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US10355410B2	Connector connection structure Provided is a connector connection structure which is configured to directly connect connectors provided to casings of two devices, respectively, to each other, and which can keep sealing property of the connector connection portion. A second terminal is arranged movable with respect to a second casing, thus displacement of a first casing and the second casing with respect to each other can be absorbed by allowing the second terminal to move, thereby allowing the connectors provided respectively to the casings of the two devices to be directly connected to each other. At this time, a connector-side opening of a second housing is closed using a first housing of a first connector as a mating connector, thereby keeping sealing property of the connector connection portion while allowing the connectors provided respectively to the casings of the two devices to be directly connected to each other.
US10355408B2	Connector having latches A connector includes a connector body including an opening to which a substrate is to be inserted; guide posts provided at both sides of the connector body; and latches being rotatably connected to the guide posts, respectively, wherein each of the latches includes a lock plate configured to support the substrate from both surfaces of the substrate, when the substrate is inserted in the opening, and a presser configured to enter a notch provided at a side of the connector body.
US10355401B1	Trailer wiring enclosure The trailer wiring enclosure is adapted for use with a tongue. The tongue is configured for use in attaching a trailer to a tractor. The tongue further comprises a shaft, a hitch, and a pigtail. The pigtail forms an electrical connection with the electrical system of the tractor. The pigtail further comprises a cable and a plug. The trailer wiring enclosure is a container. The trailer wiring enclosure is a container that stores the pigtail such that the pigtail is protected from the weather. The trailer wiring enclosure comprises a primary tube, a capped tube, and a fastening structure. The primary tube is the container that stores the pigtail. The capped tube is a lid that encloses the primary tube. The fastening structure attaches the primary tube to the shaft.
US10355398B1	Vibration limiting compression protrusions A connector comprises a connector housing that includes a plurality of channels formed therein through which a corresponding plurality of fasteners may pass. At least a portion of the housing has a first side and a second side. The first side is an elongated body-receiving side and the second side is a mating side. The elongated body may, for example, be a wire, a cable, a hose, or other structure. Each of the channels has an opening. The connector further comprises protrusions extending away from each of the openings. In an unassembled state, the protrusions extend further away from a surface of the housing than a remainder of the mating surface of the connector.
US10355395B2	Wire with terminal A wire with terminal (1) includes a single-core wire (3), a connector terminal (2) and a seal (5). The wire (3) includes one conductor (31) and an insulation coating layer (32) covering the conductor (31). The wire (3) is formed with a conductor portion (310) that is part of the conductor (31) projecting from an end of the insulation coating layer (32). The connector terminal (2) is connected to the conductor portion (310) and arranged in an insertion hole (71) in a case (7). The seal (5) is mounted on an outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and in the insertion hole (71) and closes a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the seal (5) and the outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).
US10355393B2	Sealed rear-loaded electrical connector housings, assemblies, and systems Sealed rear-loaded electrical connector housings, assemblies and systems are disclosed. The housing includes a connector having a TPA cap including an aperture and a TPA leg, a rear wire seal including a wire aperture and a TPA leg aperture, and a housing including a positioning surface. In a pre-loaded configuration, the rear wire seal is inserted into the housing, and the TPA cap is mounted onto the housing with the aperture aligned with the wire aperture and the TPA leg disposed at least partially in the TPA leg aperture. In a loaded configuration, the TPA cap is mounted deeper onto and locked in place on the housing, and the TPA leg passes through the TPA leg aperture forming a water-tight seal with the TPA leg aperture. The assembly includes the connector and a wire-crimped terminal disposed in the connector. The system includes a first connector and a second connector.
US10355388B2	Connector A connector includes a housing (20) with a terminal accommodation chamber (30). A retainer (50) covers a rear opening (40A) of the housing (20), and a fitting tube (53) on a front surface of the retainer (50) is fit into the rear opening (40A) of the housing (20). A seal ring (70) is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the fitting tube (53) and is compressed between the outer peripheral surface of the fitting tube (53) and an inner peripheral surface of the rear surface opening (40A). A retaining portion (75) having a locking head (76) on a tip projects on a rear surface of the seal ring (70). A locking hole (62) is provided in a periphery of the retainer (50), the retaining portion (75) being passable through the locking hole, and the locking head (76) is locked to an edge of the locking hole (62) from behind.
US10355387B2	Connector with a terminal locking member with a plate spring member A housing includes a hole that can receive a terminal therein, and a locking member reception recessed portion that can receive a locking member therein, the locking member includes a first protrusion that is received in the recessed portion and engages with a first portion of the housing when in a temporary locking position making insertion/removal of the terminal to the hole possible, and a second protrusion that is received in the recessed portion and engages with a second portion of the housing when in a main locking position making insertion/removal of the terminal to the hole impossible, and the second protrusion is formed on a wide portion of a plate spring member held from both sides having both ends fixed and the middle free, the plate spring member having one end side as a narrow portion, and the other end side being the wide portion.
US10355385B1	High reliability zero insertion force connector and assembly This invention is a means for interconnecting a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) or Flat Flexible Cable (FFC) with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) using a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style interconnection system. It features a high reliability contact structure providing a Normally Closed (NC) contact configuration which is always engaged unless deactivated by means of a movable actuator.
US10355379B1	Conductor assembly with a crimped tubular ferrule and method of manufacturing same An assembly includes an elongate conductor, such as a coaxial electrical cable, having a generally circular cross section and a generally cylindrical seamless outer ferrule having a ferrule radius surrounding a portion of the conductor. The outer ferrule is deformed to define four indentations and four projections that are evenly spaced about a circumference of the outer ferrule. The four indentations have a consistent indentation radius that is less than the ferrule radius.
US10355377B2	Electrical switching device comprising electrical clamping connections A clamping arrangement includes: two spring-force terminals, the two spring-force terminals each including a clamping cage and a spring, each of the two clamping cages being able to receive an electrical conductor pushed in an insertion direction and to clamp the conductor between the cage and the spring, a first insertion direction of a first of the two spring-force terminals and a second insertion direction of a second of the two spring-force terminals being arranged at an angle larger than 0° to one another. The two spring-force terminals are arranged one behind the other in one of the insertion directions of the electrical conductor. The first insertion direction of the first of the two spring-force terminals and the second insertion direction of the second of the two spring-force terminals are arranged at a right angle to one another or counter to one another.
US10355376B2	Crimp connection for mesh shielding material used in steering wheel with capacitive sensing An example assembly includes an electrically conductive member, an electrically conductive mesh, and a crimp connector. The electrically conductive mesh includes a first area and a second area. The second area extends along a second longitudinal axis and is larger than the first area. The first area is twisted and extends from the second area along a first longitudinal axis that is transverse to the second longitudinal axis. One of the electrically conductive member and the twisted first area is twisted around the other of the electrically conductive member and the twisted first area to form a twisted connection. The crimp connector is crimped onto the twisted connection to form a crimped connection. The first area of the electrically conductive mesh, including the crimped connection, is folded onto the second area of the electrically conductive mesh.
US10355372B2	Conductor unit A conductor unit includes: a plurality of conductors each including a conducting portion covered with an insulating coating; an annular core that includes a first core constituent portion and a second core constituent portion combined with the first core constituent portion, and that interposes the conductors between the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion; and a holding member that makes the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion press and hold the conductors therebetween.
US10355369B1	Elemental crested dipole antenna Dipole antenna coupled to a source of excitation signals with center frequency of wavelength λ, comprising a first dipole element with a first feeder element electrically connected to a first radiating element and a first crested element electrically connected to the first radiating element. Second dipole element comprising a second feeder element electrically connected to the second radiating element. Groundplane electrically connected to first and second dipole elements. Antenna hole formed through first feeder element. Source of excitation signals received in the first feeder element the antenna hole, connected to the second feeder element. Parallel first and second feeder elements. Coaxial first and second radiating elements. Parallel first and second crested elements. The groundplane is orthogonal to the first and second dipole elements, and parallel to the first and second radiating element. First and second feeder elements, first and second radiating elements, and first and second crested elements measure 0.25λ.
US10355365B2	Vehicle-mounted radar detectors The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses that enable a radar system to transmit radar signals into lanes on a roadway in which a vehicle may turn. For example, when a car is making a protected right turn, that is a right turn when there is another vehicle traveling in the same direction in a lane adjacent to the lane of the turning vehicle, a traditional radar may have its view of the lane in which it is turning obscured by the vehicle in the lane adjacent to the lane of the turning vehicle. By using radar deflectors strategically located near the front of the vehicle, the radar signals may be deflected at angles to avoid being obstructed by the vehicle in the lane adjacent to the lane of the turning vehicle.
US10355364B2	Waveguide slot antenna and method for producing same A waveguide tube slot antenna (1) includes a waveguide tube (10) that is made of a resin and includes a waveguide (2) extending in a tube axis direction; and a plurality of radiating slots (3) provided in the waveguide tube (10). The waveguide tube (10) includes first and second waveguide tube forming members (11 and 12) each having a traverse section having a shape with an end at each part in an extending direction of the waveguide (2), and is configured to define the waveguide (2) by being coupled to each other. The waveguide tube slot antenna (1) includes metal cores (20) disposed along the tube axis direction, and the metal cores (20) are held by both the waveguide tube forming members (11 and 12).
US10355362B2	Power amplifier system with integrated antenna A system with an integrated antenna includes a housing having a first surface and a second surface. The second surface of the housing defines a recess. A substrate is attached to first surface of the housing, and an amplifying device having an output node is on the substrate. An antenna is attached to the second surface of the housing over the recess. A conductive element is positioned through at least a portion of the housing. The conductive element electrically connects the antenna to the output node of the amplifying device. The conductive element is connected to the antenna at an antenna feed point over the recess in the housing.
US10355361B2	Dielectric resonator antenna and method of making the same A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) includes a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials having N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, and a signal feed disposed to produce a main E-field component having a defined direction, Ē, in the DRA. The N volumes include a non-gaseous dielectric material, and have an inner region with a dielectric constant that is less than the dielectric constant of the non-gaseous dielectric material. The inner region has a cross sectional overall height Hr, and a cross sectional overall width Wr in a direction parallel to Ē, and the volume of non-gaseous dielectric material has a cross sectional overall height Hv, and a cross sectional overall width Wv in a direction parallel to Ē, wherein Hr is greater than Wr/2.
US10355359B1	Axial choke horn antenna An antenna includes a horn including an axial waveguide and a circular radome including a central cavity. The circular radome is configured to protrude into the axial waveguide. The antenna further includes a coil element provided over a coil frame and configured to fit inside the central cavity. The horn includes a conical structure having multiple circular chokes that are configured to shape a beam of the antenna to provide a desired gain by reducing sidelobes.
US10355357B2	Printed circuit board antenna and terminal A printed circuit board antenna includes a printed circuit board and a feedpoint that is disposed on the printed circuit board. A copper coating is disposed on the printed circuit board. A split is disposed on the copper coating on the printed circuit board. The split is connected to a board edge of the printed circuit board. A slot perpendicular to the split is disposed on the copper coating on the printed circuit board. The slot is connected to the split. The copper coating at two sides of the split forms a first antenna and a second antenna. The feedpoint is configured to, together with the first antenna and the second antenna, form a first resonance loop and a second resonance loop. Resonance frequencies of the first resonance loop and the second resonance loop are different.
US10355356B2	Metamaterial-based phase shifting element and phased array A metamaterial-based phase shifting element utilizes a variable capacitor (varicap) to control the effective capacitance of a metamaterial structure in order to control the phase of a radio frequency output signal generated by the metamaterial structure. The metamaterial structure is configured to resonate at the same radio wave frequency as an incident input signal (radiation), whereby the metamaterial structure emits the output signal by way of controlled scattering the input signal. A variable capacitance applied on metamaterial structure by the varicap is adjustable by way of a control voltage, whereby the output phase is adjusted by way of adjusting the control voltage. The metamaterial structure is constructed using inexpensive metal film or PCB fabrication technology including an upper metal “island” structure, a lower metal backplane layer, and a dielectric layer sandwiched therebetween. The varicap is connected between the island structure and a base metal structure that surrounds the island structure.
US10355355B2	Antenna system and control method An antenna system includes an antenna array, a wireless transceiver module and a control module. The antenna array includes a first antenna and a second antenna coupled respectively to the wireless transceiver module. The wireless transceiver module sends and receives signals via the first antenna based on a first phase and sends and receives signals via the second antenna based on a second phase. The control module coupled to the wireless transceiver module, and controls the phase difference between the first phase and the second phase. The radiation pattern of the antenna array is modulated towards one pointing direction based on the phase difference.
US10355351B2	Antenna array pointing direction estimation and control Systems for maintain pointing of a phased array antenna in a direction maximizes to an extent possible the effective antenna gain is provided. The system includes a gyroscope and a Kalman Filter. The Kalman filter estimates an antenna pointing direction for each successive time step based on gyroscope readings and based on the results of a local search for maximum gain performed in the neighborhood of a previous antenna pointing direction.
US10355348B2	Optically transparent microwave polarizer based on quasi-metallic graphene An optically transparent graphene-based wire-grid polarizer for operating at microwave frequencies (X band) has a glass substrate having multiple strips or layers of SOCl2 doped graphene. The strips are separated by portions of the glass substrate such that the strips are arranged in parallel. The SOCl2 doped graphene strips have a quasi-metallic quality allowing for the transmission of an electric field with horizontal polarization in the horizontal direction while reflecting the vertical portion of the electric field.
US10355345B2	Broadband omnidirectional antenna, in particular for rail vehicles, and rail vehicle of this type A broadband omnidirectional antenna for rail vehicles comprises a baseplate and a monopole radiator, which comprises a foot point and an opposing end region. The radiator extends away from the baseplate and widens in cross section along the longitudinal axis thereof in at least a first portion located between the foot point thereof and the end region thereof, diverging walls of the radiator forming an accommodating chamber. An inner contour of a shell-shaped or trough-shaped holding and/or accommodating device is adapted at least over part of the periphery to an outer contour of the first portion of the radiator, resulting in at least part of at least the first portion of the radiator dipping into the holding and/or accommodating device and being held thereby. The first end of a holding means is fixed to the baseplate and a second end thereof is fixed to the radiator.
US10355330B2	Battery module assembly and cooling plate for use in a battery module assembly A battery module assembly comprising a plurality of battery modules each comprising battery cells, with the battery modules being arranged at respective positions in at least one row and respectively having a top side at which electric contacts are provided in order to connect the plurality of battery modules to form a power supply and a bottom side, the battery module assembly further comprising a housing and a cooling plate arranged between the housing and the bottom sides of the plurality of battery modules, wherein the cooling plate comprises a plurality of separate cooling passages, wherein a heat conducting gap filling material is preferably provided directly between the bottom sides of the plurality of battery modules and the cooling plate. The invention further relates to a cooling plate for use in such a housing.
US10355325B2	Method for reusing vehicle rechargeable battery A method for reusing a vehicle rechargeable battery to rebuild an assembled battery from a plurality of battery units having a usage history is provided. The method includes measuring a remaining charge of each of a plurality of battery units obtained by dismantling an assembled battery having a usage history. The method further includes selecting from the battery units a battery unit in which the measured remaining charge is greater than or equal to a remaining charge lower limit value, which is set in a range that is greater than zero and less than a lower limit value of a remaining charge control range of a vehicle in which the assembled battery was installed, and assembling a new assembled battery using the selected battery unit.
US10355317B2	Battery circuit in sealed pouch A battery circuit includes a battery cell, monitoring circuitry configured to determine one or more parameters of the battery cell, a pouch enclosing the battery cell and the monitoring circuitry in a sealed, internal cavity, the pouch being configured to inhibit ingress of external fluid to the sealed, internal cavity, and an electrical connector exterior the pouch and electrically connected to the battery cell and the monitoring circuitry via one or more paths extending through the pouch and into the internal cavity.
US10355315B2	Electrochemical device and method of manufacturing electrochemical device An electrochemical device has a positive-electrode terminal, a negative-electrode terminal, a first electrode body, a second electrode body, and electrolytic solution. The positive-electrode terminal is flat plate-shaped, and has a first principal face and a second principal face on the opposite side. The negative-electrode terminal is flat plate-shaped, and has a third principal face and a fourth principal face on the opposite side. The first electrode body has a first wound positive-electrode non-forming region and a first wound negative-electrode non-forming region. The second electrode body has a second wound positive-electrode non-forming region and a second wound negative-electrode non-forming region. The first wound positive-electrode non-forming region, first wound negative-electrode non-forming region, second wound positive-electrode non-forming region, and second wound negative-electrode non-forming region are joined to the first principal face, third principal face, second principal face, and fourth principal face, respectively.
US10355314B2	Electrostatic energy storage device and preparation method thereof The present invention discloses an electrostatic energy storage device and a preparation method thereof. The device comprises at least one electrostatic energy storage unit, wherein each electrostatic energy storage unit is provided with a five-layer structure and comprises two metal film electrodes which form a capacitor, composite nano insulating film layers attached to the inner sides of the two metal film electrodes, and a ceramic nano crystalline film arranged between the composite nano insulating film layers. Based on the electrostatic parallel-plate induction capacitor principle, the metal film electrodes with a nano microstructure and the ceramic nano crystalline film sandwiched between the metal film electrodes and having an ultrahigh dielectric constant form an electrostatic induction plate capacitor to store electrostatic energy.
US10355309B2	Gel polymer electrolyte and electrochemical device including the same The present invention provides a gel polymer electrolyte obtained by polymerizing and gelling a composition for a gel polymer including an organic solvent, an electrolyte salt and a first polymerizable monomer, wherein the gel polymer electrolyte further comprises a compound represented by the following Formula 1 as a first additive: where R1 to R3 are independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms, or a fluorine substituted alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or at least two substituents selected from R1 to R3 are coupled or connected to each other to form a cycle group having a ring atom composed of 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic group having a ring atom composed of 2 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 oxygen hetero atoms.
US10355308B2	Sulfide solid electrolyte material, battery, and producing method for sulfide solid electrolyte material The present invention aims to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity, in which charge and discharge efficiency may be inhibited from decreasing. The object is attained by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, including: a Li element; a P element; and a S element, characterized in that the material has a peak at a position of 2θ=30.21°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, and the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not substantially include a metallic element belonging to the third group to the sixteenth group.
US10355306B2	High rate and energy cathode material for lithium batteries A cathode material suitable for use in non-aqueous electrochemical cells that includes copper manganese vanadium oxide and, optionally, fluorinated carbon. A non-aqueous electrochemical cell comprising such a cathode material, and a non-aqueous electrochemical cell that additionally includes a lithium anode.
US10355300B2	Method of making a fuel cell device A fuel cell device is prepared by dispensing and drying electrode and ceramic pastes around two pluralities of removable physical structures to form electrode layers having constant width and a shape that conforms lengthwise to a curvature of the physical structures. An electrolyte ceramic layer is positioned between electrode layers, forming an active cell portion where anode is in opposing relation to cathode with electrolyte therebetween, and passive cell portions where ceramic is adjacent the active cell portion. The layers are laminated, the physical structures pulled out, and the lamination sintered to form an active cell with active passages in anodes and cathodes and passive support structure with passive passages in ceramic. End portions of at least one of the two pluralities of physical structures are curved away from the same end portion of the other of the two pluralities resulting in a split end in the fuel cell device.
US10355299B2	Reinforced composite membranes and method for manufacturing the same Provided are a reinforced composite membrane and a method of manufacturing the reinforced composite membrane, and more particularly, a reinforced composite membrane including a porous support layer; and an electrolyte membrane layer formed on one surface or each of both surfaces of the porous support layer, at least a portion of the porous support layer being impregnated with an electrolyte, and a method of manufacturing the reinforced composite membrane. The reinforced composite membrane may enhance an interfacial adhesive force between a support and the electrolyte membrane layer, and may be manufactured on a continuous mass production.
US10355297B2	Solid oxide fuel cell apparatus A solid oxide fuel cell apparatus 1 has: multiple fuel cell units 16; a module case 8 housing multiple fuel cell units; a heat insulating material 7 disposed to cover the area around the module case 8; a reformer 20 for reforming raw fuel gas using steam, thereby producing fuel gas; a combustion chamber 18 for combusting residual fuel gas and heating the reformer 20; a heat exchanger 23 for exchanging heat between oxidant gas and exhaust gas; and a steam generator 25, disposed within the heat insulating material 7 and on the outside of the module case 8, for exchanging heat between exhaust gas and water immediately after heat is exchanged in the heat exchanger 23, thereby producing steam.
US10355296B2	Module for regenerating electrolyte of flow battery and method for regenerating electrolyte of flow battery by using same The present disclosure relates to a module for regenerating an electrolyte capable of being used in a flow battery, and a method for regenerating an electrolyte of a flow battery using the same, and in particular, to a module for regenerating an electrolyte introducing any one of anode and cathode electrolytes each stored in anode and cathode electrolyte storage units to a counter electrolyte storage unit, and circulating any one of the anode and cathode electrolytes in a direction opposite to the direction of electrolyte introduction to uniformly mix the anode and cathode electrolytes, and as a result, capable of recovering battery capacity reduced by a membrane permeation phenomenon between the anode and cathode electrolytes when driving a flow battery for a long period of time, and a method for regenerating an electrolyte of a flow battery using the same.
US10355282B2	Cell, cell stack unit, electrochemical module, and electrochemical apparatus [Object] To provide a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power.[Solution] A cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte layer 9, a fuel electrode layer 8 on one of the main surfaces of the electrolyte layer 9, and an oxygen electrode layer 10 on the other. The oxygen electrode layer 10 contains a plurality of pores, and the pore size distribution observed at a section of the oxygen electrode layer has at least three peaks (a first peak p1, a second peak p2 and a third peak p3). This structure leads to a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power.
US10355281B2	Conductive paste for lithium-ion battery positive electrodes and mixture paste for lithium-ion battery positive electrodes This invention relates to a conductive paste for lithium-ion battery positive electrodes and a mixture paste for a lithium ion battery positive electrode that have an easy-to-apply viscosity, even when a relatively small amount of a dispersion resin is incorporated. More specifically, the invention provides a conductive paste for lithium-ion battery positive electrodes, the conductive paste comprising a dispersion resin (A), conductive carbon (B), and a solvent (C), the dispersion resin (A) containing a resin (A1), the resin (A1) containing, as one constituent component, a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (A1-1) represented by a specific formula.
US10355277B2	Single component sulfur-based cathodes for lithium and lithium-ion batteries The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.
US10355275B2	Precursor for preparation of lithium composite transition metal oxide, method for preparing the same and lithium composite transition metal oxide obtained from the same Disclosed are a precursor for preparation of a lithium composite transition metal oxide, a method for preparing the same and a lithium composite transition metal oxide obtained from the same. More particularly, the transition metal precursor which has a composition represented by Formula 1 below and is prepared in an aqueous transition metal solution, mixed with a transition metal-containing salt, including an alkaline material, the method for preparing the same and the lithium composite transition metal oxide obtained from the same are disclosed. MnaMb(OH1-x)2-yAy (1) wherein M is at least one selected form the group consisting of Ni, Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Zr, Zn and Period II transition metals; A is at least one selected form the group consisting of anions of PO4, BO3, CO3, F and NO3, and 0.5≤a≤1.0; 0≤b≤0.5; a+b=1; 0
US10355272B2	Anode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing the same Provided are an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a silicon-based composite formed of silicon (Si) and crystalline SiO2, wherein the Si and crystalline SiO2 are in the form of grains, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the anode active material.Since an anode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a silicon-based composite including Si and SiO2 in a grain state and the SiO2 is crystalline SiO2, the reaction between amorphous SiO2 and lithium in an electrolyte may be excluded. Thus, since the crystalline SiO2 is included in the silicon-based composite, excellent capacity characteristics of a secondary battery may be maintained and initial efficiency and life characteristics may be improved when the silicon-based composite is used as an anode active material.
US10355268B2	Carbon-metal oxide composite materials and their use in anodes of lithium and sodium ion batteries A carbon-metal oxide composite material comprising: (i) carbon-carbon composite particles in which an amorphous carbon black core is bonded to crystalline graphitic carbon shells; and (ii) a metal oxide material bonded with said carbon-carbon composite particles, wherein said metal oxide material is included in an amount of at least about 10 wt. % by weight of said carbon-carbon composite particles and metal oxide material. Alkali-ion batteries containing the above-described composite as anode are also described. Methods for producing the above-described composite are also described. The method can include, for example, subjecting pulverized rubber tire waste to a sulfonation process and pyrolyzing the sulfonated rubber to produce the carbon-carbon composite particles, as described above, followed by admixing and compounding a metal oxide material with the carbon-carbon composite particles. The method may alternatively employ a metal oxide precursor, which can be admixed with the sulfonated rubber and converted to metal oxide during pyrolysis.
US10355262B2	Electrode assembly and battery pack having the same The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a battery pack having the same, which can reinforce strength of an electrode tab by a protection layer formed on at least one surface of each of a plurality of electrode tabs. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate having a plurality of first electrode tabs extending and protruding to one side, a second electrode plate having a plurality of second electrode tabs extending and protruding to one side, and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. The first electrode plate may further include a first protection layer formed on one surface of each of the plurality of first electrode tabs.
US10355258B2	Separator for battery A separator for batteries that achieves both adhesiveness to electrodes and low thermal shrinkage, which have been conventionally difficult to be compatible with each other, and has excellent ion permeability in order to further improve the safety of the separator, on the assumption that lithium ion secondary batteries are widely used for electric automobiles and the like, which require the batteries to withstand severe operating conditions. The separator for batteries is configured such that a modified porous layer containing a fluororesin and inorganic particles is laminated on at least one side of a porous membrane formed of a polyolefin resin. The content of the particles is equal to or more than 40% by volume and less than 70% volume with respect to the total of the fluororesin and the particles. The fluororesin has a crystallinity of equal to or more than 36% and less than 70%.
US10355248B2	Manufacturing method of organic light emitting diode display panel and organic light emitting diode display panel The present invention provides a manufacturing method of an OLED display panel and an OLED display panel. The manufacturing method of the OLED display panel of the present invention utilizes an inverted OLED element and manufactures an interface modification layer between the cathode of the OLED element and the light emitting layer by ink jet printing with an interface modification printing liquid. The interface modification printing liquid comprises an electron transporting material, metal nanoparticles which are surface-modified, a surface tension modifier and a viscosity modifier. The interface modification layer is a material layer comprising the electron transporting material and the metal nanoparticles. The electron transporting material can enhance the injection and transport of carriers from the cathode. The strong local electric field generated by the metal nanoparticles with the surface plasma resonance can enhance the injection efficiency of the electrons.
US10355243B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display arranged on the substrate and including a plurality of display elements, and an encapsulator arranged on the display and encapsulating the display. The encapsulator may include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film, and the at least one organic film may include a matrix and an ultraviolet light absorbent dispersed in the matrix.
US10355236B2	Transparent electrode and electronic device Provided is a transparent electrode having both sufficient conductivity and light transmittance, as well as an electronic device whose performance is improved by using the transparent electrode. A transparent electrode (1) includes: a nitrogen-containing layer (1a) formed by using a compound containing nitrogen atom; and an electrode layer (1b) formed adjacent to the nitrogen-containing layer (1a) by using silver or an alloy having silver as a main component.
US10355233B2	Organic light-emitting diode and vehicle exterior lighting The organic light-emitting diode (1) has a first electrode (21) with a first electric conductivity and a second electrode (22) with a second lower electric conductivity. An organic layer stack (4) for generating light is located between the electrodes (21, 22). The light-emitting diode (1) further comprises a current distribution layer (3) with a third high electric conductivity. When seen in a plan view, multiple contact regions (33) are located outside of an outer contour line (40) of the layer stack (4). The second electrode (22) and the current distribution layer (3) contact each other in the contact regions (33). In a current blocking region (34), the current distribution layer (3) is located entirely within the contour line (40) such that the second electrode (22) is electrically disconnected from the current distribution layer (3). The luminous intensity of a lighting surface (11) of the light-emitting diode (1) is preferably set in a controlled manner via the distribution of the contact regions (33) and the current blocking regions (34).
US10355228B2	Method of manufacturing flexible substrate and flexible substrate A method of manufacturing flexible substrate is provided, the method comprising following steps: pasting a heat dissipation sheet on a carrier substrate; preparing a thermal insulating layer on the heat dissipation sheet; preparing a flexible substrate layer on the thermal insulating layer; preparing a display element on the flexible substrate layer; and separating the carrier substrate and the heat dissipation sheet and obtaining a flexible substrate. The method of manufacturing flexible substrate and the flexible substrate are provided by this invention, which could reduce thickness of flexible substrate and enhances curving property.
US10355227B2	Metal complex for phosphorescent OLED The present disclosure relates to novel iridium complexes that can be used in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The present disclosure also relates to devices and formulations that incorporate the iridium complexes. The iridium complex can be a compound having the formula (LA)mIr(LB)3-m (I); wherein LA is and wherein LB can be one of:
US10355225B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting element comprising same The present specification provides a hetero-cyclic compound and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US10355214B2	Copolymer and organic solar cell comprising same The present specification relates to a copolymer and an organic solar cell comprising the same.
US10355212B2	Polymer and solar cell using the same In one embodiment, a polymer includes a recurring unit containing a bivalent group expressed by a formula (1) shown below. A weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is in a range of 3000 or more to 1000000 or less. R1 is a monovalent group selected from hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkanoyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group. X is an atom selected from oxygen, sulfur, and selenium. Y and Z are each independently a bivalent group selected from a carbonyl group, a sulfinyl group, and a sulfonyl group. A case where Y and Z are both the carbonyl groups is excluded.
US10355211B2	Display device and method of inspecting the same A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
US10355205B2	Resistive memory cells including localized filamentary channels, devices including the same, and methods of making the same Resistive memory cells are described. In some embodiments, the resistive memory cells include a switching layer having an inner region in which one or more filaments is formed. In some instances, the filaments is/are formed only within the inner region of the switching layer. Methods of making such resistive memory cells and devices including such cells are also described.
US10355203B2	Semiconductor memory device with variable resistance elements In general, according to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first and second variable resistance elements provided above a semiconductor layer; a first insulation layer provided on top surfaces and side surfaces of the first and the second variable resistance elements; and a first interconnect extending in a first direction and provided on the first insulation layer, at least a portion of the first interconnect being opposed to the side surfaces of the first and second variable resistance elements via the first insulation layer.
US10355201B2	Laminated structure and spin modulation element A laminated structure according to an embodiment includes: a ferromagnetic layer; and a multiferroic layer formed on one surface of the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the multiferroic layer includes a first region having a tetragonal crystal located on a surface side on the ferromagnetic layer side and a second region having a rhombohedral crystal located further inside than the first region.
US10355196B2	Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric element application device, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric element A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed of a first piezoelectric film which is formed on the first electrode and which includes potassium, sodium, and niobium and a plurality of second piezoelectric films which are formed on the first piezoelectric film and which include potassium, sodium, and niobium, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, in which the piezoelectric layer is a stack of a plurality of piezoelectric films, the first piezoelectric film has a thickness of 30 nm to 70 nm, a concentration of sodium in each of the piezoelectric films is along a gradient in the film thickness direction with the first electrode side being high and the second electrode side being low.
US10355194B2	Piezoelectric device and method of driving piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a driving system that drives the piezoelectric element by applying voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the driving system drives the piezoelectric element at a maximum voltage that is lower than a voltage at which a tunnel current or a Poole-Frenkel current starts to be generated in the piezoelectric element.
US10355190B2	Nanomaterial dopant composition composite, dopant composition, and method for manufacturing nanomaterial dopant composition composite The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the step of putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent, the dopant composition containing an anion, a cation, and a scavenger.
US10355184B2	Light-emitting diode package A light-emitting diode package comprising: a substrate having one or more first pads, one or more second pads, a first terminal, and a second terminal, which are all formed on the upper surface; a plurality of light-emitting diode chips loaded on the one or more first pads and electrically connected to the first pad and the second pad; and a reflector coupled to an upper part of the substrate and having an opening part through which the plurality of light-emitting diode chips is exposed, wherein the first pad is formed as one body with the substrate, and the first terminal or the second terminal are connected to an external power source and formed to have a predetermined height at the upper surface of the substrate.
US10355183B2	LED package An LED package includes an LED element, a board having an obverse face and a mounting face opposite to the obverse face, a conductive part formed on both the obverse face and the mounting face of the board and having an installation face upon which the LED element is disposed, a case having a reflective face that encloses the LED element and defines a through area, and a lid having a top face and a back face. The lid is disposed on the case so that the back face of the lid is directed to the case. The back face of the lid is formed with a convex lens portion protruding toward the LED element so as to be accommodated in the through area of the case.
US10355181B2	Light-emitting device, integrated light-emitting device, and light-emitting module A light-emitting device includes: a base member having a conductive pattern; a light-emitting element arranged on the base member so as to be electrically connected to the conductive pattern; and a dielectric multi-layer film located on an upper surface of the light-emitting element. The dielectric multi-layer film has a first spectral reflectivity in an emission peak wavelength region of the light-emitting element and a second spectral reflectivity in a region that is located at a longer wavelength side of the emission peak wavelength region by 50 nm, and the second spectral reflectivity is greater by 10% or more than the first spectral reflectivity.
US10355178B2	Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element and a light-transmissive member containing a phosphor, particles, and a matrix, the phosphor and the particles being dispersed in the matrix, the particles including at least one of surface-treated particles, particles coexisting with a dispersing agent, and surface-treated particles coexisting with a dispersing agent, the particles being dispersed as aggregates, the particles having an average particle diameter in a range of 1 nm to 8 nm, a content of the particles falling within a range of 0.01 parts by mass to less than 5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the matrix, a content of the phosphor falling within a range of 100 parts by mass to 300 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the matrix.
US10355175B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device 1 includes: a substrate 30; and a phosphor layer 40 composed in such a manner that a large number of phosphor particles 60 are adhered onto a flat surface 32 of the substrate 30. At least one of the phosphor particles 60 is a polyhedral phosphor particle 65 that is monodispersed, is derived from a crystal structure of garnet and has facets, and a median particle size D50 of the polyhedral phosphor particle 65 is 30 μm or more and a maximum thickness of the phosphor layer 40 or less. It is preferable that at least one of the phosphor particles 60 adhered onto the flat surface 32 of the substrate 30 is the polyhedral phosphor particle 65 that is monodispersed, is derived from the crystal structure of the garnet, and has the facets.
US10355174B2	Component having improved coupling-out properties A component includes a carrier and a semiconductor body arranged on the carrier, wherein the semiconductor body has an active layer arranged between the first and second semiconductor layers and is configured to generate, during operation of the component, an electromagnetic radiation that can be coupled out from the component through a first main surface, the first main surface of the component has an electrical contact layer configured to electrically contact a first semiconductor layer and in a plan view the carrier covers the first main surface in places, and in direct vicinity of the electrical contact layer the component includes a shielding structure configured to prevent electromagnetic radiation generated by the active layer from impinging onto the contact layer.
US10355170B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor component Disclosed is an optoelectronic semiconductor component (1) comprising a semiconductor member (2) that has a succession of semiconductor layers including an active region (20) for generating radiation, a first semiconductor layer (21), and a second semiconductor layer (22). The active region is located between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; the semiconductor member has a plurality of cavities (25) which extend through the second semiconductor layer and the active region; and from a bird's eye view onto the semiconductor member, the cavities are elongate and have a longitudinal axis (250).
US10355168B2	Light-emitting device with patterned substrate A lighting device according to embodiments of the invention includes a substrate with a plurality of holes that extend from a surface of the substrate. A non-III-nitride material is disposed within the plurality of holes. The surface of the substrate is free of the non-III-nitride material. A semiconductor structure is grown on the surface of the substrate. The semiconductor structure includes a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region.
US10355166B2	Light-emitting diode structure, transfer assembly, and transfer method using the same The present invention is intended to provide a light-emitting diode (LED) structure which can be easily transferred onto another substrate, a transfer assembly whose adhesive strength with LED structures can be maintained in spite of repetitive transfer processes, LED structures and a transfer assembly for selectively transferring the LED structures, and a transfer method using the same.
US10355161B2	Germanium-based photoreceiver having tungsten contacts To achieve a high-reliability germanium photoreceiver. A photoreceiver portion of a germanium photoreceiver comprised of a p type silicon core layer, an i type germanium layer, and an n type silicon layer is covered with a second insulating film and from a coupling hole formed in the second insulating film, a portion of the upper surface of the photoreceiver portion is exposed. The coupling hole has, on the inner wall thereof, a barrier metal film and the barrier metal film has thereon a first-layer wiring made of a tungsten film. Tungsten hardly diffuses from the tungsten film into the i type germanium layer even when a thermal stress is applied, making it possible to prevent the resulting germanium photoreceiver from having diode characteristics deteriorated by the thermal stress.
US10355157B2	Photovoltaic cells A photovoltaic cell incorporating a semiconductor element (10) composed entirely of a single conductivity type. A biasing agent (26) having a work function different from that of the semiconductor element overlies a face of the element and produces a band bending and thus an electric field in a space charge region. Electrodes are in contact with the semiconductor element within the space charge region. Carriers generated by light absorbed in the semiconductor element are accelerated toward the electrodes by the field.
US10355156B2	Light-concentrating mechanism, photovoltaic power generation device, window structure, and window glass [Problem] To provide a light-concentrating mechanism that is suitable for photovoltaic power generation. [Solution] This light-concentrating mechanism comprises an angle selective reflection means that reflects light having an incident angle of at least a first threshold angle and transmits at least some of the light having an incident angle smaller than the first threshold angle, and an angle-increase reflection means that reflects incident light at an angle greater than the incident angle of said light, the two means being arranged so as to have a gap therebetween. The angle-increase reflection means reflects, at an angle that is equal to or greater than the first threshold angle, at least some of the light that has been transmitted by the angle-selective reflection means, and the angle-selective reflection means reflects the light that has been reflected by the angle-increase reflection means and has an angle that is equal to or greater than the first threshold angle, and light is propagated and concentrated by the gap between the angle-selective reflection means and the angle-increase reflection means.
US10355154B1	Hybrid photovoltaic device and radiant cooling device, system, method and chiller therefor A building-integrated hybrid photovoltaic and radiant cooling device integrated into a building structure, including a chiller, a cooling device for cooling fluid supplied to a radiant cooling panel, a return pipe conveying the fluid from the radiant cooling panel to cool a photovoltaic device, and at least one supply pipe transporting the fluid from the photovoltaic device to the chiller, the cooling device reducing a surface temperature of the radiant cooling panel only to the extent necessary to also avoid condensation being formed on the radiant cooling panel, i.e. to just above the dew point.
US10355151B2	CMOS image sensor including photodiodes with overlying superlattices to reduce crosstalk A CMOS image sensor may include a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, and a plurality of laterally adjacent photodiodes formed in the substrate. Each photodiode may include a retrograde well extending downward into the substrate from a surface thereof and having a second conductivity type, a first well around a periphery of the retrograde well having the second conductivity type, and a second well within the retrograde well having the first conductivity type. Each photodiode may further include first and second superlattices respectively overlying each of the first and second wells. Each of the first and second superlattices may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.
US10355147B2	Solar cell module and method for manufacturing the same A solar cell module capable of preventing the occurrence of a PID failure in a solar photovoltaic power generation system with a MW capacity, said system being used in a high-temperature high-humidity environment; and a method for manufacturing this solar cell module. A solar cell module which comprises a protection glass material and a sealing material on a light receiving surface side of a substrate, and which also comprises an oxide layer between the substrate and the protection glass material, said oxide layer containing a metal element and silicon. It is preferable that the oxide layer contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, niobium and molybdenum. It is also preferable that the oxide layer has a refractive index of from 1.5 to 2.3 (inclusive) with respect to incident light having a wavelength of 587 nm.
US10355145B2	Photovoltaic device A photovoltaic device (1) includes: an i-type amorphous semiconductor layer (102i) formed in contact with one of the surfaces of a semiconductor substrate (101); p-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102p) spaced apart from each other and provided on the i-type amorphous semiconductor layer (102i); and n-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102n) spaced apart from each other and provided on the i amorphous semiconductor layer (102i), each n-type amorphous semiconductor strip (102n) being adjacent to at least one of the p-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102p) as traced along an in-plane direction of the semiconductor substrate (101). The photovoltaic device (1) further includes electrodes (103) as a protection layer formed in contact with the i-type amorphous semiconductor layer (102) between adjacent p-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102p) and between adjacent n-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102n).
US10355144B1	Heat-dissipating Zener diode A heat-dissipating Zener diode includes a heavily-doped semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a first epitaxial layer having the first conductivity type, a first heavily-doped area having a second conductivity type, a second epitaxial layer, and a second heavily-doped area having the second conductivity type or the first conductivity type. The first epitaxial layer is formed on the heavily-doped semiconductor substrate. The first heavily-doped area is formed in the first epitaxial layer and spaced from the heavily-doped semiconductor substrate. The second epitaxial layer is formed on the first epitaxial layer and penetrated with a first doped area, and the first doped area has the second conductivity type and contacts the first heavily-doped area. The second heavily-doped area is formed in the first doped area.
US10355141B1	Sensing element and sensing display panel A sensing element is provided. The sensing element includes an active layer, a first source, a second source, a drain, and a gate. The active layer is disposed on a substrate, wherein the active layer includes a first source region, a second source region, a drain region, and a channel region. The first source is electrically connected to the first source region. The second source is electrically connected to the second source region. The drain is electrically connected to the drain region. The gate is overlapped with the channel region in a normal direction of the substrate, wherein the first source is extended toward the channel region in a first direction, the second source is extended toward the channel region in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are intersected with the normal direction, and an angle between the first direction and the second direction is not equal to 180 degrees.
US10355139B2	Three-dimensional memory device with amorphous barrier layer and method of making thereof Memory stack structures are formed through an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. Backside recesses are formed by removal of the sacrificial material layers selective to the insulating layers and the memory stack structures. An electrically conductive, amorphous barrier layer can be formed prior to formation of a metal fill material layer to provide a diffusion barrier that reduces fluorine diffusion between the metal fill material layer and memory films of memory stack structures. The electrically conductive, amorphous barrier layer can be an oxygen-containing titanium compound or a ternary transition metal nitride.
US10355128B2	Double-gate vertical transistor semiconductor device A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes a substrate and at least a first, second, third, and fourth vertical transistor supported by the substrate. Each transistor comprises a vertical channel, a polarity gate electrode forming a polarity gate adapted to act on a first portion of the channel to affect a polarity of the channel, and a control gate electrode forming a control gate adapted to act on a second portion of the channel to control the electrical conductivity of the channel. The polarity gate electrode and the control gate electrode of each one of the transistors extend laterally from their respective gate and in mutually opposite directions, and the transistors are laterally spaced from each other and arranged such that the control gate electrodes of the first and third transistor face each other and the control gate electrodes of the second and fourth transistor face each other.
US10355125B2	Electrode contact structure for semiconductor device In one embodiment, a method for forming a semiconductor device having a shield electrode includes forming first and second shield electrode contact portions within a contact trench. The first shield electrode contact portion can be formed recessed within the contact trench and includes a flat portion. The second shield electrode contact portion can be formed within the contact trench and makes contact to the first shield electrode contact portion along the flat portion.
US10355123B2	Silicon-carbide trench gate MOSFETs and methods of manufacture In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a semiconductor substrate, a drift region disposed in the semiconductor substrate; a body region disposed in the drift region and a source region disposed in the body region. The apparatus can also include a gate trench disposed in the semiconductor substrate. The apparatus can further include a gate dielectric disposed on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the gate trench, the gate dielectric on the sidewall defining a first interface with the body region and the gate dielectric on the bottom surface defining a second interface with the body region. The apparatus can still further include a gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric and a lateral channel region disposed in the body region, the lateral channel region being defined along the second interface.
US10355122B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device Properties of a semiconductor device are improved. A semiconductor device having a superjunction structure, in which p-type column regions and n-type column regions are periodically arranged, is configured as follows. Each n-type column region has a vertical section including an n-type epitaxial layer located between trenches and a tapered embedded n-type epitaxial film disposed on a side face of the trench. Each p-type column region includes an embedded p-type epitaxial film disposed within the trench. The tapered embedded n-type epitaxial film is thus provided on the sidewall of the trench in which the p-type column region is to be disposed, thereby the p-type column region is allowed to have an inverted trapezoidal shape, leading to an increase in margin for a variation in concentration of a p-type impurity in the p-type column region. On resistance can be reduced by lateral diffusion of an n-type impurity (for example, As).
US10355119B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include forming a trench and exposing a portion of a first film at a bottom portion of the trench by removing a portion of a second film by performing dry etching using a gas including a first element. The second film is provided on the first film. The first film includes Alx1Ga1-x1N (0≤x1<1). The second film includes Alx2Ga1-x2N (0
US10355118B2	Single-electron transistor with self-aligned coulomb blockade Semiconductor devices include a thin channel region formed on a buried insulator. A source and drain region is formed on the buried insulator, separated from the channel region by notches. A gate structure is formed on the thin channel region.
US10355117B2	Phase control thyristor A thyristor is disclosed with a plurality of emitter shorts at points in the cathode region. The points define a Delaunay triangulation with a plurality of triangles. For a first subset of triangles a coefficient of variation of the values qT,l with l∈S1 is smaller than 0.1, and/or an absolute value of a skewedness of the geometric quantities qT,l with l∈S1 is smaller than 5, and/or a Kurtosis of the geometric quantities qT,l with l∈S1 is smaller than 20. For a second subset of triangles, a quotient of a standard deviation of the quantities qT,m with m∈S2 and a mean squared value of the geometric quantity qT,l with l∈S1 is less than 1, and/or a quotient of a number of triangles in the second subset and a number of triangles in the first subset is less than 1.0×10−2.
US10355106B2	Replacement metal gate scheme with self-alignment gate for vertical field effect transistors A method is presented for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a fin structure over a substrate, forming a dummy gate over the fin structure, and etching the dummy gate by a first amount to expose a top portion of the fin structure. The method further includes forming a first dielectric layer adjacent the exposed top portion of the fin structure, forming a spacer adjacent the first dielectric layer contacting the fin structure, and etching the dummy gate by a second amount. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric layer to encapsulate the remaining dummy gate, depositing an inter-level dielectric (ILD) over the second dielectric layer, depositing at least one hard mask to access the dummy gate, stripping the dummy gate to form at least one recess, and filling the at least one recess with a high-k metal gate (HKMG).
US10355104B2	Single-curvature cavity for semiconductor epitaxy Methods of forming a field-effect transistor and structures for a field-effect transistor. A gate structure is formed that overlaps with a channel region beneath a top surface of a semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin is etched with an anisotropic etching process to form a cavity having a sidewall with a planar section extending vertically toward the top surface of the semiconductor fin and adjacent to the channel region in the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin is then etched with an isotropic etching process that widens the cavity at the top surface while preserving verticality of the planar section.
US10355102B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes semiconductor wires disposed over a substrate, a source/drain epitaxial layer in contact with the semiconductor wires, a gate dielectric layer disposed on and wrapping around each channel region of the semiconductor wires, a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and wrapping around the each channel region, and dielectric spacers disposed in recesses formed toward the source/drain epitaxial layer.
US10355100B1	Field effect transistors having different stress control liners and method of making the same A first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor are formed on a substrate. A silicon nitride liner is formed over the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor. An upper portion of the silicon nitride liner is converted into a thermal silicon oxide liner. A lower portion of the silicon nitride liner remains as a silicon nitride material portion. A first portion of the thermal silicon oxide liner is removed from above the second field effect transistor, and a second portion of the thermal silicon oxide liner remains above the first field effect transistor. Selective presence of the silicon oxide liner provides differential stress within the channels of the first and second field effect transistors, which can be employed to optimize performance of different types of field effect transistors.
US10355094B2	Low resistance contact structures for trench structures An electrical device including at least one contact surface and an interlevel dielectric layer present atop the electrical device, wherein the interlevel dielectric layer includes at least one trench to the at least one contact surface of the electrical device. A conformal titanium liner is present on the sidewalls of the trench and is in direct contact with the at least one contact surface. The conformal titanium liner may be composed of 100 wt. % titanium, and may have a thickness ranging from 10 Å to 100 Å.
US10355092B2	Silicon epitaxial wafer and method of producing silicon epitaxial wafer A silicon epitaxial wafer including: a second intermediate epitaxial layer on a silicon substrate produced by being cut from a silicon single crystal ingot grown by the CZ method so as to have a carbon concentration ranging from 3×1016 to 2×1017 atoms/cm3, a first intermediate epitaxial layer doped with a dopant, and an epitaxial layer of a device forming region stacked on the first intermediate epitaxial layer, and to a method of producing this wafer. Also providing an industrially excellent silicon epitaxial wafer that is produced with a silicon substrate doped with carbon and used as a semiconductor device substrate such as a memory, a logic, or a solid-state image sensor, and a method of producing this silicon epitaxial wafer.
US10355084B1	Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same and power conversion device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a cell surface electrode portion, and a peripheral edge surface structure portion. The semiconductor chip has a cell portion and a peripheral edge portion provided around the cell portion in plan view. The cell surface electrode portion is provided on the cell portion. The peripheral edge surface structure portion is provided on the peripheral edge portion. The peripheral edge portion is made thinner than the cell portion so that a back surface of the peripheral edge portion is more concave than a back surface of the cell portion. When the thickness of the cell portion is represented by tc and the size of the step between the cell portion and the peripheral edge portion on the back surface is represented by dtb, 0%
US10355080B2	Semiconductor structures including middle-of-line (MOL) capacitance reduction for self-aligned contact in gate stack A semiconductor structure including one or more semiconductor devices on a wafer. The one or more devices having source/drain junctions. The semiconductor structure further includes a recessed middle-of-line (MOL) oxide layer, and an air-gap oxide layer including one or more introduced air-gaps. The air-gap oxide layer is positioned over the one or more semiconductor devices and the MOL oxide layer. A nitride layer is positioned over the one or more semiconductor devices. Trenches are formed through the nitride layer down to the source/drain junctions. A silicide fills the trenches.
US10355079B2	Semiconductor device and method for producing semiconductor device Hydrogen atoms and crystal defects are introduced into an n-semiconductor substrate by proton implantation. The crystal defects are generated in the n-semiconductor substrate by electron beam irradiation before or after the proton implantation. Then, a heat treatment for generating donors is performed. The amount of crystal defects is appropriately controlled during the heat treatment for generating donors to increase a donor generation rate. In addition, when the heat treatment for generating donors ends, the crystal defects formed by the electron beam irradiation and the proton implantation are recovered and controlled to an appropriate amount of crystal defects. Therefore, for example, it is possible to improve a breakdown voltage and reduce a leakage current.
US10355077B2	Semiconductor device In an ESD protection element configured to protect a semiconductor device, a first N-type low concentration diffusion layer is formed, as an offset layer for easing electric field concentration, under a LOCOS oxide film formed at each end of the gate electrode, and a second N-type low concentration diffusion layer and a third low concentration diffusion layer are formed under an N-type high concentration diffusion layer on the drain side to set the point of breakdown at a level deep inside a substrate from a surface of the substrate. The hold voltage is thus raised to a voltage equal to or higher than the operating voltage and a noise can be relieved without increasing the element size of the ESD protection element even when the noise having a large amount of positive electric charge is applied to a Vdd supply terminal.
US10355075B2	Semiconductor devices including insulative materials extending between conductive structures Disclosed herein is a device that includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating layer over a surface of the semiconductor substrate; first and second contact plugs each including side and upper surfaces, the side surfaces of the first and second contact plugs being surrounded by the first insulating film, the upper surfaces of the first and second contact plugs being substantially on the same plane with an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer; a first conductive layer including a bottom portion on the first contact plug and a side portion surrounded by the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer over the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer on the second contact plug, a part of a side surface of the second conductive layer being surrounded by both the second and third insulating layers.
US10355073B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode structure, an upper electrode structure, and a dielectric layer between the lower and upper electrode structures and on side surfaces and an upper surface of the lower electrode structure. The lower electrode structure includes a first lower electrode pattern having a cylindrical shape, a barrier layer on the first lower electrode pattern, and a second lower electrode pattern in a space defined by the barrier layer.
US10355070B2	Magnetic inductor stack including magnetic materials having multiple permeabilities Provided is an inductor structure. In embodiments of the invention, the inductor structure includes a first laminated stack. The first laminated stack includes layers of an insulating material alternating with layers of a first magnetic material. The inductor structure includes a laminated second stack formed on the first laminated stack. The second laminated stack includes layers of the insulating material alternating with layers of a second magnetic material. The second magnetic material has a greater permeability than does the first magnetic material.
US10355060B2	Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof An organic light emitting diode display according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of organic light emitting elements disposed on the substrate and configured to emit light; a touch panel on the plurality of organic light emitting elements; a window on the touch panel; and a first light blocking layer at a surface of the window and corresponding to paths of light emitted from the plurality of organic light emitting elements and having an exposed region exposing a portion of the window.
US10355056B2	OLED device and manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device The present disclosure relates to an OLED device and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The OLED device includes: a first electrode disposed on a substrate; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer; and a stack of layers disposed on the second electrode. The stack of layers includes at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer. The at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer are alternately arranged. One organic layer of the at least one organic layer includes a color conversion layer.
US10355052B2	OLED display device The present disclosure relates to an OLED display device, including OLED units and a pixel spacer layer having a plurality of opening portions, which are disposed on a substrate. Each OLED unit includes an anode, a light-emitting functional layer and a cathode which are disposed sequentially in a direction away from the substrate. The light-emitting functional layer is disposed in the opening portions. The pixel spacer layer is provided with a via hole. The display device further includes: an auxiliary electrode disposed below the pixel spacer layer, corresponding to a display area, spaced apart from the anode, and connected to the cathode through the via hole in the pixel spacer layer; and a print circuit board disposed at a side of the substrate away from the pixel spacer layer, configured to transmit a signal of the cathode to the auxiliary electrode through an conductive lead.
US10355050B2	Semiconductor memory device A memory device includes first conductive lines extending on a substrate along a first direction; second conductive lines extending on the first conductive lines along a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and memory cell structures, which are at intersections between the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines and connected to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, each of the memory cell structures including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a resistive memory layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. A first sidewall of each of the resistive memory layers is sloped and has a horizontal width that decreases in a direction away from the substrate, and a second sidewall of each of the resistive memory layer adjacent to the first sidewall is sloped and has a horizontal width that increases in a direction away from the substrate.
US10355043B2	Integrated vertical transistors and light emitting diodes The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to integrated vertical transistors and light emitting diodes and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a vertically oriented stack of material having a light emitting diode (LED) integrated with a source region and a drain region of a vertically oriented active device.
US10355042B2	Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of solid-state imaging element, and imaging apparatus There is provided solid-state imaging devices and methods of forming the same, the solid-state imaging devices including: a semiconductor substrate; a glass substrate; an adhesion layer provided between the semiconductor substrate and the glass substrate; and a warpage correction film provided adjacent to one of the semiconductor substrate and the glass substrate.
US10355037B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device including an imaging area where a plurality of unit pixels are disposed to capture a color image, wherein each of the unit pixels includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a plurality of transfer gates, each of which is disposed in each of the photoelectric conversion portions to transfer signal charges from the photoelectric conversion portion; and a floating diffusion to which the signal charges are transferred from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion portions by the plurality of the transfer gates, wherein the plurality of the photoelectric conversion portions receive light of the same color to generate the signal charges, and wherein the signal charges transferred from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion portions to the floating diffusion are added to be output as an electrical signal.
US10355036B2	Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and an electronic apparatus which is capable of reducing variations and deterioration of transistor characteristics.A first connection pad connected with a first wiring and a first floating metal greater than the first connection pad are formed at a bonding surface of a first substrate, whereas a second connection pad connected with a second wiring and a second floating metal greater than the second connection pad are formed at a bonding surface of a second substrate. The first joint pad and the second floating metal are connected to each other, the second floating metal and the first floating metal are connected to each other, and the first floating metal and the second joint pad are connected to each other, whereby the first floating metal and the second floating metal formed at the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other. The present disclosure is applicable to a CMOS solid-state imaging device used for an imaging apparatus such as a camera, for example.
US10355025B2	Thin film transistor array substrate and manufacturing method thereof A substrate including gate wirings including a gate line and a gate electrode disposed on a substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer pattern overlapping the gate electrode, a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate wirings and the oxide semiconductor layer pattern, data wirings including a data line crossing the gate line, a source electrode connected to one side of the oxide semiconductor layer pattern, and a drain electrode connected to another side of the oxide semiconductor layer, and an insulating pattern including a first portion which is disposed between the gate line and the data line and at least partially overlaps with both of the gate line and the data line.
US10355024B2	Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same A display substrate includes a base substrate with a display area and a light-blocking area around the display area, a switching element disposed on the base substrate that includes a gate electrode electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction, a source electrode electrically connected to a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode, a color filter layer disposed on the switching element, a first electrode disposed on the color filter layer, an insulation layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the insulation layer that includes a slit, a dummy pattern disposed on substantially the same layer as the second electrode that overlaps the data line, and a data light-blocking pattern directly disposed on the dummy pattern that has substantially the same width as the data line.
US10355021B2	Thin film transistor structure and method for manufacturing same A thin film transistor structure is provided with a glass substrate, a buffer layer, a metal oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate metal layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a source metal layer, a drain metal layer, and a protective layer. A shielding metal layer is disposed between the glass substrate and the buffer layer, the gate insulating layer has a shielding metal layer contact hole passing through the gate insulating layer and the buffer layer, and the gate metal layer connects with the shielding metal layer through the shielding metal layer contact hole.
US10355018B1	Integrated structures Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a conductive material, a select device gate material over the conductive material, and vertically-stacked conductive levels over the select device gate material. Vertically-extending monolithic channel material is adjacent the select device gate material and the conductive levels. The monolithic channel material contains a lower segment adjacent the select device gate material and an upper segment adjacent the conductive levels. A first vertically-extending region is between the lower segment of the monolithic channel material and the select device gate material. The first vertically-extending region contains a first material. A second vertically-extending region is between the upper segment of the monolithic channel material and the conductive levels. The second vertically-extending region contains a material which is different in composition from the first material.
US10355017B1	CMOS devices containing asymmetric contact via structures and method of making the same A CMOS device includes a p-type field effect transistor containing p-doped active regions, an n-type field effect transistor containing n-doped active regions, a silicon oxide layer overlying the n-type field effect transistor and not overlying the p-type field effect transistor, boron-doped epitaxial pillar structures contacting a top surface of, and epitaxially aligned to, a respective one of the p-doped active regions, first active region contact via structures contacting a top surface of a respective one of the boron-doped epitaxial pillar structures, and second active region contact via structures contacting a top surface of a respective one of the n-doped active regions.
US10355016B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including: a substrate including a top surface configured to extend in a first direction and a second direction that are perpendicular to each other; gate stack structures disposed on the substrate, spaced apart from one another in the first direction and configured to extend in the second direction; a first region in which levels of top surfaces of the gate stack structures are constant; a second region in which levels of top surfaces of the gate stack structures are stepped, the second region configured to surround at least a portion of the first region; and conductive lines disposed in the second region between the gate stack structures and configured to extend in the second direction in an uneven form.
US10355014B1	Assemblies having vertically-extending structures Some embodiments include an assembly which has channel material pillars, and which has memory cells along the channel material pillars. A conductive structure is under the channel material pillars. The conductive structure has doped semiconductor material in direct contact with bottom regions of the channel material pillars. One or more of magnesium, scandium, yttrium and lanthanide elements is along the bottom regions of the channel material pillars. Some embodiments include methods of forming assemblies. A structure is formed, and a mass is formed against an upper surface of the structure. Plugs are formed within openings in the mass. The plugs comprise a second material over a first material. The first material includes one or more of magnesium, scandium, yttrium and lanthanide elements. Openings are formed to terminate on the first material, and are then extended through the first material. Channel material pillars are formed within the openings.
US10355012B2	Multi-tier three-dimensional memory device with stress compensation structures and method of making thereof An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed over a substrate. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. A retro-stepped dielectric material portion comprising a compressive-stress-generating dielectric material on stepped surfaces of the alternating stack. Memory stack structures are formed through the first-tier alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a vertical semiconductor channel and a memory film. A patterned tensile-stress-generating material layer is formed over the retro-stepped dielectric material portion in a region that is laterally spaced outward from an outer periphery of a topmost layer within the alternating stack. The patterned tensile-stress-generating material layer applies a tensile stress to the retro-stepped dielectric material portion and to the alternating stack to compensate for the compressive stress generated by the retro-stepped dielectric material portion.
US10355011B2	Method for forming flash memory structure Methods for forming semiconductor structures are provided. The method for forming the semiconductor structure includes forming a control gate over a substrate and forming a dielectric layer covering the control gate. The method further includes forming a conductive layer having a first portion and a second portion over the dielectric layer. In addition, the first portion of the conductive layer is separated from the control gate by the dielectric layer. The method further includes forming an oxide layer on a top surface of the first portion of the conductive layer and removing the second portion of the conductive layer to form a memory gate.
US10355008B2	Floating gate memory cells in vertical memory Floating gate memory cells in vertical memory. A control gate is formed between a first tier of dielectric material and a second tier of dielectric material. A floating gate is formed between the first tier of dielectric material and the second tier of dielectric material, wherein the floating gate includes a protrusion extending towards the control gate. A charge blocking structure is formed between the floating gate and the control gate, wherein at least a portion of the charge blocking structure wraps around the protrusion.
US10355007B2	Three-dimensional memory structure having a back gate electrode A memory stack structure includes a cavity including a back gate electrode, a back gate dielectric, a semiconductor channel, and at least one charge storage element. In one embodiment, a line trench can be filled with a memory film layer, and a plurality of semiconductor channels can straddle the line trench. The back gate electrode can extend along the lengthwise direction of the line trench. In another embodiment, an isolated memory opening overlying a patterned conductive layer can be filled with a memory film, and the back gate electrode can be formed within a semiconductor channel and on the patterned conductive layer. A dielectric cap portion electrically isolates the back gate electrode from a drain region. The back gate electrode can be employed to bias the semiconductor channel, and to enable sensing of multinary bits corresponding to different amounts of electrical charges stored in a memory cell.
US10355006B2	Semiconductor storage device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of memory cells, a first film, and a second film. The memory cells are placed at intervals in a first direction on a semiconductor substrate. The first film is placed continuously in the first direction above the memory cells so as to cover all of the memory cells and including mainly metal oxide. The second film is placed on the first film and including mainly silicon nitride or silicon dioxide.
US10355004B2	Memory devices including one-time programmable memory cells A memory device including one-time programmable memory cells has a semiconductor substrate with a write region and a read region, a write gate provided on the write region, a read gate provided on the read region, first and second junction patterns provided at both sides of the read gate, and insulating dielectric patterns interposed between the write and read gates and the semiconductor substrate. The read region may have a different conductivity type from the first and second junction patterns, and the write region may have the same conductivity type as the first and second junction patterns.
US10355002B2	Memory cells, methods of forming an array of two transistor-one capacitor memory cells, and methods used in fabricating integrated circuitry A memory cell comprises first and second transistors laterally displaced relative one another. A capacitor is above the first and second transistors. The capacitor comprises a container-shape conductive first capacitor node electrically coupled with a first current node of the first transistor, a conductive second capacitor node electrically coupled with a first current node of the second transistor, and a capacitor dielectric material between the first capacitor node and the second capacitor node. The capacitor dielectric material extends across a top of the container-shape first capacitor node. Additional embodiments and aspects, including method, are disclosed.
US10355001B2	Memories and methods to provide configuration information to controllers A memory system includes a memory controller and a memory module coupled to the memory controller. One such memory module may include a memory package of a first type and a signal presence detect unit configured to provide configuration data associated with a memory package of a second type to the memory controller. The configuration data may be used to configure the memory controller to interface with the memory package of a first type.
US10354998B2	Structures and methods for fabricating semiconductor devices using fin structures Devices are described herein that include a first fin structure formed on a substrate. A second fin structure formed on the substrate. One or more gate structures are formed on the first fin structure and the second fin structure. A first in-fin source/drain region is associated with a first volume and is disposed between the first fin structure and the second fin structure. A fin-end source/drain region is associated with a second volume larger than the first volume, the first fin structure being disposed between the first in-fin source/drain region and the fin-end source/drain region. The gate structures, the first in-fin source/drain region, and the fin-end source/drain region are configured to form one or more transistors.
US10354996B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with an upper surface of a substrate at different levels A first transistor required for decreasing leak current and a second transistor required for compatibility of high speed operation and low power consumption can be formed over an identical substrate and sufficient performance can be provided to the two types of the transistors respectively. Decrease in the leak current is required for the first transistor. Less power consumption and high speed operation are required for the second transistor. The upper surface of a portion of a substrate in which the second diffusion layer is formed is lower than the upper surface of a portion of the substrate where the first diffusion layer is formed.
US10354993B2	Electrostatic discharge protection structure and fabricating method thereof In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, an electrostatic discharge protection structure and a fabricating method thereof are provided.
US10354990B2	Optimized configurations to integrate steering diodes in low capacitance transient voltage suppressor (TVS) A transient-voltage suppressing (TVS) device disposed on a semiconductor substrate including a low-side steering diode, a high-side steering diode integrated with a main Zener diode for suppressing a transient voltage. The low-side steering diode and the high-side steering diode integrated with the Zener diode are disposed in the semiconductor substrate and each constituting a vertical PN junction as vertical diodes in the semiconductor substrate whereby reducing a lateral area occupied by the TVS device. In an exemplary embodiment, the high-side steering diode and the Zener diode are vertically overlapped with each other for further reducing lateral areas occupied by the TVS device.
US10354989B1	Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies An integrated assembly having an insulative mass with a first region adjacent to a second region. The first region has a greater amount of one or more inert interstitial elements incorporated therein than does the second region. Also, an integrated assembly which has vertically-extending channel material pillars, and which has memory cells along the channel material pillars. A conductive structure is under the channel material pillars. The conductive structure includes doped semiconductor material in direct contact with bottom regions of the channel material pillars. An insulative mass is along the bottom regions of the channel material pillars. The insulative mass has an upper region over a lower region. The lower region has a greater amount of one or more inert interstitial elements incorporated therein than does the upper region. Also, methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US10354985B2	Semiconductor device having stacked semiconductor chips and method for fabricating the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes stacking, on a package substrate, first semiconductor chips. Each of the first semiconductor chips includes a first adhesive film. The method includes stacking, respectively on the first semiconductor chips, second semiconductor chips. Each of the second semiconductor chips includes a second adhesive film. The method includes compressing the first and second adhesive films to form an adhesive structure. The adhesive structure includes an extension disposed on sidewalls of the first and second semiconductor chips. The method includes removing the extension. The method includes forming a first molding layer substantially covering the first and second semiconductor chips. The method includes performing a cutting process on the package substrate between the first and second semiconductor chips to form a plurality of semiconductor packages each including at least one of the first semiconductor chips and at least one of the second semiconductor chips.
US10354982B2	Integrated fan-out structure with guiding trenches in buffer layer A bottom package includes a molding compound, a buffer layer over and contacting the molding compound, and a through-via penetrating through the molding compound. A device die is molded in the molding compound. A guiding trench extends from a top surface of the buffer layer into the butter layer, wherein the guiding trench is misaligned with the device die.
US10354980B1	Three-dimensional memory device containing bonded chip assembly with through-substrate via structures and method of making the same Multiple semiconductor chips can be bonded through copper-to-copper bonding. The multiple semiconductor chips include a logic chip and multiple memory chips. The logic chip includes a peripheral circuitry for operation of memory devices within the multiple memory chips. The memory chips can include front side bonding pad structures, backside bonding pad structures, and sets of metal interconnect structures providing electrically conductive paths between pairs of a first side bonding pad structure and a backside bonding pad structure. Thus, electrical control signal can vertically propagate between the logic chip and an overlying memory chip through at least one intermediate memory chip located between them. The backside bonding pad structures can be formed as portions of integrated through-substrate via and pad structures that extend through a respective semiconductor substrate.
US10354975B2	Barrier layer for interconnects in 3D integrated device An electronic device integration method and integrated electronic device. The integration method may include the steps of preparing a first electronic device by forming an electrically conductive trace overlying a substrate, forming a barrier layer overlying the electrically conductive trace, forming one or more electrically conductive interconnects on the barrier layer, and forming a bonding layer overlying the trace and/or at least partially surrounding the one or more interconnects. The barrier layer is configured to prevent formation of an intermetallic compound between the trace and interconnect structures, while still enabling electrical communication between the trace and interconnect. The integration method may further include the steps of direct bonding the first electronic device to a second electronic device, direct bonding a third electronic device to the second electronic device, and so on. A high-temperature treatment and functional testing of the vertically integrated electronic device may be conducted after each stack sequence.
US10354974B2	Structure and formation method of chip package structure A chip package structure and a method for forming a chip package are provided. The chip package structure includes a first package which includes at least a semiconductor die, a dielectric structure surrounding the semiconductor die, and a plurality of conductive structures penetrating through the dielectric structure and surrounding the semiconductor die. The package structure also includes an interposer substrate over the first package and a plurality of conductive features in or over the interposer substrate. The package structure further includes a second package over the interposer substrate, and the first package electrically couples the second package through the conductive structures and the conductive features.
US10354972B2	Hybrid bonding systems and methods for semiconductor wafers Hybrid bonding systems and methods for semiconductor wafers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hybrid bonding system for semiconductor wafers includes a chamber and a plurality of sub-chambers disposed within the chamber. A robotics handler is disposed within the chamber that is adapted to move a plurality of semiconductor wafers within the chamber between the plurality of sub-chambers. The plurality of sub-chambers includes a first sub-chamber adapted to remove a protection layer from the plurality of semiconductor wafers, and a second sub-chamber adapted to activate top surfaces of the plurality of semiconductor wafers prior to hybrid bonding the plurality of semiconductor wafers together. The plurality of sub-chambers also includes a third sub-chamber adapted to align the plurality of semiconductor wafers and hybrid bond the plurality of semiconductor wafers together.
US10354967B2	Metal pillar in a film-type semiconductor package A film-type semiconductor package includes a metal lead portion arranged on a film substrate, a semiconductor chip including a pad, and a bump connecting the metal lead portion to the pad of the semiconductor chip. The bump includes a metal pillar arranged on the pad and including a first metal and a soldering portion arranged on an entire surface of the metal pillar, bonded to the metal lead portion, and including the first metal and a second metal that is different from the first metal.
US10354963B2	Decoding information embedded in an electronic element A pattern of information is detected in a thin-film electrical element including a plurality of thin-film layers on a substrate, the plurality of thin-film layers overlapping in an encoding region to form an optical layer structure. At least one of the thin-film layers in the optical layer structure includes an embedded information-encoding pattern. The thin-film electrical element is illuminated with an incident light beam from a light source thereby producing an optically-detectable interference image including the embedded pattern of information. An image capture system is used to capture an image of the optically-detectable interference image, and a data processing system is used to analyze the captured image to detect the embedded pattern of information. One or more actions are initiated in response to the detected pattern of information.
US10354962B2	Method and apparatus for a destroy on-demand electrical device A destroy on-demand electrical device includes a substrate layer formed using a soluble material (e.g., a Germanium oxide), a semi-conductor layer formed from a material that can become soluble upon further processing (e.g., Germanium) and conductive elements, formed from a metallic material such as Copper. The device is coupled with one or more disintegration sources that contain disintegration agents (e.g., Hydrogen Peroxide) that can promote disintegration of the device. The device can be destroyed in response to actuation of the disintegration sources, for example by actuation of a source that produces Hydrogen Peroxide for use in oxidizing the semi-conductor layer. Water can be used to dissolve dissolvable substrate layers. The semi-conductor layer can be destroyed by first processing this layer to form a dissolvable material and dissolving the processed layer with water. The remaining Copper components disintegrate once their underlying layer have been dissolved and/or by use of a salt.
US10354960B2	Support for long channel length nanowire transistors A nanowire device includes a first component formed on a substrate and a second component disposed apart from the first component on the substrate. A nanowire is configured to connect the first component to the second component. An anchor pad is formed along a span of the nanowire and configured to support the nanowire along the span to prevent sagging.
US10354955B2	Graphene as interlayer dielectric An integrated circuit may include multiple back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect layers. The BEOL interconnect layers may include conductive lines and conductive vias. The integrated circuit may further include an interlayer dielectric (ILD) between the BEOL interconnect layers. The ILD may include the conductive lines and the conductive vias. At least a portion of the ILD may include a low-K insulating graphene alloy.
US10354952B2	Memory cell having multi-level word line A memory cell comprises a first word line in a first layer on a first level. The memory cell also comprises a second word line having a first portion in the first layer and a second portion in a second layer. The second layer is on a second level different from the first level. The memory cell further comprises a first via layer coupling the first portion of the second word line with the second portion of the second word line.
US10354951B1	Thin film resistor with punch-through vias A device including a thin film resistor (TFR) structure. The TFR structure is accessible by one or more conductive vias that extend vertically from an upper metal layer to completely penetrate a TFR layer positioned thereunder. The conductive vias are coupled to one or more sidewalls of the TFR layer at or near the sites of penetration. The TFR structure can be manufactured by a method that includes etching a via trench completely through the TFR layer and a dielectric layer above the TFR layer, and filling the via trench with a conductor coupled to a sidewall of the TFR layer.
US10354949B2	Air gap structure and method A device comprises a first protection layer over sidewalls and a bottom of a first trench in a first dielectric layer, a first barrier layer over the first protection layer, a first metal line in the first trench, a second protection layer over sidewalls and a bottom of a second trench in the first dielectric layer, a second barrier layer over the second protection layer, a second metal line in the first trench, an air gap between the first trench and the second trench and a third protection layer over sidewalls of a third trench in the first dielectric layer, wherein the first protection layer, the second protection layer and the third protection are formed of a same material.
US10354946B2	Discrete electronic device embedded in chip module The invention relates to a method for embedding a discrete electronic device in a chip module. The chip module comprises a multilayer substrate which comprises a plurality of electrically conductive layers stacked above each other and an electrically non-conductive layer arranged between each pair of electrically conductive layers. The chip module is configured to receive one or more chips to be mounted onto a top surface thereof. Each electrically conductive layer comprises one or more electrically conductive structures. A recess is provided in a side surface of the chip module. The discrete electronic device is inserted into the recess. A first electrically conductive connection between a first electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a first electrically conductive structure is established. Further, a second electrically conductive connection between a second electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a second electrically conductive structure is established.
US10354944B2	Method for soldering surface-mount component and surface-mount component A method for soldering a surface-mount component onto a circuit board. The melting of die-bonding solder material is prevented by using a mounting solder material when soldering a surface-mount component formed using the die-bonding solder material onto a printed circuit board. The surface-mount component, formed using (Sn—Sb)-based solder material having high melting point, the (Sn—Sb)-based solder material containing Cu but not more than a predetermined quantity of Cu constituent and a main ingredient thereof being Sn, is soldered on a board terminal portion of a circuit board using (Sn—Ag—Cu—Bi)-based solder material or (Sn—Ag—Cu—Bi—In)-based solder material as the mounting solder material and with the solder material being applied on the terminal portion. Since solidus temperature of the die-bonding solder material is 243 degrees C. and liquidus temperature of the mounting solder material is about 215 through 220 degrees C., the melting of die-bonding solder material is prevented even at the heating temperature (240 degrees C. or less) of a reflow furnace.
US10354943B1	Multi-branch terminal for integrated circuit (IC) package An example multi-branch terminal for an integrated circuit (IC) package is described herein. An example multi-branch terminal of an integrated circuit (IC), may include a first branch that may include an active bonding with a chip of the IC, wherein the active bonding may include a wire bonded to the chip of the IC; and a second branch that may include a passive bonding with the chip of the IC, wherein the passive bonding may include a capacitor bonded to the second branch and a first terminal of the IC.
US10354938B2	Lighting device using short thermal path cooling technology and other device cooling by placing selected openings on heat sinks A novel heat sinking technology, uniquely adaptive to LED lighting devices in a generally LED array format containing multiple openings on said heat sink's base portions and optionally fin portions providing “short path cooling” technology. The “short path cooling” technology is thoroughly taught with multiple examples. Also taught, are methods of heat sink area maintenance when said openings are placed on said heat sinks. Indeed, even surface area increases are shown to be possible when multiple openings are placed on said heat sinks. Lastly, other non-LED semiconductor cooling is discussed and illustrated in various figures using said “short path cooling” technology.
US10354935B2	Graphene structure and method for manufacturing the same A graphene structure is provided. The graphene structure includes a two-dimensional base graphene layer having a defect, and a linking material provided at the defect of the base graphene layer.
US10354934B2	Semiconductor packages and methods of packaging semiconductor devices Semiconductor packages and methods for forming a semiconductor package are disclosed. The method includes providing a wafer having first and second major surfaces. The wafer is prepared with a plurality of dies and a plurality of external electrical contacts disposed on the first major surface of the wafer. The method includes processing the wafer. Processing the wafer includes separating the wafer into a plurality of individual dies. An individual die includes first and second major surfaces and first and second sidewalls, and the external electrical contacts are formed on the first major surface of the die. An encapsulant material is formed. The encapsulant material covers at least a portion of the first and second sidewalls of the die.
US10354932B2	Semiconductor device including semiconductor element and redistribution layer electrically connected thereto, and method of manufacturing the device It is an object to particularly improve compositions of interlayer insulation films so as to provide semiconductor devices which exert high elongation percentage, are excellent in adherence and are hard to generate a crack, and methods of manufacturing the devices, and a semiconductor device (1) of the present invention is a semiconductor device provided with a semiconductor element (2) and a redistribution layer (4) electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and is characterized in that a solvent with specific gravity of 0.96 g/cm3 or more at a temperature of 25° C. remains in an amount of 5 ppm or more relative to the entire weight of an interlayer insulation film (6) inside the interlayer insulation film of the redistribution layer. According to the semiconductor device of the present invention, it is possible to exert high elongation percentage, provide excellent adherence, and suppress generation of a crack.
US10354924B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a semiconductor memory device including a substrate, a plurality of first isolation structures, and a plurality of second isolation structures. The substrate includes a periphery region and an array region. The first isolation structures are located in the substrate of the periphery region. The second isolation structures are located in the substrate of the array region. A material of the first isolation structures is different from a material of the second isolation structures. A width of each of the first isolation structures is greater than a width of each of the second isolation structures.
US10354920B2	Methods and apparatus for MOS capacitors in replacement gate process Methods and apparatus for polysilicon MOS capacitors in a replacement gate process. A method includes disposing a gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate; disposing a polysilicon gate layer over the dielectric layer; patterning the gate dielectric layer and the polysilicon gate layer to form a plurality of polysilicon gates spaced by at least a minimum polysilicon to polysilicon pitch; defining a polysilicon resistor region containing at least one of the polysilicon gates and not containing at least one other of the polysilicon gates, which form dummy gates; depositing a mask layer over an inter-level dielectric layer; patterning the mask layer to expose the dummy gates; removing the dummy gates and the gate dielectric layer underneath the dummy gates to leave trenches in the inter-level dielectric layer; and forming high-k metal gate devices in the trenches in the inter-level dielectric layer. An apparatus produced by the method is disclosed.
US10354912B2	Forming self-aligned vertical interconnect accesses (VIAs) in interconnect structures for integrated circuits (ICs) Forming self-aligned vertical interconnect accesses (vias) in interconnect structures for integrated circuits (ICs) is disclosed. To reduce or avoid misalignment of a via to an underlying, interconnected metal line, vias are fabricated in the interconnect structure to be self-aligned with an underlying, interconnected metal line. In this regard, underlying metal lines are formed in a dielectric layer. A recess is formed in an underlying metal line below a top surface of an inter-layer dielectric. A stop layer is disposed above the inter-layer dielectric and within the recess of the underlying metal line. The stop layer allows a via tunnel to be formed (e.g., etched) down within the recess of the underlying metal line to self-align the via tunnel with the underlying metal line. A conductive material is then deposited in the via tunnel extending into the recess to form the self-aligned via interconnected to the underlying metal line.
US10354907B2	Releasable carrier method A method for making a semiconductor device includes providing a releasable carrier attached to a conductive layer, patterning a conductive circuit on a surface of the conductive layer, applying an insulative material at least partially covering the conductive circuit, releasing the releasable carrier from the conductive layer, and facilitating the releasing with an activating source. A method of fabricating a releasable carrier includes providing a supporting carrier, attaching a releasable tape to the supporting carrier, providing a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer attached to the first conductive layer, and attaching the first conductive layer to the releasable tape, where the releasable tape is configured to release the supporting carrier from the first conductive layer after being exposed to an activating source.
US10354906B2	Support apparatus and support method A support apparatus and a support method are provided, the support apparatus includes: a support substrate for bearing a supported component, the support substrate having a first main surface facing the supported component and a second main surface positioned on a side opposite to the first main surface; and a pressure distribution plate, arranged on the first main surface of the support substrate and positioned between the support substrate and the supported component, wherein the pressure distribution plate is configured to bring the supported component to be separated from the support substrate.
US10354902B2	Conveyance system A conveyance system includes a track, ceiling conveyance vehicles, storage apparatuses, and a conveyance controller configured or programmed to control operations of the ceiling conveyance vehicles and a local vehicle in accordance with an operation mode. The storage apparatus includes a storage plate and the local vehicle that transfer a FOUP between the storage plate and an apparatus port. The conveyance controller switches the operation mode among a first mode prohibiting transfer from the apparatus port to the storage plate by the local vehicle, a second mode prohibiting transfer to the storage plate by any of the ceiling conveyance vehicles and transfer from the storage plate to the apparatus port by the local vehicle, and a third mode that does not restrict transfer by the local vehicle.
US10354898B2	Container storage facility A container storage facility includes a storage rack that has a plurality of storage sections as a storage section group, a gas supply device for supplying a cleaning gas to the storage sections via a branch-type supply pipe, a transport apparatus for transporting containers to the storage sections, and a control unit for controlling operation of the transport apparatus. When a container is first stored in a storage section included in the storage section group, the control unit controls operations of the transport apparatus so as to transport the container to a storage section to which the cleaning gas is supplied from an end area of the supply pipe.
US10354888B2	Method and apparatus for anisotropic tungsten etching Methods for anisotropically etching a tungsten-containing material (such as doped or undoped tungsten metal) include cyclic treatment of tungsten surface with Cl2 plasma and with oxygen-containing radicals. Treatment with chlorine plasma is performed while the substrate is electrically biased resulting in predominant etching of horizontal surfaces on the substrate. Treatment with oxygen-containing radicals passivates the surface of the substrate to etching, and protects the vertical surfaces of the substrate, such as sidewalls of recessed features, from etching. Treatment with Cl2 plasma and with oxygen-containing radicals can be repeated in order to remove a desired amount of material. Anisotropic etching can be performed selectively in a presence of dielectric materials such as silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride.
US10354885B2	Hard masks for block patterning Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having a hard masks for sidewall image transfer (SIT) block patterning. The method includes forming a first hard mask on a substrate. Spacers are formed on the first hard mask, and a second hard mask is formed over the spacers. The second hard mask and a portion of the first hard mask are concurrently removed by the same hard mask removal process to expose a surface of the substrate. After concurrently removing the second hard mask and portions of the first hard mask, the heights of the spacers are substantially equal.
US10354878B2	Doping method for semiconductor device A doping method for a semiconductor device including the following steps is provided. A substrate is provided. The substrate has a channel region. The channel region includes a first edge region, a second edge region and a center region in a channel width direction substantially perpendicular to a channel length direction, and the center region is located between the first edge region and the second edge region. A first doping process is performed on the first edge region, the second edge region and the center region by using a first conductive type dopant. A second doping process is performed on the center region by using a second conductive type dopant.
US10354875B1	Techniques for improved removal of sacrificial mask A method may include forming a sacrificial mask on a device structure, the sacrificial mask comprising a carbon-based material. The method may further include etching memory structures in exposed regions of the sacrificial mask, implanting an etch-enhancing species into the sacrificial mask, and performing a wet etch to selectively remove the sacrificial mask at etch temperature, less than 350° C.
US10354874B2	Directional processing to remove a layer or a material formed over a substrate A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask layer over a substrate. A multi-layer resist is formed over the hard mask layer. The multi-layer resist is etched to form a plurality of openings in the multi-layer resist to expose a portion of the hard mask layer. Ion are directionally provided at an angle to the multi-layer resist to predominately contact sidewalls of the plurality of openings in the multi-layer resist rather than the hard mask layer. In one embodiment, the multi-layer resist is directionally etched by directing etch ions at an angle to predominately contact sidewalls of the plurality of openings in the multi-layer resist rather than the hard mask layer. In another embodiment, the multi-layer resist is directionally implanted by directing implant ions at an angle to predominately contact sidewalls of the plurality of openings in the multi-layer resist rather than the hard mask layer.
US10354870B2	Method for determining preferential deposition parameters for a thin layer of III-V material First, second and third series of samples are successively made so as to determine the influence of the deposition parameters on the crystallographic quality of a layer of semiconductor material of III-V type. The parameters studied are successively the deposition pressure, the deposition temperature and the deposited thickness of a sub-layer of semiconductor material of III-V type so as to respectively determine a first deposition pressure, a first deposition temperature at the first deposition pressure, and a first deposited thickness at the first deposition temperature and at the first deposition pressure. The sub-layer of semiconductor material of III-V type is thickened by ways of a second layer of semiconductor material of III-V type deposited under different conditions.
US10354869B2	Nanowire bundle and method of manufacturing nanostructure A method of manufacturing a nanostructure includes: heating a mixed solution to a first temperature, the mixed solution including a solvent, a compound including indium, and an octadecylphosphonic acid; heating the mixed solution to a second temperature; injecting, after heating the mixed solution to the second temperature, a phosphine precursor into the mixed solution; and heating the mixed solution including the injected phosphine precursor to a third temperature.
US10354866B2	Equipment and method to automatically transfer a graphene monolayer to a substrate Equipment to automatically transfer a graphene monolayer deposited on a metal layer and protected with a polymer layer to a substrate, comprising at least one liquid inlet, at least one sensor to control the level and pH of the liquids, at least one liquid outlet to drain the liquids, a stirring element to homogenise the liquid mixture and a ramp to feed in the substrate and method to automatically transfer a graphene monolayer to a substrate, which uses said equipment.
US10354865B2	Method for producing a nitride compound semiconductor device A method for procuring a nitride compound semiconductor device is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes growing a first nitride compound semiconductor layer onto a growth substrate, depositing a masking layer, growing a second nitride compound semiconductor layer onto the masking layer, growing a third nitride compound semiconductor layer onto the second nitride compound semiconductor layer such that the third nitride compound semiconductor layer has non-planar structures and growing a fourth nitride compound semiconductor layer onto the non-planar structures such that the fourth nitride compound semiconductor layer has an essentially planar surface. The method further includes growing a functional layer sequence of the nitride compound semiconductor device, connecting a side of the functional layer sequence located opposite to the growth substrate to a carrier and removing the growth substrate.
US10354858B2	Process for forming PZT or PLZT thinfilms with low defectivity Use of a non-solvent for the edge bead removal of spin-coated PZT or PLZT thinfilms, eliminates swelling of the exposed edges of the PZT or PLZT thinfilms and eliminates delamination and formation of particle defects in subsequent bake and anneal steps.
US10354857B2	High power low pressure UV bulb with plasma resistant coating An envelope of an ultraviolet (UV) bulb comprises a tube of UV transmissive material configured to contain a UV emissive material and a plasma resistant coating on an inner surface of the tube wherein the coating has been deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and is the only material attached to the inner surface of the tube. The tube can be an endless tube having a circular shape and the coating can be an ALD aluminum oxide coating. The UV transmissive material can comprise quartz or fused silica and the tube can have a wall thickness of about 1 to about 2 mm. The coating can have a thickness of no greater than about 200 nm such as about 120 nm to 160 nm. The circular tube can be formed into a torus shape which can have an outer diameter of about 200 mm and the tube itself can have an outer diameter of about 30 mm. The ALD aluminum oxide coating can be a pinhole free conformal coating. A UV bulb comprising the envelope can contain mercury and inert gas such as argon with pressure inside the UV bulb below 100 Torr. A method of curing a film on a semiconductor substrate, comprises supporting a semiconductor substrate in a curing chamber and exposing a layer on the semiconductor substrate to UV radiation produced by the UV bulb. Other uses include semiconductor substrate surface cleaning or sterilization of fluids and objects.
US10354854B2	Shutter A shutter moves along a surface of a partition wall provided between two spaces different in pressure, which faces the space higher in pressure, to open and close an aperture formed on the partition wall with an amount of force smaller than conventional shutters require. The shutter includes: a plate-shaped first member arranged in a manner of moving along a surface of the partition wall, which faces one of the two spaces higher in pressure, to open and close the aperture, the first member being provided, in a region which corresponds to the aperture, with a small aperture having an area smaller than the area of the aperture, and a plate-shaped second member arranged in a manner of moving along a surface of the first member, which faces the space higher in pressure, to open and close the small aperture.
US10354853B2	ICP mass spectrometer Provided is an ICP mass spectrometer which is able to effectively discharge residual water by limiting the consumption of Ar gas and a fluctuation in supply pressure of an Ar gas source at the time of an Ar gas purge for a coolant system. The ICP mass spectrometer is provided with: a device body part 1; a coolant system 2 that supplies a coolant from a water source 20 to to-be-cooled structure parts including a high-frequency power supply 12, a high-frequency coil 18, and a sample introduction part 13, which need to be cooled; and an Ar gas supply system 3. Intermediate valves V2, V3 are disposed on the downstream side of a main valve V0, a purge gas channel 32 having a purge valve V1, and a meeting point G of the purge gas channel 32. The to-be-cooled structure parts are connected to a cooling-use pipe on the downstream side of the intermediate valves V2, V3. A valve control part 35 is configured to perform intermittent purge control of repeating accumulation and discharge of the Ar gas on the upstream side of the intermediate valves V2, V3 by intermediately opening and closing the intermediate valves V2, V3 when the Ar gas is being sent.
US10354852B2	Probe assembly for attaching a chromatography device to a mass spectrometer A probe assembly is disclosed comprising an inlet for receiving an eluent from a chromatography device; an outlet for delivering the eluent to an ion source of a mass spectrometer; and an attachment device for attaching the outlet to the mass spectrometer. The outlet comprises an electrically conductive capillary and an electrically conductive member surrounding at least part of the electrically conductive capillary. The electrically conductive member is arranged to receive a voltage upon connection of the attachment device to the mass spectrometer and the electrically conductive member is arranged to provide an electrical connection from the electrically conductive member to the electrically conductive capillary.
US10354851B2	Secondary ion mass spectrometer and secondary ion mass spectrometric method A secondary ion mass spectrometer comprises: (a) a first primary ion source for generating a first pulsed primary ion beam with short pulse durations; (b) a second primary ion source for generating a second pulsed primary ion beam with pulse durations in the range of 50 ns and up to 5 s; (c) a first TOF-SIMS analysis unit for mass spectroscopic analysis of the secondary ions generated by the primary ion pulses of the first primary ion source from a sample; and (d) a second analysis unit for mass spectroscopic analysis of the secondary ions generated by the primary ion pulses of the second primary ion source from a sample.
US10354845B2	Atmospheric pressure pulsed arc plasma source and methods of coating therewith An atmospheric pressure pulsed arc plasma source and method of using including a housing having a housing opening therein; an insulator tube having an insulator tube opening therein, retained within the housing opening; and a conductive tube, retained within the insulator tube opening. A nozzle is retained by the housing. A feed path is defined in the conductive tube and the nozzle and a gas feed port is operatively coupled to the feed path. Feedstock is provided in the feed path and electrically coupled to the conductive tube. A pulsed DC power source provides a pulsed voltage to the conductive tube. The plasma source emits a discharge stream having a temperature that is less than 50° C. from the nozzle and a coating is formed on a substrate.
US10354841B2	Plasma generation and control using a DC ring The present invention provides a SWP (surface wave plasma) processing system that does not create underdense conditions when operating at low microwave power and high gas pressure, thereby achieving a larger process window. The DC ring subsystem can be used to adjust the edge to central plasma density ratio to achieve uniformity control in the SWP processing system.
US10354835B2	Ion implanter, ion beam irradiated target, and ion implantation method An ion implanter includes an ion source configured to generate an ion beam including an ion of a nonradioactive nuclide, a beamline configured to support an ion beam irradiated target, and a controller configured to calculate an estimated radiation dosage of a radioactive ray generated by a nuclear reaction between the ion of the nonradioactive nuclide incident into the ion beam irradiated target and the nonradioactive nuclide accumulated in the ion beam irradiated target as a result of ion beam irradiation performed previously.
US10354834B2	X-ray analysis in air An x-ray analysis apparatus comprises an electron beam assembly for generating a focused electron beam within a first gas pressure environment. A sample assembly is used for retaining a sample within a second gas pressure environment such that the sample receives the electron beam from the electron beam assembly and such that the gas pressure in the second gas pressure environment is greater than the gas pressure within the first gas pressure environment. An x-ray detector is positioned so as to have at least one x-ray sensor element within the first gas pressure environment. The sensor element is mounted to a part of the electron beam assembly which is proximal to the sample assembly and further arranged in use to receive x-rays generated by the interaction between the electron beam and the sample.
US10354832B2	Multi-column scanning electron microscopy system A multi-column scanning electron microscopy (SEM) system is disclosed. The SEM system includes a source assembly. The source assembly includes two or more electron beam sources configured to generate a plurality of electron beams. The source assembly also includes two or more sets of positioners configured to actuate the two or more electron beam sources. The SEM system also includes a column assembly. The column assembly includes a plurality of substrate arrays. The column assembly also includes two or more electron-optical columns formed by a set of column electron-optical elements bonded to the plurality of substrate arrays. The SEM system also includes a stage configured to secure a sample that at least one of emits or scatters electrons in response to the plurality of electron beams directed by the two or more electron-optical columns to the sample.
US10354831B2	Charged particle inspection method and charged particle system The present invention relates to a charged particle system comprising: a charged particle source; a first multi aperture plate; a second multi aperture plate disposed downstream of the first multi aperture plate, the second multi aperture plate; a controller configured to selectively apply at least first and second voltage differences between the first and second multi aperture plates; wherein the charged particle source and the first and second multi aperture plates are arranged such that each of a plurality of charged particle beamlets traverses an aperture pair, said aperture pair comprising one aperture of the first multi aperture plate and one aperture of the second multi aperture plate, wherein plural aperture pairs are arranged such that a center of the aperture of the first multi aperture plate is, when seen in a direction of incidence of the charged particle beamlet traversing the aperture of the first multi aperture plate, displaced relative to a center of the aperture of the second multi aperture plate. The invention further pertains to a particle-optical component configured to change a divergence of a set of charged particle beamlets and a charged particle inspection method comprising inspection of an object using different numbers of charged particle beamlets.
US10354826B2	Fuse in chip design To produce a cost-effective fuse in chip design, which is applied to a carrier substrate made of a Al2O3 ceramic having a high thermal conductivity, and which is provided with a fusible metallic conductor and a cover layer, in which the melting point of the metallic conductor may be defined reliably, it is suggested that an intermediate layer having low thermal conductivity be positioned between the carrier substrate and the metallic conductor, the intermediate layer being formed by a low-melting-point inorganic glass paste applied in the screen-printing method or an organic intermediate layer applied in island printing. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the fuse is specified.
US10354825B2	Apparatus and method using electro-active polymers and conducting particle interconnects An apparatus includes an electro-active polymer (EAP) structure configured to move, responsive to an electrical field, between a first position and a second position. The apparatus also includes a conductive particle interconnect (CPI) including an elastomeric carrier and conductive particles dispersed therein. The CPI is positioned proximate to at least a portion of the EAP structure and is configured to exhibit a first electrical resistance when the EAP structure is in the first position and to exhibit a second electrical resistance when the EAP structure is in the second position, where the first electrical resistance is different from the second electrical resistance.
US10354821B2	Gas circuit breaker To provide a gas circuit breaker designed to achieve further improvement in interruption performance for a small to medium current. The gas circuit breaker according to the present invention includes: an operation mechanism 1; a heat puffer chamber 19; a machine puffer chamber 32; a release valve 34; a movable main contact 5 and movable arc contact 11; a stationary main contact 6 and stationary arc contact 12; a movable-side leading conductor 14; and a stationary-side leading conductor 15, and features: a separation cylinder 21 for radially partitioning the heat puffer chamber 19; an inner circumferential flow path 24 formed on an inner circumferential side of the separation cylinder 21; and a check valve 22 for opening or closing a communication hole 23.
US10354818B2	Weatherproof decorator cover with positive indicator A weatherproof switch cover includes a base plate, a rocker arm provided in the base plate and movable between a first position and a second position and a membrane provided below the rocker arm, the membrane providing a weatherproof seal.
US10354817B2	Keyboard switch with guide core limiting function The invention discloses a keyboard switch including a base, a cover covering the base to form a cavity, an upper guide core disposed in the cavity and an upper guide core limiting mechanism including a lower guide core elastomer, a lower guide core, a middle guide core spring and a middle guide core sequentially disposed on the base. The upper guide core and the middle guide core are connected through an upper guide core spring. The keyboard switch of the invention provides accuracy of the press-conduction displacement, accurate positioning of the conduction course, and adjustability of the press force, such that the press force becomes more balanced, and the keyboard switch is conducted when the guide core is pressed downwards. Thus, the overall press stability of the keyboard switch is improved.
US10354816B2	Operating device Disclosed herein is an operating device including: a circuit board; a frame arranged on top of the circuit board; a plate-shaped operating member located relative to the frame and including a surface touched by a user's finger and a touch sensor adapted to detect the position of the user's finger that has touched the surface, the plate-shaped operating member being arranged to be able to move up and down so that the operating member can be pressed by the user; and an elastic member arranged between the frame and operating member to bias the operating member upward.
US10354813B2	Arc gas venting structure of air circuit breaker One or more arc gas outlet holes are formed in a trip device such that an effect of easily venting an arc gas, which flows into the trip device, to the outside through the arc gas outlet holes is provided.
US10354811B2	Electrical circuit breaker with contact fingers having customized contact pressure An electrical circuit breaker with separable electrical contacts includes a fixed electrical contact, a mobile electrical contact, that can be displaced between open and closed positions and including several electrical contact fingers, arranged aligned along a row and that can be displaced relative to the mobile electrical contact, several bearing members, each associated with a contact finger to exert a force on this contact finger in order to displace it. The bearing members associated with the contact fingers situated in lateral end zones of the row exhibit a higher stiffness than the bearing members associated with the contact fingers situated in a central part of the row.
US10354804B2	Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) variable capacitor apparatuses and related methods Systems, devices, and methods for micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) tunable capacitors can include a fixed actuation electrode attached to a substrate, a fixed capacitive electrode attached to the substrate, and a movable component positioned above the substrate and movable with respect to the fixed actuation electrode and the fixed capacitive electrode. The movable component can include a movable actuation electrode positioned above the fixed actuation electrode and a movable capacitive electrode positioned above the fixed capacitive electrode. At least a portion of the movable capacitive electrode can be spaced apart from the fixed capacitive electrode by a first gap, and the movable actuation electrode can be spaced apart from the fixed actuation electrode by a second gap that is larger than the first gap.
US10354801B2	Multi-layer ceramic electronic component A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces oriented in a first axial direction, first and second end surfaces oriented in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction, a first internal electrode, and a second internal electrode, the ceramic body being formed to be long in a third axial direction orthogonal to the first and second axial directions; a first external electrode including a first cover portion and a first extension portion; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion and a second extension portion, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axial direction, and when T2 represents a dimension of each of the first and second extension portions in the first axial direction, T1 is 80 μm or less and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
US10354799B2	Dielectric composition, dielectric element, electronic device, and multilayer electronic device A dielectric composition comprising a main component expressed by a chemical formula of (A6-xBxCx+2D8-xO30, 0≤x≤5), wherein said “A” component is at least one element selected form the group consisting of Ba, Ca, and Sr, said “B” component is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, said “C” component is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, and Zr, said “D” component is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, and Ta, and said dielectric composition comprises 2.50 mol or more and 20.00 mol or less of an oxide of Ge as a first sub component with respect to 100 mol of said main component.
US10354795B2	Varying thickness inductor A method includes forming a first conductive spiral and a second conductive spiral of a spiral inductor coupled to a substrate. The second conductive spiral overlays the first conductive spiral. A first portion of an innermost turn of the spiral inductor has a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The first portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the first conductive spiral and does not include the second conductive spiral. A second portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the second conductive spiral. A portion of an outermost turn of the spiral inductor has a second thickness in the direction perpendicular to the substrate. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness. The portion of the outermost turn includes a second portion of the first conductive spiral and a second portion of the second conductive spiral.
US10354794B2	Multi-coil base pad with angled structure An apparatus for wirelessly transferring charging power is provided. The apparatus comprises a first coil, as second coil, a ferrite structure positioned on one side of the first coil and the second coil. The ferrite structure includes a first angled surface at an outer side of the first coil and a second angled surface at an outer side of the second coil. The ferrite structure further includes a substantially flat surface at an inner side of the first coil and an inner side of the second coil. The first angled surface and the second angled surface are at an angle to the flat surface.
US10354790B2	Method for manufacturing powder magnetic core with a metallic soft magnetic material powder An object of the invention is to provide a method that is for manufacturing a powder magnetic core through simple compression molding and capable of manufacturing a complicatedly shaped powder magnetic core with reliable high strength and insulating properties. The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core with a metallic soft magnetic material powder, the method including: a first step including mixing a soft magnetic material powder and a binder; a second step including compression molding the mixture obtained after the first step; a third step including performing at least one of grinding and cutting on the compact obtained after the second step; and a fourth step including heat-treating the compact after the third step, wherein in the fourth step, the compact is heat-treated so that an oxide layer containing an element constituting the soft magnetic material powder is formed on the surface of the soft magnetic material powder.
US10354789B2	Choke An electronic device including a core, at least a wire and a magnetic material is provided. The core includes a pillar, a top board and a bottom board. The pillar is disposed between the top board and the bottom board. An area of the top board is smaller than an area of the bottom board. A winding space is formed among the top board, the bottom board and the pillar. The wire is winded around the pillar and located in the winding space. The magnetic material fills the winding space to encapsulate the wire. The magnetic material includes a resin and a metallic powder, wherein an average particle diameter of the magnetic powder is smaller than 20 μm.
US10354788B2	Universal solenoid actuator A universal solenoid actuator includes a housing, a flange, a single armature, a first rod, a second rod, a first coil, and a second coil. The housing defines a cavity that is devoid of permanent magnets. The flange comprises a magnetic material and divides the cavity into a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion. The single armature extends through, and is movable within, the armature opening. The first rod and second rods are coupled to opposite ends of the single armature and are moveable therewith. The first and second coils are wound such that: when the first coil is electrically energized, a first force is generated that causes the single armature to move in a first direction, and when the second coil is electrically energized, a second force is generated that causes the single armature to move in a second direction.
US10354785B2	Passive thermal switch devices having thermal switch material that passively switches between a thermal insulating state and a thermal conducting state and vehicles having the same A passive thermal switch device, for regulating a temperature of a thermal component configured to generate heat, includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is provided on the thermal component. The first plate includes a thermal switch material that switches from an antiferromagnetic state to a ferromagnetic state upon exceeding a state transition temperature. The second plate includes a permanent magnet. The second plate is moveable between a thermal insulator position and a thermal conductor position based on a temperature of the thermal switch material. In the thermal insulator position, the second plate is spaced apart from the first plate. In the thermal conductor position, the second plate is in contact with the first plate.
US10354784B2	Non-oriented magnetic steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same A non-oriented magnetic steel sheet includes a specific chemical composition represented by, in mass %: Si: 3.0% to 3.6%; Al: 0.50% to 1.25%; Mn: 0.5% to 1.5%; Sb or Sn or both of them: [Sb]+[Sn]/2 is 0.0025% to 0.05% where [Sb] denotes an Sb content and [Sn] denotes an Sn content; P: 0.010% to 0.150%; Ni: 0.010% to 0.200%; C: 0.0010% to 0.0040%; and others. The thickness of the non-oriented magnetic steel sheet is 0.15 mm to 0.30 mm. the non-oriented magnetic steel sheet includes magnetic properties represented by, where t denotes a thickness (mm) of the non-oriented magnetic steel sheet: a magnetic flux density B50: “0.2×t+1.52” T or more; a magnetic flux density difference ΔB50: 0.08 T or less; core loss W10/50: 0.95 W/kg or less; and core loss W10/400: “20×t+7.5” W/kg or less. A ratio of a number of intergranular carbides precipitated in grains relative to a sum of the number of the intergranular carbides and a number of grain boundary carbides precipitated on grain boundaries is 0.50 or less.
US10354783B2	Mismatched MOV in a surge supression device A device for dissipating a surge includes at least three metal oxide varistors (MOVs). Each of the MOVs may be positioned adjacent to each other. Each of the MOVs may have two contact surfaces. Contact surfaces of adjacent MOVs are electrically connected together. The at least three MOVs include a first outer MOV, a second outer MOV, and at least one inner MOV positioned between the first outer MOV and the second outer MOV. The first outer MOV and the second outer MOV have a greater voltage at a given current than at least one of the at least one inner MOV. The device further includes a first connector electrically coupled to at least one of the at least three MOVs. The device further includes a second connector electrically coupled to at least another of the at least three MOVs.
US10354771B2	Isotope production system having a target assembly with a graphene target sheet Target assembly for an isotope production system. The target assembly includes a target body having a production chamber and a beam cavity that is adjacent to the production chamber. The production chamber is configured to hold a target material. The beam cavity opens to an exterior of the target body and is configured to receive a particle beam that is incident on the production chamber. The target assembly also includes a target sheet positioned to separate the beam cavity and the production chamber. The target sheet has a side that is exposed to the production chamber such that the target sheet is in contact with the target material during isotope production. The target sheet includes graphene.
US10354766B2	Methods for simulating the flow of a fluid in a vessel of a nuclear reactor and for calculating the mechanical deformation of assemblies of a nuclear reactor core, and associated computer program products A method for simulating the fluid flow in a vessel of a nuclear reactor is provided. The reactor includes a core inside the vessel, the core including a lower plate, an upper plate and fuel assemblies extending between the plates, and having a volume axially delimited by first and second interfaces corresponding to the plates.The method includes computing, for the core volume, the fluid pressure and speed, from an initial value of the speed or pressure in the first interface and respectively in the second interface, and using the fluid mass, movement quantity and energy balance equations.The method includes determining an additional volume inside the vessel, the additional volume being outside the core volume, axially at one end thereof and axially delimited by two interfaces, one of which is the first or second interface; and the computing, for the additional volume and using the equations, the pressure and speed, from an initial value of the speed or pressure in each of the interfaces of the additional volume.
US10354762B2	Passive cooling to cold shutdown A cooling system for a reactor module includes a reactor pressure vessel that houses primary coolant and a steam generator that lowers a temperature of the reactor pressure vessel by transferring heat from the primary coolant to a secondary coolant. The steam generator releases at least a portion of the secondary coolant as steam. Additionally, the cooling system includes a containment vessel that at least partially surrounds the reactor vessel in a containment region. The containment region is dry during normal operation of the reactor module. A controller introduces a source of water into the containment region in response to a non-emergency shut down of the reactor module. The source of water is located external to the containment vessel, and the water is introduced into the containment region after the steam generator has initially lowered the temperature of the reactor pressure vessel in response to releasing the steam.
US10354760B1	Tool for visual exploration of medical data A system and method for mediating anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts using data structures and logic to organize, contain, and disposition identified health anomalies. Multiple generators of anomaly notifications operating asynchronously and independently can be processed. The case manager organizes anomaly notifications and supports collaborative decision making among users with diverse areas of expertise. A network server stores health data that has been gathered from various sources. A user can visualize the data on a client computer networked to the server by downloading from the server user specified sets of health-related data based on a case or set of anomalies describing a subset of the data, and source code for visualizing the data.
US10354758B2	System and method for patient-specific image-based simulation of atrial electrophysiology A method and system for simulating patient-specific atrial electrophysiology is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical atria model is generated from medical image data of a patient. A patient-specific atria electrophysiology model is generated based on the patient-specific anatomical atria model and electrophysiology measurements of the patient. One or more virtual electrophysiological therapies are performed by performing atrial electrophysiology simulations using the patient-specific atria electrophysiology model. Atrial electrophysiology simulation results resulting from the one or more virtual electrophysiological therapies are displayed.
US10354757B2	Method and system for microbiome-derived characterization, diagnostics and therapeutics for cutaneous conditions A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating a cutaneous condition in at least 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 cutaneous condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the cutaneous condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model.
US10354753B2	Medical failure pattern search engine A patient safety search engine and alarm processor is programmed to repetitively search the electronic medical records of all patients in a hospital system to automatically provide early detection of patients with evolving pathophysiologic cascades, and in particular the cascades of evolving death, such as cascades of septic shock. The search engine also searches for a wide range of evolving pathophysiologic failures which are commonly fatal if detected too late. An alarm processor is provided which is programmed to provide an alarm upon the detection of a cascade or failure. The processor is further be programmed to provide an image of the cascade, and to determine, the severity of the cascade, and the time of onset of the cascade in relation to the timing and type of procedures and treatment and the increased cost associated with the cascade. Discretionary real-time system-wide searches for a wide range of clinical failure patterns or images within the hospital system may be performed using the disclosed patient safety search engine.
US10354751B1	Computerized systems and methods for providing mobile-device updates of electronic health records A system, method, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision making, and in particular, decision making based on a third party's clinical situation by determining and providing useful, up-to-date information, such as patient-related information to a decision maker. In one embodiment, a user first identifies an information item concerning a patient. Based on that item, a set of related information items is determined and prioritized, and a reference pointer, which identifies the set of related information, is generated. The reference pointer is communicated to the user's mobile device. Subsequently, the user's mobile device requests information from the set of information items associated with the reference pointer, and provides information authorization information. Following authentication of the user's credentials, updates of information from the set of information items is communicated to the user's mobile device as they become available.
US10354750B2	System, client device, server and method for providing a cross-facility patient data management and reporting platform A system for providing a patient list manager includes a client device for point of care capture and access of patient data and a server for providing cloud based hosting. One or more modules can leverage the patient data to help users improve and facilitate the efficiency and safety of patient management, diagnostic imaging management, clinical work flows, charge capture, revenue cycle management, accreditation reporting, quality and outcomes monitoring and improvement, among other things.
US10354747B1	Deep learning analysis pipeline for next generation sequencing A method for variant calling in a next generation sequencing analysis pipeline involves obtaining a plurality of sequence reads that each include a nucleotide aligned at a nucleotide position within a sample genome. The method also involves obtaining a plurality of alleles associated with the nucleotide position. The method further involves determining that a particular allele of the plurality of alleles matches one or more sequence reads of the plurality of sequence reads, wherein the particular allele is located at the nucleotide position. Additionally, the method involves generating an image based on information associated with the plurality of sequence reads. Further, the method involves determining, by providing the generated image to a trained neural network, a likelihood that the sample genome contains the particular allele. The method may also involves providing an output signal indicative of the determined likelihood.
US10354746B2	Methods and systems for identifying CRISPR/Cas off-target sites Methods and systems for searching genomes for potential CRISPR off-target sites are provided. In preferred embodiments, the methods include identifying possible on- and off-target cleavage sites and/or ranking the potential off-target sites based on the number and location of mismatches, insertions, and/or deletions in the gRNA guide sequence relative to the genomic DNA sequence at a putative target site in the genome. These methods allow for the selection of better target sites and/or experimental confirmation of off-target sites and are an improvement over partial search mechanisms that fail to locate every possible target site.
US10354743B2	Memory system including plurality of memory regions and method of operating the same A method of a memory system including memory regions includes performing error corrections for chunks in each of the memory regions, and computing trust levels corresponding respectively to the memory regions based on the error corrections, setting test-reading periods corresponding respectively to the memory regions, based on the trust levels for the memory regions, counting a number of normal-reading times for each of the memory regions, and managing access counts corresponding respectively to the memory regions based on the counted numbers and when an access count for a first memory region among the memory regions reaches a time corresponding to a test-reading period for the first memory region, performing one or more test-readings for the first memory region.
US10354742B2	Scan compression architecture for highly compressed designs and associated methods An integrated circuit (IC) having a scan compression architecture includes decompression logic coupled between test access input and a block of IC elements (e.g. flip-flops) coupled together to define a plurality of scan paths. The block of IC elements includes an initial data selector at an initial position of each of the scan paths, and an additional data selector downstream within at least one of the scan paths and configured to reconfigure an order of the IC elements within the at least one scan path. Compression logic is coupled between the block of IC elements and a test access output.
US10354738B2	One check fail byte (CFBYTE) scheme Various embodiments, disclosed herein, can include apparatus and methods to perform a one check failure byte (CFBYTE) scheme in programming of a memory device. In programming memory cells in which each memory cell can store multiple bits, the multiple bits being a n-tuple of bits of a set of n-tuples of bits with each n-tuple of the set associated with a level of a set of levels of threshold voltages for the memory cells. Verification of a program algorithm can be structured based on a programming algorithm that proceeds in a progressive manner by placing a threshold voltage of one level/distribution at a time. The routine of this progression can be used to perform just one failure byte check for that specific target distribution only, thus eliminating the need to check failure byte for all subsequent target distribution during every stage of program algorithm. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10354735B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells (1). Each of the nonvolatile memory cells comprises a MOS type first transistor section (3) used for information storage, and a MOS type second transistor section (4) which selects the first transistor section. The second transistor section has a bit line electrode (16) connected to a bit line, and a control gate electrode (18) connected to a control gate control line. The first transistor section has a source line electrode (10) connected to a source line, a memory gate electrode (14) connected to a memory gate control line, and a charge storage region (11) disposed directly below the memory gate electrode. A gate withstand voltage of the second transistor section is lower than that of the first transistor section. Assuming that the thickness of a gate insulating film of the second transistor section is defined as tc and the thickness of a gate insulating film of the first transistor section is defined as tm, they have a relationship of tc
US10354734B2	Memory device including multiple gate-induced drain leakage current generator circuits Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of using and forming such apparatuses. An apparatus among the apparatuses includes first and second conductive materials located in respective first and second levels of the apparatus, a pillar including a length extending between the first and second conductive materials, memory cells and control lines located along the pillar, a first select gate and a first select line located along the pillar between the first conductive material and the memory cells, a second select gate and a second select line located along the pillar between the first conductive material and the first select line, a first transistor and a first transistor gate line located along the pillar between the first conductive material and the first select line, and a second transistor and a second transistor gate line located along the pillar between the first conductive material and the first transistor.
US10354732B2	NAND temperature data management Devices and techniques for NAND temperature data management are disclosed herein. A command to write data to a NAND component in the NAND device is received at a NAND controller of the NAND device. A temperature corresponding to the NAND component is obtained in response to receiving the command. The command is then executed to write data to the NAND component and to write a representation of the temperature. The data is written to a user portion and the representation of the temperature is written to a management portion that is accessible only to the controller and segregated from the user portion.
US10354730B2	Multi-deck memory device with access line and data line segregation between decks and method of operation thereof Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using a substrate, a first memory cell block including first memory cell strings located over the substrate, first data lines coupled to the first memory cell strings, a second memory cell block including second memory cell strings located over the first memory cell block, second data lines coupled to the second memory cell strings, first conductive paths located over the substrate and coupled between the first data lines and buffer circuitry of the apparatus, and second conductive paths located over the substrate and coupled between the second data lines and the buffer circuitry. No conductive path of the first and second conductive paths is shared by the first and second memory cell blocks.
US10354727B2	Circuit and method for monitoring correlated electron switches A monitoring circuit for a CES element is provided. The circuit includes a control circuit and an output circuit. The control circuit is configured to vary a control signal provided to the CES element. The control signal may be varied for determining an impedance state of the CES element. The output circuit provided an output signal in dependence on the determined impedance state of the CES element.
US10354722B2	Semiconductor device An assist driver is coupled to an end of a word line to which a word line driver is not coupled, and couples the other end of the word line to a first power source, in accordance with a voltage of the other end of the word line.
US10354719B2	3D structure for advanced SRAM design to avoid half-selected issue Systems are provided for a three dimension static random access memory (SRAM) structure. The SRAM structure comprises a plurality of memory array layers, layer decoder circuitry on each memory array layer, a word line driver circuit disposed on each memory array layer, and a plurality of complementary bit line pairs extending vertically from a memory cell in a first memory array layer to a memory cell in a second memory array layer. The layer decoder circuitry on each memory array layer is configured to decode a portion of an SRAM address to determine if the SRAM address corresponds to memory cells on its memory array layer. The word line driver circuit disposed on each memory array layer is configured to operate cooperatively with a partial SRAM address decoder to select and drive one of the plurality of word lines disposed on its memory array layer, wherein a selected word line is connected to a predetermined number of memory cells in a specific memory array layer.
US10354716B2	SRAM based memory structures and methods thereof Technologies are generally described herein for static random access memory (SRAM) based memory structures and methods thereof such as multi-bit non-volatile static random-access memory (nvSRAM) with arrayed SRAM and NVM or SRAM buffered one time programmable (OTP) memories, RRAMs or other resistive RAMs.
US10354715B2	Semiconductor device and control method for semiconductor device A semiconductor device in which a plurality of chips each including a memory circuit is stacked, the semiconductor device includes a transmission path including a plurality of microbumps formed in the plurality of chips, measurement circuitry that detects a reflected waveform when a signal is transmitted in the transmission path and measures propagation delay time for a certain part on the transmission path from the reflected waveform that has been detected, determination circuitry that calculates temperature of each memory area that corresponds to the certain part from the propagation delay time that has been measured by the measurement circuitry, and control circuitry that sets a refresh interval of each memory area, based on the temperature of each memory area, which has been calculated by the determination circuitry, and executes a refresh operation of the memory circuit in each memory area at the refresh interval that has been set.
US10354714B2	Temperature-dependent refresh circuit configured to increase or decrease a count value of a refresh timer according to a self-refresh signal Systems and apparatuses for memory devices utilizing a continuous self-refresh timer are provided. An example apparatus includes a self-refresh timer configured to generate a signal periodically, wherein a period of the signal is based on a self-refresh refresh time interval, wherein the self-refresh refresh time interval is dependent on temperature information. The apparatus may further include a memory bank comprising at least a first subarray and in communication with a first subarray refresh circuit, which may include a first refresh status counter. The first refresh status counter may be in communication with the self-refresh timer and configured to receive the signal from the self-refresh timer, change a count value of the first refresh status counter in a first direction each time the signal is received, and change the count value of the first refresh status counter in a second direction each time the first subarray is refreshed.
US10354713B2	DRAM and method for determining binary logic using a test voltage level A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) includes a memory array and a control device. The memory array includes a refresh unit. The refresh unit includes a first cell and a second cell. The first cell is configured to store data, and have a programmed voltage level by being programmed. The second cell is configured to have a test voltage level by being programmed in conjunction with the first cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell are controllable by a same row of the memory array. The control device is configured to increase a voltage difference between the programmed voltage level and a standard voltage level for determining binary logic when the test voltage level becomes lower than a threshold voltage level, wherein the threshold voltage level is higher than the standard voltage level.
US10354707B2	Composite seed layer A seed layer stack with a smooth top surface having a peak to peak film thickness variation of about 0.5 nm is formed by sputter depositing a second seed layer on a first seed layer that is Mg, MgN, or an alloy thereof where the second seed layer has a bond energy substantially greater than that of the first seed layer. The second seed layer may be Ta or NiCr. In some embodiments, an uppermost seed layer that is one or both of Ru and Cu is deposited on the second seed layer. Higher coercivity (Hc) and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (Hk) is observed in an overlying ferromagnetic layer than when a prior art seed layer stack is employed. The first seed layer has a thickness from 2 to 20 Angstroms and has a resputtering rate about 2 to 40 times that of the second seed layer.
US10354704B2	Semiconductor memory device and memory system A semiconductor memory device divides a clock signal to generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal, outputs a chip selection signal as a first chip selection signal in response to the first clock signal, outputs the buffered chip selection signal as a second chip selection signal in response to the second clock signal, outputs the first chip selection signal as a third chip selection signal in response to the second clock signal, outputs a buffered command and address as a first command and address in response to the first clock signal, outputs the buffered command and address as a second command and address in response to the second clock signal, outputs the first chip selection signal as a first selection signal in response to the first clock signal, and outputs the third chip selection signal as a second selection signal in response to the second clock signal.
US10354703B2	Semiconductor device and system performing calibration operation A semiconductor device may include a calibration circuit and an output circuit. The calibration circuit may perform a calibration operation for setting a resistance value of the output circuit. The calibrations circuit may perform the calibration operation by being coupled, through a signal transmission line, to a reference resistor provided in another semiconductor device.
US10354697B1	Tool-less mounting apparatus for hard disk drive and storage device using the same An apparatus for mounting hard disk drive and storage device without the use of tools includes a supporting base, a fixing arm, and a rotating arm parallel with the fixing arm. The fixing arm includes a fixing plate with an end fixed to the supporting base and first mounting pins perpendicularly connected to the fixing plate. The rotating arm includes a rotating plate with an end rotatably connected to the supporting base and second mounting pins are perpendicularly connected to the rotating plate. The rotating plate is rotatable between a closed and pin-aligned position, where the rotating plate is substantially parallel with the fixing plate, and an open position in which the mounting pins have been rotated out of alignment.
US10354690B2	Method for capturing and recording high-definition video and audio output as broadcast by commercial streaming service providers Methods and systems for recording streaming audio and video by directing an incoming audio visual stream to a discrete memory region serving as a virtual display. The virtual display is configured with a section visible to the viewer and a section invisible to the viewer, wherein a streaming video is hidden from the user's display under all conditions. The user's browser is pre-loaded with hooks to redirect the video portion of the stream to the invisible section of the virtual memory wherein a video capture tool specifically designed to interact with the hooks can now recognize each function call, and intercept each frame as it is rendered in the GPU. Concurrently, the audio portion of the stream is remapped using an audio indexing application. The GPU framebuffers and audio sinks are multiplexed together and saved to disk. The file is immediately accessible for playback or copying.
US10354689B2	Systems and methods for event recorder logging An incident recorder, worn by a user, maintains records in a log regarding operation of the incident recorder.
US10354688B1	Information recording medium and method for reproducing the same An information recording medium (10) including a first region (11) in which medium identification information has been recorded, a data region (13), and a second region (12) which is positioned between the first region (11) and the data region (13) and in which control information has been recorded, in which an area of the first region (11) is greater than an area of the second region (12) in size.
US10354687B2	Recording adjustment device, recording adjustment method, and program There is provided a recording adjustment device, a recording adjustment method, and a program of which enables recording compensation for an optical disc for a high-linear density to be realized. The recording adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present technique executes filter processing on the basis of a regenerative signal obtained by reproducing data recorded in a recording medium, and a recording pattern of marks and spaces of the data, identifies an impulse response of a system, calculates a difference in amplitude between an output from the filter processing after the identification of the impulse response and the regenerative signal every edge type, and detects a slope of a step response in the vicinity of an edge position.
US10354680B2	Using window underlayer structures to protect near field transducers on heat assisted magnetic recording heads A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a near field transducer, a return pole, a main pole, a waveguide adjacent the near field transducer, wherein the waveguide extends away from the near field transducer along a direction perpendicular to a media facing surface, at least one cladding layer adjacent to the waveguide, an underlayer positioned behind the near field transducer with respect to the media facing surface, the underlayer extending away from the near field transducer along the direction perpendicular to the media facing surface, and a fill material at least partially surrounding the underlayer, the waveguide and the at least one cladding layer. The underlayer has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the fill material. Other systems, and methods are described in additional embodiments.
US10354679B2	Magnetic recording module having tunnel valve sensors with dissimilar tunnel barrier resistivities An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a first read transducer having a tunnel valve structure, and a second read transducer coupled to the first read transducer. The second read transducer has a tunnel valve structure as well, but the tunnel valve structure of the first read transducer has a different resistivity than the tunnel valve structure of the second read transducer. An apparatus according to another embodiment includes an array of first read transducers, each first read transducer having a tunnel valve structure. At least a second read transducer is coupled to the first read transducers, the second read transducer having a tunnel valve structure. The tunnel valve structure of the first read transducer has a different resistivity than the tunnel valve structure of the second read transducer.
US10354677B2	System and method for identification of intent segment(s) in caller-agent conversations Identification of an intent of a conversation can be useful for real-time or post-processing purposes. According to example embodiments, a method, and corresponding apparatus of identifying at least one intent-bearing utterance in a conversation, comprises determining at least one feature for each utterance among a subset of utterances of the conversation; classifying each utterance among the subset of utterances, using a classifier, as an intent classification or a non-intent classification based at least in part on a subset of the at least one determined feature; and selecting at least one utterance, with intent classification, as an intent-bearing utterance based at least in part on classification results by the classifier. Through identification of an intent bearing utterance, a call center for example, can provide improved service for callers through, for example, more effective directing of a call to a live agent.
US10354675B2	Signal processing device and signal processing method for interpolating a high band component of an audio signal There is provided a signal processing device, comprising: a frequency detecting means that detects a frequency satisfying a predetermined condition from an audio signal; an offset means that gives an offset to the detected frequency by the frequency detecting means in accordance with a frequency property at the detected frequency or around the detected frequency; a reference signal generating means that generates a reference signal by extracting a signal from the audio signal based on the detected frequency offset by the offset means; an interpolation signal generating means that generates an interpolation signal based on the generated reference signal; and a signal synthesizing means that performs high band interpolation by synthesizing the generated interpolation signal and the audio signal.
US10354674B2	White noise generating apparatus for stress relaxation and concentration improvement, and white noise generating method using same A white noise generating apparatus for stress relaxation and concentration improvement includes: a headset including a microphone for outputting the voice to a communication line, a sound outputting unit for outputting the voice inputted from the communication line, and a sensing unit which is capable of sensing at least one of a pulse wave, a skin current, a skin temperature, and a white noise generator including a stress calculating unit for calculating a stress index from the voice outputted from the microphone, a white noise generating unit for generating white noise and outputting same to the sound output unit, and a control unit for controlling the white noise generating unit to output white noise sound in accordance with the stress index calculated from the stress calculating unit so that the stress level may be normal.
US10354671B1	System and method for the analysis and synthesis of periodic and non-periodic components of speech signals A voice coder configured to resolve periodic and aperiodic components of spectra is disclosed. The method of voice coding includes parsing the speech signal into a plurality of speech frames; for each of the plurality of speech frames: (a) generating the spectra for the speech frame, (b) parsing the spectra of the speech frame into a plurality of sub-bands, (c) transforming each of the plurality of sub-bands into a time-domain envelope signal, and (d) generating a plurality of sub-band voicing factors, wherein each sub-band voicing factor indicates the harmonicity of one of the plurality of sub-bands, and each sub-band voicing factor is based on the periodicity of one of said time-domain envelope signals associated with one of the plurality of sub-bands. The voice coder may regenerate the speech signal by generating a plurality of recomposed frames, each recomposed frame being based on: (a) the spectra for one of said plurality of speech frames, and (b) the sub-band voicing factors associated with the plurality of sub-bands for one of said plurality of speech frames; and then generating a recomposed speech signal from the plurality of recomposed frames.
US10354667B2	System and method for processing audio data An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events. The encoder operable to transform the error signal into high resolution frequency components using the MDCT block sizes, quantize the scale factors and frequency components, and encode the quantized lines, block sizes, and quantized scale factors for inclusion in the bitstream.
US10354664B2	Optimized scale factor for frequency band extension in an audio frequency signal decoder A method and device are provided for determining an optimized scale factor to be applied to an excitation signal or a filter during a process for frequency band extension of an audio frequency signal. The band extension process includes decoding or extracting, in a first frequency band, an excitation signal and parameters of the first frequency band including coefficients of a linear prediction filter, generating an excitation signal extending over at least one second frequency band, filtering using a linear prediction filter for the second frequency band. The determination method includes determining an additional linear prediction filter, of a lower order than that of the linear prediction filter of the first frequency band, the coefficients of the additional filter being obtained from the parameters decoded or extracted from the first frequency and calculating the optimized scale factor as a function of at least the coefficients of the additional filter.
US10354661B2	Multi-channel audio decoder, multi-channel audio encoder, methods and computer program using a residual-signal-based adjustment of a contribution of a decorrelated signal A multi-channel audio decoder for providing at least two output audio signals on the basis of an encoded representation is configured to perform a weighted combination of a downmix signal, a decorrelated signal and a residual signal, to obtain one of the output audio signals. The multi-channel audio decoder is configured to determine a weight describing a contribution of the decorrelated signal in the weighted combination in dependence on the residual signal. A multi-channel audio encoder for providing an encoded representation of a multi-channel audio signal is configured to obtain a downmix signal on the basis of the multi-channel audio signal, to provide parameters describing dependencies between the channels of the multi-channel audio signal, and to provide a residual signal. The multi-channel audio encoder is configured to vary an amount of residual signal included into the encoded representation in dependence on the multi-channel audio signal.
US10354660B2	Audio frame labeling to achieve unequal error protection for audio frames of unequal importance An endpoint device receives a sequence of audio frames. The endpoint device determines for each audio frame a respective importance level among possible importance levels ranging from a low importance level to a high importance level based on content in the audio frame indicative of the respective importance level. The endpoint device associates each audio frame with the respective importance level, to produce different subsets of audio frames associated with respective ones of different importance levels. The endpoint device, for each subset of audio frames, applies forward error correction to a fraction of audio frames in the subset of audio frames, wherein the fraction increases as the importance level of the audio frames in the subset increases, and does not apply forward error correction to remaining audio frames in the subset.
US10354659B2	Frame loss compensation processing method and apparatus A frame loss compensation processing method and apparatus is presented, where the method includes, when a ith frame is a lost frame, estimating a spectrum frequency parameter, a pitch period, and a gain of the ith frame according to at least one of an inter-frame relationship between first N frames of the ith frame or an intra-frame relationship between first N frames of the ith frame. A parameter of the ith frame is determined using the signal correlation between the first N frames, the signal energy stability between the first N frames, intra-frame signal correlation of each frame, and intra-frame signal energy stability of each frame.
US10354656B2	Speaker recognition Improvements in speaker identification and verification are provided via an attention model for speaker recognition and the end-to-end training thereof. A speaker discriminative convolutional neural network (CNN) is used to directly extract frame-level speaker features that are weighted and combined to form an utterance-level speaker recognition vector via the attention model. The CNN and attention model are join-optimized via an end-to-end training algorithm that imitates the speaker recognition process and uses the most-similar utterances from imposters for each speaker.
US10354651B1	Head-mounted device control based on wearer information and user inputs A head-mounted device (HMD) that includes at least one speaker, at least one audio capturing device and circuitry is provided. The circuitry receives, via the at least one audio capturing device, a user input that corresponds to an audio input. The circuitry further determines a first location of a source of the received audio input, based on the received audio input. The circuitry further determines that the received audio input is enunciated from a wearer of the HMD in a worn state of the HMD, based on the determined first location of the source of the received audio input. The circuitry further controls at least a function of the HMD, based on the determination that the received audio input is enunciated from the wearer.
US10354647B2	Correcting voice recognition using selective re-speak Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of providing first text for display on a computing device of a user, the first text being provided from a first speech recognition engine based on first speech received from the computing device, and being displayed as a search query, receiving a speech correction indication from the computing device, the speech correction indication indicating a portion of the first text that is to be corrected, receiving second speech from the computing device, receiving second text from a second speech recognition engine based on the second speech, the second speech recognition engine being different from the first speech recognition engine, replacing the portion of the first text with the second text to provide a combined text, and providing the combined text for display on the computing device as a revised search query.
US10354643B2	Method for recognizing voice signal and electronic device supporting the same An electronic device is provided including at least one microphone, a communication circuit, a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores at least one application program or a software program executing a voice instruction, which is triggered in response to a voice input, upon the performance, the memory stores instructions to allow the processor to sequentially receive a plurality of utterances including a first speech element from a first user through the at least one microphone, generate a voice recognition model of the first user on the basis of at least some of the plurality of utterances, store the generated voice recognition model in the memory, and transmit the generated voice recognition model of the first user to the outside through the communication circuit so that a first external device uses the generated voice recognition model of the first user.
US10354635B2	Adaptive nullforming for selective audio pick-up Audio pickup systems and methods are provided to enhance an audio signal by removing noise components related to an acoustic environment. The systems and methods receive a primary signal and a reference signal. The reference signal is adaptively filtered and subtracted from the primary signal to minimize an energy content of a resulting output signal.
US10354629B2	Sound control device, sound control method, and sound control program A sound control device includes: a reception unit that receives a start instruction indicating a start of output of a sound; a reading unit that reads a control parameter that determines an output mode of the sound, in response to the start instruction being received; and a control unit that causes the sound to be output in a mode according to the read control parameter.
US10354619B2	Information display system An information display system comprising a tag including a signal receiver, an image-memory-type display medium that displays a display image based on an image display signal, and a storage including a first storage region for storing identification information and the image display signal and a second storage region for storing recording information indicating a storage state of the image display signal in the first storage region; and a reader/writer including a contact electrode unit that contacts the signal receiver, an information recognition unit that reads the identification information and the recording information, a memory that stores image display information corresponding to the identification information and identification information, and a writing unit that transmits an image display signal based on the image display information and a write signal for changing the recording information to indicate that the image display signal has been stored through the contact electrode unit.
US10354613B2	Scalable chromatic adaptation Scalable color balancing techniques for processing images to be presented on displays are described. One technique includes receiving ambient light color information from an ambient light sensor and input image data to be presented via a display coincident with receiving the ambient light color information. The display may have a first white point at a time prior to receiving the input image data. The technique may include determining a second white point for the display based on the input image data and the ambient light color information. The first and second white points may differ from each other. The technique may also include generating one or more chromatic adaptation transforms (CATs) based on the white points. Output image data may be generated based on applying the one or more CATs to the input image data. The output image data may be presented via the display. Other embodiments are described.
US10354608B2	Driving circuit of display panel and driving module thereof, and display device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a driving circuit of a display panel. A plurality of driving units produce a reference driving voltage according to a gamma voltage of a gamma circuit, respectively. A plurality of digital-to-analog converting circuits receive the reference driving voltages output by the plurality of driving units, and select one of the plurality of reference driving voltage as a data driving voltage according to pixel data, respectively. The plurality of digital-to-analog converting circuits transmit the plurality of data driving voltages to the display panel for displaying images. A voltage boost circuit is used for producing a first supply voltage and providing the first supply voltage to the plurality of digital-to-analog converting circuits. At least a voltage boost unit is used for producing a second supply voltage and providing the second supply voltage to the plurality of driving units.
US10354606B2	Display panel with compensation capacitors A display panel has a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and the display panel includes scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, at least one driving device, capacitor electrode lines, and compensation capacitors. Each pixel structure includes an active device, a pixel electrode, and a storage capacitor. The driving device is located in the non-display area and is electrically connected to the pixel structures. The capacitor electrode lines extend to the display area from the non-display area and are electrically connected to the storage capacitors of the pixel structures. The compensation capacitors are located in the non-display area and between the pixel structures and the driving device. Two ends of each of the compensation capacitor are electrically connected to one of the scan lines and one of the capacitor electrode lines, respectively.
US10354602B2	Method of driving a display panel capable of compensating for a difference in charging rates between pixels, and a display apparatus for performing the same A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a gate signal to the display panel, varying a slew rate of a data voltage to be output to the display panel according to a position in the display panel at which the data voltage is to be applied, outputting the data voltage having the varied slew rate to the display panel, and displaying a grayscale on the display panel in response to the gate signal and the data voltage having the varied slew rate.
US10354599B2	Display method A display method is provided that includes displaying an image included in a video signal on a per frame basis, and representing a tone level of luminance of the image by controlling a light emission period in a frame. The method also includes specifying a light emission period in which light emission is performed for greater than or equal to a time required for transmitting a visible light communication signal, and transmitting the visible light communication signal by superimposing the visible light communication signal onto a portion of the video signal corresponding to the specified light emission period. The method further includes in a case where the specified light emission period is greater than or equal to a time required for transmitting the visible light communication signal, the visible light communication signal is transmitted by luminance changing of the light source in the specified light emission period.
US10354595B2	Organic light-emitting diode pixel structure An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) pixel structure comprises a substrate, first and second control components, first, second, and complementary electrode layers, and first and second light-emitting layers. The first and second control components are disposed above the substrate and electrically coupled to, respectively, the first and second electrode layers. There are first and second neighborhoods defined in the pixel structure, and the substrate traverses both of the neighborhoods. The first electrode layer is disposed in the first neighborhood and comprises a reflective layer. The first light-emitting layer is disposed on and electrically coupled to the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer is transparent and disposed in the second neighborhood. The second light-emitting layer is disposed on and electrically coupled to the second electrode layer. The complementary electrode layer is disposed on and electrically coupled to the light-emitting layers.
US10354591B2	Pixel driving circuit, repair method thereof and display device The invention provides a pixel driving circuit, repair method thereof, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit comprises: a first TFT, a second TFT, a third TFT, a fourth TFT, a fifth TFT, a capacitor, a first electroluminescent device, and a second electroluminescent device; by controlling the fourth and fifth TFTs to turn on and off alternatingly through the light-emitting control signal, the first and second electroluminescent devices emit light alternatingly so as to reduce operation duration of the first and second electroluminescent devices and improve the lifespan of the first and second electroluminescent devices, as well as to ensure the pixel emitting light normally when one of the first and second electroluminescent devices malfunctions by adjusting the voltage of the light-emitting control signal so that the remaining functioning electroluminescent device continues to operate.
US10354582B2	Display device with demultiplexer circuit A display device includes a scan driver to supply a scan signal via the scan lines, a data driver to supply data signals via a plurality of source channels, a demux circuit to selectively connect the data lines with the source channels; and a demux controller to control the demux circuit to simultaneously apply the data signals to different data lines between pixels of adjacent columns.
US10354578B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area, each of the second and third pixel areas having a smaller surface area than the first pixel area and being connected to the first pixel area, first to third pixels provided in the first to third pixel areas, respectively, first to third lines connected to the first to third pixels, respectively, a line connecting part connecting the second and third lines, and a dummy unit overlapping the line connecting part to compensate for a difference of a load value of the first line and a load value of the second line.
US10354576B2	Optical device including optical modulation device, and driving method thereof An optical device includes a display panel displaying an image and an optical modulation device that includes a first plate and second plate disposed to face each other and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first plate and the second plate and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein the first plate includes a plurality of lower electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and the second plate include and an upper electrode. When the display panel displays a first image during a first subframe, the optical modulation device applies a first driving signal to the plurality of lower electrodes, and when the display panel displays a second image during a second subframe following the first subframe, the optical modulation device applies a second driving signal different from the first driving signal to the plurality of lower electrodes.
US10354575B2	Organic light emitting diode display device An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes an OLED display panel having gate lines, data lines intersecting the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines. A timing controller receives an image signal of a plurality of frames and outputs image data based on the plurality of frames. A data driver generates a data signal voltage corresponding to the image data output from the timing controller. When the image signal includes a black image signal to one pixel of the plurality of pixels that continues for at least a predetermined plurality of frames, the timing controller outputs a first image data in which the black image signal has been converted to a first gray level value that is greater than a gray level value of the black image signal.
US10354573B2	Screen color calibration For screen color calibration is disclosed, a camera is disposed in a bezel of a computer. A mirror reflects light from a screen of the computer to the camera. A target is visible by the camera. A processor compares an image of the mirror and an image of the target captured by the camera. The processor further calibrates the screen color of the screen to match the target.
US10354571B2	Driver IC including an abnormality detection part for detecting abnormalities, a waveform-changing part for changing waveforms, and an output part for outputting signals, and liquid crystal display device comprising the same A driver IC includes an abnormality detection part for detecting at least one of abnormality of an OE signal, abnormality of a VGH being a signal indicating a High-level voltage, and abnormality of a VGL being a signal indicating a Low-level voltage, a waveform-changing part for changing a waveform of an STV signal being a start signal for generating a gate pulse based on a signal output from the abnormality detection part, and an output part for outputting the STV signal.
US10354569B2	Multi-display system The present disclosure provides devices and techniques for correcting misalignment in a multi-display system by identifying a misalignment between a plurality of displays in the multi-display device and determining a line start position of at least one of the plurality of displays in response to identifying the misalignment. The techniques further include transmitting a first line start signal at the line start position of the at least one of the plurality of displays to correct the misalignment.
US10354564B2	Modular display A wall-mounted modular display includes a support bracket, an alignment bracket, and a display. The support bracket includes one or more lateral support components. The support bracket also includes one or more longitudinal alignment features. The alignment bracket includes one or more vertical alignment features that corresponds to and aligns with a portion of one or more of the longitudinal alignment feature, such that the alignment of the support bracket and the alignment bracket forms a constant angular relationship between the support bracket and the alignment bracket. The display includes one or more display fasteners that correspond to the one or more lateral support components.
US10354562B2	Identification tag covering device A identification tag covering device for deterring catching of a covered identification tag includes a pair of rings that is selectively mutually couplable. A hinge is coupled to and extends between the rings. The rings are selectively positionable in an open configuration so that the rings are configured to insert an identification tag. The rings also are selectively positionable in a closed configuration wherein the rings are coupled to the identification tag. Indicia that are positioned on the identification tag are visible. Each of a pair of extrusions is coupled to and extends from a respective ring proximate to the hinge. The extrusions are configured to deter insertion of the rings into a narrow space, such as a gap between boards of a deck. At least one cutout, which is positioned through the pair of rings, is configured to position a coupler that is coupled to the identification tag.
US10354556B2	Simulated tissue structures and methods Simulated tissue structures and methods of manufacturing are provided. The simulated tissue structures are particularly useful for placement inside abdominal simulators for practicing laparoscopic surgical techniques. One simulated tissue structure includes a combination of two materials that are attached together wherein one of the materials forms a hollow anatomical structure configured to contain the other material. The two materials are attached in an anatomically advantageous manner such that the inner surface of the outer material closely conforms to the outer surface of the inner material. Another simulated tissue structure includes a plurality of layers wherein at least one layer is applied by printing the layer with at least one stencil to impart one or more functional characteristic to the simulated tissue structure.
US10354550B2	Swing diagnosis apparatus, swing diagnosis system, swing diagnosis method, and recording medium A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculation section that calculates a level on the basis of a relationship between a rotation angle about a rotation axis of an exercise appliance at a predetermined timing between the time of starting a backswing and the time of impact with a longitudinal direction of the exercise appliance as the rotation axis, and an inclination of a ball hitting portion of the exercise appliance at impact.
US10354548B2	Portable computing device and method for transmitting instructor operating station (IOS) filtered information A portable computing device and method for transmitting Instructor Operating Station (IOS) filtered information. A portable computing device receives IOS control and monitoring data from a simulation server, displays the IOS control and monitoring data on the portable computing device, and receives a selection by a user of at least one component of the displayed IOS control and monitoring data. The selection is performed by an interaction of the user with the displayed IOS control and monitoring data. The portable computing device determines IOS filtered information related to the selected at least one component, and transmits the IOS filtered information to a destination computing device. The determination of the IOS filtered information takes into consideration destination user access rights of a destination user. The destination device may be a simulator or a portable computing device, where the destination user performs a simulation session by interacting with the simulation server.
US10354544B1	Predicting student proficiencies in knowledge components Embodiments of the present invention allow an online course to predict proficiency of knowledge components using student responses to assessment items. In some embodiments, assessment items are tagged with metadata, such as associated knowledge component, difficulty, and depth of knowledge. Initially the author or subject matter expert supplies these values. Students then answer the assessment items. During an assessment, the student responses are automatically evaluated for correctness. Each student response receives a score between 0 and 1; where 1 corresponds to a completely correct response and 0 an incorrect response. Student proficiency can be predicted at any time using the student's up-to-date assessment item response history. Some embodiments use Samejima's Continuous Response Model (CRM), which is a special case of an Item Response Theory (IRT). Question metadata such as question difficulty, difficulty of knowledge component, impact of learning gain and retention is used to predict the most recent proficiency.
US10354533B2	System for and method of communicating information between a host application and external smart objects controlled by a web application Systems and methods communicate parking access information between a host application associated with an operator of a parking area and a web application associated with a parking fee management provider for facilitating access, by a user carrying a smartphone, to the parking area secured by an external smart object. The external smart object is controllable through operation of the web application and actuatable through wireless personal area network (WPAN) communications exchanged between the smartphone and the external smart object in response to the operation of the web application causing the host application to generate the WPAN communications.
US10354529B1	Utilizing determined optimized time windows for precomputing optimal path matrices to reduce computer resource usage A method involves accelerating the electronic determination of high quality solutions to routing problems by utilizing determined optimized time windows for precomputing optimal path matrices to reduce computer resource usage. The use of traffic windows defined based on changes in rates of change of speeds for traffic on road segments allows for more rapid determination of a set of one or more high quality solutions as compared to requiring on-demand, in-process determination of a shortest path for a particular time during comparison of paths or routes performed as part of a process for determining high quality solutions to the routing problem.
US10354527B2	Presenting geographic search results using location projection and time windows Users within transit in a vehicle may initiate location queries to fulfill a set of interests, such as stops for food, fuel, and lodging. A device may fulfill the queries according to various factors, such as the distance of nearby locations to the user or to another location specified by the user, and the popularity of various locations. However, the user may not have specified or even chosen a route, and may wish to have interests fulfilled at a later time (e.g., stopping for food in 30 minutes), and a presentation of search results near the user's current location may be unhelpful. Presented herein are techniques for fulfilling location queries that involve predicting a route of the user, and identifying a timing window for the query results (e.g., locations that are likely to be near the user's projected location when the wishes to stop for food in 30 minutes).
US10354520B2	Power line communication over disconnected service lines A network communication device, such as an electricity meter, is configured to communicate with devices on a circuit internal to a site via power line communication (PLC), even when electricity service to the site is disconnected. The network communication device is configured to monitor one or more circuits internal to the site and to receive power line communications from the device(s) coupled to the circuit internal to the site when the site is disconnected from electricity service. A PLC module of the network communication device may include a switch-based or capacitor-based monitor that maintains a PLC coupler electrically connected with the circuit internal to the site even when electricity service to the site is disconnected.
US10354518B2	Remote phone manager According to certain aspects, the invention allows a person to manage some of the functions of a cell phone without having to actually have the phone in her hands. For example, the invention allows the user to know of the incoming call and further allows the user to send a user-specified message to the caller and/or otherwise manage how the call should be handled through a remote device. In certain embodiments, the invention is comprised of: a decorative watch-like or bracelet-like case; a decorative wrist band; a vibrating incoming call indicator; a partial or full face display; touch screen input capability, accelerometer for wrist flick input capability, and/or side buttons for user inputs; a Bluetooth antenna; a Bluetooth transmitter and receiver; a rechargeable battery; a connector or wireless charging element; a display/general purpose control unit with firmware; and standard Bluetooth link and application software on an associated cellular phone.
US10354517B1	Method of providing a human-perceptible indication of alarm monitoring system status A method and system for processing input data for an alarm monitoring system at a premises. Input data is received in proximity to an alarm triggering device. The input data is analyzed along with other data. An indication is generated based on the analysis as to whether actuation of an alarm triggering device could occur. Based on the indication and/or the analysis, a human-perceptible indication is initiated of the status of an alarm monitoring system at the premises, in proximity to a person and/or prior to actuating an alarm triggering device. An indication may be a color of light, change in light color, audio tone, change in audio tone, vibration, and/or change in vibration.
US10354516B2	Method and apparatus for automated activation of a security system A security system comprises at least one component interconnected with the security system for detecting an alarm condition. A control panel is interconnected with the security system for at least one of controlling and communicating with the at least one component. A memory is interconnected with the control panel for storing a system identifier (ID) associated with the control panel and for storing connection information for accessing a system configuration file associated with the system ID. The system ID and the connection information are stored prior to interconnecting the control panel and the security system. The system configuration file identifies the at least one component and is stored remote from the security system.
US10354513B2	Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method A wireless communication apparatus includes: an optical sensor; and a wireless communication circuit configured to execute a transmission process that transmits a first signal based on data stored in a storage element and a reception process that receives a second signal in response to the transmission of the first signal, wherein the wireless communication circuit is further configured to write data to the storage element in accordance with the second signal received in the reception process when an output level of the optical sensor is in a first state in which the output level of the optical sensor is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold.
US10354512B2	Peripheral alarm devices for generating alarms and monitoring systems including alarm devices Peripheral alarm device for a patient monitoring system. In an embodiment, the peripheral alarm device includes an audio speaker and an audio detector. The peripheral alarm device also includes a control system that includes circuitry configured to communicate with the audio detector and a medical software program executed by a host computing system. The audio speaker is configured to generate an audible alarm in response to alarm instructions from the host computing system. The audio detector is configured to communicate a detection signal to the control system. The control system is configured to analyze the detection signal to verify whether the audible alarm was properly generated and communicate a control signal to the host computing system. The peripheral alarm device may include a light indicator and a light detector instead of the audio speaker and the audio detector or in addition to the audio speaker and the audio detector.
US10354508B2	Ink-staining anti-theft cash box An ink-staining anti-theft cash box includes a cash box mounted in a host machine for receiving and storing bills, an ink-jet module and an anti-theft security device consisting of a gas cylinder, a needle valve unit, a drive unit and a trigger unit. When the trigger unit detects abnormal separation of the cash box from the host machine, the trigger unit is triggered, and the drive unit is activated to move the gas cylinder toward the needle valve unit from a first position to a second position where an air seal diaphragm of the gas cylinder is pierced by the needle valve unit, and the compressed gas of the gas cylinder is released through an ink tub into an ink cartridge to force an ink out of a nozzle assembly of the ink-jet module for staining storage bills in the box body, enhancing the security level of the cash box.
US10354507B1	System and method for enabling removal of a security tag during a self-checkout process A computer-implemented method for facilitating the removal of a security tag from an article includes the step of generating a visual template indicating a preferred position of a security tag and an article identification element within a viewing screen of an imaging device. With the imaging device, capturing at least one image of the security tag, the article identification element and the article, and processing the at least one image to determine whether or not the security tag and the article identification element are attached to the same article. Upon determining that the security tag and the article identification element are attached to the same article, storing in a database an identifier of the security tag, an identifier of the article, and an indication of their association with the same article.
US10354502B2	Container door electronic seal system A container door electronic seal system for sensing abnormal opening/closing of a container door comprising a retainer, on which a locking rod installed outside the container door is seated, and a handle hatch, which binds or unbinds a handle seated on the retainer, according to the present disclosure, comprises: an electronic seal, which binds the retainer and the handle hatch, and which wirelessly transmits the abnormal opening/closing information of the container door to the outside; a first connector electrically extending from the electronic seal; a second connector, which is installed on the container door, and which is electrically connected to the first connector; and a first sensing unit electrically connected to the second connector to sense whether the handle hatch is opened/closed. According to the present disclosure, a sensing unit, which senses abnormal opening/closing of the container door, is installed on the container door and is recycled, thereby making it possible to implement an electronic seal system that can sense abnormal opening/closing of the container door with little costs.
US10354501B2	Autonomous, low energy, access indication system A system and method for detecting access to a monitored space including one or more controllers, one or more data collectors, and one or more sensors. The sensors are self-powered, wireless components having two states. Each time a sensor detects a physical change within the space, the sensor switches from one state to another. Each incidence of a sensor changing states is recorded within the sensor. The sensors do not continuously transmit the changed state information and rather report data only when queried by a controller. A data collector may be used to process the data from the sensors before transmitting it to the controller. The wireless, self-powered, limited data storing sensors enable the system to function independently of the environment's network infrastructure and power source. Once a human operator receives notice of an access event via the controller, the operator can escalate the level of inspection of the area.
US10354493B2	Gaming machine and methods of providing games to players with trigger symbol replacement A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine displays a primary game on the display device including a plurality of reels being displayed in a grid that includes cells arranged in rows and columns. The gaming machine generates an outcome of the primary game and detects a triggering condition appearing in the outcome of the primary game including the appearance of a plurality of trigger symbols. The gaming controller initiates a bonus feature game in response to detecting the triggering condition including generating an outcome of bonus feature game including replacing the trigger symbols with a special symbol being displayed within a special symbol area that includes each cell associated with the trigger symbols.
US10354489B2	Gaming machine providing benefit according to game play count It is an object to provide a gaming machine configured to yield a rescue award according to the number of result determination areas on which the player has placed a bet, when games without any benefit are continued. To this end, a slot machine 1 executes a process of receiving a selection of ways bet through a control Panel 30, incrementing the game play count on a counter corresponding to the ways bet selected, upon start of the normal game, determining whether the game play count on the counter has reached the threshold game play count, and awarding the benefit when the game play count is determined as to have reached the threshold game play count.
US10354488B2	Systems, methods, and devices for displaying historical roulette information Methods and apparatuses for displaying information relating to a roulette game. A roulette game display comprises at least one of a hot bet field, a number frequency field, and an even-money bet road chart. The hot bet field displays a message including information relating to a highest ranking event stored in an event history. The number frequency field includes an arrangement of indicator spaces configured for marking to show recent results of a plurality of roulette wheel spins. The even-money bet road chart includes a grid for displaying a plurality of recently winning even-money bets.
US10354483B2	Gaming systems and methods for use in creating random rewards Servers and method for use in creating a random reward are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving a request for a random reward from an organizer, establishing a random reward in response to the request, transmitting a credential associated with the random reward to a player, and crediting gaming activity associated with the credential to the random reward. Access to the random reward is limited to players presenting the credential.
US10354482B2	Networked slot machine system with competitive dual mode wagering An electronic system to implement a networked interactive game. A slot machine game based on a random number generator operates alongside a side game which can require physical dexterity. Awards from both the slot machine game and the side game are combined and accumulated throughout the game. Computer generated animation is utilized to enhance the side game and provide opportunity for the player to use dexterity to earn more credits. A plurality of machines are networked and communicate their scores (win points) to a central server which administers the game and identifies each winning machine and its respective award.
US10354479B2	System for automatically cooking and selling frozen food A food-automatic-cook-and-processing system, which may be used in the automatic-cooking-and-processing vending system; a series of auto piercing food-processing devices have tunnel(s) to pierce the disposable food container(s) in the devices, heat the hot air inside and adjust the temperature, make it circulating and past the food in the food containers, finally cook the food.
US10354477B2	Beverage vending machine A beverage vending machine (1) comprising a cup storage (3), a cup support device (9) in a cup filling station (7), and a stirrer dispenser (6) to feed a stirrer (6a) to a cup (4) in the cup support device (9). The cup support device (9) is defined by a body in the form of an open ring (11) with a vertical axis (12), a cup supporting surface (15), and a lateral opening (13) to allow the cup to be transversally extracted from the open ring body (11). The supporting surface (15) has at least one projecting area (19) configured to cause the planarity of the cup supporting surface (15) imperfect so as to cause the cup (4) to tilt, with respect to the cup support device (9), in response to the supply of a stirrer (6a) to the cup (4).
US10354472B2	Self-learning system and methods for automatic document recognition, authentication, and information extraction A computerized system for classifying and authenticating documents is provided. The Classification process involves the creation of a Unique Pair Feature Vector which provides the best discrimination information for each pair of Document Classes at every node in a Pairwise Comparison Nodal Network. The Nodal Network has a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to the best discrimination information between two potential document classes. By performing a pairwise comparison of the potential documents using this nodal network, the document is classified. After classification, the document can be authenticated for validity.
US10354469B2	Smart anti-counterfeiting optical system (SACOS) for the detection of fraud using advanced spectroscopy-based technique The SACOS apparatus solves counterfeiting issues instantaneously and develops new security features in order to improve the role that international regulatory commissions, governments, and central banks play to effectively fight counterfeiting.
US10354467B2	Remote monitoring and control system for a barrier operator The invention generally relates to a gateway device (102) that operates as a hub or base station to provide for remote monitoring and control of a barrier operator (104,106) such as is used to operate a powered garage door. The device (102) includes a processor; a data storage device; a network interface for connecting the gateway device to a computer network (114); an operator interface for communicating with the barrier operator; and a computer program, which when executed on the processor: permits access to the gateway device over the computer network by way of a mobile application installed on a mobile device (108); transmits control signals received over the computer network to the barrier operator (104,106); and receives monitoring signals from the barrier operator (104,106).
US10354466B1	Intelligent identification of mixed photonic lock structure and method thereof The invention relates to a mixed photonic lock structure having intelligent identification and a method thereof. It comprises a mixed photonic key inserted into a mixed photonic lock body. A power supply unit of the mixed photonic lock body supplies the required power to the mixed photonic lock body and the mixed photonic key. An infrared (IR)-LED in the mixed photonic lock body emits a corresponding signal to an infrared photo detector (IR-PD) in the mixed photonic key. When the comparison conducted by a signal comparison circuit of the mixed photonic key matches, a RGB-LED emits a light signal password to a RGB PD of the mixed photonic lock body to control the lock to unlock after the comparison conducted by a signal comparison circuit of the mixed photonic lock body matches.
US10354461B1	Determining corrective actions based upon broadcast of telematics data A mobile device configured to receive telematics data from another vehicle when the mobile device is traveling in a moving vehicle and take corrective action when a travel event exists may be provided. The mobile device may receive telematics data associated with an originating vehicle, analyze the telematics data, and determine or identify that a travel event associated with the originating vehicle exists and, when the travel event is determined to exist, determine whether the travel event is relevant to the moving vehicle or a route that the moving vehicle is presently traveling, and if so, direct corrective action such that safer vehicle travel for the moving vehicle is facilitated based upon the telematics data that is collected by the originating vehicle. An insurance provider may collect an insured's usage of the vehicle safety functionality to calculate, update, and/or adjust insurance premiums, rates, discounts, points, or programs.
US10354460B2	Methods and systems for associating sensitive information of a passenger with a vehicle A method and system are provided for detecting a driver and passenger in a vehicle. The vehicle processor stores first and second sensitive information for the driver and passenger, respectively. In response to detecting the second presence of the passenger, provides a user interface for the passenger to enter the second sensitive information, receives and associates the second sensitive information with the vehicle and, while the vehicle is in motion, communicates with an external third party positioned along a selected route of the vehicle to perform a transaction on behalf of the passenger using the second sensitive information.
US10354457B2	Method for camera-based tolling Methods for tolling locations of a vehicle having a license plate number are performed by means of a tolling system. The tolling system has a camera at each location to be tolled, a server, a user terminal, linked by a network, and a database The method includes: generating one or more tolling records, each including a picture of the vehicle taken by one of the cameras, the location of the camera, and a license plate number read by optical character recognition from the picture, and storing the tolling records in the database; sending a confirmation request to the user terminal including the read license plate number and location information dependent on the locations in the tolling records; and receiving a response from the user terminal and, if the response confirms the request, deleting the pictures from the tolling records in the database. Alternative embodiments include pre-/post-registration of locations to toll.
US10354454B2	System and method for image composition A system and method for obtaining a composite image by combining multiple sub-images are provided. In some embodiments, the method may include retrieving overlapping images corresponding to sub-mages including 3D volume data, generating two-dimensional (2D) projection images and pixel maps based on the overlapping images, performing one or more registrations based on the 2D projection images and the pixel maps, calibrating the sub-images based on the results of the registration(s), and fusing the sub-images to produce a composite image. In some embodiments, the method may include setting a plurality of parameters relating to an X-radiation source or a radiation detector based on a preliminary number of exposures and a preliminary exposure region, controlling, based on at least one of the plurality of parameters, a motion of the X-radiation source or a motion of the radiation detector to capture a plurality of sub-images, and combining the plurality of sub-images.
US10354449B2	Augmented reality lighting effects The present invention embraces a system, device, and method for adding lighting effects to augmented reality (AR) content (i.e., virtual objects). Light sensors in an augmented reality (AR) system monitor an environment's lighting conditions to acquire lighting data that can be used to create (or update) virtual light sources. Depth sensors in the AR system sense the environment to acquire mapping data that can be used to create a 3D model of the environment while tracking the system's location within the environment. Algorithms running on a processor may then add the virtual light sources to the 3D model of the environment so that, when AR content is created, lighting effects corresponding to the virtual light sources can be added. The resulting AR content with virtual lighting effects appear more realistic to a user.
US10354448B1	Detection of optical components in a scene Methods and systems for detecting optical components are disclosed. An optical signal comprising a plurality of light pulses is transmitted by a laser into a field of view (FOV) of a detector at a pulse repetition rate. A scene within the FOV is depicted to an eyepiece. The detector receives a plurality of reflected light pulses of the optical signal from a location within the scene during a first integration time period of the detector. At least one element of a display that is registered to the FOV is altered based on the plurality of reflected light pulses.
US10354446B2	Methods and apparatus to navigate within virtual-reality environments Example methods and apparatus to navigate within virtual-reality (VR) environments are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes defining a reachable portion of a VR environment, defining an unreachable portion of the VR environment separate from the reachable portion, and translating a physical hand location in the reachable portion into a virtual hand location in the unreachable portion.
US10354443B2	Adaptive load balancing in software emulation of GPU hardware Aspects of the present disclosure describe a software based emulator of a graphics processing unit (GPU) that is configured to operate over a cloud-based network. A virtual image containing graphics primitives is divided into a plurality of tiles. A load balancer assigns tiles to rasterization threads in order to evenly distribute the processing load. The rasterization threads then rasterize their assigned tiles and deliver rendered pixels to a frame buffer. The frame buffer builds a frame from the rendered pixels and then delivers the frame over the network to a client device platform. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10354442B2	Generative modeling framework for deferred geometry generation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for a generative modeling framework for deferred geometry generation include, in one aspect, a method including: obtaining input to define a boundary of a 3D envelope for a 3D model of an object, wherein the 3D model uses one or more boundary representations to define the object in the 3D model; identifying a geometry type for the 3D envelope, wherein the geometry type has an associated 3D geometry used to create geometry details for the 3D envelope within the 3D model; manipulating the 3D model in response to input that changes at least one aspect of the 3D envelope; and rendering the 3D model on a display screen, including rendering a simplified representation of the 3D geometry within the changed 3D envelope. In addition, the method can include later generation of surface elements defining the geometry details.
US10354437B2	3D experience with virtual gemstones for online customer Current real-time rendering techniques of virtual representations of jewelry with gemstones do not address the shimmer and sparkle of real gemstones. Embodiments of the present invention use real-time rendering methods and systems that enable flash scintillation and fiery scintillation on the facets of virtual representations of gemstones as they are manipulated online by the customer. A 3D representation of a gemstone is displayed. In response to user input corresponding to the manipulation of the displayed 3D representation of the gemstone, scintillations at facets of the 3D representation of the gemstone are determined. The scintillations are determined by loading a scintillation factor from a look-up table corresponding to an angle of incidence of a light source to a facet of the gemstone. The determined scintillations at the facets of the gemstone are displayed for the user in real-time.
US10354432B2	Texture space shading and reconstruction for ray tracing An apparatus and method are described for texture space shading. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: performing texture mapping to map one or more textures to surfaces of one or more objects in texture space within a ray tracing architecture; and performing sampling and reconstruction directly on the surfaces of the objects in the texture space.
US10354431B2	Level of detail offset determination Techniques are disclosed relating to determining the location of a specified level of detail for a graphics texture. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes texture processing circuitry configured to receive information specifying a particular mipmap in a chain of stored mipmaps for a graphics texture and determine an offset address for the particular mipmap. In these embodiments, the texture processing circuitry is configured to determine the offset address by operating on a value that indicates a greatest potential chain size for chains of mipmaps in a graphics processing element. In these embodiments, the operating includes masking upper bits of the value based on a size of the texture and masking lower bits of the value based on a position of the specified mipmap in the chain of stored mipmaps. Disclosed techniques may reduce power consumption and/or area of circuitry configured to determine the offset.
US10354426B2	Symbol stitching imaging system Systems and methods to reduce the overlap areas of the fields of view of multiple cameras when reading symbols (e.g., barcode symbols, text) disposed on moving objects using an imaging system which includes an array of cameras. Each of a plurality of cameras may have a field of view directed toward objects positioned on a conveyor which moves the objects in a longitudinal direction, and the field of view of each of the plurality of cameras may overlap with the field of view of at least one other camera in the plurality of cameras in one or both of the longitudinal direction and a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
US10354423B2	Calculating device, graph display method of calculating device, and storage medium retaining graph display program A calculating device includes a receiver-and-transmitter and a processor. The receiver-and-transmitter is configured to communicate with a server. The processor performs processes including: transmitting (i) an increment of an independent variable per one display dot according to a variance range of the independent variable and the number of display dots on a screen, (ii) a function expression of the independent variable, and (iii) the variance range of the independent variable, to the server; receiving coordinate data of each display dot for generating a graph in a graph display range on the screen, from the server; and displaying a graph image generated at each display dot of the graph display range based on the coordinate data.
US10354422B2	Diagram building system and method for a signal data decomposition and analysis The present invention provides a diagram building system adapted for processing a signal with a time period. The diagram building system comprises a inputting device for receiving the signal; a computing device, dividing the signal into a plurality of window scales according to one of time interval scales; decomposing the window scales via HHT algorithm to generate a plurality of quantized windows according to different components; then, calculating the value of quantized windows with the same single-frequency component through a quantifying function to generate a plurality of specific frequency values; an outputting device, sequentially arranging the specific frequency values according to the time interval scales and the single-frequency components to form a visual diagram.
US10354413B2	Detection system and picture filtering method thereof A detection system including a light source, an image sensor and a processor is provided. The light source is configured to illuminate an object. The image sensor is configured to output a picture. The processor is configured to generate an IR picture and a color picture according to the picture captured by the image sensor, identify a skin-color object in the color picture and determine an object image in the IR picture according to the skin-color object.
US10354411B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for segmenting objects Methods, systems and apparatus for segmenting objects are provided. A controller: receives, from one or more sensors, a 3D representation of a scene that includes an object represented by a 3D model; determines an orientation of a 2D image in the 3D representation by matching the 2D image with a corresponding region of the 3D representation; determines a first portion of the 3D representation that corresponds to a subset of the 3D model of the object from: the orientation of the 2D image in the 3D representation; and predetermined matching data representative of a matching of the 2D image with a respective corresponding region of the 3D model, each of the 3D model, the 2D image, and the predetermined matching data stored in a memory accessible to the controller; segments the first portion of the 3D representation from a second portion of the 3D representation.
US10354405B2	Run-time correction of defect locations during defect review One embodiment relates to a method for run-time correction of defect locations on a substrate during defect review. The substrate is loaded into a stage of a review apparatus, and coordinates for the defect locations on the substrate is received. The defect locations are grouped, and at least one local reference site in proximity to each group of defect locations is determined. The local reference site(s) is (are) used to determine a positional offset for the defect locations in each group. Another embodiment relates to an apparatus for reviewing defect locations on a substrate which provides for run-time correction of the defect locations. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.
US10354404B2	Electronic device and control method therefor A method for controlling an electronic device includes receiving first location information of a vehicle through a location information module, capturing an image through a camera while the vehicle is driven, extracting characteristic points from the captured image and converting the captured image into a 3-D image, obtaining second location information by correcting the first location information based on a moving displacement and orientation direction of the camera installed on the vehicle, extracting an aerial view from the 3-D image based on the moving displacement and orientation direction of the camera, estimating a moving path of the vehicle using locations of traffic lanes included in the aerial view and the second location information, and displaying the captured image and the moving path of the vehicle in augmented reality by combining the captured image and the moving path.
US10354400B2	Method and system for matching stereo images A method of matching stereo images includes: determining, first information indicating which orientations are dominant in each pixel location of a right image and a left image among the stereo images; determining second information indicating for each pixel location in the right image and the left image whether it lies on a pure horizontal edge; detecting points in the left image and the right image based on the first information and the second information; and performing a matching on the left image and the right image using the detected points to estimate a sparse disparity map.
US10354397B2	Methods and apparatus for modeling deformations of an object Embodiments can be used to synthesize physically plausible animations of target objects responding to new, previously unseen forces. Knowledge of scene geometry or target material properties is not required, and a basis set for creating realistic synthesized motions can be developed using only input video of the target object. Embodiments can enable new animation and video production techniques.
US10354395B2	Methods and apparatus to improve detection and false alarm rate over image segmentation Methods and apparatus to improve detection and false alarm rate over image segmentation are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first score based on a first pixel distance between a first feature of a first object in a reference image and a second feature in a second image of a search area, determining a second score corresponding to a second pixel distance between the second feature and a mathematical representation of a plurality of shapes representing a similarity between the second feature in the second image of the search area and the plurality of shapes observed simultaneously. The method further includes determining a normalized score by normalizing the first score based on the second score and identifying a second object in the second image of the search area as the first object in the reference image when the normalized score satisfies a threshold score.
US10354389B2	Analyzing aortic valve calcification A system and a method are provided for analyzing an image of an aortic valve structure to enable assessment of aortic valve calcifications. The system comprises an image interface for obtaining an image of an aortic valve structure, the aortic valve structure comprising aortic valve leaflets and an aortic bulbus. The system further comprises a segmentation subsystem for segmenting the aortic valve structure in the image to obtain a segmentation of the aortic valve structure. The system further comprises an identification subsystem for identifying a calcification on the aortic valve leaflets by analyzing the image of the aortic valve structure. The system further comprises an analysis subsystem configured for determining a centerline of the aortic bulbus by analyzing the segmentation of the aortic valve structure, and for projecting the calcification from the centerline of the aortic bulbus onto the aortic bulbus, thereby obtaining a projection indicating a location of the calcification as projected onto the aortic bulbus. The system further comprises an output unit for generating data representing the projection. Provided information on the accurate location of calcifications after a valve replacement may be advantageously used, for example, to effectively analyze the risk of paravalvular leakages of Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) interventions for assessing the suitability of a patient for TAVI procedure.
US10354387B2	Material characterization from infrared radiation Systems, apparatuses, and/or methods to characterize a material. For example, and apparatus may include a pattern receiver to receive an IR pattern corresponding to non-uniform IR radiation that is to result from an interaction with a material, such as a translucent material. The apparatus may further include a characterizer to make a characterization of the material, such as a translucent material, based on the IR pattern. The characterization may differentiate the material, such as a translucent material, from one or more other materials, such as one or more other translucent materials.
US10354383B2	Skin abnormality monitoring systems and methods A method of monitoring skin abnormalities on a skin portion of a patient including the steps of receiving a first image data from an image capture device and identifying a first skin mask corresponding to the skin portion. The image data includes the skin portion and a first scaling element on the skin portion. The method further includes the steps of identifying one or more first keypoints within the first skin mask and classifying the one or more keypoints. Each first keypoint comprises an abnormality on the skin portion.
US10354380B2	Method for gestational age estimation and embryonic mutant detection A method to characterize shape variations in brain ventricles during embryonic growth in mammals, the method including extracting a brain ventricle skeleton from one or more images, calculating a volume profile for the skeleton using the extracted images, partitioning the brain ventricle based on the volume profile along the skeleton, the brain ventricle being partitioned into two lateral ventricles and a main ventricle, the main ventricle being further partitioned into three sub regions, determining volume vectors of the two lateral ventricles and the three sub regions, computing a means square error between the determined computed volume vectors and a pretrained mean volume vector of embryos during different gestational stages, and classifying the embryo to the gestational stage having the lowest mean square error. A method to characterize mutant detection in mammals, the method including acquiring one or more images, computing a volume profile directly along a path of the detected skeleton from the one or more images, aligning the volume profile against a standard profile, and evaluating the volume profile against the standard profile to detect a mutation.
US10354379B2	Statistical mapping in an optoacoustic imaging system Electromagnetic energy is deposited into a volume, an acoustic return signal from energy deposited in the volume is measured, and a parametric map that estimates values of at least one parameter as spatially represented in the volume is computed. A reference level of a region of interest is determined, and upper and lower color map limits are specified, with at least one of them being determined in relation to the reference level. The parametric map is then rendered in the palette of a color map by mapping the estimated values of the parametric map onto the color map according to the color map limits. Two wavelengths of energy can be applied to the volume, and the parametric map computation can be adapted by applying an implicit or explicit model of, or theoretical basis for, distribution of electromagnetic energy fluence within the volume pertaining to the two wavelengths. The actual electromagnetic energy fluence caused by each wavelength has a propensity, due to variability within the volume, to differ from the modeled or theoretical electromagnetic energy fluence.
US10354378B2	Systems and methods for quantitative assessment of microvasculature using optical coherence tomography angiography A five-index quantitative analysis of OCT angiograms is disclosed. One method of analyzing an anatomical region of interest of a subject includes acquiring vascular image data from the region of interest and generating a binary vasculature map from the vascular image data. A vessel skeleton map and vessel perimeter map are generated from the binary vasculature map. Based on the three generated maps, a vessel area density, vessel skeleton density, vessel perimeter index, vessel diameter index, and vessel complexity can be determined, in addition to detection of any flow impairment zones in the region of interest. These metrics can be used to detect and assess vascular abnormalities from multiple perspectives.
US10354375B2	Method of utilizing information on shape of frequency distribution of inspection result in a pattern inspection apparatus A pattern inspection method includes: generating an image of an inspection area including a pattern to be inspected; obtaining, from the image, measured values representing two-dimensional shape information of the pattern to be inspected; producing a frequency distribution of the measured values; calculating a statistic of the measured values; calculating a change in the statistic while carrying out an inspection operation which comprises repeating the processes from generating the image to calculating the statistic; and terminating the inspection operation if the change in the statistic is smaller than a threshold value.
US10354370B2	Image processor, image processing method, and program An image processor includes a curve generator and a gradation correcting unit. Based on a predetermined correspondence relationship between average luminance of an image and a gradation correction curve, the curve generator generates, in accordance with average luminance of an input image, a common curve, i.e. a gradation correction curve used to correct a gradation of the input image. The gradation correcting unit uses in common the common curve generated by the curve generator for red, green, and blue color signals of the input image to correct gradations of the red, green, and blue color signals. Based on first average luminance, i.e. an average value of luminance of a first region in the input image, second average luminance, i.e. an average value of luminance of a predetermined-colored second region included in the first region, and an area of the second region, the curve generator generates a common curve.
US10354369B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and storage medium An image processing method of highly accurately correcting an optical degradation of an image pickup apparatus while also suppressing adverse effects is provided. The image processing method includes a step of obtaining a partial area of an input image shot by using an image pickup apparatus, a step of obtaining previously learnt correction information varying in accordance with a position of the partial area, and a correction step of generating a corrected partial area in which an optical degradation of the partial area caused by the image pickup apparatus is corrected by using the partial area and the correction information.
US10354364B2	Automatic perspective control using vanishing points Techniques related to automatic perspective control of images using vanishing points are discussed. Such techniques may include determining a perspective control vanishing point associated with the image based on lines detected within the image, rotating the image based on the perspective control vanishing point to generate an aligned image, and warping the aligned image based on aligning two lines of the detected lines that meet at the perspective control vanishing point.
US10354363B2	Displaying a pre-fetched object comprising a first associated with a desired content and a second element associated with time-sensitive information associated with the desired content In one embodiment, a computing device identifies a portion of a display object to pre-generate. The device may monitor a thread to identify the next upcoming window of idle time (i.e., the next opportunity when the thread will be idle for a minimum period of time). The device may add one or more selected pre-generation tasks to a message queue for execution by the thread during the window. The device may execute the one or more selected pre-generation tasks in the message queue by pre-generating at least one selected element of a display object with content for a portion of the content layout, and then return the display object.
US10354360B2	Medical image display apparatus, display control method therefor, and non-transitory recording medium A medical image display apparatus includes a display unit that displays at least partial paths of a plurality of paths of a tubular structure identified from a medical image, the at least partial paths including a first path and a second path that are displayed separately from each other, and a display magnification determining unit that determines at least one of a display magnification and a display position of at least one of the displayed first and second path based on whether the first path and the second path has a common part to each other, wherein the display unit displays the first path and the second path and displays one of the first path and the second path at a determined display magnification.
US10354357B2	Methods and systems for monitoring the subset of GPU components used by an application in safety critical environments Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for monitoring a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a host computer system, including providing at least one test seed and at least one subsystem command to the GPU; receiving at least one test result from the GPU in response to providing the at least one test seed and at least one subsystem command to the GPU; and if the at least one test result does not correspond to at least one expected result, identifying the GPU as being in an undesired state. The subsystems to be tested may be a subset of all subsystems. The determination of subsystems to be tested may be determined in real-time, based on graphical application instructions. The subsystems to be tested may also be pre-determined.
US10354353B2	Digital video content security authentication method and system The disclosure provides a digital video content security authentication method, wherein the method comprises: a secret information embedding step of selectively modifying a pixel grayscale value for each frame image in a digital video so as to complete the embedding of 1-bit secret information; and a secret information extraction and video authentication step of carrying out secret information extraction from the digital video in which the secret information is embedded according to a key so as to realize the security authentication of the digital video content. The disclosure also provides a digital video content security authentication system. According to the technical scheme provided by the disclosure, the authentication security is improved on the basis of not influencing user experience.
US10354350B2	Method and system for information management for an incident response A method and system for information management for an incident response. The method comprises the following steps: A first communication allocating a responder to a specific assignment relating to the incident is received at a computing device from a command device. A second communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to the specific assignment is transmitted from the computing device to a graphic display device associated with the responder. Real-time sensor data is received at the computing device from one or more sensors. A third communication indicating progress in the specific assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data is transmitted from the computing device to one or more of the command device and the graphic display device.
US10354349B2	Systems and methods for using geometry sensitivity information for guiding workflow Systems and methods are disclosed for using geometry sensitivity information for guiding workflows in order to produce reliable models and quantities of interest. One method includes determining a geometric model associated with a target object; determining one or more quantities of interest; determining sensitivity information associated with one or more subdivisions of the geometric model and the one or more quantities of interest; and generating, using a processor, a workflow based on the sensitivity information.
US10354347B2	Generating and processing medical alerts for re-admission reductions A computer-implemented method includes accessing information indicative of a question to be answered by a medical patient, with the question being included in a medical assessment questionnaire of a medical service provider; receiving information indicative of a selection of one or more triggering events for answers to the question; and generating, for the question, a medical alert rule, with the medical alert rule comprising instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving an answer of the medical patient to the question; detecting, based on contents of the received answer, the triggering event for the question; and generating a medical questionnaire alert to notify the medical service provider that the medical patient has answered the question with the answer that is defined as being unacceptable.
US10354341B2	Mine management system A mine management system to mine ore in a mine including a mining area, a first mine shaft, and a second mine shaft connecting the mining area and the first mine shaft, the mine management system includes: a transporting machine loading the ore mined in the mining area and transporting the ore to a soil discharge area while traveling in the first mine shaft; a loading machine staying in the second mine shaft while a space for the transporting machine to travel therein is left inside the first mine shaft, excavating the ore in the mining area, conveying the mined ore from the mining area in an opposite direction, and loading the mined ore on the transporting machine; and a management device determining a mining area in which the loading machine is disposed based on a difference between a production plan and an actual production amount of the mine.
US10354339B2	Automatic initiation for generating a company profile Techniques for automatically generating a company profile in a social network are described. A company page generation module can present a company list and receive a user input from a member of a social network, with the user input being indicative of an employer of the member. Additionally, the company page generation module can access member data associated with the member and determine that the employer of the member has an omitted company page in the social network. Moreover, the company page generation module can obtain company information relating to the employer. Furthermore, the company page generation module can generate a company page in the social network for the employer based on the obtained information.
US10354338B2	Disseminating floor quotes from open outcry markets One or more methods may be used to disseminate floor quotes from an open outcry financial market, such as via messages posted on a social network. These messages may include additional information for providing “color” to the price quotation. In some cases, a method of disseminating the floor quotes may include receiving, at a computer device, a request from a trader to receive an authenticated user name associated with a financial exchange. The financial exchange may then permit the trader to post one or more messages to a social network using the authenticated user name, where the message includes information about a trade on the financial exchange.
US10354335B2	Method and system for administering life insurance products through classifying insured lives to allocate costs In some embodiments, the instant invention is directed to a computer-implemented method that at least includes: programming a Process Administrator computer system to perform: receiving life insurance data for a plurality of life insurance policies; identifying a life insurance policy that has a catch-up deduction; classifying the insured lives of the life insurance policy into a plurality of insured classes of the insured lives; determining investment amount in a separate account; receiving investment data resulted from investing in an investment option; calculating an investment return amount attributed to the life insurance policy; determining a net investment return amount to be credited to the life insurance policy based on: an insured class, the investment return amount, and the catch-up deduction; and transmitting the net investment return amount so as to result in crediting the net investment return amount to the life insurance policy.
US10354332B2	Sensor based system and method for drift analysis to predict equipment failure Techniques for detecting physical conditions at a physical premises from collection of sensor information from plural sensors execute one or more unsupervised learning models to continually analyze the collected sensor information to produce operational states of sensor information, produce sequences of state transitions, detect during the continual analysis of sensor data that one or more of the sequences of state transitions is a drift sequence, correlate determined drift state sequence to a stored determined condition at the premises, and generate an alert based on the determined condition. Various uses are described for these techniques.
US10354328B2	System for processing remote sensor data A method and computerized system is disclosed for managing the underwriting, quoting and binding an insurance policy with regard to the technology used to militate against the financial consequences of property losses. The invention utilizes a classifier for categorizing and weighing risk, composed of data representing in an identified building, a first unmitigated insurance risk and a second insurance risk, based upon the use of certain technology. A plurality of such weights are summed such that the weights generate a minimized risk for a building structure under consideration. combinations of technologies, employed in existing building structures to a classification, which then permits an underwriter to establish a premium. In another aspect of the invention data structures representing the quantification of risk reduction attendant a given technology or product are chained into a plurality of decision trees that process a construction phase and a pruning phase.
US10354326B2	System and method for dynamically determining quantity for risk management A system and method for dynamically determining quantity for risk management are described. According to one example embodiment, as a trader positions an order icon at a desired price or price-derivative value on a graphical interface, an order quantity for the order is dynamically determined based on the order price and a selected risk management formula. A trader can change the price or the price-related value for one or more orders by moving the order icons relative to a price axis on a graphical interface. In such an embodiment, the initially calculated order quantity for each order will be dynamically recalculated based on the modified orders for the trading strategy.
US10354321B2	Processing transactions with an extended application ID and dynamic cryptograms Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for handling information related to a transaction conducted with a presentation instrument at a POS device. Extended application IDs and dynamic cryptograms are used for the transaction. According to one embodiment, a method of processing a financial transaction for an account having a primary account number (PAN) can comprise detecting initiation of the transaction with the presentation instrument, and providing from the presentation instrument to the POS device a list of one or more applications IDs. Each application ID identifies an application that can be used to communicate data concerning the transaction between the presentation instrument and the POS device. The POS device selects one of the application IDs and returns it to the presentation instrument. Under the control of the selected application, the presentation instrument generates a Dynamic Transaction Cryptogram (DTC) and a dynamic PAN that are each valid for only a single transaction.
US10354320B2	Optimizing aggregation routing over a network Optimizing aggregation routing over a network. In one example embodiment, a method for optimizing aggregation routing over a network may include detecting that aggregated account data is unavailable over a network from a first data aggregator server, detecting that the aggregated account data is available over the network from a second data aggregator server, formatting a request for the aggregated account data to be compatible with the second data aggregator server, routing the formatted request over the network to the second data aggregator server, and receiving the requested aggregated account data over the network from the second data aggregator server.
US10354317B2	Inventory management A computer detects a user computing device when the user enters the store and receives the user's purchase history and preference information from a database. The computer receives a list and/or recipe that the user inputs into the application. This list and/or recipe is a list of items that the user plans to purchase. The computer identifies an item on the list, determines whether the item is in stock, and generates a route through the store so the user will reach each item on his list. The computer transmits the route to the user's computing device to be displayed.
US10354316B2	Item list display Provided are a system and method for displaying an item list, comprising: a list generator on a device that associates a list of items of interest at a retail establishment with feedback data according to locations of the items of interest relative to a location of the device; a location server that determines the locations of the items of interest relative to the location of the device; and an updater that reorders the list of items of interest and associates the feedback data with the reordered list of according to current locations of the items of interest relative to the location of the device. When the device is at a closest item of interest having a predetermined feedback data, the closest item of interest is swiped or removed from the list of items of interest displayed at the user interface, and the list of items of interest is reordered so that the next closest item of interest has the predetermined feedback data.
US10354306B2	Account recommendations A method and system for providing account recommendations is disclosed. A server system stores sales data for a first member, wherein sales data includes profile information for one or more individual customers. The server system analyzes the profile information for one or more of the individual customers to identify one attributes associated with the customers. The server system determines one or more additional members with member profiles that include the one or more identified attributes. For a respective additional member in the at least one of the determined additional members the server system determines, based on stored information about the respective additional member, an respective organization associated with the at least one determined additional member; and selects the respective organization as an account recommendation.
US10354304B2	Systems and methods for creating 3D objects Systems and methods for providing price quotes for 3D objects are described herein. In one embodiment, costs related to generating a 3D object molded from a 3D printer mold may be based on various parameters. The process for generating a price quote may include uploading an initial file to a server and converting that file into a 3D CAD file. The method may also include selecting units, materials, a finish, and/or a quantity of objects to be made. Based on the selections, the server may generate a price quote to produce the one or more objects, and a checkout option may be provided allowing the user to purchase the one or more objects.
US10354302B2	Methods and devices for providing fashion advice Fashion advice is easily and readily made available using a fashion application or “tool”. The advice may be based on stored images of a user's wardrobe and/or from images retrieved from clothing retailers. The advice may be communicated to the user via one or more fashion avatars, or by a linked fashion consultant or through the users involvement in virtual fashion shows.
US10354300B2	Electronic commercial transaction support method The present invention relates to an electronic-commerce assisting method capable of smoothly and securely conducting electronic commerce on a communication network, and to an electronic-commerce assisting server for realizing the same. The present invention is configured to have a communication terminal (2) for a person desiring to purchase a product, who connects to a cybershop (40) on a communication network (32) and who desires the purchase of a product using a credit card; an electronic-commerce server (46), disposed in the cybershop (40), for determining whether or not the electronic commerce should be concluded on the basis of the credit confirmation of the credit card; and an electronic-commerce assisting server (44) which requests the communication terminal (2) to transmit unique number data within the IC card (10) having a credit card function via the communication network (32), which converts the received unique number data into a credit card number in order to generate credit limit data of the credit card, and which transmits credit OK/NG data to the electronic-commerce server (46).
US10354299B2	Taximeter, system and method for a taxi A taximeter, system and method for a taxi are disclosed. In one aspect, the taximeter includes a processing system including a memory having stored therein a plurality of computer applications, wherein the processing system is configured to execute a meter application during a passenger trip to determine a fare due, and execute a payment application to facilitate electronic payment of the fare due. In particular embodiments, the taximeter establishes a wireless data communication session with a mobile device of the passenger to facilitate payment of the fare due via the mobile device.
US10354291B1	Distributing media to displays Methods and systems herein involve a computing system receiving a listing-suggestion request associated with a first account, and responsive to the listing-suggestion request: (a) detecting, in point-of-view (POV) image data received from one or wearable devices, one or more occurrences of a first surface of a real-world object; (b) determining that the first surface of real-world object is associable with the first account; (c) determining that the first surface is not associated with the first account in a database for augmented-reality overlay rights and (d) responsive to determining that the first surface is associated with the first account: (i) using the POV image data as a basis for determining a numeric measure corresponding to overlay of augmented-reality content on the first surface of the real-world object; and (ii) sending a listing-suggestion message to a computing device corresponding to the first account, wherein the listing-suggestion message indicates the determined numeric measure.
US10354289B2	Electronic device and method of providing advertisement data by electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit that displays an advertisement data list including one or more pieces of advertisement data in a preview mode, and a controller that detects one or more pieces of advertisement data according to a type of an object recognized in an image received in the preview mode among a plurality of pieces of advertisement data received from an advertisement server in the preview mode and displaying the advertisement data list including the detected one or more pieces of advertisement data.
US10354287B2	Monitoring conversions and fee determination of online advertisements using a social networking system When the social networking system selects an advertisement for presentation to the user by a client device, a content identifier associated with the selected advertisement is stored in an advertisement history associated with the user. When the user performs a conversion event associated with the selected advertisement, the social networking system receives a content identifier and a user identifier from a client device used that performed the conversion event and retrieves the user's advertisement history. If the retrieved advertisement history includes a content identifier for the selected advertisement matching the content identifier received from the client device and a time between the conversion event and providing the selected advertisement to the client device is less than a threshold time period, a fee is determined for presentation of the selected advertisement.
US10354274B2	System and method for providing feed-based advertisements A server computer receives data indicating a data feed to use to create a feed-based advertisement to represent content, which is to be advertised, of a content provider. The server computer receives the data feed that is associated with the content to be advertised and generates the feed-based advertisement using one or more data elements associated with an item in the data feed. The server computer provides the feed-based advertisement to a user device.
US10354273B2	Systems and methods for tracking brand reputation and market share Systems and methods for tracking brand reputation and market share are provided. The system includes one or more devices having a processor and a non-transitory storage medium accessible to the hardware processor. The device is programmed to obtain an awareness index at a plurality of levels at least partially based on the brand data. The device is programmed to obtain a favorability index as a ratio of user numbers based on the brand data. The device is programmed to obtain a branding index by combining the awareness index and the favorability index. The device is programmed to obtain an affinity score for a group of users at least partially based on the brand data and recommend the group of users based on the affinity score to increase the branding index.
US10354272B1	Automatic virtual phone number pool management Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for dynamic contact information assignment. A method includes: identifying a pool of telephone numbers; assigning the telephone numbers to a pool manager; allocating by the pool manager, subsets of the telephone numbers to a plurality of allocators, each allocator responsible for allocating telephone numbers to an associated group of content sponsors; determining a first allocation of a first subset, the first allocation being distributed among the content sponsors associated with a first allocator, creating first pools each associated with a respective one of the content sponsors associated with the first allocator; reclaiming one or more telephone numbers from a pool of the first pools; and assigning ones of the reclaimed telephone numbers by the first allocator into either other pools of the first pools or back to the pool manager for allocation to other allocators.
US10354271B2	Electronic device and play and interactive method for electronic advertising An electronic device and a play and interactive method for an electronic advertising are provided. The electronic device includes a touch module, a display, a static information presentation structure and a data processing device. The touch module has a touch area for providing position of a measured object in the touch area. The display has a display area set in the touch area. The touch area is composed of the display area and a non-display area. The static information presentation structure is disposed on the non-display area. The data processing device determines whether the measured object performs a operation in the display area or the non-display area according to the position of the measured object provided by the touch module. When the operation is located in the non-display area, the data processing device displays a corresponding data in the display area according to position of the operation.
US10354270B2	Interactive method, mobile terminal and server Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an interactive method, a client device, a mobile terminal and a server, which relate to an Internet technology field and provide a new way for interacting with a user. The interactive method provided by the present disclosure includes: sending a first request of obtaining first activity information to a server, such that the server obtains the first activity information in local according to the first request of obtaining first activity information, the first activity information comprising an activity entrance icon; receiving the first activity information returned by the server; displaying the activity entrance icon on a user interface of the client device according to the first activity information; receiving an activity participating instruction issued by a user through operating the activity entrance icon; popping up an activity participating result according to the activity participating instruction.
US10354265B2	Systems, methods and applications for using and enhancing vehicle to vehicle communications, including synergies and interoperation with satellite radio Various applications, systems and methods for using, and enhancing V2V communications for various purposes are described. These systems and methods leverage various aspects of satellite radio broadcasts in combination with V2V communications. In some embodiments, V2V-enabled vehicles can receive advertisements or offers from RSEs, or even other V2V enabled vehicles, in a defined Target Region, which may then be played to a user in-vehicle once a given Trigger Region has been entered. By logging all advertisements or offers played to a user and sending the log to an RSE, for example, and from there to a content provider (e.g., an SDARS service operator), verified delivery of advertisements is achieved, which allows the content provider to obtain significant revenues from advertisers. In return for uploading the playback record from the vehicle to the RSE, a variety of incentives may be offered, such as (i) free or discounted satellite radio subscription; (ii) download credits for music or videos from an online store; (iii) reduced or free tolls on toll roads (e.g., RSE embedded in a toll collection plaza); (iv) premium audio or video content, (v) credit at an online store; and (vi) a special coupon code redeemable for merchandise.
US10354262B1	Brand-switching analysis using longitudinal tracking of at-shelf shopper behavior A method and system for analyzing shopper switching behavior over multiple shopping trips. Specifically, shopper behavior can be analyzed to generate a shopper behavior profile. Aggregating profile data across many shopping trips over time can then be used to generate analytics regarding the shopper's behavior regarding switching between products or brands and whether the shopper's purchase decisions occurred at-shelf or pre-shelf. Further, the data can be aggregated across many shoppers The analysis can then be used to make recommendations to manufacturers or retailers about how to influence shoppers to switch to a brand from a competitor, or to prevent a shopper from switching to a competitor. A deployment of cameras and mobile signal sensors can be utilized to recognize shoppers and track their behavior. Demographics information can also be estimated about the tracked shoppers. The visual and mobile signal trajectories can be fused to form a single shopper trajectory, then associated with Point of Sale (PoS) data. This results in a dataset describing the shopping trip for each tracked shopper.
US10354261B2	Systems and methods for virtual environment construction for behavioral research Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for behavioral research. In some embodiments, a simulated environment may be created. The simulated environment may be displayed to a user on a proprietary display device which utilizes a proprietary data format for storing the simulated environment. Multiple different types of proprietary devices may be supported by providing a hardware agnostic canvas and translation logic. The hardware agnostic canvas may be stored in a neutral format that is not specific to a proprietary display device. The translation logic may translate the hardware agnostic canvas into a format that is interpretably by a proprietary display device, and may translate data gathered from the proprietary display device into a hardware neutral format for further analysis.
US10354258B2	System, method, and apparatus for integrating real world and virtual world advertising and marketing, which includes a coupon exchange option The present invention relates to the use of Free Delivery to create a new system, method, and apparatus for delivering uniquely identified hard copy advertising and marketing materials to a consumer, which includes a system, method, and apparatus for Coupon Exchange, in which the coupon may be a hard copy or soft copy, which includes a uniquely identified bar code or other uniquely identified machine readable code, or which may be configured as a structured or semi-structured electronic message.
US10354256B1	Avatar based customer service interface with human support agent A method and system are provided that provide an avatar based customer service experience with a human support agent. The methods and systems receive, from a customer computing (CC) device, a request for assistance fulfillable by one of a plurality of support agents. The methods and systems launch an avatar-based exchange that includes receiving customer issue definition (CID) information from the CC device regarding the request for assistance, defining a virtual character to be presented on the CC device; and providing pre-recorded support (PRS) content based on the CID information. The PRS content is presented in combination with animation of the virtual character. The methods and systems select a support agent, and transition a basis for the avatar-based exchange from the PRS content to support agent content such that the support agent communicates with the customer through the virtual character animated on the CC device.
US10354253B2	System and method for identity protection using mobile device signaling network derived location pattern recognition A system and method for recognizing patterns in wireless device locations using wireless device location data derived from a communications signaling network is provided. By using wireless network supported signaling operations and messages, location data concerning the whereabouts of wireless devices, and hence wireless device users, may be obtained. The location data derived from communications signaling network may be statistically analyzed to reveal potential geographic patterns that may indicate meaningful behaviors of the purported users of the wireless devices.
US10354251B1	Assigning risk levels to electronic commerce transactions Systems, methods, and computer readable media for identifying irregular electronic commerce transactions are provided. A server is configured to receive a request for a risk level associated with electronic commerce transactions. The sever accesses a communications account associated with a user who initiated the electronic commerce transaction. The user may initiate the electronic commerce transaction on a wireless device. The server accesses the communication patterns, payment patterns, and voice patterns of the communications account for the wireless device. If changes in the communication, payment, or voice patterns of wireless device are detected, the server assigns a high or medium risk level to the electronic commerce transaction. If the server is unable to identify the pattern change, the assigned risk level of the electronic commerce transaction is low. The assigned risk levels are received by a transaction processor and may influence a rate charged for processing the electronic commerce transaction.
US10354250B2	Merchant configured advertised incentives funded through statement credits An advertised incentive system receives advertised incentive configuration information provided by a merchant. The advertised incentive configuration information defines the content of advertised incentive banners. The advertised incentive banners are provided as needed to merchants to display on the merchant's website. Advertised incentive registration information is received from an account holder after the account holder interacts with the advertised incentive banner. Transaction information is received that contains a qualified purchase made by the account holder. The advertised incentive registration and the qualified purchase are matched. A statement credit is issued against the account holder's account and a debit is issued against the merchant's account in the amount of the statement credit.
US10354249B2	Method and system for processing secure offline transactions This application discloses a method implemented at a server to facilitate secure offline transactions. The server receives, from a client device, an authorization request that includes a user identifier, first financial account information and a secure code. The server authenticates the authorization request, and sends a first transaction approval to the client device. Then, in accordance with the information received in the authorization request, the server facilitates a secure transaction between the client device and a point-of-sale (POS) machine while the client device is offline. Specifically, the server receives, from the POS machine, a transaction request that includes at least the user identifier and the security code. The server retrieves the first financial account information from a memory according to the user identifier and the security code, performs a transaction operation associated with the first financial account information, and sends a second transaction approval to the POS machine.
US10354248B2	Currency conversion system and method A system and method for converting the amount of a transaction at a POS terminal from a local currency used by a merchant to an alternative currency (e.g., the home currency of the card). Card currency data obtained from a financial card is provided to a remote currency conversion system. The POS terminal determines whether a chip card is being used for the transaction, and if it is, card currency data on the card is accessed. The cardholder is provided a choice of completing the transaction using either the local currency or the home currency. On the other hand, if a card with a magnetic stripe is being used for the transaction, card number information on the magnetic stripe is used to determine possible home currencies and receive a selection from the cardholder of one of the possible home currencies or the local currency.
US10354246B1	Cash transaction machine Introduced is a technology for withdrawing cash from a cash transaction machine (CTM) by use of a mobile payment application installed on a mobile device of a consumer user (“the CTM technology”). Briefly described, the CTM technology enables a consumer user to identify one or more CTMs from which to withdraw cash by using his/her mobile device (e.g., a smartphone) as a “virtual” card. A particular CTM can be a conventional ATM or a POS system at a merchant's place of business. The user can use a mobile payment application installed on the user's mobile device to identify any nearby CTMs, request a withdrawal amount from a particular CTM from the identified nearby CTMs, receive a transaction code specific to that particular CTM, and physically obtain, or collect, the cash representative of the withdrawal amount at that particular CTM using the transaction code.
US10354240B2	Multi-directional wallet connector apparatuses, methods and systems The MULTI-DIRECTIONAL WALLET CONNECTOR APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“W-CONNECTOR”) facilitates the enrollment of payment accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet. The consumer may be logged into their payment account issuer's web site and designate one or more payment accounts for enrollment in a virtual wallet. The issuer may then share account, billing and/or other relevant information with the virtual wallet provider to facilitate the enrollment of the designated payment accounts in the virtual wallet. The W-CONNECTOR may also be configured to facilitate the creation and funding of pre-paid accounts in a consumer's virtual wallet.
US10354239B1	Data aggregation and presentation system In some embodiments, a method to generate a user interface for a subscription management system may include receiving first order data relating to a first subscription offering, receiving second order data related to a second subscription offering, combining the first and second order data into a subscription data structure that, calculating a combined one-time payment amount for both the first and second subscription offerings based on the quantity data, calculating a combined periodic monthly subscription payment amount for both the first and the second subscription offerings based on the quantity and period data, and/or causing presentation of both the combined one-time payment amount and the combined monthly subscription payment amount in the user interface for the subscription management system.
US10354238B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores first data indicating an overview of billing or payment of money regarding a user, and second data indicating a specification of at least a part of the first data; a first generating unit that generates first image information which represents the first data before a request for the first image information being input; and a second generating unit that generates second image information which represents the second data in response to a request for the second image information being input.
US10354234B2	System and method for single point of entry deposit Described is a method and system for single point deposit of checks. First, a computer scans each of a plurality of checks to generate digitized images thereof, the plurality of checks including at least one of non-consumer checks and consumer checks. After scanning the checks, the computer generates a master file including a record for each check which includes the digitized image of the corresponding check and a data portion including data obtained from a MICR line of the corresponding check. Once the masterfile is created, it is sorted into first and second sub-files based on the digitized images and/or the data portions. The first sub-file includes only the non-consumer checks and the second sub-file includes the consumer checks. The records of the first sub-file are processed according to a non-consumer check procedure. The records of the second sub-file are processed according to a consumer check procedure or the non-consumer check procedure.
US10354232B2	Systems and methods for object identification and pricing for waste removal and transport services The disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for automated object identification and pricing for waste removal and transport services. In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosure relates to utilizing a mobile device to capture a scene with items requiring removal and/or transport, and performing object and spatial recognition on objects in the scene to provide a cost for service on the objects.
US10354230B1	Automatic determination of rental car term associated with a vehicle collision repair incident One or more devices in an accident detection and recovery computing system may be configured to determine that vehicle accidents have occurred, collect and analyze accident characteristics and other related data, and providing customized accident recovery services. Mobile computing devices, alone or in combination with vehicle-based systems and external devices, may detect accidents or receive accident indication data. After determining that an accident has occurred, mobile computing devices and/or vehicle-based systems may be configured to determine accident characteristics, and then determine the damages or potential damages resulting from the accident. With an estimated assessment of damage, an accurate estimated of the amount of time to repair the damaged vehicle may be calculated, thus an automatic determination of the amount of time a user may need a rental car during the vehicle collision repair may occur.
US10354229B2	Method and system for centralized contact management Disclosed is a method and system for managing contacts for a communication system by storing contact information in a centralized storage system and permitting receiving users to access the centralized contact information storage system using a token passed with communications from a sending user. The communications system may be a trusted network with trusted sending and receiving members. Each communications system member provides contact information the member may wish to make available to other parties. The member may also create a policy defining which contact information may be made available to different classes of users. A member of the communications system generates a message to send to a receiving user. A token that identifies the sending user to the communications system is embedded into the message to be sent to the receiving user. The receiving user, after identifying the message as a message containing a token, may request contact information for the sending user from the communications system using the token identifying the sending user to the communication system. The communication system delivers a subset of the sending user's contact information to the receiving user based on the sending user's contact information and policy definitions stored in the centralized contact information storage system of the communication systems. The system and method are especially adaptable to e-mail communications, but other forms of electronic communications may also be included in an embodiment, either solely or in combination.
US10354227B2	Generating document review workflows The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing electronic documents. For example, systems and methods described herein provide an electronic document owner with an analysis of one or more potential recipient's availability to review and sign the electronic document. Additionally, systems and methods described herein schedule the review and signing of an electronic document for a recipient such that the recipient does not miss the signing deadline for the electronic document.
US10354226B1	Systems and methods for capturing, predicting and suggesting user preferences in a digital huddle environment A systems and method for capturing, predicting and suggesting user preferences in a huddle collaboration environment is disclosed. The disclosed method may store user interaction between different modules of the huddle collaboration environment in the database. A data processing module may then compare the data from a single user or from different users in order to determine patterns or similarities which may indicate a preference to specific configurations on the system. The system may then suggest configuration according to the needs or preferences of the user or apply them automatically to the huddle collaboration environment.
US10354223B2	Systems, devices, and methods for machine reading Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for reading machine readable features of objects. A local terminal generates a temporary object number corresponding to an unreadable object and captures an image of the unreadable object. A message is sent to a number of portable devices requesting that a duplicate of the unreadable object be located and that a machine readable feature on the duplicate object be read. Once a duplicate object is located, one of the portable devices reads a machine readable feature on the duplicate object, and the portable device calls a service offered by a server to retrieve a data value corresponding to the duplicate item from a database. This data value is then sent to the local terminal invoking a service offered by the terminal to replace the temporary object number with the data value corresponding to the duplicate item.
US10354222B2	Product tracking system Systems, methods and tools for tracking the amounts of merchandise being displayed or available for sale in a retail environment using measurements of air displacement caused by the movement of customers, employees and shopping carts throughout a retail environment. The disclosed embodiments may position air displacement sensors throughout a store and near the products being offered for sale. As the merchandise is removed by customers, a greater amount of air may be measured. Embodiments of each sensor device may be calibrated with a maximum threshold measurement of air displacement corresponding to the amount of merchandise surrounding the sensor. After enough of the products have been removed from the surrounding proximity of the sensor, the maximum threshold of air displacement may be reached, wherein upon exceeding the maximum threshold of air displacement a signal may be sent alerting employees to restock the specified merchandise proximate to the sensor's location.
US10354221B2	Method and system for progressive picking A method and storage and picking system for progressive picking of articles in accordance with new orders which define ordered articles with regard to a respectively ordered article type including an associated quantity, characterized by a picking warehouse in which a plurality of different article types are stored, the different article types forming an article assortment, wherein the picking warehouse has a storage capacity ensuring a picking range of several days; a picking station for conventionally picking articles stored in the picking warehouse; a buffer warehouse in which selected article types are stored in storage units, and which has a storage capacity ensuring a picking range of a few days, wherein the buffer warehouse is filled by the selected article types, which substantially originate from the picking warehouse, in accordance with a filling order which is redetermined based on data of old orders representing completed picking orders, and which defines the selected article types including associated quantities thereof, wherein the data of the old orders comprise ordered article types including associated quantities as well as associated order times thereof; a picking control; and at least one work station and a consolidation-buffer device, wherein the work station is connected to the buffer warehouse, and wherein, at the work station, the ordered articles are taken from the storage units, and are packed, or are taken and delivered to the consolidation-buffer device; wherein the picking control is configured for cyclic generation of the filling order, wherein the generation comprises the following steps: selecting the article types, which have been ordered frequently and in greater amounts in the past, for the buffer warehouse from the data of the old orders; determining article-type-specific buffer quantities for each of the selected article types; and generating the filling order, which defines the selected article types including the associated buffer quantities thereof.
US10354219B1	Process for selecting an order in an Item-on-Demand order selection system An order selection process is provided for the selecting of a plurality of a predetermined item or items from a stocked picking location in an order selection system. This process includes a method for converting a computer generated order selection form (pick ticket), a method and device for reading the order selection form (pick ticket), and a method for communication with a plurality of discharge conveyors.
US10354213B1	Natural experiment finder system and method The methods and systems described herein attempt to address the above-mentioned need by providing an algorithm and software capability to automatically detect and assess “natural experiments” that exist in any underlying dataset. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for identifying an experiment to use in an analysis of a business initiative comprises storing, by a computer, a set of historical data regarding entities in a business network; receiving, by the computer, a selection of inputs for the historical data; detecting, by the computer, a natural experiment based upon changes in the historical data; and outputting, by the computer, a report of a detected experiment from the historical data.
US10354210B2	Quality prediction A set of predicted binary quality indexes is created from a sample set of application lifecycle information and customer encountered defects (CED) for each module id and revision (rev) pair for each application. Normalized effort and quality related factors are extracted for each module id and rev pair of each application. A binary quality index is created based on a set of weighted CED ratings for each module id and rev pair of each application. A prediction model for the binary quality index is created by training a decision tree-based classifier with the sample set to create a set of prediction weights for each effort and quality factor. The set of prediction weights is applied to the effort and quality related factors to each module id and rev pair of an application under-development to create the set of predicted binary quality indexes.
US10354209B2	Service providing system and log information providing method A service providing system provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network. The service providing system is constituted by at least one information processing apparatus. The service providing system includes at least one log information storage unit configured to store log information relating to the service provided to the service usage device, in association with organization identification information of the service usage device; an organization information storage unit configured to store a standard time of an organization identified by the organization identification information; and a log information providing unit configured to collect the log information from the log information storage unit based on the organization identification information, correct time and date information included in the log information according to the standard time of the organization identified by the organization identification information, and subsequently provide the log information to a request source of the log information.
US10354208B2	System and method for defining run books In a computing environment, metadata may be used to define common aspects such as verbs, policies, categories and variables of run book procedures. Variable data of the procedures may be stored in application files. A procedure may be generated by retrieving a pre-defined metadata definition of a procedure from a metadata database and an application file for the procedure that contains the variable data for the procedure. The metadata and the variable data may be formatted into a procedure which may be incorporated into a run book and/or transmitted to an external machine for execution of the procedure.
US10354206B2	Determining host preferences for accommodation listings Methods and systems for determining the preferences of hosts offering accommodations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an online booking system models the preferences of hosts based on statistical relationships between features of previously received accommodation reservation requests and the acceptance of those reservation requests by the hosts. In particular, the system classifies reservation requests based on several features—a reservation request either possesses a feature or does not possess a feature. The preference of a host for a particular request feature is modeled based on the relationship between the reservation requests that possess the feature and the reservation requests that are accepted by the host.
US10354204B2	Machine learning predictive labeling system A computing device automatically classifies an observation vector. A label set defines permissible values for a target variable. Supervised data includes a labeled subset that has one of the permissible values. A converged classification matrix is computed based on the supervised data and an unlabeled subset using a prior class distribution matrix that includes a row for each observation vector. Each column is associated with a single permissible value of the label set. A cell value in each column is a likelihood that each associated permissible value of the label set occurs based on prior class distribution information. The value of the target variable is selected using the converged classification matrix. A weighted classification label distribution matrix is computed from the converged classification matrix. The value of the target variable for each observation vector of the plurality of observation vectors is output to a labeled dataset.
US10354203B1	Systems and methods for continuous active machine learning with document review quality monitoring Systems and methods for monitoring the quality of document reviews used in continuous active machine learning are described herein. Two orthogonal processes may be run simultaneously, asynchronously, and continuously. The first process performs continuous active machine learning for training machine classification models. The second process classifies documents that have been reviewed as part of the first process to generate classification scores of the reviewed documents. The original review may be compared to the classification scores using false negative and a false positive thresholds to identify documents that may have been incorrectly reviewed. A master review of identified documents is used to correct original reviews that were incorrect. Original incorrect reviews may be replaced in a training corpus by corrected reviews, and the models may be retrained using the corrected reviews.
US10354201B1	Scalable clustering for mixed machine learning data A number of attributes of different attribute types, to be used to assign observation records of a data set to clusters, are identified. Attribute-type-specific distance metrics for the attributes, which can be combined to obtain a normalized aggregated distance of an observation record from a cluster representative, are selected. One or more iterations of a selected clustering methodology are implemented on the data set using resources of a machine learning service until targeted termination criteria are met. A given iteration includes assigning the observations to clusters of a current version of a clustering model based on the aggregated distances from the cluster representatives of the current version, and updating the cluster representatives to generate a new version of the clustering model.
US10354199B2	Transductive adaptation of classifiers without source data A classification method includes receiving a collection of samples, each sample comprising a multidimensional feature representation. A class label prediction for each sample in the collection is generated with one or more pretrained classifiers. For at least one iteration, each multidimensional feature representation is augmented with a respective class label prediction to form an augmented representation, a set of corrupted samples is generated from the augmented representations, and a transformation that minimizes a reconstruction error for the set of corrupted samples is learned. An adapted class label prediction for at least one of the samples in the collection is generated using the learned transformation and information is output, based on the adapted class label prediction. The method is useful in predicting labels for target samples where there is no access to source domain samples that are used to train the classifier and no access to target domain training data.
US10354198B1	Fast quantum gates with first-order transitions via frequency-modulated tunable coupling element Techniques relate to operating a quantum processing device is provided. The device includes at least two fixed-frequency quantum circuits coupled to a frequency-tunable coupler. The frequency of the coupler can be modulated so as to drive at least two selectively addressable energy transitions in the quantum processing device. The method includes modulating the frequency of the coupler so as to drive two first-order energy transitions. This is done so as to transfer (at least partly) an excitation of one of the quantum circuits to at least another one of the quantum circuits, via the tunable coupler. Related quantum processing devices are also provided.
US10354196B2	Machine fault modelling Systems, methods, non-transitory computer readable media can be configured to access a plurality of sensor logs corresponding to a first machine, each sensor log spanning at least a first period. Access first computer readable logs corresponding to the first machine, each computer readable log spanning at least the first period, the computer readable logs comprising a maintenance log comprising a plurality of maintenance task objects, each maintenance task object comprising a time and a maintenance task type. Determine a set of statistical metrics derived from the sensor logs; determine a set of log metrics derived from the computer readable logs. Determine, using a risk model that receives the statistical metrics and log metrics as inputs, fault probabilities or risk scores indicative of one or more fault types occurring in the first machine within a second period.
US10354191B2	Linguistic goal oriented decision making A method of attaining a linguistic goal output of a process using a linguistic goal oriented decision making system, comprising setting the output value to a linguistic goal, and establishing a set of descriptive rules using historical data, wherein each descriptive rule has at least one variable, a decision variable, and at least one linguistic output value. The method further comprises grouping the set of descriptive rules into subsets of descriptive rules according to the linguistic output value of each descriptive rule and establishing decision rules based on comparing the grouped subsets of descriptive rules, the one or more decision rules describing a modification of a decision variable associated with at least one of the descriptive rules to affect the process.
US10354189B2	Electrophysiological detection systems and methods A system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises at least two electrodes communicatively coupled to a bio-organism. The system further comprises a data acquisition device coupled to the electrodes for receiving analog signals indicative of voltage potential differences in the bio-organism. In addition, the system comprises logic configured to compare a fast Fourier transform (FFT) signature of the signals received with an FFT signature of a bio-organism known to be healthy to determine whether the bio-organism has a particular disease.
US10354188B2	Extracting facts from unstructured information A computer-implemented technique is described herein for extracting facts from unstructured text documents provided by one or more information sources. The technique uses a pipeline to perform this operation that involves, at least in part, providing a corpus of information items, extracting candidate facts from the information items, merging synonymous argument values associated with the candidate facts, organizing the candidate facts into relation clusters, and assessing the confidence level of the candidate facts within the relation clusters.
US10354186B2	Modifying computational graphs Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modifying a computational graph to include send and receive nodes. Communication between unique devices performing operations of different subgraphs of the computational graph can be handled efficiently by inserting send and receive nodes into each subgraph. When executed, the operations that these send and receive nodes represent may enable pairs of unique devices to conduct communication with each other in a self-sufficient manner. This shifts the burden of coordinating communication away from the backend, which affords the system that processes this computational graph representation the opportunity to perform one or more other processes while devices are executing subgraphs.
US10354183B2	Power-driven synthesis under latency constraints Embodiments of the present invention relate to meeting latency constraints in a multi-core neurosynaptic network. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of and computer program product for power-driven synthesis under latency constraints is provided. Power consumption of a neurosynaptic network is modeled as wire length. The neurosynaptic network comprises a plurality of neurosynaptic cores. Each of the plurality of neurosynaptic cores is modeled as a node in a placement graph. The graph has a plurality of edges. A weight is assigned to each of the plurality of edges based on a spike frequency. An arrangement of the neurosynaptic cores is determined. The arrangement comprises a length of each of the plurality of edges. A maximum length is compared to the length of each of the plurality of edges. The weight of at least one of the plurality of edges is increased where the length is greater than the maximum length.
US10354182B2	Identifying relevant content items using a deep-structured neural network A computer-implemented technique is described herein for identifying one or more content items that are relevant to an input linguistic item (e.g., an input query) using a deep-structured neural network, trained based on a corpus of click-through data. The input linguistic item has a collection of input tokens. The deep-structured neural network includes a first part that produces word embeddings associated with the respective input tokens, a second part that generates state vectors that capture context information associated with the input tokens, and a third part which distinguishes important parts of the input linguistic item from less important parts. The second part of the deep-structured neural network can be implemented as a recurrent neural network, such as a bi-directional neural network. The third part of the deep-structured neural network can generate a concept vector by forming a weighted sum of the state vectors.
US10354181B2	Identification module An identification module for mobile objects, in particular hand-held power tools, includes a housing, a transponder, and a stored energy source. The housing has a mechanism configured to arrange and/or fasten the identification module to a mobile device. The transponder has a data memory and a radio module. The memory is configured to store identification data, and the radio module is configured to send the identification data. The stored energy source is configured to power the transponder. The housing has a chamber, an opening into the chamber, and a lid configured to close the opening. The opening is configured so as to enable the stored energy source to be removably arranged in the chamber via the opening.
US10354180B2	Wood inlay card and method for making the same A transaction card construction and a method for making a transaction card are provided for improving card performance. The transaction card construction comprises an inlay component comprising wood and a housing component. The inlay may comprise a wood or wood-containing layer and a backer layer. The backer layer may comprise the same or a different wood or wood-containing layer, or a non-woven fiber material.
US10354178B2	Pallet mesh network The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a pallet embedded with an electronic device to track and manage items during shipping. Such an electronic device can receive and store shipment information associated with a pallet associated with the electronic device and/or a nearby pallet. The shipment information can include an identifier associated with the pallet. The electronic device can then attempt a connection on a first wireless interface such as a low power and short range interface. If the electronic device determines that the first wireless interface is inappropriate for a connection, it can try a second wireless interface (such as a higher power and long range interface). The electronic device can then connect on the second wireless interface and send the shipment information.
US10354174B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and method of controlling image forming apparatus An image forming system capable of preserving appropriate density-gradation characteristics and color output characteristics. An image processing apparatus for executing second calibration is connected to an image forming apparatus for executing first calibration. When an instruction for executing the second calibration in succession to execution of the first calibration is received, the image processing apparatus transmits an inhibition command for inhibiting a print operation to the image forming apparatus, and shifts to an inhibition mode. The image processing apparatus transmits a cancel command for canceling inhibition of the print operation to the image forming apparatus. Even when an instruction for executing the job is received, the image processing apparatus does not transmit the job to the image forming apparatus during the inhibition mode.
US10354168B2	Systems and methods for recognizing characters in digitized documents Methods and systems are provided for end-to-end text recognition in digitized documents of handwritten characters over multiple lines without explicit line segmentation. An image is received. Based on the image, one or more feature maps are determined. Each of the one or more feature maps include one or more feature vectors. Based at least in part on the one or more feature maps, one or more scalar scores are determined. Based on the one or more scalar scores, one or more attention weights are determined. By applying the one or more attention weights to each of the one or more feature vectors, one or more image summary vectors are determined. Based at least in part on the one or more image summary vectors, one or more handwritten characters are determined.
US10354167B2	Systems and methods to distinguish between features depicted in images Systems and methods of distinguishing between feature depicted in an image are presented herein. Information defining an image may be obtained. The image may include visual content comprising an array of pixels. The array may include pixel rows. An identification of a pixel row in an image may be obtained. Distances of individual pixels and/or groups of pixels from the identified row of pixels may be determined. Parameter values for a set of pixel parameters of individual pixels of the image may be determined. Based on one or more of the distances from the identified row of pixels, parameter values of one or more pixel parameters, and/or other information, individual pixels and/or groups of pixels may be classified as one of a plurality of image features.
US10354165B2	Apparatus for detecting afterimage candidate region and apparatus including the same for preventing afterimage An apparatus for detecting an afterimage candidate region includes: a comparison unit which compares gradation data of an n-th frame with integrated gradation data of an (n−1)-th frame and generates integrated gradation data of the n-th frame, where n is a natural number; a memory which provides the integrated gradation data of the (n−1)-th frame to the comparison unit and stores the integrated gradation data of the n-th frame; and an afterimage candidate region detection unit which detects an afterimage candidate region based on the integrated gradation data of the n-th frame, where each of the integrated gradation data of the n-th frame and the integrated gradation data of the (n−1)-th frame comprises a comparison region and a gradation region.
US10354163B2	Enhanced computer vision using object location information Systems and methods for an enhanced computer vision module are presented. The system receives host locating information, and determines a position and a location of the host based on the host locating information. The system determines a field of view (FOV) of the host based on the host locating information, and controls a camera associated with the host that is configured to record a video stream comprising the FOV. The system and method provide an improvement over conventional computer vision (CV) systems by utilizing object locating information that is transmitted, and also by keeping a storage table of learned and fixed objects. The provided system and method improve the efficiency of object recognition and computer aided maintenance (CAM).
US10354161B2	Detecting font size in a digital image The present disclosure relates to optical character recognition, and more specifically techniques for detecting font size in a digital image. Accordingly to one embodiment, a client device receives a digital image of a document having one or more textual components. The client device finds one or more contours bounding the one or more textual components in the digital image of the document. The client device detects a font size for text contained in the digital image using the one or more contours. The client device extracts the text from the digital image upon detecting that the detected font size is above a defined threshold value.
US10354157B2	Controlling host vehicle based on detection of a one-way road Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, a system for detecting whether a road on which a host vehicle travels is a one-way road may include at least one processing device. The processing device may be programmed to receive at least one image associated with an environment of the host vehicle, identify a first plurality of vehicles on a first side of the road, identify a second plurality of vehicles on a second side of the road, determine a first facing direction associated with the first plurality of vehicles, determine a second facing direction associated with the second plurality of vehicles, and cause at least one navigational change of the host vehicle when the first facing direction and the second facing direction are both opposite to a heading direction of the host vehicle.
US10354156B2	Limiting speed display device for vehicle A limiting speed display device for vehicle includes a position information receiver, map display device for displaying map image, imaging device, display device for road sign image, limiting speed information determining device, road attribute information determining device, country information acquiring device, limiting speed estimation device, and limiting speed display device. The limiting speed estimation device estimates limiting speed for the road based on country information and road attribute information when the limiting speed information determining device determines that the limiting speed information is not included and the road attribute information determining device determines that the road attribute information is included.
US10354153B2	Display controller, display control method, and recording medium storing program A display controller, a display control method, and a recording medium storing a program. The display controller and the display control method include receiving foreground data used to recognize an object existing ahead of a vehicle in a direction of travel, receiving line-of-vision data from which line of vision of a driver of the vehicle is obtained, recognizing a prescribed object in the foreground data, determining whether the recognized prescribed object meets prescribed conditions, determining a range of central vision and a range of peripheral vision in the foreground data, using the line-of-vision data, determining in which one of the range of central vision and the range of peripheral vision the prescribed object that is determined to meet the prescribed conditions exists, and controlling a display of a notification for the prescribed object differently according to a result of the determining. The recording medium executes the above display control method.
US10354151B2	Method of detecting obstacle around vehicle Disclosed is a method of detecting obstacle around a vehicle. The method of detecting an obstacle around a vehicle, includes: acquiring an image of the obstacle around the vehicle using a monocular camera; creating, by a controller, a distance based cost map, a color based cost map and an edge based cost map from the image; and integrating, by the controller, the distance based cost map, the color based cost map, and the edge based cost map to create a final cost map, and estimating, by the controller, a height of the obstacle from the final cost map.
US10354147B2	Method of data visualization and data sorting A method of displaying data in a data visualization computing system is described. Various methods of displaying the data are described including using a timeline, the data being aggregated based on time periods wherein the timeline consists of a plurality of time period sizes, the current selected time period covering the smallest time period, the period furthest on the timeline from the current selected period covering the largest time period, the timeline consisting of at least one time period of each time period size. Also described are improved methods of data selection and display.
US10354144B2	Video camera scene translation This document describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for video camera scene translation. In some implementations, a computing device accesses a first video that shows a first 2D scene of an environment; defines a trip wire at a first position of the first 2D scene; obtains a 3D model of at least a portion of the environment shown in the first 2D scene; maps the trip wire from the first position of the first 2D scene to a first position of the 3D model that corresponds to the first position of the first 2D scene; accesses a second video that shows a second 2D scene of the environment; and projects the trip wire from the first position of the 3D model to a first position of the second 2D scene that corresponds to a same location in the environment as the first position of the first 2D scene.
US10354143B2	Method and system for comparing video shots A method (100) for comparing a first video shot (Vs1) comprising a first set of first images (I1(s)) with a second video shot (Vs2) comprising a second set of second images (I2(t)), at least one between the first and the second set comprising at least two images. The method comprises pairing (110) each first image of the first set with each second image of the second set to form a plurality of images pairs (IP(m)), and, for each image pair, carrying out the operations a)-g): a) identifying (120) first interest points in the first image and second interest points in the second image; b) associating (120) first interest points with corresponding second interest points in order to form corresponding interest point matches; c) for each pair of first interest points, calculating (130) the distance therebetween for obtaining a corresponding first length; d) for each pair of second interest points, calculating (130) the distance therebetween for obtaining a corresponding second length; e) calculating a plurality of distance ratios (130), each distance ratio corresponding to a selected pair of interest point matches and being based on a ratio of a first term and a second term or on a ratio of the second term and the first term, said first term corresponding to the distance between the first interest points of said pair of interest point matches and said second term corresponding to the distance between the second interest points of said pair of interest point matches; f) computing (140) a first representation of the statistical distribution of the plurality of calculated distance ratios; g) computing (150) a second representation of the statistical distribution of distance ratios obtained under the hypothesis that all the interest point matches in the image pair are outliers. The method further comprises generating (160) a first global representation of the statistical distribution of the plurality of calculated distance ratios computed for all the image pairs based on the first representations of all the image pairs; generating (170) a second global representation of the statistical distribution of distance ratios obtained under the hypothesis that all the interest point matches in all the image pairs are outliers based on the second representations of all the image pairs; comparing (180) said first global representation with said second global representation, and assessing (190) whether the first video shot contains a view of an object depicted in the second video shot based on said comparison.
US10354142B2	Method for holographic elements detection in video stream A method for detecting holographic elements in a video stream containing images in the form of documents includes: processing of a video stream in which the document image is stabilized; constructing saturation and color tone maps; analyzing color characteristics in image regions; constructing histograms of color characteristics; estimating a change in the color characteristics at least in part based on data obtained by calculating a difference between the histograms of a current and a previous frame; constructing an integrated map of hologram presence estimates by combining calculated estimates for all video stream frames based at least in part on the estimation of the change in color characteristics; and determining final regions of the holographic elements based at least in part on the integrated map of the hologram presence estimates.
US10354140B2	Video noise reduction for video augmented reality system Video noise reduction for a video augmented reality system is provided. A head mounted display includes a display unit; a camera for generating frames of display data. A frame store is provided for storing previous frames of displayed information that was sent to the display unit; and a motion processor is provided in communication with the camera, display unit, and the frame store. The motion processor is operable to: identify an area of interest in a current frame of display data; match the area of interest to similar areas in previous frames stored in the frame store; rotate and translate the matched areas of interest from the one or more previous frames stored in the frame store to match the area of interest in the current frame; and average the prior matched areas of interest with the current area of interest to generate a displayed area of interest.
US10354139B1	Generating and utilizing spatial affordances for an object in robotics applications Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating spatial affordances for an object, in an environment of a robot, and utilizing the generated spatial affordances in one or more robotics applications directed to the object. Various implementations relate to applying vision data as input to a trained machine learning model, processing the vision data using the trained machine learning model to generate output defining one or more spatial affordances for an object captured by the vision data, and controlling one or more actuators of a robot based on the generated output. Various implementations additionally or alternatively relate to training such a machine learning model.
US10354136B2	Head mounted eye tracking device and method for providing drift free eye tracking through a lens system The invention relates to a method and a head mounted eye tracking device (10a, 10b) for determining at least a feature of an eye (12), wherein the eye tracking device (10a, 10b) comprises a capturing device (C) for capturing light reflected by the eye (12) and an optical component (14; E, E1, En, E2) capable of altering a propagation direction of the light passing through the optical component (14; E, E1, En, E2). The eye tracking device (10a, 10b) is configured such that when fixed to the head of the user the light captured by the capturing device (C) has passed through the optical component (14; E, E1, En, E2) and constitutes at least part of an image and the feature is determined on the basis of the image in dependency of an information about a relative position between the eye (12) and the head mounted eye tracking device (10a, 10b).
US10354133B2	Method for structural analysis and recognition of handwritten mathematical formula in natural scene image The present method includes: transforming a gray matrix of a natural scene image into a local contrast matrix, and performing a binary division to the obtained local contrast matrix using an Otsu method, thereby obtaining a binary matrix; performing a connected domain analysis to the binary matrix, eliminating non-character connected domains to obtain character connected domains; performing a detection of elements of a special structure of a formula to the character connected domains using a correlation coefficient method, and separately annotating all the detected elements of the special structure: dividing rows of the binary matrix by means of horizontal projection; recognizing each character connected domain by means of a convolutional neural network; defining an output sequence, and outputting the results of recognition in a corresponding sequence according to a typesetting format of LaTeX.
US10354131B2	Product information outputting method, control device, and computer-readable recording medium A product information outputting method includes: detecting that a hand of a person is present in a first area that is set according to a position of a product; and when the hand of the person is not detected in any one of the first area and a second area and the product is not detected in a product detection area after presence of the hand was detected based on the detecting, determining that the product has been moved out of the product detection area, the second area containing the first area, the product detection area set according to the position.
US10354130B2	Image recognition method, image recognition apparatus, and recording medium An image recognition method for an image recognition apparatus includes detecting, setting, acquiring, selecting, and specifying. At least one part of an identification target is selected from an identification target image. An inquiry region is set based on the detected part. A feature amount of the set inquiry region is acquired. At least one instance image corresponding to the identification target image is selected based on the acquired feature amount. A specific region of the identification target from the identification target image is specified based on the selected instance image.
US10354126B1	Access control through multi-factor image authentication A method and system for authenticating users accessing financial accounts from user terminals via multi-factor image authentication. The system includes an authentication server and a user terminal. The method captures a first facial image of a user and compares this image with stored facial recognition credentials. The method prompts the user via a facial gesture cue to make a facial gesture, captures a second facial image of the user, and compares the second image with stored facial gesture credentials. The user is authorized to perform a transaction in the event the first facial image matches a facial recognition credential for an authorized account, and the second facial image matches a facial gesture credential associated with the authorized account. Facial gesture credentials may be based upon static gestures or dynamic gestures, and may be overt or secret. An additional authentication factor may employ a secondary biometric sensor.
US10354124B2	Electronic apparatus and controlling method for improve the image quality preference of skin area An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes an input comprising input circuitry configured to receive an image and a processor configured to detect a skin area from the image to acquire information on a pixel value of a pixel included in the skin area, to acquire information on characteristics of the skin area based on a face area in the skin area, and to process image quality of the skin area based on the information on the pixel value and the information on the characteristics of the skin area. As a result, it is possible to reduce the image distortion of the skin area occurring when only the analysis of the quantitative elements is performed and to improve the image quality preference of the skin area based on the analysis of the qualitative elements in addition to the quantitative elements.
US10354121B2	Method for verifying the veracity of a finger Provided is a method for verifying the veracity of a finger by a verification device including a projection device projecting a pattern of parallel lines orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the finger, a capture device capturing an image of the finger and of the pattern, and a processing unit. The method includes: an illumination step in which the projection device illuminates the finger with the pattern; a contactless capture step in which the capture device captures a pattern image of the projected pattern; a fringe-extraction step in which the processing unit extracts fringes from the pattern image; a feature-calculation step in which the processing unit calculates a feature relating to the physical structure of the fringes; a comparison step during which the processing unit compares the calculated feature with reference values; and a decision-making step in which the processing unit makes a decision regarding the veracity of the finger.
US10354119B2	Pixel module and fingerprint identification system A pixel module and a fingerprint identification system are provided. The pixel module includes: a top-layer electrode, configured to receive a contact of a finger, a contact capacitance being formed between the top-layer electrode and the finger; a pixel circuit, configured to detect a capacitance value of the contact capacitance; and a resistor, coupled between the top-layer electrode and the pixel circuit. The pixel module suppresses the electrostatic current formed by the electrostatic charges, thereby achieving the effect of electrostatic protection.
US10354116B2	Optical fingerprint sensor with scattered light image detection A method and apparatus for authenticating a fingerprint image captured through an optical sensor. For at least some embodiments, light scattering characteristics associated with a fingerprint are determined and compared to a reference light scattering characteristic. The fingerprint is authenticated when the light scattering characteristics are within a threshold difference of the reference light scattering characteristic. For some embodiments, the light scattering characteristics associated with the fingerprint are compared to light scattering characteristics associated with one or more reference (enrollment) images. For at least some embodiments, the light scattering characteristics may be based on a correlation value based on identified pixels and one or more pixels neighboring the identified pixel.
US10354114B2	Fingerprint sensor in InFO structure and formation method A package includes a sensor die, and an encapsulating material encapsulating the sensor die therein. A top surface of the encapsulating material is substantially coplanar with or higher than a top surface of the sensor die. A plurality of sensing electrodes is higher than the sensor die and the encapsulating material. The plurality of sensing electrodes is arranged as a plurality of rows and columns, and the plurality of sensing electrodes is electrically coupled to the sensor die. A dielectric layer covers the plurality of sensing electrodes.
US10354113B2	Fingerprint detecting apparatus canceling offset and control method thereof According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for detecting a fingerprint is provided, which includes a plurality of sensor pads receiving a response signal from a finger applied to a driving signal, a sensing circuit outputting a sensing signal based on the response signal, and a sensing signal adjusting unit sampling the sensing signal outputted from the sensing circuit maintaining the sensing signal, and adjusting an average voltage level of the sensing signal based on a reference voltage.
US10354108B2	Method and system for collecting object ID data while collecting refuse from refuse containers 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).
US10354107B2	Switch for switching between hands-free and handheld modes of operation in an imaging reader A method and apparatus for switching an optical imaging reader between a hands-free mode and a handheld mode using a grip-enabling switch, which is actuated by a user's grip on the handle of the reader in order to switch from the hands-free mode to the handheld mode, and which switches from the handheld mode to the hands-free mode if the grip-enabling switch is no longer actuated.
US10354105B2	Activating an output component to indicate an orientation of a near-field communication (NFC)-capable transaction card A transaction card may monitor an amount of electric current induced in a first near-field communication (NFC) component of a transaction card. Electric current may be induced in the first NFC component when the first NFC component is within an electromagnetic field generated by a second NFC component of a transaction terminal. The transaction card may dynamically activate one or more output components associated with the transaction card based on the amount of electric current induced in the first NFC component. The one or more output components may indicate whether the transaction card can communicate with the transaction terminal. The transaction card may perform an action related to completing a transaction after determining that the amount of electric current induced in the NFC component satisfies a first threshold. The first threshold may indicate that the transaction card can communicate with the transaction terminal.
US10354101B1	System for providing an alternative control interface to specialty devices The invention provides an alternative applications programming interface (API) for a software application to interface with and to control the operation of a variety of one or more specialty devices, including specialty printing and specialty non-printing devices. The alternative API provides a superset of control functionality relative to an API that would typically be provided by a specialty device driver. In some embodiments, this alternative API is provided via a specialty device module (SDM) or a specialty printing module (SPM) that is remotely accessible to a software application via a computer network. The SDM or SPM can provide for interface and control of specialty devices that would otherwise be un-accessible to a software application via a specialty device driver, and can provide such locally or remotely accessible functionality to the software application, without necessarily requiring employment of a specialty device driver.
US10354098B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display; an input comprising circuitry configured to receive a key moving command for moving between keys of an on-screen keyboard displayed on the display and a key-group selecting command for selecting a key group of the on-screen keyboard; and a processor configured to control a user interface (UI) of the on-screen keyboard, the keyboard comprising a first key group including keys=corresponding to a plurality of letters and a second key group including keys=corresponding to a plurality of functions, to be displayed on the display, to control an input marker moving between first keys of the first key group in response to the key moving command and at least one dummy marker moving between second keys of the first key group to be displayed if the first key group is selected by the key-group selecting command, to control an input of the first key to be made if a first key corresponding to the input marker is selected, to control a function marker moving between keys of the second key group in response to the key moving command to be displayed if the second key group is selected by the key-group selecting command, and to control a function of a key to be implemented if the key corresponding to the function marker is selected.
US10354097B2	Context sensitive concealment of an input field A method for concealing and revealing sensitive data on an electronic communications device is disclosed. The electronic communications device comprises a plurality of keys, a display upon which a series of characters are adapted to be displayed, the series of characters forming a character string and composed by input operation of a subset of the plurality of Keys, and a processor for implementing at least one module that includes at least one security component. The module i) receives the series of characters during an entry period, the series of characters forming a character string, the entry period comprised of at least one activity period during which the character string is displayed and one inactivity period during which the character string is obscured, ii) detects an inactivity event during the at least one activity period, the activity period ending when the inactivity event has been detected and iii) detects an activity event during the at least one inactivity period, the inactivity period ending when the activity event has been detected. The module may also iv) detect a completion of composition event, the entry period ending when the composition completion event has been detected and v) conceal permanently the character string after the entry period ends.
US10354095B2	Methods and apparatus to initialize enclaves on target processors Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to initialize enclaves on target processors. An example apparatus includes an image file retriever to retrieve configuration parameters associated with an enclave file, and an address space manager to calculate a minimum virtual address space value for an enclave image layout based on the configuration parameters, and generate an optimized enclave image layout to allow enclave image execution on unknown target processor types by multiplying the minimum address space value with a virtual address factor to determine an optimized virtual address space value for the optimized enclave image layout.
US10354093B1	Managing content authorization in a federated application system A computer-implemented method includes receiving a first request to grant an account access to a software application of a plurality of software applications, and determining whether a native database stores first permission data for the account to access the software application. This example method further includes, in response to determining that the database does not store the first permission data: sending, via a network to an application server configured to provide the software application, a second request for second permission data for the account to access the software application; responsive to sending the second request to the application server, receiving the second permission data from the application server; responsive to receiving the second permission data from the application server, storing the second permission data in the database; and granting, in accordance with the second permission data, access to the account to access the software application.
US10354092B2	Handling access attributes for data accesses A data processing apparatus (2) has processing circuitry (4) for executing first software (12) at a first privilege level EL1 and second software (10) at a second privilege level EL2 higher than the first privilege level. Attributes may be set by the first and second software (10, 12) to indicate whether execution of the data access instruction can be interrupted. For a predetermined type of data access instruction for which the second attribute set by the second software (10) specifies that the instruction can be interrupted, the instruction may be set as interruptable even if the first attribute set by the first software (12) specifies that the execution of the instruction cannot be interrupted.
US10354091B2	Data processing system capable of securing files The invention provides a data processing system capable of securing files. The data processing system of the invention divides a data storage device into an unprotected space and a protected space. A protected application resided in an operating system is controlled by an application controlling module residing in the operating system. When the application controlling module receives a file access request information transmitted from the protected application, the application controlling module redirects the file access request information to access a plurality of protected files stored in the protected space in accordance with the file access request information, and then to return the access result of the protected files to the protected application.
US10354089B2	Data processing systems for fulfilling data subject access requests and related methods Responding to a data subject access request includes receiving the request and validating an identity of the requestor. In response to validating the identity of the requestor, a computer processor determines whether the data subject access request is subject to fulfillment constraints. If so, then the computer processor notifies the requestor that the data subject access request is subject to one or more limitations and the computer processor takes action based on those limitations. Fulfillment constraint data is updated and maintained in a database or server.
US10354085B2	Providing logical partitions with hardware-thread specific information reflective of exclusive use of a processor core Techniques for simulating exclusive use of a processor core amongst multiple logical partitions (LPARs) include providing hardware thread-dependent status information in response to access requests by the LPARs that is reflective of exclusive use of the processor by the LPAR accessing the hardware thread-dependent information. The information returned in response to the access requests is transformed if the requestor is a program executing at a privilege level lower than the hypervisor privilege level, so that each logical partition views the processor as though it has exclusive use of the processor. The techniques may be implemented by a logical circuit block within the processor core that transforms the hardware thread-specific information to a logical representation of the hardware thread-specific information or the transformation may be performed by program instructions of an interrupt handler that traps access to the physical register containing the information.
US10354078B2	Multi-focused fine-grained security framework An approach is provided in which a knowledge manager generates a knowledge structure that includes security annotation tokens and term tokens. Each of the security annotation tokens are stored in a parallel field and align to at least one of the term tokens. The knowledge manager matches security policies corresponding to a search request to one or more of the security annotation tokens and, in turn, generates search results based upon obfuscation of one or more of the term tokens aligned to the matched security annotation tokens.
US10354076B2	Dissolvable protection of candidate sensitive data items Reducing risk of data loss by automatically background scanning a data set to detect a plurality of candidate sensitive data items. For at least some of those candidate sensitive data items that are deemed not to concretely classified as sensitive, a dissolvable encryption is applied to the data item to at least temporarily protect the data item. When the user requests access to the data item, the system determines that the data item has been dissolvably encrypted and that the user is authorized to define the sensitivity of the data item. In response, the user is allowed to direct the system as to whether the data item is to be concretely encrypted (such as if the user was to confirm the data item as sensitive), or whether the dissolvable encryption of the data item is to be dissolved (such as if the user was to confirm the data item as not sensitive).
US10354074B2	System and methods for automated detection of input and output validation and resource management vulnerability In an example embodiment, a system analyzes a set of computer routines. The system may perform an analysis including a determination of a likelihood of vulnerability to unexpected behavior for one or more computer routines of the set. Based upon the analysis, the system may identify one or more computer routines of the set having the likelihood of vulnerability. The system may asynchronously and dynamically manipulate at least one of the one or more computer routines through a testing technique. The system may determine unexpected behavior of at least one of the one or more computer routines.
US10354070B2	Thread level access control to socket descriptors and end-to-end thread level policies for thread protection In one embodiment, a system includes a processing circuit and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processing circuit. The logic causes the processing circuit to monitor a plurality of application instances operating on a first host. The logic also causes the processing circuit to detect that a first application thread has been called by a first application instance operating on the first host and determine whether the first application thread is registered to be called by the first application instance on the first host by consulting a registration index. Moreover, the logic causes the processing circuit to quarantine the first application thread in response to a determination that the first application thread is not registered to be called by the first application instance on the first host.
US10354069B2	Automated reverse engineering A Taint Modeling Function (TMF) finds abstract patterns and uses them to automate the malware detection process. TMF involves the process of statically analyzing a sequence of assembly language instructions and abstracting complex relationships among instruction inputs and outputs into a mathematical function containing a set of algebraic expressions. The set of expressions support fully automating semantic pattern detection in binary code. It deterministically generates outputs given inputs determining code block outputs, for given inputs, without executing the code. It detects code patterns automatically to spot bad coding patterns directly from the binary used to detect bugs statically in the entire application space.
US10354064B2	Computer implemented method and a system for controlling dynamically the execution of a code According to the invention, there is provided a computer implemented method for controlling dynamically the execution of a code by a processing system, said execution being described by a control flow graph comprising a plurality of basic blocks composed of at least an input node and an output node, a transition in the control flow graph corresponding to a link between an output node of origin belonging to a first basic block and an input node of a second basic block, a plurality of initialization vectors being associated to the output nodes at the time of generating the code, an a priori control word being associated to each input node which is linked to the same output node of origin according the control flow graph, said a priori control word being precomputed at the time of generating the code by applying a predefined deterministic function F to the initialization vector associated to its output node of origin, the following steps being applied once the execution of the output node belonging to a first basic block is terminated and at the time of executing the input node of a second basic block: providing (300) the a priori control word associated to the input node of the second basic block; providing (301) the initialization vector associated to the output node of the first basic block; determining (302) an a posteriori control word by applying to the provided initialization vector the same function F which has been used for generating the a priori control word; determining (303, 304) if the a priori control word matches with the a posteriori control word, a forbidden transition in respect to the control flow graph being otherwise detected (305).
US10354053B2	Unified enterprise management of wireless devices in a controlled environment A wireless device enterprise management system and a method for operating the management system in a controlled environment is disclosed. The enterprise management system includes implementing a container-based file system on wireless devices within the controlled environment. Enterprise management system manages and controls the organization of files into one or more containers on each wireless device. Each container is associated with one or more execution rules that allow or restrict execution of files that are located in the container.
US10354051B2	Computer assisted patient navigation and information systems and methods A computer assisted patient navigational communication system for receiving electronic and oral communications from a patient, scanning data to determine the medical needs of the patient, and displaying relevant information to appropriate medical personnel who can immediately advise the patient of the most appropriate source of medical assistance relating to the patient's identified symptoms.
US10354050B2	Image processing method for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information A noninvasive patient-specific method is provided to aid in the analysis, diagnosis, prediction or treatment of hemodynamics of the cardiovascular system of a patient. Coronary blood flow and pressure can be predicted using a 3-D patient image-based model that is implicitly coupled with a model of at least a portion of the remaining cardiovascular system. The 3-D patient image-based model includes at least a portion of the thoracic aorta and epicardial coronaries of the patient. The shape of one or more velocity profiles at the interface of the models is enforced to control complex flow features of recirculating or retrograde flow thereby minimizing model instabilities and resulting in patient-specific predictions of coronary flow rate and pressure. The invention allows for patient-specific predictions of the effect of different or varying physiological states and hemodynamic benefits of coronary medical interventions, percutaneous coronary interventions and surgical therapies.
US10354049B2	Automatic detection and retrieval of prior annotations relevant for an imaging study for efficient viewing and reporting An annotation support system (10) comprising at least one display device (20). A context extraction module (24, 36) determines a context of a current medical image from a current image study. A matching module (26, 38) compares the context of the current medical image to contexts of prior medical images from prior image studies. A display module (28, 40) displays at least one of context relevant annotations and context relevant medical images from the prior image studies which match the context of the current medical study.
US10354048B2	Control program, control method, and control device for driving a mechanical testing device A control device including a simulation unit to simulate behaviors of a virtual mechanical system, and a drive control unit to control driving of servomotors based on the simulation results, is provided. The virtual mechanical system includes a first drive module, a first main shaft module connected to the first drive module, and a plurality of power transmission subsystems, each of which is connected to the first main shaft module and is associated with one of the servomotors respectively. Each of the power transmission subsystems includes an output module. The servomotor associated with the power transmission subsystem is driven according to a simulated result of input into the output module.
US10354044B2	Fragmentation point and simulation site adjustment for resolution enhancement techniques A method of performing a resolution enhancement technique such as OPC on an initial layout description involves fragmenting a polygon that represents a feature to be created into a number of edge fragments. One or more of the edge fragments is assigned an initial simulation site at which the image intensity is calculated. Upon calculation of the image intensity, the position and/or number of initial simulation sites is varied. New calculations are made of the image intensity with the revised placement or number of simulation sites in order to calculate an OPC correction for the edge fragment. In other embodiments, fragmentation of a polygon is adjusted based on the image intensities calculated at the simulation sites. In one embodiment, the image intensity gradient vector calculated at the initial simulation sites is used to adjust the simulation sites and/or fragmentation of the polygon.
US10354041B2	Process for improving capacitance extraction performance Disclosed is a method for improving capacitance extraction performance in a circuit, the method including mapping, via a computing resource, a first layout including a plurality of wiring paths, selecting at least one target wire from the plurality of wiring paths, selecting at least one group of wires running orthogonally to the at least one target wire, identifying and selecting within the at least one group at least one set of two or more wires that are combinable for representation as a single merged wire, mapping a second layout, via the computing resource, and representing the at least one set of two or more wires as the single merged wire in said second layout, analyzing parasitic capacitance between the at least one target wire and the at least one group of wires using the second layout, and manufacturing the circuit using information from the analyzing of parasitic capacitance.
US10354040B1	Systems and methods for clock tree generation with buffers and inverters Various embodiments provide for generation of a clock tree for a circuit design using a mix of a set of buffers and a set of inverters. Some embodiments balance use of buffers and inverters such that the generated clock tree leverages buffers to lower driver count and clock tree, and leverages inverters for lower power usage and duty cycles.
US10354034B1	System and method for tuning a graphical highlight set to improve hierarchical layout editing The present embodiments relate generally to integrated circuit design, and more particularly to techniques that automatically and dynamically create or adjust a highlight set in a graphical user interface for allowing designers to edit layouts in a hierarchical design in a more productive manner. According to certain aspects, in dense designs and/or designs having complete or partial overlapping shapes, embodiments allow for highlighting more than one hierarchy level with tuned parameters that improve the user experience and enhance user work productivity. According to other aspects, embodiments allow for highlighting shapes using colors and/or widths that allow both highlight and shape to be clearly visible and distinguishable.
US10354033B2	Mapping application functional blocks to multi-core processors One embodiment provides a system to identify a “best” usage of a given set of CPU cores to maximize performance of a given application. The given application is parsed into a number of functional blocks, and the system maps the functional blocks to the given set of CPU cores to maximize the performance of the given application. The system determines and then tests various mappings to determine the performance, generally preferring mappings that maximize throughput per physical core. Before testing a mapping, the system determines whether the mapping is redundant with any previously tested mappings. In addition, given a performance target for the given application, the system determines a minimum number of CPU cores needed for the application to meet the application performance target.
US10354032B2	Optimizing an integrated circuit (IC) design comprising at least one wide-gate or wide-bus Systems and techniques are described for optimizing an integrated circuit (IC) design. Some embodiment can perform enumeration on a hardware description language (HDL) description of an IC design to obtain a enumerated IC design that includes at least one technology-independent wide-gate or technology-independent wide-bus, wherein the technology-independent wide-gate represents a logical function that is performed on a variable number of inputs, and wherein the technology-independent wide-bus represents a variable number of signals that are part of a bus. The embodiments can then perform technology-independent IC optimization, synthesis, and technology-dependent IC optimization to obtain an optimized and synthesized IC design.
US10354031B2	Information processing by interpenetrating signal transmission channel in design for testability of chip An information processing method is disclosed, including: determining a module for which a design for testability (DFT) processing is needed, in a chip; establishing, in an including manner, a DFT signal transmission channel in the module for which the DFT processing is needed, and generating a channel file by using a corresponding port signal; and interpenetrating the DFT signal transmission channel layer by layer until the top layer of the chip, according to an instantiated reference relationship. An information processing device and a computer storage medium are also disclosed.
US10354026B2	System and method for the generation and use of an electro-thermal battery model Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for the generation and use of an electro-thermal battery model. One of the methods includes obtaining battery data comprising voltage values, with each voltage value corresponding to an operating state of the battery. The method includes selecting a battery model, the battery model having convex parameters and non-convex parameters. The method includes processing the battery data by performing a fitting procedure to determine values of the convex parameters and non-convex parameters. The fitting procedure includes fitting the convex parameters with respect to the battery data during which the non-convex parameters are held fixed. The fitting procedure includes fitting the non-convex parameters with respect to the battery data. The fitting procedure also includes creating an electro-thermal model for a battery from the selected battery model using the fitted values of the convex and non-convex parameters.
US10354021B2	Device for calculating bundle diameter of electrical wire bundle A bundle diameter calculation device calculates the number of electrical wires belonging to an electrical wire bundle constituting a part of a wire harness of which each of the plurality of electrical wires is connected via relay points with connectors, the device including: a storage unit which stores electrical wire-connector connection information in which each of the plurality of electrical wires and the connectors are associated with each other, and bundle connection information which shows a state of connection with the connectors and relay elements by the unit of the electrical wire bundle of the wire harness; and a processing unit which, when the wire harness is specified, checks the electrical wire-connector connection information and the bundle connection information against each other and calculates the bundle diameter of the electrical wire bundle.
US10354017B2	Skill extraction system In an example, disclosed is a machine automated method of identifying a set of skills. In some examples, the method includes extracting a plurality of skill seed phrases from a plurality of member profiles of a social networking site, creating a plurality of disambiguated skill seed phrases by disambiguating the plurality of skill seed phrases using one or more computer processors, and de-duplicating the plurality of disambiguated skill seed phrases to create a plurality of de-duplicated skill seed phrases.
US10354015B2	Processing text sequences using neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for neural machine translation. In one aspect, a system is configured to receive an input sequence of source embeddings representing a source sequence of words in a source natural language and to generate an output sequence of target embeddings representing a target sequence of words that is a translation of the source sequence into a target natural language, the system comprising: a dilated convolutional neural network configured to process the input sequence of source embeddings to generate an encoded representation of the source sequence, and a masked dilated convolutional neural network configured to process the encoded representation of the source sequence to generate the output sequence of target embeddings.
US10354013B2	Dynamic translation of idioms Dynamic translation of idioms is performed with respect to electronic communications. An idiom search application is activated which identifies an idiom within a phrase and searches a corpus for a translation of the idiom and one or more associated characteristics. In response to detection of the translation in the corpus, profile metadata related to the observed communication is collected and compared to the one or more characteristics. The idiom and the collected profile metadata are stored in a corpus that supports a search of the idiom. In response to absence of the translation in the corpus, the idiom is dynamically translated. The translated idiom is presented proximal to the evaluated expression.
US10354010B2	Information processing system, an information processing method and a computer readable storage medium An information processing system to increase weights of words that are related to a text, but that do not explicitly occur in the text, in a weight vector representing the text, is provided. An adjusting system (100) includes a distance storing unit (110) and an adjusting unit (120). The distance storing unit (110) stores distances between any two terms of a plurality of terms. The distance between two terms becomes smaller as the two terms are semantically more similar. The adjusting unit (120) adjusts a weight of each term of the plurality of terms in a weight vector including weights of the plurality of terms and representing a text, on the basis of a distance between each term and other term in the weight vector and a weight of the other term.
US10354006B2	System, method, and recording medium for web application programming interface recommendation with consumer provided content A method, system, and recording medium for web Application Programming Interface (API) recommendation, including given a plurality of service description document, gathering a bag of words from the document, generating a service-word matrix based on the bags of words describing the service descriptions, and given a query by a user, recommending a ranked list of services based on the service-word matrix.
US10354005B2	Mere-parsing with boundary and semantic driven scoping Methods, systems and computer program products for implementing a mere-parser are disclosed. Text data is processed to generate one or more parse items. A boundary based attribute associated with one of the parse items is identified, and the identified mere attribute is associated with one or more of the remaining parse items that is not blocked from associated with the boundary based attribute.
US10354000B2	Feedback validation of electronically generated forms A computer-implemented method comprises determining, that a first document corresponds to a particular template that provides field specification data for identifying one or more fields from a document; generating a first electronic validation form as a graphical user interface from the first document using the particular template; sending a second notification of the first electronic validation form via email to the sender device, the notification comprising a first option for confirming invoice data in the first electronic validation form, at least some of the invoice data inline or as an attachment, and a second option for updating the invoice data in the first electronic validation form; uploading, in response to a selection of the first option, the invoice data into an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system; causing, in response to a selection of the second option, presentation of the first electronic validation form by the sender device.
US10353995B2	Improving understanding of the relationship between the comments being made to the containers and the comments being made to the elements of the containers A method, system and computer program product for improving understanding of comments on collections of data. A social media stream is monitored for comments to a container (e.g., photo album) and elements within the container (e.g., photographs). These comments are stored in a data structure along with an identification of the container or element of the container upon which the comments are directed. In response to a user selecting to view comments to an element within the container or the container itself, the data structure is searched for the comments to the selected element or container. Images of the container are then displayed in a fliptych manner, where the selected element or container is displayed in the center section of the fliptych. A list of comments is displayed in a comments section below the fliptych, where the list of comments includes highlighted comments directed to the selected element or container.
US10353991B2	Generating a visual description tree based on a layout interruption record A layout engine generates a visual layout tree for a visual description tree of a document whose content is to be rendered in one or more display areas. A visual description tree describes the content of a document along with formatting and logical arrangement the content. Visual description nodes of a visual description tree represent the organization of the constituent elements a document hierarchically. A visual layout tree defines the layout of a document within one or more display areas. Visual layout nodes of a visual layout tree represent the layout of the content of a document hierarchically. The layout engine receives as input a visual description tree and generates the corresponding visual layout tree. A rendering engine then inputs the visual layout tree and generates a graphics buffer containing the pixels representing the layout of the document as defined by the visual layout tree.
US10353990B2	Creating accessible, translatable multimedia presentations The present invention provides a computer implemented method for generating translatable and accessible multimedia presentations. The method can include transforming a presentation master file defining a multimedia presentation into each of a text file and a variables file, generating a plurality of slides for a slide show with text strings from the text file and imagery and audiovisual elements from the variables file, and launching the slide show. Transforming a presentation master file into each of a text file and a variables file can include additionally transforming the presentation master file into a visual markup language document emulating the multimedia presentation. As such, in an aspect of the embodiment, the method further can include detecting an assistive technology, and rendering the visual markup language document in lieu of the slide show.
US10353988B2	Electronic device and method for displaying webpage using the same An electronic device and method for displaying a webpage are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a method for displaying a webpage by an electronic device comprises displaying a first webpage, bookmarking the first webpage being displayed in response to a first gesture input on the first webpage, displaying a second webpage while the first webpage is bookmarked, displaying the second webpage together with the bookmarked first webpage in response to a second gesture input on the second webpage, and scrolling and displaying the bookmarked first webpage in response to a third gesture input on the bookmarked first webpage.
US10353986B2	Automatically dividing text into multiple columns Some embodiments provide a method for displaying text content on a device. The method receives a set of text content arranged in a single column. The method identifies a separable segment of the text content for display on a device. Based on properties of the text content and the device, the method determines whether the separable segment of the text content meets a set of characteristics for dividing the segment of text content into more than one column for display. When the separable segment of text content meets the set of characteristics, the method displays the segment of text content using more than one column.
US10353974B2	Methods and systems for refining search results There are provided methods and systems for generating a refined search engine results page (SERP) for a search query received from a user. A search query result set is generated in response to the search query and displayed to the user on a SERP. A user interest parameter for a search result element is generated based at least in part on user interaction with the search result element on the SERP, based on summing a first and second weight for the search result element on a first and second search result, respectively. A second search query including the initial search query, the search result element, and the user interest parameter as a reformulation of the initial search query indicating significance of the search result element is generated, and the search query results generated in response to the second search query are displayed to the user, thereby generating the refined SERP.
US10353973B2	Domain ranking for digital magazines A digital magazine server displays content items from various sources to users of client devices. Each source of a content item is identified by a domain, and content items for different sources have different domain-level quality. To differentiate sources of content items, the domains identifying the sources are ranked based on domain scores of the domains generated by an aggregate of multiple trained domain classifiers. A domain score of a domain indicates a domain-level quality of content items provided by a source identified by the domain. Each of the trained domain classifiers (e.g., a naïve Bayes classifier, a random forest classifier, and a logistic regression classifier) generates a prediction of whether a domain is a spam domain based on the domain features and domains with known labels. Based on the domain scores of domains, the domain ranking module may adaptively select content items from the sources with corresponding domains scores.
US10353968B1	Search and notification procedures based on user history information The present application includes various information retrieval and query creation procedures. One example provides retrieving first user data from a memory location, assigning a category to the first user data based on a memory location of the first user data and/or a context of the first user data, applying a weight to the first user data based on at least one of the category assigned to the first user data and the memory location, and also assigning the weighted first user data to a user interest log. The result may provide optimized results in subsequent search operations.
US10353967B2	Assigning relevance weights based on temporal dynamics A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a first dataset, wherein the first dataset comprises temporal dynamics pertaining to a document that is accessible by a search engine, wherein the temporal dynamics comprise an identity of a term corresponding to the document and an indication that the term has been subject to change over time. The system also includes a weight assignor component that assigns a relevance weight to the document based at least in part upon the temporal dynamics pertaining to the document, wherein the relevance weight is utilized by the search engine to assign a ranking to the document with respect to at least one other document when the search engine retrieves the document.
US10353963B2	Filtering automated selection of keywords for computer modeling A social networking system receives messages from users that include links to webpages that designate keywords of the webpage. The social networking system identifies webpages linked by users to generate computer models that predict whether a webpage or message should be associated with particular keywords. The social networking system generates computer models that are trained on example webpages and related keywords linked by users in messages. Prior to generating computer models, the social networking system applies one or more filters to exclude webpages and keywords from consideration. The filters may exclude webpages that have low-reliability, are associated with an excessive number of keywords, or keywords that appear on an insufficient number of domains. After training the computer models, messages composed by users may be analyzed and a keyword predicted for the message, which may be suggested to the user to categorize the message.
US10353957B2	Processing of performance data and raw log data from an information technology environment The disclosed system and method acquire and store performance measurements relating to performance of a component in an information technology (IT) environment and log data produced by the IT environment, in association with corresponding time stamps. The disclosed system and method correlate at least one of the performance measurements with at least one of the portions of log data.
US10353954B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium This invention prevents a collation database from becoming bulky and shortening the delay time needed from person detection to registration in the collation database. An information processing apparatus comprises an acquiring unit which acquires a video, a detecting unit which detects a whole body or a part of a person from at least one frame of the acquired video, a tracking unit which tracks the whole body or the part of the person detected, and a registering unit which registers, in a database, a feature amount extracted from the whole body or the part of the person tracked during a first period from a timing of a start of tracking of the whole body or the part of the person by the tracking unit to a timing before an end of the tracking by the tracking unit.
US10353950B2	Visual recognition using user tap locations Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a query image and a user tap location, processing the received query image based on the user tap location, identifying one or more entities associated with the processed query image and in response to receiving (i) the query image, and (ii) the user tap location, providing information about the identified one or more of the entities.
US10353949B2	Optically initiated configuration and cryptographic test key transfer for testing interconnected electronic devices A method identifying electronic communication components employed for transmitting and receiving electronic communications for subsequent testing thereof is provided which identifies each electronic communication component using a digital photo thereof. Communications characteristics required for communicating with each identified component are discerned using the component identity ascertained from the digital image.
US10353947B2	Relevancy evaluation for image search results An image search is executed. The search results are presented as a collection of thumbnail images organized according to an initial ranking. As the user browses the thumbnail images, he/she encounters a thumbnail image of interest. Selecting this thumbnail causes an enlarged preview image to be displayed. The user can manipulate the enlarged preview image with panning and zooming operations, thereby enabling the user to more closely inspect portions of the preview image which attract the user's interest. These interactions with the search results, which include the initial selection of the thumbnail image and the subsequent manipulation of the enlarged preview image, provide insight into the user's interest. Once the user has interacted with a threshold quantity of search results, the collection of thumbnail images is filtered and reorganized to more prominently position those search results that correspond to the user's interest, as gleaned from analyzing the aforementioned user interactions.
US10353946B2	Client-server communication for live search using multi-view digital media representations Provided are mechanisms and processes for performing live search using multi-view digital media representations. In one example, a process includes receiving a visual search query from a device for an object to be searched, where the visual search query includes a first set of viewpoints of the object obtained during capture of a first surround view of the object during a live search session. Next, additional recommended viewpoints of the object are identified for the device to capture, where the additional recommended viewpoints are chosen to provide more information about the object. A first set of search results based on the first set of viewpoints and additional recommended viewpoints of the object are transmitted to the device. In response, a second set of viewpoints of the object captured using image capture capabilities of the device are received. A second set of search results with enhanced matches for the object based on the first and second sets of viewpoints are then transmitted to the device. This process may continue iteratively until a desired set of search results is obtained.
US10353941B2	Systems and methods for content placement, retrieval and management based on geolocation and other parameters The present invention is in the technical field of geolocation. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of making content in the form of electronic data available for retrieval when a device has satisfied the Retrieval Range and other Rules which govern the ability to retrieve the content. Retrieval of Content by user devices may be based on Rules communicated by an App, Admin or third party interface and shall be contained and processed by an application interface engine.
US10353940B1	Enhancement of search results Systems and methods for improving search results from proprietary search engine technologies and proprietary machine classifiers, without ingesting, copying, or storing, the data to be searched, are described herein. A user sends a query to a proprietary search engines and gets a result document set back. The user may apply a user model for classifying a result document set to generate a result document for review of a user. The reviewed document may be added to a user training corpus, which is then used to retrain the user model. The retrained user model may be applied by the user to generate the next result document for user review and so on until the user model converges to generate relevant documents reliably. Once the user model converges, the user may apply the now reliable user model to generate multiple relevant documents for the user.
US10353938B1	Aggregating activity data for multiple users Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for aggregating task data for multiple users. In one aspect, a method includes accessing action trail data that corresponds to a task and resources related to that task, wherein each task relates to one or more related topics and is defined by a sequence of user actions corresponding to the resources related to that task; clustering the action trails based on the action trail data such that each action trail cluster corresponds to a particular task and includes the action trails corresponding to that particular task; and for each action trail cluster, ranking the resources that correspond to the included action trails according to the topics of the particular task.
US10353937B2	Automated characterization-vector based recommendation Systems, methods, and devices for automated provisioning are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory including a user profile database having n-dimension attributes of a user. The system can include a user device and a source device. The system can include a server that can: generate and store a user profile in the user profile database and generate and store a characterization vector from the user profile. The server can identify a service for provisioning, receive updates to at least some of the attributes of the first user, and trigger regeneration of the characterization vector from the received inputs. The server can: regenerate the characterization vector, determine an efficacy of the provisioned services, and automatically identify a second service for provisioning for a second user based on the efficacy of the provisioned services to the first user.
US10353934B1	Detecting an event from signals in a listening area The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting an event from signals in a listening area. Listening area formation is triggered based on detecting a potential event from a normalized signal, based on characteristics of a normalized signal, or based on a signal pattern anomaly. A geo cell database is queried with search terms derived from one or more normalized signals. A geo cell subset is returned from the geo cell database. A listening area is formed from the geo cells included in the geo cell subset. A listener monitors an additional normalized signal in the listening area. An event is detected and/or validated (or rejected) based on the additional normalized signal.
US10353927B2	Categorizing columns in a data table In an example, columns in a data table may be categorized according to a data type based upon an analysis of data elements contained in each column with a grammar file. The data type of a column be may be categorized as one of a general data type and a specific data type. In addition, the grammar file may be expanded by at least one of adding a data element to the grammar file in response to a column being categorized as a specific data type and inserting a new data type to the grammar file in response to a column being categorized as a general data type.
US10353920B2	Efficient mirror data re-sync Techniques are described herein for re-syncing a snapshot database with a base database. Data units of each database are associated with version numbers. When a data unit is modified, the data unit is associated with the current version number. When a snapshot database is re-synced with a base database, particular data units are copied from the base database to the snapshot database, based on the version number associated with the particular data units.
US10353919B1	Systems and methods for data migration A method includes importing legacy data from a legacy application into a new system by storing the legacy data in a database separate from data native to the new system; displaying, to a user via a display screen, an interface configured to allow a user to view both legacy data and data native to the new system; displaying, to the user via a display screen, an interface including information of the legacy data that is associated with a particular patient account, one or more interface elements configured to allow the user to perform limited actions with respect to the particular patient account associated with the information, and a user interface element configured to allow a user to selectively activate the patient account.
US10353917B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing a transmission signal A measurement device comprising a measurement unit adapted to measure a transmission characteristic for providing an eye pattern; and a conversion unit adapted to convert automatically the eye pattern into a character separated values, CSV, file.
US10353911B2	Computerized tools to discover, form, and analyze dataset interrelations among a system of networked collaborative datasets Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an interface between repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities that seek access to the datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that facilitates consolidation of one or more datasets, whereby one or more computerized tools may be configured to discover, form, and analyze, for example, via one or more user interface applications, interrelations among a system of networked collaborative datasets In some examples, a method may include causing transformation of a set of data to an atomized format to form an atomized dataset, monitoring creation of a dataset, and presenting data representing a status of a portion of the creation of the dataset. The status may depict an atomized dataset linked to at least one other dataset.
US10353908B1	Personalized smart provider search In one aspect there is a method for recommending one or more providers to a member. The method may comprise at a server, receiving, from a member computing device via a provider search interface, a provider request including a member identifier and member specified criteria. Retrieving one or more provider identifiers for association with the member specified criteria. Retrieving one or more member characteristics for association with the member identifier. For each provider identifier, retrieving one or more provider characteristics for association with the provider identifier. Analyzing the member characteristics and the provider characteristics to generate an ordered list of the providers, wherein the ordered list of the providers is based upon a relevancy rank of each provider that is specific to the member, wherein the relevancy rank is a function of at least one of: a provider cost factor, a provider quality factor, or a weighted combination thereof. Transmitting the ordered list of the providers to the member computing device via the provider search interface.
US10353905B2	Identifying entities in semi-structured content Identifying entities in semi-structured content is described. A system assigns a corresponding entity type based on a corresponding entity type score for each token in a sequence of tokens in semi-structured content, based on multiple entity types, wherein each token is a corresponding character set. The system assigns a corresponding boundary type based on a corresponding boundary type score for each token in the sequence of tokens, based on a begin boundary type or a continue boundary type. The system identifies an entity based on a corresponding entity type score and a corresponding boundary type for each token in the sequence of tokens. The system outputs the sequence of tokens as an identified set of entities based on the identified entity.
US10353904B2	Analyzing and answering questions A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a question; identifying one or more first semantic elements in the question; selecting, from one or more electronic documents, a plurality of candidate responses to the question based on comparison of the one or more first semantic elements to second semantic elements; determining completeness scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the completeness scores indicates how completely a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses answers the question; determining relevance scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the relevance scores indicates how relevant a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses is to the question; and providing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the plurality of candidate responses based, at least in part, on the completeness scores and the relevance scores.
US10353902B2	Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, retrieval support device, and retrieval support method A retrieval support method including acquiring, for each of a plurality of categories relating to computer systems, frequency information including a frequency of occurrence of each of a plurality of terms included in pieces of text information on the computer systems, specifying, a plurality of first terms and a plurality of second terms, the plurality of first terms being terms which is not used in common to the plurality of categories, the plurality of second terms being a terms which is used in common, generating correspondence information, for each of the plurality of first terms, that associates selected first term with at least one of the plurality of second terms which is included in a piece of text information including the selected first term, and generating specified information to identify each combination of first terms, belonging to different category among the plurality of categories, that have correlativity.
US10353901B2	Systems and methods of using an artificially intelligent database management system and interfaces for mobile, embedded, and other computing devices The current disclosure generally relates to database management systems (DBMSs) and may be generally directed to methods and systems of using artificial intelligence (i.e. machine learning and/or anticipation functionalities, etc.) to learn a user's use of a DBMS, store this “knowledge” in a knowledgebase, and anticipate the user's future operating intentions. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to associative methods and systems of constructing DBMS commands. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to methods and systems of using a simplified DBMS command language (SDCL) for associative DBMS command construction. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to artificially intelligent methods and systems for associative DBMS command construction. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to methods and systems for associative DBMS command construction through voice input. Other methods, systems, features, elements and/or their embodiments are also disclosed.
US10353900B2	System and method for creating an intelligent synopsis of a database using re-partitioning based sampling The present invention provides a re-partitioning-based sampling system and method which provides for generating a synopsis from large database tables such that an aggregation query performed on the synopsis provides an approximate answer to the aggregation query which is in prescribed error bounds relative to a query on the full database. The system includes a partition function generator, a synopsis vector calculator, and a synopsis constructor. The synopsis constructed by the system is sufficiently small to be held in memory to allow quick and resource efficient satisficing of aggregation queries.
US10353898B2	Systems and methods for enhancing user data derived from digital communications A computer-implemented method for enhancing and utilizing user data derived from digital interactions includes receiving user submission data comprising records generated by input into a client side application interface by a first user on a first computing device and transmitted from the first computing device to the aggregation point via at least one of a data transmission service and a data transmission provider. The method includes generating a first dataset associated with the first user, generating a data model based on data in the first dataset and one or more correlations based on attributes in the first dataset, and generating a modeled dataset based on the data model.
US10353892B2	Multidimensional correlated data extracting device and multidimensional correlated data extracting method A method of extracting subsets from the whole population of data configured by values of many elements in a case where the subsets have a correlation for a plurality of elements and finding out correlated elements. More specifically, the method comprises modeling data as a vector based on values of all the elements configuring individual data, and, in a multidimensional space in which all the data included in the population is plotted, extracting subsets each having a multidimensional correlation based on the densities of plots, and finding out featured elements having a correlation in the subsets.
US10353891B2	Interpolating conformal input sets based on a target output Embodiments relate to systems and methods for interpolating conformal input sets based on a target output. A database management system can store sets of operational data, such as financial, medical, climate or other information. A user can input or access a set of target data, representing an output which a user wishes to be generated from an interpolated set of input data based on an interpolation function. Thus, the average air temperature of a region may be known for the last ten years, along with various inputs including water temperature, wind speed, and other climate data. The target data can include an expected average temperature for the current year. The interpolation engine can receive the target temperature for the current year, and generate those water temperatures, wind speeds, and other input variables that will produce the target output temperature.
US10353890B2	Automatic enumeration of data analysis options and rapid analysis of statistical models Embodiments relate to analyzing dataset. A method of analyzing data is provided. The method obtains a description of a dataset. The method automatically generates a plurality of analysis options from the description of the dataset. The method generates a plurality of queries based on the analysis options. The method deploys the queries on the dataset to build a plurality of statistical models from the dataset.

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