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US10784705B2	Recharging power sources of implantable medical devices In some examples, a medical device system includes a first implantable medical device. The first implantable medical device (IMD) may comprise circuitry configured to at least one of deliver a therapy to a patient or sense a physiological signal from the patient; generate stimulation deliverable to a patient; a first rechargeable power source; and a secondary coil coupled to the first rechargeable power source, the secondary coil configured to charge the first rechargeable power source via inductive coupling with a primary coil of an external charging device. The medical device system may comprise processing circuitry configured to control charging of the first rechargeable power source based on a charge state of a second rechargeable power source of a second IMD.
US10784698B2	Modulation index improvement by intelligent battery A method for improving the modulation index using an intelligent battery pack, in which method a battery pack includes a plurality of freely interconnectable energy modules. An energy module has at least one energy cell and at least two switches, and in which method series or parallel interconnection of a respective energy module with at least one adjacent energy module of the battery pack is implemented by a controller. A terminal voltage of the battery pack, which terminal voltage results from the respective interconnection, is adjusted in accordance with a respectively prespecified load demand on at least one N-phase electrical machine. The terminal voltage is connected as an input voltage to at least one multi-stage inverter, and an N-phase alternating current for supplying a respective N-phase electrical machine is formed by the at least one multi-stage inverter on the basis of a level of the input voltage.
US10784697B2	Vehicle power supply control method and vehicle power supply control device A vehicle power supply control method includes switching, when a constant voltage is required of a power supply circuit in generating electric power by a power generator, the power supply circuit being connected to a primary storage battery and configured to be connected to a secondary storage battery that has a lower internal resistance than that of the primary storage battery, between connection of the secondary storage battery to the power supply circuit and disconnection of the secondary storage battery from the power supply circuit depending on the required constant voltage, current output to the power supply circuit by the power generator, and a state of charge of the secondary storage battery.
US10784696B1	Methods and apparatus for a tablet computer system incorporating a battery charging station A tablet computer includes a housing, a display, a processing system, a camera system comprising a camera sensor, and a battery system, the battery system positioned within the housing. The battery system is configured to charge an external device. A charging cable retainer is configured to retain one or more cables against or within the housing. One or more integral cables are provide. The one or more integral cables include a cable comprising a first end fixedly coupled to the battery system, a first connector of a first type configured to mate with a first type of external device connector, a second connector of a second type configured to mate with a second type of external device connector, and a lens configured to form images on the camera sensor. The charging cable retainer includes a cable channel or magnet.
US10784695B2	Reducing transient currents in receptacle circuitry during plug extraction Circuits, methods, and apparatus that prevent or limit undesirable transient currents that may occur during a connector insert extraction and may damage electrical components connected to the connector receptacle.
US10784693B2	Charging device and charging system A charging device includes a case, a first connector, a first communication device, a processing device, and a driving device. The first communication device is configured to communicate with a second communication device of an electrical device and send a control signal to the processing device after communicating with the second communication device. The processing device is configured to output a driving signal to the driving device after receiving the control signal. The driving device is configured to provide a pushing force to push the first connector to extend from the case to couple to a second connector of the electrical device after receiving the driving signal. The first connector is further configured to charge the electrical device after couple to the second connector. A charging system is also provided.
US10784691B2	Power supply system and method of controlling the same A power supply system includes: a hydrogen generation device that uses electric power to generate hydrogen; a hydrogen storage device that stores hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generation device; a fuel cell system that uses hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device to generate electric power; a power storage device; and a control device executing at least one of first control and second control based on an electricity expense, the first control controlling a first ratio between electric power to be supplied from a natural energy power generation device to the hydrogen generation device and electric power to be supplied from the natural energy power generation device to the power storage device, the second control controlling a second ratio between electric power to be supplied from the power storage device to a load and electric power to be supplied from the fuel cell system to the load.
US10784689B2	Electrical power systems and methods using distortion filters An electrical power system includes a cluster of electrical power subsystems, each of the electrical power subsystems including a power converter electrically coupled to a generator having a generator rotor and a generator stator. Each of the electrical power subsystems defines a stator power path and a converter power path for providing power to the power grid. The converter power path includes a partial power transformer. The electrical power system further includes a subsystem breaker configured with each of the electrical power subsystems, and a cluster transformer for connecting each cluster of electrical power subsystems to the power grid. The electrical power system further includes a cluster power path extending between each subsystem breaker and the cluster transformer, and a distortion filter electrically coupled to the cluster transformer. The distortion filter reduces harmonics in current flowing from the electrical power subsystems to the cluster transformer.
US10784688B2	Management of energy demand and energy efficiency savings from voltage optimization on electric power systems using AMI-based data analysis A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of a voltage control and conservation (VCC) system used to optimally control the independent voltage and capacitor banks using a linear optimization methodology to minimize the losses in the EEDCS and the EUS. An energy validation process system (EVP) is provided which is used to document the savings of the VCC and an EPP is used to optimize improvements to the EEDCS for continuously improving the energy losses in the EEDS. The EVP system measures the improvement in the EEDS a result of operating the VCC system in the “ON” state determining the level of energy conservation achieved by the VCC system.
US10784686B2	Grid stabilization using adjusted voltage regulator response to grid characteristics Apparatus and methods are disclosed for control systems for improving stability of electrical grids by temporarily reducing voltage output of electrical generators responsive to transient events on an electrical grid. In one example of the disclosed technology, a controller is coupled is to an automatic voltage regulator, which in turn adjusts excitation current of an electrical generator responsive to changes in frequency detected for the electrical grid. Reducing the output voltage temporarily allows for smaller generators to provide power to the microgrid. Methods for selecting parameters determining how the controller generates a regulation signal used to adjust the excitation current are further disclosed.
US10784678B1	Damped PI-type filter Y-type capacitance network for radiated and conducted emission An electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression circuit is interposed between an AC source and a DC power conversion system. The EMI suppression circuit includes a pi-type filter network having first and second filter input terminals and having first and second filter output terminals. The pi-type filter network includes a common mode choke and a differential mode choke between the input terminals and the output terminals. The pi-type filter network includes a first X-type capacitor across the first and second filter input terminals and includes a second X-type capacitor across the first and second filter output terminals. A first Y-type emission reduction capacitor is connected between the first filter input terminal and earth ground. At least a second Y-type emission reduction capacitor and a damping resistor are connected in series to form a series resistor-capacitor combination between the first filter output terminal and earth ground.
US10784674B2	Methods and devices for selective insulation monitoring in underground IT power supply systems Methods and devices for insulation monitoring of an ungrounded IT power supply system having at least two phase conductors includes determining an insulation resistance separately for each phase conductor using a separate response value. In one embodiment of the invention, relevant current and voltage distributions are calculated. In another embodiment, a change time window is set within which a second response value is activated. In yet another embodiment, an option of shutting down/continuing operation of the IT power supply system is offered.
US10784673B2	Current protection device with mutual reactor Embodiments of the disclosure provide a current protection device with a mutual reactor including a first winding and a second winding. The current protection device is a subcomponent of a previously developed fault current limiter. The current protection device protects the superconductor from potential damage. The current protection device may include a coil electrically connected in series with the first winding or the second winding, an actuator mechanically coupled at an output of the coil, and an electrical interrupter electrically connected to the first and second windings, wherein the actuator is communicatively coupled with the electrical interrupter to actuate a moveable contact of a set of breaker contacts of the electrical interrupter. In some embodiments, the first and second windings are arranged in parallel to one another. In some embodiments, the coil is electrically coupled to an output of the first winding or the second winding.
US10784670B2	Antenna support for aligning an antenna Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna support includes a stabilizer configured to align an antenna on a projection of a longitudinal tangent of a transmission line along a horizontal plane. A holder is configured to secure the stabilizer to the transmission line. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10784668B2	Laminate busbars for battery module design A laminated busbar assembly includes positive and negative leads supported by an insulative layer. The insulative layer as well as the positive and negative leads are thin and flexible, thus facilitating connection of the positive and negative leads with the terminals of the electric cells of a battery module. The laminated busbar assembly may include voltage measurement wires and/or temperature sensors for measuring voltage and/or temperature, respectively.
US10784665B2	Theatre raceway assembly for electrical and communication distribution A theatre raceway comprising an outlet assembly and a back shell. The outlet assembly includes an electrical component mounted to an outlet frame having wire stays for guiding an electrical wire (e.g., a communication wire or a power wire). The wire stays are spaced apart to facilitate access to the wires. The back shell is secured to the outlet assembly and covers the wire stays. In one embodiment, the raceway further comprises an alignment feature that aligns the back shell with the outlet assembly. For example, the alignment feature can comprises a tab on the outlet assembly and a recess on the back shell. The raceway can also include a fastener securing the back shell to the outlet assembly, wherein the fastener includes a head positioned in a recessed portion of the back shell.
US10784663B2	Apparatus for removing an inner sheathing of electrical conductors An apparatus for removing an inner sheathing of electrical conductors of a preferably multi-core cable comprises at least one holding arrangement/clamping device for axial and rotational clamping of the cable and a cutter assembly (1, 21) that can be rotated about the cable longitudinal axis, to the cutters of which a force can be applied in the direction of the cable axis. The at least one cutter (24, 26) comprises a contact surface (26) provided for placing on the surface of the inner sheathing and directly adjacent thereto a cutting edge (24), which protrudes beyond this contact surface (26).
US10784661B1	Conductor trimmer system A conductor trimmer may be provided. The conductor trimmer may include a grip and a trimmer. The grip may have a grip handle and a trimmer groove. The trimmer may include a trimmer handle. The trimmer may engage the trimmer groove. With trimmer snuggly attached to both the grip and a conductor, the trimmer may be rotated about conductor by a user holding the grip handle stationary and rotating the trimmer by the trimmer handle. As the trimmer rotates about the conductor, a first roller rail and a second roller rail may ride in the trimmer groove as a blade cuts layers of strands from the conductor.
US10784656B2	Power distribution rack assembly An apparatus for distributing power from a power source to a set of power outputs using a power distribution rack includes a manifold having a set of bus bars in a wall and coupling a power source to a set of electronic cards, wherein the electronic cards route the power from the power source to the power outputs.
US10784652B2	Active mode centre control There is disclosed a DBR laser and a method of use. The DBR laser comprises a phase section in a cavity of the DBR laser and configured to adjust an optical path length of the cavity. A DBR section comprises a frequency tuning system configured to adjust a Bragg frequency of the DBR section. A detector is configured to detect laser light transmitted through the DBR section. A controller is configured: to cause the phase section to apply a dither to the optical path length of the cavity or cause the frequency tuning system to apply a dither to the Bragg frequency of the DBR section; to use the detector to monitor intensity of light transmitted from the laser cavity via the DBR section during application of the dither; to determine a deviation from longitudinal mode centre operation on the basis of the monitored intensity; and to cause the frequency tuning system to adjust the Bragg frequency of the DBR section in order to reduce said deviation, or cause the phase section to adjust the optical path length of the cavity in order to reduce said deviation.
US10784648B2	Semiconductor laser with waveguide flanked by conductive layers A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a substrate, a semiconductor laser that is provided on an upper surface of the substrate and emits laser light, a waveguide having a first conductive layer provided on the upper surface of the substrate, and a waveguide layer that is provided on the first conductive layer and guides the laser light and an embedment layer provided on the upper surface of the substrate and surrounding the semiconductor laser and the waveguide, wherein on both sides of an end part, of the waveguide, which is connected to the semiconductor laser, an exposed part is provided in which the substrate is exposed from the embedment layer by the embedment layer separated in a waveguide direction of the waveguide, and in the end part, a separation region is provided in which the first conductive layer is separated in the waveguide direction.
US10784642B2	Flexible printed wiring board, electronic device having flexible printed wiring board, and method for manufacturing electronic device having flexible printed wiring board A flexible printed wiring board includes a flexible insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on a surface of the flexible insulating layer, and a metal body having a columnar shape and fitted in a hole penetrating through the flexible insulating layer and the conductor layer such that the metal body is formed of a welding base material and has an end portion formed to be joined to an electrode of a battery by welding. The welding base material of the metal body of the flexible printed wiring board includes the same material as the electrode of the battery.
US10784635B2	Sensing apparatus, piercing terminal, stamping strip and corresponding methods A sensing apparatus, a piercing terminal, a stamping strip and a corresponding method are provided. Flat copper wires at tail ends of parallel wires of a FPC film are pierced, pressed tightly and fixed by first to fourth spikes on a metal strip. The first to fourth spikes are electrically connected to the flat copper wires at positions where the flat copper wires are pierced respectively, achieving an electrical connection between two piercing terminals and the two flat copper wires at the tail ends of the parallel wires of the FPC film, helping ensure the reliability of the electrical connection. Further, the piercing terminals are suitable for parallel wires of FPC films with different specifications.
US10784631B2	Multi-piece power connector with cable pass through A modular, hybrid electrical connector suitable for use as a power connector with contacts for different types of power. Portions of the connector may be electrically and mechanically connected to an electronic assembly at different times or in different ways. A first portion of the connector may be electrically connected to a printed circuit board within the assembly. A second portion may be subsequently attached to the first portion and electrically connected to other components within the assembly through cables. With this configuration, the first portion may carry power contacts, coupled to a DC supply through the printed circuit board, and the second portion may carry power contacts, coupled to an AC supply through the cables. The first portion may be soldered to the printed circuit board such as through a reflow operation, without the heat of the reflow damaging the insulation of the cable, which may degrade if heated.
US10784630B1	Female connector and transmission wafer A female connector and a transmission wafer are provided. The female connector includes a housing and a plurality of transmission wafers inserted into the housing. Each of the transmission wafers includes an insulating frame, a plurality of grounding terminals fixed to the insulating frame, and a first shielding member and a second shielding member respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the insulating frame. In each of the transmission wafers, the second shielding member is disposed on a front end portion of the insulating frame, and the first and second shielding members are electrically connected to the grounding terminals so as to be electrically connected to each other through the grounding terminals. The second shielding member of one of any two adjacent transmission wafers is abutted against and electrically connected to the first shielding member of the other one of the any two adjacent transmission wafers.
US10784629B2	Connector with front and rear portions to prevent movement of inner structure and harness containing same The connector comprises an inner structure and an outer housing. The inner structure comprises a fit portion, which is fit to a mating fit portion of a mating connector under a mated state, and a cable-holding portion configured to hold a jacket of a cable. The fit portion comprises terminals, a holding member holding the terminals and a shell enclosing the terminals and the holding member. The cable-holding portion is located rearward of the fit portion in a front-rear direction (X-direction). The outer housing has a front holding portion and a rear holding portion. The front holding portion holds the shell to prevent a movement of the fit portion in a perpendicular plane (YZ-plane) perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The rear holding portion is located rearward of the front holding portion and holds the cable-holding portion to prevent a movement of the cable-holding portion in the perpendicular plane.
US10784623B2	Electrical connector A connector for connecting together rigid structures. The connector includes a stack of coupling contacts pivotably disposed within a housing. Each coupling contact is generally H-shaped and defines opposing first and second spaces. The first and second spaces are aligned to form first and second receiving grooves in the stack, respectively. The connector may also include one or more mounting contacts partially disposed within the housing. Each mounting contact has one or more fastening structures joined to a bar section. The fastening structures are adapted for securement to the substrate and the bar section is disposed in the second receiving groove of the stack of coupling contacts.
US10784618B2	Transmission line with a plug having a foldable bracket The present invention disclosed a transmission line with a foldable bracket, comprising: a first connector (1), a second connector (2), a wire body (3), and a support member (4); wherein the first connector (1) and the second connector (2) are connected through the wire body (3); the support member (4) comprises a connecting portion (5) and a supporting portion (6), the connecting portion (5) is disposed on the first connector (1) and pivoted to the first connector (1) rotatably, wherein the supporting portion (6) can rotate around the pivot. As a result, when an electronic mobile device needs to be propped up, the support member (4) of the transmission line can be opened to form a stable triangle structure between an edge of the electronic mobile device and the support member (4), to prop up the electronic mobile device.
US10784616B2	Connector The present disclosure includes: a pair of left and right half body parts, each of which includes a connector main body along with multiple terminals installed in this connector main body; and a reinforcing bracket for coupling the half body parts, wherein connector main bodies of each of the half body parts are abutted and installed at main body end parts formed on both ends of the connector main bodies, wherein each connector main body extends in the longitudinal direction thereof, in addition to including a projection for retaining the terminals, an extension end part connected to both ends in the longitudinal direction of this projection, and an end wall part extending from this extension end part towards the counterpart half body part, and wherein each of the main body end parts include mutually abutted left and right end wall parts along with left and right extension end parts with these end wall parts extending therefrom.
US10784611B2	Electrical connector assembly and plug with guide surface for insertion into socket connector An electrical connector assembly includes a plug, having a body and multiple pins positioned on the body, and a socket connector including an insulating body. Each pin has an insertion portion extending downward out of the body. The insertion portion has a guide surface, and two contact regions located above the guide surface. The guide surface passes through a vertical center line of the insertion portion. Multiple accommodating holes run through the insulating body vertically. Multiple terminals are respectively accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each terminal is provided with two clamping portions. The guide surfaces guide the pins to be inserted downward into the accommodating holes. When each pin is inserted downward to a final position, the insertion portion is located between the two clamping portions, the two clamping portions are correspondingly in contact with the two contact regions, and the guide surface is located below the two clamping portions.
US10784610B2	Conductive connection structure, multifunctional high-voltage connector and battery product The present disclosure provides a conductive connection structure, a multifunctional high-voltage connector and a battery product, the conductive connection structure comprises: a main body portion; and two conductive connection portions. The main body portion comprises: a tube body having openings; and a conductive fusing body. The conductive connection portion has: a first contact segment connected to the conductive fusing body and sealing a corresponding opening; a second contact segment; and a transitional connection segment. It is not necessary to additionally provide the package plate, thereby making the structure of the conductive connection structure simple and the volume of the conductive connection structure small, reducing the assembling steps, and improving the space utilization of the multifunctional high-voltage connector. When the upper cover and the pedestal are assembled, the second contact segment is directly inserted into the corresponding mating terminal, thereby further reducing the connection resistance in the high-voltage circuit.
US10784602B2	Module mount interposer A module mount interposer may include one or more fastener receivers configured to mechanically couple with one or more fasteners so as to mechanically and electrically couple a module to the interposer. The module mount interposer may also include a core configured to electrically couple with the module, wherein each of the fastener receivers are mechanically coupled to the core. The module mount interposer may additionally include a solder layer electrically coupled to the core and configured to electrically couple with a printed circuit board (PCB) so as to provide an electrical signal from the module to the PCB and to provide an electrical signal from the PCB to the module.
US10784594B2	Adapter connector An adapter connector has two ends to be mated with a first mating connector and a second mating connector respectively. The adapter connector includes an insulating body and multiple terminals. The insulating body has a first mating section and a second mating section. The first mating section is concavely provided with multiple terminal slots. The second mating section is concavely provided with an insertion space communicated with the terminal slots. The first mating section is mated with the first mating connector. The insertion space accommodates the second mating connector. Each terminal has an elastic contact portion at one end thereof and a flat plate contact portion at the other end thereof. The elastic contact portion is accommodated in a corresponding terminal slot and electrically connected with the first mating connector. The flat plate contact portion is accommodated in the insertion space to be electrically connected with the second mating connector.
US10784593B1	Dual-band and wideband patch antenna A dual-band patch antenna includes a first patch antenna for operation at a first frequency and a second patch antenna for operation at a second frequency that is an integer multiple of the first frequency. A dielectric support is provided on which the first and second patch antennas are mounted. A nearest distance defined between the first and second patch antennas is a function of the second frequency and a dielectric constant of the dielectric support. The dielectric support has a feed point adapted to have a transmission line electrically coupled thereto. Electrically-conducting paths are coupled to the dielectric support for electrically coupling the feed point to the first and second patch antennas where at least one such electrically-conducting path has an insertion loss that is greater than 0 dB and less than or equal to 3 dB.
US10784592B2	Isolated ground for wireless device antenna A wireless device including multiple counterpoises or ground planes is provided. The wireless device may provide improved multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication capability through the use of the multiple counterpoises. Multiple counterpoises of the wireless device may be galvanically isolated from one another. Multiple counterpoises may each be coupled to separate antenna elements.
US10784591B2	3D 360 degree omnidirectional MIMO A three-dimensional, 360 degree, omnidirectional multiple-input multiple-output wireless systems is described herein. The multiple-input multiple-output wireless system is comprised of a plurality of radio inputs, a plurality of radio-frequency converters, an RF signal distribution network, a plurality of transceivers, and a plurality of antennas. The multiple-input multiple-output wireless system may further have a plurality of planar stacks.
US10784588B2	Surface mounted broadband element The disclosed subject matter concerns an antenna which comprises a ground plane and at least a first and a second antenna element. Each antenna element comprises a feed point, a cavity, a main body, a tip and at least a first tapered portion and a second tapered portion. Each antenna element is arranged on the ground plane, where said first and second tapered portions extend along the antenna element from said tip towards the ground plane of the antenna element, and where each antenna element extends essentially perpendicularly to said ground plane along a centre axis of the antenna element. Each antenna element has at least a first leg and a second leg, where said first leg extends from said main body to the first feed point, where said feed point is located between the first leg and the ground plane, and where said second leg extends from said main body to the ground plane, and where said second leg is electrically connected to the ground plane.
US10784587B2	Semiconductor device, communication system, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a communication circuit, a first antenna element formed in a first rewiring layer covering a first surface of the semiconductor chip and connected to the communication circuit, and a second antenna element formed in a second rewiring layer covering a second surface on the side opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor chip and connected to the communication circuit.
US10784582B2	Wireless terminal measurement apparatus, circularly polarized antenna device connectable thereto and wireless terminal measurement method A circularly polarized antenna device, which is connectable to a wireless terminal measurement apparatus for performing measurements on a device under test (DUT) provided with an antenna on one surface of the DUT, includes a circularly polarized antenna and a holder. The circularly polarized antenna includes a dielectric substrate and a circularly polarized type of antenna element formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate. The first surface is opposite to the one surface of the DUT. The circularly polarized antenna is spatially coupled to the antenna of the DUT. The holder holds the circularly polarized antenna and the DUT such that the one surface of the DUT and the dielectric substrate are not parallel to each other.
US10784581B2	Antenna device An antenna device includes a ground part, a patch part disposed parallel to the ground part to oppose the ground part, a short-circuit part electrically connecting the patch part and the ground part, a patch area expansion part and a ground area expansion part. The patch area expansion part is provided on a patch-side opposing surface that is a surface of the patch part opposing the ground part to expand an effective surface area that is an apparent area of the patch-side opposing surface with respect to the ground part. The ground area expansion part is provided in a region opposing the patch area expansion part on a ground-side opposing surface that is a surface of the ground part opposing the patch part to expand an effective surface area of the ground-side opposing surface with respect to the patch part.
US10784580B2	Metal-inteference-resisting dipole antenna A metal-interference-resisting dipole antenna comprises a first metal plane, a second metal plane and a cable; the cable comprises an inner conductor, an insulation layer and an outer conductor, and the inner conductor comprises a first inner connecting end electrically connected to the first metal plane, and a second inner connecting end adapted for receiving the first feed signal; the insulation layer partly covers the inner conductor, wherein the outer conductor is disposed at the outer of the insulation layer corresponding to the inner conductor, and the outer conductor is electrically insulated from the inner conductor; the outer conductor has a first outer connecting end and a second outer connecting end, and the first outer connecting end is electrically connected to the second metal plane, and the second outer connecting end is adapted for receiving the second feed signal.
US10784579B2	Ultra-wideband CTS flat-plate array antenna An ultra-wideband CTS flat-plate array antenna includes a radiating layer, a mode switching layer and a feed network layer sequentially arrayed from top to bottom. The mode switching layer comprises a first metal plate and a mode switching cavity formed in the first metal plate and including two mode switching units which are arranged left and right and each includes eight H-plane Y-type single-ridge waveguide power dividers arrayed in 4 rows and 2 columns. The H-plane Y-type single-ridge waveguide power divider in the mth row and 1st column is bilaterally symmetrical with the H-plane Y-type single-ridge waveguide power divider in the mth row and 2nd column. The two H-plane Y-type single-ridge waveguide power dividers in the each row are connected through an E-plane T-type single-ridge waveguide power divider. A center distance between every two adjacent H-plane Y-type single-ridge waveguide power dividers in each column is not over one wavelength.
US10784578B2	Antenna system An antenna system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna. The third antenna is disposed between the first antenna and the second antenna. Both the first antenna and the second antenna operate in a first frequency band. The third antenna operates in a second frequency band which is different from the first frequency band. The first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna are all disposed on the same plane.
US10784574B2	Antenna The present invention relates to an antenna, which can improve a front-to-rear ratio and cross-polarization isolation without changing a structure of a reflection panel. The antenna includes an antenna element and a reflection panel. The antenna element is disposed on the reflection panel. The antenna further includes a wave-absorbing material layer. The wave-absorbing material layer is disposed on one side of an outer surface, back to the antenna element, of the reflection panel.
US10784573B2	Adaptive antenna tuning during transmission A system and method of adaptively tuning an antenna of a wireless device including detecting a reflected electrical signal from the antenna during transmission of a wireless signal, converting the reflected electrical signal into at least one parameter indicative of its strength, and adjusting, based on the at least one parameter, a tune value to adjust a matching network during the transmission of the wireless signal to reduce the strength of the reflected electrical signal. The reflected electrical signal may be converted to a corresponding power value, and the tune value may be repeatedly adjusted by an incremental amount or according to a binary search method or the like to reduce the power level of the reflected electrical signal. The reflected electrical signal may be demodulated into demodulated information used to determine an optimal transfer function of the matching network and the tune value may be adjusted accordingly.
US10784568B1	System and method for retrofitting digital antenna arrays An antenna system is disclosed. In embodiments, the antenna system may include a communication sub-system disposed within an aircraft. The communication sub-system may include one or more power supply components configured to generate a direct current (DC) power supply, and a first capacitive coupling device configured to capacitively couple an alternating current (AC) transmit signal to the DC power supply to form an antenna input signal. In embodiments, the antenna system may further include an electrical line configured to transmit the antenna input signal from the communication sub-system to an antenna module. In embodiments, the antenna module may include a second capacitive coupling device configured to de-couple the DC power supply and the AC transmit signal, communication circuitry configured to generate one or more transmission signals based on the AC transmit signal.
US10784566B1	Wireless device A wireless device includes a first transceiver circuit, a power splitter, a first directional antenna, and a second directional antenna. The first directional antenna is connected to a second end of the power splitter and has a first feeding portion and a first radiation unit, and the first feeding portion has a first line length. The second directional antenna is connected to a third end of the power splitter and has a second feeding portion and a second radiation unit, and the second feeding portion has a second line length. A phase difference is provided between the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna. The first transceiver circuit forms, through the first directional antenna, the second directional antenna and the predetermined phase difference, a predetermined pattern to transmit or receive signals, and the predetermined pattern has omnidirectionality.
US10784565B2	Mobile device and antenna structure therein A mobile device includes a host upper cover, a host lower cover, a metal cavity structure, a protruding radiation element, a nonconductive connection element, and a feeding element. The metal cavity structure is coupled between the host upper cover and the host lower cover. The metal cavity structure includes a first metal partition and a second metal partition. The first metal partition has an opening. The nonconductive connection element is connected to the edge of the opening of the first metal partition. The nonconductive connection element is configured to support and surround the protruding radiation element. The feeding element is coupled to a signal source and is disposed adjacent to the protruding radiation element. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding element and the protruding radiation element.
US10784563B2	Scalable phased array package Techniques regarding a scalable phased array are provided. For example, various embodiments described herein can comprise a plurality of integrated circuits having respective flip chip pads, and an antenna-in-package substrate having a ball grid array terminal and a plurality of transmission lines. The plurality of transmission lines can be embedded within the antenna-in-package substrate and can operatively couple the respective flip chip pads to the ball grid array terminal. In one or more embodiments, a die can comprise the plurality of integrated circuits. Further, in one or more embodiments a combiner can also be embedded in the antenna-in-package substrate. The combiner can join the plurality of transmission lines.
US10784559B2	Rail-type portable satellite communication antenna Provided is a rail-type portable satellite communication antenna including an antenna communication module, a supporting module, a rail base and a driving module for driving the supporting module to rotate horizontally and to regulate its pitch angle; the rail base, the supporting module and driving module are located at bottom of the antenna communication module, the driving modules are located at each corner of the supporting module, the supporting module is connected slidably to the rail base. The rail-type portable satellite communication antenna features light weight, compact size, easy to carry and manufacture.
US10784555B2	Waveguide system and method for coupling electromagnetic waves from a coupling device to a transmission medium and an antenna coupled thereto A dielectric waveguide coupling system for launching and extracting guided wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, wherein the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, transmissions can propagate as guided waves guided by a strip of dielectric material. Unlike conventional waveguides, the electromagnetic field associated with the dielectric waveguide is primarily outside of the waveguide. When this dielectric waveguide strip is brought into close proximity to a wire, the guided waves decouple from the dielectric waveguide and couple to the wire, and continue to propagate as guided waves about the surface of the wire.
US10784549B2	Linear-to-circular polarizers using cascaded sheet impedances and cascaded waveplates An ultra-wideband linear-to-circular polarizer is disclosed. In accordance with embodiments of the invention, the polarizer includes a plurality of cascaded waveplates having biaxial permittivity or cascaded anisotropic sheet impedances. Each waveplate/sheet has a principal axis rotated at different angles relative to an adjacent waveplate/sheet about a z-axis of a 3-dimensional x, y, z coordinate system. Each waveplate is composed of a unit cell of an artificial anisotropic dielectric. Each sheet impedance is composed of an anisotropic metallic pattern. The polarizer further includes impedance matching layers disposed adjacent the cascaded waveplates/sheets.
US10784548B2	Biological and stand-alone super-capacitors for water treatment Supercapacitive bioelectrical systems (SC-BESs) wherein the anode and cathode act as electrodes for a self-powered internal supercapacitor. The BES may further be enhanced by the use of optimized catalysts and enzymes to increase cell voltage and the use of a third capacitive electrode (AdE) short-circuited to the BES cathode and coupled to the BES anode to improve the power output of the self-powered internal supercapacitor.
US10784546B2	Thermoelectric-based thermal management system Disclosed embodiments include thermoelectric-based thermal management systems and methods configured to heat and/or cool an electrical device. Thermal management systems can include at least one electrical conductor in electrical and thermal communication with a temperature-sensitive region of the electrical device and at least one thermoelectric device in thermal communication with the at least one electrical conductor. Electric power can be directed to the thermoelectric device by the same electrical conductor or an external power supply, causing the thermoelectric device to provide controlled heating and/or cooling to the electrical device via the at least one electrical conductor. The thermoelectric management system can be integrated with the management system of the electrical device on a printed circuit substrate.
US10784544B2	Battery module for use in a high-voltage energy store A battery module includes a battery module housing and a plurality of battery cells accommodated by the battery module housing. The battery module housing includes a main component for accommodating the battery cells and at least one additional component. The main component is of integral design and surrounds the battery cells from four sides. The additional component includes recesses for receiving a medium for temperature control. The recesses are closed by connecting the additional component to the main component to form media-carrying ducts. The main component is of open design on averted end sides. The battery cells are arranged at least substantially within the space which is surrounded by the main component.
US10784537B2	Lithium ion secondary battery Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery with reduced battery resistance, this lithium ion secondary battery using a positive electrode active material with a high potential and a phosphate-based solid electrolyte. The lithium ion secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material having an operation upper limit potential of at least 4.6 V relative to metallic lithium and a phosphate-based solid electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a boric acid ester including a fluorine atom.
US10784536B2	Lithium secondary battery including a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a compound represented by LiO3S—R—SO3Li and method of manufacturing the same A method including a step of preparing a positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mixture layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte; and a step of accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the nonaqueous electrolyte in a battery case. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a compound (I) represented by the following formula (I) LiO3S—R—SO3Li (wherein R represents a linear hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms). When a BET specific surface area of the negative electrode mixture layer is represented by X (m2/g) and when an amount of the compound (I) with respect to the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte is represented by Y (mass %), the following relationships 3≤X≤4.3, 0.2≤Y≤0.4, and (Y/X)≤0.093 are satisfied.
US10784534B2	Solid electrolyte and lithium ion battery A solid electrolyte capable of securing grain boundary resistance even when firing is performed at a relatively low temperature and a battery using the solid electrolyte are provided. The solid electrolyte includes a first electrolyte which contains a lithium composite metal compound, and a second electrolyte which contains Li and at least two kinds of metal elements selected from group 5 elements in period 5 or higher or group 15 elements in period 5 or higher.
US10784531B2	Composite body having lithium composite metal oxide with cobalt on surface, lithium battery, and electronic apparatus A composite body includes a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium composite metal oxide containing Li and at least one type of transition metal, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material is present on one surface of the composite body, the one type of transition metal is Co, and the molar ratio of Co (cobalt) in the positive electrode active material (lithium cobalt oxide) present on the one surface is equal to or more than the molar ratio of O (oxygen).
US10784527B2	System and method for MEA conditioning in a fuel cell A controller-executed method for conditioning a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) in a fuel cell for use in a fuel cell stack includes humidifying a fuel inlet to the stack to a threshold relative humidity level, and maintaining a current density and cell voltage of the fuel cell at a calibrated current density level and hold voltage level, respectively, via the controller in at least one voltage recovery stage. The recovery stage has a predetermined voltage recovery duration. The method includes measuring the cell voltage after completing the predetermined voltage recovery duration, and executing a control action with respect to the fuel cell or fuel cell stack responsive to the measured cell voltage exceeding a target voltage, including recording a diagnostic code via the controller indicative of successful conditioning of the MEA. A fuel cell system includes the fuel cell stack and controller.
US10784524B2	Power generation cell with reduced pressure loss between reactant gas passage and reactant gas flow field A first metal separator of a power generation cell includes boss pairs. Each of the boss pairs includes two first bosses provided adjacent to a hole and adjacent to each other between a passage bead and an oxygen-containing gas flow field. A gap facing the hole is formed between the two first bosses. The second metal separator includes one second boss facing the boss pair through a resin film. The second boss extends over the two first bosses as viewed in a separator thickness direction.
US10784522B2	Fuel cell having a flow distributor A fuel cell having an anode-cathode stack includes at least one active surface layer formed by a first channel structure with a first and at least one second channel for conducting a first fluid over the at least one active surface layer of the anode-cathode stack. A first distributor structure for distributing the first fluid into the first and the at least one second channel of the channel structure is provided. The first distributor structure is configured with a first surface region assigned to the first channel and with a second surface region assigned to the second channel. The two surface regions are configured with a flow resistance of differing magnitude for the first fluid distributed in the first distributor structure.
US10784521B2	Multi-layered coating providing corrosion resistance to zirconia based electrolytes A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack including a plurality of SOFCs and a plurality of interconnects. Each interconnect is located between two adjacent SOFCs, and each interconnect contains a Mn or Co containing, electrically conductive metal oxide layer on an air side of the interconnect. The SOFC stack also includes a barrier layer located between the electrically conductive metal oxide layer and an adjacent SOFC. The barrier layer is configured to prevent Mn or Co diffusion from the electrically conductive metal oxide layer to the adjacent SOFC.
US10784520B2	Liquid battery ready downhole power system A battery cell housing and control system enables the use of liquid battery power systems in various applications, including downhole environments. The cell housing includes a plurality of conductive terminals spaced there-around to provide conductivity between the electrochemical solution and the load. Sensors provide orientation data to the control system to thereby determine which terminals should be activated to provide power to a load.
US10784516B2	Conductor, power storage device, electronic device, and method for forming conductor A novel electrode is provided. A novel power storage device is provided. A conductor having a sheet-like shape is provided. The conductor has a thickness of greater than or equal to 800 nm and less than or equal to 20 μm. The area of the conductor is greater than or equal to 25 mm2 and less than or equal to 10 m2. The conductor includes carbon and oxygen. The conductor includes carbon at a concentration of higher than 80 atomic % and oxygen at a concentration of higher than or equal to 2 atomic % and lower than or equal to 20 atomic %.
US10784512B2	Materials with extremely durable intercalation of lithium and manufacturing methods thereof Composites of silicon and various porous scaffold materials, such as carbon material comprising micro-, meso- and/or macropores, and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The compositions find utility in various applications, including electrical energy storage electrodes and devices comprising the same.
US10784507B2	Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, method for producing same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using said positive electrode active material Provided is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the method including: a mixing step of obtaining a W-containing mixture of Li-metal composite oxide particles represented by the formula: LizNi1-x-yCoxMyO2 and composed of primary particles and secondary particles formed by aggregation of the primary particles, 2 mass % or more of water with respect to the oxide particles, and a W compound or a W compound and a Li compound, the W-containing mixture having a molar ratio of the total amount of Li contained in the water and the solid W compound, or the W compound and the Li compound of 1.5 or more and less than 3.0 with respect to the amount of W contained therein; and a heat treatment step of heating the W-containing mixture to form lithium tungstate on the surface of the primary particles.
US10784505B2	Air stable lithium sulfide cathode compositions, methods for producing them, and solid-state lithium batteries incorporating the same A lithium sulfide (Li2Sw)-lithium phosphorus sulfide (LixPySz) composite, electrochemical cells comprising the same, and methods for making the same are described herein. By the mechanochemical method described herein, the Li2Sw—LixPySz composite can be formed and used as the active material in a positive electrode for a variety of electrochemical cells. It is shown herein that the composite is an electrochemically active cathode material. Further, it has been shown that the Li2Sw—LixPySz composite shows increased resistance to decomposition and H2S generation than Li2S.
US10784504B2	Fluorides in nanoporous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix for metal and metal-ion batteries A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises composite particles. Each composite particle may comprise, for example, active fluoride material and a nanoporous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix within which the active fluoride material is disposed. The active fluoride material is provided to store and release ions during battery operation. The storing and releasing of the ions may cause a substantial change in volume of the active material. The scaffolding matrix structurally supports the active material, electrically interconnects the active material, and accommodates the changes in volume of the active material.
US10784503B2	Protected lithium electrode structure for lithium-air battery A protected lithium electrode structure for a lithium-air battery includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer, which is made of a lithium metal, an alloy or a compound mainly containing lithium, which is stacked on the negative electrode current collector, and a separator stacked on the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is sealed by the separator and the negative electrode current collector. A fine powder capturing layer for fine powder lithium metal produced during charging and discharging is provided between the negative electrode active material layer and the separator.
US10784502B2	Slurry composition for secondary battery negative electrode, negative electrode for secondary battery, and secondary battery Provided is a slurry composition for a secondary battery negative electrode that has excellent producibility and can suppress cell swelling and an increase in internal resistance in a secondary battery. The slurry composition for a secondary battery negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material, a particulate polymer, and water. The negative electrode active material includes a carbon-based negative electrode active material having a surface functional group content of at least 0.9% and not more than 1.5%, and a BET specific surface area of 2.5 m2/g or less. The particulate polymer has a surface acid content of at least 0.2 mmol/g and not more than 2.0 mmol/g.
US10784499B2	Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, LiaNixCoyMezM1kM2pO2 wherein, 0.9≤a≤1.1, 0.7≤x≤0.93, 0
US10784496B2	Electrical bypass device for bypassing an electrical energy source or an energy consumer An electrical bypass device has two electrical conductors electrically insulated from one another and arranged such that two surface regions of the conductors are spaced apart from one another by a gap. Above the surface regions is a bypass element having at least one electrically conductive layer in the form of or connected to a mechanical energy store. The mechanical energy store is transferable by thermal triggering from a first mechanical state to a stable second mechanical state in which the electrically conductive layer of the bypass element makes electrical contact with the surface regions and shorts the two electrical conductors. Above the surface regions is a reactive element where an exothermic reaction can be triggered, resulting in the mechanical energy store transferring to the stable second mechanical state.
US10784495B2	Systems and methods for providing individual battery cell circuit protection This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. Exemplary battery packs may include a sense lead assembly having a circuit board that is centrally mounted between first and second wiring members (e.g., flat flexibles cables or flat printed circuits). The circuit board establishes a suitable mounting surface for incorporating sense lead fuses into the sense lead assembly. The centralized sense lead fuses provide for simple and reliable servicing of the battery array in response to battery overcurrent conditions.
US10784487B2	Integrated busbar and battery connection for electric vehicle battery packs A battery pack for an electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells arranged into one or more rows. Each of the plurality of battery cells may include a first terminal and a second terminal, and the plurality of battery cells may include a subset of battery cells with the first terminal oriented in a same direction in the battery pack. The battery pack may also include a busbar configured to conduct electrical energy to and from at least the subset of battery cells. The busbar may include a plurality of cutouts positioned over the first terminals of the subset of battery cells, and a plurality of tabs that springably contact the respective first terminal. A method of building a battery pack with a busbar connection is also presented.
US10784483B2	Electrode assembly and rechargeable battery including the same A rechargeable battery according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode including a first electrode plate, a plurality of first electrode uncoated regions protruded from the first electrode plate, a base member, and a coupled member formed at at least one lateral side of the base member, a separator overlapping the first electrode, and a second electrode including a second electrode plate overlapping the separator, a plurality of second electrode uncoated regions protruded from the second electrode plate, a base member, and a coupled member formed at at least one lateral side of the base member, wherein a ratio of a thickness (T2*2) of one of the coupled members to a thickness (T1) of one of the base members is between about 3 and about 6.
US10784482B2	Microporous polyolefin film, separator for battery, and production processes therefor A polyolefin microporous membrane is suitable to provide thereon a porous layer having little variation in thickness, which has a fluctuation range of F25 value in the length direction of 1 MPa or less, and which has a length of 1,000 m or more (wherein the F25 value refers to a value obtained by: measuring a load value applied to a test specimen when the test specimen is stretched by 25% using a tensile tester; and dividing the load value by the value of the cross-sectional area of the test specimen).
US10784481B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator With a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having a radical concentration of 5000×1012 spins/mg to 90000×1012 spins/mg, wherein the concentration is calculated from a peak at a g-value of not less than 2.010 in an electron spin resonance spectrum obtained through electron spin resonance analysis using a microwave having a frequency of 9.4 GHz, it is possible to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high battery resistance decreasing rate before and after battery formation.
US10784480B2	Assembled battery An assembled battery that can be easily assembled and that has high reliability is provided. An assembled battery includes secondary batteries with a flat prismatic shape that are stacked in a thickness direction (X-axis direction), spacer members that are stacked alternately with the secondary batteries, and side plates that extend in a stacking direction of the secondary batteries and face side surfaces of the spacer members along the stacking direction. The spacer member includes an engagement part to be engaged with the side plate in a manner that sliding is possible in the stacking direction (X-axis direction).
US10784479B2	Battery forklift A battery lock device for a forklift includes a lock plate capable of moving between a first position and a second position. The lock plate at the first position is configured to keep a battery from being protruded. The lock plate at the second position is configured to enable the battery to be protruded. The battery lock device includes a shaft configured to rotatably support the lock plate with respect to a body, a fixed portion opposed to the lock plate, a lock pin capable of sliding toward the fixed portion in a first direction and away from the fixed portion in a second direction, and a spring configured to press the lock pin in the first direction. First and second holes are provided in the fixed portion. The lock pin is inserted into the first and second holes.
US10784471B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of making the same An OLED display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the OLED display device realizes the effect of a plurality of non-connected OLED light emitting layers by providing an inverse trapezoidal photoresist in an interval region of a plurality sub-pixels. The produced OLED display device does not have lateral current forming an entire surface distributed cathode over the plurality of OLED light emitting layers of the common layer, that avoiding cross color phenomenon caused by carrier migration between adjacent sub-pixels and ensuring better display effect of the OLED display. Also, by fabricating an auxiliary cathode above or below the cathode and connected thereto, the sheet resistance of the cathode and the uneven brightness caused by voltage drop can both be reduced.
US10784468B2	Package method of OLED element and OLED package structure The present invention provides a package method of an OLED element and an OLED package structure. In the package method of the OLED element, according to the present invention, by manufacturing a circle of the retaining wall at the periphery of the OLED element, and then forming the laminated film covering the OLED element in the region surrounded by the retaining wall, and the laminated film comprises the few first barrier layers and the few buffer layers which are alternately stacking, and ultimately, forming the second barrier layer which completely covers the buffer layer and the top of the retaining wall on the outermost buffer layer of the laminated film, the OLED package structure of extremely strong sealing can be obtained. In the package method, a protective shield of extremely strong sealing for the OLED element is formed with the retaining wall and the outermost second barrier layer.
US10784461B2	Display panel and display device The disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device, and the display panel includes: a base substrate, a drive wire layer on the base substrate, a planarization layer on a side of the drive wire layer facing away from the base substrate, a plurality of anodes in a form of an array on a side of the planarization layer facing away from the drive wire layer, a light-emitting layer on sides of respective anodes and the planarization layer facing away from the drive wire layer, and a transparent cathode layer on a side of the light-emitting layer facing away from the respective anodes, where the planarization layer includes grooves between the respective anodes, and auxiliary cathodes on a surface of the transparent cathode layer on a side thereof facing away from the light-emitting layer are arranged in the grooves.
US10784460B2	Electroluminescent device and electroluminescent display device including the same Provided are an electroluminescent device and an electroluminescent display device. The electroluminescent device includes an anode and a cathode facing each other, a light compensation layer located between the anode and the cathode and having a first refractive index, and an emitting material layer located between the light compensation layer and the cathode, and having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index.
US10784459B2	Display device A display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes; a first carrier injection layer, a first carrier transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a second carrier transport layer, and a second carrier injection layer provided in order on the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a counter electrode provided on the second carrier injection layer. The second carrier has a polarity opposite to that of the first carrier. The counter electrode is connected to one layer of the first carrier transport layer and the first carrier injection layer, penetrating a layer situated between the one layer and the counter electrode, between the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a plan view. Alternatively, an upper surface of an intermediate electrode situated between the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a plan view is connected to the first carrier injection layer.
US10784458B1	Organic light-emitting diode with enhanced light-emitting efficiency and color purity An organic light-emitting diode including an anode, a cathode, and a luminescent layered structure disposed between the anode and the cathode. The luminescent layered structure has a luminescent layer, a sensitizer layer and a guiding material. The luminescent-layer singlet state is two times higher than the luminescent-layer triplet state. The sensitizer layer has a sensitizer-layer triplet state between the luminescent-layer singlet state and the luminescent-layer triplet state. The guiding material has a guiding-material triplet state between the sensitizer-layer singlet state and the sensitizer-layer triplet state. The energy of molecules at the sensitizer-layer singlet state is transferred to the guiding-material triplet state and then to the sensitizer-layer triplet state, which is then transferred to the luminescent-layer triplet state and triggers triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion in the luminescent layer such that the luminescent layer emits light of a first color.
US10784457B2	Fabricating method of QLED device and QLED device The disclosure provides a fabricating method of a QLED device and a QLED device. In the fabricating method of a QLED device, a mixed light-emitting layer is formed by doping a quantum dot material with a second hole transporting material having a valence band energy level between the quantum dot material and the first hole transporting material; a stepped barrier between the first hole transporting material and the doped second hole transporting material is used to enhance the hole injection; simultaneously, the first hole transporting material with a higher valence band energy level can block the electrons on one side of the hole transport layer close to the cathode to weaken the injection of electrons into the mixed light-emitting layer, thereby promoting the balance of carriers in the mixed light-emitting layer, improving the carrier recombination efficiency, and then improving the luminous efficiency and brightness of the QLED device.
US10784454B2	Method for making polymer solar cell A method for making a polymer solar cell includes the following steps: placing a portion of a carbon nanotube layer into a polymer solution, wherein the carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes; curing the polymer solution to form a polymer layer including a first polymer surface and a second polymer surface opposite to the first polymer surface, wherein the portion of the carbon nanotube layer is embedded in the polymer layer, and another portion of the carbon nanotube layer is exposed from the polymer layer; and forming a cathode electrode on a surface of the carbon nanotube layer away from the polymer layer, and forming an anode electrode on the first polymer surface, wherein the anode electrode is spaced apart from the carbon nanotube layer.
US10784451B2	Flexible laminate having viscoelasticity and flexible display using same A flexible laminate, in which it is possible to achieve both flexibility and durability, is disclosed. A flexible display using the flexible laminate is also disclosed. The flexible laminate includes one or more units of a laminate structure in which two hard layers interposing one or more intermediate layers therebetween are bonded together as one unit. The intermediate layer has viscoelasticity. When the flexible laminate is bent, a neutral plane is formed in each inner portion of the hard layers that are bonded together to interpose the intermediate layer therebetween.
US10784449B2	Perovskite compound, thin layer comprising the perovskite compound, and optoelectronic device comprising the perovskite compound A perovskite compound represented by Formula 1, a thin layer including the perovskite compound, and an optoelectronic device including the perovskite compound: [A][B1nB2(1-n)][X]3. Formula 1 In Formula 1, A may be at least one selected from a monovalent organic cation, monovalent inorganic cation, and combinations thereof; B1 may be a thulium (II) (Tm2+) ion; B2 may be at least one divalent inorganic cation, where B2 is free of (e.g., does not include) Tm2+; n may be a real number that satisfies 0
US10784440B2	Magnetic random access memory with various size magnetic tunneling junction film stacks A semiconductor device includes a magnetic random access memory (MRAM). The MRAM comprises a plurality of MRAM cells including a first type MRAM cell and a second type MRAM cell. Each of the plurality of MRAM cells includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer including a pinned magnetic layer, a tunneling barrier layer and a free magnetic layer. A size of the MTJ film stack of the first type MRAM cell is different from a size of the MTJ film stack of the second type MRAM cell. In one or more of the foregoing and following embodiments, a width of the MTJ film stack of the first type MRAM cell is different from a width of the MTJ film stack of the second type MRAM cell.
US10784439B2	Precessional spin current magnetic tunnel junction devices and methods of manufacture A Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device can include a second Precessional Spin Current (PSC) magnetic layer of Ruthenium (Re) having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined smoothness. An etching process for smoothing the PSC magnetic layer can be performed in-situ with various deposition processes after a high temperature annealing of the MTJ formation.
US10784437B2	Three-dimensional arrays with MTJ devices including a free magnetic trench layer and a planar reference magnetic layer A Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device can include a reference magnetic layer having one or more trenches disposed therein. One or more sections of a tunnel barrier layer can be disposed on the walls of the one or more trenches. One or more sections of a free magnetic layer can be disposed on the one or more sections of the tunnel barrier layer in the one or more trenches. One or more sections of a conductive layer can be disposed on the one or more sections of the free magnetic layer in the one or more trenches. One or more insulator blocks can be disposed between corresponding sections of the tunnel barrier layer, corresponding sections of the free magnetic layer and corresponding sections of the conductive layer in the one or more trenches.
US10784434B2	Piezoelectric element A piezoelectric element includes a plate-shaped piezoelectric body having one principal face and the other principal face which are opposite to each other; and a first surface electrode mounted on the one principal face and a second surface electrode mounted on the other principal face, at least one of the first surface electrode and the second surface electrode including a center part and a peripheral part which is greater in thickness than the center part, the peripheral part having a thicker region and a thinner region which is thinner than the thicker region.
US10784431B2	Dielectric holder for quantum devices A device includes a first substrate formed of a first material that exhibits a threshold level of thermal conductivity. The threshold level of thermal conductivity is achieved at a cryogenic temperature range in which a quantum circuit operates. In an embodiment, the device also includes a second substrate disposed in a recess of the first substrate, the second substrate formed of a second material that exhibits a second threshold level of thermal conductivity. The second threshold level of thermal conductivity is achieved at a cryogenic temperature range in which a quantum circuit operates. In an embodiment, at least one qubit is disposed on the second substrate. In an embodiment, the device also includes a transmission line configured to carry a microwave signal between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US10784430B2	Heating apparatus using liquefied gas A heating apparatus using liquefied gas includes: a combustion unit where the liquefied gas is combusted in a vaporized state; a vaporization unit providing a vaporization space in which the liquefied gas supplied from a fuel receiving unit receiving the liquefied gas is vaporized and thermally separated from the combustion unit; and a thermoelectric element unit including a high-temperature input unit maintaining a high-temperature state by the combustion unit and a low-temperature input unit maintaining a relatively lower temperature than the high-temperature input unit by the liquefied gas vaporized in the vaporization unit and generating power by using a temperature difference between the high-temperature input unit and the low-temperature input unit, and the vaporization unit maintains a low-temperature state by using vaporization of the liquefied gas and is thermally separated from the combustion unit so as to prevent a temperature from rising by the combustion unit to increase power generation efficiency of the thermoelectric element unit.
US10784429B2	Light emitting element package with thin film pad and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a light emitting element package with a thin film pad and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a light emitting element package with a thin film pad, which mounts and molds a light emitting diode on a thin film pad formed on a substrate and then, separates the light emitting diode from the substrate and configures a light emitting element package to effectively suppress occurrence of defective soldering or the like by securing a sufficient pad area and shape required for soldering by using the thin film pad while implementing a small light emitting element package such as a chip scale package or the like and a manufacturing method thereof.Disclosed is a light emitting element package including: a plurality of light emitting diodes having a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad at a lower portion thereof; a thin film pad having the plurality of light emitting diodes mounted thereon and constituted by one common thin film pad and a plurality of individual thin film pads; and a molding layer molding the plurality of light emitting diodes and the thin film pad, in which a lower surface of the thin film pad has a light emitting element package soldering region for soldering the light emitting element package, and an area of the light emitting element package soldering region is larger than that of each of the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad of the light emitting diode.
US10784427B2	Light-emitting diode device A light-emitting device includes a first edge to a fourth edge; a semiconductor stack formed on a substrate, including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer; a first electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer, including a first pad electrode and a first finger electrode; and a second electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer, including a second pad electrode and a second finger electrode; wherein the first finger electrode is disposed at and along the first edge; and the first finger electrode includes a first overlapping portion overlapping the second finger electrode; the second finger electrode includes a second overlapping portion overlapping the first finger electrode and a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap the first finger electrode; and the second overlapping portion is not parallel with the first overlapping portion and the non-overlapping portion is not parallel with the first edge.
US10784423B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device including a first light emitting unit, a second light emitting unit, a heat dissipation substrate, a plurality of first bumps and a plurality of second bumps is provided. The heat dissipation substrate is disposed between the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit. The first bumps are connected between the first light emitting unit and the heat dissipation substrate. The second bumps are connected between the second light emitting unit and the heat dissipation substrate.
US10784422B2	Semiconductor device with optically-transmissive layer and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device produced thereby. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor device produced thereby, that that comprises a transparent, translucent, non-opaque, or otherwise optically-transmissive, external surface.
US10784420B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate made of resin, a first wiring and a second wiring formed on the substrate, a light emitting element disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, and a transparent sealing resin configured to seal the light emitting element. The substrate contains an acrylic resin, and the sealing resin contains silicone.
US10784407B2	Nitride semiconductor light emitting element and nitride semiconductor light emitting device A nitride semiconductor light emitting element includes a first nitride semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, nitride semiconductor stacked bodies each of which is formed on a portion of the first nitride semiconductor layer and includes a nitride semiconductor light emitting layer and a second nitride semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, first electrodes formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer, and second electrodes each of which is formed on the second nitride semiconductor layers of the nitride semiconductor stacked bodies. The first and the second electrodes extend in a first direction. The first and the second electrodes are arranged in parallel with one another with gaps interposed therebetween in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in plan view. A dimension of first electrodes sandwiched by second electrodes is greater than a dimension of first electrodes not sandwiched by second electrodes in the second direction.
US10784400B2	Mass transfer method for micro-LEDs with a temperature-controlled adhesive layer A mass transfer method for Micro-LEDs with a temperature-controlled adhesive layer, including: configuring a self-assembling structure based on Micro-LED dies and a transfer substrate having a self-receiving structure coated on its surface with a temperature-controlled adhesive layer; distributing the Micro-LED dies in water, soaking the transfer substrate in water and heating water to perform self-assembling; carrying out transferring and removing the transfer substrate to separate Micro-LED dies from a transfer substrate then onto a target substrate.
US10784397B2	Photovoltaic devices and method of making Embodiments of a photovoltaic device are provided herein. The photovoltaic device can include a layer stack and an absorber layer disposed on the layer stack. The absorber layer can include a first region and a second region. Each of the first region of the absorber layer and the second region of the absorber layer can include a compound comprising cadmium, selenium, and tellurium. An atomic concentration of selenium can vary across the absorber layer. The first region of the absorber layer can have a thickness between 100 nanometers to 3000 nanometers. The second region of the absorber layer can have a thickness between 100 nanometers to 3000 nanometers. A ratio of an average atomic concentration of selenium in the first region of the absorber layer to an average atomic concentration of selenium in the second region of the absorber layer can be greater than 10.
US10784394B2	Electromagnetic wave detector and electromagnetic wave detector array An electromagnetic wave detector, which photoelectrically converts and detects an electromagnetic wave incident on a graphene layer, including: a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a lower insulating layer provided on the front surface of the substrate; a ferroelectric layer and a pair of electrodes provided on the lower insulating layer, the pair of electrodes arranged to face each other with the ferroelectric layer sandwiched therebetween; an upper insulating layer provided on the ferroelectric layer; and a graphene layer arranged on the lower insulating layer and the upper insulating layer to connect the two electrodes. Alternatively, the electromagnetic wave detector includes: a graphene layer provided on the lower insulating layer; and a ferroelectric layer provided on the graphene layer with an upper insulating layer interposed therebetween and a pair of electrodes provided on the graphene layer to face each other with the ferroelectric layer sandwiched therebetween.
US10784393B2	Photodetection element having a periodic nano-concave/convex structure A photodetection element is a photodetection element having an incidence surface for light on a back surface of a semiconductor layer, and includes a periodic nano-concave/convex structure provided on a front surface of the semiconductor layer and having convex portions and concave portions constituting a longitudinal resonator and a transverse resonator for the light incident from the incidence surface, the periodic nano-concave/convex structure converting the light into surface plasmons, and a metal film provided to cover the periodic nano-concave/convex structure, a height and an arrangement pitch of the convex portions in the periodic nano-concave/convex structure are set such that a resonance wavelength of the longitudinal resonator and a resonance wavelength of the transverse resonator match, and a thickness of the metal film is equal to or greater than 20 nm.
US10784390B2	Solar cell module A solar cell module having curvature in a vehicle front-rear direction which varies from a vehicle front side towards a vehicle rear side, the solar cell module includes: a sealing layer formed from resin and in which power generating elements are sealed; a front surface layer formed from resin and joined to a light-receiving surface side of the power generating elements in the sealing layer; and a rear surface layer formed from resin and joined to an opposite side from the light-receiving surface side of the power generating elements in the sealing layer, wherein a plate thickness of portions where the front surface layer, the sealing layer, and the rear surface layer are laminated together is formed so as to become proportionately thinner as the curvature in the vehicle front-rear direction increases.
US10784387B2	Optical detector device with patterned graphene layer and related methods A method is for making an optical detector device. The method may include forming a reflector layer carried by a substrate, forming a first dielectric layer over the reflector layer, and forming a graphene layer over the first dielectric layer and having a perforated pattern therein.
US10784383B2	Conductive paste composition and semiconductor devices made therewith A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a first oxide component, a second, non-oxide, magnesium-containing component, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the substrate.
US10784379B2	Semiconductor device including a shared semiconductor pattern having faceted sidewalls and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a first fin type pattern on a substrate, a second fin type pattern, parallel to the first fin type pattern, on the substrate, and an epitaxial pattern on the first and second fin type patterns. The epitaxial pattern may include a shared semiconductor pattern on the first fin type pattern and the second fin type pattern. The shared semiconductor pattern may include a first sidewall adjacent to the first fin type pattern and a second sidewall adjacent to the second fin type pattern. The first sidewall may include a first lower facet, a first upper facet on the first lower facet and a first connecting curved surface connecting the first lower and upper facets. The second sidewall may include a second lower facet, a second upper facet on the second lower facet and a second connecting curved surface connecting the second lower and upper facets.
US10784375B2	Source/drain recess in a semiconductor device A device including a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate having a pair of spacers abutting sidewalls of the gate stack. A recess is formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent the gate stack. The recess has a first profile having substantially vertical sidewalls and a second profile contiguous with and below the first profile. The first and second profiles provide a bottle-neck shaped profile of the recess in the semiconductor substrate, the second profile having a greater width within the semiconductor substrate than the first profile. The recess is filled with a semiconductor material. A pair of spacers are disposed overly the semiconductor substrate adjacent the recess.
US10784370B2	Vertical transistor with uniform fin thickness Method and structures for forming vertical transistors with uniform fin thickness. A structure includes: a substrate, a plurality of fins over the substrate, a top and a bottom source/drain region in contact with the plurality of fins, respectively, where the bottom source/drain region has an alternating topography, and a bottom spacer in contact with the bottom source/drain region, where the bottom spacer conforms to the alternating topography of the bottom-source drain region.
US10784369B2	High-voltage semiconductor device A high-voltage semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a source region and a drain region disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The drain region has a second conductivity type that is the opposite of the first conductivity type, and the source region includes a part having the first conductivity type and another part having the second conductivity type. The device includes a first and a second isolation structures disposed on two opposite sides of the drain region. The first isolation structure is between the source and the drain region. The device includes a first well region disposed below the second isolation structure. The top surface of the first well region is adjacent to the bottom surface of the second isolation structure. In addition, the device includes a first buried layer disposed in the semiconductor substrate and that overlaps the first well region.
US10784357B2	Fabrication of vertical field effect transistor structure with controlled gate length A method of forming a gate structure, including forming one or more vertical fins on a substrate; forming a bottom spacer on the substrate surface adjacent to the one or more vertical fins; forming a gate structure on at least a portion of the sidewalls of the one or more vertical fins; forming a gauge layer on at least a portion of the bottom spacer, wherein the gauge layer covers at least a portion of the gate structure on the sidewalls of the one or more vertical fins; and removing a portion of the gauge layer on the bottom spacer.
US10784350B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A first insulating layer is disposed on a second surface of a semiconductor substrate, and has an opening. A second insulating layer is disposed on the second surface and separated from the first insulating layer. A stack includes, in sequence on the second surface, a side n-type epitaxial layer and first and second p-type epitaxial layers that are made of a gallium-nitride-based material. The stack has an outer side wall having a portion formed of the second p-type epitaxial layer, an inner side wall extending from the second insulating layer, and a top surface. The n-type contact layer is disposed on the top surface. The source electrode portion is in contact with the n-type contact layer on the top surface, and is in contact with the second p-type epitaxial layer on the outer side wall. A gate insulating film is disposed on the inner side wall.
US10784349B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer of SiC of a first conductivity type, a plurality of body regions of a second conductivity type formed in the surface portion of the semiconductor layer with each body region forming a unit cell, a source region of the first conductivity type formed in the inner portion of the body region, a gate electrode facing the body region across a gate insulating film, a drain region of the first conductivity type and a collector region of the second conductivity type formed in the rear surface portion of the semiconductor layer such that the drain region and the collector region adjoin each other, and a drift region between the body region and the drain region, wherein the collector region is formed such that the collector region covers a region including at least two unit cells in the x-axis direction along the surface of the semiconductor layer.
US10784346B2	Extrinsic base doping for bipolar junction transistors A method includes forming a base layer on a top surface of a substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on exposed surfaces of the base layer. A hardmask layer is formed on the base layer and the dielectric layer. A pattern is formed from the hardmask with a first opening and a second opening. Portions of a dielectric layer are removed from the top surface of the base layer at positions consistent with the pattern of the first opening and the second opening to form exposed surfaces defined as a first window and a second window in the dielectric layer. Deposits of a dopant-containing layer are limited on the exposed surfaces of: a first portion on the top surface of the base layer inside of the first window, and a second portion on the top surface of the base layer inside of the second window.
US10784336B2	Gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor and gate structure thereof A gate structure for gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a heterogeneous structure, a doped GaN layer, an insulating layer, an undoped GaN layer, and a gate metal layer. The heterogeneous structure includes a channel layer and a barrier layer on the channel layer. The doped GaN layer is disposed on the barrier layer, the insulating layer is disposed on both sides of the top portion of the doped GaN layer, and the undoped GaN layer is disposed between the doped GaN layer and the insulating layer. The gate metal layer is disposed on the doped GaN layer and covers the insulating layer and the undoped GaN layer. The undoped GaN layer can protect the underlying doped GaN layer, and the insulating layer has the effect of preventing gate leakage.
US10784333B2	Electronic devices having spiral conductive structures Techniques for generating enhanced inductors and other electronic devices are presented. A device generator component (DGC) performs directed-self assembly (DSA) co-polymer deposition on a circular guide pattern formed in low-k dielectric film, and DSA annealing to form two polymers in the form of alternating concentric rings; performs a loop cut in the concentric rings to form concentric segments; fills the cut portion with insulator material; selectively removes first polymer, fills the space with low-k dielectric, and planarizes the surface; selectively removes the second polymer, fills the space with conductive material, and planarizes the surface; deposits low-k film on top of the concentric segments and insulator material that filled the loop cut portion; forms vias in the low-k film, wherein each via spans from an end of one segment to an end of another segment; and fills vias with conductive material to form conductive connectors to form substantially spiral conductive structure.
US10784331B2	Display panel and display device A display panel includes a substrate layer and an organic light-emitting display layer located above a side of the substrate layer. The organic light-emitting display layer includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The display panel also includes a light-shielding conductive layer located above a side of the substrate layer adjacent to the organic light-emitting display layer. The light-shielding conductive layer includes a plurality of small imaging apertures, and an orthographic projection of each small imaging aperture on the organic light-emitting display layer is at least partially located between adjacent sub-pixels. The display panel also includes a photosensitive device layer located below a side of the light-shielding conductive layer away from a light-emitting surface of the display panel. The display panel also includes a power signal layer electrically connected to the light-shielding conductive layer.
US10784326B2	OLED display panel and display device The present invention provides an organic light-emitting diode display panel including a substrate, a thin film transistor arranged on the substrate, a planarization layer arranged on the substrate, a first touch electrode arranged on a surface of the planarization layer, an electrode insulation layer arranged on the surface of the planarization layer, a metal anode arranged on a surface of the electrode insulation layer and electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and, a second touch electrode arranged on the surface of the electrode insulation layer and electrically connected to the first touch electrode.
US10784325B2	Saddle channel thin film transistor for driving micro LEDs or OLEDs in ultrahigh resolution displays A thin film transistor (TFT) to control a light emitting diode (LED) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes a channel region configured as a saddle channel extending between the drain region and the source region of the TFT. The saddle channel is formed by deposition of channel material on a fin structure, and the contour of the saddle channel is defined by the contour of the fin structure. Deposition of the channel material for the saddle channel may be performed by: (i) atomic layer deposition (ALD) of amorphous silicon; (ii) ALD of amorphous silicon followed by annealing to form polycrystalline silicon; or (iii) deposition of indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) material by one of ALD, plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).
US10784322B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method, and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate, a manufacturing method, and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a pixel define layer located on a base substrate, the pixel define layer having a hollow for defining a sub-pixel light emitting area, and a light emitting functional layer located in the hollow, wherein, the pixel define layer has protrusion structures on one or more sides facing the hollow.
US10784318B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same A display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed, which may prevent a crack from occurring on an inorganic film constituting an encapsulation film and prevent a residual film from occurring. The display device comprises a substrate including a display area on which pixels area arranged, and a non-display area surrounding the display area; an encapsulation film covering the display area and including an organic film; a first dam arranged to be in contact with the encapsulation film, having a second side which is an opposite side of a first side facing the organic film and has an inclination smaller than 90°; and a metal pattern pattern-formed on the first dam.
US10784313B1	Integrated resistive processing unit to avoid abrupt set of RRAM and abrupt reset of PCM A method is presented for forming a cell structure. The method includes constructing a resistive random access memory (RRAM) device, constructing a phase change memory (PCM) device in series with the RRAM device such that one of the electrodes of the PCM device is connected to a reactive electrode of the RRAM device, and connecting a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) inverter to the RRAM and PCM devices to individually control switching behaviors of the RRAM and PCM devices.
US10784312B1	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a first wiring extending in a first direction, a second wiring extending in a second direction, a variable resistance film provided between these, a third wiring extending in a third direction, a first semiconductor section connected to the first wiring and the third wiring, a first gate electrode facing the first semiconductor section, a contact connected to the second wiring, a fourth wiring further from the substrate than the contact is, a second semiconductor section connected to the contact and the fourth wiring, and a second gate electrode facing the second semiconductor section. The first semiconductor section, the first gate electrode, the second semiconductor section, and the second gate electrode respectively include a portion included in a cross section extending in the second direction and the third direction.
US10784310B2	Cooling for PMA (perpendicular magnetic anisotropy) enhancement of STT-MRAM (spin torque transfer-magnetic random access memory) devices A fabrication process for an STT MTJ MRAM device includes steps of cooling the device at individual or at multiple stages in its fabrication. The cooling process, which may be equally well applied during the fabrication of other multi-layered devices, is demonstrated to produce an operational device that is more resistant to adverse thermal effects during operation that would normally cause a similar device not so fabricated to lose stored data and otherwise fail to operate properly.
US10784309B2	High resolution display device A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, an emission layer configured to emit light, the emission layer including a first semiconductor layer provided on the substrate, an active layer provided on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer provided on the active layer, and a plurality of color converting layers provided on the emission layer and configured to emit light of certain colors from light emitted from the emission layer.
US10784306B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a layout in which one sharing unit includes an array of photodiodes of 2 pixels by 4×n pixels (where, n is a positive integer), respectively, in horizontal and vertical directions.
US10784296B2	Image sensor and manufacturing method therefor The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and discloses an image sensor and a manufacturing method therefor. The image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first active region located on the semiconductor substrate; a doped semiconductor layer located on the first active region; and a contact located on the semiconductor layer, where the first active region includes: a first doped region and a second doped region abutting against the first doped region, wherein the second doped region is located at an upper surface of the first active region, and wherein the second doped region is formed by dopants in the semiconductor layer that are annealed to be diffused to a surface layer of the first doped region. The present disclosure may reduce leakage current and improve device performances.
US10784293B2	Imaging element, electronic device, and information processing device The present disclosure relates to an imaging element, an electronic device, and an information processing device capable of more easily providing a wider variety of photoelectric conversion outputs.An imaging element of the present disclosure includes: a photoelectric conversion element layer containing a photoelectric conversion element that photoelectrically converts incident light; a wiring layer formed in the photoelectric conversion element layer on the side opposite to a light entering plane of the incident light, and containing a wire for reading charges from the photoelectric conversion element; and a support substrate laminated on the photoelectric conversion element layer and the wiring layer, and containing another photoelectric conversion element. The present disclosure is applicable to an imaging element, an electronic device, and an information processing device.
US10784292B2	Optoelectronics and CMOS integration on GOI substrate A single chip including an optoelectronic device on the semiconductor layer in a first region, the optoelectronic device comprises a bottom cladding layer, an active region, and a top cladding layer, wherein the bottom cladding layer is above and in direct contact with the semiconductor layer, the active region is above and in direct contact with the bottom cladding layer, and the top cladding layer is above and in direct contact with the active region, a silicon device on the substrate extension layer in a second region, a device insulator layer substantially covering both the optoelectronic device in the first region and the silicon device in the second region, and a waveguide embedded within the device insulator layer in direct contact with a sidewall of the active region of the optoelectronic device.
US10784289B2	Array substrate, display apparatus, pixel driving circuit, method for driving image display in display apparatus, and method of fabricating array substrate The present application provides an array substrate. The array substrate in each of a plurality of subpixel areas includes a first thin film transistor having a first gate electrode connected to one of a plurality of gate lines, a first source electrode connected to one of a plurality of data lines, and a first drain electrode connected to a pixel electrode; a second thin film transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode connected to the one of the plurality of data lines, and a second drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode; and a third thin film transistor having a third gate electrode connected to the one of the plurality of data lines, a third source electrode connected to the one of the plurality of gate lines, and a third drain electrode connected to the second gate electrode and one of a plurality of auxiliary signal lines.
US10784288B2	Display panel having a grading wiring design A display panel has a display region, an external circuit region located at an edge of the display panel, and a first and second wiring regions. The first wiring region is located between the second wiring region and the external circuit region. The display panel includes a pixel array, gate driving circuit groups disposed between the second wiring region and the display region, first signal line groups extended from the external circuit region to the first and second wiring region, and second signal line groups extended from the second wiring region and connected to the corresponding gate driving circuit groups. In the second wiring region, a first portion of the first signal line groups overlapped with the second signal line groups has a first width, and a second portion thereof not overlapped with the second signal line groups has a third width which is larger than the first width.
US10784287B2	TFT substrate and manufacturing method thereof A TFT substrate and a manufacturing method thereof provided, including: depositing a metal thin film and a transparent conductive thin film on TFTs sequentially; coating a photoresist on the transparent conductive thin film, exposing and developing the photoresist via a half-tone mask to obtain a first photoresist layer and a second photoresist layer; etching the transparent conductive thin film and the metal thin film not covered by the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer; ashing the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer to remove the second photoresist layer; etching the transparent conductive thin film to expose the metal thin film not covered by the first photoresist layer; oxidizing the metal thin film to form a metal oxide thin film as a passivation layer; and stripping off the first photoresist layer to expose the metal thin film and the transparent conductive thin film as the pixel electrode.
US10784286B2	Low temperature polysilicon panel A low temperature polysilicon panel has an edge region, the edge region includes a polysilicon film layer and an interval spacer layer located above the polysilicon film layer; a row of dummy pixel units are provided on the interval spacer layer; a first conductive thin film layer is provided above the dummy pixel unit; a passivation layer is insulated between the dummy pixel unit and the first conductive thin film layer. The dummy pixel units includes a thin film transistor and a data line electrically connected thereto for accessing a common signal; a first hole provided on the interval spacer layer, and the polysilicon film layer electrically connected to the data line through the first hole. The low temperature polysilicon panel can lead the charge collected on the polysilicon film layer to avoid the edge wounded of the polysilicon panel and prevent the leakage of the polysilicon panel edge.
US10784282B2	3D NAND—high aspect ratio strings and channels Aspects of the disclosure relate to forming a completed stack of layers. Forming the completed stack of layers may include forming a first stack of layers on a first substrate and forming a second stack of layers on a second substrate. The first stack of layers may be bonded to the second stack of layers. The first or second substrate may be removed. Prior to bonding the first stack of layers and the second stack of layer, one or more holes may be etched in the first stack of layers. After removing the second substrate, one or more holes may be etched in the second stack of layers, wherein each of the one or more holes in the second stack of layers extend into a corresponding hole in the one or more holes in the first stack of layers.
US10784276B2	Non-volatile memory and method of manufacturing same A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a first active region, a second active region and a third active region, a first poly region, a second poly region, a third poly region, a first doped region and a second doped region. The first active region, the second active region and the third active region are separated and parallel with each other. The first poly region is arranged over the first and second active regions. The second poly region is arranged over the first and second active regions. The third poly region is arranged over the second and third active regions. The first doped region is in the second active region and between the first poly region and the second poly region. The second doped region is in the second active region and between the second poly region and the third poly region.
US10784275B1	Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array layer that includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells connected in series in a vertical direction above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines respectively connected to gates of the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, a select gate transistor layer that is located above the memory cell array and includes at least first and second select gate transistors connected in series in the vertical direction and to the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, and at least first and second select gate lines respectively connected to the at least first and second select gate transistors, and a control circuit configured to execute a read operation on the nonvolatile memory cells, such that during a read period of the read operation, signals having different voltage levels are supplied to the at least first and second select gate lines.
US10784274B1	3-dimensional flash memory with increased floating gate length An integrated circuit memory cell includes a floating gate, a control gate, and a plurality of inter-poly dielectric (IPD) layers. The IPD layers include an IPD1 layer, an IPD2 layer, and an IPD3 layer, with the IPD2 layer interposed between the IPD1 and IPD3 layers. The IPD2 layer, which may be a nitride, does not flank the floating gate. Thus, no section of the floating gate is laterally between two sections of the IPD2 layer. Also, no section of the IPD2 layer of a first memory cell is between the floating gate of the first memory cell and a floating gate of an immediate adjacent memory cell of the same memory cell string. In some cases, an IPD4 layer is provided between the floating gate and the IPD3 layer. The IPD4 layer is relatively much thinner than layers IPD1-3 and may flank the floating gate, as may the IPD3 layer.
US10784270B2	Method to improve fill-in window for embedded memory Various embodiments of the present application are directed to an IC, and associated forming methods. In some embodiments, the IC comprises a memory region and a logic region integrated in a substrate. A plurality of memory cell structures is disposed on the memory region. A plurality of logic devices is disposed on the logic region. A sidewall spacer is disposed along a sidewall surface of the logic devices, but not disposed along a sidewall surface of the memory cell structures. Thus, the inter-layer dielectric (ILD) fill-in window between adjacent memory cell structures is enlarged, compared to the approaches where the sidewall spacer is concurrently formed in both memory region and the logic region. Thereby, voids formation would be reduced or eliminated, and device quality would be improved.
US10784267B1	Memory structure A memory structure including a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a trench capacitor is provided. The trench capacitor is disposed in the substrate and is connected between the first transistor and the second transistor.
US10784266B2	Integrated circuit device An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate having a cell array area, which includes a first active region, and a peripheral circuit area, which includes a second active region; a direct contact connected to the first active region in the cell array area; a bit line structure connected to the direct contact in the cell array area; and a peripheral circuit gate structure on the second active region in the peripheral circuit area, wherein the peripheral circuit gate structure includes two doped semiconductor layers each being doped with a charge carrier impurity having different doping concentrations from each other.
US10784265B2	Semiconductor device The present invention provides a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a memory cell region and a peripheral region, a gate line in the peripheral region, an etch-stop layer covering the gate line and the semiconductor substrate, a first insulating layer covering the etch-stop layer, two contact plugs disposed on the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral region, two pads disposed on the contact plugs respectively, and a second insulating layer disposed between the pads. The contact plugs are located at two sides of the gate line respectively, and the contact plugs penetrate through the etch-stop layer and the first insulating layer to contact the semiconductor substrate. The second insulating layer is not in contact with the etch-stop layer.
US10784262B2	Semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a plurality of active patterns that protrude from the substrate, a device isolation layer between the active patterns, and a passivation layer that covers a top surface of the device isolation layer and exposes upper portions of the active patterns. The device isolation layer includes a plurality of first isolation parts adjacent to facing sidewalls of the active patterns, and a second isolation part between the first isolation parts. A top surface of the second isolation part is located at a lower level than that of top surfaces of the first isolation parts.
US10784260B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes first, second, and third transistors on a substrate and having different threshold voltages from each other, each of the first, second, and third transistors including: a gate insulating layer, a first work function metal layer, and a second work function metal layer. The first work function metal layer of the first transistor may include a first sub-work function layer, the first work function metal layer of the second transistor may include a second sub-work function layer, the first work function metal layer of the third transistor may include a third sub-work function layer, and the first, second, and third sub-work function layers may have different work functions from each other.
US10784253B2	Low voltage trench metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a source metal formed on the substrate. A gate pad is formed on the substrate adjacent to the source metal. A gate metal is formed on the substrate and surrounds the gate pad and the source metal. A first diode is formed between the gate metal and the source metal.
US10784250B2	Sub-device field-effect transistor architecture for integrated circuits The present disclosure describes aspects of a sub-device field-effect transistor architecture for integrated circuits. In some aspects, an integrated field-effect transistor (FET) is implemented with multiple FET sub-devices. During operation, source-side FET sub-devices of the integrated FET may operate in the linear region instead of in saturation. Operating in the linear region, the source-side FET sub-devices of the integrated FET may exhibit less threshold voltage or current sensitivity than other drain-side FET sub-devices that operate in saturation. A device layout of the integrated FET may be designed such that the less sensitive source-side FET sub-devices surround or protect the other more sensitive drain-side FET sub-devices from random variations or density issues at edges of the device layout. By so doing, a threshold voltage or current sensitivity of the integrated FET may be reduced, resulting in improved matching between integrated FET devices.
US10784248B2	Multi-stack package-on-package structures A package includes a first device die, and a first encapsulating material encapsulating the first device die therein. A bottom surface of the first device die is coplanar with a bottom surface of the first encapsulating material. First dielectric layers are underlying the first device die. First redistribution lines are in the first dielectric layers and electrically coupling to the first device die. Second dielectric layers are overlying the first device die. Second redistribution lines are in the second dielectric layers and electrically coupling to the first redistribution lines. A second device die is overlying and electrically coupling to the second redistribution lines. No solder region connects the second device die to the second redistribution lines. A second encapsulating material encapsulates the second device die therein. A third device die is electrically coupled to the second redistribution lines. A third encapsulating material encapsulates the third device die therein.
US10784244B2	Semiconductor package including multiple semiconductor chips and method of manufacturing the semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, at least one first semiconductor chip on the package substrate and having a first height as measured from the package substrate, at least one second semiconductor chip on the package substrate spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip and having a second height less than the first height as measured from the package substrate, at least one third semiconductor chip stacked on the first and second semiconductor chips, and at least one support structure between the at least one second semiconductor chip and the at least one third semiconductor chip configured to support the at least one third semiconductor chip.
US10784242B2	Display substrate and fabrication method thereof, display panel and display device The present disclosure provides display substrate and a fabrication method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The display substrate has a plurality of pixel regions, and includes an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode in each pixel region. In each pixel region, the light-emitting layer includes a plurality of light-emitting units spaced apart from each other, both the anode and the cathode are conductive layers each having an integral structure, and the plurality of light-emitting units are connected to the anode and the cathode, respectively.
US10784236B2	Light emitting device reflective bank structure Reflective bank structures for light emitting devices are described. The reflective bank structure may include a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and an array of bank openings in the insulating layer with each bank opening including a bottom surface and sidewalls. A reflective layer spans sidewalls of each of the bank openings in the insulating layer.
US10784231B2	Semiconductor sensor chip, semiconductor sensor chip array, and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus The present invention addresses the problem of enlarging a sensing area in an ultrasonic probe so as to achieve a higher definition. This ultrasonic diagnostic equipment is provided with an ultrasonic probe that comprises: a CMUT chip (2a) that has drive electrodes (3e)-(3j), etc., arranged in a grid-like configuration on a rectangular CMUT element section (21); and a CMUT chip (2b) that has drive electrodes (3p)-(3u), etc., arranged in a grid-like configuration on the rectangular CMUT element section (21), that is adjacent to the CMUT chip (2a), and in which the drive electrodes (3e)-(3j) of the adjacent CMUT chip (2a) are electrically connected to the respective drive electrodes (3p)-(3u) via bonding wires (4f)-(4i), etc.
US10784228B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor package using side molding Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, the method including forming sawing grooves by sawing a wafer along individual chip boundaries in a downward direction from a top surface of the wafer by a thickness less than a wafer thickness, filling the sawing grooves with a molding material, forming a redistribution pattern, a passivation pattern, and an under bump metal (UBM) pattern on the wafer, bonding solder balls onto the UBM pattern, thinning the wafer based on a backgrinding process, and dividing the wafer into individual chips by sawing the molding material filled in the sawing grooves, in a downward direction.
US10784219B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing A semiconductor device including a first die and a second die bonded to one another. The first die includes a first passivation layer over a substrate, and first bond pads in the first passivation layer. The second die includes a second passivation layer, which may be bonded to the first passivation layer, and second bond pads in the second passivation layer, which may be bonded to the first bond pads. The second bond pads include inner bond pads and outer bond pads. The outer bond pads may have a greater diameter than the inner bond pads as well as the first bond pads.
US10784218B2	Display device and preparation method therefor The present disclosure provides a display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The display apparatus includes a silicon substrate, a plurality of metal data interfaces disposed on the silicon substrate, and a plurality of conductive patterns covering upper surfaces of the metal data interfaces respectively. The plurality of the conductive patterns is formed by enabling a semiconductor material to be conductive and the plurality of conductive patterns are not contacted with each other.
US10784217B2	Memory device A memory device includes a circuit having an element on a substrate, an interconnection layer above the circuit and that includes a pad electrode having a region for metal wiring bonding, a plurality of electrode layers between the circuit and the interconnection layer and that are stacked in a first direction from the circuit to the interconnection layer, a semiconductor pillar that extends in the first direction, and a storage film between the electrode layers and the semiconductor pillar. The pad electrode overlaps the circuit element as viewed in the first direction.
US10784215B2	Millimeter wave integrated circuit and system with a low loss package transition According to an aspect of the present invention, an electronic system (499) operative on a millimeter signal comprises an integrated circuit (401) comprising a first solder ball (420A) and a second solder ball (420B) respectively coupled to a positive and a negative signal interface points (412 and 413) of a differential millimeter signal on a die (410) housed in the integrated circuit (401), wherein the first and the second solder balls (420A and 420B) are positioned one behind other from an edge of the integrated circuit (401) and a three-path coplanar waveguide (CPW) comprising a center path (495B) and a two adjacent paths (495A and 495C) formed on a printed circuit board (PCB) (490) such that the center path (495B) is coupled to the first solder ball that is in front and the two adjacent paths coupled to the second solder ball that is behind the first solder ball.
US10784212B2	Semiconductor devices having crack-inhibiting structures Semiconductor devices having metallization structures including crack-inhibiting structures, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a metallization structure formed over a semiconductor substrate. The metallization structure can include a bond pad electrically coupled to the semiconductor substrate via one or more layers of conductive material, and an insulating material—such as a low-κ dielectric material—at least partially around the conductive material. The metallization structure can further include a crack-inhibiting structure positioned beneath the bond pad between the bond pad and the semiconductor substrate. The crack-inhibiting structure can include a barrier member extending vertically from the bond pad toward the semiconductor substrate and configured to inhibit crack propagation through the insulating material.
US10784208B2	Semiconductor package device and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package device and a method for manufacturing the same. In embodiments of the present disclosure, a semiconductor package device includes a carrier, a first antenna, a second antenna, a package body and a first shield. The carrier includes an antenna area and a component area. The first antenna is formed on the antenna area. The second antenna extends from the antenna area and over the first antenna. The second antenna is electrically connected to the first antenna. The package body includes a first portion covering the component area and a second portion covering the antenna area. The first shield is conformally formed on the first portion of the package body and exposes the second portion of package body.
US10784205B2	Electronic package An electronic package is provided, which includes: an insulating layer; an electronic element embedded in the insulating layer and having a sensing area exposed from the insulating layer; and a circuit layer formed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the electronic element, thereby reducing the thickness of the overall package structure.
US10784203B2	Semiconductor package and method In an embodiment, a device includes: a back-side redistribution structure including: a metallization pattern on a first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer on the metallization pattern; a through via extending through the first dielectric layer to contact the metallization pattern; an integrated circuit die adjacent the through via on the first dielectric layer; a molding compound on the first dielectric layer, the molding compound encapsulating the through via and the integrated circuit die; a conductive connector extending through the second dielectric layer to contact the metallization pattern, the conductive connector being electrically connected to the through via; and an intermetallic compound at the interface of the conductive connector and the metallization pattern, the intermetallic compound extending only partially into the metallization pattern.
US10784199B2	Component inter-digitated VIAS and leads Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods to reduce inductance on an integrated circuit package of a memory sub-system. A memory sub-system is also hereinafter referred to as a “memory device.” An example of a memory sub-system is a storage system, such as a SSD, and can be embodied as an integrated circuit package, including but not limited to a pin grid array (PGA), and ball grid array (BGA).
US10784198B2	Power rail for standard cell block A semiconductor integrated circuit including a substrate, a series of metal layers, and a series of insulating layers. The metal layers and the insulating layers are alternately arranged in a stack on the substrate. The semiconductor integrated circuit also includes at least two standard cells in the substrate and at least one power rail crossing over boundaries of the at least two standard cells. The power rail includes a vertical section of conductive material extending continuously through at least two vertical levels of the stack. The two vertical levels of the stack include one metal layer and one insulating layer. The insulating layer is above the metal layer.
US10784194B2	BEOL embedded high density vertical resistor structure Embedded resistors which have tunable resistive values located between interconnect levels are provided. The embedded resistors have a pillar structure, i.e., they have a height that is greater than their width, thus they occupy less real estate as compared with conventional planar resistors that are typically employed in BEOL technology.
US10784191B2	Interface structures and methods for forming same A stacked and electrically interconnected structure is disclosed. The structure can comprise a first element and a second element directly bonded to the first element along a bonding interface without an intervening adhesive. A filter circuit can be integrally formed between the first and second elements along the bonding interface.
US10784189B2	Mounting rack with circuit A mounting rack with circuit includes a leadframe, a molding seat and a circuit layer. The leadframe comprises a plurality of electrodes. The molding seat is arranged on the leadframe and has a cup body to expose backsides of the electrodes and a cup opening to expose front sides of the electrodes. The circuit layer is arranged on the cup body and at least comprises two conductive parts, two electrical-connection parts and two soldering pads, wherein the two electrical-connection parts are arranged on the cup opening, one end of each of the two electrical-connection parts is electrically connected to one end of a respective one of the two conductive parts, the two soldering pads are arranged on bottom of the cup body, each of the two soldering pads is electrically connected to the other end of a respective one of the two conductive parts.
US10784188B2	Methods and apparatus for a semiconductor device having bi-material die attach layer Described examples include a device including a semiconductor die having a first surface with bond pads and an opposite second surface attached to a substrate by an adhesive layer covering at least a portion of the surface area of the second surface. The adhesive layer includes first zones composed of a first polymeric compound and adding up to a first portion of the surface area, and second zones composed of a second polymeric compound and adding up to a second portion of the surface area, the first zones and the second zones being contiguous. The first polymeric compound has a first modulus and the second polymeric compound has a second modulus greater than the first modulus.
US10784184B2	Semiconductor device including through silicon vias distributing current A semiconductor device includes first to M-th semiconductor dies stacked in a first direction. Each of the first to M-th semiconductor dies includes a substrate, first to K-th through silicon vias passing through the substrate in the first direction, and a first circuit to receive power through a power supply line electrically connected to the first through silicon via. Each of first to K-th through silicon vias of the N-th semiconductor die is electrically connected to a through silicon via of first to K-th through silicon vias of the (N+1)-th semiconductor die that is spaced apart therefrom in a plan view.
US10784180B2	Electronics device having at least one component to be cooled An electronics device with at least one component to be cooled, a cooling element for cooling the component to be cooled, at least one power supply line, and a respective current sensor for recording a current strength of a current flowing through the respective power supply line, wherein the cooling element has a recess, in which the current sensor engages or in which the current sensor is arranged.
US10784176B1	Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method A case of a semiconductor device has sidewall portions which surround sides of a metal substrate along the sides and a coating portion which covers the front surface of the metal substrate surrounded by the sidewall portions and which has through ring holes corresponding to fixing holes. Protrusions are formed on inner surfaces of the sidewall portions opposed to one another in plan view with the ring holes therebetween. The metal substrate is inserted in this way into an area surrounded by the sidewall portions of the case and is reliably fixed. Furthermore, alignment is performed with accuracy between each fixing hole of the metal substrate inserted in this way and its corresponding ring hole of the case.
US10784175B2	Platform and method of operating for integrated end-to-end gate contact process A method is provided for gate contact formation on a semiconductor workpiece using an integrated sequence of processing steps executed on a common manufacturing platform (CMP) hosting one or more film-forming modules, one or more etching modules, and one or more transfer modules. A workpiece having a contact feature formed therein, and inspected throughout, the contact feature having a semiconductor contact surface exposed, is received into the CMP. A metal layer is deposited within the contact feature after the workpiece is treated to remove contamination. The integrated sequence of processing steps is executed within the CMP without leaving the controlled environment, the transfer modules used to transfer the workpiece between the modules while maintaining the workpiece within the controlled environment.
US10784170B2	CMOS implementation of germanium and III-V nanowires and nanoribbons in gate-all-around architecture Architectures and techniques for co-integration of heterogeneous materials, such as group III-V semiconductor materials and group IV semiconductors (e.g., Ge) on a same substrate (e.g. silicon). In embodiments, multi-layer heterogeneous semiconductor material stacks having alternating nanowire and sacrificial layers are employed to release nanowires and permit formation of a coaxial gate structure that completely surrounds a channel region of the nanowire transistor. In embodiments, individual PMOS and NMOS channel semiconductor materials are co-integrated with a starting substrate having a blanket layers of alternating Ge/III-V layers. In embodiments, vertical integration of a plurality of stacked nanowires within an individual PMOS and individual NMOS device enable significant drive current for a given layout area.
US10784168B2	Dummy MOL removal for performance enhancement The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. In some embodiments, the integrated chip has a first plurality of source and drain regions disposed within a substrate along a first line extending in a first direction. A plurality of gate structures are arranged over the substrate at a substantially regular pitch, and a plurality of middle-of-the-line (MOL) structures are respectively interleaved between adjacent ones of the plurality of gate structures. The plurality of MOL structures include MOL active structures that are electrically coupled to an overlying conductive interconnect and MOL dummy structures that are not electrically coupled to any overlying conductive interconnect. The plurality of MOL structures are arranged over the first plurality of source and drain regions at an irregular pitch that is larger than the substantially regular pitch.
US10784163B2	Multi-wafer stacking structure and fabrication method thereof A multi-wafer stacking structure and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. A first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer are bonded to each other, a first interconnection layer is electrically connected with a second metal layer and a first metal layer via a first opening; a third dielectric layer and an insulating layer are bonded to each other, and a second interconnection layer is electrically connected with a third metal layer and the first interconnection layer via a second opening. Reservation of a pressure welding lead space among wafers is not needed, a silicon substrate is omitted, multi-wafer stacking thickness is reduced while interconnection of multiple pieces of wafers is realized, and therefore, the overall thickness of the device after multi-wafer stacking and packaging is reduced, packaging density is increased, and the requirement of thinning of the semiconductor products is met.
US10784162B2	Method of making a semiconductor component having through-silicon vias A method of making a semiconductor component includes etching a substrate to define an opening. The method further includes depositing a first dielectric liner in the opening, wherein the first dielectric liner has a first stress. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric liner over the first dielectric liner, wherein the second dielectric liner has a second stress, and a direction of the first stress is opposite a direction of the second stress. The method further includes depositing a conductive material over the second dielectric liner.
US10784158B2	Area-selective deposition of a tantalum silicide TaSix mask material A method for forming a cavity in a semiconductor structure and an intermediate structure is provided. The method includes: (a) providing a semiconductor structure comprising: (i) a semiconductor substrate; (ii) a set of line structures on the semiconductor substrate, each line structure having a top surface and sidewalls, the line structures being separated by trenches therebetween, and (iii) an oxygen-containing dielectric material at least partially filling the trenches in-between the line structures, wherein the top surface of at least one of the line structures is at least partially exposed, and wherein the exposed part of the top surface is composed of an oxygen-free dielectric material; (b) forming a layer of TaSix selectively onto the oxygen-free dielectric material with respect to the oxygen-containing dielectric material (c) forming the cavity by selectively removing at least a portion of the oxygen-containing dielectric material with respect to the TaSix.
US10784157B2	Doped tantalum nitride for copper barrier applications Described are doped TaN films, as well as methods for providing the doped TaN films. Doping TaN films with Ru, Cu, Co, Mn, Al, Mg, Cr, Nb, Ti and/or V allows for enhanced copper barrier properties of the TaN films. Also described are methods of providing films with a first layer comprising doped TaN and a second layer comprising one or more of Ru and Co, with optional doping of the second layer.
US10784155B2	Multi-metal fill with self-align patterning The present disclosure describes methods which employ a patterning photolithography/etch operations to form self-aligned interconnects with multi-metal gap fill. For example, the method includes a first pattern structure and a second pattern structure formed over a dielectric layer. Each of the first and second pattern structures includes a pair of spacers, and a center portion between the pair of spacers. A first opening, self-aligned to a space between the first and second pattern structures, is formed in the dielectric layer. A first conductive material is deposited in the first opening. The center portion of the second pattern structure is removed to form a void above the dielectric layer and between the pair of spacers of the second pattern structure. A second opening, self-aligned to the void, is formed in the dielectric layer; and a second conductive material is deposited in the second opening.
US10784153B2	Metal interconnect structure and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating metal interconnect structure includes the steps of: forming a first metal interconnection in a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a cap layer on the first metal interconnection; forming a second IMD layer on the cap layer; performing a first etching process to remove part of the second IMD layer for forming an opening; performing a plasma treatment process; and performing a second etching process to remove polymers from bottom of the opening.
US10784152B2	Method of making an interconnection between wafers after wafer level stacking, based on 3D-IC technology A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is disclosed, including: providing a first wafer and a second wafer that are bonded, a back surface of the first substrate of the first wafer is provided with a passivation layer; performing a photolithography and etching process to form a first opening; forming a hard mask layer, the hard mask layer covers at least a sidewall surface of the first opening; performing an etching process to form a second opening; performing a photolithography and etching process to form a third opening; and forming an interconnection layer. A back surface of a first substrate is provided with a passivation layer, after a first opening is formed, a hard mask layer is formed on a sidewall surface of the first opening, and a maskless etching process is performed to form a second opening, thereby simplifying the process, eliminating one photomask and reducing the production cost.
US10784151B2	Interconnect structure and manufacturing method for the same The present disclosure provides a method for forming an interconnect structure, including forming an Nth metal line principally extending in a first direction, forming a sacrificial bilayer over the Nth metal line, forming a dielectric layer over the sacrificial bilayer, removing a portion of the sacrificial bilayer, forming a conductive post in the sacrificial bilayer, wherein the conductive post having a top pattern coplanar with a top surface of the sacrificial bilayer and a bottom pattern in contact with a top surface of the Nth metal line, and forming an Nth metal via over the sacrificial bilayer.
US10784145B2	Wafer composite and method for producing a semiconductor component A wafer composite is provided which includes an auxiliary substrate, a donor substrate and a sacrificial layer formed between the auxiliary substrate and the donor substrate. Functional elements of the semiconductor component are formed in a component layer, including at least one partial layer of the donor substrate. The auxiliary substrate is then separated from the component layer by heat input into the sacrificial layer.
US10784144B2	Slit stress modulation in semiconductor substrates A disclosed example to modulate slit stress in a semiconductor substrate includes a first controller to, after obtaining a wafer stress measurement of the semiconductor substrate, control a first process to apply a first material to the semiconductor substrate based on the wafer stress measurement, the semiconductor substrate including a slit between adjacent stacked transistor layers, the first material coating walls of the slit to reduce a first width of the slit between the adjacent stacked transistor layers to a second width; and a second controller to control a second process to apply a second material to the semiconductor substrate, the second material to be deposited in the second width of the slit, the first material and the second material to form a solid structure in the slit between the adjacent stacked transistor layers.
US10784137B2	Package assembly for thin wafer shipping and method of use A package assembly for thin wafer shipping using a wafer container and a method of use are disclosed. The package assembly includes a shipping container and a wafer container having a bottom surface and a plurality of straps attached thereto placed within the shipping container. The package assembly further includes upper and lower force distribution plates provided within the shipping container positioned respectively on a top side and bottom side thereof.
US10784128B2	Apparatus and method for securing components of an integrated circuit Systems and methods of securing an integrated circuit assembly includes: arranging a plurality of securing elements within a plurality of orifices fabricated within one or more layer components of a plurality of layer components of an integrated circuit assembly; applying a mechanical compression load against the integrated circuit assembly that uniformly compresses together the plurality of layer components of the integrated circuit assembly; after applying the mechanical compression load to the integrated circuit assembly, fastening the plurality of securing elements while the integrated circuit assembly is in a compressed state based on the mechanical compression load; and terminating the application of the mechanical compression load against the integrated circuit assembly based on the fastening of the plurality of securing elements.
US10784124B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit that holds a substrate horizontally while rotating the substrate around a vertical rotational axis running through its center portion, an opposed member having an opposed surface that is opposed to an upper surface of the substrate, and a processing liquid discharge unit that includes a center portion discharge port on the opposed surface, that opens being opposed to the upper surface center portion of the substrate, and a peripheral portion discharge port on the opposed surface, that opens being opposed to the upper surface peripheral portion of the substrate, that discharges a processing liquid from the center portion discharge port to supply the processing liquid between the substrate and the opposed surface, and discharges the processing liquid from the peripheral portion discharge port to replenish the processing liquid between the substrate and the opposed surface.
US10784123B2	Integrated circuit packages and methods of forming same An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a conductive column over a carrier. An integrated circuit die is attached to the carrier, the integrated circuit die being disposed adjacent the conductive column. An encapsulant is formed around the conductive column and the integrated circuit die. The carrier is removed to expose a first surface of the conductive column and a second surface of the encapsulant. A polymer material is formed over the first surface and the second surface. The polymer material is cured to form an annular-shaped structure. An inner edge of the annular-shaped structure overlaps the first surface in a plan view. An outer edge of the annular-shaped structure overlaps the second surface in the plan view.
US10784112B2	Wafer polishing chamber and wafer polishing system including same One aspect of embodiment provides a wafer polishing chamber, including a wafer transfer part; a polishing part provided with an upper surface plate and lower surface plate, and configured to polish the wafer transferred from the wafer transfer part; a partition wall configured to separate positions where the transfer part and the polishing part are disposed; a plurality of fan units configured to introduce air; and a plurality of exhaust units configured to exhaust air, wherein the fan unit may be provided in at least one in an upper portion of the polishing part.
US10784111B2	Plating method, plating apparatus and recording medium A substrate W having a non-plateable material portion 31 and a plateable material portion 32 formed on a surface thereof is prepared, and then, a catalyst is imparted selectively to the plateable material portion 32 by supplying a catalyst solution N1 onto the substrate W. Thereafter, a plating layer 35 is selectively formed on the plateable material portion 32 by supplying a plating liquid M1 onto the substrate W. A pH of the catalyst solution N1 is previously adjusted such that the plating layer 35 is suppressed from being precipitated on the non-plateable material portion 31 while being facilitated to be precipitated on the plateable material portion 32.
US10784100B2	Back-side friction reduction of a substrate A processing chamber system includes a substrate mounting module configured to secure a substrate within a first processing chamber. The system also includes a first deposition module configured to apply a light-sensitive film to a front side surface of the substrate, and a second deposition module configured to apply a film layer to a backside surface of the substrate. The front side surface is opposite to the backside surface of the substrate. A substrate has a bare backside surface with a first coefficient of friction. A film layer is formed onto the backside surface of the substrate. The film layer formed on the backside surface of the substrate has a second coefficient of friction. The second coefficient of friction is lower than the first coefficient of friction.
US10784096B2	Ionisation of gaseous samples A method of mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed comprising: providing an analyte; supplying a matrix compound to said analyte such that said analyte dissolves in said matrix; forming first droplets of the dissolved analyte; and colliding said first droplets with a collision surface. The use of matrix improves the analyte ion signal.
US10784095B2	Multidimensional dynode detector A mass spectrometer is described that includes a multipole configured to pass an ion stream, the ion stream comprising an abundance of one or more ion species within stability boundaries defined by (a, q) values. A detector formed by a plurality of dynodes is configured to detect the spatial and temporal properties of the abundance of ions, where each dynode arranged such that it is struck by ions in a known spatial relationship with the ion stream. The detector also includes a plurality of charged particle detectors, each associated with one or more of the plurality of dynodes. A processing system is configured to record and store a pattern of detection of ions in the abundance of ions by the dynodes in the detector.
US10784093B1	Chunking algorithm for processing long scan data from a sequence of mass spectrometry ion images A system and method for processing long scan data from a mass spectrometer is described. The long scan data is broken into multiple discrete subsets and each of the multiple subsets are padded by adding additional strings of data on either end of the subset. Each of the multiple subsets is deconvolved and overhang errors are corrected for on each deconvolved subset. A deconvolved full data set is then assembled from the deconvolved subsets.
US10784090B2	Plasma processing device and semiconductor device production method A plasma processing device includes a chamber; a substrate stage that supports a substrate inside the chamber; a plasma generator that generates plasma by which the substrate is processed in a space above the substrate inside the chamber; and an electromagnet. The electromagnet is provided in each of a plurality of regions, which are provided on a top of the chamber in an upper part thereof, so as to be independently movable. The plasma processing device further includes a controller configured to move the electromagnet to produce a uniform plasma density onto the substrate.
US10784080B2	Multiple charged particle beam writing apparatus, and multiple charged particle beam writing method A multiple charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a defective pattern data generation circuitry configured to generate defective pattern data of a defective pattern having a shape of the defective region in the writing region; a reverse pattern data generation circuitry configured to generate reverse pattern data by reversing the defective pattern data; a combined-value pixel data generation circuitry configured to generate, for the each pixel, combined-value pixel data by adding a value defined in a reverse pattern pixel data and a value defined in a writing pattern pixel data; and a writing mechanism configured to perform multiple writing, using multiple charged particle beams, on the target object such that the each pixel is irradiated with a beam of a dose corresponding to a value defined in the combined-value pixel data.
US10784079B2	Ion implantation system and source bushing thereof The present disclosure describes an ion implantation system that includes a bushing designed to reduce the accumulation of IMP by-produces on the bushing's inner surfaces. The ion implantation system can include a chamber, an ion source configured to generate an ion beam, and a bushing coupling the ion source and the chamber. The bushing can include (i) a tubular body having an inner surface, a first end, and a second end and (ii) multiple angled trenches disposed within the inner surface of the tubular body, where each of the multiple angled trenches extends towards the second end of the tubular body.
US10784078B2	Electron diffraction imaging system for determining molecular structure and conformation An electron diffraction imaging system for imaging the three-dimensional structure of a single target molecule of a sample uses an electron source that emits a beam of electrons toward the sample, and a two-dimensional detector that detects electrons diffracted by the sample and generates an output indicative of their spatial distribution. A sample support is transparent to electrons in a region in which the sample is located, and is rotatable and translatable in at least two perpendicular directions. The electron beam has an operating energy between 5 keV and 30 keV, and beam optics block highly divergent electrons to limit the beam diameter to no more than three times the size of the sample molecule and provide a lateral coherence length of at least 15 nm. An adjustment system adjusts the sample support position in response to the detector output to center the target molecule in the beam.
US10784077B2	Systems and methods for charged particle flooding to enhance voltage contrast defect signal Systems and methods for implementing charged particle flooding in a charged particle beam apparatus are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a charged particle beam system includes a charged particle source and a controller which controls the charged particle beam system to emit a charged particle beam in a first mode where the beam is defocused and a second mode where the beam is focused on a surface of a sample.
US10784075B2	Ion beam irradiation apparatus An apparatus provided with a wafer processing chamber that houses a wafer supporting mechanism supporting a wafer and is used to irradiate the wafer supported by the wafer supporting mechanism with an ion beam and a transport mechanism housing chamber that houses a transport mechanism provided underneath the wafer processing chamber and used for moving the wafer supporting mechanism in a substantially horizontal direction, wherein an aperture used for moving the wafer supporting mechanism along with a coupling member coupling the wafer supporting mechanism to the transport mechanism is formed in the direction of movement of the transport mechanism in a partition wall separating the wafer processing chamber from the transport mechanism housing chamber.
US10784073B2	Blanking deflector, and multi charged particle beam writing apparatus using three deflector electrodes and a transmission line A blanking deflector includes a first electrode being plate-like, a second electrode electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a first space is formed between the first and second electrodes, and a third electrode electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a second space, sufficiently wider than the first space, is formed between the first and third electrodes, wherein a transmission line, in which the second and third electrodes are electrically connected at, at least, input and output sides, is formed by the first, second, and third electrodes, multi-beams of a charged particle beam are made to pass through the second space between the first and third electrodes, and the multi-beams are deflected for blanking control by a voltage signal applied from the input side to between the first electrode, and a connected group of the second and third electrodes electrically connected.
US10784070B2	Charged particle beam device, field curvature corrector, and methods of operating a charged particle beam device A charged particle beam device is described, which includes: a beam source configured to generate a charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis (A); an aperture device with a plurality of apertures configured to create a plurality of beamlets from the charged particle beam; and a field curvature corrector. The field curvature corrector includes: a first multi-aperture electrode with a first plurality of openings having diameters that vary as a function of a distance from the optical axis (A); a second multi-aperture electrode with a second plurality of openings; and an adjustment device configured to adjust at least one of a first electrical potential (U1) of the first multi-aperture electrode and a second electrical potential (U2) of the second multi-aperture electrode. Further, a field curvature corrector and methods of operating a charged particle beam device are described.
US10784069B2	Structured x-ray target A system and method for generating X-ray radiation. The system includes an electron source operable to generate an electron beam and an X-ray target for generating X-ray radiation upon interaction with the electron beam. The method includes moving the electron beam over an edge separating a first region and a second region of the X-ray target, wherein the first region and the second region have different capability to generate X-ray radiation upon interaction with the electron beam. The system allows for a lateral extension of the electron beam to be determined based on a change in a quantity indicative of the interaction between the electron beam and the first region and between the electron beam and the second region, and the movement of the electron beam.
US10784065B2	Activatable thermal fuse An activatable thermal fuse includes a first electrical terminal, a second electrical terminal, and an electrically conductive bridge element having a first electric contact with the first electrical terminal and a second electric contact with the second electrical terminal. At least a part of the bridge element is displaceable from a first position in which the first contact is established to a second position in which the first contact is opened, and a thermally sensitive member releases the part when exposed to a predetermined temperature value. An activating element blocks displacement of the part from the first position, in a first position of the activating element, and enables the displacement of the part in a second position of the activating element. A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board, a method of monitoring, and an electronic circuit including the thermal fuse are also provided.
US10784063B1	Air insulated grounding switch A circuit breaker apparatus has a housing, electrical power inlet, electrical power outlet, a main circuit breaker, a grounding switch, and a mechanical linkage. The main circuit breaker and the grounding switch each have a pair of contactors therein. The mechanical linkage is movable between a pair of positions in which one of the positions causes the pair of contactors of the main circuit breaker to close and the pair of contactors of the grounding switch to open and another position in which the pair of contactors of the main circuit breaker are open and such that the pair of contactors of the grounding switch are closed. The housing has an interior that is filled with air. The main circuit breaker and the grounding switch are in non-longitudinal alignment.
US10784061B2	Dynamic coordination of protection devices in electrical distribution systems A dynamically coordinatable electrical distribution system includes a plurality of intelligently-controlled protection devices (PDs), a communication and control bus (comm/control) bus, and a central computer. The plurality of intelligently-controlled PDs is configured to protect a plurality of associated electrical loads from faults, developing faults, and other undesired electrical anomalies. Each of the PDs further has electrically adjustable time-current characteristics. The intelligently-controlled PDs are communicatively coupled to the comm/control bus and configured to report current data representative of real-time currents flowing through their respective loads to the central computer, via the comm/control bus. The central computer is configured to communicate with the plurality of PDs over the comm/control bus and dynamically coordinate the time-current characteristics of the plurality of PDs based on the current data it receives from the PDs.
US10784060B2	Dual-power overlapping contact closing mechanism The present invention discloses a dual-power overlapped closing operation mechanism, relating to the field of dual-power switches. The dual-power overlapped closing operation mechanism comprises a first contact, a second contact, a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a third connecting rod, a fourth connecting rod, a fifth connecting rod, a sixth connecting rod, a seventh connecting rod, a first auxiliary shaft, a second auxiliary shaft and a third auxiliary shaft. The fourth connecting rod rotates anticlockwise to push, via the fifth connecting rod and the seventh connecting rod, the second contact to make electrical contact with the second fixed contact, and at the same time the first contact is first tightly pressed via the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod until the dead point is passed, and then the first contact is gradually opened clockwise. The result of the fourth connecting rod rotating clockwise is similar, in which the second contact is first tightly pressed until the dead point is passed, and then the second contact is gradually opened clockwise. With the present invention, the neutral line overlapping has an extended duration and is maintained by means of a mechanical structure so as to effectively avoid the occurrence of a zero line break.
US10784057B2	Safety switch A safety switch (1) having an input/output structure and means for generating a switching signal. Depending on the switching signal, the operation of the system can be released. The input/output structure forms means of connection for connecting a start button (5). By manually actuating the start button (5), an acknowledgment signal for releasing the system is generated. The means of connection are detected automatically in the safety switch (1).
US10784055B2	Contact piece unit and relay A contact piece unit includes a terminal, a contact piece, and a contact. The contact piece is connected with the terminal, and disposed at a position facing the terminal. The contact is attached to the contact piece. The terminal includes a connection portion, a body, and a narrow portion. The connection portion is connected with the contact piece. The body extends in a lengthwise direction of the contact piece from the connection portion. The narrow portion has a width smaller than a width of the body and smaller than a width of the contact piece.
US10784053B2	Graphene supercapacitor design and manufacture Improvements in design and manufacturing techniques to produce a graphene based prismatic supercapacitor of very high capacitance with very high energy density storage able to outperform and replace the cutting edge batteries available in the market today.
US10784047B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode facing each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and a first external electrode electrically connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode electrically connected to the second internal electrode, disposed in an outer portion of the ceramic body, the first and second external electrodes comprise a first electrode layer including a conductive metal, a first plating layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including nickel (Ni), and a second plating layer disposed on the first plating layer and including tin (Sn), and a ratio (t1/t2) is within a range from 1.0 to 9.0, where t1 is a thickness of the first plating layer including nickel (Ni), and t2 is a thickness of the second plating layer including tin (Sn).
US10784046B2	Film capacitor A film capacitor includes a capacitor element that includes an element body formed of a winding of or a laminate of metallized films and a P pole electrode and an N pole electrode that are respectively formed on opposite end faces of the element body. The film capacitor also includes a P electrode bus bar and an N electrode bus bar that are respectively connected to the P pole electrode and the N pole electrode, and an electrically conductive covering that covers a peripheral surface of the capacitor element with the covering spaced away from at least one of the P pole electrode or the N pole electrode.
US10784045B2	Laminated magnetic materials for on-chip magnetic inductors/transformers A technique relates to a method of forming a laminated multilayer magnetic structure. An adhesion layer is deposited on a substrate. A magnetic seed layer is deposited on top of the adhesion layer. Magnetic layers and non-magnetic spacer layers are alternatingly deposited such that an even number of the magnetic layers is deposited while an odd number of the non-magnetic spacer layers is deposited. The odd number is one less than the even number. Every two of the magnetic layers is separated by one of the non-magnetic spacer layers. The first of the magnetic layers is deposited on the magnetic seed layer, and the magnetic layers each have a thickness less than 500 nanometers.
US10784043B2	Wireless power transmission device, wireless power reception device, and wireless charging system The present invention relates to a wireless power transmission device formed so as to wirelessly transmit power to a wireless power reception device, wherein the wireless power transmission device comprises: a first coil formed so as to transform a current into a magnetic field; and a first metal member formed so as to cover at least a portion of the first coil, and, in the present invention, the first metal member changes an emission direction of a magnetic field formed in the first coil so as to allow the power to reach the wireless power reception device which is positioned on a side surface of the wireless power transmission device.
US10784032B2	Bistable electromechanical actuator The bistable electromechanical actuator comprises an actuator shaft (7) arranged in a house (1), said shaft being movable along its longitudinal direction, a base member (11) attached to the actuator shaft (7), said base member being slidably attached to a guiding element (3, 3′,3″) through a stud (15), said guiding element being secured to the house and having two locking notches (2a, 2b) with a predetermined distance therebetween and further having a straight or substantially straight guiding section (2c) formed between said two locking notches in a plane parallel to the longitudinal direction of said shaft (7), wherein at least one permanent magnet is fixed to the base member (11) so that the magnetic axis of each permanent magnet is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said shaft (7), and wherein at least one electromagnetic coil (13) is arranged within said house (1) so that in an idle state of the actuator, one end of each coil (13) is arranged to be adjacent to one of the at least one permanent magnet (12) in such a manner that the position of said end of the respective coil (13) is slightly offset, along the longitudinal direction of said shaft (7), with respect to the position of the permanent magnet (12) adjacent thereto.
US10784031B2	Filter component and bobbin A filter component assembly kit includes a bobbin that is configured with first and second members and a core that is in a quadrangular frame shape. When the first member is assembled with the second member, a through hole is formed in the bobbin. The through hole extends in a first direction. The core is configured with first and second extension bars. The first and second extension bars extend in parallel in the first direction. When the first extension bar is disposed in the through hole of the bobbin, rotation of the core around the first extension bar is prevented. First allowance of the first extension bar in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, in the through hole is larger than second allowance of the first extension bar in a third direction, which is perpendicular to the first and second directions, in the through hole.
US10784029B2	R-T-B based permanent magnet An object of the present invention is to provide an R-T-B based permanent magnet having a low coercive force and a low magnetizing field, and having a high residual magnetic flux density and a high minor curve flatness even in the low magnetizing field. Provided is an R-T-B based permanent magnet including a main phase including a compound having an R2T14B type tetragonal structure and a grain boundary phase existing between the main phases, in which R is at least one rare earth element including scandium and yttrium, T is at least one transition metal element including iron, or at least two transition metal elements including iron and cobalt, the grain boundary includes an R-T-B—C based compound having a higher R concentration, B concentration and C concentration than that of the main phase and having a lower T concentration than that of the main phase.
US10784024B2	Wire-drawing method and system A wire-drawing method comprises providing a rod comprising a wrapped sheet, wherein the sheet comprises a plurality of copper layers and a plurality of graphene layers; extracting an inner layer of the wrapped sheet from the rod to form a spiral; and forming a wire by feeding the spiral through an opening of a die unit.
US10784023B2	Downhole cables with both fiber and copper elements Provided is a method of manufacturing a downhole cable, the method including, forming a helical shape in an outer circumferential surface of a metal tube, the metal tube having a fiber element housed therein, and stranding a copper element in a helical space formed by the metallic tube. Also provided is a downhole cable including, a metallic tube having a helical space in an outer circumferential surface thereof, wherein the metallic tube has a fiber element housed therein, and a copper element disposed in a helical space formed by the steel tube. Double-tube and multi-tube configurations of the downhole cable are also provided.
US10784017B2	Line-shaped assembly A line-shaped assembly includes a heat source that includes a heat source main body extending straightly and a heat source cover member covering the heat source main body, and a tubular-shaped heat source protective member that accommodates and protects the heat source. The heat source protective member is made of resin, and includes a first tube body portion with an inner surface that has a small area per unit length in an axial direction of the heat source protective member in contact with the heat source, and a second tube body portion with an inner surface that has a contact area larger than that of the first tube body portion.
US10784015B2	Bus bar with novel structure Disclosed herein is a bus bar connected or fastened to a terminal part of a battery pack and fixedly mounted to a battery pack case, the bus bar including a power input part located at one end of the bus bar such that the power input part is connected or fastened to an output terminal part of the battery pack, a power output part located at the other end of the bus bar such that the power output part is connected or fastened to an input terminal part of the battery pack, a plate-shaped main body connected between the power input part and the power output part, the plate-shaped main body including a vapor chamber, and a fastening part formed at the power input part to fix the bus bar to the battery pack case.
US10784014B1	Cables with foamed insulation suitable for air-blown installation Cables having foamed polymeric jackets that are suitable for air-blown may include at least one transmission media, such as one or more optical fibers or one or more twisted pairs. A jacket may be formed around the at least one transmission media. The jacket may be formed from or include an outer layer formed from foamed polymeric material. Additionally, an outer surface of the jacket may include a random distribution of surface variations. The surface variations may include a plurality of indentions and/or a plurality of protrusions.
US10784012B2	Method of producing sulfide solid electrolyte material The present disclosure provides a method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material which includes a preparing process of preparing composite particles including a solid solution including a Li2S component and a LiBr component; an addition process of adding the composite particles and a phosphorus source to a reaction chamber; and a milling process in which a mechanical milling treatment is performed on the composite particles and the phosphorus source in the reaction chamber while thermal energy is applied.
US10784009B1	Thorium molten salt assembly for energy generation including solid Thorium rods A Thorium molten salt energy system is disclosed that includes a proton beam source for producing a proton beam, that can vary between a first energy level and a second energy level of, where the generated proton bean can be directed into a main assembly containing both Thorium-containing molten salt and Thorium fuel rods, each containing an inner Beryllium element and an outer solid Thorium element. The generated proton beam can be shaped and directed to impinge upon Lithium within the molten salt to promote the generation of thermal neutrons and the fission of Uranium within the molten salt. The generated proton beam can also be shaped and directed to impinge upon the Beryllium within the Thorium fuel rods to promote the generation of high energy neutrons.
US10784004B2	Containment cooling system capable of improving coolant utilization rate A containment cooling system capable of improving coolant utilization rate comprises a cooling water tank disposed above the containment, a spray header connected to the cooling water tank by a first communicating pipe, a bell-shaped shield, and a clearance, wherein the cooling water tank is disposed on top of the shield, and the spray header is located in the clearance; cooling fins are disposed in the clearance, wherein a flow passage is disposed between the cooling fins and the outer wall of the containment. The containment cooling system has a higher coolant utilization rate.
US10784002B2	Nuclear reactor cooling system A nuclear reactor cooling system includes a cooling water tank disposed above a containment; a spray header connected to the cooling water tank through a first communicating pipe; and an air tank disposed inside the containment; wherein the spray header is disposed outside the containment and used for spraying cooling water to the outer wall of the containment; the cooling water tank is a closed container, and the air tank is connected to the top portion of the cooling water tank through a second communicating pipe. The nuclear reactor cooling system has higher reliability in cooling containment.
US10783999B2	Basis data evaluation systems and methods Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for the administration of ablation profiles during refractive surgery treatments. Basis data framework techniques enable the implementation of ablation profiles having various shapes, resulting in increased ablation accuracy when treating certain vision conditions. Exemplary basis data architecture approaches are configured to efficiently operate with annular, elliptical, and slit laser beam shapes.
US10783996B2	Method and system for establishing network connection to a hearing aid A system, method, hearing aid and software for providing a network connection for a computer device to at least one hearing aid having a gateway to the Internet. The system includes a user account server providing a user account database, each user account includes a unique identity for an associated hearing aid; a control server providing a hearing aid connection register including the unique identity of hearing aids associated with current connection information; and a network connection handling element for detecting the presence of a wireless connection between the hearing a and gateway, and for uploading current connection information to the control server. On receiving connection information, the control server updates the hearing aid connection register, and provides the current connection information to a requesting computer device. The computer device can establish a direct connection to the hearing aid based on current connection information requested from the control server.
US10783995B2	Atomization method having authentication mechanism The present invention provides an atomizing method having an authentication mechanism, including the following steps: placing an atomized medicine contained in at least one atomized medicine container into an accommodating portion of an atomizing device; configuring an authentication module of an atomizing device to perform an authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier associated with the at least one atomized medicine container to determine the authenticity of the at least one atomized medicine container, and generate the authentication result signal correspondingly; and configuring the control unit of the atomization device to determine to determine whether to control the first power module connected to the atomization module to output a first driving voltage according to the authentication result signal.
US10783989B2	Devices, systems, and methods for automated data collection Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, devices, and computer systems thereof for automated data collection from a subject. In certain embodiments, one or more characteristics of a subject are sensed, and the subject is given a queue status indicator based on a comparison of the subject's one or more sensed characteristics with corresponding sensed characteristics from other subjects. In one embodiment, the subject is a healthcare worker and the system, methods, and devices are utilized to evaluate the overall health of the worker as part of the check-in process for work.
US10783986B2	Systems and methods for drug development Systems and methods are provided for drug development under a fully transparent development model. The model is configured to provide transparency to the patients, the researchers, clinicians, physicians, and any other registered users of the system who wish to contribute. According to various embodiments, the system and model enable drug development that leverage the combined wisdom and insight of the user population eliminating many of the drawbacks of conventional development approaches. In one embodiment, the system includes drug development engine configured to manage execution of parameters of a clinical trial, including collection of health and treatment information from a patient population. The development engine can publish collected execution data for review and analysis.
US10783979B2	Built-in self-test (BIST) circuit, memory device including the same, and method of operating the BIST circuit A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit and a method of operating BIST circuit is disclosed. The BIST circuit is configured to generate a test pattern based on a plurality of test parameters including a first test parameter and a second test parameter and perform a test on at least one memory core. The method includes setting a sweep range comprising a sweep start point of the first test parameter and a sweep end point thereof; generating a first test pattern corresponding to each sweep point of the sweep range from the sweep start point of the first test parameter and the sweep end point thereof and providing the first test pattern to the at least one memory core; receiving output data corresponding to the first test pattern from the at least one memory core and comparing the output data and a predetermined reference data; and generating first test result information based on results of the comparing.
US10783976B2	Antifuse memory device and operation method thereof A memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of antifuse memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines, a plurality of voltage lines and a plurality of bit lines, and a first decoder suitable for generating a word line driving signal associated with a target memory cell among the plurality of antifuse memory cells in response to a first address, and asserting the word line driving signal at least twice during a program operation.
US10783972B2	NAND flash memory with reconfigurable neighbor assisted LLR correction with downsampling and pipelining A method is provided for operating a storage system including memory cells and a memory controller. Each memory cell is an m-bit multi-level cell (MLC), where m is an integer. The method includes performing a soft read operation of a target memory cell and determining a current LLR (log likelihood ratio) value based on result from the soft read operation. The method also includes grouping m-bit cell values of neighboring memory cells and the target memory cell to respective n-bit indices, based on effect of neighboring memory cells on the LLR of the target memory cell, wherein n is an integer and n
US10783971B2	Semiconductor memory device capable of reducing chip size According to one embodiment, a first well of the first conductivity type which is formed in a substrate. a second well of a second conductivity type which is formed in the first well. The plurality of memory cells, the plurality of first bit line select transistors, and the plurality of second bit line select transistors are formed in the second well, and the plurality of first bit line select transistors and the plurality of second bit line select transistors are arranged on a side of the sense amplifier with respect to the plurality of memory cells of the plurality of bit lines.
US10783969B2	Sense amplifier A sense amplifier for a flash memory is disclosed which includes a pre-charging circuit, a first capacitor, a first inverter, and a first transmission gate connected in parallel with the first inverter, the pre-charging circuit is connectable to a reference voltage node, and is able to pre-charge a word line, of the flash memory, via the reference voltage node, a potential of the reference voltage node remains unchanged after the pre-charging is completed; a potential of the reference voltage node is adjustable according to a state of the flash memory until an output voltage of the first inverter changes; the first capacitor has a first end connected to the reference voltage node, a second end connected to an input of the first inverter and a first end of the first transmission gate; an output of the first inverter is connected to a second end of the first transmission gate.
US10783968B2	Distributed mode registers in memory devices A semiconductor device may include a plurality of memory banks, a plurality of mode registers that may control an operational mode associated with each of the plurality of memory banks, and a set of global wiring lines coupled to each of the plurality of mode registers. The set of global wiring lines may include a first global wiring line to transmit data to each of the plurality of mode registers, a second global wiring line to transmit an address signal to each of the plurality of mode registers, a third global wiring line to transmit a read command signal to each of the plurality of mode registers, and a fourth global wiring line to transmit a write command signal to each of the plurality of mode registers.
US10783962B2	Resistive memory storage apparatus and writing method thereof including disturbance voltage A writing method of a resistive memory storage apparatus includes: applying one of a set voltage and a reset voltage serving as a first selected voltage to a memory cell and obtaining a first read current; applying a disturbance voltage to the memory cell and obtaining a second read current; and determining whether a relationship between the first and second read currents satisfies a preset relationship, and if not, applying the other of the set voltage and the reset voltage serving as a second selected voltage to the memory cell and applying the first selected voltage to the memory cell again. A polarity of the disturbance voltage is different from that of the first selected voltage, and the absolute value of the disturbance voltage is less than that of the second selected voltage. A resistive memory storage apparatus is also provided.
US10783956B2	Tunable negative bitline write assist and boost attenuation circuit An apparatus and method are provided for implementing write assist with boost attenuation for static random access memory (SRAM) arrays. The apparatus includes a memory array comprising a plurality of SRAM cells. The apparatus further includes a write driver connected to each of a differential pair of bit lines in each of the plurality of SRAM cells of the memory array. The apparatus further includes a write assist attenuation circuit connected to the write driver, the write assist attenuation circuit comprising a clamping device configured to modify a control signal as a function of supply voltage and process to attenuate an amount of boost applied to pull one of the bit lines below ground in an active phase of a write cycle.
US10783951B2	Apparatuses and methods including two transistor-one capacitor memory and for accessing same Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that include two transistor-one capacitor memory and for accessing such memory. An example apparatus includes a capacitor coupled to first and second selection components. The apparatus further includes a first digit line and the first selection component configured to couple a first plate of the capacitor to the first digit line, and also includes a second digit line and the second selection component configured to couple the second plate to the second digit line. A sense amplifier is coupled to the second digit line and is configured to amplify a voltage difference between a voltage coupled to the second digit line and the reference voltage.
US10783945B2	Memory device The present invention provides a memory device in which a lower electrode, a seed layer, synthetic antiferromagnetic layers, a separation layer, a magnetic tunnel junction, a capping layer, and an upper electrode are formed on a substrate in a laminated manner, wherein a diffusion barrier is formed between the magnetic tunnel junction and the capping layer. In addition, the present invention provides a memory device in which a lower electrode, a seed layer, synthetic antiferromagnetic layers, a separation layer, a magnetic tunnel junction, a capping layer, and an upper electrode are formed on a substrate in a laminated manner, wherein the seed layer is formed of a material that allows the synthetic antiferromagnetic layers to grow in the FCC (111) direction.
US10783944B2	Magnetic memory and a method of operating magnetic memory In example embodiments, a SOT magnetic memory and operation method are provided that utilize SOT driven domain wall motion to achieve subsequent switching without the need for an external assist magnetic field. The magnetic memory includes a magnetic tunnel junction having a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer and a free layer, where the tunnel barrier layer is positioned between the reference layer and free layer. A spin-orbit torque layer is disposed adjacent to the free layer. A pair of pinning site are positioned at a longitudinal end of the free layer and each has an opposite magnetization direction from the other. The SOT layer is configured to exert SOT and switch a magnetization direction of the free layer via domain wall motion in a direction of current flow when an electric current is passed through a length of the SOT layer.
US10783936B2	Reading device and logic device In reading of a memory unit, an read failure operation due to variation in characteristic of a transistor in a dynamic load is reduced. A read circuit that reads a voltage obtained by a voltage division of a dynamic load unit and the memory unit as an output of the memory unit includes the dynamic load unit having one end connected to a side of a power supply and the other end connected to a side of the memory unit, and a feedback unit that, by a feedback of the voltage obtained by the voltage division that is divided between the dynamic load unit and the memory unit, holds the voltage obtained by the voltage division. The dynamic load unit has an array structure in which a plurality of resistive memory elements are connected in series, in parallel, or in series-parallel. The dynamic load unit has the array structure of the resistive memory elements and this structure can suppress the read failure operation due to the variation in dynamic load.
US10783935B2	Sense amplifier driving device A sense amplifier driving device is disclosed. The device includes a cell array, a bias current generation unit connected to the cell array via a bit line, a sense amplifier connected to the cell array via the bit line to detect and amplify a bit line voltage of the bit line, and a latch unit that outputs the detected bit line voltage as an output signal in a read operation of the cell array. The sense amplifier includes a precharge transistor that precharges the bit line based on a first voltage during a programming operation of the cell array, a read voltage convey unit connected to the bit line and operates during a read operation of the cell array, and a sensing unit that outputs an output voltage based on the bit line voltage.
US10783932B2	Magnetic memory, semiconductor device, electronic device, and method of reading magnetic memory To provide a magnetic memory for storing multi-level information capable of reading while sufficiently securing a read margin. Provided is a magnetic memory including: first and second magnetic storage elements that are provided between a first wiring and a second wiring crossing each other, and are electrically connected in series; a third wiring electrically connected between the first and second magnetic storage elements; a first determination unit that determines a magnetization state of the first magnetic storage element on the basis of a current flowing to the first magnetic storage element through the third wiring; and a second determination unit that determines a magnetization state of the second magnetic storage element on the basis of a current flowing to the first and second magnetic storage elements through the first wiring, in which the determination state of the second determination unit is changed on the basis of the determination result of the first determination unit.
US10783931B1	Robotic device movement optimization in data storage library systems An archival data storage service dispatches a first robotic device of a data storage library to perform a first task that involves moving a first data storage tape from a tape drive to a slot of the data storage library. The service select a second task to be performed by a second robotic device, which can be performed without the first robotic device causing delay of the second task. While the first robotic device is performing the first task, the archival data storage service dispatches the second robotic device to perform the second task.
US10783927B1	Interactive presentation of video content and associated information A system is provided that presents video content on an electronic device such that, when a user swipes to dismiss the video content, non-video summary information or contextual material about the video content is automatically displayed in place of the video content. The non-video summary information is presented on a summary card dragged on-screen responsive to user swipe input. If, for example, the user swipes to dismiss a video advertisement before an informational payload of the video advertisement has been delivered, the informational payload can automatically be displayed in text format on a summary card dragged by the user in replacement of the dismissed video advertisement.
US10783922B2	Motor spin up with auxiliary power boost An apparatus and associated method that contemplate a data storage disc and a motor supporting the disc in rotation. Control circuitry operates to spin up the disc drive by accelerating the motor to a steady state speed by: beginning the spin up by energizing the motor with a primary power; comparing an amount of auxiliary power that is available from a battery to a predefined threshold; and before the motor is accelerated to the steady state speed and if the threshold comparison is favorable, then boosting the primary power by discharging the battery for a predetermined boost interval.
US10783917B1	Recording head with transfer-printed laser diode unit formed of non-self-supporting layers A recording head includes a substrate, a read transducer, a waveguide core, and a near-field transducer at an end of the waveguide core proximate a media-facing surface. The recording head includes a magnetic write pole and coil. A laser diode unit with one or more non-self-supporting layers of crystalline material region is transfer printed between layers of the recording head.
US10783913B1	Data storage device measuring air bearing resonant frequency to calibrate fly height touchdown power A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk surface, wherein the head comprises a plurality of elements including a write assist element. A bias signal applied to the write assist element is controlled such that the write assist element is substantially unprotruded, and while the write element is substantially unprotruded, an air bearing resonant frequency (ABRF) of the head and disk surface is measured. The bias signal applied to the write assist element is controlled such that the write assist element protrudes toward the disk surface, and while the write assist element protrudes toward the disk surface, the head is excited at the measured ABRF and the head touching down onto the disk surface is detected.
US10783912B1	Calibrating elevator actuator for disk drive A data storage device is disclosed comprising an elevator actuator configured to actuate a head along an axial dimension, and a position sensor configured to generate a sinusoidal sensor signal representing a position of the head along the axial dimension, wherein the position sensor comprises a sensor element and an encoder strip comprising a pattern having at least one region that causes a disturbance in the sinusoidal sensor signal. The elevator actuator is controlled to move the head in a first direction along the axial dimension to detect the disturbance in the sinusoidal sensor signal, and when the disturbance in the sinusoidal signal is detected, the elevator actuator is controlled to move the head in a second direction along the axial dimension opposite the first direction in order to measure a zero crossing of the sinusoidal sensor signal.
US10783910B2	Dual actuator storage device utilizing multiple disk zones A recording surface of a magnetic disk is divided into first and second zones. A first head of a first actuator arm assembly reads from and/or writes to the first zone exclusively. A second head of a second actuator arm assembly reads from and/or writes to the second zone exclusively. The first and second head are capable of simultaneously reading from and writing to the recording surface.
US10783908B1	Microstructure patterned surfaces for integrated lead disk drive head suspensions Disk drive head suspension components having microstructured surfaces and a method for making the components. One embodiment of the method includes depositing a layer of photoimageable polymer having an associated set of process parameters including a minimum resolution and exposing the photoimageable polymer through a photomask having a microstructure-producing region with features below the minimum resolution for the photoimageable polymer. The exposed photoimageable polymer is developed to produce a layer of polymer having a thickness and a microstructured surface region with depressions that are less than the thickness of the polymer. In one embodiment the photomask has a microstructure-producing region with features sized and spaced between about 1 μm and 10 μm. Microstructured surfaces on structures such as flying leads, flying termination pads, cover coat layers and at insulating layer-trace interfaces and insulating layer-cover coat interfaces can be manufactured.
US10783906B2	Magnetoresistive effect element, magnetic head, sensor, high-frequency filter, and oscillator A nonmagnetic spacer layer in a magnetoresistive effect element includes a nonmagnetic metal layer that is formed of Ag and at least one of a first insertion layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the nonmagnetic metal layer and a second insertion layer that is disposed on a top surface of the nonmagnetic metal layer. The first insertion layer and the second insertion layer include an Fe alloy that is expressed by FeγX1-γ. Here, X denotes one or more elements selected from a group consisting of O, Al, Si, Ga, Mo, Ag, and Au, and γ satisfies 0<γ<1.
US10783903B2	Sound collection apparatus, sound collection method, recording medium recording sound collection program, and dictation method A sound collection apparatus includes: a sound collection unit including a microphone configured to collect sound; a noise determination unit configured to determine noise in dictation based on voice collected by the sound collection unit; and a presentation unit configured to perform presentation based on a determination result by the noise determination unit. With this configuration, presentation is performed to indicate environmental noise at sound collection for dictation, which leads to improved efficiency of dictation work.
US10783898B2	Concept for switching of sampling rates at audio processing devices Audio decoder device for decoding a bitstream, the audio decoder device including: a predictive decoder for producing a decoded audio frame from the bitstream, wherein the predictive decoder includes a parameter decoder for producing one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame from the bitstream and wherein the predictive decoder includes a synthesis filter device for producing the decoded audio frame by synthesizing the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame; a memory device including one or more memories, wherein each of the memories is configured to store a memory state for the decoded audio frame, wherein the memory state for the decoded audio frame of the one or more memories is used by the synthesis filter device for synthesizing the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame; and a memory state resampling device configured to determine the memory state for synthesizing the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame, which has a sampling rate, for one or more of the memories by resampling a preceding memory state for synthesizing one or more audio parameters for a preceding decoded audio frame, which has a preceding sampling rate being different from the sampling rate of the decoded audio frame, for one or more of the memories and to store the memory state for synthesizing of the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame for one or more of the memories into the respective memory.
US10783897B2	Efficient DRC profile transmission A method (600) for decoding an encoded audio signal (102) is described. The encoded audio signal (102) comprises a sequence of frames. Furthermore, the encoded audio signal (102) is indicative of a plurality of different dynamic range control (DRC) profiles for a corresponding plurality of different rendering modes. Different subsets of DRC profiles from the plurality of DRC profiles are comprised within different frames of the sequence of frames, such that two or more frames of the sequence of frames jointly comprise the plurality of DRC profiles. The method (600) comprises determining a first rendering mode from the plurality of different rendering modes; determining (609, 610) one or more DRC profiles from a subset of DRC profiles comprised within a current frame of the sequence of frames; determining (611) whether at least one of the one or more DRC profiles is applicable to the first rendering mode; selecting (604) a default DRC profile as a current DRC profile, if none of the one or more DRC profiles is applicable to the first rendering mode; wherein definition data of the default DRC profile is known at a decoder (100) for decoding the encoded audio signal (102); and decoding the current frame using the current DRC profile.
US10783895B2	Optimized scale factor for frequency band extension in an audio frequency signal decoder A method and device are provided for determining an optimized scale factor to be applied to an excitation signal or a filter during a process for frequency band extension of an audio frequency signal. The band extension process includes decoding or extracting, in a first frequency band, an excitation signal and parameters of the first frequency band including coefficients of a linear prediction filter, generating an excitation signal extending over at least one second frequency band, filtering using a linear prediction filter for the second frequency band. The determination method includes determining an additional linear prediction filter, of a lower order than that of the linear prediction filter of the first frequency band, the coefficients of the additional filter being obtained from the parameters decoded or extracted from the first frequency and calculating the optimized scale factor as a function of at least the coefficients of the additional filter.
US10783894B2	Stereo parameters for stereo decoding An apparatus includes a receiver and a decoder. The receiver is configured to receive a bitstream that includes an encoded mid channel and a quantized value representing a shift between a reference channel associated with an encoder and a target channel associated with the encoder. The quantized value is based on a value of the shift. The value of the shift is associated with the encoder and has a greater precision than the quantized value. The decoder is configured to decode the encoded mid channel to generate a decoded mid channel and to generate a first channel based on the decoded mid channel. The decoder is further configured to generate a second channel based on the decoded mid channel and the quantized value. The first channel corresponds to the reference channel and the second channel corresponds to the target channel.
US10783891B2	Transcription presentation of communication sessions A system is provided that includes a first network interface for a first network type and a second network interface for a second network type that is different from the first network type. The system also includes at least one processor configured to cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining, from the first network interface, audio from a communication session with a remote device established over the first network and obtaining an indication of a communication device available to participate in the communication session and direct audio obtained from the communication session to a remote transcription system. The operations may also include directing the audio to the second network interface for transmission to the communication device, obtaining transcript data from the remote transcription system based on the audio, and directing the transcript data to the second network interface for transmission to the communication device.
US10783889B2	Vehicle function control with sensor based validation The present disclosure is generally related to a data processing system to validate vehicular functions in a voice activated computer network environment. The data processing system can improve the efficiency of the network by discarding action data structures and requests that invalid prior to their transmission across the network. The system can invalidate requests by comparing attributes of a vehicular state to attributes of a request state.
US10783888B2	System and method for determining recipient of spoken command in a control system Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a command to the controlling device corresponding to the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, the command corresponding to the audible command that can be implemented on the controllable device controlled by the controlling device.
US10783885B2	Image display device, method for driving the same, and computer readable recording medium An image display device, a method for driving the same, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The image display device includes a speech acquirer configured to acquire a speech query associated with a query created by a user, a display configured to display a query list composed of candidate queries having the same as or similar semantic as the acquired speech query, and an operation performer configured to perform an operation related to the query selected from the displayed query list.
US10783884B2	Electronic device-awakening method and apparatus, device and computer-readable storage medium The present disclosure provides an electronic device-awakening method and apparatus, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the user's speech wakeup instruction which is used to awaken the electronic device is obtained, and then an audio data file is selected from at least two audio data files according to the speech wakeup instruction, as a wakeup answer file of the electronic device, so that the wakeup answer file of the electronic device can be played. Since there are more than one selectable audio data files, many types of prompt tones can be provided, thereby achieving the purpose of providing many types of wakeup prompts.
US10783882B2	Acoustic change detection for robust automatic speech recognition based on a variance between distance dependent GMM models Acoustic change is detected by a method including preparing a first Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) trained with first audio data of first speech sound from a speaker at a first distance from an audio interface and a second GMM generated from the first GMM using second audio data of second speech sound from the speaker at a second distance from the audio interface; calculating a first output of the first GMM and a second output of the second GMM by inputting obtained third audio data into the first GMM and the second GMM; and transmitting a notification in response to determining at least that a difference between the first output and the second output exceeds a threshold. Each Gaussian distribution of the second GMM has a mean obtained by shifting a mean of a corresponding Gaussian distribution of the first GMM by a common channel bias.
US10783881B2	Method for processing a recognition result of an automatic online speech recognizer for a mobile end device as well as communication exchange device A method for processing a recognition result of an automatic online speech recognizer for a mobile end device by a communication exchange device, wherein the recognition result for a phrase spoken by a user is received from the online speech recognizer as a text. A language model of permitted phrases is received from the mobile end device. A specification of meaning relating to a meaning of the phrase is assigned to each permitted phrase by the language model, and, through a decision-making logic of the communication exchange device, the text of the recognition result is compared with the permitted phrases defined by the language model and, for a matching permitted phrase in accordance with a predetermined matching criterion, the specification of meaning thereof is determined and the specification of meaning is provided to the mobile end device.
US10783873B1	Native language identification with time delay deep neural networks trained separately on native and non-native english corpora Systems and methods for identifying a person's native language, are presented. A native language identification system, comprising a plurality of artificial neural networks, such as time delay deep neural networks, is provided. Respective artificial neural networks of the plurality of artificial neural networks are trained as universal background models, using separate native language and non-native language corpora. The artificial neural networks may be used to perform voice activity detection and to extract sufficient statistics from the respective language corpora. The artificial neural networks may use the sufficient statistics to estimate respective T-matrices, which may in turn be used to extract respective i-vectors. The artificial neural networks may use i-vectors to generate a multilayer perceptron model, which may be used to identify a person's native language, based on an utterance by the person in his or her non-native language.
US10783871B2	Metal acoustic lens and method of manufacturing same A metal acoustic lens comprises a plurality of stacked plates, wherein each plate comprises an acoustically transparent two-dimensional material structure comprising a plurality of adjacent regular hexagonal cells, wherein each hexagonal cell includes a plurality of lobes extending inwardly from the vertices of the hexagonal cell, and wherein the lengths of the lobes vary across each plate in the longitudinal direction such that the speed of sound waves passing therethrough is varied and the resulting sound is focused.
US10783866B1	Sound producing device A sound producing device includes at least one air pulse generating element. Each of the at least one air pulse generating element includes a membrane, a first air chamber and at least one opening, wherein a chamber pressure exists in the first air chamber, and the opening is connected between the first air chamber and an ambient surrounding the sound producing device. The membrane is actuated to change the chamber pressure of the first air chamber to generate a plurality of air pulses, the air pulses are propagated through the at least one opening, the air pulses produce a non-zero offset in terms of sound pressure level, and the non-zero offset is a deviation from a pressure value of an ambient pressure outside the sound producing device.
US10783864B2	Acoustic musical instrument enhanced with feedback and injection actuators Processing implemented by computer means of sound data output by at least one sensor and activation of at least one actuator of an acoustically radiating structure. The sensor senses an acoustic signal output by the vibration of the radiating structure. The radiating structure bears at least one actuator controlled by the computer means and is thus involved in the vibration of the radiating structure. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: a) measuring a transfer function of the actuator, radiating structure and sensor assembly, b) controlling activation of the actuator so as to make the radiating structure vibrate, according to a selected setpoint: taking account of the transfer function measured, and taking account of the acoustic signal sensed by the sensor in feedback mode.
US10783856B2	Vehicle and control method thereof A vehicle includes: a position-adjustable steering wheel, a position-adjustable driver's seat, a display extending on the dashboard from one side facing the driver's seat to another side in which a center fascia is disposed, at least one image sensor configured to capture a vehicle interior image to obtain the vehicle interior image, a storage configured to store driver's seat positioning information of the driver's seat and steering wheel positioning information of the steering wheel, and a controller configured to obtain eye position information indicating a position of each of eyes of the driver with respect to the steering wheel based on at least one of the driver's seat positioning information or the vehicle interior image, determine a covered area on the display, covered by the steering wheel, based on the eye position information and the steering wheel positioning information, and adjust an output position of an image output on the display based on the covered area.
US10783853B2	Image provision device, method and program that adjusts eye settings based on user orientation An image provision device (100) displays on a field-of-vision covering display (192) an image obtained by trimming all-surroundings image data (21). A detector (11) detects an orientation or a change in the orientation of a user's head or sight line by means of a sensor (191). A direction setter (12) sets an eye direction to the all-surroundings image data (21) in accordance with the detected orientation or change in the orientation. An extractor (13) obtains a zoomed image by trimming and zooming part of the all-surroundings image with a zoom factor that depends on an angle formed between the set eye direction and a predetermined direction in the all-surroundings image data (21). A displayer (14) displays the obtained zoomed image on a display (192).
US10783852B2	Flexible display module and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a flexible display module and a manufacturing method thereof. The flexible display module comprises a flexible display panel and a sensing module arranged on the flexible display panel. The sensing module is used for sensing a degree of bending of said flexible display panel. In this way, the flexible display module can perform corresponding operations according to the sensed degree of bending of the display panel, as a result, practicability of the flexible display module can be enhanced, and the operation modes and application scenarios of the flexible screen can be expanded.
US10783850B2	Device and method for display brightness control A display driver includes gamma curve control circuitry and a converter controller. The gamma curve control circuitry is configured to generate a first gamma curve for a first display brightness value (DBV), and a second gamma curve for a second DBV lower than the first DBV. The converter controller is configured to control a digital-analog converter (DAC) configured to perform digital-analog conversion of an input image data. Further, the converter controller is configured to adjust an analog signal voltage amplitude of the DAC based on a range of an output voltage associated with the second gamma curve.
US10783847B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes pixels and a gate driver. The pixels include N pixels arranged in order, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The N pixels include a pth pixel and a qth pixel, wherein p is an odd number less than or equal to N and a positive integer, and q is an even number less than or equal to N and a positive integer. The gate driver is electrically connected to a scan line of the pth pixel and receives a first start signal to generate a first gate pulse signal in a first sub-frame interval of a frame interval. The gate driver is electrically connected to a scan line of the qth pixel and receives a second start signal to generate a second gate pulse signal in a second sub-frame interval of the frame interval following the first sub-frame interval.
US10783845B2	Liquid crystal control circuit, electronic timepiece, and liquid crystal control method A liquid crystal control circuit is provided for driving a MIP liquid crystal panel. The MIP liquid crystal panel has a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a memory element and a display element. The memory element holds electric potential depending on an image signal. The display element is applied voltage depending on the electric potential which the memory element holds. The liquid crystal control circuit includes an inversion unit that inverts polarity of AC voltage in a first mode in which an enable signal is output. The AC voltage being is applied to the display element in synchronization with outputting of the enable signal. The enable signal activates the image signal output to the MIP liquid crystal panel.
US10783841B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for displaying image of the same A liquid crystal display device comprises a first and second display panels that display a first image and a second image, respectively based on input image data of m bits, and are both driven by n bits, where n
US10783840B2	Display panel having a test line therein A display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a display medium located between the first substrate and the second substrate is provided. The display panel further includes a plurality of pixel structures, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines electrically connected to the pixel structures, a first driving unit located at a peripheral area, at least one test line, and at least one first pad located at the peripheral area. Each of the data lines has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first driving unit is electrically connected to the first ends of the data lines. The at least one test line is electrically connected to the second ends of at least part of the data lines. The at least one test line is grounded through the at least one first pad.
US10783838B2	Display device for a seat identifier, and vehicle A display device (4) for an identifier (6a,b) of a seat (8a,b) of a vehicle (2) with a variable mounting location (10a,b) contains a display (12) along an extension direction (14), which can be attached to a carrier (16) of the vehicle (2) at the seat (8a,b) in the extension direction (14) along possible mounting locations (10a,b), and a control device (22) for displaying identifiers (6a,b) on the display (12) in different longitudinal positions (Pa,b), which are assigned to mounting locations (10a,b).A vehicle (2) having such a seat (8a,b) and a carrier (16) contains the display device (4), wherein the display (12) is attached to the carrier (16) in the surroundings (20) of the seat (8a,b) and extends in the extension direction (14) along possible mounting locations (10a,b) of the seat (8a,b).
US10783837B2	Driving method and driving device of display device, and related device Disclosed are a driving method and driving device of a display device, and a related device. After the backlight signal value of the backlight area is subjected to peak driving, the backlight signal value of each backlight area subjected to peak driving is subjected to backlight diffusion to obtain the backlight signal value of each pixel, and then the output luminance value of each pixel is determined according to the backlight signal value of each pixel and the relationship between the corresponding grayscale value when the backlight module is always on and the peak driving threshold, so as to perform display control.
US10783835B2	Automatic control of display brightness One embodiment provides a method including: capturing, using a camera on a device, at least one image of a user viewing a display of the device; and adjusting, using a processor, a brightness setting of the display from a first setting to a second setting based on the at least one image. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10783832B2	Scan driver and display device including the same A scan driver, includes a plurality of stage circuits, each of which includes a driving circuit unit providing an output signal and an inverter inverting the output signal of the driving circuit unit and generating a scan signal, in which the inverter includes a first transistor and a second transistor, which are complementarily operated, the first transistor is a P-type polysilicon transistor, and the second transistor is an N-type oxide semiconductor transistor. A display device may include the scan driver.
US10783828B2	Organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a display panel including a plurality of OLED pixels arranged in a matrix form to display an image, and the plurality of OLED pixels each includes a switching thin film transistor (TFT) to switch a data voltage pass supplied from a data line in response to a scan signal input through a gate line, a driving TFT turned on in accordance with a magnitude of a data voltage supplied from the switching TFT to control an amount of light emitted from an OLED, and a variable storage capacitor connected in parallel to a gate electrode of the driving TFT and having a capacitance varying in accordance with a magnitude of a voltage applied to the gate electrode of the driving TFT may increase a charging speed and a charging rate of a data voltage of the OLED pixel. As a result, it is possible to improve threshold voltage compensation efficiency and solve a problem such as non-uniform luminance and an afterimage.
US10783827B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, a first compensator which is connected to sensing lines and senses deviation information of the sensing lines while supplying different voltages to adjacent sensing lines, and a sensing unit which is connected to the first compensator and senses characteristic information of each of the pixels.
US10783826B1	Pixel arrangement and reflector structure of LED display and method of forming same A light emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a back plate and a pixel structure, which includes multiple pixels. Each pixel includes a reflector structure and two LEDs emitting light of a same color, all disposed on the back plate. The reflector structure of each pixel has a first reflective bank structure and a second reflective bank structure. The first reflective bank structure has a first bank opening. The second reflective bank structure has a second bank opening. The two LEDs are disposed within the first and second bank openings. The first bank opening has a first shape, and the second bank opening has a second shape, which is a mirror shape or a 180° symmetrical shape of the first shape. For each of the pixels, the first shape is a polygonal shape, and at least two corners of the first shape have an included angle less than 90°.
US10783823B2	OLED device with controllable brightness Devices and techniques are provided in which an OLED panel is operated in two modes. The first mode operates in a standard way to display an image or video or otherwise illuminate sub-pixels of the panel. In the second mode, some pixels are operated at a lower brightness than in the first mode. The use of multiple modes allows for improved sub-pixel lifetime and reduced sub-pixel and image degradation.
US10783819B1	Digital color dispersion correction An image is received that includes red, green, and blue subpixel values for each pixel in the image. A dispersion adjustment profile is applied to the image to generate a dispersion-corrected image. The dispersion adjustment profile is specific to an optical assembly disposed over a display pixel array of a head mounted display. The dispersion-corrected image is rendered to the display pixel array of the head mounted display.
US10783815B2	Testing apparatus and testing method for display panel A testing apparatus and a testing method for a display panel. The testing apparatus includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) module; an electrical monitoring module, a power supply module, and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) module that are connected to the MCU module; a user interface (UI) display module; an optical monitoring module connected to the UI display module; and a gate driver on array (GOA) signal processing module and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) module that are connected to the FPGA module. The power supply module, the GOA signal processing module, the DAC module, the electrical monitoring module, and the optical monitoring module are connected to a to-be-tested display panel.
US10783812B1	Flag display device A flag display device (1) used for fully displaying a flag regardless of the presence of wind and/or in the dark. The flag display device supports a preferably interchangeable display panel (3) extending between a top horizontal support arm (7) and a bottom horizontal support arm (8) that each extend perpendicularly from a vertical mast (4). At least one display light source (22) illuminates the display panel at night.
US10783811B2	Signage clip system A clip bracket assembly includes a clip bracket including a base portion and a clip portion, the base portion defining a clearance hole, the base portion and the clip portion together defining an insertion slot, the clip portion configured to hold a display panel inside the insertion slot; and a clip fastener including a head and a shank, the shank extending through the clearance hole defined in the clip bracket.
US10783808B2	Polarizing plate and flexible display device including the same A flexible display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a polarizing plate on the display panel. The flexible display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area. A first thickness of the polarizing plate in the folding area is greater than a second thickness of the polarizing plate in the non-folding area.
US10783807B2	Adhesive patch with voids An adhesive patch is provided. The adhesive patch includes an adhesive region with adhesive and a void region devoid of any adhesive.
US10783805B2	Microchannel device for controlling gas, vapor, pressure within a package A label with a microchannel for venting a package.
US10783803B2	Methods and devices for modeling the eye The presently disclosed subject provides a biomimetic eye model, and methods of its production and use. In one exemplary embodiment, the biomimetic eye model can include a scaffold having a convex curvature, a fluidic device coupled to the scaffold, a fabricated eyelid coupled to the fluidic device and a motor coupled to the fabricated eyelid. In certain embodiments, the scaffold can be impregnated with one or more keratocytes and a surface of the convex curvature of the scaffold can be covered with one or more layers of epithelial cells.
US10783802B2	Lip gloss guide device and method thereof A lip gloss guide device including an image capturing unit, a processing unit and a display unit is provided to guide a user to draw a lip gloss. The image capturing unit captures a face image of the user, where the face image at least includes a lip of the user. The processing unit receives the face image, and acquires a plurality of lip feature points according to the face image. The processing unit performs calculation according to the lip feature points and a predetermined angle of an upper lip peak to obtain an upper lip gloss guide block. The display unit displays the face image and the upper lip gloss guide block, and guides a user to put on makeup to the upper lip gloss guide block. The disclosure further provides a lip gloss guide method adapted to the lip gloss guide device.
US10783799B1	System, apparatus, and method for educating and reducing stress for patients with illness or trauma using an interactive location-aware toy and a distributed sensor network A system, apparatus, and method for educating and reducing stress for patients with childhood illnesses or trauma is disclosed, which uses an interactive location-aware toy and a distributed sensor network in a healthcare facility. Patients are educated and calmed by providing location-specific education and stress reduction techniques. The system's implementation logic can be used to coordinate care for patients, track a patient's progress in completing a custom care treatment plan, and create reminders about appointments, medication adherence, or the like. Healthcare providers can better assist and track the progress of the patient's completion of the custom care treatment plan.
US10783796B2	Collision management for a robotic vehicle Embodiments include devices and methods operating a robotic vehicle. A robotic vehicle processor may detect an object posing an imminent risk of collision with the robotic vehicle. The robotic vehicle processor may determine a classification of the detected object. The robotic vehicle processor may manage a rotation of a rotor of the robotic vehicle prior to a collision based on the classification of the object.
US10783793B2	Aerial robotics network management infrastructure An Aerial Robotics Network (ARN) Management Infrastructure (MI) (also referred to as ARNMI) that provides a mechanism for the management of aerobots.
US10783792B1	Systems and methods for automated vehicle tracking for readiness with limited human interaction Aspects described herein may facilitate an automated vehicle tracking for readiness with limited human interaction. One method comprises: receiving vehicle-specific identifying information of a vehicle requested for a test drive, a rental use, or a lease; prompt the placement of the vehicle within a first predetermined area; determining that the vehicle is entering the first predetermined area to begin the test drive, the rental use, or the lease; generating, using one or more image sensors associated with the first predetermined area, first multimedia content showing an aspect of the vehicle; determining that the vehicle is entering a second predetermined area to end the test drive, the rental use, or the lease; generating, using the one or more image sensors, second multimedia content showing the aspect of the vehicle; analyzing the first multimedia content and the second multimedia content to determine a difference in the aspect of the vehicle; generating, based on the difference, an assessment of the vehicle; and generating an indication prompting attention to the vehicle.
US10783791B2	Server for communicating with mobile and vehicle devices One or more servers may include a first communication interface to communicate with a mobile device; a second communication interface to communicate with devices associated with a plurality of vehicles; and a selection mechanism. The first communication interface may receive, via a network, a request from the mobile device based on an interaction with the mobile device. And, the selection mechanism may determine weighted scores for two or more, of the plurality of vehicle, and select one of the two or more vehicles by using a selection function that improves access to vehicle services and decreases waste of resources used by the plurality of vehicles.
US10783784B1	Free lock detection of a micromobility transit vehicle systems and methods Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with free lock detection of a micromobility vehicle. Data from one or more sensors of the micromobility vehicle may be received and compared to a threshold stored or determined for the micromobility vehicle. Based on the comparing, an indication of free locking the micromobility vehicle may be determined and one or more notifications of the indication may be generated and sent for display on a mobile device. A parking condition of the micromobility vehicle may also be determined, such as utilizing image data of the micromobility vehicle. The image data may be analyzed to determine whether the micromobility vehicle is parked within a designated parking area distinguished through distinct coloring, patterns, signs, placards, markers, or images.
US10783782B1	Vehicle management A computer-implemented method, a device and a computer program product for managing a vehicle are proposed. The computer-implemented method comprises: a determining, by a device operatively coupled to one or more processing units, a potential road section associated with a current road section on which a first vehicle is moving, the potential road section being a road section to which the first vehicle potentially moves from the current road section; obtaining, by the device, a road condition of the potential road section, the road condition being generated at least based on monitoring records of a second vehicle moving on the potential road section; and in response to the road condition indicating that the potential road section is unsuitable for moving on, transmitting, by the device, an alert about the potential road section to the first vehicle.
US10783780B2	Method for handling a control card A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.
US10783779B1	Intelligent road markers Systems and methods are provided for intelligent road markers. An intelligent road marker comprises a transceiver; a hardware processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform a method comprising: receiving a message via the transceiver, the message describing a condition related to a road where the intelligent road marker is deployed; determining a direction in which the message is to be propagated; selecting another one of a plurality of the intelligent road markers according to the determined direction, and a stored deployment pattern of the intelligent road markers; and causing the transceiver to transmit the message to the selected intelligent road marker.
US10783778B2	Traffic data reconciliation and brokering Traffic data reconciliation and brokering are provided. A traffic data brokering system ingests traffic-related data provided from a plurality of data sources, analyzes the data, and reconciles the data for identifying accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive traffic data. The system identifies current traffic conditions based on identified relationships between pieces of received data, calculates confidence scores, and determines which pieces of data are accurate based on the calculated confidence scores. The traffic data brokering system provides the reconciled traffic data to various users of traffic data, such as individuals or third-party services. One aspect includes a route generation engine that determines and provides recommended route(s) to clients. Another aspect includes a forecast engine that predicts traffic conditions based on past traffic data. The forecasted data can be used to determine recommended routes. The system provides APIs for enabling sources and clients to provide and receive traffic data.
US10783777B2	High resolution encoding and transmission of traffic information Systems and methods are provided for increasing the geospatial resolution of traffic information by dividing known location intervals into a fixed number of sub-segments not tied to any one map providers format, efficient coding of the traffic information, and distribution of the traffic information to end-user consuming devices over one or more of a satellite based broadcast transport medium and a data communications network. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention detail a nationwide traffic service which can be encoded and distributed through a single broadcast service, such as, for example, an SDARS service, or a broadcast over a data network. Exemplary embodiments include aggregating the traffic data from segments of multiple location intervals, into predefined and predetermined flow vectors, and sending the flow vectors within a data stream to users. Confidence levels obtained from raw traffic data can both (I) be disclosed to drivers/users to supplement a very low signal (or no signal) speed and congestion report, and (ii) can also be used in various system algorithms that decide what local anomalies or aberrations to filter out as noise, or to disclose as accurate information and thus more granularly depict the roadway in question (and use additional bits to do so) as an actual highly localized traffic condition.
US10783772B2	Wireless switch with three-way control A system for delivering power to a load includes a master control unit (MCU) communicatively connected to a wireless network. A remote control circuit is electrically connected to the MCU. The remote control unit delivers a signal of a first voltage to the MCU when the remote control unit is not receiving a command signal from a remote controller, and deliver a signal of a second voltage to the MCU when the remote control unit is receiving a command signal from the remote controller. A relay unit is electrically connected to the load and to an output of the MCU. The MCU is programmed to selectively power the load by selectively passing control signals to the relay unit in response to commands received from the wireless network. When no signals are received from the wireless network, the remote control circuit may control the load, either directly or via the MCU.
US10783768B2	Providing internet access through a property monitoring system Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing internet access through a control panel of an alarm system, the method including establishing, by a control panel of an alarm system in a property, a first connection to an alarm system monitoring server across a cellular network, determining that a known source of internet within the property is not available, in response to determining that the known source of internet within the property is not available, establishing, by the control panel, a second connection to the internet across the cellular network, providing internet access to one or more devices in the property through the second connection, determining that the known source of internet within the property is available, and in response to determining that the known source of internet within the property is available, terminating, by the control panel, the second connection.
US10783766B2	Method and system for warning users of offensive behavior The methods and systems of the present disclosure can set at least one threshold for properties of at least one sound, where the at least one threshold comprises a first threshold, and where the at least one sound comprises a first sound received at a first device; monitor changes in properties of the first sound over time at the first device; detect a first violation of the first threshold for the first sound; and provide a first notification based on the detection of the first violation.
US10783761B2	Surveillance terminal apparatus, surveillance system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having surveillance display control program recorded thereon A surveillance terminal apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, a picture identifier, a reader, a facial recognition processor, a display unit, and a playback controller. The picture identifier identifies, as an entry picture and an exit picture, a part of the picture of a target person shot by an imaging device and stored in the storage unit. The facial recognition processor identifies both of the entry picture and the exit picture of the same target person, by performing facial recognition with respect to the entry picture and the exit picture read out by the reader. The playback controller changes playback times of the pictures corresponding to actual length of the pictures to the same playback time, when a difference between the playback times of the respective pictures exceeds a threshold, and causes the display unit to simultaneously play back both of the pictures side by side.
US10783758B2	Augmented sensing tower light assembly Apparatus and associated methods relate to a tower light assembly having an output indicator responsive to an onboard sensor in accordance with a predetermined environmental parameter threshold. In an illustrative example, an augmented sensing tower light assembly (ASTLA) may include a light tower assembly having a controller configured to receive status data from monitored equipment. The controller may further receive environmental data from the onboard sensor. In response to the received status data and the received environmental data, the controller may actuate the output indicator in accordance with one or more predetermined criteria. Advantageously, the ASTLA may provide supplemental low-cost sensing capability.
US10783757B2	Wireless communication USB dongle A communication device that may be removably coupled to a USB port, the device having a processor and non-volatile memory and configured to execute code, including code for receiving a wireless transmission including an alert signal from a second device, where the second device is a wireless doorbell, code for sounding an alarm via an audio or visual indicator on the communication device in response to the alert signal, code for receiving input from a user and transmitting a response signal to the second device, and code for allowing two-way audio communication between the communication device and the wireless doorbell.
US10783756B2	Medium storage apparatus for automated teller machine A medium storage apparatus for an automated teller machine includes a main body, a body cover installed at the main body, and a medium storage box attached to or detached from one side of the body cover while sliding into and out of the body cover and configured to stores a medium. The medium storage apparatus further includes a side door provided on at least one of both side surfaces of the medium storage body and configured to open and close an inner space of the medium storage box. An opening is formed on at least one side surface of the body cover, and the side door is disposed to face the opening.
US10783754B2	Method and apparatus for increasing potential payout opportunities in card games Systems, apparatuses and methods for increasing potential payout opportunities using multiple card indicia representing multiple cards. One embodiment involves determining whether any one or more of a plurality of cards of a poker game having multiple poker hands are to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia representing multiple cards, presenting the plurality of cards of the poker hands, including the one or more of the plurality of cards determined to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia, and identifying a plurality of resulting hands for each of the multiple poker hands that include a multiple card indicia, where each of the plurality of resulting hands includes a different subset of a total of the indicia of the other cards in the respective poker hand and any cards provided with multiple card indicia.
US10783753B2	Electronic gaming table with virtual playing card masking system An electronic gaming table executes player-versus-player playing card games. The gaming table has a display screen where at least one random virtual playing card is virtually delivered to individual player positions for each of the multiple players. The electronic gaming table includes the display screen, a processor associated with memory, player input controls and a playing card masking element at each player position. The playing card masking system at each player position is positioned over an individual position that is a portion of the display screen where the processor directs delivery of the at least one random virtual playing card virtual face down. The playing card masking system includes a three-dimensional element having a visible light transmissive line of sight between the individual position and a player at the individual player position, while excluding visible light transmission to player positions across from or adjacent to the individual player position.
US10783748B1	Gaming system and method for accumulating symbols for subsequent reuse Gaming systems and methods for accumulating designated symbols during a gaming session wherein upon an occurrence of a designated symbol accumulator redistribution event, zero, one or more of such accumulated designated symbols are reused to influence zero, one or more determined awards.
US10783745B2	Fraud detection system in casino A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
US10783736B1	Tap to copy data to clipboard via NFC Various embodiments are generally directed to copying data to a clipboard of a mobile device from a contactless card using NFC. A mobile device may issue a request to read data from the contactless card. The contactless card may generate encrypted data in response to the request. The mobile device may receive the encrypted data via NFC and transmit the encrypted data to a server for verification. The server may verify the encrypted data and transmit an indication of an account number for the contactless card to the mobile device. The mobile device may then copy the account number to a clipboard of the mobile device.
US10783735B2	Sheet storage apparatus and sheet storage method A sheet storage apparatus (for example, banknote handling machine includes: a holding unit (for example, each holding member) configured to hold a storage bag in a state where an opening portion of a banknote storage bag is opened or in a state where the opening portion of the banknote storage bag is sealed; a regulation unit configured to selectively regulate access to the banknote storage bag held by the holding unit; and a control unit configured to control the regulation unit so as to allow access to the banknote storage bag held by the holding unit in a state where the opening portion of the banknote storage bag is opened when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US10783732B2	Passenger selection and screening for automated vehicles A system for an automated vehicle includes an exterior-camera, a database, and a controller. The exterior-camera is used to detect an identification-feature of a person proximate to a host-vehicle. The database includes a customer-profile of the person. The controller-circuit is in communication with the exterior-camera and the database. The controller-circuit is configured to determine an identity of the person in accordance with the identification-feature, recall from the database the customer-profile of the person based on the identity, and operate the host-vehicle to either select or reject the person as a passenger in accordance with the customer-profile of the person.
US10783727B2	Network controlled physical access restriction based upon physiological state Methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for providing an access restriction of a second person to a location associated with a first person in a managed environment in connection with a physiological state of the second person. For example, a method may include a processing system having a processor receiving a security plan for a first person that pertains to a second person. The security plan may define an access restriction of the second person to a location associated with the first person in a managed environment in connection with a physiological state of the second person. The processing system may further detect the second person in the managed environment, detect the physiological state of the second person, and control an automated barrier in the managed environment in accordance with the security plan to provide the access restriction when the physiological state of the second person is detected.
US10783723B2	Systems and methods for monitoring a track system for traction of a vehicle A track system of a vehicle can be monitored (e.g., during operation of the vehicle) to obtain information about the track system which can be used for various purposes, such as, for example, to convey the information about the track system to a user (e.g., an operator of the vehicle) and/or to control the vehicle, for instance, by controlling a speed of the vehicle depending on a state (e.g., a temperature and/or one or more other physical characteristics) of the track system. This may be useful, for example, to gain knowledge about a track of the track system, to help prevent rapid wear or other deterioration of the track of the track system (e.g., blowout), and/or to adapt how fast or slow the vehicle moves in order to protect the track of the track system while permitting the speed of the vehicle to be greater over short periods (e.g., when travelling on or crossing roads or other particular areas).
US10783720B2	System and method for determining and reporting value added activity data An illustrative example method of monitoring value added activity includes positioning a detector near a selected portion of a machine using a clip for situating the detector in a position where the detector can detect at least one electrical characteristic associated with operation of a machine; communicating an indication of the detected electrical characteristic between the detector and a user interface; and displaying a visual representation of value added activity information based the indication.
US10783719B2	Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using an indexed lookup procedure A method and system for detecting postage fraud using an indexed lookup procedure is provided. The method includes generating, at a postage-issuing computer system, a unique postage indicium associated with a unique tracking number allocated to a postage transaction. The unique tracking number provides a mail piece tracking capability within the United States Postal Service (USPS). The method further includes indexing the postage transaction with the unique tracking number; and receiving, at the postage-issuing computer system, a request to validate a printed postage indicium carried on a mail piece received at the USPS. The request includes a tracking number identified from information further carried on the mail piece. The method also includes returning, to the USPS and in response to the request, a determination indicating whether the tracking number in the request matches any records stored in a transaction database.
US10783717B2	Method and apparatus for processing three-dimensional (3D) image A method for processing a three-dimensional (3D) image includes acquiring a frame of a color image and a frame of a depth image, and generating a frame by combining the acquired frame of the color image with the acquired frame of the depth image. The generating of the frame includes combining a line of the color image with a corresponding line of the depth image.
US10783697B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for ultra-high resolution 3D imaging of whole cells One aspect of the invention provides a method for drift correction to correct a 3D point collection dataset to compensate for drift over time. The method includes: (a) separating the 3D dataset into n segments, wherein n>1; (b) for each of the n segments, reconstructing a volume image as a 3D histogram in which a count for each voxel in the histogram equals a number of localization estimates falling within the voxel; (c) performing 3D cross-correlation between pairs of the n segments; (d) identifying a correlation peak in a result of the 3D cross-correlation to determine a shift distance between pairs of the n segments; (e) solving an overdetermined system of shift distances to determine independent shifts; and (f) offsetting positions from a plurality of segments in the 3D point collection dataset with the independent shifts calculated in step (e) to correct for drift.
US10783696B2	Gradient adjustment for texture mapping to non-orthonormal grid In a computer graphics processing unit (GPU) having a texture unit, when pixel sample locations are based on a non-orthonormal grid in scene space, the texture unit receives texture space gradient values directly, e.g., from a shader unit or generates them from texture coordinates supplied, e.g., by a shader unit, and then applies a transformation to the gradient values configured to adjust the gradient values to those which would arise from the use of a orthonormal screen space grid.
US10783695B2	Glyph rendering in three-dimensional space In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a pixel area in a two-dimensional coordinate system associated with a display. The system may project the pixel area into a three-dimensional coordinate system to determine a projected area in the three-dimensional coordinate system. Based on the projected area, the system may access a portion of an analytical definition of a glyph, the portion of the analytical definition defining one or more areas of the glyph. The system may compute a coverage proportion of the pixel area that overlaps with the one or more areas of the glyph. The system may then determine a color for the pixel area based on the coverage proportion.
US10783689B2	Systems and methods for generating event-centric animations using a graphical user interface A user interface may be presented to a user that may provide an intuitive interface configured for generating animations. The user interface may be users of varying levels of expertise, while retaining the freedom of authoring complex narratives in an animation. A given narrative may be constrained by user input related to one or more of events to occur in an animation, individual animation components that may be included in the events, and/or other input. The system may be configured to “fill in” missing gaps in a narrative to generate a consistent animation while still meeting one or more narrative constraints specified by user input. By way of non-limiting example, gaps may be “filled in” by effectuating non-user selections of one or more of events, animation components, and/or other information used to generate an animation.
US10783685B2	Banner image generation Techniques for fast generating a banner image are described herein. The disclosed techniques include selecting a size and a layout of the banner image and selecting a stock photo; generating a background canvas according to the size of the banner image; determining an initial size of the stock photo on the background canvas based at least in part on the size and the layout of the banner image; determining an adjusted size of the stock photo on the background canvas on a basis of the initial size using interpolation calculation; determining a position of the stock photo on the background canvas based at least in part on a drag operation; and generating the banner image that includes the background canvas and the stock photo.
US10783684B2	Method and device for displaying image A method for displaying an image includes: receiving a setting instruction for performing upper layer display on an image of a target real object; determining image range information of the image of the target real object in a scene image frame upon the scene image frame is captured; acquiring the image of the target real object in the scene image frame based on the image range information; and setting an image of a preset target virtual object on an upper layer of the scene image frame, and setting the image of the target real object on an upper layer of the image of the target virtual object and the scene image frame based on the image range information.
US10783683B2	Image stitching A computing device is described which has a memory holding at least two input images depicting different parts of a panoramic scene, the images having been captured by a user moving the camera by hand to capture the panorama. The computing device has an image stitching component configured to identify, at a processor, a region of overlap between the at least two images and to calculate a displacement vector for each of a plurality of warp points in the region of overlap. The image stitching component is arranged to warp a second one of the at least two images using the warp points; and to join the warped second image to the first image.
US10783680B2	Server-based management of robotic pipe inspection data and analysis reports An embodiment provides for storing, in a server, pipe segment data, e.g., pipe scan data derived from a pipe inspection robot that traversed through an interior of the segment of pipe. The pipe scan data may include three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) image data of the interior of the segment of pipe, where the 2D image data includes a flat graph formed from the 3D image data. In one example, infrastructure summary data is stored in the server, including a level of corrosion and a level of sediment buildup determined based on the pipe scan data. An infrastructure project summary report is based on the infrastructure summary data, and after receiving a request from a client device, the pipe segment data and the infrastructure project summary report are transmitted to the client device.
US10783678B2	System and method for blending of bulk dry materials in oil well cementing The invention relates to an apparatus, system, and method for the bulk blending of dry component materials to produce a blended product mix. The apparatus utilizes a special construction that allows multiple bulk dry materials to be added simultaneously to create a blended mix compliant with a desired or specified mixture of cement components. The system is automated by use of a controller, and provides real-time data to a user as to rates and amounts of materials blended and delivered over time.
US10783674B2	Weapon targeting system A wearable electronic device displays an impact location that shows where a projectile fired from a weapon will hit a target and displays a bullseye location that shows a desired location where to hit the target. The wearable electronic device indicates firing the weapon when the impact location overlaps with the bullseye location.
US10783669B2	Texture coordinate compression using texture atlas An encoder may perform a method of compressing texture coordinates using texture atlas. In one example implementation, the method may include predicting texture coordinates of a corner of a triangle, the triangle being one of a plurality of triangles of a geometric mesh, the predicting based on a corresponding texture atlas and local information associated with the corner. The method further includes determining a residual vector based on the predicted texture coordinates, performing entropy encoding of the residual vector along with residual vectors of other corners of the geometric mesh, and generating compressed data based on the entropy encoding.
US10783668B2	Handling duplicate points in point cloud compression A decoder, an encoder and a method for decoding 3D point cloud data. The decoder includes a communication interface configured to receive an encoded bit stream comprising the 3D point cloud data and a processor. The processor is configured to decode the bit stream to identify a plurality of 2D frames; identify corresponding pixels in two or more geometry frames in the plurality of 2D frames based on locations of the corresponding pixels in the two or more geometry frames; identify depth values of the corresponding pixels in the two or more geometry frames; identify duplicate points in at least one of the two or more geometry frames based on the identified depth values of the corresponding pixels in the two or more geometry frames; and remove or ignore the identified duplicate points while reconstructing the 3D point cloud data.
US10783665B2	Apparatus and method for image processing according to vehicle speed The present disclosure provides a device for processing an image based on a vehicle velocity. The device includes: an image receiver configured to receive a raw image obtained from at least one camera installed in the vehicle; a velocity receiver configured to receive a velocity of the vehicle; an image extraction unit configured to extract a partial image corresponding to the received velocity from the raw image; and a display for displaying the extracted partial image. The device provides the driver with an image of the surrounding of the vehicle adapted to the driving situation without installing a driving unit such as a separate motor in the imaging unit. The device also provides different top view images according to the velocities of the vehicle, and provides top view images with less image distortion than conventional top view images.
US10783663B2	Gaze-tracking device, computable readable medium, and method A corneal-reflection-based gaze detection section calculates a time series of a three-dimensional gaze vector in a camera coordinate system from a time series of facial images. A face position-and-orientation estimation section estimates a time series of a three-dimensional position and orientation of a face. An eyeball-center-coordinates transformation section calculates a time series of a three-dimensional position of the eyeball center in a coordinate system of a three-dimensional facial model. A fixed parameter calculation section calculates for use as a fixed parameter a three-dimensional position of the eyeball center in the three-dimensional facial-model coordinate system. An eyeball-center-based gaze detection section uses the three-dimensional position of the eyeball center calculated by the fixed parameter calculation section to calculate a three-dimensional gaze vector from a three-dimensional position of the eyeball center to a three-dimensional position of a pupil center in the camera coordinate system. This enables accurate gaze tracking to be performed using a simple configuration and without performing calibration.
US10783661B2	Positioning method and robot using the same The present disclosure provides a positioning method and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining, through the visual sensor, a current frame image; obtaining, through the ultra-wideband tag, distance of a robot from an ultra-wideband anchor; performing a feature matching on the current frame image and an adjacent frame image to generate partial map point(s); determining whether the current frame image is a key frame image; and optimizing a pose of the visual sensor corresponding to the key frame image through a joint objective function in response to the current frame image being the key frame image, where the joint objective function at least comprises a distance cost function of the ultra-wideband anchor and a visual residual cost function. Through the above-mentioned method, the accuracy of the positioning of the robot can be improved.
US10783644B2	Methods and systems for algorithmically analyzing urban form According to some aspects, a system is provided comprising at least one computer hardware processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the computer hardware processor, cause the computer hardware processor to perform obtaining an image of a map relating to a geographical area, identifying, using at least one automated image processing technique, a set of angles associated with a set of edges in the image, determining, based on the set of angles, at least one of a measure of angular complexity, a measure of angular entropy, and a measure of griddedness for the image, and indicating an urban form of the geographical area based on at least one of the determined measure of angular complexity, the determined measure of angular entropy, and the determined measure of griddedness of the image.
US10783641B2	Systems and methods for adaptive histopathology image unmixing The present invention relates to systems and methods for adaptively optimizing broadband reference spectra for a multi-spectral image or adaptively optimizing reference colors for a bright-field image. The methods and systems of the present invention involve optimization techniques that are based on structures detected in an unmixed channel of the image, and involves detecting and segmenting structures from a channel, updating a reference matrix with signals estimated from the structures, subsequently unmixing the image using the updated reference matrix, and iteratively repeating the process until an optimized reference matrix is achieved.
US10783640B2	Systems and methods for image segmentation using a scalable and compact convolutional neural network Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for segmenting a medical image. An exemplary system includes a communication interface configured to receive the medical image acquired by an image acquisition device. The system further includes a memory configured to store a multi-level learning network including at least a first convolution block and a second convolution block. The second convolution block has at least one convolution layer. The system also includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a first feature map by applying the first convolution block to the medical image, and determine a second feature map by applying the second convolution block to the first feature map. The processor is further configured to determine a first level feature map by concatenating the first feature map and the second feature map. The processor is also configured to obtain a first level segmented image based on the first level feature map.
US10783639B2	System and method for N-dimensional image segmentation using convolutional neural networks Disclosed are systems and methods for image segmentation using convolutional networks. Image data comprising an image hypervolume can be received. The image hypervolume can be provided to a trained convolutional neural network (CNN). The CNN can output a segmentation of the image hypervolume.
US10783638B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Methods and apparatus for analyzing embryonic development images. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of embryonic development images captured in a time series, determining, for at least one of the plurality of embryonic development images, a time series of evaluation values for each of a plurality of evaluation items associated with the plurality of embryonic development images, and evaluating a characteristic of cells represented in one or more of the plurality of embryonic development images based, at least in part, on the time series of evaluation values for the plurality of evaluation items.
US10783637B2	Learning data generation support apparatus, learning data generation support method, and learning data generation support program Extraction means analyzes a character string of an interpretation report to extract lesion portion information recorded in the interpretation report and a first lesion feature recorded in the interpretation report, and analysis means performs an image analysis process corresponding to the lesion portion information with respect to the image data corresponding to the interpretation report to acquire a second lesion feature based on a result of the image analysis process. Determination means determines whether the first lesion feature matches the second lesion feature, and registration means registers the image data corresponding to the interpretation report as learning correct answer data in a case where it is determined that the first lesion feature matches the second lesion feature.
US10783630B2	Method for estimating force and pressure of collision in vocal cords from high-speed laryngeal videos The present invention relates to a collision force analysis (CFA) method for obtaining in vivoestimates of contact force and pressure in the vocal cords directly from laryngeal videoendoscopies. The method comprises the steps of: providing at least a high-speed laryngeal videoendoscopy (also called High Speed Videoendoscopy or HSV) to generate at least one image and videos of the vocal cords; pre-processing the image in a processing unit, to define a region of interest (ROI) of the location of the glottis; detecting in the processing unit, the edges of the vocal folds in the images obtained by means of the HSV; recording in the processing unit, the points of the edges detected by means of a sequence of images; estimating in the processing unit, the path of the vocal cord edge during collision throughout time; and estimating the values of contact and impact of the vocal cords by means of a collision model.
US10783627B2	Predicting cancer recurrence using local co-occurrence of cell morphology (LoCoM) Embodiments include apparatus for predicting cancer recurrence based on local co-occurrence of cell morphology (LoCoM). The apparatus includes image acquisition circuitry that identifies and segments at least one cellular nucleus represented in an image of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology; local nuclei graph (LNG) circuitry that constructs an LNG based on the at least one cellular nucleus, and computes a set of nuclear morphology features for a nucleus represented in the LNG; LoCoM circuitry that constructs a co-occurrence matrix based on the nuclear morphology features, computes a set of LoCoM features for the co-occurrence matrix, and computes a LoCoM signature for the image based on the set of LoCoM features; progression circuitry that generates a probability that the region of tissue will experience cancer progression based on the LoCoM signature, and classifies the region of tissue as a progressor or non-progressor based on the probability.
US10783622B2	Training and utilizing an image exposure transformation neural network to generate a long-exposure image from a single short-exposure image The present disclosure relates to training and utilizing an image exposure transformation network to generate a long-exposure image from a single short-exposure image (e.g., still image). In various embodiments, the image exposure transformation network is trained using adversarial learning, long-exposure ground truth images, and a multi-term loss function. In some embodiments, the image exposure transformation network includes an optical flow prediction network and/or an appearance guided attention network. Trained embodiments of the image exposure transformation network generate realistic long-exposure images from single short-exposure images without additional information.
US10783621B2	Method and apparatus for processing high dynamic range image, and terminal device A method and an apparatus for processing a high dynamic range (HDR) image, and a terminal device to improve quantization quality, where the method includes obtaining brightness information of an image, processing the brightness information to obtain processed image information, quantizing the processed image information to obtain quantized image information, and encoding the quantized image information to obtain encoded image information.
US10783620B2	Image processing A method is provided. The method includes receiving image data representing an image. The image data includes first image data representing a first version of the image. The image data includes second image data representing a second version of the image. The method includes generating gain-related data based on the first image data and the second image data. The method includes generating effective gain-related data at least based on the gain-related data and a gain-related control parameter. The method includes applying the effective gain-related data to the image data to generate output image data representing an output version of the image. A computing device is also provided.
US10783616B2	Method and apparatus for sharing and downloading light field image Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for sharing and downloading a light field image. The method includes: receiving a request for sharing a light field image with a first object; analyzing the light field image to obtain a refocusing focal point of the light field image; generating an ordinary image by using the light field image and by using the refocusing focal point as a focal point; and sharing the ordinary image with the first object. According to the method provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a refocusing focal point is automatically selected, so that a problem of selecting a refocusing focal point when a light field image is converted into an ordinary image is resolved, and the light field image is converted by using the refocusing focal point and shared with the first object.
US10783614B2	Denoising CT image Methods, devices and a machine-readable storage medium for denoising a Computed Tomography (CT) image are provided. In one aspect, a method of denoising a CT image includes: generating an original CT image according to raw data which is obtained by scanning a subject, where a pixel count of the original CT image is greater than a preset target pixel count; obtaining a denoised image by denoising the original CT image; and obtaining a target image as a CT image of the subject by compressing the denoised image to the preset target pixel count based on an interpolation algorithm.
US10783609B2	Method and apparatus for processing video information There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer programs for processing video information. In an embodiment of the method for encoding video information an image having a first edge and a second edge is obtained and a location suitable for a division boundary for dividing the image into a first part and a second part is searched. The image is rearranged by exchanging the order of the first part and the second part to obtain a reconstructed original image; and an indication of a location of the division boundary is provided. In an embodiment of the method for decoding video information an image obtained from an original image is received. The image has a first edge and a second edge. Also information indicative of a location of a division boundary is received. The division boundary divides the image into a first part and a second part. The image is rearranged by exchanging the order of the first part and the second part to obtain a reconstructed original image.
US10783607B2	Method of acquiring optimized spherical image using multiple cameras Provided is a method of acquiring an optimized closed curved surface image using multiple cameras, and more particularly, an image providing method that produces a single image using a plurality of cameras fixed to a rig and having different capturing viewpoints, the method including projection operation of acquiring a single image by projecting images acquired from the plurality of cameras on a projection surface of a closed curved surface based on parameter information, rendering operation of fitting the acquired single image in a quadrangular frame for each region through a non-uniform sampling process, and viewing operation of mapping the sampled image to a viewing sphere.
US10783605B2	Multistage collector for outputs in multiprocessor systems Aspects include a multistage collector to receive outputs from plural processing elements. Processing elements may comprise (each or collectively) a plurality of clusters, with one or more ALUs that may perform SIMD operations on a data vector and produce outputs according to the instruction stream being used to configure the ALU(s). The multistage collector includes substituent components each with at least one input queue, a memory, a packing unit, and an output queue; these components can be sized to process groups of input elements of a given size, and can have multiple input queues and a single output queue. Some components couple to receive outputs from the ALUs and others receive outputs from other components. Ultimately, the multistage collector can output groupings of input elements. Each grouping of elements (e.g., at input queues, or stored in the memories of component) can be formed based on matching of index elements.
US10783604B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing apparatus that executes image processing using an object group in which plural objects that perform image processing with respect to input image data stored in a storage region and output output image data are connected to each other is provided. The apparatus includes: a determination section that determines whether performing overwriting on the input image data using the output image data is possible according to each piece of processing content of the image processing; a controller that performs a setting for setting a storage region of the output image data of the image processing as a region including a storage region in which the input image data on which the overwriting is possible is stored, and performs a control for executing the image processing using the object group, with respect to the image processing for which it is determined that the overwriting is possible.
US10783603B2	Graphics processor with tiled compute kernels An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a tile candidate identifier to determine if a compute kernel is a tile candidate, and a compute kernel tiler communicatively coupled to the tile candidate identifier to tile the compute kernel if the compute kernel is determined to be a tile candidate. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10783602B1	Signal encoding for inks with low reflectivity This disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including encoded signals and digital watermarking. One claim recites a printed object comprising a machine-readable signal therein, the printed object comprising: a substrate; a first color printed on a substrate, the first color printed on the substrate so as to include holes without the first color, the holes arranged corresponding to the 2-d spatial pattern representing the machine-readable signal; a second color printed in the holes, in which the first color and the second color comprise a spectral reflectance difference at or around 660nm in the range of 8%-60%, in which the second color is printed in the holes with a trap of 1-4 pixels, and in which the machine-readable signal is detectable from image data captured with red-light illumination, the red-light illumination comprising a peak illumination at or around 660nm, in which the trap comprises a spread trap, in which the second color overlaps the first color. The technology may be applied to retail packages and other printed objects, e.g., such as hang tags, labels and receipts.
US10783601B1	Digital watermarking and signal encoding with activable compositions The present disclosure relates to signal processing such as digital watermarking and other encoded signals. One claim recites a method of offsetting color casting for a printed object associated with a retail product. The method includes: providing a first additive that absorbs light energy at or around a center wavelength of an illumination source; providing a second additive that absorbs in the ultra-violet spectrum, yet fluoresces at or around the center wavelength of the illumination source, wherein a combination of spectral responses of the first additive and the second additive offset color casting; printing the first additive, second additive and a color on the printed object, wherein the printing conveys an encoded plural bit signal. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided in the specification with reference to specific implementations and related examples.
US10783599B1	System and method for autonomous package delivery and collection An autonomous package handling system includes: one or more autonomous delivery vehicles and one or more locker units. Each autonomous delivery vehicle includes: a motorized conveyor rack, the motorized conveyor rack including a plurality of horizontal conveyors supported by a plurality of support beams; a collection bin for temporarily holding the packages; a vertical lift to move the collection bin between the plurality of horizontal conveyors; a collection bin conveyor configured to extend and retract the collection bin from and back to an interior of the delivery vehicle; and a vehicle wireless unit for communicating with a server. Each locker unit includes: a compartment; a door having an electronic closing and opening mechanism; an electronic lock; a locker wireless unit for communicating with the server; and a locker unit base.
US10783597B1	Blockchain-based judgment execution Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media. One method includes: receiving a request associated with an account of a blockchain-based application for collecting a monetary award issued in an order of a court; determining a creditor, a debtor, and an amount of the monetary award; determining that the account is associated with the creditor based on data recorded on the blockchain; identifying, based on the data, a payment account of the creditor and one or more payment accounts of the debtor with an aggregated balance greater than or equal to the amount of the monetary award; transferring the amount of the monetary award from the one or more payment accounts of the debtor to the payment account of the creditor; and recording a verified time stamp representing a time the amount of the monetary award is transferred.
US10783593B2	Wearable smart badge A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for communicating among participants in a conference at a location, the computer-implemented method comprising: configuring a number of badges, each badge having a processor connected to a memory, a storage, a Bluetooth communications device, and a badge display; and storing a number of programs in the storage; wherein a first program of the number of programs is configured to broadcast one or more keywords; wherein a second program of the number of programs is configured to detect particular keywords in a received broadcast; and wherein the number of badges are configured to be wearable and visible to others when worn.
US10783590B1	Mutual aid network based on smart contract and blockchain Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a mutual aid network. One of the methods includes maintaining a particular blockchain specifically for handling requests for aid from a group of members; receiving transaction data encoding user responses to queries from the blockchain network for requesting the user responses regarding a particular request for aid; executing the smart contract using the particular blockchain to process the transaction data; in response to response results indicating that sufficient user responses have been received from the members of the subset of the group, and that a sufficient percentage of the subset of the group have agreed to the particular request for aid, computing an amount of contribution due to each member of the group; and instructing a gateway to trigger the amount of contribution to originate from each member of the group.
US10783586B1	Determining a property of an insurance policy based on the density of vehicles Systems and methods are disclosed for generating vehicle insurance rates based on driver-independent variables and/or driver-dependent variables. Vehicle insurance rates may additionally or alternatively be based on changes in the level of autonomy of vehicles. In some embodiments, a density of vehicles near a target vehicle may be tracked. Vehicle insurance rates may be determined based on the vehicle density. Furthermore, systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a driver's use of autonomous vehicle features and/or the driver's maintenance of the autonomous vehicle. The driver may also be taught certain driving skills by enabling vehicle teaching features. The driver's response to these teaching features may be monitored, and a reward or recommendation may be generated and provided to the driver based on the driver's response.
US10783584B1	Recommendation of insurance products based on an inventory analysis Apparatuses and methods may provide for generating, maintaining, and using an inventory for insurance purposes. An optimized inventory analysis server may generate and maintain user profile information for determining a demographic classification of each user associated with an inventory. A demographic classification for a given user may be used along with data related to items owned by other users to determine one or more items for recommendation to the given user. Details associated with existing insurance coverage levels may also be used to recommend new insurance products to the user. In addition, the optimized inventory analysis server may determine a depreciated value of each item within an inventory. These values may be used to assess loss and settle an insurance claim for damage to one or more of the items in the inventory.
US10783581B2	Wireless end-user device providing ambient or sponsored services A wireless end-user device is disclosed. One or more user inputs indicate that a user of the wireless end-user device authorizes the device to send a first file to a server over a network of a first network type, and that the user does not authorize the device to send a second file to the server over the network of the first type. Based on the one or more user inputs and a determination that the device is connected to the network of the first type, the device sends the first file, but not the second file, to the server over the network of the first network type. Upon detecting that the device is connected to a network of the second network type, the device sends the second file to the server over the network of the second network type.
US10783580B2	Image analysis and identification using machine learning with output personalization Systems and methods for processing an image using machine learning are provided. The system includes a processor in communication with a client device, and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving an image of a vehicle from the client device; extracting one or more features from the image; determining a make and a model of the vehicle based on the extracted features and using a machine learning algorithm. The operations also include: obtaining user information relating to a financing request for the vehicle; determining and transmitting to the client device a real-time quote for the vehicle based on the make, the model, and the user information.
US10783579B1	Consolidated loan product An example method for facilitating a home mortgage includes: normalizing a plurality of loan products into a consolidated loan product; originating the consolidated loan product for a home purchaser; after origination of the consolidated loan product, determining a best fit for the consolidated loan product from among the plurality of loan products; and transferring the consolidated loan product to an entity associated with the best fit from the plurality of loan products.
US10783577B2	Systems and methods for providing enhanced loan qualification information Methods and systems are disclosed for providing enhanced information relating to terms for financing a purchase, such as a real estate purchase. According to disclosed embodiments, a financial service system collects financial information associated with the prospective buyer. The financial service system also configures a secure software object, or token, comprising the buyer's financial information. The financial service system transmits the token to various inventory listing sites. By utilizing graphical user interfaces on the inventory listing sites that integrate the transmitted token information, the prospective buyer is provided enhanced information for shopping and researching their purchase, including how the purchase and its financing fit into their overall financial profile.
US10783573B2	Systems and methods for unified presentation and sharing of on-demand, live, or social activity monitoring content Various embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to provide a customized portal and a unique user identifier for celebrity users of a media system, the media system capable of providing media, social, and market content to a set of users, each customized portals being partially controlled by the celebrity user. A purchase transaction request is received from a user of the set of users for a content item presented through the customized portal. Purchase transaction request is processed. Processing includes receiving an indication of payment amount; identifying celebrity users associated with the purchase transaction request; determining celebrity compensation amount for celebrity users associated with the purchase transaction request, each celebrity compensation amounts being determined at substantially the same time as the payment amount is received; and providing each celebrity compensation amounts to the celebrity users based on the purchase transaction request.
US10783570B1	Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media device for cross-domain navigation guidance A computer-implemented method is discussed. The method includes displaying to a user of a web browser one or more items from a first web domain; receiving a selection of a first item and adding the first item to a cross-domain tracking system; receiving an input and determining that the received input indicates that the user intends to navigate to a second web domain; and displaying a message that indicates that, if the user navigates to the second web domain, the first item will be maintained available to the user by the cross-domain tracking system after the user navigates to the second web domain.
US10783558B2	System and method for motion onset consumer focus suggestion A system and method for identifying content relevant to a vehicle occupant using a rotatably-mounted sensor in a field of view of the vehicle occupant. The rotatably-mounted sensor collects information and data from its surroundings. The information and data is processes to identify relevant content to be presented to the vehicle occupant. The rotatably-mounted sensor is configured to rotate in a manner that directs the occupants gaze in a direction of the relevant content being presented. The relevant content may be selected based on information that is known about the vehicle occupant, the vehicle location, the vehicle destination, the vehicle surroundings associated with the location and/or destination, and vendor relationships.
US10783550B2	System for optimizing sponsored product listings for seller performance in an e-commerce marketplace and method of using same A system and method includes configuring a computer system to provide output of one or more advertisements of products to a user device of a consumer, receiving, by the computer system, one or more inputs of impressions, clicks, orders and other KPIs, estimating, by the computer system, for a click through rate (CTR) of advertisements of the products based on the inputs received, optimizing, by the computer system with an optimization module, an estimated revenue and estimated advertisement spending (Adspend) based on the CTR of advertisements, and providing, by the computer system, output of one or more advertisements of the products to the user device of the consumer for display.
US10783546B2	Color and symbol coded display on a digital badge for communicating permission to approach and activate further digital content interaction The present invention claims and discloses a color and, or symbol coded display on a digital interactive badge for communicating a permission to approach and activate further digital content interaction. A non-verbal person to person ‘line of sight’ digital or electronic communication protocol standard (NVP) which allows one person to communicate with another using a direct line of sight signal from one interactive badge or screen to another. It allows the user to communicate and display their feelings, emotions, states of mind and consciousness, their like-mindedness with others, their social media activity, images, favorite brands, videos, purchased items and advertising all inside a new and comprehensive language NVP and in a visual way. NVP also allows the user to send invites to approach, talk, interact and to send digital information to their NVP capable interactive badge or screen or static receiver. NVP has been designed to run on hardware that can be programmed from the NVP interface and is designed specifically for the wearable technology market.
US10783542B2	Providing biometric security for mobile loyalty services via a native mobile application In a computer-implemented method for providing biometric security for mobile loyalty services via a native mobile application a physical location of a mobile device are accessed by a single native mobile application executing on the mobile device, wherein the physical location is accessed in response to a user initiating access to the mobile loyalty services. A time corresponding to a determination of the physical location of the mobile device is accessed. A date corresponding to a determination of the physical location of the mobile device is accessed. Biometrics of the user of the mobile device is accessed. Biometric security of the single native mobile application is provided based on the physical location, the time corresponding to a determination of the physical location of said mobile device, the date corresponding to a determination of the physical location of the mobile device, and the biometrics of the user.
US10783541B2	Systems and methods of using indirect user input signal characteristics to control inventory and/or server operations Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to control inventory and/or server operations at a remote information handling system based on indirect characteristics of user input signals provided by a user to a client information handling system, and relayed to a server information handling system. Indirect characteristics of user input signals may include, but are not limited to, a pattern of mouse or touchpad pointer movements made on a given webpage, duration of time spent by a user on a given webpage, etc. Inventory and server operations that may be controlled based on monitored indirect user input signal characteristics include, but are not limited to, change of status or movement of inventory between locations and/or a change in the amount of inventory maintained at a given remote location, altering the amount of inventory reserved for future purchase and delivery, and altering duration time and/or expiration date of a limited-time reduced price offer.
US10783539B2	Incentive-based crowdvoting using a blockchain An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.
US10783533B2	System for identification and resolution of opportunity triggers A data processing method comprises storing, in one or more data repositories, information on a plurality of supplier entities according to a supplier ontology including for each particular supplier entity at least three different supplier attributes comprising a supplier detail, a timestamp specifying at least one of when the supplier detail expires or when the supplier detail was last updated, and an electronic identifier usable to contact the particular supplier entity; using supplier trigger monitoring instructions of a procurement system executed on a server computer that is coupled to the one or more data repositories, storing a plurality of opportunity triggers each comprising a trigger type and a numeric value; monitoring, without receiving an explicit request from a computing device, and based at least in part on information from the one or more data repositories, whether one or more of the plurality of opportunity triggers is satisfied, in response to determining, for a particular opportunity trigger and a particular supplier entity, that a timestamp associated with a particular supplier detail that is identified in the opportunity trigger exceeds a time that is determined at least in part by the numeric value associated with that particular opportunity trigger; creating, based on the monitoring, a first set of triggered opportunity triggers comprising at least one satisfied opportunity trigger; causing displaying, on a computing device, a graphical interface that depicts the first set of triggered opportunity triggers, including a first triggered opportunity trigger indicating that a first supplier entity has satisfied an opportunity trigger, and a supplier name for the first supplier entity, and a control that is associated with an executable component of the procurement system that can be initiated to remedy the first triggered opportunity trigger based on a first trigger type of the first triggered opportunity trigger; receiving a selection of the control and automatically initiating execution of the executable component of the procurement system; under control of the executable component, transmitting a first electronic message to resolve the first triggered opportunity trigger.
US10783531B2	Cardless payment transactions based on geographic locations of user devices Techniques directed to performing a cardless payment transaction based on a geographical location of a mobile device are described. The techniques may include displaying a user interface with a list of merchants that are proximate to the mobile device. User input may be received to enable automatic check-in with a merchant. The techniques may further include determining that the mobile device is within a particular distance to the merchant and sending an indication to carry out a cardless payment transaction with the merchant.
US10783522B2	Pre-designated fraud safe zones Embodiments disclosed herein generally related to a system and method for exempting a transaction from a transaction hold. A computing system determines that an account associated with a user has been compromised. The computing system places a transaction hold on the account that has been compromised. The computing system generates one or more safe zones based at least on historical transaction data associated with the user. The one or more safe zones exempt from the transaction hold. The computing system receives a verification request for a transaction associated with the account. The verification request includes at least a merchant identification code associated with the third party merchant. The computing system determines that the third party merchant is included in at least one safe zone of the one or more safe zones. Based on the determination, the computing system verifies the transaction with the server of the third party merchant.
US10783521B2	Dynamic gating fraud control system Reducing an amount of data transactions that are subjected to further review when determining if the data transactions should be approved or rejected. A risk score that defines a first cutoff and a second cutoff are determined. During a first time period, the first and second cutoffs are extended to increase data transactions subject to further review and to create an opportunity group of data transactions not previously approved that are now approved. A rejection rate of the data transactions subject to further review is compared to a threshold. When the rejection rate is no more than the threshold, during a second time period, a volume of the data transactions subject to further review is minimized and a second opportunity group of data transactions not previously approved that are now approved is created. The rejection rate of the data transactions subject to further review are again compared to the threshold.
US10783520B2	Fraud detection Systems and methods of fraud prevention are discussed. One such method can include the acts of monitoring one or more events associated with at least one account at a financial institution; analyzing characteristics associated with a first event of the one or more events; determining whether to designate the first event as risky; and implementing one or more measures in response to the designation of the first event as risky.
US10783516B2	Systems and methods for automatically identifying a checkout webpage and injecting a virtual token A system includes a processing system and a memory system. The processing system includes one or more processors. The memory system includes one or more computer-readable media that contain instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations. The operations include detecting a loading of a webpage including a document object model (DOM). The operations also include analyzing the DOM to identify a first element in the DOM. The operations also include determining, based on the first element, that the webpage is configured to accept payments. The operations also include receiving, from a provider server, a virtual token which corresponds to a user account. The operations also include injecting information from the virtual token into one or more account number fields on the webpage.
US10783515B2	Method and system for conducting wireless electronic credit card transactions A method and system for providing electronic wireless credit card transactions to small businesses in conditions where the wireless telecommunications network is old and/or underdeveloped. The system allows a merchant to accept payment cards firstly via TCP/IP and secondly via SMS and/or USSD wherever only the most basic GSM network is available. The merchant does not need dedicated wireless terminals to do that. With the smartphone app and the peripheral card reader using the novel method, a merchant in the middle of a remote African village or Siberia can accept a payment cards on the spot, right there and then, if basic GSM network is available, but can also use the same devices in e.g. central London with 4G networks. A corresponding software product is also described.
US10783510B2	Method and system for POS enabled installments with eligibility check requirements A method for processing a transaction with installment checks include: receiving a first transaction message from an acquiring institution, the first transaction message including a primary account number, an installment indicator, and transaction data; determining eligibility for payment via installment based on a comparison of the transaction data to eligibility rules associated with the primary account number; transmitting the first transaction message to a financial institution associated with the primary account number; receiving a second transaction message from the financial institution, the second transaction message including a response code indicative of approval and an eligibility indicator indicating eligibility for payment via installment; and transmitting the second transaction message to the acquiring institution for display to a consumer involved in the related payment transaction on a point of sale system.
US10783505B2	Systems and methods for providing media content The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for delivering and unlocking restricted media content on physical media. The disclosed methods and systems provide restricted media assets on a physical media. The restricted media assets may be ad-sponsored media content. Restrictions on the restricted media assets may be removed by providing an unlock code, either on an online or offline media player. In the ad-sponsored media context, an unlocked version might comprise an ad-free version.
US10783504B2	Converting standard software licenses for use in cloud computing environments A “Bring Your Own License” (BYOL) service can convert users' “off-the-shelf” (OTS) software licenses for use in public clouds according to rules provided by independent software vendors (ISVs). The rules provided by an ISV can convert the terms associated with the ISV's OTS software licenses (e.g. number of instances, number of users, duration, technical support provided) to terms associated with public clouds (e.g. number of concurrent users, number of virtual machines, number of different clouds, technical support). The BYOL license service can convert the OTS software licenses according to the rules provided by the ISVs.
US10783502B2	Multiple-entity transaction systems and methods Methods and systems are provided for performing a funds transfer. The method may include determining which of a plurality of different funds-transfer companies is able to complete the funds transfer in accordance with defined parameters. The method may also include determining a default service fee charged for the funds transfer by a funds-transfer company of a subset of the plurality of different funds-transfer companies. The method may additionally include transmitting to at least one funds-transfer company of the subset of the plurality of different funds-transfer companies details of the funds transfer, where the details of the funds-transfer comprises the default service fee. The method may furthermore include transmitting an identification of the subset of the plurality of different funds-transfer companies, each of which is capable of completing the funds transfer in accordance with the defined parameters, the subset including at least two of the plurality of different funds-transfer companies.
US10783501B1	Digital currency cash grid Cash grid techniques or systems are disclosed that provide a centralized tracking service for physical and digital currency. In operation, physical digital currency can be associated with, and otherwise tracked between, a mobile wallet and to the cash grid using unique ledger and communication systems and methodologies. A trusted bank or other entity can provide a machine which can convert physical cash to virtual cash. As part of the conversion from physical to digital currency, the identification (ID) (e.g., serial number) of the physical cash is transferred to and linked to the virtual (or digital) cash.
US10783499B1	System and method for offering customers' appointments based on their predicted likelihood of accepting the appointment A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising responsive to a trigger, generating a model based on extracted features from a first selection of data from a dataset, testing the predictive appointment model based on a second selection of data from the dataset. Applying the predictive appointment model to the dataset to generate customer preference probabilities. Aggregating a list of available appointments. Predicting and proactively contacting customers most likely to accept one or more available appointments based on the customer preference probabilities.
US10783498B2	System and method for managing data across multiple environments The present invention discloses a system and method for data management whereby a data management application manages data across a managed service environment, a mail server environment, and a client environment. The present invention allows a customer to optimize data management functions such as archiving, recovering, monitoring, authenticating, synchronizing, transferring, copying, stubbing, chunking, harvesting, and securing.
US10783496B2	Balanced information system A method, computer system, and computer program product for analyzing skills. The method identifies the skills for a group of people and displays the skills identified on a radar chart in a graphical user interface in a display system. The radar chart has axes extending from a common origin in which a skill in the skills for a person in the group of people is displayed on an axis in the axes corresponding to the skill. A balance of skills is identified for the group of people. The balance of skills has desired values for the skills needed for the group of people. The balance of skills for the group of people is displayed in the radar chart.
US10783493B2	Method and device for processing transaction information of merchandise object assembly A method may comprise: receiving, by a front-end transaction central server, a browse request for browsing detailed information of a combined merchandise object, and acquiring stock information of each sub-merchandise object, respectively; if a target physical warehouse has a physical stock of at least one first sub-merchandise object and no physical stock of at least one second sub-merchandise object, and if a target virtual negative sale warehouse corresponding to the target physical warehouse has a virtual negative sale stock of the at least one second sub-merchandise object, providing salable information of the combined merchandise object; and when a request for buying the merchandise object is received, generating a transaction order, and determining the target physical warehouse as a prerouting warehouse of the first sub-merchandise object, and determining the target virtual negative sale warehouse as a prerouting warehouse of the second sub-merchandise object.
US10783489B2	Dangerous goods shipping management systems As deliveries of items containing dangerous goods are made from a vehicle/container, systems update stored information to reflect the reduced number of points of dangerous goods currently on the vehicle/container. Conversely, when the vehicle/container picks up dangerous goods, the systems update the information to reflect the increased number of points of dangerous goods currently on the vehicle/container. The systems identify potential delivery routes, such that the vehicle/container may deliver items containing dangerous goods prior to picking up new items, so as to maintain the total points of dangerous goods on the vehicle/container below a predetermined threshold.
US10783488B2	Systems and methods of locating and selling items at attended delivery/pickup locations A system and method for locating nearby attended delivery/pickup locations with a particular item in stock is described. The system receives a request from an individual to purchase a particular item from an on-line retailer. The system receives information associated with attended delivery/pickup locations, including location and inventory information. The system then determines which (if any) attended delivery/pickup locations (e.g., the attended delivery/pickup locations are not the on-line retailer) are near the individual and have the particular item in stock and notifies the individual. In various embodiments, the system enables the user to purchase or reserve the particular item at the particular attended delivery/pickup location.
US10783483B2	System and method to incorporate node fulfillment capacity and network average capacity utilization in balancing fulfillment load across retail supply networks A method and system for evaluating node fulfillment capacity in node order assignment. The method includes receiving by a network average capacity utilization cost module an electronic record of a current order. The method includes retrieving data of a plurality of nodes, calculating an actual capacity utilization on an expected date, and determining a probability of backlog on the expected date. The method includes generating a network average capacity utilization cost model, automatically converting a regular labor cost or a overtime labor cost into a capacity utilization cost, and transmitting the capacity utilization cost of each node to an order fulfillment engine. The method includes receiving by the engine the current order, the processing cost data, and the capacity utilization cost. The method includes automatically calculating a fulfillment cost and identifying a node with the lowest fulfillment cost for assignment.
US10783481B2	Systems and methods for trip management There is disclosed a method of providing information about a package in transit. The method involves receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit and identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data. The method also involves selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package.
US10783480B1	Variable delivery zones for delivery orders In some examples, a service provider may receive an indicated delivery location from a buyer device. The service provider may determine, e.g., based in part on traffic information, respective predicted courier travel times to the delivery location from one or more different merchant locations. The service provider may compare the respective predicted courier travel times with respective spoilage times for items offered by the corresponding one or more merchants, and may identify one or more items having respective spoilage times greater than the respective predicted courier travel time from that merchant location. The service provider may send, to the buyer device, information about items available for delivery from particular merchants having respective spoilage times greater than the predicted courier travel time from respective the merchant location. The buyer device may present the information about the items on a display to enable buyer selection of an item for delivery.
US10783477B2	Template containers for business process management A method for managing a user interface template container is provided. The method can include creating, in a business process management platform, the user interface template container. The method can include determining whether a container load event is present, the container load event includes calling the user interface template container at run time. The method can also include locating, in response to the container load event, a component element for an original user interface component from the one or more original user interface components in the user interface template container. The method can also include locating, at run time, modification information corresponding to the component element. The method can also include writing, at run time and responsive to the locating the modification information, the modification information into a modified user interface component.
US10783476B2	System for customized interactions-related assistance Examples provide a system for customizing remote interactions-related real-time assistance for trainees during training exercises. The system analyzes a first set of actions taken by a trainee during a first interaction using a set of recommended action criteria to generate an interaction score indicating a degree of conformity with recommended action criteria. The system analyzes a second set of actions taken by the trainee during a different second interaction. If the second set of actions are conforming or the interaction score is within an acceptable threshold range, the system continues to monitor the second interaction without providing assistance. If the second set of actions are non-conforming and the interaction score is within an unacceptable threshold range, the system provides real-time interaction assistance to the trainee, such as by outputting interaction recommendation instructions and/or assigning a more experience user to assist the trainee.
US10783472B2	Applying machine learning to dynamically scale computing resources to satisfy a service level agreement (SLA) Some examples include a service to receive a job request that includes a job, a priority of the job, and a callback that identifies an application to execute the job. The application may be hosted by a particular virtual machine of a plurality of virtual machines being executed in a cloud hosting facility. The service may add the job request to a queue and determine, using a machine learning algorithm, a risk score associated with the job. Based at least in part on the risk score, the service may send a provisioning request to the cloud hosting facility to provision one or more additional virtual machines. After determining that the application has completed executing the job, the service may send a de-provisioning request to the cloud hosting facility to de-provision at least one virtual machine of the one or more additional virtual machines.
US10783465B1	Dynamic port bandwidth for dedicated physical connections to a provider network A provider network may implement dynamic port bandwidth for dedicated physical connections to the provider network. A dedicated physical connection to the provider network may be established with a reserved port bandwidth according to which a client network may access resources implemented in the provider network. Utilization of the reserved port bandwidth for the dedicated physical connection may be monitored. A bandwidth modification event may be detected, and in response to detecting the bandwidth modification event, provider network routing may be modified to modify the reserved port bandwidth for the dedicated physical connection to the provider network. The resources in the provider network may then be accessed according to the adjusted reserved port bandwidth.
US10783459B2	Method and device for providing ticket information A method for providing ticket information is provided. The method includes: receiving a notification; determining whether the notification includes the ticket information; and if the notification includes the ticket information, providing the ticket information in a multimedia message.
US10783458B2	Systems and methods for screening submissions in production competitions The invention relates to a system and method for screening submissions in a production contest system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a production competition submission from a contestant, automatically screening the submission with a screening system to verify that the submission meets predetermined requirements, and providing feedback to the contestant and a contest administrator regarding the results of whether the submission meets the predetermined requirements.
US10783455B2	Bot-based data collection for detecting phone solicitations One embodiment provides a method comprising answering one or more incoming phone calls received at one or more pre-specified phone numbers utilizing a bot. The bot is configured to engage in a conversation with a caller initiating an incoming phone call utilizing a voice recording that impersonates a human being. The method further comprises recording each conversation the bot engages in, and classifying each recorded conversation as one of poison data or truthful training data based on content of the recorded conversation and one or more learned detection models for detecting poisoned data.
US10783453B2	Systems and methods for automated incident response Systems and methods for automated incident response are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for managing response to an incident may include (1) receiving training incident data from a training data source; (2) identifying at plurality of incident-related training keywords in the training data; (3) receiving one of a plurality of tags for each of the plurality of training keywords from a trainer; (4) executing a machine learning process to associate the received tags with the training keywords; (5) receiving incident data related to an incident from an incident data source; (6) identifying a plurality of incident-related keywords in the incident data; (7) automatically tagging the incident-related keyword with one of the plurality of tags; (8) automatically identifying at least one incident pattern from the tags; (9) automatically retrieving a solution for the incident based on similar resolved incidents; and (10) automatically applying the solution to the incident.
US10783451B2	Ensemble machine learning for structured and unstructured data A machine learning system includes a data set processing subsystem to store data objects from multiple sources. An ensemble machine learning subsystem and a data search function may execute queries and identify related structured and unstructured data from the stored data objects. The structured and unstructured data may be used to create new data objects.
US10783449B2	Continual learning in slowly-varying environments An approach for continual learning in slowly-varying environments is provided. The approach receives one or more action requests from a decision agent. The approach deploys a first model to a decision engine. The approach initiates an observation period. The approach builds a second model, in which the second model comprises collected transaction data from the observation period. The approach initiates a test period. The approach determines a performance score for the first model and a performance score for the second model. The approach selects the model providing an optimized action.
US10783448B2	Extracting facts from unstructured data Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to present a video. One of the methods includes obtaining one or more unstructured documents. The method includes obtaining, by a computer system, a data model, the data model identifying a type of fact that can be determined from the one or more unstructured documents. The method includes determining, by the computer system, a channel to extract facts from the document based on the type of fact. The method includes distributing, by the computer system, the one or more unstructured documents to the channel. The method includes extracting, by the channel, facts from the one or more unstructured documents. The method also includes storing the facts in a data model.
US10783446B1	Quantum solver for financial calculations A system and method for solving general classes of difficult financial calculations such as capital calculations and pricing calculations on a quantum computer are disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosed method reduces financial problems to problems in # P. In some embodiments, the method includes constructing a quantum circuit whose ground states are comprised of solutions to an associated NP problem that the problem in # P is counting, and then using a quantum annealing process to find one of those ground states, if it exists. For the gross estimate of the size of the solution set of the NP problem, which the # P problem is counting, the method includes finding one solution that achieves a specific random hash value, applying a correction formula, and amplifying the result using a k-fold iterated hash function, in which the number of bits of the hash value increases linearly with each iteration.
US10783444B2	Real-time analysis of predictive audience feedback during content creation Providing predictive feedback during content creation in real-time. A server computer receives from a user-computing device an electronic document during creation of the electronic document in real-time. An intended audience specification is also received by the server computer for the received electronic document. The server computer calculates a similarity score for a plurality of viewer profiles. The server computer determines which viewer profiles have similarity score equal to or exceeding the similarity score threshold and then stores the determined viewer profiles. An individual interest level and an individual emotional response is calculated for the determined viewer profiles for a portion of the received electronic document. The server computer then transmits to the user-computing device the individual interest level and the individual emotional response of the determined viewer profiles.
US10783443B2	Real-time analysis of predictive audience feedback during content creation Providing predictive feedback during content creation in real-time. A server computer receives from a user-computing device an electronic document during creation of the electronic document in real-time. An intended audience specification is also received by the server computer for the received electronic document. The server computer calculates a similarity score for a plurality of viewer profiles. The server computer determines which viewer profiles have similarity score equal to or exceeding the similarity score threshold and then stores the determined viewer profiles. An individual interest level and an individual emotional response is calculated for the determined viewer profiles for a portion of the received electronic document. The server computer then transmits to the user-computing device the individual interest level and the individual emotional response of the determined viewer profiles.
US10783439B2	Plugin interface and framework for integrating a remote server with sample data analysis software A framework and interface for invoking and assimilating external algorithms and interacting with said algorithms in-session and real-time are described herein. An example embodiment also includes reproducible, updatable nodes that can be leveraged for data-driven analysis whereby the data itself can direct the algorithm choice, variables, and presentation leading to iteration and optimization in an analysis workflow. With example embodiments, an entire discovery or diagnosis process may be executed on a particular data set, thereby divorcing the discovery or diagnosis process from a specific data set such that the same discovery or diagnosis process, phenotype identification, and visualizations may be repeated on future experiments, published, validated, or shared with another investigator.
US10783429B2	Webinterface production and deployment using artificial neural networks Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine-learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses artificial neural networks and evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Neural networks are represented as genomes. Neural networks map user attributes from live user traffic to different dimensions and dimension values of output funnels that are presented to the users in real time. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well.
US10783428B2	Holographic virtual assistant Implementations are directed to methods for providing an enhanced encounter via a holographic virtual assistant, including detecting, by one or more processors, an encounter request from a user, selecting a first encounter including a first holographic representation and a first dialog output, providing the first encounter for presentation to the user on the holographic virtual assistant, receiving, from the user, a first user reaction, the first user reaction including a first user dialog input and a first user engagement input, and training, using the first user reaction, a conversational goal model.
US10783427B2	Method for accumulating and sharing beads rotation data A method for accumulating and sharing beads rotation data with the method adapted to a bead string communicatively connecting to a communication device, and with the method comprises: generating a measurement signal by the bead string; receiving the measurement signal by a communication unit of the communication device; determining whether the measurement signal conforms to an accumulation amount by a computing unit of the communication device; and generating the beads rotation data and displaying the beads rotation data by a displaying unit of the communication device, wherein the beads rotation data comprises a number of beads rotations or a time of beads rotation.
US10783422B2	Ceramic-containing and ceramic composite transaction cards A transaction card includes a monolithic ceramic card body having one or more pockets, and at least one of a magnetic stripe, a barcode, and a laser signature portion. The one or more pockets may be configured to receive at least one of the magnetic stripe, the barcode, a contact chip module, a contactless chip module, a dual interface chip module, a booster antenna, a hologram or commercial indicia. A transaction card may also include a substrate layer having a first side and a second side. A first ceramic layer is connected to the first side of the substrate layer.
US10783420B2	Tag for wirelessly organizing a physical object A tag includes: a housing configured for coupling the tag to a physical object to organize activities regarding the physical object; and coupled to the housing: a wireless communication component; circuitry electrically coupled to the wireless communication component, the circuitry having a reset port and a switch port; a power source electrically coupled to the wireless communication component and the circuitry; a first switch between the power source and the reset port; a second switch between the reset port and ground, the second switch controlled by the switch port; and a capacitor between the reset port and the ground.
US10783417B2	Method, apparatus, electronic device and computer storage medium for generating information identification codes Methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating information identification codes are provided. One of the methods includes: requesting a user's code generation seed from a code identifying party; receiving a first code generation seed from the code identifying party; and synchronizing the first code generation seed to a client of the user, for the user to generate an information identification code.
US10783415B2	Manufacturing method for portable data carriers A method for manufacturing a portable data carrier by means of a continuous manufacturing method, comprises the steps: providing at least one foil as a rolled good, unrolling at least one first foil, with at least a first foil being coated at least partly with an adhesive on at least one side, with at least the first foil being scored on at least one side along at least one creasing edge, with at least the first foil being folded up in precise fit along at least one creasing edge and bonded, with the foil being folded up in the direction of the side which is coated with adhesive, with the side coated with adhesive being arranged on the opposite side of the foil which has at least one scored creasing edge along which it is folded.
US10783413B2	Image forming apparatus for using a password in changing a setting of an interpreter An information processing apparatus to communicate with an external apparatus includes a reception unit, an execution unit, a setting unit, and a determination unit. The reception unit receives data described in Postscript® from the external apparatus. The execution unit executes processing based on a command described in the data received by the reception unit. The setting unit performs a predetermined setting regarding execution of the processing. The determination unit determines, in a case where the reception unit receives data in which a command associated with a superexec operator is described, whether the execution unit executes the processing based on the command using the predetermined setting.
US10783409B2	Font replacement based on visual similarity Font replacement based on visual similarity is described. In one or more embodiments, a font descriptor includes multiple font features derived from a visual appearance of a font by a font visual similarity model. The font visual similarity model can be trained using a machine learning system that recognizes similarity between visual appearances of two different fonts. A source computing device embeds a font descriptor in a document, which is transmitted to a destination computing device. The destination compares the embedded font descriptor to font descriptors corresponding to local fonts. Based on distances between the embedded and the local font descriptors, at least one matching font descriptor is determined. The local font corresponding to the matching font descriptor is deemed similar to the original font. The destination computing device controls presentations of the document using the similar local font. Computation of font descriptors can be outsourced to a remote location.
US10783405B2	Refinement of machine learning engines for automatically generating component-based user interfaces Techniques are disclosed relating to refining, based on user feedback, one or more machine learning engines for automatically generating component-based user interfaces. In various embodiments, a computer system stores template information that defines a plurality of component types and one or more display parameters identified for one or more user interfaces. The computer system may receive a request to generate a user interface, where the request specifies a data set to be displayed. Further, the computer system may automatically generate a user interface, where the generating is performed by one or more machine learning engines that use the template information and the data set as inputs. The computer system may then provide the user interface to one or more users, receive user feedback associated with the user interface, and train at least one of the one or more machine learning engines based on the user feedback.
US10783398B1	Image editor including localized editing based on generative adversarial networks A method for receiving an image query from a user via a client device is provided. The method includes determining a user personalized data based on a prior user history, generating a synthetic image with a generative tool, based on the image query and the user personalized data, and evaluating a similarity between the synthetic image and a real image in an image database with a discriminative tool. The method also includes providing the synthetic image to the user for selection and storing a user response to the synthetic image in the prior user history. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to cause the system to perform the above method are also disclosed.
US10783391B2	Method and system for recognizing license plate Disclosed are a method and a system for recognizing a license plate. The method for recognizing a license plate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes generating a localization model for localizing a license plate area attached to an object by learning using image data including the preset object, and a recognition model for recognizing identification information of the license plate by learning using preset license plate image data; when input image is received, localizing a license plate area from the input image using the localization model; and recognizing identification information of a license plate of the corresponding object from the localized license plate area using the recognition model.
US10783390B2	Recording medium recording character area extraction program, information processing apparatus and character area extraction method A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a character area extraction program for causing a computer to execute a process includes changing a relationship in relative sizes between an image and a scanning window that scans the image; scanning the scanning window based on a changed relationship, specifying a scanning position at which an edge density of an image area included in the scanning window is equal to or larger than a threshold value, extracting one or more areas indicated by the scanning window at the specified scanning position as one or more character area candidates, determining, when overlapped character area candidates included in the one or more character area candidates overlap with each other, a maximum character area candidate having a maximum edge density among the overlapped character area candidates, and extracting the image area included in the maximum character area candidate as a character area.
US10783385B2	Automated crowd sourced tracking of signage conditions by vehicular imaging Tracking of signage conditions by vehicular imaging includes receiving image data including at least one image of signage captured at a predetermined location. An expected appearance of the signage is received. The expected appearance is based upon a plurality of images captured at the predetermined location. The at least one image is compared to an expected appearance of the signage to identify an anomaly in the signage. A notification is sent to a subscriber based upon the identified anomaly in the signage.
US10783383B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a boundary in an environment of an object A detection of a boundary in an environment. For this purpose, information of an occupancy grid is used, wherein the occupancy grid provides information about the probability of occupancy in the environment. Upon detecting a starting transition point between a free and an occupied grid cell in the occupancy grid, a region of interest window surrounding the starting transition point is analyzed to identify further transition points. The identified transition points are combined to one or more polygon chain. After the analysis of the boundary is performed within the region of interest, successive regions of interest may be analyzed. For this purpose, the successive regions of interest are determined based on the transition points and/or the boundary information of a current region of interest window.
US10783380B2	Object counting device, object counting system and object counting method An object counting device includes an image capturer and a processor. The image capturer captures an image sequence related to a gate within a field of view. When an object in the image sequence passes through an entry/exit reference corresponding to the gate, the processor determines a moving direction of the object. When the processor determines that the object moves from a first side of the gate towards a second side of the gate, the processor counts the object into a first accumulated number. When the object exits from the field of view, the processor records an exit position of the object. The processor determines whether to count the object into a second accumulated number according to the exit position.
US10783379B2	Method for new package detection A method for processing arrival or removal of packages within the field of view of a video camera includes providing a database for recording packages placed in the field of view. Based on real-time analysis of successive image frames in the camera, a human person's entry and exit from the field of view of the camera is also detected. Delivery or removal of objects is recorded in the database. In one embodiment, the method also determines whether or not a newly arrived package is placed alongside or on top of an existing package.
US10783378B2	Systems and methods for creating video summaries Video information defining video content may be accessed. Highlight moments within the video content may be identified. Flexible video segments may be determined based on the highlight moments. Individual flexible video segments may include one or more of the highlight moments and a flexible portion of the video content. The flexible portion of the video content may be characterized by a minimum segment duration, a target segment duration, and a maximum segment duration. A duration allocated to the video content may be determined. One or more of the flexible video segments may be selected based on the duration and one or more of the minimum segment duration, the target segment duration, and/or the maximum segment duration of the selected flexible video segments. A video summary including the selected flexible video segments may be generated.
US10783377B2	Visually similar scene retrieval using coordinate data Aspects of the present disclosure therefore involve systems and methods for identifying a set of visually similar scenes to a target scene selected or otherwise identified by a match analyst. A scene retrieval platform performs operations for: receiving an input that comprises an identification of a scene; retrieving a set of coordinates based on the scene identified by the input, where the set of coordinates identify positions of the entities depicted within the frames; generating a set of vector values based on the coordinates of the entities depicted within each of the frames; concatenating the set of vector values to generate a concatenated vector value that represents the scene; generating a visual representation of the concatenated vector value; and identifying one or more similar scenes to the scene identified by the input based on the visual representation of the concatenated vector value.
US10783374B2	Vehicle identification system and method The system and method are configured to identify cars and obtain information about the identified cars. The system and method involves a software application installed on a computing device that includes a camera configured to capture images. After the software application is installed, the user can activate the camera through the software application and point the camera at a vehicle. The software application includes an object recognition function that can recognize the vehicle in the view of the camera. After recognizing the vehicle, the software application displays information about vehicle on a screen of the computing device. The software application can be used with an event such as an auto show. In addition to identifying the cars, the identified information can be used for other purposes such as a part of a scavenger hunt or other contests. Awards can be given to participants who complete the contest.
US10783365B2	Image processing device and image processing system An image processing device or a method of processing an image is disclosed. The method includes receiving an image, detecting a plurality of person images in the image, identifying at least a first person image from among the plurality of person images by a preferential method, identifying at least a second person image from among the plurality of person images excluding the first person image, by an exhaustive method, and extracting a first feature amount as to the first person image and a second feature amount as to the second person image during a time interval. For example, the total number of the first person images and the second person images is no more than a maximum number of person images, identified by performance corresponding to process the person images during the time interval.
US10783364B2	Method, apparatus and device for waking up voice interaction function based on gesture, and computer readable medium A method for waking up a voice interaction function based on a gesture includes: acquiring an image of a user's gesture; determining whether the acquired image matches a preset image; and waking up a voice interaction function in response to the acquired image matching the preset image.
US10783363B2	Method of creating map by identifying moving object, and robot implementing the method The present disclosure relates to creating a map by identifying a moving object, and a robot implementing the method, and the method comprises, by a sensing unit of a robot, sensing a first object located outside the robot, by a control unit of the robot, calculating mobility of the sensed first object, and storing sensed information and sensed time information of the first object in a map, as a fixed object, when the mobility of the first object calculated by the control unit of the robot is lower than a preset reference.
US10783362B2	Method and apparatus for recognizing illegal behavior in unattended scenario Methods, apparatuses, and devices, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for recognizing an unauthorized behavior are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining, through machine vision, body movement pattern data of a user; obtaining feature data of an object; comparing the body movement pattern data with a preset body movement pattern; and determining that the user's behavior is unauthorized in response to the body movement pattern data matching the preset body movement pattern and that: a distance between the user's body and the object is within a distance threshold over a preset length of time, the attribute category of the object is a preset category, and the external surface image data does not match a default external surface image of the object. The feature data may include: position data of the object based on a radio frequency identification tag on the object, attribute category data of the object, and external surface image data of the object.
US10783360B1	Apparatuses, systems and methods for vehicle operator gesture recognition and transmission of related gesture data Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for vehicle operator gesture recognition and transmission of related gesture data. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for vehicle operator gesture recognition and transmission of related gesture data based on classification of image data.
US10783349B2	Quantitative structural assay of a nerve graft Techniques are described for determining the quality of a nerve graft by assessing quantitative structural characteristics of the nerve graft. Aspects of the techniques include obtaining an image identifying laminin-containing tissue in the nerve graft; creating a transformed image using a transformation function of an image processing application on the image; using an analysis function of the image processing application, analyzing the transformed image to identify one or more structures in accordance with one or more recognition criteria; and determining one or more structural characteristics of the nerve graft derived from a measurement of the one or more structures.
US10783347B2	Capacitive sensor packaging An apparatus comprises a fingerprint sensor having a set of capacitive elements configured for capacitively coupling to a user fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor may be disposed under a control button or display element of an electronic device, for example one or more of a control button and a display component. A responsive element is responsive to proximity of the user fingerprint, for example one or both of a first circuit responsive to motion of the control button, and a second circuit responsive to a coupling between the fingerprint and a surface of the display element. The fingerprint sensor is disposed closer to the fingerprint than the responsive element. The control button or display component may include an anisotropic dielectric material, for example sapphire.
US10783345B2	Display unit, display panel, display device and optical information storage device Disclosed are a display unit, a display panel, a display device and an optical information storage device. The display unit comprises a photochromic thin film and an optical filter thin film on a side of the photochromic thin film. The photochromic thin film presents a colored state under an irradiation of a first preset light, and presents a transparent state under an irradiation of a second preset light. A wavelength range of the first preset light is different from that of the second preset light. The optical filter thin film is a one-way optical filter thin film that is substantially transparent to lights coming from a photochromic thin film side, and functions as an optical filter to lights coming from a side opposite the photochromic side to allow the first preset light to pass through and to reflect lights of other wavelengths.
US10783339B2	RFID multi-read portal An RFID portal reads multiple associated RFID tags on articles in groups moved through an RFID code reader having interrogation/charging and receiving/detection antennas concentrated on the group when in a reading zone. The articles are movable through a passage between the reading zone and an outside area. The passage has conductive walls at the reading zone associated with antennas for applying and collecting focused RF signals, and the walls define a vestibule lined with broadband or specific stopband electromagnetic damping structures as well as elongating signal paths into and/or out of the reading zone. Attenuation by one or more of broadband and stopband damping and signal path elongation can achieve 10 dB attenuation or more, sufficient to minimize interaction with stray RFID tagged articles that may be outside of the group in the reading zone.
US10783335B2	Protection of personal data contained on an RFID-enabled device A system for protecting personal data contained on an RFID-enabled device, suitable for use with an RFID system including an RFID reader configured to extract information from an RFID chip associated with the RFID-enabled device, includes a personal data protection system including a personal data protection device configured to prevent reading of the RFID chip associated with an RFID-enabled personal item.
US10783334B2	Embedded sensor chips in polymer-based coatings Systems, methods, and electronic circuits facilitating embedded sensor chips in polymer-based coatings are provided. In one example, a method comprises fabricating an electronic circuit, the electronic circuit comprising one or more semiconductor devices, one or more sensors, and a communication element; encapsulating the electronic circuit within an insulator, resulting in an encapsulated circuit; and dispersing the encapsulated circuit into a lacquer solution comprising a polymer carrier and a solvent.
US10783331B2	Method and apparatus for building text classification model, and text classification method and apparatus The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for building a text classification model, and a text classification method and apparatus. The method of building a text classification model comprises: obtaining a training sample; obtaining a vector matrix corresponding to the text, after performing word segmentation for the text based on an entity dictionary; using the vector matrix corresponding to the text and a class of the text to train a first classification model and a second classification model respectively; during the training process, using a loss function of the first classification model and a loss function of the second classification model to obtain a loss function of the text classification model, and using the loss function of the text classification model to adjust parameters for the first classification model and the second classification model, to obtain the text classification model formed by the first classification model and the second classification model. The text classification method comprises: obtaining a to-be-classified text; obtaining a vector matrix corresponding to the text, after performing word segmentation for the text based on an entity dictionary; inputting the vector matrix into a text classification model, and obtaining a classification result of the text according to output of the text classification model. The text classification effect can be improved through the technical solutions of the present disclosure.
US10783326B2	System for tracking changes in a collaborative document editing environment This invention discloses a novel system and method for displaying electronic documents on remote devices and enabling collaborative editing where the system tracks revisions, comments and other content between versions of the document by maintaining hierarchical representation of the version and mapping locations between the hierarchies.
US10783322B2	Enhanced digital ink erasing Techniques are presented for enhanced erasing of digital ink. The ink erasing feature of a content creation application can preserve the complex shapes that can result from partial erasure of ink strokes. The ink erasing feature can receive ink stroke data from an ink stroke and display the ink stroke. The ink erasing feature can then receive and display an eraser stroke that contacts the ink stroke. Once the eraser stroke is received, the ink erasing feature can determine whether any eraser segment of the eraser stroke contacts the ink stroke. If an eraser segment does not contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature discards the eraser segment. If an eraser segment does contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature can update the ink stroke data based on amount of overlap and location of contact between the eraser stroke and the ink stroke.
US10783320B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for editing screenshot images An electronic device: while displaying content, detect a screenshot capture input; and, in response to detecting the screenshot capture input: capture a screenshot image of the displayed content; and display a thumbnail representation of the screenshot image overlaid on the displayed content. The electronic device also: detects a respective input directed to the thumbnail representation of the screenshot image; and, in response to detecting the respective input, and in accordance with a determination that the respective input corresponds to a selection input, displays a screenshot editing interface provided to edit the screenshot image, where the screenshot editing interface includes the screenshot image.
US10783317B2	Generation of combined documents from content and layout documents based on semantically neutral elements Managing markup documents having a definition conforming to a pre-defined specification by retrieving the definition of a content markup document, the definition including a set of one or more content portions enclosed within a content element of semantically neutral type having a content identifier, retrieving the definition of a layout markup document, the definition including a set of layout elements of semantically neutral type each one having a layout identifier, and generating the definition of a combined markup document from the definition of the layout markup document and the definition of the at least one content markup page, where generating the definition of a combined markup document includes inserting the content portion enclosed within each content element of the content markup document into the definition of the layout markup document in correspondence of each layout element with the layout identifier matching the content identifier of the content element.
US10783316B2	Bundled scripts for web content delivery A web server application executable on a computing device is configured to receive from a web browser application executing on a client device a request for the web page and, responsive to the request, to (i) identify, based on information in the request, a plurality of scripts defining structure and operation of components of the web page, (ii) bundle the identified scripts into a bundle of scripts, (iii) generate a markup document representing the requested web page and including in the markup document a reference to the bundle of scripts, wherein the reference to the bundle of scripts being useable by the web browser application as a basis to retrieve the plurality of scripts in rendering the web page, and (iv) output the generated markup document in a response for transmission to the client device.
US10783315B2	Contextually sensitive summary Systems and methods for providing an enriched link interface are discussed herein. The system identifies a link within an electronic document to a content item such as a webpage or a document. The content item is accessed via the link and content data from the content item is retrieved. The system also retrieves contextual information about a user. The contextual information about the user and the content item are used to generate a contextually sensitive summary of the content item. Thereafter, the system modifies the electronic document to include an enriched link interface comprising the link and contextually sensitive summary. Accordingly the system optimizes the display of the electronic document to display an enriched link interface including additional information such as a contextually sensitive summary of the content item, which reduces a user's need to access the link thereby conserving computing resources and network bandwidth.
US10783308B1	Method of assigning contact elements associated with an integrated circuit device A graphical tool for a design of a substrate of an integrated circuit device is described. The graphical tool comprises a processor configured to: display locations of probes for a first plurality of contact elements associated with the substrate; display locations of BGA contact elements associated with the substrate; identify interconnect elements between the first plurality of contact elements and the BGA contact elements; and display connections lines representing the identified interconnect elements. A method of designing a substrate of an integrated circuit device is also described.
US10783306B2	Simulation methods and systems for predicting SER A soft error rate (SER) associated with a design of a semiconductor circuit may be predicted based on implementing a simulation associated with the design. The simulation may include generating a simulation environment based on information indicating the design, performing a particle strike simulation based on the simulation environment to generate charge deposition information, and calculating a collected charge quantity from the charge deposition information. A determination may be made whether the SER predicted based on the collected charge quantity at least meets a threshold. The design may be modified, and the simulation repeated, if the predicted SER value meets a threshold value. A semiconductor circuit may be manufactured based on the design if the predicted SER value is less than the threshold value.
US10783299B1	Simulation event reduction and power control during MBIST through clock tree management An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium may be provided, which may include, for example, receiving a design a memory including a plurality MBIST logic paths and a plurality of non-MBIST logic paths, determining particular non-MBIST logic path(s) of the non-MBIST logic paths to deactivate, and deactivating only the particular non-MBIST logic path(s). The particular non-MBIST logic path(s) may be deactivated using a clock signal. A simulation on the memory may be performed while the particular non-MBIST logic path(s) may be deactivated. The particular non-MBIST logic path(s) may be reactivated after the simulation has been performed. The deactivating the particular non-MBIST logic path(s) may include forcing all flip flops in the particular non-MBIST logic path(s) to a known state.
US10783298B2	Computer architecture for emulating a binary correlithm object logic gate A device configured to emulate a binary correlithm object logic function gate comprises a memory and a logic engine. The memory stores a logical operator truth table that includes first and second groups of input logical values and a group of output logical values. These logical values are represented by correlithm objects. The logic engine receives first and second inputs and determines the Hamming distance between the correlithm objects of the inputs and the correlithm objects of the truth table to determine the appropriate output.
US10783297B2	Computer architecture for emulating a unary correlithm object logic gate A device configured to emulate a unary correlithm object logic function gate comprises a memory and a logic engine. The memory stores a logical operator truth table that includes a plurality of input logical values and a plurality of output logical values. These logical values are represented by correlithm objects. The logic engine receives an input and determines the Hamming distance between the correlithm object of the input and the correlithm objects of the truth table to determine the appropriate output.
US10783291B2	Hybrid performance of electronic design automation (EDA) procedures with delayed acquisition of remote resources A computing system may include an electronic design automation (EDA) data constructor engine and an EDA executor engine. The EDA data constructor engine may be configured to perform, using the local resources of the computing system, a data preparation phase of an EDA procedure for a circuit design. The EDA executor engine may be configured to acquire remote resources for an execution phase of the EDA procedure, wherein the remote resources include remote compute resources and remote data resources remote to the computing system; broadcast constructor data constructed from the data preparation phase of the EDA procedure to the acquired remote data resources; and manage performance of the execution phase of the EDA procedure by the acquired remote compute resources and remote data resources.
US10783290B2	IC manufacturing recipe similarity evaluation methods and systems A method includes, for a first tool-log variable of a set of tool-log variables, comparing a first tool-log variable result from a first integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing recipe to a first tool-log variable result from a second IC manufacturing recipe. The set of tool-log variables corresponds to one or more tool-logs generated from execution of the first IC manufacturing recipe and the second IC manufacturing recipe on an IC manufacturing tool. Based on the comparison, a first tool-log variable similarity value for the first tool-log variable is assigned, and, based on the first tool-log variable similarity value, a recipe similarity value for the first IC manufacturing recipe and the second IC manufacturing recipe is calculated. At least one of comparing the first tool-log variable results, assigning the first tool-log variable similarity value, or calculating the recipe similarity value is performed by a processing device.
US10783289B2	Nesting using rigid body simulation Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for nesting objects in 2D sheets and 3D volumes. In one embodiment, a nesting application simplifies the shapes of parts and performs a rigid body simulation of the parts dropping into a 2D sheet or 3D volume. In the rigid body simulation, parts begin from random initial positions on one or more sides and drop under the force of gravity into the 2D sheet or 3D volume until coming into contact with another part, a boundary, or the origin of the gravity. The parts may be dropped according to a particular order, such as alternating large and small parts. Further, the simulation may be translation- and/or position-only, meaning the parts do not rotate and/or do not have momentum, respectively. Tighter packing may be achieved by incorporating user inputs and simulating jittering of the parts using random forces.
US10783287B2	Employing natural language processing to facilitate geospatial analysis Techniques for employing natural language processing (NLP) to facilitate geospatial analysis are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, input information in a natural language format indicating a change to a state of a system comprising different nodes through which physical elements flow, wherein the system is associated with a state model that characterizes movement of the physical elements through the different nodes based on one or more flow parameters. The computer-implemented method further comprises, determining, by the device based on the input information, a subset of the one or more flow parameters associated with the change, determining, by the device based on the input information, one or more constraints to the subset that account for the change, and modifying, by the device, the state model based on the one or more constraints, resulting in a modified state model.
US10783283B1	Systems and methods for performing a reset sequence simulation in an electronic design The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for performing a reset sequence simulation in an electronic design. The method may include receiving, using at least one processor, a sequence file including at least one reset, input and cycle value. The method may further include sampling during a first set of cycles set forth in the sequence file and detecting stability at a time point during a first set of cycles. The method may also include bypassing sampling during one or more remaining time points of the first set of cycles, sampling during a second set of cycles set forth in the sequence file and detecting stability at a time point during a second set of cycles.
US10783282B2	Devices, systems and methods for distribution of digital content Devices, systems and methods for distribution of digital content are provided. At least a security manager of a media block is located within a tamper-responsive enclosure, the security manager and/or the media block bonded to a transcoder in a security marriage based on a cryptographic certificate associated with at least the media block. The media block provides, to the transcoder via a data bridge, encrypted output generated from digital content and based on a first cryptographic key. The transcoder generates respective transcoded outputs associated with one or more tokens used for playback of the respective transcoded outputs at respective end-user devices, the respective transcoded outputs generated from the encrypted output decrypted using a second cryptographic key associated with the first cryptographic key. The respective transcoded outputs are output to the respective end-user devices associated with respective tokens.
US10783268B2	Data allocation based on secure information retrieval Data allocation based on secure information retrieval is disclosed. One example is a system including an information processor communicatively linked to a query processor and a plurality of data processors respectively associated with a plurality of datasets. The information processor receives a request from the query processor for identification of a target dataset to be associated with a query term. The information processor generates a random permutation, and receives a secure version of the query term from the query processor, and receives secure versions of a collection of candidate terms from each of a plurality of data processors, each candidate term representing a cluster of similar terms in the associated dataset. The information processor determines similarity scores between the secure version of the query term and secure versions of the candidate terms, and identifies the target dataset of the plurality of datasets based on the determined similarity scores.
US10783265B2	Data access device and apparatus comprising same Provided are a data access device which may retrieve at least a portion of a plurality of pieces of data from a module providing the pieces of data and an apparatus including the same. The data access device may include a data list storage configured to store a portion of a plurality of pieces of data generated by at least one sensor as an access list of data to be retrieved; and a processor configured to retrieve the portion of a plurality of pieces of data from an external source, based on the access list.
US10783263B2	System and architecture for supporting analytics on encrypted databases A method is provided for generating an encrypted database. The method includes: receiving a plaintext database having plaintext data entries in one or more columns; augmenting the received plaintext database to generate an augmented plaintext database, the augmenting including the addition of one or more columns to the received plaintext database, each added column corresponding to an attribute which is to be made available for conditional queries; and encrypting the augmented plaintext database to generate the encrypted database including encrypted data entries. The encrypted database supports at least one form of conditional query for those attributes corresponding to the added columns, the at least one form of conditional query being computed on the encrypted data entries without the decryption thereof to produce an encrypted result.
US10783262B2	Tagging documents with security policies Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to facilitate identification of security policies for documents. In one embodiment, content features are identified from a set of documents having assigned security policies. The content features and corresponding security policies are analyzed to generate a security policy prediction model. Such a security policy prediction model can then be used to identify a security policy relevant to a document.
US10783253B2	Hardware structure of a trusted computer and trusted booting method for a computer This disclosure provides a hardware structure of a trusted computer, which comprises: a trusted socket and a trusted module compatible with TPM and TPCM specifications; a trusted management module connected to the trusted socket for measuring the credibility; a firmware memory of BIOS connected to the trusted socket. A firmware memory of BMC connected to the trusted socket through a switch module. When the trusted management module is in the standby status, the trusted management module measures the credibility of the firmware memory of the BIOS and the firmware memory of the BMC according to the output signal of the trusted module inserted to the trusted socket, and the computer is allowed being turning on as the measurement is pass. This disclosure further relates to a trusted booting method for a computer.
US10783252B2	System and method for booting within a heterogeneous memory environment System and methods for booting a system-on-chip (SOC) in an enhanced memory mode are described herein. In one aspect, an enhanced memory mode indicator may be read to create a trusted channel to a non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM). The NVRAM may be logically connected to the SOC. In an aspect, the NVRAM may be secured prior to the creation of the trusted channel. Once the secure channel to NVRAM has been created, the SOC may operate in an enhanced memory mode. Prior to the SOC powering down, the system may store an indicator operable to enable a subsequent boot of the SOC in the power saving mode. The SOC may be operable to switch between the power saving mode and a normal mode depending on the operational requirements of the portable computing device in which the SOC is implemented.
US10783246B2	Comparing structural information of a snapshot of system memory Examples relate to snapshots of system memory. In an example implementation, structural information of a process in a snapshot of system memory is compared with hashes or fuzzy hashes of executable regions of the same process in a previous snapshot of system memory to determine whether there is a structural anomaly.
US10783243B2	Dynamic, non-invasive taint tracking using auto-generated datatypes Systems and methods are provided herein for dynamic, non-invasive taint tracking using auto-generated datatypes. A proxy entry point component of a taint-aware environment continuously monitors for a request to initiate an application. The application has an associated runtime environment and profile parameters specific to the application. Upon identifying the request, a core component of the taint-aware environment generates a set of augmented classes based on the profile parameters. The set of augmented classes contains taint-tracking functionality. The proxy entry point component modifies an initiation pathway of the application to force the runtime environment to retrieve the set of augmented classes prior to execution of the application. The runtime environment continuously monitors for tainted data or tainted code passed through or contained within the application based on the taint-tracking functionality of the set of augmented classes.
US10783240B2	Secure environment in a non-secure microcontroller A secure engine method includes providing an embedded microcontroller in an embedded device, the embedded microcontroller having internal memory. The method also includes providing a secure environment in the internal memory. The secure environment method recognizes a boot sequence and restricts user-level access to the secure environment by taking control over the secure environment memory. Taking such control may include disabling DMA controllers, configuring at least one memory controller for access to the secure environment, preventing the execution of instructions fetched from outside the secure environment, and only permitting execution of instructions fetched from within the secure environment. Secure engine program instructions are then executed to disable interrupts, perform at least one secure operation, and re-enable interrupts after performing the at least one secure operation. Control over the secure environment memory is released, which can include clearing memory, re-enabling DMA controllers, and restoring memory controller parameters.
US10783232B2	Management system for self-encrypting managed devices with embedded wireless user authentication Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for remote management of self-encrypting managed devices (SEMDs) with embedded wireless authentication. One method includes providing a user interface to access a management server for managing users and devices. The SEMD is in wireless communication with the mobile device and is connection with the management server. Additionally, the management server checks user-authentication information of the user for unlocking access to the SEMD before is enabled to unlock the SEMD via mobile application of the mobile device. Further, the management server sends an unlock command to the mobile device based on the checking, the mobile device sending an unlock request to the SEMD via the wireless communication. The SEMD is configured to unlock the data channel to provide data access to encrypted storage in the SEMD.
US10783231B2	Distributed trust as secondary authentication mechanism A computer system supports secondary authentication mechanism for authentication of a user, where the computer system may provide a variety of services including financial, scientific, academic, or governmental services. The computer system utilizes a multiphase distributed trust model in which the user is authenticated based on distributed trust of a set of randomly selected trusted contacts from a large set of trusted contacts initially chosen during an enrollment phase. During the authentication phase, a subset of contacts (affirmers) is selected from the contact list. The computer system then provides additional authentication information to each of the affirmers who subsequently share the information with the user. The user then provides this information from the computer system in order to complete the secondary authentication.
US10783221B1	Automated healthcare cash account reconciliation system A system and method for reconciling a healthcare payment account includes receiving: (a) a first file that includes sorted and rebalanced explanation of benefits information from a healthcare payer, the first file generated by segregating comingled data for multiple healthcare providers or accounting systems; (b) a second file that includes payment information for a bank account of a healthcare provider; and, (c) a third file that includes accounting information from the healthcare provider; using reassociation and file splitting processes to match transactions of at least two files using rules based logic, and to calculate variances of transactions between at least two files; and, displaying at least one of variance via at least one GUI to facilitate reconciliation.
US10783220B2	Data processing method, data processing apparatus and processing apparatus The present invention is a data processing apparatus including a data input/output device for receiving data, a storage for storing the data received by the data input/output device, a data processing program storage for storing a data processing program that includes the steps of calculating, using a double exponential smoothing method, a first predicted value that is a predicted value of smoothed data and a second predicted value that is a predicted value of the gradient of the smoothed data, and calculating, using a double exponential smoothing method in which the second predicted value is set as input data, a third predicted value that is a predicted value of smoothed data and a fourth predicted value that is a predicted value of the gradient of the smoothed data, and a data calculation processing apparatus for performing the data processing under the data processing program.
US10783213B2	Flexible graph system for accessing organization information A method and apparatus for accessing a graph database having nodes and relationships describing an organization. An interface in a computer system receives a request from a client to access information about the organization. Further, the interface in the computer system retrieves the information from the graph database having nodes and relationships describing the organization. Still further, the interface in the computer system sends a portion of the information to the client based on how much of the information is displayable by the client.
US10783212B2	Method and apparatus for realizing communication between web page and native application, and electronic device A method for communication of a native application on a terminal includes: receiving a first response from a web server in response to a web page access request initiated via the apparatus, wherein the first response comprises an identifier and version information of an application; selecting a port and initiating, to a local server on the apparatus, an access request carrying an identification of the selected port; determining whether a second response carrying an identifier and version information of a native application bound with the selected port on the terminal is received from the local server; in response to determining that the second response is received, determining whether the identifier of the native application and the identifier of the application in the first response are the same; and in response to determining that the identifiers are the same, adjusting an operation prompt according to the version information of the native application and the version information of the application in the first response.
US10783210B1	Dynamic generation of web browser links based on cognitive analysis A cognitive Web browser detects that a user is viewing a Web page. The system captures contextual data that identifies the user, the Web page, temporal information, and the user's computer, location, and browser. Using artificially intelligent cognitive analytics, the system correlates the contextual data with patterns inferred from the user's past browsing habits to predict which page the user may want to view next and the paths to each of those destination. The system ranks each page on each path by its probability of being selected and displays the ranked pages as a dynamic hyperlinked list. The user may directly navigate to any of displayed pages with a single selection from the list. The contextual information, the dynamic list, and the user's selection are forwarded to a machine-learning application that uses the forwarded information to train the system to more accurately predict the user's future navigational preferences.
US10783203B2	Data processing method and apparatus A data processing method is provided, wherein the method includes for each region in multiple regions, generating, according to a correspondence between location information of a user in a user group and the region, a user appearing information bit set corresponding to the region, where a bit value of each bit in the user appearing information bit set indicates whether a corresponding user in the user group appears in the region; receiving a request message carrying a region indication parameter; querying, according to the region indication parameter, for a user appearing information bit set corresponding to a region indicated by the region indication parameter, and performing data processing according to the found user appearing information bit set. Thus, a user appearing information bit set corresponding to a region is generated, thereby reducing data storage space, and increasing computing efficiency and a computing speed when performing data processing.
US10783199B2	Web site presentation method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and web site presentation device A site presentation method includes detecting a characteristic about a feeling for each of a plurality of sites based on a word in a document in each of the plurality of sites, using a processor. The site presentation method includes specifying, based on an access history of a certain user to any of the plurality of sites, a characteristic of a user about a feeling corresponding to the certain user based on a detected characteristic of a site accessed by the certain user, using the processor. The site presentation method includes extracting, from the plurality of sites, a site in which a characteristic that is the same as or similar to the specified characteristic of the user is detected, and presenting the extracted site to the certain user, using the processor.
US10783198B2	Row-based data filtering at a database level A database management system provides row based filtering of data at a database level by evaluating content of at least one record of a write data request received from an application for a particular table from among at least one table of a database, against at least one filter rule specified for the particular table. The database management system selects, for the at least one record, whether to store the at least one record of the write data request as a separate row in the particular table based on a separate action triggered for the at least one record when evaluated against the at least one filter rule specified for the particular table, each record not selected for storage being silently discarded.
US10783192B1	System, method, and user interface for a search engine based on multi-document summarization A method for searching multiple documents on a computer system includes steps for sending a query to a system core where the query is passed to a search component for searching the documents. The system core in turn receives results from the search component indicating related documents to the query and passes to a summarization component a specified number of the results. The summarization component processes related documents corresponding to the specified number of results and removes duplicate results to produce a multi-document summary. The system core receives the summary from the summarization component. The multi-document summary is received from the system core.
US10783189B2	Saving and retrieving locations of objects Among other things, this document describes a computer-implemented method for storing and retrieving information about the locations of objects. The method can include receiving a first query that includes one or more terms identifying an object. The first query can be determined to include a command to store location information for the object. The first query can be parsed to determine identifying information for the object, and a location can be determined for the object. The method further includes identifying one or more attributes of the object that are not specified in the first query, and causing a first set of data to be stored that characterizes the identifying information for the objet, the location of the object, and the one or more attributes of the object.
US10783187B2	Streamlining support dialogues via transitive relationships between different dialogues A computer-implemented method includes storing, by a computing device, a plurality of dialogues between user devices and an automated support application hosted by the computing device; determining, by the computing device, transitive relationships between the plurality of dialogues; and updating, by the computing device, a question mapping based on the determining the transitive relationships; and applying, the computing device, the updated question mapping to a subsequent support dialogue.
US10783186B2	Heterogenous key-value sets in tree database A KVS tree database and operations thereon are described herein. A KVS tree database is a multilevel tree that includes a base level and subsequent levels. The base level includes a heterogeneous kvset in a node, The heterogeneous kvset including entries for multiple KVS trees, such as a first entry for a first KVS tree and a second entry for a second KVS tree, The subsequent level includes a first node including a first homogeneous kvset for the first KVS tree and a second node including a second homogeneous kvset for the second KVS tree. Here, a homogeneous kvset includes nodes from only one KVS tree. The KVS tree database also includes a first determinative mapping of entries between the base level and the subsequent level and a second determinative mapping of entries between subsequent levels.
US10783184B2	Data generation method and computer system A computer includes a data generation unit and a storage unit which retains graph information for managing a graph configured from a plurality of vertexes and sides. The data generation unit performs acquiring a plurality of data and graph information and assuring storage regions in number equal to the number of vertexes, converting each data into an input value and setting at least one input value to a storage region corresponding to at least one vertex, executing an updating process for updating a value set to a storage region corresponding to a first vertex using the value set to the storage region corresponding to the first vertex and a value set to a storage region corresponding to a different vertex directly connected to the first vertex, and outputting a set of values set to the storage regions corresponding to the vertexes as the feature value.
US10783181B1	Systems and methods for digital content provision Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a user selection of an audio content item. Highlighted portion information associated with the audio content item is received. The highlighted portion information identifies one or more highlighted portions in the audio content item. A user interface is provided based on the highlighted portion information. The user interface comprises one or more highlight indicators. Each highlight indicator is associated with a respective highlighted portion of the one or more highlighted portions. Each highlight indicator is selectable by a user to select the associated highlighted portion.
US10783179B2	Automated article summarization, visualization and analysis using cognitive services A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for article summarization. The mechanism analyzes an article to identify entities and relationships within the article. The article is an item of unstructured content. The mechanism performs information augmentation based on the identified entities and relationships using one or more cognitive services to collect augmented information from a corpus of information. The mechanism generates one or more visualization components based on the identified entities and relationships and the augmented information. The mechanism presents a summarization comprising the one or more visualization components to a user.
US10783178B2	Generating a personal database entry for a user based on natural language user interface input of the user and generating output based on the entry in response to further natural language user interface input of the user Some implementations are directed to generating a personal database entry for a user based on free-form natural language input formulated by the user via one or more user interface input devices of a computing device of the user. The generated personal database entry may include one or more terms of the natural language input and descriptive metadata determined based on one or more terms of the natural language input and/or based on contextual features associated with receiving the natural language input. Some implementations are directed to generating, based on one or more personal database entries of a user, output that is responsive to further free-form natural language input of the user. For example, one or more entries that are responsive to further natural language input of the user can be identified based on matching content of those entries to one or more search parameters determined based on the further input.
US10783169B1	Inferring user interests from geo-location reports A method for inferring a user interest from geo data items associated with the user. The method includes retrieving point-of-interests (PoIs) from a PoI information repository based on the geo data items, generating a weighted count of the PoI for each geo data item that is weighted based on an attribute of the geo data item, and aggregating the weighted count across all geo data items to generate a score of the PoI, wherein the interest level of the user is inferred based at least on the score of the PoI.
US10783168B2	Systems and methods for probabilistic data classification A system for performing data classification operations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a file system configured to store a plurality of computer files and a scanning agent configured to traverse the file system and compile data regarding the attributes and content of the plurality of computer files. The system also comprises an index configured to store the data regarding attributes and content of the plurality of computer files and a file classifier configured to analyze the data regarding the attributes and content of the plurality of computer files and to classify the plurality of computer files into one or more categories based on the data regarding the attributes and content of the plurality of computer files. Results of the file classification operations can be used to set appropriate security permissions on files which include sensitive information or to control the way that a file is backed up or the schedule according to which it is archived.
US10783167B1	System for classifying items based on user interactions Described are techniques for modifying or creating classification data used to automatically classify items in an online marketplace or catalog, based on user interaction data. For one or more classification labels that may be applied to an item, user interaction data indicative of a count of instances that the label was accessed, a length of time during which the label was accessed, counts of instances that parent and child labels were accessed, and counts of instances that the label was accessed via a search query may be determined. Based on the user interaction data, an importance score for the label may be determined. Labels having an importance score greater than or equal to a threshold value may be included in classification data and used for subsequent classification of items. Labels having an importance score less than a threshold may be excluded from the classification data.
US10783162B1	Workflow assistant Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media may provide workflow assistance for performing operations on information. Information defining a graph may be accessed and a set of operations for the graph may be provided. The graph may represent objects with nodes and connections among the objects with edges. A user's selection of one or more operations from the set of operations may be received. A workflow of operations for the graph may be generated based on the user's selection. The workflow of operations may include the operation(s) selected by the user.
US10783156B1	Scoring candidate answer passages Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scoring candidate answer passages. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query determined to be a question query that seeks an answer response and data identifying resources determined to be responsive to the query; for a subset of the resources: receiving candidate answer passages; determining, for each candidate answer passage, a query term match score that is a measure of similarity of the query terms to the candidate answer passage; determining, for each candidate answer passage, an answer term match score that is a measure of similarity of answer terms to the candidate answer passage; determining, for each candidate answer passage, a query dependent score based on the query term match score and the answer term match score; and generating an answer score that is a based on the query dependent score.
US10783153B2	Efficient internet protocol prefix match support on No-SQL and/or non-relational databases Systems and methods for automatically executing an efficient longest internet protocol prefix match on non-relational and/or No-SQL databases, such as Cassandra. Clustering prefixes around common and/or standard prefix lengths ensures efficient use of Cassandra's underlying mechanisms and minimizes costly scan operations.
US10783151B1	Popularity-based content feed management system Features are provided for proactively grouping content for personalized content feeds based on the expected relevance of the content to groups or classes of users. Such proactive grouping can allow personalized (or semi-personalized) content feeds to be delivered with low user-perceived latency. The proactive grouping may be used in conjunction with a more computationally-intensive and higher-latency process for generating personalized feeds. A user's content feed may be provided using a two-phase delivery process in which an initial set of content for the feed is provided from the proactively grouped content collection with which the user is associated. While the user is viewing the initial set of content, the second phase of the delivery process may be performed in which additional content is selected specifically for the user.
US10783150B2	Systems and methods for social network post audience prediction and selection Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a social network post associated with a poster. The social network post is analyzed, and one or more potential viewers are ranked based on viewer ranking criteria. A predicted relevant audience is determined based on the ranking of the one or more potential viewers.
US10783147B2	Query result flow control in a network switch A network device includes a standing query instance (SQI) and a database. The SQI is programmed to generate an output stored in a low resource storage table of a database. The database is programmed to monitor a storage capacity of the low resource storage table based on at least, in part, the output stored in the low resource storage table; determine, based on the monitoring, when the storage capacity reaches a predetermined amount; and disable an upstream element in response to the determination.
US10783142B2	Efficient data retrieval in staged use of in-memory cursor duration temporary tables Techniques are presented herein for storing cursor duration temporary tables in memory of nodes in a clustered database system in association with iterations of an iterative query operation. The techniques involve associating a portion of memory with one or more iteration values. The iteration values indicate which iterations correspond to data that is stored in the portion of memory. When data is requested for a particular iteration, portions of memory are checked to determine if it stores the particular iteration.

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