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| US10777951B2 |
Cable connector assembly
A cable connector assembly includes a plug for mating with a docking connector, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the plug and a cable electrically connected to the connector, the plug includes a plurality of conductive terminals, the cable includes a plurality of high speed signal cores for transmitting high speed signals and low speed signal cores for transmitting low speed signals, wherein the electrical path of the high speed signal cores connected to the corresponding conductive terminals is shorter than the electrical path of the low speed signal cores connected to the corresponding conductive terminals. |
| US10777950B2 |
Constant impedance connector system
A connection system for a quantum computer that employs constant impedance connectors with attenuation or filtering components or both embedded therein or within an adaptor removably insertable within an adaptor housing for use in a cryogenically cooled quantum computer. The connection system provides a higher density of cables traversing through a hermetic sealed top plate, and which are accessible to chill blocks to reduce the thermal energy from the signal lines. Attenuators or filter circuits are embedded in the constant impedance connector housings, or provided in adaptors that connect on each end to form mating constant impedance connections, in order to reduce signal strength as the signal progresses through the cryogenic environment and to remove extraneous electrical signal noise. |
| US10777948B2 |
Modular extendable outlet assembly
A modular extendable outlet assembly comprises multiple selectively removably couplable outlet units. The units comprise an electrical housing with a first end, a second end opposing the first end, a visible front face having a first electrical socket, a rear face having a mount wall with holes, and a sidewall enclosing a unit cavity. An electrical plug retractably extends from the second end of housing. The electrical plug has an electrical prong configuration corresponding to a prong configuration of the second electrical socket to mate with an adjacent outlet unit. A spool assembly disposed within the unit cavity operates with a spring-loaded spool member. An electrical cord wraps around the spring-loaded spool member, terminating at the electrical plug. A cord release switch selectively translates the spring-loaded spool member to rotate and extend in length, the electrical cord. A unit activation switch electrically couples to the first electrical socket for powering. |
| US10777947B2 |
USB cable with thermal protection
A universal serial bus (USB) cable including a power conductor configured to transmit power between a first device and a second device, a configuration channel (CC) conductor configured to allow the first device and the second device to determine whether a connection has been established via the USB cable, and a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element coupled to the CC conductor and configured to mitigate current flowing through the CC conductor if a temperature of the first PTC element rises above a predefined trip temperature. |
| US10777946B2 |
Temperature control power cord, power cord with power-off indication, and power cord connected with load power source
A temperature control power cord, a power cord with power-off indication, and a power cord connected with a load power source, comprising a shell, a power output cord, a null wire pin that is arranged on one side of the shell, and is electrically connected with the power output cord, a live wire pin and a ground wire pin, wherein a temperature control switch is connected to the live wire pin in series; the present invention can monitor the temperature in the power plug; when the temperature in the plug is exorbitant, the electric connection between the power cord and the power-consuming equipment can be cut-off, thereby preventing the power cord from overheating, and warning the user that the power cord is in an off state. |
| US10777945B2 |
Shorting block for a current transformer
A shorting block includes a first shorting contact having a first contact portion, a second shorting contact having a second contact portion, the first contact portion and the second contact portion may electrically couple the first shorting contact and the second shorting contact in a shorting position of the shorting block, a first activation, and a second activation contact, the first activation contact and the second activation contact may be inserted into the first shorting contact and the second shorting contact, respectively, such that the first activation contact and the second activation contact direct the first contact portion and the second contact portion away from one another to form a gap between the first contact portion and the second contact portion in an operating position of the shorting block. |
| US10777941B2 |
Connector
Provided is a connector having a reduced profile that is capable of facilitating confirmation of the mounting on a circuit board and, simultaneously, demonstrating a satisfactory noise-shielding effect. A connector (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a first connector (20) equipped with a pair of outer peripheral walls (32) opposing each other and a fitting projection (33) formed between the pair of outer peripheral walls (32); and a second connector (70) equipped with a second insulator (80) having a fitting recess (83) fit to the fitting protruding (33) and a second shielding member (110) supported by the second insulator (80). When the first connector (20) and the second connector (70) are fitted to each other, the first shielding member (60) and the second shielding member (110) engage each other are partially spaced apart from the first insulator (30) and the second insulator (80), respectively. |
| US10777939B2 |
Connector system
There is provided an interface module, including an interface for connection with a signal connector, a cage for guiding the signal connector towards the interface and a heat sink. The cage has a cage portion that is configured to move from a first position to a second position upon insertion of the signal connector into the cage. In the first position, the cage portion is not in thermal contact with the heat sink. When in the second position, the cage portion is in thermal contact with the heat sink. |
| US10777934B2 |
Electrical connector which accepts different seal configurations
An electrical connector having a housing with a mating face and a wire-receiving face. Terminal-receiving cavities extend from the mating face toward the wire-receiving face. A receiving cavity extends from the wire-receiving face to an end wall provided at an end of the terminal-receiving cavities. The receiving cavity has a first section provided proximate the wire-receiving face and a second section provided proximate the end wall at the end of the terminal-receiving cavities. A transition wall is provided between the first section and the second section. A rear cover member is provided proximate the wire-receiving face. The receiving cavity is configured to receive a gang sealing member in the first section or individual wire sealing members in the second section to form a seal between the housing and the respective gang sealing member or the individual wire sealing members. |
| US10777932B2 |
Electric plug with elastic press-on elements
An electric plug comprises an outer housing, an inner housing adapted to be plugged into the outer housing along an assembly direction, and a press-on element. The press-on element is adapted to be deflected elastically transversely to the assembly direction and produces a press-fit connection between the inner housing and the outer housing. |
| US10777931B2 |
Modular electrical connector assembly
A connector assembly comprises a first subassembly having a male contact and a first inner housing accommodating the male contact, a second subassembly having a female contact configured to be mated with the male contact and a second inner housing accommodating the female contact, a first connector, and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector has a first outer housing accommodating one of the first subassembly and the second subassembly and capable of accommodating both the first subassembly and the second subassembly. The second connector has a second outer housing accommodating the other of the first subassembly and the second subassembly and capable of accommodating both the first subassembly and the second subassembly. |
| US10777930B2 |
Mating terminal, multifunctional high-voltage connector and battery product
The present disclosure provides a mating terminal, a multifunctional high-voltage connector and a battery product, the mating terminal comprises two elastic sheets and a connection sheet. Each of the elastic sheets has: a body portion; an elastic contact portion. The connection sheet has: a first connecting portion; a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion of the connection sheet is fixed between the body portions, the second connecting portion is positioned outside the two elastic sheets in the length direction. |
| US10777927B2 |
Electronic device having flexible connector
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface facing in the opposite direction to the first surface, and a side surface surrounding the space between the first surface and the second surface; a touch screen display exposed through the first surface; a printed circuit board (PCB) which comprises at least one conductive path, which is arranged between the touch screen display and the second surface, and which comprises a least one conductive path; and a flexible connector arranged to provide an electric connection between the at least one conductive path and at least a part of the side surface. At least a part of the side surface of the housing is made of an electrically conductive material. |
| US10777923B2 |
Electrical adaptor and method makikng the same
A hermetic electrical adaptor includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained therein. The housing includes a base having opposite first and second surface in a vertical direction, and a set of first side walls extending from the first surface to form a first mating cavity. Each contact includes a retention section extending through the base, a first extending section located in the first mating cavity and including a first bending section. The set of first side walls forms, adjacent to the first surface, a first recess communicating with the first mating cavity so as to expose a portion of the first extending section in the first recess. A waterproof glue occupies the first recess and a bottom portion of the first mating cavity so as to surround the exposed portions of the first extending sections of the contact for assuring sealing of the adaptor. |
| US10777921B2 |
High speed card edge connector
A compact, high performance electrical connector with a smooth insertion loss profile over a broad range of operating frequencies. The electrical connector has a mating interface with a slot that may receive a mating component, such as a paddle card of a plug connector. Rows of terminals line opposing sides of the slots. Terminals in each of the rows may be held together by an insulative seat body shaped to receive on side of a lossy member. The lossy member may have extension parts extending towards selected ones of the terminals in the rows that act as ground terminals, such that the lossy member is electrically coupled to the ground terminals and electrically isolated from the signal terminals. The connector, even though compact, may be easily assembly by first forming terminal subassemblies comprising two rows of terminals and lossy member, and then inserting the terminal subassemblies into an insulative body. |
| US10777920B2 |
Connecting device and electronic device including the same
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a connecting device included in an electronic device may comprise a movable part including at least one contacting part, an elastic part extending from the movable part and including a plurality of bends alternately arranged to allow the movable part to move in a first direction, and a support extending from the elastic part. Other various embodiments are also possible. |
| US10777916B2 |
Gasket
A gasket providing electrical conductivity between components is disclosed. The gasket comprises a body having a fastener hole extending therethrough and an electrically conductive insert lining at least part of the fastener hole in the body. The insert has a first contact face disposed for electrically contacting a first component and a second contact face disposed for electrically contacting a second component. The first contact face is in electrical communication with the second contact face. |
| US10777910B2 |
High-isolation dual-band antenna
A high-isolation dual-band antenna is provided, which may be operated in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and include a ground zone, two radiators and an isolation zone. The radiators may be disposed at the both sides of the ground zone respectively. The isolation zone may include a main body, a first-slot and two second-slots; the first-slot may be disposed at one end of the main body and the second-slots may be disposed at the both sides of the main body respectively. At least a portion of the first-slot and the second-slots may serve as the isolation section of the first frequency band, and at least a portion of each second-slot may serve as the isolation section of the second frequency band, such that the isolation section of the first frequency band may partially overlap the isolation section of the second frequency band. |
| US10777906B2 |
Antenna device and electronic apparatus
An antenna device includes: a first loop antenna including a first end portion and a second end portion that are fed, and having a first length corresponding to N times a wavelength at a communication frequency; a second loop antenna having a second length corresponding to N times the wavelength; a first connecting conductor configured to couple the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna to each other at a first position of a third length corresponding to M times a quarter wavelength at the communication frequency from the first end portion of the first loop antenna; and a second connecting conductor configured to couple the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna to each other at a second position of the third length from the second end portion of the first loop antenna and different from the first position. |
| US10777905B2 |
Lens with concentric hemispherical refractive structures
A lens includes a first hemispherical refractive structure having a first effective refractive index based on a first fill pattern of the first hemispherical refractive structure. The lens further includes a second hemispherical refractive structure having a second effective refractive index based on a second fill pattern of the second hemispherical refractive structure. The second hemispherical refractive structure is arranged as a hemispherical shell coupled to and concentric with the first hemispherical refractive structure. The second effective refractive index is different than the first effective refractive index. |
| US10777901B2 |
Fabry-Perot cavity antenna system having a frequency selective surface
An antenna system may include a source antenna, a frequency selective surface (FSS), and a second antenna or a fluidic channel associated with a housing. In both examples, the FSS has a first side and a second side opposite from the first side. The first side includes horizontally oriented unit cells positioned as multiple columns of unit cells. The first side of the FSS faces the source antenna and is separated from the source antenna by a defined distance. The housing is positioned on the second side of the FSS. In the latter example, the fluidic channel of the housing includes one of air or deionized water. The fluidic channel is positioned on a portion of the second side of the FSS that is opposite to a subset of the horizontally oriented unit cells on the first side of the FSS. |
| US10777898B2 |
Dual polarized dual band full duplex capable horn feed antenna
A dual band horn feed antenna system having a single combined antenna having a plurality of sub apertures in a collocated environment. The sub apertures are individually coupled to a Tx/Rx and dual polarized capable high band circular waveguide realizing a two band realization with separate Tx and Rx channels. The OMT is realized by a plurality of phase and amplitude balanced signals oriented in such a way as to create balanced & symmetric E and H fields within the coaxial guide. A radiating structure is provided to minimize cross coupling of individual bands. An OMT integrated with a coaxial waveguide base structure where the frequency ratio of the center to outer waveguide structures is within the range on excess of 3:1 or more and thereby enabling adjacent frequency band maximized operation. Adjacent frequency bands will typically require center conductor tubes in a coaxial arrangement to be about 2:1 and certainly less than 3:1 in many cases. Integrated filters on Tx and Rx ports are provided to maximize isolation. A mechanical interface structure allowing the physical freedom necessary for polarization match to incoming signals of arbitrary angle. |
| US10777895B2 |
Millimeter wave patch antennas
An electronic device may include a millimeter wave antenna having a ground plane, resonating element, feed, and parasitic element. The resonating element may include first, second, and third layer of traces that are shorted together. The second traces may be interposed between the first and third traces and the third traces may be interposed between the second traces and the parasitic. The third traces may have a width that is less than the widths of the second and third traces. The third traces and the parasitic may define a constrained volume having an associated cavity resonance that lies outside of a frequency band of interest. If desired, the resonating element may include a single layer of conductive traces having a grid of openings that disrupt impedance in a transverse direction, thereby mitigating the trapping of energy within the frequency band of interest between the resonating element and the parasitic. |
| US10777894B2 |
Mechanically reconfigurable patch antenna
A polarization configurable patch antenna including a radiating layer, wherein the radiating layer has a corner truncated rectangular patch shape; and a feed capacitively coupled to the radiating layer for exciting the radiating layer, wherein the radiating layer is rotatable with respect to the feed, and the antenna is configured to generate a right-hand circularly polarized radiation field when the radiating layer is in a first rotational position and a left-hand circularly polarized radiation field when the radiating layer is in a second rotational position. |
| US10777893B2 |
Systems and methods for providing vibration transduction and radio-frequency communication in proximity to an electrically conductive structure
Systems and methods are provided for providing vibration transduction and radio-frequency communication in proximity to an electrically conductive structure. The system may comprise an antenna element, an electrically conductive structure in proximity to the antenna element, and a vibration transducer comprising a material. The material may comprise a ferromagnetic material with piezoelectric properties. The vibration transducer may be positioned between the antenna element and the conductive structure. |
| US10777890B2 |
Digitally controlled phase shifter and method
A digitally controlled phase shifter for an antenna is provided. The phase shifter includes a coupler extending between input and output ports and first and second digitally tunable capacitance circuitry coupled to opposite ends of the coupler. Each first and second digitally tunable capacitance circuitry includes a digitally tunable capacitance. The phase shifter also includes control circuitry that includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the control circuitry to vary the capacitance of the digitally tunable capacitance of at least one of the first and second digitally tunable capacitance circuitry in order to modify a phase shift provided by the phase shifter. A control circuitry and a method are also provided for controlling the phase shift provided by a phase shifter. |
| US10777889B2 |
Array antenna
Provided is an array antenna capable of reducing side lobes while efficiently arranging antenna elements. The array antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of antenna elements, a primary feeder line, a plurality of secondary feeder lines, and a phase-inverter. The antenna elements is arrayed on the substrate in longitudinal directions thereof. The secondary feeder lines are connected to the respective antenna elements from one of the longitudinal directions of the substrate, and at least connected to the antenna elements that are disposed at both end portions of the substrate from a center side of the substrate. The phase-inverter is positioned where the connected direction of the secondary feeder line to the antenna element changes, disposed at least between the antenna elements adjacent to each other on a first end portion side of the longitudinal center of the substrate, and inverted the phase of a radio wave to be transmitted. |
| US10777887B2 |
Scanning antenna and method for manufacturing same
A scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate, a plurality of TFTs, a plurality of gate bus lines, a plurality of source bus lines, and a plurality of patch electrodes, a slot substrate including a second dielectric substrate and a slot electrode (55) formed on the first main surface of the second dielectric substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, and a reflective conductive plate provided opposing a second main surface opposite to the first main surface of the second dielectric substrate via a dielectric layer, and the slot electrode includes a plurality of slots arranged in accordance with the plurality of patch electrodes, and a groove configured to divide the slot electrode into two or more sections, and the TFT substrate includes an opposing metal part arranged opposing the groove, and when viewed from a normal line direction of the first dielectric substrate, the groove is covered with the opposing metal part in the width direction thereof. |
| US10777878B2 |
Radome and vehicular radar apparatus comprising same
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a radome, including a cover part configured to cover a printed circuit board (PCB) on which a plurality of antenna arrays and an integrated circuit (IC) chip connected to the plurality of antenna arrays are formed, and a plurality of projection parts on an inner side of the cover part opposite to the PCB. |
| US10777876B2 |
Antenna feeder package structure and packaging method
The present disclosure provides an antenna package structure and packaging method. The package structure includes: a metal joint pin fabricated by using a wire bonding process; and a packaging layer, covering the metal joint pin. An antenna circuit chip and an antenna metal layer are electrically connected to two ends of the antenna feeder package structure. |
| US10777874B2 |
Installing unit, bracket, installing assembly of an antenna, and an installing method
An installing unit, installing assembly of an antenna and an installing method are provided. An installing unit according to the invention is provided, wherein the installing unit comprises a cylindrical structure including an inner cylindrical wall, which has a first clip structure for connecting a first other part between said inner cylindrical wall and said outer cylindrical wall, and said outer cylindrical wall has a second clip structure thereon for connecting said installing unit to a second other part, and said installing unit can be connected to a third other part via rigid connection. Simultaneous blind insertion of multiple connectors in a closed frame, especially in a closed frame with a large area, can be realized, which improves the reliability of the active large-scale MIMO antenna and the efficiency of the installing process, reduce manpower as used, and increase the pass rate of installing. |
| US10777867B2 |
Transmission line
A transmission line of the disclosure includes: a first line; a second line having characteristic impedance higher than characteristic impedance of the first line; and a third line. The transmission line transmits a symbol that corresponds to a combination of signals in the first line, the second line, and the third line. |
| US10777866B2 |
Quasi-circulator using asymmetric directional coupler
Disclosed is a quasi-circulator using an asymmetric directional coupler. The quasi-circulator using the asymmetric directional coupler according to an embodiment of the present invention may enhance a characteristic of isolating a transmitting signal from a receiving signal with the same characteristic as transmitting signal loss of a symmetric directional coupler in the related art by arranging impedance of each line of a directional coupler asymmetrically. |
| US10777860B2 |
Battery module assembly
A battery module assembly includes a battery module and a cooling plate attached to the battery module, wherein the battery module has a first paste injection hole for injecting a thermal paste into the battery module and a first paste discharge hole for discharging the thermal paste out of the battery module, and wherein the cooling plate has a second paste injection hole formed at a location corresponding to the first paste injection hole and a second paste discharge hole for allowing the thermal paste discharged out of the battery module through the first paste discharge hole to be discharged out of the battery module assembly. |
| US10777858B2 |
Methods for purifying and recycling lead from spent lead-acid batteries
The present disclosure relates to methods by which lead from spent lead-acid batteries may be extracted, purified, and used in the construction of new lead-acid batteries. A method includes: (A) forming a mixture including a carboxylate source and a lead-bearing material; (B) generating a first lead salt precipitate in the mixture as the carboxylate source reacts with the lead-bearing material; (C) increasing the pH of the mixture to dissolve the first lead salt precipitate; (D) isolating a liquid component of the mixture from one or more insoluble components of the mixture; (E) decreasing the pH of the liquid component of the mixture to generate a second lead salt precipitate; and (F) isolating the second lead salt precipitate from the liquid component of the mixture. Thereafter, the isolated lead salt precipitate may be converted to leady oxide for use in the manufacture of new lead-acid batteries. |
| US10777855B2 |
Embedded fiber optic cables for battery management
A battery includes a folded bicell battery stack with an embedded fiber optic cable and sensor. A cell casing encloses the bicell stack with at least one fiber optic cable is embedded within the battery. The fiber optic cable includes an internal portion disposed within the cell casing and having at least one optical sensor disposed thereon. An external portion of the fiber optic cable protrudes from the casing. A sealing gasket is disposed at least partially around the fiber optic cable and between the cell sealing edges at a point of entry of the fiber optic cable into the battery. |
| US10777852B2 |
Overcharge protection of batteries using current interrupt devices
A battery system includes a main electrochemical cell that includes a cathode and an anode, a cathode tab electrically coupled to the cathode, and an anode tab electrically coupled to the anode. A second electrochemical cell is electrically coupled to the cathode tab and the anode tab. An interrupt device, such as a bi-stable metal disc, is operably coupled to the second electrochemical cell and at least one of the cathode tab or the anode tab. Upon overcharging of the main electrochemical cell, the voltage between the cathode tab and the anode tab causes the second electrochemical cell to generate gases that triggers the interrupt device, which in turn disconnects at least one of the cathode tab or the anode tab, thereby protecting the main electrochemical cell from further damages. |
| US10777849B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery including the same
The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an oligomer represented by Formula 1 described in the present specification, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Since the non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to an embodiment of the present invention may reduce gas, such as CO or CO2, generated in the secondary battery during high-temperature storage, it may further improve high-temperature stability of the lithium secondary battery. |
| US10777844B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing (i) a separator containing a polyolefin porous film, (ii) a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, (iii) a positive electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a certain range, and (iv) a negative electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a certain range, the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing an α-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %. |
| US10777841B2 |
All-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery
Disclosed is an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. The battery may be an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein an anode comprises anode active material particles, an electroconductive material and a solid electrolyte; wherein the anode active material particles comprise at least one active material selected from the group consisting of elemental silicon and SiO; and wherein, for the anode active material particles, a value A obtained by the following formula (1) is 6.1 or more and 54.8 or less: A=SBET×dmed×D Formula (1) where SBET is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the anode active material particles; dmed is a median diameter D50 (μm) of the anode active material particles; and D is a density (g/cm3) of the anode active material particles. |
| US10777840B2 |
Apparatus for sealing secondary battery
The present invention relates to an apparatus for sealing a secondary battery. The apparatus comprises: a sealing member thermally fusing and sealing a sealing surface of a pouch in which an electrode assembly is accommodated; and a cooling member cooling the sealing surface. |
| US10777838B2 |
Fuel cell module housing with field replaceable stacks
A fuel cell module includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks; a manifold configured to provide process gases to and receive process gases from the plurality of fuel cell stacks; and a module housing enclosing the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the manifold. Each of the plurality of fuel cell stacks is individually installable onto the manifold by lowering the fuel cell stack onto the manifold, and is individually removable from the manifold by raising the fuel cell stack from the manifold. |
| US10777835B2 |
Biological-alkali ion hybrid battery
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that employ bioactive materials at the anode and alkaline metal ions at the cathode. The bioactive materials can include microbes and/or enzymes to convert an organic feed stock into electron donors to be received at the anode. The MFCs can beneficially be housed in an anaerobic environment. |
| US10777834B2 |
Method for supplying molten carbonate fuel cell with electrolyte and molten carbonate fuel cell using the same
Disclosed are a method for supplying molten carbonate fuel cell with electrolyte and a molten carbonate fuel cell using the same, wherein a molten carbonate electrolyte is generated from a molten carbonate electrolyte precursor compound in a molten carbonate fuel cell and is supplied to the molten carbonate fuel cell. |
| US10777827B2 |
Water drainage device for fuel cell, fuel cell system, moving body and control method of fuel cell system
A technique that suppresses excessive water drainage from a fuel cell is provided. A water drainage device that drains water from inside of a fuel cell includes: a purge gas supply system; an operation unit; a water drainage controller; and a water content acquirer. The operation unit receives a water drainage command from a water drainage switch configured to control execution of a purge process by the purge gas supply system. When the water content obtained by the water content acquirer is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, the water drainage controller performs either one of: (i) invalidating the received water drainage command; and (ii) changing a processing condition of the purge process to decrease an amount of water drained by the purge process, compared with an amount of water drainage when the obtained water content is higher than the predetermined value. |
| US10777822B2 |
Fuel cell electrode and fuel cell using the same
A fuel cell electrode comprises a three-dimensional porous composite structure comprising a porous structure comprising a plurality of metal ligaments and a plurality of pores; and at least one carbon nanotube structure embedded in the porous structure and comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end to end by van der Waals attractive force, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes are arranged along a same direction. |
| US10777818B2 |
Aqueous binder for lithium ion battery, preparation method therefor and use thereof
An aqueous binder for a lithium ion battery, a preparation method and a use thereof. The binder is an inorganic-organic composite emulsion, comprising a dispersing agent, inorganic nanoparticles, (methyl)acrylate monomers, unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers, vinyl hydrocarbon monomers and optionally copolymers of other copolymerizable monomers, wherein the dispersing agent is a water-soluble cellulose grafted amphiphilic copolymer. When the water-soluble cellulose grafted amphiphilic copolymer is used as the dispersing agent, the agglomeration of the nanoparticles when the binder is formed into a film can be avoided, and at the same time, the effects of toughening and improving the binding strength can be achieved. Meanwhile, the water-soluble cellulose has certain strengthening and toughening properties so that the aqueous binder has an excellent anti-tensile performance. The aqueous binder for a lithium ion battery can be used for lithium ion batteries. |
| US10777815B2 |
Lithium nickel containing composite oxide and manufacturing method thereof, and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery
A cathode active material that is able to improve storage characteristics without deteriorating charging and discharging capacity is provided. By mixing lithium nickel containing composite oxide particles comprising a layered rock-salt type crystal structure, a lithium compound, and an alkali metal compound; calcining the mixed powder at a temperature range of 800° C. to 1000° C.; washing and removing alkali metal other than lithium; mixing washed calcined particles with a lithium compound again; calcining the mixture in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature range of 600° C. to 800° C., lithium nickel containing composite oxide comprising a layered rock-salt type crystal structure and a peak intensity ratio of (003) plane with respect to (104) plane of 1.2 or more that are obtained by X-ray powder diffraction using Cu-Kα ray as an X-ray source is obtained. |
| US10777813B2 |
Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and process for producing same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the positive electrode active material
A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with improved cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics, without impairing an advantage of high capacity which lithium nickel composite oxide inherently possesses. The positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes lithium nickel composite oxide represented by a general formula (1): Li1+uNi1−x−y−zCoxMnyMgzO2 (However, u, x, y and z in the formula satisfies 0.015≤u≤0.030, 0.05≤x≤0.20, 0.01≤y≤0.10, 0.01≤z≤0.05, 0.10≤x+y+z≤0.25.), and wherein crystallite diameter is 100 nm to 130 nm. In addition, the positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is produced at least by an oxidation roasting step, a mixing step, and a calcining step. |
| US10777803B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a top space, a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other. The secondary battery also includes an electrode tab extending outwardly from the top surface of the electrode assembly so as to channel heat away from the electrode assembly. The secondary battery further includes a fixing member formed adjacent to the electrode tab and covering at least the top surface of the electrode assembly so as to reduce a thermal deformation of the electrode assembly caused by the heat from the electrode tab. |
| US10777800B2 |
Membranes, calendered microporous membranes, battery separators, and related methods
Novel or improved microporous single or multilayer battery separator membranes, separators, batteries including such membranes or separators, methods of making such membranes, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes, separators and/or batteries are provided. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, a multilayer dry process polyethylene/polypropylene/polyethylene microporous separator which is manufactured using the inventive process which includes machine direction stretching followed by transverse direction stretching and a subsequent calendering step as a means to reduce the thickness of the multilayer microporous membrane, to reduce the percent porosity of the multilayer microporous membrane in a controlled manner and/or to improve transverse direction tensile strength. In a very particular embodiment, the inventive process produces a thin multilayer microporous membrane that is easily coated with polymeric-ceramic coatings, has excellent mechanical strength properties due to its polypropylene layer or layers and a thermal shutdown function due to its polyethylene layer or layers. The ratio of the thickness of the polypropylene and polyethylene layers in the inventive multilayer microporous membrane can be tailored to balance mechanical strength and thermal shutdown properties. |
| US10777798B2 |
Nonaqueous secondary battery
According to the present disclosure, the nonaqueous secondary battery includes: an electrode body including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator; and a nonaqueous electrolyte. At least one electrode of the positive electrode and the negative electrode and the separator satisfy any of conditions below: (1) the electrode and the separator are in contact with each other; (2) the separator has an O/C ratio of 0.1 or more and 0.2 or less; (3) the separator has a surface roughness Ra of 0.05 μm or more and 0.3 μm or less; and (4) a ratio of the surface roughness Ra of the separator to the surface roughness Ra of the electrode is 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less. |
| US10777796B2 |
Secondary battery separator and secondary battery
A secondary battery separator includes a porous base material; and a porous layer stacked on at least one surface of the porous base material, the porous layer being mainly composed of inorganic particles, and two or more organic resins having different melting points, the porous layer including a fluororesin as at least one of the organic resins, the secondary battery separator satisfying at least one of (A) and/or (B): (A) the porous layer has a melting point of 130° C. or higher and 20° C. or higher and lower than 130° C.; and (B) the porous layer has a melting point of 130° C. or higher, and includes an amorphous organic resin. |
| US10777795B2 |
Separator including resin member formed inside porous substrate, and secondary battery equipped therewith
The separator for secondary battery, comprising: a porous substrate having a melting temperature or a decomposition temperature of 200° C. or more; and a resin member formed at least inside of the substrate in a plane section that occupies at least a part of a plane along with a thickness direction of the substrate; wherein said resin member is coated on inner surfaces of pores without completely blocking connecting paths that connects pores of the porous member, and wherein a distribution density of the resin member becomes lower toward inside of the substrate. |
| US10777792B2 |
Secure wireless powertrain radio
A battery system has a cell including a container, a substrate mounted to the container, and circuitry on the substrate. The substrate defines antennas, a microprocessor, switches, and a transceiver. The microprocessor sequentially activates the switches to respectively connect the transceiver to the antennas to establish a location relative to a transmitter, and prevents communications with the transmitter responsive to the location falling outside a predefined range. |
| US10777791B1 |
Battery, battery module, battery pack and electric vehicle
A battery includes a case and a battery core assembly disposed in the case, the battery core assembly includes a plurality of battery core groups and an receiving space holding the plurality of battery core groups, the battery core groups are connected in series, and the battery core group includes at least one battery core; a separator plate is disposed between at least two adjacent battery core groups, the separator plate divides the receiving space into a plurality of receiving cavities, each of the receiving cavities holds one or more battery core groups, and a cavity wall of the receiving cavity comprised by a connection of the separator plate and a separation membrane; and the battery further includes a liquid injection channel and the liquid injection channel in a sealed state, the liquid injection channel is disposed on at least one of the separation membranes and the separator plates. |
| US10777790B2 |
Vehicular battery pack
A vehicular battery pack comprising a parallelepiped-shaped container, wherein cells are arranged in layers one above the other in the container, and wherein relative monitoring devices of the individual cells are arranged on a second lateral wall, perpendicular to said layers and first lateral walls, perpendicular to said layers and to said second lateral wall, wherein said first lateral walls are configured to cool said layers of cells. |
| US10777785B2 |
Power-cell packaging material
A battery packaging material includes a laminate that includes at least a base material layer, a metal layer, an insulating layer, and a sealant layer laminated in this order. The insulating layer is formed of a resin composition containing a modified polyolefin resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or acid anhydride thereof and has a hardness, when measured by using a nanoindenter and pressing an indenter 5 μm into the insulating layer from a cross-section of the laminate in the laminating direction thereof, that ranges from 10 MPa to 300 MPa. In the sealant layer, an elastic modulus, when measured by using a nanoindenter and pressing an indenter 5 μm into the sealant layer from a cross-section of the laminate in the laminating direction thereof, ranges from 100 MPa to 1000 MPa. |
| US10777782B2 |
Thin electrochemical cell
The invention relates to devices incorporating thin, lightweight electrochemical cells and their method of manufacture, whereby a thin flexible pouch-type cell (1) comprises at least one pair of overlying electrode layers separated from one another by an intermediate electrolyte layer (13), the cell exterior being defined by first and second laminated sheets (3, 9) sealed together, wherein each laminated sheet (3, 9) has an outermost layer (3a, 9a) forming a respective external face of the cell (1) and a coextensive, innermost, conductive layer (3b, 9b) that acts as a current collector layer (3b, 9b) and which supports an electrode layer (5, 11), although the conductive layer may also itself act as the active electrode layer. |
| US10777776B2 |
Flexible display apparatus and method for fabricating flexible display apparatus
A flexible display apparatus and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The flexible display apparatus comprises a first substrate and a first optical clear adhesive layer. The first optical clear adhesive layer is disposed on one side of the first substrate. The first optical clear adhesive layer has a pair of transparent spacers. The transparent spacers are applied to divide the first optical clear adhesive layer into a first part and a second part. The first part is located between the pair of the transparent spacers, and the second part is located at outside of the pair of the transparent spacers. A thickness of the first part is smaller than a thickness of the second part. A vertical projection of the first part on the first substrate is forming a first area. When the flexible display apparatus is in a folding state, the first area is bent. |
| US10777775B2 |
Flexible display device and method for making same
A method for making a flexible display device includes: providing a hard substrate and sequentially forming a sacrificial layer, a metal layer, a buffer layer, and a flexible layer on the hard substrate; forming a display element layer on a surface of the flexible layer away from the buffer layer; hot pressing a laminate formed by the display element layer, the flexible layer, the buffer layer, the metal layer, the sacrificial layer, and the hard substrate to make the display element layer to bond to the flexible layer; laser irradiating the laminate from a side of the hard substrate to make the metal layer and the sacrificial layer peel off from each other. |
| US10777768B2 |
Organic light emitting diode assembly, light source, and method of fabricating organic light emitting diode assembly
The present application discloses an organic light emitting diode assembly. The organic light emitting diode assembly includes a first base substrate; an organic light emitting diode on the first base substrate; and a second base substrate on a side of, the organic light emitting diode distal to the first base substrate. The organic light emitting diode and the second base substrate are spaced apart from each other by a tunable gap. A gap distance of the tunable gap is tunable such that a color of light emitted from the organic light emitting diode assembly is tunable in response to a change in the gap distance. |
| US10777767B2 |
Array cell unit, method of manufacturing the same and light emitting diode display device including the same
An anode cell array unit for an organic light emitting diode display. The anode cell array unit is disposed on a substrate structure unit including an active element for each pixel, and has an organic light emitting unit is disposed thereon. The anode cell array unit may include an insulating interlayer disposed on the substrate structure unit, and configured to be isolated from the active element, an anode structure disposed on the insulating interlayer, and electrically connected to the active element, an anode cell isolator being arranged to penetrate through the anode structure and to protrude upward from the anode structure, and being configured to define a plurality of cells by isolating the pixels from each other, and a leakage current suppressing layer pattern disposed on the anode structure to surround a sidewall of the anode cell isolator to be configured to suppress a leakage current that occurs in an area adjacent to an interface between the anode cell isolator and the anode structure |
| US10777766B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of fabricating the same can reduce resistance of a cathode by forming an auxiliary electrode. Also, such OLED display device and method can prevent damage on a pad electrode due to an etchant during patterning of an anode by applying a protective structure to the pad electrode of a pad area and by including the pad electrode exposed from a plurality of pad electrode layers. |
| US10777761B2 |
Polymer solar cell
A polymer solar cell includes an anode electrode, a photoactive layer, and a cathode electrode stacked on each other in that order. The photoactive layer includes a polymer layer and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the polymer layer. Each of the plurality of carbon nanotubes includes a first carbon nanotube portion and a second carbon nanotube portion. The first carbon nanotube portion is embedded in the polymer layer, and the second carbon nanotube portion is exposed out of the polymer layer and directly contacts the cathode electrode. |
| US10777754B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
The present invention relates to compounds containing a dibenzo-fused six-member central ring structure together with a nitrogen containing heterocycle or benzonitrile. These compounds may be useful as host materials in phosphorescent electroluminescent devices. |
| US10777752B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and electronic apparatus provided with the same
An organic electroluminescence device including a cathode, an anode, and an emitting layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the emitting layer includes a compound represented by the following formula (1) and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (11), (21), (31), (41), (51), (61), (71) and (81). In the formula (1), at least one of R1 to R8 is a deuterium atom, and Ar2 is a monovalent group represented by following formula (2), (3) or (4). |
| US10777748B2 |
Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element using the same, and electronic device thereof
Provided are an organic electronic element comprising a compound capable of improving luminous efficiency, stability and lifetime of an organic electronic device, in an emitting auxiliary layer or electron blocking layer formed between an emitting layer and a hole transport layer of the element, and an electronic device comprising the same. |
| US10777747B2 |
Amine compound and organic electroluminescence device including the same
Provided are an amine compound and an organic electroluminescence device including the same. The amine compound according to an embodiment of the inventive concept is represented by Formula 1 below. |
| US10777745B2 |
Switching element, variable resistance memory device, and method of manufacturing the switching element
A switching element includes a lower barrier electrode on a substrate, a switching pattern on the lower barrier electrode, and an upper barrier electrode on the switching pattern. The lower barrier electrode includes a first lower barrier electrode layer, and a second lower barrier electrode layer interposed between the first lower barrier electrode layer and the switching pattern and whose density is different from the density of the first lower barrier electrode. |
| US10777744B2 |
Resistive switching memory cell including switchable solid electrolyte having disclosed composition
A resistive switching memory cell comprising a switchable solid electrolyte (E). The electrolyte (E) consists of a composition comprising a matrix comprising a metal oxide, metal sulphide and/or metal selenide as the matrix material, the metal oxide, metal sulphide and/or metal selenide comprising at least two metals M1 and M2, and a metal M3 which is mobile in the matrix. The atomic ratio of M1 to M2 is within the range of 75:25 to 99.99:0.01, preferably 90:10 to 99.99:0.01; the valence states of M1, M2 and M3 are all positive; the valence state of M1 is larger than the valence state of M2; the valence state of M2 is equal to or larger than the valence state of M3; and the metals M1, M2 and M3 are different. |
| US10777742B2 |
Electronic device and method for fabricating the same
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing semiconductor memory using variable resistance elements for storing data. In one aspect, an electronic device is provided to comprise a semiconductor memory unit including: a substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer disposed over the substrate; and a variable resistance element including a seed layer formed over the interlayer dielectric layer, a first magnetic layer formed over the seed layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed over the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer formed over the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the seed layer includes a conductive material having a metallic property and an oxygen content of 1% to approximately 10%. |
| US10777741B2 |
Scaled nanotube electrode for low power multistage atomic switch
A method of forming a memory device that includes depositing a first dielectric material within a trench of composed of a second dielectric material; positioning a nanotube within the trench using chemical recognition to the first dielectric material; depositing a dielectric for cation transportation within the trench on the nanotube; and forming a second electrode on the dielectric for cation transportation, wherein the second electrode is composed of a metal. |
| US10777740B2 |
Phase changeable memory device and semiconductor integrated circuit device including the same
A semiconductor integrated circuit device and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The resistive memory device includes a lower electrode, a resistive layer formed in a resistance change region on the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed on the resistive layer, and an insertion layer configured to allow a reset current path of the resistive layer, which is formed from the upper electrode to the lower electrode, to be bypassed in a direction perpendicular to or parallel to a surface of the lower electrode. |
| US10777736B2 |
Polishing stop layer(s) for processing arrays of semiconductor elements
Described embodiments can be used in semiconductor manufacturing and employ materials with high and low polish rates to help determine a precise polish end point that is consistent throughout a wafer and that can cease polishing prior to damaging semiconductor elements. The height of the low polish rate material between the semiconductor elements is used as the polishing endpoint. Because the low polish rate material slows down the polishing process, it is easy to determine an end point and avoid damage to the semiconductor elements. An additional or alternative etch end point can be a thin layer of material that provides a very clear spectroscopy signal when it has been exposed, allowing the etch process to cease. |
| US10777734B2 |
Magnetic memory devices with magnetic field sensing and shielding
In a non-limiting embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a memory component having a plurality of magnetic storage elements for storing memory data, and one or more sensor components configured to detect a magnetic field external to the memory component. The sensor component outputs a signal to one or more components of the magnetic memory device based on the detected magnetic field. The memory component is configured to be terminated when the signal is above a predetermined threshold value. In some embodiments, a magnetic field is generated in a direction opposite to the direction of the detected external magnetic field when the signal is above the predetermined threshold value. |
| US10777729B2 |
Electronic device and control method thereof
An electronic device and control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first layer disposed on a surface of the electronic device and configured to be touched or gripped by a user and to generate a signal corresponding to a touch or grip area of the user, a second layer disposed on the first layer and configured to have a surface of the second layer deformed, and a processor configured to detect a user's touch or grip based on the generated signal, and control the second layer to deform a surface of the second layer to have a protrusion pattern on the touch or grip area of the second layer based on the generated signal. |
| US10777728B2 |
Fabrication of a quantum device
In a masking phase, a first segment of an amorphous mask is formed on an underlying layer of a substrate. The first segment comprises a first set of trenches exposing the underlying layer. In the masking phase, a second segment of the amorphous mask is formed on the underlying layer. The second segment comprises a second set of trenches exposing the underlying layer. The segments are non-overlapping. An open end of one of the first set of trenches faces an open end of one of the second set of trenches, but the ends are separated by a portion of the amorphous mask. In a semiconductor growth phase, semiconductor material is grown, by selective area growth, in the first and second sets of trenches to form first and second sub-networks of nanowires on the underlying layer. The first and second sub-networks of nanowires are joined to form a single nanowire network. |
| US10777727B2 |
Efficiency-enhanced thermoelectric devices
An efficiency-enhanced, three-terminal, bi-junction thermoelectric device driven by independently-adjustable parameters of temperature and voltage. |
| US10777725B2 |
Thermoelectric generator
A thermoelectric generator includes a tube in which a first fluid flows, a power generation module, a holding member, and a heat exchanging fin. The power generation module includes a thermoelectric conversion element. The holding member holds a stacked body in which the power generation module and the tube are stacked with each other such that heat can be transferred between the power generation module and the tube. Both end portions of the holding member are located and fixed outside both ends of the stacked body. The heat exchanging fin includes a pair of end fin portions provided on the reverse surface of the holding member at portions corresponding to the both ends of the stacked body, and an intermediate fin located between the pair of end fin portions and higher in stiffness than the pair of end fin portions. |
| US10777723B2 |
LED package structure, heat-dissipating substrate, method for manufacturing LED package structure, and method for manufacturing heat-dissipating substrate
The present disclosure discloses a light emitting diode (LED) package structure, a heat-dissipating substrate, a method for manufacturing an LED package structure, and a method for manufacturing a heat-dissipating substrate. The method for manufacturing the heat-dissipating substrate includes: providing a metal plate having a top surface and a bottom surface; implementing an etching process on the metal plate so as to form a first heat-dissipating block, a second heat-dissipating block, and a heat-dissipating plate spaced apart from each other; and filling an insulating material between the heat-dissipating plate and the first heat-dissipating block and between the heat-dissipating plate and the second heat-dissipating block so as to electrically isolate the heat-dissipating plate, the first heat-dissipating block, and the second heat-dissipating block from each other. |
| US10777716B1 |
Pixel encapsulating structure
A pixel encapsulating structure including a substrate, a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a filling material is provided. The first light-emitting device is on the substrate. The second light-emitting device is on the substrate. The first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device have different emission wavelengths. The filling material is on the substrate, the first light-emitting device, and the second light-emitting device. The filling material has two portions respectively covering the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device, and said two portions have different refractive indices. |
| US10777715B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device
Provided is a semiconductor light emitting device 1 includes a semiconductor stacked layer 2 having a light extraction surface 3a perpendicular to a stacked surface of the semiconductor stacked layer 2, a light transmissive light guide member 3 disposed on the semiconductor stacked layer 2, a light reflective member 4 disposed on the light guide member 3, and a light reflective package 5 which has an open portion corresponding to the light extraction surface 3a and surrounds peripheral surfaces of the semiconductor stacked layer 2. |
| US10777710B2 |
Protection mechanism for light source
A housing for a light source mounted on a substrate, the housing comprising: a barrel having first and second conducting columns; and a diffuser having a through-hole or partial hole filled with a conductive plug, the conductive plug electrically bridging a gap in an electrical connection between the first and second conducting columns. |
| US10777707B2 |
Group-III nitride stacked body and group-III nitride light-emitting element
A group-Ill nitride stacked body includes a substrate, an n-type first AlGaN layer expressed by the composition formula AlXGa1-XN (0 |
| US10777706B2 |
Electrochemical removal of aluminum nitride substrates for electronic and optoelectronic devices
In various embodiments, an electrochemical process is utilized to remove at least a portion of a substrate from multiple singulated or unsingulated electronic-device or optoelectronic-device dies. The dies may be attached to a submount for the removal process, and the dies may be immersed in or non-immersively contact an electrolyte during the removal process. |
| US10777705B2 |
Light extraction using feature size and shape control in LED surface roughening
The structural characteristics of the light-exiting surface of a light emitting device are controlled so as to increase the light extraction efficiency of that surface when the surface is roughened. A light emitting surface comprising layers of materials with different durability to the roughening process exhibits a higher light extraction efficiency than a substantially uniform light emitting surface exposed to the same roughening process. In a GaN-type light emitting device, a thin layer of AlGaN material on or near the light-exiting surface creates sharper features after etching compared to the features created by conventional etching of a surface comprising only GaN material. |
| US10777692B2 |
Photo-detecting apparatus and photo-detecting method thereof
A photo-detecting apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate. A first germanium-based light absorption material is supported by the semiconductor substrate and configured to absorb a first optical signal having a first wavelength greater than 800 nm. A first metal line is electrically coupled to a first region of the first germanium-based light absorption material. A second metal line is electrically coupled to a second region of the first germanium-based light absorption material. The first region is un-doped or doped with a first type of dopants. The second region is doped with a second type of dopants. The first metal line is configured to control an amount of a first type of photo-generated carriers generated inside the first germanium-based light absorption material to be collected by the second region. |
| US10777691B2 |
Formed photovoltaic module busbars
A method and apparatus directed to busbar components for photovoltaic modules. |
| US10777690B2 |
Capacitor structure having vertical diffusion plates
A capacitor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first vertical diffusion plate disposed in the semiconductor substrate, a first shallow trench isolation (STI) structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the first vertical diffusion plate, and a second vertical diffusion plate disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the first STI structure. The first vertical diffusion plate further includes a first lower portion that is part of the semiconductor substrate. The first lower portion is surrounded and electrically isolated by a first wafer-backside trench isolation structure. The first wafer-backside trench isolation structure is in direct contact with a bottom of the first STI structure. |
| US10777687B2 |
Semiconductor device
A high-performance and highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first oxide; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a second oxide over the first oxide, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a gate insulating film over the second oxide; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. The source electrode is electrically connected to the first oxide. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the first oxide. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide includes In, an element M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide includes more In atoms than element M atoms. An atomic ratio of the In, the Zn, and the element M in the first oxide is equal to or similar to an atomic ratio of the In, the Zn, and the element M in the second oxide. |
| US10777684B2 |
Method of making a vertical pillar device and structure thereof
A vertical pillar device includes a substrate, one or more pillars, a drain section, and a source section. The one or more pillars include a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the substrate at a first interface. The substrate and the one or more pillars are made of different materials. The drain section surrounds the one or more pillars near the first end and away from the first interface. The source section connects to the one or more pillars at the second end. |
| US10777682B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
An object is to reduce leakage current and parasitic capacitance of a transistor used for an LSI, a CPU, or a memory. A semiconductor integrated circuit such as an LSI, a CPU, or a memory is manufactured using a thin film transistor in which a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor which becomes an intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor by removing impurities which serve as electron donors (donors) from the oxide semiconductor and has larger energy gap than that of a silicon semiconductor. With use of a thin film transistor using a highly purified oxide semiconductor layer with sufficiently reduced hydrogen concentration, a semiconductor device with low power consumption due to leakage current can be realized. |
| US10777679B2 |
Removal of work function metal wing to improve device yield in vertical FETs
A vertical transistor that includes a gate structure containing a work function metal liner that is wing-free is provided. The wing-free work function metal liner is provided by recessing a sacrificial material layer portion that is located adjacent to a work function metal liner having a winged surface near the channel and fin ends. The recessed sacrificial material layer portion allows for multi-directional etching of the winged surface of the work function metal liner and thus the wing surface can be removed forming a wing-free work function metal liner. The vertical transistor of the present application has reduced parasitic capacitance and a reduced tendency of electrical shorting between a top source/drain structure and the gate structure. The method of the present application can improve device yield. |
| US10777678B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: an active area including a drift layer of a first conductivity type; and a voltage blocking area arranged around the active area and including an field relaxation region having a second conductivity type, being provided in an upper portion of the drift layer, wherein a depth of the field relaxation region decreases toward outside, and a spatial-modulation portion is provided at an outer end of the field relaxation region. |
| US10777670B2 |
Vertical insulated gate turn-off thyristor with intermediate p+ layer in p-base formed using epitaxial layer
An insulated gate turn-off thyristor has a layered structure including a p+ layer (e.g., a substrate), an n-epi layer, a p-well, vertical insulated gate regions formed in the p-well, and an n− layer over the p-well and between the gate regions, so that vertical npn and pnp transistors are formed. After forming the p-well, boron ions are implanted into the exposed surface of the p-well to form a p+ region. The n-epi layer is then grown over the p-well and the p+ region, and the boron in the p+ region is diffused upward into the n-epi layer and downward to form an intermediate p+ region. The p-well's highly doped intermediate region enables improvement in the npn transistor efficiency as well as enabling more independent control over the characteristics of the n-type layer (emitter) and the overall dopant concentration and thickness of the p-type base to optimize the thyristor's performance. |
| US10777666B2 |
Manufacturing method of thin film transistor substrate and thin film transistor substrate manufactured by using the same
A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor substrate and the thin film transistor substrate manufactured by using the manufacturing method are provided. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate layer, forming a gate electrode layer on the substrate layer, forming an insulating layer on the substrate layer and the gate electrode layer by using a first solution, forming a channel layer on the insulating layer by using a second solution, and forming a source/drain electrode layer on the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the channel layer are formed by processes using solution, so high vacuum equipment is not required, and production costs are reduced. |
| US10777665B2 |
III-V and Zn based finFET structure formed using low temperature deposition techniques
Aspects of the present disclosure include a semiconductor structure comprising a gate layer with an associated gate dielectric thereon, and a region comprising at least one fin structure in contact with the gate layer, wherein the fin structure includes at least two distinct materials, and wherein one of the two distinct materials is a Zn based material. |
| US10777662B2 |
Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor, including: selecting a substrate, and forming a bottom gate, a gate insulating layer and a source-drain above the selected substrate, wherein the bottom gate and the source-drain adopts a conductive metal oxide with an adjustable work function as a metal conducting electrode; rinsing and drying the source-drain of the selected substrate, and ozone cleaning dried source-drain for a predetermined time under a predetermined illumination condition, bombarding the source-drain with oxygen plasma for a period of time, forming an active layer made of a carbon material over the source-drain; forming a passivation layer over the active layer. The implementation of the disclosure can reduce the contact resistance and improve the performance of the carbon-based thin film transistor device by adjusting the work function of the contact surface between the conductive metal and the active layer. |
| US10777652B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of flash memory structures on a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the flash memory structures includes a floating gate formed on the semiconductor substrate and a control gate formed on the floating gate; forming at least one pseudo contact between the plurality of flash memory structures; forming a liner film conformally on a surface of the pseudo contact; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the whole semiconductor substrate to cover the pseudo contact and form at least one air gap between the pseudo contact and the flash memory structure; planarizing the interlayer dielectric layer until the top of the pseudo contact is exposed; removing the pseudo contact to form a contact opening; and forming a conductive material in the contact opening. |
| US10777643B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a buffer layer provided on the semiconductor substrate; a GaN channel layer provided on the buffer layer; an AlGaN electron travel layer provided on the GaN channel layer; a GaN cap layer provided on the AlGaN electron travel layer, having a nitrogen polarity, and on which a plurality of recesses are formed; and a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode provided in each of the plurality of recesses. |
| US10777639B2 |
Two-dimensional semiconductor, manufacturing method therefor, and semiconductor device comprising same
Disclosed are a two-dimensional semiconductor in which an energy band gap changes with thickness, a manufacturing method therefor, and a semiconductor device comprising the same. A two-dimensional semiconductor according to an embodiment comprises: a first layer having a first thickness; and a second layer having a second thickness, wherein the first thickness and the second thickness are different from each other, the first layer forms a first junction with a first electrode, and the second layer forms a second junction with a second electrode. |
| US10777637B2 |
Integrated circuit product with a multi-layer single diffusion break and methods of making such products
One illustrative integrated circuit product disclosed herein includes a single diffusion break (SDB) isolation structure positioned between a first fin portion and a second fin portion, wherein the first fin portion comprises a first end surface and the second fin portion comprises a second end surface. In this example, the SDB structure includes a conformal liner layer that engages the first end surface of the first fin portion and the second end surface of the second fin portion, an insulating material positioned on the conformal liner layer, a cap structure positioned above an upper surface of the insulating material and an air gap positioned between a bottom surface of the cap structure and the upper surface of the insulating material. |
| US10777633B2 |
Display device, display device manufacturing method, and display device manufacturing apparatus
A display device includes a TFT layer provided with a terminal configured to receive a signal inputted from an external source, and a terminal wiring line in a lower layer underlying the terminal, and a light emitting element layer in an upper layer overlying the TFT layer. The terminal includes a main portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the main portion. The peripheral portion is covered by a cover film, the terminal wiring line and a lower face of the peripheral portion are in contact, and the main portion and the terminal wiring line overlap via at least one terminal base film. |
| US10777628B2 |
Display device
Disclosed is a display device, including: a substrate including a pixel area and a peripheral area; pixels provided in the pixel area as a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns; data lines configured to provide a data signal; scan lines configured to provide a scan signal; first power lines configured to provide a power source to the pixel columns; and a second power line connected to the first power lines and disposed in the peripheral area. A scan line connected to an ith pixel row may apply a scan signal to the ith pixel row, and a branched line branched from the scan line may apply an initialization signal to a kth pixel row (k≠i). A branched point of the scan line is disposed between a pixel most adjacent to the second power line of the ith pixel row and the second power line. |
| US10777627B2 |
Organic light emitting display substrate and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting display substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display substrate includes a substrate, and a drive transistor and an organic light emitting diode disposed on the substrate. In a direction away from the substrate, the organic light emitting diode successively includes: a first reflective electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second reflective electrode. A drain of the drive transistor is electrically coupled to the first reflective electrode. The organic light emitting display substrate further includes a light guide layer. One side surface of the light guide layer is the light incident surface. The light incident surface is disposed opposite to the light outgoing surface of the organic light emitting diode so that the light emitted from the light outgoing surface enters the light guide layer. |
| US10777624B2 |
Display assembly and manufacturing method thereof and display apparatus
A display assembly includes an array substrate, a package substrate adhered to the array substrate, and a photosensitive device; wherein the array substrate includes a pixel unit for emitting light to an object to be recognized on a displaying side of the display assembly; and the photosensitive device is provided on the package substrate for generating an optical signal based on received light reflected by the object to be recognized and converting the generated optical signal into an electric signal for recognizing the object to be recognized. |
| US10777623B2 |
Electronic device including display with expanded sensor operability
Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, a display panel, and an image sensor. The display panel includes a first polarization layer that causes light input from outside the electronic device to oscillate in a first direction as a first linearly-polarized light, a first retardation layer disposed below the first polarization layer and causing at least a portion of the first linearly-polarized light to oscillate as a circularly-polarized light, a substrate layer disposed below the first retardation layer and passing at least a portion of the circularly-polarized light, and a protection layer disposed below the substrate layer and protecting at least a portion of the substrate layer by covering the portion of the substrate layer. |
| US10777617B2 |
Display, a circuit arrangement for a display, and a method of operating a circuit arrangement of a display
A display, a circuit arrangement for a display and a method of operating a circuit arrangement of a display are disclosed. In an embodiment a display includes a plurality of light emitters arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each row including an electric line and each column including an electric line, a voltage supply for providing a first voltage level to the electric lines of the rows and a second voltage level to the electric lines of the columns and a light emitter arranged in a first row and a first column and interconnecting the electric line of the first row and the electric line of the first column, wherein the electric line of the first column includes a current source, the current source being adapted to be switched on and off and to provide an electric current to drive the light emitter. |
| US10777616B2 |
Pixel arrangement structure, pixel structure and production method thereof, array substrate, and display panel
This disclosure provides a pixel arrangement structure, a pixel structure and a production method thereof, an array substrate, and a display panel. The pixel arrangement structure comprises: a plurality of first pixel units and second pixel units which are arranged alternately in both of row direction and column direction; wherein each of the pixel units comprises nine zones forming an array of three rows by three columns, and there are first, second, and third sub-pixels, first and second retention regions, and an optional fourth sub-pixel in these zones, respectively. |
| US10777610B2 |
Photo electric converter, imaging system, and method for manufacturing photoelectric converter
A method for manufacturing a photoelectric converter includes a first step of preparing a semiconductor substrate including a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films above the semiconductor substrate, and a third step of forming a photoelectric conversion portion above the semiconductor substrate. The second step includes a step of forming a first film containing hydrogen. The third step includes a step of forming a first electrode, a step of forming a photoelectric conversion film, and a step of forming a second electrode. The method includes a step of performing heat treatment between the step of forming the first film and the step of forming the photoelectric conversion film. |
| US10777608B2 |
RRAM process integration scheme and cell structure with reduced masking operations
Disclosed is a resistive random access memory (RRAM). The RRAM includes a bottom electrode made of tungsten and a switching layer made of hafnium oxide disposed above the bottom electrode, wherein the switching layer includes a switchable filament. The RRAM further includes a resistive layer disposed above the switching layer and a bit line disposed above the resistive layer, wherein the resistive layer extends laterally to connect two or more memory cells along the bit line. |
| US10777607B1 |
Bitcells for a non-volatile memory device
Structures for a bitcell of a non-volatile memory and methods of fabricating such structures. A field-effect transistor of the bitcell includes a gate having gate electrodes that are arranged in a four contacted (poly) pitch layout. An interconnect structure is arranged over the field-effect transistor, and a memory element arranged in the interconnect structure. The memory element is connected by the interconnect structure with the field-effect transistor. |
| US10777604B2 |
Light emitting device having commonly connected LED sub-units
A light emitting device including first, second, and third LED sub-units, and electrode pads disposed on the first LED sub-unit, electrically connected to the LED sub-units, and including a common electrode pad electrically connected to each of the LED sub-units, and first, second, and third electrode pads connected to a respective one of the LED sub-units, in which the common electrode pad, the second electrode pad, and the third electrode pad are electrically connected to the second LED sub-unit and the third LED sub-unit through holes that pass through the first LED sub-unit, the first, second, and third LED sub-units are configured to be independently driven, light generated in the first LED sub-unit emitted to the outside through the second and third LED sub-units, and light generated in the second LED sub-unit is emitted to the outside through the third LED sub-unit. |
| US10777603B1 |
Optical sensor
An optical sensor is provided. The optical sensor includes a substrate, a transistor, a first electrode, a photodiode, a second electrode and an anti-reflective layer. The transistor is disposed over the substrate. The first electrode is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the transistor. The second electrode is disposed over the first electrode, and the photodiode is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The anti-reflective layer is disposed over the second electrode and a first U-shaped portion lining the second electrode. |
| US10777602B2 |
Pixel circuit
A pixel circuit includes a floating diffusion layer of a first conductivity-type between a drain/source of a second conductivity-type and a source/drain of the second conductivity-type. The source/drain and the drain/source touch the floating diffusion layer. A cathode of a photoelectric converter is electrically connected to the floating diffusion layer. An anode of the photoelectric converter touches the cathode. The cathode is of the first conductivity-type and the anode is of the second conductivity-type. |
| US10777597B2 |
Imaging device
To realize miniaturization of a pixel, reduction in noise, and high quantum efficiency, and to improve short-wavelength sensitivity while suppressing inter-pixel interference and variations for each pixel. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer formed in a semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor layer of a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a pixel separation unit which defines a pixel region including the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is connected to the first semiconductor layer from one surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode which is connected to the second semiconductor layer from a light irradiation surface side that is the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and is formed to correspond to a position of the pixel separation unit. |
| US10777592B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing thereof
An image sensor includes a substrate, a photosensitive unit, a first grid and a color filter. The photosensitive unit is located within the substrate. The first grid is located above the substrate, and the first grid has a first portion and a second portion above the first portion, wherein the second portion has a rounded top surface extending from a sidewall of the first portion of the first grid. The color filter is located above the photosensitive unit and in contact with the rounded top surface of the second portion of the first grid. |
| US10777591B2 |
Image sensor device
A semiconductor device includes: a photodiode formed in a substrate; and at least one transistor having a gate feature that comprises a first portion and a second portion coupled to an end of the first portion, the first portion disposed above and extending along a major surface of the substrate and the second portion extending from the major surface of the substrate into the substrate, wherein the photodiode and the at least one transistor at least partially form a pixel. |
| US10777590B2 |
Method for forming image sensor device structure with doping layer in light-sensing region
A method for forming an image sensor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a light-sensing region in a substrate, and forming an interconnect structure below a first surface of the substrate. The method also includes forming a trench in the light-sensing region from a second surface of the substrate, and forming a doping layer in the trench. The method includes forming an oxide layer in the trench and on the doping layer to form a doping region, and the doping region is inserted into the light-sensing region. |
| US10777589B2 |
Pixel crosstalk correction
A time-of-flight camera calibration system includes a time-of-flight camera and a calibration processor. The calibration processor is coupled to the time-of-flight camera. The calibration processor is configured to receive an input phase image captured by the time-of-flight camera, and generate a blurred phase image by applying a low pass filter to the input phase image. The calibration processor is also configured to generate a crosstalk correction matrix based on the blurred phase image, and provide the crosstalk correction matrix to the time-of-flight camera. |
| US10777587B2 |
Active matrix substrate and display device provided with active matrix substrate
Provided is an active matrix substrate (1001) that includes multiple inspection TFTs (10Q) that are arranged in a non-display area (900), and an inspection circuit (200) that includes multiple inspection TFTs (10Q). At least one or more of the multiple inspection TFTs (10Q) are arranged within a semiconductor chip mounting area (R) in which a semiconductor chip is mounted. Each of the multiple inspection TFTs (10Q) includes a semiconductor layer, a lower gate electrode (FG) that is positioned on a side of the substrate of the semiconductor layer with a gate insulation layer in between, an upper gate electrode (BG) that is positioned on a side opposite to the side of the substrate of the semiconductor layer with an insulation layer including a first insulation layer in between, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are connected to the semiconductor layer. |
| US10777582B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing a display device including the same
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate may include forming a gate electrode on a base substrate, forming a gate insulation layer on the base substrate, the gate insulation layer covering the gate electrode, performing a simultaneous ultraviolet ray irradiation and thermal treatment (SUT) process by irradiating an ultraviolet ray at the gate insulation layer and supplying heat to the gate insulation layer at substantially the same time, forming an active pattern on the gate insulation layer, the active pattern overlapping the gate electrode, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the gate insulation layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode being electrically connected to the active pattern. |
| US10777581B2 |
Method for manufacturing IGZO thin-film transistor
A method for manufacturing an IGZO thin-film transistor includes: manufacturing a buffer layer, an active layer, a gate electrode layer, and a gate insulator layer in sequence on a substrate, and performing a patterning process; depositing a transparent insulating metal oxide layer on the patterned buffer layer, the active layer, the gate electrode layer, and the gate insulator layer by sputtering, and annealing the transparent insulating metal oxide layer so as to improve electric properties of a thin-film transistor; depositing a dielectric layer on the transparent insulating metal oxide layer, and patterning the dielectric layer and the transparent insulating metal oxide layer by means of a photolithography process and a dry etch process; depositing S/D (source/drain) contact regions on the dielectric layer; and performing a patterning process. |
| US10777577B2 |
3-dimensional semiconductor memory device
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a connecting region; a stacked structure including a lower stacked structure and an upper stacked structure sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the stacked structure includes an insulating layer and electrodes alternately stacked vertically on the substrate; a vertical structure in a channel hole passing through the lower stacked structure and the upper stacked structure on the cell array region; and a dummy structure in a dummy hole passing through at least one of a lower stacked structure and an upper stacked structure on a connecting region. The connecting region includes a second connecting region on one side of the cell array region and a first connecting region on one side of the second connecting region. A surface pattern shape of the dummy hole in the second connecting region is different from a shape of the dummy hole in the first connecting region. |
| US10777575B1 |
Three-dimensional memory device with self-aligned vertical conductive strips having a gate-all-around configuration and method of making the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, drain-select-level trenches that vertically extend through at least one drain-select-level electrically conductive layer and laterally extend along a first horizontal direction and divide each drain-select-level electrically conductive layer into multiple drain-select-level electrically conductive strips, and pairs of vertical conductive strips located within a respective one of the drain-select-level trenches. Each of the vertical conductive strips has a pair of vertical straight sidewalls that laterally extends along the first horizontal direction. Each drain-select-level electrode may have at least one drain-select-level electrically conductive layer and at least one vertical conductive strip. |
| US10777573B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer containing metal atoms, a charge storage layer provided on a surface of the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film, and an electrode layer provided on a surface of the charge storage layer via a second insulating film. The thickness of the first insulating film is 5 nm or more and 10 nm or less. The concentration of the metal atoms in the semiconductor layer is 5.0×1017 [EA/cm3] or higher and 1.3×1020 [EA/cm3] or lower. |
| US10777563B2 |
Cell disturb prevention using a leaker device to reduce excess charge from an electronic device
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. In one embodiment, an exemplary apparatus includes a plurality of memory cells. At least a portion of the memory cells have a bottom electrode with each bottom electrode being at least partially electrically isolated from remaining ones of the bottom electrodes. At least one resistive interconnect electrically couples two or more of the bottom electrodes. The resistive interconnect is arranged to discharge at least a portion of excess charge from the two or more bottom electrodes. Additional apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses are disclosed. |
| US10777555B2 |
Low voltage (power) junction FET with all-around junction gate
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a bottom source/drain region on a semiconductor substrate, forming a channel region extending vertically from the bottom source/drain region, growing a top source/drain region from an upper portion of the channel region, and growing a gate region from a lower portion of the channel region under the upper portion, wherein the gate region is on more than one side of the channel region. |
| US10777553B2 |
Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same
An integrated circuit device may include a fin-type active region extending in a first direction on a substrate; an insulating separation structure extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction on the fin-type active region; a pair of split gate lines spaced apart from each other with the insulating separation structure therebetween and extending in the second direction to be aligned with the insulating separation structure; a pair of source/drain regions located on the fin-type active region and spaced apart from each other with the insulating separation structure therebetween; and a jumper contact located over the insulating separation structure and connected between the pair of source/drain regions. |
| US10777552B2 |
Method of simultaneous fabrication of SOI transistors and of transistors on bulk substrate
The disclosure relates to a method of simultaneous fabrication of an MOS transistor of SOI type, and of first and second transistors on bulk substrate, comprising: a) providing a semiconductor layer on an insulating layer covering a semiconductor substrate; b) forming a mask comprising, above the location of the second transistor, a central opening which is less wide than the second transistor to be formed; c) plumb with the opening, entirely etching the semiconductor layer and insulating layer, hence resulting in remaining portions of the insulating layer at the location of the second transistor; d) growing the semiconductor by epitaxy as far as the upper level of the semiconductor layer; e) forming isolating trenches; and f) forming the gate insulators of the transistors, the gate insulator of the second transistor comprising at least one part of the said remaining portions of the insulating layer. |
| US10777551B2 |
Integrated semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first transistor and a second transistor formed in the first region and second region, respectively, wherein the first transistor includes a thick gate insulating layer and a thin buffer insulating layer formed in the substrate, a first gate electrode formed on the thick gate insulating layer, a first spacer formed on the thin buffer insulating layer, and a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate. |
| US10777547B2 |
ESD protection device
Systems and methods for protecting a device from an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event are provided. A resistor-capacitor (RC) trigger circuit and a driver circuit are provided. The RC trigger circuit is configured to provide an ESD protection signal to the driver circuit. A discharge circuit includes a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a second MOS transistor connected in series between a first voltage potential and a second voltage potential. The driver circuit provides one or more signals for turning the first and second MOS transistors on and off. |
| US10777545B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device configures a protection element that protects a protection target element connected between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode when a parasitic transistor configured by a cathode region, a first conductivity type well layer, and a second conductivity type well is turned on and electrical continuity is established between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of body regions in one cell of the protection element, and the plurality of body regions is brought in contact with the cathode electrode. |
| US10777544B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device that uses an N-channel MOS transistor as an electrostatic protection element, the N-channel MOS transistor has a plurality of electric field relaxing areas, three of which have in a longitudinal direction three different impurity concentrations decreasing from an N-type high concentration drain region downward, and three of which have in a lateral direction three different impurity concentrations decreasing from the N-type high concentration drain region toward a channel region. An electric field relaxing area that is in contact with the electric field relaxing areas in the longitudinal direction and with the electric field relaxing areas in the lateral direction has the lowest impurity concentration. |
| US10777543B2 |
Light emitting diode display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
The light emitting diode display apparatus including a first substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes, an adhesive layer, a color layer, and a second substrate is provided. The first substrate has a plurality of switching elements. The light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a plurality of second semiconductor layers, a plurality of light emitting layers, a first electrode, and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrode is disposed on the first semiconductor layer. The second electrodes are respectively disposed on the corresponding second semiconductor layers. Each of the second electrodes is electrically connected to the corresponding switching element. The adhesive layer and the first substrate are respectively located at two opposite sides of the light emitting diode. The color layer is disposed on the first substrate and covers the adhesive layer and the light emitting diode. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. |
| US10777541B2 |
Micro-LED display panel and manufacturing method thereof
A micro-LED display panel including a substrate, an anisotropic conductive film, and a plurality of micro-LEDs is provided. The anisotropic conductive film is disposed on the substrate. The micro-LEDs and the anisotropic conductive film are disposed at the same side of the substrate, and the micro-LEDs are electrically connected to the substrate through the anisotropic conductive film. Each of the micro-LEDs includes an epitaxial layer and an electrode layer electrically connected to the epitaxial layer, and the electrode layers comprises a first electrode and a second electrode which are located between the substrate and the corresponding epitaxial layer. A ratio of a thickness of each of the electrode layers to a thickness of the corresponding epitaxial layer ranges from 0.1 to 0.5, and a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode of each of the micro-LEDs is in a range of 1 μm to 30 μm. |
| US10777537B2 |
Face-to-face three-dimensional integrated circuit of simplified structure
An integrated circuit including a first chip including a stack of a substrate, of an active layer and of interconnect layers; a second chip including a stack of a substrate, of an active layer and of interconnect layers; an interconnect network for interconnecting the first and second chips. The interconnect layer of the highest metallization level of the first chip includes a power distribution network; the interconnect layer of the highest metallization level of the second chip is without a power distribution network. |
| US10777531B2 |
Package contact structure, semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
A package contact structure, a semiconductor package and a manufacturing method are provided. The package contact structure includes a conductive feature and a dielectric barrier. The conductive feature includes a first portion and a second portion disposed on the first portion. Materials of the first portion and the second portion are different. The dielectric barrier is sleeved on the first portion and extends to cover at least a part of the second portion. A maximum height of the dielectric barrier is less than a maximum height of the conductive feature. |
| US10777530B2 |
Package-on-package semiconductor device assemblies including one or more windows and related methods and packages
Semiconductor device packages for incorporation into semiconductor device assemblies may include a substrate including an array of electrically conductive elements located on a lower surface of the substrate. A window may extend through the substrate from the lower surface to an upper surface of the substrate. The array of electrically conductive elements may at least partially laterally surround a periphery of the window, and the substrate may extend laterally beyond the array of electrically conductive elements. At least a portion of a heat-management structure may be located within the window. At least a portion of an outer periphery of an underlying substrate may laterally overlap with an inner portion of the substrate defining the periphery of the window. |
| US10777528B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming embedded wafer level chip scale packages
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die and an encapsulant deposited over and around the semiconductor die. A semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of semiconductor die and a base semiconductor material. A groove is formed in the base semiconductor material. The semiconductor wafer is singulated through the groove to separate the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die are disposed over a carrier with a distance of 500 micrometers (μm) or less between semiconductor die. The encapsulant covers a sidewall of the semiconductor die. A fan-in interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die while the encapsulant remains devoid of the fan-in interconnect structure. A portion of the encapsulant is removed from a non-active surface of the semiconductor die. The device is singulated through the encapsulant while leaving encapsulant disposed covering a sidewall of the semiconductor die. The encapsulant covering the sidewall includes a thickness of 50 μm or less. |
| US10777523B2 |
Semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices including a redistribution layer
A method of forming a conductive material on a semiconductor device. The method comprises removing at least a portion of a conductive pad within an aperture in a dielectric material over a substrate. The method further comprises forming a seed material at least within a bottom of the aperture and over the dielectric material, forming a protective material over the seed material within the aperture, and forming a conductive pillar in contact with the seed material through an opening in the protective material over surfaces of the seed material within the aperture. A method of forming an electrical connection between adjacent semiconductor devices, and a semiconductor device, are also described. |
| US10777522B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a plurality of metallic pillars, a plurality of metallic protrusions, a capping layer, and a passivation layer. The metallic pillars are disposed on the substrate. The metallic protrusions extend from an upper surface of the metallic pillars. The capping layer is disposed on the metallic protrusions. The passivation layer is disposed on sidewalls of the protrusions and the capping layer. |
| US10777519B2 |
Reliable passivation for integrated circuits
Device and method for forming a device are presented. A substrate having circuit component and a back-end-of-line (BEOL) dielectric layer with interconnects is provided. A pad dielectric layer is formed over the BEOL dielectric layer. The pad dielectric layer includes a pad via opening which exposes a surface of one of the interconnects in the BEOL dielectric layer. A pad interconnect is formed on the pad dielectric layer and the pad interconnect is coupled to one of the interconnect in the BEOL dielectric by a pad via contact in the pad via opening. The pad interconnect comprises a pad interconnect pattern which is devoid of 90° angles and any angled structures contained in the pad interconnect pattern less than 90°. A passivation layer is formed on the substrate. The passivation layer lines the pad interconnect and covers an exposed surface of the pad dielectric layer. |
| US10777517B1 |
RF switch
An apparatus with a body layer disposed over a substrate is disclosed. The body layer has first and second diffusion areas with a first current collection area between the two. A plurality of first drain/source (D/S) diffusions spaced parallel with one another resides within the first diffusion area. A plurality of first channel regions resides within the first diffusion area such that each of the plurality of first channel regions resides between an adjacent pair of the plurality of the first D/S diffusions. A plurality of second D/S diffusions resides within the second diffusion area and are spaced parallel with one another. A plurality of second channel regions reside within the second diffusion area such that each of the plurality of second channel regions resides between an adjacent pair of the plurality of the second D/S diffusions. A first current collection diffusion resides within the first current collection area. |
| US10777510B2 |
Semiconductor device including dummy via anchored to dummy metal layer
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate. Next, forming a first dummy metal layer on the first dielectric layer. Then, forming a second dielectric layer over the first dummy metal layer. Furthermore, forming an opening in the second dielectric layer and the first dummy metal layer. Then, forming a dummy via in the opening, wherein the dummy via extending through the second dielectric layer and at least partially through the first dummy metal layer. Finally, forming a second dummy metal layer on the second dielectric layer and contact the dummy via. |
| US10777504B2 |
Interconnect structure for semiconductor device and methods of fabrication thereof
Methods and devices for forming a conductive line disposed over a substrate. A first dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate and coplanar with the conductive line. A second dielectric layer disposed over the conductive line and a third dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer. A via extends through the second dielectric layer and is coupled to the conductive line. The second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer are coplanar and the second and third dielectric layers have a different composition. In some embodiments, the second dielectric layer is selectively deposited on the conductive line. |
| US10777503B2 |
Method for contacting a metallic contact pad in a printed circuit board and printed circuit board
A method for contacting a metallic contact pad embedded in a printed circuit board layer sequence, comprising the steps of producing a first hole matrix having a plurality of holes in a surface of the printed circuit board layer sequence in order to partly expose the metallic contact pad, of applying a metal layer in order to at least partly fill the holes of the first hole matrix, of producing a second hole matrix having a plurality of holes in the surface of the printed circuit board layer sequence in order to partly expose the metallic contact pad, wherein the holes of the second hole matrix are arranged in a manner offset relative to the holes of the first hole matrix, and of applying a metal layer in order to at least partly fill the holes of the second hole matrix, and a correspondingly produced printed circuit board. |
| US10777502B2 |
Semiconductor chip, package structure, and pacakge-on-package structure
A semiconductor chip including a die substrate, a plurality of first bonding structures, a plurality of conductive elements, at least one integrated device, a plurality of conductive posts and a protection layer is provided. The first bonding structures are disposed on the die substrate. The conductive elements are disposed on the die substrate adjacent to the first bonding structures. The integrated device is disposed on the die substrate over the first bonding structures, wherein the integrated device includes a plurality of second bonding structures and a plurality of conductive pillars, and the second bonding structures are hybrid bonded to the first bonding structures. The conductive posts are disposed on the conductive elements and surrounding the integrated device. The protection layer is encapsulating the integrated device and the conductive posts. |
| US10777497B2 |
Substrate, electronic device, and design support method of substrate
Provided is a substrate including a first wiring layer, wherein the first wiring layer has a structure in which among a plurality of first connection parts of a plurality of vias, at least one of first connection parts of two vias located closer to both ends of the first wiring layer is coupled to a body of the first wiring layer through a first conductive portion, each of the plurality of first connection parts being coupled to the first wiring layer, and a cross-sectional area of the first conductive portion is less than an area of a first part of the first wiring layer, the first part being in contact with a first connection part of a via other than the first connection parts of the two vias. |
| US10777496B2 |
Chip packages with sintered interconnects formed out of pads
The present invention is directed to a method for interconnecting two components. The first component includes a first substrate and a set of structured metal pads arranged on a main surface. Each of the pads includes one or more channels, extending in-plane with an average plane of the pad, so as to form at least two raised structures. The second interconnect component includes a second substrate and a set of metal pillars arranged on a main surface. The structured metal pads are bonded to a respective, opposite one of the metal pillars, using metal paste. The paste is sintered to form porous metal joints at the level of the channels. Metal interconnects are obtained between the substrates. During the bonding, the metal paste is sintered by exposing the structured metal pads and metal pillars to a reducing agent. The channels and raised structures improve the penetration of the reducing agent. |
| US10777493B2 |
Semiconductor device mounting board and semiconductor package
A semiconductor device mounting board includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a single line, a groove, a feedthrough conductor, and a side conductor. The first substrate includes a mount area and a peripheral area. The second substrate is located in the peripheral area to align with an outer edge of the first substrate and surrounds the mount area. The signal line extends on an upper surface of the second substrate from an inner edge to an outer edge of the second substrate. The groove extends on a side surface of the first substrate from a lower surface to an upper surface of the first substrate. The feedthrough conductor is inside the second substrate and connected to the signal line. The side conductor is on an inner surface of the groove and electrically connected to the feedthrough conductor. The groove is inward from the outer edge of the second substrate. |
| US10777491B2 |
Package comprising carrier with chip and component mounted via opening
A package comprising a carrier, at least one electronic chip mounted on one side of the carrier, an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the at least one electronic chip and partially encapsulating the carrier, and at least one component attached to an opposing other side of the carrier via at least one contact opening. |
| US10777489B2 |
Semiconductor module
A semiconductor module includes a die pad frame; a semiconductor chip disposed in a chip region on an upper surface of the die pad frame, the semiconductor chip having an upper surface on which a first electrode is disposed and a lower surface on which a second electrode is disposed; a conductive connection member for die pad disposed between the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame, the conductive connection member for die pad electrically connecting the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor chip, the die pad frame, and the conductive connection member for die pad. |
| US10777487B2 |
Integrated circuit device including through-silicon via structure and method of manufacturing the same
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a semiconductor substrate having a via hole extending through at least a part thereof, a conductive structure in the via hole, a conductive barrier layer adjacent the conductive structure; and a via insulating layer interposed between the semiconductor substrate and the conductive barrier layer. The conductive barrier layer may include an outer portion oxidized between the conductive barrier layer and the via insulating layer, and the oxidized outer portion of the conductive barrier layer may substantially surrounds the remaining portion of the conductive barrier layer. |
| US10777485B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device may include coolers, semiconductor modules, and a pair of connecting pipes. The coolers are arranged in a line and each of which includes a first flow path. Each of the semiconductor modules is interposed between a corresponding pair of the coolers. Each of the connecting pipes communicates with the adjacent coolers. A pair of coolant holes may be provided at one of the coolers located at one end in the stacking direction. A pair of second flow paths may extend respectively from the coolant holes to one of the coolers located at other end in the stacking direction. A bolt-head retainer and an internally threaded portion may be provided in each second flow path, the bolt-head retainer retaining a head of a bolt, and the internally threaded portion fixing the bolt. The coolers between the bolt-lead retainers and the internally threaded portions are fixed by the bolts. |
| US10777482B2 |
Multipart lid for a semiconductor package with multiple components
A multipart lid is provided. The multipart lid may include a formed upper lid designed for maximum heat dissipation, a coined lower lid joined to the formed upper lid, where the coined lower lid comprises a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) substantially equal to a CTE of a first semiconductor component. A structure is provided. The structure may include a substrate, a first semiconductor component electrically connected and mounted on the substrate, one or more discrete components electrically connected and mounted on the substrate, a substrate mounted multipart lid covering both the semiconductor component and the one or more discrete components, where the multipart lid comprises a heat dissipating upper lid and a lower lid, where a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the lower lid substantially matches a CTE of the first semiconductor component. |
| US10777479B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A lead frame includes a first outer lead portion and a second outer lead portion which is arranged to oppose to the first outer lead portion with an element-mounting region between them. An inner lead portion has first inner leads connected to the first outer leads and second inner leads connected to the second outer leads. At least either the first or second inner leads are routed in the element-mounting region. An insulation resin is filled in the gaps between the inner leads located on the element-mounting region. A semiconductor device is configured with semiconductor elements mounted on both the top and bottom surfaces of the lead frame. |
| US10777475B2 |
Semiconductor chip, semiconductor device, and electronic device
In order to improve reliability of a semiconductor device, in a semiconductor chip according to one embodiment, an uneven shape is formed on an exposed surface of a back surface electrode formed on a back surface of the semiconductor chip. |
| US10777474B1 |
Pressure sensors on flexible substrates for stress decoupling
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface; and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) element, including a sensitive area, disposed at the first surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device further includes at least one electrical interconnect structure electrically connected to the first surface of the substrate, and a flexible carrier electrically connected to the at least one electrical interconnect structure, where the flexible carrier wraps around the semiconductor chip and extends over the second surface of the substrate such that a folded cavity is formed around the semiconductor chip. |
| US10777473B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device having: a terminal portion having a through hole is formed on a principal surface portion; and a casing portion in which an opening to make the principal surface portion of the terminal portion exposed is provided, wherein the opening has a corner portion corresponding to a corner of the principal surface portion of the terminal portion, wherein the casing portion has a thick portion, in which thickness of a resin may be greater than that of a middle portion between adjacent corner portions across two sides forming the corner portion, in a surrounding area of the opening. Furthermore, a slit portion extending outward from the corner portion may be formed in the casing portion. At least a part of the outline of the slit portion as viewed from the upper surface direction of the casing portion may be curved. |
| US10777464B2 |
Low thermal budget top source and drain region formation for vertical transistors
A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a vertically orientated channel in a semiconductor fin structure that is present on a supporting substrate; and depositing a doped amorphous semiconductor material on an upper surface of the semiconductor fin structure that is opposite a base surface of the semiconductor fin structure that is in contact with the supporting substrate. The method further includes recrystallizing the doped amorphous semiconductor material with an anneal duration for substantially a millisecond duration or less to provide a doped polycrystalline source and/or drain region at the upper surface of the semiconductor fin structure. |
| US10777463B2 |
Formation of epi source/drain material on transistor devices and the resulting structures
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes an epi cavity formed in a semiconductor substrate adjacent a gate structure of a transistor and an epi semiconductor material comprising first and second portions. The first portion of the epi semiconductor material is positioned within the epi cavity. The second portion of the epi semiconductor material is positioned above the first portion of the epi semiconductor material and above a level corresponding to a level of an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first portion of the epi semiconductor material has a first dimension in a direction corresponding to a gate length direction of the transistor and the second portion of the epi semiconductor material has a second dimension in a direction corresponding to the gate length direction of the transistor, wherein the first dimension is greater than the second dimension. |
| US10777460B2 |
Processing method of workpiece
A processing method of a workpiece for processing the workpiece including a substrate and a film made on a back surface of the substrate is provided. The processing method includes a sheet sticking step of sticking a sheet to the film, a protective film forming step of forming a protective film that covers the front surface side of the substrate, a mask pattern forming step of removing a part corresponding to planned dividing lines in the protective film and forming a mask pattern on the front surface side, an etching step of carrying out dry etching for the substrate from the front surface side and forming etching grooves and a film dividing step of dividing the film along the etching grooves by pressing the workpiece by an edge of a tip part of a pressing member having the tip part in which the edge has a curved shape. |
| US10777458B2 |
Method of filling a via hole and apparatus for performing the same
A method of filling a via hole and an apparatus for performing the same are disclosed. The method includes providing a filling material having a fluidity on a via hole formed in the substrate, forming an electric field through the substrate to fill the via hole with the filling material, and solidifying the filling material in the via hole. The apparatus includes a stage for supporting the substrate, upper and lower electrodes for forming the electric field, and a power supply connected with the upper and lower electrodes. |
| US10777456B1 |
Semiconductor back end of line (BEOL) interconnect using multiple materials in a fully self-aligned via (FSAV) process
Embodiments of systems and methods for semiconductor back end of line (BEOL) interconnect using multiple materials in a fully self-aligned via (FSAV) process. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a substrate with a patterned structure formed on a surface of the substrate. A method may also include depositing a first interconnect material in a first region of the patterned structure. Such methods may also include depositing a second interconnect material in a second region of the patterned structure, wherein the first interconnect material is different from the second interconnect material, and wherein the first region and the second region include a common layer of the patterned structures. |
| US10777449B2 |
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes a first insulating interlayer on a first region of a substrate and a second insulating interlayer on a second region of the substrate, a plurality of first wiring structures on the first insulating interlayer, the first wiring structures being spaced apart from each other, a plurality of second wiring structures filling a plurality of trenches on the second insulating interlayer, respectively, an insulation capping structure selectively on a surface of the first insulating interlayer between the first wiring structures and on a sidewall and an upper surface of each of the first wiring structures, the insulation capping structure including an insulating material, a third insulating interlayer on the first and second wiring structures, and an air gap among the first wiring structures under the third insulating interlayer. |
| US10777438B2 |
Processing apparatus
In accordance with one or more aspects of the disclosed embodiment a semiconductor processing apparatus is provided. The semiconductor processing apparatus includes a frame forming a sealable chamber having a longitudinal axis and lateral sides astride the longitudinal axis, the sealable chamber being configured to hold a sealed environment therein, at least one transport module mounted to the sealable chamber and having a telescoping carriage being configured so that the telescoping carriage is linearly movable relative to another portion of the transport module where the telescoping carriage and the other portion define a telescoping motion along the longitudinal axis, and at least one transfer robot mounted to the carriage, each of the at least one transfer robot having at least one transfer arm configured for holding a substrate thereon. |
| US10777436B2 |
High speed rotary sorter
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to expandable substrate inspection systems. The inspection system includes multiple metrology units adapted to inspect, detect, or measure one or more characteristics of a substrate, including thickness, resistivity, saw marks, geometry, stains, chips, micro cracks, and crystal fraction. The inspection systems may be utilized to identify defects on substrates and estimate cell efficiency prior to processing a substrate. Substrates may be transferred through the inspection system and/or between metrology units on a track or conveyor, and then sorted via at least one gripper coupled with the high speed rotatory sorting apparatus into respective bins based upon the inspection data. The rotary sorting apparatus maintains a sorting capability of at least 5,400 substrates per hour. Each bin may optionally have a gas support cushion for supporting the substrate as it falls from the rotary sorting apparatus into the respective bin. |
| US10777434B2 |
Systems and methods for a spray measurement apparatus
Various embodiments of a spray measurement system having a jig device that allows measuring spray output of one or more spray nozzles and determine spray distribution patterns of the spray nozzles are disclosed. |
| US10777431B2 |
Post-passivation interconnect structure and method of forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a passivation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, a protective layer overlying the passivation layer and having an opening, an interconnect structure formed in the opening of the protective layer, a bump formed on the interconnect structure, and a molding compound layer overlying the interconnect structure and being in physical contact with a lower portion of the bump. |
| US10777424B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include forming a second layer covering a first layer on a first region of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes the first region and a second region. The first layer covers the second region and a portion of the first region. First openings are formed. The method can include removing the first layer on the second region using the second layer as a mask. The method can include forming an impurity region including an n-type impurity in the second region. The method can include removing the second layer, and growing silicon layers inside the first openings and on the second region. In addition, the method can include polishing a portion of each of the silicon layers using the first layer as a stopper. |
| US10777421B2 |
Technologies for selectively etching oxide and nitride materials and products formed using the same
Technologies for selectively etching oxide and nitride materials on a work piece are described. Such technologies include methods for etching a work piece with a remote plasma that is produced by igniting a plasma gas flow. Microelectronic devices including first and second fins that are laterally offset by a fin pitch to define a first field there between are also described. In embodiments the microelectronic devices include a conformal oxide layer and a conformal nitride layer on at least a portion of the first and second fins, where the conformal nitride layer is on at least a portion of the conformal oxide layer and a sacrificial oxide material is disposed within the first field. |
| US10777419B2 |
Semiconductor device with fin isolation and method of forming the same
A fin strip is formed over a substrate using a hardmask. The fin strip includes a first portion and a second portion laterally adjoining the first portion. A BARC layer is formed to cover the fin strip over the substrate. A first etching operation is performed to remove a first portion of the BARC layer, so as to expose a portion of the hardmask where the first portion of the fin strip underlies. A coating layer is deposited over the portion of the hardmask and the BARC layer. A second etching operation is performed to remove a portion of the coating layer, the portion of the hardmask and a second portion of the BARC layer. A third etching operation is performed to remove the first portion of the fin strip and a remaining BARC layer, such that the second portion of the fin strip forms a plurality of semiconductor fins. |
| US10777415B2 |
Heat treatment method for dopant introduction
Hydrogen annealing for heating a semiconductor wafer on which a thin film containing a dopant is deposited to an annealing temperature under an atmosphere containing hydrogen is performed. A native oxide film is inevitably formed between the thin film containing the dopant and the semiconductor wafer, however, by performing hydrogen annealing, the dopant atoms diffuse relatively easily in the native oxide film and accumulate at the interface between the front surface of the semiconductor wafer and the native oxide film. Subsequently, the semiconductor wafer is preheated to a preheating temperature under a nitrogen atmosphere, and then, flash heating treatment in which the front surface of the semiconductor wafer is heated to a peak temperature for less than one second is performed. The dopant atoms are diffused and activated in a shallow manner from the front surface of the semiconductor wafer, thus, the low-resistance and extremely shallow junction is obtained. |
| US10777412B2 |
Hardmask composition, method of preparing the same, and method of forming patterned layer by using the hardmask composition
Provided are a hardmask composition, a method of preparing the same, and a method of forming a patterned layer using the hardmask composition. The hardmask composition may include graphene quantum dots, a metal compound, and a solvent. The metal compound may be chemically bonded (e.g., covalently bonded) to the graphene quantum dots. The metal compound may include a metal oxide. The metal oxide may include at least one of zirconium (Zr) oxide, titanium (Ti) oxide, tungsten (W) oxide, or aluminum (Al) oxide. The graphene quantum dots may be bonded to the metal compound by an M—O—C bond or an M—C bond, where M is a metal element, O is oxygen, and C is carbon. |
| US10777411B1 |
Semiconductor device with selective dielectric deposition
Techniques are provided to fabricate semiconductor devices. For example, a semiconductor device can include a substrate including a central portion and a pair of outer portions. A first self-assembled monolayer is attached to the central portion of the substrate. A second self-assembled monolayer is attached to the first self-assembled monolayer. A first dielectric layer is disposed on each of the outer portions. A second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. |
| US10777410B2 |
Synthesis and fabrication of transition metal dichalcogenide structures
Methods of synthesis and fabrication of a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) structures are disclosed. A method can include first patterning a transition metal (TM) on a substrate and placing the substrate in a process chamber. Oxygen can be applied to the transition metal on the substrate and a mixture of highly reactive transition metal oxides can be formed and simultaneously thinned down by sublimation. Finally, a chalcogen can be applied to the substrate and a transition metal dichalcogenide structure can be formed. |
| US10777409B2 |
Semiconductor chip carriers with monolithically integrated quantum dot devices and method of manufacture thereof
A three-dimensional polycrystalline semiconductor material provides a major ingredient forming individual crystalline grains having a nominal maximum grain diameter less than or equal to 50 nm, and a minor ingredient forming boundaries between the individual crystalline grains. |
| US10777408B2 |
High mobility silicon on flexible substrates
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating same is disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a semiconductor device and fabrication of same which include a flexible substrate and a buffer stack overlying the substrate. The buffer stack comprises at least one epitaxial buffer layer. An epitaxial doped layer comprised predominantly of silicon overlies the at least one epitaxial buffer layer. Mobility of the device is greater than 100 cm2/Vs and carrier concentration of the epitaxial doped layer is less than 1016 cm−3. |
| US10777404B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes a driving magnet that is disposed correspondingly to a movable pin and that has a predetermined polar direction with respect to a radial direction of a rotary table, a pressing magnet that has a magnetic pole that gives an attractive magnetic force or a repulsive magnetic force between the driving magnet and the pressing magnet and that presses a support portion against a peripheral edge of a substrate by urging the support portion toward a contact position by means of the attractive magnetic force or the repulsive magnetic force, and a pressing-force changing unit that changes a magnitude of a pressing force against the peripheral edge of the substrate pressed by the support portion while keeping the magnitude higher than zero in response to rotation of the rotary table. |
| US10777402B2 |
Systems and methods for quantifying an analyte extracted from a sample
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for quantifying an analyte extracted from a sample. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods that involve introducing a solvent into a capillary, introducing the capillary into a vessel including a sample such that a portion of the sample is introduced into the capillary, moving the sample and the solvent within the capillary to induce circulation within the sample and the solvent, thereby causing the analyte to be extracted from the sample and into the solvent, analyzing the analyte that has been extracted from the sample, and quantifying the analyte. In certain embodiments, the quantifying step is performed without knowledge of a volume of the sample and/or solvent. |
| US10777400B2 |
Ion focusing
The invention generally relates to apparatuses for focusing ions at or above ambient pressure and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an apparatus for focusing ions that includes an electrode having a cavity, at least one inlet within the electrode configured to operatively couple with an ionization source, such that discharge generated by the ionization source is injected into the cavity of the electrode, and an outlet. The cavity in the electrode is shaped such that upon application of voltage to the electrode, ions within the cavity are focused and directed to the outlet, which is positioned such that a proximal end of the outlet receives the focused ions and a distal end of the outlet is open to ambient pressure. |
| US10777398B2 |
Spectrometric analysis
A method of spectrometric analysis comprises obtaining one or more sample spectra for an aerosol, smoke or vapour sample. The one or more sample spectra are subjected to pre-processing and then multivariate and/or library based analysis so as to classify the aerosol, smoke or vapour sample. The results of the analysis are used for various surgical or non-surgical applications. |
| US10777396B2 |
Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) cell
The present invention provides for a differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) cell comprising a working electrode chamber configured such that an electrolyte enters the working electrode chamber through a channel running through the working electrode. |
| US10777395B2 |
Processing apparatus and collimator
A processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an object placement unit, a source placement unit, a flow rectifying member, and a power supply. The object placement unit is configured to have an object placed thereon. The source placement unit is disposed apart from the object placement unit and configured to have a particle source capable of ejecting a particle toward the object placed thereon. The flow rectifying member is disposed between the object placement unit and the source placement unit in a first direction from the source placement unit to the object placement unit. The power supply is configured to apply, to the flow rectifying member, a voltage having the same polarity as that of an electric charge in the particle. |
| US10777394B2 |
Virtual sensor for chamber cleaning endpoint
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for cleaning processing chambers. More specifically, implementations described herein relate to methods for determining processing chamber cleaning endpoints. In some implementations, a “virtual sensor” for detecting a cleaning endpoint is provided. The “virtual sensor” is based on monitoring trends of chamber foreline pressure during cleaning of the chamber, which involves converting solid deposited films on the chamber parts into gaseous byproducts by reaction with etchants like fluorine plasma for example. Validity of the “virtual sensor” has been confirmed by comparing the “virtual sensor” response with infrared-based optical measurements. In another implementation, methods of accounting for foreline pressure differences due to facility design and foreline clogging over time. |
| US10777393B2 |
Process condition sensing device and method for plasma chamber
A sensing device for measuring a plasma process parameter in a plasma chamber for processing workpieces may include a substrate with one or more sensor embedded in the substrate. The substrate can have a surface made of substantially the same material as workpieces that are plasma processed in the plasma chamber. Each sensor can include a collector portion made of substantially the same material as the substrate surface. The collector portion includes a surface that is level with the surface of the substrate. The collector portion is the top surface of the substrate. Sensor electronics are embedded into the substrate and coupled to the collector portion. When the substrate surface is exposed to a plasma one or more signals resulting from the plasma can be measured with the sensor(s). |
| US10777391B2 |
3D printed chamber components configured for lower film stress and lower operating temperature
A chamber component for a processing chamber is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a chamber component for a processing chamber includes a component part body having unitary monolithic construction. The component part body has a textured surface. The textured surface includes a plurality of independent engineered macro features integrally formed with the component part body. The engineered macro features include a macro feature body extending from the textured surface. |
| US10777389B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method
There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a microwave output part configured to generate microwaves and to distribute and output the microwaves to a plurality of paths, a microwave transmission part configured to transmit the microwaves outputted from the microwave output part into a process container via a plurality of transmission paths, and a control part configured to control the microwaves. The control part is configured to control the microwaves such that the phases of microwaves become different from each other when the microwaves transmitted via the transmission paths are introduced from a microwave transmitting plate for common use into the process container. |
| US10777388B2 |
Arbitrary waveform generation using digital pulses
Some embodiments include a high voltage waveform generator comprising: a generator inductor; a high voltage nanosecond pulser having one or more solid state switches electrically and/or inductively coupled with the generator inductor, the high voltage nanosecond pulser configured to produce a pulse burst having a burst period, the pulse burst comprising a plurality of pulses having different pulse widths; and a load electrically and/or inductively coupled with the high voltage nanosecond pulser, the generator inductor, and the generator capacitor, the voltage across the load having an output pulse with a pulse width substantially equal to the burst period and the voltage across the load varying in a manner that is substantially proportional with the pulse widths of the plurality of pulses. |
| US10777385B2 |
Method for RF power distribution in a multi-zone electrode array
Embodiments of systems and methods for RF power distribution in a multi-zone electrode array are described. A system may include a plasma source configured to generate a plasma field. Also, the system may include an RF power source coupled to the plasma source and configured to supply RF power to the plasma source. The system may also include a source controller coupled to the RF power source and configured to control modulation of the RF power supplied to the plasma source to enhance uniformity of a plasma field generated by the plasma source. |
| US10777383B2 |
Method for alignment of a light beam to a charged particle beam
A method and system are disclosed for observing and aligning a beam of light in the sample chamber of a charged particle beam (CPB) system, such as an electron microscope or focused ion beam system. The method comprises providing an imaging aid inside the sample chamber with a calibration surface configured such that when illuminated by light, and simultaneously illuminated by a CPB, the intensity of the secondary radiation induced by the CPB is different in regions also illuminated by light relative to regions with lower light illumination levels, thereby providing an image of the light beam on the calibration surface. The image of the light beam may be used to align the light beam to the charged particle beam. |
| US10777381B1 |
Beam controlled nano-robotic device
A system and method (referred to as a method) to fabricate nanorobots. The method generates a pixel map of an atomic object and identifies portions of the atomic object that form a nanorobot. The method stores those identifications in a memory. The method adjusts an electron beam to a noninvasive operating level and images the portions of the atomic object that form the nanorobot. The method executes a plurality of scanning profiles by the electron beam to form the nanorobot and detects nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings via the electron beam in response to executing the plurality of scanning profiles. |
| US10777380B2 |
MEMs frame heating platform for electron imagable fluid reservoirs or larger conductive samples
A heating device having a heating element patterned into a robust MEMs substrate, wherein the heating element is electrically isolated from a fluid reservoir or bulk conductive sample, but close enough in proximity to an imagable window/area having the fluid or sample thereon, such that the sample is heated through conduction. The heating device can be used in a microscope sample holder, e.g., for SEM, TEM, STEM, X-ray synchrotron, scanning probe microscopy, and optical microscopy. |
| US10777375B2 |
Electronic leakage reduction techniques
Electronic leakage reduction techniques are provided, whereby a device is configured to detect characteristics of an appliance and its power supply when the appliance is off or otherwise placed in a mode for reduced power use by said appliance, and whereby voltage and power provided to the appliance are then substantially reduced. In other aspects of the disclosed technology, user behavior may also manually control power delivered to the appliance, for example, with a switch. In still other aspects of the disclosed technology, a device is configured to detect characteristics of an appliance and its power supply when the appliance is on or otherwise placed in a mode for higher power use by said appliance, and increases power to the appliance. |
| US10777373B2 |
Foot pedal for controlling a medical device
A foot pedal for controlling a medical device, in particular a dental device, including a housing with a housing base, a cover element which is mounted so as to be vertically displaceable with respect to the housing base along an actuating direction and so as to be inclinable with respect to the housing base, a first switch for initiating a first functionality on the medical device and a second switch for initiating a second functionality on the medical device, and an actuating device which is vertically displaceable along the actuating direction and which actuates the first switch during a movement in the actuating direction within a first height offset section and actuates the second switch within a second height offset section, the actuating device being configured in such a way, in that it is in a first state in the first height offset section and in a second state in the second height offset section, where the foot pedal being configured such that, at a predeterminable angle of inclination of the cover element, the actuating device is always arranged within the first height offset section. |
| US10777371B1 |
Key structure
A key structure includes a keycap, a supporting plate, a connecting element, a circuit board and an elastic element. The circuit board is disposed on the supporting plate. The circuit board includes a switch element. A first switch unit of the switch element is formed on a top surface of a first film layer of the circuit board. A second switch unit of the switch element is formed on a top surface of a second film layer of the switch element. When the keycap is depressed in response to an external force, the elastic element is subjected to deformation. Consequently, the first switch unit and the second switch unit are selectively turned on to generate a first key signal and a second key signal. |
| US10777361B2 |
Hybrid capacitor and method of manufacturing a capacitor
An improved capacitor is described herein. The capacitor comprises a working element wherein the working element comprises an anode comprising a dielectric thereon and an anode conductive polymer layer on the dielectric. The capacitor also includes a cathode comprising a cathode conductive polymer layer and a conductive separator between the anode and said cathode. An anode lead is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode. |
| US10777360B2 |
Chip capacitor and method for manufacturing the same
A chip capacitor and a method for manufacturing the chip capacitor, where the chip capacitor includes a substrate, a first external electrode disposed on the substrate, a second external electrode disposed on the substrate, capacitor elements formed on the substrate and connected between the first external electrode and the second external electrode, and fuses that are formed on the substrate, are each interposed between the capacitor elements and the first external electrode or the second external electrode, and are capable of disconnecting each of the capacitor elements. |
| US10777348B2 |
Winding layer pitch compensation for an air-core reactor
A winding layer pitch compensation for an air-core reactor which has at least two radially spaced apart concentric winding layers, includes a first set of strip-shaped star sheets, each of which is configured to be arranged radially below or above the winding layers and which are provided with at least one receiving slot along an edge extending from that edge, a second set of strip-shaped compensation sheets, each of which is provided with at least one insert slot along an extending from another edge, where a compensation sheet can be inserted into each receiving slot of a star sheet in a formfitting manner, where the star sheet engages into the insert slot of the compensation sheet in a formfitting manner, and where the slot depths of at least two receiving slots of the set of star sheets are different. |
| US10777347B2 |
Magnetic element
A magnetic element including: a core including magnetic powders of volume occupancy within the range of 60-volume % to 80-volume % with respect to the whole volume, including a binder resin of volume occupancy of 12-volume % or more with respect to the whole volume and further including vacancy of volume occupancy of 8-volume % or more with respect to the whole volume; and a coil which is formed by winding a conductive wire and concurrently, which is buried into the core. |
| US10777346B2 |
Circuit assembly
A circuit assembly includes: a circuit board; an inductor that is disposed on the circuit board, and that includes a coil including a winding portion made by winding a winding wire, and a core member; and a heat dissipation plate that is disposed on the opposite side of the surface of the circuit board on which the inductor is disposed, wherein a through hole is provided in a region of the circuit board that corresponds to the inductor, and a receiving protrusion that penetrates the through hole and protrudes to a surface side of the circuit board on which the inductor is disposed, and that is in heat transfer contact with the coil and the core member is provided in a region that corresponds to the through hole in the heat dissipation plate. |
| US10777344B2 |
Asymmetrical magnet arrays
Magnet array structure and method for forming magnet array structure that includes a first magnet array including a first repeatable magnet arrangement and second magnet array including a second repeatable magnet arrangement. The first repeatable magnet arrangement includes a plurality of non-uniformly dimensioned magnetic elements and the second repeatable magnet arrangement includes a plurality of non-uniformly dimensioned magnetic elements. Further, the first repeatable magnet arrangement is offset from the second repeatable magnet arrangement to limit attraction forces between the first and second magnet arrays. |
| US10777342B2 |
Coil component and method for manufacturing the same
A coil component that can be made thinner while ensuring sufficient magnetic characteristics includes a magnetic part, a conductor part, and multiple insulator parts. The magnetic part is constituted by magnetic alloy grains. The conductor part has multiple winding parts and is wound around one axis inside the magnetic part. The multiple insulator parts are each placed between the multiple winding parts, each having a winding shape that includes two joining surfaces that are respectively joined to two winding parts facing each other at least partially in the direction of the one axis, and are each constituted by electrically insulating grains. |
| US10777340B2 |
PPTC material with mixed conductive filler composition
A polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) device including a PPTC body, a first electrode disposed on a first side of the PPTC body, and a second electrode disposed on a second side of the PPTC body, wherein the PPTC body is formed of a PPTC material that includes a maximum of 65% by volume of a conductive filler, wherein 10%-39% by volume of the PPTC material is a conductive ceramic filler and wherein the rest of the conductive filler includes at least one of carbon and a metallic filler. |
| US10777334B2 |
Wiring harness assembly having multiple separated conductors embedded within a substrate
A wiring harness assembly includes a plurality of separated conductors formed of an electrically conductive material, a substrate formed of a dielectric material encasing the plurality of separated conductors, a location feature integrally formed with the substrate and an opening defined in the substrate having a predetermined size and shape. A section of the plurality of separated conductors is exposed within the opening. The opening is precisely located relative to the location feature. |
| US10777333B2 |
Laser-based fabrication of carbon nanotube-metal composites on flexible substrates
The present disclosure relates to a novel method of laser-based fabrication of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-metal composite on a flexible substrate, and the fabricated CNT-metal composite that is bonded with the flexible substrate, and that has a high electrical conductivity, and that has a longer bending-fatigue life than the laser-sintered metal of the same type without CNTs onto the flexible substrate. |
| US10777321B2 |
System and method for facilitating delivery of patient-care
A computer-implemented method for facilitating delivery of patient-care in adherence with a standard of care clinical protocol is described. The method includes monitoring, by a computing device, patient information indicative of a clinical condition, based on a clinical protocol that comprises patient-care instructions that must be completed within a time period. The method further includes providing, by the computing device, the patient-care instructions to a user based on a result of the monitoring. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, adherence to the clinical protocol based on a result of at least one of the providing patient care instructions and the patient information; and for a determination that the clinical protocol has not been adhered to, providing a recommended action request that calibrates the patient care instructions in compliance with the clinical protocol. |
| US10777316B2 |
Method for tracking consumption of supplements by a user
One variation of a method for tracking consumption of supplements by a user includes, at a software program executing on a mobile computing device: receiving a selection of a supplement, from a set of known supplements, contained in a supplement package of a particular packaging format; loading a supplement profile of the supplement into a user profile; rendering an instruction for placement of a tracker on the supplement based on the packaging format; retrieving a motion model, from a set of motion models for characterizing a consumption event at the packaging format; and uploading the motion model to the tracker. The method also includes, at the tracker: characterizing motion of the supplement package as a consumption event based on the motion model; and transmitting a time of the consumption event to the mobile computing device. |
| US10777310B2 |
Methods and systems for automated pharmaceutical dispensing
An automated dispensing device for a pharmaceutical order filling system includes an order processing device to receive a pharmaceutical order. The order processing device includes a cell for containing an available quantity of a pharmaceutical of the pharmaceutical order, and an insert received in the cell. The insert has a dispensing tube, and is adapted to receive the available quantity of the pharmaceutical and to dispense a measured quantity of the pharmaceutical through the dispensing tube. The cell includes a funnel having a weighted gate adapted to receive the dispensing tube of the insert. |
| US10777308B2 |
Electronic health record system and method
Provided are a system and method for efficiently creating patient health records with help of expert clinical decision support. The system and method also ensures the doctor's documentation and diagnosis comply with the government healthcare quality measures. |
| US10777307B2 |
Characterizing states of subject
Among other things, a user of a browser is exposed simultaneously to three interfaces: A viewing interface for at least one image of a subject that is stored on a device on which the browser is running, a decision support interface that aids the user in determining the state of the subject based on the image, and a template interface that aids the user in capturing uniform descriptive information about the state of the subject. At least two of the viewing interface, the decision support interface, and the template interface operate cooperatively so that actions of the user with respect to one of the two interfaces causes changes in content exposed by the other of the two interfaces. |
| US10777300B2 |
Trait prediction coordination for genomic application environment
Systems and methods are provided for trait prediction coordination. One embodiment is a method that includes launching a genomics application at a user device, receiving a command to present a partner application within the genomics application, selecting characteristics to predict for an individual, based on an identifier that distinguishes the partner application from other partner applications, operating polygenic models that generate predictions for the characteristics based on genetic records for the individual, acquiring media for the partner application, based on the predictions, and operating the partner application to update a display at the user device with the media, thereby providing the predictions in a format specific to the partner application. |
| US10777297B2 |
Age-based refresh of firmware
A method to refresh copies of firmware based on ages of those copies of the firmware is described. The method includes determining, by a memory subsystem, an age of a first copy of firmware, which is stored in the memory components of the memory subsystem, is greater than a refresh interval, wherein the age of the copy of firmware is tracked in a firmware age table. In response to determining that the age of the first copy of the firmware is greater than the refresh interval, the memory subsystem refreshes the first copy of the firmware in the memory components. Further, the memory subsystem updates the age of the first copy of the firmware in the firmware age table in response to refreshing the first copy of the firmware. |
| US10777296B2 |
Information handling system and method to dynamically detect and recover from thermally induced memory failures
Embodiments of information handling systems (IHSs) and methods are provided herein to dynamically detect and recover from thermally induced memory failures. Some embodiments include receiving an interrupt corresponding to a memory failure, detecting a current temperature of one or more memory components, and performing a series of memory tests on a specific block of memory within the memory components if the current temperature exceeds a maximum operating temperature specified for the memory components. Some embodiments include storing original contents of the specific block of memory within another memory component of the IHS, performing a first memory test on the specific block of memory at the current temperature, subsequently performing a second memory test on the specific block of memory at a temperature significantly lower than the current temperature, and determining that the memory failure is a thermally induced memory failure if the first memory test fails and the second memory test passes. |
| US10777292B2 |
Selectable trim settings on a memory device
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to selectable trim settings on a memory device. An example apparatus can store a number of sets of trim settings and select a particular set of trims settings of the number of sets of trim settings based on desired operational characteristics for the array of memory cells. |
| US10777291B2 |
Drift mitigation with embedded refresh
Methods, systems, and devices for drift mitigation with embedded refresh are described. A memory cell may be written to and read from using write and read voltages, respectively, that are of different polarities. For example, a memory cell may be written to by applying a first write voltage and may be subsequently read from by applying a first read voltage of a first polarity. At least one additional (e.g., a second) read voltage—a setback voltage—of a second polarity may be utilized to return the memory cell to its original state. Thus the setback voltage may mitigate a shift in the voltage distribution of the cell caused by the first read voltage. |
| US10777290B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device which shifts a low-level signal is provided. In an example, a first transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a first wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to a second wiring, a second transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a third wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to the second wiring, a third transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a fourth wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a fourth transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a fifth wiring, a second terminal electrically connected to a gate of the third transistor, and a gate electrically connected to a sixth wiring, and a first switch including a first terminal electrically connected to the third wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor are included. |
| US10777287B2 |
Memory control apparatus, information processing apparatus, and memory control method
A memory control apparatus includes a randomizer configured to: randomize write data output from an arithmetic processing apparatus, and output the randomized write data to a memory; a derandomizer configured to: derandomize data read from the memory, and generate derandomized read data when a flag included in the data read from the memory indicates the randomized write data; and a selector configured to: select the derandomized read data and output the selected derandomized read data to the arithmetic processing apparatus when the flag indicates the randomized write data, and select the data read from the memory and output the selected read data to the arithmetic processing apparatus when the flag indicates deleted data. |
| US10777286B2 |
Apparatus and methods for determining data states of memory cells
Methods of operating a memory, and memory configured to perform similar methods, might include sensing a state of each data line of a plurality of data lines while increasing a voltage level applied to each access line of a plurality of access lines commonly connected to a plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells, ceasing increasing the voltage level applied to each access line of the plurality of access lines in response to the state of each data line of the plurality of data lines having a particular condition, changing a voltage level applied to a particular access line of the plurality of access lines to a particular voltage level, and sensing a state of each data line of a subset of the plurality of data lines while applying the particular voltage level to the particular access line. |
| US10777283B2 |
Memory system
A memory system includes a semiconductor memory including memory cells and a memory controller configured to perform a first tracking process to determine a first voltage, and to read data using the first voltage in a read process after the first tracking process. In the first tracking process, the memory controller is configured to read only first, second, and third data respectively using a second, third, and fourth voltage, determine a number of first memory cells based on the first and second data, determine a number of second memory cells based on the second and third data, and determine the first voltage, based on the number of first and second memory cells. |
| US10777282B2 |
Method of rewriting data of memory device, memory controller controlling the memory device, and controlling method of the memory controller
A memory controller to control a memory device includes an Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) engine to perform error detection on data read from the memory device and a data operation manager. The data operation manager is to control a first rewrite operation of the memory device on selected memory cells to compensate for a drift in a distribution of the selected memory cells, based on a result of a test read operation of the memory device on test cells, determine a distribution adjustment degree based on a result of a normal read operation, as an ECC decoding operation corresponding to the normal read operation of the memory device is successfully performed by using the ECC engine, and control a second rewrite operation of the memory device based on the determined distribution adjustment degree. |
| US10777281B2 |
Asymmetrical multi-gate string driver for memory device
Some embodiments include apparatuses, and methods of operating the apparatuses. Some of the apparatuses include a first group of conductive materials interleaved with a first group of dielectric materials, a first pillar extending through the first group of conductive materials and the first group of dielectric materials, memory cells located along the first pillar, a conductive contact coupled to one of the conductive materials, and a second pillar extending through a second group of conductive materials and a second group of dielectric materials. The second pillar includes a first portion coupled to a conductive region, a second portion, and a third portion, and a fourth portion coupled to the conductive contact. The second portion is located between the first and third portions. The second portion has a doping concentration less than a doping concentration of each of the first and fourth portions. |
| US10777280B2 |
Memory system and operating method of the same
A memory system includes: a memory device including a plurality of pages; and a controller suitable for generating a read descriptor in response to an entered command, reading and outputting read data stored in at least one page in response to the read descriptor, determining whether each per-page data of the read data includes an error, storing indicators for showing whether each per-page data includes the error, re-reading some of the read data on per-page basis, based on the indicators, without generating another read descriptor, and updating the indicators based on an error check result after the re-reading. |
| US10777277B2 |
Configuration of a memory device for programming memory cells
Memories having a controller configured to perform methods during programming operations including applying a first voltage level to first and second data lines while applying a second, lower, voltage level to first and second select gates connected between the data lines and respective strings of memory cells; decreasing a voltage level of the first data line to a third voltage level; increasing a voltage level of the first select gate to a fourth voltage level; applying a fifth voltage level, higher than the first voltage level, to first and second access lines coupled to memory cells of the strings of memory cells; and increasing a voltage level of the first access line to a sixth voltage level. |
| US10777275B2 |
Reset refresh techniques for self-selecting memory
Reset refresh techniques are described, which can enable reducing or canceling the drift of threshold voltage distributions exhibited by memory cells. In one example a memory device includes an array of memory cells. The memory cells include a chalcogenide storage material. The memory device includes hardware logic to program the memory cells, including logic to detect whether a memory cell is selectable with a first voltage having a first polarity. In response to detection that a memory cell is not selectable with the first voltage, the memory cell is refreshed the memory cell with a second voltage that has a polarity opposite to the first voltage. After the refresh with the second voltage, the memory cell can be programmed with the first voltage having the first polarity. |
| US10777274B2 |
Semiconductor memory system with resistive variable memory device having scheduler for changing generation period of command and driving method thereof
A semiconductor memory system including a resistive variable memory device and a driving method thereof are provided. The semiconductor memory system includes a memory controller including a scheduler configured to determine a generation period of a write command; a memory device including a memory cell array, the memory device being configured to write data input from the memory controller in the memory cell array in response to the write command; and a data determination circuit configured to output a change signal to the scheduler when all logic levels of the input data are equal to each other, the scheduler changing the generation period of the write command in response to the change signal. |
| US10777271B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting demarcation voltages based on cycle count metrics
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first memory array comprising a plurality of phase change memory (PCM) cells; and a controller to track a first cycle count metric based at least in part on a number of writes performed to at least a portion of the first memory array; and adjust, based on the first cycle count metric, a demarcation voltage to be applied during read operations performed on PCM cells of the first memory array. |
| US10777267B2 |
High speed thin film two terminal resistive memory
A battery article of manufacture comprises a plurality of components operatively associated with one another, the plurality of components comprising an electrode comprised of a material that can take up ions and discharge ions in a charging and discharging process, an electrolyte comprised of the ions, the article of manufacture also including a component comprising at least one barrier positioned between the electrolyte and the electrode, the barrier comprised of a material that substantially prevents the ions from combining with the electrode and having a structure that substantially prevents the ions from combining with the electrode, but allows the ions to travel toward or away from the electrode in the charging or discharging process. |
| US10777263B1 |
Josephson memory and logic circuits using quasi-long-junction interconnect
A Josephson memory array and logic circuits use quasi-long-Josephson-junction interconnects to propagate signals at fast speeds and low energy expense, while permitting for memory arrays as dense fabrics of relatively simple unit cell sub-circuits, which include it Josephson junctions, connected together by the interconnects. Each of the unit cell sub-circuits can be configured as a looped or linear arrangement. The unit cell sub-circuits and interconnects provide a fast, dense memory technology for reciprocal quantum logic (RQL), suitable for low-level caches and other memories collocated with an RQL processor. |
| US10777261B2 |
Bi-directional input/output enable signal propagation structure and method
A data-processing device, such as a memory device, includes a signal generator configured to transmit an enable-signal, and a plurality of circuit elements arranged in an array of plurality of rows spaced along a direction, each of the plurality of the circuit elements configured to receive the enable-signal from the signal generator and to input and output data as a result of receiving the enable-signal. The device also includes an input/out (I/O) interface operatively connected to the plurality of circuit elements and located to propagate data from the I/O interface to the circuit elements in a first direction relative to the direction in which the rows are spaced and receive data propagated from the circuit elements to the I/O interface in a second direction relative to the first direction. The signal generator maintains the direction of enable-signal propagation relative to the direction of data propagation regardless of the direction of data propagation. |
| US10777259B1 |
Static random-access memory (SRAM) for in-memory computing
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatus for convolution computation. One example apparatus generally includes a static random-access memory (SRAM) having a plurality of memory cells. Each of the plurality of memory cells may include a flip-flop (FF) having an output node and a complementary output node; a first switch coupled between the output node and a bit line (BL) of the SRAM, the first switch having a control input coupled to a word line (WL) of the SRAM; and a second switch coupled between the complementary output node and a complementary bit line (BLB) of the SRAM, the second switch having another control input coupled to a complementary word line (WLB) of the SRAM. |
| US10777252B2 |
System and method for performing per-bank memory refresh
A method and apparatus for performing opportunistic refreshes of memory banks is disclosed. Refresh circuitry in a memory controller performs a refresh on each bank of a multi-bank memory at least once during a given refresh interval. At the beginning of an interval, memory banks for which there are no pending transactions (e.g., reads or writes) may be refreshed. During a first portion of the interval, refresh may be skipped for memory banks for which transactions are pending. In a second portion of the interval, refreshes are performed on memory banks that have not been refreshed during the interval, which may cause some memory transactions to be delayed. |
| US10777250B2 |
Save-restore circuitry with metal-ferroelectric-metal devices
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems associated with save-restore circuitry including metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) devices. The save-restore circuitry may be coupled to a bit node and/or bit bar node of a pair of cross-coupled inverters to save the state of the bit node and/or bit bar node when an associated circuit block transitions to a sleep state, and restore the state of the bit node and/or bit bar node when the associated circuit block transitions from the sleep state to an active state. The save-restore circuitry may be used in a flip-flop circuit, a register file circuit, and/or another suitable type of circuit. The save-restore circuitry may include a transmission gate coupled between the bit node (or bit bar node) and an internal node, and an MFM device coupled between the internal node and a plate line. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10777248B1 |
Heat assisted perpendicular spin transfer torque MRAM memory cell
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) memory cell comprises a pinned layer having fixed direction of magnetization that is perpendicular to a plane of the pinned layer, a first free layer having a direction of magnetization that can be switched and is perpendicular to a plane of the first free layer, a tunnel barrier positioned between the pinned layer and the first free layer, a second free layer having a direction of magnetization that can be switched, and a spacer layer positioned between the first free layer and the second free layer. Temperature dependence of coercivity of the second free layer is greater than temperature dependence of coercivity of the first free layer. |
| US10777247B1 |
Spin-based storage element
A technique relates to a magnetic device. A configuration in a memory layer of the magnetic device is adjusted, the configuration affecting stochastic fluctuations in a free magnetic layer of a magnetic tunnel junction coupled to the memory layer. The stochastic fluctuations are used to define a random number according to the configuration in the memory layer. |
| US10777246B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and detection clock pattern generating method thereof
A clock pattern generating method of a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method includes generating the same clock pattern through a plurality of detection clock output pins when an output selection control signal is in a first state and generating clock patterns different from each other through the plurality of detection clock output pins when the output selection control signal is in a second state different from the first state. |
| US10777242B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor system including the semiconductor device for aligning an internal data strobe signal using an offset code
A semiconductor device may include an internal command pulse generation circuit and a sense data generation circuit. The internal command pulse generation circuit may generate an internal command pulse from a write signal based on an offset code and an internal clock signal. The sense data generation circuit may generate sense data from an internal data strobe signal based on the internal command pulse. The internal command pulse may be generated by delaying the write signal by a shift period based on the internal clock signal. The shift period may be controlled by the offset code. |
| US10777231B2 |
Embedding thumbnail information into video streams
Methods and systems may provide for embedding thumbnail information into a video file such as a clip, stream, recording, and so forth. The thumbnail information may include, for example, a representative image of the video content in the file, an index to a key frame in the video content, or any combination thereof. If the thumbnail information includes the representative image, the representative image may be embedded at a predetermined location in the file. If the thumbnail information includes the index to a key frame, the index may be embedded in a header of the file. |
| US10777224B2 |
Servo zone transition optimization for disk drives
Systems and methods for servo zone transition optimization are described. In one embodiment, the storage system device includes a disk drive and a controller. In some embodiments, the controller may be configured to assess at least one operation of a read/write head of the disk drive; and format, based at least in part on the assessing of the read/write head, a disk surface of the disk drive with a first servo zone, a second servo zone, and an overlap region extending between a start point of the second servo zone and an end point of the first servo zone. In some cases, the overlap region starts towards a disk inner diameter (ID) and ends towards a disk outer diameter (OD). |
| US10777218B2 |
Disk-drive with efficient command reordering
A storage device includes a disk, a head configured to write data to and read data from the disk, and a controller. The controller is configured to, for each of a plurality of unexecuted commands, carry out a calculation of an amount of time that is required for the head to start accessing the disk to begin execution of the non-executed command upon completion of a currently-executed command, until the earlier of i) a number of unexecuted commands for which the calculation has been carried out reaches a threshold value or ii) the completion of the currently-executed command, select a next command to be executed from one or more unexecuted commands for which the calculation has been carried out, based on the calculated amount of time for each of the one or more unexecuted commands, and execute the selected next command. |
| US10777215B2 |
Method and system for enhancing a speech signal of a human speaker in a video using visual information
A method and system for enhancing a speech signal is provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining an original video, wherein the original video includes a sequence of original input images showing a face of at least one human speaker, and an original soundtrack synchronized with said sequence of images; and processing, using a computer processor, the original video, to yield an enhanced speech signal of said at least one human speaker, by detecting sounds that are acoustically unrelated to the speech of the at least one human speaker, based on visual data derived from the sequence of original input images. |
| US10777213B2 |
Audio bandwidth selection
A device includes a receiver configured to receive an audio frame of an audio stream. The audio frame includes information that indicates a coded bandwidth of the audio frame. The device also includes a decoder configured to generate first decoded speech associated with the audio frame and to determine an output mode of the decoder based at least in part on the information that indicates the coded bandwidth. A bandwidth mode indicated by the output mode of the decoder is different than a bandwidth mode indicated by the information that indicates the coded bandwidth. The decoder is further configured to output second decoded speech based on the first decoded speech. The second decoded speech is generated according to an output mode of the decoder. |
| US10777210B2 |
Key phrase detection with audio watermarking
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using audio watermarks with key phrases. One of the methods includes receiving, by a playback device, an audio data stream; determining, before the audio data stream is output by the playback device, whether a portion of the audio data stream encodes a particular key phrase by analyzing the portion using an automated speech recognizer; in response to determining that the portion of the audio data stream encodes the particular key phrase, modifying the audio data stream to include an audio watermark; and providing the modified audio data stream for output. |
| US10777205B2 |
Voice control processing method and apparatus
A voice control processing method and apparatus, where the method includes enabling, by a terminal in a data service disabled state, a data service after the terminal receives a voice instruction using a first application, where the first application is an application program used for voice control in the terminal, prohibiting, by the terminal, another application other than the first application in the terminal from using the data service, and controlling, by the terminal, the first application to execute the voice instruction using the data service, after the terminal enables the data service. The terminal in a data service disabled state receives the voice instruction. Then, the terminal enables the data service and prohibits another application from using the data service. |
| US10777203B1 |
Speech interface device with caching component
A speech interface device is configured to receive response data from a remote speech processing system for responding to user speech. This response data may be enhanced with information such as a remote ASR result(s) and a remote NLU result(s). The response data from the remote speech processing system may include one or more cacheable status indicators associated with the NLU result(s) and/or remote directive data, which indicate whether the remote NLU result(s) and/or the remote directive data are individually cacheable. A caching component of the speech interface device allows for caching at least some of this cacheable remote speech processing information, and using the cached information locally on the speech interface device when responding to user speech in the future. This allows for responding to user speech, even when the speech interface device is unable to communicate with a remote speech processing system over a wide area network. |
| US10777202B2 |
Methods and systems for speech presentation in an artificial reality world
An exemplary speech presentation system receives a simulated binaural audio signal associated with a media player device that is presenting an artificial reality world to a user. The simulated binaural audio signal is representative of a simulation of sound propagating to an avatar representing the user within the artificial reality world. The speech presentation system further receives acoustic propagation data representative of an aspect affecting propagation of sound to the avatar within the artificial reality world. Based on the acoustic propagation data, the speech presentation system extracts an auto-transcribable speech signal from the simulated binaural audio signal. The auto-transcribable speech signal is representative of speech originating from a speaker within the artificial reality world. Based on the auto-transcribable speech signal, the speech presentation system generates a closed captioning dataset representative of the speech and provides the dataset to the media player device. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. |
| US10777201B2 |
Voice enabled bot platform
A server is provided, including a processor configured to execute a bot server program. The bot server program may receive from a computing device an input with an input type that includes one or more of speech and text. The bot server program may programmatically generate an output, wherein the output is generated based on the input. The bot server program may detect one or more output types capable of being output by the computing device and select an output type from a plurality of output types that may include speech and text. The selected output type may be an output type capable of being output by the computing device. The bot server program may modify the programmatically generated output to produce a modified output with the selected output type, and may convey the modified output to the computing device for output on a display and/or speaker. |
| US10777200B2 |
Artificial intelligence for mitigating effects of long-term cognitive conditions on patient interactions
Mechanisms are provided for mitigating the effects of long term cognitive conditions on patient interactions by providing artificial intelligence mechanisms to assist with such interactions. The mechanisms perform a machine learning operation to learn, for a particular patient, associations between patient indicators and concepts that the patient is attempting to communicate or concepts representing actions that the patient would like to perform within a patient environment. The mechanisms receive, from a monitoring device in a patient environment, a patient input representing an attempt by the patient to communicate a concept or interact with the patient environment. The mechanisms perform a cognitive translation of one or more patient indicators in the patient input to one or more corresponding concepts based on results of the machine learning operation. The mechanisms then generate a translation output specifying the one or more corresponding concepts. |
| US10777194B2 |
Automatic performance of user interaction operations on a computing device
Method, system and product for automatic performance of user interaction operations on a computing device. A method comprising: obtaining an identifier of an operations sequence; obtaining the operations sequence by searching a repository of operations sequences using the identifier, wherein the repository of operation sequences comprises operations sequences defined based on a previous execution of one or more operations by another computing device other than the computing device on behalf of another user other than the user; and automatically executing the operations sequence or portion thereof on the computing device. Another method comprises: identifying elements in a layout of a GUI, displaying in visible proximity to each of the elements an assigned unique label; recognizing speech by a user vocally indicating a selected element by referring to the assigned label; and, automatically performing a user interaction operation on the selected element. |
| US10777193B2 |
System and device for selecting speech recognition model
A system includes network interface, processor operatively connected to the network interface, and memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores a plurality of language models of a first language. The plurality of language models be different from one another. Each of the plurality of language models is provided for speakers whose native language is different from the first language. The memory further stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a user's speech data associated with a plurality of sample texts from an external electronic device, to perform automatic speech recognition (ASR) on the speech data using the plurality of language models, to select one language model from the plurality of language models based on results from the performed ASR, and to use the selected one language model as a default language model for speech of the user. |
| US10777192B2 |
Method and apparatus of recognizing field of semantic parsing information, device and readable medium
A method and apparatus of recognizing a field of semantic parsing information, a device and a readable medium. The method includes: obtaining at least one preset keyword extracting pattern which is in a preset field and used to parse user-input speech data to generate semantic parsing information, each of the at least one preset keyword extracting pattern; obtaining subject weights of keywords according to importance degree identifiers of the keywords in the preset keyword extracting patterns; calculating a subject score of the speech parsing information according to the subject weights of the keywords; recognizing whether the speech parsing information belongs to the preset field according to the subject score of the speech parsing information. The method recognizes the field to which the speech parsing information belongs to ensure correctness of the recognized field, and thereby ensure correctness of operations performed by the App according to the semantic parsing information. |
| US10777191B2 |
Visually exploring and prioritizing discordant conversations with conversational bots
For each intent associated with a feature in a discordant conversation, one or more preceding discordant user utterances and one or more following discordant user utterances are collected. A discordant distribution over terms of the one or more preceding discordant user utterances and the one or more following discordant user utterances is created. For each intent associated with a feature in a non-discordant conversation, one or more preceding non-discordant user utterances and one or more following non-discordant user utterances are collected. A non-discordant distribution over terms of the one or more preceding non-discordant user utterances and the one or more following non-discordant user utterances is created. The discordant and non-discordant distributions are compared and the top-k terms that are most specific to user utterances associated with the corresponding discordance feature using Kullback-Leibler divergence are determined. An intent dominancy score is generated to provide an analytical view of the discordant conversation. |
| US10777185B2 |
Voice-based identification and recommendation of related products based on purchase trend
Methods and systems for voice-based identification of related products/services are provided. Exemplary systems may include a wireless communication-based tag reader that polls for a tag and reads information associated with the tag and a processor that executes instructions to identify a product/service associated with the tag, identify a plurality of products/services stored in a product/service database identified as related to the product/service associated with the tag, filter through the plurality of related products/services based on a trend to identify a set of one or more related products/services, and generate a voice-based utterance based on the identified set of one or more related products/services. Such systems may further include a speaker that plays the generated voice-based utterance resulting in presentation of an offer regarding the identified set of one or more related products/services and a microphone that is activated to capture any voice-based response after the generated voice-based utterance is played. |
| US10777183B2 |
Control apparatus, control system, and control method
A control apparatus, that can expand a range in which noise generated in an unmanned flying object is reduced, is provided. The control apparatus acquires position information of one or more unmanned flying objects and noise information concerning first noises generated by the one or more unmanned flying objects. The control apparatus also acquires output region information indicating an output region of sound output from a speaker. The control apparatus calculates, using the position information, the output region information, and the noise information, second noises that reach the output region. The second noises are caused by the first noises which are generated by the one or more unmanned flying objects. The control apparatus generates opposite phase signals for outputting opposite phase sounds with respect to the calculated second noises, and causes the speaker to output sound on a basis of the generated opposite phase signals. |
| US10777181B2 |
Modulated electromagnetic musical system and associated methods
A modulated electromagnetic musical instrument and sound reproduction system includes an acoustic carrier signal source, a modulation signal source, a linkage element, and an acoustic output. The acoustic carrier signal source is produced electromagnetically or mechanically via human instrument playing. An electromagnetic modulation source mixes with the acoustic carrier signal within a linkage element to produce a nonlinear behavior. This nonlinear behavior's coupled interaction with a physical medium or acoustic body produces sideband frequency components to form unique musical sound outputs and audio effects. |
| US10777175B1 |
Mounting apparatus for securing a musical instrument to a bleacher
A mounting apparatus that secures a musical instrument to a bench of a bleacher is provided. The apparatus includes a base member having an elongated member connected to a lower plate, a support peg coupled to the elongated member of the base member and designed to support the musical instrument thereon, a leg slidably mounted to the internal cavity of the elongated member of the base member, and a pair of arms pivotably mounted to the lower plate of the base member. The apparatus is disposed on the bench and the leg slidably adjusts relative to the base member to an engaged position with the leg in contact with the front face of the bench. The pair of arms pivotably adjusts to an engaged locking position with the legs in contact with the rear face of the bench, thereby enabling the apparatus to secure the musical instrument on the bleacher. |
| US10777171B1 |
Electric musical instrument having a bridge
An electric musical instrument includes a body and a resonant stack. The resonant stack includes a bridge having a bridge mass and at least a first spring having a first spring constant, in which the first spring is positioned between the bridge and the body. The resonant stack has at least one resonant frequency that is dependent on the bridge mass and the first spring constant. The electric musical instrument includes a plurality of strings that extend across at least a portion of the body, in which each string has a vibrating length defined at least in part by the bridge. The electric musical instrument includes at least a first pickup device to detect vibrations of the strings and generate a first pickup signal, and at least a second pickup device to detect movements of the bridge and generate a second pickup signal. |
| US10777168B2 |
Display panel, display device, and method for adjusting display panel
The disclosure discloses a display panel, a display device, and a method for adjusting a display image, the method includes: receiving a display mode switching instruction; obtaining a first brightness value of a first pixel in a display area in the first mode, and determining a second brightness value of the first pixel in a second mode to be switched to, wherein the display area includes a fingerprint recognition area, and an image display area surrounding the fingerprint recognition area, and the first pixel is in the image display area; determining a brightness compensation coefficient of the image display area in the second mode according to the first brightness value and the second brightness value; and switching from the first mode to the second mode, and displaying an image in the second mode after compensating for brightness in the image display area using the brightness compensation coefficient. |
| US10777166B2 |
Display device having reduced time to write correction data to memory therein
A display device may include a memory configured to store correction data during a first period, a timing controller configured to generate second data by correcting the first data using the correction data, during a second period, and a terminal unit configured to transmit, to the memory, the correction data and a memory voltage received from an external device, during the first period. During the first period, the memory may be supplied with the memory voltage through a memory voltage line and driven by the memory voltage. |
| US10777165B2 |
Television media interface adaptor
The present application is directed to adding a CEC engine into a CEC HDMI Switch used to provide universal remote-control capabilities even on TVs that do not support the CEC protocol. |
| US10777163B2 |
Driving method of display panel and display apparatus
A driving method of display panel and a display apparatus are provided. In the driving method, unequal first and second voltage signals for sub-pixels are obtained. Image input signals include first and second images adjacent in timing. In the first image, the first and second voltage signals of a first sub-pixel of a first pixel group respectively drive first sub-pixels of first and second pixel groups, and the second and first voltage signals of a second sub-pixel of the second pixel group respectively drive second sub-pixels of first and second pixel groups. In the second image, the second and first voltage signals of the first sub-pixel of the second pixel group respectively drive first sub-pixels of first and second pixel groups, and the first and second voltage signals of the second sub-pixel of the first pixel group respectively drive second sub-pixels of first and second pixel groups. |
| US10777162B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving display panel thereof
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver and a voltage generator. The display panel includes a switching element, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element, a common electrode, a storage electrode and a pixel electrode. The timing controller processes input image data according to a variable frame rate and generates a data signal having a variable frame length. The data driver converts the data signal into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the pixel electrode. The voltage generator may apply a common voltage to the common electrode and a storage voltage greater than the common voltage to the storage electrode, and/or apply the common voltage varied according to a grayscale value of the input image data. Embodiments may reduce or obviate a display defect caused by luminance differences between frames displayed at different frame rates. |
| US10777156B2 |
Display driving device and display device having electric potential controlling circuitry
A gate driving circuit includes circuits each provided in such a manner as to, as a scanning signal, select a single clock pulse of a clock signal and output the clock pulse. The circuits each include: a transistor for outputting a scanning signal; a transistor for controlling an electric potential of a gate of the transistor so that the electric potential of the gate is at a low level; a transistor for, while the transistor is not outputting the scanning signal, controlling an electric potential of a gate of the transistor so that the electric potential of the gate is at a high level; and a transistor for, while the transistor is not in operation during a period during which an operation of the selection circuit is paused, controlling the electric potential of the gate of the transistor so that the electric potential becomes high. |
| US10777153B1 |
Method for calculating pixel voltage for liquid crystal on silicon display device
A liquid crystal on silicon display device is provided. Multiple grey levels of a pixel are transformed into multiple color values. The grey levels respectively correspond to multiple first sub-pixels. For each of the first sub-pixels, at least one parameter of a reflectance fitting function is obtained according to the color values, a gamma correction is performed according to the corresponding grey level to obtain a reflectance, and a pixel voltage is calculated according to the at least one parameter and the reflectance. The pixel voltage is applied to a pixel electrode of the corresponding first sub-pixel. |
| US10777144B2 |
Method of operating display panel and display apparatus performing the same
In a method of operating a display panel, a plurality of data lines are divided into a first data line group through an N-th data line group, where N is a natural number equal to or greater than two. Each of the first through N-th data line groups includes at least two data lines. The first through N-th data line groups are sequentially driven by applying first data voltages through N-th data voltages to the first through N-th data line groups, respectively at different times. A first number of data lines in the first data line group is variable. |
| US10777143B2 |
Gate driver and display device including the same
A gate driver includes a gate shift register in which an A block and a B block each having a plurality of stages, the A block and the B block being alternately arranged; scan clock lines inputting a first scan clock group and a second scan clock group each including both image data writing (IDW) scan clocks synchronized with an image write timing and black data insertion (BDI) scan clocks synchronized with a black write timing to the A block and the B block; and carry clock lines inputting carry clocks to the A block and the B block and sense clock lines inputting sense clocks to the A block and the B block, wherein each of the stages belonging to the A block and the B block includes a BDI memory storing a BDI carry signal for outputting the BDI scan clocks. |
| US10777141B2 |
Display device
A display device including subpixels and at least two scan lines is disclosed. The subpixels are arranged on a substrate, and each subpixel includes an emission area, in which an emission element is disposed to emit light, and a circuit area, in which a circuit for driving the emission element is disposed. The at least two scan lines are positioned in the circuit area. One or more of the at least two scan lines are formed by a metal layer different from a gate metal layer constituting gate electrodes of transistors disposed in the circuit area. |
| US10777140B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof
The organic light emitting display device according to the present disclosure comprises an input unit configured to receive image data input at a variable frame frequency, a sensing control unit configured to generate a sensing control signal for sensing pixels to which the image data is to be applied, in a vertical blank period varying according to the variable frame frequency and a TFT compensating unit configured to sense driving characteristics of a driving element included in the pixels according to the sensing control signal to output a first sensing result. Among one variable frame period, a vertical active period for applying the image data to the pixels is fixed and the vertical blank period in which no image data is applied to the pixels is varied according to the variable frame frequency. |
| US10777139B2 |
Light emitting device and imaging apparatus
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a driving transistor configured to control driving of the light emitting element, a threshold correction unit configured to perform compensation for a voltage corresponding to a threshold of the driving transistor, and an electric potential setting unit configured to set an electric potential of a node between the driving transistor and the light emitting element, wherein the electric potential setting unit sets a first electric potential and a second electric potential different from the first electric potential, at the node. |
| US10777135B2 |
Controlling circuit for compensating a display device and compensation method for pixel aging
A compensation method for pixel aging applicable to controlling circuit of a display device having a display panel is provided. The method includes: receiving a display content; predicting an aging of each of a plurality of pixels of the display panel resulting from the display content in order to obtain an aging prediction; generating a display data to compensate the display panel based on the aging prediction; and outputting the display content. Besides, a controlling circuit using the method for compensating a display device is also provided. |
| US10777130B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device and electronic apparatus
An organic electroluminescent device includes a first transistor, an organic electroluminescent element that emits light with luminance corresponding to magnitude of a current supplied via the first transistor, and a capacitive element. The capacitive element includes a first electrode connected to a gate of the first transistor, a second electrode, and a dielectric film provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is formed on the same layer as the second electrode, and is arranged in a position away from the second electrode with the dielectric film interposed therebetween. |
| US10777129B2 |
Optical system and method to mimic zero-border display
A system and methods to extending the overall display area for a device. At or near the borders of a device, pixel pitch between adjacent pixels may be increased such that overall pixel placement may be provided closer to a border of a display of a device. In one embodiment, pixel drive circuitry may be located in the spacing between adjacent pixels. Additionally, various optical systems and techniques may be utilized to provide an appearance of a lack of a border around the display such as decreasing the size of border pixels, overdriving the border pixels, or utilizing a light pipe on a surface above the border pixels. |
| US10777127B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides an organic electroluminescent display panel including a plurality of pixel cells arranged into a matrix on a base substrate. Each pixel cell includes at least two subpixels arranged next to each other along a first direction. Each subpixel includes a light transmission region, an opaque emission region, and an emission region arranged along a second direction with the opaque emission region being disposed between the light transmission region and the emission region. The second direction and the first direction are perpendicular to each other. For the at least two subpixels in each pixel cell, the opaque emission regions are arranged in one straight line along the first direction, the light transmission regions are arranged in two straight lines along the first direction, and the emission regions are also arranged in the two straight lines along the first direction in which the light transmission regions are arranged. |
| US10777125B2 |
Multi-mode OLED display
Full color displays that include optical thin film layers with a controllable reflectance are provided. The layers allow for the overall transparency and display properties of each side of the display to be controlled, allowing for augmented reality displays virtual reality displays, two-sided signage, and the like. |
| US10777124B1 |
Light-emitting device driving circuit
A light-emitting device driving circuit including a light emitting device, a delivery capacitor, a driving transistor, a reset circuit, a compensation circuit, and a data circuit is provided. The delivery capacitor is electrically connected to a low-level voltage. The driving transistor is configured to drive the light-emitting device according to a driving voltage received from a driving voltage line higher than that of the low-level voltage. The reset circuit is configured to determine whether to electrically connect the light-emitting device to the first node. The compensation is configured to receive a reference voltage higher than the low-level voltage to control a gate voltage of the driving transistor through a second node. The data circuit is configured to receive a data voltage to determine whether to electrically connect the data voltage to the compensation circuit and whether to electrically connect the data voltage to the delivery capacitor. |
| US10777121B1 |
Power circuit, gate driver and related operation control method for multi-source display system
The present invention provides a protection circuit and related operation control method to enable the PFM circuit when the operating duration of the PFM circuit is not greater than a first threshold, and disables the PFM circuit when a rest duration of the PFM circuit is not greater than a second threshold. The present invention further provides a protection circuit and related operation control method to avoid starting excessive vertical scanning operations within one frame scanning period by masking one of the gate scanning start signal STV, the gate clock signal CKV and the gate discharge signal OEV. The present invention further provides a protection circuit and related operation control method to disable the gate scanning start signal STV when the number of clock cycles is not equal to a target number of clock cycles, which protects the gate driver from overload. |
| US10777119B2 |
Semiconductor device
A current corresponding to the difference between an input signal voltage and an output signal voltage is generated as an amplification acceleration current. The amplification acceleration current is sent to an output node of a current mirror, which drives a transistor in an output amplifier stage, and therefore added to a current to drive the transistor in the output amplifier stage. |
| US10777118B2 |
Shift register and method for driving the same, gate driving circuit and display device
A shift register and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display device, the shift register includes: a pull-up node control circuit allowing a potential of a pull-up node to become high according to a first input signal and a second input signal; a first capacitor coupled between a signal output terminal and the pull-up node of the shift register; a pull-down node control circuit controlling a potential of the pull-down node according to the second clock signal and the third clock signal and the potential of the pull-up node; an output circuit controlling an output of a gate driving signal at the signal output terminal; and a pull-down circuit allowing the potential of the pull-up node and a potential of the signal output terminal to become low. |
| US10777112B2 |
Display driver IC and display apparatus including the same
A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) includes a level shifter unit configured to convert a level of a control signal to a voltage in a range that equal to or greater than a first voltage and is equal to or less than a second voltage and output a switch control signal, and a voltage generator including a capacitor and a switch that is turned on or off based on or in response to the switch control signal and configured to generate at least one third voltage. |
| US10777103B2 |
Display apparatus and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a display apparatus where: a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a green light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the second subpixel and the third subpixel; and the red light-emitting layer is formed only in the third subpixel. |
| US10777102B2 |
Display device
Provided is a display device. The display device includes: a flexible display panel, a roller fixed to a lower edge of the display panel, a plurality of links having one end connected to an upper edge of the display panel, a driving unit which is disposed proximate the roller and configured to rotate the roller, and an elastic member which is connected to the other end of each of the plurality of links and disposed outside of the roller. Accordingly, the force of the driving unit is directly transmitted to the roller and the force of the elastic member is directly transmitted to the links, such that the configuration and operation of manipulating the display device between a rolled configuration and an unrolled configuration is simplified. |
| US10777094B1 |
Wireless devices and intelligent glasses with real-time tracking and network connectivity
A mobile communication system based on digital content including images and video that may be acquired, processed, and displayed using a plurality of mobile device, smartphones, and tablet computers. The system enables a variety of priority of systems for interactions between the devices including network servers, wearable devices and appliances. The priority of systems includes various wireless communication of data and telephony between devices. The glasses may image a ball such as a football and track its progress in a game. The camera or laser may track the movement of another object such as a finger to determine where the contact was made with the surface of the hand. The mobile device, intelligent electronic glasses, or headset may further provide a speedometer, acceleration, and various other statistics about the movement of the individual. |
| US10777093B1 |
Automated execution and evaluation of network-based training exercises
This disclosure generally relates to automated execution and evaluation of computer network training exercises, such as in a virtual machine environment. An example environment includes a control and monitoring system, an attack system, and a target system. The control and monitoring system initiates a training scenario to cause the attack system to engage in an attack against the target system. The target system then performs an action in response to the attack. Monitor information associated with the attack against the target system is collected by continuously monitoring the training scenario. The attack system is then capable of sending dynamic response data to the target system, wherein the dynamic response data is generated according to the collected monitor information to adapt the training scenario to the action performed by the target system. The control and monitoring system then generates an automated evaluation based upon the collected monitor information. |
| US10777091B2 |
Articles and formulations for smoking products and vaporizers
Methods and apparatuses for the customization of tobacco and cannabis smoking products including formulations for onserts, precision rods and precision pods for harm reduction products particularly for those who simultaneously smoke or vape tobacco and marijuana, as well as methods and apparatuses for blending a salt of nicotine in crystalline form and one or more cannabinoids in crystalline form for a precision pod for use in a vaporizer. |
| US10777090B2 |
Personalized training materials using a heuristic approach
Using various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing a learning management system to heuristically analyze behavior of a user and customizing personalized training materials have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the user is presented with educational courses structured into at least one knowledge domain or topic. The user selects a course and is provided with lessons associated with the knowledge domain. The user is then given an opportunity to test their knowledge by presenting them with a quiz. Once it is determined that the user does not have a through understanding of the subject matter being tested, supplemental/detailed training material that is heuristically customized for the user is displayed. |
| US10777087B2 |
Augmented reality for removing external stimuli
Apparatuses, systems and computer-implemented methods are disclosed for augmented reality stimulus removal. A field definition module determines a permitted field of view for a user. A field recognition module identifies a portion of an image stream outside the permitted field of view. The image stream is obtained by an augmented reality device of the user. An overlay module modifies the image stream for display to the user via the augmented reality device. The overlay module modifies the image stream by obscuring the portion of the image stream outside the permitted field of view in response to a restrictive mode being set for the user. |
| US10777084B1 |
Vehicle location identification
A computer includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive in a host vehicle, from a target vehicle via wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communications, a target vehicle first location in a global coordinate system, determine a target vehicle second location in a local coordinate system that has an origin at the host vehicle, and identify a host vehicle location in the global coordinate system based solely on (i) local coordinate system data determined in the host vehicle, including the target vehicle second location and (ii) data in the vehicle-to-vehicle communications, including the target vehicle first location. |
| US10777076B2 |
License plate recognition system and license plate recognition method
A license plate recognition system and a license plate recognition method are provided. The license plate recognition system includes an image capturing module, a determination module and an output module. The image capturing module is utilized for capturing an image of a target object. The determination module is utilized for dividing the image of the target object into a plurality of image blocks. The determination module utilizes the plurality of image blocks to generate feature data and perform a data sorting process on the feature data to generate a first sorting result. The output module outputs the sorting result. |
| US10777070B1 |
Occupancy alarm system
An occupancy alarm system for warning a driver of vehicle occupancy includes an electronics module that is configured to couple to a vehicle, and which is operationally couplable to an electronic control unit (ECU) and an electrical circuit of the vehicle. The electronics module comprises a module transceiver and a plurality of sensors, which is configured to determine an occupancy status of the vehicle. A fob device that is retained by a driver who exits the vehicle comprises a fob receiver, which is GPS enabled, a fob transceiver, and a speaker. CPU programming code that is positioned on a CPU of the ECU enables the ECU to selectively actuate the module transceiver, based on occupancy status of the vehicle and a position of the driver relative to the vehicle, to communicate an alert signal to the fob device via the fob transceiver to alert the driver to the occupancy status. |
| US10777067B2 |
Water flow detector WFD01
A water flow detector comprised of a check valve and parallel flow detection loop in which flow can be measured by monitoring the pressure differential as the difference between the water supply line pressure at the tee on the inlet side of the check valve (high pressure side) and the low pressure being at the tee connection on the downstream or outlet side of the check valve. The proportional water flow in the loop acts on a float which position is detected by optical and electronic means and enables the recognition of very small flows (small leaks) triggering an alarm to signal the leak. |
| US10777058B2 |
Systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting an environmental anomaly and initiating an enhanced automatic response using elements of a wireless node network using ID nodes and environmental threshold conditions per ID node
Systems and methods are described for monitoring, detecting, and initiating a response to an environmental anomaly within a shipping container of packages involves sensor-based ID nodes, a command node and an external transceiver on a transit vehicle. Each ID node generates and broadcasts sensor data on environmental conditions proximate the respective ID node within the shipping container. The command node detects the sensor data from each ID node and compares it with locally maintained context data (an environmental threshold condition) for that ID node to detect the environmental anomaly when sensor data exceeds a respective threshold condition. The command node then generates a layered alert notification related to the environmental anomaly identifying a targeted mediation recipient and targeted mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority. The command node initiates a mediation response related to the targeted mediation action by transmitting the layered alert notification transmitted to the external transceiver. |
| US10777057B1 |
Premises security system with audio simulating occupancy
A premises security system for providing audio simulating occupancy of a premises. The system includes a video doorbell having a presence sensor and a security hub component communicatively coupled with the video doorbell. The security hub component includes a microphone for capturing sound within the premises, at least one speaker positioned within the premises, an audio driver for driving the speaker, a storage device, and a processor coupled to the microphone, the storage device, and the audio driver. The processor executes machine-readable instructions that control the processor to: capture, using the microphone, audio content of sounds within the premises; store the audio content in the storage device; and control the audio driver to play the audio content through the speaker in response to receiving an indication of the presence of a visitor from the video doorbell. |
| US10777054B2 |
Security camera system
A monitoring system includes a first camera having a housing and an image sensor positioned in or on the housing and designed to detect image data corresponding to an environment of the first camera. The camera further includes a camera network access device positioned in the housing and designed to wirelessly transmit the image data. The camera further includes a local power source positioned in the housing, coupled to the image sensor and the camera network access device, and designed to store electrical power to be used by the image sensor and the camera network access device. The system also includes a hub having at least one hub network access device designed to wirelessly receive the image data from the camera network access device and to wirelessly transmit the image data to a cloud server. |
| US10777049B1 |
Strobes and speaker-strobes for a mass notification system
Devices, systems, and methods for strobes and speaker-strobes for a mass notification system are described herein. One device is comprised of a strobe assembly including a strobe and a strobe housing configured to cover at least a portion of the strobe. A plate attached to the strobe assembly can have an aperture configured to allow at least a portion of the strobe assembly to protrude through the plate. |
| US10777047B1 |
Augmented reality for compromised ATMs
Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods of providing automated teller machine (ATM) status notifications using augmented reality. A method includes capturing, by a user device, an image of the ATM, determining a probability that the ATM has been compromised, augmenting the image of the ATM in a manner which reflects the probability that the image has been compromised, and displaying the augmented image on a user interface of the user device. |
| US10777045B2 |
Centralized management of real time virtual experiences
Centralized management of real time virtual experiences is provided herein. A method includes creating a pool of a plurality of players for one or more of a plurality of virtual gaming experiences that are based on real world sporting events, receiving a selection of one of the plurality of virtual gaming experiences from each of the plurality of players, monitoring the real world sporting events, determining when one or more of the plurality of players win their respective virtual gaming experience, and awarding one or more of the winning plurality of players points. |
| US10777043B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a feature game
An electronic gaming machine includes a display in the form of a matrix of rows and columns and a controller configured to conduct a game instance upon receiving a wager via a player input. In conducting each game instance, the controller activates a number of columns on the display based on the wager and controls a display to indicate which columns in the display have been activated. The controller determines if any of the activated columns meets a triggering condition and controls the display to display the activated columns which meet the triggering condition with a modified background. The controller then determines an outcome of the game instance based on whether a predetermined number of activated columns which meet the triggering condition are adjacent one another and makes an award to the player based on the outcome of the instance. |
| US10777042B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for awarding progressive or jackpot prizes
Gaming methods and apparatus are described for providing a plurality of progressive prizes for a gaming system. Separate progressive prizes are maintained for each of a plurality of different wager options for a game playable on the gaming system. The progressive prizes can be maintained so as to reduce the difference in contribution to the expected return to player between the wager options. |
| US10777040B2 |
Optimizing drawing prize awards
A promotional game is conducted over participants' cell phones. During a play period, a participant advances on a virtual game board using cell phone commands. During the player period drawing entries are generated proportional to play on electronic gaming devices, play of the promotional game, or retail purchases. Some players receive a multiplier for their drawing entries to enhance chances of winning the promotional game. In one embodiment, the multiplier is removed for a player after a cutoff threshold for prizes awarded to that player is reached. |
| US10777037B1 |
System and method for utilizing a mobile device to identify an electronic gaming machine
Systems and methods that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to collect game data regarding a player's experience at an electronic gaming machine, wherein the application subsequently utilizes such collected game data is inform the player of their prior experiences at different EGMs. |
| US10777033B2 |
Paper sheet redirecting unit and paper sheet processing apparatus using the same
The paper sheet redirecting unit (60) for changing a direction of a paper sheet configured to support one side of the paper sheet and change the direction of the paper sheet while transferring the paper sheet; and an other-side redirecting member (62) configured to support the other side of the paper sheet in a state of coming in contact with the one-side redirecting member (61) and to change the direction of the paper sheet while transferring the paper sheet, wherein if a power is transmitted to the one-side redirecting member (61) or the other-side redirecting member (62), the one-side redirecting member (61) and the other-side redirecting member (62) are operated in company with each other, thereby discharging the paper sheet while changing the direction of the paper sheet to be inputted between the one-side redirecting member (61) and the other-side redirecting member (62). |
| US10777030B2 |
Conditional and situational biometric authentication and enrollment
The present invention provides a system and method for conditionally selecting biometric modalities for biometric authentication at authentication run time. The system and method employ programmatic logic to identify which biometric modalities to use for authenticating a user. The software module for selecting biometric modalities includes, a plurality of rules or conditional logic for selecting one or more biometric modalities required to authenticate a user requesting a secure action. |
| US10777024B1 |
Traffic based driving analysis
A driving analysis server may be configured to receive vehicle operation data from vehicle sensors and telematics devices of a first vehicle, and may use the data to identify a potentially high-risk or unsafe driving behavior by the first vehicle. The driving analysis server also may retrieve corresponding vehicle operation data from one or more other vehicles, and may compare the potentially high-risk or unsafe driving behavior of the first vehicle to corresponding driving behaviors in the other vehicles. A driver score for the first vehicle may be calculated or adjusted based on the comparison of the driving behavior in the first vehicle to the corresponding driving behaviors in the other vehicles. |
| US10777021B2 |
Virtual representation creation of user for fit and style of apparel and accessories
A device can be configured to store, in a memory device, a plurality of meshes; obtain, by processing circuitry, an image of an apparel; analyze, by processing the circuitry, the image to determine parameters of the apparel; select, by processing the circuitry, a mesh from the plurality of meshes based on the parameters of the apparel; generate, by processing the circuitry, a swatch based on the image; apply, by processing the circuitry, the swatch to the mesh to generate a virtual apparel; and output, to a display device, graphical information based on the virtual apparel. |
| US10777019B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing 3D reading scenario
An object of this disclosure is to provide a technology for providing 3D reading scenarios. The technology includes: acquiring, in a VR reading mode, corresponding 3D scenario information based on a literature work currently read by a user; and establishing, in cooperation with VR glasses, a 3D reading scenario for the literature work based on the 3D scenario information. Compared with the existing technologies, this disclosure can acquire the corresponding 3D scenario information based on the literature work, and establish the 3D reading scenario for the literature work using the 3D scenario information. Moreover, this disclosure in cooperation with VR glasses further realizes an immersed reading experience by reading literature works in a 3D scenario. This not only improves the monotone disadvantage of the traditional reading scenario, but also brings users into an immersed reading environment in the reading process, and greatly enhances the users' reading experience. |
| US10777018B2 |
Systems and methods for determining the scale of human anatomy from images
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a scaled reconstruction for a consumer product. One method includes receiving digital input comprising a calibration target and an object; defining a three-dimensional coordinate system; positioning the calibration target in the three-dimensional coordinate system; based on the digital input, aligning the object to the calibration target in the three-dimensional coordinate system; and generating a scaled reconstruction of the object based on the alignment of the object to the calibration target in the three-dimensional coordinate system. |
| US10777017B1 |
Augmented reality presentation using a uniform resource identifier
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presenting an augmented reality presentation. One of the methods includes receiving data for a web page associated with a uniform resource indicator and including data for augmented reality presentations. An augmented reality presentation is selected for the web page, and automatically presented using the data for the augmented reality presentation, and data from a camera included in a mobile device. After automatically presenting the augmented reality presentation, data is received indicating that the augmented reality presentation should end. After receiving the data indicating that the augmented reality presentation should end, the web page is presented. |
| US10777009B2 |
Dynamically forming an immersive augmented reality experience through collaboration between a consumer and a remote agent
The present invention relates to a system and method of placing augmented reality renderings, within the context of physical space imagery, creating an immersive augmented reality experience. The method comprising the steps of imaging physical space, by way of a camera enabled mobile device, to create a physical space imagery, initiating data communication with a remote agent, selecting, by way of the remote agent, at least one of an augmented reality rendering, and data communicating the augmented reality rendering, for inclusion within the physical space imagery, forming an immersive augmented reality experience, viewable and useable, by a consumer, on the camera enabled mobile device. |
| US10777008B2 |
Drones generating various air flow effects around a virtual reality or augmented reality user
Systems and methods described herein are directed to enhancing a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) experience by using one or more unmanned vehicles to generate effects around a user of a headmounted display (HMD). The generated effects may be synchronized with VR/AR content presented to the user of the HMD. Particular systems and methods described herein are directed to enhancing a VR/AR experience by using one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to generate air flow effects around a user of a HMD. The air flow effects generated by UAV may simulate a physical and/or olfactory sensation corresponding to a VR/AR environment presented to the user using the HMD. |
| US10777003B2 |
Network, system and method for 3D shape generation
This invention is related to a network for generating 3D shape, including an image feature network, an initial ellipsoid mesh, and a cascaded mesh deformation network. The image feature network is a Visual Geometry Group Net (VGGN) containing five successive convolutional layer groups, and four pooling layers sandwiched by the five convolutional layer groups; and the cascaded mesh deformation network is a graph-based convolution network (GCN) containing three successive deformation blocks, and two graph unpooling layers sandwiched by the three successive deformation blocks. This invention is also related to a system and a method thereof. |
| US10777000B2 |
Garden street view
A robotic vehicle may be configured to incorporate multiple sensors to make the robotic vehicle capable of collecting and uploading image data over time into the cloud to generate interactive garden models. In this regard, in some cases, the robotic vehicle may include an onboard vehicle positioning module and sensor network that may work together to give the robotic vehicle a collective understanding of its environment, and enable it to autonomously collect and upload image data for corresponding locations. |
| US10776995B2 |
Light fields as better backgrounds in rendering
The introduced method and system use a 4-dimensional (4D) light field as a background of a scene, instead of 2D background image. Realizing computing a light field takes tremendous amounts of processing power, data storage and time (even with the currently available hardware), the introduced method and system compute and store the light field before rendering a scene. To reduce the time storing and accessing the light field during the rendering process, the introduced method and system also uses a modified video codec to compress and decompress the light field as 2D images. |
| US10776992B2 |
Asynchronous time warp with depth data
A wearable display device is described that is connected to a host device. The wearable display device includes one or more sensors configured to generate eye pose data indicating a user's field of view, one or more displays, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to output a representation of the eye pose data to the host device and extract one or more depth values for a rendered frame from depth data output by the host device. The rendered frame is generated using the eye pose data. The one or more processors are further configured to modify one or more pixel values of the rendered frame using the one or more depth values to generate a warped rendered frame and output, for display at the one or more displays, the warped rendered frame. |
| US10776987B2 |
Aerial imaging high-accuracy scale calibration
The disclosure provides for a system of markers and methods of using the system of markers to provide a precise scene scale reference for captured aerial images. Each of the markers may include one or more pairs of aligned collimated light emitters, where each pair of light emitters is configured to emit two light beams that converge at a known distance from the marker. When two or more markers are used, the system of markers may be aligned in a unique physical orientation to form a shape of known dimensions (e.g., a line, a triangle, or square) that provides an accurate scene scale reference for captured images. |
| US10776986B2 |
Apparatus and method for data-parallel ray tracing using volume proxies
An apparatus and method are described for utilizing volume proxies. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a volume subdivision module to subdivide a volume into a plurality of partitions, the apparatus to process a first of the partitions and to distribute data associated with each of the other partitions to each of a plurality of nodes; a proxy generation module to compute a first proxy for the first partition, the first proxy to be transmitted to the plurality of nodes; and a ray tracing engine to perform one or more traversal/intersection operations for a current ray or group of rays using the first proxy; if the ray or group of rays interacts with the first proxy, then the ray tracing engine to send the ray(s) to a second node associated with the first proxy or retrieves data related to the interaction from the second node. |
| US10776984B2 |
Compositor for decoupled rendering
Techniques involve rendering computing graphics from decoupled inputs. Content updates (e.g., geometry, textures, lighting, audio, etc.) for 3D objects and/or a 3D scene can provided to a compositor at different rates. The compositor buffers the inputs, interpolates between buffered values, binds data for each of the content updates, and triggers drawing the data to render a frame. If buffered data fails to satisfy some criteria, previous buffered values can be used instead of the buffered data, or a different function can be performed (e.g., extrapolation instead of interpolation). User inputs from one or more I/O components (e.g., a gamepad, keyboard, mouse, etc.) can be fed directly into the compositor, which can generate and use a 3D camera from the inputs to draw frames faster than the content updates occur. As such, the present compositor improves power efficiency, and reduces latency and increases smoothness of the input response. |
| US10776981B1 |
Entertaining mobile application for animating a single image of a human body and applying effects
Provided are systems and methods for animating a single image of a human body and applying effects. An example method includes providing, by a computer device, a database of motions; receiving, by a computing device, an input image, the input image including a body of a person; receiving, by the computing device, a user input including a motion selected from the database of motions; segmenting, by the computing device, the input image into a body portion and a background portion; generating, by the computing device and based on the body portion and the selected motion, a video featuring the body of the person repeating the selected motion; and displaying, by the computing device, the generated video; receiving, by a computer device, a further user input including clothes, scene, illumination effect, and additional objects; and, while generating the video, modifying frames of the video based on the further user input. |
| US10776979B2 |
Virtual skeleton based on computing device capability profile
A virtual skeleton may be adapted based on a capability profile. The virtual skeleton adapted based on a capability profile may be generated from a master virtual skeleton. The adapted virtual skeleton may be less complex than the master virtual skeleton. The adapted virtual skeleton may include fewer virtual skeletal joints than a number of virtual skeletal joints associated with the master virtual skeleton. |
| US10776978B2 |
Method for the automated identification of real world objects
A method is provided for the automated identification of real world objects. The invention, implementable via various means such as a processing system, method, or data structure in a recording medium such as memory or as a self-contained electronic circuit, has wide ranging applicability to numerous fields such as in a user interface for gaming systems, like Kinect, or immersive environments such as remote surgical operations, and other medical diagnostic applications. Similarly, our method can be utilized in artificial intelligence application for automated robotic identification of targets, such as drone assisted search and rescue missions, and the enablement of patent protection against unlawful replication on 3D printers. The method of the invention includes the steps of creating a 3D representation for the real world object to be identified, segmenting the newly created 3D representation according to potential identities, alignment of minimal, unique representations for said potential identities to the corresponding segments of the newly created 3D representation, and then the analysis of said alignments to determine which potential identity correctly identifies the real world object to be identified. |
| US10776977B2 |
Real-time lip synchronization animation
A device includes a processor and a memory that stores predetermined data including a progressive transition rule and animation models. Each of the animation models corresponds to a respective phoneme. The memory stores instructions including receiving a request from a user and obtaining an answer to the request. The answer includes first and second indicators that correspond to first and second phonemes. The instructions include, according to the first indicator, identifying a first animation model that corresponds to the first phoneme. The instructions include, according to the second indicator, identifying a second animation model that corresponds to the second phoneme. The instructions include generating a transition animation model according to the progressive transition rule using the first and second animation models. The instructions include generating images according to the first, second, and transition animation models. The instructions include outputting the images to the user via a display. |
| US10776976B1 |
Systems and methods for efficient management and modification of images
Methods and systems for efficient management and modification of images include receiving a first set of images from a seller system connected to the processor over the network interface; receiving an image sequence comprising references to the images in the first set of images and an order of appearance; storing the first set of images and the image sequence in the database; identifying one or more areas in the first set of images; removing the identified areas from the first set of images; and displaying the first set of images based on the image sequence. |
| US10776974B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit to acquire layout data in which images are arranged on each page of a photo book from an image group, a division unit to divide the image group into subsets based on a number of pages of the photo book, and an image exchange unit to exchange an image arranged within the layout data. The image exchange unit exchanges a first image arranged within a page corresponding to a first subset and in which the first person is included, with a second image in which a second person, different from the first is included, when the second image is included within the first subset, and exchanges the first image with a third when no person is included, when the second image is not included within the first subset but the third image is included. |
| US10776971B2 |
Metadata in multi image scenes
A spatial relationship is determined between a first image of a first region of a physical space, and a second image of a second region of that space; and the first and second images are thereby stitched together into a composite image comprising first and second areas derived from the first and second images respectively. Further, there is detected an embedded signal having been embedded in light illuminating at least part of the first region of the physical space upon capture of the first image, the embedded signal conveying metadata relating to at least part of the physical space. An effect applied to at least part of the first area of the composite image based on the detected metadata; and also, based on the detected metadata and on the determined spatial relationship between the first and second images, the effect is applied to at least part of the second area of the composite image that extends beyond the first area. |
| US10776968B2 |
Personalized-recommendation graph
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving multiple recommendations for a first user from multiple second users and the multiple recommendations are associated with multiple objects. The multiple second users select the first user as the addresses of the multiple recommendations. The method also includes determining that the first user is near a geo-location and recommending to the first user multiple objects that are associated with the geo-location. |
| US10776965B2 |
Systems and methods for visualizing and manipulating graph databases
Systems and methods for visualizing and manipulating graph databases in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a graph database manipulation device including a processor and a memory configured to store a graph database manipulation application, wherein the graph database manipulation application configures the processor to obtain a graph database, wherein the graph database includes a set of nodes and a set of edges, identify a region of interest within a graph described by the graph database, construct a feature space from the region of interest, and extract explanatory variables from the feature space. |
| US10776957B2 |
Online image compression in hardware
A method of variable rate compression including: partitioning the image data into a plurality of blocks, each including channel-blocks; and for one of the one or more non-flat channel-blocks: generating a residual block including residual values corresponding to values of the one of the one or more non-flat blocks; in response to determining that a particular residual value of the residual values is equal to a corresponding previous residual value: incrementing a run counter; and in response to determining that the run counter is greater than a threshold, generating a run-mode flag and writing the run-mode flag after the particular residual value in a compressed output stream; and in response to determining that the particular residual value is not equal to a corresponding previous value: in response to determining that the run counter is greater than the threshold, generating a run-length after the run-mode flag in the compressed output stream. |
| US10776935B2 |
System and method for correcting data for deformations during image-guided procedures
Systems and methods for collecting and processing physical space data for use while performing an image-guided surgical (IGS) procedure are provided. The system and method includes obtaining a computer model of a non-rigid structure of interest in a patient and performing a rigid alignment of the computer model and surface data in a patient space associated with at least a portion of the non-rigid structure. The system and method also include computing a deformation of the computer model that provides a non-rigid alignment of the computer model and surface data, the deformation computed using a set of boundary conditions defined for each node of the computer model based on the rigid alignment and a kernel function. Additionally, the system and method can include displaying data for facilitating the IGS procedure based on the deformation. |
| US10776929B2 |
Method, system and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for determining region of interest for photographing ball images
The present invention relates to a method, system and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for determining a region of interest for photographing ball images. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for determining a region of interest for photographing ball images, comprising the steps of: recognizing a location of a ball whose physical quantity is to be measured, in a state in which shot preparation is completed; and dynamically determining a region of interest to be photographed to acquire images including an appearance of the ball, with reference to the location of the ball and at least one of a predicted moving direction of the ball and a location of at least one camera configured to photograph the ball. |
| US10776928B1 |
Efficient egomotion estimation using patch-based projected correlation
A method for improving computational efficiency for egomotion estimation includes detecting a pair of consecutive images, and estimating a rotation angle and a two dimensional translation vector that best models the motion between the image frames. The pair of images are each divided into overlapping image patches, and then an efficient projected correlation approach is used to estimate a local two dimensional translation vector for each image patch. The translation vectors from all the patches form a vector field, and then trimmed-mean method is used to robustly and efficiently estimate the rotation angle and the two dimensional translation that best models the egomotion of the detector, which may be a camera. |
| US10776918B2 |
Method and device for determining image similarity
The present application relates to method and device for determining image similarity that includes: dividing a target image into multiple regions based on positions of pixels relative to a reference point in the target image, and dividing a reference image into multiple regions based on positions of pixels relative to a reference point in the reference image; determining, based on feature points in the target image and feature points in the reference image as well as the regions obtained by dividing the target image and the regions obtained by dividing the reference image, similarity between a distribution of the feature points in the target image and a distribution of the feature points in the reference image. According to the method of the present application, the similarity is described more reasonably. |
| US10776915B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus, endoscope apparatus, diagnostic support apparatus, and medical service support apparatus
A medical image processing apparatus includes: a medical image acquisition unit that acquires a medical image; a medical image analysis result acquisition unit that acquires an analysis result of the medical image; a display unit that displays the medical image and the analysis result; a correspondence relationship setting unit that sets a correspondence relationship between a first analysis result of a first medical image and a second analysis result of a second medical image having different imaging conditions from the first medical image; and a display control unit that sets a display form in case of displaying the second analysis result on the first medical image using the set correspondence relationship or sets a display form in case of displaying the first analysis result on the second medical image using the set correspondence relationship. |
| US10776913B2 |
Method and system for quantitative evaluation of image segmentation
A system and method for receiving a medical image, receiving an adaptation of a model of a physical structure, the adaptation relating to the medical image, determining an image quantity of the medical image at each of a plurality of vertices of the adaptation and aggregating the plurality of image quantities to determine an evaluation metric. |
| US10776910B2 |
Crack information editing device, method of editing crack information, and crack information editing program
A hierarchical structure information generation unit 112 corrects hierarchical structure information based on an editing instruction input by a user through an operation unit (120) (step S160: editing step). A display of the hierarchical structure information is updated based on the editing instruction input. The editing instruction input includes deleting a damage vector corresponding to a randomly selected label, combining a plurality of discontinuous damage vectors associated with a plurality of randomly selected labels into one continuous damage vector, releasing the combination between the plurality of the damage vectors, and selection of a label corresponding to a vector group, and deletion, combination, and release of the combination of the vector group corresponding to the selected label. |
| US10776909B2 |
Defect inspection apparatus, defect inspection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
The disclosure includes: a memory section, storing a learned model and an internal parameter set in the learned model; an acquisition section, acquiring an image of an inspection object photographed under predetermined conditions; a preprocessing section, generating a predetermined preprocessing filter according to a feature value in a preprocessing image being an image of the inspection object that is acquired by the acquisition section and that includes a defect, and a feature value corresponding to the internal parameter, and generating a preprocessed image by applying the generated preprocessing filter to an inspection image being an image of the inspection object that is acquired by the acquisition section and converting the inspection image; and an inspection section, inspecting the preprocessed image for presence or absence of the defect of the inspection object by using the stored learned model. |
| US10776904B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing image
An approach is provided to process an image. The approach includes: obtaining a pixel shift set indicating information of movement of a plurality of pixels included in coinciding portions among a plurality of low-resolution images with respect to a single scene; dividing the pixel shift set into an integer portion and a fractional portion; generating an integer pixel shift set and a fractional pixel shift set; selecting a filter set corresponding to the plurality of pixels from among a plurality of pre-stored filter sets including a filter weight value applied to the pixels; and obtaining a high-resolution image with respect to the single scene, based on the plurality of low-resolution images, the selected filter set, and the integer pixel shift set. |
| US10776902B2 |
Image processing device and method for producing in real-time a digital composite image from a sequence of digital images
Image processing device for producing in real-time a digital composite image from a sequence of digital images recorded by a camera device, in particular an endoscopic camera device, the image processing device including a selecting unit, a key point detection unit, a transforming unit and a joining unit,wherein the key point detection unit includes a maximum detection unit configured for executing following steps separately for the filter response for the reference image and for the filter response for the further image, wherein a variable threshold is used: i) creating blocks by dividing the respective filter response, ii) calculating the variable threshold for each of the blocks, iii) discarding those blocks of the blocks from further consideration, in which the respective filter response at a reference point of the respective block is less than the respective variable threshold. |
| US10776901B2 |
Processing device, processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium program with output image based on plurality of predetermined polarization directions and plurality of predetermined wavelength bands
The present disclosure includes a processing device, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The processing device includes circuitry configured to acquire a plurality of images captured in a time series by an image sensor, each of the plurality of images is based on light in one of a plurality of predetermined polarization directions and in one of a plurality of predetermined wavelength bands. The circuitry is further configured to stitch together at least a part of the plurality of images corresponding to a single polarization direction and a single predetermined wavelength band from the plurality of predetermined wavelength bands to generate a composite image. |
| US10776897B1 |
System and method to support multiple walkers per command
Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a processor to configure a plurality of contexts of a command engine to execute a graphics workload comprising a plurality of walkers, allocate, from a pool of execution units of a graphics processor, a subset of execution units to each walker in the plurality of walkers based at least in part on the predetermined number of walkers configured for the context, for each context in the plurality of contexts, dispatch one or more walkers of the plurality of walkers to the execution units, and upon dispatch of the one or more walkers of the plurality of walkers, write an opcode to a computer-readable memory indicating that the dispatch of the walker is complete, wherein the opcode comprises dependency data for the one or more walkers of the plurality of walkers. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10776893B2 |
Adaptive smart shelf for autonomous retail stores
An imaging arrangement for capturing one or more views of a horizontal shelf of an autonomous retail store includes an image sensor positioned at a back portion of the horizontal shelf, a top mirror mounted at a top portion of the horizontal shelf, to enable the image sensor to capture a top view of one or more products on the horizontal shelf, a front mirror mounted at a front top portion of the horizontal shelf, and a back mirror mounted at a back top portion of the horizontal shelf, wherein the back mirror is inclined at a pre-defined angle with respect to the front mirror, and wherein the front and back mirrors enable the image sensor to capture a front view of the one or more products on the horizontal shelf. |
| US10776889B2 |
Stakeholder equity valuation in collaborative projects
An omnichannel platform for determining equity shares of users in a collaboration. The omnichannel platform executable by a processor coupled to a memory and being in communication with computing environments. The omnichannel platform acquires, from the computing environments, metadata with respect to user activity in the collaboration. The omnichannel platform evaluates the metadata for each of the users according to user position, user contribution, and end goal relatedness factors to produce valued user activity. The omnichannel platform determines equity shares of the users in the collaboration based on the valued user activity. |
| US10776887B2 |
System and method for making reservations in a hospitality establishment
A system and method for making reservations in a hospitality establishment are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a database includes multiple the media source files relative to guest room spaces within a room. A server which handles reservations renders a map view of the hospitality establishment based on obtained map data. The map view includes a graphical representation of the room as well as other rooms. In response to the room being selected, the graphical representation of the selected room is annotated with room reservation data and at least one of the media source files of the selected room. The server may execute a reservation for the selected room. |
| US10776885B2 |
Mutually reinforcing ranking of social media accounts and contents
A general type weight and an individual weight are determined for each of multiple social media accounts. The general type weight may be based on a social media account type corresponding to the social media account. The method may include encoding a mutually reinforcing relationship between the social media accounts and contents promoted by each of the social media accounts. The mutually reinforcing relationship may be encoded as a promotional link between the social media accounts and a content item of the contents promoted by each of the social media accounts. The method may include calculating a basic link strength for each promotional link, where the basic link strength is based on the general type weight and the individual weight for each social media account of multiple social media accounts, and calculating a mutually reinforcing ranking of the multiple social media accounts and contents based on the basic link strengths. |
| US10776884B2 |
Waste management system implementing fuel tax monitoring
A system is disclosed for managing waste services. The system may have a provider portal, a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle, and a central processing unit in communication with the provider portal and the locating device. The central processing unit may be configured to determine a total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle and to determine, based at least in part on the location signal, a portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways. The central processing unit may be further configured to cause an indication of the portion of the total amount of fuel to be displayed on the provider portal. |
| US10776878B1 |
Social media data aggregation to optimize underwriting
A data aggregation and processing engine optimizes underwriting decisions in the life insurance industry by using social media data to reduce the level of underwriting required. Social media data enables underwriting thresholds based on risk assessments and credibility correlations within publicly available social media data sets with options for opting into more detailed analysis of private social data. Activity monitors further refine appropriate underwriting actions together with correlations with provided biographical data. |
| US10776870B2 |
Computer network systems for accurate market based benchmark estimates
A method and system for more accurately determining and providing market terms for conducting business transactions, wherein a plurality of computers are located at qualified institutions and are connected in electronic association in a cloud communication network, one of which is a server network device that maintains and/or provides the components of the system to process actual transaction data provided by the qualified institutions in real time to calculate market terms that are quickly transmitted back to the institutions. The server network device is a cloud server network device with one or more processors from plural network devices for communication with one or more processors or computers located at the qualified institutions. The market term estimates are calculated using less bandwidth and less processing cycles on the cloud communications network than on a conventional network. |
| US10776868B2 |
Dynamic strategy management tool
Example methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage media are described and disclosed. An example method includes depicting a strategy node in a graphical user interface presented by a computing device. The strategy node represents a trading strategy associated with two or more tradeable objects. The example method includes generating a graphical connector between the strategy node and one of a plurality of contract nodes including at least a first contract node and a second contract node. Each contract node represents a contract associated with one of the tradeable objects. The example method includes repositioning, in response to an input received via the graphical interface, an endpoint of the graphical connector from the first contract node specified by the trading strategy to the second contract node. The example method also includes generating an updated trading strategy based on the trading strategy and the second contract node. |
| US10776866B2 |
System and methods for monitoring credit of trading counterparties
Systems and methods are provided which monitor trades entered into and cleared by counterparties, track the net and gross positions of counterparties and the counterparties' parent entities, trigger warnings when counterparties or their parent entities exceed a warning limit, and shut-off counterparties' trading ability when counterparties exceed a credit limit. An operator of a credit system using these systems and methods is provided with a variety of interfaces through which the operator can set up new counterparties, search a list of counterparties, view and edit basic information for counterparties, view financial information for counterparties, view and edit notes regarding to counterparties, view and edit limits of counterparties, view position versus limit information for counterparties, view the current day's position information for counterparties, and view cumulative position information for counterparties. |
| US10776865B2 |
Method and apparatus for ATM-based cross-selling of products and services
A method of and apparatus for automatically displaying an advertisement or promotional material to a user of an automated teller machine or point of purchase terminal. The method includes accessing debit data and credit bureau data for the applicant, accessing account information for the applicant, generating a score for the applicant based on the data and the account information and determining what advertisements or promotional offers to display on the ATM or POP terminal. The apparatus is a system, including both hardware and software components for effecting the method. |
| US10776862B2 |
Retail website user interface, systems and methods
A web site that presents a user interface that displays images of products to a user. The product images that are displayed are of products that are recently trending or popular as determined by data derived from one or more sources. Each product image is displayed without the price of the respective product and without text naming, describing or identifying the respective product. Therefore, the user interface is constructed to focus on the trending products themselves so that the user interface is clean and uncluttered, allowing customers to focus on the trending products for possible purchase. |
| US10776857B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network
Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include a merchant device, a client device and a payment processing device. The merchant device is adapted to allow a merchant to provide items for purchase via the network. The client device is adapted to allow a user to access the merchant device via the network and view the items for purchase. The client device is adapted to provide a payment mechanism to the user. The user generates a purchase request for an item by selecting the one item, dragging the item to the payment mechanism, and dropping the item over the payment mechanism. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the purchase request from the client device via the network and authorize the user to purchase the item from the merchant based on information passed with the purchase request. |
| US10776856B2 |
Method and system for improving food-related personalization
Systems and methods for improving food-related personalization for a user including generating a recipe database including a set of recipe data structures; deriving a recipe vector representation of the recipe data structures; determining a set of user food preferences; extracting a set of recipe vector constraints from the set of user food preferences; determining a personalized food plan for the user, including automatically selecting a subset of the set of recipe data structures associated with recipe vector representations that satisfy the set of recipe vector constraints; determining fulfillment parameters for grocery items associated with the personalized food plan; and automatically facilitating fulfillment of grocery items associated with the personalized food plan based on the fulfillment parameters. |
| US10776853B2 |
Bedding item selection system and bedding item physical property recognition system
There is provided a bedding item selection system capable of selecting a bedding item easy to improve the state of sleep. A bedding item selection system S1 includes: a plurality of test bedding items T whose physical property including firmness is different from one another; a deep sleep rate calculation unit 1f which calculates a deep sleep rate of a user P based on biological information measured and recorded; a suitable physical property recognition unit 1h which recognize a suitable physical property based on the physical property of a test bedding item T high in deep sleep rate of the user P; and a bedding item selection unit 1j which selects, from a plurality of selectable bedding items M, a bedding item based on the suitable physical property. |
| US10776852B2 |
Contextual solicitation in a starter application
A reduced capability subset of an application referred to as a “starter application” is provided on a computer device prior to purchase and intended for use by a user purchasing the computer device. The starter application may monitor input from the user when the starter application is executing to ascertain opportunities to inform the user of an upgrade and then solicit the user for purchasing the upgrade. The starter application may use a limited access browser to contact a server to assist in the solicitation and complete the transaction. Upon completing the transaction, the upgrade is provided to the computing device. The upgrade may comprise the full capability version of the application, templates, clip art, or other software. The upgrade may entail transmitting the upgrade to the computer device or providing an authorization key to unlock the upgrade that is already stored on the computer device. |
| US10776849B2 |
Visually identifying products
For visually indicating a product location, a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes an image sensor, a product image module that identifies at least one product within image data, a product matching module that compares the identified at least one product to a user-specified product, and a location module that indicates, to the user, a location of a product matching the user-specified product. In some embodiments, the apparatus may also include a product selection module that receives, from the user, a user-selected product and at least one product constraint, wherein the product matching module further compares the identified at least one product to the at least one product constraint. |
| US10776847B1 |
Modeling user intent
The effect of intent bias on content performance can be determined in order to provide more relevant content in response to a query or other opportunity. Performance data can include the frequency with which an action, such as a purchase, occurs in response to an instance of the content being displayed. An intent bias model can be trained using the performance data for two or more intents, such as an action intent and an explore intent. Once the intent bias for an offer is determined, a normalized performance value can be obtained that does not include the effects of the bias. The normalized values can be used to select and place content based on actual performance. |
| US10776842B2 |
Location-based obfuscation of user information
A device is provided to receive, from a first device, a request for a product or service, determine a first geographic location of the first device, and identify a second device that is located in a geographic region associated with the first geographic location. The second device may be associated with a user that is capable of providing the product or service. The device may provide, to the first device, information regarding a second geographic location of the second device. The information may specify an obfuscated second geographic location without revealing the second geographic location. The device may also receive, from the first device, an instruction to provide the request to the second device, provide the request to the second device, receive an acceptance of the request from the second device, and provide, to the second device, data indicating the first geographic location of the first device. |
| US10776838B2 |
Item level data aggregation
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for item level data aggregation. A method includes aggregating a set of transactions for a user. A method includes identifying a transaction made with a third party. A method includes using electronic credentials for a user to login to an account on a hardware server. A method includes downloading item-level data for transactions from a hardware server of a third party. A method includes matching a transaction to an identified transaction. A method includes associating downloaded item-level data for a matched transaction with an identified transaction. A method includes displaying an aggregated set of transactions to a user. A method includes displaying identifiers for a plurality of items within an identified transaction to a user in response to receiving predefined user input relative to the identified transaction in a displayed set of transactions. |
| US10776824B2 |
Systems and methods for recommending electronic devices based on user purchase habits
Identification information related to a device may be received that includes user information and device information. Based on the user information, a user entry corresponding to the user information may be located in a database of user records. It may be determined that the device information is not found in the user entry. A plurality of sales attributes may be determined in response. Those may include at least one of (1) a release date of the device and a purchase date indicating when the user purchased the device, and (2) a release price of the device and a current price of the device at the purchase date. Based on the information, a purchase metric may be computed and the device information stored in the previously purchased device field of the entry. Based on the purchase metric, a purchase metric threshold may be generated for recommending another device to the user. |
| US10776817B2 |
Selecting content for presentation to an online system user based on categories associated with content items
An online system monitors actions performed by users of the online system in association with being presented with content items that are associated with various categories. A histogram may be generated to describe a pattern of an action previously performed by a user in response to being presented with content items associated with a category. The online system trains a model to predict a likelihood that the user will perform the action in response to being presented with a content item associated with the category based on the pattern of the action previously performed by the user and information describing one or more recent performances of the action by the user with a content item associated with the category. The predicted likelihood may be included in a content selection process that selects one or more content items for presentation to the user. |
| US10776814B2 |
Method of distributing advertising information with the possibility of evaluating the efficiency and analyzing the potential audience of advertising and information structures as well as using the information received for targeting the audience and individual communication
The invention pertains to the means of providing advertising and information services and can be used in various environments, where a potential consumer is present and where there is an identifiable mobile device on condition that the advertising media are placed mainly on stands, posts, in and/or on buildings or other structures. In this method, a beacon (beacons) is placed in at least one advertisement medium, which generates a signal at a given periodicity, registers beacon signals with consumer mobile devices, and generates signals initiating the transfer of advertising packages to display advertisements in the advertising medium. |
| US10776810B2 |
Loyalty program system, apparatus, and media
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for managing a loyalty program. In some embodiments, a system includes a loyalty program management (LPM) system and a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. The POS terminal is configured to read a membership identifier, identify a plurality of goods, complete a sale of the identified plurality of goods to the member, and transmit, to the loyalty program management system, the read membership identifier and information about the identified plurality of goods. Based on the received information, the LPM system is configured to identify one or more point categories, and update earned loyalty points of the member in each of the identified one or more point categories. The LPM system is further configured to provide the POS terminal with a redemption value to be applied to the sale. |
| US10776806B2 |
Mobile loyalty system and method
A mobile loyalty system for preventing fraudulent redemption of a reward is disclosed which comprises a mobile communication device having a screen and configured to run a mobile application for obtaining a code representative of a visit to a merchant, the mobile application for transmitting information associated with obtaining the code representative of the visit to the merchant and for receiving information associated with a reward to be redeemed at the merchant, the screen for displaying the reward to be redeemed and a motion element for preventing fraudulent redemption of the reward. |
| US10776804B2 |
Methods and systems for providing personalized information to users in a commercial establishment
The present invention provides systems for and methods providing a user in a commercial establishment with personalized information, which can include a personalized shopping list, targeted advertisements, health information, nutritional information, promotional offers, offers on sale items, offers on discounted items, manufacturer's coupons, storewide coupons, information on user specific favorite items, and information on user specific staple items. Also disclosed is a device for and method of providing the precise location of a user in a commercial facility comprising a signal receiver and position calculating system that uses one of biangulation and triangulation techniques. Also disclosed, is a system for and method of providing a user in a commercial establishment with personalized information, which can include targeted advertisements, health information, nutritional information, promotional offers, offers on sale items, offers on discounted items, manufacturer's coupons, storewide coupons, information on user specific favorite items, and information on user specific staple items using the user's precise location with respect to items for purchase in the user's immediate vicinity. |
| US10776801B2 |
Distributing electronic surveys via third-party content
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to administration of an electronic survey via third-party content. For example, an electronic survey system receives a request to provide an electronic survey within a survey placeholder of a third-party webpage provided to a client device associated with a respondent. The survey system determines characteristics of the webpage or the respondent. The survey system then selects an electronic survey by comparing the characteristics of available electronic surveys to the characteristics of the webpage or the respondent. Additionally, the survey system provides electronic questions from the selected electronic survey for display within the survey placeholder of the webpage. The survey system also administers the electronic survey within the survey placeholder without redirecting the respondent client device away from the third-party webpage. |
| US10776796B2 |
Systems and methods for matching data from an external catalog with data in an internal catalog
Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving an external catalog comprising external attributes for each product of a plurality of products, mapping the external attributes from the external catalog to internal attributes for each product of the plurality of products in an internal catalog for an online retailer using an ensemble learning technique comprising a plurality of algorithms, incorporating the external attributes of the external catalog into the internal attributes in the internal catalog as mapped, and coordinating displaying of the external attributes and the internal attributes on a website of the online retailer. |
| US10776795B2 |
Data amelioration and reformation system
The systems may include receiving, by a processor, transaction information for a transaction, wherein the transaction information comprises a transaction amount; matching, by the processor, the transaction information with a transaction type; retrieving, by the processor, a plurality of possible charge types associated with the transaction type; comparing, by the processor, the transaction information with the plurality of possible charge types; separating, by the processor, the transaction amount of the transaction information into at least one individual charge amount; and/or identifying, by the processor, a charge type of the plurality of possible charge types associated with the at least one individual charge amount. |
| US10776793B1 |
Validation of models and data for compliance with laws
The present disclosure provides computing systems and techniques for validating a decision model against a canon of regulation. A server can deconstruct a decision model into a number of branching decisions and also generate a Markov chain comprising a number of sequences from a canon of regulation. The server can compare the branching decisions to the sequences and can validate the decision model with the canon of regulation based on the comparison. |
| US10776790B2 |
Online fraud prevention using genetic algorithm solution
Online fraud prevention including receiving a rules set to detect fraud, mapping the rules set to a data set, mapping success data to members of the rules set, filtering the members of the rules set, and ordering members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greater probability for being fraudulent based upon the success data of each member of the rule set in detecting fraud. Further, a receiver coupled to an application server to receive a rules set to detect fraud, and a server coupled to the application server, to map the rules set to a data set, and to map the success data to each members of the rules set. The server is used to order the various members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greatest probability for being fraudulent. |
| US10776788B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying compromised accounts using historical authorization messages
A computing network system including a historical authorization database, a lost and stolen card (LSC) database, an account data breach (ADB) database, and a compromised identification (CI) computing device is provided. The CI computing device retrieves a set of historical account identifiers associated with historical transactions of a candidate merchant from the historical authorization database. The CI computing device compares the historical account identifier to lost and/or stolen (LS) account data stored by the LSC database and breach data stored by the ADB database. The CI computing device generates a compromised account message when a historical account identifier has a matching account identifier within the LS account data and/or the breach data. The compromised account message includes the matching account identifier and an associated reason code indicating a cause of compromise. The CI computing device transmits the compromised account message to the candidate merchant for review and analysis. |
| US10776787B2 |
Systems and methods for providing notification services using a digital wallet platform
Embodiments of the disclosure enable a system to provide notification services. The system receives account selection data associated with one or more cardholder accounts, identifies contact data corresponding to one or more issuer devices associated with the one or more cardholder accounts, generates notification data associated with the one or more cardholder accounts for notifying one or more issuers associated with the one or more cardholder accounts, receives transaction data associated with one or more financial transactions, and analyzes the received transaction data to generate wallet data corresponding to the transaction data for providing an opportunity to manage the one or more financial transactions. Aspects of the disclosure provide for transmitting notification data in an efficient and user-friendly manner. |
| US10776784B2 |
System and method for automated analysis comparing a wireless device location with another geographic location
A system and method for automatically comparing obtained wireless device location information from a wireless network and comparing that location with another independent source geographic location is provided. Location information is derived from two or more sources in a multiplicity of ways and a comparison is made within a Location Comparison Engine. The Location Comparison Engine makes use of databases that assist in resolving obtained raw positioning information and converting that positioning information into one or more formats for adequate location comparison. Results of location comparison are deduced to determine if the wireless device is in some proximity to some other activity source location. Other location information used for comparison may be obtained from a multiplicity of sources, such as another network based on some activity of wireless device user, another wireless device via a wireless network, or any system capable of providing location information to the Location Comparison Engine. |
| US10776781B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating transactions using a digital currency
Systems and methods for facilitating a transaction between a first entity and a second entity using a digital currency are described. In some aspects, a computing node participates in a private distributed ledger for a financial institution and stores one or more transaction blocks representing transactions in a digital currency. The digital currency is issued by the financial institution and is fixed with respect to a fiat currency. The computing node is configured to receive a transaction for transferring an amount of digital currency from a first entity to a second entity, generate a new transaction block representing the transaction, transmit the new transaction block to other computing nodes participating in the private distributed ledger, receive an indication of validity of the new transaction block, and insert the new transaction block into the private distributed ledger. |
| US10776780B2 |
Automated reissuance system for prepaid devices
Described herein is a system for automatically reissuing a prepaid device for an expired account upon detecting a funding event associated with the expired account. An account may be expired upon determining that one or more expiration conditions have been met. An event handler may be configured to receive events. Upon identifying a funding event associated with an expired account, the event handler may initiate a reissuance process for a prepaid device associated with the account. |
| US10776776B2 |
System and method of loading a transaction card and processing repayment on a mobile device
The embodiments described herein provide in one aspect, a method of loading a transaction card account onto a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a memory and a contactless reader, the method comprising: reading, via the contactless reader, transaction card information from a physical contactless transaction card corresponding to the transaction card account; sending a retrieval message, to an issuer server, to retrieve a card security credential for the transaction card account, the retrieval message comprising the transaction card information for identifying the transaction card account at the issuer server; receiving, from the issuer server, a card security credential for the transaction card account; and storing, the transaction card information and the card security credential as a transaction card corresponding to the transaction account, on the memory of the mobile device. |
| US10776775B1 |
NFC enabled card for consumer accessibility
A contactless card useful for adjusting the operation, configuration, and/or performance of a secondary device is described. The contactless card is equipped with a communication interface which allows the contactless card to transmit information to the secondary device using NFC signals. The contactless card stores accommodation information related to a physical accommodation desired by the user and transmits that information in the form of an accommodation message to the secondary device after being placed in a NFC field generated by the secondary device. In some embodiments, the contactless card requests an authentication certificate in order to determine a degree of trust prior to sending an accommodation message. In some embodiments, the contactless card may adjust what accommodation information is included in the accommodation message based on the authentication certificate received from the secondary device. |
| US10776773B2 |
Systems and methods for providing transaction tokens for mobile devices
The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing payment token transactions by a mobile device. The mobile device may be operable to obtain a payment token, where the payment token is associated with one or more payment token parameters and the mobile device may be configured to communicate with a financial service provider system over a first network when connectivity to the first network is available to the mobile device. The mobile device may provide the payment token to a contactless payment terminal (CPT) associated with a merchant, during a purchase transaction involving a product provided by the merchant, where the mobile device may communicate the payment token to the CPT over a local network that is different from the first network such that connectivity between the mobile device and the first network is not required. |
| US10776771B2 |
Electronic resource processing method and device
An electronic resource processing method and a device are provided. The method includes sending, by a first terminal, an electronic resource transfer attribute to a second terminal, generating, by the second terminal, an electronic resource transfer request, based on the electronic resource transfer attribute and an encryption identifier for performing electronic resource transfer processing, and sending, by the second terminal, the electronic resource transfer request to a server. The method further includes querying, by the server, an associated account of the second terminal, based on the encryption identifier, performing, by the server, transfer processing on electronic resources in the associated account of the second terminal, based on the electronic resource transfer attribute, and notifying, by the server, the first terminal and the second terminal of a result of the transfer processing. |
| US10776765B2 |
Automated teller machine control server native format
The invention presented comprises a system and method for executing a cash payment via a computer network. A payor computing device communicates over a computer network with payee computing devices via a P2P server. The P2P server is operative to receive a payment request from the payor computing device and process the payment by debiting a financial instrument specified by a payor utilizing the payor computing device. The payment request is transmitted from the P2P server to a cash payment server operative to receive the payment request and translate the request into the native format of an ATM control server, the native format of the P2P server and ATM control server not being interoperable. The ATM control server is operative to generate a PIN code, which is transmitted along with the received payment instructions to an ATM. |
| US10776762B2 |
Measuring tap pressure on mobile devices to automate actions
There are provided systems and methods for measuring tap pressure on mobile devices to automate actions. A computing device, such as a mobile smart phone, may include a touch screen interface that may accept touch inputs. A touch input may include a presence and location of the touch input on the touch screen interface. Additionally, the computing device may detect a pressure or force applied to the touch screen interface with the touch input. The computing device may include a payment application, where the touch input may be received during use of the payment application. The pressure of the touch input may further define the input for the payment application. For example, a touch input with a first pressure may cause a first process to be initiated, while a second pressure may cause a second process to be initiated. |
| US10776761B2 |
Virtual currency system
A plurality of nodes implemented by computing devices in a network include sender and recipient nodes. The sender node sends, to the validation node, a request to transfer an amount of virtual currency from a sender account (associated with transaction receipts) to a recipient account. The request includes first copies of the receipts or references thereto. The validation node requests second copies of the receipts from at least two of the nodes, and receives the second copies from fewer than all of the nodes. The validation node determines whether the first copies have been tampered with by comparing the first and second copies to one another. When tampering has not occurred, at least one new receipt is generated indicating the amount has been transferred. Then, the at least one new receipt is forwarded to fewer than all of the nodes for storage. |
| US10776756B2 |
System and method for organizing and designing comment
A method for determining and organizing multimedia content of a network page, related to reactions of at least one user to at least one common content object or context. The method includes receiving plurality of comments originated by different users relating one or more common multimedia object, wherein the user is required to define characteristics of their comment from multiple choice of definition types, enabling users to react to the comment by selecting one type of reaction from multiple choice of reaction types, wherein the each reaction type define different characteristics of the comment, analyzing comment characteristics as defined by the originator user and/or by reaction type; and selecting and organizing of comments and/or content objects which are related to the comments and/or and the relevant reactions according to the analysis. |
| US10776755B2 |
Creating projects in a content management system
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing projects using references between the project and project items. Project items can be, for example, synchronized content items, collaborative content items, other projects, folders, tasks, user accounts, etc. The content management system can create a project identifier for managing data and/or people associated with a project. In various implementations, the content management system can store references between the project and project items in one or more folders associated with the project, in a database, in content item metadata, etc. In some implementations, the storage location of a content item does not affect whether it is associated with the project. When a project is selected by a user, the content management system can generate project view that presents various project items associated with the project in a convenient and easy to access graphical user interface. |
| US10776751B2 |
Vertical network computing integration, analytics, and automation
Embodiments of the invention can relate to methods, systems, apparatuses directed to integration of computing networks, especially within supply chains, and use of information from these integrated networks to generate analytics. To generate such analytics, an analysis computer or payment processing network may receive purchase data. In various embodiments the purchase data may include a product identifier that is associated with a product or service that is involved in the purchase. Once the purchase transaction with the product identifier is received, consumption of inventory at the merchant or supplier may be tracked. Tracking the consumption of inventory may involve storing and using a relationship between the product identifier and the inventory. |
| US10776750B2 |
System and method for fulfilling e-commerce orders from a hierarchy of fulfilment centres
A system and method are disclosed of operating a plurality of fulfillment centres, including a large fulfillment centre and a small fulfillment centre, each of the fulfillment centres being configured to fulfil customer orders. A first product and a second product are received at the large fulfillment centre. Desired quantities of the first and second products are picked at the large fulfillment centre for packing into a container, wherein the desired quantities include at least one of: quantities ordered by at least one customer to be fulfilled at the large fulfillment centre or the small fulfillment centre, and quantities predicted to be ordered by at least one customer and to be fulfilled at the small fulfillment centre. |
| US10776749B2 |
Secure locker system for the deposition and retrieval of shipments
A system for securely controlling deposition and retrieval of shipments (40), including a managing distribution centre, at least one electronic locker unit connected to the managing distribution centre through a communication network, and having several lockable compartments (28i) of different sizes, wherein said at least one electronic locker unit comprises a weighing shipment module (50) located inside each compartment (28i) and made up of an arrangement of several thin flexible force sensors, linked together to circuit board, located under upper bearing plate and attached to bottom of the compartment within respective active measuring areas. |
| US10776744B1 |
Simulated flight data to determine delivery timeframes for aerial item delivery
Described are example systems and methods that utilize simulated and/or actual flight data to determine an aerial delivery time estimate between a source location and a delivery destination, based on current flight conditions. For example, multiple flight simulations along a flight path between a source location and a delivery destination may be performed based on various different flight conditions and the flight time determined from the simulations may be maintained in a data store, associated with the flight path and simulated flight conditions. When a request for item information is received, current flight conditions may be determined and used to determine an estimated flight time based on stored simulated flight data having similar flight conditions to the current flight conditions. |
| US10776740B2 |
Detecting potential root causes of data quality issues using data lineage graphs
An example system includes a processor that can generate a first lineage graph based on a first set of monitored assets and processes used to produce a data asset. The processor can detect a data quality issue at the data asset. The processor can also generate a second lineage graph including a second set of monitored assets and processes that produced the data asset with the data quality issue. The processor can further compare the second lineage graph with the first lineage graph to detect a potential root cause of the data quality issue. The processor can also further modify an asset or process corresponding to the potential root cause of the data quality issue. |
| US10776734B2 |
Ergonomic safety evaluation with labor time standard
An integrated safety-evaluation with labor-time-standard system is provided that includes a work-task manager, integrated module and ergonomic safety evaluator. The work-task manager may be configured to receive a work instruction and determine work elements applicable to the work instruction, with the work elements may have respective associated elemental unit times, elemental risk ratings and frequency values. The integrated module may be configured to receive the elemental unit times, elemental risk ratings and frequency values for the work elements, and calculate a labor time standard and ergonomic safety rating therefrom. And the ergonomic safety evaluator may be configured to receive the labor time standard and ergonomic safety rating and perform an ergonomic safety evaluation therefrom. In this regard, the ergonomic safety evaluator may be configured to perform the ergonomic safety evaluation to determine whether to release or reject the work instruction. |
| US10776733B2 |
Computer platform for controlling agricultural assets
The present disclosure describes computer systems and computer-implemented methods for managing an agricultural operation. Vehicle location information for at least one agricultural vehicle is received, and the vehicle location information is used to determine a vehicle path. Vehicle state information is received from the vehicle and is used to determine whether the vehicle is in a working or non-working state. The vehicle path is then rendered on a map display, with the map display visually distinguishing between sections of the vehicle path traversed while the vehicle is in the working state and sections of the vehicle path traversed while the vehicle is in the non-working state. |
| US10776732B2 |
Dynamic multi-factor ranking for task prioritization
A computing system and method dynamic multi-factor ranking for prioritizing tasks, and in particular, tasks relating to servicing of problem reports in a managed network, is disclosed. The computing system may be disposed within a remote network management platform and be configured for management of problem report sent from reporting stations in the managed network. The computing system may thus receive a plurality of problem report messages from one or more reporting stations, and may then compute a multi-factor ranking of the messages based on dynamically selected factors associated with each message. The multi-factor ranking may then form the basis of a prioritized list of the messages, and the prioritized list may be displayed on a display device of the computing system. The prioritized list may thus provide a basis for prioritizing tasks related to servicing the reported problems. |
| US10776730B2 |
Policy-based scaling of computing resources in a networked computing environment
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for policy-driven (e.g., price-sensitive) scaling of computing resources in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). In a typical embodiment, a workload request for a customer will be received and a set of computing resources available to process the workload request will be identified. It will then be determined whether the set of computing resources are sufficient to process the workload request. If the set of computing resources are under-allocated (or are over-allocated), a resource scaling policy may be accessed. The set of computing resources may then be scaled based on the resource scaling policy, so that the workload request can be efficiently processed while maintaining compliance with the resource scaling policy. |
| US10776729B2 |
Method and system for tracking containers
A method for tracking containers. The method includes manufacturing containers, including forming the containers and serializing them with machine-readable codes. The method further includes using the machine-readable codes to store data associated with the containers, and supplying the containers to a customer. The method still further comprises receiving from the customer, data obtained from customer-readings of the machine-readable codes; and receiving from one or more the locations in a distribution chain in which the containers travel, data obtained from readings of the machine-readable codes at those locations. The method still further comprises comparing the data from the customer-readings and other readings or the machine-readable codes across product brands, product distribution channels, and/or container types, and providing the data to the customer. In at least some embodiments, the method further comprises receiving from the customer a compensation for the containers, for example, a per-refill compensation. |
| US10776727B2 |
Method of providing meal plan using refrigerator and refrigerator using the same
Disclosed are a method for providing a meal plan using a refrigerator, and a refrigerator using the same. The method for providing a meal plan using a refrigerator comprises: storing information on food materials stored in a refrigerator; receiving personal information related to a user's health status; updating pre-stored personal information based on the received personal information; generating a reference meal plan based on the stored food material information, such that a plurality of replaceable dishes are included in the reference meal plan; providing a priority of the personal information based on input personal information and a user's selection; generating a meal plan by correcting the reference meal plan, such that dishes cooked with ingredients beneficial to personal information having a high priority are included in the reference meal plan; and providing a meal plan for a special day or a predetermined time period according to a user's selection, wherein at least part of dishes included in the meal plan includes one or more replaceable dishes. |
| US10776725B2 |
Graphical modeling tool
A method for implementing a graphical modeling tool in a web-based environment is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method may include enabling a user to import, into a web-based environment, a domain meta model comprising a number of meta model elements. The method may further enable the user to associate the meta model elements with graphical representations in the web-based environment, thereby allowing the user to create palette elements. The user may then assemble the palette elements on a canvas to create a diagram. This diagram may be converted into an instance of the domain meta model. This instance may be validated for conformance with the rules and constraints associated with the domain meta model. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein. |
| US10776723B1 |
Proactive ticket reservation system
An automated ticket reservation system proactively reserves tickets for a venue on behalf of customers who are identified as “fans” of the venue or an artist of an upcoming event at the venue. Subscribing customers to a proactive ticket reservation service can thereafter receive electronic notifications of tickets that have been proactively reserved for them based at least in part on a demonstrated interest in the venue or the artist of the upcoming event. The proactive ticket reservation system can determine that a subscriber is potentially interested in an event or a venue by analyzing customer data, including content streaming behavior and/or purchasing behavior of the subscriber. |
| US10776721B1 |
Accelerating configuration of machine-learning models
Machine-learning models (MLM) can be configured more rapidly using some examples described herein. For example, a MLM can be configured by executing an iterative process, where each iteration includes a series of operations. The series of operations can include determining a current weight value for the current iteration, determining a current gradient direction for the current iteration based on the current weight value, and determining a current learning rate for the current iteration based on the current gradient direction. The operations can also include determining a current multistage momentum value for the current iteration. A next weight value for a next iteration can then be determined based on (i) the current weight value, (ii) the current gradient direction, (iii) the current learning rate, and (iv) the current multistage momentum value. The next weight value may also be determined based on a predefined learning rate that was preset, in some examples. |
| US10776719B2 |
Adaptive key performance indicator thresholds updated using training data
Techniques are disclosed for providing adaptive thresholding technology for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are updated using training data. Adaptive thresholding technology may automatically assign new values or adjust existing values for one or more thresholds of one or more time policies. Assigning threshold values using adaptive thresholding may involve identifying training data (e.g., historical data, simulated data, or example data) for the time frames and analyzing the training data to identify variations within the data (e.g., patterns, distributions, trends). A threshold value may be determined based on the variations and may be assigned to one or more of the thresholds without additional user intervention. |
| US10776714B2 |
Constructing and processing computational graphs for dynamically structured machine learning models
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for constructing and processing computational graphs that represent dynamically structured machine learning models are disclosed. An example system receives data identifying a plurality of operations that can be performed on input data for processing by a dynamically structured machine learning model. The system also receives a plurality of labels corresponding to arguments for the plurality of operations. A directed computational graph representing a comprehensive layer of the dynamically structured machine learning model is generated from the identified operations and labels. An example system then receives an input for processing by the machine learning model and specifies data flow through the directed computational graph. |
| US10776711B2 |
Compute intensive stream processing
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for stream processing. One method includes receiving an event stream of events by a first plurality of local modelers of a stream processing system. Each local modeler processes a portion of received events of the event stream according to a first set of operations, the operations including aggregating information associated with each event to generate aggregated information. One or more local modelers provide, to a first central modeler executing on the system, the respective aggregated information generated by one or more of the local modelers. A set of parameters of a respective machine learning model is determined using the received aggregated information. |
| US10776707B2 |
Language translation based on search results and user interaction data
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for language translation based on image search similarities. These aspects include an image retrieval system using a convolutional neural network that is trained to identify a correlation between an image and a language term, and using an image search engine to search against images corresponding to visual words that are responsive to a given search query in a given spoken language. These aspects include access to interaction probability data that identifies user interaction probabilities for the visual words to determine a correlation between the input language terms of the search query and the rate at which users interact with images of a corresponding visual word that is responsive to the search query. The system then provides a prioritized listing of images that is responsive to the given search query based on the identified user interaction probabilities. |
| US10776706B2 |
Cost-driven system and method for predictive equipment failure detection
A method includes identifying costs associated with different outcomes of a failure prediction algorithm. The algorithm is configured to predict one or more faults with at least one piece of industrial equipment. The different outcomes include both successful and unsuccessful predictions by the algorithm. The method also includes identifying a threshold value for the algorithm using the costs, where the threshold value is used by the failure prediction algorithm to identify whether maintenance of the at least one piece of industrial equipment is needed. The method further includes providing the threshold value to the algorithm. The threshold value is selected such that a net positive economic benefit is obtained from use of the threshold value with the failure prediction algorithm. In addition, the method can include generating a signal indicating whether maintenance is needed based on a comparison of an indicator value calculated using the algorithm and the threshold value. |
| US10776697B2 |
System and method for training a neural network
A method for training a neural network comprising at least one layer comprising a plurality of input nodes, a plurality of output nodes, and a plurality of connections for connecting each one of the plurality of input nodes to each one of the plurality of output nodes, is provided. The method comprises pseudo-randomly selecting a subset of the plurality of connections, each connection of the plurality of connections having associated therewith a weight parameter and a probability of being retained in the neural network, generating output data by feeding input data over the subset of connections, computing an error between the generated output data and desired output data, and, for at least one connection in the subset of connections, determining a contribution of the weight parameter to the error and updating the probability of being retained in the neural network accordingly. |
| US10776696B2 |
Architectures, systems and methods having segregated secure and public functions
A system is provided for control of an entertainment state system having segregated secure functions and public functions for use by one or more users of the system. First, a public interface portal receives instructions regarding operation of the entertainment state system from the one or more users. The interface portal includes a first interface, a processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the processor, a control unit in operative communication with the processor and graphical user interface, and a second interface providing an application program interface (API). Secondly, a secure entity unit is provided, the secure entity unit including a receive interface, the receive interface adapted to receive a call from the application program interface (API) of the interface portal, a send interface, the send interface adapted to provide a response to the interface portal interface, a game engine, and a financial engine. |
| US10776695B1 |
Intelligent recognition and alert methods and systems
An intelligent target object detection and alerting platform may be provided. The platform may receive a content stream from a content source. A target object may be designated for detection within the content stream. A target object profile associated with the designated target object may be retrieved from a database of learned target object profiles. The learned target object profiles may be associated with target objects that have been trained for detection. At least one frame associated with the content stream may be analyzed to detect the designated target object. The analysis may comprise employing a neural net, for example, to detect each target object within each frame. A parameter for communicating target object detection data may be specified. In turn, when the parameter is met, the detection data may be communicated. |
| US10776692B2 |
Continuous control with deep reinforcement learning
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training an actor neural network used to select actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. One of the methods includes obtaining a minibatch of experience tuples; and updating current values of the parameters of the actor neural network, comprising: for each experience tuple in the minibatch: processing the training observation and the training action in the experience tuple using a critic neural network to determine a neural network output for the experience tuple, and determining a target neural network output for the experience tuple; updating current values of the parameters of the critic neural network using errors between the target neural network outputs and the neural network outputs; and updating the current values of the parameters of the actor neural network using the critic neural network. |
| US10776691B1 |
System and method for optimizing indirect encodings in the learning of mappings
Methods, systems and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are provided for learning or optimizing an indirect encoding of a mapping from digitally-encoded input arrays to digitally-encoded output arrays, with numerous technical advantages in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. |
| US10776690B2 |
Neural network unit with plurality of selectable output functions
A neural network unit includes a register programmable with a control value, a plurality of neural processing units (NPU), and a plurality of activation function units (AFU). Each NPU includes an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that performs arithmetic and logical operations on a sequence of operands to generate a sequence of results and an accumulator into which the ALU accumulates the sequence of results as an accumulated value. Each AFU includes a first module that performs a first function on the accumulated value to generate a first output, a second module that performs a second function on the accumulated value to generate a second output, the first function is distinct from the second function, and a multiplexer that receives the first and second outputs and selects one of the two outputs based on the control value programmed into the register. |
| US10776687B2 |
Union processing of sequences of patterns
Embodiments relate to a processing node of a hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) system with a union processor that enables a more stable representation of sequences by unionizing or pooling patterns of a temporal sequence. The union processor biases the HTM system so a learned temporal sequence may be more quickly recognized. The union processor includes union elements that are associated with incoming spatial patterns or with cells that represent temporal relationships between the spatial patterns. A union element of the union processor may be activated if a persistence score of the union element satisfies a predetermined criterion. The persistence score of the detector is updated based on the activation states of the spatial patterns or cells associated with the detector. After activation, the union element remains active for a period longer than a time step for performing the spatial pooling. |
| US10776685B2 |
Image retrieval method based on variable-length deep hash learning
This invention is an image retrieval method based on bit-scalable deep hashing learning. According to the method, the training images is used to generate a batch of image triples, wherein each of the triples contains two images with the same label and one image with a different label. The purpose of model training is to maximize a margin between matched image pairs and unmatched image pairs in the Hamming space. The deep convolutional neural network is utilized to train the model in an end-to-end fasion, where discriminative images features and has functions are simultaneously optimized. Furthermore, each bit of the hashing codes is unequally weighted so that we can manipulate the code length by truncating the insignificant bits. It is also shown that the generated bit-scalable hashing codes well preserve the discriminative powers with sorter code lengths. |
| US10776684B1 |
Mixed core processor unit
A method and apparatus for processing data. The data is sent to a processor unit comprising a group of neural cores, a group of digital processing cores, and a routing network connecting the group of digital processing cores. The data is processed in the processor unit to generate a result. |
| US10776682B2 |
Switchable RFID tag and a method for operating a switchable RFID circuit
A switchable RFID tag comprising at least one RFID code circuit disposed on an adjustable member being adjacent to an antenna; wherein the adjustable member is arranged to be manipulated to move the at least one RFID code circuit into a communication position whereby the RFID code circuit is coupled to the antenna; and into an inactive position whereby the RFID code circuit is uncoupled from the antenna. |
| US10776681B2 |
Transaction card with 3D printing graphic surface
A transaction card has a 3D printing graphic surface and a card base. The card base comprises in order from top to bottom: a front protective film layer, a front substrate layer, an intermediate INLAY layer, a back substrate layer, a back printing graphic layer, and a back protective film layer. The upper surface of the front protective film layer is adhered with a 3D printing graphic layer with a height of 0.05-0.46 mm. The transaction card is uniquely designed with a 3D printing graphic effect incorporated in the card surfaces, therefore the overall quality of the card is improved, allowing the transaction card to be widely used in financial, transport, social security, medical care, schools, security service and other fields. |
| US10776668B2 |
Effective building block design for deep convolutional neural networks using search
A search framework for finding effective architectural building blocks for deep convolutional neural networks is disclosed. The search framework described herein utilizes a building block which incorporates branch and skip connections. At least some operations of the architecture of the building block are undefined and treated as hyperparameters which can be automatically selected and optimized for a particular task. The search framework uses random search over the reduced search space to generate a building block and repeats the building block multiple times to create a deep convolutional neural network. |
| US10776666B2 |
Apparatus and method for diagnosis of medical image
An apparatus for diagnosis of a medical image includes a storage having a predetermined size, the storage being configured to store sample frames sampled from among received frames which are received from a medical imaging device; a frame collector configured to, once a reference frame is determined, collect one or more sample frames stored in the storage; and a diagnosis component configured to provide a diagnosis for the reference frame based on diagnostic results associated with the one or more collected sample frames. |
| US10776664B2 |
Method for classification of unique/rare cases by reinforcement learning in neural networks
Some embodiments are directed to a method to reinforce deep neural network learning capacity to classify rare cases, which includes the steps of training a first deep neural network used to classify generic cases of original data into specified labels; localizing discriminative class-specific features within the original data processed through the first deep neural network and mapping the discriminative class-specific features as spatial-probabilistic labels; training a second-deep neural network used to classify rare cases of the original data into the spatial-probabilistic labels; and training a combined deep neural network used to classify both generic and rare cases of the original data into primary combined specified and spatial-probabilistic labels. |
| US10776662B2 |
Weakly-supervised spatial context networks to recognize features within an image
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for training a convolutional neural network for feature recognition within digital images. A spatial context neural network is trained using a plurality of patches cropped from a plurality of digital images, the spatial context neural network comprising a first convolutional neural network configured to predict a feature representation for a first specified portion of a first digital image, a second convolutional neural network configured to compute a feature representation for a second specified portion of a second digital image, and a spatial context module that accepts output of the first and second convolutional neural networks as input. The second convolutional neural network is refined by regressing features of the second convolutional neural network to features of the first convolutional neural network. The refined second convolutional neural network is used to recognize one or more features within a third digital image. |
| US10776651B2 |
Material handling method, apparatus, and system for identification of a region-of-interest
The disclosed embodiments relate to a material handling method that generates three-dimensional (3-D) point cloud data based on a field-of-view of an image capturing unit. A first set of cluster areas are extracted from a plurality of cluster areas based on orientation data of the 3-D point cloud data. Further, a two-dimensional depth map is generated based upon the 3-D point cloud data. A candidate region that corresponds to a cluster area from the first set of cluster areas is determined. A ratio of a cross-sectional area of the cluster area and a cross-sectional area of the container is determined that exceeds a first cross-sectional threshold. Accordingly, a classification score of the candidate region is determined when the determined ratio exceeds a first cross-sectional threshold. In response to classifying the candidate region as a region-of-interest, a navigation path in the container that prevents collision with the region-of-interest is defined. |
| US10776649B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring region around vehicle
In a monitoring apparatus, an optical flow calculator calculates an optical flow for each of selected pixel regions included in at least one pixel region group of an image. The optical flow for each of the selected pixel regions includes information about a direction and amount of movement of a corresponding part of the at least one target object. An adjuster calculates the sum of areas of all the pixel regions included in the at least one pixel region group of the image, and adjusts a selected number of the optical flows to be matched with the at least one pixel region group as a function of the calculated sum of the areas of all the pixel regions included in the at least one pixel region group. |
| US10776648B2 |
Magnetic ink reader and printer having the same
A magnetic ink reader includes a conveyance mechanism for a sheet, a magnetizing mechanism configured to magnetize magnetic ink on the sheet and including a magnet having a first side of a first polarity, that is arranged to face the sheet, and a yoke that is formed of a soft magnetic material and includes a base portion attached directly to a second side of the magnet, and a partition wall of a second polarity extending towards the conveyance path, such that a side surface of the partition wall faces a third side of the magnet and an end surface of the partition wall faces the sheet, and a magnetic detection head for detecting magnetism of magnetized magnetic ink. A first distance between the conveyance path and the first side of the magnet and a second distance between the conveyance path and the end surface of the partition wall are different. |
| US10776645B2 |
Biometric sensor and electronic device comprising the same
A sensor for sensing biometric information includes a light emitting unit that emits a first light ray, a light receiving unit that receives a second light ray, where the second light ray includes a portion of the first light ray reflected by a body of a user, and an optical layer placed over the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit. The optical layer has a first surface facing the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit and a second surface opposite the first surface. The optical layer further includes an asymmetrical protrusion structure formed on the first surface or the second surface and including a plurality of asymmetrical protrusion units. The optical layer may further include a symmetrical protrusion structure formed on the first surface or the second surface opposite the asymmetrical protrusion structure and including a plurality of symmetrical protrusion units. |
| US10776641B2 |
Information processing device and method of determining an image data displayed on the same
An information processing device installed inside a vehicle includes a first input port inputting a first image data imaged by a first imaging device, a second input port inputting a second image data imaged by a second imaging device, a display displaying an image data, and a controller determining the image data displayed on the display in accordance with an installation location of the information processing device inside the vehicle. The controller estimates the installation location of the information processing device based on a position of a human being's face detected by the first image data and distance information to an object detected by the second image data. |
| US10776639B2 |
Detecting objects based on reflectivity fingerprints
A LIDAR system for detecting a vehicle may include a processor configured to: scan a field of view (FOV) by controlling movement of at least one deflector at which at least one light source is directed; receive from at least one sensor signals indicative of light reflected from a particular object in the FOV; detect, based on time of flight in the received signals, portions of the particular object in the FOV that are similarly spaced from the light source; determine, based on the detected portions, at least a first portion having a first reflectivity corresponding to a license plate, and at least two additional spaced-apart portions corresponding to locations on the particular object other than a location of the first portion; and based on a spatial relationship and a reflectivity relationship between the first portion and the at least two additional portions, classify the particular object as a vehicle. |
| US10776637B2 |
Image processing device, object recognizing device, device control system, image processing method, and computer-readable medium
An image processing device includes a first extracting unit, a second extracting unit, a face detecting unit, a first apex detecting unit, and a decider. The first extracting unit is configured to extract, based on distance information regarding an object, a first area representing the object. The second extracting unit is configured to extract contour directions of a contour of the first area. The face detecting unit is configured to detect a first face in the first area, based on the contour directions extracted by the second extracting unit. The first apex detecting unit is configured to detect a first apex indicating a boundary of the first face. The decider is configured to decide on a principal face of the object represented by the first area, based on at least the first face and the first apex. |
| US10776636B2 |
Stereo camera-based detection of objects proximate to a vehicle
A system is disclosed. The system includes one or more processors, and a memory including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method. The method includes receiving first image data from a first image sensor mounted on a vehicle and second image data from a second image sensor mounted on the vehicle, the vehicle including an element configured to open into a space external to the vehicle; generating a depth map from a comparison of the first image data and the second image data, the depth map including an object; in accordance with a determination that the object, in the depth map, is within the space into which the element is configured to open, determining that the object will interfere with opening of the element into the space; and in accordance with a determination that the object, in the depth map, is not within the space into which the element is configured to open, determining that the object will not interfere with opening of the element into the space. |
| US10776634B2 |
Method for determining the course of the road for a motor vehicle
A method for determining the course of the road for a moving motor vehicle having a surroundings sensor system. Sensor data generated by the surroundings sensor system are evaluated to detect lane-relevant features. A lane model having at least one lane model parameter that determines the course of the lane is generated for the road, structures of at least one distance range that are parallel to the road are detected in the sensor data, the tangential direction of at least the one structure that is parallel to the road is determined, and the value of the tangential direction of the structure that is parallel to the road is adopted as the value of the direction of the tangent line at the point of contact with the structure that is parallel to the road to determine at least the one lane model parameter by predictive estimation in the lane model. |
| US10776629B2 |
Scene and activity identification in video summary generation
Video and corresponding metadata is accessed. Events of interest within the video are identified based on the corresponding metadata, and best scenes are identified based on the identified events of interest. A video summary can be generated including one or more of the identified best scenes. The video summary can be generated using a video summary template with slots corresponding to video clips selected from among sets of candidate video clips. Best scenes can also be identified by receiving an indication of an event of interest within video from a user during the capture of the video. Metadata patterns representing activities identified within video clips can be identified within other videos, which can subsequently be associated with the identified activities. |
| US10776627B2 |
Human flow analysis method, human flow analysis apparatus, and human flow analysis system
A human flow analysis apparatus includes a movement information acquirer that acquires movement information, the movement information representing a history of movement within a predetermined space by multiple persons moving within the predetermined space, an associated-nodes extractor that, based on the movement information, extracts at least two persons assumed to be moving in association with each other, an association information identifier that identifies association information, the association information indicating what association the extracted at least two persons have with each other, a node fusion determiner that, based on the identified association information, determines whether to group the at least two persons together, and a behavior predictor that predicts a behavior of the at least two persons who have been determined to be grouped together. |
| US10776626B1 |
Machine learning based identification of visually complementary item collections
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to machine learning techniques for identifying collections of items that are visually complementary. These techniques can relying on computer vision and item imagery. For example, a first portion of a machine learning system can be trained to extract aesthetic item qualities from pixel values of images of the items. A second portion of the machine learning system can learn correlations between these extracted aesthetic qualities and the level of visual coordination between items. Thus, the disclosed techniques use computer vision machine learning to programmatically determine whether items visually coordinate with one another based on pixel values of images of those items. |
| US10776619B2 |
Systems and methods for augmenting a displayed document
There may be provided a processor-implemented method of causing annotation data to be overlaid on a viewport. The method may include: receiving a signal comprising image data, the image data representing a first document; performing optical character recognition on the image data to identify text in the first document; automatically analyzing the text based on stored classification data to identify a first parameter associated with the first document; comparing the first parameter to a second parameter, the second parameter being obtained from a data store and being associated with a second document; determining annotation data based on the comparison, the annotation data determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter; and providing a signal that includes an instruction to cause the annotation data to be overlaid on a viewport displaying a real-time image of the first document. |
| US10776617B2 |
Sign-language automated teller machine
An automated teller machine includes a camera, a memory, and a hardware processor. The camera captures video data from a user, including at least one hand movement. The processor receives the video data from the camera and splits it into a sequence of images. The processor then splits each image into a set of features and forms vectors from the features. The processor uses the vectors to determine if each image belongs to a subset of images corresponding to a motionless sign-language pattern, or to a subset of images corresponding to a moving sign-language pattern. The processor stores the words and/or phrases assigned to each identified sign-language pattern in an input phrase. The processor determines that the input phrase represents a user request and then processes the request. |
| US10776612B2 |
Object handling system
An object handling system includes a facial recognition server, at least one order terminal, a controller, at least one image capturing device and an object access apparatus. The facial recognition server analyzes at least one first image captured by the at least one order terminal to generate at least one facial datum and identifies whether a specific facial datum is included in at least one second image captured by the at least one second image capturing device, wherein the at least one facial datum is linked to at least one object datum. The controller controls the object access apparatus to sense and determine whether at least one object recorded in a specific object datum is located in at least one specific accommodating space of the object access apparatus while the specific facial datum is identified. |
| US10776607B2 |
Predicting prostate cancer biochemical recurrence and metastasis with computer extracted features from tumor nuclei and benign regions
Embodiments predict biochemical recurrence (BCR) or metastasis by accessing a set of images of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, including a tumor region and a tumor adjacent benign (TAB) region, the set of images including a first stain type image, and a second stain type image; segmenting cellular nuclei represented in the first and second image; generating a combined feature set by extracting at least one feature from each of a tumor region and TAB region represented in the first image, and a tumor region and TAB region represented in the second image, providing the combined feature set to a machine learning classifier; receiving, from the classifier, a probability that the region of tissue will experience BCR or metastasis; and generating a classification of the region of tissue as likely to experience BCR or metastasis, or unlikely to experience BCR or metastasis. |
| US10776606B2 |
Methods for delineating cellular regions and classifying regions of histopathology and microanatomy
Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods and systems for delineating cell nuclei and classifying regions of histopathology or microanatomy while remaining invariant to batch effects. These systems and methods can include providing a plurality of reference images of histology sections. A first set of basis functions can then be determined from the reference images. Then, the histopathology or microanatomy of the histology sections can be classified by reference to the first set of basis functions, or reference to human engineered features. A second set of basis functions can then be calculated for delineating cell nuclei from the reference images and delineating the nuclear regions of the histology sections based on the second set of basis functions. |
| US10776605B2 |
Multifunction fingerprint sensor
In one aspect, a fingerprint sensor device includes sensing circuitry to generate a sensor signal responsive to detecting a contact input associated with a fingerprint. The sensing circuitry includes a fingerprint sensor to detect the contact input and generate a signal indicative of an image of the fingerprint. The sensing circuitry includes a live finger sensor to generate a signal indicative of an identification of the fingerprint as belonging to a live finger. The generated sensor signal includes the signal indicative of the image of the fingerprint and the signal indicative of the identification of the fingerprint as belonging to a live finger. The fingerprint sensor device includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the sensing circuitry to process the generated sensor signal to determine whether the contact input associated with the fingerprint belongs to a live finger. |
| US10776597B1 |
Analysis and decode module for a barcode reading system
An analysis and decode module is described. A barcode reading system may include an image sensor system package and a separate image decoding system. The image sensor system package may provide input to the image decoding system through an interface. The input may include a captured image, image capture settings, and an operation list. The image decoding system, using the analysis and decode module, may perform one or more operations identified in the operation list on the capture image. The image decoding system may then output information to the image sensor system package using the interface. The output may indicate whether the image decoding system was able to decode a barcode and how the image sensor system package may modify the image capture settings to produce an image more suitable for decoding. The image sensor system package may then determine new image capture settings for capturing a new image. |
| US10776588B2 |
Smartphone-based telephone translation system
A smartphone-based telephone translation system includes a translation machine that starts a call translation process when the call translation is set to ON. The system detects an incoming call or dials, translates a voice signal to obtain a translation text for the ON call state. The voice signal of the caller is received and recognized. A voice signal is translated to obtain a translation text for the ON call state. The localized voice signal is recognized, using a TTS machine to obtain a reply voice signal and sent to the caller. The system performs voice recognition and text translation on the call voice, translates the language into localized language, and performs the function of calling between different languages in real time, so as to realize a telephone communication between two persons speaking different languages. The system supports communication with a hearing-impaired person or deaf-mute person. |
| US10776587B2 |
Claim generation
A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for claim generation, the method comprising: selecting at least one subject according to a given topic; selecting at least one verb from a first data source; selecting at least one object from a second data source; generating one or more candidate claim sentences, each of which composed of a subject selected from the at least one subject, a verb selected from the at least one verb and an object selected from the at least on object; and determining validity of the candidate claim sentences using a machine learning process. |
| US10776586B2 |
Machine learning to integrate knowledge and augment natural language processing
A system, computer program product, and method are provided to automate a framework for knowledge graph based persistence of data, and to resolve temporal changes and uncertainties in the knowledge graph. Natural language understanding, together with one or more machine learning models (MLMs), is used to extract data from unstructured information, including entities and entity relationships. The extracted data is populated into a knowledge graph. As the KG is subject to change, the KG is used to create new and retrain existing machine learning models (MLMs). Weighting is applied to the populated data in the form of veracity value. Blockchain technology is applied to the populated data to ensure reliability of the data and to provide auditability to assess changes to the data. |
| US10776580B2 |
Method for providing dialogue service with chatbot assisted by human agents
Provided is a method of providing an unmanned dialogue service according to an embodiment of the inventive concept. The method includes transmitting or receiving text message data constituting a dialogue to or from a user terminal, analyzing the dialogue and determining whether an abnormal situation has occurred, transmitting an assistance request including information regarding the dialogue to a human agent management apparatus when it is determined that the abnormal situation has occurred, receiving dialogue advancement guide information, which is a response to the assistance request, from the human agent management apparatus, wherein the dialogue advancement guide information is configured using input data of a human agent input to a human agent terminal connected to the human agent management apparatus and configured to receive a task for processing the assistance request allocated by the human agent management apparatus, and continuing the dialogue using the dialogue advancement guide information. |
| US10776577B2 |
Systems and methods for diagnosing problems from error logs using natural language processing
Disclosed is a solution for diagnosing problems from logs used in an application development environment. A random sample of log statements is collected. The log statements can be completely unstructured and/or do not conform to any natural language. The log statements are tagged with predefined classifications. A natural language processing (NLP) classifier model is trained utilizing the log statements tagged with the predefined classification. New log statements can be classified into the plurality of predefined classifications utilizing the trained NLP classifier model. From the log statements thus classified, statements having a problem classification can be identified and presented through a dashboard running in a browser. Outputs from the trained NLP classifier model can be provided as input to another trained model for automatically and quickly identifying a type of problem associated with the statements, eliminating a need to manually sift through tens or hundreds of thousands of lines of logs. |
| US10776576B2 |
Automated mobile device detection
A method and system for improving an automated mobile device detection system is provided. The method includes automatically detecting Web pages being accessed by a user via a mobile hardware device. Movement based attributes, biological parameters, and a geographical location of the user are detected via hardware sensors of the mobile device. The Webpages are modified such that a modified plurality of Webpages is generated based on the analysis. The modified plurality of Webpages is presented to the user. |
| US10776566B2 |
System and method of document generation
A document generation system to generate a document that forms the basis for a patent application to be submitted for examination by a patent searching authority. The document generation system may include: 1) a model generator trained on a plurality of references obtained from a reference database and 2) a document generator configured to generate paragraphs of a document based on a trained model. |
| US10776564B2 |
Method and system for displaying webpage self-defined content
A method for displaying webpage content includes acquiring webpage source code of a webpage to be accessed, and stopping rendering the webpage to be accessed, in the acquired webpage source code, searching for a location where a webpage node of a webpage interface needs to be inserted, inserting a webpage node code segment of the webpage interface into the webpage source code at the found location where the webpage node of the webpage interface needs to be inserted, and performing webpage rendering on the webpage source code into which the webpage node code segment of the webpage interface has been inserted, and displaying a rendered webpage. |
| US10776562B2 |
Information processing method, terminal, and computer storage medium for dynamic object rendering based on resource item displacement strategy
An information processing method, a terminal, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: rendering a target object in a first state on a terminal user interface; and detecting a first operation triggered in a browsing page containing the target object. The method also includes selecting a resource item displacement strategy matching a movement direction of the browsing page according to the first operation. At least two resource items of target object are obtained, each resource item being placed on one layer among multiple layers of the target object. The method also includes generating a dynamic rendering style according to the resource item displacement strategy; and switching to render the target object in a second state according to the dynamic rendering style. The second state presents a dynamic display effect that the target object follows the first operation on the terminal user interface in a multi-layer unsynchronized manner. |
| US10776559B2 |
Defect detection method for multilayer daisy chain structure and system using the same
A defect detection method for a multilayer daisy chain structure, including: generating a plurality of physical models having a defect of at least one defect type based on the at least one defect type of a daisy chain structure; generating a group of training samples for each of the physical models; generating a classifier model by using a machine learning technique algorithm via scattering parameter values of a training set; measuring an error value by comparing scattering parameter values of a testing set with the classifier model, using the classifier model as a defect model of the defect type based on the error value, and determining that the multilayer daisy chain has a defect corresponding to the at least one defect type by comparing actual measurements of scattering parameter values. |
| US10776557B2 |
Integrated circuit structure
A semiconductor structure includes first and second device regions. The first device region contains an entirety of a first active area of a first logic device, the second device region contains an entirety of a second active area of a second logic device, and the second device region shares a boundary with the first device region. The semiconductor structure also includes a first metal zero pin positioned partially within the first device region, partially within the second device region, and extending across the boundary, and a via contacting the first metal zero pin. A distance from the center of the via to the boundary is less than or equal to a first predetermined distance, and the via is electrically connected to one of the first logic device or the second logic device. |
| US10776554B1 |
Sibling wire routing
A placed netlist is routed. A circuit is obtained that implements the placed netlist. A net in the circuit is identified to be enhanced. Space adjacent to a wire associated with the net that would accommodate a parallel wire is reserved. |
| US10776552B2 |
Nano-wire resistance model
An integrated circuit design tool for modeling resistance of an interconnect specifies a structure of the interconnect in a data structure in memory in or accessible by the computer system using 3D coordinate system. For each of a plurality of volume elements in the specified structure, the tool specifies a location and one of first and second materials of the interconnect having specified resistivities, and for each volume element generates a model resistivity for the volume element as a function of resistivity of volume elements within a neighborhood of the volume element and a specified transition region length λ. |
| US10776550B1 |
Integrated circuit having timing fixing circuit that introduces no short-circuit current under normal operation and associated timing fixing cell in cell library
An integrated circuit includes a path logic and a timing fixing circuit. The path logic is coupled between an output pin of a first circuit and an input pin of a second circuit. The timing fixing circuit has an input pin coupled to the path logic, and is used to adjust a propagation delay of the path logic. The timing fixing circuit introduces no short-circuit current under normal operation. |
| US10776548B1 |
Parallel Monte Carlo sampling for predicting tail performance of integrated circuits
A method for determining the tail performance of an integrated circuit is described. The method includes simulating the integrated circuit over samples to obtain values for circuit specifications and sorting the circuit specifications based on an expected number of samples. The method also includes arranging a sequence of samples from the universe according to a sequence in the group of circuit specifications, simulating the integrated circuit with one of the sequence of samples to obtain at least one circuit specification, removing the at least one circuit specification from the group when it satisfies the stop criterion, and modifying a model for a second circuit specification based on the at least one circuit specification. The computer-implemented method also includes reordering the group of circuit specifications based on the model and determining an integrated circuit performance based on a simulation result for the at least one circuit specification. |
| US10776547B1 |
Infinite-depth path-based analysis of operational timing for circuit design
A static timing analysis system for finding timing violations in a digital circuit design prior to circuit fabrication, and associated methods, use infinite-depth path-based analysis (IPBA) to achieve reduced pessimism as opposed to systems or methods employing only graph-based analysis (GBA), but with greatly reduced compute time requirements, or greater logic path coverage, versus systems or methods employing conventional or exhaustive path-based analysis. IPBA achieves the improved coverage or compute time results by slotting nodes of a circuit design graph into stages, propagating phases stage-by-stage for all paths in parallel, and merging phases wherever possible during the analysis. |
| US10776545B2 |
Method of determing a worst case in timing analysis
A method includes identifying a timing path in a transistor level from a graph diagram; calculating a plurality of aging costs associated with the timing path based on a plurality of forms of a DC vector; identifying a first form, associated with a first aging cost of the aging costs, from the forms; and identifying a second form, associated with a second aging cost less than the first aging cost, from the forms. |
| US10776534B2 |
LINAC simulator
A LINear particle ACcelerator (LINAC) simulator employs a Monte Carlo-based use of repeated random sampling to produce a simulated result representing use of a particular physical medical-services LINAC with particular corresponding real-world parameters. A browser-based user opportunity permits uploading at least some of those real-world parameters to employ when using the LINAC simulator to produce the simulated result. By one approach the browser-based user opportunity includes, at least in part, an opportunity to upload a file that contains information regarding geometrical positions for the particular physical LINAC. The opportunity to upload the file may, by one approach, presume using a file format that comprises a non-standard file format for the particular physical medical-services LINAC. |
| US10776533B2 |
3D modeling of a dental restoration using textural features
3D modeling of an object using textural features. Disclosed is a method and a system for 3D modeling of a 3D object adapted to be inserted in or worn by a patient. The 3D modeling applies information of one or more features from an acquired 2D digital representation including textural data of the location where the 3D object is adapted to be arranged. |
| US10776530B2 |
Methods and apparatus to generate an aircraft system model using a standardized architecture
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate an aircraft system model using a standardized architecture. An example apparatus includes a model generator to generate an aircraft system model of an aircraft system based on a standardized architecture, a model integrator to integrate the aircraft system model into an integrated aircraft system model, a power sequencer to perform a power sequence test on the integrated aircraft system model, and a report generator to generate a report including a result of the power sequence test. |
| US10776525B2 |
Multi-tenant cryptographic memory isolation
System and techniques for multi-tenant cryptographic memory isolation are described herein. A multiple key total memory encryption (MKTME) circuitry may receive a read request for encrypted memory. Here, the read request may include an encrypted memory address that itself includes a sequence of keyid bits and physical address bits. The MKTME circuitry may retrieve a keyid-nonce from a key table using the keyid bits. The MKTME circuitry may construct a tweak from the keyid-nonce, the keyid bits, and the physical address bits. The MKTME circuitry may then decrypt data specified by the read request using the tweak and a common key. |
| US10776522B1 |
Asymmetric protection of circuit designs
Protecting circuit designs can include, in response to receiving a first encrypted public key, generating, using a hash circuit within the integrated circuit, a first hash of the first encrypted public key. The first hash can be compared with a second hash that was previously stored within a non-volatile memory of the integrated circuit. In response to determining that the first hash matches the second hash, the first encrypted public key is decrypted resulting in a first decrypted public key. A determination is made whether received configuration data for the device is authentic using the first decrypted public key. |
| US10776511B2 |
User experience using privatized crowdsourced data
Embodiments described herein provide a privacy mechanism to protect user data when transmitting the data to a server that estimates a frequency of such data amongst a set of client devices. One embodiment uses a differential privacy mechanism to enhance a user experience by inferring potential user preferences from analyzing crowdsourced user interaction data. Based on a statistical analysis of user interactions in relation to various features or events, development efforts with respect to application behavior may be refined or enhanced. For example, user interactions in relation to the presentation of content such as content from online sources may be analyzed. Accordingly, presentation settings or preferences may be defined based on the crowdsourced user interaction data. |
| US10776504B2 |
Dynamic change in plurality of security layers based on project risk
A method and associated system. Before allowing a user to use a secured resource, a first security check may be performed with respect to the user and/or the secured resource to determine whether a first security condition is satisfied. In response to a first security condition being satisfied, allowing the user to use the secured resource. In response to failing to satisfy the at least one first security condition, performing a second security check on the user with a second security condition. In response to passing a second security condition, allowing the user to use the secured resource. The first security condition may include a dynamic evaluation of at least one available data point to calculate a projected security risk of the user using the secured resource and the level of complexity of the second security condition may be set based on the calculated projected security risk. |
| US10776498B2 |
End-to-end change tracking for triggering website security review
An end-to-end request path associated with an application frontend is determined. A change to a service in the end-to-end request path is identified. A weight value to associate with the change is determined based at least in part on the characteristics of the change. The weight value is aggregated with weight values associated with other code changes is obtained from aggregating the weight value with the weight values of other code changes to produce a collective weight of the code changes. A security review is determined to be triggered based at least in part on the collective weight reaching a value relative to a threshold. |
| US10776495B2 |
Systems and methods for attributing security vulnerabilities to a configuration of a client device
This disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for receiving security configuration information and malware state information for a plurality of client devices, the security configuration information comprising identification of at least one of security parameters, hardware configurations, or software configurations of each of the plurality of client devices, and the malware state information comprising identification of at least one or more types of malware on each of the plurality of devices. The security configuration information and malware state information may be analyzed to identify which client devices from the plurality of devices have a security configuration that places the identified client devices in a vulnerable security state. |
| US10776493B2 |
Secure management and execution of computing code including firmware
Secure management of computing code is provided herein. The computing code corresponds to computing programs including firmware and software that are stored in the memory of a computing device. When a processor attempts to read or execute computing code, a security controller measures that code and/or corresponding program, thereby generating a security measurement value. The security controller uses the security measurement value to manage access to the memory. The security measurement value can be analyzed together with integrity values of the computing programs, which are calculated while holding the reset of the processor. The integrity values indicate the validity or identity of the stored computing programs, and provide a reference point with which computing programs being read or executed can be compared. The security controller can manage access to memory based on the security measurement value by hiding or exposing portions of the memory to the processor. |
| US10776492B2 |
Multi-stage firmware update method and system therefor
A method includes receiving a firmware update package at an information handling system. The update package includes a payload containing a transition basic input-output system (BIOS) and another payload containing a new BIOS. The new BIOS is stored at an Extensible Firmware Interface system partition (ESP). A firmware image at a BIOS flash device at the information handling system is updated using the new BIOS retrieved from the ESP. |
| US10776490B1 |
Verifying an operating system during a boot process using a loader
An example device includes one or more memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to, during a loading process of a boot process of an operating system, identify a file to be loaded for the operating system, where the operating system is being loaded during the boot process; identify a manifest of the file; verify the manifest of the file based on a supplied signature of the manifest; identify a fingerprint, associated with the file, in a fingerprint library; calculate a hash of the file; compare the hash of the file and the fingerprint; and verify the file based on the hash of the file matching the fingerprint associated with the file. |
| US10776489B2 |
Methods and systems for providing and controlling cryptographic secure communications terminal operable to provide a plurality of desktop environments
Methods and systems for switching between multiple languages of a remote desktop client operating on a secure boot device are disclosed. A method includes initiating an operating system from the secure boot device and receiving credentials including a user identification and a password. The method also includes booting, from the secure boot device, the operating system in a first language and receiving a selection of a second language different from the first language within a user interface of the operating system. The method further includes performing a desktop reset to execute the operating system in the second language. |
| US10776485B2 |
Virtual machine security
A virtual machine transmits local files to a secure virtual machine hosted by a hypervisor for malware detection. When malware is detected, the secure virtual machine can responsively provide remediation code to the virtual machine on a temporary basis so that the virtual machine can perform suitable remediation without a permanent increase in size of the virtual machine. |
| US10776481B2 |
Managing passwords
A method is used in managing passwords. A proposed new password is received. The proposed new password is associated with contextual information indicating a context in which the proposed password is to be used. A machine learning model is dynamically selected from a set of machine learning models based on the contextual information. A quality metric is derived from the proposed new password based on the selected machine learning model. |
| US10776480B2 |
Producing volatile password hashing algorithm salts from hardware random number generators
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system are provided. The method includes generating, by a password management system using a set of Hardware Random Number Generators (HRNGs), at least one salt based on statistics of a set of random numbers with given distributions generated by the set of HRNGs. The method further includes forming, by a processor, a hashed password based on the at least one salt. |
| US10776468B2 |
System and method for real world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal biometric analytic wallet
A system and method for real world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal analytic wallet. The system includes a biometric wallet comprising a pervasive repository for storing biometric data, the pervasive repository including at least one of a biometric layer, a genomic layer, a health layer, a privacy layer, and a processing layer. The biometric wallet further comprises a biometric analytic interface configured to communicate the biometric data to one or more devices. |
| US10776467B2 |
Establishing personal identity using real time contextual data
In an approach to identifying users by real time contextual data, one or more processors may receive a registration information for a first user and a first biometric data for the first user. One or more processors may determine a first user behavior based on the first biometric data and the registration information for the first user. Additionally, one or more processors may store the registration information, the first biometric data, and the first user behavior in a first user profile for identification of the first user. |
| US10776461B2 |
Analogs of proxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonists and methods of using the same
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) compounds, and methods of using the same for treating bone fractures, treating osteoporosis and/or metabolic bone diseases, and inducing osteogenesis and/or chondrogenesis, are disclosed. |
| US10776458B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, account registration method, and program
An information processing system including at least one information processing apparatus that includes an administration unit configured to administer whether a service is provided to a service use apparatus using an organization, a license, and a user, and an account registration unit configured to receive a subscription for a trial use of the service from the service use apparatus and perform an account registration for the administration unit so that the trial use from the service use apparatus is enabled. |
| US10776455B2 |
Method and system for managing the use of dietary supplements and drugs through mobile devices
A mobile apparatus for monitoring and managing periodic intake of dietary supplements or drug-based products utilizing user health and wellbeing updates. The mobile apparatus is a mobile computing device configured to execute a mobile application. The mobile application accepts periodic health and wellbeing information from a user and other connected monitoring devices, accepts user goal updates, accepts effectiveness feedback from the user, displays messages recommending dietary supplement and drug dosages and dosage schedules to the user, notifies the user when to take the dosage, accepts messages detailing the dosage intake and updates the estimated amount of material available, sends messages to re-order material, and provides feedback to the user based on measurement of actual usage. |
| US10776453B2 |
Systems and methods employing remote data gathering and monitoring for diagnosing, staging, and treatment of Parkinsons disease, movement and neurological disorders, and chronic pain
This disclosure relates to early diagnosis and assessment tools for Parkinson's disease, movement disorder, neurological disease, and/or chronic pain, designed to drive innovation and to accelerate best Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, neurological disease, and chronic pain research. The present disclosure facilitates improved access to Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, neurological disease, and chronic pain patients along with innovative data capture methods that are designed to leading to improved therapies and assisting in finding a cure for Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, neurological diseases, and/or chronic pain. In addition the present disclosure is broadly applicable as a diagnosis and assessment tool to all movement disorders and many neurological diseases and/or chronic pain. |
| US10776452B2 |
Method and device for determining statistical properties of raw measured values
In order to at least approximately determine statistical properties of raw measured values, e.g., measurement noise and/or average errors, without knowledge of a filter applied to raw measured values and only with the aid of a useful signal obtained from the filtering, i.e., in order to make statements regarding measurement conditions by assuming a few frequently encountered boundary conditions, statistical properties of raw measured values are determined from the useful signal, which is composed of a temporal sequence of filter output values. A filter characteristic of the filter is ascertained from the temporal sequence of output values obtained under stable measurement conditions, the ascertained filter characteristic is inverted, raw measured values are reconstructed from the inverse of the filter characteristic and from the useful signal, and the statistical properties are ascertained from the reconstructed raw measured values and/or from the inverse of the filter characteristic and from the useful signal. |
| US10776451B2 |
Configurable FFT architecture
A device for performing a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on an input dataset includes an FFT pipeline having a first stage configured to receive the input dataset, a plurality of intermediate stages and a final stage, each stage having a stage input; a computational element; and a stage output; a controller configured to select a size for the FFT; and a multiplexer configured to: receive data output from one of the intermediate stages and data output from the final stage; select one of the received outputs in dependence on the selected FFT size; and output said selection as a result of the FFT on the input dataset. |
| US10776446B1 |
Common declarative representation of application content and user interaction content processed by a user experience player
A method for providing application content including obtaining, by a declarative content engine executing on a computer processor, an initial application content from a content repository and expressing the initial application content in a declarative programming language to obtain declarative content and transmitting the declarative content to a user experience player (UXP). The UXP processes the declarative content to obtain the initial application content, binds the initial application content to first platform-specific templates and first platform-specific navigation patterns, and renders the initial application content in a first platform-specific user display format. Additionally, the method includes receiving a user action from the UXP in response to the transmission of the declarative content, storing the user action associated with the declarative content in a user data instance repository, determining, using an interaction module and the received user action, a next application content, and obtaining the next application content from the content repository. |
| US10776444B1 |
Methods and systems for universal deep linking across web and mobile applications
The methods and systems described herein improve upon existing deep linking concepts, by creating links directed to a feature registry which may then serve the user's need of selecting and accessing a given feature. For example, the system may receive, at a server, a feature registry request from a feature registry application on a local device, wherein the feature registry request is generated by the local device in response to a user selection of hyperlinked content associated with the feature registry application. In response to receiving the feature registry request, the system may determine, at the server, whether a feature is available on a feature registry. |
| US10776439B2 |
Efficient log-file-based query processing
The current document is directed to systems, and methods incorporated within the systems, that execute queries against log-file entries. A monitoring subsystem within a distributed computer system uses query results during analysis of log-file entries in order to detect changes in the state of the distributed computer system, identify problems or potential problems, and predict and forecast system characteristics. Because of the large numbers of log-file-entry containers that may need to be opened and processed in order to execute a single query, and because opening and reading through the entries in a log-file-entry container is a computationally expensive and time-consuming operation, the currently disclosed systems employ event-type metadata associated with log-file-entry containers to avoid opening and reading through the log-file entries of log-file-entry containers that do not contain log-file entries with event types relevant to the query. |
| US10776435B2 |
Canonicalized online document sitelink generation
Methods and systems for improved processor efficiency via reductions in repeated calculations are provided. A plurality of candidate sitelinks are identified in response to a search for online content. Each sitelink has associated with it a plurality of candidate creatives with which the sitelink may be presented to the user. The creatives are canonicalized to form clusters of candidate creatives. The sitelinks are also canonicalized. The creatives are matched to the candidate canonicalized sitelinks so as to provide enhanced sitelinks having increased relevance to the user search. |
| US10776432B2 |
Content sharing management
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a system, a method and a program storage device which enable to add selectivity to content sharing between users of communication networks. When a sender indicates a desire to share content, information with respect to the suggested content item (i.e. the content item intended to be shared) and information with respect to the sharing profile of one or more respective target recipients is analyzed. A recommendation is provided as whether or not it is suggested to the sender to perform an action. For example, the recommendation can be indicative as to whether or not it is recommended to share a given content item with a given recipient. |
| US10776431B2 |
System and method for recommending content based on search history and trending topics
Systems and methods for providing content associated with trending topics relevant to a user are described. An interest detection module identifies topics trending in one or more real-time content sources that are relevant to a user. The real-time content source(s) may include, for example, a source of microblog posts or other user-generated data, a news feed, or the like. The topics trending that are relevant to the user are identified by comparing a search history of the user with one or more trending topics stored in a database. A content retriever module is configured to return one or more documents to the user in response to identifying the one or more topics trending that are relevant to the user. |
| US10776430B2 |
Method and apparatus for photograph finding
Digital image data including discrete photographic images of a variety of different subjects, times, and so forth, are collected and analyzed to identify specific features in the photographs. In an embodiment of the invention, distinctive markers are distributed to aid in the identification of particular subject matter. Facial recognition may also be employed. The digital image data is maintained in a database and quarried in response to search requests. The search requests include criteria specifying any feature category or other identifying information, such as date, time, and location that each photograph was taken, associated with each photograph. Candidate images are provided for review by requesters, who may select desired images for purchase or downloading. |
| US10776426B1 |
Capacity management for trees under multi-version concurrency control
Capacity management is provided for a plurality of search trees under multi-version concurrency control. A non-volatile memory includes a plurality of chunks that are fixed-sized blocks of the non-volatile memory, each chunk including at least one page. The non-volatile memory stores the plurality of search trees, each search tree having elements including a tree root, a tree node and a tree leaf. Each element of the tree is at a different level of the search tree: a first level including the tree root, a second level including the tree node, and a third level including the tree leaf. The plurality of chunks includes a number of chunk types, each chunk type for storing the element from a different level of the search tree, such that elements from different levels are stored in separate chunks. |
| US10776425B2 |
Systems and methods for providing access to external content objects
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for database system communications with external content management data sources. In some implementations, the data sources are identified in a user interface. An authorization selection enables authorization of a given identified data source, and a customization selection enables customization of one or more search settings for searching content of the data source. Persistent objects representing content objects of the data sources can be stored in one or more databases. A database search can be performed on both native database files and the persistent objects. |
| US10776421B2 |
Music search system, music search method, server device, and program
A music search system, a music search method, a server apparatus, and a program that manage music data in association with information of 5W1H and make it possible to search for songs matched with user preferences and situations based on a 5W1H search keyword. The server device 1 includes a music DB 13 in which music data, 5W1H information, and the number of playing are stored in association with each other, a searching unit 11 e for searching for music on the basis of a search request from the device, a screen generation unit 11 c for generating image data for displaying the search results in a list format, and a 5W1H update unit 11 d for updating the 5W1H information. When the information terminal registers music in the library, the 5W1H information used at the time of searching the music is transmitted to the server device. Then, the 5W1H update unit 11 d updates the 5W1H information of the music DB 13 based on the transmitted 5W1H information. |
| US10776420B2 |
Fingerprint clustering for content-based audio recognition
Methods and a computer-readable storage device for detecting shared audio content between first audio content information and second audio content information is provided. The methods cluster similar fingerprints to lessen the impact that similar or repetitive sounds have on the final decision, thereby producing a more accurate final decision about whether the first audio content information shares audio content with the second audio content information. |
| US10776417B1 |
Parts-based visual similarity search
Various embodiments provide for visual similarity based search techniques that certain desirable visual attributes of one or more items to search for items having similar visual attributes. In order to create an electronic catalog of items that is searchable by parts-based visual attributes, the visual attributes are identified and corresponding feature vectors are extracted from the image data of each item. Thus, feature values of parts-based visual attributes of items in the electronic catalog can be determined and used to select or rank the items in response to a search query based on desirable visual attributes. To conduct a search, a user may define desirable visual attributes of one or more items. The feature vectors of the desirable visual attributes are determined and used to query the electronic catalog of items, in which items having visual attributes of similar feature vectors are selected and returned as search results. |
| US10776416B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus, information processing method, information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable storage medium
A radiation imaging apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing, as one or more computer programs, computer-readable instructions to be executed by the processors to be performed a process including: obtaining a first imaging protocol including one or more parameters concerning radiation imaging; searching a plurality of imaging protocols stored in a storage unit for a second imaging protocol differing in some parameters from the obtained imaging protocol; causing a display unit to display a user interface for selecting an imaging protocol as a replacement destination of the first imaging protocol from the second imaging protocol specified when the second imaging protocol is specified by the process of searching; and replacing the first imaging protocol with the selected second imaging protocol in accordance with an instruction from an operator to the user interface. |
| US10776412B2 |
Dynamic modification of information presentation and linkage based on usage patterns and sentiments
A method comprises defining a machine learning model corresponding to a plurality of layouts for content based on a plurality of target user types, processing the content to identify a theme of the content, generating at least one electronic document for the content based on the theme and at least one of the plurality layouts, analyzing a plurality of interactions of a user with the electronic document, wherein the plurality of interactions include one or more searches performed by the user to retrieve the electronic document, and/or one or more steps taken by the user to consume the content in the electronic document, identifying at least one pattern of the user corresponding to the retrieval and/or consumption of the content, and training the machine learning model based on the at least one pattern by applying one or more machine learning algorithms to data from the plurality of interactions. |
| US10776411B2 |
Systematic browsing of automated conversation exchange program knowledge bases
Methods, systems, and computer program products for systematic browsing of automated conversation exchange program knowledge bases are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes generating one or more initial questions to be submitted to an automated conversation exchange program; generating one or more natural language variants of the initial questions; submitting the one or more natural language variants of the initial questions to the automated conversation exchange program; identifying one or more valid responses returned by the automated conversation exchange program in response to the submitted natural language variants of the initial questions; deriving one or more items of data from the identified valid responses; storing the derived items of data in an automated conversation exchange program knowledge base; and systematically browsing the automated conversation exchange program knowledge base in connection with one or more application tasks. |
| US10776404B2 |
Scalable distributed computations utilizing multiple distinct computational frameworks
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to initiate distributed computations across a plurality of data processing clusters associated with respective data zones, and to combine local processing results of the distributed computations from respective ones of the data processing clusters. Each of the data processing clusters is configured to process data from a data source of the corresponding data zone using a local data structure and an associated computational framework of that data processing cluster. A first one of data processing clusters utilizes a first local data structure configured to support a first computational framework, and at least a second one of the data processing clusters utilizes a second local data structure different than the first local data structure and configured to support a second computational framework different than the first computational framework. |
| US10776402B2 |
Manufacture parameters grouping and analyzing method, and manufacture parameters grouping and analyzing system
A manufacture parameters grouping and analyzing method, and a manufacture parameters grouping and analyzing system are provided. The manufacture parameters grouping and analyzing method includes the following steps: A plurality of process factors are classified into a plurality of groups. In each of the groups, an intervening relationship between any two of the process factors is larger than a predetermined correlation value. In each of the groups, at least one representative factor is selected from each of the groups according to a plurality of outputting relationships of the process factors related to an output factor or a plurality of sample amounts of the process factors. Finally, the representative factor is used for various applications. |
| US10776401B2 |
Efficient database query aggregation of variable length data
Provided herein are techniques for processing a database query aggregating data. Data tuples of a database object each including a grouping element and a data element are analyzed to determine a length of the data element for each data tuple. A plurality of tables each accommodate a successively greater length for the data element. A corresponding table of the plurality of tables to store each data tuple is determined based on the length of the data element of that data tuple relative to the accommodated lengths of the plurality of tables. Each data tuple in the determined corresponding table is stored to group the data tuples within each of the plurality of tables based on the grouping element, and an indication of corresponding tables containing members for each group is provided. The groups are combined across the plurality of tables to aggregate the data tuples for a database query. |
| US10776397B2 |
Data interest estimation for n-dimensional cube computations
An online analytical processing system may comprise an n-dimensional cube partitioned into slices, in which each slice may represent data points at the intersections of fixed and variable dimensions. Computation of data points within a slice may be deferred. A dependency graph may be initially constructed, in which the dependency graph is utilized in a subsequent computation. Calculation of data points may be prioritized based on information indicative of a chance that the data points will be accessed. |
| US10776396B2 |
Computer implemented method for dynamic sharding
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for dynamic sharding of a database comprising data identifiable by keys comprised within a global ordered range. When handling a request for data of at least one key: providing the request to a predetermined shard store; the predetermined shard store verifying, by means of its local subrange collection, whether the at least one key is present in a local subrange of a shard stored on the predetermined shard store; and when at least one key is not present in a local subrange of a shard stored on the predetermined shard store, returning a message comprising the local subrange collection of the predetermined shard store. |
| US10776393B2 |
Synchronizing multiple devices
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for synchronously starting programs on multiple devices connected to a server is provided. A synchronous point of a program to be synchronously started for each of the multiple devices is identified. A wait function is dynamically injected into the synchronous point for each of the multiple devices. A start time from the server is received in response to the multiple devices entering a waiting state. The programs are synchronously started in response to the start time arriving for each of the multiple devices. |
| US10776392B2 |
Apparatus and method to establish a connection between apparatuses while synchronization of connection information thereof is suspended
A first apparatus includes a memory configured to store first connection information in association with each of connections established between the first apparatus and a second apparatus. The first apparatus synchronizes the first connection information stored in the memory with second connection information that is managed by the second apparatus. When a connection is to be established between the first apparatus and the second apparatus while synchronization of the first connection information performed by the processor is suspended, the first apparatus generates first unique information that is unique at least between the first apparatus and the second apparatus, and transmits the generated first unique information to the second apparatus, and establishes, based on the first unique information, a connection between the first apparatus and the second apparatus. |