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| US10149479B1 |
Preparation method and use of an atomic-state fluid iodine and its derived nano-iodine
In one aspect, the present disclosure belongs to the new material field and can be used to produce atomic-state fluid iodine by iodine atom rearrangement occurring in the pseudo-critical reaction system. In one aspect, the atomic-state fluid iodine has a specific gravity of about 3.8-4.0 g/mL and maintains stable physical state under 10-100 C and light environment without sublimation or decomposition. As a new-type iodine-structural material, atomic-state fluid iodine and atomic-state nano-iodine can be used as the 4th generation of atomic-state iodine disinfectant for human, animal and living environment, experimental data show that as atomic-state germicide in agricultural production, it can prevent and cure specific parasitism disease of plant, such as Citrus Huanglongbing and citrus bacterial canker disease, banana panama disease, fruit tree branch blight disease and plant virus disease, and it can also be used as a substitution in medical and health field for its features of safety, stability and high potency. |
| US10149476B2 |
Pesticidal plant extract containing loline derivatives
This invention relates to a pesticidal compositions containing at least one pyrrolizidine alkaloid compound derived from a plant and endophyte combination, and applying the pesticidal compositions to another plan without pesticidal protection, where upon application of the composition, the plant confers pest protection. The pyrrolizidine alkaloid compound is of Formula (I) wherein: R═H or CH3 and R′═H, CH3, CHO, COCH3. |
| US10149475B2 |
Stable aqueous dispersions of biocides
An aqueous dispersion containing BIT and IPBC prepared using nonionic and anionic surfactants exhibits both chemical and physical stability and is suitable for use as a single product which is capable of imparting to a coating composition a high level of resistance against attack by a broad spectrum of organisms, including bacteria, fungi and algae, in both the wet-state and dry film-state. |
| US10149468B2 |
Robotic agricultural system and method
A robotic orchard spraying system having autonomous delivery vehicles (ADV), each autonomously delivering an amount of a premixed solution over a non-overlapping path verified by a forward-looking sensor, video, or both. Also, a mobile control center, configured to wirelessly inform the autonomous delivery vehicle of the path within the areas and to confirm that the autonomous delivery vehicle is following the path within the area. Additionally, a mapper vehicle generates the path within the area, the mapper vehicle being configured to communicate information about the path and the area to the command center. The mapper vehicle senses the path with a forward-looking LiDAR sensor, and senses the area with a GPS sensor. Moreover, a nurse truck has a reservoir of premixed solution for replenishing a tank of the ADV. ADVs and the control center communicate over a radio network, which may be a mesh network, a cellular network, or both. |
| US10149467B2 |
Fishhook remover aid
One embodiment of the invention is a fishhook remover aid 100 that has a base 102 and a cover 170. The base 102 is longer than the cover 170. When reeling in a fish, an angler may first insert a fishing line 138 through a space 120 located on top portions 112, 114 of the cover 170. The fish is then urged along the base 102 and into the cover 170. Opposing rounded sides 108, 110 of the cover 170 are flexible, allowing the angler to grasp the fishhook remover aid with sufficient pressure on the fish to remove the fishhook 138 without damaging the fish in the process. The safe swift removal of the fishhook without the need for an angler's hand to come into direct contact with the fish thus occurs. The fishhook remover aid 100 has a built in ruler 134 located on the base 102 for measuring a length of the fish while the angler removes the fishhook. |
| US10149462B2 |
Animal models and therapeutic molecules
The invention discloses methods for the generation of chimaeric human—non-human antibodies and chimaeric antibody chains, antibodies and antibody chains so produced, and derivatives thereof including fully humanized antibodies; compositions comprising said antibodies, antibody chains and derivatives, as well as cells, non-human mammals and vectors, suitable for use in said methods. |
| US10149458B1 |
Gaming device for pets
The present invention discloses a gaming device for pets, which is exclusively used for pets to play games. The gaming device for pets comprises a base, an upper cover, a power supply assembly, a drive assembly, a hanging bracket, and a rotary disc. The base and the upper cover are connected in a snap-fit engagement form a hollow cavity, the power supply assembly and the drive assembly are fixedly provided on the base of the hollow cavity, and the periphery of the hanging bracket is fixedly connected to the rotary disc. The present invention allows, via a control chip, recreational products to be revealed and hidden in notches of the upper cover. In addition, because the rotary disc flies up to rotate in the air, the problem that the rotary disc is in dry friction with others during rotation is fundamentally solved, thereby extending the service life of the product. |
| US10149452B2 |
Guinea Impatiens variety SAKIMP044
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP044 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044 with another impatiens variety. |
| US10149451B1 |
Maize inbred PH42W8
A novel maize variety designated PH42W8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42W8 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42W8 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH42W8 or a locus conversion of PH42W8 with another maize variety. |
| US10149450B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH196888
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH196888. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH196888, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH196888 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH196888. |
| US10149449B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV465213
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV465213. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV465213, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV465213 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV465213 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV465213. |
| US10149447B2 |
Methods and means for determining plant characteristics
The invention provides methods to determine the ascorbate profile value for plant lines and to use these values in the identification of the better performing plant lines, without having to resort to extensive field trialing. |
| US10149446B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH658391
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH658391. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH658391, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH658391 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH658391. |
| US10149445B2 |
Interlocking raft segment for deepwater culture hydroponics
Embodiments of a hydroponic growing system include raft segments that can be reversibly attached together to form a raft. Rafts can have one or more plant holes to support a plant body, and one or more thermal chimneys to provide for gas transport from underneath the raft to the upper surface, to control temperature and humidity of the plant. Additional embodiments include wireless sensors that may or may not be part of a raft, and a growing environment control system that can receive data from one or more sensors of environmental conditions of a plant and in other embodiments, can detect discrepancies between the actual environmental conditions and desired conditions. In still further embodiments, a growing environment control system can automatically adjust an actuator to return an environmental condition to a desired state. |
| US10149439B2 |
LED grow light system
A grow light system for growing plants. The grow light system can have a carrier board assembly containing a plurality of apertures and a plurality of LED modules removably engaged with the carrier board in the apertures and forming a gap between LED module and the carrier board. The grow light system can be configured to draw air through the gap over the LEDs and along the heat sink fin to reduce the temperature of the LED module. A plurality of the LED modules can be connected in series and the carrier board can include a dedicated receptacle for a single LED module that is not connected in series with the remaining LED modules. |
| US10149438B2 |
Sheeting for covered an object
Combination of plastic sheeting for covering an object, such as silage, with at least two layers of sheeting, comprising a first folded sheet and a second folded sheet, wherein the second sheet is folded into said first sheet and wherein said second sheet is at least partially enclosed by said first sheet and wherein the sheets have first and second lateral edges, wherein seen in a cross section, at least the first lateral edges of the two sheets extend in close proximity to each other in the folded combination of sheets. |
| US10149433B2 |
Combination blade and cord weed cutter-trimmer head device
A combination blade and cord weed cutter-trimmer head apparatus that incorporates a mounting head, having a base plate, that mounts an electric or gas motor, its motor shaft extending downwardly, and through an adapter connects with generally through the cutter blade, with the shaft extending further downwardly for connecting with the string trimmer head of the device. Thus, the device can cut thicker weeds and brush through the application of its cutter blade, and can cut the shortened weeds down to an acceptable level through the usage of the string trimmer. Slip clutches may be incorporated within the device, to allow the motor shaft to continue rotating, in the event that the cutter blade encounters an unmovable obstacle, that prevents its rotation. In a further embodiment, the lines of the string trimmer may extend radially outwardly from the cutter blades, through integral channels provided therein, to provide simultaneous cutting at the same level by both the cutter blade, and the string trimmer, during usage. In a further embodiment, the string trimmer head may locate above the cutter blade both securing onto the motor shaft and held by the adapter to provide for cutting of both weeds and brush during usage. |
| US10149432B2 |
Mower driven by electric motors
In a mower (10) driven by a pair of electric motors (15) and using an engine (14) for driving a cutter blade (22), a fuel tank (16) for supplying fuel to the engine is positioned in a space surrounded by the electric motors and a chute (30) for forwarding grass clippings to a grass collection bag (23). The chute extends rearward with an upward slant, and is bent in side view in such a manner that a lower part has a steeper incline than an upper part thereof. |
| US10149430B2 |
Robotic work tool configured for improved turning in a slope, a robotic work tool system, and a method for use in the robot work tool
Robotic work tool (100) configured for improved turning in a slope (S), said robotic work tool comprising a slope detector (190), at least one magnetic field sensor (170), a controller (110), and at least two driving wheels (130″), the robotic work tool (100) being configured to detect a boundary wire (250) and in response thereto determine if the robotic work tool (100) is in a slope (S), and if so, perform a turn by rotating each wheel (130″) at a different speed thereby reducing a risk of the robotic work tool (100) getting stuck. |
| US10149428B2 |
Method of planting multiple types of seed in a single planting pass
A method for planting multiple types of seed and rapidly switching between the types being planted in a single planting pass of a planting session of row-crop planting that includes a seed meter. The seed meter has a split seed meter reservoir with a pair of seed meter chambers flanked by or next to a pair of seed disks. Activation and deactivation of the seed disks within the seed meter are synchronized to selectively deliver one type of seed from one of the seed meter chambers for delivery out of a single seed tube of the seed meter, which may provide absolute and instantaneous on-the-go seed switching within a single row from each seed meter. |
| US10149423B2 |
Integrated drawbar for finishing attachments
A drawbar for finishing attachments is arranged to attach to a fore-aft frame member of a tillage implement. The drawbar has a saddle with spaced apart side walls defining a channel configured to receive the frame member. When the frame member is received in the channel, the side walls of the saddle overlap side walls of the frame member and extend in the fore-aft direction rearward of an end of the frame member. The side walls of the saddle and the frame member have mounting openings that align along a lateral direction transverse to the fore-aft direction. |
| US10154608B1 |
Cable management
A spring-pulley system is configured for use within an IT component and includes a cable assembly configured to electrically couple a fixed portion of an IT component to a slidable portion of the IT component. A pulley assembly is configured to engage the cable assembly. A spring assembly is configured to bias the pulley assembly toward a first position to absorb any slack in the cable assembly. |
| US10154603B2 |
Input/output module bus contact system and method
Present embodiments include an automation control system that includes an input/output device module with a device bus therein. The input/output module also includes a first bus contact on a first side of the input/output device module and communicatively coupled with a first end of the device bus, and a second bus contact on a second side of the input/output device module and communicatively coupled with a second end of the device bus. The second side generally faces an opposite direction from the first side and the input/output device module is configured to be coupled with additional input/output device modules positioned on the first and second sides of the input/output device module via the first and second bus contacts. Further, the first and second bus contacts are positioned on non-lateral surfaces of the input/output device module, the first and second contacts include spring-loaded connectors, the first and second contacts include two-prong or three-prong forks, or the input/output device module is a terminal block. |
| US10154601B2 |
Modular electromechanical device
Various embodiments of a modular electromechanical device are described herein. The modular electromechanical device includes a chassis and a plurality of functional modules that can be connected to the chassis. Each module is associated with a different functionality. The functionality of the modular electromechanical device is defined based on various attributes including the functionality of the different functional modules that are connected to the electromechanical device, the sequence in which the different functional modules are connected to the electromechanical device, the specific attachment structures used to attach the functional modules to the electromechanical device, or a pattern of traces formed within the chassis. |
| US10154599B2 |
Redistribution film for IC package
A redistribution film for IC package is disclosed, which comprises a top redistribution layer configured on top of a bottom redistribution layer. The top redistribution layer is fabricated following PCB design rule, and the bottom redistribution layer is fabricated following IC design rule. Further, the interface between the top redistribution layer and the bottom redistribution layer is optionally made roughed to increase bonding forces therebetween. |
| US10154598B2 |
Filling through-holes
Pulse plating methods which include a forward pulse but no reverse pulse inhibit or reduce dimpling and voids during copper electroplating of through-holes in substrates such as printed circuit boards. The pulse plating methods may be used to fill through-holes with copper where the through-holes are coated with electroless copper or flash copper. |
| US10154596B2 |
Catalyst for a catalytic ink and uses thereof
A catalyst for a catalytic ink includes a support particle and a metallic material supported on the support particle. The metallic material is diamminesilver hydroxide, a silver salt, a palladium salt, a gold salt, chloroauric acid, or combinations thereof. A catalytic ink obtained from the catalyst and use of the same to fabricate a conductive circuit are also disclosed. |
| US10154593B2 |
Electronic assembly group and method for producing the same
An electronic assembly group comprising a printed circuit board structure in a multilayer configuration that has at least two electrically conductive layers. The electronic assembly group also comprises an additional passive component that is connected to the two electrically conductive layers, each of which has at least one segment that extends beyond the multilayer structure to form connection regions, the passive component making contact directly at the connection regions. |
| US10154591B2 |
Passive device assembly for accurate ground plane control
Passive device assembly for accurate ground plane control is disclosed. A passive device assembly includes a device substrate conductively coupled to a ground plane separation control substrate. A passive device disposed on a lower surface of the device substrate is separated from an embedded ground plane mounted on a lower surface of the ground plane separation control substrate by a separation distance. The separation distance is accurately controlled to minimize undesirable interference that may occur to the passive device. The separation distance is provided inside the passive device assembly. Conductive mounting pads are disposed on the lower surface of the ground plane separation control substrate to support accurate alignment of the passive device assembly on a circuit board. By providing sufficient separation distance inside the passive device assembly, the passive device assembly can be precisely mounted onto any circuit board regardless of specific design and layout of the circuit board. |
| US10154590B2 |
Circuit assembly and method for manufacturing same
Provided are a circuit assembly in which it is possible to eliminate or reduce a level difference between a mounting surface of a substrate and portions to which terminals that are electrically connected to a conductive member are connected, and that can be easily produced, and a method for manufacturing the same. A circuit assembly includes a substrate provided with openings and an electronic component mounted on one side of the substrate, a conductive member that is a plate-shaped member fixed to another side of the substrate, the conductive member constituting a conductive path, and a relay member that is fixed to a surface on the substrate side of the conductive member and made of an electrically conductive material, the relay member being accommodated in the openings formed in the substrate, at least one terminal of the electronic component being connected to the relay member. |
| US10154588B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor package
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor package includes the following steps. Firstly, a conductive carrier is provided. Then, a first conductive layer is formed on a lower surface of the conductive carrier. Then, a second conductive layer is formed on a lower surface of the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer together constitute a conductive structure. Then, an electrical component is disposed on the lower surface of the first conductive layer. Then, a first package body encapsulating the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer and the electrical component but not covering an edge of the lower surface of the conductive carrier is formed. Then, a portion of the first package body is removed. Then, partial material of the conductive carrier is removed, such that a reserved part of the conductive carrier forms a ring-shaped conductive structure. |
| US10154585B2 |
Process for producing conductive coating film, and conductive coating film
An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive coating film formed on a polyimide-based insulating substrate by using a metal powder paste which can exhibit a good conductivity and good adhesion to the insulating substrate. By forming a resin cured layer having a solvent-soluble content of not more than 20% by weight and a thickness of not more than 5 μm on a polyimide-based insulating substrate; forming a metal powder-containing coating layer on the resin cured layer by using a metal powder paste; and then subjecting the resulting coating layer to heat treatment with superheated steam, it is possible to obtain a conductive coating film which can exhibit a good conductivity and good adhesion to the insulating substrate. |
| US10154584B2 |
Method of producing a fine line 3D non-planar conforming circuit
A method of producing a non-planar conforming circuit on a non-planar surface includes creating a first set of conforming layers. The first set of conforming layers is created by applying an oxide dielectric layer to the surface, applying a conductive material layer to the oxide dielectric layer, applying a resist layer to the conductive material layer, patterning the resist layer according to a desired circuit layout, etching the surface to remove exposed conductive material, and stripping the resist layer. The process may be repeated to form multiple layers of conforming circuits with electrical connections between layers formed by blind microvias. The resulting set of conforming layers can be sealed. |
| US10154583B1 |
Mechanical strain reduction on flexible and rigid-flexible circuits
A mechanical strain reduction system include a flexible circuit section of a printed circuit board configured with a meandering shape while in a static state, and a compressible material having a cavity such that the meandering flexible circuit section is positioned within the cavity while the flexible circuit section is in the static state. The flexible circuit section can be part of a rigid-flexible printed circuit board or a flexible printed circuit board. The cavity can be shaped with the same meandering shape as the flexible circuit section in the static state. In general, the cavity is sufficiently shaped to allow positioning of the meandering flexible circuit section within the cavity. Support structures of the same, or different, compressible material can be interspersed within the meander of the flexible circuit section. |
| US10154581B2 |
Method for impedance compensation in printed circuit boards
The various structures forming communication paths on a printed circuit board can create several undesired effects, especially when high frequency signals are considered. Non-functional pads created during the manufacturing process have the potential to create an undesired effect, but when the overall collection of non-functional pads are carefully configured, an optimized communication path can be formed. More specifically, by selectively removing some collection of the non-functional pads, the high frequency characteristics of the communication paths can be optimized. |
| US10154579B2 |
Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same
A first insulating layer is formed on a support substrate. The first insulating layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion has a thickness smaller than that of the first portion. A ground layer having electric conductivity higher than that of the support substrate is formed on the second portion of the first insulating layer. The ground layer is electrically connected to the support substrate. A second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer to cover the ground layer. A write wiring trace is formed on the second insulating layer to overlap with the first portion and the second portion of the first insulating layer. |
| US10154567B2 |
Smart lighting system and method
A smart lighting system for a vehicle is described. The smart lighting system includes at least one signal generator, and a lighting stem assembly. The lighting stem assembly further includes a signal receiver; a light control PCB module, and at least one light source. The at least one light source may be a rotatable lighting source, and the left indicator light and the right indictor light. Upon receiving signal by the signal receiver from a signal generator, the light control PCB module controls the operation of the rotatable lighting source, and the left indicator light and the right indictor light. The signal generator may generate the signal based on detection of gesture by a motion sensor mounted on a helmet of a rider. |
| US10154566B1 |
Occupancy and non-occupancy detection in the lighting system
Disclosed herein is a lighting system including a detector, which is configure to obtain an indicator data of a RF signal. The detector compares the indicator data with a baseline indicator data to generate a difference value and determines a rate of change from the indicator data. The detector also determines a data metric based on the rate of change and the difference value and compares the data metric with a transition threshold to detect one of an occupancy condition or a non-occupancy condition in the area. The lighting system also includes a light source, which is controlled in response to the detected one of the occupancy condition or the non-occupancy condition in the area. |
| US10154563B2 |
Electronic ballast and method for controlling a load
Electronic ballast for controlling at least one load, for example a lamp such as an LED, a fluorescent lamp, a gas discharge lamp or the like, comprising at least one resonant converter for generating a start and/or operating voltage from a rectified mains voltage of a mains voltage supply and comprising a mains rectifier for rectifying the mains voltage, where the electronic ballast has an electronic switching device that switches off the mains voltage supply in the event of emergency lighting, an emergency voltage can be fed into the electronic ballast, and different voltages can be determined and/or operating frequencies of the electronic ballast can be adjusted by way of an intermediate voltage circuit and/or an operating frequency circuit. |
| US10154559B1 |
Control circuit and control method for detecting configuration channel line and driving light emitting unit accordingly
A control circuit includes a first control unit, a power unit, a driver unit, a second control unit, a power source, a first switch, a pull-up element and a second switch. The first control unit is used to detect whether a configuration channel line has a predetermined divided voltage and generate a control signal accordingly. The power unit is coupled to the configuration channel line and a power line for supplying power to the driver unit. The driver unit is used to enable or disable a light emitting unit according to the control signal. The second control unit is used to detect whether the configuration channel line has the predetermined divided voltage and control the first switch and the second switch accordingly. The first switch is coupled between a power source and the configuration channel line. The second switch is coupled between the pull-up element and the configuration channel line. |
| US10154551B2 |
AC light emitting diode and AC LED drive methods and apparatus
An LED Lighting System for use with AC voltage power source configured such that a driver, and LED circuit is combined, the driver having an input of a first AC voltage and first frequency and an output of a second voltage and frequency delivered to the LED circuit. Embodiments include the LED circuit, driver and at least one capacitor mounted to a reflective substrate. |
| US10154549B2 |
Heating cooker
A microwave oven includes: a cooker body in the shape of a box having a heating chamber with an opening at the front side thereof; a storage having a door which opens and closes the opening, and an inner box including two side plates, a bottom plate and a back plate connected to the door, the storage being movable to the front side and storing an object to be cooked; and a hot-air generating unit generating hot air. The hot-air generating unit is located at the outer side of a rear wall of a heating chamber, and an air outlet from which hot air is blown out is located on the rear wall at a position higher than the back plate. |
| US10154548B2 |
Heating cooker
A heating cooker includes a body casing, a heating chamber, a magnetron that supplies microwaves into the heating chamber, a cooling fan that delivers cooling air flow to the magnetron, an air discharge duct that is for discharging discharge air from inside of the heating chamber to outside, a first guiding channel that guides into the heating chamber a portion of the cooling air flow from the cooling fan which has flowed out to a downstream side after cooling the magnetron, and a second guiding channel that guides toward the air discharge duct another portion of the cooling air flow from the cooling fan which has flowed out to the downstream side after cooling the magnetron. |
| US10154545B2 |
Induction hob and method for operating an induction hob
An induction hob including a first heating region with a first induction coil and a second heating region with a second induction coil is provided. First and second resonant converters drive an AC current through the first and second induction coils. The first and second resonant converters form a half-bridge resonant converter that is continuously driven such that a direction of current flow through the first induction coil and the second induction coil is alternating. The half-bridge resonant converter controls the output power of the first and second heating regions by varying the frequency of the AC current through the respective induction coil. The first and second resonant converters have different resonance frequencies such that the resonance frequency of the first resonant converter is at least 1.4 times higher than the resonance frequency of the second resonant converter. |
| US10154543B2 |
Flexible electric heaters
Embodiments include a flexible fabric heater. The fabric heater has a conductive base fabric having elastic properties. The base fabric may be coupled to electrical terminals. A elastomeric layer may be applied on the base fabric. The elastomeric layer may have elastic properties and includes a liquid-resistant material. A first thermal layer may be applied proximate edges along the electrical coupling between the fabric heater and the electrical terminals. The first thermal layer can have heat-resistant properties. |
| US10154542B2 |
Composite device with cylindrical anisotropic thermal conductivity
An apparatus for supporting a substrate in a process chamber and regulating surface temperature of the substrate and method of making the same is provided. The apparatus includes a base support having a surface adapted to support the substrate and a heater for heating the substrate with the heater being disposed proximate the base support. The base support is made of a composite material comprising a plurality of thermally conductive arcuate members embedded within a matrix, each of the plurality thermally conductive arcuate members being arranged concentrically and defining predetermined intervals in a radial direction such that the composite material provides an anisotropic thermal conductivity in radial (ρ), azimuthal (φ) and axial (z) directions in a cylindrical coordinate system of the base support. |
| US10154539B2 |
System and method for sharing cellular network for call routing
Various aspects of a system and method to share cellular communication networks to route calls are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes a first communication device that receives a call establishment request via a first communication network that connect the first communication device with a second communication device. The call establishment request includes a subscriber identification number associated with a third communication device. Thereafter, a routing of a call between the second communication device and the third communication device is enabled by use of the subscriber identification number, via a second communication network associated with a first subscriber module of the first communication device. The establishment and/or routing of the call is based on the received call establishment request. |
| US10154536B2 |
Communication device and method for closed subscriber group selection
A communication device and a method for connecting to a closed subscriber group (CSG) in a by storing received CSG information in a database in order to expedite CSG selections. The communication device is configured to store the CSG scan results, including supported radio access technologies (RATs) for each CSG cell, in a database and query the database for the CSG scan results upon manual selection of a CSG cell. After detecting a CSG cell, the communication device may further be configured to trigger a switch to the CSG cell after determining that the CSG cell is the highest ranked cell on its frequency, retrieving the CSG information from the database stored from a prior selection to the CSG cell, and performing a criteria check to ensure that the CSG cell is suitable for cell selection. |
| US10154531B2 |
D2D link discovery method
A D2D link discovery method, which includes: obtaining, by UE, a neighboring UE list from a server, where the neighboring UE list includes related information of M neighboring UEs, and the related information is information required by the UE to determine whether a D2D connection to corresponding neighboring UE can be established by using a multiple-antenna technology; extracting, by the UE, the related information of the M neighboring UEs from the neighboring UE list, and determining N neighboring UEs from the M neighboring UEs based on the related information of the M neighboring UEs, where the N neighboring UEs are UEs to which D2D connections can be established by the UE by using the multiple-antenna technology; and performing, by the UE based on the multiple-antenna technology, link mapping between the UE and the N neighboring UEs to obtain respective links corresponding to the N neighboring UEs. |
| US10154530B2 |
Device-to-device (D2D) operation method carried out by terminal in RRC connection state in wireless communication system, and terminal using the method
Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method carried out by a terminal in an RRC connection state in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method is characterized by: determining whether a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment process is problematic; and transmitting a D2D signal using an exception resource, when the RRC connection establishment process is determined to be problematic. |
| US10154525B2 |
Method and apparatus for triggering radio bearer release by a relay UE (user equipment) in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for triggering radio bearer release by a relay UE in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the relay UE connects with an eNB. The method also includes the relay UE establishes a PDN connection for supporting traffic relaying. The method further includes the relay UE establishes a layer-2 link with a remote UE. In addition, the method includes the relay UE creates a radio bearer between the relay UE and the eNB for forwarding data packets between the remote UE and a PDN corresponding to the PDN connection. Furthermore, the method includes the relay UE sends a NAS message to the eNB if a failure of the layer-2 link is detected. And the method includes the relay UE receives a RRC message indicating release of the radio bearer in response to transmission of the NAS message from the eNB. |
| US10154524B2 |
Method and system for control of discontinuous reception (DRX) by a mobile device in a wireless communications network
A method and system for controlling discontinuous reception (DRX) in a mobile device in a wireless communications network uses autonomous DRX control after initial VoIP traffic setup. If the mobile device transmits a negative-acknowledgement signal (NACK) indicating unsuccessful receipt of a VoIP packet, then it autonomously turns on a predetermined delay time later to receive the retransmission of the VoIP packet. The predetermined delay time is related to the time for the base station to process the NACK and prepare the VoIP packet for retransmission. When the mobile device transmits or retransmits a VoIP packet, reception is deactivated, but is autonomously activated the predetermined delay time later to receive an acknowledgement signal (ACK) or NACK. VoIP packets may be transmitted from the mobile device the predetermined delay time before VoIP packets are transmitted from the base station. |
| US10154514B2 |
Scheduling request transmission for directional beam access
A user equipment (UE) may transmit a UE-generated uplink message to a base station to request resources for an uplink transmission. The UE may be configured to send the message (e.g., a scheduling request (SR)) using different transmission modes. For example, the UE may transmit the SR using a scheduled mode where the UE conveys the SR along with another uplink message (e.g., a control message). In some examples, the UE may transmit the SR using an autonomous mode where the UE transmits the SR in resources reserved for SR transmissions. The UE may determine which transmission mode to use based on certain characteristics of the SR or the data associated with the SR. |
| US10154507B2 |
Method of allocating resources and method of processing signals for terminal
A method of allocating resources according to the present invention comprises the steps of: allocating a signal having a first beam width from a first base station controlling a first cell to a predetermined resource; and allocating a signal, having a second beam width different from the first beam width, from a second base station controlling a second cell adjacent to the first cell to the resource. The signal having the first beam width may be a signal having a first priority, and the signal having the second beam width may be a signal having a second priority that is different from the first priority. Accordingly, a method for allocating resources is proposed which can stably receive signals even when a terminal that moves in a dense small cell structure is at a cell edge or a border region between cells. |
| US10154505B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving data in communication system supporting multiple input multiple output scheme
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for receiving data includes selecting one of reception schemes, and receiving data based on the selected reception scheme, wherein the reception schemes includes a scheme of determining an integer matrix based on channel values estimated for channels, and decoding symbols received through the channels based on the determined integer matrix, and a scheme of detecting, for each channel, a sum of symbols received from each of the channels during a preset time based on integer matrixes which are determined based on each of the channel values, retransforming the sum of the symbols detected for each channel based on at least one of the integer matrixes, and decoding the retransformed sum of the symbols for each channel. |
| US10154500B2 |
Wireless multicarrier random access process
A Base station transmits a control command for transmission of a random access preamble on a secondary cell if the base station determines radio resources of the secondary cell are required for transmission of a portion of data and that the secondary cell requires a different uplink timing from currently activated and synchronized cells of the wireless device. The base station transmits at least one control packet for comprising transport format information and resource allocation information for transmission of a plurality of packets of the data to be transmitted on the secondary cell. |
| US10154492B2 |
Communication bandwidth
A method for allocating bandwidth to communication according to a first communication protocol, the method comprising identifying bandwidth that is allocated to a communication channel for communication according to a second communication protocol and which forms a guard band of the communication channel and allocating the identified bandwidth to communication according to the first communication protocol, said allocation being performed non-uniformly across the identified bandwidth such that an allocation of a first portion of the identified bandwidth, which is located closer to a communication according to the second communication protocol than a second portion of the identified bandwidth, is constrained to a greater extent than an allocation of the second portion of the identified bandwidth. |
| US10154491B2 |
Method and apparatus for signaling of UL-DL configuration
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting information of uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration in presence of carrier aggregation are provided. The method comprises: in response to a decision of transmitting the information of UL-DL configuration, determining one or more component carriers to carry the information of UL-DL configuration based on a predefined rule; and transmitting a message, including the information of UL-DL configuration, on the determined one or more component carriers. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. |
| US10154485B2 |
Beacons for tiered sharing of spectrum
Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems, and more particularly, to beacons for shared spectrum operation among multiple tiers of users. For example, a method for wireless communication is provided that includes generating, with a second tier wireless communication device of a network operating in a shared spectrum, a beacon that includes a short training field (STF), a long training field (LTF), and a beacon information field, the beacon information field including data about the network; and transmitting, from the second tier wireless communication device of the network, the beacon during a time slot of a sub-frame such that communications over the shared spectrum are coordinated based on the beacon. |
| US10154481B2 |
Optimization of search space and sounding reference signal placement for improved decoding timeline
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to provide techniques for strategically placing a sounding reference signal (SRS) within a slot to improve the decoding timeline. Aspects of the disclosure further relate to wireless communication systems configured to optimize the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space within a slot to improve the decoding timeline. Features may also include placing the SRS near the end of the slot, such as after the uplink user data traffic and the corresponding uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS). In addition, features may also include identifying the PDCCH search space within the slot based on at least a slot index of the slot. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. |
| US10154480B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving R-PDCCH
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a Relay Physical Downlink Control Channel (R-PDCCH) being a control channel for a relay node (RN) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. To transmit an R-PDCCH to a RN, a BS includes a processor for interleaving a predetermined number of Control Channel Elements (CCEs), mapping the interleaved CCEs to at least one Virtual Resource Block (VRB) configured for R-PDCCH transmission, mapping the at least one VRB to at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB), and a transmitter for transmitting the R-PDCCH to the RN through the at least one PRB. |
| US10154479B2 |
User terminal, base station and radio communication method
The present invention is designed to adequately control small cells (small base stations) on/off in a structure where small cells and macro cells are arranged to overlap each other. A user terminal can communicate with a macro base station that forms a macro cell and a small base station that forms a small cell arranged within the macro cell, and has a measurement section that measures the received power of a detection/measurement signal that is transmitted from the small base station in a predetermined subframe, and the total received power of downlink signals in a subframe in which no detection/measurement signal is transmitted, a calculation section that calculates received quality by using the received power and the total received power, and a transmission section that transmits information related to the received quality to the macro base station, the calculation section calculates the received quality based on the proportion of the received power and the value given by adding the received power to the total received power. |
| US10154478B2 |
Mobile communication system and mobile communication method
An anchor radio base station 310A comprises: an interface 315 A that notifies a non-anchor radio base station 310B of bit precision of an uplink signal before decoding, the uplink signal before decoding being to be transmitted through a backhaul network; and a control unit 316A that performs selective synthesis of the uplink signal before decoding received from the non-anchor radio base station 310B, and the uplink signal before decoding received from UE 10. The non-anchor radio base station 310B comprises: an interface 315B that transmits the uplink signal before decoding to the anchor radio base station 310A according to the bit precision notified by the anchor radio base station 310A. |
| US10154474B2 |
Spectral efficiency based frequency selection for single frequency network transmissions
An MBMS or eMBMS service may be transmitted in multiple MBSFN areas each using a different operating frequency. These MBSFN areas may be contiguous or discontiguous. The operating frequencies for the different MBSFN areas may be selected with the aim of utilizing a minimum set of frequencies for each service, thereby allowing for maximizing overall capacity which can be achieved by the available frequencies. A mechanism of selecting the operating frequencies which locally avoids utilization of frequencies which offer only low performance is proposed. |
| US10154462B2 |
Radio link management in a combined cell
The present disclosure relates to a CDMA communication node arrangement comprising at least two spatially separated antenna units, at least one radio unit and at least one control unit. Each antenna unit has at least one corresponding coverage area and is connected to the central unit. The control unit is arranged to alter transmitting properties of at least a first antenna unit, to a user terminal, such that more or less power is transmitted by the first antenna unit in a dedicated channel. The control unit is arranged to monitor received inner power control loop commands when at least a second antenna unit is communicating with the user terminal, and to determine whether said first antenna unit should start or stop communicating with the user terminal, or continue as before, based on how the inner power control loop commands respond. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method. |
| US10154461B2 |
Wireless networking-enabled personal identification system
A personal identification device may conserve power by delegating one or more operations to another device. For example, the one or more operations may be associated with the authentication of the personal identification device. In one example, the personal identification device may determine an amount of power greater than a power threshold will be consumed by the personal identification device to perform the one or more operations. The personal identification device may determine it can communicate with a mobile device that is capable of performing the one or more operations, and may then delegate the one or more operations to the mobile device to conserve power. In one example, the personal identification device may receive the results of the one or more operations from the mobile device, and may provide data associated with the results to a personal identification device detector for authentication of the personal identification device. |
| US10154451B2 |
Radio access system and portable terminal device
As a result of ISR being enabled between a portable terminal device and a network which are capable of communicating by using the communication protocols of a plurality of wireless access technologies, the portable terminal device performs position registration processing between the plurality of wireless access technologies and the portable terminal device each time a fixed period of time elapses, and the portable terminal device is able to move between the plurality of wireless access technologies that have already been registered, without conducting new position registration processing. At this time, if there is a possibility of there being a difference in ISR states (activated or not activated) between the portable terminal device and the network, the portable terminal device ignores any instructions issued by the network for ISR to be enabled in the portable terminal device. |
| US10154444B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving handover success rate
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4G system with IoT technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, and so on) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. The present disclosure can provide a method for supporting a handover and a base station performing the same. The method includes receiving a message including a Radio Link Failure (RLF) report for a terminal from at least another base station, and determining whether a cell in which an RRC connection reestablishment has been attempted by the terminal after the RLF is a cell that is suitable to serve the terminal at a time of RLF occurrence on the basis of at least one of RRC connection setup indicator information and the RLF report. |
| US10154441B2 |
Mobile communication method and radio base station
A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps: transmitting, from an exchange (MME) to a first radio base station (eNB), a location information reporting instruction which provides an instruction to report location information on a mobile station (UE); reporting, the first radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction; transmitting, the location information reporting instruction to a second radio base station (eNB), in a handover procedure of the mobile station (UE) from the first radio base station (eNB) to the second radio base station (eNB); and reporting, from the second radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction. |
| US10154440B2 |
Seamless mobile handover
A localized method for performing handover of a mobile device at a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: establishing, at a cellular base station, a relay connection with a second base station for backhaul; receiving a handover request for a mobile device, the handover request including an IP address; receiving, at the cellular base station, a handover confirmation message from the mobile device following handover authorization for the mobile device; sending, from the cellular base station, a request to the mobile device to shut down a cellular radio connection with the cellular base station; and establishing, using the IP address and a non-cellular radio, a data connection with the mobile device on the same IP address, thereby performing a handover of the mobile device for providing continued IP connectivity for the mobile device at the cellular base station. |
| US10154438B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing interworking between 3GPP and WLAN for dual connectivity in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for performing traffic steering in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE), which is connected to both a master evolved NodeB (MeNB) and a secondary eNB (SeNB) in dual connectivity, receives an indication which indicates whether traffic steering of bearers belonging to a specific bearer type is allowed or not, and performs traffic steering of bearers when traffic steering of bearers belonging to the specific bearer type is allowed. |
| US10154433B2 |
Communication control method
A communication control method according to an embodiment is a communication control method for controlling communication of a user terminal. The communication control method comprises: transmitting, by a cellular base station, data of a predetermined layer, via a WLAN access point to the user terminal; and transmitting, by the user terminal, delivery acknowledgement information based on the received data, via the WLAN access point to the cellular base station. |
| US10154423B2 |
End-to-end network diagnostics
A system and machine-implemented method of network diagnostics are provided. First condition information about a wireless local area network is obtained. Second condition information about an access network connecting the wireless local area network to a wide area network is obtained. Third condition information about the wide area network is obtained. Based on the first, second and third condition information, a condition report is provided to a diagnostic module configured to identify one or more network issues across the wireless local area network, the access network and the wide area network based on the condition report. |
| US10154421B2 |
Reference signal sequence configuration method and network device
A reference signal sequence configuration method includes: selecting, by a network device and from candidate IDs, an ID used for generating a reference signal initialization sequence for a terminal, where the candidate IDs include at least two IDs, and the selected ID does not include a scrambling ID; and generating a reference signal initialization sequence for the terminal according to the selected ID. An implementation manner of the present invention further provides a network device. In the reference signal sequence configuration method and the network device, a reference signal initialization sequence is generated according to the selected ID, thereby providing a manner of generating a reference signal initialization sequence different from the manner in the prior art. |
| US10154418B2 |
Method and arrangement related to interference between systems
Methods and arrangements for use in a respective node and mobile terminal in a first system associated with a first frequency band for radio communication, for supporting avoiding or reducing interference in a second frequency band associated with a second system, which second frequency band is adjacent to the first frequency band. The method for use in the node comprises detecting activity of the second system in the second frequency band and adjusting the bandwidth used by the node for communication, based on characteristics of the detected current activity of the second system in the second frequency band, such that interference to the second frequency band, from radio communication associated with the node, is adapted to the second system activity in said second frequency band. The method further comprises providing information of said adjustment to at least one mobile terminal. Further, information of said adjustment could be provided to neighboring nodes. |
| US10154417B2 |
Network node and a method therein for computing cell range expansion (CRE) values
A method in a network node for computing a Cell Range Expansion (CRE) value. The network node obtains a first value of a measure of the performance of the wireless communications network. The network node creates a first relationship relating the first value of the parameter to the first CRE value and the first measure of the performance of the wireless communications network, based on the first value of the parameter and the first value of the measure of the performance. The network node creates a second relationship relating the second value of the parameter to a second CRE value and a second value of the measure of the performance of the wireless communications network, based on the first relationship and on the second value of the parameter. The network node computes the second CRE value based on a second value of the parameter, and the second relationship. |
| US10154416B2 |
Data processing method, and communications device and system
Embodiments disclose a data processing method, and a communications device and system. The method includes: transmitting, by a communications device, a data packet to a receiving node by using an unlicensed spectrum resource and by using a hybrid automatic repeat request process. The method also includes determining, by the communications device, that the unlicensed spectrum resource is unavailable and an unsuccessfully-sent data packet exists in the hybrid automatic repeat request process. The method also includes triggering, by the communications device, ARQ retransmission for the unsuccessfully-sent data packet. |
| US10154415B2 |
Resource adaptation for frequency domain downlink inter-cell interference coordination
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at least one performance metric from each of a plurality of cells, the at least performance metric associated with a downlink transmission from the cell to one or more user equipment devices associated with the cell. The method further includes determining a fraction of resources for allocation within a fractional frequency reuse portion of a frequency spectrum based upon the received at least one performance metric, and determining a fraction of the resources for allocation within a reuse one portion of the frequency spectrum based upon the determined fraction of resources for allocation within the fractional frequency reuse portion of the frequency spectrum. |
| US10154414B2 |
Resource allocation
A first finite resource allocation request is received at a finite resources allocation server from a first client network node requesting a first amount of a given type of finite resource for use by the first client network node. A first allocated amount of the given type of finite resource is first allocated to the first client network node. The first allocating allocates the first allocated amount at least on the basis of a previously allocated first amount. A second finite resource allocation request is received at the finite resources allocation server from a second client network node requesting a second amount of the given type of finite resource. A second allocated amount of the given type of finite resource is second allocated to the second client network node. The second allocating allocates the second allocated amount at least on the basis of a previously allocated second amount. |
| US10154411B2 |
Proximity authentication protocol
A machine implemented method of authenticating a communication channel between a first device and a second device by providing proof of proximity between both devices, the method comprising: generating, at the first device, an acoustic authentication signal to be received at the second device via a solid body acoustic coupling established between the first device and the second device thereby providing proof of proximity between both devices and so authenticating the communication channel between the first device and the second device. |
| US10154410B2 |
Systems and methods for authentication using low quality and high quality authentication information
Systems, methods, and devices for authenticating a user are provided. A device includes one or more processors configured to determine if a requested service requires high quality authentication, generate a request for high quality authentication if the requested service requires high quality authentication, and generate a request for low quality authentication if the requested service requires low quality authentication. The device also include a network interface component coupled to a network, the network interface component configured to: receive the request for the service requiring authentication, and a memory, the memory storing high quality authentication information and low quality authentication information for authenticating the user. |
| US10154408B2 |
System and method for providing a public number-private number telephony system
This invention shows a method for operating a voice communications network that comprises dynamically associating a private number with at least one public number of a circuit-switched voice communication network, authenticating a user of a private number without reliance on a static reproducible data code, receiving an incoming call to the public number and routing the incoming call from a caller to the private number. The method also shows the generation of an outgoing call from the private number and passing the outgoing call through the public number while generating calling party information to a target which preserves the privacy of the caller, and altering an associating of the private number and at least one public number. The system therefore acts as a proxy with authentication by means of dynamic code security. The caller and the user of the private number share seamless round-trip telephone communications while preserving the anonymity of the user of the private number. The system functionality is advantageously presented as a restricted option space defined by a “skin”, which provides a consistent and purposeful set of functionality useful for a predetermined population of users. |
| US10154407B2 |
IP aggregation for LTE-based mobile networks
A mobile architecture system includes a plurality of connection nodes each comprising an access interface and at least one network interface. A plurality of aggregation layer devices are each coupled to respective sets of connection nodes to form aggregation regions. A backhaul network is coupled to each of the aggregation layer devices, and a mobility entity is coupled to the backhaul network, wherein each of the connection nodes is configured to receive attachment requests from at least one user device. The aggregation layer devices are configured to assign IP addresses to user devices connected to connection nodes coupled to the respective aggregation layer devices. The aggregation layer devices are configured to determine IP routes from the backhaul network to the connection nodes based on the assigned IP addresses. The aggregation layer devices are further configured to notify respective connection nodes regarding the IP addresses assigned to connected user devices. |
| US10154404B2 |
Provisioning an embedded universal integrated circuit entity within an electronic device
A method for provisioning an embedded universal integrated circuit entity within an electronic device includes: in a first step, the embedded universal integrated circuit entity is initialized after being activated by a microprocessor; in a second step, the embedded universal integrated circuit entity transmits a secret information to the microprocessor; in a third step, the secret information is stored in a memory area; and in a fourth step, an initial communication contact, using radio link capabilities provided by a radio module, is established between, on the one hand, the electronic device and the embedded universal integrated circuit entity, and, on the other hand, the mobile communication network or a server device. |
| US10154402B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving discovery information in wireless communication system, and protocol stack architecture for the same
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method and user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving discovery information in a wireless communication system supporting a proximity service are provided. The method for transmitting discovery information includes receiving, in a medium access control (MAC) layer, discovery information for discovery associated with the proximity service from a higher layer, generating, in the MAC layer, a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) including the received discovery information, and transmitting, in a physical (PHY) layer, a discovery signal including the generated MAC PDU. |
| US10154399B2 |
Method for outputting content and electronic device for supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a sensor module including sensing circuitry configured to sense a temperature of at least part of the electronic device and a processor electrically connected with the sensor module. The processor is configured to perform a function using a first output device operatively connected with the electronic device, to determine a temperature of the electronic device using the sensor module, while the function is executed, and to perform at least part of the function using a second output device operatively connected with the electronic device, if the temperature is within a predetermined temperature range. |
| US10154398B2 |
Methods and systems for node selection in multihop wireless sensor networks
A method and system for node selection in a multihop wireless sensor network is disclosed. The method includes: determining, at a source node, a leftover energy associated with each neighboring node of the source node and determining a secure value associated with each neighboring node of the source node. A potential candidate set is generated, which includes one or more nodes for which leftover energy is greater than an energy threshold. Thereafter, an actual candidate set is generated from the potential candidate, such that, secure value of each node in the actual candidate set is greater than a secure value threshold. Further, the actual candidate set is sorted based on a priority value determined based on the secure value. Finally, a node with the highest priority value in the actual candidate set is selected for receiving a data packet from the source node. |
| US10154395B2 |
Terminal and service providing device, electronic wallet system comprising the same, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program recorded thereon
Provided are a terminal and a service providing device, an electronic wallet system including the same, a control method thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon. That is, according to the present invention, instead of directly sharing a content including personal information displayed in a specific app, such as an electronic wallet app, installed in the terminal with an SNS or the like, the same content, which does not include personal information and is previously stored in the service providing device so as to correspond to the content, is shared through an SNS corresponding to the terminal, so that it is possible to improve convenience of a user and enhance availability of contents. |
| US10154394B2 |
Over the air image configuration
A system and method of allowing a network device to receive a customized version of a reference design is disclosed. In one embodiment, many values that may be subject to customization are no longer fixed by the reference design. Rather, the reference design utilizes rewritable non-volatile memory to store a set of customization values that can be changed, based on a customer's preference. The system also includes a configuration tool, which interfaces with the network device. Using vendor-unique commands, the configuration tool is able to initialize this set of customization values to the values requested by the customer. In operation, the reference design is downloaded into the network device. The configuration tool is then used to establish the customized parameters for a particular customer. This process allows the manufacturer to create one reference design, which can be customized without the need to modify the code or recompile the source code. |
| US10154393B2 |
Method, motor vehicle, and system for determining a transmission path
The invention relates to a method for determining a communication network for collecting information in the surroundings of a motor vehicle, in which a request message is transmitted, and the request message is received by a first outside vehicle, and a first response message is transmitted by the outside vehicle to the motor vehicle, wherein the request message of each first outside vehicle is transmitted to at least one respective second outside vehicle, wherein a second response message is transmitted by means of the respective second outside vehicle to the first outside vehicle and from there is transmitted to the motor vehicle, wherein a current position of the respective outside vehicle is transmitted with the response messages, and wherein, depending on the response messages, a network plan of the communication network is determined by the motor vehicle, and on the basis of the network plan, a unique transmission path to one of the outside vehicles is established for another request message of the motor vehicle for collecting information from one of the outside vehicles. |
| US10154388B2 |
Wireless directional sharing based on antenna sectors
Apparatuses and methods for sharing data between wireless devices based on one or more user gestures are disclosed. In some implementations, a wireless device may include a number of antenna elements configured to beamform signals in a plurality of transmit directions, with each of the transmit directions corresponding to one of a number of antenna sectors. Each of the antenna sectors may represent a unique set of phase shift values and gain values applied to the plurality of antenna elements, for example, so that the wireless device may beamform data transmissions in a transmit direction corresponding to a position of a target device in response to a user gesture. |
| US10154382B2 |
System and method for determining a driver in a telematic application
A system and method for a telematic application on a mobile electronic device that can include detecting, in the telematic application, vehicular travel; collecting, in the telematic application, driver status identification data; determining a driver status based on the driver status identification data; recording the driver status; and recording telematic data based on the driver status. |
| US10154381B2 |
Location context, supplemental information, and suggestions for meeting locations
Enhanced input field features and techniques for displaying and resolving location information in meeting items are provided. In response to a user's interaction with a place name displayed in the location field of a user interface for a meeting item, up to date information is retrieved about the location associated with the place name from a web service and displayed. The display can include a map image tile. In addition to enabling the displaying of up to date information, during creation of the meeting item, the location input field of a meeting item can present location suggestions from within the location input field, for example, as a drop-down listing of possible locations. The suggestions for completing a user's input text string to the location input field can be obtained from sources such as a web service, a mailbox, a managed database/directory service, a history cache/database or a combination thereof. |
| US10154374B2 |
Proximity-based geofenced universal URL
There is disclosed herein a system and method for enabling proximity-based, peer-to-peer sharing of media in which a first device having a wireless communication surrounding the device detects other wireless devices within the region. Communication connections are formed between the wireless devices and a list of the connections is maintained. Without input from a user, media is shared between the individual devices on the connections list and between the individual devices on the connections list and a remote server. Devices not included in the list of connections are blocked from accessing the media. Access to the media is available for a pre-determined period of time, after which time access to the media is blocked for all devices. |
| US10154373B2 |
Providing status of a user device during an adverse condition
A method begins by a processing module identifying a geographic area of an adverse condition and identifying a user device of a plurality of user devices potentially associated with the identified geographic area. The method continues with the processing module issuing a safety notification to the user device, where the safety notification includes one or more of the identified geographic area and a safety status request. The method continues with the processing module receiving, from the user device, a safety status response, where the safety status response includes location information associated with a safe location. The method continues with the processing module indicating the location information to at least some of the plurality of user devices. |
| US10154371B1 |
Response at network terminal to initialization failure
Example techniques described herein can permit network terminals to respond to initialization failures, e.g., failures associated with specific types of access networks. A terminal can receive, from a core network device, an initialization-failure message indicating the core network devices lacks valid information of a particular type, e.g., location information, associated with the terminal. The terminal can enable its information-determining function of the terminal, e.g., a location sensor, and determine information of the type using the information-determining function. The terminal can transmit, to the core network device, an initialization message comprising the first information. In some examples, the initialization message can include a Presence Information Data Format Location Object (PIDF-LO) record indicating the location of the terminal. |
| US10154370B2 |
System and method of an event timing system having integrated geodetic timing points
A system and method for determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant, the system including a location device associated with the participant having a location data receiver for receiving location data from a location providing source, and a wireless communication interface, the location detection device receiving location information from the location providing source, time stamping each received location information, and transmitting location data associated with the location device over the wireless interface; a location detection device in at least periodic wireless communication with the location device for receiving the transmitted location data, and transmitting the received location data; and an event/timing system receiving the transmitted location data, and determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant that will be tracked. |
| US10154365B2 |
Head-related transfer function measurement and application
Techniques are provided for Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) measurement and sharing for audio applications. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving a plurality of three-dimensional (3D)images of a user. The images are generated by a 3D camera or other image capture device, and each image is associated with a unique viewing angle or perspective of the user. The method also includes generating a 3D volume based on the 3D images and then generating a 3D mesh surface based on the 3D volume. The method further includes computing HRTFs associated with the user, based on the 3D mesh surface. Additionally, techniques are disclosed to provide a platform for sharing of the calculated HRTFs between audio applications executing on different devices. |
| US10154362B2 |
Apparatus and method for mapping first and second input channels to at least one output channel
An apparatus for mapping a first input channel and a second input channel of an input channel configuration to at least one output channel of an output channel configuration, wherein each input channel and each output channel has a direction in which an associated loudspeaker is located relative to a central listener position, configured to map the first input channel to a first output channel of the output channel configuration; and despite of the fact that an angle deviation between a direction of the second input channel and a direction of the first output channel is less than an angle deviation between a direction of the second input channel and the second output channel and/or is less than an angle deviation between the direction of the second input channel and the direction of the third output channel, map the second input channel to the second and third output channels by panning between the second and third output channels. |
| US10154360B2 |
Method and system of improving detection of environmental sounds in an immersive environment
An improved method and system for enhancing a user's experience within an immersive environment is disclosed. Solutions and implementations provided improve the user's ability to both hear and identify sounds from outside the user's immersive experience. Implementations include receiving audio and sensor input from the environment, analyzing the received input and adjusting either the display or audio outputs generated for the user based in part on pre-determined policies. |
| US10154354B2 |
Advanced artificial sound hearing training
A method, including the actions of obtaining access to a virtual reality system; activating a cochlear implant such that the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on first input; and receiving second input from the virtual reality system in temporal proximity with the evocation of the hearing percept based on the first input, wherein the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on the first input, and the second input is correlated with the first input. |
| US10154351B2 |
Hearing aid communication system and hearing aid communication method thereof
A hearing aid communication system and a hearing aid communication method thereof are disclosed. The hearing aid communication method includes the following steps: determining whether the sound-providing apparatus is providing a digital signal; when the sound-providing apparatus is providing a digital signal, establishing a connection with the hearing aid; determining whether the digital signal has a sound signal; if the digital signal has the sound signal, further informing the hearing aid able to execute a streaming mode; receiving the digital signal to be transferred to the hearing aid; when the sound-providing apparatus has stopped providing the digital signal with a sound signal, notifying the hearing aid that it can stop executing the streaming mode; and when the sound-providing apparatus is not providing the digital signal, breaking the connection with the hearing aid. |
| US10154350B2 |
Micro-speaker using slope for connecting a first portion and a second portion of the base wall to avoid lead bumping
A micro-speaker is disclosed. The micro-speaker includes a frame with a hollow space, a diaphragm attached to the frame, a voice coil with a lead, a yoke received in the hollow space, a magnet received in the yoke. The yoke includes a base wall in shape of rectangle with two long boundaries and two short boundaries. The base wall includes a first portion locating at the middle of the base wall and two second portions locating at two ends of the first portion and extending to the two short boundaries respectively. The first portion has a thickness greater than the second portion. The second portion of the base wall provides an extra space for at least part of the lead so as to avoid the lead bumping against the base wall. |
| US10154349B2 |
Speaker device
Disclosed is a speaker device, comprising a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, and an auxiliary system for accommodating and fixing the magnetic circuit system and the vibration system. The vibration system comprises a diaphragm, a centering piece and a voice coil which are combined together. The centering piece comprises a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion provided therein, and a connecting arm for connecting the first the second fixing portion. The second fixing portion is provided with an antenna circuit, the first fixing portion is provided with a first external bonding pad corresponding to the antenna circuit, and the antenna circuit is electrically connected to the first external pad. The speaker device of the present invention may achieve antenna functions without increasing a thickness of the speaker device, which is advantageous to a thinner design and an integrated design of the speaker device. |
| US10154348B2 |
Systems and methods for improved acousto-haptic speakers
The systems and methods described herein relate to, among other things, a transducer capable of producing acoustic and tactile stimulation. The transducer includes a rigid mass element disposed on the diaphragm of a speaker. The mass element may optionally be removable and may have a mass selected such that the resonant frequency of the transducer falls within the range of frequencies present in an input electrical audio signal. The systems and methods advantageously benefits from both the fidelity and audio performance of a full-range speaker while simultaneously producing high-fidelity, adjustable and palpable haptic vibrations. |
| US10154346B2 |
Dynamically adjust audio attributes based on individual speaking characteristics
Embodiments are directed towards analyzing content to adjust audio attributes of an audio component of the content to improve a user's audible perception of the content. The content is analyzed to determine an accent of an individual speaking in the content, an ethnic origin or gender of the individual, a genre of the content, or user preferences of the user, or some combination thereof. One or more of these determined characteristics is utilized to select and adjust at least one audio attribute of the audio component of the content, e.g., the volume, base, or treble. The audio component of the content is then output to at least one audio output device based on the at least one adjusted audio attribute. These audio attribute adjustments can improve a user's perception of the audio component, which can improve the user's understanding of the individual speaking in the content. |
| US10154345B2 |
Surround sound recording for mobile devices
A microphone arrangement and a method using the microphone arrangement for recording surround sound in a mobile device, where the microphone arrangement comprises a first and a second microphone and arranged at a first distance to each other and configured to obtain a stereo signal, and comprises a third microphone configured to obtain a steering signal together with at least one of the first and second microphone or with a fourth microphone. The microphone arrangement also comprises a processor configured to separate the stereo signal into a front stereo signal and a back stereo signal based on the steering signal. |
| US10154342B2 |
Spatial adaptation in multi-microphone sound capture
A spatial adaptation system for multiple-microphone sound capture systems and methods thereof are described. A spatial adaptation system includes an inference and weight module configured to receive a inputs. The inputs based on two or more input signals captured by at least two microphones. The inference and weight module to determine one or more weight values base on at least one of the inputs. The spatial adaptation system also including a noise magnitude ratio update module coupled with the inference and weight module. The noise magnitude ratio update module to determine an updated noise target based on the one or more weight values from the inference and weight module. |
| US10154339B2 |
Rotationally symmetric speaker array
A multi-way speaker array is disclosed that includes rings of transducers of different types. The rings of transducers may encircle the cabinet of the speaker array such that the speaker array is rotationally symmetric. The distance between rings of transducers may be based on a logarithmic scale. By separating rings of transducers using logarithmic spacing, denser transducer spacing at short wavelengths is achieved while limiting the number of transducers needed for longer wavelengths by spacing them in larger and larger logarithmic increments. Transducers with overlapping frequency ranges may be used in the speaker array to avoid initial dips or shortfalls in directivity for corresponding beam patterns. |
| US10154337B2 |
Audio speaker with visual performance indicator
An audio speaker includes a glass, a light emitting device, a filter device, and a vibration device. The glass includes light scattering patterns and guides incoming light onto the light scattering patterns. The light emission device includes light emitting members and a control member. The filter device translates an audio signal to a control signal taking account of a plurality of different frequency bands, and transmits the control signals to the vibration device and the light emission device. The vibration device translates the control signals to controlled current applied to the light emitting members. The light intensities of the light emitting member relate to the controlled current and correspond to a height of illumination of the light scattering patterns. |
| US10154336B2 |
Speaker apparatus
To reduce the driving loss in the diaphragm, and to ensure a good sound output in the wide bandwidth. It includes a circular coil bobbin at least partly disposed between a yoke and a magnet, a coil wound around the coil bobbin, the coil being configured to be moved with the coil bobbin where a driving current is supplied to the coil, a piezoelectric element having one end coupled to one end of the coil bobbin in a movement direction, the piezoelectric element being configured to be expanded and contracted and moved in a direction same as the movement direction where an electric current is supplied to the piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm having an inner circumference part coupled to another end of the piezoelectric element, and a coupled part of the diaphragm to the piezoelectric element and a coupled part of the piezoelectric element to the coil bobbin are positioned on a straight line in the movement direction. |
| US10154335B1 |
Interchangeable speaker assembly and method of use
An interchangeable speaker assembly for use in a headphone adapted to receive the interchangeable speaker assembly. Multiple interchangeable speakers assemblies are intended for use with the headphones, each with a unique audio profile. By substituting interchangeable speaker assemblies, a user is capable of customizing the sound characteristics of the set of headphones, and altering the user's listening experience. |
| US10154331B2 |
Wireless earbud
A wireless earbud including a shell housing having an inner shell portion and an outer shell portion. The inner shell portion has an inwardly facing ovate-shaped surface with a forward end portion configured to fit toward the user's ear canal, and a rearward end portion configured to fit in the concha of the user's ear. The outer shell portion has an outwardly facing surface and one or more outwardly protruding abutment surfaces configured to engage other parts of the user's ear to restrict rotation and prevent the earbud from falling out. For example, a first abutment may engage the user's tragus, a second abutment may engage the user's antitragus, and the first and second abutments may together form a convex surface that fits within the user's intertragical notch. Additional protrusions or surfaces may be provided to further improve the self-locking functionality of the earbud in the user's ear. |
| US10154328B2 |
Ingress protection for reducing particle infiltration into acoustic chamber of a MEMS microphone package
A surface-mountable MEMS microphone comprising a MEMS microphone die and an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mounted inside a surface-mountable package housing, and fully enclosed therein. The surface-mountable package is a single, self-contained housing that provides an electrical interface to external circuitry for the enclosed MEMS microphone die and the ASIC, and provides electrical, physical, and environmental protection for the MEMS microphone die and the ASIC. The surface-mountable package allows external acoustic energy to enter the package interior via one or more acoustic ports and impinge on the diaphragm of the MEMS microphone die. The cover of the surface-mountable package comprises an acoustic port with ingress protection to limit dust and particle intrusion. The ingress protection can be a formed member that is part of the cover of the surface-mountable package having various shapes, an internal shield, or a combination of both a formed member and internal shield. |
| US10154323B2 |
Reduction of network connectivity gaps experienced by inline network appliances
A network appliance may include a signal splitter that splits an incoming signal into multiple portions. The signal splitter can direct one portion of the incoming signal to a switching fabric and another portion of the incoming signal to an optical switch. By monitoring the power intensity of the portion of the incoming signal received by the switching fabric, the network appliance can seamlessly switch between a bypass traffic path and a pass-through traffic path without losing network traffic caused by gaps in network connectivity. Such a configuration also enables the network appliance to maintain an accurate record of the logical connectivity state even when the network appliance is in the bypass state (i.e., when network traffic bypasses the switching fabric of the network appliance). |
| US10154322B2 |
Fast recovery of fibre channel (FC) link using delayed NOS message after FC link failure
An optical system is provided that converts optical signals received over an optical trunk from a first optical switch to client optical signals intended for a second optical switch. The first and second optical switches operate in accordance with a Fiber Channel (FC) protocol. An interruption of the optical signals on the optical trunk is detected. Responsive to the interruption, a Not Operational State (NOS) message sent to the second optical switch is delayed so as to delay triggering of an FC link initialization in the second optical switch. While the NOS message is delayed, idle messages are sent to the second optical switch. |
| US10154319B1 |
Systems and methods for customizing delivery of advertisements
When a viewer is determined to be interested in an advertisement, a media guidance application may identify a second related advertisement to display to the viewer. The second advertisement may be displayed following the first interesting advertisement. To avoid timing issues, media content following the advertisements may be buffered so that the viewer can catch up on the media content without missing anything. |
| US10154311B2 |
TV mode change in accordance with number of viewers present
This application is directed to changing a TV operating mode based on a potential relationship among viewers of a connected TV. In some implementations, a method includes: determining viewer identities and identifying the potential relationship among the viewers or a subset of the viewers; in accordance with a determination that the potential relationship allows the viewers to share private information, placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a first operating mode that is unrelated to media content being displayed and allows personal information to be displayed on the connected TV; and in accordance with a determination that the potential relationship does not allow the viewers to share private information, placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a second operating mode that is unrelated to the media content and does not allow personal information to be displayed on the connected TV. |
| US10154309B2 |
Dynamically adjusting video merchandising to reflect user preferences
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for displaying one or more video streams on a consumer device. The technique includes setting a first display characteristic associated with a first video stream to a first value based on a first priority associated with the first video stream. The technique further includes transmitting the first video stream to a consumer device for display. The technique further includes selecting a second video stream, setting a second display characteristic associated with the second video stream to a second value based on a second priority associated with the second video stream, and transmitting the second video stream to the consumer device for display. |
| US10154303B2 |
Entry adapter that blocks different frequency bands and preserves downstream signal strength
An entry adapter configured to allow downstream and upstream external signals to be received by the entry adapter, allow the downstream and upstream external signals to be conducted to a server interface of an internal client-server network, allow client signals to be conducted to a client interface of the internal client-server network, and including a frequency band blocking device configured to allow low frequency band signals to be conducted to the server interface, preserve downstream signal strength to the server interface, allow high frequency band signals to be conducted to the client interface, and block the high frequency band signals from being conducted to the external network. |
| US10154302B2 |
CATV entry adapter and method for distributing CATV and in-home entertainment signals
An entry adapter device and method, the entry adapter device configured to connect to an upstream cable television (CATV) network, a first downstream subscriber device, and at least one second downstream subscriber device. The device has an active downstream signal communication path configured to conduct signals in a first frequency range. The device also includes an active upstream signal communication path configured to conduct signals in a second frequency range. The device further includes a passive signal communication path, and an in-home entertainment (IHE) signal communication path configured to conduct signals in a third frequency range. |
| US10154301B2 |
Image display device and method for controlling the same
A display device including a display; a first external interface configured to be connected to a first external device; a second external interface configured to be connected to a second external device; and a controller configured to display, on the display, a first image content received from the first external device connected to the display device via the first external interface, display, on an external source list menu for selecting the first external device or the second external device, a first image obtained by capturing the first displayed image content, wherein the first image is captured based on a first signal received from a remote controller and the first captured image is used as a first label representing the first external device, display, on the display, a second image content received from the second external device connected to the display device via the second external interface, and display, on the external source list menu, a second image obtained by capturing the second displayed image content, wherein the second image is captured based on a second signal received from the remote controller and the second captured image is used as a second label representing the second external device. |
| US10154298B2 |
Scalable data acquisition and accumulation in a resource constrained environment
A method of acquiring and accumulating data from a server via a network is provided. A request is transmitted for a plurality of items of data and includes at least one ingestion marker associated with the data. The at least one ingestion marker represents a last occurrence of when a change was made to the data. Data is received with a transfer protocol in response to the request. The data has at least one associated ingestion marker different than the at least one associated ingestion marker transmitted with the request. The received data and the at least one associated ingestion marker is stored in memory. The request is transmitted and the data is received and stored electronically by an electronic client device communicating with the server over the network. A system of acquiring and accumulating Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data from a web-server over a network is also disclosed. |
| US10154290B2 |
System and method for wireless distribution of television channels in a venue
A multimedia distribution system receives multiple television channels and transcodes them into a single stream of data packets with each of the plurality of video data packets for respective ones of the television channels being assigned a port number corresponding to the respective television channel. The data packets are routed to a plurality of Access Points (APs) for transmission. A User Equipment (UE) communicates with the APs and selects one of the television channels for viewing on the UE by selecting the port number corresponding to the desired television channel. The UE can “change channels” to view other television channels by changing the port number to the port number of the desired television channel. |
| US10154287B2 |
Video encoding method and apparatus using transformation unit of variable tree structure, and video decoding method and apparatus
A video encoding method is provided. The method includes: encoding a current region of a video by performing a transformation on the current region by using transformation units in a variable tree-structure which are determined from among transformation units that are hierarchically split from a base transformation unit with respect to the current region and which are generated based on a maximum split level of a transformation unit. The method further includes outputting encoded data of the current region, information about an encoding mode, and transformation-unit hierarchical-structure information including maximum size information and minimum size information of the transformation unit with respect to the video. |
| US10154286B2 |
Systems and methods for model parameter optimization in three dimensional based color mapping
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for performing adaptive color space conversion and adaptive entropy encoding of LUT parameters. A video bitstream may be received and a first flag may be determined based on the video bitstream. The residual may be converted from a first color space to a second color space in response to the first flag. The residual may be coded in two parts separated by the most significant bits and least significant bits of the residual. The residual may be further coded based on its absolute value. |
| US10154279B2 |
Method and apparatus for derivation of motion vector predictor candidate set
A method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate set for a block are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention generate a complete full MVP candidate set based on the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set if one or more redundant MVP candidates exist. In one embodiment, the method generates the complete full MVP candidate set by adding replacement MVP candidates to the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set and a value corresponding to a non-redundant MVP is assigned to each replacement MVP candidate. In another embodiment, the method generates the complete full MVP candidate set by adding replacement MVP candidates to the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set and a value is assigned to each replacement MVP candidate according to a rule. The procedure of assigning value, checking redundancy, removing redundant MVP candidate are repeated until the MVP candidate set is complete and full. |
| US10154278B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding images, and apparatus using same
According to the present invention, an image decoding method for supporting a plurality of layers includes the steps of: receiving and parsing layer-dependent information for reference layers that can be referenced by a current layer in an entire bitstream; when interlayer prediction is used in decoding a current picture in the current layer, receiving and parsing layer information for a reference layer referenced by the current picture among the reference layers; and decoding the current picture on the basis of the layer information. |
| US10154275B2 |
Systems and methods for embedding metadata into video contents
There is provided systems and methods for embedding data into a video content. A system includes an encoder, a memory storing the encoder, and a hardware processor configured to execute the encoder from the memory. The hardware processor is configured to execute the encoder from the memory to obtain the data, determine a plurality of pixels in the video content, and embed the data into the video content by inverting the plurality of pixels in the video content according to the data. The system further includes a decoder for decoding the video content to obtain the data. |
| US10154274B2 |
Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding
A method for decoding an encoded video representation from a bitstream, the method comprising decoding an identifier indicating that all samples within a scope of the bitstream have been coded with a prediction restriction; determining that the scope covers a region of interest within a picture; decoding at least a first coding unit preceding said region of interest in decoding order in a parse mode such that syntax elements belonging to said at least first coding unit are parsed, but a sample reconstruction process of said syntax elements is omitted; and decoding at least a second coding unit belonging to said region of interest such that syntax elements belonging to said at least second coding unit are parsed and a sample reconstruction process is performed to said syntax elements. |
| US10154273B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding residual block, and method and apparatus for decoding residual block
A decoding apparatus for decoding an image by obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of a non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from a bitstream. |
| US10154269B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for scalable video coding with mixed interlace and progressive content
Methods, apparatus, and systems for video coding/decoding are disclosed. One representative method includes a decoder receiving video content including at least a base layer (BL), an enhancement layer (EL) and phase information. The phase information includes an indicator indicating one or more sets of phase parameters from among plural sets of phase parameters. The method further includes assembling the BL into an inter-layer reference (ILR) picture based on the video content and the received phase information, selecting one or both of the ILR picture or an EL reference picture, and predicting a current EL picture using the phase information and one or more of the selected ILR picture or the selected EL reference picture. |
| US10154267B2 |
Video encoding device, video decoding device, video encoding method, video decoding method, and program
A video encoding device includes: transform means 11 for transforming an image block; entropy encoding means 12 for entropy-encoding transformed data of the image block transformed by the transform means 11; PCM encoding means 13 for PCM-encoding the image block; multiplex data selection means 14 for selecting output data of the entropy encoding means 12 or the PCM encoding means 13, in a block of a block size set from the outside; and multiplexing means 15 for embedding a PCM header in a bitstream, in the block of the set from the outside block size. |
| US10154263B2 |
Rate-distortion optimization-based quantization method and apparatus
Provided is a video encoding method including: calculating a difference value between a rate-distortion (R-D) cost of a first coefficient level from among coefficient levels of a sub-block and an R-D cost of a second coefficient level adjacent to the first coefficient level by using a distortion difference calculated by using an integer of the first coefficient level and an integer of the second coefficient level and a rate variation between the first coefficient level and the second coefficient level; selecting one of the integer values of the first and second coefficient levels as a modified value of the first coefficient level based on the difference value; and outputting the modified value of the first coefficient level. |
| US10154261B2 |
Encoder and method for video processing
The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an encoder for encoding a bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream. The pictures are divided into units which are further divided into blocks of a first size, wherein the blocks can be divided further into four quarter blocks of a second size. The encoder comprises a processor (810) and a memory (820), said memory (820) containing instructions executable by said processor (810) whereby said encoder is operative to: calculate a result of at least one comparison involving a scaled version of a first error measure associated with one of the quarter blocks, a scaled version of a second error measure associated with at least the remaining quarter blocks; and a threshold C. When at least one of said comparisons gives a Boolean result of a first kind, the encoder is operative to determine that the unit could be divided into quarter blocks of the second size to be used for encoding the picture. When all of said comparisons give a Boolean result of a second kind different from the first kind, wherein the Boolean result of the second kind is indicative of a difference being smaller than if the Boolean result would be of the first kind, wherein said difference is the scaled version of the second error measure subtracted from the scaled version of the first error measure, the encoder is operative to determine that the unit should be divided into blocks of the first size to be used for encoding the picture. |
| US10154258B2 |
Power aware video decoding and streaming
Methods and systems are disclosed for a mobile device to decode video based on available power and/or energy. For example, the mobile device may receive a media description file (MDF) from for a video stream from a video server. The MDF may include complexity information associated with a plurality of video segments. The complexity information may be related to the amount of processing power to be utilized for decoding the segment at the mobile device. The mobile device may determine at least one power metric for the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a first complexity level to be requested for a first video segment based on the complexity information from the MDF and the power metric. The mobile device may dynamically alter the decoding process to save energy based on the detected power/energy level. |
| US10154256B1 |
Flash color calibration
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for calibrating a flash for image capture. An example method may include receiving, from a camera, a first image of a scene captured with a first flash light source emitting light with a first color temperature and with a second flash light source emitting light with a second color temperature different from the first color temperature. The first flash light source and the second flash light source may be derived based on a first flash calibration setting of a number of stored flash calibration settings. The example method may also include determining a difference between a desired color characteristic for the first flash calibration setting and a color characteristic of the first image. The example method may further include adjusting the first flash calibration setting based on the determined difference. |
| US10154255B2 |
In-vehicle-camera image processing device
The present invention inexpensively executes fault diagnosis in real time without obstructing an original image-processing function even while driving. To this end, this in-vehicle-camera image processing device has: one or more camera units capable of selectively switching between a captured image and a test image and outputting the same; an image-processing unit for subjecting a captured image outputted by the camera units to image processing; and a fault diagnosis unit for subjecting the camera units to fault diagnosis, on the basis of the test image outputted by the camera units. In addition, the image-processing unit determines whether or not a fault diagnosis is possible on the basis of the image-processing results, and when fault diagnosis is determined to be possible, outputs diagnosis instruction information to the fault diagnosis unit. The in-vehicle-camera image processing device is characterized in that upon receiving input of the diagnosis instruction information from the image-processing unit, the fault diagnosis unit outputs, to the camera units, an image-selection-instruction signal for switching the image outputted by the camera units from the captured image to the test image. |
| US10154254B2 |
Time-of-flight depth sensing for eye tracking
A head-mounted display (HMD) includes an eye tracking system that determines user's eye tracking information based on depth information derived from time-of-flight methods. The eye tracking system includes an illumination source, an imaging device and a controller. The illumination source illuminates the user's eye with a temporally varying irradiance pattern. The imaging device includes a detector that captures temporal phase shifts (temporal distortions) caused by a local geometry and the illumination pattern being reflected from a portion of the eye. The detector comprises multiple pixels, each pixel having multiple units for capturing, over multiple time instants, light signals related to the temporally distorted illumination pattern. The controller determines phase differences between the temporally distorted illumination pattern and the temporally varying irradiance pattern, based on the captured light signals. The controller determines depth information related to eye surfaces and updates a model of the eye, based on the phase differences. |
| US10154250B2 |
Electronic device having transparent display function and display device thereof
An electronic device and a display device are provided. The electronic device includes the display device and an object to be shown. The display device includes a display panel, a first backlight module, and a second backlight module. The display panel has a transparent area corresponding to the object. The first backlight module is disposed with a gap to the display panel and generates first backlight to reach the display panel. The second backlight module has a prism sheet and a collimated illumination. The prism sheet is parallel to the display panel and corresponding to the transparent area, while the collimated illumination generates light reaching the prism sheet. The light is orientated by the prism sheet and becomes a second backlight before entering the transparent area. |
| US10154248B2 |
Encoder apparatus, encoder system, encoding method, and medium for separating frames captured in time series by imaging directions
An encoder apparatus includes a memory and a processor to receive video data including a plurality of frames that have been captured in multiple imaging directions in a time series; to separate the frames included in the received video data, by the imaging directions; to store, for each of the imaging directions, the separated frames in the memory; to calculate, for each of the imaging directions, based on sequence numbers of the frames stored in the memory before separation, a frame rate of the video data including the frames; and to encode, for each of the imaging directions, the video data that includes the frames stored in the memory at the frame rate calculated with respect to the imaging direction, and to output the encoded video data. |
| US10154247B2 |
Virtual reality communication systems and methods thereof
A virtual reality communication system includes a first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device includes a first camera configured to capture at least one image, and a connector. The second computing device includes a second camera configured to capture the at least one image, a docking connector configured to receive the connector of the first computing device, an image processor configured to combine the at least one image of the first camera with the at least one image of the second camera by correcting color to generate a three dimensional image, and a synchronizing module configured to synchronize the at least one image captured by the first camera with the at least one image captured by the second camera and adjust an intraocular distance between the first camera and the second camera. |
| US10154244B2 |
3D system including a marker mode
A three dimensional system including a marker mode. |
| US10154241B2 |
Depth map based perspective correction in digital photos
The invention relates to post-processing of a digital photo to correct perspective distortion in the photo. The correction applies a digital photo of a scene and a depth map associated with the photo and comprising, for each pixel in the photo, a depth being a distance between a part of the scene in that pixel and a position of the camera at the time of acquisition. The correction is performed locally, so that the correction of any pixel in the photo depends on the depth of that pixel. The correction can be implemented as a transformation of each pixel in the original photo into a new position in a corrected photo. Afterwards, pixel values has to be calculated for the pixels in the corrected photo using the original pixel values and their new positions. The invention is particularly relevant for photos where objects or scenes involves a large magnification variation, such as selfies, close up photos, and photos when the extension of a large, object is not orthogonal to the optical axis of the camera (low/high angle shots). |
| US10154240B2 |
Video processing method and apparatus for use with a sequence of stereoscopic images
To generate a warning that a stereoscopic image sequence has been synthesised from a 2D image sequence, a video processor correlates left-eye image data and right-eye image data to identify any sustained temporal offset between the left-eye and right-eye image data. A measure of sustained correlation between a measured spatial distribution of horizontal disparity and a spatial model can also be used to generate the warning. |
| US10154237B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus includes a transformation unit, an identification unit, a determination unit, and a processing unit. The transformation unit is configured to perform transformation processing on an input image based on a transformation parameter. The identification unit is configured to identify transformation information related to amounts of transformation respectively between a first plurality of coordinates on a transformed image generated based on the transformation processing and a second plurality of coordinates on the input image corresponding to the first plurality of coordinates. The determination unit is configured to determine a smoothing parameter related to an intensity of smoothing processing for each region of the transformed image based on the transformation information. The processing unit is configured to perform smoothing processing on an image based on the input image, based on the smoothing parameter for each region. |
| US10154236B2 |
Acousto-optic beam steering modulator for a projection system
An Acoustic-Optic A/O device receives light from a source and deflecting the light onto the second A/O device which may be a multi-stacked set of individual A/O devices. The first and second devices may deflected light according to control signals. Also, a multi-modulator projector display system including a light source, controller, an A/O modulator illuminated by the light source and capable of deflecting light according to controller signals, a second modulator illuminated by light from said A/O modulator and capable of modulating the A/O modulated light, said second modulator comprising a plurality of mirrors, and said second modulator capable of modulating the light according to controller signals. |
| US10154232B2 |
Communication event
In a communication event between a first user and one or more second users via a communication network. A plurality of video streams is received via the network at a computer connected to the network. Each of the streams carries a respective moving image of at least one respective user. The computer causes the respective moving image of a first of the video streams to be displayed at a user device of the first user for a first time interval. The computer detects, in the respective moving image of a second of the video streams that is not displayed at the user device in the first time interval, a change in the visual content thereof. In response to detecting said change in the visual content, the computer causes at least the second video stream to be displayed at the user device for a second time interval. |
| US10154231B2 |
Communication device and communication method
An effect of crosstalk and unnecessary congestion on a transmission path having a plurality of lanes is improved. A source device 210 includes switches 211-1, . . . , and 211-N for respectively connecting TMDS channels 231-1, . . . , and 231-N to a corresponding signal pin of a transmission unit 211 or ground, and a sink device 220 includes switches 221-1, . . . , and 221-N for respectively connecting TMDS channel 231-1, . . . , and 231-N to a corresponding signal pin of a reception unit 221 or ground. Both the source device 210 and the sink device 220 ground a signal line of the TMDS channels 231-1, . . . , and 231-N which does not perform communication. |
| US10154230B2 |
Generating an output frame for inclusion in a video sequence
In frame rate conversion, output frames (e.g. interpolated frames) are generated for inclusion in a video sequence. A first motion-compensated image may be generated for representing an output frame, e.g. by using motion estimation based on one or more of the existing frames of the video sequence. At least part of the first motion-compensated image is smoothed to determine a smoothed motion-compensated image. Trust indications can be determined for the pixels of the first motion-compensated image to indicate levels of trust in the pixel values. The trust indications may be used to determine how to selectively combine the pixels of the first motion-compensated image and the pixels of the smoothed motion-compensated image to thereby generate the output frame. |
| US10154228B1 |
Smoothing video panning
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for smoothing rendering data (e.g., panning data and/or magnification data) prior to rendering a video clip. The rendering data may be recorded using a first sampling rate and the system may determine Bézier points using a second sampling rate. The Bézier points may be aligned with the rendering data and may be used to generate smoothed rendering data. The smoothed rendering data may be used to render a video clip that may be displayed to a user. If the user inputs additional rendering data during playback of the video clip, the system may generate second smoothed rendering data. For example, the system may record additional rendering data for a second half of the video clip and generate second smoothed rendering data, including a first half of the first smoothed rendering data, based on the additional rendering data. |
| US10154227B2 |
Display device and television receiver
The display device includes two stands 1 that support a chassis (holder). The stand has a strut, and the strut is fixed to the chassis with a fixing portion that encloses a back side and both horizontal sides of the strut. A first projected portion, which projects toward the strut, is formed on a second plate-like member positioned at one side of the strut, and a second projected portion, which projects at a position nearer to the back compared to the first projected portion, is formed on a third plate-like member positioned at the other side. Between the two fixing portions, positions of the second plate-like member and the third plate-like member are in reverse to each other. Due to difference in the positions of the first projected portion and the second projected portion, the two stands cannot be attached at reverse positions. Once the orientation of one fixing portion is reversed, one fixing portion becomes the other fixing portion, and the two fixing portions are common components. |
| US10154223B2 |
Comparator circuit, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic device
The present technology relates to a comparator circuit, a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device which enable to improve a frame rate. A comparator compares an analog signal with a reference signal, an amplification stage amplifies output of a comparing unit and has different output change speeds in normal rotation and in reverse rotation, and a switch circuit fixes an input node or an output node of the amplification stage to a predetermined voltage in a predetermined period before a comparing operation by the comparator so that the amplification stage operates in a change direction having a higher output change speed. The present technology can be applied to a comparator circuit provided to an A/D converter of a CMOS image sensor. |
| US10154221B2 |
Imaging device, imaging system, mobile apparatus, and drive method of imaging device
An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each of which outputs at least one of an imaging signal and a ranging signal and performs a first readout operation that reads the imaging signal from a first pixel group of the plurality of pixels, and a second readout operation that, after the first readout operation and before a readout operation for next acquiring the imaging signal, reads the ranging signal from a second pixel group of the plurality of pixels. In the first readout operation, the imaging signal is not read from a third pixel group of the plurality of pixels, in a period from a reset of the first pixel group to a next reset of the first pixel group, the third pixel group is reset, and the second pixel group is selected from the third pixel group based on the imaging signal read by the first readout operation. |
| US10154216B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and storage medium using compressive sensing
An image capturing apparatus acquires a light intensity distribution in an object space through image capturing using a plurality of pixels, sets a coefficient distribution that is a distribution of a coefficient corresponding to each of the plurality of pixels and is to be applied to the light intensity distribution, acquires object space information that is information on the object space and different from the light intensity distribution, sets first pixel group and second pixel groups that are different from each other in the plurality of pixels based on the object space information, and generates a combined image by combining a plurality of light intensity distributions obtained by applying the coefficient distributions to each of the plurality of pixels obtained with a plurality of image capturing conditions. |
| US10154211B2 |
Circuit controller for controlling a pixel circuit and a method of controlling a pixel circuit
A pixel circuit comprises a first capacitor, a photo diode and a switch. A voltage source generates a reference voltage to reset the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit is reset for a first reset time period by electrically coupling a cathode of the photo diode and a first capacitor terminal to the voltage source. The cathode is decoupled from the voltage source and the photo diode is exposed to light for an accumulation time period. After the accumulation time period, a first reference voltage is sampled. The cathode is then coupled, via the switch, to the first capacitor terminal for a selected transfer time period, during which a second signal voltage is sampled. After the selected transfer time period, a first signal voltage is sampled with the cathode decoupled. The pixel circuit is then reset for a second reset time period, after which a second reference voltage value is sampled. |
| US10154210B2 |
Global shutter imaging pixels
A global shutter imaging pixel may have a single source follower transistor. The source follower transistor may be coupled to a floating diffusion region and a charge storage region. In order to read out samples from the charge storage region without including a second source follower transistor in each pixel, the samples may be transferred to floating diffusion regions of adjacent pixels. Alternatively, a transistor may be configured to transfer charge from the charge storage region to the floating diffusion region of the same pixel, thus reusing a single source follower transistor. These types of pixels may be used for correlated double sampling, where a reset charge level and integration charge level are both sampled. These pixels may also operate in a global shutter mode where images are captured simultaneously by each pixel. |
| US10154208B2 |
Imaging device, imaging method, and on-board imaging system
The imaging device is characterized by comprising an image sensor comprising pixels with sensitivity to the visible range and near infrared range and pixels with sensitivity to the near infrared range, a color reproduction processing unit that performs color reproduction processing using signals from the pixels with sensitivity to the visible range and near infrared range and signals from the pixels with sensitivity to the near infrared range among the output signals of the image sensor, a visible light amount calculating unit that calculates the signal quantity in the visible range using the output signal of the image sensor, and a control unit that controls the color reproduction processing unit so that the color reproduction processing is performed on the basis of the signal quantity in the visible range calculated by the visible light amount calculating unit. |
| US10154206B2 |
Apparatus, control method and program thereof, and external apparatus for transmitting transparency information indicative whether a transparency is set
A monitoring camera can make communication with a client apparatus through an IP network. The monitoring camera includes an image capturing unit that captures an image of an object, a compressing and encoding unit that overlays overlay information on the captured image, and a communication unit that transmits transparency information indicative of whether or not a transparency can be set for each of a first portion and a second portion of the overlay information, which is overlaid by the compressing and encoding unit, to the client apparatus via the IP network. |
| US10154205B2 |
Electronic device and image processing method thereof
An example of the invention provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a camera module, a control unit and a computing unit. The control unit controls the camera module to acquire a first image and a second image. The computing unit receives the first image and the second image to generate a third image, wherein the resolution of the third image is greater than the resolution of the first image and the resolution of the second image. |
| US10154204B2 |
Video compressive sensing with side information
A time-dependent aperture is configured to modulate light during an integration time interval. A first detector is configured to capture a first image of a scene during the integration time interval using light received from the time-dependent aperture. A second detector is configured to capture a second image of the scene concurrently with the first detector capturing the first image. A processor is configured to reconstruct a plurality of images of the scene based on the first image and the second image. |
| US10154202B2 |
Apparatus for illuminating a scene and control method thereof
An apparatus for illuminating a scene to be captured includes an illumination source configured to illuminate the scene; an adaptive optical element configured to be controlled to change an illumination in the scene by the illumination source; and a controller configured to determine an illumination pattern corresponding to the scene, and configured to control the adaptive optical element to change the illumination in the scene by the illumination source based on the determined illumination pattern. |
| US10154198B2 |
Power saving techniques for an image capture device
An image capture device that includes an adjustment circuit configured to monitor image parameters, generate updated image settings for the image capture device in response to the monitored image parameters, and transmit the updated image settings to one or more processors. The updated image settings configure the one or more processors to determine whether to transition the image capture device from a dynamic scene mode to a static scene mode based on a first image parameter included in the monitored image parameters, wherein the first image parameter is different from a second image parameter used to determine to transition the image capture device from the static scene mode to the dynamic scene mode, and to suspend generation of all or less than all of the updated image settings in response to determining to transition the image capture device from the dynamic scene mode to the static scene mode. |
| US10154197B2 |
Image capture device having light field image capture mode, 2D image capture mode, and intermediate capture mode
An image capture device, such as a camera, has multiple modes including a light field image capture mode, a conventional 2D image capture mode, and at least one intermediate image capture mode. By changing position and/or properties of the microlens array (MLA) in front of the image sensor, changes in 2D spatial resolution and angular resolution can be attained. In at least one embodiment, such changes can be performed in a continuous manner, allowing a continuum of intermediate modes to be attained. |
| US10154193B1 |
Noncircular aperture imaging system
Various technologies pertaining to an imaging system with a noncircular aperture are described herein. An imaging objective with a noncircular aperture and an anamorphic lens is used to capture a plurality of image frames of a scene. Each image frame is captured at a different rotational orientation of the imaging objective with respect to the scene. Each image frame has a non-uniform spatial resolution. A composite image of the scene is generated based upon the image frames. The composite image comprises a first region that has a spatial resolution that is approximately the same as a spatial resolution of an image generated using a circular objective with a diameter equal to the largest dimension of the noncircular aperture, and a second region with a lower spatial resolution. |
| US10154185B2 |
Vehicle camera with SMD pad for coaxial cable connection
A camera for a vehicle vision system includes a front housing portion, a circuit board, and a rear housing portion having a connector portion for connection of a vehicle coaxial cable. The circuit board includes a first solder pad for soldering a core pin connecting element, and a second solder pad that partially circumscribes the first solder pad for soldering a shielding connecting element. The second solder pad only partially circumscribes the first solder pad so as to have a gap between opposing ends of the second solder pad. The gap is configured to allow for escape of gases that evaporate out of the solder during the soldering process. The core pin connecting element electrically connects between a core pin of the connected coaxial cable and circuitry of the circuit board and the shielding connecting element electrically connects between shielding of the coaxial cable and circuitry of the circuit board. |
| US10154175B2 |
Circuit board, imaging device, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a circuit board, an imaging device, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing the generation of a noise in a conductor loop according to a magnetic field on the periphery of a side end portion of a conductor group. A circuit board of the present technology includes: a conductor group, in which a conductor through which a current flows in a first direction and a conductor through which a current flows in a second direction are aligned in a third direction. A conductor of at least one end portion of the conductor group in the third direction suppresses an induced electromotive force generated in the conductor loop in accordance with a magnetic field generated on the periphery of the conductor group in the third direction. The present technology can be, for example, applied to an imaging device and an electronic apparatus. |
| US10154169B1 |
Fax board incompatibility detection and circumvention
Embodiments of the present invention provide for a method, system, and computer program for increasing the success of a facsimile transmission. In an embodiment of the invention, the method includes writing a record to a database during a failed attempt at transmitting a fax image by the fax server, receiving each of a new fax image to be transmitted to a recipient, a specified fax sender, and also at least a portion of a phone number, and retrieving a current selected configuration stored for the specified fax sender. The method further includes querying the database to determine whether the current selected configuration of the specified fax sender matches a record in the database, and if a match is found, establishing that a prior facsimile transmitted by the specified fax sender was unsuccessful, but on condition that no match is found, transmitting the new fax image by the fax server. |
| US10154167B2 |
Image data management system, image data management method, and storage medium
To make it possible to check all received image data later while performing control so that no printout is produced for data that is not necessary among received image data. An image data management system including: a reception unit configured to receive image data; a registration unit configured to resister identification information on a specific source of transmission of the image data; a control unit configured to perform control so that image data received from a source of transmission registered as the specific source of transmission is not printed and image data received from a source of transmission not registered as the specific source of transmission is printed; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the name of a source of transmission of received image data from address book data in which the name of and identification information on each source of transmission are registered in association with each other; a creation unit configured to create a folder path of a folder that is a storage destination of received image data by using the acquired name; and a storage unit configured to store received image data in a folder indicated by the created folder path. |
| US10154166B2 |
Image sensor panel and method for capturing graphical information using same
The present disclosure provides an image sensor panel and a method for capturing graphical information using the image sensor panel. In one aspect, the image sensor panel includes a substrate and a sensor array on the substrate, the sensor array including a plurality of photosensitive pixels. The substrate includes a first region defined by the sensor array and a second region other than the first region. The second region is optically transparent and has an area greater than that of the first region. |
| US10154161B2 |
Image forming apparatus determining supplies-purchasing condition based on usage of supplies and operating method thereof
An image forming apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus uses supplied mounted therein, and includes at least one computer processor configured to determine a grade of the image forming apparatus based on an accumulated usage of the supplies, and determine a range of available grades of the supplies, based on the determined grade of the image forming apparatus, and a memory configured to store information about the grade of the image forming apparatus. |
| US10154158B2 |
System for applying a mark to an object in an object holder of a direct-to-object printer
What is disclosed is system which facilitates the application of a mark to a surface of an object in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the present marking system. The present marking system comprises a camera for capturing an image of an object retained by an object holder configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned to be parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject in onto a surface of the object. A processor receives an image of an object held and communicates the image to a display. A mark to be printed on the object is retrieved and overlaid on the object in the image. A location of the overlaid mark is determined and communicated to a controller which causes the printhead to print the mark on the object at the location. |
| US10154157B2 |
Calibration system that ensure improved accuracy while reducing calculation cost, calibration method, and recording medium therefor
A calibration system includes an image forming apparatus, a color-measurement device, a primary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit, and a secondary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit. The primary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit adjusts input-output characteristics of a primary color of the image forming apparatus by correcting a gamma correction table for the primary color. The secondary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit adjusts input-output characteristics of a secondary color of the image forming apparatus by correcting the gamma correction table for the primary color using the measurement results of the chart for the secondary color. The chart for the secondary color is printed by the image forming apparatus after the adjustment. The secondary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit, as a combination ratio of two color materials, obtains the combination ratio where a hue angle of the specific secondary color becomes a defined hue angle so as to correct the gamma correction table for the primary color corresponding to the obtained combination ratio. |
| US10154149B1 |
Audio framework extension for acoustic feedback suppression
An audio framework for acoustic feedback suppression. One example portable communication device includes a microphone, a loudspeaker, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives an acoustic signal, including an audible component and an ultrasonic component, from the microphone. The electronic processor splits the acoustic signal into a first stream and a second stream identical to the first stream. The electronic processor is removes the ultrasonic component from the first stream to generate a filtered audio stream, and passes the filtered audio stream to a sound server. The electronic processor removes the audible component from the second stream to generate a received ultrasonic stream, and compares the received ultrasonic stream to a transmit ultrasonic stream to determine an acoustic distance. The electronic processor determines an attenuation level based on the acoustic distance, and adjusts an audio component of the portable communication device based on the attenuation level. |
| US10154147B2 |
Multi-network access gateway
Disclosed embodiments include a multi-network gateway system providing one or more third-party telecommunications service providers access to a third-party network interface across an otherwise proprietary access network maintained by a primary telecommunications service provider. Specifically, one embodiment includes an access network provided by a primary telecommunications service provider in communication with a multi-network access gateway. One subset of telecommunications information conveyed across the access network is provided to a customer of the primary telecommunications service provider. Another subset of telecommunications information conveyed across the access network is provided to a third-party network interface and to a third-party network, for the use of the third-party telecommunications service provider. |
| US10154145B1 |
Virtual telephony assistant
Examples are disclosed for placing an outbound telephony call using a smart speaker as a proxy device for a telephone account. A smart speaker may receive a verbal command to initiate the telephone call that includes identifying information for the called party. The verbal command may be forwarded to a smart speaker server where it may be converted to a computer instruction to initiate the telephone call. The computer instruction may then be forwarded to a communications server. The communications server may determine the telephone number to call based on the identifying information for the called party. The communications server may then establish a first communication link between itself and a telephony endpoint of the called party and a second communication link between itself and the smart speaker device. The communication links may then be bridged into a communications session between the smart speaker device and the telephony endpoint of the called party. |
| US10154142B2 |
System and method for scalable interaction prioritization
A system and method include a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to allocate interactions to a server based on a function of a criteria over time, where the server can only handle a determined number of interactions at a time. |
| US10154133B2 |
Quality-dependent playback of recordings
Responsive to concurrently recording on a plurality of recorders a telephonic interaction constructing a plurality of playlists, and according to faults identified while recording the plurality of playlists evaluating a quantitative quality score for each playlist in the plurality of playlists and presenting the playlists in a prioritized order according to the scores thereof. |
| US10154131B2 |
Executing instructions in response to a communication
An instruction execution engine on a user device may be configured to receive an executable instruction assigned to one or more contacts or groups of contacts. A communication from the one or more contacts or groups may be detected. Upon detecting the communication, the engine may execute the executable instruction. This executing step may trigger a user reminder or data transfer to one or more third parties. |
| US10154130B2 |
Mobile device context aware determinations
Systems and methods are provided for mobile device context aware determinations. In one implementation inputs are received in relation to a location which corresponding to an incidence of deceleration, the inputs are processed to determine a likelihood that the deceleration is to be maintained for a shorter and/or longer time duration, and based on a determination that the deceleration is to be maintained for longer, a restriction at a device can be modified. According to another aspect, first time intervals which correspond to navigation instances associated with a first instruction provider and second time intervals which correspond to other navigation instances can be received, the first time intervals can be compared with the second time intervals to determine an efficiency of the first navigation provider, and based on a determination that the first navigation provider is relatively efficient, a recommendation to select the first navigation instruction provider can be provided. |
| US10154121B2 |
Control device, system containing the control device and method of using the same
Disclosed is a control device for a serial network protocol controller configured to selectively disable control of a parameter of a controllable media device by at least one channel while the serial network protocol controller continues to transmit the at least one channel to the at least on serial network protocol controllable media device. |
| US10154120B2 |
System and method for data transfer, including protocols for use in data transfer
Embodiments of systems and methods for data transfer are presented herein. Specifically, embodiments of such a data transfer methodology may utilize one or more transmission channels for the transmission of the data to be transferred. In addition, a control channel in a different protocol than the transmission channels may be utilized to transmit control information between the sender and recipient. The rate at which data is sent on the transmission channels may be adjusted or the transmission of data on the transmission channel prioritized. |
| US10154119B2 |
Group browsing and usage of fiori applications
A method and system including a display; a memory storing processor-executable process steps; and a processor to execute the processor-executable process steps to cause the system to: present a user interface on a display, the user interface including one or more sub-actions associated with a core action, and one or more user-entry sub-action fields associated with the one or more sub-actions; receive data in one or more of the displayed user-entry sub-action fields, wherein the received data is entered by a first user; present a sharable action indicator in response to reception of the data in the one or more displayed user-entry sub-action fields; in response to a first user selection of the sharable action indicator, display a list of one or more additional users; and in response to selection by the first user of at least one of the one or more additional users, transmit a notification to the selected one or more additional users indicating that the core action has been shared with them by the first user. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10154118B2 |
System and method for telephony and communication services with message-based API
A communication application server is provided with a unified framework for call control and media control. The framework supports a unified API having class objects and functions conforming to a telephony object model. The class objects are invoked and manipulated by a finite set of commands and an application program essentially issues a series of such commands to operate the communication application server. More particularly, an API server on the communication application server defining a messaging API protocol enables an application script to pass commands remotely to the communication application server to operate it. This allows application scripts to be processed remotely by appropriate scripting engines. In this way, application scripting is decoupled from the operation of the communication application server, which only needs to focus on providing basic communication services. |
| US10154114B2 |
Delivery apparatus, delivery method, terminal device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
A delivery apparatus according to the present application includes a receiving unit and a delivering unit. The receiving unit receives a delivery request for content from a terminal device. The delivering unit delivers the content corresponding to the delivery request, and user information that is related to a user who is using the terminal device and that is to be added to the content to the terminal device. For example, the delivering unit delivers the user information corresponding to an attribute that is selected from attributes related to the user, based on a correlation with the content, to the terminal device. |
| US10154102B2 |
System and method for cloud computing on-demand dynamic service management engine
The present arrangement is a system for connecting consumers with services. The system has a mobile application management platform for supporting connection with a plurality of third party service providers. A display module provides an interface for displaying interaction with the third party service providers in an integrated arrangement. The consumer requests at least two services offered by a plurality of the mobile application platforms of the third party service providers. A processor parses the service request and assembles at least one combination of at least the two services, based on a coordination of an optimized combination of the two services based on time and cost so as to allow the consumer to select and initiate a corresponding request for the combination to at least said two services. A fulfillment module configured to complete ordering of the transaction with both the consumer, the fulfillment module sending service request to the third party service providers, based on information received from the scheduling unit regarding the completion time of each service while each service is being performed. |
| US10154100B2 |
NIC teaming pair configuration
A computing device has one or more network interface controllers (NICs). Each NIC has ports and controllers. Each port of each NIC is managed by one of the controllers of the NIC. The computing device has one or more input/output modules (IOMs). Each port of each NIC is connected to one of the IOMs. Candidate ports with which to establish a NIC teaming pair are determined for a target port, based on addresses of the ports. A selected candidate port from the candidate ports is determined, based on a priority score of each candidate port calculated based on the IOM to which the candidate port is connected, the NIC to which the candidate port is a part, and the controller that manages the candidate port. The target port is configured with the selected candidate port as the NIC teaming pair. |
| US10154097B2 |
Control of home dialysis machines using a network connected system
This disclosure relates to remote control of home dialysis machines, for example, using a network connected system including a network device. In an aspect, a dialysis system includes a network device, a dialysis machine configured to connect to the network device over a network, and a mobile device configured to connect to the network device over the network. The network device is configured for receiving, from the mobile device, through the network, a request to access the dialysis machine, receiving an authorization for the mobile device to access the dialysis machine, and after receiving the authorization, transferring, through the network, between the dialysis machine and the mobile device, information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the dialysis machine or the mobile device. |
| US10154096B2 |
Method for integrating a new service into an avionics onboard system with open architecture of client-server type, in particular for an FIM manoeuvre service
A method for integrating a new navigation service is implemented in an avionics onboard system comprising a DAL+ core computer and a DAL− peripheral computer for managing the application. The method of integration determines an optimal functional and physical distribution of the elementary functions FU(i) of the new service within the onboard avionics system over the set of possible distributions which minimizes a global cost criterion CG, dependent on several parameters, including at least the additional development cost of the elementary functions integrated within the digital DAL+ core computer, and carries out the integration of the new service. |
| US10154090B1 |
Distributed cache coherency protocol for reduced latency across WAN links
A share group for a distributed volume is separated into two non-overlapping, cluster-local SGCs (share group cliques). Each SGC has an independent local meta-directory master hosted by a computing node of the SGC cluster. Each SGC maintains an independent local directory for the distributed volume. The directory may be spread across multiple computing nodes of the SGC cluster. Changes to the distributed volume (writes) are coordinated across the pair of SGCs to provide data consistency. The coordination of these changes is conducted using relatively few inter-SGC round-trips. Read access to the distributed volume is safely conducted without inter-SGC coordination. |
| US10154087B2 |
Database based redundancy in a telecommunications network
A method includes receiving network element data from a first compute instance that hosts a network element instance. The network element data includes identification and state information associated with the network element instance. The method includes creating a key based on the network element data that includes a network element identifier and a table identifier of a categorization of the state information. The network element identifier is associated with the identification information. The method includes storing the key and state information in a database and determining a failure of the first compute instance. The method includes determining a key associated with the network element identifier of the network element instance and transmitting activation data to a second compute instance. The activation data is associated with instructions to retrieve records associated with the key associated with the first network identifier including state information to recreate the first network element instance. |
| US10154086B1 |
Distributed consumer cloud storage system
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for data recovery from an unavailable peer node of a plurality of peer nodes in a network detected as unavailable. The method includes recovering from neighboring peer nodes of the plurality of peer nodes in the network neighboring the unavailable peer node a fragment of a data object distributively stored to the unavailable peer node. |
| US10154085B2 |
System, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes a first reception unit that receives a first request from a client; a first transmitting unit that transmits the first request to a load balancer unit; a second reception unit that receives a response to the first request from the load balancer unit; a storage controller that controls to cause a storage device to store first information applied to the first request, and second information applied to the response, in an associated manner; and a second transmitting unit that transmits the response from which the second information is deleted, to the client. |
| US10154080B2 |
Enhancing digital content provided from devices
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for enhancing digital content provided from devices, and actions of providing, by a sensor of a device, primary digital content, providing, by the device, secondary digital content, the secondary digital content indicating a context, within which the primary digital content was generated, generating, by the device, a data package including the primary digital content and the secondary digital content, and transmitting, by the device, the data package to a back-end system over a network. |
| US10154078B2 |
Graphical user interface facilitating uploading of electronic documents to shared storage
In an end user application running on a computer, for the purpose of collaborative modification of shared electronic documents, a graphical user interface is provided that facilitates storing an electronic document in shared storage. This graphical user interface includes a graphical element that conveys information about shared status of the currently accessed electronic document to the end user. Through input devices of the end user computer, an end user can manipulate this graphical element. Certain manipulations of this graphical element instruct the end user computer to store the currently accessed electronic document in shared storage if that electronic document has not yet been stored in shared storage. After the electronic document is stored in shared storage, the graphical user interface facilitates sharing of the electronic document with others. A graphical user interface that allows an electronic document to be quickly shared improves user efficiency and productivity in collaborative authoring. |
| US10154077B2 |
Computer system for network node review for actionable item
The system may search network nodes for collections of actionable items which users may desire to add to their personal list. The system may operate as an extension on a user interface that searches displayed network content for actionable items which users may desire to add to their personal list which may be shared with other users. |
| US10154064B2 |
System and method for enabling end-user license enforcement of ISV applications in a hybrid cloud system
System and computer-implemented method for enabling end-user license enforcement of an application in a hybrid cloud system use data associated with at least one component of a public cloud computing environment of the hybrid cloud system to detect an environment-changing event involving at least one processing entity in the hybrid cloud system. Once the environment-changing event is detected, one or more operating environment identifiers are injected into the processing entity. The injected operating environment identifiers can then be accessed by an application in the processing entity to perform an end-user license check for enforcement. |
| US10154062B2 |
Rule lookup using predictive tuples based rule lookup cache in the data plane
This disclosure describes an approach to handle packets that arrive at a network security device, such as a router. At a data plane of the security device, packet identifiers included in an incoming packet not currently belonging to an IP session of the device are compared to packet identifiers stored in a table stored in a memory of the security device. The incoming packet identifiers includes a source IP, a destination IP, a protocol, a destination port, and a source port while the identifiers stored in the table do not include the source port. A new session is established for the incoming packet in response to the set of packet identifiers matching one of the entries in the table. |
| US10154059B2 |
Hearing device with communication protection and related method
A hearing device includes: a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device; and an interface; wherein the processing unit is configured to: receive a session request for a session via the interface, obtain and store a session key, encrypt the session key based on a hearing device key, send a session response comprising the encrypted session key, and receive session data in the session via the interface. |
| US10154058B2 |
Method and device for validating a timestamp of a data transmission
A method for validating a timestamp, including receiving a first data packet, including first useful data, from a first transmitter, receiving a second data packet, including a first timestamp associated with the first useful data, comparing the first timestamp to a predefined second timestamp, which is associated with the first useful data, to determine a first validated timestamp, which is associated with the first useful data, receiving a third data packet, including second useful data, from a second transmitter, which is different from the first transmitter, receiving a fourth data packet, including a third timestamp associated with the second useful data, comparing the third timestamp to a predefined fourth timestamp, which is associated with the second useful data, to determine a second validated timestamp, which is associated with the second useful data, and comparing the first validated timestamp to the second validated timestamp. |
| US10154051B2 |
Automatic detection of network threats based on modeling sequential behavior in network traffic
A computer-implemented data processing method comprises: executing a recurrent neural network (RNN) comprising nodes each implemented as a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) cell and comprising links between nodes that represent outputs of LSTM cells and inputs to LSTM cells, wherein each LSTM cell implements an input layer, hidden layer and output layer of the RNN; receiving network traffic data associated with networked computers; extracting feature data representing features of the network traffic data and providing the feature data to the RNN; classifying individual Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) as malicious or legitimate using LSTM cells of the input layer, wherein inputs to the LSTM cells are individual characters of the URLs, and wherein the LSTM cells generate feature representation; based on the feature representation, generating signals to a firewall device specifying either admitting or denying the URLs. |
| US10154044B2 |
Method, system, and computer program product for providing security and responsiveness in cloud based data storage and application execution
A storage controller that is coupled to a plurality of storage clouds is maintained. The storage controller determines security requirements for performing a selected operation in the plurality of storage cloud. A subset of storage clouds of the plurality of storage clouds that are able to satisfy the security requirements are determined. A determination is made as to which storage cloud of the subset of storage clouds is most responsive for performing the selected operation. The selected operation is performed in the determined storage cloud that is most responsive. |
| US10154043B1 |
Management of social network group through the use of embedded limitations
A social networking system wherein an individual may set up a personal profile to share with a select group of friends and/or family. The system and method of the present invention implements embedded limitations that maintains a core group of contacts specific to the user's profile, thereby promoting more meaningful exchanges without privacy concerns of personal information being viewed by third parties. |
| US10154036B2 |
Authorization delegation system, control method, authorization server, and storage medium
An authorization delegation system includes a resource server that provides a service and an authorization server that performs authorization delegation for authorizing a cooperation server, which is a client apparatus, access to user data that the resource server has based on authorization information. The authorization server receives an authorization delegation request for requesting the authorization delegation, and retrieves a refresh token based on the received authorization delegation request. Additionally, the authorization server determines whether or not the retrieved refresh token is valid, and if it is determined that the refresh token is valid, invalidates the refresh token. |
| US10154033B2 |
Electronic device and method for establishing wireless connection
A connection method for a mobile device to access the Internet through wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) established by a wireless access point (WAP) includes receiving a connection request from a mobile device. Login information and interface is sent to the mobile device by WAP, the mobile device can generate and broadcast dual tone multi frequency information including its own MAC address through loudspeaker. A distance between the mobile device and the WAP being close, the information of mobile device through DTMF is heard and received and MAC address is extracted. If the extracted MAC address matches the MAC address recorded in an access control list of the WAP, the mobile device is permitted to access the internet through the established WLAN. |
| US10154025B2 |
Seamless device configuration in a communication network
One embodiment of seamless device configuration between a network device and an access point sends a device credential associated with the network device to the access point before the network device communicates with the access point. The device credential can be used to verify the identity of the network device and can authenticate the network device with the access point without requiring user interaction. Another embodiment can incorporate a central authority maintaining a database of network devices, access points and associated users. The central authority can determine when one or more network devices can seamlessly be configured for use with a particular access point. The central authority can send the device credential associated with the one or more network devices to the access point before the network device communicates with the access point. |
| US10154024B2 |
Push notification activation
A mobile computing device is operated to receive a trigger at a first instance. The trigger may be associated with a predefined condition or event or action. The mobile computing device may detect the predefined condition or event at a second instance. In response to detecting the predefined condition or event, a notification is activated on the mobile computing device that is based on the trigger. |
| US10154022B2 |
Authentication server and method to enable content to be pushed to a currently utilized device among client devices
In one example, a system includes an authentication server that is configured to receive an authentication request for a primary application, provide time-based authentication credentials for the primary application, receive an updated authentication request for the primary application, wherein the updated authentication request includes a client device identifier (ID) corresponding to a client device from which the authentication request is received, and transmit the client device ID; the system may further include a push server that is configured to receive the transmitted client device ID, and push an update to the client device having the client device ID. |
| US10154021B1 |
Securitization of temporal digital communications with authentication and validation of user and access devices
One more devices and/or access control systems are described that securitize data and data transmissions using three sets of computing operations including authentication, validation, and securitization that allows or denies access to the data and/or the data transmissions. The system includes securitization of signals between one or more secure master and/or partial DASA databases for various user devices. Specific methods and devices for securing (primarily digital and normally two-way) communications using applications that offer the combination of securing communications from user devices with reader devices, are also is provided. |
| US10154018B2 |
Method and system for facilitating network joining
A method for facilitating network joining is disclosed, wherein, while a communication session is active between a network gateway and an NFC device comprised in or connected to a networkable device, the following steps are performed: the network gateway obtains a first cryptographic key associated with the networkable device; the network gateway encrypts, using said first cryptographic key, a network key associated with a network; the network gateway provides the encrypted network key to the networkable device, such that the networkable device may decrypt the encrypted network key using a second cryptographic key. Furthermore, a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding system for facilitating network joining are disclosed. |
| US10154010B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing a secure overlay network between clouds
A process capable of automatically establishing a secure overlay network (“SON”) across different clouds is disclosed. The process, in one aspect, receives a first request from a first node in a first cloud for establishing a SON. After receiving a second request for connecting to the SON from a second node in a second cloud, a first connection is established connecting between the first node and the second node utilizing a network security protocol such as Internet Protocol Security (“IPSec”). After receiving a third request for connecting to the SON from a third node in a third cloud, a second connection is used to connect between the first node and the third node. A third connection is used to connect between the second node and the third node. Each subsequent request for connecting to the SON from a new node results in new connections between the new node and each existing node in the SON forming a full-mesh. |
| US10154006B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for supporting multiple network addressing modes
Systems, methods and apparatus for multiple network addressing modes are disclosed. The method includes selecting one of an automap full mode, an automap-by-type full mode, an automap light mode, an automap-by-type light mode and a manual node commissioning mode for determining and assigning the node addresses for the network devices, determining and assigning the node addresses for the network devices based on the automap full mode, determining and assigning the node addresses for the network devices based on the automap-by-type full mode, determining and assigning the node addresses for newly added network devices to an existing network based on the automap light mode, determining and assigning the node addresses for the newly added network devices to the existing network based on the automap-by-type light mode, and determining and assigning the node addresses for the network devices based on the manual node commissioning mode. |
| US10154004B2 |
DHCP communications configuration system
A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) communications configuration system includes a client information handling system (IHS) coupled to a controller over a network. The client IHS creates a plurality of DHCP discover messages that include capability data that describes at least one hardware resource on the client IHS, and sends the plurality of DHCP discover messages over the network. The controller receives the plurality of DHCP discover messages and processes the capability data to determine configuration data for the client IHS, creates a plurality of DHCP offer messages including the configuration data for the client IHS, and sends the plurality of DHCP offer messages over the network to the client IHS. The client IHS then uses the configuration data to configure the client IHS. |
| US10154000B2 |
Contact aggregation in a social network
In particular embodiments, a computing device receives from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with a user of a social-networking system. The set of contact information includes one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information. The computing device automatically selects, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system. |
| US10153999B2 |
Method and apparatus for collecting feed information in mobile terminal
A method and apparatus for collecting feed information in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method and apparatus collects information explicitly clipped by a user as well as content items exchanged between users as feed information. The method for collecting feed information in a mobile terminal includes: detecting a share event corresponding to transmission or reception of content through a communication application implemented in the mobile terminal; generating feed information based on the content; and storing the generated feed information. |
| US10153998B2 |
System and method for facilitating integrated social group instant messaging
A system and machine-implemented method for providing integrated instant messaging functionality in a social networking service, the method including receiving a request from a user having a first user account at a social networking service to view contacts belonging to a social group associated with the first user account, wherein the social group is maintained at the social networking service, identifying one or more contacts belonging to the social group in response to the request, determining a status associated with a user account for each of the identified one or more contacts, the status indicating whether each of the one or more contacts is available for instant messaging communication and providing a listing including the identified one or more contacts and the status associated with each of the identified one or more contacts for display to the user at a social networking site of the social networking service. |
| US10153995B2 |
Method and apparatus for effecting web page access in a plurality of media applications
One or more media applications are configured to facilitate Web page access. Such media applications receive a request from a user for access to a Web page. The Web page is retrieved from, for example, one or more Web servers, a file, and so on, and the content of the Web page is displayed within the media application. Display of the Web page content within the media application obviates the need to change applications to view the Web page content. By remaining within the application, a more natural and intuitive technique for inter-user communication is provided. |
| US10153992B2 |
Identification of progress towards complete message system integration using automation degree of implementation metrics
Non-automated read-and-reply console messages may be automated. These messages may be classified into impact groups in which the messages may be removed from the database or sent to an automation analyzer for analysis. As more messages become automated, a debugging mode may be enabled to allow an operator to respond to a message with a proposed action. If the proposed action is aligned with an action predetermined in response to the automation analysis, the operator may be allowed to respond to future actions. |
| US10153987B2 |
Edge datapath using inter-process transports for data plane processes
A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath daemon is provided. The datapath daemon is a run-to-completion process that performs various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The datapath daemon dispatches packets to other processes or processing threads outside of the daemon. At least one of these other processes is a data plane process that returns a resulting packet to the datapath daemon. |
| US10153981B2 |
Determining a maximal size of packets
Packets from a first network entity to a second network entity are received. A maximal size of packets from the second network entity to the first network entity is determined based on information in the received packets. |
| US10153976B2 |
Adaptive load balancing in residential hybrid gateways
A residential gateway has a first, wired data connection and a second, wireless data connection. At least the second data connection connects to a network node which at least temporarily maintains simultaneous connections to at least one residential gateway and at least one mobile station. The residential gateway is communicatively connected to a load balancing controller. A method of operating the residential gateway for controlling load balancing comprises the residential gateway sending a registration request to the load balancing controller. The registration request comprises an identification of the residential gateway and an identification of the network node to which the residential gateway is communicatively connected. The residential gateway receives a listening address from which it receives load balancing control messages, and listens for load balancing control messages from the listening address. In response to a corresponding load balancing control message the residential gateway reduces or increases a maximum allowed data traffic on its second data connection. |
| US10153975B2 |
Method for controlling user plane traffic flows in a wireless telecommunication network
A method performed by a first network node for controlling user plane traffic flows relating to wireless devices in a wireless telecommunications network is provided. The first network node is configured to transmit the user plane traffic flows over a first transmission path to a second network node in the wireless telecommunications network. The first network node determines that a user plane traffic flow related to a wireless device is to be transmitted over a second transmission path to an intermediary network node configured to communicate with the first and second network nodes in the wireless telecommunications network based on the type of the user plane traffic flow, the wireless device related to the user plane traffic flow and/or the content of the user plane traffic flow. Then, the first network node controls the user plane traffic flow such that the user plane traffic flow is transmitted over the second transmission path to the intermediary network node in the wireless telecommunications network. |
| US10153974B2 |
Software defined network traffic congestion control
A method includes obtaining traffic statistics of accepted hybrid traffic at a controller of a software defined network that includes multiple local switches coupled by links, calculating an end to end delay associated with the accepted hybrid traffic, determining network stability thresholds from each local switch as a function of network congestion, determining an adjusted rate decision policy as a function of the end to end delay and the network stability thresholds, the adjusted rate decision policy for use by an edge switch to determine whether or not to accept offered traffic loads. |
| US10153973B2 |
Installation of routing tables for logical router in route server mode
Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller operating on a host machine that hosts a particular one of multiple centralized routing components for a logical router. The method receives a routing table from a routing protocol application operating on the host machine. Each of the other centralized routing components operates on a different host machine and implements a different interface of the logical router that connects to at least one physical router external to the logical network. The routing protocol application operates as a router server for all of the centralized routing components. For each of the other centralized routing components, the method identifies a set of routes in the routing table to distribute to the centralized routing component. The method sends the identified routes for each centralized routing component to the centralized routing component. |
| US10153966B1 |
Hybrid mesh network monitoring signaling environment
Techniques are described to improve the robustness of communication of critical life safety data when broadband networks are used as uphaul networks. Monitoring systems are examples of critical monitoring appliances, but the techniques described throughout this disclosure may be applied to any type of critical monitoring appliances, such as fife-support devices, fire detectors, smoke detectors, and the like. |
| US10153962B2 |
Generating high-speed test traffic in a network switch
Communication apparatus includes multiple interfaces connected to a packet data network, and a memory coupled to the interfaces and configured as a buffer to contain packets received through ingress interfaces while awaiting transmission to the network via respective egress interfaces. Packet processing logic is configured, upon receipt of a test packet through an ingress interface of the apparatus, to allocate a space in the buffer for storage of a single copy of the test packet, to replicate and transmit sequentially multiple copies of the stored copy of the test packet through a designated egress interface, to receive an indication of a number of copies of the test packet that are to be transmitted, and responsively to the indication, to terminate replication of the test packet and release the allocated space in the buffer. |
| US10153958B2 |
Method and system for media collection expansion
Systems and methods have been developed for expanding collections of media objects that are stored remotely. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed for continuously monitoring and updating collections of media objects stored in a user's media repository (e.g., a “media locker”). |
| US10153956B2 |
Rate control for application performance monitoring
An application executed on a plurality of wireless communication devices (100) measures a performance indicator. The application sends reports (40) of the performance indicator to a server (150). On the basis of the reports (40), the server determines a rate of reporting the performance indicator and sends an indication (50) of the rate of reporting to the application executed on at least some of the wireless communication devices (100). According to the indicated rate of reporting, the application on these wireless communication devices controls a timing of measuring the performance indicator and sending the reports (40) to the server (150). |
| US10153955B2 |
Network selection using current and historical measurements
A method including: receiving network performance parameters of a plurality of data networks, the network performance parameters being collected by individual client devices of a plurality of client devices; receiving location data indicating a geographic location of the individual client devices when the network performance parameters were collected, the received location data being associated with respective network performance parameters; selecting, from the received location data, a subset of the received location data associated with network performance parameters of a first data network of the plurality of data networks; calculating a geographic location of a first access point of the first data network based on at least one geographic location indicated by the subset of the received location data; and building a database entry indicating the calculated geographic location of the first access point. |
| US10153950B2 |
Data communications performance monitoring
A method and apparatus are provided for identifying and locating fault conditions in a network. Network performance data are derived from a network termination device perspective which enables fault detection in any part or parts of a link between the device and broadband remote access server (BRAS) including copper lines. For example, during a training phase, parameter data generated by a device is retrieved for a plurality of network termination devices in a predetermined portion of the network. The parameter data comprising values for a predetermined set of parameters indicative of data communications performance over that portion of the network. The data is analyzed and one or more models are generated. In a monitoring phase, the same parameters are retrieved from a network termination device of a selected user served by the same portion of the network to expose any significantly divergent behavior, potentially indicative of a fault condition. |
| US10153948B2 |
Systems and methods for combined software defined networking and distributed network control
A hybrid control method for a network includes operating edge switches under software defined networking control, wherein each of the edge switches is communicatively coupled to a controller for the software defined networking control; operating non-adjacent switches communicatively coupling the edge switches together under distributed control, wherein the non-adjacent switches are not coupled to the controller; and utilizing the controller to route traffic between the edge switches through the non-adjacent switches in a hybrid control scheme including both the software defined networking control and the distributed control. |
| US10153943B2 |
Methods and apparatus to provision cloud computing network elements
Methods and apparatus to provision cloud computing network elements are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a selection of a cloud networking template from a client, wherein the cloud networking template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type, configuring a virtual machine on a host server based on the cloud networking template, configuring a data center connector based on the data center connector type, configuring a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type, and coupling the wide area network connector to the data center connector and coupling the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server to enable the client to access the virtual machine. |
| US10153942B2 |
Method for configuring a path for intercepting user data, method for intercepting, apparatus and entity
A method for configuring a path for intercepting user data, a method for intercepting user data, an apparatus, a system, a control plane entity and a user plane entity, the method for configuring the path for intercepting user data comprises: acquiring a target to be intercepted and an intercepting interface address; configuring data path configuration information on a user plane entity GW-U according to the target to be intercepted and the intercepting interface address; sending the data path configuration information to the user plane entity GW-U so that the GW-U establishes a path for data transmission; initiating an establishment of an intercepting connection of an intercepting interface to an intercepting entity based on the intercepting interface address so as to transmit the data of the target to be intercepted. |
| US10153941B2 |
Distributed operational control in computing systems
Certain embodiments of computing systems, devices, components, modules, routines, and processes for implementing distributed operational control in a computing fabric are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a control cluster, a tenant request for a cloud-based computing service at the computing system. The method also includes creating an application configured to provide the requested cloud-based computing service based on the tenant request and pushing configuration data of the created application to the execution cluster to be executed at the execution cluster without further intervention from the control cluster. |
| US10153927B2 |
AM demodulation with phase and symbol edge detection
A method of demodulating an amplitude modulated radio signal is disclosed. The method comprises directing the modulated signal 302 to both a phase detector 308 and an edge detector 314, and using the respective output signals 310, 318, 320 of the phase detector 308 and edge detector 314 to determine an end of a modulation symbol 340 in the signal 302. |
| US10153926B2 |
Frequency offset estimation method and apparatus in optical transmission network and storage medium
Disclosed are a frequency offset estimation method and apparatus in an optical transmission network and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a data symbol to be frequency offset estimated, and eliminating a noise phase, a phase generated by a light source and an information phase in the data symbol to be frequency offset estimated; and performing a correlation operation on a data symbol with a set interval in the data symbol after the elimination processing and using a correlation operation result to determine a frequency offset estimation value. |
| US10153923B2 |
Single carrier equalizer and a receiver system comprising the single carrier equalizer
The invention relates to the field of the equalizer, more specifically, to a single carrier equalizer and a receiver system comprises the single carrier equalizer. It is used to gradually improve the performance of the frequency domain equalizer by the way of iterations. The present invention uses an iterative updater to conduct a first iteration based on the frequency domain value of the input signal and the frequency domain value of the channel of the input signal, and transmits the iteration result to the inverse fast Fourier transformer. And the signal decision device is used to judge the value of the output of the inverse fast Fourier transformer, and the output signal of the signal decision device is transmitted to the fast Fourier transformer and the iterative updater respectively. |
| US10153922B1 |
Analog multiplexing scheme for decision feedback equalizers
A device includes a voltage generator that generates a reference signal, a multi-level bias generator coupled to the voltage generator to receive the reference signal and generate a plurality of bias level signals based at least in part on the reference signal. The multi-level bias generator transmits the plurality of bias level signals to a plurality of multiplexers that each receive a select signal to select a subset of bias level signals of the plurality of bias level signals based. The device also includes an adjustment circuit of a decision feedback equalizer that receives a respective selected subset of bias level signals from one multiplexer of the plurality of multiplexers and utilizes the respective selected subset of bias level signals to compensate for inter-symbol interference of a bit due to a previously received bit of a bit stream. |
| US10153921B2 |
Self-interference channel estimation method and device
A self-interference channel estimation method and device, where the method includes: determining, when a receive port of the first device receives a first signal, a second signal transmitted by a transmit port of the first device, wherein the first signal comprises a service signal from a second device, and comprises a self-interference signal originated from the second signal interfering, through an air interface, with the service signal from the second device, wherein service data comprised in the second signal is segmented into at least two segments, and a signal sequence formed by at least one preset character is inserted between the at least two segments of service data; estimating, according to the first signal and the second signal, the self-interference signal originated from the second signal; and eliminating the estimated self-interference signal from the received first signal. |
| US10153917B1 |
Frequency/phase-shift-keying for back-channel serdes communication
Methods, integrated circuits and computer-readable media for communicating back-channel data over a data link by modulating the phase or frequency of a clock signal of a data signal transmitted over the data link. Slow modulation of the clock signal allows it to be detected and extracted by a receiver without affecting the integrity or bit rate of the data signal. Some embodiments allow the functionality to be implemented without the use of extra hardware in the transmitter or receiver or either. |
| US10153911B2 |
Information processing system, information processing device, and information processing method
An information processing system includes an application that is included in an information processing terminal; and an information processing device for executing a function in response to a request from the application, wherein the information processing device is connected to the information processing system. The information processing system includes a request transmitter for transmitting a request including first identification information and second identification information, wherein the first identification information is for identifying information that is used for executing the function, and the second identification information is for identifying a plurality of different functions that is to be executed by using the information that is identified by the first identification information; and a processor for executing the functions that are identified based on the second identification information included in the received request by using the information that is identified based on the first identification information. |
| US10153906B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing computer security
A security server transmits a specification of a first set of files and directories to a computing device for monitoring according to a security policy. Each of the files or directories in the first set is associated with the operating system of the computing device or associated with an application running on the computing device. The server securely receiving data collected at the remote computing device, which includes metadata for the files and directories and content signatures computed for each file. The server compares the received metadata and content signatures for each file or directory against corresponding baseline metadata and baseline content signatures. The baseline metadata and baseline content signatures are stored at the security server. When there is a mismatch between the received metadata and corresponding baseline metadata or a mismatch between a received content signature and a corresponding baseline content signature, the server performs a remedial action. |
| US10153905B2 |
Hash-based electronic signatures for data sets such as DNSSEC
Techniques for electronically signing DNS records stored in a zone file for an internet DNS zone are presented. The techniques include electronically accessing a plurality of DNS resource records of a DNS zone stored on one or more DNS servers of a distributed DNS database; generating a plurality of leaf nodes from the plurality of DNS resource records; constructing a recursive hash tree from the plurality of leaf nodes, where the recursive hash tree includes a plurality of nodes including a root node and the plurality of leaf nodes, where each node of the plurality of nodes includes either a leaf node or a hash of data including child nodes; storing the root node in a DNS key resource record for a zone signing key for the zone; and publishing, in a DNS resource record signature resource record, validation data including path data from the recursive hash tree. |
| US10153901B2 |
System and method for verifying user identity in a virtual environment
Systems and methods for verifying user identity in a virtual environment are provided that may include the use of a trusted third party to perform identity verification. Devices may be configured such that the device is unalterably bound to a particular user via biometric data stored on the device and/or with the third party. |
| US10153898B2 |
Wireless mesh network with secure automatic key loads to wireless devices
A wireless mesh network provides secure communication by encrypting data using one or more encryption keys. A configuration device in communication with a security manager of the network provides a temporary secure communication path between the security manager and a new field device to be added to the mesh network. Cryptographic material and other configuration data can then be transferred between the security manager of the network and the new field device securely via the configuration device. |
| US10153897B1 |
Custom encryption function for communications between a client device and a server device
A device receives credentials of a user of a client device that is accessing an application associated with a server device, and verifies the user based on the credentials of the user. The device retrieves, based on verifying the user, a random function from a random functions data structure associated with the device, and utilizes the random function to select parameters and values for a user function. The device utilizes the user function, the parameters, and the values to generate a custom encryption function, and encrypts the custom encryption function to form an encrypted custom encryption function. The device provides the encrypted custom encryption function to the client device and the server device to permit encrypted communication between the client device and the server device using the custom encryption function. |
| US10153884B2 |
Methods and arrangements in a telecommunication system
The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for controlling re-transmission in a user equipment supporting uplink spatial multiplexing. The method comprises the steps of detecting an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel, the uplink grant being valid for at least one transport block; detecting that at least one transport block is disabled, such that no grant is associated with the at least one transport block; and interpreting the at least one disabled transport block as an acknowledgement, ACK, of previous transmission corresponding to said disabled transport block irrespective of which indication is received on the reception status feedback channel for said previous transmission. |
| US10153883B2 |
Method for communicating in mobile system
A system, method, and devices for communicating from a primary station to a plurality of secondary station are disclosed. The method includes the step of allocating a resource to the secondary stations over time on the basis of a hash function such that for a particular subframe the control channel elements to be searched in the search space are assigned at an equal probability for different secondary stations, and such that for any pair of subframes, the number of secondary station identifiers which can generate output values i and j is approximately the same for any values of i and j. |
| US10153876B2 |
Radio terminal, radio base station, channel signal forming method, and channel signal receiving method
A base station communicates with a terminal, for which an uplink component carrier and downlink component carriers are configured. The base station adjusts a payload size of control information, transmitted in a downlink control channel, based on a basic payload size, and maps the control information onto a search space in at least one of the downlink component carriers. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the primary downlink component carrier, and on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the uplink component carrier. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a non-primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the non-primary downlink component carrier. |
| US10153874B2 |
Method to perform joint scheduling in the downlink or in the uplink of a centralized OFDM radio access network for a plurality of users considering time, frequency and space domains, scheduler device thereof and computer program products
Method to perform joint scheduling in the downlink or in the uplink of a centralized OFDM radio access network for a plurality of users considering time, frequency and space domains, scheduler device thereof and computer program products. The method to be applied in the downlink or in the uplink of a centralized radio access network based on OFDM, whereby a set of remote radio heads of a set of remote units are connected to a central unit, that performs all (or part of) the radio-related processing tasks, wherein the scheduling exploit CoMP, NOMA and RF conditions and resource blanking techniques. |
| US10153873B2 |
Physical layer protocol data unit format applied with space time block coding in a high efficiency wireless LAN
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals using a Physical layer Protocol Data unit (PPDU) format to which Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) is applied in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting data to a plurality of Stations (STAs) on a transmission channel by an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN may be provided. The transmission channel may be divided into a plurality of subchannels allocated to the plurality of STAs. The method may include generating a High Efficiency-Long Training Field (HE-LTF) field having a length determined based on whether Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) is applied to the plurality of subchannels, and transmitting a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) frame including the HE-LTF field and a plurality of data units for the plurality of STAs to the plurality of STAs. |
| US10153872B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal and method of transmitting and receiving a signal
The present invention relates to method of transmitting and receiving signals and a corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of receiving a signal, which includes an L1 signaling region where the L1 signaling has an adaptive L1 block structure for increased spectrum efficiency in a channel bonding environment. |
| US10153870B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt spectrum
A method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt (LE) spectrum. An aggregating cell operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum is aggregated with a LE supplementary cell operating in a time sharing mode for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations. The LE supplementary cell may be an FDD supplementary cell dynamically configurable between an UL only mode, a DL only mode, and a shared mode, to match requested UL and DL traffic ratios. The LE supplementary cell may be a time division duplex (TDD) supplementary cell. The TDD supplementary cell may be dynamically configurable between multiple TDD configurations. A coexistence capability for coordinating operations between the LE supplementary cell with other systems operating in the same channel is provided. Coexistence gaps are provided to measure primary/secondary user usage and permit other systems operating in the LE supplementary cell channel to access the channel. |
| US10153869B2 |
System and method adopting a reliable stop-and-wait hybrid automatic repeat request protocol
A method for transferring data in a communication system is implemented in a network device. In the method, the network device receives an IR version of a frame, a sequence number, and a revision number in a media access control (MAC) layer. The network device determines whether the received frame can be decoded and acknowledged based on the received sequence number and revision number. The network device sets state variables VS,R equal to 1−VS,R and VRV,R equal to −1 if the frame is decoded. |
| US10153864B2 |
Method for dynamic and selective FD-DSDF transmission of a digital signal for a MAMRC system with several full-duplex relays, and corresponding program product and relay device
A relay for a telecommunications system comprises a decoder which responds to received blocks corresponding to successive code words xS,t transmitted simultaneously by sources during T time slots. At each slot t, t=1, . . . , T, a code word xS,t comprises B blocks xS,t(1), xS,t(2), . . . , xS,t(B). The first can be decoded independently of the other blocks, to estimate for each source code words xS,t. It also comprises a detector which detects messages that have been decoded without error and takes a decision and an encoder and transmitter which encodes a signal and transmits it to the destination, which signal is representative only of messages that have been decoded without error. When estimating, the decoder takes account of a signal transmitted by another relay representative of messages from the sources that were decoded without error by that relay. The encoder and transmitter is under the control of the detector in accordance with a selection scheme, after each received block. |
| US10153860B2 |
Cross-polarized control channels for loading fiber optic transport systems
A method of loading a fiber optic transport system includes adding one or more control channels to an optical fiber having one or more channels, wherein each of the control channels comprises a pair of signals that are cross-polarized and each of the pair of signals is at a different frequency from one another; measuring optical power on the optical fiber; and adjusting optical power of the one or more control channels based on the measured optical power. |
| US10153859B2 |
Mobile communication system, communication control method, base station superposing an interference replica signal to a desired wave signal, and user terminal performing interference cancellation
A mobile communication system comprises: a user terminal that receives a desired wave signal from a serving cell while receiving an interference wave signal from a neighboring cell adjacent to the serving cell; and a base station that manages the serving cell. The base station comprises: a controller that generates an interference replica signal corresponding to the interference wave signal and superposes the interference replica signal on the desired wave signal; and a transmitter that transmits the desired wave signal superposed with the interference replica signal to the user terminal The controller generates the interference replica signal such that the interference replica signal cancels the interference wave signal in a location of the user terminal. The interference replica signal acts as a disturbing signal, which disturbs demodulation of the desired wave signal, in a location other than the location of the user terminal. |
| US10153854B2 |
Live uplink transmissions and broadcasting management system and method
A live uplink transmission and broadcasting management system and method for managing a plurality of live uplink transmissions and broadcasting events, the system comprising: (i) a publication portal for publishing transmissions of live events; (ii) a database for storing metadata, system data, broadcast data and user data; (iii) a broadcast manager adapted for receiving and processing in real-time metadata information related to a plurality of live uplink transmission events wherein each live uplink transmission event transmits in a plurality of uplink channels, wherein processed metadata information generate data elements adapted for being used in telecom and datacom real time management applications, said broadcast manager also adapted for updating the publication portal with live event information and (iv) a set of Quality of Service (QOS) management methods to coordinate the usage of Uplink transmissions based on the received metadata and their processing in the broadcast manager. |
| US10153848B2 |
Optical device, a transmitter for a quantum communication system and a quantum communication system
A transmitter for a continuous variable quantum communication system, the transmitter including a coherent light source and a first controller to apply a first signal to the coherent light source such that the coherent light source generates coherent light. The transmitter also including a first optical component to produce optical intensity modulation. The transmitter including a second controller to apply a second signal to the optical component such that a light pulse is emitted during a period of time that a first part of the generated light is received, and a light pulse is emitted during a period of time that a second part of the generated light is received. A phase control element and an intensity control element encode information in a continuum of values of the phase and amplitude of an emitted light pulse. |
| US10153846B2 |
Optical communication module, parallel processing apparatus, and adjusting method
An optical-communication module includes a transceiver to communicate with another optical-communication module (another module); and a control circuit to transmit a first signal to the another module at activation of the own module, execute a first control where a second signal transmitted to the first signal is received from the another module, and execute a second control after the first control, wherein one of the first and second control is a control to adjust an intensity of a signal from the transceiver to the another module based on a feedback signal from the another module to a signal from the transceiver, and wherein the other one of the first and second control is a control causing the another module to adjust a signal intensity from the another module to the transceiver by transmitting a feedback signal to the another module to a signal from the another module. |
| US10153845B2 |
Re-generation and re-transmission of millimeter waves for building penetration
A system for enabling signal penetration into a building comprising a receiver located on an outside of the building for receiving millimeter wave signals. At least one frequency downconverter for downconverts the received millimeter wave signals to a frequency level that overcomes losses occurring when the millimeter wave signals are transmitted from the outside the building to an interior of the building. Transceiver circuitry transmits the downconverted millimeter wave signals from the outside the building to the interior of the building. At least one frequency upconverter upconverts the received downconverted millimeter wave signals from the frequency level that overcomes losses occurring when the millimeter wave signals are transmitted from the outside the building to the interior of the building. A second transceiver transmits the upconverted millimeter wave signal in a second format to wireless devices within the building. |
| US10153844B2 |
Channel recovery in burst-mode, time-division multiplexing (TDM) passive optical networks (PONs)
A transceiver comprises: a sampling phase optimization stage comprising: a first interpolator; a first equalizer coupled to the first interpolator; a first optimizer coupled to the first equalizer; and an output; and an equalization stage coupled to the output and comprising: a buffer; a second interpolator coupled to the buffer; and a second equalizer coupled to the second interpolator. A method comprising: receiving an optical burst signal; determining an optimum sampling phase based on a portion of a digital signal representing the optical burst signal; and equalizing all of the digital signal using the optimum sampling phase. |
| US10153842B2 |
Emulating rogue optical network unit behavior in a passive optical network
A device can include a first component to receive, from a first network device, a first upstream optical signal. The first upstream optical signal can be associated with a designated time slot of the first network device. The device can include a second component to receive, from the first component, the first upstream optical signal. The second component can split the first upstream optical signal into a second upstream optical signal and a third upstream optical signal. The second component can provide, to a second network device, the third upstream optical signal. The third upstream optical signal is not associated with the designated time slot of the first network device. |
| US10153841B2 |
Optical fiber-based distributed antenna systems, components, and related methods for calibration thereof
Optical fiber-based wireless systems and related components and methods are disclosed. The systems support radio frequency (RF) communications with clients over optical fiber, including Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) communications. The systems may be provided as part of an indoor distributed antenna system to provide wireless communication services to clients inside a building or other facility. The communications can be distributed between a head end unit (HEU) that receives carrier signals from one or more service or carrier providers and converts the signals to RoF signals for distribution over optical fibers to end points, which may be remote antenna units (RAUs). In one embodiment, calibration of communication downlinks and communication uplinks is performed to compensate for signal strength losses in the system. |
| US10153840B2 |
Wireless communication network apparatus and method of transmitting communications traffic in simple format
A wireless communications network radio unit (10) comprising: an input (12) arranged to receive a radio over fiber, RoF input optical signal (14) carrying digital radio communications traffic for transmission from a plurality of antenna elements, synchronization traffic and control and management traffic; a digital receiver (16) arranged to receive and terminate the RoF input optical signal to obtain the digital radio communications traffic; a framer (18) arranged to frame the digital radio communications traffic into at least one digital traffic stream consisting of the digital radio communications traffic for transmission from a plurality of the antenna elements and clock recovery information; and at least one optical transmitter (20) arranged to generate an RoF output optical signal (22) carrying the digital traffic stream. |
| US10153835B2 |
Method and system for wireless data transmission
A method for wireless data transmission between a first communication device and a second communication device, wherein the first communication device acts as a data source and the second communication device acts as a data sink, includes: splitting, by the data source, data to be transmitted from the data source to the data sink into a carrier signal for a radio channel and an optical carrier signal by modulating the carrier signals; transmitting the data via a hybrid transmission path from the data source to the data sink by simultaneously transmitting some of the data via the radio channel and some of the data via a wireless optical direct channel; and merging, by the data sink, via a demodulation process, the data transmitted via the radio channel and the data transmitted via the wireless optical direct channel. |
| US10153832B2 |
Asymmetric forward link and reverse link subframe split
A method and apparatus for operating a satellite access network (SAN) of a satellite communication system to schedule communications with a user terminal. In some aspects, the SAN may provision a communication frame, for the user terminal, into a number of forward-link (FL) subframes and a different number of reverse-link (RL) subframes. The SAN then transmits the FL subframes to the user terminal via a forward link of the satellite communication system, and subsequently receives the RL subframes from the user terminal via a reverse link of the satellite communication system. |
| US10153830B2 |
Dynamic shielding system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle
Example methods, apparatus, systems, and machine-readable mediums for a dynamic shield system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. An example method may include receiving a navigation route for an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and determining an orientation of a radio signal shield for an antenna of the unmanned aerial vehicle using ground level signal propagation information of radio signals for a network and the navigation route, wherein the radio signal shield prevents the radio signals from being received by the antenna from directions based on the orientation. The method may further include adjusting the radio signal shield using the orientation and communicating with a cellular base station of the network using the antenna. |
| US10153825B2 |
Vehicle-mounted control device
A vehicle-mounted control device, which communicates with a vehicle-mounted node via a common bus and follows a communication protocol that the lower the priority of a data frame output from the vehicle-mounted node, the longer a waiting time, includes: an arbitration device that suspends transmission of the transmission target frame to the bus when the priority of a transmission target frame is lower than an output data frame from the vehicle-mounted node, and continues transmission of the transmission target frame to the bus when the priority of the transmission target frame is higher than the output data frame; and a change device that changes the priority of the transmission target frame to be the highest of all data frames when the transmission of the transmission target frame is suspended for a prescribed time or longer as a result of arbitration control by the arbitration device. |
| US10153824B2 |
Wireless communication system and system using same
Provided is a wireless communication system that achieves high-reliability communication between a transmitter and a receiver. Specifically, the wireless communication system includes: a transmitter that transmits a carrier wave with rotational polarization on which a strongly correlated code is superimposed; and a receiver that uses the strongly correlated code in the reception polarized wave from the transmitter to establish synchronization between the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the receiver receives signals in a plurality of different polarized waves, establishes synchronization between the transmitter and the receiver for the plurality of reception polarized waves using correlation values between the received signals and the strongly correlated code corresponding to the reception polarized waves, compares the correlation values to a threshold to extract a specific reception polarized wave and a received signal corresponding to the polarized wave, calculates transmission polarization angles from shifts in synchronization timing, and separates or selects the signals transmitted in different propagation paths using specific reception polarized waves corresponding to the plurality of transmission polarization angles and the received signals corresponding to the polarized waves. |
| US10153822B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, computer program, and communication system
Even when the lengths of data items to be transmitted to users are not the same, the frames multiplexed at the same time finally have the same frame length and are transmitted. Even when the lengths of frames for the users are not the same at the time when a transmission request is received from a higher layer, a communication apparatus reconfigures at least two of the frames having short lengths into a frame having a long length through Aggregation so that the frames finally have the same frame length and transmits the frames at the same time in a multiplexed manner. On the transmitter side, the transmission power used per destination communication station can be increased due to a decrease in the total number of multiplexed frames. On the receiver side, an unstable AGC operation can be prevented. |
| US10153821B2 |
Precoding and feedback channel information in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to precoding and feedback channel information in wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) and a second PMI from a terminal; mapping one or two codewords into layers; precoding symbols mapped into the layers using a first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and a second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI; and transmitting the precoded symbols to the terminal, wherein the reception of the first PMI is less frequent than the reception of the second PMI. |
| US10153820B2 |
Receiver address field for multi-user transmissions in WLAN systems
In wireless communications for multi-users, a station may receive a trigger frame including a transmitter address field. When the trigger frame is a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS) frame eliciting clear-to-send (CTS) frames from a plurality of stations, the station transmit a CTS frame including a first receiver address field in response to the trigger frame. The first receiver address field may be set equal to the transmitter address field. When the trigger frame elicits data frames from a plurality of stations, the station transmit a data frame including a second receiver address field in response to the trigger frame. The second receiver address field may be set to a destination address. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10153811B2 |
Communication system with communication-layer maximization mechanism and method of operation thereof
A communication system includes: a receiver resource module configured to determine a receiver-antenna count for characterizing a device; an adjustment module, coupled to the receiver resource module, configured to generate a receiver-capacity profile exceeding a capability associated with the receiver-antenna count with a control unit; and a report module, coupled to the adjustment module, configured to transmit the receiver-capacity profile for communicating a communication content for communicating with the device. |
| US10153810B2 |
Wireless IC device, molded resin article, and method for manufacturing wireless IC device
A wireless IC device includes a resin member including first and second surfaces, a substrate including first and second principal surfaces, a coil antenna provided in the resin member, and an RFIC element mounted on the substrate and connected to the coil antenna. The substrate is embedded in the resin member so that the second principal surface is at a second surface side. The coil antenna is defined by first linear conductor patterns on the second surface, first metal posts extending between the first and second surfaces, second metal posts extending between the first and second surfaces, and second linear conductor patterns on the first surface. The RFIC element is disposed in the coil antenna. |
| US10153807B1 |
Communication of multiple data streams over ground power lines
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for communicating between an aircraft and a terminal when the aircraft is on the ground. The connection between the aircraft and the terminal is made over a ground power line while the aircraft is being supplied with power. The ground power line comprises one or more wires, which are typically unshielded and cause radio interference. At the transmitting end, multiple copies of the same signal offset in phase relative to one another over the ground power line. Each data stream is coupled to a respective wire in the ground power line. At the receiving end, the multiple copies of the signal are extracted from the respective wires of the ground power line and combined to generate a combined signal with improved signal-to-noise ratio. Radio interference is suppressed by transmitting the data streams in a phase offset manner so that the unwanted emissions cancel. |
| US10153794B2 |
Transmitter, communication unit and method for limiting spectral re-growth
A transmitter includes a signal generator arranged to generate a digital baseband signal representative of a signal for transmission; a digital predistortion, DPD, circuit configured to predistort the digital baseband signal; and a power amplifier is arranged to amplify the predistorted signal. The DPD circuit includes a first signal shaping circuit operably coupled to the signal generator and the DPD predistortion circuit and configured to receive the generated digital signal and apply first envelope shaping to shape the predistortion applied to at least the amplitude of the generated digital signal and produce a first DPD signal; a second signal shaping circuit operably coupled to the signal generator and an output of the DPD predistortion circuit and configured to receive and apply the second envelope shaped digital signal to the first DPD signal and produce a second envelope shaped DPD signal. A multiplier is configured to receive and multiply the digital signal and the second envelope shaped DPD signal and output a digitally predistorted signal for transmission. |
| US10153779B1 |
Content-aware compression of floating-point time-series data using multiple prediction functions and estimated bit-saving thresholds
Methods and apparatus are provided for content-aware compression of data using multiple prediction functions. An exemplary method comprises obtaining a floating point number; applying a default prediction algorithm and at least one other distinct prediction algorithm to the obtained floating point number to generate a plurality of predictions; determining a residual for each prediction based on a difference between the predictions and the floating point number; determining a bit savings estimate for each prediction based on a difference between an exponent of each prediction and an exponent of the residual for each prediction; selecting the default prediction algorithm or one other distinct prediction algorithm for encoding the floating point number based on the determined bit savings estimate for each prediction; and encoding the floating point number by encoding the determined residual associated with the selected prediction algorithm and/or the determined bit savings estimate associated with the selected prediction algorithm. |
| US10153776B2 |
Frequency synthesizer
The present invention provides a frequency synthesizer that is switchable at a high speed and includes a few unnecessary frequency components in an output frequency signal. In a frequency synthesizer 1, a DDS 2 operates based on a clock signal to generate a reference frequency signal with a predetermined reference frequency, and clock signal supply units 41 and 42 switch the clock signals that have different clock frequencies to supply to the DDS 2. When the clock signals are switched to operate the DDS 2, the storage unit 12 stores a combination of a clock frequency fclk, a reference frequency fc, and a dividing number N in association with an output frequency fVCO of the frequency synthesizer 1 such that a spurious frequency does not exist within a predetermined frequency range and a dividing number of a variable frequency divider 302 disposed on a PLL circuit 3 is minimum. Setting units 11 and 24 read setting items stored in the storage unit 12 to set respective units. |
| US10153775B1 |
Phase interpolator
Apparatuses and methods for phase interpolators are provided. An example apparatus comprises a phase interpolator and a controller coupled to the phase interpolator. The controller is configured to provide a digital timing code to the phase interpolator, and the phase interpolator is configured to apply a correction to the received digital timing code based, at least in part, on phase interpolator error correction data from a data structure containing phase interpolator error correction data. |
| US10153772B2 |
Superconducting devices with enforced directionality
Superconducting devices with enforced directionality and related methods are provided. In one example, a device including a first Josephson junction transmission line (JTL) for propagating a first set of quantum signals in a first direction and a second JTL for propagating a second set of quantum signals in the first direction is provided. The device may include a logic gate having a first input terminal for receiving the first set of quantum signals via the first JTL, and a second input terminal. The device may include a unidirectional buffer having a first input terminal for receiving the second set of quantum signals via the second JTL and an output terminal for coupling the second set of quantum signals to the second input terminal of the logic gate, where the unidirectional buffer may be configured to propagate quantum signals in only the first direction. |
| US10153771B2 |
Negative-level shifting circuit and a source driver and a display device using the circuit
A negative-level shifting circuit includes a first level shifter including an input circuit configured to receive a logic signal having a first voltage level and a load circuit configured to generate a first output signal having a second voltage level based on a voltage generated by the input circuit, and a second level shifter configured to receive the first output signal from the first level shifter and generate a second output signal having a third voltage level. The first level shifter further includes a shielding circuit connected between the input circuit and the load circuit and configured to separate an operating voltage region of the input circuit from an operating voltage region of the load circuit such that the input circuit operates in a positive voltage region and the load circuit operates in a negative voltage region. |
| US10153767B2 |
Switch circuit and method of switching radio frequency signals
An RF switch circuit and method for switching RF signals that may be fabricated using common integrated circuit materials such as silicon, particularly using insulating substrate technologies. The RF switch includes switching and shunting transistor groupings to alternatively couple RF input signals to a common RF node, each controlled by a switching control voltage (SW) or its inverse (SW_), which are approximately symmetrical about ground. The transistor groupings each comprise one or more insulating gate FET transistors connected together in a “stacked” series channel configuration, which increases the breakdown voltage across the series connected transistors and improves RF switch compression. A fully integrated RF switch is described including control logic and a negative voltage generator with the RF switch elements. In one embodiment, the fully integrated RF switch includes an oscillator, a charge pump, CMOS logic circuitry, level-shifting and voltage divider circuits, and an RF buffer circuit. |
| US10153764B2 |
Current measurement in a power semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first load terminal, a second load terminal and a semiconductor body coupled to the first load terminal and the second load terminal. The semiconductor body is configured to conduct a load current along a load current path between the first load terminal and the second load terminal. The semiconductor device further includes a control electrode electrically insulated from the semiconductor body and configured to control a part of the load current path, and an electrically floating sensor electrode arranged adjacent to the control electrode. The sensor electrode is electrically insulated from each of the semiconductor body, and the control electrode and is capacitively coupled to the load current path. |
| US10153762B2 |
Method for controlling a semiconductor component
A transistor monolithically integrated in a semiconductor body includes a first sub-transistor and a second sub-transistor that both include a first and second load contacts and a control contact for controlling an electric current through a load path. The first load contact of the first sub-transistor is electrically connected to the first load contact of the second sub-transistor and the second load contact of the first sub-transistor is electrically connected to the second load contact of the second sub-transistor. A control circuit is configured to cause the first sub-transistor to switch from a first state to a second state at a first point of time and to cause the second sub-transistor to switch from the first state to the second state at a second point of time subsequent to the first point of time. |
| US10153761B2 |
GaN-on-sapphire monolithically integrated power converter
A half bridge circuit includes a sapphire substrate, a GaN upper switch on the sapphire substrate, a GaN lower switch on the sapphire substrate and coupled to the GaN upper switch, a first conductor coupled to the upper switch, a second conductor coupled to the lower switch, and a capacitor. A portion of the first conductor and a portion of the second conductor are on a plane vertically separated from the upper switch and the lower switch by a height, and the capacitor is coupled between the portion of the first conductor and the portion of the second conductor. |
| US10153758B2 |
Efficient digital duty cycle adjusters
The embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus of an efficient digital duty cycle adjuster and the method of operation thereof. The method includes: providing an input clock having an input clock duty cycle; inserting at least one programmable delay of a programmable delay line to the input clock, the input clock has a first delay inserted for a delayed rise edge, and a second delay inserted for a delayed fall edge, wherein the first delay, the second delay, or the combination thereof, includes the programmable delay; and adjusting an output clock duty cycle of an output clock by configuring the programmable delay, the output clock is generated by a selecting circuit, the selecting circuit includes a select signal, and the select signal is determined in accordance with the first delay and the second delay. |
| US10153757B2 |
Three input comparator
A three input voltage comparator provides termination of a pulse width modulation (PWM) output in a switched mode power supply. Shutdown of the PWM signal occurs when a sense current from the switching transistors exceeds either or both of the limit and error current references. The three input voltage comparator replaces the generally used two input voltage comparator and also eliminates the necessity of having to provide a voltage clamping circuit on the output of the voltage error amplifier in the switched mode power supply. The three input voltage comparator may also comprise selectable polarity control for more versatile integration of it into a switched mode power supply design. |
| US10153755B2 |
Signal receiver, related method, and related electronic device
A signal receiver may include the following elements: a first transmission gate connected to an signal input terminal and receiving a first reference voltage; a enable switch connected to a first power supply terminal and receiving a first enable signal; a p-channel transistor connected to the enable switch and the first transmission gate; a first protection switch connected to the p-channel transistor and receiving the first reference voltage; a second transmission gate connected to the signal input terminal and receiving a second reference voltage; an n-channel transistor connected to a second power supply terminal, an signal output terminal, and the second transmission gate; a second protection switch connected to the signal output terminal, the n-channel transistor, and the first protection switch and receiving the second reference voltage; and a pull-down transistor connected to the second power supply terminal, the n-channel transistor, and the output terminal and receiving a second enable signal. |
| US10153752B2 |
Relaxation oscillator circuit for low frequency and low power dissipation
A relaxation oscillator circuit includes a current mirror configured to receive the input current from the and generate a plurality of starved currents, a Schmitt trigger configured to be current starved by a first starved current of the plurality of starved currents and a plurality of inverters configured to receive a Schmitt trigger output signal and generate an output clock signal, the inverters including a plurality of current starved inverters that are current starved by a second starved current of the plurality of starved currents, the plurality of current starved inverters receiving the Schmitt trigger output signal and generating a first inverter output signal, upon which an output clock signal is based. The relaxation includes a capacitor configured to charge or discharge in response to the output clock signal and a switching module configured to provide current from the current source based on the output clock signal. |
| US10153734B1 |
Configurable radio frequency power amplifier and method thereof
An apparatus includes: an input coupler configured to receive an input voltage and output a first coupled voltage and a second coupled voltage in accordance with a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage, respectively; a stacked amplifier pair configured to receive the first coupled voltage and the second coupled voltage and output a first output voltage and a second output voltage in accordance with a first DC voltage, a second DC voltage, and a third DC voltage; and an output combiner configured to establish a combined output voltage in accordance with a combination of the first output voltage and the second output voltage, wherein the stacked amplifier pair includes a first amplifier operating with a power supplied from the second DC voltage to the first DC voltage and a second amplifier operating with a power supplied from the third DC voltage to the second DC voltage. |
| US10153733B2 |
Active bias circuit for power amplifier, and mobile terminal
An active bias circuit for a power amplifier and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The circuit includes a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current source circuit, a reference voltage circuit, an isolation voltage stabilizing circuit, and a bias voltage circuit. An input end of the PTAT current source circuit is connected to a voltage source (Vbat), and an output end is connected to the reference voltage circuit. The reference voltage circuit generates a reference voltage that is in proportion to a current and a temperature. The isolation voltage stabilizing circuit isolates the reference voltage circuit from the bias voltage circuit, and supplies a stabilized voltage to the bias voltage circuit by using a negative feedback loop. The bias voltage circuit receives the voltage of the isolation voltage stabilizing circuit, and is also connected to the voltage source (Vbat). |
| US10153732B2 |
Amplifier circuit and method of recovering input signal in the amplifier circuit
An amplifier circuit and a method of recovering an input signal in the amplifier circuit are provided. The amplifier circuit may recover an input signal by using a time constant and an output signal of a signal amplifier which is delayed by a certain period, based on characteristics of an inverse Laplace transform of a transfer function of the signal amplifier. A time required for recovering the input signal may be shorter than the time constant of the signal amplifier. |
| US10153726B2 |
Non-concentrated photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal hybrid devices and methods for solar energy collection
In embodiments, the inefficiencies present in conventional technologies that separately utilize photovoltaic or solar thermal technologies are obviated. Embodiments relate generally to a solar energy collection device having a focusing element with a shape configured to direct collimated incident light to a common focal region. A focus tube is then arranged at the focal region. The focus tube has an internal bore containing a working fluid and also configured to absorb incident and focused light that is and transferred to the working fluid. The focus tube is mechanically coupled to the focusing element with a mounting structure serving to maintain focus tube's position at the focal region. A photovoltaic cell array is then arranged on the focusing element. The photovoltaic cell array comprises a plurality of individual photovoltaic cells, each having a bandgap potential. |
| US10153717B2 |
Magnetic sensor integrated circuit, motor assembly and application device
A magnetic sensor integrated circuit, a motor assembly and an application device are provided. The magnetic sensor integrated circuit includes a magnetic field detection circuit. The magnetic field detection circuit includes a magnetic sensing element configured to sense an external magnetic field and output an electrical detection signal, a signal processing unit configured to perform amplification and interference rejection on the electrical detection signal to generate an analog electrical signal, and a comparator configured to compare the analog electrical signal with a reference voltage, and output magnet detection signal corresponding to the external magnetic field. The reference voltage is generated based on an input common-mode voltage of the magnetic field detection circuit. |
| US10153715B2 |
Motor driving control device and motor driving control method
A motor driving control device includes: a motor driving unit for selectively energizing coils of a plurality of phases of a motor; a control circuit unit for outputting a driving control signal to the motor driving unit to control an operation of the motor driving unit; and a position detector corresponding to one phase out of the plurality of phases, the position detector outputting a position signal having a phase varying according to a position of a rotor of the motor, wherein when starting activation of the motor, the control circuit unit executes first control for causing the motor to perform short-circuit braking, and second control for starting a first lock operation in which the rotor is locked by energizing coils of a predetermined energization phase out of the plurality of phases with a first current value after the first control is executed, and when executing the first control, the control unit performs the short-circuit braking from the start of the short-circuit braking of the motor until variation of a predetermined pattern of the phase of the position signal has not been detected over a first predetermined time, or from the start of the short-circuit braking of the motor until a second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time has elapsed. |
| US10153713B2 |
Device for harvesting energy from a fluidic flow including a thin film of piezoelectric material
A device for harvesting energy from a fluidic flow, including a flexible structure formed by: a base layer; a conductive layer, made of a conductive material and laid on the base layer; and a piezoelectric layer, made of a piezoelectric material and laid on the conductive layer. The base layer, the conductive layer, and the piezoelectric layer form a crystalline structure including a plurality of pseudomorphic portions. |
| US10153710B1 |
Power supply and control method thereof
A power supply includes multiple power modules and a control circuit. Input terminals of the power modules are connected in star connection such that each power module receives a phase input voltage. Output terminals of the power modules are connected in parallel. Each power modules includes a first and a second converter. The first converter converts the phase input voltage into an intermediate bus voltage. The second converter outputs a DC supply voltage according to the intermediate bus voltage. The control circuit is coupled to the power modules and configured to output first and second driving signals to control the first and second converters in the power modules. A bus voltage average value is calculated by the control circuit according to the intermediate bus voltages of the power modules, and the first and the second driving signals for the power modules are generated according to the bus voltage average value. |
| US10153709B2 |
Converter arrangement comprising movable contacts, but immovable converter assembly
A converter arrangement includes a basic structure having a receptacle, a first electrical network including lines arranged on the basic structure, a plurality of first contacts arranged on the basic structure and movable via a first actuator from a first connection position into a first release position, and a converter assembly securable in the first release position as a unit in a fixed location in the receptacle of the basic structure and removable from the receptacle. The converter assembly is electrically connected to the lines of the first electrical network when the first contacts assume the first connection position, and electrically disconnected from the lines of the first network when the first contacts assume the first release position. The receptacle of the basic structure is immobile when the first contacts move from the first connection position into the first release position. |
| US10153708B2 |
Three-level power converter
A three-level power converter includes a first module housing a vertical arm forming a three-level power conversion circuit; a second module disposed adjacent to the first module and housing an intermediate arm forming the three-level power conversion circuit; high-potential and low-potential connecting terminal boards each extending vertically, and having a lower end connected to connecting terminals on an upper surface of the first module, and an upper end provided with an external connecting end; and a flat intermediate-potential connecting terminal board extending vertically, and having a lower end connected to connecting terminals on an upper surface of the second module, and an upper end provided with an external connecting end. The high-potential, low-potential, and intermediate-potential connecting terminal boards are stacked close to and parallel to one another. Each of the external connecting ends is connected to a corresponding terminal of a DC capacitor. |
| US10153705B2 |
Controlling a multi-channel power supply
The present invention relates to methods for controlling a multi-channel power supply and to corresponding devices. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling a multi-channel power supply is provided. Therein each channel comprises an intrinsic channel resistance and a resistor adjustable between a lowest resistance and a highest resistance. The method comprises the following steps: Measuring for each channel a measure indicative of a current in the respective channel; Adjusting, on the basis of the measures, the adjustable resistor in the channel having the highest intrinsic channel resistance to the lowest resistance; and Adjusting, on the basis of the measures, the adjustable resistor(s) in the remaining channel(s), such that currents in each channel are balanced. With it a concept of simultaneously performing current balancing and reduction of power dissipation is provided. |
| US10153703B2 |
Flyback power converter with programmable output and control circuit and control method thereof
The present invention provides a flyback power converter with a programmable output and a control circuit and a control method thereof. The flyback power converter converts an input voltage to a programmable output voltage according to a setting signal, wherein the programmable output voltage switches between different levels. The flyback power converter includes: a transformer circuit, a power switch circuit, a current sense circuit, an opto-coupler circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit adaptively adjusts an operation signal according to a level of the programmable output voltage, to maintain a same or relatively higher operation frequency of the operation signal when the programmable output voltage switches to a relatively lower level, so as to maintain a phase margin while supplying the same output current. |
| US10153696B2 |
Methods and circuitry for sampling a signal
Circuitry and methods for sampling a signal are disclosed. An example of the circuitry includes a node for coupling the circuitry to the signal being sampled and a plurality of capacitors, wherein each capacitor is selectively coupled to the node by a switch. An analog-to-digital converter is coupled to the node and is for measuring the voltages of individual ones of the plurality of capacitors and converting the voltages to digital signals. Delay circuitry is coupled to each of the switches, the delay circuitry is for closing one switch at a time for a predetermined period. |
| US10153695B2 |
Feedback scheme for non-isolated power supply
Embodiments described herein describe a switching power converter that includes a switch, an inductor, a diode, and a controller that generates a control signal to turn on and turn off the switch. The controller generates the control signal by generating a reference signal, integrating a difference between a voltage value of the generated reference signal, and a voltage difference between voltage values of the switching node and the second output terminal, and generating the control signal by processing the integrated voltage difference. |
| US10153694B2 |
Switched-mode power supply controller
The present invention relates to nonlinear and time-variant signal processing, and, in particular, to methods, systems, and apparatus for adaptive filtering and control applicable to switching power supplies. |
| US10153693B2 |
DC-DC converter including dynamically adjusted duty cycle limit
A DC-DC converter including a DC input and a DC output, at least one switch connecting the DC input to a converter inductor, the converter inductor connecting the at least one switch to the DC output, a controller configured to control an open/closed state of the at least one switch, a first voltage sensor connected to the DC input and operable to provide a sensed voltage to the controller, a second voltage sensor connected to the DC output and operable to provide a sensed voltage to the controller. The controller includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for causing the controller to dynamically adjust a duty cycle limit of the DC-DC converter to be equal to one minus a numerator divided by a denominator, where the numerator is the instantaneous input voltage minus a compensation factor and where the denominator is the instantaneous output voltage. |
| US10153691B2 |
Photovoltaic panel power output booster and method
A booster for PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) panel output power utilizes the low output voltage generated by the PV panel during none optimum operating conditions, to enhance the power output level of PV panel. The booster module described, in the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, operates only on energy provided by the PV panel that is connected to, and does not require any other source of energy. Booster operation is implemented such that, when booster is disabled, during normal PV panel output levels (50% to 100% of a PV panel rating), it does not adversely affect the PV panel efficiency. |
| US10153688B2 |
Power system and method of starting multiple power converters in grid forming mode
A power system and method for performing a blackstart on a microgrid. The power system includes at least a first power converter and a second power converter. The first power converter comprises a first controller having a plurality of startup sequences for performing the blackstart. The second power converter is electrically coupled to the first power converter at a point of common coupling. During the blackstart, the first controller is configured to select and perform one of the plurality of startup sequences according to a point at which the second power converter is within the second power converter's startup sequence during the blackstart. The first controller selects the one of the plurality of startup sequences according to a microgrid voltage at the point of common coupling. |
| US10153684B2 |
Bleeder circuit
The present invention discloses a bleeder circuit; solutions of the present invention may be applied in linear driving and switch driving solutions; a threshold voltage is a zero crossing value, and when the input voltage is zero crossing, the load current at this time is zero; a bleeder current is generated to make the input current greater than a holding current of a TRIAC dimmer, to maintain turning-on of the TRIAC dimmer, and a second time is set as a delay time, which reduces power consumption. In the application of switch driving solution, the current regulating circuit is controlled to be enabled according to the waveform features of the previous and latter halves of periods of the sine wave as well as the size of the input current of the driving circuit. The present invention reduces bleeder current, improves system efficiency and system reliability while ensuring the dimming performance; meanwhile, it is good for enlarging the maximum turning-on angle of TRIAC, and satisfies the requirement for maximum output current more easily. |
| US10153678B2 |
Linear actuator
Linear actuator, where a reversible electric motor (20) through a transmission (21) drives a non-self-locking spindle (22), by means of which an adjustment element (24) secured against rotation can be moved axially for adjusting an element connected thereto such as a backrest section in a bed. The actuator further comprises a quick release (27) for disengagement of the adjustment element (24) from the electric motor (20) and the part of the transmission (21) extending from the electric motor (20) to the quick release (27), such that the spindle (22) is rotated under the load on the adjustment element (24). Further, the actuator comprises brake means for controlling the speed of the adjustment element (24), when the quick release (27) is activated. The brake means are constituted by a rotary damper (45) of the fluid type comprising an internal body located in a liquid-filled hollow in an outer body, where one body is in driving connection with the spindle (22) or the part of the transmission extending from the spindle (22) to the quick release (27), and where a dampening effect, which dampens the speed of the spindle (22) and thus the adjustment element (24), is generated when this body is rotated relative to the other body as a result of activation of the quick release (27). It is thus possible to provide a construction where the lowering speed is self-controlling when the quick release is activated. |
| US10153675B2 |
Electrical machine
A stator for an electric machine has a stator block and at least one first and one second phase winding. The first and second phase windings are supplied with current having different phases. At least one stator slot is formed in the stator block. Several layers of the first phase winding and several layers of the second phase winding are arranged in the stator slot. One layer of the first phase winding defines a layer of the second phase winding in the stator slot. |
| US10153658B2 |
Battery modules having detection connectors and related systems
A battery module is provided including a battery module connector configured to engage with a backplane connector on a backplane board associated with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). When the battery module connector is engaged with the backplane connector a circuit is completed that instantaneously indicates to the UPS that the battery module is connected. When the battery module connector is disengaged from the backplane connector the circuit is opened and instantaneously indicates to the UPS that the battery module is disconnected. |
| US10153657B1 |
Retrofit wireless solar charger apparatus and methods
A retrofit wireless solar charger apparatus for a mobile device, the charger apparatus having an enclosure enclosing: a photovoltaic (PV) array having an efficiency of at least 22 percent, the PV array exposed to ambient light; a battery in electrical contact with the PV array; an RF power transfer coil in electrical contact with the battery; a printed circuit board (PCB) having a front side and a back side, the PCB having surface-mounted components mounted on the front side and the PCB being in electrical contact with the PV array, the battery, and the RF transfer coil; and a two-sided adhesive layer, the two-sided adhesive layer adhered to the back side of the PCB; wherein the charger apparatus has a thickness ranging from 1 to 3 mm and the charger apparatus is retrofittably-adhered on-board the mobile device. |
| US10153656B2 |
Unique five-device-in-one solar-powered foldable tiltable device-recharging workstation system, comprising solar-electricity system, extendable-retractable-cable system, foldable tiltable recharging workstation system, foldable tiltable sun-visor system, and transparent pouch system
A five-device-in-one solar-charging sun-visor foldable tiltable workstation comprises: an umbrella post, solar panels attached to the umbrella post, an electricity converter connected to the solar panels, a battery connected to the electricity converter for charging mobile devices, an electrical wire connected to the battery, a retractable extendable cable connected to the electrical wire, a spool rotationally connected to the retractable extendable cable, UBS connectors connected to the retractable extendable cable, an adjustable clamp attached to the umbrella post, having memory-stick and sunglass holders, a rotatable foldable tiltable table attached to the adjustable clamp, a foldable tiltable cup-holding system molded in the table for holding drinks in multiple angles, a waterproof transparent hooded pouch attached to the table for holding mobile devices in multiple angles while a user stands, sits, or swim in front of, or lays down under the pouch, and foldable tiltable sun-visors foldably hinged on the table for blocking the sun in multiple angles while a user stands, sits, or swim in front of, or lays down under the pouch. |
| US10153653B1 |
Systems and methods for using application programming interfaces to control communications between a transmitter and a receiver
The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored. |
| US10153650B2 |
Energy harvesting system for IoT devices
A system and related methods for powering a device module of IoT device with an energy harvesting module. A supercapacitor is charged by the energy harvesting module and discharged to the device module to power the device module. The discharge from the supercapacitor may be scheduled to power demanding tasks to provide sufficient recharging periods for the supercapacitor and avoid discharging the supercapacitor when the supercapacitor is insufficiently charged. |
| US10153649B2 |
Computing device charging cases and methods of use
Electrical charging device chassis and cases are provided herein. An example charging case includes a device receiving tray, a sliding tray having a charging interface, and a stabilizer. The sliding tray translates relative to the device receiving tray to extend and retract the charging interface using a track and gear assembly. |
| US10153647B2 |
Storage battery system
A storage battery system connected to a power system includes: a storage battery; a BMU which monitors a state of the storage battery with a first sensor; a PCS which charges the storage battery and discharges from the storage battery with reference to an output value of a second sensor similar in type to the first sensor; and a control device. The control device receives a charge/discharge request and storage battery information supplied from the BMU and controls the PCS based on the charge/discharge request and the storage battery information. An abnormality detection unit of the control device acquires the output value of the second sensor from the PCS, and detects abnormality of any sensor as a result of comparison between the output value of the second sensor and an output value of the first sensor included in the storage battery information. |
| US10153644B2 |
Delivering and negotiating wireless power delivery in a multi-receiver system
A transmitter includes a first resonator to generate an oscillating field at a resonant frequency in response to receiving power from a power source. The transmitter includes a first communication interface and a first controller to control the first resonator and to communicate data via the first communication interface. One of a plurality of receivers includes a second resonator to be wirelessly coupled to the first resonator. The second resonator resonates at the common mode resonant frequency in response to the oscillating field. The one receiver includes a second communication interface to establish wireless side-channel communications with the first communication interface and to communicate the data with the first communication interface via the wireless side-channel communications. The first controller identifies the one receiver from the plurality of receivers according to the communicated data, and in response, the first resonator transfers the power to the second resonator. |
| US10153643B2 |
Wireless power supply device and wireless power supply system
A wireless power supply device includes a resonance circuit including a coil and a capacitor, a power supply portion that supplies AC power to the resonance circuit based on a drive signal having a prescribed drive frequency, and a controller that substantially matches the phase of the drive signal and the phase of oscillation of the resonance circuit by switching the direction of a current that flows into the coil. |
| US10153641B2 |
Extending black-start availability using energy storage systems
Systems and methods for extending black-start availability using energy storage systems can be provided. In one example implementation, a method includes detecting, by one or more controllers, a disconnection of the power system from a power grid; obtaining, by the one or more controllers, data indicative of the amount of energy present in a first energy storage system; obtaining, by the one or more controllers, data indicative of an amount of energy associated with powering one or more loads coupled to the power system; and determining, by the one or more controllers, to activate the auxiliary power source based at least in part on the amount of energy present in the first energy storage system and the amount of energy associated with powering the one or more loads. |
| US10153640B2 |
Unified power flow controller and control method thereof
The present invention discloses a novel Unified Power Flow Controller UPFC and its control method. Supposing that one end of DC converter is connected to the DC transmission line of HVDC converter station or substation and the other end is connected to the DC side of a series converter, the AC output voltage of the series converter can be controlled to regulate the line power of the UPFC for operation in UPFC and SSSC mode. In addition, when the number of transformers and shunt converters is decreased at the shunt side of the UPFC, the HVDC Converter Station can be used to provide active power for the series converter of UPFC, which can effectively reduce operation costs and ensure stable operation of power grid. Therefore, there is a bright application prospect for the invention. |
| US10153638B2 |
Adaptation of polyphase waveguide probes
Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along a lossy conducting medium such as, e.g., the surface of a terrestrial medium by exciting a polyphase waveguide probe. A probe control system can be used to adjust the polyphase waveguide probe based at least in part upon characteristics of the lossy conducting medium. |
| US10153634B2 |
Switch box and overcurrent preventing method
A switch box includes a circuit substrate having a conductor pattern, a switching element that is mounted on the circuit substrate, a bus bar having a current input and output portion formed at one end thereof and a mounting portion formed at the other end thereof, the mounting portion being connected to the conductor pattern of the circuit substrate so as to be electrically conducted to the switching element through the conductor pattern, and a magnetic sensor that is mounted on the circuit substrate to detect a magnetic field generated due to a current flowing into the bus bar. The magnetic sensor is disposed in a gap formed between the circuit substrate and the bus bar. |
| US10153631B2 |
Electrical protection device and method of protecting an electronic device
An electrical protection device including an input line, an output terminal, and a power transistor coupled between the input line and the output terminal A sensing transistor is connected between the input line and the output terminal and has a body terminal. A control stage is coupled to respective control terminals of the power transistor and of the sensing transistor and is configured to limit a first current of the power transistor to a protection value. A body-driving stage is coupled to the body terminal and is configured to bias the body terminal of the sensing transistor as a function of an operating condition of the power transistor. |
| US10153626B2 |
Subsea cable installation unit
A subsea installation tool for installing a flexible body, e.g. a subsea fiber cable on a seabed from a surface vessel, and an associated method for installing the flexible body on the seabed is provided. The installation tool includes a tensioner that may be coupled to the flexible body to actively pull it down, thus increasing tension in an upper section of the cable from the installation vessel to the installation tool. High tension in the upper part of the cable gives good control even in strong sea currents. At the same time the tensioner enables lower tension in the bottom part cable from the installation tool to the seabed, giving good control of the touchdown position on the seabed. |
| US10153625B2 |
Interlock device for preventing close during insertion or withdraw on circuit breaker in switch board
The present disclosure relates an interlock device for preventing insertion or withdrawal of a circuit breaker into or from a switch board having an ON button and an OFF button and including a switch board body provided with a housing and a rail having an interruption hole formed on one side surface thereof, a carriage movable back and forth along the rail of the switch board body, and the circuit breaker including a main body installed on the carriage and inserted into or withdrawn from the switch board body, the interlock device comprising an interlock rod protruding toward one side to set or release a pressed state, wherein the interlock rod is set in or released from the pressed state and inserted into or disengaged from the interruption hole when the main body is put in or tripped. |
| US10153624B2 |
Container for energy storage apparatus
The present invention relates to a container for an energy storage apparatus, the container including: a container main body which defines an internal space finished by an upper plate, a lower plate, and a plurality of sidewalls; a first support frame which is installed on the upper plate of the container main body; a second support frame which is installed on the lower plate of the container main body; and one or more vertical frames which are coupled to the first and second support frames in a vertical direction, and configure vertical frames for a typically used battery rack. |
| US10153620B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug having a ceramic insulator held by a crimp portion of a metallic shell. The crimp portion satisfies a relation of A≥1.7 mm and a relation of t≥1.20 mm in a cross section of the crimp portion taken along a plane containing the axial line, where A is the distance between a closest point which is a point within the cross section closest to the ceramic insulator and an intersection at which a first orthogonal line passing through the closest point and orthogonal to the axial line intersects with an outer circumference of the crimp portion, and t is a thickness of the proximal end of the crimp portion. |
| US10153618B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug having an insulator with a front end portion having an annular groove opened to a front side around an axial line. The groove has a width of greater than or equal to 0.2 mm in a radial direction. In a cross section including the axial line, a value D/L obtained by dividing, by a length L, a creepage distance D, from a position P on the frontmost side of a region in which a clearance distance between an outer surface of a front end portion and an inner circumferential surface of a metal shell is less than or equal to 0.1 mm to a connection position between an outer surface of the front end portion and the axial hole, is greater than or equal to 1.1. |
| US10153615B2 |
Rigid high power and high speed lasing grid structures
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for stronger and more powerful high speed laser arrays. For example, an apparatus is disclosed that comprises (1) a single laser emitting epitaxial structure that comprises a plurality of laser regions, each laser region of the single laser emitting epitaxial structure being electrically isolated within the single laser emitting epitaxial structure itself relative to the other laser regions of the single laser emitting epitaxial structure, and (2) an electrical waveguide configured to provide current to the laser regions. |
| US10153614B1 |
Creating arbitrary patterns on a 2-D uniform grid VCSEL array
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and an array of optoelectronic cells, formed on the semiconductor substrate. The cells include first epitaxial layers defining a lower distributed Bragg-reflector (DBR) stack; second epitaxial layers formed over the lower DBR stack, defining a quantum well structure; third epitaxial layers, formed over the quantum well structure, defining an upper DBR stack; and electrodes formed over the upper DBR stack, which are configurable to inject an excitation current into the quantum well structure of each optoelectronic cell. A first set of the optoelectronic cells are configured to emit laser radiation in response to the excitation current. In a second set of the optoelectronic cells, interleaved with the first set, at least one element of the optoelectronic cells, selected from among the epitaxial layers and the electrodes, is configured so that the optoelectronic cells in the second set do not emit the laser radiation. |
| US10153613B2 |
Light-emitting element and method for manufacturing the same
A light-emitting element includes a mesa structure in which a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type are disposed in that order, wherein at least one of the first compound semiconductor layer and the second compound semiconductor layer has a current constriction region surrounded by an insulation region extending inward from a sidewall portion of the mesa structure; a wall structure disposed so as to surround the mesa structure; at least one bridge structure connecting the mesa structure and the wall structure, the wall structure and the bridge structure each having the same layer structure as the portion of the mesa structure in which the insulation region is provided; a first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on a top face of the wall structure. |
| US10153610B2 |
Laser source, and apparatus and method for simultaneously interacting with a plurality of atomic species
A laser source (100) is intended for a device for interacting simultaneously with several atomic species within time intervals which are common to these species. The laser source includes a laser radiation generating set (1), an optical amplifier (2), and a frequency doubler set (3). A component for time-division multiplexing (5) assign in alternation at successive time sub-intervals, initial radiations corresponding to interaction radiations dedicated to different atomic species. The result of the interactions with one of the atomic species is then identical to the result of the interactions with a continuous radiation dedicated to the atomic species. |
| US10153608B2 |
Spectrally multiplexing diode pump modules to improve brightness
A method of spectrally multiplexing diode pump modules to increase brightness includes generating one or more pump beams from respective diode lasers at a first wavelength in a diode laser package, generating one or more pump beams from respective diode lasers at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength in the diode laser package, wavelength combining at least one of the pump beams at the first wavelength with at least one of the pump beams at the second wavelength to form one or more combined pump beams, and receiving the combined pump beams in a pump fiber coupled to the diode laser package. Laser systems can include multi-wavelength pump modules and a gain fiber having a core actively doped so as to have an absorption spectrum corresponding to the multiple wavelength, the gain fiber situated to receive the pump light and to produce an output beam at an output wavelength. |
| US10153606B2 |
Method to control crimping processes using ultrasonic transmission analysis
A method of crimping wires includes positioning a wire/terminal combination between first and second crimp forming tools. A force is applied to the crimp forming tools to deform the wire/terminal combination. The method further includes measuring ultrasonic energy that is transmitted across the wire/terminal combination as the terminal is being deformed. A rate of change of the magnitude of the ultrasonic energy is also determined as the terminal is being deformed. The crimping process is terminated if the rate of change of the magnitude of the ultrasonic energy falls below a predefined threshold level. Data gathered during the crimping process can also be utilized to determine if a faulty crimp has occurred. |
| US10153596B2 |
Shielded electrical connector having two grounding members each with a plurality of contacting arms
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the outside of the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms. Each contacting arm defines a connecting portion extending forwardly from the body portion and a contacting portion bent inwardly from the connecting portion, and the upper and lower sidewalls of the insulative housing defines a plurality of channels and a plurality of ribs, the contacting portion of the grounding member protrudes into the mating cavity and the connecting portion abuts against the top surface of the rib to form a certain pre-pressure to the contacting arm. |
| US10153595B2 |
Plug connector part, shielded plug connector unit and locking sleeve therefor
A plug connector part for a shielded plug connector unit, including an insulating body and a plurality of electric plug-in contacts connected to electric cable ends. An electric plug-in contact is configured as a protective conductor contact, and has an electrically conducting shielding shell surrounding the insulating body on the exterior side. The protective conductor contact is arranged centrally in the interior of the insulating body and is surrounded by the other electric plug-in contacts on the exterior side. The protective conductor contact is electrically contacted to the shielding shell by at least one electrically conducting radial web. |
| US10153589B2 |
System for automatically establishing a temporary electrical power connection
A system for automatically establishing a temporary electrical power connection comprises a first coupling member including a sealing ring surrounding a first electrical coupling means and a second coupling member including a sealing ring contact surface surrounding a second electrical coupling means. The sealing ring and the sealing ring contact surface are configured for being pressed together, whereby they seal off a vacuum chamber. A vacuum conduit is connected to the vacuum chamber for establishing therein a vacuum capable of firmly holding together both coupling members, thereby defining a mechanical coupling position. The first or second electrical coupling means include a surface electrode dimensioned for achieving a plurality of possible electrical coupling positions around a central electrical coupling position. The seal ring and seal ring contact surface are configured for achieving a sealed contact and thereby a mechanical coupling position in each of these possible electrical coupling positions. |
| US10153588B2 |
Communication module assembly
The present invention relates to a communication module assembly. The present invention is a communication module assembly which is electrically connected to a communication device and is supplied with power and signal, and can include a connection port unit that is supplied with the power and the signal from the communication device; a cable connection portion which is provided in the connection port unit, and to which cables electrically connected to the communication device is connected; a plurality of communication modules that is stacked on and connected to the connection port unit in a plug-in type; and a guide for guiding the communication module such that the communication modules are connected to the connection port unit in a central direction. |
| US10153587B1 |
Plug-and-socket connector assembly
A plug-and-socket connector assembly includes an electrical plug connector which includes two retaining tongues each having an actuating free end and a retaining region, and an electrical socket connector which includes two lugs each having a locking hole. When the electrical socket connector is brought into mating engagement with the electrical plug connector, the retaining region is snap-fitted in the locking hole of a corresponding one of the lugs. The actuating free ends of the retaining tongues can be manually pressed toward each other against the biasing forces of the retaining tongues to disengage the retaining regions of the retaining tongues from the locking holes of the lugs so as to permit removal of the electrical plug connector. |
| US10153584B2 |
Connector with electroconductive member featuring retraction mechanism
A connector includes a housing, an electroconductive member, and a retraction mechanism. The housing includes: a fitting portion to be fit to a counterpart fitting portion of a casing of a device to which the connector is to be connected; and a fixture portion to be secured to a fixture-portion receiving portion of the casing. The fixture portion is brought into contact with the fixture-portion receiving portion during a progress of the fitting of the fitting portion. The electroconductive member includes: a first electrical-connection portion to be brought into contact with a counterpart electrical-connection portion and thereby electrically connected thereto during the progress of the fitting of the fitting portion, the counterpart electrical-connection portion being included in the counterpart fitting portion; and a second electrical-connection portion connected electrically to a terminal of an electric wire. The electroconductive member is accommodated in an interior of the housing. |
| US10153582B2 |
Wire cover for connector
A wire cover includes a hood top surface, a first hood side surface and a second hood side surface. A hood side notched groove is formed in the first hood side surface so as to be notched from a tip edge toward a base end of the first hood side surface while leaving the base end. A hood side deficient portion is formed in the second hood side surface. The hood side deficient portion is deficient extending from a tip edge to a base end of the second hood side surface. A hood top surface deficient portion is formed in the hood top surface and is partially deficient of the hood top surface positioned near the second hood side surface. The hood top surface deficient portion is adjacent to the hood side deficient portion. |
| US10153581B2 |
System and method for connecting to marine shore power
A system for providing marine shore power to a vessel regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket installed on the shore power source is disclosed. A vessel plug, which is intended to be installed on a vessel's shore power cable, has a male adapter component which accepts a plurality of adapters. The plurality of adapter each have a female socket component and a male adapter component. The male plug component of the vessel plug is compatible with and plugs into the female socket component of each of the plurality of adapters. Each of the male adapter components of the plurality of components are each configured differently so as to enable a vessel to connect to a shore power source regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket installed on the shore power source. |
| US10153580B2 |
Volume compensating connector part of a connector unit
A connector part of a connector unit, wherein the connector unit has a male part and a female part, including at least one volume compensating arrangement with at least a first flexible layer and at least a first chamber. The at least first flexible layer at least partially encases the at least first chamber. The at least one flexible layer includes at least one thermoplastic material. |
| US10153579B2 |
Waterproof component
A waterproof component includes a housing body, a mat seal, and a mat seal cover. A locking claw of the housing body is inserted in an attachment hole of a wall together with an attachment hole insertion portion and has an elastically deformable support wall and a claw portion formed at a tip of the support wall and protruding outward from an outer surface of the support wall. The mat seal cover includes a protection protrusion configured to prevent displacement of the support wall toward a direction other than a direction of an elastic deformation of the support wall for insertion of the claw portion in the attachment hole. |
| US10153576B2 |
Electronic component and imaging device
In an imaging device, an electric connection is achieved in which a pressing force of a terminal of a substrate-side connector does not act on a substrate stored in a housing. Harness connection terminals have inner-surface contact pieces each shaped like a flat plate and extending along an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical peripheral wall of a rear housing. Terminals of a connector have press contact portions in press contact with the inner-surface contact pieces in a radial direction of the cylindrical peripheral wall. The pressing force of the press contact portions acts in the radial direction of the cylindrical peripheral wall, but does not act in the plate thickness direction of the substrate. This avoids warpage of the substrate. |
| US10153564B1 |
Terminal block fastening device having locking handle
A terminal block fastening device (100) includes a body (110) and a locking handle (200). The body (110) includes a socket (124) for insertion of a printed circuit board (10) and two through holes (128) perpendicular to the socket (124). The locking handle (200) is installed in the body (110). The locking handle (200) has a force arm (230), a fastening portion (202) connected to one end of the force arm (230), a pivot point (220) connected to the other end of the force arm (230), and a resilient arm (210) disposed between the fastening portion (202) and the force arm (230). The fastening portion (202) is operatively associated with the resilient arm (210) to move between a locked state (L) and a released state (R), so that the anti-pull-out effect on the printed circuit board (10) is improved. |
| US10153561B2 |
Antenna arrangement
An antenna arrangement can produce omni-directional polarisations of two or more types and comprises a compact arrangement of a dipole with array comprising first and second conductors in parallel planes separated by a printed circuit board and laid on the printed circuit board for generating horizontally polarised signals. A monopole arrangement comprises a third conductor substantially orthogonal to the planes of the first and second conductors and arranged so that one of the first and second conductors acts as a ground plane for the third conductor. |
| US10153559B1 |
Modular center fed reflector antenna system
Antenna system includes an elongated antenna feed tower structure having a tower base at one end which includes a plurality of feet arranged to align with a plurality of predetermined structural mounting points associated with a space vehicle bus. The antenna system also includes a deployable reflector assembly comprising a hub ring. The hub ring includes a reflector deployment mechanism around which a plurality of reflector ribs are disposed. The hub ring is advantageously arranged to engirdle the feed tower assembly. As such, the central aperture is configured to receive the feed tower assembly therein after the feed tower has already been mounted to the space vehicle. |
| US10153556B2 |
Techniques for designing millimeter wave printed dipole antennas
A printed millimeter wave dipole antenna and techniques for designing such an antenna are disclosed. In one embodiment, the dipole antenna comprises: a signal wing and at least one ground wing for propagating signals in a millimeter wave band; and an unbalanced feeding structure directly coupled to the signal wing. The unbalanced feeding structure is boarded by a plurality of escorting vias to ensure equipotential grounds. |
| US10153553B2 |
Antenna device having patch antenna
An antenna device includes: a dielectric substrate formed with a ground plane; a patch antenna having a dominant polarization direction in a predetermined direction on the dielectric substrate; at least one patch radiating element for supplying electric power provided on the patch antenna, the at least one patch radiating element being formed on the dielectric substrate; a patch-shaped conductor pattern formed on a substrate front face of the dielectric substrate on which the patch radiating element is formed; a plurality of connection conductors formed to penetrate the dielectric substrate for electrically connecting the conductor pattern to the ground plane; and a conductive structure having the conductor pattern and a plurality of the connection conductors. A plurality of the conductive structures is provided. |
| US10153551B1 |
Low profile multi-band antennas for telematics applications
A low-profile multi-band antenna for telematics applications is described, where the antenna has multiple resonant frequencies. A single feed connects multiple transceivers to the antenna. The antenna has a height less than a centimeter and a surface area of around 60 square centimeters. The resonant frequencies of the antenna are determined by a center sub-patch and additional sub-patches that surround the center sub-patch. Ferrites, placed between the sub-patches and a ground plane, are used for tuning the resonant frequencies. |
| US10153549B2 |
Correlated fanbeam extruder
Antenna systems and methods of detecting RF signals received from a field of view (FOV) are presented, employing intersecting fan beam pluralities formed by associated columns or rows of antenna elements and cross-correlation of components of the received radiation from the fan beam pluralities. The intersecting fan beams pluralities form pencil-like beams persistently spanning the FOV as desired. Angle(s) of arrival and frequency channels of incident RF signals may be determined through power estimation, ranking and filtering, and/or frequency channelization techniques. Higher sensitivity beams may be cued to more accurately characterize the incident signals. |
| US10153544B2 |
Electronic device and protective housing
An electronic device and a protective housing are described. The electronic device has a housing body that includes a plurality of first component units and a plurality of second component units. The first component units include a first metal material, and the second component units are composed of a second isolation material and a second metal material. The plurality of first component units are arranged in a predetermined shape; the plurality of second component units are arranged at an outer edge of the predetermined shape, and the second metal material of the plurality of second component units is not connected with the first metal material of the first component units. The plurality of first component units constitute a radiating body of an antenna of the electronic device which may have an arbitrary shape, so freedom to set the antenna is raised. |
| US10153540B2 |
Antenna for appendage-worn miniature communications device
Antennas, antenna systems, and communications devices are described that provide an antenna utilizing a fractal and/or self-similar conductive element that is novel and inventive in that its small in size and exhibits multiple-band or wideband frequency coverage which allows a miniature communications device incorporating the antenna to operate (e.g., function) with wide-band capabilities in close-proximity to a user's body and in form factor suitable for wearing by the user. As noted above, previous size and performance limitations of prior art antennas/devices were poor and made those devices either of limited utility or inoperable. |
| US10153539B2 |
Antenna device and electronic device having the same
Disclosed are an antenna device and an electronic device that includes the antenna device. The antenna device includes a power feeding unit, a ground unit, a radiating unit that is electrically connected to the power feeding unit, and a switching element that selects one or more points from a plurality of different points of the ground unit and connects the radiating unit to the selected one or more points. |
| US10153538B2 |
Antenna with radiator fixed by fusion, and manufacturing method thereof
An antenna with a radiator fixed by fusion and a method of manufacturing the same according to the present invention, since the metal radiator combined to the carrier having the stepped groove corresponding to the fusion projections and the 3D pattern of the metal radiator can be strongly fixed to the carrier with no gap through the fusion and combination of the fusion projections, the resin injected in the process of putting the combined radiator and carrier in a mold for injection of the external case and injecting the external case to cover the outer surfaces of the metal radiator and the carrier can be prevented from intruding between the carrier and the radiator, thereby preventing deviation and deformation of the metal radiator due to the penetration of the resin, achieving a high yield and providing uniform quality of the antenna. |
| US10153537B2 |
Hybrid radio frequency / inductive loop antenna
Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques, systems, and apparatuses are discussed herein for providing a hybrid antenna including an RF radiator and an electrically coupled inductive loop. The hybrid antenna is capable of providing both RF and induction functionality, e.g., radio frequency transmission/reception capabilities for Bluetooth as well as near-field-communications (NFC) functionality via the inductive loop. The inductive loop may be in conductive contact with the RF radiator or may be inductively coupled with the RF radiator and not in conductive contact with the RF radiator. The inductive loop may act as a planar element of a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA). |
| US10153533B2 |
Waveguide
A function varying a wavelength in a waveguide including a ridge-shaped conductor and columnar conductors in a parallel flat structure is added to reduce a size of a phase shifter in which input and output ports are fixed. Thus, a phased array antenna including a plurality of phase shifters is reduced in size. A plurality of convex shapes or concave shapes are provided on a conductor plate on a side not including a ridge-shaped conductor and columnar conductors. A mechanism that moves the conductor plate in a direction crossing a direction in which the ridge-shaped conductor extends is applied. After the convex shapes or the concave shapes are changed by a fixed number between phase shifters adjacent to each other, conductor plates are respectively configured by single members. A mechanism that relatively moves the conductor plates in the direction crossing the direction in which the ridge-shaped conductor extends of the phase shifter is applied. |
| US10153532B2 |
Filter structure improvement
A filter structure improvement includes a substrate, resonance layers, a grounded layer, a pattern layer, an input electrode, and an output electrode. The substrate has resonance holes in which the resonance layers are disposed. One end of the resonance hole is on the open surface and the other end of the resonance hole is on the short-circuit surface. The grounded layer is on the short-circuit surface, top surface, bottom surface, and side surfaces and is electrically connected to the resonance layers to form a short-circuit end. The input and output electrodes, electrically isolated from the grounded layer, are on the bottom or open surface of the substrate. The pattern layer, resonance layers, and grounded layer are arranged to have electrical properties of a filter structure of mutual coupling such that a desired frequency band is obtained by adjusting the pattern layer and the lengths of the resonance layers. |
| US10153526B2 |
Assembled battery
A battery unit, a bottomed case, a plate-shaped cooling plate, and first heat transfer material are included. The cooling plate is fastened to a bottom part of the case from the outside of the case, and can cool the battery unit via the bottom part of the case. The first heat transfer material have a plastic property and are held between the bottom part of the case and the cooling plate. The bottom part of the case has heat transfer material housings that house excess first heat transfer material therein when the cooling plate has been fastened to the case. |
| US10153523B2 |
Traction battery thermal management method and system
An exemplary method includes circulating a fluid along a fluid circuit that extends through a heat exchanger and a battery pack, and, during the circulating, heating the fluid with a flow of exhaust gas and using the fluid to heat the battery pack. An exemplary vehicle system includes a battery pack, a heat exchanger, a fluid circuit configured to circulate a fluid between the battery pack and the heat exchanger, and a valve moveable back and forth between a heating position and a cooling position. The valve in the heating position permits more flow along an exhaust circuit to heat the fluid in the fluid circuit than the valve in the cooling position. |
| US10153522B2 |
Battery pack
In a battery pack having one or more battery modules, each battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical batteries, and a battery holder for holding the plurality of cylindrical batteries and forming a space between itself and an adjacent member, the space being at least partially open to the outside and the battery pack further includes a heater mounted in the space, for heating the plurality of cylindrical batteries via the battery holder, and an elastic member for urging the heater onto the battery holder, and closing an opening of the space to thereby form a first space closed from the outside. |
| US10153518B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte lithium secondary battery
Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes LiaNixMnyCozO2 (a+x+y+z=2, 0.9≤a≤1.1, 0≤x, 0≤y, 0≤z) as a positive electrode active material, and wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte includes (i) fluorinated cyclic carbonate expressed by Chemical Formula 1 below, (ii) propionate-based ester expressed by Chemical Formula 2 below, and (iii) non-halogenated carbonate, so that a mixture weight ratio (i:ii) thereof is 20:80 to 50:50: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently any one of F, H and methyl group, and at least one thereof is F, wherein, in Chemical Formula 2, R5 is alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbons. |
| US10153516B2 |
Overcharge protection electrolyte additive for lithium ion batteries
The present invention relates to an electrolyte composition for lithium ion batteries which improves overcharge protection. In particular the present invention relates to an electrolyte composition comprising (a) a compound of general formula (I) and (b) at least two compounds of general formula (II) which are different from each other formula (II) with the definitions given in the description. |
| US10153513B2 |
Triblock brush block copolymers
Provided herein is a class of copolymers, including triblock brush copolymers having specific block configurations, for example, ABC triblock brush copolymers and ABA triblock brush copolymers. In an embodiment, for example, copolymers of the invention incorporate various polymer side chain groups which contribute beneficial physical, chemical, or electronic properties such as increased mechanical or elastic strength, improved ionic or electric conductivity. In some embodiments, the provided copolymers exhibit advantageous steric properties allowing for rapid self-assembly into a variety of morphologies that are substantially different than non-brush, block copolymers. |
| US10153503B2 |
Systems and methods for management of additives in electrochemical cells
The present disclosure relates to an electrochemical cell comprising a fuel electrode for oxidizing a fuel, an oxidant electrode for reducing an oxidant, and an ionically conductive medium for conducting ions between the fuel and oxidant electrodes to support electrochemical reactions at the fuel and oxidant electrodes. The ionically conductive medium comprises at least one active additive for enhancing (controlling the rate, overpotential and/or the reaction sites for) at least one electrochemical reaction within the cell. The cell further comprises an additive medium in contact with the ionically conductive medium and containing the at least one active additive capable of corroding or dissolving in the ionically conductive medium. The additive medium and/or casing is configured to release the active additive to the ionically conductive medium as a concentration of the active additive in the ionically conductive medium is depleted during operation of the cell. |
| US10153499B2 |
Unsymmetric compact metal seal beads for fuel cell stack
A bipolar plate assembly and fuel cell stack with reduced leakage and a method of assembling a bipolar plate and fuel cell stack. The bipolar plates include—in addition to reactant channels and coolant channels that are fluidly coupled to inlet and outlet flowpaths, integrally-formed seals to help reduce leakage by maintaining fluid isolation of the reactants and coolant as they flow through their respective channels and flowpaths. The size and shape of the seals promotes secure plate-to-plate contact, even during plate side-to-side misalignment that can occur when arranging the various plates into the stack. |
| US10153496B2 |
Fuel cell device and system
Fuel cell devices and fuel cell systems are provided. The fuel cell devices may include one or more active layers containing active cells that are connected electrically in series. The active cells include anodes and cathodes spaced apart along the length, with each including a porous portion and a non-porous conductor portion. The active cells reside between opposing porous anode and cathode portions. The electrical series connections between active cells are made between the non-porous conductor portions. In certain embodiments, the electrical series connections are made by direct contact between the non-porous conductor portions. In certain embodiments, the electrical series connections are made by non-porous conductive vias or elements that extend through an intervening support structure that separates the non-porous anode conductor portions from the non-porous cathode conductor portions. |
| US10153495B2 |
Method for producing core-shell catalyst
Provided is a method for producing a catalyst, including: (i) mixing a core metal salt that serves as a material for a core metal, and a complexing agent (a) to produce a core metal complex solution containing a core metal complex; (ii) mixing a shell metal salt that serves as a material for a shell metal, and a complexing agent (b) to produce a shell metal complex solution containing a shell metal complex; (iii) mixing a carbon powder and a dispersing agent to produce a carbon powder dispersion; (iv) mixing the core metal complex solution, the shell metal complex solution, and the carbon powder dispersion, and reducing the core metal complex and the shell metal complex on the carbon powder by using at least one reducing agent; and (v) drying and baking at a predetermined temperature the carbon powder resulting from Step (iv), said carbon powder having a core-shell structure that includes the core metal and the shell metal. |
| US10153491B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery in which the difference between the voltage at the time of discharging and the voltage at the time of charging is small, ensuring good energy efficiency, and the charge/discharge life is long. Therefore, in order to attain the above-described object, a secondary battery containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode contains, as the active material, at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal ion-containing fluoride, a metal oxide, a metal sulfide, a metal nitride, and a metal phosphide; the electrolytic solution contains an anion receptor; and the anion receptor forms a salt or a complex with an anion contained in the active material, thereby enabling the active material to dissolve in the electrolytic solution. |
| US10153484B2 |
Anode active material and method of preparing the same
Provided are a porous silicon-based anode active material including a core part including silicon (Si) and MxSiy, and a shell part including Si and a plurality of pores on the core part, wherein, in the MxSiy, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group 2A, 3A, and 4A elements and transition metals, 1≤x≤4, and 1≤y≤4, and a method of preparing the porous silicon-based anode active material.According to an embodiment of the present invention, capacity characteristics and lifetime characteristic of a lithium secondary battery may be improved by minimizing the volume expansion of an anode active material during charge and discharge. |
| US10153481B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which exhibits excellent energy density and excellent input/output density (and especially output density in low SOC regions). This invention discloses a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layers formed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer has two regions that are demarcated in a surface direction of the positive electrode current collector, which are a first region 14a containing mainly a positive active material of lithium iron phosphate, and a second region 14b containing mainly a positive active material of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide. |
| US10153479B2 |
Apparatus, secondary battery, electronic device, and battery management unit
A fabricating method and a fabricating apparatus for a lithium-ion secondary battery having stable charge characteristics and lifetime characteristics are provided. A positive electrode is subjected to an electrochemical reaction in a large amount of electrolyte solution in advance before a secondary battery is completed. In this manner, the positive electrode can have stability. In a manner similar to that of the positive electrode, a negative electrode is also subjected to the electrochemical reaction in a large amount of the electrolyte solution in advance, whereby a high reliable secondary battery can be manufactured. |
| US10153478B2 |
Secondary battery
A battery includes a battery case, an electrode assembly, positive and negative electrode collectors, a sealing body, an external terminal, a conducting member, a deforming plate, and a first insulating member. The positive or negative electrode collector has a base portion facing the first insulating member, and a lead portion connected to the electrode assembly. A fixing portion fixing the base portion and the first insulating member to each other is provided in the first insulating member. The fixing portion is located nearer to the connection portion between the deforming plate and the positive or negative electrode collector than the sealing body side support position of the first insulating member. The outer peripheral edge of the electrode assembly side surface of the first insulating member is provided with a rib protruding to the electrode assembly side and extending along the outer peripheral edge of the base portion. |
| US10153477B2 |
Lithium-ion secondary battery and method of producing the same
Provided is a battery in which collector foil is unlikely to break.In a lithium-ion secondary battery, as for a distance from a connection section between a positive electrode tab and the positive electrode terminal to a boundary section between applying and non-applying sections of positive-electrode active material in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction, compared with a reference positive electrode having the boundary section that is located farthest to the connection section by straight-line distance, a layer of a positive electrode that is stacked in such a way as to be farthest from the reference positive electrode has a smaller distance from a boundary of the applying and non-applying sections of the positive-electrode active material to a connection section with the positive electrode tab in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction. |
| US10153473B2 |
Separator for electricity storage device, laminate and porous film
An object is to provide a separator excellent in adhesiveness to electrodes and a separator for an electricity storage device also excellent in handling performance. A separator for an electricity storage device having a polyolefin microporous film and a thermoplastic polymer coating layer covering at least a part of at least one of surfaces of the polyolefin microporous film, in which the thermoplastic polymer coating layer, on the polyolefin microporous film, has a portion containing a thermoplastic polymer and a portion not containing the thermoplastic polymer in a sea-island configuration, the thermoplastic polymer coating layer contains the thermoplastic polymer having at least two glass-transition temperatures, at least one of the glass-transition temperatures is in a range of less than 20° C. and at least one of the glass-transition temperatures is in a range of 20° C. or more. |
| US10153472B2 |
Microporous membrane of polyethylene-based composite material and preparation method thereof
A microporous membrane of a polyethylene-based composite material, including high density and high crystallinity of polyethylene as a base material. The polyethylene is modified by a modifying agent accounting for 10-25 wt. % of the membrane and including a moderate molecular weight of rubber selected from polyisobutylene (PIB), ethylene-propylene methylene copolymer (EPM), or a mixture thereof, the rubber having a dynamic viscosity of between 50 and 2000 Pa·S at 100° C. and a weight average molecular weight of between 90,000 and 250,000. The modified polyethylene is dissolved in a solvent and a pore-forming agent for pore formation. |
| US10153469B2 |
Non-woven fabric made from fiber coated with organic binder polymer compound, electrochemical cell comprising the non-woven fabric, and method for making the non-woven fabric
The present disclosure relates to a non-woven fabric made from a fiber coated with a binder polymer by spinning a non-woven forming fiber in an organic binder polymer compound solution, an electrochemical cell using the non-woven fabric as a separator substrate, and a method of making the non-woven fabric, and the non-woven fabric has a pore diameter in a range of 0.001 to 10 μm, thereby providing a mechanical property required for a separator while ensuring a favorable movement of a lithium ion, and in the use of the non-woven fabric as a separator of an electrochemical cell, eliminating a need for a process of applying a separate adhesive layer, resulting in an effect of simplifying a separator manufacturing process. |
| US10153468B2 |
Laminated porous film, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
As a laminated porous film realizing excellent handling properties in a low-humidity environment, a laminated porous film in which a layer containing a polymer is laminated on at least one side of a polyolefin porous film, satisfying the following (1) and (2) is provided. (1) When the laminated porous film cut into a rectangle having a length on a side parallel with a machine direction of 60 mm, and a length on a side parallel with the direction perpendicular to the machine direction of 40 mm is left still for 1 hour in an environment at a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 50%, a lifting amount of the side parallel with the direction perpendicular to the machine direction is 8 mm or more. (2) When the laminated porous film cut into a rectangle having a length on a side parallel with a machine direction of 60 mm, and a length on a side parallel with the direction perpendicular to the machine direction of 40 mm is left still for 1 hour in an environment at a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 5%, a lifting amount of the side parallel with the machine direction is 12 mm or less. |
| US10153466B2 |
Rechargeable battery
A rechargeable battery includes: a case accommodating an electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case at an opening thereof; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and on the cap plate; and a top plate between the electrode terminal and the cap plate, wherein the top plate and/or the electrode terminal has a slanted side at a lower side thereof facing the cap plate. |
| US10153455B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing a display device
A manufacturing method of a display device in an embodiment according to the present invention, the method includes forming a terminal electrode in a terminal part of a first substrate, forming a pixel electrode corresponding to each pixel in a pixel part of the first substrate, forming a first intermediate layer in a region including the terminal electrode of the terminal part, forming an organic layer above the pixel electrode in the pixel part, forming a counter electrode layer above the first substrate including the pixel part and the terminal part, forming a passivation layer above the counter electrode layer, arranging a second substrate opposing the pixel part and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate using a sealing member enclosing the pixel part, and removing the first intermediate layer, the counter electrode layer and the passivation layer in the terminal part. |
| US10153453B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic component includes a connection carrier having a cover surface, a first electric connection point and a second electric connection point, and an organic active area. A first electrode interconnects in an electrically conductive manner the active area and the first electric connection point. An encapsulation layer protects the active area against humidity and atmospheric gases. The electronic component can be contacted from the outside by the electric connection points and the encapsulation layer is in direct contact, in places, with the connection carrier. |
| US10153448B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing display device
A display device is provided including a first electrodes arranged in a matrix shape above an insulation surface, a bank covering an end part of the first electrode and having an opening part exposing an upper surface of the first electrode, an organic layer covering the opening part and including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode covering the bank and the organic layer, wherein the bank has an upper surface part and an inclined part between the upper surface part and an opening in the bank, and a surface of the inclined part has a plurality of concave and convex parts. |
| US10153438B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device containing a compound having a lone electron pair and a π electron orbital, the compound emitting fluorescent light by such a mechanism that when at least a part of electrons constituting the lone electron pair is excited to an excited triplet state 3nπ* through nπ* transition, the part of electrons undergoes inverse intersystem crossing from the excited triplet state 3nπ* to an excited singlet state 1nπ*, and returns from the excited singlet state 1nπ* to the ground state, at which the fluorescent light is emitted. The organic light-emitting device has a high light emission efficiency. |
| US10153437B2 |
Compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device
Provided is a novel substance that can be used in an element capable of emitting phosphorescence, a novel substance that contributes to high emission efficiency, or a novel substance that contributes to light emission with high color purity. A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a substance including a carbazole skeleton. The substance is bonded to a substituted or unsubstituted first arylene group through a nitrogen atom included in the carbazole skeleton. The first arylene group is bonded to a substituted or unsubstituted benzofuropyridyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted benzothienopyridyl group. The first arylene group includes 1 to 5 substituted or unsubstituted second arylene groups which are bonded to one another. The EL layer may further include a layer including an emission center substance, specifically an iridium compound. |
| US10153436B2 |
Compound for an organic optoelectronic element, organic light-emitting element comprising same, and display device comprising the organic light-emitting element
Disclosed are a compound for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic light emitting diode including the same, and a display device including the organic light emitting diode. The compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by a combination of the following Chemical Formula 1; and Chemical Formula 2 or 3 provides an organic light emitting diode having life-span characteristics due to excellent electrochemical and thermal stability, and high luminous efficiency at a low driving voltage. |
| US10153433B2 |
Methods of forming memory cells
Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. Heater structures are formed over an array of electrical nodes, and phase change material is formed across the heater structures. The phase change material is patterned into a plurality of confined structures, with the confined structures being in one-to-one correspondence with the heater structures and being spaced from one another by one or more insulative materials that entirely laterally surround each of the confined structures. Some embodiments include memory arrays having heater structures over an array of electrical nodes. Confined phase change material structures are over the heater structures and in one-to-one correspondence with the heater structures. The confined phase change material structures are spaced from one another by one or more insulative materials that entirely laterally surround each of the confined phase change material structures. |
| US10153432B2 |
Resistive random access memory structure and manufacturing method thereof
A resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure including a substrate, RRAM cells and protection layers is provided. The RRAM cells are adjacent to each other and disposed on the substrate. The protection layers are disposed respectively on sidewalls of the RRAM cells without covering top surfaces of the RRAM cells. Each of the protection layers includes a sidewall portion and an extension portion. The sidewall portion is disposed on each of the sidewalls of each of the RRAM cells. The extension portion is connected to a lower portion of the sidewall portion. An upper portion of the extension portion is lower than an upper portion of the sidewall portion. The extension portion is connected between the sidewall portions in a region between the RRAM cells. |
| US10153431B2 |
Resistive memory having confined filament formation
Resistive memory having confined filament formation is described herein. One or more method embodiments include forming an opening in a stack having a silicon material and an oxide material on the silicon material, and forming an oxide material in the opening adjacent the silicon material, wherein the oxide material formed in the opening confines filament formation in the resistive memory cell to an area enclosed by the oxide material formed in the opening. |
| US10153427B1 |
Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) performance by introducing oxidants to methanol with or without noble gas during MTJ etch
A process flow for forming magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with minimal sidewall residue and reduced low tail population is disclosed wherein a pattern is first formed in a hard mask that is an uppermost MTJ layer. Thereafter, the hard mask pattern is etch transferred through the underlying MTJ layers including a reference layer/tunnel barrier/free layer stack. The etch transfer may be completed in a single RIE step based on a first flow rate of O2 and a second flow rate of an oxidant such as CH3OH where the CH3OH/O2 ratio is at least 7.5:1. The RIE may also include a flow rate of a noble gas. In other embodiments, a chemical treatment with an oxidant such as CH3OH, and a volatilization at 50° C. to 450° C. may follow an etch transfer through the MTJ stack when the ion beam etch or plasma etch involves noble gas ions. |
| US10153426B2 |
Manufacturing method of magnetoresistive effect element
This invention provides a manufacturing method of a magnetoresistive effect element having a higher MR ratio than a conventional element. A manufacturing method of a magnetoresistive effect element of an embodiment of the invention includes: a step of forming a tunnel barrier layer on a substrate, on a surface of which one of a magnetization free layer and a magnetization fixed layer is formed; a step of cooling the substrate after the step of forming a tunnel barrier layer; a step of forming an other one of the magnetization free layer and the magnetization fixed layer on the tunnel barrier layer after the step of cooling; and a step of raising a temperature of the substrate after the step of forming the other one of the magnetization free layer and the magnetization fixed layer. |
| US10153419B2 |
Component for electrically contacting a piezo stack, a piezo stack, and method for producing the same
A piezo component with a contacting component for electrically contacting a piezo stack. The contacting component has an electrically conductive meandering structure for bringing the contacting component into electric contact with inner electrodes of the piezo stack and an electrically conductive contacting device for electrically contacting the contacting component from outside the piezo stack. The meandering structure and the contacting device are arranged at a distance from each other, and a connection element is provided in order to connect the contacting device and the meandering structure in an electrically conductive manner and simultaneously decouple forces between the contacting device and the meandering structure. |
| US10153418B2 |
Control circuit of piezoelectric driving device, piezoelectric driving device, ultrasonic motor, robot, hand, and pump
A control circuit of a piezoelectric driving device includes: a signal generation unit that inputs a state inspection signal to a plurality of piezoelectric elements connected to each other in parallel; and a state detection unit that detects a state of the plurality of piezoelectric elements based on a state detection signal generated from the plurality of piezoelectric elements in accordance with the state inspection signal. |
| US10153416B1 |
Package body and light emitting device using same
A package body for a semiconductor device includes a lead frame, an insulating package, and a reflective coating layer. The lead frame has a first electrode and a second electrode separated from each other. The insulating package provides a housing structure and forming a package cavity therein. The package cavity has a reflective side surface formed by the insulating package. The reflective coating layer partially covers the first electrode and the second electrode and forms a reflective bottom surface of the package cavity. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode may have an angled cut. The insulating package may be made of a binder-filler composite containing white pigments. The package body may be an all diffusive integrated reflecting surfaces (AR-IRS) package body, and may be used in an encapsulant-free semiconductor package. |
| US10153411B2 |
Light emitting device and method of manufacturing light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a package having a recess which includes a bottom surface and an inner peripheral surface around a periphery of the bottom surface. The package includes a first lead to define a first part of the bottom surface, a second lead to define a second part of the bottom surface, and a resin body to provide the inner peripheral surface and a remaining part of the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a light emitting element mounting region in the first part and a groove surrounding the light emitting element mounting region. A light emitting element is mounted on the light emitting element mounting region. A light-transmissive resin is provided in the recess to be in at least a part of a groove surface. A light reflecting resin is provided between the inner peripheral surface of the recess and the light-transmissive resin. |
| US10153410B2 |
Method for manufacturing light-emitting device
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes flip-chip mounting a plurality of light-emitting elements on a substrate separately from each other. A light-transmissive member is bonded on the plurality of light-emitting elements. The light-transmissive member includes a matrix and a manganese-activated fluoride fluorescent material that functions as a wavelength conversion member. A lateral surface of the light-transmissive member is exposed between at least one pair of the plurality of light-emitting elements that are adjacent with each other. A light-reflective covering member is provided on the substrate to cover the lateral surface and a top surface of the light-transmissive member. A portion of the light-reflective covering member that is located on a top surface of the light-reflective covering member is removed to expose the light-transmissive member. The substrate and the light-reflective covering member are cut to yield individual pieces of light-emitting devices. |
| US10153408B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus and illumination apparatus
A light-emitting apparatus includes a first relay line and a second relay line. The first and second relay lines are disposed between a first region and a second region of a substrate. Further, the first and second relay lines extend at least partially parallel to each other in a second direction that crosses a first direction in which the first region and the second region are aligned. The first relay line electrically connects a first light-emitting element group disposed in the first region and a third light-emitting element group disposed in the second region. The second relay line electrically connects a second light-emitting element group disposed in the first region and a fourth light-emitting element group disposed in the second region. |
| US10153406B2 |
Mn-activated hexafluorosilicates for LED applications
The invention provides a lighting unit comprising a light source, configured to generate light source light and a luminescent material, configured to convert at least part of the light source light into luminescent material light, wherein the light source comprises a light emitting diode (LED) and wherein the luminescent material comprises a phosphor comprising M2AX6 doped with tetravalent manganese, wherein M comprises monovalent cations, at least comprising potassium and rubidium, wherein A comprises a tetravalent cation, at least comprising silicon, wherein X comprises a monovalent anion, at least comprising fluorine, and wherein M2AX6 has the hexagonal phase. |
| US10153403B2 |
Package and light-emitting device
A package includes a resin molded body, a first lead electrode, a second lead electrode, and a recess portion. The recess portion is provided on a first side of the resin molded body and a light-emitting element is to be provided in the recess portion. The recess portion includes a bottom portion, a top portion, and a side wall. The bottom portion includes an element mount region and a wire connection region. An upper surface of the first lead electrode is exposed from the resin molded body in the element mount region and the element mount region has an outer peripheral shape in accordance with an outer peripheral shape of the light-emitting element when viewed in a height direction. The wire connection region is provided adjacent to the element mount region and is smaller than the element mount region. |
| US10153401B2 |
Passivated micro LED structures suitable for energy efficient displays
LED structures passivated with a III-N passivation material including Al. The III-N passivation material may reduce nonradiative recombination, reducing leakage current of an LED structure, and/or improve luminous efficacy. An LED structure may include III-N materials in a multiple quantum well (MQW) structure, and the III-N passivation material including Al may have a wider bandgap than any of the materials in the MQW structure. The III-N passivation material may be AlN, which can be deposited as a binary compound at low temperatures to maintain quality of the MQW structure. The III-N passivation material can be selectively deposited on a sidewall of at least the MQW structure. The III-N passivation material can be unselectively deposited over an LED structure and then etched to form a III-N spacer along a sidewall of at least the MQW structure. Energy efficient RGB micro(μ) LED emissive displays may include passivated LED structures. |
| US10153397B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer on a substrate, a superlattice layer including a plurality of first quantum barrier layers and a plurality of first quantum well layers, the plurality of first quantum barrier layers and the plurality of first quantum well layers being alternately stacked on the first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the superlattice layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, wherein a Si doping concentration of at least one of the plurality of first quantum well layers is equal to or greater than 1.0×1016/cm3 and less than or equal to 1.0×1018/cm3. Thus, the semiconductor light-emitting device may have increased light output and reliability. |
| US10153393B2 |
Light emitting diode of which an active area comprises layers of inn
A light emitting diode including an n-doped InXnGa(1-Xn)N layer and a p-doped InXpGa(1-Xp)N layer, and an active area arranged between the InXnGa(1-Xn)N layer and the InXpGa(1-Xp)N layer including: a first InN layer with a thickness eInN106; a second InN layer with a thickness eInN108; a separating layer arranged between the InN layers and including InXbGa(1-Xb)N and a thickness <3 nm; an InX1Ga(1-X1)N layer arranged between the InXnGa(1-Xn)N layer and the first InN layer; an InX2Ga(1-X2)N layer arranged between the InXpGa(1-Xp)N layer and the second InN layer; wherein the indium compositions Xn, Xp, Xb, X1 and X2 are between 0 and about 0.25, and wherein the thicknesses eInN106 and eInN108 are such that eInN106 |
| US10153388B1 |
Emissivity coating for space solar cell arrays
The present disclosure provides a solar cell array for deployment and use in a space environment, and methods of making same. The array includes a plurality of solar cells having an emissivity coating on the baskside of each, with each coated solar cell being attached to a supporting member. |
| US10153380B2 |
Semiconductor device
As a display device has a higher definition, the number of pixels, gate lines, and signal lines are increased. When the number of the gate lines and the signal lines are increased, a problem of higher manufacturing cost, because it is difficult to mount an IC chip including a driver circuit for driving of the gate and signal lines by bonding or the like. A pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion are provided over the same substrate, and at least part of the driver circuit includes a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor interposed between gate electrodes provided above and below the oxide semiconductor. Therefore, when the pixel portion and the driver portion are provided over the same substrate, manufacturing cost can be reduced. |
| US10153373B2 |
FinFET device and method of forming
A finFET device and a method of forming are provided. The device includes a transistor comprising a gate electrode and a first source/drain region next to the gate electrode, the gate electrode being disposed over a first substrate. The device also includes a first dielectric layer extending along the first source/drain region, and a second dielectric layer overlying the first dielectric layer. The device also includes a contact disposed in the first dielectric layer and in the second dielectric layer, the contact contacting the gate electrode and the first source/drain region. A first portion of the first dielectric layer extends between the contact and the gate electrode. The contact extends along a sidewall of the first portion of the first dielectric layer and a first surface of the first portion of the first dielectric layer, the first surface of the first portion being farthest from the first substrate. |
| US10153372B2 |
High mobility strained channels for fin-based NMOS transistors
Techniques are disclosed for incorporating high mobility strained channels into fin-based NMOS transistors (e.g., FinFETs such as double-gate, trigate, etc), wherein a stress material is cladded onto the channel area of the fin. In one example embodiment, a germanium or silicon germanium film is cladded onto silicon fins in order to provide a desired tensile strain in the core of the fin, although other fin and cladding materials can be used. The techniques are compatible with typical process flows, and cladding deposition can occur at a plurality of locations within typical process flow. In various embodiments, fins may be formed with a minimum width (or later thinned) so as to improve transistor performance. In some embodiments, a thinned fin also increases tensile strain across the core of a cladded fin. In some cases, strain in the core may be further enhanced by adding an embedded silicon epitaxial source and drain. |
| US10153368B2 |
Unipolar complementary logic
A system of unipolar digital logic. Ferroelectric field effect transistors having channels of a first polarity, are combined, in circuits, with simple field effect transistors having channels of the same polarity, to form logic gates and/or memory cells. |
| US10153366B2 |
LDMOS transistor with lightly-doped annular RESURF periphery
Apparatus and associated methods relate to controlling an electric field profile within a drift region of an LDMOS device using first and second RESURF regions. The first RESURF region extends from a source end toward a drain end of the LDMOS device. The first RESURF region is adjacent to a forms a metallurgical junction with the drift region. The second RESURF layer extends from the drain end toward the source end of the LDMOS device. The second RESURF layer has an end that is longitudinally between the body contact and the source end of the first RESURF layer. A distance between the end of the second RESURF layer and the body contact is greater than a vertical distance between the end of the second RESURF layer and the body contact. A maximum electric field between the second RESURF layer and the body contact can be advantageously reduced with this geometry. |
| US10153362B2 |
Semiconductor device
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an enhancement mode Group III-nitride-based High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) including a drain, a gate, a barrier layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer arranged on the channel layer, and a heterojunction formed between the barrier layer and the channel layer and capable of supporting a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). At least one of a thickness and a composition of the barrier layer is configured to decrease a 2DEG density in a channel region compared with a 2DEG density outside of the channel region, wherein the channel region is arranged under the gate and extends a distance d beyond a drain-sided gate edge. |
| US10153359B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, at least a first cell, and at least a second cell. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The first and second cells are in the first and second regions respectively. The first cell comprises a first dielectric layer, a floating gate electrode, an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) gate dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a control gate electrode. The ONO gate dielectric layer is on the floating gate electrode in the first dielectric layer on the substrate. The control gate electrode is in both of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer. The ONO gate dielectric layer contacting with the control gate electrode is wholly below a top surface of the first dielectric layer. |
| US10153356B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and semiconductor device
A technique of suppressing the potential crowding in the vicinity of the outer periphery of a bottom face of a trench without ion implantation of a p-type impurity is provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a trench gate structure comprises an n-type semiconductor region forming process. In the n-type semiconductor region forming process, a p-type impurity diffusion region in which a p-type impurity contained in a p-type semiconductor layer is diffused is formed in at least part of an n-type semiconductor layer that is located below an n-type semiconductor region. |
| US10153354B2 |
TFT substrate manufacturing method
The present invention provides a TFT substrate manufacturing method, which includes first forming a graphene semiconductor active layer on a metal foil, then sequentially forming an inorganic insulation layer and an organic base on the graphene semiconductor active layer, followed by turning up-side down to set the metal foil on a topmost layer, then forming a photoresist layer, through a patterning operation, on the metal foil and subjecting the metal foil to etching to form a source electrode and a drain electrode, then sequentially forming an organic insulation layer and a gate electrode conductor layer on the photoresist layer and the graphene semiconductor active layer, and finally, applying a photoresist peeling agent to remove the photoresist layer with portions of the organic insulation layer and the gate electrode conductor layer located thereon removed therewith so as to obtain patterned gate insulation layer and gate electrode. The manufacturing method involves an operation of turning up-side down to to allow the metal foil that is used to deposit a graphene film to be re-used as an electrode material for formation of the source and drain electrodes so that an effect of lowering down manufacturing cost and simplifying operations can be achieved. And, through application of lift-off technique, only one mask is necessary to obtain patterned source electrode, drain electrode, and gate electrode. |
| US10153352B2 |
Semiconductor device
A technique of reducing the complication in manufacture is provided. There is provided a semiconductor device comprising an n-type semiconductor region made of a nitride semiconductor containing gallium; a p-type semiconductor region arranged to be adjacent to and in contact with the n-type semiconductor region and made of the nitride semiconductor; a first electrode arranged to be in ohmic contact with the n-type semiconductor region; and a second electrode arranged to be in ohmic contact with the p-type semiconductor region. The first electrode and the second electrode are mainly made of one identical metal. The identical metal is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel and platinum. A concentration of a p-type impurity in the n-type semiconductor region is approximately equal to a concentration of the p-type impurity in the p-type semiconductor region. A difference between a concentration of an n-type impurity and the concentration of the p-type impurity in the n-type semiconductor region is not less than 1.0×1019 cm−3. |
| US10153348B1 |
Memory configurations
In an example, a memory may have a group of series-coupled memory cells, where a memory cell of the series-coupled memory cells has an access gate, a control gate coupled to the access gate, and a dielectric stack between the control gate and a semiconductor. The dielectric stack is to store a charge. |
| US10153345B2 |
Insulated gate switching device and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing an insulated gate switching device is provided. The method includes: forming a first trench in a surface of a first SiC semiconductor layer; implanting p-type impurities into a bottom surface of the first trench; depositing a second SiC semiconductor layer on an inner surface of the first trench to form a second trench; and forming a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, a first region and a body region so that the gate insulating layer covers an inner surface of the second trench, the gate electrode is located in the second trench, the first region is of n-type and in contact with the gate insulating layer, the body region is of p-type, separated from the implanted region, and in contact with the gate insulating layer under the first region. |
| US10153343B2 |
Tunnel field-effect transistor and method for producing same
A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) having a source region, a channel region, and a drain region includes arranging an epitaxial layer on a silicon substrate; applying a gate arrangement having a gate electrode to the epitaxial layer, a gate dielectric being arranged between the gate electrode and the silicon substrate; forming a doped pocket region below the gate dielectric adjacent to the source region; forming a selectively silicidated region in the source region, the selectively silicidated region extending as far as to below a gate; and forming a counter-doped region doped in an opposite way to the pocket region adjacent to the pocket region in the source region by diffusion of dopants out of the silicidated region, as a result of which a tunnel junction parallel to the electric field lines of the gate electrode is achieved. |
| US10153341B2 |
Method of forming internal spacer for nanowires
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising horizontal nanowires is described. An example method involves providing a semiconductor structure comprising at least one fin, where the fin includes an alternating stack of layers of sacrificial material and nanowire material, and where the semiconductor structure includes a dummy gate partly covering the stack of layers. The method further involves at least partly removing the sacrificial material, in between the layers of nanowire material, next to the dummy gate thereby forming a void. Still further, the method involves providing spacer material within the void thereby forming an internal spacer. Yet still further the method involves removing the dummy gate, and selectively removing the sacrificial material in that part of the fin which was covered by the dummy gate, thereby releasing the nanowires. The internal spacer is provided before removing the dummy gate and the sacrificial material to release the nanowires. |
| US10153339B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming a semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a common doping region located within a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor device. The common doping region includes a first portion. A maximal doping concentration within the first portion is higher than 1·1015 cm−3. The common doping region includes a second portion. A minimal doping concentration within the second portion is lower than 50% of the maximal doping concentration within the first portion of the common doping region. The common doping region includes a third portion. A minimal doping concentration within the third portion is more than 30% higher than the minimal doping concentration within the second portion. The second portion of the common doping region is located vertically between the first portion of the common doping region and the third portion of the common doping region. |
| US10153337B2 |
Flexible display device and method for manufacturing the same
A flexible display device comprises a substrate having a flat portion and a curved portion, wherein a pixel array is provided in the flat portion and a pad portion connected to the pixel array is provided in the curved portion; and an encapsulation layer provided on the substrate to cover the pixel array, wherein the encapsulation layer comprises a terminal portion; an Integrated Circuit (IC) portion having at least one driving IC; and a lead portion having leads which connect the terminal portion and the driving IC portion, and wherein the curved portion of the substrate is bent so that the pad portion and the terminal portion are in contact with each other. |
| US10153336B2 |
Semiconductor device and a display device including the same
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The semiconductor layer includes a first source region, a first drain region, a second source region, and a second drain region connected to a channel region. The first gate electrode is disposed below the semiconductor layer. The first gate electrode is insulated from the semiconductor layer. The first gate electrode at least partially overlaps the shared channel region. The second gate electrode is disposed above the semiconductor layer. The second gate electrode is insulated by a second gate insulating layer. The second gate electrode at least partially overlaps the channel region. |
| US10153333B1 |
Method for manufacturing an OLED backplate and method for manufacturing an OLED panel
A method for manufacturing an OLED backplate and a method for manufacturing an OLED panel are provided. In the method for manufacturing the OLED backplate of the present disclosure, a protective photoresist layer is manufactured on a pixel defined layer in which the top surface thereof has a hydrophobic property and the side surfaces thereof have a hydrophilic property before an electrode layer is treated by an oxygen plasma to remove photoresist residues, thereby the top surface of the pixel defined layer covered by the protective photoresist layer is not affected by the oxygen plasma in the proceeding of an oxygen plasma treatment, and still has the hydrophobic property. Therefore, the properties of the top surface of the pixel defined layer having the hydrophobic property and the side surfaces of the pixel defined layer having the hydrophilic property are kept while the photoresist residues on the electrode layer is removed, and thus an OLED device can be easily manufactured by an ink-jet printing process. |
| US10153330B2 |
Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus having an evaluation pattern
An organic EL device includes a substrate; an organic EL element that is disposed on the substrate; a sealing part that is formed to cover the organic EL element; a color filter that includes coloring layers formed on the sealing part; and a dimension evaluation pattern for evaluating dimensional accuracy of the color filter. |
| US10153329B2 |
Method of manufacturing display panel
The present disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing a display panel. The method includes: providing a first substrate, and forming a release layer on the first substrate; forming a thin film transistor driving layer on the first substrate; forming a display element on the first substrate, wherein a part of the display element forms above the release layer and another part of the display element forms above the thin film transistor driving layer; separating the release layer and the first substrate with a laser; removing the release layer and the display element above the release layer, and forming a hollow portion on the first substrate; packaging the display element to form a display panel, wherein the display panel at least includes a first packaging portion; and providing a through hole passing through the display panel at a region on the display panel corresponding to the hollow portion. |
| US10153327B1 |
Semiconductor device including data storage pattern between isolation lines
A semiconductor device includes first isolation lines positioned above a substrate and extending in a first direction. Second isolation lines are positioned above the first isolation lines and extend in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, to have a right angle on a plane parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. A first conductive line is disposed between the first isolation lines. The first conductive line is spaced apart from the substrate. A second conductive line is disposed between the second isolation lines. First data storage patterns are disposed between the first isolation lines. The first data storage patterns are positioned above the first conductive line. Second data storage patterns are disposed between the second isolation lines. The second data storage patterns are positioned above the second conductive line. A third conductive line is positioned above the second isolation lines and extends in the first direction. |
| US10153325B2 |
Maskless parallel pick-and-place transfer of micro-devices
A method of surface mounting micro-devices includes adhering a first plurality of micro-devices on a donor substrate to a transfer surface with an adhesive layer, removing the first plurality of micro-devices from donor substrate while the first plurality of micro-devices remain adhered to the transfer surface, positioning the transfer surface relative to a destination substrate so that a subset of the plurality of micro-devices on the transfer surface abut a plurality of receiving positions on the destination substrate, the subset including one or more micro-devices but less than all of micro-devices of the plurality of micro-devices, selectively neutralizing one or more of regions of the adhesive layer on the transfer surface corresponding to the subset of micro-device to light to detach the subset of micro-devices from the adhesive layer, and separating the transfer surface from the destination substrate such that the subset of micro-devices remain on the destination substrate. |
| US10153324B2 |
Low-voltage charge-coupled devices with a heterostructure charge-storage well
A CCD with an internal heterostructure well to store the photogenerated carriers is realized by using barrier and absorber semiconductors with a type-II band alignment in nBn or pBp photodetectors to form a specific barrier configured to confine the depletion region and a well to trap and store the photogenerated minority carriers. Depending on the spectral regime, (InAs/InAsSb)/(InAs/AlGaSb) superlattices can be used in the infrared, Si/Ge or AlP/GaP in the visible portion of optical spectrum, and GaN/ZnO in the UV portion. The resulting device not only leverages the advantages of the conventional CCD (such as in-pixel signal integration to suppress the noise), but also boasts an advantageously low operational voltage, thereby ensuring the low power consumption and low band-to-band tunneling current/noise (in particular, for use as an infrared photodetector). In comparison with IR FPAs of related art, the cost of the device is reduced and no flip-chip mount on a read-out integrated circuit is required during the fabrication process. |
| US10153322B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate in which an active area and a bending area are defined, a thin film transistor on the substrate in the active area, a first wiring line on the substrate in the bending area, a first planarization layer which is on the thin film transistor in the active area and on the first wiring line in the bending area, a second wiring line on the first planarization layer in the bending area, a second planarization layer which is on the first planarization layer in the active area and on the first planarization layer and the second wiring line in the bending area, an organic light emitting element on the second planarization layer in the active area, and a micro-cover layer on the second planarization layer in the bending area. |
| US10153318B2 |
Image sensor device with first and second source followers and related methods
An image sensor device may include an array of image sensing pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each image sensing pixel may include an image sensing photodiode, a first source follower transistor coupled to the image sensing photodiode, and a switch coupled to the image sensing photodiode. Each image sensor device may include a second source follower transistor coupled to the switch, and a row selection transistor coupled to the first and second source follower transistors. |
| US10153314B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus, solid-state image pickup device, image pickup apparatus, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a semiconductor apparatus, a solid-state image pickup device, an image pickup apparatus, and an electronic apparatus capable of improving impedance characteristics while preventing an occurrence of a flare and an interference due to a bonding jig, and achieving downsizing an apparatus. By aligning the heights of a cover glass and a semiconductor device, a distance between the cover glass and the semiconductor device is set to be minimum, and thus it is possible to suppress an occurrence of a flare due to incident light reflected on a side surface of the semiconductor device, and improve the impedance characteristics of the semiconductor device and the semiconductor image pickup device. Further, the interference of the jig used for the semiconductor device is reduced. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor. |
| US10153312B2 |
Back-side illuminated pixel
A back-side illuminated pixel including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type coated, on the front side of the pixel, with a three-layer assembly successively including a first layer of the second conductivity type, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The three-layer assembly is interrupted in a central portion of the pixel by a transfer region of the first conductivity type laterally delimited by an insulated conductive wall extending from the front surface, Transistors are formed in the second semiconductor layer. |
| US10153311B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor includes: a pixel chip provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first transfer lines, and a plurality of capacitors; a circuit chip provided with a plurality of column reading circuits, a plurality of column scanning circuits, a second transfer line, and a constant current source; and a connection portion stacked and provided between the pixel chip and the circuit chip and configured to connect a capacitor, which is arranged in the pixel chip and has a trench structure, and a first transistor arranged in the circuit chip to each other via an electrode. The capacitor is configured to form a transfer capacity removing a noise included in an imaging signal and connect the pixel chip and the circuit chip to each other via the electrode and the connection portion. |
| US10153304B2 |
Thin film transistors, arrays substrates, and manufacturing methods
The present disclosure relates to a TFT includes an active layer formed on a substrate, wherein the active layer includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked together. The first semiconductor layer is made by Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) having an atomic ratio In/(Ga+Zn) smaller than 50%, and the second semiconductor layer is made by IGZO having the atomic ratio In/(Ga+Zn) greater than 55%. The present disclosure also includes an array substrate having the TFT and the manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate may be adopted in LCD or OLED. The TFT adopts two layers of IGZO semiconductor materials to be the semiconductor of the active layer. Not only the demand toward the TFT characteristics may be satisfied, but also the carrier mobility rate of the IGZO active layer may be enhanced. |
| US10153303B2 |
Display device and electronic device
A transistor whose channel region includes an oxide semiconductor is used as a pull down transistor. The band gap of the oxide semiconductor is 2.0 eV or more, preferably 2.5 eV or more, more preferably 3.0 eV or more. Thus, hot carrier degradation in the transistor can be suppressed. Accordingly, the circuit size of the semiconductor device including the pull down transistor can be made small. Further, a gate of a pull up transistor is made to be in a floating state by switching of on/off of the transistor whose channel region includes an oxide semiconductor. Note that when the oxide semiconductor is highly purified, the off-state current of the transistor can be 1 aA/μm (1×10−18 A/μm) or less. Therefore, the drive capability of the semiconductor device can be improved. |
| US10153295B2 |
Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of forming same
A vertical NAND-type memory device includes a vertical stack of inter-gate insulating layers and gate electrodes arranged in an alternating sequence on an underlying substrate, which includes a cell array region and a contact region therein. At least one NAND-type channel structure is provided, which extends vertically through the vertical stack of inter-gate insulating layers and gate electrodes. An end sidewall of a first of the gate electrodes, which extends laterally over at least a portion of the contact region, has a vertical slope that is less steep than vertical slopes of end sidewalls of a first plurality of the gate electrodes extending between the first of the gate electrodes and the substrate. |
| US10153292B2 |
Vertical memory devices having dummy channel regions
A memory device includes a plurality of channel regions that each extend in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked on the substrate adjacent the channel regions, each of the gate electrodes extending different lengths, and a plurality of dummy channel regions adjacent first ends of the plurality of gate electrode layers, wherein the substrate includes a substrate insulating layer formed below the plurality of dummy channel regions. |
| US10153291B1 |
Lateral non-volatile storage cell
A method fabricates a lateral non-volatile storage cell. The lateral non-volatile storage cell includes a first transistor including a first transistor body formed on a dielectric layer. The first transistor includes a source region and drain region on opposite sides of the first transistor body. A second transistor is laterally adjacent to the first transistor and includes a second transistor body, parallel with the first transistor body, formed on the dielectric layer. A first layer of gate oxide of a first thickness is formed over the first transistor body, and a second layer of gate oxide of a second thickness is formed over a portion of the second transistor body. The first thickness and the second thickness are different. A floating gate is formed over the first layer of gate oxide, the second layer of gate oxide, and the dielectric layer. |
| US10153290B2 |
Structure and method for single gate non-volatile memory device
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a substrate; a field effect transistor disposed in a periphery region of the substrate, the field effect transistor including a gate electrode, a first source, a first drain; a floating gate non-volatile memory device disposed in a memory region of the substrate, the floating gate non-volatile memory device including a second source, a third source, and a second drain, wherein the second source, the third source, and the second drain are disposed along an axis; and a floating gate electrode in the memory region including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are electrically connected, wherein the first portion, the second portion and the third portion extend perpendicular to the axis. |
| US10153288B2 |
Double metal layout for memory cells of a non-volatile memory
A non-volatile memory having a double metal layout is provided that includes a first fuse fabricated on a first conductive layer of the integrated circuit, a second fuse fabricated on a second conductive layer of the integrated circuit, and a transistor fabricated on front-end-of-the-line (FEOL) structure of the integrated circuit. A first memory cell of the non-volatile memory is provided by a first memory circuit comprising the first fuse and the transistor, and a second memory cell of the non-volatile memory is provided by a second memory circuit comprising the second fuse and the transistor. |
| US10153285B2 |
Formation method of semiconductor device with embedded capacitor
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate and forming a contact plug in the dielectric layer. The method also includes partially removing the contact plug to form a recess over the contact plug. The method further includes forming a capacitor element in the recess. |
| US10153284B2 |
Semiconductor device having buried gate structure and method for manufacturing the same, memory cell having the same and electronic device having the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a trench; a gate dielectric layer formed over a surface of the trench; a gate electrode positioned at a level lower than a top surface of the substrate, and comprising a lower buried portion embedded in a lower portion of the trench over the gate dielectric layer and an upper buried portion positioned over the lower buried portion; and a dielectric work function adjusting liner positioned between the lower buried portion and the gate dielectric layer; and a dipole formed between the dielectric work function adjusting liner and the gate dielectric layer. |
| US10153280B2 |
Replacement gate process for FinFET
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes etching a substrate to form two first trenches separated by a fin; filling the two first trenches with an isolation layer; and depositing a dielectric layer over the fin and the isolation layer. The method further includes forming a second trench in the dielectric layer over a channel region of the semiconductor device, the second trench exposing the isolation layer. The method further includes etching the isolation layer through the second trench to expose an upper portion of the fin in the channel region of the semiconductor device, and forming a dummy gate in the second trench over the isolation layer and engaging the upper portion of the fin. |
| US10153278B1 |
Fin-type field effect transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A fin-type field effect transistor comprising a substrate, at least one gate stack, spacers and epitaxy material portions is described. The substrate has fins and insulators located between the fins, and the fins comprise channel portions and flank portions beside the channel portions, the flank portions and the channel portions of the fins are protruded from the insulators, the flank portions of the fins and the channel portions of the fins have substantially a same height from top surfaces of the insulators, and each of the flank portions of the fins has a top surface and side surfaces adjoining the top surface. The at least one gate stack is disposed over the substrate, disposed on the insulators and over the channel portions of the fins. The spacers are disposed on the side surfaces of the flank portions of the fins. The epitaxy material portions are located above the top surfaces of the flank portions of the fins. |
| US10153277B2 |
Integrated circuit device and method of fabricating the same
An integrated circuit device includes: a pair of width-setting patterns over a substrate, the pair of width-setting patterns defining a width of a gate structure space in a first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. A gate electrode layer is provided that extends in the gate structure space along the second direction. A gate insulating layer is provided in the gate structure space and between the substrate and the gate electrode layer. An insulating spacer is provides on the pair of width-setting patterns, the insulating spacer covering both sidewalls of the gate electrode layer, wherein the pair of width-setting patterns have a carbon content that is greater than a carbon content of the insulating spacer. |
| US10153276B2 |
Group III heterojunction semiconductor device having silicon carbide-containing lateral diode
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer comprising a lateral diode, and a Group III nitride based semiconductor device arranged on the silicon carbide layer. |
| US10153275B2 |
Method of operating an IGBT having switchable and non-switchable diode cells
A method of operating an IGBT is described. The IGBT has gate, emitter and collector terminals, and IGBT cells, switchable diode cells, and non-switchable diode cells integrated in a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the IGBT cells and switchable diode cells includes an operable switchable channel region. The IGBT is operated in a reverse conductive mode in which the IGBT cells are in a non-conductive mode and the switchable diode cells and the non-switchable diode cells are in a bipolar mode. The IGBT is brought from the reverse conductive mode to a transit mode in which at least some of the non-switchable diode cells are still in the bipolar mode, the IGBT cells are in the non-conductive mode, and the switchable diode cells are in a unipolar mode, by applying a gate voltage having an absolute value larger than a gate threshold voltage to the gate terminal. |
| US10153271B2 |
ESD protection device and method
An ESD protection device includes a substrate structure having a substrate, first and second fins, and first and second doped regions having different conductivity types. The first doped region includes a first portion of the substrate and a first region of the first fin, the second doped region includes a second portion of the substrate, a second region of the first fin adjacent to the first region and the second fin. The ESD device also includes a first gate structure on a surface portion of the first region and a surface portion of the second region of the first fin and including, from bottom to top, an interface layer on the surface portion of the first region and the surface portion of the second region of the first fin, a spacer, a high-k dielectric layer, a first work-function adjusting layer, a second work-function adjusting layer, and a gate. |
| US10153267B2 |
ESD-protective-function-equipped composite electronic component
An ESD-protective-function-equipped composite electronic component is provided that includes multiple Zener diodes formed from first and second semiconductor layers. Moreover, the second semiconductor layers are disposed on an insulating substrate and in the same plane. The electronic component includes electrodes extending from each of the Zener diodes and one or more thin-film circuit element connected in series between a pair of the electrodes. |
| US10153266B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may include providing a semiconductor workpiece including a device region at a first side of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein a mechanical stability of the semiconductor workpiece is insufficient to resist at least one back end process without damage, and depositing at least one conductive layer over a second side of the semiconductor workpiece opposite the first side of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein the at least one conductive layer increases the mechanical stability of the semiconductor workpiece to be sufficient to resist the at least one back end process without damage. |
| US10153264B2 |
Static random access memory (SRAM) cell including fin-type transistor
The present disclosure allows for reducing parasitic capacitance of a bit line, and a drop in access performance in an SRAM cell including fin-type transistors. The SRAM cell is defined by transistors each of which has a fin structure and by a local metal interconnection layer. Bit lines are formed on the local metal interconnection layer, and diffusion layer contacts corresponding to bit line nodes are connected through vias to the bit lines. |
| US10153263B2 |
Patterned material layer and patterning method
A structure of a patterned material layer including separate patterns arranged in rows and columns is described. The separate patterns in at least one row including the outmost row each have a larger dimension in the column direction than the separate patterns in the other rows. The separate patterns in at least one column including the outmost column each have a larger dimension in the row direction than the separate patterns in the other columns. |
| US10153256B2 |
Micro-transfer printable electronic component
A micro-transfer printable electronic component includes one or more electronic components, such as integrated circuits or LEDs. Each electronic component has device electrical contacts for providing electrical power to the electronic component and a post side. A plurality of electrical conductors includes at least one electrical conductor electrically connected to each of the device electrical contacts. One or more electrically conductive connection posts protrude beyond the post side. Each connection post is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical conductors. Additional connection posts can form electrical jumpers that electrically connect electrical conductors on a destination substrate to which the printable electronic component is micro-transfer printed. The printable electronic component can be a full-color pixel in a display. |
| US10153255B2 |
Semiconductor package having a high reliability
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a plurality of semiconductor devices stacked on the package substrate, a plurality of underfill fillets disposed between the plurality of semiconductor devices and between the package substrate and the plurality of semiconductor devices, and a molding resin at least partially surrounding the plurality of semiconductor devices and the plurality of underfill fillets. The plurality of underfill fillets include a plurality of protrusions that protrude from spaces between each of the plurality of semiconductor devices or between the package substrate and each of the plurality of semiconductor devices. At least two neighboring underfill fillet protrusions of the plurality of protrusions form one continuous structure without an interface therebetween. |
| US10153245B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device which can be prevented from increasing in size. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface and a wiring substrate over which the semiconductor chip is mounted such that the second main surface of the semiconductor chip faces a first main surface of the wiring substrate. Over the second main surface of the semiconductor chip, a plurality of first terminals connected with a first circuit and a plurality of second terminals connected with a second circuit are arranged. An arrangement pattern of the plurality of first terminals and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of second terminals include the same arrangement pattern. In a region of the wiring substrate where the first circuit is close to the second circuit when viewed from the first main surface of the semiconductor chip, a voltage line which supplies a power supply voltage to the first circuit is formed. In a region of the wiring substrate where the second circuit is close to the first circuit, a voltage line which supplies the power supply voltage to the second circuit is formed. |
| US10153244B2 |
Display Device
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; at least one driver IC including connecting terminals with a first surface fixed to face the non-display region; first wires supplying a signal to the display region; first bumps connected with the first wires; second wires transferring a signal to and from outside; second bumps connected with the second wires; and inspection wires. The connecting terminals of the driver IC include first connecting terminals overlapping the first or second bumps in plan view, and second connecting terminals not overlapping the first or second bumps in plan view. The inspection wires include a connecting conductor between themselves and at least one of the second connecting terminals. The inspection wires are pulled out to an outside of the driver IC in plan view. |
| US10153241B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an electrode pad provided above a semiconductor substrate; and a wire bonded on the electrode pad and including copper. The electrode pad includes an electrode layer including aluminum and a support layer harder than the wire and the electrode layer. The wire is in contact with the electrode layer and the support layer. |
| US10153239B2 |
Antennas and waveguides in InFO structures
A method includes forming a first metal plate, forming a metal ring aligned to peripheral regions of the first metal plate, and placing a device die level with the metal ring, encapsulating the device die and the metal ring in an encapsulating material. The method further includes filling a dielectric material into a space encircled by the metal ring, and forming a second metal plate covering the dielectric material and the metal ring, with an opening formed in the second metal plate. A plurality of redistribution lines is formed, with one of the redistribution lines overlapping a portion of the opening. The first metal plate, the metal ring, the second metal plate, and the dielectric material in combination form an antenna or a waveguide. The redistribution line forms a signal-coupling line of the passive device. |
| US10153238B2 |
Electrical channel including pattern voids
A channel to be coupled to an input of a receiver, the channel including: a first transmission line including: a first trace; and a first reference plane including a plurality of first pattern voids overlapping the first trace. |
| US10153237B2 |
Chip package and method for forming the same
A chip package including a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto is provided. The substrate includes a chip region and a scribe line region that extends along the edge of the chip region. The chip package further includes a dielectric layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The dielectric layer corresponding to the scribe line region has a through groove that extends along the extending direction of the scribe line region. A method of forming the chip package is also provided. |
| US10153235B2 |
Image sensor device and image sensor module comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor device including: a fan-out semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip having an active surface on which a connection pad is disposed, a first connection member disposed on the active surface and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pad of the first semiconductor chip, and a sealing material disposed on the first connection member and sealing at least a portion of the first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first connection member and electrically connected to the first connection member; and a third semiconductor chip disposed on the second semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip, in which at least one of the second semiconductor chip or the third semiconductor chip may be an image sensor. The present disclosure also relates to an image sensor module including the image sensor device. |
| US10153234B2 |
System in package
An electronic system without using solder balls between electrical components, and without using interposer between chips and package substrate, without using a discrete system board for the chip package to mount. At least one chip is wrapped by molding material, a first redistribution circuitry is built on a bottom side of the molding material. A plurality of first inverse T-shaped metals of the first redistribution circuitry are electrically coupled to the at least one chip; a second redistribution circuitry is built on a bottom side of the first redistribution circuitry. A plurality of second inverse T-shaped metals of the second redistribution circuitry are electrically coupled to the first redistribution circuitry. Either the first redistribution circuitry or the second redistribution circuitry has at least a first extension extended beyond a corresponding side surface of the molding material to electrically couple to at least one device. |
| US10153232B2 |
Crack stop with overlapping vias
A crack stop structure for an integrated circuit (IC) structure is disclosed. The structure can include: a first crack stop pillar laterally separated from a second crack stop pillar within an insulator region of the IC structure. The first crack stop pillar can include an overlapping via in contact with a top surface and at least one side surface of a first conductive element therebelow. The overlapping via of the first crack stop pillar may be in a given layer of the IC structure, and the second crack stop pillar may include a via in the given layer, the via extending to a different depth than the overlapping via. The via of the second crack stop pillar may be an overlapping via in contact with a top surface and at least one side surface of a second conductive element therebelow. |
| US10153228B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and includes a first conductive layer formed on the second main surface. A through hole penetrates through the semiconductor substrate from the first main surface to the second main surface, so that the first conductive layer formed on the second main surface is exposed at a bottom portion of the through hole. A seed layer is formed on a side surface of the through hole from the bottom portion of the through hole to the first main surface; a second conductive layer is formed on the seed layer; and a third conductive layer is selectively formed on the second conductive layer. |
| US10153224B2 |
Backside spacer structures for improved thermal performance
Methods for reducing the junction temperature between an IC chip and its lid by including metal spacers in the TIM layer and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include providing a substrate, including integrated circuit devices, having front and back sides; forming vertical spacers on the backside of the substrate; providing a plate parallel to and spaced from the backside of the substrate; and forming a TIM layer, surrounding the vertical spacers, between the backside of the substrate and the plate. |
| US10153212B2 |
Semiconductor device including contact structure
A semiconductor device including a contact structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes an isolation region defining a lower active region. First and second source/drain regions and first and second gate electrodes are on the lower active region. The first and second source/drain regions are adjacent to each other. First and second gate capping patterns are on the first and second gate electrodes, respectively. First and second contact structures are on the first and second source/drain regions, respectively. A lower insulating pattern is between the first and second source/drain regions. An upper insulating pattern is between the first and second contact structures. Silicon oxide has etching selectivity with respect to an insulating material which the upper insulating pattern, the first gate capping pattern, and the second gate capping pattern are formed of. |
| US10153211B1 |
Methods, apparatus, and system for fabricating finFET devices with increased breakdown voltage
At least one method, apparatus and system is disclosed herein for forming a fin field effect transistor (finFET) device having a reduced breakdown voltage. The method comprises forming a first gate structure on a substrate of a semiconductor wafer in a first layer, the gate structure extending to a height of about h above the substrate. A trench is formed in the first layer adjacent the first gate structure and extends from a height of about d to the substrate. A connector is formed in the trench between the substrate and a layer of the finFET above the first layer. The process of forming the connector comprises; forming a thin film oxide on the sidewalls of the trench extending from a height below h to about d; forming a liner in the trench, extending over the substrate and on the sidewalls to about the height d over the thin film oxide and forming a layer of tungsten in the trench over the liner. |
| US10153209B1 |
Insulating gate separation structure and methods of making same
One illustrative integrated circuit product disclosed herein includes a first final gate structure, a second final gate structure and an insulating gate separation structure positioned between the first and second final gate structures. In this example, the insulating gate separation structure comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has a first lateral width in a first direction that is substantially uniform throughout a vertical height of the lower portion. The upper portion has a substantially uniform second lateral width in the first direction that is substantially uniform throughout a vertical height of the upper portion, wherein the second lateral width is less than the first lateral width. |
| US10153208B1 |
High frequency attenuator
High-frequency thin film chip attenuators can include a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first portion coupled to the first side of the substrate, and a second portion coupled to the second side of the substrate. The first portion can include a ground section, an input contact section, and an output contact section. The second portion can include a ground section, an input section, an output section, and a plurality of resistive sections providing electrical communication between the input section, the output section, and the ground section. The resistive sections can be arranged in an attenuation configuration to attenuate a signal received at the input section and output via the output section. A plurality of through-holes extending through the substrate can provide electrical communication between sections on the first side of the substrate and associated sections on the second side of the substrate. |
| US10153206B2 |
Dicing method and laser processing apparatus
According to one embodiment, a dicing method is provided. The dicing method includes detecting a first distance between a first portion of a substrate and a first substrate information detection unit. The method also includes detecting a second distance between a second portion of the substrate a second substrate information detection unit, the second portion different from the first portion. Distance information is calculated between the substrate and a processing lens, which is located farther from the second substrate information detection unit than from the first substrate information detection unit, based on the detected first distance and the detected second distance, and he substrate is irradiated with laser light from the processing lens based on the distance information. |
| US10153200B2 |
Methods of forming a nanostructured polymer material including block copolymer materials
Methods for fabricating sub-lithographic, nanoscale microstructures utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided. |
| US10153195B1 |
Semiconductor constructions comprising dielectric material
Some embodiments include a semiconductor construction which has one or more openings extending into a substrate. The openings are at least partially filled with dielectric material comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon. The carbon is present to a concentration within a range of from about 3 atomic percent to about 20 atomic percent. Some embodiments include a method of providing dielectric fill across a semiconductor construction having an opening extending therein. The semiconductor construction has an upper surface proximate the opening. The method includes forming photopatternable dielectric material within the opening and across the upper surface, and exposing the photopatternable dielectric material to patterned actinic radiation. Subsequently, the photopatternable dielectric material is developed to pattern the photopatternable dielectric material into a first dielectric structure which at least partially fills the opening, and to remove the photopatternable dielectric material from over the upper surface. |
| US10153191B2 |
Substrate carrier system and method for using the same
A substrate carrier system is provided. The substrate carrier system includes a substrate carrier body, an electrode assembly, a support base, and a controller. The substrate carrier body has a substrate supporting surface, and an electrode assembly is disposed in the substrate carrier body. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of laterally spaced apart electrode sets. Each electrode set includes a first electrode interleaved with a second electrode. The support base supports the substrate carrier body. The controller is configured to: select a first group of the electrode sets and a second group of the electrode sets from the plurality of the electrode sets; operate the first group of the electrode sets in a first chucking mode; simultaneously operate the second group of the electrode sets in a second chucking mode; and selectively switch at least one electrode set from the first group to the second group. |
| US10153190B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for electrostatic force enhanced semiconductor bonding
Various embodiments of microelectronic devices and methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing wafer bonding includes positioning a substrate assembly on a unipolar electrostatic chuck in direct contact with an electrode, electrically coupling a conductor to a second substrate positioned on top of the first substrate, and applying a voltage to the electrode, thereby creating a potential differential between the first substrate and the second substrate that generates an electrostatic force between the first and second substrates. |
| US10153184B2 |
Light irradiation type heat treatment apparatus
A plurality of support pins that support a semiconductor wafer are located upright on a top surface of a susceptor. A condenser lens is located on a bottom surface of the susceptor opposite to the support pins with respect to the susceptor. The condenser lens is located such that its optical axis coincides with the central axis of the corresponding support pin. Of light emitted from halogen lamps from below, light entering the condenser lens is condensed at a contact portion between the corresponding support pin and the semiconductor wafer, so that the vicinity of the contact portion rises in temperature. The vicinity of the contact portion of the semiconductor wafer in contact with the support pin in which the temperature tends to drop is relatively intensely heated in order to suppress the temperature drop, and an in-plane temperature distribution of the semiconductor wafer during light irradiation can thus be made uniform. |
| US10153183B2 |
High speed low temperature method for manufacturing and repairing semiconductor processing equipment and equipment produced using same
A method for the joining of ceramic pieces into an assembly adapted to be used in semiconductor processing. The joined pieces are adapted to withstand the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, chamber cleaning processes, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck. The ceramic pieces may be aluminum nitride and the pieces may be brazed with aluminum. The joint material is adapted to withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck. The joint is adapted to provide a hermetic seal across the joint. The joined pieces are adapted to be separated at a later time should rework or replacement of one of the pieces be desired. |
| US10153182B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus that performs processing by immersing a substrate into a processing liquid obtained by mixing phosphoric acid with a diluent includes a concentration sensing means for sensing the concentration of the processing liquid by measuring the absorbance characteristics of the processing liquid. The concentration sensing means includes a light-transmitting section that introduces the processing liquid into the inside to let the processing liquid pass therethrough, a light-emitting section that radiates light having a predetermined wavelength to the light-transmitting section, a light-receiving section that receives the light therefrom via the light-transmitting section, a first lens that condenses the light emitted from the light-emitting section to the light-transmitting section, a second lens that condenses the light that has passed through the light-transmitting section to the light-receiving section, and a cooling mechanism that cools at least one of these. |
| US10153181B2 |
Substrate treating apparatus and substrate treating method
Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus including the following units: a supplying unit which supplies a process liquid including a sublimable substance in a melt state on a pattern-formed surface of a substrate W; a solidifying unit which solidifies the process liquid on the pattern-formed surface to produce a solidified body; and a sublimating unit which sublimates the solidified body to remove the solidified body from the pattern-formed surface. In this apparatus, the sublimable substance includes a fluorinated carbon compound. |
| US10153179B2 |
Carrier warpage control for three dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) stacking
An embodiment method of forming a package-on-package (PoP) device includes temporarily mounting a substrate on a carrier, stacking a first die on the substrate, at least one of the die and the substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch relative to the carrier, and stacking a second die on the first die. The substrate may be formed from one of an organic substrate, a ceramic substrate, a silicon substrate, a glass substrate, and a laminate substrate. |
| US10153171B2 |
Method of forming patterns, patterns formed according to the method, and semiconductor device including the patterns
A method of forming patterns, patterns formed according to the method, and a semiconductor device including the patterns, the method including forming an etching subject layer on a substrate, forming a first layer on the etching subject layer such that the first layer has a projecting pattern, forming a second layer such that the second layer completely covers the projecting pattern of the first layer, partially removing the second layer such that a top of the projecting pattern is exposed and a patterned second layer remains at a side of the projecting pattern, removing the first layer such that a top of the etching subject layer is exposed, and etching the etching subject layer using the patterned second layer as an etching mask, wherein one of the first layer and the second layer is a carbon-containing layer and the other is a silicon-containing layer, and the silicon-containing layer is formed by coating a silicon-containing composition and heat-treating the same. |
| US10153170B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a first fin structure which includes first semiconductor patterns and second semiconductor patterns stacked alternately on a substrate and extends in a first direction, forming an exposed first wire pattern group which includes the second semiconductor patterns by removing the first semiconductor patterns, heat-treating the exposed first wire pattern group, and forming a first gate electrode which surrounds the first wire pattern group and extends in a second direction different from the first direction. |
| US10153169B2 |
Method of controlling threshold of transistor and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
In a method of controlling a threshold of a transistor, a gate insulating film is formed in a channel region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A first electrode layer is formed on the gate insulating film and a second electrode layer containing a work function adjusting metal is formed on the first electrode layer. Thereafter, an oxidation treatment or nitridation treatment using a microwave plasma processing apparatus is performed to inactivate the work function adjusting metal, thereby executing a threshold control of the MOS transistor. |
| US10153168B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a light absorbing layer on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate or in the semiconductor substrate; forming a high concentration layer, in which an impurity concentration is increased, by implanting impurities into the semiconductor substrate; and heating the high concentration layer so as to activate the impurities in the high concentration layer. The formation of the light absorbing layer and the formation of the high concentration layer are performed such that the light absorbing layer and the high concentration layer at least partially overlap each other. The high concentration layer is heated by irradiating the high concentration layer with light from a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate in the heating of the high concentration layer. |
| US10153166B2 |
Mechanisms for forming patterns using lithography processes
The present disclosure provides a method for forming patterns in a semiconductor device. In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate, a patterning-target layer over the substrate, and a hard mask layer over the patterning-target layer; forming a first pattern in the hard mask layer; removing a trim portion from the first pattern in the hard mask layer to form a trimmed first pattern; forming a first resist layer over the hard mask layer; forming a main pattern in the first resist layer; and etching the patterning-target layer using the main pattern and the trimmed first pattern as etching mask elements to form a final pattern in the patterning-target layer. In some embodiments, the final pattern includes the main pattern subtracting a first overlapping portion between the main pattern and the trimmed first pattern. |
| US10153164B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a mask layer including a) one metal from tungsten, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium, molybdenum, niobium, ruthenium, osmium, rhenium, and iridium, b) boron, and c) carbon on a layer to be etched. The mask layer is patterned. A hole or a groove is formed in the layer to be etched by performing dry etching on the layer to be etched using the patterned mask layer. The mask layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes boron and the second region includes boron such that a density of boron in the second region is different from a density of boron in the first region, or the first region includes carbon and the second region includes carbon such that a density of carbon in the second region is different from a density of carbon in the first region. |
| US10153162B2 |
Shrink process aware assist features
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In one example, a method includes providing a circuit structure layer over a substrate and at least one etch layer over the circuit structure layer, in the at least one etch layer patterning at least one primary pattern feature having at least one primary pattern feature dimension and at least one assist pattern feature having at least one assist pattern feature dimension, where the primary pattern feature dimension is greater than the assist pattern feature dimension, reducing the at least one primary pattern feature dimension and closing the assist pattern feature to form an etch pattern, and etching a circuit structure feature using the etch pattern. |
| US10153158B2 |
Semiconductor nanowire fabrication
Methods are provided for fabricating semiconductor nanowires on a substrate. A nanowire template is formed on the substrate. The nanowire template defines an elongate tunnel which extends, laterally over the substrate, between an opening in the template and a seed surface. The seed surface is exposed to the tunnel and of an area up to about 2×104 nm2. The semiconductor nanowire is selectively grown, via said opening, in the template from the seed surface. The area of the seed surface is preferably such that growth of the nanowire proceeds from a single nucleation point on the seed surface. There is also provided a method for fabricating a plurality of semiconductor nanowires on a substrate and a semiconductor nanowire and substrate structure. |
| US10153152B2 |
High-pressure sodium lamp lighting device
The present technology provides a high-pressure sodium lamp lighting device that reduces occurrence of the acoustic resonance phenomenon. A high-pressure sodium lamp lighting device of one aspect of the present invention comprises a high-pressure sodium lamp of arc length AL within the scope of 142.8 mm≤AL≤167 mm. The lighting device also includes an electronic ballast configured to supply a high frequency AC voltage to the high-pressure sodium lamp. A lighting frequency of the electronic ballast is a frequency that avoids a first and a second acoustic resonance occurrence bands f1 kHz and f2 kHz determined based on equations from an arc tube inner diameter D mm of the high-pressure sodium lamp. The equation for f1 is a range of f1min to f1max=(−7.4D+130) to (−8.3D+156). The equation for f2 is a range of f2 min to f2max=(−11.5D+200) to (−10.0D+197). |
| US10153151B2 |
Phosphor-containing film and backlight unit
Provided are a phosphor-containing capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphors and can be manufactured with high efficiency and a backlight unit. Specifically, provided is a phosphor-containing film 1, including a first substrate film 10; and a phosphor-containing layer 30 at which a plurality of regions 35 containing phosphors 31, which, if exposed to oxygen, deteriorate by reacting with the oxygen, are discretely disposed on the first substrate film 10, and at which a resin layer 38 having an impermeability to oxygen is disposed between the discretely disposed regions 35 containing phosphors 31, in which a width S of the resin layer 38 between the regions 35 containing phosphors 31 is 0.01≤S<0.5 mm, and wherein a ratio of a volume Vp of the regions containing phosphors, to a sum of the volume Vp and a volume Vb of the resin layer in the phosphor-containing layer, is 0.1≤Vp/(Vp+Vb)<0.9. |
| US10153149B2 |
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. |
| US10153145B2 |
Method of mass spectrometry and a mass spectrometer
The present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry, an apparatus adapted to perform the method and a mass spectrometer. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry comprising the step of associating parent and fragmentation ions from a sample by measuring the parent and fragmentation ions from two or more different areas of the sample and identifying changes in the number of parent ions between the areas in the sample, and corresponding changes in the number of fragmentation ions between the two areas. |
| US10153143B2 |
Smart chamber and smart chamber components
A process chamber includes a chamber body having a chamber lid assembly disposed thereon, one or more monitoring devices coupled to the chamber lid assembly, and one or more antennas disposed adjacent to the chamber lid assembly that are in communication with the one or more monitoring devices. |
| US10153138B2 |
Plasma etching apparatus
Disclosed is a plasma etching apparatus which includes: a base formed of a metal that has a lower expansion coefficient than aluminum; an electrostatic chuck disposed on a mounting surface of the base and configured to mount an object to be processed; a bonding layer which bonds the base to the electrostatic chuck; and a heater provided within the electrostatic chuck. In the plasma etching apparatus, the base is provided with a metal portion that is formed through a cold spraying by using a metal that has a higher thermal conductivity than the metal for forming the base. |
| US10153135B2 |
Plasma etching apparatus
An ICP plasma etching apparatus for etching a substrate includes at least one chamber, a substrate support positioned within the chamber, a plasma production device for producing a plasma for use in etching the substrate, and a protective structure which surrounds the substrate support so that, in use, a peripheral portion of the substrate is protected from unwanted deposition of material. The protective structure is arranged to be electrically biased and is formed from a metallic material so that metallic material can be sputtered from the protective structure onto an interior surface of the chamber to adhere particulate material to the interior surface. |
| US10153131B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method
A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a rotation table installed in the processing chamber and configured to load a substrate on an upper surface of the rotation table along a circumferential direction of the rotation table, and a plasma generator including an antenna located above an upper surface of the processing chamber and installed to be able to move in a radial direction of the rotation table, wherein the plasma generator is configured to locally apply plasma to the rotation table in the radial direction. |
| US10153130B2 |
Charged particle beam drawing apparatus and charged particle beam drawing method
A charged particle beam drawing apparatus has a drawing unit including a charged particle source, a deflector and a stage on which a target object is placed, to perform drawing with a charged particle beam on a plurality of drawing regions on the target object, and a calculator to calculate a drawing progress ratio on the target object using a ratio of a drawn area of the drawing regions to a total area of the drawing regions. |
| US10153129B2 |
Charged particle beam device and scanning electron microscope
A charged particle beam device includes: a charged particle source; an acceleration electric power source connected to the charged particle source for accelerating a charged particle beam emitted by the acceleration electric power source; and an objective lens for focusing the charged particle beam onto a sample, the objective lens including: a central magnetic pole having a central axis coinciding with an ideal optical axis of the charged particle beam; an upper magnetic pole; a cylindrical side-surface magnetic pole; and a disk-shaped lower magnetic pole, the central magnetic pole having an upper portion on a side of the sample and a column-shaped lower portion, the upper magnetic pole having a circular opening at a center thereof and being in a shape of a disk that is tapered to a center thereof and that is thinner at a position closer to a center of gravity of the central magnetic pole. |
| US10153124B2 |
Multi-load fuse block
A multi-load fuse block, which receives insertion of at least two safety fuses therein, includes: a housing, a first surface of the housing configured with a first fuse slot and at least one second fuse slot; a conductive joint, configured on a second surface of the housing, and in electric connection with the first fuse slot; a first load conductive wire, configured on a third surface of the housing; and a second load conductive wire, configured on a fourth surface of the housing, where the first fuse slot and second fuse slot allow a plurality of safety fuses to be inserted therein or separated therefrom. The first load conductive wires and second load conductive wires of the housing can provide electric connection for automotive electronics, allowing the safety fuses to be in electric connection with more automotive electronics so as to protect them from overcurrent. |
| US10153123B2 |
Compact dual element fuse unit, module and fusible disconnect switch
An embodiment of a fuse module has been disclosed. The fuse module includes a housing and a fuse element assembly contained within the housing. The fuse element assembly includes at least one fuse element unit having a plurality of trigger mechanisms and a perforated strip electrically connected to the trigger mechanisms. Increased ampacity ratings in a more compact arrangement provides for fuse modules having increased current protection capability that, in turn, provides for improved disconnect switching capabilities. |
| US10153121B2 |
GFCI with miswire protection having unitary receptacle and load conductors after proper installation
An improved GFCI device prevents miswiring. Load conductors are electrically isolated from receptacle conductors. Normally closed contacts are held open by a miswire prevention mechanism, such that if power is connected to the load contacts, power cannot be delivered to the GFCI device, the receptacle conductors or the line conductors. Once power is properly connected to the line conductors, a proper wiring detection circuit activates the miswire prevention mechanism to release the normally closed contacts, thereby electrically connecting the receptacle conductors and the load conductors. After proper installation, the receptacle conductors are preferably permanently connected to the load conductors. The device is preferably shipped in the reset state. |