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US10153934B1	Reconfigurable wideband current-mode filters In certain aspects, a circuit comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA) configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, a first mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier (LNA), and a first trans-impedance filter coupled to the first mixer. The first trans-impedance filter comprises a tunable inductor and capacitor (LC) network configured to be a portion of a doubly terminated LC ladder filter and a trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) coupled to the tunable inductor and capacitor (LC) network. The circuit further comprises a second mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier (LNA) and a second trans-impedance filter coupled to the second mixer.
US10153932B2	Resource unit (RU) allocation within wireless communications A wireless communication device (alternatively, device, WDEV, etc.) includes at least one processing circuitry configured to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. A WDEV generates an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame that includes a preamble that specifies allocation and/or non-allocation of at least one resource unit (RU) for a communication channel and transmits the OFDMA frame to at least one other wireless communication device to be processed by the at least one other wireless communication device to determine the allocation of the at least one RU for the communication channel or the non-allocation of the at least one RU for the communication channel.
US10153928B2	Energy efficient highway addressable remote transducer coherent 8-ary phase shift keying modem A method and a highway addressable remote transducer (HART) modem for modulating and demodulating an analog signal including a HART message are provided. With low power consumption, the less computationally intensive HART modem modulates the analog signal using a coherent 8-ary phase shift keying (C8PSK) technique with a predefined gray code lookup table and a pre-generated sample lookup table having phase modulated digital signals indexed by index vectors, and transmits a HART C8PSK analog signal to sensor devices. A C8PSK demodulator in the HART modem demodulates the HART C8PSK analog signal by performing coarse estimation and fine estimation of phase errors and by estimation of a timing offset using a decision estimator. An automatic modulation classifier of the C8PSK demodulator validates presence of the analog signal in a C8PSK protocol by determining signs of in-phase and quadrature phase signals corresponding to each subsequent processed digitized sample of the analog signal.
US10153924B2	Method for performing self-interference cancellation by communication device using FDR mode A method for performing self-interference cancellation by a communication device which uses an FDR mode can comprise the steps of: measuring the strength of a residual self-interference signal, after antenna and analog self-interference cancellation, for each subband with respect to a predetermined number of subbands configured in a communication device; determining the order of a nonlinear self-interference signal component, to be considered for channel estimation of a nonlinear self-interference signal, for each subband on the basis of the strength of the residual self-interference signal that has been measured for each subband; and performing channel estimation of the nonlinear self-interference signal on the basis of the order that has been determined for each subband.
US10153920B2	Initializing femtocells A femtocell may be initialized on a network by automatically contacting a network service provider. The access point then automatically downloads an initial configuration from a bootstrap server belonging to the network service provider. In some cases, a femtocell access point may automatically determine, after boot up, whether it was pre-provisioned with credentials to authenticate itself with the network service provider. If so, it may use a domain name service to obtain an address of a bootstrap server. Otherwise, it may use dynamic host configuration protocol to discover the bootstrap server's Internet Protocol address.
US10153919B2	RF transmit architecture methods A transmitter device is switchably operable in a digital IQ mode (DIQM) of operation and a polar mode (PM) of operation. The device has a switch logic processor that determines an attribute of operation of the transmitter device. When a first condition of the attribute is met, the switch is to switch to or remain in the PM, and when a second condition of the attribute is met, the switch is to switch to or remain in the DIQM. The attribute may be: a modulation bandwidth to be used during a transmission time slot, whether a transmission is to be a non-contiguous single-carrier transmission or a non-contiguous multiple-carrier transmission, a contiguous single-carrier transmission or a contiguous multiple-carrier transmission, whether a low or high EVM mode transmission is to be used during a transmission time period, whether an LTE, a 5G, or a Wi-Fi mode transmission is to be used, among others.
US10153918B2	Joining an application cluster Some embodiments provide a method, for a first cluster manager (CM), for adding an application instance (AI) to a cluster operating across several datacenters. The method identifies a first AI to add to the cluster and a second AI that already belongs to the cluster, and sends a request to add the first AI to a second CM that operates on a same machine as the second AI. The request includes an address for the first AI and a datacenter identifier that indicates a datacenter in which the first AI operates. From the second CM, the method receives a cluster topology that identifies several AIs of the cluster within the several datacenters. The topology includes a datacenter identifier for each of the identified AIs. The method processes data sent between the first AI and other AIs of the cluster according to an overlay network defined by the received topology.
US10153913B1	Secondary radio for diagnostic/debug A system for lighting control including a monitor device, and a lighting system component configured as a luminaire or as a lighting control device for controlling a luminaire. The monitor device includes a wireless radio communication interface system configured for wireless communication over a diagnostic band, and a processor. The lighting system component includes a wireless radio communication interface system configured for wireless communication over the diagnostic band and a separate wireless lighting control network communication band, and a processor configured to obtain diagnostic data about the lighting system component, and transmit via the wireless radio communication interface over the diagnostic band, the diagnostic data to the monitor device.
US10153912B2	Method and system for optimizing information pushing time according to alarm clock The present invention discloses a method and a system for optimizing information pushing time according to an alarm time, comprising: presetting an alarm time on a smart terminal; according to the set alarm time, and by recording whether a user uses the smart terminal before and after the alarm time for a period, summarizing a regular work/rest time of the user; within said regular work/rest time, shutting down an information pushing function; when the alarm is triggered, turning on the information pushing function again.
US10153909B2	Power over ethernet powered device configured for low duty-cycle operation In some embodiments, a powered device includes a powered device circuit, which may include a maintain power signature (MPS) circuit configured to compare a sense current to a reference current. In a first mode, the MPS circuit may be configured to automatically generate an MPS signal when the sense current is less than the reference current.
US10153907B2	Methods and systems for PKI-based authentication Methods, systems, and devices are provided for authenticating API messages using PKI-based authentication techniques. A client system can generate a private/public key pair associated with the client system and sign an API message using the private key of the private/public key pair and a PKI-based cryptographic algorithm, before sending the signed API message to a server system. The server system (e.g., operated by a service provider) can authenticate the incoming signed API message using a proxy authenticator located in less trusted zone (e.g., a perimeter network) of the server system. In particular, the proxy authenticator can be configured to verify the signature of the signed API message using the public key corresponding to the private key and the same cryptographic algorithm. The authenticated API message can then be forwarded to a more trusted zone (e.g., an internal network) of the server system for further processing.
US10153904B2	Validating resources execution A whitelist of hash values for applications is signed and encrypted by a remote device and the encrypted whitelist is securely delivered over a network connection to a second device as an encrypted whitelist. The second device decrypts the whitelist and validates the signature of the remote device for the decrypted whitelist. Hash values in the decrypted version of the encrypted whitelist are compared against dynamically computed hash values for the applications. Applications with matching hash values are permitted to execute on the second device.
US10153900B2	Secure escrow service A method of restoring confidential information items of a first device to a second device by using a set of servers. The method generates a public and private key pair and ties the private key to the hash of executable code of the servers at the time of generating the public and private keys. The method receives the encrypted confidential information items in a secure object which is encrypted with a user-specific key and the public key. The method only provides the confidential information to the second device when the second device provides the same user-specific key as the key that encrypts the secure object and the hash of the executable code of the servers at the time of accessing the private key to decrypt the secure object matches the hash of the executable code running on the servers at the time of generating the private key.
US10153895B2	Homomorphic database operations apparatuses, methods and systems The HOMOMORPHIC DATABASE OPERATIONS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“HEDO”) transform transaction storage requests and homomorphic model queries using HEDO components into homomorphic model query results. In some implementations, the disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of securely querying a shared homomorphically encrypted data repository and performing cross-table homomorphic joins.
US10153894B2	Homomorphic encryption with optimized encoding The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic encryption to improve processing speed and storage requirements. For example, the techniques and/or systems can be used on a client device to encode data to be sent to a remote server, to be operated on while maintaining confidentiality of data. For example, data including a real number can be encoded as a polynomial, with the fractional part of the real number encoded as high-order coefficients in the polynomial. Further, real numbers can be approximated and encoded in a polynomial using a fractional base, and/or the encoding can include slot encoding. Thus, the optimized encodings disclosed herein provide an optimized homomorphic encryption scheme.
US10153891B2	Method and apparatus for coexistence among wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) operating in the same spectrum A method and apparatus for coexistence among wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) operating in the same spectrum are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include a processor that receives a configuration of a coexistence gap pattern defining a pattern of transmission periods and silent periods for the WTRU. The processor may control the WTRU to transmit information during the transmission periods and to not transmit information during the silent periods of the coexistence gap pattern.
US10153889B2	Method and apparatus for handling full-duplex interference The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for handling full-duplex interference. One method includes: obtaining an interference degree that is caused when a site device performs full-duplex transmission with at least two UEs; and determining, according to the interference degree, a UE allowed to transmit uplink and downlink signals on the same time and frequency resource among the at least two UEs. In embodiments of the present invention, a UE allowed to transmit uplink and downlink signals on the same time and frequency resource may be classified according to an interference degree that is caused when a site device performs full-duplex transmission with at least two UEs, thereby preventing the interference problem in the scenario of point-to-multipoint full-duplex communication as much as possible.
US10153887B2	Patch download with improved acknowledge mechanism Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for patch downloading, from a host to a target, with improved acknowledge (ACK) mechanisms including combinations of out-of-sequence, single and aggregate acknowledge mechanisms. The method may include determining a packet size based on buffer capacity of the host; calculating the total number of packets (P) for transmission based on a size of the patch divided by the packet size; and calculating a packet storage capacity (N) of the target, based on buffer capacity of the target divided by the packet size. The method may also include transmitting the P packets to the target, including a sequence number and a portion of the patch, the transmission segmented into one or more cycles of up to N packets. The method may further include receiving ACKs from the target (asynchronously relative to the packet transmissions), the ACKS associated with the sequence numbers.
US10153882B2	User equipment and capability reporting method The present disclosure relates to some techniques for controlling carrier aggregation properly in a radio communication system including a mixture of harmonic-supported user equipments and harmonic-unsupported user equipments. One aspect of the present invention relates to a user equipment having a carrier aggregation function, comprising: a communication control unit configured to control radio communication with a base station; a capability management unit configured to manage a requirement on transmission and reception characteristics supported by the user equipment for each combination of carrier aggregation frequency bands; and a capability reporting unit configured to report the requirement on the transmission and reception characteristics supported by the user equipment as a capability to the base station.
US10153881B2	Channel state information transmission/reception method and apparatus for use in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channel state information for use in multi-antenna system are provided. A signal communication method of a base station having a plurality of antennas in a wireless communication system includes determining antenna ports of first and second directions based on directions of the plurality of antennas, allocating channel measurement resources for the respective antenna ports to a terminal, transmitting a feedback configuration to the terminal according to the channel measurement resources, and receiving feedback information from the terminal based on the channel measurement resource and the feedback configuration. The signal transmission/reception method and apparatus are advantageous in transmitting/receiving channel state information efficiently in the system using a plurality of antennas.
US10153877B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting feedback frame in wireless local area network system Provides are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a station (STA) receives, from an access point (AP), a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame indicating transmission of a null data packet (NDP). The STA receives the NDP from the AP. The STA transmits, to the AP, a feedback frame including channel state information determined based on the NDP. The channel state information indicates a feedback subcarrier in each subcarrier group. The subcarrier group is generated based on grouping information using subcarriers in a frequency band excluding a guard subcarrier and a DC subcarrier. The feedback subcarrier is included in a subcarrier with an odd-numbered subcarrier index. The feedback subcarrier corresponds to a subcarrier with an even-numbered subcarrier index that is adjacent to the subcarrier with the odd-numbered subcarrier when the subcarrier with the odd-numbered subcarrier is a null subcarrier.
US10153875B2	Traffic data allocations in low latency LTE downlink communications Various aspects are described relating to wireless communications of a second type of traffic data for small data transmissions. A first indication of control channel resources can be received from a network entity, wherein the control channel resources are defined by a radio access technology to include control data associated with a first type of traffic data. A control channel can be received from the network entity over the control channel resources, wherein the control channel includes a second type of traffic data, wherein the second type of traffic data includes a comparatively smaller data payload than the first type of traffic data. The second type of traffic data can be decoded from the control channel without decoding control data from the control channel.
US10153868B2	Hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) for a wireless local area network Apparatus and methods for a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) mechanism for wireless communication devices of a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. Methods and apparatus to determine whether a packet is an original, first transmission or a retransmission of a previously transmitted packet without decoding the payload of the packet are disclosed. Medium access control (MAC) addresses of a transmitter, such as an access point (AP), and a receiver, such as a station (STA), of a WLAN are encoded separately with a retransmission bit to indicate whether the packet is retransmitted. For an aggregated MAC protocol data unit (A-MPDU), a sequence number is included to determine which MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) of the A-MPDU are retransmitted. When retransmission is indicated, the receiver of the STA performs a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process to combine the retransmitted packet with previously received packets.
US10153863B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving packet in communication system The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting and receiving a packet in a communication system. A method for transmitting a packet according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: generating at least one source block including source packets for transmitting contents; performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding and generating at least one reconstructed block including reconstructed packets for restoring the source packets; and transmitting signaling information including packet identification information on the at least one source block and a packet stream including the source packets and the reconstructed packets, wherein header information of the reconstructed packets includes the number of source packets included in each source block according to the packet identification information, and information indicating the start numbers of the source packets included in the each source block.
US10153861B2	Digital link viewer for data center interconnect nodes A device may receive optical network information associated with a first optical node and a second optical node. The first optical node may be associated with a first group of optical devices. The second optical node may be associated with a second group of optical devices. The device may identify a first mapping in which a first group of optical channels is associated with the first group of optical devices and a second mapping in which a second group of optical channels is associated with the second group of optical devices. The first group of optical channels may correspond to the first group of payloads, and the second group of optical channels may correspond to the second group of payloads. The device may provide information depicting the first mapping and information depicting the second mapping.
US10153858B2	System and method for interference cancellation using terminal cooperation Soft information for achieving interference cancellation in downlink transmissions can be communicated over device-to-device (D2D) links, thereby allowing paired user equipments (UEs) to receive downlink transmissions over the same radio resources. More specifically, paired UEs that receive transmissions over the same time-frequency resources may exchange soft or hard information over D2D links in order to facilitate interference cancellation. The D2D links may be unidirectional or bidirectional, and may be established over in-band or out-of-band resources. Paired UEs may be in the same or different cells, and may receive their respective transmissions from the same or different transmit point. UEs may be paired with one another based on various criteria, e.g., interference cancellation capabilities, scheduling metrics, etc.
US10153857B1	Orthogonal frequency division multiple access protection A method for simultaneous communication in a wireless local area network is described. A first control frame is transmitted by a first communication device to a plurality of communication devices, is duplicated across each of a plurality of sub-channels of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing channel, and indicates that the communication devices are requested to simultaneously transmit respective control frames to the first communication device. Respective control frames are received, including second and third control frames from second and third communication devices, respectively, that are transmitted via a same sub-channel having a smallest bandwidth of the wireless local area network and indicate that at least some of the plurality of sub-channels are available. One of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access data unit and a duplicated legacy data unit is transmitted by the first communication device in response to the control frames via the available sub-channels.
US10153856B2	Channel multiplexing method for reading out detector signal A channel multiplexing method for reading out a detector signal is provided, including steps: grouping L detectors to form a first source signal and a second source signal; respectively introducing L detector signals into a first signal transmission line including two readout channels A and B and a second signal transmission line including two readout channels C and D, and providing a first signal delay unit and a second signal delay unit on the first signal transmission line and the second signal transmission line; and symbolizing source detectors for forming signals according to pulses of the four readout channels A, B, C and D, and obtaining final pulse information.
US10153853B1	Radio frequency doppler spread emulators Methods and radio frequency (RF) Doppler emulator circuits for emulating Doppler spread in an RF domain. The RF Doppler emulator circuit includes a power splitter, a signature control circuit, a first variable attenuator, a second variable attenuator, and a power combiner. The power splitter is configured to receive an RF input signal and generate a first signal and a second signal using the RF input signal. The signature control circuit is configured to generate a third signal using the first signal. The signature control circuit is further configured to generate a fourth signal using the second signal. The first variable attenuator is configured to generate a fifth signal using the third signal. The second variable attenuator is configured to generate a sixth signal using the fourth signal. The power combiner is configured to generate an RF output signal by combining the fifth signal and the sixth signal.
US10153850B2	Power feed line switching circuit, branching device, submarine cable system, and power feed line switching method This power feed line switching circuit for switching connection states among a plurality of power feed lines has a plurality of switching circuits, and a variable resistance unit. The switching circuits switch the connection states among the power feed lines. The variable resistance unit is disposed on the connecting paths among the power feed lines before and after the switching, and the resistance values thereof change in conjunction with operations of the switching circuits.
US10153849B2	FSO communications terminals for connecting telecommunications cards The invention provides a free space optical (FSO) communications terminal for a first telecommunications card or a backplane. The FSO terminal comprises a plurality of transmission interfaces. The FSO terminal further comprises a light signal generating unit adapted to generate a plurality of light signals. Each of the plurality of light signals carries the same information as the other one or more of the plurality of light signals and is arranged for transmission through a respective one of the plurality of transmission interfaces. Each of the plurality of light signals is at a different orthogonal mode from the other one or more of the plurality of light signals. The invention further provides a free space optical (FSO) communications terminal for a second telecommunications card or a backplane. The FSO terminal comprises a plurality of receive interfaces. Each of the plurality of receive interfaces adapted to receive a light signal carrying information. The light signal may be at any one of a plurality of orthogonal modes. The FSO terminal further comprises a plurality of optical-to-electrical signal convertors. The invention further provides an optical backplane, a router and an optical node.
US10153839B2	Registration method, device and system A terminal device registration method and a device, where the method includes sending upstream registration window information to a terminal device, where the upstream registration window information indicates a starting position of an upstream registration window to the terminal device, receiving an upstream access signal sent by the terminal device from the starting position of the upstream registration window, where the upstream access signal includes a correlation sequence symbol and at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol following the correlation sequence symbol, the correlation sequence symbol is constituted by a first sequence that meets a preset condition, and the at least one OFDM symbol modulates access information by means of differential phase modulation in a frequency domain, and performing upstream ranging according to the starting position of the upstream registration window and the correlation sequence symbol.
US10153837B2	Controller and associated method for selecting visible light communication personal area network coordinator (VPANC) A controller and associated method for selecting Visible light communication Personal Area Network Coordinators (VPANCs) is disclosed. The method includes creating, by the controller, channel scan parameters and VPANC controlling parameters for each of a plurality of VPANCs based on VPANC information received from each of the plurality of VPANCs, wherein VPANC controlling parameters created for a VPANC of the plurality of VPANCs are associated with VPANCs and dead zones neighboring the VPANC; and sharing, by the controller, channel scan parameters and VPANC controlling parameters associated with at least one VPANC of the plurality of VPANCs with each of the plurality of VPANCs, wherein sharing enables an End User Device (EUD) communicatively coupled to one of the plurality of VPANCs to select a new VPANC from the plurality of VPANCs.
US10153836B2	Processing apparatus A processing apparatus for processing a workpiece includes: a chuck table that holds the workpiece; a processing unit that processes the workpiece held by the chuck table; a controller that controls the chuck table and the processing unit; an input section that inputs a processing condition to the controller; a storage section that stores the processing condition inputted to the input section; and an infrared transmission/reception unit that transfers apparatus information between the processing apparatus and another processing apparatus by infrared radiation.
US10153833B2	Methods and apparatus for self healing of an optical transceiver in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optical transceiver that includes a first set of electrical transmitters operatively coupled to a switch. Each electrical transmitter from the first set of electrical transmitters is configured to transmit an electrical signal from a set of electrical signals. In such embodiments, the switch is configured to switch an electrical signal from the set of electrical signals such that the set of electrical signals are transmitted via a second set of electrical transmitters. Each electrical transmitter from the second set of electrical transmitters is operatively coupled to an optical transmitter from a set of optical transmitters. The set of optical transmitters is operatively coupled to an optical multiplexer. In such embodiments, at least one electrical transmitter from the second set of electrical transmitters is associated with a failure within the optical transceiver.
US10153831B1	Power usage-aware spectral resource allocation in a satellite long term evolution (LTE) communication system A method for resource allocation in a multi-beam satellite LTE network includes determining, via a communication processor, a per sub-frame resource block (RB) threshold value on a per-beam and per-LTE carrier basis, based on a total transmission power and shared power amplifiers available to multiple beams of a space vehicle while ensuring that power amplifiers operate in a linear amplification region. The method further includes communicating the LTE per subframe RB threshold value to a downlink LTE scheduler function within the eNode-B to ensure that the count of subframe level RB allocations is less than the determined LTE per subframe RB threshold value.
US10153829B2	Ground terminal and UAV beam pointing in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access Systems and methods for detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Network access (for example, to the Internet) may be provided by detecting a UAV and fixing one or more beams from one or more ground terminals to the UAV. In one embodiment, the detection of a UAV includes forming and pointing beams from a ground terminal and ground gateways toward the UAV. The ground terminal may be configured to autonomously steer its antenna beam during initial installation to detect the reference signal from a UAV. In one variant, the ground terminals are steered to more finely track the position of the UAV based on a signal quality metric such as received signal strength and the UAV real-time position location coordinates. In one embodiment, the ground terminal antenna is initially manually pointed toward the UAV, and thereafter allowed to automatically steer to track the position of the UAV. In another embodiment the UAV antenna is steered toward a ground terminal using signal qualify received from the ground terminal and real-time position coordinates and orientation of the UAV.
US10153826B2	Cellular signal booster with multiple signal chains A technology is described for a signal booster. The signal booster can include a selected number of uplink transmission paths. Each uplink transmission path can be configured to amplify an uplink signal at a selected band. The signal booster can include a selected number of downlink transmission paths. Each downlink transmission path can be configured to amplify a downlink signal at a selected band. The selected number of uplink transmission paths in the signal booster may not equal the selected number of downlink transmission paths in the signal booster.
US10153819B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving reference signal in wireless communication system supporting beam forming scheme A method for transmitting by a reference signal transmitting apparatus a reference signal in a wireless communication system supporting a beam forming scheme is provided. The method includes transmitting beam pattern measurement window indication information including information related to at least two beam pattern measurement windows which each of reference signal receiving apparatuses will use to the reference signal receiving apparatuses; and transmitting reference signals based on beam patterns which the reference signal transmitting apparatus supports during a preset number of time units.
US10153817B2	Complexity reduction for transmitter precoding A transmitter includes a plurality of user-specific channels, with each user specific channel associated with a different set of user equipment (UE) receive antennas. For precoding, the transmitter generates a baseline channel matrix reflecting the characteristics of the communication medium employed to transmit data to the different user equipment (UEs). For each user-specific channel, the transmitter generates a complementary channel matrix based on the baseline channel matrix, then performs matrix decomposition (e.g., QR-Givens decomposition) to eliminate selected terms of the complementary channel matrix that interfere from other communication channels of the transmitter.
US10153816B2	Small data communications Technology for communicating small data between a user equipment (UE) and an evolved node B (eNB) is described. The UE may communicate with the eNB to establish a small data radio bearer (SDRB), wherein the SDRB is used for communicating the small data from the UE to the eNB. The UE may enter a power saving mode according to a power saving configuration. The UE or the eNB may maintain UE context information for the SDRB while the UE is in the power saving mode. The SDRB may be reestablished using the UE context information when the UE awakes from the power saving mode to enable the UE to communicate the small data on the SDRB to the eNB.
US10153814B1	Massive multiple-input multiple-output (M-MIMO) wireless distribution system (WDS) and related methods for optimizing the M-MIMO WDS Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a massive multiple-input multiple-output (M-MIMO) wireless distribution system (WDS) and related methods for optimizing the M-MIMO WDS. In one aspect, the M-MIMO WDS includes a plurality of remote units each deployed at a location and includes one or more antennas to serve a remote coverage area. At least one remote unit can have a different number of the antennas from at least one other remote unit in the M-MIMO WDS. In another aspect, a selected system configuration including the location and number of the antennas associated with each of the remote units can be determined using an iterative algorithm that maximizes a selected system performance indicator of the M-MIMO WDS. As such, it may be possible to optimize the selected system performance indicator at reduced complexity and costs, thus helping to enhance user experiences in the M-MIMO WDS.
US10153804B2	Clear channel assessment Circuits and methods concerning signal detection are disclosed. In some example embodiments, an apparatus is configured to detect presence of a spreading sequence in a sample data sequence. Phase differences between samples in a sample sequence are determined. Presence of a spreading sequence in the sample sequence is detected by evaluating correlation of reference sub-sequences, of a reference spreading sequence, to the phase differences between samples in a sample sequence. Each of the reference sub-sequences includes fewer chips than the spreading sequence to be detected.
US10153803B2	Receiving circuit, wireless communication module, and wireless communication device A receiving circuit includes a plurality input nodes to receive an input signals and an output node to output a signal corresponding to the input signal. An amplifier in the circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. A first switch selectively connects one of the input nodes to the input terminal of the amplifier. A second switch selectively connects the one of the input nodes to the output node. A controller supplies control signals to the first switch and the second switch. An impedance matching section is connected between the input nodes and the amplifier.
US10153802B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication system using the same A wireless communication device including a first transceiver which performs communication by using each of a plurality of channels contained in a first frequency band, a second transceiver which performs communication by using each of a plurality of channels contained in a second frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band and separated from the first frequency band through a separation band having a predetermined frequency span, and a control device connected to the first transceiver and the second transceiver capable of communicating with the first transceiver and the second transceiver, selects one channel from the plurality of channels of the fist frequency band and one channel from the plurality of channels of the second frequency band to set a channel pair including a pair of channels, and causes the first transceiver and the second transceiver to communicate the same data by using the set channel pair.
US10153801B2	Systems and methods for acoustic communication in a mobile device A communication device and method including a microphone, a first filter coupled to the microphone adapted to pass signals in an audio band only, a second filter coupled to the microphone adapted to pass signals only in an upper region of the audio band, an optional amplifier or two, an analog to digital converter (ADC) unit or two, an optional a switching unit connected between an input of the ADC unit and an output of each of the first and second filters and configured to selecting between the first and second filters, and a controller configured to control the switching unit and/or to select the second filter for acoustic communication, where the acoustic communication is adapted to the upper region of the audio band.
US10153799B2	Electronic device case and material layer details of the same The disclosure provides a portable terminal including an electronic device and a case disposed thereon that provides water resistant, dust resistant, and insulation for the electronic device by proper positioning of an aperture of the electronic device that uses an area of the case as an antenna. The case includes a body part that comprises a main body with a metallic portion formed of a metallic material, and an auxiliary body disposed adjacent to the metallic portion, and at least a portion of the auxiliary body is used as an antenna for transmission and reception of signals. An insulation member is disposed between the at least a portion of the auxiliary body and the main body, and a bonding layer is disposed in at least one of an area between the insulation member and at least one area of the main body, or between the insulation member and the auxiliary body.
US10153793B2	Apparatus and method for identification and compensation of distortion in a multi-antenna system The disclosure relates to devices, methods, and computer programs in mobile communications in order to reduce signal distortions. Specifically, it relates to a transmitter system which comprises a plurality of signal paths. Each signal path is associated with an input transmission signal. Each signal path comprises an analog portion of the signal path. Each 5 signal path comprises a Dual-Input Digital Predistortion, DI DPD, module. The DI DPD is configured to provide a predistorted input transmission signal to the analog portion in response to a received Crosstalk and Mismatch, CTM, signal and the input transmission signal. The transmitter system further comprises one or more CTM modules configured to receive one or more input transmission signals. The CTM module comprises to separately generate for 10 each DI DPD module the CTM signal, where said CTM signals represent CTM distortions caused by one or more output transmission signals of each said analog portion.
US10153789B2	Remote radio head unit system with wideband power amplifier A remote radio head. unit (RRU) system for multiple operating frequency bands, multi-channels, driven by a single or more wide band power amplifiers. More specifically, the present invention enables multiple-bands RRU to use fewer power amplifiers in order to reduce size and cost of the multi-band RRU. The present invention is based on the method of using duplexers and/or interference cancellation system technique to increase the isolation between the transmitter signal and receiver signal of the RRU.
US10153785B1	Generalized low-density parity-check (GLDPC) code with variable length constituents Techniques for improving the bit error rate (BER) performance of an error correction system are described. In an example, the error correction system implements generalized low-density parity-check (GLDPC) encoding and decoding. To generate a GLDPC codeword, the error correction system accesses data blocks. Each data block includes one or more bits. The error correction system also generates a first constituent codeword of the GLDPC codeword. The first constituent codeword encodes at least a data block from the data blocks and has a first length and a first error correction capability. The error correction system also generates a second constituent codeword of the GLDPC codeword. The second constituent codeword encodes at least the data block and has a second length and a second error correction capability. The second length is different from the first length. The second error correction capability is different from the first error correction capability.
US10153781B2	Decoder for low-density parity-check codes Methods and apparatus for decoding LDPC codes provide that an LDPC code may be represented as a Tanner graph comprising bit nodes and check nodes and connections between them. In an embodiment, a configurable LDPC decoder, which supports many different LDPC codes having any sub-matrix size, comprises several independently addressable memories which are used to store soft decision data for each bit node. The decoder further comprises a number, P, of check node processing systems which generate updated soft decision data. The updated values are then passed back to the memories via a shuffling system. If the number of check nodes processed in parallel by the check node processing systems is PCNB (where P≥PCNB) and the soft decision data for a bit node is of word size q bits, the total width of the independently addressable memories is larger than PCNB*q bits.
US10153778B2	High-linearity sigma-delta converter A sigma-delta converter including a sigma-delta modulator including at least one analog filter capable, for each cycle of a conversion phase, of receiving an internal analog signal originating from the analog input signal and of supplying an analog output signal, wherein: the contribution of the internal analog signal to the output value of the filter is smaller at a given cycle of the conversion phase than at a previous cycle, the contributions to the different cycles being governed by a first predetermined law which is a function of the rank of the cycle; and the duration of a given cycle of the conversion phase is shorter than the duration of a previous cycle, the durations of the different cycles being governed by a second predetermined law which is a function of the rank of the cycle in the conversion phase.
US10153777B2	Fractional frequency clock divider with direct division Disclosed examples include fractional frequency divider circuits, including a counter to provide phase shifted pulse output signals in response to counting of an adjustable integer number NK cycles of an input clock signal, an output circuit to provide an output clock signal having a first edge between first edges of the pulse output signals, as well as a delta-sigma modulator (DSM), clocked by the second pulse output signal to receive a first predetermined value and to provide a DSM output value, and a phase accumulator to receive a step input value representing a sum of the DSM output value and a second predetermined value. The phase accumulator provides a divisor input signal to the counter, and provides a phase adjustment value to the output circuit to control the position of the first edge of the output clock signal between the first edges of the pulse output signals.
US10153774B1	Transconductor circuit for a fourth order PLL A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit and a method for providing a transconductance in the PLL involve forming an input voltage to an operational amplifier by a loop filter. A voltage output of the operational amplifier controls a plurality of current mirrors. A current is formed through a first one of the current mirrors as a function of the input voltage, a resistance of a resistor, and a reference voltage. The reference voltage is directly provided by, or derived from, a reference signal. A second voltage formed in the first current mirror is fed back to the operational amplifier to maintain the current through the first current mirror, which current is then mirrored into at least a second one of the current mirrors to form an output current proportional to a difference between the input voltage and the reference voltage.
US10153768B1	Integrated circuitry and methods for reducing leakage current Input/output circuitry includes a first PMOS device and a first NMOS device having first current electrodes are connected to each other and a pad. First selection circuitry, when the I/O circuitry is disabled, provides a first supply voltage to a control electrode and an N-well of the first PMOS device when the pad voltage is between the first and second supply voltages and to directly provide the pad voltage to the control electrode and the N-well of the first PMOS device when the pad voltage is greater than the first supply voltage. Similarly, second selection circuitry, when the I/O circuitry is disabled, provides a second supply voltage or directly provides the pad voltage to a control electrode and a P-well of the first NMOS device depending on whether the pad voltage is between the first and second supply voltages or less than the second supply voltage, respectively.
US10153763B2	Method and apparatus for use in improving linearity of MOSFETs using an accumulated charge sink A method and apparatus for use in improving the linearity characteristics of MOSFET devices using an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to remove, reduce, or otherwise control accumulated charge in SOI MOSFETs, thereby yielding improvements in FET performance characteristics. In one exemplary embodiment, a circuit having at least one SOI MOSFET is configured to operate in an accumulated charge regime. An accumulated charge sink, operatively coupled to the body of the SOI MOSFET, eliminates, removes or otherwise controls accumulated charge when the FET is operated in the accumulated charge regime, thereby reducing the nonlinearity of the parasitic off-state source-to-drain capacitance of the SOI MOSFET. In RF switch circuits implemented with the improved SOI MOSFET devices, harmonic and intermodulation distortion is reduced by removing or otherwise controlling the accumulated charge when the SOI MOSFET operates in an accumulated charge regime.
US10153759B2	Control chip and control system utilizing the same A control chip coupled to a first input/output pin and a second input/output pin and including a first interface module, a second interface module, a first switching unit, and a control unit is provided. The first interface module includes a first pin electrically connected to the first input/output pin and a second pin. The second interface module includes a third pin. The control unit controls the first switching unit to turn on a first path between the second pin and the second input/output pin or a second path between the third pin and the second input/output pin. When the first path is turned on, the first interface module controls the voltage levels of the first and second input/output pins. When the second path is turned on, the second interface module controls the voltage level of the second input/output pin.
US10153756B2	Method for signal transmissions via a path through which electrical power is transmitted, and signal transmission system A signal transmission system includes a switch component and a choke component each coupled to one of a first power wire and a second power wire, a first conductive path between the switch component and a load, a second conductive path between the choke component and the load, and a control block. The control block controls the switch component to not conduct when providing a control signal to the first and/or second conductive paths. When the switch component does not conduct, a magnetic core of the choke component does not reach magnetic saturation. When the switch component conducts, the magnetic core of the choke component operates at magnetic saturation.
US10153751B2	Second order switched capacitor filter A switched capacitor low-pass filter. The filter includes a plurality of switched capacitors, and a plurality of resistors. The resistors increase the slope of the roll-off of the filter, reduce DC gain variations across corners, and minimize the frequency variation across corners. In some embodiments, the clock signal used to control the switched capacitor filters has a duty cycle differing from 50%, to improve the frequency response of the filter.
US10153750B2	RF resonators and filters A filter package comprising an array of piezoelectric films sandwiched between lower electrodes and an array of upper electrodes covered by an array of silicon membranes with cavities thereover: the lower electrode being coupled to an interposer with a first cavity between the lower electrodes and the interposer; the array of silicon membranes having a known thickness and attached over the upper electrodes with an array of upper cavities, each upper cavity between a silicon membrane of the array and a common silicon cover; each upper cavity aligned with a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode and silicon membrane, the upper cavities having side walls comprising SiO2; the individual piezoelectric films, their upper electrodes and silicon membranes thereover being separated from adjacent piezoelectric films, upper electrodes and silicon membranes by a passivation material.
US10153748B2	Acoustic wave element, filter element, and communication device In an acoustic wave element of the present invention, a first imaginary line connecting end portions of the plurality of first electrode fingers in the IDT electrode on the second bus bar side and a second imaginary line connecting end portions of the plurality of second electrode fingers in the IDT electrode on the first bus bar side are within ranges of 2 degrees<θA≤10 degrees and 2 degrees<θB≤10 degrees where an angle formed by the first imaginary line and the propagation direction is the first inclination angle θA and an angle formed by the second imaginary line and the propagation direction is the second inclination angle θB.
US10153746B2	Wiring board with filter circuit and electronic device A wiring board with a filter circuit includes an insulating base, a conductor pattern, and a filter circuit. The conductor pattern is provided on the insulating base and defines the filter circuit. The insulating base includes an intermediate member, and first through third end members connected to the intermediate member. A first external connection terminal is provided on the first end member, and is disposed on a first end of the conductor pattern in the signal transmission direction. A second external connection terminal is provided on the second end member, and is disposed on a second end of the conductor pattern in the signal transmission direction. A first ground connection terminal that grounds the filter circuit is provided on the intermediate member. A second ground connection terminal that grounds the filter circuit is provided on the third end member.
US10153745B1	Feedback compensated master volume control A circuit and a method for maintaining the desired tone, harmonic relationship and dynamic response of a musical instrument amplifier throughout the complete master volume power attenuation range.
US10153744B1	Automatically tuning an audio compressor to prevent distortion A system and method automates the tuning of one or more multiband compressors or multiband limiters to minimize loudspeaker distortion. The system and method render one or more test loudspeaker signals that vary in frequency and in amplitude out of a loudspeaker and records the responses of the loudspeaker at a microphone. The system and method measure a distortion of the loudspeaker, relative to a frequency and an amplitude, with respect to the one or more test loudspeaker signals and a microphone signal and calculate tunable parameters of the multiband compressor that includes cutoff frequencies in response to the measured distortion.
US10153743B2	Linear variable gain amplifier The present invention is directed to electrical circuits and techniques thereof. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a variable gain amplifier that includes a first transistor and a second transistor whose gate terminals are coupled to a first input terminal. A first drain terminal of the first transistor and a first source terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a voltage gain control switch. There are other embodiments as well.
US10153742B2	Active RC filters An operational amplifier comprises: a first amplifier stage 4 comprising a first differential pair of transistors 8, 10 arranged to receive and amplify a differential input signal 18, 20 thereby providing a first differential output signal 22, 24; and a second amplifier stage 6 comprising a second differential pair of transistors 26, 28 arranged to receive and amplify the first differential output signal 22, 24 thereby providing a second differential output signal 38, 40.
US10153740B2	Split signal differential MEMS microphone A microphone assembly includes a capacitive MEMS transducer and a bias circuit having a DC output coupled to the transducer. The microphone assembly also includes a differential amplifier having a first input coupled to a first output of the transducer, the differential amplifier having a second input coupled to a second output of the transducer. The microphone assembly further includes a first impedance matching network and a second impedance matching network configured to balance a first capacitive load at the first input of the amplifier and a second capacitive load at the second input of the amplifier. Electrical signals applied by the transducer to the first and second inputs of the amplifier are matched or approximately matched in magnitude and 180 degrees or approximately 180 degrees out of phase with respect to each other.
US10153738B2	RF power transistor circuits A radio frequency (RF) power transistor circuit includes a power transistor and a decoupling circuit. The power transistor has a control electrode coupled to an input terminal for receiving an RF input signal, a first current electrode for providing an RF output signal at an output terminal, and a second current electrode coupled to a voltage reference. The decoupling circuit includes a first inductive element, a first resistor, and a first capacitor coupled together in series between the first current electrode of the power transistor and the voltage reference. The decoupling circuit is for dampening a resonance at a frequency lower than an RF frequency.
US10153736B2	Circuits and methods for 2G amplification using 3G/4G linear path combination Circuits and methods for 2G amplification using 3G/4G linear path combination. In some embodiments, a front-end architecture can include a first amplification path and a second amplification path, with each being configured to amplify a 3G/4G signal, and the first amplification path including a phase shifting circuit. The front-end architecture can further include a splitter configured to receive a 2G signal and split the 2G signal into the first and second amplification paths, and a combiner configured to combine amplified 2G signals from the first and second amplification paths into a common output path. The front-end architecture can further include an impedance transformer implemented along the common output path to provide a desired impedance for the combined 2G signal.
US10153735B2	Millimetre wave power amplifier and a method of optimising such a power amplifier A millimeter (mm) wave power amplifier includes a plurality of amplifiers, each amplifier including an amplifying FET including a gate, drain and source. The mm wave power amplifier also includes an input port, an output port, a VDS port being connected to a VDS voltage source for setting the drain-source voltage of the FET, and a VGS port being connected to a VGS voltage source for setting the gate-source voltage of the FET. The output ports of the amplifiers are connected to a signal combiner and the input ports of the amplifiers are connected to a signal splitter. At least one of (a) at least two of the VGS ports are connected to different VGS voltage sources, and (b) at least two of the VDS ports are connected to different VDS voltage sources.
US10153731B2	Apparatus and method for operating a power amplifier array with enhanced efficiency at back-off power levels An apparatus, comprising has an array of power amplifiers. A power detector collects a power signal applied to the array of power amplifiers. Digital logic is connected to the array of power amplifiers and the power detector. The digital logic is configured to evaluate the power signal and select an array pattern from a set of array patterns and generate a control signal to implement the array pattern on the array of power amplifiers. Each array pattern in the set of array patterns includes at least one operative power amplifier.
US10153729B2	Nano-scale oscillator exhibiting chaotic oscillation In some examples, a device includes a nano-scale oscillator that exhibits chaotic oscillation responsive to a control input to the nano-scale oscillator, where the control input including a tunable input parameter.
US10153728B2	Semiconductor device and method A circuit includes a first digital controlled oscillator and a second digital controlled oscillator coupled to the first digital controlled oscillator. A skew detector is connected to determine a skew between outputs of the first digital controlled oscillator and the second digital controlled oscillator, and a decoder is utilized to output a control signal, based on the skew, to modify a frequency of the first digital controlled oscillator using a switched capacitor array to reduce or eliminate the skew. A differential pulse injection oscillator circuit and a pulse injection signal generator circuit are also provided.
US10153722B2	System and method for detecting abnormal state of velocity outputted from motor A system includes a control module, a velocity-detecting module and a state-analyzing module. The control module generates a control command to control the servo drive system, and bases on the control command to define angular-acceleration standard ranges with respect to detection times. The velocity-detecting module detects output angular-velocity values of the servo motor with respect to detection times upon when the servo motor is driven. The state-analyzing module includes a processing unit and an abnormal-state judging unit. The processing unit stores the output angular-velocity values, and bases on the output angular-velocity values to calculate output angular-acceleration values with respect to the detection times. The abnormal-state judging unit determines whether or not each of the output angular-acceleration values with respect to each of the corresponding detection times is within the respective angular-acceleration standard range and thereby to generate corresponding comparison results.
US10153721B2	Electronically commutated fan system An electronically commutated fan system includes an alternating-current-to-direct-current conversion unit, an inverter unit and a control unit. The alternating-current-to-direct-current conversion unit converts an alternating-current input power source into a first direct-current power source. The inverter unit is electrically connected between the alternating-current-to-direct-current conversion unit and a fan. The inverter unit converts the first direct-current power source into an alternating-current output power source and provides the alternating-current output power source to the fan to rotate. The control unit is electrically connected to the alternating-current-to-direct-current conversion unit and the inverter unit. The control unit controls the alternating-current-to-direct-current conversion unit and the inverter unit to adjust a rotational speed of the fan. When the control unit detects a power variation of the alternating-current input power source, the control unit controls the rotational speed of the fan to be maintained within a first error range.
US10153716B2	Compensation for asymmetries in electrodynamics of BLDC type machines using hall sensors A microcontroller controls a BLDC motor with Hall sensors. In a calibration mode, the microcontroller operates the motor at substantially constant load and speed. A first current value across the motor is detected. A reference phase angle value is adjusted and a second current value is detected. If the second current value is less than the first current value, then the reference phase angle value is adjusted and a next current value is detected. The adjusting and detecting is repeated until the next current value is greater than the previous current value indicating that the adjustment increased current across the motor. The adjusted reference phase angle value before increased motor current is stored. In a normal operating mode, using the adjusted reference phase angle value results in desired motor operation where minimal current is consumed for a given load and speed despite asymmetries in motor windings and Hall sensor placement.
US10153714B2	Adaptive pulse width modulation in motor control systems An embodiment of a control system for controlling operation of an electric motor includes a current command module configured to receive a torque command and output a current command, and a current controller module configured to generate a modulation index value based on the current command. The system also includes a signal generator configured to generate a voltage signal modulated via a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme based on the modulation index value, the PWM scheme being a combination of a continuous PWM scheme and a non-continuous PWM scheme based on the modulation index value being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the signal generator configured to output the voltage signal to the electric motor.
US10153712B2	Circulating current injection control In one example, a power converter includes a modular multilevel converter (MMC) electrically coupled between a first power system and a second power system. The MMC includes an arrangement of switching submodules, and the switching submodules include an arrangement of switching power transistors and capacitors. The MMC also includes a controller configured to inject a common mode frequency signal into a circulating current control loop. The circulating current control loop is relied upon to reduce at least one low frequency component in power used for charging the capacitors in the switching submodules. By injecting the common mode frequency signal into the circulating current control loop, the switching submodules can be switched at higher frequencies, the capacitances of the capacitors in the MMC can be reduced, and the power density of the MMC can be increased.
US10153707B2	Reconfigurable power converter A configurable power converter includes an interchangeable face plate mounted to a chassis and circuit terminals mounted to the face plate. Each of the circuit terminals are configurable as input or output circuit terminals. The power converter also includes a direct current bus within the chassis that includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The power converter also includes electrical switches connected between the positive and negative terminals. The power converter further includes a controller that operates the electrical switches to provide electrical power to the direct current bus from power received from the input circuit terminals and operates the electrical switches to provide power to the output circuit terminals from power of the direct current bus. The input and output circuit terminals can each support alternating current power or direct current power.
US10153701B2	Controlling a switched mode power supply with maximised power efficiency A control circuit for a switched mode power supply (SMPS) has an input voltage reference voltage generator arranged to receive a signal indicative of an input voltage of the SMPS and is arranged to generate a reference signal directly proportional to the input voltage. An error signal generator of the control circuit is arranged to receive a signal indicative of an output voltage of the SMPS and arranged to generate an error signal based on the reference signal generated by the input reference voltage generator and based on the output voltage of the SMPS. A duty cycle control signal generator of the control circuit is arranged to generate a control signal, to control the duty cycle of the SMPS, in dependence upon the error signal.
US10153700B2	Power converters A power converter for converting input power to output power includes a first transformer circuit, a second transformer circuit, and balance circuitry. The first transformer circuit includes a first primary winding for receiving a first part of the input power and a first secondary winding for generating a first part of the output power. The second transformer circuit includes a second primary winding for receiving a second part of the input power and a second secondary winding for generating a second part of the output power. The balance circuitry is coupled to a first terminal of the first secondary winding and a second terminal of the second secondary winding, and operable for balancing the first and second parts of the output power by passing a signal between the first and second terminals. The first and second terminals have the same polarity.
US10153698B1	Control system for transitioning a DC-DC voltage converter from a buck operational mode to a safe operational mode A control system for transitioning a DC-DC voltage converter from a buck operational mode to a safe operational mode is provided. The DC-DC voltage converter has a DC-DC voltage converter control circuit with a high side integrated circuit and a low side integrated circuit. The high side integrated circuit has a first plurality of FET switches therein. The low side integrated circuit has a second plurality of FET switches therein. The control system includes a microcontroller having a digital input-output device, first and second applications, and a hardware abstraction layer. The first application sends a first command value to the hardware abstraction layer in order to transition the first and second plurality of FET switches to the open operational state.
US10153697B2	Multiphase power supply and failure mode protection A multi-phase power supply circuit includes multiple phases to convert an input voltage into a respective output voltage to power a load. A first phase of the multi-phase power supply includes a core power supply circuit including, for example, high side switch circuitry and low side switch circuitry. During normal operation, the core power supply circuit converts an input voltage into a respective output voltage to power a load. To provide failure mode protection with respect to the core power supply circuit and prevent a failure mode in which the first phase would otherwise produce a dangerous over-voltage condition, the first power supply phase includes an input voltage switch circuit disposed between an input voltage source and the core power supply circuit. The input voltage switch circuit provides a way of preventing the input voltage from being conveyed to the core power supply circuit during a failure mode.
US10153692B2	Method and apparatus for providing supplemental power in a LED driver A DC current driver includes a DC current drive circuit configured to provide a DC supply current and receive a DC return current. A switch is coupled in series with the DC return current, and a supplemental power supply is coupled in parallel with the switch and configured to provide a supplemental voltage. Opening the switch diverts the DC return current through the supplemental supply and closing the switch causes the DC return current to bypass the supplemental supply.
US10153690B1	Bridgeless interleaved power factor corrector and method of controlling the same A bridgeless interleaved power factor corrector is used to convert an AC power source into a DC power source. The bridgeless interleaved power factor corrector includes a first conversion circuit, a second conversion circuit, a first power switch, a second power switch, a positive-half control switch, and a negative-half control switch. The first power switch is coupled to one of two positive-half operation units of the first conversion circuit and one of two negative-half operation units of the second conversion circuit. The second power switch is coupled to the other one of two positive-half operation units and the other one of two negative-half operation units. The positive-half control switch is coupled between a neutral end and a ground end, and the negative-half control switch is coupled between a line end and the ground end.
US10153687B2	Method and apparatus for implementing a power converter input terminal voltage discharge circuit A power converter includes an energy transfer element and a circuit coupled to the input of the power converter. The circuit includes a switch and a control circuit capable of detecting whether an AC voltage source is coupled to the input, or uncoupled from the input within a first predetermined time. The control circuit is coupled to drive the switch in a first operating mode when the AC voltage source is coupled, drive the switch in a second operating mode when the AC voltage source is uncoupled, and is capable of discharging a capacitance coupled between input terminals of the power converter to a threshold voltage level through a discharge path and through the switch within a second predetermined time. An RC time constant of the discharge path is less than or equal to one second and the threshold voltage level is less than or equal to ten volts.
US10153682B2	Self-centering electromagnetic transducers Self-centering electromagnetic transducers, such as linear motors and generators, are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electromagnetic transducer includes an outer yoke made of a ferromagnetic material, and a coil assembly including a plurality of loops of electrically conductive wire, wherein the coil assembly is substantially surrounded by the outer yoke. The electromagnetic transducer further includes a magnet, and an inner yoke made of ferromagnetic material. The magnet is disposed within the outer yoke such that the coil assembly surrounds the magnet. The inner yoke is disposed within the magnet, and the magnet is free to translate. The electromagnetic transducer further includes at least one high-reluctance zone positioned within the outer yoke and/or the inner yoke. In some embodiments, the electromagnetic transducer includes one or more actuators that vary a width of one or more high-reluctance zones to change a spring rate of the electromagnetic transducer.
US10153679B2	Linear vibration motor A linear vibration motor includes a base with an accommodation space, a vibration unit and two elastic parts fixed respectively on the opposite ends of the vibration unit. The elastic parts include a main elastic part and an auxiliary elastic part. The auxiliary elastic part includes a first auxiliary elastic part and a second auxiliary elastic part which are fixed respectively on the opposite sides of the vibration unit and the base which are parallel to the vibration direction of the vibration unit. Compared with the related technology, the liner vibration motor of the present disclosure has a good performance and a high reliability.
US10153667B2	Antenna configurations for wireless power and communication, and supplemental visual signals The disclosed technology relates to antenna configurations for wireless power transmission and supplemental visual signals. In some implementations, the disclosed technology includes a wireless power transmitter with boards that have multiple antennas physically coupled to the board. In some implementations, the antennas boards are arranged in a polygonal configuration (e.g., star shape). Additionally, in some implementations, the antennas can have different polarization configurations.
US10153666B2	Wireless power receiver and control method thereof A wireless power receiver according to an embodiment wirelessly receives power from a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver includes a printed circuit board having a reception space in a predetermined area, a receiving coil disposed in the reception space of the printed circuit board for receiving power from the wireless power transmitter, and a short-range communication antenna disposed on the printed circuit board while surrounding the receiving coil.
US10153664B2	Wireless power transmission system and power transmitter A power transmitter includes: a first power transmission electrode having a flat surface; a second power transmission electrode that is spaced from the first power transmission electrode in a direction along the surface of the first power transmission electrode and has a flat surface; a power transmission circuit that is electrically connected to the first and second power transmission electrodes and outputs AC power to the first and second power transmission electrodes; a first conductive shield that is disposed between the first and second power transmission electrodes, the first conductive shield being spaced from each of the first and second power transmission electrodes; and at least one second conductive shield that is spaced from the first and second power transmission electrodes in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first power transmission electrode and covers at least one of a first gap and a second gap, the first gap being disposed between the first power transmission electrode and the first shield, the second gap being disposed between the second power transmission electrode and the first shield.
US10153663B2	Power transmission apparatus and power reception apparatus A power transmission apparatus includes: a power transmission coil which is formed to surround a winding axis extending in the top-bottom direction, and which has a hollow formed in a center thereof; a ferrite core which has an upper surface on which the power transmission coil is disposed, and which has an opening formed therein, the opening located in the hollow in the power transmission coil when viewed from above; and a metal member located in the hollow and the opening when viewed from above the power transmission coil and the ferrite core.
US10153662B2	Wireless transmission device A wireless transmission device includes a coil that generates a magnetic field; and a resonant power-storage element module that is electrically coupled to a coil, is capable of storing electric power, and forms a resonant circuit corresponding to a power transmission frequency together with the coil when transmitting electric power via the coil. The resonant power-storage element module is formed by connecting a plurality of power storage elements in parallel to form a parallel group, connecting a plurality of such parallel groups in series to form a parallel-series group, and connecting a plurality of such parallel-series groups in parallel.
US10153660B1	Systems and methods for preconfiguring sensor data for wireless charging systems An example method disclosed herein includes: determining, by a transmitter, whether to transmit one or more power waves to a receiver location along a transmission path by comparing a receiver location and a path of the one or more power waves with a stored location of an entity to be excluded from receipt of power waves. The method also includes: measuring, by one or more sensors of the transmitter, power levels in a transmission field of the transmitter, the transmission field including the receiver location and the entity; and upon determining that (i) the entity to be excluded is not at the receiver location and not in the path and (ii) a measured power level at the receiver location does not exceed one or more permissible power levels for safe wireless power transmission, transmitting, by the transmitter, the power waves along the path to converge at the receiver location.
US10153659B2	Uninterruptible power control method and electronic device with uninterruptible power supply based on detected motion of the electronic device An uninterruptible power control method includes the steps of: reading a detection result from a motion sensor of an electronic device, determining whether the detection result meets a movement condition, and turning on a power supply path of a sub-battery module of the electronic device when the detection result meets the movement condition. The electronic device is powered by a primary battery module in normal state, and the sub-battery module is built in the electronic device.
US10153655B2	Multiband wireless power system The present disclosure relates to a module for relaying power wirelessly to a device implanted in a user. The module may include a structure adapted to be worn by the user, a receiver configured to receive a first wireless power transmission at a first frequency, a transmitter configured to transmit a second wireless power transmission at a second frequency different from the first frequency, and a frequency changer configured to convert energy generated by the first wireless power transmission into energy for generating the second wireless power transmission. Each of the receiver, transmitter and frequency changer may be disposed on or in the structure.
US10153654B2	Method, system and apparatus for wireless charging notification The disclosure generally relates to methods, system and apparatus to optimize wireless charging by providing user notification when wireless charging efficiency is compromised. In an exemplary embodiment, the charging efficiency value of a device under charge (DUC) is calculated. When the charging efficiency value drops below a predefined threshold, the user is notified to relocate the DUC to a new location with respect to the Power Transmission Unit (PTU) to enhance charging efficiency. In another embodiment, a PTU charging efficiency map is generated to help guide the user for optimal wireless charging.
US10153648B2	Voltage and polarity negotiation based mobile device battery charging A method and apparatus for implementing a charging process is provided. The method includes determining that a charging surface of a mobile device is currently located on a charging surface of a structure including a charging apparatus. The charging surface of the mobile device includes charge receiving contacts electrically connected to a battery and a processor. The charging surface of the structure includes charging contacts electrically connected to a charging circuit and in communication with a controller. The processor determines that at least two contacts of the charge receiving contacts are in electro/mechanical contact with at least two contacts of the charging contacts and in response, a negotiation process with the controller with respect to selecting at least one associated charging voltage and polarity for charging the battery is executed resulting in a charging process between the charging circuit and the battery being enabled.
US10153645B1	Systems and methods for designating a master power transmitter in a cluster of wireless power transmitters An example method is performed at a first transmitter in communication with other power transmitters, the method including: receiving, from a respective transmitter of the other transmitters, information indicating at least (1) a network address, and (2) status information regarding whether the respective transmitter is in master or non-master mode. The method also includes, if none of the other power transmitters is in the master mode, determining whether a first network address of the first transmitter is lower than respective network addresses of the other transmitters. The method further includes: if the first network address is lower than the respective network addresses: operating the first transmitter in the master mode; and sending an indication that the first transmitter is in the master mode. While the first transmitter is in the master mode, the first transmitter assigns each of the other transmitters to transmit power waves to one or more receivers.
US10153642B2	Multiphase generator-conversion systems Multiphase generator-conversion systems and clusters are disclosed. The multiphase generator-conversion systems include a multiphase n-stator generator, n conversion lines and a transformer module. Each n conversion line is coupled to the plurality of phase lines of one of the n stators, respectively. Each conversion line comprises a rectification module, coupled to the respective plurality of phase lines, configured to receive a multiphase AC voltage and generate a first DC voltage at an output. A dc/ac inverter is coupled to the output of the respective rectification module. The dc/ac inverter receives the first dc voltage and generates a single-phase AC voltage at an output. The transformer module is arranged to receive the n single-phases of the dc/ac inverters and generate an n-phase AC voltage at an output. This voltage is input to a single diode rectifier. Multiphase generator-conversion clusters include multiphase generator-conversion systems arranged to be coupled to a diode rectifier.
US10153636B1	Electric vehicle hybrid battery system An electrically-powered vehicle comprising a hybrid battery system is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a motor and a hybrid battery system coupled to the motor. The hybrid battery system comprises a first battery of a first energy density and a first power density and a second battery in parallel with the first battery. The second battery has a second energy density lower than the first energy density and a second power density greater than the first power density. The vehicle is configured to draw power disproportionally from the first battery in a first mode and disproportionally from the second battery in a second mode.
US10153635B2	System for detecting a falling electric power conductor and related methods Methods and systems for detecting a falling power line in a power transmission or distribution system are described. Electrical measurements at various points in the power distribution system are used to detect changes in a power line indicating that the conductor has broken or become disconnected. Upon detection, control mechanisms are used to deenergize the conductor while the conductor is falling and/or before it contacts the ground.
US10153632B2	Device and method for protecting an electrical system component of a vehicle electrical system Embodiments relate to a device and method for protecting an electrical system component of a vehicle electrical system. The device comprises a semiconductor switch connected to the electrical system component. A circuit connected to the semiconductor switch comprises a detection unit for detecting an electrical malfunction of the vehicle electrical system and an activation unit for activating the semiconductor switch. A control unit communicatively connected to the circuit is configured to switch the semiconductor switch into a first safe state, in which the semiconductor switch is switched off, based on the detection of an electrical malfunction, and to selectively switch the semiconductor switch into the first safe state or into a second safe state, in which the semiconductor switch is switched on, based on at least one predetermined vehicle state.
US10153630B2	Exterior end portion cap and wire harness An exterior end portion cap is configured to be attached to an electrically conductive path and an exterior member. The exterior end portion cap includes an external exposure portion having a first blocking portion, an internal insertion portion having a second block portion, and an electrically conductive path housing recess portion formed to extend across the external exposure portion and the internal insertion portion. The first blocking portion has a planar portion configured to abut against the exterior member. The second blocking portion has holding piece portions that are deformable to wind around the electrically conductive path circumferentially. The electrically conductive path housing recess portion is formed into a concave portion that is so deep that a part of an outer surface of the electrically conductive path is pressed against an inner surface of the exterior member.
US10153629B2	Thermal cooling interface for electrical joints An electrical joint is provided. The electrical joint includes a first conductive component, a second conductive component, and a thermal cooling interface positioned between the first and second conductive components, the thermal cooling interface including a base plate coupled to the first conductive component, and a plurality of walls extending orthogonally from the base plate towards the second conductive component, the plurality of walls defining a plurality of cooling channels that channel air therethrough to facilitate cooling the first and second conductive components, wherein the first conductive component, the thermal cooling interface, and the second conductive component are electrically coupled in series.
US10153628B2	Electrical component enclosure for recessing into and fixing to a surface An enclosure for containing electrical components and for recessing into and fixing to a surface is disclosed. The enclosure has a box and a flange extending the box adjacent an opening in the box. The flange has an aperture in each corn to receive a fixing screw. A first seal extends around the box on a rear surface of the flange. A lid covers the opening and the flange and touches the first seal. A second seal extends around the opening and engages the lid and the body. Lid screws fix the lid to the body. The apparatus provides an easy to clean and completely sealed enclosure.
US10153627B1	Floor cable cover for heavy-use environments The invention provides a bottomless cable cover for power and communications cables. The cable cover is characterized in part by a traffic portion and asymmetrically disposed support rails. The materials, dimensions, and aspect ratios enable faster, more adaptable, and larger-scale protection of power and communications cables that are laid on floors, without impeding hard or heavy traffic. Cable covers according to the present invention also enable decorative use.
US10153622B1	Spark plug having the thickness of a magnetic member without excessively narrowing an electrode member A spark plug has an insulator, a rod-shaped electrode member disposed in an axial hole of the insulator, and a cylindrical magnetic member disposed on an outer circumference of the electrode member within the axial hole. The insulator includes a large inner diameter region, a middle inner diameter region located frontward of the large inner diameter region and having an inner diameter smaller than that of the large inner diameter region, and a small inner diameter region located frontward of the middle inner diameter region and having an inner diameter smaller than that of the middle inner diameter region. The electrode member is retained on a step portion of the insulator between the middle inner diameter region and the small inner diameter region. The magnetic member is positioned in the axial hole at a location within the large inner diameter region.
US10153621B2	Spark plug A spark plug having a tip provided on at least one of a center electrode and a ground electrode. The tip includes a body portion, a coating layer, and a high specific resistance layer. The body portion contains mostly Ir. The high specific resistance layer is provided on a side peripheral surface of the body portion, has a Ni content greater than the Ni content of the body portion and less than 50 mass %, and has a thickness of 2 μm or greater and 45 μm or less. The coating layer is provided on a side peripheral surface of the high specific resistance layer, contains 50 mass % or more of Ni, and has a thickness of 3 μm or greater and 20 μm or less. The tip has a specific resistance of 20×10−8 Ωm or less at room temperature.
US10153619B2	Spark plug A spark plug having a center electrode that is formed by joining a conductive portion made of a conductive material and an insulating portion made of an insulating material. A sealing member electrically connects the conductive portion to a resistor. The insulating portion includes a protruding portion at a location on the back side of a back end of the sealing member. The protruding portion is embedded in the resistor.
US10153616B2	Electron beam pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser A vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) structure includes a heterostructure and first and second reflectors. The heterostructure comprises an active region having one or more quantum well structures configured to emit radiation at a wavelength, λlase, in response to pumping by an electron beam. One or more layers of the heterostructure may be doped. The active region is disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector and is spaced apart from the first reflector by an external cavity. An electron beam source is configured to generate the electron beam directed toward the active region. At least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the heterostructure and is configured to provide a current path between the heterostructure and ground.
US10153612B1	Tunable laser bias circuit A method includes receiving a mode control signal indicative of a current-mode or a voltage-mode. When the mode control signal is indicative of the voltage-mode, the method includes connecting a voltage-mode bias sub-circuit to an anode of a reflector-section diode and applying an adjustable bias voltage to bias a diode voltage at the anode of the reflector-section diode. The reflector-section diode is disposed on a shared substrate of a tunable laser. When the mode control signal is indicative of the current-mode, the method includes connecting a current-mode bias sub-circuit to the anode of the reflector-section diode and delivering an adjustable bias current to the anode of the reflector-section diode.
US10153611B2	Termination voltage circuits An example driver circuit includes a termination voltage circuit and a termination element coupled to the termination voltage circuit. The driver circuit also includes a current source switch coupled the termination element via a node. The driver circuit further includes a current source coupled to the current source switch. The current source switch and the termination voltage circuit are controlled via a control signal. The termination voltage circuit is to generate a termination voltage to match a node voltage of the node based on the control signal. The driver circuit further includes a load coupled to the termination element and the current source switch via the node. The driver circuit further includes a load voltage source coupled to the load. The node voltage is generated based on the load and the load voltage source.
US10153607B2	Passive Q-switch laser and method for optimizing action of the same A passive Q-switch laser has an excitation source 1 for outputting excitation light; a laser medium 3 between a pair of reflective mirrors 5a, 5b that constitute part of an optical resonator, the laser medium emitting laser light upon being excited by the excitation light from the excitation source: a saturable absorber 4 disposed between the pair of reflective mirrors, the saturable absorber being configured such that the transmittance thereof increases as the laser light beam the laser medium is absorbed, a matrix table 22 in which the excitation-source output and the optimal value of the pulse width are stored in association with the repetition frequency; and a control unit 21 for referring to the matrix table, reading out the excitation-source output and the optimal value of the pulse width that correspond to an inputted repetition frequency, and controlling the excitation source such that the read-out excitation-source output and optimal value of the pulse width are attained.
US10153601B2	Mobile terminal, earphone socket and method for manufacturing earphone socket The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, an earphone socket and a method for manufacturing an earphone socket. The earphone socket includes a housing and a sealing member. The housing has an insertion hole surrounded by a peripheral side wall, the peripheral side wall has a first peripheral side wall located at an inner portion of the insertion hole and a second peripheral side wall located at an outer portion of the insertion hole, the first peripheral side wall has a thickness greater than that of the second peripheral side wall, and the second peripheral side wall has an opening port at an outer end of the insertion hole. The sealing member is embedded on an outer surface of the housing, and surrounds a periphery of the opening port, and at least a part of the sealing member extends to the first peripheral side wall.
US10153600B2	Angled coaxial connectors for receiving electrical conductor pins having different sizes An electrical connector for receiving a central conductor of a coaxial cable adapter includes first and second body portions, a first electrical contact, and a coupling element. The first body portion has a first tubular portion disposed about a first axis and defines a first bore. The second body portion has a second tubular portion disposed about a second axis, which intersects the first axis, and defines a second bore. The second bore is configured to receive a coaxial adapter. The first electrical contact is secured within the first bore and has a first end within the first body portion and a second end outside of the first bore, and the first end of the first electrical contact has an opening in a side wall thereof. The coupling element is disposed in the opening in the side wall of the first electrical contact and extends in a direction of the second axis. The coupling element has a tubular wall and includes a plurality of spring members extending inward from the tubular wall such that the coupling element is configured to securely receive a central conductor of the adapter. The coupling element is configured to have a first diameter defined by the spring members in a rest position and a second diameter, greater than the first diameter, defined by an inner surface of the tubular wall of the coupling element when the spring member are urged outwardly by the central conductor of the adapter.
US10153598B2	Terminal and charging connector with temperature measurement Provided is a charging connector (11) including a terminal (15), a housing (13) which is formed with a lance (33) which prevents the terminal (15) in a terminal receiving chamber 29 from slipping, a front holder (21) which abuts on the lance (33) which prevents slipping of the terminal (15) so as to regulate an engagement release of the lance (33), and a thermistor element (17) which is pressed and biased by the front holder (21) to be brought into close contact with the terminal (15) directly or through a molding resin material.
US10153594B2	Electrical connector having elongated housing and interconnected upper and lower shells attached to the housing An electrical connector includes: an elongated insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the housing; an upper shell attached to the housing, the upper shell having a latching piece (12) secured to a middle portion of the housing; and a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, the lower shell having a protruding piece (22) secured to the middle portion of the housing, wherein the upper shell includes a connecting piece (13) secured to a middle portion of the lower shell.
US10153593B2	Capacitive compensation A capacitive coupling system includes a plurality of conductive pads situated on a dielectric layer. A plurality of switches are connected between pairs of the conductive pads via conductive linkages. The switches are operable to selectively connect selected pairs of the conductive pads to selectively adjust capacitances between conductor pairs of an electrical connector.
US10153591B2	Skew-resistant multi-wire channel Methods and systems described include a first dielectric material having a plurality of embedded conductors of a multi-wire channel, the plurality of embedded conductors comprising at least a first, second and third conductor, wherein a first distance between the first and second conductors is less than a second distance between the first and third conductors, wherein the first dielectric material has a first dielectric constant ε1 and a second dielectric material embedded in the first dielectric material, the second dielectric material embedded in between the first and third conductors, the second dielectric material having a second dielectric constant ε2, wherein ε2>ε1.
US10153586B1	Reinforced position assurance member A position assurance device. The position assurance device has a base portion with a top surface, a bottom surface, a base front end and a base back end. At least one resiliently deformable beam extends from the base portion in a direction away from the base back end. A metal member is provided in the at least one resiliently deformable beam. The metal member is configured to add strength and stability to the connector position assurance device.
US10153575B2	Conductor connection contact element A conductor connection contact element for clamping an electrical conductor having at least one resilient force clamping connection. At least one first SMD-solder contact is arranged on an assembly face of the conductor connection contact element and configured for soldering to a contact surface. A conductor inserting region is formed by a sheet metal part of the conductor connection contact element. At least one conductor guiding base is oriented so as to form a guiding surface for the electrical conductor that is to be inserted. A material portion of the sheet metal part is adapted to be bent over at least one curved region to form a first SMD-solder contact and a region of the conductor guiding base that is oriented in an oblique manner with respect to the conductor inserting direction is adjacent to the at least one curved region.
US10153574B1	Female terminal capable of minimizing resistance and preventing deterioration of performance due to friction A female terminal into which a male terminal is inserted and electrically connected is provided. The female terminal includes a housing having an internal cavity into which the male terminal is inserted and a clip that is bent from an end portion of the housing toward the internal cavity and extended in a length direction in which the male terminal is inserted. The clip has a region electrically connected to the male terminal. A plurality of cut apertures are formed in the length direction in a region of the clip at least in contact with the male terminal to be spaced apart from each other in a width direction. Accordingly, the clip and the male terminal are in contact with each other in a plurality of positions.
US10153572B2	Transmission line segment coupler defining fluid passage ways and related methods A transmission line segment coupler is for coupling together first and second coaxial transmission line segments each including an inner tubular conductor and an outer tubular conductor surrounding the inner tubular conductor and a dielectric therebetween. The coupler apparatus includes an outer tubular bearing body to be positioned within adjacent open ends of the inner tubular conductors of the first and second coaxial transmission line segments, and an inner tubular bearing body configured to slidably move within the outer tubular bearing body to define a linear bearing therewith. The inner tubular bearing body is configured to define a fluid passageway in communication with the adjacent open ends of the inner tubular conductors of the first and second coaxial transmission line segments.
US10153571B2	Connector system with thermal management A connector system includes a cage with an intermediate section. The cage support a connector and the resulting connector system includes an upper port and a lower port. A heat sink is provided in the intermediate section that is configured to cool a module inserted into the lower port. Apertures can allow air to flow through the connector system so as to allow for improved cooling by more directly cooling the inserted module. The heat sink can be urged into the lower port by a biasing element.
US10153570B2	Flexible circuits for electrical harnesses Provided are electrical harness assemblies and methods of forming such harness assemblies. A harness assembly comprises a conductor trace, comprising a conductor lead with a width-to-thickness ratio of at least 2. This ratio provides for a lower thickness profile and enhances heat transfer from the harness to the environment. In some examples, a conductor trace may be formed from a thin sheet of metal. The same sheet may be used to form other components of the harness. The conductor trace also comprises a connecting end, monolithic with the conductor lead. The width-to-thickness ratio of the connecting end may be less than that of the conductor trace, allowing for the connecting end to be directly mechanically and electrically connected to a connector of the harness assembly. The connecting end may be folded, shaped, slit-rearranged, and the like to reduce its width-to-thickness ratio, which may be close to 1.
US10153563B2	Connector with a locking mechanism, moveable collet, and floating contact means A coaxial cable termination device including a barrel having opposed front and rear ends, a collet at the front end of the barrel, and a sleeve mounted over the barrel for reciprocal movement. The sleeve moves between a retracted position, in which the sleeve allows compression of the collet, and an advanced position, in which the sleeve urges compression of the collet. In some embodiments, a locking mechanism locks the sleeve into either of the advanced and retracted positions. In some embodiments, contact means carried loosely within the device maintain contact between the barrel and a mating post to which the device is applied.
US10153562B1	Patch cord connecting metal terminal having a pushbutton on a lateral side of a resilient arm A pushbutton-equipped patch cord connecting metal terminal is disclosed. The metal terminal has a base on which weld legs are formed. The base has its front part bent backward to form an arc-shaped resilient portion. The arc-shaped resilient portion has its tail end extending backward to form a tilted resilient arm that points the upper rear of the metal terminal. A pushbutton is formed at a lateral of the resilient arm. Also provided is a patch cord connector is composed of the metal terminal and a housing seat. The metal terminal and the connector are structurally simple and easy to use, while ensuring good electrical connection to a patch cord as well as convenient repeated plugging and unplugging of the patch cord.
US10153558B2	Signal transmitting component A component including a substrate with dielectric coating on the substrate. The electrical reactance of the dielectric coating configured for the propagation of electromagnetic surface waves. The dielectric coating is arranged as a plurality of discrete pathways. Also a signal transmission system including a component, an electromagnetic surface wave transmitter coupled to the substrate, and an electromagnetic surface wave receiver also coupled to the substrate.
US10153557B2	Antenna module A first dipole antenna is included in a first layer of a dielectric substrate, a second dipole antenna which excites polarized waves in a direction orthogonal to a direction of polarized waves excited by the first dipole antenna is included in a second layer. Power is supplied from a first power supply line to the first dipole antenna and from a second power supply line to the second dipole antenna. The operating frequencies of the first dipole antenna and the second dipole antenna are the same as each other. A distance from an intermediate point between two power supply points of the first dipole antenna to an intermediate point between two power supply points of the second dipole antenna is no greater than an effective wavelength of the operating frequency. At least one of the first power supply line and the second power supply line has a triplate structure.
US10153546B2	Composite antiballistic radome walls and methods of making the same Composite radome wall structures (10) exhibit both antiballistic and radar transparency properties and include an antiballistic internal solid, void-free core (12) and external antireflective (AR) surface layers (14-1, 14-2) which sandwich the core. The antiballistic core can be a compressed stack of angularly biased unidirectional polyethylene monolayers formed of tapes and/or fibers. Face sheets (16-1, 16-2) and/or one or more impedance matching layers (27, 28) may optionally be positioned between the antiballistic core and one (or both) of the external AR layers so as to bond the core to the AR surface layer(s) and/or selectively tune the radome wall structure to the frequency of transmission and reception associated with the radar system.
US10153541B2	Autotune mobile antenna An automatically tunable mobile antenna is provided with toroidal inductors connected in series between the antenna feed point and a whip and a shunt inductor to ground at the RF input, with the inductors forming an L network impedance matching circuit having values which are in a binary sequence and which are selectively added to impedance match the whip to the output impedance of a transmitter.
US10153536B2	Magic-Y splitter In one aspect, a Y-splitter includes a first arm having a first port, a second arm having a second port, a third arm having a third port, a fourth arm having a fourth port and a Y-split portion having a first end coupled to the first arm, a second end coupled to the second arm, a third end coupled to the third arm and a fourth end coupled to the fourth arm. The Y-split portion splits a signal from a first signal path from the first port into a second signal on a second signal path and a third signal on a third signal path. A first angle between the second signal path and the first signal path is greater than 90 degrees and a second angle between the third signal path and the first signal path is greater than 90 degrees.
US10153535B2	Bond channel reliefs for bonded assemblies and related techniques A flat plate assembly is provided from at least a pair of plates with at least one surface of one plate have one or more relief channels provided therein around epoxy bonded signal channels. The relief channels are provided having a size and shape selected to control the flow of a liquid bonding adhesive. Adhesive location can thus be controlled through geometry of the relief channels rather than through process controls. Thus, this approach reduces dependence on adhesive process control, reduces wicking of adhesive into signal channels and reduces the number of voids in a bond line of a bonded flat plate assembly.
US10153529B2	Apparatus and method for estimating state of charge of metal-air battery An apparatus for estimating a state of charge (SoC) of a metal-air battery includes a measurer configured to measure an amount of oxygen consumption of the metal-air battery; and an estimator configured to estimate the SoC of the metal-air battery based on the measured amount of oxygen consumption.
US10153528B2	Metal hydride-air (MH-AIR) battery for low cost storage applications Metal hydride-air batteries and methods for their use are provided. An exemplary metal-hydride air battery includes an alkaline exchange membrane provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the battery. The alkaline exchange membrane provides for transfer of hydroxide ions through the membrane. Optionally the alkaline exchange membrane limits transport of other species through the membrane.
US10153521B2	Systems and methods for detecting a battery pack having an operating issue or defect Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a battery pack having an operating issue or defect. In an embodiment, a balancing charger may be configured to charge a battery pack. An amount of time that the balancing charger is operating may be recorded. The recorded time may then be compared to a threshold time that indicates a determined variance from an expected operating time. If the recorded time exceeds the threshold time, the battery pack may be determined to have an operating issue or defect. In an embodiment, the threshold time may be adjusted based on an average battery cell or battery module temperature of the battery pack. In various embodiments, an alert may also be issued in response to determining that the battery pack has an operating issue or defect and operation of the battery pack may be halted to prevent any potential adverse effects.
US10153519B2	Deformable origami batteries The invention is drawn to a lithium-ion battery containing a packaging material, an anode current collector, an anode electrode, a separator, a cathode electrode, and a cathode current collector, wherein those components are layered to form a planar battery. The planar battery is folded using rigid origami, such as Miura folding, to yield a folded, deformable lithium-ion battery.
US10153517B2	Sodium secondary battery Provided is a sodium secondary battery including: an anode containing sodium; a cathode containing sulfur; a cathode electrolyte solution being in contact with the cathode and capable of conducting sodium ions into and from a solid electrolyte membrane; and a solid electrolyte separating the anode and the cathode electrolyte solution and having sodium ion conductivity. The sodium secondary battery of the present invention overcomes the problems of thermal management and heat sealing due to a high operating temperature, possessed by the existing sodium-sulfur battery or sodium-nickel chloride battery (so called, a ZEBRA battery), and may achieve high a charge and discharge mechanism characteristic.
US10153510B2	Non-aqueous redox flow batteries including 3,7-perfluoroalkylated phenothiazine derivatives A non-aqueous redox flow battery includes a negative electrode immersed in a first non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution, a positive electrode immersed in a second non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution, and a semi-permeable separator interposed between the negative and positive electrodes, wherein the second the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution comprises a compound of the formula:
US10153509B2	Electrode, and fuel cell and water treatment equipment each using same An electrode includes a first diffusion layer (11) having water repellency and functioning to diffuse oxygen, and a second diffusion layer (13) supporting a catalyst layer (30) thereon and functioning to diffuse oxygen. The electrode further includes an electrically conductive layer (12, 15) including a metal material (20, 21) and an oxygen-permeable material, and interposed between the first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer. A fuel cell (100) and a water treatment equipment each include: an anode (3); an ion transfer layer (4) having proton permeability; and a cathode (1, 2) being the electrode described above, and separated from the anode with the ion transfer layer interposed therebetween.
US10153508B2	Method for manufacturing solid oxide fuel cell and solid oxide fuel cell A method is provided for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell having excellent power generation performance and thermal cycle resistance and a solid oxide fuel cell. A method for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell includes a first step ST11 of sequentially forming a fuel electrode and a solid oxide electrolyte layer on a substrate; a second step ST12 of forming an air electrode intermediate layer on the solid oxide electrolyte layer; and a third step ST13 of forming, on the air electrode intermediate layer, an air electrode conductive layer using a mixture obtained by mixing first particles in a first average particle size range in which the average particle size (d50) is in a range of 27.0 μm to 31.0 μm and second particles in a second average particle size range having an average particle size (d50) smaller than the first average particle size range.
US10153505B2	Multi-acid polymers from multifunctional amino acids and sulfonyl halide precursors and methods of making the same Multi-acid polymers are produced having the formula R—SO2—NH—R′—(SO3H)n and made from a polymer precursor in sulfonyl fluoride form or sulfonyl chloride form The R is one or more units of the polymer precursor without sulfonyl fluoride or sulfonyl chloride, R′ is the portion of the amino sulfonic acid without the SO3H and NH, n is one or more, and the multi-acid polymer has two or more proton conducting groups. A method of making the multi-acid polymers includes reacting an amino acid having multiple sulfonic acids with a polymer precursor in sulfonyl fluoride form or sulfonyl chloride form in a mild base condition to produce the multi-acid polymer having two or more proton conducting groups.
US10153502B2	Electrochemical systems incorporating in situ spectroscopic determination of state of charge and methods directed to the same State of charge determination within electrochemical systems, such as flow batteries, can often be difficult to measure, particularly in an in situ manner. Methods for assaying the condition of an electrochemical system can include: interacting electromagnetic radiation with a first electrolyte solution at a location within the electrochemical system, the electromagnetic radiation being delivered through an optical material configured to exhibit attenuated total reflectance at an interface between the optical material and the first electrolyte solution; receiving at a detector electromagnetic radiation that has interacted with the first electrolyte solution via one or more attenuated total reflectances within the optical material; and measuring an absorbance of at least one of an oxidized form or a reduced form of a first coordination compound within the first electrolyte solution via the electromagnetic radiation that is received at the detector.
US10153501B2	Fuel cell system and control method therefor There are provided a an anode-side water discharge controller that controls a circulation flow rate of the anode gas pump so as to discharge anode-side liquid water residing in the anode-side flow path, and a cathode-side water discharge controller that controls a supply flow rate of the cathode gas pump so as to discharge cathode-side liquid water residing in the cathode-side flow path. The anode-side water discharge controller and the cathode-side water discharge controller execute water discharge by running a pre-selected one of the anode gas pump and the cathode gas pump, and then running the other of the anode gas pump and the cathode gas pump.
US10153498B2	Fuel cell separator and fuel cell An anode-side separator 120 includes first grooves 202 and second grooves 204 that are located alternately in a separator central region 121 opposed to a power generation region 112 of a MEGA 110 by formation of a plurality of pit-and-bump stripes provided by press molding. The first grooves 202 extend in the separator central region 121 on the gas surface side of the anode-side separator 120, while the second grooves 204 extend in the separator central region 121 on the cooling surface side opposite to the as surface side. Terminal first grooves 202t that are first grooves 202 extending on the outer edge portion 123 side outside the separator central region have lower terminal-side rising height Ht than the other first grooves 202 positioned on the separator central region 121 side.
US10153497B2	Modular electrochemical cell and stack design An electrochemical cell, electrochemical cell assembly and a method of assembling an electrochemical cell assembly. The cell includes a pair of current collectors that when joined together form a three-dimensional electrode assembly with an ion-exchange membrane disposed between the anode and cathode of the electrode assembly. The current collectors are sized and shaped such that a three-dimensional reactant chamber volume of one of the current collectors accepts nested placement of at least a portion of the three-dimensional reactant chamber volume of the other current collector. This design allows for easy and direct addition, removal or replacement of cells in a stack of such cells in a modular fashion. In addition, ease of mounting and unmounting of the cells on reactant manifolds promotes ease of assembly of two-dimensional or three-dimensional stack structures.
US10153494B2	Electrode having electrically actuated fibers for electron conduction An electrode has a first active material layer between a current collector and a separator. The first active material layer comprises an active electrode material and electrically actuated fibers extending from a surface of the current collector and into the active electrode material. The electrically actuated fibers have an actuated state, in which the electrically actuated fibers change dimension in a linear direction under application of an electric field, the electrically actuated fibers configured to direct electrons through the active electrode material in a stacked direction of the electrode, and an unactuated state, in which the electrically actuated fibers are conductive but remain in an original state.
US10153493B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The electrode material of which the positive and/or negative electrode is made contains hydrophobic spherical silica particles, which are obtained by introducing R1SiO3/2 units on surfaces of hydrophilic spherical silica particles of SiO2 units, and further introducing R23SiO1/2 units on the surfaces, and have an average particle size of 5-1,000 nm, a particle size distribution D90/D10 of 2-3, and an average circularity of 0.8-1. All components of the battery are made hydrophobic for suppressing absorption of water within the battery and entry of water into the battery.
US10153492B2	Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same and rechargeable lithium battery including same A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium metal compound and a phosphorus (P)-containing compound on the surface of the lithium metal compound. A content of phosphorus (P) of the phosphorus-containing compound is about 0.1 atom % to about 10 atom % based on the total amount of elements on the surface of the positive active material. A method of preparing the same and rechargeable lithium battery including the same are also provided.
US10153489B2	Lithium-containing composite oxide and process for its production A lithium-containing composite oxide essentially containing Li, Ni, Co and Mn, which has a crystal structure with space group R-3m, with a c-axis lattice constant being from 14.208 to 14.228 Å, and with an a-axis lattice constant and the c-axis lattice constant satisfying the relation of 3a+5.615≤c≤3a+5.655, and of which the integrated intensity ratio (I003/I104) of the (003) peak to the (104) peak in an XRD pattern is from 1.21 to 1.39.
US10153486B2	Positive electrode material, positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode material includes: Li2NiαM1βM2γMnηO4-ε; a layered structure including a Li layer and a Ni layer; and a chemical bond of M2-O. α satisfies an equation of 0.50<α≤1.33. β satisfies an equation of 0≤β<0.67. γ satisfies an equation of 0.33≤γ≤1.1. η satisfies an equation of 0≤η≤1.00. ε satisfies an equation of 0≤ε≤1.00. M1 represents at least one selected from Co and Ga. M2 represents at least one selected from Ge, Sn and Sb.
US10153480B2	Electrode for secondary battery and secondary battery including the same Disclosed is an electrode for secondary batteries including an electrode mixture including an electrode active material, binder and conductive material coated on a current collector. The present invention provides an electrode for secondary batteries wherein an electrode active material is a cathode active material and/or anode active material, and the conductive material is included in an amount of 0.1 to 15% based on total weight of the electrode mixture, and a secondary battery including the same.
US10153476B2	Electrode tab pad plate The present application relates to an electrode tab pad plate, the electrode tab pad plate is of a fork shape, including a joint part and two first fork feet, the two first fork feet are arranged in parallel, and a first gap is provided between the two first fork feet, both the first fork feet are connected with the joint part. The electrode tab pad plate provided by the present application, through gathering the electrode tabs at inner sides of the electrode tab pad plate, so that the electrode tabs are gathered toward the direction away from the battery housing, so as to guarantee the safety performance of the Li-ion battery, since the space occupied by the electrode tab pad plate is small, which facilitates the improvement of the cell capacity, thereby improving the performance of the battery.
US10153470B2	Polyolefin porous membrane, battery separator obtained using same, and method of producing same A polyolefin porous membrane disclosed. The membrane includes a plurality of protrusions of polyolefin having a size (W) of 5 μm≤W≤50 μm and a height (H) of 0.5 μm≤H. The protrusions are disposed on one side of the polyolefin porous membrane with a density of at least 3/cm2 and at most 200/cm2, and the polyolefin porous membrane has a thickness of at most 20 μm. A battery separator including the membrane is also disclosed.
US10153460B2	Display device A light extraction efficiency is increased in a display device having a plurality of display elements. The display device includes a first display element and a second display element over the first display element, and the first display element has a convex-concave shape. The convex-concave shape overlaps with a first opening provided in a reflective electrode of the second display element. A user can see an image that combines the display from the first display element and the display from the second display element. The convex-concave shape increases the light extraction efficiency of the first display element. The second display element is electrically connected to a transistor through a second opening provided in any layer of the first display element. The second display element can be provided close to the first display element.
US10153459B2	Optoelectronic package An optoelectronic package includes a substrate, a light emitting chip, an optical sealant, and an optical scattering layer. The substrate has a carrying plane and a wiring layer formed on the carrying plane. The light emitting chip used for emitting a light ray is mounted on the carrying plane and electrically connected to the wiring layer. The optical sealant covers the carrying plane and wraps the light emitting chip. The optical sealant is located in the path of the light ray. The optical scattering layer covers the optical sealant. The optical sealant located in the path of the light ray is formed between the substrate and the optical scattering layer. Preferably, the refractive index of the optical sealant is larger than or equal to the refractive index of the optical scattering layer.
US10153458B2	Organic light emitting diode The present invention relates to an organic light emitting diode, and more specifically, to an organic light emitting diode capable of significantly increasing light extraction efficiency through optimization of a corrugated structure, which is formed by being transferred from an inner light extraction layer, thereby enabling excellent light-emitting efficiency. To this end, provided in the present invention is the organic light emitting diode comprising: a first substrate; the inner light emitting layer formed on the first substrate; a first electrode formed on the inner light emitting layer; an organic light emitting layer formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the organic light emitting layer, wherein corrugation is formed on the surface of the inner light emitting layer, wherein the corrugation is sequentially transferred onto the first electrode, the organic light emitting layer, and the second electrode, and wherein the surface of the second electrode comprises the corrugated structure, wherein the corrugated structure comprises a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions, which are formed between the convex portions that are adjacent, and wherein the depth/pitch ratio with respect to the pitch between the convex portions that are adjacent and the depth of the concave portions is 0.1 to 7.
US10153452B2	Organic light emitting device A light emitting device including a first electrode, a light emitting portion on the first electrode, the light emitting portion including a plurality of light emitting units and at least one interconnecting layer between ones of the light emitting units that are adjacent to each other, and a second electrode on the light emitting portion. The at least one interconnecting layer includes a p-type charge generation layer doped with a p-type dopant and an n-type charge generation layer doped with an n-type dopant. At least one of the p-type charge generation layer and the n-type charge generation layer has a concentration gradient of the p-type dopant or the n-type dopant.
US10153451B2	Organic light emitting device An organic light emitting device includes a first emitting part on an anode, the first emitting part including a first emission layer and a first hole transport layer a second emitting part on the first emitting part, the second emitting part including a second emission layer and a second hole transport layer; a third emitting part on the second emitting part including a third emission layer and a third hole transport layer; and a cathode on the third emitting part. The third emitting part further includes a fourth emission layer to emit light having a same color as the third emission layer and includes a dopant and a mixed host of at least two hosts, and a fourth hole transport layer provided on the third hole transport layer while in contact with the third emission layer, and has a hole mobility lower than that of the third hole transport layer.
US10153450B2	Fused aromatic derivative and organic electroluminescence device using the same A fused aromatic derivative shown by the following formula (1): wherein Ra and Rb are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, p is an integer of 1 to 8 and q is an integer of 1 to 11, and when p and q are two or more, Ras and Rbs may be independently the same or different, and adjacent substituents Ras may form a ring, L1 is a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent linking group, and Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, provided that when L1 is a single bond and at least one of Ras is not a hydrogen atom, Ar1 is not a triphenylenyl group, and provided that substituents of L1 and Ar1, and Ra and Rb contain no amino group.
US10153442B2	Iridium complex, OLED using the same, and nitrogen-containing tridentate ligand having carbene unit An iridium complex and an OLED using the same are shown. The iridium complex is represented by formula (I), wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted C1-12 alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-12 aryl; R2 is hydrogen, fluorine or —CmF2m+1 (m=1, 2 or 3), substituted or unsubstituted C1-12 alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-12 aryl; R3 is hydrogen, fluorine or —CmF2m+1 (m=1, 2 or 3), substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl or alkoxy, and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; each of R4 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-12 alkyl, or R4's may join to form a C3-8 aromatic ring, and R4's may be the same or different; X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently CH or nitrogen; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are each independently carbon or nitrogen, with a proviso that at least one of Y1, Y2 and Y3 is nitrogen, and the tridentate chelate Y1^Y2^Y3 is dianionic.
US10153441B2	Organic metal compound, organic light-emitting device, and lighting device employing the same Organic metal compounds, organic light-emitting devices, and lighting devices employing the same are provided. The organic metal compound has a chemical structure represented by formula (I): wherein each R1 is independent and can be hydrogen, halogen, C1-10 alkyl group, C5-10 cycloalkyl group, or C5-12 aryl group; R2 is trialkyl silyl group; and L is a picolinic acid ligand, a 2-(imidazol-2-yl) pyridine ligand, a 2-(4,5-dimethyl-imidazol-2-yl) pyridine ligand, a 3-(trifluoromethyl)-5-(pyridine-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazolate ligand, or a 3-(isobutyl)-5-(pyridine-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazolate ligand.
US10153440B2	Blue phosphorescence compound and organic light emitting diode comprising the same A blue phosphorescence compound is disclosed. The blue phosphorescence compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below.
US10153435B2	Aromatic amine derivative and electroluminescence device using the same Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at leas one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime.
US10153434B2	Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof that can simplify manufacturing steps and enhance efficiency in the use of materials, and further, a manufacturing method that can enhance adhesiveness of a pattern. One feature of the invention is that at least one or more patterns needed for manufacturing a display panel, such as a conductive layer forming a wiring or an electrode or a mask for forming a desired pattern is/are formed by a method capable of selectively forming a pattern, thereby manufacturing a display panel.
US10153430B1	Germanium-based barrier modulated cell Systems and methods for providing a Barrier Modulated Cell (BMC) structure with reduced shifting in stored memory cell resistance levels over time are described. The BMC structure may comprise a reversible resistance-switching memory element within a memory array comprising a first conductive metal oxide (e.g., titanium oxide) in series with an alternating stack of one or more layers of an amorphous low bandgap material (e.g., germanium) with one or more layers of a second conductive metal oxide (e.g., aluminum oxide). The BMC structure may include a barrier layer comprising a first conductive metal oxide, such as titanium oxide or strontium titanate, in series with a germanium stack that includes a layer of amorphous germanium or amorphous silicon germanium paired with a second conductive metal oxide. The second conductive metal oxide (e.g., aluminum oxide) may be different from the first conductive metal oxide (e.g., titanium oxide).
US10153425B2	Spin logic device and electronic equipment including same The present invention relates to a spin logic device and an electronic equipment comprising the same. A spin logic device may include a Spin Hall effect (SHE) layer formed of a conductive material having Spin Hall effect and configured to receive a first logic input current and a second logic input current, the first logic input current and the second logic input current both being an in-plane current, a magnetic tunnel junction provided on the SHE layer comprising a free magnetic layer in contact with the SHE layer, a barrier layer disposed on the free magnetic layer, and a reference magnetic layer disposed on the barrier layer, and a current wiring in connection to the reference magnetic layer side of the magnetic tunnel junction, the current wiring being in cooperation with the SHE layer to apply a read current passing through the magnetic tunnel junction therebetween.
US10153424B2	Semiconductor device and mounting structure of semiconductor device The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a plurality of terminals, and a sealing resin. The semiconductor element has a front surface and a back surface. The front surface and the back surface face in opposite directions to each other in a thickness direction of the semiconductor element. The plurality of terminals are disposed at a distance from the semiconductor element and are electrically connected to the front surface. The sealing resin has a first surface facing in a same direction as the direction in which the front surface faces. Each of the plurality of terminals has a main surface exposed from the first surface.
US10153423B2	Electronic device An electronic device may include a semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory may include a free layer having a variable magnetization direction; a pinned layer having a pinned magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer; and an under layer which is in contact with the free layer and includes a rare earth metal nitride.
US10153422B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes free magnetic pattern on a substrate, a reference magnetic pattern on the free magnetic pattern, the reference magnetic pattern including a first pinned pattern, a second pinned pattern, and an exchange coupling pattern between the first and second pinned patterns, a tunnel barrier pattern between the reference magnetic pattern and the free magnetic pattern, a polarization enhancement magnetic pattern between the tunnel barrier pattern and the first pinned pattern, and an intervening pattern between the polarization enhancement magnetic pattern and the first pinned pattern, wherein the first pinned pattern includes first ferromagnetic patterns and anti-ferromagnetic exchange coupling patterns which are alternately stacked.
US10153417B2	Heat conversion device Provided is a heat conversion device, including: a housing; a thermoelectric module received in the housing and including a thermoelectric semiconductor between substrates disposed to face each other; a first temperature conversion portion and a second temperature conversion portion disposed between the substrates, respectively; and a heat reduction portion adopted to guide a part of a fluid flowing in the housing and passing through the first temperature conversion portion to the second temperature conversion portion.
US10153414B2	Optoelectronic component An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation including a wavelength from a first spectral range, a wavelength-converting element configured to convert electromagnetic radiation including a wavelength from the first spectral range into electromagnetic radiation including a wavelength from a second spectral range, and a reflective element including a first reflectivity in the first spectral range and a second reflectivity in the second spectral range, wherein the first spectral range is below 1100 nm, and the second spectral range is above 1200 nm.
US10153412B2	Package structure for ultraviolet light-emitting diode The present embodiment discloses a package structure for ultraviolet LED, which comprises a substrate, an ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED), and an optical device. The wavelength of the light emitted by the ultraviolet LED is between 200 and 400 nm. The optical device includes amorphous silicon dioxide, and thus enabling the transmittivity of ultraviolet light greater than 80%. In addition, by including a reflective ring and a metal film, the material aging problem of the sealing material can be prevented by blocking direct ultraviolet-light illumination. The package structure according to the present invention overcomes the limitation on planar packaging, so that the applications of backend processes can be extended.
US10153400B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor device, method of producing an electrical contact and method of producing a semiconductor device An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductor region and an active region, wherein the semiconductor region has a covering layer forming a radiation passage surface of the semiconductor body on a side facing away from the active region, the semiconductor region has a current-spreading layer arranged between the covering layer and the active region; the semiconductor device has a contact for the electrical contacting of the semiconductor region; the contact adjoins the current-spreading layer in a terminal area; the contact adjoins the covering layer in a barrier region; and the barrier region runs parallel to the active region and is arranged closer to the active region than the radiation passage surface.
US10153399B2	Optoelectronic device comprising semiconductor elements and its fabrication process An optoelectronic device including semiconductor elements, each semiconductor element resting on a carrier through an aperture formed in a portion at least one first part of which is insulating and covers at least partially the carrier, the height of the aperture being larger than or equal to 100 nm and smaller than or equal to 3000 nm and the ratio of the height to the smallest diameter of the aperture being higher than or equal to 0.5 and lower than or equal to 10.
US10153398B2	Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer formed therebetween; a surrounding exposed region formed on peripheries of the semiconductor stack, exposing a surface of the first semiconductor layer; a conductive layer formed on the second semiconductor layer, including a first conductive region extending toward and contacting the surface of the first semiconductor layer in the surrounding exposed region; an electrode layer formed on the surrounding exposed region, surrounding the semiconductor stack, contacting the conductive layer and including an electrode pad not overlapping the semiconductor stack; an outside insulating layer covering a portion of the conductive layer and the electrode layer, including a first opening exposing the other portion of the conductive layer; a bonding layer covering the outside insulating layer and electrically connecting to the other portion of the conductive layer through the first opening; and a conductive substrate.
US10153386B2	Photovaltaic device conducting layer A multilayered structure may include a doped buffer layer on a transparent conductive oxide layer.
US10153379B2	Thin-film transistor and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a thin-film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the thin-film transistor according to the present invention is such that by forming a first photoresist layer on an active layer and using a mask associated with the active layer to pattern the first photoresist layer so as to form the first photoresist pattern, the first photoresist pattern so formed provides protection of the active layer against corrosion caused by acidic etchant solution in the subsequently conducted etching operation of source and drain electrodes so as to function as an etching stopper layer and further, a major portion of the first photoresist pattern can be removed in a photolithographic process of the source and drain electrodes so that only a minor portion is left in the finally-formed thin-film transistor and does not affect the properties of the thin-film transistor. The thin-film transistor according to the present invention has a simple manufacturing process and a low manufacturing cost and the surface of the active layer is flat and smooth. The thin-film transistor shows excellent properties.
US10153378B2	Semiconductor device comprising oxide semiconductor Provided is a structure of a transistor, which enables a so-called normally-off switching element, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a structure of a semiconductor device which achieves high-speed response and high-speed operation by improving on characteristics of a transistor, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device. In the transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in that order. As the semiconductor layer, an oxide semiconductor layer which contains at least four kinds of elements of indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen, and has a composition ratio (atomic percentage) of indium as twice or more as a composition ratio of gallium and a composition ratio of zinc, is used.
US10153375B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A miniaturized transistor having excellent electrical characteristics is provided with high yield. Further, a semiconductor device including the transistor and having high performance and high reliability is manufactured with high productivity. In a semiconductor device including a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film including a channel formation region and low-resistance regions between which the channel formation region is sandwiched, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode layer whose top surface and side surface are covered with an insulating film including an aluminum oxide film are stacked, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer are in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor film and the top surface and a side surface of the insulating film including an aluminum oxide film.
US10153365B2	Semiconductor device and a method of making a semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of making a semiconductor device. The device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a layer of doped silicon located on the substrate, a trench extending into the layer of silicon, and a gate electrode and gate dielectric located in the trench. The device also includes a drain region, a body region having a second conductivity type located adjacent the trench and above the drain region, and a source region having the first conductivity type located adjacent the trench and above the body region. The layer of doped silicon in a region located beneath the body region includes donor ions and acceptor ions forming a net doping concentration within said region by compensation. The net doping concentration of the layer of doped silicon as a function of depth has a minimum in a region located immediately beneath the body region.
US10153360B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device is manufactured using a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor is included in a channel region and variation in electric characteristics due to a short-channel effect is less likely to be caused. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film having a pair of oxynitride semiconductor regions including nitrogen and an oxide semiconductor region sandwiched between the pair of oxynitride semiconductor regions, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode provided over the oxide semiconductor region with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween. Here, the pair of oxynitride semiconductor regions serves as a source region and a drain region of the transistor, and the oxide semiconductor region serves as the channel region of the transistor.
US10153355B2	Semiconductor mixed gate structure A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, a fin structure, a metal gate and a first polysilicon strip. The fin structure is on the substrate. The metal gate is over the fin structure and is substantially perpendicular to the fin structure. The first polysilicon strip is at a first edge of the fin structure and is substantially parallel to the metal gate.
US10153353B1	Semiconductor structure The present invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including the following steps: first, a substrate is provided, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) is formed on the substrate, a first dummy gate is formed in the ILD, wherein the first dummy gate includes a dummy gate electrode and two spacers disposed on two sides of the dummy gate electrode respectively. Next, two contact holes are formed in the ILD at two sides of the first dummy gate respectively. Afterwards, the dummy gate electrode is removed, so as to form a gate recess in the ILD, a first material layer is filled in the gate recess and a second material layer is filled in the two contact holes respectively, and an anneal process is performed on the first material layer and the second material layer, to bend the two spacers into two inward curving spacers.
US10153351B2	Semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first contact hole is formed in one or more dielectric layers disposed over a source/drain region or a gate electrode. An adhesive layer is formed in the first contact hole. A first metal layer is formed on the adhesive layer in the first contact hole. A silicide layer is formed on an upper surface of the first metal layer. The silicide layer includes a same metal element as the first metal layer.
US10153349B2	Methods and structures for a split gate memory cell structure A method of forming a split gate memory cell structure using a substrate includes forming a gate stack comprising a select gate and a dielectric portion overlying the select gate. A charge storage layer is formed over the substrate including over the gate stack. A first sidewall spacer of conductive material is formed along a first sidewall of the gate stack extending past a top of the select gate. A second sidewall spacer of dielectric material is formed along the first sidewall on the first sidewall spacer. A portion of the first sidewall spacer is silicided using the second sidewall spacer as a mask whereby silicide does not extend to the charge storage layer.
US10153347B2	Semiconductor device, power supply circuit, computer, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first nitride semiconductor layer containing Ga, a second nitride semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer containing Ga, a first electrode and a second electrode provided on or above the first nitride semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the first nitride semiconductor layer, a gate electrode provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a conductive layer provided on or above the second electrode, of which a first distance to the second electrode is smaller than a second distance between the second electrode and the gate electrode, and which is electrically connected to the first electrode or the gate electrode, a first aluminum oxide layer provided between the gate electrode and the second electrode and provided between the second nitride semiconductor layer and the conductive layer, a silicon oxide layer, and a second aluminum oxide layer.
US10153344B2	Formation of dislocations in source and drain regions of FinFET devices Embodiments of mechanisms for forming dislocations in source and drain regions of finFET devices are provided. The mechanisms involve recessing fins and removing the dielectric material in the isolation structures neighboring fins to increase epitaxial regions for dislocation formation. The mechanisms also involve performing a pre-amorphous implantation (PAI) process either before or after the epitaxial growth in the recessed source and drain regions. An anneal process after the PAI process enables consistent growth of the dislocations in the source and drain regions. The dislocations in the source and drain regions (or stressor regions) can form consistently to produce targeted strain in the source and drain regions to improve carrier mobility and device performance for NMOS devices.
US10153338B2	Method of manufacturing a capacitor A method of forming a device includes forming a through via extending into a substrate. The method further includes forming a first insulating layer over the surface of the substrate. The method further includes forming a first metallization layer in the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the through via. The method further includes forming a capacitor over the first metallization layer, wherein the capacitor comprises a first capacitor dielectric layer and a second capacitor dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing a continuous second insulating layer over the first insulating layer. The capacitor is within the second insulating layer. The method further includes depositing a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer. The method further includes forming a second metallization layer in the third insulating layer. A bottom surface of the second metallization layer is below a bottom surface of the third insulating layer.
US10153332B2	Display device To provide a display device with low power consumption. The display device includes a plurality of pixels each having a light-emitting element having a structure in which light emitted from a light-emitting layer is resonated between a reflective electrode and a light-transmitting electrode, wherein no color filter layers are provided or color filter layers with high transmittance are provided in pixels for light with relatively short wavelengths (e.g., pixels for blue and/or green), and a color filter layer is selectively provided in pixels for light with a long wavelength (e.g., pixels for red), and thereby maintaining color reproducibility and consuming less power.
US10153323B2	Method of producing semiconductor epitaxial wafer, semiconductor epitaxial wafer, and method of producing solid-state image sensor A production method for a semiconductor epitaxial wafer includes: a first step of irradiating a surface of a semiconductor wafer with cluster ions to form a modified layer that is located in a surface portion of the semiconductor wafer and that includes a constituent element of the cluster ions in solid solution; and a second step of forming an epitaxial layer on the modified layer of the semiconductor wafer. The first step is performed such that a portion of the modified layer in terms of a thickness direction becomes an amorphous layer and an average depth of an amorphous layer surface at a semiconductor wafer surface-side of the amorphous layer is at least 20 nm from the surface of the semiconductor wafer.
US10153317B1	Image sensors comprising a chamber to confine a sample at a sensor surface of successive light sensitive subareas and non-light sensitive areas Among other things, an integral image sensor includes a sensor surface having a surface area at which light-sensitive pixels are arranged in rows and columns. The surface area includes two or more light-sensitive subareas each of the subareas having been configured to have been diced from a wafer along two orthogonal dimensions to form a discrete image sensor. The two or more light-sensitive subareas are arranged along one of the two orthogonal dimensions. The sensor surface of the integral image sensor is flat and continuous across the two or more subareas.
US10153316B2	Mechanisms for forming image sensor device with deep-trench isolation structure An image-sensor device is provided. The image-sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a radiation-sensing region in the semiconductor substrate. The image-sensor device also includes a doped isolation region adjacent to the radiation-sensing region. The image-sensor device further includes a dielectric film extending into the doped isolation region from a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A portion of the doped isolation region is between the dielectric film and the radiation-sensing region.
US10153315B2	Photosensitive imaging apparatus and method of forming same A photosensitive imaging apparatus and a method of forming such an apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a first semiconductor substrate, including a photosensitive semiconductor layer including an array of photodetectors; and a second semiconductor substrate, stacked with the first semiconductor substrate and including a pixel-circuitry semiconductor layer including an array of in-pixel amplifier circuitries. Each in-pixel amplifier circuitry includes at least one first pixel MOS transistor. Each first pixel MOS transistor has an active region disposed between the gate layer thereof and the first semiconductor substrate. The photosensitive imaging apparatus allows an effective reduction in noises produced during light reception of the in-pixel amplifier circuitries and an increased light utilization of the photodetectors. In addition, by separating the pixel-circuitry semiconductor layer from the photosensitive semiconductor layer, the apparatus achieves better process compatibility and is conducive to separate design and process optimization of the in-pixel amplifier circuitries and the photodetectors.
US10153313B2	Unit pixel for image sensor comprising contact pad connected to light receiving portion A unit pixel formed on a substrate and configured to convert incident light to an electrical signal to constitute an image sensor provided. A unit pixel includes a source having a source voltage supplied thereto and having a silicide layer for metal contact formed thereabove, a drain spaced apart from the source and having a silicide layer for metal contact formed thereabove, a channel formed between the source and the drain and having a current flowed therethrough, an insulating layer formed above the channel, a light receiving part placed in a light receiving region of the surface of the image sensor and having changes in electrical properties caused by incident light therein; and a floating gate formed above the insulating layer so as to be placed between the source and the drain, configured to be electrically connected with the light receiving part, and configured to control an amount of current flowing through the channel by an electric field generated by the changes in electrical properties.
US10153308B1	Manufacturing method for thin film transistor and array substrate The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor comprising: forming a buffer layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode sequentially on a substrate, wherein on both sides of the first region of the oxide semiconductor layer are second regions where the gate electrode is exposed; forming an aluminum layer covering the buffer layer, the second regions of the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode by a physical vapor deposition method, and annealing the aluminum layer, making the second regions of the oxide semiconductor layer being doped by aluminum ions to form conductor regions; etching the remaining aluminum layer after the annealing treatment; renovating the etched surfaces of the buffer layer, the gate electrode and the conductor regions, and oxidizing the conductor regions; stacking an insulating layer, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the insulating layer.
US10153305B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device The present invention provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device, relates to the field of display technology. The array substrate comprises: a substrate; a gate metal layer comprising gate lines; a source and drain metal layer comprising data lines, the gate lines and the data lines intersecting with each other to define a plurality of sub-pixel areas; a pixel electrode layer provided on the substrate, which comprises a plurality of pixel electrodes which are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sub-pixel areas; a common electrode layer provided on the substrate, which is provided with a plurality of cutting hole at positions corresponding to spaces between the pixel electrodes; a first insulating layer provided between the pixel electrode layer and the common electrode layer; and a second insulating layer provided between the gate metal layer and the source and drain metal layer.
US10153300B2	Semiconductor device including a high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprises a substrate and a high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT). The substrate is formed with a recess. At least a portion of the HEMT is disposed in the recess. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed. A radio frequency (RF) front-end module that employs the semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US10153297B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same Provided is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include: a substrate; and a stepped structure including first interlayer dielectric layers and conductive layers which are alternately stacked over the substrate, wherein ends of the conductive layers are exposed along the profile of the stepped structure, and the stepped structure further includes a barrier layer formed on a sidewall of the conductive layer.
US10153294B2	Method of ONO stack formation A method of controlling the thickness of gate oxides in an integrated CMOS process which includes performing a two-step gate oxidation process to concurrently oxidize and therefore consume at least a first portion of the cap layer of the NV gate stack to form a blocking oxide and form a gate oxide of at least one metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor in the second region, wherein the gate oxide of the at least one MOS transistor is formed during both a first oxidation step and a second oxidation step of the gate oxidation process.
US10153293B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory cell arranged in a p-type well (active region) PW1 in a memory cell region 1A in a semiconductor substrate 1 and an MISFET arranged in a p-type well PW2 (active region) or an n-type well (active region) in a peripheral circuit region 2A is constructed as follows. The surface of an element isolation region STI1 surrounding the p-type well PW1 is set lower than the surface of an element isolation region STI2 surrounding the p-type well PW2 or the n-type well (H1
US10153286B2	SRAM cells with vertical gate-all-round MOSFETs A Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell includes a first and a second pull-up transistor, a first and a second pull-down transistor forming cross-latched inverters with the first and the second pull-up transistors, and a first and a second pass-gate transistor. Each of the first and the second pull-up transistors, the first and the second pull-down transistors, and the first and the second pass-gate transistors includes a bottom plate as a first source/drain region, a channel over the bottom plate, and a top plate as a second source/drain region. A first isolated active region is in the SRAM cell and acts as the bottom plate of the first pull-down transistor and the bottom plate of the first pass-gate transistor. A second isolated active region is in the SRAM cell and acts as the bottom plate of the second pull-down transistor and the bottom plate of the second pass-gate transistor.
US10153283B2	Semiconductor devices including conductive contacts and insulation patterns arranged in an alternating sequence and methods of fabricating the same Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The devices may include a substrate including a first impurity region and second impurity regions spaced apart from the first impurity region and a conductive line. The conductive line may extend in a first direction and may be electrically connected to the first impurity region. The devices may also include first conductive contacts on a side of the conductive line and arranged in the first direction and first insulation patterns on the side of the conductive line and arranged in the first direction. The first conductive contacts may be electrically connected to the second impurity regions. The first conductive contacts and the first insulation patterns may be alternately disposed along the first direction. Top surfaces of the first insulation patterns may be lower than a top surface of the conductive line relative to an upper surface of the substrate.
US10153282B1	Ultra-high vacuum transport and storage An apparatus for transporting or storing at least one semiconductor wafer in an ultra-high vacuum is provided. A portable vacuum transfer pod is provided comprising an internal wafer storage chamber for storing one or more wafers and a wafer support for supporting at least one wafer within the internal wafer storage chamber. A passively capable vacuum pump capable of passive vacuum pumping is in fluid connection with the internal wafer storage chamber and is mechanically connected to the portable vacuum transfer pod. A shut off valve for opening and closing the fluid connection is between the passively capable vacuum pump and the internal wafer storage chamber.
US10153274B2	Semiconductor device A p-type well is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and an n+-type semiconductor region and a p+-type semiconductor region are formed in the p-type well to be spaced apart from each other. The n+-type semiconductor region is an emitter semiconductor region of a bipolar transistor, and the p-type well and the p+-type semiconductor region are base semiconductor regions of the bipolar transistor. An electrode is formed on an element isolation region between the n+-type semiconductor region and the p+-type semiconductor region, and at least apart of the electrode is buried in a trench which is formed in the element isolation region. The electrode is electrically connected to the n+-type semiconductor region.
US10153273B1	Metal-semiconductor heterodimension field effect transistors (MESHFET) and high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) based device and method of making the same A semiconductor device is provided that comprises a base structure, a first channel layer overlying the base structure, a second channel layer overlying the first channel layer, and first, second, and third ohmic contacts overlying the second channel layer. The semiconductor device further comprises a metal-semiconductor heterodimension field effect transistor that is formed between the first and second ohmic contacts, the metal-semiconductor heterodimension field effect transistor including a first gate formed through the first and second channel layers. The semiconductor device yet further comprises a high electron mobility transistor formed between the second and third ohmic contacts, the high electron mobility transistor including a second gate formed through the second channel layer without extending through the first channel layer.
US10153268B2	Organic surface treatments for display glasses to reduce ESD Glass substrates comprising an A-side upon which silicon thin film transistor devices can be fabricated and a B-side having a substantially homogeneous organic film thereon are described. The organic film includes a moiety that reduces voltage generation by contact electrification or triboelectrification. Methods of manufacturing the glass substrates and example devices incorporating the glass substrates are also described.
US10153265B1	Dummy cell arrangement and method of arranging dummy cells A dummy cell arrangement in a semiconductor device includes a substrate with a dummy region, unit dummy cells arranged in rows and columns in the dummy region, and flexible extended dummy cells arranged in rows and columns filling up remaining dummy region. The unit dummy cell includes exactly one base dummy cell and exactly two fixed dummy cells at opposite sides of the base dummy cell in row direction or in column direction and the flexible extended dummy cell includes at least two base dummy units and a plurality of flexible dummy units at two opposite sides of the two base dummy units in row direction or in column direction. The base dummy cell consists of at least one fin, at least one gate and at least one contact, while the flexible dummy cell consists of one gate and one contact without any fin.
US10153261B2	Cooling system for high power application specific integrated circuit with embedded high bandwidth memory The subject disclosure relates to an integrated circuit package having an application specific integrated circuit, a high bandwidth memory, a first heat sink having a first footprint and a first path, and a second heat sink having a second footprint and a second path, wherein the second footprint does not exceed the first footprint. The thermal energy through the first path travels from the application specific integrated circuit to the first heat sink and thermal energy through the second path travel from the high bandwidth memory through one or more heat pipes to the second heat sink.
US10153258B2	LED package An LED module includes: a substrate including main, rear, and bottom surfaces; a first light emitting element disposed on the main surface; a conductive layer formed on the substrate and electrically coupled with the first light emitting element; a first conductive bonding layer interposed between the first light emitting element and the conductive layer; a main surface insulating film formed on the main surface and covering a portion of the conductive layer; and a first wire, wherein the main surface and the rear surface face opposite directions, the bottom surface connects long sides of the main and rear surfaces, the conductive layer includes a first wire bonding portion where the first wire is bonded, and the main surface insulating film includes a first insulating portion including a portion interposed between the first light emitting element and the first wire bonding portion when viewed in a thickness direction of the substrate.
US10153254B2	Microelectronic device packages, stacked microelectronic device packages, and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices A stackable microelectronic package includes a first microelectronic die attached to and electrically connecting with a first substrate. A second microelectronic die is attached to the first die on one side, and to a second substrate on the other side. Electrical connections are made between the first die and the first substrate, between the second die and the second substrate, and between the first and second substrates, e.g., via wire bonding. The electrical connecting elements are advantageously encased in a molding compound. Exposed contacts on the first and/or second substrates, not covered by the molding compound, provide for electrical connections between the package, and another package stacked onto the package. The package may avoid coplanarity factors, can be manufactured using existing equipment, allows for intermediate testing, and can also offer a thinner package height.
US10153253B2	Package-bottom through-mold via interposers for land-side configured devices for system-in-package apparatus A system-in-package apparatus includes a package substrate configured to carry at least one semiconductive device on a die side and a through-mold via package bottom interposer disposed on the package substrate on a land side. A land side board mates with the through-mold via package bottom interposer, and enough vertical space is created by the through-mold via package bottom interposer to allow space for at least one device disposed on the package substrate on the land side.
US10153251B2	Apparatuses and methods for scalable memory Apparatuses and methods are provided for scalable memory. An example apparatus comprises a logic component, a plurality of memory components adjacent to and coupled to one another and the logic component, a plurality of memory component programmable delay lines (PDLs), of the plurality of memory component PDLs associated with a respective one of the plurality of memory components, and a logic component programmable delay line (LPDL) coupled to the logic component and each of the plurality of memory component PDLs.
US10153250B2	Flip-chip electronic device with carrier having heat dissipation elements free of solder mask A solution relating to electronic devices of flip-chip type is provided, which includes at least one chip carrier having a carrier surface, the carrier(s) including one or more contact elements of electrically conductive material on the carrier surface, at least one integrated circuit chip having a chip surface, the chip(s) including one or more terminals of electrically conductive material on the chip surface each one facing a corresponding contact element, solder material soldering each terminal to the corresponding contact element, and a restrain structure around the contact elements for restraining the solder material during a soldering of the terminals to the contact elements. The carrier includes one or more heat dissipation elements of thermally conductive material on the carrier surface facing the chip surface displaced from the terminals, the dissipation elements being free of any solder mask.
US10153247B2	Methods of forming wire interconnect structures A method of forming a wire interconnect structure includes the steps of: (a) forming a wire bond at a bonding location on a substrate using a wire bonding tool; (b) extending a length of wire, continuous with the wire bond, to another location; (c) pressing a portion of the length of wire against the other location using the wire bonding tool; (d) moving the wire bonding tool, and the pressed portion of the length of wire, to a position above the wire bond; and (e) separating the length of wire from a wire supply at the pressed portion, thereby providing a wire interconnect structure bonded to the bonding location.
US10153242B2	Electronic device interconnections for high temperature operability Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interconnection for extending high-temperature use in sensors and other electronic devices. The interconnection includes a semiconductor layer; an ohmic contact layer disposed on a first region of the semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed on a second region of the semiconductor layer, where the second region differs from the first region; a metal layer disposed above at least the insulating layer and the ohmic contact layer; and a connecting conductive region disposed on the metal layer and in vertical alignment with a third region of the semiconductor layer. The third region differs from the first region and is offset from the ohmic contact layer at the first region. The offset is configured to extend an operational lifetime of the interconnection apparatus, particularly when the interconnection apparatus is exposed to high temperature environments.
US10153240B2	Method of packaging semiconductor devices Methods and apparatus are disclosed which reduce the stress concentration at the redistribution layers (RDLs) of a package device. A package device may comprise a seed layer above a passivation layer, covering an opening of the passivation layer, and covering and in contact with a contact pad. A RDL is formed above the passivation layer, above and in contact with the seed layer, covering the opening of the passivation layer, and electrically connected to the contact pad through the seed layer. The RDL has an end portion with a surface that is smooth without a right angle. The surface of the end portion of the RDL may have an obtuse angle, or a curved surface.
US10153236B2	Semiconductor device and power electronics apparatus A semiconductor device is provided, the semiconductor device having: a semiconductor chip; a wiring substrate which supports the semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; a first metal plate which supports the wiring substrate; a second metal plate which is arranged between the wiring substrate and the first metal plate; a first bonding part which bonds the wiring substrate and the second metal plate; and a second bonding part which bonds the first metal plate and the second metal plate, and having a thickness of an outer circumferential part of the second metal plate being larger than a thickness of a center part of the second metal plate.
US10153229B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor products, corresponding semiconductor product and device A method for use in manufacturing semiconductor devices such as, e.g., semiconductor power devices includes providing: a semiconductor die provided with bonding pads, a lead frame for the semiconductor die, a wire bonding layout including electrically conductive wires coupling bonding pads of the semiconductor die with leads in the lead frame. One or more bonding pads of the semiconductor die is/are coupled to a respective lead in the lead frame via a plurality of wires with a plurality of mutually insulated testing lands in the respective lead, so that the plurality of wires are coupled to respective testing lands. The electrical connection between such a bonding pad and the respective lead may be tested by testing the individual electrical connections between the bonding pad and the plurality of testing lands.
US10153226B1	Heat dissipating device A heat dissipating device including a base including a heat absorbing plate made of a metallic material and configured for an electronic product to be placed thereon; a heat absorbing plate flow channel is disposed within the heat absorbing plate and is configured for a cooling medium to flow through; a heat dissipating main body connected to the base; wherein the heat dissipating main body includes a housing, and a first heat dissipator and a heat dissipating fan disposed within the housing; the first heat dissipator includes a first heat dissipating substrate; a first heat dissipating flow channel, configured for the cooling medium to flow through, is disposed within the first heat dissipating substrate; the heat absorbing plate flow channel and the first heat dissipating flow channel are connected via pipes and form a cooling medium circulation loop; and a fluid pump is disposed in the cooling medium circulation loop.
US10153225B1	Systems and methods for optimizing information handling system component temperature for performance In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a plurality of information handling resources and a thermal control system comprising a plurality of air movers, wherein the thermal control system is configured to operate in a first cooling mode in which the thermal control system operates at least one first air mover of the plurality of air movers to maintain a first information handling resource of the plurality of information handling resources above a minimum temperature threshold and operates at least one second air mover of the plurality of air movers to maintain a second information handling resource of the plurality of information handling resources below a maximum temperature threshold.
US10153223B2	Thermally enhanced semiconductor package with thermal additive and process for making the same The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package, which includes a module substrate, a thinned flip chip die over the substrate, a first mold compound component, and a thermally enhanced mold compound component. The first mold compound component resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned flip chip die, and extends above an upper surface of the thinned flip chip die to form a cavity over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die. The thermally enhanced mold compound component includes a lower portion filling a lower region of the cavity and residing over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die, and an upper portion filling an upper region of the cavity and residing over the lower portion. A first average thermal conductivity of the lower portion is at least 1.2 times greater than a second average thermal conductivity of the upper portion.
US10153217B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method A plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber, a radio frequency power source, a monitoring unit, and a calculation unit is provided. In the processing chamber, etching target film is etched by using plasma. The radio frequency power source supplies radio frequency electric power. The monitoring unit monitors light emission of the plasma. The calculation unit estimates an etching amount of plasma etching of the etching target film based on an emission intensity and a correlation between the etching amount of the etching target film and the emission intensity, the emission intensity being obtained when removing, by using the plasma, a deposition film deposited as a result of the plasma etching.
US10153216B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device Degradation of reliability of a semiconductor device is prevented. An electrode pad included mainly of aluminum is formed over amain surface of a semiconductor wafer. Subsequently, a first insulating member and a second insulating member are formed over the main surface of the semiconductor wafer so as to cover the electrode pad, and thereafter an opening portion that exposes a surface of the electrode pad is formed in the first insulating member and the second insulating member by a dry etching method using an etching gas including a halogen-based gas. Thereafter, an oxide film with a thickness of 2 nm to 6 nm is formed over the exposed surface of the electrode pad by performing a heat treatment at 200° C. to 300° C. in an air atmosphere, and then the semiconductor wafer is stored.
US10153215B2	Oven enclosure for optical components with integrated purge gas pre-heater A cartridge in an oven enclosure includes a pre-heating feature for an incoming purge gas before the purge gas enters the space around an optical component, such as a nonlinear optical crystal, in an oven cell. The incoming purge gas can be pre-heated as it travels along a gas pathway around a cartridge. The cartridge can include a heater. The oven enclosure can have two windows positioned such that a laser beam can enter through one of the windows, pass through the optical component, and exit through another of the windows. A second harmonic beam can be generated with the optical component.
US10153214B2	Patterning method and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same A patterning method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming, for example sequentially forming, a lower buffer layer, a first channel semiconductor layer, and a capping insulating layer on a substrate, forming an opening to penetrate the capping insulating layer and the first channel semiconductor layer and expose a portion of the lower buffer layer, forming a second channel semiconductor layer to fill the opening and include a first portion protruding above the capping insulating layer, performing a first CMP process to remove at least a portion of the first portion, removing the capping insulating layer, and performing a second CMP process to remove at least a portion of a second portion of the second channel semiconductor layer protruding above the first channel semiconductor layer.
US10153213B2	Process of forming an electronic device including a drift region, a sinker region and a resurf region An electronic device can include a semiconductor layer having a primary surface, a drift region adjacent to the primary surface, a drain region adjacent to the drift region and extending deeper into the semiconductor layer as compared to the drift region, a resurf region spaced apart from the primary surface, an insulating layer overlying the drain region, and a contact extending through the insulating layer to the drain region. In an embodiment, the drain region can include a sinker region that allows a bulk breakdown to the resurf region to occur during an overvoltage event where the bulk breakdown occurs outside of the drift region, and in a particular embodiment, away from a shallow trench isolation structure or other sensitive structure.
US10153210B1	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a first fin-shaped structure on the first region; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) around the first fin-shaped structure; forming a first oxide layer on the first fin-shaped structure; and then forming a second oxide layer on the first oxide layer and the STI.
US10153205B2	Package with metal-insulator-metal capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A package includes a chip that has a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor formed in a first polymer layer and a metallic pillar formed on the MIM capacitor. A molding compound surrounds the chip, a second polymer layer is formed on the chip and the molding compound, a third polymer layer is formed on the second polymer layer, an interconnect structure is formed between the second polymer layer and the third polymer layer and electrically coupled to the metallic pillar and the MIM capacitor, and a bump is formed over and electrically coupled to the interconnect structure.
US10153203B2	Methods for forming metal layers in openings and apparatus for forming same A method includes forming an Inter-layer Dielectric (ILD) having a portion at a same level as a metal gate of a transistor. The ILD and the metal gate are parts of a wafer. The ILD is etched to form a contact opening. The wafer is placed into a PVD tool, with a metal target in the PVD tool. The metal target has a first spacing from a magnet over the metal target, and a second spacing from the wafer. A ratio of the first spacing to the second spacing is greater than about 0.02. A metal layer is deposited on the wafer, with the metal layer having a bottom portion in the contact opening, and a sidewall portion in the contact opening. An anneal is performed to react the bottom portion of the metal layer with the source/drain region to form a silicide region.
US10153201B2	Method for making a dipole-based contact structure to reduce the metal-semiconductor contact resistance in MOSFETs A transistor device includes a substrate; a source region and a drain region formed over the substrate; and a source/drain contact formed in contact with at least one of the source region and the drain region, the source/drain contact including a conductive metal and a bilayer disposed between the conductive metal and the at least one of the source and drain region, the bilayer including a metal oxide layer in contact with the conductive metal, and a silicon dioxide layer in contact with the at least one of the source and drain region.
US10153199B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method therefor A method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming source/drain features in a substrate on opposite sides of a gate structure, forming an etch stop layer over the source/drain features, and depositing a dielectric layer on the etch stop layer. The method further includes performing a first atomic layer etching (ALE) process having a first operating parameter value on the dielectric layer to form a first part of an opening, and performing a second ALE process having a second operating parameter value to extend the opening to expose the source/drain features. The first operating parameter value is different from the second operating parameter value.
US10153198B2	Low-resistance contact plugs and method forming same A method includes forming a first and a second contact opening to reveal a first and a second source/drain region, respectively, forming a mask layer having a first and a second portion in the first and the second contact openings, respectively, forming a first and a second sacrificial ILD in the first and the second contact openings, respectively, removing the first sacrificial ILD from the first contact opening, filling a filler in the first contact opening, and etching the second sacrificial ILD. The filler protects the first portion of the mask layer from being etched. An ILD is formed in the second contact opening and on the second portion of the mask layer. The filler and the first portion of the mask layer are removed using a wet etch to reveal the first contact opening. A contact plug is formed in the first contact opening.
US10153197B2	Methods of forming one or more covered voids in a semiconductor substrate Some embodiments include methods of forming voids within semiconductor constructions. In some embodiments the voids may be utilized as microstructures for distributing coolant, for guiding electromagnetic radiation, or for separation and/or characterization of materials. Some embodiments include constructions having micro-structures therein which correspond to voids, conduits, insulative structures, semiconductor structures or conductive structures.
US10153194B2	Array of gated devices and methods of forming an array of gated devices An array of gated devices includes a plurality of gated devices arranged in rows and columns and individually including an elevationally inner region, a mid region elevationally outward of the inner region, and an elevationally outer region elevationally outward of the mid region. A plurality of access lines are individually laterally proximate the mid regions along individual of the rows. A plurality of data/sense lines are individually elevationally outward of the access lines and electrically coupled to the outer regions along individual of the columns. A plurality of metal lines individually extends along and between immediately adjacent of the rows elevationally inward of the access lines. The individual metal lines are directly against and electrically coupled to sidewalls of the inner regions of each of immediately adjacent of the rows. The metal lines are electrically isolated from the data/sense lines. Other arrays of gated devices and methods of forming arrays of gated devices are disclosed.
US10153189B2	Carrier buffering device and buffering method Without a lateral transfer mechanism in a local vehicle, the buffering capacity of a temporary storage apparatus is increased. The temporary storage apparatus stores carriers temporarily between overhead travelling vehicles and load ports. A travelling rail for the local vehicle is provided to allow the local vehicle to run below the travelling rail for the overhead vehicles and over the load ports. A slidable buffer slidable between a position under the travelling rail for the local vehicle and a position shifted laterally and a controller for controlling the local vehicle and the slidable buffer are provided, and the local vehicle waits at a position separated from an area over the load ports.
US10153185B2	Substrate temperature measurement in multi-zone heater Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide apparatus and methods for monitoring one or more process parameters, such as temperature of substrate support, at various locations. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a sensor column for measuring one or more parameters in a processing chamber. The sensor column includes a tip for contacting a chamber component being measured, a protective tube having an inner volume extending from a first end and second end, wherein the tip is attached to the first end of the protective tube and seals the protective tube at the first end, and a sensor disposed near the tip. The inner volume of the protective tube houses connectors of the sensor, and the tip is positioned in the processing chamber through an opening of the processing chamber during operation.
US10153177B2	Wiring substrate and semiconductor device A wiring component electrically connects a first semiconductor element, including first and second electrode terminals, and a second semiconductor element, including third and fourth electrode terminals. The wiring component includes first and second connection terminals respectively connected to the first and third electrode terminals. A third connection terminal is connected to the second electrode terminal, and a fourth connection terminal is connected to the fourth electrode terminal. An insulation layer embeds the wiring component and the third and fourth connection terminals. A wiring layer is formed on a lower surface of the insulation layer and connected to an internal connection terminal and the third and fourth external terminals. Upper surfaces of the first to fourth external terminals are located coplanar with one another.
US10153174B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes forming a first interlayer film on a first layer, the first interlayer film containing a first molecule and a second molecule, and the first molecule and the second molecule being chemically bonded with each other. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes phase-separating the first interlayer film. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a second layer on the phase-separated first interlayer film. The first molecule has a first affinity with the first layer and a second affinity with the second layer, the first affinity being larger than the second affinity. The second molecule has a third affinity with the second layer and a fourth affinity with the first layer, the third affinity being larger than the fourth affinity.
US10153172B2	Etching method and recording medium A method of etching a silicon oxide film on a substrate, includes generating reaction products containing moisture by modifying the silicon oxide film by supplying a mixed gas containing a gas containing a halogen element and a basic gas onto the surface of the silicon oxide film and making chemical reaction of the silicon oxide film with the mixed gas, generating different reaction products by modifying the silicon oxide film by supplying the gas containing a halogen element onto an interface between the silicon oxide film and the reaction products and making a chemical reaction on the silicon oxide film with the gas containing a halogen element by using the moisture contained in the reaction products, and heating and removing the reaction products and the different reaction products.
US10153165B1	Patterning method The present invention pertains to a patterning method. By taking advantage of the etching loading effect due to different pattern densities in the memory cell region and the peripheral region, the first hard mask is not masked when anisotropically etching the first hard mask within the memory cell region.
US10153163B2	Hardmask composition and method of forming patterning by using the hardmask composition Example embodiments relate to a hardmask composition and/or a method of forming a fine pattern by using the hardmask composition, wherein the hardmask composition includes at least one of a two-dimensional layered nanostructure and a precursor thereof, and a solvent, and an amount of the at least one of a two-dimensional layered nanostructure and the precursor is about 0.01 part to about 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hardmask composition.
US10153160B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include forming an opening passing-through a multi-layer stack, forming a channel layer on and along a sidewall of the opening, forming a conductive layer on and along a sidewall of the channel layer, and applying a laser to the conductive layer to transfer a heat from the conductive layer to the channel layer to heat-treat the channel layer using the heat.
US10153159B1	Source and drain formation using self-aligned processes An approach to deposit, by a self-aligning process, a layer of graphene on a gate formed on a dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate where the gate includes a metal catalyst material. The approach includes removing a portion of the dielectric layer and a portion of the semiconductor substrate not under the gate and depositing, by a self-aligning atomic layer deposition process, a layer of a material capable of creating a source and a drain in a semiconductor device on exposed surfaces of the semiconductor substrate and the dielectric layer. The approach includes removing the layer of graphene from the gate, and, then removing a portion of the layer of the material capable of creating the source and the drain in the semiconductor device.
US10153157B2	P-FET with graded silicon-germanium channel A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a silicon-germanium layer on a semiconductor region of a substrate having a specific concentration of germanium atoms. The semiconductor region and the silicon-germanium layer are annealed to induce a non-homogenous thermal diffusion of germanium atoms from the silicon-germanium layer into the semiconductor region to form a graded silicon-germanium region. Another method of forming a semiconductor structure includes etching a semiconductor region of the substrate to form a thinned semiconductor region. A silicon-germanium layer is formed on the thinned semiconductor region having a graded germanium concentration profile.
US10153156B2	Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition According to one example, a process includes performing a first plurality of layer deposition cycles of a deposition process on a substrate, and after performing the first plurality of layer deposition cycles, performing a plasma enhanced layer deposition cycle comprising a plasma treatment process. The first plurality of layer deposition cycles are performed without a plasma treatment process.
US10153155B2	Doped ferroelectric hafnium oxide film devices Techniques for forming an electronic device having a ferroelectric film are described. The electronic device comprises a ferroelectric material having one or more crystalline structures. The one or more crystalline structures may comprise hafnium, oxygen, and one or more dopants. The one or more dopants are distributed in the ferroelectric material to form a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer. Distribution of one or more dopants within the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer may promote a crystalline structure to have an orthorhombic phase.
US10153153B2	Method for removing adhering matter and dry etching method An etching fault is suppressed by use of an etching gas containing iodine heptafluoride. Provided is an attached substance removing method of removing an attached substance containing an iodine oxide attached to a component included in a chamber or a surface of a pipe connected with the chamber by use of a cleaning gas containing a fluorine-containing gas. Also provided is a dry etching method, including the steps of supplying an etching gas containing an iodine-containing gas into a chamber to perform etching on a surface of a substrate; and after the etching is performed on the surface of the substrate, removing an attached substance containing an iodine oxide attached to a component included in the chamber or a surface of a pipe connected with the chamber by use of a cleaning gas containing a fluorine-containing gas.
US10153148B2	Ion trap mass spectrometer An apparatus 41 and operation method are provided for an electrostatic trap mass spectrometer with measuring frequency of multiple isochronous ionic oscillations. For improving throughput and space charge capacity, the trap is substantially extended in one Z-direction forming a reproduced two-dimensional field. Multiple geometries are provided for trap Z-extension. The throughput of the analysis is improved by multiplexing electrostatic traps. The frequency analysis is accelerated by the shortening of ion packets and either by Wavelet-fit analysis of the image current signal or by using a time-of-flight detector for sampling a small portion of ions per oscillation. Multiple pulsed converters are suggested for optimal ion injection into electrostatic traps.
US10153144B2	Imaging spectrometer A extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging spectrometer includes: a radiation source to: produce EUV radiation; subject a sample to the EUV radiation; photoionize a plurality of atoms of the sample; and form photoions from the atoms subject to photoionization by the EUV radiation, the photoions being field evaporated from the sample in response to the sample being subjected to the EUV radiation; and an ion detector to detect the photoions: as a function of a time-of-arrival of the photoions at the ion detector after the sample is subjected to the EUV radiation; or as a function of a position of the photoions at the ion detector.
US10153140B2	Method of installing elastomer ring in semiconductor processing equipment and guiding sheet and jig used in installing elastomer ring Provided are a method, a guiding sheet, a partial filling jig, and a full filling jig for installing an elastomer ring in the semiconductor processing equipment. The guiding sheet, the partial filling jig, and the full filling jig dispose the elastomer ring in the groove of the semiconductor processing equipment smoothly and evenly. Furthermore, the surface of the elastomer ring may be divided to multiple arcs portions. Each one of the arc portions may be pressed by the partial filling jig or the full filling jig in a particular sequence. When the groove is filled by the elastomer ring accurately and completely, the elastomer ring may block the fluid and the etching gas effectively. The elastomer ring may help the semiconductor processing equipment to work continuously and maintain qualities of the etching wafers.
US10153139B2	Multiple electrode substrate support assembly and phase control system Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly which enables tuning of a plasma within a plasma chamber. In one embodiment, a method for tuning a plasma in a chamber is provided. The method includes providing a first radio frequency power and a direct current power to a first electrode in a substrate support assembly, providing a second radio frequency power to a second electrode in the substrate support assembly at a different location than the first electrode, monitoring parameters of the first and second radio frequency power, and adjusting one or both of the first and second radio frequency power based on the monitored parameters.
US10153137B2	Support unit, substrate treating apparatus including the same, and method for treating a substrate The inventive concepts provide a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a process chamber in which a treatment space is provided, a support unit supporting a substrate in the process chamber, a gas supply unit supplying a gas into the process chamber, and a plasma source generating plasma from the gas. The support unit includes a support plate on which a substrate is loaded, a focus ring disposed to surround the support plate, an electric field adjusting ring disposed under the focus ring, and an actuator vertically moving the electric field adjusting ring.
US10153136B2	Hollow RF feed with coaxial DC power feed A feed tube for a substrate processing system includes an outer tube and a feed rod. The feed rod is arranged within the outer tube. The feed rod is arranged to provide radio frequency power to the substrate processing system and the outer tube provides a return for the radio frequency power. At least one conductor is routed within the feed rod. The conductor is arranged to provide electrical power to at least one component of the substrate processing system separate from the radio frequency power provided by the feed rod.
US10153134B1	Plasma generation system A plasma generation system is provided that includes an elongated plasma chamber having a first elongated side wall substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis extending through the plasma chamber and a gas delivery device for delivering a gas to the plasma chamber via the first elongated side wall. The gas delivery device includes at least one input port for receiving a source of the gas and a plurality of output ports for delivering portions of the gas to the plasma chamber. The gas delivery device also includes a network of gas delivery paths comprising at least one branch point between the at least one input port and the plurality of output ports. The at least one branch point is directly connected to (i) an input node and (ii) at least two output nodes that are positioned offset from the branch point along the longitudinal axis.
US10153133B2	Plasma reactor having digital control over rotation frequency of a microwave field with direct up-conversion A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece has a microwave source with a digitally synthesized rotation frequency using direct digital up-conversion and a user interface for controlling the rotation frequency.
US10153126B2	System for discharging an area that is scanned by an electron beam A method and a system for imaging an object, the system may include electron optics that may be configured to scan a first area of the object with at least one electron beam; wherein the electron optics may include a first electrode; and light optics that may be configured to illuminate at least one target of (a) the first electrode and (b) the object, thereby causing an emission of electrons between the first electrode and the object.
US10153125B2	Impulse voltage generating device An impulse voltage generating device includes: an insulation cylinder; a DC power source positioned outside the insulation cylinder; capacitors arranged successively and connected to the DC power source in parallel, the capacitors being provided in a plurality of stages, the capacitors being accommodated in metal containers positioned outside the insulation cylinder; a discharging gap switch positioned in the insulation cylinder and provided between the stages; a blower structure configured to cause an insulation gas to flow in the insulation cylinder; a bushing for each of the capacitors, the bushing being positioned outside the insulation cylinder; and a gas spraying structure positioned outside the insulation cylinder, the gas spraying structure being configured to spray the insulation gas to the bushing.
US10153122B2	Temperature-sensitive pellet type thermal fuse A temperature-sensitive pellet type thermal fuse having a cylindrical metal case (11), a first lead (1) fixedly installed and insulated from the case (11) and a second lead (2) electrically connected to the case (11). A temperature-sensitive pellet (12) is installed by melting inside the case (11) and has a variable height. A moving terminal (16) is elastically coupled by a first spring (17) to the temperature-sensitive pellet (12) and an activating member (15) moves in a height decrease direction of the temperature-sensitive pellet (12) by an elastic repulsive force of a second spring (18). When the temperature-sensitive pellet (12) is melted and thereby is reduced in height, a first moving contact (16b) of the moving terminal (16) is separated from a first contact (1a) of the first lead (1).
US10153118B2	Frame module, circuit breaker including the same and associated method A frame module for a circuit breaker includes a first interface structured to connect to a trip unit, a second interface structured to connect to a frame, and a current rating storage unit structured to store a current rating associated with the frame and to provide the stored current rating to the trip unit when the trip unit is connected to the first interface.
US10153116B2	Electromagnetic switch with stable moveable contact An electromagnetic switch includes: at least two stationary electric contacts; and a moveable contact, wherein the electromagnetic switch is configured for reciprocal motion of the moveable contact into and out of contact with the stationary electric contacts, wherein the moveable contact is configured so that at least three contact points occur in the reciprocal motion, and so that a triangle defined by the at least three contact points encloses a center of force of the movement.
US10153113B2	Systems and methods for occupancy prediction A system for occupancy prediction includes one or more occupancy sensors configured to detect a current occupancy state of one or more detection zones including at least one of occupied by one or more occupants or vacant of occupants. The system including one or more occupancy sensors configured to predict a future occupancy state of the one or more zones based on the current occupancy state and one or more historical occupancy states, wherein at least one occupancy sensor of the one or more occupancy sensor is communicatively coupled to an electrical load. The system including at least one occupancy sensor is configured to actuate the electrical load based on the predicted future occupancy state of the one or more zones.
US10153106B1	Keyboard structure A keyboard structure, including: a keycap; a transparent membrane layer; and an elastic element, disposed between the keycap and the transparent membrane layer and having a press portion, where the transparent membrane layer includes: a first opening corresponding to the keycap; a hard membrane layer, having an extension portion that is formed at an inner edge of the first opening inner edge; and a spacer layer, disposed under the hard membrane layer and used for forming a gap. When the keycap is pressed with an external force, the elastic element is deformed to enable the press portion to move downward and abut against the extension portion, so that the extension portion generates a bending deformation in the gap; and when the external force is released, the elastic element and the extension portion are elastically recovered and the extension portion generates a sound.
US10153103B1	Support bar structure of see-through button A button includes a display element including a mounting section, a hollowed bottom board having a joint section, support bar members, a button cap body having a light-transmitting section and a contacting section, and an elastic element. The support bar members and the elastic element are arranged on the contacting section located outside the button cap body to that a user is allowed to see, by way of the light-transmitting section of the button cap body, through the hollowed bottom board to watch the display element at the bottom so as to completely observe a text/pattern section of the display element. In a pressing-down operation, ends of the support bar members are allowed to rotate while sliding horizontally so as to cause the elastic element to drive the display element. Further, individual button modularization can be achieved with the arrangement of the mounting section and the joint section.
US10153102B2	Lockout, tagout device for slidelink energy isolation arrangement A lockout, tagout (LOTO) device and associated implementation method for a switchable energy isolation device are provided. The isolation device includes first and second electrical terminal members and a slideable linkage disposed and in electrical communication therebetween for switching the electrical terminal members between isolated and non-isolated states. The LOTO device includes a cover member configured to extend over the terminal members and the linkage, and a fastener member coupled to the cover member. The fastener member is configured to engage the first or second electrical terminal member to secure the cover member to the isolation device. A tagging member is configured to engage the fastener member and a securing member engaged with the cover member, upon the cover member being secured to the isolation device, to prevent the fastener member from disengaging the first or second electrical terminal member without the tagging member disengaging the fastener member.
US10153099B2	Knife blade switch contact with high resistance portion The invention disclosed is a knife blade switch 2 having copper jaws 10 and a copper blade 4 with a steel end-plate 6 fastened to the free end of the blade, the steel end-plate having a higher resistivity than the resistivity of the copper blade and copper jaws. As the copper blade is withdrawn from the copper jaws, the steel end-plate of the blade remains in contact with a higher resistivity steel jaw-spring mounted on and electrically connected to the copper jaws. The connection of the steel end-plate 6 of the blade with the steel jaw-spring 12 imposes a greater resistance path for the current flowing through the switch than through the copper blade 4 and copper jaws 10, so that an arc formed at the plate and jaw-spring has a diminished current, over what would otherwise occur with a copper blade and jaws, when the contact separation occurs.
US10153095B2	Ultra-capacity battery An ultra-capacitor battery includes multiple cathodes, each including a first substrate having a first surface and a second opposite surface, multiple first combs are arranged perpendicularly to the first surface of the first substrate in the same direction at a first interval, and a graphene layer on the first combs and on the first substrate. The battery also includes multiple anodes, each including a body portion and multiple second combs arranged perpendicularly to the body portion in the same direction at a second interval. The first and second combs are interspersed between each other, and an air gap is between the interspersed first and second combs. An insulting film is disposed at the distal end surface of each of the second combs. The battery also includes a hermetically sealed contained enclosing the cathodes and the anodes, and an electrolyte solution filling the air gap and the container.
US10153089B2	Thin-film capacitor for electric vehicle The present disclosure discloses a thin-film capacitor for an electric vehicle, including: a casing, a plurality of capacitor cores, an anode busbar, a cathode busbar, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, a first connection sheet, a second connection sheet, a first battery connection sheet, a second battery connection sheet, a first battery connection terminal and a second battery connection terminal, in which the first battery connection sheet is connected to the anode busbar and adjacent to an end of the anode busbar, the second battery connection sheet is connected to the cathode busbar and adjacent to the first battery connection sheet, an axis of one of the plurality of the capacitor cores is arranged to be perpendicular to the anode busbar and the cathode busbar and two ends of the one capacitor core are connected to the first battery connection sheet and the second battery connection sheet respectively.
US10153085B2	Low stray-loss transformers and methods of assembling the same A transformer includes a magnetic core, a first winding assembly inductively coupled to the magnetic core, and a second winding assembly inductively coupled to the first winding assembly. The magnetic core includes a winding leg. The first winding assembly includes a plurality of first layers, and the second winding assembly includes a plurality of second layers. The first and second winding assemblies are concentrically wound around the winding leg in an interleaved configuration, where at least one of the plurality of second layers is disposed between two of the plurality of first layers, and at least one of the plurality of first layers is disposed between two of the plurality of second layers.
US10153084B2	Physical design in magnetic environment A technique for forming an integrated circuit including an inductor reduces magnetic coupling between the inductor and surrounding elements. The technique includes deliberate placement of circuit elements (e.g., terminals, pins, routing traces) in locations on the integrated circuit relative to a magnetic vector potential associated with the inductor and relative to a magnetic flux density field associated with the inductor to reduce or eliminate induced signals that degrade system performance.
US10153078B2	Integrated inductor structure and integrated transformer structure An integrated inductor structure includes a first spiral coil, a second spiral coil and a connection metal segment. The first spiral coil includes a plurality of metal segments, a bridging segment and first to fourth terminals. The bridging segment connects the metal segments. The second spiral coil has fifth and sixth terminals. The connecting metal segment connects the third and fifth terminals and the fourth and the sixth terminals. The integrated inductor structure uses the first and second terminals as its input and output terminals. The first and third terminals are on a first imaginary line, which passes a central region of a region surrounded by the first spiral coil. The bridging segment and the central region of the region are on a second imaginary line. An included angle between the two imaginary lines is equal to or greater than 45 degrees and equal to or smaller than 90 degrees.
US10153077B2	Input device attachment/detachment mechanism for computing devices Aspects described herein generally relate to a computing device and a corresponding input device. The computing device may include a housing including at least one component of the computing device. An input device can be removably attachable to at least a portion of the housing. The computing device may also include one or more electromagnets mounted within the housing, wherein the one or more electromagnets have a detach state that generates a first magnetic field in a direction that opposes a second magnetic field that attracts the input device to the housing.
US10153075B2	Polyimide-based polymer thick film resistor composition The invention is directed to a polyimide-based polymer thick film paste composition for forming a polyimide-based polymer thick film resistor, a process for forming the resistor and an electrical device containing a resistor formed using the paste composition The paste composition comprise a functional component, a polyimide, and an organic solvent and can be cured by heating.
US10153074B2	Support and fastener for polarization resistors of on-load tap changer A support module (10) for polarization resistors of an on-load tap changer comprises:—a supporting region (11) for at least one polarization resistor; —a first joint region (13); —a second joint region (14) which is compatible with the first joint region. A support frame (19) for polarization resistors of an on-load tap changer comprises:—two such support modules which are joined by virtue of the second joint region of the first support module bearing at least partially against the first joint region of the second support module. A fastening element (24) for polarization resistors (22) comprises:—two electrically conductive accommodating sections (25), which each have an accommodating opening (27) for one of the ends (23) of a polarization resistor (22);—an electrically conductive connecting section (26), which connects the two accommodating sections (25) mechanically and electrically to one another;—a first piece (28.1), which comprises the first accommodating section (25.1) and an adjoining first part of the connecting section (26); —a second piece (28.2), which comprises the second accommodating section (25.2) and an adjoining second part of the connecting section (26); wherein:—the first and second parts are in the form of a plug-type connection.
US10153073B2	Integrated circuit (IC) including semiconductor resistor and resistance compensation circuit and related methods In one example, a method of compensating resistance in an integrated circuit includes providing a four terminal resistor in a semiconductor substrate. The resistor includes a first resistor and a second resistor coupled in series, a first terminal at a first end of the resistor, a second terminal at a second end of the resistor, a test terminal at a node connecting the first resistor and the second resistor, and a tuning terminal. The first resistor has a first conductivity type and the second resistor has a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. The first resistor includes a first portion extending along a first direction and a second portion extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The method further includes computing a voltage to be applied at the tuning terminal to compensate the difference between the resistance of the first and the second resistors.
US10153071B2	Superconducting devices by optimization of the superconductor's local critical current The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing superconducting devices and to superconducting devices. The method comprises determining one or more regions of reduced critical current density in the superconducting device and modifying the critical current density in the one or more regions of reduced critical current density, so as to increase the overall critical current or to decrease the overall AC losses of the superconducting device. The modifying comprises modifying the amount and/or distribution of the superconducting material in the one or more regions of reduced critical current density; and/or modifying the chemical composition of the superconducting material in the one or more regions of reduced critical current density; and/or decreasing the cooling temperature in the one or more regions of reduced critical current density. A superconducting device formed according to such method can also be provided.
US10153070B2	Waterproof structure of wire harness A waterproof structure of a wire harness includes at least one bundle of an electric wire group in which a plurality of electric wires are linearly arranged, a damming part made of a hard resin material, the damming part which surrounds a part of the electric wire group in an extension direction of the electric wire group and which includes an outer periphery shape part according to a shape of a trapezoidal through hole in an electric wire group insertion part with a divided structure, and a water stop material which prevents water from entering a gap between the electric wire group insertion part and the outer periphery shape part and which is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.
US10153068B2	Dielectric or heat-transfer fluid compositions and uses of same A composition including: (a) from 30 to 70% by weight of a mixture of benzyltoluene and dibenzyltoluene, and (b) from 70 to 30% by weight of at least one compound chosen from the C4-C8 aromatic compounds enclosing two benzene rings condensed or bonded to each other by a bond or by a spacer group other than —CH2-, the oligomers of same and the mixtures of same, excluding phenylxylylethane. Also, the use of this composition, with or without phenylxylylethane, depending on the case, as a dielectric and/or heat-transfer fluid, in particular in use conditions at very low temperatures, such as temperatures lower than −40° C., or indeed lower than −60° C. Also, mixtures of these compositions with mineral oils and/or natural or synthetic esters. Finally, devices, in particular electrical devices, incorporating this composition.
US10153066B2	Conductive paste and multilayer board using the same A conductive paste having a viscosity suitable for filling a hole of a board, long pot life, and excellent conductivity and long-term reliability of a cured product, and a multilayer board using the same are provided.A conductive paste comprising with respect to (A) 100 parts by mass of dimer acid-modified epoxy resin, (B) from 200 to 1900 parts by mass of high melting metal powder containing silver-coated copper alloy powder and having a melting point of 800° C. or higher, (C) from 400 to 2200 parts by mass of silver-coated copper alloy powder having a melting point of 800° C. or higher, (D) from 1.0 to 20.0 parts by mass of curing agent containing a hydroxy group-containing aromatic compound, and (E) from 5.0 to 100.0 parts by mass of a flux containing polycarboxylic acid, is used as the present invention.
US10153065B2	Conductive polymer fibers, method and device for producing conductive polymer fibers, biological electrode, device for measuring biological signals, implantable electrode, and device for measuring biological signals Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.
US10153062B2	Illumination and imaging device for high-resolution X-ray microscopy with high photon energy The present invention relates to an illumination and imaging device for high-resolution X-ray microscopy with high photon energy, comprising an X-ray source (1) for emitting X-ray radiation and an area detector (4) for detecting the X-ray radiation. Moreover, the device comprises a monochromatizing and two-dimensionally focussing condenser-based optical system (2) arranged in the optical path of X-ray radiation with two reflective elements (6) being arranged side-by-side for focussing impinging X-ray radiation on an object to be imaged (5) and a diffractive X-ray lens (3) for imaging the object to be imaged (5) on the X-ray detector (4). Typically, the illumination and imaging device is used for performing radiography, tomography and examination of a micro-electronic component or an iron-based material.
US10153058B2	Machine learning for hepatitis C To predict which Hepatitis C patients are at high-risk for disease progression or adverse health outcomes, baseline characteristics are measured for patients as well as longitudinal data, including clinical, laboratory and/or biopsy results, which may be collected periodically in follow-up visits with a healthcare professional. A machine learning engine may predict whether a patient is at high-risk for disease progression or adverse health outcomes based on the baseline characteristics and the longitudinal data for the patient.
US10153056B2	System for a geographic location based sharing request network Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for building a geographic location based sharing request network. The invention generates and builds a sharing request network based on user geographic locations for efficiently and conveniently matching and connecting users to one another and third party systems. In this way, the sharing request network system may identify social events, volunteering opportunities, medical aid sharing, and transportation sharing for aging individuals. Furthermore, the system generates a knowledge sharing advice database, since aging individuals typically have professional or personal experiences. The user may be able to respond with answers or advice to questions posted by other users via the system. Additionally, the system may generate rewards based on the knowledge or advice provided in response to posted questions.
US10153055B2	Arbitration for memory diagnostics A serial arbitration for memory diagnostics and methods thereof are provided. The method includes running a built-in-self-test (BIST) on a plurality of memories in parallel. The method further includes, upon detecting a failing memory of the plurality of memories, triggering arbitration logic to shift data of the failing memory to a chip pad.
US10153053B2	Fusible link cell with dual bit storage A fuse-programmable register or memory location having a plurality of fusible links of differing electrical characteristics in parallel. In one embodiment, three fusible links with different resistances are provided, such that application of a programming voltage non-uniformly distributes the current among the links, allowing varying voltages to selectively blow one or more of the links. Sensing of the programmed state is performed by applying a voltage across the parallel links and measuring the current in comparison with a plurality of reference currents. Reduction in the overhead chip area per bit and in the serial data communication latency are obtained.
US10153051B1	Program-verify of select gate transistor with doped channel in NAND string A memory device and associated techniques for programming a select gate transistor. The programming of the select gate transistors in a NAND string is performed under similar biasing as is seen during the programming of a memory cell, when the select gate transistors are required to be in the conductive or non-conductive state for selected and unselected NAND strings, respectively. Program-verify tests for the select gate transistors use a current which flows from the source end to the drain end of the NAND string, and can be performed separately for odd- and even-numbered NAND strings, to avoid the effects of bit line-to-bit line coupling. The tests account for uneven doping in the channel of the select gate transistor. Program-verify tests for the memory cells use a current which flows from the drain end to the source end and can be performed concurrently.
US10153050B2	Non-volatile memory device and memory system including the same A memory device has a memory cell array with memory cells. A page buffer group generates page buffer signals according to a verify read result of the memory cells. A page buffer decoding unit generates a decoder output signal corresponding to the number of fail bits from the page buffer signals based on a first reference current. A slow bit counter outputs a count result corresponding to the number of fail bits from the decoder output signal based on a second reference current corresponding to M times the first reference current, where M is a positive integer. A pass/fail checking unit determines a program outcome with respect to the memory cells based on the count result and outputs a pass signal or a fail signal based on the determined program outcome.
US10153048B2	Method and apparatus for reading data stored in flash memory by referring to binary digit distribution characteristics of bit sequences read from flash memory A method for reading data stored in a flash memory includes at least the following steps: controlling the flash memory to perform a plurality of read operations upon a plurality of memory cells included in the flash memory; obtaining a plurality of bit sequences read from the memory cells, respectively, wherein the read operations read bits of a predetermined bit order from the memory cells by utilizing different control gate voltage settings; and determining readout information of the memory cells according to binary digit distribution characteristics of the bit sequences.
US10153047B2	Nonconsecutive sensing of multilevel memory cells Apparatuses and methods for nonconsecutive sensing of multilevel memory cells include methods of sensing a unit of information from a multilevel memory cell (MLC) using a sensing signal. The unit of information can correspond to a page of information. The MLC can store a plurality of units of information corresponding to a plurality of pages of information. The sensing signal can change from a first sensing magnitude to a second sensing magnitude and from the second sensing magnitude to a third sensing magnitude. The second sensing magnitude can be nonconsecutive from the first sensing magnitude and/or the third sensing magnitude can be nonconsecutive from the second sensing magnitude with respect to a plurality of sensing magnitudes corresponding to a plurality of charge storage states of the MLC.
US10153041B2	Dual inline memory module with temperature-sensing scenario mode Disclosed is a dual inline memory module with temperature-sensing scenario modes. A plurality of volatile memory components and an EEPROM component are disposed on a module board. A plurality of LED components and a scenario-lighting controller are disposed at a radiant side of the module board. A light bar is located at the radiant side of the module board without direct installing relationship. A plurality of clamping-type heat spreaders are fastened to one another in a manner that the light bar is tightly clamped. Therein, the power of the scenario-lighting controller component is shared and linked with the power supply system of the LED components and the signals of the scenario-lighting controller component are shared and linked with the signal connection system of the EEPROM component. Accordingly, the lighting scenario performances controlled by the scenario-lighting controller accord with the sensing temperatures to adjust memory refreshing frequencies to avoid any incorrect performance caused by sensed temperature differences.
US10153040B2	Apparatuses and methods for current limitation in threshold switching memories Apparatuses and methods for limiting current in threshold switching memories are disclosed. An example apparatus may include a plurality of first decoder circuits, a plurality of second decoder circuits, an array of memory cells, and a control circuit. Each memory cell of the array of memory cells may be cells coupled to a pair of first decoder circuits of the plurality of first decoder circuits, and further coupled to a pair of second decoder circuits of the plurality of second decoder circuits. The control circuit may be coupled to the plurality of first decoder circuits and the plurality of second decoder circuits, and the control circuit may be configured to activate a first one of the pair of first decoder circuits coupled to a memory cell of the array of memory cells before a second one of the pair of first decoder circuits, and further configured to activate a first one of the pair of second decoder circuits coupled to the memory cell of the array of memory cells before a second one of the pair of second decoder circuits to access the a memory cell.
US10153036B2	Method for autocorrective writing to a multiport static random access memory device, and corresponding device An autocorrective writing to a multiport static random access memory device is performed on at least one multiport static random access memory cell circuit. A first datum is written to the multiport static random access memory cell circuit and a second datum stored in the circuit is read from the multiport static random access memory cell subsequent to writing. The first and second data are compared. In response to the results of that comparison, an operation to rewriting the first datum to the circuit along with application of a write assist mechanism is selectively performed.
US10153034B2	Static random access memory unit structure A static random access memory unit structure and layout structure includes two pull-up transistors, two pull-down transistors, two slot contact plugs, and two metal-zero interconnects. Each metal-zero interconnect is disposed on each slot contact plug and a gate of each pull-up transistor, in which, each slot contact plug crosses a drain of each pull-down transistor and a drain of each pull-up transistor and extends to cross an end of each metal-zero interconnect. A gap between the slot contact plugs is smaller than a gap between the metal-zero interconnects.
US10153031B2	Apparatuses and methods for controlling refresh operations An apparatus includes a first word line, a second word line and a control. The second word line is contiguous to the first word line. The control circuit includes a first defective address storing circuit and a first detection circuit. The first defective address storing circuit stores first enable information along with first defective address. The first enable information indicates whether or not the second word line is functional. The first detection circuit provides a first signal when the first word line is accessed. The first signal indicates whether or not the second word line is functional. The control circuit activates the second word line when the first signal indicates that the second word line is functional and does not activate the second word line when the first signal indicates that the second word line is not functional.
US10153030B2	Apparatuses and methods for configurable command and data input circuits for semiconductor memories Apparatuses and methods for configurable command and data input circuits for semiconductor memories are described. Example apparatuses include input signal blocks, clock blocking circuits, data input blocks, driver circuits, and data receiver circuits.
US10153029B2	Nonvolatile memory devices and memory systems A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array, a voltage generator, a page buffer circuit, a row decoder and a control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of mats corresponding to different bit-lines. The voltage generator generates word-line voltages applied to the memory cell array. The page buffer circuit is coupled to the memory cell array through bit-lines. The row decoder is coupled to the memory cell array through word-lines, and the row decoder transfers the word-line voltages to the memory cell array. The control circuit controls the voltage generator, the row decoder and the page buffer circuit based on a command and an address. The control circuit selects a voltage between different voltages to apply the selected different voltages to at least one of the word-lines or at least one of the bit-lines according to a number of mats of the plurality mats, which operate simultaneously.
US10153026B2	Writing to cross-point non-volatile memory Methods, systems, and devices for preventing disturb of untargeted memory cells during repeated access operations of target memory cells are described for a non-volatile memory array. Multiple memory cells may be in electronic communication with a common conductive line, and each memory cell may have an electrically non-linear selection component. Following an access operation (e.g., a read or write operation) of a target memory cell, untargeted memory cells may be discharged by applying a discharge voltage to the common conductive line. The discharge voltage may, for example, have a polarity opposite to the access voltage. In other examples, a delay may be instituted between access attempts in order to discharge the untargeted memory cells.
US10153025B2	Circuit and method for imprint reduction in FRAM memories Disclosed embodiments include a memory device having a memory array that includes a first memory cell coupled to a first bit line and a second memory cell coupled to a second bit line and a sense amplifier that includes first and second transistors arranged in a cross-coupled configuration with third and fourth transistors, the first and second transistors being of a first conductivity type and the third and fourth transistors being of a second conductivity type, a first inverter having an input coupled to a first common drain terminal of the first and third transistors and an output coupled to the first bit line, and a second inverter having an input coupled to a second common drain terminal of the second and fourth transistors and an output coupled to the second bit line.
US10153024B2	Dynamic adjustment of memory cell digit line capacitance Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A ferroelectric memory cell may be used to store a logic state. The capacitance of a digit line of the ferroelectric memory cell may be dynamically increased prior to, and during a portion of, a read operation used to determine a stored logic state of the cell. The capacitance may be increased by leveraging intrinsic capacitance of digit lines of the array—e.g., by shorting one digit line to another digit line. Increasing the capacitance of the digit line may increase the signal on the digit line that is sensed during the read operation.
US10153023B2	Cell-based reference voltage generation Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first ferroelectric memory cell may be initialized to a first state and a second ferroelectric memory cell may be initialized to a different state. Each state may have a corresponding digit line voltage. The digit lines of the first and second ferroelectric memory cells may be connected so that charge-sharing occurs between the two digit lines. The voltage resulting from the charge-sharing between the two digit lines may be used by other components as a reference voltage.
US10153021B1	Time-based access of a memory cell Methods, systems, and devices for time-based access of memory cells in a memory array are described herein. During a sense portion of a read operation, a selected memory cell may be charged to a predetermined voltage level. A logic state stored on the selected memory cell may be identified based on a duration between the beginning of the charging and when selected memory cell reaches the predetermined voltage level. In some examples, time-varying signals may be used to indicate the logic state based on the duration of the charging. The duration of the charging may be based on a polarization state of the selected memory cell, a dielectric charge state of the selected state, or both a polarization state and a dielectric charge state of the selected memory cell.
US10153017B2	Method for sensing memory element coupled to selector device The present invention is directed to a method for sensing the resistance state of a memory cell that includes an MTJ memory element coupled to a two-terminal selector element in series. The method includes the steps of raising a cell voltage across the memory cell above a threshold voltage for the selector element to become conductive; decreasing the cell voltage to a first sensing voltage and measuring a first sensing current passing through the memory cell, the selector element being nominally conductive irrespective of the resistance state of the MTJ memory element at the first sensing voltage; and further decreasing the cell voltage to a second sensing voltage and measuring a second sensing current, the selector element being nominally conductive if the MTJ memory element is in the low resistance state or nominally insulative if the MTJ memory element is in the high resistance state at the second sensing voltage.
US10153016B2	Apparatus of offset voltage adjustment in input buffer Apparatuses for providing external terminals of a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes an input pad, an input buffer including a first input node and a second input node, a switch that couples the first input node and the second input node in an active state and further decouples the first input node and the second input node in an inactive state, a control circuit that provides a signal causing the switch to be in the active state or an inactive state. The first input node of the input buffer is coupled to the input pad by a conductive wiring.
US10153015B2	Managing disturbance induced errors In an embodiment, a memory controller may determine that one or more neighboring memory cells associated with a target memory cell in a memory device are to be refreshed. The controller may generate a command associated with refreshing the one or more neighboring memory cells. The controller may transfer the command from the memory controller to the memory device containing the target memory cell. The command may direct the memory device to refresh the neighboring memory cells and/or return one or more addresses associated with the neighboring memory cells.
US10153008B2	Apparatuses and methods for performing corner turn operations using sensing circuitry The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing corner turn operations using sensing circuitry. An example apparatus comprises a first group of memory cells coupled to an access line and a plurality of sense lines and a second group of memory cells coupled to a plurality of access lines and one of the plurality of sense lines. The access line can be a same access line as one of the plurality of access lines. The example apparatus comprises a controller configured to cause a corner turn operation on an element stored in the first group of memory cells resulting in the element being stored in the second group of memory cells to be performed using sensing circuitry.
US10152998B2	Features maps of articles with polarized light Provided herein is an apparatus including an imaging lens assembly configured to collect reflected light from a surface of an article; an image sensor configured to receive reflected light from the imaging lens assembly, wherein the imaging lens assembly and the image sensor are each arranged at different angles for focusing on substantially an entire surface of an article; and a processing means configured to process signals from the image sensor corresponding to polarized reflected light and subsequently generate one or more features maps.
US10152996B2	Process for producing magnetic recording medium The problem of the invention is to provide a process for producing a magnetic recording medium which exhibits both of excellent thermal stability and favorable writing capability. The process for producing the magnetic recording medium of the invention includes the steps of: (A) forming the first magnetic recording layer while monotonously changing a substrate temperature; and (B) forming the second magnetic recording layer while monotonously changing the substrate temperature wherein the material of the second magnetic recording layer is different from the material of the first recording layer, wherein the substrate temperature at the beginning of the step (B) is set such that the magnetic anisotropy constant of the first magnetic recording layer and the magnetic anisotropy constant of the second magnetic recording layer is changed monotonously at the interface between the first and second magnetic recording layers.
US10152995B2	Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape including a magnetic layer, in which an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %.
US10152993B1	Save block data to tape in a reverse order Linear Tape File System that can accommodate various storage orders, such as sequential and reverse sequential, on a tape medium. The storage order may be reversed (or otherwise changed) at the block level and also the bit order within the block level. The LFTS related data associated with the LFTS file system stores data sufficient to indicate storage order (for example, reverse), so that the motions of the tape medium and tape drive can be coordinated during reading or erasing operations to be performed in the correct order, with a view to the order the data was stored on the tape. Storing data in reverse order on an LFTS tape can lead to certain operational advantages.
US10152989B1	Monitoring using a mobile device accessory Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for audience measurement using a mobile device accessory are disclosed. In one aspect, a mobile device accessory includes a power source configured to provide power to the mobile device. The mobile device accessory further includes an audio capturing device configured to capture an ambient sound, and a microprocessor coupled to the audio capturing device and configured to identify distinctive features of the ambient sound and generate a digital representation of the ambient sound. The mobile device accessory further includes a memory coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store at least the digital representation, and a transmitter coupled to the microprocessor and configured to transmit at least the digital representation.
US10152978B2	Encoder, decoder and methods for signal-dependent zoom-transform in spatial audio object coding A decoder for generating an audio output signal having one or more audio output channels from a downmix signal is provided. The downmix signal encodes one or more audio object signals. The decoder has a control unit. Moreover, the decoder has a first analysis module for transforming the downmix signal to obtain a first transformed downmix having a plurality of first subband channels. Furthermore, the decoder has a second analysis module for generating, when an activation indication is set to the activation state, a second transformed downmix. Moreover, the decoder has an un-mixing unit, wherein the un-mixing unit is configured to un-mix the second transformed downmix. Furthermore, an encoder is provided.
US10152974B2	Unobtrusive training for speaker verification Techniques for implementing unobtrusive training for speaker verification are provided. In one embodiment, an electronic device can receive a plurality of voice samples uttered by one or more users as they interact with a voice command-and-control feature of the electronic device and, for each voice sample, assign the voice sample to one of a plurality of voice type categories. The electronic device can further group the voice samples assigned to each voice type category into one or more user sets, where each user set comprises voice samples likely to have been uttered by a unique user. The electronic device can then, for each user set: (1) generate a voice model, (2) issue, to the unique user, a request to provide an identity or name, and (3) label the voice model with the identity or name provided by the unique user.
US10152968B1	Systems and methods for speech-based monitoring and/or control of automation devices Systems and methods for speech-based monitoring and/or control of automation devices are described. A speech-based method for monitoring and/or control of automation devices may include steps of determining a type of automation device to which first speech relates based, at least in part, on a location associated with the first speech; selecting a topic-specific speech recognition model adapted to recognize speech related to the determined type of automation device; using the topic-specific speech recognition model to recognize second speech provided at the location, wherein recognizing the second speech comprises identifying a query or command relating to the type of automation device and represented by the second speech; and issuing the query or command represented by the second speech to an automation device of the determined type.
US10152967B2	Determination of an operational directive based at least in part on a spatial audio property A method comprising receiving audio information by way of a plurality of microphones comprised by an apparatus, determining at least one spatial audio property of the audio information in relation to the apparatus, determining an operational directive based, at least in part, on the spatial audio property, and performing one or more operations in conformance with the operational directive is disclosed.
US10152963B2	Ultrasound transducer with differential mode signaling Rather than using a coaxial cable, a twisted pair of wires is provided for each element-to-beamformer connection. Differential mode signals are transmitted between the transducer element and the respective channel. A multi-layer element is used for operation with the differential mode signals. In catheters or other probes, coaxial cables are not used. Using differential mode signals over twisted pairs allows reduction or rejection of common mode cross-talk and/or interference.
US10152962B2	System and method for personalized sound isolation in vehicle audio zones Embodiments include a vehicle comprising an audio system configured to create a plurality of audio zones within a vehicle cabin, and at least one display communicatively coupled to the audio system. The display is configured to display a separate user interface for each audio zone. Each user interface comprises an engine sound control and a cabin noise control for adjusting an audio output provided to the corresponding audio zone. Embodiments also include a method of providing user-controlled sound isolation in a plurality of audio zones within a vehicle. The method comprises presenting, for each audio zone, a user interface including an engine sound control and a cabin noise control, and generating an audio output for each audio zone based on a first value received from the engine sound control and a second value received from the cabin noise control of the corresponding user interface.
US10152958B1	Electronic musical performance controller based on vector length and orientation An electronic musical performance controller comprising a microprocessor, proximity sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, narrow beam guide light, and one or more finger monitoring sensors. The proximity sensor is mounted on the front of the controller and represents the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system. Preprogrammed events are mapped into the surrounding space at fixed distances and pitch and yaw angles from the proximity sensor. The guide light beam illuminates the proximity sensor's field of view. The controller is held in one hand and the guide light beam is aimed at the other hand. When the player's finger triggers a finger monitoring sensor, the length of the guide light beam and the pitch and yaw of the proximity sensor are measured. This information is used to determine which mapped event the player is selecting. The preprogrammed event is then output via a MIDI bus or built in sound module and speaker.
US10152955B2	Percussion pedal assembly Drum pedal assemblies are disclosed which can include one or more adjustment features. Adjustment features which can be included in embodiments of the present disclosure can include components for adjusting pedal angle and/or height, and the resistance offered by the pedal (such as due to a spring connection). Pedal assemblies according to some embodiments of the present disclosure can include rotatable base plates for easy storage and travel. Pedal assemblies according to some embodiments the present disclosure can include securing means such as retractable spikes for stabilizing the pedal assembly.
US10152954B2	Musical string A musical string, in particular a string instrument musical string, has a substantially circularly-cylindrical outer contour and includes an inner part having an inner part cross section delimited by an inner part boundary line. The inner part includes at least one supporting string core. At least in a specifiable length section of the musical string, the inner part boundary line has at least one curved, convex boundary line section. The inner part cross section of the inner part has a width which is greater than a height of the inner part cross section in perpendicular relation to the width.
US10152952B2	Method and system for the safe visualization of safety-relevant information A method for the safe visualization of a safety-relevant information includes the steps of: for all possible states of at least one variable input parameter, decomposing a safe visualization of the at least one variable input parameter into its safe base elements (31); for each of the decomposed safe base elements, enumerating and storing a set of all possible states of safe base element visualization (32); and for each of the decomposed safe base elements, transmitting the set of all possible states of safe base element visualization to a target system that provides safe visualization at runtime (33).
US10152948B2	Information display apparatus having at least two touch screens and information display method thereof A method and apparatus for displaying information on at least two touch screens are provided. The method includes sensing a first touch-drag on a first touch screen; sensing a first touch on a second touch screen; and displaying, on at least one of the first and second touch screens, information corresponding to the first touch-drag on the first touch screen and the touch on the second touch screen, if the touch-drag on the first touch screen and the first touch on the second touch screen are simultaneously sensed.
US10152945B2	Image processing apparatus capable of performing conversion on input image data for wide dynamic range There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of appropriately performing conversion processing using a lookup table on image data in an image format with a wide dynamic range. In the image processing apparatus, a system control unit sets a second dynamic range (display range) as a display target in a first dynamic range (input range) corresponding to an image format of input image data. A 1D-LUT data generation unit generates, based on the set second dynamic range (display range), first lookup table (LUT) data as a lookup table for performing first conversion processing on the input image data. A 3D-LUT data generation unit generates, based on the first dynamic range (display range), second lookup table (LUT) data as a lookup table for performing second conversion processing on image data obtained by the first conversion processing.
US10152944B2	Method for radiometric compensated display, corresponding system, apparatus and computer program product Color signals to be displayed on a colored display surface and having a first gamut in a color space, are subjected to radiometric compensation. An embodiment includes displaying on the colored surface a set of control points of a known color, acquiring via a camera the control points as displayed on the colored surface and evaluating at least one second color gamut of the control points displayed on the colored surface. The second color gamut(s) is/are misaligned with respect to the first color gamut due to the display surface being a colored surface. The method may also include evaluating as an intersection gamut, the misalignment of the second color gamut(s) with respect to the first color gamut, calculating the color transformation operator(s) as a function of the misalignment evaluated, and applying the color transformation operator(s) to the color signals for display on the colored display surface.
US10152943B2	Display device A display device, including a panel including an active area and a non-active area, the non-active area surrounding the active area; a recess in the non-active area of the panel; a driving circuit unit above the recess; a driving auxiliary part (DAP) in the recess on the panel; and a printed circuit board (PCB) on one side of the panel, the PCB being connected to the driving circuit unit and the DAP.
US10152940B2	GOA driver circuit and liquid crystal display The present disclosure proposes a gate driver on array (GOA) driving circuit and a liquid crystal display. The GOA driving circuit includes cascaded GOA units. An Nth stage GOA unit outputs a gate driving signal to an Nth scan line on a display area. The Nth stage GOA unit includes a pull-up module, a pull-down module, a pull-up controlling module, a pull-down holding module, and a bootstrap capacitance module.
US10152937B2	Semiconductor device, power supply circuit, and liquid crystal display device This semiconductor device includes a first regulator that stabilizes an input voltage to generate a stabilized voltage; a voltage boosting circuit that boosts the stabilized voltage to generate a boosted voltage; a second regulator that stabilizes the boosted voltage to generate a first power supply voltage; and a third regulator that is connected to the second regulator in parallel, and that stabilizes the boosted voltage to generate a second power supply voltage.
US10152936B2	Circuit, display system, and electronic device A novel circuit, a novel display portion, a novel display system, or the like is provided. A circuit, a display portion, a display system, or the like which has low power consumption is provided. A plurality kinds of video signals are generated by division of input data and supplied to different pixel groups. Thus, for example, the plurality of video signals can be supplied individually, and the operation states of a plurality of driver circuits can be controlled individually, leading to fine-grained operation with low power consumption. Accordingly, a decoder, a display portion, or a display system having low power consumption can be provided.
US10152934B2	Gamma reference voltage generation circuit and display device A gamma reference voltage generation circuit and a display device are disclosed. The gamma reference voltage generation circuit includes a reference voltage generation unit; and multiple resistor units; wherein, the reference voltage generation unit is disposed on a printed circuit board; the multiple resistor units receive a reference voltage from the reference voltage generation unit and output a first gamma reference voltage; the multiple resistor units are formed at a region separated from the printed circuit board. The gamma reference voltage generation circuit of the present invention utilizes voltage-dividing resistors at a region outside the printed circuit board to reduce the space of the printed circuit board being occupied and reduce the manufacturing cost.
US10152933B2	Driving method and system for liquid crystal display A driving method used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used for preventing or mitigating an image sticking occurring on a screen of the LCD. The driving method includes driving a data line outputted to a liquid crystal capacitor on the screen with a first voltage signal; and driving a reference voltage line outputted to the liquid crystal capacitor with a second voltage signal; wherein the second voltage signal and the first voltage signal have inverse voltage polarities.
US10152932B2	Controlling device and method for frequency synchronization and LCD television Disclosed are a controlling device and method for frequency synchronization as well as a LCD TV. The method is applied to an LCD TV, wherein the LCD TV includes a front-end motherboard chip, a main drive control chip and a plurality of column drive control chips, the method includes: when the main drive control chip recognizes that its operating frequency is unstable, it generates a clock turn-off signal; the main drive control chip transmits fixed data to each column drive control chip according to the clock turn-off signal and receives a clock training request initiated by each column drive control chip according to the fixed data; and when recognizing that the operating frequency synchronizes with a frequency corresponding to front-end data transmitted by the front-end motherboard chip, the main drive control chip responds to the clock training request and transmits clock training data to each column drive control chip.
US10152931B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal to the display panel, a power supply line that is formed in the display panel to supply a power supply voltage to the drive circuit, and a ground line that is formed in the display panel to supply a ground potential to the drive circuit. At least parts of the power supply line and the ground line overlap each other in planar view with an insulator interposed therebetween.
US10152930B2	Driving method for display panel and driving device A driving method for a display panel and a driving device are disclosed. The method includes: detecting that if a current data frame satisfies a preset switching condition of switching a first polarity mode to a second polarity mode; if the current data frame satisfies a preset switching condition, obtaining a polarity input signal corresponding to a previous data frame; obtaining a data compensation value corresponding to each sub-pixel according to the polarity input signal and a position of each sub-pixel of the current data frame; under the second polarity mode, after superimposing a value of each sub-pixel of the current data frame and the data compensation value corresponding to each sub-pixel, outputting to a display panel. Accordingly, the present invention can avoid an instantaneous flicker when switching from the first polarity mode to the second polarity mode.
US10152929B2	Liquid crystal panels and the driving method thereof A liquid crystal panel and the driving method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes at least one storage electrode, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel areas. Each of the pixel areas includes a pixel electrode, a first TFT and a second TFT. The first TFT drives the corresponding pixel electrode. The gate of the second TFT connects with the previous scanning line, and one of the source and the drain of the second TFT connects to the corresponding pixel electrode within the pixel area, and the other one connects with the storage electrode. In this way, the optimal common voltage is applied to the liquid crystal panel when the liquid crystal panel is in a displaying process, and thus the display performance is guaranteed.
US10152927B2	E-paper imaging via addressable electrode array An e-paper imaging system includes a writing unit and a support surface to support a passive e-paper media in a position spaced apart from the writing unit. The writing unit includes a charge generator and an electrode array. The electrode array includes addressable holes to control charges flowing to the support surface.
US10152926B2	Driving circuit for light emitting element, light emitting device using same, and display apparatus LED terminals are respectively provided to light emitting units, and are each connected to the second terminal of the corresponding one of the light emitting units. Current sources are respectively provided to the LED terminals, and are respectively configured to supply adjustable driving currents to the respective light emitting units via the respective LED terminals. A reference voltage source generates a reference voltage that corresponds to the driving current. A control circuit controls a DC/DC converter such that the lowest voltage from among voltages at the LED terminals matches the reference voltage.
US10152924B2	Organic light emitting diode display device including peak luminance controlling unit and method of driving the same An organic light emitting diode display device including: a timing controller that receives an image signal and a plurality of timing signals from an external system and output an image data, a gate control signal and a data control signal; a peak luminance controlling unit that calculates a peak luminance according to an average picture level of the image data and calculates a modified peak luminance by modifying the peak luminance according to one or more of a color change and a scene change of the image data; a gate driver that generates a gate signal using the gate control signal; a data driver that generates a data signal using the modified peak luminance, the image data and the data control signal; and a display panel that displays an image using the gate signal and the data signal.
US10152909B2	Display apparatus In a display apparatus having a plurality of light emitting elements, a single frame includes a plurality of sub-frames, each of which includes a plurality of weighted elements with different gradations expressed at powers of two. When the number of sub-frames in a single frame is X (X is an integer greater than 1) and a maximum gradation value that can be expressed in each of the sub-frames is 2Y−1 (Y is an integer greater than 1), and the single frame is expressed by the gradation value in a range of X·2Y-1 to X(2Y−1)−2Y-1, a lighting controller allocates the gradation value to each of the sub-frames so that the weighted element at an end of a timeline of at least one sub-frame of the plurality of sub-frames in the single frame is turned OFF.
US10152908B2	Timing controller, display device, and method of driving the same A timing controller, a display device, and a method of driving the same able to prevent a dark defect that would otherwise be formed when two or more image control methods are disclosed.
US10152906B2	Near-eye display system and method A near-eye light field display for use with a head mounted display unit with enhanced resolution and color depth. A display for each eye is connected to one or more actuators to scan each display, increasing the resolution of each display by a factor proportional to the number of scan points utilized. In this way, the resolution of near-eye light field displays is enhanced without increasing the size of the displays.
US10152905B2	Symbol verification for an intelligent label device Briefly, a method for verifying the visual perceptibility of a display is provided. An intended message is written to a bistable display. Pixels that comprise portions of the message are measured and evaluated to determine if the message actually displayed on the bistable display was perceptible by a human or a machine. In some cases, information regarding the message actually perceivable from the display may be stored for later use. Responsive to determining that a message is perceivable or not perceivable, alarms may be set, one or more third parties notified, or additional display features may be set.
US10152904B2	LED strip light for shelf signboards An LED strip light for shelf signboards, comprises a strip-shaped lamp chamber, and an LED light-emitting module. The strip-shaped lamp chamber comprises a card board connecting edge, a non-transparent edge, an upper transparent edge and a lower transparent edge. The LED light-emitting module comprises at least one LED chip, and a strip-shaped lens. The strip-shaped lens includes an incident surface, a first fully reflecting surface, a second fully reflecting surface, a refractably reflecting surface. The first fully reflecting surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the upper light transparent edge. The second fully reflecting surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the refractably reflecting surface. And the outgoing light of the refractably reflecting surface is directed toward the lower transparent edge. The LED strip light for shelf signboards allows the display side placed on the board to be illuminated so as to improve the user's desire to shop, and to illuminate the boundary between the laminates and the column, and it can improve user experience and save energy and reduce costs.
US10152899B2	Method and system for measuring communication skills of crew members A training tool, method and a system for measuring crew member communication skills are disclosed, wherein an audio data processing terminal interfaced with a crew training apparatus, typically a crew-operated vehicle simulator. Audio data corresponding to a conversation between at least two crew members is recording during a training session and stored. Respective audio data of each crew member is extracted from the stored audio data, and a series of measures for at least one prosodic parameter in each respective audio data extracted is computed. A correlation coefficient of the series of measures is then computed, wherein the correlation coefficient is indicative of a level of prosodic accommodation between the at least two crew members. Specific communication skills in addition to prosodic accommodation performance can the be determined inferred.
US10152896B2	Teaching device A teaching device includes a base and a first set of equipment. The first set of equipment includes a first rod portion including a first spiraling rod portion installed in the base. A first encircled object is disposed on the base plate and is encircled by the first spiraling rod portion. Also included is a first rod slider. The first rod slider is slidably movable along the first rod portion and around the first encircled object.
US10152893B2	Retrofit wireless blind spot detection system A method and system for detecting an object in the “blind-spot” of a moving vehicle. The system can be user-installed to retrofit a vehicle, e.g., one that lacks a more complex, factory-installed blind-spot detection system. The invention thus provides an inexpensive and simplified vehicle safety enhancement.
US10152891B2	System for avoiding collisions between autonomous vehicles conducting agricultural operations The present invention provides a system for conducting agricultural operations in a field using autonomous vehicles in which a collision avoidance mechanism may be provided. The system may include providing a mission plan for autonomous vehicles to conduct agricultural operations, establishing a hierarchy for the vehicles, and monitoring for an event conditions indicating vehicles are traveling toward a collision with respect to one another. Upon receiving an event condition, the system may revise the mission plan to adjust a path of one of the vehicles based on the hierarchy in order to avoid the collision.
US10152886B2	Driver assistance system with traffic light alert A traffic light alert system for a vehicle includes a camera, a processor that processes image data captured by the camera to determine a signal status of a traffic light present ahead of the vehicle, and a global positioning system operable to determine a current geographical location of the vehicle. A display device is operable to display an iconistic traffic light representation. Responsive to determination, via processing of image data captured by the camera, that the traffic light ahead of and being approached by the vehicle has a particular signal status, a control controls the display device so that the displayed iconistic traffic light representation indicates the determined particular signal status. The control adjusts orientation of the displayed iconistic traffic light representation between horizontal orientation and vertical orientation responsive to the current geographic location of the vehicle as determined by the global positioning system of the vehicle.
US10152882B2	Host vehicle operation using remote vehicle intention prediction A host vehicle receives remote vehicle spatial state information for a remote vehicle and identifies vehicle transportation network information representing a portion of a transportation network based on that information. At least one initial probability value is generated based on comparing the spatial state information and the transportation network information at an initial time point, each initial probability value indicating a likelihood that the remote vehicle is following a lane within the transportation network. A deviation between adjacent values for the spatial state information relative to the transportation network information is generated for a plurality of time points. For each single lane and deviation, the likelihood that the remote vehicle is following the lane using a new probability value based on the deviation is updated, a trajectory using the updated likelihood is generated, and the host vehicle traverses the transportation network using the transportation network information and trajectory.
US10152880B2	Systems, methods and media for remote control of electronic devices using a proximity sensor Systems, methods and media for remote control of electronic devices using a proximity sensor are provided. In some implementations, the system comprises: a proximity sensor comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector, wherein the proximity sensor is configured to emit infrared light having specific properties using the infrared emitter and sense reflected light having the specific properties using the infrared detector to determine proximity of the sensor to an object; and a hardware processor that is programmed to: receive a user instruction to cause a command to be issued to control an electronic device; determine a code to be transmitted that corresponds to the command from a plurality of codes associated with the electronic device; and provide at least one signal to the proximity sensor to cause the proximity sensor to emit an infrared signal corresponding to the code instead of emitting infrared light having the specific properties.
US10152878B2	Hazard detector, test device for hazard detector, hazard monitoring system and method for testing a hazard detector The invention provides a method for testing a hazard detector that includes transmitting a test mode switching signal from a test device to the hazard detector, setting the hazard detector to a test mode, transmitting a first test mode confirmation signal from the hazard detector to a central monitoring unit, transmitting a second test mode confirmation signal from the hazard detector to the test device, processing a hazard condition detected by the hazard detector as a test event, transmitting a test result signal from the hazard detector to the central monitoring unit, the hazard detector outputting a test completion signal, and setting the hazard detector to a detection mode. The invention further provides a hazard monitoring system, a hazard detector, and a test device.
US10152877B2	Systems and methods for adaptive detection of audio alarms Systems and methods are provided for the adaptive detection of audio alarms. A system comprises a microphone configured to receive a series of sounds, a memory configured to store a defined set of alarm templates, a communications network interface, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive and analyze sounds for alarm or background sound characteristics and compare them to a defined set of alarm templates stored in the memory. If not contained in the defined set of alarm templates previously stored in the memory, new alarm templates are learned and stored. An alert is then transmitted to a client device that an audio alarm has been recognized.
US10152876B2	Control, monitoring, and/or security apparatus and method An apparatus, including a first controller located at a vehicle which monitors, and detects an event regarding, a system, equipment system, component, device, or equipment, of the vehicle. The vehicle is a shipping container, pallet, tote, or piece of luggage. The first controller generates and transmits a first signal, containing information regarding the event, to a second controller. The second controller is located remote from the vehicle, automatically receives the first signal, and generates and transmits a second signal, containing information regarding the event, via the Internet or World Wide Web to a communication device located remote from the second controller. The apparatus activates, de-activates, disables, re-enables, or controls an operation of, the system, equipment system, component, device, or equipment, of the vehicle.
US10152874B2	Processing alert signals from positioning devices A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
US10152867B2	Portable management and monitoring system for eye drop medication regiment Systems and methods for medication management are provided. Some embodiments provide for a portable medication management and monitoring system for eye drop instillation in ocular chronic conditions. At least one embodiment includes a device having one or more of the following elements: (a) a jacket that goes around an eye drop bottle; (b) tactile sensors to detect the user's fingers and generate data to activate the system; (c) motion sensors to detect the motion of the medication bottle when it is grabbed and moved by the user; (d) a wireless communication module to send and receive data to a computer and portable communication devices; and/or (e) a compartment for holding the electronic components.
US10152863B2	Dual communication frequency RFID circuit equipped with a tamper-evident loop A dual communication frequency RFID circuit includes a logic unit for processing data signals received or transmitted at a first frequency by a first antenna or at a second frequency by a second antenna, and a unit for managing the state of a tamper loop linked to the integrated circuit by two connection terminals. The management unit includes a first low-pass filter linked to a first connection terminal, a second low-pass filter linked to a second connection terminal, a current source for supplying a current through the first low-pass filter, a switch linked at the output of the second low-pass filter, and a first inverter connected between the current source and the first low-pass filter for supplying an output signal for the state of the tamper loop to the logic unit.
US10152862B2	Anti-theft security device and perimeter detection system A security system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a security tag operable for connection to an object, a monitoring device operable to monitor whether a party removes or attempts to remove the security tag from the object; an alarm operable to emit a tamper signal when the monitoring device indicates that a party has removed or attempted to remove the security tag from the object in an unauthorized removal condition, and a remote collector system adapted to communicate with the security tag to set the security tag in the unauthorized removal condition and an authorized removal condition, wherein upon receipt of the tamper signal, the remote collector system generates a security message.
US10152861B2	Wireless security camera system A security camera system, comprising wireless communication components for communicating over first and second wireless communications, and a digital camera system. A data processing system implements a method for providing digital images to an image receiving system. The method includes: establishing a first wireless connection between the security camera system and an external electronic device using the first wireless communication system. Configuration information pertaining to the second wireless communication system is transmitted from the security camera system to the external electronic device using the first wireless connection. Instructions for configuring the security camera system to communicate using the second wireless communication system are transmitted by the external electronic device to the security camera system over the first wireless connection. Captured digital images are then transmitted to the image receiving system over the second wireless communication system.
US10152857B2	Configurable motion detection and alerts for audio/video recording and communication devices Some embodiments provide a method for separating the motion detection zone(s) of an A/V recording and communication device from the motion alert zone(s) of the A/V recording and communication device. For example, an A/V recording and communication device may be configured to generate motion alerts, and to record audio and video footage, when an event is detected within a selected motion alert zone (e.g., within a defined radius around the A/V recording and communication device). However, the A/V recording and communication device may not generate a motion alert for an event detected outside of the selected motion alert zone, even though the device may still record audio and video footage for the detected event (e.g., when the event is within a selected motion detection zone).
US10152855B1	Wireless tamper system Disclosed is a wireless tamper sensor (“WTS”). The WTS includes a transmitter, probe, processing device, and power supply. The processing device is in signal communication with the probe and the power supply is in signal communication with the transmitter and processing device. The processing device includes a processor and a computer-readable medium (“CRM”). The CRM has encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to initiating a tamper state to untampered, detect a physical trigger on the probe, and set the tamper state to tampered in response to detecting the physical trigger.
US10152854B2	Wireless device, management device, and guide system for evacuation route guidance A wireless device is possessed by a user. A reporting unit reports, to a management device, status information regarding the surrounding environment of the wireless device and position information of the wireless device. A requesting unit requests the management device to perform guidance to an evacuation route. An accepting unit accepts an instruction for guidance to an evacuation route from the management device when the requesting unit does not request guidance. A notification unit performs notification of an evacuation route.
US10152852B2	Optical fiber location tracking system An optical fiber cord management system and method is provided to monitor and manage optical fiber cords locations in telecommunication equipment. The system may comprise an antenna to receive a radio signal propagated from an optical fiber cord, and a processor, in communication with the antenna, to receive radio signal data. The processor may determine if the radio signal data matches a modulated radio signal. If the processor determines that the radio signal data associated with the radio signal matches the modulated radio signal, the processor causes a luminescent member to illuminate.
US10152851B2	Notification artifact display A head-mounted display device may display a notification artifact for another display device. Using image data of a physical environment, a three dimensional model of the environment may be generated. Locations of the head-mounted display device and the other display device within the model may be determined. Notification data for the other display device may be received. Based on the location of the other display device relative to the head-mounted display device, the notification artifact for the other display device may be displayed within the physical environment.
US10152850B2	Checkout unit assembly and base for checkout unit assembly A checkout unit assembly (1000) has a first checkout unit (100) and a second checkout unit (200) each having a user interface portion (300) at one side portion. The first checkout unit (100) is disposed above the second checkout unit (200) such that the first checkout unit (100) and the second checkout unit (200) overlap when seen in a plan view. The user interface portion (300) of the first checkout unit (100) and the user interface portion (300) of the second checkout unit (200) are disposed on different side surfaces.
US10152848B2	Delayed bonus win determination Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices having a delayed bonus win determination and methods of operating gaming systems and gaming devices to provide delayed bonus win determinations. Here, contributions to a linked jackpot may be separated from the chance to win the linked jackpot, where the chance to win the linked jackpot can be stored and used at a later time.
US10152835B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device that is applied to a vehicle including a driving support device that executes driving support based on an instruction for use or nonuse of a user includes an electronic control unit, the electronic control unit is configured to execute a destination information acquisition process, a path information acquisition process of acquiring path information, a section setting process of setting a notification available section, an operation information acquisition process of acquiring information on the presence or absence of a user operation, and a notification process of performing a notification to request the user to operate an information providing device and use the driving support device.
US10152826B2	Augmented reality display system, terminal device and augmented reality display method An augmented reality display system includes: a data producing system that produces position information of an object; a cloud server that receives the position information produced by the data producing system; and a terminal device connectable to the cloud server through a network. The terminal device includes: an imaging unit that produces an image data; a camera attitude estimating unit that estimates an attitude of the imaging unit from the image data; a data receiving unit that receives a content and the position information regarding the content from the cloud server; a data overlaying unit that transforms the position information correspondingly to the attitude of the imaging unit estimated by the camera attitude estimating unit, and overlays the content on the image data based on a reference position indicated by the transformed position information to obtain an overlay image data; and a display unit that displays the overlay image data.
US10152823B2	Three-dimensional image processing to locate nanoparticles in biological and nonbiological media Disclosed are various embodiments for methods and systems for three-dimensional imaging of subject particles in media through use of dark-field microscopy. Some examples, among others, include a method for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) volume image of a sample, a method for determining a 3D location of at least one subject particle within a sample, a method for determining at least one spatial correlation between a location of at least one subject particle and a location of at least one cell structure within a cell and/or other similar biological or nonbiological structure, a method of displaying a location of at least one subject particle, method for increasing the dynamic range of a 3D image acquired from samples containing weak and strong sources of light, and method for sharpening a 3D image in a vertical direction.
US10152821B2	Segmented volume rendering with color bleeding prevention In order to prevent color bleeding, a method of volume rendering a three-dimensional (3D) dataset includes identifying, by a processor, a mask that defines a segmented volume within the 3D dataset. The processor identifies a position within the 3D dataset at or adjacent to a boundary defined by the mask, identifies a plurality of voxels within the 3D dataset that are adjacent to the identified position within the 3D dataset, and determine, for each voxel of the plurality of voxels, whether the respective voxel is inside or outside of the identified mask. The processor determines, for each voxel of the plurality of voxels, a weight for the respective voxel based on the determination of whether the respective voxel is inside or outside of the identified mask. The processor determines a voxel value for the identified position based on the determined weights and voxel values for the plurality of voxels, respectively.
US10152819B2	Variable rate shading Methods and devices for rendering graphics in a computer system include a graphical processing unit (GPU) with a flexible, dynamic, application-directed mechanism for varying the rate at which fragment shading is performed for rendering an image to a display. In particular, the described aspects allow different shading rates to be used for different regions of a primitive based on a new, interpolated shading rate parameter. In other words, the described aspects enable the GPU to change shading rates on-the-fly between different fragments of each primitive. Additionally, or independently, the GPU utilizes each respective shading rate parameter to determine how many sample positions to consider to be covered by the computed shaded output, e.g., the fragment color, thereby allowing the color sample to be shared across two or more pixels.
US10152818B2	Techniques for stereo three dimensional image mapping An apparatus may include a processor to retrieve a stereo three dimensional (S3D) frame of an S3D game, the frame comprising a red-green-blue (RGB) frame and depth frame; and an interest aware disparity mapping component to: generate a depth edge frame from the depth frame; and to generate a depth distribution diagram for the depth frame based on the depth edge frame, the depth distribution diagram defining a multiplicity of camera regions for generating a mapped S3D frame for a target device based upon viewing parameters of the target device.
US10152814B2	Image distortion compensation display device and image distortion compensation method using the same A display device capable of image distortion compensation may be provided that includes a display panel which outputs a compensated video signal. The display panel includes: an input interface controller which receives a video signal; a memory which stores the video signal received by the input interface controller; a memory controller which controls an input and an output of the memory; and an image distortion compensation device which handles a pixel position and a pixel value of the video signal stored in the memory and generates the compensated video signal.
US10152810B2	Techniques for displaying data comprising time and angular values acquired from a technical or industrial process A method executed by a computer is provided, including the steps of capturing a plurality of datasets, each dataset at least including a time value and an angular value, and placing pixels representing the datasets in a polar coordinate system at a radial distance from a center according to the time value and at an angle from a reference direction according to the angular value.
US10152800B2	Stereoscopic vision three dimensional measurement method and system for calculating laser speckle as texture The disclosure provides a stereoscopic vision three dimensional measurement method and system calculating a laser speckle as a texture. The measurement method includes that: a forming process of a laser speckle is simulated first, and calculation is performed to obtain a digitized laser speckle diagram, then the laser speckle diagram is outputted onto a film or a photographic dry plate, the laser speckle diagram on the film or the photographic dry plate is projected onto a surface of a measured object subsequently; a left view and a right view of the measured object are acquired finally, and all matching points corresponding to each other are found in the left view and the right view, and then a three dimensional point cloud of the surface of the measured object is reconstructed.
US10152795B2	Visual-based inertial navigation A method includes: receiving sensor measurements from a pre-processing module, in which the sensor measurements include image data and inertial data for a device; transferring, using a processor, information derived from the sensor measurements, from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, in which the first and second windows consecutively overlap in time; and outputting, to a post-processing module, a state of the device based on the transferred information.
US10152791B2	System combining automated searches of radiologic images, accession number assignment, and interfacility peer review A system that helps facilitate the creation of more comprehensive official radiological reports by remotely accessing a patient's prior outside imaging studies along with official radiological reports through a cloud server for comparison to current studies performed at a medical institute. The system includes universal interface software that will allow for previous patient studies to be automatically pulled for direct comparison by using advanced automatic tagging techniques. Additionally the universal interface software allows for more efficient accession number assignment when official second opinions are requested, and a means for interfacility peer review.
US10152781B2	Method for image processing using local statistics convolution A method for filtering a digital image, comprising segmenting the digital image into a plurality of tiles; computing tile histograms corresponding to each of the plurality of tiles; deriving a plurality of tile transfer functions from the tile histograms preferably using 1D convolutions; interpolating a tile transfer function from the plurality of tile transfer functions; and filtering the digital image with the interpolated tile transfer function. Many filters otherwise difficult to conceive or to implement are possible with this method, including an edge-preserving smoothing filter, HDR tone mapping, edge invariant gradient or entropy detection, image upsampling, and mapping coarse data to fine data.
US10152780B2	System and method for finding lines in an image with a vision system This invention provides a system and method for finding multiple line features in an image. Two related steps are used to identify line features. First, the process computes x and y-components of the gradient field at each image location, projects the gradient field over a plurality subregions, and detects a plurality of gradient extrema, yielding a plurality of edge points with position and gradient. Next, the process iteratively chooses two edge points, fits a model line to them, and if edge point gradients are consistent with the model, computes the full set of inlier points whose position and gradient are consistent with that model. The candidate line with greatest inlier count is retained and the set of remaining outlier points is derived. The process then repeatedly applies the line fitting operation on this and subsequent outlier sets to find a plurality of line results. The process can be exhaustive RANSAC-based.
US10152779B2	Method and apparatus for image filtering A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, partitioning the image into a group of blocks, calculating principle bilateral filtered image components for a first subset of the group of blocks where the principle bilateral filtered image components are not calculated for a second subset of the group of blocks, and applying an infinite impulse response filter to the image using the principle bilateral filtered image components. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10152778B2	Real-time face beautification features for video images Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described below including operations for real-time face beautification features for video images.
US10152777B2	Dynamic range coding for images and video For obtaining an good yet easy to use luminance dynamic range conversion, we describe an HDR video decoder (250) comprising an image color processing apparatus (200) arranged to transform an input color (Y′UV_LDR) of a pixel of an input image (Im_in), which input image has a first luminance dynamic range (DR_1), into a red, green and blue color component output color (R′o, G′o, B′o) of a pixel of an output image (Im_res; REC_HDR), which output image has a second luminance dynamic range (DR_2), whereby the peak luminance of the first dynamic range is at least 2 times lower than the peak luminance of the second dynamic range or vice versa, comprising a coarse mapping unit (202; 552) arranged to apply a three-segment brightness re-grading curve which consists of a linear segment for a dark sub-range (SR_d) of the range of lumas of the input image colors comprising the darkest input luma values, which is determined by a slope variable (InvBet), a second linear segment for the lightest input luma values in a bright sub-range (SR_br), which is controlled by a second slope variable (InvAlph), and a parabolic segment in between the two linear segment.
US10152773B2	Creating a blurred area for an image to reuse for minimizing blur operations A processing device receives input representing a selection of a first area of a source image. The processing device sends a request to a server machine for a result image that corresponds to the source image. The processing device, responsive to determining that the server machine does not have the result image, creates a blurred area for the first area, the blurred area corresponding to a portion of the image that contains the first area. The portion of the image having a size that is greater than an aggregate size of the first area and less than the size of the image. The processing device also sends the blurred area to the server machine for storage of the blurred area as the result image. The processing device replaces the first area with the corresponding portion of the blurred area without blurring a remaining area of the image.
US10152772B2	Techniques for sampling sub-pixels of an image Systems, apparatuses, and methods for generating and utilizing sub-pixel sampling patterns on a processor are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes at least multiple execution units and a memory. The processor generates sub-pixel sampling coordinates within each pixel of an image being rendered based on a rotated grid superimposed on the image. The processor also specifies an amount of rotation for the rotated grid. The processor utilizes the sub-pixel sampling coordinates for determining which locations to sample within the image being rendered. The sampling patterns generated based on these techniques enable using more complex and computationally efficient anti-aliasing resolve filters, resulting in higher quality images.
US10152771B1	Correction of motion-based inaccuracy in point clouds Correcting motion-based inaccuracy in point cloud data generated by one or more sensors carried by a scanning platform, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative method includes associating a motion model with a target object of the point cloud, estimating adjusting factors based on the motion model, and adjusting scanning points in the point cloud using the adjusting factors.
US10152766B2	Image processor, method, and chipset for increasing intergration and performance of image processing An image processor, an application processor, a method of operating an image processor, and a chips set of an image processor are provided. The image processor includes a scaler configured to perform scaling on an input image and generate a scaled input image; and a selection circuit configured to transmit the scaled input image to either a low latency memory or a high density memory according to a memory selection signal. The application processor includes a memory configured to store an input image; and an image processor configured to scale the input image, wherein the image processor comprises a scaler configured to perform scaling on the input image and generate a scaled input image and a selection circuit configured to transmit the scaled input image to either a low latency memory or a high density memory according to a memory selection signal.
US10152761B2	Facilitating transactions for health applications designed for mobile devices Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for facilitating transactions for health-related computing products (e.g., mobile health applications or health-related devices). One method includes storing a plurality of lists, each list including health-related computing products approved for compensation by a payer entity. A claim for a health-related computing product is received from a user. The list with which the user is associated is determined. A determination is made whether the health-related computing product included in the claim is listed in the list with which the user is determined to be associated. When the health-related computing product is determined to be listed in the list with which the user is determined to be associated, compensation by the payer is authorized. However, when the health-related computing product is not determined to be listed in the list with which the user is determined to be associated, compensation by the payer is declined.
US10152757B2	Data processing system for managing activities linked to multimedia content An activity management system is configured to allow users to access multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided in to segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with the multimedia content, the user can submit one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, or reactions) using a graphical user interface. The system is operable to electronically link the activity provided by the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system. The system is also configured to determine a sentiment score for particular multimedia content, one or more segments of the particular multimedia content, a user, a group of users, or an organization. The sentiment score may be related to a general mood (e.g., confused, happy, bored) of the user when viewing one or more segments of particular multimedia content.
US10152756B2	System and method for providing multiple payment method options to browser Disclosed is an approach for enabling a user to choose from multiple payment options using a browser API. The method includes determining whether a user interfacing with a site via a browser can make a payment via a first browser payment request application programming interface or a second browser payment request application programming interface. The method includes presenting a dynamically modified buy button that is associated with the selected browser or a user payment account enabled via the selected browser and transmitting, in connection with an interaction with the dynamically modified buy button, a payment request to the selected browser and via the selected browser payment request application programming interface. The user can make the payment using the account type they are using.
US10152750B2	Risk mitigation in an electronic trading system An electronic trading system (ETS) implements risk mitigation methods for orders and quotes associated with a market participant on the ETS. The methods determine a measure of risk associated with one or more trading positions. One of the methods globally counts the number of breaches of risk thresholds associated with a trading symbol and market participant across all matching engines on the ETS over a rolling time period, and if this global risk counter exceeds a maximum, disables all further trades by the market participant on the ETS. Another method limits the number of automatic re-enablements that a market participant can request in response to prior breaches of risk thresholds that resulted in disabling any further trading by the market participant on the ETS.
US10152747B2	Securities trading system A securities trading program for trading individual lots of a security which can be run at a security trader's computer station. The program generates a trading screen comprising a listing of multiple bids for the security, each bid having a price, as well as a listing of multiple priced offers for the security. The bid and offer listings are active, enabling the trader to hit any one of the displayed bids or take any one of the displayed offers, for example by selecting and clicking on a displayed bid or offer. In one embodiment, the bids and offers are arranged in side-by-side columns on the trader's screen, helping the trader to rapidly overview the market for a particular security, and compare different, possibly competitive, securities by paging through level-of-interest windows for each security. The invention's easily manipulated insights into market dynamics offers a sophisticated trader new opportunities to profitably exploit market niches, for example by browsing for attractive bids or offers on closely comparable securities.
US10152736B2	Auto adaptive anomaly detection system for streams A computer-implemented method and system for detecting fraud in electronic commerce traffic are disclosed. A global conversion rate is defined that represents activity related to a purchase made or proxy activity executed during electronic commerce traffic to a commercial website that is indicative of non-fraud activity. Subsets of the electronic commerce traffic to a commercial website are monitored for clusters of activity having a conversion rate that is lower than a global conversion rate by a threshold margin. A number of user-initiated input signals from an input device to navigate from each of one or more affiliate websites to the commercial website, and a number of conversions generated from each of the one or more affiliate websites, are registered by a computer for analysis.
US10152734B1	Systems, methods and computer program products for mapping field identifiers from and to delivery service, mobile storefront, food truck, service vehicle, self-driving car, delivery drone, ride-sharing service or in-store pickup for integrated shopping, delivery, returns or refunds Embodiments disclosed herein can leverage dynamic data, fields and implied information from online media (e.g., web sites, mobile apps and other forms of online media) to create a universal variable map and automatically generate deep-linked ads utilizing the universal variable map, linking any arbitrary online media to any other arbitrary online media. The automatically generated deep-linked ads can be inserted into any ad server and served out from there in real-time. A deep-linked ad thus presented to a user can take the user from a starting page on one site or application where the ad is displayed directly to a resulting page such as a checkout page on another site or mobile application, with pertinent information already pre-populated, and action already initiated for the user.
US10152730B2	Systems and methods for advertising using sponsored verbs and contexts A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry is provided for generating sponsored verbs and contexts. The system includes interface circuitry for receiving a search query from a user device and query processing circuitry for identifying search results comprising entity search result objects and non-entity search result objects related to the search query. Targeting circuitry determines a set of verb keywords associated with the search result objects and analytics circuitry selects one or more sponsored verbs for at least one entity or non-entity search result. Display logic circuitry is communicatively coupled to the interface circuitry and dynamically generates interface elements for each of the one or more sponsored verbs, and displays, in response to the search query, the interface elements as a sub-component of the at least one entity or non-entity search result.
US10152728B2	Informational and advertiser links for use in web mapping services Techniques for identifying groups of local features in an image and presenting advertisement information associated with stored images that match one or more features within the group of local features are described. The techniques include providing an image, identifying a region of interest in the image, providing a user-selectable link associated with the region of interest in the image, receiving a request for the region of interest in the image via the user-selectable link, and presenting advertisement information associated with a stored image that matches one or more features within the requested region of interest.
US10152727B2	System and method for marketing attribution in an enterprise A system and method include a customer engagement platform of an enterprise. The customer engagement platform is configured to connect with an audience computer and provide to the audience computer contact information associated with a marketing attribution. The marketing attribution accompanies an impression served to the audience computer. The impression and marketing attribution associated with the contact information are sent to the customer engagement platform during an interaction with the enterprise.
US10152726B2	Trend-factored RFM scores to improve campaign performance A computer determines an RFM score for each of a plurality of contacts, each RFM value comprising a recency value, a frequency value and a monetary value respectively based on assigning recency values, frequency values, and monetary values of the plurality of contacts to a bin of a group of bins. The computer generates trend factors, based on patterns of sequences of transaction information and timestamps of each transaction for each contact of the plurality of contacts. The computer generates a trend factor, based on the patterns generated for each of the plurality of transactions for each contact of the plurality of contacts, and assigns contacts to generated increasing trend factor bins or decreasing trend factor bins based on applying the trend factor value to at least one of the recency score, the frequency score, and the monetary score, for each contact of the plurality of contacts.
US10152722B2	System and method for providing combination of online coupons, products or services with advertisements, geospatial mapping, related company or local information, and social networking Systems and methods are provided for internet access to online advertisements, auctions, products, services, service providers, media and entertainment, sports, personal & financial network, real estate, service providers and business owners e.g. for business services, healthcare services, specialty financial services, consumer products, specialty retail and media and entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies, social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, and virtual communities and virtual goods (collectively “Products & Services” as any product or service or subgroup thereof), in combination with geospatial website for a multidimensional representation of information and/or scalable versions of web content that comprises social networking and/or socially conscious information and/or activities, and social networking, on a three dimensional geospatial platform using multi-dimensional and scalable geospatial mapping associated with entities providing and/or members of the service and/or social networking.
US10152721B2	Aggregate scoring of tagged content across social bookmarking systems Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to social bookmarking and provide a method, system and computer program product for aggregating scoring of tagged content across social bookmarking systems. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for aggregating scoring of tagged content across social bookmarking systems can be provided. The method can include combining tag scores for a tag in content across multiple different social bookmarking systems into a single aggregate tag score and applying the single aggregate tag score to the tag in the content. In this regard, combining tag scores for a tag in content across multiple different social bookmarking systems into a single aggregate tag score can include computing either a simple or a weighted average of the tag scores for the tag to produce the single aggregate score.
US10152719B2	Virtual photorealistic digital actor system for remote service of customers A system for remote servicing of customers includes an interactive display unit at the customer location providing two-way audio/visual communication with a remote service/sales agent, wherein communication inputted by the agent is delivered to customers via a virtual Digital Actor on the display. The system also provides for remote customer service using physical mannequins with interactive capability having two-way audio visual communication ability with the remote agent, wherein communication inputted by the remote service or sales agent is delivered to customers using the physical mannequin. A web solution integrates the virtual Digital Actor system into a business website. A smart phone solution provides the remote service to customers via an App. In another embodiment, the Digital Actor is instead displayed as a 3D hologram. The Digital Actor is also used in an e-learning solution, in a movie studio suite, and as a presenter on TV, online, or other broadcasting applications.
US10152716B2	Secure electronic commerce Secure transactions are achieved over a public network by using a private network to handle the sensitive information of the transaction. When a client requests a product from a vendor server over a public network, the vendor server notifies a facilitation server on the public network. This results in the client receiving a set of computer readable instructions from the facilitation server. The set of instructions provide access instructions to a transaction server system on the private network so that sensitive transaction information is sent to the transaction server system on the private network rather than over the public Internet. Where the sensitive information is credit card information, the transaction server system may obtain authorization for the transaction from a financial institution and then notify the vendor accordingly. Where the sensitive information is the identity of a user of the client, the transaction server may selectively authorize the transaction without the vendor being apprised of the identity of a user of the client. Secure communications may also be achieved by sending sensitive communications over the private network.
US10152715B2	Detection of an unauthorized wireless communication device A technique for the detection of an unauthorized wireless communication device includes monitoring of Bluetooth® communications activity by a Bluetooth® capable communication device. Any monitored communication activity is analyzed against parameters that are predefined to detect suspected illegal activity. If illegal activity is suspected by the analysis, an alert is generated for a system administrator. The predefined parameters associate illegal activity with; data that includes credit card numbers and expiration dates, credit card transaction logging information, non-discoverable devices, activity after store hours, exceedingly long activity, etc.
US10152713B2	Automated fraud detection for point-of-sale devices Techniques and arrangements for detecting potentially fraudulent transactions made on a point-of-sale (POS) device. In some instances, the POS device may upload a batch of authorization requests corresponding to transactions made on the POS device while the POS device was in an offline mode. A payment service may receive this batch and, as opposed to processing the entire batch, may select a subset for processing. After selecting the subset, the payment service may attempt to authorize payment instruments associated with each transaction of the subset. The payment service may then compare an amount of declined payment instruments to a threshold. If the amount is greater than the threshold, then the payment service may flag the subset and/or the batch as fraudulent and may refrain from processing further transactions of the batch.
US10152712B2	Inspecting event indicators A user inspects at least one indicator of an event. The user enables a token corresponding to an account of an aggregating entity to be received by a transaction entity and identifies at least one type of event of interest to be reported by the transaction entity to the aggregating entity. The user obtains and inspects at least one indicator from the account of the aggregating entity, where each obtained indicator is adapted to be created by the aggregating entity based upon an event message received from the transaction entity. The event message comprises the token, which is adapted to be used by the aggregating entity to identify the account and the event message corresponds to an occurrence of an event of at least one type of event of interest to be reported by the transaction entity to the aggregating entity.
US10152706B2	Secure NFC data authentication A mobile device includes a wireless transceiver, a host processor, a secure element (SE), and a near field communication (NFC) system having an NFC transceiver and an NFC controller implementing a contactless front end. The contactless front end routes a near field communication related to a payment transaction between the NFC system and the SE without going to or from the host processor. The contactless front end routes a near field communication not related to a payment transaction, but requiring a security function, between the NFC system and the SE without going to or from the host processor. The contactless front end routes a near field communication not related to a payment transaction, and not requiring a security function, between the NFC system and host processor without going to or from the SE.
US10152701B2	Method and apparatus for providing a gift using a mobile communication network and system including the apparatus The present disclosure provides a method of providing a gift icon using a communication network. The method includes: providing, by a terminal, information about products to a messenger, which is a terminal operating software for transmitting and receiving messages and data in real time through a wired communication network; when the terminal selects a product, a counterpart terminal and a request button for a gift request, transmitting, by the terminal, a gift icon corresponding to the product to the counterpart terminal connected with the terminal through the messenger; and when the counterpart terminal selects an acceptance message in response to the gift request, providing, by the counterpart terminal, the gift icon corresponding to the product to the terminal or a first mobile terminal registered in the messenger.
US10152700B2	Wireless transactions for enhancing customer experience Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for facilitating a wireless transaction by coupling or associating an identifier to a location. The identifier is read, retrieved, or received by a customer's wireless communication device to connect to a POS terminal. Once connected, the wireless communication device sends a location identifier to the POS terminal, so that the POS terminal can associate the wireless communication device with the location. Once an association is established, the POS terminal then presents options. The POS terminal receives selections, and alerts a staff member of selections and the location. In many instances, the POS terminal also adds the selection to a bill or an invoice.
US10152698B2	System and method for mobile payments in a vehicle A payment server configured to share payments among occupants of a vehicle. The payment server receives a payment request comprising a payment amount and a vehicle identification, accesses a database record associated with the vehicle identification, the record including an identification and seat position of each vehicle occupant as determined from a mobile device of each occupant, and identifies the vehicle driver. The server transmits to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system a first billing message associated with the payment request, the IVI system displaying the first billing message on a screen of an IVI head unit. The first billing message offers the driver an option to share the payment amount with a second occupant of the vehicle.
US10152697B2	Monitoring apparatus, monitoring method and non-transitory computer-readable medium A monitoring apparatus comprises: a processing unit that determines, if received type information of one or more other monitoring apparatuses does not match type information of the monitoring apparatus, one or more apparatuses that serve as monitoring targets of the monitoring apparatus from among a plurality of apparatuses that were being monitored by the one or more other monitoring apparatuses; a notification unit that notifies a management server of information on the one or more other monitoring apparatuses whose monitoring target was changed and of the type information of the monitoring apparatus; and a transmission unit that collects, after the notification unit made notification, operation information on the one or more apparatuses that were determined by the processing unit as monitoring targets of the monitoring apparatus, and transmits the collected operation information to the management server.
US10152690B2	Location and time based smart label updates for auto currency conversion, symbol and item level description Systems and methods for managing inventory pricing. The methods comprise: programming, at a first location, an Electronic Smart Tag (“EST”) with at least first item level information comprising a first item description in a first language and a first item price in a first monetary currency; outputting the first item level information from the EST; and automatically replacing the first item level information being output from the EST with second item level information in response to the ESTs arrival at a second location different than and remote from the first location. The second item level information comprises the first item description in a second language different than the first language and the first item price in a second monetary currency different than the first monetary currency.
US10152687B2	Application directory Building and maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of applications deployed throughout an organization are described. In one aspect, an application directory facilitates automated and standardized entry of information on an application. The application directory provides a series of browser-rendered interfaces that collects data about the application. These different types of data are organized according to a logical data model that defines multiple hierarchical levels of data types and relationships amongst the hierarchical levels. The collection of registered applications forms an inventory that may be used to manage these assets. In another aspect, the application directory allows authorized users to manage the inventory of applications.
US10152685B1	Dynamic vehicle routing for regional clusters Techniques described herein are directed towards dynamically adding new pickup orders to an existing route structure. In at least some embodiments, a service provider separates a number of vendors into separate clusters based on one or more attributes. For example, the vendors may be separated by geographic region. The service provider may then identify a set of routes that are associated with each of the vendor clusters and run optimization techniques on that set of routes. The set of routes may be filtered based on attributes of the route. In some embodiments, the service provider may make a route alteration that accommodates the new pickup order.
US10152680B1	Appointment and payment handling An appointment and payment handling system may operate to handle payments for appointments. In advance of an appointment, the appointment and payment handling system may send a reminder to customer devices of the customers associated with the appointment, and then receive a response that includes a requested change to the appointment. The requested change may comprise a net increase in the number of customers associated with the appointment and an updated cost-splitting arrangement for dividing appointment costs between the customers. The appointment and payment handling system may seek and receive approval of the change from the merchant. Upon determining that the appointment is completed, the appointment and payment handling system may process payment based at least in part on the updated cost-splitting arrangement.
US10152676B1	Distributed training of models using stochastic gradient descent Features are disclosed for distributing the training of models over multiple computing nodes (e.g., servers or other computing devices). Each computing device may include a separate copy of the model to be trained, and a subset of the training data to be used. A computing device may determine updates for parameters of the model based on processing of a portion of the training data. A portion of those updates may be selected for application to the model and synchronization with other computing devices. In some embodiments, the portion of the updates is selected based on a threshold value. Other computing devices can apply the received portion of the updates such that the copy of the model being trained in each individual computing device may be substantially synchronized, even though each computing device may be using a different subset of training data to train the model.
US10152675B2	Adaptive analytical behavioral and health assistant system and related method of use This present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing an Adaptive Analytical Behavioral and Health Assistant. These systems and methods may include collecting one or more of patient behavior information, clinical information, or personal information; learning one or more patterns that cause an event based on the collected information and one or more pattern recognition algorithms; identifying one or more interventions to prevent the event from occurring or to facilitate the event based on the learned patterns; preparing a plan based on the collected information and the identified interventions; and/or presenting the plan to a user or executing the plan.
US10152670B2	Wood inlay card and method for making the same A transaction card construction and a method for making a transaction card are provided for improving card performance. The transaction card construction comprises an inlay component comprising wood and a housing component. The inlay may comprise a wood or wood-containing layer and a backer layer. The backer layer may comprise the same or a different wood or wood-containing layer, or a non-woven fiber material.
US10152669B2	Transaction card having an electrically applied coating A transaction card may comprise a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. An electrically applied coating may be formed on the electrically conductive surface. The transaction card may be manufactured by forming a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. The method may also include applying an electrically applied coating to the electrically conductive surface.
US10152666B2	Authentication article and process for making same An authentication article includes: a substrate including: a first surface; a second surface disposed laterally to the first surface and at a depth below the first surface; and a plurality of indentations including the depth at the second surface of the substrate; and an array disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of analytes, the analytes being disposed in the indentations at a depth below a first surface of the substrate and provided to emit an authentication signature in response to being subjected to a probe stimulus. A process for authenticating the authentication article includes: providing the authentication article; subjecting the analytes to a probe stimulus; acquiring a response from the plurality of analytes in response to being subjected to the probe stimulus; and determining whether the response is the authentication signature to authenticate the, wherein the authentication article is not authenticated if the response is not the authentication signature for the array.
US10152665B2	Method and system for transmission of information A method for visual transmission and reception of repeatedly changing information comprises repeatedly performing the following set of actions, receiving a first set of information to transmit, the first set of information is an update of a previously received set of information, generating an information carrying first pattern representing the first set of information; displaying the information carrying first pattern in a first color; receiving a second set of information to transmit, the second set of information is an update of the first set of information; generating an information carrying second pattern representing the second set of information; displaying the information carrying second pattern in a second color, the second color differs from the first color; and wherein one of the information carrying patterns is statically displayed when another one of the information carrying patterns is updated.
US10152664B2	Backlit display detection and radio signature recognition A method of capturing an image of a barcode from a backlit display device includes monitoring radio signals proximal to a device operable for scanning barcodes, with at least one coil, wire, and/or antenna disposed within the device operable for scanning barcodes; detecting radio interference caused by a backlit display device proximal to the device operable for scanning barcodes; interpreting a pattern of the radio interference to determine one or more technical characteristics of the backlit display device; using the determined technical characteristics of the backlit display device for automatically adjusting scanning settings of the device operable for scanning barcodes; and capturing an image of a barcode displayed on the backlit display device.
US10152662B2	Apparatus and method for generating 2D barcode and apparatus for extracting 2D barcode information An apparatus and method for generating a two-dimensional (2D) barcode and an apparatus for extracting 2D barcode information. The apparatus for generating a 2D barcode includes a metadata creation unit for creating metadata corresponding to insertion data and a 2D barcode, a data conversion unit for generating data blocks by converting the insertion data based on the metadata, a pattern generation unit for generating metadata patterns and data block patterns by substituting respective predefined symbols for the metadata and the data blocks, and a 2D barcode generation unit for generating a 2D barcode that contains distortion correction patterns, the metadata patterns, and the data block patterns.
US10152661B2	Structurally encoded component and method of manufacturing structurally encoded component A method of inserting a data structure into a component using a 3D printer is provided. The method includes providing the data structure having at least one structural parameter associated with the component, converting the data structure into indicia representative of the data structure, and manufacturing the component containing the indicia.
US10152660B2	Smart card read/write method and apparatus A smart card read/write method is performed at a terminal, including: sensing a touch event of a smart card, and obtaining an application identifier corresponding to the touch event; searching for a third-party application link corresponding to the application identifier, and capturing and displaying a web page corresponding to the third-party application link, the web page comprising a function menu and an instruction script corresponding to options in the function menu being preselected from a preset standard script library; obtaining an option triggered in the function menu on the web page, and sending a smart card control request to a platform application server by executing an instruction script corresponding to the triggered option; and receiving a smart card control instruction returned by the platform application server, and invoking a corresponding interface function according to the smart card control instruction to read/write the smart card.
US10152657B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method of color image An image processing device performs: breaking down a drawing command into horizontal line parameters each indicating a drawing parameter on a line-by-line basis; and reading, from a translucent image storage unit configured to store a translucent image including a translucency value indicating a transmission rate of a color value corresponding to pixel for each of a plurality of pixels, the translucency values of pixels corresponding to the horizontal line parameter, and writing color values designated by the horizontal line parameter directly into a color image storage unit configured to store a color image including a color value for each of a plurality of pixels as the color values of the respective pixels corresponding to the horizontal line parameter without reading the color values of the pixels corresponding to the horizontal line parameter from the color image storage unit, when all of the read translucency values indicate transparent.
US10152642B2	Method for detecting driving behavior and system using the same A method for detecting driving behavior and a system using the same is disclosed. Firstly, at least one user image comprising an arm image and a head behavior image is retrieved. Then, a processor retrieves the arm image to compare with arm sample images stored in a database. The arm image corresponds to the arm sample image to determine a normal driving behavior. The arm image does not correspond to the arm sample image to determine an abnormal driving behavior, whereby the processor retrieves the head behavior image to compare with head regulation-violating sample images stored in the database. The head behavior image does not correspond to the head regulation-violating sample image to determine a normal driving behavior. The head behavior image corresponds to the head regulation-violating sample image to determine an abnormal driving behavior and output a second-level warning signal, thereby warning a driver.
US10152641B2	Artificial intelligence based vehicle dashboard analysis A portable computing device equipped with an image capture device captures an image of a vehicle dashboard of a vehicle. Then, the portable computing device identifies the location of one or more components of the vehicle dashboard in the captured image. Based on the location of the one or more components, the portable computing device segments the captured image to obtain an image of each of the one or more components. Further, the portable computing device processes the images of the one or more components using one or more machine learning models to determine a reading associated with each of the one or more components. An accuracy of the readings is verified and responsively, the portable computing device inputs the readings in respective data fields of an electronic form. The readings associated with the one or more components of the vehicle dashboard represent data associated with the vehicle.
US10152640B2	System and method for verification of lamp operation According to the present invention, a system for verifying a lamp operation includes: a camera for acquiring an image around the vehicle; and an image processor for determining whether the lamp is broken based on the image acquired by the camera, in which the image processor receives a turn on state of the lamp through internal communication of the vehicle connected to the lamp and is operated in synchronization with timing at which the lamp is turned on and the image processor determines whether the lamp is broken by comparing images before and after the lamp is turned on if it is determined that the lamp is turned on.
US10152635B2	Unsupervised online learning of overhanging structure detector for map generation Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, and systems are provided for training a network to act as an overhanging structure detector using an unsupervised machine learning technique. An image is received that was captured by an image capturing device in communication with a probe apparatus on board a vehicle, wherein the image comprises at least a portion of a roadway. A sky projection is generated based on at least a portion of the image. It is determined whether the sky projection comprises a feature that defines a feature direction that is substantially non-vertical. Responsive to determining that the sky projection does comprise a feature that defines a feature direction that is substantially non-vertical, it is determined that the image comprises an overhanging structure.
US10152634B2	Methods and systems for contextually processing imagery Arrangements are detailed to process imagery of an object, captured by a camera, based on contextual data that at least partially characterizes a condition of the object when the imagery was captured. Contextual data can be obtained directly by a sensor or can be derived by pre-processing the captured imagery. The captured imagery can be processed to detect features such as digital watermarks, fingerprints, barcodes, etc. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US10152632B2	Dynamic brightness and resolution control in virtual environments Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology to dynamically control a display in response to ocular characteristic measurements of at least one eye of a user.
US10152630B2	Methods and systems of performing blob filtering in video analytics Techniques and systems are provided for processing video data. For example, techniques and systems are provided for performing content-adaptive blob filtering. A number of blobs generated for a video frame is determined. A size of a first blob from the blobs is determined, the first blob including pixels of at least a portion of a first foreground object in the video frame. The first blob is filtered from the plurality of blobs when the size of the first blob is less than a size threshold. The size threshold is determined based on the number of the plurality of blobs generated for the video frame.
US10152629B2	Methods of processing data from multiple image sources to provide normalized confidence levels for use in improving performance of a recognition processor A method comprises receiving from a first data source first recognition results which are associated with the first data source, and receiving from a second data source second recognition results which are associated with the second data source. The method further comprises, processing a first set of confidence levels associated with the first recognition results to provide a first set of normalized confidence levels associated with the first data source, and processing a second set of confidence levels associated with the second recognition results to provide a second set of normalized confidence levels associated with the second data source. The method also comprises storing the first set of normalized confidence levels associated with the first data source in a first table of normalized confidence levels and the second set of normalized confidence levels associated with the second data source in a second table of normalized confidence levels.
US10152626B2	Fingerprint recognition sensor and terminal device Disclosed is a fingerprint identification sensor, which comprises: a sensor unit, comprising a capacitor array formed by a plurality of capacitor induction units and having an output, a power supply and a sensor ground output; a conversion circuit, connected to the device ground of the terminal device, and the output and the sensor ground of the sensor unit, and configured to, upon modulating the driving signal to the modulated signal, output the modulated signal to the sensor ground; an energy storage capacitor, connected between the power supply and the sensor ground, and configured to stabilize an operating voltage of the sensor unit; a high-speed transistor switch, connected to the power supply, and configured to perform synchronous switch-on and switch-off according to status of the conversion circuit power supply; and a power supply, connected to the conversion circuit and the power supply of the sensor unit via the high-speed transistor switch.
US10152625B2	Method for providing control function using fingerprint sensor and electronic device thereof An apparatus and a method for providing a control function using a fingerprint sensor in an electronic device are provided. The method includes collecting information based on occurrence of an event, detecting a touch input on a fingerprint sensor, and performing a control function for the information based on the touch input on the fingerprint sensor.
US10152624B2	Portable scanner with improved user feedback A portable scanner with improved user feedback provides scan data to a networked computing node via a wireless interface and the Internet. The portable scanner receives user feedback information from the networked computing node via the wireless interface and the Internet. The user feedback information indicates successful entry of the scan data into a database, or alternatively successful receipt of the scan data by the networked computing node. The portable scanner sets a scan status indicator to a final state in response to the user feedback information. Optionally, the database is a remote database that a local database is synchronized with, and/or the database is associated with the networked computing node. Optionally the portable scanner is wearable. Optionally the portable scanner is compatible with barcode and/or RFID technologies.
US10152620B2	Method and apparatus for tracking objects and people An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects.
US10152618B2	Reader, writer and method for programmable tags A tag writer, reader and method are disclosed. The tag writer is operable to generate a security identifier during writing of data to the tag, the security identifier being dependent on one or more of the data written, data already on the tag, metadata associated with the data, the tag and/or the writing of the data.
US10152617B2	Methods, systems and apparatus to improve radio frequency identification (RFID) tag communication Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve radio frequency identification (RFID) tag communication. An example disclosed apparatus includes an RFID reader monitor to activate a first RFID reader and deactivate a second RFID reader during a first tag data acquisition at a first time, and deactivate the first RFID reader and activate the second RFID reader during a second tag data acquisition at a second time, a tag logger to identify a first set of RFID tags detected by the first RFID reader at the first time, and identify a second set of RFID tags detected by the second RFID reader at the second time, and a group generator to improve RFID tag communication by identifying which one of the first RFID reader and the second RFID reader communicates with a common RFID tag.
US10152615B2	Fraud prevention A method of detecting interference with a fraud prevention transmitter on a self-service terminal is described. The method comprises: detecting presentation of a card at a card reader; attempting to detect a customer while the card is presented; and triggering an alarm event if the customer is not detected while the card is presented on a predetermined number of occasions.
US10152611B2	Identifying and preventing leaks of sensitive information Determining sensitive information and preventing the unauthorized or unintended dissemination of such information are disclosed. Terms are determined from documents associated with users in a network. Distributions among users and relative frequencies with which the terms are used are determined. Link strengths between users are calculated. Based on the distribution of the terms, the relative frequencies of use among the user profiles and link strengths between users conducting information transactions that include the terms, a sensitivity level for each term can be determined. To determine whether a particular information transaction with particular terms may be conducted between two users in the network, a combination of link strength between the users and sensitivity level of the terms with respect to the users or users' profiles are considered. If the information transaction includes terms that are unknown to one of the users, then a warning or alarm can be raised.
US10152608B2	Healthcare privacy violation detection and investigation system and method A method for detecting privacy violations of patient personal healthcare information (PHI) can include receiving audit logs from all systems within a healthcare facility. These audit logs are generated any time PHI is accessed. The Healthcare Privacy Violation Detection System (HPV-DS) compares these generate audit logs to prior access history of the employee or authorized user that generated the audit log. If any field in the generated audit log is different from the authorized user's prior access history, the risk of a privacy violation is assessed and a risk score is assigned. For audit logs that differ from past access history enough, an alert turned on and the audit log is flagged for administrators to review.
US10152606B2	Enterprise level data element review systems and methodologies An enterprise level data element review system including a data access event collection subsystem operative to collect data access event notifications relating to ones of a multiplicity of data elements, a data element metadata modification subassembly receiving an output from the data access event collection subsystem and providing a script indicating which data elements have had a metadata modification over a given period of time, and a data element dancer operative to collect at least one of metadata and access permissions for a plurality of data elements which is substantially less than the multiplicity of data elements and is selected on the basis of the script.
US10152605B2	Systems and methods for front-end and back-end data security protocols A security framework and methodology is provided which provides front-end security through authentication and authorization, and back-end security through a virtual private data-store created within an insecure environment using existing object-relational mapping (ORM) layers or database drivers. The front-end security utilizes numerous multi-factor authentication metrics and a distributed denial of service (DDoS) cryptographic boundary to proactively attack malicious users using a cryptographic puzzle, and the back-end security provides data encryption and decryption, data privacy, data integrity, key management, pattern monitoring, audit trails and security alerts while simultaneously hiding the complexity behind an identical or similar ORM or database drive application programming interface (API).
US10152603B2	Systems and methods for detecting sensitive information leakage while preserving privacy Systems and methods for privacy-preserving data loss detection include performing a sweep of online information for a candidate data leakage to generate an online data set; performing an analysis of the online data set to determine that the online information is a candidate data leakage; the host encrypting the data communication and providing the host-encrypted data communication to a software agent at the enterprise; in response to receiving the host-encrypted data communication, the software agent encrypting a database of enterprise information and re-encrypting the host-encrypted data communication, and providing the same to the host; the host decrypting a host-encrypted aspect of the re-encrypted data communication to generate a software agent-encrypted data communication; determining whether a match exists between the encrypted database of information and the software agent-encrypted data communication; and based on whether the match exists, the software agent taking a first action or the host taking a second action.
US10152602B2	Protecting state information for virtual machines A processing system includes a processor that implements registers to define a state of a virtual machine (VM) running on the processor. The processor detects exit conditions of the VM. The processing system also includes a memory element to store contents of the registers in a first data structure that is isolated from a hypervisor of the VM in response to the processor detecting an exit condition. The VM is to selectively expose contents of a subset of the registers to the hypervisor.
US10152595B2	Container and image scanning for a platform-as-a-service system A method of container and image scanning includes storing at a central scan store of a multi-tenant system, an image scan result for a container image, the container image for executing functionality of applications and comprising layers, wherein the image scan result generated by a scan process comprising scanning a top layer of the container image, the remaining layers of the container image are immutable, verifying a clean status of the remaining layers of the container image with the central scan store, and transmitting the image scan result for the container image, the image scan result being clean in response to a clean result returned for the scanning and successful verification of the clean status of the remaining layers. The method further includes responsive to receiving a container image scan result request for the container image, transmitting the image scan result for the container image.
US10152594B2	Method and device for identifying virus APK Disclosed are a method and a device for identifying a virus APK. The method comprises: presetting a virus database comprising virus characteristic codes; detecting that a designated file in a target Android installation package APK contains at least one of the virus characteristic codes; and determining that the target Android installation package APK is a virus APK. In the application, the virus APK and a variation thereof can be rapidly, accurately and effectively identified, thereby improving the security of an APK application.
US10152593B2	Method and device for identifying pirated dongle A method and a device for identifying pirated dongle are provided. The method includes: determining by an identification device whether any dongle is connected to host; obtaining preset data from a detection list having data volume larger than storage capacity of the dongle; obtaining first input data and first output data; sending the first input data to the dongle; receiving fifth output data; judging whether the fifth output data is identical to the first output data; determining the dongle as legitimate if judgment result is positive; determining the dongle as pirated if judgment result is negative. The detection list has data volume larger than storage capacity of the dongle; during identification, the legitimate dongle returns correct output data based on a cryptographic algorithm, while the pirated dongle without the correct cryptographic algorithm returns wrong data; therefore, the identification device may identify pirated dongle, and protection for dongle is improved.
US10152590B2	Implementing a WebSocket server to circumvent access controls, by a web browser, on a web application Operations include executing a WebSocket server on a machine executing a web browser; establishing a connection between the WebSocket server and the web browser; receiving, by the WebSocket server from the web browser, a request requiring execution of a local application on the machine; and executing, by the WebSocket server, the local application to serve the request.
US10152583B2	Security information update system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with security information update program Each of the plurality of information processing apparatus includes an operation panel, a storage that stores security information, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor registers an administrator, when a user is registered as the administrator, authenticates the user, and when the user is authenticated, executes a first process of updating any of the stored security information, and a second process of setting the information processing apparatus in accordance with an operation by the authenticated user, and when the user is not registered as the administrator and is authenticated as an administrator in communicable another information processing apparatus, executes the first process but not the second process.
US10152582B2	System and method for securing, and providing secured access to encrypted global identities embedded in a QR code A computer implemented method for use of encrypted identity on a QR code encoded onto a permanent medium. The system includes mechanism to generate the encrypted identity into a QR code. Also, at patient authentication, the encrypted identity in QR code is read through a custom application. The custom application decrypts the double encrypted global ID using the application encryption key. The server decrypts the application decrypted ID using the server key and date of the encryption. The decrypted global ID is then used to match with the patient information.
US10152581B2	Methods and systems for data entry User identities, password, etc. represent the barrier between a user's confidential data and any other third party seeking to access this data. As multiple software applications, web applications, web services, etc. embody this confidential data it is a tradeoff between easy recollection of said identities, passwords, etc. and data security. Generally for most users the balance is too far to convenience and ease of recollection such that the probability of third party illegally accessing the confidential data increases. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for users as well as organizations providing/controlling access to systems, resources, and data to be provided with an automatic means of entering password and/or security credential information without the user, for example, selecting the password, knowing the password, having access to the password, or entering the password where the organizations providing/controlling access can establish geo-fences relating to the credential information.
US10152579B2	Network information system with license registration and method of operation thereof A network information system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: an extraction module for extracting a unique device identification for sending to an e-commerce server, wherein the unique device identification is extracted from a network-connected device with a software application installed and not activated on the network-connected device; a settlement process module, coupled to the extraction module, for generating a notification based on the unique device identification for sending to a license server; and a key generation module, coupled to the settlement process module, for generating a product key for the unique device identification based on the notification for activating the software application to run on a computing device.
US10152573B2	System and methods for optimizing costs based on care plans A system enables users to customize a “total care plan”, which consists of a set of in-home care tasks plus additional caregiving related attributes such as time for carrying out a task, supplies needed, and estimated cost for each task. In this system, total care plans are used to plan, schedule and manage a person's daily life for elderly or people with long-term health issues. The included methods provide users ways to optimize the cost of products and services needed to carry out their care plan that meet their quality and financial requirements, and caregiving or health constraints. Methods are provided to further reduce the total cost of the products or services by leveraging the resources they already have, and applying their insurances or social benefits. Methods that offer users the option of applying various ways to get volume discounts are also provided which further optimize costs.
US10152570B2	Method and apparatus for processing medical image data An apparatus for processing medical image data, includes a controller configured to select an image group including pieces of original image data according to a digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) standard. The controller is also configured to generate hierarchy information regarding a hierarchy structure of the image group by analyzing each piece of the original image data included in the image group, generate common data information by extracting, from each piece of the original image data, common data elements regarding respective classes that form the hierarchy structure based on the hierarchy information, generate common information regarding the image group based on the hierarchy information and the common data information, and perform data processing on the image group based on the common information. The apparatus also includes a memory configured to store the common information including the hierarchy information and the common data information.
US10152567B2	Early overlay prediction and overlay-aware mask design Various embodiments include computer-implemented methods, computer program products and systems for analyzing at least one feature in a layout representing an integrated circuit (IC) for an overlay effect. In some cases, approaches include a computer-implemented method including: modeling a topography of the IC by running at least one of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) model, a deposition model or an etch model on a data file representing the IC after formation of an uppermost layer; modeling the at least one feature in the IC for an overlay effect using the topography model of the IC; and modifying the data file representing the IC after formation of the uppermost layer in response to detecting the overlay effect in the at least one feature, the overlay effect occurring in a layer underlying the uppermost layer.
US10152564B2	Methods and systems for generating user interface for processing building information modeling (BIM)-based data A method for operating a BIM system is provided. The method includes at a BIM server, generating a network accessible graphical user interface (GUI) simultaneously displaying a 3-dimensional rendering of a building model, a hierarchical structure of building model data, and a Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) spreadsheet, the building model, hierarchical structure of building model data, and a COBie spreadsheet being associatively linked.
US10152563B2	System and method for designing accessible and usable spaces having built-in furnishings in a multi-unit environment Systems and methods for designing accessible and usable spaces having built-in elements in multi-unit environments are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system for designing accessible spaces, the system includes a library storing multiple pre-designed universal built-in elements. Each of the pre-designed universal built-in elements includes structural data indicative of clear floor space compliance, reach range compliance, and operable parts compliance. Also, the structural data is indicative of anthropometric data compliance for non-physically challenged and physically challenged persons. A design engine configured to communicate with a user interface provides for design choices by a user and the generation of plan drawings.
US10152557B2	Efficient similarity ranking for bipartite graphs Systems and methods offer an efficient approach to computing similarity rankings in bipartite graphs. An example system includes at least one processor and memory storing a bipartite graph having a first set and a second set of nodes, with nodes in the first set being connected to nodes in the second set by edges. The memory also stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to assign each node in the second set to one of a plurality of categories and, for each of the plurality of categories, generate a subgraph. The subgraph comprises of a subset of nodes in the first set and edges linking the nodes in the subset, where the nodes in the subset are selected based on connection to a node in the second set that is assigned to the category. The system uses the subgraph to respond to queries.
US10152556B1	Semantic modeling platform A semantic modeling platform is disclosed for creating and modifying data objects to better accommodate data in databases and/or web services. The platform creates an ontology based on the data and compares it to the ontology of the data object, such as a database table or web services instance. Based on the comparison the platform modifies the ontology, which is used to create or modify the data object.
US10152548B2	Locating mobile users In one embodiment, respective user devices may be registered for one or more particular users at a particular physical space, and each of the one or more particular users may be associated with a respective user profile. The system monitors a location of each of the particular users within the particular physical space based on a corresponding location of the respective user device, such that upon receiving a search query for a particular type of user within the particular physical space, and determining one or more resultant users that correspond to the particular type of user based on the associated respective user profiles, the system can determine a location of the one or more resultant users. As such, the system can display, on a graphical user interface (GUI), the location of the one or more resultant users on a virtualized map of the particular physical space.
US10152547B2	Pattern matching for content in digital magazine A digital magazine server logs user interactions with content provided by the server, including the topic of the content and time of the interaction by the user. For each user of the server, the server segments the time interval (e.g., a day) of the user's interactions with content into time periods, e.g., fixed time periods or automatically determined time periods, and ranks topics of interest for each time period. The server also obtains a list of topics that each user interacted with each day. The digital magazine server uses a time segmentation module based on content interaction data and associated timing information from the users of the server. Upon receiving a request for content from a user, the digital magazine server ranks the content for display to the user based on the match between the content and the ranked topics for the user during the current time associated with the request.
US10152544B1	Viral content propagation analyzer in a social networking system Some embodiments include a method of detecting and analyzing virally propagating subject matter in a social networking system. The method includes processing user activities in the social networking system through a relevancy filter to identify a subset of user activities that are relevant to a viral propagation study. The social networking system can construct, in response to selecting a user activity as a graph exploration seed, a user activity cascade by exploring the social graph in the social networking system, starting from a social network node corresponding to the user activity. The user activity cascade can comprise social network nodes found during the graph exploration. The social networking system can determine that the user activity cascade is virally propagating based at least upon a total size of the user activity cascade.
US10152540B2	Linking thumbnail of image to web page A method, performed by an electronic device, for linking a thumbnail of an image and at least one web page is disclosed. In this method, the image including at least one text region may be accessed in a storage unit. At least one text region may be detected in the image and at least one character string in the at least one text region may be recognized. Further, the method may include selecting the at least one web page from the plurality of web pages and linking the thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
US10152538B2	Suggested search based on a content item A note sharing system is presented with a content management system. Note sharing system manages creation and distribution of edits to notes to users sharing notes. Notes are stored as a series of edits at note sharing system. When an edit to a note is received, the edit is propagated to users subscribed to a note by a backend server responsible for managing the note. The sharing users are notified through notes servers associated with each sharing user. Notes server includes various indices for searching notes and allows notes to be searched quickly to organize viewing by a user of notes and identification of relevant material in notes. The stored edits are used to display edits to a note to a user by replaying the accessed note to the user.
US10152533B2	System, method and interface for providing a search result using segment constraints A method for providing a search result includes receiving a user query and determining, in response to receiving the user query, a set of segment candidates based on the user query and an indexing structure. The indexing structure is associated with at least one segment constraint. The method further includes ranking the set of segment candidates and providing a result associated with the set of segment candidates. Another method includes ranking each segment within the set of segment candidates based on a set of prioritized features. Another method has the at least one segment constraint including at least one of a critical keyword and an exclusionary keyword. Another method further includes excluding a segment based on the at least one segment constraint comprising the exclusionary keyword.
US10152532B2	Method and system to associate meaningful expressions with abbreviated names A method of associating a meaningful term with a first abbreviated name includes selecting a first meaningful term based on similarity between the first meaningful term and expansion of a first abbreviated term, selecting the first meaningful term based on collocation of a second abbreviated term, and associating the first meaningful term with the first abbreviated term. The first abbreviated term is associated with a first abbreviated name. The second abbreviated term and a third abbreviated term are associated with a second abbreviated name. The second abbreviated term satisfies a matching criterion associated with the first abbreviated term. A corresponding system and computer-readable device are also disclosed.
US10152531B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods for comparing and associating objects Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for comparing and associating objects. In some embodiments, a method is provided for associating a first object with one or more objects within a plurality of objects, each object comprising a first plurality of properties, each property comprising data reflecting a characteristic of an entity represented by the object, the associated objects comprising matching data in corresponding properties for a second plurality of properties. The method may include executing, for each object within the plurality of objects and for the first object, the following: creating a slug for the object, the slug comprising the second plurality of properties from the object; and inputting the slug for the object into a Bloom filter. Further, the method may include creating for a bin within the Bloom filter corresponding to the slug for the first object, an association between objects whose slugs correspond to the bin if the slugs for those objects match.
US10152529B2	Systems and methods for generating a treatment map Systems and methods are described for generating a treatment map based on a microbe profile, which include receiving a two-dimensional microbe profile of a skin surface of an individual, selecting one or more treatment agents from a database of treatment agents, generating the treatment map by mapping the selected one or more treatment agents to each of one or more corresponding locations on the two-dimensional microbe profile of the skin surface of the individual, and reporting the treatment map to a user.
US10152528B2	Delegating portions of an index of an enterprise A method for enabling querying independently of a computerized system about objects thereof, comprising providing a computer linked to the computerized system with replications of entries of an index of the computerized system that comprise data derived from contents of the objects, where said entries correspond to a subset of objects that are identified as related objects, thereby enabling the computer, based on the provided replications, to query locally and independently of the computerized system about the related objects according to contents thereof, and an apparatus for performing the same.
US10152527B1	Increment resynchronization in hash-based replication In one aspect, a method includes selecting a C-module; sending a write from a host to the selected C-module; selecting a D-module to commit a page related to the write; selecting a R-module to transmit data from the write to the target; writing the data from the write to target location; and writing the data to an address-to-hash table after acknowledgement that the data has been written to the target location and after the D-module acknowledges that the page is committed.
US10152525B2	Methods and systems for transforming training data to improve data classification In one embodiment, a method for transforming training data to improve data classification is disclosed. The method comprises extracting concepts from a training data set. The method comprises computing frequency of occurrence of each concept in each category and removing concepts from the data records when the frequency of occurrence of a concept in a category is less than a threshold frequency value. Further, the method comprises computing a percentage contribution of each concept of remaining concepts in each category upon removing the concepts and eliminating concepts, from the remaining concepts, contributing equally to each category based on the percentage contribution of each concept to provide a reformed training data set. Further, the method comprises appending a category name to a corresponding data record in the reformed training data set based on a normalized frequency of occurrence of the concept in a category to improve data classification.
US10152524B2	Wavefront muxing and demuxing for cloud data storage and transport Security on data storage and transport are important concerns on cloud computing. Wavefront multiplexing/demultiplexing process (WF muxing/demuxing) embodying an architecture that utilizes multi-dimensional waveforms has found applications in data storage and transport on cloud. Multiple data sets are preprocessed by WF muxing before stored/transported. WF muxed data is aggregated data from multiple data sets that have been “customized processed” and disassembled into any scalable number of sets of processed data, with each set being stored on a storage site. The original data is reassembled via WF demuxing after retrieving a lesser but scalable number of WF muxed data sets. In short, the WF muxed data storage solution enhances data security and data redundancy by, respectively, creating a new dimension to existing security/privacy methods and significantly reducing the storage space needed for data redundancy. In addition, WF muxing/demuxing methods enable a monitoring capability on the integrity of stored data.
US10152523B2	Copying data view portions relevant for analysis and/or collaboration Embodiments relate to transforming data views for analysis and/or collaboration purposes. An original data view is displayed on a document page in response to a database query. A filter operation is performed by selecting a specific subset of that original data view. A copy of that transformed data view portion including a tuple, is displayed in a separate analysis space (e.g., on the same document page, on another page, or within a collaboration panel). In one example, a user clicks/drags a subset of a table data view for transformation and copying. When the selected and transformed data view portion is copied to the analysis space, relevant associated context information (e.g., the underlying query, measures, dimensions, chart legends, formatting) may be retained for later access. To conserve the limited space typically available to a collaboration panel, certain embodiments may simplify presentation by reproducing only the characters of the transformed data portion.
US10152521B2	Resource recommendations for a displayed resource Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing contextual information to a user. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device, a query-independent request for contextual information relevant to an active resource displayed in an application environment on the user device, determining content described by the active resource in response to the query independent request, and identifying, in response to the query-independent request, multiple resources that are relevant to the content described by the active resource. Additional actions include, for each resource of the multiple resources, determining a corresponding measure of user engagement that reflects engagement of the resource by one or more users, selecting one or more of the multiple resources based on the measures of user engagement for the multiple resources, and providing, to the user device, a user interface element for display with the active resource.
US10152515B2	Triggering actions in an information feed system Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed. In one implementation, an information update is selected for comparison with a data record creation rule. The data record creation rule may specify a data record creation operation for creating a data record based the selected information update. The selected information update may be capable of being displayed in an information feed. A determination may be made as to whether the selected information update includes information satisfying a trigger condition associated with the data record creation rule. When the information in the selected information update satisfies the trigger condition, the data record creation operation may be performed to create the data record. The data record creation operation may identify information to include in the data record.
US10152513B2	Managing record location lookup caching in a relational database In managing a relational database, a relational manager sets a foreign key lookup value to an unavailable state in a source table row containing each of a foreign key value and the foreign key lookup value in a source table in a relational database, wherein the foreign key value references a primary key value in a referenced row in a separate destination table in the relational database. The relational manager, responsive to looking up, for the foreign key value, in a data structure separate from the source table, a location of the referenced row in the relational database, when the foreign key lookup value is set to the unavailable state, updating the foreign key lookup value with the location, wherein the foreign key lookup value in the source table is looked up for identifying the location of the referenced row for subsequent retrievals of the referenced row for the foreign key value.
US10152509B2	Query hint learning in a database management system Disclosed aspects relate to query hint learning in a database management system. A hint in a first query is detected by the database management system. The first query has a first signature. A second query is received by the database management system. The second query has a second signature. A determination is made by the database management system that the second signature correlates with the first signature. A query plan is established by the database management system. The query plan is based on the second query and uses the hint in the first query. In response to receiving the second query, the database management system processes the query plan.
US10152502B2	Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for processing and analyzing big data using columnar index data format Provided are systems, apparatuses, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for efficiently processing and analyzing big data using a columnar index data format. A method of processing big data at a processing system configured as a computer may include generating a dictionary by sorting data based on a column unit of the big data; classifying the sorted data into one or more data blocks for each dictionary based on a data size; generating an index that includes first data values of the respective data blocks in order of the data blocks, for each dictionary; and generating a column ID for each column based on row order of the big data.
US10152500B2	Read mostly instances According to one aspect of the invention, a read-write instance of a multiple-instance database system receives a database statement for execution. The multiple-instance database system comprises a database shared by a plurality read-mostly instances that request only read access to a plurality of user database objects in the database and a plurality of read-write instances that request both read access and write access to the plurality of user database objects. The read-write instance selects one or more read-mostly instances, in the plurality of read-mostly instances, to perform one or more operations that require no write access to the plurality of user data objects.
US10152494B2	Process for matching paint The invention relates to a computer implemented process for matching a paint to the visual appearance properties of a painted substrate surface comprising the steps of a) selecting a potentially matching first candidate paint based on a first paint recipe comprising one or more color and/or effect imparting toners, b) applying the first candidate paint to a test panel to obtain a first painted test panel c) visually comparing the appearance properties of the painted substrate surface and the first painted test panel under more than one viewing angle, wherein the visual comparison comprises c1) selecting a visual appearance category wherein the appearance of the painted test panel most prominently deviates from the painted substrate, wherein the categories are selected from a number of pre-defined visual appearance categories displayed on an output device of a computer, c2) inputting the selected visual appearance category in an input device of the computer, c3) visually determining the visual appearance difference of the painted test panel and the painted substrate in the selected appearance category, d) entering the determined visual appearance difference in an input device of the computer, e) optionally, entering only the types of toners of the candidate paint in an input device of the computer, f) providing a paint recipe modification advice consisting an advice of increasing or reducing one or more of the toners in the recipe, or adding an additional toner to the recipe or, on an output device of the computer, wherein the computer software provides the modification advice on the basis of i) the entered visual appearance difference and ii) a database in which only visually determined appearance properties of available toners under two or more viewing angles are stored, with the aim to minimize the appearance difference, g) preparing a second candidate paint based on the recipe modification advice, h) applying the second candidate paint to a test panel to obtain a second painted test panel, and i) repeating steps c) to h) until the visual comparison in step c) indicates that the candidate paint sufficiently matches the appearance properties of the painted substrate surface.
US10152493B1	Dynamic ephemeral point-in-time snapshots for consistent reads to HDFS clients Implementations are provided herein for dynamic ephemeral point-in-time snapshots being taken upon read requests from clients associated with object protocols and/or other protocols that depend on a consistent read. In response to receiving a read request from a protocol that depends on a consistent read, a point-in-time snapshot can be taken on the read target that maintains the durability of the point-in-time snapshot, in memory, until the client no longer requires access to the file. It can be appreciated that prior to taking the snapshot, in contemporaneously with taking the snapshot, or after the snapshot is taken, a Network File System (“NFS”) client, a Sever Message Block (“SMB”) client, or other clients of network protocols that allow for modifications and overwrites of file data, can open and modify the file that is the basis of the point-in-time snapshot, without repercussion to the object protocol that is using the point-in-time snapshot version of the file for a consistent read view. After the point-in-time snapshot has been used for the consistent read, the snapshot can in some implementations be discarded or in other implementations be maintained for a second purpose.
US10152492B1	Extended recycle bin for versioning This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for restoring one or more versions of a file. In some embodiments, this includes receiving a request to restore the file, determining if a stub corresponding to the file exists in an extended recycle bin; if exists, moving the stub from the extended recycle bin to a primary storage, if not, locating a backup of the stub in a backup storage, copying the backup to the primary storage, locating the file accordingly, retrieving the file from the secondary storage, locating copies of multiple versions of the stub from the backup storage, copying from the backup storage to the primary storage, locating multiple versions of the file on the secondary storage accordingly, and retrieving the one or more versions of the file from the secondary storage.
US10152491B2	File searching method and image processing device thereof A file searching method for searching an original image file in an image processing device is provided, wherein the original image file includes a plurality of original image fragments and each of the plurality of original image fragments includes a plurality of key values. The file searching method includes receiving at least one searching condition; obtaining at least one corresponding key value among the plurality of key values according to the at least one searching condition; and searching at least one searching image fragment among the plurality of original image fragments meeting the at least one searching condition.
US10152489B2	Synchronize collaboration entity files A database system is arranged to support collaboration among users of a file in a feed system of a multi-user social network database driven system, wherein at least some of the users are permitted to upload a file to the feed from a remote computing device, and other users may have permission to collaborate on modifying the file. A sync client application executable on a remote user machine enables an authorize user to select “sync all files in the feed,” which triggers (a) download of the latest version of all files in the feed from the cloud to all users associated with the feed, and (b) subsequent automatic synchronization of the files by selectively uploading to the cloud database a modified local copy of the file from a user machine, and then downloading a latest version of the modified file to all of the users associated with the feed.
US10152488B2	Static-analysis-assisted dynamic application crawling architecture A system for automated acquisition of content from an application includes a static analysis module. Using static analysis (analyzing code of the application independent of executing the code), the static analysis module identifies application state templates of the application and identifies user interface elements that, when actuated by a user, transition between states instantiated from different ones of the identified state templates. A graph creation module creates a graph data structure including nodes corresponding to the identified state templates and edges connecting the nodes. The edges are transitions corresponding to the identified user interface elements. A link extractor module executes the application and determines and records paths to states within the executing application according to the graph data structure. A scraper module, within an executing instance of the application, extracts text and metadata from states corresponding to endpoints of the recorded paths.
US10152485B2	File system, computer and method A file system is configured to provide, based on a request from a requester, a requested file stored on a storage medium to the requester. Furthermore, the file system is configured to provide a chosen part of the requested file corresponding to a desired version of the content of the requested file to the requester, based on received side information in the request indicating the desired version, and based on meta information of the requested file.
US10152482B2	Method of speeding up access to design databases having large numbers of design units A computer-implemented method is disclosed for speeding up database access of electronic design automation (EDA) tool which utilizes a database manager for file access. The EDA tool accesses a plurality of design files, and each of the plurality of design files is associated with one of a plurality of design units for an integrated circuit (IC). The plurality of design files are encapsulated into an archive file which comprises a plurality of data units, wherein each of the data units corresponds to a design file. A request to access a design file will be redirected to access the archive file. The design file is then accessed by accessing the corresponding data unit in the archive file.
US10152479B1	Selecting representative media items based on match information Systems and methods for identifying representative media items are provided herein. In particular, users can upload media items to a system. The media items can be matched to reference media items. Candidate representative media items can be selected from matching media items. Representative media items can be selected, from the candidate representative media items, to represent partially matching media items.
US10152476B2	Wearable device and translation system In a wearable translation device, the control circuit obtains an audio signal of the second language, which has been converted from a first audio signal of the first language, and obtains a second audio signal of the first language reconverted from the audio signal of the second language. The first speaker device converts the audio signal of the second language into a first voice and outputs the first voice. The second speaker device converts the second audio signal of the first language into a second voice and outputs the second voice. The audio processing circuit executes such a process that the second voice from the second speaker device is directed toward an auditory part of a user, based on a position of the auditory part relative to the second speaker device.
US10152475B2	Message tone evaluation in written media A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
US10152472B2	Apparatus and method for generating summary data of E-book or E-note An apparatus and method for generating summary data of an e-book or e-note, the method including if input data is received, recognizing a type of the input data, extracting a character region in the e-book or e-note corresponding to the recognized input data type, storing page information corresponding to the extracted character region, and generating summary data by using the page information corresponding to the character region when the generation of the summary data is requested, thereby allowing a user to preview summary content handwritten by the user on the e-book or e-note at a glance.
US10152470B2	Updating formulas in response to table transposition Embodiments are disclosed in which an algorithm that updates or rewrites one or more formulas when a table is transposed in an application. In certain embodiments the formula is rewritten so as to preserve the functionality of the formula with respect to the transposed table. In certain embodiments, a notification may be provided that a formula is changed or not changed in response to the table transposition event.
US10152469B2	Analytics report segments and controls Analytics report segments and controls techniques are described in which an analytics module enables retrieval and manipulation of analytics data for a marketing service within a host application, such as a spreadsheet application. The analytics module provides an interactive dialog for insertion of form controls into documents designed as filters for analytics data embedded in the documents. In response to changes in values for the form controls, the analytics module is configured to query a marketing service and update the analytics data accordingly Additionally, the analytics module is be configured to facilitate creation of new segments from directly within the host application based upon a selection of analytics data contained in a corresponding document.
US10152468B2	Mobile terminal and method of sharing additional information on web page The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit connected to a server providing first screen information matched to a preset address, a display unit configured to display the first screen information, a user input unit configured to receive a touch input for entering additional information on the first screen information, and a controller configured to control the display unit to display second screen information containing the first screen information and the additional information, and change the first screen information matched to the address to the second screen information.
US10152467B2	Managing a sharing of media content among client computers Technology is provided to manage sharing of media content among client computers. In one example, an application server provides at least a portion of the media content to the client computers. The application server receives a requested session event. A session event is an annotation, a comment, or a navigation request. The application server generates a formatted session event by formatting the requested session event at least according at least one option. An option defines how the application server is to modify a session event for display at the client computers. The application server provides the formatted session event to the client computers for display on user interfaces at the client computers. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10152466B2	Comparing user interfaces Comparing user interfaces (UIs) can refer to comparing information pertaining to a portion of a UI associated with an event with information pertaining to one of a plurality of previous version of the UI and/or identifying, based on the comparison, a revision to the one of the previous version of the UI that caused the event.
US10152463B1	System for profiling page browsing interactions Systems and methods can optimize or attempt to optimize portions of scripts that might be overlooked by traditional compilers. These systems and methods can include a code analysis module that develops an aggregate execution profile for a script by aggregating individual execution profiles of a plurality of users. These systems and methods can use the aggregate execution profile to emphasize aspects of the script that can be optimized for a plurality of users, enabling improved script performance for users.
US10152460B2	Adaptive column selection Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for adaptive column selection. One of the methods includes obtaining a size of a display area. The method includes obtaining column descriptors, each column descriptor identifying a column and a column width. The method includes determining a set of columns to present, including comparing the column width of a column to an available size remaining, and including the column in the set in response to determining that the column size is less than the available size. The method includes calculating an aggregate width of all the columns in the set. The method includes allocating a portion of the size to each column in the set of columns based on a ratio of width of the respective column and the aggregate width. The method also includes presenting the columns in the set of columns on the display area.
US10152456B2	Correlation operation circuit and semiconductor device A correlation operation circuit includes a first SRAM storing a plurality of pieces of detection pattern data, product-sum operators, a second SRAM storing intermediate data, and a comparator. When time series data is sequentially input, the intermediate data of all correlation functions referring to one time series data in a period during which the one time series data is input. When one time series data is input, the product-sum operator multiplies the detection pattern data sequentially read from the first SRAM by the one input time series data. The corresponding intermediate data is read from the second SRAM in synchronization with the multiplication, and the sequentially-calculated products are cumulatively added to the read intermediate data to be written back into the second SRAM as the intermediate data. As a result, the calculated correlation function data is supplied to the comparator to be compared with a predetermined specified value.
US10152455B2	Data processing method and processor based on 3072-point fast Fourier transformation, and storage medium A method for processing data based on 3072-point Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and a processor based on 3072-point FFT are provided. The method for processing data based on 3072-point FFT includes: storing 3072-point data into a data storage module according to a predetermined mapping relationship (101); reading 16 data in parallel from the data storage module for performing 3-point DFT operation, and storing results into the data storage module in situ after completion of the operation (102); and reading 32 data in parallel from the data storage module for performing 1024-point DFT operation and storing results into the data storage module in situ after completion of the operation until the FFT of 3072-point data is completed (103).
US10152454B2	Method and system for decomposing a problem involving discrete optimization into a plurality of smaller subproblems and use of the method for solving the problem A method is disclosed for preprocessing a problem involving discrete optimization over a plurality of variables, the method comprising obtaining an indication of a problem involving discrete optimization; converting the problem involving discrete optimization into a problem suitable for a given optimization oracle architecture of an optimization oracle; providing a given number of times M the problem suitable for the given optimization oracle architecture to the optimization oracle; for each providing of the problem, performing a given number K of calls to the optimization oracle; each call generating a given configuration; obtaining a variable selection criterion, the variable selection criterion for determining at least one variable of the plurality of generated configurations that can be fixed; determining at least one variable that matches the variable selection criterion and a corresponding value for each variable; fixing the at least one determined variable at the corresponding value in the problem involving discrete optimization to thereby preprocess the problem to generate at least one subproblem and providing an indication of the at least one generated subproblem and an indication of the at least one fixed variable.

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