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| US10003803B1 |
Motion-based adaptive quantization
A method and apparatus for compressing a data stream comprising a plurality of pictures are described. A first quantization parameter (QP) from a plurality of QPs is determined, for a static region in a current picture. The plurality of QPs change in accordance with a multi-step change from a start QP to a target QP and each one of the plurality of QPs is to be applied to a respective one from successive static regions in successive pictures. In response to determining that the static region is to be compressed based upon an inter prediction mode, compression of the static region is caused based upon the first QP; and in response to determining that the static region is to be compressed based upon an intra prediction mode, compression of the static region is caused based upon a minimum QP. |
| US10003796B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for intra-prediction in a video signal processing
According to an aspect, a video encoder selects a block of intermediate size from a set of block sizes for intra-prediction estimation for encoding a video signal. A set of neighboring blocks with the intermediate size are tested for combining. If the set of neighboring blocks are determined to be combinable, the video encoder selects a larger block size formed by the tested neighboring blocks for encoding. On the other hand, if the set of neighboring blocks are determined to be not combinable, the video encoder selects a smaller block size from the set of tested neighboring blocks for prediction. According to another aspect, the best mode for intra-prediction is determined by first intra-predicting a block with intermediate modes in a set of modes. Then the intra-predictions are performed for the neighboring modes of at least one intermediate mode. |
| US10003795B2 |
Method for encoding an intra prediction mode
Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block. |
| US10003794B2 |
Terminable spatial tree-based position coding and decoding
The invention provides a method of terminable spatial tree-based position coding and decoding, and corresponding coding and decoding apparatus. The encoding method comprises: constructing a cell around the input spatial points; recursively dividing the cell into sub-cells at different layers; and assigning a symbol for each sub-cell indicating whether or not there is a spatial point within each sub-cell. The method further comprising: terminating further division of a sub-cell, if the sub-cell contains only one point and the distance between the center point of the sub-cell and the point contained in the sub-cell is smaller than the allowed maximal error. |
| US10003792B2 |
Video encoder for images
Some implementations can compress a digital image to create a compressed image corresponding to the digital image. The digital image can be divided into a plurality of coding units and a determination can be made whether to divide each coding unit of the plurality of coding units into smaller coding units/prediction units based on (i) a range of pixel values in each coding unit and/or (ii) a number of bits to encode the coding unit. Rate distortion optimization can be performed based on a size of each of the prediction units. A determination can be made whether to perform a transform for each of the transform units based on a size of each prediction unit and/or a spatial frequency measure associated with each transform unit. |
| US10003788B2 |
3D image frame display system and its method
A 3D image frame display system comprises a liquid crystal panel for alternately displaying a plurality of left-eye frames and a plurality of right-eye frames; a backlight module providing light to the liquid crystal panel when being turned on; and a pair of shutter glasses including a left lens and a right lens, wherein the left lens or right lens is turned on for passing through the light and turned off for shielding the light from the backlight module for corresponding to the left-eye frames or the right-eye frames; wherein, in a time period for forming one of the left-eye frames or one of the right-eye frames, the left lens or the right lens is not turned on earlier than the backlight module, and the left lens or the right lens is not turned off later than the backlight module. |
| US10003786B2 |
Method and system of 3D image capture with dynamic cameras
Techniques related to 3D image capture with dynamic cameras. |
| US10003785B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating images
A method is provided including: acquiring a plurality of images; obtaining depth information associated with at least two subjects in each of the plurality of images; and generating a final image having the subjects based on the depth information. |
| US10003784B2 |
Stereo image matching apparatus and method requiring small calculation
A stereo image matching apparatus includes a processor which includes: a bit distributor distributing values of each pixel of stereo images into sequential N bits and outputting a plurality of stereo images including the sequential N bits; a plurality of cost calculators each receiving the plurality of stereo images and calculating matching cost values for each pixel of each of the stereo images; a confidence calculator calculating a matching confidence by using cost characteristics lit of the respective matching cost values calculated by the plurality of cost calculators; and a depth determiner determining that a depth value of which the matching confidence is high and the matching cost values are relatively low is a final depth value. |
| US10003779B2 |
Multi-area white-balance control device, multi-area white-balance control method, multi-area white-balance control program, computer in which multi-area white-balance control program is recorded, multi-area white-balance image-processing device, multi-area white-balance image-processing method, multi-area white-balance image-processing program, computer in which multi-area white-balance image-processing program is recorded, and image-capture apparatus
A multi-area white-balance control device includes a device that divides an inputted image into a plurality of areas, a device that estimates a white-balance correction gain for each of the divided areas, a device that determines whether the estimated white-balance correction gain of the area is peculiar or not, based on comparison with estimated white-balance correction gains of adjacent areas of the area and a device that modifies an estimated white-balance correction gain of an area determined to be peculiar, based on estimated white-balance correction gains of adjacent areas; and realizes color reproduction without unnaturalness even if white-balance correction gain estimation is wrong in an individual area. |
| US10003775B2 |
Luminescent wheel, light source unit having luminescent wheel device including same luminescent wheel, and projector
A luminescent wheel includes a reflecting plate on which a diffuse plate and a luminescent material layer are provided in an end-to-end relationship with each other in a circumferential direction, a first supporting plate which is provided on one surface of the reflecting plate to support part of the diffuse plate, and a second supporting plate which is provided on the other surface of the reflecting plate to support part of the diffuse plate. |
| US10003774B2 |
Image processing device and method for operating endoscope system
A base image includes a B image signal in which ductal structure is brighter than mucous membrane and capillary vessels are darker than the mucous membrane. The B image signal is subjected to a frequency filtering process for extracting frequency components including the ductal structure and the capillary vessels. Thereby, a structure-extracted image signal, in which a pixel value of the ductal structure is a positive value and a pixel value of the capillary vessels is a negative value, is generated. Based on the structure-extracted image signal, a display controlling image to be used for enhancing display of the ductal structure and suppressing display of the capillary vessels is generated. The base image is combined with the display controlling image to obtain a display-controlled image in which the display of the ductal structure is enhanced and the display of the capillary vessels is suppressed. |
| US10003770B2 |
Method for multi-picture control in video conference, related device, and storage medium
Disclosed are a method for multi-picture control in a video conference, a related device, and a storage medium. An MCU supports a multi-site video conference; and in the method, the process executed by the MCU comprises: when a conference is initially started, the MCU sending unified conference site picture information to a video terminal in each conference site; and during the conference, the MCU sending corresponding customized conference site picture information to some video terminals according to conference site picture customization requests of the video terminals. |
| US10003766B2 |
Camera device with a dynamic touch screen shutter
A camera device with a dynamic touch screen shutter, and method therefor, are provided. The camera device comprises: a sensor for providing an electronic signal corresponding to an image; a touchscreen having a region for displaying the image and receiving touch input, the region having at least one subregion; and a processor enabled to: display the image in the region; execute a shutter command to store the image in a memory when the touch input is received in the region but not in the at least one subregion when the at least one subregion contains at least one of an icon and a graphical control, the graphical control for controlling the camera device; change displaying of at least one of the icon and the graphical control; and, in response, dynamically change a position of the at least one subregion within the region. |
| US10003765B2 |
System and method for brightening video image regions to compensate for backlighting
A videoconferencing system includes at least one processor and at least one camera. The endpoint can capture one or more images with the camera. The system can locate a region of interest within an image, such as the area surrounding the face of a person participating in a videoconference. If the face area or other region of interest is too dark, the system can brighten the region to make it more visible. The system can determine whether the face is too dark by comparing the captured image to previously captured images, or comparing the luma values and other data making up the face to predetermined values, or both. The system can check the second image for over-brightening or saturation, and further adjust the image as needed. The brightening of the face area is done in such a way that the brightened region is unobtrusive to the viewer. |
| US10003761B2 |
Imaging device having multiple analog-digital conversion circuits that perform multiple ad conversions for a singular one of a pixel signal
Provided is an imaging device that performs multiple AD conversions including a first AD conversion and a second AD conversion for one pixel signal. A first memory has a bit width of N+1 bits (N is a natural number) and holds the least significant bit to the N+1th bit of a digital value obtained by the first AD conversion, and second memory has a bit width of M bits (M is a natural number) greater than N+1 bits and holds the least significant bit to the Mth bit of a digital value obtained by the second AD conversion. |
| US10003755B2 |
Imaging system for vehicle
An imaging system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having a two-dimensional array of photosensing pixels that includes at least one sub-array having a first photosensing pixel, a second photosensing pixel, a third photosensing pixel and a fourth photosensing pixel. Spectral filtering is disposed at the photosensing pixels whereby the first photosensing pixel primarily senses red visible light, the second photosensing primarily senses blue visible light, the third photosensing primarily senses green visible light and the fourth photosensing primarily senses infrared radiation. The imaging sensor is disposed at a vehicle and has a field of view external of the vehicle. An image processor is operable for processing image data captured by the imaging sensor. The image data includes outputs of the first, second, third and fourth photosensing pixels. The processing of image data by the image processor may include de-mosaicing that reduces infrared color wash-out. |
| US10003749B1 |
Apparatus and method for cloaked outdoor electronic signage
An outdoor electronic signage apparatus configured to display background images for preselected intervals of time. The apparatus may be single sided, double sided, or in a “V” configuration. The apparatus is purposed to decrease billboard blight while it increases active conscious awareness of electronic bill board advertisements. The apparatus comprises outdoor electronic signage device, an electronic data device, and a controller. |
| US10003744B2 |
Solid-state image pickup element, image pickup module and electronic equipment
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup element, an image pickup module and electronic equipment configured to avoid large scaling of an image pickup element caused by an improvement in functions thereof. The solid-state image pickup element is configured with a lamination of an image sensor substrate on which a plurality of pixels is arranged on a surface of a sensor, and a signal processing substrate in which signal processing of an image signal output from the image sensor substrate is executed. The signal processing substrate has an electronic blur correction processing unit, a first connection unit that connects with an optical blur correction processing unit, and a second connection unit that connects with a gyro sensor which detects a blur generated in an image. At least a part of signals passed between the gyro sensor and the optical blur correction processing unit passes through the signal processing substrate. |
| US10003731B2 |
Image element, and imaging device and imaging method using the same for achieving improved image quality regardless of an incident angle of light
An imaging element which outputs a pair of image signals corresponding to a pair of luminous fluxes which pass through different pupil areas of a photographing optical system, the imaging element includes a first pixel cell group including a plurality of first pixel cells for obtaining the pair of image signals and a second pixel cell group including a plurality of second pixel cells for obtaining the pair of image signals. The first pixel cell includes a first photoelectric converting unit and a first micro lens which is provided above the first photoelectric converting unit. The second pixel cell includes a second photoelectric converting unit and a second micro lens which is provided above the second photoelectric converting unit. The first micro lens and the second micro lens are disposed with different regularities. |
| US10003725B2 |
Methods and apparatus for optical fiber imaging
An open-ended, incoherent bundle of optical fibers transmits light from a nearby scene. A camera captures images of the back end of the fiber bundle. Because the fiber bundle is incoherent, the captured image is shuffled, in the sense that the relative position of pixels in the image differs from the relative position of the scene regions that correspond to the pixels. Calibration is performed in order to map from the front end positions to the back-end positions of the fibers. In the calibration, pulses of light are delivered, in such a way that the time at which light reflecting from a given pulse enters a given fiber directly correlates to the position of the front end of the given fiber. A time-of-flight sensor takes measurements indicative of these time signatures. Based on the map obtained from calibration, a computer de-shuffles the image. |
| US10003723B2 |
Camera module including lens module actuator
A camera module includes a coil member, a magnet member, and a sensor member. The coil member is positioned on a first surface of a fixed unit. The magnet member is positioned on a movable unit and facing the coil member. The sensor member is positioned on a second surface of the fixed unit and configured to sense a position of the movable unit. |
| US10003722B2 |
Method and system for mimicking human camera operation
The disclosure provides an approach for mimicking human camera operation with an autonomous camera system. In one embodiment, camera planning is formulated as a supervised regression problem in which an automatic broadcasting application receives one video input captured by a human-operated camera and another video input captured by a stationary camera with a wider field of view. The automatic broadcasting application extracts feature vectors and pan-tilt-zoom states from the stationary camera and the human-operated camera, respectively, and learns a regressor which takes as input such feature vectors and outputs pan-tilt-zoom settings predictive of what the human camera operator would choose. The automatic broadcasting application may then apply the learned regressor on newly captured video to obtain planned pan-tilt-zoom settings and control an autonomous camera to achieve the planned settings to record videos which resemble the work of a human operator in similar situations. |
| US10003719B2 |
Color halftone processing with mapping color values to NPac values
A method of color halftone processing is disclosed. A plurality of color mappings each provide a mapping from a color value in a color space to a set of Neugebauer Primary area coverage (NPac) values in an NPac space. An imaging metric is obtained for each NPac value in the set. An NPac value in the set is selected based on the imaging metric. The selected NPac value is used as an output NPac value in a combined color mapping for the color value. |
| US10003718B2 |
Scanning device with overhead reflecting mirror
A scanning device comprises a light source, a reflecting mirror and a photosensor. The light source provides light to an original. A first portion of the light penetrates through a hole of the original and becomes penetrating light. A second portion of the light is reflected by a hole-free portion of the original and becomes second reflected light. The reflecting mirror reflects the penetrating light and generates first reflected light. The photosensor receives the first reflected light and the second reflected light and generates a hole-containing image signal representative of an image of the original. |
| US10003717B2 |
Document processing device and communication control method considering operation information
A document processing device including a touchscreen type operation panel and configured to be capable of communicating with a terminal device, a position of the terminal device being likely to move in accordance with operation by a user includes: a communication unit configured to transmit and receive a radio wave to and from the terminal device to perform communication; a communication intensity detection unit configured to detect communication intensity of the terminal device received at the communication unit; an operation information detection unit configured to detect operation information of input operation when the input operation for the operation panel is performed; and a data transfer amount control unit configured to control a data transfer amount in the communication between the terminal device and the communication unit based on the communication intensity detected by the communication intensity detection unit and the operation information detected by the operation information detection unit. |
| US10003715B2 |
Image pickup device and imaging apparatus
In an image pickup device internally including a memory unit and a computing processing unit, image signals of a moving image are resized and are generated from image signals of still images, and the image signals of the still images are stored in the memory unit, and, after the image signals of the moving image are all transferred externally from the image pickup device, the image signals of the still images are transferred. |
| US10003710B2 |
Electronic device, information processing system and storage medium
An electronic device includes a setting unit configured to set setting information of an operation of the electronic device according to common setting information; a designation information acquisition unit configured to acquire designation information, which designates an acquisition origin of the common setting information, via a network; and a setting information acquisition unit configured to acquire the common setting information from the acquisition origin of the common setting information designated by the designation information acquired by the designation information acquisition unit. |
| US10003709B1 |
Image processing apparatus and program
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a display character string storage unit, an application control unit, and a search unit. The display character string storage unit stores language information indicating the kind of language which can be displayed by the image processing apparatus, and a character string corresponding to the language information. The application control unit executes an application for realizing an additional function of the image processing apparatus. The search unit acquires a character string of the kind of language which the application does not have from the display character string storage unit on the basis of a character string identifier for specifying a character string stored in the display character string storage unit. |
| US10003705B2 |
Display processing device and image forming apparatus
A display processing device includes a controller and a display section having a display surface. The controller causes one or more first objects to be displayed on the display surface. Upon one of the first objects being selected, the controller creates a first screen including one or more second objects, which are objects located in a level one level lower than that of the selected first object in a hierarchy. The controller acquires a third object, which is an object located in a level lower than that of the selected first object in the hierarchy, by reference to a specific condition. The controller creates a second screen including one or more fourth objects, which are objects located in a level one level lower than that of the third object in the hierarchy. The controller causes the first and second screens to be simultaneously displayed on the display surface. |
| US10003704B2 |
Arm rotating device and image forming apparatus provided with the same
The elastic force of a spring 41 in a direction of an arrow X is applied to an end 51A of a coil spring 5A in a direction of an arrow Y through a holding plate 42. The end 52A of the coil spring 5A is engaged with a holding hole 12 and regulated from moving in the direction of the arrow Y. The elastic force of the spring 41 in the direction of the arrow X is constantly applied to the coil spring 5A in a direction in which the peripheral surface of the support post 3 is tightened. |
| US10003702B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming system
An image forming apparatus includes a controller. The controller includes a list display controller, a selection receiving section, a data request section, and an image formation controller. The list display controller acquires list data from a file server and causes display of the list data in the form of a list. The selection receiving section receives user selection of an article name from the list. The data request section requests image formation data corresponding to the article name that the user has selected from the file server. The image formation controller acquires image formation data and controls formation of an article image on a paper sheet based on the image formation data. |
| US10003701B2 |
Systems and methods for generating and communicating enhanced portable document format files
A method for converting a facsimile includes receiving the facsimile via the public-switched telephone network, generating an enhanced portable document format (EPDF) file that includes information in addition to image information and communicating the EPDF file to an e-mail server. The EPDF file can then be communicated as an attachment to an e-mail message addressed to the intended recipient of the facsimile. A facsimile processing system includes a public-switched telephone network interface, a packet-switched network interface, a mail transfer protocol server, an input agent, a job processor and a translator. The input agent identifies and forwards the incoming facsimile to the job processor. The job processor determines when an EPDF file is desired and communicates appropriate instructions to the translator. The translator generates the EPDF file in response to the instructions and the image information from the facsimile. The translator integrates signatures and repositionable notes in outbound facsimiles. |
| US10003696B2 |
Distributed collaborative offline charging system
A distributed collaborative offline charging system and method is provided. Charging is determined by receiving a reduced charging record at a charging control function. The reduced charging record includes a charging data subset and an index for charging parameters that are not included in reduced charging record. The charging control function retrieves the charging parameters that are not included in reduced charging record utilizing the index. |
| US10003692B2 |
System initiated dialog adjustment
Text-based automated customer service agents provide an attractive contact center interaction for may customer-agent communications. However, the “say anything” nature of text may result in additional problems not encountered in prompted interactions. A single misunderstanding or error may cause an automated communication to fail, however, by providing micro-tasks to a human agent, an automated communication may be maintained longer with benefit of a human agent's input. A lack of progress towards completion of a work item may cause the communication to be routed to a human agent and/or a different channel (e.g., voice, email, etc.). Accordingly, a micro-task or an opt-out operation may be provided to maintain the communication with an automated agent for as long as possible but yet provide improved customer service when necessary. |
| US10003690B2 |
Dynamic speech resource allocation
A call is received at an interactive voice response (IVR) system. A voice communications session is established between the IVR system and the telephonic device. A request from the IVR system to allocate a speech resource for processing voice data of the voice communications session is received by a dynamic speech allocation (DSA) engine. Configuration data associated with a current state of the voice communications session is accessed by the DSA engine. Dynamic characteristics associated with the caller are accessed by the DSA engine. A speech resource from among multiple speech resources is selected by the DSA engine based on the current state and the dynamic characteristics. The selected speech resource is allocated to the voice communications session by enabling the IVR system to use the selected speech resource to process voice data received from the caller during the current state of the voice communications session. |
| US10003686B2 |
System for remotely controlling access to a mobile device
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for remotely controlling access to a mobile device. The present invention is configured to receive an indication that a transaction executed by a user is misappropriate, wherein the transaction is executed by the user using a mobile device; transmit control signals configured to cause the misappropriation application to begin running in the background of the mobile device; initiate, via the misappropriation application, one or more actions to be executed on the mobile device of the user based on at least receiving the indication that the transaction executed by the user is misappropriate; determine an alternative communication form associated with the user; transmit a notification to the user via the alternate communication form, when the notification further comprises an indication that one or more functionalities of the mobile device has been limited. |
| US10003681B1 |
Cellphone shell with extending handle for image capture control
A cellphone accessory device for capturing a self-portrait image includes a shell that is configured to couple to a cellphone. A slot is positioned in a back of the shell. A handle is coupled to the shell and is positioned in the slot. The handle comprises a plurality of nested sections so that it is selectively extensible from the slot. A controller is coupled to the handle and is configured to operationally couple to the cellphone. The handle is configured to extend from the shell to position the shell distal from a hand that is grasping the handle. The controller is configured to compel the cellphone to selectively capture an image, such as a photograph and a video. |
| US10003680B2 |
Mobile terminal comprising a display rotable about a casing
There is provided a mobile terminal including a casing that includes an audio output unit that outputs audio, and a transmissive display unit provided rotatable about the casing. The transmissive display unit is disposable in a plane intersecting a principal face of the casing while the audio output unit is outputting audio. |
| US10003679B2 |
Housing, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device including the housing
A mobile phone is provided, which includes a metal bezel having a left bezel portion and a right bezel portion and covering at least one part of an outer circumferential edge of a main body of the mobile phone, wherein upper and lower corner bezel portions of the left and right bezel portion are formed to be thicker outwardly in comparison with a middle portion of the left and right bezel portions. |
| US10003678B2 |
Apparatus for processing at least one PDU (protocol data unit) in a broadcast system, method for processing at least one PDU (protocol data unit) in a broadcast system
The present invention provides an apparatus for processing at least one PDU (protocol data unit) in an N layer in a transmitting side of a broadcast system, the apparatus comprising a PDU processor for receiving at least one higher (N+1) layer PDU and generating a PDU including the received at least one higher (N+1) layer PDU and a PDU post-processor for post processing the generated PDU and transmitting the post-processed PDU to a lower (N−1) layer. |
| US10003676B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating parallel lookup requests utilizing a super key
The invention describes a network lookup engine for generating parallel network lookup requests for input packets, where each packet header is parsed and represented by a programmable parser in a format, namely a token, which is understandable by the engine. Each token can require multiple lookups in parallel in order to speed up the packet processing time. The sizes of lookup keys varies depending on the content of the input token and the protocols programmed for the engine. The engine generates a super key per token, representing all parallel lookup keys wherein the content of each key can be extracted from the super key through an associated profile identification. The network lookup engine is protocol-independent which means the conditions and rules for generating super keys are full programmable so that the engine can be reprogrammed to perform a wide variety of network features and protocols in a software-defined networking (SDN) system. |
| US10003674B1 |
Method for supporting websocket and web server and web application server using the same
A web server includes a communication unit for receiving or transmitting a message corresponding to the request message which has been processed as a WebSocket message from or to at least one of clients and WAS. A processor, after finishing a WebSocket upgrade, (a) instructs the communication unit to send, to a specific worker thread of the WAS via predetermined internal protocol, the request message which has been processed as the WebSocket message by using a specific connection among a plurality of connections established by a reverse connection scheme for interaction between the web server and the WAS; and (b) receives the response message corresponding to the request message from the specific worker thread via the internal protocol by using the specific connection. The reverse connection scheme establishes at least one connection between the web server and the WAS by the WAS sending a request to the web server. |
| US10003670B2 |
Remote provisioning and enrollment of enterprise devices with on-premises domain controllers
An agent application executing on a client device retrieves an execute command from a command queue managed by a server and retrieves certificates and configuration settings for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) connection. An enrollment application resident on the client device executes in response to the execute command to modify a network setting of a network interface card (NIC) of the client device and establish a VPN connection with a domain controller located within the corporate domain using the certificate and configuration settings. The enrollment application further transmits a request over the VPN connection to the domain controller to join the corporate domain, wherein a corporate account in a directory service is established for the client device; reverts back to the prior network setting of the NIC and terminates the VPN connection and reboots the client device. |
| US10003667B2 |
Profile and consent accrual
Consent management between a client and a network server. In response to a request for consent, a central server determines if requested user information is included in a user profile associated with a user and if the user has granted consent to share the requested user information. A user interface is provided to the user via a browser of the client to collect the requested user information that is not included in the user profile and the consent to share the requested user information from the user. After receiving the user information provided by the user via the user interface, the service provided by the network server is allowed access to the received user information, and the central server updates the user profile. Other aspects of the invention are directed to computer-readable media for use with profile and consent accrual. |
| US10003662B1 |
Adaptable broker for location based second degree social networking
A method for adaptably brokering location based second degree social networking includes receiving in a broker from a mobile computing device a request indicating a geo-location of the device, an identification of a social networking member, and a listing of one or more social networks in a set of social networks. Then, the broker queries each social network in the set to identify first degree contacts of the social networking member and additionally queries each social network in the set to identify second degree contacts of the social networking member. Thereafter, the second degree contacts is geo-located and, on condition that one of the second degree contacts is determined to be geographically proximate to the geo-location of the device, a profile for the one of the second degree contacts is retrieved from one or more of the social networks in the set and transmitted to the device. |
| US10003660B2 |
System and method for data plane signaled packet capture in a service function chaining network
Presented herein are service-function chaining techniques that enable data plane signaling of a packet as a candidate for capture at various network nodes along a service function path of a service function chain. That is, a capture signal is embedded within the respective packet that carries a user traffic. The signaling occurs in-band, via the data plane, such that classification of the packet for capture beneficially occurs, at the ingress node of the network, once to which subsequent network nodes along a service function path are signaled to capture or further inspect the packet for capture. Service function chaining treats service functions as resources with associated attributes available for scheduled consumption to which selective traffic are steered according to a policy construct to the requisite network-service resources. |
| US10003658B2 |
Method and apparatus for enablement of location data sources during emergency positioning session
A mobile device is capable of enabling one or more location data sources for location determination of the mobile device. The mobile device may receive a request for an emergency location session, e.g., by a user dialing E911 or from an external client. At least one location data source in the mobile device is determined to be disabled. For example, the location data sources may be a WLAN transceiver or a WPAN transceiver, as well as camera sensors and environmental sensors. The disabled location data source (s) is enabled and location data is obtained from the enabled location data source(s). The location data may be provided, e.g., to a location server. The status of the location data source (s) may be restored, e.g., disabled, after the location data is obtained or after the emergency location session is completed. |
| US10003656B2 |
System and method for sharing data/objects between electronic devices via IMS infrastructure
A system and method are provided for sharing data and/or objects between electronic devices via an IMS infrastructure. First and second applications of first and second electronic devices exchange a capability via the IMS infrastructure. The capability is defined by a developer of the first application. The capability is not defined in the UCE standard. The capability relates to a data structure describing a status of one of the applications. An IMS connection is established between the applications via the IMS infrastructure. Either data relating to a status of the first application stored in the data structure is sent to the second application via the IMS connection, or data relating to a status of the second application stored in the data structure is received at the first application via the IMS connection. |
| US10003655B2 |
Provisioning network devices based on network connectivity type
A device may receive a request to establish a connection between a first device and a second device. The request may include information identifying a network connectivity type. The device may determine one or more network devices to provision based on the network connectivity type; determine, based on the network connectivity type, provisioning parameters used to provision the one or more network devices; and provision the one or more network devices in accordance with the provisioning parameters to establish the connection between the first device and the second device. |
| US10003646B1 |
Protection status determinations for computing devices
Systems, methods, and media that provide backup protection statuses for computing devices are provided herein. Some methods may include determining a backup status for a first computing device, assigning a protection status for the first computing device based upon a comparison of the backup status and a compliance schema for the first computing device, and transmitting the protection status to a monitoring device utilized by an end user. |
| US10003645B2 |
Method and apparatus for logical mirroring to a multi-tier target node
Logical mirroring of an initiator server running a memory aware file system to a multi-tiered target server by receiving at a first tier of the target server data that was modified at the initiator server and retaining at the first tier of the target server a first subset of the data and moving to a second tier of the target server a second subset of the data to efficiently utilize the multi-tiered target server. |
| US10003644B2 |
Peer-to-peer live streaming
According to a peer-to-peer protocol, a peer-to-peer network includes multiple clubs and multiple peers that receive content distributed by a source of the network. Each of the plurality of peers is part of at least two of the clubs. As content is generated, the source divides the content into multiple data blocks and assigns each data block to a club. Each data block is transmitted to peers that belong to the club assigned to the data block. When a peer in a club receives a data block assigned to that club, the peer distributes the data block to other peers in the club. Additionally, the peer transmits the data block to peers in other clubs. Also, the peer receives data blocks assigned to other clubs from peers that are not members of the club. |
| US10003640B2 |
Virtual world subgroup determination and segmentation for performance scalability
A system and method of decreasing server loads and, more particularly, to decrease server load by automatically determining subgroups based on object interactions and computational expenditures. The system includes a plurality of servers; a subgroup optimization module configured to segment a plurality of objects into optimal subgroups; and a server transfer module configured to apportion one or more of the optimal subgroups between the plurality of servers based on a load of each of the plurality of servers. The method includes determining a relationship amongst a plurality of objects; segmenting the objects into optimized subgroups based on the relationships; and apportioning the optimized subgroups amongst a plurality of servers based on server load. |
| US10003636B1 |
Multi-node data store management
A node based architecture that supports arbitrary access to any node in a system for data representation and access, while still providing virtual volume coherency that is global to all of the nodes in the system, and while providing underlying data management services that are also variously accessible from any node in the system. |
| US10003635B1 |
System and method for tracking event occurrences between applications
A system and method for tracking event occurrences among applications executing on a mobile device is provided. When an action is initiated, the first application generates a first notification indicator and records it with a notification server. When the action is performed by, for example, a second application, the second application generates a second notification indicator and registers it with the notification server. The notification server may then notify the first application or other entities of the occurrence of the action. |
| US10003634B2 |
Multi-threaded download with asynchronous writing
A system and method are presented for the facilitation of threaded download of software record identifiers and software records. Software record identifiers and software records are stored in separate one-dimensional stacks, which stacks feed a plurality of download threads in a first-in, first-out method. Software records and/or software record identifiers may optionally be written in parallel, or in an asynchronous manner. The total number of threads allowed to a user may optionally be limited to a pre-set number. The speed and efficiency of downloading records is increased through use of all of the cores of multi-cored computing systems to substantively concurrently download several threads. The method further allows a failed download thread to restart from the point at which it failed, rather than beginning again from the origin of the thread, thus ensuring that no software records are duplicated, and that no software records are skipped within a download thread. |
| US10003633B2 |
Method and device for resuming file download
The present invention relates to a method and a device for resuming download. The method for resuming download comprises: converting a file incompletely downloaded by a first download tool to a file identifiable to a second download tool, so that the second download tool resumes downloading the incompletely-downloaded file, wherein the first download tool and the second download tool are different download tools. The present invention implements relay download of different download tools, and can be applied to file download, so as to avoid wasting network resources and time of users. |
| US10003629B2 |
Method and system for using JSON with a CLI for managing network devices
A method for executing a command line interface (CLI) command by receiving a hyper text transport protocol (HTTP) comprising the CLI command from a controller, extracting the CLI command from the HTTP request, and executing, by a network device, the CLI command to generate a populated model comprising results generated from executing the CLI command. The method also executes the CLI command by converting the populated model into a JSON format using a JSON engine to obtain a JSON result; encapsulating the JSON result in a JSON Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and transmitting the JSON RPC as a HTTP response to the controller. |
| US10003622B1 |
Establishing communication sessions
A method and a system for establishing a communication session between a first communication device in a main communication network and a second communication device in a local communication network comprising a wireless network, the second communication device being located in the vicinity of a mobile device, the first communication device contacting an external phone number, wherein the external phone number is assigned to a unique identifier of the mobile device. The method comprises (i) the mobile device sending the unique identifier detectable on the wireless network; (ii) providing the unique identifier of the mobile device) and a local communication identifier to a service provider adapter; (iii) determining the location of the mobile device, associating the mobile device to the second communication device in dependence of its location. |
| US10003620B2 |
Collaborative analytics with edge devices
Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for collaborative analytics with edge devices. A method includes identifying multiple items of data pertaining to a user from one or more user actions implemented across multiple user devices, identifying one or more rules associated with one or more user preferences, exchanging the multiple items of data across the multiple user devices, and applying the one or more rules to the multiple items of data across the multiple user devices to generate an output via at least one of the multiple user devices. |
| US10003617B2 |
Terminal and application synchronization method thereof
An application synchronization method for use in a terminal is provided. The application synchronization method includes acquiring an alarm registration request of a first repetitive synchronization operation, acquiring a next execution time of a second repetitive synchronization operation associated with a same application as an application of the first repetitive synchronization operation, adjusting, if a difference between an alarm time of the alarm registration request of the first repetitive synchronization operation and the next execution time of the second repetitive synchronization operation is less than or equal to a threshold value, the alarm time of the alarm registration request of the first repetitive synchronization operation according to the next execution time of the second repetitive synchronization operation, and registering the adjusted alarm time. |
| US10003607B1 |
Automated detection of session-based access anomalies in a computer network through processing of session data
A processing device in one embodiment comprises a processor coupled to a memory and is configured to obtain data characterizing a plurality of network sessions for each of a plurality of user identifiers. The network sessions are initiated from a plurality of user devices over at least one network and may comprise respective virtual private network (VPN) sessions. The processing device is further configured to process the data characterizing the network sessions for a given one of the plurality of user identifiers to generate a network session profile for the given user identifier, the network session profile comprising a plurality of histograms for respective ones of a plurality of features extracted from the data characterizing the plurality of network sessions for the given user identifier. A risk score is generated for a current network session utilizing features extracted from the data characterizing that session and the network session profile. |
| US10003605B2 |
Detection of clustering in graphs in network security analysis
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly. |
| US10003604B2 |
Authenticated communication between security devices
Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods establishing and maintaining trust between security devices for distributing media content are provided. Two security devices bind to establish an initial trust so that security information can be exchanged. Subsequently, trust is refreshed to verify the source of a message is valid. In an embodiment, the security devices may comprise a security processor and a system on a chip (SoC) in a downloadable conditional access system. Trust may be refreshed by a security device inserting authentication information in a message to another security device, where authentication information may assume different forms, including a digital signature (asymmetric key) or a hash message authentication code (HMAC). Trust may also be refreshed by extracting header information from the message, determining state information from at least one parameter contained in the header information, and acting on message content only when the state information is valid. |
| US10003603B1 |
Computer security based on hierarchical cache latency signature authentication
A processor is coupled to a hierarchical memory structure which includes a plurality of levels of cache memories that hierarchically cache data that is read by the processor from a main memory. The processor is integrated within a computer terminal. The processor performs operations that include generating a hierarchical cache latency signature vector by repeating for each of a plurality of buffer sizes, the following: 1) allocating in the main memory a buffer having the buffer size; 2) measuring elapsed time for the processor to read data from buffer addresses that include upper and lower boundaries of the buffer; and 3) storing the elapsed time and the buffer size as an associated set in the hierarchical cache latency signature vector. The operations further include communicating through a network interface circuit a computer identification message containing computer terminal identification information generated based on the hierarchical cache latency signature vector. |
| US10003601B1 |
Security management application providing proxy for administrative privileges
Accessing a security enabled application may require certain access privileges that are not readily available or associated with the application at the time a user is seeking access via a login operation. In operation, an access attempt to a security enabled application may include identifying user credentials associated with the access attempt, generating a query based on the user credentials to identify whether the user credentials are associated with a predetermined group membership. A response to the query may be received that includes group information corresponding to the user and the group information may be compared to a set of predetermined rules to determine whether the group information includes privilege rules used to grant access to the access attempt. |
| US10003600B2 |
Identity proxy to provide access control and single sign on
Techniques to provide secure access to a cloud-based service are disclosed. In various embodiments, a request is received from a client app on a device to connect to a security proxy associated with the cloud-based service. A secure tunnel connection between the device and a node with which the security proxy is associated is used to establish the requested connection to the security proxy. Information associated with the secure tunnel is used to determine that the requesting client app is authorized to access the cloud-based service from the device and to obtain from an identity provider associated with the cloud-based service a security token to be used by the client app to authenticate to the cloud-based service. |
| US10003599B2 |
Method and terminal device for kid mode
The disclosure relates to a method and a terminal device for processing an application in a kid mode, and the disclosure belongs to the field of Internet technology. The method includes receiving a list of allowed functions or a list of prohibited functions of a target application from a first terminal device, determining allowed functions in the target application according to the list of allowed functions or the list of prohibited functions, and displaying the allowed functions in a kid mode of the target application. Therefore, according to the present disclosure, normal usage of applications is not affected in the kid mode. |
| US10003592B2 |
Active directory for user authentication in a historization system
A user authentication system enables control of access to historian data through a historian application. The user authentication system creates a user authentication directory for storing user authentication information. The system populates the directory with user authentication information. The system links the directory to a historian application and receives credential data from a user. The system grants access to the historian application when it determines that the credential data from the user matches a portion of the user authentication information on the directory. |
| US10003590B2 |
Methods and systems for linking untrusted applications to server systems
An electronic device with a display detects an input in a user interface for a second application not associated with a server system. In response to detecting the first input, the device sends a first request from the second application to a first application associated with the server system. In response to the first request, the device sends a first command from the first application to the server system on behalf of the second application. The first command is a command for performance of a first operation at the server system. The first operation corresponds to the input detected by the device. The device receives a voucher, or an indication that a voucher has been created, at the second application pre-authorizing performance of a predefined second operation at the server system upon receipt, by the server system, of a second command from the second application. |
| US10003588B2 |
Network authentication system, network authentication method and network authentication server
A network authentication system includes a client terminal, an authentication server authenticating connection of the client terminal with an external network, and a plurality of authentication switches controlling communication of the client terminal with the external network. The authentication switch includes an authentication server processing unit notifying the authentication server of authentication terminal information, and a receiving port filter receives a specific packet. The authentication server, includes a terminal management storing unit storing the authentication terminal information, and an authentication switch management processing unit which, in order that the authentication switch authenticate the client terminal, determines filter information, that is set in the receiving port filter, based on the authentication terminal information, and notifies the authentication switch of the filter information. The authentication server processing unit updates the receiving port filter based on the filter information. |
| US10003574B1 |
Probabilistic duplicate detection
A first unclassified uniform resource locator (URL) is received. An originally primary bloom filter is initialized. A second bloom filter is initialized. In response to receiving a “no match” result from querying the primary bloom filter for the received first unclassified URL, insert operations are performed on both the originally primary bloom filter and the secondary bloom filter. At a time subsequent to inserting the first unclassified URL into both the originally primary and secondary bloom filters, a determination is made that a false positive rate associated with the originally primary bloom filter exceeds a threshold. In response to the determination, the secondary bloom filter is designated as a replacement primary. |
| US10003571B2 |
Method and apparatus for implementing communication between virtual machines
In a method and an apparatus provided for implementing communication between virtual machines, a first switch receives an ARP response from an SDN controller, where the ARP response carries a MAC address of a destination gateway; the first switch acquires, according to the MAC address of the destination gateway, VTEP information corresponding to the MAC address of the destination gateway, where a router corresponding to the VTEP information is located in a first data center; and the first switch sends, according to the VTEP information, an IP packet to the router corresponding to the VTEP information, so that the router corresponding to the VTEP information sends the IP packet to a second virtual machine through a tunnel between the router and a second switch. |
| US10003568B2 |
Dynamically assigning network addresses
Dynamically assigning network addresses provided by a server in a network to virtual network adapters in virtual machines, in which a reassignment of the assigned network addresses due to suspending virtual machines is prevented. Network addresses of the virtual machines in the network are logged. Network addresses are combined with information about suspending and/or resuming virtual machines by a control instance. Information about the network addresses of suspended virtual machines for its virtual network adapters with dynamically assigned network addresses is sent to the server. |
| US10003564B1 |
Social networking media system and application
A system and method of regulating the display of digital content media in a social media platform is described. The method includes processing digital content media via one or more processors. The processors are in communication with an input/output interface and a database. Each item of digital content media is associated with a particular user and stored in a database. The system displays the digital content media within a media feed through the input/output interface in accordance to the preferences of each user. Command data is received and processed for each user. The system automatically allocates the placement of the digital content media according to a defined point value. Each digital content media is assigned a point value by the posting user which is automatically ranked by the system in accordance with the assigned point value. The system updates the media feed to reflect new and modified point values. |
| US10003563B2 |
Integrated telephone applications on online social networks
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an unique identifier associated with a second user of the online social network, the unique identifier being sent responsive to a communication between the second user and the first user, accessing a social graph including first and second nodes corresponding to the first and second users, respectively, identifying the second user based on the unique identifier, retrieving profile information associated with the second user and a privacy setting associated with the second user, determining whether the information is visible to the first user based on the privacy setting and a degree of separation in the social graph between the first node and the second node, and sending, to the client system, the profile information that is visible to the first user for display in association with the communication. |
| US10003562B2 |
Electronic mail-based vehicle crew messaging
A system for exchanging messages between crews stationed on a vehicle and staff or 3rd parties stationed within at least one or more travel points. A vehicle mail server has a shared e-mail account that is addressable with a unique vehicle attribute and accessible by the vehicle crew. The shared e-mail account is also addressable with a trip identifier alias. A central mail server also has a shared e-mail account that is associated with one of the travel points, and accessible by crew deployed thereto. The shared e-mail account is also addressable with one or more trip identification and status aliases. An association between the trip identifier alias and the vehicle attribute, as well as between the trip identification and status alias and the travel point is dynamically defined on the central mail server. |
| US10003557B2 |
Preserving collaboration history with relevant contextual information
Preserving collaborative history includes detecting a trigger for a chat session between at least two participants using a processor and, responsive to the trigger, obtaining event data for an event occurring during the chat session and involving at least one of the participants. The event data is included within a transcript of the chat session. In other cases, event data is obtained from external systems that is correlated with the chat session and is included within the transcript. |
| US10003556B2 |
Preserving collaboration history with relevant contextual information
Preserving collaborative history includes detecting a trigger for a chat session between at least two participants using a processor and, responsive to the trigger, obtaining event data for an event occurring during the chat session and involving at least one of the participants. The event data is included within a transcript of the chat session. In other cases, event data is obtained from external systems that is correlated with the chat session and is included within the transcript. |
| US10003554B1 |
Assisted sideband traffic management
Disclosed is a network device, comprising a first network interface port, a second network interface port, and a processor coupled to the first network interface port and the second network interface port. The processor can be configured to operate in a first switching mode to receive network control packets via the first network interface port and transmit the received network control packets via the second network interface port. The processor can also be configured operate in a second communications mode to receive and transmit network communication packets using the first network interface independently of the operation in the first switching mode. |
| US10003552B2 |
Distributed bidirectional forwarding detection protocol (D-BFD) for cluster of interconnected switches
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch which comprises one or more ports adapted to receive packets. The switch is a member of a network of interconnected switches, and also comprises a path monitoring apparatus adapted to: in response to a control packet associated with a session within a predetermined time interval, set a receive indicator for the switch to an active state; and in response to absence of the control packet associated with the session within the predetermined time interval, set the receive indicator for the switch to an inactive state. The path monitoring apparatus is also adapted to set a path state associated with the session based on the receive indicators for the switch and other member switches. The switch also comprises a broadcast apparatus adapted to broadcast at least the receive indicator for the switch to the other member switches. |
| US10003551B2 |
Packet memory system, method and device for preventing underrun
A packet memory system for selectively outputting received packets on one or more output ports. The packet memory system including a controller for controlling the output ports. Specifically, for packets of multicast or broadcast traffic that needs to be output from a plurality of the ports, the controller designates one or more reader ports that read the packet data from a packet memory such that the remainder of the ports are able to simply listen for the read packet data without performing a read operation. |
| US10003544B2 |
Method and apparatus for priority flow and congestion control in ethernet network
An apparatus is configured to perform a method for congestion control in an Ethernet network. The method includes determining an egress queue congestion state for each of a plurality of egress queues. The method also includes determining an ingress queue congestion state for each of a plurality of ingress queues. The method further includes determining a flow control state for at least one of the ingress queues based on the determined egress queue congestion states and ingress queue congestion states. In addition, the method includes transmitting a flow control message to the at least one ingress queue based on the determined flow control state. |
| US10003541B2 |
Flow state aware management of QoS with a distributed classifier
Packet network node and method of operating packet network node. Conventional packet network nodes react to congestion in packet network by dropping packets in a manner which is perceived by users to be indiscriminate. In the described system, indiscriminate packet discards are prevented by causing packets to be discarded on lower priority flows and flow aggregates. Further action is taken to reduce the likelihood of packet discards through: (1) classification of flows that are not observable at the point in the network where flow-based packet discards are deployed, but are consuming bandwidth and signaling classification information to flow-based packet discard function or a flow-based monitoring function or network management function; (2) classification of flows making use of extended monitoring functions that are not co-located with a flow-based packet discard function, where extended monitoring functions may perform monitoring of a flow or a group of flows over a period of time. |
| US10003539B1 |
Path discovery in multipath networks
Exemplary embodiments identify all viable paths in an ECMP/WCMP enabled network without running traceroute multiple times. Devices in a network may be configured to send a packet including a pre-determined option to a Software-Defined Network Controller (SDNC) upon receipt. If a destination of the packet is within the SDNC-controlled domain, SDNC identifies all viable ECMP/WCMP paths using routing information of the network. If the destination of the packet is outside the SDNC-controlled domain, SDNC identifies at least one egress switch of the SDNC-controlled domain. SDNC may identify internal paths connecting the source of the packet to the at least one egress switch. SDNC may also identify external paths connecting the at least one egress switch to the destination of the packet. SDNC may construct the viable ECMP/WCMP paths by connecting the internal paths to the external paths. |
| US10003536B2 |
System and method for managing bandwidth usage rates in a packet-switched network
A computer-implemented system is disclosed for managing bandwidth usage rates in a packet switched network. The system includes one or more servers configured to execute computer program steps. The computer program steps comprises monitoring bandwidth usage rate at a first provider interface, determining if bandwidth usage rate at the provider interface exceeds a bandwidth usage rate limit; and rerouting Internet traffic from the provider interface having bandwidth that exceeds the bandwidth usage rate limit to a second provider interface having available bandwidth capacity. |
| US10003535B2 |
Bulk data transport in a network
A network is configured to utilize available bandwidth to conduct bulk data transfers without substantially affecting the successful transmission of time-sensitive traffic in the network. In order to avoid this interference, the packets carrying data for bulk data transfers are associated with a low priority class such that the routers of the network will preferentially drop these packets over packets associated with the normal traffic of the network. As such, when the normal traffic peaks or there are link failures or equipment failures, the normal traffic is preferentially transmitted over the bulk-transfer traffic and thus the bulk-transfer traffic dynamically adapts to changes in the available bandwidth of the network. Further, to reduce the impact of dropped packets for the bulk-transfer traffic, the packets of the bulk-transfer traffic are encoded at or near the source component using a loss-resistant transport protocol so that the dropped packets can be reproduced at a downstream link. |
| US10003534B2 |
Multiple active L3 gateways for logical networks
Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller in a network control system that manages a plurality of logical networks. The method receives a specification of a logical network that comprises a logical router with a logical port that connects to an external network. The method selects several host machines to host a L3 gateway that implements the connection to the external network for the logical router from a set of host machines designated for hosting logical routers. The method generates data tuples for provisioning a set of managed forwarding elements that implement the logical network to send data packets that require processing by the L3 gateway to the selected host machines. The data tuples specify for the managed forwarding elements to distribute the data packets across the selected host machines. |
| US10003532B2 |
Communication method and communication apparatus
A communication apparatus includes a receiver, a memory, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver receives a route information frame and a first frame that is not the route information frame. The memory holds a route information table. The route information table records route information included in the route information frame. When the route information table does not include the source address of the first frame, the processor associates the source address with the address of a transfer-source apparatus that has transferred the first frame to the receiver, and registers these addresses in a registration table. In order to transmit a second frame addressed to a destination apparatus that is not recorded in the route information table, the processor obtains the address of a transfer-source apparatus registered in association with the address of the destination apparatus. The transmitter transmits the second frame to the address obtained by the processor. |
| US10003531B2 |
Method for establishing tunnel, method for allocating label, device and network system
A network system includes a first Egress PE1, a second Egress PE2, and an Ingress PE3, the PE1, PE2 separately communicate with a CE, and the PE1, PE2 are located in a same redundancy group, and are separately used as primary/backup devices; the PE1, PE2 separately generate a virtual node, where the virtual node has a global unique Router ID in the network system. The virtual node is used as a next hop node of the PE1, PE2; and the PE1, PE2 send link state information to the PE3, so that the PE3 obtains Router IDs of the PE1 and PE2, a Router ID of the virtual node, and the link state information of the PE1, PE2, and the PE1, PE2 separately allocate a first label to a FEC of a first VPN, and send the first label and the Router ID of the virtual node to the PE3. |
| US10003530B2 |
Service chain header and metadata transport
Metadata may be embedded in a service chain header (SCH) appended to a packet that is forwarded over a service chain path. The metadata may include information that is used to process the packet at a downstream service function chain (SFC) entity on the service chain path. The metadata TLV field may identify a service action to be performed by a downstream SFC entity. For example, the metadata TLV field may instruct the downstream SFC entity to drop the packet, to redirect the packet (or a traffic flow associated with the packet), to mirror a traffic flow, to terminate a communication connection, to start or stop a packet accounting, and/or to apply a higher grade of service. In another embodiment, the metadata TLV field specifies an OAM service action list that identifies service actions that have been performed on the packet. |
| US10003529B2 |
Method and system for memory allocation in a software-defined networking (SDN) system
Methods for memory allocation in a software-defined networking (SDN) system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a first message in a network device from a SDN controller, where the first message includes a request to generate an entity in the network device to route traffic, and where the entity is one of a flow table entry, a group table entry, and a flow table. The method further includes identifying an indication in the first message that indicates at least one memory usage characteristic of the entity, where the at least one memory usage characteristic includes at least one of a target access speed and a target storage scalability of the entity; and generating, at least partially based on the indication, the entity using one memory type of a plurality of memory types of the network device. |
| US10003525B2 |
Methods and apparatus to provide redundancy in a process control system
Methods and apparatus to provide redundancy in a process control system are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, at a first network host, first integrity messages transmitted from a second network host over a first network. The method includes detecting a network failure over a first communication path between a first network interface of the first network host and a second network interface of the second network host via first network when a first network interface of the first network host fails to receive one of the first integrity messages expected from a first network interface of the second network host. The method includes automatically establishing a second communication path between the first network host and the second network host in response to the detected network failure. |
| US10003523B2 |
Link cost determination for network links
A link cost determining method including computing, by a station, a new composite data rate using a set of data rates including an average data rate, a geometric mean data rate, and a minimum data rate for data samples, computing, by the station, a pair of hysteresis thresholds for a previous composite data rate, determining, by the station, whether the new composite data rate exceeds one of the pair of hysteresis thresholds, and advertising, by the station, the new composite data rate when the new composite data rate exceeds one of the pair of hysteresis thresholds. |
| US10003521B2 |
Fibre channel N_port virtualization gateway with shortcut path logic
A Fibre Channel (FC) N_Port virtualization (NPV) gateway apparatus includes an NP_Port to connect to an F_Port of an FC switch of an FC fabric, a first F_Port to connect to a host device, and a second F_Port to connect to a target device. The apparatus includes shortcut path logic to create a shortcut path between the host and target devices to permit the host and target devices to communicate with one another without the communication traversing the switch. In response to receiving communication from the host device addressed to the target device, the apparatus diverts the communication to the target device over the shortcut path in lieu of sending it to the switch. In response to receiving communication from the target device addressed to the host device, the apparatus diverts the communication to the host device over the shortcut path in lieu of sending it to the switch. |
| US10003518B2 |
Span session monitoring
A monitoring session associated with a virtual nickname may be established in a TRILL network. A monitoring station may be connected to an edge switch of the TRILL network specifying the virtual nickname for the monitoring session. The monitoring station is set as a destination for the monitoring session and the virtual nickname is flooded throughout the TRILL network. A source may then be configured to the monitoring session by specifying the virtual nickname of the monitoring session without knowing the destination tied to the monitoring session. Network traffic through the source may then be forwarded to the destination tied to the monitoring session. |
| US10003503B2 |
Tunnel type selection method and apparatus
A tunnel type selection method and apparatus, which relate to the field of information technologies, and can reduce data packet forwarding complexity. The method includes first, combining, by a controller, a code and a label value that are corresponding to a tunnel type supported by a next-hop switch, generating an OXM_OF_TUNNEL_ID match field, and sending a forwarding policy that carries the OXM_OF_TUNNEL_ID match field to a previous-hop OPENFLOW switch, then, extracting, by the previous-hop OPENFLOW switch, the code and the label value that are corresponding to the tunnel type, and encapsulating a data packet according to the code and the label value that are corresponding to the tunnel type, finally, sending, by the previous-hop OPENFLOW switch, the encapsulated data packet to the next-hop switch. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to data packet forwarding in a hybrid networking environment of an OPENFLOW switch and a conventional switch. |
| US10003500B2 |
Systems and methods for resource sharing between two resource allocation systems
In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing a server cluster are provided. An example method may include scheduling a first job on a first node, using a first resource manager, establishing a service for a second resource manager on a second node, wherein the service is allocated node resources of the second node, and attempting to schedule a second job on the first node, using the first resource manager. The method may include preempting the service on the second node, using the second resource manager, in response to the attempt to schedule the second job on the first node, and deallocating the node resources of the second node from the service. The method may include advertising, using a node manager of the first resource manager, available node resources of the second node, and scheduling the second job on the second node, using the first resource manager. |
| US10003499B2 |
Client-configured server class tracing to a configurable threshold
A user-device configured server code trace request that specifies an element identifier of a specified user-device interface element served by a server and a server code tracing depth specified by a user of a user device is received at the server device from the user device served by the server device. Using the specified element identifier, a granular server code trace of server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to a portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is configured. The configured granular server code trace of the server code scoped to the specified server code tracing depth and scoped to the portion of the server code utilized in association with the specified user-device interface element is performed. |
| US10003498B2 |
Efficient management of network configuration-dependent network functionality
Notifications associated with software-defined network components are registered for. A notification is received in accordance with the registration. It is determined that the notification indicates a configuration change to a network associated with the software-defined network components. In response to a determination that the notification indicates the configuration change, a network topology associated with the network is determined. It is determined that one or more network functionalities are impacted by the configuration change based, at least in part, on the network topology. In response to a determination that the one or more network functionalities are impacted by the configuration change, the one or more network functionalities are updated based, at least in part, on the network topology. |
| US10003497B2 |
System for utility usage triggering action
The present disclosure relates to using sensors and measurements from sensors to trigger actions within a network. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for measuring usage or measurements, using sensors, of utilities or other environmental factors, generating profiles based on the usage or measurements, and triggering actions within a network device based on the usage, measurements and profiles. Embodiments of the present invention may include, for example, compiling historical usage based on the use or measurements detected by a network device and generating a usage profile based on that use or measurements. The normal usage profile may be compared with the usage over a certain predetermined period of time to detect any abnormal use or measurements from the network device, and an action may be taken as a result of an abnormality. |
| US10003494B2 |
Per-prefix LFA FRR with bit indexed explicit replication
Various systems and methods for performing bit indexed explicit replication (BIER). For example, one method involves receiving a packet at a node. The packet includes a bit string includes information identifying a plurality of destinations. The node selects an entry in a bit indexed forwarding table (BIFT). The BIFT includes both a primary path entry and a backup path entry. The node forwards the packet based on information in the entry. |
| US10003493B2 |
Monitoring device for distributed antenna system
A monitoring device for a distributed antenna system including at least two node units communicatively coupled to each other transmits, to at least one target node unit among the node units, a data dump command for a first target signal passing through a first signal path in the target node unit. The monitoring device receives, from the target node unit, response data corresponding to the data dump command. The monitoring device generates first quality information indicative of the quality of the first target signal by using the response data. |
| US10003492B2 |
Systems and methods for managing data related to network elements from multiple sources
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing data related to network elements in a telecommunications network. In an embodiment, a document containing data related to one or more of the network elements is received. The document is associated with a corresponding source provider, a location, a receipt timestamp indicating the time and date that the data was received, and a creation timestamp indicating the time and date that the data was created. A document class is then detected for the received document, and an intermediate representation of the document is generated that includes a plurality of key-value pairs. The intermediate representation is parsed to identify relevant values that correlate to a network model that includes a plurality of network entities representing types of network elements in the telecommunications network. Finally, the identified values are normalized according to the network model and written to a networking database. |
| US10003491B2 |
Transmission method compatible with higher order modulation and lower order modulation, and apparatus
Disclosed is a transmission method compatible with higher order modulation and lower order modulation, and an apparatus. A base station stores a first higher order modulation mapping table supporting the higher order modulation and a first lower order modulation mapping table supporting the lower order modulation; the base station receives capability level information sent by user equipment; the base station determines, according to the capability level information sent by the user equipment, a first modulation mapping table used to communicate with the user equipment; the base station determines a modulation and coding scheme index according to the modulation mapping table, where the modulation and coding scheme index is used by the user equipment to determine a modulation and coding scheme; and the modulation and coding scheme index is sent to the user equipment. |
| US10003489B2 |
Communication device using a spectral shaped low peak-to-average power discrete Fourier transform waveform
The apparatus may be a transmitter. The transmitter including a modulator configured to modulate a binary input sequence with a particular modulation coding scheme to generate a modulated input signal. The transmitter also including a spectral shaping circuit configured to spectral shape a first version of the input signal to generate a spectral shaped signal. The spectral shaping circuit also includes a FIR filter configured to lower peak-to-average power ratio of the spectral shaped signal. The transmitter also includes a discrete Fourier transform circuit configured to discrete Fourier transform a second version of the input signal to generate a discrete Fourier transformed signal. The modulated input signal is one of the first version of the input signal or the second version of the input signal and the spectral shaped signal is another of the first version of the input signal or the second version of the input signal. |
| US10003487B2 |
Symplectic orthogonal time frequency space modulation system
A system and method for orthogonal time frequency space communication and waveform generation. The method includes receiving a plurality of information symbols and encoding an N×M array containing the plurality of information symbols into a two-dimensional array of modulation symbols by spreading each of the plurality of information symbols with respect to both time and frequency. The two-dimensional array of modulation symbols is then transmitted using M mutually orthogonal waveforms included within M frequency sub-bands. |
| US10003485B2 |
Systems of synchronizing lighting effect control signals and patterns for controlling interactive lighting effect devices
A system for synchronizing lighting effect patterns of interactive lighting effect devices at a remote location with respect to those at local location is disclosed herein. Synchronized lighting effects produced at the remote location while watching a lighting effect show using other interactive lighting effect devices illuminated according to a script at event venue, can be achieved. Such synchronized lighting effects obtained at remote location generate a corresponding virtual simulated perception of attending same concert venue live when watching a live streaming video thereof. Low latency between lighting effect changes are produced at remote location with respect to those observed in concert venue live streaming video due to method of color control signal generation along with usage of color control pattern blending module that creates a blended video frame comprising of a color control pattern, which allows for efficient lighting effect pattern generation at remote location. |
| US10003482B2 |
Receiver architecture having full-band capture and narrow-band paths
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first receiver to receive and downconvert a first radio frequency (RF) signal to a second frequency signal and to output a first digitized signal, the first receiver comprising a full-band receiver to receive at least a substantial portion of a band of interest; a second receiver to receive and downconvert a second RF signal to a third frequency signal and to output a second digitized signal, the second receiver comprising a narrow-band receiver to receive a first channel of the band of interest; a digital circuit to process at least one of the first and second digitized signals; and a controller to configure the first receiver and the second receiver and control the digital circuit. |
| US10003481B2 |
FFE-aided CDR to calibrate phase offset and enhance gain in baud rate sampling phase detector
A system and method for Feed Forward Equalizer (FFE)-Aided Clock Data Recovery (CDR) to calibrate phase offset and enhance gain in baud rate sampling phase detector is provided. In an embodiment, a clock data recovery (CDR) apparatus includes an incremental feed forward equalizer (INC-FFE) in a CDR path and a calibration component in an equalization path, the calibration component connected to the INC-FFE, the calibration component configured to adjust FFE coefficients for the INC-FFE according to a phase code (PC) index in a PC index table and one of a signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) and a bit error rate (BER) of a sampled signal, wherein the PC index table comprises adjustment values for the FFE coefficients, and wherein the PC index is linearly related to a sampling phase. |
| US10003480B2 |
Asynchronous multicarrier communications
Apparatuses and methods for performing asynchronous multicarrier communications are provided. One such method involves generating, at a first wireless device, a waveform including one or more carriers, shaping the waveform to reduce interference between the waveform and adjacent waveforms, and transmitting, on a spectrum, the shaped waveform asynchronously. |
| US10003478B2 |
Wireless transmitting and receiving device and method
A wireless device, method, and signal for use in communication of a wireless packet between transmitting device and a wireless receiving device via a plurality of antennas, wherein a signal generator generates wireless packet including a short-preamble sequence used for a first automatic gain control (AGC), a first long-preamble sequence, a signal field used for conveying a length of the wireless packet, an AGC preamble sequence used for a second AGC to be performed after the first AGC, a second long-preamble sequence, and a data field conveying data. The AGC preamble sequence is transmitted in parallel by the plurality of antennas. |
| US10003476B2 |
De-congesting data centers with wireless point-to-multipoint flyways
In one embodiment, a source top-of-rack (ToR) switch may identify multiple destination ToR switches from a group of ToR switches to send data traffic to. The source ToR switch may be connected to the group of ToR switches via a base network. The system may determine whether each destination ToR switch is suitable for receiving data transmission via a point-to-multipoint wireless flyway. The two or more destination ToR switches that are determined to be suitable may be considered flyway candidate ToR switches. The system may establish the point-to-multipoint wireless flyway between the source ToR switch and the flyway candidate ToR switches. The system may then transmit the data traffic from the source ToR switch to each of the flyway candidate ToR switches via the point-to-multipoint wireless flyway. |
| US10003474B2 |
Flow synchronization
A controller node receives a list of a first plurality of flows programmed on a network switch. The controller node extracts a flow cookie value from a flow cookie data field of each flow in the first plurality of flows on the received list and calculates a session identifier on the basis of the extracted cookie values. At least one add flow command is transmitted from the controller node to the network switch to program a second plurality of flows on the network switch. The at least one add flow command comprises flow cookie values in the flow cookie data fields of each of the flows in the second plurality of flows which are set equal to the calculated session identifier. At least one delete flow command is transmitted from the controller node to the network switch to delete programming of the first plurality of flows on the network switch. |
| US10003469B2 |
Multicast forwarding method and apparatus in transparent interconnection of lots of link network, and routing bridge
Provided is a method for multicast forwarding in a TRILL network. The method includes that: when receiving remote multicast data, a routing bridge forwards the multicast data according to capability information of terminals adhered to the routing bridge. An apparatus and a routing bridge for multicast forwarding in a TRILL network are also provided. The technical solutions of the present disclosure take the scenario that a smart terminal and an ordinary terminal together access a TRILL network into consideration, so that address learning is performed between smart terminals through the multicast data, thereby ensuring normal data transmission. |
| US10003466B1 |
Network traffic with credential signatures
Data is split into a set of data packets and transmitted between a client computer system and a network service via a packet-switched network. The client computer system identifies a role, permission, group, or other credential that is associated with the data packets, and attaches a credential identifier such as a digital signature to the packets before they are transmitted over the network. A network service receives the data packets, and is configured to filter or route the data packets to a recipient using the attached credential identifier. The network service can adjust the filtering or routing process to occur within a data link, network, transport, or application layer. In some examples, the filtering or routing is provided from within a hypervisor. |
| US10003464B1 |
Biometric identification system and associated methods
A computer-implemented method for securing a trusted transaction using a biometric identity verification system comprising a peripheral device, a vendor server, and a verification server. The method may comprise the steps of receiving a biometric indicator at the peripheral device, and forwarding the biometric indicator to the vendor server. The method may further comprise forwarding the biometric indicator to the verification server which may verify the biometric indicator by translating the biometric indicator into an encryption value, and computing an identity verification flag, defined as a pulse upon detecting a match of the encryption value and a stored cypher record. The vendor server may execute the trusted transaction by receiving the pulse signifying a match of the encryption values found by the verification server. |
| US10003456B2 |
Soundwire XL turnaround signaling
System, methods and apparatus are described that improve link turnaround performance in a differentially driven link. A method performed at a first device coupled to a two-wire serial link includes transmitting from the first device first differentially-encoded data to a second device over the two-wire serial link during a first time period, receiving at the first device second differentially-encoded data from the second device over the two-wire serial link during a second time period, and driving by the first device both wires of the two-wire serial link to a common voltage level during a third time period, the third time period spanning a link turnaround period between the first time period and the second time period. Both wires of the two-wire serial link are driven toward the common voltage level by the second device during the third time period. |
| US10003447B2 |
Control and data signaling in SC-FDMA communication systems
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting data, acknowledgement information, and a channel quality indicator (CQI). The method includes if the acknowledgement information and the data are in a slot, transmitting a first type symbol in the slot, wherein the first type symbol includes a reference signal; transmitting a second type symbol in the slot, wherein the second type symbol includes the data; and transmitting a third type symbol in the slot, wherein the third type symbol includes the acknowledgement information and the data, if the acknowledgement information, the CQI, and the data are in the slot, transmitting a first type symbol in the slot, wherein the first type symbol includes the reference signal; transmitting a second type symbol in the slot, wherein the second type symbol includes the data, and the CQI; and transmitting a third type symbol in the slot, wherein the third type symbol includes the acknowledgement information, the CQI, and the data. |
| US10003446B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system using beamforming
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system using beamforming are provided. The transmission method includes transmitting a control channel signal in a control channel region of a subframe using a first transmission beam of a base station. The transmission method also includes transmitting a data signal during a predetermined time period of a data region after the control channel region in the subframe using a second transmission beam determined based on the first transmission beam. The transmission method further includes transmitting a data signal in a remaining data region following the predetermined time period using a scheduled transmission beam. |
| US10003444B2 |
Communication method using multiple input multiple output and communication apparatus performing the same
Provided herein is a communication method using MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) technology for communicating with a terminal included in each of a plurality of base station cells using a communication apparatus, the method including calculating, by the communication apparatus, the number of terminals included inside a base station cell; generating, by the communication apparatus, pilot signals corresponding to the calculated number of terminals; and allocating, by the communication apparatus, the pilot signals to a terminal that may maximize a network capacity based on the generated pilot signals. |
| US10003443B2 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting modulation signals
A plurality of modulation signals is generated. Each of the plurality of modulation signals includes a pilot symbol sequence having a plurality of pilot symbols. Each pilot symbol sequence is inserted at a same temporal point in each modulation signal, and each pilot symbol in the pilot symbol sequence has a non-zero amplitude. A quantity of the plurality of pilot symbols in each pilot symbol sequence is greater than or equal to a quantity of the plurality of modulation signals to be transmitted. The plurality of modulation signals are transmitted in an identical frequency band from a plurality of antennas. Each of the transmitted plurality of modulation signals includes transmission data and one of the pilot symbol sequences. |
| US10003442B2 |
Method for performing precoding for adaptive antenna scaling in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for transmitting a signal to a receiver by a transmitter in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes mapping one or more transmission steams to first logical antenna ports, mapping signals mapped to the first logical antenna ports to second logical antenna ports, and mapping signals mapped to the second logical antenna ports to physical antennas to transmit the signals mapped to the physical antennas to the receiver, wherein the number of the first logical antenna ports is less than or equal to the number of the second logical antenna ports and varies with a channel state between the transmitter and the receiver. |
| US10003439B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink signal of fallback mode in wireless communication system that supports change in use of wireless resource and device therefor
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting, by a terminal, an uplink signal in a wireless communication system that supports a dynamic change of a wireless resource use. Particularly, the method comprises the step of determining the transmission of an uplink signal in a specific subframe on a first uplink-downlink setting in accordance with a fallback mode, wherein the fallback mode is applied if the reception of a change in use message transmitted so as to reset to a wireless resource use in accordance with a second uplink-downlink setting is not successful. |
| US10003437B2 |
Wireless transmitter to optimize throughput by controlling time-average block size of signals to receivers
A prioritization is determined amongst a group of receivers for receiving signals transmitted from the wireless transmitter, without use of accurate channel state information. A signal is transmitted to each receiver based on an order that is determined by the prioritization. The transmitted signal can be encoded so that the receiver is able to receive the signal regardless of a channel state as between that receiver and the wireless transmitter. |
| US10003436B2 |
Low-complexity LLR computation for nonuniform QAM constellations
A device for use in demodulating modulated signals by determining a value for a log likelihood ratio. The device has a storage device to store executable instructions and a processor to execute the instructions stored on the memory device. The processor is configured to, when executing the instructions: receive a modulated signal which is to be demodulated using a constellation diagram comprising a plurality of constellation points which are identified by binary reflected Gray-labelled codes; identify, for a bit of the Gray-labelled codes, a closest complementary constellation point to the signal when considering the signal as a point on a representation of one-dimension of the constellation diagram; identify a hard decision point, wherein the hard decision point is the closest constellation point to the signal when considering the signal as a point on a representation of one-dimension of a constellation diagram; and a complementary constellation point is a constellation point which has a different value for the bit compared to the hard decision point; and determine a value for a log likelihood ratio using the hard decision point and the closest complementary constellation point. Some devices identify a closest complementary constellation point to the signal, a second closest complementary constellation point to the signal, a hard decision point and an auxiliary hard decision point and determine a value for a log likelihood ratio using the hard decision point, an auxiliary hard decision point, the closest complementary constellation point and the second closest complementary constellation point. |
| US10003431B2 |
Detecting passive RF components using radio frequency identification tags
Systems and methods are provided for automatically detecting passive components in communications systems using radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags. A coupling circuit is provided in a system between a communications network and an RFID tag. The RFID tag is associated with a passive element of a distributed antenna system (“DAS”). The coupling circuit can allow an RFID signal received from an RFID transmitter over the communications network to be transported to the RFID tag. The coupling circuit can substantially prevent mobile communication signals on the communications network from being transported to the RFID tag. |
| US10003428B2 |
Using noisy window for uncalibrated optical network unit activation
A method of Noisy Window and associated management messages to support set splitting if activating ONUs with uncalibrated transmitter, offering a power grant for unmodulated upstream transmission, measuring the average received optical power in all upstream wavelength channels and providing downstream indication of the upstream wavelength channel with abnormally high average received power. |
| US10003424B2 |
Bus reversible orthogonal differential vector signaling codes
Properties and the construction method of Orthogonal Differential Vector Signaling Codes are disclosed which are tolerant of order-reversal, as may occur when physical routing of communications channel wires causes the bus signal order to be reversed. Operation using the described codes with such bus-reversed signals can avoid complete logical or physical reordering of received signals or other significant duplication of receiver resources. |
| US10003423B2 |
Half-cycled orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing transmission and reception
An optical transmitter transmits an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol in which only one-half of available subcarriers are modulated with data and the remaining subcarriers are suppressed by not modulating with data. The transmission is of duration equal to half the symbol period of the OFDM symbol, resulting in a half-cycle transmission. An optical receiver receives the half-cycle transmission OFDM symbol, regenerates the full time domain representation and recovers data modulated on the one-half of available subcarriers. The modulated subcarriers and the suppressed subcarriers alternate in the frequency domain. |
| US10003420B2 |
Methods and systems for suggesting additional content
Methods and systems are disclosed for a media guidance application that mitigates the frustration that a user experiences in response to encountering poor-quality media content. For example, in response to determining that media content (e.g., a television program) received/retrieved by a user is of low quality, the media guidance application may recommend one or more actions to alleviate the user's frustration. For example, the media guidance application may find a high-quality version of the media content, offer discounts, credits, etc., on the low-quality media content, find an alternative source of the media content, etc. Alternatively or additionally, the media guidance application may recommend related media content (e.g., a different television program) and/or offer discounts, credits, etc., for the related media content. |
| US10003415B1 |
Method to remove measurement receiver counter intermodulation distortion for transmitter calibration
A system, computer readable medium, and method are provided for calibrating a wireless transmitter. A transceiver that includes a radio frequency transmitter, a measurement receiver, and a local oscillator unit may be calibrated by adjusting the duty cycle of the radio frequency signals generated by the local oscillator unit. The method for calibrating the wireless transmitter includes the steps of collecting measurement data corresponding to a number of pre-defined duty ratio correction factors, calculating estimated optimum duty ratio correction factors based on the measurement data, and determining a final optimum duty ratio correction factor from the estimated optimum duty ratio correction factors. The pre-defined duty ratio correction factors may be selected to simplify the calculations for choosing the final optimum duty ratio correction factor. The wireless transmitter can be calibrated by configuring the local oscillator unit based on the final optimum duty ratio correction factor. |
| US10003414B2 |
Method for calibrating a frequency synthesiser using two-point FSK modulation
The method for calibrating the frequency synthesizer using two-point FSK modulation consists, in a first phase, in supplying an excitation signal generated by a calibration unit to a sigma-delta modulator by deactivating a digital-to-analog converter and transmitting the output signal from a loop filter of the synthesizer to the calibration unit, which digitally converts the incoming signal and offsets the phase shift between the excitation signal and the loop filter output signal in the calibration unit. In a second phase, the excitation signal is supplied to the sigma-delta modulator and to the activated digital-to-analog converter, and the digital-to-analog converter gain is calibrated by checking, in the calibration unit, the polarity of the loop filter output signal with respect to the excitation signal, and using a dichotomy algorithm. |
| US10003413B2 |
Network element, integrated circuit and method of determining connectivity from antenna elements to transceiver line-ups
A method for assigning, in a database, a relationship between at least one logical channel and at least one antenna element feed that is coupleable to at least one antenna element of an antenna arrangement, is described. The method comprises either: applying a first signal to at least one first logical channel; and detecting whether there is a presence of a radio frequency signal converted from the first signal on at least one first antenna element feed; or applying a second signal to at least one first antenna element feed coupleable to at least one first antenna element of the antenna arrangement; and detecting whether there is a presence of a logical signal converted from the second signal on at least one first logical channel. The method further comprises assigning in the database in response thereto a relationship between the at least one first logical channel and the at least one first antenna element feed. This advantageously allows assigning of logical channels via a plurality of transceivers to a plurality of antenna elements. Furthermore, a logical channel to beamform coefficient assignment may be determined for the antenna array. |
| US10003412B2 |
Guided distributed interference management system utilizing positive co-channel interference detection, measurement and mitigation employing a communication network or an internet connection
Various embodiments of the system and method relate to improvements in co-channel interference mitigation in shared spectrum environments operating under the aegis of a Spectrum Access System and companion database. Implementation orchestrates, detects, and obtains noise measurements from a potentially-affected receiver utilizing programmed reduction of transmitted power from a potential interferer when the two entities connect over the Internet or other communication network. Receivers and transmitters may use the method with the same or different Physical Layers (PHYs) and protocols. In one embodiment, a momentary reduction of transmitter power is noted during which putative interference is measured at the receiver. In another embodiment, an isolated burst is sent from a not-yet commissioned transmitter to contemporaneously detect possible interference at an operating receiver. A third embodiment can be used to measure and mitigate interference from a stationary mobile transmitter. A fourth embodiment establishes hosting for potential interference recognition as a service. |
| US10003408B2 |
Receiving method and receiver device for a coherent optical communication system
A receiver device and receiving method for a coherent optical communication system are disclosed. The disclosed device includes: an optical splitter configured to split a received optical signal into at least two paths; a first amplifier configured to amplify a second optical signal from among a first optical signal and the second optical signal split into two paths; a second amplifier configured to amplify the output signal of the first amplifier; and a coherent receiver module configured to mix and detect the output signal of the second amplifier and the first optical signal. The disclosed device provides the advantages of suppressing the occurrence of frequency offsets and minimizing phase noise, as well as allowing manufacture with a low cost without requiring either an additional optical source or additional optical fibers. |
| US10003406B2 |
Optical level control apparatus and optical reception apparatus
An optical level control apparatus includes an input port, an output port, an optical device to assume a state of outputting light inputted to the input port from the output port and a state of not outputting the light inputted to the input port from the output port; a detector to detect an intensity of the light inputted to the input port, and a control unit to detect an input of an optical burst signal to the input port on the basis of a result of detecting the intensity of the light and to control the optical device so that the signal, in which to eliminate a field extending up to an elapse of a period of first time equal to or shorter than laser ON time period of the signal from a head of the signal with its input being detected, is output from the output port. |
| US10003404B2 |
Determining efficiency of an optical signal source in distributed communication systems
Components, systems, and methods for determining efficiency of an optical signal source in distributed communication systems are disclosed. Environmentally induced variations in the performance of optical sources used to convert electrical signals to optical signals (such as laser diodes) at the transmitters within the system can be evaluated in real time. Steps can be taken to compensate for these variations. The efficiency of the laser diode can be measured and provided to receivers in the distributed communication system. The receiver may use information related to the slope efficiency measurement to adjust the gain of the receiving amplifiers to provide desired adjustments to the gain. Thus, the receivers in the remote units (RU) receive information about the slope efficiency of the laser diodes at the head end equipment (HEE) and the HEE receives information about the slope efficiency of the laser diodes at the RU. |
| US10003394B2 |
Wireless communications systems and methods
Methods and systems that enhance interference cancellation in communication channels are described. Specialized time domain training sequences and simple cross correlation are used to obtain a channel estimate for use in stacked carrier beamforming and OFDM based spatial beamforming. In certain embodiments, a time domain preamble sequence is provided as an alternative to the conventional frequency domain preamble sequence. The use of a time domain preamble can increase channel estimation performance, facilitating cancellation of co-channel interference. Embodiments include generating a training sequence preamble in the time domain, computing a frequency domain response of the channel using an estimate of its time domain impulse response, and using the frequency domain response of the channel to calculate channel estimation from a cross correlation of data received from the channel against the training sequence. |
| US10003390B2 |
System and method for precoded Faster than Nyquist signaling
Systems and methods of precoded faster than Nyquist (FTN) signalling are provided. In the transmitter, Tomlinson-Harashima Preceding (THP) is applied to produce precoded symbols. The THP is based on inter-symbol interference (ISI) due to using faster than Nyquist (FTN) signalling. An inverse modulo operation is not performed in the receiver. Instead, in the receiver, FTN processing is performed based on a matched filter output by determining log a-posteriori probability ratio LAPPR values computed for an nth bit bn of a kth received symbol and pre-computed a-priori probabilities of an extended constellation for a given pulse shape h(t) and FTN acceleration factor combination. |
| US10003389B2 |
MIMO communication method, and base station apparatus and terminal
A MIMO communication method for performing MIMO communication between a base station including a plurality of antennas, and a plurality of terminals accommodated in the base station. The method includes, in the base station, dividing the plurality of terminals into a first and a second group, and assigning orthogonal codes with each other to the respective groups, spreading transmission data to the plurality of terminals with the assigned codes, multiplying data obtained by the spreading by a predetermined pre-coding matrix, obtaining a channel matrix representing channels between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of terminals, multiplying data obtained by the multiplying by the pre-coding matrix by a complex conjugate matrix of the channel matrix, and transmitting data obtained by the multiplying by the complex conjugate matrix from the plurality of antennas. |
| US10003388B2 |
Method and apparatus for internal relative transceiver calibration
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for internal relative transceiver calibration. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating a plurality of processed observations corresponding to pilots transmitted by transceiver units in the entity and observations of the pilots by transceiver units in the entity, each processed observation being indicative of a combined response of a pilot transmitted by transmitter hardware of one transceiver unit at the entity and an observation of the pilot by receiver hardware of another transceiver unit at the entity; grouping the plurality of processed observations into one or more observation pairs, where each observation pair of the one or more observation pairs comprises: a first observation indicative of a combined response between transmitter hardware of a first transceiver unit and receiver hardware of a second transceiver unit in the entity, and a second observation indicative of a combined response between transmitter hardware of the second transceiver unit and receiver hardware of the first transceiver unit in the entity; and calculating, based on at least one of observation pairs, relative calibration values, where each relative calibration value is associated with a transceiver of each transceiver unit and is relative with respect to a transceiver of a reference unit at the entity. |
| US10003378B2 |
Processing signals in a wireless communications environment
One aspect provides a method of processing a signal transmitted over a channel in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving at a receiver the signal transmitted over the channel, estimating at intervals at least one parameter of a time varying communication environment of the system, monitoring at least one processor-related criterion of a processor at the receiver, and selecting a signal processing function from a plurality of signal processing functions implementable by the processor. The selecting of the signal processing function is based on both the at least one parameter and the at least one processor-related criterion. Each signal processing function comprises a plurality of code blocks which process the received signal. Each code block of the plurality of code blocks comprises a sequence of instructions for execution by on a processor platform of the processor. |
| US10003377B1 |
Spread spectrum acoustic communication techniques
In a transmit method, a set of data eigenvectors that are based on a Prometheus Orthonormal Set (PONS) code construction and orthogonal to each other are stored, wherein each of the data eigenvectors is mapped to a unique multi-bit word. A pilot sequence representing a pilot eigenvector that is based on the PONS code construction and orthogonal to each of the data eigenvectors is generated. Input data is grouped into multi-bit words and ones of the data eigenvectors mapped to the multi-bit words are selected. A spread data sequence including the selected ones of the data eigenvectors and that is synchronized to the pilot sequence is generated. An acoustic signal including the synchronized pilot sequence and the spread data sequence is generated. The acoustic signal is transmitted. |
| US10003374B1 |
Wireless radio frequency transceiver system for internet of things
A wireless radio frequency transceiver system for Internet of Things includes: a wireless radio frequency transmission module and a wireless radio frequency receiving module. The wireless radio frequency transmission module is used to shape signal waveform of digital signals from the Internet of Things to modulate the digital signals to form modulated output signals, and adopt a self-mixing technique to increase voltage/current amplitude of the modulated output signals and reduce phase noise. The wireless radio frequency transmission module is further used to adopt a current reuse technique to amplify the voltage/current amplitude of the modulated output signals, and transmit the amplified modulated output signals through a first antenna to a wireless channel. The wireless radio frequency receiving module is used to detect carrier input signals received from a second antenna to obtain baseband signals and demodulate the baseband signals to form differential signals. The wireless radio frequency receiving module is further used to amplify voltage/current amplitude of the demodulated differential signals several times in an open loop state to produce digital output signals, and transmit the digital output signals to a back-end signal processor. |
| US10003370B2 |
Protective case for mobile device with displaced camera control
A protective case for a mobile device having an alternative user interface that is capable of wirelessly controlling the operations of the mobile device is disclosed. The alternative user interface is displaced from the corresponding user interface on the mobile device and is programmable and paired or otherwise wirelessly connected to the mobile device via a Bluetooth or other suitable wireless interface or protocol. A software application residing on the mobile can facilitate wireless operation of the mobile device features by the additional user interface on the case. Wireless user control via the alternative user interface controls on the case, for example, may be of one or more of the operations of a camera feature of the mobile device or may be any other operation of the mobile device. The protective case can be formed of multiple components that are user separable from another to allow for modular and independent functionality. An additional flash/lamp feature on the case is provided to improve flash and/or lighting and a stand feature is provided on the case to allow the case to stand the mobile device in a desired position and orientation while taking a photograph remotely with the user controls on a separated component of the case. |
| US10003368B2 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing cellular telephone radiation exposure
In some aspects, a cellular telephone includes (1) a user interface portion having a communications circuit; and (2) a cellular portion having a first communications circuit adapted to communicate with the communications circuit of the user interface portion and a second communications circuit adapted to communicate with a cellular network. The cellular portion is removably coupled to the user interface portion so as to allow a user of the cellular telephone to communicate over a cellular network by using the user interface portion while the cellular portion is separated from the user interface portion. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10003365B2 |
Methods and apparatus for mitigating known interference
Systems and methods for mitigating known interference at a receiving device are provided. A signal from a transmission source is received by a receiving device that is affected by an interference source. At least one of a first pilot signal associated with the transmission source and a second pilot signal associated with the interfering source is determined. The first pilot signal includes information broadcast from the transmission source and the second pilot signal includes information broadcast from the interference source. Interference caused by the interference source is mitigated from the received signal using at least one of the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal. |
| US10003363B2 |
Data transfer apparatus
An apparatus for transferring data from a first part of a measuring apparatus to a second part includes a signal transmitting part mounted to the second part and having first antennae for receiving first electrical signals representing data from the second part and emitting electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the first electrical signals, and a signal receiving part mounted to the first part but separated from and rotating relative to the signal transmitting part. The signal receiving part includes a second antenna for receiving electromagnetic radiation and generating second electrical signals corresponding to the first electrical signals. The signal transmitting part and the signal receiving part include respective radiation guide elements adapted to cause less attenuation of the electromagnetic radiation passing through the radiation guide elements than when passing through water, so that the electromagnetic radiation can be continuously transmitted from the signal transmitting part to the signal receiving part. |
| US10003360B2 |
Device and method for finding error location
An electronic device for finding error locations in a codeword includes a plurality of power control units configured to find error locations in the codeword. The plurality of power control units are coupled in parallel. Each of the plurality of power control units includes a plurality of corresponding input control circuits to individually turn on or off the corresponding power control unit. |
| US10003359B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal and method of transmitting and receiving a signal
The present invention relates to a method of transmitting and a method of receiving signals and corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to an efficient layer 1 (L1) processing method for a transmitter and a receiver using data slices. |
| US10003357B2 |
Systems and methods for verification of code resiliency for data storage
Systems and methods which implement forward checking of data integrity are disclosed. A storage system of embodiments may, for example, comprise data integrity forward checking logic which is operable to perform forward checking of data integrity in real-time or near real-time to check that a number of node failures can be tolerated without loss of data. Embodiments may be utilized to provide assurance that a number of fragments needed for source data recovery will be available for the source objects most susceptible to failure when a certain number of additional fragments are lost, such as due to storage node failures. |
| US10003349B2 |
Dynamic power switching in current-steering DACs
Methods and systems are provided for dynamic power switching in current-steering digital-to-analog converters (DACs). A DAC circuit may be configured to apply digital-to-analog conversions based on current steering, and to particularly incorporate use of dynamic power switching during conversions. The DAC circuit may comprise a main section, which may connect a main supply voltage to a main current source. The main section may comprise a positive-side branch and a negative-side branch, which may be configured to steer positive-side and negative-side currents, such as in a differential manner, to effectuate the conversions. The dynamic power switching may be applied, for example, via a secondary section connecting a main current source in the DAC circuit to a secondary supply voltage. The secondary supply voltage may be configured such that it may be less than the main supply voltage used in driving the current steering in the DAC circuit. |
| US10003344B2 |
Clock generator
A clock generator receives first and second clock signals, and input representing a desired frequency ratio. A comparison is made between frequencies of an output clock signal and the first clock signal, and a first error signal represents the difference between the desired frequency ratio and this comparison result. The first error signal is filtered. A comparison is made between frequencies of the output clock signal and the second clock signal, and a second error signal represents the difference between the filtered first error signal and this comparison result. The second error signal is filtered. A numerically controlled oscillator receives the filtered second error signal and generates an output clock signal. As a result, the output clock signal has the jitter characteristics of the first input clock signal over a useful range of jitter frequencies and the frequency accuracy of the second input clock signal. |
| US10003343B2 |
Phase locked loop circuits
A phase locked loop circuit comprising: a phase detector configured to compare the phase of an input signal with the phase of a feedback signal in order to provide an up-phase signal and a down-phase-signal; an oscillator-driver configured to: apply an up-weighting-value to the up-phase signal in order to provide a weighted-up-phase signal; apply a down-weighting-value to the down-phase signal in order to provide a weighted-down-phase signal; and combine the weighted-up-phase signal with the weighted-down-phase signal in order to provide an oscillator-driver-output-signal; and a controller configured to: set the up-weighting-value and the down-phase-weighting as a first-set-of-unequal-weighting-values, and replace the first-set-of-unequal-weighting-values with a second-set-of-unequal-weighting-values if an operating signal of the phase locked loop circuit reaches a limit-value without satisfying a threshold value. |
| US10003339B1 |
General purpose interface circuit compatible with output of MIPI signals
A GPIO interface circuit compatible with output of MIPI signals, comprises a first CMOS signal output module (10), an LVDS signal output module (30), a second CMOS signal output module (20). When an MIPI output enable input of the LVDS signal output module (30) is enabled and output enable inputs of the first and second CMOS signal output modules (10, 20) are both disabled, a first and second pull-down modules (40, 50) are in active state accordingly, and the LVDS signal output module (30) outputs a current signal to the first or second pull-down module (40, 50) to ensure voltage of the first or second signal output be a preset voltage, which can achieve MIPI HS Mode output. |
| US10003338B2 |
Programmable analog and digital input/output for power application
A threshold comparator block integrated in a programmable logic device (PLD) is disclosed. The threshold comparator block includes: one or more signal comparators configured to receive two analog input signals and provide a digital output signal indicating a comparison result of the two analog input signals; an analog output driver configured to interface with an analog fabric of a programmable fabric of the PLD; a digital input/output (I/O) driver configured to interface with a digital fabric of the programmable fabric of the PLD; and I/O pins configured to provide an interface with a signal wrapper to interface analog and digital signals between the analog output driver and the digital I/O driver and the programmable fabric. The threshold comparator block is configured to interface with one or more adaptive blocks integrated in the PLD via the programmable fabric and the signal wrapper. |
| US10003334B2 |
Capacitative sensor system
The invention relates to a capacitive sensor system, in particular for detecting the approach of objects and in particular also for gesture recognition. The problem of the present invention is to provide a capacitively operating sensor system, which can be implemented with low component complexity and thus low costs and space requirements and is also characterized by low power consumption, so as to operate with batteries having a low charge capacity and/or a long operating time. Said problem is solved according to the invention by a circuit configuration for generating an output signal correlating with an approximation process based on changes in the dielectric properties of the surroundings of a sensor electrode, having a sensor electrode which is adjacent to an observation area in at least some sections, a microcontroller circuit (μC) for output of an alternating voltage, a voltage divider circuit for achieving an adjustment of the level of the alternating voltage output by the microcontroller (μC), and a field effect transistor (FET) in the function of an impedance converter, wherein the field effect transistor is incorporated into the circuit configuration in such a way that the voltage output by the voltage divider circuit is present at the gate input thereof and at the same time at the sensor electrode (ES). |
| US10003332B2 |
Drive control device and drive control method
A drive control device includes a MOS transistor, voltage measuring circuits, a correction circuit, and a control circuit. The voltage measuring circuits measure a drain-to-source voltage when a forward drain current flows through the MOS transistor and when a reverse drain current flows in the MOS transistor. The correction circuit sets a current setting voltage level when the reverse drain current flows, where the current setting voltage level is proportional to the voltage between the drain and the source when a predetermined reverse setting current flows in the MOS transistor. The control circuit controls ON/OFF of the MOS transistor in response to a control signal reflecting a measured value of the first voltage measuring circuit when the forward drain current flows through the MOS transistor and the current setting voltage level that is set by the correction circuit when the reverse drain current flows in the MOS transistor. |
| US10003331B2 |
Semiconductor device including normally-off type transistors and normally-on type transistor connected series
A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a first normally-off type transistor including a first source, a first drain, a first gate, and a first body diode, a second normally-off type transistor including a second source connected to the first source, a second drain, a second gate connected to the first gate, and a second body diode, a normally-on type transistor including a third source connected to the first drain, a third drain, and a third gate connected to the second drain, and a diode including an anode connected to the second drain and a cathode connected to the third drain. |
| US10003329B2 |
System, method and apparatus having improved pulse width modulation frequency resolution
Using a combination of frequency dithering of a PWM counter and a variable time delay circuit yields improved PWM frequency resolution with realizable circuit components and clock operating frequencies. A controllable time delay circuit lengthens a PWM signal during the first PWM cycle. During the second PWM cycle, the PWM period is increased beyond the desired amount, but the delay is reduced during this second PWM cycle to achieve the correct (desired) PWM signal period. The dithering of the PWM signal period enables the time delay circuit to be “reset” so that an infinite delay circuit is not required. The time delay circuit provides short term (one cycle) frequency adjustment so that the resulting PWM cycle is not dithered and has a period at the desired frequency resolution. |
| US10003327B2 |
Field device with enhanced noise resistance
A field device includes a current output circuit, a sensor circuit, and a terminal portion. The current output circuit and the sensor circuit are connected a two-wire loop wiring via the terminal portion in a state that the current output circuit and the sensor circuit are connected in series with each other. A rectifying element is connected to only a sensor circuit side of the terminal portion. |
| US10003324B2 |
Fast FIR filtering technique for multirate filters
Data samples are filtered by using a digital filter where the length of an impulse response of the digital filter is finite, an impulse response of the digital filter is symmetric and the operation of the digital filter is multi-rate. The method uses a polyphase decomposition to break down the input data stream into N parallel substreams and the multi-rate digital filter is separated by a polyphase decomposition into multiple lower-rate sub-filters where each of the sub-filters is separated into a set of simpler sub-sub-filters which operate upon the same set of input samples and which have impulse responses which are jointly centro-symmetric, a set of pre-filtering arithmetic structures, and a set of post-filtering arithmetic structures and performing each such pair of sub-sub-filtering operations using a single shared filter structure, a set of pre-filtering combining adders, and a set of post-filtering separating adders. |
| US10003323B2 |
Impedance calibration circuit
An impedance calibration circuit is disclosed, which relates to a technology for improving precision of pad resistance. The impedance calibration circuit includes: a first On Die Termination (ODT) circuit selected by a first selection signal, configured to tune its own resistance using a first code signal, and output a first resistance value to an output terminal; and a second ODT circuit selected by a second selection signal, configured to tune its own resistance using a second code signal, and output a second resistance value to the output terminal. |
| US10003322B2 |
Temperature compensated digital step attenuator
Circuits and methods for eliminating or mitigating the amount of temperature-dependent variation in the relative attenuation of a multi-valued digital step attenuator (DSA) by using resistive components having temperature-dependent resistance values that compensate for or offset changes in the temperature-dependent ON resistance (RON) of the switches within the DSA. In some embodiments, DSA attenuator cell switches are fabricated to have positive first-order resistance temperature (FORT) coefficients, while temperature-compensating series attenuation resistances are fabricated as a positive FORT coefficient resistor and temperature-compensating shunt resistances are fabricated as either a negative FORT coefficient resistor or a combination of a negative FORT coefficient resistor in parallel with a positive FORT coefficient resistor. |
| US10003313B2 |
Amplifier
An amplification circuit has a field effect transistor, an input side matching circuit, an output side matching circuit, a capacitor, and a resistor. The input side matching circuit is connected between an input port and the source terminal of the field effect transistor and outputs an input signal that changes with a bias voltage as a center value. The output side matching circuit is connected between an output port and the drain terminal of the field effect transistor. The capacitor is connected between the gate terminal of the field effect transistor and a first reference voltage source. The resistor is connected between the gate terminal of the field effect transistor and the first reference voltage source. |
| US10003310B1 |
Segmented digital predistortion apparatus and methods
In an RF transmitter, a digital predistortion circuit receives a sequence of input sample blocks, and performs a digital predistortion process to produce a predistorted output signal. The digital predistortion process includes selecting a set of predistortion coefficients for an input sample block from a plurality of different sets of predistortion coefficients. Each of the plurality of different sets of predistortion coefficients is associated with a different combination of one of a plurality of time slices within a radio frame and one of a plurality of power ranges. The selected set of predistortion coefficients is associated with a time slice within which the input sample block is positioned and a power range calculated for the input sample block based on block power statistics of the sample block. The process also includes applying the selected set of predistortion coefficients to the input sample block to produce the predistorted output signal. |
| US10003306B1 |
Ripple reduction filter for chopped amplifiers
Embodiments relate to a chopped amplifier system where a ripple reduction filter placed outside of a main signal path is disclosed. The chopped amplifier system includes a chopped amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, where the input terminal receives an input signal and the output terminal provides an output signal including a ripple that is based on an offset voltage of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter is placed in a feedback loop path that receives a portion of the chopped amplifier's output signal and provides a feedback signal to the chopped amplifier that reduces the ripple at the output of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter includes a digital controller and other circuits that can handle large disturbances such as large signal slew rate events and large common-mode steps without reducing the effectiveness of the ripple reduction filter in reducing the ripple. |
| US10003305B2 |
Apparatus and method for modulating supply for a power amplifier
An apparatus and method for improving the efficiency of a power supply modulator for modulating a supply voltage of a power amplifier are provided. The apparatus for generating a supply voltage includes a Switching Mode Power Supplier (SMPS) module for generating a current of a power supply signal, and a linear regulator for generating a source current for supplementing an insufficient amount of the current generated by the SMPS module and a sink current for eliminating an excessive amount of the current generated by the SMPS module. The SMPS module generates the current of the power supply signal by selecting at least one of a plurality of power supplies that have different voltages according to a voltage level of an input signal of the SMPS module. |
| US10003296B2 |
Apparatus for controlling operation of power conversion device and monitoring operation state of relay
The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the operation of a power conversion device including a rectifier part, an initial charging part, a DC-link part and an inverter part. The apparatus includes: a control part configured to drive a relay connected in parallel to an initial charging resistor of the initial charging part if a DC-link voltage of the DC-link part exceeds a first reference voltage during initial charging for the DC-link part; a relay monitoring part configured to monitor whether or not the relay is normally being operated when the relay is driven; and an inverter driving part configured to stop of the driving of the inverter part if it is determined that the relay is not normally being operated by referring to a result of the monitoring of the relay monitoring part. |
| US10003295B2 |
Inverter control device
An inverter control device for controlling a rotating electric machine drive device that drives an alternating current rotating electric machine and includes an inverter and a DC link capacitor, the inverter being connected to a DC power supply via a contactor, being connected to the rotating electric machine, and performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current, the DC link capacitor smoothing a DC link voltage, which is a DC-side voltage of the inverter, and the inverter control device performing switching control on switching elements that form the inverter. |
| US10003294B2 |
Control apparatus of rotary electric machine and electric power steering apparatus using the same
An apparatus for controlling a rotary electric machine includes: first and second inverters corresponding to first and second winding groups; first and second voltage detectors; and first and second control units. Each of the first and second inverters includes plurality of switching elements. The first and second voltage detectors each detects input voltage of corresponding inverter. The first control unit limits a first current command value of the first winding group, when both of the first and second inverter input voltages are in normal, and a first differential value is larger than a determination threshold, and the second control unit limits a second current command value of the second winding group, when both of the first and second inverter input voltages are normal, and a second differential value is larger than the determination threshold. |
| US10003293B2 |
Portable motor drive system
Systems and methods for driving a motor are provided. One implementation of a drive system comprises a user interface, a variable speed drive, and a controller. The user interface enables a user to select an operating frequency set point and an operating voltage set point. The operating frequency set point is selected from a range of frequency set points and the operating voltage set point is selected from a range of voltage set points. The variable speed drive is configured to drive a motor at the selected operating frequency set point and selected operating voltage set point. The controller is configured to receive input from the user interface and control the operating frequency and operating voltage of the variable speed drive. |
| US10003287B2 |
Magnet degradation and damage controls and diagnostics for permanent magnet motors
Techniques for motor magnet degradation controls and diagnostics are disclosed. An exemplary technique determines q-axis current, d-axis current, q-axis voltage, and/or d-axis voltage of a permanent magnet motor based upon sensed current and voltage information of the motor. This information is utilized to determine flux information. The flux information is utilized in evaluating collective state conditions of a plurality of motor magnets and evaluating localized state conditions of a subset of the plurality of motor magnets. The evaluations can be used to identify degradation or damage to one or more of the magnets which may occur as a result of elevated temperature conditions, physical degradation, or chemical degradation. |
| US10003286B2 |
Motor control device and steering control device
A steering control device capable of suppressing a reduction in reliability even in the case where the redundancy of the power source is increased is provided. A steering ECU includes two control systems in which different external power sources are connected to two drive circuits. The low potential sides of the drive circuits and the low potential sides of the corresponding external power sources are independently connected to each other via power source ground lines for the two control systems. The low potential sides of the drive circuits are connected to each other via an internal ground. Two current detection circuits are provided between the power source ground lines and the internal ground to detect power source ground current values, respectively. The steering ECU includes microcomputers that detect a ground abnormality on the basis of the results of detection performed by the current detection circuits. |
| US10003282B2 |
Linearly deployed actuators
A method for making an actuator includes forming a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, the device incorporating an outer frame, a fixed frame attached to the outer frame, a moveable frame disposed parallel to the fixed frame, a motion control flexure coupling the moveable frame to the outer frame for coplanar, rectilinear movement relative to the outer frame and the fixed frame, and an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame, moving the moveable frame to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced at a selected distance apart from the fixed frame and fixing the moveable frame at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame. |
| US10003280B2 |
Semiconductor module, upper and lower arm kit, and three-level inverter
A semiconductor module, an upper and lower arm kit, and a three-level inverter can be provided at low cost and with broad current ratings and voltage ratings using existing packages, without developing new packages. A first semiconductor module on an upper arm side and a second semiconductor module on a lower arm side are made using an existing package, and the semiconductor modules and are used to configure an upper and lower arm kit. Further, the upper and lower arm kit is used to configure a three-level inverter. These devices can be formed using existing packages, and semiconductor modules, the upper and lower arm kit, and the three-level inverter can be therefore provided at low cost and with broad current ratings and voltage ratings. |
| US10003279B2 |
System and method for power conversion
A method used to control the operation of a converting device such that it can provide multi-level output voltage for loads. This method comprises at least the steps of: determine whether the load which the converter is providing electricity for is operating under the first condition or the second condition; generate the first pulse signal after determining that this load is operating under the first condition, select at least one of at least three different current paths, such that when the converter is selecting any of the current paths, it can provide output voltage at the same level; as well as generate the second pulse signal after determining that this load is operating under the second condition, such that the converter can perform the regular energy conversion operations. |
| US10003278B2 |
Active CMOS recovery units for wireless power transmission
A rectifying circuit includes, in part, first and second NMOS transistors, an impedance matching network, and an RF block circuit. The source and gate terminals of the first NMOS transistor respectively receive the ground potential and a biasing voltage. The second NMOS transistor has a gate terminal coupled to the drain terminal of the first NMOS transistor, a drain terminal coupled to the gate terminal of the first NMOS transistor, and a source terminal receiving the ground potential. The impedance matching network is disposed between the antenna and the drain terminals of the first and second NMOS transistors. The RF block circuit is coupled between the drain terminals of the first and second NMOS transistors and the output terminal of the rectifying circuit. The RF block circuit is adapted to prevent the RF signal from flowing into the output terminal of the rectifying circuit. |
| US10003274B2 |
Power conversion device
A power conversion device includes: a metal housing; a power semiconductor module that is contained in the metal housing and converts direct electric current to alternating electric current; a capacitor module that is contained in the metal housing and arranged side by side with the power semiconductor module, wherein the capacitor module smoothes the direct electric current supplied to the power semiconductor module; a substrate that has a drive circuit part mounted in a first region, the drive circuit part driving the power semiconductor module, and a control circuit part mounted in a second region, the control circuit part controlling the drive circuit part, wherein the substrate is disposed so as to cover over the metal housing; a base plate that extends in a space in which the second region of the substrate and the capacitor module oppose to each other, and that is electrically connected to the metal housing; and a first noise shielding member that extends in a direction along a boundary between the first region and the second region of the substrate, wherein the first noise shielding member separates the space from a space of the housing in which the power semiconductor module is disposed, and the first noise shielding member is electrically connected to the metal housing or a ground of the control circuit part. |
| US10003273B2 |
Power conversion device
Semiconductor switch elements are individually inserted between a plurality of power conversion units provided in parallel with each other through a DC link portion and a DC power supply unit for supplying DC power to each of the power conversion units to restrict the DC power supplied to the respective power conversion units. A control circuit monitors a short-circuit current occurring in each of the power conversion units and turns off the semiconductor switch element connected to the power conversion unit where the short-circuit current flows to stop the power supplied to the power conversion unit. |
| US10003272B2 |
Three-phase/single-phase matrix converter
A configuration for the object includes: a bidirectional switch circuit which turns ON/OFF supply of input three-phase AC power to a load LD; and a control unit which performs virtual AC/DC conversion processing in which a plurality of interline voltage generation sections selecting two phases among the input three-phase AC power are obtained according to a plurality of modes classified according to a magnitude relationship between voltages of respective phases in the input three-phase AC power within a predetermined switching cycle and generates a switching pattern of the bidirectional switch circuit so as to perform virtual DC/AC conversion processing corresponding to the plurality of interline voltage generation sections from a second carrier waveform pattern according to the plurality of modes and a U-phase control signal and a V-phase control signal corresponding to a phase of an output side. |
| US10003270B2 |
Reduction of audible noise in a power converter
A controller includes a drive circuit that generates a drive signal to switch a power switch to control a transfer of energy to of a power converter output in response to a current sense signal, a feedback signal, and a current limit signal. A current limit generator generates the current limit signal in response to a load coupled to the output. An exclusion frequency range detection circuit generates a frequency skip signal in response to the drive signal to indicate when an intended frequency of the drive signal is within an exclusion frequency window. The current limit signal is unvarying for at least a switching cycle when the intended frequency of the drive signal is within the exclusion frequency window. A first latch generates a hold signal to control the current limit generator to hold the current limit signal in response to the frequency skip signal and the feedback signal. |
| US10003269B2 |
Smart Grouping control method for power converter switching noise management
A switching power converter is provided that cycles a power switch during a group pulse mode of operation to produce a train of pulses within a group period responsive to a control voltage being within a group mode control voltage range. Depending upon the control voltage, the number of pulses in each train of pulses is varied to provide a linear power delivery to the load. |
| US10003266B2 |
Configurable multi-rail voltage regulation with coupled inductor power steering
A voltage regulator circuit comprises a plurality of voltage regulator phases, a first load output coupled to the plurality of voltage regulator phases for providing a first output voltage, a first coupling inductor having a first winding and a second winding, the first winding coupled in series between a first voltage regulator phase of the plurality of voltage regulator phases and the first load output, a second load output coupled to the second winding for providing a second output voltage, and a first switch coupled in series with the second winding. A method comprises detecting a startup event; determining an installed processor type; retrieving a configuration parameter value; providing a first output voltage at a first load output; providing, at a second load output coupled to the second winding, a second output voltage; and controlling a first duty cycle of a first switch coupled in series with the second winding. |
| US10003262B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device and power supply system
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. |
| US10003253B2 |
Hybrid transformation system based on three-phase PWM rectifier and multi-unit uncontrolled rectifier and control method thereof
The present invention discloses a hybrid transformation system based on three-phase voltage type PWM rectifier and multi-unit uncontrolled rectifier. The hybrid transformation system mainly consists of a three-phase reactor (L), a three-phase voltage type PWM rectifier module, an N-unit three-phase uncontrolled rectifier bridge module group, capacitors (C0-CN) and a DSP control circuit. An input end of the three-phase voltage type PWM rectifier module is in parallel connection with an input end of each three-phase uncontrolled rectifier bridge module. The three-phase voltage type PWM rectifier module may work in to situations, with load or without load, and the three-phase voltage type PWM rectifier module just does reactive power compensation when working without load. All modules of the three-phase uncontrolled rectifier bridge module group may work in to situations, with loads independently or all the outputs are in parallel connection and with a same load. The hybrid rectifier system has advantages such as unity input power factor, grid side current low harmonic, high power output, low cost, easy control, and etc. |
| US10003252B2 |
Over-current recovery including overshoot suppression
A power converter circuit can be operated in a constant-current mode when a monitored output current exceeds a specified over-current threshold. A value representing an output voltage of the power converter circuit can be compared to a soft-start voltage reference value. The soft-start voltage reference value can be set (or reset) to a value representing the output voltage of the power converter when the difference between the soft-start voltage reference value and the value representing the output voltage of the power converter is greater than a specified threshold. The output voltage of the power converter can be regulated using the soft-start voltage reference value as a target voltage including ramping the soft-start voltage reference value at specified rate to maintain the soft-start voltage reference value within a specified range of a specified regulated output voltage value, such as to constrain a slew rate of the regulated output voltage. |
| US10003243B2 |
Rotor, method of manufacturing the rotor, and rotary electric machine having the rotor
A rotor 2 includes a rotor core 21 fixed to a rotation axis in such a manner that the rotor core 21 is rotatable integrally with the rotation axis, the rotor core 21 being configured to have a plurality of magnets 22 mounted thereon throughout a circumferential direction; a first rotor cover 24 that includes a first tubular portion 26, the first tubular portion 26 having a tubular shape configured to cover an outer circumference of one axial side of the rotor core 21; and a second rotor cover 25 that includes a second tubular portion 28, the second tubular portion 28 having a tubular shape configured to cover an outer circumference of the other axial side of the rotor core 21. An outer diameter of the first tubular portion 26 is configured to be larger than an inner diameter of the second tubular portion 28, and the first rotor cover 24 and the second rotor cover 25 are configured to be fixed to each other by press fitting to have the first tubular portion 26 arranged at an inner circumferential side of the second tubular portion 28. |
| US10003242B2 |
Shrink-fitting method for laminated rotor
A shrink-fitting method for a laminated rotor includes: disposing, coaxially with a laminated rotor core, an annular ring having a through-hole, at an axial end of the laminated rotor core including laminated annular steel sheets and having a through-hole extending in its axial direction; and inserting a rotor shaft into the through-holes of the ring and the laminated rotor core after heating them. A ring attachment jig having a circular internal space, where the ring is disposed, has projections projecting from an axial end surface thereof in the axial direction and arranged along a circumferential direction of the circular internal space. The center of the ring is aligned with the center of the laminated rotor core, by fitting the projections in attachment holes axially extending in the laminated rotor core, and fitting the ring to an inner peripheral surface of the ring attachment jig, which defines the circular internal space. |
| US10003241B2 |
Vehicle inverter device and motor-driven compressor
A vehicle inverter device is configured to convert DC power to AC power. The vehicle inverter device includes a circuit having switching elements and a noise reducer. The noise reducer is provided on an input side of the circuit and is configured to reduce common mode noise and normal mode noise contained in the DC power. The noise reducer is configured by a common mode choke coil, which includes a core, a first winding wound about a first winding portion of the core, and a second winding wound about a second winding portion of the core. |
| US10003238B2 |
Brush assembly with bridge and leg portions with metal routing
An electric motor is provided including a stator, an armature rotatably received within the stator and having an armature shaft on which a commutator is mounted, and a brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a planar portion disposed around the commutator and accommodating a plurality of brushes, a bridge portion disposed at an end of the commutator and extending from the planer portion via two or more legs, and metal routing(s) disposed on or within the bridge portion to electrically couple the brushes. |
| US10003237B2 |
Flywheel rotor
A solid steel flywheel rotor having improved material properties offers improved energy storage at reduced cost. A process for manufacturing the rotor is also provided. |
| US10003235B2 |
Flexible connector system for connecting a high current motor to a PCB of an integrated electronics system of a vehicle
An integrated electronics system for a vehicle includes a housing, a circuit board mounted to the housing, at least one circuit board electrical terminal fixed to the circuit board and extending therefrom and an electric motor having windings. At least one motor electrical terminal is connected to the circuit board electrical terminal. A flexible wire is electrically connected between the windings and the at least one motor electrical terminal so as to permit the at least one motor electrical terminal to move with respect to different axes when being coupled to the at least one circuit board electrical terminal. |
| US10003232B2 |
Rotary electric machine and stator manufacturing method
In order to provide a rotary electric machine with a reduced size and improved weldability, the stator of a rotary electric machine has a segment coil formed by bending rectangular conductors, and a stator core having slots in which the segment coil is inserted. As for the weld parts formed at the tips of the lead parts of the segment coil which protrude from the end face of the stator core and are twisted together, at least one of the weld beads aligned in the radial direction of the stator is an oblong body that is long in the radial direction of the stator core, and the angle formed by the longitudinal direction of the oblong body and the axial direction of the stator core is less than 90 degrees in a core cross section that includes the central axis of the stator core. |
| US10003231B2 |
Electric machine and method for winding a coil of an electric machine
The present invention relates to an electric machine, in particular a brushless permanent magnet motor, comprising a stator which comprises a plurality of teeth having at least one needle-wound winding strand, the at least one winding strand having at least two windings on adjacent teeth which are arranged in series, the at least two windings each comprising at least one winding layer, a needle channel being provided which is formed between the at least two windings by a crossing portion of the at least two windings and is filled at least in part. The present invention further relates to a method for winding a coil of an electric machine. |
| US10003215B2 |
Uninterrupted power supply with switchable reference
An uninterrupted power supply device is disclosed having an at least 3-phase AC power supply input for connection of an AC power supply, a DC power supply input for connection of a DC power supply, a power output for connection of a load, a power conversion unit, which interconnects the AC power supply input, the DC power supply input and the power output, whereby the uninterrupted power supply device comprises a secondary control reference, a measurement unit for measuring a voltage difference between the internal control reference and the secondary control reference, and a switching unit for connecting the internal control reference to the secondary control reference when the measured voltage difference is bigger than a threshold voltage and the AC power supply is disconnected from the uninterrupted power supply device. |
| US10003207B2 |
Method and apparatus for battery charging
An electronic device comprising: an interface arranged to connect to an external power supply device and supply power to a battery; a sensor unit arranged to measure a temperature of the electronic device; and a power management unit configured to charge the battery based on the temperature. |
| US10003206B2 |
Electronic device to be directly charged by a charging device
An electronic system may include a charging device and an electronic device. The charging device may include an input port, a charge circuit, a storage, and a connector device. The charging device may receive a direct current (DC) voltage at the input port. The charge circuit may receive the DC voltage and provide a charged voltage to the storage. The electronic device may include a body, a battery, a first pad directly on the battery and a second pad directly on the battery. The battery may receive the DC charged voltage when the electronic device is coupled to the charging device. |
| US10003204B2 |
Portable multiple mobile electronic device charging station
Compact and portable station for charging multiple mobile devices is described, embodiments of the station include: a rectangular housing comprising one or more removable battery packs comprising rechargeable battery cells, a divider plate, a main charging board configured as a charge and cell balancing circuit board, and a plurality of cord cartridges housing retractable cords, and a faceplate (interface) configured with interface ports, configured to enable charging of up to eight (8) connected electronic devices from the battery packs simultaneously. In another embodiment, the charging station further comprises a front panel display configured to display operating status information, such as battery charge level and power status. The unit is intended for use in public places for customer convenience and offering businesses advertising space. |
| US10003203B2 |
All-solid-state secondary battery system
An all-solid-state secondary battery system comprising: a sealed battery having formed by housing, in an outer package, a stacked battery; a jig adapted to constrain the sealed battery in the stacking direction; one or more contact pressure sensors provided at least either between an outermost layer surface of the stacked battery and the outer package or in the inside of the stacked battery; one or more gas pressure sensors provided in a space inside the outer package; and a control device adapted to stop charging by judging as an overcharge state only when the change in contact pressure sensed by at least one of the contact pressure sensors is equal to or more than a threshold value, and the change in gas pressure sensed by at least one of the gas pressure sensors is equal to or more than the threshold value. |
| US10003201B2 |
Electronic device and method for applying power depending on whether accessory is charged
A method is employed by an electronic device for managing power used by an associated accessory device attached to the electronic device. The method includes applying a current to the accessory device and in response to the applied current, at least one of first and second identifier resistances are identified in the accessory device. The method determines whether the accessory device is connected to a power supply in response to the at least one of identified first and second identifier resistances and applies power to the accessory device in response to a determination the accessory device is not connected to the power supply. |
| US10003198B2 |
Method and device for monitoring and suppressing resonance
A method and device for monitoring and suppressing a resonance are provided, which are applied to a grid-connected generation system. A current sample voltage of a preset sample point of the grid-connected generation system is monitored in a real time manner; amplitudes of harmonics of the current sample voltage are acquired using a preset algorithm; it is verified whether a resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system currently based on the acquired amplitudes of the harmonics; in a case that the resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system, current corrections of parameters of inverters in the grid-connected generation system are acquired according to a preset rule and the parameters of the inverters are adjusted using the current corrections and a selected resonance suppressing algorithm. |
| US10003195B1 |
Hybrid STATCOM with wide compensation range and low DC-link voltage
A hybrid-STATCOM for providing compensating reactive power required by a load, the hybrid-STATCOM comprising: a TCLC part for each electric power phase, each TCLC part comprising: a coupling inductor; a power filter capacitor; and a thyristor-controlled reactor connected in series with a power filter inductor; and an active inverter part comprising: a voltage source inverter for each electric power phase; and a DC-link capacitor connected in parallel with the voltage source inverters. The control strategy of the hybrid-STATCOM is separated into two parts: TCLC part control and Active inverter part control. The TCLC part control is based on the instantaneous pq theory and aims to compensate the loading reactive power with the controllable TCLC part impedance. The active inverter part control is based on the instantaneous active and reactive current id-iq method and aims to improve the overall performance of the hybrid-STATCOM under different voltage and current conditions. |
| US10003192B2 |
Bus interfaces with unpowered termination
A system including a device that is configured to communicate current sourcing capabilities to an external power source over a wired connection containing a plurality of wires. The device includes a power supply circuit configured to provide operating power for the device. A first pull-down circuit is configured to provide a pull-down for a particular wire of the wired connection using a first resistive element that is actively trimmed using the operating power. A second pull-down circuit includes at least one transistor that, in the absence of the operating power, is configured to enable a current path, in response to a gate voltage generated from a voltage on the particular wire, between the particular wire and a second resistive element. |
| US10003191B2 |
Space efficient and power spike resistant ESD power clamp with digitally timed latch
Embodiments include a system, apparatus, and method for ESD power clamps. Aspects include protecting a circuit using an ESD power clamp device. The ESD power clamp device includes a trigger circuit having a resistor-capacitor network and an inverter stage circuit, wherein the trigger circuit is configured to detect an ESD event. Aspects of the invention further include a timing circuit coupled to the trigger circuit and a timing controlled transistor, wherein the timing circuit controls the timing controlled transistor to prevent the capacitor in the RC network from charging when the timing circuit is initiated. Aspects also include a clamp transistor coupled to the trigger circuit, wherein the clamp transistor is controlled by a signal received from the trigger circuit, and a timing controlled transistor coupled to the trigger circuit and the timing circuit, where the timing controlled transistor switches states based on the output of the timing circuit. |
| US10003186B2 |
Variable-speed constant-frequency power control
A variable-speed constant-frequency (VSCF) power converter includes a generator control operable to regulate an output voltage of a variable frequency generator at a variable frequency. The VSCF power generator also includes an inverter control operable to regulate a VSCF output voltage at a point-of-regulation at a constant frequency, where the generator control and the inverter control independently control a main line contactor of the point-of-regulation to provide redundant fault protection for an aircraft use. |
| US10003183B2 |
Cable management systems
A cable management system has an outer rotating plug. An inner rotating plug is disposed off-center from and within the outer rotating plug. The inner rotating plug is rotatable independent of a rotation of the outer rotating plug. A tower extends from the inner rotating plug and has an arm pivotally connected to the tower which defines a cable guide. |
| US10003181B2 |
Modular cover plates
Modular electrical box cover plate assemblies are provided. The modular electrical box cover plate assemblies include modular plates that releasably attach to a frame. The modular plates include one or more latch assemblies that provide a snap-fit attachment to the frame. |
| US10003178B2 |
Stringer wheel and cable guide apparatus
A cable guide apparatus includes a wheel assembly having a hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly from the hub, the wheel assembly having a rim coupled to distal ends of the plurality of spokes that equally displace the rim from the hub and rotatably coupled to the hub. The rim includes an outer face defining a groove configured to receive the conductor cable in a nested arrangement as the cable is strung and tensioned. The cable guide apparatus includes a guide assembly having a framework operatively coupled to the hub of the wheel assembly, the guide assembly having a pair of roller members rotatably coupled to the framework. Each roller member has an elongate and generally cylindrical configuration situated adjacent the groove of the outer face of the rim and configured to maintain the conductor cable in the groove. |
| US10003177B2 |
Curing material, wire harness, and manufacturing method thereof
A curing material, having a solubility parameter of 9.4 or more, contains at least a chain transfer agent that contains a compound containing a polyether structure and two or more urethane bonds or two or more urea bonds in a molecule, and a metal-containing compound. A wire harness is manufactured by supplying the curing material to a conductor exposed portion of a wire bundle including a plurality of bundled insulated wires each having a conductor covered with a covering material made of an insulating body, the conductor exposed portion being formed by removing a part of the covering material of the wire bundle to expose the conductor inside; and curing the curing material by irradiating light in a state in which a surface of the curing material is covered with a protective member formed from a resin containing a plasticizer and having light transmissivity, thereby forming a waterproof portion. |
| US10003176B2 |
Generator coupling kit and methods thereof
A generator coupling kit is provided. In exemplary embodiments, the generator coupling kit may comprise a wire adapted to couple with a generator on a first end, the wire adapted to couple with an indoor electrical panel via a generator breaker; and the generator breaker adapted to couple with indoor electrical panel, the generator breaker comprising a circuit breaker. |
| US10003173B2 |
Widely tunable laser control
A tunable laser has a first binary super grating (BSG), a second BSG, and a phase adjuster. The first BSG, the second BSG, and the phase adjuster are optically tuned by changing temperatures of respective heating elements. The tunable laser also includes three temperature sensors, a first sensor to measure the temperature of the first BSG; a second sensor to measure the temperature of the second BSG, and a third sensor to measure the temperature of the phase adjuster. A lasing frequency is determined by a set of values of the three temperature sensors. In some embodiments, instead of a third temperature sensor, a pilot tone is applied to the phase adjuster to lock to a maximum of an aligned pair of peaks. |
| US10003170B2 |
Soldering system of semiconductor laser element
A soldering system that determines soldering quality of elements relative to a housing at the moment of soldering semiconductor laser elements. A soldering device that performs soldering of a semiconductor laser element to a semiconductor laser module, a robot that conveys the module, a camera, and a control device that controls the robot and camera based on imaging output of the camera. The robot conveys the module and changes the position and posture of the camera. The camera images the module. The control device calculates the position of the semiconductor laser element based on the imaging output, calculates parallelism between the housing of the module and the semiconductor laser element based on the change in light intensity related to the imaging output when changing the relative position between the camera and the subject, and determines the quality of soldering of the semiconductor laser element based on the position and parallelism. |
| US10003165B1 |
Photo-electric receptacle luminaire integration point
Provided is a receptacle for installation within a lighting fixture. The receptacle includes a platform (i) for exposure external to the lighting fixture and (ii) providing connectivity for coupling to an external control device and a base operationally coupled to the platform and including a first set of one or more nodes configured for coupling to a first set of wires. |
| US10003164B1 |
Power strip assembly
A power strip assembly includes a carrier member extended from a carrier panel for supporting a receptacle and a number of plug connecting members, a clamping device includes a coupling extension extended from a follower, and one or more anchoring elements disposed below the follower and each pivotally attached to the coupling extension with a pivot axle for engaging with the table plate, the anchoring element is pivotable relative to the coupling extension between a working position parallel to the coupling extension and a folded position perpendicular to the coupling extension, and a fastener is engaged with the carrier member and the follower for moving the follower relative to the table plate and to be secured to the table plate with the fastener. |
| US10003159B2 |
Enclosed power outlet
Power outlets adapted for installation within an enclosure are provided. Power outlets are provided having a safety interlock adapted to prevent the creation of a hazardous condition within the enclosure as a result of the continued operation of an electrical device within the enclosed space. The safety interlock may include current limiting circuitry and hardware, hazard sensing devices interconnected with such current limiting circuitry and hardware or other circuit breaker switches, and combinations of such safety interlocks. The power outlets may also be adapted for installation within a movable enclosure, such as, for example, a drawer. |
| US10003157B2 |
Service plug unit, device unit, and power cutting-off system for electric car comprising same
The inventive concept relates to a service plug unit capable of stably maintaining shielding performance even during vibration of a vehicle, safely cutting off high voltage/current power, and preventing an unintended power cut-off caused by an external force such as vibration, a device unit, and a power cutting-off system for use in an electric car and including the same. |
| US10003152B1 |
Reverse-gender pin contact for use with a connector having a high density layout
A reverse-gender pin contact for use with a connector having a high density layout, includes a body having a hollow first portion extending along an axis for receiving a conductor. The first portion extends along the axis to a neck, the neck extending along the axis to an engaging end for insertion inside a mating socket contact. A retention feature extends from the neck transverse to the axis. |
| US10003148B2 |
Connector
A connector is mountable on an object in an upper-lower direction and mateable with a mating connector along the upper-lower direction. The connector comprises a housing and an additional member held by the housing. The housing has a receiving portion for receiving the mating connector. The additional member has a fixed portion fixed to an object, a base portion which extends upward from the fixed portion and is located outside the receiving portion in a lateral direction, an armor portion extending inward from the base portion in the lateral direction, a spring portion extending from the base portion and a projection which is supported by the spring portion and projects inward in the lateral direction. The extending of the spring portion from the base portion starts at a starting portion which is nearer to the fixed portion than to the innermost part of the armor portion. |
| US10003146B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes a terminal; a housing for holding the terminal; and a regulating metal member. The terminal includes a connecting portion to be connected to an electrical circuit board and a contact portion for contacting with a mating connecting member. The housing includes a fixed housing to be fixed to the electrical circuit board and a movable housing configured to be movable relative to the fixed housing. The regulating metal member is attached to the fixed housing, and includes a regulating portion for preventing the movable housing from abutting against the electrical circuit board. The terminal further includes an elastic portion configured to be capable of elastically deforming. The regulating portion is disposed to face or abut against a lower surface of the fixed housing. The movable housing includes a recessed portion in the lower surface thereof for accommodating the regulating portion. |
| US10003142B1 |
Terminal block
A terminal block is adapted to be connected to a wire, and includes an insulating base seat and a clamping unit. The insulating base seat includes first and second seat portions cooperating with each other to define a passage and a receiving space that communicates with the passage. The clamping unit includes a positioning member connected to the first seat portion and having an upper press section, and a resilient member having a base portion that is proximate to the second seat portion, and a resilient arm portion that is connected to the base portion, and that has a lower press section extending toward the positioning member. The upper and lower press sections are adapted for clamping resiliently an end segment of the wire therebetween. |
| US10003138B2 |
Pump device and terminal member
In a noise suppression device of a washer pump, a first capacitor and a second capacitor are disposed with their height directions along a first direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the washer pump. This thereby enables installation space for the first capacitor and the second capacitor to be suppressed from becoming larger in the axial direction. A second terminal of the second capacitor is disposed between first terminals of the first capacitor. This thereby enables the installation space of the first capacitor and the second capacitor to be made smaller in the first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the axial direction. The space between the pair of first terminals (the second terminals) is accordingly efficiently utilized for disposing the second terminal (the first terminal), enabling the first capacitor and the second capacitor to be disposed efficiently. |
| US10003137B2 |
Electrical connector box
This device is the modification of my U.S. Pat. No. 9,293,903, date: Mar. 22, 2016. A convenient electrical connector box will be used for repairing a broken household electrical line, or connecting an existing electrical line to new multiple locations. It provides all components in a package for completing a task. The package will include an electrical connector unit, a cover for enclosing the entire electrical connector unit, screws for securing the electrical connector box on a building structure, and screws for attaching the cover to the electrical connector unit. The electrical connector box can be mounted on a building structure in an open space such as the attic, crawlspace, or outer wall of a frame of a building or similar structure. |
| US10003135B1 |
Mechanical use-limiting connector for electrical tool
Disclosed herein is a use-limiting connector for limiting use of an electrical tool. The use-limiting connector includes an electrical circuit, a plunger, movable between a first position and a second position, and a biasing member, configured to urge the plunger into the first position and configured to incrementally uncoil into respective torsional states as the plunger moves between the first position and the second position. With the plunger in the first position and the biasing member in a first one of the torsional states, the biasing member closes the electrical circuit. As the plunger moves from the first position to the second position, the plunger moves the biasing member to open the electrical circuit. |
| US10003134B2 |
Single band dual concurrent network device
A network device comprising, a first radio module configured to transmit and receive first radio signals in a first frequency band, a first antenna array configured to transmit and receive the first radio signals for the first radio module in the first frequency band, a second radio module configured to transmit and receive second radio signals in the first frequency band, a second antenna array configured to transmit and receive the second radio signals for the second radio module in the first frequency band, wherein, in operation, the first radio module and the second radio modules function concurrently using the first frequency band while at least 40 dB of antenna isolation is maintained between the first antenna array and the second antenna array. |
| US10003128B2 |
Resonant type power transmission antenna device
Disclosed is a resonant type power transmission antenna device provided with a plurality of transmission antennas 12 and a plurality of reception antennas 13, the resonant type power transmission antenna device including a transmission shield antenna 22 arranged between the plurality of transmission antennas 12, a reception shield antenna 23 arranged between the plurality of reception antennas 13, transmission and reception circuits 21 and 24 to operate the transmission and reception shield antennas 22 and 23 in electromagnetic field resonance having a phase opposite to that of the transmission and reception antennas 12 and 13 respectively adjacent to the transmission and reception shield antennas. |
| US10003125B2 |
Electronic device including antenna
An electronic device includes a main board, a ground plate, at least one antenna, and at least one cable. The ground plate is disposed on the main board and include at least one cable containing groove containing at least a part of the at least one cable. The at least one antenna is disposed on the ground plate and electrically connected to the ground plate. The at least one cable electrically connects the at least one antenna with the main board and is at least partially disposed in the at least one cable containing groove. |
| US10003122B2 |
Antenna device and communication device using the same
An antenna device includes a radiation part and a circuit board. The radiation part includes first to third sidewalls, an extension part and a protrusion part. The second and third sidewalls are connected to the first sidewall and opposite to each other. The extension part extends toward the third sidewall from the second sidewall. The protrusion part extends toward the first sidewall from the extension part. The circuit board includes a ground layer, a feed point, a clearance area, first metal and second metal sheets. The feed point is electrically connected to the radiation part. The clearance area is in a containing space formed by the first to third sidewalls. The first metal sheet is in the clearance area and extends from the ground layer. The second metal sheet is in the clearance area, connected to the first metal sheet and the protrusion part, and parallel to the extension part. |
| US10003116B1 |
Electronic apparatus having coplanar waveguide transmission line
An electronic apparatus having a coplanar waveguide transmission line configured to reduce impedance discontinuity in the coplanar waveguide transmission line is introduced. The electronic apparatus includes a coplanar waveguide transmission line including a substrate, at least one signal line and a plurality of reference planes, and the electronic apparatus includes at least one passive component. Each of the reference planes is coupled to a DC voltage. The at least one passive component is electrically connected between the reference planes and acts as a short circuit at relatively high frequencies. |
| US10003114B2 |
Cathode for a metal/air battery and methods for manufacturing such a cathode
The invention relates to a cathode for a metal/air battery comprising at least one active layer produced in an active material and having an air side and a metal side, a current collector and a hydrophobic membrane produced in a hydrophobic material and deposited on the air side of the active layer. Said hydrophobic material has a porous structure and has penetrated into the air side of the active layer so as to form, between the hydrophobic membrane and the active layer, an interpenetration zone of hydrophobic material in the active material, in which there is a concentration gradient of hydrophobic material which decreases in the ingoing direction of air into the cathode. |
| US10003105B2 |
Battery module having improved safety
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a busbar holder on the battery cells, the busbar holder having a plurality of busbars coupling neighboring battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to each other, and a circuit board on the busbar holder and defining a plurality of fastening openings along its perimeter. The circuit board is coupled to the busbar holder with a plurality of fastening members coupled to first fastening openings defined on the busbar holder. The circuit board has a component for controlling and monitoring recharging and discharging of the battery cells coupled to the circuit board. |
| US10003102B2 |
Electrolyte additive for lithium battery, electrolyte including the additive, and lithium battery including the electrolyte
An electrolyte additive for a lithium battery, an electrolyte including the electrolyte additive, and a lithium battery including the electrolyte additive are disclosed. The electrolyte additive for a lithium battery includes a sulfonylmethylisocyanide-based compound. The electrolyte additive including the sulfonylmethylisocyanide-based compound may form a protective layer having improved high-temperature stability on positive and negative electrodes of a lithium battery, thereby improving the safety of the lithium battery. |
| US10003098B2 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and separators, an inner sealing member and an outer sealing member, a coolant channel, a base seal, an inner protrusion and an outer protrusion, and a middle protrusion. The membrane electrode assembly and the separators are stacked in a stacking direction. The inner sealing member and the outer sealing member are disposed between a first separator and a second separator. The base seal is disposed on at least one of separator surfaces between the second separator and a third separator. The inner protrusion and the outer protrusion are provided on the base seal so as to respectively overlap the inner sealing member and the outer sealing member when viewed in the stacking direction and so as to protrude between the second separator and the third separator in the stacking direction. |
| US10003096B2 |
Polymer electrolyte membrane, membrane-electrode assembly comprising the same and fuel cell comprising the same
The present invention relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell containing the same, and the polymer electrolyte membrane comprises a polymer comprising repeating units represented by the following chemical formulas 1-3. Chemical formulas 1-3 are as defined in the specification. The polymer electrolyte membrane has excellent resistance to radical attack and has improved acid-base interaction, thereby maximizing the function of an ion conductive group, and thus can improve the operation performance of a fuel cell in a low humidification state. |
| US10003093B2 |
Fuel cell system including a fuel cell and a controller for controlling water vapor amount or average flow rate of a fuel gas
A fuel cell system having a fuel cell operated under non-humidified conditions that includes a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, a fuel gas channel facing the anode to supply it with fuel gas, an oxidant gas channel facing the cathode to supply it with oxidant gas, and a flow direction of the fuel gas and the oxidant gas are opposite. The fuel cell system may control a water vapor amount at an outlet of the fuel gas channel based on a value that is set based on a relationship between a voltage of the fuel cell and the water vapor amount. The fuel cell system may control an average flow rate of the fuel gas in the fuel gas channel based on a value that is set based on a relationship between a voltage of the fuel cell and the average flow rate. |
| US10003092B2 |
Coolant fluid feed to fuel cell stacks
A fuel cell stack assembly has a plurality of cells each having a fluid coolant conduit. A coolant feed manifold has a first inlet and a second inlet and is coupled to each fluid coolant conduit for distribution of fluid coolant within each cell. A pump is coupled for delivery of fluid coolant to the coolant feed manifold through the first and second inlets. A flow control assembly is configured to periodically modify the relative flow rates of fluid coolant through the first and second inlets so that stagnant regions in the coolant feed manifold are avoided. The flow control assembly may also be adapted to periodically interrupt the flow path between the pump and the manifold such that the fluid coolant is delivered to the manifold intermittently, thereby enabling low water flows below a minimum set point of the pump. |
| US10003088B2 |
Solid oxide fuel cell stack
A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a support, a plurality of power generation elements provided on a surface of the support, the plurality of power generation elements connected in series, each including at least a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order, and an interconnector that electrically connects an air electrode in one of adjacent power generation elements to a fuel electrode in the other power generation element. A solid electrolyte in adjacent one power generation element is provided between a fuel electrode in the adjacent one power generation element and the fuel electrode in the adjacent other power generation element, and an insulating member is provided at a position that is on the solid electrolyte in the adjacent one power generation element and between the air electrode in the adjacent one power generation element and the solid electrolyte therein. |
| US10003087B1 |
Stretchable printed battery and methods of making
A stretchable battery and the method of manufacturing the same. The stretchable battery can be manufactured by using a printing process. The construction of the stretchable battery can comprise a first layer of an elastomer film, a first current collector layer, a layer of cathode, a separating layer, a layer of anode, and a second current collector layer. Metal traces can be used to couple with the first and/or the second current collector layers. |
| US10003086B2 |
Primary lithium battery having a DME-free electrolyte
A DME-free lithium battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a liquid electrolyte composed of a solvent and at least one lithium electrolyte salt and with which the electrode and the separator are impregnated, wherein the solvent includes propylene carbonate (PC) as a first solvent component and 1,3-dioxolane (DOL) as a second solvent component, and the positive electrode and/or the negative electrode have a proportion of carbon black having a BET surface area of at least 1 m2/g. |
| US10003085B2 |
Carbon support material for solid polymer type fuel cell use and metal catalyst particle- supporting carbon material and methods of production of same
Provided are a supporting carbon material for a solid polymer fuel cell and a metal-catalyst-particle-supporting carbon material that, when used as a carrier for a solid polymer fuel cell catalyst, have excellent power generation performance in high-humidity conditions, which are conditions in which solid polymer fuel cells are operated. A supporting carbon material for a solid polymer fuel cell and a metal-catalyst-particle-supporting carbon material characterized in being a porous carbon material, the hydrogen content being 0.004-0.010% by mass, the nitrogen adsorption BET specific surface area being 600 m2/g-1500 m2/g, and the relative intensity ratio (ID/IG) between the peak intensity (ID) in the range of 1200-1400 cm−1 known as the D-band and the peak intensity (IG) in the range of 1500-1700 cm−1 known as the G-band, obtained from the Raman spectrum, being 1.0-2.0. |
| US10003081B2 |
Catalyst assembly and method of making the same
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a catalyst assembly. In one embodiment, the catalyst assembly includes a two-dimension (2-D) extensive catalyst including one or more precious catalytic metals and having a catalyst crystal plane; and a substrate supporting the 2-D extensive catalyst, the substrate including one or more non-precious catalytic metals and having a substrate crystal plane in substantial alignment with the catalyst crystal plane. |
| US10003070B2 |
Composite materials of nano-dispersed silicon and tin and methods of making the same
Composite compounds of tin and lithium, silicon and lithium, or tin, silicon, and lithium having tin and silicon nano-dispersed in a lithium-containing matrix may be used as electrode materials and particularly anode materials for use with rechargeable batteries. Methods of making the composite compounds include the oxidation of alloys, the reaction of stabilized lithium metal powder with tin and silicon oxides, and the reaction of inorganic salts of lithium with tin and silicon containing compounds. |
| US10003069B2 |
Lead-acid battery
A lead-acid battery includes a negative electrode material containing graphite and barium sulfate. A ratio S/W of an average plate interval S between a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate, to a mass W of the negative electrode material per one negative electrode plate is 0.01 mm/g or more. |
| US10003059B2 |
Ion conductive inks and solutions for additive manufacturing of lithium microbatteries
A separator made of ion conductive ink is produced by additive manufacturing. A micro-battery is produced with the separator made of ion conductive ink located between the battery's anode and cathode. The separator functions to keep the anode and cathode apart and to facilitate the transport of ions to produce an operative micro-battery. |
| US10003058B2 |
Method of making a co-extruded, multi-layered battery separator
A battery separator comprises a co-extruded, microporous membrane having at least two layers made of extrudable polymers and having: a uniform thickness defined by a standard deviation of <0.80 microns (μm); or an interply adhesion as defined by a peel strength >60 grams. |
| US10003057B2 |
Separator paper for electrochemical cells
A paper suitable for use as separator in an electrochemical cell, including at least 60 wt. % of an aramid fibril and at least 1 wt. % of an aramid fiber. The paper has a grammage of 5 to 100 g/m2, and the aramid fibril has a Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) in a wet phase of less than 300 ml and a specific surface area (SSA) after drying of less than 3 m2/g. It has been found that a paper with this composition combines good electrolyte absorption and ion permeability with high stability during use, leading to a long lifetime for the electrochemical cell. |
| US10003054B2 |
Power source pack
A power source pack includes: a housing; and a power source module which is housed in the housing. The power source module includes: a cell stack including a plurality of energy storage devices each having a safety valve; and a heat insulator positioned between an inner wall of the housing and the cell stack and having an approximately flat-plate shape. The heat insulator faces the safety valves of the cell stack in an opposed manner. |
| US10003053B2 |
Systems, structures and materials for electrochemical device thermal management
This disclosure provides a casing for the thermal management and protection of an electrochemical cell. The casing may comprise an inner surface configured to be in physical contact with at least a portion of an outer surface of an electrochemical cell. The inner surface may be substantially solid at room temperature. The casing may also comprise a polymer matrix which itself comprises two or more temperature management materials. At least one of the two or more temperature management materials may comprise a microencapsulated phase change material having a latent heat of at least 5 Joules per gram and a transition temperature between 0° C. and 100° C., and at least one other of the two or more temperature management materials may comprise an elastomeric material. The polymer matrix may be substantially homogeneous. |
| US10003046B2 |
Display module and display apparatus having the same
A bottom chassis of a display module is provided. The bottom chassis includes a bead part formed by depressing some portions of the bottom chassis toward a rear side, and a reinforcing panel attached to a front surface of the bottom chassis and spaced apart from the bead part. |
| US10003045B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a resin layer on the circuit layer including a groove surrounding and separating a display area; light-emitting elements on an upper surface of the resin layer so as to emit light with luminances controlled by the currents; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting elements; a second substrate above the sealing layer; a sealing material provided between the sealing layer and the second substrate so as to surround the display area and the groove; and a filling layer surrounded by the sealing material between the sealing layer and the second substrate. The groove is formed along a line describing a shape that is inscribed in a rectangle and not in contact with corners of the rectangle as viewed in a direction vertical to the upper surface of the resin layer. |
| US10003041B2 |
Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device including the same
An organic light emitting diode, including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electron injection layer between the second electrode and the emission layer, the electron injection layer including a metal having a work function of 4.0 eV or less and a dipole material including a first component and a second component having different polarities. |
| US10003038B2 |
Organic light-emitting element
Discussed herein is an organic light-emitting device capable of increasing luminous efficiency and panel efficiency while improving color gamut. The organic light-emitting device includes a red organic light emitting layer including a single host material of hole transport type and a yellow-green organic light emitting layer including a plurality of host materials in a light-emitting stack. Instead of using an additional host material for the organic light emitting layers, the material of the electron transport layer and the material of the hole transport layer is used as the host material of the yellow-green organic light emitting layer, and the material of the hole transport layer is used as the host material of the red organic light emitting layer. Accordingly, the number of materials of the organic light emitting layers is reduced, such that the fabricating process becomes simpler. |
| US10003034B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound having the structure of formula I: is described. In formula I, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, and A8 can be carbon or nitrogen; at least one of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, and A8 being nitrogen; X is a neutral donor; is a monoanionic bidentate ligand; n is an integer from 1 to 3; ring B is bonded to ring A through a C—C bond; and ring A is bonded to the iridium through a Ir—C bond. In addition, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrite, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof. Also described are formulations and devices, such as an OLEDs, that include the compound of formula I. |
| US10003033B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Compounds having the formula M(LA)x(LB)y(LC)z, devices containing the same, and formulations containing the same are described. The compounds include: where M is a metal having an atomic number greater than 40; x is 1, or 2; y is 1, or 2; and z is 0, 1, or 2; where x+y+z is the oxidation state of the metal M, where X1, X2, X3, and X4 are C or N; where at least one of R1, R2, R3, and R4 has at least two C atoms; where RB represents di, tri, or tetra-substitution, and where two adjacent RB form a six-member carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring E fused to ring B; where, when ring E is heterocyclic, the only heteroatom is nitrogen; where ring E can be further substituted; and where (a) at least one of X1, X2, X3, and X4 is N, (b) ring E is heterocylic, or (c) both. |
| US10003031B2 |
Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element comprising the same and electronic device thereof
Provided herein are a compound capable of improving light emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of the element, an organic element using the same, and an electric device for the same. |
| US10003029B2 |
Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic emission layer may include a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein Formula 1 contains an indenoindenyl moiety. The compound may increase hole mobility in the device when used as a hole transport and/or hole injection material, thereby improving its lifetime, current, voltage, and luminescent characteristics. |
| US10003028B2 |
Hybrid carbon-metal interconnect structures
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for hybrid carbon-metal interconnect structures in integrated circuit assemblies. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate, a metal interconnect layer disposed on the substrate and configured to serve as a growth initiation layer for a graphene layer and the graphene layer, wherein the graphene layer is formed directly on the metal interconnect layer, the metal interconnect layer and the graphene layer being configured to route electrical signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10003026B2 |
Ladder tetrazine polymers
A ladder tetrazine polymer is disclosed. |
| US10003022B2 |
RRAM cell structure with conductive etch-stop layer
The present disclosure relates to a resistive random access memory (RRAM) device architecture, that includes a thin single layer of a conductive etch-stop layer between a lower metal interconnect and a bottom electrode of an RRAM cell. The conductive etch-stop layer provides simplicity in structure and the etch-selectivity of this layer provides protection to the underlying layers. The conductive etch stop layer can be etched using a dry or wet etch to land on the lower metal interconnect. In instances where the lower metal interconnect is copper, etching the conductive etch stop layer to expose the copper does not produce as much non-volatile copper etching by-products as in traditional methods. Compared to traditional methods, some embodiments of the disclosed techniques reduce the number of mask step and also reduce chemical mechanical polishing during the formation of the bottom electrode. |
| US10003020B2 |
Heterojunction oxide non-volatile memory device
A memory device includes a first metal layer and a first metal oxide layer coupled to the first metal layer. The memory device includes a second metal oxide layer coupled to the first metal oxide layer and a second metal layer coupled to the second metal oxide layer. The formation of the first metal oxide layer has a Gibbs free energy that is lower than the Gibbs free energy for the formation of the second metal oxide layer. |
| US10003015B2 |
Method and system for providing a diluted free layer magnetic junction usable in spin transfer torque applications
A magnetic junction and method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction resides on a substrate and is usable in a magnetic device. The magnetic junction includes free and pinned layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The free layer has a free layer perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy greater than a free layer out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The free layer also includes a diluted magnetic layer having an out-of-plane demagnetization energy and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy greater than the out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The diluted magnetic layer includes at least one magnetic material and at least one nonmagnetic material. The diluted magnetic layer has an exchange stiffness that is at least eighty percent of an exchange stiffness for the magnetic material(s). |
| US10003013B2 |
Semiconductor device having circuitry positioned above a buried magnetic sensor
A semiconductor device including a circuitry, a magnetic sensor, and a buried oxide. The circuitry is formed on a substrate. The magnetic sensor has a sensing area formed under the circuitry. The buried oxide is disposed between the circuitry and the magnetic sensor. The sensing are comprises an N-doped area and a P-doped area doped deeper than the N-doped area, and sensor contacts connect the sensing area with the circuitry through the buried oxide. |
| US10003012B2 |
Electronic device and method for fabricating the same
This technology provides an electronic device and a method for fabricating the same. An electronic device in accordance with an implementation of this document may include a semiconductor memory, wherein the semiconductor memory may include: a variable resistance element disposed over a substrate and structured to exhibit different resistance states for storing data; and an upper contact plug disposed over the variable resistance element and coupled to the variable resistance element, wherein the upper contact plug includes a first portion that is disposed between an upper end of the upper contact plug and a lower end of the upper contact plug and the first portion has a width smaller than a width of each of the upper end and the lower end. |
| US10003011B2 |
Magnetic memory devices and methods for manufacturing the same
A magnetic memory device may include a free magnetic pattern and a capping pattern on a surface of the free magnetic pattern. The capping pattern may include first and second metal elements. The capping pattern may include a first portion adjacent to an interface between the free magnetic pattern and the capping pattern, and a second portion spaced apart from the interface. The first metal element may have a concentration greater in the first portion than in the second portion. The first metal element may have an atomic weight smaller than that of the second metal element. The concentration of the first metal element along the thickness direction of the capping pattern may be proportional to a proximity to the interface. |
| US10003010B2 |
Magnetic element, skyrmion memory, skyrmion memory device, skyrmion-memory embedded solid-state electronic device, data storage apparatus, data processing and communication apparatus
Provided is a magnetic element capable of generating one skyrmion and erasing the one skyrmion. The magnetic element includes a magnet shaped like a substantially rectangular flat plate, an upstream electrode connected to the magnet in a width Wm direction of the magnet and made of a non-magnetic metal, a downstream electrode connected to the magnet in the width Wm direction to oppose the upstream electrode and made of a non-magnetic metal, and a skyrmion sensor configured to detect the skyrmion. Here, a width Wm of the substantially rectangular magnet is such that 3·λ>Wm≥λ, where λ denotes a diameter of the skyrmion, a length Hm of the substantially rectangular magnet is such that 2·λ>Hm≥λ, and the magnet has a notch structure at the edge between the upstream electrode and the downstream electrode. |
| US10003006B2 |
Piezoelectric actuator, method for manufacturing the same, and magnetic disc apparatus
A piezoelectric actuator that includes (a) a piezoelectric body made of piezoelectric ceramic, the piezoelectric body having two principal surfaces facing each other and having four side surfaces, (b) external electrodes on the principal surfaces, (c) recessed portions in the four side surfaces, and (d) a coating layer made of resin and provided on the four side surfaces. The coating layer covers the recessed portions in the four side surfaces. |
| US10003002B2 |
Silicon integrated bivalve thermoelectric generator of out-of-plane heat flux configuration
Disclosed are two geometrically identical integrated Z-device structures, integrated in two distinct silicon dices, joined together in a face-to-face configuration, such that a p-doped thin film leg of one structure faces toward a n-doped thin film leg of the other structure and vice versa. Upon joining the Z-device structures together, the hill-top metal contacts of one integrated structure are bonded in electrical and thermal continuity with correspondent hill-top metal contacts of the other integrated structure, forming a substantially bivalve TEG of increased power yield for the same footprint area and having an enhanced conversion efficiency. Thermo-electrically generated current may be gathered from one or several end pad pairs, the pads of which are connected to respective valley bottom contacts, on one and on the other of the two dices of the bivalve device, at the ends of conductive lines of micro cells respectively belonging to one and to the other of the two coupled dices. |
| US10002999B2 |
Thermoelectric materials and their manufacturing method
Disclosed is a thermoelectric conversion material with high performance. The thermoelectric material according to the present disclosure may be represented by the following chemical formula 1: CuxSe |
| US10002992B2 |
Red phosphor, white light emitting device and lighting apparatus
A red phosphor contains a nitride having a formula of SrxMgySizN2/3(x+y+2z+w):Euw, in which x, y, z, and w satisfy the relationships 0.5≤x≤2, 2.5≤y≤3.5, 0.5≤z≤1.5 and 0 |
| US10002988B2 |
Surface treatment of a semiconductor light emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor structure having a light-emitting region. A surface of the semiconductor structure has flattened peaks. |
| US10002982B2 |
Emitter for a thermo-photovoltaic system and thermo-photovoltaic system comprising at least one such emitter
A thermo-photovoltaic system including an infrared radiation emitter including a body including a first external surface and a second external surface, the first and second external surfaces being distinct, the first external surface facing a concentrator for receiving a concentrated solar radiation, the second external surface facing a thermo-photovoltaic cell, and the body further including at least one gas and/or liquid combustion chamber therein, and an igniter is provided for causing combustion in the combustion chamber. |
| US10002980B1 |
Process for manufacture of mono-or polycrystalline silicon panels with annealed metal layer
Methods for annealing a metal foil layer to a glass layer, and/or for growing a native silicon layer in-situ therebetween. The annealing method includes applying an electrostatic (ES) field to the structure of the glass layer and the metal foil layer, with the metal foil layer positioned adjacent the glass layer, to electrostatically anneal them together. An electrostatic voltage of at least 1500 V may be applied. A seed crystal may be positioned between the glass layer and the metal foil layer prior to annealing. The method for growing a native metal (e.g., Si) layer in-situ may include applying an electrostatic voltage to the annealed structure with polarities reversed, at 1050° F. to 1100° F. Such conditions induce a redox reaction within the silica glass layer to reduce a portion of the silica, generating a layer of silicon between the glass layer and the metal foil layer. |
| US10002979B1 |
Unipolar doping in photodiode and phototransistor
Disclosed are a semiconductor photodiode (PD) or phototransistor (PT) photo detector with a unipolarly doped edge region containing a portion of the photon absorption layer and occupying over 99% of the photo detector area as projected on a plane parallel to the semiconductor substrate. Embodiments also relate to methods of making the photo detector. |
| US10002973B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction with an improved tunnel barrier
The present disclosure concerns a method of fabricating a magnetic tunnel junction suitable for a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cell and comprising a first ferromagnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer, comprising: forming the first ferromagnetic layer; forming the tunnel barrier layer; and forming the second ferromagnetic layer; wherein said forming the tunnel barrier layer comprises depositing a layer of metallic Mg; and oxidizing the deposited layer of metallic Mg such as to transform the metallic Mg into MgO; the step of forming the tunnel barrier layer being performed at least twice such that the tunnel barrier layer comprises at least two layers of MgO. |
| US10002969B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes channel layers disposed over a substrate, a source/drain region disposed over the substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on and wrapping each of the channel layers, and a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and wrapping each of the channel layers. Each of the channel layers includes a semiconductor wire made of a first semiconductor material. The semiconductor wire extends into the source/drain region. The semiconductor wire in the source/drain regions is wrapped around by a second semiconductor material. |
| US10002964B2 |
System and method for threshold logic with electrostatically formed nanowire transistors
An electrostatically formed nanowire transistor, includes a source, a drain, and multiple gates surrounding a doped silicon region. The gates include a top gate, a bottom gate, and side gates. The gates induce a channel in said doped silicon region. The channel has a width which is decreased by negative biasing of the side gates, and a height and vertical position controlled by the top and bottom gates. |
| US10002962B2 |
Vertical FET structure
Techniques relate to forming a vertical field effect transistor (FET). One or more fins are formed on a bottom source or drain of a substrate, and one or more fins extend in a vertical direction. Gate material is formed to be positioned on sides of the one or more fins. Gate encapsulation material is formed on sides of the gate material to form a trench, such that top portions of the one or more fins are exposed in the trench. A top source or drain is formed on top of the one or more fins such that the top source or drain is laterally confined by the trench in a lateral direction that is parallel to the one or more fins. |
| US10002959B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising a temperature sensor, temperature sensor and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising a temperature sensor
A semiconductor device includes a transistor in a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface. The transistor includes a source region, a source contact, the source contact including a first and second source contact portion, and a gate electrode in a gate trench in the first main surface adjacent to a body region. The body region and a drift zone are disposed along a first direction parallel to the first main surface between the source region and a drain region. The second source contact portion is disposed at a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first source contact portion includes a source conductive material in direct contact with the source region, the first source contact portion further including a portion of the semiconductor substrate between the source conductive material and the second source contact portion. The semiconductor device further includes a temperature sensor in the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10002957B2 |
Shield wrap for a heterostructure field effect transistor
Devices are disclosed for providing heterojunction field effect transistor (HFETs) having improved performance and/or reduced noise generation. A gate electrode is over a portion of the active region and is configured to modulate a conduction channel in the active region of an HFET. The active region is in a semiconductor film between a source electrode and a drain electrode. A first passivation film is over the active region. An encapsulation film is over the first passivation film. A first metal pattern on the encapsulation film includes a shield wrap over the majority of the active region and is electrically connected to the source electrode. |
| US10002955B2 |
High-electron-mobility transistor and manufacturing method thereof
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductive substrate. A donor-supply layer is over the semiconductive substrate. The donor-supply layer includes a top surface. A gate structure, a drain, and a source are over the donor-supply layer. A passivation layer covers conformally over the gate structure and the donor-supply layer. A gate electrode is over the gate structure. A field plate is disposed on the passivation layer between the gate electrode and the drain. The field plate includes a bottom edge. The gate electrode having a first edge in proximity to the field plate, the field plate comprising a second edge facing the first edge, a horizontal distance between the first edge and the second edge is in a range of from about 0.05 to about 0.5 micrometers. |
| US10002943B2 |
Semiconductor devices having 3D channels, and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices having 3D channels
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first to third fins aligned in a first direction, a first trench arranged between the first fin and the second fin, and a second trench arranged between the second fin and the third fin. The semiconductor device further includes a first field insulating film arranged in the first trench, a second field insulating film formed in the second trench, a first dummy gate arranged on the first field insulating film and a second dummy gate at least partly arranged on the second field insulating film. A lower surface of the second field insulating film is arranged to be lower than a lower surface of the first field insulating film. |
| US10002942B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer made of a nitride semiconductor and formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer made of a material including InAlN and formed on the first semiconductor layer, an insulator layer formed by an oxidized surface part of the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the insulator layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively formed on the first or second semiconductor layer. |
| US10002936B2 |
Titanium aluminum and tantalum aluminum thin films
A process for depositing titanium aluminum or tantalum aluminum thin films comprising nitrogen on a substrate in a reaction space can include at least one deposition cycle. The deposition cycle can include alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a vapor phase Ti or Ta precursor and a vapor phase Al precursor. At least one of the vapor phase Ti or Ta precursor and the vapor phase Al precursor may contact the substrate in the presence of a vapor phase nitrogen precursor. |
| US10002933B1 |
Semiconductor device structure with cap layer with top and bottom portions over gate electrode
A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack structure formed over a substrate, and the gate stack structure includes a bottom portion and a top portion. The bottom portion includes a gate electrode layer formed over a substrate. The top portion includes a protection layer formed over the gate electrode layer, a stop layer formed over the protection layer, and the stop layer is surrounded by the protection layer. A cap layer is formed over the stop layer, and the cap layer is surrounded by the stop layer. |
| US10002928B1 |
Manufacturable RGB display based on thin film gallium and nitrogen containing light emitting diodes
A method for manufacturing a display panel comprising light emitting device including micro LEDs includes providing multiple donor wafers having a surface region and forming an epitaxial material overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type region, an active region comprising at least one light emitting layer overlying the n-type region, and a p-type region overlying the active layer region. The multiple donor wafers are configured to emit different color emissions. The epitaxial material on the multiple donor wafers is patterned to form a plurality of dice, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice less than a design width. At least some of the dice are selectively transferred from the multiple donor wafers to a common carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs could comprise red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel. |
| US10002923B2 |
Techniques for forming finFET transistors with same fin pitch and different source/drain epitaxy configurations
In one aspect, a method of forming a finFET device includes: partially forming fins in first/second regions of a substrate; selectively forming spacers on opposite sides of only the fins in a second region; completing formation of the fins such that, based on the spacers, the fins in the second region have a wider base; depositing an insulator between the fins; recessing the insulator to expose a top portion of the fins; forming at least one gate over the fins; further recessing the insulator in the source and drain regions to expose a bottom portion of the fins; and growing an epitaxial material in the source and drain regions that is un-merged in the first region yet is merged in the second region due to the base of the fins in the second region having a wider base. A finFET device is also provided. |
| US10002918B2 |
Display substrates, methods of manufacturing the same and display devices including the same
Display substrates, methods of manufacturing the same and display devices including the same disclosed. In one aspect, a display substrate includes a base substrate and a stack structure over the base substrate, the stack structure including an active pattern, a gate electrode and a plurality of insulation layers. The display substrate also includes a plurality of wirings over the stack structure and a plurality of colored capping patterns over respective ones of the wirings. |
| US10002916B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display
An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a semiconductor layer including a driving channel, a first gate insulating layer at least partially covering the semiconductor layer, and a first driving gate electrode formed over the first gate insulating layer and overlapping the driving. A second gate insulating layer at least partially covers the first driving gate electrode. The display also includes a second driving gate electrode formed over the second gate insulating layer and overlapping the first driving gate electrode, an interlayer insulating layer at least partially covering the second driving gate electrode, a driving voltage line formed over the interlayer insulating layer and overlapping the second driving gate electrode, and a connector formed over the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the first and second driving gate electrodes. |
| US10002912B2 |
Organic light emitting device, display device having the same, and method of manufacturing display device
An organic light emitting device includes four sub-organic light emitting devices. The first device includes a first anode, a first common light emitting portion, and a first sub-light emitting portion. The second device includes a second anode, a second common light emitting portion, a first auxiliary layer, and a second sub-light emitting portion. The third device includes a third anode and a third common light emitting portion. The fourth device includes a fourth anode, a fourth common light emitting portion, and a light emitting layer emitting a first light. The first and second sub-light emitting portions have an integral structure and emit second light. The first, second, third, and fourth common light emitting portions have an integral structure and emit third light having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of at least one of the first or second lights. |
| US10002907B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same
A semiconductor device including a transistor on a main surface side of a semiconductor substrate; and a resistance change element on a back-surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the transistor includes a low-resistance section in the semiconductor substrate, the low-resistance section extending to the back surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating film is provided in contact with a back surface of the low-resistance section, the insulating film has an opening facing the low-resistance section, and the resistance change element is connected to the low-resistance section through the opening. |
| US10002902B2 |
Solid-state imaging element, method of manufacturing the same, and imaging device for reducing thickness of photoelectric conversion film
In pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix fashion in the pixel array unit of a solid-state imaging element, a photoelectric conversion film having a light shielding film buried therein is formed and stacked on the light incident side of the photodiode. The present technique can be applied to a CMOS image sensor compatible with the global shutter system, for example. |
| US10002899B2 |
Microlens for a phase detection auto focus (PDAF) pixel of a composite grid structure
An image sensor for high angular response discrimination is provided. A plurality of pixels comprises a phase detection autofocus (PDAF) pixel and an image capture pixel. Pixel sensors of the pixels are arranged in a semiconductor substrate. A grid structure is arranged over the semiconductor substrate, laterally surrounding color filters of the pixels. Microlenses of the pixels are arranged over the grid structure, and comprise a PDAF microlens of the PDAF pixel and an image capture microlens of the image capture pixel. The PDAF microlens comprises a larger optical power than the image capture microlens, or comprises a location or shape so a PDAF receiving surface of the PDAF pixel has an asymmetric profile. A method for manufacturing the image sensor is also provided. |
| US10002894B2 |
Imaging apparatus having same exposure period for signals held in signal holding units in first and second pixel rows
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a signal holding unit, first and second control electrodes. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplification element to amplify signals based on signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, in which the plurality of pixels output signals for performing a phase contrast detection type of focal point detection. The signal holding unit is in an electrical pathway between an output node of the photoelectric conversion unit and an input node of the amplification element, in which signals for performing the phase contrast detection type of focal point detection are held. The first control electrode is configured to transfer a signal of the photoelectric conversion unit to the signal holding unit. The second control electrode is configured to transfer a signal for performing the phase difference detection type of focal point detection. |
| US10002889B2 |
Low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor array substrate and method of fabricating the same, and display device
The present invention provides a low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor array substrate and a method of fabricating the same, and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a substrate; a polysilicon active layer provided on the substrate; a first insulation layer provided on the active layer; a plurality of gates and a gate line provided on the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer provided on the gates; a source, a drain, a data line and a pixel electrode electrically connected with the drain, which are provided on the second insulation layer, the source covers the plurality of gates. The plurality of gates are provided directly below the source, so that the leakage current is reduced and the aperture ratio of panel is improved. |
| US10002888B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic device
An object is to improve the drive capability of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring. A second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring. A gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a third wiring. A first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring. A second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor. A channel region is formed using an oxide semiconductor layer in each of the first transistor and the second transistor. The off-state current of each of the first transistor and the second transistor per channel width of 1 μm is 1 aA or less. |
| US10002885B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A substrate in which an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and an insulating film are stacked on a semiconductor substrate and an element isolation region is embedded in a trench is prepared. After the insulating film in a bulk region is removed by dry etching and the semiconductor layer in the bulk region is removed by dry etching, the insulating layer in the bulk region is thinned by dry etching. A first semiconductor region is formed in the semiconductor substrate in a SOI region by ion implantation, and a second semiconductor region is formed in the semiconductor substrate in the bulk region by ion implantation. Then, the insulating film in the SOI region and the insulating layer in the bulk region are removed by wet etching. Thereafter, a first transistor is formed on the semiconductor layer in the SOI region and a second transistor is formed on the semiconductor substrate in the bulk region. |
| US10002884B2 |
Semiconductor device
To provide a semiconductor device which occupies a small area and is highly integrated. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, an electrode layer, and a contact plug. The electrode layer includes one end portion in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and the other end portion facing the one end portion. The other end portion includes a semicircle notch portion when seen from the above. The contact plug is in contact with the semicircle notch portion. |
| US10002878B2 |
Complementary SONOS integration into CMOS flow
Methods of integrating complementary SONOS devices into a CMOS process flow are described. The method begins with depositing and patterning a first photoresist mask over a surface of a substrate to expose a N-SONOS region, and implanting a channel for a NSONOS device through a first pad oxide, followed by depositing and patterning a second photoresist mask to expose a P-SONOS region, and implanting a channel for a PSONOS device through a second pad oxide. Next, a number of Nwells are concurrently implanted for the PSONOS device and a PMOS device in a core region of the substrate. Finally, the first and second pad oxides, which were left in place to separate the P-SONOS region and the N-SONOS region from the first and second photoresist masks, are concurrently removed. In one embodiment, implanting the Nwells includes implanting a single, contiguous deep Nwell for the PSONOS and PMOS device. |
| US10002877B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor devices and fabricating methods thereof
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a CMOS circuit structure including a plurality of column blocks each comprising a plurality of page buffer circuits, and a lower wiring structure and a memory structure sequentially stacked over the CMOS circuit structure. The memory structure overlaps a first circuit region of the CMOS circuit structure and does not overlap a second circuit region of the CMOS circuit structure, and the plurality of column blocks are contained within the first circuit region of the CMOS circuit structure. |
| US10002868B2 |
Vertical fin resistor devices
Semiconductor devices and methods are provided in which vertical fin resistor devices are integrally formed as part of a process flow for fabricating FinFET (Fin Field Effect Transistor) devices. For example, a semiconductor device includes a FinFET device and a vertical fin resistor device formed on a semiconductor substrate. The FinFET device includes a vertical semiconductor fin which includes a structural profile that is defined by dimensions of width W, height H, and length L. The vertical fin resistor device includes a vertical fin structure which is formed of a resistive material (e.g., polysilicon or amorphous silicon), and which has a structural profile that is defined by dimension of width W1, height H1, and length L1. The structural profiles of the vertical semiconductor fin of the FinFET device and the vertical fin structure of the vertical fin resistor device have at least one corresponding dimension that is substantially the same. |
| US10002861B2 |
ESD protection structure
An ESD protection structure formed within a semiconductor substrate of an integrated circuit device. The ESD protection structure comprises a thyristor structure being formed from a first P-doped section forming an anode of the thyristor structure, a first N-doped section forming a collector node of the thyristor structure, a second P-doped section, and a second N-doped section forming a cathode of the thyristor structure. A low-resistance coupling is provided between an upper surface region of the collector node of the thyristor structure and the anode of the thyristor structure. |
| US10002859B1 |
Fin-FET resonant body transistor
Circuit structures including a FinFET resonant body transistor are disclosed. One circuit structure includes: a plurality of fins over a substrate and a plurality of gate structures over the plurality of fins, the plurality of gate structures including at least one voltage sensing gate and multiple driving junction gates disposed on opposing sides of the at least one voltage sensing gate; at least one phononic crystal, wherein the at least one phononic crystal is arranged to confine vibrational energy arising from electrically induced mechanical stresses in the fins disposed below the driving junction gates; and, wherein the electrically induced mechanical stresses modulate carrier mobility in the at least one voltage sensing gate to produce a current extractable by the circuit structure. |
| US10002857B2 |
Package on package (PoP) device comprising thermal interface material (TIM) in cavity of an encapsulation layer
A package on package (PoP) device includes a first package, a thermal interface material, and a second package coupled to the first package. The first package includes a first integrated device and a first encapsulation layer that at least partially encapsulates the first integrated device, where the first encapsulation layer includes a first cavity located laterally with respect to the first integrated device. The thermal interface material (TIM) is coupled to the first integrated device such that the thermal interface material (TIM) is formed between the first integrated device and the second package. The thermal interface material (TIM) is formed in the first cavity of the first encapsulation layer. |
| US10002854B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
A link device with a large density routing is attached to a package in order to provide a high-density interconnect pathway to interconnect semiconductor devices. In an embodiment the package is an integrated fan out package. The link device may be bonded on either side of the package, and the package may optionally comprise through package vias. The link device may also be an integrated passive device that includes resistors, inductor, and capacitor components. |
| US10002851B2 |
Semiconductor packages including chip enablement pads
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate and semiconductor chips stacked on the package substrate. The package substrate may include at least one first chip enablement finger, at least one second chip enablement finger, and a chip enablement pad selection finger. Each of the semiconductor chips includes a first chip enablement pad connected to the at least one first chip enablement finger, a second chip enablement pad connected to the at least one second chip enablement finger, and a chip enablement pad selection pad connected to the chip enablement pad selection finger. The first chip enablement pads of the semiconductor chips or the second chip enablement pads of the semiconductor chips are optionally activated by a signal applied to the chip enablement pad selection finger. |
| US10002849B2 |
Semiconductor package structure and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure includes: (a) disposing at least one semiconductor element on a conductive structure, wherein the conductive structure includes at least one insulation layer and at least one circuit layer; (b) disposing an encapsulant on the conductive structure to cover the semiconductor element; (c) attaching a supporting structure on the conductive structure to surround the semiconductor element; and (d) disposing an upper element on the encapsulant, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the upper element is in a range of variation less than or equal to about ±20% of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the circuit layer, and a bending modulus of the upper element is in a range of variation less than or equal to about ±35% of a bending modulus of the circuit layer. |
| US10002847B2 |
OLED pixel unit, transparent display device, method for fabricating the same, display apparatus
An OLED pixel unit is disclosed, which comprises an opaque region and a transparent region which are arranged side by side, the opaque region comprises an opaque display element, and the transparent region comprises at least one transparent display element. Independent operation of the opaque display element and the transparent display element is realized without affecting the transparent display in the transparent region of the OLED pixel unit, thus increasing the resolution of the OLED pixel unit. A transparent display device comprising the OLED pixel unit, a method for fabricating a transparent display device, and a display apparatus are further disclosed. |
| US10002842B2 |
Method of producing a hybridized device including microelectronic components
A method of producing a hybridized device including two microelectronic components, including a first microelectronic component having conductive inserts on a connection surface, and a second microelectronic component having ductile conductive pads on a surface opposed to the connection surface, is provided. The method includes the steps of hybridizing the first and second electronic components face-to-face by arranging the connection surface of the first microelectronic component to oppose the surface of the second microelectronic component having the ductile conductive pads, and establishing an electro-mechanical connection between the first microelectronic component and the second microelectronic component by inserting, at ambient temperature, inserts of the first microelectronic component, provided with a second metal sub-layer, into the ductile conductive pads of the second microelectronic component. |
| US10002837B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a metal member, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, a first solder and a second solder. A quantity of heat generated in the first semiconductor chip is greater than the second semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip is formed of a material having larger Young's modulus than the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip has a first metal layer connected to the metal member through a first solder at a surface facing the metal member. The second semiconductor chip has a second metal layer connected to the metal member through a second solder at a surface facing the metal member. A thickness of the second solder is greater than a maximum thickness of the first solder at least at a portion of the second solder corresponding to a part of an outer peripheral edge of the second metal layer. |
| US10002835B2 |
Structure for establishing interconnects in packages using thin interposers
A semiconductor device and a stacked pillar used to interconnect a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die are provided. The semiconductor device has a substrate, a splice interposer, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die and first to fourth plurality of pillars. The first to fourth plurality of pillars and the splice interposer form interconnection and wiring between the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die and the substrate. The stacked pillar has a first conductor layer formed on a surface of the first semiconductor die, a first solder layer formed on the first conductor layer, a second conductor layer formed on the first solder layer, and a second solder layer formed on the second conductor layer. The second solder layer is heat-reflowable to attach the stacked pillar to a surface of the second semiconductor. |
| US10002832B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
Disclosed herein is a configuration for ensuring sufficient power supply ability and ESD protection capability for I/O cells in a semiconductor integrated circuit device, without increasing its circuit area. In two I/O cell rows, a pair of I/O cells for supplying a power supply potential or ground potential are connected together via a common power supply interconnect. The I/O cells are arranged so as to overlap with each other in a first direction in which the I/O cells are arranged. The common power supply interconnect extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and is connected to first pads that are located closest in the first direction to the common power supply interconnect. |
| US10002829B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device is provided which comprises a semiconductive substrate and an interconnect on the substrate. The interconnect comprises a dielectric in an upper most level of the interconnect and a plurality of conductive pads where each of the plurality of conductive pads is at least partially exposed from the dielectric. The interconnect further includes a current sensor electrically coupled with at least one of the plurality of conductive pads. |
| US10002823B2 |
Packaging substrate and method of fabricating the same
A packaging substrate is provided, which includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of conductive bumps formed on the insulating layer, wherein each of the conductive bumps has a post body exposed from the insulating layer and a conductive pad embedded in the insulating layer, the post body being integrally formed with and less in width than the conductive pad; and a plurality of conductive posts disposed on the conductive pads and embedded in the insulating layer. As such, a semiconductor chip can be bonded to the packaging substrate through the conductive bumps. The present disclosure further provides a method for fabricating the packaging substrate. |
| US10002822B2 |
Circuit boards and semiconductor packages including the same
A circuit board and a semiconductor packages therewith are disclosed. The circuit board may include a top surface, on which at least one semiconductor chip is mounted, and a bottom surface, to which at least one outer terminal is coupled. The top surface may include an upper window region, on which an upper conductive pattern electrically connected to the semiconductor chip is provided, and the bottom surface may include a lower window region, on which a lower conductive pattern electrically connected to the upper conductive pattern is provided. Here, a ratio of an area of the lower conductive pattern to an area of the upper conductive pattern may be less than or equal to 1.5. |
| US10002821B1 |
Semiconductor chip package comprising semiconductor chip and leadframe disposed between two substrates
The semiconductor chip package comprises first substrate comprising insulator layer, first metallic layer, and second metallic layer; first semiconductor chip disposed on first metallic layer of first substrate; first electrically conductive spacer layer disposed on first semiconductor chip; second substrate comprising insulator layer, first metallic layer, and second metallic layer, wherein second substrate is disposed on first spacer layer; leadframe comprising first lead and second lead, wherein each one of first and second leads comprises upper surface and lower surface, wherein upper surfaces are connected with second metallic layer of second substrate, and lower surfaces are connected with first metallic layer of first substrate; and encapsulant applied to first and second substrates, first semiconductor chip, first spacer layer, and leadframe. |
| US10002818B2 |
Integrated electronic components and methods of formation thereof
Provided are integrated electronic components which include a waveguide microstructure formed by a sequential build process and an electronic device, and methods of forming such integrated electronic components. The microstructures have particular applicability to devices for transmitting electromagnetic energy and other electronic signals. |
| US10002815B2 |
Multi-chip package structure manufacturing process and wafer level chip package structure manufacturing process
A wafer level chip package manufacturing process is provided. A wafer includes a plurality of first chips and a circuit layer disposed on the first chips, wherein each of the first chips has a chip bonding region, a plurality of first inner pads located in the chip bonding region and a plurality of first outer pads located outside the chip bonding region, the circuit layer includes a plurality of insulating layers, the insulating layers have at least one groove, the groove is disposed between the first inner pads and the first outer pads, and the groove surrounds the first inner pads. A plurality of second chips are flipped on the chip bonding regions, so that second conductive bumps are located between and connected to the first inner pads and second pads of the second chips. |
| US10002808B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor device
To divide a semiconductor wafer by stealth dicing, a test pad in a cutting region and an alignment target are collectively arranged along one side in a width direction of the cutting region, and a laser beam for forming a modified region is irradiated to a position away in plane from the test pad and the alignment target Am. In this manner, defects in cutting shape in a cutting process of a semiconductor wafer using stealth dicing can be reduced or prevented. |
| US10002807B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate on which plural gate electrodes are juxtaposed to each other, plural gate wirings formed on the semiconductor substrate, plural gate pads, a first pad, and a second pad. The adjacent gate electrodes define plural cells, and the plural cells include plural transistor cells. The plural gate electrodes are partitioned into plural types by the plural gate wirings. The plural transistor cells are partitioned into plural types according to a combination of the defined gate electrodes. |
| US10002806B2 |
Metrology targets with filling elements that reduce inaccuracies and maintain contrast
The subject application relates to metrology targets with filling elements that reduce inaccuracies and maintain contrast. The present invention provides a metrology target and a method to design the metrology target. The metrology target comprises specified filling elements introduced into identified continuous regions in a given target design, wherein parameters of the introduced filling elements are determined by a trade-off between a contrast requirement and an inaccuracy requirement which is associated via production with the identified continuous regions. The method includes the steps of identifying continuous regions in a target design, and introducing specified filling elements into the identified continuous regions, wherein parameters of the introduced filling elements are determined by a trade-off between a contrast requirement and an inaccuracy requirement which is associated via production with the identifying continuous regions. At least one of the identifying and the introducing can be carried out by at least one computer processor. |
| US10002805B2 |
Processing methods and apparatus with temperature distribution control
Wafer treatment process and apparatus is provided with a wafer carrier arranged to hold wafers and to inject a fill gas into gaps between the wafers and the wafer carrier. The apparatus is arranged to vary the composition, flow rate, or both of the fill gas so as to counteract undesired patterns of temperature non-uniformity of the wafers. |
| US10002801B2 |
Device manufacturing method and device manufacturing apparatus
The device manufacturing method includes a length measuring step (S5) of, on the basis of an observation target image of an SEM image taken from a direction having a predetermined angle from a direction perpendicular to a plane of a substrate, measuring the thickness of a target object, or the depth of etching, formed on the substrate. In addition, in the length measuring step, an etching angle made by a cross section of the etching and the direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate is calculated from processing data of the target object, and the thickness of the target object or the depth of the etching is measured on the basis of the calculated etching angle. |
| US10002800B2 |
Prevention of charging damage in full-depletion devices
Methods and systems method for checking a semiconductor device for compliance with a rule include determining one or more device type categories to which a fully depleted semiconductor on insulator (FDSOI) device in a chip layout belongs based on which, if any, of a gate, a source/drain region, and a well of the FDSOI device are connected to each other or to a substrate. It is determined whether the FDSOI device complies with a first design rule that considers antenna area connected to the gate and the source/drain region of the FDSOI device. It is determined whether the FDSOI device complies with a second design rule that considers antenna area connected to the well and the source/drain region of the FDSOI device. The chip layout is modified, if the FDSOI devices fails to comply with the first and second design rules, to bring the non-compliant FDSOI device into compliance. |
| US10002799B2 |
Ion implantation method and ion implantation apparatus performing the same
The present invention provides an improved ion implantation method and an ion implantation apparatus for performing the improved ion implantation method, belongs to the field of ion implantation technology, which can solve the problem of the poor stability and uniformity of the ion beam of the existing ion implantation apparatus. The improved ion implantation method of the invention comprises steps of: S1, detecting densities and beam distribution nonuniformities under various decelerating voltages; S2, determining an operation decelerating voltage based on the beam densities and the beam distribution nonuniformities; and S3, performing an ion implantation under the determined operation decelerating voltage. The present invention ensures the uniformity and stability of the ion beam, and thus ensures the uniformity of performances of the processed base materials in each batch or among various batches. |
| US10002795B1 |
Method and structure for forming vertical transistors with shared gates and separate gates
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a fin on a substrate, removing one or more portions of the fin prior to forming a gate structure on the fin, forming the gate structure on the fin, and simultaneously removing one or more additional portions of the fin and one or more portions of the gate structure aligned with the one or more additional portions of the fin to create a fin edge portion aligned with a gate structure edge portion. |
| US10002793B1 |
Sub-fin doping method
A gap fill method for sub-fin doping includes forming semiconductor fin arrays over a semiconductor substrate, forming a first dopant source layer over a first fin array and filling intra fin gaps within the first array, and forming a second dopant source layer over a second fin array and filling intra fin gaps within the second array. The first and second dopant source layers are recessed to expose a channel region of the fins. Thereafter, an annealing step is used to drive dopants from the dopant source layers locally into sub-fin regions of the fins below the channel regions. |
| US10002792B2 |
HDP fill with reduced void formation and spacer damage
A method for filling gaps between structures includes forming a plurality of high aspect ratio structures adjacent to one another with gaps, forming a first dielectric layer on tops of the structures and conformally depositing a spacer dielectric layer over the structures. The spacer dielectric layer is removed from horizontal surfaces and a protection layer is conformally deposited over the structures. The gaps are filled with a flowable dielectric, which is recessed to a height along sidewalls of the structures by a selective etch process such that the protection layer protects the spacer dielectric layer on sidewalls of the structures. The first dielectric layer and the spacer dielectric layer are exposed above the height using a higher etch resistance than the protection layer to maintain dimensions of the spacer layer dielectric through the etching processes. The gaps are filled by a high density plasma fill. |
| US10002791B1 |
Multi-layer work function metal gates with similar gate thickness to achieve multi-Vt for vFETS
A method is presented for forming a device having multiple field effect transistors (FETs) with each FET having a different work function. In particular, the method includes forming multiple microchips in which each FET has a different threshold voltage (Vt) or work-function. In one embodiment, four FETs are formed over a semiconductor substrate. Each FET has a source, drain and a gate electrode. Each gate electrode is processed independently to provide a substantially different threshold voltage. |
| US10002789B2 |
High performance middle of line interconnects
A method for formation of multi-level contact structures with reduced contact resistance is provided. The contact resistance of the multi-level contact structures can be reduced by selectively removing portions of a contact liner layer that are formed along sidewalls and bottom portions of contact openings located in each contact level from the bottom portions of the contact openings. |
| US10002788B2 |
Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices
Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a gate pattern on a substrate, forming spacers to cover both sidewalls of the gate pattern, forming an interlayer insulating layer to cover the gate pattern and the spacers, and forming contact holes to penetrate the interlayer insulating layer and expose sidewalls of the spacers. The forming of the spacers includes forming a spacer layer to cover the gate pattern and injecting silicon ions into the spacer layer. The spacer layer is a nitride-based low-k insulating layer, whose dielectric constant is lower than that of silicon oxide. |
| US10002786B1 |
Interconnection cells having variable width metal lines and fully-self aligned variable length continuity cuts
A method includes providing a semiconductor structure having a mandrel layer and a hardmask layer disposed above a dielectric layer. A mandrel cell is patterned into the mandrel layer. An opening is etched into the hardmask layer. The opening is self-aligned with a sidewall of the mandrel. A refill layer is disposed over the structure and recessed down to a level that is below a top surface of the hardmask layer to form an opening plug that covers a bottom of the opening. The mandrel cell is utilized to form a metal line cell into the dielectric layer, the metal line cell having metal lines and a minimum line cell pitch. The opening plug is utilized to form a continuity cut in a metal line of the metal line cell. The continuity cut has a length that is larger than the minimum line cell pitch. |
| US10002783B2 |
Method for manufacturing memory device
A method for manufacturing a memory device may include the following steps: preparing a first semiconductor, a second semiconductor, a first conductor, and a second conductor, wherein the second semiconductor is spaced from the first semiconductor, wherein the first conductor directly contacts the first semiconductor, and wherein the second conductor is spaced from the first conducive member and directly contacts the second semiconductor; preparing a dielectric material member, which is positioned between the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor and directly contacts each of the first semiconductor, the second semiconductor, the first conductor, and the second conductor; performing ion implantation on the dielectric material member to form an implanted member and a dielectric member; and removing the implanted member. |
| US10002782B2 |
ESC assembly including an electrically conductive gasket for uniform RF power delivery therethrough
A substrate processing apparatus for processing substrates comprises a processing chamber in which a substrate is processed. A process gas source is adapted to supply process gas into the processing chamber. A RF energy source is adapted to energize the process gas into a plasma state in the processing chamber. A vacuum source is adapted to exhaust byproducts of the processing from the processing chamber. The processing chamber includes an electrostatic chuck assembly having a layer of ceramic material that includes an upper electrostatic clamping electrode and at least one RF electrode, a temperature controlled RF powered baseplate, and at least one annular electrically conductive gasket extending along an outer portion of an upper surface of the temperature controlled RF powered baseplate. The at least one annular electrically conductive gasket electrically couples the upper surface of the temperature controlled RF powered baseplate to the at least one RF electrode. |
| US10002781B2 |
Tool auto-teach method and apparatus
A substrate transport apparatus auto-teach system for auto-teaching a substrate station location, the system including a frame, a substrate transport connected to the frame, the substrate transport having an end effector configured to support a substrate, and a controller configured to move the substrate transport so that the substrate transport biases the substrate supported on the end effector against a substrate station feature causing a change in eccentricity between the substrate and the end effector, determine the change in eccentricity, and determine the substrate station location based on at least the change in eccentricity between the substrate and the end effector. |
| US10002780B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate, disposing a first semiconductive material over the substrate at a first temperature, disposing a second semiconductive material over the first semiconductive material at a second temperature, and disposing a third semiconductive material over the second semiconductive material at a third temperature, wherein a first interval between the first temperature and the second temperature is substantially same as a second interval between the second temperature and the third temperature. |
| US10002778B2 |
Substrate cleaning apparatus
A substrate cleaning apparatus includes outer circumference supporting members 32 that support the outer circumference of a rotating substrate W, a swing cleaning member 34 that swings between a first peripheral position B and a second peripheral position B′ of the substrate W while passing a center portion A of the substrate W to clean a front surface of the rotating substrate W, and an elongated supporting member 36 that extends long from a third peripheral position C to a fourth peripheral position C′ of the substrate W so as to pass the center portion A and supports the rear surface of the rotating substrate W. The first peripheral position B is disposed between a position D of the outer circumference supporting member 32 of the plurality of outer circumference supporting members 32 and closest to the third peripheral position C and the third peripheral position C. |
| US10002773B2 |
Method for selectively etching silicon oxide with respect to an organic mask
A method for selectively etching trenches in a silicon oxide containing layer with an organic planarization layer is provided. Processing the silicon oxide layer comprises a plurality of process cycles, wherein each etch cycle comprises a deposition phase, comprising providing a flow of a deposition phase gas comprising a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon containing gas with a fluorine to carbon ratio, providing a constant RF power, which forms the deposition phase gas into a plasma, and stopping the deposition phase and an etch phase, comprising providing a flow of an etch phase gas comprising a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon containing gas with a fluorine to carbon ratio that is higher than the fluorine to carbon ratio of the deposition phase gas, providing a pulsed RF power, which forms the etch phase gas into a plasma, and stopping the etch phase. |
| US10002770B2 |
Substrate processing device and substrate processing method for carrying out chemical treatment for substrate
It is an object to carry out a chemical treatment for a peripheral edge part of a substrate while suppressing an amount of consumption of a processing liquid and a time required for processing. In order to achieve the object, a substrate processing device injects heating steam to a peripheral edge part of a substrate to heat the peripheral edge part when carrying out a chemical treatment for the peripheral edge part of the substrate while rotating the substrate in a substantially horizontal posture. Moreover, the substrate processing device injects a gas from above the substrate toward a predetermined injection target region defined within a range surrounded by a rotating track of the peripheral edge part of the substrate in an upper surface of the substrate, thereby generating, on the substrate, a gas flow which flows from the injection target region toward the peripheral edge part of the substrate. |
| US10002761B2 |
Method for forming a multiple layer epitaxial layer on a wafer
A substrate for an integrated circuit includes a device wafer having a raw carrier concentration and an epitaxial layer disposed over the device wafer. The epitaxial layer has a first carrier concentration. The first carrier concentration is higher than the raw carrier concentration. |
| US10002748B2 |
Detection of grounding strap breakage
The present invention generally relates to a method for detecting the breakage of one or more grounding straps without stopping processing or opening the processing chamber for inspection. In one embodiment, a method for detecting grounding strap breakage in a processing chamber includes monitoring real-time RF related data from plasma generated in the processing chamber. The method also includes comparing the real-time RF related data with a pre-determined threshold RF related data. The method includes generating an alert if the real-time RF related data meets or exceeds the pre-determined threshold RF related data. In one embodiment, the RF related data includes RF frequency, direct current voltage, voltage peak-to-peak, and/or RF reflected power. |
| US10002743B2 |
Measurement system and measurement method
For scanning electron beams and measuring overlay misalignment between an upper layer pattern and a lower layer pattern with high precision, electron beams are scanned over a region including a first pattern and a second pattern of a sample, the sample having the lower layer pattern (the first pattern) and the upper layer pattern (the second pattern) formed in a step after a step of forming the first pattern. The electron beams are scanned such that scan directions and scan sequences of the electron beams become axial symmetrical or point-symmetrical in a plurality of pattern position measurement regions defined within the scan region for the electron beams, thereby reducing measurement errors resulting from the asymmetry of electric charge. |
| US10002742B2 |
Composite scan path in a charged particle microscope
The invention relates to a scanning-type charged particle microscope and a method for operation of such a microscope. Disclosed is a novel scanning strategy to the raster scan or serpentine scan. In some embodiment, the beam scanning motion is separated into short-stroke and long-stroke movements, to be assigned to associate short-stroke and long-stroke scanning devices, which may be beam deflectors or stage actuators. The scan strategy which is less susceptible to effects such as overshoot, settling/resynchronization, and “backlash” effects. |
| US10002739B2 |
X-ray emitter
An X-ray emitter has a rotating anode rotatably mounted inside an X-ray tube by way of a multi-sliding surface bearing. The multi-sliding surface bearing has an inner and an outer sliding surface which are mounted so they can rotate relative to each other about an axis of rotation such that a gap is formed between the inner and outer sliding surfaces. A contour of the inner sliding surface, in a plane running perpendicular to the axis of rotation, is formed at least in certain sections by arc-shaped segments which are each centered around center points that are offset from each other. |
| US10002738B1 |
Simplified formation process of a low work function insert
In an example, a method to form a low work function insert includes preparing a mixture that includes a first powder that contains barium, a second powder that contains calcium, a third powder that contains at least one of aluminum, samarium, or magnesium, and a fourth powder that contains a refractory metal. The method may also include heating the mixture, contained in a crucible, in a furnace. Oxygen concentration in the furnace may be maintained at a low partial pressure during heating of the mixture in the furnace. The low work function of the insert allows electrons to be readily extracted from its surface. |
| US10002737B2 |
Fuse module and fusible disconnect switch assembly therefor
An embodiment of a fuse module has been disclosed. The fuse module includes a housing, a fuse element unit disposed within the housing, and a pair of terminal blades between which the fuse element unit is electrically connected. Each terminal blade has a pair of connection portions. |
| US10002736B2 |
Double make double break interrupter module with independent blades
An interrupter module (10) of a molded case circuit breaker (2) includes two stationary electrical contacts (20), and a blade carrier assembly (100) with a blade assembly (130) and a carrier (160) for the blade assembly. The blade assembly includes two conductive blades (140A, 140B). Each blade includes a movable electrical contact (150A, 150B) for engaging a corresponding stationary electrical contact in a closed position and for disengaging from the corresponding stationary electrical contact in an open position. Each blade has an independent over travel and contact force to maintain contact between the movable electrical contacts and corresponding stationary electrical contacts in the closed position. |
| US10002735B2 |
Trip light circuit breaker
A circuit breaker is referenced that has an indicator lamp that identifies a fault condition after power is interrupted to the circuit breaker. This solution uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) to indicate the trip condition. This solution does not require the power to be enabled to the load side of the circuit breaker in order to power the LEDs to display a trip condition. An overload may be detected when the fault current generates sufficient heat in a strip composed of a resistive element or bimetal to cause the bimetal to deflect and/or bend. The mechanical deflection triggers a trip assembly that includes a spring trip level to force a moveable contact attached to a moveable conductive blade away from a stationary contact, thereby breaking the circuit. |
| US10002730B2 |
Inhibiter switch
In an inhibiter switch, a detent plate may be rotated on one side around a rotational shaft to be assembled in a pole board, and a stopper may be provided in the pole board to define a rotation range of the detent plate on the one side. An interference portion may be provided on a movement track of a movable contact piece when the detent plate rotates around the rotational shaft, wherein the interference portion may interfere with the movable contact piece to become resistance to rotation of the detent plate to the other side around the rotational shaft. |
| US10002727B2 |
Keycaps with reduced thickness
An illuminated metal keycap having a legend diffuser material that may diffuse light through a legend opened in a background layer. The background layer may be opaque and the legend may be transparent. The metal keycap is adhered to a scissor mechanism positioned above electrical switch circuitry. Included within, below, or adjacent to the scissor mechanism may be one or more light sources positioned to emit light through the metal keycap, around the perimeter of the metal keycap, and/or through the background layer. |
| US10002723B2 |
Switch
A switch for controlling an electrical appliance has a switch housing, an actuation element, a display, and a microprocessor disposed in the switch housing. The actuation element can activate an identifier through the display, which identifier is determined by the microprocessor. Selection of an appropriate system state and an associated maximum value is effected by again actuating the actuation element, specifically while the corresponding identifier associated with this system state is active or displayed. Reaching or exceeding the maximum value is indicated by a signal that is produced by the microprocessor. The microprocessor can optionally be activated once again for a reset mode and/or for a change mode. |
| US10002719B2 |
Separator having binder layer, and electrochemical device comprising the separator and method of preparing the separator
The present disclosure provides a separator comprising a porous substrate, a porous coating layer and a binder layer, the binder comprising at least one homopolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride and at least one copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-co-hexafluoropropylene (HFP) so that a content difference of hexafluoropropylene (HFP) present in the two compounds is about 3 wt % or higher. |
| US10002714B2 |
Dielectric film and dielectric element
The present invention relates to a dielectric element such as a thin-film capacitor including a dielectric film. The dielectric film contains a main component represented by the general formula (Ba1-xCax)z(Ti1-yZry)O3 wherein 0 |
| US10002713B1 |
Self-damping MLCC array
An electronic component with a self-damping MLCC is provided. The electronic component comprising a pulse signal generator and a substrate comprising first traces and second traces. An MLCC is provided comprising a first capacitive couple between two first external terminations and a second capacitive couple between two second external terminations wherein each first external termination is in electrical contact with a different first trace and each second external termination is in electrical contact with a different second trace. The pulse signal generator provides a first pulse to the first traces and a second pulse to the second traces wherein the first pulse and second pulse are not in phase. |
| US10002712B2 |
Multi-layer capacitor package and package housing
Disclosed is a multi-layer capacitor package comprising: a multi-layer capacitor; connection electrodes coupled to capacitor electrodes respectively, wherein the connection electrodes in each group of the connection electrodes vertically overlap with each other, and first and second groups of the connection electrodes are horizontally spaced from each other; a package housing configured to receive therein the multi-layer capacitor; and first and second internal electrodes received in the housing to be coupled to the first and second groups of the connection electrodes respectively, wherein the first and second internal electrodes are horizontally spaced from each other. |
| US10002706B2 |
Coil and manufacturing method thereof
A coil has multiple coil sections connected to each other and each coil section includes a body portion and at least one direct or protrusive connecting portion disposed at one end of the body portion. Coil sections form at least one spiral path around the central axis of the coil, and on the projection of the coil along the central axis. The protrusive connecting portions protrude out of the path location of the direct connecting portions. Two connected coil sections form only one overlapped surface at the coupled parts of the direct or protrusive connecting portions. Regarding to the body portions in the same spiral path, a first end of one body portion is indirectly connected and disposed adjacent to a second end of another body portion. The second end has one surface with a virtual extension reaching the first end. |
| US10002700B2 |
Vertical-coupling transformer with an air-gap structure
In a particular embodiment, a device includes a low-loss substrate, a first inductor structure, and an air-gap. The first inductor structure is between the low-loss substrate and a second inductor structure. The first inductor structure is aligned with the second inductor structure to form a transformer. The air-gap is between the first inductor structure and the second inductor structure. |
| US10002699B2 |
Electromagnetic coil driving control device
The present invention is to provide a magnet coil drive control device that can efficiently suppress conduction noise while reducing the capacitance of a capacitor. A capacitor and an impedance element are arranged in series on the connecting line connecting the positive electrode line and the negative electrode line of a DC power supply, the connecting line between the capacitor and the impedance element is connected to one end of a magnet coil via a freewheeling diode, and the portion between the freewheeling diode and the one end of the magnet coil is connected to the positive electrode line or the negative electrode line by a switching element. Conduction noise caused by the driving current of the magnet coil can be suppressed by the impedance element, and the capacitance of the capacitor can be further reduced. Accordingly, the magnet coil drive control device can be made smaller in size. |
| US10002698B2 |
Valve having a magnetic actuator
A magnetic actuator, which is used particularly for devices of internal combustion engines, includes a magnetic coil and at least one ferromagnetic component. In this instance, a magnetic flux caused by the magnetic coil is able to be guided via the component. On ferromagnetic component, a magnetic choke point is provided, which is used to adjust the magnetic flux. The magnetic choke point may be formed by a local microstructural modification of a ferromagnetic material of the ferromagnetic component. Furthermore, a valve having such a magnetic actuator and a method for producing such a magnetic actuator are indicated. |
| US10002694B2 |
Inductor including alpha″-Fe16Z2 or alpha″-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2, where Z includes at least one of C, B, or O
An inductor may include a magnetic material that may include α″-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or α′-Fe8(NxZ1-x), or a mixture of at least one of α″-Fe16N2 or α′-Fe8N and at least one of α″-Fe16Z2 or α′-Fe8Z, where Z includes at least one of C, B, or O, and x is a number greater than zero and less than one. In some examples, the magnetic material may include a relatively high magnetic saturation, such as greater than about 200 emu/gram, greater than about 242 emu/gram, or greater than about 250 emu/gram. In addition, in some examples, the magnetic material may include a relatively low coercivity or magnetocrystalline anisotropy. Techniques for forming the inductor including the magnetic material are also described. |
| US10002692B2 |
Method for manufacturing a resin-impregnatable sheet-like spacer for a highvoltage component, a spacer manufactured according to the method, a highvoltage component comprising the spacer and an arrangement for performing the method
The method is provided for manufacturing a perforated sheet-like high-voltage insulating spacer for a high-voltage component, which component comprises a field grading condenser core with the spacer which is wound in spiral form around an axis, with electrically conducting layers which are inserted between successive windings of the spacer, and with a polymeric matrix which penetrates the spacer and which embeds the spacer and the layers. The method comprises at least steps as follows: an electrically insulating tape, and the patterned tape is expanded at right angle to the cutting lines in order to form a spacer with a perforated three-dimensional lattice structure. The combined effect of cutting a tape and expanding the cutted tape allows the formation of spacers with a manifold of sizes which exceed the size of the tape in function of manufacturing parameters, in particular in function of the configuration of the pattern and the magnitude of the expansion. |
| US10002690B2 |
Shielded conductive path
A shielding portion of a shielded conductive path (Wa) includes: a shielded pipe in which the inside thereof is partitioned into a plurality of electrical wire insertion paths; and a flexible shielding member that is tubular and is connected to an end portion of the shielding pipe. Out of a plurality of electrical wires that are inserted into the electrical wire insertion paths, a second electrical wire is led out of the shielding portion from an outlet port. Inside the shielding portion, a shielding tube encloses the second electrical wire, and prevents the second electrical wire and the first electrical wire from being affected by electromagnetic noise therefrom. A gap between the shielding tube and an opening edge of the outlet port is closed by a conductive sealing member. |
| US10002683B2 |
Storing hazardous material in a subterranean formation
A hazardous material storage bank includes a wellbore extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface, the wellbore including a substantially vertical portion, a transition portion, and a substantially horizontal portion; a storage area coupled to the substantially horizontal portion of the well bore, the storage area within or below a shale formation, the storage area vertically isolated, by the shale formation, from a subterranean zone that includes mobile water; a storage container positioned in the storage area, the storage container sized to fit from the wellbore entry through the substantially vertical, the transition, and the substantially horizontal portions of the wellbore, and into the storage area, the storage container including an inner cavity sized enclose hazardous material; and a seal positioned in the wellbore, the seal isolating the storage portion of the wellbore from the entry of the wellbore. |
| US10002682B2 |
Nuclear reactor having plate or micro-channel heat exchangers integrated in the vessel
A nuclear reactor is provided that includes a vessel; a core provided in the vessel; at least one plate heat exchanger provided in the vessel, with at least one duct for supplying a secondary fluid to the heat exchanger and a duct for discharging the secondary fluid from the heat exchanger, the discharge duct extending through the vessel. The nuclear reactor comprises a device for attaching the heat exchanger to an area of the vessel through which the discharge duct extends. |
| US10002664B2 |
Non-volatile resistive memory cell comprising metal electrodes and a solid electrolyte between the metal electrodes
The invention more particularly relates to a resistive memory cell comprising a first and a second metal electrodes and a solid electrolyte positioned between the first and the second metal electrodes, with the solid electrolyte comprising a commutation layer in contact with the first electrode and a dielectric layer, with said resistive memory cell being able to be electrically modified so as to switch from a first resistive state to a second resistive state (state LRS) wherein the resistance (RON) of the memory cell is at least ten times smaller than the resistance (ROFF) of the memory cell in the HRS state, in the LRS state the first electrode being so arranged as to supply metal ions intended to form at least a conductive filament through said commutation layer, with the cell being characterized in that, in the LRS state, the memory cell is conductive for a range of voltages between 0 Volts and VREST 2 . |
| US10002661B2 |
Structure for reducing pre-charge voltage for static random-access memory arrays
A memory cell arrangement of SRAM cell groups may be provided in which in each of the groups multiple SRAM cells are connected to an input of a local read amplifier by at least one common local bit-line. Outputs of the amplifiers are connected to a shared global bit-line. The global bit-line is connected to a pre-charge circuit, and the pre-charge circuit is adapted for pre-charging the global bit-line with a programmable pre-charge voltage before reading data. The pre-charge circuit comprises a limiter circuit which comprises a pre-charge regulator circuit connected to the global bit-line to pre-charge the global bit-line with the programmable pre-charge voltage, and an evaluation and translation circuit connected to the pre-charge regulator circuit and the global bit-line to compensate leakage current of the global bit-line without changing its voltage level. |
| US10002657B2 |
Enhanced memory device
Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include a memory cell configured to operate in multiple retention states including a static retention state and a dynamic retention state. The integrated circuit may include a controller configured to selectively apply different voltage levels to the memory cell based on the retention state of the memory cell. |
| US10002656B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic device
A semiconductor device capable of generating a signal (e.g., a potential signal or a current signal) suitable for usage environment or a purpose. The semiconductor device includes a first memory circuit, a first circuit, and a second memory circuit. The first circuit converts a digital signal input from the first memory circuit into an analog signal. The first memory circuit includes an input node, an output node, a transistor, and a capacitor. The capacitor is electrically connected to the output node. The transistor can control a conduction state between the input node and the output node. An analog signal is input to the input node from the first circuit. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer where a channel formation region is formed. |
| US10002655B2 |
Memory cell structure of magnetic memory with spin device elements
A magnetic memory includes a plurality of memory cells and a data identification circuit. Each of the memory cells includes: a first bias node to which a first voltage is applied in data reading, the first voltage being a positive voltage; a second bias node to which a second voltage is applied in the data reading, the second voltage being a negative voltage having substantially the same absolute value as the first voltage; a connection node; a first spin device element connected between the first bias node and the connection node; and a second spin device element connected between the connection node and the second bias node. The first and second spin device elements operate differentially. The data identification circuit identifies data stored in each of the memory cells based on a polarity of a voltage generated on the connection node. |
| US10002653B2 |
Die stack address bus having a programmable width
The dies of a stacked die integrated circuit (IC) employ the address bus to indicate the particular die, or set of dies, targeted by data on a data bus. During manufacture of the stacked die IC, the IC is programmed with information indicating a width of the address bus. During operation, each die addresses the other dies with addresses having the corresponding width based on this programmed information. |
| US10002649B1 |
Preliminary ready indication for memory operations on non-volatile memory
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for providing a preliminary ready indication for non-volatile memory. A non-volatile memory element initiates a write operation for one or more storage cells of the non-volatile memory element. The non-volatile memory element determines whether a progress threshold is satisfied for the write operation. The non-volatile memory element provides a preliminary ready indication, indicating that the progress threshold is satisfied. |
| US10002648B2 |
Memory device, semiconductor device, and electronic device
A column driver includes an amplifier circuit for amplifying data of a read bit line and a latch circuit for retaining the amplified data. The latch circuit includes a pair of nodes Q and QB for retaining complementary data. Data is read from a memory cell in each write target row to a read bit line, and amplified by the amplifier circuit. The amplified data is written to the node Q (or QB) of the latch circuit. In a write target column, write data is input to the latch circuit through the node Q (or QB) to update data of the latch circuit. Then, in each column, data of the latch circuit is written to a write bit line, and the data of the write bit line is written to the memory cell. |
| US10002643B2 |
Reproducing apparatus, correlated information notifying method, and correlated information notifying program
A reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section, a notifying section, and a notification controlling section. The reproducing section reproduces content data. The notifying section notifies a user that there are content data correlated with content data reproduced by the reproducing section. The notification controlling section determines whether content data correlated with content data reproduced by the reproducing section have been retrieved and controls the notifying section to notify the user that there are the correlated content data when the correlated content data have been retrieved. |
| US10002635B2 |
Systems and methods for information capture
Disclosed herein are information capture systems and related methods. An information capture system includes a sensor secured to an object configured to be involved with a possible event. The sensor is configured to detect one or more stimuli that are associated with the possible event, and transmit a sensor signal indicating data corresponding to the one or more stimuli. The information capture system also includes a recording device configured to record information responsive to a triggering event determined from the sensor signal. A method includes analyzing sensor data from the sensor, determining, from the sensor data, that a triggering event occurred, and recording post-trigger information following the determination of the triggering event. |
| US10002634B2 |
Optical disc and optical disc device
In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method. |
| US10002633B2 |
Optical disk, optical disk recording method, optical disk recording device, and integrated circuit
There are provided an optical disk and an optical disk recording method which are capable of stable data reading in a case where a recording linear density is increased. According to an optical disk of the present disclosure, a run-in pattern recorded in a groove track and a run-in pattern recorded in a land track are made different patterns so that no great change is caused in the amplitude of an acquired signal due to interference between adjacent recording patterns, and thus, data may be stably read. |
| US10002632B2 |
Recording medium with thin stabilization layer having high magnetic saturation and anisotropic field characteristics
A perpendicular recording medium with enhanced magnetic stability. In accordance with some embodiments, a multi-layer recording structure is formed on a base substrate and adapted to magnetically store a magnetic bit sequence in domains substantially perpendicular to said layers. A thin magnetic stabilization layer is formed on the multi-layer recording substrate to magnetically stabilize an upper portion of the recording structure. |
| US10002631B1 |
Head-medium contact detection using a thermal sensor heated by multiple heat generating components of a slider
An apparatus comprising a slider and a detector coupled to the slider. The slider is configured for writing data to and reading data from a magnetic recording medium. The slider comprises a heater configured to receive a modulated signal and cause oscillation in a spacing between the slider and the medium. At least one heat generating component of the slider is configured to receive a modulated signal. A contact sensor is situated on the slider to receive heat generated by the at least one heat generating component. The detector is configured to measure a response signal of the heated contact sensor as the slider approaches the medium. The detector is further configured to detect contact between the slider and the medium in response to the response signal reaching a predetermined threshold. |
| US10002630B1 |
Adaptive attenuation for disturbance compensation
An apparatus includes a frequency analyzer circuitry, filter circuitry, and voice coil motor (VCM) control circuitry. The frequency analyzer circuitry is configured to detect one or more dominant frequencies of a position error signal (PES). The filter circuitry is configured to identify one or more filters in response to detecting the one or more dominant frequencies, apply the one or more identified filters to at least one of a microactuator control signal and PES, and generate a VCM compensation signal in response to the filtered PES or the microactuator control signal. The VCM control circuitry is configured to generate a VCM control signal in response to the VCM compensation signal. |
| US10002625B1 |
Recording head with multiple magnetic writers simultaneously writing to adjacent tracks
A recording head has a first magnetic writer and a second magnetic writer offset from the first magnetic writer in a downtrack and crosstrack direction. The recording head has leads configured to deliver respective first and second write and/or laser currents to the first and second writers. The first and second write and/or laser currents enable the first and second writers to simultaneously write to adjacent tracks of a magnetic disk. |
| US10002621B2 |
Apparatus and method for decoding an encoded audio signal using a cross-over filter around a transition frequency
Apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal including an encoded core signal, including: a core decoder for decoding the encoded core signal to obtain a decoded core signal; a tile generator for generating one or more spectral tiles having frequencies not included in the decoded core signal using a spectral portion of the decoded core signal; and a cross-over filter for spectrally cross-over filtering the decoded core signal and a first frequency tile having frequencies extending from a gap filling frequency to an upper border frequency or for spectrally cross-over filtering a first frequency tile and a second frequency tile. |
| US10002613B2 |
Determining hotword suitability
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining hotword suitability. In one aspect, a method includes receiving speech data that encodes a candidate hotword spoken by a user, evaluating the speech data or a transcription of the candidate hotword, using one or more predetermined criteria, generating a hotword suitability score for the candidate hotword based on evaluating the speech data or a transcription of the candidate hotword, using one or more predetermined criteria, and providing a representation of the hotword suitability score for display to the user. |
| US10002611B1 |
Asynchronous audio messaging
Systems, devices, and techniques may provide asynchronous audio messaging. Asynchronous audio messaging may enable a user to quickly and easily create and transmit a message to a recipient. The user may simply record a message for a recipient. The message may include an indication of the recipient of the message, an action (e.g., to send a message, etc.) and/or other types of information. A messaging module may modify the message to create a modified version of the message and then generate an additional version of the modified message in a different media type. The modified message and the addition version of the modified message may be transmitted to the recipient. In some embodiments, the messaging module may transmit other information such as location information, an expiration, or other information derived from the message to enhance the message. |
| US10002608B2 |
System and method for using prosody for voice-enabled search
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating relevant responses to a user query with voice-enabled search. A system practicing the method receives a word lattice generated by an automatic speech recognizer based on a user speech and a prosodic analysis of the user speech, generates a reweighted word lattice based on the word lattice and the prosodic analysis, approximates based on the reweighted word lattice one or more relevant responses to the query, and presents to a user the responses to the query. The prosodic analysis examines metalinguistic information of the user speech and can identify the most salient subject matter of the speech, assess how confident a speaker is in the content of his or her speech, and identify the attitude, mood, emotion, sentiment, etc. of the speaker. Other information not described in the content of the speech can also be used. |
| US10002606B2 |
Automatic accuracy estimation for audio transcriptions
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for estimating the accuracy of a transcription of a voice recording. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, each word of a transcription of a voice recording is checked against a customer-specific dictionary and/or a common language dictionary. The number of words not found in either dictionary is determined. An accuracy number for the transcription is calculated from the number of said words not found and the total number of words in the transcription. |
| US10002605B2 |
Method and system for achieving emotional text to speech utilizing emotion tags expressed as a set of emotion vectors
A method and system for achieving emotional text to speech. The method includes: receiving text data; generating emotion tag for the text data by a rhythm piece; and achieving TTS to the text data corresponding to the emotion tag, where the emotion tags are expressed as a set of emotion vectors; where each emotion vector includes a plurality of emotion scores given based on a plurality of emotion categories. A system for the same includes: a text data receiving module; an emotion tag generating module; and a TTS module for achieving TTS, wherein the emotion tag is expressed as a set of emotion vectors; and wherein emotion vector includes a plurality of emotion scores given based on a plurality of emotion categories. |
| US10002596B2 |
Intelligent crossfade with separated instrument tracks
A method is provided including separating a first file into a first plurality of instrument tracks and a second file into a second plurality of instrument tracks, wherein each instrument track of each of the first plurality and second plurality corresponds to a type of instrument; selecting a first instrument track from the first plurality of instrument tracks and a second instrument track from the second plurality of instrument tracks based at least on the type of instrument corresponding to the first instrument track and the second instrument track; fading out other instrument tracks from the first plurality of instrument tracks; performing a crossfade between the first instrument track and the second instrument track; and fading in other instrument tracks from the second plurality of instrument tracks. |
| US10002590B2 |
Display device for sensing gesture and method of driving the same
A display device and a method for driving the same are discussed. The display device includes a display panel including a common electrode commonly connected to pixels, a display driving circuit for applying a data voltage to the pixels during a vertical active time, and a sensor driving circuit which applies a gesture sensing driving signal to the common electrode during a vertical blank time and senses a gesture input. |
| US10002584B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information providing method, and information providing system
An information processing apparatus uses a display device to provide display information. The information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to store information relating to a position of an output device that outputs information relating to the output device, and information relating to the display device corresponding to the position of the output device; receive information of a transmission source and the information of the output device acquired by the transmission source, from the transmission source capable of communicating with the information processing apparatus; identify a position of the transmission source, based on the received information; and control the display device corresponding to the position of the transmission source to display the display information, according to the information of the transmission source. |
| US10002582B2 |
Driver and electronic device
In a display device having a driver that drives load lines in an electro-optical panel through capacitor charge redistribution, the driver, which drives load lines at a desired voltage through charge redistribution and furthermore drives these load lines at the desired voltage in a voltage driving circuit, includes an auxiliary voltage setting circuit that sets the voltage of an input terminal of the voltage driving circuit to a voltage corresponding to a driving voltage. |
| US10002578B2 |
Moving impurity ions in a liquid crystal display device
An LCD device includes a color filter (CF) substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The CF substrate includes a first transparent substrate, a CF layer, a black matrix and a shielding layer. The TFT substrate includes a second transparent substrate, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and an insulating layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. A control signal in the form of an AC voltage is provided to the shielding layer of the CF substrate, and a DC common voltage is provided to the common electrode. An alternating electric field is generated between the AC voltage of the control signal of the shielding layer and the DC common voltage of the common electrode to push impurity ions existed in the liquid crystal layer to swing up and down in the liquid crystal layer. |
| US10002575B2 |
Driving methods and circuit for bi-stable displays
The disclosure is directed toward driving methods and a driving circuit which are particularly suitable for bi-stable displays. In certain embodiments, methods provide the fastest and most pleasing appearance to the desired image while maintaining the optimal image quality over the life expectancy of an electrophoretic display device. |
| US10002574B2 |
Method, apparatus for display compensation and display device
A display compensation method is applied to a shutter 3D display device including a display panel and a backlight module, wherein the backlight module includes a first light source and a second light source, the display panel includes a plurality of first display regions, the backlight module includes a plurality of first backlight regions corresponding to the plurality of first display regions respectively; the display compensation method includes: turning on the first light source of the first backlight region; acquiring the brightness of the backlight module under a condition that the first light source is turned on; determining whether the brightness is within a preset brightness range; turning on the second light source of the first backlight region if the brightness is within the preset brightness range, so as to perform a display brightness compensation for a displaying picture. |
| US10002572B2 |
Liquid crystal monitor device, display system, and backlight control method
A parent device which is a liquid crystal monitor device serving as a reference for adjusting the backlight distributes, through communication, a backlight-setting value indicating luminance of a backlight to an child device which is a liquid crystal monitor device receiving adjustment of the backlight. A processing unit in the child device obtains a correction value from the backlight-setting value of the parent device received by a reception unit and a backlight-setting value input to an adjustment switch by the user. When the reception unit has received a new backlight-setting value of the parent device, the processing unit obtains the backlight-setting value of the child device from the new backlight-setting value and the correction value and instructs a backlight control circuit to light a backlight based on a lighting period corresponding to the obtained backlight-setting value. |
| US10002570B2 |
Electronic display driving scheme systems and methods
Systems and method for improving display quality of an electronic display. In one embodiment the electronic display includes a first display pixel that facilitates displaying a first image frame using first amplified image data and facilitates displaying a second image frame using second amplified image data; a second display pixel that facilitates displaying the first image frame using third amplified image data; a first amplifier that operates in a first operational mode to generate the first amplified image data based on image data corresponding with the first image frame and operates in a second operational mode to generate the second amplified image data based on image data corresponding with the second image frame; and a second amplifier that operates in the second operational mode to generate the third amplified image data based on the image data corresponding with the first image frame. |
| US10002569B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
Discussed is an organic light emitting display device capable of sensing and compensating characteristics of light emitting elements thereof. The organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment includes a light emitting display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a light emitting element and a pixel driving circuit to drive the light emitting element; and a panel driving unit for supplying compensated data voltages to the plurality of pixels, respectively, sensing at least one characteristic of a driving point of the light emitting element in each of the pixels and a threshold voltage of the light emitting element during at least one of light emission and non-emission periods of the light emitting element, and generating compensated data for the light emitting element, using the sensed characteristic. |
| US10002558B2 |
Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display device
Provided are a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a scan driving circuit, a display device, wherein the shift register unit comprises an input module configured to output a voltage at the signal input terminal to the first node, an energy storage module configured to store the voltage at the first node or to charge the first node, a first pull-up control module configured to output a voltage at the first voltage terminal to the pull-up control node, a second pull-up control module configured to output a voltage at the second voltage terminal to the pull-up control node, a pull-down control module configured to output a voltage at the first node to the pull-down control node. The pulse width of the signal of each stage of output terminal of the GOA circuit can be adjusted. |
| US10002553B2 |
Method, system, and device for determining a location of micro digital signage devices
A device, system, and method for determining a location of micro digital signage devices includes generating and transmitting a unique identifier corresponding to each micro digital signage device. Each micro digital signage device is to display its corresponding unique identifier and capture an image of other micro digital signage devices located on an opposite side of an aisle. The captured images are to be stitched together to generate a composite image. The unique identifiers of the micro digital signage devices are to be identified and the location of each micro digital signage device is to be determined using a known location of one of the micro digital signage devices as a reference. Each micro digital signage device identified from the composite image is to clear its corresponding unique identifier from display. |
| US10002551B2 |
Bendable display device
A bendable display device including a backplate and a circuit board card arranged opposite to the backplate is provided. Among four corner portions of the circuit board card, a first corner portion and a second corner portion are adjacent to each other and are respectively fixedly installed on the backplate. The backplate is provided with two sliding grooves respectively arranged corresponding to a third corner portion and a fourth corner portion of the circuit board card, a sliding block is arranged in each sliding groove, and a height of the sliding block is less than a depth of the sliding groove. The bendable display device further includes installing columns corresponding to the sliding grooves one to one, a first end of each installing column is connected with the sliding block in the sliding groove, and a second end of each installing column is connected with the circuit board card. |
| US10002550B1 |
System for reducing the release value of a label
A system for producing a roll of label material with a reduced release value. The system includes a separating apparatus configured to separate an initial label roll into two portions including an adhesive coated portion and a release agent coated portion. The system also includes an advancing apparatus configured to maintain the two separated portions apart and advance the portions toward a combining apparatus, which is configured to combine the two portions into a final label roll having a release value lower than the release value of the initial roll of label material. |
| US10002549B2 |
Removable adhesive label containing polymeric film layer having water affinity
An adhesive label includes a polymeric first film layer that has an affinity for water. The label is useful in various labeling applications and especially adhesive labeling of reusable and recyclable containers which require removal of the label during a washing process in a warm or hot washing fluid. |
| US10002548B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing personalized, just-in time information services
An artifact is provided that includes a substrate imprinted with personalized information including time-sensitive elements. At least a portion of the personalized information is configured to self-destruct over a time period that is commensurate with the time-sensitive elements. The artifact also includes a material operable for affixing the substrate to a subject with which the personalized information is associated. |
| US10002547B2 |
Secret calculation method, secret calculation system, random permutation device, and program
Secret calculation including secret random permutation is performed at high speed. In unit permutation, random permutation devices p0, . . . , pk-1 perform permutation of additive secret sharing values «a»ρi of a plain text a with sub shares πρi of permutation data π. In resharing, the random permutation device p0 generates additive secret sharing values «a»ρi+1pk by using random numbers r1, . . . , rk-1 which are respectively shared with random permutation devices pj (j=1, . . . , k−1) so as to transmit the additive secret sharing values «a»ρi+1pk to the random permutation device pk and each of the random permutation devices pj generates additive secret sharing values «a»ρi+1pj by using random numbers rj. |
| US10002544B2 |
Neuroplasticity games for depression
A training program is configured to systematically drive neurological changes to treat depression, mood and anxiety disorders. The training program includes an inference renormalization game that presents three subsets of stimuli and prompts a game participant to selectively respond or withhold responding to one or two of the stimulus subsets. |
| US10002539B2 |
Method and apparatus for integrated recording and playback of video audio and data inputs
A method for the integrated recording and playback of video, audio and data inputs using training simulators comprises the step of simultaneously receiving at least one data source input, audio input and video input into a common digital memory buffer in a time stamped manner for at least a given training event, wherein at least one of the data source inputs is a data record throughout the event of at least one simulated parameter of the training simulator, wherein at least one audio input is an audio record of the training event and at least one video input is a video record of the training event, and wherein the common memory buffer allows independent, simultaneous, synchronized, user controlled playback of the individual inputs received within the memory buffer. The system provides for contemporaneously flagging the common memory buffer during the event through a wireless controller. |
| US10002538B2 |
Aircraft clearance enforcement
A clearance enforcement system for a vehicle includes a transceiver to communicate over a data link that communicatively couples the vehicle to a control center external to the vehicle and a management unit configured to enforce a vehicle clearance policy. The vehicle clearance policy specifies that a vehicle must receive, in response to a clearance request message, an affirmative response message from a control center external to the vehicle, before executing a movement associated with the affirmative response message. The management unit enforces the vehicle clearance policy through a computer implemented method. The computer implemented method operates to first automatically determine within the vehicle when the vehicle is initiating the movement without having received the affirmative response and automatically alerting an operator of the vehicle that is initiating the movement without having received the affirmative response message. The operator of the vehicle is typically alerted using at least one visual annunciator, audible annunciator, or tactile annunciator. |
| US10002533B2 |
System, method and recording medium for emergency vehicle route guidance
An emergency vehicle route management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include analyzing a map to plot roads, a user including user data, and an emergency vehicle including emergency vehicle data on the map, determining an intersection of the roads within a predetermined radius of the emergency vehicle, and delivering an action for the user based on a road on a path of the emergency vehicle being determined by the determining to intersect with a road of the user. |
| US10002528B2 |
IR communication method and electronic device thereof
A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes converting received infrared into an electrical signal, amplifying the electrical signal and outputting an analog signal, converting the analog signal into digital data, determining whether the digital data is valid, and activating an application program in a freeze state to be in an unfreeze state. |
| US10002523B2 |
Visual and auditory user notification methods for smart-home hazard detector
Hazard detector for providing a pre-alarm of a developing hazardous condition can include a detection module that detects a hazard level of smoke or carbon monoxide, a light source that generates light, a speaker that generates an audible sound, a horn that generates an audible alarm that a higher volume than the speaker, and a processing module. The processing module can receive the detected hazard level and compare it with the pre-alarm threshold and the emergency threshold. The processing module can determine that the hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold and cause an audible pre-alarm speech to be generated via the speaker that warns of the developing hazardous condition. |
| US10002519B2 |
Distressed aircraft notification and tracking system
The invention is a service for sending and/or receiving messages in a first format intended for a recipient or authority, where the service identifies for the intended recipient a second format for receiving messages, and where the service formats a communication for delivery to the intended recipient, where the message is prepared to be presented to the recipient in the first and/or the second format. |
| US10002517B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for adherence monitoring and devices, systems, and methods for monitoring use of consumable dispensers
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for adherence monitoring, and devices, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring use of consumable dispensers. In general, the devices, systems, and methods can facilitate an individual's adherence to a schedule for consuming consumables and can facilitate monitoring and tracking of the individual's adherence to the schedule. The devices, systems, and methods can allow data regarding the individual's historical adherence to the schedule to be accessible via a computer system. In one embodiment, an accessory is provided that can be configured to attach to consumable dispensers. The accessory can be configured to be removably and replaceably coupled to the dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide a notification to a user indicating that a certain event occurred and/or that a certain action needs to be taken. The accessory can be configured to sense attachment thereof to and removal thereof from the dispenser. |
| US10002511B2 |
Walker alert device
A device to be used with a walker, with one component of the device attached to the walker and another component of the device worn by the user, whereby the device signals the user of the walker to use the walker by providing an alert whenever the user moves more than a predetermined distance from the walker, as determined by the distance between the two components of the device which wirelessly communicate with each other. |
| US10002508B2 |
Pneumatic fire detectors
A pneumatic sensing apparatus for use in an overheat or fire alarm system includes a sensor tube containing a pressurized gas in communication with a pressure sensor configured to sense a temperature variation based on changes of the pressurized gas. A pressure switch is coupled to the pressure sensor. The pressure switch includes a signal transducer configured to provide an output indicative of an overheat or fire alarm condition. |
| US10002503B2 |
Method of activating a supplemental visual warning signal based on frequency emitted from a generator of a primary audible warning signal
A system and method for signaling users including a control device electrically connected to a transceiver. The transceiver has a specified frequency. A first mobile signal device being activated by a first user and electrically communicating with a first transmitter having a selectable signal frequency. The first transmitter electrically communicates with the transceiver using the specified frequency. A second signal device includes a second receiver for receiving an activation signal from the transceiver. The second receiver electrically communicates with the transceiver using the specified frequency. The second signal device is activated by the activation of the first mobile signal device using the transceiver for alerting other persons. |
| US10002501B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a display unit 13, a panel 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 12 configured to vibrate a touch face of the panel 11, and a control unit 16 configured, when detecting contact to a tactile sensation providing area of the touch face corresponding to a predetermined word displayed on the display unit 13, to drive the tactile sensation providing unit 12 based on tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word, such that a tactile sensation is provided to a contact object in contact with the tactile sensation providing area. |
| US10002487B2 |
Dispensing apparatus for dispensing a food product
A dispensing apparatus (200) for dispensing a food product, the dispensing apparatus comprising a receptacle (210) for receiving a supply (510), a dispensing unit (220) configured to dispend portions of the food product, dispensing a portion of the food product consuming an amount of the supply, an electronic counting unit (232) configured to represent an amount of authorized supply, the counting unit is configured to decrease the amount of authorized supply when the dispensing unit dispenses a portion of the food product, the dispensing unit being configured to block dispensing of the food product if the amount of authorized supply is below a minimum authorized supply amount, a communication unit (240) configured to receive a digital authorization message from an authorization server (400) through mobile communication device (300), the authorization server being external to the dispensing apparatus, and a dispensing authorization unit (230) configured to obtain from the authorization message a supply authorization amount, and to increase the amount of authorized supply represented by the counting unit with the supply authorization amount. |
| US10002483B2 |
Method of forming and visualizing latent image
A method of visualizing a latent image includes: preparing a latent image composed of a plurality of paramagnetic seeds immobilized on a base in the form of an image, and a dispersion liquid of paramagnetic colloidal particles; immersing the latent image in the dispersion liquid of paramagnetic colloidal particles; and applying a magnetic field to the latent image and the dispersion liquid of paramagnetic colloidal particles. |
| US10002481B2 |
Vote casting system and method
A voting system is provided that results in more efficient voting and more time for voter's to consider and make voting selections. Voter's use an interactive device to obtain a ballot and to make vote selections on the ballot. A machine readable vote selection code is generated and output to a paper or a display device. The machine readable vote selection code is read at a polling location to fill in a ballot on a voting machine, and output a human readable ballot. The voter verified the votes match the voter's intent, and the voted ballot/receipt is accepted. |
| US10002479B2 |
End to end system for service delivery to and from a vehicle using a dongle
A dongle module to be installed in a vehicle is discussed. The dongle module has memory buffers and processors. The dongle module also has a first transceiver that couples the on-board diagnostic (OBD) port of the vehicle to communicate with a fault and diagnostic module of the vehicle. A second transceiver uses wireless communications to communicate with one or more client devices. An RF transmitter transmits RF signals to Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) module of the vehicle. A mapping module either include a first map calculating chip to calculate map coordinates of the vehicle, or periodically receive map coordinates from a client device. A security module is configured either to receive, or to implement an algorithm to determine, a rolling security key of the RKE module of the vehicle. The security module also receives commands to be transmitted by the RF transmitter to the RKE module to be executed. |
| US10002477B2 |
Electronic delivery of admission tickets direct to a purchaser
Electronic delivery of counterfeit-resistant documents exchangeable for value such as admission tickets, gift certificates, coupons, vouchers, etc. directly to the person who ordered the documents over an open communications network such as the Internet. A first party orders a document from a second party, and the second party electronically delivers the ordered, counterfeit-resistant document to a device designated by the first party. For example, the document may be electronically ordered using a PC, and a printer coupled to the PC may print the document. Alternatively, the electronic information may be provided to a fax, or the document ordered by telephone and electronically delivered to a PC or fax. The document may be made counterfeit resistant by assigning unique information to each document of a given type, e.g., admission tickets, and checking the uniqueness of a document prior to allowing it to be exchanged for value. |
| US10002476B1 |
Smart barrier system
This disclosure is related to the Smart Barrier System used in vehicle entrance and exit systems that works together with high definition license plate and face recognition systems and web portals through the monitoring sensor positioned on the Barrier, objects, on posts facing the garage entrance, garage door and vehicle access ways and positioned on walls around the vehicle access ways. |
| US10002474B1 |
Access control based on rhythmic pattern repetition
Techniques are described for controlling access based on pattern repetition. A rhythmic pattern may be communicated to a portable computing device of an individual, and played on the device using haptic and/or audio output. In response to the played pattern, the individual may attempt to repeat the pattern by tapping on a touchpad or other haptic input on a computing device. The entered pattern may be compared to the original pattern and, if the patterns correspond, the individual may be provided with requested access to a secure area and/or secure data. In some implementations, the pattern repetition technique may be employed to unlock a secure device based on a rhythmic pattern received at a different device such as an epidermal patch or other wearable computer. |
| US10002471B2 |
Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle navigation
Disclosed is a system for automatically navigating a vehicle, which system comprises:a data storage containing one or more maps of one or more areas;electronic interfaces for: (i) receiving data relating to the one or more areas from external data sources; (ii) receiving parameters relating to motion of the vehicle from physical sensors; and (iii) receiving a location of the vehicle from a positioning device; a navigation processor comprising processing circuitry adapted to determine an initial optimal route for traversing the vehicle from a given point in the one or more areas to another point in the one or more areas by computationally resolving a constrained minimization problem. |
| US10002469B2 |
Inclinometer methods and systems for generating and calibrating an in-vehicle inclination angle
Provided herein are inclinometer methods and systems for generating an in-vehicle inclination angle (θr). An inclinometer method can include measuring an acceleration ({dot over (ν)}) of a vehicle or a vehicle member, measuring a pitch angular velocity (q) of a computer, measuring a longitudinal accelerometer signal (ax,S) of the computer, generating an in-vehicle pitch angle (θ) of the vehicle or the vehicle member, calibrating an inclinometer-vehicle relative misalignment pitch offset angle (θp) of the vehicle or the vehicle member comprising a stationary-mode or a dynamic-mode, and generating an in-vehicle inclination angle (θr) of the vehicle or the vehicle member. |
| US10002466B2 |
Method and system for providing autonomous car errands
A delivery server may generate two separate security codes following a transaction between a user and a vendor, as well as a hash of the combination of the codes. The server may provide the first code to the user and the second code to the vendor, and provide the hash of a combination of the codes to both the vendor and the user. The user's vehicle may receive mapping information for the vendor's location, and may use the mapping information to autonomously navigate to an exchange station at the vendor location. At the exchange station, the vendor and vehicle may exchange security codes, and both vehicle and vendor may create a hash of the combined first code and second code, and use this to authenticate each other (by comparing this hash with the hash received from the delivery server). The vendor may then provide the goods to the vehicle, and the vehicle may automatically receive them and return them to the user. |
| US10002465B2 |
Creation of bounding boxes on a 3D modeled assembly
A computer-implemented method for creating a set of bounding boxes on a three-dimensional modeled assembly in a three-dimensional scene. The method comprises providing three-dimensional modeled objects forming a three-dimensional modeled assembly in a three-dimensional scene; computing a main bounding box encompassing the three-dimensional modeled assembly, creating a set of three-dimensional modeled objects that meet at least one property of the three-dimensional modeled assembly, computing two or more bounding boxes encompassed by the main bounding box, one of the two or more bounding boxes comprising the three-dimensional modeled objects of the set. |
| US10002462B2 |
Information providing method and information providing vehicle therefor
A method of providing information about a predetermined external vehicle on a transparent display of an information providing vehicle, the method including: acquiring status information of the external vehicle; determining a display mode for displaying an object corresponding to the external vehicle based on the acquired status information; and displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle on the transparent display in the determined display mode, wherein the display mode may include an augmented reality mode displaying an image obtained by overlaying a virtual image on an actual image of the external vehicle that is observed through the transparent display, and a map mode displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle after mapping the object to a map. |
| US10002461B2 |
Subdivision exterior calculus for geometry processing
Techniques are disclosed for solving geometry processing tasks on a subdivision surface of an input geometry using a subdivision exterior calculus (SEC) framework. A control polygonal mesh is received for generating a subdivision surface model. The polygonal mesh is associated with subdivision levels. To generate the subdivision surface model, one or more subdivision matrices of the polygonal mesh is determined at each subdivision level. One or more SEC matrices is computed from the subdivision matrices. The differential equation required by the geometry processing application is then solved numerically on the input control mesh using the SEC matrices. |
| US10002459B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a bitmap image in which each of contained pixels has an alpha value indicating opacity of this pixel, and a rendering unit configured to render the bitmap image. The rendering unit is configured to, when rendering the bitmap image, refrain from performing alpha blending on a pixel contained in the bitmap image that has a specific alpha value and perform the alpha blending on a pixel contained in the bitmap image that has a different alpha value from the specific alpha value. |
| US10002454B2 |
Reactive overlays of multiple representations using augmented reality
A computer system, method, and computer readable product are provided for conveying multiple representations of a concept to a user via augmented reality, with a mechanism to easily move between these multiple representations along multiple axes. In various embodiments, an augmented reality image is generated and displayed by a computing device. The augmented reality image may then be modified in response to user input along multiple axes, such as complexity, depth, or variety of a concept being conveyed with the augmented reality image. |
| US10002452B2 |
Systems and methods for automatic application of special effects based on image attributes
An image editing device is configured to automatically apply special effects to a digital image. In the image editing device, a digital image is obtained, and a selection is retrieved from a user, where the user selection specifying at least one criterion. At least one attribute of the digital image is analyzed, and a determination is made on whether the at least one attribute coincides with a target attribute associated with the at least one criterion. Responsive to the at least one attribute coinciding with the target attribute, a special effect is obtained from a data store, and the obtained special effect is applied to the digital image. |
| US10002451B2 |
Text-based image resizing
A method, which is performed by an electronic device, for resizing an image having text is disclosed. The method may include determining layout information of at least one text region in the image. The layout information may include at least one of a number, a size, a location, a shape, or a text density of the at least one text region in the image. The method may also select a seam carving operation, a cropping operation, or a scaling operation for the image based on the layout information, a size of the image, and a target image size. The selected operation may be performed to resize the image to the target image size based at least on one of the layout information, the size of the image, or the target image size. The resized image may include the at least one text region. |
| US10002446B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method of operation of the same
In an image processing apparatus, a display control unit controls displaying such that a subtraction image between a plurality of fundus images of an eye corresponding to a plurality of three-dimensional tomographic images obtained by capturing images of the eye at different times is displayed on a display unit, and a specifying unit specifies a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images, in the plurality of three-dimensional tomographic images, to be displayed on the display unit, by a position specified on the displayed subtraction image. |
| US10002437B2 |
Method and electronic device of identifying redundant data
An electronic device and method determines redundant data by obtaining a reference data patch and a comparative data patch, selecting at least one reference data point from the reference 3D data patch and at least one comparative data point from the comparative 3D data patch, and combining the reference data point and the data points in the reference 3D data patch which are adjacent to a pixel coordinate of the reference data point to form a triangular patch. A determination is made whether a distance between the reference data point and the comparative data point in a pair of nearest points is greater than a second distance threshold to determine the redundant data. |
| US10002435B2 |
Detecting motion in images
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for detecting motion in images. A computing system receives first and second images that were captured by a camera. The computing system generates, using the images, a mathematical transformation that indicates movement of the camera from the first image to the second image. The computing system generates, using the first image and the mathematical transformation, a modified version of the first image that presents the scene that was captured by the first image from a position of the camera when the second image was captured. The computing system determines a portion of the first image or second image at which a position of an object in the scene moved, by comparing the modified version of the first image to the second image. |
| US10002432B2 |
Method and apparatus for rendering target fluid
Provided is a method and apparatus for rendering a target fluid that include defining level-set information of fluid particles configuring a modeled target fluid. The level-set information comprises a shortest distance from a surface of the target fluid to the fluid particles. The method and apparatus are include discarding internal particles of the target fluid from the modeled target fluid based on the level-set information of the fluid particles, and calculating thickness information of the target fluid, from which the internal particles are discarded, based on depth information on the fluid particles. The target fluid is rendered based on the thickness information of the target fluid. |
| US10002431B2 |
Locating a feature for robotic guidance
Aspects herein use a feature detection system to visually identify a feature on a component. The feature detection system includes at least two cameras that capture images of the feature from different angles or perspectives. From these images, the system generates a 3D point cloud of the components in the images. Instead of projecting the boundaries of features onto the point cloud directly, the aspects herein identify predefined geometric shapes in the 3D point cloud. The system then projects pixel locations of the feature's boundaries onto the identified geometric shapes in the point cloud. Doing so yields the 3D coordinates of the feature which then can be used by a robot to perform a manufacturing process. |
| US10002430B1 |
Training system for infield training of a vision-based object detector
Described is a training system for training a vision-based object detector. The system is configured to run an object detector on an image of a cleared scene to detect objects in the cleared scene. The object detector includes a support vector machine (SVM) or similar classifier with a feature model to generate an SVM score for object features and a spatial bias threshold to generate augmented object scores. The system designated detected objects in the cleared scene as false detections and, based on that, updates at least one of the feature model and spatial bias threshold to designate the false detections as background. The updated feature model or updated spatial bias threshold are then stored for use in object detection. |
| US10002428B2 |
Method and system for identifying bleeding
A three-dimensional image of a patient is generated in time; blood vessels site voxels are compared to a model arterial and venous signals; clusters of voxels are separated so that ones that have spatial growth over time are determined to be bleeding sites. |
| US10002427B2 |
Method for characterizing images acquired through a video medical device
According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a method to support clinical decision by characterizing images acquired in sequence through a video medical device. The method comprises defining at least one image quantitative criterion, storing sequential images in a buffer, for each image (10) in the buffer, automatically determining, using a first algorithm, at least one output based on said image quantitative criterion and attaching said output to a timeline (11). |
| US10002423B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and medical image processing system
A medical image processing apparatus acquires a plurality of medical images obtained by imaging an identical region of an object under different radiographing conditions, acquires a correlation between a signal value and a radiographing condition at a pixel at a same position in the plurality of medical images, acquires a virtual radiographing condition that is different from the radiographing conditions of the plurality of medical images, generates an image for a diagnosis by acquiring a signal value of each pixel based on the correlation and the virtual radiographing condition, and acquires a window width value and a window level value for displaying one medical image of an identical cross section of the object. |
| US10002419B2 |
Direct computation of image-derived biomarkers
A method for computing image-derived biomarkers includes receiving image data defining a three-dimensional image volume representative of an anatomical region of interest. Features characterizing local variations of intensity in the image data using an intensity model are identified. The features are used to perform one or more modeling computations directly on the image data to derive information related to a biomarker of interest. |
| US10002416B2 |
Inventory, growth, and risk prediction using image processing
According to examples, inventory, growth, and risk prediction using image processing may include receiving a plurality of images captured by a vehicle during movement of the vehicle along a vehicle path. The images may include a plurality of objects. The images may be pre-processed for feature extraction. A plurality of features of the objects may be extracted from the pre-processed images by using a combination of computer vision techniques. A parameter related to the objects may be determined from the extracted features. A spatial density model may be generated, based on the determined parameter and the extracted features, to provide a visual indication of density of distribution of the objects related to a portion of the images, and/or to provide an alert corresponding to the objects related to the portion of the images. |
| US10002415B2 |
Utilizing deep learning for rating aesthetics of digital images
Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating aesthetic quality of digital images using deep learning. In particular, the disclosed systems and methods describe training a neural network to generate an aesthetic quality score digital images. In particular, the neural network includes a training structure that compares relative rankings of pairs of training images to accurately predict a relative ranking of a digital image. Additionally, in training the neural network, an image rating system can utilize content-aware and user-aware sampling techniques to identify pairs of training images that have similar content and/or that have been rated by the same or different users. Using content-aware and user-aware sampling techniques, the neural network can be trained to accurately predict aesthetic quality ratings that reflect subjective opinions of most users as well as provide aesthetic scores for digital images that represent the wide spectrum of aesthetic preferences of various users. |
| US10002414B2 |
Image processing apparatus and an image processing program
A representative value calculator calculates a representative value which is a luminance value representing a main inspection object area from an input image. On the other hand, an image divider divides an image area of the input image, and sets a plurality of divided ranges. A factor calculator calculates a tone conversion factor for enhancing or suppressing contrast adjacent the representative value calculated by the representative value calculator for each area (each divided area) divided by the image divider. A tone converter converts the tone of each pixel of the input image based on the tone conversion factor for the range divided by the image divider, which range includes a pixel for image processing, and ranges adjacent that range. As a result, the contrast of the area for which enhancement is desired can be enhanced optimally. |
| US10002413B2 |
Recovering planar projections
An example method of recovering a planar projection in a captured image. The example method includes selecting displaced points in the captured image. The example method also includes recovering an affine transform of a quasi-periodic object for each of the displaced points based on peak locations of Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of the captured image. The example method also includes combining each of the affine transforms for the displaced points to recover the planar projection and correct for perspective distortion in the captured image. |
| US10002411B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for estimating blur
An image processing apparatus includes an acquirer which acquires a blurred image and a generator which acquires a first blur estimation area of at least a part of the blurred image to generate an estimated blur, and the generator determines a second blur estimation area based on a signal variation in the first blur estimation area, generates the estimated blur by performing iterative calculation processing that repeats correction processing and estimation processing, and determines the second blur estimation area having a signal variation larger than the signal variation in the first blur estimation area when the signal variation in the first blur estimation area is smaller than a first threshold value. |
| US10002406B2 |
Consistent spherical photo and video orientation correction
An electronic device, method, and computer readable medium for a consistent spherical photo and video orientation correction. The electronic device includes a memory and at least one processor. The at least one processor is operably connected to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to capture orientation information corresponding to a spherical frame. The at least one processor is also configured to reorient the spherical frame using the orientation information. The at least one processor is further configured to store the reoriented spherical frame. |
| US10002403B2 |
Command remoting
Various techniques for remoting graphics are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| US10002400B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic generation of vector graphics
A method, apparatus and computer program product provide mechanisms for generating vector graphics. The method includes receiving input defining a plurality of graphic elements, determining a plurality of graphic element definitions, each graphic element definition corresponding to at least one of the plurality of graphic elements, generating a graphic definition object comprising each of the graphic element definitions, providing the graphic definition object to a vector graphic renderer, and receiving, from the vector graphic renderer, a vector graphic comprising each of the plurality of graphic elements. |
| US10002399B2 |
Preferential pricing, system and method
An exemplary embodiment provides for a computer-implemented method for self-selection into a familial-based discount telephonic rate program. The method includes receiving an indication that a person is related to a current participant of the familial-based discount telephonic rate program and adding a person to the familial-based discount telephonic rate program as a relative to a current participant. The computer-implemented method further includes providing discounted telephone call rates for phone calls between the person and the current participant. |
| US10002394B1 |
Roadside reporter system
Systems and methods are provided for processing notifications regarding issues with nearby vehicles. A roadside reporter receives notifications from individuals or computing devices reporting problems or violations associated with nearby vehicles, and the notification for uniqueness and authenticity. Upon determining that the notification is unique and authentic, the roadside reporter system notifies the driver of the nearby vehicle and other relevant parties about the problem or violation. The roadside reporter may issue rewards to the reporting user. The roadside reporter system further allows the driver of the nearby vehicle to respond to the notification, and subsequently provides the driver with incentives to address the problem or violation. |
| US10002393B1 |
Systems and methods for supporting a testing environment for a website
Methods and systems for supporting a testing environment associated with a website for purchasing insurance products. The testing environment supports a plurality of test scenarios for testing the website. A user of the testing environment can select one of the test scenarios and the methods and systems render the website in a context of the selected test scenario. The methods and systems enable the user to navigate throughout the selected test scenario to aid in testing website functionality. According to embodiments, the testing environment includes a progress indicator that displays a user's progress through the selected test scenario. Further, the user can select a scenario flow chart that indicates various data parameters associated with the selected test scenario. |
| US10002380B2 |
Beacon service method and device
Disclosed herein are a beacon service method, and a device and a sever employed by the method. Contents information associated with a shop that a user is visiting is provided to the user by using only a beacon signal transmitted from the shop. For providing a beacon service, contents are filtered, so that only useful contents are displayed. In addition, a user terminal carried by a user is prompted to output a beacon signal, so that a nearby user terminal having recognized the beacon signal may be provided with location-based contents. |
| US10002378B2 |
Informing customers regarding items on their shopping list
Systems and methods are disclosed for alerting a customer when an item is out of stock or in stock. In embodiments, the customer may add items to a shopping list within a shopping list software application (commonly known as an “app”) installed on a mobile computing device such as a smart phone. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, if one or more items on the shopping list become out-of-stock, and/or later become in-stock, the system may transmit an alert to be displayed on the shopping list app to notify the customer. The system may notify the customer regarding relevant changes in product inventories at selected retail store branches where the customer is most likely to shop and/or has recently shopped. |
| US10002376B2 |
Systems and methods of uniform remote sizing and selling of articles such as footwear and other apparel
A computer-based system and method of universal sizing and selling of apparel is provided. A central computer has a database of universal size indicators for articles of apparel, each corresponding to a range of physical measurements. The central computer receives from at least one remote computer at least one physical measurement corresponding to a consumer and provides to the consumer at least one of the universal size indicators corresponding to the received physical measurement. At least one consumer profile includes the universal size indicators corresponding to the physical measurements of the consumer. The consumer profile is shareable with others. Software is loadable onto the remote computer and is adapted to measure a person's foot placed upon a touch screen of the remote computer. The universal size indicators do not vary amongst different brands of the articles of apparel and include at least one of a character or a shape. |
| US10002375B1 |
Hashtag shopping and rating
Users of an electronic marketplace may be provided with an interface to suggest associating one or more tag identifiers, such as a hashtag identifier, with items that are offered for sale. Records associating the suggested tag identifiers and items for sale may be stored, and searched by other users, in order to provide purchase recommendations, which may not otherwise be available using product-descriptive searches. For example, tag identifiers may be used to associate products and/or services with events, such as a particular birthday or anniversary, and users can easily search for items based on intuitive tag identifiers, such as #8thbirthday, #10thanniversary, #firsttimedad, etc. The associations between the items and the tag identifiers may be dynamically updated based on various factors. |
| US10002373B1 |
Systems and methods for proactively loading content to a device
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for preloading content on a user device before a user requests the content from a web service provider. The preloaded content may be selected based, at least in part, upon the user's browsing and purchasing history. The web service provider may preload the content to minimize user idle time when interfacing with a web site. The web service provider may determine when to send the preloaded content based, at least in part, on when the user device is likely to connect to the network and/or when the user is likely to use the device to interface with the web service provider. |
| US10002370B2 |
Systems and methods for creating a navigable path between pages of a network platform based on linking database entries of the network platform
The disclosure herein provides systems and methods for linking database entries of a network platform. The network platform provides a plurality of pages each dedicated to an item and including details of the item. A user-uploaded content can be linked to two or more of such pages or items provided on the network platform such that a navigable path is created among such pages or items. The linked pages or items may include an intermediary page or content that is linked to each of such pages or items. |
| US10002369B2 |
Detecting content and user response to content
A first set of data including a first tracking identifier for a first webpage component and a destination address for the first webpage component is accessed. A second set of data that includes an address for retrieving a second webpage component, is accessed. The address includes a second tracking identifier. Whether the second tracking identifier is the same as the first tracking identifier is determined. The second webpage component is associated with the destination address when the second tracking identifier is the same as the first tracking identifier. |
| US10002364B2 |
Consumption-driven forecasting using multi-level heterogeneous input data
A method, system, and computer program product for generating forecasts and replenishment plans. Some embodiments commence upon receiving point-of-sale data, then receiving distribution-level order data in a second data format. The first point-of-sale data comprises an item identifier and a first date or first date range, and the distribution-level order data comprises the item identifier and a second date or second date range. The originators of the order data are determined using address identifiers (e.g., network location identifiers). The received data is combined wherein at least a portion of the point-of-sale data is combined with at least a portion of the distribution-level order data to generate a combined forecast for the item. Further processing includes receiving an inventory model parameter and combining at least a portion of the first point-of-sale consumption data with at least a portion of the distribution-level order data to generate a replenishment plan for the item. |
| US10002363B2 |
Peer-to-peer quorum sensing
Disclosed are embodiments configured to detect a quorum of peers in a peer to peer network. In one embodiment, a first peer receives a message originating in a second peer, where the message includes a peer identifier. The peer identifier is stored in quorum detection data in response to determining that the peer identifier is not already present in the quorum detection data. A quorum of the peers is detected based at least in part on the quorum detection data. |
| US10002359B2 |
Intelligent adaptive label device and method
Briefly, an intelligent label is associated with a good, and includes one or more permanent and irreversible electrochromic indicators that are used to report the condition of that good at selected points in the movement or usage of that good. These electrochromic indicators provide immediate visual information regarding the status of the good without need to interrogate or communicate with the electronics or processor on the intelligent label. In this way, anyone in the shipping or use chain for the good, including the end user consumer, can quickly understand whether the product is meeting shipping and quality standards. If a product fails to meet shipping or quality standards, the particular point where the product failed can be quickly and easily identified, and information can be used to assure the consumer remains safe, while providing essential information for improving the shipping process. It will be understood that the label may take many forms, such as a tag attached to the good, integrated into the packaging for the good, integrated into the good itself, or may even be an information area on a prepaid card for example. The label may also include, for example, print information regarding the good, usage or shipping rules, or address and coded information. |
| US10002358B1 |
Automated merchant authority
Architectures and techniques are described related to identifying merchants associated with information obtained from a number of sources and storing portions of the information in data elements related to the merchants. The information may be provided in a structured format that enables the service provider to associate certain information with a particular merchant or in an unstructured format. The service provider may analyze the information received from the sources to determine whether the information includes any merchant identifying information. When the service provider identifies a merchant based on the merchant identifying information, the service provider may extract additional portions of the information received (e.g. merchant reviews, merchant attributes, etc.) and store those additional portions of information in the data element of the merchant. The service provider may utilize the information obtained about merchants for one or more applications, such as directory services, identifying affinities between merchants, and the like. |
| US10002352B2 |
Digital wallet exposure reduction
Embodiments are directed to reducing digital wallet exposure. Embodiments determine that a potential exposure associated with a first payment credential associated with a digital wallet has been detected; determine that the digital wallet has at least one additional associated payment credential; and, in response to determining the potential exposure has been detected and determining that the digital wallet has at least one additional associated payment credential, initiate at least one exposure reduction measure intended to reduce potential exposure to the at least one additional associated payment credential. |
| US10002351B1 |
Systems and methods for processing transactions using a wallet
The invention is directed to a wallet vault, in the form of a tangibly embodied processing machine, disposed in communication with a financial payment network and a wallet in a customer device. Token information is generated and stored and corresponds to a payment product of the customer. The token information is output from the customer device by the wallet, to a merchant POS system, and routed to the wallet vault. At the wallet vault, the token information is used to retrieve the customer's payment product information and then output by the wallet vault for approval by the appropriate financial entity. In such manner, a transaction may be authorized but the merchant does not receive the customer's payment product information for such authorization. |
| US10002350B2 |
Methods for secure transactions
The present invention relates to a method for a secure transaction utilizing a portable radio communication device (10), wherein both parts in the secure transaction are protected against fraudulent actions, among other things by use of a common transaction identity on a predefined transaction server. |
| US10002348B1 |
Routing and processing of payment transactions
A payment routing and processing platform is configured to collect various attributes for use in identifying an optimal payment processor for a particular payment transaction message. For example, the payment routing and processing platform might identify business attributes, endpoint attributes, customer and transaction attributes, payment method attributes, system attributes, and/or other types of attributes. The payment routing and processing platform might then utilize some or all of the identified attributes to select an endpoint for processing a payment transaction message. The payment routing and processing platform might also utilize some or all of the identified attributes to identify and perform other types of processing of financial transactions. Machine learning techniques might also be utilized to improve the performance of the payment routing and processing platform. |
| US10002347B2 |
Methods and systems for node-based website design
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for design and use of web-based applications for account management. Some aspects relate to design tools that enable the use of a virtual agent or avatar as part of an account collection or management web application. Some aspects relate to applications, utilities and tools for node-based web resource design. |
| US10002343B2 |
System and method for catalog image generation
Various embodiments of system and method for catalog image generation include a method. The method comprises, while a first person is using a mobile device to scan an item in a store, capturing one or more first images of the item from the mobile device and selecting one of the one or more first images. In the method can further comprise uploading the one of the one or more first images to an online catalog for the store and providing instructions to display the one of the one or more first images to a second person. Other embodiments of related methods and systems are also provided. |
| US10002341B2 |
Systems and methods for returning one or more items via an attended delivery/pickup location
A computer system for defining attributes associated with attended delivery/pickup locations is described. In various embodiments, the system is configured to enable an authorized user (e.g., a manager of an attended delivery/pickup location) to define certain attributes of a particular attended delivery/pickup location. In some embodiments, the system is configured to verify that the particular user is authorized to define the one or more attributes associated with the particular attended delivery/pickup location (e.g., by checking a list of one or more authorized users). Once the one or more attributes are defined, in one or more embodiments, the system is configured to accept or reject parcel delivery requests based at least in part on the attributes. In further embodiments, the system is configured to facilitate a return of a particular item to a retailer via the attended delivery/pickup location. |
| US10002340B2 |
Concepts for electronic door hangers
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided. In one embodiment, a connection between an electronic door hanger and a customer computing entity can be established at a customer's location. With a connection established, information about an attempted (e.g., successful/unsuccessful) pick-up or delivery can be automatically provided to the customer computing entity. |
| US10002337B2 |
Method for collaborative shopping
The methods and systems described herein relate to online methods of collaboration in community environments. The methods and systems are related to an online apparel modeling system that allows users to have three-dimensional models of their physical profile created. Users may purchase various goods and/or services and collaborate with other users in the online environment. |
| US10002334B1 |
Analytical method, system and computer readable medium to provide high quality agent leads to general agents
A system and a method for identifying, ranking, and matching agents are disclosed herein. The system may include an analytical engine which may collect information from external and internal databases. The analytical engine may use the information collected from these databases, in addition to a success criteria, for determining one or more success factors or key attributes of successful agents. An algorithm within the analytical engine may compute probabilities, trends and variability analysis for determining the impact of the defined key attributes in the successful career developments for prospective or active agents. The analytical engine may identify prospective agents and match them to suitable general agents. A list of agents' leads, ranking reports, and ongoing assessments may be communicated or supplied to general agents through the use of agent computing devices operatively coupled with the analytical engine. |
| US10002330B2 |
Context based co-operative learning system and method for representing thematic relationships
Systems and methods progressively or heuristically associate themes amongst plural objects in a computer setting. Objects, including files, modules, programs, data, and the like can be arranged in a population by their association with a particular theme and user-input context. Based on input search parameters and associations, the objects can be progressively matched with appropriate context and returned in more relevant searches. Themes and context for individual objects can be individually determined based on semantic input and well as meta data associated with the objects. Objects can be returned based on search criteria in rank order according to their association. Systems and methods are useable or organization of objects in Internet searches, document searches and collation, document and content visual representation, database management, polling systems, and document management systems. |
| US10002329B2 |
Selection and modification of features used by one or more machine learned models used by an online system
An online system simplifies modification of features used by machine learned models used by the online system, such as machined learned models with high dimensionality. The online system obtains a superset of features including features used by at least one machine learned model and may include additional features. From the superset of features, the online system generates various groups of features for a machine learned model. The groups of features may be a group including features currently used by the machine learned model, a group including all available features, and one or more intermediate groups. Intermediate groups include various numbers of features from the set selected based on measures of feature impact on the machine learned model associated with various features. A user may select a group of features, test the machine learning model using the selected group, and then launch the tested model based on the results. |
| US10002326B2 |
Compilation of finite automata based on memory hierarchy
At least one per-pattern non-deterministic finite automaton (NFA) may be generated for a single regular expression pattern and may include a respective set of nodes. Nodes of the respective set of nodes of each per-pattern NFA generated may be distributed for storing in a plurality of memories based on hierarchical levels mapped to the plurality of memories and per-pattern NFA storage allocation settings configured for the hierarchical levels, optimizing run time performance for matching regular expression patterns in an input stream. |
| US10002321B2 |
Connectable devices and initiation mechanisms
Various embodiments related to activatable devices attachable to an object, permanent activation mechanisms, permanent connections, and activatable RFID devices are described. In one embodiment, a device may include an electrical load that is activated when first and second electrical traces are placed into electrical communication when a connector is attached to an object. In another embodiment, an activation mechanism includes first and second electrical contacts that are connected when the first electrical contact is displaced towards the second electrical contact and held in place by an adhesive layer. In yet another embodiment, a communication device includes first and second electrical contacts that either disable or enable the device when they are in the open and closed configurations respectively. In another embodiment, a device may include a permanent connector that once placed in the connected state irreversibly activates or enables the device. |
| US10002320B1 |
Transaction card having structural reinforcement
A transaction card may include a first card component having a first interior surface, a first exterior surface, and a first structural feature. The transaction card may also include a second card component separate from the first card component, and including a second interior surface, a second exterior surface, and a second structural feature. The first and second structural features may be configured to interconnect. One of the first and second card components may include a locating feature configured to accommodate the transaction component, and the other of the first and second card components may be configured to provide access to a transaction component. The first structural feature may include a plurality of ribs separated by gaps, and the second structural feature may include a plurality of recesses separated by gaps. The first and second structural features may form a snap fit, an interference fit, or a sliding fit connection. |
| US10002319B1 |
Transaction card having an electrically applied coating
A transaction card may comprise a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. An electrically applied coating may be formed on the electrically conductive surface. The transaction card may be manufactured by forming a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. The method may also include applying an electrically applied coating to the electrically conductive surface. |
| US10002315B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a display, a storage unit, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to perform acquiring bibliographic information about a plurality of print data including the first print data and the second print data, and then displaying a print data selection screen on the display unit based on the bibliographic information so that an instruction to select the print data based on which the image forming unit forms the image can be issued, determining that the first print data can be acquired from the external apparatus and bringing the selection screen into a first display state, and determining that the first print data cannot be acquired from the external apparatus and bringing the selection screen into a second display state. |
| US10002309B2 |
Real-time object analysis with occlusion handling
A method includes the following steps. A video sequence including detection results from one or more detectors is received, the detection results identifying one or more objects. A clustering framework is applied to the detection results to identify one or more clusters associated with the one or more objects. The clustering framework is applied to the video sequence on a frame-by-frame basis. Spatial and temporal information for each of the one or more clusters are determined. The one or more clusters are associated to the detection results based on the spatial and temporal information in consecutive frames of the video sequence to generate tracking information. One or more target tracks are generated based on the tracking information for the one or more clusters. The one or more target tracks are consolidated to generate refined tracks for the one or more objects. |
| US10002306B2 |
Merging overlapping broken lines of a table
A method for image processing includes obtaining a mask from an image; identifying, in the mask, a first stroke segment and a second stroke segment for possible merging; determining that the first stroke segment comprises a first plurality of cross edges that overlaps a second plurality of cross edges in the second stroke segment; identifying a plurality of cross edge pairs from the first plurality of cross edges and the second plurality of cross edges; determining a count of the plurality of cross edge pairs that satisfy a maximum width tolerance value of the first stroke segment; and merging the first stroke segment and the second stroke segment based on the count. |
| US10002299B2 |
Information presentation device, on-vehicle device, information presentation system, and information presentation method
An information presentation device according to embodiment includes acquisition unit, generation unit, and output unit. Acquisition unit acquires information of driving history with respect to driving position in driving lane of vehicle, where information is generated by on-vehicle device based on image captured by imaging device that is mounted on vehicle. Generation unit generates information of graph that indicates transition of positional change of vehicle in driving lane, based on information of driving history acquired by acquisition unit. Output unit outputs information of graph generated by generation unit to display device. Acquisition unit acquires information of driving history that includes distances of right and left edge of driving lane with respect to vehicle. Generation unit generates information of graph based on difference between distances of right and left edge of driving lane with respect to vehicle that is included in information of driving history acquired by acquisition unit. |
| US10002292B2 |
Organizational logo enrichment
In an example embodiment, a web page is obtained using a web page address stored in a first record and is parsed to extract one or more images from the web page along with a second plurality of features for each of the one or more images from the web page. Information about each image of the web page and the extracted second plurality of features for the web page are input into a supervised machine learning classifier to calculate a logo confidence score for each image of the web page, the logo confidence score indicating the probability that the image is an organization logo. In response to a particular image in the web page having a logo confidence score transgressing a first threshold, the particular image is injected into an organization logo field of the first record. |
| US10002287B2 |
Biometric identification and verification
In real biometric systems, false match rates and false non-match rates of 0% do not exist. There is always some probability that a purported match is false, and that a genuine match is not identified. The performance of biometric systems is often expressed in part in terms of their false match rate and false non-match rate, with the equal error rate being when the two are equal. There is a tradeoff between the FMR and FNMR in biometric systems which can be adjusted by changing a matching threshold. This matching threshold can be automatically, dynamically and/or user adjusted so that a biometric system of interest can achieve a desired FMR and FNMR. |
| US10002283B2 |
Mobile device and screen module thereof, method and apparatus for acquiring fingerprint and electronic device
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, a method, and an electronic device. The apparatus includes a display screen; a processor; a fingerprint sensor configured to acquire fingerprint data, wherein the fingerprint sensor is located in a content displaying area of the display screen; and a data transmission line configured to transmit the fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensor to the processor, wherein the data transmission line includes a first end connected to the fingerprint sensor and a second end connected to the processor. |
| US10002282B2 |
System and method of capturing and producing biometric-matching quality fingerprints and other types of dactylographic images with a mobile device
An optical module includes a housing with a lighting mechanism, an aperture formed therein, and a window that frames a transparent surface adapted to contact a skin surface of a person, for example, a fingertip. The lighting mechanism provides light to illuminate the skin surface placed upon the transparent surface. A prism has a first side facing the lighting mechanism, a second side at the window, and a third side through which a dactylographic image exits the prism. One or more light reflecting surfaces are disposed within the housing to reflect the dactylographic image towards the housing aperture. The optical module is coupled to a mobile device having a camera, with the aperture of the housing aligning with a lens of the camera. The camera acquires the dactylographic image, and the mobile device adjusts this dactylographic image to produce a dactylographic image suitable for biometric matching. |
| US10002278B2 |
Sensor screen and display device including the same
A sensor screen and a display device including the same are discussed. The sensor screen can include a first base member including a first active area and a first bezel area and having a first thickness, a second base member positioned opposite the first base member and having a second thickness less than the first thickness; and a fingerprint sensor disposed on one of the first and second base members which are positioned opposite each other. The fingerprint sensor can include a first group of fingerprint electrodes, which are arranged in a first direction in a portion of the first active area, and a second group of fingerprint electrodes, which are insulated from the first group of fingerprint electrodes and are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. |
| US10002277B1 |
Reader device for reading a marking comprising a physical unclonable function
The present invention relates to the field of anti-counterfeit protection of products. Specifically, the invention is directed to a method of reading with a reader device a marking comprising a physical unclonable function, PUF, and a corresponding reader device. In particular, such reader device marking can be used in connection with or can form a component of a multi-component security system, in particular of an anti-counterfeit protection system, which is also disclosed herein as part of an overall security solution for anti-counterfeit protection. The method comprises a stimulation step, wherein a physical challenge according to a predetermined challenge-response authentication scheme corresponding to the PUF is created and applied to a PUF; a detection step, wherein a response generated by the PUF in accordance with the challenge-response authentication scheme in reaction to the challenge is detected and a digital signal representing the response is generated; a processing step, wherein the digital signal is processed in order to generate a hash value of the response by application of a predetermined cryptographic hash function to the digital signal; and an output step, wherein data representing the generated hash value as a first reading result is output. |
| US10002273B1 |
Graphical user interface features for a mobile device coupled to a barcode scanner
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to mobile computing devices that are communicatively coupled to barcode scanners. A mobile computing device is configured to provide feedback (visual and/or audible) pertaining to a scan of a barcode performed by a barcode scanner that is communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device. |
| US10002271B2 |
Data reading system and method for multi-view imaging using an adjustable mirror
An automated checkout system for data reading, and related methods of use, the checkout system including a portal scanner and a conveyor for transporting items, the portal scanner housing a data reader with a view volume directed at a steerable mirror. In one example, the steerable mirror moves between various positions to augment the effective view volume of the data reader for capturing data from various surfaces of the item being transported on the conveyor. The portal scanner may include one or more mirrors arranged in an angular configuration to redirect the view volume of the data reader to capture data from the various surfaces of the item. |
| US10002270B2 |
Adaptive processing of radio frequency identification
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to adaptive RFID communication. A tag device includes a storage configured to store content that is executable by a proxy device associated with a reader device. The tag device includes a communication component configured to transmit the content to the reader device, the content, when executed by the proxy device, causing an action associated with the tag device to be performed. |
| US10002269B2 |
Mobile handheld antenna for reading tags
A tag reader, including: a. a mobile part having an antenna for positioning near a group of tags, transmitting a power signal to the tags and receiving a response from the tags; wherein the antenna has an internal impedance that increases or decreases responsive to objects located in its vicinity; b. a reader base for providing the power signal to the mobile part and for storing and analyzing information read from tags; and c. a real-time antenna tuning circuit for adjusting the impedance of the antenna; wherein the mobile part, reader base and real time antenna tuning circuit are wired together to transfer the power signal from the reader base to the antenna through the real-time antenna tuning circuit, and wherein the real-time antenna tuning circuit monitors the power signal and adjusts the impedance of the antenna responsive to a determination in real-time of power return loss from the antenna. |
| US10002268B1 |
Identification of desired clock rate for an externally-driven processing device
A device such as a payment terminal may connect to an externally-driven processing device such as an EMV chip of an EMV chip card, providing signals such as a clock signal to the EMV chip. The payment terminal may obtain information about the EMV chip card or a transaction, and based on that information, modify the clock rate of the clock signal that is provided to the EMV chip. The payment terminal may monitor the operation of the EMV chip at the modified clock rate, in order to determine whether the modified clock rate causes errors in the processing of the EMV chip. |
| US10002267B2 |
Method and apparatus for checking value documents
A method for checking value documents includes checking a security element having a plurality of magnetic regions, including a high-coercivity magnetic region, optionally a low-coercivity magnetic region and optionally a combined magnetic region which contains the high-coercivity as well as the low-coercivity magnetic material, and optionally a soft-magnetic magnetic region. After the magnetization of all the magnetic regions in a first direction, first magnetic signals of the security element are detected with a first magnetic detector. Subsequently, a second magnetization is performed wherein the low-coercivity magnetic material is remagnetized anti-parallel to the first magnetization, but the high-coercivity magnetic material remains aligned in the first magnetization direction. Second magnetic signals are detected with a second magnetic detector. On the basis of the magnetic signals, a magnetic region of the security element is identified as a high-coercivity, a low-coercivity, a combined or a soft-magnetic magnetic region. |
| US10002266B1 |
RFID tag clock frequency reduction during tuning
An RFID IC may operate at a relatively low clock frequency while impedance matching to an antenna is being tuned to increase the amount of power that the IC can extract from an incident RF wave. A tuning circuit tunes the impedance matching by adjusting a variable impedance coupling the IC and the antenna. The IC may power-up with a low clock frequency or reduce its current clock frequency to a lower clock frequency prior to tuning or during the tuning process, and may increase its clock frequency upon completion of tuning or during the tuning process. |
| US10002265B2 |
Storage system and method for providing gray levels of read security
A storage system and method for providing gray levels of read security are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller in communication with the memory. The controller is configured to perform a test of a security feature of the storage system; and in response to failure of the test of the security feature of the storage system, degrade a subsequent read of a set of locations in the memory. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination. |
| US10002264B2 |
Storage device and method for location based protection of data in a portable storage device
A storage device includes a memory including a first storage area configured to store area information that indicates a geographical area, and a second storage area configured to store data, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to append data storage information, which indicates a location of the storage device, to the data to be stored in the second storage area, and allow a piece of the data stored in the second storage area to become available, the piece having the data storage information indicating that the location of the storage device falls within an area indicated by the area information, while the storage device is located within the area indicated by the area information. |