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US10009936B2 System level procedures and methods to enable data sharing in cellular network
Methods and systems may enable the setup and configuration of proximity services between wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) over different sharing paths including via a direct air interface, a radio access network (RAN) or one or more network nodes. Mobility management entities (MMEs) may exchange messages to initiate, modify or terminate a proximity service session between WTRUs, and may negotiate data paths for proximity services with or without the assistance of WTRUs. WTRU-to-WTRU control plane messages may be exchanged between WTRUs with limited involvement from other network entities and may avoid the setup of resources for data plane communications. Mobility management entities (MMEs) may exchange messages to initiate, modify or terminate a proximity service session between WTRUs, and may negotiate data paths for proximity services with or without the assistance of WTRUs.
US10009931B2 Mechanisms for enhanced transmission and reception of physical random access channel
Enhanced random access procedures for link-budget-limited user equipment (UE) devices are disclosed. A user equipment device may transmit a first message containing a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). The PRACH contains instances of a Zadoff-Chu sequence, and may be transmitted repeatedly as part of a single random attempt, to facilitate correlation data combining at the base station. The available Zadoff-Chu sequences may be partitioned among a plurality of sets, each set being associated with a respective Doppler shift range (or frequency hop pattern or time repetition pattern). A UE device may signal Doppler shift (or other information) to the base station by selection of one of the sets. The first PRACH transmission and the following PRACH transmission may occur in consecutive subframes. A UE device may select from a special set of Zadoff-Chu sequences (different from a conventional set of sequences), to signal its status as a link-budget-limited device.
US10009930B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting frame
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting a frame. A method for transmitting a frame in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: an STA receiving an uplink transmission trigger frame from an access point (AP), wherein the uplink transmission trigger frame triggers the transmission of an uplink frame of an STA on an overlapping time resource, and triggers the transmission of one other uplink frame of at least one other STA; the STA transmitting the uplink frame to the access point (AP) through an allocated uplink transmission resource; and the STA performing a backoff process based on channel access parameters, which have been determined according to the success of the uplink frame transmission.
US10009929B1 Contention-based random access
Retransmission parameters are determined for a wireless device based on a desired retransmission success rate, that is, a probability that subsequent random access requests transmitted from the wireless device re-initiating a contention-based random access procedure with an access node will reach the access node. The retransmission parameters are determined based on at least a quality of service associated with the wireless device, a distance of the wireless device from the access node, and a cell load of the access node. The retransmission parameters include a retransmission power and a retransmission backoff window size. A product of the power and backoff window is scaled such that it can be equated with a retransmission success rate.
US10009928B2 Method, apparatus and system for random access
A method can be used for facilitating a random access procedure between a first transceiver and a second transceiver within a cell. The first transceiver selects a signature sequence from a set of signature sequences, incorporates the signature sequence into a signal, and transmits the signal to the second transceiver. The set of signature sequences being obtained from a Zadoff-Chu sequence with zero correlation zone.
US10009923B2 Contention-based data transmissions on return link
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for a user terminal (UT) to transmit data to a network controller via a satellite in a satellite system. The UT may begin transmitting, during a time period, a first portion of the data using contention-based resources of the satellite system prior to receiving a grant of scheduled return link resources of the satellite system. The UT may also transmit, on the contention-based resources, a buffer status report (BSR) during the time period. The UT may terminate data transmissions on the contention-based resources after an expiration of the time period or upon receiving the grant of scheduled return link resources. After receiving the grant, the UT may transmit a second portion of the data on the scheduled return link resources.
US10009920B2 Triggering a group acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement or channel state information
In the present disclosure, CSI and/or a plurality of ACK/NACKs related to a group of DL data transmissions may be buffered at the UE as a GACK until a DCI trigger is received from the eNB. When the DCI trigger is received, the UE may transmit the CSI and/or GACK. In this way, HARQ feedback and/or CSI may be reliably communicated even if a CCA does not clear and/or UL subframes are unavailable. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus monitors one or more subframes for a DCI trigger. In a further aspect, the apparatus receives the DCI trigger in a subframe. In another aspect, the apparatus transmits UCI using a subsequent subframe.
US10009911B2 User equipment and mobility management entity and methods for periodic update in cellular networks
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and methods for operating in a mobile network that supports packet-switched (PS) and circuit-switched (CS) communication are generally described herein. The UE may include hardware processing circuitry to transmit a registration message for registration with the PS node and a CS node of the mobile network and for an establishment of a signaling session between the PS node and the CS node for the UE. The hardware processing circuitry may be further to transmit a periodic registration update message for remaining registered with the PS node. In some embodiments, the periodic registration update message may include a signaling permission indicator for a re-establishment, by the PS node, of the signaling session between the PS node and the CS node for the UE.
US10009910B2 Reduced power for avoidance of interference in wireless communications
In one embodiment, a device of a first wireless communication network determines a link budget from a terminal in the first communication network to an unintended receiver for a communication from the terminal to an intended receiver in the first wireless communication network, based on the communication being configured with initial communication parameters. The device also determines whether one or more adjusted communication parameters would result in reducing a received power at the unintended receiver being below a link budget threshold, while still satisfying a receive sensitivity of the intended receiver. If so, the device causes the terminal to transmit the communication using the adjusted communication parameters. In one embodiment, the device is the terminal, and causing comprises transmitting as the terminal. In another embodiment, the device is a server of the first communication network, and causing comprises instructing the terminal to transmit the communication using the adjusted communication parameters.
US10009903B2 Method and apparatus for measuring downlink interference in OFDM mobile communication system
A method and apparatus for efficiently measuring downlink interference in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS)-based Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) system with a plurality antennas distributed within the service area of each evolved Node B (eNB), through the use of a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) method and a muting method, is provided.
US10009897B2 Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, mobile station apparatus capability notification method, and integrated circuit
An object of the invention is to provide a mobile station apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a mobile station apparatus capability notification method, and an integrated circuit, which enable uplink transmission timing support information of the mobile station apparatus to be effectively notified to the base station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus that is connected to the base station apparatus by aggregating a plurality of cells of which frequencies are different from each other transmits capability information in which information related to an uplink transmission timing supported by the mobile station apparatus is associated with the plurality of frequencies supported by the mobile station apparatus, to the base station apparatus.
US10009896B2 Methods for transmitting and receiving of control channel in wireless communication systems
A method of transmitting and receiving a control channel in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station allocates a data channel to a radio resource, adds start position information of the data channel into a payload of a control channel, and performs signaling for indication information on the start position information added into the payload of the control channel to a terminal. Accordingly, the legacy system and the enhanced system can efficiently transmit a control channel.
US10009895B2 Beamforming for selecting a transmitting direction based on feedback from a reception device
A transmission method executed by a transmission device, the transmission method including performing a plurality of transmitting processes in accordance with a plurality of transmitting patterns, each of the plurality of transmitting processes including transmitting a plurality of signals for a plurality of directions in parallel by forming a plurality of beams corresponding to the plurality of directions, each of the plurality of transmitting patterns being defined a combination of directions to be transmitted in parallel, receiving a result of a determining from a reception device, the determining including determining whether or not, for each of a plurality of receiving processes, the at least one signal satisfies a predetermined condition, each of the plurality of receiving processes including receiving at least one signal transmitted from the transmission device, and selecting a transmitting direction for the reception device from the plurality of directions based on a result of the determining.
US10009890B2 Integrated circuit that controls a search space setting process
An integrated circuit, for example, included in a wireless communication base station, controls a process that includes mapping a first downlink control channel to control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) in a first search space comprised of a first plurality of CCEs, the first downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to a terminal in a component carrier n (CCn) out of one or more component carrier(s) (CC(s)), and mapping a second downlink control channel to CCE(s) in a second search space comprised of a second plurality of CCE(s), the second downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to the terminal in a component carrier n+1 (CCn+1) out of the CC(s), the first plurality of CCEs and the second plurality of CCEs are consecutive. The process also includes transmitting the first and the second downlink control channels to the terminal.
US10009889B2 Method and apparatus for allocating control channel candidates
A method and an apparatus for allocating control channel candidates is provided, which can allocate control channel candidates at different aggregation levels to K ePDCCH sets and reduce complexity of blind detection performed by a UE. The method includes: determining K sets for transmitting a control channel, where each set in the K sets includes at least one physical resource block pair; and allocating control channel candidates at each aggregation level to at least one set in the K sets according to at least one of aggregation levels supported by the control channel to be transmitted, the number of control channel candidates corresponding to each aggregation level, the K sets for transmitting the control channel, and types of the sets.
US10009887B2 Method for estimation of data throughput of a wireless device operated in a cellular network
A method for operating a wireless device within a cellular network having at least two base nodes and providing common channels and at least one downlink non-common channel. The wireless device decodes at least one common channel and the downlink non-common channel, and performs the steps of determining a value relative to the total amount of resources provided by one of the base nodes, determining a value relative to the amount of resources provided by the one base node for the common channels out of the total resources, determining a value relative to the amount of resources suitable of being received by the wireless device, calculating the share of usable resources in comparison to said total resources excluding common resources, and adapting the operation of the wireless device within the cellular network in dependence of the calculated share of usable resources.
US10009886B2 Terminal device, integrated circuit, radio communication method, and base station device
A base station device and a terminal device efficiently communicate with each other by using a PDSCH. The base station device and the terminal device determine a starting position of an OFDM symbol for a PDSCH in a serving cell based on a transmission mode relating to transmission of the PDSCH, a DCI format that is used for allocation of the PDSCH, an antenna port that is used for the transmission of the PDSCH, and a higher-layer parameter that is determined from a parameter set for a serving cell in which the PDSCH is received.
US10009882B2 Method for receiving system information by MTC device located in cell coverage-expanded area
According to one disclosure of the present specification, when a machine type communication (MTC) device is located in a coverage-expanded area of a base station, the MTC device repeatedly receives system information (for example, system information blocks (SIBs) of a first type) on several subframes and then combines and decodes the received SIBs, thereby improving a decoding success rate.
US10009880B2 Method and apparatus for establishing a mapping between enhanced downlink control channel resource and antenna port
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for establishing a mapping between an enhanced downlink control channel resource and an antenna port. The method includes: establishing a mapping between each resource element in an enhanced downlink control channel resource and an antenna port; and establishing a correspondence between control data carried by the resource element and an antenna port corresponding to the resource element, so as to send or receive, according to a reference signal corresponding to the antenna port, the control data carried by the resource element. The present invention determines a manner for establishing a mapping between a resource on an ePDCCH and an antenna port, and meets a requirement of LTE development.
US10009877B2 Wireless spectrum resource sharing method and base station
The present invention discloses a wireless spectrum resource invoking method and a base station device, and content thereof includes: a base station device having a wireless spectrum resource requirement capability releases wireless spectrum resource requirement information; a base station device having a wireless spectrum resource providing capability determines information about a currently transferable wireless spectrum resource according to the received wireless spectrum resource requirement information, and adds the determined transferable wireless spectrum resource to a wireless spectrum resource authorization message, to authorize the base station device having a wireless spectrum resource requirement capability to use the wireless spectrum resource; in this way, the base station device having a wireless spectrum resource requirement capability uses, according to the received wireless spectrum resource authorization message, the wireless spectrum resource that is transferred by the base station device having a wireless spectrum resource providing capability.
US10009874B2 Industrial wireless communications system
An industrial wireless communications system includes a PLC that performs at least monitoring within an industrial facility, at least one master wireless device connected to the PLC by a fieldbus, a plurality of slave wireless devices, which are installed corresponding to respective hardware devices, and carry out wireless communications with the master wireless device, a connection processing unit that carries out a connection process wirelessly between the master wireless device and the slave wireless devices, and a transmission/reception processing unit that transmits and receives data wirelessly between the master wireless device and the slave wireless devices.
US10009868B1 Proximity services
Method, systems, and computer-readable media for receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, information that indicates a client device identifier, a wireless proximity beacon identifier, and a proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon. From the received information, a determination is made whether the proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity. Based at least on the determination, an action is determined that the application instance operating on the identified client device is permitted to perform while the proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity. Information is transmitted to the identified client device that enables the application instance operating on the identified client device to perform the action.
US10009865B2 Reliability of VoLTE/ViLTE calls
A method for improving reliability of Voice over LTE (VoLTE)/Video over LTE (ViLTE) calls includes detecting, by a User Equipment (UE) camped on a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), a problem with a radio connection on the first RAT at a first time. After detecting the problem with the radio connection, the UE blocks Non-Access Stratum (NAS) registration on a second RAT in a time period between the first time and a second time later than the first time. The second RAT is different than the first RAT.
US10009856B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting PUCCH with a lower A-MPR
A method and apparatus for transmit a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) with a lower Additional Maximum Power Reduction (A-MPR). A first A-MPR to apply to a transmission power can be ascertained at a device for a first resource block of a PUCCH transmission. A second A-MPR to apply to a transmission power can be ascertained for a second resource block of a PUCCH transmission. A difference between the first A-MPR and the second A-MPR can be determined. A PUCCH resource block can be transmitted in a slot of a subframe only for the PUCCH resource block of the first and second resource blocks with a lower A-MPR of the first A-MPR and the second A-MPR when a magnitude of the difference between the first A-MPR and the second A-MPR is greater than an A-MPR difference threshold.
US10009851B1 Battery charge level based mobile navigation system
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a battery to selectively power the apparatus; a first circuitry to estimate a first travel time to travel from a start location to an end location via a first route; and a second circuitry to (i) determine that a charge of the battery is likely to be exhausted prior to a user is to reach the end location via the first route, if the apparatus is to operate in a first mode of operation, and (ii) display the first route as an infeasible route.
US10009843B2 Method and apparatus for measuring carrier in deactivated state
A method for measuring a carrier in deactivated state is provided in this invention, comprising receiving a configuration mode that does not take effect immediately by a user terminal UE; if a deactivation control signaling for a carrier is received by the UE or if a carrier timer of the UE expires, switching the carrier from activated state to deactivated state, and measuring the carrier in deactivated state by the UE; or if an activation control signaling for a carrier in deactivated state that is being measured is received by the UE, terminating measurement of the carrier in deactivated state by the UE. Through controllable deactivated carrier measurement, the UE reduces battery power consumption and improves system performance. This invention also discloses an apparatus for measuring a carrier in deactivated state and a base station.
US10009834B2 Apparatus and method for accessing electronic device having hot spot function
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for accessing an electronic device having a hot spot function. The method for accessing an electronic device having a hotspot (AP) function includes receiving a beacon signal from an electronic device having a hotspot function, searching for at least one electronic device having a hotspot function on the basis of the beacon signal, receiving an input signal selecting an electronic device to be accessed from among the at least one searched electronic device, generating identification information for requesting permission of an access from the selected electronic device, the identification information indicating specific information generated by a specific input signal and variably generated, transmitting the identification information to the selected electronic device, and receiving a response signal regarding whether an access is permitted from the selected electronic device on the basis of the identification information.
US10009831B2 Method and apparatus for communication of system information in a wireless system
A method and apparatus for communicating system information, such as SIBs, from a base station to a terminal in a wireless network such as an LTE network. The base station is configured to broadcast the system information in accordance with a standard which defines a range of allowable values for characteristics of the broadcast. A restricted range of values for the characteristics is defined as a strict subset of the range of allowable values, and repeated broadcasts of the system information are configured in accordance with the restricted range of values. The terminal uses knowledge of the restricted range of values to facilitate reception of multiple repetitions of the broadcast. The terminal then combines the multiple repetitions to facilitate recovery of the system information.
US10009830B2 Access information handling in a mobile network with cellular network accesses and wireless local area network accesses
A first network node controls WLAN accesses and a second network node controls cellular network accesses. The first network node (NN) records a time of a last radio contact event of a user equipment (UE) with respect to a WLAN access controlled by the first NN. In response to a request from a third NN, the first NN indicates the recorded time of the last radio contact event to the third NN. The second NN records a time of a last radio contact event of the UE with respect to a cellular network access controlled by the second NN. In response to a request from the third NN, the second NN indicates the recorded time of the last radio contact event to the third NN. The third NN can use the indicated times to determine whether the UE is attached to a WLAN access or to a cellular network access.
US10009827B2 Radio communication systems with integrated location-based measurements for diagnostics and performance optimization
A mobile communication system includes: a first antenna for receiving communication signals; processing circuitry for processing received communication signals; a second antenna for transmitting processed signals. The processing circuitry utilizes at least one configurable setting for processing received communication signals, the configurable setting being adaptable for varying the processing of received communication signals as the system moves through a mobile environment. The processing circuitry configured to: receive, over time, input representing current geographical location of the system; determine whether the system is entering a first geographical zone based on the input representing the current geographical location and path of system; and automatically adapt the configurable setting as the system enters the first geographical zone, wherein adaptation of configurable setting is based on known signal characteristics associated with the received signals from mobile devices in the first geographical zone.
US10009822B2 Technique for routing packets
The invention relates to a technique for forwarding data packets by a gateway device (11). The gateway device ensures an interconnection between the client entities (20, 21) of a local network (4) and a communication network (1), that is to say forwards packets received from a client entity to the communication network by means of a nominal interface and vice versa. The gateway device identifies at least one device (10, 30), termed the relay device, accessible by means of a second interface and able to play a role of relay to forward packets exchanged between a client entity and the communication network. When a packet indicating that a session is initiated is received from a client entity, the gateway device forwards the packets of the session by means of the second interface, when a forwarding selection criterion is satisfied, or by means of the nominal interface in the converse case.
US10009817B2 Method and apparatus for providing seamless call handoff between networks that use dissimilar transmission methods
Call handoff from an 802.1x network to a cellular network, and vice versa. A wireless device that has both cellular and 802.1x capability detects the strength of a cellular signal and of an 802.1x signal. If a call is taking place over the 802.1x network and the strength of the 802.1x signal drops below a particular level and the strength of the cellular signal is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the 802.1x network to the cellular network. If a call is taking place over the cellular network and the cellular signal strength drops below a certain level while the 802.1x signal strength is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the cellular network to the 802.1x network. In addition, the user of the wireless device can manually initiate the handoff by actuating a handoff selector of the wireless device.
US10009812B2 Wireless telecommunications network nodes and methods
Wireless telecommunications network nodes, methods and computer program products are disclosed. A wireless telecommunications network node method, comprises determining a cause of a radio link failure which occurred when a user equipment is in proximity to an uplink-downlink imbalance region; and in response to the cause of the radio link failure, initiating action to optimize control of user equipment uplink-downlink decoupling-recoupling when in proximity to the uplink-downlink imbalance region. In this way, by establishing the cause of the radio link failure, it is possible to take action to alter the user equipment uplink-downlink decoupling-recoupling procedure in order to help prevent such radio link failures occurring in the future.
US10009811B2 Layered mobility
Apparatuses and methods for providing layered mobility are provided. Small cell eNBs belong to a cluster of local area base stations. A source eNB has a connection with user equipment having a first identity related to the connection and receives from the user equipment a request to send a scheduling request to another local area eNB of the cluster, the request including a list of target candidate eNBs. The source eNB determines suitable target eNB(s) from the list and resources for sending a scheduling request; and transmits The target eNB receives a scheduling request from user equipment allocates and sends communication resources to the user equipment and associates the first identity to the connection with the user equipment.
US10009810B2 Handover method and radio base station
In implementation of “RRC diversity” in a handover procedure between cells under different radio base stations (eNB), “HO command” is transmitted in a handover destination cell at an appropriate timing. A handover method of the invention includes: a step A of causing a radio base station (eNB #1) to transmit “HO command” to a mobile station (UE); a step B of causing a radio base station (eNB #10) to start transmission of the “HO command” to the mobile station (UE) based on a scheduling start instruction from the radio base station (eNB); and a step C of causing the radio base station (eNB #1) to repeat transmission of the “HO command” to the mobile station (UE) at a predetermined cycle for a period until the detection of a scheduling stop trigger.
US10009806B2 Optimizing a handover behavior of a mobile radio communication network based on an extended report message comprising information about a performed handover
A method includes optimizing a handover behavior of a mobile radio communication network including at least a first base station and a second base station. The method includes (a) performing a handover of a UE from the first base station to the second base station; (b) adding an information element representing a property of the UE to a report message including information about the performed handover; (c) forwarding the report message from the second base station to the first base station; and (d) optimizing the handover behavior of the mobile radio communication network based on the added information element. Further, it is described a base station which is configured for carrying out the described handover behavior optimization method.
US10009805B2 Method of controlling handover in mobile communication networks and apparatus and system implementing the method
In a wireless communication system comprising a mobile terminal and at least two access points, each access point is adapted to provide data communication with the mobile terminal within a service area of the access point through a wireless interface over a selected one of a number of channels. A method of controlling selection of an access point comprises controlling one or more further access points having service areas adjacent or overlapping with a service area of a first access point, to which a first mobile terminal is associated, to send probe request messages to the first mobile terminal, and determining, for each of the one or more further access points and from a response received from the first mobile terminal in response to the corresponding probe request message, a respective first value representing a quality of a connection between the respective access point and the first mobile terminal. Selected ones of the one or more further access points are controlled to accept a future association request from the first mobile terminal, while the not selected access points are controlled to reject a future association request from the mobile terminal.
US10009799B2 Method for switching standby mode, user equipment UE, and network device
The present invention discloses a method, including: when user equipment camps on a first network, sending, by the UE to a network device, a single-domain registration request needed when the network device performs mobility management on the UE. The single-domain registration request carries a first IE, and the first IE identifies that the UE has a CS domain voice capability. The UE is a single card dual standby terminal, the UE is currently in a standby state in both the first network and a second network, the first network supports a PS domain service, and the second network supports a CS domain service. If the UE receives a second IE fed back according to the single-domain registration request by the network device, exiting, by the UE, the standby state in the second network, where the second IE identifies that the first network supports CSFB.
US10009792B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting data packets and method and apparatus for receiving data packets
A data packet structure conveys data of service data units (SDU) using protocol data units (PDU). The data packet structure includes a data packet payload having at least one protocol data unit (PDU). A protocol data unit (PDU) includes a service data unit (SDU) or a fragment of a service data unit and a data packet header including an indicator indicating whether or not the data packet payload begins with a protocol data unit (PDU) being a fragment of a service data unit and whether or not the data packet payload ends with a protocol data unit (PDU) being a fragment of a service data unit.
US10009788B2 Congestion monitoring of mobile entities
A method, by a policy control unit of a mobile communications network, to control a signalling of congestion information of mobile entities at a plurality of congestion monitoring units that monitor which mobile entities are affected by a congestion state in a radio access network of the mobile communications network. The method comprises receiving, from one of the congestion monitoring units, an indication that one of the mobile entities is affected by a congestion, storing said one congestion monitoring unit from which the indication is received as the current congestion monitoring unit for said one mobile entity, receiving, from another congestion monitoring unit, the indication that said one mobile entity is affected by a congestion, and indicating, in response to the indication received from the other monitoring unit, to the current congestion monitoring unit a release of congestion information relating to said one mobile entity.
US10009784B1 Remote detection and analysis of passive intermodulation problems in radio base stations
Systems and methods are described for configuring a base station node. A set of base station parameters are received by a remote control unit. The remote control unit receives and installs dynamic parameter values for base station setup selected by a server application based on the received base station parameters. The remote control unit also receives dynamic parameter values for network integration generated by the server application via the network connection, the dynamic parameter values for network integration being generated in response to a user selection. The remote control unit may then configure the base station node using the dynamic parameter values for network integration. When configuration is complete, the remote control unit may transmit an indication to the server application, and finalizes integration of the base station node in response to a request from the server application.
US10009762B2 Method and system to enable secure communication for inter-eNB transmission
The embodiments herein provide a method and system for creating a secure connection for a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless network including a UE, carrier aggregated with at least one first serving frequency served by a first eNB and at least one second serving frequency served by a second eNB. A unique non-repetitive security base key associated with the second eNB is generated using a freshness parameter and security key associated with the first eNB. The use of a different freshness parameter for each security base key derivation avoids key stream repetition. Further, a user plane encryption key is derived based on the generated unique non-repetitive security base key associated with the second eNB for encrypting data transfer over at least one data radio bearer.
US10009759B2 Method and system for enabling and activating a functionality of an electronic device
A machine-readable code is received at a first server and decoded to obtain a device ID and a first provider ID that identifies a device provider providing the second electronic device. At least one of the machine-readable code or the device ID is transmitted to a second server. A subscribed service that can be activated on the second electronic device is determined based on device metadata of the second electronic device and service metadata of the subscribed service. A first message is transmitted to a mobile device of a user associated with the second electronic device for a permission to activate the subscribed service on the second electronic device. In response to a second message received from the mobile device, the device metadata and the service metadata are transmitted to a third server to request the third server to activate the subscribed service on the second electronic device.
US10009758B2 WiFi fixed wireless personal services
A method by an access point to provide wireless terminals with access to a packet core network. The method includes attaching to the packet core network via a cellular radio access network, where the access point is configured to operate as a router of a subnet associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address space, relaying signaling between a wireless terminal and the packet core network to authenticate/authorize the wireless terminal to access the packet core network and to allocate to the wireless terminal an IP address, establishing a dedicated Packet Data Network (PDN) connection for the wireless terminal between the access point and a packet gateway of the packet core network, establishing one or more dedicated bearers associated with the dedicated PDN connection, and routing packets between the wireless terminal and the packet core network via the one or more dedicated bearers associated with the dedicated PDN connection.
US10009755B2 Obtaining of access rights to a network, implemented by a communicating object
A method performed by a communicating object to obtain rights to access a communications network. The object initially has rights limited to exchanging data with a rights management platform of the network. The method includes: sending a signaling message to the platform; and receiving a communications profile specific to the network. The profile is associated in the network with rights specific to the object, referred to as “delegated” rights. The delegated rights are defined on the basis of network access rights associated with a user of the object and referred to as “initial” rights. The delegated rights are suitable for enabling the communicating object to access the communications network.
US10009751B2 Virtual mobility anchor for network sharing
Embodiments are directed to a virtual mobility anchor network element to receive, from a packet gateway (PGW) node, a request for an internet protocol (IP) address for a mobile device, establish an IP address for the mobile device; and provide the IP address to the PGW node in response to the request for the IP address for the mobile device. The virtual mobility anchor network element is configured to receive IP traffic from a network location; determine a target destination for the IP traffic based on a destination IP address, the destination IP address comprising the second IP address; and forward the IP traffic to the PGW node associated with the destination IP address. The virtual mobility anchor network element is also configured to receive IP traffic from the PGW node; determine a target destination for the IP traffic; and route the IP traffic to the target destination.
US10009747B2 Emergency contact notification in IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)
A method of operating an emergency call procedure in a telecommunications network includes storing, for a user of an IMS network, emergency contact Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) of one or more emergency contacts of the user who may be contacted by emergency services in the event of an emergency call from the user. The method also includes receiving an emergency call from the user and providing the emergency contact URIs to a Public Safety Answering Point, PSAP.
US10009745B2 Validation in secure short-distance-based communication and enforcement system according to visual objects
A secure short-distance-based communication and enforcement system validates users in a validation and enforcement area and can check if users in the validation and enforcement area have been validated. A visual object can be displayed on an enforcement computer and a mobile device of a user in the in the validation and enforcement area to determine if a user is validated. The visual object may be periodically changed.
US10009743B2 System and method for providing subscribed applications on wireless devices over a wireless network
A system and method for the provision of downloadable subscription-based software applications to one or more wireless devices where the applications are downloadable from one or more application download servers across a wireless network. An accounting module receives subscription-based application download data from the one or more application download servers for each subscription-based application downloaded by a wireless device, and subscription-based application deletion data from each wireless device that has deleted a subscription-based application. The accounting module accounts for the use of the subscribed software applications based upon the subscription-based software application download data and subscription-based application deletion data.
US10009736B1 Method and apparatus for performing joint transmissions in a wireless network
A first access point including a physical layer (PHY) module, a parameter module and a medium access control (MAC) module. The parameter module is configured to, via the PHY module, negotiate a first parameter with a second access point. A basic service set of the first access point overlaps a basic service set of the second access point. The first basic service set includes stations. The second basic service set includes one or more of the stations. The MAC module is configured to receive a first frame. The PHY module is configured to, based on the first parameter and during a joint transmission of the first frame by the first access point and the second access point, transmit the first frame to the stations according to a first address while the second access point transmits the first frame to the one or more stations according to the first address.
US10009735B2 Controlling vehicle cabin networks based on connectivity metrics
A network analysis terminal is described that operates within a vehicle cabin to generate connectivity metrics. The terminal monitors packets communicated through at least one cabin network between a content server and passenger terminals. The terminal identifies passenger terminal identifiers that are addressed by content of the packets, and identifies names of vehicle passengers associated with the packets using the passenger terminal identifiers as indexes to retrieve the names of vehicle passengers from an information repository that maps names of vehicle passengers to passenger terminal identifiers. The terminal then generates connectivity metrics based on measurements performed on the packets over time and the identified names of the passengers, and controls communications through the at least one cabin network based on the connectivity metrics.
US10009733B2 Method and system for determining a position of a mobile device by an access point
A method and system for determining a position of a mobile device in an indoor environment by an access point is provided. The method includes obtaining identity information of the mobile device. The method includes extracting signal characteristics of the mobile device corresponding to the identity information. Further, the method includes determining the position of the mobile device based on the signal characteristics of the mobile device. The position of the mobile device is determined based on the signal characteristics of the mobile device received from a plurality of access points along with the information of the plurality of access points such as location information and identity information of the access points. The determined position is sent to the mobile device. The access point implements robust multipath mitigation algorithms while determining the position of the mobile device as there is no battery power limitation at the access point.
US10009731B2 Information sharing method, device and storage medium
An information sharing method, device and storage medium are provided. The method comprises: receiving from a first terminal device, a first message requesting information-for-sharing; determining a current location of the first terminal device based on a location from which the first message is transmitted, and recording the current location as a first geographical location; determining that a geographical sharing range matched with the first geographical location exists in pre-set geographical sharing ranges; determining information-for-sharing corresponding to the geographical sharing range matched with the first geographical location as target information-for-sharing, based on a correspondence between the geographical sharing range and information-for-sharing uploaded in the geographical sharing range; and transmitting the target information-for-sharing to the first terminal device.
US10009728B2 Dynamic geographic beacons for geographic-positioning-capable devices
In one embodiment, a processor may identify information about an entity represented by a first node in a social graph for a social-networking system. The information may comprise a location for the entity and an affinity score for the entity with respect to a user, wherein the user is represented by a second node in the social graph. The processor may then determine a region defined with respect to the location of the entity, wherein the region is defined based in part on the affinity score for the entity, as well as determining that a location of a mobile device associated with the user is within the region. Finally, the processor may cause the mobile device to transition from a sleep state to an active state.
US10009726B2 Battery efficient hybrid mobile device location monitoring
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing hybrid location monitoring of a mobile device. While performing region monitoring for a set of regions, a mobile device enters a first region. Upon entering a region, the mobile device requests region information for the region from a web server. Using the region information, the mobile device determines whether to enable location updates while within the region. Upon exiting the region, the mobile device determines whether to disable location updates. While performing location updates, the location of the mobile device can be tracked and be determined to be within other contained or partially contained irregularly shaped geofences.
US10009714B2 System and method for improving telematics location information and reliability of E911 calls
System, devices and methods are provided to automatically initiate an enhanced 911 (E911) call from a telematics control unit (TCU) (e.g., a TCU deployed with cellular modem or mobile phone in a vehicle) to an answering point (e.g. public safety answering point or access point (PSAP)). A wireless carrier (e.g., mobile service center (MSC)) employs a positioning determining entity (PDE) and algorithm to improve caller location determination using information provided by the TCU (e.g., GPS and dead reckoning information generated at the vehicle) and network location information when needed, and provides PDE estimated location of the caller to the PSAP (e.g., using a data channel and optionally a voice channel) to mitigate errors in TCU location data and reduce potentially conflicting location information provided to PSAPs from TCUs and wireless carriers or other phone service providers.
US10009706B2 Apparatus and method of audio stabilizing
A method comprising: determining a spatial audio signal; determining an apparatus motion parameter; and stabilizing the spatial audio signal dependent on the apparatus motion parameters.
US10009705B2 Audio enhancement for head-mounted speakers
Embodiments herein are primarily described in the context of a system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for producing a sound with enhanced spatial detectability and a crosstalk simulation. The audio processing system receives a left and right input channel of an audio input signal, and performs an audio processing to generate an output audio signal. The system generates left and right spatially enhanced signals by gain adjusting side subband components and mid subband components of the left and right input channels. The audio processing system generates left and right crosstalk channels such as by applying a filter and time delay to the left and right input channels, and mixes the spatially enhanced channels with the crosstalk channels. In some embodiments, the system includes high/low frequency enhancement channels and passthrough channels derived from the input channels, which can be mixed with the output audio signal.
US10009702B2 Method for making thermoacoustic device array
A method for making a thermoacoustic device array includes the following step. A substrate having a surface is provided. The surface defines a grid having a number of cells. A number of holes are defined on each of the cells. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on each of the cells. The first electrode is spaced from the second electrode, and one row of the holes is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. A sound wave generator is applied on the substrate and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The sound wave generator is suspended over the holes. The sound wave generator is divided according to the cells.
US10009700B1 System and method for fuzzy logic feedback control of speaker excursion
An audio system includes an input node for receiving an audio input signal, a signal processor coupled to the input node to receive the audio input signal, and an output node for providing an audio output signal to a speaker. The audio system includes a first fuzzy logic controller configured to receive sampled signals related to the audio input signal and a gain of the signal processor, the first fuzzy logic controller configured to determine a risk level of the audio output signal. The audio system also includes a second fuzzy logic controller configured to receive feedback signals related to the audio output signal and to determine a correction factor. Further, the audio system is configured to determine a control signal based on the risk level and the correction factor, and to adjust the audio output signal based on the control signal.
US10009699B2 Method for diagnosing sealing properties of microphone and/or loudspeaker seals in an electronic device
A method for diagnosing sealing properties of microphone and/or loudspeaker seals in an electronic device. Sealing properties of the microphone and/or loudspeaker seals are diagnosed by comparing a representation of a total impulse response signal associated with certain stimuli with a representation of a predetermined reference total impulse response signal associated with the electronic device.
US10009698B2 Bone conduction device having magnets integrated with housing
A transcutaneous bone conduction device includes magnets secured to housing of an external portion of the device. The magnets can be disposed within the housing, or secured to an external surface thereof. The magnets are disposed about a shaft that delivers vibrational stimuli to a recipient so as to evenly deliver the stimuli.
US10009697B2 Hearing device including antenna unit
A hearing device having an antenna unit is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a transmission line connecting a communication unit and the antenna unit, or at least being part of a connection between them. The transmission line may be configured to transfer a signal from the communication unit to the antenna unit and/or from the antenna unit to the communication unit, so as to minimize parasitic effects on the antenna unit.
US10009696B2 Cochlear hearing device with cable antenna
A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna. The at-the-head part is adapted for providing the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at least one cochlear electrode. The at least one cochlear electrode is adapted for converting the low frequency signal comprising audio to an output signal perceivable by a user as sound. The coupling element comprises an electrically conducting element coupled to the wireless interface. The electrically conducting element is at least a part of the second antenna and adapted for transferring the signal comprising audio at a low frequency from the behind-the-ear part to the at-the-head part and for transmitting and/or receiving high frequency signals via the second antenna.
US10009695B2 Hearing system for estimating a feedback path of a hearing device
A hearing system comprises a programming device comprising a) a feedback path analyzer for providing an estimate of a feedback path from an output transducer to an input transducer of a hearing device, and b) a programming interface allowing the exchange of data between the programming device and the hearing device. The programming device is configured to receive corresponding input and output time segments of an electric input signal and of a processed output signal, respectively, of the hearing device, via the programming interface, and the feedback path analyzer is configured to determine the estimate of the feedback path based on the input and output time segments. The invention may e.g. be used for the fitting of hearing devices, e.g. hearing aids, to a particular use or user.
US10009693B2 Receiver having a suspended motor assembly
A receiver including a housing defining a chamber, and a motor assembly that includes a magnet assembly and an armature. The receiver includes a diaphragm operationally attached to the armature. The motor assembly is attached to the housing by a movable suspension structure. A method of reducing vibrations includes providing a housing defining a chamber, providing a motor assembly including a magnet assembly and an armature, providing a diaphragm, providing a movable suspension structure, attaching the diaphragm to the armature, and attaching the motor assembly to an inner wall of the housing by the movable suspension structure.
US10009692B2 Speaker device
The present invention relates to a speaker device (1) having a first diaphragm (3) and a second diaphragm (5). A first magnet (19) is mounted to the first diaphragm (3) and a second magnet (25) is mounted to the second diaphragm (5). The first magnet (19) is a first electromagnet having a first coil (23) and a power source driver is provided for supplying an electrical drive signal to the first coil (23) to establish said first magnetic field. The first and second magnets (19, 25) are arranged to generate first and second interacting magnetic fields which drive the first and second diaphragms (3, 5). The invention also relates to a speaker device (101) in which the second diaphragm (5) is replaced with a fixed back plate (135). The present invention also relates to a speaker assembly (45) made up of an array of the speaker devices (1; 101). The speaker device (1) can be used in a motor vehicle.
US10009688B2 Digital communication system for loudspeakers
A communication system for communicating with at least one loudspeaker is described where the loudspeaker is connected to audio equipment over standard two-wire speaker wire operable to carry an audio signal. The communication system includes a master node in electrical communication with a signal path carrying the audio signal between the audio equipment and the loudspeaker, the master node also including an interface with the audio equipment, a data encoder operable to encode data signals, a data transceiver operable to place the data signals onto the audio signal at frequencies above audio frequencies. The communication system also includes at least one slave node in electrical communication with the audio signal and each loudspeaker, the slave node including a data transceiver operable to receive data signals from the master node, a data decoder, and an interface able to communicate with the loudspeaker.
US10009686B1 Fully-differential current digital-to-analog converter
A playback path may include an input configured to receive an input signal, an output configured to drive a differential output signal, a differential current-mode digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the input signal into the differential output signal, and a control circuit. The differential current-mode digital-to-analog converter may include a plurality of current-mode digital-to-analog elements configured to be selectively enabled and disabled based on the input signal and at least one reference element in a current mirror relationship with the plurality of current-mode digital-to-analog elements such that each individual current through each current-mode digital-to-analog element is a scaled version of a reference current of the at least one reference element. The control circuit may be configured to scale current mirror ratios between the at least one reference element and the plurality of current-mode digital-to-analog elements based on a characteristic of the input signal.
US10009681B2 Headset porting
A headset cup having a front cavity and a rear cavity separated by a driver, with a mass port tube connected to the rear port to present a reactive acoustic impedance to the rear cavity, in parallel with a resistive port, the total acoustic response of the rear cavity remaining linear at high power levels. In some embodiments, the mass port tube is made of metal, while the headset cup is otherwise made of plastic.
US10009664B2 Providing extrinsic data for video content
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing extrinsic data relevant to a video content feature. In one embodiment, where a single cast member performs as multiple characters in the video content feature, the extrinsic data may include character images for each character played by the cast member. In another embodiment, where multiple generic images of a cast member are available, a particular generic image is selected to be included in the extrinsic data according to a measure of relevancy of the generic image to the video content feature. In another embodiment, when a generic image of a cast member is unavailable, an image of the cast member in character is included in the extrinsic data.
US10009663B1 Digital fingerprinting of live events for automatic detection
Aspects relate to causing one or more signals to be detectable within a live event such that devices that record at least a portion of the event also record the one or more signals. The signals can be used for later processing and categorization of received recordings in order to associate the recordings with the event. Further actions can be performed based on the association. Such actions include digital rights management, crowd-sourced experiences, and categorization of the event for searching and retrieval purposes.
US10009649B2 Automatic transition of content based on facial recognition
Methods and systems for automatically transitioning content based on facial recognition, wherein the method may include receiving a signal from a camera, identifying a face of a viewer within an area, retrieving a user identifier associated with the face of the viewer, selecting a program, and displaying the program.
US10009648B1 Systems and methods for using closed captions for television viewership measurement
To provide audience measurement services without requiring broadcasters to install additional watermarking equipment, a small video capture device may receive a video signal viewed by an audience member, the signal including embedded closed captioning data, and may decode and transmit the closed captioning data to an audience measurement server. The measurement server may receive the data and compare the received data to a database of closed captioning text to identify matches. The database may be populated via one or more additional capture devices receiving local or national broadcast signals, or with data separately provided by broadcasters. When a match is found, the measurement server may determine that the audience member is watching a program having the corresponding closed captioning. Dynamically generated confidence scores may allow for reliable identification of audience members of content, even with very short closed captioning data lengths.
US10009647B2 Reducing end-to-end latency for communicating information from a user device to a receiving device via television white space
A system transmits human interface data (HID) as ancillary data to a television receiver over white space. Content on a user mobile device may be wirelessly displayed on an external display device. It may be desirable to have user interactions with the mobile device (such as controls for video games) displayed on the external display device in a manner that does not suffer from the latency of standard video being set to the display device. The HID may be captured and processed separately from the video data. The HID may be formed into a transport stream for transmission over white space. The HID may be included as ancillary data in the transport stream. Timestamps may be used to coordinate the transmission of the HID as well as its processing when received by a television receiver.
US10009645B2 Electronic device and method for controlling the same
A digital television including a display, an interface, a communication unit, a broadcast receiver, and a controller to: display broadcast content, display a screen corresponding to a voice recognition mode, receive a first voice command signal corresponding to a first voice command, which is a single voice command including a first part defining a search source of an Internet based search engine and a second part defining a first search keyword, display a web page corresponding to the search source, which includes a first search result corresponding to first information stored on a remote server, receive a second voice command signal corresponding to a second voice command, in which the second voice command is a single voice command including the first search keyword, and display a second search result corresponding to the first search keyword from the second voice command, which corresponds to second information stored in the digital television.
US10009644B2 System and method for enhancing content using brain-state data
A computer system or method may be provided for modulating content based on a person's brainwave data, including modifying presentation of digital content at at least one computing device. The content may also be modulated based on a set of rules maintained by or accessible to the computer system. The content may also be modulated based on user input, including through receipt of a presentation control command that may be processed by the computer system of the present invention to modify presentation of content. Content may also be shared with associated brain state information.
US10009641B2 Method and device for transmitting and receiving broadcast signal for providing HEVC stream trick play service
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal for an HEVC stream trick play. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a video stream by encoding video data, wherein the video stream comprises PVR assist information having the maximum temporal identification information value of the video stream; generating a broadcast signal comprising the generated video stream; and transmitting the generated broadcast signal.
US10009640B1 Methods and systems for using 2D captured imagery of a scene to provide virtual reality content
An exemplary method includes a virtual reality media provider system acquiring, from a plurality of capture devices physically disposed at different vantage points in relation to a scene that includes one or more objects, surface data for the one or more objects, generating a color video data stream for the 2D color data and a depth video data stream for the depth data for each capture device included in the plurality of capture devices, packaging the color video data stream and the depth video data stream for each of the capture devices included in the plurality of capture devices into a transport stream, and providing metadata and the transport stream for streaming to a media player device.
US10009639B2 Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal
A method for processing transmission of a broadcast signal is disclosed. The method includes generating first broadcast data for a first broadcast service using an MPEG media transport (MMT) protocol, generating second broadcast data for a second broadcast service using a real time object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) protocol, generating first service level signaling information including information for describing attribute of the first broadcast service, generating second service level signaling information including information for describing attribute of the second broadcast service, and generating low level signaling information including information for listing the first broadcast service and the second broadcast service.
US10009638B2 System and method for multi-channel WiFi video streaming
A video or multimedia distribution system receives multiple video streams and transcodes them into a single stream of UDP packets with each of the plurality of video data packets for respective ones of the video streams being assigned a port number corresponding to the respective video stream. The UDP packets are routed to a plurality of Access Points (APs) for transmission. A User Equipment (UE) communicates with the APs and selects one or more of the video streams for viewing on the UE by selecting the port number corresponding to the desired video streams. The UE can “change channels” to view other video streams by changing the port number to the port number of the desired video stream.
US10009636B2 User control of replacement television advertisements inserted by a smart television
A method is performed using a smart TV, which receives from a television signal source device a television signal feed encoding primary television content and then presents that content. The smart TV receives data via the computer network, including first data representing a to-be-replaced portion of the primary television content and second data representing secondary television content. Using the second data, the smart TV automatically presents the secondary television content in place of the to-be-replaced television content. The method includes the smart TV: (a) automatically monitoring, during presentation of the secondary television content, the television signal feed and comparing it with the first data; and (b) automatically altering presentation of the secondary television content in accordance with a user-control action with respect to the television signal source device, in response to detecting any difference between the television signal feed and the first data indicative of that user-control action.
US10009624B2 Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, picture encoding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program
A candidate list construction unit selects a plurality of blocks each having one or two pieces of motion information containing at least information about a motion vector and information about a reference picture from a plurality of neighboring encoded blocks of an encoding target block and constructs a candidate list containing candidates of the motion information used for the motion compensation prediction from the motion information of the selected blocks. A selected candidate generator generates a new candidate of the motion information by combining the motion information of a first prediction list derived by the first motion information deriving unit and the motion information of the second prediction list derived by a second motion information deriving unit.
US10009622B1 Video coding with degradation of residuals
A method for encoding a video signal using a computing device, the video signal having a plurality of frames, each frame having a plurality of blocks, and each block having a plurality of pixels. The method includes generating a residual block from an original block of a current frame and a prediction block, degrading the residual block to decrease a bit-cost for encoding the residual block, and encoding the residual block into an encoded residual block.
US10009619B2 Image processing device for suppressing deterioration in encoding efficiency
The present disclosure relates to image processing device and method that can suppress the deterioration in encoding efficiency.An image processing device includes: a reception unit that receives encoded data in which an image with a plurality of main layers is encoded, and inter-layer prediction control information controlling whether to perform inter-layer prediction, which is prediction between the plurality of main layers, with the use of a sublayer; and a decoding unit that decodes each main layer of the encoded data received by the reception unit by performing the inter-layer prediction on only the sublayer specified by the inter-layer prediction control information received by the reception unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device.
US10009618B2 Video encoding method and apparatus therefor using modification vector inducement, video decoding method and apparatus therefor
A video decoding method according to an embodiment may include: determining whether a neighboring block adjacent to a current block has a direction vector indicating a specific location in an image; when the neighboring block does not have the direction vector, generating a disparity vector of a neighboring block indicating a specific location in an image having a different view from a view of an image of the neighboring block.
US10009615B2 Method and apparatus for vector encoding in video coding and decoding
The present invention concerns a method of encoding an image, the image comprising a plurality of coding elements made of blocks of pixels, each block of pixels being encoded according to a coding mode out of a plurality of coding modes, the method comprising for each block of pixel to be encoded determining the coding mode to be used for the encoding of a given block of pixels by sequentially evaluating some coding modes in the plurality of coding modes; wherein the method comprises evaluating Inter coding modes and fast IBC coding modes; and no residue-test is conducted between the evaluation of the Inter coding mode and the evaluation of the fast IBC mode. Accordingly, some good predictors may be found more rapidly and the whole encoding process is speed up.
US10009614B2 Method for deblocking field-frame video
Methods are disclosed for performing improved deblocking filtering across edges between macroblocks, with particular application to cases where one macroblock is field coded and its neighbors are frame coded. A method for filtering across horizontal edges comprises determining which macroblocks are considered to be vertically adjacent to each other. The method also determines which macroblocks are considered to be sampled at a same time. Finally, filtering is performed between vertically adjacent macroblocks that are considered to be sampled at a same time. Another method for filtering across vertical edges comprises determining which macroblocks are considered to be horizontally adjacent to each other. The method effectively re-arranges a vertical ordering of horizontal lines of at least a subset of the horizontally adjacent macroblocks. Finally, filtering is performed between the horizontally adjacent macroblocks after the re-arranging.
US10009609B2 Image coding apparatus for coding tile boundaries
An image coding apparatus divides a picture into tiles. The tiles are coded to generate pieces of coded data, each of which corresponds to a different one of the tiles. In this regard, a first tile of the tiles is coded with reference to coding information of an already-coded tile neighboring the first tile when a boundary between the first tile and the already-coded tile is a first boundary. The first tile is coded without reference to the coding information of the already-coded tile when the boundary between the first tile and the already-coded tile is a second boundary. A bitstream including the pieces of coded data is generated. The bitstream includes tile boundary independence information which indicates whether each boundary between the tiles is one of the first boundary and the second boundary.
US10009606B2 Low power context adaptive binary arithmetic decoder engine
A technique for decoding data within a context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) stream processes one or more bins of compressed data based on video format parameters associated with the stream. A configurable CABAC decoder circuit cascades one or more instances of CABAC bin decoder logic to operate properly within a timing constrain established by a decoder clock frequency. The decoder may advantageously select among different combinations of decoder clock frequency and decoded bins per clock cycle to minimize power consumption associated with decompressing and playing the compressed data.
US10009603B2 Method and system for adaptive viewport for a mobile device based on viewing angle
A 2D and/or 3D video processing device comprising a camera and a display captures images of a viewer as the viewer observes displayed 2D and/or 3D video content in a viewport. Face and/or eye tracking of viewer images is utilized to generate a different viewport. Current and different viewports may comprise 2D and/or 3D video content from a single source or from different sources. The sources of 2D and/or 3D content may be scrolled, zoomed and/or navigated through for generating the different viewport. Content for the different viewport may be processed. Images of a viewer's positions, angles and/or movements of face, facial expression, eyes and/or physical gestures are captured by the camera and interpreted by face and/or eye tracking. The different viewport may be generated for navigating through 3D content and/or for rotating a 3D object. The 2D and/or 3D video processing device communicates via wire, wireless and/or optical interfaces.
US10009602B2 Head-mounted display device and control method for the head-mounted display device
A head-mounted display device includes: an image-light generating unit for right eye that generates image light from image data for right eye and emits the image light; an image-light generating unit for left eye that generates image light from image data for left eye and the image light; a light guide units that guide the emitted image lights to the left and right eyes of the user; and a display control unit that transmits control signals for controlling the emission of the image lights respectively to the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye. The display control unit transitions, according to a condition set in advance, the head-mounted display device to a power saving state for causing one of the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye to stop the emission of the image light.
US10009599B2 Touch glasses-free grating 3D display device and manufacturing and control methods thereof
A touch glasses-free grating 3D display device and manufacturing and control methods thereof. The touch glasses-free grating 3D display device includes a display panel and an electrochromic 3D glasses-free grating disposed on the display panel. The electrochromic 3D glasses-free grating includes a plurality of mutually parallel first grating electrodes, a plurality of mutually parallel second grating electrodes and an electrochromic material disposed between the plurality of mutually parallel first grating electrodes and the plurality of mutually parallel second grating electrodes. Both the plurality of first grating electrodes and the plurality of second grating electrodes are transparent conductive electrodes. The display panel is provided with or includes a plurality of touch electrodes which are intercrossed with and insulated from the plurality of first grating electrodes and the plurality of second grating electrodes. The first grating electrodes and the second grating electrodes not only can apply 3D driving voltage signals but also can apply touch driving signals or output touch sensing signals.
US10009590B2 Method for reducing the size of a stereoscopic image
In an image processing method to display a stereoscopic image on a target screen, a disparity information (200) is associated with the stereoscopic image and is adapted for the display of the stereoscopic image on an original screen, the size of the original screen being different from the size of the target screen, the stereoscopic image comprising a first image (20) and a second image (21). In order to optimize the disparity of the stereoscopic image, the method comprises selecting a part of said first image according to at least one property associated with the first image; calculating a target disparity information associated with the selected part of the image according to the viewing conditions associated with the target screen and the original disparity information associated with the selected part of the first image.
US10009588B2 Image processing apparatus and imaging apparatus
To allow re-producing, in another image processing apparatus, contents of image processing in an image processing apparatus, a provisional color grading apparatus 300 determines normalizing points (CodeValues that serve as references for normalizing) of input image signals according to format information and normalizes the input image signals. The provisional color grading apparatus 300 records values (normalizing information) obtained by converting the normalizing points into numerical values independent of devices, in association with parameters of color grading.
US10009586B2 System and method for projecting images on a marked surface
A system, method and computer readable medium for projecting images on a marked surface. The system includes a memory storage unit, a projector, a camera, an input device for receiving input data to align correspondence points in a template image with features on a marked surface, a computing device for calculating a correction model, and a rendering device for generating image data. The method involves projecting a template image to generate a camera image, receiving input data, calculating a correction model based on the input data and generating and projecting image data. The computer readable medium is encoded with codes to direct a processor to carry out the method.
US10009582B2 Pipe inspection system with replaceable cable storage drum
A pipe inspection system includes a cable storage drum and a housing configured to removably receive and rotatably support the cable storage drum. A push-cable with a plurality of conductors is stored in the cable storage drum. A camera head is connected to a distal end of the push-cable. A slip-ring assembly has first and second mating portions that when mated provide conductive paths between the plurality of conductors at a proximal end of the push-capable and a display device. The first portion of the slip-ring assembly is mounted on the housing and the second portion of the slip-ring assembly is mounted on the removable cable storage drum. The system connection cable joining the inspection system with a display unit is removable and may be replaced with cables compatible with various alternate image display systems.
US10009581B2 Room monitoring device
A system for monitors a person in a dwelling. A detection device is in communication with a user monitoring device. The detection device includes at least one motion/movement gesture sensing device configured to detect at least one of a person's motion, movement and gesture. The user monitoring device includes at least two elements selected from: a proximity sensor; a temperature sensor/humidity sensor; a particulate sensor; a light sensor; a microphone; a speaker; two RF transmitters (BLE/ANT+WIFI); a memory card; and LED's.
US10009568B1 Displaying the simulated gazes of multiple remote participants to participants collocated in a meeting space
A system and method for displaying visual focus points of meeting participants uses an image capture device to generate a real-time graphical representation of a physical meeting space containing collocated meeting participants. Remote display devices display the real-time graphical representation of the physical meeting space. Each remote display device is associated with a remote meeting participant located at a remote location. A viewpoint monitoring mechanism determines a remote participant visual point of focus within the real-time graphical representation. A remote participant simulator located in the physical meeting space has a unique remote participant representation for each remote meeting participant and a remote participant visual point of focus indicator associated with each remote participant representation to simulate the remote participant visual point of focus.
US10009566B2 Comparator circuit, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic device
The present technology relates to a comparator circuit, a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device which enable to improve a frame rate. A comparator compares an analog signal with a reference signal, an amplification stage amplifies output of a comparing unit and has different output change speeds in normal rotation and in reverse rotation, and a switch circuit fixes an input node or an output node of the amplification stage to a predetermined voltage in a predetermined period before a comparing operation by the comparator so that the amplification stage operates in a change direction having a higher output change speed. The present technology can be applied to a comparator circuit provided to an A/D converter of a CMOS image sensor.
US10009565B2 Current/voltage conversion circuit and imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus 10 includes an imaging panel 11 formed by arranging imaging element units 20 included in one pixel or a plurality of pixels, in a two-dimensional matrix form. Each of the imaging element units 20 includes an imaging element 30 which converts an incident electromagnetic wave to a current, and a current/voltage conversion circuit 40A which converts the current from the imaging element to a voltage.
US10009556B2 Large dynamic range cameras
A digital camera includes a plurality of channels and a processing component operatively coupled to the plurality of channels. Each channel of the plurality of channels includes an optics component and a sensor that includes an array of photo-detectors. The processing component is configured to separately control an integration time of each channel, where a first integration time of a first channel is less than a second integration time of a second channel. The processing component is also configured to combine data from the plurality of channels to generate an image.
US10009552B2 Imaging systems with front side illuminated near infrared imaging pixels
An imaging system may include an image sensor having front side illuminated near infrared image sensor pixels. Each pixel may be formed in a graded epitaxial substrate layer such as a graded p-type epitaxial layer or a graded n-type epitaxial layer on a graded p-type epitaxial layer. Each pixel may be separated from an adjacent pixel by an isolation trench formed in the graded epitaxial layer. A deep p-well may be formed within each isolation trench. The isolation trenches and photodiodes for the pixels may be formed in the graded p-type epitaxial layer or the graded n-type epitaxial layer. The graded p-type epitaxial layer may have an increasing concentration of dopants that increases toward the backside of the image sensor. The graded n-type epitaxial layer may have an increasing concentration of dopants that increases toward the front side of the image sensor.
US10009550B1 Synthetic imaging
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for synthetic imaging. In one aspect, a method includes receiving from each digital camera respective imaging data, each digital camera having a viewpoint that is different from the viewpoints of each other digital camera and having a field of view that is overlapping with at least one other digital camera; for a synthetic viewpoint that is a viewpoint that is within a geometry defined by the viewpoints of the digital cameras, selecting respective imaging data that each has a field of view that overlaps a field of view of the synthetic viewpoint and generating, from the selected respective imaging data, synthetic imaging data that depicts an image captured from a virtual camera positioned at the synthetic viewpoint.
US10009547B2 Image pickup apparatus that compensates for flash band, control method therefor, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus which is capable of properly detecting and compensating for flash bands to generate a corrected image with no different levels of luminance. Based on an image signal output from an image pickup device which sequentially starts exposure and reads out signals for each row of pixels, a flash band appearing in a plurality of frames consecutive in terms of time due to an external flash is detected. Gains are changed with rows of the frames. At least one of the frames in which the flash band was detected is corrected to a full-screen flash image. When flash bands caused by a plurality of external flashes fired in one frame is detected, a gain is calculated based on a light quantity ratio between the external flashes, and a region where the flash bands overlay each other is multiplied by the gain to generate the full-screen flash image.
US10009544B2 Image capturing apparatus, control method of the same and image sensor
An image capturing apparatus, comprises: an image capturing unit configured to generate image data of an object; an adding unit configured to add additional information, including first region information for specifying a first pixel region of the image data, and second region information for specifying a second pixel region included in the first pixel region, to the image data; a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the additional information is added; and an image processing unit configured to extract from the image data, which is received via the transmission unit, the first pixel region and the second pixel region specified by the additional information obtained by receiving the image data, and to perform predetermined image processing on the extracted first pixel region and second pixel region.
US10009536B2 Applying a simulated optical effect based on data received from multiple camera sensors
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device transitions between user interfaces for capturing photos based on data received from a first camera and a second camera. In some examples, the electronic device provides enhanced zooming capabilities that result in visual pleasing results for a displayed digital viewfinder and for captured videos. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for transitioning a digital viewfinder between a first camera with an applied digital zoom to a second camera with no digital zoom. In some examples, the electronic device prepares to capture media at various magnification levels. In some examples, the electronic device enhanced capabilities for navigating through a plurality of values.
US10009535B2 Lens driving device, camera, and camera-equipped electronic device
An autofocus camera is provided which restrains and corrects any tilt that may occur in the optical axis direction without the need of providing any additional new sensors for that purpose. The autofocus camera includes an image sensor for receiving light from an object and converting the light into corresponding electrical signals, a lens driving device having a lens for focusing the light from the object upon said image sensor, and a control portion for causing said lens driving device to adjust any tilt that may occur in the optical axis in response to the electrical signals received from said image sensor. The control portion is operated to cause the lens driving device to adjust any tilts of the optical axis with respect to the image sensor in the orthogonal directions with each other, so that the resolution signals at the predetermined positions of said image sensor can be maximized.
US10009534B2 Device and method for detecting focus of electronic device
An electronic device comprising: a memory; a display; a camera; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: acquire a preview image by using the camera; display the preview image on the display; identify a plurality of areas in the preview image that satisfy a predetermined condition; and modify a focus detection area associated with the camera to include the plurality of areas.
US10009527B2 Compact LED lighting unit for use in camera or video flash applications
A compact LED lighting unit, (1) for camera flash applications, comprising a reflective housing having (14) having a reflective base (15) and an open top (51); an LED (10) mounted within the reflective housing (14) and a beam shaping foil stack (12) provided over the open top of the housing (14); wherein, the foil stack (12) comprises first and second microstructured sheets (50, 52), each having an array of elongate locally parallel ridges (41) facing away from the LED, wherein the ridges of one sheet locally cross the ridges of the other sheet by an angle in the range 30 to 150 degrees.
US10009526B2 Apparatus and methods for imaging interior surfaces of a tube or the like
An exemplary device includes, on a longitudinal axis, an illumination-light source, an axicon (conic) mirror, an image sensor, and a tilted optical element. The light source provides illumination light propagating forwardly on the axis. The axicon mirror reflects the illumination light radially outward, relative to the axis, to the interior surface of a tube to produce reflected light propagating, from the illuminated interior surface, as imaging light back to the axicon, which reflects the imaging light rearwardly. The image sensor receives at least a portion of the imaging light rearwardly reflected by the axicon mirror. The tilted optical element, situated between the axicon mirror and the interior surface, moves a selected first portion of the imaging light away from being incident on the image sensor, while allowing a second portion of the imaging light to be incident on the image sensor.
US10009525B2 Camera lens structures and display structures for electronic devices
A camera may be mounted under a display in an electronic device. The display may include a polarizer layer, a color filter layer, and a thin-film-transistor layer. A layer of material such as a glass insert may be attached to an edge of the display. Openings may be formed in the layers of the display and the insert to accommodate the camera. A sleeve structure may be mounted within an opening. The camera may include lens structures formed from a stack of lens elements. One or more layers of the display may be interposed within the lens structures. The glass insert may be mounted within a notch in the color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer or along a straight edge of the color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer. The edge of the color filter layer may be recessed with respect to form a mounting shelf for the insert.
US10009522B2 Multifunctional integration module for mounting in rear of vehicle
A multifunctional integration module for mounting in rear of a vehicle has a structure in which a rear view camera, a trunk open switch, license lamps, and the like are integrated. The multifunctional integration module includes an integration module case which is mounted, being exposed to the outside, in the rear of the vehicle and is integrally mounted with a rear view camera, a trunk open switch, and license lamps in a predetermined arrangement. The rear view camera is fixedly mounted in the integration module case while exposing a lens through a front of the integration module case, The trunk open switch is pressedly mounted on a bottom surface of the integration module case. The license lamps are mounted at sides of the integration module case to irradiate light.
US10009517B1 Extended gamut colorant for print job based on user preferences
Methods, devices, and systems automatically generate electronic images of the printed appearance of a multi-color image using first print processing to generate a first sample image, and using second print processing to generate a second sample image. Pixels in the first sample image and the second sample image are compared to a color standard to generate a first error value and a second error value. The first error value is compared to the second error value for each pixel to produce an error value reduction associated with the second print processing for each pixel of the multi-color image. The error value reduction for each pixel of the multi-color image is compared to a threshold to identify benefited pixels. The benefited pixels can be displayed on a contrasting background, and/or the electronic image can be automatically printed using the second print processing if the benefited pixels exceed a minimum value.
US10009516B2 Method of modifying a data set containing color component values
The invention relates to a method of modifying a data set containing color component values, which method allows the component of a color in a color spectrum that is provided to be generally set to zero and thus not to use that color. For this purpose, it is provided to first select an image area of a printed product, i.e. a portion of the data set. Further, it is determined which color from the color spectrum shall not be used. The color value for the selected image area is determined. A tolerance range around the color value is fixed. In a further step, it is determined which combinations of color component values that are formed of the remaining colors of the color spectrum include color values that are within the tolerance range fixed around the color value of the selected area. Thereafter, one of the combinations of the color component values is selected. Finally, the color component values are exchanged for the color component values from the selected combination of color component values in the selected portion of the data set.
US10009515B2 Calibration system, calibration method, and image forming apparatus that ensure improved accuracy of correction of tone characteristics
A calibration system includes an imaging device, an image forming apparatus, and a table generating unit. The table generating unit: calculates a first weighting coefficient based on dispersion of color values of pixels inside the patch in a captured image for each of the patches where the captured image is generated by simultaneously capturing the test chart of the sheet generated by the image forming apparatus and a preliminary prepared reference chart with the imaging device; calculates a representative value for each tone of the color value of each of the patches in the test chart and the reference chart based on an average of a weighted average of the color value of the plurality of patches; and generates the gamma correction table based on the respective representative values in the test chart and the reference chart.
US10009514B2 Mechanism to perform force-X color management mapping
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a color management unit having a common color engine (CCE) to map input colors matching one of more criteria into output colors having a single color component to generate Preserve-X colors and a color cache to store the Preserve-X colors. The Preserve-X colors include the corresponding pairs of input colors and output colors.
US10009512B2 Information processing system, information processing apparatus, server and information processing method
An information processing apparatus requests a server to permit a user to automatically log in to the information processing apparatus, and the server, based on face recognition processing for an image in which the user is imaged, permits the automatic login, and then the information processing apparatus provides its function to the user in response to the permission. The information processing apparatus inquires the server about whether a condition for the user to automatically log out from the information processing apparatus has been satisfied, and the server, based on face recognition processing for an image in which the user or another user is imaged, informs the information processing apparatus that the condition has been satisfied, and then the information processing apparatus stops providing its function to the user in response to the information.
US10009509B2 Image processing device, image processing method, and printing system
An image processing device includes a first image generation unit which generates a first image obtained by applying a first low-pass filter to an input image, a second image generation unit which generates a second image obtained by applying a second low-pass filter to a halftone image, a third image generation unit which generates a third image representing a difference between the first image and the second image, a focused dot setting unit which sets a focused dot, a dot placement pixel determination unit which compares pixel values in the third image and determining a dot placement pixel for improving the uniformity of the gradation distribution in the third image, and a dot displacing unit which displaces the focused dot to the dot placement pixel and updates the halftone image.
US10009506B2 Image forming system, image-data transmission unit, and image-data transmission method
An image forming system includes: an image-data transmission unit that transmits image data; and an image-data receiving unit that receives the image data, the image-data transmission unit being connected to the image-data receiving unit through a transmission path having lanes used for a color machine, at the time of image data transmission, the image-data transmission unit adding an error check code to image data, and transmitting the image data to the image-data receiving unit, in a first unit of the image data, the image-data receiving unit calculating an error check code in the first unit, comparing the calculated error check code with the error check code transmitted, and when the calculated error check code disagrees with the error check code transmitted, transmitting an error to the image-data transmission unit, and when the image-data transmission unit receives the error, the image-data transmission unit retransmitting image data corresponding to the error.
US10009505B2 Asynchronously requesting information from a camera device
Image transport includes receiving, at an accessory camera device, an asynchronous operation request from an electronic device for a first quantity of image data, determining, by the accessory camera device, a second quantity of image data that the accessory camera device is capable of transmitting to the asynchronous operation request, transmitting an indication of the second quantity of image data to the electronic device, and sending a response comprising the second quantity of image data to the electronic device.
US10009502B2 Image forming apparatus
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a deflector, a photoconductor, a mirror, a displacement mechanism and a control section. The deflector deflects laser light emitted from alight source to an optical path of each color in a horizontal scanning direction. The photoconductor is located in each optical path and forms an image of each color through development of an electrostatic latent image formed by being exposed by the laser light. The mirror is located in each optical path and reflects the laser light to each corresponding photoconductor. The displacement mechanism is arranged on each mirror and displaces the mirror in order to correct an inclination shift between images of respective colors. The control section corrects a magnification of the image of each color in the horizontal scanning direction according to an inclination correction amount of the image of each color.
US10009495B2 Image reading apparatus and document transport method used therefor
There is provided an image reading apparatus that, when double feeding of documents is detected by a double feeding detector, transports the documents in the reverse direction of the transport direction at least until the leading edges of the double-fed documents are positioned at the upstream side of transport roller pairs by rotating a separation roller and a retard roller so as to transport the documents in the reverse direction, and that thereafter transports the documents in the transport direction by rotating the separation roller so as to transport the documents in the transport direction. When the documents are transported in the reverse direction, the image reading apparatus sets a second rotation speed of the retard roller to be faster than a first rotation speed of the separation roller.
US10009492B2 Application generator, application generation method, and computer program
An application generator that generates a screen display application for causing an image forming apparatus to execute display processing includes: an acceptance section that accepts arrangement of any one of first objects each being prepared in advance for commanding to execute particular processing, to the screen, or accepts arrangement of a second object, and a third object arranged on another screen and to be associated with the second object, to the screen; a generation section that generates an application for displaying a screen on which one or both of the first object and the second object are arranged, for commanding to execute the particular processing relating to the first object when the first object is selected, and for giving notice of coordinates of the second object when the second object is selected; and an output section that outputs the screen display application and correspondence data.
US10009491B2 Image formation apparatus
The operation unit (5) is configured to receive user's operation and supported at a position frontward of the image reading unit (2) by the support housing (10) so as to be rotatable within a predetermined rotation range around a rotation shaft parallel to a right-left direction of the image formation apparatus (100). The information reading unit (6) is configured to read information about the user and housed in the housing side surface (12) so that a part of the information reading unit (6) is present rearward of the operation unit (5) in a first attitude in which a surface of the operation unit (5) is closest to a vertical plane, and a part of the information reading unit (6) is present downward of the operation unit (5) in a second attitude in which the surface of the operation unit (5) is closest to a horizontal plane.
US10009490B2 Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and program
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a communication terminal. The image forming apparatus communicates with the communication terminal and includes an operation panel that displays a first display screen and accepts an operation of inputting information, and a hardware processor. The communication terminal communicates with the image forming apparatus, displays a second display screen, and accepts input of information and includes a central processing unit (CPU) that notifies the input of the information to the image forming apparatus. The communication terminal transmits the information input in the input device to the image forming apparatus, and the hardware processor determines whether the status of the operation panel is a status that accepts the operation, and upon the status of the operation panel being the status that accepts the operation, switches the first display screen to a screen that accepts the operation.
US10009489B2 Display and input device that receives image forming instruction through touch panel
A display and input device includes a display unit, a touch panel, an operation reception unit, a display controller, an instruction generation unit, a communication unit, and a communication controller. The communication controller transmits an instruction to provide setting information including a list of items to be set related to image forming and default set values of the items to be set, to an image forming apparatus identified by the instruction generation unit. The display controller displays a setting screen for inputting a change of the set value from the default value, with respect to the items to be set indicated by the setting information received from the image forming apparatus. The instruction generation unit determines the set value of the item to be set according to a user's operation, and generates an image forming instruction based on the determined set value of the item to be set.
US10009487B2 Output system, output method, and output apparatus
An output system includes a terminal apparatus, an output apparatus, and an information processing apparatus that are interconnected via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a registration process unit that registers an output request for output data received in one of multiple methods from the terminal apparatus that is operated by a user, a storage destination information storage unit that stores storage destination information for determining a storage destination of the output data, and a unit that provides the output request and the storage destination information when requested by the output apparatus. The output apparatus includes a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of the output request from the user, an output data acquisition unit that determines the storage destination of the output data based on the storage destination information and acquires the output data from the storage destination, and a unit that outputs the output data.
US10009483B2 Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium for performing print data transmission methods suitable for each situation by causing an image forming apparatus to acquire print data by a suitable method based on whether the image forming apparatus can acquire the print data from a conversion server
A mobile terminal transmits a document file to a conversion server. In a case where it is determined that an image forming apparatus is capable of acquiring from the conversion server print data acquired by converting the document file, information for acquisition of the print data from the conversion server by the image forming apparatus is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. In a case where it is determined that the image forming apparatus is not capable of acquiring the print data from the conversion server, the print data is acquired from the conversion server and transmitted to the image forming apparatus.
US10009478B2 Nearend speech detector
A nearend speech detector for classifying speech at a communication system receiving a microphone signal from a nearend microphone and a farend signal from a farend communication system, the nearend speech detector comprising: a signal processor configured to transform the microphone and farend signals into the frequency domain; a calculation unit configured to form: an estimate of a nearend signal representing nearend speech present in the microphone signal; and a measure of gain between the microphone signal and the nearend signal; and a signal classifier configured to classify speech at the communication system in dependence on a measure of variance of the gain and a measure of variance of the nearend signal.
US10009476B2 Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for quality of service signaling for reverse direction protocol
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media configured for quality of service signaling for reverse direction protocol are disclosed. A STA may include circuitry. The circuitry may be configured to: generate a first MPDU; configure a reverse RDG field of the MPDU; configure a TSID field of the MPDU; and configure an access category constraint field of the MPDU to indicate to the second STA a constraint on MPDUs that the second STA can transmit in a reverse grant. The constraint may be: that the second STA transmit MPDUs with a second TSID that has a same value as the first TSID, that the second STA transmit MPDUs with a user priority of a second TSID that corresponds to a user priority of the first TSID, and/or that the second STA transmit MPDUs with an access category of a second TSID that corresponds to an access category of the first TSID.
US10009475B2 Perceptually continuous mixing in a teleconference
In an audio teleconference mixing system, of the type mixing a first plurality of audio uplink input streams containing audio information including sensed audio and associated control information, to produce at least one audio downlink output stream for downlinking to at least one conference participants, wherein the audio uplink input streams potentially can include continuous transmission (CTX) and discontinuous transmission streams (DTX), a method of mixing multiple current audio uplink streams together to produce the at least one audio output stream, the method including the steps of: (a) determining a verbosity measure indicative of the likely importance of each current audio uplink streams; (b) where at least one current audio uplink stream can comprise a CTX stream, utilizing at least one CTX stream in the mix to produce at least one current downlink output stream.
US10009473B2 Method and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
US10009471B2 Call forwarding system and method for forwarding a call to a terminal through near-field wireless communication
In a call forwarding system, a management apparatus of the call forwarding system determines service terminals capable of near field wireless communication within a reception range of near field wireless communication, generates a terminal list, and receives a call event message reporting the receipt of a call from a reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit a call report message including the terminal list to the reference terminal and the service terminals. The management apparatus may forward the call initially received by the reference terminal to a terminal which transmitted a receipt request message by transmitting a call forwarding request message to the reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit, to the reference terminal and the service terminals, a receipt report message reporting the call was forwarded. According to a change receipt message or upon non-receipt by an intended terminal, the call may be reforwarded to another terminal.
US10009470B2 Communication service operating method and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device includes: a first communication module configured to perform a call signal based communication and a second communication module configured to perform a short range communication or wired communication; and a processor configured to control call signal reception processing of the first communication module, wherein when an operation change of a communication channel established based on the second communication module, based on at least one of a movement of an electronic device and a movement of a second electronic device that is connected through the second communication module or has a connection history, the processor allows the electronic device or the second electronic device to receive the call signal.
US10009467B1 Automatic telephone call bridge into a queue
Providing an artificial intelligence robot controller that connects the controller to a plurality of incoming dial up phone numbers of an entity (such as the IRS) which entity usually puts incoming calls on hold for long periods of time such as an hour. The user of the service is connected to an existent connected phone line to the entity so as to shorten the expected wait time for reaching the customer service representative. Optionally the user can bid out the position to grab the next answered line in front of other users. Another embodiment enables a software user to click a button which triggers a request to the robot to connect that software user to the next available phone line to the entity. Another embodiment allows any client to place an order with the robot to call the client back upon securing a connection with the entity.
US10009464B2 Complex interaction recording
A system for complex interaction recording, comprising a recording management server that operates on a network-connected computing device and records communications, a record server that operates on a network-connected computing device and presents records for review and interaction by a human user, and an interaction evaluation server that operates on a network-connected computing device and identifies interactions segments and groups them into complex interactions, and a method for recording complex interactions comprising the steps of loading an interaction, identifying segments within the interaction, grouping segments into a complex interaction, and sending the resulting complex interaction as output.
US10009461B2 Dynamic user interface to reduce impact of unwanted calls
A user device (e.g., a mobile phone) may receive unwanted calls on a regular enough basis to irritate a user of the user device. Systems and/or methods, described herein, may identify unwanted calls in an automated fashion, and may allow users to quickly make intelligent decisions as to whether they should answer an incoming call from an unknown number or not. Potentially unwanted calls may be blocked entirely, to further enhance users' experiences. The determination of whether a caller is an unwanted caller may be refined in an ongoing process, in order to ensure that calls are being properly blocked or allowed.
US10009459B2 Automatic caller identification translation
The invention provides an interrogator for obtaining information associated with a caller identification, such as a telephone number, transmitted within an incoming telephone call including: a receiving device configured to receive the incoming telephone call and to extract the caller identification from the incoming telephone call; an interrogating device configured to receive the extracted caller identification from the receiving device and to interrogate information associated with the caller identification from an external data base, which is configured to operate independently from the user voice communication device for which the incoming telephone call is intended for; and a forwarding device configured to receive and to forward the interrogated information.
US10009458B2 Analyzing call forwarding activity
A device may receive, from a network device, call information associated with a call. The call may be from a calling party device. The call may appear to be intended for a destination device. The call information may be received, from the network device, based on the network device having routed the call. The device may determine, based on the call information, that the call appears to have been forwarded to a called party device that is different from the destination device. The device may determine, based on the call information, a forwarding characteristic for the call. The device may determine that the forwarding characteristic satisfies a criterion. The device may send an output message based on the forwarding characteristic satisfying the criterion to support responding to call forwarding activity that has the forwarding characteristic.
US10009457B2 De-duping identities using network analysis and behavioral comparisons
A processing device identifies comparison subjects comprising a first subject and a second subject. The processing device builds a first network of a first profile of the first subject and a second network of a second profile of the second subject, wherein the first network and the second network are multi-degree connections networks. The processing device the first network and second network to produce a similarity score. The processing device examining first-degree connections between the first network and the second network and accounting for centralities that rely on information about the first network and the second network. Responsive to the similarity score exceeding a similarity threshold, indicating the first profile and the second profile correspond to a common profile for the first subject and the second subject.
US10009455B2 System, device, and method for tracking and monitoring mobile phone usage to deter and prevent such usage and for generating an audible alarm and/or visual alarm to maintain compliance
A system, device, and method for tracking and monitoring mobile phone usage to deter and prevent such usage and for generating an audible alarm and/or visual alarm to maintain compliance are disclosed. The system comprises a device and software on a user's mobile phone to monitor the mobile phone's usage and to prevent and/or interfere with certain of its functions while a vehicle is being operated. The device is capable of producing an audible alarm and/or visual alarm and recording information about the different states of the device, which can be transmitted to the mobile phone software. The device, in combination with the mobile phone software, can record information about certain behaviors the user engages in on the mobile phone while operating a vehicle. The system, device, and method include generating an audible alarm and/or visual alarm when the user is not complying with certain prescribed protocols.
US10009452B2 Electronic device and control method thereof
An electronic device, a related mobile device, and control methods thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a transceiver, a switch unit including switching circuitry, and a controller. The transceiver includes a first antenna having first directionality toward a first directional area, a second antenna having second directionality toward a second directional area, and a third antenna having omni-directionality in all directions. The switching circuitry selectively activates or deactivates each antenna. The controller controls the switching circuitry to deactivate the third antenna and activate the second antenna when a first event occurs in connection with a mobile device located in the first directional area during omnidirectional communication through the third antenna.
US10009451B2 Radio locator application
An embodiment of a method of selecting a radio broadcast includes detecting a radio broadcast and retrieving user preference data, the user preference data specifying one or more preferred radio stations and/or one or more preferred categories of radio broadcast. The method also includes communicating via a local communication device with at least one additional processing device, wherein communicating includes retrieving radio station category information specifying at least one radio station and a category of the at least one radio station. The method further includes correlating the radio station category information with the detected radio broadcast to identify a radio station that originated the radio broadcast and one or more categories associated with the radio station and/or the radio broadcast, and based on determining that the detected radio broadcast corresponds to the user preference data, displaying information describing the detected radio broadcast and/or controlling the radio receiver.
US10009433B2 Topical activity monitor and identity collector system
A method for identifying respective networked devices in a social communications network, which networked devices communicate messages relevant to an article. The messages may include posts, shares, likes, votes, ranks, and other comments. A server of the social communications network maintains a respective identity (e.g., user name or handle) for each connected networked device, respectively, of the social communications network. The server includes an API for requests. The method includes receiving a search item from a data communications network, collecting articles related to the search item from each of the at least one source of articles of the data communications network, storing in a database, for each respective one of the article from the step of collecting, a respective unique identifier representing the article, comparing the search item to each respective unique identifier, respectively, of the database, to determine similarity of the respective unique identifier to the search item, compiling a result set of each respective unique identifier determined similar to the search item in the step of comparing, communicatively detecting the share count of the messages of the social communications network related to the result set, deriving a score based collectively on all of the share counts from the step of communicatively detecting, the score represents topical activity of networked devices of the social communications network for the search item, calling the API of the server intermediating communications among the networked devices of the social communications network, receiving the identities of the networked devices of the social communications network; and storing the identities in a database in a storage.
US10009431B2 Methods and apparatuses for lawful interception through a subscription manager
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for lawful interception through a subscription manager. In some embodiments, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products provide user subscription data to an agency, operator, or service provider in response to receiving a lawful interception request. A method may include receiving an interception request comprising a user's name from at least one operator. The method may further include determining, by a processor, an operator specific access code associated with the user's name. The method may also include providing the operator specific access code to the operator. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US10009427B2 Two-stage event-driven mobile device tracking for vehicles
A vehicle may include wireless signal sensors surrounding the doors of the vehicle. A processor of the vehicle may be programmed to capture, from the sensors, a first data snapshot when one of the doors is opened and a second data snapshot when the one of the door is closed, and assign a mobile device to a seating zone associated with the one of the doors when the first and second snapshots both indicate the mobile device is closest to the door.
US10009426B2 Converged infrastructure and associated methods thereof
Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes retrieving network access information by a management console to connect to a storage system node in a converged infrastructure (CI) environment with defined configuration requirements for deploying the storage system node that manages a plurality of storage devices; performing an initial determination to ascertain that the storage system node is capable of meeting the CI environment configuration requirements; configuring a plurality of network data ports of the storage system node for sending and receiving data to and from a client system to meet the CI environment configuration requirements; creating an aggregate having storage space at the plurality of storage devices to meet the CI environment configuration requirements for storage devices; and generating a storage volume in compliance with the CI environment configuration requirements.
US10009425B1 Synchronization of transactions utilizing multiple distributed cloud-based services
A SPOC server receives a request to initiate a transaction utilizing multiple separate distributed cloud based services located on separate datacenters, from an endpoint. The SPOC server generates a transaction identifier for the transaction. The SPOC server transmits the generated transaction identifier to the endpoint. Receipt of the generated transaction identifier directs the endpoint to call each one of the separate services, with the transaction identifier. Over time, the SPOC server receives a separate service completion notification with the generated transaction identifier from each one of the separate services. Each separate service completion notification indicates that the corresponding service has completed. Only in response to receiving a separate service completion notification from each one of the separate distributed cloud based services, the SPOC server transmits a transaction completion notification with the generated transaction identifier to the endpoint. The transaction completion notification indicates that the transaction is complete.
US10009423B2 Synchronous input/output initialization exchange sequences
Aspects include for performing an initialization sequence by a first device to execute synchronous input/output (I/O) commands across a synchronous I/O link. The initialization sequence includes posting, by the first device, a first acknowledgement in response to a register area corresponding to a second device being updated with first information according to a first synchronization sequence, the first information comprising a worldwide node name of the second device and posting, by the first device, a second acknowledgement in response the register area being updated with second information according to a second synchronization sequence, the second information comprising mailbox information. The initialization sequence also includes performing, by the first device, a third synchronization sequence to provide a worldwide node name of the first device; and performing, by the first device, a fourth synchronization sequence to provide a status area address.
US10009418B2 Content providing system, receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and program
The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An operational terminal 21 can obtain, from a storage terminal 1, contents corresponding to utilization information sent from an operational terminal 11 that is receiving provision of predetermined contents from a storage terminal 1. That is, if a user 23 is interested in contents that a user 13 is watching and listening to on the operational terminal 11, and desires to watch and listen to it, the user 23 can watch and listen to on the operational terminal 21, the contents that the user 13 is watching and listening to, by holding the operational terminal 21 very close to the operational terminal 11, or holding the operational terminal 11 very close to the operational terminal 21.
US10009416B2 Perfect application capacity analysis for elastic capacity management of cloud-based applications
A capability for perfect application capacity analysis for elastic capacity management of a cloud-based application is presented. The capability for perfect application capacity analysis for elastic capacity management of a cloud-based application may support use of perfect application capacity analysis to identify opportunities for improvements in elastic capacity management of the cloud-based application. The capability for perfect application capacity analysis for elastic capacity management of a cloud-based application may include receiving historical application demand and capacity data for the cloud-based application, determining a set of constraints associated with the cloud-based application, determining perfect application capacity data for the cloud-based application based on the historical application demand data for the cloud-based application and the set of constraints associated with the cloud-based application, and identifying, based on the historical application capacity data for the cloud-based application and the perfect application capacity data for the cloud-based application, an opportunity to improve elastic capacity management for the cloud-based application.
US10009415B2 System and method for distribution and consumption of content
Content is received from content producer computers and distributed by the system to content consumer computers via a computer network. The system monitors for indications of interactions with the content by the content consumer computer. The system receives out-of-band transaction data, such as financial transaction data, of content consumer parties associated with the content consumer computers. The system generates correlations between the interactions with the content and the out-of-band transaction data, and outputs the correlations to the content producer computers.
US10009398B2 System for providing event-related contents to users attending an event and having respective user terminals
The present invention provides a system for providing event-related contents to users attending an event, comprising: a set of cameras (110, 111, 112) for filming the event, a central unit (120) adapted to receive video streams from said cameras, a plurality or user terminals (140) at the event site, a local wireless network (130) for communications between said central unit and said plurality of user terminals, a source (160) of event-related editorial contents (620) accessible by said central unit, means provided in said user terminals (140) for selectively displaying, through a dedicated user interface (800), video streams and event-related editorial contents provided by said central unit (120) via said local wireless network (130), and content control means (400, 410, 430) provided at said central unit (120) for selectively controlling the nature and contents of the event-related contents accessible by the user terminals as a function of parameters contained in a group comprising time, user terminal localization and triggering events. The present invention further provides associated control room equipment, user terminal and method.
US10009397B2 Optimizing teleconferencing using transparent relays
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and machine readable media for implementing a teleconferencing system using transparent relays. The transparent relays may be used to push network probing and certain functionalities as close as possible to each teleconferencing endpoint in order to improve overall video performance.
US10009395B2 Systems and methods for automated real-time Internet streaming and broadcasting
A real-time Internet streaming system and method includes a scheduling server that receives queries from encoders and determines if any scheduled events associated with a particular media encoders is an active scheduled event by comparing the scheduled events with time and date information. When there is an active scheduled event the scheduling server sends a response to the media encoders to stream a media stream to an origin server. When the scheduling server determines that an active scheduled event is no longer active, the scheduling server sends a response to the media encoders to stop streaming. The origin server can send the media stream or a modified version of the media stream to a plurality of viewing devices or archive the media stream for later playback. The real-time Internet streaming system can include a scheduling server, origin servers, and a plurality of encoders.
US10009394B2 Techniques to broadcast live event data in real-time
An apparatus to broadcast live event data in real-time includes one or more processor circuits; and a subscription component operatively executing on a processor circuit to receive a topic entry from a message queue server, and to push the topic entry to a subscribed client device substantially simultaneously with the message queue server receiving the topic entry from a live data source. The apparatus may also include a communication component operatively coupled to a processor circuit to open a connection with the client device, and receive a request for a topic from the client device.
US10009392B2 System health and integration monitoring system
A method and system for monitoring the system health and/or integration of networks of a collaboration conferencing system of a telecommunications network is provided. In particular, a monitor system is provided that is associated with a telecommunications network to automate connection to a collaboration conferencing bridge that utilizes a plurality of collaboration conferencing systems. Through the automation of connecting to the conferencing bridge that is hosting the collaboration conference, the system may determine if one or more of the systems of the collaboration are underperforming when compared to performance standards for the systems. The connectivity or health information of the conferencing system may thus be measured and provided to a system administrator to identify the issues within the collaboration system to remedy to the detected issues.
US10009389B2 Scalable conference bridge
In one embodiment, a conference bridge receives a call initiated by a first caller endpoint. The conference bridge identifies a conference to which the call requests entry and determines whether the conference bridge has available resources to process the call. The conference bridge enables the call to join the conference via a second conference bridge associated with a second caller endpoint participating in the conference according to whether the conference bridge has available resources to process the call.
US10009385B2 Method and system for managing security policies
A policy management system includes a policy management device that is configured to manage a policy input and/or a template and/or a functional model, a policy enforced device that is directly or indirectly connected to the policy management device via a network and that is configured such that at least a part of the functional model managed by the policy management device reflects the functional features/behaviors of the policy enforced device, a policy enforcement device that is configured to execute policy enforcement on the policy enforced device, and a policy decision device that is configured to receive machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration from the policy management device. The policy enforcement device, when a policy relevant event occurs, instructs the policy decision device to determine the result of the condition of the transmitted machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration for implementing the policy input for the policy enforced device, thereby modifying an operation of the policy enforced device or the policy enforcement device to execute the action.
US10009379B2 Systems and methods for sterilizing email attachments and other communications delivered by email
A system for sterilizing data sent through electronic messages includes first computing circuitry configured to receive a first electronic communication including first data having executable code and generate optical data representative of the first data. The system further includes second computing circuitry configured to receive the optical data from the first computing circuitry, convert the optical data into second data representative of the optical data, and transmit a second electronic communication that includes the second data and omits the first data.
US10009373B2 System and method for software defined behavioral DDoS attack mitigation
Systems and methods for software defined behavioral DDoS attack mitigation are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for mitigating DDoS attacks. A DDoS attack mitigation appliance of multiple mitigation appliances controlled by a DDoS attack mitigation central controller receives DDoS attack mitigation policies through a network connecting the controller and the mitigation appliance. A DDoS attack is mitigated by the mitigation appliance based on the received mitigation policies. The mitigation policies are generated by the controller based on granular behavioral packet rate thresholds estimated based on granular traffic rate information collected from one or more of the multiple mitigation appliances controlled by the controller.
US10009370B1 Detection and remediation of potentially malicious files
A method comprises obtaining a potentially malicious file, decoding the file to identify one or more code streams, processing each of the identified code streams to determine the presence of respective ones of a set of indicators of compromise, determining whether the file is malicious based on the presence of one or more of the indicators of compromise in the code streams, and modifying access by a given client device to the file responsive to determining that the file is malicious.
US10009368B2 Virtual machine compliance checking in cloud environments
A method of transferring a virtual machine between a virtualized computing system and a cloud computing system includes determining that a virtual machine is to be transferred from a virtualized computing system to a cloud computing system and determining a connection between a first resource in the virtualized computing system and a second resource in the cloud computing system. Files that enable implementation of the virtual machine at the virtualized computing system and identified, as are file portions of the files for transfer from the virtualized computing system to the cloud computing system. At least one compliance check is executed on each of the file portions using at least one compliance checker. Each of the file portions that fails a compliance check is blocked from being maintained in the cloud computing system.
US10009365B2 System and method for integrated header, state, rate and content anomaly prevention for session initiation protocol
Methods and systems for an integrated solution to the rate based denial of service attacks targeting the Session Initiation Protocol are provided. According to one embodiment, header, state, rate and content anomalies are prevented and network policy enforcement is provided for session initiation protocol (SIP). A hardware-based apparatus helps identify SIP rate-thresholds through continuous and adaptive learning. The apparatus can determine SIP header and SIP state anomalies and drop packets containing those anomalies. SIP requests and responses are inspected for known malicious contents using a Content Inspection Engine. The apparatus integrates advantageous solutions to prevent anomalous packets and enables a policy based packet filter for SIP.
US10009364B2 Gathering flow characteristics for anomaly detection systems in presence of asymmetrical routing
In one embodiment, a first device in a network identifies a first traffic flow between two endpoints that traverses the first device in a first direction. The first device receives information from a second device in the network regarding a second traffic flow between the two endpoints that traverses the second device in a second direction that is opposite that of the first direction. The first device merges characteristics of the first traffic flow captured by the first device with characteristics of the second traffic flow captured by the second device and included in the information received from the second device, to form an input feature set. The first device detects an anomaly in the network by analyzing the input feature set using a machine learning-based anomaly detector.
US10009358B1 Graph based framework for detecting malicious or compromised accounts
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting malicious attacks. One of the methods includes generating a collection of hypergraphs representing user events across a collection of users; analyzing the collection of hypergraphs to determine a group of malicious user accounts or account activities satisfying a threshold confidence; using the group of malicious user accounts or account activities as training data for a machine learning system that generates one or more classifiers; and using the one or more generated classifiers to output additional malicious user accounts or account activities.
US10009357B2 Data frame for protected data transmissions
A method for generating a data frame is disclosed which contains a user data block with the message and a code block. To generate the code block, a first data record is initially coded by means of a first coding algorithm in order to calculate a first code word. Subsequently, the message is transformed. By using the first code words thus generated and the transformed message, a second code word is subsequently calculated by using a second coding algorithm. The data frame comprises the second code word but not the first code word.
US10009356B2 Redirection method for electronic content
Electronic content, for example, a web page, is configured for display by a web browser application to include content that is not included in or referenced by the web page. The web page includes a first locator for first content. A second locator for second content is associated with the first locator in a database or other memory structure. In response to a request for the web page, the second locator is obtained. Access to the second locator may be secured. The second locator may be swapped with the first locator to cause the web browser application to obtain the second content instead of the first content. In the alternative, the second content may be obtained and provided to the web browser instead of, or in addition to, the first content.
US10009350B2 Hardware components configured for secure physical separation of communication networks in a vehicle and methods of use thereof
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a hardware component that includes at least the following: a logic cell; where the logic cell is configured in a static configuration within the hardware component which cannot be changed during run-time; where the hardware component is an intermediary between a processor of an ECU that is located within a vehicle and a communication network of the vehicle; where the logic cell is configured to solely serve a respective communication network; where the logic cell is configured to verify a portion of each communication against at least one of: a pre-defined approved message dictionary, a finite state machine, and an approved communication schema; and performing one of: executing an administrative action with an unauthorized communication or one of: transmitting an approved communication from the hardware component or modifying the approved communication with a pre-defined change.
US10009343B2 Method, apparatus, and system for authenticating fully homomorphic message
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for authenticating a fully homomorphic message, where the method includes: acquiring a message authentication key, where: the message authentication key includes a public key, a first character string, and a second character string; the first character string is a character string that consists of 0 and 1 and has a length of n; the second character string is a character string that consists of 0 and 1 and has a length of n; generating an authentication fingerprint corresponding to each bit of to-be-computed data; sending a computation request to a server; receiving an authentication fingerprint corresponding to the computation result; and performing correctness authentication on the computation result according to the received authentication fingerprint, which effectively reduces an amount of computation in a verification process.
US10009337B1 Child tenant revocation in a multiple tenant environment
A first request is received from a first user to revoke an access right of a second user of a first tenant for accessing data of a second tenant, where the first tenant is a parent tenant of the second tenant. In one embodiment, in response to the first request, a first role of the first user within the second tenant and a second role of the first user within the first tenant are determined. A first and second access privileges of the first role and second role of the first user, respectively, are determined to allow the first user to revoke the access right to the second tenant. In response to the first user having a revoke privilege in the first and second tenant, the first user is allowed to remove the second tenant from the first tenant.
US10009335B2 Global unified session identifier across multiple data centers
Techniques are disclosed for using a global unified session identifier across data centers. Upon creating an initial session in the data center for a user first accessing the data center, a session identifier is generated for the user session. Because the initial session is the first session created for that user, the initial session identifier is designated as the global unified session identifier for all sessions that may be created for the user in other data centers within the enterprise network. Data centers may then map the global unified session identifiers to locally generated session identifiers for the user. A global unified session identifier enables various user session actions to be performed globally across the data centers, including global logout, global session termination, global session updates, and/or the like. A global unified session identifier prevents the risk of collision that can occur between randomly generated numbers of different data centers.
US10009329B2 Learned roving authentication profiles
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining learned associations between authentication credentials and network contextual data, such as may be utilized in a network that supports network roving. A mobile device attempts to rove to a visited network using authentication credentials associated with another network, based at least in part on first contextual information associated with the other network and second contextual information associated with the visited network indicating that the visited network is part of a common association of networks that supports roving internetworking between the networks of the common association.
US10009328B2 System, apparatus and method for providing privacy preserving interaction with a computing system
In one embodiment, a system including one or more hardware processors is: to receive a user request to access a website; sign a nonce with at least some of the plurality of group private keys, the at least some of the plurality of group private keys corresponding to personalization attributes of the website; and send the signed nonce to a web server to enable personalized interaction with the web server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10009327B2 Technologies for secure storage and use of biometric authentication information
Generally, this disclosure describes technologies for securely storing and using biometric authentication information, such as biometric reference templates. In some embodiments, the technologies include a client device that stores one or more biometric reference templates in a memory thereof. The client device may transfer such templates to an authentication device. The transfer may be conditioned on verification that the authentication device includes a suitable protected environment for the templates and will execute an acceptable temporary storage policy. The technologies may also include an authentication device that is configured to temporarily store biometric reference templates received from a client device in a protected environment thereof. Upon completion of biometric authentication or the occurrence of a termination event, the authentication devices may delete the biometric reference templates from the protected environment.
US10009326B2 Method and device for generating access stratum key in communications system
In the communications system, a user equipment UE accesses a core network via a first network-side device by using a first air interface and connects to the first network-side device via a second network-side device by using a second air interface to access the core network. The method includes: acquiring, by the network-side device, an input parameter; calculating, by the network-side device, an access stratum root key KeNB* according to the input parameter and an access stratum root key KeNB on the first air interface, or using, by the network-side device, the KeNB as the KeNB*; and generating, by the second network-side device, an access stratum key on the second air interface according to the KeNB*, or sending, by the first network-side device, the KeNB* to the second network-side device.
US10009325B1 End-to-end communication security
In one implementation, a method for providing end-to-end communication security for a controller area network (CANbus) in an automotive vehicle across which a plurality of electronic control units (ECU) communicate is described. Such an automotive vehicle can include, for example, a car or truck with multiple different ECUs that are each configured to control various aspects of the vehicle's operation, such as an infotainment system, a navigation system, various engine control systems, and/or others.
US10009324B2 Host card emulation systems and methods
A system is configured for detecting a point of sale, receiving a personal identification number (PIN), generating a PIN based key using a message digest of the PIN, decrypting a data encryption key (DEK) using the PIN based key, and generating a DEK based dynamic key using the PIN based key. The system may also decrypt a session key using the DEK based dynamic key, generate a cryptogram from the session key, and send the cryptogram to the point of sale.
US10009319B2 Methods, apparatuses and articles for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services using a proxy location server
Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to allow a mobile device to obtain certain location service(s) and/or the like from one or more computing devices that have been authorized for use. For example, in certain implementations, a location server may comprise a proxy location server for an authorizing location server and may indicate one or more other location servers as being authorized for location service related access by a mobile device.
US10009318B2 Connecting to a cloud service for secure access
A client may connect to a server over an insecure network by downloading and configuring a secure connection mechanism to the server. The secure connection mechanism may allow the client to join a domain when connected to the server and access domain level services. The server may receive a request from the client, classify the connection type, and used the classification to determine whether the request originated off premises. If so, the server may send a configuration mechanism to the client, which may then establish a secure connection to the server. Once the secure connection is established, the server may join the client to the server's domain and begin secure operations.
US10009317B2 Security policy generation using container metadata
Methods, systems, and media for producing a firewall rule set are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include: receiving metadata about a deployed container from a container orchestration layer; determining an application or service associated with the deployed container from the received metadata; retrieving at least one model using the determined application or service, the at least one model identifying expected network communications behavior of the deployed container; and generating a high-level declarative security policy associated with the deployed container using the at least one model, the high-level declarative security policy indicating at least an application or service with which the deployed container can communicate.
US10009312B2 Delegating DNS records to additional providers
Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network, running a DNS server, and configured to: receive, from a client computer, an electronic message encoding a DNS request; access, within a database, at least one DNS record comprising: a designation of the DNS server as an authoritative DNS server for the DNS request; and a resource record designating a secondary authoritative server running on a second server computer; transmit, to the client computer, a DNS result according to the first resource record; transmit, to the secondary authoritative server, a second electronic message encoding a DNS query according to the second resource record; receive, from the secondary authoritative server, a DNS query result; store the DNS query result within a cache stored within the server computer; and transmit, to the client computer, the DNS query result.
US10009304B2 Method and system for correlating conversations in messaging environment
A computer based method for correlating conversations is provided, including the steps of providing a discussion interface at an interface device, receiving an indication that one of several messages displayed at the discussion interface is part of an active conversation, providing a message entry location for imputing new messages associated with the discussion interface, and receiving new messages at the message entry location. New messages received are automatically associated with the active conversation by displaying them with a visual cue shared by all messages associated with the active conversation.
US10009303B2 Message push method and apparatus
A message push method and apparatus comprise: receiving a push request sent by a service provider server, where the push request carries pushed message content, a service provider server identifier, and a user identity user identity stored by the service provider server; querying a preconfigured information triplet according to the service provider server identifier and the user identity, and acquiring a client identifier of a client that will receive the pushed message content, where a correspondence among the service provider server identifier, the user identity, and the client identifier is recorded in the information triplet; and pushing the pushed message content to the client according to the client identifier. A message push can be implemented in a case in which a service provider server does not need to acquire a client identifier of a target terminal, thereby preventing private data from being exposed.
US10009302B2 Context-dependent message management
A method, executed by a computer, for context-dependent message management, includes receiving proxy recipient information from a target recipient, detecting that a message is being drafted to the target recipient while the target recipient is unavailable, and suggesting a proxy recipient in place of the target recipient. The proxy recipient information may identify multiple proxy recipients organized according to message topic. The proxy recipient information may also describe one or more topics for which a target recipient is available and/or suitable. Proxy recipient information may be determined automatically or may be provided by a user. Furthermore, the proxy recipient information may include availability information. In one embodiment, a user approves of the proxy recipient prior to transmitting the message. In another embodiment, the target recipient is able to preemptively receive the message. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
US10009297B2 Entity metadata attached to multi-media surface forms
A method, system, and/or computer program product displays related content on a user interface. An initial electronic document is analyzed to identify a mention in the initial electronic document. A mention descriptor of the mention in the initial electronic document is generated according to a context of the initial electronic document. The mention descriptor is mapped to a disambiguation identifier from a knowledge base that contains an entity related to the mention, where the disambiguation identifier identifies the entity within the knowledge base. The disambiguation identifier is associated with the initial electronic document, and is also associated with an entity metadata visualization panel. The disambiguation identifier is associated with the entity metadata visualization panel by mapping the entity metadata visualization panel to the disambiguation identifier. The entity metadata visualization panel is retrieved and displayed, on the user interface, as content related to the mention in the initial electronic document.
US10009293B1 Shared memory switch fabric system and method
A system and method of transferring cells through a router includes writing one or more of the plurality of cells, including a first cell, of a packet from an ingress stream of an ingress writer to a central buffer, storing a packet identifier entry in the first egress reader scoreboard in each of the plurality of egress readers, the packet identifier entry including a packet identifier, a valid bit, a hit bit and a write cell count, wherein the valid bit is configured to indicate that the packet identifier entry is valid, the hit bit is configured to indicate that no cells in the packet have been read from the central buffer and the write cell count equals the number of cells in the packet written to the central buffer, and reading the packet from the central buffer as a function of the packet identifier entry.
US10009290B2 Method and broadband device for modem dial-up
A method and a broadband device for modem dial-up terminal which relate the communication with an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) network by using an existing protocol by receiving, by a broadband device, a first link control protocol (LCP) request message of a wireless network side device; processing an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication field of the first LCP request message into an authentication field supported by a dial-up terminal; sending the processed first LCP request message to the dial-up terminal; receiving a first LCP response message returned by the dial-up terminal; processing an authentication field of the first LCP response message into an authentication field supported by the wireless network side device; sending the processed first LCP response message to the wireless network side device; and acquiring an Internet Protocol (IP) address from the wireless network side device, and sending the IP address to the dial-up terminal.
US10009288B2 Registrant defined prerequisites for registering a tertiary domain
Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to: receive, from a sub domain registration settings control panel displayed on a client computer, rule or prerequisites required for a sub domain registrant to register a sub domain, and store these rules or prerequisites in a database. The server(s) may then receive: a sub domain registration request, an IP address directing HTTP requests to the sub domain; and an authentication verifying that the prerequisite has been fulfilled. If authenticated, the server(s) may automatically insert the IP address into an A record or NS record in a zone file for the domain.
US10009286B2 Communications hub
A method for bandwidth sharing is provided. The method may include getting a list of neighboring communications hubs, the neighboring communications hubs being disposed in respective neighboring residences. The neighboring communications hubs may be communicatively coupled to the first communications hub using a first broadband data network provisioned by an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and the neighboring residences may be within a same predetermined geographic region as the first residence or within a predetermined temporal distance on a data network from the first residence. The method determines if a data requirement exceeds bandwidth available to the first communications hub and provides a request for data to a neighboring communications hub. The request corresponds to the data requirement. The method then receives data responsive to the request from the neighboring communications hub.
US10009285B2 Resource allocator
An example method for allocating resources in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes collecting proposals from a plurality of modules, the proposals assigning the resources to the plurality of modules and resulting in topology changes in a computer network environment, identifying a set of proposals in the proposals, the set of proposals complying with policies associated with the plurality of modules, instructing the plurality of modules to evaluate the set of proposals, selecting a proposal from the set of proposals, and instructing at least one module associated with the selected proposal to instantiate the selected proposal.
US10009283B2 Method and device for processing information
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for processing information. The method includes: determining a current network state during instant messaging between the first device and a second device; when it is determined that the current network state is abnormal, caching first voice data received from a user of the first device; and when it is determined that the current network state becomes normal, sending the first voice data to the second device.
US10009281B2 RBS, RNC and respective methods performed thereby for transmitting data to a UE
A Radio Base Station (RBS) and a method performed by the RBS comprises receiving a frame F1 from a network node, the frame having a sequence number N. If the last received frame F0, prior to the received frame F1, has a sequence number lower than N−1, then starting a first timer T1 having a predefined length in time and temporarily storing the received frame F1. If a subsequent frame F2 having a sequence number lower than N and higher than the sequence number of frame F0 is received, then the received frame F2 is stored. When all frames having a sequence number between the sequence number of frame F0 and N have been received during the predefined length of the first timer T1, then forwarding the stored frames and/or received frames to the UE in the order of the sequence numbers.
US10009278B2 Time-efficient network function virtualization architecture
A method for designing a Network Function Virtualization (NFV) architecture includes accepting a definition of multiple Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), and of one or more packet types having respective occurrence probabilities, wherein each packet type is associated with a respective subset of the VNFs that are to be applied to packets of that packet type. Information on multiple available physical computers, each capable of running only a partial subset of the multiple VNFs, is further accepted. The VNFs are allocated to the physical computers by applying an optimality criterion to definition and the information.
US10009275B1 Uniform route distribution for a forwarding table
Disclosed are techniques for determining lookup value(s) for each of a plurality of network packets. The lookup value can be used to locate a forwarding table storage location(s) for populating or retrieving forwarding information from forwarding table(s). An entropy value of the lookup values can indicate a greater degree of disorder than an entropy value for addresses of the network packets.
US10009264B2 Handling of signaling messages on the data plane in a software-defined architecture
There are provided measures for handling a signaling message on a data plane in a software-defined architecture. Such measures may exemplarily comprise establishing, in a control plane entity, an instruction for reacting to a specific incoming signaling message on the data plane with a corresponding outgoing message on the data plane, providing the established instruction from the control plane entity to a data plane entity for instructing the data plane entity to react to the specific incoming signaling message with the corresponding outgoing message in accordance with the established instruction, and reacting, in the data plane entity, upon detection of the specific incoming signaling message on the data plane, to the specific incoming signaling message on the data plane in accordance with the provided instruction.
US10009261B2 Method and system of checkpoint and rollback recovery for forwarding states of a software-defined networking (SDN) system
Methods implemented in an electronic device are disclosed for checkpoint and rollback recovery in a SDN system. The method utilizes message identifiers to indicate an order of consistent states of forwarding tables of a plurality of network elements of the SDN system. The SDN controller of the SDN system receives a request to recover the network to a previous state, and identifies a consistent state of forwarding table for each of the plurality of network elements utilizing the message identifiers associated the consistent states, where the identified consistent states represent the previous state of the network without the identified consistent states being captured at the same time at the plurality of network elements. The SDN controller indicates the identified consistent state for each of the plurality of the network elements to a corresponding network element, where the corresponding network element makes its forwarding table consistent with the identified consistent state.
US10009252B2 Flow entry delivery method and communication system
A flow entry delivery method and a communication system are provided. The communication system includes a controller and N switches. After receiving a packet-in message sent by a source switch, the controller determines a forwarding path for forwarding to-be-forwarded data. Then, the controller generates a corresponding flow entry for each of the N switches in the forwarding path separately, and generates a corresponding control instruction for each of other N−1 switches except the source switch in the forwarding path separately. After encapsulating the generated N flow entries and N−1 control instructions into the Nth command packet, the controller sends the Nth command packet to the Nth switch of the N switches, so that the Nth switch transmits the N flow entries in the forwarding path according to the Nth control instruction in the Nth command packet.
US10009251B1 Tuple traffic management
Disclosed aspects relate to tuple traffic management in a stream computing environment to process a stream of tuples using a set of control group data with respect to a set of operation-system-level virtualization and resource isolation containers. The set of control group data may be collected with respect to a set of containers in the stream computing environment. A tuple flow model may be determined with respect to the set of containers in the stream computing environment based on the set of control group data. The stream of tuples may be processed using the tuple flow model with respect to the set of containers in the stream computing environment.
US10009248B2 System with on-demand state for applications
Resources used by a plurality of applications that are located in system memory can be managed by monitoring usage statistics for the plurality of applications running on a hardware platform. Usage statistics for a particular application that are outside of a usage threshold profile can result in the creation of an on-demand profile that specifies a set of resources used by the particular application and a set of destination inputs mapped to the particular application. The destination inputs can be mapped to a management module. At least some of the resources of the set of resources used by the particular application can be released. Using the management module, an access to an input of the set of destination inputs can be detected. In response, resources of the set of resources can be allocated to the particular application.
US10009246B1 Monitoring service
Described herein are techniques for detecting abnormal volume of high cardinality metrics within a system in substantially real time. For example, a device may be configured to model a system as a tree-structure capable of monitoring the volume of data points or contact between users of the system with various nodes of the tree structure. The value of each counter may be normalized based on the value of the counter associated with one or more parent node. The normalized time series may then be compared to one or more thresholds to detect abnormal volumes associated with the node.
US10009245B2 Communication system, failure control device, and failure control method
A communication system includes: a first communication device configured to include first buffers to store data to be transmitted and received; a second communication device configured to include second buffers to store data to be transmitted and received; and a failure control device configured to include: an obtainment unit configured to obtain buffer usage state information to indicate a state of use of each of the first buffers and the second buffers from each of the first communication device and the second communication device; and an identification unit configured to identify a failure occurrence site on a channel, based on the obtained buffer usage state information, wherein the first communication device is configured to transmit and receive the data via the channel to and from the second communication device.
US10009243B2 Cross-tenant analysis of similar storage environments to recommend storage policy changes
In one embodiment, a method includes determining a first set of similarity metrics for a first storage environment, obtaining one or more second sets of similarity metrics from second storage environments that correspond with the first storage environment, calculating a similarity measurement score between the first storage environment and each of the second storage environments, and determining a set of similar storage environments from amongst the second storage environments based on the similarity measurement scores. Other methods, systems, and computer program products are presented according to more embodiments.
US10009235B2 Messaging queue spinning engine
Systems are provided for using a message spinning engine to create and/or manage messaging queues in a distributed network using virtualized servers. An abstraction layer formed by virtualized servers may enable the message spinning engine to seamlessly transition messaging queues while minimizing the likelihood of exceeding the parameters of existing service level agreements. The message spinning engine may include a service mapping module to maintain mappings between source business applications and virtualized servers, a product bridge to implement message encapsulation for communication between different messaging queue products, and a messaging queue monitoring console to analyze performance and capacity of physical services and messaging services and accordingly adjust levels of service for source business applications.
US10009232B2 Method and control system providing an interactive interface for device-level monitoring and servicing of distributed, large-scale information handling system (LIHS)
A controller of a large-scale information handling system (LIHS) includes a memory containing visual representations of architecture and sub-architecture associated with respective data center (DC) configurations. An interactive component-level visual monitoring and control (ICVMC) system includes a processor in communication with the component level monitors and the memory and includes an ICVMC module executing on the processor to receive identification information from one or more component-level monitors of a DC. The DC includes-functional components operationally configured and interconnected in a core architecture in a first DC configuration and monitored respectively by the one or more component-level monitors. The ICVMC module determines the first DC configuration and associated core architecture based on the received identification information. The ICVMC module generates graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for the DC based on the determined first DC configuration and the visual representation of architecture and sub-architectures associated with the first DC configuration.
US10009225B2 System and method for supporting multiple partition edit sessions in a multitenant application server environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting multiple partitions and edit sessions in a multitenant application server environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a first administrator or user can obtain a named edit session for use with a partition, make changes, and then activate those changes. Another administrator or user can create a named edit session in parallel. If there are conflicts between a concurrent change and changes being made by another user, the administrator will receive an error when activating the changes. At that point, the administrator can resolve the conflicts and activate the changes. Upon activation, the changes in the edit session will be applied to a global edit configuration.
US10009224B1 Computer system management in compliance with best practices
Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for maintaining computer systems in compliance with best practices. A configuration data set is received specifying a plurality of operational parameters, and, for each operational parameter, a target setting for the operational parameter. For each operational parameter of the plurality of operational parameters: a computer system is queried for a current setting of the operational parameter on the computer system; it is determined whether the current setting of the operational parameter complies with the target setting for the operational parameter; and a command is sent to the computer system to change the current setting of the operational parameter on the computer system to conform with the target setting for the operational parameter.
US10009220B2 In-vehicle information system and information processing method thereof
An in-vehicle terminal and a mobile terminal receive a request and a first identifier for identifying the request and store the first identifier in a buffer, the mobile terminal sends the request to a server, which stores the first identifier in a buffer when the request includes the first identifier and generates a second identifier when the request does not include the first identifier. When an event occurs, the mobile terminal generates and stores a message and a message code related to the second identifier together with the second identifier, transfers a response including the first identifier, the message and the message code to the mobile terminal when the first identifier exists in the buffer, and transfers a response including the message and the message code to the mobile terminal when the first identifier does not exist in the buffer. The mobile terminal displays the message and the message code.
US10009217B2 Fault tolerant level 2 channel selection
A method for setting up standby links on a link failure may be provided. The method comprises for a set of N link ports and M standby link ports, where N and M are integers and N is not equal to M, performing the following functions. Determining the status of a link from a first link port of the N ports. After the link from the first link port has failed, determining when a standby link port from the M standby link ports has been assigned to the first link port of the N ports. After the standby link port has been assigned, determining the health of the standby link port. After the standby link port has been assigned and is healthy, redirecting traffic from the first link port to the standby link port.
US10009213B2 System and method for isolation of multi-tenant platform customization using child processes
A system and method for addressing the impact of tenant/user customizations on various operations in a multi-tenant computing platform. In one embodiment, the system uses an operating system process (e.g., a parent process) to handle incoming operation requests to the platform from one or more tenants. If an incoming request specifies that a user customization should be executed, then the parent process coordinates execution of a separate operating system process (e.g., a child process) to execute the customization operation and return the result of the child process execution. In this manner, a single parent process may create several child processes to execute different customizations that each may be monitored and managed separately for resource use and consumption.
US10009207B2 Method of signal generation and signal generating device
A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US10009206B2 Apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal and method of transmitting and receiving a signal
A method for transmitting and receiving a signal and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal are disclosed. The method for receiving the signal includes receiving (S210) the signal in a first frequency band, identifying (S220) a first pilot signal including, a cyclic prefix obtained by frequency-shifting a first portion of an useful portion of the first pilot signal and a cyclic suffix obtained by frequency-shifting a second portion of the useful portion of the first pilot signal from the received signal, demodulating (S220) a signal frame including a physical layer pipe (PLP) to which a service stream is converted, by an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, using information set in the first pilot signal, parsing (S230) the signal frame and obtaining the PLP and obtaining (S240) the service stream from the PLP.
US10009205B2 Cancellation pulse generator scheduling method and system
Provided a CPG scheduling method and system. The method includes that: peak cancellation components generate and send a CPG calling request to a CPG scheduling component; the CPG scheduling component configures at least one CPG to the peak cancellation component corresponding to the CPG calling request from a CPG sharing resource pool to generate at least one cancellation pulse according to a scheduling strategy and the CPG calling request; and the CPG scheduling component receives the at least one cancellation pulse generated by the at least one configured CPG according to the CPG calling request, and transmits the at least one cancellation pulse to the peak cancellation components corresponding to the CPG calling request to implement peak cancellation processing. By implementing the present disclosure, the problem of incapability in accomplishing all peak cancellation tasks of a peak cancellation component of a certain stage in the related art is solved.
US10009203B1 Small-footprint digital receiver for extracting narrowband frequency-slices
A digital receiver includes a memory buffer and circuitry. The memory buffer stores samples of an input signal having a sampling rate Fsi. The circuitry includes P filter-families that each includes N filters derived from a prototype Low-Pass Filter (LPF) whose stopband frequency depends on an output sampling rate Fso=α·Fsi. The circuitry is configured to set a sampling time according to Fso, to select, based on the sampling time, multiple filter-families out of the P filter-families, and to construct, based on the N filters in each of the selected filter-families, N interpolated filters that are each aligned to the sampling time. The circuitry is further configured to calculate N filtered samples by applying the N interpolated filters to the samples in the memory buffer, and to generate a sample for an output signal of a frequency-slice of the input signal, by digitally down-converting the N filtered samples.
US10009200B2 Data communication systems with forward error correction
Embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus that receives date from multiple lanes, which are then aligned and synchronized for transcoding and encoding.
US10009197B1 Method and apparatus for intersymbol interference compensation
An intersymbol interference (ISI) compensation circuit includes a data input for receiving an input data signal including a plurality of bits. An adjustment circuit is configured to adjust bit periods of the bits to generate a first adjusted signal and a second adjusted signal. A sampling circuit is configured to generate a first sample signal by sampling the first adjusted signal, and generate a second sample signal by sampling the second adjusted signal. A decision generation circuit is configured to provide a first decision for a first bit. The first decision provides a chosen adjusted signal that is one of the first and second adjusted signals. A selection circuit is configured to determine a compensated value of the first bit based on a chosen sample signal that is one of the first and second sample signals. The chosen sample signal is generated by sampling the chosen adjusted signal.
US10009194B2 Unequalized clock data recovery for serial I/O receiver
A serial input/output method and receiver include an receiver portion to receive an analog differential serial input and sample the input to provide data and error signals, an equalization feedback loop responsive to the data and error signals to adjust the receiver portion, a phase feedback mechanism separate from the equalization feedback loop to provide a phase error, and a clock data recovery block coupled to receive the phase error to perform timing recovery for the receiver portion independent of the equalization feedback to adjust the sampling.
US10009193B2 Methods and apparatus for source and load power transfer control
A power transfer electrical system includes an electrical signal source that generates a current at an output. An electrical load is electrically connected to the output of the electrical signal source. An output of a controllable voltage source is also electrically connected to the electrical load. The controllable voltage source generates a voltage that is proportional to the current generated by the electrical signal source. An input of a controller is electrically connected to the output of the electrical signal source and an output of the controller is electrically connected to a control input of the controllable voltage source. The controller generates a signal that controls the voltage generated by the controllable voltage source so that a desirable amount of power is transferred from the electrical signal source to the controllable voltage source.
US10009190B2 Data service including channel group
A method at a cable modem termination system includes dividing a transmit stream into multiple data streams and transmitting the multiple data streams over multiple radio frequency channels of a group of channels. The group of channels supports traffic to a plurality of destinations. Each channel in the group of channels is a downstream channel.
US10009189B2 System and method for a managed network with quality-of-service management
Systems and methods for establishing Parameterized QoS flows in a managed network can include a Designated Network Node (like a Network Controller or any network node) discovering a plurality of network nodes. The Designated Network Node discovering one or more of the plurality of network nodes; classifying the discovered network node or nodes based on node type; determining from the classification which node or nodes are designated for supporting Parameterized QoS flows; and invoking a request to a MoCA layer to create Parameterized QoS flows between the network node or nodes classified as designated for Parameterized QoS flows and the source nodes (like BHR and DVRs); wherein the bandwidth designated for the individual Parameterized QoS flows is either a nominal value or actual value specified by the Designated Network Node such that the actual aggregate bandwidth for the Parameterized QoS flows does not exceed the network bandwidth available for actual Parameterized QoS flows; wherein when actual bandwidth is specified for each flow, the Designated Network Node can preempt some PQoS flows in order to release PQoS bandwidth for a new PQOS flow; wherein the Designated Network Node is provisioned with a trusted device list designating nodes for supporting PQoS flows, and preemption rules that can be used for preemption.
US10009186B2 Server device, communication system, information-processing device, communication method, and storage medium
A server device includes a storage unit that stores a database that records plural pairs of a user/device ID and a corresponding first parameter, the first parameter indicating an amount of data that the user or the device has a right to communicate via a predetermined network; a first obtaining unit that obtains a user/device ID and a corresponding retail ID from the information-processing device; an adding unit that performs, in a case that the first obtaining unit obtains a user/device ID and a retail ID, an adding process to add a predetermined second parameter to a first parameter corresponding to the user/device ID, from among the plurality of first parameters recorded in the database, the second parameter indicating an amount of data to be added; a second obtaining unit that obtains an amount of data in a communication performed by the information-processing device via the predetermined network.
US10009185B2 Chain of trust identification system and method
Embodiments of a system and method for creating a chain of trust are generally described herein. A method may include generating a private secret value, determining a public test value using the private secret value, sending, from a first device in a trusted environment with a second device and a third device, the public test value to the second device, receiving, at the first device outside the trusted environment, a challenge from the third device, determining a verification to the challenge using the private secret value, sending, from the first device outside the trusted environment, the verification to the second device, and receiving, at the first device outside the trusted environment, confirmation from the third device that the verification was successfully verified by the second device and the third device.
US10009182B2 Production of cryptographic signatures
A method and system configured to produce a cryptographic signature on a message, under a key, at a user computer wherein the key is shared between the user computer, which stores a first key-share, and an authentication computer, which stores a second key-share and a first authentication value. The user computer encodes the message to produce a blinded message, produces the first authentication value from a user password and a secret value, and produces a second authentication value by encoding the first authentication value and a nonce. The authentication computer uses the nonce to determine if the first authentication value is correct and, if so, encodes the blinded message using the second key-share to produce a partial signature. The user computer produces a signature on the message under the key by encoding the partial signature and the message using the first key-share and an unblinding function.
US10009179B2 Trusted platform module (TPM) protected device
Example apparatus and methods provide a device (e.g., smartphone) that is more secure for electronic commerce. An example device includes a trusted platform module (TPM) that stores a public key and a private key. The device is provisioned with account information, user information, and device information. The TPM uses the account, user, and device information to acquire attestation credentials and endorsement credentials. The device uses the account, user and device information along with the attestation credentials and endorsement credentials to acquire limited use keys (LUKs) that are encrypted with the public key. The LUKs will only be decrypted as needed to support an actual transaction at the time of the transaction. Before decrypting an LUK, the TPM will authenticate a user of the device at the time of the transaction using. for example, a personal identification number (PIN), fingerprint, or other personal information.
US10009178B2 Methods and systems for managing network activity using biometrics
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for managing network traffic using biometrics. A server may store a first value N, a primitive root modulo N, and a plurality of verification codes generated using the primitive root modulo N to the power of a hash function result of a respective portion of a first biometric template acquired from the user during enrollment. The sever may receive a request to connect to the server, from a client operated by the user. The client may use a first offset identifier from the server to identify a first portion of a second biometric template acquired from the user, and generate a first value corresponding to a common exponentiation function. The server may generate a second value corresponding to the common exponentiation function. The server may determine that the user is authenticated if the first value from the client matches the second value.
US10009173B2 System, device, and method of secure entry and handling of passwords
Devices, system, and methods of secure entry and handling of passwords and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs), as well as for secure local storage, secure user authentication, and secure payment via mobile devices and via payment terminals. A computing device includes: a secure storage unit to securely store a confidential data item; a non-secure execution environment to execute program code, the program code to transport to a remote server a message; a secure execution environment (SEE) to securely execute code, the SEE including: a rewriter module to securely obtain the confidential data item from the secure storage, and to securely write the confidential data item into one or more fields in said message prior to its encrypted transport to the remote server.
US10009166B2 Hybrid clock data recovery circuit and receiver
A hybrid clock data recovery circuit includes a linear phase detector configured to generate a recovered data signal by sampling an input data signal in response to a clock signal, and to generate up and down signals having a pulse width difference that is linearly proportional to a phase difference between the input data signal and the clock signal. An arbiter is configured to generate a bang-bang up signal representing that a phase of the input data signal leads a phase of the clock signal and a bang-bang down signal representing that the phase of the clock signal leads the phase of the input data signal based on the up and down signals. A digital loop filter is configured to generate a digital control code based on the bang-bang up and down signals. A digitally controlled oscillator is configured to generate an oscillating frequency of the clock signal in response to the digital control code, and to adjust the oscillating frequency of the clock signal in response to the up and down signals.
US10009165B2 Calibrating a serial interconnection
A method for calibrating a serial interconnection system having a first node, a second node, calibration nodes that are electrically connected in series by the serial interconnection system, and connection nodes corresponding to the serially connected calibration nodes, the connection nodes electrically connected in series by the serial interconnection system, the calibration method involving: for each of the calibration nodes performing a measurement procedure involving: injecting a corresponding reference signal into that calibration node; and while the corresponding reference signal is being injected into that calibration node, measuring the phase difference of signals appearing at the first and second nodes; from the measured phase differences for the calibration nodes, computing phase corrections for each of the calibration nodes; and applying the phase corrections computed for each of the calibration nodes to the corresponding connection nodes.
US10009164B2 Method and apparatus for utilizing a reconfiguration timer for updating TDD configuration
In aspects, methods and apparatus for utilizing a reconfiguration timer for updating TDD configuration are provided. Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose methods and apparatus for improving system performance while using adaptive uplink-downlink reconfiguration in a time division duplex (TDD) system. For certain aspects, a reconfiguration timer may be utilized along with a signaling scheme, in order to enjoy benefits of the adaptive uplink-downlink reconfiguration with minimum signaling overhead.
US10009163B2 Base station and terminal
A base station is capable of efficiently notifying a terminal of control information. The base station communicates with the terminal using a sub-frame including a plurality of resource block pairs. The base station sets a second control channel region in the terminal through RRC signaling that is higher-layer control information, the second control channel region being a region set differently from a first control channel region in which a first control channel is to be arranged. The base station transmits control information for the terminal by mapping the control information to a second control channel that is to be arranged in the second control channel region. The first control channel region is set in the sub-frame to be specific to the base station, and the second control channel region is set in the sub-frame to be specific to the terminal in units of the resource block pairs.
US10009160B2 System and method for low latency acknowledgements
A system and method for low latency acknowledgements includes a communication unit that includes a processor, a transmitter coupled to the processor, and a receiver coupled to the processor. The communication unit is configured to transmit a message to another communication unit, receive a first group of one or more repetitions of an acknowledgement signal from the another communication unit, and decode the acknowledgement signal prior to fully receiving a last repetition of a second group of one or more repetitions of the acknowledgement signal. The acknowledgement signal has a partially decodable structure. In some embodiments, each of the are repetitions of a same time domain waveform received during one symbol period. In some embodiments, a frequency domain characteristic of the time domain waveform consists of one non-zero tone for every K tones, K being equal to a sum of a number of repetition in the first and second groups.
US10009156B2 Service differentiation and service level agreements for wireless access clients
Differentiated services are provided through service level agreements (SLAs) between access nodes and some of the clients using a wireless access network. Client devices include internal devices that are compliant with service-related specifications published by the access nodes. Client devices also may include non-compliant external and legacy devices, as well as outside interferers. The access nodes control target SLAs for each client device. The access nodes and the internal client devices perform rate limiting to ensure that a device's target SLA is adhered to. The service-related specifications include schedules to ensure preferential access for preferred internal client devices. The internal client devices send usage and bandwidth availability feedback to the access node they are associated with, enabling the access node to come up with better schedules for meeting the preferred internal devices' SLAs in view of the network conditions reported via the feedback.
US10009150B2 Methods, apparatuses and user equipment for hybrid automatic repeat request transmission
Methods, apparatuses and a user equipment for performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission in a downlink from a base station to at least one user equipment are provided. An exemplary method comprises receiving a HARQ feedback to a HARQ transmission performed with respect to a transport block. The method further comprises determining whether the HARQ feedback is an ambiguous HARQ feedback with respect to a negative acknowledgement or a discontinuous transmission. The method additionally comprises setting (S206) the ambiguous HARQ feedback as the negative acknowledgement or the discontinuous transmission based on the number of HARQ transmissions having been performed and the corresponding received HARQ feedbacks within a target number of HARQ transmissions counting from a first HARQ transmission. With the methods and apparatuses, the ambiguity of the HARQ feedback can be overcome and communication efficiency may be improved.
US10009146B2 Polar code rate matching method and rate matching apparatus
A Polar code rate matching method and a rate matching apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: dividing a system Polar code output by a Polar code encoder into system bits and parity bits; interleaving the system bits to obtain a first group of interleaved bits, and interleaving the parity bits to obtain a second group of interleaved bits; and determining a rate-matched output sequence based on the first group of interleaved bits and the second group of interleaved bits. System bits and parity bits are separately interleaved, to obtain a rate-matched output sequence, so that a sequence structure after interleaving is more random, which can reduce an FER, thereby improving HARQ performance, and ensuring reliability of data transmission.
US10009144B2 Systems and methods for pre-FEC metrics and reception reports
Methods, systems and devices are provided for receiving, at a receiver device, a data block or file containing a plurality of application symbols, determining the number of application symbols received in the block, generating a metric based on the number of application symbols received in the block, and transmitting the metric to a server. The metric may further be generated based on a number of application symbols that were required to recover the block or file. The server may use the metric received from one or more receiver devices to adjust the transmission settings for additional data transmissions.
US10009135B2 System and method for photonic processing
According to some embodiments, a network architecture is disclosed. The network architecture includes a plurality of processing network nodes. The network architecture further includes at least one broadcasting medium to interconnect the plurality of processing network nodes where the broadcasting medium includes an integrated waveguide. The network architecture also includes a broadcast and weight protocol configured to perform wavelength division multiplexing such that multiple wavelengths coexist in the integrated waveguide available to all nodes of the plurality of processing network nodes.
US10009129B2 System with a companion device and a primary device
The present invention relates to a method for a companion device to receive current service information from a primary device comprising: (a) said companion device receiving from said primary device an emergency alert message including at least one of: (i) an identifier of said emergency alert message that uniquely identifies said emergency alert message; (ii) a date when said emergency alert message was generated together with a time when said emergency alert message was generated; (iii) a content format defining a content type of an initial said emergency alert message; (iv) a content of said emergency alert message received given by initial content element; (v) a URL which provides initial emergency alert message content for accessibility; (vi) an additional URL which provides additional information about said emergency alert message; (vii) a phone number for obtaining additional information about said emergency alert message; (viii) an e-mail address for obtaining additional information about said emergency alert message; (ix) a received additional emergency alert containing a continuation of another said emergency alert message; (x) a received one of a new or a repeat said emergency alert message; (xi) a received said emergency alert message that is not repeated; (xii) an identifier of said primary device; (xiii) a version of said primary device.
US10009127B1 Partitioning of surfaces of structures in propagation modeling
A system and method for ray launching in electromagnetic wave propagation modeling. A data-processing system receives a dataset that is representative of one or more structures within an environment, including a structure that is defined in the dataset as having at least a first surface. The data-processing system establishes a bounding box that is representative of the first surface and partitions at least a portion of the bounding box into a first set of tiles. The data-processing system then projects a first set of ray tubes from a predetermined point within the environment, to the tiles in the first set of tiles. Each ray tube in the first set of ray tubes is defined by a corresponding tile in the first set of tiles. The data-processing system evaluates the incidence of bounced ray tubes at a predetermined receive point within the environment and presents a propagation result that is based on the evaluated incidence.
US10009125B2 Monitoring system, monitoring method, and storage medium having monitoring program stored therein
[Problem] To provide a monitoring system capable of monitoring, without stopping operations for a long period of time, a change of the characteristics of an apparatus to be subjected to characteristic measurement, to which high frequency signals are inputted. [Solution] A signal to be monitored and a reference signal are inputted to an input unit 11, and the input unit inputs one of the inputted signals to an apparatus 15 to be subjected to characteristic measurement. On the basis of an output signal of the apparatus 15 and the reference signal in the cases where the reference signal is inputted to the apparatus, an input/output characteristic calculation unit 12 calculates the input/output characteristics of the apparatus 15. On the basis of calculation results obtained from the input/output characteristic calculation unit 12, a correction result generating unit 13 generates a correction result signal that indicates the results obtained by correcting an output signal of the apparatus 15 in the cases where the signal to be monitored is inputted to the apparatus. On the basis of the correction result signal generated by the correction result generating unit 13, a failure determining unit 14 determines whether the apparatus has a failure.
US10009122B2 Distributed system for radio frequency environment simulation
A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
US10009121B2 Testing methods using spread-spectrum excitation signals and related test apparatus
According to methods of performing a passive inter-modulation distortion (“PID”) test, a first excitation signal and a second excitation signal are applied to a device under test, where at least one of the first and second excitation signals is a spread spectrum excitation signal. An output signal is received that includes a PID signal generated from mixing of the first and second excitation signals. At least a portion of the output signal is de-spread. A characteristic of the PID signal may then be measured.
US10009120B2 Wideband remote unit for distributed antenna system
Certain aspects involve a wideband remote unit. The wideband remote unit can include one or more antennas and an analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”). The antenna can receive wideband signals. The wideband signals can include an uplink RF signal and a leaked downlink RF signal. The uplink RF signal can have an uplink signal power at or near a noise level. The leaked downlink RF signal can have a downlink signal power greater than the uplink signal power. The ADC can convert the received wideband signals to digital RF signals representing the uplink signal and the downlink signal. The wideband remote unit can transmit the digital RF signals to a unit of a DAS that is in communication with a base station.
US10009118B2 Dynamic configuration of body coupled communication devices
A body-coupled communication apparatus (100) comprises a coupler arrangement (10) comprising a plurality of couplers (11,12,13) configured to couple signals (S) between the apparatus (100) and a body (200). Signal electronics (20) are configured to process and/or generate the signals depending on an operational mode (OT,OR,OW) of the apparatus. A routing network (40) is configured to provide variable routing of the signals (S) between the signal electronics (20) and the couplers (11,12,13) thereby providing a selection between distinct coupling modes (CT,CR,CW) of the coupler arrangement (10). A mode selector (30) is configured to switch the apparatus (100) between the operational modes (OT,OR,OW) and control the routing network (40) to select between the distinct coupling modes (CT,CR,CW) based on the operational mode (OT,OR,OW) of the apparatus.
US10009113B2 Optical transmitting device, optical communication system and optical transmission method
An optical transmitting device includes: a symbol determining circuit that determines one base from a plurality of bases for each input of plain text corresponding to one symbol and determines a modulation position of the symbol according to the plain text and the base; a shift circuit that randomly shifts the modulation position within a signal identification region set based on the base; and a modulator that modulates light emitted from a light source, according to a shifted position shifted by the shift circuit.
US10009112B2 Electromagnetic interference reduction
A method of reducing electromagnetic interference in a multi-channel transmitter is described. The method may include receiving multiple signals configured to be transmitted through multiple channels. The method may additionally include adjusting delays of the multiple signals to generate multiple delayed signals. Each two adjacent delayed signals may be configured to have a corresponding phase difference that satisfies a phase delay requirement. The method may additionally include generating multiple load signals from the multiple delayed signals.
US10009111B2 Lighting fixture and system using free space optical communication process
A light fixture includes an array of light-emitting elements for generating light from the light fixture, and the array of light-emitting elements includes a defined sub-array of light-emitting elements. An alternate array of light-emitting elements is coupled in parallel with the defined sub-array of alternate light-emitting elements of the light emitter. Each of the sub-array and the alternate array are coupled with a respective switch element. A control circuit is coupled with the switch elements and configured for selectively switching power between the sub-array and the alternate array for modulating the operation of the sub-array and alternate array of light-emitting elements to generate modulated communication signals.
US10009110B2 Channel bonding in passive optical networks
An apparatus in a passive optical network (PON) is configured to modify a preamble of a data packet to include channel bonding information. The apparatus may further fragment the data packet into a plurality of data frames and transmit the fragmented data frames through multiple channels. The channel bonding information may be used to identify different channels and to identify data frames transmitted through each channel.
US10009109B2 Enhanced digital diagnostics for optical PAM apparatus
A Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) optical device utilizing multiple wavelengths, features a communications interface having enhanced diagnostics capability. New registers are created to house additional diagnostic information, such as error rates. The diagnostic information may be stored in raw form, or as processed on-chip utilizing local resources.
US10009107B2 Multi-point free space optical communication system
A system includes an optical transceiver configured to transmit/receive at least one optical feed and a beam separator configured to separate the optical feed into a plurality of optical beams, and spatially combine the optical beams into the optical beam. The system also includes a dichroic mirror optically coupled to the beam separator and configured to reflect the optical beams, and allow beacon signals to pass therethrough. A position sensitive detector of the system optically couples to the dichroic mirror and is configured to sense an incidence position of each beacon signal allowed to pass through the dichroic mirror, and output a position error for each optical beam based on the sensed incidence positions. The system also includes a multi-axis optical steering system configured to direct each optical beam based on the corresponding position error outputted from the position sensitive detector and a corresponding transmit/receive target.
US10009104B2 Uplink signal transmission method, processing device, and system
An uplink signal scheduling method, a processing device, and a system. The method includes when uplink signals sent by at least one transmit device are received, preprocessing the uplink signals, to generate a data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) frame, where the DOCSIS frame includes at least two uplink signals, and each uplink signal of the at least two uplink signals corresponds to one uplink wavelength, and when it is detected that a signal conflict exists in the DOCSIS frame, creating at least two signal groups according to the uplink signals, and allocating, to the at least two signal groups, uplink signals that have a same uplink wavelength and cause the signal conflict, and performing scheduling on the uplink signals according to the signal groups that have undergone allocation.
US10009103B2 Stabilized microwave-frequency source
A microwave-frequency source at frequency fM comprises: a dual optical-frequency reference source, an electro-optic sideband generator, an optical bandpass filter, an optical detector, a reference oscillator, an electrical circuit, and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The sideband generator modulates dual optical reference signals at v2 and v1 to generate sideband signals at v1±n1fM and v2±n2fM. The bandpass filter transmits sideband signals at v1+N1fM and v2−N2fM. The optical detector generates a beat note at (v2−N2fM)−(v1+N1fM). The beat note and a reference oscillator signal are processed by the circuit to generate a loop-filtered error signal to input to the VCO. Output of the VCO at fM drives the sideband generator and forms the microwave-frequency output signal. The resultant frequency division results in reduced phase noise on the microwave-frequency signal.
US10009100B2 Transmission of identifiers using visible light communication
Methods, systems, and devices are described for transmitting an identifier using visible light communication (VLC) and for generating a plurality of identifiers for transmission using VLC. Input identifying an illumination factor associated with a light source is received. A first set of modulation parameters is modified for transmitting the identifier using VLC. The first set of modulation parameters is modified based on the illumination factor. A signal, in which the identifier is encoded, is applied to the light source. The signal is applied according to the first set of modulation parameters. Another method includes identifying a number of light transmitting devices, generating a plurality of identifiers based on the identified number of light transmitting devices, storing the generated identifiers, determining a plurality of cyclic shifts for each identifier in the plurality of identifiers, and removing identifiers from the plurality of identifiers that match the identified cyclic shifts.
US10009099B2 Techniques for communication with body-carried devices
Various embodiments are directed to techniques for employing a camera to receive multiple light transmissions conveying at least identifying data from multiple body-carried devices to enable locations of those devices within a venue to be determined and transmissions to individual ones of those devices to be made. An apparatus to communicate via light transmissions includes an analysis component to analyze a set of consecutively captured frames of a portion of a venue to determine whether a light source present in at least a predetermined number of the consecutively captured frames is a light transmission from a body-carried device located within the portion of the venue, and to demodulate the light transmission to retrieve an identification (ID) data associated with the body-carried device from the light transmission; and a communications component to employ the ID data to wirelessly transmit a command to the body-carried device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10009096B2 Method for estimating frequency offset, apparatus and system
A method, apparatus and system for estimating frequency offset that includes: a first calculating unit to calculate a correlation value of each of multiple sequences with different lengths according to a received signal containing the sequences with different lengths, where each of the sequences is repeatedly transmitted many times in the signal; a second calculating unit to calculate a decimal frequency according to the correlation value; a first determining unit to determine an integer frequency offset according to the decimal frequency offset to which each of the sequences corresponds; and a second determining unit to determine a total frequency offset according to the decimal frequency offset and the integer frequency offset.
US10009091B2 Data transport privacy and redundancy via small UAVs in cooperation
A wireless communications system comprises a transmitting terminal, transponding repeaters located on moving airborne platforms, and receiving terminals located in a first coverage area and a second coverage area. The transmitting terminal comprises a preprocessing unit to receive information data streams, perform a wavefront multiplexing transformation on the information data streams, generate at least a first and a second wavefront multiplexed information data streams, and transmit the first and second wavefront multiplexed information data streams to the receiving terminals via the transponding repeaters. The transponding repeaters include first and second transponding repeaters, each of the transponding repeaters having an antenna array, the first transponding repeater having a first antenna array, receiving and relaying the first wavefront multiplexed information data stream to a first coverage area, the second transponding repeater having a second antenna array, receiving and relaying the second wavefront multiplexed information data stream to a second coverage area.
US10009088B2 Linear combination PMI codebook based CSI reporting in advanced wireless communication systems
A method for a channel state information (CSI) feedback in an advanced communication system. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI feedback configuration information for a pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI) feedback based on a linear combination (LC) codebook, wherein the PMI comprises a first PMI i1 and a second PMI i2. The method further comprises determining, by a user equipment (UE), the first PMI i1 and the second PMI i2 indicating an LC pre-coder that corresponds to a weighted linear combination of a first beam and a second beam, where a power of a weight assigned to the first beam is 1 and a power of a weight assigned to the second beam is between 0 and 1 and transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback over an uplink channel including the determined first PMI i1 and second PMI i2.
US10009087B2 Method for determining precoding matrix indicator, receiving device, and sending device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining a precoding matrix indicator, a receiving device, and a sending device. The method for determining a precoding matrix indicator includes: selecting, by a receive end, a precoding matrix W from a codebook based on a reference signal sent by a transmit end, where the precoding matrix W is a product of two matrices W1 and W2, where the W1 includes NB block matrices Xi, NB≥1, and the W1 is indicated as: W1=diag{X1, . . . , XNB}, where 1≤i≤NB, and a column xi,j of each block matrix Xi is a Kronecker kronecker product of a first vector Aij and a second vector Bij, that is, xij=AijBij; and sending, by the receive end, a precoding matrix indicator PMI corresponding to the precoding matrix W to the transmit end, so that the transmit end obtains the precoding matrix W according to the PMI.
US10009086B2 System and method for feeding back channel information
A system and method for feeding back channel information are provided. A method for communications device operations includes generating feedback information, encoding the feedback information to produce a feedback payload, and transmitting the feedback payload to a communications server serving a communications device. The feedback information includes at least a first long term wideband channel statistics and a second long term wideband channel statistics.
US10009085B2 Directed wireless communication
In an implementation of directed wireless communication, a multi-beam directed signal system coordinates directed wireless communication with client devices. A transmit beam-forming network routes data communication transmissions to the client devices via directed communication beams that are emanated from an antenna assembly, and a receive beam-forming network receives data communication receptions from the client devices via the directed communication beams.
US10009082B2 Active antenna arrangement for transmitting precoded signals in a communication system, base station, methods and computer programs
The invention relates to an active antenna arrangement for transmitting precoded signals in a communication system supporting multi-stream beam-forming. The active antenna arrangement comprises: three or more active antenna devices each comprising an antenna element and a power amplifier; at least a first and a second splitter, each arranged to split a respective one of the precoded signals into two or more split precoded signals; and at least one combiner arranged to: receive one of the two or more split precoded signals from the first splitter, and one of the two or more split precoded signals from the second splitter, and combine the received split precoded signals for transmission by a single one of the active antenna devices. The invention also relates to a base station, methods and computer programs.
US10009069B2 Wireless power delivery and data link
An electromagnetic induction wireless transceiver system including: a magnetic antenna; an electric antenna including first and second plates, the first plate being connectable to a body; and a power driver configured to produce a modulating signal used to drive the magnetic antenna and the electric antenna to produce electromagnetic induction fields, wherein the transceiver when connected to a body in a first location is configured to transmit power to a second electromagnetic induction wireless transceiver connected to a second location a distance from the first location, wherein the first and second locations are connected through magnetic and electric near-field coupling.
US10009068B2 Seamless tethering setup between phone and laptop using peer-to-peer mechanisms
The subject technology discloses configurations for determining, at a first computing device, if a second computing device is within a predetermined distance of the first computing device. The subject technology then establishes, at the first computing device, a wireless near field communication (NFC) connection with the second computing device. Information for configuring a wireless tethering connection with the second computing device is then transmitted over the wireless NFC connection. Further, the subject technology receives, over the wireless NFC connection, confirmation that the wireless tethering connection has been configured.
US10009063B2 Method and apparatus for use with a radio distributed antenna system having an out-of-band reference signal
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a network element of a distributed antenna system, a reference signal, a control channel and a first modulated signal at a first carrier frequency, the first modulated signal including first communications data provided by a base station and directed to a mobile communication device. The instructions in the control channel direct the network element of the distributed antenna system to convert the first modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the first modulated signal in a first spectral segment. The reference signal is received at an in-band frequency relative to the control channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10009062B1 Systems and methods for a twisted pair transceiver with correlation detection
The systems and methods for a twisted pair transceiver with correlation detection includes a transceiver system operating on a cable. The transceiver system includes a receiver to obtain one or more data samples related to one or more encoded data symbols. The transceiver system further includes a first correlation filter to generate a first correlation output based on the one or more data samples, and a second correlation filter to generate a second correlation output based on the one or more data samples. The transceiver system further includes a detector. The detector compares the first correlation output with the second correlation output, generates an output data bit based on a comparison result, and sends the output data bit for data decoding.
US10009058B2 RF front-end circuitry for receive MIMO signals
RF front-end circuitry arranged to provide for RF Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) signals is disclosed. In one embodiment, the RF front-end circuitry may include an antenna port, a first multiple throw (MT) switch, and a second MT switch. The first MT switch is configured to selectively couple a first pole port to any one of a first set of throw ports, and the second MT switch is configured to selectively couple a second pole port to any one of a second set of throw ports. The first pole port of the first MT switch is coupled to the antenna port. More than one of the second set of throw ports of the second MT switch are coupled to transmit one or more receive MIMO signals to RF transceiver circuitry. Accordingly, the RF front-end circuitry routes receive MIMO signals from the antenna port to the RF transceiver circuitry.
US10009056B1 System and method for managing voltage supplied to transmitter enclosed within fully metallic chassis incorporating proximity sensing element
An information handling system operating a proximity based transmitting antenna power management system comprising a processor executing machine readable executable code instructions of the proximity based transmitting antenna power management system, an integrated circuit operatively connected to a first embedded proximity sensing element, a first transmitting antenna, and the processor, the first transmitting antenna mounted upon a metal chassis enclosing the processor, and the integrated circuit, the first embedded proximity sensing element having the same material composition as the metal chassis co-located with the first transmitting antenna and lying flush with the external surface of the metal chassis in a corner of the external surface of the metal chassis, and an insulating element disposed between the metal chassis and the first embedded proximity sensing element via injection molding.
US10009055B2 Antenna assembly and communication device havinig the same
An antenna assembly includes a looped but open metallic antenna and a flat ceramic antenna within the loop of the metallic antenna. The metallic antenna includes a first end portion and a second end portion at two ends. The ceramic antenna is surrounded by the metallic antenna. The first end portion is connected to the ceramic antenna and the second end is a free end, and the output power of wireless signals thusly radiated is increased at given frequencies.
US10009054B2 Impedance matching integrous signal combiner
A front-end module (FEM) is disclosed that includes an integrous signal combiner. The integrous signal combiner can process received signals and use a set of resonant circuits to filter signal noise prior to recombination of a plurality of signal bands that form an aggregate carrier signal. These resonant circuits may be placed after a set of low noise amplifiers and can be used to more efficiently reduce noise and parasitic loading within each of a set of signal paths. Each resonant circuit may be configured to filter noise relating to a bandwidth for a signal that is to be combined with the signal of the signal path that includes the resonant circuit. The signals may be combined using a dynamic impedance matching circuit. In some implementations, the integrous signal combiner can be a tunable integrous signal combiner with resonant circuits that may be reconfigurable or dynamically configurable.
US10009052B2 UL CA TX-TX tunable cross-isolation method
RF filtering circuitry includes a first transmit signal node, a second transmit signal node, a common node, first transmit signal filtering circuitry, second transmit signal filtering circuitry, and transmit signal cancellation circuitry. The first transmit signal filtering circuitry is coupled between the first transmit signal node and the common node and is configured to pass RF transmit signals within a first transmit signal frequency band while attenuating signals outside the first transmit signal frequency band. The second transmit signal filtering circuitry is coupled between the second transmit signal node and the common node and is configured to pass RF transmit signals within a second transmit signal frequency band while attenuating signals outside the second transmit signal frequency band. The transmit signal cancellation circuitry is coupled between the common node and the second transmit signal node and is configured to generate a transmit cancellation signal.
US10009042B2 Method and apparatus for controlling interleaving depth
A method and an apparatus for controlling an interleaving depth are provided. The interleaving depth controlling method includes performing a modulo operation on an interleaving depth selected to be less than or equal to a maximum interleaving depth and a total number of codewords to obtain a number of remaining codewords; and comparing the total number of the codewords to the interleaving depth, when the number of the remaining codewords excludes “0”, to control the interleaving depth.
US10009037B2 Modular electronic apparatus including a plurality of circuit units connected by an internal communication bus
A modular electronic and/or electric apparatus including a plurality of circuit units connected by an internal communication bus. The circuit unit includes at least two serial resistor elements forming a voltage divider. The resistor elements of the circuit units are serially connected and form an ID wire. The ID wire is interconnected between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal. The circuit unit comprises at least one analog-digital converter. A connection point between two resistor elements of one circuit unit is connected to an analog input terminal of the analog-digital converter. A digital output terminal of the analog-digital converter is connected to the internal communication bus. The modular electronic and/or electric apparatus includes a master unit connected to the internal communication bus. In particular, the present invention relates to a modular domestic appliance including a plurality of circuit units connected by an internal communication bus.
US10009033B2 Noise reduction in non-linear signal processing
A method for reducing the jitter introduced into a digital signal by a non-linear processing element involves applying an input word representing the digital signal to a first signal path comprising a first non-linear processing element, and a complementary version of the input word to a second signal path comprising a second non-linear processing element. A common mode dither signal is injected into each signal path upstream of the non-linear processing elements. The outputs of the non-linear processing elements are combined to produce a common output with the common mode dither signal removed.
US10009030B2 Integrated circuit and cable assembly including the same
An integrated circuit embedded in a plug of a universal serial bus (USB) 3.1 type-C cable assembly is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a first pin connected to an operation transmission line through which an operation voltage is transmitted, a second pin connected to a configuration channel (CC) line, a first resistor connected to the first pin, a ground line, and a switching circuit configured to connect the first resistor and the ground line using a channel voltage supplied to the second pin when the operation voltage is not applied, and disconnect the first resistor from the ground line based on the operation voltage.
US10009029B1 Interface control circuit to match voltage levels between USB devices upon connection
An interface control circuit to apply a compatible voltage for a USB device upon connection includes a USB connector, a controlling module, and a switching module. The USB connector outputs the plug signal when connected to the USB device. The controlling module outputs a power supply signal when the plug signal is received. The switching module outputs a power supply drive signal when the power supply signal is received.
US10009026B2 Touch-sensitive sensor and method for producing such a sensor
This touch-sensitive sensor includes a layer of piezoelectric material interposed between, on the one hand, first and second electrically-conductive elements and, on the other hand, at least one third conductive element including a surface opposite at least one of the first and second conductors.
US10009022B2 Gate energy recovery
Embodiment of the inventive subject matter include an apparatus comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a transistor. The first switch is coupled to a first voltage device and the transistor to selectively electrically connect the first voltage device to the transistor to provide a first charge to the transistor. The second switch is coupled to a second voltage device and the transistor to selectively electrically connect the second voltage device to the transistor to remove charge from the transistor. The third switch is coupled to the third voltage device and the transistor to selectively couple the third voltage device to the transistor to provide a second charge to the transistor.
US10009021B1 Discharge circuits for discharging inductors with temperature protection
A discharge circuit for demagnetizing an inductive load includes a first switch comprising a control terminal and first and second terminals. The first terminal is connected to a voltage supply. A second switch includes a control terminal and first and second terminals. The second terminal of the first switch and the second terminal of the second switch are connected to the inductive load. A third switch includes a control terminal and first and second terminals. The first terminal of the third switch is connected to the first terminal of the second switch. A first Zener diode includes an anode connected to the control terminal of the second switch and a cathode connected to the voltage supply. A first temperature sensing circuit generates a first sensed temperature signal based on a temperature of at least one component of the circuit. A first comparing circuit receives a first reference temperature signal and the first sensed temperature signal and that generates a first output.
US10009019B2 Circuit and method to generate frequency proportional current
Disclosed examples include self-biased DLL circuits to generate a bias current signal proportional to a repetition frequency of a first signal representing continuous switching or discontinued switching operation of the DC-DC converter. The DLL circuit includes a monostable multivibrator to provide a pulse output signal in response to an edge of the first signal with a pulse duration set by a control current signal, a phase detector to provide output signals according to a phase difference between an edge of the pulse output signal and the first signal, and an output circuit to provide an output signal according to the phase detector output signals and according to an offset signal, to provide the bias current signal according to the output signal, and to provide the control current signal according to the output signal.
US10009014B1 Input sampling compact signal averager
A compact signal averaging circuit having an input, a first switch operatively connected to the input, a second switch operatively connected to the first switch, wherein the first switch is coupled to the circuit between the input and the second switch, a first FET having a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the gate is operatively connected to the circuit between the first switch and the second switch, a second FET comprising a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the source is operatively connected to a voltage supply and to the second switch, and an output operatively connected to the first FET drain and the second FET drain.
US10009013B2 Digital filter
A first stage of a digital filter received input data to be filtered, the first stage of a digital filter operating at a first clock; a second stage of the digital filter outputs filtered output data, the second stage of the digital filter operating on a second clock, wherein a ratio of a frequency of the first clock and a frequency of the second clock is a fractional number, and a frequency of the second clock is higher than a frequency of the first clock; the first stage receives an indication of a ratio of the first clock and the second clock; and the first stage receives an indication of a time offset between (1) a clock pulse of the second clock, which occurs between a first clock pulse and (2) the first clock pulse of the first clock.
US10009012B2 Discrete time filter, communication unit, and method for resonant charge transfer
A discrete time filter, DTF, is described that comprises a summing node; N parallel branches, each branch having a set of input unit sampling capacitances where each unit sampling capacitance is independently selectively coupleable to the summing node; and an output capacitance connected to the summing node. The output capacitance has a value equal to a sum of the sampling capacitances that are to be selectively connected to the summing node; and the discrete time filter further comprises an inductance connected between the summing node and the output capacitance.
US10009010B2 Resonator device and high frequency filter
A resonant circuit includes a resonator having a resonant frequency and an anti-resonant frequency, an inductor connected in series to the resonator, an inductor connected in parallel to the resonator, and a series circuit in which a variable capacitor is connected in series to an inductor (15). The series circuit is connected in parallel to the resonator. The anti-resonant frequency closest to the resonant frequency of the resonator is moved toward higher frequencies or lower frequencies of the resonant frequency on a frequency axis with a variation in the capacitance value of the variable capacitor. With this configuration, a resonator device and a high-frequency filter are provided, in which the relationship between a transmission frequency band and a reception frequency band on the frequency axis is applicable to a variety of multiple communication bands.
US10009007B2 Bulk acoustic wave resonator with a molybdenum tantalum alloy electrode and filter including the same
A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes an alloy of molybdenum and tantalum.
US10009004B2 Resonator device, electronic device, and mobile object
A quartz crystal resonator includes a quartz crystal resonator element, a thermistor, and a package base having a first principal surface and a second principal surface having an opposed surface relationship with each other, the quartz crystal resonator element is mounted on the first principal surface side, the thermistor is housed in a recessed section of the second principal surface side of the package base, a plurality of electrode terminals connected to the quartz crystal resonator element or the thermistor is disposed on the second principal surface side of the package base, and a distance in a first direction perpendicular to the first principal surface from a mounting surface of the electrode terminals to the thermistor is equal to or longer than 0.05 mm.
US10009003B2 Elastic wave device
An elastic wave device includes an IDT provided on a piezoelectric substrate. The IDT includes edge areas in which an elastic wave propagation velocity is slower than an elastic wave propagation velocity in a center area of an electrode finger intersecting region. The edge areas are provided on both sides of the center area in an intersecting width direction. The IDT includes a first section where the propagation velocity in the center area is relatively fast and a second section where the propagation velocity in the center area is relatively slow in the elastic wave propagation direction. In accordance with the propagation velocities in the center areas of the first and second sections, the widths and propagation velocities in the edge areas of the first and second sections excite a piston mode.
US10009000B2 RFID reader antenna port isolation
A device includes a switch having multiple ports, an antenna coupled to each corresponding port, a tunable matching network coupled between each antenna and each port, and a controller to detune ports having antennas that are not transferring power when a selected antenna is transferring power.
US10008999B2 Control device for variable capacitance device and communication device including said control device
A control device according to the present invention is provided with (A) a variable capacitance device including a variable capacitance element, and (B) a control unit configured to apply a control voltage with a first polarity to the variable capacitance device during a third period including a first period to perform communication using the variable capacitance device and a second period not to perform communication before the first period, and configured to apply a control voltage with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the variable capacitance device during a sixth period including a fourth period to perform communication and a fifth period not to perform communication before the fourth period.
US10008996B2 Variable gain amplifier and method of operating the same
The inventive concepts relate to variable gain amplifiers. The variable gain amplifier including an amplifier, a first fixed resistor and a first variable resistor, a second fixed resistor and a second variable resistor, a third fixed resistor and a third variable resistor, a fourth fixed resistor and a fourth variable resistor, a first output terminal and a second output terminal, and a decoder may be provided. The decoder is configured to receive first control bits, generate second control bits from the first control bits, generate third and fourth control bits from the first or second control bits, respectively, transmit the first control bits and the third control bits to the third and fourth variable resistors to adjust resistance values, and transmit the second and fourth control bits to first and second variable resistors to adjust resistance values.
US10008995B2 Dynamic phased array tapering without phase recalibration
Variable gain amplifiers and methods of designing the same include a first amplifying transistor configured to receive a first input signal and to provide a first amplified output signal based on the first input signal. A phase compensating resistor is connected to the first amplifying transistor and has a resistance that compensates for a phase dependence of the first amplifying transistor, such that an output phase of the amplified output signal is dependent only on a phase of the input signal and is independent of an amplification of the first amplifying transistor.
US10008993B2 Amplifier current consumption control
The audio amplifier includes a variable gain amplifier receiving the input audio signal and providing the output signal, whereby the output signal corresponds to the input signal amplified by a limiter gain. The audio amplifier further includes a limiter gain calculation unit, thus the input signal is amplified by the limiter gain. A control unit receives a signal representative of the input signal and is configured to estimate, based on a mathematical model, the input current or the total output current of the audio amplifier thus providing an estimated current signal corresponding to (and resulting from) the output signal, whereby the limiter gain calculation unit is configured to calculate, dependent on the estimation, the limiter gain such that the actual input current or the total output current of the audio amplifier does not exceed a threshold current value.
US10008992B1 Switching in amplifier with configurable final output stage
An amplifier may include a final output stage switchable among a plurality of modes comprising a mode which is enabled by coupling an output driver to an output of the final output stage and a preconditioning circuit coupled to the output of the final output stage. The preconditioning circuit may be configured to precondition at least one of a voltage and a current of the output of the final output stage prior to coupling the output driver to the output of the final output stage to limit audio artifacts caused by switching the final output stage to the mode or may be configured to perform a switching sequence to switch between a first mode and a second mode of the plurality of modes, such that at all points of the switching sequence, output terminals of the output of the final output stage have a known impedance.
US10008991B2 Communication device
A communication device including a signal generator configured to generate a transmitting signal that uses a plurality of frequency bands, an amplifier configured to amplify and output the transmitting signal, a plurality of duplexers configured to separate and output a receiving signal and the transmitting signal, and a controller. The controller is configured to control power amplification of the transmitting signal by the amplifier based on the transmitting signal output from the duplexer, and control power amplification of the transmitting signal by the amplifier based on the transmitting signal input to the duplexer from the amplifier when a temperature is a predetermined value or more or the frequency of the transmitting signal is a predetermined value or more.
US10008988B2 Amplifier
To prevent temperature rise of an amplifier. An AV amplifier 1 that amplifies an audio signal includes a PWM modulator 5 that controls dynamic range of the audio signal to not more than a setting value, and a microcomputer 2 sets the setting value based on consumption current. The microcomputer 2 sets the setting value to a predetermined value (−35 dB) in case that state that consumption current is not less than a predetermined threshold (4.9 A or 3.6 A) continues for a predetermined time (2 minutes or 7.5 minutes).
US10008984B2 Apparatus and method for dynamically biased baseband current amplifier
An amplifier circuit is provided. The amplifier circuit includes an amplifier stage; a plurality of variable transistors connected to the amplifier stage; a transconductor connected to at least one of the plurality of variable transistors; and a hybrid differential envelope detector and full-wave rectifier connected to the transconductor.
US10008983B2 Bias circuit for power amplifier
Bias circuit for power amplifier. In some embodiments, a bias circuit for an amplifier can include an input node, an output node, a supply voltage node, and a ground node. The bias circuit can further include a first transistor and a second transistor, with each transistor having a base, a collector, and an emitter. The base, collector and emitter of the second transistor can be coupled to the output node, input node and ground node, respectively. The base and collector of the first transistor can be coupled to the input node and supply voltage node, respectively. The bias circuit can further include a voltage adjustment circuit implemented between the emitter of the first transistor and the output node, and be configured to adjust a voltage at the emitter of the first transistor to a voltage at the output node.
US10008972B2 Systems and methods for determining loss of phase for power provided to an electric motor
An electric motor controller for controlling an electric motor and methods of determining a loss of phase condition for at least one phase of three-phase input power provided to an electric motor controller are provided. The controller is configured to obtain phase sample data representing an input power electrical characteristic for at least one phase of three-phase power received by the controller and receive direct current (DC) bus data representing a measured DC bus electrical characteristic. The controller is also configured to calculate a ratio between the phase sample data and the DC bus data, and determine that a loss of phase condition exists for a phase of the three-phase power when the ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10008970B2 Control apparatus for AC motor
A control apparatus for an AC motor includes an inverter, a voltage-command calculation unit calculating a vector used for giving a command to the inverter, a voltage-waveform specifying unit specifying, as a voltage waveform for operating the inverter based on the vector, a pulse pattern selected from previously stored voltage waveforms, or a voltage waveform of a PWM signal generated by a comparison between a phase voltage and a carrier wave, an amplitude-spectrum extraction unit obtaining a bus current of the inverter to extract an amplitude spectrum of a specific frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of a circuit through which the bus current flows, and a voltage-amplitude limiting unit limiting an amplitude of the vector so that the amplitude spectrum of the specific frequency becomes less than a threshold, if the amplitude spectrum of the specific frequency correlating with the voltage waveform is the threshold or more.
US10008966B2 Drive systems including sliding mode observers and methods of controlling the same
At least one example embodiment discloses a method of estimating a position of a rotor in a motor. The method includes determining a first estimated position of the rotor using a first algorithm, determining a second estimated position of the rotor using a second algorithm, the second algorithm being different than the first algorithm, determining a first error based on the first estimated position and the second estimated position, and determining a third estimated position of the rotor based on the first error.
US10008962B1 Instantly rechargeable battery device
A compact magnetic-based battery device that offers energy, a large number of cycles, a long storage time, and a short charging time is provided. The rechargeable battery device can include a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a dielectric layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a plurality of high anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles embedded into the dielectric layer.
US10008959B2 Driving apparatus and lens driving apparatus having the same
A driving apparatus has a vibration plate, a vibrator having a piezoelectric element that excites vibration of the vibration plate, and first and second contact parts, and a friction member being in contact with the contact parts. The vibrator and the friction member relatively move with respect to each other, and the contact parts are provided at positions with and interpose an odd number of antinodal lines of vibration generated in a first direction of the vibrator along with excitation, and provided at positions with and interpose an odd number of nodal lines of vibration generated in a second direction of the vibrator along with excitation.
US10008958B2 Capacitive micro-machined transducer and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a capacitive micro-machined transducer (100), in particular a CMUT, the method comprising depositing a first electrode layer (10) on a substrate (1), depositing a first dielectric film (20) on the first electrode layer (10), depositing a sacrificial layer (30) on the first dielectric film (20), the sacrificial layer (30) being removable for forming a cavity (35) of the transducer, depositing a second dielectric film (40) on the sacrificial layer (30), and depositing a second electrode layer (50) on the second dielectric film (40), wherein the first dielectric film (20) and/or the second dielectric film (40) comprises a first layer comprising an oxide, a second layer comprising a high-k material, and a third layer comprising an oxide, and wherein the depositing steps are performed by Atomic Layer Deposition. The present invention further relates to a capacitive micro-machined transducer (100), in particular a CMUT, manufactured by such method.
US10008957B2 Bidirectional split PI inverter with digital counter
Provided is a new control method that causes no time lag or hunting when a power conversion direction is reversed. The power conversion apparatus includes switching elements (S1 and S2) that alternately perform switching and are capable of reversing the power conversion direction without suspension, and an up/down counter register (RT) that has two different thresholds and selects counting up at a smaller threshold, counting down at a larger threshold, and holding of the value between the two thresholds. According to the value of the up/down counter register (RT), a gate pulse is generated to control the switching of the switching elements (S1 and S2).
US10008956B2 Power converter control device
In a first period having a first period length, first data and second data are alternately given to an inverter control unit. The first data has a first value indicating a length of time from the start point of time of the first period to a matching point of time as a point of time when a converter carrier takes a converter threshold value and an inverter threshold value corresponding to a second period having the first value as its length. The second data has a second value indicating a length of time from the matching point of time to the end point of time of the first period and an inverter threshold value corresponding to a second period having the second value as its length.
US10008955B2 Resonant converter and synchronous rectification converter circuit thereof
A synchronous rectification converter circuit is provided, including three transformer secondary-windings, three current transformers, a synchronous rectification switching circuit, a diode rectification circuit, and a control circuit. Each of three current transformers includes a primary-winding and secondary-winding. The three transformer secondary-windings and the three current transformer primary-windings are alternately connected in series to form a first triangular structure circuit. Three vertices of the first triangular structure circuit are connected to the synchronous rectification switching circuit. The three current transformer secondary-windings are connected in series to form a second triangular structure circuit. Three vertices of the second triangular structure circuit are connected to the diode rectification circuit. The diode rectification circuit is connected to the control circuit and the synchronous rectification switching circuit is connected to the control circuit.
US10008954B2 Switching frequency modulation in a switched mode power supply
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes driving at least one electronic switch coupled to at least one inductor in a converter stage of a switched mode power supply based on a clock signal, and modulating a clock frequency of the clock signal over a predefined first frequency range around a center frequency such that a frequency spectrum of the clock signal is asymmetric. The switched mode power supply includes a filter coupled between the converter stage and an input of the switched mode power supply.
US10008953B2 Power conversion device and power conversion method for power conversion device
An uninterruptible power-supply system is a power converter having a PN laminated bus bar and a plurality of power conversion units and supplying power from a commercial power supply via a converter and an inverter. The power conversion units each have positive side terminals connected to each other and negative side terminals connected to each other through the PN laminated bus bar. At least one power conversion unit constitutes a phase of the converter. At least another one power conversion unit constitutes a phase of the inverter and has the positive side terminal lying adjacent to and connected through the PN laminated bus bar to the positive side terminal of the corresponding power conversion unit constituting the phase of the converter and the negative side terminal lying adjacent to and connected to the negative side terminal of the corresponding power conversion unit constituting the phase of the converter.
US10008947B2 Flyback converter with secondary side regulation
Disclosed examples include flyback converters, control circuits and methods to facilitate secondary side regulation of the output voltage. A primary side control circuit operates a primary side switch to independently initiate power transfer cycles to deliver power to a transformer secondary winding in a first mode. A secondary side control circuit operates a synchronous rectifier or secondary side switch to generate a predetermined cycle start request signal via a transformer auxiliary winding to assume secondary side regulation and to cause the primary side controller to initiate new power transfer cycles.
US10008946B1 Primary-side regulated current control system under LLC topology
A primary-side regulated (PSR) current control system under a LLC topology includes a voltage polarity converting circuit, a current signal sampling circuit, a current cross-over detecting circuit, a zero current detecting circuit, and a current integrator circuit. The voltage polarity converting circuit obtains a voltage signal from the primary side of a LLC transformer and outputs a positive-voltage signal, and the current integrator circuit then obtains a current input signal outputted by the current signal sampling circuit, a zero-crossing current point outputted by the current cross-over detecting circuit, and a zero current condition outputted by the zero current detecting circuit, and raises the minimum current level of the current input signal to the zero-crossing current point based on the zero-crossing current point and the zero current condition, and generate and integrate a current integration waveform to create an output current, so the LLC transformer directly obtains, at the primary side, the output current for controlling secondary-side output load conditions.
US10008943B2 Semi-resonant power converters and methods of operation
Each phase of a multi-phase voltage converter includes a power stage, passive circuit, and synchronous rectification (SR) switch. Each passive circuit couples its associated power stage to an output node of the voltage converter, and is switchably coupled to ground by the SR switch. The current through the SR switch has a half-cycle sinusoidal shape with a resonant frequency determined by the reactance of the passive circuit. A control circuit generates signals to control switches within the power stage and the SR switches. The control circuit measures current through the SR switch of each phase, and adjusts the duty cycles of the control signals for the phases so that the SR switches are switched off when zero or almost zero current is flowing through them.
US10008942B1 High side signal interface in a power converter
A controller for use in a power converter includes a control circuit coupled to generate a low side drive signal to control switching of a low side switch, and generate an ON signal and an OFF signal in response to a feedback signal representative of an output of the power converter. A high side signal interface circuit is coupled to generate a high side drive signal in response to the ON signal and the OFF signal to control switching of a high side switch. The ON signal and the OFF signal are coupled to be pulled up in response to a bypass voltage during an initial state. The high side signal is coupled to turn on the high side switch in response to the control circuit pulling the ON signal low, and turn off the high side switch in response to the control circuit pulling the OFF signal low.
US10008940B2 Power supply device and method for controlling power supply circuit
A power supply device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: determine a duty ratio of a control signal of a switching element in a power supply circuit so that an output voltage of the power supply circuit approaches a target voltage; compute an acceptable range of a duty ratio based on an output current of the power supply circuit detected by a current detecting circuit; output the duty ratio when the duty ratio is inside the acceptable range; and stop the power supply circuit when the duty ratio is outside the acceptable range.
US10008939B2 Systems and methods for protecting power conversion systems based on at least feedback signals
System and method for protecting a power conversion system. An example system controller includes a protection component and a driving component. The protection component is configured to receive a demagnetization signal generated based on at least information associated with a feedback signal of the power conversion system, process information associated with the demagnetization signal and a detected voltage generated based on at least information associated with the feedback signal, and generate a protection signal based on at least information associated with the detected voltage and the demagnetization signal. The driving component is configured to receive the protection signal and output a driving signal to a switch configured to affect a primary current flowing through a primary winding of the power conversion system. The detected voltage is related to an output voltage of the power conversion system. The demagnetization signal is related to a demagnetization period of the power conversion system.
US10008938B2 Power conversion device
A power conversion device, which includes an insulation type full bridge converter and can switch a power transmission direction at a high speed, is provided. A DC/DC converter (10) constitutes a power conversion device, which operates as a first type converter that converts a voltage within a first range applied to a first input/output terminal pair into a voltage within a second range and outputs the voltage from a second input/output terminal pair or a second type converter that converts a voltage within the second range applied to the second input/output terminal pair into a voltage within the first range and outputs the voltage from the first input/output terminal pair, as a device in which a direction of a current flowing through a winding of a transformer (TR) is switched after a magnitude of the current flowing through the winding of the transformer (TR) reaches “0.”
US10008928B2 Enhanced switched capacitor filter (SCF) compensation in DC-DC converters
A system, DC-DC converter, and compensation method and circuit for a DC-DC converter are disclosed. For example, a compensation circuit for a DC-DC converter is disclosed. The compensation circuit includes an integrator circuit configured to receive and integrate a first voltage signal, a differential difference amplifier circuit coupled to the integrator circuit and configured to generate a first filter transfer function associated with the integrated first voltage signal, and a switched capacitor filter circuit coupled to the differential difference amplifier circuit and configured to generate a second filter transfer function, wherein the differential difference amplifier is further configured to output a second voltage signal responsive to the first filter transfer function and the second filter transfer function. In one implementation, the compensation circuit is a type-III switched capacitor filter (SCF) compensation circuit.
US10008923B2 Soft start circuit and power supply device equipped therewith
To provide a soft start circuit capable of obtaining a high-accuracy soft start time. The soft start circuit is equipped with a constant current source, an output terminal which outputs a soft start voltage, a ground terminal, a first transistor which is connected between the constant current source and the ground terminal and has a gate and a drain both short-circuited, a second transistor which is connected between the constant current source and the output terminal and receives a clock signal at a gate thereof, and a capacitor connected between the second transistor and the ground terminal.
US10008921B2 Driving power generating circuit and a method for generating a driving power
A driving power generating circuit configured to generate a driving power to drive a load is provided. The driving power generating circuit includes a signal generating circuit, a power converter circuit, and a sampling control circuit. The signal generating circuit is configured to output a control signal according to a feedback signal and a lock signal. The power converter circuit is electrically connected to the signal generating circuit. The power converter circuit is configured to generate the driving power according to the control signal, so as to drive the load. The sampling control circuit is electrically connected to the signal generating circuit. The sampling control circuit is configured to sample the control signal and output the lock signal according to a sampling result. A method for generating a driving power is also provided.
US10008920B2 Apparatus and method of fast commutation for matrix converter-based rectifier
A method of commutation in a matrix rectifier from an active vector to a zero vector includes two steps. A method of commutation in a matrix rectifier from a zero vector to an active vector includes three steps.
US10008917B2 Bus capacitor bank configuration for a multi-level regenerative drive
A regenerative drive device and a method for configuring the DC link of a regenerative drive device are disclosed. The multilevel regenerative drive device may include an inverter having a plurality of power components and a converter having a plurality of power components. The multilevel regenerative drive device may also include a direct current (DC) link bridging the inverter and the converter, the DC link including a capacitor, an inverter neutral point, and a converter neutral point independent of the inverter neutral point. Alternatively, the inverter neutral point and the converter neutral point may be connected.
US10008914B2 Coil-oscillator vibration unit for rail workhead
A rail maintenance vehicle includes a frame, a workhead, and a vibrating unit. The frame includes wheels that travel along rails. The vibrating unit is coupled to the workhead and includes a rotor, a stator, a first rotor coil coupled to the rotor and a first stator coil coupled to the stator.
US10008908B2 Electric machine for vehicle
A vehicle electric machine includes a rotor, and a stator having a core with an end face and end windings adjacent to the end face. An annular cooling trough has an outer sidewall and a bottom. The trough is connected to the end face such that the bottom engages the core, and the sidewall, bottom and end face cooperate to define an open channel around the end windings configured to receive fluid therein.
US10008902B2 Stator for electric motor, electric motor, and air conditioner
The present invention includes a stator; a substrate on which a position detection circuit for a rotor is mounted; a lead wiring part attached to one axial end of the stator and routing a sensor lead to the position detection circuit; and a housing connected to an end of the sensor lead. The substrate is attached to a first surface side of the lead wiring part, and the housing is disposed at a position that is opposed to a position at which the substrate is attached and that is on a second surface side of the lead wiring part, and the lead wiring part includes a housing contact portion provided between the position at which the substrate is attached and the position at which the housing is disposed.
US10008901B2 Step motor
Disclosed herein is a step motor. The step motor includes a casing, a stator disposed in the casing, with a coil being wound around the stator, a rotor disposed in the stator, having a rotor shaft that is rotatably supported at both ends of the casing, and rotated by interaction with the stator, a rotary sensing unit provided in the casing to detect a rotation of the rotor, and a coil connector formed on an outer surface of the stator, with an end of the coil being connected to the coil connector.
US10008897B2 Motor stator with reduced coil configuration
A motor is provided for use in a machine. The motor includes a segmented stator comprising magnetically isolated core segments.
US10008896B2 Rotary electric machine and insulator for rotary electric machine
A rotary electric machine includes: a rotor rotating about an axis; a stator formed by annularly combining cores having electric wires wound therearound and placed on the outer side of the rotor in a direction orthogonal to the axis; and an insulator including an outer portion placed on the radially outer side of the stator; an inner portion placed on the radially inner side of the stator; a trunk portion coupling the outer portion and the inner portion and having the electric wire wound therearound; a recess portion formed in a portion of the outer portion facing the inner portion to accommodate the electric wire; and a wall placed at the recess portion on the side of the inner portion to partially cover the recess portion. The insulator is attached to one end portion of the cores in a direction parallel with the axis.
US10008890B2 Rotor and electric motor including the same
A rotor and an electric motor including the rotor are provided. The electric motor includes a rotor and a plurality of stators. The rotor includes a plurality of main magnets that are disposed spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to a rotation axis of the rotor, and have a magnetizing direction that is a direction of the rotation axis, a plurality of auxiliary magnetic units that are disposed on both sides of each of the main magnets in the direction of the rotation axis, and have a magnetizing direction that is the circumferential direction, so as to concentrate magnetic flux in each of the main magnets, and a plurality of webs that are disposed between the auxiliary magnetic units so as to generate a reluctance torque.
US10008889B2 Method for automatically testing the operational status of a wireless power receiver in a wireless power transmission system
Disclosed here are wireless power delivery systems including one or more wireless power transmitters and one or more power receivers. Disclosed here are methods of using self-test software for fault detection in wireless power receivers. The methods include the analysis of one or more system operational metrics to evaluate the status of wireless power receivers. The results of the tests may be sent to wireless power transmitters to further analysis; all test results ultimately are sent to the operator of the wireless power delivery system.
US10008888B2 Wireless power transmission system calculating the battery charge state of the receiver based on the supply impedance of the power source and the summed impedance of the wireless transmitter, wireless receiver, medium therebetween, and battery charge circuit
Provided is a wireless power transmission system. The wireless power transmission system includes a power supply unit generating amplified power; a wireless power transmission unit receiving and converting the amplified power into wireless power; a wireless power reception unit receiving and converting the wireless power into charging power; and a charging unit receiving the charging power, wherein the charging unit includes a battery to store the charging power and the power supply unit includes a power detection unit identifies the charged state of the battery based on the amplified voltage and amplified current of the amplified power.
US10008887B2 Wireless power transmission system
The wireless power transmission is a system for providing wireless charging and/or primary power to electronic/electrical devices via microwave energy. The microwave energy is focused to a location by a power transmitter having one or more adaptively-phased microwave array emitters. Rectennas within the device to be charged receive and rectify the microwave energy and use it for battery charging and/or for primary power.
US10008886B2 Modular antennas with heat sinks in wireless power transmission systems
A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter configured to transmit power waves including printed circuit boards where a printed circuit board and antenna boards, where each antenna board comprises one or more antenna elements, at least one antenna board resides on a printed circuit board, and the at least one antenna board is connected with a power feeding line. The transmitter further includes a heat sink attached to the at least one printed circuit board, wherein placement of the heat sink with respect to the at least one antenna board comprising the one or more antenna elements and shape of the heat sink is configured such that the heat sink operates as a reflector to direct wireless power waves transmitted from the at least one antenna board in a pre-determined direction.
US10008885B2 Power transmitting device, power receiving device, power supply system, and power supply method
Provided are a power transmitting device, a power receiving device, a power supply system, and a power supply method able to supply electric power by emitting electromagnetic waves. A power transmitting device comprises: a calculating unit for calculating the maximum value for the emitted output of electromagnetic waves meeting exposure standards on the basis of a response delay time measured by the communication link between the power transmitting device and a power receiving device; a power transmitting unit for transmitting power via a power supply link with the power receiving device at an output not exceeding the maximum value; an anomaly detecting unit for detecting an anomaly in the power supply link on the basis of communication with the power receiving device via the communication link; and an output control unit for controlling the output on the basis of the detection of an anomaly in the power supply link.
US10008883B2 Noise reducing power feed device, power reception device and power feed method
Power feed device (100) supplies power to storage battery (152) mounted on vehicle (150), through power receiving unit (154) of vehicle (150). Power supply unit (104) performs preliminary supply to power receiving unit (154) while sequentially changing a frequency, and performs main supply with power larger than in the preliminary supply. Power supply-side controller (103) acquires frequency characteristics associated with power supply coil (104a), and specifies a resonance frequency based on the acquired frequency characteristics. Power supply-side controller (103) determines whether or not to supply power to power reception coil (154a) based on a frequency difference between resonance frequencies.
US10008881B2 Wireless power receiver with variable frequency and method of controlling the same
A wireless power receiver to wirelessly receive power from a wireless power transmitter comprises a reception coil to receive the power wirelessly transmitted from the wireless power transmitter through a magnetic field, a frequency detecting unit to detect a frequency band of the power transmitted from the wireless power transmitter and an inductance varying unit to change an inductance of the reception coil according to the detected frequency band.
US10008880B2 Modular hybrid low emissions power for hydrocarbon extraction
A system for supplying electric power includes: a plurality of electric motors coupled to well treatment pumps; a mobile substation that receives power from a utility electric grid; a plurality of mobile electric power generating units; a controller configured to (i) receive a total required flow rate of the liquid; (ii) calculate a total amount of electric power required to achieve the required total flow rate; (iii) receive an amount of power available from the utility electric grid; (iv) direct the substation to provide electric power to the plurality of electric motors; and (v), direct one or more electric power generating units in the plurality of electric power generating units to provide electric power to the plurality of electric motors according to a priority order to meet the total amount of electric power, if the required amount of electric power exceeds the amount of power available from the utility grid.
US10008879B2 Self-discharging reserve power units and related methods
Self-discharging reserve power units and related methods are described. A self-discharging reserve power unit comprises an electrical energy storage component to provide power to a process control device. The electric energy storage component is coupled to an energy discharge component and a controller, which causes the discharge component to discharge energy from the electrical energy storage component following completion of an operation by the process control device.
US10008874B2 Apparatus, system and method of wireless power transfer
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless power transfer. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a Wireless Power Transmitter (WPT) to transmit a sequence of probes during a detection period, to detect a Wireless Power Receiver (WPR) based on a detected induced load on the WPT during transmission of probe of the sequence of probes, and, upon detection of the WPR, to control the WPT to transmit a wireless charging signal to the WPR.
US10008872B2 Methods of extending the life of battery
Methods for extending the life of a battery output regulated voltages from output terminals configured to interface with input terminals of battery powered devices. A method includes receiving a battery electrical power output from the battery. The voltage output by the battery decreases from a battery first output voltage to a battery second output voltage during use of the battery. The electrical power output is used to drive a converter that outputs a converter electrical power having a converter output voltage greater than the battery second output voltage. The converter electrical power is output from output terminals configured to interface with input terminals of a battery powered device. The converter is configured and supported relative to the battery to interface with one or more output terminals of the battery.
US10008861B2 Charge balancing in a battery
A device for balancing charge in a battery (2) having a set of electrochemical storage cells (C1, C2, . . . , CR), and a charging means (R1, . . . , Rs) able to recharge a plurality of combinations of at least one cell, in which for each combination of the plurality of combinations, the charging means are arranged in order to simultaneously recharge all the cells of said combination, the plurality of combinations defining a number N strictly higher than one of combination types, each combination type corresponding to a number m of cells in this combination, and the charging means are permitted to function at a number P of power levels, this number P being strictly lower than the number N of combination types.
US10008858B2 Solar photovoltaic power conditioning units
A power conditioning unit for delivering power from a dc power source to an ac mains power supply output includes a dc power input to receive dc power from a dc power source, an ac power output for delivering ac power to the ac mains power supply, a dc link coupled between the dc power input and the ac power output, first and second dc-to-dc converters coupled between the dc power input and the dc link, wherein one or both of the first and second dc-to-dc converters comprises a pair of resonant capacitors, a sensing element connected in parallel to one of the pair of the resonant capacitors for sensing a ripple voltage, and a controller operative to control the first and second dc-to-dc converters in response to the sensed ripple voltage.
US10008857B2 DFIG-based UPS systems and methods of control
An uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system for providing power to a load coupled to a utility power source is provided. The UPS system includes a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), a rechargeable energy storage system, a first inverter, and a controller in communication with the DFIG and the first inverter. The DFIG includes a stator and a rotor coupled to the load. The stator and rotor are magnetically coupled together. The DFIG generates an auxiliary power output. The first inverter is coupled between the rotor and the rechargeable energy storage system. The controller detects a power disturbance associated with the utility power source and controls the first inverter to provide an excitation input to the rotor in response to the power disturbance. The DFIG provides the auxiliary power output to the load based on the excitation input.
US10008850B2 Electrical power infeed system
An electrical power infeed module for modular electrical power systems selectively provides power to one or more electrical outlets in the system from a single power source, regardless of the number of power sources are engaged by power infeed modules in the system. The power infeed module includes a power infeed cable, a power output cable, and an electrical circuit disposed between the power infeed cable and the power output cable, the electrical circuit being operable to selectively connect the power output cable to the power infeed cable if the power infeed cable is connected to a first power source and the power output cable is not already electrically energized by a second power source. The circuit includes an electrical switch, a sensor for detecting whether the power output cable is electrically energized, and a controller for operating the switch in response to a signal from the sensor.
US10008844B2 Cable seal
A cable seal for feed-throughs on housings is provided. Cables or hoses are fed through the feed-through into the housing and are sealed by two sealing rings. Because of different diameters of the sealing rings, the sealing rings are radially expanded or compressed by an axial force and the cable is sealed to the housing tightly with respect to the surroundings. The axial force on the sealing rings is produced by a pressing element that can be screwed on.
US10008841B2 Cable mounting system with cable expansion compensation
A cable mounting system that allows thermal expansion and contraction of cables. The cable mounting system includes straight ladder rack segments and widened ladder rack segments positioned adjacent the straight ladder rack segments. Cable bracket assemblies are mounted to the straight ladder rack segments and saddle bracket assemblies are mounted to the widened ladder rack segments. The cable bracket assemblies secure cables to the ladder rungs of the straight ladder rack segments and allow axial movement of the cables. The saddle bracket assemblies secure the cables on the ladder rungs of the widened ladder rack segments and allow axial and lateral movement of the cables.
US10008837B2 Bus bar apparatus usable in high-temperature cable termination applications
An improved bus bar apparatus is usable in high temperature electrical terminations and is configured to provide sufficient heat dissipation such that when connected at one end with a 90° C. wire, the bus bar apparatus is at most only at 75° C. at another end thereof, which end can be connected with a lower temperature electrical component such as a circuit interrupter. The bus bars apparatus may include bus bars that extend directly between the high temperature wires and the low temperature electrical component, or the bus bar apparatus may additionally include wires that are electrically interposed between the low temperature region of the bus bars and the electrical component. Additional cooling could be provided by employing oversized wires. The bus bars may additionally include fins, fans, or supplementary heat sinks to enhance thermal convection of the bus bar. The bus bar apparatus additionally can be provided with its own enclosure to be usable in a retrofit situation.
US10008836B2 Structure for attaching temperature detection member to bus bar and wiring module
A structure for attaching a temperature detection member to a bus bar includes: a bus bar that is overlaid on electrode terminals of single-cell batteries each having positive and negative electrode terminals and electrically connects adjacent electrode terminals of the plurality of single-cell batteries; and a temperature detection member configured to detect the temperature of the bus bar, wherein the temperature detection member includes a plate-shaped detection portion, the detection portion being overlaid on a region of the bus bar other than regions overlaid on the electrode terminals, and the detection portion has a crimped piece that is crimped to the bus bar.
US10008834B2 Method for manufacturing spark plug
A method for manufacturing a spark plug comprising the steps of: placing an assembly of the center electrode, an insulator, and a metal shell in a pressure resistant vessel and determining whether or not the insulator has a defect by applying a voltage to the center electrode, and bending the ground electrode toward the center electrode after the defect inspection step, the defect inspection step being performed while a pressure in the pressure resistant vessel is changed to a plurality of different pressures.
US10008831B2 Corona suppression at materials interface through gluing of the components
A corona ignition assembly comprising a plurality of different insulators disposed between an ignition coil assembly and firing end assembly is provided. A high voltage center electrode extends longitudinally between an igniter central electrode and the ignition coil assembly. A high voltage insulator formed of a fluoropolymer surrounds the high voltage center electrode, and a firing end insulator formed of alumina surrounds the igniter central electrode. According to one embodiment, a glue formed of a compliant and insulating material, such as a silicon-based material, forms a seal between the high voltage insulator and the firing end insulator. According to another embodiment, a dielectric compliant insulator is disposed between the high voltage insulator and the ignition coil assembly, and the glue forms a seal therebetween. The glue fills air gaps to prevent unwanted corona discharge, and thus extends the life of the materials and directs energy to the firing end.
US10008830B2 High-voltage extender for connecting a spark plug to a high-voltage source
An extender for connecting a high-voltage source to a spark plug has a spring adapted to electrically connect with the high-voltage source and the spark plug, a tube having said spring positioned within an interior passageway thereof, and a boot affixed over an exterior of the tube. The boot is formed of a material having a rigidity less than a rigidity of a material of the tube. The boot has a first end adapted to be connected with the high-voltage source and a second end adapted to be connected to the spark plug such that the spring is in direct electrical connection with the spark plug and the high-voltage source. The tube has one end that is spaced inwardly of the first end of the boot and an opposite end of the spaced inwardly of the second end of the boot.
US10008827B2 Tensile strained semiconductor photon emission and detection devices and integrated photonics system
Tensile strained germanium is provided that can be sufficiently strained to provide a nearly direct band gap material or a direct band gap material. Compressively stressed or tensile stressed stressor materials in contact with germanium regions induce uniaxial or biaxial tensile strain in the germanium regions. Stressor materials may include silicon nitride or silicon germanium. The resulting strained germanium structure can be used to emit or detect photons including, for example, generating photons within a resonant cavity to provide a laser.
US10008825B2 Optical module
The disclosure provides an optical module. In the optical module, emitters of a first PNP type triode and a second PNP type triode connected with a power source are high-level always, when a bias pin of a laser transmitter driver chip is high-level, bases of the two PNP type triodes are both high-level and in an OFF state, no current flows to the bias pin and a laser transmitter, and the laser transmitter does not emit light; when the bias pin of the laser transmitter driver chip is low-level, the bases of the two PNP type triodes are both low-level and in an ON state, the current flows to the bias pin and flows from a positive terminal of the laser transmitter, and the laser transmitter emits light.
US10008823B2 Method for manufacturing laser scanning unit, laser scanning unit, and image forming apparatus
A flange portion of this semiconductor laser element is press-fitted, with a front face of the semiconductor laser element serving as the leading head, into an externally-contacting hole portion of a through-hole in a vertical wall portion. The externally-contacting hole portion contacts an outer peripheral surface of the flange portion. A collimator lens is mounted to a support body before or after the flange portion is press-fitted into the externally-contacting hole portion. The press-fitting of the flange portion into the externally-contacting hole portion is stopped at a position where an edge portion, of the flange portion, on the front face side of the semiconductor laser element rests within the externally-contacting hole portion. The collimator lens is mounted to the support body in a path of emitted light in front of the semiconductor laser element.
US10008821B1 Wavelength-switched multi-turret fiber laser system
A fiber amplifier system including a plurality of seed beam sources each generating a seed beam at a different wavelength and a selection switch selectively outputting the seed beams on one or more outputs. The system also includes a plurality of fiber amplifiers each receiving one of the selected seed beams from the selection switch and a plurality of wavelength division multiplexers (WDMs) where a separate WDM receives an amplified beam from a fiber amplifier, each WDM providing the amplified beam on a separate output depending on the wavelength of the selected beam. The system further includes a plurality of beam directors each being coupled to each WDM, where one of the beam directors receives all of the amplified beams on the delivery fibers from each of the WDMs depending on the selected seed beam, each beam director combining the beams using CBC or SBC into a combined output beam.
US10008815B2 Plug-in connection and method for connecting, in particular, electrical lines
The invention relates to a plug-in connection (1) for connecting, in particular, electrical lines, comprising at least a female connecting element (2) and a male connecting element (3), wherein the female connecting element (2) interlockingly receives the male connecting element (3) and wherein the two connecting elements (2, 3) can be detachably frictionally connected while in interlocking contact, wherein a region (4) of the male connecting element (3) that enters into connection is coaxially tapered and comprises at least one slidable contact body (5), which is arranged within the male connecting element in a first position and protrudes from the male connecting element (3) in a second position. The invention further relates to a use of such a plug-in connection (1). The invention further relates to a method for connecting, in particular, electrical lines by means of a plug-in connection (1).
US10008807B2 Lever-type connector and printed circuit board equipped with such connectors
This lever-type connector comprises a first part forming a base and a second part mobile in relation to the base, the first and second parts inwardly receiving first and second contact assemblies facing one another, male and female respectfully, each provided at one end with conductors to be connected, and a cam mechanism able to move the mobile part between contact disconnection and connection positions. The cam mechanism includes a lever shaped so as to be circumscribed inside the main cross-section of the connector.
US10008802B1 Receptacle frames for adapting a float range capability of a blind-mate connector and related systems
A receptacle frame is provided including a frame having tapered sidewalls and ends of the tapered sidewalls having tapered leads thereon, the tapered sidewalls of the frame defining an opening therethrough; at least one mounting slot on the frame to secure the receptacle frame to a back plane of an electrical enclosure; and at least one mounting point on the frame to secure a blind-mate receptacle portion of a blind-mate connector to the receptacle frame. Related systems are also provided.
US10008800B2 Terminal and method for producing the same
A terminal (1) includes a wire connecting portion (11) to be connected to a wire (4), and a terminal connecting portion (12) to be connected to a counterpart terminal (5). The terminal connecting portion (12) includes first contact portions (321) to be connected to the counterpart terminal (5), and second contact portions (331) to be connected to the counterpart terminal (5). The first contact portions (321) and the second contact portions (331) are disposed to be shifted from each other along an axial direction of the terminal connecting portion (12).
US10008795B2 Card socket for electronic device
A card socket for use in an electronic device is disclosed, wherein two cards may be inserted on top of one another into the card insertion space, so that both of the two cards may be used continuously. The card socket according to one embodiment of this disclosure for use in an electronic device comprises a housing having a space wherein a card is inserted, wherein the housing comprises a step part having a staircase shape in the card insertion direction within the card insertion space, so that two or more cards may be inserted on top of one another.
US10008793B2 Method for molding electrical connector
A method for molding an electrical connector, includes: S1: providing a row of first terminals, and integrally wrapping an insulating block on the first terminals by insert molding, wherein the insulating block wraps a part of each first terminal, and the insulating block and the row of first terminals together form a first terminal module; S2: providing a middle shielding sheet; and S3: integrally wrapping an insulating body around the middle shielding sheet and the first terminal module by insert molding.
US10008791B1 Adapter assembly and device
An adapter assembly is used to attach a module having a mating interposed portion to an attachment member having a mating fixing portion. The adapter assembly comprises a main member having a fixed portion and an interposed portion, a fixing member, a first interposing member having a first interposing portion and a second interposing member having a rotation stopper and a second interposing portion. When the module is attached to the attachment member, the fixed portion is interposed and fixed between the fixing member and the mating fixing portion, and the mating interposed portion is interposed and held between the interposed portion pressed by the first interposing portion and the second interposing portion. During the attachment process of the module, the rotation stopper prevents the second interposing member from being rotated relative to the module.
US10008790B2 Magnet terminal with solderless connection structure and jumper wire including the same
Disclosed is a magnet terminal and a jumper wire including the magnet terminal. The magnet terminal comprises a magnet layer, a metallic structure placed on the magnet layer and configured to conduct an electric signal with the magnet layer, and a tube configure to partly cover an outer surface of the metallic structure, then providing a low-cost solderless magnet terminal which is available for a component or electric/electronic circuit attachable to a magnet.
US10008786B2 Coaxial-cable-assembly, ferrule, and method of making the same
A coaxial-cable-assembly includes a coaxial-cable and a tubular-ferrule. The coaxial-cable includes an outer-jacket and an exposed outer-shield conductor. The tubular-ferrule includes a crimp-zone, a skirt-zone, and a transition-zone therebetween. The tubular-ferrule defines a relief-slot having an open-end, a closed-end, and two parallel-edges that extend from the crimp-zone to the skirt-zone. The crimp-zone is brought into forcible contact with the exposed outer-shield conductor by drawing the two parallel-edges into close proximity, such that a crimp-zone-diameter is reduced to less than a skirt-zone-diameter. As a result, the closed-end of the relief-slot forms an aperture in a junction of the transition-zone and the skirt-zone.
US10008782B2 Low coupling full-duplex MIMO antenna array with coupled signal cancelling
A full-duplex 2×2 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array is provided. An antenna reflector defining an x-y plane provides a plurality of antenna elements on the reflector. The linear polarization elements of the antenna elements are arrange in orthogonal polarizations for each transmit and receive pair. The elements are aligned in the same direction for half the orthogonal pair. A pair of elements are aligned along an axis to provide two coupled phase offset signals at a third element. The third element is collinear to the element of the first element defining a line of symmetry and parallel the direction of the element of the second element. The antenna array provides improved isolation between orthogonal ports and between transmit and receive ports by providing coupled signal cancelling between ports. This technique also increases boresight radiated pattern gain, as an additional benefit.
US10008781B1 Low-profile broadband high-gain filtering antenna
The present invention discloses a low-profile broadband high-gain filtering antenna. The antenna comprises a radiator, an upper-layer dielectric substrate, a lower-layer dielectric substrate, a microstrip feed-line having open stubs, a ground plane having a plurality of spaced slots, and a metallized via. The radiator generates resonances, provides a broadband and high-gain radiation passband, and meanwhile, adjusting the dimensions of the radiator can adjust the roll-off rate at the upper edge of the passband. The open stub generates a radiation null, and suppresses a resonance in upper band of the antenna. The spaced slot suppresses a resonance in lower band of the antenna. The metallized via connects the microstrip feed-line and the ground plane, generates a radiation null, and improves the roll-off rate at the lower edge of the passband.
US10008779B2 Dielectric-free metal-only dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view
Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
US10008775B2 Antenna configuration with a coupler element for wireless communication
A first antenna element is indirectly coupled to communication signals via a coupler that is located within a same volume of a body. A second antenna element is proximate to and adjacent the first antenna element. The first antenna element is configured to operate in a first frequency range and the second antenna element is configured to operate within a subset of the first frequency range concurrent with or simultaneously to the first antenna element. The coupler can operate to couple multiple antenna elements operating at different frequencies within the same volume of the body.
US10008774B2 Method and apparatus for dynamically processing an electromagnetic beam
A method and apparatus for processing a terahertz frequency electromagnetic beam are disclosed. For example, the method receives the terahertz frequency electromagnetic beam via a metamaterial having a plurality of addressable magnetic elements, where a resonant frequency of each of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements is capable of being programmably changed via an adjustment, and activates selectively a subset of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements to manipulate the terahertz frequency electromagnetic beam.
US10008773B2 Wireless communication apparatus, antenna directionality control method, and power supply circuit
A wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of phase adjusters configured to adjust the phase of a digital baseband signal d(k) for k=1, 2, . . . , K (K is a natural number equal to or larger than one) and output a plurality of digital signals d1(k), d2(k), dm(k) (m is a natural number equal to or larger than two) having phases different from each other, an i-th converter configured to convert a signal obtained by synthesizing the digital signals di(1), di(2), . . . , di(K) into an analog signal ai for i=1, 2, . . . , m, and a power supply circuit including a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit, . . . , an N-th stage circuit (N is a natural number equal to or larger than one).
US10008772B2 Phased array antenna and a method of operating a phased array antenna
An element of a phased array antenna is provided. The element comprises a phase tracking circuit configured to multiply the in-phase component (In) of a local output signal by the quadrature phase component (Qout) of an external output signal to generate a phase control signal (535) and/or to multiply the quadrature component (Qn) of a local output signal by the in-phase component (Iout) of an external output signal to generate a phase control signal (535).
US10008766B2 Touch screen and terminal
Provided is a touch screen and a terminal. The touch screen includes a touch layer, a conducting layer and a substrate layer which are laminated and matched in sequence, wherein an antenna radiating body, and an antenna signal line and a ground feeder line which are connected with the antenna radiating body are arranged on the conducting layer. The terminal includes the touch screen.
US10008759B2 Stabilized platform for a wireless communication link
A terrestrial data communications wireless link includes a first link end that has a first directional antenna, a first beacon and a first redirecting assembly coupled to the first directional antenna. The wireless link also includes a second link end having a second directional antenna, a second beacon and a second redirecting assembly coupled to the second directional antenna. In use the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna are maintained in mutual alignment by the first redirecting assembly redirecting the first directional antenna in response to a signal from the second beacon and the second redirecting assembly redirecting the second directional antenna in response to a signal from the first beacon.
US10008755B2 Radio frequency (RF) conductive medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a radio frequency (RF) conductive medium for reducing the undesirable insertion loss of all RF hardware components and improving the Q factor or “quality factor” of RF resonant cavities. The RF conductive medium decreases the insertion loss of the RF device by including one or more conductive pathways in a transverse electromagnetic axis that are immune to skin effect loss and, by extension, are substantially free from resistance to the conduction of RF energy.
US10008754B2 Metal-air battery
A metal-air battery may include a housing, at least one cathode disposed in the housing between an air space and an electrolyte space, and at least one metal anode disposed in the electrolyte space. The battery may also include an air path leading through the housing from an air inlet to an air outlet of the housing, both of which may be fluidically connected to the air space, and an air supply device for generating an air flow which may follow the air path and act upon the cathode. The battery may further include an electrolyte path leading through the housing from an electrolyte inlet to an electrolyte outlet of the housing, both of which may be fluidically connected to the electrolyte space, and an electrolyte supply device for producing an electrolyte flow which may follow the electrolyte path and act upon the anode and the cathode.
US10008753B2 Electrochemical battery and method of operating the same
A electrochemical battery including: a battery module including one or more metal air cells which use oxygen gas as a positive electrode active material; an air supply configured to supply air to the battery module and to adjust an oxygen concentration in air supplied to the battery module; and a control unit configured to control an oxygen concentration adjusting operation of the air supply unit. Also a method of operating the electrochemical battery including: supplying air to a battery module using an air supply unit, the battery module including one or more metal air cells which use oxygen in air as a positive electrode active material; and controlling the air supply unit to adjust an oxygen concentration in the air supplied to the battery module.
US10008750B2 Load-managed electrochemical energy generation system
Described embodiments include a system and a method. A system includes a controllable electrochemical cell configured to output electric power. The controllable cell includes an electrolyte and a first working electrode configured to transfer electrons to or from the electrolyte. The controllable cell includes a second working electrode configured to transfer electrons to or from the electrolyte. The controllable cell includes a gating electrode spaced-apart from the second working electrode. The gating electrode is configured, if biased relative to the second working electrode, to modify an electric charge, field, or potential in the space between the electrolyte and the second working electrode. The controllable cell includes a control circuit coupled to the gating electrode of the controllable cell and configured to apply a biasing signal responsive to an electrical property of an external electrical load coupled to the controllable cell.
US10008740B2 Garnet powder, manufacturing method thereof, solid electrolyte sheet using hot press and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure relates to garnet powder, a manufacturing method thereof, a solid electrolyte sheet using a hot press, and a manufacturing method thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZ) garnet powder including preparing a mixture by first dry mixing Li2CO3, La2O3, ZrO2, and Al2O3. The mixture is first calcinated for 5 to 7 hours in a temperature range of 800 to 1000° C. The calcinated mixture is ground to a powder with an average particle size of 1 to 4 μm through dry grinding. A cubic-phased LLZ garnet powder is prepared by second calcinating the ground mixture for 10 to 30 hours in a temperature range of 1100 to 1300° C.
US10008738B2 Nanoconfined electrolytes and their use in batteries
A nanoconfined metal-containing electrolyte comprising a layer of enclosed nanostructures in which each enclosed nanostructure contains a liquid metal-containing electrolyte, wherein said enclosed nanostructures are in physical contact with each other. Metal-ion batteries containing the nanoconfined electrolyte in contact with an anode and cathode of the battery are also described. Methods for producing the nanoconfined electrolyte are also described.
US10008737B2 Composition for lithium ion secondary battery porous membrane, porous membrane for lithium ion secondary battery, and lithium ion secondary battery
Provided is a technique for capturing transition metal ions, such as cobalt ions, in a secondary battery that elute from a positive electrode active material and for preventing deposition of transition metal at a negative electrode. A composition for a lithium ion secondary battery porous membrane that contains non-conductive particles and a binding material is provided. The binding material includes a polymer A including an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of greater than 85 mass % and a polymer B including a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of at least 60 mass %. A mass basis ratio of content of the polymer A relative to content of the polymer B is at least 0.2 and no greater than 9.0.
US10008736B2 Method for forming and processing antiperovskite material doped with aluminum material
The present invention is related to formation and processing of antiperovskite material. In various embodiments, a thin film of aluminum doped antiperovskite is deposited on a substrate, which can be an electrolyte material of a lithium-based electrochemical storage device.
US10008735B2 Method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, sulfide solid electrolyte material, and lithium battery
A method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material includes: forming an intermediate having crosslinking sulfur but no Li2S, by vitrifying, in a first vitrification process, a starting material composition obtained by mixing Li2S and a sulfide of a group 14 or group 15 element such that a proportion of Li2S with respect to the sum total of the Li2S and the sulfide of a group 14 or group 15 element is smaller than a proportion of Li2S required for the sulfide solid electrolyte material to obtain an ortho composition; and eliminating the crosslinking sulfur by vitrifying, in a second vitrification process, an intermediate-containing composition resulting from mixing a bond cleaving compound, which cleaves a bond of the crosslinking sulfur, with the intermediate.
US10008732B2 Solid oxide fuel cell stack
Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell stack. The solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a unit cell, a cell frame configured to support an edge of the unit cell, a interconnecting member disposed under the cell frame, a sealing member disposed between the cell frame and the interconnecting member, and a spacer member configured to uniformly maintain an interval between the cell frame and the interconnecting member. The spacer member is disposed at an area between the cell frame and the interconnecting member, which is not sealed by the sealing member, and formed of a mica or insulating ceramic.
US10008731B2 Ceria electrolyte for low-temperature sintering and solid oxide fuel cell using the same
Disclosed is a ceria electrolyte for a solid oxide fuel cell, which is a ceria (CeO2) electrolyte configured such that either gadolinium (Gd) or samarium (Sm) is co-doped with ytterbium (Yb) and bismuth (Bi), wherein Bi is doped in an amount of 0.5 to 5 mol %, thus exhibiting low-temperature sintering properties.
US10008729B2 High performance flow battery
High performance flow batteries, based on alkaline zinc/ferro-ferricyanide rechargeable (“ZnFe”) and similar flow batteries, may include one or more of the following improvements. First, the battery design has a cell stack comprising a low resistance positive electrode in at least one positive half cell and a low resistance negative electrode in at least one negative half cell, where the positive electrode and negative electrode resistances are selected for uniform high current density across a region of the cell stack. Second, a flow of electrolyte, such as zinc species in the ZnFe battery, with a high level of mixing through at least one negative half cell in a Zn deposition region proximate a deposition surface where the electrolyte close to the deposition surface has sufficiently high zinc concentration for deposition rates on the deposition surface that sustain the uniform high current density.
US10008727B2 Ceramic interconnect for fuel cell stacks
A fuel cell comprises a plurality of sub-cells, each sub-cell including a first electrode in fluid communication with a source of oxygen gas, a second electrode in fluid communication with a source of a fuel gas, and a solid electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sub-cells are connected with each other with an interconnect. The interconnect includes a first layer in contact with the first electrode of each cell, and a second layer in contact with the second electrode of each cell. The first layer includes a (La,Mn)Sr-titanate based perovskite represented by the empirical formula of LaySr(1-y)Ti(1-x)MnxOb. In one embodiment, the second layer includes a (Nb,Y)Sr-titanate perovskite represented by the empirical formula of Sr(1-1.5z-0.5k±δ)YzNbkTi(1-k)Od. In another embodiment, the interconnect has a thickness of between about 10 μm and about 100 μm, and the second layer of the interconnect includes a (La)Sr-titanate based perovskite represented by the empirical formula of Sr(1-z±δ)LazTiOd.
US10008720B2 Method of preparing positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries
Disclosed is a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, the method including pre-activating at least one lithium transition metal oxide selected from compounds represented by Formula (1) below and modifying a surface of the pre-activated lithium transition metal oxide: (1−x)LiM′O2−yAy−xLi2MnO3−y′Ay′  (1), wherein M′ is MnaMb; M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Zr, Zn and Period II transition metals; A is at least one selected from the group consisting of anions such as PO4, BO3, CO3, F and NO3; 0
US10008715B2 Cathode material for lithium-ion secondary battery, method for manufacturing same, electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery, and lithium-ion secondary battery
A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery made of agglomerated particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of a cathode active material represented by General Formula (1) below which are coated with a carbonaceous film, in which, in a case in which a cathode mixture layer including the cathode material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binding agent in a weight ratio (the cathode material/the conductive auxiliary agent/the binding agent) of 90:5:5 is calendered on a 30 μm-thick aluminum current collector at a total applied pressure of 5 t/250 mm, a film thickness change percentage of the cathode mixture layer before and after the calendering is 30% or less, LixAyDzPO4  (1).
US10008714B2 Anode mixture and all solid battery
An anode mixture with high energy density and capability of restraining the decrease in capacity maintaining rate due to the expansion and contraction of an anode active material is provided. The anode mixture includes a first anode active material, a second active material and a solid electrolyte material. The first anode active material is an active material having a carbon matrix and a particle containing Si or Sn dispersed into the carbon matrix. An average particle diameter of the first anode active material is 15 μm or less and a content of the carbon matrix in the first anode active material is 15% by weight or more and 65% by weight or less. A content of the particle in the first anode active material is 35% by weight or more and 85% by weight or less and has an average particle diameter of 11 nm or less.
US10008712B2 Negative electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery
The present invention provides a negative electrode active material which can prevent reduction in battery capacity by suppressing reaction of an electrolyte solution at the surface of the negative electrode active material as well as can reduce resistance resulting from the formation of a film. A negative electrode active material 90 for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a carbon material 92 capable of reversibly storing and releasing lithium, an amorphous carbon membrane 94 coating the surface of the carbon material and a film 96 containing a phosphate compound and coating the surface of the amorphous carbon membrane.
US10008711B2 Zinc electrodes for batteries
An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; sintering the sponge to form a sintered sponge; heating the sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.
US10008708B2 Battery pack
A battery pack includes a plurality of electrically connected battery modules. The battery module includes a plurality of type-A battery cells and a plurality of type-B battery cells. The type-A battery cells and the type-B battery cells are arranged in alternate manner. Both of the type-A and the type-B battery cells have a positive tab and a negative tab. The positive tabs and negative tabs of all type-A battery cells are electrically connected with a type-A first and a type-A second connecting pieces respectively. The positive tabs and negative tabs of all type-B battery cells are electrically connected with a type-B first and a type-B second connecting pieces respectively. When the battery pack burns, the type-A battery cells have an isolation effect on stopping the diffusion of combustion so as to improve the safety, and also improve the rapid charging and discharging ability and energy density of the battery pack.
US10008702B2 Pouch cell
The present invention relates to the field of battery cells, particularly to a pouch cell comprising a packaging seal, a heating element and a fault switch, wherein the fault switch will activate the heating element to generate heat to make the packaging seal delaminate when the inner space of the pouch cell reaches a predetermined pressure, such that the pouch cell vents. The mechanism and components of these venting concepts can be designed to be fully compatible with existing manufacturing methods and typical cell handling situations. The most favorable configuration has both vent device components outside the cell, with nothing passing through or even into the seal. Such a configuration has the advantage of having no impact on the seal integrity relative to a conventional pouch cell, is easy to manufacture, and has improved safety.
US10008701B2 Battery module system
A battery is provided comprising a plurality of cylindrical type cells. Three cylindrical cells may be arranged in a triangular configuration with an electrical isolation spacer positioned between the three cylindrical cells, and a casing may be wrapped around the cells to restrict relative movement of the cells forming a cell group. Multiple cells groups, separated by electrical isolation spacers, may be electrically coupled via bus bars and arranged to form a cell module, where multiple cell modules may be included in the battery, and where the cell modules may be electrically coupled via inter-module connectors.
US10008700B2 Packaging material and molded case
A packaging material 1 includes a heat resistant resin stretched film layer 2 as an outer layer, a thermoplastic resin layer 3 as an inner layer, a metal foil layer 4 arranged between these layers, and a colored ink layer 10 arranged between the metal foil layer 4 and the heat resistant resin stretched film layer 2. As the heat resistant resin stretched film, a heat resistant resin stretched film having a hot water shrinkage rate of 2% to 20% is used, and the heat resistant resin stretched film layer 2 and the colored ink layer 4 are integrally laminated via an easily adhesive layer 30. In this packaging material, at the time of forming and sealing, and even being used in a somewhat severe environment such as high-temperature and humid environment, the colored ink layer will not be detached from the heat resistant resin stretched film layer.
US10008699B2 Package for power storage device and power storage device
A package for a power storage device includes a metal foil layer, an insulation layer laminated on at least center portion of one surface of the metal foil layer, and a heat-sealable resin layer arranged one surface of the metal foil layer or a region corresponding to a periphery of the one surface of the metal foil layer. With this, thinning, weight saving, and shortening of the production time can be attained.
US10008696B2 Packaging method, display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides a packaging method, a display panel, and a display device. The packaging method includes forming a glass adhesive on a packaging area of an OLED array substrate or on a packaging cover plate, aligning the packaging cover plate with the OLED array substrate, and applying, from a side of the packaging cover plate facing away from the OLED array substrate a laser to the glass adhesive, to sinter the glass adhesive, wherein the packaging method further includes forming a barrier layer on the packaging cover plate, the barrier layer being configured to block the laser from irradiating an OLED device on the OLED array substrate when the laser irradiates the glass adhesive.
US10008691B2 Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device
An array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a display region and a packaging region surrounding the display region. The packaging region is provided with a packaging planarization layer, the packaging planarization layer includes a plurality of packaging planarization units, and each of the packaging planarization units is formed as a ring shaped pattern in the packaging region and configured to surround the display region.
US10008688B2 Display apparatus including organic electroluminescence devices
Provided is a display apparatus and a method of manufacture. The display apparatus includes a first substrate with a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices, a second substrate with a color filter, the second substrate facing the first substrate, and an adhesive layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to cover the plurality of organic electroluminescence devices, the adhesive layer being made of a material selected from the group consisting of a phenol resin, a melanin resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, an epoxy resin, a silicon resin and a polyurethane resin.
US10008684B2 Organic light-emitting device and display apparatus including the same
An organic light-emitting device, including a first sub-organic light-emitting device including a first emission layer, a first common emission part, a first buffer part, a first doping part, and a first cathode part, sequentially stacked; a second sub-organic light-emitting device including a second emission layer, a second common emission part, a second buffer part, a second doping part, and a second cathode part, sequentially stacked; and a third sub-organic light-emitting device including a third common emission part, a third buffer part, a third doping part, and a third cathode part, sequentially stacked, the first through third common emission parts integrated with one another as one body, the first through third buffer parts integrated with one another as one body, the first through third doping parts integrated with one another as one body, and the first through third cathode parts integrated with one another as one body.
US10008683B2 Flexible organic transistors with controlled nanomorphology
An organic device, including semiconducting polymers processed from a solution cast on one or more dielectric layers on a substrate; and electrical contacts to the semiconducting polymers, wherein the substrate and the one or more dielectric layers are flexible and the semiconducting polymers are aligned. The one or more dielectric layers can increase mobility of the semiconducting polymers and/or alignment of the semiconducting polymers with one or more of the nanogrooves in the dielectric layers.
US10008679B2 Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Phosphorescent complexes are designed with intramolecular H-bonding properties to prevent deprotonation of neighboring molecules.
US10008675B2 Organic compound and organic electroluminescent element comprising same
The present disclosure relates to a novel compound and an organic electroluminescent element including the same, and the compound according to the present disclosure is used for an organic material layer of the organic electroluminescent element, thereby improving the light emitting efficiency, driving voltage, lifetime, and the like of the organic electroluminescent element.
US10008674B2 Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device including the same
An organic light emitting diode including a first compound represented by one of Chemical Formulae 1-A to 1-D and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2:
US10008664B2 Phase change memory cell with constriction structure
Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. Such methods can include forming a first electrode, a second electrode, and a memory element directly contacting the first and second electrodes. Forming the memory element can include forming a programmable portion of the memory element isolated from the first electrode by a first portion of the memory element and isolated from the second electrode by a second portion of the memory element. Other embodiments are described.
US10008659B2 Fingerprint sensor
A fingerprint sensor includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer.
US10008654B2 Athletic activity monitoring device with energy capture
Aspects relate to an energy harvesting device adapted for use by an athlete while exercising. The device may utilize a mass of phase-change material to store heat energy, the stored heat energy subsequently converted into electrical energy by one or more thermoelectric generator modules. The energy harvesting device may be integrated into an item of clothing, and such that the mass of phase change material may store heat energy as the item of clothing is laundered.
US10008652B2 Light emitting diode device with reconstituted LED components on substrate
Disclosed herein are technologies for forming a plurality of known good die (KGD)-light emitting diode (LED) components into a larger size optically coherent LED chips or devices. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10008651B2 Light emitting device and wiring board thereof
A first conductive pattern is disposed on a substrate. A first conductive pattern includes a first element mount portion and a first wire connection portion. A second conductive pattern is disposed on the substrate to be spaced apart from the first conductive pattern. The second conductive pattern includes a second element mount portion and a groove. The second element mount portion has a first side, a second side substantially orthogonal to the first side, and a third side substantially orthogonal to the first side and substantially parallel to the second side. The groove extends substantially parallel to the first side. A rectangular first light emitting element is disposed on the first element mount portion. A rectangular second light emitting element is disposed on the second element mount portion adjacent to the first light emitting element. A wire connects the second light emitting element to the first wire connection portion.
US10008650B2 Semiconductor light-emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor light-emitting element mounted on the top surface of the bonding region, and a case covering part of the lead frame. The bottom surface of the bonding region is exposed to the outside of the case. The lead frame includes a thin extension extending from the bonding region and having a top surface which is flush with the top surface of the bonding region. The thin extension has a bottom surface which is offset from the bottom surface of the bonding region toward the top surface of the bonding region.
US10008648B2 Semiconductor light emitting device
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device, including: a body, which has a bottom part with at least one hole formed therein, a side wall, and a cavity defined by the bottom part and the side wall; a semiconductor light emitting chip, which is placed in each hole and includes plural semiconductor layers adapted to generate light by electron-hole recombination and electrodes electrically connected to the plural semiconductor layers; and an encapsulating member provided at least to the cavity to cover the semiconductor light emitting chip, in which the electrodes of the semiconductor light emitting chip are exposed towards the lower face of the bottom part of the body.
US10008643B2 Light emitting device having different types of phosphor material
A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element having an emission peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 430 nm to 470 nm, and a phosphor material comprising at least one type of phosphor selected from the group consisting of a first phosphor and a second phosphor, a third phosphor, a fourth phosphor, and a fifth phosphor having respective compositions represented by formulas (I)-(V): (x−s)MgO.(s/2)Sc2O3.yMgF2.uCaF2.(1−t)GeO2.(t/2)Mt2O3:zMn4+  (I) A2[M1−pF6]:pMn4+  (II) Lu3Al5O12:Ce  (III) (Sr,Ca)AlSiN3:Eu  (IV) (Ca,Sr,Ba)8MgSi4O16(F,Cl,Br)2:Eu  (V) In the formulas (I)-(V), Mt is at least one of Al, Ga, and In; x, y, z, s, t, and u each satisfy 2≤x≤4, 0
US10008630B2 Display device
An inorganic insulating film containing nitrogen, which has high adhesion to a sealant and an excellent effect of blocking hydrogen, water, and the like, is used as a layer in contact with the sealant. Further, the sealant is provided on the outer side than a side surface of an end portion of the organic insulating film provided over the transistor or the inorganic insulating film containing nitrogen is provided to cover an area from a region which is on the outer side than the edge of the organic insulating film to the side surface and the top surface of the end portion of the organic insulating film. Accordingly, the entry of hydrogen, water, and the like existing outside the display device into the oxide semiconductor included in the transistor can be suppressed, so that the display device can have high reliability.
US10008625B2 Atomic layer deposition for photovoltaic devices
A photovoltaic device and method include a substrate, a conductive layer formed on the substrate and an absorber layer formed on the conductive layer from a Cu—Zn—Sn containing chalcogenide material. An emitter layer is formed on the absorber layer and a buffer layer is formed on the emitter layer including an atomic layer deposition (ALD) layer. A transparent conductor layer is formed on the buffer layer.
US10008624B2 Embedded junction in hetero-structured back-surface field for photovoltaic devices
A photovoltaic device and method include a crystalline substrate and an emitter contact portion formed in contact with the substrate. A back-surface-field junction includes a homogeneous junction layer formed in contact with the crystalline substrate and having a same conductivity type and a higher active doping density than that of the substrate. The homogeneous junction layer includes a thickness less than a diffusion length of minority carriers in the homogeneous junction layer. A passivation layer is formed in contact with the homogeneous junction layer opposite the substrate, which is either undoped or has the same conductivity type as that of the substrate.
US10008618B2 Liftoff process for exfoliation of thin film photovoltaic devices and back contact formation
A method for forming a back contact on an absorber layer in a photovoltaic device includes forming a two dimensional material on a first substrate. An absorber layer including Cu—Zn—Sn—S(Se) (CZTSSe) is grown over the first substrate on the two dimensional material. A buffer layer is grown on the absorber layer on a side opposite the two dimensional material. The absorber layer is exfoliated from the two dimensional material to remove the first substrate from a backside of the absorber layer opposite the buffer layer. A back contact is deposited on the absorber layer.
US10008615B1 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a tunneling well, a tunneling oxide layer, a charge storage layer and a control gate. The tunneling oxide layer is disposed on the tunneling well. The tunneling oxide layer includes a first tunneling oxide segment having a first thickness, a second tunneling oxide segment having a second thickness, and a third tunneling oxide segment having a third thickness, and the first thickness, the second thickness and the third thickness are different from each other. The charge storage layer is disposed on the tunneling oxide layer, and the control gate is disposed on the charge storage layer.
US10008612B2 Thin film transistor, array substrate and display device having the same, and method of manufacturing thereof
The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor on a base substrate by patterning an active layer comprising a metal oxynitride, and treating the active layer with a plasma comprising oxygen.
US10008611B2 Thin film transistor and organic EL display device
A thin film transistor includes: a substrate; an undercoat layer disposed on the substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer formed above the undercoat layer and including at least indium; a gate insulating layer located opposite the undercoat layer with the oxide semiconductor layer being between the gate insulating layer and the undercoat layer; a gate electrode located opposite the oxide semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer being between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein fluorine is included in a region which is an internal region in the oxide semiconductor layer and is close to the undercoat layer.
US10008606B2 Thin film transistor and display panel
The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode formed on a surface of a substrate; a first amorphous silicon layer formed on an upper side of the gate electrode; a plurality of polysilicon layers separated by the first amorphous silicon layer and formed on the upper side of the gate electrode with a required spaced dimension; a second amorphous silicon layer and an n+ silicon layer which are formed on the upper side of the plurality of polysilicon layers and the first amorphous silicon layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the n+ silicon layer.
US10008605B2 Connecting structure and method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device
A connecting structure includes: a Si substrate; a nanocarbon material formed above the Si substrate; and an electrode electrically connected to the nanocarbon material, wherein a molecular material having a doping function is inserted between the Si substrate and the nanocarbon material. With this configuration, a highly-reliable connecting structure and a method for manufacturing the same are obtained which realize, even though using the nanocarbon material, a sufficiently low contact resistance between the nanocarbon material and the electrode.
US10008604B2 Active device and method for manufacturing active device
[Object]The present invention provides an active device in which the misalignment of a partition relative to electrodes is reduced and a method for manufacturing an active device.[Solution]An active device according to the present invention includes a substrate 2, a first electrode 5 and a second electrode 6 formed adjacent to each other on one main surface of the substrate 2, an organic semiconductor layer 9 formed on the one main surface of the substrate 2 at least over a region between the first electrode 5 and the second electrode 6, and a partition 12 formed on the one main surface of the substrate 2 in a region that is located outside the organic semiconductor layer 9 in a planar direction and that is different from regions where the first electrode 5 and the second electrode 6 are formed. The partition 12 is formed of a conductive material.
US10008599B1 Complementary metal oxide semiconductor device and method of forming the same
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device is disclosed. The CMOS device includes a substrate with a first device region and a second device region formed thereon. A first isolation structure is formed in the first device region, and includes a first trench filled with a first material. A second isolation structure is formed in the second device region and includes a second trench filled with a second material. The first material and the second material have different stresses. A first gate structure is disposed atop the first material and completely covering the first trench. A second gate structure is disposed atop the second material and completely covering the second trench.
US10008596B2 Channel-last replacement metal-gate vertical field effect transistor
A method of making a vertical transistor includes forming a doped source on a substrate; depositing a sacrificial gate material on the source; forming a trench in the sacrificial gate material to expose the doped source; growing an epitaxial layer within the trench to form a channel region extending from the doped source and through the sacrificial gate material; performing an epitaxial growth process to grow an epitaxial layer on a portion of the channel region to form a drain over the sacrificial gate material; depositing a dielectric material on the drain to form a spacer that protects the epitaxial growth; and removing the sacrificial gate material and replacing the sacrificial gate material with a gate stack that surrounds the channel region between the doped source and the drain.
US10008595B2 Method for producing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
A method for producing a semiconductor device includes a first step of forming a fin-shaped semiconductor layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a first insulating film around the fin-shaped semiconductor layer; a second step of forming a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer and a first dummy gate formed of a first polysilicon; a third step of forming a second dummy gate on side walls of the first dummy gate and the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer; a fourth step of forming a side wall formed of a fifth insulating film around the second dummy gate, forming a second diffusion layer in an upper portion of the fin-shaped semiconductor layer and a lower portion of the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, and forming a metal-semiconductor compound on the second diffusion layer; a fifth step of forming a gate electrode and a gate line; and a sixth step of depositing a sixth insulating film, forming a third resist for forming a contact hole on the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, etching the sixth insulating film to form a contact hole on the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, removing the third resist, depositing a second gate insulating film, depositing a second metal, etching back the second metal, removing the second gate insulating film on the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer so as to form a metal side wall on a side wall of an upper portion of the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, and depositing a third metal so as to form a contact that connects an upper portion of the metal side wall to an upper portion of the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer.
US10008592B1 Semiconductor device
Each first p+-type region is provided between adjacent trenches embedded with a MOS gate and is in contact with a p-type base region. Second p+-type regions face a bottom and bottom corner portions of the trenches in a depth direction. An n-type CS region is a current spread layer provided between the first p+-type regions and the second p+-type regions. The n-type CS region is provided only in an active region and an end thereof is positioned at a boundary of the active region and an edge termination region. Further, the n-type CS region extends to be flush with or farther inward than an outermost first p+-type region. An outermost p++-type contact region extends from a drop between the active region and the edge termination region to the edge termination region and extends beyond the n-type CS region.
US10008590B2 Semiconductor device with trench edge termination
A semiconductor device is provide that includes: a semiconductor body having a first surface, an inner region, and an edge region; a pn junction between a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, the pn-junction extending in a lateral direction of the semiconductor body in the inner region; a recess extending from the first surface in the edge region into the semiconductor body, the recess comprising at least one sidewall; a dielectric filling the recess. In the dielectric, a dielectric number, in the lateral direction, decreases as a distance from the first sidewall increases.
US10008589B2 Oxide thin film transistor and method of fabricating the same
Disclosed are an oxide thin film transistor and a method of fabricating the same. The oxide thin film transistor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a gate electrode formed on a substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer as a semiconductor active layer, and source and drain electrodes formed on the oxide semiconductor layer. The oxide semiconductor layer is activated by heat of less than 300° C. and a change in the magnetic flux of an applied magnetic field. More specifically, the activation proceeds by activation energy provided by Joule heat generated from eddy current occurring in the oxide semiconductor layer by a change in the magnetic flux, and the heat of less than 300° C.
US10008588B2 Method for manufacturing oxide semiconductor device
The amount of water and hydrogen contained in an oxide semiconductor film is reduced, and oxygen is supplied sufficiently from a base film to the oxide semiconductor film in order to reduce oxygen deficiencies. A stacked base film is formed, a first heat treatment is performed, an oxide semiconductor film is formed over and in contact with the stacked base film, and a second heat treatment is performed. In the stacked base film, a first base film and a second base film are stacked in this order. The first base film is an insulating oxide film from which oxygen is released by heating. The second base film is an insulating metal oxide film. An oxygen diffusion coefficient of the second base film is smaller than that of the first base film.
US10008586B2 Dual fill silicon-on-nothing field effect transistor
A patterned stack of a first silicon-germanium alloy nanowire, a second silicon-germanium alloy nanowire, and a silicon-containing nanowire is formed on a substrate. After formation of a first dielectric isolation layer around the patterned stack, a disposable gate structure can be formed. End portions of the second silicon-germanium alloy nanowire are removed to form first cavities underlying end portions of the silicon-containing nanowire. Dielectric nanowires are formed in cavities concurrently with formation of a gate spacer. After recessing the first dielectric isolation layer, a second cavity is formed by removing the first silicon-germanium alloy nanowire. The second cavity is filled with a second dielectric isolation layer, and raised active regions can be formed by a selective epitaxy process. After formation of a planarization dielectric layer, the disposable gate structure and the remaining portion of the second silicon-germanium alloy nanowire with a replacement gate structure.
US10008582B2 Spacers for tight gate pitches in field effect transistors
Structures for spacers of a field-effect transistor and methods for forming such spacers. A mask layer has a feature separated from a vertical sidewall of a first gate structure by a space of predetermined width that exposes a top surface of a semiconductor body. A spacer is formed adjacent to the vertical sidewall of the first gate structure. The spacer has a first section in the space and a second section. The first section of the spacer is located vertically between the second section of the spacer and the top surface of the semiconductor body. The first section of the spacer extends through the space to the top surface of the semiconductor body, and the first section of the spacer fully fills the space.
US10008581B2 Semiconductor device having metal gate with nitrogen rich portion and titanium rich portion
A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure on the substrate. The gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer on the substrate and a bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the high-k dielectric layer. Preferably, the BBM layer includes a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, in which the top portion being a nitrogen rich portion, and the middle portion and the bottom portion being titanium rich portions.
US10008580B2 FET including an InGaAs channel and method of enhancing performance of the FET
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a FET device having a set BTBT leakage and a maximum VDD includes: determining an x value in InxGa1-xAs according to the BTBT leakage and the maximum VDD, and forming a channel utilizing InxGa1-xA, wherein x is not 0.53.
US10008579B2 MOSFET with integrated schottky diode
Schottky structure fabrication includes forming two trenches in a semiconductor material. The trenches are separated from each other by a mesa. Sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trenches are lined with a dielectric material. A conductive material is disposed in the trenches lining the dielectric material on the sidewalls and the bottom surface. The conductive material on the bottom surface of the trenches is removed so that a first portion of conductive material remains on a first sidewall of each trench, and a second portion of conductive material remains on a second sidewall of each trench. The first and second portions of conductive material are electrically isolated from each other. The space between the first and second portions of the conductive material is filled with a trench filling insulator material and a Schottky contact is formed between the outermost sidewalls of the two trenches.
US10008577B2 Methods of forming an air-gap spacer on a semiconductor device and the resulting device
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, forming a gate structure above an active region and an isolation region, wherein the gate structure comprises a gate, a first gate cap layer and a first sidewall spacer, removing portions of the first gate cap layer and the first sidewall spacer that are positioned above the active region, while leaving portions of the first gate cap layer and the first sidewall spacer positioned above the isolation region in place, wherein a plurality of spacer cavities are defined adjacent the gate, and forming a replacement air-gap spacer in each of the spacer cavities adjacent the gate and a replacement gate cap layer above the gate, wherein the replacement air-gap spacer comprises an air gap.
US10008576B2 Epi facet height uniformity improvement for FDSOI technologies
A method of controlling the facet height of raised source/drain epi structures using multiple spacers, and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include providing a gate structure on a SOI layer; forming a first pair of spacers on the SOI layer adjacent to and on opposite sides of the gate structure; forming a second pair of spacers on an upper surface of the first pair of spacers adjacent to and on the opposite sides of the gate structure; and forming a pair of faceted raised source/drain structures on the SOI, each of the faceted source/drain structures faceted at the upper surface of the first pair of spacers, wherein the second pair of spacers is more selective to epitaxial growth than the first pair of spacers.
US10008574B2 Gate structure and method of fabricating the same
A gate structure includes at least one spacer defining a gate region over a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on the gate region over the semiconductor substrate, a first work function metal layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer and lining a bottom surface of an inner sidewall of the spacer, and a filling metal partially wrapped by the first work function metal layer. The filling metal includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is between the second portion and the semiconductor substrate, and the second portion is wider than the first portion.
US10008573B1 High-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device
A high-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, a first drift region, a first isolation structure, a drain region, and a first sub-gate structure. The gate structure and the first sub-gate structure are disposed on the semiconductor substrate and separated from each other. The first drift region is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed at one side of the gate structure. The first isolation structure and the drain region are disposed in the first drift region and separated from each other. A part of the first drift region is disposed between the drain region and the first isolation structure. The first sub-gate structure is at least partially disposed on the first drift region disposed between the drain region and the first isolation structure, and the first sub-gate structure is electrically connected to the drain region.
US10008570B2 Bulb-shaped memory stack structures for direct source contact in three-dimensional memory device
The contact area between a source strap structure of a buried source layer and semiconductor channels within memory structures can be increased by laterally expanding a source-level volume in which the memory stack structures are formed. In one embodiment, sacrificial semiconductor pedestals can be formed in source-level memory openings prior to formation of a vertically alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. Memory openings can include bulging portions formed by removal of the sacrificial semiconductor pedestals. Memory stack structures can be formed with a greater sidewall surface area in the bulging portions to provide a greater contact area with the source strap structure. Alternatively, bottom portions of memory openings can be expanded selective to upper portions during, or after, formation of the memory openings to provide bulging portions and to increase the contact area with the source strap structure.
US10008568B2 Structure and formation method of semiconductor device structure
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a source/drain structure over the semiconductor substrate, and the source/drain structure includes a dopant. The semiconductor device structure further includes a channel region under the gate stack. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor layer surrounding the source/drain structure. The semiconductor layer is configured to prevent the dopant from entering the channel region.
US10008565B2 Semiconductor devices with germanium-rich active layers and doped transition layers
Semiconductor device stacks and devices made there from having Ge-rich device layers. A Ge-rich device layer is disposed above a substrate, with a p-type doped Ge etch suppression layer (e.g., p-type SiGe) disposed there between to suppress etch of the Ge-rich device layer during removal of a sacrificial semiconductor layer richer in Si than the device layer. Rates of dissolution of Ge in wet etchants, such as aqueous hydroxide chemistries, may be dramatically decreased with the introduction of a buried p-type doped semiconductor layer into a semiconductor film stack, improving selectivity of etchant to the Ge-rich device layers.
US10008564B2 Method of corner rounding and trimming of nanowires by microwave plasma
Embodiments of the invention describe a method of corner rounding and trimming of nanowires used in semiconductor devices. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing in a process chamber a plurality of nanowires separated from each other by a void, where the plurality of nanowires have a height and at least substantially right angle corners, forming an oxidized surface layer on the plurality of nanowires using an oxidizing microwave plasma, removing the oxidized surface layer to trim the height and round the corners of the plurality of nanowires, and repeating the forming and removing at least once until the plurality of nanowires have a desired trimmed height and rounded corners.
US10008562B1 Semiconductor device manufacturing method
A first parallel pn layer in which first n-type regions and first p-type regions are disposed in a plan view layout of stripes in an element active portion. A second parallel pn layer has a plan view layout of stripes oriented in the same direction as that of the stripes of the first parallel pn layer in a breakdown voltage structure portion. Corner portions of the first parallel pn layer has a plan view shape where stepped regions formed by shortening the length of the first n-type and p-type regions in steps are disposed in a stepwise arrangement. The stepped regions continue with a second parallel pn layer via an intermediate region lower in average impurity concentration than the first parallel pn layer.
US10008559B2 Etching process control in forming MIM capacitor
A method includes forming a capacitor, which includes depositing a bottom electrode layer, depositing a capacitor insulator layer over the bottom electrode layer, depositing a top electrode layer over the capacitor insulator layer, and depositing a dielectric layer over the top electrode layer. The dielectric layer is etched using a process gas until the top electrode layer is exposed. In the etching of the dielectric layer, the dielectric layer has a first etching rate, and the top electrode layer has a second etching rate, and a ratio of the first etching rate to the second etching rate is higher than about 5.0.
US10008558B1 Advanced metal insulator metal capacitor
A method for fabricating an advanced metal insulator metal capacitor structure includes providing a pattern in a dielectric layer. The pattern includes a set of features in the dielectric layer. A first metal layer is deposited in the set of features in the dielectric layer. A phase change material layer is deposited over the metal layer in the set of features in the dielectric layer. The phase change material is an alloy of tantalum and nitrogen and is an insulator in a deposited state. A surface treatment process is performed on the phase change layer to produce a top surface layer having electrically conductive properties. A second metal layer is deposited on the top surface layer of the phase change layer. In another aspect of the invention, a device is produced using the method.
US10008557B2 Vertical meander inductor for small core voltage regulators
Vertical meander inductors for small core voltage regulators and approaches to fabricating vertical meander inductors for small core voltage regulators are described. For example, a semiconductor die includes a substrate. An integrated circuit is disposed on an active surface of the substrate. An inductor is coupled to the integrated circuit. The inductor is disposed conformal with an insulating layer disposed on an essentially planar surface of the substrate. The insulating layer has an undulating topography.
US10008550B2 Display
A display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an element substrate, a display section including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of light-emitting elements, and monitoring elements for detecting the temperature of the light-emitting elements. The light-emitting elements each include an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer placed between the anode and the cathode. The monitoring elements each include an anode, a cathode, and a light emission-suppressing layer containing the same light-emitting material as the light-emitting layer. When voltages are supplied to the monitoring elements, the light emission-suppressing layers do not emit any visible light or emit visible light with a luminance lower than the case where the same voltages as the above voltages are applied to the light-emitting elements.
US10008538B2 Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a logic region and a memory region adjacent to the logic region. The memory region includes a Nth metal layer, a bottom electrode over the Nth metal layer, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer over the bottom electrode, a top electrode over the MTJ layer, and a (N+1)th metal layer over the top electrode. The top electrode includes material having an oxidation rate lower than that of Tantalum or Tantalum derivatives. N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US10008537B2 Complementary magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) bit cell with shared bit line
A complementary bit cell includes a first magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device having a free layer coupled to a first access transistor and having a pinned layer coupled to a bit line. The complementary bit cell also includes a second MTJ device having a free layer coupled to the same bit line and having a pinned layer coupled to a second access transistor.
US10008536B2 Encapsulation of magnetic tunnel junction structures in organic photopatternable dielectric material
Methods and devices are provided to construct magnetic devices, such as magnetic random access memory devices, having MTJ (magnetic tunnel junction) structures encapsulated in organic photopatternable dielectric material. For example, a method includes forming an MTJ structure on a semiconductor substrate, encapsulating the MTJ structure in a layer of organic photopatternable dielectric material, patterning the layer of organic photopatternable dielectric material to form a contact opening in the layer of organic photopatternable dielectric material to the MTJ structure, and filling the contact opening with metallic material.
US10008534B2 Microelectronic package with horizontal and vertical interconnections
In a microelectronic package, a first wire bond wire is coupled to an upper surface of a substrate. A first bond mass is coupled to another end of the first wire bond wire. A second wire bond wire is coupled to the upper surface. A second bond mass is coupled to another end of the second wire bond wire. The first and second wire bond wires laterally jut out horizontally away from the upper surface of the substrate for at least a distance of approximately 2 to 3 times a diameter of both the first wire bond wire and the second wire bond wire. The first wire bond wire and the second wire bond wire are horizontal for the distance with respect to being co-planar with the upper surface within +/−10 degrees.
US10008533B2 Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package device includes a first semiconductor package including a first package substrate and a semiconductor chip stacked on the first package substrate, and a second semiconductor package stacked on the first semiconductor package. The second semiconductor package includes a second package substrate, an image sensor chip stacked on the second package substrate, and a transparent substrate disposed on the image sensor chip. The first semiconductor chip may include a semiconductor memory device, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and/or an image sensor driver circuit and may transfer, process and/or store signals output from the image sensor chip.
US10008532B2 Implant isolated devices and method for forming the same
A device includes a semiconductor substrate and implant isolation region extending from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate surrounding an active region. A gate dielectric is disposed over an active region of the semiconductor substrate and extends over the implant isolation region. A gate electrode is disposed over the gate dielectric and two end cap hardmasks are between the gate dielectric and the gate electrode over the implant isolation region. The two end cap hardmasks include same dopants as those implanted into the active region.
US10008530B2 Image sensing device and manufacturing method thereof
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor. The BSI image sensor includes a semiconductive substrate, a deep trench isolation (DTI) at a back side of the semiconductive substrate, and a dielectric layer. the dielectric layer includes a top portion over the back side, and a side portion lined to a sidewall of the DTI. The BSI image sensor includes a planarization stop layer disposed conformally on top of the dielectric layer. The planarization stop layer includes a top section on the top portion, a side section lined against the side portion, and a first transmittance. The BSI image sensor includes a low-transparent material inside the DTI, and the low-transparent material includes a second transmittance. The second transmittance is lower than the first transmittance.
US10008526B2 Image sensor and method for fabricating the same
An image sensor may include: a photoelectric conversion element suitable for generating a photo charge in response to incident light; and a transfer transistor suitable for transferring the photo charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion in response to a transfer signal, the transfer transistor comprising a first transfer gate formed over the photoelectric conversion element; an opening formed in the first transfer gate and exposing the photoelectric conversion element; a second transfer gate formed in the opening; and a channel layer interposed between the first and second transfer gates and between the photoelectric conversion element and the second transfer gate.
US10008522B2 Multi-spectrum photosensitive device and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a multi-spectrum photosensitive device and manufacturing method thereof. The multi-spectrum photosensitive device comprises at least one opaque base layer; each base layer having at least two sides, at least two of the sides are provided with photosensitive pixel groups, each photosensitive pixel group is used for sensing light of either spectrum irradiated from the obverse direction of the located side. Alternatively, the multi-spectrum photosensitive device comprises at least one transparent base layer; each base layer having at least two sides, at least two of the sides are provided with photosensitive pixel groups, each photosensitive pixel group is used for sensing light of interested spectrum irritated from the obverse direction or reverse direction of the located side. The present invention could be used to simultaneously sense different views of two directions or to sense a view of one direction by using the same sensing device to carry out double-direction sensing, thereby improving the performance of sensing device.
US10008520B2 Semiconductor device with terminals and manufacturing method of semiconductor device with terminals
A semiconductor device in an embodiment according to the present invention includes a first terminal and a second terminal stacked with a first conductive layer including titanium or molybdenum, a second conductive layer including aluminum above the first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer including titanium or molybdenum above the second conductive layer, a first insulation layer between the first terminal and the second terminal, a second insulation layer between the first insulation layer contacting a side wall part of the first terminal, and a fourth conducing layer extending an upper surface of the first terminal and an upper surface of the second insulation layer. The first terminal and the second terminal are arranged on an exterior side of a drive circuit including a semiconductor element.
US10008519B1 Display device and electronic device including the same
It is an object to decrease the number of transistors connected to a capacitor. In a structure, a capacitor and one transistor are included, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a wiring, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. Since a clock signal is input to the wiring, the clock signal is input to the gate of the transistor through the capacitor. Then, on/off of the transistor is controlled by a signal which synchronizes with the clock signal, so that a period when the transistor is on and a period when the transistor is off are repeated. In this manner, deterioration of the transistor can be suppressed.
US10008518B2 Thin film transistor array panel, liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof
A thin-film transistor array panel includes a gate line disposed on a first substrate, the gate line including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the first substrate, the semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor, a data wire layer disposed on the first substrate, the data wire layer including a data line crossing the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode facing the source electrode, a capping layer disposed on the data wire layer, a tilt layer disposed on the capping layer, and a passivation layer disposed on the tilt layer, in which the tilt layer includes a silsesquioxane-based copolymer.
US10008505B2 Semiconductor device including capacitor and method of manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may include forming contact pads spaced apart from each other in a first direction on a substrate and between first insulating patterns; forming first holes between the first insulating patterns and having bottom ends adjacent top surfaces of the contact pads; forming second holes between second insulating patterns and overlapping with partial portions of the first holes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and forming a bottom electrode layer including first portions to cover the bottom ends of the first holes and sidewalls of the second holes. In forming the first and second holes, the first and second holes are formed simultaneously.
US10008504B1 Memory arrays
Some embodiments include a memory array having rows of fins. Each fin has at least one channel region. Each channel region extends from a first source/drain region to a second source/drain region. The channel regions within each row of fins include first channel regions and second channel regions. Wordline configurations extend along the rows of fins. Each wordline configuration has a first wordline component operated in tandem with a second wordline component. The first wordline components electrically couple with only the first channel regions and the second wordline components electrically couple with only the second channel regions.
US10008503B1 Memory devices which include memory arrays
Some embodiments include a memory device. The device has a fin with a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region and a channel region. The first source/drain region extends to a first height. The second source/drain region extends to a second height less than the first height. The channel region extends along a trough between the first and second source/drain regions. A charge-storage device is over the first source/drain region. A first sense/access line is along a sidewall of the fin and is spaced from the channel region by dielectric material. A second sense/access line is over the second source/drain region. An uppermost surface of the second sense/access line is beneath an uppermost surface of the first source/drain region. Some embodiments include memory arrays, and some embodiments include methods of forming memory arrays.
US10008492B2 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and method fabricating the ESD protection device
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) device includes a gate structure, disposed on a substrate. A drain doped region of a first conductive type is in the substrate, adjacent to a first side of the gate structure, wherein the drain doped region has a first impurity concentration. A first doped region of the first conductive type is disposed within the drain doped region and being at least distant from the gate structure by a distance. The first doped region has a second impurity concentration lower than the first impurity concentration.
US10008489B2 Electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device
An electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate set positioned on the substrate, a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate respectively at two sides of the gate set, at least a first doped region formed in the drain region, and at least a second doped region formed in the substrate. The source region and the drain region include a first conductivity type, the first doped region and the second doped region include a second conductivity type, and the first conductivity and the second conductivity type are complementary to each other. The first doped region and the second doped region are electrically connected to each other.
US10008488B2 Semiconductor module adapted to be inserted into connector of external device
In one embodiment, the semiconductor module includes a module substrate and a first substrate mounted on and electrically connected to a first surface of the module substrate. The first substrate has one or more first electrical connectors of the semiconductor module, and the first substrate electrically connecting the first electrical connector to the module substrate.
US10008481B2 Method of manufacturing illumination device, illumination device, illumination device manufacturing system, method of classifying color tone of light emitting devices, and method of classifying light emitting devices
In a method of manufacturing an illumination device, a color tone of each of a plurality of light emitting devices having different color tones is detected. In which region among a first region, a second region, a third region, a fourth region, a fifth region, and a sixth region on a chromaticity diagram the color tone of each of the plurality of light emitting devices is determined based on the detected color tone. The chromaticity diagram has a first color tone area and a second color tone area in which the first color tone area is provided. The second color tone area is divided into the first region through the sixth region. The plurality of light emitting devices are classified into the first region through the sixth region based on the determined color tone.
US10008480B2 Package-on-package structure with through molding via
Disclosed herein is a device comprising a first package having a first side with a plurality of connectors disposed thereon and a second package mounted on the first package by the connectors. A molding compound is disposed on the first side of the first package and between the first package and the second package. A plurality of stress relief structures (SRSs) are disposed in the molding compound, the plurality of SRSs each comprising a cavity free of metal in the molding compound and spaced apart from each of the plurality of connectors.
US10008476B2 Stacked semiconductor package including a smaller-area semiconductor chip
A semiconductor package comprising: a base substrate; a first semiconductor chip unit attached to the base substrate and including at least one first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip unit stacked on the first semiconductor chip unit and including at least one second semiconductor chip; at least one third semiconductor chip disposed between the first semiconductor chip unit and the second semiconductor chip unit and having an area smaller than that of the at least one first semiconductor chip and that of the at least one second semiconductor chip; and an insulating material layer disposed between the first semiconductor chip unit and the second semiconductor chip unit to surround at least a portion of the at least one third semiconductor chip and having a thickness larger than that of the third semiconductor chip.
US10008475B2 Stacked-die including a die in a package substrate
Some embodiments described herein include apparatuses and methods of forming such apparatuses. In one such embodiment, an apparatus may include a substrate, a first die, and a second die coupled to the first die and the substrate. The substrate may include an opening. At least a portion of the die may occupy at least a portion of the opening in the substrate. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US10008468B2 Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices
Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a packaged microelectronic device can include a support member, a first die attached to the support member, and a second die attached to the first die in a stacked configuration. The device can also include an attachment feature between the first and second dies. The attachment feature can be composed of a dielectric adhesive material. The attachment feature includes (a) a single, unitary structure covering at least approximately all of the back side of the second die, and (b) a plurality of interconnect structures electrically coupled to internal active features of both the first die and the second die.
US10008467B2 Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a pad, a circuit board, a first bump, and a second bump. The pad is disposed on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The circuit board includes a contact area corresponding to the pad on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first bump is between the pad on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the contact area, wherein the contact area includes a non-metallic surface. The second bump is adjacent the first bump, wherein a first central width of the first bump is larger than a second central width of the second bump.
US10008466B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A flip-chip mounting technique with high reliability is provided in flip-chip mounting using a Cu pillar. In a semiconductor device to be coupled to a mounting board via a Cu pillar, the Cu pillar is caused to have a laminated structure including a pillar layer, a barrier layer, and a bump in this order from below, and the bump is formed to be smaller than the barrier layer.
US10008460B2 Semiconductor package and method of forming the same
According to an exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes: a chip having a plurality of joint pads; a component having a plurality of metal caps on one side and having a grinded surface on the other side, wherein the metal caps are in contact with the joint pads of the chip.
US10008455B2 Radio frequency isolation using substrate opening
Radio-frequency (RF) devices are fabricated by providing a field-effect transistor (FET) formed over a an oxide layer formed on a substrate layer and removing at least a portion of the substrate layer to form an opening exposing at least a portion of a backside of the oxide layer, the opening being positioned to enhance RF performance for one or more components of the RF device.
US10008448B2 Dielectric/metal barrier integration to prevent copper diffusion
An interconnect structure for use in semiconductor devices and a method for fabricating the same is described. The method includes positioning a substrate in a vacuum processing chamber, wherein the substrate comprises a copper layer having an exposed surface and a low-k dielectric layer having an exposed surface, forming a metal layer over the exposed surface of the copper layer, wherein the exposed surface of the low-k dielectric layer is free from the metal layer, and forming a metal-based dielectric layer over the metal layer and over at least part of the exposed low-k dielectric surface, wherein the metal-based dielectric layer comprises an aluminum compound.
US10008446B2 Advanced E-fuse structure with enhanced electromigration fuse element
A structure for an e-Fuse device in a semiconductor device is described. The e-Fuse device includes an anode region, a cathode region and a fuse element which interconnects the anode and cathode regions in a dielectric material on a first surface of a substrate. The fuse element has a smaller cross section and a higher aspect ratio than the anode and cathode regions. The anode and cathode regions are comprised of a high EM-resistant conductive material. The fuse element is comprised of low EM-resistant conductive material.
US10008444B2 Driving chip package and display device including the same
A display device includes a display panel and a chip-on-film (COF) bonded to the display panel. The chip-on-film includes a film on which a driving chip is mounted, a plurality of film lines on the film, and at least one dummy pattern on the film between an adjacent pair of films in the plurality of film lines.
US10008436B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a wiring layer provided on a front-surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a through-via that penetrates through the semiconductor substrate from a back-surface side of the semiconductor substrate and is coupled to a wire included in the wiring layer; and a stress relaxation part that protrudes toward a through-via side and is disposed on a section in the wire and coupled to the through-via, the stress relaxation part including at least one insulating portion containing an insulating material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than a material of the through-via.
US10008434B2 Thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors with back-gate feature
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors (FETs) with a back-gate feature. The thermally enhanced semiconductor package includes a non-silicon thermal conductive component, a silicon layer with a thickness between 100 Å and 10 μm over the thermal conductive component, a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the silicon layer, an epitaxial layer over the BOX layer and having a source, a drain, and a channel between the source and the drain, a gate dielectric aligned over the channel, and a front-gate structure over the gate dielectric. Herein, a back-gate structure is formed in the silicon layer and has a back-gate region aligned below the channel. A FET is formed by the front-gate structure, the source, the drain, the channel, and the back-gate structure.
US10008433B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip formed using a silicon carbide and having electrodes on a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a terminal disposed adjacent to the first surface and connected to the electrode on the first surface through a bonding member, and a heat sink disposed adjacent to the second surface and connected to the electrode on the second surface through a bonding member. The first surface is a (0001) plane and a thickness direction of the semiconductor chip corresponds to a [0001] direction. Of the distances between the end portions of the semiconductor chip having a square two-dimensional shape and the end portions of the terminal having a rectangular two-dimensional shape, the shortest distance L1 in a [1-100] direction is shorter than the shortest distance L2 in a [11-20] direction.
US10008430B2 Semiconductor device, manufacturing apparatus for semiconductor device and manufacturing method for semiconductor device, and semiconductor module
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a frame which has a first surface, holds the semiconductor element on the first surface, and is electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and a seal which has electrical insulation properties and seals the semiconductor element and the frame, wherein a through-hole is formed in the seal, the through-hole has a hole axis which extends in a direction intersecting with the first surface, and an inner peripheral end surface of the seal exposed inside the through-hole is inclined with respect to the hole axis.
US10008428B2 Methods for depositing films on sensitive substrates
Methods and apparatus to form films on sensitive substrates while preventing damage to the sensitive substrate are provided herein. In certain embodiments, methods involve forming a bilayer film on a sensitive substrate that both protects the underlying substrate from damage and possesses desired electrical properties. Also provided are methods and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing the films, including methods to evaluate the amount of substrate damage resulting from a particular deposition process and methods to determine the minimum thickness of a protective layer. The methods and apparatus described herein may be used to deposit films on a variety of sensitive materials such as silicon, cobalt, germanium-antimony-tellerium, silicon-germanium, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, chromium, nickel, palladium, ruthenium, or silicon oxide.
US10008427B2 Scanning acoustic microscope sensor array for chip-packaging interaction package reliability monitoring
A method includes forming a flip-chip module including a chip connected to a substrate with a layer of underfill material adhered to the chip and the substrate; sensing chip-packaging interaction failure in the underfilled flip-chip module in situ; reporting in-situ chip-packaging interaction failure to a device in real-time; and imaging the chip-packaging interaction failure with an indirect scanning acoustic microscope.
US10008426B2 Etching method and etchant
An etching method for detecting crystal defects, the method includes providing a substrate with an etchant containing hydrogen fluoride, nitric acid, hydrogen chloride, and water. A concave portion on a part having a crystal defect of the substrate is formed by the etchant. The concave portion is examined by a microscope to locate a position of the crystal defect.
US10008424B2 Measuring device and method for measuring layer thicknesses and defects in a wafer stack
A method for measuring and/or acquiring layer thicknesses and voids of one or more layers of a temporary bonded wafer stack on a plurality of measuring points is provided. A sequence of the method includes an arrangement of a measurement means for measuring and/or acquiring the layer thicknesses and voids of the layers of the wafer stack at the measuring points relative to a flat side of the wafer stack. The sequence further includes an emission of signals in the form of electromagnetic waves by a transmitter of the measurement means, and a receiving the signals which have been reflected by the wafer stack by a receiver of the measurement means. The sequence also includes an evaluation of the signals which have been received by the receiver by an evaluation unit.
US10008419B2 Separation method, computer storage medium, and separation system
A superposed wafer is separated to a processing target wafer and a supporting wafer while being heated. Then, an adhesive on a joint surface of the processing target wafer is removed by supplying an organic solvent onto the joint surface of the processing target wafer. Then, an oxide film formed on the predetermined pattern on the joint surface of the processing target wafer is removed by supplying acetic acid to the joint surface of the processing target wafer. Then, the joint surface of the processing target wafer is inspected. Then, based on an inspection result, the adhesive on the joint surface of the processing target wafer is removed and the oxide film formed on the predetermined pattern on the joint surface of the processing target wafer is removed.
US10008416B2 Forming a protective layer to prevent formation of leakage paths
A gate structure is formed over a substrate. The gate structure includes a gate electrode and a hard mask located over the gate electrode. The hard mask comprises a first dielectric material. A first interlayer dielectric (ILD) is formed over the gate structure. The first ILD comprises a second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material. A first via is formed in the first ILD. Sidewalls of the first via are surrounded by spacers that comprise the first dielectric material. A second ILD is formed over the first ILD. A via hole is formed in the second ILD. The via hole exposes the first via. A protective layer is formed in the via hole. A bottom segment of the protective layer is removed. Thereafter, an etching process is performed. A remaining segment of the protective layer prevents an etching of the spacers during the etching process.
US10008410B2 Deposition apparatus including UV annealing unit and method for fabricating non-volatile memory device by using the deposition apparatus
A deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a plate in the chamber and configured support a substrate, a deposition unit configured to perform a deposition process in-situ in the chamber, and a UV annealing unit configured to perform a first ultraviolet (UV) and a second ultraviolet (UV) annealing process in-situ in the chamber. The deposition process may include sequentially depositing a first sacrificial layer, a first oxide layer, a second sacrificial layer and a second oxide layer on the substrate. The first UV annealing process may be performed on the first oxide layer after the first oxide layer is deposited. The second UV annealing process may be different from the first UV annealing process and may be performed on the second oxide layer after the second oxide layer is deposited.
US10008405B2 Expansion method, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, and semiconductor device
An embodiment of the present invention relates to an expansion method comprising: a step (I) of preparing a laminate having a semiconductor wafer in which modified sections have been formed along intended cutting lines, a die bonding film and a dicing tape, a step (IIA) of expanding the dicing tape with the laminate in a cooled state, a step (IIB) of loosening the expanded dicing tape, and a step (IIC) of expanding the dicing tape with the laminate in a cooled state, dividing the semiconductor wafer and the die bonding film into chips along the intended cutting lines, and widening the spaces between the chips.
US10008402B1 Vertical wafer boat
A vertical wafer boat includes a top plate, a bottom plate, three support posts, and wafer support parts. The support posts include a first and a second support posts arranged in right and left sides of a starting end side of a wafer inserting direction, and a third support post arranged in a center of a terminal end side of the wafer inserting direction. The wafer support parts include a first, second and third wafer support parts protruding in the horizontal direction from side surfaces of the first, second and third support posts, respectively. A total of horizontal sectional areas of the first wafer support part and the first support post, or the second wafer support part and the second support post, and a total of horizontal sectional areas of the third wafer support part and the third support post have a specific relationship.
US10008401B2 Wafer boat having dual pitch
A wafer boat is provided for holding a plurality of wafers in a vertically stacked and spaced relationship. The wafer boat comprises a top member; a bottom member facing the top member; and at least three vertical members extending between the top member and the bottom member. The vertical members are provided with a plurality of protrusions, the protrusions configured to form a plurality of wafer accommodations at different vertical heights, the protrusions configured to be arranged in groups of at least two protrusions. A pitch of protrusions within a group has a first value and a pitch of two adjacent protrusions that belong to different groups has a second value larger than the first value.
US10008397B2 Pneumatic wafer expansion
A die expansion tool and method for expanding foil of a foil carrier connected to a frame is disclosed. In the embodiment, the die expansion tool has an inner body within a cavity formed by an outer body. The frame of the foil carrier can be positioned within the outer body and a wafer attached to the foil of the foil carrier can be positioned over the inner body. A pressurized fluid system, also within the cavity of the outer body, is positioned such that the pressurized fluid system can move the frame axially around the inner body and expand the foil.
US10008393B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device produced thereby. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor device produced thereby, that comprises an interposer without through silicon vias.
US10008392B2 Method for producing a power semiconductor module
A power semiconductor module is produced by: providing an electrically conductive terminal block having a screw thread, a connecting conductor having first and second sections, a module housing, a circuit carrier having a dielectric insulation carrier and an upper metallization layer on an upper side of the insulation carrier, and a semiconductor component; fitting the semiconductor component on the circuit carrier; producing a firm and electrically conductive connection between the terminal block and the connecting conductor at the first section; producing a material-fit and electrically conductive connection between the circuit carrier or the semiconductor component and the connecting conductor at the second section; and arranging the terminal block and the circuit carrier fitted with the semiconductor component on the module housing so the semiconductor component is arranged in the module housing and the screw thread is accessible from an outer side of the module housing.
US10008388B2 Device conformity control by low temperature, low pressure, inductively coupled ammonia-nitrogen trifluoride plasma
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of removing oxides and oxide-containing layers from the surfaces of substrates. In one aspect, a method of processing a substrate comprises positioning a substrate in a process chamber, the substrate having an oxide layer thereon; introducing one or more process gases to an interior of the process chamber; ionizing the one or more process gases; exposing the oxide layer to the one or more ionized process gases, wherein the process chamber is maintained at a pressure less than about 50 mTorr during the exposing, and the substrate is maintained at a temperature within a range of about zero degrees Celsius to about 30 degrees Celsius during the exposing; and removing the oxide layer from the surface of the substrate.
US10008387B1 Embedded memory in back-end-of-line low-k dielectric
A low-k dielectric layer, such as SiCOH, with high and stable chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) removal rate (RR) is disclosed. The polishing rate enhancer (PRE) is disposed on the low-k dielectric layer. The PRE increases the CMP RR during CMP. Furthermore, the PRE stabilizes the increases CMP RR. This is particularly useful, for example, for memory applications in which the storage unit is formed in a low-k back-end-of-line (BEOL) dielectric layer. For example, the topography created can be quickly planarized by CMP while producing a uniform polished surface of the low-k dielectric layer due to the shortened processing time.
US10008384B2 Techniques to engineer nanoscale patterned features using ions
A method of patterning a substrate. The method may include providing a surface feature on the substrate, the surface feature having a first dimension along a first direction within a substrate plane, and a second dimension along a second direction within the substrate plane, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and directing first ions in a first exposure to the surface feature along the first direction at a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane, in a presence of a reactive ambient containing a reactive species; wherein the first exposure etches the surface feature along the first direction, wherein after the directing, the surface feature retains the second dimension along the second direction, and wherein the surface feature has a third dimension along the first direction different than the first dimension.
US10008383B2 Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure includes a substrate and an epitaxy region that is partially disposed in the substrate. A doping concentration of the epitaxy region increases from a bottom portion to a top portion of the epitaxy region. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure, including forming a recess in a substrate; forming an epitaxy region in the recess; and in situ doping the epitaxy region to form a doping concentration profile increasing from a bottom portion to a top portion of the epitaxy region.
US10008381B2 Constructions comprising rutile-type titanium oxide; and methods of forming and utilizing rutile-type titanium oxide
Some embodiments include methods of forming rutile-type titanium oxide. A monolayer of titanium nitride may be formed. The monolayer of titanium nitride may then be oxidized at a temperature less than or equal to about 550° C. to convert it into a monolayer of rutile-type titanium oxide. Some embodiments include methods of forming capacitors that have rutile-type titanium oxide dielectric, and that have at least one electrode comprising titanium nitride. Some embodiments include thermally conductive stacks that contain titanium nitride and rutile-type titanium oxide, and some embodiments include methods of forming such stacks.
US10008377B2 Ion transfer tube flow and pumping system load
A mass spectrometer system can include an ion source, a vacuum chamber; a mass analyzer within the vacuum chamber, a transfer tube between the ion source and the vacuum chamber, a transfer tube heater, and a vacuum pump. The mass spectrometer system can be configured to reduce the pump speed of the vacuum pump in response to receiving a transfer tube swap instruction; lower the temperature of the transfer tube to below a first threshold; operating the vacuum pump at the reduced pump speed while the transfer tube is replaced with a second transfer tube; heating the second transfer tube to a temperature above a pump down temperature; and increasing the pump speed of the vacuum pump after the temperature of the second transfer tube exceeds a second threshold.
US10008374B2 Systems and methods for transfer of ions for analysis
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device.
US10008372B2 Film deposition apparatus
A film deposition apparatus, comprising: a deposition preventive plate which is located in a processing chamber performing film deposition processing on a substrate so as to surround a processing region in the processing chamber for processing on the substrate, and which prevents a film deposition material from being attached to an inner wall of the processing chamber, wherein the deposition preventive plate is configured by arranging a plurality of component plates of which respective end portions are overlapped with each other at a gap, such that a thermal expansion generated due to the film deposition processing is absorbed by a relative movement of an overlapped part in two adjacent component plates of the plurality of component plates in a width direction of the overlapped part, and a concave part is provided at the overlapped part to make the gap provided in a side communicating with the processing region be larger than that provided in the other side, thin parts provided in the respective end portions of the two adjacent component plates are overlapped with each other, and a surface facing the processing region in the overlapped part and a surface facing the processing region in non-overlapped part are on the same plane, and a surface facing the inner wall in the overlapped part and a surface facing the inner wall in non-overlapped part are on the same plane.
US10008371B2 Determining a value of a variable on an RF transmission model
Systems and methods for determining a value of a variable on a radio frequency (RF) transmission model are described. One of the methods includes identifying a complex voltage and current measured at an output of an RF generator and generating an impedance matching model based on electrical components defined in an impedance matching circuit coupled to the RF generator. The method further includes propagating the complex voltage and current through the one or more elements from the input of the impedance matching model and through one or more elements of an RF transmission model portion that is coupled to the impedance matching model to determine a complex voltage and current at the output of the RF transmission model portion.
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