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| US10009553B2 |
Method and system for output of dual video stream via a single parallel digital video interface
A method of operating a video camera includes capturing a scene of imaging data using the video camera, wherein the imaging data is characterized by a first bit depth and processing the imaging data to provide display data characterized by a second bit depth less than the first bit depth. The method also includes framing the imaging data and the display data and outputting the framed imaging and display data. |
| US10009551B1 |
Image processing for merging images of a scene captured with differing camera parameters
An image processor merges images from a plurality of cameras including applying spatially-varying gains over images from individual cameras to obtain a consistent effective where the images are stitched together despite the cameras possibly having different camera exposures. The image processor can adjust the camera exposures to improve stitching results. In addition to gain modification, the image processor can also modify the images for other artifacts, such as veiling glare and make those less visible at the seams of images. The image processor also can take into account constraints on gain changes and optimize camera parameters to minimize stitching artifacts. Using a cost function, the image processor can optimize for constraints on camera exposure that would otherwise result in camera exposure differences that would themselves cause visible artifacts. |
| US10009543B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying self-taken images
A method for displaying self-taken images. The method comprises: acquiring a self-taken image; receiving selection information relating to the processing method of the self-taken image, said processing method being mirror image processing or non-mirror image processing; and, on the basis of the selection information, carrying out the corresponding processing of the self-taken image and displaying the processed image. Also disclosed is an apparatus for displaying self-taken images. The embodiments may enhance the efficiency of displaying self-taken images. |
| US10009541B2 |
Apparatus and method for capturing images
An apparatus is provided for capturing images including a base, and image capture adjustment mechanism, a first camera, and a second camera. The base is constructed and arranged to support an alignable array of cameras. The image capture adjustment mechanism is disposed relative to the base for adjusting an image capture line of sight for a camera relative to the base. The first camera is carried by the base, operably coupled with the image capture adjustment mechanism, and has an image capture device. The first camera has a line of sight defining a first field of view adjustable with the image capture adjustment mechanism relative to the base. The second camera is carried by the base and has an image capture device. The second camera has a line of sight defining a second field of view extending beyond a range of the field of view for the first camera in order to produce a field of view that is greater than the field of view provided by the first camera. A method is also provided. |
| US10009540B2 |
Image processing device, image capturing device, and image processing method for setting a combination parameter for combining a plurality of image data
It is inconvenient for a user that a UI for inputting a virtual focus position at the time of refocus and a UI for inputting a focus position at the time of image capturing exist separately from and independently of each other. An image processing device comprising a generation unit configured to generate combined image data obtained in a case of capturing an image with a second set value different from a first set value used in capturing an image with an image capturing device by using a plurality of pieces of captured image data obtained by the image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is capable of capturing image data from a plurality of viewpoint positions and includes an operation unit for setting a set value of an image capturing parameter, and wherein the first and second set values are set via the operation unit. |
| US10009539B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
An image processing apparatus including: an imaging section; an image storage section configured to store a captured image obtained by capturing an image by the imaging section; an object selection section configured to select an object from the captured image obtained by capturing the image by the imaging section; and an image extraction section configured to extract a captured image in accordance with the object selected from the stored captured image. |
| US10009538B2 |
Systems and methods for generating compressed light field representation data using captured light fields, array geometry, and parallax information
Systems and methods for the generating compressed light field representation data using captured light fields in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, an array camera includes a processor and a memory connected configured to store an image processing application, wherein the image processing application configures the processor to obtain image data, wherein the image data includes a set of images including a reference image and at least one alternate view image, generate a depth map based on the image data, determine at least one prediction image based on the reference image and the depth map, compute prediction error data based on the at least one prediction image and the at least one alternate view image, and generate compressed light field representation data based on the reference image, the prediction error data, and the depth map. |
| US10009537B2 |
Real time assessment of picture quality
A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable. |
| US10009533B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof with contrast focus evaluation
An image pickup apparatus for simultaneously realizing a phase difference AF and a contrast AF decides a shift amount of an image signal corresponding to a focus evaluation position every exit pupil area, generates an image corresponding to an image plane position by executing an arithmetic operation processing based on the decided shift amount to the image signal, calculates an evaluation value of a contrast of the generated image, and calculates an evaluation value of a correlation between the images corresponding to the different exit pupil areas in the generated image. |
| US10009531B1 |
Field of view extender for camera
A field of view (FOV) extender may include prisms that direct light from an angle outside of an angle of view associated with a lens of camera, onto the image sensor of the camera, thereby piecewise extending the field of view of the camera beyond the unaltered angle of view of the camera. The prisms may be oriented to direct light around an outer region of the image sensor, which may generate signals use for motion detection purposes. Each prism may be spaced apart from an adjacent prism by a gap, which may create an alternating sequence of prisms and gaps. An inner region of the image sensor may capture imagery that may be suitable for output to a user. |
| US10009530B2 |
Methods and apparatus for synchronized image capture using camera modules with different focal lengths
Methods and apparatus relating to controlling optical chains (OCs) of a camera device to scan a scene area of interest, thereby capturing images of the scene area, in a synchronized manner are described. In various embodiments a synchronized rolling shutter read out of two or more image sensors included in two or more corresponding OCs is implemented controlling the sensors to read out rows of pixel values corresponding to a portion of the scene at the same time, e.g., concurrently. While two or more of the OCs are controlled to read out at the same time, some other OCs in the camera maybe controlled not to read out pixel values while other image sensors are reading out. In various embodiments the read out rate of the two or more sensors corresponding to two or more optical chains is controlled as a function of the focal lengths of the corresponding OCs. |
| US10009529B2 |
Camera module for use in automobile
Embodiments provide a camera module including a lens unit, a first board formed with an electromagnetic circuit, a second board spaced apart from the first board, the second board including a terminal for external electrical connection and being formed with an electromagnetic circuit, a first support member having one side coupled to the first board and the other side coming into contact with one surface of the second board, so as to maintain a constant distance between the first board and the second board, and an electromagnetic-field shield configured to receive the first board and the second board therein, the electromagnetic-field shield serving to inhibit outward leakage of an electromagnetic-field formed in each board. |
| US10009528B2 |
Autofocus camera module packaging with circuitry-integrated actuator system
A camera module with no PCB that instead has a lens actuator/housing that has circuitry on a bottom surface thereof for direct electrical connection to a mobile electronic device. The housing further has a recess formed in the bottom surface thereof to receive an image sensor. The circuitry is three-dimensional in that it includes a first set of contact pads on one planar surface for connection to the mobile electronic device, a second set of contact pads on a planar surface within the recess for connection to the image sensor, and conductive traces that connect each of the contact pads of the first set with an associated one of the contact pads of the second set by having the trace follow a path from the first planar surface, along a intersecting third planar surface to the second planar surface. |
| US10009521B2 |
Camera, in particular usable in a vehicle, and a method for producing such a camera
A camera, in particular for a vehicle, the camera having: an imager module which has a sensor carrier with a front side and a backside, an image sensor being fastened to the front side of the sensor carrier, an objective holder which is connected to the sensor carrier, and an objective which is accommodated in the objective holder, as well as a camera housing in which the imager module is accommodated. The camera housing has a front housing part including contact areas, at least one fixation means resting against the backside of the sensor carrier, and the imager module is fixated with respect to the contact areas and the fixation means is fastened to the front housing part by fastening means. In addition, a method for producing the camera is provided. |
| US10009520B2 |
Wireless audio/video recording and communication doorbells with integrated image sensor/button
Audio/video recording and communication doorbells, comprising a housing and an image sensor or camera. The image sensor or camera may be located behind or integrated with an actuating button of the doorbell, and may serve the actuating function of the doorbell so that the doorbell does not require a discrete button separate from the image sensor or camera. |
| US10009518B2 |
Detachable aerial photographic apparatus
A detachable aerial photographic apparatus includes a carrier, an aircraft, a take-off delaying device and a trigger. The aircraft includes a main body disposed on the carrier, at least one propeller is pivotally furnished in the main body and a camera disposed on the main body. The take-off delaying device includes a movable member disposed on the carrier and at least one stopper connected to the movable member. The stopper is detachably connected to the aircraft for prevent the aircraft from taking off. The movable member is for detaching the stopper from the aircraft for releasing the aircraft. The trigger is electrically connected to the aircraft and the take-off delaying device. The trigger is for triggering the propeller and the movable member. A first time point when the propeller is triggered by the trigger is earlier than a second time point when the stopper is detached from the aircraft. |
| US10009510B2 |
Scanner with a background
A scanner is disclosed. The scanner has a background pattern that is captured as part of the scanned image. The scanner may be a flatbed scanner, a sheet-feed scanner, or a flatbed scanner using an automatic document feeder (ADF). |
| US10009508B2 |
Image processing apparatus for reading check boxes
An image processing apparatus includes an image reading portion, a position detection portion, and a print processing portion. The image reading portion is configured to read an image of a document. The position detection portion is configured to detect position information of each of check boxes included in a read image by the image reading portion. The print processing portion is configured to be able to print a position specifying image indicating the position information of each of check boxes detected by the position detection portion. |
| US10009504B1 |
Methods and systems for processing references included in a document
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for processing a number of references mentioned in a document. A job request including a document for processing from a user is received. The document is at least one of a hardcopy document and a digital document. A multi-function device prompts the user to select a reference processing option when the user wants at least one reference of the document to be processed. Based on the selection of the reference processing option one or more references mentioned in the document are determined. Based on the determined one or more references, a referred content information for each of the one or more reference is searched. Then the referred content information along with one or more options including at least one of a print option, a save option and a send option are presented to the user. |
| US10009500B2 |
Light-guide member, illumination device, and image reading apparatus using a line-sequental method to illuminate a document for reading
A light-guide member includes a light-incident surface formed at an end portion of the light-guide member in a first direction, a light-emitting surface that is elongated in the first direction and that includes first and second light-emitting regions, which cause light to be emitted in different directions in a first cross section that is perpendicular to the first direction, a common deflecting portion that deflects light from the light-incident surface and causes the light to be emitted from the first and second light-emitting regions to the outside, and first and second protruding portions each of which is located on one of two sides of the deflecting portion in the first cross section, the first and second protruding portions protruding in a direction away from the light-emitting surface with respect to the deflecting portion. |
| US10009493B2 |
Document conveying apparatus, document reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
A document conveying apparatus includes a document reversing part, a stacking tray stacking the document, a discharge tray provided under the stacking tray, a lift member provided downstream in a document conveyance direction of the stacking tray and configured to be turnable upward such that a downstream end of the document stacked on the stacking tray comes into contact with a feed roller disposed above the stacking tray, a first document conveyance path defined downstream in the document conveyance direction of the feed roller to the document reading part, a second document conveyance path defined from the document reading part to the discharge tray, and a third document conveyance path defined from a middle of the second document conveyance path through the document reversing part, wherein a bottom surface part of the lift member defines a part of an upper part of the third document conveyance path. |
| US10009488B1 |
Methods and systems for automatically initiating print device service requests using proactive incident detection and analysis
A method of proactively identifying print device incidents for servicing by a service provider may include receiving print device data for one or more print devices, determining a probability value for each of the one or more of the print devices based on the print device data, where each probability value represents a likelihood that the print device will experience a subsequent incident of an incident type within a timeframe, identifying one or more of the print devices associated with probability values that each exceed a threshold value, and for one or more of the print devices that is identified, automatically initiating a service request for the subsequent incident. |
| US10009486B2 |
Output system, output apparatus, and output method for outputting data with authentication during failure events
An output system includes a terminal apparatus to receive an accumulation instruction from a user, an accumulation apparatus to accumulate first output job information, an output apparatus to acquire data from an accumulation destination specified in the first output job information, and an authentication apparatus to authenticate the user. The output apparatus includes a holder to hold authentication history information of the user with identification information of the user and terminal apparatus, an authentication controller to request, upon detecting failure in the accumulation apparatus or authentication apparatus, the terminal apparatus identified by the identification information utilizing the identification information of the user and terminal apparatus to perform authentication based on the identification information of the user, and an output controller to acquire second output job information from the terminal apparatus succeeded in authentication, acquire data specified in the second output job information from the terminal apparatus, and output the data. |
| US10009484B2 |
Terminal device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program for terminal device
There is provided a terminal device. An image acquiring unit acquires a processing apparatus image serving as an image of a data processing apparatus. A display unit displays a request screen used for requesting a data processing apparatus to process data. At least one of processing apparatus images acquired by the image acquiring unit and at least one of data images indicating data that is requested to be processed are displayed on the request screen. In response to an operation of an operator of designating one of the processing apparatus images and one of the data images on the request screen, a request for processing the data indicated by the designated data image is transmitted to the data processing apparatus indicated by the designated processing apparatus image. |
| US10009481B2 |
Systems and methods for allocating alternative network access resources
A method of allocating access to alternative access networks may include: inputting, by one or more parties, needs for alternative network access and representative values for satisfying the needs; and allocating, by providers of alternative network access, alternative network access to the one or more parties based on the stated needs and values. |
| US10009472B2 |
Apparatus and methods for notification of a party in a telephone conference
Systems, methods, and machine-readable articles of manufacture enable private notification of a participant in a telephone conference. In representative embodiments, a system receives a telephone call intended for a first conference participant, generates an informative announcement containing information regarding the call, mixes the informative announcement with the conference audio, and privately plays the mixed audio to the first participant. In other representative embodiments, the system concurrently generates a non-informative announcement, mixes the non-informative announcement with the conference audio, and plays the second mixed audio to the other conference participant or participants. In this way, the first participant is notified of the incoming call while simultaneously listening to the conference audio, and the information regarding the call is not shared with the other conference participant or participants. |
| US10009469B1 |
Customer service call processing and support agent access application
Disclosed are a method and apparatus of receiving and processing customer support calls. The calls may be initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application. An example method of operation may provide receiving a call from the mobile device at a call processing server configured to route the call to an appropriate destination. The call processing server may perform identifying a purpose associated with the call and transmitting the call to the message redirect call processing module responsive to identifying the purpose of the call as a request for customer service support. Also, the server may also perform creating a redirect message instructing the mobile device to initiate a customer service support application that operates via a data network, and transmitting the redirect message to the mobile device. |
| US10009463B2 |
Multi-channel delivery platform
A request to execute an interaction site for enabling communications to be exchanged between a multi-channel communications system and a user device is received by an interaction flow processor. The interaction site is identified based on the request. An interaction flow document is accessed for the identified interaction site, the interaction flow document including code for initiating the interaction site between a user device and the multi-channel communications system using any one of multiple different communications channels including an interactive voice response channel. A communications channel used by the user device to contact the multi-channel communications system is determined. Based on the determined communications channel, the code of the interaction flow document is translated to code executable by the multi-channel communications system to enable the multi-channel communications system and the user device to exchange communications over the determined communications channel. A response is transmitted to the multi-channel communications system. |
| US10009462B1 |
Call filtering to a user equipment
A user equipment and method for call filtering is provided. On receipt of an incoming call, the incoming call's telephone number or other caller identifier is determined and then used as a search query in a search engine search. Using natural language processing or text string comparison, text from the search hits is processed by comparing with the stored permitted caller description(s). If a match is found, then a call alert is generated, whereas if not, then the call is blocked. |
| US10009453B2 |
Methods and systems for recalling second party interactions with mobile devices
Systems and methods are presented for identifying individuals through facial recognition, voice recognition, or the like, recalling past recorded conversations with the identified individuals, and recording and inventorying conversations with the individuals with mobile devices. In some embodiments, a method is presented. The method may include identifying, at a device, an individual through facial recognition, voice recognition, or a unique RFID. The method may also include recording a conversation with the identified individual, and recalling past relevant recorded conversations based on the identification of the individual, and transmitting the recording of the conversation to a display system configured to display the recording of the event. |
| US10009450B1 |
Detecting non-touch applications
A computer-implemented method, computer-readable media, and wireless device that automatically determines whether an application requires a virtual input mechanism are provided. The wireless device includes a virtual machine and database. The virtual machine executes the application and parses code associated with the application to determine whether a virtual input mechanism is necessary. The database stores metadata that indicates whether the type of input needed for the application is touch or key. |
| US10009443B1 |
Provisioning remote application servers on a service provider infrastructure as a service platform
A first server is instantiated within a tenant domain serviced by a cloud service provider. The first server includes a first network adapter and a second network adapter. The first network adapter is configured to be controlled by the cloud service provider. The second network adapter is configured to be controlled by the tenant. The first network adapter is operably coupled with an interconnection network infrastructure operably coupled with a cloud service provider infrastructure. The second network adapter is operably coupled to a first port group controlled by the tenant. The first server is configured to host and execute an application accessible through a remote display protocol. Local security and group policy configurations are applied to the first server. Related methods, techniques, apparatuses, systems, non-transitory computer program products, and articles are also described. |
| US10009438B2 |
Transaction log acceleration
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for transaction log acceleration. A log module is configured to determine transaction log records indicating a sequence of operations performed on data. A commit module is configured to send transaction log records to one or more volatile memory pages accessible over a network. Volatile memory pages are configured to ensure persistence of transaction log records. A storage module is configured to send transaction log records to a non-volatile storage device in response to an acknowledgment that one or more volatile memory pages store the transaction log records. |
| US10009437B2 |
Media delivery by preferred communication format
The present disclosure relates to communication formats and more particularly, to media delivery by preferred communication formats. In one illustrative embodiment, communications between an originator and receiver can be converted into a format preference based on the receiver's context. The context can refer to device type, application usage, time of day, location and user role. The originator can be free to choose their desired format of communication and the recipient can be equally free to choose the best suited format to receive the message. In outgoing communications, the receiver can use their own defined format and the communications can be converted into the originator's chosen format. Media format conversion can be performed unilaterally, for example, the first person can send an email which can be translated to speech for the second person who responds by voice which can be received as voice by the first person. |
| US10009436B2 |
Method for pushing application content and related device and system
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of internet technologies, and disclose a method for pushing application content and a related device and system. A main feature of the method for pushing application content is that application content included in an application can be updated or upgraded according to an operation behavior of a user on the application. |
| US10009435B2 |
System and method for solicitation of presence information from presence source
A method for requesting presence information from a presence source by a presence server is provided. The method includes transmitting a message requesting specific presence information to the presence source; and receiving, from the presence source, the specific presence information published by the presence source. |
| US10009432B1 |
Intelligent real-time lead management systems, methods and architecture
An automated lead management solution receives network traffic from a lead provider server over a network. The network traffic is authenticated, validated, and filtered. Specifically, an intelligent filter engine may filter the network traffic at different levels of granularity such as field, campaign, and tier levels and stop the filtering whenever the network traffic fails an authentication, is invalidated or filtered out. When a lead passes through this rigorous filtering process, the filter engine identifies target system(s) that best matched the lead and sends the lead and data identifying the target system(s) to a ping engine. The ping engine pings the target system(s) sequentially or simultaneously. A response from a target system, which may include an instruction and/or a network address to redirect the network traffic, is then communicated to the lead provider server in real time in response to receiving the network traffic from the lead provider server. |
| US10009429B2 |
Method and system for communication in a pre-determined location
The invention relates to a method for communication within a pre-determined location, which establishes a relationship between a physical space or premises defined by its geographical position and a virtual space created in a server and which replicates the information contained in said physical space. The method is configured such that a user in possession of a mobile device with an interface application for accessing the server must first enter (101) the server through the application. Subsequently, the position of the user is detected (102) and a query is sent (103) to the server, such that: if there are multiple rooms, one is listed (104) and selected (105) by the user; and if there is only one room, the data associated with said room are consulted (106) directly in the server, the data are displayed (107) to the user, the user data are consulted (108) in the server and the user data are displayed (109) to the client. |
| US10009421B2 |
Contents control in electronic device
Disclosed is an electronic device including a storage module that stores contents, and a content control module that transmits the contents to at least one other electronic device. The content control module may store log information in the storage module which is recorded in connection with access to the contents by the electronic device or the at least one other electronic device as attribute information (metadata) related to the contents. |
| US10009420B2 |
Balancing work of tasks at a sending node of a transaction server
Aspects include balancing work of tasks at a sending node of a transaction server in a network. A method can include processing a task from the top of a work queue at the sending node, where the task is an instance of a transaction which requires a transaction message to be sent from the sending node using a network connection. The transaction message is divided into chunks of partial transaction sub-messages. For each chunk, it can be dynamically determined whether a pacing response indicator is required based on metrics that monitor the activity in the work queue and a number of chunks of the transaction message already sent. |
| US10009419B2 |
Socket application program interface (API) for efficient data transactions
Methods and systems for efficient data transactions between applications running on devices associated with the same host. According to one embodiment, a host system includes an HTTP proxy and an SSL/TLS proxy operatively coupled with each other. The SSL/TLS proxy may be configured to perform SSL negotiation with a client and the HTTP proxy may be configured to communicate with a web server in clear text. Data can be transferred directly between the proxies through a pair of connected sockets using a handle of the other proxy's socket. The handle includes a pointer to an address within a memory of a first device upon which the other proxy is running. In this manner, data stored at the address may be processed by a proxy running on a second device without copying the data to the second device and without the overhead associated with the TCP/IP protocol stack. |
| US10009417B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless grid compu ting
A method for wireless grid computing includes: receiving feedback of a computing resource state (“CRS”) and channel quality information (“CQI”) from at least one candidate terminal; determining at least one parallel work execution terminal to execute the wireless grid computing among at least one terminal based on the feedback of the CRS and the feedback of the CQI; and assigning parallel processing work of the wireless grid computing to the at least one parallel work execution terminal. Such wireless grid computing method may be performed using a base station or a terminal. |
| US10009407B2 |
Analyte data retriever
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for processing analyte data. In some example implementations, a method may include receiving, at a first processing system including a user interface, an installation package including a plug-in and code configured to provide at the first processing system an interface between a sensor system configured to measure an analyte concentration level in a host and a second processing system; storing, by the first processing system, the installation package in a location based on a role of a user initiating the installation of the code; installing the plug-in for the user interface to enable the plug-in to control one or more aspects of an installation of the code; and initiating, by at least the plug-in, the installation of the code at the first processing system to provide the interface. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. |
| US10009400B2 |
Insertion of supplementary content into a segmented content stream
Techniques for insertion of supplementary content into a segmented content stream are described. In at least some embodiments, a content stream includes primary content, such as streaming web content, a movie, an event broadcast (live and/or recorded), a television program, and so on. The content stream can be segmented, such as via techniques for adaptive bitrate streaming. Techniques discussed herein enable supplementary content, such as an advertisement, to be inserted into the content stream. The supplementary content can be inserted at any specified time point, even if the specified time point falls within a segment of the content stream. Techniques further enable playback of the content stream to be paused during playback of the supplementary content, and to resume after playback of the supplementary content. |
| US10009399B2 |
Asset streaming and delivery
Streaming assets to an asset streaming client is described. An asset streaming system is configured to generate a request to retrieve at least a portion of an asset. The asset streaming system is part of an asset streaming client and integrated in an operating system abstraction level with the operating system or in an abstraction level beneath the operating system abstraction level. An asset provider system can receive the request that is generated by the asset streaming system and provide the portion of the asset to the asset streaming system. The asset streaming client can then exploit the portion of the asset. |
| US10009391B1 |
Apparatus and method for acquiring, managing, sharing, monitoring, analyzing and publishing web-based time series data
A computer-implemented method of providing time series data includes maintaining by a web server user account data for each of a plurality of user accounts. Each account is associated with a user. The method includes maintaining, and repeatedly updating, in normative formats, on a time series server, a set of time series. In some aspects, the method further includes, for each user having a user account, serving by the time series server a distinct time series name for each member of the set of time series in a web page over a wide area network to a client computer of the user for display in a browser thereof in such a manner that, when the given user graphically selects the name of a given one of the time series in the browser for invoking a functionality provided by the time series server, there is provided to the server by the browser a unique location identifier of an underlying location, of the selected time series, wherein data for the time series is stored on the server. |
| US10009388B2 |
Method and system for establishing integrated group ISC session based on content interest
A method and system for establishing an integrated group Immersive Social Center (ISC) session for a content viewing and a communication by an ISC server to deliver contents associated with a content interest is disclosed. The group ISC session is established for a pre-defined group created with members indicating interest in the group ISC session initiated by an initiator ISC client. The method allows the ISC server to receive the content interest from an initiator ISC client. Further, the members of the pre-defined group can schedule time for the integrated group ISC session. The content interest received from the initiator ISC client is selected by the ISC user of the initiator ISC client from a personalized contents list, based on static preference or on demand preference of the ISC user, sent by the ISC server or an ISC XML Document Server (XDMS). |
| US10009384B2 |
Information security systems and methods
Systems and methods for governing derived electronic resources are provided. In one embodiment, a digital resource is associated with one or more rules and a set of one or more computations, wherein the rules correspond to one or more conditions for accessing the digital resource and the computations operate upon the digital resource in order to provide a specific view of the digital resource that differs from the digital resource. |
| US10009383B2 |
Data network microsegmentation
Methods and systems for microsegmentation of data networks are provided herein. Exemplary methods include: receiving a high-level declarative policy; getting metadata associated with a plurality of containers from an orchestration layer; determining a low-level firewall rule set using the high-level declarative policy and the metadata; and configuring by a plurality of enforcement points a respective virtual switch of a plurality of virtual switches to process packets in accordance with the low-level firewall ruleset, the virtual switches being collectively communicatively coupled to the plurality of containers, such that network communications between a first group of containers and a second group of containers of the plurality of containers are not permitted, and communications between containers of the first group of containers are permitted. |
| US10009381B2 |
System and method for threat-driven security policy controls
Methods, systems, and media for a security system are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include: acquiring a firewall security policy from a policy compiler; receiving network traffic originating from a source machine and directed to a destination machine; analyzing the network traffic using the firewall security policy; forwarding or dropping each of the network traffic according to the security policy; and redirecting one or more network packets of the network traffic according to the security policy. |
| US10009378B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing authentication using policy-controlled authentication articles and techniques
A method and apparatus provides first or second factor authentication by providing selectability of a plurality of second factor authentication policies associated with a second factor authentication article. The first or second factor authentication article includes authentication information, such as a plurality of data elements in different cells or locations on the authentication article, which can be located by using corresponding location information. The method and apparatus provides second factor authentication based on the first or second factor authentication article by enforcing at least one of the plurality of selected authentication policies. |
| US10009377B2 |
Processing information based on policy information of a target user
An information processing apparatus includes a policy acquisition unit configured to acquire a policy on disclosure of information on a target user; a collection unit configured to collect attributes that may be related to the target user from public information disclosed on a network to create an attribute set related to the target user; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the attribute set satisfies the policy. |
| US10009376B2 |
Network-based secure input/output (I/O) module (SIOM)
A Secure Input/Output (I/O) Module (SIOM) is networked-enabled providing secure communications with terminals and peripherals integrated into the terminals. Communications between devices are securely made through encrypted communication sessions provisioned, defined, and managed through a secure protocol using the network-based SIOM. In an embodiment, a single-tenant network-based SIOM is provided. In an embodiment, a hybrid dual single-tenant and multi-tenant network-based SIOM is provided. In an embodiment, a multi-tenant network-based SIOM is provided. In an embodiment, a cloud-based SIOM is provided. |
| US10009375B1 |
Systems and methods for artificial model building techniques
Embodiments disclosed describe a security awareness system may adaptively learn the best design of a simulated phishing campaign to get a user to perform the requested actions, such as clicking a hyperlink or opening a file. In some implementations, the system may adapt an ongoing campaign based on user's responses to messages in the campaign, along with the system's learned awareness. The learning process implemented by the security awareness system can be trained by observing the behavior of other users in the same company, other users in the same industry, other users that share similar attributes, all other users of the system, or users that have user attributes that match criteria set by the system, or that match attributes of a subset of other users in the system. |
| US10009374B1 |
Detecting URL scheme hijacking
A computer-implemented method for detecting malware is described. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying an application identifier of a first application paired with a universal resource locator (URL) scheme, and storing the identified pairing of the application identifier and URL scheme of the first application in a database. In some cases, the database stores URL scheme pairings of a plurality of applications. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying an application identifier of a first application paired with a universal resource locator (URL) scheme, identifying a second application as an unknown application, detecting a request to register a URL scheme pairing of the second application, querying the database based on the request to register the URL scheme pairing of the second application, and determining whether the second application is potential malware based on a result of the querying. |
| US10009372B2 |
Method for compressing matching automata through common prefixes in regular expressions
The present disclosure provides a means for compressing Non-deterministic Finite Automata (NFA) for faster matching during Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) when a Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) is evaluating traffic to find suspicious network traffic. The present disclosure accomplishes this through four primary components. First, it provides a time-efficient method for accurately comparing two regular expressions so that common prefixes can be identified. Second, it provides a time-efficient method for grouping regular expressions by their common prefixes. Third, it provides a method for subgrouping within groups by longest common prefixes in order to maximize compression. Finally, it provides a method for building a compressed NFA using heuristics derived from the length of the common prefix to a subgroup. |
| US10009362B2 |
Systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing
Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis. |
| US10009355B2 |
Bootstrapping user authentication on devices
Disclosed are various embodiments that facilitate bootstrapping authentication of a user at a first device using a second device. The second device is authenticated for access to a user account via a first security credential. A second security credential is received by the second device. The second security credential is then sent to the first device. Subsequently, the second security credential is received from the first device, and the first device is authenticated for access to the user account. The second device includes visual cues to indicate a network page is legitimate, while the first device excludes visual cues to indicate the network page is legitimate. |
| US10009353B2 |
System and method to aggregate control of multiple devices via multicast messages and automatic set up of connections
A method and apparatus are provided to aggregate control of multiple devices. In some methods, a downstream controller can advertise a service group of the downstream controller, can receive a connection request message from a gateway controller that is part of the service group, and responsive to the connection request message, can transmit a connection accept message to the gateway controller to set up a connection channel between the downstream controller and the gateway controller. In some methods, the gateway controller can receive an advertisement message from the downstream controller, can transmit the connection request message to the downstream controller responsive to the advertisement message and when the gateway controller is part of the service group, and can receive the connection accept message from the downstream controller to set up the connection channel between the gateway controller and the downstream controller. |
| US10009348B2 |
Hybrid database access control in external-to-database security systems
Hybrid database access control in external-to-database security systems is achieved by selectively operating a database server system in different security modes. During low traffic, access to the server is monitored by an agent subject to access policies (LSP) stored at an external security device (ESD). During high traffic, access is monitored by the server itself subject to access policies (DSP). The ESD translates an access policy (LSP) to an access policy (DSP) supported by the server. Thereafter the agent intercepts session login information and transmits it to the ESD, which determines an access policy is relevant to the session, updates the session login information according to database protocol rules, and sends the updated session login information to the agent. The agent releases the updated session login information to the server which allows a session based on the particular objects access rules (DSP) corresponding to the updated session login information. |
| US10009344B2 |
Systems and methods for endpoint management classification
A system and method for mitigating security vulnerabilities of a computer network by detecting a management status of an endpoint computing device attempting to authenticate to one or more computing resources accessible via the computer network includes: detecting an authentication attempt by the endpoint computing device to the computer network; during the authentication attempt, collecting management status indicia from the endpoint computing device, wherein the management status indicia comprise data used to determine a management status of the endpoint computing device; using the management status indicia to identify the management status of the endpoint computing device and identifying the management status of the endpoint computing device; and controlling access to the computer network based on (a) whether the authentication attempt by the endpoint computing device is successful and (b) the identified management status of the endpoint computing device. |
| US10009342B2 |
Authentication for over the top broadcast streaming using automated content recognition
An authenticator in a second user device captures a media sample played on a first user device in proximity to the second user device. The media sample comprises at least one of an audio portion, a video portion or an image portion of a media stream received by the first user device from a remote media streaming source over a network. The authenticator sends at least a portion of the media sample from the second user device to an authentication server, the authentication server to compare the at least the portion of the media sample to a reference media stream received from the remote media streaming source to determine that the second user device is authenticated for viewing the media stream responsive to the portion of the media sample matching the reference media stream. The authenticator then receives an authentication decision from the authentication server at the second user device, the authentication decision indicating whether the second user device is authenticated. |
| US10009341B1 |
External keyboard with OTP capability
A keyboard includes a plurality of keys, a plurality of keyboard components coupled to the keys, and one-time password (OTP) generation hardware integrated with at least some of the keyboard components, where actuating at least one of the keys causes a one-time password to be generated. The OTP generation hardware may be actuated with a dedicated button on the keyboard, by pressing a button on the keyboard that is otherwise used for pairing the keyboard to a device, or by pressing a specific sequence of keys on the keyboard. The keyboard may maintain state information to cause input by the user for OTP generation to be provide to the OTP generation hardware instead of to a device paired with the keyboard. The keyboard may also include a display that is part of the keyboard, where the display shows the one-time password generated by the OTP hardware. |
| US10009339B2 |
System, apparatus and method for securely protecting a processor in transit
In one embodiment, a processor includes: a first die including at least one processor core to execute instructions and a non-volatile storage to store an identifier to be provisioned into the processor during manufacture; a second die to couple to the first die, the second die including a wireless circuit and a second non-volatile storage; and a wireless interface to couple to the second die to enable wireless communication with a wireless device. The processor may be disabled if the identifier is not stored in the second non-volatile storage. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10009334B2 |
Retrieval of data across multiple partitions of a storage device using digital signatures
A system and method for exchanging data among partitions of a storage device is disclosed. For example, data stored in a first partition is exchanged with an application included in the first partition or with a second application included in a second partition. In one embodiment, the second application is associated with a global certificate while the first application is associated with a different platform certificate. A verification module included in the first partition receives a request for data and determines if the request for data is received from the first application. If the request for data is not received from the first application, the verification module determines whether the request is received from the second application and whether the global certificate is an authorized certificate. For example, the verification module determines whether the global certificate is included in a listing of authorized certificates. |
| US10009333B2 |
Security migration in a business intelligence environment
In various implementations, local identifiers associated with users may be utilized to enable access one or more functions in a Business Intelligence (BI) Environment. A mapping may be generated to associate local identifiers and users. The mapping may be utilized to enable access in the BI environment by retrieving the local identifier from a mapping and enabling access in the BI environment based on the local identifier. In various implementations, a user may access the system as another user. |
| US10009332B2 |
Method and apparatus for remote identity proofing service issuing trusted identities
Illustrative methods, processes, and software are disclosed herein that remotely prove the identity of individuals fully compliant with identity proofing standards and policies. The embodiments may utilize photo identification and government identities using networked capabilities and capabilities within a process for end-to-end fully remote identity proofing followed by the automated provisioning and issuance of a trusted identity and optional credentials. In alternative manifestations the embodiments use automated government identity lookups including but not limited to digital imagery equipment with artificial intelligence and pattern recognition to detect fraudulent physical identification articles remotely, electronic scans of magnetic stripes and other electronic markers on government-issued identification media including but not limited to drivers licenses, government employee identities, passports, or other government-issued identities combined with real-time lookup in trusted databases. In alternative manifestations the embodiments use multiple biometric form factors for proofing, registration, recognition, and authentication. |
| US10009321B2 |
Method performed by at least one server for processing a data packet from a first computing device to a second computing device to permit end-to-end encryption communication
A method (500) performed by at least one server for processing a data packet from a first computing device to be transmitted to a second computing device is disclosed, in which the data packet includes a message encrypted using a first encryption key to form an encrypted message, identification data of the second computing device encrypted using a second encryption key to form encrypted identification data, and encrypted first and second encryption keys. The method comprises decrypting (504) the encrypted second encryption key; decrypting (506) the encrypted identification data using the decrypted second encryption key; and transmitting (508) the data packet based on the decrypted identification data, wherein the encrypted message and first encryption key are arranged to be undecryptable by the server to permit end-to-end encryption communication between the first and second computing devices. A related system is also disclosed. |
| US10009309B2 |
Advice and polling methods and systems
A computerized polling system is provided. The polling system allows a polling user to ask a question posed to a plurality of answering users. The first user asks the questions and provides two or more graphical representations, each representation corresponding to one of the potential answers to the question. The system receives answers from the answering users and tallies them, providing a result with indications of how the answering users have answered, such as a percentage marking. |
| US10009308B2 |
Social content features based on user tracking
Prioritizing online comments on social network web page is disclosed. An activity of a user consuming a content presented on the social network web page is detected. Time spent by the user consuming the content is determined. Responsive to the user entering a comment on the content, a depth of consumption of the content by the user is determined based on the time spent by the user consuming the content. The comment entered by the user is ranked among a plurality of comments entered by one or more of the plurality of users based on the depth of consumption. The comment entered by the user is presented on the social network web page in the order of the ranking. |
| US10009300B2 |
Messaging apparatus and method thereof
A method of providing messaging comprises the steps of providing display of messages exchanged between a plurality of participants; receiving designation of one of said messages as an anchor message; permitting a response received to said anchor message from one of said plurality of participants to be provided to all others of said plurality of participants; providing display of said response; and receiving at least a further response to said anchor message from at least one of said plurality of participants, wherein at least an excluded one of said plurality of participants is prevented from receiving at least said further response. |
| US10009299B2 |
Method of processing message and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input interface configured to receive a user input related to a message, a communication interface configured to transmit the message to an external electronic device, a memory configured to store the message, a display configured to display the message, and a processor functionally connected to the input interface, the communication interface, the memory, and the display. When a first content of the message is input, the processor is configured to seal the message with a first object designated such that at least a portion of a second object corresponding to the first content is not exposed and transmit the sealed message through the communication interface. The at least the portion of the second object is configured to be exposed when an unseal input with respect to the first object occurs. |
| US10009296B2 |
Coalescing messages using a network interface controller
An injection descriptor corresponding to a destination node may be stored in memory. A network interface controller (NIC) may determine that one or more messages added to the injection descriptor are to be transmitted to the destination node. The NIC may then lock the injection descriptor so that no additional message can be added to the injection descriptor, and the NIC may load the one or more messages. The NIC may then generate a network packet that includes the one or more messages, and the NIC may transmit the network packet to the destination node. |
| US10009291B1 |
Programmable switching fabric for dynamic path selection
A programmable switch fabric can allow dynamic path selection for a specific class of packets using programmable action codes. Multiple packet processors inside a switch can process an incoming packet simultaneously and can make a decision (e.g., drop, forward, copy, etc.) related to the packet. A specific reassignment action code can be associated with the decision that needs to be prevailed for a specific class of packets. A priority arbiter can reassign the priority based on the specific reassignment action code so that the action associated with that action code prevails in the decision provided by the priority arbiter. |
| US10009289B2 |
Control device for connecting a can bus to a radio network, and motor vehicle having such a control device
A control device, which connects a controller area network (CAN) bus to a radio network, includes a wireless controller, a microcontroller, a CAN controller and a CAN transceiver. The CAN controller has a first channel and a second channel for transmitting (Tx) and receiving (Rx) frames. The microcontroller is connected, on the one hand, to the wireless controller and, on the other hand, to the first channel of the CAN controller. The CAN transceiver is connected, on the one hand, to the second channel of the CAN controller and, on the other hand, to the CAN bus. The CAN controller configured in such a manner that it transmits or blocks a frame received on the first channel on the basis of an identifier of the frame on the second channel. Also described is a motor vehicle having such a control device. |
| US10009284B2 |
Policy-based session establishment and transfer in a virtualized/cloud environment
A device may receive a request for a particular service from a user device. The device may determine a priority class associated with the service. The device may determine, based on the priority class, quality of service requirements associated with providing the service. The device may determine, based on the quality of service requirements, one or more cloud resources for providing the service to a user of the user device. The device may allocate the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the user. |
| US10009280B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing an efficient multi-client access
An apparatus and a method for providing an efficient multi-client access in a WLAN, the method comprising the step of: when the number of clients exceeds a threshold, creating at least two virtual access points (VAP1, VAP2, VAP3); load balancing by distributing workloads across the created at least two virtual access points; and dynamically allocating at least one quality of service parameter (e.g., timeslots, AIFS, TXOP, maximum and minimum contention window) to each of the created at least two virtual access points. |
| US10009279B2 |
Content compression in mobile network
There is provided a method of data over a radio interface in a radio communication network based on a protocol layers model, the model comprising an IP layer on which IP packets are handled, wherein before the transmission of a determined IP packet, the method comprises: determining whether the IP packet is compressible under a predetermined condition and. if the IP packet is compressible under the predetermined condition, performing a compression of the IP packet. There are also provided a user equipment (UE) and a node adapted to perform the steps of a method according to the invention. |
| US10009277B2 |
Backward congestion notification in layer-3 networks
Communication apparatus includes a plurality of interfaces configured to be connected to a Layer-3 packet network and to serve as ingress and egress interfaces to receive and transmit packets from and to the network. Routing logic is coupled to process respective Layer-3 headers of the packets received through the ingress interfaces and to route the packets via the egress interfaces to respective destinations indicated by the Layer-3 headers. Congestion detection logic is coupled to identify a flow of the received packets that is causing congestion in the network and a Layer-3 address from which the flow originates, and to direct the routing logic to route a backward congestion notification message (CNM) packet via one of the egress interfaces to the identified Layer-3 address. |
| US10009276B2 |
Packet processing match and action unit with a VLIW action engine
An embodiment of the invention includes receiving packet header vectors where a header vector includes a number of packet header words. Match operations are performed on the packet header words. At least one packet header word is modified based on the match operations. At least one processor is used for each packet header word to perform the packet match operations and modify at least one packet header word. Instructions are received from an instruction word where a VLIW instruction word includes all of the instruction words. Each processor performs an operation in response to the instruction word. |
| US10009274B2 |
Device and method for collapsed forwarding
A first routing instance may receive, from a second routing instance, forwarding information identifying a next-hop. The first routing instance may receive, via a component of the first routing instance, network traffic. The first routing instance may determine, based on the network traffic and the forwarding information, an interface to a component of the second routing instance. The first routing instance may provide, to the component of the second routing instance, the network traffic via the interface. The second routing instance may provide the network traffic to the next-hop. |
| US10009273B2 |
Apparatus and method of generating lookups and making decisions for packet modifying and forwarding in a software-defined network engine
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a Lookup and Decision Engine (LDE) for generating lookup keys for input tokens and modifying the input tokens based on contents of lookup results. The input tokens are parsed from network packet headers by a Parser, and the tokens are then modified by the LDE. The modified tokens guide how corresponding network packets will be modified or forwarded by other components in a software-defined networking (SDN) system. The design of the LDE is highly flexible and protocol independent. Conditions and rules for generating lookup keys and for modifying tokens are fully programmable such that the LDE can perform a wide variety of reconfigurable network features and protocols in the SDN system. |
| US10009271B2 |
Routing method and network transmission apparatus
It is determined whether or not the address of a first type specified in an address resolution query is an address that allows direct routing to a first network. If the direct routing is determined to be allowed, a routing table is configured such that a packet including, as a destination, the address of a second type obtained by the address resolution query is forwarded to the first network. If the direct routing is determined not to be allowed, the routing table is configured such that a packet including the obtained address of the second type as a destination is forwarded to a second network. |
| US10009268B2 |
Method and apparatus for relaying packet transmission and updating network address information in communication system
A method to transmit and receive a packet in a bridge of a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a first packet from a first network. The method also includes converting a medium access control (MAC) layer source address of the received first packet into a MAC address of the bridge. The method further includes transmitting the address-converted first packet to a node of a second network. |
| US10009267B2 |
Method and system for controlling an underlying physical network by a software defined network
A method for controlling an underlying physical network by a software defined network includes providing a physical network that comprises routers for routing data traffic on a data communication plane, providing a software defined network that comprises at least one controller and at least one feature on a control plane for controlling the data forwarding elements of the physical network, communicating, by the data forwarding elements of the data communication plane, with the controller of the control plane on a dedicated control channel, communicating, by the controller, with the at least one feature on a dedicated feature channel in the control plane, and exchanging, via the data communication plane, at least a portion of the data traffic in the control plane. |
| US10009266B2 |
Method and system for reference counted pending interest tables in a content centric network
One embodiment provides a system for facilitating efficient communication of a collection of interests. During operation, the system receives, by an intermediate node, a first packet which has a name and a first nonce, wherein the first packet indicates a set of member interests, wherein a member interest has a name. In response to not obtaining a matching entry in a pending interest table based on the name for the first packet, the system creates a new entry in the pending interest table, wherein an entry includes a second nonce, a reference count, and a set of arrival nonces and corresponding arrival interfaces. The system sets the new entry's second nonce to a new nonce, and sets the new entry's reference count to a number of member interests indicated in the first packet. The system forwards the first packet, wherein the first nonce is replaced with the new nonce. |
| US10009263B1 |
Network switch device for routing network traffic through an inline tool
Introduced here is a technique for using a network switch device, which may include commodity switching fabric, to route packets through an inline tool, without introducing any additional information to the packets. The introduced technique modifies standard capability of packet forwarding and learning port-to-MAC address associations to route data packets through the inline tool. The technique may include applying two override settings to the network device. A first override setting involves a forwarding rule that is based on the arrival port and the content of the packet. A second override setting involves disabling the MAC address learning mechanism for the packet received from the inline tool via the second tool port of the network device. |
| US10009260B2 |
Management of network routing domains in communication networks
Aspects of the disclosure relate to network management in communication networks, including but not limited to wireless communication networks including integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes within an IAB backhaul network. For example, a network node may determine to integrate a peer node, to which the network node has physical connectivity, into a network routing domain of which the routing node is a member. In another example, a network node may determine to truncate a peer node from a network routing domain. In various examples, the decisions to propagate or truncate the network routing domain may be made based on routing messages within a network routing domain, or in a plurality of overlapping network routing domains. In further examples, the decisions may be based on information about physical links between respective nodes. |
| US10009257B2 |
Communication system, communication apparatus, and communication method, configured to transfer content data to two communication apparatuses by wireless communication
A communication system includes a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, and a third communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus transfers content data to the second communication apparatus and the third communication apparatus using wireless communication. The second communication apparatus includes a first communication unit that transfers first control data including a reception request for receiving the content data transferred by the first communication apparatus if the wireless communication between the second communication apparatus and the first communication apparatus is disconnected. The third communication apparatus includes a second communication unit that transfers the content data transferred by the first communication apparatus to the second communication apparatus using the wireless communication if the third communication apparatus receives the first control data from the second communication apparatus. |
| US10009249B2 |
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. |
| US10009242B1 |
Augmenting the functionality of a content player
Improving a content player is disclosed. A monitoring module is configured to obtain status information associated with a content player. The monitoring module is loaded. Status information associated with the content player is obtained. A report of at least a portion of the obtained status information is made to a monitoring service. |
| US10009241B1 |
Monitoring the performance of a content player
Monitoring performance data associated with a content player is disclosed. Information relating to the state of a content player is obtained on a time driven basis. At least a portion of the obtained information is reported, via a communications interface, to a content distribution monitoring server. |
| US10009240B2 |
System and method of recommending policies that result in particular reputation scores for hosts
A method provides for associating reputation scores with policies, stacks and hosts within a network and upon receiving information about a newly provisioned entity (such as a host or a stack), recommending a policy scheme for the newly provisioned entity that will result in a particular reputation score of the reputation scores. The method further includes implementing the policy scheme for the newly provisioned entity. |
| US10009239B2 |
Method and apparatus of estimating conversation in a distributed netflow environment
A distributed network traffic flow monitoring system is provided. The system includes a plurality of network packet flow collector devices for receiving netflow packets associated with a traffic flow activity data at a network connection. The traffic flow activity data includes one or more transmissions between particular source and destination IP addresses. The system further includes a network packet flow coordinator device connected to the plurality of network packet flow collector devices and configured to aggregate probabilistic information related to the traffic flow activity data from the one or more of network packet flow collector devices and to estimate cardinality of the traffic flow activity data based on the aggregated probabilistic information. |
| US10009237B1 |
Cross silo time stiching
A monitoring device responds to status data pushed from a network device, and also manages a link with another network device, the link allowing the monitoring device to pull status data from the second network device. The monitoring device receives packets including status, the data indicating activity for one or more clock ticks. The monitoring device can compute statistical measures, rather than the network device. The monitoring device maintains the status data in a buffer. The monitoring device lags actual activity, but has is more likely to capture delayed packets. The network device sends packets as wrappers, each wrapper indicating sets of status information. When the information in a wrapper crosses a clock tick boundary, the monitoring device allocates reported activity among clock ticks, assuming that activity follows a uniform distribution. |
| US10009236B2 |
Determining sampling rate from randomly sampled events
Mechanisms are provided for determining an event rate. The mechanisms sample a sequence of events to generate a set of sampled events. At least a subset of the sampled events have associated event sequence values indicating a position of the sampled event within the sequence of events. The mechanisms group the sampled events into a plurality of event groups based on a common characteristic of the events. The mechanisms determine, for each event group, sequence values of sampled events associated with the event group. The mechanisms calculate, for each event group, an estimated event rate based on the sequence values of the sampled events associated with the event group and the total number of events in the sequence of events. |
| US10009231B1 |
Advertising with a layer three routing protocol constituent link attributes of a layer two bundle
In general, techniques are described for extending routing protocol advertisements to include respective attributes of constituent links of an aggregation group. In one example, a network device includes a management interface that receives configuration information that specifies first and second constituent links for a layer two (L2) aggregated interface. The first and second constituent links are physical links connected to respective physical interfaces of forwarding units of the network device. A routing protocol daemon of the control unit generates a link state message that specifies layer three (L3) routing information associated with the aggregated interface and further specifies an attribute of the first constituent link and an attribute of the second constituent link. The routing protocol daemon sends the link state message from the network device to another network device of the network in accordance with a routing protocol. |
| US10009228B2 |
Automated validation of contract-based policies by operational data of managed IT services
One or more processors validate consistency between a policy-based service and operational data of a managed IT environment. One or more processors collect information for a component of a baseline, wherein the component of the baseline is at least one of an IT device and an application within the managed IT environment. One or more processors determine the policy-based service to be applied to the component of the baseline. One or more processors collect information to access operational data associated with a provider of the policy-based service. One or more processors generate a policy based on the information for the component of the baseline and the policy-based service to be applied to the component of the baseline, and one or more processors perform a validation of consistency based on a comparison between the policy and the operational data associated with the provider of the policy-based service. |
| US10009227B2 |
Network service provisioning tool and method
A network service provisioning system may generate a data structure for configuring hardware and implementing an information system based on user responses to dynamically branching prompts. The provisioning system may generate an initial process map for the information system based on the user's responses and a determined information processing task. As described further herein, the provisioning system may break the initial process map into one or more sub-processes and proceed to individually optimize the sub-processes utilizing parallel process on a plurality of worker nodes. The provisioning system may apply a master template based to the intermediate process map to generate one or more optimization recommendations for the intermediate process map. Once a final optimized process map is generated by the provisioning system, the provisioning system may provide the optimized process map to an automatic orchestrator system for configuring and implementing the information system represented by the optimized process map. |
| US10009223B2 |
Techniques to dynamically configure target bitrate for streaming network connections
Techniques to dynamically configure target bitrate for streaming network connections are described. An apparatus may comprise a streaming component operative to establish a streaming network connection with a second client device at a first client device; and a stream configuration component operative to determine inter-arrival rate information for the streaming network connection; provide the inter-arrival rate information to an inter-arrival rate analysis component; receive a preliminary target bitrate from the inter-arrival rate analysis component in response to providing the inter-arrival rate information to the inter-arrival rate analysis component; determine round-trip time information for the streaming network connection; determine an assigned target bitrate and a packet size setting for the streaming network connection based on the preliminary target bitrate and the round-trip time information; and configure the streaming component to perform the streaming network connection with the assigned target bitrate and the packet size setting. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10009222B2 |
Input method engine management for edge services
A method for managing deployment of input method engines (IMEs) to computing devices in proximate relation to endpoint devices within a data communication network includes receiving software logic data indicating deployment rules for deploying an IME executing on a first computing device in the data communication network to a second computing device in the data communication network. The method further includes receiving a software data structure identifying configuration preferences of a user of an endpoint device. The method further includes monitoring the usage of the IME. Monitoring may include obtaining usage data associated with the user's access to the IME through the second computing device. The method additionally includes determining, based on the monitoring and the software logic data and the software data structure, whether the threshold condition is satisfied and deploying the IME to the second computing device in when that the threshold condition is satisfied. |
| US10009221B2 |
System and method for facilitating design configuration and management of data center
System(s) and method(s) for facilitating design configuration of data center to provide management of the data center is disclosed. Input parameters providing design and operational requirements are received. Based on the input parameters, objectives are determined. The objectives refer to one or more technical requirements with respect to plurality of phases associated with the life cycle of the data center. The objectives are then used to create a generic configuration with respect to one or more services associated with the life cycle. The generic configuration is mapped with a predefined set of configuration stored in a knowledge repository in order to obtain a technology specific format. The generic configuration is further used to design a tool specific configuration to provide management of each phase of the life cycle of the data center. |
| US10009218B2 |
Automatic setup of failure detection sessions
For a network with host machines that are hosting virtual machines, a method for facilitating BUM (broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast) traffic between a hardware switch (e.g., ToR switch) and the host machines is provided. The network has a set of host machines configured as a cluster of replicators for replicating BUM traffic from the hardware switch to the host machines. A set of network controllers establishes failure-detection tunnels for links between the hardware switch and the replicator cluster. The replicator cluster informs the set of controllers of a change in the membership of the replicator cluster to initiate an update to the active failure-detection sessions. The set of network controllers communicates with the replicator cluster and a ToR switch to establish bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) sessions between one or more replicator nodes in the replicator cluster and the ToR switch. |
| US10009215B1 |
Active/passive mode enabler for active/active block IO distributed disk(s)
Consistency groups of federated data centers can be transitioned between active/active multi-writer and active/passive single writer operational modes. In the active/passive single writer mode one or more hosts in a first data center have Write access to a distributed storage resource, but a host in a second data center does not have Write access to that distributed storage resource. In the active/active multi-writer mode hosts in both the first and the second data center have Write access to the distributed storage resource. The active/passive single writer mode is used as a default mode. The active/active multi-writer mode is used when needed for scheduled or unscheduled but qualified events which require mobility, e.g., moving virtual machines or cluster groups. |
| US10009210B2 |
Transmission method, transmitter apparatus, reception method and receiver apparatus
Transmission quality is improved in an environment in which direct waves dominate in a transmission method for transmitting a plurality of modulated signals from a plurality of antennas at the same time. All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by hopping between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted. |
| US10009209B2 |
System and method for generalized multi-carrier frequency division multiplexing
A method for operating a device includes determining adaptation criteria for a waveform to be transmitted by a transmitting device over a communications channel towards a receiving device, and adjusting a generalized multi-carrier multiplexing parameter (GMMP) of the waveform in accordance with the adaptation criteria. The method also includes transmitting an indicator of the adjusted GMMP to at least one of the transmitting device and the receiving device. |
| US10009204B2 |
Random access preamble signal construction
A node and an access node and methods therein for handling random access is disclosed. A method in a node for random access in a wireless network comprises, determining a set of sub-carrier shifts, wherein each sub-carrier shift indicates a shift with respect to a starting position in frequency domain for transmitting a random access preamble. The method further comprises selecting a sub-carrier shift from the set of sub-carrier shifts. The method further comprises transmitting a random access preamble to an access node, wherein the random access preamble is transmitted according to the selected sub-carrier shift. |
| US10009202B1 |
Direct RF demodulation
An apparatus for decoding a data modulated signal includes a signal receiver that receives a data modulated signal that is encoded with phase-shift keying (PSK) and provides an amplified signal corresponding to the data modulated signal, a tunable phase shifter that receives a local reference signal and a selected phase shift, applies the selected phase shift to the local reference signal to produce a phase shifted reference signal, a summing unit that sums the amplified signal and the phase shifted reference signal to produce a summed signal, an amplitude detector that determines an amplitude of the summed signal, and a symbol detector that varies the selected phase shift and determines a current symbol within the data modulated signal based on the amplitude of the summed signal as the selected phase shift is varied. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein. |
| US10009201B2 |
Receiver and wireless terminal for signal processing
A wireless terminal and a receiver are provided that include a first amplifier configured to receive and amplify a first radio frequency (RF) input signal, and configured to output a first RF output signal corresponding to a first carrier included in a first frequency band. The receiver also includes a first sub amplifier configured to, when a mode signal indicates a first mode, receive a first internal signal from the first amplifier, amplify the first internal signal, and output a second RF output signal corresponding to a second carrier included in the first frequency band. |
| US10009198B2 |
Configurable multi-lane scrambler for flexible protocol support
Various structures and methods are disclosed related to configurable scrambling circuitry. Embodiments can be configured to support one of a plurality of protocols. Some embodiments relate to a configurable multilane scrambler that can be adapted either to combine scrambling circuits across a plurality of lanes or to provide independent lane-based scramblers. Some embodiments are configurable to select a scrambler type. Some embodiments are configurable to adapt to one of a plurality of protocol-specific scrambling polynomials. Some embodiments relate to selecting between least significant bit (“LSB”) and most significant bit (“MSB”) ordering of data. In some embodiments, scrambler circuits in each lane are adapted to handle data that is more than one bit wide. |
| US10009192B2 |
Switching device and operating procedure therefor
A switching device including a first interface for contacting a media-independent interface of a first physical interface unit, and a second interface for contacting a media-independent interface of a second physical interface unit. The switching device is designed to couple the first interface to the second interface. |
| US10009191B2 |
Communication system with proactive network maintenance and methods for use therewith
A transmitter for use in a cable modem termination system includes a data processing module that generates a plurality of OFDM symbols from a data packet. A probe symbol generator generates a probe symbol, as one of a plurality of probe symbol types. The probe symbol is selectively inserted within the plurality of OFDM symbols, at a pre-defined probe symbol interval. |
| US10009184B1 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling access to encrypted computer files
A server computer provides centralized key management services to several computers having encrypted files or file systems. The server computer receives key requests from the computers. The server computer issues a key to a computer that passes an integrity check. The key is used to unlock an encrypted file or file system in the computer. When the computer fails another integrity check after receiving the key, indicating a change in the security posture of the computer, the server computer may revoke the key automatically or upon receipt of an instruction from a key administrator. |
| US10009183B2 |
Secure session capability using public-key cryptography without access to the private key
A server establishes a secure session with a client device where a private key used in the handshake when establishing the secure session is stored in a different server. During the handshake procedure, the server receives a premaster secret that has been encrypted using a public key bound with a domain for which the client device is attempting to establish a secure session with. The server transmits the encrypted premaster secret to the different server for decryption along with other information necessary to compute a master secret. The different server decrypts the encrypted premaster secret, generates the master secret, and transmits the master secret to the server. The server receives the master secret and continues with the handshake procedure including generating one or more session keys that are used in the secure session for encrypting and decrypting communication between the client device and the server. |
| US10009181B2 |
Extending DNSSEC trust chains to objects outside the DNS
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for extending a chain of trust beyond the DNS. Some embodiments provide a verifier with the ability to validate a chain of trust starting with the trust anchor at the DNS root all the way to a service or object of interest outside the DNS. |
| US10009180B2 |
System and method for generating auditable secure seeds from real-world data
An interface receives a first digital signature of real-world data. A memory stores the first digital signature as seed data. The interface receives a second digital signature of real-world data. The memory stores the second digital signature as seed data. A processor generates first draw seed based, at least in part, on the seed data. The processor generates a first draw result based upon the first draw seed and a drawing algorithm. The interface receives a second draw result from a remote entity, the second draw result based, at least in part, on the first digital signature and the second digital signature. The processor determines whether the first draw result and the second draw result are in agreement. Upon a determination that the first draw result and the second draw result are in agreement, the interface communicates at least one of the first draw result and the second draw result. |
| US10009176B2 |
Method for personalizing an authentication token
An authentication token using a smart card that an organization would issue to its customer, the smart card having a processor for executing a software application that is responsive to a user input to generate a one-time password as an output. The smart card co-operates with an interface device for inputting the user input and displaying the one-time password. The authentication token may be used in combination with a remote authentication server for validation of the password and hence authentication of the user. |
| US10009174B2 |
Key protecting device and key protecting method
A key protecting device is provided. The key protecting device includes a crypto engine, a ROM and a processor. The ROM stores a chip unique key, and is exclusively accessible to the crypto engine. The processor receives a first salt value and a first encrypted key from a non-volatile memory. The crypto engine receives the chip unique key from the ROM, receives the first salt value and the first encrypted key from the processor, and generates a first key according to the first salt value, the chip unique key and the first encrypted key. |
| US10009171B2 |
Construction and uses of variable-input-length tweakable ciphers
Innovations in the construction and use of variable-input-length tweakable ciphers (“VILTCs”). In some cases, a VILTC uses an initialization vector that is protected from exposure outside an encryption/decryption system in order to provide enhanced security with efficient performance. For example, a system for encryption and/or decryption includes two fixed-input-length tweakable block ciphers (“FIL TBCs”) and a VILTC. The first FIL TBC is adapted to produce a fixed-length initialization vector. The VILTC is adapted to produce a variable-length output string using the fixed-length initialization vector as a tweak. The second FIL TBC is adapted to produce a fixed-length output string. In this way, the first FIL TBC and the second FIL TBC protect the fixed-length initialization vector from exposure outside the system. In other cases, a VILTC is used for a reliable and efficient implementation of authenticated encryption/decryption with associated data. |
| US10009169B2 |
Format-preserving cipher
A format-preserving cipher including encryption and decryption schemes supporting non-linear access to input data by allowing the selection of portions of data from a potentially larger dataset to be encrypted. The cipher first defines a forward mapping from the allowable ciphertext values to an integer set of the number of such allowable ciphertext values, and a corresponding reverse mapping. It also supports exclusion of a certain set of characters from the ciphering process. An encryption algorithm is provided that encrypts the input plaintext data while preserving its original format and length, and a corresponding decryption algorithm is provided. The cipher advantageously embodies the encryption and decryption of multi-byte values, composite datasets, credit card numbers and discontinuous datasets, thus fitting a variety of industrial needs. |
| US10009168B2 |
System and method for secure communications and data storage using multidimensional encryption
An encryption system and method has processors and a memory system, the memory system configured to hold at least one macroblock, an encryption key, and machine readable instructions for encrypting the macroblock. The instructions include instructions for dividing the macroblock into at subblocks by rows and encrypting the rows, for dividing the macroblock into subblocks by columns and encrypting the columns, and for performing a combining cipher of the first, second, third and fourth cipher blocks to produce a final ciphertext of the macroblock. In alternative embodiments, the macroblock is divided in a third, or fourth dimension in addition to rows and columns. In embodiments, ciphertext is chained by using it ciphertext as part of a key for later macroblocks of a sequence, or propagated into later sequences of macroblocks. |
| US10009167B2 |
Carrier synchronization device
A device, a circuit and a method are disclosed herein. The device includes a data receiving circuit and an oscillating signal generator. The data receiving circuit is configured to output a first output signal, a second output signal, and a phase error signal according to an oscillating signal and a modulated signal, in which the phase error signal indicates a phase difference between the oscillating signal and the modulated signal. The oscillating signal generator is configured to delay a phase of a first reference signal according to the phase error signal, to generate the oscillating signal. |
| US10009161B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving the channel state information and apparatus thereof
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving channel state information of a User Equipment that supports 256-state quadrature amplitude modulation (256QAM). The method may include: receiving a reference signal for measuring channel quality from a base station; measuring the channel quality based on the reference signal, and selecting a CQI index value from a predetermined CQI index table including CQI index values for 256QAM modulation, based on the measurement result of the channel quality; and transmitting channel state information including the selected CQI index value to the base station. |
| US10009159B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring a transmission mode for a backhaul link transmission
A method is provided for demodulating a signal. A relay node receives control information, from an evolved-NodeB (eNB), through a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH), and receives a data, from the eNB, through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). When a number of transmission layers of the PDSCH is 2 or more than 2 and a plurality of reference signals for a demodulation of the data are transmitted on antenna ports by the eNB, a reference signal transmitted on a minimum antenna port among the antenna ports is used for a demodulation of the control information. |
| US10009158B2 |
Resource mapping and receiving methods and devices and signalling notification and acquisition methods and devices
Provided are resource mapping and receiving methods and devices and signalling notification and acquisition methods and devices. The resource mapping method includes that: an evolved NodeB (eNB) maps a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) onto multiple resource elements in a manner of frequency division multiplexing and/or time division multiplexing and/or code division multiplexing; and/or the eNB maps an Interference Measure Resource (IMR) onto multiple resource elements in a manner of frequency division multiplexing and/or time division multiplexing. By the technical solution, the effects of improving measurement performance of a system, ensuring more accurate adaptive transmission and improving spectral efficiency of the system are further achieved. |
| US10009153B2 |
Apparatus and method for reception and transmission of control channels
A method and system of creating, transmitting, receiving and interpreting a subframe structure used in the communication between a base station and a device with mobile communication functionality is provided for use during communication on an unlicensed frequency spectrum. The system and subframe structure provides for the truncation of OFDM symbols within one or more subframe structures that often contain downlink control information and a method for determining a new location of the truncated downlink control information within the subframe structure. |
| US10009151B2 |
Packet storage method, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A packet storage method includes receiving a plurality of packets from a network including a plurality of connections, associating, with each of the packet, a connection via which the corresponding packet has passed, specifying a connection, among the plurality of connections, in which an error has occurred, based on analysis of the plurality of packets, identifying the packet which has passed through the connection in which the error has occurred, and storing, in a storage device, the identified packet, among the plurality of received packets. |
| US10009148B1 |
Time-reversal technologies for hybrid wireless networks
Transmitters and receivers for use in hybrid networks capable of supporting time-reversal division multi-access communication protocols are described. Wireless access points include a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless channel probe signal from a device and a wireless transmitter capable of supporting a time-reversal division multi-access (TRDMA) protocol and at least one other wireless communication protocol. A controller is used to control the operation of the wireless transmitter. Wireless terminal devices include a wireless transmitter for transmitting a wireless channel probe signal and a wireless receiver capable of supporting a TRDMA protocol and at least one other wireless communication protocol. A controller is used to control the operation of the wireless receiver. An example of the at least one other wireless communication protocol that may be supported is OFDMA. Network performance can be improved by using wireless access points and terminal devices that switch between supporting one wireless communication protocol or another or supporting multiple wireless communication protocols simultaneously. |
| US10009145B2 |
Method and device for transmitting uplink control signal in wireless communication system
A method for transmitting an uplink control signal of a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method are provided. The method comprises the steps of: setting a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a first antenna port; setting a second PUCCH resource for a second antenna port; and transmitting a same uplink control signal through the first and second antenna ports by using the first and second PUCCH resources, wherein the first and second PUCCH resources are orthogonal to each other. |
| US10009139B1 |
Peer-to-peer proximity pairing of electronic devices with cameras and see-through heads-up displays
The disclosed embodiments relate to electronic devices with optical head-mounted displays (OHMDs). Each electronic device includes an OHMD that provides a heads-up display (HUD) and one or more sensors. The electronic device also includes a pairing apparatus that uses the OHMD to generate a first signal that is detectable by the other electronic device. The pairing apparatus also uses the OHMD to detect a second signal from a second OHMD at the other electronic device. Next, the pairing apparatus generates a shared secret with the second electronic device using data associated with the first and second signals and uses the shared secret to establish a secure connection with the second electronic device. |
| US10009138B2 |
Radio-over-fibre transmission in communications networks
A radio-over-fibre transmitter comprising: an optical splitter arranged to receive an optical carrier signal having a carrier optical frequency, and split it into a plurality of portions; electro-optic modulation apparatus each arranged to receive a respective optical carrier signal portion and a respective modulated radio frequency subcarrier signal, and arranged to modulate the respective optical carrier signal portion with the respective modulated radio frequency subcarrier signal and arranged to suppress onward transmission of the respective optical carrier signal portion, to form a respective carrier suppressed optical subcarrier signal; an optical combiner arranged to receive the carrier suppressed optical subcarrier signals and one of the optical carrier signal portions and arranged to combine them to form a subcarrier multiplexed optical signal; and polarisation apparatus arranged to ensure that the carrier suppressed optical subcarrier signals and said optical carrier signal portion each have the same polarisation state at the optical combiner. |
| US10009137B2 |
Optical communication system, station-side device, subscriber device, and optical communication method
An optical communication system of the present invention switches a communication wavelength from a current communication wavelength to a auxiliary communication wavelength when an abnormality occurs in a communication wavelength between a station-side device and any one of a plurality of subscriber devices. Further, this optical communication system switches a communication wavelength used for communication between the subscriber device and the station-side device that perform communication using the auxiliary communication wavelength from the auxiliary communication wavelength back to the current communication wavelength when communication is recovered from an abnormality in the current communication wavelength. |
| US10009131B2 |
Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, receiving method, program, and broadcasting system
Disclosed herein is a transmitting device including an audio encoder and a transmitter. The audio encoder is configured to generate an encoded audio stream in which trigger information relating to control of an application program to be executed in conjunction with content in a receiving device is buried. The transmitter is configured to transmit the generated encoded audio stream to the receiving device. |
| US10009128B2 |
Method for reporting channel state reflecting interference cancellation performance and apparatus for same
Provided is a method for reporting a channel state, on which an interference cancellation performance is reflected, in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method may include: receiving, from a serving cell, a configuration for a channel state information (CSI) process (hereinafter, referred to as “enhanced CSI process”) for reporting the channel state on which the interference cancellation performance is reflected; receiving a signal at a CSI-interference measurement (CSI-IM) resource according to the enhanced CSI process; and calculating a value of the reporting of the channel state on which the interference cancellation performance is reflected, by removing an interference signal, which is from a specific interference cell among one or more interference cells. |
| US10009126B2 |
Method for testing a radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver with multiple transmitters and receivers capable of concurrent operations
Method for testing a radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT) with multiple RF signal transmitters and RF signal receivers capable of concurrent operations. Multiple successions of test data packets from a tester to respective RF signal receivers of the DUT and multiple successions of responsive DUT data packets from respective RF signal transmitters of the DUT to the tester are conveyed such that multiple RF signal transmissions, multiple RF signal receptions, or RF signal transmission and reception are performed at least partially concurrently. |
| US10009124B2 |
Methods and apparatus for antenna calibration
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus in a radio base station for inter-transceiver antenna calibration. The method comprises collecting a first phase difference between a first signal and a first reception signal and a second phase difference between a second signal and a second reception signal. The first signal is transmitted through a reference transmission path of a first transceiver and received through a reference reception path of a second transceiver as the first reception signal. The second signal is transmitted through a reference transmission path of the second transceiver and received through a reference reception path of the first transceiver as the second reception signal. The method further comprises determining and compensating for an inter-loop phase response difference between a first reference path loop of the first transceiver and a second reference path loop of the second transceiver by subtracting the second phase difference from the first phase difference. The first reference path loop consists of the reference transmission path and the reference reception path of the first transceiver, and the second reference path loop consists of the reference transmission path and the reference reception path of the second transceiver. |
| US10009123B2 |
Phase alignment among multiple transmitters
Systems and methods for phase alignment among multiple transmitters are described. In some embodiments, a method may include creating a loop between an RF transmitter and an RF receiver; measuring a first DC signal on the I and Q paths of the RF receiver without inserting a DC signal in the I and Q paths of the RF transmitter; measuring a second DC signal on the I and Q paths of the RF receiver while inserting a non-zero DC signal in the I and Q paths of the RF transmitter; and calculating a relative phase difference between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver using the first and second DC signals. |
| US10009117B2 |
Data storage, input, and output for human body communication
Data can be transferred from one device to another in the Internet of Things without using a network by a touch-based human body communication (HBC) interaction between a wearable storage module and HBC-compatible interface pads on external host devices. Information on a source host device is copied to the wearable storage module when the user touches the source device's HBC interface pad, can be stored indefinitely on the wearable module, and is copied to a destination host device when the user touches the destination devices HBC interface pad. Because the interface pads only need to be simple electrodes, their size and shape can be widely varied to fit the host devices. |
| US10009106B2 |
Silicon photonics multicarrier optical transceiver
Disclosed herein are techniques, methods, structures and apparatus that provide a silicon photonics multicarrier optical transceiver wherein both the transmitter and receiver are integrated on a single silicon chip and which generates a plurality of carriers through the effect of an on-chip modulator, amplifies the optical power of the carriers through the effect of an off-chip amplifier, and generates M orthogonal sets of carriers through the effect of an on-chip basis former. |
| US10009105B2 |
Optical network visualization and planning
Computer-implemented systems and methods for visually presenting spectrum usage of optical spectrum in an optical network include displaying a network map of the optical network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes to one another; responsive to obtaining spectrum data comprising channel assignments on the plurality of links and nodes as endpoints of the associated channel assignments, displaying a plurality of circular histograms to visually illustrate spectrum usage in the optical network; and adjusting the plurality of circular histograms based on selections of a plurality of endpoints in the optical network. The plurality of circular histograms visually represent the spectrum usage by representing the optical spectrum in the optical network around the associated circular histogram, and wherein each portion or segment of the plurality of circular histograms represents one of a wavelength and a portion of spectrum. |
| US10009102B2 |
Optical communication system, optical receiver, optical receiver control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Present invention provides an optical communication system that controls reception sensitivity of an optical receiver. The communication system (100) according to the present invention comprising: an optical transmitter (1) to which an transmission signal is input, and which modulates the transmission signal to an optical signal and transmits the optical signal; and an optical receiver (2) that receives the optical signal and demodulates the optical signal to an transmission signal. And the optical receiver (2) includes a photoelectric conversion means (10) for converting the optical signal into an analog electric signal, a conversion and demodulation means (25) for converting the analog electric signal into a digital signal and demodulating the signal to the transmission signal, and an amplitude control means (102) for controlling amplitude of the analog electric signal, and the amplitude control means (102) controls the amplitude of the analog electric signal in accordance with wavelength dispersion of the optical signal. |
| US10009097B2 |
Enhanced transmission and reception of remote digital diagnostic information of optical tranceivers
Methods and apparatuses for optical communications are provided. By way of example, an optical transceiver includes a processing device coupled to a memory, an optical subassembly, and a programmable device. The optical subassembly is configured to receive and modulate a first signal carrying high speed user data for transmission to a remote device over an optical link. The programmable device is coupled to the processing device and configured to receive data relating to digital diagnostic monitoring information (DDMI) of the optical transceiver from the processing device, perform forward error correction encoding on the DDMI data to produce a remote digital diagnostic monitoring (RDDM) signal, and send the RDDM signal to the optical subassembly as a second signal to modulate for transmission. The optical subassembly is configured to current modulate the second signal on the first signal to produce a double modulated optical signal for transmission to the remote device. |
| US10009094B2 |
Optimizing remote antenna unit performance using an alternative data channel
A method and system for monitoring and optimizing a network may include configuring a remote antenna unit with a first transceiver for uplinking and downlinking a signal of a cellular service and with a second transceiver for uplinking and downlinking of the signal of at least one of a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or Zigbee service. Performance data is collected from at least one user equipment configured for connecting to the remote antenna unit. The collected performance data is routed to a performance data collector configured to aggregate the performance data. The aggregated performance data is correlated. The network is optimized based on the correlated performance data. |
| US10009093B2 |
Handoff for satellite communication
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to handoff (e.g., idle mode handoff or other types of handoff) for a user terminal. In some aspects, a user terminal (UT) may request idle mode handoff information from a ground network (GN). Idle mode handoff information may include, for example, start times for a set of satellites, whereby each particular start time indicates when the UT may handoff to the corresponding satellite. The UT may send the request for idle mode handoff information to the GN when the UT has a defined number of valid entries (e.g., one unexpired entry) remaining in an idle mode handoff table. In some aspects, the idle UT may send the request for idle mode handoff information to the GN based on a time associated with a particular entry in an idle mode handoff table or based on a time of validity of an idle mode handoff table. |
| US10009089B2 |
Method and arrangement for operating a phased antenna array
An antenna unit is used in an antenna array. It comprises a measurement signal receiver for receiving and digitizing a measurement signal from an antenna. A time delay unit delays the digitized measurement signal. A data collection receiver receives a data collection frame, and a data collection transmitter is configured to sum the delayed digitized measurement signal with pre-existing data in the received data collection frame and to transmit the so constructed updated data collection frame further. |
| US10009081B2 |
Transmission method, transmitter, and receiver for multi antenna wireless communication system
A transmitter includes first generator to generate pilot source signal by modulating pilot sequence, second generator to generate data source signal with time length longer than that of pilot source signal by modulating data sequence, first cyclic shifter to perform cyclic shift of first shift amount to pilot source signal to generate first pilot signal, second cyclic shifter to performs cyclic shift of second shift amount to data source signal to generate first data signal, third cyclic shifter to perform cyclic shift of third shift amount to pilot source signal to generate second pilot signal, fourth cyclic shifter to perform cyclic shift of fourth shift amount to data source signal to generate second data signal, first transmit antenna to transmit first pilot signal and first data signal, and second transmit antenna to transmit second pilot signal and second data signal. |
| US10009080B2 |
Reference signal measurements
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for assisting a UE in measuring reference signals in a wireless communication system using beams. A BS may transmit, to a UE, information regarding one or more measurement gaps for measuring one or more reference signals. The BS may transmit, to the UE, additional information regarding at least one of direction information associated with the one or more reference signals or rank indication to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals during the one or more measurement gaps. A UE may perform corresponding operations. |
| US10009077B2 |
Precoding method, transmitting device, and receiving device
A transmission scheme for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal in the same frequency at the same time. According to the transmission scheme, a precoding weight multiplying unit multiplies a precoding weight by a baseband signal after a first mapping and a baseband signal after a second mapping and outputs the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal. In the precoding weight multiplying unit, precoding weights are regularly hopped. |
| US10009074B2 |
Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and computer-readable medium for transmission of transmission weight information
An electronic device including circuitry configured to cause receipt of a first reference signal and determine first transmission weight information based on the received first reference signal. The circuitry is configured to cause receipt of a second reference signal and determine second transmission weight information based on the received second reference signal. The second reference signal is weighted. The circuitry is further configured to cause transmission of the first transmission weight information according to a first period and the second transmission weight information according to a second period. The first period is different from the second period. Further, the second transmission weight information is determined and transmitted after the first transmission weight information is transmitted. |
| US10009070B2 |
Load-modulation detection component
A load-modulation detection component for an inductive coupling reader device. The load-modulation receiver device is arranged to receive an antenna voltage signal representative of a voltage across an antenna of the inductive coupling reader device and output at least one load-modulated signal. The load-modulation detection component comprises a down-converter component arranged to mix the antenna voltage signal with a down-conversion signal to generate a down-converted signal, a series capacitive component coupled in series between an output of the down-converter component and an output of the load-modulation receiver, and a switched capacitor resistor circuit coupled between the output of the load-modulation receiver and a first reference voltage. |
| US10009067B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring a communication interface
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for exchanging electrical signals and guided electromagnetic waves between customer premises equipment and service provider equipment to provide uplink and/or downlink communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10009066B2 |
Transmitting electrical power and data
A communication system for transmitting electrical power and data between a first end of a transmission line and a second end of the transmission line comprises, at the first end: a DC supply means for supplying direct current to the transmission line; first switching means for switching the DC supply means; and a first modulator for operating the first switching means. At the second end, the system comprises an energy storage means for storing and supplying DC power; second switching means for switching power from the energy storage means; and a second modulator for operating the second switching means. |
| US10009061B2 |
Terminal and method for improving terminal reception sensitivity
A terminal and method for improving the terminal reception sensitivity; when the terminal works in a time division duplexing mode, the method comprises: in a transmitting time slot, using the frequency of the transmitting voltage control oscillator (VCO) of the terminal as a first frequency; and in a receiving time slot, using the frequency of the transmitting VCO of the terminal as a preset second frequency, the predetermined second frequency differs from the first frequency in the bandwidth of at least one channel. The present invention improves the reception sensitivity of a terminal, reduces the production cost of the terminal, and decreases product size. |
| US10009057B2 |
Protective films for electronic devices
A system for protecting a surface of an electronic device includes a protective film and a liner. The protective film includes an adhesive-coated surface. The liner, which covers the adhesive-coated surface until the protective film is secured to the surface of an electronic device, includes a main element that covers a majority of the adhesive-coated surface and a strip element that covers a smaller strip of the adhesive-coated surface, which strip is located adjacent to an edge of the adhesive-coated surface. One or both of the strip element and the main element of the liner may also include a tab for facilitating their removal from the adhesive-coated surface of the protective film. Methods for using the system to apply a protective film to a surface, such as a surface of a display screen, of an electronic device are also disclosed. |
| US10009051B1 |
Modem-agnostic analog spatial multiplexing
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for analog spatial multiplexing are disclosed. One apparatus includes a receiver, wherein the receiver includes a plurality of antennas operative to receive a plurality of wireless signals, a plurality of tunable time delays, and a plurality of frequency response equalizers, wherein a time delay of each of the tunable time delays is adjusted based on a feedback of measurements of one or more pilot tones of more than one output of the plurality of frequency response equalizers. The receiver further includes a plurality of frequency up-converters generating a plurality of frequency up-converted signals, a MIMO processor receiving the plurality of frequency up-converted signals, wherein the MIMO processor adjusts a gain and phase of the of the frequency up-converted signals based on the measurements of the pilot tones, and a plurality of frequency down-converters receiving and frequency down-converting output signals from the MIMO processor. |
| US10009050B2 |
Quadrature transmitter, wireless communication unit, and method for spur suppression
A quadrature transmitter is described that comprises: a first transmitter path and a second transmitter path that are matched. Each transmitter path comprises: at least one input arranged to receive respective first or second sets of quadrature baseband signals; at least one local oscillator, LO, port configured to receive respective first and second sets of quadrature LO signals; at least one mixer stage coupled to the at least one input and configured to respectively multiply the sets of quadrature baseband signals with the respective first or second sets of quadrature LO signals to produce a respective output radio frequency, RF, signal; and a combiner configured to combine the output radio frequency signals of the first transmitter path and the second transmitter path. The first set of quadrature signals is a substantially 45° phase shifted version of the second set of quadrature signals; and the first set of quadrature LO signals is a reverse substantially 45° phase shifted version of the second set of quadrature LO signals. |
| US10009049B2 |
Method for detecting and handling oscillations in a signal booster device, a signal booster device and a means of transportation comprising a signal booster device
A signal booster device comprises at least one first antenna for communicating with a mobile, at least one second antenna for communicating with a base station, at least one amplifier and at least one power detector. The signal booster device adjusts a gain between the at least two antennas by altering an amplification factor. A normal operation gain is achieved by setting the amplification factor to a first amplification factor. An oscillation is detected by determining at least one first signal power, increasing the operation gain of the signal booster device by setting the amplification factor to a second amplification factor wherein the second amplification factor is higher than the first amplification factor, determining at least one second signal power, correlating the at least one first signal power with the at least one second signal power; and determining whether a status of the signal booster device is oscillation or normal based upon the result of the correlation. |
| US10009047B2 |
Driver circuit for a passive resonant circuit, and transmitter device
A driver circuit for driving a passive resonant antenna-circuit, the latter comprising an inductance (L) and a capacitance (C) in parallel. The driver circuit comprises a first and a second interface node (Ni1, Ni2) connectable to the resonant antenna circuit, and comprises control circuitry for monitoring an oscillating voltage signal (Vosc) provided by the resonant antenna circuit, and for extracting timing information and amplitude information of said oscillating voltage signal (Vosc), and excitation circuitry for generating an excitation signal based on the measured timing and amplitude information, and for applying the excitation signal to the antenna circuit. |
| US10009046B1 |
Individual broadband communications hub for operational and training environments
A military communications unit that utilizes a relatively high-bandwidth digital communication networks (e.g., cellular networks) is capable of acting as a wireless communications hub for a soldier, vehicle, weapon, or other entity. The military communications unit can obtain data from multiple devices via close-range wireless technologies and communicate with training or operational networks. The military communications unit can be flexible in its capacity to relay data by formatting data in accordance with Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), High-Level Architecture (HLA), and/or another distributed computer simulation standard. Moreover, the military communications unit may be further capable of “re-banding,” enabling communications using cellular protocols and/or standards in non-cellular frequency bands. |
| US10009045B2 |
Decoding method, memory controlling circuit unit and memory storage device
A decoding method, a memory controlling circuit unit and a memory storage device are provided. The decoding method includes: performing a first type decoding operation for a first frame including a first codeword to obtain a second codeword. The method also includes: recording error estimate information corresponding to the first frame according to an execution result of the first type decoding operation. The method further includes: updating the first codeword in the first frame to the second codeword if the error estimate information matches a first condition; and performing a second type decoding operation for a block code including the first frame. |
| US10009044B1 |
Device type differentiation for redundancy coded data storage systems
Techniques described and suggested herein include systems and methods for optimizing performance characteristics for data archives stored on data storage systems using redundancy coding techniques by placing different processed portions of the data in disparate systems. For example, redundancy coded shards, which may include identity shards that contain unencoded original data of archives, may be stored on different types of systems to optimize for various retrieval use cases and implemented environments. Implementing systems may monitor various performance characteristics so as to adaptively account for changes to some or all of the monitored parameters. |
| US10009043B2 |
Technologies for providing efficient error correction with half product codes
Technologies for providing efficient error correction with half product codes include an apparatus having a memory to store data and a controller to manage read and write operations of the memory. The controller is to obtain, in response to a write request, data to write to the memory. The controller is further to encode the data with a half product code to define a matrix that includes at least one matrix element based on a soft decision error correction encoder algorithm and at least one other matrix element based on a hard decision error correction encoder algorithm. Additionally, the controller is to write the half product code to the memory. |
| US10009041B2 |
BCH decorder in which folded multiplier is equipped
Provided is a BCH decoder in which a folded multiplier is equipped. The BCH decoder may include a key equation solver including a plurality of multipliers. The multiplier includes a plurality of calculation blocks configured to perform a calculation operation. Each of the calculation blocks repeatedly performs a calculation operation of a calculation stage for a plurality of calculation stages, outputs one output value on the basis of at least one input value in each calculation stage, and is connected to at least one another calculation block to transfer an output value of a current calculation stage as an input value of the at least one another calculation block in a next calculation stage. |
| US10009039B1 |
Multi-path analog system with multi-mode high-pass filter
A system may comprise a high-pass filter having an input for receiving an input signal, an output for generating an output signal, a capacitor coupled between the input and the output, a switched-capacitor resistor coupled between the output and a reference voltage, and control circuitry configured to control the reference voltage to cancel current leakage into a circuit coupled to the output. The input, the output, the capacitor, and the switched-capacitor resistor may be arranged to generate the output signal as a high-pass filtered version of the input signal and the high-pass filter may be configured to operate in a plurality of modes comprising at least a high-impedance mode and a low-impedance mode in which the resistance of the switched-capacitor resistor is significantly smaller than the resistance when in the high-impedance mode.A system may include a plurality of processing paths having a first path configured to generate a first digital signal based on an analog input signal and a second path configured to generate a second digital signal based on the analog input signal, the second path having a high-pass filter for filtering the analog input signal prior to the analog input signal being processed by the remainder of the second path, and the high-pass filter having a corner frequency. Control circuitry may be configured to determine frequency-dependent weighted proportions of the first and second digital signals to be combined into an output digital signal based on a characteristic of the analog input signal. Frequency-dependent weighted proportions may be such that the digital output signal includes spectral content of the first digital signal below the corner frequency to account for spectral content of the second digital signal below the corner frequency being filtered.A system may include an input for receiving an input signal, an output for generating an output signal, a capacitor coupled between the input and the output, a variable resistor coupled to the output and having a plurality of modes including a first mode in which the variable resistor has a first resistance and a second mode in which the variable resistor has a second resistance, and control circuitry configured to determine a difference between the input signal and the output signal and switch between modes of the plurality of modes when the difference is less than a predetermined threshold. |
| US10009036B2 |
System and method of calibrating input signal to successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in ADC-assisted time-to-digital converter (TDC)
An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a counter array; a ring oscillator that is electrically coupled to the counter array, where the counter array counts a number of cycles in the ring oscillator; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) driver that is electrically coupled to the ring oscillator; and an ADC that is electrically coupled to the ADC driver, where an output of the ADC is electrically coupled to the ring oscillator. |
| US10009035B1 |
Dynamic control of ADC resolution
Methods, systems and devices for dynamically controlling resolution of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC receives an analog input signal and outputs digital data. A statistical unit coupled to the ADC obtains samples of the output signal and transmits a control signal to the ADC to adjust the resolution of the ADC. The control signal is generated by the statistical unit based on a comparison of at least one performance indicator with a target performance level. The at least one performance indicator is calculated using the samples. |
| US10009032B2 |
Alignment of samples across different clock domains
Embodiments include systems and methods for providing reliable and precise sample alignment across different clock domains. Some embodiments operate in context of microprocessor power management circuits seeking correlated measurements of voltage droop (VD) and phase delay (PD). For example, a rolling code is generated for each of multiple second clock domain sample times (CDSTs). VD and the rolling code are both sampled according to a first clock domain to generate VD samples and corresponding VCode samples for each of multiple first CDSTs. PD can be sampled according to the second clock domain to generate PD samples for each of the second CDSTs, each associated with the rolling code for its second CDST. For any first CDST, the VD sample for the first CDST can be aligned with a PD sample for a coinciding second CDST by identifying matching associated rolling codes. |
| US10009027B2 |
Three state latch
Three state latch. In accordance with a first embodiment, an electronic circuit includes n pairs of cascaded logical gates. Each of the n pairs of cascaded logical gates includes a first logical gate including n−1 first gate inputs and one first gate output, and a second logical gate including two second gate inputs and one second gate output. One of the second gate inputs is coupled to the first gate output. The second gate output is cross coupled to one of the first gate inputs of all other the pairs of cascaded logical gates, and n is greater than 2. |
| US10009025B2 |
Detection sensor
The invention relates to a sensor (1) comprising a pulse generator (2) and an electrode (3) connected to an output of the pulse generator (2). A detector (61) detects a change in the amplitude of the signal being present at the electrode, and a control unit (62) operatively connected to the output of the detector (61), detects the presence of a person interacting with the sensor based on the output signal of the detector (61). Furthermore, the electrode (3) is connected to the pulse generator (2) via an inductive circuit such that the sensor can detect the presence of a user but can also be used as a touch sensor.In one embodiment, the pulse generator (2) via an inductive circuit is adapted to generate a pulse train with repetition rate equal to the resonance frequency of the inductive circuit or to an integer multiple of an octave of said resonance frequency.An automatic faucet (100) using such sensor is further described. |
| US10009024B2 |
Power conversion device, driving device and driving method
A driving device includes a driving primary circuit, an isolating transforming circuit, and at least one driving secondary circuit. The isolating transforming circuit is coupled to the driving primary circuit. The at least one driving secondary circuit is coupled to the isolating transforming circuit. The driving primary circuit receives a control signal and a power signal. The driving primary circuit generates a driving pulse signal according to the control signal and generates a power pulse signal according to the power signal. The driving primary circuit transmits the driving pulse signal and the power pulse signal to the at least one driving secondary circuit through the isolating transforming circuit. The at least one driving secondary circuit receives the driving pulse signal so as to generate a driving signal, and the at least one driving secondary circuit drives a power semiconductor switch unit according to the driving signal. |
| US10009023B2 |
Method and apparatus for edge equalization for high speed drivers
A line driver for signal equalization is described. The line driver may comprise an equalization driver and a gating circuit. The gating circuit may be configured to gate the equalization driver between a first transition and a second transition, such as between a rising edge and a falling edge. The gating circuit may comprise one or more delay elements, such as one or more inverters, configured to generate the second transition in response to receiving the first transition, where the second transition is delayed with respect to the first transition. Such line driver may be used to signals having high data rates to transmission lines, such as cables or metal connection on printed circuit boards. |
| US10009011B1 |
Impedance matching circuit of power amplifier
An impedance matching circuit, includes a multilayer substrate, a microstrip line, a spiral inductor, a first capacitor circuit, and a second capacitor circuit. The multilayer substrate includes a power amplifier, and the microstrip line is disposed on a first layer substrate and connected to the power amplifier. The spiral inductor includes a first spiral transmission line disposed on the first layer substrate and connected to the microstrip line, a second spiral transmission line disposed on a substrate layer below the first layer substrate and connected to the first spiral transmission line, and an output pad disposed on the first layer substrate and connected to the second spiral transmission line. The first capacitor circuit is disposed outside the spiral inductor and connected between the microstrip line and a ground. The second capacitor circuit is disposed outside the spiral inductor and connected between the output pad and the ground. |
| US10009008B2 |
Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device having roughened bottom side
A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a substrate having a top side surface and a bottom side surface. A Bragg mirror is on the top side surface of the substrate. A bottom electrode layer is on the Bragg mirror, and a piezoelectric layer is on the bottom electrode layer. A top dielectric layer is on the piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode layer is on the top dielectric layer. The bottom side surface of the substrate has a surface roughness of at least 1 μm root mean square (RMS). |
| US10009006B2 |
Resonator device, electronic apparatus, and moving object
A resonator device capable of preventing the characteristics of the resonator element from degrading while ensuring the fixation strength of the resonator element is provided. A vibrator as the resonator device includes a heat generation element as a base body, a first support arm and a second support arm as elastic members each constituting a plate spring having one end connected to the heat generation element and extending from the one end toward the other end disposed at a position distant from the heat generation element, and a resonator element connected to a first support section and a second support section respectively disposed on the other end side of the first support arm and the second support arm so as to be distant from the heat generation element. |
| US10009002B1 |
Methods for suppressing spurious modes in microresonators
The present invention relates to methods for suppressing spurious modes in microresonators. In particular embodiments, such spurious modes can be reduced by providing one or more structural components that effectively reduce the acoustic velocity in the transducer domain. Additional methods and microresonators are described herein. |
| US10008998B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for analysis, evaluation, measurement and control of audio dynamics processing
A method, apparatus, and system for measuring and analyzing the effects of dynamics modifying processors on a signal. This new approach utilizes statistical analysis techniques to provide a direct comparison and evaluation between the processed signal and the unprocessed signal's dynamic characteristics. The method identifies and quantifies Effective Dynamic Range, Clip Tolerance, Lower Limit Tolerance, Crest Factor, and Diminuendo Factor, using either peak or r.m.s values. In an alternative embodiment, the invention allows for user adjustment and control of the relative relationship of Crest Factor and Diminuendo Factor, which the user may perceive as loudness. |
| US10008997B2 |
Filter generator, filter generation method, and filter generation program
A filter generator (100) generates a filter on the basis of band information (frequency) and gain characteristics (gain value) set by a user. The filter generator (100) obtains weighting factor information on the basis of the band information selected by the user and calculates a gain difference between a gain value used in a preceding filtering process and the new gain value selected by the user. The filter generator (100) then obtains a correction gain by multiplying the weighting factor information by the gain difference and generates a filter by multiplying a coefficient of the filter used in the preceding filtering process by the correction gain. |
| US10008990B2 |
System and method for acoustic transducer supply
According to an embodiment, a method of operating an acoustic device includes buffering, by a buffer circuit, a first electrical signal from an acoustic transducer to produce a second electrical signal, receiving a feedback signal at a supply circuit, and comparing the feedback signal to a first threshold. The feedback signal is based on the first electrical signal. The method further includes, based on comparing the feedback signal to the first threshold, switching between a first mode and a second mode, supplying a first supply voltage to the buffer circuit during the first mode, and supplying a second supply voltage to the buffer circuit during the second mode. The first supply voltage is different from the second supply voltage. |
| US10008989B2 |
Transmit-receive isolation in a transformer-based radio frequency power amplifier
Embodiments of radio frequency (RF) systems include a transmit/receive switch integrated with one or more power amplifiers and/or other components. The power amplifiers can have transformer-based architectures. A compensation circuit can act to protect the receive path during an RF transmit mode. |
| US10008987B1 |
Switch and matching noise cancelling for switch low noise amplifier
A low noise amplifier (LNA) reduces matching and switch noise. The LNA includes a main radio frequency signal path, an auxiliary radio frequency signal path and a phase shifter. The main path includes a first transistor and an inductor. The inductor is positioned between an input port of the LNA and the first transistor. The first transistor receives an input radio frequency signal via the inductor and provides a first amplified signal based on the input radio frequency signal. The auxiliary radio frequency signal path provides a second amplified signal for a noise cancellation mode based on the input radio frequency signal. The phase shifter applies a phase shift to an output signal of the LNA based on the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal. |
| US10008986B2 |
Power amplification apparatus and method for controlling power amplification apparatus
A power amplification apparatus which is a Doherty power amplification apparatus includes a main amplifier configured to amplify an input signal, and an auxiliary amplifier configured to amplify the input signal when a level of the input signal is higher than a predetermined level. The power amplification apparatus includes an auxiliary amplifier threshold value shift detector configured to detect a threshold value shift in the auxiliary amplifier; and an auxiliary amplifier bias voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust a bias voltage of the auxiliary amplifier based on the detected threshold value shift in the auxiliary amplifier. |
| US10008985B2 |
Input/output cell for integrated circuits
An integrated circuit and method are provided. The integrated circuit comprises: a digital core configured to output a first voltage signal; and a first input/output cell; wherein the first input/output cell is configured to convert the first voltage signal to a first current signal and provide the first current signal to circuitry external to the integrated circuit. |
| US10008981B2 |
Integrated clock generator and method therefor
An integrated clock generator includes a tunable LC oscillator, a tunable frequency synthesizer, and a processor. The tunable LC oscillator has an input for receiving an oscillator control signal, and an output for providing an oscillator clock signal. The tunable frequency synthesizer has a clock input coupled to the output of the tunable LC oscillator, a control input for receiving a synthesizer control signal, and an output for providing a clock output signal. The processor has an input for receiving a data input signal, a first output for providing the oscillator control signal, and a second output for providing the synthesizer control signal. The processor provides the oscillator control signal and the synthesizer control signal such that the tunable frequency synthesizer generates the output clock signal at a frequency indicated by the data input signal, and provides the synthesizer control signal further in response to a dynamic condition. |
| US10008980B2 |
Wideband digitally controlled injection-locked oscillator
A novel and useful digitally controlled injection-locked RF oscillator with an auxiliary loop. The oscillator is injection locked to a time delayed version of its own resonating voltage (or its second harmonic) and its frequency is modulated by manipulating the phase and amplitude of injected current. The oscillator achieves a narrow modulation tuning range and fine step size of an LC tank based digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). The DCO first gets tuned to its center frequency by means of a conventional switched capacitor array. Frequency modulation is then achieved via a novel method of digitally controlling the phase and amplitude of injected current into the LC tank generated from its own resonating voltage. A very linear deviation from the center frequency is achieved with a much lower gain resulting in a very fine resolution DCO step size and high linearity without needing to resort to oversampled noise shaped dithering. |
| US10008979B2 |
Integration of microinverter with photovoltaic module
Various technologies for integrating a microinverter with a photovoltaic module are disclosed. An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module includes a photovoltaic module having a frame and a junction box including a direct current (DC) output connector, and a microinverter having a housing coupled to the frame and a DC input connector electrically mated with the DC output connector of the photovoltaic module. |
| US10008978B2 |
Solar radiation redirection device
A solar radiation redirection device includes an untethered balloon or balloon-like structure defining an inside volume. The balloon or balloon-like structure has a substantially transparent portion and a substantially reflective portion, wherein the substantially reflective portion is substantially parabolic in shape. The balloon or balloon-like structure also includes a secondary reflector located adjacent to the substantially transparent portion within the inside volume of the balloon or balloon-like structure. The substantially reflective portion is configured to receive solar radiation from an external source through the substantially transparent portion and concentrate the received solar radiation onto the secondary reflector. The secondary reflector is configured to direct the concentrated solar radiation towards a target, the target being external from the balloon or balloon-like structure. |
| US10008974B2 |
Mounting system for photovoltaic arrays
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are disclosed, to include mounting brackets and mounting systems. In one embodiment, a PV array mounting system with brackets comprising pairs of panel connectors and panel connector receivers is disclosed. |
| US10008973B1 |
Voltage conversion for an airborne wind turbine
This disclosure discusses systems and methods related to the following example scenarios. When an aerial vehicle of an airborne wind turbine is functioning normally in motoring mode, a voltage converter may receive a nominal voltage from a power conversion system and provide the nominal voltage to the aerial vehicle. When the aerial vehicle is experiencing a fault in motoring mode, the voltage converter may receive the nominal voltage and provide a reduced fault voltage to the aerial vehicle. When the aerial vehicle is functioning normally in power-generating mode, the voltage converter may receive the nominal voltage from the aerial vehicle and provide the nominal voltage to the power conversion system. When the aerial vehicle is experiencing a fault in power-generating mode, the voltage converter may receive a reduced fault voltage from the aerial vehicle, boost the fault voltage, and provide the boosted fault voltage to the power conversion system. |
| US10008971B2 |
Monitor circuit and monitoring method
The invention provides a monitor circuit, which is used for a fan and receives a driving current and a driving voltage of the fan. The monitor circuit includes sensing circuits and a microcontroller. The sensing circuits respectively sense statuses of the fan and output sensing values. The microcontroller is used for monitoring whether the sensing values exceed preset value ranges respectively to obtain comparison results. The microcontroller outputs warning signals according to the comparison results. Each of the warning signals has a specific frequency. |
| US10008969B2 |
Power supply system for electrically powered vehicle
When a voltage (auxiliary power supply voltage) on an auxiliary power supply line is instantaneously decreased to be smaller than a resetting voltage, a resetting operation is automatically started in each of the MG-ECU and the HV-ECU to perform an initialization process. After the resetting operation of the MG-ECU and/or the HV-ECU, the MG-ECU causes a converter to start a forced discharging operation when a DC voltage of a first smoothing capacitor is higher than a first reference voltage, and/or when a DC voltage of a second smoothing capacitor is higher than a second reference voltage. |
| US10008967B2 |
Closed loop flux weakening for permanent magnet synchronous motors
A closed loop flux weakening method and apparatus are provided. The closed loop flux weakening apparatus may include a difference circuit that obtains a difference between a q-axis reference voltage and a q-axis voltage, a controller that converts the difference between the q-axis reference voltage and the q-axis voltage into a d-axis current of a stator of the motor, and a summation circuit that obtains a d-axis reference current by adding the d-axis current of the stator of the motor and a feed forward d-axis current of the stator of the motor. |
| US10008964B2 |
Motor control device and game machine
A motor control device includes: a communication interface receiving from an external device a control command for defining a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of the motor; a sensor interface connected with a first rotation angle sensor outputting a first detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a first angle or a second rotation angle sensor outputting a second detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a second angle larger than the first angle; a controller obtaining a measured value of a rotation speed of the motor based on a reception interval of the first or second detection signal, to decide a set value of the rotation speed to bring the measured value close to the target rotation speed; and a drive signal generator generating a drive signal for rotating the motor according to the set value, and outputting the drive signal. |
| US10008963B2 |
Position control device
A compensation function constituting device calculates a correlation coefficient based on a moving distance required for reversing a moving direction of a movable unit and a sliding resistance acting on the movable unit, and a compensation amount output device calculates a moving distance on a position command value required until the movable unit starts to move according to the correlation coefficient and a feedback torque when the moving direction is reversed and increases a torque compensation amount in accordance with the moving distance after reversing the moving direction until the moving distance after the moving direction is reversed reaches the moving distance required until the movement is started. |
| US10008961B2 |
Power generating device
A power generating device is disclosed that includes a power generating unit, an inductor, a switch connected to the inductor in series, and a control circuit. The power generating unit includes a piezoelectric element, and upper and lower electrodes disposed on surfaces of the piezoelectric element. The inductor is electrically connected to the electrodes in parallel, with the inductor and a capacitance component constituting a resonance circuit. The control circuit has a driving mode in which it controls the switch to an ON state in synchronism with the voltage generated in the piezoelectric element becoming a peak value. Further, in a rest mode, the control circuit controls the switch to be in an OFF state when the voltage generated in the piezoelectric element has the peak value. |
| US10008952B1 |
Power conversion system with conditioner capacitor discharge apparatus
Power conversion systems, discharge circuits and methods are disclosed for discharging a DC bus conditioner capacitor connected between a neutral node and a first reference node in a DC bus circuit of a power conversion system, in which a DC bus voltage of the power conversion system is monitored, and a discharge control DC power supply is activated in response to the DC bus voltage transitioning below a first threshold voltage to activate a switching circuit to connect a discharge resistor between the first reference node and a DC bus terminal of the DC bus circuit to at least partially discharge the conditioner capacitor through the discharge resistor. |
| US10008948B1 |
Active clamp circuit for switched mode power supplies
Switched mode power supply (SMPS) with at least one active clamp circuit and method of operating such a SMPS are described. The active claim circuit utilizes a clamp switch, a Zener diode and a clamp capacitor that are connected in series between one side of a particular winding of a transformer and the other side of the particular winding of the transformer. |
| US10008945B2 |
Switching power supply device
A switching power supply device includes a power factor improvement circuit, a phase-shifted full bridge type DC/DC converter that is arranged in a rear stage of the power factor improvement circuit and has a full-bridge type switching circuit, an output current detecting circuit for detecting an output current to be supplied to a load, an output voltage detecting circuit for detecting an output voltage to be supplied to the load, and a power factor improvement circuit output voltage detecting circuit for detecting a power factor improvement circuit output voltage, which is input from the power factor improvement circuit to the DC/DC converter. The switching power supply device further includes a control unit for dynamically changing dead times of the full-bridge type switching circuit based on the power factor improvement circuit output voltage, and the output current and the output voltage to be supplied to the load, and the control unit applies the dead times that have been changed to control switching of the full-bridge type switching circuit. |
| US10008944B2 |
Control method and control circuit for switching power supply
Disclosed are a control method and a control circuit for a switching power supply, said switching power supply comprises a secondary side controller and a secondary side MOS transistor connected between a load and a secondary side winding of a transformer. The present invention is used for detecting a working state of the secondary side winding of a transformer and a type of a communication signal transmitted by a load, and for generating a switching pulse signal VG in a Reset Time interval of an on/off cycle according to the type of the communication signal; the primary side controller detects a variation amplitude of the transiently varied signal of the voltage drop at the pin feedback (FB) in the Reset Time interval; if the variation amplitude of the transiently varied signal is greater than a pre-set value ΔVref, the primary side controller judges that the signal is a communication signal, and records the communication signal. |
| US10008941B1 |
Auxiliary power supply for switch-mode power supplies
A combined voltage regulator and snubber circuit generally has a voltage regulator device in parallel with the energy storage element of the snubber circuit operatively connectable in series with a leakage inductance current path; the leakage inductance being part of a magnetic component utilized in a switch-mode power supply having an input voltage source, controllable semiconductor switches, freewheeling semiconductor switches, feedback controller, reactive energy storage components and a load; the voltage regulator generally providing constant or variable voltage to the gate driver of the controllable semiconductor and/or feedback controller. |
| US10008937B1 |
Apparatus for controlling DC link voltage in power cell of medium-voltage inverter
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling DC link voltage in power cells of a medium-voltage inverter. The apparatus controls DC link voltage in single-phase I/O power cells in the medium-voltage inverter, by way of using a first average power based on a positive sequence voltage and a positive sequence current to output a first DC link voltage reference for controlling the average value of the DC link voltages, and using a second average power based on a negative sequence voltage and a positive sequence current or a positive sequence voltage and a negative sequence current to output a second DC link voltage reference for controlling an interphase DC link voltage. |
| US10008933B1 |
Frequency detection to perform dynamic peak current control
The amount of power being output to the load is sensed by sampling the frequency of the pulse width modulation signal that is controlling the switch that is providing the power to the load. If the pulse width modulation signal has a high frequency, then it will be providing higher power to the load. As the power drawn by the load decreases, the frequency of the pulse width modulation power supply signal will decrease. By sensing and periodically sampling the frequency of the pulse width modulation signal that is providing power, the demand of the load can be quickly and accurately determined. As the power demand of the load decreases, the peak current that the power supply switch can provide also decreases. The permitted peak current dynamically changes to adapt to the power drawn by the load. |
| US10008931B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit
According to one embodiment, in a semiconductor integrated circuit, a first input terminal of an error amplifier is electrically connected to a third node between a second node and a reference potential. A second input terminal of the error amplifier is electrically connected to a reference voltage. An output terminal of the error amplifier is electrically connected to a gate of an output transistor. A first input terminal of a comparator is electrically connected to a fourth node between the second node and the reference potential. A second input terminal of the comparator is electrically connected to the reference voltage. One end of a coupling capacitance is electrically connected to an output terminal of the comparator. A gate of an auxiliary transistor is electrically connected to the other end of the coupling capacitance. A drain of the auxiliary transistor is electrically connected to the second node. |
| US10008929B2 |
DC-DC converter and semiconductor device
A DC-DC converter with low power consumption and high power conversion efficiency is provided. The DC-DC converter includes a first transistor and a control circuit. The control circuit includes an operational amplifier generating a signal that controls switching of the first transistor, a bias circuit generating a bias potential supplied to the operational amplifier, and a holding circuit holding the bias potential. The holding circuit includes a second transistor and a capacitor to which the bias potential is supplied. The first transistor and the second transistor include a first oxide semiconductor film and a second oxide semiconductor film, respectively. The first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film each contain In, M (M is Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, or Nd), and Zn. The atomic ratio of In to M in the first oxide semiconductor film is higher than that in the second oxide semiconductor film. |
| US10008926B2 |
Switched capacitor DC-DC power converter circuit and voltage output method using the same
A switched capacitor DC-DC converter circuit and a method for outputting voltage using the same are disclosed. The circuit includes a switched capacitor circuit and a body bias control circuit. The on-resistance of the transistor in the switched capacitor circuit is increased by the body bias control circuit, so as to lower the voltage ripple generated from the output voltage. |
| US10008924B1 |
Offline power converter with multiplier
An integrated circuit power factor controller includes a feedback input terminal for receiving a feedback signal representative of an output voltage, a control terminal for receiving an error signal and adapted to be coupled to a compensation network, a drive terminal for providing a drive signal and adapted to be coupled to a transistor, and a pulse width modulator. The pulse width modulator is coupled to the feedback input terminal, the control terminal, and the drive terminal, and provides the drive signal having a duty cycle formed in response to the feedback signal. The pulse width modulator includes a line sensing multiplier having a first input for receiving the error signal, a second input for receiving the drive signal, and an output for providing a multiplied signal, and the pulse width modulator further provides the drive signal in response to the multiplied signal. |
| US10008918B2 |
Phase-shifting optimization for asymmetric inductors in multi-phase DC-DC converters
A system is disclosed which provides the minimization of peak-to-peak output voltage ripple in multi-phase DC-DC switching converters, with two or more different value inductors (asymmetric inductors), by the optimization of phase-shifting determined by the inductance on each phase. An object of the disclosure is to ensure both the AC accuracy of the output voltage and the efficiency of the DC-DC switching converter is increased. The output voltage ripple improvement is shown to be dependent on the duty-cycle. Another object of the disclosure is to minimize the total inductor current ripple and improving the efficiency of the DC-DC switching converter by reducing the capacitor loss. Still another object of the disclosure is to minimize the output voltage ripple in the multi-phase DC-DC switching converter by ensuring the sum of the inductor current vectors is equal to zero. |
| US10008913B2 |
Brush-communicated direct-current motor
A brush-commutated direct-current motor comprises a stator which is fitted with a plurality of field poles, a rotor which can rotate in relation to the stator about a rotation axis and which has a plurality of pole teeth, a plurality of windings, wherein a plurality of windings are arranged on each pole tooth, a commutator which is arranged on the rotor and has a plurality of lamellas, wherein each winding is connected to one of the lamellas by means of a first winding arm and is connected to another of the lamellas by means of a second winding arm, and a plurality of short-circuiting links which each electrically connect two windings to one another and to this end are each arranged on at least two lamellas of the commutator. The plurality of windings of the plurality of pole teeth are formed by a plurality of wire turns. |
| US10008910B2 |
Electric motor/generator
Certain embodiments are directed to devices, methods, and/or systems that use electrical machines. For example, certain embodiments are directed to an electrical machine comprising: at least one stator at least one module, the at least one module comprising at least one electromagnetic coil and at least one switch, the at least one module being attached to the at least one stator; at least one rotor with a plurality of magnets attached to the at least one rotor, wherein the at least one module is in spaced relation to the plurality of the magnets; and the at least one rotor being in a rotational relationship with the at least one stator, wherein the quantity and configuration of the at least one module in the electrical machine is determined based in part on one or more operating parameters; wherein the at least one module is capable of being independently controlled; and wherein the at least one module is capable of being reconfigured based at least in part on one or more of the following: at least one operating parameter during operation, at least one performance parameter during operation, or combinations thereof. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10008906B2 |
Electrical rotating machine with one-sided cooling and method for one-sided cooling
An electrical rotating machine includes a laminated stator core having a first axial duct to convey a cooling air stream generated by a turbomachine through the laminated stator core to a rear stator winding overhang, and a second axial duct to return the cooling air stream from the rear stator winding overhang back through the laminated stator core. An air guide is attached to the laminated stator core on a side of the rear stator winding overhang to redirect the cooling air stream via the rear stator winding overhang. Radial slots between the ducts and an air gap between the laminated stator core and a rotor are spaced from one another at an axial distance which decreases toward a turbomachine-distal side of the laminated stator core so as to compensate a temperature gradient caused by the one-sided cooling. |
| US10008905B2 |
Hollow motor module
A hollow motor module as a combination of a motor and a speed reducer is disclosed. The motor includes an outer stator, a first rotor and a plurality of second rotors. The first rotor is peripherally provided with a first coil and is installed in the outer stator. Each of the plural second rotors is peripherally provided with a second coil and is installed in the first rotor. The second rotor has a coupling portion extending out of the first rotor. The outer stator has first magnets that work with the first coil to magnetically excite the first rotor to rotate. The first rotor has second magnets for the second rotors. The second magnets work with the corresponding second coils to magnetically excite the second rotors to rotate synchronously. The speed reducer is connected to the coupling portions of the second rotors. |
| US10008904B2 |
Vehicle drive device
A vehicle drive device that includes a rotary electric machine; a transmission device that is disposed side by side with the rotary electric machine in an axial direction thereof; a differential gear device that has a rotation-axial center substantially parallel to that of the transmission device, and is disposed on an axis other than that of the transmission device; and an inverter device that includes a capacitor that smooths direct-current power and a conversion unit that performs direct current/alternating current conversion, and controls the rotary electric machine. |
| US10008903B2 |
Energy storage management system
An illustrative energy storage system includes an energy storage device, a processor coupled to the energy storage device, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory is configured to store instructions adapted for execution by the processor to control and monitor operation of the energy storage device. The instructions are arranged into functional modules. Each functional module is associated with a memory cache in the memory. Control processes depending on the functional module read last known values from the associated memory cache. Reading last known values from the associated memory enables changes to the functional modules without shutting down the energy storage device. |
| US10008893B2 |
Permanent magnet-embedded electric motor, compressor, and refrigerating and air-conditioning device
In an interior permanent magnet motor, each of permanent magnets has a radially-inner magnet contour surface, a radially-outer magnet contour surface, and a pair of side-end magnet contour surfaces. Each of magnet insertion holes has a radially-inner insertion hole contour surface, a radially-outer insertion hole contour surface, and a pair of side-end insertion hole contour surfaces. The radially-outer magnet contour surface and the radially-outer insertion hole contour surface are each formed by a first arc surface. The radially-inner magnet contour surface and the radially-inner insertion hole contour surface are each formed by a second arc surface and at least one straight surface configured to suppress movement of the permanent magnet along the magnet insertion hole having an arc shape. |
| US10008892B2 |
IPM motor for vacuum pump
An IPM motor for a vacuum pump suitable for use as a motor for a small vacuum pump is provided. The IPM motor for a vacuum pump includes: a rotor core in which a rotor shaft of the vacuum pump is pressed and which also has magnets embedded therein; and a stator core which surrounds the rotor core and around which stator windings are wound. The magnets per pole embedded in the rotor core are each split into two pieces and inserted in respective magnet slots in the rotor core. A hole for stress concentration relaxation is provided at either end of each pair of magnet slots in which permanent magnets split into two pieces are embedded in each pole. The rotor core has a multilayer structure having a plurality of rotor core laminations stacked vertically in an axial direction of the rotor shaft. The rotor core laminations stacked vertically are positioned with a skew angle determined by using the holes for stress concentration relaxation. |
| US10008884B2 |
Soft switched single stage wireless power transfer
A control scheme and architecture for a wireless electrical energy transmission circuit employs two solid-state switches and a zero voltage switching (ZVS) topology to power an antenna network. The switches drive the antenna network at its resonant frequency and simultaneously energize a separate resonant circuit that has a resonant frequency lower than the antenna circuit. The resonant circuit creates out of phase voltage and current waveforms that enable the switches to operate with (ZVS). |
| US10008878B2 |
Power control system, power control device, and method for controlling power control system
This system can manage efficient operation control among distributed power sources without impairing their versatility. This power control system includes a power generation device (33) that generates power while a current sensor (40) detects forward power flow and another distributed power source (12), and a power control device (20) including an output unit (50) capable of outputting power from the other distributed power source (12) while the power generation device (33) and the other distributed power source (12) are disconnected from the grid. Output from the output unit (50) allows supply of dummy current to the current sensor (40), the dummy current flowing in the same direction as the forward power flow. |
| US10008873B2 |
High frequency multiphase flyback power supply
Improvements in a high frequency multiphase flyback power supply for battery charging and power supplies used in devices that provide de-sulfation capability to the batteries. The system utilizes a high efficiency, multiphase array flyback battery charger or power supply, with a localized or Internet based bi-directional communication means to monitor and optimize battery charging. The de-sulfating current can be a variable, or harmonic, repeating patterns of ON and OFF pulses which may be applied to the battery at an operator-adjustable peak amperage of about 0-350 amps. The de-sulfation process before, during or after the normal battery charging cycle, or any combination thereof. The temperature of the battery and the specific gravity of the fluid within the battery is measure during the de-sulfating process. The connection to the internet allows the processes to be monitored at a distance from where the charging is taking place. |
| US10008871B2 |
Electronic cigarette case and method for detecting battery rod insertion into or removal from electronic cigarette case
An electronic cigarette and a method for detecting battery rod insertion into or removal from an electronic cigarette case. The electronic cigarette case is used for charging an electronic cigarette battery rod having a built-in magnet. The electronic cigarette case comprises: a microprocessor, a Hall sensor module, a battery rod charging interface and a charging circuit. The Hall sensor module is connected to the microprocessor. The charging circuit is connected to the microprocessor. The battery rod charging interface is connected to the charging circuit. The beneficial effect is that insertion or removal of a battery rod can be accurately identified on the basis of changes in a magnetic field, thus controlling the turning-on or turning-off of the charging circuit, providing a user with a novel charging scheme, better meeting customer needs, and enhancing user experience. |
| US10008866B2 |
Storage battery control method and storage battery control apparatus
A storage battery control method includes receiving capacity information indicating chargeable and dischargeable capacities of a plurality of storage batteries; receiving use permission information indicating whether at least some of the plurality of storage batteries are available for the frequency control; determining target storage batteries to be used for the frequency control among storage batteries of the plurality of storage batteries indicated as available by the received use permission information; determining a bid capacity used for the frequency control, the bid capacity being equal to or less than a total value of the chargeable and dischargeable capacities of the target storage batteries; and submitting a bid for the frequency control under a bid condition including the bid capacity. |
| US10008864B2 |
Method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based battery packs
A method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries. In some aspects, a battery charger includes a housing, at least one terminal to electrically connect to a battery pack supported by the housing, and a controller operable to provide a charging current to the battery pack through the at least one terminal. The battery pack includes a plurality of lithium-based battery cells, with each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having an individual state of charge. The controller is operable to control the charging current being supplied to the battery pack at least in part based on the individual state of charge of at least one battery cell. |
| US10008853B2 |
Generator dispatching or load shedding control method and system for microgrid applications
A microgrid power generation system includes a plurality of generators having a plurality of different rated capacities and a plurality of distribution nodes, at least some of the distribution nodes being powered by the generators. A grid is formed by the distribution nodes, the grid includes a system frequency. A plurality of loads are powered by the grid through the distribution nodes, the loads have a power demand. A processor includes a plurality of efficiency bands, each of the efficiency bands being for a corresponding one of the generators and including a plurality of generator switching points based upon droop of the system frequency and the power demand of the loads. The processor is structured to operate the generators and the loads under transient conditions based upon the efficiency bands. |
| US10008852B2 |
Load management
A load management method for controlling a plurality of distributed community loads with a plurality of controllers. The controllers are connectable to a network and the distributed community loads are connectable to a power grid. The loads are controllable by a corresponding one of the controllers according to a local need and a power grid supply or a community need of the loads. A network node device adapted to communicate with other node devices of a same community within an overlay network topology system. The system has a plurality of node devices organized in a number of hierarchically linked rings. The plurality of node devices of a same ring is interconnected in groups of node devices. One of the node devices is a parent node for linking the node devices of a first ring to node devices of a second ring at another hierarchy by being a parent node to both first and second rings. |
| US10008851B2 |
Generating electric substation load transfer control parameters
A method for generating electric substation load transfer control parameters includes adjusting elements in a fundamental scale matrix according to a condition change of a power grid, wherein the fundamental scale matrix is constructed based on the topology structure of the power grid, and the elements in the fundamental scale matrix represent switch information and risk values of paths between nodes of the power grid, wherein the switch information represents number of switching times required for connecting two nodes of the power grid; and performing operations on the adjusted fundamental scale matrix to generate switch information and risk values of paths for electric substation load transfer control, as electric substation load transfer control parameters. |
| US10008848B2 |
Method to protect sensitive devices from electrostatic discharge damage
ESD protection circuitry that includes one, or more, of the following features, characteristics and/or advantages: (i) use of different “diode types” (for example, Schottky type, PN type, p-type diode-connected field-effect transistor (FET) type, NFET type)) in a series-connected diode set (connected in series with respect to a device-under-protection) and a parallel-connected diode set (connected in parallel with respect to a device-under-protection and the series-connected diode set); (ii) a FET is connected in series with a target device such that the FET's gate can be turned on during normal operation and the FET's gate is resistively coupled to the FET's source; and/or (iii) two FETs are connected in series with a target device such both FETs gates can be turned on during normal operation, one FET's gate is resistively coupled to its source, and the other FET's gate is electrically coupled to its drain. |
| US10008842B1 |
Electrical box brace
A brace for an electrical box including a rod, a sleeve, at least one mounting plate, an adjustment mechanism connecting the rod and the sleeve, and wherein the adjustment mechanism permits at least two rates of relative movement between the rod and the sleeve. The adjustment mechanism may be a threaded insert. |
| US10008840B2 |
Flexible clad protection system
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a protection device and/or system that may include a thimble capable of being placed over a transmission line, such as an electrical power cord, to provide protection in the form of cut resistance, abrasion resistance, and/or impact resistance. In some embodiments, a plurality of thimbles can be placed over the transmission line to form an overlapping arrangement to protect a desired length of the transmission line. While each thimble may be rigid, semi-rigid, and/or flexible, the arrangement can maintain flexibility to allow for many degrees of movement of the electrical power cord even as it is cladded in the protection system. |
| US10008839B2 |
Perforation apparatus for cable jackets and related systems and methods
A perforation apparatus for use with cable jackets and related systems and methods thereof is provided. The tool includes a pliers assembly having at least a first jaw member positioned opposing a second jaw member, wherein relative movement of the first and second jaw members is controlled with at least a first handle and a second handle. A first knife edge is on the first jaw member and a second knife edge is on the second jaw member. Each of the first and second knife edges are oriented substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a length of first and second handles. The first and second knife edges are movable towards one another. A spacing device is connected to the pliers assembly, wherein the spacing device controls a closing distance between the first knife edge and the second knife edge. |
| US10008838B1 |
Cable pulling device
A cable pulling device (1) having a capstan (6) extending from one side of a housing (11) that attaches to a boom (10) of a backhoe (5) via a quick coupling (8). The capstan is located on an external side of the housing in an offset and exposed manner that allows a rope (19) to be wrapped over and/or around the capstan. By pulling on the rope, an operator is able to control tension on the capstan, thereby allowing the capstan to provide a pulling force on the cable or one or more electrical wires being pulled through the conduit. |
| US10008835B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus including a power semiconductor element connected between a first terminal on a high potential side and a second terminal on a low potential side, and controlled to be ON or OFF according to a gate potential thereof; a switch element connected between a control terminal that inputs a control signal for controlling the power semiconductor element and a gate of the power semiconductor element, and controlled to be ON or OFF according to a gate potential thereof; an ON potential supplying section connected between the first terminal and a gate of the switch element, that supplies an ON potential to the gate of the switch element; and an OFF potential supplying section connected between a reference potential and the gate of the switch element, that sets the gate potential of the switch element to an OFF potential in response to a predetermined cutoff condition being satisfied. |
| US10008828B1 |
High-efficiency semiconductor laser
Embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to a hybrid silicon distributed feed-back (DFB) laser, wherein light is to propagate through the DFB laser along a length of the DFB laser. The DFB laser may include a mesa with a current channel that extends from the first side of the mesa to the second side of the mesa. At a first location along the length of the DFB laser, the current channel may have a first width and/or the mesa may have a second width. At a second location along the length of the DFB laser, the current channel may have a third width and/or the mesa may have a fourth width as measured in a direction perpendicular to the length of the DFB laser. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10008826B1 |
Surface-emitting semiconductor laser
Certain examples described herein relate to a surface-emitting semiconductor-laser which includes an oxide window, a light emitting cavity, and at least one phase matching window. The oxide window, the light emitting cavity, and the at least one phase matching layer are arranged so that a predetermined phase relationship is satisfied. The phase relationship facilitates high performance and stable multimode operations of the surface-emitting semiconductor laser designed to emit between 850-1060 nm wavelength for applications such as long distance optical communications in high performance computing and data servers. |
| US10008824B2 |
Optical module for preventing laser beam leakage and control method thereof
An optical module for preventing laser beam leakage and a control method thereof are disclosed. The optical module including a current control circuit, a first transistor, a laser, and a laser control unit. The laser control unit is configured to: if it is detected that an optical fiber is inserted in the optical fiber interface, perform control to turn on the laser, or if it is detected that no optical fiber is inserted in the optical fiber interface, control the laser to remain in an off state. A laser beam is effectively prevented from causing human bodily injury when an optical fiber is not inserted in an optical fiber interface. |
| US10008820B2 |
Optically pumpable waveguide amplifier with amplifier having tapered input and output
Optically pumpable waveguide amplifier with amplifier having tapered input and output. The present invention provides for a optically pumpable waveguide amplification device that includes: a cladding material; a passive optical waveguide embedded in the cladding material that has no optical amplification functionality; and an active optical waveguide having an input portion, a middle portion and an output portion, including: a gain material with a higher refractive index than the passive optical waveguide, wherein the middle portion of the active optical waveguide is embedded in the cladding material, and faces the passive wave guide, such that a lower surface of the middle portion is an upper surface of the passive optical waveguide. There is also provided a device for optically pumpable waveguide amplification and a method for signal radiation amplification. |
| US10008818B2 |
Electrical device with terminal and wire-stripping seat
An electrical device (10) comprises at least one electric terminal (11) of the type intended to receive and connect a stripped end of an insulated electric wire. A surface (14) of the device is provided with at least one seat (15) for cutting and stripping one end of an insulated wire. This seat (15) is intended to cut the insulation of the insulated wire and strip it from the end of the wire by means of insertion of the end of the wire into the seat (15) followed by axial pulling of the wire before inserting the wire inside the terminal (11). |
| US10008817B2 |
Electrical adapter system
An electrical system includes an electrical adapter and a stackable electrical adapter. The electrical adapter includes at least one of an electrical plug or an Edison screw base configured to receive a primary voltage, a voltage converter circuit configured to convert the primary voltage to the secondary voltage, and a first electrical connector part configured to be detachably coupled to a second electrical connector part of an electrical fixture configured to be powered by the secondary voltage. The stackable electrical adapter is configured to be powered by the secondary voltage, the first stackable electrical adapter having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The electrical adapter is configured to be electrically connected to the first side of the first stackable electrical adapter or to an electrical fixture using a two part electrical connector to provide the secondary voltage and a ground, the electrical fixture is configured to be powered by the secondary voltage, where the second side of the stackable electrical adapter is configured to be electrically connected to the electrical fixture or to be daisy-chained to a second stackable electrical adapter using the two part electrical connector to provide the secondary voltage and a ground, the second stackable electrical adapter being configured to be electrically connected to the electrical adapter and the electrical fixture and to be daisy-chained to the first stackable electrical adapter using the two part electrical connector to provide the secondary voltage and a ground. |
| US10008811B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector suitable to mate with another mating connector comprises an combined body, a grounding metal plate and an outer shielding shell. The combined body comprises a first terminal module and a second terminal module. The first terminal module has a first insulative piece and a plurality of first terminals. The first insulative piece has a first base portion and a first tongue portion. Each first terminal forms a first mating portion and a first soldering portion. The second terminal module has a second insulative piece assembled with the first insulative piece and a plurality of second terminals. The second insulative piece has a second base portion and a second tongue portion. Each second terminal forms a second mating portion and a second soldering portion. The grounding metal plate is interposed between the first terminal module and the second terminal module. The outer shielding shell surrounds an outer space of the first tongue portion and an outer space of the second tongue portion, and forms a mating cavity for insertion of the mating connector. |
| US10008809B2 |
Shield connector
A shield connector includes wires (12, 14, 15), terminals (20) connected respectively to the wires, a housing (30) for arranging upper and lower rows of terminals, and a shield shell (40) for covering the housing. Each terminal (20) includes a terminal connecting portion (21) to be connected to a mating terminal and a wire connecting portion (23) to be soldered to the corresponding wires. The housing (30) includes a housing body for accommodating the terminal connecting portions and an extending plate (35) extending rearward along a connecting direction to a mating housing from the housing body and arranged between the wire connecting portions of the first and second terminal rows. The shield shell (40) includes first and second open portions (58, 59) for exposing each of one and other surfaces of the housing extending portion, and first and second covers (60A, 60B) for covering the first and second open portions. |
| US10008808B2 |
Extension cord system
An extension cord system includes an electronic device that may store audio data. A case is provided and the electronic device is removably positioned therein. A pair of headphones is provided. The headphones are selectively electrically coupled to the electronic device. An extension cord is selectively electrically coupled between the electronic device and the pair of headphones. The extension cord engages the case when the extension cord is electrically coupled to the electronic device. Thus, the extension cord is inhibited from being unplugged from the electronic device. |
| US10008806B2 |
Lever-type connector capable of operability
A lever-type connector includes a housing and a lever movably attached to the housing. The lever includes a side plate provided along a side surface of the housing, and an operation portion connected to the side plate. A boss is provided on the side surface of the housing. The side plate of the lever has an elongate hole into which the boss is inserted to restrict a moving range of the lever. An engagement stepped portion is provided at one end of the elongate hole. The engagement stepped portion is recessed on its outer side. The boss has an engagement projection provided at its distal end portion. The engagement projection extends along the elongate hole. The engagement stepped portion and the engagement projection engage with each other in a state in which the lever has been moved in a direction that separates the housing from a counterpart housing. |
| US10008798B2 |
Connector
A connector having an insertion part into which a connection target is inserted; a plurality of first grooves provided inside insertion part so as to align along an alignment direction being perpendicular to the insertion direction of the connection target, first contact parts being respectively disposed in first grooves; a plurality of second grooves provided inside insertion part so as to oppose to first grooves, second contact parts being respectively disposed in second grooves; first partition wall partitioning adjacent first contact parts; and second partition wall partitioning adjacent second contact parts. At least one of the partition walls includes an elongated protrusion on its top surface in order to reduce capacitance between adjacent contact parts. |
| US10008797B2 |
Flexible printed circuit connector and connector assembly including the same
Flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector includes a flex circuit having first and second side surfaces and a thickness extending between the first and second side surfaces. The flex circuit includes a plurality of stacked substrate layers. The FPC connector also includes a conductive pathway extending through the flex circuit and a substrate protrusion coupled to the second side surface and projecting a distance away from the second side surface. The substrate protrusion is formed from at least one dielectric layer. The FPC connector also includes a contact pad that is directly coupled to at least one of the substrate protrusion or the second side surface of the flex circuit. The contact pad is electrically coupled to the conductive pathway. |
| US10008788B2 |
Intermediate ground for vehicles
An intermediate ground is provided in a vehicle. The intermediate ground can be located between one or more antennas and one or more processing systems. The intermediate ground can include a vehicle frame member (e.g., part of an A-pillar) and a ground bracket attached to the vehicle frame member. The ground bracket can include a body made of a conductive material. The body can include a first end region and a second end region opposite to the first end region. The first end region can include a frame engaging portion. At least a portion of the frame engaging portion can directly contact the vehicle frame member. The second end region being configured to support a plurality of electrical connectors thereon. The body can include an anti-rotation tab extending from the frame engaging portion. The anti-rotation tab can engage the vehicle frame member. |
| US10008785B2 |
Clamping assembly for attaching a grounding conductor to a pipe having a protective coating
A clamping assembly for attaching a grounding conductor to a pipe having a protective coating includes an elongate conductive strap and a clamp. The conductive strap is sufficiently long to circumferentially surround the pipe and has longitudinally spaced sharp projections that are sufficient to penetrate the protective coating around the pipe to make an electrical coupling between the strap and a conductive part of the pipe beneath the protective coating. The clamp is coupled to the grounding conductor and clamps the conductive strap to the pipe at a tension sufficient to maintain an electrical connection between the conductive part of the pipe and the grounding conductor without the need for any welding of the grounding conductor to the pipe and without the need for any stripping of the protective coating from the pipe. |
| US10008784B2 |
Terminal fitting fixing structure and wire harness
A spacer has a first cylindrical portion where a primary crimped state of a braided member is formed between the spacer and a cable. After the primary crimped state is formed, in a state in which a second flange of the terminal fitting fitted around the cable and the braided member is in contact with a first flange, a sleeve fitted around a second cylindrical portion forms a crimped state of the braided member between the sleeve and the terminal fitting at the second cylindrical portion, so that the terminal fitting is fixed to the braided member. |
| US10008783B2 |
Patch antenna
A surface-layer conductive plate having an opening is disposed on a first surface of a dielectric substrate. A radiation electrode is disposed inside the opening on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. A ground conductive plate is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface. Interlayer connection members are disposed so as to surround the opening as seen in a plan view. The interlayer connection members electrically connects the surface-layer conductive plate to the ground conductive plate and defines a cavity that causes electromagnetic resonance to occur. A reactance element is configured to cause an impedance that a side face of the cavity exhibits with respect to an electromagnetic wave propagating in the cavity to include a reactance component. |
| US10008780B2 |
Microstrip antenna
An antenna (1) of the present invention includes: a dielectric substrate (11); an antenna conductor (12) including: a power feeding line (12a) that extends in a first direction; and a stub (12b); and a ground conductor (13). The antenna (1) further includes: a first parasitic element (12d) facing a first side of the stub (12b) which first side is on a side of a direction opposite to the first direction; and a second parasitic element (12e) facing a second side of the stub (12b) which second side is on the first direction side. |
| US10008776B2 |
Wideband antenna
A wideband antenna includes a grounding terminal, a first radiator disposed on a first plane, a feeding terminal formed on the first radiator, where the feeding terminal is to transmit and receive radio signals via the first radiator, and a second radiator disposed on the first plane, electrically connected to the grounding terminal, and including a part parallel to a side of the first radiator, wherein a minimum gap between the second radiator and the first radiator allows the second radiator and the first radiator to generate a coupling effect therebetween, so as to exchange radio signals between the second radiator and the first radiator. |
| US10008769B2 |
Multi-antenna terminal
Provided is a multi-antenna terminal. The multi-antenna terminal includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a first antenna, a second antenna, an inductance element, a first split-ring resonator group and a second split-ring resonator group. The first antenna and the second antenna are respectively connected to a grounding wire on the PCB; the first split-ring resonator group and the second split-ring resonator group are arranged between the first antenna and the second antenna; the first split-ring resonator group and the second split-ring resonator group are arranged in parallel, and respectively connected to a grounding wire on the PCB; one end of the inductance element is connected to the first split-ring resonator group, and the other end of the inductance element is connected to the second split-ring resonator group. The multi-antenna terminal can solve the problem that signals between respective antennas on the multi-antenna terminal interfere with one another in the related art, so that the use by people is more convenient. In addition, the multi-antenna terminal has the advantages of simple structure, lower cost and the like. |
| US10008764B2 |
Tunable multiband antenna with passive and active circuitry
An electronic device may have an antenna for providing coverage in wireless communications bands of interest such as a low frequency communications band and a high frequency communications band. The antenna may have an antenna ground and an antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element may have a high band arm that contributes to a first high band resonance in the high band and may have a low band arm that exhibits a low band resonance in the low band. A passive filter that is coupled between first and second portions of the antenna resonating element may be configured to exhibit a short circuit impedance associated with a bypass path that allows the antenna resonating element to contribute to a second high band resonance in the high band. A tunable inductor coupled to the antenna resonating element may be used to tune the low band resonance. |
| US10008763B2 |
Multi-band antenna
A multi-band antenna includes a conductive cap, a ground plane element, a supporting frame, a first radiating conductive element, a second radiating conductive element, a third radiating conductive element, and a plurality of conductive pieces. The multi-band antenna of the disclosure makes the radiating conductive element contact with the conductive cap physically via the conductive piece. Therefore, although a gap similar to a slot is formed, the resonant mode of the multi-band antenna is not excited via the slot. |
| US10008756B2 |
Dielectric contactless transmission device and contactless transmission method
A dielectric contactless transmission device provided with a pair of ¼ wavelength dielectric resonance components (2, 3) having: dielectric blocks (20, 30) that have a first surface (20a), a second surface (20b), third to sixth surfaces (20c-20f) connecting the first surface (20a) and the second surface (20b), and a resonance hole (20g) for making the first surface (20a) and the second surface (20b) communicate; intra-resonance hole conductors (21, 31) covering the inner surface of the resonance hole (20g); external conductors (22, 32) covering the second surface (20b) and the third to sixth surfaces (20c-20f), the external conductors (22, 32) being connected to one end of the intra-resonance hole conductors; and coupling electrodes (23, 33) arranged on the first surface (20a) while being isolated from the external conductors (22, 32) and connected to the other end of the intra-resonance hole conductors (21, 31), the first surfaces (20a) being arranged facing each other so that the coupling electrodes (23, 33) of the pair of ¼ wavelength dielectric resonance components (2, 3) are capacitively coupled. |
| US10008751B2 |
System and method for powering a device used in conjunction with a wet cell battery
The specification discloses a system and a method for powering electrical devices using the voltage difference between the cells of a wet cell battery. The system includes probes inserted into the electrolyte in different cells of the battery. The probes are electrically connected to the devices to power the devices. The probes, the devices, and/or the connecting wires may be incorporated into, or otherwise installed with, vent caps or single-point watering systems. |
| US10008747B1 |
Process for producing flexible and shape-conformal rope-shape alkali metal batteries
Provided is a process for producing a rope-shaped alkali metal battery, comprising: (a) providing a first electrode comprising a first conductive porous rod and a first mixture of a first electrode active material and a first electrolyte residing in the pores of the first porous rod; (b) wrapping or encasing a porous separator around the first electrode to form a separator-protected first electrode; (c) providing a second electrode comprising a second conductive porous rod and a second mixture of a second electrode active material and a second electrolyte residing in the pores of the second porous rod; (d) combining the separator-protected first electrode and second electrode to form a braid or a yarn having a twist or spiral electrode; and (e) wrapping or encasing a protective casing or sheath around the braid or yarn to form the rope battery. |
| US10008746B2 |
Electrolytic solution and battery
An electrolytic solution for a secondary battery is provided. The electrolyte solution includes an electrolyte salt; and a solvent including a first solvent and a second solvent; wherein the first solvent includes 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one; and wherein the second solvent includes at least one of Chemical Formula No. 23, Chemical Formula No. 24, or Chemical Formula No. 25. |
| US10008744B2 |
Lithium ion battery and electrolyte thereof
A lithium ion battery electrolyte, comprises lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent and additives. The additives comprise an SEI film forming additive and furil and derivatives thereof, and the SEI film forming additive is at least one of vinylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate and vinyl ethylene carbonate. Compared with the prior art, furil and derivatives thereof are added to the electrolyte as electrolyte additives in the present invention, to enhance the permeability for separator and the wettability for positive/negative electrode materials, facilitate the film forming reaction of the SEI film forming additive, and further improve the cycling performance of the lithium ion battery using the electrolyte. Furthermore, the furil and derivatives thereof have good chemical and electrochemical stability and free from decomposition reaction within the operating voltage range of the lithium ion battery, thereby imparting no negative effect upon battery performances. |
| US10008743B2 |
High voltage redox shuttles, method for making high voltage redox shuttles
The invention provides a method for producing a molecule capable of undergoing reduction-oxidation when subjected to a voltage potential, the method comprising phosphorylating hydroquinone to create a first intermediate; rearranging the first intermediate to an aryl-bis-(phosphonate) thereby creating a second intermediate comprising phosphorous alkoxy groups; alkylating (e.g., methylating) the second intermediate; converting the alkoxy groups to halides; and substituting the halides to alkyl or aryl groups. Also provided is a system for preventing overcharge in a Lithium-ion battery, the method comprising a mixture of a redox shuttle with electrolyte in the battery such that the shuttle comprises between about 10 and about 20 weight percent of the mixture. |
| US10008742B2 |
Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials
Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable batteries. Also disclosed herein are novel electrochemical devices which incorporate these garnet catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes. Also set forth herein are methods for preparing novel structures, including dense thin (<50 um) free standing membranes of an ionically conducting material for use as a catholyte, electrolyte, and, or, anolyte, in an electrochemical device, a battery component (positive or negative electrode materials), or a complete solid state electrochemical energy storage device. Also, the methods set forth herein disclose novel sintering techniques, e.g., for heating and/or field assisted (FAST) sintering, for solid state energy storage devices and the components thereof. |
| US10008739B2 |
Solid-state lithium battery with electrolyte
A solid-state lithium battery cell comprises a support, and a plurality of electrodes on the support, the electrodes comprising a cathode and an anode. An electrolyte lying between the cathode and anode comprises an oxygen-rich electrolyte layer. In another version, a multilayer electrolyte comprises an oxygen-rich electrolyte layer and an oxygen-deficient electrolyte layer. |
| US10008734B2 |
Fabricating apparatus and method for secondary battery
Provided is a fabricating apparatus for a secondary battery, the fabricating apparatus including: a base material supplier configured to supply a base material; a winder configured to wind the base material through a mandrel; and a controller configured to control a base material supply amount of the base material supplier and a mandrel rotation amount of the winder, wherein the controller is further configured to store a profile of the base material supply amount with respect to the mandrel rotation amount, and to synchronously control the base material supply amount and the mandrel rotation amount based on the profile. |
| US10008733B2 |
Battery manufacturing apparatus
A battery manufacturing apparatus is configured to produce a plurality of types of battery modules (first battery module and second battery module) having a cell unit (flat battery) housed inside a case having an upper case and a lower case and having different specifications between a plurality of components (bolted brackets and sleeves) attached to the case. The battery manufacturing apparatus has a first attachment mechanism, a second attachment mechanism and a battery housing mechanism. The first attachment mechanism attaches to one of the upper case and the lower case of the plurality of components having different specifications. The second attachment mechanism attaches to one of the upper case and the lower case of the plurality of components having no specification differences. The battery housing mechanism has a flat battery arranged between the upper case and the lower case. |
| US10008730B2 |
System and method for fueling alternative fuel vehicles
Disclosed is an alternative fuel fueling station useful for fueling both electrical and hydrogen alternative fuel vehicles simultaneously. The alternative fuel fueling station includes a solid oxide fuel cell, an electrical conduit, and a compressed hydrogen conduit, such that the alternative fuel fueling station can fuel both the electrical and hydrogen alternative fuel vehicles simultaneously. |
| US10008728B2 |
Fuel cell system and mobile article
A fuel cell system, which includes a fuel cell for generating electric power and which discharges externally water remaining in the fuel cell by supplying a gas to the fuel cell, includes discharge amount estimating means, for estimating, based on the state of the fuel cell (the amount of residual water or an inclination angle), the amount of water to be discharged from the fuel cell. |
| US10008726B2 |
Metal supported solid oxide fuel cell
A process for forming a metal supported solid oxide fuel cell, the process comprising the steps of: a) applying a green anode layer including nickel oxide, copper oxide and a rare earth-doped ceria to a metal substrate; b) firing the green anode layer to form a composite including oxides of nickel, copper, and a rare earth-doped ceria; c) providing an electrolyte; and d) providing a cathode. Metal supported solid oxide fuel cells comprising an anode a cathode and an electrolyte, wherein the anode includes nickel, copper and a rare earth-doped ceria, fuel cell stacks and uses of these fuel cells. |
| US10008725B2 |
Metal-oxygen cell
A metal-oxygen cell capable of improving cycle performance is provided. The metal-oxygen cell 1 includes a positive electrode 2 that contains an oxygen storage material and uses oxygen as an active material, a negative electrode 3 that uses a metal as an active material, and an electrolyte layer 4 sandwiched between the positive electrode 2 and the negative electrode 3 and containing an electrolyte solution, effecting cell reactions of the positive electrode 2 on a surface of the oxygen storage material. The positive electrode 2 contains a conductive polymer that is capable of suppressing permeation of oxygen and conducting metal ions and covers at least a part of the surface of the oxygen storage material. |
| US10008724B2 |
Binder for power storage device electrode
The present invention aims to provide a binder for an electrode of a power storage device which is excellent in dispersibility of an active material and adhesion, capable of improving the electrode density of an electrode to be obtained, provided with high resistance against an electrolyte, and capable of producing a high-capacity lithium secondary battery even when the amount thereof is small. The present invention also aims to provide a composition for an electrode of a power storage device, an electrode of a power storage device, and a power storage device each produced using the binder for an electrode of a power storage device. The present invention relates to a binder for an electrode of a power storage device, including a polyvinyl acetal-based resin dispersion containing particles of a polyvinyl acetal-based resin dispersed in an aqueous medium, the polyvinyl acetal-based resin having a hydroxy group content of 30 to 60 mol %. |
| US10008721B2 |
Electrode material of formula LiMnxCo1-xBO3 and production method thereof
The present invention relates to an electrode material of formula LiMnxCo1-xBO3, where 0<×<1, and to a method of preparing the same comprising independently preparing a manganese borate and a cobalt borate and then simultaneously thermally treating them under an inert atmosphere, in the presence of a precursor of lithium and of boric acid. |
| US10008717B2 |
Anode for lithium batteries, lithium battery and method for preparing anode for lithium batteries
In forming an anode by using metallic lithium as the anode active material, the present invention provides an anode for lithium batteries which can be produced with high productivity and in which dendrite generation is prevented, so that high safety can he secured. An anode for lithium batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a structure comprising a conductive material layer in which carbon nanotubes are anchored, with a part of the carbon nanotube extending from at least one face of the surfaces of the conductive material layer, and a deposited layer formed by depositing metallic lithium on the carbon nanotubes in the structure. |
| US10008710B2 |
Overcharge protection assembly for a battery module
A lithium-ion battery module has a housing and a plurality of lithium-ion battery cells disposed in the housing. Each of the plurality of lithium-ion battery cells includes a first terminal with a first polarity, a second terminal with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, an overcharge protection assembly, and a casing electrically coupled to the first terminal such that the casing has the first polarity, where the casing has an electrically conductive material. The lithium-ion battery module also includes a vent of the overcharge protection assembly electrically coupled to the casing and a conductive component of the overcharge protection assembly electrically coupled to the second terminal, and the vent is configured to contact the conductive component to cause a short circuit and to vent a gas from the casing into the housing when a pressure in the casing reaches a threshold value. |
| US10008707B2 |
Battery module
There is disclosed a battery module that includes a housing. At least one terminal is melt joined with the bus member of the housing sealing the terminal relative to the bus member and providing a conductive path to an interior of the battery module. The terminal may be melt joined in an ultrasonic joining operation or in a thermal insertion operation. A plurality of cells are disposed in the housing with each of the cells electrically coupled via bus bars integrated into a bus member. Each of the cells includes a plurality of positive and negative electrodes that are spaced by a separator. The negative electrode includes a substrate having tab meeting at a flange that is connected to an active material portion of the electrode. The positive electrode includes a substrate having a tab meeting at a flange that is connected to an active material portion of the electrode. |
| US10008706B2 |
Laminated separator for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery member, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present invention provides a laminated separator, for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, suppressing a deterioration in cycle characteristic. The laminated separator includes: a porous film containing a polyolefin-based resin; and a porous layer, a surface of the porous layer having a 60-degree specular gloss of 3% to 26%, a volume per unit area of the porous layer being 0.1 cm3/m2 to 2.5 cm3/m2. |
| US10008703B2 |
Lid for battery case with a safety valve
In a configuration where an annular thin portion 50 is formed integrally with a lid main body 4 by coining, a bulging portion 6 is formed integrally with the lid main body 4 so as to bulge out from the lid main body 4, and the annular thin portion 50 is provided in a flat portion 61 of the bulging portion 6. |
| US10008690B2 |
Method and system of flattening a surface formed by sealant of packaging cover plate, and packaging method
The present invention discloses a method and a system of flattening a surface formed by sealant of a packaging cover plate, as well as a packaging method, the method includes vibrating a high temperature sintered packaging cover plate by using a high frequency vibrator with a preset frequency, and irradiating the surface formed by sealant of the packaging cover plate by using a laser with preset power, so that a convex portion formed by the sealant is melted and flows to a concave portion formed by the sealant under vibration of the high frequency vibrator, thereby flattening the surface formed by sealant of the packaging cover plate. |
| US10008689B2 |
Display panel, display device and method of manufacturing display panel
A display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate sealed by sealant, and an inorganic material thin film is also formed outside the sealant. The display panel possesses a better characteristic of water and oxygen isolation in a lateral direction. A manufacturing method of a display panel and a display device including the display panel are further disclosed. |
| US10008686B2 |
Optical device
An optical device (10) includes a joining structure in which a first conductive film (110) and a second conductive film (130) are joined to each other. The first conductive film (110) that constitutes the joining structure is constituted by a conductive material. The second conductive film (130) that constitutes the joining structure is constituted by a metal material. A part of the second conductive film (130) comes into contact with the first conductive film (110). A plurality of concave portions are provided in a contact surface of the second conductive film (130) which comes into contact with the first conductive film (110). The contact surface has a surface roughness greater than a surface roughness of a non-contact surface of the second conductive film (130) which does not come into contact with the first conductive film (110). |
| US10008680B2 |
Iridium complex and nitrogen-containing tridentate ligand
An iridium complex and a nitrogen-containing tridentate ligand are provided. The iridium complex is represented by below formula: wherein R1 and R1′ are each independently substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C12 aryl, or —CmF2m+1, m is an integer of 0 to 3; R2 and R2′ are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-C12 aryl; p and p′ are each independently 0 or 1; R3, R3′, R4 and R4′ are each independently hydrogen, fluorine, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkoxyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-C12 aryl; q and q′ are each independently an integer of 0 to 3; r and r′ are each independently an integer of 0 to 4; X1 to X7 are each independently carbon or nitrogen; A is —O—, —CH2—, or —CR2—, R is methyl, ethyl, or propyl; and a is 0 or 1. |
| US10008678B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine compounds are provided. The compounds have a twisted aryl moiety further substituted by alkyl having four or more atoms. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emissive dopants, providing devices with improved efficiency, stability, and manufacturing. In particular, the compounds provided herein may be used in blue devices having high efficiency. |
| US10008673B2 |
Compounds for electronic devices
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) or (2) and to the use thereof in electronic devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds. The invention furthermore relates to the preparation of the compounds of the formula (1) or (2) and to formulations comprising one or more compounds of the formula (1) or (2). |
| US10008672B2 |
Compounds for electronic devices
The invention relates to arylamino compounds and to the use thereof in electronic devices, for example organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to electronic devices comprising one or more of the said compounds, for example as hole-transport materials in a corresponding functional layer of the device. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the said compounds, and to a formulation comprising one or more of the said compounds. |
| US10008671B2 |
Organic thin-film transistor and method for manufacturing same
Provided are an organic thin-film transistor including: a gate electrode, an organic semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate, in which the organic semiconductor layer contains an organic semiconductor and a block copolymer, and the block copolymer is at least one selected from specific block copolymers such as a styrene-(meth)acrylate ester block copolymer and may be phase-separated, and a method for manufacturing an organic thin-film transistor, which includes an organic semiconductor containing a phase-separated block copolymer, including: applying a coating solution which contains an organic semiconductor and a block copolymer for film formation; and heating the obtained film so that the block copolymer is self-assembled. |
| US10008670B2 |
Laminate, method of peeling laminate, and method of manufacturing flexible device
A method of peeling a laminate according to the disclosure includes: forming a first adhesive layer on a first substrate, the first adhesive layer having adhesive force that satisfies the following Expression (1) and one or both of the following Expressions (2) and (3); firmly attaching a second substrate onto the first adhesive layer; forming a first functional layer on the second substrate; and peeling off the first substrate from the second substrate. A < x 2 L 2 + 4 x 2 · ( σ max - 6 E · h L 2 · x ) ( 1 ) B ′ < C - ρ hg ( 2 ) 1 = r r - d · d ( 2 r - d ) ( 3 ) |
| US10008669B2 |
Organic photovoltaic array and method of manufacture
The fabrication and characterization of large scale inverted organic solar array fabricated using all-spray process is disclosed, consisting of four layers; ITO-Cs2CO3-(P3HT:PCBM)-modified PEDPT:PSS, on a substrate. With PEDPT:PSS as the anode, the encapsulated solar array shows more than 30% transmission in the visible to near IR range. Optimization by thermal annealing was performed based on single-cell or multiple-cell arrays. Solar illumination has been demonstrated to improve solar array efficiency up to 250% with device efficiency of 1.80% under AM1.5 irradiance. The performance enhancement under illumination occurs only with sprayed devices, indicating device enhancement under sunlight, which is beneficial for solar energy applications. The semi-transparent property of the solar module allows for applications on windows and windshields, indoor applications, and soft fabric substances such as tents, military back-packs or combat uniforms, providing a highly portable renewable power supply for deployed military forces. |
| US10008668B2 |
Thermally optimized phase change memory cells and methods of fabricating the same
A thermally optimized phase change memory cell includes a phase change material element disposed between first and second electrodes. The second electrode includes a thermally insulating region having a first thermal resistivity over the first electrode and a metallic contact region interposed between the phase change material element and the thermally insulating region, where the metallic contact layer has a second thermal resistivity lower than the first thermal resistivity. |
| US10008666B2 |
Non-volatile resistive memory cells
Examples of the present disclosure include non-volatile resistive memory cells and methods of forming the same. An example of a non-volatile resistive memory cell includes a first portion of the non-volatile resistive memory cell formed as a vertically-extending structure on a first electrode, where the first portion comprises at least one memristive material across a width of the vertically-extending structure. The non-volatile resistive memory cell also includes a second portion formed as a vertically-extending memristive material structure on at least one sidewall of the first portion. |
| US10008665B1 |
Doping of selector and storage materials of a memory cell
Doping a storage element, a selector element, or both, of a memory cell with a dopant including one or more of aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), and silicon (Si), can minimize volume or density changes in a phase change memory as well as minimize electromigration, in accordance with embodiments. In one embodiment, a memory cell includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a storage element comprising a layer of doped phase change material between the first and second electrodes, wherein the doped phase change material includes one or more of aluminum, zirconium, hafnium, and silicon. The storage element, a selector element, or both can be doped using techniques such as cosputtering or deposition of alternating layers of a dopant layer and a storage (or selector) material. |
| US10008663B1 |
Perpendicular magnetic fixed layer with high anisotropy
The present invention is directed to an MTJ memory element, which includes a magnetic free layer structure having a variable magnetization direction perpendicular to a layer plane thereof; a tunnel junction layer formed adjacent to the magnetic free layer structure; a magnetic reference layer structure formed adjacent to the tunnel junction layer and having a first invariable magnetization direction perpendicular to a layer plane thereof; an anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer formed adjacent to the magnetic reference layer structure; and a magnetic fixed layer structure formed adjacent to the anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer and having a second invariable magnetization direction that is perpendicular to a layer plane thereof and is opposite to the first invariable magnetization direction. The magnetic fixed layer structure includes multiple stacks of a trilayer unit structure, which includes three layers of different materials with at least one of the three layers of different materials being magnetic. |
| US10008657B2 |
Piezoelectric adjustment apparatus
A piezoelectric adjustment apparatus comprises a piezoelectric stack which has a plurality of layers of piezoelectric material arranged in a stacked manner and each provided with electrodes, and comprises a lever mechanically connected to the piezoelectric stack for converting a drive movement of the stack into an adjustment movement of an adjustment element provided at the lever. A cooling device for dissipating heat from the piezoelectric stack is provided. |
| US10008656B1 |
Piezo actuator driver with slew rate protection
A driver for a piezo actuator includes a transconductance amplifier to produce an output current, a slew rate-controlled amplifier, and a logic gate. The logic gate receives a first control signal to cause the transconductance amplifier to transition to a high impedance mode, receive a compare signal indicative of the amplitude of the output current produced by the transconductance amplifier being less than a threshold, and generate a second control signal to the transconductance amplifier responsive to the first control signal indicating the high impedance mode for the transconductance amplifier and the compare signal indicative of the output current being less than the threshold. A voltage is provided to the slew rate-controlled amplifier upon assertion of the first control signal, wherein the voltage causes the slew rate controlled amplifier to generate a voltage to the transconductance amplifier that causes the transconductance amplifier's output to fall below the threshold. |
| US10008655B2 |
Suspended superconducting qubits
A qubit system includes a substrate layer, a qubit circuit suspended above the substrate layer and fine structure disposed between the qubit circuit and the substrate layer. |
| US10008649B2 |
Light emitting diode chip
A light emitting diode chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that generates electromagnetic radiation, wherein the light emitting diode chip has a radiation exit area at a front side and a mirror layer at least in regions at a rear side situated opposite the radiation exit area, a protective layer is arranged on the mirror layer, the protective layer includes a transparent conductive oxide, the mirror layer adjoins the semiconductor layer sequence at an interface situated opposite the protective layer, first and second layers, the first and second electrical connection layers face the rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence and are electrically insulated from one another, and a partial region of the second electrical connection layer extends from the rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence through at least one perforation of the active layer in a direction toward the front side. |
| US10008641B2 |
Phosphor composition and light emitting device package having the same
Disclosed are a phosphor composition and a light emitting apparatus including the same. The phosphor composition has a compositional formula of AzCxO12:RE, wherein the z is 0≤z≤3, the x is 0≤x≤5, the A includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Sc, Gd and Lu, the C includes at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Al and Ga, and the RE includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Sm, Yb, Dy, Gd, Tm and Lu. The light emitting apparatus includes the phosphor composition. |
| US10008640B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting apparatus and method of manufacturing same
A light emitting apparatus includes at least one first light source and at least one second light source. The at least one first light source and at least one second light source may be configured to emit white light and cyan light, respectively, such that a ratio of luminous flux of the white light to luminous flux of the cyan light ranges from 19:1 to 370:1, based on a common magnitude of electrical current being applied to each of the at least one first light source and the at least one second light source. |
| US10008634B2 |
Thin-film flip-chip light emitting diode having roughening surface and method for manufacturing the same
A thin-film flip-chip light emitting diode (LED) having a roughened surface and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. First, a substrate having a patterned structure on a surface of the substrate is provided, and the surface is roughened. A first semiconductor layer is then formed on the surface; a light emitting structure layer is then formed on the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer is then formed on the light emitting structure layer. The first and second semiconductor layers possess opposite electrical characteristics. A first contact electrode and a second contact electrode are then formed on the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, respectively. Finally, a sub-mount is formed on the first and second contact electrodes, and the substrate is removed to form the thin-film flip-chip LED having the roughened surface. Here, the light emitting efficiency of the thin-film flip-chip LED is improved. |
| US10008633B2 |
Light-emitting diode and lighting system
Disclosed are a light emitting diode and a lighting system having the same. The light emitting diode according to an embodiment may include a first electrode having a plurality of patterns formed on an upper surface thereof; a texture structure having a plurality of patterns corresponding to the plurality of patterns of the first electrode and configured to be in contact with at least one of the plurality of patterns of the first electrode; a first conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the texture structure; an active layer disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer; a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and a second electrode disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer. |
| US10008623B2 |
Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a permanent supporting substrate
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell that includes providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; affixing the adhesive polyimide surface of a permanent supporting substrate directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique; and removing the semiconductor growth substrate. |
| US10008622B2 |
Solar cell, method for manufacturing same, solar cell module and wiring sheet
The solar cell includes: a first metal seed layer and a first plating layer provided on a first surface of a photoelectric conversion section; a second metal seed layer provided on a second surface of the photoelectric conversion section; and a third metal seed layer and a third plating layer provided on the lateral surface and the peripheral edge of the second surface of the photoelectric conversion section. The first metal seed layer is in electrical continuity with the third metal seed layer, while the second metal seed layer is in electrical non-continuity with the third metal seed layer. By supplying electricity to at least one of the first metal seed layer and the third metal seed layer, the first plating layer and the third plating layer are formed simultaneously. |
| US10008614B1 |
Dual channel transistor
A dual channel transistor includes a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, a first gate insulation layer, a second gate insulation layer, a silicon semiconductor channel layer, and an oxide semiconductor channel layer. The first gate insulation layer is disposed on the first gate electrode. The silicon semiconductor channel layer is disposed on the first gate insulation layer. The oxide semiconductor channel layer is disposed on the silicon semiconductor channel layer. The second gate insulation layer is disposed on the oxide semiconductor channel layer. The second gate electrode is disposed on the second gate insulation layer. |
| US10008607B2 |
Thin-film transistor
According to one embodiment, a thin-film transistor includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a gate electrode opposing the polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the polycrystalline semiconductor layer and in contact with the gate electrode, and an amorphous layer provided between the gate insulating film and the polycrystalline semiconductor layer, and in contact with the gate insulating film and the polycrystalline semiconductor layer. |
| US10008602B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, wherein an example method may include: forming a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer sequentially on a substrate; patterning the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer to form a fin; forming an isolation layer on the substrate, wherein the isolation layer exposes a portion of the first semiconductor layer; forming a sacrificial gate stack crossing over the fin on the isolation layer; selectively etching the second semiconductor layer with the sacrificial gate stack as a mask, to expose the first semiconductor layer; selectively etching the first semiconductor layer, to form a void beneath the second semiconductor layer; filling the void with a dielectric material; forming a third semiconductor layer on the substrate, to form source/drain regions; and forming a gate stack to replace the sacrificial gate stack. |
| US10008598B2 |
Top drain LDMOS
In an embodiment, this invention discloses a top-drain lateral diffusion metal oxide field effect semiconductor (TD-LDMOS) device supported on a semiconductor substrate. The TD-LDMOS includes a source electrode disposed on a bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate. The TD-LDMOS further includes a source region and a drain region disposed on two opposite sides of a planar gate disposed on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate wherein the source region is encompassed in a body region constituting a drift region as a lateral current channel between the source region and drain region under the planar gate. The TD-LDMOS further includes at least a trench filled with a conductive material and extending vertically from the body region near the top surface downwardly to electrically contact the source electrode disposed on the bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10008594B2 |
High voltage semiconductor device
A high voltage semiconductor device includes a gate electrode structure disposed on a substrate, a source region disposed in the substrate to be adjacent to one side of the gate electrode structure, a first drift region disposed in the substrate to be adjacent to another side of the gate electrode structure, a drain region electrically connected with the first drift region, and a device isolation region disposed on one side of the drain region. Particularly, the first drift region is spaced apart from the device isolation region. |
| US10008584B2 |
Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and electronic device
The upper end of a gate electrode is situated below the surface of a semiconductor substrate. An insulating layer is formed over the gate electrode and over the semiconductor substrate situated at the periphery thereof. The insulating layer has a first insulating film and a low oxygen permeable insulating film. The first insulating film is, for example, an NSG film and the low oxygen permeable insulating film is, for example, an SiN film. Further, a second insulating film is formed over the low oxygen permeable insulating film. The second insulating film is, for example, a BPSG film. The TDDB resistance of a vertical MOS transistor is improved by processing with an oxidative atmosphere after forming the insulating layer. Further since the insulating layer has the low oxygen permeable insulating film, fluctuation of the threshold voltage of the vertical MOS transistor can be suppressed. |
| US10008575B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes at least a first wire pattern, a gate electrode, a semiconductor pattern, a gate insulating layer, and a first spacer. The first wire pattern is on a substrate and isolated from the substrate. The gate electrode surrounds and intersects the first wire pattern. The semiconductor pattern is on both sides of the first wire pattern, and the semiconductor pattern includes a portion which overlaps the first wire pattern. The gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the first wire pattern, and the gate insulating layer surrounds the first wire pattern. The first spacer is between the first wire pattern and the substrate, and the first spacer is between the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor pattern. |
| US10008572B2 |
Compound semiconductor device, power supply unit, and amplifier
A compound semiconductor device disclosed herein includes: a substrate; an electron transit layer formed on the substrate and made of nitride semiconductor doped with an impurity that forms a trap level; a barrier layer formed on the electron transit layer; and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed over the electron transit layer at a distance from one another, wherein the electron transit layer includes: a first conductivity type region; a second conductivity type region located over the first conductivity region, where the second conductivity type region having an electron concentration higher than an electron concentration of the first conductivity type region; and a third conductivity type region located over the second conductivity type region, where the third conductivity type region having an electron concentration lower than a concentration of the impurity and being in contact with an upper surface of the electron transit layer. |
| US10008571B2 |
Semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing nitride semiconductor layer
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor wafer includes a substrate, an AlN buffer layer, a foundation layer, a first high Ga composition layer, a high Al composition layer, a low Al composition layer, an intermediate unit and a second high Ga composition layer. The first layer is provided on the foundation layer. The high Al composition layer is provided on the first layer. The low Al composition layer is provided on the high Al composition layer. The intermediate unit is provided on the low Al composition layer. The second layer is provided on the intermediate unit. The first layer has a first tensile strain and the second layer has a second tensile strain larger than the first tensile strain. Alternatively, the first layer has a first compressive strain and the second layer has a second compressive strain smaller than the first compressive strain. |
| US10008569B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, a gate structure is formed on the substrate, a recess is formed adjacent to the gate structure, a buffer layer is formed in the recess, and an epitaxial layer is formed on the buffer layer. Preferably, the buffer layer includes a crescent moon shape. |
| US10008567B2 |
Nanowire FinFet transistor
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a fin. A first nanowire is disposed on the fin and a second nanowire is disposed on the fin, the second nanowire being laterally separated from the first nanowire. A gate structure extends around the first nanowire and the second nanowire. The gate structure also extends over a top surface of the fin. The first nanowire, the second nanowire, and the fin form a channel of a transistor. |
| US10008561B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a first circuit region in which a first circuit whose power supply potential is a first voltage is formed; a second circuit region in which a second circuit whose power supply potential is a second voltage lower than the first voltage is formed a separation region which separates the first circuit region from the second circuit region; and a transistor which is located in the separation region and couples the second circuit to the first circuit and whose source and drain are of a first conductivity type, the separation region including an element separation film; a first field plate which overlaps with the element separation film in plan view; a plurality of conductive films which are provided over the first field plate. |
| US10008554B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display apparatus includes a display panel including a curved display area, and an optical unit including a liquid crystal layer on the curved display area, and configured to adjust a direction of light emitted from the display panel. |
| US10008553B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a flexible substrate having a display region including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a pair of electrodes and a display element therebetween; a first electrode layer provided on the plurality of pixels; a second electrode layer provided on the first electrode layer; a third electrode layer provided on the second electrode layer; a piezoelectric material layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a flexible material layer provided between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer. |
| US10008549B2 |
Organic light emitting device
There is provided an organic light emitting device having a lower substrate, a first electrode formed on lower substrate, an organic emission layer for emitting white light formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on a first part of the organic emission layer; and a third electrode formed on a second part of the organic emission layer, wherein the third electrode has a different light transmittance rate than the second electrode, and wherein the first part of the organic emission layer corresponds to at least one of a red subpixel region, a green subpixel region and a blue subpixel region, and wherein the second part of the organic emission layer corresponds to a white subpixel region. |
| US10008547B2 |
Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device
A display device which can perform external correction in parallel with display operation is provided. The display device includes pixels arranged in a matrix and a reading circuit provided outside the pixels. The pixels each include a light-emitting element and a transistor that supplies a current to the light-emitting element. In this display device, in the case where all of a plurality of specific pixels are displayed in black, variation in current characteristics of a driving transistor is corrected by reading out data on current characteristics of the driving transistor included in a predetermined pixel among the plurality of pixels in an address period. |
| US10008543B2 |
Quantum dot optical devices with enhanced gain and sensitivity and methods of making same
Various embodiment include optical and optoelectronic devices and methods of making same. Under one aspect, an optical device includes an integrated circuit having an array of conductive regions, and an optically sensitive material over at least a portion of the integrated circuit and in electrical communication with at least one conductive region of the array of conductive regions. Under another aspect, a film includes a network of fused nanocrystals, the nanocrystals having a core and an outer surface, wherein the core of at least a portion of the fused nanocrystals is in direct physical contact and electrical communication with the core of at least one adjacent fused nanocrystal, and wherein the film has substantially no defect states in the regions where the cores of the nanocrystals are fused. Additional devices and methods are described. |
| US10008541B2 |
Memory arrays and methods of forming an array of memory cell
A method of forming an array of memory cells includes forming lines of covering material that are elevationally over and along lines of spaced sense line contacts. Longitudinal orientation of the lines of covering material is used in forming lines comprising programmable material and outer electrode material that are between and along the lines of covering material. The covering material is removed over the spaced sense line contacts and the spaced sense line contacts are exposed. Access lines are formed. Sense lines are formed that are electrically coupled to the spaced sense line contacts. The sense lines are angled relative to the lines of spaced sense line contacts and relative to the access lines. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed. |
| US10008540B2 |
Spin-orbitronics device and applications thereof
The present invention is directed to a spin-orbitronics device including an array of MTJs with each of the MTJs coupled to a respective one of a plurality of selection transistors; a plurality of transverse polarizing lines with each of the transverse polarizing lines coupled to a row of the MTJs along a first direction; a plurality of word lines with each of the word lines coupled to gates of a row of the selection transistors along a second direction; and a plurality of source lines with each of the source lines coupled to a row of the selection transistors along a direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction. Each MTJ includes a magnetic comparison layer structure having a pseudo-invariable magnetization direction, which is configured to switch between two stable states by passing a comparison current through one of the plurality of transverse polarizing lines formed adjacent to the magnetic comparison layer structure. |
| US10008535B2 |
Image sensor having first fixed charge film for anti-reflection and second fixed charge film for moisture protection
An image sensor includes a substrate including a plurality of photoelectric conversion parts and a pixel isolation trench extending from a surface of the substrate between the photoelectric conversion parts, a first fixed charge film directly on the surface of the substrate, a second fixed charge film directly on the first fixed charge film and an inner wall of the pixel isolation trench, and an insulating layer directly on the second fixed charge film, the insulating layer configured to fill the pixel isolation trench. |
| US10008531B2 |
Varied STI liners for isolation structures in image sensing devices
An integrated circuit device incorporating a plurality of isolation trench structures configured for disparate applications and a method of forming the integrated circuit are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a substrate having a first region and a second region is received. A first isolation trench is formed in the first region, and a second isolation trench is formed in the second region. A first liner layer is formed in the first isolation trench, and a second liner layer is formed in the second isolation trench. The second liner layer has a physical characteristic that is different from a corresponding physical characteristic of the first liner layer. An implantation procedure is performed on the second isolation trench and the second liner layer formed therein. The physical characteristic of the second liner layer may be selected to enhance an implantation depth or an implantation uniformity compared to the first liner layer. |
| US10008529B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device that enables diffusion of components in the interfaces between microlenses and an antireflection film, a method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. Moisture permeation holes are formed between the microlenses of adjacent pixels. The moisture permeation holes are covered with an antireflection film. The antireflection film is formed on the surfaces of the microlenses excluding the diffusion holes. The refractive index of the antireflection film is higher than the refractive index of the microlenses. The present disclosure can be applied to complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors that are back-illuminated solid-state imaging devices, for example. |
| US10008525B2 |
Imaging element and imaging apparatus
An imaging element comprises a photoelectric conversion unit formed in a pixel region and configured to convert light into electrical charge. Further, the imaging element includes a transistor formed in the pixel region and configured to transfer electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit. The photoelectric conversion unit of the imaging element may be connected to a well of the pixel region, where the well of the pixel region has a negative potential. |
| US10008521B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A backside illumination-type solid-state imaging device is provided in which an amount of accumulated charge of a photodiode is increased and a read out path of a stacked-type photodiode is simplified. A photodiode of a backside illumination-type solid-state imaging device is made to be of an accumulation gate structure, and thereby the amount of accumulated charge and sensitivity are increased. Further, a barrier region is provided in the direction of incident light so as to separate the photodiode, and the height of barrier at the barrier region is controlled by a pulse voltage applied to the accumulation gate, so that transfer of signal charges between the stacked-type photodiodes separated in the direction of incident light is controlled, making reading out of the stacked-type photodiode simple. |
| US10008517B2 |
Display device having reduced parasitic capacitance and cross-talk and method of manufacturing the same
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes a scan line extending in a first direction. Each pixel also includes a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a driving thin-film transistor (TFT) formed adjacent to the data line and including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The pixel also includes an interlayer insulating layer formed between the data line and the driving TFT, and a first through hole is formed in the interlayer insulating layer to be adjacent to the data line and the gate electrode. Each pixel also includes a driving voltage line formed adjacent to the data line and including a first portion formed in the first through hole and formed on the interlayer insulating layer. |
| US10008516B2 |
LTPS TFT array substrate, its manufacturing method, and display device
The present disclosure relates to the field of TFT manufacturing process, and provides an LTPS TFT array substrate, its manufacturing method and a display device. The LTPS TFT array substrate includes contact holes through which a source electrode and a drain electrode of the array substrate are connected to an active layer, respectively, wherein a conductive pattern connected to the active layer is provided at a base portion of the contact hole. According to the present disclosure, it is able to form an excellent ohmic contact between the source/drain electrodes and the active layer after the contact holes have been etched, thereby to ensure the display quality of the display device. |
| US10008515B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object is to provide a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor having stable electric characteristics and high reliability. A transistor including the oxide semiconductor film in which a top surface portion of the oxide semiconductor film is provided with a metal oxide film containing a constituent similar to that of the oxide semiconductor film and functioning as a channel protective film is provided. In addition, the oxide semiconductor film used for an active layer of the transistor is an oxide semiconductor film highly purified to be electrically i-type (intrinsic) by heat treatment in which impurities such as hydrogen, moisture, a hydroxyl group, or a hydride are removed from the oxide semiconductor and oxygen which is a major constituent of the oxide semiconductor and is reduced concurrently with a step of removing impurities is supplied. |
| US10008513B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first and a second conductive films over an insulating surface; a first insulating film over the insulating surface and the first and the second conductive films; a semiconductor film overlapping with the first conductive film with the first insulating film provided therebetween; a third conductive film in contact with the semiconductor film; a fourth conductive film in contact with the semiconductor film and overlapping with the second conductive film with the first insulating film provided therebetween; a second insulating film including a thick region and a thin region, over the semiconductor film and the third and the fourth conductive films; a fifth conductive film overlapping with the semiconductor film with the second insulating film provided therebetween; and a sixth conductive film overlapping with the fourth conductive film over the thin region of the second insulating film. |
| US10008512B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device may include pipe channel layer, and a pipe gate surrounding the pipe channel layer. The semiconductor device may include an oxidization layer formed between the pipe gate and the pipe channel layer. The semiconductor device may include a source side channel layer and a drain side channel layer extended from the pipe channel layer to protrude further than the oxidization layer. |
| US10008511B2 |
Dense arrays and charge storage devices
There is provided a monolithic three dimensional array of charge storage devices which includes a plurality of device levels, wherein at least one surface between two successive device levels is planarized by chemical mechanical polishing. |
| US10008510B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises control gate electrodes and a semiconductor layer. The control gate electrodes are stacked above a substrate. The semiconductor layer has as its longitudinal direction a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The semiconductor memory device further comprises first and second control gate electrodes and third and fourth control gate electrodes stacked sequentially above the substrate and first through fourth via contacts connected to these first through fourth control gate electrodes. The third and fourth control gate electrodes face the first and second control gate electrodes. Positions of the first and second via contacts are far from each other. Positions of the third and fourth via contacts are close to each other. |
| US10008509B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor memory device
Stack structures are arranged in a first direction horizontal to a semiconductor substrate, one of which has a longitudinal direction along a second direction. One stack structure has a plurality of semiconductor layers stacked between interlayer insulating layers. A memory film is formed on side surfaces of the stack structures and include a charge accumulation film of the memory cell. Conductive films are formed on side surfaces of the stack structures via the memory film. One stack structure has a shape increasing in width from above to below in a cross-section including the first and third directions. One conductive film has a shape increasing in width from above to below in a cross-section including the second and third directions. Predetermined portions in the semiconductor layers have different impurity concentrations between upper and lower semiconductor layers. |
| US10008508B2 |
One time programmable (OTP) cell having improved programming reliability
A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and first and second spaced apart doped regions formed below the gate insulating film and the gate electrode in the semiconductor substrate, wherein a grounded region of the first and second spaced apart doped regions is grounded via a contact. |
| US10008506B2 |
Semiconductor arrangement with capacitor
A semiconductor arrangement includes a logic region and a memory region. The memory region has an active region that includes a semiconductor device. The memory region also has a capacitor within one or more dielectric layers over the active region, where the capacitor is over the semiconductor device. The semiconductor arrangement also includes a protective ring within at least one of the logic region or the memory region and that separates the logic region from the memory region. The capacitor has a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the first electrode is substantially larger than other portions of the capacitor. |
| US10008501B2 |
Sandwich EPI channel for device enhancement
The present disclosure relates to a transistor device having a channel region comprising a sandwich film stack with a plurality of different layers that improve device performance, and an associated apparatus. In some embodiments, the transistor device has a source region and a drain region disposed within a semiconductor substrate. A sandwich film stack is laterally positioned between the source region and the drain region. The sandwich film stack has a lower layer, a middle layer of a carbon doped semiconductor material disposed over the lower layer, and an upper layer disposed over the middle layer. A gate structure is disposed over the sandwich film stack. The gate structure is configured to control a flow of charge carriers in a channel region located between the source region and the drain region. |
| US10008500B2 |
Semiconductor devices
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to segmented or cut finFET structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes at least one logic finFET device having a fin of a first length, and at least one memory finFET device having a fin of a second length. The second length is shorter than the first length. |
| US10008497B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device
In a method of forming a FinFET, a first sacrificial layer is formed over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer is recessed so that a remaining layer of the first sacrificial layer is formed on the isolation insulating layer and an upper portion of the source/drain structure is exposed. A second sacrificial layer is formed on the remaining layer and the exposed source/drain structure. The second sacrificial layer and the remaining layer are patterned, thereby forming an opening. A dielectric layer is formed in the opening. After the dielectric layer is formed, the patterned first and second sacrificial layers are removed to form a contact opening over the source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening. |
| US10008496B1 |
Method for forming semiconductor device having continuous fin diffusion break
Aspects of the present disclosure includes a semiconductor structure and a method of forming. A plurality of fins on a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of dummy gates is formed. The plurality of dummy gates are oriented perpendicular to the plurality of fins. An amorphous silicon layer is formed directly on top of said plurality of dummy gates and on top of the plurality of fins. A first portion of the amorphous silicon layer between at least one pair of adjacent dummy gates of the plurality of dummy gates is removed to form an opening. A nitride layer is deposited in the opening to cover the plurality of fins. The rest of the amorphous silicon layer between other adjacent dummy gates is removed to expose the underneath plurality of fins. Source/drain regions are formed surrounding the exposed plurality of fins. |
| US10008493B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first fin-shaped pattern and a second fin-shaped pattern arranged in a row in a direction, a trench between the first fin-shaped pattern and the second fin-shaped pattern, a field insulating layer filling a portion of the trench, an insulating line pattern crossing between the first fin-shaped pattern and the second fin-shaped pattern on the field insulating layer. A bottom surface of the insulating line pattern is lower than top surfaces of the first and second fin-shaped patterns. |
| US10008491B1 |
Low capacitance electrostatic discharge (ESD) devices
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to low capacitance electrostatic discharge (ESD) devices and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first structure comprising a pattern of a first diffusion region, a second diffusion region and a third diffusion region partly extending over a first well; and a second structure comprising a fourth diffusion region in a second well electrically connecting to the first structure to form a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) on a bulk region of a substrate. |
| US10008490B2 |
High speed interface protection apparatus
The disclosed technology relates to electronics, and more particularly, to protection devices that protect circuits from transient electrical events such as electrical overstress/electrostatic discharge. A protection device includes a semiconductor substrate having formed therein at least two wells and a deep well underlying and contacting the at least two wells. The device additionally includes a first PN diode formed in one of the at least two wells and having a first heavily doped region of a first conductivity type and a first heavily doped region of a second conductivity type, and includes a second PN diode formed in one of the at least two wells and having a second heavily doped region of the first conductivity type and a second heavily doped region of the second conductivity type. The device additionally includes a first PN diode and the second PN diode are electrically shorted by an electrical shorting structure to form a first plurality of serially connected diodes having a threshold voltage. The device further includes a PNPN silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) having a trigger voltage and comprising the first heavily doped region of the first conductivity type, the at least two wells, the deep well, and the second heavily doped region of the second conductivity type. |
| US10008485B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacture
A semiconductor device and method for providing an enhanced removal of heat from a semiconductor die within an integrated fan out package on package configuration is presented. In an embodiment a metal layer is formed on a backside of the semiconductor die, and the semiconductor die along and through vias are encapsulated. Portions of the metal layer are exposed and a thermal die is connected to remove heat from the semiconductor die. |
| US10008484B2 |
Solid state light fixtures suitable for high temperature operation having separate blue-shifted-yellow/green and blue-shifted-red emitters
Solid state light fixtures include a plurality of blue-shifted-yellow/green light emitting diode (“LED”) packages and a plurality of blue-shifted-red LED packages, where the solid state light fixture emits light having a correlated color temperature of between 1800 K and 5500 K, a CRI value of between 80 and 99, a CRI R9 value of between 15 and 75, and a Qg value of between 90 and 110 when the blue-shifted-yellow/green LED packages and the blue-shifted-red LED packages are operating at steady-state operating temperatures of at least 80° C. |
| US10008479B2 |
Semiconductor device with discrete blocks
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacture are provided. In particular, a semiconductor device using blocks, e.g., discrete connection blocks, having through vias and/or integrated passive devices formed therein are provided. Embodiments such as those disclosed herein may be utilized in PoP applications. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a die and a connection block encased in a molding compound. Interconnection layers may be formed on surfaces of the die, the connection block and the molding compound. One or more dies and/or packages may be attached to the interconnection layers. |
| US10008473B2 |
Power package lid
The present disclosure relates to a ring-frame power package. In this regard, the ring-frame power package includes a thermal carrier and a ring structure. The thermal carrier has a carrier surface. The ring structure includes a ring body that is disposed over the carrier surface of the thermal carrier so that a portion of the carrier surface is exposed through an interior opening of the ring body. The ring-frame power package also includes a power package lid that is disposed over the ring body. The power package lid includes a cavity in communication with the interior opening of the ring body. In this manner, the power package lid covers and protects semiconductor devices and corresponding wires encased by the ring-frame power package. |
| US10008471B2 |
Bonding material and bonding method using the same
A bonded product is obtained by applying a silver paste containing silver nanoparticles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 200 nm, and performing firing. A diameter of a crystallite of the bonded product on a (111) plane of Ag when heated at 250° C. for 10 minutes in an inert atmosphere is 65 nm or larger. |
| US10008469B2 |
Wafer-level packaging using wire bond wires in place of a redistribution layer
An apparatus relates generally to a microelectronic package. In such an apparatus, a microelectronic die has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a sidewall surface between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of wire bond wires with proximal ends thereof are coupled to either the first surface or the second surface of the microelectronic die with distal ends of the plurality of wire bond wires extending away from either the first surface or the second surface, respectively, of the microelectronic die. A portion of the plurality of wire bond wires extends outside a perimeter of the microelectronic die into a fan-out (“FO”) region. A molding material covers the first surface, the sidewall surface, and portions of the plurality of the wire bond wires from the first surface of the microelectronic die to an outer surface of the molding material. |
| US10008465B2 |
Methods for surface attachment of flipped active components
An active substrate includes a plurality of active components distributed over a surface of a destination substrate, each active component including a component substrate different from the destination substrate, and each active component having a circuit and connection posts on a process side of the component substrate. The connection posts may have a height that is greater than a base width thereof, and may be in electrical contact with the circuit and destination substrate contacts. The connection posts may extend through the surface of the destination substrate contacts into the destination substrate connection pads to electrically connect the connection posts to the destination substrate contacts. |
| US10008463B2 |
Wafer-level packaging mechanisms
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor die surrounded by a molding compound. The semiconductor package further includes a first conductive pad on the first semiconductor die, wherein the first conductive pad is at a top metal level of the first semiconductor die. The semiconductor package further includes redistribution lines (RDLs) formed over the first conductive pad, wherein at least one RDL of the RDLs extends beyond the boundaries of the semiconductor die, and a portion of the at least one RDL contacts the first conductive pad, wherein a surface of the first conductive pad contacting the portion of the at least one RDL is at a different level than a surface of the molding compound under the at least one RDL extended beyond the boundaries of the first semiconductor die. |
| US10008459B2 |
Structures having a tapering curved profile and methods of making same
An embodiment ladder bump structure includes an under bump metallurgy (UBM) feature supported by a substrate, a copper pillar mounted on the UBM feature, the copper pillar having a tapering curved profile, which has a larger bottom critical dimension (CD) than a top critical dimension (CD) in an embodiment, a metal cap mounted on the copper pillar, and a solder feature mounted on the metal cap. |
| US10008458B2 |
Semiconductor device capable of realizing impedance control and method of manufacturing the same
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device capable of realizing impedance control of the semiconductor device.An input/output wiring line 23 and a ground wiring line 22 are such that through glass vias are provided so as to form a strip line structure by blasting or electric discharge machining and thereafter metal films are formed on a surface and a rear surface. It is possible to configure the semiconductor device with the impedance control by adjusting a conductor diameter of the input/output wiring line 23 and an insulating layer thickness between the input/output wiring line 23 and the ground wiring line 22. The present technology may be applied to the semiconductor device. |
| US10008454B1 |
Wafer level package with EMI shielding
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a top side and a bottom, active side. During assembly of the semiconductor device, a metal film is sputtered over the top and side surfaces of the die, and then a mold compound is formed over the metal film. The metal film can provide both heat dissipation and EMI shielding. The device may be assembled using a wafer level assembly process. |
| US10008449B2 |
Self-forming barrier for subtractive copper
A method of forming electrically conductive structures that includes forming a copper containing layer including a barrier forming element, and applying a first anneal to the copper containing layer. The first anneal increases grain size of the copper in the copper containing layer. The copper containing layer is etched to provide a plurality of copper containing lines. A dielectric fill is deposited in the space between adjacent copper containing lines. A second anneal is applied to the plurality of copper containing lines. During the second anneal the barrier forming element diffuse to an interface between sidewalls of the copper containing lines and the dielectric fill to form a barrier layer along the sidewalls of the copper containing lines. |
| US10008442B2 |
Through-electrode substrate, method for manufacturing same, and semiconductor device in which through-electrode substrate is used
A through-electrode substrate includes a base including a first surface and a second surface mutually opposing each other, and a through-electrode arranged in a through-hole passing through the second surface from the first surface of the base, wherein the through-electrode includes an first end surface of the first surface side and an second end surface of the second surface side exposed from the base in the first surface and the second surface, and a periphery edge of one or both of the first end surface of the first surface side and the second end surface of the second surface side is covered by a part of the base. |
| US10008441B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a circuit board, a semiconductor chip, a heat spreading layer, an encapsulant layer, a plurality of conductive connections, and a plurality of solder balls. The circuit board includes opposite first and second surfaces and a plurality of through holes. The semiconductor chip is formed over a center portion of the first surface of the circuit board, having an active surface facing the circuit board. The heat spreading layer is formed over the semiconductor chip. The encapsulant layer is formed over the circuit board, covering heat spreading layer, the semiconductor chip, and the circuit board. The plurality of conductive connections respectively passes through the through holes and electrically connecting the semiconductor chip with the circuit board. The plurality of solder balls are formed over the second surface of the circuit board. |
| US10008437B2 |
Lead frame and electronic component device
An electronic component device, includes: a lead frame including a terminal portion, the terminal portion including a columnar electrode and a metal plating layer, wherein the metal plating layer is formed on a lower surface of the electrode and a portion of a side surface of the electrode; an electronic component mounted on the lead frame to be electrically connected to the terminal portion; and a sealing resin that seals the lead frame and the electronic component, wherein another portion of the side surface of the electrode is embedded in the sealing resin and the metal plating layer is exposed from the sealing resin. |
| US10008432B2 |
Semiconductor device, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic apparatus
A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor element mounted on the top surface of the substrate. On the top surface of the substrate, one or more pads are disposed outside the mounted semiconductor element when seen in a plan view. Then, a protrusion is disposed on each of the pads. A heat sink is disposed above the semiconductor element and the protrusions, and then bonded to the substrate by an adhesive provided between the heat sink and the substrate. The adhesive is provided in such a manner as to be in contact with the protrusions on the substrate. |
| US10008431B2 |
Printed circuit module having a semiconductor device with a protective layer in place of a low-resistivity handle layer
A printed circuit module having a protective layer in place of a low-resistivity handle layer and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The printed circuit module includes a printed circuit substrate with a thinned die attached to the printed circuit substrate. The thinned die includes at least one device layer over the printed circuit substrate and at least one deep well within the at least one device layer. A protective layer is disposed over the at least one deep well, wherein the protective layer has a thermal conductivity greater than 2 watts per meter Kelvin (W/mK) and an electrical resistivity of greater than 106 Ohm-cm. |
| US10008429B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor device measuring method
A semiconductor device reduces measurement time. The semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the invention includes: plural series-coupled resistance elements for testing; plural switches coupled to a coupling path coupling the resistance elements; and plural selection circuits to select, by turning on or off the switches, a number of the series-coupled resistance elements to be measured as a group. In the semiconductor device: the switches include plural first switches coupled to plural groups of the resistance elements, each of the groups including N (N=2 or a larger integer) of the resistance elements; and the selection circuits turn the first switches on or off and thereby select a number of the series-coupled resistance elements to be measured as a group, the number equaling the N. |
| US10008423B1 |
Transistor work function adjustment by laser stimulation
Methods and apparatuses for modifying a work function of transistors included in an integrated circuit are disclosed. A tester unit may be configured to test an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of circuit paths. The tester unit may be further configured to analyze the results from testing the integrated circuit and, based on the analysis, identify a circuit path that fails to meet a desired performance goal. A work function of a transistor included in the identified circuit path may be modified by the tester unit using an energy source external to the integrated circuit. |
| US10008421B2 |
Capacitance monitoring using x-ray diffraction
A method includes measuring a difference between a primary X-ray diffraction peak and a secondary X-ray diffraction peak, the primary X-ray diffraction peak corresponds to an unstrained portion of a semiconductor substrate and the secondary X-ray diffraction peak corresponds to a strained portion of the semiconductor substrate, the difference between the primary X-ray diffraction peak and the secondary X-ray diffraction peak includes a delta shift peak that corresponds to changes in a crystal lattice caused by a stress applied to the strained portion of the semiconductor substrate, the delta shift peak includes variations in a deep trench capacitance. |
| US10008420B2 |
Embedded SiGe epitaxy test pad
Techniques for measuring and testing a semiconductor wafer during semiconductor device fabrication include designating a test area on the top surface of the wafer and etching a first rectangular trench and a second rectangular trench on the top surface of the wafer in the test area. The trenches are oriented such that a length of the first trench is perpendicular to a length of the second trench, and positioned such that the length of the first trench, if extended, intersects the length of the second trench. A silicon-germanium compound is deposited into the first trench and the second trench, and a test pad is removed from the test area of the wafer. The test pad includes a side surface where both the first trench and the second trench are exposed. The side surface of the test pad is scanned with a transmission electron microscope to take measurements of the silicon-germanium. |
| US10008418B2 |
Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication
A method of semiconductor device fabrication includes providing a substrate including a first fin element and a second fin element extending from the substrate. A first layer is formed over the first and second fin elements, where the first layer includes a gap. A laser anneal process is performed to the substrate to remove the gap in the first layer. An energy applied to the first layer during the laser anneal process is adjusted based on a height of the first layer. |
| US10008415B2 |
Gate structure cut after formation of epitaxial active regions
A gate structure straddling a plurality of semiconductor material portions is formed. Source regions and drain regions are formed in the plurality of semiconductor material portions, and a gate spacer laterally surrounding the gate structure is formed. Epitaxial active regions are formed from the source and drain regions by a selective epitaxy process. The assembly of the gate structure and the gate spacer is cut into multiple portions employing a cut mask and an etch to form multiple gate assemblies. Each gate assembly includes a gate structure portion and two disjoined gate spacer portions laterally spaced by the gate structure portion. Portions of the epitaxial active regions can be removed from around sidewalls of the gate spacers to prevent electrical shorts among the epitaxial active regions. A dielectric spacer or a dielectric liner may be employed to limit areas in which metal semiconductor alloys are formed. |
| US10008414B2 |
System and method for widening Fin widths for small pitch FinFET devices
A FinFET includes a semiconductor layer having a fin structure that protrudes out of the semiconductor layer. The fin structure includes a first segment and a second segment disposed over the first segment. A dielectric layer is disposed over the semiconductor layer. The first segment of the fin structure is surrounded by the dielectric layer. A metal layer is disposed over the dielectric layer. The second segment of the fin structure is surrounded by the metal layer. The dielectric layer has a greater nitrogen content than the metal layer. The first segment of the fin structure also has a first side surface that is rougher than a second side surface of the second segment of the fin structure. |
| US10008412B2 |
Doping control of metal nitride films
Described are methods for controlling the doping of metal nitride films such as TaN, TiN and MnN. The temperature during deposition of the metal nitride film may be controlled to provide a film density that permits a desired amount of doping. Dopants may include Ru, Cu, Co, Mn, Mo, Al, Mg, Cr, Nb, Ta, Ti and V. The metal nitride film may optionally be exposed to plasma treatment after doping. |
| US10008409B2 |
Method for fabricating a semiconductor device
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a stop layer between the dielectric layer and the substrate, wherein the stop layer contacts the substrate directly and the dielectric layer covers the top surface of the stop layer; forming an opening in the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a damaged layer adjacent to the opening; forming a dielectric protective layer in the opening; forming a metal layer in the opening; removing the damaged layer and the dielectric protective layer to form a void, wherein the void exposes a top surface of the substrate; and forming a cap layer on and covering the dielectric layer, the void, and the metal layer. |
| US10008408B2 |
Devices and methods of forming asymmetric line/space with barrierless metallization
Devices and methods of fabricating integrated circuit devices for forming assymetric line/space with barrierless metallization are provided. One method includes, for instance: obtaining an intermediate semiconductor device having a substrate, a dielectric matrix, and a hardmask, the dielectric matrix including a set of trenches etched into the dielectric matrix and a set of dielectric fins comprising the dielectric matrix, wherein the set of trenches and the set of dielectric fins are of equal width; damaging an inner surface of each trench of the set of trenches; etching the damaged material of the trenches removing the damaged material of the dielectric matrix; removing the hardmask; and metallizing the trenches by depositing a metal directly on the dielectric matrix with no barrier between the metal and the dielectric matrix after the etching. Also disclosed is an intermediate device formed by the method. |
| US10008407B2 |
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices including conductive structures
A method of forming a semiconductor device can include forming an insulation layer using a material having a composition selected to provide resistance to subsequent etching process. The composition of the material can be changed to reduce the resistance of the material to the subsequent etching process at a predetermined level in the insulation layer. The subsequent etching process can be performed on the insulation layer to remove an upper portion of the insulation layer above the predetermined level and leave a lower portion of the insulation layer below the predetermined level between adjacent conductive patterns extending through the lower portion of the insulation layer. A low-k dielectric material can be formed on the lower portion of the insulation layer between the adjacent conductive patterns to replace the upper portion of the insulation layer above the predetermined level. |
| US10008406B2 |
Adhesive sheet for laser dicing and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An adhesive sheet for laser dicing is provided that is capable of, in laser dicing by irradiation with laser light through the adhesive sheet, suppressing laser light scattering in the adhesive sheet while allowing easy chip division by expanding the adhesive sheet and enables inhibition of dust attachment during chip division for chip production in high yields. The present invention provides an adhesive sheet for laser dicing, including a substrate film having a back layer containing a friction reducing agent and an antistatic agent on one surface and having an adhesive layer on another surface, wherein the back layer has a surface with arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.1 μm or less, the sheet has a tensile modulus of elasticity at 23° C. from 50 to 200 MPa, and the sheet has a parallel transmittance of 85% or more in a wavelength range from 400 to 1400 nm. |
| US10008400B2 |
Substrate processing device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A substrate processing device capable of stabilizing an etching amount of a metal film provided on a substrate is provided. The substrate processing device includes a first container, a second container and a control unit. The first container stores a first liquid in which an acid solution containing phosphoric acid and water are mixed. The first liquid is capable of etching a metal film provided on a substrate. The second container stores a second liquid containing water. The control unit controls supply of the second liquid from the second container to the first container such that a water concentration of the first liquid increases over time corresponding to change in a concentration of the phosphoric acid in the first liquid. |
| US10008398B2 |
Substrate thinning apparatus, method of thinning substrate by using the same, and method of fabricating semiconductor package
A substrate thinning apparatus includes a chuck table capable of supporting a substrate, a rotatable grinding device which includes a wheel tip capable of grinding the substrate supported by the chuck table, and a cleaning device configured to perform synchronized cleaning of the wheel tip while the grinding device is rotated. When the substrate thinning apparatus is used, even an extremely thin semiconductor device can be fabricated with substantial reliability. |
| US10008395B2 |
Stacked semiconductor die assemblies with high efficiency thermal paths and molded underfill
Semiconductor die assemblies having high efficiency thermal paths and molded underfill material. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly comprises a first die and a plurality of second dies. The first die has a first functionality, a lateral region, and a stacking site. The second dies have a different functionality than the first die, and the second dies are in a die stack including a bottom second die mounted to the stacking site of the first die and a top second die defining a top surface of the die stack. A thermal transfer structure is attached to at least the lateral region of the first die and has a cavity in which the second dies are positioned. An underfill material is in the cavity between the second dies and the thermal transfer structure, and the underfill material covers the top surface of the die stack. |
| US10008394B2 |
Method for mounting an electrical component, wherein a hood is used, and hood suitable for use in said method
A method for mounting an electrical component to a substrate may include mounting the component onto the substrate, forming a cover including a thermally softenable or hardenable material and a contacting structure defined by integrated conductor paths, mounting the cover onto a mounting side of the substrate and onto the component mounted on the substrate, such that (a) the cover laterally traverses the component, (b) first contact surfaces of the contacting structure engage with the substrate at a first joining level defined at the mounting side of the substrate, and (c) second contact surfaces of the contacting structure engage with the component at a second joining level at the top side of the component, the second joining level being different than the first joining level. After assembling the components, joining connections at the first and second joining levels may be completed by a temperature or pressure based joining process. |
| US10008390B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to an embodiment implants impurities into a central portion of a polishing target film or an outer peripheral portion of the central portion of the polishing target film to cause an impurity concentration in the outer peripheral portion of the polishing target film and an impurity concentration in the central portion thereof to be different from each other, thereby modifying a surface of the polishing target film. The modified surface of the polishing target film is polished by a CMP method. |
| US10008386B2 |
Formation of pure silicon oxide interfacial layer on silicon-germanium channel field effect transistor device
Methods are provided to form pure silicon oxide layers on silicon-germanium (SiGe) layers, as well as an FET device having a pure silicon oxide interfacial layer of a metal gate structure formed on a SiGe channel layer of the FET device. For example, a method comprises growing a first silicon oxide layer on a surface of a SiGe layer using a first oxynitridation process, wherein the first silicon oxide layer comprises nitrogen. The first silicon oxide layer is removed, and a second silicon oxide layer is grown on the surface of the SiGe layer using a second oxynitridation process, which is substantially the same as the first oxynitridation process, wherein the second silicon oxide layer is substantially devoid of germanium oxide and nitrogen. For example, the first silicon oxide layer comprises a SiON layer and the second silicon oxide layer comprises a pure silicon dioxide layer. |
| US10008385B1 |
Enlarged sacrificial gate caps for forming self-aligned contacts
Methods of forming a sacrificial gate cap and a self-aligned contact for a device structure. A gate electrode is arranged between a first sidewall spacer and a second sidewall spacer. A top surface of the gate electrode is recessed to open a space above the top surface of the recessed gate electrode that partially exposes the first and second sidewall spacers. Respective sections of the first and second sidewall spacers, which are arranged above the top surface of the recessed gate electrode, are removed in order to increase a width of the space. A sacrificial cap is formed in the widened space. |
| US10008382B2 |
Semiconductor device having a porous low-k structure
The present disclosure involves forming a porous low-k dielectric structure. A plurality of conductive elements is formed over the substrate. The conductive elements are separated from one another by a plurality of openings. A barrier layer is formed over the conductive elements. The barrier layer is formed to cover sidewalls of the openings. A treatment process is performed to the barrier layer. The barrier layer becomes hydrophilic after the treatment process is performed. A dielectric material is formed over the barrier layer after the treatment process has been performed. The dielectric material fills the openings and contains a plurality of porogens. |
| US10008380B2 |
Substrate drying apparatus, substrate drying method and control program
A substrate drying apparatus includes a drying gas nozzle configured so that, assuming that a surface WA of the substrate W is a projection plane, regarding the drying gas flow Gf in the nozzle moving direction Dr, a collision position Gfw with the substrate W is located downstream of a projected discharge position Gfv′, the projected discharge position Gfv′ being a discharge position from the drying gas nozzle projected on the projection plane. In a three-dimensional space, the drying gas flow Gf is inclined, such that an angle α formed by an axis Ga of the drying gas flow Gf and a vertical line Wp of the substrate W is in a range from a half contact angle θ/2 to an angle determined by deducting the half contact angle θ/2 from 90°, the half contact angle θ/2 being a half of the contact angle θ. |
| US10008379B1 |
Infrared recycling incandescent light bulb
A high efficiency incandescent light bulb includes a filament both electrically and optically heated to visibly incandesce. The filament is enclosed in a visibly transmissive, IR reflective filter, with a high view factor, as to maximize recycling of IR wavelengths. The filter is formed on two clamshell segments. |
| US10008376B2 |
Methods and systems for selecting ions for ion fragmentation
The present teachings are directed to methods and systems for the selection of ions for subsequent ion fragmentation in the analysis of a sample. Rather than select the most intense subset of precursor ions for further analysis in an attempt to maximize the number of high quality, identifiable MS/MS spectra, in some settings, systems and methods for analyzing and 5 identifying precursor ions for further processing can benefit from a discovery approach in which precursor ions are selected randomly/stochastically. |
| US10008373B1 |
Impedance spectrometer with temperature-controlled micro-platform
An impedance spectrometer comprised of a thermal micro-platform supported with phononic structured nanowires disposed within a micromachined structure is provided to identify, monitor and characterize a gas, vapor, solid or liquid analyte. The impedance sensor and analyte sensing element in embodiments are formed from a semiconductor SOI starting wafer. |
| US10008370B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and operation method thereof
A plasma apparatus of processing a wafer disposed in a processing chamber using plasma includes one window, another window, a light receiving unit, a light source, and an optical branching unit which is disposed between the light source and the other window, branches light emitted by the light source to an optical path toward the processing chamber and an optical path in other direction, and reflects light in the processing chamber from the other window, and a detection unit which detects the light having been emitted from the plasma and received by the light receiving unit using one branched light and other branched and reflected light. The apparatus processes the wafer according to a condition for the processing which is adjusted based on a result of the detection. |
| US10008368B2 |
Multi-zone gas injection assembly with azimuthal and radial distribution control
A gas injection system includes (a) a side gas plenum, (b) a plurality of N gas inlets coupled to said side gas plenum, (c) plural side gas outlets extending radially inwardly from said plenum, (d) an N-way gas flow ratio controller having N outputs coupled to said N gas inlets respectively, and (e) an M-way gas flow ratio controller having M outputs, respective ones of said M outputs coupled to said tunable gas nozzle and a gas input of said N-way gas flow ratio controller. |
| US10008365B2 |
Ion milling device
An ion milling device of the present invention is provided with a tilt stage (8) which is disposed in a vacuum chamber (15) and has a tilt axis parallel to a first axis orthogonal to an ion beam, a drive mechanism (9, 51) which has a rotation axis and a tilt axis parallel to a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and rotates or tilts a sample (3), and a switching unit which enables switching between a state in which the ion beam is applied while the sample is rotated or swung while the tilt stage is tilted, and a state in which the ion beams is applied while the tilt stage is brought into an untilted state and the sample is swung. Consequently, the ion milling device capable of performing cross-section processing and flat processing of the sample in the same vacuum chamber is implemented. |
| US10008363B2 |
Method of imaging a specimen using ptychography
A method of imaging a specimen using ptychography includes directing a charged-particle beam from a source through an illuminator so as to traverse the specimen and land upon a detector, detecting a flux of radiation emanating from the specimen with the detector, calculating at least one property of a charged-particle wavefront exiting the specimen based on using an output of the detector in combination with applying a mathematical reconstruction technique, wherein the at least one property comprises a phase of the wavefront, and wherein applying the mathematical construction technique comprises directly reconstructing the phase of the wavefront to determine a reconstructed phase of the wavefront. An associated apparatus is also described. |
| US10008360B2 |
Objective lens system for fast scanning large FOV
The device includes a beam source for generating an electron beam, a beam guiding tube passed through an objective lens, an objective lens for generating a magnetic field in the vicinity of the specimen to focus the particles of the particle beam on the specimen, a control electrode having a potential for providing a retarding field to the particle beam near the specimen to reduce the energy of the particle beam when the beam collides with the specimen, a deflection system including a plurality of deflection units situated along the optical axis for deflecting the particle beam to allow scanning on the specimen with large area, at least one of the deflection units located in the retarding field of the beam, the remainder of the deflection units located within the central bore of the objective lens, and a detection unit to capture secondary electron (SE) and backscattered electrons (BSE). |
| US10008359B2 |
X-ray tube having magnetic quadrupoles for focusing and magnetic dipoles for steering
An X-ray tube can include: a cathode including an electron emitter; an anode configured to receive the emitted electrons; a first magnetic quadrupole between the cathode and the anode and having a first quadrupole yoke with four first quadrupole pole projections extending from the first quadrupole yoke and oriented toward a central axis of the first quadrupole yoke and each of the four first quadrupole pole projections having a first quadrupole electromagnetic coil; a second magnetic quadrupole between the first magnetic quadruple and the anode and having a second quadrupole yoke with four second quadrupole pole projections extending from the second quadrupole yoke and oriented toward a central axis of the second quadrupole yoke and each of the four second quadrupole pole projections having a second quadrupole electromagnetic coil; and a magnetic dipole between the cathode and anode and having a dipole yoke with four dipole electromagnetic coils. |
| US10008357B2 |
X-ray source, high-voltage generator, electron beam gun, rotary target assembly, rotary target, and rotary vacuum seal
Disclosed herein are a high-voltage generator for an x-ray source, an x-ray gun, an electron beam apparatus, a rotary vacuum seal, a target assembly for an x-ray source, a rotary x-ray emission target, and an x-ray source. These various aspects may separately and/or together enable the construction of an x-ray source which can operate at energies of up to 500 kV and beyond, which is suitable for use in commercial and research x-ray applications such as computerised tomography. In particular, the high-voltage generator includes a shield electrode electrically connected intermediate of a first voltage multiplier and a second voltage multiplier. The electron beam apparatus includes control photodetectors and photo emitters having a transparent conductive shield arranged therebetween. The rotary vacuum seal includes a pumpable chamber at a position intermediate between high-pressure and low-pressure ends of a bore for a rotating shaft. The rotary target assembly is configured such that when a torque between a bearing housing and a vacuum housing exceeds a predetermined torque, the bearing housing rotates relative to the vacuum housing. The rotary x-ray emission target has a plurality of target plates supported on a hub, the plates being arranged on the hub to provide an annular target region about an axis rotation of the hub. The x-ray gun is provided with a shield electrode maintained at a potential difference relative to the x-ray target different to the electron beam emission cathode. |
| US10008347B1 |
Electrical switch with built in fuse improvement
Electrical switches with pivotable toggle portions having replaceable fuses mounted in the toggle portions, and a removable cover/boot protecting the fuse. The electrical switches can have an activation component that closes and opens contact points or a single contact point within switch housing. The activation component can include a front end and a rear end. The rear end can be within the switch housing and the front end can protrude from the switch housing. The front end of the activation component can include a fuse slot. A fuse may be placed in the fuse slot and removed from the fuse slot. A rubber cover or boot, and the like can be removably attachable to the outside of the fuse slot to protect a fuse within the fuse slot. Flush mount and surface mount panels can be used with the electrical switches having replaceable fuses. |
| US10008345B2 |
Keyswitch
A keyswitch includes a board having a first magnetic portion and a pivot portion, a cap, a switch, and a support device including a first support member having first and second bodies connected to each other via an elastic connection arm. The first body has first and second end portions connected to the cap and the pivot portion respectively. The second body has a second magnetic portion and a triggering portion. A U-shaped slot is formed around the triggering portion to make the triggering portion form an elastic cantilever arm extending from the second body. When the cap is pressed to make the second magnetic portion away from the first magnetic portion at a specific distance, the triggering portion triggers the switch. When the cap is released, a magnetic force between the first and second magnetic portions drives the second magnetic portion to approach the first magnetic portion. |
| US10008344B2 |
Switch assembly and hand-held device
A switch assembly is adapted to be disposed in a holding portion of a hand-held device. The switch assembly includes first and second keys, first and second connecting portions, a switch element and a plunger. The first and second keys are exposed on the surface of the holding portion and respectively disposed on the opposite sides thereof. The first and second connecting portions respectively connect the first and second keys and the holding portion. The first and second connecting portions are disposed for allowing the first key having a displacement toward the second key along their connecting direction. The switch element is located inside of the holding portion, and the first key has a first backside toward the second key. The second key has a second backside toward the first key. The plunger is adapted to press and activate the switch element through the displacement. |
| US10008343B2 |
Safety interlock door switch override tool
An apparatus and method for a safety interlock door switch tool are disclosed. An example embodiment includes: support posts having a top end and a bottom end; base elements coupled to the bottom end of the support posts, an attachment mechanism being coupled to the base elements; a grip element coupled to the top end of the support posts; and a plurality of switch depression surfaces formed between the support posts, each of the plurality of switch depression surfaces being configured to engage and activate a particular type of safety interlock door switch. |
| US10008337B2 |
Activated carbon for an electric double-layer capacitor electrode and manufacturing method for same
There are disclosed activated carbon for use in an electric double-layer capacitor electrode, the carbon being capable of improving rate characteristics and float characteristics of the electric double-layer capacitor electrode, and a method for manufacturing the activated carbon. The method for manufacturing the activated carbon for use in the electric double-layer capacitor electrode, comprising the steps of: grinding a carbon raw material to adjust an average particle diameter of the carbon raw material into a range of 1 μm to 15 μm; mixing the carbon raw material whose average particle diameter has been adjusted, with an alkali activator to obtain a mixture; and an activation treatment comprising heating the mixture under an atmosphere of an inert gas and then under an atmosphere of a mixed gas of the inert gas and water vapor. |
| US10008335B2 |
Photovoltaic device containing a dye-sensitized solar cell
An oxadiazole dye for use as an organic photosensitizer. The oxadiazole dye comprising donor-π-spacer-acceptor type portions in which at least one of an oxadiazole isomer acts as a π-conjugated bridge (spacer), a biphenyl unit acts as an electron-donating unit, a carboxyl group act as an electron acceptor group, and a cyano group acts as an anchor group. An optional thiophene group acts as part of the π-conjugated bridge (spacer). The dye for use as organic photosensitizers in a dye-sensitized solar cell and in photodynamic therapies. Computational DFT and time dependent DFT (TD-DFT) modeling techniques showing Light Harvesting Efficiency (LHE), Free Energy for Electron Injection (ΔGinject), Excitation Energies, and Frontier Molecular Orbitals (FMOs) indicate that the series of dye comprise a more negative ΔGinject and a higher LHE value; resulting in a higher incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE). |
| US10008332B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
In an embodiment, a capacitor body 11 of a multilayer ceramic capacitor 10 has, at a position adjoining a lower height-direction surface f6, a tapered part 11a whose width gradually decreases toward the lower height-direction surface f6 over the entire length of the part. Also, the first external electrode 12 and second external electrode 13 have, at their two ends in the width direction, engagement parts 12a, 13a that wrap around onto the width-direction outer surfaces f3a, f4a of the tapered part 11a, respectively. The multilayer ceramic capacitor, after it has been mounted on a circuit board, can mitigate the phenomenon of the first external electrode and second external electrode separating from the capacitor body without reducing the benefit of capacitance increase. |
| US10008331B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element body including internal electrodes and external electrodes electrically connected to respective internal electrodes. Each of the external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer including glass and metal and a conductive resin layer including resin and metal particles. In a cross section of the multilayer ceramic capacitor, at an interface between the sintered metal layer and the conductive resin layer, recesses having a shape in which a dimension of an inner portion is larger than a dimension of an inlet are present, and L1/L2 is about 0.2 or more and about 1.5 or less, where L1 is a length along the interface at which the glass of the sintered metal layer is exposed at the interface, and L2 is a length along the interface at which the metal of the sintered metal layer is exposed at the interface. |
| US10008326B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component having an inorganic matter at an interface between an external electrode and the ceramic body
A multilayer ceramic electronic component in which an interface of an edge region of an external electrode that extends around to a side surface of a ceramic body and the ceramic configuring a surface of the ceramic body, an inorganic matter is present containing 26 mol % or more and less than 45 mol % of SiO2 and having a molar ratio (TiO2+ZrO2)/(SiO2+TiO2+ZrO2) of 0.154 or more, or an inorganic matter is present containing 45 mol % or more of SiO2 and having a molar ratio (TiO2+ZrO2)/(SiO2+TiO2+ZrO2) of 0.022 or more. Furthermore, the inorganic matter may contain B2O3 having a molar ratio relative to SiO2 within 0.25≤B2O3/SiO2≤0.5. |
| US10008325B2 |
Thin magnet fabrication
Manufacturing techniques for producing thin magnetic elements are designed to accommodate the mechanical properties of sintered magnetic substrates. One of the manufacturing processes involves cutting a magnetizable substrate into a number of slices and adhesively coupling the slices to a sheet that can take the form of a layer of grinding tape. After concurrently grinding a first surface of each of the slices, the slices are flipped over so that the first surface of each slice is attached to another layer of grinding tape. A second surface of each of the slices is then ground until a desired thickness is achieved. Subsequent to the grinding, dicing operations can be applied to the slices to produce magnets having a desired length and width. |
| US10008324B2 |
Method for manufacturing powder magnetic core, powder magnetic core, and coil component
A method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core using a soft magnetic material powder, wherein the method has: a first step of mixing the soft magnetic material powder with a binder, a second step of subjecting a mixture obtained through the first step to pressure forming, and a third step of subjecting a formed body obtained through the second step to heat treatment. The soft magnetic material powder is an Fe—Cr—Al based alloy powder comprising Fe, Cr and Al. An oxide layer is formed on a surface of the soft magnetic material powder by the heat treatment. The oxide layer has a higher ratio by mass of Al to the sum of Fe, Cr and Al than an alloy phase inside the powder. |
| US10008321B2 |
Small size transformer
A small size transformer is provided with hollow bobbin which has flange-shaped end parts at least on both ends of winding shaft part around which conducting wire formed of reinforced insulation wire is wound, and is formed by through-hole being pierced between the flange parts, box-shaped cover member to be covered on an outside of the bobbin, and magnetic core part formed by combining two E-shaped core members in a manner of surrounding side surface outer circumferential part of cover member, in which middle leg portions of the core members are configured in a manner of being inserted into the through-hole of the bobbin, in which sidewall parts of cover member to be interposed between the wiring part wound around bobbin and the core members are not provided therebetween. |
| US10008312B2 |
Magnetic core for transformer
A magnetic core for a transformer, which includes a closed ring with a thick part and a thin part. The thin part is magnetically saturated before the thick part when excited by the same increasing magnetic fields. The thin part only operates briefly at or near first quadrant saturation point or a third quadrant saturation point and, for the rest of the time, it operates in a state between the first quadrant saturation point and the third quadrant saturation point. The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of the conventional magnetic core for a self-excitation push-pull type converter, and significantly improves the efficiency of the converter when it is under a light load, and further improves its efficiency while under a rated load. As the number of turns of the coil on the magnetic saturation transformer is reduced, the working frequency of the converter is improved while still keeping the loss low. |
| US10008302B2 |
Radiation crosslinked fluoropolymer compositions containing low level of extractable fluorides
A composition for manufacturing a crosslinked ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) copolymer with enhanced abrasion resistance and heat resistance is provided, the composition including ETFE, about 0.1-10% w/w of a metal oxide that effectively scavenges high levels of fluoride ions; and a crosslinking agent. Methods of using and making the composition are also provided. |
| US10008301B2 |
Organic semiconductor composition, organic thin-film transistor, electronic paper, and display device
The present invention provides an organic semiconductor composition, which improves the insulation reliability of an organic thin-film transistor without greatly reducing the mobility of the organic thin-film transistor, an organic thin-film transistor which is formed by using the organic semiconductor composition, and electronic paper and a display device which use the organic thin-film transistor. The organic semiconductor composition of the present invention contains an organic semiconductor material and an F-containing migration inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by any of Formulae (1) to (8), a polymer compound (X) containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (A), and a polymer compound (Y) containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (B) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (C). |
| US10008298B2 |
Radiation-shielding curtain
A radiation-shielding curtain (20) of the kind used at the conveyor entrance and exit openings of a radiographic inspection system or irradiation system is composed of a large number of straight, slender, vertically suspended rods (21) which have a convex outwardly rounded cross-sectional profile and a smooth low friction surface. |
| US10008296B2 |
Passively-cooled spent nuclear fuel pool system
A passively-cooled spent nuclear fuel pool system in one embodiment includes a containment vessel comprising a thermally conductive shell and an annular reservoir surrounding the shell that holds a liquid coolant forming a heat sink. A spent fuel pool is disposed inside the containment vessel and includes a body of water in contact with a peripheral sidewall of the fuel pool. At least one spent nuclear fuel rod submerged in the body of water heats the water. The peripheral sidewall of the spent fuel pool is formed by a portion of the shell of the containment vessel adjacent to the fuel pool, thereby defining a shared common heat transfer wall. The heat transfer wall operates to transfer heat from the body of water in the spent fuel pool to the heat sink to cool the body of water. The heat transfer wall comprises metal in one embodiment. |
| US10008295B2 |
Emergency core cooling system and boiling water nuclear plant
An emergency core cooling system is provided with at least four active safety divisions each equipped with a motor-driven active safety system, and at least one passive safety division equipped with passive system that does not require to be electrically driven. The number of active safety divisions is grater than the number of active safety divisions needed during a design basis accident by two or more, and each active safety division is provided with one motor-driven active safety system. The passive safety system can cool the reactor core without being re-supplied with cooling water from the outside during the time period needed for the active safety system subjected to online maintenance to recover if an accident occurred during online maintenance of one active safety system. In an emergency core cooling system for a boiling water nuclear power plant, it is possible to reduce the size of an emergency power source and the number of systems that lose the function caused by an auxiliary cooling system losing the function. |
| US10008290B2 |
Repair control device and semiconductor device including the same
A repair control device for memory cells divided into a plurality of banks may include a failed address storage circuit configured to sort and store a plurality of failed addresses each containing a failed bank address and a failed row address, according to the failed row address, and store the failed row address by matching the failed row address with total failed bank information representing one or more failed banks indicated by the failed row address. The repair control device also includes an address comparison circuit configured to compare an input address to a pair comprised of the failed row address and the total failed bank information, stored in the failed address storage circuit, and generate a hit signal based on the comparison result. The repair control device further includes an address generation circuit configured to generate an access target address based on the hit signal. |
| US10008282B2 |
Magnetic element, skyrmion memory, solid-state electronic device, data-storage device, data processing and communication device
To provide a magnetic element which can generate a skyrmion, and a skyrmion memory which applies the magnetic element or the like.To provide a magnetic element with a chiral magnet for generating a skyrmion, the chiral magnet is made of a magnetic material having a β-Mn type crystal structure. Also, to provide a magnetic element with a chiral magnet for generating a skyrmion, the chiral magnet is made of a magnetic material having an Au4Al type crystal structure. |
| US10008281B2 |
One time programmable read-only memory (ROM) in SOI CMOS
A method of operating a programmable read-only-memory (ROM) cell unit having a series coupled CMOS NFET and CMOS PFET device formed on a semiconductor layer located on top of a buried dielectric layer, the buried dielectric layer formed on top of a cell substrate, and each NFET and PFET device having a respective gate, drain and source terminals. The method includes applying a first bias voltage to the cell substrate; and applying a second bias voltage to a drain terminal of the PFET device with respect to a source of the PFET, the second bias voltage sufficient to enable electron trapping at the buried dielectric layer associated with that cell, the injected electron carriers trapped at the buried dielectric layer providing a stored charge representative of a logic bit value at the unit cell that is physically undetectable and is configured to be read electrically. |
| US10008279B1 |
Read only memory and data read method thereof
A read only memory including a ROM cell array, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines and a word line driver. The ROM cell array has a plurality of ROM cells. Each of the ROM cells coupled to corresponding bit line and corresponding word line. The word line driver is coupled to the word lines, and respectively provides a plurality of word line signals to the word lines. Each of the ROM cells is a first type ROM cell or a second type ROM cell. The first type ROM cell includes a first top metal structure and a first bottom metal structure. The first bottom metal structure is electrically isolated from the first top metal structure. The second type ROM cell includes a second top metal structure, a second bottom metal structure, and a connection structure. The connection structure is electrically connected the second top metal structure and the second bottom metal structure. |
| US10008278B1 |
Memory block usage based on block location relative to array edge
A storage device includes storage circuitry and multiple memory blocks. The multiple memory blocks are arranged in an array, and each of the memory blocks includes multiple memory cells. A maximal number of programming cycles that a memory block of the multiple memory blocks sustains depends on a distance of the memory block from an edge of the array. The storage circuitry is configured to apply to the memory blocks programming cycles so that a number of programming cycles that can be applied to a respective memory block is based on a respective distance of the respective memory block from the edge of the array. |
| US10008274B2 |
Low voltage detection circuit, nonvolatile memory apparatus including the same, and operating method thereof
A low voltage detection circuit includes a first detection block configured to detect a level of an external voltage according to a reference voltage, and output a pre-detection signal; and a second detection block configured to generate a low voltage detection signal of a beginning level regardless of a variation in a level of the pre-detection signal when the level of the pre-detection signal is detected as the beginning level. |
| US10008270B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and programming method thereof
A programming method of a non-volatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of cell strings includes sequentially applying a first pass voltage to unselected word lines of word lines connected to the plurality of memory cells during a first interval and a second pass voltage higher than the first pass voltage to the unselected word lines during a second interval; and applying a discharge voltage lower than a program voltage to a selected word line of the word lines connected to the plurality of memory cells after applying the program voltage to the selected word line in the first interval, and applying the program voltage to the selected word line during the second interval. |
| US10008269B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having memory strings that include memory cells and first and second selection transistors. During a read operation, a controller applies a first voltage higher than ground to a source line, and a second voltage to a first and second selection gate lines that are connected to a selected memory string. The second voltage is also applied to the first selection gate lines connected to non-selected memory strings during a first period of the read operation. A third voltage higher than ground and lower than the second voltage is applied to the first selection gate lines connected to non-selected memory strings during a second period of the read operation subsequent to the first period. |
| US10008268B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with a plurality of memory blocks and a shared block decoder
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having multiple blocks each with a plurality of memory strings. Each memory string has multiple memory cells connected in series between first and second selection transistors. The device further includes a row decoder, a block decoder, first and second signal line groups, and a switch circuit. The row decoder has transfer transistors through which voltages are supplied to the selection transistors. The block decoder supplies a selection signal that indicates whether the first group or the second group has been selected. The first and second signal line groups are connected to the selection transistors of the memory strings that are in the respective first and second memory blocks of the first and second groups. The switch circuit connects the first and second signal line groups to the respective first and second memory blocks of the selected group. |
| US10008267B2 |
Method for operating flash memory
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices and discloses a method for operating a flash memory. When a read operation is performed on a flash memory unit, a potential of a first control line connected to gates of select gate PMOS transistors located in a same row is switched from a positive supply voltage to 0V. Since it is not required to switch the potential from a positive voltage to a negative voltage, the power consumption of the pump circuit is significantly reduced. In addition, a read current of the flash memory unit selected for reading can accurately represent the status of the unit being read thanks to the appropriate settings of the gate oxide layer thickness and the threshold voltage of the select gate PMOS transistor. Furthermore, high-voltage devices are removed from the read path and only low-voltage devices are used, so that the reading speed can be significantly improved during the read operation. |
| US10008265B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing three-dimensional integrated nonvolatile memory (NVM) and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) memory device
A memory system is configured to store information using a hybrid volatile and nonvolatile memory device. The memory system, in one aspect, includes memory components, a drain select gate (“DSG”) transistor, and a capacitor component. Each memory component, in one example, includes a source terminal, a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a nonvolatile cell. The memory components are organized in a string formation and the components are interconnected between source terminals and drain terminals. The drain terminal of DSG transistor is coupled to the source terminal of a memory component and the gate terminal of DSG transistor is coupled to a DSG signal. The drain terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the source terminal of the first DSG transistor. The capacitor component is configured to perform a dynamic random-access memory (“DRAM”) function. |
| US10008264B2 |
Memristive cross-bar array for determining a dot product
A method of obtaining a dot product includes applying a number of first voltages to a corresponding number of row lines within a memristive cross-bar array to change the resistive values of a corresponding number of memristors located a junctions between the row lines and a number of column lines. The first voltages define a corresponding number of values within a matrix, respectively. The method further includes applying a number of second voltages to a corresponding number of the row lines within the memristive cross-bar array. The second voltages define a corresponding number of vector values. The method further includes collecting the output currents from the column lines. The collected output currents define the dot product. |
| US10008263B2 |
Method, system and device for complementary non-volatile memory device operation
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for operation of dual non-volatile memory devices. In one aspect, a pair of non-volatile memory device coupled in series may be placed in complementary memory states any one of multiple memory states in write cycles by controlling a current and a voltage applied to terminals of the non-volatile memory device. |
| US10008254B2 |
Apparatus having dice to perorm refresh operations
Some embodiments include an apparatus that comprise an interface chip having an oscillator to produce an original clock signal, a first memory chip having first memory cells, and a second memory chip having second memory cells. The first memory cells may be refreshed in response to a first clock signal based on the original clock signal. The second memory cells may be refreshed in response to a second clock signal based on the original clock signal. |
| US10008251B2 |
Magnetic memory having multiple gates and method of operating same
The disclosed technology generally relates to magnetic memory and more particularly to voltage-controlled magnetic memory, and to methods of using same. In one aspect, a magnetic memory comprises a first magnetic stack including a first gate dielectric layer formed between a first gate electrode and a first free ferromagnetic layer. The magnetic memory additionally comprises a second magnetic stack including a second gate dielectric layer formed between a second gate electrode and a second free ferromagnetic layer. The first free ferromagnetic layer and the second free ferromagnetic layer of the magnetic memory are magnetically coupled, contiguous and are positioned at an oblique angle relative to each other, and the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are electrically isolated from each other. |
| US10008249B2 |
Semiconductor memory device with increased operating speed
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of spin torque transfer-magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) cells connected to a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of sense lines. A peripheral circuitry supplies cell current to the memory cells during read/write operations, such that the cell current supplied to memory cells of a selected word line vary according to a position of a word line group including the selected word line. |
| US10008245B1 |
Positioning components in a rack to permit base plane access
Aspects extend to devices that facilitate positioning components in a rack to permit base plane access. In one aspect, a drive carrier rail is configured to have variable widths to facilitate positioning a drive carrier in a fixed position within a slot (of a rack) where a drive is disengaged from the base plane printed circuit board (PCB). In another aspect, at least one slot rail of a slot includes a (e.g., sheet metal) spring. The spring allows a drive carrier to rest on the spring in a fixed position where the hard drive is disengaged from the base plane printed circuit board. |
| US10008242B2 |
Automatically syncing recordings between two or more content recording devices
This disclosure relates to systems and methods to synchronize recordings between content recording devices. A method may include establishing a synchronized recording relationship with a second content recording device. The method may further include capturing a first recording and periodically inserting a first set of markers in the first recording at a first set of points of time. A second recording may be captured by the second content recording device and a second set of markers are inserted in the second recording at a second set of points of time. The first recording and the second recording may be temporally aligned based on a first marker of the first set of markers and a second marker of the second set of markers. The first marker and the second marker have a matching type and corresponding to a common point in time in the first recording and the second recording. |
| US10008239B2 |
System of automated script generation with integrated video production
Disclosed is a method of automated script generation with integrated video production; said method comprising assembling a script comprising a series of steps for a video production; —communicating the series of steps of the video production to a central, production management application; associating a digital input output device with a video acquisition device; communicating selected ones of the steps in production to said digital input output device; actuating said video acquisition device so as to give effect to said selected ones of said steps; communicating at least video content thus acquired by following said steps to said production management application; integrating said video content thus acquired with content derived by giving effect to others of said steps thereby to produce resultant video output content. Also disclosed is a system of automated script generation with integrated video production; said system including a server; a plurality of content contributors; each operating a content acquisition device and operable according to the above methodology. |
| US10008238B2 |
System and method for incorporating digital footage into a digital cinematographic template
The invention provides a system, method and device—for inserting digital footage into a digital cinematographic template. The system includes a mobile device, storage means on the mobile device for storing a digital cinematographic template, video recording means on the mobile device for recording and capturing personal cinematographic footage, digital isolation means on the mobile device for isolating specific sections of captured personal cinematographic footage, digital extraction means on the mobile device for extracting the isolated sections of the captured personal cinematographic footage, and digital insertion means on the mobile device for inserting the extracted footage into the stored cinematographic template. |
| US10008233B2 |
Recording medium changer and control method
A conveying block 20 for conveying recording mediums between slots 15 and a drive block 16 is provided with a recording medium delivery block 50 for delivering the recording mediums to and from the slots 15 or the drive block 16, an extendable and retractable rail portion for moving the recording medium delivery block to a desired slot, and a control block 17 for controlling extension and retraction operation of the rail portion 31. The control block 17 determines whether the slots 15 are provided in an expansion area provided in an extending direction of the rail portion 31, and when the slots 15 are provided in the expansion area, the rail portion 31 is extended so that the recording medium delivery block 50 is moved to the desired slot in the expansion area. The recording mediums are efficiently stored for changer operation. |
| US10008232B2 |
Recording medium, method of manufacturing fullerene thin film, recording reproducing apparatus, information recording method, and information reading method
According to the present invention, there is provided a recording medium comprising a substrate, a platinum layer formed on the substrate and having a (111) plane preferentially oriented, and a fullerene single crystal thin film formed on the platinum layer, and configured to be a recording layer, wherein an average value of average surface roughness Ra's with respect to four or more visual fields measured by using an atomic force microscope in a surface of the fullerene thin film is 0.5 nm or less. |
| US10008230B1 |
Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method
The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which the servo head is a TMR head, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, a binding agent, and fatty acid ester on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between a spacing measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer after performing the vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 9.0 nm. |
| US10008228B1 |
Method and apparatus for determining read-head deviation using orthogonal preambles
In a storage device, data is written to tracks on a storage medium. Data for each track includes a preamble. The preamble in any current track is orthogonal to the preamble in any track adjacent to the current track. A first read head is positioned over the current track and off-center toward a first adjacent track on a first side of the current track to detect first signals from among the current track, the first adjacent track, and a second adjacent track on a second side of the current track. A second read head is positioned over the current track and off-center relative to the current track toward the second adjacent track to detect second signals from among the current track, the first adjacent track, and the second adjacent track. Analyzing the first and second signals determines an amount by which the read heads are off-track from the current track. |
| US10008226B1 |
Dynamic head offset selection for tape drive
A method and system for adjusting a servo head in a tape drive is disclosed. Position information for the servo head can be obtained and used to determine if an adjustment of one of the servo heads is necessary. By comparing the position of the tape against two servo heads, erroneous adjustments to the servo head can be obviated. |
| US10008220B2 |
Magnetic recording medium and magnetic memory device including magnetic layers having granular structure of magnetic grains and grain boundary portion
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate; a lower base layer formed on the substrate; and a (001) oriented L10 magnetic layer formed on the lower base layer and including a first magnetic layer formed on the lower base layer and having a granular structure of magnetic grains and a grain boundary portion, the grain boundary portion containing C, and a second magnetic layer formed on the first magnetic layer and having a granular structure of magnetic grains and a grain boundary portion, the grain boundary portion containing oxide or nitride, the second magnetic layer further containing one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ni, Zn, Ge, Pd, Sn, Ag, Re, Au and Pb as an additive. |
| US10008218B2 |
Blind bandwidth extension using K-means and a support vector machine
A system and method of blind bandwidth extension. The system selects a prediction model from a number of stored prediction models that were generated using an unsupervised clustering method (e.g., a k-means method) and a supervised regression process (e.g., a support vector machine), and extends the bandwidth of an input musical audio signal. |
| US10008215B1 |
Systems and methods for digital content recording
Systems and methods for capturing and/or storing audio content are provided. A content queue stores a first portion of the audio content in a first buffer. The first portion of the content is codec-encoded. While codec-encoding the first portion, the content queue stores a second portion of the content in a second buffer. After codec-encoding of the first portion is complete, the second portion is codec-encoded. While codec-encoding the second portion, a third portion of the audio content is stored in a buffer other than the second buffer. |
| US10008212B2 |
System and method for utilizing audio encoding for measuring media exposure with environmental masking
An audio beacon system, apparatus and method for collecting information on a panelist's exposure to media. An audio beacon is configured as on-device encoding technology that is operative in a processing device (e.g., cell phone, PDA, PC) to enable the device to encode an environmental sound and transmit it for a predetermined period of time. The acoustically transmitted data is received and processed by a portable audience measurement device, such as Arbitron's Personal People Meter™ (“PPM”), or other specially equipped portable device to enable audience measurement systems to achieve higher levels of detail on panel member activity and greater association of measurement devices to their respective users. |
| US10008211B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding stereo phase parameter
Present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for encoding a stereo phase parameter, which relate to the field of information technologies and can improve an effect of stereo audio phase information. The method includes: first, acquiring a global stereo phase parameter of a current frame; then, determining a value of the global stereo phase parameter of the current frame, and adjusting the value of the global stereo phase parameter of the current frame according to a determining result of the value of the global stereo phase parameter of the current frame; and finally, encoding an adjusted value of the global stereo phase parameter of the current frame. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to recovering stereo phase information. |
| US10008210B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for encoding and decoding multi-channel signals
A method, an apparatus, and a system for encoding and decoding multi-channel signals are disclosed. The method for encoding multi-channel signals includes: determining the category of an index corresponding to a channel level difference (CLD) which needs to be quantized in a current frame; quantizing the CLD of at least one frequency band whose index category is the same as the determined category of the index in the current frame, and obtaining quantized data. |
| US10008207B2 |
Multi-stage hotword detection
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for multi-stage hotword detection are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a second stage hotword detector of a multi-stage hotword detection system that includes at least a first stage hotword detector and the second stage hotword detector, audio data that corresponds to an initial portion of an utterance. The actions further include determining a likelihood that the initial portion of the utterance includes a hotword. The actions further include determining that the likelihood that the initial portion of the utterance includes the hotword satisfies a threshold. The actions further include, in response to determining that the likelihood satisfies the threshold, transmitting a request for the first stage hotword detector to cease providing additional audio data that corresponds to one or more subsequent portions of the utterance. |
| US10008206B2 |
Verifying a user
Verifying a user, such as, but not limited to, a user who answered questions for an unproctered test for employment. A representation of a transition pattern is stored (200). Time series voice data is received from a user responding to a sequence of questions (72) having multiple levels of difficulty. The transition pattern in the voice data (200) is based on a plurality of comparisons (503) of subsets (500) of the voice data corresponding to responses to questions having one or more different levels of difficulty. A further transition pattern (200) is determined from voice data in the same way but based on a shorter sequence of questions (78). The user is verified based on a comparison (78) of this further transition pattern to a previously stored transition pattern. |
| US10008199B2 |
Speech recognition system with abbreviated training
A method of adapting a speech recognition system to its user includes gathering information about a user of a speech recognition system, selecting at least a part of a speech model reflecting estimated speech attributes of the user based on the information about the user, running, in the speech recognition system, a speech model including the selected at least a part of a speech model, and training, in the speech recognition system, other parts of the speech model to reflect identified speech attributes of the user. |
| US10008198B2 |
Nested segmentation method for speech recognition based on sound processing of brain
A method of segmenting input speech signal into plurality of frames for speech recognition is disclosed. The method includes extracting a low frequency signal from the speech signal, and segmenting the speech signal into a plurality of time-intervals according to a plurality of instantaneous phase-sections of the low frequency signal. |
| US10008196B2 |
Methods and systems of handling a dialog with a robot
A computer-implemented method of handling an audio dialog between a robot and a human user comprises: during the audio dialog, receiving audio data and converting the audio data into text data; in response to the verification of one or more dialog mode execution rules of the text data, selecting a modified dialog mode; wherein a dialog mode comprises one or more dialog contents and one or more dialog voice skins; wherein a dialog content comprises a collection of predefined sentences, the collection comprising question sentences and answer sentences; and wherein a dialog voice skin comprises voice rendering parameters comprising frequency, tone, velocity and pitch. Described developments comprise modifying dialog contents and/or dialog voice skin, using dialog execution rules (for example depending on the environment perceived by the robot) and moderating dialog contents. |
| US10008195B2 |
Liquid rubber damping composition
Sprayable low-viscosity compositions have improved acoustic damping properties through the addition to the composition of a sterically hindered phenol, present in an amount from 9% to 18% by weight of the composition. In other embodiments, the sterically hindered phenol will have a melting point within the range from 60° C. to 250° C. and a molecular weight of 300 g/mol or less (but not 0). |
| US10008194B2 |
Interactive instruments and other striking objects
Systems, methods, and devices for providing interactive striking objects (e.g., drumsticks) and performing actions in response to striking motions of the striking objects are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive drumstick, which includes a lighting display located at a tip portion of the interactive drumstick, a motion detector contained at least partially within the drumstick, a processor and memory contained at least partially within the drumstick, and an interactive system stored within the memory of the drumstick. The interactive system includes a striking motion module that determines striking motions of the drumstick with respect to a virtual percussion instrument based on accessing information measured by the motion detector, and a display module that causes the lighting display to present a certain type of illumination based on the striking motions determined by the striking motion module. |
| US10008189B1 |
Guitar clamps and guitar carrying cases
A guitar clamp is disclosed that can be used to secure the neck portion of a guitar within a guitar case. The guitar clamp includes a base component that has a guitar neck support surface; a left side that is contiguous with the support surface; and a right side that includes a first wall, which protrudes outward from the support surface. The guitar clamp further includes a top component that has a clamp surface that is configured to rest adjacent to a set of strings of the guitar neck; a right side that is contiguous with the clamp surface; and a left side that includes a second wall, which protrudes outward from the clamp surface. The base component is configured to be combined with the top component, such that the base component and top component securely surround a portion of the guitar neck. Guitar cases that include such guitar clamps are also disclosed. |
| US10008184B2 |
System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data
The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes. |
| US10008180B2 |
Methods and apparatus for calibrating a color display
Improved methods are provided for calibrating color on a color display coupled to a computer, which are useful for obtaining calibrated data in a virtual proof network for enabling different color devices to render consistent color. Methods involve user interactions with screens on the display to set color display parameters. An apparatus is also provided for calibrating a sensor which may be used for measuring color of a display in one or more of these methods. |
| US10008179B2 |
Method for overlaying an image arising from a sensor on a synthetic image by automatic detection of the limit of visibility and associated viewing system
An on-board viewing system for aircraft of an image arising from an image sensor overlaid on a synthetic image of the outside landscape is provided. The method comprises the following steps: analysis, at a temporal frequency, of the sensed images so as to determine, in each image, a boundary between the information useful for piloting and the non-useful information, the useful information consisting of noteworthy elements, the temporal frequency being an order of magnitude lower than the video refresh frequency; determination of a transition zone in the vicinity of each boundary; display on the viewing screen, at the video refresh frequency, of the sensed images, each sensed image being displayed overlaid on a synthetic image of the landscape, the sensed image being opaque under the transition zone, totally transparent above the transition zone and of continuously variable transparency in the transition zone. |
| US10008177B2 |
Display device
Provided is a display device, including: a timing controller including: a frequency adjusting unit configured to adjust a frequency of externally input image data, which is input from an outside; a bit rate determining unit configured to determine a bit rate necessary to transmit the externally input image data; a plurality of output buffer units different from one another in drive performance; and a buffer switching unit configured to make a switch from one of the plurality of output buffer units to another, in which the frequency adjusting unit is configured to adjust the frequency of the externally input image data based on the determined bit rate, and the buffer switching unit is configured to make a switch from one of the plurality of output buffer units to another based on the determined bit rate. |
| US10008169B2 |
Driving method of liquid crystal display device
An object is to provide a driving method of a liquid crystal display device with a low power consumption and a high image quality. A pixel includes a liquid crystal element and a transistor which controls supply of an image signal to the liquid crystal element. The transistor includes, in a channel formation region, a semiconductor which has a wider band gap than a silicon semiconductor and has a lower intrinsic carrier density than silicon, and has an extremely low off-state current. In inversion driving of pixels, image signals having opposite polarities are input to a pair of signal lines between which a pixel electrode is disposed. By employing such a structure, the quality of the displayed image can be increased even in the absence of a capacitor in the pixel. |
| US10008167B2 |
Semiconductor device, method for driving semiconductor device, and program
To reduce eye fatigue of a user and perform eye-friendly display. An information processing device provided with a display portion and an input portion has a first mode in which the contrast or the brightness of a displayed image is adjusted and a second mode in which the contrast or the brightness of a displayed image is set to the initial set value. In the case where an image is displayed and a signal such as a scroll instruction is input to the input portion, the contrast or the brightness of the displayed image is adjusted depending on the content of the scroll instruction; thus, the information processing device can perform eye-friendly display. |
| US10008163B1 |
Driver structure for RGBW four-color panel
The invention discloses a driver structure for RGBW four-color panel, the RBGW four-color panel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels arrange in an array, for twelve adjacent sub-pixels connected to a same scan line n, the twelve sub-pixels comprising a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel arranged in a specific order with three repetitions, two adjacent data lines n and n+1, being connected respectively to drive the sub-pixels of the odd-rows and even-rows in the twelve sub-pixels, and the data line n and data line n+1 having opposite signal polarity. In summary, the driver structure for RGBW four-color panel of the present invention can reduce the panel power-consumption and the cost of driver IC, which enables improving flickering. |
| US10008160B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus
A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a graphene LED backlight source, a first polarizing film, a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate and a second polarizing film. The graphene LED backlight source is used for providing light output, the first polarizing film is used for converting the light output from the backlight source into a polarized light. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules used for deflecting the polarized light from the backlight source to form a polarized output light, and the second polarizing film is used for emitting the polarized output light. |
| US10008155B2 |
Gate driving circuit and organic light emitting display device including the same
Provided is a gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit includes an ith modulation circuit and an ith line selection circuit (where i is a natural number greater than 1). The ith modulation circuit outputs an ith modulation voltage to an ith line selection circuit based on received first to third control signals. The ith line selection circuit includes a memory transistor that is turned on or turned off according to a level of the received ith modulation voltage. |
| US10008154B2 |
Gate driving circuit and OLED display device
The present invention provides a gate driving circuit and an OLED display device. The gate driving circuit comprises multiple stages of shift registers, each stage of shift register is connected to an inverter and provides a first signal and a second signal for the inverter; the inverter receives the first signal and the second signal and generates a light emitting signal according to the first signal and the second signal and input the light emitting signal to the light emitting device; the inverter comprises at least two current amplification units and an external pull-down unit; each current amplification unit comprises a pull-up module, a pull-up hold module, an internal pull-down module and a driving transistor. According to the present invention, the number of transistors can be reduced, the aperture ratio of the display device is improved, and output with high voltage and large current can be provided. |
| US10008151B2 |
Display unit, drive unit, driving method, and electronic apparatus
A display unit includes: a unit pixel; a switch configured to perform ON-OFF control between a second terminal and a third terminal, based on a pulse signal applied to a first terminal, the second terminal being supplied with a DC signal, and the third terminal being connected to the unit pixel; and a non-linear element interposed between the first terminal and the third terminal. |
| US10008149B2 |
Light-emitting device including pixels suppressing variation in luminance
A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch. |
| US10008143B2 |
Scan driver
In a scan driver including a plurality of stages configured to supply scan signals to scan lines, the scan driver includes: an i−1th stage configured to supply an i−1th scan signal to an i−1th scan line while controlling a node Qi−1 (i is a natural number) in response to a first clock signal, a third clock signal, and a control voltage; an ith stage configured to supply an ith scan signal to an ith scan line while controlling a node Qi in response to a second clock signal, a fourth clock signal, and the control voltage; and a controller connected to the i−1th stage and the ith stage, and configured to supply the control voltage. |
| US10008141B2 |
Light field display device and method
The present invention provides a light field display device (300) comprising an array of light field display elements (310) populating a display surface, each display element (310) comprising: a beam generator (522) for generating an output beam of light; a radiance modulator (524) for modulating the radiance of the beam over time; a focus modulator (530) for modulating the focus of the beam over time; and a scanner (504, 506) for scanning the beam across a two-dimensional angular field. |
| US10008135B2 |
Flexible display device that can be hyper-extended
The present invention relates to a flexible display device comprising: a fixed body in which a hinge shape is reflected; a flexible display device that is maintained to be freely folded or unfolded in a state in which one portion thereof is fixed to the fixed body, and the remaining unfixed end portion thereof is supported by the outer peripheral surface of the hinge; a perturbation penetration part for perturbation and support of the flexible display device that is maintained to be freely folded or unfolded, the perturbation penetration part being assembled to the hinge shape of the fixed body so as to be rotatable; and a cover plate having a perturbation stopper formed therein. Even though the cover plate is unfolded in excess of the angle for forming a complete flat surface, components associated with the flexible display device do not interfere with each other. |
| US10008129B2 |
Systems for quantifying clinical skill
A system quantifying clinical skill of a user, comprising: collecting data relating to a surgical task done by a user using a surgical device; comparing the data for the surgical task to other data for another similar surgical task; quantifying the clinical skill of the user based on the comparing of the data for the surgical task to the other data for the other similar surgical task; outputting the clinical skill of the user. |
| US10008127B2 |
Activity recognition with activity reminders
An athletic performance monitoring system, for motivating a user to reach a goal level of athletic activity. The system may motivate the user by calculation a deficit between a current total level of activity and the goal level of athletic activity, and suggesting activity types that the user may carry out an order to reach the goal level, wherein the suggested activity types may be based on activities that are geographically close to the user, or sporting equipment worn by, or in possession of, the user. |
| US10008125B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for multi-user treatment for improvement of reading comprehension using frequency altered feedback
Multi-user portable electronic devices for improving reading ability and/or comprehension for a plurality of subjects are provided. The multi-user portable electronic devices may include a pitch shifter circuit configured to generate frequency altered auditory speech feedback (FAF) signals corresponding to respective auditory speech signals received from respective active microphones, and to transmit the respective FAF signals to the plurality of subjects while one or more of the plurality of subjects are respectively reading aloud, to improve the plurality of subjects' reading ability and/or comprehension. The multi-user portable electronic devices may also include a switch configured to activate the microphones selectively, serially. Related methods and systems are also described. |
| US10008122B2 |
Apparatus to generate aircraft intent and related methods
Apparatus to generate aircraft intent and related methods are disclosed. An example automated aircraft intent generation method based on specifications expressed in formal languages includes: calculating first motion primitives associated with an aircraft intent description and a position of an aircraft; representing the first motion primitives in a second formal language as second motion primitives; collecting first information associated with at least one of 1) an aircraft performance model, 2) an environmental model, 3) a flight dynamic model, or 4) at least one of the first motion primitives or the second motion primitives; initializing a maneuver automaton based on the first information; collecting second information associated with at least one of: 1) flight plan instructions, 2) user preference indications, or 3) operational context indications; representing the second information as third information in a first formal language; combining the maneuver automaton and the third information to form a product automaton; determining that the product automaton satisfies a trajectory specification threshold; and in response to the product automaton satisfying the trajectory specification threshold, producing a representation of the aircraft intent description in the second formal language. |
| US10008115B2 |
Visual vehicle parking occupancy sensor
System and techniques for a visual vehicle parking occupancy sensor are described herein. A color image, including a parking space, is received from a camera. A cascaded search for vehicle features in a hue-saturation-value (HSV) converted version of the color image is performed to produce search results. A search for macro vehicle features in the color image is also performed to produce an indication of found macro vehicle features when the search results are of a first type. An occupancy indicator is provided based on the search results when the search results are of a second type and based on the indication otherwise. |
| US10008113B2 |
Hybrid distributed prediction of traffic signal state changes
Computer-implemented predictions of upcoming traffic control signal states or state changes can be used to improve driver convenience, safety, and fuel economy. Such information can be used advantageously by a human operator, or by an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle control system. Predictions can be computed with suitable machines installed in a vehicle, in cooperation with a remote back-end server system. The prediction computations in the vehicle may be supported by data communicated to the vehicle computing machinery over various wireless communications, including telecom systems, DSRC, etc. |
| US10008112B2 |
Distributed maintenance decision and support system and method
The present disclosure is directed to a computer that receives weather information from a weather service provider (“WSP”) server and automatic vehicle locating system (“AVL”) collected information from an AVL server, accesses a material performance specification for at least one treatment material, and determines, based on the weather information and/or AVL collected information and the material performance specification, a treatment recommendation for a selected roadway segment and/or route. |
| US10008111B1 |
Generating emergency vehicle warnings
The present disclosure generally relates to generating emergency vehicle warnings, alternate vehicle routing recommendations and/or insurance-related data based upon emergency vehicle warning data. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to generating data representative of emergency vehicle warnings and/or alternate routing based upon real-time information related to an emergency vehicle. The information related to the emergency vehicle may include emergency vehicle origination location data, emergency vehicle current location data, emergency vehicle route data, and/or emergency vehicle destination location data. An emergency vehicle warning and/or alternate vehicle routing for non-emergency response vehicles may be generated based further on information related to a non-emergency vehicle. In one aspect, an emergency vehicle may wirelessly communicate with the non-emergency vehicle and/or an insurance provider remote server. The insurance provider may adjust auto insurance for insureds having vehicles with the vehicle safety functionality discussed herein to reflect lower risk and provide insurance savings to customers. |
| US10008110B1 |
Detecting restrictions on turning paths in digital maps
A method comprises identifying, in an electronic map, road data and intersection data, wherein the intersection data specifies an approach and two or more exits from the approach, bounding the approach using a bounding box around the entrance to an approach, identifying, using the bounding box, traces associated with the approach, wherein each trace identifies a path of a vehicle on one or more of the roads, for each trace of the plurality of traces, identifying which of the two or more exits most closely matches the particular trace, generating histograms based on a time period and which of the two or more exits most closely matches each trace of the plurality of traces, determining, using the histograms, whether one or more threshold values associated with one of the two or more exits is satisfied, sending a notification signal when the one or more threshold values is satisfied. |
| US10008109B2 |
System and method for training a programmable transceiver
A method for training a programmable transceiver is provided that includes scanning frequencies within a desired range for a first signal, and detecting the first signal at a first frequency. The method also includes computing harmonic frequencies and subharmonic frequencies of the first frequency, and scanning the harmonic frequencies and the subharmonic frequencies for a second signal at a second frequency. The method further includes comparing a first magnitude of the first signal to a second magnitude of the second signal. In addition, the method includes training the programmable transceiver based on the second signal if the second magnitude is greater than the first magnitude, otherwise training the programmable transceiver based on the first signal. |
| US10008105B2 |
System and method for charging supplemental power units for alarm notification devices
A system and method for providing supplemental power to a notification unit of a device in a fire alarm system. The notification unit generates alert signals for indicating an alarm. The device includes a power unit for providing the supplemental power to the notification unit and a device controller for charging the power unit. The device controller charges the power unit in response to receiving a charging synchronization signal from a system controller of the system. |
| US10008104B2 |
Security system output interface with overload detection and protection
An output interface circuit for a security panel. The output interface circuit includes an output switch for activating one or more output devices in response to a control signal from a port controller. The output interface circuit also includes an overload detection circuit for deactivating the one or more output devices in response to determining that a magnitude of a voltage associated with the one or more output devices exceeds an overload threshold voltage. The overload detection circuit comprises a protection switch for rendering the output switch non or less conductive thereby preventing damage to the output switch and possibly deactivating the one or more output devices when the voltage associated with the one or more output devices exceeds the overload threshold voltage. |
| US10008101B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring on-route transportations
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for monitoring on route transportations. The method includes obtaining a driving route of a target vehicle; obtaining a reference position on the driving route away from a first current position of the target vehicle; determining a second current position of the target vehicle after a reference time; determining a distance between the second current position and the reference position is greater than a preset distance; and sending a signal to a target terminal indicating that the target vehicle is off-route. |
| US10008098B2 |
Parallel hand hygiene compliance system
In combination a group compliance system for monitoring hand-hygiene compliance of a plurality of persons using a plurality of hand cleaning fluid dispensers in facilities together with a personal compliance system for monitoring hand-hygiene compliance of an individual person of the dispensers within the facilities, however, with the individual person having control as to the extent that any data regarding their identity and hygiene events are disclosed to others. |
| US10008097B1 |
Lost tracking device configuration
A tracking device can be configured into a “lost” operating mode in response to a physical trigger that does not require communication with a tracking system of the tracking device. The tracking device periodically transmits identification information to nearby mobile devices that relay the information to the tracking system. However, a user that is not able to communicate with the tracking system can interact with a physical input of the tracking device. In response to the interaction, the tracking device configures itself to operate in the lost mode. When configured in the lost mode, the tracking device can increase the frequency at which it transmits beacon signals with its identification information. Additionally, when the tracking device is configured in the lost mode, it includes a lost indicator in its transmissions, so that devices that receive its transmissions are able to notify the tracking system that the tracking device is lost. |
| US10008095B2 |
Systems and methods for presence monitoring of a ground-engaging tool relative to a machine
A system for monitoring presence of a ground-engaging tool relative to a machine, on a worksite, is disclosed. The system includes a sensor operatively coupled to the ground-engaging tool, a signal receiver, and a controller. The sensor is configured to transmit an identifying wireless signal. The controller is configured to receive a received signal from the signal receiver; the received signal based on the identifying wireless signal and having a signal power. The controller is configured to determine a signal attenuation power of the received signal, based on the signal power relative to the transmission power, determine a relative location of the ground-engaging tool and one or more fault conditions based on the signal attenuation power, and determine if the ground-engaging tool is connected to the machine based on the relative location of the ground-engaging tool and the existence of one or more fault conditions. |
| US10008093B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for determining button degradation of a user input device
Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for A user input device, such as a remote control device. In one implementation, the remote control device includes at least one pair of electrical contacts, at least one button configured to electrically connect the at least one pair of electrical contacts, and a degradation measurement module in electrical communication with at least one of the electrical contacts. The degradation measurement module is configured to determine a degradation level of the at least one button based on at least one electrical property of a circuit associated with the at least one button when the at least button electrically connects the at least one pair of electrical contacts. |
| US10008092B2 |
Method, apparatus, and storage medium for alerting cooking state of electric cooker
Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and storage medium for alerting a cooking state of an electric cooker. The method includes: detecting a current cooking state of an electric cooker; generating cooking state alert information when a preset cooking state is detected; and sending the cooking state alert information to a target terminal for alerting a user to the current cooking state of the electric cooker. |
| US10008091B2 |
Processing an alert signal of a medical device
A system (100) is provided for processing an alert signal of a medical device associated with a patient. The alert signal comprises medical information (122) representing an alert generated by the medical device to alert a healthcare professional to a state of the patient and/or the medical device. The system obtains the alert signal (024) of the medical device (020). The system comprises an interpretation subsystem (140) which accesses an interpretation database (040). Using the interpretation database (040), the interpretation subsystem (140) generates an interpreted version (142) of the alert by using the interpretation data (044) to interpret the medical information. This interpreted version of the alert provides an explanation of the alert in a manner suitable for a non-professional caretaker of the patient. The system then generates an output signal (162) comprising said interpreted version for a mobile device to enable communicating the interpreted version of the medical information to the non-professional caretaker via the mobile device (060). As such, the non-professional caretaker is provided with information he/she can understand. |
| US10008085B1 |
Mobile device for monitoring user's premises
A monitoring system is provided for monitoring a user's premises. The system comprises a monitoring device that comprises at least one sensor configured to enable determining occurrence of one or more pre-defined events, wherein the monitoring device is characterized in that it is configured to automatically guide itself to move within the user's premises, and in addition the system comprises a docking station for the monitoring device. |
| US10008078B2 |
Continuous production line reject system and method
A system, including: a sensor that monitors containers as the containers move along a production line; a rejection device; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and the rejection device, wherein the controller is programmed to determine whether a container is associated with a match condition in response to a signal received from the sensor, the match condition reflecting that the container is associated with predetermined properties or characteristics, in response to a match condition, determine a pass result, and otherwise determine a fail result, determine a velocity of the production line, dynamically determine a correction amount for a reject position, track a position of the container on the production line, and in response to the fail result, outputs a signal to actuate the rejection device that removes the container from the production line based on the velocity of the production line, the dynamically determined correction amount, and the position of the container on the production line. |
| US10008077B2 |
Gaming machine, control method for machine, and program for gaming machine utilizing virtual three-dimensional space
A gaming machine that provides an operation unit, a display unit that displays a plurality of symbols in a determination area, changes and stops a plurality of symbols displayed on the display unit according to an operation of a player received from an operation unit, and a control unit that pays a payout according to the symbol stopped inside of the determination area, a control unit displays an object that shows a symbol inside of a virtual three-dimensional space that extends a column of the determination area in a depth direction on the display unit, aligns a plurality of objects in a depth direction in a non-determination area and the determination area, and changes a plurality of symbols by moving the plurality of objects along in a depth direction. |
| US10008074B2 |
Method and system for linking web-based secondary features to a lottery ticket validation file by an encrypted registration code
A method for authenticating instant lottery tickets in a web-based program that links secondary activities to the tickets includes providing each lottery ticket with a validation code that links the lottery ticket to an electronic validation file in a database that contains a predetermined outcome and status of the lottery. Each lottery ticket is provided with a registration code separate from the validation code, wherein a player uses the registration code to register the lottery ticket in the web-based program. The registration code is an encrypted form of the validation code for each ticket. With a server and upon receipt of the registration code, the registration code is decrypted to determine the validation code. The validation file associated with the decrypted registration code is accessed and, from the validation file, the authenticity and status of the lottery ticket required for a valid entry into the web-based program is determined. |
| US10008071B2 |
Multi-play central determination system
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems implementing techniques for using a central determination system with multi-play gaming machines having sub-games and with gaming machines having a base game and a bonus game. A seed value is provided for each of the games (i.e., each of the sub-games or the base game and the bonus game). This ensures that all possible game outcomes may be displayed for each of the games. |
| US10008069B2 |
Multi-passenger door detection for a passenger transport
A vehicle door system for a for-hire vehicle (FHV) and a method of calculating a transport fare includes providing a FHV having an actuator configured to adjust a position of a door relative to a door opening. An apparatus is configured to receive vehicle occupancy data. A controller is configured to process the vehicle occupancy data to determine the vehicle occupancy over the course of a passenger transport. The controller is further configured to calculate a transport fare as a function of the vehicle occupancy over the course of the passenger transport. |
| US10008065B2 |
Method and device for banknote identification based on thickness signal identification
A method and device for banknote identification based on thickness signal identification, allowing for simple and highly efficient identification and separation of abnormal banknotes by means of combining two thickness identification methods, namely an upward-facing area identification method and a downward-facing area identification method, for banknote identification. The recognition method comprises: collecting a thickness signal of a banknote; preprocessing the thickness signal; utilizing an upward-facing area identification method to identify the thickness signal, thus acquiring an upward-facing processing identification result; utilizing a downward-facing area identification method to identify the thickness signal, thus acquiring a downward-facing processing identification result; merging the upward-facing identification processing result and the downward-facing processing identification result on the basis of a predetermined rule, acquiring a merged result; and, identifying the merged result, thus acquiring an identification result. |
| US10008063B2 |
Secure access control method with reader and mobile terminal, in particular such as a telephone terminal
A secure access control method is provided that uses secure access control readers having radiocommunication associated to a microcontroller in connection with a remote processing unit and radiocommunication mobile terminals carried by a user. The method includes emitting an announcement signal having security parameters defining access conditions to mobile terminals that determines and evaluates the power of each signal, notifying the mobile terminal of an access action by the user on the mobile terminal or close reader, and translating it by an access pass. If the access pass and/or access conditions are met, a radiofrequency connection is established and inhibits the emission of the announcement signal by said close reader, and passes into an authentication phase. |
| US10008057B2 |
Short-range device communications for secured resource access
Communications over short-range connections are used to facilitate whether access to resources is to be granted. For example, upon device discovery of one of an electronic user device and an electronic client device by the other device over a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, an access-enabling code associated with a user device or account can be evaluated for validity and applicability with respect to one or more particular resource specifications. User identity can be verified by comparing the user against previously obtained biometric information. |
| US10008056B2 |
Concepts for asset identification
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for identifying assets (e.g., mobile assets and/or personnel assets). In one embodiment, a mobile asset can be uniquely identified from RFID tags. In another embodiment, mobile assets and personnel assets can be identified from captured image data. After identification, it can be determined whether the asset (e.g., mobile asset and/or personnel asset) is authorized for one or more activities and a corresponding perceivable indication can be generated. |
| US10008053B2 |
On-board maintenance system of an aircraft, and associated aircraft
An on-board maintenance system for an aircraft, said aircraft comprising pieces of equipment connected together through a first on-board data transmission network for exchanging operational data intended for piloting the aircraft, said maintenance system including a processing unit and being characterized in that it comprises a second data transmission network, distinct from the first network, for exchanging data intended for maintenance of the equipment of the aircraft, said second network connecting at least some of said pieces of equipment to the processing unit; said processing unit are being adapted for receiving in real time, a data provided by the pieces of equipment on the second network and processing them with view to determining the cause of equipment malfunctions according to at least said received data. |
| US10008052B2 |
Model generation and monitoring system for a machine
A monitoring system for a machine having database, a memory storing first instructions, and a controller configured to execute the first instructions. The controller may be configured to receive a first input including selection of a sensor associated with a component of the machine, and a second input specifying a machine state, defining a first operating condition associated with the component. The controller may also be configured to receive a third input specifying generation of a component parameter based on a measurement from the sensor, and a fourth input specifying a fault condition associated with at least one of the measurement and the component parameter. The controller may generate a rule-set, including second instructions based on the first input, the second input, the third input, and the fourth input. The controller may also store the rule-set in the database. |
| US10008049B2 |
Positive crankcase ventilation system diagnostic systems and methods
A fault diagnostic system of a vehicle includes a noise module that determines a noise value based on a plurality of differences between samples of a pressure signal generated by a pressure sensor located in a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system of an engine. A signal module determines a signal value based on the samples of the pressure signal generated by the pressure sensor located in the PCV system of the engine. A diagnostic value module determines a diagnostic value based on one of: (i) a product of the noise value and the signal value; and (ii) a sum based on the noise value and the signal value. A fault module selectively diagnoses a fault in the PCV system based on the diagnostic value and generates a malfunction indicator within a passenger cabin of the vehicle in response to the diagnosis of the fault in the PCV system. |
| US10008048B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
A tomogram of an object is acquired. A place in a tomogram which corresponds to a portion spaced apart from a reference point in the object by a predetermined distance is specified. A composite image is generated by combining the tomogram with information indicating the specified place. The composite image is output. |
| US10008046B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for adaptive venue zooming in a digital map interface
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for adaptive zoom control for zooming in on a venue beyond the maximum zoom level available in a digital map. An apparatus may be provided including at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code instructions. The computer program code instructions may be configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to at least: provide for presentation of a map of a region including a venue; receive an input corresponding to a zoom-in action to view an enlarged portion of the region, where the enlarged portion of the region includes the venue; and in response to receiving the input corresponding to a zoom-in action to view the enlarged portion of the region, transition from the presentation of the map of the region to a presentation of a venue object corresponding to the venue. |
| US10008038B2 |
Utilizing totems for augmented or virtual reality systems
A method of displaying augmented reality comprises identifying an object as a totem having at least one user input element, capturing at least one image of an interaction of at least one finger of a user of an augmented reality system with the at least one user input element of the totem, detecting at least one characteristic pertaining to the interaction of the finger(s) of the user with the user input element(s) of the totem based on the capture image(s), and determining a user input based at least in part on the at least one determined characteristic. |
| US10008037B1 |
User/object interactions in an augmented reality environment
An augmented reality environment allows interaction between virtual and real objects. By monitoring user actions with the augmented reality environment various functions are provided to users. Users may buy or sell items with a gesture, check inventory of objects in the augmented reality environment, view advertisements, and so forth. |
| US10008033B2 |
Lighting simulation analysis using light path expressions
A method, system, and computer program product for performing a lighting simulation are disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a three-dimensional (3D) model, receiving a set of probes, where each probe specifies a location within the 3D model and an orientation of the probe, and performing, via a processor, a lighting simulation based on the 3D model, the set of probes, and one or more light path expressions. The light path expressions are regular expressions that represent a series of events, each event representing an interaction of a ray at a location in the 3D model. |
| US10008024B2 |
Material-aware three-dimensional scanning
A method for generating one or more two-dimensional texture maps of an object includes receiving an image frame that includes at least a portion of the object from an image capture device. The method also includes determining, at a processor, a color of a particular portion of the object using the image frame and determining a material of the particular portion of the object using the image frame. The method further includes determining at least one other property of the particular portion of the object based on the material. The method also includes generating a pixel value representative of the color of the particular portion of the object and representative of the at least one other property of the particular portion of the object. The method also includes generating at least one two-dimensional texture map based on the pixel value. |
| US10008023B2 |
Method and device for texture filtering
A method and a device for texture filtering include determining an upper mipmap and a lower mipmap based on a level of detail (LOD) value corresponding to a quad, obtaining first color values corresponding to the upper mipmap, obtaining second color values corresponding to the lower mipmap, and obtaining third color values of the pixels of the quad by using linear interpolation, based on the obtained first and second color values. |
| US10008021B2 |
Parallax compensation
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for rendering imagery that compensates for parallax. Image data may comprise a sequence of images of a location, collected at known intervals (e.g., distances), such as along a path. The image data can comprise a first layer comprising a first depth, and a second layer comprising a second depth, that is different from the first depth. The image data can be composed into resulting imagery, where the first layer is composed at the first depth and the second layer is composed at the second depth. The resulting imagery can be rendered to compensate for, or rather make use of, parallax, such that the first layer is rendered at a first movement speed, based at least upon the first depth, and the second layer is rendered at a second movement speed, based at least upon the second depth. |
| US10008020B1 |
Method for interactive, real-time animation of soft body dynamics
There is presented a method for interactive, real-time animation of soft body dynamics, comprising the steps of: providing a 3D model of a soft body, the model comprising a set of vertices connected by edges; defining a set of physical constraints between vertices in the 3D model, the set of constraints forming a system of linear equations comprising a set of unknowns representing the positions of the vertices; applying a Brooks-Vizing node coloring algorithm in order to partition the system of linear equations into a set of partitions each including an independent subset of unknowns; for each partition, applying a Gauss-Seidel based solver in parallel in order to determine an approximation of the unknowns; and using the determined approximation of the unknowns to update the 3D model. There is also presented an animation system configured to perform the above-described method. |
| US10008018B2 |
System and methods for improving the readability of content
A system and method for improving the readability of content wherein content is organized into segments which are each displayed on a respective row on the display device. Each of the segments are made up of characters such as letters and punctuation. The text in a particular row, the reading row, on the display device is displayed differently than the text in the other rows. Each row is consecutively displayed in the reading row until the user has seen each segment of the content presented in the reading row. User are able to configure the display of the reading row text and text in other rows independently. |
| US10008015B2 |
Generating scenes and tours in a spreadsheet application
Concepts and technologies are described herein for generating scenes and tours in a spreadsheet application. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computer system executes a visualization component. Selection of an option to create a tour can be detected by the computer system. In response to detecting selection of the option, the computer system can create a tour. The computer system also can detect selection of an option to add a scene to the tour. The tour can be saved. Playback of the tour can be started in response to detecting selection of a play option. If the playback is paused, changes made to the tour and/or the scenes can be tracked by the computer system, and an updated version of the tour can be saved. |
| US10008014B2 |
Tool for creating and editing arcs
A tool is provided via a user interface for a digital media application that supports digital illustrations. The tool combines operations to create different types of segments for a drawing shape and covert between types of segments. The tool is configured to analyze the drawing to recognize segments that are straight, arc, or curved portions of the drawing path. For segments recognized as curved, the segments are represented as Bezier curve segments. For segments recognized as straight, the segments are represented as line segments. Additionally, line segments are associated with handle elements operable to convert the line segments to regular arc segments. Responsive to manipulation of a handle element for a particular line segment, the tool computes a corresponding regular arc and converts the line segment into a regular arc segment. |