determine whether the computation was repeated successfully according to certain defined criteria. |
| US10038557B2 |
Secure object access
A method of a security system to provide access by a requester to an encrypted data object stored in an object store, the requester being authenticated by the object store, the method comprising: receiving, from the object store: the encrypted object having associated an object identifier; and an identifier of the requester; deriving a first cryptographic key to decrypt the object; deriving a second cryptographic key; re-encrypting the object based on the second key and communicating the re-encrypted object to the requester; wherein each of the first and second keys are based on the object identifier, the requester identifier and a secret key portion generated by the security system, the secret key portion being different for each of the first and second keys, the method further comprising: in response to a second authentication of the requester by the security system, communicating the secret key portion for the second key to the requester. |
| US10038556B2 |
Information processing apparatus, encryption apparatus, and control method
An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an encryption processing unit that encrypts data to be stored in the storage unit, and a control unit that stores a first key in a unit different from the encryption processing unit, wherein the first key, which is used to decrypt data encrypted by the encryption processing unit and stored in the storage unit, is encrypted using a second key set in the encryption processing unit. |
| US10038554B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for identity authentication
An identity authentication method for a quantum key distribution process includes selecting, by a sender, preparation bases of an identity authentication bit string in accordance with a preset basis vector selection rule; sending, by a sender, quantum states of the identity authentication bit string and quantum states of a randomly generated key bit string by using different wavelengths. The identity authentication bit string is interleaved in the key bit string at a random position and with a random length. The method further includes measuring, by a receiver, the received quantum states in the quantum state information in accordance with the different wavelengths and measurement bases selected according to the preset basis vector selection rule to obtain identity authentication information from the measurement of the identity authentication bit string; and determining, by the receiver, whether the identity authentication information obtained through the measurement corresponds with the preset basis vector selection rule. |
| US10038553B2 |
Information rendering scheme
Technologies are generally described for implementing an information rendering scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of an end device may include obtaining a decryption key; decrypting encrypted information based on the obtained decryption key; and rendering the decrypted information stored in a video random access memory (VRAM) that is operatively connected to a graphic processing unit (GPU) of the end device. |
| US10038550B2 |
Instruction and logic to provide a secure cipher hash round functionality
Instructions and logic provide secure cipher hashing algorithm round functionality. Some embodiments include a processor comprising: a decode stage to decode an instruction for a secure cipher hashing algorithm, the first instruction specifying a source data, and one or more key operands. Processor execution units, are responsive to the decoded instruction, to perform one or more secure cipher hashing algorithm round iterations upon the source data, using the one or more key operands, and store a result of the instruction in a destination register. One embodiment of the instruction specifies a secure cipher hashing algorithm round iteration using a Feistel cipher algorithm such as DES or TDES. In one embodiment a result of the instruction may be used in generating a resource assignment from a request for load balancing requests across the set of processing resources. |
| US10038549B1 |
Clock and data recovery circuit
A CDR (Clock and Data Recovery) circuit includes a current source, an operational amplifier, an NOR gate, and a capacitor. The current source supplies a current to a first node. The operational amplifier has a positive input terminal for receiving a reference voltage, a negative input terminal coupled to the first node, and an output terminal coupled to a second node. The NOR gate has a first input terminal coupled to the second node, a second input terminal coupled to an input node of the CDR circuit, and an output terminal coupled to an output node of the CDR circuit. The input node is arranged for receiving an input signal, and the output node is arranged for outputting an output signal. The capacitor is coupled between the first node and the output node. |
| US10038540B2 |
Short training field for WiFi
A first training field is generated for a preamble of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) data unit for transmission via a communication channel according to a first communication protocol. The first training field: i) conforms to a second communication protocol, and ii) has a first periodicity. A second training field is generated for the preamble. The second training field: i) conforms to the first communication protocol, and ii) has a second periodicity that corresponds to a selected transmission mode of the communication channel. The first training field is modulated using a first OFDM tone spacing, and the second training field is modulated using a second OFDM tone spacing, where the second tone spacing is narrower than the first tone spacing. The preamble is generated i) to include the second training field after the first training field, and ii) to indicate the selected transmission mode. |
| US10038538B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using plurality of carriers in mobile communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A communication method of a User Equipment (UE) in a Dual Connectivity (DC)-based mobile communication system in which a Master Cell Group (MCG) and at least one Secondary Cell Group (SCG) are configured is provided. The method includes receiving measurement gap configuration information relating to a measurement gap used to periodically measure at least one serving cell, determining a first sub-frame included in the measurement gap using a System Frame Number (SFN) of the MCG and the received measurement gap configuration information, and performing a measurement on the at least one serving cell during at least one measurement gap sub-frame determined based on the determined first sub-frame. |
| US10038537B2 |
Common search space in secondary ENBS
A method is provided for receiving, at a receiving device, a control information message from a transmitting device. An example method includes determining at a user equipment (UE) a status of the UE and monitoring at the UE based on the status either a common search space (CSS) of a cell or a UE-specific search space (USS) of the cell. The cell is a cell of a secondary eNodeB for communicating with the UE. The method may further include monitoring a CSS and a USS of a cell of a master eNodeB (MeNB) simultaneously while monitoring either the CSS or the USS of the cell of the secondary eNodeB. The status may be a status of the UE with respect to a Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure with the cell. |
| US10038536B2 |
Method for generating reference signal sequence in multi-antenna wireless communication system and apparatus for same
The present application discloses a method in which a base station transmits a reference signal sequence in a wireless communication system. In detail, the method comprises the steps of: generating a pseudo-random sequence using a first m-sequence and a second m-sequence; generating the reference signal sequence using the pseudo-random sequence; and transmitting the reference signal to a mobile station via antenna ports different from one another. The second m-sequence has an initial value containing parameters for discriminating reference signal sequences among users. |
| US10038534B2 |
Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method
A Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method are provided. In the method, a plurality of layers of reference signals assigned on predetermined radio resource of a plurality of layers of resource blocks with the same time and frequency resources are scrambled, the method comprising: an orthogonalizing step of multiplying each layer of reference signal selectively by one of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) with the same length wherein the OCC multiplied to a first layer of reference signal can be configured as different from those multiplied to other layers of reference signals; and a scrambling step of multiplying all of symbols obtained from the OCC multiplied to each of the other layers of reference signals by a symbol-common scrambling sequence wherein the symbol-common scrambling sequences can be different from each other for reference signals multiplied by the same OCC. |
| US10038529B2 |
Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, transmitting method, and receiving method
Disclosed is a base station apparatus which allows an idle mode UE, in a small cell using S-NCT, to recognize the small cell and to receive a DCI. The base station apparatus is configured to use a carrier configuration which has no region for mapping a PDCCH and in which an EPDCCH is mapped in a data region. The base station apparatus includes: master information generating section 101 configured to generate allocation information indicating a resource which forms a search space in the EPDCCH and being scrambled with a cell ID of the base station apparatus; and transmitting section 107 configured to transmit the allocation information, a detection signal indicating the cell ID, and a control signal assigned in the search space. |
| US10038528B2 |
Common reference signal design based on semi-uniform pilot spacing and orthogonal cover code
Systems and techniques are disclosed to reduce pilot overhead by providing common reference signals coded with cover codes that are orthogonal in time and frequency domains. Common reference signals that are coded by cover codes orthogonal in both domains can be de-spread in both the time and frequency domains for improved resolution and larger pull-in windows for both. Also disclosed is semi-uniform pilot spacing in both the frequency and time domains. In a time domain, a first pilot symbol pair is spaced by a first time interval from each other and a second pilot symbol pair is spaced by a second time interval from the first pair, the second interval being greater than the first. In a frequency domain, a first set of pilot symbols is densely placed in a selected frequency band and a second set of pilot symbols is sparsely placed surrounding and including the selected frequency band. |
| US10038525B2 |
Management of coordinated multi-point communication
The embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to schedule an uplink communication from a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment; identify one or more candidate cells to support the uplink communication from the user equipment; send a request to the identified one or more candidate cells for requesting at least one of antenna data and pilot symbols from the one or more candidate cells for the uplink communication from the user equipment; and in response to the request, receive the uplink communication from the user equipment via a coordinated multi-point operation using at least in part a reception cells of the one or more candidate cells. Further, to receive, by one or more candidate cell, from a serving cell a request for at least one of antenna data and pilot symbols from the one or more candidate cells for a scheduled uplink communication from a user equipment to the serving cell; and in response to the request, provide the at least one of antenna data and pilot symbols for the uplink communication from a user equipment to the serving cell. |
| US10038523B2 |
Apparatuses and methods to change information values
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a component to change a value of a bit among a number of M bits of information when the M bits have the same value and when M exceeds a selected value. At least one of such embodiments can include a transmitting component to provide the information to a connection. At least one of such embodiments can include a receiving component to receive the information from the connection. In at least one of such embodiments, the selected value can include a maximum number of consecutive bits having the same value that such a receiving component can be configured to receive. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described. |
| US10038521B2 |
Method for transmitting control information and an apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In a method of transmitting control information and apparatus therefor, the present invention includes receiving a PDCCH (physical control shared channel) having HARQ-ACK resource indication information in a first cell among a plurality of cells, receiving a first PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) corresponding to the PDCCH in a second cell among a plurality of the cells, and transmitting HARQ-ACK for the first PDSCH through one of a first PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) format and a second PUCCH format. If the first cell is PCell (primary cell), the HARQ-ACK resource indication information indicates a resource of the first PUCCH format only. If the first cell is SCell (secondary cell), the HARQ-ACK resource indication information indicates one of the resource of the first PUCCH and a resource of the second PUCCH format. |
| US10038518B1 |
Signaling phy preamble formats
A communication device determines a format according to which a physical layer (PHY) data unit is to be generated. The communication device selects i) length information to be included in a field in a legacy portion of a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit, and ii) a phase of modulation of an orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) symbol in a non-legacy portion of the PHY preamble, wherein the length information and the phase of modulation are selected to indicate the format from a set of multiple PHY formats defined by a communication protocol. The communication device generates the PHY data unit to include the selected length information in the field in the legacy portion of the PHY preamble and to modulate the OFDM symbol in the non-legacy portion of the PHY preamble with the selected phase, and transmits the PHY data unit. |
| US10038514B2 |
Datacentre for processing a service
A datacenter for performing a service is provided. The datacenter is configured for receiving an optical signal comprising groups of wavelength bands, A1, A2, A3, . . . , AX, and B, X being an integer, the signal being associated with a request for a service to be executed by the datacenter, the datacenter being configured for executing the service and outputting the result of the service. The datacenter comprises at least one 1:N MD-WSS, having one common port and N tributary ports, where N is an integer and N>1, and a group of at least one server cluster, each comprising a respective transceiver configured to receive and transmit signals on at least some of the wavelength bands. |
| US10038507B2 |
Optical transmission system, phase compensation method, and optical reception apparatus
An increase in circuit scale is suppressed and a phase variation caused in a transmission path or the like is compensated for. An optical transmission system includes: a pilot symbol detection unit which detects a plurality of pilot symbols intermittently inserted into a received complex electric field signal that is obtained through coherent detection for a received optical signal; an error signal computation unit which calculates a complex electric field error signal indicating a phase variation at each pilot symbol based on the pilot symbols detected by the pilot symbol detection unit and a predetermined reference symbol; a compensation electric field signal generation unit which estimates a phase variation between the pilot symbols in the received complex electric field signal using filter processing based on the complex electric field error signal calculated by the error signal computation unit; and a phase noise compensation unit which performs phase compensation for the received complex electric field signal based on the phase variation between the pilot symbols estimated by the compensation electric field signal generation unit. |
| US10038494B1 |
Proactive multi-layer mechanisms to protect packet-optical transport networks
A method and apparatus for pro-active protection of packet-optical transport in a software defined network (SDN) controller are disclosed herein. The SDN controller may define a proactive protection threshold criterion based on based on a plurality of optical system performance metrics and may collect at least one measurement for each of the metrics. The SDN controller may then determine whether the proactive protection threshold criterion is met based on at least one of the collected measurements. Further, the SDN controller may select a protection mechanism and define a protection threshold criterion on a condition that the proactive protection threshold criterion is met. Also, the SDN controller may initiate proactive protection events based on the selected protection mechanism. The SDN controller may determine whether the protection threshold criterion is met. The SDN controller may implement one or more protection events on a condition that the protection threshold criterion is met. |
| US10038492B2 |
Method, apparatus and system of providing communication coverage to an unmanned aerial vehicle
The systems and methods are provided to provide communication coverage to an unmanned aerial vehicle. A proposed flight path of a UAV may be collected, and a communication signal distribution, such as a cellular signal distribution, along the proposed flight of the UAV may be determined. At positions having low or no communication signal, relays may be provided to improve a quality of the communication signal. The relay may be a ground device or an aerial vehicle. A stable and continuous communication between the UAV and user terminals during the entire flight path of UAV may be provided, and a coverage of cellular signal may be expanded. |
| US10038491B2 |
Proxy mobile internet protocol (PMIP) tunnel selection by a wireless relay in a data communication network
A wireless relay serves User Equipment (UE) over Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP) tunnels. The wireless relay receives a wireless network address from a wireless network and a wireline network address from a wireline network. The wireless relay receives a bearer request from a network controller that identifies a gateway network address. The wireless relay selects the wireless network address or the wireline network address responsive to the bearer request. In some examples, the wireless relay selects the network address based on a UE ID. The wireless relay generates and transfers a PMIP update that indicates the selected network address to the gateway network address. The wireless relay receives a PMIP response. The wireless relay exchanges user data over the wireless PMIP tunnel if the wireless network address was selected. The wireless relay exchanges the user data over the wireline PMIP tunnel if the wireline network address was selected. |
| US10038488B2 |
PUCCH transmit diversity with one-symbol STBC
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to provide techniques for utilizing a one-symbol space-time block code (STBC) process to encode control information for transmission on an uplink control channel. The one-symbol STBC process produces two code blocks, each for transmission on a different antenna. Each code block may be time domain spread across multiple single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) uplink control channel symbols using the same spreading code to enable recovery of the code blocks at the receiver. |
| US10038480B2 |
Power control method and device for forming multiple beams in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a power control method for transmission beams in a wireless communication system using a beam-forming technique and a device for supporting same. A method of controlling power by a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: determining at least one transmission beam to use for at least one sub carrier; determining an output power gain adjustment value for each of the transmission beams based on information on the transmission beams; and applying the output power gain adjustment value to each of the transmission beams. According to the present invention, if the number of transmission beams varies depending on the situation, there is the effect that it is possible to equally control an output power value irrespective of the number of beams. |
| US10038478B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in multi-antenna system
A method for transmitting a reference signal in a multi-antenna system is provided. The method includes: selecting at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in a subframe containing a plurality of OFDM symbols; allocating a channel quality indication reference signal (CQI RS) capable of measuring a channel state for each of a plurality of antennas to the selected at least one OFDM symbol; and transmitting the CQI RS, wherein the CQI RS is allocated to an OFDM symbol which does not overlap with an OFDM symbol to which a common reference signal to be transmitted to all user equipments in a cell or a dedicated reference signal to be transmitted to a specific user equipment in the cell is allocated. |
| US10038476B2 |
Apparatus and method for communication using wireless power
An apparatus and method for communication using a wireless power are provided. The apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal based on a power supplied to the amplifier. The apparatus further includes a control unit configured to detect a change in an impedance of a target device, and to change the power based on the change in the impedance. The apparatus further includes a demodulation unit configured to receive a message from the target device, and to demodulate the message based on the changed power. |
| US10038475B2 |
Proximity boundary based communication using radio frequency (RF) communication standards
Technology is described for proximity based communications. A proximity boundary can be defined with dimensions defined by a communication range of one of a first Short Range Communication (SRC) device and a second SRC device. The first SRC device and the second SRC device can be configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI). A proximity signal can be communicated in the proximity boundary between the first SRC device and the second SRC device. A security permission can be provided to enable selected data to be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device in the proximity boundary when the proximity signal is detected between the first SRC device and the second SRC device. The selected data can be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device using a radio frequency (RF) communication standard. |
| US10038474B2 |
Power/data electrical coupler
A power/data electrical coupler, designed to send over a two-wire bus or to receive therefrom data signals and to deliver to said two-wire bus or receive therefrom a power-supply potential. Such a coupler includes a transformer, a first winding of which and a second and third winding of which are connected in series with each other with a common terminal connected to a power supply line and the other two terminals to a two-wire bus. It also includes a second isolation transformer connected between said first transformer and said two-wire bus. According to the invention, said terminal common to said second and third windings is connected to said power supply line by means of a band-rejection filter rejecting one or more of the frequency bands including the resonant frequency or frequencies resulting from the association of the isolation transformer and the transformer. |
| US10038469B1 |
System and method of tethering for remote DC logic control
Output from a plurality of radios is received at input ports of a combiner, combined and carried over a coaxial line to a receiver. A DC current is detected entering one of the input ports. The input port in which DC current was detected is assigned as a DC I/O port, and an identity of the assigned DC I/O port is wireless transmitted to the receiver. The receiver separates a DC current from the combined signals received over the coaxial transmission line. The receiver, based on the wireless transmitted identity of the assigned DC I/O port, routes separated DC current to a receiver I/O port corresponding to the identity of the assigned DC I/O port. |
| US10038467B1 |
Mobile device protective cover with supportive brace and method of manufacturing same
A protective cover with deployable supportive brace includes a housing, a bending member, and a support member. The housing has a receiving opening, and a recessed track. The bending member also has a bent portion, and a guide. The bent portion is received in the receiving opening, and has a first section, and a second section. The guide is received in and movable along the recessed track. The support member is received in the receiving opening, is pivotable relative to the first section, and has two end portions. One end portion is secured to the second section, and the other end portion is adjacent to the first section. When pulled out and deployed, the support member and housing can support the mobile device in a free-standing manner for long term viewing. |
| US10038465B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling power
An electronic device includes a communication unit; a memory storing instructions; and a processor, coupled to the communication unit and memory, to execute instructions to determine, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device and a distance between the electronic device and a user, a value of specific absorption rate (SAR) corresponding to the value of SAR that corresponds to a power of the electronic device; determine, based on the SAR, an average SAR on a designated time interval; determine, in response to the average SAR being greater than a first designated value, a reference value limiting a maximum power of the electronic device; and transmit a signal based on the determined reference value through the communication unit, wherein the reference value includes a value obtained by subtracting a second designated value from a value of maximum output power of the electronic device. |
| US10038462B2 |
Digital cancellation of receiver nonlinear distortion in carrier aggregation systems
A method of sparse digital cancellation of receiver nonlinear distortion in carrier aggregation systems is proposed. A reference signal generator generates possible candidate reference signals to be included in a dictionary matrix D. A sparsity-based solution is then applied to dynamically select reference signals based on the RF transceiver configuration. Based on the auto-correlation and cross-correlation with an observed radio signal, a subset of reference signals is selected from the dictionary matrix to match the distortion signal. The number of selected reference signals is flexibly determined based on the design constraints on complexity and power consumption. A greedy sparse estimation approaches, e.g., Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) can be used for reference signal selection. The reference signal selection is dynamic and adapts itself for different channel responses through correlating the observed radio signal with the dictionary reference signals. |
| US10038461B2 |
RF amplifier having a transition shaping filter
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier system or transmitter includes one or more power amplifiers and a controller that is configured to adjust amplitudes and phases of RF input signals of the one or more power amplifiers and supply voltages applied to the one or more power amplifiers. In embodiments where multiple power amplifiers are used, a combiner may be provided to combine outputs of the power amplifiers. |
| US10038457B2 |
Transmission apparatus and associated method of encoding transmission data
A transmission apparatus includes an encoder that codes a data sequence with a parity check matrix, wherein the data sequence includes a final information bit sequence and virtual information bits, and outputs the final information bit sequence and a parity sequence, as LDPC codes, and a transmitter that transmits the LDPC codes as a transmission data. A column length of the parity check matrix is longer than a total length of the final information bit sequence and the parity sequence, by a length of the virtual information bits that are set to “0” and are not transmitted. The total length of the final information bit sequence and the parity sequence has a sequence length corresponding to a length from a first column to a determined column of the parity check matrix. The encoder generates the LDPC codes by using the first column to the determined column among one or more column(s) of the parity check matrix. |
| US10038451B2 |
All digital phase locked loop
An all digital phase locked loop (ADPLL) includes an integer part phase processing circuit that outputs an integer part frequency signal using a first value and a second value. The first value is obtained by counting edges of one of a plurality of output clock signals. The second value indicates current edge position information on an edge position of an external reference clock signal with respect to the plurality of output clock signals. The ADPLL further includes a fraction part phase processing circuit that selects two adjacent output clock signals of the plurality of output clock signals according to a prediction selection signal and that generates a fraction part frequency signal using the fraction part phase signal, the prediction selection signal being generated according to a fraction part phase signal indicating fraction part phase information and a signal indicating the current edge position information. |
| US10038446B2 |
Reliability of physical unclonable function circuits
Techniques and circuits are disclosed for obtaining a physical unclonable function (PUF) circuit that is configured to provide, during a first operational mode, an output signal that is dependent on an electric characteristic of the PUF circuit. Techniques and circuits described herein can cause the PUF circuit to enter a second operational mode by applying a stress signal to the PUF circuit that changes a value of the electric characteristic relative to another value of the electric characteristic during the first operational mode of the PUF circuit; and adjusting, based on changing the absolute value of the first electric characteristic, a bias magnitude of the output signal relative to another bias magnitude of the output signal during the first operational mode of the PUF circuit. |
| US10038445B1 |
Component authentication utilizing multi-level arbiter
A method for component authentication includes delaying an input signal along a first propagation path and a second propagation path, each propagation path including a same number of delay stages. A plurality of control inputs alters the first propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the second propagation path, and alters the second propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the first propagation path. A time difference between a first output of the first propagation path and a second output of the second propagation path is quantized into a plurality of time bins represented by a multi-bit output. The multi-bit output is transformed with a non-linear transform to provide a response output. |
| US10038442B2 |
Circuit arrangement for controlling a transistor
A circuit arrangement for controlling a transistor with an insulated gate, a gate driver for generating a driver signal, and a capacitor parallel to the gate-source path of the transistor, wherein the gate driver is designed for generating a driver signal greater than or equal to zero volts, an inductor is provided for forming a resonant circuit with the capacitor, and a switching element is provided in the resonant circuit, which is designed for interrupting the resonant circuit after recharging the capacitor. The part of the circuit arrangement downstream of the gate driver is designed for exclusive voltage supply using the driver signal of the gate driver, and the switching element is formed by an additional transistor, a first freewheeling diode is arranged parallel to the switching element, and the inductor of the resonant circuit is arranged between the additional transistor and the gate of the transistor. |
| US10038440B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a controller and a control signal generating circuit. The control signal generating circuit generates a first control signal and a second control signal different from each other for on-off control of two loads on the basis of a state of one three-state port of the controller. |
| US10038439B2 |
Control circuit and control method for turning on a power semiconductor switch
A control circuit for turning on a power semiconductor switch includes an input that receives a signal characterizing a switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch. A phase detection circuit detects two or more phases of the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch in response to the signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch. The phase detection circuit is coupled to generate a phase signal that indicates which of the two or more phases the power semiconductor switch is currently running through. A variable current source is coupled to supply a current with a variable level to a control input of the power semiconductor switch to switch on the power semiconductor switch. The control circuit is coupled to control the variable current source in a closed control loop in response to the signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch. |
| US10038435B2 |
High-frequency-isolation gate driver circuit and gate circuit driving method
In a configuration of an isolation circuit using a transformer of a high-frequency-isolation gate driver circuit in the frequency band from 1 to 100 MHz, a period for resetting the exciting current is eliminated, generation of self-resonance phenomenon after resetting is cancelled to reduce generation of noise current, and malfunctions of the switching element due to noise is prevented. In driving plural gate circuits by RF signals, exciting current is allowed to pass through a primary coil of a gate driver transformer alternately in both directions continuously all the time, in a configuration for isolating drive input signals by the gate driver transformer. Accordingly, the reset period that is required when the exciting current flows only in one way becomes unnecessary, and thus generation of self-resonance phenomenon after resetting is canceled. Then, generation of noise current caused by the self-resonance phenomenon is reduced. |
| US10038434B2 |
Soft shutdown modular circuitry for power semiconductor switches
Circuitry for soft shutdown of a power switch and a power converters that includes circuitry for soft shutdown are described. In one aspect, circuitry for soft shutdown of a power switch includes a sense input to be coupled to a power switch receive a signal representative of current passing through the power switch, a comparator to compare the signal with an overcurrent threshold indicative of an overcurrent condition of the power switch and to output a triggering signal in response to the comparison indicating the overcurrent condition, and a gating transistor to be coupled to a control terminal of the power switch, the gating transistor configured to divert a portion of a drive signal away from the control terminal of the power switch in response to the triggering signal. |
| US10038428B2 |
Sequential circuit and operating method thereof
In a sequential circuit, a first stage is configured to charge a voltage of a first node in response to a clock, and to discharge the voltage of the first node in response to the clock, a voltage of a second node, and data; a second stage is configured to charge the voltage of the second node in response to the clock, and to discharge the voltage of the second node in response to the clock and a logic signal; a combinational logic is configured to generate the logic signal based on the voltage of the first node, the voltage of the second node, and the data; and a latch circuit is configured to latch the voltage of the second node in response to the clock. |
| US10038424B2 |
Radio frequency filter, high selectivity triplexer, and communications device
Communications devices, triplexers, high-pass filters, and low-pass filters are disclosed. A communications device includes a triplexer having a common port and first, second, and third branch ports. A hybrid LC/SAW high-pass filter is connected between the common port and the third branch port, a hybrid LC/SAW low-pass filter is connected between the common port and an internal node, an LC high-pass filter is connected between the internal node and the second branch port, and an LC low-pass filter is connected between the internal node and the first branch port. |
| US10038423B2 |
Notch filter
A high-pass notch filter includes an input port, an output port, a third SAW resonator, a first inductor element, and a second inductor element. The first SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a first frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The second SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a second frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The third SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a third frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The first inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the first SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded. The second inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the second SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded. |
| US10038419B1 |
Last mile equalization
An audio playback system performs a method including identifying a first type of audio included in a first audio stream, tagging the first audio stream with a first digital tag corresponding to the first type of audio, identifying a second type of audio included in a second audio stream, tagging the second audio stream with a second digital tag corresponding to the second type of audio, rendering the first audio stream with a first equalization profile applied thereto, the first equalization profile selected responsive to the audio playback system detecting the first digital tag in the first audio stream, and rendering the second audio stream with a second equalization profile different than the first equalization profile applied thereto, the second equalization profile selected responsive to the audio playback system detecting the second digital tag in the second audio stream. |
| US10038416B2 |
Self-oscillating class D amplifier
A self-oscillating class D amplifier includes an integration circuit configured to integrate an input signal and output a result of the integration as an integrated signal, a comparator configured to receive the integrated signal at an inverting input terminal and output a pulse width modulation signal by comparing voltages of a non-inverting input terminal being grounded and the inverting input terminal, a switching circuit configured to power-amplify the pulse width modulation signal output from the comparator, a low-pass filter configured to extract an amplified output signal from the power-amplified pulse width modulation signal, a first feedback circuit configured to feed back the output signal of the low-pass filter to the inverting input terminal of the comparator, and a second feedback circuit configured to feed back the output signal of the low-pass filter to the integration circuit. |
| US10038414B2 |
RF switch with split tunable matching network
An improved architecture for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier, impedance matching network, and selector switch. One aspect of embodiments of the invention is splitting the functionality of a final stage impedance matching network (IMN) into two parts, comprising a base set of off-chip IMN components and an on-chip IMN tuning component. The on-chip IMN tuning component may be a digitally tunable capacitor (DTC). In one embodiment, an integrated circuit having a power amplifier, an on-chip IMN tuner, and a selector switch is configured to be coupled to an off-chip set of IMN components. In another embodiment, an integrated circuit having an on-chip IMN tuner and a selector switch is configured to be coupled through an off-chip set of IMN components to a separate integrated circuit having an RF power amplifier. |
| US10038412B2 |
Signal amplification processing method and apparatus
The application relates to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a signal amplification processing method and apparatus. The method includes setting multiple groups of parameter values for a signal decomposition parameter group, separately performing signal amplification processing based on each group of parameter values, obtaining a power amplification efficiency corresponding to each group of parameter values, obtaining a group of parameter values corresponding to a maximum power amplification efficiency in the power amplification efficiency corresponding to each group of parameter values, and setting the group of parameter values corresponding to the maximum power amplification efficiency as parameter values of the signal decomposition parameter group. Thus, the power amplification efficiency may be improved. |
| US10038409B2 |
RF switch with integrated tuning
Methods and devices are described for reducing receiver complexity in an RF front-end stage. In one exemplary implementation, a switch is used to connect a plurality of receive paths to a single input amplifier of a transceiver unit used the RF front-end stage. In another exemplary implementation, the switch has a tunable network which can be tuned with respect to various frequencies of operation of the receive path and associated RF signal. |
| US10038408B2 |
Pseudo-random chopper amplifier
A chopper stabilized amplifier that utilizes a multi-frequency chopping signal to reduce chopping artifacts. By utilizing a multi-frequency chopping signal, the amplifier DC offset and flicker noise are translated to the higher chopping frequencies but are also smeared, or spread out in frequency and consequently lowered in amplitude. This lower amplitude signal allows for less stringent filtering requirements. |
| US10038403B2 |
Digital isolator
Several circuits and methods for transferring an input data signal in a digital isolator are disclosed. In an embodiment, the digital isolator includes an isolation element, input circuit, and output circuit. The isolation element includes at least one input node and at least one output node, the input circuit is electronically coupled to the input node and generates modulated differential data signals based on modulating the input data signal on a carrier signal. The input circuit operates using a first supply voltage with respect to a first ground. The output circuit is electronically coupled to the output node to receive the modulated differential data signals, operates using a second supply voltage with respect to a second ground and includes a frequency-shift keying demodulator configured to generate a demodulated data signal in response to detection of presence of the carrier signal. The output circuit further generates an output data signal. |
| US10038398B2 |
Motor control, apparatus, motor control method, control system, information processing program and recording medium
The present invention realizes a motor control apparatus and the like capable of obtaining an appropriate frequency characteristic. The motor control apparatus of the present invention includes a command value generating portion (10), a torque saturation detecting portion (61) for determining whether a driving value based on a command value exceeds a driving value capable of being output from the apparatus, a current saturation detecting portion (71), a voltage saturation detecting portion (72), and a command value correcting portion (20) for correcting the command value when the driving value is determined as being exceeded. |
| US10038395B2 |
Energy harvesting system
A system, in certain embodiments, includes a joint and an energy harvesting system. The energy harvesting system includes an energy conversion system configured to convert kinetic energy from movement of the joint into electrical energy. |
| US10038394B2 |
Vibration wave drive device, stator for a vibration wave motor, vibration wave motor, driving control system, optical apparatus, and manufacturing method of a vibration wave driving device
A vibration wave drive device includes an annular piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric material and multiple electrodes provided sandwiching the piezoelectric material, the annular piezoelectric element being configured to vibrate by a traveling wave of a wavelength λ; and a power feeding member including at least an electric wire for supplying electric power to the element, the feeding member being provided at a first surface of the element. The element includes at least two driving regions, and a non-driving region arranged between two of the at least two driving regions and having an average annular length of nλ/4, n being an odd number. At least one electrode provided on the first surface is arranged across the driving region and the non-driving region, and is electrically connected to the feeding member only in the non-driving region. |
| US10038393B1 |
Single-phase non-isolated inverter
The present invention discloses a single-phase non-isolated inverter, comprising: a first DC-side capacitor, a second DC-side capacitor, a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a third switch unit, a fourth switch unit, a fifth switch unit, a sixth switch unit, a seventh switch unit, and an eighth switch unit. When the single-phase non-isolated inverter is operated at a zero-voltage switching state, the seventh switch unit and the eighth switch unit are switched to short circuit for forming a short-circuit path between the bus lines. Briefly speaking, this novel single-phase non-isolated inverter has reactive power capability. In addition, according to an adjusting signal of a PI controller, micro controller of the single-phase non-isolated inverter is able to properly adjusts the duty cycle of a switch unit driving signal of the fifth switch unit and the sixth switch unit, so as to cancel the capacitor voltage unbalance between two DC-side capacitors. |
| US10038391B2 |
Central-string inverter device
A central-string inverter device is provided, including a container and multiple string inverters installed in the container. The multiple string inverters are arranged in two rows located respectively on two opposite sides of the container. An intermediate duct is formed between the two rows of string inverters. An air outlet is arranged on each of side walls of the two opposite sides of the container. An air inlet is arranged on each of side walls of the other two opposite sides of the container or on a bottom wall of the container. Pulling structures corresponding to the multiple string inverters are arranged on the side walls of the two opposite sides of the container. Each string inverter is installed or removed through the pulling structure. |
| US10038390B1 |
Power conversion circuit
A power conversion circuit comprises a rectifying circuit, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, a fourth switching element, a series connection of a capacitor and an induction coil, a fifth switching element, a voltage detection section and a control circuit. The rectifying circuit rectifies an AC power supply. One side of the series connection of the capacitor and the induction coil is connected to a first connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element. The fifth switching element switches a state between a first connection state and a second connection state. The control circuit switches the fifth switching element between the first connection state and the second connection state based on the detection voltage by the voltage detection section and inputs a pulse signal to the first to the fourth switching elements. |
| US10038386B2 |
Magnetron power supply
A power supply for a magnetron has a high voltage converter, a microprocessor and a resistor. The high voltage converter comprises an integrated circuit oscillator, switching transistors, an inductance L1, a transformer and a rectifier. A voltage source supplies an augmented DC voltage to the converter. An operational amplifier, arranged as an error signal magnifier with an integrating capacitor and a resistor, compares a control signal from the microprocessor and the resistor and supplies an output signal to the oscillator. The oscillator controls the switching transistors, the output of which is connected to the inductance and the primary winding of the transformer. The secondary winding of the transformer is connected to half bridge diodes and capacitors, which provide DC current from the transformer to the magnetron. |
| US10038385B2 |
Flyback converter and controller using counter and current emulator
In one embodiment, a power supply controller, or alternately a semiconductor device having a power supply controller, may have a circuit configured configuring the PWM circuit to form a first signal having a value formed to be representative of a peak value of a primary current through the power switch and having a duration that is representative of a time interval that a secondary current is flowing through a secondary winding wherein the peak value is the peak value during an on-time of the power switch, and configured to form a current having a value that is representative of an average value of the secondary current. |
| US10038377B2 |
Precharging a capacitor with an offset to mitigate control delays in a buck converter
One example includes a power supply system. The system includes a power stage comprising at least one power switch that is periodically activated during an on-time of a duty-cycle based on a switching signal to generate an output voltage at an output. The system also includes a switching controller configured to generate the switching signal based on an amplitude of a capacitor voltage at a control node associated with a capacitor that defines the on-time of the duty-cycle as a function of the capacitor being periodically charged. The switching controller includes a pre-bias stage configured to apply a pre-bias charge to the capacitor via an offset voltage prior to a start of the on-time to pre-charge parasitic capacitance associated with the power supply system prior to the start of the on-time. |
| US10038372B2 |
Method and device for controlling a charge pump circuit
A charge pump circuit can be controlled by a control signal that is generated from a first signal coming from and output signal of the charge pump circuit, from a reference signal, and from a clock signal. The generation of the control signal includes a comparison of the reference signal and of the first signal in tempo with a timing signal coming from the clock signal. |
| US10038369B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing noise and interference in isolated switching power supplies
The present disclosure provides systems and related methods for reducing noise and interference in communications between an external device and implantable medical devices. The external device comprises an isolated switching power supply that includes a transformer separating a non-isolated side from an isolated side of the power supply. The transformer includes a primary winding on the non-isolated side, the primary winding extending between a primary winding upper end and a primary winding lower end, and a secondary winding on the isolated side, the secondary winding extending between a secondary winding upper end and a secondary winding lower end. The power supply further includes a high-frequency switch configured to selectively connect and disconnect the primary winding lower end to a ground, wherein the primary winding is electrically coupled to a supply voltage at an intermediate point between the primary winding upper end and the primary winding lower end. |
| US10038360B2 |
Vibration motor
A vibration motor includes a cover; a substrate forming an accommodation space together with the cover; a vibrator received in the accommodation space, the vibrator including a first driver and a second driver; a plurality of elastic members suspending the vibrator in the accommodation space; a third driver mounted on the substrate for generating a first force cooperatively with the first driver to drive the vibrator to vibrate along a first direction; and a fourth driver mounted on the substrate for generating a second force cooperatively with the second driver to drive the vibrator to vibrate along a second direction. |
| US10038359B2 |
Rotor and method of forming
A rotor casting includes a lamination stack and a cast structure including proximal and distal cast end rings respectively adjacent proximal and distal end faces of the lamination stack. Cast axial ribs are distributed radially on a peripheral surface of the lamination stack and extend between the proximal and distal cast end rings. Cast feed members extend axially from the proximal cast end ring and are respectively positioned radially between an adjacent pair of axial ribs. In one example, cast bar segments integral to the proximal and distal cast end rings are formed in axial slots of the lamination stack. In one example, a bar insert in each axial slot has insert ends that extend respectively from the proximal and distal end faces of the lamination stack and are fully encapsulated respectively in the proximal and distal cast end rings. A method of forming the rotor casting is provided. |
| US10038350B2 |
DC motor
A positive connection plate of a DC motor includes a fitting groove to enable assembling a specific brush holder thereto. The specific brush holder includes a convex part that fits in the fitting groove and a stepped surface having a step at a radially outer side of the convex part, and located at the opposite-core side of its armature from a core-side end surface of the convex part. A space existing in an axial stepped area which is located at the core side from the stepped surface and in which the step is formed is a stepped space. A drawing member is drawn from a position which circumferentially overlaps with the specific brush holder to the outside of a motor case, and is disposed so as to overlap with the stepped space in the axial direction. |
| US10038349B2 |
Multi-phase modular coil element for electric motor and generator
Aspects and embodiments disclosed herein include a highly efficient electric motor which can be embodied in several configurations, including a standard motor, a hub motor, a linear motor, or other motor configuration. In one example, there is provided a motor comprising a rotor including a plurality of magnets and a stator including at least one coil module, the at least one coil module including a plurality of coils of conductive material, the plurality of coils arranged horizontally displaced from one another and retained in a matrix material of the at least one coil module. |
| US10038348B2 |
Liner, stator assembly and associated method
A liner for use for a resilient stator of an electric machine for positioning between teeth formed in the stator. The stator is conformable from a first generally extending shape with opposed spaced apart ends and to a second generally hollow circular shape. The liner includes a central portion for positioning in a cavity between the adjacent teeth, a first end portion for limiting motion of the liner extending from the central portion and adapted to cooperate with a first end face of the stator, and a second end portion extending from the central portion and cooperating with a second end face of the stator, opposed to the first end face. The first end portion limits motion of the liner. The liner is positioned between adjacent teeth when the stator is in the first shape and remains in the cavity when the stator is in the second shape. |
| US10038344B2 |
Wireless power transmitting unit, wireless power receiving unit, and control methods thereof
A control method of a wireless power receiving unit receiving charging power from a wireless power transmitting unit to perform wireless charging is provided. The control method includes receiving the charging power from the wireless power transmitting unit; detecting a change in a wireless charging environment; generating a message notifying of the change in the wireless charging environment; and transmitting the message notifying of the change in the wireless charging environment to the wireless power transmitting unit. |
| US10038339B2 |
Dual mode wireless power receiver
A dual mode wireless power receiver (DMWPR) selectively applying a received power to a load device and utilizing at least a part of the power to power-up, communicate, and charge a secondary wireless power receiver (SWPR) is provided. The DMWPR includes a first circuitry having an impedance network, a switch network, a filter capacitor, and one or more switches, and a second circuitry having a security engine, a control logic circuit, and a modulator/demodulator circuit. The first circuitry receives power in charging mode and transmits power in communication mode. The second circuitry configures the first circuitry to allow receipt and transmittal of power, receives and interprets data from SWPR in identified wireless power protocol, and based on the type of SWPR authenticates, decrypts and encrypts data transfer between DMWPR and SWPR, and receives and executes on a request from SWPR to perform a function associated with transmitted power. |
| US10038334B2 |
Direct current power supply device control method and control device
A direct current power supply device control method and control device such that output currents of each direct current power supply unit are balanced with high accuracy using droop control that reflects wiring resistance from a multiple of direct current power supply units operated in parallel to a load. A droop characteristic of each of power supply units is expressed using wiring resistance between output terminals of the power supply units, output voltage, output current, an output voltage command value, and a droop coefficient, and the wiring resistance is calculated in advance using the output voltage and output current of each unit and voltage of an output point. When the units are operated in parallel, an output voltage command value of each unit is calculated using output current of the same magnitude common to all units, the output voltage of each unit, the droop coefficient, and the wiring resistance. |
| US10038331B1 |
Pro unit to continuously recharge the battery of an electric conveyance
This invention is an onboard pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) unit for charging or recharging the battery of an electric conveyance or for feeding the conveyance's motor directly. The PRO unit exploits the combined use of osmotic pressure, a water-submerged hollow fiber membrane system, a concentrated aqueous solution of superparamagnetic nanoparticles (a ferrofluid) as a draw solution, and a solenoid-type permanent magnetic field, to create a high pressure water flow that acts upon one or more hydroturbine generators to produce electricity. After the pressurized water acts upon the hydroturbine generators, it is returned to the feed side of the membrane system to once again become permeate, in effect making the entire system a closed loop, continuously re-circulating process. The membrane cells may be heated to increase power density. |
| US10038329B2 |
Monitor and control module and method
A method and module for monitoring a voltage of a power cell, sampling and holding a voltage of the power cell, and balancing a voltage of the power cell. In accordance with an embodiment, an interface circuit is capable of operation in a plurality of operating modes. In accordance with another embodiment, the interface circuit is coupled to a filter section. |
| US10038325B2 |
Electric storage device and deterioration determination method
An object of the present invention is to provide a new method for performing deterioration determination of a lithium ion secondary battery. In order to attain the object, in the present invention, there is provided a electric storage device (10) including a battery unit (11) including a plurality of battery cells which are connected to each other, a charge and discharge control unit (12) controlling charge and discharge of the plurality of battery cells, a cell balance unit (13) performing balance processing which corrects a difference in a cell voltage between the plurality of battery cells, and a determination unit (14) performing deterioration determination of each of the plurality of battery cells in a state in which the balance processing is disabled when the charge and discharge based on the control of the charge and discharge control unit (12) is not performed for greater than or equal to a predetermined period of time. |
| US10038321B2 |
System for operation of photovoltaic power plant and DC power collection within
A system is disclosed for extracting a medium DC voltage from a plurality of PV modules arranged in an array and supplying the medium DC voltage to inverters located outside the array near a point of interconnection with a utility grid. |
| US10038312B2 |
High-voltage combined electrical apparatus
A high-voltage combined electrical apparatus includes a transformer, at least one circuit breaker, at least one oil/gas separation module and at least one operating mechanism. In an embodiment, the circuit breaker includes a ceramic insulator, an upper outgoing line seat, a lower outgoing line seat, and a disconnecting mechanism connected there between. The oil/gas separation module includes a first end electrically connected to a transformer coil of the transformer, and a second end electrically connected to the lower outgoing line seat. The operating mechanism is connected to and controls the disconnecting mechanism. The high-voltage combined electrical apparatus of an embodiment integrates a circuit breaker and a transformer, omitting the conventional transformer oil/gas sleeve and overhead line, so that the structure thereof is simpler, the cost is lower, the area of ground occupied by the equipment is reduced, and the occurrence of short circuits associated with overhead lines is avoided. |
| US10038308B2 |
Quantum cascade semiconductor laser
A quantum cascade semiconductor laser includes: a semiconductor mesa having a core layer extending in a direction of a first axis, and an end face extending in a direction of a second axis intersecting the direction of the first axis, and the semiconductor mesa being disposed on a principal surface of a substrate; and a reflective layer disposed on the end face of the semiconductor mesa, the reflective layer including a first semiconductor film in contact with the core layer, the core layer having a superlattice structure, the superlattice structure including a quantum well layer and a barrier layer, and the first semiconductor film of the reflective layer having a bandgap equal to or smaller than that of the quantum well layer. |
| US10038306B2 |
Nitride semiconductor device and quantum cascade laser using the same
A nitride semiconductor device includes a GaN substrate in which an angle between a principal surface and an m-plane of GaN is −5° or more and +5° or less, a first intermediate layer disposed on the principal surface of the substrate and made of AlzGa(1−z)N, 0≤z≤1, and a second intermediate layer disposed on a principal surface of the first intermediate layer, having an Al content different from that of the first intermediate layer, and made of Alx1Iny1Ga(1−x1−y1)N, 0≤x1≤1, 0≤y1≤1. A quantum cascade laser includes the nitride semiconductor device. |
| US10038301B1 |
Hybrid mode-locked laser with tunable number of comb lines
A hybrid laser structure (comprising III-V gain material and a silicon-based photonic integrated circuit) is configured to control the number of generated mode-locked wavelengths by including an optical wavelength filter within the photonic integrated circuit portion of the laser cavity. The optical wavelength filter is used to control the number of comb lines that are supported by the laser cavity, filtering out a set of non-selected mode-locked wavelengths to control the generated number. The optical filter may be passive or active, and the number of generated comb lines may be fixed or adjustable, as desired. |
| US10038300B2 |
Optically-induced charge separation and induced magnetism in dielectrics for optical energy conversion and intense magnetic field generation
Schemes are described to produce quasi-static charge separation, Terahertz radiation, and programmable magnetic field generation using linearly-polarized light in unbiased, transparent insulators. The methods exploit a recently-observed magneto-electric optical nonlinearity that produces intense magnetization in undoped, homogeneous dielectrics. Analysis reveals that strong magnetic effects can be induced at modest optical intensities even with incoherent light. Consequently, efficient solar power conversion is feasible without the semiconductor processing or electron-hole pair generation that is required in conventional photovoltaic cells. Additionally, conditions and techniques are described to generate intense THz radiation in unbiased substrates and large magnetic fields orientated transverse to the direction of propagation of light, without the need for any external permanent magnetic or electromagnetic apparatus. |
| US10038298B2 |
Edge-emitting etched-facet lasers
A laser chip having a substrate, an epitaxial structure on the substrate, the epitaxial structure including an active region and the active region generating light, a waveguide formed in the epitaxial structure extending in a first direction, the waveguide having a front etched facet and a back etched facet that define an edge-emitting laser, and a first recessed region formed in the epitaxial structure, the first recessed region being arranged at a distance from the waveguide and having an opening adjacent to the back etched facet, the first recessed region facilitating testing of an adjacent laser chip prior to singulation of the laser chip. |
| US10038297B2 |
Method and generator for generating ultra-short light pulses
This invention relates to the field of laser technology and more particularly to the ultra-short pulse generation methods and generators. One round trip of the ultra-short light pulse formation inside a generator optical loop comprises these steps: amplification of the light pulse, spectral broadening of the amplified light pulse due to the optical Kerr effect inside the optically transparent medium, selection of the predeterminated spectral components of the spectrally broadened light pulses by using the first spectrally-sensitive optical element, then again follows amplification of the selected light pulses, spectral broadening of the amplified light pulse due to the optical Kerr effect inside the optically transparent medium and selection of the predeterminated spectral components of the spectrally broadened light pulses by using the second spectrally-sensitive optical element, where spectral components of the light pulses selected using the first spectrally-sensitive optical element are different than the spectral components of the light pulses selected using the second spectrally-sensitive optical element. |
| US10038280B2 |
Cable latch indicator and retainer
A cable seating indication and retention system includes a cable connected to a latch that may be positioned in an engaged position or a disengaged position by a user manipulating a handling tab. To seat the cable to an electronic system, the handling tab is manipulated to position the latch in the disengaged position so that the cable may be seated to the electronic system. Once the cable is initially seated, the handling tab may be manipulated to position the latch in the engaged position to engage and retain the latch to a connector shell of the electronic system. The relative location of the handling tab, whether it be manipulated to position the latch in the engaged position or the disengaged position, provides a visible indication to a user whether the cable is properly seated. |
| US10038278B2 |
Electrical connector having a connector position assurance element
An electrical connector includes a housing having an upper wall and a first protrusion and a CPA element slidably coupled to the housing along the upper wall between an extended position and an inserted position. The CPA element includes a base and a first beam extending from the base having a first arm and a first finger including an abutment wall configured to abut against the first protrusion and a tip configured to be engaged by a mating connector when received in the housing. The tip is deflected from a blocked position to a released position with the distal end engaging the protrusion in the blocked position and the tip being deflected outside of the protrusion to the released position where the tip is able to clear past the protrusion to allow the CPA element to be moved from the extended position to the inserted position. The CPA may be configured so that in the extended position it is to block release of a pivotal latch used to retain the connector to a mating connector. |
| US10038272B2 |
Flexible electrical power strip
An electrical power strip that may be flexibly configured is provided. The power strip includes a power cord having a plug configured to operably couple with a wall socket. A head block is electrically coupled to the power cord on an end opposite the first plug. The head block having a first outlet socket on one end configured to receive a first external power plug. The head block further includes a first, second and third female electrical connector located on different sides. A power block having a first male connector on a side is electrically coupled with one of the first, second or third female connector. The first power block having a second outlet socket configured to receive a second external power plug. The power block further having a fourth, fifth and sixth female connectors located on different sides. |
| US10038271B2 |
Electrical connector with reduced size in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement and extending directions of two wires
A connector includes a housing 10 to be connected to a mating connector, and two conductive unit. Each conductive unit includes a terminal, a wire 43, and an inner conductive member 40 for electrically connecting the terminal and the wire 43. A fixing portion 17 to which the inner conductive members 40 are to be fixed is provided inside the housing 10, one of the inner conductive members 40 is fixed on one side in an arrangement direction of two wires 43 in the housing 10 and the other inner conductive member 40 is fixed on the other side. Each of the two inner conductive members 40 is fixed to the fixing portion 17 by a bolt 22, 23 extending in the arrangement direction. |
| US10038267B2 |
Circuit interconnect system and method
A circuit interconnect generally comprises an electrical connection pad, a shape memory material, and a flowable conductor. The electrical connection pad has an upper surface, a portion of which is covered by the shape memory material. The flowable conductor extends through the shape memory material and is electrically coupled to the electrical connection pad. The shape memory material has a first configuration at a first temperature and a second configuration at a second temperature. In the instance of the second temperature being greater than the first, the shape memory material has a first configuration that is substantially planar and a second configuration that is cupped. |
| US10038266B2 |
Female terminal fitting and connector provided with the same
A female terminal fitting includes an electric connection portion having a bottom plate, side plates, and a top plate. An elastic contact piece opposed to the top plate or the bottom plate is provided inside the electric connection portion. The elastic contact piece includes a central contact which protrudes toward the top plate or the bottom plate. The top plate or the bottom plate includes a pair of contacts and a curved contact portion. The pair of contacts is provided respectively in widthwise edge portions of an inner surface of the top plate or the bottom plate. The curved contact portion is provided between the pair of contacts so as to be recessed like an arc. |
| US10038265B1 |
Low-profile surface mounted receptacle
A very low profile connector (e.g., less than 1.9 mm high) utilizes stored energy in a horizontal beam to augment contact displacement and is contained in a cage that will eliminate any transfer of forces to the solder joints that hold the connector to the circuit board. |
| US10038260B2 |
Method for molding electrical connector
An electrical connector. Multiple first and second terminals are arranged respectively on upper and lower surfaces of a tongue to form upper and lower rows. A middle shielding sheet is insert molded in the tongue and located between the first and second terminals, and has a first middle hole across a central line thereof along a front-rear direction. A width of the first middle hole along a transverse direction is greater than that of at least one USB 2.0 terminal. The first middle hole is located between the USB 2.0 terminals in the upper and lower rows. The middle shielding sheet has first holes respectively at two transverse sides of the central line. A front edge of the first middle hole extends forward beyond a rear edge of the first holes. The length of the first middle hole along the front-rear direction is shorter than that of each first hole. |
| US10038259B2 |
Low insertion loss package pin structure and method
An apparatus for placement between a package and an integrated circuit board includes: an insert having: a substrate having a top side and a bottom side; a first set of pads at the top side of the substrate; a second set of pads at the bottom side of the substrate; and a plurality of vias in the substrate, the vias connecting respective pads in the first set to respective pads in the second set; wherein the insert has a thickness that is less than a spacing between the package and the integrated circuit board. |
| US10038258B2 |
Pressing member and electrical connector assembly
A pressing member is used for downwardly pressing on a chip module. The pressing member has a main body and a central opening going through the main body. The main body has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The central opening is provided for a part portion of the chip module going through. The pressing member has a pressing portion protrudes upwardly from the upper surface and provided for an external device pressing downwardly on to make the main body press downwardly on the chip module so as to prevent the chip module from warping. |
| US10038254B2 |
Systems, devices and methods of using a conductive housing for a battery contact
A device includes a housing constructed from a conductive material, and an electronic circuit electrically insulated from the housing. The device also includes a power source positioned such that a first electrical contact of the power source faces the electronic circuit and a second electrical contact faces a side of the housing. The device also includes an insulating layer that includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The device also includes a first connector configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuit and the first electrical contact, and a second connector configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuit and the side of the housing via the first aperture of the insulating layer. The power source is configured for electrically coupling the second electrical contact with the side of the housing via the second aperture of the insulating layer. |
| US10038252B2 |
Tiling system and method for an array antenna
The system can include and the method can provide a first printed circuit board antenna tile. The first printed circuit board antenna tile comprises a repeating pattern of antenna element units. The antenna can also include and the method can also provide a second first printed circuit board antenna tile comprising the repeating pattern. The first printed circuit board antenna tile and the second first printed circuit board antenna tile can be attached such that the antenna elements maintain the same spacing in an X-Y plane associated with the repeating pattern across a boundary the first printed circuit board antenna tile and the second first printed circuit board antenna tile. |
| US10038247B2 |
Systems and methods for differential dipole-based waveguide power combining
A power combiner system for use in a single-mode waveguide includes an input waveguide, an output waveguide, at least one power amplifier module that includes a plurality of amplifiers, and at least one input dipole antenna extending into the input waveguide. Each input dipole antenna includes two input dipole antenna arms, and each input dipole antenna arm is coupled to an input of a corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers. The system further includes at least one output dipole antenna extending into the output waveguide. Each output dipole antenna includes two output dipole antenna arms, and each output dipole antenna arm is coupled to an output of a corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers. Each power amplifier module is disposed in a plane that runs parallel with the direction of propagation. |
| US10038245B2 |
Antenna module and mobile terminal having the same
Disclosed are an antenna module and a mobile terminal having the same. The antenna module includes a ground plate; a metal plate spaced apart from the ground plate by a distance such that a surface of the metal plate faces a surface of the ground plate; a first conductive member spaced apart from an edge of the ground plate by a distance, the first conductive member encompassing the edge; a feeding part formed on the ground plate; a second conductive member formed on the ground plate and coupled to the feeding part, wherein the second conductive member indirectly feeds the first conductive member and the metal plate; and a first connection member and a second connection member that couple the ground plate to the metal plate. |
| US10038242B2 |
Antenna component
An antenna component providing a large output. The antenna component includes a magnetic core and a coil antenna including a first coil portion to an nth coil portion (n being an integer more than two) wound around the magnetic core. The first coil portion to the nth coil portion are electrically connected in series and are spaced apart from each other and arranged in the order from the first to nth coil portions. The number of turns of each of the second coil portion to the (n−1)th coil portion is smaller than the number of turns of each of the first coil portion and the nth coil portion. |
| US10038241B2 |
Semiconductor device and transmission-reception system
An object of the invention is to transmit a waveform suitable for the reception of signals, while suppressing an increase in man-hours needed for design. A transmission-reception device (2) includes: an antenna element (21) which is terminated at a virtual ground point side of the antenna element by a terminating element (213); a conductor plane (23) which has a predetermined potential and surrounds the antenna element (21); and a transmission circuit (25) that outputs a differential signal to both ends of the antenna element (21). An interval between the conductor plane (23) and a first outer edge (214) of the antenna element (21) is shorter than an interval between the conductor plane (23) and a second outer edge (215) of the antenna element (21). |
| US10038237B2 |
Modified cavity-backed microstrip patch antenna
Described embodiments provide an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals. The antenna includes an antenna element and an antenna feed network coupled to the antenna element. The antenna feed network is disposed on a first side of the antenna element. A cavity structure is disposed around the antenna feed network. The cavity structure includes conductive walls defining an antenna element cavity. The walls have a height defining a depth of the cavity. An intracavity wall is disposed within the cavity between feed lines of the antenna feed network. The intra-cavity wall is provided having dimensions selected to reduce cross-coupling within the cavity. |
| US10038235B2 |
Multi-mode, multi-band antenna
A multi-mode, multi-band antenna system for a handheld wireless device includes a Quadrafilar Helix Antenna (QHA) that radiates circularly polarized waves is fed by a co-axial cable. The co-axial cable is also used in combination with the QHA as a monopole antenna. Because of the distinct electromagnetic field patterns of the QHA versus the combination of the QHA and the co-axial cable operating as a monopole antenna, the cross coupling between the two modes is low. In certain embodiments the co-axial cable can itself be formed into a helix in order to reduce the physical length of the antenna system while maintaining an electrical length desired to supported certain frequency bands in the monopole mode. According to certain embodiments a post which also serves to increase the effective electric length of the co-axial cable and thereby support a lower frequency band is provided along the centerline of the QHA. |
| US10038234B2 |
Antenna structure and wireless communication device using same
An antenna structure includes a housing, a first feed portion, a first ground portion, and a second ground portion. The housing defines a slot, a first groove, and a gap. The housing is divided into a first portion and a second portion by the slot, the first groove, and the gap. The first portion is further divided into a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion by the first feed portion. A first portion of the housing extending from the first feed portion to the first gap forms the first radiating portion. A second portion of the housing extending from the first feed portion to the groove forms the second radiating portion. The second radiating portion is shorter than the second portion. The second portion is shorter than the first radiating portion. The first portion activates a first operation mode and the second portion activates a second operation mode. |
| US10038226B2 |
Cooling plate for lithium-ion battery pack
A cooling plate for a battery pack with a plurality of battery cells is provided. The cooling plate includes a cooling fin with a substantially planar surface and a perimeter. The cooling plate includes a frame abutting the cooling fin and forming a seal with the cooling fin adjacent the perimeter of the same. The frame and the cooling fin define at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, and a flow channel therebetween. The at least one fluid inlet and the at least one fluid outlet are disposed through the seal and are in fluid communication with the flow channel. The flow channel is disposed adjacent the perimeter and in heat transfer communication with the substantially planar surface of the cooling fin. A battery pack with the cooling plate, and a method for controlling a temperature of the battery pack, are also provided. |
| US10038225B2 |
Battery watering event detection using a temperature sensor
A method of battery cell monitoring includes measuring a temperature of an electrolyte in a battery cell using a temperature sensor, outputting from the temperature sensor a plurality of electrolyte temperature signals indicative of the temperature of the electrolyte over time, providing the plurality of electrolyte temperature signals to a system controller, determining by the system controller a sudden transition in the electrolyte temperature signals, and logging a watering event data indication in a memory in response to calculating the sudden transition. |
| US10038221B2 |
Secondary battery and method for restoring capacity of secondary battery
An exterior body of a secondary battery includes an insertion portion for insertion of a third electrode including metal lithium. An injection and expelling portion through which an electrolyte solution can be replaced is further provided. Specifically, a nonaqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, a separator, and an exterior body covering the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a positive electrode terminal to which the positive electrode is electrically connected, a negative electrode terminal to which the negative electrode is electrically connected, and an insertion portion for insertion of a third electrode including metal lithium. |
| US10038220B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte for lithium battery safety
A lithium ion electrochemical cell having an electrolyte with reduced carbonate content is described. The reduced carbonate electrolyte minimizes electrolyte out-gassing when the cell is exposed to temperatures above 100° C. The preferred electrolyte comprises a primary solvent of γ-butyrolactone and a secondary solvent comprising an aliphatic or halogen constituent. A most preferred electrolyte consists essentially of γ-butyrolactone as a primary solvent, fluorotoluene as a secondary solvent, and an electrolyte additive formulation of vinylene carbonate, fluorinated ethylene carbonate, and polyvinyl pyridine-co-styrene. An alkali metal salt is added to the solvent admixture. |
| US10038214B2 |
Electrode structures for three-dimensional batteries
An electrode structure for use in an energy storage device comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and a microporous separator separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population. Each member of the electrode population comprises an electrode active material layer and an electrode current conductor layer, and each member of the electrode population has a bottom, a top, a length LE, a width WE and a height HE, wherein the ratio of LE to each of WE and HE is at least 5:1, the ratio of HE to WE is between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, and the electrode current collector layer of each member of the electrode population has a length LC that is measured in the same direction as and is at least 50% of length LE. |
| US10038205B2 |
Fuel cell system
The present invention provides a fuel cell system that can quickly decrease a current/voltage characteristic. A fuel cell system includes an introduction piping which connects a discharging piping and a supply piping in communication with each other, and which introduces part of oxidant-off gas in the supply piping, and a circulation on-off valve provided in the introduction piping. The fuel cell system decreases the supply amount of air by an air compressor when a fuel cell is activated at a low temperature to decrease the air-stoichiometry of the fuel cell, and opens the circulation on-off valve to introduce the oxidant-off gas in the supply piping through the introduction piping, thereby causing the oxidant-off gas to circulate. |
| US10038203B2 |
Cooling plates for fuel cells
A separator plate in an air-cooled fuel cell comprises a series of airflow channels, each channel extending longitudinally between first and second opposing edges of the separator plate. Each channel has a cross-sectional profile defining an airflow cross-section at points along the length of the channel, and at least selected ones of the channels each have a thermally conductive structure extending into the channel cross-section at selected intermediate longitudinal positions of the channel. The positions are disposed over an active area of the fuel cell, to locally enhance heat transfer from the active area via the plate to airflow moving through the channel. |
| US10038201B2 |
Fuel cell component with embedded power connector
An exemplary fuel cell component includes a plate comprising an electrically conductive material. An electrical connector includes a first portion embedded in the plate. A second portion of the electrical connector extends from the plate. The second portion is configured to make an electrically conductive connection with another device. |
| US10038191B2 |
Carbonous anode material, method for producing the same, and lithium-ion battery containing the anode material
The present invention provides an anode material for a lithium-ion battery, the anode material being excellent in the low resistance and the rate characteristics, and meeting the fast charge/discharge characteristics and the relaxation of the characteristics deterioration due to the volume expansion simultaneously in high levels. In the present invention, there is produced a carbonous anode material comprising a composite (7) of a low-crystalline carbon (6), a fibrous carbon (2) having a smaller diameter than the particle diameter of the low-crystalline carbon (6), and a carbon nanohorn (3), by dispersing a low-crystalline carbon precursor (1), the fibrous carbon (2), and the carbon nanohorn (3) in a disperse medium (4) to form a carrier (5) having the carbon nanohorn (3) supported on the precursor (1) and the fibrous carbon (2), separating the carrier (5) from the disperse medium (4), and thereafter subjecting the resultant to a heat treatment to convert the precursor (1) to the low-crystalline carbon (6). |
| US10038181B2 |
Electrode substrate made of carbon fibers and method of producing the electrode substrate
A porous electrode substrate has a form of a tape material and contains a structure made of carbon fibers and a carbon matrix. A specific surface area, porosity, and pore distribution are determined by the carbon matrix. The carbon matrix contains carbon particles including activated carbon with a high specific surface area and a carbonized or graphitized residue of a carbonizable or graphitizable binder. |
| US10038170B2 |
Method for cutting display panel
A method for cutting a display panel is provided by the disclosure. The display panel includes a substrate, a cover plate provided opposite to the substrate, multiple display components sandwiched between the substrate and the cover plate, and encapsulation glue sandwiched between the substrate and the cover plate and surrounding the multiple display components. The method includes: forming multiple display modules by cutting the substrate and the cover plate of the display panel at a position between adjacent display components; and edging a display module obtained through the cutting with an edging machine by a distance from an edge of the display module to inward of the encapsulation glue, until the encapsulation glue is grinded to a preset width. A design of slim bezel can be achieved for the display panel with high accuracy by the method for cutting the display panel according to the disclosure. |
| US10038169B2 |
Vapor deposition apparatus and method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display apparatus
A vapor deposition apparatus for forming a deposition layer on a substrate, the vapor deposition apparatus includes a supply unit configured to receive a first source gas, a reaction space connected to the supply unit, a plasma generator in the reaction space, a first injection unit configured to inject a deposition source material to the substrate, the deposition source material including the first source gas, and a filament unit in the reaction space, the filament unit being connected to a power source. |
| US10038162B2 |
OLED package structure and packaging method
An OLED packaging method includes providing a substrate on which an OLED device is formed and a package lid that comprises a trough formed to correspond to the OLED device and receive a solid resin film therein, forming a loop of fritted glass on the package lid and outside the trough, forming a loop of inorganic protective frame made of silicon nitride on the substrate and at a location that is outside the trough and inside the fritted glass, forming a loop of adhesive on the package lid to correspond to the inorganic protective frame, and laminating the package lid and the substrate to each other such that the OLED device is covered by the solid resin film and the inorganic protective frame is adhered to the adhesive to form a combined circumferential wall, which surrounds, together with the fritted glass, the OLED device covered by the solid resin film. |
| US10038158B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
In an aspect, an organic light-emitting device is provided. |
| US10038156B2 |
Photodetector utilizing quantum dots and perovskite hybrids as light harvesters
A broad-band photodetector utilizes perovskite hybrid material and quantum dots as light harvesters. In particular, the photodetector is configured so that the structural defects on the surface of a quantum dot layer are passivated with perovskite hybrid material. As a result, the trap states on the surface of the quantum dot material is reduced, allowing leakage currents in the quantum dot material to be significantly reduced. As such, the photodetector is able to achieve broad-band operation, with enhanced photoresponsitivity and detectivity. |
| US10038155B2 |
Composition for surface-modifying insulator, method for surface-modifying insulator, insulator, and thin film transistor
A composition includes a compound including a structural unit represented by the above Chemical Formula 1, and a structural unit represented by the above Chemical Formula 2 on at least one terminal end. |
| US10038152B2 |
Organic light-emitting element
Provided is an organic light-emitting element improved in luminous efficiency and lifetime. The organic light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer placed between the pair of electrodes, in which the organic compound layer includes an iridium complex having a benzo[f]isoquinoline of a specific structure as a ligand and a heterocycle-containing compound of a specific structure. |
| US10038149B2 |
Organic electroluminescent and preparation method thereof
Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device and a preparation method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device comprises an anode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode. An organic metal complex and an active metal compound are doped in the electron transport layer, wherein the active metal compound is an alkali metal complex, an alkali earth metal complex or a lanthanide metal compound. The preparation method thereof includes the following steps: etching an anode pattern, and evaporating a hole transport layer and an organic light-emitting layer on an ITO glass substrate in order; and co-evaporate an electron transport material, an organic metal complex and an active metal compound to form an electron transport layer; and evaporating a cathode on the electron transport layer. |
| US10038142B1 |
Organic photovoltaic device with ferroelectric dipole and method of making same
A method of fabricating an organic photovoltaic device. The method includes providing a first electrode which by applying a layer of conductive material onto a transparent substrate. The conductive material forms the first electrode. The method also includes placing an active layer of organic photovoltaic material on top of the first electrode. The active layer is configured to convert photonic energy into electrical energy. Placing an active layer of organic photovoltaic material includes placing an active layer of organic photovoltaic material having ferroelectric dipoles dispersed therein. The method further includes applying a second electrode on top of the active layer of organic photovoltaic material. |
| US10038141B2 |
Fabrication of correlated electron material devices
Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to fabrication of correlated electron materials used, for example, to perform a switching function. In embodiments, precursors, in a gaseous form, may be utilized in a chamber to build a film of correlated electron materials comprising various impedance characteristics. |
| US10038138B1 |
High temperature volatilization of sidewall materials from patterned magnetic tunnel junctions
A process flow for forming and encapsulating magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) nanopillars is disclosed wherein MTJ layers including a reference layer (RL), free layer (FL), and tunnel barrier layer (TB) are first patterned by reactive ion etching or ion beam etching to form MTJ sidewalls. A plurality of MTJs on a substrate is heated (annealed) at a station in a process chamber to substantially crystallize the RL, FL, and TB to a body centered cubic (bcc) structure without recrystallization from the edge of the device before an encapsulation layer is deposited thereby ensuring lattice matching between the RL and TB, and between the FL and TB. The encapsulation layer is deposited at the same station as the anneal step without breaking vacuum, and preferably using a physical vapor deposition to prevent reactive species from attacking MTJ sidewalls. Magnetoresistive ratio is improved especially for MTJs with critical dimensions below 70 nm. |
| US10038133B2 |
Differential temperature sensor
Sensor including a substrate, an assembly of thermoelectric layers including at least one first and one second junction of a thermocouple, at least one first and one second connection pads arranged to transfer heat respectively to each first and each second junction, a support member (2) of the substrate (3) intended to be connected to the hot source (Sc) and to the cold source (Sf), first and second metal connectors arranged to electrically connect the support member (2) respectively to each first and each second connection pad, the support member (2) including a thermal conductor configured to transfer heat from the hot source (Sc) to the first metal connector, and to transfer heat from the second metal connector to the cold source (Sf). |
| US10038129B2 |
Light emitting device
A light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor stacking layer comprising a first type semiconductor layer on the substrate, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer; and an electrode structure on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the electrode structure comprises a bonding layer, a conductive layer, and a first barrier layer between the bonding layer and the conductive layer; wherein the conductive layer has higher standard oxidation potential than that of the bonding layer. |
| US10038127B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor light-emitting device, and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light-emitting device includes a first electrode layer, an insulating layer, a second electrode layer, a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a first semiconductor layer that are sequentially stacked on a substrate, a first contact that passes through the substrate to be electrically connected to the first electrode layer, and a second contact that passes through the substrate, the first electrode layer, and the insulating layer to communicate with the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer by filling a contact hole that passes through the second electrode layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the active layer, and the insulating layer surrounds an inner circumferential surface of the contact hole to insulate the first electrode layer from the second electrode layer. |
| US10038126B2 |
Light-emitting device and power supply connector for light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes a support having a primary surface; a power supply connector located on the primary surface of the support and including one or more wire pads; a light-emitting element located on the primary surface of the support; one or more wires connecting the light-emitting element and the wire pads; and a cover member located on the primary surface of the support and covering the light-emitting element and the wire pads. |
| US10038125B2 |
Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
A light-emitting device in which a resin forming a reflective layer is reduced from creeping up a portion covering the upper surface of a light-emitting element, and a method for manufacturing the same, is disclosed. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element on the substrate, the light-emitting element having at least one side surface and the upper surface, a fluorescent material layer on the side surface and the upper surface, a light-transmissive layer on the side surface and the upper surface with the fluorescent material layer sandwiched therebetween, and a reflective layer covering the side surface with the fluorescent material layer and the light-transmissive layer sandwiched therebetween, the reflective layer being not disposed on at least the upper surface. |
| US10038124B2 |
Light-emitting device and method for producing light-emitting device
Provided is a light-emitting device that has excellent light extraction efficiency, inhibits deterioration of light-emission characteristics over time, and can be easily produced. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, a solid-state light-emitting element mounted on the substrate, a circular tube-shaped member positioned on the substrate such as to surround the solid-state light-emitting element, and a transparent resin portion including a cylindrical section that encapsulates the solid-state light-emitting element and that is in contact with an inner surface of the circular tube-shaped member, and a dome-shaped section that is positioned above the cylindrical section. The inner surface of the circular tube-shaped member is water repellent. The dome-shaped section contains a phosphor that is excited by light of a light-emission wavelength of the solid-state light-emitting element. |
| US10038120B2 |
Light emitting diode
A light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a semiconductor light emitting laminate on the substrate, including from bottom up a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer electrically dissimilar to the first semiconductor layer; a transparent conductive layer with an opening portion; the first electrode electrically connected with the first semiconductor layer; and the second electrode electrically connected with the second semiconductor layer; the second electrode fills the opening portion, and the position where the second electrode contacts the transparent conductive layer is arranged with a recessed portion, and the second electrode is embedded in the transparent conductive layer. The recessed portion is formed on the second electrode, having the second electrode embedded in the transparent conductive layer, increasing the counter force of the second electrode against the horizontal thrust during encapsulation of the LED structure and avoiding detachment during wire bonding for encapsulation. |
| US10038117B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises an epitaxial structure comprising an main light-extraction surface, a lower surface opposite to the main light-extraction surface, a side surface connecting the main light-extraction surface and the lower surface, a first portion and a second portion between the main light-extraction surface and the first portion, wherein a concentration of a doping material in the second portion is higher than that of the doping material in the first portion and, in a cross-sectional view, the second portion comprises a first width near the main light-extraction surface and second width near the lower surface, and the first width is smaller than the second width. |
| US10038116B2 |
Light-emitting device having a patterned substrate and the method thereof
A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a plurality of textured structures, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein one of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein a first distance between a first projection of the top portion on the bottom portion and the bottom portion at one side is different from a second distance between a second projection of the top portion on the bottom portion and the bottom portion at another side. |
| US10038115B2 |
Nanowire sized opto-electronic structure and method for modifying selected portions of same
A LED structure includes a support and a plurality of nanowires located on the support, where each nanowire includes a tip and a sidewall. A method of making the LED structure includes reducing or eliminating the conductivity of the tips of the nanowires compared to the conductivity of the sidewalls during or after creation of the nanowires. |
| US10038112B2 |
Edge protected barrier assemblies
The present application is directed to an assembly comprising an electronic device, and a multilayer film. The multilayer film comprises a barrier stack adjacent the electronic device; and a weatherable sheet adjacent the barrier stack opposite the electronic device. The assembly additionally comprises a protective layer in contact with the electronic device and the weatherable sheet. The present application allows for the combination of any of the disclosed elements. |
| US10038107B2 |
Enhanced photo-thermal energy conversion
Semiconducting quantum dots are applied to a fluid. The quantum dots are configured to absorb visible or near infrared light and re-radiate infrared energy that excites a fundamental vibration frequency of the fluid. |
| US10038102B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a main surface, an element separation film formed over the main surface, and a fin protruding from the element separation film and extending in the first direction in plan view. The semiconductor device further includes a control gate electrode extending in the second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction along the surface of the fin through a gate insulating film and overlaps with a first main surface of the element separation film, and a memory gate electrode extending in the second direction along the surface of the fin through an insulating film and overlaps with a second main surface of the element separation film, in which the second main surface is lower than the first main surface relative to the main surface. |
| US10038099B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line; two or more word lines; and a memory cell including two or more sub memory cells that each include a transistor and a capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the transistor is connected to the bit line, the other of the source and the drain of the transistor is connected to the capacitor, a gate of the transistor is connected to one of the word lines, and each of the sub memory cells has a different capacitance of the capacitor. |
| US10038097B2 |
Light emitting diode display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and display device
A light emitting diode display substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The method includes: forming a planarization layer and a photoresist layer in sequence on a substrate on which a thin film transistor is formed, a light sensitivity of the planarization layer being higher than a light sensitivity of the photoresist layer; etching the planarization layer and the photoresist layer simultaneously, such that a pixel defining pattern is formed through a removed portion of the photoresist layer, and an anode via pattern is formed at a position of the planarization layer corresponding to the pixel defining pattern; forming an anode pattern layer on the substrate on which the above steps were performed, wherein the anode pattern layer comprises a plurality of anodes, such that the planarization layer located at edges of the anode via pattern covers edges of the anodes. |
| US10038096B2 |
Three-dimensional finFET transistor with portion(s) of the fin channel removed in gate-last flow
A three-dimensional transistor includes a channel with a center portion (forked channel) or side portions (narrow channel) removed, or fins without shaping, after removal of the dummy gate and before a replacement metal gate is formed. |
| US10038093B2 |
FIN field effect transistors having liners between device isolation layers and active areas of the device
An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active area protruding from a substrate; a plurality of liners sequentially covering lower side walls of the fin-type active area; a device isolation layer covering the lower side walls of the fin-type active area with the plurality of liners between the device isolation layer and the fin-type active area; and a gate insulating layer extending to cover a channel region of the fin-type active area, the plurality of liners, and the device isolation layer, and including protrusions located on portions of the gate insulating layer which cover the plurality of liners. |
| US10038092B1 |
Three-level ferroelectric memory cell using band alignment engineering
A non-volatile memory cell stores 1.5 bits of data in three polarization states. The memory cell may have two ferroelectric layers and three electrodes. The energy bands of the ferroelectric layers are adjusted by providing two of the electrodes with different work functions. The difference in the work functions may be significant, such as at least 0.4-0.6 V or more. Two of the electrodes may have equal or similar work functions. For example, the work functions may be equal within a tolerance of +/−0.1 V. The memory cell can be arranged in various configurations including a FeFET (ferroelectric field effect transistor) and a FeRAM (ferroelectric random access memory). A set of memory cells can be arranged in a string such as a NAND string. |
| US10038090B2 |
Power MOSFETs and methods for forming the same
Power Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) and methods of forming the same are provided. A power MOSFET may comprise a first drift region formed at a side of a gate electrode, and a second drift region beneath the gate electrode, adjacent to the first drift region, with a depth less than a depth of the first drift region so that the first drift region and the second drift region together form a stepwise shape. A sum of a depth of the second drift region, a depth of the gate dielectric, and a depth of the gate electrode may be of substantially a same value as a depth of the first drift region. The first drift region and the second drift region may be formed at the same time, using the gate electrode as a part of the implanting mask. |
| US10038088B2 |
Power MOSFET having improved manufacturability, low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage
Stripe-shaped surface transistor structures of a power MOSFET are disposed over an array of parallel-extending P type Buried Stripe-Shaped Charge Compensation Regions (BSSCCRs). The power MOSFET has two and only two epitaxial semiconductor layers, and the BSSCCRs are disposed at the interface between these layers. Looping around the area occupied by these parallel-extending BSSCCRs is a P type ring-shaped BSSCCR. At the upper semiconductor surface are disposed three P type surface rings. The inner surface ring and outer surface ring are coupled together by a bridging metal member, but the center surface ring is floating. The bridging metal member is disposed at least in part over the ring-shaped BSSCCR. The MOSFET has a high breakdown voltage, a low RDS(ON), and is acceptable and suitable for manufacture at semiconductor fabrication plants that cannot or typically do not make superjunction MOSFETs. |
| US10038086B2 |
Process for forming a high electron mobility transistor
A process of forming a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) made of nitride semiconductor materials is disclosed. The process sequentially grows a buffer layer, a n-type layer doped with n-type dopants, and a channel layer by a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. A feature of the process is to supply only an n-type dopant gas before the growth of the n-type layer but after the growth of the buffer layer. |
| US10038083B2 |
Semiconductor device with low band-to-band tunneling
The invention includes a semiconductor device comprising an interlevel dielectric layer over a buried insulator layer over a semiconductor substrate; a source and drain in the interlevel layer; a channel between the source and drain, the channel including a first region having a first bandgap adjacent to a second region having a second bandgap, wherein the first band gap is larger than the second bandgap; and a gate over the channel. |
| US10038072B2 |
Threshold adjustment for quantum dot array devices with metal source and drain
Incorporation of metallic quantum dots (e.g., silver bromide (AgBr) films) into the source and drain regions of a MOSFET can assist in controlling the transistor performance by tuning the threshold voltage. If the silver bromide film is rich in bromine atoms, anion quantum dots are deposited, and the AgBr energy gap is altered so as to increase Vt. If the silver bromide film is rich in silver atoms, cation quantum dots are deposited, and the AgBr energy gap is altered so as to decrease Vt. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of neutral quantum dots of different sizes also varies Vt. Use of a mass spectrometer during film deposition can assist in varying the composition of the quantum dot film. The metallic quantum dots can be incorporated into ion-doped source and drain regions. Alternatively, the metallic quantum dots can be incorporated into epitaxially doped source and drain regions. |
| US10038071B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor layer including a first conductivity type semiconductor region and a second conductivity type semiconductor region joined to the first conductivity type semiconductor region; and a surface electrode connected to the second conductivity type region on one surface of the semiconductor layer, including a first Al-based electrode, a second Al-based electrode, an Al-based oxide film interposed between the first Al-based electrode and the second Al-based electrode, and a plated layer on the second Al-based electrode. |
| US10038066B2 |
Uniform vertical field effect transistor spacers
Aspects of the disclosure include a semiconductor structure that includes a vertical fin structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, vertical side walls, a source area in contact with the vertical fin structure, a drain area in contact with the vertical fin structure, a plurality of spacers comprising a first oxide layer in contact with the source area, and a second oxide layer in contact with the drain area. The first oxide layer can have a thickness that is equal to a thickness of the second oxide layer. |
| US10038063B2 |
Tunable breakdown voltage RF FET devices
A tunable breakdown voltage RF MESFET and/or MOSFET and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a first line and a second line on an underlying gate dielectric material. The second line has a width tuned to a breakdown voltage. The method further includes forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the first and second line such that the space between first and second line is pinched-off by the dielectric spacers. The method further includes forming source and drain regions adjacent outer edges of the first line and the second line, and removing at least the second line to form an opening between the sidewall spacers of the second line and to expose the underlying gate dielectric material. The method further includes depositing a layer of material on the underlying gate dielectric material within the opening, and forming contacts to a gate structure and the source and drain regions. |
| US10038061B2 |
High voltage laterally diffused MOSFET with buried field shield and method to fabricate same
A structure includes a laterally diffused (LD) MOSFET with an n-type drift region disposed on a surface of a substrate and a p-type body region contained in the drift region. The structure further includes an n-type source region contained in the p-type body region; an n-type drain region contained in the n-type drift region; a gate electrode disposed on a gate dielectric overlying a portion of the p-type body region and the n-type drift region and an electrically conductive field shield member disposed within the n-type drift region at least partially beneath the p-type body region and generally parallel to the gate electrode. The electrically conductive buried field shield member is contained within and surrounded by a layer of buried field shield oxide and is common to both a first LD MOSFET and a second LD MOSFET that are connected in parallel. Methods to fabricate the structure are also disclosed. |
| US10038060B2 |
Graphene NMOS transistor using nitrogen dioxide chemical adsorption
An n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor comprises a graphene channel with a chemically adsorbed nitrogen dioxide (NO2) layer formed thereon. The NMOS transistor may comprise a substrate having a graphene layer formed thereon and a gate stack formed on a portion of the graphene layer disposed in a channel region that further includes a spacer region. The gate stack may comprise the chemically adsorbed NO2 layer formed on the graphene channel, a high-k dielectric formed over the adsorbed NO2 layer, a gate metal formed over the high-k dielectric, and spacer structures formed in the spacer region. The adsorbed NO2 layer formed under the gate and the spacer structures may therefore attract electrons from the graphene channel to turn the graphene-based NMOS transistor off at a gate voltage (Vg) equal to zero, making the graphene-based NMOS transistor suitable for digital logic applications. |
| US10038059B2 |
Semiconductor device
An improvement is achieved in the performance of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a coupling transistor made of a p-channel MOSFET and formed in an n−-type semiconductor region over a base made of a p-type semiconductor. The coupling transistor has a resurf layer as a p-type semiconductor region and couples a lower-voltage circuit region to a higher-voltage circuit region to which a power supply potential higher than the power supply potential supplied to the lower-voltage circuit region is supplied. The semiconductor device has a p-type semiconductor region formed in the portion of the n−-type semiconductor region which surrounds the coupling transistor in plan view. |
| US10038055B2 |
Substrate structure with embedded layer for post-processing silicon handle elimination
The present disclosure relates to a substrate structure with a buried dielectric layer for post-processing silicon handle elimination. The substrate structure includes a silicon handle layer, a first silicon oxide layer over the silicon handle layer, a buried dielectric layer over the first silicon oxide layer, where the buried dielectric layer is not formed from silicon oxide, a second silicon oxide layer over the buried dielectric layer, and a silicon epitaxy layer over the second silicon oxide layer. The buried dielectric layer provides extremely selective etch stop characteristics with respect to etching chemistries for silicon and silicon oxide. |
| US10038050B2 |
FinFET resistor and method to fabricate same
A method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of linear semiconductor fin structures spaced apart from one another on a surface of the substrate; siliciding sidewalls of the semiconductor fin structures; removing an unsilicided central portion of each semiconductor fin structure leaving, for a given one of the semiconductor fin structures, a pair of silicide fin structures that are parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another by a distance about equal to a width of the removed unsilicided central portion of the semiconductor fin structure; and forming contacts to conductively connect together a plurality of the silicide fin structures to form a resistor. A resistance value of the resistor is related at least to a type of silicide, a number of contacted adjacent silicide fin structures and a length between two contacts. |
| US10038049B2 |
Display device
A display device, includes a substrate; first to fourth subpixels sequentially arranged on the substrate; a first power line on a left side of the first subpixel and shared by the first and second subpixels; a sensing line between the second subpixel and the third subpixel and shared by the first to fourth subpixels; a second power line on a right side of the fourth subpixel and shared by the third and fourth subpixels; and a first data line on the left side of the first subpixel, a second data line on a right side of the second subpixel, a third data line on a left side of the third subpixel, and a fourth data line on the right side of the fourth subpixel. The first and second power lines and the sensing line are disposed on a layer different from the first to fourth data lines. |
| US10038042B2 |
OLED color display device
The present invention provides an OLED color display device, comprising a substrate (1), an anode (11), a thin film transistor array (21), a Hole Injection Layer (22), a Hole Transport Layer (23), a light emitting layer (3), an Electron Transport Layer (24), a cathode (12), a package cover plate (2), a color conversion layer (4) and a seal frame (5); the light emitting layer (3) comprises a first light emitting layer (31) and the second light emitting layer (32), and both the first light emitting layer (31) and the second light emitting layer (32) are manufactured by host material doped with guest material, and the guest material comprises luminescent material and electron transport material; the first light emitting layer (31) is a blue light emitting layer, and the second light emitting layer (32) is a red, green lights commonly emitting layer, a yellow light emitting layer or a green light emitting layer; lights emitted by the first light emitting layer (31) and the second light emitting layer (32) synthesize white light or blue, green light possessing higher energy efficiency and luminescence efficiency. The power consumption is low. |
| US10038041B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed over the flexible substrate, a first electrode disposed over the TFT, and a second electrode disposed over the first electrode. The flexible substrate includes a first incompressible liquid layer. |
| US10038040B2 |
Display device, electronic apparatus, and method of fabricating the display device
It is an object of the invention to provide a technique to manufacture a display device with high image quality and high reliability at low cost with high yield. The invention has spacers over a pixel electrode layer in a pixel region and over an insulating layer functioning as a partition which covers the periphery of the pixel electrode layer. When forming a light emitting material over a pixel electrode layer, a mask for selective formation is supported by the spacers, thereby preventing the mask from contacting the pixel electrode layer due to a twist and deflection thereof. Accordingly, such damage as a crack by the mask does not occur in the pixel electrode layer. Thus, the pixel electrode layer does not have a defect in shapes, thereby a display device which performs a high resolution display with high reliability can be manufactured. |
| US10038039B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same
An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate including a display region, wherein a plurality of pixel regions are defined in the display region; a first electrode over the substrate and in each of the plurality of pixel regions; a bank including a lower layer and an upper layer on the first electrode, the lower layer disposed on edges of the first electrode and having a first width and a first thickness, the upper layer disposed on the lower layer and having a second width smaller than the first width; an organic emitting layer on the first electrode and a portion of the lower layer; and a second electrode on the organic emitting layer and covering an entire surface of the display region. |
| US10038037B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate including first and second pixel regions, pixel electrodes respectively corresponding thereto, a pixel-defining layer on the substrate, defining a first opening corresponding to the first pixel region, and defining a second opening corresponding to the second pixel region, a first intermediate layer in the first opening and corresponding to the first pixel region, a first opposite electrode on the first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer in the second opening and corresponding to the second pixel region, a second opposite electrode on the second intermediate layer and spaced from the first opposite electrode, a connection electrode layer on the pixel-defining layer to cover the first and second pixel regions, and configured to electrically connect the first opposite electrode to the second opposite electrode, and a conductive adhesive layer between the pixel-defining layer and the connection electrode layer, and contacting the pixel-defining layer. |
| US10038035B2 |
Organic light-emitting display panel and forming method thereof
The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting display panel. The organic display panel comprises a substrate, an organic light-emitting structure disposed on the substrate, a package layer covering the organic light-emitting structure. The package layer comprises at least one non-organic block layer and at least one organic block layer, and a block pole. The block pole comprises a first block pole and a second block pole. The second block pole is disposed at the periphery of the first block pole. The at least one non-organic block layer comprises an outmost non-organic block layer. The first block pole is at least covered by the outmost non-organic block layer. The at least one organic block layer can partially cover the first block pole or not cover the first block pole at all. The at least one non-organic block layer can partially cover the second block pole or not cover the second block pole at all. |
| US10038034B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and display apparatus
A plurality of light emitters emitting different colors of light in an organic light-emitting device, each light emitter including a first electrode, a first charge injection/transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second charge injection/transport layer, and a second electrode, above a substrate. The intermediate layer includes a fluoride of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. The second charge injection/transport layer includes an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. Of the first electrode and the second electrode, one electrode is light reflective and the other electrode is light transmissive. Of the first charge injection/transport layer and the second charge injection/transport layer, one charge injection/transport layer is disposed between the organic light-emitting layer and the one electrode, and thickness of the one charge injection/transport layer is different between a first light emitter and a second light emitter. |
| US10038032B2 |
Semiconductor memory device, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first wirings, second wirings, a plurality of memory cells, selection gate transistors, and a third wiring. The first wirings are disposed in a first direction along a surface of a substrate and in a second direction intersecting with the surface of the substrate. The selection gate transistors are connected to respective one ends of the second wirings. The third wiring is connected in common to one end of the selection gate transistors. The selection gate transistor includes first to third semiconductor layers laminated on the third wiring and a gate electrode. The gate electrode is opposed to the second semiconductor layer in the first direction. The second semiconductor layer has a length in the first direction smaller than lengths of the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer in the first direction. |
| US10038027B2 |
CMOS image sensor and fabrication method thereof
The present disclosure provides CMOS image sensors and fabrication methods thereof. An exemplary fabrication process of a CMOS image sensor includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region connecting with the first region at a first end of the first region; forming a transfer transistor on surface of the substrate in the second region; forming a first implanting region in the substrate in the first region using a first mask; forming a second implanting region in the first implanting region by, the first implanting region being separated into a third implanting region on the second implanting region and a fourth implanting region under the second implanting region; forming a fifth region in the second region at the first end using a second mask, connecting the third implanting region with the fourth implanting region. |
| US10038024B2 |
Semiconductor device, fabrication method for a semiconductor device and electronic apparatus
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode, and a first insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the first electrode and covering a periphery of the first electrode, the first electrode and the first insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face; and a second substrate bonded to and provided on the first substrate and including a second electrode joined to the first electrode, and a second insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the second electrode and covering a periphery of the second electrode, the second electrode and the second insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face to the first substrate. |
| US10038023B2 |
Solid-state image sensor and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor, includes forming a first isolation region of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor layer having first and second surfaces, the forming the first isolation region including first implantation for implanting ions into the semiconductor layer through the first surface, forming charge accumulation regions of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, performing first annealing, forming an interconnection on a side of the first surface of the semiconductor layer after the first annealing, and forming a second isolation region of the first conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, the forming the second isolation region including second implantation for implanting ions into the semiconductor layer through the second surface. The first and second isolation regions are arranged between the adjacent charge accumulation regions. |
| US10038022B1 |
Light detector
A light detector including an invisible light converting substrate, a light sensing element, a first protection layer, a thin film transistor, a first conductive pattern and a second protection layer is provided. The light sensing element and the thin film transistor are disposed on the invisible light converting substrate. The first protection layer covers the invisible light converting substrate and a second electrode of the light sensing element. The first protection layer has a via overlapped with the second electrode of the light sensing element. The first conductive pattern is disposed on the first protection layer and electrically connected to the second electrode of the light sensing element through the via of the first protection layer. The first conductive pattern is electrically connected between the second electrode of the light sensing element and a source of the thin film transistor. |
| US10038015B2 |
Array substrate and fabrication method thereof, display panel
An array substrate, a display panel, and a fabrication method of the array substrate are provided. The array substrate comprises a first thin film transistor including a metal oxide thin film transistor, and a second thin film transistor including an amorphous silicon thin film transistor. The first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are disposed above a substrate. The first thin film transistor is located in a display region of the array substrate, and the second thin film transistor is located in a peripheral circuit region of the array substrate. |
| US10038005B1 |
Sense circuit having bit line clamp transistors with different threshold voltages for selectively boosting current in NAND strings
Techniques are provided to boost current in channels of memory strings during sensing operations based on a data pattern or a pattern of physical non-uniformities, such as non-uniform channel widths. In one aspect, sense circuits are modified for memory strings which typically store meta data in a high programmed state. A bit line clamping transistor in these sense circuits can be configured with a relatively low threshold voltage, resulting in a relatively high clamping voltage which in turn causes a higher string current during sensing. The lower threshold voltage can be achieved by at least one of a shorter control gate length, a smaller oxide thickness, a lower oxide dielectric constant, or a greater source and/or drain doping concentration. In another aspect, memory strings which expected to typically store high state data are fabricated with a relatively thicker channel and/or greater doping concentration. |
| US10038004B2 |
NAND memory cell string having a stacked select gate structure and process for for forming same
A memory string is disclosed including a plurality of core cells serially connected between a source select gate and a drain select gate along a channel. Each core cell includes a wordline separated from the channel by a stack of layers including a charge trapping layer. At least one of the source and drain select gates is a stacked select gate with a plurality of components, including a first component adjacent to the plurality of core cells and a second component separated from the core cells by the first component. The first component includes a wordline separated from the channel by a stack of layers including a charge trapping layer, and a distance between the wordline of the first component and the wordline of a first core cell in the plurality of core cells is substantially the same as distances between each wordline in the plurality of word core cells. |
| US10038003B2 |
Single-poly nonvolatile memory cell structure having an erase device
A single-poly nonvolatile memory cell includes an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer, a first OD region and a second OD region on the semiconductor layer, an isolation region separating the first OD region from the second OD region, a PMOS select transistor disposed on the first OD region, and a PMOS floating gate transistor disposed on the first OD region. The PMOS floating gate transistor is serially connected to the PMOS select transistor. The PMOS floating gate transistor comprises a floating gate overlying the first OD region. A floating gate extension is continuously extended from the floating gate to the second OD region and is capacitively coupled to the second OD region. |
| US10037999B2 |
Semiconductor device including landing pad for connecting substrate and capacitor
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a plurality of conductive line structures separate from the substrate, a plurality of contact plugs between the plurality of conductive line structures, a plurality of landing pads connected to a corresponding contact plug of the plurality of contact plugs, a landing pad insulation pattern between the plurality of landing pads, and a first insulation spacer between the landing pad insulation pattern and first conductive line structures from among the plurality of conductive line structures. |
| US10037998B2 |
Semiconductor structures with deep trench capacitor and methods of manufacture
An integrated FinFET and deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming deep trench capacitor structures in a silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer. The method further includes forming a plurality of composite fin structures from a semiconductor material of the SOI wafer and conductive material of the deep trench capacitor structures. The method further includes forming a liner over the deep trench capacitor structures including the conductive material of the deep trench capacitor structures. The method further includes forming replacement gate structures with the liner over the deep trench capacitor structures protecting the conductive material during deposition and etching processes. |
| US10037997B1 |
Semiconductor device having buried gate structure and method for manufacturing the same, memory cell having the same and electronic device having the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a trench; a gate dielectric layer formed over a surface of the trench; a gate electrode positioned at a level lower than a top surface of the substrate, and comprising a lower buried portion embedded in a lower portion of the trench over the gate dielectric layer and an upper buried portion positioned over the lower buried portion; and a dielectric work function adjusting liner positioned between the lower buried portion and the gate dielectric layer; and a dipole formed between the dielectric work function adjusting liner and the gate dielectric layer. |
| US10037994B2 |
Semiconductor devices having Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) structures and manufacturing and design methods thereof
Semiconductor devices and manufacturing and design methods thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an active FinFET disposed over a workpiece comprising a first semiconductive material, the active FinFET comprising a first fin. An electrically inactive FinFET structure is disposed over the workpiece proximate the active FinFET, the electrically inactive FinFET comprising a second fin. A second semiconductive material is disposed between the first fin and the second fin. |
| US10037993B2 |
Method of making a FinFET device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; an isolation region over the semiconductor substrate; and two fin features over the semiconductor substrate and protruding above the isolation region. The two fin features are generally aligned along their longitudinal direction. The device further includes two gate structures disposed over a top surface of the isolation region and engaging top surface and sidewalls of the two fin features respectively. The device further includes source and drain features disposed over the fin features and on both sides of each of the gate structures. The device further includes a first structure disposed between and protruding above the fin features, wherein a bottom surface of the first structure is below the top surface of the isolation region. |
| US10037992B1 |
Methods and apparatuses for optimizing power and functionality in transistors
A transistor device is provided. The transistor device includes a group of fins formed in a substrate, where the group of fins comprises at least one enabled fin and at least one disabled fin. Each of the fins has first and second fin portions. The first fin portion encompasses a drain region and the second fin portion of the fins encompasses a source region. These two regions are separated by a channel region. A gate structure is formed over the fins and channel region and in between the first fin portion and the second fin portion of the fins. The transistor device further includes a conductive structure. The conductive structure shorts the first fin portion of the at least one disabled fin to the second fin portion of the at least one disabled fin. |
| US10037989B1 |
III-V lateral bipolar integration with silicon
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. Spacers on sidewalls of mandrels in a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) region, fins and source/drain structures in a field effect transistor (FET) region, and sacrificial gate structures in the BJT and FET regions are formed on a substrate. Functional gate structures are formed to replace the sacrificial gate structures in the FET region. After replacing the sacrificial gate structures in the FET region, first III-V semiconductor patterns are formed on the sidewalls of the mandrels to replace the spacers in the BJT region. Second III-V semiconductor patterns are formed on sidewalls and tops of the first III-V semiconductor patterns and between the sacrificial gate structures. Then, base contacts are formed to replace the sacrificial gate structures in the BJT region. The semiconductor structure manufactured having FinFET and BJT is also provided. |
| US10037986B2 |
ESD protection structure and method of fabrication thereof
An ESD protection structure formed within an isolation trench and comprising a first peripheral semiconductor region of a first doping type, a second semiconductor region of the first doping type, and a semiconductor structure of a second doping type opposite to the first doping type formed to provide lateral isolation between the semiconductor regions of the first doping type and isolation between the further semiconductor region of the first doping type and the isolation trench. The semiconductor structure of the second doping type is formed such that no semiconductor region of the second doping type is formed between a peripheral side of the first semiconductor region of the first doping type and a wall of the isolation trench, and no semiconductor region of the first doping type is in contact with the isolation trench other than the first semiconductor region of the first doping type. |
| US10037985B2 |
Compound micro-transfer-printed power transistor device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a compound power transistor device including a first semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor material, a second semiconductor substrate including a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, and a power transistor formed in or on the second semiconductor substrate. In certain embodiments, the second semiconductor substrate is micro-transfer printed on and secured to the first semiconductor substrate. |
| US10037981B2 |
Integrated display system with multi-color light emitting diodes (LEDs)
A display system is disclosed. The display system comprises a light emitting diode (LED) device and a backplane (BP) device. The LED device comprises a plurality of LEDs having LED terminals. An LED bonding surface comprising a dielectric layer with LED bonding surface contact pads is coupled to diode terminals of the LEDs. The backplane (BP) device comprises a BP substrate having top and bottom surfaces. A plurality of system on chip (SoC) chips are bonded to chip pads disposed on a bottom surface of the BP device. The SoC chips are electrically coupled to the CMOS components of the BP device and LEDs of the LED device. |
| US10037980B2 |
Fabricating method of a semiconductor light emitting device
A fabricating method of a semiconductor light emitting device includes disposing a plurality of non-conductive walls on a substrate. An alignment position is formed between every two adjacent non-conductive walls. A plurality of semiconductor light emitting units on a first carrier board are respectively aligned to the alignment positions. The semiconductor light emitting units are divided into a plurality of groups. The semiconductor light emitting units in one of the groups are dissociated from the first carrier board. Thus, the semiconductor light emitting units in the group fall into the corresponding alignment positions due to gravity. Each of the semiconductor light emitting units is electrically connected with the substrate through a first electrode. A conductive layer is formed on the semiconductor light emitting units. Accordingly, the semiconductor light emitting units are electrically connected together to the conductive layer through second electrodes. |
| US10037976B2 |
Scalable package architecture and associated techniques and configurations
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe scalable package architecture of an integrated circuit (IC) assembly and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) assembly includes a package substrate having a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side, a first die having an active side coupled with the first side of the package substrate and an inactive side disposed opposite to the active side, the first die having one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs) configured to route electrical signals between the first die and a second die, and a mold compound disposed on the first side of the package substrate, wherein the mold compound is in direct contact with a sidewall of the first die between the active side and the inactive side and wherein a distance between the first side and a terminating edge of the mold compound that is farthest from the first side is equal to or less than a distance between the inactive side of the first die and the first side. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10037975B2 |
Semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device package including a first encapsulation layer, a redistribution layer disposed on the first encapsulation layer, a first die disposed on the redistribution layer, a second encapsulation layer covering the first die and the redistribution layer, and an electrical connection terminal electrically connected to the redistribution layer. The first encapsulation layer has a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. The first encapsulation layer surrounds a portion of the electrical connection terminal and exposes the electrical connection terminal. |
| US10037973B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor package structure
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure is provided. A semiconductor substrate comprising a conductive pad is provided, wherein the conductive pad is coupled with a circuitry of the semiconductor substrate. A patterned passivation layer exposing a portion of the conductive pad is formed. An uneven surface of the conductive pad is formed. A photoresist is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The photoresist is exposed under a light beam, wherein the light beam is scattered by the uneven surface. The photoresist is developed to form an opening in the photoresist so as to expose the conductive pad and form a plurality of cavities in the remaining photoresist. A conductive material is formed in the opening and the plurality of cavities. |
| US10037970B2 |
Multiple interconnections between die
Embodiments of a semiconductor packaged device and method of making thereof are provided, the device including a substrate; a first flip chip die mounted to a first major surface of the substrate; a second flip chip die mounted to the first major surface of the substrate, the second flip chip die laterally adjacent to the first flip chip die on the first major surface; and a wire bond formed between a first bond pad on the first flip chip die and a second bond pad on the second flip chip die. |
| US10037967B1 |
Injection molded solder bumping
Methods for depositing material on a chip include forming a mold layer on a substrate. The mold layer has one or more openings over respective contact areas on the substrate. The one or more openings are formed from an upper volume and a lower volume, the upper volume having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the lower volume. A material is injected into the one or more openings under pressure, such that gas trapped in the one or more openings displaces into the lower volume until the injected material in the one or more openings makes contact with each respective contact area. |
| US10037965B2 |
Semiconductor device having a protective material with a first pH formed around cooper wire bonds and aluminum pads for neutralizes a second pH of an outer encapsulant material
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of wire bonds formed on a surface of the semiconductor device by bonding each of a plurality of copper wires onto corresponding ones of a plurality of aluminum pads; a protective material is applied around the plurality of wire bonds, the protective material having a first pH; and at least a portion of the semiconductor device and the protective material are encapsulated with an encapsulating material having a second pH, wherein the first pH of the protective material is for neutralizing the second pH of the encapsulating material around the plurality of wire bonds. |
| US10037964B1 |
Die-packaging component with retaining structure for package body thereof
A die-packaging component includes a substrate, a die, a jumper structure, a lead structure and a package body. The substrate has a base surface further including a die-connecting portion and a package-body retaining structure surrounding the die-connecting portion. The die connects the die-connecting portion. The jumper structure welded to the die generates a thermal deformation while in conducting a high-voltage current. The lead structure includes a lead groove defining a thermal-deformation tolerance allowable route. While in meeting the thermal deformation, the jumper structure welded to the lead groove as well is movable along the thermal-deformation tolerance allowable route. The package body at least partly covers the lead structure and the substrate, completely covers the die and the jumper structure, and is constrained by the package-body retaining structure. |
| US10037963B2 |
Package structure and method of forming the same
A package structure and method of forming the same includes: a first package including: a first die; a via adjacent the first die; a molding compound encapsulating the via and at least laterally encapsulating the first die around a perimeter of the first die; and a first redistribution structure extending over the first die and the molding compound; a first integrated passive device (IPD) attached to the first redistribution structure, the first IPD disposed proximate the perimeter of the first die; a second IPD attached to the first redistribution structure, the second IPD disposed distal the perimeter of the first die; and an underfill disposed between the first IPD and the first redistribution structure, the second IPD being free of the underfill. |
| US10037962B2 |
Ball height control in bonding process
A package includes a first package component, a second package component over the first package component, and a solder region bonding the first package component to the second package component. At least one ball-height control stud separates the first package component and the second package component from each other, and defines a standoff distance between the first package component and the second package component. |
| US10037958B2 |
Fabrication of solder balls with injection molded solder
Wafers include multiple bulk redistribution layers. A terminal contact pad is on a surface of one of the bulk redistribution layers. A final redistribution layer is formed on the surface and in contact with the terminal contact pad. The final redistribution layer is formed from a material other than a material of the plurality of bulk redistribution layers. A solder ball is formed on the terminal contact pad. |
| US10037957B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising forming interconnection structures by at least part performing a lateral plating process, and a semiconductor device manufactured thereby. |
| US10037956B2 |
Copper-containing C4 ball-limiting metallurgy stack for enhanced reliability of packaged structures and method of making same
The invention relates to a ball-limiting metallurgy stack for an electrical device that contains at least one copper layer disposed upon a Ti adhesion metal layer. The ball-limiting metallurgy stack resists Sn migration toward the upper metallization of the device. |
| US10037952B2 |
Integrated circuit, electronic device and method for transmitting data in electronic device
An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a control circuitry, a plurality of pins coupled to a plurality of conductive traces of a printed circuit board (PCB), and a plurality of driving units coupled to the pins. The control circuitry provides a plurality of control signals according to data to be transmitted. The driving units are divided into a plurality of first driving units and second driving units. According to the control signals, the first driving units provide the data to a memory device of the PCB via the corresponding pins and the corresponding conductive traces of PCB, and the second driving units provide a constant voltage to the corresponding conductive traces of PCB via the corresponding pins. The conductive traces corresponding to the second driving units are separated by the conductive traces corresponding to the first driving units on the PCB. |
| US10037950B2 |
Semiconductor device having features to prevent reverse engineering
It is desirable to design and manufacture electronic chips that are resistant to modern reverse engineering techniques. Disclosed is a method and device that allows for the design of chips that are difficult to reverse engineer using modern teardown techniques. The disclosed device uses devices having the same geometry but different voltage levels to create different logic devices. Alternatively, the disclosed uses devices having different geometries and the same operating characteristics. Also disclosed is a method of designing a chip using these devices. |
| US10037947B1 |
Electronic devices with yielding substrates
In accordance with certain embodiments, a light-emitting element composed of one or more discrete units configured for light emission is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the light-emitting element or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts. |
| US10037945B2 |
Package structure and three dimensional package structure
A package structure is disclosed. The package structure includes at least a lead, for delivering at least a signal; at least a routing layer, connected to the at least a lead, where at least a first hole is formed through the at least a routing layer; a die, disposed on the at least a routing layer, where at least a second hole is formed through the die, and the die generates or receives the at least a signal; and a molding cap, for covering the at least a routing layer and the die; where the at least a signal is delivered through the at least a first hole and the at least a second hole. |
| US10037944B2 |
Self-aligned contact process enabled by low temperature
Self-aligned contacts of a semiconductor device are fabricated by forming a metal gate structure on a portion of a semiconductor layer of a substrate. The metal gate structure contacts inner sidewalls of a gate spacer. A second sacrificial epitaxial layer is formed on a first sacrificial epitaxial layer. The first sacrificial epitaxial layer is adjacent to the gate spacer and is formed on source/drain regions of the semiconductor layer. The first and second sacrificial epitaxial layers are recessed. The recessing exposes at least a portion of the source/drain regions. A first dielectric layer is formed on the exposed portions of the source/drain regions, and over the gate spacer and metal gate structure. At least one cavity within the first dielectric layer is formed above at least one of the exposed portions of source/drain regions. At least one metal contact is formed within the at least one cavity. |
| US10037942B2 |
Low resistance contact structures for trench structures
An electrical device including at least one contact surface and an interlevel dielectric layer present atop the electrical device, wherein the interlevel dielectric layer includes at least one trench to the at least one contact surface of the electrical device. A conformal titanium liner is present on the sidewalls of the trench and is in direct contact with the at least one contact surface. The conformal titanium liner may be composed of 100 wt. % titanium, and may have a thickness ranging from 10 Å to 100 Å. |
| US10037940B2 |
Reliable packaging and interconnect structures
Methods and apparatus for forming a semiconductor device are provided which may include any number of features. One feature is a method of forming an interconnect structure that results in the interconnect structure having a top surface and portions of the side walls of the interconnect structure covered in a dissimilar material. In some embodiments, the dissimilar material can be a conductive material or a nano-alloy. The interconnect structure can be formed by removing a portion of the interconnect structure, and covering the interconnect structure with the dissimilar material. The interconnect structure can comprise a damascene structure, such as a single or dual damascene structure, or alternatively, can comprise a silicon-through via (TSV) structure. |
| US10037939B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus has a configuration in which multiple copper wiring layers and multiple insulating layers are alternately layered. A low-impedance wiring is formed occupying a predetermined region. A first wiring pattern includes multiple copper wiring members arranged in parallel with predetermined intervals in a first copper wiring layer, each of which has a rectangular shape extending in a first direction. A second wiring pattern includes multiple copper wiring members arranged in parallel with predetermined intervals in a second copper wiring layer adjacent to the first copper wiring layer, each of which has a rectangular shape extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The region occupied by the first wiring pattern and that occupied by the second wiring pattern are arranged such that they at least overlap. The first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern are electrically connected so as to have the same electric potential. |
| US10037938B2 |
Semiconductor packages
A semiconductor package includes a first package and a second package stacked on the first package. The first package includes a redistribution substrate, a first semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate, a connection substrate provided on the redistribution substrate to surround the first semiconductor chip as viewed in plan, and an inductor structure provided within a first region of the connection substrate and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip through the redistribution substrate. The second package includes at least one outer terminal electrically connected to the first package. The outer terminal is provided on a second region of the connection substrate, and when viewed in plan, the first region and the second region are spaced apart from each other. |
| US10037936B2 |
Semiconductor package with coated bonding wires and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor package includes a carrier substrate having a top surface, a semiconductor die mounted on the top surface, a plurality of bonding wires connecting the semiconductor die to the carrier substrate, an insulating material coated on the bonding wires, and a molding compound covering the top surface and encapsulating the semiconductor die, the plurality of bonding wires, and the insulating material. |
| US10037934B2 |
Semiconductor chip package having contact pins at short side edges
A semiconductor chip package includes a semiconductor chip, an encapsulation body encapsulating the semiconductor chip, a chip pad, and electrical contact elements connected with the semiconductor chip and extending outwardly. The encapsulation body has six side faces and the electrical contact elements extend exclusively through two opposing side faces which have the smallest surface areas from all the side faces. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the chip pad, and a main face of the chip pad remote from the semiconductor chip is at least partially exposed to the outside. |
| US10037928B2 |
Circuit board and electronic device
A circuit board includes a metal circuit plate, a metallic heat diffusing plate disposed below the metal circuit plate and having an upper surface and a lower surface, a metallic heat dissipating plate below the heat diffusing plate, an insulating substrate disposed between the metal circuit plate and the heat diffusing plate, and an insulating substrate disposed between the heat diffusing plate and the heat dissipating plate. A grain diameter of metal grains contained in the heat diffusing plate decreases from each of the upper surface and the lower surface of the heat diffusing plate toward a center portion of the heat diffusing plate in a thickness direction. |
| US10037922B2 |
Co-integration of tensile silicon and compressive silicon germanium
Integrated circuits are disclosed in which the strain properties of adjacent pFETs and nFETs are independently adjustable. The pFETs include compressive-strained SiGe on a silicon substrate, while the nFETs include tensile-strained silicon on a strain-relaxed SiGe substrate. Adjacent n-type and p-type FinFETs are separated by electrically insulating regions formed by a damascene process. During formation of the insulating regions, the SiGe substrate supporting the n-type devices is permitted to relax elastically, thereby limiting defect formation in the crystal lattice of the SiGe substrate. |
| US10037920B2 |
Method for semiconductor device fabrication
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate with a gate structure and forming a spacer layer over the substrate and the gate structure. The method further includes implanting carbon into the spacer layer at an angle tilted away from a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, which increases etch resistance of the spacer layer on sidewalls of the gate structure. The method optionally includes implanting germanium into the spacer layer at the first direction, which decreases etch resistance of the spacer layer overlaying the gate structure and the substrate. The method further includes etching the spacer layer to expose the gate structure, resulting in a first portion of the spacer layer on the sidewalls of the gate structure. Due to increased etch resistance, the first portion of the spacer layer maintains its profile and thickness in subsequent fabrication processes. |
| US10037914B2 |
Semiconductor transistor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate having an active area and a trench isolation region surrounding the active area, a gate oxide layer, a gate, a spacer on a sidewall of the gate, a doping region on one side of the gate, an insulating cap layer covering the gate, the spacer and the doping region, and a redistributed contact layer (RCL) on the insulating cap layer. The RCL extends from the active area to the trench isolation region. A contact plug is disposed above the trench isolation region and is electrically connected to the gate or the doping region through the RCL. |
| US10037909B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus
In a plasma processing apparatus, a connector section with the film-like electrode of a sintered plate of a sample stage to which high-frequency power is supplied includes a conductor section disposed inside a through hole, an upper part of which is bonded to the film-like electrode and a lower part of which is connected to an end of a power supply path of the high-frequency power, and a boss disposed between the conductor section and a substrate surrounding an outer periphery of the conductor section inside the through hole and made of an insulating material. Upper ends of a rod-like member at the center of the conductor section and a socket surrounding the rod-like member are disposed at a position higher than the boss, and an adhesive is prevented from entering between the socket and the rod-like member in the upper end of the socket. |
| US10037905B2 |
UV and reducing treatment for K recovery and surface clean in semiconductor processing
Treatment of carbon-containing low-k dielectric with UV radiation and a reducing agent enables process-induced damage repair. Also, treatment with a reducing agent and UV radiation is effective to clean a processed wafer surface by removal of metal oxide (e.g., copper oxide) and/or organic residue of CMP slurry from the planarized surface of a processed wafer with or without low-k dielectric. The methods of the invention are particularly applicable in the context of damascene processing to recover lost low-k property of a dielectric damaged during processing, either pre-metalization, post-planarization, or both, and/or provide effective post-planarization surface cleaning to improve adhesion of subsequently applied dielectric barrier and/or other layers. |
| US10037902B2 |
Substrate processing device and substrate processing method
A substrate processing device includes a holding member for holding a substrate, and an opposed member having a body portion and an extended portion extending from at least a part of a peripheral edge part of the body portion. A protrusion is provided on one part of a tip side part of the extended portion and a side surface part of the holding member, and the other part is provided with a restricting structure disposed opposite to the protrusion and restricting relative motion of the protrusion. The relative motion between the holding member and the opposed member is restricted, and the substrate processing device further includes a rotating mechanism, and a nozzle for discharging a processing solution and the protrusion and the restricting structure are disposed below an upper surface of the holding member. |
| US10037894B2 |
Polishing liquid for metal and polishing method
The present invention relates to a metal polishing liquid for polishing at least a part of metal in a substrate having the metal, comprising, component A: a metal solubilizer containing amino acids, component B: compounds having the benzotriazole skeleton, and component C: an acrylic acid polymer having the weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more, and having the mass ratio between the component B and the component C, (component B:component C), to be 1:1 to 1:5. Use of the metal polishing liquid can simultaneously yield high polishing rates and low etching rates at higher level, enabling to form an embedded pattern with higher reliability. |
| US10037893B1 |
Method and apparatus for etching wafer with etching gas
A method and apparatus for etching a wafer are provided. The method includes placing a first wafer with a first target material into a first chamber, and placing a second wafer with a second target material into a second chamber. The second chamber is connected to the first chamber by a first pipe. The method also includes applying a first Xe-containing gaseous etchant into the first chamber to etch the first target material. A portion of the first Xe-containing gaseous etchant in the first chamber is unreacted during the etching of the first target material. The method further includes applying the unreacted portion of the first Xe-containing gaseous etchant from the first chamber into the second chamber through the first pipe to etch the second target material of the second wafer. |
| US10037886B2 |
Method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device using graphene and hexagonal boron nitride
A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a contact formed between a p-type silicon carbide semiconductor body and a metal electrode, includes forming on a surface of the p-type silicon carbide semiconductor body, a graphene layer so as to reduce a potential difference generated in a conjunction interface between the p-type silicon carbide semiconductor body and the metal electrode; forming an insulator layer comprising a hexagonal boron nitride on a surface of the graphene layer; and forming the metal electrode on a surface of the insulation layer. |
| US10037885B2 |
Atomic layer deposition sealing integration for nanosheet complementary metal oxide semiconductor with replacement spacer
A semiconductor device including a gate structure present on at least two suspended channel structures, and a composite spacer present on sidewalls of the gate structure. The composite spacer may include a cladding spacer present along a cap portion of the gate structure, and an inner spacer along the channel portion of the gate structure between adjacent channel semiconductor layers of the suspended channel structures. The inner spacer may include a crescent shape with a substantially central seam. |
| US10037884B2 |
Selective atomic layer deposition for gapfill using sacrificial underlayer
Methods and apparatuses for depositing films in high aspect ratio features and trenches on substrates using atomic layer deposition and deposition of a sacrificial layer during atomic layer deposition are provided. Sacrificial layers are materials deposited at or near the top of features and trenches prior to exposing the substrate to a deposition precursor such that adsorbed precursor on the sacrificial layer is removed in an etching operation for etching the sacrificial layer prior to exposing the substrate to a second reactant and a plasma to form a film. |
| US10037875B2 |
Probe assembly for attaching a chromatography device to a mass spectrometer
A probe assembly is disclosed comprising an inlet for receiving an eluent from a chromatography device; an outlet for delivering the eluent to an ion source of a mass spectrometer; and an attachment device for attaching the outlet to the mass spectrometer. The outlet comprises an electrically conductive capillary and an electrically conductive member surrounding at least part of the electrically conductive capillary. The electrically conductive member is arranged to receive a voltage upon connection of the attachment device to the mass spectrometer and the electrically conductive member is arranged to provide an electrical connection from the electrically conductive member to the electrically conductive capillary. |
| US10037874B2 |
Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in high risk populations using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is detected in a patient with liver disease. Mass spectrometry data from a blood-based sample from the patient is compared to a reference set of mass-spectrometry data from a multitude of other patients with liver disease, including patients with and without HCC, in a general purpose computer configured as a classifier. The classifier generates a class label, such as HCC or No HCC, for the test sample. A laboratory system for early detection of HCC in patients with liver disease is also disclosed. Alternative testing strategies using AFP measurement and a reference set for classification in the form of class-labeled mass spectral data from blood-based samples of lung cancer patients are also described, including multi-stage testing. |
| US10037872B1 |
Generation of discovery ion currents and mass spectrometry and uses thereof
Systems for the generation of discovery ion currents. One of the systems includes a mass spectrometer providing ion current measurement. The system includes a controller coupled to the mass spectrometer. The system also includes a liquid handler coupled to the controller and the mass spectrometer. The controller is configured to identify a base average ion current of each mass to charge interval, the mass to charge interval comprising at least one mass to charge channel. The controller is configured to calculate a relative change between a current ion current measurement for a charge interval to the base average for the charge interval. The controller is configured to compare the relative change to a threshold. The controller is also configured to, in response to determining that the relative change exceeds the threshold, start fraction collection using the liquid handler. |
| US10037871B2 |
Method of manufacturing electron multiplier body, photomultiplier tube, and photomultiplier
A method of manufacturing an electron multiplier body, the method includes a step of preparing a first plate-like member having a surface and a back surface and a pair of second plate-like members, a step of forming, in the first plate-like member, a hole portion reaching from the front surface to the back surface, a step of constituting a laminated body by laminating the first and second plate-like members on each other so that the first plate-like member is interposed between the pair of second plate-like members to form a channel defined by the hole portion in the laminated body, a step of integrating the laminated body, a step of constituting a main body portion by cutting the integrated laminated body so that the channel is open, and a step of forming a resistive layer and a secondary electron multiplication layer on an inner surface of the channel. |
| US10037865B2 |
System and method for providing real-time visual feedback to control multiple autonomous nano-robots
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing real-time visual feedback to automatically control actions of multiple autonomous nano-robots with manipulators in order to perform specific nano-manipulation or nano-assembly tasks. In the system and method of the present invention, the visual feedback is obtained for the nano-manipulators and the nano-components via an electronic microscopy system. The system of the present invention comprises essentially at least one slave Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with imaging system deployed with autonomous manipulators inside, and a master controller system with Graphical User Interface (GUI). In the system of the present invention, said slave SEM provides real-time vision feedback for the sensed environment for said master controller, and said master controller provides real-time feedback control command for the required task to said slave SEM. |
| US10037862B2 |
Charged particle detecting device and charged particle beam system with same
A charged particle detecting device includes: a holding structure; a first charged particle detector at the terminal portion of the holding structure; a second charged particle detector at the terminal portion of the holding structure; a detector head at the terminal portion of the holding structure; and a first electrode which is transmissive for the first and second species of charged particles covering an entrance opening of the detector head. |
| US10037860B2 |
Ion filter and method of manufacturing same
An ion filter used for an electron multiplier includes an insulating substrate; a first conductive layer formed on one main surface of the substrate; and a second conductive layer formed on another main surface of the substrate. The ion filter has a plurality of through-holes formed along a thickness direction of the substrate. The one main surface of the substrate is disposed at a downstream side in a moving direction of electrons in a chamber of the electron multiplier and the other main surface of the substrate is disposed at an upstream side in the moving direction of electrons in the chamber of the electron multiplier. A first thickness of the first conductive layer formed on the one main surface of the substrate is thicker than a second thickness of the second conductive layer on the other main surface of the substrate. |
| US10037857B2 |
Light emitting keyboard
A light emitting keyboard is provided. The keyboard includes: a plurality of keys, wherein each of the keys has a light source; and a controller, for turning on the light source of at least one second key when a user presses one of the plurality of keys. |
| US10037853B2 |
Dye-adsorption method and apparatus thereof
A dye adsorption method and a dye adsorption apparatus is provided in this disclosure. The dye adsorption method includes a dye adsorption step. In the dye adsorption step, a dye is injected into and flowed through a space between two electrodes of a solar cell facing each other to obtain at least one dye-adsorbed electrode. |
| US10037852B2 |
Capacitor unit and capacitor casing structure
A capacitor unit includes a casing, a heat sink, a heat radiation sheet, and a notch. The casing accommodates the capacitors. The casing includes a positive electrode terminal block and a negative electrode terminal block. The heat sink is provided on the casing in a stacking direction. The heat radiation sheet is made of insulation material and is sandwiched in the stacking direction between the casing and the heat sink to cover the positive electrode terminal block and the negative electrode terminal block. The notch is provided in at least one of the casing and the heat radiation sheet between the negative electrode terminal block and the positive electrode terminal block. The notch passes through the at least one of the casing and the heat radiation sheet along a plain substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction to separate the negative electrode terminal block and the positive electrode terminal block. |
| US10037846B2 |
Ignition coil for internal combustion engine
An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine includes an annular elastic seal which is tightly attached to a high-voltage tower and a plug installed in the high-voltage tower to be conductible with a spark plug. The elastic seal hermetically seals a gap between the high-voltage tower and the plug and also functions as a buffer to absorb stress, as exerted from the plug on a case of the ignition coil. This enables the case to be reduced in size as a whole without having to partially increase the wall thickness of the case to ensure a required degree of stiffness of the case and also results in improved degree of hermetic sealing between the plug and the high-voltage tower. |
| US10037842B2 |
Molding inductor
A molding inductor may include a bus-bar having a core hole thereon, and formed of copper material, a bobbin covering the bus-bar to insulate the bus-bar from an exterior, a cylinder core comprising a soft magnetic material, and inserted into the core hole, and an inductor case receiving the bobbin at an exterior of the bobbin. |
| US10037840B2 |
Vector potential generation device, vector potential transformer, shield permeation device, non-contact space electric field generation device, null circuit, and structure for vector potential generation device
A vector potential generation device includes a vector potential coil formed by a solenoid coil formed by a wound conductor and a power supply electrically connected between two terminals of the vector potential coil. The vector potential coil is wound circularly around a base body, of which at least a part contacting the solenoid coil has an insulating property. The vector potential generation device is configured to pass a current through the vector potential coil to place the inside of the internal space formed by the winding structure of the vector potential coil in substantially a non-magnetic field state and to generate a vector potential in the internal space. |
| US10037835B2 |
Quench protected structured superconducting cable
Quench protected structured (QPS) superconducting cables, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of bending the same are disclosed. The methods of bending the QPS superconducting cables can be employed to produce windings. The QPS superconducting cables can rapidly drive a distributed quench to a normal conducting state in a superconducting cable if a region of the cable spontaneously quenches during high current operation. |
| US10037834B2 |
Cable having a sparse shield
A cable (210) includes a center conductor (220). An insulating material in the form of a layer (225) surrounds the center conductor. A sparse shield (232) partially surrounds the insulating material. The sparse shield may include a plurality of conductors, which are grouped adjacent to one another within a space around the insulating layer that has a length that is less than 25% of the total circumference of the insulating layer. An insulating jacket (227) covers the sparse shield and the remainder of the cable. The cable may be used in a cable assembly (10). |
| US10037830B2 |
Indium oxide transparent conductive film
An indium oxide sintered compact containing zirconium as an additive, wherein the ratio of atomic concentration of zirconium to the sum of the atomic concentration of indium and the atomic concentration of zirconium is in the range of 0.5 to 4%, the relative density is 99.3% or higher, and the bulk resistance is 0.5 mΩ·cm or less. An indium oxide transparent conductive film of high transmittance in the visible light region and the infrared region, with low film resistivity, and in which the crystallization temperature can be controlled, as well as the manufacturing method thereof, and an oxide sintered compact for use in producing such transparent conductive film are provided. |
| US10037828B2 |
Storage container for spent nuclear fuel
The present invention provides a dry interim storage container for spent nuclear fuel, precisely a dry interim storage container that can be filled with spent nuclear fuel wherein the storage container space is also filled with metal particles. The dry storage container for spent nuclear fuel of the present invention is filled with particles in its empty space for the spent nuclear fuel, which is advantageous in cooling efficiency and maintenance cost, compared with the conventional storage method using gas. |
| US10037825B2 |
Emission monitoring system for a venting system of a nuclear power plant
An emission monitoring system for a venting system of a nuclear power plant is configured for low consumption of energy and high reliability. The emission monitoring system has a pressure relief line connected to a containment and contains a high-pressure section, a low-pressure section, and a sampling line. The sampling line opens into the low-pressure section of the pressure relief line and is guided from there to a functional path and through the sampling line steam flows. A jet pump containing a pump fluid connector, a suction connector and an outlet connector is provided. A pump fluid feed line has an inlet side opening into the high-pressure section of the pressure relief line and is guided from there to the jet pump and connected to the pump fluid connector. A sample return line is guided from the functional path to the jet pump and connected to the suction connector. |
| US10037823B2 |
Fuel assembly
A fuel assembly for use in a core of a nuclear power reactor. The fuel assembly can include a frame and a plurality of elongated, extruded fuel elements supported by the frame. The frame can include a lower nozzle that is shaped and configured to mount to an internal core structure of the nuclear power reactor. Each of the fuel elements can include a fuel kernel having fuel material disposed in a matrix of metal non-fuel material, the fuel material including fissile material, and a cladding surrounding the fuel kernel. The fuel assembly can have a moderator: fuel ratio in a region of the fuel elements of 2.4 or less. |
| US10037816B2 |
Memory controller, memory system including the same and operating method thereof
A memory controller may include a detector configured for checking whether the number of bits having a first state among a plurality of bits constituting write data is less than a reference value. The memory controller may include an inverter configured for inverting/non-inverting the write data according to the check result of the detector. The detector may generate an error detection signal based on whether or not the number of bits having the first state among a plurality of bits constituting read data is equal to or more than the reference value. |
| US10037809B2 |
Memory devices for reading memory cells of different memory planes
Memory devices may include digital-to-analog converters configured to convert digital values to analog read voltages and to apply the analog read voltages to memory cells in different memory planes, and multiplexers to selectively couple a corresponding table to a page buffer for output of a code from an identified code-containing row of the corresponding tables for each of the different memory planes, with each code corresponding to a data state of one of the memory cells. |
| US10037807B2 |
Boosting channels of memory cells
A method for programming a non-volatile memory device includes concurrently boosting channels of memory cells in a selected memory string and an unselected memory string of the memory device, discharging the boosted channels of the memory cells in the selected memory string, and programming a selected memory cell in the selected memory string after discharging the boosted channels in the selected memory string. |
| US10037806B2 |
Memory cell programming using VgVt value
Methods of operating a memory include applying a programming pulse having a particular voltage level to a selected access line connected to selected memory cells of a programming operation, assigning the selected memory cells to respective groups of memory cells each having a different range of threshold voltages, determining a respective value of VgVt for each group of memory cells, applying a subsequent programming pulse to the selected access line and having a particular voltage level determined in response to the value of VgVt for a particular group of memory cells, enabling the selected memory cells of the particular group of memory cells for programming while the subsequent programming pulse has the particular voltage level, and repeating for a next group of memory cells. |
| US10037805B2 |
Method and controller for programming non-volatile memory
A method is provided for programming a non-volatile memory having a plurality of word lines, the method comprising: applying a pass voltage to a selected word line among the plurality of word lines; and applying one of first and second program voltages to the selected word line by increasing the pass voltage, wherein the applying of one of the first and second program voltages increases the pass voltage with a single increment. |
| US10037796B2 |
Generating a collapsed VDD using a write-assist column to decrease a write voltage
A write-assist cell includes a first pull-up transistor electrically coupled to a voltage array and a first node, a first pass-gate transistor electrically coupled to the first node, and a bit-line electrically coupled to the first pass-gate transistor and a pull-down voltage. The first pass-gate is configured to selectively couple the bit-line to the first node. The pull-down voltage is configured to adjust a voltage of the voltage array from a first voltage to a second voltage when the bit-line is coupled to the first node. |
| US10037793B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for operating the same
A semiconductor memory device includes: a high frequency signal control unit for receiving an external command address signal, removing noise and glitch from the external command address signal and outputting a first command address signal; a pulse width control unit for controlling a pulse width of the first command address signal or maintaining the pulse width of the first command address signal and outputting a second command address signal with a predetermined pulse width; a refresh operation control unit for generating a row address for a refresh operation in response to the second command address signal; and a memory cell array for performing the a refresh operation in response to the row address. |
| US10037792B1 |
Optimizing data approximation analysis using low power circuitry
Optimizing data approximation analysis using low power circuitry including receiving a first set of data results and a second set of data results; charging a first capacitor on the circuit with a unit of charge for each of the first set of data results that indicates a positive data point; charging a second capacitor on the circuit with the unit of charge for each of the second set of data results that indicates a positive data point; applying a voltage from the first capacitor and a voltage from the second capacitor to a FET on the circuit, wherein a current flows through the FET toward an output of the circuit if the voltage on the first capacitor is greater than the voltage on the second capacitor and a difference in the voltage of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is greater than a threshold voltage of the FET. |
| US10037790B2 |
Word line auto-booting in a spin-torque magnetic memery having local source lines
In a spin-torque magnetic random access memory (MRAM) that includes local source lines, auto-booting of the word line is used to reduce power consumption by reusing charge already present from driving a plurality of bit lines during writing operations. Auto-booting is accomplished by first driving the word line to a first word line voltage. After such driving, the word line isolated. Subsequent driving of the plurality of bit lines that are capacitively coupled to the word line causes the word line voltage to be increased to a level desired to allow sufficient current to flow through a selected memory cell to write information into the selected memory cell. Additional embodiments include the use of a supplemental voltage provider that is able to further boost or hold the isolated word line at the needed voltage level. |
| US10037789B2 |
Magnetic memory and method for writing data into magnetic memory element
In order to stably write data into a magnetic memory that uses in-plane current-induced perpendicular switching of magnetization to write data, the magnetic memory includes a recording layer formed as a perpendicular magnetization film, an adjacent layer joined to an upper surface or a lower surface of the recording layer, an external magnetic field application part configured to apply a first external magnetic field to the recording layer in a first direction which is an in-plane direction of the recording layer, and a current application part configured to allow a write current to flow through the adjacent layer in the first direction or a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. The external magnetic field application part is configured to switch a direction of a second external magnetic field applied in a direction perpendicular to the first direction in accordance with a direction of the write current. |
| US10037787B2 |
Circuit for outputting information of a memory circuit during a self-refresh mode and related method thereof
A circuit for outputting information of a memory circuit during a self-refresh mode includes a driver. The driver is coupled to a self-refresh control circuit and a self-refresh address counter. The driver is used for driving a plurality of pads of the memory circuit to output information of a plurality of inner signals corresponding to a self-refresh mode signal, and output information of addresses of a plurality of word lines of the memory circuit when the self-refresh mode signal and a test mode signal are enabled and the memory circuit enters the self-refresh mode. Each word line of the plurality of word lines corresponds to an inner signal of the plurality of inner signals. |
| US10037780B1 |
Computing system with video content generation feature
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system, first video content captured by a front-facing camera of an end-user device; (ii) receiving, by the computing system, second video content captured by a rear-facing camera of the end-user device, wherein the first video content is captured by the front-facing camera while the second video content is captured by the rear-facing camera; and (iii) using, by the computing system, the received first video content, the received second video content, and a DVE template to generate third video content that includes the received first video content and the received second video content. |
| US10037775B2 |
Optical information device and optical information processing method
An optical information device and an optical information processing method which can perform high-speed and accurate positioning are provided. An optical information device which reproduces information from and/or records information on an optical information recording medium on which interference patterns between signal light and reference light are recorded as a hologram includes: an optical system which emits an optical beam; an aperture unit which passes at least a portion of reproduced light acquired when the optical beam from the optical system is radiated onto the optical information recording medium; a first detection unit which detects at least a portion of the reproduced light; a second detection unit which detects the position of the aperture unit; and a control unit which, based on a first signal acquired from the first detection unit and a second signal acquired from the second detection unit, controls the position of the aperture unit. |
| US10037772B2 |
Low magnetic flux density interface layer for spin torque oscillator
A magnetic field-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head is provided, which includes a recording main pole, a seed layer, and a spin torque oscillator (STO) positioned over the main pole, in this order, in a stacking direction from a leading side to a trailing side of the recording head. The STO comprises a spin polarized layer (SPL), an interlayer with fcc structure, and a field generating layer (FGL), in this order in the stacking direction. The FGL comprises a low magnetic flux density interface (LMFDI) layer with bcc structure that directly contacts the interlayer. |
| US10037770B1 |
Method for providing a magnetic recording write apparatus having a seamless pole
A method provides a magnetic write apparatus. The method includes providing a pole including a pole tip, a yoke, a pole bottom and a pole top. The pole is seam free and formed vertically in a direction from the pole bottom toward the pole top. At least one coil for energizing the pole is also provided. In some aspects, providing the pole may include removing a portion of an intermediate layer to form a trench therein. The trench has a shape and location corresponding to the pole, a bottom, a top and sides. A conductive layer is deposited in the trench and on a top surface of the intermediate layer. Insulating layer(s) are provided on the sides of the trench. Only part of the conductive layer on the trench bottom is exposed. Pole material(s) are grown on the exposed portion of the conductive layer to provide the pole. |
| US10037766B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating bandwith extension signal
An apparatus for generating a bandwidth extended signal includes an anti-sparseness processing unit to perform anti-sparseness processing on a low-frequency spectrum; and a frequency domain high-frequency extension decoding unit to perform high-frequency extension encoding in the frequency domain on the low-frequency spectrum on which the anti-sparseness processing is performed. |
| US10037765B2 |
Apparatus and method of reducing noise and audio playing apparatus with non-magnet speaker
An audio apparatus is provided. The audio apparatus includes an input configured to receive an audio signal containing noise; a period estimation unit configured to estimate a period of a noise pattern in the audio signal; a noise reducer configured to subtract and remove the noise pattern from the audio signal in a frequency domain by using the estimated period of the noise pattern; a noise updater configured to update the noise pattern according to a change in amplitude of the noise; and an output configured to output the audio signal obtained by removing the noise pattern. |
| US10037756B2 |
Analysis of long-term audio recordings
Techniques for analyzing long-term audio recordings are provided. In one embodiment, a computing device can record audio captured from an environment of a user on a long-term basis (e.g., on the order of weeks, months, or years). The computing device can store the recorded audio on a local or remote storage device. The computing device can then analyze the recorded audio based one or more predefined rules and can enable one or more actions based on that analysis. |
| US10037749B2 |
Apparatus and methods for a collapsible stand for a stringed instrument
A collapsible and height adjustable stand for a stringed musical instrument is described; specifically, a compact, portable and customizable stand for holding stringed instruments in a secure upright position. The stand can be easily used and also collapsed back quickly after use. Padding on the top and bottom cradle handles holds the instrument and cushions the stringed instruments. Also, a bow hook attached to the upper part of the stand allows for hanging the bow. The adjustable height feature allows the stand to hold musical stringed instruments of different sizes. |
| US10037748B2 |
Hammer velocity measurement system
A system 100, for determining the velocity of a hammer 120 of a keyboard instrument, with a light transceiver 140 and processing circuitry 160. The light transceiver 140 being configured to transmit a light signal to a hammer 120 to measure a hammer velocity, receive a reflected light signal from the hammer 120 indicative of the velocity of the hammer 120 and send an electrical signal to the processing circuitry 160, where the electrical signal is based on the reflected light signal from the hammer 120. The processing circuitry 160 being configured to receive and process the electrical signal so that a time interval between the electrical signal passing through a first trigger point and a second trigger point and the velocity of the hammer 120 can be determined. |
| US10037746B2 |
System and method for displaying layered images
A system and method for displaying layered images is provided. A rear display element displays a first image including a background. A transmissive display element displays a third image and a fourth image, the third image being displayed contemporaneously with the first image. The transmissive display element has a front surface and a rear surface. The rear surface is placed a predetermined distance from the rear display element such that images displayed by the rear display element and by the transmissive display element can be viewable through the front surface of the transmissive display element. A lighting element provides backlight illumination to the transmissive display element contemporaneously with the fourth image. The lighting element can provide the backlight illumination by having the system display a second image at the rear display element for transmitting a backlight illumination from the rear display element contemporaneously with the fourth image. |