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US10333242B2	Electrical wiring device with shutters An electrical device includes a shutter support structure having a return position, at least one blocking position and an open position. A first shutter element is configured to rotate about a first dimensional axis within a predetermined angular range while being translated in two-dimensions between the return position to the open position, each of the two dimensions being orthogonal to the first dimensional axis. A second shutter assembly includes a second shutter element coupled to the first shutter element, the first shutter element allowing the second shutter portion to move in a first direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is in the open position, the first shutter element being configured to drive the second shutter element in a second direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is being translated into the return position.
US10333238B2	Surface mount contact, electronic device assembly, and test probe pin tool A surface mount contact (100) for coupling to an electronic device (200, 300), comprising: a conductive pin (10) having an elongated pin body (12), the pin body (12) comprising a first end (122) and a second end (124) opposing to the first end (122); and a heat re-flowable bonding member (20) coupled to the first end (122); wherein the pin body (12) is integrally provided with a support portion (14) in a region of the pin body (12) adjacent to the heat re-flowable bonding member (20). The cost and time of manufacture is reduced.
US10333236B2	Battery wiring module A battery wiring module to be mounted on a unit cell group formed by arranging a plurality of unit cells including positive and negative electrode terminals includes a terminal to be electrically connected to the electrode terminal, a detection wire for detecting a state of the unit cell by being electrically connected to the terminal, and a resin protector including a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating the terminal, a wire accommodation groove for accommodating the detection wire and a through groove allowing communication between the terminal accommodating portion and the wire accommodation groove and used to pull out the detection wire connected to the terminal into the wire accommodation groove. The detection wire is bent at least at two or more positions in the wire accommodation groove or the through groove and held in a bent state while being routed in the resin protector.
US10333235B1	Selecting switching functions using screw-force, on modules having traces This invention can be used as mini-micro-switching, up to macro switching.An electronic module having several input copper circuit traces, and several output copper traces, or wires, with some traces having disconnects, consisting of drilled holes, which can be bridged by conductive fasteners.This invention is also solving switching of differing functions both in the industry, and after that the product is in the market and the customer requests switching options. Selecting a switching options can be accomplished on a module, by first remove a conductive fastener from one position and attach the fastener in a second position on copper traces. Where the fastener is removed and not re-inserted, an open circuit trace occurs. Thereby accomplishing:selecting, reversing, or switching of one, or of a multiple of circuits.
US10333232B2	Wire connection terminal device A wire connection terminal device includes a main body and a pressing/moving unit assembled with the main body. The pressing/moving unit has a shafted section, a cam section connected with the shafted section and a force application section formed on the cam section and a press section formed on the cam section. The cam section can freely rotate or swing within a chamber defined by the main body. A metal leaf spring is disposed in the chamber of the main body for pressing and electrically connecting with a conductive wire. The metal leaf spring is responsive to the motion of the pressing/moving unit to release the conductive wire. The wire connection terminal device improves the shortcomings of the conventional structure that the volume of the case and the operational space are larger and the motional travel is longer.
US10333231B2	Clamping assembly for attaching a grounding conductor to a structure having a protective coating A clamping assembly for attaching a grounding conductor to a pipe having a protective coating includes an elongate conductive strap and a clamp. The conductive strap is sufficiently long to circumferentially surround the pipe and has longitudinally spaced sharp projections that are sufficient to penetrate the protective coating around the pipe to make an electrical coupling between the strap and a conductive part of the pipe beneath the protective coating. The clamp is coupled to the grounding conductor and clamps the conductive strap to the pipe at a tension sufficient to maintain an electrical connection between the conductive part of the pipe and the grounding conductor without the need for any welding of the grounding conductor to the pipe and without the need for any stripping of the protective coating from the pipe.
US10333229B2	Modular housing arrangement for antennae A modular housing arrangement for antennae comprises at least one antenna housing. The at least one antenna housing comprises a front face on the cover side, a front face on the base side and a peripheral side wall between the front face on the cover side and the front face on the base side that comprises a plurality of lateral surfaces, as a result which a receiving space is defined. At least one antenna is or can be arranged in the receiving space. At least one male and one female part of a positive and/or non-positive connection are arranged on the peripheral side wall. The at least one male part and the at least one female part are designed to establish a detachable positive and/or non-positive connection to a corresponding female or male part, respectively, of at least one further antenna housing and/or at least one connection element.
US10333224B2	RFID system with an eddy current trap An RFID antenna assembly configured to be energized with a carrier signal is disclosed. The RFID antenna assembly includes an inductive component including a loop antenna assembly, at least one capacitive component coupled to the inductive component, and an eddy current trap positioned a predetermined distance from the loop antenna assembly.
US10333221B2	Antenna array integrated on the metal back cover of the 5G mobile terminal An antenna element includes a feed probe, an insulating sleeve, and a reflecting cavity. The reflecting cavity is formed by an inner concave of an outer side of the metal frame of the metal back cover. The reflecting cavity includes a first wall and a second wall. One end of the feed probe is connected with the first wall. The middle of the feed probe is connected with the second wall through an insulating sleeve, and the other end of the feed probe is connected with a signal feeder line. The present invention also provides an RF frontend system which includes the above mentioned antenna system. Through an architecture which includes a feed probe and a reflecting cavity, the present invention realizes that the 5G antenna is arranged at the sides of the mobile terminal. Therefore the 5G antenna can coexist with 3G, 4G, GPS, WIFI and other antennas.
US10333219B2	Antenna systems and related methods for selecting modulation patterns based at least in part on spatial holographic phase Antenna systems and related methods are disclosed. An antenna system includes an antenna controller configured to operably couple to an array of electromagnetic (EM) scattering elements. The controller is configured to determine a performance parameter of the antenna system for a plurality of different combinations of different spatial holographic phases and effective mode indices having different modulation patterns corresponding thereto, and select one of the modulation patterns based on the performance parameter corresponding thereto. A method includes storing data indicating a modulation pattern determined based on a spatial holographic phase and an effective mode index for each of a plurality of different main beam angles from the antenna, and controlling the antenna to operate with a main beam pointed in each of the plurality of different main beam angles by controlling the antenna to operate in each modulation pattern corresponding to the plurality of main beam angles.
US10333217B1	Composite beam forming with multiple instances of holographic metasurface antennas A method for beam forming includes providing multiple instances of holographic metasurface antennas (HMAs), a reference wave source coupled to the HMAs, and a hologram function for each of the HMAs; combining the object waves of the plurality of HMAs, generated in response to the reference wave, to produce a composite beam; and modifying a phase angle of the object wave from one or more of the HMAs by modifying the hologram function of the one or more HMAs in order to modify the composite beam.
US10333215B2	Multi-band array antenna A multi-band array antenna comprises m first antenna elements operating in p frequency bands; n second antenna elements operating in q frequency bands; a Wilkinson power distributor; one or more filters; and one or more matching circuits. Here, m and n are positive integers satisfying m+n≥3 and any of m=n+1, n=m+1 and m=n; and p and q are positive integers satisfying p≥1, q≥2 and q>p. The m first antenna elements and the n second antenna elements are alternately arranged. The matching circuit performs impedance matching between the filter and the Wilkinson power distributor in a frequency band attenuated by the filter. A series-connection circuit portion is configured so that a branch portion of the power distributor becomes an open end in the attenuation frequency band.
US10333213B2	Apparatus with improved antenna isolation and associated methods An apparatus includes a first antenna coupled to a first radio frequency (RF) circuit to receive or transmit RF signals, and a second antenna coupled to a second RF circuit to receive or transmit RF signals. The apparatus further includes a first RF current blocker disposed between the first and second antennas, and a second RF current blocker disposed between the first and second antennas. The first and second RF current blockers increase isolation between the first and second antennas.
US10333212B2	Radiator, solderless interconnect thereof and grounding element thereof A radiator includes an aperture plate defining multiple slots in first and second transverse directions, spring probes disposed within each of the multiple slots, printed circuit boards (PCBs) each having major and minor surfaces and being recessed on either side of multiple portions of one of the minor surfaces to define multiple pads plated with conductive pad material electrically interconnected with a PCB circuit and a grounding element. Each of the PCBs is disposed with the corresponding one of the minor surfaces inserted into a slot such that the PCBs form a crisscrossing pattern and the pads form horizontal blind-mate contacts with the spring probes that are in-plane with corresponding PCB planes. The grounding element is interposed between crisscrossing PCB pairs at complementary notches thereof.
US10333211B2	Electronic device including multiband antenna An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an outer housing that comprises a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, a display adapted to expose at least a portion of the display through the first surface of the outer housing, a PCB arranged between the second surface and the display in an interior of the outer housing, a communication circuit arranged on or over the PCB, a first conductive structure formed of at least one of the first surface or at least a portion of the side surface is electrically connected to the communication circuit, and a second conductive structure formed of the portion of the display electrically connected to the first conductive structure.
US10333207B2	Vehicle and control method of controlling the same Provided is a vehicle including: an antenna configured to receive at least two external signals from an external device and to output an integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals; a single feeder cable electrically connected to the antenna and configured to transfer the integrated signal; and a controller electrically connected to the single feeder cable, and separating the integrated signal into at least two signals, and transferring the at least two signals to each module corresponding to each of the at least two signals.
US10333205B2	On-vehicle radar device and vehicle An on-vehicle radar device includes a mount and an antenna configured to transmit a transmission wave from an inner side of laminated glass, which includes an innermost glass layer, an outermost glass layer, and an intermediate resin layer, and receive a reflected wave. The antenna includes a transmitting antenna. When the mount is mounted on a bracket, the incident angle of the transmission wave on the innermost glass layer is greater than a Brewster angle on the inner surface of the innermost glass layer, and the incident angle of the transmission wave on the outermost glass layer is less than or equal to a Brewster angle between the outermost glass layer and the intermediate resin layer.
US10333203B2	Polarisation device for a satellite telecommunications antenna and associated antenna The present invention relates to a polarization device (10) for a satellite telecommunications antenna (11) including at least one frequency selective layer (12) able to convert a linear polarization (E), including two components (Ex, Ey), into left circular polarization in a first transmission frequency band (Tx) and into right circular polarization in a second receiving frequency band (Rx) or vice versa, the phase shift between the two components (Ex, Ey) of the linear polarization (E) being included between −85 and −95 degrees, preferably −90 degrees in one of the frequency bands (Rx, Tx), and the phase shift between the two components (Ex, Ey) of the linear polarization (E) being included between +85 and +95 degrees, preferably +90 degrees in the other frequency band (Rx, Tx).
US10333202B2	NFC antenna module and portable terminal having the same Provided are an NFC antenna module and a portable terminal having the same, the NFC antenna module having a printed circuit board inserted in a radiation sheet thereof or a radiation field formed on the lower surface and at a side part of the portable terminal, thereby improving the antenna characteristics while solving the problem of mounting space shortage in a small-sized portable terminal. The provided NFC antenna module includes: a printed circuit board; a first radiation sheet, which has a first radiation pattern formed along the outer periphery of a central part and is connected to the printed circuit board; and an electromagnetic wave shielding sheet stacked on the printed circuit board and the first radiation sheet.
US10333201B2	Multi-antenna wearable device A multi-antenna device may include a high-frequency antenna, a low-frequency antenna, and a patterned metal ground plane defining channels having capacitors operable a short circuit for the high-frequency antenna and an open-circuit for the low-frequency antenna. The high-frequency antenna, the low-frequency antenna, and the patterned metal ground plane may be coupled to a multi-layer printed circuit board of the multi-antenna device. The channels of the metal ground plane conductor may have dimensions to, themselves, operate as the capacitors. In other aspects, discrete capacitors may be positioned on the metal ground plane proximate to the channels to reduce eddy currents during operation of the low-frequency antenna.
US10333200B2	Portable device and near field communication chip In one embodiment, the antenna arrangement includes a primary antenna having a conductive sidewall; and a loop antenna disposed in and physically separated from the primary antenna. The loop antenna includes a first conductive loop and a capacitor electrically connected between ends of the first conductive loop.
US10333197B2	Wireless network with equipment area network A multi-level network system of an aircraft includes at least one equipment area network and a wide area network. The equipment area network includes equipment of the aircraft, at least one wireless device, and at least one equipment area network coordinator. The at least one wireless device is configured to transmit and receive data using a first wireless link. The at least one equipment area network coordinator is configured to transmit to and receive data from the at least one wireless device using the first wireless link and to transmit data to and receive data from the wide area network using a second wireless link, the first wireless link using lower power than the second wireless link. The wide area network includes a wide area network coordinator that is configured to transmit and receive data from the at least one equipment area network coordinator using the second wireless link.
US10333195B2	Electronic device According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, an antenna, and a sheet metal member. The antenna is contained in the housing with a gap formed between the antenna and the housing. The sheet metal member is supporting the antenna to be thermally connected with the antenna.
US10333193B2	Printed circuit board and printed circuit board for camera module A printed circuit board and a printed circuit board includes a signal transmitting part; a ground part that includes an impedance adjusting part and a dummy part; and an insulating layer disposed between the signal transmitting part and the ground part.
US10333190B2	Compact multifrequency dual-polarization radiofrequency exciter for a primary antenna source and a primary antenna source equipped with such a radiofrequency exciter A radiofrequency exciter comprises a junction including an axial access intended to be connected to a horn antenna, at least four lateral accesses and at least four frequency filters that are associated with the four lateral accesses, respectively, the junction including, in series, a first coupling cavity equipped with two coupling slots that are able to sample a vertical polarization, and a second coupling cavity equipped with two coupling slots that are able to sample a horizontal polarization, the four frequency filters being connected directly to the four respective coupling slots, the first coupling cavity having a transverse cross-section having a constant vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension that decreases between the axial access and a transverse exit aperture of the first coupling cavity.
US10333188B2	Transverse magnetic (TM) mode dielectric filter A transverse magnetic (TM) mode dielectric filter includes an enclosure, a dielectric resonator, a main cover, and an elastic component, where the dielectric resonator is disposed in a resonant cavity of the enclosure; the main cover is secured between the elastic component and an open end of the enclosure; the elastic component includes multiple elastic flaps; the multiple elastic flaps are evenly distributed around an axial direction of the dielectric resonator; one end of each of the elastic flaps is fixedly connected to the main cover, and free ends of the elastic flaps elastically act on a central part of an outer surface of the main cover, to provide an elastic force towards the dielectric resonator. The evenly distributed multiple elastic flaps produce a pressure towards the dielectric resonator. A uniform and stable pressure is produced around the dielectric resonator, to ensure a uniform current density inside the resonant cavity.
US10333185B2	Battery module including cooling structure in which coolant channel is minimally bent Disclosed herein is a battery module configured to have a structure in which two or more unit modules, each of which includes one or more battery cells, a frame member configured to have a structure to surround outer edges of the one or more battery cells, the frame member including cooling manifold elements located at opposite ends of one side of the outer edges of the battery cells, and a cooling member mounted in the frame member such that the cooling member faces the battery cells while being in contact with the battery cells, the cooling member including a plate-shaped cooling fin having a shape and a size corresponding to those of the battery cells and a coolant conduit having a hollow structure located at an outer edge of the cooling fin, are arranged while being in tight contact with each other, wherein the coolant conduit includes a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port connected to the cooling manifold elements of the frame member of each of the unit modules in a communicating fashion.
US10333183B2	Relithiation in oxidizing conditions Examples are disclosed of methods to recycle positive-electrode material of a lithium-ion battery. One example provides a method including relithiating the positive-electrode material in a solution comprising lithium ions and an oxidizing agent, and after relithiating, separating the positive-electrode material from the solution.
US10333181B2	Transparent autophotorechargeable electrochemical device A transparent photorechargeable electrochemical device is provided. An n-type semiconductor may be used as a positive-electrode active material in the transparent photorechargeable electrochemical device. A method for photorecharging the device is also provided.
US10333180B2	Apparatus and method for adjusting charging condition of secondary battery An apparatus and method for adjusting a charging condition of a secondary battery are provided. The apparatus includes: a controller configured to receive measurement results from a current measuring unit and a temperature measuring unit of the secondary battery, determine a charging current value and a current temperature value, determine a predicted overheat amount required to raise the temperature of the secondary battery from the current temperature to a threshold temperature for a preset reference time by using a predefined thermodynamic calculation equation, determine a predicted charging current required to generate the predicted overheat amount through charging, determine a predicted charging voltage expected when the predicted charging current flows through an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery, and when a condition of the predicted charging voltage being lower than a preset upper limit charging voltage is satisfied, adjust the upper limit charging voltage such that the upper limit charging voltage is lowered to the predicted charging voltage.
US10333177B2	Electrolytes and metal hydride batteries Metal hydride batteries comprising an electrolyte composition which comprises an aqueous solution comprising potassium hydroxide (KOH) and one or more halide and/or oxyacid salts exhibit reduced degradation of the anode material during operation. The salts are for instance alkali metal salts. Anode materials exhibit for instance <100 % of the degradation of the same anode material in the same battery when replacing the electrolyte composition with 30 weight percent (wt %) aqueous KOH and the conductivity of the electrolyte composition is for instance ≥85 % of 30 wt % aqueous KOH. Anode materials are for example ABx high capacity hydrogen storage alloys comprising Mg where x is from about 0.5 to about 5 and which has a discharge capacity of ≥400 mAh/g.
US10333176B2	Polymer electrolyte membranes for rechargeable batteries An electrolyte membrane for use in a rechargeable battery includes a polymer layer and platelet particles, where the polymer layer is reinforced with a fiber mat, and the polymer layer retains an electrolyte. A rechargeable battery uses the membrane in a position between a positive electrode and negative electrode where the membrane serves as an ion conductor for the battery.
US10333174B2	Lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode having a coating amount per unit area of 50 mg/cm2 or more and an electrode density of 3.3 g/cc or more and a negative electrode having a coating amount per unit area of 24 mg/cm2 or more and an electrode density of 1.5 g/cc or more, a separator having a shrinking ratio of 2% or less by heat treatment at 80° C. for 6 hours, and an electrolyte solution comprising at least one sulfonic acid ester compound, and a ratio of a sulfur content in the central portion (As) and a sulfur content in the edge portion (Bs) of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in each, is 0.7≤As/Bs≤1.1.
US10333173B2	Composite separator and electrolyte for solid state batteries Separator and electrolyte composites include a porous self-supporting separator film between or adjacent one or two electrolyte films. The electrolyte films may contain a glyme or mixture of glymes, LiX salt and complexing agent, such as PEO. The porous self-supporting separator film may be used dry or wetted with a liquid electrolyte composition. Solid state batteries include the described separator and electrolyte composites in combination with an anode and a cathode.
US10333171B2	Hexacyanometallates as highly conducting solid electrolytes for batteries Described here is a solid-state lithium-ion battery, comprising a cathode, an anode, and a solid-state electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte comprises a hexacyanometallate represented by AxPy[R(CN)6-wLw]z, wherein: A is at least one alkali metal cation, P is at least one transition metal cation, at least one post-transition metal cation, and/or at least one alkaline earth metal cation, R is at least one transition metal cation, L is an anion, x, y, and z are related based on electrical neutrality, x>0, y>0, z>0, and 0≤w≤6.
US10333168B2	Carbon dioxide composite getter A carbon dioxide composite getter comprising a CO2-permeable envelope containing powders of two active materials and sealed systems employing the carbon dioxide composite getter.
US10333164B2	Electrochemical-based purification of electrolyte solutions, and related systems and methods Methods and systems for removing impurities from electrolyte solutions having three or more valence states. In some embodiments, a method includes electrochemically reducing an electrolyte solution to lower its valence state to a level that causes impurities to precipitate out of the electrolyte solution and then filtering the precipitate(s) out of the electrolyte solution. In embodiments in which the electrolyte solution is desired to be at a valence state higher than the precipitation valence state, a method of the disclosure includes oxidizing the purified electrolyte solution to the target valence.
US10333158B2	Plate assembly having sealing members in an offset alignment A plate assembly includes a first plate and a second plate positioned adjacent to one another. The first plate includes a first sealing member formed thereon. The second plate includes a second sealing member formed thereon. The first sealing member includes a first end surface and first opposing sides extending from the first end surface. The second sealing member includes a second end surface and second opposing sides extending from the second end surface. The first and second sealing members are offset relative to one another by a first offset distance (D1) in a first longitudinal direction. By varying the sealing member's base width periodically, a greater sealing force is achieved. By offsetting alignment of pairs of sealing members along the seal path, uniform pressure along the seal path is achieved.
US10333157B2	Membrane-seal assembly The invention includes a reinforced membrane-seal assembly that comprises a reinforcing component, ion-conducting material, and seal material. The reinforcing component comprises a central region comprising a plurality of apertures extending from a first surface to a second surface of the reinforcing component, the central region having a first aperture area density; an inner peripheral border region surrounding the central region, where the inner peripheral border region is devoid of apertures; and an outer peripheral border region comprising a plurality of apertures extending from the first surface to the second surface of the reinforcing component, the outer peripheral border region having a second aperture area density. The outer peripheral border region surrounds the inner peripheral border region. The ion-conducting material at least partially fills each aperture in the central region of the reinforcing component and seal material fills each aperture in the outer peripheral border region of the reinforcing component.
US10333155B2	Porous medium with increased hydrophobicity and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a porous medium with increased hydrophobicity and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a micro-nano dual structure is provided by forming nanoprotrusions with a high aspect ratio by performing plasma etching on the surface of a porous medium with a micrometer-scale surface roughness and a hydrophobic thin film is deposited on the surface of the micro-nano dual structure, thus significantly increasing hydrophobicity. When this highly hydrophobic porous medium is used as a gas diffusion layer of a fuel cell, it is possible to efficiently discharge water produced during electrochemical reaction of the fuel cell, thus preventing flooding in the fuel cell. Moreover, it is possible to sufficiently supply reactant gases such as hydrogen and air (oxygen) to a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), thus improving the performance of the fuel cell.
US10333152B2	Fuel cell system and method for its operation A fuel cell system and a method of operating the same is provided that is capable of reducing degradation of a cathode catalyst of a fuel cell. A fuel cell system is provided that includes a fuel cell having a catalyst used for an anode, wherein a carrier of the catalyst is composed of a material with a property where electric resistance in an oxygen containing atmosphere is greater than electric resistance in a hydrogen atmosphere; and a control device configured to control the fuel cell, when supply of fuel gas is stopped during stoppage of operation of the fuel cell, to consume all or part of the fuel gas in a fuel gas chamber, followed by introducing oxygen containing gas into the fuel gas chamber.
US10333150B2	Method for manufacturing of substrate for lead acid battery, powder mixture for manufacturing the same and substrate for the same A method for manufacturing a substrate for a lead acid battery includes manufacturing a powder mixture by mixing lead powder and carbon powder and manufacturing a substrate by compress-molding the powder mixture. 85 wt % to 95 wt % of the lead powder and 5 wt % to 15 wt % of the carbon powder are mixed, based on 100 wt % of the powder mixture.
US10333149B2	Release system for electrochemical cells Electrochemical cells, and more specifically, release systems for the fabrication of electrochemical cells are described. In particular, release layer arrangements, assemblies, methods and compositions that facilitate the fabrication of electrochemical cell components, such as electrodes, are presented. In some embodiments, methods of fabricating an electrode involve the use of a release layer to separate portions of the electrode from a carrier substrate on which the electrode was fabricated. For example, an intermediate electrode assembly may include, in sequence, an electroactive material layer, a current collector layer, a release layer, and a carrier substrate. The carrier substrate can facilitate handling of the electrode during fabrication and/or assembly, but may be released from the electrode prior to commercial use.
US10333147B2	Cathode electrode material and lithium sulfur battery using the same A cathode electrode material and a lithium sulfur battery are disclosed. The cathode electrode material includes the cathode binder. The cathode binder includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a dianhydride monomer with a diamine monomer. At least one of the dianhydride monomer and the diamine monomer includes a silicon-containing monomer. The lithium sulfur battery includes an anode electrode, an electrolyte, and the cathode electrode, the cathode electrode includes a sulfur containing cathode active material, a conducting agent, and the cathode binder.
US10333145B2	Methods of making electrodes, electrodes made therefrom, and electrochemical energy storage cells utilizing the electrodes Method of making interconnected layered porous carbon sheets with porosity within the carbon sheets and in-between the carbon sheets for use as an electrode. Method of making a metal-nanoparticle carbon composite, wherein metal particles are surrounded by shells made of amorphous carbon. Electrodes containing an amorphous carbon structure comprising a plurality of interconnected layered porous carbon sheets. Electrodes containing graphitic carbon structure with a surface area in the range of 5-200 m2/g. Electrodes containing a metal-nanoparticle carbon composite comprising metal core-carbon shell like architecture and an amorphous structure, wherein metal particles are surrounded by shells made of amorphous carbon.
US10333142B2	Secondary battery including silicon-based compound Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode including a current collector coated with a positive electrode mixture that includes a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a current collector coated with a negative electrode mixture that includes a negative electrode active material; and an electrolyte solution including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the negative electrode includes a carbon-based material and a silicon-based compound, and the non-aqueous solvent includes cyclic carbonate and/or a linear solvent. The secondary battery exhibits superior lifespan characteristics and safety.
US10333140B2	Cobalt-based lithium metal oxide cathode material A layered lithium metal oxide powder for a cathode material used in a rechargeable battery, with the general formula (1−x)[Lia-bAb]3a[CO1-cMc]3b[O2-d-eN′e]6c.xLi3PO4, with 0.0001≤x≤0.05, 0.90≤a≤1.10, 0
US10333138B2	Cathode additive for rechargeable sodium batteries The present disclosure relates to a cathode additive for a rechargeable sodium battery, to mixtures of the additive and a cathode active material, to cathodes containing the additive, to electrochemical cells with cathodes containing the additive, and to rechargeable batteries with cathodes containing the additive.
US10333134B2	Protected electrode structures and methods An electrode structure and its method of manufacture are disclosed. The disclosed electrode structures may be manufactured by depositing a first release layer on a first carrier substrate. A first protective layer may be deposited on a surface of the first release layer and a first electroactive material layer may then be deposited on the first protective layer. The first protective layer may have a low mean peak to valley surface roughness and/or may be thin. In some embodiments, an interface between the first protective layer and the first electroactive material layer has a low mean peak to valley surface roughness.
US10333132B2	Power source device including terminal fixing part and deformable buffer portion Power source device includes a battery block, a plate, terminal fixing part, and buffer portion. The battery block includes a battery cell having electrode terminals. The battery block has a terminal surface on which electrode terminals are positioned. The plate is disposed on the terminal surface. The plate includes output terminal portion provided with general terminal bus-bar connected to one of electrode terminals. Output terminal portion has wall portion standing along general terminal bus-bar. Terminal fixing part connects the output line (OL) having a connection terminal (CT) at a tip thereof to general terminal bus-bar. Terminal fixing part fixes the connection terminal (CT) and the general terminal bus-bar to each other by a screwing structure. Buffer portion is formed so as to be deformable between the connection terminal (CT) and wall portion.
US10333131B2	Cover assembly and battery comprising the same A cover assembly and a battery comprising the same are provided. The cover assembly comprises: a cover plate body formed with at least a via hole penetrating therethrough; a cover plate connecting member hermetically connected with the cover plate body at the via hole, which is formed with an electrode receiving hole therein; and an electrode terminal penetrating through the electrode receiving hole to be hermetically connected with and insulated from the cover plate connecting member for leading out a current.
US10333128B2	Energy storage apparatus and energy storage apparatus checking method An energy storage apparatus provided with an energy storage device is provided with an electrode terminal disposed on the energy storage device, and a bus bar placed on a surface of the electrode terminal and connected to the electrode terminal. The bus bar includes a plurality of opening portions formed such that the surface of the electrode terminal is exposed.
US10333126B2	Fusion type composite separation membrane for lithium secondary battery, and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to a composite separation membrane for a lithium secondary battery having excellent lifetime and safety improvement effects, and a preparation method therefor and, more specifically, to a composite separation membrane for a lithium secondary battery, including: a porous base layer; a heat resistant layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the porous base layer; and a fusion layer formed on the outermost layer. Inorganic particles in the heat resistant layer are connected and fixed by a binder polymer, and the fusion layer is prepared by comprising amorphous polymer particles having a glass transition temperature of 30 to 90° C. and a difference between a fusion temperature and the glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower.
US10333125B2	Multilayer microporous separators for lithium ion secondary batteries and related methods An improved multilayer laminated microporous battery separator for a lithium ion secondary battery, and/or a method of making or using this separator is provided. The preferred inventive dry process separator is a tri-layer laminated Polypropylene/Polyethylene/Polypropylene microporous membrane with a thickness range of 12 μm to 30 μm having improved puncture strength and low electrical resistance for improved cycling and charge performance in a lithium ion battery. In addition, the preferred inventive separator's or membrane's low Electrical Resistance and high porosity provides superior charge rate performance in a lithium battery for high power applications.
US10333117B2	Battery pack including connection board, PCB housing accomodating PCB, and locking part locking PCB housing to connection board A battery pack may include a battery cell with a cell lead; a bus bar bonded to the cell lead and having a terminal pin; a connection board having the bus bar mounted thereon; and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB may have a terminal clip selectively connected to and disconnected from the terminal pin of the bus bar. The battery pack may also include a PCB housing defining a PCB accommodation space accommodating the PCB. The battery pack may further include a locking part that, in a first locking state, locks the PCB housing to the connection board at a first position where the terminal pin of the bus bar does not elastically deform the terminal clip of the PCB; and in a second locking state, lock the PCB housing to the connection board at a second position where the terminal pin elastically deforms the terminal clip.
US10333115B2	Tray for curved surface-structured battery cell Disclosed herein is a battery cell tray for receiving a secondary battery that can be repeatedly charged and discharged. More particularly, there is provided a battery cell tray having a curved battery cell receiving part that is capable of improving dimensional stability of a curved battery cell.
US10333113B2	Rechargeable battery having retainer A rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly; a case containing the electrode assembly; a cap plate covering an opening of the case; a terminal extending outside the cap plate; a lead tab connecting the electrode assembly to the terminal; and a retainer coupled to the lead tab inside the case and arranged between the lead tab and the case, the retainer including an insertion guide facing away from the electrode assembly and being inclined toward the electrode assembly in a direction extending away from the cap plate.
US10333111B2	Battery and method for manufacturing battery A battery capable of changing its form safely is provided. A bendable battery having a larger thickness is provided. A battery with increased capacity is provided. For an exterior body of the battery, a film in the shape of a periodic wave in one direction is used. A space is provided in an area surrounded by the exterior body and between an end portion of the electrode stack that is not fixed and an interior wall of the exterior body. Furthermore, the phases of waves of a pair of portions of the exterior body between which the electrode stack is located are different from each other. In particular, the phases are different from each other by 180 degrees so that wave crest lines overlap with each other and wave trough lines overlap with each other.
US10333110B2	Battery module and method for manufacturing the same A technique for sufficiently filling an adhesive between a battery retaining section of a holder and a battery cell in a battery module configured by the battery cell being inserted and adhered in the aperture-shaped battery retaining section provided in the holder is provided. An adhesive layer that adheres a holder and a battery cells in a battery module is formed in a two-layer structure of a holder-side adhesive layer making contact with an inner circumferential surfaces of a battery retaining sections and a cell-side adhesive layer making contact with an outer circumferential surfaces of the battery cells, and different types of adhesives are used for an adhesive configuring the holder-side adhesive layer and an adhesive configuring the cell-side adhesive layer.
US10333106B2	Light-emitting panel having plurality of organic light-emitting elements A light-emitting panel including at least a first light-emitting element, each light-emitting element having, between a first conductive film and a second conductive film, a first layer including a metal and a second layer including a light-emitting organic compound. The second layer having the organic compound emits light having a wavelength between 600 nm and 800 nm, and light having a wavelength between 400 nm and 600 nm. The distance between the first conductive film and the second conductive film in one of the light emitting elements being N/2 (where N is a natural number) of a length between 600 nm and 800 nm, and the distance between the first conductive film and the second conductive film in the other one of the light-emitting elements being N/2 (where N is a natural number) of a length between 400 nm and 600 nm.
US10333105B2	Organic light emitting display packaging structure and manufacturing method thereof An OLED packaging method and an OLED package structure are disclosed. The OLED packaging method combines a dam packaging technology and a thin film encapsulation technology. A dam is used to coffer an organic layer and limit a size thereof to ensure that each organic layer is completely covered an inorganic layer disposed thereon to improve a packaging effect. One mask can be used to produce multiple inorganic layers so an amount of masks is decreased to save costs. The OLED packaging structure combines a dam packaging structure and a thin film encapsulation structure. A dam is used to coffer an organic layer and limit a size thereof to ensure that each organic layer is completely covered an inorganic layer disposed thereon to improve a packaging effect. One mask can be used to produce multiple inorganic layers so an amount of masks is decreased to save costs.
US10333104B2	Method and apparatus for encapsulation of an organic light emitting diode A substrate includes a plurality of OLED, each having a conductor layer. A coating is formed over the OLEDs, the coating comprises a first inorganic layer formed over the OLED structures and at least partially over each of the contact layers, a buffer layer over the first inorganic layer, a second inorganic layer over the buffer layer, wherein the buffer layer comprises a first inorganic interface layer in contact with the first inorganic layer, a second inorganic interface layer in contact with the second inorganic layer, and an organic layer sandwiched between the first and second inorganic interface layers.
US10333103B2	Electroluminescent device and method for producing same In an organic EL display device that includes a TFT substrate (substrate) and an organic EL element (electroluminescent element) provided on the TFT substrate, a sealing film is provided that seals the organic EL element.The sealing film includes one or more layers of inorganic film. The thickness of a peripheral portion of at least one layer of inorganic film among the one or more layers of inorganic film is made thick.Further, a liquid repellent layer is provided covering the sealing film.
US10333098B2	Transparent OLED display panel and manufacturing method thereof The invention provides a transparent OLED display panel and manufacturing method thereof, the OLED display panel comprising: a transparent substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the substrate arranged in an array; each sub-pixel comprising: an anode disposed on the substrate, an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the anode, and a transparent cathode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer; the anode comprising: a first transparent electrode, a reflective electrode stacked on the first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode stacked on the reflective electrode, the reflective electrode forming a hollow area at the center; through forming hollow area on the reflective electrode of the anode, the light can be emitted simultaneously for the cathode and the hollow area to achieve transparent display with a simple and stable structure, high yield rate and low production cost.
US10333097B2	OLED display device An OLED display device includes an assisting conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of an upper substrate in such a way that the assisting conductive layer is in direct contact with and electrically connected to a second electrode that is located on a top surface of a lower substrate so that electrical conduction capability of the second electrode is enhanced and the electrical resistance of the second electrode is reduced to thereby make in-plane voltage homogenous, improve consistency of displaying, and alleviate the issues of non-uniform panel brightness and mura and also help reduce the thickness of the second electrode for saving material of the second electrode and increase light transparency of the second electrode.
US10333096B2	OLED display unit and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are an OLED display unit and a method for manufacturing the same. The OLED display unit includes a first electrode, a light emitting material layer, a second electrode, and an auxiliary electrode. The auxiliary electrode is provided below the second electrode, and is formed prior to the light emitting material layer. The auxiliary electrode is connected with the second electrode to reduce impedance of the second electrode. When the OLED display unit is used, a voltage drop resulted from a wire resistance of a cathode in a large sized display device can be reduced or eliminated, and increased power consumption caused by uneven light emission can be avoided.
US10333089B2	Organic light-emitting device and method for producing an organic light-emitting device Disclosed is an organic light-emitting, component which comprises a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a first organic functional layer stack on the first electrode, a charge carrier-generating layer stack on the first organic functional layer stack, a second organic functional layer stack on the charge carrier-generating layer stack, and a second electrode on the second organic functional layer stack. The charge carrier-generating layer stack comprises at least one hole-transporting layer, one electron-transporting layer and one intermediate layer, wherein the at least one intermediate layer comprises a naphthalocyanine derivative.
US10333088B1	Carbon nanotube transistor with carrier blocking using thin dielectric under contact The subject embodiments relate to carbon nanotube (CNT) transistors with carrier blocking using thin dielectric under the drain or source and drain contacts. According to an embodiment, a transistor is provided that comprises a CNT channel layer, a metal source contact formed on the carbon nanotube channel layer, and a metal drain contact formed on the carbon nanotube channel layer. The transistor structure further comprises a drain dielectric layer formed adjacent to and between a lower surface of the metal drain contact and an upper surface of the carbon nanotube channel layer. In one or more implementations, the drain dielectric layer comprises a material that suppresses injection of a first type of carrier into the CNT channel layer and facilitates the injection of a second type of carrier into the CNT channel layer.
US10333086B2	Flexible display panel fabrication method and flexible display panel A flexible display panel fabrication method and a flexible display panel where the method first subjects a photoresist layer to patterning to form a plurality of mutually spaced photoresist zones, a through hole being formed between every two adjacent ones of the photoresist zones; and then, subjecting the flexible backing plate to cavity formation with the photoresist zones as a mask so as to form a plurality of mutually parallel backing cavities respectively at locations corresponding to the through holes; and then, depositing a metal film and subsequently removing the photoresist zones and portions of the metal layer located thereon to form a plurality of metal patterns embedded in the plurality of mutually parallel backing cavities, each of the metal patterns including a scan line and a plurality of gate electrodes; and then, forming a plurality of TFTs arranged in an array and OLED light emissive elements.
US10333083B2	Photoelectric conversion film, solid-state image sensor, and electronic device [Object] To provide a photoelectric conversion film, a solid-state image sensor, and an electronic device which have an increased imaging characteristic.[Solution] Provided is a photoelectric conversion film including: a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General Formula (1), where, in General Formula (1), X represents any substituent selected from among the group consisting of a halogen, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group and a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group, R1 to R3 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted ring structure, and at least one of R1 to R3 includes at least one hetero atom in the ring structure.
US10333078B2	Fluorescent organic light emitting elements having high efficiency An organic light-emitting element which emits delayed fluorescence comprising specifically substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives or 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives in the light-emitting layer, a light-emitting layer comprising the specifically substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives or 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives, specific specifically substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives and 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives and an organic light emitting element comprising the specific 1,2,4-azole derivatives as well as a light emitting layer comprising the specific 1,2,4-azole derivatives; the use of the specifically substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives and 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives for electrophotographic photoreceptors, photoelectric converters, sensors, dye lasers, solar cell devices and organic light emitting elements, and the use of the specifically substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives and 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives for generating delayed fluorescence emission.
US10333077B2	Organic light-emitting devices An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer including an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes at least one compound selected from carbazole-based compounds, and at least one compound selected from heterocyclic compounds as described in the detailed description.
US10333073B2	Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element using the same, and electronic device comprising same Provided is a novel compound for EBL capable of improving the light emitting efficiency, stability and life span of a device, and an organic electric element and an electronic device using the same.
US10333067B2	Method for manufacturing organic electronic element, and method for forming electron hole injection layer A method for manufacturing an organic electronic element according to one embodiment includes: a hole injection layer coating film formation step of applying a hole injection layer coating liquid containing a material having an electron-accepting property on a plastic substrate 10 to form a hole injection layer coating film 22b; and a heat treatment step of heating the hole injection layer coating film by irradiating the hole injection layer coating film with an infrared ray to form a hole injection layer. The hole injection layer coating film has absorption in a first wavelength range of 1.2 μm to 5.0 μm, and the infrared ray is an infrared ray in which 80% or more of total radiation energy of the infrared ray in a wavelength range of 1.2 μm to 10.0 μm is included in the first wavelength range.
US10333064B2	Vertical memory cell for high-density memory This disclosure provides embodiments for the formation of vertical memory cell structures that may be implemented in RRAM devices. In one embodiment, memory cell area may be increased by varying word line height and/or word line interface surface characteristics to ensure the creation of a grain boundary that is suitable for formation of conductive pathways through an active layer of an RRAM memory cell. This may maintain continuum behavior while reducing random cell-to-cell variability that is often encountered at nanoscopic scales. In another embodiment, such vertical memory cell structures may be formed in multiple-tiers to define a three-dimensional RRAM memory array. Further embodiments also provide a spacer pitch-doubled RRAM memory array that integrates vertical memory cell structures.
US10333061B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same An electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include a variable resistance element. The variable resistance element may include a first magnetic layer formed over a first auxiliary layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed over the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer formed over the tunnel barrier layer, a second auxiliary layer formed over the second magnetic layer, and a hard mask formed over the second auxiliary layer. Side surfaces of the first magnetic layer may be substantially aligned with side surfaces of the first auxiliary layer, and the side surfaces of the first magnetic layer may deviate from side surfaces of the hard mask.
US10333060B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory includes: forming an etching target layer over a substrate; forming an initial hard mask pattern including a carbon-containing material over the etching target layer; forming a hard mask pattern by doping an impurity which increases a hardness of the carbon-containing material into a surface portion of the initial hard mask pattern; and etching the etching target layer by using the hard mask pattern as an etching barrier.
US10333059B2	Method of forming a stack of layers using a sacrificial layer The disclosed technology generally relates to forming a semiconductor structure and more particularly to forming a stack of layers of a semiconductor structure using a sacrificial layer that is removed during deposition of a functional layer. In one aspect, the disclosed technology relates to a method of protecting a top surface of a layer in a semiconductor structure. The method comprises: providing the layer on a substrate, the layer having an initial thickness and an initial composition; forming a sacrificial metal layer on and in contact with the layer, the sacrificial metal layer comprising a light metal element; and depositing by physical vapor deposition a functional metal layer on and in contact with the sacrificial metal layer. The sacrificial metal layer is removed by sputtering during the deposition of the functional metal layer, such that an interface is formed between the layer and the functional metal layer. The sacrificial metal layer protects the layer during the deposition of the functional metal layer, such that the layer has a final thickness which substantially matches the initial thickness and a final composition which substantially matches the initial composition.
US10333057B2	Hall element A hall element is provided to suppress fluctuation in a Hall output voltage of the hall element which is generated due to a fluctuation in stress. The hall element may be formed to include a substrate, a magnetosensitive portion formed on the substrate, an insulating film formed on the magnetosensitive portion, four conductive portions (electrode portions and contact portions) which are formed on the insulating film, electrically connected to the magnetosensitive portion through the insulating film, and disposed at positions serving as vertexes of a quadrangle, and ball portions electrically connected to the conductive portions, and at least one ball portion is disposed on a diagonal line of the quadrangle formed by a region surrounded by the four conductive portions and above a portion where the conductive portion and the insulating film are in contact with each other.
US10333053B2	Piezoelectric resonator device, and bonding structure of piezoelectric resonator device and circuit board A crystal resonator includes: a crystal resonator plate; a first sealing member that covers a first excitation electrode of the crystal resonator plate; and a second sealing member that covers a second excitation electrode of the crystal resonator plate and includes a first external electrode terminal and a second external electrode terminal to be bonded to a circuit board using a flowable conductive bonding material. The second sealing member includes a second through hole and a third through hole that pass through between a first main surface and a second main surface on which the first external electrode terminal and the second external electrode terminal are formed. The second through hole and the third through hole include: respective through electrodes for conduction between electrodes formed on the first main surface and the second main surface; and respective through parts.
US10333050B2	Method for producing a composite comprising a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) layer The invention relates to a method for producing a composite comprising a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) layer based on rare earth metal-barium-copper oxide on a substrate with defined biaxial texture, having the following steps: applying a first HTS coating solution to the substrate, drying the first HTS coating solution to produce a first film, pyrolyzing the first film to produce a first pyrolyzed sublayer, removing an interfacial layer on the upper side of the first pyrolyzed sublayer to produce a first pyrolyzed sublayer with reduced layer thickness, applying a second HTS coating solution to the first pyrolyzed sublayer with reduced layer thickness, drying the second HTS coating solution to produce a second film, pyrolyzing the second film to produce a second pyrolyzed sublayer, optionally forming one or more further pyrolyzed sublayers on the second pyrolyzed sublayer, and crystallizing the overall layer formed from the pyrolyzed sublayers to complete the HTS layer, wherein the removal of the interfacial layer in step D) is effected in such a way that a texture determined by the defined biaxial texture of the substrate is transferred to the first and also to the second pyrolyzed sublayer, and also to a product producible by such a method.
US10333048B2	Universal topological quantum computers based on majorana nanowire networks In this disclosure, example networks of coupled superconducting nanowires hosting MZMs are disclosed that can be used to realize a more powerful type of non-Abelian defect: a genon in an Ising×Ising topological state. The braiding of such genons provides the missing topological single-qubit π/8 phase gate. Combined with joint fermion parity measurements of MZMs, these operations provide a way to realize universal TQC.
US10333043B2	Light emitting device having element connection sections with convex shapes A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a light transmissive member and a sealing member. The substrate has a first main surface, a second main surface that is opposite from the first main surface, and a mounting surface that is adjacent to at least the second main surface. The substrate includes an insulating base material, and a pair of connection terminals. The insulating base material defines a concave component opening on the second main surface and the mounting surface. The connection terminals are disposed on the first main surface, and respectively have element connection sections with convex shapes. The light emitting element has a pair of electrodes which connect to the element connection sections of the pair of connection terminals. The light transmissive member is disposed on an upper surface of the light emitting element. The sealing member is in contact with at least a part of a side surface of the light emitting element, covers a side surface of the light transmissive member, and is formed substantially in the same plane as the substrate on the mounting surface.
US10333042B1	Package structure for display A package structure for a display includes a flexible base film, a plurality of pads, a light-emitting component array, and a patterned circuit layer. The flexible base film includes a plurality of conductive vias, a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The conductive vias connect the first surface and the second surface. A material of the flexible base film includes polyimide and black fillings. The pads are disposed on the first surface. The conductive vias are connected to the pads. The light-emitting component array includes a plurality of light-emitting component sets disposed on the pads and electrically connected to the pads. Each light-emitting component set includes a plurality of light-emitting components having different colors. The patterned circuit layer is disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the conductive vias.
US10333034B2	Phosphor and light emitting device and backlight module including the same A phosphor includes a europium-doped nitride phosphor powder and a manganese-doped fluoride phosphor powder. The weight ratio of the europium-doped nitride phosphor powder to the manganese-doped fluoride phosphor powder is in a range of 17.5% to 22.5%.
US10333032B2	Optoelectronic light-emitting component and leadframe assemblage An embodiment optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a housing having a leadframe with a first and second connection conductor. The housing further has a housing body surrounding the leadframe in one or more regions. The housing body extends in a vertical direction between a mounting side of the housing body and a front side of the housing body opposite the mounting side. The first connection conductor has a recess. A semiconductor chip configured to generate radiation is arranged within the housing, and the semiconductor chip is disposed in the recess and is affixed to the first connection conductor within the recess. A side face of the recess forms a reflector for reflecting the generated radiation. The first connection conductor protrudes from the housing body at the mounting side. The semiconductor chip is, in at least some regions, free of an encapsulation material adjoining the semiconductor chip.
US10333020B2	Automated assembly and mounting of solar cells on space panels The present disclosure provides methods of fabricating a multijunction solar cell panel in which one or more of the steps are performed using an automated process. In some embodiments, the automated process uses machine vision.
US10333015B2	Solar cell assembly I The present invention relates to a solar cell assembly, comprising a solar cell attached to a bonding pad and a cooling substrate and wherein the bonding pad and the cooling substrate are joined to each other in a planar and flush manner such that the bonding pad and the cooling substrate are connected to each other in the form of a solid state connection. The invention further relates to a solar cell assembly that includes a solar cell attached to a bonding pad and a cooling substrate and wherein the bonding pad is attached on a surface of the cooling substrate such that the bonding pad and the cooling substrate are connected to each other in the form of a solid state connection. Also, a method for manufacture of such solar cell assemblies is provided.
US10333012B2	Method for manufacturing crystalline silicon substrate for solar cell, method for manufacturing crystalline silicon solar cell, and method for manufacturing crystalline silicon solar cell module The method for manufacturing a crystalline silicon substrate for a solar cell includes: forming a texture on the surface of a single-crystalline silicon substrate by bringing an alkali solution and the surface of the single-crystalline silicon substrate into contact with each other; bringing an acidic solution and the surface of the single-crystalline silicon substrate into contact with each other to perform an acid treatment thereon; and then by bringing ozone water and the surface of the single-crystalline silicon substrate into contact with each other to perform an ozone treatment thereon. One aspect of embodiment is that the acidic solution used for the acid treatment is hydrochloric acid. Another aspect of embodiment is that the ozone treatment is performed by immersing the single-crystalline silicon substrate into the ozone water bath.
US10333011B2	In-plane resonant cavity infrared photodetectors with fully depleted absorbers Resonant-cavity infrared photodetector (RCID) devices that include a thin absorber layer contained entirely within the resonant cavity. In some embodiments, the absorber is a single type-II InAs—GaSb interface situated between an AlSb/InAs superlattice n-type region and a p-type AlSb/GaSb region. In other embodiments, the absorber region comprises quantum wells formed on an upper surface of the n-type region. In other embodiments, the absorber region comprises a “W”-structured quantum well situated between two barrier layers, the “W”-structured quantum well comprising a hole quantum well sandwiched between two electron quantum wells. In other embodiments, the RCID includes a thin absorber region and an nBn or pBp active core within a resonant cavity. In some embodiments, the RCID is configured to absorb incident light propagating in the direction of the epitaxial growth of the RCID structure, while in other embodiments, it absorbs light propagating in the epitaxial plane of the structure.
US10333008B2	Substrates having an antireflection layer and methods of forming an antireflection layer Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of making substrates having an antireflective layer, substrates having an antireflective layer, devices including a substrate having an antireflective layer, and the like.
US10333005B2	Merged P-intrinsic-N (PIN) Schottky diode In a general aspect, a device can include a substrate, a first pillar of a first conductivity type, a second pillar of a second conductivity type, the first pillar and the second pillar being alternately disposed, and a metal layer having a first portion disposed on the first pillar and a second portion disposed on the second pillar. The first portion of the metal layer can be wider than the second portion of the metal layer.
US10332997B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device that improves reliability. The impurity concentrations of a p++ source region and a p++ drain region are 5×1020 cm−3 or more. The channel-region-side end portion of a first insulating film is disposed on a p+ source region. The end portion has an inclined surface where the first insulating film thickness is reduced from the p+ source region toward a channel region. The channel-region-side end portion of a second insulating film is disposed on a p+ drain region. The end portion has an inclined surface where the second insulating film thickness is reduced from the p+ drain region toward the channel region. A gate electrode is disposed on the channel region, the p+ source region, the p+ drain region, and the inclined surfaces of the first and the second insulating films through a gate insulating film including an aluminum oxide film.
US10332996B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device for high power application in which a novel semiconductor material having high mass productivity is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed, and then, first heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film in order to reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film. Next, in order to further reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film, oxygen is added to the oxide semiconductor film by an ion implantation method, an ion doping method, or the like, and after that, second heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film.
US10332994B2	Method for manufacturing three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include an isolating layer, a buried gate, source and drain regions, a dielectric layer having a high dielectric constant and an insulating interlayer. The isolating layer may be formed on a semiconductor substrate to define an active region. The buried gate may be formed in the active region of the semiconductor substrate. The source and drain regions may be formed in the active region at both sides of the buried gate. The dielectric layer may be configured to surround the source and drain regions. The insulating interlayer may be formed on the dielectric layer.
US10332992B1	Semiconductor device having improved trench, source and gate electrode structures A semiconductor device according to one or more embodiments may include: a drain region; a drift region positioned above the drain region; a base region positioned on the drift region; a trench positioned to abut the base region and the drift region; an insulating in the trench; a counter electrode embedded in the insulating film; a gate electrode positioned above the counter electrode and that is embedded in the insulating film; and a source region that abuts the base region and the trench, wherein a thickness of the insulating film between the gate electrode and an interface between the drift region and the base region is larger than a thickness of the insulating film between the gate electrode and an interface between the source region and the base region.
US10332986B2	Formation of inner spacer on nanosheet MOSFET A method of forming a field effect transistor (FET) includes performing an oxidation on a nanosheet structure having alternating sheets of silicon and silicon germanium. An oxide etch is performed to remove portions of the sheets of silicon germanium. Other embodiments are also described herein.
US10332985B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure having a stack of alternating first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers on a substrate. The first and second semiconductor layers include first end portions on either side of a second portion along a length of the first and second semiconductor layers. The first and second semiconductor layers are formed of different materials. The second portion of the first semiconductor layers is removed to form spaces. A mask layer is formed over the second portion of an uppermost second semiconductor layer above the spaces. The first portions of first and second semiconductor layers are irradiated with radiation from a radiation source to cause material from the first portions of the first and second semiconductor layers to combine with each other.
US10332984B2	Semiconductor devices having reduced contact resistance A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a gate structure, source/drain regions, ones of the source/drain regions having an upper surface in which a recessed region is formed, a contact plug on the source/drain regions and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate from an interior of the recessed region, a metal silicide film on an internal surface of the recessed region and including a first portion between a bottom surface of the recessed region and a lower surface of the contact plug and a second portion between a side wall of the recessed region and a side surface of the contact plug, and a metal layer connected to an upper portion of the metal silicide film and on a side surface of a region of the contact plug.
US10332983B1	Vertical field-effect transistors including uniform gate lengths Vertical field-effect transistors are fabricated while controlling gate length by causing enhanced oxidation of silicon germanium regions on parallel semiconductor fin channel regions. Oxidation of the silicon germanium region is accompanied by volume expansion and condensation. Shared or non-shared gate structures are formed on the sidewalls of the semiconductor fin channel regions. A dielectric liner may be incorporated with self-aligned oxide regions to form a composite spacer for providing electrical isolation of the top source/drain regions.
US10332972B2	Single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor fabricated on III-V compound semiconductor surface A vertical, single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor device includes an all-around extrinsic base. Homojunction and heterojunction devices are formed using III-V compound semiconductor materials with appropriate bandgaps. Fabrication of the transistor device includes epitaxially growing a III-V compound semiconductor base region on a heavily doped III-V compound semiconductor bottom layer. A polycrystalline emitter/collector layer and the all-around extrinsic base are grown on the base region.
US10332971B2	Replacement metal gate stack for diffusion prevention A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes depositing a gate dielectric layer lining a recess of a gate structure formed on a substrate with a first portion of the gate dielectric layer covering sidewalls of the recess and a second portion of the gate dielectric layer covering a bottom of the recess. A protective layer is deposited above the gate dielectric layer and then recessed selectively to the gate dielectric layer so that a top surface of the protective layer is below of the recess. The first portion of the gate dielectric layer is recessed until a top of the first portion of the gate dielectric layer is approximately coplanar with the top surface of the protective layer. The protective layer is removed and a conductive barrier is deposited above the recessed first portion of the gate dielectric layer to cut a diffusion path to the gate dielectric layer.
US10332970B2	Method for manufacturing horizontal-gate-all-around devices with different number of nanowires A method includes the following operations: (i) receiving a FET precursor including a first fin and a second fin, each of the first fin and the second fin having nanowire channels and sacrificial layers; (ii) forming a dummy gate traversing the first and second fins, thereby defining channel regions of the first and second fins under the dummy gate; (iii) forming source/drain features from exposed portions of the first and second fins; (iv) removing the dummy gate to expose the channel regions of the first and second fins; and (v) suspending the nanowire channels of the first and second fins by removing portions of the sacrificial layers of the first and second fins.
US10332965B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a plurality of fins. Each of the fins has a multi-layer stack comprising a first nanowire and a second nanowire. A first portion of the first nanowire and second nanowire are doped to form source and drain regions. An epitaxial layer wraps around the first portion of first nanowire and second nanowire over the source and drain region. A gate is disposed over a second portion of the first nanowire and second nanowire. The epitaxial layer is interposed in between the first nanowire and the second nanowire over the source and drain region. The epitaxial layer has a zig-zag contour.
US10332964B2	Single poly electrical erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) A single poly electrical erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) includes a source, a drain, a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The source and the drain are located in a substrate, wherein the source and the drain have a first conductive type. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and between the source and the drain, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer having two tunnel dielectric parts separating from each other, and thicknesses of the two tunnel dielectric parts are thinner than thicknesses of the other parts of the first dielectric layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the electrode layer includes a first electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer, thereby the first electrode being a floating gate.
US10332963B1	Uniformity tuning of variable-height features formed in trenches Methods of forming a structure for a field-effect transistor and related structures. A trench is formed in one or more semiconductor layers, and forming first and second sacrificial sidewall spacers are formed on an upper portion of the trench. A material is formed in the trench that is arranged in part between the first sacrificial sidewall spacer and the second sacrificial space. After forming the material in the trench, the first and second sacrificial sidewall spacers are removed. After removing the first and second sacrificial sidewall spacers, an upper portion of the material is removed with an isotropic etching process.
US10332962B2	Nanosheet semiconductor structure with inner spacer formed by oxidation A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes forming a nanosheet stack on a base. The nanosheet stack comprises one or more first nanosheet layers each comprised of a first material and one or more second nanosheet layers each comprised of a second material different from the first material. The nanosheet stack is recessed. Inner spacers comprising a third material are formed. Forming the inner spacers includes converting the first material corresponding to outer portions of each of the one or more first nanosheet layers into the third material.
US10332957B2	Stacked capacitor with symmetric leakage and break-down behaviors A layered structure including a tri-stack dielectric layer and a plurality of metal layers insulated from each other by the tri-stack dielectric layer. The plurality of metal layers includes a set of first-type metal layers and a set of second-type metal layers. An adjacent pair of the plurality of metal layers includes a first-type metal layer and a second-type metal layer. The tri-stack dielectric layer includes a first tri-stack layer including Al2O3, a second tri-stack layer including HfO2; and a third tri-stack layer including Al2O3.
US10332956B2	Precision beol resistors A semiconductor structure that includes a resistor that is located within an interconnect dielectric material layer of an interconnect level is provided. The resistor includes a diffusion barrier material that is present at a bottom of a feature that is located in the interconnect dielectric material layer. In some embodiments, the resistor has a topmost surface that is located entirely beneath a topmost surface of the interconnect dielectric material layer. In such an embodiment, the resistor is provided by removing sidewall portions of a diffusion barrier liner that surrounds a metal-containing structure. The removal of the sidewall portions of the diffusion barrier liner reduces the parasitic noise that is contributed to the sidewall portions of a resistor that includes such a diffusion barrier liner. Improved precision can also be obtained since sidewall portions may have a high thickness variation which may adversely affect the resistor's precision.
US10332955B2	Precision BEOL resistors A semiconductor structure that includes a resistor that is located within an interconnect dielectric material layer of an interconnect level is provided. The resistor includes a diffusion barrier material that is present at a bottom of a feature that is located in the interconnect dielectric material layer. In some embodiments, the resistor has a topmost surface that is located entirely beneath a topmost surface of the interconnect dielectric material layer. In such an embodiment, the resistor is provided by removing sidewall portions of a diffusion barrier liner that surrounds a metal-containing structure. The removal of the sidewall portions of the diffusion barrier liner reduces the parasitic noise that is contributed to the sidewall portions of a resistor that includes such a diffusion barrier liner. Improved precision can also be obtained since sidewall portions may have a high thickness variation which may adversely affect the resistor's precision.
US10332952B2	Display unit, method of manufacturing display unit, and electronic apparatus A display unit includes a display panel including a display region and a terminal region on a first substrate, the display region including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a light emitting element, and the terminal region including a plurality of terminals at a part of a peripheral region of the display region. The light emitting element includes a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode that is provided commonly to the plurality of pixels, in order from the first substrate side. The second electrode extends, continuously in a plan view, to an end of the first substrate in a region on the first substrate except for the terminal region, and is configured to be electrically disconnected from an exterior member of the display panel.
US10332945B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate; a common voltage line; a pixel including: a first area at which light is emitted and a contact area at which the common voltage line is electrically connected to the pixel; a via insulating layer including a contact via hole defined therein to expose a portion of the common voltage line; a pixel electrode in the first area of the pixel; a pixel-defining layer including a first opening defined therein to expose a portion of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer on the exposed portion of the pixel electrode, the intermediate layer including an organic emission layer; and a counter electrode on the intermediate layer, the counter electrode in direct contact with the common voltage line at the contact via hole in the contact area.
US10332940B2	Organic light emitting diode display device The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting diode display device including: first to third color filter layers disposed corresponding to red, green, and blue sub-pixels, respectively; and a fourth color filter layer alternately arranged including a color layer having the same color as any one of the first to third color filter layers in a white sub-pixel in each of a plurality of pixels, and having a smaller height than the first to third color filter layers. Additional color filter layers may also be included. The display device of the present disclosure has lower reflectance and enhanced black color expression.
US10332938B2	Display panel capable of reducing color variation and method of manufacturing the same A display panel includes a base substrate, an active pattern on the base substrate, and including a first active pattern of a first transistor, and a second active pattern of a second transistor, a gate pattern on the base substrate, and including a first gate electrode that overlaps the first active pattern, and a second gate electrode that overlaps the second active pattern, an insulation layer covering the gate pattern, a first conductive pattern on the insulation layer, and electrically connected to the first gate electrode through a first contact hole formed through the insulation layer, and a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the second gate electrode through a second contact hole formed through the insulation layer, wherein each of the first contact hole and the second contact hole overlaps, partially overlaps, or does not overlap each of the first active pattern and the second active pattern, and wherein a first overlapped area at which the first active pattern overlaps the first contact hole is different from a second overlapped area at which the second active pattern overlaps the second contact hole.
US10332933B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same An electronic device may include a semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory may include a variable resistance element. The variable resistance element may include a lower electrode; a spacer formed on a side surface of the lower electrode; and a variable resistance pattern disposed over the lower electrode, wherein a portion of the lower electrode covers a top surface of the spacer.
US10332932B2	Solid-state image pickup device, manufacturing method, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus, which can obtain high charge transfer efficiency from a photoelectric conversion unit to a floating diffusion layer. The floating diffusion layer is arranged in a rectangular shape so as to surround a gate electrode of a vertical transistor whose groove portion is rectangular. A reset drain is formed so as to be adjacent to the floating diffusion layer through a reset gate. A potential of the floating diffusion layer is reset to the same potential as that of the reset drain by applying a predetermined voltage to the reset gate. It is possible to apply the present disclosure to, for example, a CMOS solid-state image pickup device used in an image pickup device such as a camera.
US10332929B2	Integrated sensing module and integrated sensing assembly using the same An integrated sensing module includes: an image sensing chip including photo sensing units arranged in a two-dimensional array; a micro-hole layer disposed on the image sensing chip and having one or multiple micro holes corresponding to the photo sensing units, wherein the photo sensing units sense an optical image of an object through the one or multiple micro holes; and a transparent cover or a transparent cover assembly disposed over the micro-hole layer. An integrated sensing assembly using the integrated sensing module is also provided.
US10332927B2	Semiconductor device, manufacturing method, solid state image sensor, and electronic equipment The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method, a solid state image sensor, and electronic equipment that can achieve further improvement in reliability. Connection pads are formed in interlayer films provided respectively in interconnection layers of a sensor substrate on which a sensor surface having pixels is formed and a signal processing substrate configured to perform signal processing on the sensor substrate to make an electrical connection between the sensor substrate and the signal processing substrate. Then, a metal oxide film is formed between the interlayer films of the sensor substrate and the signal processing substrate, between the connection pad formed on a side toward the sensor substrate and the interlayer film on a side toward the signal processing substrate, and between the connection pad formed on the side toward the signal processing substrate and the interlayer film on the side toward the sensor substrate. The present technology can be applied to a laminated-type CMOS image sensor, for example.
US10332923B2	Control circuitry for 1D optical metasurfaces A hologram system may include a hologram chip comprising a wafer substrate having a first plurality of conductive pads on a hologram surface region connected to a second plurality of conductive pads on an interconnect surface region. The hologram chip may also include an array of sub-wavelength hologram elements integrated with a refractive index tunable core material on the hologram region of the wafer substrate. The hologram system may also include a control circuit chip having a third plurality of conductive pads connected to the second plurality of conductive pads on the interconnect region of the wafer substrate. The interconnect region is on the same side of the wafer substrate as the hologram region. The first plurality of conductive pads is directly connected to the array of sub-wavelength hologram elements.
US10332921B2	Solid-state image sensing device and method for manufacturing the same, and electronic device The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensing device capable of restricting an occurrence of a dark current and a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A solid-state image sensing device includes a FD part formed on a P-type semiconductor substrate by implanting an N-type impurity, a high-dielectric insulative film laminated on at least the FD part, and a contact electrode connected to the FD part in a connection structure via the high-dielectric insulative film. For example, the high-dielectric insulative film is formed by use of a material which reduces the schottky barrier height in a connection part between the FD part and the electrode in a single layer or in a plurality of layers. The present technology is applicable to CMOS image sensors, for example.
US10332920B2	Hollowed electronic display Presented here are manufacturing techniques to create an irregularly shaped electronic display, including a hollow within which a sensor, such as a camera, can be placed. The manufacturing techniques enable the creation of the hollow anytime during the manufacturing process. The resulting electronic display occupies the full side of the mobile device, with the sensors placed within and surrounded by the display.
US10332915B2	Display device and hand-held electronic device An electronic device includes a liquid crystal display device having a first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, with liquid crystal material held between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an upper polarizing plate affixed to the second substrate. A protective member is disposed over the upper polarizing plate, and an adhesive member is disposed between the protective member and the upper polarizing plate without an air layer between the protective member and the upper polarizing plate. The protective member is configured as a protective cover of the electronic device.
US10332911B2	Integrated circuits (ICs) on a glass substrate An integrated circuit (IC) includes a glass substrate and a buried oxide layer. The IC additionally includes a first semiconductor device coupled to the glass substrate. The first semiconductor device includes a first gate and a first portion of a semiconductive layer coupled to the buried oxide layer. The first gate is located between the glass substrate and the first portion of the semiconductive layer and between the glass substrate and the buried oxide layer. The IC additionally includes a second semiconductor device coupled to the glass substrate. The second semiconductor device includes a second gate and a second portion of the semiconductive layer. The second gate is located between the glass substrate and the second portion of the semiconductive layer. The first portion is discontinuous from the second portion.
US10332909B2	Etchant composition, method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same, and semiconductor device Provided herein is a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes alternately forming sacrificial layers and interlayer insulating layers on a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming a slit to expose the sacrificial layers by etching through the sacrificial layers and the interlayer insulating layers and forming interlayer openings by removing the exposed sacrificial layers. The method also includes depositing a conductive material in the interlayer openings and forming seams in which core patterns are deposited. The method additionally includes oxidizing a portion of the conductive material in the interlayer openings using a wet etching process and forming conductive patterns by removing the oxidized portion of the conductive material from the interlayer openings while leaving the seams intact.
US10332908B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first channel layer and a second channel layer, each extending from an upper portion to a lower portion; and word lines stacked toward the upper portion from the lower portion, the word lines spaced apart from each other, the word lines each extending to surround the first channel layer and the second layer; a first lower select group surrounding a portion of the first channel layer that further protrudes toward the lower portion than the word lines; and a second lower select group surrounding a portion of the second channel layer that further protrudes toward the lower portion than the word lines.
US10332906B2	Dry etching method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A dry etching method includes a process of, while continuously applying bias power using an ion species to a material to be processed including a first conductive member, a first insulating film provided on the first conductive member, a second conductive member provided on the first insulating film, and a second insulating film provided on the second conductive member, dry etching the second insulating film to expose the second conductive member. A time for which the bias power is continuously applied is set to 50 microseconds or less and a duty ratio of the bias power is set to 50% or less.
US10332903B2	Multi-layer structure and a method for manufacturing the same and a corresponding contact structure A method for manufacturing a multi-layer structure is provided. The method includes following steps. First, a stack of alternate conductive layers and insulating layers is formed on a substrate, and the stack includes a multi-layer area and a contact area adjacent to the multi-layer area. Next, a plurality of first openings are formed in the contact area. Then, a conductive connecting structure is formed on the stack and into the first openings. Thereafter, the stack is patterned. The conductive connecting structure continuously extends on the contact area and into the first openings to maintain an electrical connection among the conductive layers while the stack is patterned.
US10332900B2	Vertical memory devices A vertical memory device includes a gate structure on a peripheral circuit region of a substrate, the substrate including a cell region and the peripheral circuit region, and the gate structure including a first gate electrode, second, third, and fourth gate electrodes sequentially disposed at a plurality of levels, respectively, on the cell region of the substrate in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, a first epitaxial layer extending through the second gate electrode on the cell region of the substrate, a channel extending through the third and fourth gate electrodes in the vertical direction on the first epitaxial layer, and a second epitaxial layer on a portion of the peripheral circuit region of the substrate adjacent the gate structure.
US10332898B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern and a second active pattern on a substrate, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode respectively across the first active pattern and the second active pattern, a first insulation pattern between and separating the first and second gate electrodes, a gate spacer on a sidewall of the first gate electrode, on a sidewall of the second gate electrode, and on a sidewall of the first insulation pattern, and a second insulation pattern between the gate spacer and the sidewall of the first insulation pattern, wherein the first gate electrode, the first insulation pattern, and the second gate electrode are arranged along a first direction, and wherein the gate spacer extends in the first direction.
US10332897B2	Method of reducing fin width in FinFet SRAM array to mitigate low voltage strap bit fails Various aspects include a static random access memory (SRAM) bitcell array structure. In some cases, the SRAM bitcell array structure includes at least one fin in an array of fins in a substrate, where a width of a first portion of the at least one fin is less than a width of a second portion of the at least one fin in the array of fins.
US10332895B2	Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods thereof A semiconductor device includes a base substrate including an NMOS region and a PMOS region. The PMOS region includes a first P-type region and a second P-type region. The semiconductor device also includes an interlayer dielectric layer, a gate structure formed through the interlayer dielectric layer and including an N-type region gate structure formed in the NMOS region, a first gate structure formed in the first P-type region and connected to the N-type region gate structure, and a second gate structure formed in the second P-type region and connected to the first gate structure. The direction from the N-type region gate structure to the second gate structure is an extending direction of the gate structure, and along a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the gate structure, the width of the first gate structure is larger than the width of the second gate structure.
US10332889B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes the steps of providing a capacitor structure, forming a conductive layer on the capacitor structure, performing a hydrogen doping process to the conductive layer, forming a metal layer on the conductive layer after the hydrogen doping process, and patterning the metal layer and the conductive layer to forma top electrode plate.
US10332886B2	Thyristor volatile random access memory and methods of manufacture Memory cells are formed with vertical thyristors to create a volatile memory array. Power consumption in such arrays is reduced or controlled for an operation on a set of memory cells in an array, sequentially engaging subsets of memory cells for the operation while keeping the remaining memory cells of the set on hold until all the memory cells of the set have been operated on.
US10332875B2	Semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel dielectric disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate disposed on the tunnel dielectric, a control gate disposed on the floating gate, and an insulation layer disposed between the floating gate and the control gate. The semiconductor device further includes a spacer continuously distributed on the sidewall surfaces of the floating gate and the control gate, and the spacer overlaps portions of the top surface of the floating gate.
US10332872B2	Thin-film device A thin-film device is provided with high reliability that prevents breakage of a thin-film resistance element due to stress caused by expansion of a resin layer. Thin-film resistance elements can be pressed against a substrate with a first constraint thin film that is formed on a resin layer arranged on a resin layer at the opposite side to the substrate so as to overlap with the thin-film resistance elements when seen in the plan view of the device. Therefore, bending stress that is applied to the thin-film resistance elements due to expansion of the resin layers in a high-temperature state can be moderated to thereby prevent breakage of the thin-film resistance elements due to stress caused by the expansion of the resin layers.
US10332871B2	Area-efficient and robust electrostatic discharge circuit Described is an apparatus which comprises: a pad; a first transistor coupled in series with a second transistor and coupled to the pad; and a self-biasing circuit to bias the first transistor such that the first transistor is to be weakly biased during an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. Described is also an apparatus which comprises: a first transistor; and a first local ballast resistor formed of a trench contact (TCN) layer, the first local ballast resistor having a first terminal coupled to either the drain or source terminal of the first transistor.
US10332867B2	Illumination assembly, method of manufacturing the illumination assembly, and backlight module including the illumination assembly An illumination assembly includes a substrate, a wiring structure, a reflecting layer and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The wiring structure is formed on a part of the substrate, and includes a catalyst layer covering the part of the substrate, and a conducting layer formed on the catalyst layer. The reflecting layer is formed on another part of the substrate that is exposed from the wiring structure. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the wiring structure and are electrically connected to the wiring structure.
US10332866B2	Light source device and light emitting apparatus There is provided a light source device which includes at least one kind of light emitting elements of which the number is one or more, and a phosphor excited by output light of the light emitting element. In a case where all light emitting elements mounted before the phosphor is mounted in the light source device emit light, the light source device has a peak wavelength of output light in a first wavelength region of longer than 440 nm and 490 nm or shorter, and has a peak wavelength of output light in a second wavelength region of 380 nm to 440 nm. Thus, it is possible to provide a light source device which can cause the white color, the dark-blue color, and the black color to simultaneously look vivid when an irradiation target (for example, clothes or the like) is irradiated.
US10332865B2	Method of fabricating light emitting diode module A method of fabricating a LED module includes preparing a circuit board, such that the circuit board includes a reflective laminate around a chip mounting region and an electrode pad in the chip mounting region, preparing a mask, such that the mask includes a protruding portion with a discharge hole, and the protruding portion is inserted into a space surrounded by the reflective laminate, dispensing solder paste onto the electrode pad using the mask, and bonding an electrode of a LED chip to the electrode pad of the circuit board using the solder paste.
US10332864B2	Integrated circuit package for assembling various dice in a single IC package An integrated circuit IC package with one or more pins protruding from the IC package for electrically connecting the IC package with a printed circuit board PCB is presented. The IC package has a first die with a first electronic component, a second die with a second electronic component, and a conductive plate having a plane surface. The first electronic component may be a semiconductor power device and the second electronic component may be a control circuit. The plane surface of the conductive plate is electrically connected to both a plane surface of the first die and one or more pins such that an electrical connection is established between the first die and the one or more pins. The second die may be arranged on top of the conductive plate. Alternatively, a third die with a third electronic component may be arranged on top of the conductive plate.
US10332862B2	Semiconductor package structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor package structure includes a first substrate, at least one first semiconductor element and a second substrate. The first semiconductor element is attached to the first substrate. The second substrate defines a cavity and includes a plurality of thermal vias. One end of each of the thermal vias is exposed in the cavity, and the first semiconductor element is disposed within the cavity and thermally connected to the thermal vias.
US10332860B2	Apparatus and method for multi-die interconnection A semiconductor and a method of fabricating the semiconductor having multiple, interconnected die including: providing a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of disparate die formed within the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of scribe lines formed between pairs of adjacent die of the plurality of disparate die; and fabricating, by a lithography system, a plurality of inter-die connections that extend between adjacent pair of die of the plurality of die.
US10332859B2	Display device with overlapped display panels capable of displaying a wide color gamut image on a seamless wide display region A display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. Light emitted from a first light-emitting element has a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate x of greater than 0.680 and less than or equal to 0.720 and a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate y of greater than or equal to 0.260 and less than or equal to 0.320. Light emitted from a second light-emitting element has a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate x of greater than or equal to 0.130 and less than or equal to 0.250 and a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate y of greater than 0.710 and less than or equal to 0.810. Light emitted from a third light-emitting element has a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate x of greater than or equal to 0.120 and less than or equal to 0.170 and a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate y of greater than or equal to 0.020 and less than 0.060.
US10332857B2	Rare earth pnictides for strain management Systems and methods described herein may include a first semiconductor layer with a first lattice constant, a rare earth pnictide buffer epitaxially grown over the first semiconductor, wherein a first region of the rare earth pnictide buffer adjacent to the first semiconductor has a net strain that is less than 1%, a second semiconductor layer epitaxially grown over the rare earth pnictide buffer, wherein a second region of the rare earth pnictide buffer adjacent to the second semiconductor has a net strain that is a desired strain, and wherein the rare earth pnictide buffer may comprise one or more rare earth elements and one or more Group V elements. In some examples, the desired strain is approximately zero.
US10332856B2	Package structure and method of fabricating the same A package structure including at least one semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulant, an insulating layer, conductive pillars, a dummy pillar, a first seed layer and a redistribution layer is provided. The semiconductor die have a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the semiconductor die. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor die and on the insulating encapsulant. The conductive pillars are located on the semiconductor die. The dummy pillar is located on the insulating encapsulant. The first seed layer is embedded in the insulating layer, wherein the first seed layer is located in between the conductive pillars and the semiconductor die, and located in between the dummy pillar and the insulating encapsulant. The redistribution layer is disposed over the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the semiconductor die through the conductive pillars.
US10332851B2	Semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a carrier having a first surface and including a power layer adjacent to the first surface of the carrier, an electrical component disposed on the first surface of the carrier, and a conductive element disposed on the first surface of the carrier. The electrical component is electrically connected to the power layer. The conductive element is electrically connected to the power layer. The conductive element, the power layer, and the electrical component form a power-transmission path.
US10332850B2	Method for producing contact areas on a semiconductor substrate Provided herein is a method for producing hollow contact areas for insertion bonding, formed on a semiconductor substrate comprising a stack of one or more metallization layers on a surface of the substrate. Openings are etched in a dielectric layer by plasma etching, using a resist layer as a mask. The resist layer and plasma etch parameters are chosen to obtain openings with sloped sidewalls having a pre-defined slope, due to controlled formation of a polymer layer forming on the sidewalls of the resist hole and the hollow contact opening formed during etching. According to a preferred embodiment, metal deposited in the hollow contact areas and on top of the dielectric layer is planarized using chemical mechanical polishing, leading to mutually isolated contact areas. The disclosure is also related to components obtainable by the method and to a semiconductor package comprising such components.
US10332847B2	Semiconductor package with integrated harmonic termination feature A semiconductor package includes a metal flange having a lower surface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface. An electrically insulating window frame is disposed on the upper surface of the flange. The electrically insulating window frame forms a ring around a periphery of the metal flange so as to expose the upper surface of the metal flange in a central die attach region. A first electrically conductive lead is disposed on the electrically insulating window frame and extends away from a first side of the metal flange. A second electrically conductive lead is disposed on the electrically insulating window frame and extends away from a second side of the metal flange, the second side being opposite the first side. A first harmonic filtering feature is formed on a portion of the electrically insulating window frame and is electrically connected to the first electrically conductive lead.
US10332841B2	System on integrated chips and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device and methods of forming are provided. The method includes bonding a second die to a surface of a first die. The method includes encapsulating the second die in an isolation material, and forming a through via extending through the isolation material. The method also includes forming a first passive device in the isolation material.
US10332835B2	Memory device and method for fabricating the same A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a bottom insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive layer which is a selective epitaxial growth layer disposed on the bottom insulating layer; a plurality insulating layers disposed over the bottom insulating layer; a plurality of second conductive layers alternatively stacked the insulating layers and insulated from the first conductive layer; a contact plug passing through the bottom insulating layer and electrically contacting the semiconductor substrate with the first conductive layer; a channel layer disposed on at least one sidewall of at least one first through opening and electrically contact the contact plug, wherein the first through opening passes through the insulating layers, the second conductive layers, so as to expose the contact plug; and a memory layer disposed between the channel layer and the second conductive layers.
US10332833B2	Ultra high performance interposer An interconnection component includes a semiconductor material layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and spaced apart in a first direction. At least two metalized vias extend through the semiconductor material layer. A first pair of the at least two metalized vias are spaced apart from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first insulating via in the semiconductor layer extends from the first surface toward the second surface. The insulating via is positioned such that a geometric center of the insulating via is between two planes that are orthogonal to the second direction and that pass through each of the first pair of the at least two metalized vias. A dielectric material at least partially fills the first insulating via or at least partially encloses a void in the insulating via.
US10332832B2	Method of manufacturing an electronics package using device-last or device-almost last placement A method of manufacturing a multi-layer electronics package includes attaching a base insulating substrate to a frame having an opening therein and such that the frame is positioned above and/or below the base insulating substrate to provide support thereto. A first conductive wiring layer is applied on the first side of the base insulating substrate, and vias are formed in the base insulating substrate. A second conductive wiring layer is formed on the second side of the base insulating substrate that covers the vias and the exposed portions of the first conductive wiring layer and at least one additional insulating substrate is bonded to the base insulating substrate. Vias are formed in each additional insulating substrate and an additional conductive wiring layer is formed on each of the additional insulating substrate. The described build-up forms a multilayer interconnect structure, with the frame providing support for this build-up.
US10332824B2	Lead frame A lead frame includes: a plurality of units each including a first lead portion and a second lead portion arranged in a first direction, wherein the units are arranged in the first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first lead portion and the second lead portion of each unit are adjacent, in the second direction, to the first lead portion and the second lead portion of an adjacent one of the units that is adjacent in the second direction; a plurality of first suspension portions; and a plurality of connecting portions. Each of the first suspension portions connects, in the second direction, the first lead portions of units that are adjacent to each other in the second direction.
US10332823B2	Packaged semiconductor devices Packages for semiconductor devices, packaged semiconductor devices, and methods of cooling packaged semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a package for a semiconductor device includes a substrate including a semiconductor device mounting region, a cover coupled to a perimeter of the substrate, and members disposed between the substrate and the cover. The package includes partitions, with each partition being disposed between two adjacent members. The package includes a fluid inlet port coupled to the cover, and a fluid outlet port coupled to one of the partitions.
US10332822B2	Pedestal surface for MOSFET module An electronic package connectable to an electric machine includes a cooling tower having a metallic wall with a radially outer wall surface. The radially outer wall surface includes discrete, radially outwardly projecting pedestals. The planar pedestal mounting surfaces are parallel with the central axis such that the radial distance between the axis and the radially outer wall surface is greater within the periphery than outside the periphery. Power modules are mounted to the pedestals. Each power module includes a base in thermal contact with a pedestal mounting surface and an opposing interior surface in thermal communication with a MOSFET power electronics device. A cover plate is spaced from the base interior surface. A dielectric housing member surrounds the MOSFET power electronics devices. An electrical connection terminal is disposed outside the periphery of each module. An electric machine including such an electronic package is also disclosed.
US10332820B2	Satellite communication transmitter with improved thermal management A high efficiency satellite transmitter comprises an RF amplifier chip in thermal contact with a radiant cooling element via a heat conducting element. The RF amplifier chip comprises an active layer disposed on a high thermal conductivity substrate having a thermal conductivity greater than about 1000 W/mK, maximizing heat conduction out of the RF amplifier chip and ultimately into outer space when the chip is operating within a satellite under normal transmission conditions. In one embodiment, the active layer comprises materials selected from the group consisting of GaN, InGaN, AlGaN, and InGaAlN alloys. In one embodiment, the high thermal conductivity substrate comprises synthetic diamond.
US10332817B1	Semiconductor die with improved ruggedness A semiconductor die includes a substrate, a first passivation layer over the substrate, and a second passivation layer over the first passivation layer and the substrate. The substrate has boundaries defined by a substrate termination edge. The first passivation layer is over the substrate such that it terminates at a first passivation termination edge that is inset from the substrate termination edge by a first distance. The second passivation layer is over the first passivation layer and the substrate such that it terminates at a second passivation termination edge that is inset from the substrate termination edge by a second distance. The second distance is less than the first distance such that the second passivation layer overlaps the first passivation layer.
US10332815B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes an electronic element, and a wire bonded to the electronic element. The electronic element includes a bonding pad to which the wire is bonded. The main component of the bonding pad is Al. A metal is mixed in the wire, and the mixed metal is one of Pt, Pd and Au.
US10332814B2	Bonded system and a method for adhesively bonding a hygroscopic material A bonded system includes a reconstituted wafer including a hygroscopic material. A moisture barrier layer is arranged over a surface of the reconstituted wafer. An adhesive layer is arranged over a surface of the moisture barrier opposite the reconstituted wafer. A carrier is arranged over a surface of the adhesive layer opposite the moisture barrier. The adhesive layer adhesively bonds the reconstituted wafer and the carrier together.
US10332811B2	Film test structure and array substrate A film test structure and an array substrate are provided. The film test structure includes a conductive film to be tested; a plurality of test leads arranged at a different layer from the conductive film to be tested and electrically connected with the conductive film to be tested respectively; and a plurality of test terminals electrically connected with the plurality of test leads respectively.
US10332806B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate having a P-type conductivity, a buried layer having an N-type conductivity, an NPN bipolar junction transistor (BJT), and a first well region having the P-type conductivity. The buried layer is located on the substrate. The NPN BJT is located on the buried layer. The first well region is located between the buried layer and the NPN BJT. The NPN BJT is separated from the buried layer by the first well region.
US10332803B1	Hybrid gate-all-around (GAA) field effect transistor (FET) structure and method of forming Various embodiments relate to gate-all-around (GAA) transistors and methods of forming such transistors. In some embodiments, a method performed on a precursor structure includes selectively removing a sacrificial nanosheet to open a vertical gap between a pair of semiconductor nanosheets; forming a first work function metal to surround the precursor nanosheet stack and fin, the first work function metal filling the vertical gap between the pair of semiconductor nano sheets; selectively removing first work function metal surrounding the fin while preserving an entirety of first work function metal surrounding the nanosheet stack; and forming a second work function metal: over a remaining portion of the first work function metal on nanosheet stack, and surrounding the fin, where first work function metal includes a different material than second work function metal.
US10332801B2	Vertical field effect transistors Vertical field effect transistors (FETs) with minimum pitch and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The structure includes at least one vertical fin structure and gate material contacting with the at least one vertical fin structure. The structure further includes metal material in electrical contact with the ends of the at least one vertical fin.
US10332799B2	Vertical silicon/silicon-germanium transistors with multiple threshold voltages A method of forming vertical fin field effect transistors, including, forming a silicon-germanium cap layer on a substrate, forming at least four vertical fins and silicon-germanium caps from the silicon-germanium cap layer and the substrate, where at least two of the at least four vertical fins is in a first subset and at least two of the at least four vertical fins is in a second subset, forming a silicon-germanium doping layer on the plurality of vertical fins and silicon-germanium caps, removing the silicon-germanium doping layer from the at least two of the at least four vertical fins in the second subset, and removing the silicon-germanium cap from at least one of the at least two vertical fins in the first subset, and at least one of the at least two vertical fins in the second subset.
US10332798B2	Method for designing layout of semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes configuring a layout pattern; and forming conductive lines corresponding to the layout pattern on a substrate, wherein configuring the layout pattern includes: arranging pre-conductive patterns and post-conductive patterns for a first logic cell, a second logic cell, and a third logic cell; rearranging the pre-conductive patterns and the post-conductive patterns so that two conductive patterns that are adjacent to a boundary between two adjacent logic cells from among the first logic cell, the second logic cell, and the third logic cell are formed by different photolithography processes; and arranging conductive patterns for a dummy cell arranged between the second logic cell and the third logic cell.
US10332797B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming first gate stacks on a first region of a substrate to be spaced apart by a first distance, forming second gate stacks on a second region of the substrate to be spaced apart by a second distance greater than the first distance, forming a first blocking film along the first gate stacks and the substrate, a thickness of the first blocking film between the first gate stacks being a first thickness, forming a second blocking film along the second gate stacks and the substrate, a thickness of the second blocking film between the second gate stacks being a second thickness different from the first thickness, and removing the first blocking film, the second blocking film, and the substrate to form a first recess between the first gate stacks and a second recess between the second gate stacks.
US10332796B2	Fin pitch scaling for high voltage devices and low voltage devices on the same wafer A semiconductor device is provided that includes a first plurality of fin structures having a first width in a first region of a substrate, and a second plurality of fin structures having a second width in a second region of the substrate, the second width being less than the first width. A first gate structure is formed on the first plurality of fin structures including a first high-k gate dielectric that is in direct contact with a channel region of the first plurality of fin structures and a first gate conductor. A second gate structure is formed on the second plurality of fin structures including a high voltage gate dielectric that is in direct contact with a channel region of the second plurality of fin structures, a second high-k gate dielectric and a second gate conductor.
US10332795B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device It is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including the following steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a silicon nitride film on the rear surface; forming an interlayer insulating film having a via hole on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming a via-fill selectively within the via hole. The method further includes the steps of: performing the wafer rear surface cleaning to expose the surface of the silicon nitride film formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; and thereafter, forming a photoresist film made of chemical amplification type resist on the interlayer insulating film and the via-fill over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate is stored in an atmosphere with the ammonium ion concentration of 1000 μg/m3 and less.
US10332793B2	Self-organizing barrier layer disposed between a metallization layer and a semiconductor region According to various embodiments, a device may include: a semiconductor region; a metallization layer disposed over the semiconductor region; and a self-organizing barrier layer disposed between the metallization layer and the semiconductor region, wherein the self-organizing barrier layer comprises a first metal configured to be self-segregating from the metallization layer.
US10332790B2	Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure with interconnect structure A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first metal layer formed over a substrate and a dielectric layer formed over the first metal layer. The semiconductor device structure further includes an adhesion layer formed in the dielectric layer and over the first metal layer and a second metal layer formed in the dielectric layer. The second metal layer is electrically connected to the first metal layer, and a portion of the adhesion layer is formed between the second metal layer and the dielectric layer. The adhesion layer includes a first portion lining with a top portion of the second metal layer, and the first portion has an extending portion along a vertical direction.
US10332789B2	Semiconductor device with TiN adhesion layer for forming a contact plug The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for forming a continuous adhesion layer for a contact plug. A method includes forming an opening through a dielectric layer to an active area on a substrate. The method includes performing a first plasma treatment along a sidewall of the opening. The method includes performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to form a metal nitride layer along the sidewall of the opening. The ALD process includes a plurality of cycles. Each cycle includes flowing a precursor to form a metal monolayer along the sidewall and performing a second plasma treatment to treat the metal monolayer with nitrogen. The method includes depositing a conductive material on the metal nitride layer in the opening to form a conductive feature.
US10332788B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using reference pattern Provided herein may be a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method may include: forming a first stack in which a first pad region, a second pad region and first dummy region are successively defined; forming a second stack on the first stack; forming a first pad structure and a first reference pattern by patterning the second stack, the first pad structure being disposed on the first pad region and having a stepped shape, the first reference pattern being disposed on the first dummy region of the first stack; forming a first pad mask pattern on the first stack, the first pad mask pattern being aligned by measuring the distance from the first reference pattern thereto and covering the first and second pad regions; and forming a second pad structure having a stepped shape by patterning the second pad region while shrinking the first pad mask pattern.
US10332784B2	Selectively removing titanium nitride hard mask and etch residue removal Formulations for stripping titanium nitride hard mask and removing titanium nitride etch residue comprise an amine salt buffer, a non-ambient oxidizer, and the remaining being liquid carrier includes water and non-water liquid carrier selected from the group consisting of dimethyl sulfone, lactic acid, glycol, and a polar aprotic solvent including but not limited to sulfolanes, sulfoxides, nitriles, formamides and pyrrolidones. The formulations have a pH <4, preferably <3, more preferably <2.5. The aqueous formulations having water as liquid carrier and semi-aqueous formulation having water and non-polar aprotic solvent(s) further contain acidic fluoride. The formulations offer high titanium nitride etch rates while provide excellent compatibility towards W, AlN, AlO, and low k dielectric materials. The formulations may comprise weakly coordinating anions, corrosion inhibitors, and surfactants. Systems and processes use the formulations for stripping titanium nitride hard mask and removing titanium nitride etch residue.
US10332782B2	Method of manufacturing silicon germanium-on-insulator The disclosed method is suitable for producing a SiGe-on-insulator structure. According to some embodiments of the method, a layer comprising SiGe is deposited on silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising an ultra-thin silicon top layer. In some embodiments, the layer comprising SiGe is deposited by epitaxial deposition. In some embodiments, the SiGe epitaxial layer is high quality since it is produced by engineering the strain relaxation at the Si/buried oxide interface. In some embodiments, the method accomplishes elastic strain relaxation of SiGe grown on a few monolayer thick Si layer that is weakly bonded to the underline oxide.
US10332778B2	Lift pin assembly and associated methods A substrate lift pin assembly includes a tubular support member connected to a bottom of a pedestal beneath a lift pin through-hole. The tubular support member has an interior cavity and an end closure with a cartridge through-hole extending through the end closure. A cartridge member includes a lift pin holder portion and a plunger portion. The lift pin holder portion is located inside of the interior cavity of the tubular support member. The plunger portion extends through the cartridge through-hole of the end closure of the tubular support member. A lift pin extends through the lift pin through-hole and connects to the lift pin holder portion of the cartridge member. A handle member connects to the plunger portion of the cartridge member at a location near a distal end of the plunger portion relative to the tubular support member. The handle member is configured to engage a lifting mechanism.
US10332777B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method includes a liquid supplying step of supplying a liquid to the front side of a wafer, a close contact making step of pressing a protective film against the front side of the wafer with the liquid interposed therebetween, thereby bringing the protective film into close contact with the front side of the wafer, a protective member fixing step of covering the protective film, with a protective member formed from a liquid resin curable by external stimulus, thereby fixing the protective member through the protective film to the front side of the wafer, a grinding step of grinding the back side of the wafer to reduce the thickness of the wafer, and a peeling step of peeling the protective film and the protective member from the wafer thinned by the grinding step.
US10332776B2	Bearing substrate, fabrication method for flexible display Embodiments of the disclosure provide a bearing substrate and a fabrication method for a flexible display device, which relate to the field of display technology and may achieve a uniform separation between a flexible substrate and bearing substrate, and not cause damage to the flexible substrate and the display element. The bearing substrate comprises a first sub-bearing substrate and a second sub-bearing substrate. The first sub-bearing substrate has a plurality of through holes, and the second sub-bearing substrate has a plurality of protrusions that are in one-to-one correspondence with the protrusions. The protrusions and the through holes are configured such that the protrusions are capable of passing through the through holes when assembling the first sub-bearing substrate with the second sub-bearing substrate, so that the protrusions are flush with a surface of the first sub-bearing substrate and spliced together with the surface.
US10332774B2	Wafer support structure A wafer support structure includes a ceramic tray plate having a plurality of wafer placement portions in which wafers are placed, and arranged on an upper surface of a ceramic base plate. The base plate incorporates a base-side electrode, and the tray plate incorporates a tray-side electrode. In the wafer support structure, voltages applied to the base-side electrode and the tray-side electrode are adjusted in a state where the wafers are placed in the wafer placement portions. As a result, an electrostatic force acting to attract the base plate and the tray plate to each other is generated, and an electrostatic force acting to attract the tray plate and the wafers to each other is generated.
US10332773B2	Transparent electrostatic carrier Embodiments described herein provide an electrostatic carrier for transferring a substrate. The electrostatic carrier may have a transparent body. The transparent body may have a first surface sized to transport the substrate into and out of a processing chamber. The electrostatic carrier may also have one or more electrostatic chucking electrodes coupled to the transparent body. The one or more electrostatic chucking electrodes may include a transparent conductive oxide material. In certain embodiments the transparent conductive oxide material is an indium-tin oxide material.
US10332772B2	Multi-zone heated ESC with independent edge zones An electrostatic chuck (ESC) with a cooling base for plasma processing chambers, such as a plasma etch chamber. In embodiments, a plasma processing chuck includes a plurality of independent edge zones. In embodiments, the edge zones are segments spanning different azimuth angles of the chuck to permit independent edge temperature tuning, which may be used to compensate for other chamber related non-uniformities or incoming wafer non-uniformities. In embodiments, the chuck includes a center zone having a first heat transfer fluid supply and control loop, and a plurality of edge zones, together covering the remainder of the chuck area, and each having separate heat transfer fluid supply and control loops. In embodiments, the base includes a diffuser, which may have hundreds of small holes over the chuck area to provide a uniform distribution of heat transfer fluid.
US10332771B2	Joined body manufacturing method and joined body In a step (a), a ceramic substrate, a brazing material including a metal having a large thermal expansion coefficient, a porous body having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than the brazing material, and a feeding terminal are placed on a joint surface in such a way that a joint surface of the feeding terminal faces a joint surface of the ceramic substrate. In a step (b), the brazing material is fused to allow the brazing material to penetrate into the pores of the porous body. In this manner, a joint layer containing the brazing material and the porous body is formed, and the joint surface of the ceramic substrate and the joint surface of the feeding terminal are joined to each other through the joint layer.
US10332769B2	Semiconductor processing station, semiconductor process and method of operating semiconductor processing station A semiconductor processing station comprises a platform and a load port, wherein the platform includes an intake/outtake port and a plurality of processing modules. The load port includes a load chamber, a movable cover and a carrier transfer module. The load chamber communicates with the intake/outtake port and has a load opening at its top end for receiving a transport carrier within the load chamber. The movable cover is disposed at the load opening and is configured to seal the load opening. The carrier transfer module is configured to transfer the transport carrier to the intake/outtake port. A semiconductor process and a method of operating a semiconductor processing station are also provided.
US10332765B1	Wafer shipping device A wafer shipping device includes a box body having a first slot, a cover body having a second slot, and a sensing circuit module having a first sensor, a second sensor, an indication circuit and a warning device. The first slot and the second slot are used to collaboratively hold a semiconductor wafer. The first sensor and the first sensor are located in the box body for independently sensing whether the semiconductor wafer is inserted in the first slot and the second slot respectively. The indication circuit is electrically connected to the first sensor, the second sensor and the warning device, and correspondingly issued one of types of indication signals to the warning device in response to sensing results obtained from the first sensor and the second sensor respectively.
US10332760B2	Method for controlling plasma processing apparatus There is provided a method for controlling a plasma processing apparatus that eliminates a preliminary study on a resonance point while maintaining a low contamination and a high uniformity even in multi-step etching. In a method for controlling a plasma processing apparatus including the step of adjusting a radio frequency bias current carried to a counter antenna electrode, the method includes the steps of: setting a reactance of a variable element to an initial value; detecting a bias current carried to the counter antenna electrode; searching for a maximum value of the detected electric current; and adjusting a value of the reactance of the variable element from the maximum value to the set value and then fixing the value.
US10332757B2	Semiconductor device package having a multi-portion connection element A semiconductor substrate includes a dielectric layer, a first patterned conductive layer and a first connection element. The dielectric layer has a first surface. The first patterned conductive layer has a first surface and is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the dielectric layer. The first connection element is disposed on the first surface of the first patterned conductive layer. The first connection element includes a first portion, a second portion and a seed layer disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion of the first connection element and the first patterned conductive layer are formed to be a monolithic structure.
US10332753B2	Wet etching of samarium selenium for piezoelectric processing A subtractive forming method that includes providing a material stack including a samarium and selenium containing layer and an aluminum containing layer in direct contact with the samarium and selenium containing layer. The samarium component of the samarium and selenium containing layer of the exposed portion of the material stack is etched with an etch chemistry comprising citric acid and hydrogen peroxide that is selective to the aluminum containing layer. The hydrogen peroxide reacts with the aluminum containing layer to provide an oxide etch protectant surface on the aluminum containing layer, and the citric acid etches samarium selectively to the oxide etch protectant surface. Thereafter, a remaining selenium component of is removed by elevating a temperature of the selenium component.
US10332750B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device with strained silicon structure A method for fabricating a semiconductor device. A gate is formed on a substrate. A spacer is formed on each sidewall of the gate. A hard mask layer is formed on the spacer. A recessed region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the hard mask layer. An epitaxial layer is formed in the recessed region. The substrate is subjected to an ion implantation process to bombard particle defects on the hard mask layer with inert gas ions. An annealing process is performed to repair damages to the epitaxial layer caused by the ion implantation process. The hard mask layer is then removed.
US10332748B2	Etch rate modulation through ion implantation As etching processes become more aggressive, increased etch resistivity of the hard mask is desirable. Methods of modulating the etch rate of the mask and optionally the underlying material are disclosed. An etch rate modifying species is implanted into the hard mask after the mask etching process is completed. This etch rate modifying species increases the difference between the etch rate of the mask and the etch rate of the underlying material to help preserve the integrity of the mask during a subsequent etching process. In some embodiments, the etch rate of the mask is decreased by the etch rate modifying species. In certain embodiments, the etch rate of the underlying material is increased by the etch rate modifying species.
US10332746B1	Post UV cure for gapfill improvement Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to forming a gate layer in high aspect ratio trenches using a cyclic deposition-etch process. In an embodiment, a method for semiconductor processing is provided. The method includes performing a first deposition process to form a conformal film over a bottom surface and along sidewall surfaces of a feature on a substrate. The method includes performing an etch process to remove a portion of the conformal film. The method includes repeating the first deposition process and the etch process to fill the feature with the conformal film. The method includes exposing the conformal film to ultraviolet light.
US10332744B2	Method for patterning a substrate using a layer with multiple materials Techniques herein include forming single or multi-layer mandrels and then forming one or more lines of material running along sidewalls of the mandrels. A relatively thin portion of mandrel material stretches from a base of mandrels to each other and underneath sidewall spacers and other fill materials, thereby forming a film of mandrel material over an underlying layer, which provides advantages with etch selectivity in a patterning process. Accordingly a multi-line layer is formed with materials having different etch resistivities to be able to selectively etch one or more of the materials to create features where specified. Etching using an etch mask positioned above or below this multi-line layer further defines a pattern that is transferred into an underlying layer.
US10332741B2	Method for post chemical mechanical polishing clean A method for post chemical mechanical polishing clean is provided in the present invention, which include the steps of providing a substrate, performing a chemical mechanical polishing process, and performing a plurality of cleaning processes sequentially substrate using solutions of sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) with different ratios and at different temperatures.
US10332740B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a cleaning composition for an adhesive layer Embodiments of the inventive concepts provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a cleaning composition for an adhesive layer. The method includes preparing a semiconductor substrate to which an adhesive layer adheres, removing the adhesive layer from the semiconductor substrate, and applying a cleaning composition to the semiconductor substrate to remove a residue of the adhesive layer. The cleaning composition includes a solvent including a ketone compound and having a content that is equal to or greater than 40 wt % and less than 90 wt %, quaternary ammonium salt, and primary amine.
US10332737B2	Automated telescopic lightbulb access apparatus A device for installing and removing lightbulbs comprises a removable gripping element including fingers configured for gripping a lightbulb, a telescopic cylinder coupled to the gripping element, wherein the telescopic cylinder is adjustable to different lengths, and a base housing, comprising: an electric motor located within the housing, a battery, a coupler for coupling the motor to the telescopic cylinder, the coupler comprising a tubular element, wherein the rotating shaft of the electric motor is inserted into an orifice in the first end, and wherein the second end is inserted into the proximal end of the telescopic cylinder, a cylindrical element that surrounds at least a portion of the tubular element, and at least one flange that connects the cylindrical element to the tubular element. The base housing also includes a switch on an exterior surface, the switch for activating power to the electric motor, wherein upon activation of power to the electric motor, the electric motor rotates the shaft, resulting in rotation of the coupler, the telescopic cylinder and the gripping element, thereby rotating a lightbulb to which the gripping element is attached.
US10332736B2	Mass spectrometer with ion frequency selection An object of the invention is to provide a mass spectrometer system capable of obtaining a mass spectrum with high resolution as the mass number of an ion becomes higher. In the mass spectrometer system of the invention, a control unit 8 controls a mass spectrometry unit 4 so that a direct current voltage U, an amplitude V of a radio-frequency voltage, and a frequency F of the radio-frequency voltage, which are applied to a quadrupole electrode 13, are increased as a mass-to-charge ratio m/z of an ion of a target for mass spectrometry becomes larger. By controlling in this manner, the ion frequency when the ion passes through the inside of the mass spectrometry unit 4 is increased as the mass number of an ion becomes higher, and therefore, it is possible to obtain the mass spectrum with higher resolution.
US10332734B2	Sample plate for mass spectrometric analysis, mass spectrometric analysis method, and mass spectrometric analysis device Provided is a sample plate for mass spectrometric analysis, which comprises a substrate and a metal thin film formed on the substrate. The metal thin film contains Ag, Al or Cu as the main component and further contains a specific additive element MAg, MAl or MCu depending on the element as the main component, in a ratio (MAg/Ag) of the total number of atoms of the additive element MAg to the number of atoms of Ag of from 0.001 to 0.5, a ratio (MAl/Al) of the total number of atoms of the additive element MAl to the number of atoms of Al of from 0.001 to 0.5, or a ratio (MCu/Cu) of the total number of atoms of the additive element MCu to the number of atoms of Cu of from 0.001 to 0.5.
US10332733B2	Tandem mass spectrometer A precursor ion selected by a quadrupole mass filter is fragmented by imparting a predetermined amount of collision energy (CE) to the ion. Among the thereby generated product ions, only the ions included within a predetermined m/z range are stored in an ion trap. The ions are subsequently separated and detected by a TOF. For one precursor ion originating from a target compound, a mass spectrometric analysis is performed for each combination of a plurality of the set CE values and subdivided m/z ranges to obtain spectrum data. A spectrum data accumulator accumulates the spectrum data obtained by the mass spectrometric analysis under different combinations of (CE value, m/z range). Based on the accumulated spectrum data, a mass spectrum creator creates a single product-ion spectrum corresponding to the target compound.
US10332732B1	Image intensifier with stray particle shield A light intensifier includes a semiconductor structure to multiply electrons and block stray particles (e.g., photons and/or ions). The semiconductor structure includes an electron multiplier region that is doped to generate a plurality of electrons for each electron that impinges a reception surface of the semiconductor structure, blocking regions that are doped to direct the plurality of electrons towards emissions areas of an emission surface of the semiconductor structure, and shielding regions that are doped to absorb stray particles that impinge the emission surface of the semiconductor structure.
US10332728B2	Plasma processing apparatus In a plasma processing apparatus, a heating element 50 provided in a susceptor 12 is electrically connected to a heater power supply 58 disposed at an outside of a chamber 10 via an internal conductor 51 provided through the susceptor 12, a power feed conductor 52 provided across a space SP, a filter unit 54 and an electric cable 56. A casing 110 of the filter unit 54 is vertically fastened, from a bottom of the chamber 10, to an opening 114 formed in a bottom wall (base) 10a of the chamber 10 to be adjacent to a cylindrical conductive cover 42 that surrounds a power feed rod 40. The casing 110 is physically or electrically coupled to the bottom wall 10a of the chamber 10.
US10332727B2	Methods for processing substrates using small plasma chambers A plasma processing method is provided. The method includes receiving a substrate in a substrate support that is configured to be movable along a linear path. The method includes providing at least one process gas into a plasma microchamber. The plasma microchamber is disposed in a processing head having a length that is at least longer than a diameter of the substrate, and said length is perpendicular to said linear path. The method includes generating a plasma in the plasma microchamber by applying power to the plasma microchamber and applying a bias power to the substrate support. The plasma microchamber has an open side process area that is oriented and directed over a surface to be processed, and the open side process area is less than an area of the surface to be processed. The method includes translating said substrate support along said linear path while said microchamber generates the plasma in the plasma microchamber for exposing said plasma over the substrate. The translating of said substrate support along the linear path while generating said plasma via said microchamber provides for exposing said plasma across the substrate. The plasma is used for either depositing or etching a material.
US10332726B2	Microwave chemical processing Methods and systems include supplying pulsed microwave radiation through a waveguide, where the microwave radiation propagates in a direction along the waveguide. A pressure within the waveguide is at least 0.1 atmosphere. A supply gas is provided at a first location along a length of the waveguide, a majority of the supply gas flowing in the direction of the microwave radiation propagation. A plasma is generated in the supply gas, and a process gas is added into the waveguide at a second location downstream from the first location. A majority of the process gas flows in the direction of the microwave propagation at a rate greater than 5 slm. An average energy of the plasma is controlled to convert the process gas into separated components, by controlling at least one of a pulsing frequency of the pulsed microwave radiation, and a duty cycle of the pulsed microwave radiation.
US10332720B2	Charged particle system and method for measuring deflection fields in a sample There is provided a charged particle system (100) that has: illumination optics (104) for illuminating a sample with charged particles; an imaging deflector system (112) disposed behind an objective lens (110); a detector (116) having a detection surface (115), imaging optics (114) disposed behind the imaging deflector system (112) and operative to focus the charged particles as diffraction discs (2) onto the detection surface (115); a storage unit (120) for storing intensity information detected by the detector (116); and a controller (130) for controlling the imaging deflector system (112). The controller (130) controls the imaging deflector system (112) to cause the charged particles passing through a given position of particle impingement on the sample to be deflected under successively different sets of deflection conditions and to bring the diffraction discs (2) into focus onto successively different regions of the detection surface (115).
US10332717B2	Self-limiting electrical triggering for initiating fracture of frangible glass A transient electronic device includes electronic elements (e.g., an SOI- or chip-based IC) and a trigger mechanism disposed on a frangible glass substrate. The trigger mechanism includes a switch that initiates a large trigger current through a self-limiting resistive element in response to a received trigger signal. The self-limiting resistive element includes a resistor portion that generates heat in response to the trigger current, thereby rapidly increasing the temperature of a localized (small) region of the frangible glass substrate, and a current limiting portion (e.g., a fuse) that self-limits (terminates) the trigger current after a predetermined amount of time, causing the localized region to rapidly cool down. The frangible glass substrate is engineered such that a stress profile produced by the rapid heating/cooling of the localized region generates an initial fracture force that subsequently propagates throughout the glass substrate, whereby sufficient potential energy is released to powderize the electronic elements.
US10332714B2	Trip mechanism for direct current molded case circuit breaker Provided is a trip mechanism for DC molded case circuit breaker, in which the insulating distance between the poles increases without any increase in whole product size, thereby reliably providing a trigger output against an over current and a fault current instantaneous breaking required. The trip mechanism includes a trip mechanism part including an instantaneous trip mechanism, the instantaneous trip mechanism including a movable member to operate according to a fault current instantaneous breaking required, and a thermal trip mechanism including a bimetal to operate according to an over current, the trip mechanism part being provided for one of two adjacent poles; a crossbar that is rotatable by contacting and pressing of the movable member of the instantaneous trip mechanism or the bimetal of the thermal trip mechanism; and a shooter that is provided to be rotatable by contacting of the crossbar rotating.
US10332713B2	Sensor positioning and installation fixture An apparatus for positioning and attaching one or more sensor devices to a surface of an electrical component is described. The apparatus comprises one or more sensor devices and a stencil fixture that holds at least one of the one or more sensor devices, where the stencil fixture positions the sensor at a location proximate to a surface of the electrical component prior to attaching the sensor to the surface of the electrical component.
US10332708B2	Seamless switchover system and method A system and method provide seamless control switchover through an input coupled to a power line and a safety apparatus that actuates if the input remains de-energized for a first time interval. Each of a plurality of subsystems has a control unit that controls a power source to energize the power line and is capable of transitioning between master and slave states. A first switch or second and third switches in series couple the power source to the power line. The first switch is closed during master state operation. The second switch is closed during slave operation and the third switch is open if any subsystem control unit is in master state. The system is configured to open or close the first switch, the second switch, or the third switch responsive to a transition of a control unit to or from master state within the first time interval.
US10332707B2	Actuator An actuator driven by combustion of powder satisfactorily transmits energy for driving an output part to the output part. An output piston part has a specific end face that receives driving energy. A sealing member confines the combustion products in a first space separated by the sealing member. The sealing member has a fixed end portion and a contact portion that is in contact with the specific end face. In a state before the combustion of powder in an igniter, the contact portion is located at an initial position. With the combustion of powder in the igniter, the contact portion shifts to an operative position with the sliding motion of the output piston part while being in contact with the specific end portion.
US10332705B2	Zero-current pulse with constant current gradient for interrupting a direct current A configuration for generating a zero current pulse for generating a zero current crossing in an electrical component through which a direct current flows, in particular a vacuum interrupter, includes a switch and an electrical energy storage device or store having two poles through which the electrical energy storage device can be charged by a voltage source. A loop can be formed by the energy storage device, the electrical component through which the direct current flows and the switch, so that the energy storage device can be discharged by closing the switch while generating a zero current pulse counter to the direct current across the electrical component. The energy storage device has a plurality of energy storage elements for mutual generation of a zero current pulse.
US10332703B2	Safety switch assembly The invention relates to a safety switch assembly (100) having a switch installation (120) having at least one switching member (12) and at least one actuation installation (110) having at least one assigned actuator (13, 13′, 13″, 14), wherein a transmission installation (130) having at least one transmission member (135) which is coupleable or coupled to the switching member (12, 12a), on the one hand, and to the at least one actuator (13, 13′, 13″, 14), on the other hand is provided between the actuation installation (110) and the switch installation (120). In order to have available a safety switch assembly (100) in which a mechanical fault does not lead to a failure of that functionality that optionally permits the integration of a diagnostic function in order for the system in the case of a fault being detected to be able to be brought back to a safe state and that permits a transfer of mechanical as well as of electrical/electronic functions across the entire system, it is provided that the transmission installation (120) is provided with a plurality of separate transmission members (135) which in the actuation of the at least one actuator (13, 13′, 13″, 14) of the actuation installation (110) are drivable or driven in a synchronous and mutually independent manner, and that each of the transmission members (135) by way of a rotary movement is permitted to convert an actuation movement of the at least one actuator (13, 13′, 13″, 14) to a translatory movement of in each case one separate switching member (12, 12a) of the switch installation (120). (FIG. 4).
US10332702B2	Using organic light emitting diode (OLED) film to illuminate keycaps of keys in a keyboard In some examples, a housing may include a keyboard having a plurality of keys. An individual key of the plurality of keys may include a keycap, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) film (or sheet), a key mechanism, and a base. When power is provided to contacts on the base of the individual key, the power may travel across conductive traces (or wires) in the key mechanism to pads on the OLED film, causing the OLED film to emit light. The light from the OLED film may illuminate a character or symbol embedded into the keycap or the OLED film may be shaped into the character or the symbol and embedded into the keycap. The housing may be (i) separate from and communicatively coupled to a second housing that includes one or more processors or (ii) physically attached to a display device as part of a laptop device.
US10332701B2	Luminous keyboard The present invention provides a luminous keyboard, including: at least one key cap; a support plate; a support component, connected to the key cap and the support plate and capable of guiding the key cap to vertically move relative to the support plate; a thin film circuit board, disposed on the support plate; at least one light emitting component, configured to emit a light ray to the key cap; and a shield, covering the light emitting component, where there is a gap between the shield and the light emitting component, and the shield is provided with a diffraction grating at a position where the light ray passes through the shield.
US10332692B2	Electrode, method for producing said electrode, electricity storage device provided with said electrode, and conductive carbon mixture for electricity storage device electrode Provided is an electrode which gives an electric storage device that has high energy density and good cycle life. This electrode for an electric storage device is characterized by having an active material layer that contains: an electrode active material particle; and a paste-like conductive carbon that is derived from an oxidized carbon obtained by giving an oxidizing treatment to a carbon raw material with an inner vacancy and covers a surface of the electrode active material particle. The paste-like conductive carbon derived from the oxidized carbon is densely filled not only into a gap that is formed between the electrode active material particles adjacent to each other but also into a pore that exists on the surface of the active material particle, so that the electrode density is increased, thereby improving the energy density of the electric storage device. In addition, since the paste-like conductive carbon suppresses dissolution of the active material, the cycle characteristics of the electric storage device are improved.
US10332690B2	Method of producing composite photocatalyst and composite photocatalyst The present invention provides a method of producing a composite photocatalyst having a remarkable water splitting activity, which is capable of efficiently loading a co-catalyst having a small particle size in a highly dispersed manner on a surface of an optical semiconductor. According to the present invention, the method of producing a composite photocatalyst from a plurality types of optical semiconductors includes a step of heating a solid-liquid mixture containing a solvent, a co-catalyst or a co-catalyst source, and a plurality of types of optical semiconductors by irradiating the solid-liquid mixture with microwave.
US10332689B2	Solar cell and process for producing the same The present invention relates to photoanodes, solar cells and methods and processes for producing the same. In some embodiments, the solar cells of the invention can do without a sintered nanoporous scaffold layer, making it possible to produce the solar cells in low-temperature procedures. In some embodiments, the invention encompasses organic-inorganic perovskite sensitizers, deposited on a smooth metal oxide layer. In some embodiments, the organic-inorganic perovskite sensitizers are deposited in a two-step sequential process.
US10332688B2	Methods for making perovskite solar cells having improved hole-transport layers An aspect of the present disclosure is a device that includes a first layer that includes a hole-transport material and an acid, where the first layer has a conductivity between 20 μS/cm and 500 μS/cm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first layer may absorb light having a wavelength between 400 nm and 600 nm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the hole-transport material may include at least one of 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9′-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD), a derivative of spiro-OMeTAD, poly(triarylamine), poly(3-hexylthiophene), and/or N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-diphenylbenzidine.
US10332685B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body, an active layer, dielectric layers being interposed between first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes, an upper cover layer, a lower cover layer, a first external electrode and a second external electrode covering first and second ends of the ceramic body, and the multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising a plurality of internal electrodes disposed within the lower cover layer, when a distance of a longitudinal margin portion from a boundary of a ceramic body of the plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the lower cover layer to an overlapping area is indicated as G, and widths of an upper band portion and a lower band portion of an external electrode disposed in an upper surface and a lower surface at the boundary of the ceramic body are indicated as E1 and E2, G is greater than E1 and G is greater than E2.
US10332684B2	Methods and systems for material cladding of multilayer ceramic capacitors Methods and systems to improve a multilayer ceramic capacitor using additive manufacturing are disclosed. Conductive layers and termination caps comprising a base metal may be cladded with a noble metal to lower costs without the tendency of base metal atoms combining with oxygen atoms in the dielectric material as the base metal does not physically contact the dielectric material. The conductive layers may comprise a wavy shape, and may comprise conductive layer ends modified to minimize or eliminate sharp edges and corners, such as comprising a convex, wavy, or bulbous shape. The noble metal portion of a conductive layer may be a minimum thickness required to prevent chemical reactions between the base metal portion and the dielectric material. In conjunction with computer modeling of Laplace's equation, the conductors can be reshaped at little material cost to make the electric field nearly uniform through adjustments of the base metal portion.
US10332683B2	Pseudo-shielded capacitor structures Capacitor devices with electrodes that are geometrically arranged to reduce parasitic capacitances are described. The capacitors may be multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) structures in which certain electrodes may have a clearance from a capacitor structure wall, such as top wall. In circuits and devices where that particular capacitor wall may be placed near a shielding structure, the clearance may reduce unintended parasitic capacitances between the shield structure and the electrodes. As a result, the shield structures may be placed closer to the electronic components, which may allow circuit boards and electronic devices with a lower profile.
US10332681B2	Multilayer capacitor and manufacturing method for same A manufacturing method for a multilayer capacitor includes alternately laminating dielectric layers and conductor layers including less than 50 included in a first arrangement and a second arrangement different from the first arrangement when viewed from a lamination direction to form a laminate in which at least one pair of the conductor layers adjacent to each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween are included in the first or second arrangement, pressing the laminate to stretch the conductor layers in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction, pressing the laminate to bend the conductor layers in the lamination direction, and forming first and second outer electrodes on laminate surfaces such that the first outer electrode is connected to the conductor layers included in the first arrangement and the second outer electrode is connected to the conductor layers included in the second arrangement.
US10332679B2	Surface mount electronic component A surface mount electronic component includes an element including a dielectric layer that includes a first main surface and a second main surface, a first external electrode disposed on the first main surface, a second external electrode disposed on the second main surface, a first metal terminal connected to the first external electrode by solder, a second metal terminal connected to the second external electrode by the solder, and an exterior material covering at least a portion of the element, the first and second external electrodes, and the first and second metal terminals. The solder satisfies a relational expression: element diameter D (mm)×about 0.003 mm≤solder cross-sectional area S (mm2)≤element diameter D (mm)×about 0.02 mm.
US10332671B2	Solenoid inductor An inductor with multiple loops and semiconductor devices with such an inductor integrated thereon are proposed. In an aspect, the semiconductor device may include a die on a substrate, an inductor on the die in which the inductor comprises a wire with multiple non-planar loops above the die. In another aspect, the semiconductor device may include a plurality of posts on a die on a substrate, and an inductor on the die. The inductor may include a wire looped around the plurality of posts such that the inductor includes multiple non-planar loops.
US10332666B2	Magnetoresistance effect device and high frequency device The magnetoresistance effect device includes: a first port; a second port; a magnetoresistance effect element; a first signal line that is connected to the first port and applies a high frequency magnetic field to the magnetoresistance effect element; a second signal line that connects the second port and the magnetoresistance effect element to each other; and a direct current application terminal capable of being connected to a power supply that applies a direct current or a direct current voltage. The first signal line includes a magnetic field generator, which extends in a first direction, at a position in the lamination direction of the magnetoresistance effect element or an in-plane direction that is orthogonal to the lamination direction, and the magnetic field generator and the magnetoresistance effect element include an overlapping portion as viewed from the lamination direction in which the magnetic field generator is disposed, or the in-plane direction.
US10332665B2	Layout for magnet coils wound with anisotropic superconductor, and method for laying out the same A layer wound magnet coil includes a central coil region and end coil regions adjoining the central coil region along an axial line of symmetry. The central coil region includes layers of coil windings of an anisotropic material. The end coil regions include layers of coil windings of the anisotropic superconducting material interspersed with layers of non-superconducting material.
US10332664B2	Arrangement for current limitation which is suitable for integration into a power supply serving network An arrangement for current limitation which is suitable for integration in a power supply serving network and which has a superconductive conductor, which is attached to at least one plate like support composed of insulation material. On the at least one support three separate from each other superconductive conductors in spiral form windings parallel to each other running to a separate connection is arranged on the phases of a three phase alternating current network. The support equipped with the phase conductors is built in to a container constructed as a cryostat.
US10332662B2	Methods for manufacturing magnetic materials An apparatus for, and a method of controlling magnetic anisotropy in a magnetic material comprises directing a layer of powdered metal material to a heat conducting substrate. Electromagnetic energy is applied to the powdered material sufficient to melt the powdered material which is subsequently cooled to create a solid layer on the substrate. An external magnetic field is applied to the material during at least the cooling step so as to imprint the solid magnetic material layer with magnetic anisotropy. Various novel magnetic structures can be fabricated using the technique.
US10332660B2	Resistor element A resistor element includes a substrate having first and second surfaces facing each other, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface with each other. A resistance layer is on at least one of the first and second surfaces. A first terminal and a second terminal are connected to the resistance layer, and each include a first electrode layer on the first surface, a second electrode layer on the second surface, and a plurality of side electrode layers on at least a portion of the plurality of side surfaces. At least a portion of the side surfaces of the substrate is exposed between side electrode layers of the first terminal.
US10332659B2	Method of producing high voltage electrical insulation Method of producing a high voltage electrical insulation, in that (i) an ultra-violet radiation as well as thermally curable composition, comprising at least one UV-curable and heat-curable epoxy resin, at least one cationic photo-initiator and at least one cationic thermal-initiator, is provided, and that (ii) ultraviolet radiation as well as heat is applied to the curable composition in any desired sequence for a time long enough until complete curing of the curable composition is obtained and products obtained.
US10332655B1	Differential signal cable assembly A differential signal cable assembly includes a connector to be connected to a communication device, a first multi-pair cable that is connected to the connector at one end and includes a plurality of first differential signal cables for transmitting differential signals, a second multi-pair cable that includes a plurality of second differential signal cables having a larger conductor diameter than the first differential signal cables, and a connection that is connected to an other end of the first multi-pair cable and one end of the second multi-pair cable such that each of the first differential signal cables is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second differential signal cables.
US10332654B2	Quad-shield coaxial cable A quad-shield coaxial cable includes, an elongated center conductor extending along a longitudinal axis, an insulator coaxially surrounding the inner conductor, an inner conductive foil layer coaxially surrounding the insulator, an inner layer of braided shield coaxially surrounding the inner foil layer, an outer layer of braided shield coaxially surrounding the inner layer of braided shield, an outer conductive foil layer coaxially surrounding the outer layer of braided shield, and a jacket coaxially surrounding the outer conductive foil layer.
US10332653B2	Concentric wireline cable A wireline system includes a control system, a downhole tool, and a wireline cable coupling the downhole tool and the control system. The wireline cable includes a plurality of conductors, which includes a core conductor and a concentric conductor disposed around the core conductor, wherein two of the plurality of conductors form a conductor pair, and wherein each of the plurality of conductors is configured to transmit power, data, or both, between the control system and the downhole tool. The wireline cable further includes one or more insulative layers, wherein at least one insulative layer is disposed between any two conductors.
US10332651B2	Method for making polyvinyl alcohol/carbon nanotube nanocomposite film Nanocomposite films comprising carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout a polymer matrix and further comprising at least two surfaces with differing amounts of carbon nanotubes and differing electrical resistivity values are provided. Nanocomposite films comprising a polymer layer, a conductive nanofiller layer, and a polysaccharide layer having antistatic properties are provided. In particular, nanocomposites comprising polyvinyl alcohol as the polymer, graphene as the conductive nanofiller and starch as the polysaccharide are provided. In addition, processes for forming the nanocomposites, methods for characterizing the nanocomposites as well as applications in or on electrical and/or electronic devices are provided.
US10332647B2	Light source device for collimator Provided is a light source device for a collimator capable of improving an illuminance ratio in an inside of a visible light's radiation field to an outside thereof. The light source device for a collimator includes an LED with a light emitting portion that irradiates visible light and a visible light guide member. The visible light guide member may have a main body, a spacer, and a base. In the main body, a through-hole of a truncated conical shape is formed. The through-hole of a truncated cone shape forms a first opening at a first surface of the main body on a side of the LED and a second opening a second surface of the main body opposite to the first surface. The first opening may be smaller than the second opening. The conical surface of the through-hole having the truncated conical shape is formed as a mirror surface which reflects the visible light irradiated from the LED with high reflectance.
US10332639B2	Cognitive collaboration with neurosynaptic imaging networks, augmented medical intelligence and cybernetic workflow streams The invention integrates emerging applications, tools and techniques for machine learning in medicine with videoconference networking technology in novel business methods that support rapid adaptive learning for medical minds and machines. These methods can leverage domain knowledge and clinical expertise with cognitive collaboration, augmented medical intelligence and cybernetic workflow streams for learning health care systems. The invention enables multimodal cognitive communications, collaboration, consultation and instruction between and among cognitive collaborants, including heterogeneous networked teams of persons, machines, devices, neural networks, robots and algorithms. It provides for both synchronous and asynchronous cognitive collaboration with multichannel, multiplexed imagery data streams during various stages of medical disease and injury management—detection, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, measurement and monitoring, as well as resource utilization and outcomes reporting. The invention acquires both live stream and archived medical imagery data from network-connected medical devices, cameras, signals, sensors and imagery data repositories, as well as multiomic data sets from structured reports and clinical documents. It enables cognitive curation, annotation and tagging, as well as encapsulation, saving and sharing of collaborated imagery data streams as packetized medical intelligence. The invention augments packetized medical intelligence through recursive cognitive enrichment, including multimodal annotation and [semantic] metadata tagging with resources consumed and outcomes delivered. Augmented medical intelligence can be saved and stored in multiple formats, as well as retrieved from standards-based repositories. The invention provides neurosynaptic network connectivity for medical images and video with multi-channel, multiplexed gateway streamer servers that can be configured to support workflow orchestration across the enterprise—on platform, federated or cloud data architectures, including ecosystem partners. It also supports novel methods for managing augmented medical intelligence with networked metadata repositories [inclduing imagery data streams annotated with semantic metadata]. The invention helps prepare streaming imagery data for cognitive enterprise imaging. It can be incorporate and combine various machine learning techniques [e.g., deep, reinforcement and transfer learning, convolutional neural networks and NLP] to assist in curating, annotating and tagging diagnostic, procedural and evidentiary medical imaging. It also supports real-time, intraoperative imaging analytics for robotic-assisted surgery, as well as other imagery guided interventions. The invention facilitates collaborative precision medicine, and other clinical initiatives designed to reduce the cost of care, with precision diagnosis [e.g., integrated in vivo, in vitro, in silico] and precision targeted treatment [e.g., precision dosing, theranostics, computer-assited surgery]. Cybernetic workflow streams—cognitive communications, collaboration, consultation and instruction with augmented medical intelligence—enable care delivery teams of medical minds and machines to ‘deliver the right care, for the right patient, at the right time, in the right place’ - and deliver that care faster, smarter, safer, more precisely, cheaper and better.
US10332633B2	Control-to-range aggressiveness A method and system of determining a basal rate adjustment of insulin in a continuous glucose monitoring system of a person with diabetes is provided. The method includes receiving, by at least one computing device, a signal representative of at least one glucose measurement; detecting, by the at least one computing device, a glucose state of the person based on the signal, the detected glucose state including a glucose level of the person and a rate of change of the glucose level; determining, by the at least one computing device, a current risk metric, the current risk metric indicating a risk of at least one of a hypoglycemic condition and a hyperglycemic condition of the person; and calculating, by the at least one computing device, an adjustment to a basal rate of a therapy delivery device based on the current risk metric and a control-to-range algorithm comprising at least one aggressiveness parameter.
US10332632B2	Control-to-range failsafes Methods and systems are disclosed for determining a basal rate adjustment of insulin in a continuous glucose monitoring system of a person with diabetes. A method may include receiving, by at least one computing device, a signal representative of at least one glucose measurement and detecting, by the at least one computing device, a glucose state of the person based on the signal, the detected glucose state including a glucose level of the person and a rate of change of the glucose level. The method may also include calculating, by the at least one computing device, an adjustment to a basal rate of a therapy delivery device based on a control-to-range algorithm and at least one failsafe constraint to account for changes in the insulin sensitivity of the person with diabetes or inaccurate glucose measurement.
US10332631B2	Integrated medical platform Provided is a system for automated medical decision-making. The system may include a first parser configured to parse text associated with medical information sources to obtain medical information and a second parser configured to parse patient data to obtain processed patient data. A processor, in communication with the first parser and the second parser, is configured to structure the medical information to form structured medical metadata in an intelligent medical database. Based on the structured medical metadata, the processor creates a causal network and receives the patient data from patient data sources. When the patient data is parsed by the second parser and the processed patient data is obtained, the processor maps the processed patient data against the causal network and generates the medical decision for the patient based on the mapping.
US10332627B1	System and method for medical resource utilization management A server, a method, and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving at least one message from a corresponding number of gateways, wherein each received message includes a first identification parameter associated with each gateway, and a second identification parameter associated with a beacon. The method also includes identifying locations of the beacon as the beacon moves throughout an environment. The method further includes deriving a time duration that the beacon is located in each of the identified locations. The method additionally includes determining a value associated with the beacon at each of the identified locations, the value is based on each location and the time duration that the beacon is located in each of the identified locations, each location is associated with a predetermined value.
US10332624B2	System and methods for an intelligent medical practice system employing a learning knowledge base An intelligent care provider medical practice system which learns the care provider's preferences and historical diagnosis for predicting and treating patients based on provided information. The system makes use of one or more medical knowledge bases and utilizes artificial intelligence and reasoning to learn the provider's preferences and tendencies. The system also automatically generates the provider's notes, treatment plans, and other medical practice actions for treating, billing, and processing the patient after an exam or visit.
US10332618B2	Discovery routing systems and engines The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems, and methods that improve on the pace of discovering new practical information based on large amounts of datasets collected. In most cases, anomalies from the datasets are automatically identified, flagged, and validated by a cross-validation engine. Only validated anomalies are then associated with a subject matter expert who is qualified to take action on the anomaly. In other words, the inventive subject matter bridges the gap between the overwhelming amount of scientific data which can now be harvested and the comparatively limited amount analytical resources available to extract practical information from the data. Practical information can be in the form of trends, patterns, maps, hypotheses, or predictions, for example, and such practical information has implications in medicine, in environmental sciences, entertainment, travel, shopping, social interactions, or other areas.
US10332617B2	Systems and methods for electronically mining genomic data A data analysis method and computer system electronically mines published articles from existing medical literature sources to discover associations that may exist between various diseases and various genes and/or gene mutations or other genetic changes. The method and system then organizes, categorizes and prioritizes the discovered associations in accordance with the strength of evidence supporting these associations. The resulting information can then be integrated into the processing of genome sequencing data to more quickly determine what genome sequencing data is of most relevance for clinical decision makings.
US10332614B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems to repair memory Methods, apparatus and systems pertain to performing READ, WRITE functions in a memory which is coupled to a repair controller. One such repair controller could receive a row address and a column address associated with the memory and store a first plurality of tag fields indicating a type of row/column repair to be performed for at least a portion of a row/column of memory cells, and a second plurality of tag fields to indicate a location of memory cells used to perform the row/column repair.
US10332612B2	Methods for memory interface calibration Integrated circuits with memory interface circuitry may be provided. Prior to calibration, a number of samples may be determined by computing probability density function curves as a function of timing window edge asymmetry for different degrees of oversampling. During calibration, duty cycle distortion in data strobe signals may be corrected by selectively delaying the data strobe rising or falling edges. A data clock signal that is used for generating data signals may also suffer from duty cycle distortion. The rising and falling edges of the data clock signal may be selectively delayed to correct for duty cycle distortion. The data path through which the data signals are routed may be adjusted to equalize rising and falling transitions to minimize data path duty cycle distortion. Multi-rank calibration may be performed by calibrating to an intersection of successful settings that allow each memory rank to pass memory operation tests.
US10332611B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices including stair structures and dummy electrodes A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including a substrate including a first connection region, a second connection region, and a cell array region disposed between the first and second connection regions. The memory device further includes an electrode structure including a plurality of electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate, wherein each of the electrodes has a pad exposed on the first connection region, and a dummy electrode structure disposed adjacent to the electrode structure and including a plurality of dummy electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate. Each dummy electrode has a dummy pad exposed on the second connection region. The electrode structure includes a first stair structure and a second stair structure which each includes the pads of the electrodes exposed on the first connection region. The first stair structure extends along a first direction, and the second stair structure extends along a second direction that crosses the first direction.
US10332610B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device including the same A driver circuit includes first to third transistors, a first circuit, and a second circuit. In the first transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a second wiring, a second terminal is electrically connected to a first wiring, and a gate is electrically connected to the second circuit and a first terminal of the third transistor. In the second transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to the first wiring, a second terminal is electrically connected to a sixth wiring, a gate is electrically connected to the first circuit and a gate of the third transistor. A second terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to the sixth wiring. The first circuit is electrically connected to a third wiring, a fourth wiring, a fifth wiring, and the sixth wiring. The second circuit is electrically connected to the first wiring, the second wiring, and the sixth wiring.
US10332609B1	Systems and methods for improving fuse systems in memory devices A memory device includes a memory bank accessible via a plurality of memory addresses. The memory device further includes a fuse array comprising a plurality of fuses. The memory device additionally includes a first plurality of local fuse latches disposed outside of the fuse array and configured to provide redundancy for the plurality of memory addresses. The memory device also includes a fuse array broadcasting system comprising an N-bit bus system, wherein the N-bit bus system is communicatively coupled to the fuse array and to the first plurality of local fuse latches, and wherein the fuse array broadcasting system is configured to communicate fuse data from the fuse array to the first plurality of local fuse latches via the N-bit bus system.
US10332608B2	Memory block usage based on block location relative to array edge A storage device includes storage circuitry and multiple memory blocks. The multiple memory blocks are arranged in an array, and each of the memory blocks includes multiple memory cells. A maximal number of programming cycles that a memory block of the multiple memory blocks sustains depends on a distance of the memory block from an edge of the array. The storage circuitry is configured to apply to the memory blocks programming cycles so that a number of programming cycles that can be applied to a respective memory block is based on a respective distance of the respective memory block from the edge of the array.
US10332607B2	Methods of operating a nonvolatile memory device and the nonvolatile memory device thereof In a method of operating a nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell array, where the memory cell array includes a plurality of pages, and each of the plurality of pages includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, a first sampling read operation is performed to count a first number of memory cells in a first region of a first page selected from the plurality of pages, using a first default read voltage and a first offset read voltage, and a second sampling read operation is selectively performed to count a second number of memory cells in a second region of the first page, using the first default read voltage and a second offset read voltage, based on a comparison result of the first number and a first reference value. The second offset read voltage is different from the first offset read voltage.
US10332602B2	Nonvolatile memory device for varying a recovery section and operating method thereof Provided is a method of operating a nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell array connected to a plurality of lines. The method may include performing a first loop including a first recovery section having a first operation time period, on a first line of the plurality of lines by applying a first voltage for a time period, wherein the first voltage is discharged with a first slope, and performing a second loop after the first loop including a second recovery section having a second operation time period that is different from the first operation time period, on the first line by applying a second voltage for a time period, wherein the second voltage is discharged with a second slope less than the first slope.
US10332600B2	Chip programming device and protecting method thereof A chip programming device comprises a chip socket and a protecting circuit. The chip socket is configured to accommodate a chip to be programmed, is electrically connected with a circuit board, and comprises a power terminal and a ground terminal which are configured to connect to the chip. The protecting circuit is disposed on the circuit board, and comprises a power input terminal, an enable signal input terminal and a power output terminal which is electrically connected to the power terminal of the chip socket. The protecting circuit receives a power signal via the power input terminal, receives an enable signal via the enable signal input terminal, provides the power signal to the chip socket via the power output terminal when the enable signal has a first electric potential, and terminates the power signal to the chip socket when the enable signal has a second electric potential.
US10332596B2	2T1C ferro-electric random access memory cell A memory device and method of operating the same are disclosed. Generally, the device includes an array of Ferro-electric Random Access Memory cells. Each cell includes a first transistor coupled between a bit-line and a storage node (SN) and controlled by a first wordline (WL1), a second transistor coupled between a reference line and the SN and controlled by a second wordline (WL2), and a ferro-capacitor coupled between the SN and a plateline. The device further includes a sense-amplifier coupled to the bit-line and reference line, and a processing-element configured to issue control signals to WL1, WL2, the plateline and the sense-amplifier. The cell is configured and operated to generate a bit-level reference in which a first voltage pulse is applied to the plateline during a read cycle for the data pulse and a second voltage pulse serves as a reference pulse and as a clear pulse.
US10332595B2	Determining resistance states of memristors in a crossbar array The resistance state of a memristor in a crossbar array is determined. For instance, a combined reference-sneak current is determined based on a reference voltage, a sense voltage, a non-access voltage, and a voltage applied to a target row line, and a combined read-sneak current is determined based on a read voltage, a sense voltage, a non-access voltage, and a voltage applied to a reference row line. The resistance state of a target memristor is then determined based on the combined reference-sneak current and the combined read-sneak current.
US10332591B2	SRAM margin recovery during burn-in Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for re-balancing the stability of a SRAM cell. Embodiments of the present invention identify SRAM cells with negative voltage threshold margins and write a “zero” state bit with in the bi-stable flip-flop of the SRAM. Raising the voltage of the CMOS set containing the “zero” state bit and selective transistor biasing, skews the “zero” state bit towards the complementary “one” state bit. This induces an increase voltage thresholds of the identified SRAM cells.
US10332587B1	Dynamic random access memory device A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device includes a memory cell array including a first sub memory cell array block including a plurality of first memory cells between a plurality of first sub word lines, and a plurality of first odd-numbered bit lines and a plurality of dummy bit lines and includes a second sub memory cell array block including a plurality of second memory cells between a plurality of second sub word lines, a plurality of second odd-numbered bit lines, and a plurality of second even-numbered bit lines. The memory cell array may be arranged to have an open bit line architecture in which the plurality of first odd-numbered bit lines and the plurality of second even-numbered bit lines form bit line pairs. When the first sub word line may be selected, a predetermined voltage may be applied to the plurality of dummy bit lines for a first predetermined period in which a charge sharing operation is performed on the plurality of first memory cells connected to the selected one of the plurality of first sub word lines.
US10332585B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a driving voltage providing circuit suitable for selectively providing a first driving voltage, a second driving voltage, a third driving voltage, a ground voltage, and a precharge voltage to a first driving line and a second driving line in response to an active signal, a cell characteristic information signal, and a precharge signal. The semiconductor memory apparatus also includes a sense amplifier suitable for operating by being applied with voltages provided from the first and second driving lines.
US10332578B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor memory device may include first to fourth data storage regions. The semiconductor memory device may include a first to fourth capacitor groups and a voltage-generating circuit. The first capacitor group may be arranged adjacent to the first data storage region to provide the first data storage region with a first stabilizing voltage. The second capacitor group may be arranged adjacent to the second data storage region to provide the second data storage region with a second stabilizing voltage. The third capacitor group may be arranged adjacent to the third data storage region to provide the third data storage region with a third stabilizing voltage. The fourth capacitor group may be arranged adjacent to the fourth data storage region to provide the fourth data storage region with a fourth stabilizing voltage. The voltage-generating circuit may be configured to provide the first to fourth capacitor groups with an internal voltage.
US10332576B2	Magnetic exchange coupled MTJ free layer with double tunnel barriers having low switching current and high data retention Embodiments of the invention are directed to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element that includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier and a free layer on an opposite side of the tunnel barrier layer from the reference layer. The reference layer has a fixed magnetization direction. The free layer includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The third region is formed from a third material that is configured to magnetically couple the first region and the second region. The first region is formed from a first material having a first predetermined magnetic moment, and the second region is formed from a second material having a second predetermined magnetic moment. The first predetermined magnetic moment is lower that the second predetermined magnetic moment.
US10332575B2	Signal training for prevention of metastability due to clocking indeterminacy Methods and systems that may employ adjustments to the latencies in the input circuitry to reduce the latency during initialization period and to prevent undesired effects from metastability are provided. Disclosed systems may employ adjustable delays during a signal training process to cause adjustments in the timing of the host that will reduce latencies during write cycles. Certain systems may further reduce latencies by employing input logic circuitry that produces a valid, consistent signal from the bidirectional connection, such as a gate, and preventing metastability in input circuitry altogether. Such circuitry allows bypassing of initialization periods to stabilize the input, and allows further reduction of the initialization.
US10332574B2	Embedded memory with setup-hold time controlled internally or externally and associated integrated circuit An embedded memory includes a memory interface circuit, a cell array, and a peripheral circuit. The memory interface circuit receives at least a clock signal, a non-clock signal, and a setup-hold time control setting, and includes a programmable path delay circuit that is used to set a path delay of at least one of a clock path and a non-clock path according to the setup-hold time control setting. The clock path is used to deliver the clock signal, and the non-clock path is used to deliver the non-clock signal. The peripheral circuit is used to access the cell array according to at least the clock signal provided from the clock path and the non-clock signal.
US10332572B2	Memory device and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a memory device including a substrate, isolation structures, conductive pillars, and bit-line structures. The substrate includes active areas. The active areas are arranged as a first array. The isolation structures are located in the substrate and extending along a Y direction. Each of the isolation structures is arranged between the active areas in adjacent two columns. The conductive pillars are located on the substrate and arranged as a second array. The conductive pillars in adjacent two rows are in contact with the active areas arranged as the same column, to form a first contact region and a second contact region. The bit-line structures are arranged on the substrate in parallel along a X direction. Each of the bit-line structures is in contact with the active areas arranged as the same column, to form a third contact region between the first and second regions.
US10332565B2	Video stream storage method, reading method and device The present disclosure provides a video stream storing method and apparatus, and reading method and apparatus. The method comprises: splitting an acquired video stream into I-frame data and non-I-frame data corresponding to the I-frame data, wherein the non-I-frame data contains data in the video stream other than the I-frame data; acquiring a storage address allocated by a data storage server for the non-I-frame data, and storing the non-I-frame data in a storage space of the data storage server to which the storage address points; adding the storage address to the I-frame data; and storing the I-frame data, which contains the storage address, to the data storage server. The present application solves the technical problem of low video stream storage efficiency in the prior art due to the fact that the video stream is stored frame by frame in a sequence in which the video stream is sent.
US10332558B2	Editing apparatus and method for editing a moving image There is provided an editing apparatus, including a route information generation section which generates route information from an imaging start point up to an imaging end point of a moving image, and a control information generation section which generates control information for controlling a reproduction speed of the moving image based on the route information.
US10332555B1	Reducing vibration transmission in a dual actuator disk drive utilizing a single pivot shaft An actuator pivot shaft assembly for a multi-actuator data storage device may include one or more annular grooves extending radially inward from an outer surface of the pivot shaft, thereby desirably weakening or structurally decoupling the shaft between the actuators, to assist with inhibiting transmission of vibration between the actuators during operation. The shaft assembly may further include an elastomeric damper positioned within the annular groove(s), to damp transmission of vibrational forces between the actuators through the shared shaft.
US10332553B1	Double ridge near-field transducers A TAMR (thermally assisted magnetic recording) write head uses a gap-based NFT (near-field transducer) to create plasmon near field energy. In one embodiment the NFT is a double ridge aperture structure that simultaneously delivers low transition curvature and better cross-track thermal gradients than previous designs. In another embodiment a NFT comprises a top and bottom ridge not confined to an aperture structure, made of thermo-mechanically stable materials and a parabolic shaped metal layer disposed adjacent to a dielectric waveguide core to couple optical energy to surface plasmon modes.
US10332552B2	Disk drive suspension having stamped base plate distal tip A suspension baseplate is stamped at its distal end to which the load beam is mounted. The stamping operation smoothes out roughness in the edge of the baseplate and lowers its height slightly so that, along the line on the baseplate which last contacts the load beam as the load beam is leaving the baseplate, that line on the baseplate is smooth and free of burrs and similar defects. By eliminating burrs on the surface to which the load beam is mounted, variations in the pitch and twist of the load beam are reduced.
US10332542B2	Generating audio fingerprints based on audio signal complexity An audio identification system accounts for an audio signal's complexity when generating a test audio fingerprint for identification of the audio signal. In particular, the audio identification system determines a complexity of an audio signal to be fingerprinted. For example, the audio signal's complexity may be determined by performance of an autocorrelation on the audio signal. Based on the determined complexity, the audio identification system determines a length of a sample of the audio signal used to generate a test audio fingerprint. A sample having the length is then obtained and used to generate a test audio fingerprint for the audio signal. The test audio fingerprint may be compared to a set of reference audio fingerprints to identify the audio signal.
US10332535B2	Audio encoder and decoder using a frequency domain processor with full-band gap filling and a time domain processor An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, having: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation; an analyzer for analyzing the frequency domain representation to determine first spectral portions to be encoded with a first spectral resolution and second regions to be encoded with a second resolution; and a spectral encoder for encoding the first spectral portions with the first spectral resolution and encoding the second portions with the second resolution; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a controller for analyzing and determining, which portion of the audio signal is the first audio signal portion encoded in the frequency domain and which portion is the second audio signal portion encoded in the time domain; and an encoded signal former for forming an encoded audio signal having a first encoded signal portion for the first audio signal portion and a second encoded signal portion for the second portion.
US10332534B2	Encoding an audio stream An audio stream is encoded for transmission to a receiving device via a communications channel. The to-be transmitted audio stream is received at an audio encoder executed on a processor. The processor has an amount of available processing resources. An available bandwidth of the communications channel is determined. Based on the determined bandwidth, a portion of the available processing resources is allocated to the audio encoder. The allocated portion is greater if the determined bandwidth is below a bandwidth threshold. The audio encoder encodes the audio stream using the allocated portion of processing resources, and transmits the encoded audio stream to the receiving device via the communications channel.
US10332532B2	Encoding/decoding apparatus for processing channel signal and method therefor An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.
US10332523B2	Virtual assistant identification of nearby computing devices In one example, a method includes method comprising: receiving audio data generated by a microphone of a current computing device; identifying, based on the audio data, one or more computing devices that each emitted a respective audio signal in response to speech reception being activated at the current computing device; and selecting either the current computing device or a particular computing device from the identified one or more computing devices to satisfy a spoken utterance determined based on the audio data.
US10332521B2	Transcription presentation of communication sessions A method may include obtaining information from multiple local devices. The information may indicate a configuration of each of the multiple of local devices with respect to a capability to: receive and broadcast remote audio and display transcriptions of the remote audio. The method may also include establishing a communication session with a remote device and after establishing the communication session with the remote device, obtaining the remote audio from the remote device. The method may further include directing the remote audio to a first local device of the multiple local devices based on the first local device being configured to receive and broadcast remote audio. The method may also include directing transcript data that includes a transcription of the remote audio to a second local device of the multiple local devices based on the second local device being configured to display transcriptions of the remote device audio.
US10332519B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An apparatus including circuitry configured to determine a position of a mouth of a user that is distinguishable among a plurality of people, and control an acquisition condition for collecting a sound based on the determined position of the user's mouth.
US10332514B2	Using multiple modality input to feedback context for natural language understanding Input context for a statistical dialog manager may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, the query may be categorized according to at least one context clue. The spoken query may then be converted to text according to a statistical dialog manager associated with the category of the query and a response to the spoken query may be provided to the user.
US10332506B2	Computerized system and method for formatted transcription of multimedia content Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatic creation of a formatted, readable transcript of multimedia content, which is derived, extracted, determined, or otherwise identified from the multimedia content. The formatted, readable transcript can be utilized to increase accuracy and efficiency in search engine optimization, as well as identification of relevant digital content available for communication to a user.
US10332501B2	Continuous degree of freedom acoustic cores An acoustic liner and a method of attenuating noise are provided. The acoustic liner includes a face sheet, a back sheet spaced from the face sheet, and a core layer extending between the face sheet and the back sheet. The core layer includes a plurality of resonant cells, each resonant cell including at least one cell wall coupled to the back sheet along a cell wall base edge. The at least one cell wall extends from the back sheet at an angle toward the face sheet. The at least one cell wall further coupled to the face sheet along a cell wall top edge. The resonant cell is formed in a predetermined shape and contains a volume in a space defined by the at least one cell wall, the back sheet, and the face sheet. The cell wall base edge length is greater than the cell wall top edge length.
US10332496B2	Reference display device, reference display method, and program Provided are a display device and a program which allow a user to intuitively recognize a connection and a breathing timing between respective notes. A CPU (11) generates a guide image, based on information about a sound-producing timing and a sound length of each note, which are included in a guide melody track. The CPU (11) smoothly connects respective notes. Thereafter, the CPU (11) disconnects the notes at the breathing timing indicated in a breath position track.
US10332494B2	Electronic music box Music data memory includes pieces of music within a group and other pieces of music outside the group. The next piece to be played is automatically determined by random table among pieces within the group. Favorite or newest piece is weighted to be more frequently played in the group. Piece in music data memory is automatically included into the group by random table. Newly downloaded piece into music data memory is included into the group by priority. Most frequently played piece is excluded from the group in place of newly included piece. Favorite or newest piece may be an exception of exclusion. Next piece is capable of being played in tempo similar to that of preceding piece by means of tempo-adjusted or piece replacement or repetition of the same piece for the purpose of continued baby cradling in synchronism with the same tempo of succeeding pieces.
US10332491B2	Insulator An insulator is implemented such that a lower structure member to be brought into contact with a floor surface allows an upper structure member on which a piano is placed to be suspended through a cantilever spring member and a first wire, and a second wire connects the upper structure member and the lower structure member to each other in the horizontal direction, and the insulator thus functions so as to maintain intrinsic sound generated by the piano by free vibration in pendulum motion using the upper end of the first wire as a pivot, and richness of the sound is enhanced and transmission to a floor surface is inhibited, and, further, vibration caused by a key and a pedal being operated by a performer is reduced by elasticity of the cantilever spring member and the tensile force that acts on any of the second wires, and the performer does not feel uncomfortable with the operation.
US10332490B2	Piano systems and methods for the enhanced display of the hands of a pianist In one embodiment, a method for the enhanced display of the hands of a pianist playing a piano is disclosed, including: (a) recording at least one video stream of at least one hand of a pianist playing a piano; and (b) while the pianist is playing the piano, using at least a portion of the piano as a display for displaying the video stream.
US10332483B1	Systems and methods for providing intelligent display brightness control Some embodiments described herein provide a method for providing brightness control of a display. An image including a first pixel associated with a first color and a second pixel associated with a second color may be obtained for display. A first brightness control mapping may be designed for the first color and a second brightness control mapping may be designed for the second color. Linear interpolation between the first brightness control mapping and the second brightness control mapping may be applied for a third pixel within the image having a third color different from the first color and the second color. The first, second and third brightness control mapping may then be applied to the first, second and third pixels, respectively. An output image including the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel may be displayed after the applying.
US10332481B2	Adaptive display management using 3D look-up table interpolation Methods are disclosed for adaptive display management using look-up table interpolation. Given a target maximum brightness value for a display, a new look-up table (LUT) for color gamut mapping is determined based on interpolating values from two other pre-computed color gamut LUTs; one computed for a first maximum display brightness larger than the target maximum brightness value, and one computed for a second maximum display brightness lower than the target brightness value. An interpolation scale is computed based at least on the target maximum brightness value and the first maximum display brightness. Methods to reduce the computation load for the translation of RGB data from one color representation (say, ST 2084) to another color representation (say, BT 1866) using fast interpolation methods are also presented.
US10332480B2	Color display method and system for mobile terminal The present invention discloses a color display method and system for a mobile terminal. According to the method, an environmental ambient light level for a mobile terminal is detected, a color enhancement factor is calculated according to the ambient light level, and display color of the mobile terminal is enhanced according to the color enhancement factor. A color enhancement technology widely used in a display screen is combined with the environmental ambient light level. The color enhancement is dynamically adjusted according to the intensity of ambient light.
US10332477B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a display array and a driving circuit. The display array includes at least one scan line. The driving circuit drives the display array and includes a timing controller and a gate driver. The timing controller controls a refresh rate of the display array at a first frequency or a second frequency, where the first frequency is higher substantially than the second frequency. The gate driver switches between supplying an enable voltage signal and a disable voltage signal to the scan line. Under the first or frequency, a corresponding first or second voltage difference exists between the enable voltage signal and the disable voltage signal. The first voltage difference is substantially greater than the second voltage difference, and the enable voltage signal has a same enable period.
US10332474B2	Display apparatus having power supply device with power factor compensation and power supply method thereof A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display an image, an image signal provider circuit configured to provide an image signal to the display, and a power supply configured to generate driving power and to supply the generated driving power to the image signal provider, wherein the power supply controls an operation time of a power factor compensation (PFC) circuit which performs power factor compensation of the display apparatus based on a size of an output load receiving the driving voltage.
US10332465B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device, includes a first pixel line including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, a second pixel line including a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, and a display driver supplying video signals which cause signal polarities of signal lines adjacent to each other to be opposite to each other, without varying the polarities in one frame period, the video signals having the same polarities as each other being written to the respective sub-pixels of the first pixel line, the video signals having the polarities which are the same as each other and opposite to the polarities of the video signals written to the first pixel line, being written to the respective sub-pixels of the second pixel line.
US10332464B2	Array substrate, display device and method for driving the same An array substrate includes a base substrate, rows of gate lines on the base substrate, columns of data lines on the base substrate, and an array of sub-pixels defined by the gate lines and the data lines. The sub-pixels include first monochrome sub-pixels, second monochrome sub-pixels, third monochrome sub-pixels and white sub-pixels. Monochromatic lights from the first monochrome sub-pixels, the second monochrome sub-pixels and the third monochrome sub-pixels are capable of being mixed into white light. The gate lines are divided into a first kind of gate lines and a second kind of gate lines depending on whether an ordinal number of each of the rows of gate lines is an odd number or an even number. The monochrome sub-pixels are driven by the first kind of gate lines, and the white sub-pixels are driven by the second kind of gate lines.
US10332458B2	Display device Provided is a display device characterized in that the electric power consumption when optical modulation elements (for example, MEMS shutters) are driven is reduced. A display device (1000) includes a backlight unit (1), a display panel unit (2), a source driver (3), and a controller (4). The backlight unit (1) includes a light source. The display panel unit (2) includes segmented pixel regions AR11 to ARnm each of which includes: a plurality of pixels each of which includes an optical modulation element that performs modulation control with respect to light projected from the backlight unit (1); and a segmented gate driver that controls the optical modulation elements of the pixels. The source driver (3) is a driver that controls the optical modulation elements of the pixels. The controller (4) controls the light source of the backlight unit (1), the segmented gate drivers GD11 to GDnm, and the source driver (3).
US10332448B2	Pixel circuit, pixel driving method and display device A pixel circuit includes a light emitting device, a driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting device to emit light, a short circuit control circuit and a light emitting control circuit, wherein the short circuit control circuit is coupled between the light emitting control device and the light emitting device for obtaining an input terminal signal of the light emitting device and outputting a short circuit control signal according to the input terminal signal of the light emitting device, the light emitting control device is coupled to the short circuit control circuit and coupled in series between the driving circuit and the light emitting device and configured to control a connecting branch between the driving circuit and the light emitting device to be turned on and off according to a short circuit control signal.
US10332447B2	Pixel circuit, driving method therefor, and display device including the pixel circuit A pixel circuit, a driving method therefor, and a display device. The pixel circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, a storage capacitor, and a light-emitting device. The pixel circuit can avoid the influence of drifting of a threshold voltage on brightness uniformity and constancy of a display.
US10332439B2	Display device and method for modifying a display area In a display device, an image may be three-dimensionally output by modifying a display area corresponding to an area selected based on a visual attribute of the image to be output on a display unit of the display device. The display device may include a display unit configured such that at least one portion of the display unit is modified, and a controller configured to display an output target image on the display unit and control to modify the display unit based on a visual attribute of a portion of the output target image. The controller may be configured to determine a modification target area in the output target image based on the visual attribute of components included in the output target image, and modify a display area of the display unit corresponding to the determined modification target area.
US10332438B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes: first pixels at a first pixel area and connected to first scan lines; a first scan driver to supply first scan signals to the first scan lines; second pixels at a second pixel area and connected to second scan lines; a second scan driver to supply second scan signals to the second scan lines; third pixels at a third pixel area and connected to third scan lines; and a third scan driver to supply third scan signals to the third scan lines. In a first mode, each of the first scan signals has at least a portion having a first pulse width, and each of the second scan signals has at least a portion having a second pulse width different from the first pulse width.
US10332435B2	Color display device The present invention provides a solution for a highlight or multicolor display device, in which each display cell can display high quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises three types of pigment particles, having different levels of size, threshold voltage or charge intensity.
US10332433B2	Display device A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area and a plurality of pixels formed in the display area. The device also includes a plurality of signal lines formed over the substrate and electrically connected to the pixels and an encapsulation layer formed over the substrate, wherein the signal lines include. The device further includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed over the substrate and a first crack sensing line electrically connected to a first one of the data lines and overlapping the encapsulation layer in the depth dimension of the display device.
US10332432B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a timing controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes a central region and a peripheral region. The timing controller converts image data to converted data so that a maximum luminance of the peripheral region is less than a maximum luminance of the central region. The data driver generates a data signal based on the converted data and to provide the data signal to the display panel.
US10332431B2	Lighting label A lighting label that adheres on a curved surface of a container. The lighting label includes a translucent layer, an illuminating layer, a flexible printed circuit and a waterproof sealant. The illuminating layer includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a light guide panel. The light guide panel connects to the LEDs and includes dots that scatter the light generated from the LEDs. The waterproof sealant seals an edge of the lighting label and is transparent to illuminate with the light around the edge of the lighting label.
US10332429B2	Labelling system for rackmount case for the accommodation of optical equipment A rackmount case for the accommodation of optical equipment and labelling tag is disclosed. The case comprises a box like housing comprising an end defining a rectangular opening, labelling tags each comprising a rectangular tag plate and a plurality of hinge elements arranged along an edge of the rectangular tag plate. At least one labelling tag receiving slot is within the housing for receiving one of the labelling tags. The slot comprises an opening adjacent the housing opening and a plurality of hinge elements adjacent the slot opening. The labelling tags are moveable between a first position, wherein the tags are held within the slot, and a second position wherein the tags are outside of the slot and each of the hinge elements is engaged by a respective of the second hinge elements such that the tags are rotatable about an axis in parallel to the slot opening.
US10332421B2	Conditioner with sensors for nutritional substances Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
US10332415B2	System and method of teaching music A set of teaching methods and system for implementing such teaching methods is disclosed for helping a music student learn how become more familiar with a keyboard and music in general. A set of drills and exercises are presented which will increase a student's musical ability far faster than can be achieved by traditional teaching methods. In addition, a set of humorous characters Moreover, a system is presented which will allow implementation of these exercises.
US10332414B2	Sound generator for virtual switches in a simulator A method and apparatus for managing a simulation. The method comprises detecting a user input manipulating a virtual control on a control panel displayed in a target output location on a display system in a simulator during the simulation of a platform. Further, the method comprises identifying a sound for the virtual control when the user input is detected. Still further, the method comprises controlling a speaker system to output the sound identified during the simulation in a manner that is perceived by a human operator to be from the target output location.
US10332412B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive learning A method of providing a task is presented. The method includes receiving, from a task administrator, multiple subjects to be presented in the task and presenting the task in response to a condition being satisfied. The method also include adaptively adjusting a difficulty level of a subject of the plurality of subjects based on a spacing interval, a speed of completing the task, and/or performance of a previous subject level.
US10332404B2	Method for computing the representation of the trajectory of an aircraft in flight A method for the three-dimensional representation of the trajectory of an aircraft in flight implemented in a navigation system of an aircraft is provided. The flight plan of the aircraft comprises imposed georeferenced trajectories and predicted non-georeferenced trajectories. When the trajectory of the aircraft is dependent on a non-georeferenced flight setpoint, the three-dimensional representation method is an iterative process comprising the following steps: computing a predicted trajectory arising from at least one computed trajectory extending over a determined distance or duration; computing a smoothed trajectory from the predicted trajectory in order to obtain a resulting trajectory; computing a displayed trajectory, the trajectory being equal to the resulting trajectory corrected for constant deviations or deviations depending on the application of setpoints from the flight director; and displaying the displayed trajectory.
US10332400B2	Intra-lane travel control apparatus and intra-lane travel control method A traffic lane acquisition section obtains traffic lane information that includes the road shape of a host-vehicle lane, from road map information, based on the detected position of a host vehicle, expressed by position information obtained by a host vehicle position acquisition section. Based on detected positions of traffic lane identification-use objects, contained in object information obtained by an object acquisition section, a lane boundary line identification section identifies lane boundary lines. A region estimation section estimates a displacement-possible region of the host-vehicle lane ahead of the host vehicle, based on the lane boundary lines that are obtained by the lane boundary line identification section. If a predetermined lane reliability condition is not satisfied for the lane boundary lines, then the accuracy of estimating the displacement-possible region is updated by using the road shape of the host-vehicle lane from the traffic lane information obtained by the traffic lane acquisition section.
US10332388B1	System for providing acoustic signals Described are techniques for determining whether a received audio signal is corrupted or a product of noise, prior to decoding the entire signal. An emitted audio signal may include initialization data, which includes a predetermined sequence of symbols, and which precedes encoded payload data. Correspondence between the predetermined sequence of symbols and expected symbols stored as confirmation data may be determined. If the correspondence indicates a match, an audio receiver may continue decoding the audio signal to access the payload data. If the correspondence does not indicate a match, the audio receiver may cease decoding, which may conserve power, computing resources, and time, ensuring that subsequent audio signals are not missed while the audio receiver decodes a false or corrupted signal.
US10332386B1	Alarm probability Alarm system technology, in which an alarm event is detected at a property monitored by an alarm system when the alarm system was set in an armed state. Based on detection of the alarm event, an alarm probability score that indicates a likelihood of the alarm event being an emergency situation is determined and the alarm event is handled based on the determined alarm probability score.
US10332383B1	Connected door hinge A computer-implemented method includes receiving a disarm code, comparing, the received disarm code to a stored disarm code, determining that the received disarm code matches the stored disarm code, determining a property access pattern that corresponds to the stored disarm code, that identifies a first group of doors at the property that should be opened, and that identifies a second group of doors at the property that should be closed, providing to each door hinge device on a respective door of the first group, a first instruction to open, providing to each door hinge device on each of the doors of the second group, a second instruction to close, and disarming the monitoring system.
US10332382B2	System and method for monitoring handwashing compliance including soap dispenser with integral hand-washing monitor and smart button system A hand-washing monitor and hand washing monitoring system are provided. The hand-washing monitoring system includes a motion detector mounted near, to or in a sink and configured to detect a scrubbing motion near an outlet of a sink faucet and a user wearable smart button device that interacts with the motion detector. The system includes a processor coupled to the motion detector and smart button device and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to monitor the motion detector for signals indicative of the scrubbing motion that is continuous during a predetermined scrubbing interval and to provide signal indicating a successful scrubbing operation when the scrubbing motion is continuously detected during the entire interval to the smart button device. The hand-washing monitor includes a housing containing the processor, the motion detector, the memory and proximity sensors for detecting the application of soap.
US10332381B2	Intelligent asset detachment sensor system An embodiment of an intelligent personal device detachment sensor apparatus and system for a lanyard, belt clip, pocket clip, or other worn device for displaying a security device, such as an identification and/or card or badge on an individual user. The device is particularly useful for monitoring the presence of the card, badge or other small asset, with many of such assets employed at security, environmental clearance, and access checkpoints. The apparatus consists of two parts, a user holder and an asset holder, held to one another in a “docked” condition using a permanent magnet of the asset holder attachable to a permanent magnet on the user holder. The user holder has a switch (e.g., a mechanical switch), an alarm device to produce an audible signal to the user, and a transmitter that transmits an alert through a network.
US10332369B2	System for setting non-warning area of people detector and method thereof A system for setting non-warning area of people detector including an analysis module, a human-machine interface (HMI) and several people detectors (PDs) are disclosed. The PDs are arranged in a physical space and respectively corresponding to multiple areas to be monitored. The HMI displays thermal image records detected by the PDs, and receives external operation to trigger the analysis module. The triggered analysis module performs a setting action for setting a non-warning area of the multiple areas. The analysis module transmits information related to the set non-warning area to a corresponding one of the PDs for adjusting parameters of the corresponding PD after finishing the setting action. Accordingly, the adjusted PD excludes the non-warning area from its detecting range, whereby improving its detecting efficiency and accuracy.
US10332366B2	Tactile information providing device The present invention relates to a tactile information providing device. The tactile information providing device according to the present invention comprises a tactile transmission unit (1:10, 20) formed of a magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE) material, wherein the tactile transmission unit (1) provides tactile information through the transformation (10a-10d, 20a-20d) by an external magnetic field.
US10332364B2	Lighting device and apparatus with multiple applications for processing a common sensed condition A lighting device or an apparatus for use with a light source has one or more sensors, intelligence in the form of programmed processors and communication capabilities. Each sensor is configured to monitor one or more conditions external to a lighting device not directly related to operational performance of the respective lighting device. Programming provides a standardized interface to enable processing of sensed conditions from sensors of different types.
US10332359B2	System for triggering bank and equipment bill destruction devices and methodology for triggering bank equipment bill destruction devices A system for triggering bank equipment bill destruction devices and methodology for triggering bank equipment bill destruction devices. The system increases security of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and cash dispenser bank equipment by innovating a trigger rail which is a separate unit directly mounted to the cassette assembly of the bank equipment and is fixed through ignition nozzles which are attached and inserted in openings provided on a structure of the cassettes. The methodology comprises using pyrotechnic means to trigger the bill destruction devices placed inside the cassettes of a bank equipment unit.
US10332354B2	Tiered gaming Some embodiments include a fantasy sports wagering game. A gaming operator may assign real life sporting players into brackets based on their expected performance so that players with similar expected performance are in a same bracket as each other. Participants in a fantasy sports wagering game may be required to select a player from each of a plurality of brackets to form a fantasy sports team for the fantasy sports wagering game.
US10332353B2	Gaming system with elimination feature A method is described for running a feature on a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming consoles linked by a communication network. The method comprises running at least one elimination round of the feature. A set of participating gaming consoles are determined for the elimination round and a group of options is displayed on the participating gaming consoles. Selections of options from the group are entered by players at the participating gaming consoles and a winning option is displayed from the group of options. Consoles are eliminated from the set of participating consoles unless the winning option was selected at the respective console; and further elimination rounds are commenced unless termination criteria are met. A flashing sequence of lights and sounds may be exhibited to reveal the winning option.
US10332352B2	Gaming machine with a fixed wild symbol A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a spinning reel game wherein one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize. When at least one special symbol appears on the display, the special symbol is held in a superimposed representation in that position for at least one further game while at least that reel carrying the special symbol is re-spun for the at least one further game.
US10332345B2	Pre-authorized casino credit instrument A casino credit access instrument comprises a source of funds for a player, such as for placing wagers to play casino-style games or to purchase other goods or services. The instrument defines a period of timed during which credit may be accessed up to a predetermined amount, defines a redemption period during which any accessed credit may be re-paid, and defines settlement terms if the instrument is not redeemed. Credit may be granted based upon financial collateral, which collateral may be executed upon to settle the instrument. The instrument provides a convenient source of funding for player at low risk to the casino or other lender.
US10332341B2	Gaming intelligence system and method A Gaming Intelligence System and Method are described, the method comprising correlating player and game information from two sets of gaming information obtained from a plurality of gaming machines. The first set of information includes player information and transactional information and the second set of information includes game information and transactional information. By optimizing an allocation of transactional information using a goodness measure, correlations between player information and game information are obtained. A gaming intelligence system that determines correlations between player IDs and game IDs is also described.
US10332338B2	Modular interactive application interleaved wagering system A modular interactive application interleaved wagering system is disclosed. Such a system includes an interactive controller constructed to generate a user interface of a wagering application, generate a user interface of an interactive application, combine the user interfaces into a combined user interface displayed to a user, detect user interactions with the combined user interface and communicate the user interactions to an application controller, receive from the application controller a wager outcome, and display to the user using the wagering user interface of the combined user interface, the wager outcome. The application controller operatively connects the interactive controller to a wager controller, wherein the application controller is constructed to receive from the interactive controller, the user interactions, detect a wagering event from the user interactions, determine the wager outcome responsive to the wagering event using the wager controller, and communicate the wager event to the interactive controller.
US10332337B2	Electronic gaming machine An electronic gaming machine comprising a display, a memory storing program instructions for each of a plurality of different games, a game controller for executing the program instructions, the game controller configured to conduct plural game instances in respective ones of a plurality of game areas on the display based on one or more player selections from among the different games, the game controller configured to operate in a first mode when conducting less than a defined number of game instances and a second mode when conducting a defined number of game instances, wherein when operating in the second mode, the game controller is configured to add at least one additional game feature to each of the defined game instances irrespective of the player game selections of games for the respective game areas.
US10332334B2	Method of gaming, gaming system and game controller that modify reel strips by adding symbol stacks to symbols predefined for the reel strips An electronic method of operating a gaming system comprising a game controller. The method comprises forming, using the game controller, at least one dynamically generated reel strip by a) conducting a random determination to select one of a plurality of different arrangements of a defined number of stacked symbols, each arrangement dividing the defined number of stacked symbols into a different number of stacks of the symbol, and b) adding the selected arrangement to symbols predefined for the respective reel strip; selecting symbols, using the game controller, from a set of reel strips including the at least one dynamically generated reel strip; displaying the selected symbols on the display; and making, using the game controller, an award if the selected symbols include one or more winning outcomes.
US10332328B2	Device for protecting the access to a vehicle by means of a mobile phone A method of access to a motor vehicle includes establishing contactless communication according to an NFC protocol between a badge of the motor vehicle and a smartphone, communicating an authentication key from the badge to the smartphone, transmitting the authentication key of the smartphone to a server by telephone communication, the server being capable of communicating with the vehicle, and recognizing the authentication key by the server and transmitting data concerning a status of the vehicle from the server to the smartphone.
US10332324B2	System, device and method for recording data in an aircraft A system, device and method for recording data in an aircraft including a memory and a network interface through which it is connected to the network. This device is configured for acquiring information from the avionics communication network, and information relative to characteristic events relative to operation of the aircraft, generating indexes corresponding to different times, recording, in a first part of the memory, indexed data corresponding to the information coming from avionics communication network, the indexed data including a set of recordings, each recording corresponding to the combination of information coming from the avionics communication network and an index corresponding to a time associated with that recording; and recording, in a second part of the memory, for several of the characteristic events, information of correspondence between the characteristic event in question and an index corresponding to a time associated with that characteristic event.
US10332320B2	Autonomous vehicle advanced sensing and response One embodiment provides for a computing device within an autonomous vehicle, the compute device comprising a wireless network device to enable a wireless data connection with an autonomous vehicle network, a set of multiple processors including a general-purpose processor and a general-purpose graphics processor, the set of multiple processors to execute a compute manager to manage execution of compute workloads associated with the autonomous vehicle, the compute workload associated with autonomous operations of the autonomous vehicle, and offload logic configured to execute on the set of multiple processors, the offload logic to determine to offload one or more of the compute workloads to one or more autonomous vehicles within range of the wireless network device.
US10332319B2	Methods and systems for updating diagnostic and repair information Methods and systems for updating diagnostic and repair information are disclosed. In an example system, a first request indicative of a vehicle repair issue for a vehicle is received. A diagnostic flowchart for identifying and resolving the vehicle repair issue is then sent. A second request for further technical assistance and vehicle condition data collected during execution of the diagnostic flowchart are received. The diagnostic flowchart and the vehicle condition data are then sent. Diagnostic assistance information and feedback data indicating whether the vehicle repair issue has been identified and resolved are then received, and the diagnostic flowchart is updated accordingly.
US10332310B2	Distributed index fetch, primitive assembly, and primitive batching One embodiment of the present invention includes a technique for distributing work slices associated with a graphics processing unit for processing. A primitive distribution system receives a draw command related to a graphics object associated with a plurality of indices. The primitive distribution system creates a plurality of work slices, where each work slice is associated with a different subset of the indices included in the plurality of indices. The primitive distribution system scans a first subset of indices to identify a first set of characteristics that is needed to process a second subset of indices. The primitive distribution system processes the second subset of indices based at least in part on the one or more characteristics. Advantageously, because multiple work slices are analyzed in parallel for duplicate indices, the time required to analyze work slices is more in balance with the time required to process the work slices, leading to greater utilization of GPU resources and improved overall performance.
US10332306B2	Method and apparatus for digitizing the appearance of a real material A system and method of determining data representing a mapping of optical signals described by image data of a reflecting surface of a structure to a three-dimensional surface geometry of the reflecting surface is provided. At least first, second and third light sources are provided, comprising a broadband point light source, a spectrally variable point light source and a movable linear broadband light source, respectively. First, second and third images are acquired, corresponding to each light source. Surface geometry data describing a three-dimensional surface geometry of the reflecting surface is acquired. Based on the image data and the surface geometry data, reflecting surface mapping data describing a mapping between the reflections described by the first image data, second image data and third image data, and the three-dimensional surface geometry of the reflecting surface is determined.
US10332304B1	System for fast intersections in ray tracing The present disclosure describes a system of fast intersection between secondary rays and geometric objects for a global illumination ray tracing. A hardware graphics pipeline of GPU is used as a means for carrying out the intersection between secondary rays and scene geometry in large groups of rays, gaining high speed and lowering computational complexity. The resulting power consumption is reduced.
US10332300B2	Depth of field for a camera in a media-editing application Some embodiments provide a method that provides tools for defining a scene including media objects in a multi-dimensional space. The method provides a set of user interface tools for adjusting a region of focus for rendering the space from a particular location within a particular field of view. In some embodiments, the region of focus is a first region in the space within the particular field of view and the space further includes a second region outside of the region of focus within the particular field of view. In some embodiments, the method also provides a set of effects for applying to the second region but not the first region to visually indicate the first region as the region of focus within the space and the second region as a region outside of the region of focus within the space.
US10332297B1	Electronic note graphical user interface having interactive intelligent agent and specific note processing features The invention relates to an electronic note graphical user interface that has a human-like interactive intelligent animated agent and provides specific note processing features including multimodal hands free operation, and includes methods and systems that include a processor configured to provide an Intelligent Interactive Agent as a graphic animation to a user, where the agent receives and processes verbal commands from the user to operates the GUI and executes GUI operations including showing the animation tapping, swiping, pinching, searching for text, entering text, and displaying retrieved content, in the one or more mobile electronic display notes displayed in the container display matrix.
US10332294B2	Methods and systems for head up display (HUD) of aerial refueling operation status and signaling Example methods and systems for providing information to a pilot of a receiver aircraft during a refueling operation are described. The refueling operation includes a tanker aircraft with a hose for supplying fuel to the receiver aircraft and a refueling coupler coupled to an end of the hose. One example method includes, receiving at a first transceiver located at the receiver aircraft refueling information from a second transceiver located at the tanker aircraft, receiving from a vision system located at the receiver aircraft image information indicative of the hose and the refueling coupler, and displaying, on a head up display (HUD) of the pilot of the receiver aircraft a visual representation of one or more of the refueling information and the image information.
US10332293B2	Augmenting reality with reactive programming In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may utilize a reactive processing system in an augmented reality (AR) system. The AR system may execute program instructions based on a region of an input video signal and produce an output video signal that includes a first output that includes a video effect from the program instructions. The AR system may determine if the region of the input video signal changes. If so, the program instructions may be executed based on the region of the input video signal and a change of the region of the input video and produce the output video signal that includes the second output that includes the video effect. If not, the output video signal that includes the first output that includes the video effect may continue to be produced.
US10332292B1	Vision augmentation for supplementing a person's view An augmentation system may supplement a person's view from at least one of an actual vehicle or a virtual vehicle of an environment through which the vehicle travels. The system may include a receiver configured to receive data signals representative of operation of the vehicle and representative of objects in the environment through which the vehicle travels. The system may also include a converter in communication with the receiver. The converter may be configured to convert the data signals into display data representative of the operation of the vehicle and representative of the objects in the environment through which the vehicle travels. The converter may also be configured to communicate the display data to a display in communication with the converter and configured to display, within the person's view from the vehicle, images representative of the display data to supplement the person's view.
US10332290B2	Fast, coverage-optimized, resolution-independent and anti-aliased graphics processing Technology related to efficient, coverage-optimized, resolution-independent, and anti-aliased graphics processing is described. Uniquely, an example system may include a graphics processing unit configured to receive a plurality of vertices representing a control polygon of a curve and expanding the control polygon of the curve. The graphic processing unit may further tessellate the control polygon into a plurality of tiles, select a subset of tiles from the plurality of tiles based on satisfying selection criteria, rasterize fragments using the selected subset of tiles, and render the curve based on the fragments.
US10332285B2	Techniques for automatic and dynamic opacity settings for scatterplots An opacity engine for automatically and dynamically setting an opacity level for a scatterplot based on a predetermined value for a mean opacity level of utilized pixels (MOUP) in the scatterplot. The opacity engine may automatically set the opacity level for the scatterplot to produce the predetermined MOUP value in the scatterplot. A utilized pixel in the scatterplot comprises a pixel displaying at least one data point representing data. The MOUP value in the scatterplot may be equal to the sum of the final opacity levels of all utilized pixels in the chart, divided by the number of utilized pixels in the chart. The predetermined MOUP value may be between 35%-45%, such as 40%. The opacity engine may adjust the determined opacity level for charts having relatively low over-plotting factors.
US10332283B2	Visualized re-physicalization of captured physical signals and/or physical states Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to re-physicalization of captured physical signals and/or sensor measurements and to generation of user-perceivable output content from a computing device based at least in part on the re-physicalization.
US10332267B2	Registration of fluoroscopic images of the chest and corresponding 3D image data based on the ribs and spine The present invention is a method to register 3D image data with fluoroscopic images of the chest of a patient. The ribs and spine, which are visible in the fluoroscopic images, are analyzed and a rib signature or cost map is generated. The rib signature or cost map is matched to corresponding structures of the 3D image data of the patient. Registration is evaluated by computing a difference between the fluoroscopic image and a virtual fluoroscopic projected image of the 3D data. Related systems are also described.
US10332264B2	Deep network flow for multi-object tracking A multi-object tracking system and method are provided. The multi-object tracking system includes at least one camera configured to capture a set of input images of a set of objects to be tracked. The multi-object tracking system further includes a memory storing a learning model configured to perform multi-object tracking by jointly learning arbitrarily parameterized and differentiable cost functions for all variables in a linear program that associates object detections with bounding boxes to form trajectories. The multi-object tracking system also includes a processor configured to (i) detect the objects and track locations of the objects by applying the learning model to the set of input images in a multi-object tracking task, and (ii), provide a listing of the objects and the locations of the objects for the multi-object tracking task. A bi-level optimization is used to minimize a loss defined on a solution of the linear program.
US10332263B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium An image processing device includes a division unit which divides an input image into a first content area and a first background area, a generation unit which corrects a first content area pixel included in the first content area by using a first peripheral pixel existing in the vicinity of the first content area among first background area pixels included in the first background area to generate a first background image formed with the after-correction first content area pixel and the first background area pixel, and a removal unit which removes the first background image from the input image.
US10332258B2	Method and apparatus for processing graphics A graphics processing system sorts graphics primitives for rendering into lists corresponding to different sub-regions of a render output to be generated, each list indicating primitives to be processed for the render output. A primitive list building unit divides a render target into various sub-regions, determines which sub-regions a primitive falls within and adds the primitive to the primitive lists corresponding to those sub-regions. The primitive list building unit also records the positions of the primitives in a pair of histograms which show the distribution of primitives across the render output. Once all primitives for the render output have been sorted into lists, the histograms are outputted to a predictor processor. The predictor processor then determines a set of sub-region sizes to be used when sorting primitives for the next render output to be generated into lists, based on the histograms.
US10332256B2	Contrast flow imaging system A system and method includes reception of a plurality of fill frames of a patient volume, each of the plurality of fill frames depicting a contrast medium within the patient volume at a respective time, identification, for each pixel location of the fill frames, of a fill frame whose pixel at the pixel location is associated with a pixel value which represents a greater level of contrast medium than the pixel values of pixels at the pixel location within the others of the plurality of fill frames, generation of a peak contrast fill frame corresponding to each fill frame, the peak contrast fill frame corresponding to a given fill frame including, at pixel locations for which the given fill frame was identified, pixels associated with pixel values of the given fill frame, and storage of the plurality of peak contrast fill frames.
US10332254B2	Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) apparatus and method Disclosed are Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) apparatus and method to combine information on sequential image frames and to provide a superior classification result for the ROI in the image frame. The CAD apparatus may include a Region of Interest (ROI) detector configured to detect an ROI from image frames, a categorizer configured to create groups of image frames having successive ROI sections from among the image frames based on a result of the detection, a classifier configured to classify an ROI detected from each of the image frames belonging to the groups, and a result combiner configured to combine classification results for the image frames belonging to each group from the groups and to calculate a group result for the each group.
US10332241B2	Bias correction in images Computer analysis of data sets representing images such as MRI images to achieve bias correction and image registration, each image including a bias in intensity within the image of unknown magnitude, is performed by: a) inputting a digital data set of a first image and a digital data set of a second image into a computer; b) calculating a deformation of said first image that transforms said first image into a transformed image that is an optimized approximation of said second image and c) simultaneously calculating and applying a bias correction which is applied to said first image and a bias correction which is applied to said transformed image such that each of the first image and the transformed image is individually corrected for bias therein. Generally, an average of the bias correction over the first image is equal and opposite to an average of the bias correction over said transformed image.
US10332237B2	Equatorial stitching of hemispherical images in a spherical image capture system Hyper-hemispherical images may be combined to generate a rectangular projection of a spherical image having an equatorial stitch line along of a line of lowest distortion in the two images. First and second circular images are received representing respective hyper-hemispherical fields of view. A video processing device may project each circular image to a respective rectangular image by mapping an outer edge of the circular image to a first edge of the rectangular image and mapping a center point of the circular image to a second edge of the first rectangular image. The rectangular images may be stitched together along the edges corresponding to the outer edge of the original circular image.
US10332234B2	Matrix factorization with approximate computing Techniques that facilitate matrix factorization associated with graphics processing units are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method is provided. The computer-implemented method can comprise loading, by a graphics processing unit operatively coupled to a processor, item features from a data matrix into a shared memory. The data matrix can be a matrix based on one or more user features and item features. The computer-implemented method can further comprise tiling and aggregating, by the graphics processing unit, outer products of the data matrix tiles to generate an aggregate value and approximating, by the graphics processing unit, an update to a user feature of the data matrix based on the aggregate value and the loaded item features.
US10332231B2	Computing system and method of performing tile-based rendering of graphics pipeline A computing system includes a memory device comprising a memory array and an internal processor configured to perform a first sub pipeline of a graphics pipeline for tile-based rendering by using graphics data stored in the memory array, for offload processing of the first sub pipeline from a host processor; and the host processor configured to perform a second sub pipeline of the graphics pipeline by using a result of the first sub pipeline stored in the memory array.
US10332230B2	Characterizing GPU workloads and power management using command stream hinting A method of graphics processing comprising receiving, at a graphics processing unit (GPU), a command stream, the command stream including one or more commands to be performed by the GPU and at least one command stream hint, the at least one command stream hint providing a characterization of a workload of the command stream, performing, by the GPU, a power management process based on the at least one command stream hint prior to executing the command stream, and executing, by the GPU, the command stream.
US10332221B2	System and method for controlling the end-usage of a network distributed utility A utility is distributed to a group of subscribers via a distribution network. At least one parameter reflecting an instantaneous overall consumption of the utility in the distribution network is measured repeatedly, and an amount of the utility delivered to each subscriber in the group is controlled in response thereto. It is checked whether the instantaneous overall consumption of the utility is within an acceptable interval. If it is below a lower threshold level, at least one load is controlled to increase its consumption of the utility according to a pre-defined scheme in proportion to a deviation of the instantaneous overall consumption of the utility from the lower threshold level. If it is above an upper threshold level, at least one load is controlled to decrease its consumption of the utility according to the pre-defined scheme in proportion to a deviation of the overall consumption of the utility from the upper threshold level.
US10332217B2	Management of online community merge events A method includes selecting community groups having a first community from a plurality of communities and a second community from the plurality of communities. The method includes collecting a plurality of community factors that each describe the first community and the second community. The method also includes determining a plurality of correlation values, for each community factor from the plurality of community factors, between the first community and the second community. The method also includes calculating a community merge score from the plurality of correlation values. The method also includes merging the community group in response to a community merge score threshold being met by the community merge score.
US10332216B2	Streamlined sales tax return preparation A tool for assisting end-users to comply with complex sales tax compliance requirements by electronically preparing a tax return by dynamically creating and providing to each end-user a first data input page having input fields relating only to types and categories of tax for which each end-user's line of business is required to report while suppressing presentation to the end-user data fields which are related to tax types which are not required to be reported or collected for the end-user's line of business. Using the streamlined input page, the end-user only provides the relevant data values and avoids seeing or worrying about irrelevant input values. The tool then electronically prepares one or more tax return forms or data files, and optionally submits those to an electronic server corresponding to the tax authority for the appropriate jurisdiction(s) or produces a paper return.
US10332215B2	Method, software, and device for displaying a graph visualizing audit risk data Methods, software, and computing devices for displaying a graph visualizing financial audit risk data are disclosed. A database stores data elements storing financial audit data, including financial statement data and risk data. A computing device determines a significance of data elements, and displays a vertex representing each data element with a prominence corresponding to its significance. The database also stores relationships between data elements, and the computing device displays the relationships by displaying an edge linking each two related data elements.
US10332214B2	Receiving, sending and managing electronic approvals and receipt invention The present application describes a system of managing electronic receipts including a point-of-sale system, a unique identifier detection mechanism, and a server. The point-of-sale system is configured to register a plurality of goods and/or services, comprising a transaction receipt. The unique identifier detection mechanism detects a first unique identifier and a second unique identifier. The server is in communication with the point-of-sale system and includes a processor configured to register the payment of the transaction receipt as a function of the first unique identifier and a memory device is configured to store a database with a plurality of receipt-data storage locations. In response to the approval the payment, the point-of-sale system forwards the second unique identifier and the transaction receipt to the server and stores the transaction receipt within the receipt-data storage location associated with the second unique identifier.
US10332203B2	Systems and methods for facilitating credit card application transactions Credit card application information is requested from a user. A credit card application information is provided to a credit authorization server for credit approval based on the credit card application information. Additionally, an indication is received for credit approval of the user from the credit authorization server. The indication includes a graphical representation of credit information and the graphical represented displayed for use in completing a payment transaction.
US10332199B2	System and method for visualizing checking account information Systems and methods for presenting fraud detection information are presented. In one example, a computer system analyzes empirical data to detect potentially fraudulent activity and alerts users of the potentially fraudulent activity via a fraud detection user interface. The fraud detection user interface determines a set of user interface components to suitable to present the potentially fraudulent activity and presents facts associated with the potentially fraudulent activity to a user for further analysis and investigation.
US10332197B2	Optimal waste collection routing using smart waste containers and smart waste collection vehicles A waste collection system (10) includes one or more waste containers (20) for receiving waste (50), a server system (100) for receiving one or more signals via a wireless communication network (70) from sensor arrangements (30, 40) included on the one or more waste containers (20) for sensing a waste status of the one or more containers (20). Beneficially, the server system (100) is operable from receiving the one or more signals to compute an optimal strategy for one or more waste collection vehicles (150) to collect waste from the one or more waste containers (20). The waste collection system (10) is capable of supporting a competitive bidding arrangement for implementing collection of waste (50) for the one or more waste containers (20).
US10332196B2	Retail website user interface, systems and methods A web site that presents a user interface that displays images of products to a user. The product images that are displayed are of products that are recently trending or popular as determined by data derived from one or more sources. Each product image is displayed without the price of the respective product and without text naming, describing or identifying the respective product. Therefore, the user interface is constructed to focus on the trending products themselves so that the user interface is clean and uncluttered, allowing customers to focus on the trending products for possible purchase.
US10332195B2	Method and system for creating a multifunctional collage useable for client/server communication A method for creating a collage of e-commerce items from one or more electronic data sources has steps for (a) providing a server client that may access indirectly or directly, the one or more data sources, (b) providing an information access and retrieval utility to run on the server client, (c) accessing the one or more data sources via the server client utility, (d) importing to or otherwise sending to the server client specific items from the one or more data sources, and (e) placing the selected items in an integrated utility downloaded to the server client.
US10332193B2	Interactive display system for food and entertainment retail establishments The present disclosure describes an interactive menu display system providing retail establishments with a flexible electronic menu display that enables presentation of a large number of menu items by incorporating, among other things, a menu-item scrolling feature. The display system can be configured to subdivide a display system to include fields, such as physical portions of a display unit, or individual display units, that are designated for predetermined categories of menu items, and within those fields, the menu items may be sequentially displayed, such as in a scrolling, paging, or other step-wise fashion. The display system can also include a menu configuration user interface designed for the owner or manager of the retail establishment to conveniently and efficiently update menu content, layout, and other configuration settings. The display system can be configured to update the menu display in real-time based on updates to menu content and settings.
US10332191B1	Steganographic-based system and method using digital identification A steganographic-based ordering system and method using a digital identification (ID) are described. A user may obtain a digital ID card on a user device and select modes for interacting with the vendor. Using the digital ID, the user can create a personal profile that indicates the user's preferences, and place an order for an item (e.g., a product or service) through the digital ID. The order may be steganographically-embedded along with user data within the digital ID. The digital ID including the steganographically-em bedded order is transmitted to a digital ID reader located at the vendor. When completing an order for the user, the digital ID reader may de-embed user and order data from the received digital ID to obtain information about the user and provide more personalized service to complete the order.
US10332187B2	Intelligent integration system for product compatibility determination A method, computer program product and system for product compatibility determination is provided. The method includes determining information associated with monitored usage patterns of an environment for a new product, prior to purchasing the new product, and comparing specifications associated with the new product to the monitored usage patterns of the environment for the new product. The method further includes determining whether the specifications are within a threshold of the monitored usage patterns of the environment and in determining the specifications associated with the new product are not within the threshold of the monitored usage patterns of the environment, generating at least one recommendation.
US10332186B2	Method and system for artificial intelligence augmented facility interaction Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and devices for artificial intelligence augmented facility interaction. One such embodiment, in the form of a method includes identifying a location of a mobile device associated with a customer account within a facility. This method further includes determining at least one product recommendation based on data stored in a database associated with the customer account in view of the identified location and transmitting, via a network, the determined product recommendation data to the mobile device for presentation on the mobile device.
US10332185B2	Using status of sign-on to online services for content item recommendations An SSO provider—i.e., a provider of user accounts that a number of other online services accept as a sign-on technique—identifies the online services to which its users sign on, as well as the digital content items that those users access. The SSO provider uses this information to associate particular content items with particular online services, or combinations of online services. The SSO provider can then use the associations to make recommendations of content items to users based on the services to which the users have signed on.
US10332181B1	Ranking search results and recommendations When a user selects an item at an online marketplace and subsequently provides a search query to the online marketplace, search results or recommendations received from the online marketplace in response to the search query may be displayed based on whether the search results or recommendations would satisfy a requirement established by a source of the selected item. The requirement may relate to a minimum cost threshold, or a minimum number of items. Any search results or recommendations that would, if selected, cause the requirement to be met or exceeded may be preferentially displayed to the user above, or in a more prominent manner, than search results or recommendations that would not, if selected, cause the requirement to be met or exceeded.
US10332176B2	Methods and systems for virtual fitting rooms or hybrid stores Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for digital inventories. An application interface module receives a request message from a user device at a physical store location linked to an online marketplace. The request message indicates a request to determine availability of a target item at the physical store location. The user device is linked to a user. In response to the request message, a database management module accesses inventory data of the online marketplace. An inventory engine determines whether the target item is available at the physical store location. Based on a determination that the target item is not available at the target store, a graphics processing module generates a digital representation of the user and the target item for display within a user interface rendered on the user device.
US10332169B2	Coordinating products and services for customers A computer-implemented system keeps records of communications between participants as a conversation. All communications between participants in a transaction are stored as part of the conversation including documents, photographs, forms etc. needed to complete the transaction. A computer system interacts with a wallet service of one or more participants to keep a record of, or to affect the transfer of, consideration between participants in the transaction. Conversations can occur for any topic or conversations for a particular topic can be selected and a template provided for documents and/or conversation participants most often needed to complete an associated transaction.
US10332168B2	Line position bidding A system or method is provided to allow customers or users to bid for positions in a line. In particular, the system may determine the positions of various users in line and may set up a line bidding interface for the line. The line bidding interface may present users with various information of the line and various bidding options. The system may allow a user to post the user's line position for others to bid on. Further, the system may allow a user to post a monetary offer for another user to leave or switch line position. The system also may allow one or more users to bid for another user to leave the front of the line. For example, one or more users may crowd source a monetary offer for a user who is in the front of the line to leave.
US10332161B2	Retrieving reviews based on user profile information In an approach to retrieving reviews for a user based on user profile information, a computer receives user profile information for a first user. The computer receives a search term from the first user and determines review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information. Responsive to determining review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information, the computer retrieves the review information and transmits the review information to the first user.
US10332158B2	Methods and apparatus to adjust media impressions based on media impression notification loss rates in network communications Methods and apparatus to adjust media impressions based on media impression notification loss rates in network communications are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first network media impression adjustment factor based on a quantity of lost test media impression notifications for a first network in a geographic region; determining an adjusted quantity of first network user-accessed media impression notifications for the first network by applying the first network media impression adjustment factor to a quantity of successfully received user-accessed media impression notifications to generate a product and weighting the product based on a market share of first subscribers corresponding to the first network in the geographic region; and storing the weighted adjusted quantity of the user-accessed media impression notifications in association with a media identifier to credit corresponding media with a quantity of media accesses corresponding to the weighted adjusted quantity of the user-accessed media impression notifications.
US10332156B2	Systems and methods for using server side cookies by a demand side platform The present disclosure is directed to methods for identifying a user by a demand side platform (DSP) across advertiser exchanges. The method includes establishing, by a DSP, a cookie mapping for a user. The cookie mapping includes a mapping of user identifiers for the user from advertisement exchanges to a user identifier assigned by the DSP for the user. The DSP stores to the cookie mapping a first mapping to the user identifier of the DSP, comprising a first user id received by a bidder from a first exchange and a first exchange id for the first exchange. A bidder inserts a pixel into a bid for an impression opportunity to a second exchange. The pixel includes a key to the cookie mapping and a second user id for the user and a second exchange id. The second user id is received by the bidder from a second exchange.
US10332152B2	Systems and methods to attribute real-world visits of physical business locations by a user of a wireless device to targeted digital content or publicly displayed physical content previously viewable by the user Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location information. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine the routes taken by the user, businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user or exposure to physical content is tracked. Whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the content is monitored. Detailed conversion tracking is provided to producers of targeted content and business owners.
US10332151B2	Method and system for using media points to influence content delivery Method for influencing content delivery to a mobile device used by a user includes: receiving a request for content delivery from the mobile device, over a computer network; obtaining a location of the mobile device; identifying one or more media points in proximity to the obtained location of the mobile device; obtaining type, location and display size of the identified one or more media points, from one or more databases; determining a strength of an exposure of the user to said identified one or more media points, based on the type, location and display size of the identified one or more media points and the location of the mobile device; selecting a relevant supplemental content for delivery to the mobile device, based on said determined strength of an exposure of the user to said identified one or more media points; and delivering said selected relevant supplemental content and the requested content to the mobile device over the computer network.
US10332150B2	Location event advertising Information about physical places is gathered to develop quality scores for targeting advertisements to users of mobile devices sharing geographic location events with service providers. A scoring model incorporates selected attributes about places (e.g., created by a service provider vs. user-generated, category, keywords, census data providing population density by location, property values by area, popularity, special events, government vs. private area, whether place is associated with a brand, chain, or is independent) that have been gathered from multiple sources, verified, and normalized. Advertisements are targeted to users running mobile applications based on a location event shared with the service provider using the quality score for the place indicated in the location event in addition to other attributes of the place. In one embodiment, the system uses a machine learning algorithm to analyze conversion rates of targeted advertising to provide feedback to the scoring model.
US10332148B2	Call analytics for mobile advertising A call analytics system for analyzing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns using performance data and call data. Specifically, the call analytics system evaluates the performance of different keywords in generating calls to displayed phone numbers. The call analytics system uses statistical techniques to correlate received calls to displayed phone numbers with those keyword or keywords that were associated with displayed advertisements. The system gives advertisers the ability to track and measure which keywords drive sales for mobile users that call advertisers directly from ads on their smartphones or other mobile devices. In some embodiments, the system uses the calculated effectiveness of certain keywords to recommend changes to present or future advertising campaigns of the advertiser.
US10332147B2	Method and apparatus for providing advertising content A method for providing advertising content, performed by a display device, the method including forming a first pairing between a first terminal and the display device; receiving first advertising content from an advertising server corresponding to a first habit of a user of the first terminal; allocating the first advertising content to a first region among a plurality of regions of a display unit according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and the display device and a duration for which the first pairing is maintained; and displaying the first advertising content on the first region.
US10332143B2	Systems, methods and computer readable medium for wireless solicitations Product offering systems are provided. Product offering systems may include sending an offer to a customer that possesses a mobile computing device and has agreed to receive offers for products via the mobile computing device. Agreeing to receive offers would result in the unique data about the customer being available to offer provider. Unique customer data may include data related to the customers wireless service provider or from a financial account in a financial institution, and collecting customer data about the customer, wherein the customer data comprises financial data and personal data. Product offering systems may further include registering a wireless computing device of the customer to able the device to receive the offer, and determining opportunities to send the offer to the customer by monitoring the customer and the customer data. Product offering systems may also include sending the offer to the customer's registered device based on the determination of opportunities.
US10332139B2	Dynamic re-pricing of items on electronic marketplaces and/or online stores A method of dynamically re-pricing items, comprising: a) Receiving from a seller a sale policy for one or more items offered for sale by one or more plurality of vendors. b) Creating a state machine to execute the sale policy by adjusting a price of the one or more items. c) Collecting commerce information by monitoring in real time a plurality of prices given to the one or more items by the one or more vendors. d) Dynamically adjusting a plurality of price setting rules according to analysis of said commerce information. e) Executing the state machine to select one or more of the plurality of price setting rules and modifying the price according to one or more selected price setting rule.
US10332138B1	Estimating the cost of residential remodeling projects A facility for estimating the cost of a remodeling project is described. The facility accesses a project cost model that predicts project costs determined from a photograph based upon project characteristics. The facility applies the access project cost model to characteristics of a distinguished project to obtain an estimated cost. The facility causes the obtained estimated cost to be displayed.
US10332134B2	Travel price optimization (TPO) TPO is an industry-neutral price optimization solution that recommends optimal prices by performing a simultaneous evaluation of all network-wide demand and supply considerations. TPO produces an optimal time-phased price profile designed to achieve the greatest return on inventory. An optimizer technique takes the baseline demand forecasts, competitive intelligence, inventory data, and other related parameters and data representing real-world objects, and determines the optimal prices at which the user will achieve the greatest return on inventory. The optimizer technique can be directed to maximize revenues, profits, or market share. TPO produces a recommended price profile, that can be manipulated in an interactive graphical user interface, and illustrates what price must be charged now, and what prices must be charged later in the booking cycle. Using price sensitive forecasting to estimate how price impacts demand, TPO helps users to maximize revenues, profits, or market share. TPO recommends prices by dated-resources or dated DFUs.
US10332133B2	System and methods for filtering based on social media Systems, computer-implemented methods, and media for providing a graph of assets by one or more computing devices include building an asset graph from a data set of assets, the asset graph including plural assets, at least one connection connecting each asset to one or more other asset in the graph, and metadata associated with each connection storing details relating to the connection; identifying an asset in the asset graph that corresponds to an asset in a third party social media platform's asset graph; requesting information relating to connections to the identified asset; receiving the requested information relating to connections to the identified asset; and building out the asset graph according to the received information.
US10332129B2	Methods and systems for processing a log file Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for provisioning log file data. To provision the log file data, a server can parse through log files by identifying particular log entries and data fields. Customer-facing log files can be generated based on the identified log entries and data fields. A customer-facing log file has log file data specific to a particular customer, which can be a tenant of a multi-tenant database system. A security mechanism can be configured to prevent one tenant from accessing the customer-facing log file of another tenant of the multi-tenant database system.
US10332126B2	Method and apparatus for in-vehicle consumer information gathering A computer implemented method includes receiving vehicle location information. The method also includes delivering a survey to one or more vehicle occupants, over a vehicle audio system, the survey related to a business having some correlation to the location information. Further, the method includes collecting survey results. Also, the method includes relaying the survey results to a remote server for processing. The method additionally includes providing a digital reward to the one or more occupants participating in the survey.
US10332120B2	Method and score management node for supporting service evaluation based on correlated service events A method and a score management node for supporting service evaluation by obtaining a perception score reflecting a user's experience of one or more services delivered by a telecommunication network. The score management node receives a network measurement related to a current service event of service delivery to the user within a predefined time length from a previous service event, and determines a correlation level reflecting the user's perception of the current service event as correlated with the previous service event. A quality score is determined for the current service event, reflecting the user's perception of quality of service delivery and an associated significance reflecting the user's perception of importance of service delivery, based on the network measurement and the correlation level. The perception score is then calculated for the current service event as the quality score weighted by the associated significance and is made available for the service evaluation.
US10332119B2	Message handling at a mobile gateway for managing data structures and sub-structures Users of mobile devices communicate through a mobile gateway to a transaction processing system. The transaction processing system manages accounts, such as debit card accounts, for the users. The accounts include a main account for each user and sub accounts that are linked or related to the main account. Funds may be transferred between a main account and its linked sub accounts, including automatic funds transfer when a transaction (e.g., a payroll deposit from an employer or a debit transaction at a specified retailer) is made against the main account and meets certain parameters established by a user. Access to linked sub accounts is made through use of internal account IDs, rather than the account number of the main account.
US10332118B2	Efficient prevention of fraud This disclosure is directed to methods and systems for managing difficulty of use and security for a transaction. A transaction manager operating on a computing device may determining a range of possible steps for a transaction comprising security measures available for the transaction. The transaction manager may identify a threshold for a security metric to be exceeded for authorizing the transaction, the security metric to be determined based on performance of steps selected for the transaction. The transaction manager may select for the transaction at least one step from the range of possible steps, based on optimizing between (i) a difficulty of use quotient of the transaction from subjecting a user to the at least one step, and (ii) the security metric relative to the determined threshold.
US10332112B2	Authentication for transactions using near field communication In a method for authenticating a current user of a near field communication (NFC) device, a profile for an authorized user of the NFC device is established based on data received from one or more sensors of the NFC device over a first period of time. Responsive to a request for a payment transaction, a profile for the current user of the NFC device is established based on data received from the one or more sensors over a second period of time after the first period of time. The profile for the current user is compared with the profile for the authorized user. A determination is made as to whether one or more values in the profile for the current user are within a range of one or more values in the profile for the authorized user at a confidence level.
US10332111B2	Authentication with smartwatch Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing a transaction between a smartwatch and an access device. Transaction details are transmitted by an antenna of a smartwatch to a contactless transaction module. An interface is rendered to a display of the smartwatch. An input of the interface is adjusted in response to a rotation of a crown of the smartwatch. The input is transmitted, by the antenna of the smartwatch, to a contactless transaction module in response to a confirmation of the input by a user of the smartwatch.
US10332110B2	System and method for authenticating a payment transaction A system and method of authenticating a payment transaction between a merchant and a customer in an electronic payment system are described. Transaction details presented by the merchant are received at a mobile electronic device, the customer is authenticated by means of an authentication token presented by the customer at an authentication terminal, and the geo-location of the mobile electronic device and the authentication terminal are compared to verify that the device and terminal are within a predefined geographical distance at the time the payment transaction is processed.
US10332104B2	Techniques for an in-vehicle electronic wallet Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for activating a payment account for a vehicle electronic wallet component and to associate the payment account with a vehicle. In various embodiments, a request for payment for a transaction may be received over a contactless communication link when the vehicle is in proximity to a payment processing entity and authentication information to approve the request for payment may be received. Payment information corresponding to the payment account may be transmitted over the contactless communication link to the payment processing entity to enable payment for the transaction.
US10332101B2	Magnetic secure transmission device and electronic device including the magnetic secure transmission device A magnetic secure transmission (MST) device which generates an MST signal includes a first transmitter, a first coil that generates a first signal depending on an operation of the first transmitter, a second transmitter that operates at an operating frequency of the first transmitter, and a second coil that generates a second signal for offsetting or compensating for the first signal depending on an operation of the second transmitter. The MST signal is generated as the first signal and the second signal overlap each other.
US10332097B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a plurality of message, product or registration card items and be collectively managed. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to transmit/receive messages or data, a user input unit configured to receive a command from a user, a touchscreen, and a controller outputting the received messages through the touchscreen, the controller controlling a prescribed received message among the received messages to be included in a prescribed group, the controller, if a change command for the prescribed group is received through the user input unit, controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit a change request signal corresponding to some messages selected from the received messages included in the prescribed group.
US10332086B2	Self-deposit apparatus The present disclosure deals with an apparatus and method associated with a self-depositing of items. In exemplary embodiments, an item may be self-deposited using a self-deposit apparatus. In exemplary embodiments, self-deposit apparatus may include an optical reader, first scale, image capturing device, a bin and a second scale. The first scale may be coupled with the optical reader and image capturing device. The item may be placed on self-deposit apparatus and the weight and image may be captured. The self-deposit apparatus may extract the dimensions of the item from the captured image. The self-deposit apparatus may verify the item intended for the self-deposit is associated item identified by the identifier by matching the weight, dimension and image to a stored item weight, dimensions and image.
US10332081B2	Pin entry for internet banking on media device Embodiments of the invention disclose a remote control device for operating a media device that can be used to conduct financial transactions. The remote control device includes a user interface to accept user input, and a communication interface to communicate with the media device. The remote control device also includes a hardware security module that is coupled to the user interface and the communication interface. The hardware security module includes a secure processing unit, and a public processing unit that is configured to selectively request the secure processing unit to encrypt user input based on a function that is being performed on the media device.
US10332079B2	User interface for loyalty accounts and private label accounts for a wearable device The present disclosure generally relates to the use of loyalty accounts, private label payment accounts, and general payment accounts using a wearable electronic device with an electronic wallet. Various accounts are linked to the electronic device. In some examples, the electronic device is NFC-enabled. The electronic device may be used to provide loyalty account information and payment account information to a payment terminal, such as an NFC-enabled payment terminal.
US10332078B2	Electronic receipt issuing system To enable issuance of an electronic receipt without previously registering personal information and carrying out a special operation in execution of a payment by a customer. There are provided a receipt data transmitting unit 12 for transmitting receipt data, a payment terminal ID and payment date and time information to a server 300 when a payment for a sales transaction is performed in a payment terminal 100, a payment terminal ID acquiring unit 21 of a customer terminal 200 for acquiring a payment terminal ID after completing the payment, a receipt issuance requesting unit 22 for transmitting, to the server 300, a receipt issuing request including a payment terminal ID and ID acquisition date and time information, and a receipt data extracting units 33 for extracting, from among the receipt data storing unit 35, receipt data whose payment terminal ID is coincident with the payment terminal ID in the receipt issuing request and whose payment terminal ID is acquired within a predetermined time from the completion of the payment, making possible to specify receipt data for a customer without using personal information.
US10332076B2	Method and system for predicting and posting future calendar events There is provided an information processing device including a schedule acquisition unit configured to acquire a schedule registered by a user, an action-history acquisition unit configured to acquire an action history of the user, and a past-schedule correction unit configured to correct a past schedule among the schedule on the basis of the action history.
US10332075B2	Nearest known person directory function A system for matching nearest contacts in a logical contact hierarchy can include a logical contact hierarchy disposed in a database; and, a hierarchical query processor coupled to the logical contact hierarchy. The hierarchical query processor can be configured to produce a closest matching contact from among contacts in the logical contact hierarchy based upon a specified anchor contact in the logical contact hierarchy. A boolean operator further can be programmed to select a closest matching contact based upon a boolean expression operating upon multiple closest matching contacts produced by the hierarchical query processor.
US10332068B2	Systems and methods for stocking an automobile The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stocking an automobile. Stocking the automobile can include reading the location of the automobile in an electronic memory, comparing, via one or more processors, the location of the automobile with the location of the dealership to determine whether the automobile has arrived at the dealership, and notifying, via a network interface, the stocking system that the automobile has arrived at the dealership. Stocking the automobile can also include receiving a notification, via the network interface, from the dealership that the automobile is checked-in.
US10332066B1	Item management system using weight An inventory location such as a shelf may be used to stow different types of items, with each type of item in a different partitioned area or section of the shelf. Weight data from weight sensors coupled to the shelf is used to determine a change in weight of the shelf and a change in the center-of-mass (“COM”) of the items on the shelf. Based on the weight data and item data indicative of what items are stowed in particular partitioned areas, activity such as a pick or place of an item and the partitioned area in which the activity occurred may be determined. Data from other sensors, such as a camera, may be used to confirm the occurrence of the activity, disambiguate the determination of the particular partitioned area, and so forth.
US10332065B2	Fleet of robot vehicles for food product preparation An autonomous robot vehicle in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a conveyance system, a navigation system, a communication system configured to communicate with a food delivery management system, one or more storage modules including a storage compartment or a storage sub-compartment configured to store food items, one or more preparation modules including a preparation compartment or a preparation sub-compartment configured to prepare the food items, processor(s), and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the autonomous robot vehicle to, autonomously, receive via the communication system a food order for a destination, determine a travel route that includes the destination, control the conveyance system to travel the travel route to reach the destination, and prepare the food item while traveling on the travel route.
US10332064B1	Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for identifying duplicate travel An apparatus is provided for detecting duplicate travel. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a travel path of a vehicle based in part on received items of location data. The processor is also configured to determine whether the travel path is associated with a defined street segment including a plurality of location points corresponding to a street. The processor is further configured to determine whether the vehicle travels the street multiple times in a predefined time period. The processor is further configured to superimpose visible indicia on the defined street segment in response to detecting that the vehicle traveled the street multiple times during the predefined time period. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.
US10332062B2	Seal delivery tracking system Systems and devices are provided for tracking deliveries and confirming delivery information with seals attached to the delivery vessel. In certain embodiments the seal includes a hidden number or code that is only viewable once the seal is broken or cut. The seal includes data and information that matches that of a corresponding delivery. Mobile devices and other computing devices can track the information that is input by the delivery personnel during the delivery process.
US10332060B2	Optimization of packaging sizes Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for determining sizes of packaging in a packaging suite and generating the new packaging. The packaging may be used, for example, in the shipping of items. Data may be received that describes bounding boxes corresponding to collections of items shipped to customers. The sizes of the packaging in the packaging suite may be determined based at least in part upon the data that describes the bounding boxes.
US10332057B2	Evaluation of output-producing asset productivity Evaluation of output-producing-asset production may be performed at least by incorporating knowledge of operators of the output-producing asset into the generation of values of performance-based metrics for the output-producing asset. Since such knowledge may be only known by the respective operators, mechanisms, such as a graphical user interface (“GUI”), may be provided by which an operator inputs such knowledge and by which such knowledge is incorporated into the generation of values of performance-based metrics for an output-producing asset. A results screen may be generated to display values of performance-based metrics in a configuration that facilitates quick and simple understanding by a decision-maker or other user on how to improve return on the investment (“ROI”) in an output-producing asset.
US10332053B2	Food data access and delivery system An improved system for accessing food data and tracking a user's food intake includes a nutrition information system 600 and a mobile PDA or smartphone-based tag reading system 900. The two systems 600 and 900 are configured to communication. The mobile tag reading system 900 includes a tag capture device 902 for reading the nutritional tag, and a decoder 904 for decoding the header or visual effects included in the nutritional tag to identify the predetermined profile. The decoder 904 is also configured to decode the nutritional tag to generate the subset of the dietary product descriptions and associated nutritional values based upon the predetermined profile. A tracking log 908 is included for storing the associated nutritional values or the modified associated nutritional values based upon input from the user.
US10332052B2	Interactive meeting agenda In one embodiment, the invention can be a method including receiving a first list of agenda items for a meeting, the first list of agenda items organized in a first order; transmitting the first list of agenda items to user interfaces of meeting participants; providing, to each user interface, access to predetermined item rating options; receiving, from the meeting participants in real-time, item ratings for at least one of the agenda items of the first list; and transmitting, to each user interface, a second list of agenda items for the meeting, the second list comprising a second list of agenda items organized in a second order; wherein the second order of the second list of agenda items is based on the item ratings.
US10332051B2	Systems and methods for interfacing between a sales management system and a project planning system The present disclosure facilitates interfacing between a sales management system and a project planning system. In some embodiments, the system includes an interface and schedule engine, both executing on a server. The interface can parse a sales order from the sales management system into products and project tasks within the products. The products can also include at least one of a labor product, a parts product, and an agreements product. The schedule engine can generate schedule tasks corresponding to the project tasks, determine a performance order of the schedule tasks, and combine the schedule tasks into schedule phases based on the performance order. The schedule engine can determine a performance order of the schedule phases and combine the schedule phases into a schedule component based on the performance order. The interface can transmit the schedule component to the project planning system for execution.
US10332047B2	Task-centered context management A method, system, and computer program product for interaction management systems. The method commences upon receiving a first incoming communication pertaining to a first task, and launching a first task-centered context user interface being initially populated with a first screen device selected in response to the type of incoming communication (e.g., a phone call icon, etc.). An agent interacts with the client by responding to the incoming communication. Then, the method receives a second incoming communication pertaining to the same first task; and populates the first task-centered context user interface with a second screen device appropriate for the second incoming communication (e.g., a chat UI, etc.). Additional new incoming events are routed to its corresponding task-centered context (or a new task-centered context is created). Thus, upon receiving a third incoming communication pertaining to a second task (different from the first task), the method launches a second task-centered context user interface.
US10332043B2	System and approach for setting forth a physical view and a network view of a job An approach for managing a job that may provide a logical model of one or more structures as a configuration for deployment to, for instance, one or more site controllers. A job may be newly created, an existing job, or a remote job. A portal may be established for connection to a relevant job station. A physical view and a network node may be established for showing the physical and network views. The relevant job station may incorporate configurations that support a workbench, a dashboard and gadgets.
US10332041B2	Intelligent travel planning Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: a travel planning system, via a user interface, receives requirements for a trip from a user; collects preference information of the user for the trip; searches available travel options based on the requirements and the preference information; builds an itinerary based on the searched travel options by use of a balance combination of relative weights for sources of the preference information; applies external data relevant to the itinerary; obtains a response to the itinerary from the user; and either adjusts the itinerary or makes reservations respective to the travel options in the itinerary, depending on types of a response from the user.
US10332040B2	Enhanced seat selection Methods and systems for improving seat selection at a venue are described. The methods and systems help users understand how good a view they will have of a performance or event and/or how enjoyable an experience they will have before they purchase a ticket. A user selects a seat and is able to access relevant traits of people who purchased seats proximate to the selected seat. Relevant traits include physical features such as height, weight, build, etc., and behavior information, such as how noisy or quiet the person is.
US10332037B2	Methods and systems for automatic registration using previously used credentials Methods and systems for providing a user with re-registration for an event by presenting a previously used credential to a preceding occurrence of the event. The method includes: providing a registrant with a credential relating to an authorization for a first event from a microprocessor based computer system; and terminating the credential's ability to authorize the registrant for the first event. The microprocessor based computer system then receives a representation of the credential issues to the registrant and automatically registers the participant for a second event.
US10332033B2	Self-learning based dialogue apparatus and method for incremental dialogue knowledge An incremental self-learning based dialogue apparatus for dialogue knowledge includes a dialogue processing unit configured to determine a intention of a user utterance by using a knowledge base and perform processing or a response suitable for the user intention, a dialogue establishment unit configured to automatically learn a user intention stored in a intention annotated learning corpus, store information about the learned user intention in the knowledge base, and edit and manage the knowledge base and the intention annotated learning corpus, and a self-knowledge augmentation unit configured to store a log of a dialogue performed by the dialogue processing unit, detect and classify an error in the stored dialogue log, automatically tag a user intention for the detected and classified error, and store the tagged user intention in the intention annotated learning corpus.
US10332032B2	Training a machine to automate spot pricing of logistics services in a large-scale network A machine learning algorithm is trained to learn to cluster a plurality of original-destination routes in a network for transporting cargo into a plurality of clusters based on similarities of the original-destination routes, and to learn to cluster the plurality of clusters into a plurality of subgroups based on customer behavior. Influencing criteria associated with each of the subgroups may be determined and based on the influencing criteria, a price elasticity curve for each of the subgroups may be generated. Based on the price elasticity curve and current network traffic, cargo transportation price associated with each of the subgroups may be determined.
US10332031B2	Method and system for recommending one or more events based on mood of a person Disclosed herein is a method and system for recommending one or more events based on mood of a person. The method comprises receiving activity data associated with one or more activities of the person and personal information of the person from data sources. The received activity data is classified into one or more predefined categories. An event profile of the person is generated based on the classified activity data. Thereafter, a sensitivity score of the person is determined based on impact of a current event on the person, activity score of the person and correlation of the current event with one or more events occurred simultaneously with the current event. Further, a mood score of the person is determined based on the sensitivity score and the event profile of the person. Furthermore, events are recommended to the person based on the sensitivity score and the mood score of the person.
US10332029B2	Building thermal control techniques An algebra and differential equations model of a physical system is constructed based on available training data and physical system characteristics. A hybrid calibration process is carried out to iteratively calibrate both time-insensitive and time-sensitive parameters of the algebra and differential equations model so as to obtain parameter vectors. Vector auto-regression is applied to the parameter vectors to predict values of the parameters for a future time period.
US10332025B2	Proximal gradient method for huberized support vector machine The Support Vector Machine (SVM) has been used in a wide variety of classification problems. The original SVM uses the hinge loss function, which is nondifferentiable and makes the problem difficult to solve in particular for regularized SVMs, such as with l1-norm. The Huberized SVM (HSVM) is considered, which uses a differentiable approximation of the hinge loss function. The Proximal Gradient (PG) method is used to solving binary-class HSVM (BHSVM) and then generalized to multi-class HSVM (MHSVM). Under strong convexity assumptions, the algorithm converges linearly. A finite convergence result about the support of the solution is given, based on which the algorithm is further accelerated by a two-stage method.
US10332023B2	Hardware-efficient variational quantum eigenvalue solver for quantum computing machines Generating trial states for a variational quantum Eigenvalue solver (VQE) using a quantum computer is described. An example method includes selecting a number of samples S to capture from qubits for a particular trial state. The method further includes mapping a Hamiltonian to the qubits according the trial state. The method further includes setting up an entangler in the quantum computer, the entangler defining an entangling interaction between a subset of the qubits of the quantum computer. The method further includes reading out qubit states after post-rotations associated with Pauli terms in the target Hamiltonian, the reading out being performed for S samples. The method further includes computing an energy state using the S qubit states. The method further includes, in response to the estimated energy state not converging with an expected energy state, computing a new trial state for the VQE and iterating to compute the estimated energy using the new trial state.
US10332021B1	System and method for estimating indoor temperature time series data of a building with the aid of a digital computer A system and method to determine building thermal performance parameters through empirical testing is described. The parameters can be formulaically applied to determine fuel consumption and indoor temperatures. To generalize the approach, the term used to represent furnace rating is replaced with HVAC system rating. As total heat change is based on the building's thermal mass, heat change is relabeled as thermal mass gain (or loss). This change creates a heat balance equation that is composed of heat gain (loss) from six sources, three of which contribute to heat gain only. No modifications are required for apply the empirical tests to summer since an attic's thermal conductivity cancels out and the attic's effective window area is directly combined with the existing effective window area. Since these tests are empirically based, the tests already account for the additional heat gain associated with the elevated attic temperature and other surface temperatures.
US10332018B2	Service level agreement risk analysis with exogenous architecture A set of internal information technology (IT) architecture is received and the internal IT architecture is controlled by a service provider. A set of exogenous IT architecture is received and the exogenous IT architecture is not controlled by the service provider. A set of service level agreement (SLA) requirements, agreed upon by the service provider and a service user, are received. A set of sensor data, from sensors monitoring environmental conditions which may affect at least one of the internal IT architecture or the exogenous IT architecture, is received. A set of heuristic data relating to the internal IT architecture and the exogenous IT architecture is received. A risk metric based on the set of internal IT architecture, the set of exogenous IT architecture, the set of SLA requirements, the set of sensor data, and the set of heuristic data is determined.
US10332015B2	Particle thompson sampling for online matrix factorization recommendation Particle Thompson Sampling for online matrix factorization recommendation is described. In one or more implementations, a recommendation system provides a recommendation of an item to a user using Thompson Sampling. The recommendation system then receives a rating of the item from the user. Unlike conventional solutions which only update the user latent features, the recommendation system updates both user latent features and item latent features in a matrix factorization model based on the rating of the item. The updating is performed in real time which enables the recommendation system to quickly adapt to the user ratings to provide new recommendations. In one or more implementations, to update the user latent features and the item latent features in the matrix factorization model, the recommendation system utilizes a Rao-Blackwellized particle filter for online matrix factorization.
US10332000B2	Synapse and neuromorphic device including the same A synapse and a neuromorphic device including the same are provided. The synapse includes: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; an oxygen-containing layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a reactive metal layer disposed between the oxygen-containing layer and the second electrode and capable of reacting with oxygen ions from the oxygen-containing layer; and an oxygen diffusion-retarding layer provided between the oxygen-containing layer and the reactive metal layer, the oxygen diffusion-retarding layer hindering movement of oxygen ions from the oxygen-containing layer to the reactive metal layer.
US10331997B2	Adaptive configuration of a neural network device A first input is processed via a first configuration of a neural network to produce a first output. The first configuration defines attributes of the neural network, such as connections between neural elements of the neural network. If the neural network requires a context switch to process a second input, a second configuration is applied to the neural network to change the attributes, and the second input is processed via the second configuration of the neural network to produce a second output.
US10331995B2	Antenna for an RFID reading apparatus and method for transmitting and/or receiving RFID signals An antenna (100) for an RFID reading apparatus having a plurality of single antennas (10) of the inverted-F type, wherein the single antennas (10) are arranged in a plane and are arranged tilted with respect to one another within the plane, and having a feed circuit (16) that is connected to the single antennas (10) to control the single antennas (10) to generate a circular polarization having a mutual phase offset corresponding to the tilt is provided. The antenna (100) in this respect has at least four single antennas (10a-d), the single antennas (10a-d) are arranged in a direction of rotation, and the antenna (100) has a common ground plane (20, 28) in parallel with the plane.
US10331994B2	Method for creating ceramic-containing transaction cards A transaction card includes a card body that may comprise a card body comprising a ceramic material, the card body including a primary surface and a first mating surface. A card backer comprises a metallic material and includes a secondary surface and a second mating surface. A portion of the first mating surface and a portion of the second mating surface are coupled together.
US10331990B2	Organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) universal plastic Aspects of the invention relate to a smart card that includes an OLED display. The smart card may store data associated with multiple purchasing instruments and utilize the OLED display to present sensitive data associated with a user selected purchasing instrument. In response to the selection, the smart card may transmit sensitive data associated with the selected purchasing instrument. The OLED display may allow the smart card to include a customizable face. The OLED display may present video, colors or any suitable text. For example, the OLED display may present a user's credit limit, rewards or spend categories. Such smart cards may be easily re-branded as a result of the smart card not being permanently tied to an embossed number. New sensitive data may be pushed to the smart card and thereby allow it to be used immediately based on the new sensitive data.
US10331988B2	Determining an action associated with an apparatus using a combined bar code image A method of determining an action associated with an apparatus, the apparatus having a disposable component, the method comprising: obtaining (100), by means of a camera (416), data representing a visual code (301, 303) and a visual symbol (302, 304); comparing (120), by means of a processor (414), the visual code represented by said data with a reference code, the reference code indicating an identity of a disposable component of the apparatus, and comparing (130), by means of said processor, the visual symbol represented by said data with a reference symbol, to obtain comparison results; and determining (140) the action in response to the comparison results.
US10331983B1	Artificial intelligence inference computing device An artificial intelligence inference computing device contains a printed circuit board (PCB) and a number of electronic components mounted thereon. Electronic components include a wireless communication module, a controller module, a memory module, a storage module and at least one cellular neural networks (CNN) based integrated circuit (IC) configured for performing convolutional operations in a deep learning model for extracting features out of input data. Each CNN based IC includes a number of CNN processing engines operatively coupled to at least one input/output data bus. CNN processing engines are connected in a loop with a clock-skew circuit. Wireless communication module is configured for transmitting pre-trained filter coefficients of the deep learning model, input data and classification results.
US10331980B1	Creating a boundary map A boundary map and a first image are received as input. The boundary map indicates a plurality of fields. The boundary map is used to regularize, across a set comprising a plurality of pixels bounded by a first field in the plurality of fields, a set of one or more pixel brightness values. A regularized image is generated as output, where for each pixel in the first image bounded by the first field, a set of values in the corresponding pixel in the regularized image is assigned the set of regularized pixel brightness values.
US10331974B2	Action recognition system with landmark localization on objects in images using convolutional neural networks An action recognition system and method are provided. The action recognition system includes an image capture device configured to capture an actual image depicting an object. The action recognition system includes a processor configured to render, based on a set of 3D CAD models, synthetic images with corresponding intermediate shape concept labels. The processor is configured to form a multi-layer CNN which jointly models multiple intermediate shape concepts, based on the rendered synthetic images. The processor is configured to perform an intra-class appearance variation-aware and occlusion-aware 3D object parsing on the actual image by applying the CNN thereto to generate an image pair including a 2D and 3D geometric structure of the object. The processor is configured to control a device to perform a response action in response to an identification of an action performed by the object, wherein the identification of the action is based on the image pair.
US10331973B2	System and method for deploying graphical diagram topologies Techniques disclosed herein provide an approach for automatically importing graphical topologies and deploying the same. In one embodiment, a topology importer tool uses a trained machine learning model to detect and classify objects in an image depicting a topology. The topology importer distinguishes between software (or hardware) components in the detected objects and properties of those components. In particular, the topology importer may determine a property is associated with a component based on an overlap between objects representing the property and the component, a distance between the objects representing the property and the component, or a learned model. The topology importer determines relationships between components in a similar manner, as well as based on detected links represented by objects between components indicating those components are connected. The topology importer further converts the topology to a format understood by an application which may then deploy the topology.
US10331969B2	Image processing for scale zero validation Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, software, and methods that leverage images captured by imaging devices of product barcode scanners, which may include scanner-scale devices, and other imaging devices deployed at a Point of Sale (POS) terminal. One such embodiment, in the form of a method, includes identifying a scale-zero error condition and determining, based on a view of a scale surface provided by at least one imaging device, whether an item is present on the scale surface. In such embodiments, when no item is present on the scale surface, the method includes providing an instruction via an output device for proceeding with a scale zeroing process. Further in such embodiments, when an item is present on the scale surface, the method includes providing an instruction via the output device to remove the item present on the scale surface and restarting the method.
US10331966B1	Image processing to detect a rectangular object In some implementations, a device may detect edges in an image, and may identify, based on the edges, a rectangle that bounds a document in the image. The device may detect lines in the image, and may identify edge candidate lines by discarding one or more of the lines. The device may identify intersection points where lines, included in the edge candidate lines, intersect with one another. The device may identify corner candidate points by discarding one or more points included in the intersection points, and may identify a corner point included in the corner candidate points. The corner point may be a point, included in the corner candidate points, that is closest to one corner of the bounding rectangle. The device may perform perspective correction on the image of the document based on identifying the corner point.
US10331965B2	Method, device and computer-readable medium for updating sequence of fingerprint templates for matching A method for updating a sequence of fingerprint templates for matching is disclosed, comprising: acquiring a fingerprint image; comparing the fingerprint image with a preset fingerprint template selected from N preset fingerprint templates stored in advance, sequentially in a predetermined sequence of the N preset fingerprint templates for matching, each preset fingerprint template corresponding to a matching score; adjusting the matching score corresponding to an ith preset fingerprint template, when the fingerprint image matches the ith preset fingerprint template; and sequencing the N preset fingerprint templates in a sequence of the matching score corresponding to the respective preset fingerprint template from high to low, to obtain a updated sequence of the N preset fingerprint templates, in which a next acquired fingerprint image is compared with the preset fingerprint template selected from N preset fingerprint templates sequentially for matching.
US10331961B2	Detecting device, detecting method, and program To detect a distant object that may become an obstacle to a traveling destination of a moving vehicle or the like more accurately than the conventional, there is provided a detecting device, a program used in the detecting device, and a detecting method using the detecting device, where the detecting device includes: an acquisition section for acquiring two or more images captured in two or more imaging devices provided at different heights; and a detection section for detecting a rising portion of an identical object toward the imaging devices based on a difference between the lengths of the identical object in the height direction in the two or more images.
US10331958B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring information The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for acquiring information. A specific embodiment of the method includes: collecting characteristic information of a road object, the characteristic information comprising: a position, in a world coordinate system, of laser points corresponding to the road object in a laser point cloud collected in an area where the road object is located, and a position in a reflectance map corresponding to a position of a control point of the road object in the world coordinate system; and determining whether a preset accuracy is acceptable based on a match between the characteristic information of the road object and a preset characteristic information of the road object, the preset accuracy comprising: a splicing accuracy of the spliced laser point cloud, an accuracy of the reflectance map, and an accuracy of the high-precision map.
US10331951B2	Image monitoring system and image monitoring program An image monitoring system includes: recording means for recording an image captured by a camera via a network; control means for controlling the system so as to display the present image captured by the camera or a past image recorded on the recording means on display means; and moving-object detecting means for detecting a moving object from the image captured by the camera; wherein the moving-object detecting means includes resolution conversion means for generating an image with a resolution lower than the resolution of the image captured by the camera, positional-information output means for detecting a moving object from the image generated by the resolution conversion means and outputting positional information on the detected moving object, and information merging means for merging the positional information of the moving object with the image captured by the camera on the basis of the positional information of the moving object output by the positional-information output means.
US10331949B2	Splitting merged table cells A method for image processing is provided. The method includes: obtaining an image including a table that includes a plurality of cells that each includes a first border, a second border opposite the first border, a third border, and a fourth border opposite the third border; identifying, on a skeleton graph generated for the table, a first non-corner vertex on the first border of a first cell of the plurality of cells; determining a first plurality of splitlines extending from the first non-corner vertex and intersecting with the second border of the first cell without intersecting with the third or fourth border of the first cell; calculating a first plurality of confidence values for the first plurality of splitlines; and splitting the first cell by generating a first artificial edge, based on the first plurality of confidence values and a splitline of the first plurality of splitlines.
US10331946B2	Gesture control device and method A gesture control system for a device for determining which one of a plurality of devices is to be controlled by a gesture acquires images of a gesture from each of the electronic devices; establishes a three dimensional coordinate system for the gesture image; calculates an angle between a first vector from a start point of the gesture to a center point of each electronic device and a second vector from an end point of the gesture to the center point of each electronic device. Thereby, the electronic device intended as the object to be controlled by the gesture can be determined, according to whether the angle between the first vector and the second vector is less than a preset value. A gesture control method is also provided.
US10331944B2	Technologies for dynamic performance of image analysis Technologies for dynamic performance of image analysis are disclosed. When a camera captures one or more images, context data such as data indicative of motion of the camera is captured as well. The context data is used to determine an image analysis parameter for an image analysis procedure to be performed on the one or more images. The image analysis parameter may dictate which image analysis procedure is to be performed and/or provide input to the image analysis procedure.
US10331942B2	Face liveness detection Disclosed herein are techniques for face-based user authentication. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a sequence of image frames captured of a face of a subject, and calculating, for each image frame in a set of image frames from the sequence of image frames, a closity value for the image frame based upon a plurality of angles associated with an eye in the image frame. The closity value calculated for the image frame is indicative of a measure of closeness of the eye in the image frame. The method further includes determining a number of eye blinks occurring in the set of image frames based upon the closity values calculated for the set of image frames, determining liveness of the face of the subject based upon the number of eye blinks, and enabling authentication of the subject based upon the liveness determination.
US10331940B2	Evaluation method and evaluation device for facial key point positioning result Disclosed are an evaluation method and an evaluation device for a facial key point positioning result. In some embodiments, the evaluation method includes: acquiring a facial image and one or more positioning result coordinates of a key point of the facial image; performing a normalization process on the positioning result coordinate and an average facial model to obtain a normalized facial image; and extracting a facial feature value of the normalized facial image and calculating an evaluation result based on the facial feature value and a weight vector.
US10331939B2	Multi-layer optical designs of under-screen optical sensor module having spaced optical collimator array and optical sensor array for on-screen fingerprint sensing Devices and optical sensor modules are provided for provide on-screen optical sensing of fingerprints by using an under-LCD or OLED screen optical sensor module that captures and detects returned light.
US10331938B2	Method for controlling unlocking and terminal A method for controlling unlocking includes the following operations. A reference feature point set of a finger of a user is acquired by scanning the finger using a fingerprint recognition sensor. A matching process is performed between the reference feature point set and at least one template feature point of a pre-stored fingerprint template feature point set in descending order of matching priority of the at least one template feature point. The terminal is unlocked based on the number of template feature points successfully matched with the reference feature point set.
US10331934B2	Electronic sensor supported on rigid substrate A sensor assembly comprises a rigid substrate with a circuit subassembly wrapped therearound. The circuit subassembly includes a flexible substrate with conductive traces and interconnects formed thereon, and when wrapped around the rigid substrate, the conductive traces may overlap one another so as to form capacitive sensor elements. The interconnects connect the conductive traces to one or more components, such as a printed circuit board attached to a portion of the flexible substrate. The sensor assembly maybe installed in an opening formed in a host device panel of a host device, such as a smart phone, with the sensor assembly optionally peripherally surrounded by a spacer frame, and covered by a cover element. The circuit subassembly may include a host connector tab for electrically connecting the sensor assembly to electrical components of a host device.
US10331928B2	Low-computation barcode detector for egocentric product recognition A method of detecting a barcode that in one embodiment includes performing a line segment detection of a barcode image to provide a plurality of line segments, and analyzing the line segments using parallel segment detection to determine a best candidate line segment having a greatest similarity to a remainder of adjacent line segments. The method may further include providing a central bisector of the best candidate line segment, and forming a plurality of parallel lines offset from the central bisector. In a following step, a pixel map is from the central bisector and the plurality of the parallel lines, and an end and a start of the barcode is determined from changes in intensity of the pixels in the pixel map.
US10331927B2	Method and system for supervised disembarking of passengers from a bus System and method for collecting object identification data from a plurality of objects that interact with a vehicle during operation of the vehicle, where the vehicle interacts with specific objects at specific geographical positions. An identification sensor is coupled to a geographical position sensor, and whenever an object is identified a record is generated, the record including the identification of the object, the position of the vehicle when the interaction between the object and the vehicle occurs, and the time of the interaction. Exemplary objects include passengers, containers, and documents. Exemplary interactions include loading/unloading an object from the vehicle, boarding a passenger, unloading a passenger, transferring a bulk material from the vehicle into a specific container, and/or transferring a bulk material from a specific container to the vehicle. The record may also include additional data about a parameter of the object (such as the object's weight, volume, or temperature).
US10331926B1	Bi-optic barcode reader Embodiment of the present invention generally relate to bi-optic barcode readers. In an embodiment, the disclosure describes a barcode reader for use in a checkout workstation having a surface. The barcode reader includes: a lower housing portion having a top portion; a first optically transmissive window positioned in the top portion, a top surface of the first optically transmissive window defining a horizontal plane, the top portion of the lower housing being substantially parallel with the surface of the checkout workstation when the barcode reader is used in the checkout workstation; a raised housing portion having a second optically transmissive window, the raised housing portion extending at least partially above the top portion; and a PCB positioned substantially upright relative to the horizontal plane, the PCB having a first imaging assembly and a decode assembly, the barcode reader having no other printed circuit boards with another imaging assembly.
US10331924B2	System and method for audiovisual response to retail diagnostic product A system and method are provided for presenting self-diagnostic test instructions in the form of audiovisual messages. The system and method include collecting by a user of a testing device a biologic sample for use with a testing device, assigning correlative values as test results, and receiving the test results at a server disposed on a network. Some aspects of the system and method present test instructions to the user in the form of audiovisual messages. The audiovisual messages are provided to the user as a response to an interaction with a retail diagnostic product. In some aspects, the complete audiovisual message is presented before the user may complete a self-diagnostic test.
US10331918B2	Line determination based on RFID In some embodiments, apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided herein useful to determining qualities of a line at a POS terminal in a retail establishment. In some embodiments, a systems comprises one or more RFID tags, wherein the one or more RFID tags are located near the POS terminal, an RFID reader configured to read signals transmitted from the one or more RFID tags, and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the RFID reader, the control circuit configured to receive, from the RFID reader, an indication of the signals transmitted from the one or more RFID tags, determine, based on the indication of the signals from the one or more RFID tags, properties of the signals transmitted by the one or more RFID tags, and estimate, based on the properties of the signals transmitted from the one or more RFID tags, a number of people in line at the POS terminal.
US10331911B2	Secure crypto module including security layers An electromagnetic radiation (EMR) receiver is located upon a printed circuit board (PCB) glass security layer. EMR flux is transmitted by the glass security layer and received by the EMR receiver. When the PCB is subject to a tamper event the EMR transmitted by glass security layer is increased. A monitoring device that monitors the flux or interference pattern of the EMR received by the EMR receiver detects a change in flux or interference pattern and passes a tamper signal to one or more computer system devices to respond to the tamper event. For example, one or more cryptographic adapter card or computer system functions or secured crypto components may be disabled.
US10331908B2	Security systems and methods for social networking Systems and methods may be provided for masking data on public networks, such as social networking sites. At a publishing node, the system may monitor data input fields in a webpage that are processed by an internet browser. The system may intercept data, such as text, images, and video input at the data input fields, prior to the data being posted online on a public service provider's website. The publishing node may control which users are permitted access to the posted data by defining a policy associated with the data input field. The posted data may be transformed or tokenized to ensure that it is inaccessible to a user (or group of users) unless that user/group is granted access to the decoding key under the policy. In this way, data security and data control may be provided to a publishing user node. Data that has already been posted may be destroyed, for example, by deleting the decryption key or a token.
US10331902B2	Data loss prevention Techniques for providing data loss prevention, including data exfiltration prevention and crypto-ransomware prevention, are provided. In some embodiments, a slack-space file system is created by using a modified packing algorithm to increase and/or optimize an amount of slack space created by files stored in a standard file system. A program for accessing and indexing the slack-space file system may be stored, and requests by a user to store data on a storage medium of a computer system may cause the information to be stored in the slack-space file system, where it may be protected from destructive malware that operates solely on the standard file system. In some embodiments, sensitive information may be hidden by storing the information in an alternate data stream of a file and by replacing the information in the unnamed data stream of the file with non-sensitive information that may appear to be sensitive.
US10331896B2	Method of protecting secret data when used in a cryptographic algorithm In a general aspect, a method of generating a protected implementation of an algorithm includes: expanding an original source code implementing the algorithm into a single set of real operations; combining each real operation using real data with the real data it uses, to obtain a combination represented in a way which uses an actual real data fragment in a form different from an original form; producing a set of duplicated and mutated decoy operations representing an alternative implementation of the algorithm, applied to decoy data; combining the set of decoy operations with the set of real operations including the combinations, to obtain an implementation where the decoy operations interact with the real operations and the real data processed by the real operations, such that a real data flow of in the implementation is difficult to analyze; and transforming the implementation into a resulting code that can be executed.
US10331895B1	Forced data transformation policy Logical data containers of a data storage system are associated with policies that require data transformation of data to be stored in the logical data containers. When a data object is received to be stored in a logical data container, the data object is transformed in accordance with a policy on the logical data container. Transformation of the data object may include encryption. The logical data container may also be associated with a cryptographic key used to perform a required transformation.
US10331894B2	Static program analysis in an object-relational mapping framework Example implementations relate to static program analysis. For example, an apparatus includes a processor to perform static program analysis on a set of processor executable instructions associated with an object-relational mapping (ORM) framework. The first set of processor executable instructions includes an object. The processor is also to generate a propagation path of the object based on an execution flow of the object. The propagation path includes a first node and a second node. The first node corresponds to a first ORM operation to store the object in a database. The second node corresponds to a second ORM operation to retrieve the object from the database. The second node is linked to the first node based on a common attribute of the object. In response to a determination that the propagation path includes a sink, the processor is to output a security risk warning.
US10331892B2	Systems and methods for secure boot and runtime tamper detection A method may include determining if both of two redundant operating system images for executing functionality of a chassis management controller were found during one or more previous boot sessions of the chassis management controller to be unsecure, wherein each operating system image comprises an integrated kernel and initial file root system stored in a respective first partition of a memory of the chassis management controller, verity hashes of a root file system of such operating system image, the verity hashes stored in a respective second partition of the memory, and the root file system of such operating system image stored in a respective third partition of the memory. The method may also include, in response to determining that one of the two redundant operating system images is secure, initiate verification of such operating system image to determine if such operating system image has indicia of tampering.
US10331891B2	Branch target computation in secure start-up using an integrity datum and an adjustment datum Embodiments related to conducting and constructing a secure start-up process are disclosed. One embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method of conducting a secure start-up process. The method comprises recognizing the branch instruction, and, in response, calculating an integrity datum of a data segment. The method further comprises obtaining an adjustment datum, and computing a branch target address based on the integrity datum and the adjustment datum.
US10331885B2	Identification of entity performing operation on local file(s) and notification to reduce misuse risk Identification of an entity performing a deletion or modification action on locally stored files and notification to mitigate risks to cloud stored files is provided. A local or remote file watcher may monitor locally stored files and detect a deletion or modification action. The file watcher may also identify an entity performing the deletion or modification action. The entity may be an application, a process, a user other than the user that is the owner of the files, or the user himself/herself. The file watcher may further determine one or more alert conditions or rules associated with the affected file(s) and/or the entity, that is under which circumstances an alert is to be issued. The alert notification(s) may be issued to the user, an administrator, a cloud storage service, and/or a data protection service such that protective measures can be taken if necessary.
US10331879B1	Systems and methods for automatically generating passwords that comply with password restrictions A computer-implemented method for automatically generating passwords that comply with password restrictions may include (1) maintaining a database that stores password criteria for a plurality of websites, (2) determining that a user is accessing a website that requests creation of a password, (3) determining a set of password complexity rules for the website by querying the database that stores the password criteria, (4) using the set of password complexity rules to automatically generate the password for the website such that the password complies with the password criteria for the website, and (5) providing the password for use in the website that requested creation of the password. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10331877B2	Connector-based optical identification apparatus and method An apparatus includes a device interface system having a first connector and second connector, each with a respective optical signal path arrangement operatively aligned when the two connectors are in a connected position. The operative alignment allows a base optical signal to be transmitted from the first connector to the second connector. An optical signal modification arrangement is included in the second connector and is operable to provide a predefined modification to the base optical signal to result in an optical ID signal that is transmitted back to the first connector. An identification processing unit associated with the first connector receives an ID input signal corresponding to the optical ID signal and produces an identification output responsive to the ID input signal.
US10331873B1	Graphical event-based password system A computer system and method having a user interface including a touch-sensitive display screen. The system and method enables entry of a password which includes displaying a first array of a plurality of images on the touch-sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed. Subsequently at least another array of a plurality of images successive to the first array is displayed on the touch sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed in the another array of images. A computer processor then determines if a user selected a predetermined image from the first array of the plurality of images and a predetermined image from each at least another array of plurality of images displayed after the first array. If determined, the user is permitted access to an application executable on the computer system.
US10331870B1	Efficient startup and logon Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.
US10331869B2	System and method for controlling user access to an electronic device A method and system for authenticating a user to access a computer system. The method comprises communicating security information to the computer system, and providing the computer system with an implicit input. The method further comprises determining whether the security information and implicit input match corresponding information associated with the user. The method further comprises granting the user access to the computer system in the event of a satisfactory match. When authenticating the user, the method and system consider the possibility of the user being legitimate but subject to duress or force by a computer hacker.
US10331866B2	User verification for changing a setting of an electronic device An electronic device can include a processing device operatively connected to a biometric sensing device. The processing device can be adapted to compare one or more captured biometric images with respective reference biometric images and change one or more settings of the electronic device or one or more settings of an application on the electronic device only when each captured biometric image matches a respective reference biometric image.
US10331863B2	User-generated content permissions status analysis system and method A method for user-generated content privacy control, including: detecting a trigger event, identifying a post for permissions analysis, determining permissions for the post, and storing the updated permissions in a post indexing system.
US10331860B2	Dynamically inferring variable dimensions in user-added equations A processor executable method, system, and computer-readable media expedite the process of entering equations for use in developing simulations of chemical processes. The process of entering equations is expedited by dynamically inferring the dimensions of variables. The process infers the dimensions of all variables in user-added equations, and infers the dimensions of each variable in a user-added equation sequentially. The process automatically creates variables with unassigned dimensions in response to indications, such as inputs from a user, to declare new equations. The process assigns dimensions to variables based on relations between variables, such as logical relations between the dimensions of variables.
US10331859B2	Orthodontic treatment simulation having improved graphics processing for virtual modeling According to embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a server can include processing circuitry configured to receive a virtual modeling file encoded with an orthodontic treatment plan such that the encoded information of the virtual modeling file format allows all steps of the orthodontic treatment plan to be displayed without a separate file for each treatment step. Additionally, the processing circuitry can be configured to download a first treatment step of the virtual modeling file format, receive gingiva and teeth geometries corresponding to the first treatment step, and display the first treatment step. Further, a selected treatment step can be displayed based on information encoded into the orthodontic virtual modeling file format.
US10331858B2	Systems and methods for prescription drug packaging Systems and methods for prescription drug packaging are described. In some embodiments, a determination that a member of a pharmacy benefit plan has had a plurality of prescription drugs previously filled is made. An adjudication request for a prescription drug prescribed for the member is received. The adjudication request is based on a fulfillment request to fill the prescription drug. A determination that a blister packaging criterion has been met may be made based on a drug type of the prescription drug and a determination that the member has had the plurality of prescription drugs that have previously been filled. A blister fill instruction is transmitted based on receipt of the adjudication request and a determination that the blister packaging criterion has been met, wherein the blister fill instruction reflects that a pharmacy is to fill the prescription drug utilizing blister packaging. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US10331857B2	Method and system for microbiome-derived diagnostics and therapeutics A method for diagnosing and treating an immune microbial dysfunction in a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the immune microbial dysfunction based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset, wherein the characterization is diagnostic of at least one of Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the immune microbial dysfunction; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model.
US10331853B2	Monitoring system including mask removal and oxygen desaturation period detection A method of indicating an oxygen desaturation period has been initiated includes detecting an oxygen mask configured to supply oxygen to a patient to saturate the patient, detecting a removal of the oxygen mask from the patient to stop saturation of the patient, initiating a desaturation timer in response the removal of the oxygen mask from the patient, and operating an image display device to display a first running time on a screen of the image display device indicating a desaturation time elapsed from a time of the removal of the mask.
US10331852B2	Medical imaging and efficient sharing of medical imaging information An MRI image processing and analysis system may identify instances of structure in MRI flow data, e.g., coherency, derive contours and/or clinical markers based on the identified structures. The system may be remotely located from one or more MRI acquisition systems, and perform: error detection and/or correction on MRI data sets (e.g., phase error correction, phase aliasing, signal unwrapping, and/or on other artifacts); segmentation; visualization of flow (e.g., velocity, arterial versus venous flow, shunts) superimposed on anatomical structure, quantification; verification; and/or generation of patient specific 4-D flow protocols. A protected health information (PHI) service is provided which de-identifies medical study data and allows medical providers to control PHI data, and uploads the de-identified data to an analytics service provider (ASP) system. A web application is provided which merges the PHI data with the de-identified data while keeping control of the PHI data with the medical provider.
US10331850B2	Estimating body surface models of patients A method for estimating a body surface model of a patient includes: (a) segmenting, by a computer processor, three-dimensional sensor image data to isolate patient data from environmental data; (b) categorizing, by the computer processor, a body pose of the patient from the patient data using a first trained classifier; (c) parsing, by the computer processor, the patient data to an anatomical feature of the patient using a second trained classifier, wherein the parsing is based on a result of the categorizing; and (d) estimating, by the computer processor, the body surface model of the patient based on a result of the parsing. Systems for estimating a body surface model of a patient are described.
US10331842B2	Methods and apparatus for automated design of semiconductor photonic devices A photonic design automation (PDA) tool to facilitate design of semiconductor photonic devices is described. In one example, the PDA tool includes a process design library including one or more photonics parameterized cells (pCells), a plurality of processor-executable photonics design functions including a design rule check (DRC) violation removal function, and a semiconductor technology-dependent parameter file including a plurality of design rules that define allowed semiconductor design patterns to be converted to a plurality of semiconductor fabrication mask designs in a first semiconductor technology. The PDA tool supports a graphical user interface (GUI) to provide access to the library of photonic pCells to create intuitive physical property layers for a photonic device, and processes the physical property layers using the DRC violation removal function and the design rules to automatically generate a plurality of mask design layers for a “DRC clean” physical layout of the photonics device.
US10331837B1	Device graphics rendering for electronic designs Rendering a graphical representation of an integrated circuit can include determining, using a processor, a tile of a device model at least partially within a viewport, determining, using the processor, an owning tile having a fly-over wire passing over the tile, determining, using the processor, a predetermined shape of the fly-over wire, and drawing, using the processor, the fly-over wire within the viewport based upon the shape.
US10331835B2	ASIC design methodology for converting RTL HDL to a light netlist This application discloses the implementation of a self-timed IP with optional clock-less compression and decompression at the boundaries. It also discloses system and methods for application specific integrated circuits to convert RTL code and timing constraints to self-timed circuitry with optional clock-less compression and decompression at the boundaries.
US10331833B2	Optimized generation of overall netlist and bit stream The present disclosure relates to a method for generating an overall netlist (50) comprising the following steps: providing a first PLD code (24) as first netlist (26), wherein the first PLD code (24) has at least one first functional block (28), providing a second PLD code (30), wherein the second PLD code (30) has at least one second functional block (32) for alternative use instead of a corresponding first functional block (28), providing a switch PLD code (40) having at least one switch (42) assigned to the at least one first functional block (28) for connecting the first functional block (28) assigned to the switch (42), connecting the at least one second functional block (32) to one switch from the at least one switch (42) as an alternative to the corresponding first functional block (28), implementing at least one switch driving signal (44) for the at least one second functional block (32), wherein the at least one switch driving signal (44) is assigned to the corresponding switch (42) for connecting the at least one second functional block (32), creating the overall netlist (50) from the first PLD code (24), the second PLD code (30) and the switch PLD code (40), and removing from the overall netlist (50) functional first blocks (28) which are not utilized on the basis of the switch driving signal (44) of the corresponding switch (42).
US10331832B2	Floating node reduction using random walk method A method for floating node reduction uses a capacitance matrix that specifies coupling capacitances between signal nodes and floating nodes of an interconnect structure. Random walks are performed from a first signal node to the other signal nodes, wherein each of the random walks traverses one or more of the floating nodes. Each of the random walks is directed based on probabilities derived from the coupling capacitances of the capacitance matrix. A count is maintained for each of the other signal nodes, wherein each count specifies a number of the random walks that end on the corresponding signal node. The indirect coupling capacitance from the first signal node to a second signal node is selected to correspond with the total indirect coupling capacitance of the first signal node, times the count associated with the second signal node, divided by the total number of random walks.
US10331830B1	Heterogeneous logic gate simulation using SIMD instructions Techniques for logic gate simulation. Program instructions may be executable by a processor to select logic gates from a netlist that specifies a gate-level representation of a digital circuit. Each logic gate may be assigned to a corresponding element position of a single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) shuffle or population count instruction, and at least two logic gates may specify different logic functions. Simulation-executable instructions including the SIMD shuffle or population count instruction may be generated. When executed, the simulation-executable instructions simulate the functionality of the selected logic gates. More particularly, execution of the SIMD shuffle or population count instruction may concurrently simulate operation of at least two logic gates that specify different logic functions.
US10331825B2	Waveform based reconstruction for emulation A disclosed system of an emulation environment performs a simulation to construct a waveform of a target signal based on signals traced by an emulator for a time frame including multiple clock cycles. In one embodiment, a simulation is performed in a manner that an input of the logic gate, in a first duration of the time frame at which an output of the logic gate depends on the input, is analyzed to obtain the output, and the input of the logic gate, in a second duration of the time frame at which the output of the logic gate is independent, is omitted. In one aspect, the input of the logic gate is simulated for the first duration based on a periodicity in a waveform of the input in the first duration.
US10331818B2	Simulation system and simulation method A first evaluation function for executing a simulation by calculating an evaluation value using a first parameter and second parameter having values is held, a first simulation is executed, a result group including evaluation values to which a predetermined phenomenon occurs is acquired from the evaluation values calculated by the first simulation, a start value and an end value of the first parameter for analyzing the phenomenon on the basis of the result group are acquired, a second simulation is executed by calculating evaluation values corresponding to the values of the first parameter from the start value to the end value using the values of the second parameter and the first evaluation function, and data for displaying the evaluation values calculated by the second simulation in such a manner as to be continuous with the evaluation values in the result group corresponding to the start value is output.
US10331813B2	Closed loop simulation of a computer model of a physical system and an actual real-time hardware component of the physical system A method and system for performing closed loop simulation of a computer model of a physical system and a hardware component of the physical system is provided. An input waveform for the component from the simulated model of the physical system using an initial waveform as a response waveform of the component is generated at a simulation processor. The input waveform is sent from the simulation processor through a network to a real-time playback and record device (RTPR). The RTPR plays back the input waveform in real time to the component and receives a response waveform of the component and provides the response waveform to the simulation processor. Waveform relaxation (WR) converging methods are utilized at the simulation processor to enable convergence of the generated waveforms affected by hardware induced distortions. A WR method with the generated waveforms are performed to provide a closed loop response of the component.
US10331811B2	System and model for real-time predictive laser beam propagation The present invention is a method for real-time predictive laser beam propagation through various atmospheric conditions and over predetermined distances. The invention includes loading input parameters into an embedded control scheme of a laser system. A prediction of one or more laser beam parameters is generated and a computational error is quantified for the generated laser beam parameters. One or more parameters for the laser system are then chosen based on the prediction and based on the quantified computational error. The chosen parameters are within a predetermined tolerance. A laser system is then built or adjusted using the one or more chosen parameters.
US10331810B2	Method for determining a model of an output quantity of a technical system To determine a model for an output quantity (y) of a technical system that is dependent in a nonlinear manner on a number of input quantities in the form of an input quantity vector (u), a target output quantity range (COR) is defined and a model-based experimental design is determined with which the model is parameterized in the target output quantity range (COR) through the selection of associated input quantity vectors (ucand,COR). A distance-based selection criterion is used for the selection of the input quantity vectors (ucand,COR).
US10331804B2	Apparatus and method for testing an automatic control device A system for testing at least a first automatic control device via a plant model includes: a first subsystem; and a second subsystem which is spatially separated from the first subsystem. The plant model comprises an executable first model code and an executable second model code. The first subsystem comprises a first time-signal processing component configured to electronically assign a first time signal (Ts1) from a global time source to a first event. The first model code is configured to provide a first calculation result based on the first event. The second subsystem comprises a second time-signal processing component configured to electronically assign a second time signal (Ts2) from the global time source to a second event. The second model code is configured to provide a second calculation result based on the second event.
US10331802B2	System for detecting and characterizing seasons Techniques are described for characterizing and summarizing seasonal patterns detected within a time series. A set of time series data is analyzed to identify a plurality of instances of a season, where each instance corresponds to a respective sub-period within the season. A first set of instances from the plurality of instances are associated with a particular class of seasonal pattern. After classifying the first set of instances, a second set of instances may remain unclassified or otherwise may not be associated with the particular class of seasonal pattern. Based on the first and second set of instances, a summary may be generated that identifies one or more stretches of time that are associated with the particular class of seasonal pattern. The one or more stretches of time may span at least one sub-period corresponding to at least one instance in the second set of instances.
US10331798B2	Methods and systems for analyzing a network feed in a multi-tenant database system environment The present invention discusses a dashboard application that compiles values across a set of records, each of the records having fields which include data pertaining to user-defined criteria. The user enters a query into the system and the set of records is returns and analyzed according the criteria. The results are numerical and are displayed in components of the dashboard. The component is a graph, bar graph, pie chart, etc. that appears in a user interface of the dashboard. A user can customize the application and define its component. Multiple users can view and subscribe to the dashboard and can select specific components to follow. Some components can have user-defined threshold values and can provide graphics displaying breakpoints of those values. When the system refreshes, or the user manually refreshes the dashboard, an alert is generated if the threshold value is traversed. The alert, including the component graphic, is posted in the subscriber's feed and a feed of the dashboard.
US10331796B1	Translation training with cross-lingual multi-media support An improved lecture support system integrates multi-media presentation materials with spoken content so that the listener can follow with both the speech and the supporting materials that accompany the presentation to provide additional understanding. Computer-based systems and methods are disclosed for translation of a spoken presentation (e.g., a lecture, a video) along with the accompanying presentation materials. The content of the presentation materials can be used to improve presentation translation, as it extracts supportive material from the presentation materials as they relate to the speech.
US10331795B2	Method for recognizing speech sound, mobile terminal, and recording medium Speech information including a speech sound uttered by a user is obtained. A language of the speech sound included in the obtained speech information is recognized. A first determination for determining whether the recognized language is a first language registered to a memory in advance is made. If it is determined as a result of the first determination that the recognized language is the first language, the speech sound is translated into a second language, which is different from the first language.
US10331786B2	Device compatibility management Methods and systems for automatically providing a notification of an operational problem between two devices are provided. The method may include searching online content for user feedback comments associated with a first device and a second device. Sentiment analysis may be performed for the user feedback comments and an operational problem that occurs between the first device and the second device may be identified based on the sentiment analysis. Next, a notification of the operational problem may be provided. Additionally, a probable cause associated with the operational problem may be identified and a suggested solution based on the identified probable cause may be provided. The suggested solution may correct the operational problem between the first device and the second device.
US10331785B2	Identifying multimedia asset similarity using blended semantic and latent feature analysis Methods and system for determining a similarity relationship between a plurality of digital assets and a target digital asset comprises creating a normalized semantic feature vector associated with a search query, discovering the target asset based on the normalized semantic feature vector, generating a normalized latent feature vector associated with the target asset, comparing the normalized semantic feature vector with semantic feature vectors for each of the digital assets to generate a semantic comparison value, comparing the normalized target latent feature vector with latent feature vectors for each of the digital assets to generate a latent comparison value, blending the semantic comparison vector value with the latent feature comparison vector value to create a target comparison value for each of the digital assets, and reporting the digital assets having the highest target comparison values to the user or group of users.
US10331783B2	NLP-based systems and methods for providing quotations Techniques for providing quotations obtained from text documents using natural language processing techniques are described. Some embodiments provide a content recommendation system (“CRS”) configured to provide quotations by extracting quotations from a corpus text documents, and providing access to the extracted quotations in response to search requests received from users. The CRS may extract quotations by using natural language processing-based techniques to identify one or more entities, such as people, places, objects, concepts, or the like, that are referenced by the extracted quotations. The CRS may then store the extracted quotations along with identified entities, such as quotation speakers and subjects, for later access via search requests.
US10331781B2	Template compilation using view transforms Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for template compilation. A method includes: identifying, within a portion of code, a code template; parsing the template to identify a defined transform and a DOM node to which the transform is to be applied; generating, based on the defined transform and the DOM node, a set of code that transforms the DOM node according to the defined transform; replacing the DOM node with the set of code; and transmitting, to a user device, the set of code to present the transformed DOM node at the user device.
US10331777B2	Merging annotations of paginated digital content Features and techniques are disclosed for interacting with paginated digital content, including a multi-purpose tool and an annotation mode. The multi-purpose tool, which may be represented by a graphic (e.g., a movable interactive graphic), can provide access to multiple modes (e.g., copy, define, note, and/or highlight modes) that a user can invoke. The mode invoked determines the functions performed by the tool when interacting with the paginated digital content. The annotation mode, which may be invoked using the multi-purpose tool or independently thereof, can allow a user to create and edit annotations, such as highlights and notes (e.g., sticky notes, margin notes, and/or highlight notes), for paginated digital content. Editing the annotations may include selecting a desired color for the annotation, for example. The annotation mode may also allow a user to intuitively merge and delete annotations previously added to paginated digital content.
US10331775B2	Collaborative document editing using state-based revision The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and computer products for providing state-based revisions in a document collaboration system. In some aspects, a plurality of users may be simultaneously editing the same document on their respective computing devices. The document may comprise a plurality of editable objects having unique objects identifiers. In such aspects, when a user edits an object in a local version of the document, a state-based revision (“SBR”) record is created. The SBR is populated with information such as, information describing the type of object being edited, a descriptor that uniquely identifies the specific instance of the object being edited, a collection of common references that can be adjusted by the document collaboration engine and an opaque binary stream comprising the modified state of the edited object. The SBR record is then transmitted to one or more additional devices.
US10331774B2	System and methods for designing artifacts associated with a webpage The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for designing webpage and, more particularly, to systems and methods for designing artifacts associated with a webpage in a web development environment. In one embodiment, a system for designing artifacts associated with a webpage is provided. The system may identify a style pattern based on an HTML pattern of the webpage and one or more boundary conditions. The system may also determine one or more editing operations to be performed on the artifacts based on one or more style specifications. The system may further perform the one or more determined editing operations on the artifacts based a value associated with one or more of the artifacts, the style pattern, and the boundary conditions, and render design of the artifacts based on the performance of the editing operations.
US10331770B1	System and method for confirming authorship of documents A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for confirming authorship of documents is presented. A document hosted on a website of a domain is accessed, where the document includes an authorship identifier asserting authorship of the document by an entity. Authorship of the document by the entity is conditionally confirmed when a profile for the entity is associated with the authorship identifier and when the profile for the entity indicates that the entity has confirmed that the authorship identifier is included in documents authored by the entity that are hosted on the first website of the first domain. Responsive to confirming authorship of the document by the entity, application of a confirmed authorship process to the document is permitted. Responsive to failing to confirm authorship of the document by the entity, application of the confirmed authorship process to the document is barred.
US10331766B2	Templating for content authoring and distribution A novel method of facilitating the authoring of content and the delivery of the authored content to different types of device is provided. The method supports the design of unique and aesthetically pleasing content while minimizes the amount of effort required from authors and/or publishers. The method does so by creating one single content presentation structure (CPS) for the authored content that is adaptable to different devices and different orientations. Such a universally adaptable content presentation structure is based on a standardized grid system that the publishers can easily become familiar with to author their content.
US10331765B2	Methods and apparatus for translating forms to native mobile applications A mobile application engine includes an adapter, translation server and mobile renderer for providing forms as native mobile applications on a mobile device.
US10331763B2	NLU training with merged engine and user annotations Techniques for training a natural language understanding (NLU) engine may include generating a first annotation of free-form text documenting a healthcare patient encounter and a link between the first annotation and a corresponding portion of the text, using the NLU engine. A second annotation of the text and a link between the second annotation and a corresponding portion of the text may be received from a human user. The first annotation and its corresponding link may be merged with the second annotation and its corresponding link. Training data may be provided to the engine in the form of the text and the merged annotations and links.
US10331762B1	Stream processing for LU decomposition An apparatus and method for LU decomposition of an input matrix, the input matrix comprising a multitude of elements forming a plurality of rows and columns. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a memory including a plurality of memory caches, and a processor unit operatively connected to the memory to transmit data to and receive data from the memory caches. The processing unit comprises a hardware circuit for processing the input matrix column-by-column to decompose the input matrix into a lower triangular matrix L and an upper triangular matrix U, including performing Gaussian eliminations on the columns of the matrix, with partial pivoting of the matrix, and choosing one of the elements of each of the columns as a pivot element for said each column while said each column is being processed.
US10331756B2	Accessibility tagger for non-accessibility enabled webpages Methods and systems for improving content accessibility include retrieving an accessibility tag for a piece of content. The piece of content is modified with the accessibility tag to enable one or more accessibility features for the piece of content. The piece of content is then rendered with the accessibility features.
US10331754B2	Combining web browser and audio player functionality to facilitate organization and consumption of web documents The invention is directed to combining web browser and audio player functionality for the organization and consumption of web documents. Specifically, the invention identifies a set of web documents via a web browser, extracts content from the web documents, and adds the set of web documents to a playlist. In this way, users can build a playlist of web documents and utilize the functionality and convenience of an audio player and listen to the content of the playlist.
US10331750B2	Systems and methods to manage media content items Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to provide a first element in an interface presentable to a user through which a plurality of ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user for a selected period of time. A second element in the interface through which a plurality of non-ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user is provided.
US10331749B2	Selective presentation of content types and sources in search Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of receiving a search query, identifying potential search results responsive to the search query, the potential search results corresponding to digital content stored in one or more computer-readable storage media, determining that the potential search results include user-generated content that is generated using one or more computer-implemented social services, receiving data associated with the user-generated content, the data including one or more scores, determining, based on the one or more scores, that the user-generated content is to be provided as a search result, generating search results, the search results including web-based search results and at least a portion of the user-generated content, and transmitting the search results to a client computing device for display to the searching user.

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